Mission Boston
Mission Boston was a parachute combat assault at night by Major General Matthew Ridgway's U.S. 82nd "All American" Airborne Division on June 6, 1944, part of the American airborne landings in Normandy during World War II. Boston was a component element of Operation Neptune, the assault portion of the Allied invasion of Normandy, codenamed Operation Overlord. 6,420 paratroopers jumped from nearly 370 C-47 Skytrain troop carrier aircraft into an intended objective area of roughly 10 square miles (26 km2) located on either side of the Merderet river on the Cotentin Peninsula of France, five hours ahead of the D-Day landings.
Wikipage redirect
507th Parachute Infantry Regiment (United States)82nd_Airborne_DivisionAmerican airborne landings in NormandyBattle of La FiereBattle of La FièreBenjamin H. VandervoortCharles J. TimmesCompany of Heroes: Tales of ValorIndex of World War II articles (M)James_M._GavinLeonardo CiminoList of surviving Douglas C-47 SkytrainsMission AlbanyMission DetroitSaving Private Ryan
Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage
primaryTopic
Mission Boston
Mission Boston was a parachute combat assault at night by Major General Matthew Ridgway's U.S. 82nd "All American" Airborne Division on June 6, 1944, part of the American airborne landings in Normandy during World War II. Boston was a component element of Operation Neptune, the assault portion of the Allied invasion of Normandy, codenamed Operation Overlord. 6,420 paratroopers jumped from nearly 370 C-47 Skytrain troop carrier aircraft into an intended objective area of roughly 10 square miles (26 km2) located on either side of the Merderet river on the Cotentin Peninsula of France, five hours ahead of the D-Day landings.
has abstract
Mission Boston was a parachute ...... o the success of the division.
@en
Link from a Wikipage to an external page
Wikipage page ID
12,026,730
page length (characters) of wiki page
Wikipage revision ID
994,110,147
Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage
wikiPageUsesTemplate
hypernym
comment
Mission Boston was a parachute ...... s ahead of the D-Day landings.
@en
label
Mission Boston
@en