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    In 1944, in southern England, Allied troops were getting ready to land in Normandy. US soldier Jack Lieb was there with his amateur camera. On D-Day, John Ford shot in color with his camera crews. His Hollywood colleague George Stevens also landed in northern France with his team on 6 June 1944. Those men documented the advance and finally the liberation of Paris up close.
    The first half of the 20th century, the two world wars, the parades in Nuremberg and Moscow, and the appearances of Roosevelt and Churchill are handed down and remembered by generations in classic black and white. But little known, hidden in film archives and private collections, other images have also survived. Because Hitler's lover Eva Braun and the Führer's pilot Hans Hans Baur, Marlene Dietrich, and Roosevelt's Minister of Finance, some soldiers of the Wehrmacht and the cameramen of the US secret service OSS had a common passion: they filmed history in color, for private pleasure or to document historical events.
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  • @FreeDocumentaryHistory
    @FreeDocumentaryHistory  8 місяців тому +117

    In this episode: In 1944, in southern England, Allied troops were getting ready to land in Normandy. US soldier Jack Lieb was there with his amateur camera. On D-Day, John Ford shot in color with his camera crews. His Hollywood colleague George Stevens also landed in northern France with his team on 6 June 1944. Those men documented the advance and finally the liberation of Paris up close.

    • @brianswelding
      @brianswelding 8 місяців тому +7

      Is there a fourth episode?

    • @woodenseagull1899
      @woodenseagull1899 8 місяців тому +9

      I do remember so well , as a boy living in a leafy Sussex Lane in England , where the Canadian's where assembled , prior to the " Big push " in 1944. Even now I think of what happened to them? ..I believed they sailed from Shoreham harbour. Thank you Canada, you did more then enough....

    • @mail-qh2qc
      @mail-qh2qc 8 місяців тому +7

      This is gold and should be shown in schools as a main component of History class.
      This war along with the political patterns needs to be taught in schools. History is repeating itself.

    • @stanlee2200
      @stanlee2200 8 місяців тому +1

      do you have the last part in colour?

    • @n7862
      @n7862 8 місяців тому +9

      pls stop blurring / censoring graphic scenes in your videos, really puts the mood off

  • @TRVBAL
    @TRVBAL 2 місяці тому +18

    The past 3 or so hours, I have been completely enthralled by this Docuseries

    • @FreeDocumentaryHistory
      @FreeDocumentaryHistory  2 місяці тому +4

      excellent

    • @Skeks_s
      @Skeks_s Місяць тому +3

      Me too. I'm so glad it's here. I t's proving hard to download cos i wont be shocked if this all get suppressed : we said never again and people are being allowed to obfuscate history and truth and the same kind of mind machine is gearing up again - we cannot allow it. We have to preserve with total honest and compassionate TRUTH what certain ideologies lead to. The links for other videos process for download: these dont....for private safekeeping

    • @exsubmariner
      @exsubmariner 11 днів тому +1

      I came across this channel at midnight I'm still watching having my breakfast

  • @trenthogan4212
    @trenthogan4212 8 місяців тому +357

    A big Salute to the Brave Canadians who took Juno beach and were not even mentioned in this documentary. Very sad.

    • @SinisterBlackheart
      @SinisterBlackheart 8 місяців тому +19

      they were not shy to mention the us forces many times and than ignored who took Juno beach other than the allies. I kind of dislike when documentaries do this. single our certain countries but promote their own to glorify themselves.

    • @peterhanssens7260
      @peterhanssens7260 8 місяців тому +38

      Due to the bravery of Canadian Troops in the liberation of Antwerpen and onwards into the Netherlands and their unbelievable courage, led my parents to immigrate to Canada in spring 1952. Canadians are held in very high regard in Belgium and rightly so.

    • @spm36
      @spm36 7 місяців тому +35

      They state "allies" correctly, stop crying, and get over it

    • @TomCraddock-dx7yu
      @TomCraddock-dx7yu 7 місяців тому +9

      ​@@spm36haha was thinking the same

    • @ENCLAVEDivisionX
      @ENCLAVEDivisionX 7 місяців тому +22

      I agree, but America committed 75k troops, and Canada committed 14k to the landing. I respect Canadian brothers, but England kinda absorbed those numbers into their own military, and took the credit.

