Airborne Invasion of Normandy | D-Day Minus One | 1944 | World War 2 Documentary
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This is a U.S. Army Air Forces documentary short on the operations of the U.S. 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions in the 1944 invasion of Normandy. It shows paratroops, gliders and troop carriers landing in France behind the German lines a day prior to the main invasion on June 6th, the D-Day, helping to prepare the way for the Allied invasion of Normandy.
Historical background:
Operation Overlord was the code name for the invasion of Normandy, the Allied operation that launched the successful invasion of German-occupied Western Europe in 1944. The operation commenced on 6 June 1944 with the Normandy landings (Operation Neptune, commonly known as D-Day). A 1,200-plane airborne invasion preceded the amphibious landing involving more than 5,000 vessels. Nearly 160,000 troops crossed the English Channel on 6 June, and more than three million allied troops were in France by the end of August.
The decision to undertake a cross-channel invasion in 1944 was taken at the Trident Conference in Washington in May 1943. General Dwight D. Eisenhower was appointed commander of Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force, and General Bernard Montgomery was named as commander of the 21st Army Group, which comprised all the land forces involved in the invasion. The Normandy coast was chosen as the site of the invasion, with the Americans assigned to land at Utah and Omaha Beaches, the British at Sword and Gold Beaches, and Canadians at Juno Beach. German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel was placed in charge of developing fortifications all along the Atlantic Wall in anticipation of an invasion.
The Allies failed to reach their goals for the first day, but gained a tenuous foothold that they gradually expanded as they captured the port at Cherbourg on 26 June and the city of Caen on 21 July. A failed counteraction by German forces on 8 August led to 50,000 soldiers of the German 7th Army and the Fifth Panzer Army being encircled by the Allies in the Falaise pocket. The Allies launched an invasion of southern France (Operation Dragoon) on 15 August, and the Liberation of Paris followed on 25 August. German forces retreated across the Seine on 30 August 1944, marking the close of Operation Overlord.
About the American airborne landings in Normandy:
The American airborne landings in Normandy were the first United States operations during Operation Overlord, the invasion of Normandy by the Western Allies on June 6, 1944. Around 13,100 American paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne and 101st Airborne Divisions made night parachute drops early on D-Day, June 6, followed by 3,937 glider troops flown in by day. As the opening maneuver of the Normandy landings (Operation Neptune) the American airborne divisions were delivered to the continent in two parachute and six glider missions.
Both divisions were part of the U.S. VII Corps and provided it support in its mission of capturing Cherbourg as soon as possible to provide the Allies with a port of supply. The specific missions of the airborne divisions were to block approaches into the vicinity of the amphibious landing at Utah Beach, to capture causeway exits off the beaches, and to establish crossings over the Douve River at Carentan to assist the U.S. V Corps in merging the two American beachheads.
The action did not succeed in blocking the approaches to Utah for three days. Numerous factors played a part, most of which dealt with excessive scattering of the drops. Despite this, German forces were unable to exploit the chaos. Many German units made a tenacious defense of their strong-points, but all were systematically defeated within the week.
Airborne Invasion of Normandy | D-Day Minus One | 1944 | World War 2 Documentary
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An unbelievably brave group of men, all respect to the warriors at Normandy
I served with the 101st Bastogne Bull Dogs the 327th during Vietnam War from 1960 to 1963 I was a Sargent E5, I also was recalled in 1966, I was in college at the UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY and signed up for ROTC and didn’t have to go. Sgt. D. Raeside
Thank you for your service, sir. God bless
Viet war from 60 to 63?
You sure pops?
Great respect to the veterans that fought and to those that died to give us the freedom that we enjoyed today. I personally love the Airbornes the most but there aren't that many documentaries about them so thank you for this. Also great job on and keep up the awesome work :D
What guts these brave men had
It's a collection of valid visuals, the cut and narration may not be accurate but it was News. Overall it's excellent food for us that respect WWII. Thank you who posted it. RIP heroes of the Airborne and pilots who didn't make it. By 2022 we know what happened and the bravery and sacrifice given to us that never had to fight.
God bless all our veterans, past, present, and future!
Salute and respect from down under 👍🇳🇿
You won’t see highly decorated paratroopers because what they do is expected. A Medal of Honor act gets you a slap on the back from your squad and platoon. That has more meaning than some officer who never saw you before trying to decorate you. We are the shock troops for the advance kick ass that is to come. All the way, Sir.
These forces literally saved the world.
My dad Gail Potter, did not talk much about it. He was a Pathfinder on plane 11.
He will forever be an American Hero!
