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First Allied Airborne Army
The
First Allied Airborne Army
was an
Allied
formation
formed on 2 August 1944 by the order of
General
Dwight D. Eisenhower
, the
Supreme Allied Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force
. The formation was part of the
Allied Expeditionary Force
and controlled all Allied
airborne forces
in
Western Europe
from August 1944 to May 1945. These included the United States
IX Troop Carrier Command
, the
XVIII Corps (Airborne)
, which controlled the
82nd Airborne Division
, the
101st Airborne Division
, the
17th Airborne Division
and a number of independent airborne units, all British airborne forces including the
1st Airborne Division
and the
6th Airborne Division
.
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