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Because of this, Operation Varsity would be the largest single-drop airborne operation conducted during WW2. Supply drops for the airborne forces would be made as soon as possible to ensure adequate supplies were available to the airborne troops as they fought. [18] The airborne troops would drop after the initial amphibious landings. [19]
Pages in category "Airborne operations of World War II" The following 31 pages are in this category, out of 31 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
Out Of The Blue – U.S. Army Airborne Operations In World War II. Purdue University Press. ISBN 1-55753-148-X. Bradley, Omar Nelson; Blair, Clay (1983). A General's Life: An Autobiography. New York: Simon and Schuster. OCLC 558083376. Tugwell, Maurice (1978). Assault From The Sky – The History of Airborne Warfare. Westbridge Books.
The 101st Airborne Division ("Screaming Eagles") [1] is a specialized modular light infantry division of the US Army trained for air assault operations. [2] The Screaming Eagles has been referred to by journalists as "the tip of the spear" [3] as well as one of the most potent and tactically mobile of the U.S. Army's divisions. [4]
The First Allied Airborne Army had been created on 16 August as the result of British requests for a coordinated headquarters for airborne operations, a concept approved by General Eisenhower on 20 June. The British had strongly hinted that a British officer – Browning in particular – be appointed its commander.
The Air Force Historical Studies Office summarizes the execution of USAAF strategy during World War II: [41] "Arnold's staff made the first priority in the war to launch a strategic bombing offensive in support of the RAF against Germany. The Eighth Air Force, sent to England in 1942, took on that job.
The list of aircraft of World War II includes all of the aircraft used by countries which were at war during World War II from the period between when the country joined the war and the time the country withdrew from it, or when the war ended.
This is a timeline of the events that stretched over the period of late World War II, its conclusion, legal aftermath, with the inclusion of the Cold War, from January 1945 to December 1991. January 1945