6th Airborne Division (United States)

6th Airborne Division

6th Airborne Division shoulder sleeve insignia
Active World War II
Country USA
Branch United States Army
Type Infantry
Role diversion phantom formation
US infantry divisions (1939–present)
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The US 6th Airborne Division was a 'Phantom Division' created for Operation Vendetta in 1944. Like the British 4th and 5th Airborne Divisions, the notional formation was 'built up' around a real unit, the 517th Regimental Combat Team.[1]

World War II

Supposedly arrived in Sicily from the United States in May 1944. It was attached to the US 7th Army and was to be dropped on the town of Paulhan in France to support a fictional invasion of the Narbonne region. It was disposed of by announcing in July 1944 that the division had been disbanded.[1]

Composition

HQ in Sicily.

References

  1. ^ a b Thaddeus Holt (2005-12-01). The deceivers: allied military deception in the second world war. ISBN 978-0-7538-1917-3. http://books.google.com/?id=hECPPwAACAAJ. 


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