The U.S. Paratroopers of World War 2

I was bored so I made a tribute to the famous U.S. Paratroopers of World War 2. The US paratroopers are probably the most popular unit when it comes to ww2. The most picked unit for WW2 reenacting. There are now about a hundred people on YouTube who reenact and collect 101st airborne. All over the world. Most 101st reenactors are from England and also many in the USA. The 82nd is also highly picked for reenacting too.

The very first US combat jumps took place in North Africa during Operation Torch. The 509th Parachute infantry batalion was the first airborne unit to have a combat jump. I believe there was a drop to take an airfield and the other at a place called El Djem or Rommels railroad. The El Djem drop is unknown to most people. It was considered a suicide mission. 32 engineers of the 509th PIB descended from the 3 c-47s. Most were scattered and ended up using Guriella warfare tactics on the Germans for 2 weeks. Only 7 survived i think.

The next para drops took place in Sicily and Italy. The 82nd airborne 505th and 504th pir took place in Operation Husky and Avalanche. After that was D-day when the 101st joined the 82nd airborne and dropped behind the invasion beaches in france. Not to long after paratroopers dropped into Southern France part of Operation Dragoo,.
Later that year British General Montgomery came up with a plan called Operation Market Garden. It was a disaster and failed.35,000 paratroopers dropped into occupied Holland to capture several bridges leading the Rhine. The british XXX corps took to long to reach arnhem and the british paratroops surenderd.
The final drop was codnamed Operation Varsity during March 1945. The 17th airborne and the british 6th dropped into Germany behind enemy lines in Wessel, Germany at daylight. Learing from the mistakes of Market Garden the paratroopers completed there mission. Varsity was the large airborne assault of World War 2.

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