This Guy is About to Get Wrecked Trying To Invade the Netherlands
On the morning of May 10, 1940, the population of the Netherlands suddenly woke up to the roars of about a hundred aircraft. It was the cacophony of war.

The Germans had invaded the country and were now bombing airfields to destroy the Dutch air forces.

As the attacks began, the Dutch military personnel witnessed something they had never seen before. Hundreds of paratroopers were pouring from their transport aircraft and airdropping from the sky.

Little did they know that the Germans were carrying out a secret operation to capture the Queen and her government, forcing the country into submission…

What this Country Needs is More Jake McNastys & Grizzled Old Nam Vets
It was the night before one of the most transcendental military invasions in human history, and hundreds of C-47 Skytrains darted across the English Channel carrying thousands of brave paratroopers about to face the darkest chapter of their lives.

The warplanes carried a group of paratroopers unlike any other, with mohawk haircuts and tribal face paint. The outfit led by the rebellious and untamed Jake 'McNasty' McNiece laughed and joked even as their aircraft was engulfed by fierce German flak fire.

As the Skytrain lost altitude, McNiece ordered his men to prepare for the jump. The lights inside the cabin then turned red, and the men scrambled to their feet amid fire and thunder. As McNiece and his comrade Willy made it to the door, flak burst through the warplane's belly, hitting Willy's backpack and unraveling his parachute inside the plane.

Now significantly damaged, the C-37 continued to lose altitude as Willy desperately tried to gather his parachute and move away from the door so other paratroopers could jump. McNiece then jumped into the flak-lit skies over France, and the Skytrain exploded in midair only a few seconds later.

There was no time to mourn, as McNiece and the rest of the notorious Filthy Thirteen outfit were now behind enemy lines in Normandy, and they had a crucial mission to finish…

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