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class="infobox-caption">Men of the 2nd Battalion, <a href="/wiki/Oxfordshire_and_Buckinghamshire_Light_Infantry" title="Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry">Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry</a>, part of the 6th Airlanding Brigade, in Normandy, June 1944.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Active</th><td class="infobox-data">1943–1946</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Branch</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_the_British_Army.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_British_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_the_British_Army.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_British_Army.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_the_British_Army.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_British_Army.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="710" data-file-height="406" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Glider_infantry" title="Glider infantry">Glider infantry</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Role</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Airborne_forces" title="Airborne forces">Airborne forces</a><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>nb 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Size</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Brigade" title="Brigade">Brigade</a>, 3,500 men</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Part of</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/6th_Airborne_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="6th Airborne Division (United Kingdom)">6th Airborne Division</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Nickname(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Red Devils</i> <sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>nb 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Engagements</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Normandy" class="mw-redirect" title="Invasion of Normandy">Invasion of Normandy</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Operation_Mallard" title="Operation Mallard">Operation Mallard</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Bulge" title="Battle of the Bulge">Battle of the Bulge</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Operation_Varsity" title="Operation Varsity">Operation Varsity</a><br /><a href="/wiki/6th_Airborne_Division_in_Palestine" title="6th Airborne Division in Palestine">Palestine</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Commanders</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Notable<br />commanders</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Kindersley,_2nd_Baron_Kindersley" title="Hugh Kindersley, 2nd Baron Kindersley">Hugh Kindersley</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Insignia</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Emblem<br />of the<br />British<br />airborne<br />forces</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:British_Airborne_Units.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/British_Airborne_Units.png/200px-British_Airborne_Units.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="199" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/British_Airborne_Units.png/300px-British_Airborne_Units.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/British_Airborne_Units.png/400px-British_Airborne_Units.png 2x" data-file-width="1256" data-file-height="1250" /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Military unit</div> <p>The <b>6th Airlanding Brigade</b> was an <a href="/wiki/Airborne_forces" title="Airborne forces">airborne</a> <a href="/wiki/Infantry" title="Infantry">infantry</a> brigade of the <a href="/wiki/British_Army_during_the_Second_World_War" title="British Army during the Second World War">British Army during the Second World War</a>. Created during May 1943, the <a href="/wiki/Brigade" title="Brigade">brigade</a> was composed of three <a href="/wiki/Glider_infantry" title="Glider infantry">glider infantry</a> <a href="/wiki/Battalion" title="Battalion">battalions</a> and supporting units, and was assigned to the <a href="/wiki/6th_Airborne_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="6th Airborne Division (United Kingdom)">6th Airborne Division</a>, alongside the <a href="/wiki/3rd_Parachute_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="3rd Parachute Brigade (United Kingdom)">3rd</a> and <a href="/wiki/5th_Parachute_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="5th Parachute Brigade (United Kingdom)">5th Parachute Brigades</a>. </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/Normandy_landings" title="Normandy landings">Normandy landings of 6 June 1944</a>, the brigade took part in <a href="/wiki/Operation_Mallard" title="Operation Mallard">Operation Mallard</a>, holding the southern flank of the Normandy <a href="/wiki/Bridgehead" title="Bridgehead">bridgehead</a> over the <a href="/wiki/Orne_(river)" title="Orne (river)">River Orne</a>. In August 1944, during the final stages of the <a href="/wiki/Operation_Overlord" title="Operation Overlord">Battle of Normandy</a>, along with the rest of the 6th Airborne Division, the brigade took part in the <a href="/wiki/6th_Airborne_Division_advance_to_the_River_Seine" title="6th Airborne Division advance to the River Seine">advance to the River Seine</a>. Withdrawn to <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> in September, the brigade, with the rest of the division, returned to mainland Europe in December to counter the <a href="/wiki/German_Army_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="German Army (Wehrmacht)">German Army</a>'s surprise offensive in the <a href="/wiki/Ardennes" title="Ardennes">Ardennes</a>, better known as the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Bulge" title="Battle of the Bulge">Battle of the Bulge</a>. Their final airborne mission of the war was <a href="/wiki/Operation_Varsity" title="Operation Varsity">Operation Varsity</a> in March 1945, an airborne assault crossing of the <a href="/wiki/River_Rhine" class="mw-redirect" title="River Rhine">Rhine</a>, after which they <a href="/wiki/Western_Allied_invasion_of_Germany" title="Western Allied invasion of Germany">advanced through Germany</a>, reaching the <a href="/wiki/Baltic_Sea" title="Baltic Sea">Baltic Sea</a> at <a href="/wiki/Wismar" title="Wismar">Wismar</a> by the end of the war. </p><p>The brigade was withdrawn from Germany at the end of May 1945 and was <a href="/wiki/6th_Airborne_Division_in_Palestine" title="6th Airborne Division in Palestine">sent to Palestine</a> with the rest of the division to provide <a href="/wiki/Internal_security" title="Internal security">internal security</a>. Following the arrival of the <a href="/wiki/1st_Parachute_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="1st Parachute Brigade (United Kingdom)">1st Parachute Brigade</a>, however, the 6th Airlanding Brigade was no longer needed there and was returned to normal infantry duties, and renamed the <a href="/wiki/31st_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="31st Brigade (United Kingdom)">31st Independent Infantry Brigade</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=6th_Airlanding_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Impressed by the success of <a href="/wiki/Fallschirmj%C3%A4ger" title="Fallschirmjäger">German airborne</a> operations during the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_France" title="Battle of France">Battle of France</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Prime Minister of the United Kingdom">British Prime Minister</a>, <a href="/wiki/Winston_Churchill" title="Winston Churchill">Winston Churchill</a>, directed the <a href="/wiki/War_Office" title="War Office">War Office</a> to investigate the possibility of creating a force of 5,000 parachute troops.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a result, on 22 June 1940, <a href="/wiki/No._2_Commando" title="No. 2 Commando">No. 2 Commando</a> assumed parachute duties, and on 21 November was re-designated the 11th Special Air Service Battalion, with a parachute and glider wing.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This later became the <a href="/wiki/1st_Battalion,_Parachute_Regiment" title="1st Battalion, Parachute Regiment">1st Parachute Battalion</a>. </p><p>On 21 June 1940 the <a href="/wiki/No._1_Parachute_Training_School_RAF" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 1 Parachute Training School RAF">Central Landing Establishment</a> was formed at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Ringway" title="RAF Ringway">Ringway airfield</a> near <a href="/wiki/Manchester" title="Manchester">Manchester</a>. Although tasked primarily with training parachute troops, it was also directed to investigate the use of gliders to transport troops into battle.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Smith7_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Smith7-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the same time, the Ministry of Aircraft Production contracted <a href="/wiki/General_Aircraft_Limited" title="General Aircraft Limited">General Aircraft Limited</a> to design and produce a glider for this purpose.<sup id="cite_ref-Flint73_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Flint73-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The result was the <a href="/wiki/General_Aircraft_Hotspur" title="General Aircraft Hotspur">General Aircraft Hotspur</a>, an aircraft capable of transporting eight soldiers, that was used for both assault and training purposes.