Bloody Combat Footage In The Battle of Normandy - Rare Color Footage You've Never Seen Before [HD]
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The Normandy Landings, codenamed Operation Neptune, supported Operation Overlord and paved the way for the liberation of Europe. The Allies selected Normandy as the landing site for the invasion because it provided the best access to France’s interior. Initially planned for May 1944, the invasion was delayed until June due to a lack of landing craft. Weather conditions almost caused another delay, but Commander of the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force General Dwight Eisenhower made the decision to proceed as planned.
My grandfather's in there somewhere on Omaha Beach. He's 99 today. Nov 17, 2019. Update below Thank you to everyone who commented in the last couple years. My grandfather passed away today at the age of 101. 3/14/2021. For some reason KZhead won't allow more than 500 comments so I'm just editing my original comment. I hope that everybody sees it. Thank you everyone for your kind words about Fred my grandfather.
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@@MattMerica76 Matthew Watts I have and I know as much as he'll tell me. Very interesting and I've walked that beach myself
Please tell him I said thank you
My grandfather was there too. He doesn’t say much about it still. He said they had to wade through mud up to their knees for 5 miles. He’s 97.
Please tell him thank you.
My dad was among the 1st wave that landed on omaha beach. He was with the 147th combat engineers. He passed 4-1-13. My mom just passed 2-25-18. I hope they're together again. I miss them both so much, they were from the greatest generation.
midnight rider first couple companies to land were wiped out. Be glad your dad wasnt in able or baker or you wouldnt be here. Crazy to think about
Johnny: it is hard to fathom. I know he carried a lot of emotional and psychological scars from WW2. Our family is so blessed that he made it.
midnight rider one can only imagine! Would’ve loved to have met him. Cheers brother
Johnny: thank you very much. I took his 96 yr old brother (my uncle) to lunch today. He was in the pacific during WW2. He lives alone now, his wife passed a few months before my dad. when i dropped him off at his appartment we both cried like little girls. Very sad.
midnight rider well enjoy your time with him and enjoy every day that he is around. He’s one of few remaining from a great generation of people
Went to Normandy and Pointe Du Hoc a few years back. The battle scars are still present everywhere. The pillboxes, holes from artillery shells, tanks etc. Thankfully much of the relics have been preserved. I was amazed to see just how much material from the war was left behind. As a history buff it was truly remarkable. My family is full of military vets, my great grandfather and his 4 or 5 brothers all served in WWII. He was never deployed to combat, but his brothers were. One of them was a tank operator and his tank was blown up, but he survived. One of them was a pilot and he was shot down if I remember correctly. And the last one I believe was an infantryman and he was thrown into the air and got hit with shrapnel from artillery shells. By the grace of god all of them made it home. I never met his brothers, they all passed on before, but I am very thankful I got to meet my great grandfather. He was 94 or 95 when he passed on.
Thank you for this testimony, this is very touching! My grandfather didn't go to war because of health issues and he was a bit too young if I remember right, but his cousin was supposed to go. A legend that's been told to me since I was young is that his cousin injected himself gas in the veins to get sick and not go to the war. They both lived in Alsace and experienced the nazi invasion, had their lives turned to German for a few years and even hosted Americans soldiers as they came to reconquier Alsace and the rest of Europe. My dad actually found American food rations and ammunition when he renovated my house about 20 years ago. They were actually supposed to fight for the German army, thank god they didn't. I knew them both very well but they died about 10 years ago, when I was only 13. Now they're only memory to me. May they rest in peace forever ❤️
I also visited a few years back, I found it quite haunting to walk where thousands of brave men died.
Thanks for writing this, I can read a lot of stuff on websites but a personal account makes it much more personal. Forgive the redundancy.
Wish I had the chance to be part of this invasion and to survive to tell the tale. This was when America was great, together and proud. God help our country now.
@@thibaultschoenfelder4962 Thank you for listening and responding. I have always had a big fascination with the war, and my great grandfather and grand uncles stories. I probably served in the war in a past life given how much I’ve obsessed over it. I definitely want to learn more about my family’s history. All of my knowledge of them comes first hand from my grandfather, but I think it would be amazing to see what military records exist about them.
My Grandfather fought on DDay, stormed the beaches of Normandy, and lived to see another day. One day it would be an honor to go stand on that beach. I am so proud of his resilience, strength and courage that he had. We will remember them. ❤🇨🇦
Your heart is right. Your Grandfather was among those of great courage. Dad was a ball turret gunner. I can't live up to his guts to climb into the plane each misson,, but I try.
You sound like the radio's and TV did a great job of programming you with saying all the same things they do.Look @ this country today? yea I bet they would be so proud
It truly is an honor. 4 sisters, 2 nieces, and myself spread my fathers ashes upon the Normandy beach at his request. Just hard to imagine the fortitude and bravery that poured out of those watercrafts. Make the journey Sarah.
*My grandfather fought on Omaha beach and was shot in the right arm - thankfully he survived and rehabbed in France before becoming an ambulance 🚑 driver.* *I just want to say thank you to your grandfather for his sacrifice and service - I'm sure he was a great man!*
My Grandfather was stationed in France in 1944, he got captured by the Americans and was a prisoner until 1949. He came back and became a chemist and worked as a scientist. During the war he was in Russia as well, he was lucky, because he got a very bad fever and had to be send back home. At that time he weighed only 55kg and had a hight of 190cm. It’s crazy to think about what he had been through. From the age of 18 till the age of 26 his life was pure misery. War is hell!!!
My Uncle, Staff Sgt. Vincent Lorusso landed on Utah Beach on D-Day, only to be KIA on 11/02/44 during the Battle of the Hurtgen Forest. My hero.
