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Churchill was having ptsd about Gallipoli for sure! How cud u blame him for feelingl that. He didn’t understand how much air power n the para troops helped just wanted to say you so do a video on Gallipoli WW1 GALLIPOLI PLZTHANKS!!
It probably may have not failed, but there would be a lot, lot more casualties.
The Armchair Historian u too young to shave u don’t know about this history boy
Well put together. As a historian and the great grand son of a member of the 101st I cannot stress how important it is that you make our history available in a modern format.
Remember you spent a long time editing the video and also can we have fry ASMR now?
5:21 Don "that's a bunch of Malarkey"
“Up the Ox and Bucks”
How about doing a video about the Abraham Lincoln Battalion volunteers who fought in the Spanish Civil War.
My great grandfather was in the 82 air born division he passed to natural cuasses in im pretty sure the 1970s
There is no doubt that the invasion would not work the way it did without the Airborne troops.
German soldier : Is that a bird? is that a plane? is that the Luftwaffe? German officer : where? German soldier : Just joking sir, we dont have air support
Malarkey-Malarkey’s slang for bullshit, isn’t it?
5:29 - That plane looks upset. ;-/
Airborne!!!!
Paid.... laughs in russian conscript.
I came here after watching band of brothers, and I was disappointed he didn’t mention easy company.
bordgard1 yeah I know but you’d think he’d mention something the audience could relate to, and also easy company did a fair job in capturing crucial towns in France
Sebastian Merrill "Easy Company" was merely one of many scores of companies that jumped into Normandy. Easy Company wasn’t the center of the universe. Not intended to in any way denigrate them.
Richard winters lived near where I live
D day child's play compared to Easter front
My granddad, John Hinchliff, is the last surviving member of the 507th PIR that jumped on D-Day. 2004 men jumped...none remain. Except him. He fought in buldge and Varsity as well.
Can you make a video on a war between Azerbaijan And Armenia
Unless it has changed then the 6th airborne quoted in the video is now the 16th air assault brigade.
James Francis Ryan was in the 101st airborne, this was a Bourne Ultimatum .
Do another tank vid!
Love your videos--- would you mind watching mine?verrieres ridge?most underrestimated normandy Defensive position with 500 tanks and 500 guns?m.trvision.net/detail/video-8rCuhVPzIzw.html
Wow, call of duty 2003 was accurate.
Blah blah blah....repeating the same old same old
I got to meet Winters one time I was in prison with his grandson and my family and his family visited us at the same time
Pegasus Bridge was one of most significant achievements of the Airborne assault. The 3 gliders who land almost of top of it, is acknowledged as an incredible feat of flying. Taking the bridge prevented the Panzer division making directly to the beaches, forcing them to go the long way round, through congested and bombed Caen. Failure to take the bridges would have had Panzer divisions in the landing beaches. Not a big fan of Ambrose, but his "Pegasus Bridge: D-day: The Daring British Airborne Raid" is a compelling and detailed read.
You use war to promote razor blades? And for the same reason you play Wagner's music in the background of a 1980s Vietnam war movie, I believe you are a true American.
As an Airborne Infantry combat veteran myself, I have the utmost respect for the Paratroopers that jumped behind enemy lines on D-Day. Would the operation be successful without the Airborne landings? Probably. Would the troops on the beaches have suffered a lot more casualties without them? I think the answer is unequivocally, yes. The determination and tactical skill of the Airborne units cannot be underestimated. Those men jumped into the void and caused mass havoc and confusion amongst the German defenders. The devils in baggy pants made their presence known and struck fear into the enemy. They were everywhere, in ditches, city streets, right amongst the Germans. LGOPs(little groups of paratroopers). This effect on morale cannot be understated. Armed only with what they could carry, they fought voraciously and well above their weight class. My combat experience in the Iraq War pales in comparison to what these heroes faced on those drop zones in Normandy. Paratroopers don't die, we just slip away....
The 82nd "All American" title was introduced in 1917 with the forming of the 82nd Infantry Division.
Flashbacks of Medal of Honor intensify
Oh no you upset the jumpy boys
Heavily armed is not exactly accurate.
I'm not so sure whether the airborne troops would've been so keen on thanking "Fritz" for making this story possible.
Without the taking of Pegasus Bridge to prevent German reinforcements joining the battle for the beaches the breakout would have been severely compromised.
The U.S. airborne missed their mark.
My step dad was a captain with the 101st. Airborne Div. He was an Intel. Officer and was on plane #2 with the Pathfinders jumping into Normandy the night just before the D- Day landings. He receive the DSC. and was later promoted to Major. He also jumped into Holland. Ha also has several Purple Hearts, Silver and Bronze Stars. All Decoration but the Medal of Honor.
