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    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...
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  • Ladbroke could refer to: Ladbroke, Warwickshire, a village in Warwickshire, England Ladbroke Hall, an 18th-century house in Ladbroke Ladbroke Black (1877–1940)...
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    trained at Ladbroke Hall in Warwickshire. The name Ladbrokes was adopted in 1902, when Arthur Bendir joined the partnership, and operations were moved...
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    landings. The first, Operation Ladbroke, carried out by glider infantry of the 1st Airlanding Brigade and the second, Operation Fustian, by the 1st Parachute...
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    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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    http://www.operation-ladbroke.com/maleme-bridge-crete-german-glider-airborne-forces/ "maleme-bridge-crete-german-glider-airborne-forces" http://www.operation-ladbroke...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    John Baskeyfield (category Operation Market Garden)
    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...
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    with only two battalions, which had also fought in Sicily during Operation Ladbroke. Both brigades had suffered heavy casualties in Sicily and were in...
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    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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    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...
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    battalion who on 10 February 1941 took part in Operation Colossus the first British airborne operation. In September, the battalion was re-designated...
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    further airborne operations in North Africa. 9 Field Company RE (Airborne) took part in the glider landing operation (Operation Ladbroke) to facilitate...
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    Sicily: July–August 1943 Operation Ladbroke Operation Fustian Battle of Troina Allied invasion of Italy: September 1943 Operation Slapstick Dodecanese Campaign:...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    the Allied landings. Operation Corkscrew: Allied invasion of the Italian island Pantelleria on 10 June 1943. Operation Ladbroke: Glider landing at Syracuse...
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  • constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. It owns brands such as bwin, Coral, Ladbrokes, PartyPoker and Sportingbet. The company was incorporated in Luxembourg...
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  • 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...
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  • Operation Mincemeat was a successful British deception operation of the Second World War to disguise the 1943 Allied invasion of Sicily. Two members of...
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    Battle of Arnhem (category Operation Market Garden)
    until April 1945 Operation Fustian, 1st Parachute Brigade's previous airborne operation during the Invasion of Sicily. Operation Ladbroke, 1st Airlanding...
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    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...
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    Mediterranean from North Africa for the night-time assaults such as Operation Ladbroke. Inexperience and poor conditions contributed to the heavy losses...
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    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...
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    into brigade-sized operations: Operation Ladbroke by the 1st Airlanding Brigade took place on the night of 9/10 July, and Operation Fustian by the 1st...
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    suffered heavy casualties during the disastrous Operation Ladbroke. Because of heavy casualties during Ladbroke the brigade did not participate in the invasion...
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    troops also took part in the attack against Augusta and Syracuse in Operation Ladbroke. Admiral Leonardi tried to stem the British advance with tumultuary...
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