Surviving D-Day!
On June 6, 1944, the biggest amphibious invasion in the history of the world took place. This is the story of a medic who saved many lives in this historic day.
We’ve all seen, some of us may have even heard from our parents or grandparents, stories about D-Day, and World War II in general. The Allies went to great lengths to prevent the Nazis from learning their real plan, from detailed planning, to sneaky decoy bases to take attention off the real attack. But, the fortifications at Normandy were still formidable.
For this video, we wanted to show another side of the Normandy invasions- that of the medic. We drew inspiration from the real life stories of medics who landed with the rest of the invasion force on D-Day. One such medic was Ray Lambert, who was on Omaha Beach on D-Day. He passed on last year at his home in North Carolina, age 100. Our hats off to Ray and everyone else who fought in the great wars of the twentieth century.
You can hear more of his story in this interview: • D-Day First Wave Medic...
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It's hard to imagine what these people had to go through during this point of history.
@ALICANTO 1372 true russia has lost about ~27 million people
As we wont talk of the civilian casulties from jewish, serbian, russian, and french people, as the total loss of american soldiers was about 400k, practycly nothing. So d-day was a joke, stalingrad was hell.
@@sfsovietstudios Nah, to spin this on a completely different direction, Kaiserschlacht was hell during 1918.
@@sfsovietstudios you think Germany could've won had they gone through Turkey first? They needed oil from the caucasian region but Hitler rerouted an army south early leaving the other one to finish the stalingrad encirclement But if they pushed through the south and north it would even impossible to defend and the south could have helped in stalingrad after taking the caucasian region. (Plus being more prepared for winter)
@@sfsovietstudios oh, d day was a joke? A fucking joke? So the people who lost their lives and got severely injured and have PTSD from the battle and are traumatized, so the families who lost loved ones and became depressed, so the innocent people who lost their LIVES fighting for their country is just a joke? It's all a joke? Are you serious? That's like saying the war in Ukraine is a joke because Russians lost more in world War two. I don't think you even realize that NO battle is just a "joke". People lose their lives fighting for us, and they are a joke, right? Yeah, some battles are worse than others, but that doesn't mean the others should be taken as a "joke" and they shouldn't be forgotten. We cannot forget history, because people lost loved ones, people lost lives. And NONE of that is a joke.
"My father took me sailing on small lake in Upstate New York" He was referring to the Finger Lakes, formed by glaciers. Absolutely gorgeous place. Very peaceful and great for sailing due to winds. I grew up not far. Sorry soldier. This is no sailing trip in Seneca Lake :(
its you the pwa person me is ferdinand marcos
when did it say that?
Yo 🔥kzhead.info/sun/lsqLiqaInn6jp2w/bejne.html..
Or it could have been a smaller lake in the ADK
@@Boga_the_Lizard Entirely possible, although not many could be sailed on. Honestly can't think of any off-hand. Great Lakes aren't small. Not everyday you can't see the other side of a freshwater lake lol
Fun Fact: Alot of the soldiers who landed on Omaha beach were fairly new and most have never even seen combat before. They were also expecting the Air Force and Navy to have done most of the heavy lifting in eliminating the German defenses. As such they were expecting an easy landing and were singing , joking, and having a great time until German gunfire and artillery silenced the mood
The airforce did do it’s fair share of helping, with paratroopers landing behind lines
@@iiil8756 it also didn’t help that non of the armor had made it to the beach causing the army’s heavy lifting section to be entirely nonexistent
What a fun fact!
Very fun!
The Air Force was army at the time. Small tidbit of info, it was the USAAF until after World War Two when they created the USAF
5:24 casual smile in the battlefield
Well yeah they managed to push thru the beach defences and he is a medic he shouldn't be harmed
It's great how much character goes into these ball shaped characters, even the Germans had facial expressions telling what they thought. And also that medic was a legend, he had a duty and he furfilled it! Great work Mr. Spherical!
Tell me about it
There called countryballs
Well even the Nazis were humans
@@woodnja sort of not much tho
@@cameroncammell8375 Well no the politicians are the crazy ones. The rest got brainwashed over time until they believed that shit. And not everyone was following this. Only few had that opinion from the beginning. Also they saw a way out of misery in the regime. And if you were against it they locked you away or killed you so they had no choice.