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The success of the first British airborne raid, <a href="/wiki/Operation_Colossus" title="Operation Colossus">Operation Colossus</a>, prompted the War Office to expand the airborne force through the creation of the <a href="/wiki/Parachute_Regiment_(United_Kingdom)" title="Parachute Regiment (United Kingdom)">Parachute Regiment</a>, and to develop plans to convert several infantry battalions into <a href="/wiki/Paratrooper" title="Paratrooper">parachute</a> and <a href="/wiki/Glider_infantry" title="Glider infantry">glider infantry</a> battalions.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 31 May 1941, a joint <a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">Army</a> and <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">RAF</a> memorandum was approved by the <a href="/wiki/Chiefs_of_Staff_Committee" title="Chiefs of Staff Committee">Chiefs-of-Staff</a> and Churchill; it recommended that the British airborne forces should consist of two parachute brigades, one based in England and the other in the <a href="/wiki/Middle_East" title="Middle East">Middle East</a>, and that a glider force of 10,000 men should be created.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Formation">Formation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=6th_Airlanding_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Formation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 23 April 1943, the <a href="/wiki/War_Office" title="War Office">War Office</a> gave permission to raise a second airborne division, the 6th Airborne.<sup id="cite_ref-harc223_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-harc223-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The division comprised the <a href="/wiki/3rd_Parachute_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="3rd Parachute Brigade (United Kingdom)">3rd</a> and <a href="/wiki/5th_Parachute_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="5th Parachute Brigade (United Kingdom)">5th Parachute Brigades</a> and the 6th Airlanding Brigade, giving it two parachute and one airlanding brigades, which became the standard British complement for an airborne division. In May 1943 Brigadier <a href="/wiki/Hugh_Kindersley" class="mw-redirect" title="Hugh Kindersley">Hugh Kindersley</a> was appointed as the airlanding brigade's first <a href="/wiki/Commanding_officer" title="Commanding officer">Commanding Officer</a> (CO). Under his command he had two experienced <a href="/wiki/Battalion" title="Battalion">battalions</a> transferred from the <a href="/wiki/1st_Airlanding_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="1st Airlanding Brigade (United Kingdom)">1st Airlanding Brigade</a>: the 2nd Battalion, <a href="/wiki/Oxfordshire_and_Buckinghamshire_Light_Infantry" title="Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry">Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry</a> (2nd OBLI) and the 1st Battalion, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Ulster_Rifles" title="Royal Ulster Rifles">Royal Ulster Rifles</a> (1st RUR). They were joined by a unit newly transferred to the <a href="/wiki/Airborne_forces" title="Airborne forces">airborne forces</a>, the 12th Battalion, <a href="/wiki/Devonshire_Regiment" title="Devonshire Regiment">Devonshire Regiment</a> (12th Devons), a hostilities-only unit formed during the war, as the brigade's third infantry battalion.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other units assigned around the same time were the <a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Own_Worcestershire_Hussars" title="Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars">53rd (Worcestershire Yeomanry) Airlanding Light Regiment, Royal Artillery</a>, the 249th (Airborne) Field Company, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Engineers" title="Royal Engineers">Royal Engineers</a> and the <a href="/wiki/195th_(Airlanding)_Field_Ambulance" title="195th (Airlanding) Field Ambulance">195th (Airlanding) Field Ambulance</a>, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Army_Medical_Corps" title="Royal Army Medical Corps">Royal Army Medical Corps</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-paradata_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-paradata-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>nb 3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Royal_Air_Force_Flying_Training_Command,_1940-1945._CH10208.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Royal_Air_Force_Flying_Training_Command%2C_1940-1945._CH10208.jpg/220px-Royal_Air_Force_Flying_Training_Command%2C_1940-1945._CH10208.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="171" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Royal_Air_Force_Flying_Training_Command%2C_1940-1945._CH10208.jpg/330px-Royal_Air_Force_Flying_Training_Command%2C_1940-1945._CH10208.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Royal_Air_Force_Flying_Training_Command%2C_1940-1945._CH10208.jpg/440px-Royal_Air_Force_Flying_Training_Command%2C_1940-1945._CH10208.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2286" data-file-height="1772" /></a><figcaption>The interior of the <a href="/wiki/Airspeed_Horsa" title="Airspeed Horsa">Airspeed Horsa</a> glider, which made up the great majority of the brigade's glider transport.</figcaption></figure> <p>The airborne brigade was a crucial component of the airborne division because of its strength, which was nearly equal to the combined strength of the two parachute brigades.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In particular, its infantry battalions were the "most heavily armed in the British Army."<sup id="cite_ref-mod6june_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mod6june-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Each airlanding battalion had an establishment of 1034 men, serving in four <a href="/wiki/Company_(military_unit)" title="Company (military unit)">rifle companies</a>, a support and a headquarters company.<sup id="cite_ref-greg50_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-greg50-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A rifle company was sub-divided into four <a href="/wiki/Platoon" title="Platoon">platoons</a>, the support company into six: two <a href="/wiki/Anti-tank_warfare" title="Anti-tank warfare">anti-tank</a> platoons with four <a href="/wiki/Ordnance_QF_6_pounder" class="mw-redirect" title="Ordnance QF 6 pounder">6 pounder guns</a> in each, two <a href="/wiki/Mortar_(weapon)" title="Mortar (weapon)">mortar platoons</a> with twelve <a href="/wiki/Ordnance_ML_3-inch_Mortar" class="mw-redirect" title="Ordnance ML 3-inch Mortar">3 inch mortars</a> between them, and two <a href="/wiki/Vickers_machine_gun" title="Vickers machine gun">Vickers machine gun</a> platoons with four guns in each platoon.<sup id="cite_ref-peters55_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-peters55-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The headquarters company had <a href="/wiki/Signals_(military)" class="mw-redirect" title="Signals (military)">signals</a>, <a href="/wiki/Assault_pioneer" title="Assault pioneer">assault pioneer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Military_transport" class="mw-redirect" title="Military transport">transport</a> and <a href="/wiki/Military_administration" title="Military administration">administration</a> platoons.<sup id="cite_ref-greg50_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-greg50-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Air transport for the brigade was normally the <a href="/wiki/Airspeed_Horsa" title="Airspeed Horsa">Airspeed Horsa</a> glider, piloted by two soldiers from the <a href="/wiki/Glider_Pilot_Regiment" title="Glider Pilot Regiment">Glider Pilot Regiment</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With a wingspan of 88 feet (27 m) and a length of 67 feet (20 m), the Horsa had a maximum load capacity of 15,750 pounds (7,140 kg)—space for two pilots, and a maximum of either 28 troops or two <a href="/wiki/Willys_MB" title="Willys MB">jeeps</a>, one jeep and a 6 pounder gun, or one jeep with a trailer.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It required 62 Horsas and one <a href="/wiki/General_Aircraft_Hamilcar" title="General Aircraft Hamilcar">General Aircraft Hamilcar</a> glider to transport an airlanding battalion into action. The Hamilcar carried the battalion's two <a href="/wiki/Universal_Carrier" title="Universal Carrier">Universal Carriers</a>, which were used to support the mortar and machine-gun platoons.<sup id="cite_ref-peters55_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-peters55-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the end of the war in 1945, the 12th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, formed during the war, was disbanded, and replaced by the 1st Battalion, <a href="/wiki/Argyll_and_Sutherland_Highlanders" title="Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders">Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders</a>, of the <a href="/wiki/Standing_army" title="Standing army">Regular Army</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Wilson5_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wilson5-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Brigadier <a href="/wiki/Roger_Bower" title="Roger Bower">Roger Bower</a> was also appointed to command the brigade for service in <a href="/wiki/Mandatory_Palestine" title="Mandatory Palestine">Palestine</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 6th Airlanding Brigade had always been an integral part of the 6th Airborne Division, but when the <a href="/wiki/1st_Airborne_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="1st Airborne Division (United Kingdom)">1st Airborne Division</a> was disbanded, and its <a href="/wiki/1st_Parachute_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="1st Parachute Brigade (United Kingdom)">1st Parachute Brigade</a> was assigned to the 6th Airborne Division, the 6th Airlanding Brigade became surplus to the division's requirements. On 15 April 1946, the brigade ceased being part of the British Army's airborne forces, and was renumbered the <a href="/wiki/31st_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="31st Brigade (United Kingdom)">31st Independent Infantry Brigade</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Operational_history">Operational history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=6th_Airlanding_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Operational history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From June to December 1943, the 6th Airlanding Brigade, as part of the 6th Airborne Division, prepared for operations, and trained at every level from <a href="/wiki/Section_(military_unit)" title="Section (military unit)">section</a> up to division by day and night.