D-Day: Planning the Impossible | WWII Normandy
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There are already tons of films about 6 June 1944. That’s why our documentary is about what happened before the Normandy invasion. Allied planners spent years analyzing changing tides, perilous terrain, and German fortifications along the Atlantic Wall to figure out the best time and place to come ashore. Even basic logistics were a nightmare. Over a million soldiers had to be shipped to the United Kingdom, and then equipped and fed. Paying heed to Allied leadership from COSSAC to SHAEF, our film examines how the plan for one of the largest invasions in history was changing clear up to D-Day.
Created in collaboration with the Combined Arms Support Command (CASCOM), the film outlines important Army doctrine such as the Military Decision Making Process (MDMP), the Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield (IPB), and the Sustainment Preparation of the Operational Environment.
0:00 Intro
Doctrine Timestamps
3:52 Military Decision-Making Process (MDMP), Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield (IPB), and the Sustainment Preparation of the Operational Environment
4:35 IPB definition
5:01 Four Steps of IPB
5:13 Sustainment Preparation of the Operational Environment
5:28 Three Steps of Sustainment Preparation of the Operational Environment
5:44 MDMP, IPB, and Sustainment Preparation of the Operational Environment
7:24 Step One of IPB and Sustainment Preparation of the Operational Environment
12:01 Step Two of IPB and Sustainment Preparation of the Operational Environment
24:29 Step Three of Sustainment Preparation of the Operational Environment
37:03 Step Three of IPB
43:17 Step Four of IPB
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Great stuff. Really liked the way you mixed the theoretical framework with the historical case study. Clear speakers, good graphics. Only fault - too short.
Its a US take on D-Day. Spot the Briton or Canadian in the content.
39 mins, 37 seconds...
V1s were called Doodlebugs. They were aimed at Britain, Belgium, and France. Not the USA.
America does not get to name V1s as Buzz Bombs, or Robots, or anything else. The USA was 3,000 miles from the nearest V1.
It’s incredible to learn about the amount of meticulous planning and logistical work that went into the Normandy invasion. I can’t even imagine such a responsibility.
Just imagine taking it one thing at a time.
I was starting to write a similar comment, when I saw yours. My thoughts exactly. The amount of work required, both in terms of time and people is hard to believe.
I'd recommend reading "Sand & Steel" by Peter Caddick-Adams - it's a fairly weighty book split evenly between the planning and the execution of D Day but his writing is engaging and covers both the planning and the soldiers experience (at one point he lists the prices charged by the "Picadilly Commandos"). As you say, the amount of planning that went into the invasion (and this was prior to the widespread use of computers, remember) is both remarkable and fascinating. His book "Snow & Steel" about the Bulge is also excellent.
“In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless but planning is indispensable.” - Ike
My uncle was in the Royal Navy and missed D-Day; he was on a convoy to Murmansk. He did however make a contribution: earlier he was sent to the French shore at night to gather samples of beach material at various places using a kid's bucket and spade, the kind you build sandcastles with!
One thing this video makes implicitly clear - the Germans would have been incapable of implementing operation SeaLion. Not a chance.
There is a German authored book in english on the detailed Sealion planning. It might surprise you how intricate & advanced it was! "Invasion of England 1940" -the planning Operation of Sealion. by Peter Schenk, (originally in German 1987) Published Conway Maritime Press UK in English 1990
@@gordonspicer I've no doubt you're right but there was also a significant lack of coordination between Wehrmacht, Luftwaffe and kriegsmarine. And logistically it didn't stand a chance.
It's interesting how British history is heavily skewed to "plucky little Britain, standing up to the Germans".
The reality is closer to the interplay between Hitler and Churchill:
"We're going to wring the English neck like a chicken "
"Some chicken! Some neck!"
Thank God for Montgomery and the Canadians.
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And the rest of the Common Wealth forces. :) 🇨🇦
This US presentation about D-Day will hurt your eyes.
Some of the best content on UA-cam, full stop.
I read a biography about George C. Marshall and gained so much admiration. I'm his biggest fan.
One could argue that General Marshall has been truly underappreciated. D-Day would not have been possible with him.