Never thought a 6 minute cartoon with flags in the shape of balls as the characters would nearly make me cry.
True
Yeah
Really? 🤔 I don’t know about that.
Agreed
Me too me too
Despite the the videos I’ve seen, I can never actually imagine how one sided the battle would be, especially with those machine gunners. It’s almost a miracles they were able to capture position
Just imagine being one of does trying to defend. Even they were Nazi they still pretty much had a hard time figthing the assault and news of the other sides being breach wasn't helping with moral either not only were they understaff they didn't have many commanding officers on duty when the attack happened . The battle as a whole wasn't one sided the other beaches were taken much easier than Omaha and news of that spread on the coast line quickly.
Canada had the 2nd hardest beach, went way farther than anyone else that they had to stop. Just for them to be forgotten
Yes, its also forgoten that we had much less soldier than the others and that we were the only one to accomplish our most of our set objective of the day
@@darklordkuro7953 and how that one dude toke an entire city by himself, after capturing nearly 100 german soldiers alone, pretty good story
The french don't forget. And Juno beach is legendary in history Nerd circles. But yeah, the average person only remembers the worst of history so Omaha is kinda the go-to example of why ww2 sucked.
@@n8zog584 Explain..
@@SUPERNOVA0360 the French have actually gifted some of the land in their country where Canadian blood was spilled to the Canadian government and people for their sacrifices. Vimmy ridge is one example. I don't remember the others off of the top of my head. That's why I say the french don't forget what Canadians did. Sorry for the confusion
Ah yes the comical cliches: Wounded person: "DOC! I CAN'T FEEL MY LEGS!" Doctor/Medic: "But, we don't have legs to begin with!"
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@@EEEEEEEE I agree
@@dexterjackson8315 same
@@EEEEEEEE Relatable
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Congratulations, that's why we must thank these people who sacrifice themselves for their people and country and especially in this moment of pandemic, I give you the medal of honor🎖
pandemic ended almost a year ago lol
@@66mGuild The pandemic is still running and we have more people wich has the pandemic then last year.
@@66mGuild The pandemic still runs and will probably never end.
@@66mGuild the pandemic is still going do u know how many people are getting infected every day?
The allied strategy could have been better
I never heard so much power in "GOOD LUCK GENTLEMEN!". I almost felt like I was on the battlefield. Good job guys.
Yes
Like bf1 campaing part called friends at the right time
We have to give respect to the medic, he saved almost ALL of the soldiers in the battlefield
My great uncle stormed the beaches and survived. He died on 2016 and I thank you for making this in honer of the people like him. You are truly the best. I forget to mention he also was in the battle of the bulge
My great grandfather survived d-day
He died in 1953 from a heart attack
Actually I don’t know
Actually it was 1968
Also he was in Patons 4th armored Division
Idea for another 8 minute video: Napoleon in Russia
Yes lovely idea
@Chris beatriz🇺🇸 is that a problem?
Ye, also American Revolutionary War?
HON HON HON
Maybe he should do state balls
3:10 Buddy, you're a ball; you don't have legs!
Wow… I’ve watched some other D-Day videos before and wouldn’t believe that it was this horrible but when I watched this it just hit me how horrible it was. Rest In Peace every fallen soldier
Medics have one of the hardest jobs in war. When they come up upon an injured person, they have a critical decision; save him or leave him. Respect to all those who have served.
But isn't a war crime to kill a medic
@@penitamani6794 Yes. However, the Japanese in WWII were infamous for shooting Medics.
@peni tamani Yes in fact it is if they are in armed, but as soon as that medic has a gun and is shooting you you can shoot back, if they are tending to the wounded then you are not allowed too shoot them
@@friendly_neighborhood_troll it can also mean if you're a city if you are a registered soldier and another countries soldiers kills you it's ok but if you kill a civilian its a warcrime
@@penitamani6794 depressing fact: the allies had to create new nicknames for medics, because Japanese soldiers would scream medic in English to lure out medics and nurses to rape and kill them
Big respect to all soldiers who died on d-day
O7 indeed
yea
My Great Uncle Dennis Weber was there at Omaha Beach; he was later captured during the Battle of the Bulge. When the Concentration Camp was liberated on his Birthday he said it was the best birthday present he ever got, he passed away in 2008 of a Stroke.
