RED ARMY MANŒUVRES
MASS PARACHUTE RAID OVER ONE THOUSAND DESCEND ON AERODROME Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, September 15. The ‘ Daily Telegraph’s ’ Moscow correspondent says: “ Over 1,000 men participating in a mass parachute raid, descending on one aerodrome far beyond the enemy* linos with portable machine guns, was the most striking event in the Red Army manoeuvres, which were held in the Ukraine. The raiders, leaping from a fleet of fourengined bombers in daylight, were ‘ destroyed ’' by motorised infantry, cavalry, tanks, and armoured trains. The demonstration was clearly a ‘ set piece.’ In war raiders would be exterminated by anti-aircraft batteries surrounding the aerodrome. Nevertheless, the raid was interesting, as it showed that specially trained troops'can descend almost simultaneously upon a point of strategic importance in an enemy’s back areas.”
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Evening Star, Issue 22136, 17 September 1935, Page 9
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128RED ARMY MANŒUVRES Evening Star, Issue 22136, 17 September 1935, Page 9
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