Complete and utter nonsense. How in the hells name can you spout such garbage
Little known fact, it was a weather report from a woman at a lighthouse on the West coast of neutral Ireland (sent officially but in breach of neutrality) that caused the delay from 5 to 6 June
They only needed a man at sea to predict the weather. I'm from the Denver metro area and when I was a kid the weatherman for one of the TV news teams [Stormy Rottman {sp?}] was a meteorologist for the Allies.
This is great! I've been waiting for this. Thanks for releasing!
I cant wait for the next one!
It was a British weatherman who had studied the English channel weather patterns for 30 years, who managed to convince General Eisenhower that there would be a small window of fine weather on the 6th of June, which would suffice for the landings. This proved to be correct, but subsequent storms after the 6th did significant damage to the floating Mulberry harbour which had been put in place off the Normandy coastline. As a side note, in the year 1066 the Normans (French) 'William the Conqueror' invaded England and beat King Harold at the Battle of Hastings in England and so began the Norman conquest of England and as documented by the Bayeux Tapestry. The Normans brought 3000 cavalry horses with them. It took a long time, but we managed to return the favour in 1944 ;-)
Normans not French
@@NathanDudani Yes, I knew that, but I wanted to avoid confusion.
Well Done!!!
Awesome video & UA-cam channel.
There is a somewhat justified criticism of the Allies that they spent huge amount of planning in _landing_ in France but much less when planning what would happen _after_ the invasion. The nature of the Bocage country being a case in point.
The excuse was that it would have given away the invasion's location.
Improvise, Adapt and Overcome ...... There will always be unforeseen circumstances and actions no matter how thorough the planning process. The old adage that "no plan survives first enemy contact" is true. The soloution to the Bocage was to use the ironwork left by Rommel on the beaches to turn the Shirmans into battering rams capable of smashing clean through the hedgerows in a single hit rapidly speeding the process and preventing the Nazis from having any time to prepare their defences at the next hedge line. Remember, the Allies actually retook France FASTER THAN THE NAZI BLITZKRIEG and actually reached the Rhine AHEAD OF SCHEDULE ✌
Great video!
Would love similar for Philippines or Okinawa invasion operations
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Well-done presentation. I learned a lot from it.
"I don't know much about this thing called logistics. All I know is that I want some."
- ADM Ernest J. King, CNO
Very educational. This should be shown to all high school students in history classes. I really learned a lot I did not know. I like these Army films showing policy and procedure. It is so rational, unlike what we see in politicians, especially now.
You must be the one who et the curriculum when I was at school, It's certainly soporific enough.
Why do history students need to know about the logistics of D-Day? It’s irrelevant.
good stuff!
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very very good
The media said it's Montgomery's brilliance that made Overlord a success, but no one mentioned how Ike united all the Allied forces to agree on the invasion plans
Then it was lucky that they did agree to Monty’s plan 👍
If you can find it, back in 2004 there was a movie called "IKE: Countdown to D-Day." stars Tom Selleck who does a great job as Eisenhower. It shows all internal struggles Ike had to deal with within his own staff, starting with Montgomery and then there was DeGaulle, who was a real problem.
Its a pile of dung.
It was fiction not fact
Wait. Was that a rainbow over the SHAEF logo? Love it.
To do this planning without computers and the benefits of modern technology was simply unbelievable. God was with the Allies.
No it was the RN plus British seamanship and technology
Go Army! 23 yr vet!
Amateurs study battles. Professionals study logistics
this is some incredible stuff. thank you for this video!
great thank you
American actions: American
British and Canadian actions: Allied
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Yep.
Bless those young men and women, may they rest in peace.
Today, the biggest cargo ship in the world can carry 240,000 tons. It would take about 60 of them to deliver the materiel required for D-Day.
But where would you unload it?
@@keithhiscock6637 into the sea, obviously
@@joqqeman you mean dump it?
