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When did Matthew Ridgway take command of the newly formed XVIII Airborne Corps?
August 1943
August 1944
August 1945
August 1946
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Matthew Ridgway took command of the newly formed XVIII Airborne Corps in August 1944. The corps was formed as a part of the First Allied Airborne Army, which was responsible for conducting airborne operations in the European Theater of Operations. The XVIII Airborne Corps played a key role in the Battle of Normandy and the Battle of the Bulge, and it also participated in the liberation of the Netherlands.
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