History of Military Operational Parachute Jumps

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Spotted this UK article from 2019 and within are remarks on historical operations. Here is an obscure one, well for me:

The Japanese conducted an air-drop to seize Menado airfield in Indonesia in January 1942, and rapidly conducted a linkup with marine infantry who were able to consolidate and defend the position using heavier weapons. There were sixteen air-drop operations in the Eastern theatre in total, and the requirement to linkup with maritime forces was identified as critical.

Cassinga, in Angola I know about, not this though by the SADF:

This was mirrored by the South African Defence Force during Operation Reindeer in 1978. Their air-drop operation to seize the village of Cassinga in Angola went “catastrophically wrong…paratroopers landed on their objectives and went into action separately. Several sticks landed in the river rather than the DZ, or on the other side of it which meant they took little part in the battle after being forced to jettison all their kit for survival.

The article has numerous citations to explore: https://wavellroom.com/2019/04/18/a-...huting-part-2/