Simply the best Overlord I've ever seen. The breaking it down day by day was brilliant! And the logical use of maps makes for clarity not seen elsewhere.
We should never, ever forget that we owe our freedom and peace to every single allied soldier who fought in Normandy and in particular to those who gave their lives during the campaign. My dear Dad was one of those who survived against all odds.
I’m glad he came home to his family. My grandfather was a rare breed of man who served in WW1 as a Scot and WW2 as a Canadian. I never knew him, but my father’s pride for his Dad was tremendous.
@@elaineburnett5230 Thank you for your kind words. Sadly my father passed away in 2012 aged 87 after a long, happy and eventful life and 65 years of marriage to my mother.
I've seen plenty of WW2 documentaries but this is, by far, the best one I've seen as it shows the real battle of Normandy and the humanity lost - on both sides. This should be required viewing in history courses. Outstanding.
This film failed to explain that the Brits and Canadians were fighting all of the German Panzers and most Elite SS troops in Normandy France from D-day onwards. Over 850 Panzers alone. A sacrifice to allow the US to break out in operation Cobra.
I am still surprised by new footage that comes along about this era. Great video and very much worth watching by anybody interested in this time period. Thank you for posting. A great service by doing so..
The way this film was made would make anyone believe that it was only the USA in WW2/Normandy! This film failed to explain that the Brits and Canadians were fighting all of the German Panzers and most Elite SS troops in Normandy France from D-day onwards. Over 850 Panzers alone. A sacrifice to allow the US to break out in operation Cobra.
My Dad entered the fray of D Day. He talked about the losses and the grit of the soldiers. He then followed General Patton to The Battle of The Bulge. My Mom worked and prayed at home. ❤❤❤
This should be shown in every school and university in the UK. To show the sacrifice that was made and that freedom should not be taken for granted. For the freedom we have today was due to the sacrifice of the many.
In Canada as well. My father had an amazingly deep knowledge of WW2. He spoke to my son’s high school history class. He loved it. He was a great storyteller. He proudly served Canada for 32 years, and raised 3 children who all found careers in service of their communities because we were taught that we all need to find a way to serve. I grew up on military bases, so I thought everyone grew up the way I did. My first public school was a huge surprise. How did they NOT know about how important our role was?
That iconic film of soldiers climbing off their landing craft at Juno beach was the Canadian Regiments the North shore New Brunswick regiment. Their film/ photo specialist Sergeant Bill Grant decided to mount his automatic camera on the bullock of the landing craft and just let his lens record history in the making.
The Best War Doco made. AND!! NO BLURRING OUT OF DEAD & WOUNDED!! 👏👏👏👏👏👍👍👍👍👍 People have to see these scenes to understand what munitions do to a human body during war. Not pretty at all.
I'm watching this documentary now 80 years after 6 june 1944. Detailed with facts I've never seen before. What a battle. I hope it will never happen again. Lest we forget.
They changed the history of the world. The best generation that has ever lived on earth. The effort they made should be classified as one of the wonders of the earth. I admire them deeply, honorably and I have them to thank for my life I have today!
It always fascinates me when I see old footage like this and wonder how they got it, a camera man running around in all these dangerous war zones close up in Personal with soldiers doing battle. What Incredible men all of them we owe them so much. 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇨🇦🇫🇷❤
If anyone is interested there's a new 3 part series called D Day the Unheard Tapes. Old interviews and footage brought back to life never before heard or seen. Hands down one of the best DDay documentaries I've watched and I've watched a fair few.
There is stock footage of Day 2 where they knocked out 2 recaptured French Tanks. Lot of the Men on the Coast were Eastern European Prisoner of war who changed sides. The picture changes when primary sources are looked into
The British and Canadians were not defeated at Caen. The whole point was to draw in the German armour into a battle for Caen and keep it away from the American beaches. The city meant nothing. It was the roads through Caen to Carentan and St.Lô the Germans needed.
The commentary needs to be called out as completely inaccurate. Especially as some will do no reading or research and will believe this tripe as gospel.
It is our duty to remember in any way we can , those wonderful brave souls who fought for our freedom of today . And yet that same battle is still being fought in Ukraine at this very moment . And those that think otherwise are sadly short sighted . Germany , Japan , Italy back then . Russia , China , and Iran at this very moment . The only difference is the passage of time in-between . The goals are still the same . Those that are prepared to fight for freedom , in anyway they can . As against those that have turned their backs on freedom , and insist in there being a totalitarian system , if necessary by the use of force . The future is without doubt uncertain , the outcome is in the balance of time .
Love history stuff plus my grandfather was a paratroopers in the US army in Normandy he lived to be 99 he always went to the cemetery every anniversary and memorial day he was buried at Arlington 😢😢❤❤❤
Several divisions of Germans did escape, in part because Bradley feared that American and other allied forces would fire on one another. Many of those ended up in the Netherlands and got revenge at Arnheim.
Never is the question raised: How come the generals were unprepared for the Bocages? Did they NOT know they were so unlike hedgerows in England in which the troops were trained? Surely they had the intelligence resources.
Fabulous Great camera work by great and brave camera men. Let’s hope these films are never destroyed. They should be shown in school. Also The Band of Brothers.
You missing the Canadian flag 🇨🇦! I’m a fiercely proud daughter of a family who served Canada for 32 years. I say family because my mother always said that no one serves alone.
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June 10, 1944 In reprisal for French Resistance fighters sabotage around D Day, the village of Oradour-Sur- Glane is wiped out by an SS unit. Every man woman and child is shot dead. No French resistance operated within 100 miles of the town.
