Normandy 1944- Line of Fire
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- Опубліковано 26 вер 2024
- Taken from the excellent line of fire series.An accurate breakdown of events and battle formations with expert analysis from Sandhurst Military Academys finest alongside veterans and historians.
My dad told me the heros were the ones that died over there to stop Hiltler and the German war machine. My Dad came ashore on Utah second wave. He was 18 and scared as hell. His big feet saved his life. As the army didnt have size 13 double wide boots, my dad came a shore in his civilian shoes. A colonel saw his feet and said there was no way he was marching into Germany in those shoes, so he was made a security guard for those germans that were captured in Normandy. Later he became a supply clerk. His next tour of duty was supposed to be Japan but we dropped the bombs and the war ended and my dad came home. 4 years later he met my mother. Thankyou for serving Dad. He is now in heaven. Died on his birthday 10 years ago.
did he tell you 25,000,000 Russian died on the Eastern Front?
Darryl Hetherington did he tell you that Russia invaded Poland? Or perpetrated the Katyn Massacre?
@@seahippies Did he tell you Russia invaded Finland winter 1939?
So, did he wear his civilian shoes for the next 4 years, or did the military finally come up with size 13 WW boots? I'm sure he wasn't the only soldier with big feet!
I only had two pair of boots issued to me during my Iraq tour in 2004, regular combat boots. They didn’t have my size in the other type (cold weather boots). I needed 12XW. Extra wide. I was just out of luck.
75th anniversary ❤️ thank you for keeping us safe
Safe ? We created monsters that only care about money and power.
Yeah really safe with the millions of immigrants coming weakening the countries so theres nothing left for the people built this shit. You all have been brainwashed.
Watching this on the 75th anniversary. Thanks to all the brave guys (and gals) that pulled this off.
Edit - I would look silly trying to speak German or Japanese
In that case, you might want to thank the Russians, Ukranians and all the other countries of the former Soviet Union.
Well then you might want to check out September 17, 1939 Poland when you say we should thank the Russians. Also talk to a Fin about the Winter War 1939.
Also thank the Japanese for stupidly attacking Pearl harbor December 7, 1941. Pearl harbor was a side show event that didn't need to take place. The main objective was to the South. What is now known as Malaysia and Indonesia. The embargo of raw materials by the ABDA! That had the Japanese Military grinding to a halt in 18 months and a complete collapse of their economy in 24 Months. No one knows how long it would have taken for FDR to convince a skeptical population to declare war on either Japan or Germany. There were strikes against North American Aircraft Co. because they were making aircraft for the RAF!
With out the USA and the 600,000 logistical vehicles, USSR only produced 200,000 and Germany 400,000, they sent to Russia. The Russians would have had to switch production on engines and other vehicles to make up for the short fall!
The USA produced a total of 2,100,000 logistical vehicles! We would have fielded a far better tank than the M-4 Sherman if we would have had roll on roll off ships but they hadn't seen the light of day yet! Max weight was 40 tons. Before D-DAY there were two second fronts Italy and the Air War. Instead of Italy the invasion should have been in the Balkans! Hitler forgot to build a roof over Fortress Europe. More and more assets Aircraft, Anti aircraft and personal to man them to try and stop the around the clock bombing by the RAF and the USAAF. When Dolittle took command of the Mighty Eighth Air Force he went from close escort of the bombers bombing Germany to hunting down and killing the German Air Force.
The second world war was global as the name implies. The USA fought on all fronts including the Eastern with Airpower. With heavy bombers and tactical fighter bombers when the Russians ask for support from 8th, 12th and 15th US Air Forces!
George Washington
Well now so no one but the USA had there own agenda and interest . Well then if we had been thinking of our own interests then we would NOT have sent Russia the 600,000 logistical vehicles they needed to get out of Russia. They would have had to cut back somewhere to build them! Like I wrote before they only built 200,000 logistical vehicles. Not to mention almost the entire production run of the Bell P-63 fighters.
@@vospersb.thorneycroft602 Yeah, so please explain how allowing Germany to base its troops 100-150 miles deeper into Soviet territory for the launch of Operation Barbarossa makes it LESS likely Germany wins the war? Or are you going to tell me that Germany would not have attacked Poland if not for the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact?
If the allies (especially GB) were so butthurt over Stalin teaming up with Hitler then maybe they should have cooperated with Stalin instead of leaving that as his only option.
Politics aside, the ONLY way that Germany was going to go down was by someone killing lots of Germans and destroying its war machines. The Soviets did A LOT more of that than anyone else and they paid the greatest price in doing so. The number of Americans and British of that generation that owe their lives to the sacrifices of the Soviet citizens run in the millions. I am sorry if my comment sounded like I minimized the sacrifices made by US soldiers, but let's have some sense of perspective here. Also, the only place the Germans were interested in occupying were Soviet territories. No British, Americans or Canadians ever had to worry about speaking German.
Awesome documentary brother.
Lest we forget.
Harold Thomas Tallis & James farrow, both my Gramps who both served in the war.gone but not forgotten.
Heroic man RIP and i thank you for todays world you guys give us salute
Does your pea brain just vomit this sort of mealy mouthed, cliche rubbish on every subject? Is it, like, a robotic reflex? Sometimes I get irrationally angry, just about silly shit, and it feels very inevitable, even if I'm aware I'm doing it at the time.
Is it like that?
It shocks me to this day, that so many countries could have fought side by side for a common goal. I can not ever picture the countries of this age agreeing on anything, even if evil was tossed in their faces....
Evil IS in their faces.
It just happens to be our dumbass President Trump, unfortunately.
The silver lining is that he is causing all of the rest of the world, and the 75% of us who opposed his election, to coalesce around opposition to him and his misogynistic xenophobic hateful bigoted policies.
@@twstf8905 There are far greater evils facing the world today than Trump. But sure, ignore those and even side with some of these evils to satisfy some lesser grievance. Many felt Obama was a substantial national threat as well and we survived.
That being said, this is not an appropriate context for the hatred you espouse. Take it to Vox or MSNBC. You will find yourself in good company.
Two uncles went in on Normandy with the Queen,s Own Rifles Both survived the war. Good men died that day. We will remember.
we willnever forget
My dad went in that day. Wounded on the 17th. 29 ID, 110 FA. But thankfully made it home.
@@justaguy1679 God saved him for a reason, so him and your family were blessed!
thank you to all army brave men
God Bless you all, and thank you all for your sacrifices, that still allows us in the United States of America to live free.
I am so PROUD being a Canadian, I love and respect; that comes with force and bravery. LOVE and MUCH.
They always were relied on,brave volunteers
You are a good Canadian lady! God bless Canada.
Hey Georgie how come Hitler missed you??? I am replying on your ignorance.. I am PROUD BEING CANADIAN!!!
They failed to.mention one very very important factor.
Having those concrete strong points and boxes right there on the beaches would be fantastic for the initial defense, as was proved, but having those positions forward they were static and couldn't be supplied or easily reenforced. So the people you lost couldn't be replaced and far more critically the ammunition you were expending very quickly, as those MG42s they were fireing fired the fastest in the world, couldn't be replaced.
As a result around noon on the American beaches those German machine guns that had held them down for so long started to run out of ammunition basically around the same time as they were fighting about as hard.
That's one of the main reasons that the American beaches all suddenly saw progress around noon of 6 June. Many other things are credited but personally i.find that to be the most creadible
We must newer forget those young brave man who gave their life for our freedom
as the 75th anniversary come to end we are for ever grateful for the sacrifice they made!
lost an uncle in that war..he was 19. what a waste..and there were millions more lost
I can't help but cry for all the young men who never made it safely off the beach, and who never fired one shot at the enemy! The first waves were cannon fodder body count until the Germans ran out of ammunition! They are the true sacrtificial heroes of D-Day! May they all RIP. I also can only imagine over 2,000 families in America, representing these boys, and all receiving the sad news of their sons and grieving at the same time!
my dad landed w/1st wave on omaha beach. he told me years ago that americans were highly impressed with the german design & technology. this documentary says the same.
