Operation Varsity "was the battle that ended" World War Two in Europe, yet it is largely unknown to all but military history buffs. British, Canadian and American forces took off mostly from Essex ...

Chris Bullock has organised an event at one of the departure airfields, RAF Rivenhall, to remember those who died, saying "it's an untold story". "When you see a video of the men at Rivenhall with ...

Operation Varsity was the largest single airborne operation in history, when more than 16,000 men were dropped into western ...

Paratroopers were snapped for a newspaper early on the morning of 24 March 1945, drinking tea before getting into planes to be dropped over Germany [Danny Mason handout] ...