Began training for participation in the airborne operation over Normandy.

There was also more filling in the internal of the helmet to protect the head during airborne operations.

It had been the division's first major airborne operation.

"Thus ended in failure the greatest airborne operation of the war," one American historian later wrote.

The Battalion then spent the next year in training for airborne operations.

In the meantime the airborne operation will be standing by on full alert.

Two other airborne operations were planned to include the 13th.

However, it had been decided that some form of airborne operation would have to be carried out.

It was the largest airborne operation up to that time.

However, many lessons had been learned during the operation, which were put into practice for future Allied airborne operations.