<sup id="cite_ref-harc225_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-harc225-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Airborne soldiers were expected to fight against superior numbers of the enemy equipped with artillery and tanks. So training was designed to encourage a spirit of self-discipline, self-reliance and aggressiveness. Emphasis was given to physical fitness, <a href="/wiki/Marksman" title="Marksman">marksmanship</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fieldcraft" title="Fieldcraft">fieldcraft</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-guard225_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guard225-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A large part of the training consisted of <a href="/wiki/Assault_course" title="Assault course">assault courses</a> and <a href="/wiki/Loaded_march" title="Loaded march">route marching</a>. <a href="/wiki/Military_exercise" title="Military exercise">Military exercises</a> included capturing and holding airborne bridgeheads, road or rail bridges and coastal fortifications.<sup id="cite_ref-guard225_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guard225-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the end of most exercises, the troops would march back to their barracks, usually a distance of around 20 miles (32 km).<sup id="cite_ref-harc225_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-harc225-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An ability to cover long distances at speed was expected: airborne platoons were required to cover a distance of 50 miles (80 km) in 24 hours, and battalions 32 miles (51 km).<sup id="cite_ref-guard225_29-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guard225-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In April 1944, under the command of <a href="/wiki/I_Airborne_Corps_(United_Kingdom)" title="I Airborne Corps (United Kingdom)">I Airborne Corps</a>, the brigade took part in Exercise Mush. This was a three-day exercise in the counties of <a href="/wiki/Gloucestershire" title="Gloucestershire">Gloucestershire</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oxfordshire" title="Oxfordshire">Oxfordshire</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wiltshire" title="Wiltshire">Wiltshire</a>, during which the entire 6th Airborne Division was landed by air. Unknown to the troops involved, the exercise was a full-scale rehearsal for the division's involvement in the imminent Allied <a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Normandy" class="mw-redirect" title="Invasion of Normandy">invasion of Normandy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the invasion, the 6th Airborne Division's two parachute brigades would land in the early hours of 6 June in <a href="/wiki/Operation_Tonga" title="Operation Tonga">Operation Tonga</a>; the 6th Airlanding Brigade would not arrive until almost dusk on the same day. Their objective was to secure the left flank of the invasion area, between the rivers <a href="/wiki/Orne_(river)" title="Orne (river)">Orne</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dives_(river)" title="Dives (river)">Dives</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Normandy">Normandy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=6th_Airlanding_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Normandy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Capture_of_the_Caen_canal_and_Orne_river_bridges" title="Capture of the Caen canal and Orne river bridges">Capture of the Caen canal and Orne river bridges</a> and <a href="/wiki/Operation_Mallard" title="Operation Mallard">Operation Mallard</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Landing_zone_%27N%27_7_June_1944.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Landing_zone_%27N%27_7_June_1944.jpg/220px-Landing_zone_%27N%27_7_June_1944.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="204" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Landing_zone_%27N%27_7_June_1944.jpg/330px-Landing_zone_%27N%27_7_June_1944.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Landing_zone_%27N%27_7_June_1944.jpg/440px-Landing_zone_%27N%27_7_June_1944.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="742" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Airspeed_Horsa" title="Airspeed Horsa">Airspeed Horsa</a> gliders on Landing Zone 'N', 7 June 1944.</figcaption></figure> <p>One of the first Allied units to land in Normandy was 'D' Company of the 2nd Ox and Bucks Light Infantry, commanded by Major <a href="/wiki/John_Howard_(British_Army_officer)" title="John Howard (British Army officer)">John Howard</a>. The company, attached to the <a href="/wiki/5th_Parachute_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="5th Parachute Brigade (United Kingdom)">5th Parachute Brigade</a>, <a href="/wiki/Capture_of_the_Caen_canal_and_Orne_river_bridges" title="Capture of the Caen canal and Orne river bridges">captured the Caen canal and Orne river bridges</a> via a <a href="/wiki/Coup_de_main" title="Coup de main">coup de main</a> assault.<sup id="cite_ref-howard_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-howard-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Almost 21 hours later the 6th Airlanding Brigade's main air assault on <a href="/wiki/Normandy" title="Normandy">Normandy</a>, Operation Mallard, began. Included in the operation was the brigade, the 6th Airborne Division's <a href="/w/index.php?title=6th_Airborne_Reconnaissance_Regiment&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="6th Airborne Reconnaissance Regiment (page does not exist)">reconnaissance regiment</a>, and one of its <a href="/wiki/Howitzer" title="Howitzer">howitzer</a> batteries. The combined force crossed the <a href="/wiki/English_Channel" title="English Channel">English Channel</a> in 250 gliders, arriving at their landing zones at 21:00 6 June 1944.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Graffiti_on_glider_side.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Graffiti_on_glider_side.jpg/220px-Graffiti_on_glider_side.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Graffiti_on_glider_side.jpg/330px-Graffiti_on_glider_side.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Graffiti_on_glider_side.jpg/440px-Graffiti_on_glider_side.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="570" /></a><figcaption>British airborne troops admire the graffiti chalked on the side of their glider as they prepare to fly out as part of the second drop on the night of 6 June 1944.</figcaption></figure> <p>The gliders carrying the brigade headed for two separated landing areas, Landing Zone 'W' (LZ-W) to the east of <a href="/wiki/Saint-Aubin-d%27Arquenay" title="Saint-Aubin-d'Arquenay">Saint-Aubin-d'Arquenay</a> and Landing Zone 'N' (LZ-N) to the north of <a href="/wiki/Ranville" title="Ranville">Ranville</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The gliders landing on LZ-W contained the remaining men of the 2nd OBLI, and 'A' Company, 12th Devons landed at LZ-W. Given the limited availability of aircraft, the remainder of the Devons battalion and the divisional troops were transported by sea, arriving at <a href="/wiki/Sword_Beach" title="Sword Beach">Sword Beach</a> on 7 June.<sup id="cite_ref-mod6june_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mod6june-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The brigade headquarters and 1st RUR landed at LZ-N.<sup id="cite_ref-morgan95_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-morgan95-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> LZ-N was still within range of the German defenders, and the disembarking troops were subjected to light <a href="/wiki/Machine_gun" title="Machine gun">machine gun</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mortar_(weapon)" title="Mortar (weapon)">mortar</a> fire.<sup id="cite_ref-morgan95_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-morgan95-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, they only lost one man, who was killed by a <a href="/wiki/Sniper" title="Sniper">sniper</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At 22:30 Brigadier Kindersley briefed the two battalion COs ordering the 2nd OBLI to capture the village of <a href="/wiki/Escoville" title="Escoville">Escoville</a> 3 miles (4.8 km) to the south of <a href="/wiki/Ranville" title="Ranville">Ranville</a>, and the 1st RUR to capture <a href="/wiki/Longueval" title="Longueval">Longueval</a>, 2.5 miles (4.0 km) south-west of the Le Bas de Ranville, and <a href="/wiki/Sainte-Honorine-la-Chardonne" title="Sainte-Honorine-la-Chardonne">Sainte-Honorine</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:D-day_-_British_Forces_during_the_Invasion_of_Normandy_6_June_1944_B5198.