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Jan Frank Sword, toy soldiers war photojournalist.
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Photo: British Paratroops, Airfix Company, ©J.F. Sword

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Operation Slapstick, British landing from the sea at the Italian port of Taranto on 9 September 1943. The operation, one of three landings during the Allied invasion of Italy was undertaken by troops of the British 1st Airborne Division

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Lidice massacre on 10 june 1942, 184 men from the village of Lidice, in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, now the Czech Republic, were executed in reprisal for the assassination of Reich Protector Reinhard Heydrich.

Photo: German Infantry, Airfix Company, ©J.F. Sword

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Photo: Russian infantry, Airfix company. ©J.F. Sword

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Battle of Stalingrad in 1942, the major battle on the Eastern Front of WW2 where Nazi and its allies unsuccessfully fought the Soviet Union for control of Stalingrad. Was one of the bloodiest battles in the history of warfare, with 2 million casualties.

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D Day, june 6, 1944. Omaha beach.
Photo: US Infantry, Airfix Company. ©J.F. Sword

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Photo: German infantry, Airfix Company, ©J.F. Sword

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Sant'Anna massacre, committed by German Waffe-SS in the hill village of Sant'Anna di Stazzema in Tuscany, Italy on 12 August 1944. Germans murdered about 560 local villagers and refugees, including more than a hundred children, and burned their bodies.

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The operation served as a morale boost for the fledgling airborne establishment and the technical and operational lessons learnt from the operation helped the development of later airborne operations.

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Operation Colossus, the first British Airborne raid of WW2 to destroy Acquedotto Pugliese water acqueduct in Calitri on 10 february 1941

Photo: British Commando + Brithish Support Group, Airfix Company. ©J.F. Sword

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paratrooper managed to escape but the rest remained as prisoners of war. The aqueduct was rapidly repaired before local water reserves ran out, ensuring that the local population and the ports were not deprived of water and the Italian war effort was not hampered.

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The attack which lasted a little more than one hour was called the "Little Pearl Harbor". The release of mustard gas from one of the wrecked cargo ships added to the loss of life. The allied governments covered up the presence of mustard gas and its effects on victims of the raid

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Raid on Bari harbour by 105 German Junkers Ju 88 on decemver 2, 1943. Sunken 27 ships, +1000 casualties on allied forces.
Photo: British infantry support group, Airfix Company.
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Allied forces entrering Rome, June 5, 1944. US infantry, Airfix Company.

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