  • @Charleyj1973
    @Charleyj1973 5 місяців тому +83

    As a proud Canadian who’s grandfather and his brothers were in the first wave of Canadian soldiers on Juno beach I am grateful that they all came home. I will always respect and appreciate the sacrifices all of the men and women made to keep us safe and free. May all who gave everything rest in peace. Never forget ❤

    • @philster6383
      @philster6383 5 місяців тому +3

      As a proud Canadian my great uncle died in Italy as Canada made their way through Italy changing the course of the war against Germany. He was born here and his grandfather immigrated, to Canada, from Germany in the late 19th century

    • @rosesprog1722
      @rosesprog1722 5 місяців тому +3

      As an ordinary Canadian, I can't help but wonder what the heck we were doing fighting other people's war. The Germans failed to invade Britain and failed to conquer the USSR, that they were a threat to the rest of the world doesn't seem to be quite realistic.

    • @killerbam1234
      @killerbam1234 4 місяці тому +1

      how do you feel know in your country? you lost the war

    • @christophercook723
      @christophercook723 2 місяці тому +3

      Canadians are from America, the Continent.

    • @christophercook723
      @christophercook723 2 місяці тому

      @@rosesprog1722 Canada was involved in a World War. If they were not stopped the Germans would have attacked you lot. The non ordinary Canadians understood that. Also the then King was your Monarch. Your thinking is 1722?

  • @GetRealBaby
    @GetRealBaby 5 місяців тому +19

    My dad at 33yo tried many times to join the military service after Pearl Harbor but was refused because he was color blind, was too tall (6' 8 1/2"), and wore a size 16 shoe. I remember him laughing when he said he was told, "We don't have boots to fit you."
    Instead, he took a job at Hanford, Washington, where he was exposed to lethal doses of radiation, eventually causing cancer in his kidneys and elsewhere. It was a death sentence that the DOD and GE admitted were at fault, that they should have provided my dad greater body protection when working around high levels of radiation.
    I wish now the military would have taken him back in '41. He may have lived beyond the age of 44, and I may have had a father to help raise me.
    I love you Dad! I miss you greatly, more so with each passing year. May your soul be resting in peace. I'll see you soon...may that be true. I'll see you soon.

    • @alancollinge9136
      @alancollinge9136 2 місяці тому +4

      Wow, so sorry to hear of that, but it sounds like your dad was a real patriot, worthy of much respect!

    • @GetRealBaby
      @GetRealBaby 2 місяці тому +2

      @@alancollinge9136 Thank you.

    • @michaelw1456
      @michaelw1456 Місяць тому +1

      I wore the widest book the Army made in 85 "EEE" wide. Bless your dad for his devotion to serve.

    • @GetRealBaby
      @GetRealBaby Місяць тому

      @@michaelw1456 Thank you, and thank you for your service. I wore a 14E. Because an over 13 size was out of stock at Ft. Ord, CA, there were a few of us who had to wear gym shoes for the first few days of Basic.

  • @robertliskey420
    @robertliskey420 8 місяців тому +146

    In all my years studying and seeing documentaries this has got to be one of if not the best. Not only footage I have not seen but the descriptions of the who, what, and where are incredibly valuable. Good example I always thought Panorama was for the Germans! My Father went ashore in Normandy on the second day.

    • @knighttemplar5073
      @knighttemplar5073 8 місяців тому +10

      Greatest respect to your dad from Aussie Digger

    • @redegeldunit420
      @redegeldunit420 8 місяців тому

      NATO is the new Third Reich

    • @ilTroubadori
      @ilTroubadori 8 місяців тому +8

      Hi Robert my Dad also landed on Gold beach at 18 years old on D+1, fought through Caen and Falaise Gap and on into Germany where he then had to do 18 months in the army of occupation..

    • @Dropitlikeitshotspot
      @Dropitlikeitshotspot 8 місяців тому +10

      My grandfather was in a unit called “Old Hickory”. He was wounded in France, but obviously survived. He was and always will be a hero to me.😊❤️

    • @crocodile1313
      @crocodile1313 8 місяців тому +6

      @@Dropitlikeitshotspot No wonder they call them the "Greatest Generation!" My grandfather also went through France and ultimately helped liberate the Mathausen concentration camp in Austria. May that war, especially its victims and participants, never be forgotten.

  • @johnrobertson4384
    @johnrobertson4384 7 місяців тому +15

    Total respect to the Canadians. From Scotland UK 🇬🇧

  • @originalgangsterloc
    @originalgangsterloc 8 місяців тому +20

    these are the best type of docs , no modern present day clips just old footage , narration and some historian commentary

  • @CodeUK93
    @CodeUK93 8 місяців тому +28

    RIP all the hero’s of the allied forces 🫡

    • @user-sz2px8pv3f
      @user-sz2px8pv3f 8 місяців тому +7

      And the axis

    • @Marc-dj5fk
      @Marc-dj5fk 8 місяців тому +5

      And all the heroes who fought for their country.