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/D-day_-_British_Forces_during_the_Invasion_of_Normandy_6_June_1944_B5198.jpg/220px-D-day_-_British_Forces_during_the_Invasion_of_Normandy_6_June_1944_B5198.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="219" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/D-day_-_British_Forces_during_the_Invasion_of_Normandy_6_June_1944_B5198.jpg/330px-D-day_-_British_Forces_during_the_Invasion_of_Normandy_6_June_1944_B5198.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/D-day_-_British_Forces_during_the_Invasion_of_Normandy_6_June_1944_B5198.jpg/440px-D-day_-_British_Forces_during_the_Invasion_of_Normandy_6_June_1944_B5198.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="797" /></a><figcaption>Hamilcar gliders of the 6th Airlanding Brigade arrive on DZ 'N' near Ranville, bringing with them the Tetrarch tanks of the 6th Airborne Division's armoured reconnaissance regiment, evening of 6 June 1944.</figcaption></figure> <p>By 04:30 7 June 2 OBLI had reached <a href="/wiki/Herourvillette" class="mw-redirect" title="Herourvillette">Herourvillette</a>. Finding the village unoccupied they left a company behind to defend it, and at 08:30 the rest of the battalion headed for Escoville. They arrived at the village at 11:00 having only been confronted by sniper fire.<sup id="cite_ref-harc339_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-harc339-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Germans assembling on the heights overlooking the village attacked at 15:00. Fighting at <a href="/wiki/Close_combat" class="mw-redirect" title="Close combat">close quarters</a> and <a href="/wiki/House_to_house" class="mw-redirect" title="House to house">house to house</a>, by 16:00 the battalion was forced to withdraw back to Herourvillette. The battle cost them 87 casualties, including the CO.<sup id="cite_ref-harc339_38-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-harc339-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It was not until 09:00 that the 1st RUR were in position to carry out a <a href="/wiki/Left_flanking" class="mw-redirect" title="Left flanking">left flanking</a> attack on Longuerval. The village was clear of Germans so they pressed on towards Sainte-Honorine. When between the two villages, the battalion was engaged by German mortar, artillery and <a href="/wiki/Assault_gun" title="Assault gun">assault gun</a> fire, and suffered several casualties. Two companies managed to reach Sainte-Honorine, but with no artillery <a href="/wiki/Fire_support" title="Fire support">fire support</a> of their own, and out of radio contact with their battalion headquarters, they were forced to withdraw back to Longueval.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:D-day_-_British_Forces_during_the_Invasion_of_Normandy_6_June_1944_B5200_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/D-day_-_British_Forces_during_the_Invasion_of_Normandy_6_June_1944_B5200_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-D-day_-_British_Forces_during_the_Invasion_of_Normandy_6_June_1944_B5200_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="110" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/D-day_-_British_Forces_during_the_Invasion_of_Normandy_6_June_1944_B5200_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-D-day_-_British_Forces_during_the_Invasion_of_Normandy_6_June_1944_B5200_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/D-day_-_British_Forces_during_the_Invasion_of_Normandy_6_June_1944_B5200_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-D-day_-_British_Forces_during_the_Invasion_of_Normandy_6_June_1944_B5200_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="767" data-file-height="385" /></a><figcaption>Airborne troops of the 6th Airlanding Brigade hitching a trailer to a jeep which has just been off-loaded from a Horsa glider (LH344 'Charlie's Aunt') on DZ 'N' near Ranville, on the evening of 6 June 1944.</figcaption></figure> <p>Around the same time, the 12th Devons had arrived in the divisional area from the landing beaches and were ordered to take over the defence of the Bas de Ranville from the <a href="/wiki/12th_(Yorkshire)_Parachute_Battalion" title="12th (Yorkshire) Parachute Battalion">12th Parachute Battalion</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Because they were positioned behind the brigade front line, they were not directly attacked, but from 11:00 to 18:30 on 8 June they were subjected to a constant artillery bombardment.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 9 June 2 OBLI sent a company back to Escoville to confirm if it was still held by the Germans. Finding it occupied by infantry with armour support, they withdrew back to Herourvillette. At 18:30 the battalion was attacked by <a href="/wiki/Messerschmitt_Bf_109" title="Messerschmitt Bf 109">Messerschmitt Bf 109</a> aircraft and at 19:00 the whole brigade's position was bombarded by German artillery and mortar fire. This was followed by an infantry and tank assault. Supported by their own and the division's anti-tank guns and artillery, the battalion stopped the attack around 100 yards (91 m) from their lines. By 21:30 the attack was over, and the Germans withdrew, having lost eight tanks, two <a href="/wiki/Armored_car_(military)" title="Armored car (military)">armoured cars</a> and two <a href="/wiki/Self-propelled_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="Self-propelled gun">self-propelled guns</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the same time, German tanks and infantry attacked the 12th Devons. By 20:30 they had advanced to within 50 yards (46 m) of the battalion's positions. With the airborne artillery regiment busy assisting the 2nd OBLI, the Devons had to call on the artillery from the <a href="/wiki/3rd_Division_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="3rd Division (United Kingdom)">British 3rd Infantry Division</a> to break up the attack.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Activity over the next few days was limited to skirmishes and patrol activity, until the night of 13 June when the brigade was relieved by units of the <a href="/wiki/51st_(Highland)_Division" title="51st (Highland) Division">51st (Highland) Infantry Division</a>. The brigade was repositioned in the area of <a href="/wiki/Br%C3%A9ville-les-Monts" title="Bréville-les-Monts">Breville</a> between the 5th Parachute Brigade and the <a href="/wiki/British_Commandos" class="mw-redirect" title="British Commandos">commandos</a> of the <a href="/wiki/1st_Special_Service_Brigade" title="1st Special Service Brigade">1st Special Service Brigade</a>. Here they remained in a defensive position until mid August, conducting patrols to hold the Germans' attention.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Advance_to_the_Seine">Advance to the Seine</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=6th_Airlanding_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Advance to the Seine"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/6th_Airborne_Division_advance_to_the_River_Seine" title="6th Airborne Division advance to the River Seine">6th Airborne Division advance to the River Seine</a> and <a href="/wiki/Operation_Paddle" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Paddle">Operation Paddle</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Glider_troops_June_1944.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Glider_troops_June_1944.jpg/220px-Glider_troops_June_1944.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Glider_troops_June_1944.jpg/330px-Glider_troops_June_1944.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Glider_troops_June_1944.jpg/440px-Glider_troops_June_1944.jpg 2x" data-file-width="799" data-file-height="800" /></a><figcaption>Men of the 6th Airlanding Brigade in France, 1944.</figcaption></figure> <p>On 7 August the 6th Airborne division was ordered to prepare to move over to the offensive, with its objective being the mouth of the <a href="/wiki/River_Seine" class="mw-redirect" title="River Seine">River Seine</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The division began to advance as the Germans retreated from France following their defeat in the <a href="/wiki/Falaise_pocket" title="Falaise pocket">Battle of Falaise</a>. The 6th Airlanding Brigade, now commanded by Brigadier <a href="/wiki/Edwin_Flavell_(British_Army_officer)" title="Edwin Flavell (British Army officer)">Edwin Flavell</a>, had the <a href="/wiki/1st_Belgian_Infantry_Brigade" class="mw-redirect" title="1st Belgian Infantry Brigade">1st Belgian Infantry Brigade</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Netherlands_Motorized_Infantry_Brigade" title="Royal Netherlands Motorized Infantry Brigade">Royal Netherlands Motorized Infantry Brigade</a> under its command. Together they would form the left flank of the division's advance, moving along the French coast, while the remainder of the division advanced further inland.<sup id="cite_ref-harc351_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-harc351-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 6th Airlanding Brigade advance started on 17 August along two axes, with the 12th Devons on the left, the 2nd OBLI on the right, and the 1st RUR in reserve.<sup id="cite_ref-harc351_46-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-harc351-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At <a href="/w/index.php?title=Longuemare&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Longuemare (page does not exist)">Longuemare</a> the 12th Devons had to fight through the German rearguard, and the 1st RUR took over the advance on the left and reached <a href="/wiki/Cabourg" title="Cabourg">Cabourg</a> without meeting any further resistance.