6th (Royal Welch) Parachute Battalion (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The 6th (Royal Welch) Parachute Battalion was an airborne infantry battalion of the Parachute Regiment, raised by the British Army during the Second World War. The 6th (Royal Welch) Parachute Battalion was raised by the conversion of the 10th Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers to parachute duties. It was then assigned to the 2nd Parachute Brigade. Which at the time, was serving in the 1st Airborne Division in England. The battalions first combat action was in 1943, when it participated in an amphibious landing Operation Slapstick at the port of Taranto in Italy.