Who were the highest-ranking officers of each belligerent nation, who parachuted with troops in Operation Market Garden?
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There is already an answer for the Allies. You might want to note that Major General Urquhart had never parachuted nor landed before.
On the German side, there is Model, a former Eastern Front commander, Student, former airborne troops commander who said "If only I had such means" when he saw Allied airborne troops during Market Garden, and the SS general Bittrich.
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Overall Command
- Lieutenant General Browning glided in near Nijmegen the first day commanding British I Airborne Corps and deputy commander of 1st Allied Airborne Army, to be tactical (on the ground) commander for all Allied airborne forces in Operation Market (the airborne component of Market Garden).
82nd Airborne
- Brigadier General James M. Gavin parachuted in commanding U.S. 82nd Airborne, not being promoted to Major General until October 1944, a month after Market Garden.
101st Airborne (US)
Major General Maxwell D. Taylor landed commanding the 101st Airborne but I am not sure yet whether he parachuted or glided in.
However Taylor was a trained and accomplished parachutist, having successfully jumped into Normandy 6 months earlier as commander of the 101st, so I have no reason to doubt that he again jumped into battle as commander of the 101st during Market Garden.
1st Airborne (British)
Major General Roy Urquhart glided in commanding British 1st Airborne.
Brigadier General Hicks was his deputy commander and commander of British 1st Airlanding Brigade, and also arrived that day at Arnhem by glider.
I have not yet identified the commanding officers of the two component airborne brigades, 1st and 4th, both of whom would have parachuted in.
Polish Brigade
- Brigadier General Stanislaw Sosabowski parachuted down with the Polish 1st Independent Parachute brigade.
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