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Brigade_group" title="Brigade group">brigade group</a> was moved to an area east of <a href="/wiki/Troarn" title="Troarn">Troarn</a> on 21 August. With the 12th Devons leading they advanced again, occupying <a href="/wiki/Branville" title="Branville">Branville</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vauville,_Calvados" title="Vauville, Calvados">Vauville</a> and <a href="/wiki/Deauville" title="Deauville">Deauville</a> on 22 August.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Attempts to cross the <a href="/wiki/Touques_(river)" title="Touques (river)">River Touques</a> were repulsed by a force estimated to be around 1,200 men.<sup id="cite_ref-harc360_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-harc360-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Outflanking the German position, the 2nd OBLI crossed the river at <a href="/wiki/Touques,_Calvados" title="Touques, Calvados">Touques</a> on 24 August. Keeping the pressure on the retreating Germans on 25 August, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Le_Correspondence&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Le Correspondence (page does not exist)">Le Correspondence</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Petreville&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Petreville (page does not exist)">Petreville</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Malhortie&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Malhortie (page does not exist)">Malhortie</a> were captured.<sup id="cite_ref-harc360_49-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-harc360-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the Germans had retained control of the bridge outside Malhortie and the high ground at <a href="/wiki/Manneville-la-Raoult" title="Manneville-la-Raoult">Manneville-la-Raoult</a>. The 2nd OBLI attacked and captured the bridge intact, but Mannerville-la-Raoult was only taken at dusk, at the cost of several casualties.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The next day, 26 August, the battalion captured <a href="/wiki/Foulbec" title="Foulbec">Foulbec</a> on the River Seine at 19:00, although not before the Germans had destroyed the bridge,<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and earlier that day the 1st RUR had captured <a href="/wiki/Berville-sur-Mer" title="Berville-sur-Mer">Berville-sur-Mer</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 27 August the division was ordered to concentrate in the area between <a href="/wiki/Honfleur" title="Honfleur">Honfleur</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pont_Audemer" class="mw-redirect" title="Pont Audemer">Pont Audemer</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Harclerode_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Harclerode-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In nine days of fighting the 6th Airborne Division had advanced 45 miles (72 km),<sup id="cite_ref-Otway191_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Otway191-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> despite, as the divisional commander, Major-General <a href="/wiki/Richard_Gale_(British_Army_officer)" title="Richard Gale (British Army officer)">Richard Nelson Gale</a> put it, his infantry units being "quite inadequately equipped for a rapid pursuit".<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The division had captured 400 square miles (1,000 km<sup>2</sup>) of territory and taken over 1,000 German soldiers <a href="/wiki/Prisoner_of_war" title="Prisoner of war">prisoner</a>. Since landing on 6 June the division's casualties were 4,457, of which 821 were killed, 2,709 wounded and 927 missing.<sup id="cite_ref-Harclerode_53-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Harclerode-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Otway191_54-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Otway191-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 6th Airlanding Brigade suffered 115 men killed during the campaign.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The division was withdrawn from France, and embarked for England at the beginning of September.<sup id="cite_ref-Otway191_54-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Otway191-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ardennes">Ardennes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=6th_Airlanding_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Ardennes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Bulge" title="Battle of the Bulge">Battle of the Bulge</a></div> <p>In England the brigade went into a period of recruitment and training, concentrating on house to house street fighting in the bombed areas of <a href="/wiki/Southampton" title="Southampton">Southampton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Birmingham" title="Birmingham">Birmingham</a>. The training programme culminated in Exercise Eve, an assault on the <a href="/wiki/River_Thames" title="River Thames">River Thames</a>, which was intended to simulate the <a href="/wiki/Rhine" title="Rhine">River Rhine</a> in Germany.<sup id="cite_ref-saunders279_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-saunders279-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By December the brigade was preparing for Christmas leave, when news of the German offensive in the <a href="/wiki/Ardennes" title="Ardennes">Ardennes</a> broke. As part of the <a href="/wiki/First_Allied_Airborne_Army" title="First Allied Airborne Army">First Allied Airborne Army</a>, 6th Airborne Division was available as a component of the strategic reserve for the Allied forces in northwest Europe. The other two divisions available in reserve, the American <a href="/wiki/82nd_Airborne_Division" title="82nd Airborne Division">82nd</a> and <a href="/wiki/101st_Airborne_Division" title="101st Airborne Division">101st Airborne</a>, were already at <a href="/wiki/Rheims" class="mw-redirect" title="Rheims">Rheims</a> in northern France, and the 6th Airborne was sent by sea to Belgium to assist the defence.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With 29 German and 33 Allied divisions involved, the Battle of the Bulge was the largest single battle on the <a href="/wiki/Western_Front_(World_War_II)" title="Western Front (World War II)">Western Front</a> during the war.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On <a href="/wiki/Christmas_Day" class="mw-redirect" title="Christmas Day">Christmas Day</a> the division moved up to take position in front of the spearhead of the German advance; by <a href="/wiki/Boxing_Day" title="Boxing Day">Boxing Day</a> they had reached their allocated places in the defensive line between <a href="/wiki/Dinant" title="Dinant">Dinant</a> and <a href="/wiki/Namur_(city)" class="mw-redirect" title="Namur (city)">Namur</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-saunders279_57-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-saunders279-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-harc549_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-harc549-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 3rd Parachute Brigade were on the left, 5th Parachute Brigade on the right, and the airlanding brigade in reserve.<sup id="cite_ref-harc549_60-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-harc549-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Over the next days the German advance was halted and forced back, until at the end of January 1945, the brigade crossed into the Netherlands.<sup id="cite_ref-harc549_60-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-harc549-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Here the division was made responsible for the area along the <a href="/wiki/River_Maas" class="mw-redirect" title="River Maas">River Maas</a>, between <a href="/wiki/Venlo" title="Venlo">Venlo</a> and <a href="/wiki/Roermond" title="Roermond">Roermond</a>. The brigade carried out patrols, on both sides of the river, against their opponents from the <a href="/wiki/7th_Parachute_Division_(Germany)" title="7th Parachute Division (Germany)">7th Parachute Division</a>. Near the end of February the division returned to England to prepare for another airborne mission, to cross the River Rhine into Germany.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rhine">Rhine</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=6th_Airlanding_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Rhine"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Operation_Varsity" title="Operation Varsity">Operation Varsity</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Paras_hamminkeln_25_march_1945.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Paras_hamminkeln_25_march_1945.jpg/220px-Paras_hamminkeln_25_march_1945.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="219" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Paras_hamminkeln_25_march_1945.jpg/330px-Paras_hamminkeln_25_march_1945.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Paras_hamminkeln_25_march_1945.jpg/440px-Paras_hamminkeln_25_march_1945.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="798" /></a><figcaption>Airborne troops marching through <a href="/wiki/Hamminkeln" title="Hamminkeln">Hamminkeln</a>, <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a>, 25 March 1945.