| Operatie Varsity
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| Onderdeel van Operatie Plunder
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| Strijdende partijen
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| Leiders en commandanten
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| Troepensterkte
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| Verliezen
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| 2,378–2,700 gewonden of doden
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onbekend
3,500 krijgsgevangenen
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Operatie Varsity (24 Maart 1945) was een succesvolle luchtlandingsoperatie als onderdeel van operatie Plunder uitgevoerd door de geallieerden.
Grondtroepen oversteek Rijn,
Varsity werd uitgevoerd door de Britse 6e Luchtlandingsdivisie en de Amerikaanse 17de luchtlandingsdivisie. Aan de operatie namen 17.000 manschappen deel. Zij werden aangevoerd in 1500 vliegtuigen voor de parachutisten en 1300 combinaties van een sleepvliegtuig en zweefvliegtuig.
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