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airborne troops |
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Those ground units whose primary mission is to make assault landings from the air. See also troops. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| In 2004, the unit carried out a
mock exercise involving the capture of a coastal island in which the
unit set up an "electronic interference system," followed by
the arrival of armed helicopters and airborne troops. He
contrasts the German decision to limit the number of airborne troops in
an operation following the invasion of Crete in 1941 with the Allied
recognition that airborne forces were best employed in significant
numbers on large scale decisive operations. (d) Immediate embarkation of airborne troops previously alerted to
pre-selected targets. |
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