You are missing a large piece,i discovered an amphibious Sherman tank near Torcross,which was salvaged, just during the preparations in England many died
9:22 All the Panzer tanks heavily armoured and the outgunned the Sherman armor is lighter. But the Panzers being heavier need more petrol plus while a marvel of engineering it was harder to repair. The Sherman is lighter yes, but the wheels tracks of each of the Sherman's are much easier to reach and repair than a Panzer. So the damaged Sherman could be repaired or track or wheels parts could be taken to repair still usable Shermans. Where did i find this the UK Tank museum at Bovington Dorset has a Sherman Fury side by side with a Panzer he pointed out the difference between the two and repairability.
Sherman’s were lighter and not as strong as panzers but could easily be maintained and repaired. Not so with the heavy, mechanically complex German tanks.
Excellent! I really found this analysis of D-Day and the ensuing weeks and months to be absolutely gripping, compelling. The original footage, while shocking and horrendous in its brutality and senseless deaths, was fascinating. Well done for sure. I'll be looking for more documentaries on this channel. 👍🏻💪🏻🇺🇲
The gold standard of WWII documentaries is the BBC series “World at War.” Quality is established at the outset in Part 1, with the opening description of the Oradour-Sur-Glane tragedy. I hope the films will be restored to this quality.
They have been. I have a wonderful remastered series 26 episodes plus the extra 4 that were made in the late 70s narrated by Eric Porter, and so additional extras.
GREATEST DOCUMENTARY...I AM FROM THE PHILIPPINES MY LATE FATHER WAS A WW2 VETERAN IN THE THICK BATTLEFIELD OF LEYTE...TO DESTROY THE CRUEL JAPANESE SOLDIER...SIDE BY SIDE WITH THE FIERCE AMERICAN SOLDIERS..DURING Gen..Douglas Macthur Leyte Landing in Palo Leyte..
And let’s not forget the incredible bravery of DeGaullle… Who didn’t even leave Algiers and step foot in France until the middle of September…THREE MONTHS AFTER D-DAY!!!
the best generation .. these young men going over there who we're speaking from America where anywhere between 18 to 23 and some were up to 25 and said the thing had a job to do and they weren't going to stop until their job was completed ..that's amazing because you would never hear 20-year-old said that today or 20 year olds in 2000 say that ..the silent generation grew up differently also and did the Baby Boomers and I'm Generation X ..my whole family it served and except for my mom and dad went in the Navy and my long-term best friend and I went in the Marine Corps and he was a man and I was a woman and then finally when we were 19 we ended up getting started dating finally and got married .. he ended up finally talking me into going to officer candidate School by the time I had been in 4 years and he had been in 6 years so he went ahead and got out of the Marine Corps and I went to officer candidate School ..there's nothing like being active duty military because if it's made for you and vice versa it's the biggest family you ever have .
Thank you for serving. There aren't a lot of young ppl now who are willing to do so, let alone make the sacrifices that the young ppl did during WW2. My father in law 2as a bombardier over N Africa and I'm just now researching his service. What a brave man. Shot down and taken prisoner twice.
I'm a mellenial (38yr old) . In 2000 we were getting along just fine with everybody in my town, and we loved our country. We went to war for 20 years plus, when 911 hit us like a bomb us teenagers were scared but rallied like the rest of the country more than ever since the Pearl Harbor attack imo based off all the old folks I was raised around "and admires" listening to their stories. We fought for this country just like you and most generations before us, we supported our troops more than ever then, young and old, I rock an Amercian Flag out front year round, because ni matter what I love this country. WE kids were very patriotic here in Texas about country and state in 2000. I took offense to your comment about us 2000s kids not being patriotic, we were lady, and proud of it! My elite life I've heard it boomers literally, and now you. Thanks for missing everything we went through and how we love our country. I'd eat your lunch for that comment more if I had more time.
Pity it doesn't make any mention of the enormous contribution the 1st Polish Armoured Division (part of the Canadian Corp) made to defeating the Germans in the Falaise pocket. The Poles under General Maczek were described as the cork in the bottle, both preventing the trapped German 7th Army from escaping and holding off the 2SS and 9SS panzer divisions breaking thru to open up a gap. In doing so they fought heroically and suffered horific casualties but they held out for 3 days all the while waiting on the Canadians to provide support. When the Canadians got there they charged down with Bayonets since they had run out of ammunition. Yet for all the valor of the Poles they were treated very shabbily by Britain, although the 301 Polish fighter squadron was the top scoring fighter squadron of the battle of britain, no polish troops were allowed to march in the huge 1946 London Victory Parade to appease the Soviets and Maczek himself had to work as a waiter in Edinburgh because he received no military pension from the British. But without the Poles being the cork in the bottle many more germans would have escaped to fight another day.
@@nancymilawski1048 The Anzacs divisions fought in the desert and in Crete but were withdrawn to the South Pacific when the japanese got close to Australia (NZ was a bit further away). There were Australian pilots in RAF squadrons but no Australian units at Normandy.
The terrible treatment of the Poles at the end of the war was down to the Yanks not the British, the Yanks did not want the Poles in the US controlled sector of Berlin or western Europe so though they would make them go away. I can tell you that in my town here in the UK the Polish fighters are well respected and remembered with a memorial built to them and their graves in the local graveyards being well tended to.
@@george-ev1dq Clement Atlee was the British PM then and an ardent socalist who didn't want to upset Uncle Joe. He made the decison that the Poles could not march as Poland was now under Soviet control.