@@keithhiscock6637mulberry harbours
@@keithhiscock6637we built floating bridges that were used to port those large ships and get material to shore since the germans destroyed the original concrete ones. Other times we waited for low tide and ships would be a-ground until high tide again, thus giving you limited time to get what you need off before tide comes back
Many a documentary presentation can be made vastly more interesting and compelling with a professional narration/voice over. This is a good example of subject matter which requires excellent voice over work because of the nature of the information. I would love to have the opportunity to watch this video again with a different narrator because I really believe it would make all the difference in the world.
What books explain the logistics of this landing and the lessons learned? Also where can I see the primary documents you showed in this video.? Thank you.
"headquarters in London" could be more precise. In fact, much of the British & Canadian D Day planning (not sure of US) was conducted from Montgomery's old famous gothic looking Public School situated in Hammersmith Road, West Kensington, London W6 (between Hammersmith Broadway & Kensington High Street).
Obviously very tightly guarded by military police around the large school grounds and the planning staff & officers were mostly billeted in surrounding Victorian streets and mansion flats (apartments) like the huge Latymer Court and elegant Fitz James, Fitz George Avenue & North End House. The school was sadly demolished in the 1980's and is now modern apartments, but part of the red surrounding wall & entrance remains. There is a now a plaque to celebrate its famous use together with an WW2 Water reservoir indicator on the remaining wall in case of need.
Whether the Germans discovered its true use is not sure except bombing in the area from 1943 was higher than surrounding areas
D-Day Plus 20 Years - Eisenhower Returns to Normandy
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But they overlooked the hedge rows back of the beach was a huge failure. It should have been obvious, especially as highly detailed scale models of the terrain was made ( was on Battleship Texas on DDay . If the brass hats had just asked the scale model artist who had to cut and make all the hedges around all the small fields , maybe they could have noticed .
they should have called on the Brits and French that lived there pre war and even the Vets of WW1 in their ranks .
I really hate this notion that D-Day was this impossible fear.
What makes D-Day incredible is the scale of it. Once set in motion, there is no stopping the allied war machine. I don't think there's anything the Germans could have done.
Oh yes, the Germans could have but Hitler was asleep when it occurred and no one had the courage to wake him to tell him about the invasion. Hitler had given orders not to move the panzers forward without his express personal orders. The situation was in such doubt that Ike had two speeches written beforehand, one that was released once the landings occurred and were secure and another in which the landing has failed and he accepts all the blame. After the landings succeeded he tore the 2nd speech into pieces as he considered it bad luck; an ill chance spoken of.
Useful thoughts on contingency planning for potential damage to transport links etc?
Underesting. Different presentation to many documentaries? Who are these creators?
Really interesting doc. I doubt they used so many corporate acronyms and buzzwords in 1944 though
I hope to be USA CITIZEN
why USA is not same country as it was back then. it turning inward thinking backward county that wants go back to the century
Great documentary - but you left out some VERY significant details about Op Tiger 😅
It wasnt impossible just a
Calculated risk!
The guy at 12:25 is a dead ringer for Vladimir Lenin - especially from profile. If I was casting a movie about the Russian Revolution, he'd be my first choice!
Eisenhower's biggest decision was whether to "Go" during a small break in the weather. He said "Go" and the rest is history.
