Airborne Assault Map for D-Day

This map highlights how chaotic the airborne assault was for the American paratroopers once anti-aircraft fire began. Forced to jump either too high or too low, and often well before their target, most of the airborne and glider troops landed outside their designated landing zones.

Courtesy of The National WWII Museum

This map highlights how chaotic the airborne assault was for the American paratroopers once anti-aircraft fire began.

Ed Ruggero on 82nd Airborne Divsion