List of largest parachute assaults

This is a list of the largest parachute assaults in history. The overwhelming majority of these occurred during World War II.

Invasion of Normandy: 13,100 American paratroopers and 8,500 British and Canadian paratroopers Operation Varsity: March 24, 1945. 16,000 paratroopers. Operation Market Garden: September 17–25, 1944. 34,600 paratroopers. Battle of Crete: May 20 – June 1, 1941. 15,000 paratroopers. Tangail Airdrop: Over 5000 Indian Army paratroopers paradropped to capture Poongli Bridge in East Pakistan (present-day Bangladesh) during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, also known as the Bangladesh Liberation War.

See also American airborne landings in Normandy Operation Tonga British airborne operations in North Africa List of amphibious assault operations

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