As an American, I appreciate this balanced -------well developed--------documentary. -----------Well done.---------------------------WolfSky9, 73 y/o
David fletcher from the Bovington Museum is one of those people you COULD LISTEN TO FOR HOURSE, and NEVER GET BORED!
Breaking open fortress Europe would not be easy it would cost the lives of hundreds of thousands of young men and the world would never be the same again...
It is interesting to note that as Montgomery drew up his plans for the Normandy campaign, he assigned the Canadians to the toughest section of the Normandy front.
Why was it the toughest?
Because it was so wide open in so many places that it was regarded as by far the most favourable territory for tank warfare. So the very terrain of the Juno Beach regions was far and away recognised as the worst for infantry. Hedgerows were fewer or farther between, but the wide open access for the excellent German armoured divisions made it a terrible place to fight for the generally inferior Allied armour. In response to this, D Day plans called for double the number of artillery pieces to be landed on Juno than on any other beach and immediately put into action, coordinated with the forwardmost Canadian infantry units like the Regina Rifles and the Winnipeg Rifles--both of whom had previously stormed the beach early on June 6.
It was in precisely this sector of the Canadian front that the Germans planned to mass their armoured divisions and try to push the Canadians back into the sea, and then spread left and right to attack Gold and Sword beaches. This is what Montgomery realised when he drew up the plans for the Normandy campaign. The terrain literally dictated the Nazi's strategy.
(The 21 SS Panzers were able to thread the needle between Juno and Sword beaches and reached the sea late on June 6, but were driven all the way back to their starting point, just outside Caen, by stiff resistance from the British and Canadians.)
During the Battle for Bretteville (June 7-10, 1944) this artillery support was vital and broke up numerous German infantry and 12 SS Panzer attacks. That and the sheer guts and unbelievable determination of the two aforementioned infantry regiments saved the day. These were some tough Canadian kids from the Prairies who took on the German SS Panzer divisions and beat them! The commander of the 12 SS Panzer division, Kurt Meyer, had smugly concluded that his men would sweep the Canadians back into the English Channel like so many "little fishes." Needless to say, Meyer and his 12 SS Panzers were the ones licking their wounds and howling in misery when they finally fled from Bretteville--minus 43 dead, 99 wounded and 10 missing, and this was only on the first night of the battle! When it finally ended on June 10, the 12 SS had lost 29 panzers, including a good number of Panther Mark Vs! It was here and at nearby Abbey d'Ardenne that Kurt Meyer's SS and the Canadians began executing each other's prisoners tit for tat, with no quarter given. The two sides really hated each other and this made for likely the bitterest fighting in Normandy. (It must also be stated that the Allies made little effort to take many German prisoners on D Day. They were regarded as a nuisance that the invaders did not want to spend manpower or rations on interring--so they were often shot dead after surrendering. Canada's army was as guilty of this as any other.)
Here is a limited account of the terrible fighting at Bretteville: www.canadiansoldiers.com/history/battlehonours/northwesteurope/brettevillelorgueilleuse.htm
And here is an excellent and much more detailed scholarly account of the Battle of Bretteville in .pdf format:
scholars.wlu.ca/cmh/vol16/iss4/2/
[Be prepared to meet Commander Montgomery Scott of the original Star Trek series fame, as he was actually right in the area, being a Canadian artillery officer who landed on Juno Beach on D Day! I bet you didn't know that!!! ;)]
In fact, the Canadians made the greatest penetration of the German lines on D Day, beating them back almost seven whole miles in the first 24 hours. Neither the Americans nor the British came anywhere close! (Indeed, three Sherman tanks of the 1 Hussars actually reached their assigned D-Day objective--the Caen-Bayeux highway next to Carpiquet airfield--before having to pull back when they could not make radio contact with army HQ and request reinforcements. And it was hard fighting with the Canadians losing 354 men killed landing on the first day alone--second only to Omaha in the American sector!) Perhaps it was because the Canadian army was the only Allied army in Normandy that was entirely volunteer, and this may have also played into Montgomery's choice of the Canadians to land on Juno. Originally Juno beach was to be called Jelly, but Churchill forbade it noting it was a sorely inappropriate name for a place where so many men were going to die.
And yes, the two British and one Canadian beaches faced the bulk of the German armour--something like 70% of all German armour faced us around Caen. Indeed, German armour was lined up virtually cheek by jowl! Historians have carefully investigated the numbers involved and the Germans, Canadians and British had more tanks per square mile all around Caen than the Russians and Germans had at Kursk. Around Caen and Carpiquet alone, the Germans had seven panzer divisions supplemented by a battalion of Mark V Panthers. Panzer Lehr, 2 Panzer, 9 Panzer, 116 Panzer, 1 SS Panzer, 9 SS Panzer and 12 SS Panzer. Though few people understand this, these were the heaviest, most concentrated tank battles of WW2.
In hindsight, it is something of a feather in Montgomery's hat that he beat his own estimate for capturing Caen and destroying the German armies by two full weeks, minus one day--but who is counting when numbers are so great and the opposition so terrible?
And finally, Montgomery (and all the Allied generals) had insights into overall German strategy and counterattack plans through the Ultra intercepts at Bletchley Park, England. On numerous occasions he chose to withdraw his forces a short distance in order to preserve them, when informed that much superior German armoured divisions were being moved up to recapture territory lost. This was only sensible. You do not throw away large masses of men and armour to be ground up by superior numbers of enemy armour simply to display your bravado. No, you withdraw and rebuild your own forces until you can overcome what you positively 100% know is a much stronger force facing you only a short distance away. Many have questioned Montgomery's leadership, perhaps with reason. But how many know that he had to preserve his forces (as much as he could anyway) when Ultra intelligence revealed that not doing so would only be a futile gesture and the deliberate squandering of many men's lives? That one almost never hears this revealed in these documentaries bears sad testimony to their depth of research. Moreover, London had already told him that infantry reserves were virtually nil (though armour was plentiful) and he had better save as many of his men as possible. So let's try to be a little bit fairer in our criticisms of him.
My hat comes off to the many, many brave and excellent fighting men from the US! They fought as well as anyone else and that is a fact.
But it was a team effort between the three great English speaking nations of the world that defeated Nazi Germany in Normandy, as well as the many brave French, Polish and other freedom loving European soldiers who fought alongside us. Bravo to all involved!
PS I am not trying to glorify war here, just so anyone who might think this to be so can understand that I do not approve of war--for all the good that will do.
'It is interesting to note that as Montgomery drew up his plans for the Normandy campaign, he assigned the Canadians to the toughest section of the Normandy front. '
The beaches were assigned according to geography. The American were West country and took the westerly beaches. The British were in the South and South East and thus took the three easterly beaches. The Canadian were in middle of the South and South East - in Surrey and Sussex and thus took middle one of those beaches - Juno.
Thanks Todd. Your recap of the actual events is spot on. When I first started reading about WWII, I found the accounts of D-Day seemed to be more about the US and British and less about the Canadian contribution. Talking to my grandfather (RAF pilot) and reading more accounts and historical documents, I was surprised to find out what the Canadians achieved on D-Day given the challenges they faced. So again, thank you for setting the record straight. That said, we should all be grateful to the entire Allied force (regardless of citizenship) for the monumental sacrifices that led to the defeat of Hitler.
Good points, Todd, thanks
Thanks for the information. I learned much that I did not know. I appreciate it and will follow up with your additional readings you posted.
Again thank you.
Good post. We can't forget the brave Polish troops that played a big role fighting with the Canadians and closing the Falaise Gap.
