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With the Allies advancing on Berlin from the west and east, a plan is formulated to drop paratroopers into Berlin to end the war. This is the story of Operation Eclipse II.
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Fucking loved this!
very nice detailed info on the operation. I particularly love thoses 3d hand-drawn maps, before satellites and computers. well done !
This is unbelievable. The only possible response at the time would have been, "If Monty can get to Berlin in 3 days, let him, then we won't need an airdrop." In reality it took him 3 months to reach the Elbe.
Like leap-frogging the Valkyrie provision.
di Ike not learn anything from Market Garden? talk about a bridge to far.
Glad this operation didn't go do down. Monty never 'dashed' anywhere. Those paratroopers woulda had a long wait.
It would have been a slaughter.
On 13:54 was Eisenhower still a four star General?
correct to stop on the elbe
Ah! A video about Joe Toye Day!
Please do a similar video about Operation Downfall.
9:35 Me as a Dutch person: "Wtf is that surname!?"
Outstanding work. Definitely seems like that would have been a high risk operation.
If this operation have been activated. I couldn’t imagine what those paratroopers gonna have to endure at the airfield while waiting for Montgomery’s forces to arrive
If they had airdropped into Berlin they'd probably been absolutely trashed . Not a good idea. Sounds like the Russian Hostomel/Kiev assault. That didn't go very well
I first heard about this Operation while dining some research for the race to Berlin. It caught my attention because I had never heard of such a plan and could find very few resources about it. Thank you for putting the time and effort into researching this. Would have been interesting to see the outcome of this operation was approved but it probably would have been very bloody for all those involved.
The paratroopers of the Allied forces had nothing left to prove in Europe by 1945. They had done brilliant heroic work in Normandy, Holland, and in the forests of the Ardennes! Have never been a fan of the decisions made at Yalta, but if it helped put a cork in Eclipse Two, then good one.
it was never a serious plan so im calling clickbait bullshit.
“Where’re the Krauts at? Let me at ’em! When do I get to jump into Berlin?” Two days later, there they are with their blood and guts hanging out and they’re screaming for a medic, begging for their god** mother. Dumb f***s don’t even know they’re dead yet…"
-Frank Perconte, Band of Brothers
The soviets had 80K killed taking Berlin. Those paratroopers would have been slaughtered long before help arrived. Best let the soviets take it on the chin if they were going to get it back anyway.
Sounds like market garden part 2
Instead US pres, wanted to appease Stalin to have dibs, cus under Stalin his peps dont care about the price of lives unlike Yankees. Plus the Commies had it all under their capability so no probs there. Tho itd be cool for Soviets, Brits, Yankees, French, n Pols to raise their flag togethef and topplr those giant swastikas in berlin, rathern giving it all to soviets.. everyone did their part i guess so it all ends well