Operation Varsity

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World War II battle airborne operation military operation

Operation Varsity was a major World War II airborne assault in March 1945 in which Allied paratroopers and glider-borne troops crossed the Rhine River into Germany to support the final advance into the heart of the Third Reich.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Operation Varsity canonical	12
Rhine crossing airborne operations	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II battle ⓘ airborne operation ⓘ military operation ⓘ
airborneForcesInvolved	British 6th Airborne Division ⓘ U.S. 17th Airborne Division ⓘ
aircraftUsed	Airspeed Horsa glider ⓘ Douglas C-47 Skytrain ⓘ Waco CG-4 glider ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Varsity ⓘ
belligerent	Allies of World War II ⓘ Nazi Germany ⓘ
commander	Bernard Montgomery ⓘ surface form: Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery Lewis H. Brereton ⓘ surface form: Lieutenant General Lewis H. Brereton William H. Simpson ⓘ surface form: Lieutenant General William H. Simpson Major-General Eric Bols ⓘ surface form: Major General Eric Bols Matthew Ridgway ⓘ surface form: Major General Matthew B. Ridgway
conflict	World War II ⓘ
countryInvolved	Canada ⓘ Germany ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
date	1945-03-24 ⓘ
endDate	1945-03-24 ⓘ
groundForcesSupported	21st Army Group ⓘ surface form: British 21st Army Group
location	Germany ⓘ North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ Rhine ⓘ surface form: Rhine River Wesel ⓘ
notableFeature	airborne assault conducted in daylight ⓘ largest single-day airborne drop conducted in one location in history ⓘ
objective	facilitate Allied advance into the heart of Germany ⓘ secure bridgeheads east of the Rhine ⓘ support Allied crossing of the Rhine River ⓘ
opponentUnit	German 1st Parachute Division ⓘ surface form: German 1st Parachute Army
partOf	Western Allied invasion of Germany ⓘ surface form: Allied invasion of Germany Western Front of World War II ⓘ
precededBy	Operation Plunder ⓘ
result	Allied victory ⓘ accelerated Allied advance into northern Germany ⓘ successful establishment of Rhine bridgehead ⓘ
riverCrossed	Rhine ⓘ surface form: Rhine River
startDate	1945-03-24 ⓘ
strategicSignificance	breached Germany’s last major natural defensive barrier in the west ⓘ
supportedOperation	Operation Plunder ⓘ
theater	European Theater of Operations, United States Army ⓘ surface form: European Theater of Operations
typeOfTroops	glider-borne infantry ⓘ paratroopers ⓘ
year	1945 ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

First Allied Airborne Army → notableOperation → Operation Varsity ⓘ

Rhineland campaign → hasPart → Operation Varsity ⓘ

Operation Veritable → followedBy → Operation Varsity ⓘ

British 6th Airborne Division → operation → Operation Varsity ⓘ

Ruhrkessel → relatedTo → Operation Varsity ⓘ

Battle of the Rhine → hasPart → Operation Varsity ⓘ

II Canadian Corps → participatedIn → Operation Varsity ⓘ

Waco CG-4 glider → notableOperation → Operation Varsity ⓘ

subject surface form: Waco CG-4

Airspeed Horsa glider → usedInOperation → Operation Varsity ⓘ

subject surface form: Airspeed Horsa

North-West Europe campaign → keyEvent → Operation Varsity ⓘ

6th Airborne Division → notableOperation → Operation Varsity ⓘ

British I Airborne Corps → notableOperation → Operation Varsity ⓘ

No. 46 Group RAF → notableOperation → Operation Varsity ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rhine crossing airborne operations