@@nancymilawski1048I wouldn't say that too loud mate ..we had our own divisions ..2nd NZ Division..lead by our own countrymen..Aussies had their own divisions as well ...we not poms ..we fought alongside the poms...we made sure we weren't going to be led by the poms again after the first world war
The American Mulberry destruction affected the Allied effort the whole war until Antwerp was retaken in 45 Quote: “A storm of Force 6-7 raged through the English Channel on 19-22 June. On receiving the weather forecast the British took extreme precautions, even threatening to sink ships that were not unloading if they refused to leave the harbour. Ships or Bombardons that broke loose were to be sunk with PIATs if they were to threaten the integrity of the harbour. The effect on the British was five destroyed Phoenixes, damaged piers, the disintegration of the Bombardons, and about 250 small craft sunk or battered onto the shore. The effect on the Americans was much worse due to: (i) the more exposed position of Mulberry A; (ii) their failure to construct their Gooseberries to design; (iii) their failure to construct the Mulberry to specification; and (iv) their failure to take adequate precautions on hearing the forecast of the storm. They lost their piers as well as twenty Phoenixes, seven blockships and over 100 small craft. Eisenhower ordered that Mulberry A should be abandoned and what was salvageable was used to reinforce Mulberry B.”
Ok, blooper #1 at 9:48 the illustration showing what is being called a Panther beside a Sherman tank for comparison, is actually a Tiger II of which only a Battalion arrived on/after July 11th. Blooper # 2 at 12:51 states that Michael Wittmann was a Tiger tank Battalion Commander when in fact the Tiger Company of LSSAH was transferred to the 1st SS Panzer Corps in April 1944 as a corps asset & wasn't attached to any Division or Regiment, and Wittmann only commanded the 2nd Company which had been reduced to around 7-8 working vehicles by June 13th.
Being an Ex Soldier I know what it is like and yes it only takes one man to start it off all over again. But after two World Wars There is a ??? Whether the human race will let it escalate into that again. If it does bring it on. If it does it will change the attitude of our current young generations for the better. As it will pull them into line with the real reality of life and not the superficial life that some selfishly lead!
This is one of the better documentaries that I have seen about D-Day and Normandy battle. The destruction and carnage was unbelievable. Thank goodness we had Patton and Bradley for the allies. If Montgomery was the top commander, it would of been a different outcome. He was one of the most over rated generals of WW2.
fool..Monty was the most successful genral in the ETO..Patton at Metz 55k troops lost in 3 months after he said he would take it in 10 days..Bradley the Hurtgen forest 33k troops lost should have by passed it..i forgot to add for the 1st few months Monty was commander of all ground troops and Overlord finished 2 weeks ahead of time with 25% less casualties than predicted.
@@johndawes9337 The narrator fails to mention the British Poles and Canadians faced most of the heavy tanks and the S.S. That was the idea so the Americans with more men could break out. The big picture proved this course correct.
Salutes and tributes to all allied forces who saved the world from the evil forces.... Condolances to America, uk, france, Russia, canada, australia, Scandinavian countries and all allied forces faught and died for liberation.
Normandy got shot to pieces. Villages flattened, Caen and St Lo flattened by the heavies. Cherbourg harbour destroyed. Emphasised in the film. Most of the rest of France escaped a similar fate.
Conclusion; As eoon as the Germans saw Patton, and the American 3rd Army, They should have just surrendered. If they had, as Patton said, he wouldnt have had to erase places from the map.
The very first thing the Americans did was to isolate the Germans in Cherbourg so that reinforcements could not reach them. This was done by advancing all the way from the channel to the small bay where the islands of Gurnsey and Jersey are located. This kept reinforcements from getting to them but the Germans tried hard. For some reason this absolutely essential maneuver is left out of the program. Another thing. I have read General Omar Bradleys' book "A Soldier's Story" and he absolutely and definitively says that the plan was ALWAYS that Montgomery would hold down the Germans and their armor in the east to prevent them from attacking to the west so as to give the Americans time to capture Cherbourg and then cross through the hedgerows. As far as I know and I have studied the battle of Normandy through to the Battle or France and only the Panzer Lehr with Panther Tanks attacked the Americans before they could reach St. Lo. So why is this not in the documentary as well? To keep reporting on a known falsehood that Montgomery could not get out of the East is worse than not knowing anything at all. This video is great for all the photos but the dialogue is lacking in facts.
Or any planned easter festivities for the year ahead, interesting fashion trends, unusual cloud formations, it’s shocking how little one can cover in a 50 minute documentary about 85 days in The Battle of Normandy. Perhaps you could fund a sequel…
The history in this documentary is what I would expect from a schoolboy whose only knowledge of Normandy is playing Call of Duty. The historians featured are better than this.
Sorry, not excellent - Monty was to capture Caen on D-1 and Rommel was in fact not ever a part of this battle. He had command but was absent on leave, then strafed on his way home then forced to commit suicide. That was the reason this took an extras few weeks. This was as much a build up of supplies as a battle to take Cherbuorg with a holding battle by the Brits. The footage here is superb and worth watching - Normandy completely destroyed the German army of the west and France fell with low casualties after this action.
Not true, Nice France the southern landing in South France later on, inland allies lost lots of men Check out battles of southern France some amazing videos & stories
'Monty was to capture Caen on D-1' No. No auch commitment as made. 'and Rommel was in fact not ever a part of this battle.' No. Rommel was in the battle until 17th July.
There's a prevalent urban myth that les Francais don't much care for the yanks, and maybe it has to do with the Americans bombing France before D-day. Maybe it was necessary for strategic reasons, but les Francais couldn't have known that. Also les Francais surrendered quickly to the Germans at the beginning of the war in order to not have to fight the Germans in Paris.
Well explain this to me. Why is it every time I ask a young person “Do you know anything about WW2 anything and how it started or ended?” WHY? Is it I always get the answer No I don’t know anything about WW2!!🥴🥴 A high % of our youth is living in LALA LAND! Run by BARBIE!!
