RE: OT New American Uniforms

Doesn't mean they didn't fight extremely well - as for instance John
Frost's
2 Para at Arnhem bridge. The 1st Airborne Division at Arnhem was placed
in
an untenable position by a combination of bad generalship (Montgomery
and
Browning, not the division commander), bad staff work, and politics, and
as
always the poor bloody infantry paid the price for others ineptitude.

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[mailto:owner-gzg-l@lists.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU] On Behalf Of Bradley, Jason
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Subject: RE: OT New American Uniforms

I thought they got trashed during Market Garden in WWII?

Jason

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[mailto:owner-gzg-l@lists.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU] On Behalf Of Adrian Johnson
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Subject: Re: OT New American Uniforms

Laserlight responded:

>> I think that was a WW2 para unit, wasn't it?
>
>The Red Devils are the British Parachute Regiment's display team.

The "Red Devils" is the official name for their display team now, but
the
term originally was the nickname for the WWII-era British paras in
general,
not just display guys.	The Parachute Regiment are the Red Devils...

(They originated the custom of parachute units wearing red (maroon in
some
places) berets, since copied in many other countries... and they fought
very well against pretty much everyone they went up against, hence "red"
and "devils")

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