Northern Ireland and the Cold War
In early summer 1982--winter in the South Atlantic--Argentina's military junta invades the Falklands
According to German General Kurt Student
during the subsequent battle
in that they would determine future Allied strategy
The Battle of the Bridges: The 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment in Operation Market Garden veteran story Northern Ireland and the ColdOperation Market Garden has been recorded as a complete Allied failure in World War II, an overreach that resulted in an entire airborne division being destroyed at its apex. However, within that operation were episodes of heroism that still remain unsung. On September, 17, 1944, the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, floated down across the Dutch countryside, in the midst of German forces, and proceeded to fight their way to