Al Murray

I seek assurances from Mr. Hitler.

I think you're definitely the go-to guy.

I think that's fair.

It's a fair division of labor.

Yeah, okay.

You can be Stalin if you want.

I mean, you know.

April the 14th 1940 and this actually ties back to what we were just talking about 350 Royal Marines land at Namsos in Norway and they're the first British troops to land as part of the Norwegian campaign and King Harkon the 7th of Norway makes a radio address to his people asking them to help the British wherever possible which given strictly speaking we're invading is very nice of him

Right.

Well, let's do it.

Let's do it another day.

And then, of course, Fallschirmjäger hold up Norwegian units for five days at the Battle of Donbass.

they absolutely get turned over, those Fallschirmjäger.

It's a complete disaster for them.

I think it's an interesting example, isn't it?

Because after the summer of 1940, everyone's going, we've got to get ourselves some of those airborne troops.

Get me some airborne troops.

And Churchill writes his memo in June, you know, I must have 6,000, whatever it is, airborne soldiers or similar.

And the air ministry go, but they fail.

Fallschirmjäger fail at Donbass.