It’s NO secret that Patton CUDDENT STAND even the site of “Ol’ Monty” ! And the reason for this was that it was a well known fact that Monty had a heart the size of a “pea” ! But when it came time to TAKE THE CREDIT for things he had NOTHIN TA DO WITH.... he WAS ALWAYS the first in line. If he HAD “Ike’s” job we’d ALL BE speaking German RIGHT NOW !
poor bobby.... the worst american army ever...conscipt.. pỏorly trained, no battle experience...in normandie more than 20.000 men reported sick with battle fatigue...one òf montgomerys jobs was to keêp american divisions away from german panzers but no never say the truth
Barry Martin, if not for the Americans the war would have ended much sooner. Germany would have easily defeated the Brits and over ran their island. Then the war would have been over. Shame on those Americans. Now go and have your tea Barry and get real. God save the queen.
For the U.S. citizens who choose to disrespect our Nation and Flag...Just try to think for one second the cost these brave men paid for you to have your freedoms..Pray for America..maybe we could at least agree on this....🙏🇺🇸🙏
God Bless the greatest generation!
"Greatest generation", lol. American troops are known to have raped an estimated 15,000 women in Britain, France and Germany in 1944-45, and you think that's great?
PS shove your god up your arse as well, you credulous fool.
@@bnipmnaa You are an ungtreatful, pathetic & hateful little prick, aren't you?
@@bnipmnaa God will deal with you on that remark alone!
I love it when the villains get a beating
"...the first allied troops to set foot on enemy occupied soil"
except the allied operations in Norway 1940, the allies who fought in Greece 1940-41, the failed Dieppe raid in 1942, the allied landings in French North Africa in 1942 (Operation Torch), Sicily in 1943 (Operation Husky), Italy in 1943 (Operation Avalanche)....
dieppe
You gotta remember who is narrating this doc is the Brits
@@terryduncan5718 At least with the British documentaries, all the players are acknowledged. All the American versions are all about how the Americans won the war. Note how it's always "The Americans with their Allies...," never "The British and Commonwealth forces and their American Allies." Don't forget, Mr Duncan, it's only in recent years that the Americans called a halt to the payments Britain have been making to America for two world wars - 100 years of annual payments for the aid they gave us. In addition, the Yanks still own more than 20 British airfields as part-payment. Also, while the Yanks were languishing in peaceful isolationism for two years, the British and her loyal Empire forces (Canadians, South Africans, Aussies, New Zealanders and dozens of other helpful friends) were fighting in Norway, North Africa, Palestine, Burma, China, France and elsewhere, against superior numbers of enemy; so don't run away with the idea that we make up our history; we leave all the Yank self-glorification to Hollywood and those who believe their fairy tales. It's true that we could not have won the war without American aid, but by golly, they extracted their price from us!
@@terryduncan5718 And it was the british wh also fight in France 1940, Nrway north Africa etc?
@@Ukraineaissance2014 Please remember!! The Americans didn't enter the war until December 1941! Then, we had to fight the immediate enemy, Japan, 42 -45, while still supplying Britain in the war effort, as we had for several years previous. Once war was declared between Germany and USA, the American buildup of troops and artillery came to England to prepare for the invasion of France with the Allies in 1944. America was tasked with fighting TWO world power wars at the same time!....Thank God that He sent America to enter the European theater then, or the outcome of Britain and Europe would have been disastrous! Russia was always the enemy within; a communist turncoat waiting to happen...
None of those beaches took as much hell and fire as did Omaha, good luck changing history. Love Brits and Canadians as well, would willingly die for anything threatening in anyone of your backyards.
Thanks for that.
d-day through german eyes by Holger Eckhertz is a fabulous book...maybe 20 german soldiers tell their story of the 6th june...each has his own chapter and only talk about what happened to him personally ...it's compelling...it's terrifying ...it's almost unbelievable...one òf the great books ever written on war....in my opinion
Couldn't agree more. There are actually two books which give a fascinating insight into D-Day from the German perspective and reveal pieces of information which tend to be omitted from Allied accounts. One of these being the fact that a substantial numbers of personnel from the USSR were engaged in the construction of German fortifications or actually serving in the German coastal defence forces.
is that the title of the book ? and where might i find it after all they were human beings too , just caught up in a crazy time by a lunatic sorta like now . very interested .
@@robertkostoroski3581 D-Day through German Eyes is the title. They are both avail from Amazon as Kindle books.
Barry Martin... thanks for this tip. I have just placed a order. book sounds like a winner.
The German General Staff must have been Shocked and dismayed then later depressed when on 12 December 41 Hitler, without so much as a heads up or word of consultation, declared war on the ONY nation in the world capable of producing the immense volume of weapons, ammo, fuel, aircraft, shipping ect to.most such an incredible force around the world to invade them.
One thing the D Day landings were neither the largest of most complex. The invasion of Okinawa soon after was actually bigger in all respects, and that involved only American forces. THAT'S how powerful America was then, that they could undertake TWO D Day or bigger operations almost simultaneously on opposite ends of the globe. THAT'S what the German Generals understood in 41 that Hitler couldn't wrap his feeble mind around.
Well said!
Britain and Russia easily out-produced Germany.
For D- Da, 79% of the warships were British, 67% of the landing ships were British, 55% of the aircraft were British, and 54% of the troops were British and Canadian.
This is the first doc. that emphasized how useless the Atlantic "wall of death" was once penetrated and could be easily taken out from behind enemy lines.
I ften woonder about this. Except for Omaha of course, it seems like troops just walked through with hardly any casualties (relatively). Had planes and naval guns already done the job or was there just nothing really there
@@Ukraineaissance2014 well... some people write thir memoires... people write letters... that's also a great source of knowledge - like illustrations in official documents ....
@@Ukraineaissance2014 The ATLANTIC WALL was theoretically to stretch from Scandinavia to the Spanish border, many hundreds of miles. The Wehrmacht knew it could not provide the same level of defense for every mile. Not enough troops and weapons were available on the Western Front even with the foreign "volunteers". The defensive positions were not uniformly equal and the Wall was not even officially completed as of June 6 1944. The question was how to overcome the most vulnerable parts of the Wall. One plan A was to bring all of the German troops armor, artilley etc. forward as much as possible and destroy the Allied landings on the beaches. The other plan B was to hold the Panzer Armies in reserve , let the Allies land and then cut them to pieces in France on open ground in a devastating campaign of manuever. Hitler decided on Plan B waited to long to deploy the Panzers and the rest as they say is history.
Section at 28:25 is totally incorrect. The Tiger tanks were not superior, in spite of firepower. The were prone to breakdown. The 88mm was also not the most powerful anti-tank gun. The Sherman Firefly variants of the Sherman tank carried a 17 pounder British anti-tank gun that had greater range, greater penetration and greater muzzle velocity than the German 88mm. The British and Canadian units had over 1k of these tanks, usually deployed with 1 firefly and 2 unmodified Shermans per group. The Allies, therefore, did have tanks that were very capable against the German tanks. Also, the number of Tigers on the Western Front was always very low. About 90% of all Tigers made were deployed against the USSR on the Eastern Front.
Mr.Martin, why the “poor Bobby” ? I wasn’t even born yet. And as for “the poorest army ever. That may be. But THAT “poorest army ever” WON the “biggest war EVER” ! And if it wasn’t for “the poorest army ever” Monty’s gravestone would be ON the Normandy beach right now. Oh, wait. By the time he got there ALL the fighting WAS over. Patton was right about “Ol’ Monty”. Just like he was right about the Russians. ALL Monty actually ever did was grab his socks and TRY TO grab the praise. Word was his OWN GUYS HAD TO push him off the boat at Normandy. That way he ONLY HAD TO make two choices. DROUND , or WALK up the beach. That is AFTER HE WAS TOLD by an AMERICAN “private” which way France was ! USA ! USA ! USA !
Bobby Foxworth; you are correct sir without the Americans they would be speaking either German or Russian in parliament. However you will never hear a Brit admit to that fact. As far as they are concerned they won it by themselves. They can’t accept the truth...we saved their tea drinking asses.
Love the British narrator downplaying U.S. involvement.
Y'all be eatin schnitzel if it wasn't for us and the Soviets.
