Parachutes in World War One
June 24, 2023
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as posted by the channelIt has often been said that parachutes were not given to airmen in the Great War on the word of the Generals who knew not the horrors of the new air combat. Of course, history is never that simple.
This was created in cooperation with The Native Oak in a collaboration called "History Matters"! Make sure you check out the other videos in the playlist that aims to disassemble the various myths that so hamper our view of historical facts.
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References:
*1 Rubin, Julian “The Invention of the Parachute”, julianrubin.com (2003)
*2 Lynn White, Jr.: "The Invention of the Parachute", Technology and Culture 9(3), p. 462-467 (1968).
*3 Steven T., Tom (2019). First to Fight: An American Volunteer in the French Foreign Legion and the Lafayette Escadrille in World War I. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 105. ISBN 9780811768108.
*4 Graham, Dominick (1982) The British Expeditionary Force in 1914 and the Machine Gun. Military Affairs. P. 190-193
*5 O’Brien Browne (6/13/2023) Ernst UdetThe Rise and Fall of a German World War I Ace. HistoryNet Retrieved from
*6 Bennett, Aaron (5/13/2021) Floyd Smith Meet the Maverick Inventor Behind the U.S. Military’s Parachutes of WW2. military History Now retrieved from
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