At the opening of the D-Day invasion of France, Allied plans required paratroopers to drop in behind German lines to secure key objectives. What American airborne division dropped in to France to complete this dangerous task?

The men of the 101st Airborne were one of the brave allied divisions that parachuted into Normandy to capture strategic routes to block German reinforcements from getting to the landing beaches. Despite the chaos of the parachute drops, the airborne assault troops managed to cause a lot of chaos for the Germans.

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