World War II is something I, as a German, am not proud of. The World War was extremely interesting, no question, but that doesn't change how terrible it was and what these people had to go through at the time. Respect!
Wow! I have heard of this medic, he saved over 75 Japanese and American soldiers. But wait.... What happened to his friend after he took on the bunker?
what’s his name?
@@Pablo_gang I believe Desmond right? The dude from Hacksaw Ridge?
Diffrent one
But... the bad guys in this video are the Jerries and not the Japanese
I know, i forgot this was the German one, sorry
Love from India My granduncle fought in Sri Lankan Civil war from Indian side. They went to Jaffna peninsula, which was fortified with machine gun nests, trenches, barbed wires and snipers. It was a mini D day. *No offence to the WWII Veterans
No offense should be taken by anyone. Be proud of your history
OK Rajesh. No one cares.
@@peacecaker5329 trollolol
@@peacecaker5329 I care
They should have put some British Raj soldiers as pre independence Indian soldiers played a big part in d Day
I loved this episode. Certainly a much more serious episode, and done very well. Mad respect for the veterans who stormed the beaches that day.
That part at the end when he can hear the voices is what I think is a reference to many soldiers getting PTSD
My great grandfather was a tank driver on Juno beach and made it pretty far inland before his tank was shot down by the youth corps. He survived with a bad leg injury. He forever hated hospitals and the smell of barbeque after that.
I think i know why... I'm not gonna say it but... yep that must be why he hates the smell of babecue
@@randomfoxboi Yep
@@randomfoxboi yep
Youth Corps? Jeez I knew youth corps were starting to fight in the end of the war but against TANKS!? Wow, the German high command really was desperate.
I don't know but i had utmost respect to that German soldier ball jumping on that grenade to save his buddies lives. Without a sec he decided to sacrifice himself so others could live. That take more than courage. A great selfless personality indeed. Rip German soldier ball
Now a days PTSD still occur for those veterans I hope they get better and rest in peace 🫡🕊️.
This is how life-long PTSD is formed. It’s sad
"It sounds like it was a mess out there, and you guys at Omaha had it the worst of all, but you saved a lot of people out there..." This was so good I had to listen to multiple times while wiping the tears from my eyes.
I love the voice actors, they put so much effort into this!
I think there's only one actor.
Mm Hmm uhh about that.....
@@rocbenaa1963 I think there is 2
@@Exigty Yeah, I just realized 😅😅
I’m pretty sure there’s more the solar plants balls channel they sound a bit different to the countries
Video at 6:35: "In honor of all WW2 soldiers and doctors." Me, a German: *Inhales sharply
Thanks for the sponsor it really helped me find a tank game cause I love tanks
Nice guys, it comes at the right time, this year marked the 78th anniversary of the operation which the world knows as D-Day. As Churchill remarked the solders that day went on a crusade to free Europe from the Nazis. Many fell, many perished but what they earned was liberty for the comming generations, they shall be remembered till the end of time.
👏👏
Don't forget that the soldiers that manage to survive the d-day went onto a rampage and proceed to torture and rape the civilians they just bring "freedom" from the nazis who also were previously torturing and raping them.
In memory of everyone who was forced to kill other people due to politics (and those that still do in eastern europe right now)
they killed my family with bombings in Königsberg
78th anniversary ,it was in the year 1944 not in 1947....
One thing not often told about D-day is the Navy's role, once Naval ships saw what was happening on Omaha, Destroyers risked running ashore so they could provide more direct and accurate fire on the German bunkers.
In two months I am going to the army to serve my country(Greece). I will have this post. Respect to all the doctors and nurses who while passing bullets over their heads continue to take care of their partners.
It is terrifying to think what the allied soldiers went through when They went off the landing crafts. The battle of normandy must have been a blood bath. Respect to the fallen soldiers
Yay! Another 8 minute video! I wanna see how they survive in D day!
Same
Same
In 87 minutes my life went away
Yessssssssssssssssss
thats a 6 minute video
I love seeing World War Two content on this channel because my grandparents fought in the conflict it feels more personal
This is the powerfull videos you have in this channel. I love the ending.
MrSpherical you did a very job on this Video. Keep up the good work. You did good on the characters background and story
Idea for an 8 minute video: fields of Verdun, the brusilov offensive or cliffs of galipoli
I agree I think it should be Verdun
Somme, Verdun or Tannenberg
Nah, do the bombing of Serbia to get the Americans shamed.
