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- 8th_(Midlands)_Parachute_Battalion abstract "The 8th (Midlands) Parachute Battalion was an airborne infantry battalion of the Parachute Regiment, raised by the British Army during the Second World War. The battalion was created in late 1942 by the conversion of the 13th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment to parachute duties. The battalion was assigned to the 3rd Parachute Brigade, serving alongside the 7th (later replaced by the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion) and 9th Parachute battalions, in the 1st Airborne Division before being reassigned to help form the 6th Airborne Division in May 1943.The 8th Parachute Battalion fought in Operation Tonga, the British airborne landings in France on D-Day, the Normandy Campaign, and the break out to the River Seine. Withdrawn to England in September 1944, the German winter offensive known as the Battle of the Bulge saw the battalion return to the continent. Their final mission during the war was the River Rhine crossing, followed by the advance to the Baltic.After the war the battalion was sent to Palestine with the 6th Airborne Division until January 1948, when it was amalgamated with the 9th (Eastern and Home Counties) Parachute Battalion (which had served alongside the 8th in 3rd Para Brigade) to form the 8th/9th Parachute Battalion.".
- 8th_(Midlands)_Parachute_Battalion activeYearsEndYear "1947".
- 8th_(Midlands)_Parachute_Battalion activeYearsStartYear "1942".
- 8th_(Midlands)_Parachute_Battalion commandStructure 3rd_Parachute_Brigade_(United_Kingdom).
- 8th_(Midlands)_Parachute_Battalion country United_Kingdom.
- 8th_(Midlands)_Parachute_Battalion identificationSymbol "200px".
- 8th_(Midlands)_Parachute_Battalion militaryUnitSize "Battalion".
- 8th_(Midlands)_Parachute_Battalion motto "(Latin"Ready for Anything")".
- 8th_(Midlands)_Parachute_Battalion motto "Utrinque Paratus".
- 8th_(Midlands)_Parachute_Battalion notableCommander Alastair_Pearson.
- 8th_(Midlands)_Parachute_Battalion notableCommander John_Hackett_(British_Army_officer).
- 8th_(Midlands)_Parachute_Battalion notableCommander Military_Cross.
- 8th_(Midlands)_Parachute_Battalion role "Parachute infantry".
- 8th_(Midlands)_Parachute_Battalion thumbnail Parachute_Regiment_cap_badge.jpg?width=300.
- 8th_(Midlands)_Parachute_Battalion type Airborne_forces.
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