You are dreaming, or innocently ignorant. This history has been either excluded or reframed to fit the indoctrination in Western education systems. It is a disgrace. My father fought there, and today I am glad he is not alive to witness the legacy of so much sacrifice. And on foreign soil.
It is mind boggling that they went into Normandy without a plan at all to deal with the hedgerows. They had 100's of recon flights and had to have known about them.
I often think the Canadian and Poles soldiers in a lot of documentaries are often not either mentioned or very little. A lot depends on who is producing the film.
The rocky soils of those parts of Normandy have been cultivated for thousands of years.... over the centuries the generations of farmers have picked rocks out of the fields as they sowed their crops and threw them to the field margins..... imagine that going on non stop for 2000 years, and you get the picture.
The narrator doesn't start off well by claiming the Normandy landings were a turning point. They weren't. The tables had already turned earlier in the war. Some claim after Stalingrad, others after Kursk and even some say that the momentum was gone as early as late 1941/early 1942, after Barbarossa had failed to decisively defeat the Soviets. Normandy was important, no doubt about that, but it wasn't a turning point.
Don’t forget the invasion of Italy (the soft underbelly of Europe). Once Italy capitulated and the Germans had to bring in more manpower to staunch the allied advance, liberation had already began.
I have so many questions about D-Day •Why didn’t the American naval and air bombardments neutralize the Nazis on the beaches? •How did so many American soldiers make it on shore with the Germans shooting at them like sitting ducks? •In “A Band of Brothers” the paratroopers neutralized the guns firing on Omaha Beach so who was shooting at the soldiers? I’m confused about these things 🤔
Simply the best Overlord I've ever seen. The breaking it down day by day was brilliant! And the logical use of maps makes for clarity not seen elsewhere.
We should never, ever forget that we owe our freedom and peace to every single allied soldier who fought in Normandy and in particular to those who gave their lives during the campaign. My dear Dad was one of those who survived against all odds.
Thank your father for his service.
I’m glad he came home to his family. My grandfather was a rare breed of man who served in WW1 as a Scot and WW2 as a Canadian. I never knew him, but my father’s pride for his Dad was tremendous.
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Thank you for your kind words. Sadly my father passed away in 2012 aged 87 after a long, happy and eventful life and 65 years of marriage to my mother.
@@leslieshand4509how come he loved war so much?
@@dondamon4669 he didn’t love war, he loved his country. He believed that it was his responsibility to serve. Why would you ask if he loved war?
I've seen plenty of WW2 documentaries but this is, by far, the best one I've seen as it shows the real battle of Normandy and the humanity lost - on both sides. This should be required viewing in history courses. Outstanding.
The American hating, fascist, Democrats of America would never allow this to be shown in a public school.
The American hating fascist democrats would not allow this to be shown in history classes.
The Stupidity of war.
It's biblical ,wars is biblical since the first sin committed by Adam and Eve.
This film failed to explain that the Brits and Canadians were fighting all of the German Panzers and most Elite SS troops in Normandy France from D-day onwards. Over 850 Panzers alone. A sacrifice to allow the US to break out in operation Cobra.
As a WWII Buff this is, by far, the best one I've seen AFTER THE BEACHES
Definitely one of the best put together ones in long time for sure 😊😁
Excellent yes. But revisit the BBC produced series “World at War.”
Wait your a ww2 buff but don't mention point du hoc
This was excellent. Watching it on D-Day + 80 years.
Me too
I had an uncle that landed on Omaha on D-day as a 19 yr old medic. He survived the war and died in 1998.
Eternal Gratitude for those of the greatest generation; giving their lives to defeat evil. Thank you all.
those men were tough. agreed on that man. We are free because of them
If they could see the current state of their country they would’ve stopped fighting buddy 😂
My deepest appreciation for all who have served, and are serving. May all the fallen rest in peace.
❤
My great grandparents were there too
I am still surprised by new footage that comes along about this era.
Great video and very much worth watching by anybody interested in this time period.
Thank you for posting. A great service by doing so..
The way this film was made would make anyone believe that it was only the USA in WW2/Normandy!
This film failed to explain that the Brits and Canadians were fighting all of the German Panzers and most Elite SS troops in Normandy France from D-day onwards. Over 850 Panzers alone. A sacrifice to allow the US to break out in operation Cobra.
Thank you for not Blurring everything.
My Dad entered the fray of D Day. He talked about the losses and the grit of the soldiers. He then followed General Patton to The Battle of The Bulge. My Mom worked and prayed at home. ❤❤❤
Wars have been deliberate political crimes, primarily caused by USA!
This should be shown in every school and university in the UK. To show the sacrifice that was made and that freedom should not be taken for granted. For the freedom we have today was due to the sacrifice of the many.
In Canada as well. My father had an amazingly deep knowledge of WW2. He spoke to my son’s high school history class. He loved it. He was a great storyteller. He proudly served Canada for 32 years, and raised 3 children who all found careers in service of their communities because we were taught that we all need to find a way to serve. I grew up on military bases, so I thought everyone grew up the way I did. My first public school was a huge surprise. How did they NOT know about how important our role was?
Don't show the yanks then they might realise it wasn't just them in the war 😂😂
We won the war bub
History is mainly about appeasing Hollywood fans
That iconic film of soldiers climbing off their landing craft at Juno beach was the Canadian Regiments the
North shore New Brunswick regiment. Their film/ photo specialist Sergeant Bill Grant decided to mount his automatic camera on the bullock of the landing craft and just let his lens record history in the making.
