How The Paratroopers Saved D-Day

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Hey guys! Welcome back, prepare for an exciting tale as the Band of Brothers, the Super Duper Paratroopers, the Allied Airborne forces take the fight to the Axis of Evil on the day of days. June 6th 1944. It is a tale of adversity, drama but more importantly it saw the formation of the most dangerous unit of soldiers in the history of mankind.
LGOPS: The Little Groups of Paratroopers.
So forget about Bethesda and their Starfield reveal at the Xbox Gaming event. And listen to the stories of possibly the most bad*** men who ever lived.

[@AnimarchyHistory]

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[@murasame5071]

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[@dwim6423]

@@murasame5071what?

[@colekarrh9114]

My dumb ass mind read the title as "How Animarchy Saved D-Day"

[@hylandhistories4140]

Eisenhower D-day address is one of the few that no matter how many times it is heard still fills me with pride and resolve.

[@Spaceguy-nineteensixtynine]

Seems like a movie speech but it was real. There was no exaggeration when he said “the eyes of the world are upon you”

[@Autobotmatt428]

I agree. He also had a letter prepared incased the operation failed. He was prepared to take full blame. Ike may not have been a combat leader at the start of the war but by 1944 he was not only a great leader but an excellent General

[@TheSchultinator]

​@@Autobotmatt428He was a great choice for Supreme Allied Commander, may not have been a combat commander, but he knew how to get everything moving together

[@patrioticaussiesams8581]

Yep just like Winston Churchill's word's during the Battle of Britain 'Never in the Field of the human conflict was so much owed by so many too so few' August 1940

[@Baldwin-iv445]

In my senior year of highschool I was actually able to convince my English teachers to play the speech for the 79th Anniversary of D Day. Funnily enough most of the girls in the glass thought it was stupid.

[@wheelcha1rman2]

"13 men armed to the teeth, with no officers present... And an objective involving explosives." That's poetry.

[@williampanagopoulos656]

My thought hearing pacman say the line "Oh no...."

[@TheEDFLegacy]

@dimapez Wouldn't work; the planes wouldn't fly between the weight of their nuts and the crayons needed to complete the time.

[@cookudysu90]

The Filthy Thirteen

[@riograndedosulball248]

​@dimapez they would have blown themselves up with the explosives if they were Marines

[@Kez_DXX]

This must be the "default aggressive" I've heard mentioned.

[@Steffune]

“Sir! We are surrounded!” “Excellent, now we can fire in every direction.”

[@Jmanfuego]

WWII Allied paratroopers in a nutshell.

[@jomoma8576]

Speed surprise & violence of action.

[@ebnertra0004]

"Remember: The Germans can't know what we're doing if _we_ don't know what we're doing yet." - An Allied Paratrooper, probably

[@aaronkochenrath5863]

​@@Jmanfuegowhen surrounded the emphasis is on "nuts"

[@Jmanfuego]

@@aaronkochenrath5863 Were it not so, they would have never won the war. You need just a little bit of crazy to do that sort of stuff.

[@destruct0503]

Oh my god. Those Germans must've been so freaking confused. The general in charge of the defense was off to see his wife, the general in charge of the counter offensive was dead, and 2 of their headquarters had been destroyed by some fiesty 19 year olds

[@americankid7782]

Never underestimate unsupervised 19 year olds with explosives and something to blow up.

[@SanderDoesThings]

​@@americankid7782Especially when they're armed to the teeth

[@newone-gd9sk]

Propaganda just doesnt stop, huh?

[@americankid7782]

@@newone-gd9sk Explain what part of this propaganda. Everything said here is backed up by Allied and German after action reports as well as personal diaries of separate commanders throughout the early stages of Operation Overlord

[@kekzoet7487]

Which generals you’re referring to?

[@krisfrederick5001]

"Our landings in the Cherbourg-Havre area have failed to gain a satisfactory foothold and I have withdrawn the troops. My decision to attack at this time and place was based upon the best information available. The troops, the air and the Navy did all that Bravery and devotion to duty could do. If any blame or fault attaches to the attempt it is mine alone." -Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Allied Commander. This is the other speech...D-DAY was never a guarantee.

[@smergenshmiedtzel9715]

I believe this is the premade announcement Incase the landings failed. Am I right?

[@strgunlinr2464]

​@@smergenshmiedtzel9715yes

[@ladywaffle2210]

That note was written in preparation for defeat, and after inarguably the most harrowing moments in his life had passed, Eisenhower took that note, tore it in half, and threw it away, because as he himself said--SHAEF would accept nothing less than full victory.

[@patrickmaline4258]

he warned us, but also pulled his punch. he wrote in preparation for his farewell speech to beware the military, industrial, congressional complex. but, he edited his remarks leaving the congressional element in the shadows. ike let us down to save the image of a healthy country. and so the cancer spread, american military spreading and spreading, with no real objective other than to enrich the weapons manufacturers. war for profit must be immoral in any civilized society. fortunately for u.s. weapons manufacturers america shows no sign of civilizing itself any time soon.

