2015: My girlfriend and I cycled the Normandy Beaches. I was wearing my Maple Leaf Cycling Jersey . My girlfriend had a mechanical problem beyond my repair capacity. We rolled (downhill) into Caen, and found a bike shop. The mechanic dropped everything, and repaired my girlfriend’s bike. . . When I ashed “Combien?” (How much), the reply was “”Rien. Canadienne”. Nothing. You’re Canadian. The people remember.
Aw wow that's the sh¡t bro. Must have been a very humbling moment. Obviously we could never forget the huge contributions, epic efforts and total sacrifices that our ultimate allies made on every field, street, beach & at home, during the dark years of ww2. Canada aka "North~North America" is just farmland overgrown with courageous individuals. Thank you Canada. 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 #Allies 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇫🇷🇲🇴🇦🇺🇷🇺...😢
My dad went through 11 campaigns Atlantic and Pacific and never would talk about the horrors of the war only the good side but when I entered the military he explained to me the other side of the war and to hear about this war from one that was there gives a whole new understanding and reason we were there and the very fact that WE were at the edge of losing this war but the ingenuity of the Yankees far out weighed the enemy and had the allies lost I shall not have been here or millions of others and may GOD bless AMERICA for WE shall not repeat history. ✝️ 🇺🇸 🇮🇱 AMEN
My father was a gunner on a B17 during operation cobra. He never spoke much of the war. He came home and worked had to support 7 children. He was a very good man and died of a heart attack at age 51. Thank you Dad.
Agree. What a shame we are censoring historical documentaries. These blurred out scenes can not be recovered. Let's hope original footage is saved somewhere.
@@clivegranger5017 Can't show everything to everybody everywhere. Items are controlled _slightly_ here on YT. Videos can be "demonitized" if they go against those basics.
STOP BLURRING the bodies and carnage; these are MILITARY BATTLES… blurring the casualties does not erase the fact that millions of soldiers (AND civilians!) died as a result of WWII. The blurring is more annoying than the ads that interrupt the flow of an otherwise interesting documentary.
These shows were pretty good. This one needs the front half and back half switched around. Cobra came after Caen. And human narration beats the snot out of computer voices 100%
In this video like many others, also the movie Patton, credit is given to Eisenhower for not sacking Patton. The truth is the 2 people responsible for Patton not being sacked were FDR and Gen Marshall. Marshall had suggested to Eisenhower that as bad as some of Patton’s behaviors were he would be needed in the coming battles in France. Eisenhower was not stupid, when the US Army chief of staff makes a “suggestion” you listen. Another fallacy in the movie Patton was the fairly good relationship Gen. Bradley had with Patton, the truth is the mediocre Bradley hated Patton and would have sent him back the the US even if it did hurt the war effort.
Both Bradley and Patton were mediocre. Patton's Lorraine campaign was the most costly allied failure of autumn 1944, even worse than the Hurtgen Forest. 52,000 combat casualties and objective not achieved.
Another thing that could have saved many lives is if all the allies used the same caliber and rifles of the AMERICAN army, such as the Garand rifle which would have seriously out weighed that of the bolt action rifles, hind sight yes, saved lives it surely could have. GOD bless them all. AMEN
between the youtube commercials and the implanted commercials i lost all intrest in this show. I think its good, just tired of trying to keep up with the interuptions.
14$ a month will get rid of all that. It's the best spent money in my opinion. But, I only watch youtube, or dvds. No cable or Satellite expenses. Just a suggestion.
Could you imagine if Hitler wouldn't of allowed his ego to get in his way of battlefield analysis. Dude could of won WWII or at the very least made it last much longer.
@eliwebber6292 no you don't know your history. That played a part but what f$%ked him up was his ego when he invaded Russia despite everyone telling him not to. Go read a book their Eli.
To watch these videos censored gives no justice to the history and forceful folly of war. If these videos are watched in their full horrors of war, just maybe history won't be repeated, and the carnage of war relived.
