In 1944, a paratrooper was hung on a church in France by mistake, and when the Germans found him, he deceived the Germans by playing dead!However, he probably didn't expect that this time he would be made into a statue and hung in the church for more than 70 years ...... he was made into a statue
The soldier's name was John Steele, and he was once a paratrooper attached to the 82nd Airborne Division of the U.S. Army.
In 1940, France fell, and the whole country fell into a dead silence.
As a young and promising paratrooper, John Steele resolutely went to the forefront of the fight against Nazi to defend his country.
However, the cruelty and invariance of war are often unexpected. During a paratrooper raid, John Steele's unit was hit by a sudden storm.
In the windy sky, the paratroopers were blown away from their intended positions, and John Steele was no exception, his situation seemed to be even worse, he was blown too far from the purpose by the strong wind, and the parachute lines were still entangled, so he had to try to break the rope with difficulty.
Misfortune alongside his comrades, John Steele was lucky, and he landed in a small town that had fallen into German hands.
He also gradually lost consciousness under the impact of wind and rain. After some time, when he opened his eyes again, he found himself on top of an unfamiliar church bell tower, surrounded by dense German troops.
Unable to move at all, in order to survive, he had to play dead to get by, when the Germans searched the church, they found Johann Steele hanging on the spire of the church, and after careful inspection, they found no signs of his life, so they thought he was dead and did not check him again.
He understood that if he could not fool the Germans, a fate of death awaited him. His heart raced, his body trembling slightly from the tension, but he closed his eyes tightly, making himself look like a dead corpse. When the Germans left, he was also scared into a cold sweat.
But the current situation did not give him a respite at all, and he carefully took out the dagger and tried to cut the parachute rope wrapped around his body, and at this moment, John Steele's hand slipped and the dagger he was carrying fell to the ground.
The sound of the dagger immediately attracted a search by the Germans.
Faced with the crisis, Johann Steele decided to play dead to avoid the German army. This is an extremely risky move, and the slightest mistake can kill you.
In order to make himself look more like a corpse, John Steele had to continue to tense his whole body, forcibly controlling his breathing and not moving.
The Germans soon came to the church and found the "corpse" on the spire.
A German soldier shot Johann Steele, the bullet grazing his body, leaving a trail of blood. John Steele endured the pain and remained silent.
In order to get to the bottom of the situation, the soldiers fired a few more rounds at John Steele. In this way, Johann Stillch deceived the Germans by playing dead.
After the departure of the German army, Johann Steele finally breathed a sigh of relief......
Later, John was awarded two medals: a Bronze Star for his bravery and a Purple Heart for his wounds in battle......
Interestingly, this French town has made a fake paratrooper to hang on the church in his honor, and for 74 years, it has not only become a famous tourist attraction in the local area, but also an important testimony of this history!
In 1962, John Wayne's movie "The Longest Day" also had his prototype, and the image adapted from her historical prototype also appeared in film and television dramas many ......times
On the battlefield where bullets and bullets are raining, all life is changing rapidly, and he escaped by "playing dead" on the battlefield, I have to say that his luck is really good......