From Dunkirk, at the beginning of World War II, to Normandy, almost at the end, the Allied Armies did not put a single soldier in Germany. Not a single one. The participation of the Allied Forces in Europe was limited to Aerial Bombing. These actions received a lot of publicity to make us believe that the Aerial Bombings were winning the war. But, there is a very long list of Bombing cities by “Mistake”. The bombing of Nijmegen in the Netherlands (February 1944), it occurred when US bombers returning from a failed mission, as occurred in most cases, were looking for "Optional" targets. Nearly 1,000 Dutch civilians were killed by the bombing. It is proven fact that Aerial Bombardment does NOT win wars, unless it’s Atomic. Aerial Bomb't can destroy cities but does NOT destroy armies. If there is any doubt, then Nazi Germany would have defeated England, after nearly a year of bombing, or the US would have won in Korea, Vietnam or Afghanistan. In fact, it wasn't until 1949-50 that Precision Instruments were available for aerial bombardment. Until then, if a bomber hit within 300 or 400 meters of the target, it was considered a "Bullseyes". In night bombing raids, 500 meters off target was then considered a "Perfect Shot". Propaganda has always led us to believe that we, "The Yankees", beat Hitler. But, I have news for you: The US did not win the war against Germany. The Russians won it. The Allied Army of the US, UK, Canada, Belgium and France (and Poland, and other countries), was able to reach Normandy, thanks to the Soviets destroying the Nazis in Stalingrad, Leningrad, in Kurks and in Kiev, in 1943. It took them 289 days but the Russians won and without the help of nobody… OF NOBODY! Normandy was until June 1944, and Mr. “Hollywood” Patton did NOT manage to set foot on Germany until February 1945, when the Red Army was going over Berlin. In Fact, General Patton was able to cross the border into Germany only when the Russians were 150 kilometers from the Oder River (LOL). The Allies were defeated at Arnhem (Market Garden Sep. 25-1944), and at The Battle of the Bulge (Jan. 25-1945). Now, "Operation Varsity" took place near the end of the War (March 1945), and only 85,000 German soldiers fought against almost 700,000 Allied Forces who could NOT cross the Rhine River due to the heroic resistance of an "Army" of 18-year-olds and 50-year-old Reserve Infantry. So, here General Patton was paralyzed without fuel, while the Red Army was preparing for its last offensive into Berlin. Look here: The average age of the German Army that fought in Normandy was between 18 and 24 years old. And these soldiers faced each other in a ratio of 37 to 1, without Tanks, without Artillery, no Navy nor Air Force. To make matters worse, knowing that four Parachute Divisions were inland behind their backs. This was the reason the Allies won in Normandy. Never the less, It took the Allies 8 months to advance only 500 kilometers from Normandy to Arnhem, and from there, start the Withdrawal back to the border of France/Belgium (What?), facing a virtually defeated German Army cuz USSR. It's a Verifiable Fact that is written in all the History Books, that the German High Command surrendered to the Russian Generals six days BEFORE the first US soldier set foot in Berlin.
good work
It's all about beans and bullets.
All done without PCs, IPads, cell phones or any other electronic device. All used the MKI pencil.
….and slide rules, and mechanical calculators like cash registers.
The Mulberries were genius! And DeGaulle was right! He, prickly and unbending as he was, had EARNED the top leadership from the very start and never wavered from a Free France unlike Weygand and others with better personalities. De Gaulle fired up the French people, earned their trust and cleared central Africa while the Brits n Yanks fought in North Africa. And Hitlers odd sleep system plus his micromanagement of the Panzer reserves and the stellar deception of agent Garbo were the cherry on top!
only at the beginning of this, but something i always wondered about was what was it like for those in charge thinking they had to do a blunt, brutal, old fashioned invasion of a beach against the Germans..
surely a daunting awful thought...
and it was done!
The biggest blunder on D-Day for the Allies was the absolutely disastrous decision to turn tanks into floating tanks - how many lives would have been saved if the tanks had actually made it to the beaches. Why didn't they use the standard landing craft to carry 1 or 2 tanks into the shore ?
It was not clear an LST would survive to get to the beach or through the obstacles Rommel had constructed.
It is my understanding that when tanks went into the sea at the planned distances from the shore, they quickly sank because of the sea state. When initiative was used and the tanks were taken much closer to the shore , before they entered the sea, then far fewer sank.
@@SS-ec2tu Special “DD” tanks (amphibious Sherman tanks fitted with flotation screens) that were supposed to support the 116th Regiment sank in the choppy waters of the Channel. Only 2 of the 29 launched made it to the beach. That's a 93% failure rate. Anything would have been better than this disaster..
the tanks did not make to the US Beaches because on the they panicked and launch them to early just read you history and D day was a British plan and they were more British unit used and landed on the day
@@nrich5127they made it on the British Beaches
Mult eye, it sounded like that anyway, What is it ?
La Normandie ! On n'a pas fini d'en entendre parler.
Britain’s rigorous intel combined with America’s unpredictability, devastating combination.
