Sky Warriors

Bestselling historian Saul David presents a riveting new account of the British airborne experience during the Second World War.

The ‘Red Devils’, with their distinctive maroon berets, steel helmets and Denison smocks, served in every major theatre of the Second World War.

What began in 1940 as a single parachute battalion of 500 men, grew into three 10,000-strong airborne divisions - the 1st, 6th and 44th Indian - that played a starring role in iconic operations such as the Bruneval Raid, Arnhem and Operation Varsity.

Join Saul David as he recounts the dramatic story of how these courageous men were recruited, trained and deployed as part of Britain’s war effort.

About the speaker

Saul David

Saul David is a historian, broadcaster and the author of several critically acclaimed works of fiction and non-fiction. His history books have been shortlisted for the Westminster Medal for Military Literature and variously named a Waterstones Military History Book of the Year and an Amazon History Book of the Year. He is Professor of Military History at the University of Buckingham.