I used to play on the Normandy beaches and surrounding areas in 1960 and played in the pill box's and other places that were built by the Germans. I also found plane parts and tank parts in the wooded areas. I took my wife there a few months ago and showed her some of those places. I was VERY happy to see many of the homes and business's flying American and Canadian flags. I retired fron the USAF and my father was in France in WW-1 until he got shot and hit by German artillery. I hold a special place in my heart for the many soldiers,airmen and marines that died and were wounded there, The survivors are leaving us every day. I hope our politicians that dis the military would go there.
I've been a professional soldier my whole life and it's mostly junk but not in an insulting manner. Try to appreciate what these gentlemen have done by opening up more places for people to visit and understand. If you've ever had to build a fighting position you know how much it is a hated task for soldiers, we only enjoy them when we're leaving them but this show was well put together and I enjoyed it, thanks fellas!
My dad landed on Utah Beach with the 4th Infantry Division on D-day. He continued advancing through France, Belgum and Holland until the German surrender. He was wounded three times and sent back after healing each time. He carried dozens of pieces of German steel in his body to his grave. He said the German 88 was feared among the troops and was extremely wicked.
I love history and the story was all the more remarkable in finding the bracelet. Many people watching WW2 documentaries think after the landings it was smooth sailing and nothing could be further from the truth. The carnage was hellish on both sides. Thank you for this video and searching and finding these sacred discoveries.
This was well worth my time to watch. As an American I get very little history of the other beaches. My dad was in the troop carriers, dropping the pathfinder paratroopers on d-day approximately 2am. Then on d plus 1 his group was involved with towing the glider planes across the channel. He started in North Africa fighting Rommel
really enjoyed the show guys, showing love and respect to those that died and the relatives still alive, watching this made me emotional and iv never served in the military. people take for granted what these kids went through to make our world a better place.
Awesome documentary ! Awasome ! I'm a Canadian, living in Caen, Normandy. Every week, I go his around Juno. This last digging in Juno is new for me, but I'll check it out. I understand that you are about finding buried treasures from the past, but still, don't forget Juno Beach landing in Bernières, with the Canadian House. My step father was in the Regiment de la Chaudière and my father in the medical corps......
The most heartbreaking part is that many were never recovered or located and they lay there to this day, sleeping in silence, the pain of those days long gone with only peace for them now. I would hope one day they can be found and something done for them, but I know for a lot of them it's not possible. I really can't fathom how much the beach has extended out from where it used to be in such a short span of time.
My grandfather was in big red one and went in on Omaha beach. I had the unique opportunity to visit Normandy in 1994 for the 50th anniversary of D-Day with my grandfather, but I have to say I never really looked at it from the Canadian or the British perspective and this was a very interesting program.
Wow je suis impressionné par vos vidéo, vous faites un travail remarquable, moi même je suis passionné par la ww1 et la ww2, et puis le témoignage du monsieur avec le jeune Allemand était tellement émouvant...
Bless the hearts and bravery of those scared men, and boys, who fought and died with just the knowledge their sacrifice would pretty much protect their county, their fellow Highlanders, and their families and friends. I cannot not, EVER, imagine what they went through or felt on the days they died. I had a great-Uncle from Saskatchewan canada who was sent to France and died, at the young age of 18. He is buried there with only a photo of his French headstone for his mother to have to hold. His 18th birthday was only 2 months before he was killed.
At least the Tobruk was filled with sand. I have just excavated one this year on the Germany/Netherlands border at it was full with rubble and heavy clay.
@CrocodileTear do you think it would be possible to find the German barber boy from this story, (33min in)? A young boy, same age as the french gentleman telling the story, 4 brothers died on the russian front, father, mother & sister died in Cologne during bombings - so, likely from there.
This story of Hugh Perry struck home to me. So very similar to myself. Enlisted in the U.S. Army at 16. Was in telecommunications had to have a backup MOS 25C radio field pack operator. Was to be assigned to the 226th Signal Battalion once my year was up at Ft. Huachuca. Late Oct '70 sent out. Thinking I was to join the main Battalion in Taiwan or Japan. Nope. Sent to Cambodia. Attached to a small Air America outfit needing a radioman. I live in Detroit area also a member and colour guard commander for the Royal Canadian Leigon. One of the parade Marshall's for the opening of the Vietnam Memorial in Windsor. I knew one on the wall there. Respect to those that had fought and fallen before me. In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie, In Flanders fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields.
Those poor parents to have lost their son. Their pain and loss carried with them to their graves. Too many people have forgotten or dismissed their losses as is the case from all our wars we send young off to die in for causes that are no longer remembered or respected.
Awesome show. My Dad moved to Paris after he retired from being a firefighter in Flint Michigan. He lived there 10 years and toured dozens of WW II battle sites including most of Normandy. He said some places were kinda spooky because of high casualty rates. Almost like they were haunted. Locals saying they'd seen ghosts on certain nights.
It’s about time and refreshing to see the history of Juno beach rather than the two American beaches. I have read that the fighting on Sword, Juno and Gold beaches was more intense and more casualties taken than on Omaha beach which is the only beach that most people know thanks to movies like “Saving Pte Ryan”. I like the idea that the Canadians forces that landed on D Day are finely coming out from under the over shadowing of the American forces.
