Timeline
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18 Janvier 1945
The 101st Airborne Division is transferred to the Sarrebourg area in Moselle -
End of January 1945
The 82nd Airborne Division is repatriated -
January 26 1945
The 101st Airborne Division moves to Alsace -
February 3 and 4 1945
Drop-off in Philippines -
16 Février 1945
Another drop-off in Philippines -
February 23rd 1945
Drop-off in the middle of the jungle, Philippines -
March 15 1945
The 101st Airborne Division is gathered near Reims -
March 24 1945
Operation Varsity -
April 3 1945
The 82nd Airborne Division occupies a 45km frontline near Cologne -
28 Avril 1945
Liberation oh the Landsberg concentration camp -
April 30 1945
The 82nd Airborne Division makes contact with the Russians -
3 Mai 1945
Transfer of the 82nd Airborne Division to Épinal -
May 5 to 8 1945
Taking of the Berghof -
June 23rd 1945
The last American paratrooper combat jump of World War II -
End of July 1945
The 82nd Airborne Division reaches Berlin -
Beginning of August 1945
The 101st Airborne is transferred -
September 2nd 1945
Japan's capitulation -
November 19 1945
82nd Airborne Division: end of mission in Berlin -
November 30 1945
The 82nd and the 101st Airborne divisions are demobilized
May 5 to 8 1945
Taking of the Berghof
May 5 to 8 1945: The 101st Airborne Division’s 506th PIR enters Berchtesgaden and attacks the Berghof, Adolf Hitler’s luxurious personal residence, his infamous “eagle nest”. The 101st Airborne Division then settles between Germany and Austria as occupation army.