List of largest parachute assaults
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List of the largest parachute assaults happened post World War II.
- Tangail Airdrop : Over 5000 Paratroopers of Indian Army Paradropped to capture Poongli Bridge in East Pakistan (present day Bangladesh) during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 aka Bangladesh Liberation War.
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