Hurtgen forest, from what I recall from a documentary years ago, was a bloody nightmare to get through, with higher than normal fatalities for the GI's.
I was in Hurtgen forest 5 years ago. Its kinda spooky. Found a memorial to 2 young Germans. The villages there are drab rebuilt after the war. My parents hated war yet i nearly volunteered for Viet Nam and they talked me out of it.
I always thought it was nicknamed ‘death factory’ correct me if I’m wrong
That forest was just as infamous as the Ardennes.
I believe that was the forest in which the 29th Infantry division earned the moniker, the "bloody bucket brigade". As a result of so many casualties.
Courage doesn't mean you,re not afraid! It means you,re afraid, but you go anyway! RIP all our brave soldiers!
Marion Parton that is the truth!
MAGA
@@rawill1958 the guy who dodged the draft 5 times is not courageous
Courage? Stupidness.. A bunch of fools who deserved to die.
@@sean7625 or his stupid and dont want to die for nothing..
Thank you to the photographers They have preserved unfathomable moments here Probably the most underrated unit in the army, these photographers have immortalized the greatest and scariest moments in human history. Respect to them.
Sad thing is, alot of them died, and cameras left behind.
@@diggarsa8614 nearly all of combat cameramen died
My Grandpa served as a front line combat medic under General Patton's 3rd Army. He didn't speak much about his experiences, however, after I joined the Army he opened up. Some things change, a lot of it remains the same. I salute all those current, past and future, who take the oath to make sure we stay free.
My great gandfather said " Once you accept you are dead, you can fight"
Can you imagine having to face that internal narrative at such a young age under unspeakable duress!!!!
Once you pull the trigger on the enemy, you are not ready for war. You are ready to die.
Funny, my father served in WW2 and said the same to me. Those words have served me well in life - both, in and out of the military.
You mean that guy from band of brothers right?
@@liltalent2381 Not sure of the episode, but yea. Although the show is based on real people. But it's hard to tell on here who's out looking for some online fame..
It's a helluva thing to ask a man to walk across a flat, open beach towards a mounted machine gun nest with a superior elevated position......It's even more of a thing to have that man say "yes sir" and do it. They're not called the greatest generation for nothing.
Todd Peucker on that beach they didn’t lose soldiers they lost men
So basically, the entirety of World War One
Excellent post! 👍
The greatest generation of fuck ups and blind fools to ever live.
"Great because they blindly obeyed orders to kill their genetic brothers." What was that quote Patton is known for again 🤔
The sheer bravery of these men. I'm in awe. RIP brave soldiers. The world should never forget your sacrifice.
And then there is Iwo. We can't forget Iwo.
My father was out there, somewhere, on a destroyer as fire control officer providing gunfire support to the beach. Miss you, Dad.
My Great Grandfather fought on that beach and was shot in the thigh. He recovered and went back to the front lines. He died in 1993.
Jonathan Garcia What a trooper.
And I thank him deeply for his service and sacrifice. My Great Grandfather was a little too old for WWI and my grandfather was too valuable to the U.S.Treasury Dept. trying to put away Al Capone on tax fraud. My dad lied about his age to join the Navy at 16 in 1943, but joined too late to see any action in the Pacific. He did fight in Korea, however.
I thank him
Rip
Same here my grandad was on sword and his brother my great great uncle was on gold he told me "it's like being thrown from a skyscraper and told to catch a parasute on you'r way down" absollutly terrorfying
The sad truth is, those who died are not the only ones who gave their lives. My great grandfather was on Gold beach on D Day, and luckily survived for the war from Dunkirk to finish, and as a very young kid I always felt a bit uncomfortable around him. He never spoke, he was incredibly stern and I always felt that he didn’t like having us kids round for a visit. As a kid you do not really understand much different. But years later, as he became much older, he started to open up about the war that he had never spoken about perviously. I remember soon after his 90th birthday he started to become quite unwell. My dad would visit him daily to help him dress, eat and all the things men of that age need help with, and only then did he start to open up about the horrors. He told one story that to this day has me tear up. He mentioned of his best buddy from school, they signed up together in the Devon. He felt comfortable being alongside his buddy, when going into the unknown. He told us that on the beach he was fighting beside his best friend, and in just a matter of minutes he was wearing his best friend..... You can not imagine what these brave men went through. Those who survived never had the quality of life that we all get to experience. It breaks my heart to hear this ungrateful, uninformed generation never know the price that was paid by so many 🙏
Very said story, but it's true we know much more about deaths and victories than about war veterans who, in most countries, do not really have to much help from society, goverment, army. So next time sb will ask us to join a war, we should think at least three times - whose war is it and if is it really our business to risk life and life quality
VannerBedore That is just, which is why no where did I say this ‘whole’ generation! But certainly a large majority
It's all so humbling. I'm part of the "younger" generation that you speak of (some of us aren't so young anymore lol). And while I respect the sacrifices and try my hardest to attempt to understand what they went through, I know that nothing in my life experience even remotely compares to this. There's no way I can be on their level. It's something that will continue to be a great mystery to us non-veterans, no matter how realistic the films are or how well the veterans describe it. And I try to respect that too. I do have friends my age that have fought in contemporary wars and suffer from PTSD and also choose not to talk about their experiences, maybe they have some understanding of this. A lot of the men that stormed the beach, especially in Able company in the first wave, experienced a level of chaos and destruction that few of us will ever experience in our lives.
The only thing we can give back to people like your great grandfather is to make sure that this will never happen again. So when you ever hear someone spread hate - speak out against it! Never be silent ! Never think someone else will educate...always speak out against hate
I don't think many people really appreciate the fact we are only around one generation ahead of being drafted
At 6:07 I have seen that young man on the left fall throughout my whole life..he is what's etched in my mind when I first think of June 06.1944...hope he is in a better place.