Yes, I gave this video a thumbs down because of it. They get themselves into a war they couldn’t finish, then pick apart the people that dropped everything to help their ungrateful asses...
soviets my ass ! the allied airforce had beaten the germans , long before the soviets truly engaged the german army, which by then had been in the field far too long ! hell they were eating turnups for the last 8mos. and they were dragging anybody into uniform to throw into the frackus . the U.S. sent more food to allies just to make sure our armys didnt starve .
Had the Germans posted their Panzer Divisions close enough to the invasion beaches to immediately counter attack they risked their destruction from naval gunfire from Destroyers up too through Battleships.
It was a mater of how fast they can march. If the Germans were Close in a infight with the allies,the allies had no Chance to use theyr ships artillery and air force. Rommel wanted so.
@@wolfmuller6737 Not true......If they could allow the first wave to step out of the Higgens boat into direct fire they would allow the 2 and 3 wave to take friendly fire in order to eliminate the Panzer's.
Different time, different people.
@@InobuZ Do you know that eisenhower wanted to stop the invasion after the first two waves on land?
@@InobuZ You dont understand. Not so close to the beaches! the panzer div. must march hundreds of KM. 50 KM! out of the range of the naval guns. ( naval fire until 40 KM). The panzer div. must march up to 200 KM. And the SS div. from the ostfront must march a lot more. this was the big fault..
that was the greatest generation of all invading those beaches, when 18 years old boys had to become men fast, today we have 30 years old men still living under their parents umbrella afraid to face the world on their own; many thanks to those brave men for their sacrifice.
@ Curtis B -Regarding the Allied losses - ‘ Bullshit British Snotnosed position ‘ Whats that all about? Britain was the only nation to stand alone against the Nazis and be bankrupted in the process. Have you not heard of the Blitz where thousands of innocent British citizens were killed by Germans bombing our cities? Britain has and always will honour the war dead from all the nations who stood by her, who fought alongside her.
Remembrance has become part of the psyche of the British people. This is the Line of Fire series and showing a breakdown of forces involved is a key part of the makeup of the production. The American losses on D'day were the highest for sure they paid the ultimate price for the success of the operation and no one doubts that. Now if the beach objectives had been the other way around and the Americans had Sword and Gold beaches its very unlikely we would be having this conversation. The Supreme Commander of Allied forces was one of your men Eisenhower so you can’t blame the British and Canadians for the choices of Beaches. The risks where high on all the beaches so you cannot say the British and Canadians assaulted the easier ones. American {Allied} Intelligence must share any blame for One/ underestimating the German position and Two/ the strong tides etc etc at these American objectives. As far as your battle measurement’s passage I’m lost… sorry I don’t know what your leading to?
Thanks for taking the time to share the D’Day Link
Britain "stood alone" while receiving massive material shipments from the U.S..
Britain did not really stand alone, by her side stood our trusted comrades Canada, Australia, New Zealand and India. Our friends in the United States were well compensated in being the material source of the FREE Democratic world.
***** I always thought Montgomery was overrated.Whether in N Africa, where he faced an enemy with 1/10th available personnel, equipment and supplies. Comparable to the invasion of Iraq by the coalition forces. Sadam found out that he was not fighting Iran. In that case the low casualties is the redeeming factor and not the victory. After N Africa, I saw the problems around Caen and Market-Garden, both planned by Montgomery and his staff. And I will not even mention the strategies of WW1. I am glad I wore the US Army uniform and never was placed under the command of a foreign officer other than a short 3 months under a Australian captain, thank God in a safe environment.
+tom bats did you know rommel never had more than 3 divisions when it swept the British half way across North Africa...the brit s had 38divisions and were badly mauled
westpoint Snell That can be deceiving, because in the late 70s I was in Ft Bragg with the 82nd,but there were almost 40,000 troops in that post if you count all the supporting units (JFK Center as well, with the 5th and 7th SPG). So 3 divisions with their supporting units can be as big as an Army. But I agree that you cannot take away what Rommel did. German doctrine at the time was based on superiority of forces at one point. He was trained on that and the Germans fought like that, in both world wars, shifting troops from one front to the other. And of course the brits had leaders like Montgomery who was mediocre at best and would only attack if he had a large numerical superiority. In Europe where he tried his hand as a large formation commander he had substandard performance around Caen and operation Market-Garden. For some reason the brits loved him although they had by fr better generals than Montgomery.
Thank you veterans. We love you and will never forget your bravery & sacrifice for those that gave it all. Thank God for you all.
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It's only been one minute, and already the narrator has forgotten that the Allies have been fighting in Italy for over a year. Rome was captured two days before D-Day.
Not that it matters.
I guess they are making a distinction between occupied territory and territory already part of the Axis.
Likely a script error, likely meant occupied France. Silly mistake but easy to make...in internet terms it was likely a typo.
@Jodonho: You mean the crack about being "the first troops to land on occupied enemy soil"?
I assume they mean paratroops. Other landings had been made in France earlier, Calais, Dieppe and Bruneval for instance.
Jodonho Thank you for correcting the continued misconception that June 6 1944 was the first invasion of enemy held land.
As to the question of the Canadians role in the battle of Normandy. The Americans swooped from Omaha Beach right in the West of France. The Canadians fought all of the battles behind the Americans, the toughest battles in Normandy, and nobody remembers them.. The Canadians deserve much of the credit for taking Caen and thereby opening up the plains of France to the following forces.. Long live freedom and long live Canada.
Grandad was KIA in Normandy Royal Scots fusiliers he served didn’t stand a Chance was one of the many first to be blowing up by a mine
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Let's be realistic and never forget one thing if it was not for the Americans the world would be a totally different place. The fact of the matter is not boasting or trying to Pat myself on the back for being an American but I'm an American and our might saved the world and that's no stretch of the imagination that is a fact. Because we care about Humanity we care about other people. We were attacked by the Japanese and when we entered the war instead of concentrating our might on defeating the people that attacked us we agreed to take out Germany first. That's all there is to it and that's proof in itself of what I just said
cotrell Dont forgett the russians. They do the most of the bloody Job. If there was no fighting in the east , an american landing in France were never happened and UK were forced to surrender.
Yes you are right about that!!!!!!
You can't, "Pat yourself on the back," for being American, dumbass. being an American isn't an accomplishment lol it's an accident of birth.
People generally aren't congratulated for something over which they have absolutely no control. 😂
Line of Fire was an amazing documentary on military history. Can I ask where you found this recording? Do you know where I can find any of the other later series?
Rip to all ower fallen hero's
! Boo z &dffs
Not accurate. British forces were represented quite well, in the chronicle of the invasion. See the film "The Longest Day".
The german 5th army was awaiting the allied landing on pas de Calais, awaiting a allied army who never exist. Rommel wanted to beat the allies near the beaches and the tanks posted closer on the beach Zone. Hitler deny. (He was a bloody Amateur). The marching order for the tank divisions came to late, becourse no one wanted to awake hitler in the night!. The german divisions lost alot of material and men by Long marching to the beach head. Losses asp. by allied air force. If those tank div. were closer the beaches (Rommel) the allied landing had failed. Shure. An assault of elements of the 21 Panzer div. reach the sea between the british landing beaches sword and Juno. But, no reserves and the assault were stopped by ships artillery and air force. Not by allied land Forces. Thats the Story.
Yeah, the heavy bombers going to soften up the beach defenses and surrounding areas of the invasion beaches. Okay, I will admit they did do a great job in the weeks leading up to the invasion, destroying bridges, bombing airfields and any and all targets that were critical to the invasions goals. However in the seemingly easiest mission of all, and one of the most important to the troops in the landing crafts, the bombing of the beaches themselves, the bunkers, and areas directly behind the beaches. Was completely botched. They managed to miss every bunker and the entire beach. The big bomb craters the troops were told would be there in large numbers to provide some kind of cover during the initial assault, were just not there, not a single solitary one. This led to many many deaths and injuries as the allied troops, but especially the Americans on those exceptionally wide very flat beaches. The soldiers were forced to run more than a hundred yards of flat sand beach with no cover all the while being mowed down like grass by interlocking fields of fire by the MG 43 and MG 34 fast firing machine guns, the horribly dreaded deadly German Krupp 88 Antiair Guns at near point blank range over grounds zeroed everywhere, samee with the artillery of all kinds in layers behind the beaches also--all the wonderful surprises that the Soldiers were promised would be greatly reduced by everything from bombers and fighters to ships bombardment yet had not suffered a single solitary scratch until some soldiers managed to survive the beaches to finally find cover at the cliff bases. Only then was accurate fire able to be directed on to the german MG positions, trenches, bunkers, gun positions, and the like, from the big guns of the battleships to destroyers and everything in between.
