How America’s Airborne Forces Crushed German Defenses on D-Day With Night Paratroop Drops
Автор: Timefall WWII
Загружено: 2025-11-24
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On June 6, 1944, 13,400 American paratroopers of the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions launched the largest airborne assault in military history, jumping from 822 C-47 aircraft into Nazi-occupied France during the D-Day invasion. This dramatic documentary uncovers how scattered night drops—caused by darkness, flak, and broken formations—created unexpected chaos that paralyzed German defenses across Normandy.
Follow the extraordinary real stories of Airborne heroes:
• Private John Steele, left hanging from the church steeple in Sainte-Mère-Église
• Lt. Col. Robert Cole, whose legendary bayonet charge at Carentan saved the offensive
• The fearless pathfinders who jumped 30 minutes early to mark drop zones in total darkness
Through official military records and firsthand accounts, this documentary shows how these “devils in baggy pants” secured the vital causeway exits from Utah Beach, liberated the first town in France, and enabled the success of Operation Overlord—despite many landing miles from their intended zones.
Explore the mathematical planning behind the airborne assault, the technological challenges of night jumps, and the small-unit improvisation that turned a scattered, chaotic landing into a strategic triumph. This is a tribute to the young men who jumped into darkness to change the fate of Europe—and proved that courage, adaptability, and determination could overcome the fog of war.
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