[@John-qv5ux]

If this happened, Fat Man would've been dropped on Berlin.

[@jamespocelinko104]

Just a reminder about the 101st Airborne: THESE were the soldiers called upon to escort the Little Rock Nine when Arkansas brought in the national guard to stop them from attending school. Not just the regular Army. Eisenhower brought in paratroopers.

[@BiggestCorvid]

A group of soldiers being sent to secure key positions while surrounded by hostiles. They're perfect.

[@evananderson1455]

The Arkansas national guard knew they didn't want that smoke. You don't fuck with the Airborne.

[@nootnoot6404]

I thought it was mostly because they were a quick reaction force

[@cpt-cheese3489]

@@nootnoot6404 that but it’s also a powerful message

[@Lavey1917]

They were chosen because they were a rapid deployment force and the national guard was thought to be compromised if I am not misremembering Battle Order made a great video about the subject

[@adrianybas778]

> loses sight of any officers on jump > switches to default aggressive mode

[@andreatomasi3755]

"We lost the officers" "Good, we can FUCK shit up as much as we want"

[@mcnultyssobercompanion6372]

I wrote about this in the comments to your previous video, but again, as the grandson of a WW2 paratrooper combat veteran, thank you for shining more light on paratrooper topics. I shared the screenshot of the explanation of "LGOPS" with my aunt and she was as amused as I was. It still makes me laugh. I should say, my grandfather (who fought in southern France and Belgium) was specifically part of the glider infantry, which many people aren't always aware of. I'd love to see a video on that topic someday. EDIT: I should specify, the more I've read about glider infantry the more I see the differences between them and paratroopers. They were similar, but also distinct in significant ways. Growing up, I was always told grandpa "jumped out of planes" during the war. I was told he "was a paratrooper". But as an adult I read more into his service, and found that his unit, the 550th airborne, was glider infantry, which I'd never heard of. It's VERY difficult to find out conclusive, specific info about where grandpa was and what he did. I've read that glider infantry sometimes volunteered for paratrooper duty, it's possible grandpa was one of those guys. I remember he was buried with his wings on his collar. I know the glider infantry and the paratroopers have very similar wings. I cannot recall what grandpa's looked like. Somehow he had a connection to each service branch, I just have no idea to what degree. War is hell, lol...

[@cpt-cheese3489]

War is hell and paperwork is plenty

[@talk-supersix-seven6021]

Could you explain the differences between paratroopers and glider infrantry in terms of culture basics of the way they are used etc??

[@asbestos1502]

@@talk-supersix-seven6021 Essentially glider infantry were the worse-off cousins of paratroopers. Glider infantry tended to be the usual conscripts/unwilling volunteers, and as such suffered the problems of the line infantry like lower morale and poorer training as well as less trust between soldiers than in the paratroopers. Glider infantry however served alongside the paratroopers, and as such were put into the same extremely dangerous situations as the paratroopers minus the training, equipment and will to fight. They also didn't receive the same hazard pay as the paratroopers in the US Army. Glider infantry also deployed with heavier equipment that couldn't be dropped via parachute, like light artillery, extra supplies and the materials to set up proper HQs for units. Not to mention the obvious hazard of crash-landing a plane in the dark!

[@hendrix24]

That medal of honor score still hits so hard after all these years. Excellent work with this video. It was well worth the wait.

[@1TruNub]

In my opinion it's the best soundtrack of any video game in history

[@thecactusman17]

Written by Michael Giacchino, who soon after started working on Hollywood film scores.

[@srsungsu3881]

It fits so perfectly too, considering I remember these scores from Medal of Honor: Airborne.

[@oldjaguar]

i’m literal tears!! the memories of my childhood…i miss that game so much

[@jacktattis]

Your highest award was denigrated when MacArthur was awarded one and then Wainwright

[@wrenchinator9715]

I appreciate that you didn't focus on the 101st and Easy company. Not to say that Winters and crew didn't accomplish an impressive feat by taking out the artillery battery and capturing the map of other nearby batteries, but they're always brought up. To the point that the accomplishments of other groups are forgotten.

[@brianzhang349]

It’s the most well known and that has its ups and downs.

[@KingCobraStunts]

Kinda like how the Pacific Theater is always foreshadowed with Marines and their feats that everyone forgets the Army was there or the Paratroopers who took islands on their own like Corrigidor

[@andybreglia9431]

​@@KingCobraStunts: Dad served with Army Americal Division artillery on Guadalcanal. His battery of six inch long range guns provided artillery support for Marines defending Henderson field and dealt with Admiral Tanaka's resupply convoys. I've never seen Army participation in any Guadalcanal videos.