  • @williamyoung9401
    @williamyoung9401 8 місяців тому +49

    It's incredible how Humanity can rebuild the world almost as quickly as it's destroyed. Amazing what we can do when we put our minds to it.

    • @1_Fish.2_Fish.Red_Fish.
      @1_Fish.2_Fish.Red_Fish. 8 місяців тому

      We need to do it again!

    • @ramontria8628
      @ramontria8628 8 місяців тому +3

      Resilience and the will to survive are part of human nature. No matter how difficult things were, the mindset and resourcefulness of humans made the difference.

    • @loneranger5349
      @loneranger5349 7 місяців тому +3

      Not all people some races only destroy.

    • @factsandworldknowledge2654
      @factsandworldknowledge2654 7 місяців тому

      ​@@loneranger5349 surely the so called "aryan race" has destroyed it than others

    • @zoltankovacs2902
      @zoltankovacs2902 5 місяців тому +1

      The plan Marshall helped also

  • @annehersey9895
    @annehersey9895 7 місяців тому +32

    Excellent series of films! As a student of WWII, I’ve seen more footage of Germany from 1914-1950 than most and especially from 1933-1945 and of the war from all countries involved! How refreshing to see totally new footage taken mostly by ordinary people. Three episodes of footage I’ve never seen before. Anyone interested in this time should see these! Thank you so very much!

    • @stanleybroniszewsky8538
      @stanleybroniszewsky8538 7 місяців тому +3

      I've always believed you don't learn history by reading books but rather by the people who experienced it.

    • @waynelaw6319
      @waynelaw6319 5 місяців тому +1

      ThAt was 3star bradly in charge off all land forces second only to Ike with patern

  • @frankkoolosko4255
    @frankkoolosko4255 5 місяців тому +27

    My wife’s 102 year old uncle is one of the last surviving D-Day soldiers. He was actually in Normandy for the 75th anniversary and I know he was on Fox because I have pictures of it. My father and my two uncles in my mothers father, all fought in World War II

  • @RedStarRogue
    @RedStarRogue 8 місяців тому +15

    George Stevens colour footage really is fantastic work.

    • @zillsburyy1
      @zillsburyy1 8 місяців тому +1

      he took color film of the dachau massacre

  • @thegift20luis
    @thegift20luis 8 місяців тому +26

    Been following this series, I must say...Dame good stuff sir!
    Thanks for sharing!

  • @masonhaynes5793
    @masonhaynes5793 9 місяців тому +68

    This is an amazing show! Why haven’t people seen this!

    • @markrix
      @markrix 8 місяців тому +5

      Ummm we did just see it 😂

    • @hydrocooledcarrot
      @hydrocooledcarrot 8 місяців тому +1

      ​@@markrix🤭

    • @PTMarcoBryant
      @PTMarcoBryant 8 місяців тому +2

      Seen it all a 100 times

    • @dr.barrycohn5461
      @dr.barrycohn5461 8 місяців тому

      People have seen this, do you think you've discovered it?

    • @RedAndYellacuddlyFella
      @RedAndYellacuddlyFella 8 місяців тому +5

      To the idiots responding that they have seen all these clips elsewhere - all documentaries reuse footage. The guy isn't saying that this is some rare unseen footage, he is saying that this is a well made documentary, there is a difference.

  • @user-nc2bf9vx5y
    @user-nc2bf9vx5y 5 місяців тому +8

    The narrator and these scenes are similar to what my dad and many soldiers of color saw when they reached St. Lo. So glad that my mom, who was a history educator and a graduate of Livingstone College in Salisbury, NC interviewed him in the early 1990s just before he had several strokes which resulted in his death in January of 2001. He was an alumnus of NC A&T State University in Greensboro, NC.

  • @mikebrown41182
    @mikebrown41182 8 місяців тому +29

    This should be mandatory in School across the world.

  • @Richard_Lush
    @Richard_Lush 8 місяців тому +14

    Wonderful colour film. These have been great to watch. Thanks!

  • @Chiller11
    @Chiller11 7 місяців тому +5

    I really enjoy viewing old film clips of WW2. It’s an additional treat to view them in colour. Excellent documentary.