I have wondered how it is that the German submarines and luftwaffe didn't do more damage to all these "sitting ducks" at sea. But its afact that: no german soldier wanted to surrender to the soviets if they had a choice. And many got that choice since the landing succeded.
Eisenhower was an excellent choice.
For what,?
imperial war museum london has some interesting details on the planning process there was even a second plan if the first failed ..... normandy area worth a visit for history buffs staying in land and hiring a car is cheaper many nice villages and quieter in the summer period prior to the landings the beaches were bombed but many bombs missed and landed far inland always wondered why they didnt fly along the beach rather than at right angles obviously more dangerous but the area is huge and bombs even from a great height would have hit something -- rather than killing a lot of cattle 2 miles inland ..... asked a few people nobody has given a definitive answer .. danger is the obvious one but it was dangerous flying to berlin ???
My uncle al was with the 1 wave on Omaha beach with his m1 rifle
Is the narrator the same lady as at "Watch Mojo"?
I urge the Ukrainian army to update this pollicy? Between WWII and today, the world, the Art of War, has changed. ;-)
Any mention of the fact that at least half of the planning was British? More British Empire and Commonwealth troops landed in France than Americans on 6th June 1944?
Canadians are not British . They were allies.
please see my reply to day.
Now, did the USA pay for the supplies that the US troops used. Or was it lumped onto Britains debt/
"Over the whole period from March 1941 to September 1945, the balance in favour of the United States in the mutual aid books24 was in round terms about $21,000 millions. But by the settlement of 1945 Britain was required to pay no more than $650 millions, or £162 millions sterling."
page 547
Hyperwar British War Economy
@@nickdanger3802 How much did you pay Australia Nick
@@nickdanger3802
Cheap at half the price.
Do your fighting 3,000 miles from your homeland, and then blame the countries that really took plart in the war for everything that goes wrong.
LST Landing Ship Tank 1,000 built in the US, fewer than 100 in Britain and Canada.
Gee Nick tell us something we do not know And you do know that there were more R/N ships here than the US
And how near the Enemy was the USA?
US was not being blitz and, of course, had the industrial capacity from 1942
@@gordonspicer Germany was being blitzed and managed to build 1,000 U boats, more tanks than Britain and more aircraft than Britain in 1944.
Who applied the word impossible ? NO COMMANDER would ever ask the impossible of those he commands. It is a ludicrous notion.
You lost me at 5:30
There is so much jargon and slogan-speak from the American Army people at the beginning of this video. You kind of lose a sense of what it's meant to be about.
The true heroes of D-Day were the German officers who were to afraid to do anything.
BS.
At 4.55 of vid linked below General Fred Morgan British Army "in many ways the father of the plan that was executed here"
CBS Reports (1964): "D-Day Plus 20 Years - Eisenhower Returns to Normandy"
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wasn't the second British division used was Canadians and not British?
At 11:48 you can see CAN 3rd Infantry Division on the map. There were two British divisions on Gold and Sword and the Canadians were in the middle between them on Juno.
Little bit of trivia...The British beaches were named after types of fish (goldfish, swordfish) and the Canadian beach was originally supposed to be called Jelly for jellyfish. The Canadians complained about the silly sounding name of the beach and it got changed to Juno instead. :)
@@peterkossits4794
There were also British troops on JUNO beach.
@@thevillaaston7811Yeah, you're right. It's weird though - all of the formations listed as landing except for some of the armor are Canadian. Having trouble figuring out where exactly the 6000 or so Brits came from.
How was it that the American plan for Omaha Beach relying on a successful bombardment resembling a WW1-era plan wasn't ashcanned early on? Not only was a WW1-era plan not ashcanned but the bombardment specification was hamstrung by competing requirements.
Requirement 1: Avoidance of creating tank traps on the beach by dictating to the AAC that the largest allowable bomb was 500 lbs.
Requirement 2: In order to absolutely avoid friendly fire incidents there shall be no shorts.
The result was entirely predictable and indistinguishable from most WW1 battles in which ineffective bombardment caused massive casulaties to the attacking forces and relatively few to defending forces.
