Operation Varsity

When

24 Mar 1945

Kind

Military operation

Coordinates

51.70° N, 6.60° E

Description

1945 Allied operation in WWII

1945 Allied airborne operation in WWII

Operation Varsity was a successful airborne forces operation launched by Allied troops toward the end of World War II. Involving more than 16,000 paratroopers and several thousand aircraft, it is the largest airborne operation ever conducted on a single day and in one location.

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• Wikidata: military operations, raids and air strikesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “WWII: Operation Varsity – Two airborne divisions capture bridges across the river Rhine to aid the Allied advance”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “opération Varsity, parachutage de deux divisions aéroportées derrière les lignes allemandes, près de Wesel”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Рейнская воздушно-десантная операция вооружённых сил союзников против германских войск”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page