This is the best and most comprehensive documentary on Operation Overlord I've ever seen. Thank you for posting.
So much film footage ! This vid. shows scenes that, even to historical junkies, are new and well edited.
The Best War Doco made. AND!! NO BLURRING OUT OF DEAD & WOUNDED!! 👏👏👏👏👏👍👍👍👍👍 People have to see these scenes to understand what munitions do to a human body during war. Not pretty at all.
This documentary is beyond BRILLIANT ---Bravo
I'm watching this documentary now 80 years after 6 june 1944.
Detailed with facts I've never seen before.
What a battle.
I hope it will never happen again.
Lest we forget.
They changed the history of the world. The best generation that has ever lived on earth. The effort they made should be classified as one of the wonders of the earth. I admire them deeply, honorably and I have them to thank for my life I have today!
Ive seen almost all ww2 docus. This one was great. And gave new info i havnt seen before. Excellently made. Thank you // sweden
Really great Normandy Documentary! Thank you for sharing!
It always fascinates me when I see old footage like this and wonder how they got it, a camera man running around in all these dangerous war zones close up in Personal with soldiers doing battle.
What Incredible men all of them we owe them so much. 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇨🇦🇫🇷❤
Excellent documentary 👍 _!!_
Fantastic documentary! I was totally engrossed
If anyone is interested there's a new 3 part series called D Day the Unheard Tapes. Old interviews and footage brought back to life never before heard or seen. Hands down one of the best DDay documentaries I've watched and I've watched a fair few.
It really does seem like we as humans never learn from past histories.
Grow up
So true. We have wars going on at this moment. Very disappointing
Things like grammar.
These banker war mongers are not "we"
Killing for various reasons is part of our DNA. Religion, vengeance, control, resources, greed....
There is stock footage of Day 2 where they knocked out 2 recaptured French Tanks. Lot of the Men on the Coast were Eastern European Prisoner of war who changed sides. The picture changes when primary sources are looked into
The British and Canadians were not defeated at Caen. The whole point was to draw in the German armour into a battle for Caen and keep it away from the American beaches. The city meant nothing. It was the roads through Caen to Carentan and St.Lô the Germans needed.
Agreed. It’s the typical Normandy script. I gave up at Villers Bocage.
Pathetic US centric commentary.
@@darrenmerritt2744 Someone posted back that it was Stephen Spielberg. It has all the hallmarks of Ambrose though.
Know all.back off.just watch.
The commentary needs to be called out as completely inaccurate. Especially as some will do no reading or research and will believe this tripe as gospel.
Watching this on June 6th, 2024. Outstanding documentary!
Watching it today June 7th 2024. 80 years later, we would never be able to pay for heir sacrifice.
same!!
RIP to all those brave souls who fought and died to preserve democracy and freedom. Please don't let their sacrifices have been in vain.
It is our duty to remember in any way we can , those wonderful brave souls who fought for our freedom of today .
And yet that same battle is still being fought in Ukraine at this very moment .
And those that think otherwise are sadly short sighted .
Germany , Japan , Italy back then .
Russia , China , and Iran at this very moment .
The only difference is the passage of time in-between .
The goals are still the same .
Those that are prepared to fight for freedom , in anyway they can .
As against those that have turned their backs on freedom , and insist in there being a totalitarian system , if necessary by the use of force .
The future is without doubt uncertain , the outcome is in the balance of time .
@user-yt3zn9sv5j they are an inspiration to anyone who values freedom and independence.
Are we still believing in propaganda ?
Among the myriad of DDay docs, this is one of the better ones.
Love history stuff plus my grandfather was a paratroopers in the US army in Normandy he lived to be 99 he always went to the cemetery every anniversary and memorial day he was buried at Arlington 😢😢❤❤❤
Several divisions of Germans did escape, in part because Bradley feared that American and other allied forces would fire on one another. Many of those ended up in the Netherlands and got revenge at Arnheim.
Never is the question raised: How come the generals were unprepared for the Bocages? Did they NOT know they were so unlike hedgerows in England in which the troops were trained? Surely they had the intelligence resources.
Patton was stopped from closing the Falaise Gap, which allowed too many Germans to escape to fight another day.
Fabulous Great camera work by great and brave camera men. Let’s hope these films are never destroyed.
They should be shown in school. Also The Band of Brothers.
That was excellent 🫡🇺🇸🇬🇧🇻🇬God Bless these boys and may there Souls rest in peace ❤
You missing the Canadian flag 🇨🇦! I’m a fiercely proud daughter of a family who served Canada for 32 years. I say family because my mother always said that no one serves alone.
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My Humble Apologies 🫡🇨🇦💜
I get very emotional sometimes watching these vids and when I respond I make mistakes. I love ❤️ our neighbors to the North. However I am a NY Rangers fan 🤙🏽✌🏾
This was excellent...a true history lesson.
June 10, 1944 In reprisal for French Resistance fighters sabotage around D Day, the village of Oradour-Sur- Glane is wiped out by an SS unit. Every man woman and child is shot dead. No French resistance operated within 100 miles of the town.
There's some great footage here.
One of the better videos
You are missing a large piece,i discovered an amphibious Sherman tank near Torcross,which was salvaged, just during the preparations in England many died
9:22 All the Panzer tanks heavily armoured and the outgunned the Sherman armor is lighter.
But the Panzers being heavier need more petrol plus while a marvel of engineering it was harder to repair.
The Sherman is lighter yes, but the wheels tracks of each of the Sherman's are much easier to reach and repair than a Panzer. So the damaged Sherman could be repaired or track or wheels parts could be taken to repair still usable Shermans.
Where did i find this the UK Tank museum at Bovington Dorset has a Sherman Fury side by side with a Panzer he pointed out the difference between the two and repairability.
