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- 4th_Parachute_Brigade_(United_Kingdom) comment "The 4th Parachute Brigade was an airborne brigade of the British Army during the Second World War. Formed in 1942 in the Mediterranean and Middle East Theatre, the brigade was composed of three parachute infantry battalions.The brigade was assigned to the 1st Airborne Division, just prior to the Allied invasion of Sicily, but played no part in that invasion. Instead the brigade first saw action in September 1943, during Operation Slapstick, an amphibious landing at the port of Taranto in Italy.".