The Legendary History Of The Devil's Brigade Paratroopers The Devil's Brigade Timeline
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Date: 2022-07-19
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rob
Not in any of the publications I have read about the 1st SSF did it ever say they jumped from 11, 000 feet, in fact their basic parachute course was very abbreviated, some doing a minimum amount of jumps to get their wings. I read that Frederick himself jumped with little or no training. An 11, 000 foot drop would not be tactical at that time and would have scattered troops too far apart to be any use to each other. Ten thousand feet is when aircrew usually go on to Oxygen so it would have been very uncomfortable for any soldiers in the back of C-47's. Normally tactical assaults in ww2 were usually below 1000 feet. Seems dubious to me
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Not in any of the publications I have read about the 1st SSF did it ever say they jumped from 11, 000 feet, in fact their basic parachute course was very abbreviated, some doing a minimum amount of jumps to get their wings. I read that Frederick himself jumped with little or no training. An 11, 000 foot drop would not be tactical at that time and would have scattered troops too far apart to be any use to each other. Ten thousand feet is when aircrew usually go on to Oxygen so it would have been very uncomfortable for any soldiers in the back of C-47's. Normally tactical assaults in ww2 were usually below 1000 feet. Seems dubious to me
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libertarian45
The First Special Service Force was NEVER called 'the Devil's Brigade' until the fake title was invented for the 1966 book (Adleman/Walton. The name was enshrined in the public memory after the 1968 film which used the book as its source material. FSSF was known simply as 'The Force'. Later, after a German diary entry referred to them as 'Black Devils', that name became connected with the Force. But, never was it known as the Devil's Brigade'.
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The First Special Service Force was NEVER called 'the Devil's Brigade' until the fake title was invented for the 1966 book (Adleman/Walton. The name was enshrined in the public memory after the 1968 film which used the book as its source material. FSSF was known simply as 'The Force'. Later, after a German diary entry referred to them as 'Black Devils', that name became connected with the Force. But, never was it known as the Devil's Brigade'.
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black
Bill pokes one of these soldiers in the eye to make a point and endangers his eyesight for the hubris of looking tough on camera. The soldier then leaves the show and is bad mouthed by the narrator as having quit because it's too tough. Utter nonsense. Training today is harder than it used to be and the soldier here rightly concludes that the potential loss of his eyesight to Bill's ego isn't worth it.
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Bill pokes one of these soldiers in the eye to make a point and endangers his eyesight for the hubris of looking tough on camera. The soldier then leaves the show and is bad mouthed by the narrator as having quit because it's too tough. Utter nonsense. Training today is harder than it used to be and the soldier here rightly concludes that the potential loss of his eyesight to Bill's ego isn't worth it.
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christopher
Well done film but the long black screens with no sound are just a bit stressful, i thought my TV had broken. lol. i used to work at Piccardy Editing so not completely clueless about the subject. enjoyed the film, these guys had bl's to go out in small groups and mess with the Germans when so out numbered. almost suicidal missions. brave men indeed.
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Well done film but the long black screens with no sound are just a bit stressful, i thought my TV had broken. lol. i used to work at Piccardy Editing so not completely clueless about the subject. enjoyed the film, these guys had bl's to go out in small groups and mess with the Germans when so out numbered. almost suicidal missions. brave men indeed.
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Gott
Sam McGee used to inspect my uniform and my platoon back in Oshawa. We really had no idea just how hardcore he really was.
The halo jumps are completely different from the rounds at 1000ft with no reserve. Not to mention the difference in technology. The canopies back then had brutal landings. The squares are really easy to land. As long as they open.
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Sam McGee used to inspect my uniform and my platoon back in Oshawa. We really had no idea just how hardcore he really was.
The halo jumps are completely different from the rounds at 1000ft with no reserve. Not to mention the difference in technology. The canopies back then had brutal landings. The squares are really easy to land. As long as they open.
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Michael
I met lighting Collier from Sasakwa Oklahoma who was a member of First Special Service Force. he showed me his V42. The tip was broke off. i told him that it was worth money. 1994 he sold it for 2500 dollars. it would be worth many times that now. He carried Johnson rifle. He was wounded in Anzio. I think he died around 2004.
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I met lighting Collier from Sasakwa Oklahoma who was a member of First Special Service Force. he showed me his V42. The tip was broke off. i told him that it was worth money. 1994 he sold it for 2500 dollars. it would be worth many times that now. He carried Johnson rifle. He was wounded in Anzio. I think he died around 2004.
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Patrick
why do American's need to attach such overly dramatic and ridiculous names to many of their military outfits which carries on to this day, don't they realise how pathetic and comical they sound to outsiders. on D day their paratroopers took to having Mohican hair cuts done. The Nazis must have been pissing themselves laughing.
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why do American's need to attach such overly dramatic and ridiculous names to many of their military outfits which carries on to this day, don't they realise how pathetic and comical they sound to outsiders. on D day their paratroopers took to having Mohican hair cuts done. The Nazis must have been pissing themselves laughing.
