Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna August 1944, Ridgway akapiwa basa rokutungamirira XVIII Airborne Corps. Mutungamiri we82nd Airborne Division akapfuurira kuna Brigadier General James M. Gavin, uyo akanga ashanda seRidgway's Assistant Division Commander. Basa rokutanga rinobatanidza Ridgway raiva Operation Market Garden apo 101st Airborne Division yake yakadonha pedyo neEindhoven kuchengetedza Bridges pakati peEindhoven neVeghel mumugwagwa unoenda kuArnhem. Ridgway akadonha namapoka ake uye akanga ari pamberi peDhivhisi chikamu chokurwa. XVIII Airborne Corps yakabatsira kumisa nekudzosera mauto eGermany munguva yeHondo yeBulge muna December. Muna March 1945, neBritish 6th Airborne Division neUnited States 17th Airborne Division pasi pehutungamiri, akatungamirira mauto kupinda muGermany munguva ye
Operation Varsity, chikamu chemuchadenga cheOperation Plunder, uye akakuvadzwa papfudzi nezvimedu zvegranate reGerman musi wa24 Kurume 1945. Akatungamirira boka racho pakurwiswa kweGermany neHurumende yokuMadokero. Muna June 1945 akasimudzirwa kuva lieutenant general. Pakupera kwehondo, Ridgway akanga ari mundege akananga kunzvimbo itsva muPacific theatre yehondo, pasi paGeneral weHondo Douglas MacArthur, waakanga ashanda naye paaiva kaputeni paUnited States Military Academy paWest Point.