Paratrooper Drop Army Air Force C-47s cross the Rhine River in Germany sometime between March 24 and March 31, 1945. They released hundreds of paratroopers and their supplies near the towns of Rees and Wesel to the east of the Rhine. SHARE IMAGE: Download Image: Full Size (0.16 MB) Photo By: U.S. Army Signal Corps VIRIN: 450328-O-ZZ999-001Y.JPG Photo Gallery