  • @daveblackburn5393
    @daveblackburn5393 8 місяців тому +14

    A well done documentary on world war two. Love seeing it in color. Gives it a different perspective. A glimpse into the past during a very hard. Time. Thanks for sharing. Respectfully Dave blackburn

    • @FreeDocumentaryHistory
      @FreeDocumentaryHistory  8 місяців тому +1

      Thank you so much for your considerate comment Dave Blackburn. It’s much appreciated.

  • @lyndoncmp5751
    @lyndoncmp5751 8 місяців тому +8

    Wish they'd filmed abandoned/knocked out German armour, especially Tigers and Panthers. Would love to see their intricate camouflaged paint jobs in colour.

  • @debbiestyer453
    @debbiestyer453 9 місяців тому +27

    Fantastic series...thank you so much.

    • @FreeDocumentaryHistory
      @FreeDocumentaryHistory  8 місяців тому +1

      Thank YOU so much for stopping by to let us know. We pass all your comments on to the team.

  • @raymondduck6492
    @raymondduck6492 7 місяців тому +7

    The quality of this series is so good, I wondered/worried that it was AI generated.
    Hopefully we won't reach that point too soon.
    Well done!

  • @chadczternastek
    @chadczternastek 5 місяців тому +10

    29:16 that soldier smacking that German officer with his helmet as they were driving away had me cracking up. I rewinded many times.

    • @waynelaw6319
      @waynelaw6319 5 місяців тому

      Thanks 4 t heads up lovedit

  • @ut000bs
    @ut000bs 6 місяців тому +14

    I had 2 uncles who landed at Normandy. One, the day after D-Day and the other the day after that. Both made it home after the war. One of them did not come back from Korea.
    Very few of us can comprehend what all of those men saw.
    "Quisque, heroes.'

    • @bruceradz
      @bruceradz 6 місяців тому +1

      My father fought in the Pacific during WW2, but his older brother, he drove a troop carrier for the D-Day landing, bringing troops to shore. He has passed on, was a jovial man throughout his life, and lived into his 80's. We were always forbidden to ask about D-day, and his time in the Navy. But we always wondered

    • @FreeDocumentaryHistory
      @FreeDocumentaryHistory  5 місяців тому +2

      I am sorry and sad to hear that they didn’t survive Korea. What a loss. What a tragedy.

  • @tekawapangjamir4990
    @tekawapangjamir4990 7 місяців тому +6

    Awesomely documented with precious films .. one of the best have seen till now.

  • @user-ln2sj8oh4q
    @user-ln2sj8oh4q 8 місяців тому +12

    you should make this video public. Great series. George Stevens colour footage really is fantastic work..

    • @FreeDocumentaryHistory
      @FreeDocumentaryHistory  8 місяців тому +7

      It is public.

    • @stanlee2200
      @stanlee2200 8 місяців тому +1

      its as public as it gets isnt it? its free on youtube so share it with everyone you know as im sure the uploader will appreciate that. he defntly deserves it.

    • @user-sz2px8pv3f
      @user-sz2px8pv3f 8 місяців тому +2

      You must live a really hard life

  • @j.t.jaeger1595
    @j.t.jaeger1595 8 місяців тому +8

    Fantastic footage, should be mandatory in schools instead of the nonsense they push.

  • @georgeedward602
    @georgeedward602 8 місяців тому +31

    Very good capturing of the emotion on people's faces. I guess color helps with that in general but most films shown do not do it quite as well. Happy, sad, fearful, pain...etc. Great film coverage.

  • @DETSRC313
    @DETSRC313 9 місяців тому +12

    Has no one else watched this yet?
    It's wild!

    • @triadgaming3323
      @triadgaming3323 9 місяців тому +3

      It is locked behind links, so you would have watch the first,then find the second which is again behind a link in the description section and then you would finally reach here

    • @abrupt_oliver
      @abrupt_oliver 8 місяців тому

      Their teeth are all yellow

    • @CannibaLouiST
      @CannibaLouiST 8 місяців тому

      whats wild about censorship?

    • @gangoffour6690
      @gangoffour6690 8 місяців тому +1

      ​@@abrupt_oliverI wish I had teeth ! 🤣

  • @pascalswager9100
    @pascalswager9100 8 місяців тому +36

    This was amazing to watch. I could nearly smell the smells of the old war museum in Sydney I visited as a kid... funny how I thought that's what war would smell like, in My wiser years I know it must've been so very much worse. So grateful for our freedoms... lest we forget 🙏

    • @itwasagoodideaatthetime7980
      @itwasagoodideaatthetime7980 8 місяців тому +4

      My Uncle who fought in Vietnam said if you want to know how war smells. Go visit a slaughter house without air con in the deep South in August during a heat wave. & then imagine that smell times ten & you're starting to get close to what a battle field smells like.

