Air Invasion – D-Day [Part 1]

In the early morning, it was up to the Allied airborne troops to secure the battlefield and protect the operation. They will now find out if the Germans have been tricked or if they are ready and waiting with deadly force.

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Hosted by:
Indy Neidell and Spartacus Olsson

Co-presented by:
Paul Woodage
Astrid Deinhard
Ryan Socash
Anna Deinhard

Guest historian:
David O'Keefe

Written and researched by:
Indy Neidell
Spartacus Olsson
Markus Linke
James Newman
Astrid Deinhard
François van Berkel

Directed by:
Spartacus Olsson
Iryna Dulka
Astrid Deinhard

Producers:
Astrid Deinhard
Spartacus Olsson
Indy Neidell

Executive producers:
Marek Kamiński
Iryna Dulka

Editors:
Iryna Dulka
Simon Jacques
Jacob Nardozza
Jake McCluskey
Mateusz Chazan
Piotr Tomaszkiewicz
Karolina Dołęga
Anna Deinhard

Community and fundraising manager:
Ian Sowden

Graphic designer:
Mikolaj Uchman

Sound designer:
Marek Kamiński

Cartography and map design:
Daniel Weiss
Andreas Olsson

Assistant researchers:
Wieke Kapteijns
Lennart Visser
Iryna Dulka
Fiona Rachel Fischer
Chris Keller
Jamie Nagele
Nik van der Veen
Irina Mare
TJ Hennig

Fact checkers:
François van Berkel
James Newman
TJ Hennig
Will Tkacs II
Denis Stepanov

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Andreas Olsson
Daniel Weiss
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Stock images courtesy of:
Screenocean/Reuters – https://www.screenocean.com

Additional archive by:
Imperial War Museum
Federal archives
Library and Archives Canada
Tracy A. Sugarman Collection
Colbert Marie Norman Heritage
The Calvados Archives
Yad Vashem
Joseph Burr Tyrrell via Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library
Photos Normandy
Courtesy of André Heintz
Eugène Chavant Museum of the Order of the Liberation photo credit DR
René Piron Archives of the 11th Leather. Rights reserved
IFoster
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