[@tribalismsucks7784]

I went to Jump School in 1990. I wanted to go to a very specific unit, but a major injury on my last training jump changed all my plans. I "ended up" in the 82nd and was not happy about it. Then I went to the Gulf with the Division. Looking back, I am very grateful for that. "All the Way!"

[@mikedrop4421]

You're right, while lots of units are beloved the original airborne troops have remained one of the most famous and universally known and respected units in all of our vast military. In a country with specops groups like the Rangers, Green Berets, Delta force, Seals MARSOC and others those hallowed units basically form the foundation of our specialized operators, our pride and joy who's name we've called on for the most difficult missions for the last 80yrs straight and we civilians know them by name. The 82nd and 101st airborne are those men and if the president decided to deliver the devil a taste of his own medicine by the side of his firey lake, he'd call on our LGOPs. Edit: now that I think about it we're so in awe of our airborne that quality purveyors and sheisters alike market their wares as "paratrooper or Airborne" quality, style or spec. Want a knife? You want a M2 jump knife. Watch? Paratrooper watch with altimeter. Pants? Parachute pants with cargo pockets. Boots? Jump boots. Pew pews? M1 CARBINE and 1911. Gotta tie something up? Paracord. It really is amazing what impact the LGOP's have made on culture and history. Thanks Pacman.

[@jacktattis]

You do know the Brits were doing drops in 1941

[@Jmanfuego]

Such stories no man could write, but the men who penned them with neither pen nor paper.

[@Noisy_Cricket]

Basically the conclusion of this documentary is that, "the Allied paratroopers weren't locked in Normandy with the Germans, the Germans were locked in Normandy with the paratroopers."

[@HereticalKitsune]

Having served in airborne battalion myself, albeit logistics, yeah... Even we learned and embraced thinking on our feet and being inventive. That holds true to this day.

[@jcorey333]

This is easily one of my top three favorite Australian KZbinrs who do hour long military analyses!

[@jcorey333]

Perun and hypohystericalhistory are the other two.

[@AnimeSunglasses]

If I had a nickle for every time... Also, hello fellow Perun appreciator!

[@your_royal_highness]

I had the chance to hit Normandy last year and Bastogne this year. Band of Brothers notwithstanding, you gotta give the 82nd plenty of props. They fought in Africa, Sicily and had the northern shoulder of the Bulge. The acts of bravery by all of these soldiers in all armies were astounding. No way I could have done it.

[@jacktattis]

Let us put the whole thing into perspective Airborne- Paras what ever, are emplaned and dropped as close to their objective as is possible American Brit Canadian Infantry went from the Beaches at Normandy to the Elbe in Germany ON FOOT. Everyday being another fight for survival not just one battle but 100s of little skirmishes and in many instances they had to hold out for days Tobruk 1941 6 months with Rommel hitting them almost everyday They were the backbone of the Army NOT Airborne

[@graywolfalphaone]

Very well done sir. It's an amazingly well done recounting of several of the stories of that day.

[@michaellewis1545]

If anyone is looking for more stories about paratrooper. I recommend looking up the 11th Airborne division. They fought in the Pacific theater. A good place to start is with the book Angles Against the Sun.

[@Hellhound23691]

Paratroopers are the definition of “Default Aggressive.”

[@Baldwin-iv445]

I actually live in the hometown of a medal of honor recipient who died in the invasion. Charles Deglopper of the 82nd airborne, who has a metal statue commemorating his last stand on June 9th, in his home of Grand Island New York.

[@c1ph3rpunk]

Blood on the Risers in the background was class.

[@moseszero3281]

You should have added the estimate of the high losses the paratroopers were supposed to have. IIRC it was like 80-90%.

[@hairychris444]

Yep. There was a reason that the Germans did no massed air assaults after their Crete operation. They succeeded, but only just, and it basically wiped out their entire paratroop force in the process. D-Day was a slightly better use of airborne forces but was still marginal in many places partly because of the losses. And then there was Market Garden.

[@KingCobraStunts]

​@hairychris444 same with the Marine Corp. They had a parachute company or regiment but never used them for Airborne operations due to the high cost it would have so they were used to bolster other units.

[@Blazcowitz1943]

A wonderfully made documentary and huge props for using the music from various Medal of Honor games with it!

