AIRBORNE OPERATIONS IN WORLD WAR II,
USAF HISTORICAL STUDIES: NO. 97
AIRBORNE OPERATIONS IN WORLD WAR II,
EUROPEAN THEATER
By
Dr. John C. Warren
USAF Historical Division
Research Studies Institute
Air University
September 1956
Personal views or opinions expressed or implied in this publication are
not to be construed as carrying official sanction of the Department of
the Air Force or the Air University.
Published at
Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama
September 1956
Historical Division Study
USAF
Air University
(AU-97-53-RSI)
Joreworal
This monograph describes the planning and execution of airborne
operations by the Army Air Forces in the European Theater during
World War II. Intended to serve as a case history of large-scale
airborne operations, it seeks to analyze and evaluate them as a basis
for doctrine and for the information of future planners. This history
was written by Dr. John C. Warren of the USAF Historical
Division.
Like other Historical Division studies this history is subject to
revision, and additional information or suggested corrections will
be welcomed.
Contents
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II
III
IV
THE AIRBORNE INVASION OF NORMANDY--PLANS AND PREPARATIONS .
1
Background .......
Early Planning-The COSSAC Phase
Shaping the Outline Plans ............
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Detailed Planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..
.
The Buildup . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Deployment and Training .........
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Final Preparations . . . . . . ..
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Deception and Diversion .......
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2
THE ASSAULT ......
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The Pathfinders ..
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ALBANY Mission and the Paratroop Operations of the
101st Division . . . . . . . . . ..
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BOSTON Mission and the Paratroop Operations of the
82d Division ..............
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Evaluation of the Paratroop Operations .............
CHICAGO and DETROIT-The Initial Glider Missions . .....
KEOKUK and ELMIRA Glider Missions ........
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The Glider Missions on D plus 1-GALVESTON and
HACKENSACK .....................
Evaluation of the Glider Missions .................
Parachute Resupply Missions ..................
The British Missions and WILDOATS .............
FROM NEPTUNE TO MARKET .
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Organizational Changes . . ....
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Plans and Operations during the Campaign in France .
The Planning of MARKET .
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Resources and Preparations ................
Preliminary Support Operations ...
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MARKET-THE AIRBORNE INVASION OF HOLLAND ............
D-day, the Pathfinders ......
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D-day, Operations in the Eindhoven Sector ...........
D-day, Operations in the Nijmegen Sector ..........
D-day, Operations in the Arnhem Sector ........
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The Balance for D-day ......
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D plus 1, Plans and Auxiliary Air Action ........
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D plus 1, Eindhoven Sector . . . . . . . . . . . . .
D plus 1, Nijmegen Sector ...................
D plus 1, Resupply by Bomber . . . . . . . . . . . .
D plus 1, Arnhem Sector . ....
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The Balance for D plus 1 ..
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D plus 2, Plans and Auxiliary Air Action . . . . . . . .
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