10 Myths about the US Airborne on DDay - June 6th 1944
With Paul Woodadge
Part of our DDay and Normandy Playlist
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDG3XyxGI5lD-VIZrUhFbYxwDvdobbkEs&si=PO1WKIOKQvyaI_Is
Also part of our Myths series
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDG3XyxGI5lAd734s1i7YIMbOf8PS5Shz&si=eIBaWplewIaSr3Ze
We look at Leg Bags, Crickets, the DZs, warpaint and other aspects of the Airborne on DDay.
The Myths examined
1) The Leg Bag was crap
2) The Legend of the Cricket
Bonus - did it sound like the bolt action of a K98
3) The C47 Pilots of the Troop Carrier Command were inexperienced and performed badly
4) The gliders all crashed and lots of the occupants were killed
5) Everyone missed the DZs and was lost
6) 100s of paratroopers drowned
7) The 82nd Airborne Division was made up of combat veterans
8) John Steels got caught on the church tower in Ste Mere Eglise
9) Mohawks and War paint
10) The Airborne were ordered not to take POWs
Bonus myth - watch and find out!
The Leg Bags 10 Myths about the US Airborne on DDay - June 6th 1944
https://youtu.be/0AYH4NyQjkk?si=vBLa6ubrVrLcU6d9
The Cricket Book https://www.d-day-publishing.com/en/produit/the-legendary-cricket-of-d-day-en/
https://www.acmewhistles.co.uk/stories/revisiting-acme-clickers
K98 Cricket Myth https://youtu.be/4mQwlYHXEzw?si=V_oJm1AOsyGKt2og
Troop Carrier Cowboys? - A WWII Myths show
https://www.youtube.com/live/-d453zRSX7o?si=criecmIdeAV1L4ws
Troop Carriers document
http://508pir.org/pdf_files/Troop%20Carriers%20On%20D-Day.pdf
DDay in Sainte-Mère-Église - What really happened?
https://www.youtube.com/live/kLjLW4pkAXc?si=d5jNk0srHc1kdujT
The Flooded DZs https://youtu.be/jPRKB-CnJYA
The 82nd in Sicily https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikhuuFBGr70
The John Steele papers
https://media.library.ohio.edu/digital/collection/p15808coll15/id/13011
Was the Dirty Dozen based on a real story? A 12 Myths show
https://www.youtube.com/live/pJ1nLgU0ynY?si=X64WfndpXXJHqZQQ
The Secret Soldiers the US Was Afraid to Send to War (Filthy 13)
https://youtu.be/sVnhbxnBmIo?si=4FqofihZmwVsCnTK
Clip of US Paras applying war paint https://youtu.be/LtVXkR0asnE?si=slt5CWMvC2HrjnGY
Hague Convention for dealing with POWs
https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1907&context=ils
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