[@robertmosher7418]

I was a paratrooper in the US Army as a member of a LRSD (Airborne) unit or Long Range Surveillance Detachment. I am terrified of jumping out of a high performance military air craft and I mean, really, really terrified. I was able to exit each aircraft because I loved being in those units. They were made up of highly motivated, very disciplined, well trained soldiers and NCOs. I left LRSD to become a lightfighter because when I reinlisted to go to Ft Lewis they had just decommissioned the LRSD unit there so I went on to lead young light infantry soldiers in combat in Iraq. There are only a small number of LRS companies and no detachments left, unless you count the 75th Ranger LRSD, but, though they are the best special reconnaissance unit in the US...they are something way, way more than a LRSD. They are more akin to the SAS Recon detachment with an assortment of abilities and special training that outsiders like myself can only tell you because it's open sourced. Though I did spend a training rotation with 2nd Ranger Battalion to provide a well disciplined opfor for an important mission they were getting spun up for and as such one of the 75th LRS troops had sliced a couple teams to support 2nd Rangers in a foreign country. I was able to rub shoulders with the Senior NCO there to evaluate the LRS guys doing their job. Having come from that part of the world I was interested in how they were going to approach that event. They are very, very good. The only LRS Companies left are from 18th Airborne Corps the 82nd Air Borne Div and unless they have reconstituted some again. The battalion scout/reconnaissance platoons and the scout RSTA squadrons have taken over for LRSD.

[@waltvonkeisel5610]

Damned shame those guys didn't take Fally prisoner, because that is such a high ranking gold mine for them if they had just managed to prevent him from reaching for his Luger.

[@mrbill2600]

General Falley knew that and that's why he went for his Luger ... "death with honor."

[@jediorder88]

My dad and I went a trip that followed the 101st route through Europe, incredible.

[@MaxAalbers-xy2xq]

My great-grandfather was in the 506th PIR, Easy Company, I never got to meet him but my grandfather told me about him, I got to see some of his medals, which was really cool, I have no idea what his experience was like on D-Day, but I can imagine that he fought hard, knowing now that my great grandfather was one of the brave men who jumped that day, I'm proud as hell of my heritage, and thank you for telling the story of D-Day.

[@raseli4066]

3:36 a second front... I feel like whenever people talk about two front wars they forget the efforts and brutality of the southern fronts in Italy and Balkans

[@Turiargov]

We landed at Taranto a holiday with pay Jerry brought the band out to cheer us on our way showed us the sights and gave us tea we all sang songs the beer was free for we're the D-Day Dodgers out in Italy

[@hyrondongle2473]

Wow… at 20:47, the speech of Eisenhower in combination of the Medal of Honor theme…. Goosebumps here….

[@Dakota__69]

With my first shooter game ever being Medal of Honor: Airborne, my interest in paratrooper forces has always been tied to my fascination with WWII

[@SabinStargem]

Hopefully we get a sequel, "The failure of High Command at Market Garden." That would be a tale full of courage, blame, and tragedy in equal measure.

[@flyoptimum]

That topic brings out the historical revisionists like no other. Americans like to blame Carrington. Brits prefer to blame Gavin. The real blame rests with Browning, Brereton and Montgomery, but it’s easier for people to point at a single point of failure instead of acknowledging the whole thing was a complete shitshow, that wasn’t near as close to succeeding as we like to tell ourselves.

[@HortonSalm]

If D-Day was a classic underdog story, Market Garden was a Greek tragedy. It was all hubris and heroics. The Brits holding it down in Arnhem, the 82nd's river crossing, it was all fantastic and all a waste.

[@jacktattis]

@@flyoptimum Go to the ORBAT Market Garden the Principal Commanders are Eisenhower, Bedell- Smith, Brereton, Browning and a RAF commander. Gavin and Montgomery are no-where near the top .

[@flyoptimum]

@@jacktattis Eisenhower was commanding an entire theater. You can blame him for every failure and give him credit for every success if you'd like, but it's not useful when parsing individual battles, because his decisions were about grand strategy and resource allocation. You're right about Brereton, I wrote Ridgeway for some unknown reason but I absolutely meant Brereton. Browning, ugh browning, there's not enough bad to say about that guy in that battle. Gavin was there, and participated in a very bad choice at Nijmegen, but was directly attached to Browning, his commander, and his decisions were discussed with and approved by the senior officer. When Brits try to crucify Gavin while remaining silent about Browning they reveal themselves to being arguing in bad faith. As for Montgomery, he was an Army Group Commander, and not directly leading the fight so It's accurate to say he was not responsible for the numerous tactical failures that occured. It's also accurate to say that the operation he concieved of requested significantly more resources (Monty was always bleating for more resources so this is hardly unusual). That said, this view ignores two important things. 1) Montgomery was the principle officer who concieved of the operational design, and advocated for the operation to occur. He did not lead the operation personally, but it was his operation, which is why he simultaneoursly took responsibility for it's failure, and tried to defend what gains had been made as sufficient for the cost paid (it wasn't). 2) The battle didn't fail for lack of resources. First Allied Airborne Army and XXX Corps far outgunned and out resourced the Germans. It failed because the Allies were unable to mass their superior firepower at decisive points. Simply having more, wasn't going to cut it. That, is why Montgomery rightfully catches shit for Market Garden's failure.

