Operation Varsity "was the battle that ended" World War Two in Europe, yet it is largely unknown to all but military history ...

In an interview posted to the U.S Army website, retired WWII glider pilot Lt ... combined with lack of night flying experience by British glider pilots (who were piloting all of the gliders ...

British, Canadian and American forces took off mostly from Essex airfields on 24 March 1945, to be dropped directly on top of the German lines at the River Rhine. Paratroopers and gliders packed ...