"OMG the Germans installed anti-glider posts"/"LOL When they rip off our wings, it'll slow us down so we hit the bridge less hard."
In normal mil history, heroes rise to the occasion when things go wrong. In WWII, heroism was often part of the plan. E.g. Pegasus Bridge.
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Not sure who wins for 'most metal' out of Paras and the glider troops, tbh.
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Neither. The commando who duelled a German destroyer with his Bren after St Nazaire.
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Just spent 30 min reading about St. Nazaire. Holy crap.
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Yep. Properly bonkers. A screenplay of it would write itself.
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I grew up a couple of kilometers from Pegasus Bridge, the current bridge is a newish structure but the WWII bridge is still there in a field
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