Sky Warriors: British Airborne Forces in the Second World War

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From bestselling historian Saul David, a riveting new history of the British airborne experience across the Second World War.

The legendary `Red Devils' were among the finest combat troops of the Second World War. Created at Churchill's instigation in June 1940, they began as a single parachute battalion of 500 men and grew into three 10,000-strong airborne divisions: the 1st, 6th and 44th Indian, each composed of parachutists and glider-borne troops. Wearing their...