The 82nd Airborne Division is recognized as one of the 36 liberating units of the US Army during World War II. On May 2, 1945, troops of the 82nd Airborne and the 8th Infantry Division overran Wöbbelin, a subcamp of the Neuengamme concentration camp.

The division later served in World War II where, in August 1942, it was reconstituted as the first airborne division of the U.S. Army and fought in numerous campaigns during the war. Origins [ edit ]

Mar 20, 2021 · Composed of the 505th and 504th Parachute Infantry Regiments and the 325th Glider Infantry, the 82nd’s entry into combat during the Invasion of Sicily in July of 1943, appeared at first to be a disaster.

Apr 12, 2018 · In January of 1945 the 82nd hit the Siegfried Line and cracked it three days later. As the war ended, it was fighting with the British Second Army at Wittenburg, and subsequently it followed the 2d Armored Division into Berlin. From Fighting Divisions, Kahn & McLemore, Infantry Journal Press, 1945-1946. "All American Division"

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The 82nd conducted its fourth combat assault of World War II into the Netherlands and captured the Maas Bridge at Grave, the Maas-Waal Canal Bridge at Heumen and the Nijmegen-Groesbeek Ridge. The next day attempts to take Nijmegen Highway Bridge failed.

The 82nd Airborne Division is recognized as one of the 36 liberating units of the US Army during World War II. On May 2, 1945, troops of the 82nd Airborne and the 8th Infantry Division overran Wöbbelin, a subcamp of the Neuengamme concentration camp.

This campaign map shows the route of the 82nd Airborne Division during World War II. This chart is available for purchase at HistoryShots.com.

Originally designated the 82d Division, National Army, the unit was constituted on 5 August 1917, and organized on 25 August 1917, at Camp Gordon, Georgia.

The 82nd Airborne Division was designate din1942 and dropped behind Utah Beach on the eve of D-Day, playing a critical role in the invasion