Operation Varsity "was the battle that ended" World War Two in Europe, yet it is largely unknown to all but military history buffs. British, Canadian and American forces took off mostly from Essex ...

Early in World War II, the Germans had had success using gliders to land troops in combat zones, so the U.S. Army decided to develop a similar corps for itself. Glider transport had two advantages ...

"Silent Wings - The American Glider Pilots of WWII" narrated by Hal Holbrook, reveals the critical role gliders played in World War II offensives. Through rare archival footage and photographs ...

More than 1,500 aircraft and 1,300 gliders - carrying British, American, and Canadian airborne soldiers - participated in the operation. Sixty of those gliders were flown from Earls Colne.

A new exhibition honouring Worcestershire soldiers who played a key role in a pivotal World War II operation has opened ... 16,000 Allied paratroopers and glider-borne soldiers, including those ...

Paratroopers and gliders packed with men descended into fierce ... The intention was for the amphibious troops on the western side of the Rhine to join up with the airborne troops dropped to ...