Huh? Montgomery was the most successful Western Allied ground commander of WW2 by some way. He won more battles and took more ground through more countries while facing more quality German opposition than any other Western Allied ground commander in WW2. The allies reached Brussels, Belgium ahead of schedule. Then Eisenhower arrogantly took over Montgomery's job of C-in-C of all allied ground forces in September 1944 and everything then went wrong, the allies barely moved anywhere for the next six months and the Americans ended up retreating in the Ardennes. Ironically, Eisenhower had to go running back to Montgomery for help.
@@billotto602 Prove that it's "bunk". Regale us with your vast intellect and battlefield acumen, and explain by explaining to us just how, and why he's wrong, otherwise, see yourself out!!
@billotto602 Name another who won more battles and took more ground through more countries than Montgomery did. Montgomery said Paris would be reached in 90 days. He did better and was 400km beyond that and liberating Brussels Belgium at the start of September.
🇺🇸 🇨🇦 Canadians are great, but they are not Americans. It’s a separate country, although you are right that they are both in North America. Also, by convention, no one calls it “the United States flag.” It’s name is the American flag.
@@lindadeeds5326 Anerica is a Continent and the North is Canada and The United Sates of it. Thale reason its not the United States of North America is because its one Continent in two main parts and attempts by The United Sates to distance itself from the Catholic Hispanic Southern part is not only inccorrect but a reflection of dim witted Yanks who cannot spell or pronounce the English language that needs to be renamed Redneck Hillbily. As its not English.
@joeysausage3437 Market Garden was the fastest allied advance against German opposition in the entire September 1944 to February 1945 period. Nearly 100km of German held ground taken in just 3 days. Not Montgomery's fault that the air forces and airborne divisions messed it up. Market Garden was nowhere near the failures that the Hurtgen Forest, Lorraine, Alsace and Operation Queen were that same autumn. That's before we even get to the retreat in the Ardennes.
@joeysausage3437 Eisenhower was both the C-in-C of all ground forces AND the Supreme Commander from 1st September 1944. As such Eisenhower had jurisdiction over all ground and all air forces. Montgomery didn't. The buck stopped with Eisenhower. Regardless, the Hurtgen Forest, Lorraine, Operation Queen etc were bigger and more costly failures that same autumn. Just because there aren't any major films made about these all American failures doesnt mean they didnt happen.
History Channel🙄 I wish they told us right away. The old Odyssey was once good, but since they merged the productions are a disaster😟 wannabe commercial sh . t
Read some history books. This is an excellent video. When the US Army was sent into WW2, they were totally unprepared to face the modern mechanized army and airforce that Germany had at it's disposal. At the start of WW2, Germany had superior equipment, firepower, and tactics, but we eventually overwhelmed them with sheer numbers. For instance, they had less than 10,000 heavy tanks, but the United States built well over 30,000 Shermans. It's soldiers were as well trained and courageous as the allies, and they were better in fact than the other axis forces. Their purpose was dark, and their ruthlessness made them a very dangerous adversary, even late in the war. Watching YT videos is no substitute for a good education, and It's never too late to start.
@@fumblerooskie stunned ignorance lol not just normal ignorance lol i was joking..usa owed them for financing the rev war and for the transgender statue they gave us in nyc
Montgomery was the best and most successful Western Allied ground commander of WW2 by some way. The Americans went running back to him for help when they were retreating in the Ardennes.
@@lyndoncmp5751 You just cruised through the comments and kept posting about Monty the same thing. You copy that out of a book by Monty or what? Look they all had their flaws, Monty no fewer than anyone else you can name.
2015: My girlfriend and I cycled the Normandy Beaches. I was wearing my Maple Leaf Cycling Jersey . My girlfriend had a mechanical problem beyond my repair capacity. We rolled (downhill) into Caen, and found a bike shop. The mechanic dropped everything, and repaired my girlfriend’s bike. . . When I ashed “Combien?” (How much), the reply was “”Rien. Canadienne”. Nothing. You’re Canadian.
