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	82nd Airborne Division During WW II - Overview
		Despite the heavy losses the division was moved up to the front by motor and reinforced by the 39th Infantry Regiment of the 9th Infantry Division on July 12, 1943.
		On 9 December 1943 Colonel Gavin was promoted to Brigadier General and assumed the duties of the Assistant Division Commander of the 82nd Airborne while Lt Col Herbert Batchellor assumed command of the 505th.
		Descending From the Clouds: A Memoir of Combat in the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment: 82nd Airborne Division Casemate (Oct 2004), 256 p.
	www.ww2-airborne.us /division/82_overview.html (2605 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Operation Varsity
		The US 82nd Airborne Division had originally been scheduled to participate in the jump as well until a shortage of transport aircraft forced the use of just two divisions.
		The 82nd Airborne Division of the United States Army was constituted in the National Army as the 82nd Division on August 5, 1917, and was organized on August 25, 1917, at Camp Gordon, Georgia.
		The operation was the largest airborne operation in history, and involved the British 6th Airborne Division (which included a Canadian Parachute Battalion), and the US 17th Airborne Division.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Operation-Varsity (2284 words)

	US 17th Airborne Division
		The 17th Airborne Division was a division in the United States army during World War II.
		From December 23 to December 25, elements of the Division were flown to the Reims area in France in spectacular night flights.
		On 18 January, the Division relieved the 11th Armored Division at Houffalize, pushed enemy remnants from the Bulge, and seized Wattermal and Espeler, 26 January.
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	US 17th Airborne Division
		The 17th Airborne Division was a division in the United States Army during World War II.
		From December 23 to December 25, elements of the Division were flown to the Reims area in France in spectacular night flights.
		On 18 January, the Division relieved the 11th Armored Division at Houffalize, pushed enemy remnants from the Bulge, and seized Wattermal and Espeler, 26 January.
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/u/us/us_17th_airborne_division.html (441 words)

	Home - 82nd Airborne Division Association
		The 82nd Airborne Division Association is for anyone who ever served in the 82nd Airborne Division, and anyone who is currently serving on active duty on jump status; or, has ever served in any of the uniformed services on either jump or glider status and was honorably discharged.
		The Association was organized in England, prior to the Normandy invasion (1944).
		We have members who have served with the 11th, 13th, 17th, 82nd, 101st Airborne Divisions; 187th, 503rd, 508th Airborne Regimental Combat Teams; 173rd Airborne Brigade (Separate) as well as troopers from Special Forces, Airborne Rangers, Marine Corps Recon, Navy SEALS, and Air Force Special Tactics personnel.
	www.82ndassociation.org (137 words)

	WWII: The World at War 1945
		Over the next two months 6.281 US soldiers are killed (in the first 2 days, 4000 US soldiers died), and 21.865 are wounded in capturing the island from 23.000 defenders, 21.000 Japanese soldiers died.
		In the Pacific with the fall of Manila US advances continue to the south of Luzon while elsewhere minor pockets of resistance are dealt with.
		U.S. aircraft sink the Japanese battleship Yamato of the coast of the Ryuku Islands.
	www.euronet.nl /users/wilfried/ww2/1945.htm (4151 words)

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		The operation took place on 24 March, 1945 led by the British 6th Airborne Division (including Canadian troops) with Lt. R.M. Nelson, KIA leading a small company across the River Maas and the US 17th Airborne Division, in concert with a ground offensive.
		The US 82nd Airborne Division had originally been scheduled to participate in the jump as well until a shortage of transport aircraft forced the use of just two divisions.
		Captain Nixon of the 506th PIR 101st Airborne was involved in the operation in the TV miniseries Band of Brothers.
	www.gainesville.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Operation_Varsity (417 words)

	Brothers-In-Arms: 83rd Division, 331st Infantry
		Of the 68 divisions deployed by the U.S. Army in the European Theater, the 83rd was ninth in the number of combat deaths.
		The assault against the German 17th SS Division and 6th Parachute Regiment was slow and costly.
		On 7 December, the 83rd Division relieved the 4th Infantry Division and attacked to clear the west bank of the Roer on 10 December.
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	Operation Varsity - The Rhine Crossing
		In total, six parachute battalions, including the Canadians, of the 6th Airborne division, supported by glider troops from the Air Landing Brigade, dropped on March 24, 1945, as a complete force, avoiding the mistakes of Arnhem.
		Together with the US 17th Airborne Division, the aim of the operation was to secure and deepen the bridgehead cast of the Rhine and then advance across country to the Baltic coast, a journey of 350 miles.
		Later the lst Airborne Division was withdrawn to the UK and disbanded on August 26, 1945 - almost four years to the day after its formation.
	www.army.mod.uk /para/history/rhine.htm (548 words)

