. . . . . . . . . . "airborne drop across the Rhine" . . . . "airborne assault across the Rhine" . . . . . . . "8,000 (est.)ref|Otway claims that Allied intelligence placed 7 Parachute Division and 84 Infantry Division at around 4,000 men each after having suffered heavy casualties in previous campaigns, these being the two German formations facing the Allied airborne forces.|group=\\\"Note\\\"" . . . . . . . "crossed the Rhine" . . . "16,870ref|6th Airborne landed 7,220 men, 17th Airborne landed 9,650 men.|group=\\\"Note\\\"" . . . . . "''Varsity''" . . "The Rhine" . . "Op VARSITY" . "Varsity" . . . . . "72 aircraftref|Over 1,700 aircraft were employed during the airlift of the airborne forces, of which 56 planes were lost. A further 240 planes flew a resupply mission following the glider landings, 16 planes were shot down. Of the 1,300 gliders employed during the operation, under 4% were destroyed.|group=\\\"Note\\\"" . . . "1945-03-24" . . "United Kingdom" . . . . . . . . . . "River Rhine" . . "Germany" . "airborne assault over the Rhine" . "assault across the Rhine" . . "Allied airborne crossing of the Rhine" . . . . "River Rhine crossing" . . . . . "crossing of the River Rhine" . . . "Rhine" . . "Rhine Crossing" . "First Allied Airborne Army's support for the crossing of the Rhine" . "the crossing the Rhine" . . . . . . . . . . . "operation known as \\\"Varsity\\\"" . . . . . . . "final push over the Rhine" . . . . . . . . . . "Battle of the Reichswald" . . "airborne attack across the Rhine" . . . . . . "Allied assault across the Rhine" . . . . . "Alliedvictory" . . . "2,378\u20132,700 casualtiesref|Ellis puts British 6th Airborne Division losses as 1,400 dead, wounded or captured and places the U.S. 17th Airborne Division losses as 1,300 dead, wounded or captured. The official Parachute Regiment website places 6th Airborne losses at 1,078 killed or wounded.|group=\\\"Note\\\"" . "Operation Varsity" . . . "Rhine crossing" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Operation Varsity" . . . . . "Germany" . .