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The 101st Airborne Division was organized as a paratrooper division during WW2. It included paratrooper and glider-borne troops that were used in the D-Day invasion. Later it was sent to re-inforce Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge. The 101st Airborne Division became an Air Assault(helicopter) division during the Viet Nam War and continues to function in that capacity to this day.
members of the 101st Airborne as well as other units were the main stay of resistence against the German assault on Bastogne, Belgium in December 1944.......
Easy Company of the 506th PIR of the 101st Airborne Division
325th glider regiment, 101st Airborne...................
The Germans pulled back and left a Bulge around the town of Bastogne. The Americans seized it with the 101st Airborne Division. They set up a perimeter and then, the Germans moved in around the Americans, and then attacked the perimeter. This action the created the "Bulge", and began The Battle of the "Bulge".
Yes, airborne troops.
battle of bulge
Battle of bulge
The Belgian town of Bastogne and the area around it was where the US 101st Airborne Division held out against the superior force of the German Army.
The battle of the bulge was just 1 battle but their was several operations during the battl of the bulge
The Airborne halted the German advance at the city of Bastogne.