{"product_id":"9780008522209","title":"Sky Warriors : British Airborne Forces in the Second World War","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  David, Saul \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eUnited Kingdom, Great Britain\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 24 April 2025 by HarperCollins Publishers (William Collins) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 576 pages\u003cbr\u003e198 x 130 x 40 | 410g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  From bestselling historian Saul David, a riveting new history of the British airborne experience across the Second World War.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  The legendary ‘Red Devils’ were among the finest combat troops of the Second World War. Created at Churchill’s instigation in June 1940, they began as a single parachute battalion of 500 men and grew into three 10,000-strong airborne divisions: the 1st, 6th and 44th Indian, each composed of parachutists and glider-borne troops. Wearing their distinctive maroon berets, steel helmets and Dennison smocks, they served with distinction in every major theatre of the conflict – including North Africa, Sicily, mainland Europe and the Far East – and played a starring role in some most iconic airborne operations in history: the Bruneval Raid of February 1942; the capture of the Primasole, Pegasus and Arnhem Bridges in July 1943, June 1944 and September 1944 respectively; and Operation Varsity, the biggest parachute drop in history, near Wesel in Germany in March 1945.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Guisborough Bookshop Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51187150717264,"sku":"9780008522209","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0860\/4988\/2448\/files\/9780008522209_abf985fe-885d-493e-b674-a19f25bac59f.jpg?v=1765990927","url":"https:\/\/guisboroughbookshop.co.uk\/products\/9780008522209","provider":"guisboroughbookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}