This Week in Army History: 22 – 28 March
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24 March 1945 The U.S. 17th Airborne Division and British 6th Airborne Division launch Operation VARSITY, a daylight parachute and glider assault into landing zones east of the Rhine River, […]
Operation VARSITY: The Last Airborne Deployment of World War II
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By Matthew J. Seelinger In the years prior to World War II, the U.S. Army began to develop the concept of deploying troops from the air. Starting with the formation […]