Operation Ladbroke was a glider landing by British airborne troops during the Second World War near Syracuse, Sicily, that began on 9 July 1943 as part...

Ladbroke could refer to: Ladbroke, Warwickshire, a village in Warwickshire, England Ladbroke Hall, an 18th-century house in Ladbroke Ladbroke Black (1877–1940)...

trained at Ladbroke Hall in Warwickshire. The name Ladbrokes was adopted in 1902, when Arthur Bendir joined the partnership, and operations were moved...

landings. The first, Operation Ladbroke, carried out by glider infantry of the 1st Airlanding Brigade and the second, Operation Fustian, by the 1st Parachute...

Ladbroke Hall is an 18th-century English country house at Ladbroke, near Southam, Warwickshire. It is a Grade II listed building and is now divided into...

brigade-size airborne operations; the Ponte Grande road bridge south of Syracuse was to be captured by 1st Airlanding Brigade (Operation Ladbroke), the port of...

Street Operation Agreement: September 1942 Operation Strangle: March 1943 – June 1944 Allied invasion of Sicily: July–August 1943 Operation Ladbroke Operation...

part in Operation Ladbroke, the glider-borne element of the Invasion of Sicily in 1943. The division then landed in Italy as part of Operation Slapstick...

to support the Eighth Army. The first British airborne landing was Operation Ladbroke, which was carried out by the 1st Airlanding Brigade, under Brigadier...

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Gala Coral retained the online Gala services and was later acquired by Ladbrokes (which was later acquired by GVC Holdings). The chain began as bingo clubs...

battalion who on 10 February 1941 took part in Operation Colossus the first British airborne operation. In September, the battalion was re-designated...

Hicks, and they fared little better. Only 12 out of 137 gliders in Operation Ladbroke landed on target, with more than half landing in the sea. Nevertheless...

with only two battalions, which had also fought in Sicily during Operation Ladbroke. Both brigades had suffered heavy casualties in Sicily and were in...

the Allied landings. Operation Corkscrew: Allied invasion of the Italian island Pantelleria on 10 June 1943. Operation Ladbroke: Glider landing at Syracuse...

further airborne operations in North Africa. 9 Field Company RE (Airborne) took part in the glider landing operation (Operation Ladbroke) to facilitate...

and saw action in the European theatre in support of Allied airborne operations. Established during the war in 1942, the regiment was disbanded in 1957...

Operation Mincemeat was a successful British deception operation of the Second World War to disguise the 1943 Allied invasion of Sicily. Two members of...

the Second World War, in Operation Ladbroke, as part of the Allied invasion of Sicily, in July 1943 and later in Operation Market Garden in September...

theatre during Operation Ladbroke, part of the Allied invasion of Sicily, in July 1943, as well as during the Battle of Arnhem, part of Operation Market Garden...

as part of Operation Ladbroke. In the same month, Cain took command of the battalion's B company. The Battle of Arnhem was part of Operation Market Garden...

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until April 1945 Operation Fustian, 1st Parachute Brigade's previous airborne operation during the Invasion of Sicily. Operation Ladbroke, 1st Airlanding...

Mediterranean from North Africa for the night-time assaults such as Operation Ladbroke. Inexperience and poor conditions contributed to the heavy losses...

Amphibious warfare is a type of offensive military operation that today uses naval ships to project ground and air power onto a hostile or potentially...

Montgomery, on Operation Ladbroke, a glider landing to seize the Ponte Grande road bridge south of Syracuse. Browning's objections to the operation were ignored...

Bass Leisure operation. In September 1998, Bass sold Coral to the Ladbroke Group for £363 million. The UK Government, however, ordered Ladbroke to sell Coral...

battalion went to North Africa in May 1943 and in July it took part in Operation Ladbroke, part of the Allied invasion of Sicily, in which the battalion suffered...

Ladbroke is a village and civil parish about 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Southam in Warwickshire. The population of the civil parish at the 2001 Census was...

troops also took part in the attack against Augusta and Syracuse in Operation Ladbroke. Admiral Leonardi tried to stem the British advance with tumultuary...