I think it was the German Stug III assault gun that was the most successful tank destroyer in WW2, not the Panther or the Tiger.
Sherman’s were lighter and not as strong as panzers but could easily be maintained and repaired. Not so with the heavy, mechanically complex German tanks.
Excellent comment!
@@robertonavarro7713 was not aware of that. Learn something everyday. Off to Google it
Thank you for sharing. 😢😢😢
wonderful documentary
Excellent! I really found this analysis of D-Day and the ensuing weeks and months to be absolutely gripping, compelling. The original footage, while shocking and horrendous in its brutality and senseless deaths, was fascinating. Well done for sure. I'll be looking for more documentaries on this channel. 👍🏻💪🏻🇺🇲
The gold standard of WWII documentaries is the BBC series “World at War.” Quality is established at the outset in Part 1, with the opening description of the Oradour-Sur-Glane tragedy. I hope the films will be restored to this quality.
Another know all.just watch or go away
They have been. I have a wonderful remastered series 26 episodes plus the extra 4 that were made in the late 70s narrated by Eric Porter, and so additional extras.
GREATEST DOCUMENTARY...I AM FROM THE PHILIPPINES MY LATE FATHER WAS A WW2 VETERAN IN THE THICK BATTLEFIELD OF LEYTE...TO DESTROY THE CRUEL JAPANESE SOLDIER...SIDE BY SIDE WITH THE FIERCE AMERICAN SOLDIERS..DURING Gen..Douglas Macthur Leyte Landing in Palo Leyte..
Sincerest respects to his memory, from the UK.
And let’s not forget the incredible bravery of DeGaullle…
Who didn’t even leave Algiers and step foot in France until the middle of September…THREE MONTHS AFTER D-DAY!!!
He was a clown
the best generation .. these young men going over there who we're speaking from America where anywhere between 18 to 23 and some were up to 25 and said the thing had a job to do and they weren't going to stop until their job was completed ..that's amazing because you would never hear 20-year-old said that today or 20 year olds in 2000 say that ..the silent generation grew up differently also and did the Baby Boomers and I'm Generation X ..my whole family it served and except for my mom and dad went in the Navy and my long-term best friend and I went in the Marine Corps and he was a man and I was a woman and then finally when we were 19 we ended up getting started dating finally and got married .. he ended up finally talking me into going to officer candidate School by the time I had been in 4 years and he had been in 6 years so he went ahead and got out of the Marine Corps and I went to officer candidate School ..there's nothing like being active duty military because if it's made for you and vice versa it's the biggest family you ever have .
Thank you for serving. There aren't a lot of young ppl now who are willing to do so, let alone make the sacrifices that the young ppl did during WW2. My father in law 2as a bombardier over N Africa and I'm just now researching his service. What a brave man. Shot down and taken prisoner twice.
Thank you
Thank you both for your Service!!
I'm a mellenial (38yr old) . In 2000 we were getting along just fine with everybody in my town, and we loved our country. We went to war for 20 years plus, when 911 hit us like a bomb us teenagers were scared but rallied like the rest of the country more than ever since the Pearl Harbor attack imo based off all the old folks I was raised around "and admires" listening to their stories. We fought for this country just like you and most generations before us, we supported our troops more than ever then, young and old, I rock an Amercian Flag out front year round, because ni matter what I love this country. WE kids were very patriotic here in Texas about country and state in 2000. I took offense to your comment about us 2000s kids not being patriotic, we were lady, and proud of it! My elite life I've heard it boomers literally, and now you. Thanks for missing everything we went through and how we love our country. I'd eat your lunch for that comment more if I had more time.
My father had a wealth of WW2 knowledge. He would have loved thus, and that is incredibly high praise.
Excellent production & content! Thanks much!
Superb thank you , 👌👏🤷♀️
Pity it doesn't make any mention of the enormous contribution the 1st Polish Armoured Division (part of the Canadian Corp) made to defeating the Germans in the Falaise pocket. The Poles under General Maczek were described as the cork in the bottle, both preventing the trapped German 7th Army from escaping and holding off the 2SS and 9SS panzer divisions breaking thru to open up a gap. In doing so they fought heroically and suffered horific casualties but they held out for 3 days all the while waiting on the Canadians to provide support. When the Canadians got there they charged down with Bayonets since they had run out of ammunition. Yet for all the valor of the Poles they were treated very shabbily by Britain, although the 301 Polish fighter squadron was the top scoring fighter squadron of the battle of britain, no polish troops were allowed to march in the huge 1946 London Victory Parade to appease the Soviets and Maczek himself had to work as a waiter in Edinburgh because he received no military pension from the British. But without the Poles being the cork in the bottle many more germans would have escaped to fight another day.
It doesn't mention the Australian and zlNew Zealanders who were part of the British army
@@nancymilawski1048 The Anzacs divisions fought in the desert and in Crete but were withdrawn to the South Pacific when the japanese got close to Australia (NZ was a bit further away). There were Australian pilots in RAF squadrons but no Australian units at Normandy.
The terrible treatment of the Poles at the end of the war was down to the Yanks not the British, the Yanks did not want the Poles in the US controlled sector of Berlin or western Europe so though they would make them go away. I can tell you that in my town here in the UK the Polish fighters are well respected and remembered with a memorial built to them and their graves in the local graveyards being well tended to.
@@george-ev1dq Clement Atlee was the British PM then and an ardent socalist who didn't want to upset Uncle Joe. He made the decison that the Poles could not march as Poland was now under Soviet control.