But the bombers totally dropped the ball. Exactly as they did on many occasions during the invasion, the invasion not being the 8th AF bombers greatest hours. Later they managed to bomb on a heading line specifically told not to, clearly told to bomb the total opposite headings and altitudes. Yet probably to save the hassle and time bombed on the heading ordered not to, completely missed thee German lines by miles and scored a direct hit on the lines of American Infantry waiting to attack thee germs, killing and wounding hundreds of Americans.
After this incident though American 8th Air Forces made up for it then a ton! Esp at the fallaise Gap!
Lots of stories of the Air forces being worse than useless in Normandy. I wonder if they got used to just bombing from very high up and not thinking about the consequences.
James M. Taylor. This isn’t accurate. “clearly told to bomb the total opposite headings and altitudes. Yet probably to save the hassle and time bombed on the heading ordered not to, completely missed thee German lines by miles and scored a direct hit on the lines of American Infantry waiting to attack thee germs, killing and wounding hundreds of Americans“.
The bombers came in perpendicular to the beach, instead of parallel as instructed. Also the first wave of bombers did hit the Germans, but the smoke from those hits obscured the second waves view of the target area. That’s when allied troops were hit, with some American units even firing at the bombers. And an account I heard of what happened came from an American artillery officer, that doesn’t mean infantry wasn’t also involved.
I Love how this gives the German Perspective as well! You Rarely get to see what D-Day was like from their Eyes! The Wehrmacht weren't the Racist Pieces of Shit, that was The Nazis! They were Soldiers, doing Their Job and Giving Their Lives to a Doomed and Twisted Leadership! Did They Commit War Crimes? Yes, yes They did! But EVERY SIDE DID! The Wehrmacht were Soldier, Honorable, Hard Working and Brave! They fell in the 4-5 MILLION Range, and Deserve to be Honored as Well! There isn't a Single Family in Germany who to this Day has not been Effected by this HORRIBLE War! It's Unreal to think Millions and Millions and Millions of People All Around the World Lost Their Lives just so America and Russia could Play "My Dicks Bigger than Yours!"
The ALLIED POWERS made eunuchs of the armies/navies/airforces of both the Third Reich and the Empire of Japan and their "allies", and deservedly so. The Germans, Japanese, Italians,et.al sowed the wind and reaped the whirlwind. In Japan the whirlwind was also radioactive.
A lot of common factual errors, especially about supporting bombers and rocket ships. Neither of these had any effect on the beaches. The errors are not those of the Sandhurst lecturers but of the narrative in the "documentary."
Seumas na Tuaighe you weren't even alive then
Yes..... AMERICAN movies tend to focus on the AMERICAN efforts on D-Day. Why is that so difficult to understand? I'm pretty sure the movie Dunkirk didn't focus proportionately to the French contribution to the evacuation. So stop saying stuff like "Despite Hollywood's best efforts, D-Day wasn't strictly an American undertaking."
Fun fact : The Okinawa landing had a larger landing fleet than the Normandy landing
Get lost. D-Day had 6,000 plus ships.
My British cousin has been to the American Museum at Omaha Beach. She asked why there was no mention of the British Royal Navy. The Guide said "Because they weren't there"!!!!!!! My cousin immediately showed him a large photograph of her father's Royal Navy boat which had taken American troops in to the beach. The Guide became even more hostile/arrogant (no surprise there). Another Guide came up to her and asked to look at the photo, he then took her to the Archive and produced an exact same photograph from a filing cabinet. He said they had wondered for a long time what the photo had depicted. Needless to say my uncle was shot at - a shot even bust the bottle containing the Rum ration. The RN was not amused. Yes, the British did make mistakes, but they (and their allies from 1939) must also have got something right as those Yanks sailed from the free south coast of England and not from Boston USA or wherever. I think the US frequently forgets our population is only a sixth of their size, and US is 200 times bigger (therefore with considerably more resources).
Thank you for sharing that information, all the best to you
Really? Your cousin just carries that picture around with him in his pocket?
Dalton Morgan - No SHE does not "just" carry that photo around. She and her husband were deliberately visiting the Normandy Beaches in 2014.
Insperato62 Also there is no American museum on Omaha beach. There is a D-day museum and an American cemetery, but no "American: only museum
Insperato62
So atrocities, soldier sacrificed
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Hollywood did not portray it as a “purely American operation Nitwit America had the most difficult beaches though
The beaches were allocated based on the location of the various units in Southern England. US forces were in the South West, and Anglo-Canadian forces in the South-East. Possibly Omaha would have gone better if the commanders of the amphibious tanks had not launched them 5000 yards out into rough seas and drowned all but two of them. The LCT commanders at Gold, Juno, & Sword took their tanks right onto the beaches once they had seen the sea state.
"We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think."
I think Rommel never really understood the power and amount of the naval fire support available to troops ashore in the invasion. Any effort to use tanks to battle at the beaches would have been met with hails of accurate spotted ship based fire support. America put much effort in battles that mostly benefited other countries immediate interest. Forgive them if they boast.
I still think i would have just curled up in a ball with my thumb in my mouth if i was there
Possibly, but a Sergeant would have grabbed you by you gear, kicked you in the butt. And pushed you forward
The will to survive does amazing things to the human mind!
The Lobbies around the world got their wish 1933. as per today Mid east
Had Hitler, sued for peace upon reaching the coast, and concentrated on Russia., today's maps would look a lot different then they do. If communism had been wiped out then our history would have maybe been more peaceful...
Not that the Allies shouldn't help the Soviets, but to lets say, in modern lingo, slowed the roll.
Hitler did not expect Britain and France to declare war when he invaded Poland and following the annexation of France his generals urged him to sue for peace which he declined to do. Following the failure of the Luftwaffe to allow for Operation Sea Lion an envoy was sent from Switzerland to initiate peace talks with the British, however Churchill would have none of it and the rest is history.
21:22 torpedoes being used to bombard the beach?
Sounds very unusual to me.
THey would send out a sweep spread of torpedos to detonate any mines that maybe planted near the surface. Also it would destroy any underwater blockage, like cement and wooden poles used to cause shallow draft vehicles to be wrecked.
The Navy ships and PT Boats had torpedo launchers ready on D-DAY to attack any German surface raiders called E-BOATS by the Allies. In the dress rehearsal staged just prior to D-DAY the American landing forces were attacked by German E-Boats and sustained many casualties. FOOL ME ONCE SHAME ON YOU-FOOL ME TWICE SHAME ON ME.....
Why is the "films from the war" in black and white, you had colors in the first world war... just something I saw in a another documenaty about ww1, in color??
Oh yeah Normandy, wasn't that the diversionary attack right before the Russians ended the war with their operation Bagration?
Yep, it's also the campaign where those loud-mouthed american wankers spent more hours winning the war in hollywood films than they spent in actual combat.
@@bnipmnaa Ungrateful much???
20:25 That isn't entirely accurate about a German coalition army specifically from occupied spaces or prisoners. For instance, it is well documented with photos of Indian volunteers, turbans and beards, defending and guarding the Atlantic wall. Germany was no more the bad guy than any of Britain's independent colonies coming to aid the motherland. Check out the Hawaiian flag sometime, you know, the 50th American state or Australia's flag... Something had to fill the vacuum of the world power struggle with the British and Russian governments in a weakened state..America, Australia, Canada, Japan... etc were all feeling the hurt from the economic turmoil we know as the great depression one way or another.. It's that simple. That's all there is to be said. Research it, Check it out, Dig deep. Turn off the TV.
sorry, documentary is accurate. Many from occupied territories may have joined the German cause but more because they saw as it a way to get out from USSR control or to get a good daily meal. German lost her colonies in WW1 and the raise of Nazi Germany had NOTHING to do with a power vacuum. The allies were at a weakened state because they thought they did not need to be stronger or had agreed to arms treaties to help prevent an arms race like what happened before WW1.
