Operation Colossus was the codename given to the first airborne operation undertaken by the British military, which occurred on 10 February 1941 during...
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Airborne forces (redirect from Airborne operation)
a span of the aqueduct near Tragino in a daring night raid named Operation Colossus. 54 effectives of 'L' Detachment, Special Air Service Brigade (largely...
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thermionic valves (vacuum tubes) to perform Boolean and counting operations. Colossus is thus regarded as the world's first programmable, electronic, digital...
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Paratrooper (redirect from Airborn operation)
raid named Operation Colossus. After the Battle of Crete, it was agreed that Britain would need many more paratroopers for similar operations. No 2 Commando...
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1st Airborne Division (United Kingdom) (redirect from Operation Wastage)
training purposes. The success of the first British airborne raid, Operation Colossus, prompted the War Office to expand the airborne force through the...
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51 Squadron. On 10 February 1941, he led the aircraft involved in Operation Colossus flying from Malta to drop paratroops in southern Italy. For this mission...
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Dishforth. In February 1941, Whitleys from both squadrons took part in Operation Colossus, a commando raid on aqueducts in southern Italy. The RAF at that time...
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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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opening of Superman: The Escape. After more than 36 years in operation, Six Flags closed Colossus on August 16, 2014. Rocky Mountain Construction renovated...
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List of World War II battles (redirect from Raiding operations during World War II)
combined operations involving the landing and removal of specialised light infantry, such as commandos, by means of small boats. Allied Operation Colossus 10...
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section from No. 11 Special Air Service Battalion that conducted Operation Colossus This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title...
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Operation Barbarossa was the invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany and several of its European Axis allies starting on 22 June 1941, during World...
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Mk VII Tetrarch light tank (section Operation Ironclad)
transport aircraft was so slow that the first British airborne operation, Operation Colossus, was conducted by a retrained Commando unit. By 1942, there...
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wing, the men of which took part in the first British airborne operation, Operation Colossus, on 10 February 1941. The success of the raid prompted the War...
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Blitz began against British industrial and port cities 10 February : Operation Colossus, the first British paratrooper raid, blew up a strategic aqueduct...
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1942 Design Light Fleet Carrier (redirect from Colossus-class carrier)
Sixteen Light Fleet carriers were ordered, and all were laid down to the Colossus class design during 1942 and 1943. However, only eight were completed to...
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Tommy Flowers (section Colossus computer)
and began operation in early February. The algorithms used by Colossus were developed by W. T. Tutte and his team of mathematicians. Colossus proved to...
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The Colossus-class battleships were a pair of dreadnought battleships built for the Royal Navy (RN) at the end of the first decade of the 20th century...
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2015. "Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved January 7, 2018. "Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved...
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Raid (military) (category Military operations by type)
raid on Fort Eben-Emal in Belgium in 1940, and the British Operation Colossus and Operation Biting, which were raids in Italy and France in 1941 and 1942...
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It was these men who took part in the first British airborne operation, Operation Colossus, on 10 February 1941. In September, the battalion was re-designated...
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French aircraft carrier Arromanches (redirect from HMS Colossus (R61))
from 1946 to 1974. She was previously HMS Colossus (15) of the Royal Navy. She was the name-ship of the Colossus class of light carriers. She was commissioned...
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Whitley Vs of 51 Squadron led by Tait took part in Operation Colossus, the first airborne operation undertaken by the British military, delivering paratroops...
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Operation Fortitude was a military deception operation by the Allied nations as part of Operation Bodyguard, an overall deception strategy during the...
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Siege of Malta (World War II) (category Naval aviation operations and battles)
front in Africa in February 1941. Operation Colossus signalled a dramatic turn around. The Germans launched Operation Sonnenblume, which reinforced the...
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Battle of Kursk (redirect from Operation Zitadel)
ISBN 978-0-7553-3639-5. Copeland, B. Jack. "Colossus, The First Large Scale Electronic Computer". colossus-computer.com. Retrieved 14 June 2013. Corum...
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Operation Maple was a series of World War II operations in Italy in support of the Anzio landings. It comprised operations by the British Special Air Service...
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HMS Colossus was the lead ship of her class of two dreadnought battleships built for the Royal Navy at the end of the first decade of the 20th century...
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Operation Postmaster was a British special operation conducted on the Spanish island of Fernando Po, now known as Bioko, off West Africa in the Gulf of...
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leader of the LDS Church Operation Colossus: A British paratrooper raid destroyed an aqueduct in Calitri, Italy. The operation had negligible impact on...
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