The people remember.
Aw wow that's the sh¡t bro. Must have been a very humbling moment. Obviously we could never forget the huge contributions, epic efforts and total sacrifices that our ultimate allies made on every field, street, beach & at home, during the dark years of ww2.
Canada aka "North~North America" is just farmland overgrown with courageous individuals. Thank you Canada.
🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
#Allies 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇫🇷🇲🇴🇦🇺🇷🇺...😢
My dad went through 11 campaigns Atlantic and Pacific and never would talk about the horrors of the war only the good side but when I entered the military he explained to me the other side of the war and to hear about this war from one that was there gives a whole new understanding and reason we were there and the very fact that WE were at the edge of losing this war but the ingenuity of the Yankees far out weighed the enemy and had the allies lost I shall not have been here or millions of others and may GOD bless AMERICA for WE shall not repeat history. ✝️ 🇺🇸 🇮🇱 AMEN
My father was a gunner on a B17 during operation cobra. He never spoke much of the war. He came home and worked had to support 7 children. He was a very good man and died of a heart attack at age 51. Thank you Dad.
Yeah a lot of those guys died way too young, had no angioplastys back then.
Your father died way to young man rip
We need a place where these videos can be watched UNCENSORED !!! 🤬🤬🤬
Canada has its own flag?
Agree. What a shame we are censoring historical documentaries. These blurred out scenes can not be recovered. Let's hope original footage is saved somewhere.
@@clivegranger5017 Can't show everything to everybody everywhere.
Items are controlled _slightly_ here on YT. Videos can be "demonitized" if they go against those basics.
We were soldiers ridding the world of Tyranny-Gone, but never ever forgotten
every video you upload is a gem, filled with wisdom and fun!
nothing but re-hashes of old 'Battlefield' series shows.
Exactly
and excludes a whole lot of facts. Almost revisionist of history.
Exactly. The editing was odd. Talking about B17 flying fortresses one moment and a second later about flamethrowers.
STOP BLURRING the bodies and carnage; these are MILITARY BATTLES… blurring the casualties does not erase the fact that millions of soldiers (AND civilians!) died as a result of WWII. The blurring is more annoying than the ads that interrupt the flow of an otherwise interesting documentary.
Idiots from YT… :( No bigger sign for disrespect for the fallen… As a (not so) funny side note, a stupid ad popped up while reading your comment
get an ad blocker for $40/yr ...
It's not up to them... They clearly want to make money and be monetized. It's UA-cam who doesn't allow it.
These shows were pretty good. This one needs the front half and back half switched around. Cobra came after Caen. And human narration beats the snot out of computer voices 100%
my father was there with the Big Red One, yeah he made it home after all that HELL
Monty, was NOT A MILITARY GENIUS, he was a LEGEND IN HIS OWN MIND!
MARKET GARDEN MONTY'S EGO WAS ONLY EXCEEDED BY HIS ARROGANT HUBRIS!!
In this video like many others, also the movie Patton, credit is given to Eisenhower for not sacking Patton. The truth is the 2 people responsible for Patton not being sacked were FDR and Gen Marshall. Marshall had suggested to Eisenhower that as bad as some of Patton’s behaviors were he would be needed in the coming battles in France. Eisenhower was not stupid, when the US Army chief of staff makes a “suggestion” you listen.
Another fallacy in the movie Patton was the fairly good relationship Gen. Bradley had with Patton, the truth is the mediocre Bradley hated Patton and would have sent him back the the US even if it did hurt the war effort.
Both Bradley and Patton were mediocre. Patton's Lorraine campaign was the most costly allied failure of autumn 1944, even worse than the Hurtgen Forest. 52,000 combat casualties and objective not achieved.
@@lyndoncmp5751You boy Montgomery was useless.
@joeysausage3437
How was the most successful Western Allied ground commander of WW2 "useless"?