Made me feel proud again seeing the courage these men had especially knowing many wouldn't come back. It also brought a tear to my eye. The average age of these men was 19 years old I had read. Thank you for your service and sacrifice ✝️✡️🇺🇸
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Thought 19 was the average age of the next generation of Americans, who went to Vietnam.
Can’t even imagine being an 18 year old kid fighting alongside your best friends to literally save the world. I’m 18 and can barely get up to go to school in the morning. Immense respect to all the fallen and survivors.
Why did they go to Germany?
If the time comes (God forbid, it never does), you will be ready. So many of our forefathers lost their lives, peace, loved ones, so that we can enjoy what they couldn't.
Thankfully we live in a society where you won’t have to worry and we have choices to join the military. If we were living in the 40’s I’m sure time would be different, we’d have no reason to stay in bed because the world worked differently back then lol. But hey, instead of laying in bed go get something and conquer it:)
@@2guys1gun2 What?
@@nikjoh06 why did they go to Germany
When these men looked into the camera and smiled they never even thought that someone almost a 100 years later would be watching them on a phone smiling back!
100 years eh?
@@sk8n854 ?? Are we not getting close to 100 years? Or did did the war in 1939 happen sooner? Unless u skimmed over my comment and not realise I said "ALMOST" 100 years?
@@lawlor2925 lol alright. Yeah I did skim it. My bad.
@@sk8n854 all good man
When these men looked into the camera and smiled they never even thought that someone almost a 100 years later would be burning the flag of their country in the street and stamping on it. Sad times. 😢
I'll never fully appreciate just how much I owe to these men. My great uncle was there with the Royal Ulster Riffles. They fought for my generation and my children's people they would never meet. Still they faced fear, stood up and ran into eternity. Brave brave men, I dare anyone to say otherwise!
These men are some of the most legendary individuals to ever walk the face of the earth. It’s real privilege to be able to thank and recognize them for their service and sacrifice. God bless them and god bless America. We will never forget.
“They gave their tomorrows, for our today’s”
@Fernando Soares wut
@Fernando Soares Chill Brother, there are no wws coming anytime soon so go home to play some video games or smthing!!
I'm haitin so it would've made no difference to me if they won because are storie still ends in genocide, death, corruption, and lied to.
@@greysonkubitz9940 I literally said the same thing and then saw your comment
@Fernando Soares can u be from future ? Cuz u really know the exact location nuclear bomb drop if it so
My grandfather said “Americans forgot how to suffer, but when they are reminded, the best of America will reveal itself once again.”
Seems like we are going down the path Germany took so long ago. We must unite and proceed peacefully into the future if we are to have one!
He sounds like a very wise man.
when he said americans he meant just white people right.
We may not have the avengers. But these brave men fought for something that changed everything. Thank you for the blessing of a country you fought for. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
@@vaultboy368 did you know black veterans of ww2 were treated like shit while german nazi POWs (who killed americans) were treated better. history is history.
Actual respect to the cameraman’s for having the bravery to go to the battlefield and record this footage!
I'm almost 74 years old every time I see all of those brave men storming the beaches dropping in by parachutes I sit and cry the sacrifices they they made to keep us free I might never have been born if it wasn't for them I love each and every one of them who made the ultimate sacrifice God bless each and everyone of them 🙏
Its sad to notice that in a couple of years, we won’t have any living ww2 vets anymore
But we have their Memories .
But the result of there sacrifice will be remembered for generations.
That's how new wars are started because all the people alive during the last horrible war are dead and society forgets and Every couple of 100 years we need a little reminder and the cycle starts all over agian lol and that's all of human history in a nutshell bro.
Danger_ShoRty I know, it doesn’t seem long since we were saying that about WW1 soldiers , all brave men and women , would the snowflakes of today do it ....I doubt it !
Danger_ShoRty we’ll have ww3 vets
The men with the guns were nuts the men with the cameras were absolutely insane
Darren Antoine they had no choice
Well there’s 2 reasons why he filmed this 1: we can’t lose history 2: we want to see how it looked for both sides
"Nutts, absolutely insane." These guys were all but that,they were forced to grow up and be brave as F*. Now,after the war ended...yes,they were probably Nutts, and absolutely insane! I guarentee you you that. I have spent many a night with my grandfather, telling me stories. It was very hard for him to speak about it sometimes,then other times he wouldn't stop talking about it. It was like,once he got going, it was on and you couldn't do ANYTHING but just shut up,sit there and listen. So yeah..the stories were Nutts and absolutely insane...shure enough!
Madlad
Thats war correspondents for you
Being a German,I am glad you won the war. Because of that ,I can live in freedom! These man gave their all,fought brave against an enemy and their own fears.they new how slim their chances were to stay alive,and yet ,they did the job! These guys fought against a system of hate ,fear,terror and true dictatorship. The irony is,that you had a guy in office as President,that tried to install the same System in your country! Fear,hate,segregation! If you are a true American,you shall never allow something like that to happen. You may have differences in opinion and politics,but you should always show value for life ,decency and respect to others. The land of the free was in danger to become a Kingdom of a Crazy man! That’s not what these men gave their lives for!!
I'm German, my great grandfather probably fought against some of your grandfathers and great grandfathers. We can never make the same mistake again.
Sure
I agree.
Salute to cameraman who captured this moments to show the future what they could never see probably. Lets hope.
YHWHisyourGodbowdowntoHim! name?
Name??
Hope
Tribus cent Certainly not only his footages here. It would have been impossible to film the paratroopers and D-day by the same guy
@Tribus cent ... he was born in he was 0 years old? Really? I thought he was born when he was 5 years old.
