عملیات وارسیتی

عملیات وارسیتی
	بخشی از Operation Plunder
	; C-47 transport aircraft drop hundreds of paratroopers as part of Operation Varsity
تاریخ	24 March 1945
مکان	وزل, آلمان
نتیجه	متفقین جنگ جهانی دوم
طرفین درگیر
بریتانیا; ایالات متحده آمریکا; کانادا	آلمان نازی
فرماندهان و رهبران
بریتانیا برنارد لاو مونت‌گومری; بریتانیا Eric Bols; Matthew Ridgway	گونتر بلومنتریت
قوا
16,870[Note 1]	8,000 (est.)[Note 2]
تلفات
2,378–2,700 casualties[Note 3]; 72 aircraft[Note 4]	Unknown total casualties; 3,500 captured[1]

عملیات وارسیتی (۲۴ مارس ۱۹۴۵) عملیات هوابرد موفقیت‌آمیزِ نیروهای آمریکایی، بریتانیایی و کانادایی در اواخر جنگ جهانی دوم بود. در این جنگ بیش از ۱۶۰۰۰ پیاده‌نظام چترباز و هزاران هواپیمای جنگنده درگیر بودند. این عملیات، بزرگترین عملیات هوابردِ تاریخ است که در یک روز و در یک مکان به انجام رسیده است.

منابع

Ellis, p. 291
Otway, p. 299
The Parachute Regiment (2004-03-26). "Operation Varsity - The Rhine Crossing". Ministry of Defense. Archived from the original on 2006-11-01. Retrieved 2010-01-26.
Notes of the operations of 21 Army Group 6 June 1944 - 5 May 1945, p. 51

Operation Varsity. (2015, October 12). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 07:54, November 11, 2015, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Operation_Varsity&oldid=685377465

6th Airborne landed 7,220 men, 17th Airborne landed 9,650 men.[1]
Otway claims that Allied intelligence placed 7 Parachute Division and 84 Infantry Division at around 4,000 men each after having suffered heavy casualties in previous campaigns, these being the two German formations facing the Allied airborne forces.[2]
Ellis puts 6th Airborne losses as 1,400 dead, wounded or captured and places the 17th Airborne losses as 1,300 dead, wounded or captured.[1] The official British Parachute Regiment website places 6th Airborne losses at 1,078 killed or wounded.[3]
Over 1,700 aircraft were employed during the airlift of the airborne forces, of which 56 planes were lost. A further 240 planes flew a resupply mission following the glider landings, 16 planes were shot down. Of the 1,300 gliders employed during the operation, under 4% were destroyed.[4]

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[Ellis,_p._291-1] Ellis, p. 291

[Otway_299-3] Otway, p. 299

[5] The Parachute Regiment (2004-03-26). "Operation Varsity - The Rhine Crossing". Ministry of Defense. Archived from the original on 2006-11-01. Retrieved 2010-01-26.

[7] Notes of the operations of 21 Army Group 6 June 1944 - 5 May 1945, p. 51

[2] 6th Airborne landed 7,220 men, 17th Airborne landed 9,650 men.[1]

[4] Otway claims that Allied intelligence placed 7 Parachute Division and 84 Infantry Division at around 4,000 men each after having suffered heavy casualties in previous campaigns, these being the two German formations facing the Allied airborne forces.[2]

[6] Ellis puts 6th Airborne losses as 1,400 dead, wounded or captured and places the 17th Airborne losses as 1,300 dead, wounded or captured.[1] The official British Parachute Regiment website places 6th Airborne losses at 1,078 killed or wounded.[3]

[8] Over 1,700 aircraft were employed during the airlift of the airborne forces, of which 56 planes were lost. A further 240 planes flew a resupply mission following the glider landings, 16 planes were shot down. Of the 1,300 gliders employed during the operation, under 4% were destroyed.[4]