Or maybe what would have happend in operation overlord
You play too much Battlefield 1
My grandpa acually survived d-day he lost a leg. He served the uk for 10 years now we live in the neutral country of sweden cause none of us want to see what he saw
Sweden isnt even neutral anymore theyre joining NATO
Wow ww sucks
Sweden is no longer neutral 😐
@@maxcawwa3842 yeah should've gone to Switzerland
@@marvelfan2638 Switzerland condemned Russias attack There are no longer any neutral European countries lol, but tbf there never has been. Switzerland were in the Napoleonic Wars and so were Sweden.
God bless all those brave young men who gave their lives.
That was an awesome video Mr spherical ! 🤩
Never Knew What Started As A Way To Make Fun Of History Turned Into Fully Animated Videos With Characters That Had So Much Emotion
I think this is a true story about a medic who saved lots of lives at Omaha
Absolutely loved this, keep dropping dope videos.
I wouldn't mind a 15 minute video either I love these 😎🇺🇲
God bless those faithful soldiers that fought that day
I almost cried for that guy looking at his pendant...wonder who was in there :,(
Probably his wife and kids
Honestly when you put the entire battle for Omaha into a more emotional perspective it turns into a emotional train wreck, idk how but the one ball who was crying in the middle of the battle field hit hardest even though it was a joke cuz balls can’t have legs. Even the facial expressions from the Nazis were included as well, by far one of the saddest and bloodiest battles so just imagine how the deceased soldiers families felt, so many tiny little ball hearts broken 😢
3:18 "We all have legs!" That moment none of them have legs.
Operation Neptune Was one of the Biggest Navel Invasion And deadliest,The siege consisted Of British,American,And Canadians charging into France, The Deadliest Beach was Normandy, This battle is now know as D-Day
Cool info.
Omaha Normandy was the whole beach
There were also Norwegians polish and other it just that there were only a few of them
Sorry for some misinformation
Wasn't it called Operation Overlord
This was very good very good, just goes to show the horrors of war and why its a cowardly excuse to avoid peace.
The thought of you, a human being, shooting a gun at another human being, who is also shooting a gun at you; both trying to kill each other, both equally terrified of each other. It sends chills up my spine. What are we doing?
My Great Great Grand Father was part of Operation Overlord. He landed on Juno but he was captured and was a POW.
Much appreciation and love, my friend. My grandfather was a part of the D-Day landings, and much like many of his comrades in arms, there were hardly any stories told of it at his knee. There were stories and anecdotes of later days, liberation of villages, adoration from oppressed peoples, etc. This one, while being both funny and eye-opening, nether the less brought a tear to my eye in honor of the "Greatest Generation." We stil have much to learn from thos who still remain.
"My legs! Where are my legs?!" Boy, I feel really bad for laughing at that one... Excelent video!
The quality of the video, of course, is on top as always. I sincerely don’t want to stifle just one moment, you showed the heroic deeds of the allies, especially the Americans, so well, but in the video about the Great Patriotic War they showed that we won only because of the winter, could you make a video with our heroes too.
I love the immediate transition from sponsorship to the heat of an intense battle
Ok nice how you didn’t dehumanize the Germans, thank you for that most German troops were disillusioned by propaganda, so didn’t understand what they were fighting for, so thank you for not giving them the hate they never deserved. Also as a historian slight comment for the future, actually all soldiers who charged up the beach or even were head to toes on solid ground died in the early hours of the morning, the soldiers actually lay and wait in the water all day long advancing with the tide to give the shortest dash to the bunker line, also the bunkers were not so exposed, they were actually very well hidden and at some points it was impossible to know if the bunkers were even there! But except for my criticism, overall great video very enjoyable and thanks for getting Field Marshal Montgomery’s beret correct.
There were only 6 survivors whom I think were put out of action so they can tell of the massacre. At Thermopylae someone had to tell the story to the Spartans and there was only 1 Spartan survivor at Thermopylae.
I was almost sweating bullets faster then they were fired, what a nice video with a nice meaning! Respect to all veterans and those on duty
Now I would listen to my history teachers if the subjects were this
My great grandpa fought in d day as a troop in a metal box
My great-grandfather fought with the British Army in the liberation of Paris in August 1944. I'm so proud of him.
