An extremely rare two-stroke Welbike built to carry British Paratroopers into ... in reality very few of those bikes were ever used in active service. Lieutenant Colonel Dennis O'Rorke's bike ...
“We were told as paratroopers that we were the best ... I got in my Jeep with the lieutenant and sergeant and said, ‘Let’s go across the river and see what we can see, see if there are ...
Following some hurried planning, the paratroopers crossed into no-man’s land after midnight. Dozens were wounded by Jordanian fire before they even entered eastern Jerusalem. Through the night ...
Northern Ireland recalled in silence the 50th anniversary of the Bloody Sunday massacre when British paratroopers killed ... The names of victims were read out to the mournful notes of an Irish ...