Do not dare say any thing negative about the brave men who landed on those "hot Beaches" you sit there secure typing on your computer you cannot image what fear they faced and still did their duty, God Bless Them.
Nicely sayed.
Thing is why people does not respect this kind of stuff is because they don't get respected for doing nothing either, you can not blame some one who wants to fight.
EXACTLY, MY GRANDFATHER WAS ONE OF THOSE HEROES ON THAT BEACH. HE WILL ALWAYS BE MY HERO, RIP GRANDPA
Well said!
@@dixztube no more wars !!!!!! Read war is a racket
Thank you for putting this up for young people - I was born 30 years after this era - but I feel that your film conveys the common seriousness of the young people of that earlier time - that helps serious young people today to feel confident amid the superficial commentary on modern television and newspapers.
The new generation will never truly understand how powerful and monumental this moment in time was. Respect , Honor , Dignity 3 words that aren't taken seriously these days these men in this video helped pave the path for all of us. Let's all take a minute and remember who we are and where we came from but first let's all take a minute to show some respect and thank these brave souls for there actions 🖤😭
I think we do. All it takes is one look, one story.
"Don't expext me to come home. Expect me to die". From a letter written by one of the soldier to his sister.
Did he die?
He survived the war, but died from old age.
@@jaymiegg2681 That's really good to hear that he survived WW2
Yeah, he survived, live a long years, but between those years, he's suffering from PTSD...
Happy ending
What we owe these men cannot never be repaid and it is our Duty and Honour to never forget them
So true...
iSuRRendeReDuK they signed the death of Europe
AMEN
But you really forgot 4.5 million Indians who fought ww2 under the British flag, where they were constantly treated as second class soldiers despite showing immense bravery.
WELL SAID
Greatest generation that ever walked the earth. God bless those men. You will never be forgotten.
For those men who knew that it was extremely likely that they would die and still stormed the beaches of Normandy they all were heroes.
No human language has words that can express the level of gratitude and respect I have for these guys. "Thank you".
Well said
We've sent a hundred thousand tulips each year to thank our Canadian liberators. Done for decades and still do... we'll never forget!
Cameron Moore You are talking like the Nazies so I guess you didn’t learn anything.
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These soldiers had balls that clanked when they walked. Cannot even imagine the feeling of going into this scenario. I guess it’s because they did, I don’t have to.
woodyfive0 In situations like this it's best to go in thinking your gonna die so the fear doesn't paralyze you. Instead of Just Do It the term is well fuck it let's go.
Best comment on here mate.They gave their today's,for all our tomorrow's.
Well they didnt have a choice, they had to go
Ruboy Poza yes, they had a choice.
Jason The Terrible as far as I know they could choose whether to go to the military or not. But they couldn't choose on which mission they wanted to go. At least that's how I think it was.
It's sad looking at all those faces knowing ALOT of those faces you saw, were those brave men's last day alive....
To have survived this and somehow manage to live a somewhat normal life with all those images in your head is incredible. I cant imagine the horrors these brave men experienced and had to live with the rest of their lives
The combat cameramen who went ashore with the troops on D-day had the highest attrition rate of any single unit. Their loss amongst uk, us, allied troops landing was 97% killed. The reason why there is so little footage from the actual landings was all film that was found collected was put in to a kit bag, given to some general who lost it as he was climbing on to a ship. It's one thing to go in to battle with a gun quite the other armed with a camera. Never forget those who never came back.
I found some footage of them coming off theses landing crafts it was filmed from behind you can see them getting shot before they even got to get off then later in the film you can see it is all red and big chunks of meat are left in the craft.
@@barrycalvillo2466 where?
@@barrycalvillo2466 what video, is it online?
@@steepone8639 it was probably a document ary just like the other ones you would just have to keep looking into all the D-Day videos you will eventually find it
@@steepone8639 I will try to find it again
I could never even fathom how these brave men walked over those beaches. They died, so we could live. May god bless them
@Daniel afg should all of Europe as well as Asia fall to the Axis Powers, the Americans and Canadians would've been surrounded by enemies from (Asia, Europe, S. America and Africa). Hitler may have no intentions of invading N. America (United States) in WWII after fighting (France, UK and the USSR), but he did want to bomb NewYork City and other American Cities that are located by the Alantic Ocean... also who's say he wouldn't start another World War just to defeat what's left of the Free World (US and Canada).
@Daniel afg Are you joking?
Daniel afg somebody knows nothing about ww2
@Daniel afg Britain declared war on Germany
keefer Rawcliffe Becuase Germany was a threat to Europe
It brings me shame that I actually used to think I had a rough life 16-18 , history of war and all other things that have led to the peace that I truly take for granted, has humbled me. I could never grab a rifle and run out the way these brave men did. I have the ABSOLUTE MOST respect for those that fought
Incredible collection of footage. Thank you
Surely these are some of the bravest men that ever lived
Trippy Uk my grandfather.
Glad the UK is intact. Let us know how you are.
If you meant Soviets yes
David Menard difference in war tactics. the gulf war didn't include storming a beach laid with mines, gunners, and barbed wire. 4k dead in a day, aside from the civil war, that was the most casualties of Americans in one day.
BlueBell22 agreed....
I'm from the Netherlands and often I think of the poor, poor souls running up unto the beach. I will never know them, or their personal stories...I wasn't even around at the time. But because of them, their sacrifice. The suffering of families left behind. Through them, their perseverance, commitment to freedom and sacrifice today I am alive. And not just me, my son, my daughter to whom I often talk and teach about our brothers long gone. How, because of them we are able to enjoy everything we so often we take for granted. I am striken by some sort of weird feeling of guilt. Why has their untimely death been necessary for me being able to live so care free? My deepest of thanks to the US, Canadians, British and everybody who has sacrificed. Thanks for the freedom my son and daughter can enjoy today. I promise to raise them to the best of my ability, with respect for the world around them, to act with kindness.
