Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Zvinhu zvose zveRCT zvakagadzirirwa muSoissons na 10 December. Boka rimwe nerimwe reAmerica raiva muEurope zvino rakanga rava rutivi rweGeneral Matthew B. Ridgway's XVIII Airborne Corps. Ikoku kwaibatanidza zvikamu zvechi82 nechi101 zveAirborne zvangodzoka kubva kuNetherlands
uye 517th uye mamwe mapoka akaparadzana kubva kuMediterranean. Mukuwedzera, 17th Airborne Division zvino yakanga iri muEngland uye yakanga yakarongerwa kuyambukira kuFrance munguva yemberi iri pedyo.