The Night Raiders of Normandy

In almost complete darkness, on the 27th February 1942, 120 men from the newly formed Parachute Regiment, went on a bold mission - to steal technology from a new German Radar installation that was causing heavy losses on Allied aircraft. This is the true story of 7 of the men who took part in that sensational operation. Sadly, not all of them would make it out unharmed- Sign up to our newsletter here: Let us know what you think of this week's episode- use to join the conversation To find out more about this initiative visit amazingwarstories.com Have a story to tell? Email mystory@amazingwarstories.com Contributors- -Jon Baker- curator of Airborne Assault Museum & Paradata -Lieutenant Colonel Richard Lewin For more about this episode and all of the incredible stories we have in store this series,

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The Night Raiders of Normandy is an episode from Amazing War Stories by Amazing History Enterprises.

This episode is 39:33 long.

This episode was published on Oct 22, 2020.

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