 there's a quick thread on the americans who parachuted behind enemy lines indeed a which is among the most insane things anyone's ever done in military combat and this is was all taken from john keegan six armies in normandy ever a lot of john keegan books i've not read that one all probably will first of all it's important to remember that there are basically were no parachutists prior to world war two he was in the brand new thing and the allies only belatedly figured out the technique with a lot of men dying along the way