</figcaption></figure> <p>Whereas all other Allied airborne landings had been a surprise for the Germans, the Rhine crossing was expected, and their defences were reinforced in anticipation. The airborne operation was preceded by a two-day round-the-clock bombing mission by the Allied air forces. Then on 23 March 3,500 artillery guns targeted the German positions. At dusk <a href="/wiki/Operation_Plunder" title="Operation Plunder">Operation Plunder</a>, an assault river crossing of the Rhine by the <a href="/wiki/21st_Army_Group" title="21st Army Group">21st Army Group</a>, began.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For their part in Operation Varsity, the British 6th Airborne Division was assigned to the <a href="/wiki/XVIII_Airborne_Corps" title="XVIII Airborne Corps">U.S. XVIII Airborne Corps</a>, under Major General <a href="/wiki/Matthew_Ridgway" title="Matthew Ridgway">Matthew Ridgway</a>, alongside Major General <a href="/wiki/William_M._Miley" title="William M. Miley">William Miley</a>'s <a href="/wiki/17th_Airborne_Division_(United_States)" title="17th Airborne Division (United States)">U.S. 17th Airborne Division</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 6th Airlanding Brigade, now commanded by Brigadier <a href="/wiki/Hugh_Bellamy" title="Hugh Bellamy">Hugh Bellamy</a>, was given several objectives in the operation. The 2nd OBLI, landing in the north, had to secure the bridges over the <a href="/wiki/River_Issel" class="mw-redirect" title="River Issel">River Issel</a>. The 1st RUR had the main road bridge over the river from <a href="/wiki/Hamminkeln" title="Hamminkeln">Hamminkeln</a> to <a href="/w/index.php?title=Brunen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Brunen (page does not exist)">Brunen</a> as their objective, and the 12th Devons were to capture the town of Hamminkeln.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_British_Army_in_North-west_Europe_1944-45_BU2301.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/The_British_Army_in_North-west_Europe_1944-45_BU2301.jpg/220px-The_British_Army_in_North-west_Europe_1944-45_BU2301.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="221" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/The_British_Army_in_North-west_Europe_1944-45_BU2301.jpg/330px-The_British_Army_in_North-west_Europe_1944-45_BU2301.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/The_British_Army_in_North-west_Europe_1944-45_BU2301.jpg/440px-The_British_Army_in_North-west_Europe_1944-45_BU2301.jpg 2x" data-file-width="796" data-file-height="800" /></a><figcaption>Regimental Sergeant Major Allen of the 12th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment examines captured German helmets in Hamminkeln, 25 March 1945.</figcaption></figure> <p>As in Normandy, the division's two parachute brigades were already on the ground before the 6th Airlanding Brigade started landing at 10:30 24 March 1945.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The German defenders had been alerted, and the gliders were met by a concentrated anti-aircraft barrage. This caused the brigade around 40 per cent casualties in men and 50 per cent in equipment.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>nb 4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nevertheless, by 11:00 the 2nd OBLI and 1st RUR had captured their objectives.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 12th Devons landed amongst a German armoured formation, but managed to gather enough men together to begin their attack on Hamminkeln at 11:35, and had secured the town by 12:00.<sup id="cite_ref-harc564_71-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-harc564-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At midnight the 2nd OBLI were attacked by a force of tanks and infantry. One of the battalion positions at the eastern side of the road bridge was overrun, and had to be recaptured with a counter-attack. Another attack two hours later was in danger of capturing the bridge, so Brigadier Bellamy ordered it blown up.<sup id="cite_ref-harc564_71-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-harc564-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> German infantry attempted to infiltrate the brigade's positions throughout the night. At 05:30 German armour was detected approaching and the brigade called in <a href="/wiki/Close_air_support" title="Close air support">close air support</a> from RAF <a href="/wiki/Hawker_Typhoon" title="Hawker Typhoon">Typhoon</a> fighter bombers, which destroyed several tanks.<sup id="cite_ref-harc567_72-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-harc567-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The main road bridge, held by 1st RUR, was attacked at 07:00 by infantry and two tanks. The attack failed when the tanks were destroyed by the division's anti-tank guns.<sup id="cite_ref-harc567_72-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-harc567-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later that day infantry from the <a href="/wiki/15th_Scottish_Infantry_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="15th Scottish Infantry Division">15th Scottish Infantry Division</a>, supported by tanks, had advanced to the divisional area and took over the brigade's position. At the same time the division was ordered to prepare to advance eastwards from dawn on 26 March.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Germany">Germany</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=6th_Airlanding_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Germany"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 26 March the brigade <a href="/wiki/Western_Allied_invasion_of_Germany" title="Western Allied invasion of Germany">advanced further into Germany</a>, with the 1st RUR and the 12th Devons leading. The only opposition was German <a href="/wiki/Rearguard" title="Rearguard">rearguard</a> actions, and they reached <a href="/wiki/Rhade" title="Rhade">Rhade</a> by that evening and <a href="/wiki/Limbeck" title="Limbeck">Limbeck</a> the following day.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They crossed the <a href="/wiki/Dortmund%E2%80%93Ems_Canal" title="Dortmund–Ems Canal">Dortmund–Ems Canal</a> at dawn on 2 April, unopposed except for artillery fire. Later that day there was more resistance when they reached <a href="/wiki/Lengerich,_Lower_Saxony" title="Lengerich, Lower Saxony">Lengerich</a>. By 4 April the brigade was moving forward as fast as possible, supported by the 4th (Armoured) Battalion, <a href="/wiki/Grenadier_Guards" title="Grenadier Guards">Grenadier Guards</a>, part of the <a href="/wiki/6th_Guards_Tank_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="6th Guards Tank Brigade (United Kingdom)">6th Guards Tank Brigade</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Steinhuder_Meer" title="Steinhuder Meer">Steinhuder Meer</a> was reached on 10 April, then in the following days <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ulzen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ulzen (page does not exist)">Ulzen</a> and <a href="/wiki/L%C3%BCneburg" title="Lüneburg">Lüneburg</a> were captured.<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 2 May they had reached the <a href="/wiki/River_Elbe" class="mw-redirect" title="River Elbe">River Elbe</a>. Expecting it to be defended in force, the division attacked at once, trying to catch the defenders unaware. The attack was successful and the river was crossed over a <a href="/wiki/Pontoon_bridge" title="Pontoon bridge">pontoon bridge</a> left intact by the retreating Germans. That afternoon the leading troops of the <a href="/wiki/3rd_Parachute_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="3rd Parachute Brigade (United Kingdom)">3rd Parachute Brigade</a> reached <a href="/wiki/Mecklenburg" title="Mecklenburg">Mecklenburg</a> and made contact with the leading men from the <a href="/wiki/Red_Army" title="Red Army">Russian Army</a> advancing from the east.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later that day the brigade reached <a href="/wiki/Wismar" title="Wismar">Wismar</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Baltic_Sea" title="Baltic Sea">Baltic Sea</a>, and remained there until 7 May when news was received of the German surrender.<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post-war">Post-war</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=6th_Airlanding_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Post-war"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/6th_Airborne_Division_in_Palestine" title="6th Airborne Division in Palestine">6th Airborne Division in Palestine</a></div> <p>At the end of May 1945, the division was pulled out of Germany and returned to England. It was initially intended to send them to <a href="/wiki/British_Raj" title="British Raj">India</a> to form an airborne corps with the <a href="/wiki/44th_Airborne_Division_(India)" title="44th Airborne Division (India)">44th Indian Airborne Division</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The division's advance party, formed around the 5th Parachute Brigade, had already arrived in India.<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following the Japanese surrender, all these plans changed. The post-war British Army only needed one airborne division, and the 6th Airborne was chosen to remain on strength. Reinforced by the <a href="/wiki/2nd_Parachute_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="2nd Parachute Brigade (United Kingdom)">2nd Parachute Brigade</a>, the division was sent to the <a href="/wiki/Middle_East" title="Middle East">Middle East</a> as the Imperial Strategic Reserve.