@@nancymilawski1048I wouldn't say that too loud mate ..we had our own divisions ..2nd NZ Division..lead by our own countrymen..Aussies had their own divisions as well ...we not poms ..we fought alongside the poms...we made sure we weren't going to be led by the poms again after the first world war
Breaking out of the hedgerows seemed like an impossible task.
I’m glad to know this information more
It was well put together
THANK YOU
awesome documentary
The American Mulberry destruction affected the Allied effort the whole war until Antwerp was retaken in 45
Quote: “A storm of Force 6-7 raged through the English Channel on 19-22 June. On receiving the weather forecast the British took extreme precautions, even threatening to sink ships that were not unloading if they refused to leave the harbour. Ships or Bombardons that broke loose were to be sunk with PIATs if they were to threaten the integrity of the harbour. The effect on the British was five destroyed Phoenixes, damaged piers, the disintegration of the Bombardons, and about 250 small craft sunk or battered onto the shore.
The effect on the Americans was much worse due to: (i) the more exposed position of Mulberry A; (ii) their failure to construct their Gooseberries to design; (iii) their failure to construct the Mulberry to specification; and (iv) their failure to take adequate precautions on hearing the forecast of the storm. They lost their piers as well as twenty Phoenixes, seven blockships and over 100 small craft. Eisenhower ordered that Mulberry A should be abandoned and what was salvageable was used to reinforce Mulberry B.”
Thanks for posting this fantastic video. And with Anthony Beevor's contributions, what else can we ask for?
A contribution from a historian?..
very nice TY !
That's one lucky Cat at 46:33 into video.
Ok, blooper #1 at 9:48 the illustration showing what is being called a Panther beside a Sherman tank for comparison, is actually a Tiger II of which only a Battalion arrived on/after July 11th. Blooper # 2 at 12:51 states that Michael Wittmann was a Tiger tank Battalion Commander when in fact the Tiger Company of LSSAH was transferred to the 1st SS Panzer Corps in April 1944 as a corps asset & wasn't attached to any Division or Regiment, and Wittmann only commanded the 2nd Company which had been reduced to around 7-8 working vehicles by June 13th.
Being an Ex Soldier I know what it is like and yes it only takes one man to start it off all over again. But after two World Wars There is a ??? Whether the human race will let it escalate into that again. If it does bring it on. If it does it will change the attitude of our current young generations for the better. As it will pull them into line with the real reality of life and not the superficial life that some selfishly lead!
The reality is it was a Slaughter due to the Germans having 'no Air cover'.
excellent
This is one of the better documentaries that I have seen about D-Day and Normandy battle. The destruction and carnage was unbelievable. Thank goodness we had Patton and Bradley for the allies. If Montgomery was the top commander, it would of been a different outcome. He was one of the most over rated generals of WW2.
fool..Monty was the most successful genral in the ETO..Patton at Metz 55k troops lost in 3 months after he said he would take it in 10 days..Bradley the Hurtgen forest 33k troops lost should have by passed it..i forgot to add for the 1st few months Monty was commander of all ground troops and Overlord finished 2 weeks ahead of time with 25% less casualties than predicted.
@@johndawes9337 The narrator fails to mention the British Poles and Canadians faced most of the heavy tanks and the S.S. That was the idea so the Americans with more men could break out. The big picture proved this course correct.
Monty, you can’t be serious. You need to study Monty from outside the US, actually read some history
billystpaul8907
Ypu have been watching Saving Private Ryan again.
Patton was just as overrated.
Salutes and tributes to all allied forces who saved the world from the evil forces.... Condolances to America, uk, france, Russia, canada, australia, Scandinavian countries and all allied forces faught and died for liberation.
Normandy got shot to pieces. Villages flattened, Caen and St Lo flattened by the heavies. Cherbourg harbour destroyed. Emphasised in the film. Most of the rest of France escaped a similar fate.
It appears with every puff of smoke he realized he was caught up in a sticky situation.
Pretty crazy how much of this footage Ive never seen. Anyone know if its been cleaned up with AI?
Conclusion;
As eoon as the Germans saw Patton, and the American 3rd Army,
They should have just surrendered.
If they had, as Patton said, he wouldnt have had to erase places from the map.
why? they battered Patton at Metz and they were cooks and clerks.
Is this an unknown handheld AT weapon this German soldier is hoisting on his back? 19:51
No it was a man portable stereoscopic rangefinder.
Fought so well that we can live. My respect to those heroes who fought in Normandy. May they rest in peace. 😅
😢 I had just learned how to stand up in my play pen after someone picked me up off the wooden floor from crawling about.
I find the continued and frequent interruptions of this video by ads disrespectful, especially on the 80th anniversary of the D-day invasion.
No choice-UA-cam controls it (ad$$$). Your annoyance is a real sacrifice. Can you just appreciate watching this free from the comfort of your couch?
Another pampered, self-centered one who likely would never fight for country.
Daunting how mankind canact to one another! Will we EVER learn????
What does history tell you?
The very first thing the Americans did was to isolate the Germans in Cherbourg so that reinforcements could not reach them. This was done by advancing all the way from the channel to the small bay where the islands of Gurnsey and Jersey are located. This kept reinforcements from getting to them but the Germans tried hard. For some reason this absolutely essential maneuver is left out of the program. Another thing. I have read General Omar Bradleys' book "A Soldier's Story" and he absolutely and definitively says that the plan was ALWAYS that Montgomery would hold down the Germans and their armor in the east to prevent them from attacking to the west so as to give the Americans time to capture Cherbourg and then cross through the hedgerows. As far as I know and I have studied the battle of Normandy through to the Battle or France and only the Panzer Lehr with Panther Tanks attacked the Americans before they could reach St. Lo. So why is this not in the documentary as well? To keep reporting on a known falsehood that Montgomery could not get out of the East is worse than not knowing anything at all. This video is great for all the photos but the dialogue is lacking in facts.