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		Training of the new Airborne Divisions was handed over to the Royal Airforce who quickly trained the first 500 men.
		Just after midnight the British 6th Airborne Division landed east of the River Orne, 4 miles North-West of Caen in Normandy at the same time as the US 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions were landing in the Crotentin peninsula.
		The glider arm of the British Airborne Division was ultimately disbanded after the war in 1946.
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	McGrogan's Patch Designs McGROGAN's US ARMY 17th AIRBORNE DIVISION PATCH "Thunder from Heaven" EAGLE CLAW
		McGROGAN's US ARMY 17th AIRBORNE DIVISION PATCH "Thunder from Heaven" EAGLE CLAW The 17th "Thunder from Heaven" Airborne Division was activated at Camp Mackall on April 15, 1943 under the command of General William M Miley.
		Battle of the Bulge - The Ardennes Offensive From 23 to 25 December, elements of the Division were flown to the Reims area in France in spectacular night flights.
		Operation Varsity - The Airborne Assault on the Rhine In early February 1945, the tide of battle was such as to enable an accurate estimate as to when and where the 2nd British Army would be ready to force a crossing of the Rhine River.
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	TheHistoryNet \| World War II \| Operation Varsity: 17th Airborne Division Member Frank J. O'Rourke Recalls the Assault
		On Christmas morning 1944, I was a member of the 17th Airborne Division when it was loaded onto Douglas C-47s at an airport in England and flown to France.
		As a result of the casualties the division had suffered, the 193rd and 194th Glider Infantry regiments were combined into one regiment, while the 507th and 513th Parachute Infantry regiments received hundreds of replacements from the States to fill out their depleted ranks.
		The 17th Airborne Division and the British 6th Airborne Division were to launch an operation, code-named "Varsity," over the Rhine River at Wesel, Germany, to pave the way for Field Marshal Bernard L. Montgomery's attack through the Reich.
	www.historynet.com /magazines/world_war_2/3025666.html (898 words)

	TheHistoryNet \| Airborne Operations
		AIRBORNE OPERATIONS: WORLD WAR II Allied Airborne Forces in World War II: Surviving the Devil's Cauldron
		James Flanagan's triumph and relief on D-Day were captured in a soon-to-be-famous photograph wired to newspapers across the United States.
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	Operation Varsity information - Search.com
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		The operation took place on 24 March 1945 and involved the British 6th Airborne Division and the US 17th Airborne Division.
		The operation saw the first use of the C-46 Commando transport aircraft operating with the reliable C-47 Skytrain of previous airborne operations.
	www.search.com /reference/Operation_Varsity (281 words)

	Forces: U.S. & Coalition/Casualties - Special Reports
		At least 26,558 U.S. troops have been wounded in action, according to the Pentagon.
		View casualties in the war in Afghanistan and examine U.S. war casualties dating back to the Revolutionary War.
		One of five soldiers killed when their patrol was attacked by enemy forces using automatic fire and explosives in Taqa, Iraq, on May 12, 2007.
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	British Armed Forces & National Service
		There were Lancasters and Stirlings bringing in the 6th Airborne Division: Liberators and Dakotas with the 17th American Division.
		The 6th Airborne Division had landed in Normandy in the very early hours of D-Day.
		From my lowly position, I couldn't help but wonder why the two Airborne Divisions didn't land as dawn was breaking; long before the land-forces went in and advertised the attack.
	www.britisharmedforces.org /ns/ns/nat_jim_corbett2.htm (3221 words)

	17th Airborne Division Clan Website (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Check out our new tribute to the real soldiers of the 17th.
		_______________________ Here is one of our first clan videos featuring a creative storyline based on the 17th troopers.
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		First published in 1978, US 503rd Parachute Infantry, US 17th Airborne, + German and British airborne.
		First published in 1978, AIRBORNE AT WAR is one of the classic volumes in the highly successful "AT WAR" series.
		Also extensive coverage of Operation Varsity with the 17th Airborne Division & the British 6th Airborne, plus battle and planning details of the German Airborne at Eben Emael, Crete, and other Airborne battles.
	www.sogbooks.com /main-search-detail.asp?idsearch=17th&id=CB-7713 (120 words)

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