D-Day: The 82nd Airborne's Battle for Normandy | Animated Documentary

The untold story of how six thousand scattered paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division fought to secure Utah Beach's western flank — D-Day, June 6–9, 1944. ───────────────────────────────────── CHAPTERS ───────────────────────────────────── 00:00:00 The Plan 00:01:03 505th Misdrops on Sainte-Mère-Église 00:06:31 Silent Assault on Sainte-Mère-Église 00:08:16 Assault on La Fière Bridge 00:09:40 Timmes' Orchard 00:14:40 Assault at Chef-du-Pont 00:16:10 Hill 30 00:17:20 Holding at Neuville 00:22:07 German Counterattack 00:28:33 The Submerged Road 00:30:40 DeGlopper's Last Stand 00:33:49 Assault Across the Causeway 00:37:41 Mission Complete ───────────────────────────────────── FURTHER READING ───────────────────────────────────── Robert Murphy — No Better Place to Die → https://amzn.to/4wfALwL Phil Nordyke — All American, All the Way → https://amzn.to/4wfsMjd Cornelius Ryan — The Longest Day → https://amzn.to/4vFcdw0 Rick Atkinson — The Guns at Last Light → https://amzn.to/4fcSxut Book links are Amazon affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. ───────────────────────────────────── SOURCES ───────────────────────────────────── S.L.A. Marshall — Night Drop (1962) → [link]. Interviews conducted days after the battle with participants still in the field. Wayne Pierce — Let's Go! (1997) → [link]. First-hand account; Pierce commanded Company C, 1/325th GIR. Lt. John J. Dolan — Letter to General Gavin, March 15, 1959. Gavin validated it as "accurate in every detail." Lt. John Marr — Oral history (La Fière crossing and submerged road route). Marcus Heim — First-hand account (tank battle at La Fière, D-Day). Keith Nightingale — The Human Face of D-Day (2023) → [link]. 82nd Airborne Division After Action Reports, June 1944. 746th Tank Battalion After Action Reports. Medal of Honor citation: PFC Charles N. DeGlopper. Distinguished Service Cross citations (multiple recipients, La Fière and Chef-du-Pont actions). Memoirs • General James M. Gavin — On to Berlin (1978). • General Matthew B. Ridgway — Soldier (1956). Secondary Sources • Cornelius Ryan — Research papers (referenced in secondary literature on the Normandy airborne operations). • National Archives — 325th Glider Infantry Regiment unit records. ───────────────────────────────────── Where sources conflict, this documentary follows the account closest to the events. If you spot an error, drop it in the comments — I read them all.