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Germany's use of paratroopers during the 1940 blitzkrieg invasion of Norway was the first ever in war. The largest mass drop of the war was Operation Varsity on March 24, 1945. In that remarkable effort, 1,285 transports and 2,290 gliders were used to lift more that 9,300 US paratroopers and 4,976 British troops across the Rhine. Bombers followed, dropping supplies.