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The Paras 1940-84 (Elite)

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While a mostly useful Osprey reference book, this volume shows its age in the fact that it covers too great a time period - over 40 years in the standard 64 page Elite format. Newer Osprey volumes tend to cover less than 10 years and have far greater detail packed into such slim books.

This book is OK for now but hopefully Osprey will redo this subject in their newer, tighter focus format.

If you're a military historical enthusiast or a hobbyist (fine scale modeling, militaria, etc), this is a faburrific reference book whose illustrations highlight the early development period as well as the more commonly known/shown uniforms, equipment, etc. as well as showcasing lesser known para info such as the Gurkhas and post-WWII missions.

It hard to find detailed information on the subject of the British paratroopers. This book gives you an introduction on the subject. It explaines how the units were raised. which operation they were involved in and what they are doing now. The absolute best thing about the book are the drawings from the author. In high detail they show the uniforms, the badges and weapons used by the British Paratroopers. All together the book gives you a nice prespective of the history of the British Airborne forces from the date of raising until now.