[@jacktattis]

@@flyoptimum This was the one that IKE took on and it failed So stop blaming Monty for all your stuff ups

[@Evolution_Kills]

I love it. These stories epitomize the sort of self-driven motivation and initiative that you just don't get with a rigid top-down command approach. The Russian military today is still suffering from not learning these crucial lessons from their 'Great Parotitic War'.

[@LollipopKnight2]

It's less that they didn't learn, and more that they can't. One of the reasons free soldiers fight better is that, with a more legitimate government, coups are less likely to work. This, coup-proofing and quashing of initiative isn't as much of an imperative.

[@reddevilparatrooper]

I enlisted into the US Army before my 18th birthday in in 1985 while I was in high school, I wanted to be an Airborne Infantryman like my Dad. My Dad was very upset because I didn't join the Air Force as an aircraft mechanic. From December till August my Dad didn't talk to me because he was very angry. Dad was a Paratrooper at the end of WWII and Korea and was in combat and did one combat jump in WWII with the 83nd Airborne in Holland and one in Korea with the 187th Rakassans. Later he fought in the 1st Cavalry until the war ended in Korea. He retired before Vietnam kicked off in 1966. Because of my Dad's proud history I wanted to experience what it takes to be a Paratrooper in the Infantry. So I got lucky by telling the my recruiter and his station commander to give me Infantry and Airborne or else I would walk away. The station commander which was an E-7 needed to get his quota filled haggled and argued on the phone yelling with the guy to get me an Airborne Infantry Contract Option 40. The station commander got it done in 20 minutes. I went to Basic and Infantry School at Ft. Benning GA. I had prepared running over 10 miles 5 days a weeks for endurance, did at least 50 push ups, sit ups, in a minute, and did 10 pull ups everyday after school. I used to run to school every other morning the 3 miles from home to school and back. August 1986 I was still 17 years old I did my best during Basic and Infantry School because they knew who were the Airborne and Ranger candidates in their company and platoons. I was running scared the whole time because my Drill Sergeants reminded us that failure is not an option. I graduated Basic and Infantry School at the top with 12 of the best to go to Airborne School with me. I ran scared again at Airborne School to make the selection because the Airborne Instructors were making it their job to fail as many students to fail as possible because every morning they make it a priority to ask every student to ask them in they want to quit? I made it and made my 5 qualifying jumps, I was happy to become Airborne qualified. Two years later I became a Paratrooper with the 1/508th in Panama after being in Big Army in Mech Infantry. My fellow soldiers kind of resented me because I was a qualified parachutist being in Mech Infantry. Once I was in Panama in an Airborne Infantry Battalion. I did have the hardest time of my life with regular long road marches but enjoyed jumping out of airplanes and helicopters. The Panama Invasion was baptism of fire, this was reality of what a Paratrooper is expected of his service to the United States of America. A man who becomes a Paratrooper in any nation goes beyond what is normally expected of them. Many of my fellow Paratroopers later became Special Forces to become top operators in the wars I was in like Iraq. I was just a humble Infantryman who was just a regular Paratrooper. I did enjoy the friendship and bond of the craziest fuckers in the world. No matter how old they are along with me, we still think like young men who look at adventure and young women as if we were 19 year old Paratroopers.. Brings tears to my eyes after all these years, young Paratroopers still gives me joy that these few men who are tough and jump out of airplanes have done what I have gone through with blood, sweat, and tears. AIRBORNE ALL THE WAY!!! Just fucking proud of my history and to those willing to be a part of it in the future..🤪🤪🤪🥰🥰🥰

[@cheesyfromindonesia9969]

"Sir, we are seperated!" "Good, let's go fuck shit up"

[@akaitogashi9901]

This was awsome. Glad you'd gotten out one of these kinds of videos after so long. Informative yet entertaining all the same. Keep it up

[@trevermcdonald2402]

Fourteen gliders landed on the Isle of Thanet (An island by name only nowadays) which on the East Kent coast, all having reported problems with their gliders. The children in Dane Vally Margate had a great time, American chocolate given to one and all.

[@ackbarfan5556]

Man, I just love you using the Medal of Honor music throughout this.

[@1TruNub]

Me too man it takes me back almost 25 years and some of the 1st games I ever played.

[@br0k3nman]

Because he is talking about huge amounts of men that literally earned it, even if they weren’t recognized.

[@shaunpatterson9148]

10:00 "we arent jumping out of a perfectly good airplane, we are jumping out of an airforce aircraft"

[@loganwc99]

LGOPs are very much still alive in the airborne

[@RobertBailey-y3h]

Collect motivated volunteers after honestly explaining the situation, train them VERY well and give them quality weapons. Give them a voice in plammimg as well.--Bob Bailey in Maine

[@OutsideTheTargetDemographic]

Inspirational and educational. Thank you for shedding light on what little of us know about a big day.