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 10 October 1945, the brigade arrived at the port of <a href="/wiki/Haifa" title="Haifa">Haifa</a>, and after disembarking moved to <a href="/wiki/Gaza_City" title="Gaza City">Gaza</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Wilson5_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wilson5-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After a short period of acclimatisation, the 6th Airlanding Brigade was deployed in the <a href="/wiki/Samaria" title="Samaria">Samaria</a> region, with the brigade headquarters at <a href="/wiki/Ben_Gurion_International_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Ben Gurion International Airport">Lydda airfield</a>. At the same time, the 6th Battalion, <a href="/wiki/Gordon_Highlanders" title="Gordon Highlanders">Gordon Highlanders</a>, based at <a href="/wiki/Tulkarm" title="Tulkarm">Tulkarm</a>, came under the brigade's command.<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first incident in the brigade area was on 31 October, when parties of armed Jews planted explosives on rail lines, which killed four and wounded eight when they exploded.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following attacks on <a href="/wiki/Coastguard" class="mw-redirect" title="Coastguard">coastguard</a> stations, believed to be by members of the <a href="/wiki/Palmach" title="Palmach">Palmach</a>, over the night of 24/25 November, the brigade carried out two operations to search settlements for those responsible.<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 29 March 1946 the brigade was relocated to <a href="/wiki/Jerusalem" title="Jerusalem">Jerusalem</a> in preparation for leaving the division. On 3 April the <a href="/wiki/1st_Parachute_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="1st Parachute Brigade (United Kingdom)">1st Parachute Brigade</a>, which had been assigned to the division, arrived in Palestine. Their arrival made the glider formation surplus to requirements, so on 15 April the brigade was renumbered <a href="/wiki/31st_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="31st Brigade (United Kingdom)">31st Independent Infantry Brigade</a>, and was no longer part of the British airborne forces.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Order_of_battle">Order of battle</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=6th_Airlanding_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Order of battle"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>Commanders</dt></dl> <ul><li>Brigadier <a href="/wiki/Hugh_Kindersley" class="mw-redirect" title="Hugh Kindersley">Hugh Kindersley</a> (1943–1944)</li> <li>Brigadier <a href="/wiki/Edwin_Flavell_(British_Army_officer)" title="Edwin Flavell (British Army officer)">Edwin Flavell</a> (1944–1945)</li> <li>Brigadier <a href="/wiki/Hugh_Bellamy" title="Hugh Bellamy">Hugh Bellamy</a> (1945)</li> <li>Brigadier <a href="/wiki/Roger_Bower" title="Roger Bower">Roger Bower</a> (1945–1946)</li></ul> <dl><dt>Units assigned</dt></dl> <ul><li>2nd Battalion, <a href="/wiki/Oxfordshire_and_Buckinghamshire_Light_Infantry" title="Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry">Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry</a></li> <li>1st Battalion, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Ulster_Rifles" title="Royal Ulster Rifles">Royal Ulster Rifles</a></li> <li>12th Battalion, <a href="/wiki/Devonshire_Regiment" title="Devonshire Regiment">Devonshire Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/53rd_(Worcestershire_Yeomanry)_Airlanding_Light_Regiment" class="mw-redirect" title="53rd (Worcestershire Yeomanry) Airlanding Light Regiment">53rd (Worcestershire Yeomanry) Airlanding Light Regiment</a> – <a href="/wiki/Royal_Artillery" title="Royal Artillery">Royal Artillery</a></li> <li>249th (Airborne) Field Company – <a href="/wiki/Royal_Engineers" title="Royal Engineers">Royal Engineers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/195th_(Airlanding)_Field_Ambulance" title="195th (Airlanding) Field Ambulance">195th (Airlanding) Field Ambulance</a> – <a href="/wiki/Royal_Army_Medical_Corps" title="Royal Army Medical Corps">Royal Army Medical Corps</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>Units attached</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_Belgian_Infantry_Brigade" class="mw-redirect" title="1st Belgian Infantry Brigade">1st Belgian Infantry Brigade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Netherlands_Motorized_Infantry_Brigade" title="Royal Netherlands Motorized Infantry Brigade">Royal Netherlands Motorized Infantry Brigade</a></li> <li>6th Battalion, <a href="/wiki/Gordon_Highlanders" title="Gordon Highlanders">Gordon Highlanders</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=6th_Airlanding_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>Footnotes</dt></dl> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output 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Devils" by the German troops they had fought in North Africa. The title was officially confirmed by General <a href="/wiki/Harold_Alexander,_1st_Earl_Alexander_of_Tunis" title="Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis">Sir Harold Alexander</a> and henceforth applied to all British airborne troops.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">By 1944, the 53rd (Worcestershire Yeomanry) Airlanding Light Regiment was removed from the brigade order of battle and became a divisional asset.<sup id="cite_ref-mod6june_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mod6june-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-69"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-69">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The landings cost the brigade over 472 dead; 2nd OBLI had 103 dead and over 100 wounded, 1st RUR had 259 dead, and 12th Devons had 110 dead and 30 wounded.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Only five of the sixty-three gliders transporting 1st RUR landed completely intact.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <dl><dt>Citations</dt></dl> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Peters and Buist, p. 5</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Otway, p. 88</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Otway, p. 21</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Shortt and McBride, p. 4</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Moreman, p. 91</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Otway 1990, pp. 28–29</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Smith7-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Smith7_9-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Smith, p. 7</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Flint73-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Flint73_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span 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href="#cite_ref-morgan95_35-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Morgan and Hughes, p. 95</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-36">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Morgan and Hughes, p. 96</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-37">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Harclerode, p. 338</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-harc339-38"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-harc339_38-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-harc339_38-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Harclerode, p. 339</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-39"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-39">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Harclerode, pp. 338–339</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-40"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-40">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Harclerode, p. 340</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-41"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-41">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Harclerode, p. 341</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-42"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-42">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Harclerode, p. 343</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-43"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-43">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Harclerode, p. 342</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-44"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-44">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Harclerode, p. 348</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-45"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-45">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Otway, pp.187–188</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-harc351-46"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-harc351_46-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-harc351_46-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Harclerode, p. 351</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-47"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-47">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Harclerode, p. 352</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-48"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-48">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Harclerode, pp.353 359</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-harc360-49"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-harc360_49-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-harc360_49-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Harclerode, p. 360</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-50"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-50">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Harclerode, pp. 360–361</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-51"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-51">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Harclerode, pp.361</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-52"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-52">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Harclerode, p. 362</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Harclerode-53"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Harclerode_53-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Harclerode_53-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Harclerode, p. 363</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Otway191-54"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Otway191_54-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Otway191_54-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Otway191_54-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Otway, p. 191</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-55"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-55">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Gale, p. 126.