Episode 434 - The Battle of Graignes

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Joe and Nate discuss the 1944 airborne insertion in Normandy, the absolute chaos on the ground, and a very strangely cobbled-together American unit that somehow wound up holding off a German division in a small town called Graignes.

SOURCES REFERENCED:

Morgan, Martin K.A. Down to Earth: The 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment in Normandy, Ibid. Battle of Graignes: An HQ Company Heroic Last Stand in Normandy. WWII Quarterly. Vol 5, no 3

O'Leary, Margaret R.; O'Leary, Dennis S. (24 February 2011). Tragedy at Graignes: The Bud Sophian Story

Rabe SG. The Longest Day in Graignes. In: The Lost Paratroopers of Normandy: A Story of Resistance, Courage, and Solidarity in a French Village.

https://www.warhistoryonline.com/world-war-ii/battle-of-graignes.html https://www.normandyamericanheroes.com/blog/graignes-bloody-sunday