[@Nmille98]

Real OG's remember when the title said "LGOPs"

[@russellrobinson4888]

Great video. I enjoyed the keen sense of humor for a very serious subject. I salute every single soldier who took part in the greatest conflict in history and thus ensured our liberty and freedom from tyranny.

[@jackthunderbolt4307]

sometimes its amazing how much was planned yet somethings were overlooked, like no testing or guidance on the leg bags, or not giving the c47 pilots aa training

[@alucardvanhellsing6805]

The most terrifying thing I can think of. Is dropping a ton of infantry in the middle of nowhere Loaded down with weapons and equipment and telling them * go have fun*

[@the_real_ch3]

No matter what direction you go you’ll find enemy so get after it

[@alucardvanhellsing6805]

@@the_real_ch3 Something to kill, something to steal, something to burn, something to blow the fuck up. It's all the same let's go Have fun

[@HortonSalm]

I absolutely love the history of the Airborne. When I was a kid, my dad and I watched Band of Brothers and I was playing the Brothers in Arms games. To this day, if I'm playing any kind of WW2 game and the Airborne is available, I'm maining them. Unless the Marines are also available, then i split my time equally. Gotta represent, Semper Fi!

[@knighter1209]

legit one of the best WW2 historical youtubers

[@spoopyghosti6961]

Tell me I ain’t the only one who started singing when the lyrics of “blood on the risers” appeared I’m not the only one who did, right?

[@lynx-alpha2073]

Damn this handsome devil sure does have a knack for that good old fashioned story telling and dramatic narration for the movie picture

[@GrantvsMaximvs]

My grandaddy was in the 82nd. He jumped into Normandy and Holland. Thank you for the video

[@scottmurphy650]

My second cousin, COL Walter Bennett was a brand new butter bar when he jumped with the 82 ABD the night before the invasion. He has some amazing stories about 6/6/44 and the days that followed all the way to Berlin.

[@charlesgantz5865]

Great video. I love how it showed how outfits, and countries other than the U.S., other than Easy Company were involved in the war, too. In too many videos and comments, the impression is that the entire war was won by Captain Winters, backed up by Easy Company, with others playing a supporting role.

[@jacktattis]

Mate they will not like you. I was just looking at a Aussie Regiment that was in Egypt in late 1940 a Brit Regiment that was at Dunkirk 1940 and at the Elbe in 1945 with Egypt Libya Tunisia in between Blame their schools who do not even teach that WW2 started in 1939

[@LostShipMate]

Theres a version of Blood On the Risers that has a full chorus of soldiers singing, its definitely worth listening too.

[@maccotton8289]

Fantastic vid, mate. Cheers from US NAFO, really filled me with pride when it's been so lacking.

[@triggerhappy171]

That intro hit, freedom will always prevail

[@amanofnoreputation2164]

Defenders: "They're here! Begin counter off-- " Paratroopers: "DISCOMBOBULATE."

[@ThatWelshGuy.]

Thanks for the amazing video and on my birthday no less i hope to see more great content from you in the future!

[@behindthespotlight7983]

Other WW2 Allied Airborne actions that get far less attention today than the 101st & 82nd: •Operation Varsity, 1945. 13th Airborne, Europe •Paramarines, USMC, in the early Pacific Campaigns •11th Airborne, US Army and their extensive contributions in various PTO battles.

[@VolleyOfTheMist]

I love your narration style, that little pause and change in tone you do before getting to a cool part 💕💕

[@FifthChanceChangin]

When I was a little kid my grandma told me about how her grandfather was a paratrooper in WWll and died the night before the D-Day landings when paratroopers were dropped behind German lines to cause chaos.

[@Shepenstein98]

I love how he added music from 'Medal of honor: Vanguard" over Eisenhower's speech. That was awesome.

[@douglaslindstrand4361]

I was in the 101 st from 1960 to 1963, never went to war, but we were well trained and ready.

[@tigertom2226]

This is a great chronicle of the countless heroes involved and instrumental in the success of the American effort on D-day. Great video!

[@adventussaxonum448]

I'd like to thank the American effort in providing 45% of the landing troops, 20% of the naval support ( including landing craft crews), and about 35% of the air cover. I think we can conveniently ignore the other 55%, 80% and 65% respectively?

[@Zarastro54]

How serendipitous that I just so happened to start rewatching Band of Brothers just a couple days ago.

[@TheEvertw]

"An incompetent, morphine-addicted blob" An excellent description of the man.

[@Haha-v2j]

Gilded, incompetent, morphine addicted blob is more accurate

[@amanofnoreputation2164]

Soldiers: Everyday people. Commandos and marines: powerhouses of human psychological resilience and physical endurance. Paratroopers: Unironically the protagonist of a boomer-shooter roguelike and all they fear is him.