Someone get Stephen a bigger jacket
4:16 I guess you could say 'largest AND COMPLEX' but uhhhh, "The largest amphibious armada ever assembled, bigger even than Normandy, had still taken almost three months to subdue the Japanese 32nd Army in the southern half of the island." 160,000 troops storming Normandy and 183,000 troops storming Okinawa...
Robert S
How ridiculous can this get. Overlord comprised 6,000 ships, 5,800 aircraft and couple of million men facing the 1 million plus Germans.
Take it up with these guys: www.thehistoryreader.com/contemporary-history/invasion-of-okinawa/ www.warhistoryonline.com/instant-articles/5-of-the-largest-amphibious-invasions-in-modern-history.html "Many still think that Operation Neptune, or perhaps D-Day, was the largest of the amphibious landings to take place in history. However, if a head to head statistical analysis is made, it becomes quite clear that the largest Amphibious landing took place when Nazi Germany was almost completely beaten."
Umm the 101st and 82 airborne landings were not in trouble as the narrator said. They got together and did their job. Luckily the Brits didnt have to land on Omaha beach.
'Luckily the Brits didnt have to land on Omaha beach.'
British forces would not have launched their DD Tanks too far out at sea, would not have curtailed the shore bombardment and would hasve taken assault armour with them.
'the 101st and 82 airborne landings were not in trouble'
They were dropped all overe the place and far too early.
They should been landed later to make certain the Germans
were not alerted to the more important British airborne
landings.
Why? You seem to imply that the British would not have the ability to take that beach and forge inland! If this is what you are implying then I suggest that you remember that we British were fighting the war long before the Americans even started fighting in North Africa etc and that is where they failed miserably and were bloodied in modern (for the time in history we are talking about) warfare. Most of those units were untested when they landed in Normandy. The British were given the difficult task of taking Caan, a town that was a fortress in terms of German strength but was taken with heavy losses by the Canadians,British, and other allied forces, ahead of the estimated date given by Montgomery. To suggest the British and/or Canadian forces were not capable of taking Omaha beach is not only inaccurate but a very denigrating view of the men who gave their lives fighting on the beaches allocated to them by the supreme commander, an American, so your viewpoint is so full of sh1t that you should take your comment and use it as toilet paper because that is all it is fit for. Typical American, you only see what you want to and dam everyone else’s contributions to the war.
The British and Canadians should have been given Omaha.
Like the Americans at Omaha they got their asses handed to them at Dieppe and learnt valuable lessons.
They developed the Hobart Funnies to get specialised armour ashore quickly. Amphibious Shermans, flail tanks for mines and the bunker busting petard.
The US forces were offered one third of the available Funnies but only accepted the Amphibious Shermans
These Shermans had one foot freeboard but the Americans launched them too far out into 6 foot waves and only 2 reached the shore.
The Canadians and British paratroopers took out the artillery threatening their beaches at Merville prior to their landings.
The American DDay casualties also included the men they lost during training exercise Tiger when a lot of their men were killed by friendly fire and this was hushed up.
Dr Aryck Nusbacher when he was a dude - he’s now a Transexual woman 🤦🏻♂️
And a damn ugly one at that. Lol
He's extremely irritating, whatever 'gender' he thinks he is.
The ruin of military history TV. Unbelievable the PC garbage being shoved down our throats.
I really respect Rommel as a commander, but had the German armor been placed forward, as he wanted, it would likely have suffered the fate of German armor at Salerno--being crushed by big battleship guns.
I agree. Rommel was a very respected, brilliant general, who was murdered by Hitler's paranoia. However, the overwhelming Allied resources & manpower would have destroyed them in the end, and at even greater loss to the Allies.
Wrong! There were 100 thousand plus, American and 57 thousand British, Canadian, French, and Polish.
Wrong what?
It was 73 thousand Americans and 84 thousand Britrish and
Canadians.
Of the 156,000 men who landed in France on 6 June, 73,000 were American, and 83,000 British or Canadian. The Commonwealth naval contingent was twice that of the Americans.
Americans will tell any lies to make it seem like they're more important than they really are.
95,000 Americans, 40-50,000 British, 20,000 Canadians, French & Polish.
@ 12:00 Why is the british always trying to down play the efforts the Americans contributed? Lets see the entire stats of supplies, planes, men etc. that the allies contributed from each country. I'm sure then we will see who invested the most into this liberation. Not to mention the Americans were fighting japan at the same time. No wonder my ancestors fled that miserable pretentious island of people.
Btw Hollywood is American, they portrayed the view as the American soldier and their families saw and delt with this horrendous act from Hitler, and what was happening to the other countries. It's pretty obvious british tv touts their efforts the same way, probably worse from what I've seen. Imagine what would have happened to Europe if the Americans had stayed home. I'm sure the german language would be widespread by now.
Why are Americans not told 25 million Russians died in the Eastern front?
And that they were used to take Berlin while the American heroes stood back and waited to take the credit?
@@seahippies That's a LIE, we Americans know what the russians did on the eastern front, and we also know how much supplies like food, weapons, planes, etc. the russians accepted from us to help keep Hitler from taking them over. We also know what they did to the Polish people, russians are far from being heros. Used to take Berlin? We didn't make russia do anything, it was their own choice to go to Berlin. Obviously you need a REAL history class.
The British actually had more men and supplies used at D day.
And hou seem to be aware that the UK was also fighting Japan?
Of the 156,000 men who landed in France on 6 June, 73,000 were American, and 83,000 British or Canadian. The Commonwealth naval contingent was twice that of the Americans.
D-Day or not the Russians were on a unstoppable march to Berlin.
After the 1943 battle of Kursk the war was basically decided.
I see Nusbacher is wearing a dress nowadays !
Is he?
Yeah he is now a she
@Philip Freeman What is your problem. I just acknowledged somebody's question. I dont care how they choose to live. Not sure why you interjected the whole Montgomery vs Patton thing into my answer either.
I never mentioned either one.
Not "One" of the Airborne troops actually LANDED, "Where they were supposed To" . . . NOT ONE ! ! ! ( The "Closest" unit to objective, was "B"Com., 82'nd . . . it was "2"miles SOUTH, of where it was supposed to be landed! )
Wrong. The Oxford and Bucks laned where right whetre they were supposed to - next to allied objective number 1 - Pegasus Bridge.
Or perhaps you think that British airborne forces don't count?..
@@thevillaaston7811 They were in GLIDERS . . . the "Majority" of the US Para's, were FREE FALL
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'Not "One" of the Airborne troops'
The troops in Gliders wree airborne.
@@thevillaaston7811 I "Know That" ! . . . I was being SPECIFIC about the American Airborne
Der Feurer must have taken a Strooong sleeping pill? LOL !
Hitler stayed up at nights and slept beginning in the early hours. He made a mistake since the major battles started in the early hours!
The 21st Pazer was held back big time and deployment of reserves was in fatigue shook of were the invasion was happening, they really didnt want to belive that it would be normandy, but it was, every sec past was a yard lost and to be gained. Thank God for lives he saved and may be give peace to those he took that day on both sides. I'm sure there was alot of US and Germany's that pulled that trigger when they really didnt want to but had too.. War is he'll and should be wiped off the face of the earth, lets just hope thats not nuclear war.
Omaha Beach would have been a complete disaster if not for the intervention of the US Navy destroyers.
This campaign gets all the publicity but I think the real story of WWII was what the Russian allies did without hardly any help. There were more than 10 million people killed in the German invasion of Russia. They made it all the way to Stalingrad and Leningrad before the Russians were able to start pushing them back. The Germans killed everyone they came across and burned everything in their wake. If you watch the videos that are available on YT you will see the fierce determination and resistance of the Russian forces. They don't get enough credit for winning WWII.
