内容摘要："It's the one thing where you just switch off from everything and it's so therapeutic."

"It's the one thing where you just switch off from everything and it's so therapeutic."

He said: "The fact is they didn't know how to get that many paratroopers into the aircraft at one time with all their equipment, and the RAF crews were trying to figure it all out on the night."The British-planned operation involved 47 aircraft taking off from two other Essex airfields, Great Dunmow and Earls Colne, as well as from Shepherds Grove in Suffolk.

Halifax bombers from Earls Colne were large enough to carry Jeeps, which were also dropped into the Netherlands.The country had been occupied since May 1940, but by this stage of the war parts of the country had been liberated.But the Dutch had suffered through the Hunger Winter as a result of the German decision to stop all food transports to the west of the country – 20,000 people died of starvation – as well as exceptionally cold conditions, while many thousands were displaced.

"The objective of Amherst was to disrupt the German rear lines so the Canadian Second Army, advancing from the south, could relive them within 48 hours," said Mr Bullock.Some of the highly-experienced British-trained men fought on for up to six days in the northern province of Drenthe before they could be relieved.

"This is why the casualties were exceptionally high – 28 were killed, 39 were wounded and 57 were missing in action," he said.

But their objective was achieved and, less than a month later, Victory in Europe was declared.The Alexander Kielland platform was being used as an accommodation block when it collapsed in the Norwegian North Sea during a storm in 1980, killing 123 people including 22 from the UK.

A new report by the University of Stavanger has concluded the reputation of the Norwegian petroleum industry was prioritised over providing justice to the survivors and victims' families.The Norwegian government, which previously apologised for "insufficient" care for those affected, has been contacted for comment.

The Alexander Kielland capsized about 200 miles off the Norwegian coast when one of its five legs snapped off in storms on 27 March 1980.There were 212 men on board, with five of those who died being workers from Cleator Moor in Cumbria.