[@joelellis7035]

Thinking of the German command post that Ottway landed on. The commanders inside possibly knowing of parachute drops happening and maybe asking where they are occuring only to have paratroopers land right on them.

[@berniegray4987]

RIP Jay Bowman KIA Normandy France 101st Airborne.

[@AlephTroll]

“No plan survives first contact with the enemy.”

[@CharitonIosifides]

Well, you forgot the most glorious of all German Paratrooper operations. Operation Mercury! Where the glorious german paratrooppers sweeped through the most elite Greek and British troops defending Crete!!! Oh... My mistake. I mean were the fearless german paratroopers were massacred by Cretan villagers with pitchforks and guns almost from the time of the greek revolution. They did win in the end but it was their last ever operation.

[@biggiouschinnus7489]

One thing that's important to mention is that it wasn't just the US paratroopers, either - the 2nd Btn, Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, the 7th Parachute Battalion, and the Glider Pilot Regiment played a vital role by seizing Pegasus Bridge and holding it against all comers.

[@DXingTV]

You are correct. I found this an unbalanced telling of history.

[@AnimarchyHistory]

Why are people commenting this when the entire first segment of the video is about British Paratroopers.

[@AnimarchyHistory]

And I specifically mention the Ox and Bucks in that segment.

[@AnimarchyHistory]

I even use footage from the Longest day depicting the Ox and Bucks taking the bridge. Or did you guys watch a different video.

[@DXingTV]

@@AnimarchyHistory Thank you for replying. For clarity, yes Ox and Bux were mentioned. The SAS reference was the Long Range Desert Group, the predecessor to the SAS. My comments were looking at this from a critical (note not criticism) review. The focus, whether intentional or not, came across predominantly on the American troops. If that was the intention and if your audience is predominately interest in that, then some additional clarity to that fact would have made this perfectly clear and understandable. Should however, if the aim of this program had been paratroopers/airborne delivered troops in general, as it appeared to be at the beginning of the program, then more on the other units and the transfer of knowledge to the American government and military from multiple other countries, at the cost of many lives, would have produced a more balanced program. Thanks, Frank

[@StalkerQtya]

2:52 I wouldn't call him incompetent, as largely he was the mastermind, who literally tore a new asshole for most air forces in the european theatre. He was also one of the few economical guys, who managed to scramble together an army and a war industry just in a few years on a shoe-string budget, using Monopoly Money as loan base. Göring became an addict during WW1, when he received a morphine heavy treatment after a wound he received on the western front. He managed to get clear, but fall back, when he received a morphine treatment again after sustaining an ugly injury during the Beer Hall Putsch. He managed to get clear again and he was highly effective both politically and militarily. It's also worth to note, that he managed to get Hitler's ear on most military matters and secured a really good place for the Luftwaffe, overgrowing the Kriegsmarine (nearly stealing the 90% finished Graf Zeppelin carrier for the airforce) and even managing to get his own ground troops, basically granting him a personal standing army. In 1943 however, his second wife, Franziska died. Göring really loved her and her death completely wrecked him. This is when the stereotypical Göring took over. He went back to his morphine addiction, what completely ruined his diet making him overweight and also this is when he started massively hoarding historical artefacts and oddities. However, he remained entranched politically and no-one was really confident enough to question him, so while Göring slowly made himself into an unreliable fat blob of a mess, his direct subordinates ran the Luftwaffe for him. After he was captured in 1945, the allies throw him into a prison and the Prison Doctor declined his appeal for morphine treatment. Basically forcing him to go Cold Turkey and overcome his addiction for the last time. He cleared up, lost some weight and became reliable again. Reading through the Nürnberg Trial and how he behaved, it's really haunting how intelligent and charismatic this man actually was, despite being a nazi asshole. Don't do drugs, kids.

[@Flemdragon]

As one of the “idiots, madmen, or gunhoe” I admit idk which I am but it was fun while it lasted. 😂

[@beodyn7648]

@10:04 My brother served in the 82nd Airborne in the 90's. He was on a C-130 preparing for take off when the plane was decommissioned on the spot and they had to unload. The US Airforce has no Perfectly good aircraft.. =P Also: 101st Airborne was nick named "Screaming Babies" in WW2 by the 82nd Airborne. In the 90's it has turned into "Puking Chickens"... =P

[@dolos4301]

This video is the embodiment of "but wait, there's more"

[@FLJBeliever1776]

To quote the Janeway Family, "Make something of the mess." And boy did they make a lot of theirs.

[@jonathanmichaelsmith9012]

41:56 Brothers in Arms!!!

[@kirkstockdale7062]

LOVE your doc's, man.

[@19MAD95]

The crossword puzzle stories is always crazy to me

[@georgeparris8293]

This is really good. interesting history and insightful technical analysis.

[@dev1360]

10/10 smashing "subscribe" upon hearing the OG Medal of Honor music.