Salute to your great-grandfather from the US. A true hero. It's safe to say our two countries have proven phenomenal allies these last 80 years, from World War II to Korea to the ME. 🇺🇸🇬🇧
Thanks! It always feels great to have an ally and win a war with cooperation. Sending love from the UK! God bless our American brothers! 🇬🇧 ❤️ 🇺🇸
As someone who plays Enlisted (Realistic WW2 shooter) I can confirm this video is based on facts. War is never good.
A fellow Enlisted player, I see. Nice. Do you also play War Thunder, and does the comment about WoT making accurately modeled and historical tanks tick you off too? Lol
@@kommandantkillcode Actually I have played WoT and War Thunder. I would say: War Thunder is actually realistic, while WoT is more like a game with tanks that are toys. But both are good.
@@Toothless_dance That’s fair, I like WoT Blitz quite a bit, so I somewhat agree. I think MrSpheirical would make more sense with a War Thunder Sponsorship on this video though.
Beautiful Video, RIP to all heros in WW2
Funny how the end of the sponser was the “✨Most Replayed”
Thank a lot MrSpherical. Your videos are always funny, and sometimes it makes me cry.
my great grandpa was in D-day, he survived luckily... he was in one of the last rounds of boats. he never really talked about it when I saw him.
my gradma's dad was a riflemen in dday and he survived happly but right now he's dead from old age rest in peace
Remember the bravery of those men that day. Special mention to my fellow canadians relatives on juno beach that despite being the smallest forces and loosing 85% of the 1rst wave of assault and being second on total loss, managed to accomplish all of their objectve that day and pushed the furtest in land! Such brave mens
Pretty cool and top notch as always, Mr Spherical. Keep on the amazing work
You know mr spherical is never gonna let us down with this great content and for real things this where the uk the us and canada were going to take down germany/nazi by doing an attack near a beach in france
these animations are better and better, keep going!
Wow this literally brought me to tears
My south tyrolian great grand father was in this battle. He survived and came even back home after the battle of Berlin
Man This Are really fun to watch and the animation is good😎
i've been waiting for this for a long long time.
Love this VIDEO! it’s nice seeing long vids, and I guess it will take some time todo them but I hope u have fun while doing it.
Oh damn this looks nice keep up the work man! You’re doing well
Great video as always! I'd be really interested in countries history
damn i wish this was the type of stuff we did in social studies where we watch countryball videos such as this one. there's so much someone could learn from these types of things which is exactly why I love countryballs!!! very nice video, I love it, as I do all your videos. keep up the great work! 👍
BEST ANAIMATION I'VE SEEN FROM THIS GUY absolutely amazing
Awesome video!!! I love the long videos that are more than 5 minutes…
key the hard work your videos are soooo good MrSherical
“We will Accept nothing less than full victory” -General D Eisenhower-
Say their names! Ray Lambert! Medic who stormed Normany and went unconscious after saving countless lives, and he broke his back. Waverly Woodson Jr. was there when we liberated Omaha. There are countless names of these medics who who got shot and permanently injured, but kept helping others until their legs gave out! Never forget.
That patient got PTSD.
Did Spartans Get PTSD?
@@DraskoCobra ???
@@Demonetization_Symbol Shut up And Stop Making Excuses. We have so Much To Learn About Honor!
@@DraskoCobra PTSD is something that cannot be controlled
4:56 Thompson: The new shotgun
Lol
Almost to 1mill!! Good luck!
This is gona be the Best one yet🔥
Now just imagine Verdun also great animation as always!
Lo subiste a mismo tiempo que lo doblaste te felicito por lo rápido que fuiste
Hi MrSpherical! I love so much your videos! Can you do a video with the Morocco please?
I’m very glad that all those soldiers saved there lives just to save the world
"MEDIC! I NEED ANOTHER MEDIC FOR THIS MEDIC!"
Your content is so much better as recreating historical events. Keep up the good work! Also, how about doing polish-bolshevick war next. As far I heard not a lot of people know about this war. P.S - Could you pleeeeeaaaassseee do polish flag apropriate with white at the top?
great vid we forget the fall ones same time we need a wake to rember then and hop we dont have to do it again
The most epic countryball animation i have seen!