@@lyndoncmp5751 Successful at what, making excuses or dragging HIS FEET CAUSING DEATH.
@joeysausage3437
Stop trolling You Tube with inane childish comments and try to grow up.
I prefer the original Battlefield series. No blurred shots.
Der General eisenhover war ein guter Mensch guter Taktiker sowie Montgomery auch!!!!!!!
Another thing that could have saved many lives is if all the allies used the same caliber and rifles of the AMERICAN army, such as the Garand rifle which would have seriously out weighed that of the bolt action rifles, hind sight yes, saved lives it surely could have. GOD bless them all. AMEN
I don't think any Polish viewers would be impressed to see their forces represented with an Austrian flag as shown in this documentary
between the youtube commercials and the implanted commercials i lost all intrest in this show. I think its good, just tired of trying to keep up with the interuptions.
You are probably from the United Sates OF Achronims and have ADD.
14$ a month will get rid of all that. It's the best spent money in my opinion. But, I only watch youtube, or dvds. No cable or Satellite expenses. Just a suggestion.
War is waged by young men who don’t know each other, buy old me who do know each other!
Could you imagine if Hitler wouldn't of allowed his ego to get in his way of battlefield analysis. Dude could of won WWII or at the very least made it last much longer.
God be praised
Wrong duh, you must have failed in History .he was beaten, because the allies had more than he did that simple.
@eliwebber6292 no you don't know your history. That played a part but what f$%ked him up was his ego when he invaded Russia despite everyone telling him not to. Go read a book their Eli.
“…wouldn’t have”, not “of”, …”could have”, not “of”. You might want to read a book on English grammar.
His strategy of “fighting to the last man” certainly paid off- Germany did in fact fight until there were no more men remaining lol
To watch these videos censored gives no justice to the history and forceful folly of war. If these videos are watched in their full horrors of war, just maybe history won't be repeated, and the carnage of war relived.
from what I gather, just jo blo avg viewer, but the Canadians really had their work cut out for them... yikes!
The chronological order of events in this video is frustrating.
Monty couldn't lead a mule to water... Same as MacArthur. They BOTH should have been sacked !
Huh? Montgomery was the most successful Western Allied ground commander of WW2 by some way. He won more battles and took more ground through more countries while facing more quality German opposition than any other Western Allied ground commander in WW2.
The allies reached Brussels, Belgium ahead of schedule. Then Eisenhower arrogantly took over Montgomery's job of C-in-C of all allied ground forces in September 1944 and everything then went wrong, the allies barely moved anywhere for the next six months and the Americans ended up retreating in the Ardennes. Ironically, Eisenhower had to go running back to Montgomery for help.
@@lyndoncmp5751 bunk
@@billotto602
Prove that it's "bunk". Regale us with your vast intellect and battlefield acumen, and explain by explaining to us just how, and why he's wrong, otherwise, see yourself out!!
@billotto602
Name another who won more battles and took more ground through more countries than Montgomery did.
Montgomery said Paris would be reached in 90 days. He did better and was 400km beyond that and liberating Brussels Belgium at the start of September.
@frenzalrhomb6919
He won't because he can't.
I wish people would not refer the Untied States flag as the American flag. Canadians are Americans and both are in the Northern part of the Continent.
There's an American flag and there's a Canadian flag. That's not really confusing.
🇺🇸 🇨🇦 Canadians are great, but they are not Americans. It’s a separate country, although you are right that they are both in North America.
Also, by convention, no one calls it “the United States flag.” It’s name is the American flag.
@@lindadeeds5326 Anerica is a Continent and the North is Canada and The United Sates of it. Thale reason its not the United States of North America is because its one Continent in two main parts and attempts by The United Sates to distance itself from the Catholic Hispanic Southern part is not only inccorrect but a reflection of dim witted Yanks who cannot spell or pronounce the English language that needs to be renamed Redneck Hillbily. As its not English.
@@lindadeeds5326 America is a Continent and the United States is OF it. NOT IT.
