D-Day 80th Anniversary Special, Part 1: Paratroopers
World War 2 SMGs
•
21m
This year marks the 80th anniversary of D-Day, the Allied invasion of France which took place on 6th June 1944. From landing on the beaches of Normandy, the Allies would push the Nazi war machine and breach Hitler's Atlantic Wall.
To commemorate this, we're collaborating with Imperial War Museum to release a special two-part episode as Jonathan will look at some of the weapons that influenced and shaped this historic moment in history.
Part 1 is all about the 'tip of the spear', the Paratroopers.
Archival STEN footage courtesy of IWM - find out more about them on their website at https://www.iwm.org.uk/
Up Next in World War 2 SMGs
-
Nazi Submachine Guns - MP44, FG42, MP...
Want early access to our videos and be entered to win a monthly raffle?! Considering giving to our Patreon. Link below! https://www.patreon.com/legacycollectibles Check out our Podcast "Flak & Fubar" https://flakfubar.buzzsprout.com/ Legacy Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/legacy_collectibles...
-
M3 A1 Grease Gun Submachine Gun
Want early access to our videos and be entered to win a monthly raffle?! Considering giving to our Patreon. Link below! https://www.patreon.com/legacycollectibles Check out our Podcast "Flak & Fubar" https://flakfubar.buzzsprout.com/ Legacy Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/legacy_collectibles...
-
M44 Submachine Gun: Finland Copies th...
The kp/31 Suomi submachine gun in Finnish service was an outstanding weapon, but it was slow and expensive to manufacture. When Finnish forces began capturing Soviet PPS-42 and PPS-43 submachine guns form the Soviets in the Continuation War, it was very quickly decided that Finland should copy th...
