Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: XVIII Corps deployed to Europe on 17 August 1944 and became the XVIII Airborne Corps on 25 August 1944 na Ogbourne St. George, England, na-ewere iwu nke 82nd na 101st Airborne Divisions, dị ka akụkụ nke nkwadebe maka Operation Market Garden. Tupu oge a, e kenyere ngalaba abụọ ahụ na VII Corps ma wụfee na Normandy n'oge Operation Overlord, mbuso agha Allied nke Normandy, dịka akụkụ nke VII Corps. Major General Matthew Bunker Ridgway, onye ọrụ aka ya, onye nwere ikike na onye nwere ahụmịhe n'ịchịkwa ụgbọelu nke duziri ndị agha nke 82nd Airborne na
Sicily, Italy na Normandy, ahọpụtara ka ọ chịkwaa ndị agha ahụ, nke mejupụtara nke 82nd na 101st Airborne Divisions ma bụrụ akụkụ nke ndị agha mbụ nke ndị agha nke mbụ.