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Artemis
Yesterday July 9th, 2022 we were at the Fort Harrison in Montana celebrating the 80th anniversary of this. Our local scouts were handing out water and programs to everyone and learned so much. My son's and I were talking talking to one of the first of the Devil's Brigade and they loved it.
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Yesterday July 9th, 2022 we were at the Fort Harrison in Montana celebrating the 80th anniversary of this. Our local scouts were handing out water and programs to everyone and learned so much. My son's and I were talking talking to one of the first of the Devil's Brigade and they loved it.
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AK
I can tell they were not trained properly as their legs are spread apart and their arms are not tucked in. You're supposed to jump out away from the aircraft otherwise the prop wash can smack you against the aircraft. You see those guys blown right away from the airplane. But they survived.
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I can tell they were not trained properly as their legs are spread apart and their arms are not tucked in. You're supposed to jump out away from the aircraft otherwise the prop wash can smack you against the aircraft. You see those guys blown right away from the airplane. But they survived.
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Steven
I remember the movie they made about the Devils Brigade. It was a typical 1960s Hollywood work of nonsense. The only real facts used in the movie I believe was the name Devils Brigade. They deserve an actual decent movie made about such an amazing group of brave men.
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I remember the movie they made about the Devils Brigade. It was a typical 1960s Hollywood work of nonsense. The only real facts used in the movie I believe was the name Devils Brigade. They deserve an actual decent movie made about such an amazing group of brave men.
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Alex
My grade 3 teacher was an Italian war bride. She was an Italian freedom fighter who had been captured and was in a German prison. She was shorter than 5' and everybody in the school was terrified of her, even the Christian Brothers walked softly around her.
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My grade 3 teacher was an Italian war bride. She was an Italian freedom fighter who had been captured and was in a German prison. She was shorter than 5' and everybody in the school was terrified of her, even the Christian Brothers walked softly around her.
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Joseph
My god, the looks on the faces of the old veterans is downright real. It is almost as though all those memories are coming back and it is haunting them to this day. These brave men deserve absolute respect and are absolute legends.
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My god, the looks on the faces of the old veterans is downright real. It is almost as though all those memories are coming back and it is haunting them to this day. These brave men deserve absolute respect and are absolute legends.
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Sharon
Where would we be without the GREATEST GENERATION? I love the fact their primary reason for joining: paratroopers, etc, was the extra $50 per month?
Could Rome have been taken faster, if the Allies had waited to a week?
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Where would we be without the GREATEST GENERATION? I love the fact their primary reason for joining: paratroopers, etc, was the extra $50 per month?
Could Rome have been taken faster, if the Allies had waited to a week?
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education
The Canadian and AnZacs have never received the acknowledgement for their service, bravery and loyalty during WWI or WWII. I just want to let them know I acknowledge them and they have my gratitude.
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The Canadian and AnZacs have never received the acknowledgement for their service, bravery and loyalty during WWI or WWII. I just want to let them know I acknowledge them and they have my gratitude.
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Sgt
I wrote to Tom Hanks pleading for a 'BoB' style re-make of 'The Devil's Brigade'. Not a bad movie originally but it had a lot of BS stereotypes and really needs the 'Band of Brothers' type treatment IMO.
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I wrote to Tom Hanks pleading for a 'BoB' style re-make of 'The Devil's Brigade'. Not a bad movie originally but it had a lot of BS stereotypes and really needs the 'Band of Brothers' type treatment IMO.
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eb
When I made my first jump I wasn't scared. Apprehensive maybe. But when that 'chute opened it was absolute joy.
But the attitude of those men is really the best attitude. If one want's to be free.
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When I made my first jump I wasn't scared. Apprehensive maybe. But when that 'chute opened it was absolute joy.
But the attitude of those men is really the best attitude. If one want's to be free.
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Elize
Really! as a rehab therapist Re Angolan war will we never learn, the Somme, idiot Mountbatten, etc etc ad infinitum, just grab young men and then kill them off as fast as you can
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Really! as a rehab therapist Re Angolan war will we never learn, the Somme, idiot Mountbatten, etc etc ad infinitum, just grab young men and then kill them off as fast as you can
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jamie
I'm glad they dont have the Dan show commercials anymore it felt like a mexican pressing a tour on you. like I'm watching you-tube go away! I'm surprised you-tube would allow it
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I'm glad they dont have the Dan show commercials anymore it felt like a mexican pressing a tour on you. like I'm watching you-tube go away! I'm surprised you-tube would allow it
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Steve
Where I live we have a Boulevard named after a gentleman who was in the devils brigade. Ive met him a hand full of times before he passed you could tell he was a special breed.
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Where I live we have a Boulevard named after a gentleman who was in the devils brigade. Ive met him a hand full of times before he passed you could tell he was a special breed.
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