  • @Silent0992
    @Silent0992 8 місяців тому +15

    you should make this video public. Great series

    • @FreeDocumentaryHistory
      @FreeDocumentaryHistory  8 місяців тому +6

      It is public as of now. One week in advance of its official release, it is available but unlisted - simply means you have to know the link

  • @markknego5743
    @markknego5743 2 місяці тому

    Extraordinary footage with an excellent editing and narration.

  • @jebbroham1776
    @jebbroham1776 7 місяців тому +4

    It's crazy to see Patton in color like that, it makes it all seem so much more recent than 79 years ago.

  • @jimsworthow531
    @jimsworthow531 8 місяців тому +15

    excellent rare footage; thanks.

  • @trevormccarthy9019
    @trevormccarthy9019 8 місяців тому +12

    Amazing documentary

  • @arbaz79
    @arbaz79 7 місяців тому +2

    Incredible WW2 documentary with coloured footages❤.

  • @leosaura1993
    @leosaura1993 5 місяців тому

    Thank you for posting this,

  • @jamesb.9155
    @jamesb.9155 2 місяці тому +1

    Wonderful narration with the two switching back and forth like that. Very well written and narrated.. Beautiful Kodachrome colors of course.

  • @osvaldoelias1943
    @osvaldoelias1943 7 місяців тому +1

    A Fantastic visual for what we hear and read. Thank you 😊

  • @schnubs
    @schnubs 8 місяців тому +6

    This makes ww2 look chill af

    • @bshn10
      @bshn10 7 місяців тому

      it was, we've been lied to

    • @yalinahewage1941
      @yalinahewage1941 Місяць тому

      It was in the Western front 😂

  • @nickthurlow4456
    @nickthurlow4456 8 місяців тому +2

    Absolutely Amazing video, have enjoyed all three can't believe the brilliant colour , Nick from England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  • @joseanrodriguez3423
    @joseanrodriguez3423 8 місяців тому +2

    One of the best colorful footage documentary of ww2 truly 👌

  • @Witchofthewoods.
    @Witchofthewoods. 7 місяців тому +4

    Thank goodness someone was intelligent enough to capture this fascinating time in history. 👏 And it really wasn't that long ago.

    • @hellboundrubber4448
      @hellboundrubber4448 7 місяців тому

      This is the equivalent time span of the 80's to 2023. Not long at all. I'm still in the 80's!

  • @allenschmitz9644
    @allenschmitz9644 7 місяців тому +3

    Yea my dad stepped on shore D-day 9 June 15th of 1944.

  • @solrosenberg4529
    @solrosenberg4529 8 місяців тому +27

    I’ve personally done many things in life that makes me feel proud of myself, such as having a successful marriage, raising two healthy sons and buying a home for us all, but nothing compares to the pride I feel knowing I’m the grandson of a D-Day veteran.

    • @jasonchappina8319
      @jasonchappina8319 7 місяців тому +3

      Everything you said applies to me too, and I agree 100%!

    • @chrishansen4541
      @chrishansen4541 7 місяців тому

      ask him what he did in normandy after D-day

  • @chris.asi_romeo
    @chris.asi_romeo 8 місяців тому +2

    Excellent documentary 💯💯👏👏👏. Love watching old restored videos 📷📷

  • @penttijuvo1147
    @penttijuvo1147 8 місяців тому +4

    This IS great document! Thank you from🇫🇮👋

  • @daniellebcooper7160
    @daniellebcooper7160 7 місяців тому +5

    @44:50. Whenever I see these kids in documentaries, I wonder if they survived the war?...I can only hope they did.
    It makes me appreciate having grown up in Australia.

  • @tacomas9602
    @tacomas9602 8 місяців тому +4

    Seeing these new ww2 docuseries reminds me of the days watching the Military Channel (287 on direcTV) runs of WW2 in Colour.

  • @VanillaGrollia.
    @VanillaGrollia. 8 місяців тому +3

    Dam good video I absolutely love these on films in color.........God Bless

  • @christophermotyka5384
    @christophermotyka5384 7 місяців тому +2

    General Patton was the greatest Officer in WW2 his outspoken behavior was overstated he should been given overall control of the European Theater. Over and over he had to rescue other Generals.

    • @E_Clampus_Vitus
      @E_Clampus_Vitus 2 місяці тому

      He realized communism is the real enemy.