I lost family in ww2 and the way Britain is today makes me feel sick we all chipped in gave life family and sacrifice and look at the state of our country today
@@wakeup2theNWO I feel the same looking at the way Canada has ended up. It makes me sick knowing their sacrifice may have been in vain, I pray that my country can come to it's senses, before it can no longer be recognized. Before our freedom is lost for good.
@@MagooReview It's heartbreaking to watch isn't it if they could see what's happening today they would never set foot on those beaches
@@wakeup2theNWO same for us in the US. Its hard watching people who dont take the time to recognize our history stomp on the star spangled banner.
This post was thoughtful, intelligent, and elegantly stated. You must be lost, I don't think you belong on KZhead
My father coached a quarterback for Amos Alonzo Stagg before the war. His name was Dusty Miller. Dusty was the only survivor of his company on Omaha Beach, Dusty went on to recover in a London hospital where he met and married his wife, Doris. This is a story that l wish I could tell better.
After watching this bone marrow chilling compilation of WWII footage, I am numbed by the thought that so many on both sides who were recorded on this celluloid as if they are still around, have not survived the action to return to their families. Only their images survive and makes it haunting. The scene on the beach, where one falls and the other comes down on one's knees while charging is so painful to see who until a few minutes back were probably filmed standing on their landing crafts. Looking at the eyes of one of the soldiers in the landing craft glancing up makes me realize the mental agony of the uncertainty the soldier is going through. What happened to him and the fellow combatants after this scene was shot. These self-queries triggered by such graphic videos makes me lose appetite. I am groping for the right words and phrases to express my feelings and this is how I felt when a few days back I watched "The Battle of Kursk (Intense Footage)". May these sacrifices and the blood that has been spilled make us all live in peace & harmony. Now already the WW3 is upon us. In this case the enemy is invisible, lurking around and its name is COVID-19☠
Rip grandad. Flight sergeant Guy Dunning. Shot down on D-Day in his Lancaster z for zebra at dawn after bombing pointe du hoc. Plane only found in 2012
GOD BLESS 💙
God bless
Your grandfather is a hero. We are all grateful for his ultimate sacrifice. RIP and God bless to him and his brothers who fought with him and those who died with him during that terrible and incredibly crucial time. May history never forget them
: my dad landed on omaha beach among 1st wave. He lived an amazing life. He passed 4-1-13, but I'm still in awe about him & that amazing generation.
timothy Dunning I just read an article about that crash and wonder how was it possible for the wreckage to remain undiscovered for such a long time, considering it was at land?
My grandfather was there fought and survived and let me tell ya, he never onced talked about it but I still remember till This day the screams and crys he would have when he would sleep. R.i.p pops
Easye 3030 Same thing with my grandfather, WWII, and my father, Korea. My father is still living, age 87. Which generations were healthier, those who spilled their guts emoting or those who sucked it up and got on with life? People these days get diagnosed with PTSD if they witness a schoolyard fight. I’m not downplaying PTSD when the trauma is real, but I do believe one has to eventually move even if they never get over it. These generations thrived despite great challenges. Now, we’re taken down by small setbacks.
@@mariekatherine5238 if this Generation had half the backbone and respect as it did of the men and women who served back then things would be so much more Intriguing. Salute to your grandfather ❤
Thunder Spartan So say you can get ptsd by hearing about something... not hearing about something that caused you to have ptsd but to hear about something that happen to someone else. It makes literally no sense and it’s so fucking dumb
lol
@@mariekatherine5238 I think I get your point, but you're painting with a broad brush. Getting past the stigma of asking for help with mental issues is not a sign of weakness, no matter the cause. We don't get to decide what effects others or how they respond, even if we don't understand it. For what it's worth, I'm a veteran, two deployments as a combat medic, and if there was anything I'd want my brothers and sisters to know is that seeking help does not make you weak. I only wish those soldiers lost to suicide would have done the same.
Watching these men and what they were asked to do brought a tear to my eye. God bless them all and the men and women who serve today. Thank you.
Our country might have fallen and we would not exist if not for these very brave soldiers. Salute to them for paving our future in a war that was probably the most terrifying experience
??? lolwut, Normandy was important for winning WW2, but it was not important for the defense of our country.
@@spades9681 he's probably from another country not the us
@@devin8811 im retarded i think i made this comment at 2 am and was being overly critical of pretty much every comment here lol yeah incredible oversight on my part soz
Being a marine who went to afghanistan i would be terrified to step on that beach... Rip you awesome warriors
True, in the sense we never really know what we'll do till it happens. You'd either do what I did once and crack into another reality where enemy tracers where mesmerizing and the guy in front of you, not shooting back, needs to move out your way.... or you'd do as you said like I also did once as two guys rounded a corner and had me dead to rights but I was using thermals and they weren't. We all lived or some died...fate isn't always what we make.
They were all scared ppl say that we have a generation of cowards but I disagree social media chery picks the worst of us, and you all know it. We would be able to a d-day with todays men no doubt, we arent cowards we are the generation that came from a great generation.
Mathew Hamilton Fuck you and them. Murderers
Truth Bullshit. There are no Jewish bankers in Canada or most other countries. You’re a 💩head. The Second World War was caused by the Soviets and Germans.
I was in the infantry and we used to shoot at each other on our off time but landing at Omaha beach on D-Day was suicide.
