File:C-47 transport planes release hundreds of paratroops.jpg
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IWM caption : Crossing the Rhine 24 -31 March 1945: C-47 transport planes release hundreds of paratroops and their supplies over the Rees-Wesel area to the east of the Rhine. This was the greatest airborne operation of the war. Some 40,000 paratroops were dropped by 1,500 troop-carrying planes and gliders.
Comment : This was <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Varsity" class="extiw" title="en:Operation Varsity">Operation Varsity</a>, part of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Plunder" class="extiw" title="en:Operation Plunder">Operation Plunder</a>.
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| current | 08:25, 13 January 2017 | | 800 × 639 (51 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | <p>IWM caption : Crossing the Rhine 24 -31 March 1945: C-47 transport planes release hundreds of paratroops and their supplies over the Rees-Wesel area to the east of the Rhine. This was the greatest airborne operation of the war. Some 40,000 paratroops were dropped by 1,500 troop-carrying planes and gliders. <br>Comment : This was <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Varsity" class="extiw" title="en:Operation Varsity">Operation Varsity</a>, part of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Plunder" class="extiw" title="en:Operation Plunder">Operation Plunder</a>. </p> |
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