  • @professorwoland3181
    @professorwoland3181 7 місяців тому +2

    The cameraman never dies

  • @NocturnalNews
    @NocturnalNews 8 місяців тому +3

    Been Waiting for this one

  • @dsab381
    @dsab381 8 місяців тому +4

    Great documentaries. Thanks!

  • @lordlapswans
    @lordlapswans 8 місяців тому +8

    Bluring images is the first step at repeating the History you are blurring.

  • @A10Warthog_Pilot
    @A10Warthog_Pilot 8 місяців тому +1

    Amazing cinematography!

  • @mafusaku
    @mafusaku 8 місяців тому +9

    I've known so much more about WWII and gotten curious about it from this series, thanks for all of it

  • @kierangilmartin2315
    @kierangilmartin2315 8 місяців тому +6

    Anyone notice the soldier outside the bar waving the Irish flag? God rest all them brave souls

  • @bensonbui241
    @bensonbui241 5 місяців тому

    Thank Thank you so much for sharing this information with us ……………

  • @joedoakes8307
    @joedoakes8307 8 місяців тому +125

    Dead soldiers are as much a Part of this story as the injured and prisoners , ARE ! Continually blocking their images is to distort the truth of HOW terrible war really IS and always Has BEEN !

    • @bobcarter6869
      @bobcarter6869 8 місяців тому +28

      It's most likely UA-cam rules that they have to follow but I agree with you it should not be censored

    • @lwr413
      @lwr413 8 місяців тому +8

      There is no Censor , all the original poster has to do is post a warning

    • @itwasagoodideaatthetime7980
      @itwasagoodideaatthetime7980 8 місяців тому +12

      ​@@lwr413 Even if they posted a warning they would still be. Demonetised for showing the images uncensored. So if they want to earn any money from people. Viewing their videos they *HAVE* to censor them. Blame UA-cam & their monetization rules not the video's poster.

    • @bryanx5829
      @bryanx5829 8 місяців тому

      That's because war is part of the agenda.

    • @arsenilazarevich8779
      @arsenilazarevich8779 8 місяців тому +2

      Man, I am totally agree, but you the world we live in , don't you? They want to earn money for the work they put in the film. UA-cam would demonetise them if they show such pictures. Unfortunately you can't show anything here.

  • @doraldeddy1836
    @doraldeddy1836 8 місяців тому +7

    Now at the age of 71, I fervently hope that younger folk don’t forget too quickly, what sacrifices were made so people my age and their parents could live out their lives? Of course, in another ?50? years it will be different, but in the world we are in now all generations need to remember what can/could happen, when bad people get into power? Nobody’s perfect, but there are many many more good people than bad!

  • @conceptalfa
    @conceptalfa 8 місяців тому +8

    Great documentary!!!👍👍👍

  • @tommyvictorbuch6960
    @tommyvictorbuch6960 6 місяців тому +1

    Outstanding footage.

  • @James-gr5rz
    @James-gr5rz 8 місяців тому +6

    I went to Germany in the 80s, fantastic, clean, no litter, a bus service on Christmas Day, friendly people, 🤝 hello to Ludswigshafen.

  • @ajmpatriot4899
    @ajmpatriot4899 6 місяців тому +2

    Absolutely fantastic!

  • @Certified_gainster
    @Certified_gainster 8 місяців тому +12

    That soldier who hit the German officer in the head with his helmet 🪖 was unexpected lol 😅

    • @imapaine-diaz4451
      @imapaine-diaz4451 7 місяців тому

      YOu can tell the the officer was mouthing off just before he was hit. Captured prisoners really shouldn't be doing that to a combat soldier after he was just shooting germans a few hours before. 😠😠

    • @E_Clampus_Vitus
      @E_Clampus_Vitus 2 місяці тому

      He walked back and stole something from him right afterwards. Probably cigs. No honor. 😂

  • @thebirdbrand
    @thebirdbrand 8 місяців тому +5

    There was a large German POW Camp in my town in Canada. A few were sentenced to death by hanging where there is now a skating rink

    • @christonefeltzs5149
      @christonefeltzs5149 8 місяців тому +3

      In 1942, after the Allied defeat of German forces in North Africa, 10,000 German POWs were shipped from Cairo, Egypt, to New York, transferred to the Canadian Pacific Railway and moved to Ozada camp on the Alberta prairie.

