Yin717
Active member
Hey there guys!
I've always been interested in the Airborne and having joined an Airborne Re-enactment group I've been researching it alot lately. I knew that the British 1st Airborne Division had been disbanded at the end of the Second World War, due to Operation market Garden, and I've just discovered that the 6th Airborne Division was disbanded in 1948. However, we still have Paratrooper Regiments, referred to as para's like the Airborne, but how is this possible if Britain's only airborne division's were disbanded in the Second World War (or there about).
So my big question is, are these paratrooper regiment's still classified as airborne divisions, which I have seen synopsis' of books refer to them as, or are they just paratroopers which is different?
Thanks
Yin
I've always been interested in the Airborne and having joined an Airborne Re-enactment group I've been researching it alot lately. I knew that the British 1st Airborne Division had been disbanded at the end of the Second World War, due to Operation market Garden, and I've just discovered that the 6th Airborne Division was disbanded in 1948. However, we still have Paratrooper Regiments, referred to as para's like the Airborne, but how is this possible if Britain's only airborne division's were disbanded in the Second World War (or there about).
So my big question is, are these paratrooper regiment's still classified as airborne divisions, which I have seen synopsis' of books refer to them as, or are they just paratroopers which is different?
Thanks
Yin