Pari gbolohun ti o tẹle: XVIII Corps ti a gbe lọ si Yuroopu ni Oṣu Kẹjọ Ọjọ 17, Ọdun 1944 ati pe o di XVIII Airborne Corps ni Oṣu Kẹjọ Ọjọ 25, Ọdun 1944 ni Ogbourne St. George, England, ti o gba aṣẹ ti awọn 82nd ati 101st Airborne Divisions, gẹgẹbi apakan ti igbaradi fun Operation Market Garden. Ṣaaju akoko yii, awọn ẹka meji ni a fi si Ẹgbẹ VII ati pe o fo sinu Normandy lakoko Iṣẹ Overlord, ikọlu Allied ti Normandy, gẹgẹbi apakan ti Ẹgbẹ VII. Major General Matthew Bunker Ridgway, a gíga ọjọgbọn, ti o ni agbara ati ki o ni iriri airborne olori ti o ti mu awọn 82nd Airborne Division ni
Sicily, Italy ati Normandy, ni a yan lati paṣẹ fun ile-iṣẹ naa, eyiti o jẹ lẹhinna ti awọn 82nd ati 101st Airborne Divisions ati pe o jẹ apakan ti Ẹgbẹ-ogun Airborne First Allied Airborne Army tuntun.