Some day when this life ends, I look forward to meeting these heroes...
Me too
That hit me hard 😕😔 but me too. They weren't even over 18 and still did all this to save out country
Amen.
Wait what do you mean life?
Not unless you join them in Valhalla.
Amazing footage! Thanks for sharing it with us. Those brave people were “The Greatest Generation”.
Great men. Defending their countries, families and ideals, with immense bravery and without complaints. The best generation of the last two centuries. Respect, and thank you.
Words can not begin to express how grateful I am to these men.
HTX original Same here.
WhoWouldChooseSuchARidiculouslyLongUsernameLikeThisOneHere? Really? Picking on someone's grammer mistake? You knew what was meant. Quit being a douchebag.
WhoWouldChooseSuchARidiculouslyLongUsernameLikeThisOneHere? I'm calm as can be and my knickers are just fine. My father and four of my uncles served overseas during WW2. This video is showing the deaths an maimings of young men who were fighting against tyranny. You need to grateful and show some respect. Those young men were true badasses. You're not a badass for making snarky, little comments when someone makes a tiny grammar mistake. Get I?
WhoWouldChooseSuchARidiculouslyLongUsernameLikeThisOneHere? Then you, of all people, should not be making jokes then.
George Morgan you’re fucking stupid as fuck man I don’t know what to tell you. Lots of peoples great/grandparents, parents, uncles, fought in WWII it doesn’t give you a privilege to not be made fun of. You sound like a triggered college kid right now get a grip and act like a man.
Called "The Greatest Generation" with good reason.
By far the worst conflict and always will be the most devastating event in history. They thought for our freedom.
Young men dying for old men's ideas..yea keep believing that
War is just young men dying and old men talking
@@chapter7149 It isn't that simple.
jaxxstraw yea cause the draft and we needed to go to war to stop hitler and boost our economy...but young men still died for old people's beliefs
My uncle was a WW 2 combat film cameraman. He went in with the first wave of Canadian troops, at Juno beach. Ran out of film, within the first 15 minutes ashore. Dumped the camera, picked up a rifle and fought alongside the rest of the troops for the next couple of days. Interesting man.
The bravery and courage of these men is something I'll never be able to fathom. True respect and gratitude from a British person. Thankyou to everyone who fought for freedom and for the privileges we have today. We will always remember and never forget the sacrifices you men made❤️🇬🇧
As we quickly approach the 75th anniversary of D-day let us salute these incredibly brave men. Truly, our greatest generation.
Scott Murray Our leaders need reminding what our freedom cost, and it's not to be played around with, Iam sure the French must be disgusted by Macron when they look back over two World Wars and count the cost in lives, he is proving to be a Plonker, then we have more than our share too!
Yeah now you‘re nothing but a fucking coprporated shithole ... kinda sad
U can bet your ass there were no throwbacks from the seventh century on that beach.
@@pauliemueller2890 without Europe you wouldn't even exist...
@@endloesung_der_braunen_frage I know, doesn't mean it's not irrelevant
My father was there at Juno Beach June 1944. I'm crying now.
give respects on my behalf to him say an indian guy sent his respects for ur dad fought for freedom of humanity
Nothing wrong with crying. It shows your respect & admiration you still have for a special person who can never be replaced. My dad landed on omaha beach among the 1st wave early in the morning june 6th. Damn i miss him and my mom.
So much respect to your father, and every other soldier who was there. my great grandfather was a Partisan :)
@@MrLelijkGamen :thank you very much. My dad gave me a commemorative pin from the 55th anniversary of d-day. It says "6th engineer special brigade: 147th combat engineers". It's one of my prized possessions.
@@indiangamerz3788 Indians fought bravely during both WW1 and WW2. And to add on to that side by side with a nation that oppressed them.
Two years ago I played senior softball with a man who was on a supply ship at Normandy. He had to quit softball but I saw him the other day, and he looks great. He is our hero, a very tough and solid man, worked for the St. Louis Cardinals. He’s a walking miracle. And a great Hero
Amazing footage. Thanks for sharing.
Meanwhile, I'm sat here comfortably able to watch this on my bed wondering what my purpose is in life.
To be a good person however humble your life is, if you bring just a little joy to a living creature's, you're doing all right Ash.
@Francisco Villares Feminism=Castration, if they come too close I carry holy water and flick it at their hairdo, they run away screaming male patriarchy, works every time.
lmao same
Francisco Villares wtf does that have to do with her finding a life’s purpose lmao
@@gooselord2380 I'm a dude, but good point.
"WHEN YOU GO HOME TELL THEM OF US AND SAY, FOR YOUR TOMMOROW WE GAVE OUR TODAY" WE WILL REMEMBER THEM
Who are you quoting? Why are you screaming? Who is Them? How do you have so many up-votes for such a scatterbrained comment???
@survival pete I dont know what I find funnier, your dp or that shit flag you put on your comment lol
@@rastanot if you dont know where that comes from than you're a worthless piece of shit you embicile. It's okay tho 308 people know their history and apreciate the sacrifices made for their sakes. Now crawl back into whatever hole you came out of creature.
@@restlessbeing1398 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
This video captures the emotions of the event well along with the background music. It makes you stop all thinking and your able to just remember these brave men on both sides.
Amazing footage. Thank you. Very brave men. We owe you everything.
I just can't imagine what they were thinking as they were about to engage the enemy. Many, many Brave Souls, we owe an unfathomable Debt of Gratitude to. 🙁😔
it aggravates me that we will never truly see how Omaha really was. Soldier statements/reports simply imply that the first wave (or most of it) was completely butchered, barely anyone survived it from what we know, they didn’t even make it out the water because the machine gun fire was that consistent. I think a few had to play dead and they never made it onto the actual beach Poor bastards. They didn’t know what they were going into, but you couldn’t get this many people to walk into combat like that now. I’m not even sure if I would
I've served for 13 years in the RCN, my service is a spit in a bucket compared to these heroes. Thank you.
