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paratroops
paratroops, n. pl. (ˈpærətruːps) [f. para-3 + troop n. 2.] A body of soldiers dropped by parachute from aircraft flying over enemy territory. Also, in the singular, = paratrooper below. Also attrib. and fig.1940 Daily Express 16 May 3/1 Parashots—the new Local Defence Volunteers now being enrolled t... Oxford English Dictionary
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paratroops
paratroops/ˈpærətru:ps; `pærəˌtrups/ n[pl]soldiers trained to drop from an aircraft by parachute 伞兵部队. 牛津英汉双解词典
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80th Troop Carrier Squadron
hours and towing gliders with 82nd Airborne Division paratroops at dusk to drop zones just inland from Utah Beach, then carried out re-supply drops and After V-E Day, the squadron continued to evacuate patients and prisoners of war and flew practice missions with French paratroops. wikipedia.org
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Teishin Shudan
Army paratroops were first deployed in combat during the Battle of Palembang, on Sumatra in the Netherlands East Indies (now Indonesia) on 14 February war was similar to that of German Luftwaffe paratroops. wikipedia.org
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parashot
parashot (ˈpærəʃɒt) [f. para-3 + shot n.1] In the war of 1939–45, a member of the British Home Guard whose task was to shoot down enemy parachutists. Also attrib. So ˈparashoot v. trans.; ˈparashooter.1940 Star 14 May 8/5 (caption) ‘What are you doing with that gun?’ ‘I'm practising-to-parashoot Ger... Oxford English Dictionary
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Duke of Normandy (pigeon)
Duke of Normandy was the first bird to arrive back with a message from the paratroops of 21st Army Group on D-Day (6 June 1944) after the capture of a wikipedia.org
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Etap
Etap or ETAP may refer to: École des troupes aéroportées, a training school for paratroops in Pau, France Entreprise Tunisienne d'Activités Pétrolières wikipedia.org
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Geronimo
Geronimo, int. (dʒəˈrɒnɪməʊ) The name of an Apache Indian chief (1829–1909), used as a battle cry by U.S. paratroops, and hence as an exclamation by others, esp. when making great leaps, or as a general cry of exultation.1942 Newsweek 30 Nov. 20/1 A defiant yell, ‘Geronimo!’ echoed over North Africa... Oxford English Dictionary
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316th Operations Group
During Operation Market Garden, they dropped paratroops and released gliders carrying reinforcements. Again they dropped paratroops near Wesel on 24 March 1945 when the Allies made the airborne assault across the Rhine. wikipedia.org
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Yehiel Gozal
Yehiel Gozal (; born December 22, 1957), is a former Israeli brigadier general and the chairman of the Paratroops Heritage Association. Chairman of the Paratroops Heritage Association In 2011, he was appointed Chairman of the Paratroops Heritage. wikipedia.org
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45th Airlift Squadron
Began training for the invasion of Sicily; dropped paratroops over the assault area on the night of 9 July 1943. Engaged in combat operations by dropping paratroops into Normandy near Ste-Mere-Eglise on D-Day, 6 June 1944, and releasing gliders with reinforcements wikipedia.org
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Presidential Guard (South Vietnam)
The paratroops had been informed that the Guard had mutinied and captured Diem. The Guards in the palace building and grounds successfully defended the area forcing the paratroops to bring in additional men and then five armored vehicles wikipedia.org
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Operation Samwest
During World War II, Operation Samwest (5–12 June 1944) was a large raid conducted by 116 Free French paratroops of the 4th Special Air Service Regiment wikipedia.org
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Paul L. Williams (general)
Less than one-sixth of the paratroops landing on or near the intended drop zone. Most of the paratroops landed within of the drop zone, and no troops or aircraft were lost. wikipedia.org
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Operation Aflame
The plan was to have been based on a naval demonstration off the coast, and to have a drop of dummy paratroops and the landing of No. 12 Commando to persuade wikipedia.org
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