Hardly any help? They drove in American trucks, ate American food, wore British boots, and many of their units used American or British-built tanks. 2600 British and Canadian built Valentines, and over 4100 American built M4s, went to the Soviet Union. There were also some 18000 American & British combat aircraft. Doesn't that count as 'help?'
@@dovetonsturdee7033 From what the Russians have said in other videos less than 1% of their needed supplies and weapons were given by the Allies. Maybe that figure is wrong, but not much got through by ship.
@@johnallen2771 'Not much got through by ship?' British aid to Russia sent by the Arctic route consisted of 5218 tanks, 7411 aircraft, 4932 anti-tanks guns, 4000 rifles & machine guns, 4338 radio sets, 2000 field telephones, 1803 radar sets 473 million projectiles, 9 torpedo boats, 4 submarines, 14 minesweepers, 10 destroyers, and 1 battleship. Additionally, American aid consisted of 14795 aircraft, 7537 tanks, 51503 jeeps, 35170 motor cycles, 8700 tractors, 375883 trucks, 8218 anti-aircraft guns, 131633 sub-machine guns, 345735 tons of explosives, 1981 locomotives, 11155 railway trucks, 540000 tons of steel rails, over 1 million miles of telephone cables, 2670000 tons of petrol, 842000 tons of chemicals, and 3786000 tyres. Three quarters of this was sent via the Persian Gulf, half via the Pacific, and the remainder via the Arctic. All involved sea transportation at some stage.
So true about the German Armor though, Allied tanks weren't even a fraction as good as what the Germans had.
Yes. But we had so many more of them. 5 Shermans on 1 Panther or Tiger and the Germans lost
Ah really? With little shells that can't even penetrate the armour, and that bounce of like marbles from an iron plate? Quite interesting. Greetings from Germany.
Alexander, I seem to be unable to grasp your comment. Please explain.
Sure, you were so superior we gave you your asses on a plate, and reduced 100 german cities to dust, then hung some of the worst of you. Real superiority, that is. Quite interesting. Greetings from Canada.
you are over valuing armour...Tanks are easily countered by simple, cheaper anti tank guns or mines, or determined death techs(infantry). Once the range was closed the guns on allied tanks were capable enough. Wittman wasn't knocked out by a German tank but by a sherman. Another greeting from Canada..eh
montgomery was a fieldmarshal which out ranks a general he should have been supreme commander he also had battle experiance eisenhower had none
The US financed the War Britain was a distant 3rd power after the US and Russians , no way the Americans people would let a Brit be in charge.
Monty was too busy LOOTING every town they passed through to try and win a battle ! monty was such a big LIAR look at op market garden he did the same in north africa , this came to an end when he had to compete with a great general PATTON and then again with BRADLY !!!! monty shoud have been busted out of the army ...
Damn good thing Eisenhower WAS in charge. Ol' Monty just wasn't in his league.
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Eisenhower had zero personal combat experience and virtually no command experience.
He made a complete mess of things in the autumn and winter of 1944.
@@thevillaaston7811 But Eisenhower was placed in command, and did so poorly that his forces beat the Nazis. Unlike some country's militarys, the US put people in command because of ability, not who their mommy or daddy was, or knew, or which social strata they came from.
So if the ss panzer soldiers were young, (average age 18), how could they also have 4 years of battle experience?
It's the unit as a whole had 4 years of combat experience not the soldiers that fought in Normandy. The soldiers at Normandy were all replacement. And from what I know about the battle for the town of caen the Germans put up one hell of a fight for a bunch of young kids
Because the Germans had been putting their youth into war since the 30s, when Hitler took over.
Why don't all you people ,we did more we fought harder give it a rest!!? I bet alot of you where not even born yet!!!! No wonder the world is in such a state, there is so much hate, even among so called allies!!!!!!
They're called americans, and they're not able to be quiet. It's one of the reasons the entire world despises them.
I think it is sick that the commentator in this video said that Hollywood tries to say that it was an All-American deal when there were more Canadian and British than there were Americans yeah there should be more Canadian and British than Americans because that's two countries Canada is a country and the British are a different country and not only that but we had 12,000 less then the two of them combined it is pathetic and disgraceful that the commentator of this video and this video said that the Americans took hire casualties and attacked the stronger beaches during D-Day believe one thing if the Americans hadn't been there the British and Canadian would have lost just like they lost the European continent to begin with!!!!!!
No really good options for the Germans, I think
to quote Runstad..."then sue for peace you idiots"
@@Peorhum How do you "sue for peace" when the only terms offered are unconditional surrender? Kind of puts the war criminals in the Nazi govt in a tight spot under those terms.
@@dondajulah4168 wasn't my quote...that said they could have still asked for an armistice and saved many lives but yeah, sort of makes that hard for them to want to do that with unconditional surrender the only option. Then again Hitler felt a defeated Germany failed him, so deserved all the hardships a continued war would bring. So I doubt in Germany's case unconditional surrender being the only option would have made a difference.
Our GRANDPA was there from CANADA , our reward was to be WIPED OUT by WAVE after WAVE of IMMIGRANT'$ that followed him back here..........THAT'$ ALL WE REMEMBER !
D-Day was just to get a foot back on Europe before the Russians took all of Germany. The Germans lost the war in Aug 1943 after the loss at Kursk, D-Day or no D-Day the Russians were entering Berlin no matter what.
Not exactly. Stalin wanted the Americans and Britain to set up a second front, so Germany would be forced to move many of the men on the Eastern Front out west. Stalin was very adamant about it. You might want to look into the Lend Lease, and the significance of it, too. Zhukov and Stalin spoke of its significance. Russia, although they had the most casualties...fought a war on their home front. They weren’t at sea, they didn’t fight the Japanese until Manchuria, they didn’t fight in Italy, or North Africa. They fought a war on their home turf. Hitler shit the bed, and Barbarossa was a catastrophic failure. His obsession with the Caucuses, where he divided the 4th Panzer Army away from the 6th Army was incredibly stupid. Stalingrad was lost by Germany as much as it was won by Russia. Kursk could’ve been avoided, and Hitler’s generals were against it. Also, the United States agreed that they would allow Russia to enter Berlin, because we had class, and knew they went through more against Germany. America stopped at the Elba River, but could’ve gotten into Berlin first. The Soviets raped over 2 million German women, and cared very little for liberation, as opposed to revenge. They actually let Auschwich continue operating, since they tried to conquer Poland anyways. The USA gave credit to them, but Communism was a huge threat.
In the second invasion, operation dragon, in S France was another 150 thousand American.
mcaurthur, or patton said no defensive position in history had ever been succesfully defended
they 're americans,we never hold anything,that was Monty s job...
Gallippoli?
Stalingrad. Patton was a one-trick pony.
Koran War?....Vietnam?......
Gettysburg
"Despite the best efforts of Hollywood to present D-day as a purely American affair... ". The British inferiority complex around WWII is one of the more entertaining aspects of watching these videos, particularly those about the Normandy invasion. They contort the narrative to tendon-snapping lengths, for instance, in order to avoid those two syllables "Patton". I even watched one the other night in which the German 352nd division was opposed to the Commonwealth beaches. Correct me if I'm wrong, but the 352nd was the one hardened, front line German division in Normandy and was arrayed primarily at Omaha. But perhaps I'm wrong.
What has Patton got to do with the Normandy invasion?
He was not in it until 2nd August that year.
'The British inferiority complex around WWII is one of the more entertaining aspects of watching these videos'
Britain fought from the first day of the war until the last and inevery theatre of conflict. Britain was the only major participant to go to war on behalf of another county. Britain was the only major participant to face Germany on its own. Relative to its circumstances, Britain outproduced every other major participant. Britain invented radar, sonar, the proximity fuse, the
proximity fuse and so on.
As far as glory the Second World War is concerned, we rule.