Even so, thank you for your service!
Thank you regardless.
It really is. Bet it sucks rowing around in boats from 1812
@@corey4413 shut up, the man served in a military, that should be respected highly
Thank you for your service to your country, al the way from the uk 🇬🇧
Thank you for ensuring my future and others after me. Thank you for your bravery and selflessness entering these beaches.
Nicely put together.
My father was at DDay, he went in first on a mine sweeper, he never talked of it much, wasn't until his death in 2011 that I was going through his discharge papers and found he was a member of the SBS now SAS, had tears in my eyes, he never told me, he was a very quiet man, this video really made me think of him, thank you, great music choice
THAT IS THE DIFFERENCE TWIXT AMERICANS AND BRITS IS THE FIRST LIKE TO TALK ALOT MORE THAN THE BRITS FROM ONE WHO LIVED THRU THE WAR.
talboters44 I think you should rightfully shut the hell up, my ww2 vet great grandfather never even mentioned his service. I didn’t know what the hell he did until he passed, he was a fighter pilot. Never once said shit. That war was so deadly and disgusting that many of the soldiers wanted to leave it behind Always a competition though for some reason.
WHAT I SAID WAS TRUE WERE YOU AROUND THEN!! THE G.I.S DID TALK ALOT AND NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT
IM NOT SAYING THEY TALKED ABOUT THEIR DUTIES JUST LIKED TO CHAT A LOT TO US KIDS.
Mark Loxley God bless him and every other one of them
My great uncle David was a medic and helped storm the beaches of Normandy he survived the entire Liberation of France. When he got back home he shot himself in his kitchen. RIP David
Why?
Bro Brod the ptsd. He picked up body parts and helped put them into wheelbarrows and on top of that he was a frontline medic.
DoomiePookie ikr being a frontline medic and watching so much gruesome shit happen what a pussy. Really hope your just trying to be a troll dude
Rip David! Don’t listen to these fucking cunts bro.
@@brobrod2328 r you fucking serious?
I'm proud of my winning heritage! Men were men and not purple haired fairies.
My great uncle operated a Sherman his whole unit got killed while he was outside the tank helping wounded men his tank got hit by artillery he was badly wounded by the shrapnel he made it out though I thank all the brave men and women that sacrificed everything so we could be free❤️ I can’t put into words how much I respect these brave soldiers 🙏 thank you for your service 🙏
My dad was there that morning of june 6th with the 147th combat engineers, 6th engineers special brigade. Damn, I miss that generation every single day. Thanks for honoring them with your thoughts. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Went there in 2019, I still can’t describe the feeling I had standing in the sand on Omaha. Absolutely surreal
I want to so bad.
Yes it is absolutely surreal to stand on that beach. It is definitely worth visiting! For those who haven’t, do it if you have the opportunity!
Was there in 2019 too! Such an amazing place to be incredible feeling standing on the sand thousands died on
The fact that you stood where hundreds died how does that make you feel
Thank you for honouring them.
A lot were young 18 year old kids who marched into the depths of hell that day, only to meet their maker. Freedom isn’t free
Yeah, it cost a buck o'five
there were some 14 15 16 year olds to they lied about there ages took there oplder brothers ID they were real men for a bunch of kids not like the fkn pantywaists they are today lol
Some were younger. They lied about their ages.
@@heavypupper1219 thank you
TheHonestjbone not just 18 year olds their was older men also if they got out of that meat grinder a live they were all old men. I wish the Europeans would learn from their mistakes.
My great grandfather fought on that beach and by a miracle he survived
THANK YOU for posting this! My heart breaks to think of how many people there are in America today who have no clue as to the scope of the sacrifice that this brave generation made for all of us!
The spoiled and entitled can never understand the sacrifice of the courageous.
No matter what side they were on, every man was a hero for their respective country,they all fought for what they believed in! I'm just glad we don't have to go through what they did, and i thank them all for that.
well said
Noy heros theybhad no option the same the british were busy colonising and making ppl their slaves like india then had to fight oppression dont make ua hero
ac S shut up dickhead, protecting vital assets to a nation or assisting in the mass murder of nations and races like the Nazis
ac S the men and women were heroes, no government was a hero during ww2. Although freeing dozens of countries like Croatia and Finland was heroic thing to do from germany.
@@kurtisrichards1082 They grown up in a world were they got told that these things are right and had to be done...also they were forced to do all these brutal things...they had no choice!
When Men were men Women were women and nobody self identified as a cat.
Lol
Hahahha certainly not Ju-87,
Jack Da Money Hahahhaah true
Or an attack helicopter
Nobody had time for that kind of crap. Bad times make strong people, strong people make good times, good times make weak people, weak people make bad times. We have weak people today. Be warned
Could never imagine going thru that stuff at my age or younger . I’m 21 .. but I am so grateful to them .. I always make it a point to thank the veterans I see in the street and the men they served along .. every time , even if I see them again I always do .. I only wish they got to live and experience the amenities that they fought so hard to give us.. God bless all of them , tho after reading about and seeing war .. I often question whether or not there is one to bless any of us ..
Your choice of music for the video is impeccable.
It makes me so sad to know many of these fathers, husbands and brothers never made it home to their loved ones.
It makes me sadder to know that lots of those girlfriends and wives back home were cheating on their men.
It was a travesty that this invasion was successful, thereby reforging the imperialist and perpetuating the capitalist world order.
