Parachute raid by British Combined Operations Troops The first successful parachute raid by British Combined Operations troops was to capture[…]
Category: Daring Raids of WW2
Amazing Daring Raids of WW2
Gran Sasso Raid – How German WW2 Special Forces Rescued Mussolini From a Mountain Prison
Special Forces Rescued Mussolini In 1943, the tide of World War II was turning against the Axis Powers as Mussolini[…]
Britain’s Most Daring WW2 Raid
Daring WW2 Raids Here was one of Britain’s Most Daring WW2 Raids Credit to : Real Engineering
Gung Ho! The Story of Carlson’s Makin Island Raiders (1943)
Carlson’s Raiders The true story of Carlson’s Raiders and their World War II attack on Makin Island.
The First Successful British Parachute Raid – Operation Biting 1942
First Successful British Parachute Raid German radar technology is needed. John Frost lands his paras at Bruneval to steal it.[…]
US Paratroopers – Raid on Los Baños – Rescue Prisoners of War – ww2
Raid on Los Baños The February 1945 raid to rescue prisoners of war is considered the model for an airborne[…]
Narrow Escapes of World War II – The Doolittle Raid
The Tokyo Raid The Doolittle Raid, also known as the Tokyo Raid (Saturday 18 April 1942), was an air raid[…]
Narrow Escapes of World War II – The Amiens Raid
Amiens Prison Operation Jericho was a low-level Second World War bombing raid on 18 February 1944, by Allied Aircraft on[…]
The Dambuster Raid – Tragedy or Triumph?
Allied Raid of 1943 The Dambuster Raid of 1943 is fondly remembered in popular memory but many aspects of it[…]
Mussolini’s British Blitz – Italian Raids on England
Mussolini’s British Blitz Bet you didn’t know that the Italians raided England during the Battle of Britain? A strange but[…]