Fair representation of Airborne contribution to D-Day. Contrary to recent movies it shows that is was not just one company of one Airborne Division that won the war by itself. Let us not forget that D-Day was won by putting massive amounts of fighting men over five beaches. Let us also not forget the Army Air Corps didn't fully support the invasion with their bombing missions until flat out ordered to do so by Eisenhower. Air Corps failed in their primary mission of knocking out beach defense by flying inland from the channel. They dropped their bombs too far inland to effect the beach defenses. Had they run parallel to the channel they would have accomplished their mission. Air power was overrated in WWII and is overrated today with Space Cadet program.
never forget the real "heros"never came back.rip.
We seem to forget the glider troops sadly! ... they were amazing as well
My first cousin once removed was with the 101st on that ride. He said that the war paint was enough to cause the right wing nazis to hesitate for a second in initial shock, which was all you needed to get your knife in them, or get the first shot. He was the kindest gentlest man you ever met, and a stone cold killer!!!
All the Way! Airborne!
THANKS FOR YOUR SERVICE SACRIFICE AND DEDICATION. 🇺🇲
Some of the most deadly forces the US used in WW2, These iron men did most of it without adult supervision and in darkness!!
Being the royal toady that he was Shakespeare has all the heroes of Henry V be from the nobility. In reality, on D. Day we witness the great armies of democracy made up of 'ordinary' men and women showing themselves to be the greatest of our heroes and heroines. It has been said before but needs repeating, we owe everything we value to the bravery and sacrifice of this exceptional generation.
He won't have to get in old Dorris again
Here comes a super can of whoop ass .love those drums America can do
Real footage? Or reenactment
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I wonder what the source of the water used to flood all those fields was...
Plenty of the fields were near swampland. Many of the paratroops who landed the night before D-Day either overshot their landing and ended up in the swamps, or undershot the landing and ended up in German-occupied towns or depots.
Natural creeks and rivers that ended in the Atlantic. The Carentan was one.
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The mighty US paratroopers
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The airborne troops needn't envy the Marines.
smart
I watch this and I see men who made incredible sacrifices for their country (and other countries). Today we have millions whining about getting a jab and their “freedom”. How things have changed.
It's the 101st airborne group
The usual complaint by the British about this type of film is that it's all about Americans. However, the British could have celebrated the efforts of their own troops but they spent time, talent and money making sympathetic films about Rommel and other 'good' Germans. All very weird.
Kilroy was here
...and now people the same age these guys were are crying on twitter about cartoon characters. Honestly makes me kinda sick.
Yep
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i live in calais , i'm french
Hon hon hon
Wish someone could tell the boys that didnt make it back that we won the war
You approach a beach in a craft which has an open front. It flops open, and the enemy starts to shoot you. Does that make any sense to you? And thousands of American kids die unnecessarily. Here is my solution; You build several hundred high powered planes, radio controlled, and heavily packed with high explosives. You fly these planes at 250 to 300 miles per hour, directly into the firing slits. The explosives are forced into the bunker, where they kill everyone, and possibly destroy the concrete bunker. Is there a flaw in my plan? These planes would be almost invisible at that speed, and if they were painted sky blue, they would be TOTALLY invisible.
You are a really stupid fuck, for one, the Allies did almost exactly that when they dropped the Airborne soldiers on Normandy, and your "plan" has a flaw, in 1944, they didn't have the type of tech to make radio controlled planes.
Go back to your call of duty there doogie and leave war to us warriors. Youre not needed any more than your goofy ideas.
Хорошо вступать в войну когда враг отступает по всем фронта от напора войск СССР . Это давняя американская традиция вступать в войну когда поражение врага неминуемо. Так они при этом ещё умудрились при численном превосходстве попасть в окружение в Арденнах. Вот такие они , вояки США
так говариш что Ленд-лиза не было? Почитай об етом.
Anzelmas Matutis Ленд-лиз это другая история .Заводы Форда поставляли Гитлеру автомобили до 1944 года.
МихалЫваныч"Заводы Форда поставляли Гитлеру автомобили до 1944 года" Просим доказательства в студию!
Anzelmas Matutis Широко известно что Форд был антисемитом и сотрудничал с фашистами и поэтому его заводы в Европе немцы не тронули и как вы думаете куда шли машины с этих заводов. Поищите сами информацию мне лень искать.
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Western front paled in comparison to the Soviet (Eastern) Front...
Right, because it was so much more pleasant dying on the western front.
+Brian Taylor Didn't say anything about it being any more or less pleasant, just saying that the war fighting was more intense, longer and more men, women and children died fighting. It's a comparison.
+Brian Taylor the eastern front was much worse. In the west it was army versus army which is bad in its own right. However the eastern front saw a lot of civilians slaughtered alongside troops, much higher death count, freezing cold temps, little food absolute destruction of homes and entire cities
+Martin Vee well the resistance was civilians. What about the Italian front? North Africa?
They think civilians weren't killed on the western front, it was pleasant weather, and heck, no one got killed in all those carpet bombings.
When men were men