Greetings, history enthusiasts. I'm Steve Matthews, and welcome back to WW2 Stories. Today, we're going to explore one of the most consequential yet often overlooked operations of World War II – a massive airborne assault that played a pivotal role in bringing the European conflict to its conclusion. This is the story of Operation Varsity, the largest single-day airborne operation in military history and, as some historians have called it, "the battle that ended World War II in Europe."