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Name: 82nd Airborne Division country/headquarters: Fort Bragg, U.S. Active: August 25, 1917- still active Branch of military: United States Army Commanders/Battles: MG. James Gavin, D-Day, Operation Market Garden and Battle of the Bulge

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Woodrow Wilson 2nd Rangers 101st Airborne Division Dwight D. Eisenhower 504th Regiment

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We are the 82 Airborne division. The 82 Airborne division are paratroopers. We are always ready to respond to a crisis anywhere in the world in 18 hours. The Airborne division fought most of their battles during WWI. One of their battles was Operation market garden. On August 2nd 1944 the 84 Airborne Division joined the First Allied Airborne Army. The First Allied Airborne Army planned Operation market garden that would take place in the Netherlands. The plan was to bomb key bridges so supplies and support could not get to bases. Market garden was not as successful as they had hoped when they could not bomb all of the bridges because of other loss of allied troops.

One of the Divisions most important battles was D-Day the invasion of Normandy. The invasion of Normandy was commanded by Dwight D. Eisenhower a American commander. The division carried out Operation Boston in Operation Overlord. The 82 shooed with the 507th, 508th, and the 505th Airborne Units. On June 5th and 6th the 82nd, 319th and 320th Airborne divisions parashooted history's largest airborne assault for its time, until Market Garden.  The parashooting took 33 days and 5,245 paratroopers were killed. The 84th Joined the XVIII Airborne Corps with the 17th and 101st Airborne divisions.

The Battle of the bulge was the last push against Germany during WWI. On December 16 the Germans attacked, this attack turned into the battle of the bulge. The 82th division parashooted into the US borders to push back the Germans. They secured Ruhr and ended the war in Ludwigslust. 150,000 people surrendered after the war. After that wars were smooth capturing 100,000 a day. The division was so good that they made George Patten say "In all my years in the Army and all the honor guards I have ever seen, the 82nd's honor guard is undoubtedly the best."

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 * August 25, 1917, A new Airborne division was created it was called the 82 Airborne Division and it had the the purpose to respond to anything in the world within 18 hours.


 * June 6, 1944, A game changing battle under code named Operation Overlord was led by Dwight D Eisenhower and was the plan to invade Normandy.


 * September 17 - September 25, 1944, The Largest Airborne attack sense D-Day was launched. The plan was to bomb bridges do cargo and support could not get to the enemy's. The plan was short lived due to loss of men in other places.
 * December 16, 1944 – January 25, 1945, The battle of the bulge was the last big battle before the end of WWII. The 82 Airborne Fought with the 504 Regiment to hold of Germans at borders.