No mention of Operation Goodwood...
Or any planned easter festivities for the year ahead, interesting fashion trends, unusual cloud formations, it’s shocking how little one can cover in a 50 minute documentary about 85 days in The Battle of Normandy. Perhaps you could fund a sequel…
The Canadians made the most advance that day more than anybody else
And after that?
@@joeysausage3437 what do you mean after that read history you boneheaded idiot
Before watching this video, I didn't have a thought how long it lasted or how it ended.😞🏴🏴🏴
The history in this documentary is what I would expect from a schoolboy whose only knowledge of Normandy is playing Call of Duty. The historians featured are better than this.
I can't imagine sitting in my house all relaxed for the evening and suddenly my house is blown to bits by a bomb dropped on it.
My great great grandpa fought in the war he was in the battle of Normandy and was a medic and most people died but he survived
Sorry, not excellent - Monty was to capture Caen on D-1 and Rommel was in fact not ever a part of this battle. He had command but was absent on leave, then strafed on his way home then forced to commit suicide. That was the reason this took an extras few weeks. This was as much a build up of supplies as a battle to take Cherbuorg with a holding battle by the Brits.
The footage here is superb and worth watching - Normandy completely destroyed the German army of the west and France fell with low casualties after this action.
Not true, Nice France the southern landing in South France later on, inland allies lost lots of men
Check out battles of southern France some amazing videos & stories
'Monty was to capture Caen on D-1'
No. No auch commitment as made.
'and Rommel was in fact not ever a part of this battle.'
No. Rommel was in the battle until 17th July.
Just clear off then?
The end is near...
There's a prevalent urban myth that les Francais don't much care for the yanks, and maybe it has to do with the Americans bombing France before D-day. Maybe it was necessary for strategic reasons, but les Francais couldn't have known that. Also les Francais surrendered quickly to the Germans at the beginning of the war in order to not have to fight the Germans in Paris.
That's why we study history
Well explain this to me. Why is it every time I ask a young person “Do you know anything about WW2 anything and how it started or ended?” WHY? Is it I always get the answer No I don’t know anything about WW2!!🥴🥴 A high % of our youth is living in LALA LAND! Run by BARBIE!!
You are dreaming, or innocently ignorant. This history has been either excluded or reframed to fit the indoctrination in Western education systems. It is a disgrace. My father fought there, and today I am glad he is not alive to witness the legacy of so much sacrifice. And on foreign soil.
It is mind boggling that they went into Normandy without a plan at all to deal with the hedgerows. They had 100's of recon flights and had to have known about them.
Why wasn’t there any documentary in Australian mainstream tv about this 80 year anniversary?
The Canadians closed the Falaise Gap with the Polish.
The Canadians never get the respect they deserve in these poorly written documentations.
I often think the Canadian and Poles soldiers in a lot of documentaries are often not either mentioned or very little. A lot depends on who is producing the film.
Seems YOU'RE as guilty of airbrushing the British army units that were involved in the closing of the Falaise pocket. Shame on YOU !!!!
Who built the hedge rows and what was their purpose?
The rocky soils of those parts of Normandy have been cultivated for thousands of years.... over the centuries the generations of farmers have picked rocks out of the fields as they sowed their crops and threw them to the field margins..... imagine that going on non stop for 2000 years, and you get the picture.
Shame the British and Canadian’s didn’t bother to do any filming. Then a more balanced view of the battle.
😮 Our maid fed me some meshed potatoes about this time in my high chair because we had run out of Quaker oar meal and pablum.
We shall never learn.
We ??
These banker war mongers are not "we".
These banker war mongers are not "we"
These banker war mongers are not "we"
These banker war mongers are not "we"
Not so. Just a trite saying....
It's been more then three quarters of a century since the last great war. What an attitude!!!!!
`Looking today at what has become of Europe I believe that these men died for nothing.
Shame on you. You are a disgrace to the memory of those thousands of brave men.
Hope we never see a nother world war
We won't don't lose sleep over it.
Look at history to get an answer...
But the bloodiest war ever was WWII
The narrator doesn't start off well by claiming the Normandy landings were a turning point. They weren't. The tables had already turned earlier in the war. Some claim after Stalingrad, others after Kursk and even some say that the momentum was gone as early as late 1941/early 1942, after Barbarossa had failed to decisively defeat the Soviets. Normandy was important, no doubt about that, but it wasn't a turning point.
You're talking about the Eastern front mate !
@@adambane1719 Germany's fate was decided on the eastern front mate
@@gruntforever7437 Who are you? This documentary is on an entirely different front.
What is the matter with your basic knowledge acquisition skills?
Don’t forget the invasion of Italy (the soft underbelly of Europe). Once Italy capitulated and the Germans had to bring in more manpower to staunch the allied advance, liberation had already began.
Very true, we learnt a Cold War history.
I have so many questions about D-Day
•Why didn’t the American naval and air bombardments neutralize the Nazis on the beaches?
•How did so many American soldiers make it on shore with the Germans shooting at them like sitting ducks?
•In “A Band of Brothers” the paratroopers neutralized the guns firing on Omaha Beach so who was shooting at the soldiers?
I’m confused about these things 🤔
Wee tip bro ..maybe stop watching band of brothers and understand it wasn't just Americans on DD day
@@michaelrooks4030 - I know it wasn’t just the Americans bro. But, I’m only interested in American involvement in D-Day. Is that okay with you?
Maybe one day, the people will stand up to their governments and say, " No more of our sons and daughters will fight in wars"