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 Museums 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.

0:00 Intro
0:55 STEN MK V
1:40 History of the Sten
3:00 Mark V Details
6:23 Usage in D-Day
8:38 M1A1 Carbine
10:38 M1A1 Details
14:09 Usage in D-Day
15:01 ACME 'Cricket' Clicker
17:31 The Longest Day
19:30 Outro

Find out more about IWM who provided the below footage at https://www.iwm.org.uk/

'SCENES FROM NORMANDY' Courtesy of IWM, available at: https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/it...

'D-DAY - BRITISH FORCES DURING THE INVASION OF NORMANDY 6 JUNE 1944' Courtesy of IWM, available at: https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/it...

'THE 6TH AIRBORNE DIVISION PREPARES FOR D-DAY' Courtesy of IWM, available at: https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/it...

And thank you to ParaData for providing their photo:

'PARATROOPER LOOKS CONTEMPLATIVE IN A DAKOTA AIRCRAFT EN ROUTE TO THE RHINE.' Courtesy of ParaData, available at: https://www.paradata.org.uk/media/2466

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