  • @jenniferwong4530
    @jenniferwong4530 7 місяців тому +3

    Thank goodness men like Roosevelt and Churchhill were in power. They guided the world to victory. It was at a terrible cost of life. So much death all for the ego of one megalomaniac dictator. May we learn the lessons of history and never repeat them. Rest in Peace 🙏🙏🙏

  • @xochitl9161
    @xochitl9161 5 місяців тому

    Excellent footage.

  • @gc3847
    @gc3847 8 місяців тому +6

    The Director ,John Ford ," I only saw 1 body floating in the sea! " Where did he land ? Blackpool?

  • @jhondelvirtudazo3672
    @jhondelvirtudazo3672 8 місяців тому +3

    keep posting docu like this please

  • @AcidGambit419
    @AcidGambit419 8 місяців тому +6

    1943 - i cant believe how much color film this guy is wasting!
    2023 - thank god that guy filmed so much stuff in color!

  • @t5ruxlee210
    @t5ruxlee210 7 місяців тому +5

    Actual real movie film of D-Day is extremely rare. The "Go For It" decision very much hinged on the fact that the stormy weather off Normandy in early June is normally very consistent. In 1944 an unusual thing happened. The Allies knew that what appeared to the Germans as one large incoming storm system was actually two lesser systems separated by a possible few days of acceptable weather for a landing. This choice was very unhelpful to the medium bomber pre landings missions and the paratroop deployments but overall, it came as a complete stunning surprise to the German high command.

    • @stanleybroniszewsky8538
      @stanleybroniszewsky8538 7 місяців тому

      From what I understand, there would have been much fewer Allied casualties if the weather was more favorable. The water currents from the English Channel played a big factor in that.

  • @largebiff1743
    @largebiff1743 7 місяців тому +2

    There were more POW camps in Canada than in the US so thanks for not mentioning it cause they like to go unnoticed for their good deeds.

  • @AbdulRasheed-go7tq
    @AbdulRasheed-go7tq 8 місяців тому +1

    Great work

  • @AutomotiveShorts9905
    @AutomotiveShorts9905 8 місяців тому

    5:01 Is that LST-325? The one that now cruises around the Mississippi River?

  • @Chiller11
    @Chiller11 7 місяців тому +2

    There was never an intent to occupy or administer Paris by the Americans. The only question was which Frenchman would be at the head of the French post occupation government. By the time of the liberation de Gaulle had established himself as the most powerful candidate. There was a sense of ambivalence and resignation among both the British and the Americans.

  • @u.s.militia7682
    @u.s.militia7682 8 місяців тому +7

    I so wish I could’ve lived back then. Instead of serving corporate America today I could’ve actually fought in a just war. I feel so damned embarrassed over it sometimes.

  • @HammerJammer81
    @HammerJammer81 9 місяців тому +15

    Massive amounts of German POW's were also sent to the prairies in Canada, where many of their families still reside.

    • @christonefeltzs5149
      @christonefeltzs5149 8 місяців тому

      In 1942, after the Allied defeat of German forces in North Africa, 10,000 German POWs were shipped from Cairo, Egypt, to New York, transferred to the Canadian Pacific Railway and moved to Ozada camp on the Alberta prairie.

    • @Chiller11
      @Chiller11 7 місяців тому +1

      Among them were numerous members of the 14th SS Division Galicia one of whom (Yaroslav Hunka) was honoured in the Canadian Parliament a few days ago. The ceremony proved highly embarrassing to the ruling Liberal government. It was an unwelcome reminder of the British decision to shelter members of the 14th SS after the war.

    • @GRbobkaina
      @GRbobkaina 6 місяців тому

      Same in France.. my grand parents had" their" German Soldier helping in the farm.. He stayed for a few years

  • @jackbassett9365
    @jackbassett9365 7 місяців тому +2

    The Juno Beach segment went by without a single mention of Canada and mostly seemed to show American uniforms. It was Canada's beach.

    • @shecksthesheckler423
      @shecksthesheckler423 7 місяців тому +3

      According to American and French history only the Americans liberated France, The British, Canadians, Polish and Free French hardly ever get a mention

    • @E_Clampus_Vitus
      @E_Clampus_Vitus 2 місяці тому

      Did those soldiers get paychecks? If they got paid. We’re all good and they owed nothing more. If you think they are you should take it up with the bankers who funded the war. It’s their baby. The soldiers are just tools looking for a paycheck.

  • @larrymiller8210
    @larrymiller8210 5 місяців тому

    Excellent! Thanks!

  • @patrickrose1221
    @patrickrose1221 8 місяців тому +8

    The feeling of despair that they all had to go through another seven to eight months is tangable 😢, especially with the ww1 graves plus the world today. A war to end all wars?

  • @pgakagi
    @pgakagi 8 місяців тому +4

    Love that 29:19 moment. Some classy salute 🤣

  • @user-vh3fr3lb8w
    @user-vh3fr3lb8w 8 місяців тому +3

    Thiis is what we call documentaries

  • @JP-uk9uc
    @JP-uk9uc 8 місяців тому +7

    Vicious fighting was far worse in the Pacific, for within it brutalities still not yet repeated, thank God.

  • @ronaldstrange8981
    @ronaldstrange8981 3 місяці тому

    How fortunate that these documentaries are still available. This is history for real. England, January, 2024.

    • @jamesb.9155
      @jamesb.9155 2 місяці тому

      They should probably be withdrawn. They may be too revealing and cause triggering to today's wokes.

  • @AbhaySingh-gg6qh
    @AbhaySingh-gg6qh 7 місяців тому

    Could u pls tell about background music at 27:25

  • @untalfelipin5202
    @untalfelipin5202 8 місяців тому +9

    Does it all end here or is there part 4?

    • @UnknownUser-fe5zu
      @UnknownUser-fe5zu 8 місяців тому

      The war ended after France was liberated. Everybody knows this.
      🙄

    • @FreeDocumentaryHistory
      @FreeDocumentaryHistory  8 місяців тому +6

      This series ends with part 3 but we have another one coming up which will also look like this one and deal with the end of WW2 in Europe.

    • @FreeDocumentaryHistory
      @FreeDocumentaryHistory  8 місяців тому +4

      last in the 3-part series

    • @kameel28
      @kameel28 8 місяців тому +1

      @@FreeDocumentaryHistory thank you! Really enjoyed and learned a lot!

    • @userman444
      @userman444 8 місяців тому +1

      what about Soviet solders planting red flag on the Reichstag ? what about the Victory day ? That how that war was ended. Looks like you forgot to cover the most important and biggest part of that story...

  • @anthonyrickard5753
    @anthonyrickard5753 6 місяців тому

    Love the colour here, very vibrant!

  • @howl_with_the_wolves
    @howl_with_the_wolves 8 місяців тому +4

    On the Western front German troops were eager to surrender it was a completely different story on the Eastern front where the fighting was gruesome.

  • @bobschenkel7921
    @bobschenkel7921 2 місяці тому

    17:06 The Jeep with "Hocus Pocus Focus" on it's windshield base, is a preview of a Dutch music group, and a song they wrote. "Hocus Pocus" by Focus, in the 1970's. A funny coincidence worth noting.

  • @colxdark
    @colxdark 5 місяців тому

    Just a quick question did the camera man have weapons on them?

  • @dr.barrycohn5461
    @dr.barrycohn5461 Місяць тому +1

    Thumbs up for the blurring of certain gruesome photos as their actual wounds are immaterial.

  • @virginianative847
    @virginianative847 8 місяців тому +2

    This is great

  • @knkimmel7409
    @knkimmel7409 8 місяців тому +1

    Thanks!

  • @yvc9
    @yvc9 8 місяців тому +1

    The music in this episode is mesmerizing.

  • @g4joe
    @g4joe 7 місяців тому +3

    My Dad says the whole War was in colour. 😄

  • @rolfagten857
    @rolfagten857 8 місяців тому +1

    Monty's hat was in Bayeux. At the war museum in 2001.

  • @notmenotme614
    @notmenotme614 8 місяців тому

    4:42 what does the yellow band signify on his helmet and what weapon is he carrying?

    • @phantom8700
      @phantom8700 6 місяців тому

      The United States Constabulary was a United States Army military gendarmerie force
      The uniform of the Constabulary trooper was designed both to make him easily recognizable and to distinguish him as a member of an elite force. The "Lightning Bolt" shoulder patch consisting of a circular yellow shoulder patch with the border of the patch and the letter "C" in the middle being in blue. A red lightning bolt appeared diagonally angled downward from right to left in the center of the "C". The yellow, blue, and red combined the colors of the cavalry, infantry, and artillery. Their motto was "Mobility, Vigilance, Justice." To make the troops more distinctive they were given US Cavalry bright golden yellow scarves, combat boots with a smooth outer surface designed to be spit shined, and helmet liners bearing the Constabulary insignia and yellow and blue stripes.[1] One ex-member of the force[who?] remembered being called a "circle C cowboy" by soldiers from American regular army units