WarDaddy - The Real Fury

Amazing War Stories

Amazing History Enterprises

Kids & Family, History, Education

4.9 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 7 December 2023

⏱️ 59 minutes

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On a moonlit night of 28th August 1944 an American Sherman M4A1-76 tank sat on a hillside watching the approaching train in the valley below. Sitting on top was a sergeant, Lafayette G Pool. There was nothing normal about this soldier however, he was the US Army’s most feared tank commander and by the end of his service he had clocked over a dozen enemy tank kills. The war film Fury is a movie like no other - directed by David Ayer it follows the exploits of a tank commander called Don “War Daddy” Collier played by Brad Pitt. Many fans don’t realise that the nickname of Pitt’s character was actually borrowed from a real person, and that man would almost single handedly drive the 3rd Armoured division straight into the guts of Nazi Germany. This is the true story of War Daddy - The Real Fury. Sign up to our newsletter here: http://eepurl.com/imr7Dk Buy the WarDaddy Book in our shop: https://shop.amazingwarstories.com/ Visit: amazingwarstories.com to find our more about this initiative. Have a war story to tell? email mystory@amazingwarstories.com Contributors: Owen Thornton - Associate Producer, Fury Davis Smith - Ex-US Marine Tank Commander David Willey - Curator, The Tank Museum, Bovington Dr Chris Mann - Director of The War Studies Department, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst Episode Credits- Written, Researched and Executive Produced by Ed Sayer Associate Producer Lois Crompton Editing, Sound design & 3D mastering by Vaudeville Sound Group Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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