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    Operation Varsity (24 March 1945) was a successful airborne forces operation launched by Allied troops toward the end of World War II. Involving more than...
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  • universities. The investigation into the conspiracy was code named Operation Varsity Blues. The investigation and related charges were made public on March...
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  • Look up varsity in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Varsity may refer to: University, a college or university sports team. Varsity College (South Africa)...
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    participated in its only airborne operation, dropping alongside the British 6th Airborne Division as a part of Operation Varsity, during which it gained three...
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  • Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal is an American documentary film about the 2019 college admissions bribery scandal. The movie stars...
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    the Battle of the Bulge between December 1944 and January 1945, and Operation Varsity in March 1945. After the surrender of Nazi Germany, the formation...
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  • Varsity Blues may refer to: Varsity Blues (film), a 1999 film starring James Van Der Beek Varsity Blues (EP), a 2002 EP by Murs Toronto Varsity Blues...
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    during Operation Tonga, in conjunction with the D-Day landings of 6 June 1944 and in the airborne assault crossing of the River Rhine, Operation Varsity, in...
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    airborne troops as part of Operation Market Garden. They were used a third and final time in March 1945 during Operation Varsity when they transported M22...
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    The First Allied Airborne Army conducted Operation Varsity on the east bank of the Rhine in support of Operation Plunder, consisting of U.S. XVIII Airborne...
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    the regiment were replaced by Locusts and eight were used during Operation Varsity in March 1945. The tanks did not perform well in action; several were...
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    Magazine — "Airborne Operations During World War II" (2004) Historynet.com: World War II History Magazine — "Operation Varsity: Allied Airborne Assault...
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    Operation Varsity, the airborne operation to support the Anglo-Canadian 21st Army Group crossing the River Rhine, but was removed from the operation due...
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    with Major General William Miley's 17th Airborne Division during Operation Varsity, the airborne crossing of the river Rhine. Nixon's plane took a direct...
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  • USC Board of Trustees. Olivia Jade is featured in Netflix's film Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal that retraces Rick Singer's...
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    British Operation Tonga and American operations. It was also deployed in quantity during Operation Dragoon, Operation Market Garden, and Operation Varsity. Further...
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    and on November 7 completed a study for an airborne operation by two divisions, Operation Varsity, to support the endeavor. A number of factors delayed...
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    war in mid-1945, commanding the corps in the Battle of the Bulge, Operation Varsity and the Western Allied invasion of Germany. Ridgway held several major...
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    of the Bulge. Their final airborne mission followed in March 1945, Operation Varsity, the second Allied airborne assault over the River Rhine. After the...
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  • the Hot Pockets "heiress," was later implicated in the notorious Operation Varsity Blues college admissions scandal and later sentenced in February 2020...
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    XXX Corps lost 70 tanks while VIII and XII Corps lost c. 18 tanks. Operation Varsity in 1945 involved more aircraft, gliders, and troops on D-Day than...
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    Millett. It would participate in three operations during World War II: D-Day, the Battle of the Bulge and Operation Varsity. As part of the 2nd Airborne Brigade...
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    is currently a Partner at Jones Day. He is best known for leading Operation Varsity Blues, the federal investigation and prosecution of a massive nationwide...
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    Rhineland Offensive encompassed Operation Veritable, Operation Grenade, Operation Blockbuster, Operation Plunder and Operation Varsity. Forces deployed North to...
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    Bolce, Don. "Operation Varsity." Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine able506.com, 24 March 1945. Seelinger, Matthew J. "Operation Varsity: The Last...
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    Second World War. Archway was initially intended to support Operation Plunder and Operation Varsity, the crossings of the River Rhine at Rees, Wesel, and south...
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    Battle of the Bulge in January 1945 and parachuted into Germany in Operation Varsity in March, in the largest airborne drop of the war. The regiment returned...
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    Bulge, and as an observer with the 17th Airborne Division during Operation Varsity. Of the activities of the Filthy Thirteen, Jack Agnew once said, "We...
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    Days Josh 2016 Havenhurst Tim 2017 Home Again Warren The Etruscan Smile Jeff 2021 Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal Bill McGlashan...
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  • 2021 Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell 1 h 37 min English March 17, 2021 Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 1 h 39 min English March 24...
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