Question 1: Why didn't the AAC raise objections to the bombing specification? 500 lb bombs would not be effective against the concrete reinforced fortifications overlooking the draws that are the natural openings from the Omaha Beach.
Question 2: Why didn't the AAC wash their hands of the bombing specification entirely because the avoidance of shorts requirement would insure few bombs falling on the targets.
Question 3: Why didn't anyone suggest that instead of relying on a WW1-era perfect bombardment strategy the men should be landed between the fortified draws and be trained to exit the beach via the 60 to 80 foot earthen bluffs overlooking beach between the fortified draws? I realize planners planned to use the draws immediately to land additional men, vehicles and equipment. But come on.
What WW1-era military thinking was successfully used in WW2? Battleships were superceded in importance by aircraft carriers almost immediately. The bomber will always get through gained the proviso of only with unsustainable losses. Sizeable numbers of tanks cannot attack through a heavily forested area. ("Hold mein stein of bier" said by the panzer forces.) State of the art fortresses will stop Germany from ever attacking again. Which other WW1-era strategies were disproven by the Germans and Japanese?
I don't think I heard the name "CANADA" mentioned once! You know, the guys who landed at Dieppe........ and the Army that took Juno Beach.......? Really!? Not even once?
Pathetic.............
I don't think I heard the name BRITAIN mentioned much either. The Americans are only interested in themselves.
a common ocurrance very sadly
50 minutes and not a single word of the operations in the Med that informed so much of D-day planning, quite disappointing.
Great documentary - really awful choice of music though, please, please stop this kind of "epic" background music abuse in every documentary.
More like impossible to fail given the absurd material superiority.
That was the general idea wasn’t it ?
Where we you guys planning for Iraq 😮 really good planning for before and after 😅
The US marched into Baghdad and removed the Iraqi government in 4 weeks that was on the other side of the world .
Russia can't take Kyiv in 2 years after invading a country right on their border .
but that voice…
If this was impossible, think about Stalingrad, Kursk, Sevastopol, Leningrad,Moscow
Winter did all the work and the Red Army still managed to lose more KIA than the rest of the combatants even had under arms.
yeah, not is impossible but also good enough to shooting own their men.
@@RatkillGet out of here, with your simplistic nonsense, and go learn some history. Believe it or not, winter happens to both sides. Anyway, the biggest tank battle in history, Kursk, was in July and August. As I say, go and read some history of eastern front, where 80% of the Wehrmacht casualties happened, and stop spouting simplistic nonsense.
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None of this would have happened if it were not for the Brits and Commonwealth between 1939-42 and the Royal Navy for the entire war to keep the Atlantic open.
I hate that all tge corpo synergy speak doesn't seem to undermine the effectiveness of operations.
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La Normandie... la terre des normans ! Est-ce que le lieu de débarquement fut choisi par hasard ? Le Roi de France avait du autrefois acheter la paix aux normans en leur cédant la Normandie... Norman Schwarzkopf, le général, un mérovingien !
You folks managed to make this historical moment boring! Did an adult review this video prior to release? Best of luck, but this is rather awful!
OMG, you've managed to make DDay boring!
I think not.
if really bored, then do not be here to observe the video.
How so?
Brutally bad pronunciations.
They’re American, give them a break
I wonder who did all of this better. Ukraine or Russia. Just kidding it obviously was Ukraine.