[@platoo]

Man the Medal of Honor European Assault theme always gets me

[@lotklear1379]

Thanks for this wonderful documentary. A point ive recently come across and id like some input. The reason Omaha landings went so poorly was that both the B-25's assigned to Omaha and the naval bombardment of the beach all missed very badly. Utah, conversely, was assigned to Marauder medium bombers which did their job nicely. The heavy bombers dropped bombs at their usual 20,000 ft and missed Omaha sometimes by miles. Is this correct?

[@OliverCooksey]

Opening music makes me miss old-school MOH 😢

[@Daedalus33]

The entire division jumping, including the generals and all, speaks volumes to their commitment and insanity

[@janczarnecki4884]

Just hearing Medal of Honor Allied Assault main theme makes the hair on the back of my neck stand in attention

[@ksfirewolf1530]

“Do you study history Major?” “I dabble.” “Then you should know why fighting a Federation Airborne unit is a horrifying thought. Imagine, a unit trained from birth, who has studied Operation Overlord, Panama, and Market Garden, who has been taught to be independent, to be aggressive, and to win. Where each man knows what he is, and has been taught to be crazy. But their biggest advantage? Each one wants to be like those who jumped into Normandy, who were crazy enough to turn failure around. That is their biggest advantage. So tell me Major, how are you going to stop us? When we all fight at even a fraction of those brave souls? When we simply laugh at our foes trying to surround us, as that is what we’re meant to do?” I have the utmost respect for those men. Airborne will always be the absolute madlads of World War Two for me. And I hope their story lasts for ever.

[@mikemcghin5394]

What that from

[@ksfirewolf1530]

@@mikemcghin5394 a science fiction short story I was writing, I scrapped it but I did like this conversation between General Klara Trekov of the Terran Federation 103rd Fallschirmjaeger division (the focus of the story being it’s duties during the invasion of a country. The term Fallschirmjaeger was used to describe extremely light harassing units who deployed like Airborne units but without any heavy armor.) and an unnamed Major of the Yisana Ground Defense Forces after the Major was captured. I decided to recycle parts of her little speech to other stories though.

[@mikemcghin5394]

Thanks you

[@olivesandgrapesareok9324]

The inclusion of the Soundtrack is beautiful.

[@emm4rmstrong]

LGOPs sound like the epitome of "If we dont know what we are doing, the enemy certainly can't anticipate our future actions."

[@Fletch55]

Hearing old Metal of Honor Frontlines and Rising Sun (maybe) music really took me back in an instant.

[@baltulielkungsgunarsmiezis9714]

Playing HoI4 and hearing the Eisenhower speech I thought D-day was happening in game.

[@mastrblckhwk]

Oh that Medal of Honor theme is so good

[@Bigboy-wl4gj]

I almost cried watching this! As a soldier who is egging to go to Airborne school this gives more motivation for it. Thank you very much

[@barriereid9244]

My early training commenced with my uncle teaching me at the age of eight, windage and elevation using a 0.223 hunting rifle. By the time the telescopic sight arrived I was already hitting everything I aimed at. He temporarily had in his possession: Enfield, M1 Garand, Luger, MP40 without ammo. Age thirteen I discovered that a combination of weed killer, sugar, petroleum jelly, iodine, different containers, firework fuse paper, lighter fuel, hemp string and shrapnel, could make some pretty big holes in trees...this was during the late sixties and early seventies when there was a different outlook to kids, left free to roam and explore. Mid eighties I signed on as a 🇬🇧 reservist Para. Utrinque paratus.

[@jacktattis]

Mate I went hunting rabbits with a WW2 Vet who would get his rabbit from 20 metres one handed from his driving seat. Roy Plowman ex New Guinea and Borneo. And do it time after time

[@loganb7059]

IIRC the way the airborne landings were scattered and chaotic caused serious panic with the Germans. They had no clear idea how many paratroops they were dealing with because it seemed like every single bush or crossing would have at least one hidden or shooting at them. For all they knew there were millions of allied paratroopers in the dark of that night. At Utah beach two paras were captured and interrogated. When asked how many other paratroopers were being dropped one answered “millions and millions of us” while the other said with a smile “none, just me.”

[@alexcuriel2950]

It's a wonder the US Army did as well as they did in such a short period of time to Field 5 Airborne Did and 50 or more Inf Did countless Fighter and Bomber Crews and win the hard way Americans have no idea of the risk that many of these battles were... My father fought with the 5th Inf Did under Patton.... My Brother and I were both Airborne..

[@kostakatsoulis2922]

I'm literally sitting here building my M1 Garand GOAT gun listening to Eisenhowers speech, fuck yeah PS: Does anyone know what the little cubby hole in the stock is?

[@AIArtworks45]

Imagine the face of that general that discovered the codenames in the crosswords XD