Operation Ladbroke

Wann

9. Juli 1943 – 10. Juli 1943

Art

Militäroperation

Koordinaten

37.05° N, 15.26° E

Description

1943 glider landing by British airborne troops during the Second World War

Glider landing by Britain during the World War II

Operation Ladbroke was a glider landing by British airborne troops during the Second World War near Syracuse, Sicily, that began on 9 July 1943 as part of Operation Husky, the Allied invasion of Sicily. The first Allied mission using large numbers of the aircraft, the operation was carried out from Tunisia by glider infantry of the British 1st Airlanding Brigade, commanded by Brigadier Philip Hicks, with a force of 1…

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