They die so that others may live. SALUTE.
I totaly agree. I also feel bad for the Germans.
Herrasmies the whermacht were the same as any allied soldier. Did as they were told
Grandfather was on this beach as well. He never talked about it his whole life. Months before he passed he did his first video documentary interview. At his funeral the whole family got to see and hear his first hand experience.
You have a video?
@@oneway4667 kzhead.info/sun/hcmckaqOmqeJepE/bejne.html
@@zendomotorsportclub awesome something your family can cherish forever. Your grandfather was apart of one of the biggest battles in the history of war
R.I.P.
May God bless your grandfather.
Respect to all those who laid their lives on the line for their country. Thank You.
The Footage at 6:01 is by far the most surreal and terrifying IRL combat footage I have ever seen. 5 men are in frame. 1 is on his knees. The other 4 are rushing up the beach, then... The one the farthest back just collapses. Not blown to bits, not shot to pieces, just shot once, and he dies. I have never seen footage other than this that sums up the brutality and unfairness of war.
Back when masculinity was never questioned and Gillette was a razor..
Isn't it interesting that masculinity is never questioned when life and death are what's at stake??
Back when women weren‘t legally allowed to work or own a bank account without the permission of their husband.
Oh shut the fuck up
@@LibertyMapper WW2 was in 1940s not 1920s, also where was it illegal for them to work? I am assuming by the staue of Liberty that you live in the US so things may have been different, but I know for a fact in the UK our women were willingly working in the factories to keep ammo supplys and keep things running. Our own Queen (still a young princess at the time) drove a firetruck around helping people even while the bombs fell. Not to mention we had female officers inside every single war room playing a vital role. The generations today will never understand what its like to be awaiting invasion but still everyone, I mean EVERYONE is pushing on and not giving up, sure we complained a little, but no as much as we would today, we made jokes about it instead.
@@Josh23761 Nah I am not from the US, also I know that women's rights are different from country to country, but it is a well known fact that in countries like Germany women weren't legally allowed to own a bank account or work without the permission of their husband until the 1980s. Even in the UK women could be refused to receive mortgages or loans unless their husband allowed it until 1980. I could name a dozen other laws and rights that have been added to this day to make women more euqual to man so yeah, these days are better days for women to be around.
My great grandfather was one of the last British off Dunkirk, sticking with the French as late as he could, and led his troops back into France on sword beach.
WOW
@Überbringer schlechter Nachrichten you never know, he could've been the guy who shot my grandad in the hand at D Day
Truly inspiring and heart rendering - what a time to be alive, can’t imagine what would have been going through these soldiers minds
Incredible and amazing footage !
Not many people know this but James Doohan (Scotty Star Trek) was a D-day war hero, shot six times.
I didnae ken that .
@@duncancallum u drunk
@@Moonlakes No, just Scottish.
James Doohan. He saw combat in Europe during World War II, including the D-Day invasion of Normandy, in which he was wounded, apparently by friendly fire. After the war, he had extensive experience performing in radio and television, which led to his role as Scotty.
@@lukeysharp94 wasnt that what i said
6:06 Rest in Peace Buddy, you fought hard and even though I didn't know you and never will. I'm Proud of you, and all the men who served at your side that lost their lives that day as you did. And not only the ones that lost their lives but the ones that fought bravely and lived to tell the tale. I have the utmost respect for you all. R.I.P I hope heavens treated u well.
I've seen that clip 100 times since I was young. That man had a name, hobbies, loves. Hurts my heart to think about it.
@@Mike91337 sad to think they had a family, they had a life, they had a name..... They trained for months, they endured through a long journey on those boats, and then - landed on the beach... only to make it no more than a few steps before his life was ended. It is very unfortunate so many soldiers never even got a chance.
BlueFrost so true
BlueFrost 3,000 soldiers sadly died on Omaha. Including him.
Plush Productions :(
War doesn’t determine who’s right, it determines who’s left :-(
thats the truth
This is the most amazing footage of Normandy landing that I've ever seen.
who else thinks that if the world leaders can’t agree on anything they should just fight it out themselves instead of sending everyone else but themselves to fight in wars
I agree
But if that happened, there'd be no precious heroes to laud over. And people love their soldier worship.
@Joe Smith thats nice to know g
Imaginé presidents in a fight ring, lmao, i would pay to see that
Well World War Two was the Nazis Japanese Italians and others trying to take the world over so that’s a little different
I’ve been in the military for 6 years now, these are the guys who inspired me. The old breed of man was the best breed of man
You should read "with the old breed" by Eugene Sledge. Horrifying account of ww2 that demonstrates why these men were soo great. Thank you for your service.
Thank you for your service
I have no respect for anyone who volunteers to go shoot people
@@jeffsmith9351 what if that person was fighting to protect you and the people you love?
@@jeffsmith9351 I have no respect for people who take their comfortable lives for granted. People like you who do not acknowledge those who have sacrificed their lives for you to live yours un molested. Our men and women in uniform signed a blank check to this country to ensure you can live comfortably and complain about your McDonald's being cold. I don't like war or violence either, but sometimes good men have to step forward to defend the innocent against evil men. That's the way it is and that's the way it will always be. You should be ashamed of yourself for being soo ignorant.
My grandfather fought on Omaha beach. He made it out alive, but passed of a heart attack after being home for less than a year. He was wounded in combat while dragging his LT out of a hot spot, ultimately, he was awarded many different medals, but the ones that always stuck for me were his 3 Purple Hearts, Silver Star, and Distinguished Service Cross. Those men sacrificed everything for the entire world. Not just the Americans either. People need to stop disrespecting the heroes of WW2, they followed orders and and truly made the ultimate sacrifice for us.