U.S. Airborne troops fight east of the Rhine. A paratrooper of the 17th U.S.

U.S. Airborne troops fight east of the Rhine. A paratrooper of the 17th U.S. Airborne Division, First Allied Airborne Army, advances through an open field after landing near Wesel, Germany, during the greatest airborne offensive of the war. More than 1,500 troop-carrying planes and gliders flew approximately 40,000 sky soldiers over the Rhine River March 24, 1945.