Getting ready to record one of two Operation "Varsity" episodes for next month. The first of which is with Mike Peters, to say we are looking forward to this is a huge understatement! 🍻👍🏻👍🏻
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A British Airspeed Horsa glider brings in reinforcements during Operation Varsity - Wesel, Germany, March 1945. Paratroopers from the US Airborne Division are in the foreground. Photo by Robert Capa #ww2 #worldwar2 #operationvarsity #glider #airborne #wesel #germany

‘Remembrance of War: A Paratrooper’s Story’ - Alternate unpublished cover for Canada’s History magazine.

#Paratrooper #WWII #CanadasHistoryMagazine #History #OperationVarsity #1stCanadianParachuteBattalion #Memory #Reminscence #Canada #Illustration

1st post I honor my dad who fought & sacrificed for freedom in #WW2 Awarded Silver & 2 Bronze Stars for valor in #battleofthebulge & #operationvarsity, he was awarded Purple Heart after being shot in the head by Nazi snipers after missing drop zone & jumping into enemy territory #17thAirborne #Army

I heard today about #OperationVarsity which was 80yrs ago today
#HorsaGliders were flown to Germany where the liberation of Europe began
I've started a painting of a glider which will be on a map of #Essex where the operation started 6 wks before #DDay!
#MHHSBD #LincsConnect #RAF #Military

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Walter Martin may be last surviving RAF pilot of WWII Operation Varsity 80 years ago today
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80 years ago, today, my Great Uncle John took part in Operation Varsity which played a large part in bringing an end to WWII.

I have always been immensely proud of him & what he & his fellow RAF crew did that day should never be forgotten.

#OperationVarsity #WWII

Today's the 80th anniv of #OperationVarsity the last airborne operation of #WWII comprised of US & British forces

How ironic that 80 years later in Trump’s America, we've alienated our closest Allies who helped defeat fascism & instead align with murderous dictators promoting it

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80 jaar geleden startte #Operationvarsity met een luchtlandingsoperatie met meer dan 16.000 parachutisten en enkele duizenden vliegtuigen. De Rijn werd nu overgestoken. Het front kwam weer dichterbij. #dagboekJosDriessen

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Veel onrust onder de boeren en het is niet Peter, mijn vader als "wilde eenden vanger" Nee #Operationvarsity brengt het front over de Rijn. Later schildert hij zichzelf nog eens als visser in Noorwegen, hij gaat de oorlog dus overleven, alleen hoe?

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Opnieuw een verdere gezinssplitsing, een deel gaat naar een Hoeve in Diepenheim en er zijn geruchten … En dat klopt want #operationVarsity en -Plunder is ingezet waarmee de Duitsers in West Nederland afgesneden wordt en en passant de Achterhoek bevrijd wordt.

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Walter Martin may be last surviving RAF pilot of WWII Operation Varsity 80 years ago today
More www.americanairmuseum.com/archive/pers...
#falconfield #4bfts #rafpilots #operationvarsity #veteranpilots #ww2pilots @bbcsoutheast @channel4 @channel5 @cnn @RAFnewsreporter