I wish Canadians like you would stop crying.
Who was the worst general in France?...hint his name starts with the letter...M???...🤔🤔🤔
Quite poor narration and graphics: _Marina_ Islands and Great _Britian_ ; weapons in use as science _fiction_ - I gave up in less than 5 minutes.
Montgomery said Paris would be reached in 90 days. He did better. He was liberating Brussels Belgium, 400km beyond Paris, in 90 days.
And Market Garden?
@joeysausage3437
Market Garden was the fastest allied advance against German opposition in the entire September 1944 to February 1945 period. Nearly 100km of German held ground taken in just 3 days.
Not Montgomery's fault that the air forces and airborne divisions messed it up.
Market Garden was nowhere near the failures that the Hurtgen Forest, Lorraine, Alsace and Operation Queen were that same autumn. That's before we even get to the retreat in the Ardennes.
@@lyndoncmp5751 It's was his failure.
@joeysausage3437
Eisenhower was both the C-in-C of all ground forces AND the Supreme Commander from 1st September 1944. As such Eisenhower had jurisdiction over all ground and all air forces. Montgomery didn't.
The buck stopped with Eisenhower.
Regardless, the Hurtgen Forest, Lorraine, Operation Queen etc were bigger and more costly failures that same autumn. Just because there aren't any major films made about these all American failures doesnt mean they didnt happen.
Agreed. It could well have succeeded in its objective but for one bridge which wasn’t taken timeously
Imagine how many lives could have been saved if Eisenhower had sacked Montgomery after Caen and before Market Garden.
IIRC Churchill appointed him. It would not be welcomed by our British friends.
Considering Patton and Hodges were responsible for over 100,000 American casualties in 3 months between September and December 1944
Field Marshal "von Kloosh"???? seriously 🙈
Let’s go Brandon
Is it Brandon That's not a convicted rapist like trump...
The narration is poor and not well balanced.
there was nothing "superior" about the german army.this video sucks.
History Channel🙄 I wish they told us right away. The old Odyssey was once good, but since they merged the productions are a disaster😟 wannabe commercial sh . t
Read some history books. This is an excellent video. When the US Army was sent into WW2, they were totally unprepared to face the modern mechanized army and airforce that Germany had at it's disposal. At the start of WW2, Germany had superior equipment, firepower, and tactics, but we eventually overwhelmed them with sheer numbers. For instance, they had less than 10,000 heavy tanks, but the United States built well over 30,000 Shermans. It's soldiers were as well trained and courageous as the allies, and they were better in fact than the other axis forces. Their purpose was dark, and their ruthlessness made them a very dangerous adversary, even late in the war. Watching YT videos is no substitute for a good education, and It's never too late to start.
@@stargazer5784 exactly, "read books"😃 but this doc is particularly bad and so is this History Channel in recent years
@@volkerkalhoefer3973The history channel has arguably turned into the 'reality tv' garbage channel, but what specifically is wrong with this video?
@@volkerkalhoefer3973Also too, this comes from the History Hits Network, not the A&E history channel. Two separate companies.
how come the americans fought for the french beaches if the french werent? who signed this deal?
Your stunned ignorance is stunning.
@@fumblerooskie stunned ignorance lol not just normal ignorance lol i was joking..usa owed them for financing the rev war and for the transgender statue they gave us in nyc
@MikeHunt-fo3ow Yes, if it wasn't for France, we would have lost two wars and you wouldn't been able to be a glaring bigot
@@MikeHunt-fo3ow Are you okay?
@@billpondmusic yea why
Monty sucked!!
Montgomery was the best and most successful Western Allied ground commander of WW2 by some way. The Americans went running back to him for help when they were retreating in the Ardennes.
@lyndoncmp5751 what about market garden? Real smart
@@lyndoncmp5751 You just cruised through the comments and kept posting about Monty the same thing. You copy that out of a book by Monty or what?
Look they all had their flaws, Monty no fewer than anyone else you can name.