History of Oceania

Who were the paratroopers landed?

Allied paratroopers:

American paratroopers and glider troops:

  • 82nd Airborne Division (Maj. Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway) 
  • 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment
  • 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment
  • 325th Glider Infantry Regiment
  • 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment
  • 101st Airborne Division 4 (Maj. Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor) 
  • 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment
  • 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment
  • 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment
  • 327th Glider Infantry Regiment
  • British paratroopers:

  • 6th Airborne Division (Maj. Gen. Richard Nelson Gale) 
  • 2nd (South Staffordshires) Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment
  • 1st Battalion, Border Regiment
  • 1st Battalion, Royal Ulster Rifles
  • 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
  • 13th (Lancashire) Parachute Battalion
  • Other (British Commonwealth):

  • 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion