2010 Patton Tour - Omaha Beach 'Charlie' & 'Dog Green' sectors (Pill Box)
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- Опубліковано 15 кві 2013
- 2010 In The Footsteps Of Patton - Stephen Ambrose tour with our host and guide, Kevin Hymel.
Kevin Hymel discusses the assault on Omaha Beach by the 2nd Ranger Battalion led by Captain Ralph Goranson after landing and moving inward through the Vierville draw.
Thank you all for your service
At 8:20 , you get a terrible idea of the hundreds of feet of open, exposed beach the U.S. forces needed to cross. Then there were the high hills and cliffs ahead of them. All protected by obstacles and enemy fire. Little wonder the first and second waves had terrible losses.
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Those "boxes" were Heavy Anti-Tank Bunkers that shielded their beach side from Naval Gunfire Support choosing instead to target the length of the beach from each end of it facing one-another. This way they stay protected as well as fire upon any tanks that finally make it ashore. It was a very effective Anti-Tank (AT) setup. Fortunately it wasn't well equipped to stop infantry, and as a result these AT bunkers then fell prey to the infantry forces once the surrounding enemy infantry support was neutralized.
Yes its was an Anti-tank bunker for a 7.5cm Pak 40 field cannon with an Anti-flame pepperpot brake and its not a Machine Gun Pillbox.
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o i see charlie and dog green are right next to eachother, cause it says captain Goranson landed at dog green, like in saving private ryan.
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Ich war selbst an der Stelle mehrfach. Es ist erschreckend was Menschen anrichten koennen
Correct me if I'm wrong, but the decision to attack this section of the beach was not up to Capt. Goranson, but Lt. Col. Max Schneider; who in turn was waiting for the signal from the Rangers at Point-Du-Hoc to reinforce them. The signal didn't come (on time) so Schneider decided to commit his troops to the beach instead.
James Seaford Company C 2nd rangers landed next to A/116 at Charlie sector according to the plan. But companies A &B were supposed to land at pointe du hoc , but rerouted to Doggreen as didn't get signal from col Rudder.
Damn. thats a lot of beach to cross.
Isn't this the same area William of Normandy had a MASSIVE ship building program to conquer England in 1066. Amazing history in Normandy.
i seen that place at our picture frame!!!
I was there too!
3rd Army landed at Utah, weeks after D-day, Patton never saw Omaha
Steve Howle Very true. My father, in the yellow wind breaker, landed on Utah. This was simply a stop on the tour. The historian never mentions Patton in this clip. He is discussing the 2nd Ranger Battalion.
so this is Omaha Beach?
Fun Fact: There was a French citizen handing out wine to the soldiers who landed on unprotected areas
I'll be there in under a month! Can't wait!! Also have never heard of that paratrooper incident, where the one soldier witnessed the other paratroopers flying into the propellors of the C-47s behind them. Chilling, very chilling. What a mess, D-Day was....but a successfull mess, nonetheless
We're was this mentioned
I don't doubt it happened, as many soldiers were killed in training and other accidents. With that said, I doubt a paratrooper witnessed such a thing. They dumped out of their planes going too fast and too low. The moment they hit the blast of air, their leg-bags, helmets, rifles, etc. ripped right off and were lost forever. From that point on all of their attention would be on the many tracer bullets coming up to greet them. I find it very, very hard to believe someone was looking up (through a parachute, no less) to watch the scenery, and somehow saw people hitting propellers hundreds of feet above them in the dark.
If it is Patton tour, should that be in England?
This was simply a stop on the tour. The historian never mentions Patton in this clip. He is discussing the 2nd Ranger Battalion. Shortly after visiting here and the American Cemetery, our next stop was Nehou where the 3rd Army became operational.
I'm mad they destroyed those photos... he should of made copies and kept them in a vault for himself
D day epic
How much does it cost to visit Omaha beach ?
Its free.
Mike Hurley thanks I hope I get a chance to go someday
@@maina_1116 I was there last year, brilliant place, if you get the chance then do it, you will not be sorry.
2:25 wait what?
Patton took Cherbourg I believe
It's must be very sad for someone who fought here, who came back decades later. It even more sad (to think) that someone knew the exact same spot where he was in cover for the whole battle.
I always thought of it like that O.o
Point du Hoc war ein Fehlschlag die Rangers würden dort nur verheizt den die Geschütze waren schon längst abgebaut und ins Hinterland gebracht.
Bradley command on normandy, Patton not! he still in england, operate ops Bodyguard!
Patton learned about the D-Day landings in the newspaper.
hundreds soldiers are celebrating at the beach a
Police academy music at the end 😆👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
What a load of tripe. And this guy is classed as a Normandy Guide ???? Don't book on any of his tours.
WORLD WAR II
This is garbage. Patton didn't even have a D-Day invasion command. So how could anything on an invasion beach in Normandy be called "in the Footsteps of Patton." He was a decoy running a nonexistent army in England when D-Day occurred because he had lost the respect of his men by slapping traumatized combat soldiers recovering from shellshock. On several occasions.
My dad was in Patton's Third Army and despised the man to his dying day. As did most of Patton's men.
Dad's company of combat engineers landed in gliders during D-Day (not under Patton's command) and went through everything from the Battle of the Bulge to death camp liberations.
They were nearly annihilated after all that in the final week of the war - along with 10 other companies of combat engineers - when Patton defied orders to attack the German troops waiting to surrender on the other side of the Elba River.
Patton was reprimanded for that needless action, which ensured that thousands of combat veterans who had earned the right to go home to their families died for nothing.
My dad was the recipient of multiple bronze stars and purple hearts and if he were alive to day he would tell you all three things:
First, Patton didn't die by accident. He was fragged by his men.
Two, his "old blood and guts" nickname was pure propaganda and his men ridiculed it by saying "yeah, our blood and his guts."
And three, he would ask you to stop mindlessly celebrating Patton and sanitizing his military record.
Johnny Cade He died in an automobile accident.
Johnny Cade That's a bit like saying that Lincoln died at home in his bed. It's technically true, but he didn't die of natural causes.
Johnny Cade I should have said that he died as a result of the accident.
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Look man, I wasn't there. But the German government says there were death camps and they're standing on their own feet once again.
My dad said he participated in the "liberation" of one. He didn't talk much about it, but I knew the man and when he said they didn't take prisoners there and the guards didn't try to surrender, it sounded like a very unpleasant memory for him. Not one he made up or was bragging about.
That's good enough for me.
VJ Epstein I accidentally linked that last message to you. That was meant for *****.
Well Patton might have pissed his pants if he had to run straight into a bunker with Germans and their beasty MG42