The Paratroopers that landed with gliders weren't paid anymore than infantry divisions on other fronts, though landing behind enemy lines as a supplement to the parachute soldiers and sharing the same risk, they weren't given a pay raise by any means whatsoever. Gun fact.
82nd called themselves 'All American' because they believed they had men from all over America.
With hindsight I claim that D-Day would have been more successful without paratroopers. Without them German high command would have believed it to be a diversion for days. Of course nobody could have known that without hind sight.
Those trhee planes that crashlanded that you mention was about the ONLY airbourne operation that went according to plan that night. All the rest of them were various degrees of FUBAR, at the higher end of the scale... which probably was the biggest succes of the operation due to the ensueing command chaos among the Germans.
Nice cartoons, but not much historical content. No mention of the Canadian paras and the bridges that they destroyed to secure the flanks of the British paras.
Nice work. I was in the 82nd - WAY back in the 60's . I was in the Division Band - nice duty .
wreaked havoc not wrecked havoc
American paratroopers were trained to operate individually, so they were somewhat prepared to fight in the confused battleground behind Utah Beach. Some may have just hunkered down to wait for the troops coming inland, but others sought out their objectives or fought the battle in front of them. The 505th had a relatively good drop and secured their objectives around Ste. Mere Eglise, while only a handful of troopers managed do the job of a larger unit to destroy a key communications junction. Their activities hindered the assembly of the German 6th Parachute Regiment so much that they could not form up to mount a counterattack until enough American troopers had assembled to block the attack.
So nice vídeo!!!!
The paratroopers were considered essential by the planners of D-Day.
you can't make videos based on only one book mate. you have to research every source before making a vid that is educational. i like your vids but they lack precision, and sometimes details that are crucial.
So Airborne was created to be a literal pain in the rear...
Air assault
Glider pilots used to train near my hometown of Fort Morgan Colorado.
You basically knew these divisions by heart if you played COD 1
I think some of the guys that were dropped over Sicily might take umbridge with your statement that, "airborne troops played no significant part in the war before D-Day."
Not to mention North Africa and the Bruneval Raid.
antique aircraft?wtf?blow it out your ass.
WOuld have been nice to mention the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion
LGOPs for the win.
Gory, gory, what a helluva way to die. Gory, gory, what a helluva way to die. And he aint gonna jump no more.
The risers swung around his neck, connectors cracked his dome, Suspension lines were tied in knots around his skinny bones; The canopy became his shroud; he hurtled to the ground. And he ain't gonna jump no more!
Us civil war. Do it
Why is it the anglo-american command when as many brits werent angles as were?
I’m jumping into normandy for D-Day 75 on June 9th.
There were Canadians that also paratroopers they jumped in the Battle of Normandy my great-uncle just one of them.
Thanks for mentioning the Canadian, Pole's and French who were also part of the Airborne landings on D-Day.
There were also a few jewish paratroops sent in before dday
You can't say for sure what would happen because if they did not have the airborne unites the plan they would have put in place would not be the same even up to the area they would land.
Don Malarkey actually lived in my neighborhood, right around the corner from the high school I attended. Seeing Band of Brothers and knowing that was a real trip.
I don't beleive that D-DAY would of failed if there was no paratroopers or if they would of have failed but I think the fight and struggle on the beaches would of been much different and bloodier.
Tanks would not have saved d day, there was always fear of panzers being hit by naval guns
You are aware that the Canadians also dropped paratroopers on D Day are you not? To omit them and put them under the British banner is just insulting to their memories and an indication of a lazy recount of history.
They were part of the 6th Airborne Division, so they were mentioned as much as the Ox and Bucks Light Infantry were. An analysis of greater depth and length could mention every sub unit, but in this case the divisions only were covered. It's a bit like the failure to mention the Royal Marine Commandos on the Canadian beach, Juno.
My grandfather was in the 82nd airborne.
How did you get that picture at 6:37 ?
Answer: Not a failure but much more casualties
allies: we have canada axis: ha! and what your "canada" have? united-states: ... englande: ... canada: we have Leo Major germany: and who is this guy? canada: your nightmare germany: glup! O-O,
Whut?
Well done - keep up the great work
Not to mention that the vast majority of the German army was on the eastern front. That and awaiting a landing that never happened from General Patton's fake army he was commanding when he was in "time out". As brilliant as Rommel was he just didn't have the manpower to defend the way that he wanted. If he did history would've been much different.