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Canadian Army Airborne Patches Parachute Special Forces (8)

Canadian Army Airborne Patches Parachute Special Forces In Order of Formation

• Firstly 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion activated on 1 July 1942. As Part of 3rd Parachute Brigade 6th Airborne Division jumped on D-Day and the airborne crossing of the Rhine. Disbanded August 1945
• Secondly the First Special Service Force a Joint US Canada Formation was Activated on 9 July 1942. Aleutian Islands Alaska Campaign Against the  Japanese Invasion 15 August 1943. Moved to Italy 17 November 1943. Fought at Monte la Difensa, Monte Majo, Anzio.  Then to Southern France for Operation Dragoon before disbanding on 5 December 1944
• Thirdly the Canadian Special Air Service Company 1947 t0 1949
• Fourthly the Mobile Striking Force an Airborne Brigade Undertook Parachute Training and Arctic Warfare 1948 to 1958
• MSF Reduced to Defence of Canada Force of Parachute Trained Companies  within Regular Force Infantry Battalions 1958 to 1968.
• Fifthly the Canadian Airborne Regiment Formed at Edmonton on 8 April 1968 with the Canadian Airborne Center and the Canadian Forces Parachute Maintenance Depot.
• Finally the Brigade Sized Special Service Force SSF formed in April 1977 as a Small Highly Mobile Unit for Quick Response Nationaly or Internationaly. SSF  Amalgamated 2 Combat Group with the Canadian Airborne Regiment. Parachute Trained Units Within 2 CG Joined With CAR as the Airborne Battle Group. Special Service Force and Canadian Airborne Regiment Disbanded on 1 September 1995 as a Result of the Somalia Affair.

Canadian Army Airborne Patches Parachute Special Forces