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-56"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-56">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Hagerman, p. 164</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-saunders279-57"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-saunders279_57-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-saunders279_57-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Saunders, p. 279</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-58"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-58">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Hastings, p. 239</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-59"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-59">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Gregory, p. 118</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-harc549-60"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-harc549_60-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-harc549_60-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-harc549_60-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Harclerode, p. 549</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-61"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-61">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Saunders, p. 283</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-62"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-62">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Gregory, p. 85</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-63"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-63">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Harclerode, p. 551</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-64"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-64">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Gregory, pp. 83–84</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-65"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-65">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Anderson, p. 229</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-66"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-66">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Cole, p. 166</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-67"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-67">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Harclerode, pp.563 565 566</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-68"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-68">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Hastings, p. 428</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-70"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-70">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Tugwell, p. 275</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-harc564-71"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-harc564_71-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-harc564_71-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Harclerode, p. 564</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-harc567-72"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-harc567_72-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-harc567_72-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Harclerode, p. 567</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-73"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-73">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Harclerode, p. 568</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-74"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-74">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Cole, p. 172</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-75"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-75">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Cole, p. 173</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-76"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-76">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Ferguson, p. 30</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-77"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-77">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Cole, pp. 174–175</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-78"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-78">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Cole, p. 175</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-79"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-79">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Cole, pp. 175–176</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-80"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-80">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Gregory, p. 125</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-81"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-81">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Wilson, p. 3</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-82"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-82">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Wilson, p. 4</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-83"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-83">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Wilson, p. 22</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-84"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-84">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Wilson, pp. 24–25</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-85"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-85">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Wilson, pp. 30–31</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-86"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-86">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Wilson, pp. 42–43</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=6th_Airlanding_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239549316">.mw-parser-output .refbegin{margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul{margin-left:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{margin-left:0;padding-left:3.2em;text-indent:-3.2em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul,.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul li{list-style:none}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output 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London: Imperial War Museum. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-901627-57-7" title="Special:BookSources/0-901627-57-7"><bdi>0-901627-57-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Second+World+War+1939%E2%80%931945+Army+%E2%80%93+Airborne+Forces&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Imperial+War+Museum&rft.date=1990&rft.isbn=0-901627-57-7&rft.aulast=Otway&rft.aufirst=Lieutenant-Colonel+T.B.H.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A6th+Airlanding+Brigade+%28United+Kingdom%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPetersBuist2009" class="citation book cs1">Peters, Mike; Buist, Luuk (2009). <i>Glider Pilots at Arnhem</i>. 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London: Pen & Sword Aviation. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-84415-626-5" title="Special:BookSources/1-84415-626-5"><bdi>1-84415-626-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=History+of+the+Glider+Pilot+Regiment&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Pen+%26+Sword+Aviation&rft.date=1992&rft.isbn=1-84415-626-5&rft.aulast=Smith&rft.aufirst=Claude&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A6th+Airlanding+Brigade+%28United+Kingdom%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTugwell1971" class="citation book cs1">Tugwell, Maurice (1971). <i>Airborne to Battle: A History of Airborne Warfare, 1918–1971</i>. London: Kimber. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7183-0262-1" title="Special:BookSources/0-7183-0262-1"><bdi>0-7183-0262-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Airborne+to+Battle%3A+A+History+of+Airborne+Warfare%2C+1918%E2%80%931971&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Kimber&rft.date=1971&rft.isbn=0-7183-0262-1&rft.aulast=Tugwell&rft.aufirst=Maurice&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A6th+Airlanding+Brigade+%28United+Kingdom%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWilson2008" class="citation book cs1">Wilson, Dare (2008). <i>With the 6th Airborne Division in Palestine 1945–1948</i>. 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