From Dunkirk, at the beginning of World War II, to Normandy, almost at the end, the Allied Armies did not put a single soldier in Germany. Not a single one. The participation of the Allied Forces in Europe was limited to Aerial Bombing. These actions received a lot of publicity to make us believe that the Aerial Bombings were winning the war. But, there is a very long list of Bombing cities by “Mistake”. The bombing of Nijmegen in the Netherlands (February 1944), it occurred when US bombers returning from a failed mission, as occurred in most cases, were looking for "Optional" targets. Nearly 1,000 Dutch civilians were killed by the bombing. It is proven fact that Aerial Bombardment does NOT win wars, unless it’s Atomic. Aerial Bomb't can destroy cities but does NOT destroy armies. If there is any doubt, then Nazi Germany would have defeated England, after nearly a year of bombing, or the US would have won in Korea, Vietnam or Afghanistan. In fact, it wasn't until 1949-50 that Precision Instruments were available for aerial bombardment. Until then, if a bomber hit within 300 or 400 meters of the target, it was considered a "Bullseyes". In night bombing raids, 500 meters off target was then considered a "Perfect Shot". Propaganda has always led us to believe that we, "The Yankees", beat Hitler. But, I have news for you: The US did not win the war against Germany. The Russians won it. The Allied Army of the US, UK, Canada, Belgium and France (and Poland, and other countries), was able to reach Normandy, thanks to the Soviets destroying the Nazis in Stalingrad, Leningrad, in Kurks and in Kiev, in 1943. It took them 289 days but the Russians won and without the help of nobody… OF NOBODY! Normandy was until June 1944, and Mr. “Hollywood” Patton did NOT manage to set foot on Germany until February 1945, when the Red Army was going over Berlin. In Fact, General Patton was able to cross the border into Germany only when the Russians were 150 kilometers from the Oder River (LOL). The Allies were defeated at Arnhem (Market Garden Sep. 25-1944), and at The Battle of the Bulge (Jan. 25-1945). Now, "Operation Varsity" took place near the end of the War (March 1945), and only 85,000 German soldiers fought against almost 700,000 Allied Forces who could NOT cross the Rhine River due to the heroic resistance of an "Army" of 18-year-olds and 50-year-old Reserve Infantry. So, here General Patton was paralyzed without fuel, while the Red Army was preparing for its last offensive into Berlin. Look here: The average age of the German Army that fought in Normandy was between 18 and 24 years old. And these soldiers faced each other in a ratio of 37 to 1, without Tanks, without Artillery, no Navy nor Air Force. To make matters worse, knowing that four Parachute Divisions were inland behind their backs. This was the reason the Allies won in Normandy. Never the less, It took the Allies 8 months to advance only 500 kilometers from Normandy to Arnhem, and from there, start the Withdrawal back to the border of France/Belgium (What?), facing a virtually defeated German Army cuz USSR. It's a Verifiable Fact that is written in all the History Books, that the German High Command surrendered to the Russian Generals six days BEFORE the first US soldier set foot in Berlin.
This dude here hasn't looked at very much history. Start with the lend lease program. Lol no help right. Then go to the cologne tank battle where there is video evidence since you have problems reading, you can watch it. Yeah. Take your commie bullshit somewhere else.
Where are you from?
Market garden was partly a success, the Rhine was crossed in plunder, and in all the battles you listed the Soviets suffered more casualties then the Germans.
Also the bulge was a resounding defeat which wiped out the last German armoured reserves, you are historically illiterate.
@@Sotsufferer Market-Garden was partly a success? So, it was partly of a Defeat. Many dead Russian soldiers? Yes. There were many. But, while Russian soldiers died in numbers taking Berlin, the Allied Army was still unable to set foot on German territory, cuz the Reserve Infantry Army was containing them. These are Verifiable Facts.
@@Sotsufferer I'm from Yuma, Az.
Another episode of Allied self-,admiration. Sure, to overcome opposition of mostly 3. Rate units of kids , old men and foreigners with "only" 12,000 to 200 planes, 6,000 to less than a dozen ships (on D Day) and ultimately 2 million men to 250, 000 must have been a daunting task. On D Day. Once Germans brought up some serious troops (Waffen SS) Allies found the going very tough indeed: Caen earmarked to be takren on the second day took more than 6 weeks. Allies had everything: tanks, planes, trucks, munitions, fuel, and support by the French population. It would have needed genius to NOT succeed.
Another episode of American self admiration.
You are omitting the near destruction of the Das Reich division sent from Montauban near Toulouse. This was effected by French Resistance and British SOE teams. It may have saved D-DAY ?
Frankly, a middle aged man should have narrated this.
I'm just hoping they used a trans he/she of colour.
The Wars about OIL .
I thought this video was about D-Day, not military bureaucratic garbage
It is an Army War College training film. Get used to being bored.
Great video!