How 42 Men Stopped A German Counterattack on D-Day | Sainte-Mère-Église (No AI)

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On 6 June 1944, during the D-Day landings of Operation Overlord, paratroopers of the U.S. 82nd Airborne Division fought a critical battle north of Sainte-Mère-Église, Normandy. A small group from the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment was ordered to block a German counterattack moving toward Utah Beach, holding key roads and crossroads needed for the Allied invasion to succeed.

This video explores the fighting inland from Utah Beach on D-Day morning, when scattered airborne troops gathered in the Norman bocage and attempted to prevent German forces in the Cotentin Peninsula from reaching the landing beaches and disrupting the U.S. 4th Infantry Division landings.

Rather than focusing only on the beach assaults, this episode looks at the airborne mission itself — why Sainte-Mère-Église mattered, how the crossroads controlled movement across the flooded lowlands, and what German units were attempting to achieve during the first hours of the invasion.

Using battlefield locations, period photographs, and wartime reports, we examine how the airborne landings supported the Utah Beach invasion and helped secure the Allied beachhead.

Topics covered include the 82nd Airborne Division, the 505th PIR, German counterattacks on D-Day, the link-up with the U.S. 4th Infantry Division, and the wider Normandy invasion of World War II.

Museum Footage: Airborne Museum, Sainte-Mère-Église

Episode Chapters:

00:00 – 00:51 The Airborne Mission at Sainte-Mère-Église
00:52 – 01:59 Why Utah Beach Needed the Paratroopers
02:00 – 04:03 The 82nd Airborne D-Day Plan
04:04 – 05:00 Night Drop Over Normandy (Drop Zone O)
05:01 – 05:39 Sainte-Mère-Église Captured
05:40 – 06:04 Germans Approach from Neuville-au-Plain
06:05 – 06:34 The La Fière Bridge Problem
06:35 – 08:19 Lt. Turner Turnbull’s Orders
08:20 – 10:24 The First German Attack
10:25 – 11:04 The Second Assault
11:05 – 12:59 The 57mm Guns Move Forward
13:00 – 14:59 The Americans Nearly Surrounded
15:00 – 15:29 Fighting Withdrawal Toward Sainte-Mère-Église
15:30 – 16:24 Naval Gunfire Support: USS Nevada
16:25 – 17:49 The Niland Brothers Story (Saving Private Ryan)
17:50 – 18:34 Link-Up with the 4th Infantry Division
18:35 – 19:04 Tanks Arrive: 746th Tank Battalion
19:05 – 21:02 The Battlefield Today

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