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What do you know about the last massive airborne assault to take place in WW2? Market-Garden, beginning on 17 September 1944, involved more than three Allied airborne divisions in daytime drops in three separate areas, as well as thousands more troops and vehicles of the Allied XXX Corps. Depicted in the movie “A Bridge Too Far,” the assault sputtered and failed to achieve its objectives, and yet still played an important role in the development of the war in Western Europe after D-Day and the liberation of France.
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Not the last large airborne assault. Operation Varsity in March 1945 involved more than 16,000 paratroopers dropping in a single day.
The battle had a very mixed result as commented on in the podcast. The British leadership was always more willing than the Americans to sustain casualties to achieve a goal. Their casualties were very high in this operation.
If you visit the WWII museum in New Orleans there is a C47 hanging from the ceiling there. The plane participated in D-Day, Market Garden, Battle of the Bulge, and Operation Varsity. It also was part of the cast in A Bridge Too Far.