Wesel
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Wesel is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in western Germany. It is the capital of the Wesel district.
Willibrordi-Dom in Wesel. The cathedral, dedicated to St Willibrord, has been restored after wartime bombing.
97% of Wesel was destroyed before it was finally taken by Allied troops in 1945.
Main railway station
Wesel Citadel
Operation Varsity
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Operation Varsity was a successful airborne forces operation launched by Allied troops toward the end of World War II. Involving more than 16,000 paratroopers and several thousand aircraft, it is the
Wesel
…taken by Allied troops, 97% of its structures were destroyed. In the ensuing attacks by Allied forces, the town was taken with minimal casualties. Operation Varsity – the largest airborne landings of the war in one day and one location – dropped 18,000 troops into the area to take the hills behind Wesel. The British…
C-47 transport aircraft drop hundreds of paratroopers as part of Operation Varsity.
C-47s and CG-4A gliders before take-off, 24 March 1945
British paratroopers in Hamminkeln, 25 March 1945