@TheVilla Aston, "Britain was the only major participant to go to war on behalf of another country.". This (among other things) would come as a serious surprise to the nearly 1000 Canadians who died at Dieppe. To characterize any Commonwealth soldiers, especially Canadians, as "British" is a disservice to their memory. They were not "British" in WWII any more than they were "British" in WWI. So, you don't rule.
John Johansen 75 percent of Canadians who fought in WWI were British. Most Canadians at that time felt British and Canadian.
@TheFreshman321, How could you possibly know how 75% of the Canadians 'felt' in 1939-1945 ? Regardless, they were Canadian, not British. Further, if you had any understanding whatsoever about how Canadians viewed their participation in WWI and in WWII, you would know that they generally did not see themselves, nor did they want others to see them, as 'British' (particularly the Francophones).
Okinawa was bigger
Although it isn’t absolutely clear, it looks like 60,000 landed on the first day at Okinawa. Opposed to about 125,000 on the first day of Normandy. The Okinawa landing force had 180,000, but they didn’t all land in the first day. nisei.hawaii.edu/object/io_1149316185200.html
Overall poorly done. Perpetuates many myths and misconceptions that arose at the time it was made that have since been discredited with the release of documents that were still classified at the time. I.e., the number of paratroopers that drowned was very low. The flooded areas were only knee deep in most areas. This is a pretty inaccurate breakdown of events and battle formations and the analysis from Sandhurst "finest" is laughable.
as separate countries the Americans put more troops onto the beaches, 73,000 American (23,250 on Utah Beach, 34,250 on Omaha Beach, and 15,500 airborne troops) 83,115 British and Canadian (61,715 of them British) with 24,970 on Gold Beach, 21,400 on Juno Beach, 28,845 on Sword Beach, and 7,900 airborne troops. so as this brit says ( the best effort of hollywood ) the best of effort of this vid to claim Americans was the smaller force is false.
But Britain provided more than half of the aircraft, 79% of the warships and 67% of the landing shipping.
@@thevillaaston7811 5934 american aircraft, 5656 british aircraft , ships 352 british ships , 154 american ships, landing ships i am not sure of. but all know all landing craft operated by english. ships would be one point , seeing how over 2/3 of american naval ships are in the pacific fighting.
@@thevillaaston7811 this is the American fleet in the pacific at the end of the war.... At its peak, the U.S. Navy was operating 6,768 ships on V-J Day in August 1945, including 28 aircraft carriers, 23 battleships, 71 escort carriers, 72 cruisers, over 232 submarines, 377 destroyers, and thousands of amphibious, supply and auxiliary ships.
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Not really...
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@@MRFLESHSTORM
This statistic about the USA in August 1945 is regularly posted on here by arrogant and boastful Americans. It is actually nothing to crow about. At that time the RN comprised over 4,800 ships. This after SIX years of war and from a country, four of them with the enemy 20 miles away, not 3,000 miles away . With one third of the population of the USA, 4,800 x 3 would give 14,400 ships.
I think it was a forgone conclusion regardless of D-Day, American airpower would have ultimately taken out everything over time. We did have the bomb and that would have turned Berlin into a parking lot.
The Russians would always have got there first.
@@thevillaaston7811 Stalin sucked. He needed his ass kicked. There wouldn't have been a Cold War with him out of the picture.
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Gregory the Nazi army invaded Poland to take back what they perceived to be German territory the British government did all they could to avoid war however the Nazi army ordered by Hitler invaded Poland the British government had a treaty to defend Poland if attacked by a foreign country perhaps you should do some research before leaving a comment
The Germans only took west Poland while Stalin took east Poland.
For some reason Britain forgot to declare war on Stalin for doing the same thing.
At the end of the war Stalin took over all of Poland.
Thanks for nothing Britain.
The commitment of Britain and France to Poland only covered an attack by Germany.
@@Crashed131963
So what was Britain supposed to? Invade the Soviet Union?
38:55 hmm very interesting little fact... the son of the presidents landing force just happened to "drift" down into an undefended beach? ok lol
This is the worst documentary I'v ever watched. After twenty minutes of watching and hearing speculative conjectures on the part of the narrator such as ''perhaps...'', ''it 'may' have been...'', and so forth I had to stop the video. The history of the events that took place and the strategies of each commander on all sides of ''Operation Overlord'' is known to us and well documented. So why approach this and give the impression as though there are unknowns in the events that lead up to, during and after the invasion of Normandy. As though there are holes that need to be filled with speculation and guessing involved. This is just plain silly.
usa ships on Omaha not brits .uss cook among them.
SHANE ATKINS Omaha was the American sector,not british.
agree Omaha used us destroyers to help U.S. troops. Man in video acted as if it was brit ship.
It is a historical fact that two Royal Navy ships were sent close in to take on the shore defences.
@@ivenireland8270 yep and one was grounded in shallow water until the tide came in
That nusbacher fella is miss nusbacher now.... And still single lol....... Rue Britannia and all that dribble
Hissy Honker He's a yank! God Save the Queen!
@@TheFreshman321 bugger the old bat, wonder if the slag ever wiped her own arse?
"Despite the best efforts of Hollywood to portray Overlord as a purely American undertaking"
That wasn't always true in the sixties (remember for example:"the longest day" but regarding movies and documentaries in recent time, one truly must admit it. Look at "saving private ryan" or "band of brothers" for example. Brits are generally completely left out of the picture as fighting troops or presented as wimpy euro twats, being completely incompetend as soldiers and totally dependend on the americans to do the job for them. Not to mention the completely biased campaign to wear down the historic perception of Montgomery, which has become almost a must for any amercian documentary covering the landings and subsequent operations in normandy.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to play the importance of the amercians in this whole campaign down. But I'm I really doing this when I say that they were only one half of the story? After all, it is not british media that doesn't do them american heroes justice. Sadly it is amercan (and modern german) media, that doesn't do them british, canadian and all the other nations heroes justice, wich in contemporary Hollywood/American media productions about D-DAY and beyond are reduced to a mere sideshow although they contributet at least as much to victory as the US Troops.
Carrying on from that JosipRadnik1 the Americans did take heavy losses at Omaha and Utah during the Normandy operation, but then again so did the British Army. The Royal Tank Corps was nearly decimated during the Normandy campaign trying to Breakout and take Caan. Monty was close to being replaced as commander. It was a close run thing. There is no doubt Normandy was a costly campaign for all the allies, a lot of good men were needlessly lost.
Also Curtis B never mentioned the same breakdown of intelligence was not confined to American forces in the Western European Theatre sadly the US Marine Corp endured Hell in the Pacific Theatre of Operations thanks to poor Intelligence. Thanks for your comment.
You guys are comical... saving private ryan was about an American private who's 3 brothers had already been killed in ww2. and the people and struggle that went on to get him, private ryan (the sole surviving brother) home to his family. Nothing at all to do with the British. And I'm not a big historian like you two, obviously... so maybe you can tell me, how many British soldiers were in the 101st airborne, easy company? Which is what band of brothers is about. No offense, but I've watched movies about pegasus bridge, and I never saw an American in those. Does that mean that British media is taking all the credit for winning the war, and giving it to the British? Or maybe, just maybe it's all a conspiracy. And you two should really be concentrating your effort to find that Island, where Hollywood brought all those Dinosaurs back to life with gene splicing, and other technologies. LOL
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Actually, American losses on Utah beach were comparatively light at about 200 dead. Omaha and Juno were hell holes in comparison!
@@zettle2345
'saving private ryan was about an American private '
Did not stop the film maker insulting a Briton - once again.
PL pm LM
26:04 Was I imagining things or was this guy a girl last time I saw him. Forgive me, I have been over exposed to chemicals an solvents. :-D
The narrator needs to learn how to speaka Engrish. Lmao. He also has a rather vivid imagination when it comes to stating FACT.
^ Spoken like a true american, i.e. parochial and incredibly stupid.
'He also has a rather vivid imagination when it comes to stating FACT.'
Why do you state that?