It is a shame, when returning the bracelet, that you didn't involve the young French guy who found it. Perhaps he was unavailable.... but somehow I think he would have made time and would have been very pleased to see it passed on to the relatives.
It was great to see this. I feel like I can remember Hugh Ivor now. I guess his parents and family were notified of his death. And his mom and dad being so sad and wondering if he had the bracelet they had given with him when he died, poor boy. I am a big fan of Time Team, where the sites are very busy with 20-30 people digging and using GPR brushing and scraping, many with specialized knowledge in different areas. Y'all are like a mini Time Team. I am fascinated by all that's under the water just off shore. Do y'all ever do underwater archeology? I've seen brief shots of drowned tanks and landing craft that did not make it ashore. I would love to see a whole program of these ghostly remnants, now encrusted with sea life. It would be marvelous if there's some way to identify them and find out what ship they started from.
Welcome new patron members!! Also congratulations to winners of those great pieces they created!! TH-cam is dumb with some of it censorship. I agree millions of for a cat in a window??? Not me I'm right here with you and EE!! Thank you both for all your hard work. I'm sure not going anywhere. Just a quick question, but did I miss the Challenge tour to be historical? I made a super thanks donation but didn't see my name. If I missed making this tour I will catch the next for sure!! Thanks for sharing!
My dad wasn't in Europe in WW2 he was in the Pacific he celebrated his his 21st birthday Feb 19th with 4th marine marines division landing on a island called Iwo Jima got shot 2 times there
i think satellite archaeology could be interesting for your explorations, detecting thermic and infrared differences in the ground. archaeologists will be able to locate even clay shards with that in near future.. (video seems from 2015) however, its so crazy that you found this historical place easily like youre doing every week..^^
A family friend who has long since passed, Was in the canadian military prior to the US joining the war, He did several raids with them and when the US Joined the war, he left the Canadian Commandos and came over and joined the US military and went on to join the Air Force and go on missions on bombers over europe, he was shot down at least 7 times and survived all of them and was the only survivor of all of them and coincidentally after the war it was discovered he went on the most missions out of anyone in ww2. Guy was insanely lucky, One mission he went on the plane got shot up and lost all but 2 of its engines and on the way back it kept getting lower and lower to the water and he started throwing everything overboard and it didnt help and when he saw the plane was too low and was going to crash into the cliffs of dover he jumped out the side of the plane and landed in the water and managed to survive get up and see the plane hit the cliffs and then he swam to shore and walked all the way into a village and got help. After the war ended he survived a crash as the bomber that he was on that was flying back to the US crashed and killed everyone but him. That was technically the 8th crash he survived. Guy was also present at the commando raid on the sub pens in France that killed the majority of the people on the raid. I still cant believe all the stuff he did if anyone deserved to have a movie made about them it was that guy.
If you had the chance you should have sent up a drone. Typically vegetation will not grow as well over buried structures. It will be especially evident in the event of a drought. At least the bunkers and machine gun emplacement were only covered mostly with sand. That will be reasonably easy to clear away. It will be a constant battle in the future to keep cleared of course. It might mean some sort of structure would need to be built over the bunkers. Being that close to the shore storms will readily blow sand and try to disappear the structures again. Any exposed re-bar material will decay more quickly when exposed to the salty air hence the need for some sort of dome or building over them. It is highly unlikely much ephemera has survived to this day unless like the id bracelet it is casually lost. I now will wonder where the bracelet was carried by our now found young Canadian soldier. It would be interesting to see what a standard soldiers kit for his unit would have looked like.
Its interesting hearing some of the stories from the other beaches from D-Day. Too much publicity surrounded Normandy beach due to it being the bloodiest. The Allies landed on more than just Normandy, it's just that the others didn't go as badly as that one.
35:00 "The bullet had to been fired on d-day". That cartridge hasn't been fired..... 36:32 No, it's wasn't covered in sand back then, so how would they just walk up there the way he shows?
Also, they find a patio from the 70's buried 30cm deep. How on earth do they expect to find a WW2 bunker at that same depth? It's going to be way deeper. Edit: Nvm 🤭
Sauf autorisation préfectorale ,ect les fouilles ou recherches au détecteur de métaux sont interdites sur les plages du débarquement..il faut le rappeler
You should go to Gaugamela, the biggest battle of all time. 300,000 troops. Alexander the Great defeated Persians, 331BC. Should be perfect for your methods. Dry, flat desert floor , tons of debris, doubtless lost. TH-cam has much detail. Ideal for GPR.
There's a place in north Florida where Civil War artifacts still lay there. I got a $275.00 ticket for being out there. They didn't know I'd been going out there for 20+ years. My video: Rebel Salt - TH-cam.
My father's oldest brother landed on Utah, 6 June '44. He lived to be 94 yrs old. His fellow soldier, and friend, was at his funeral, wearing his Dress Uniform from 1944.
And as I suspected before I pressed play, they ALWAYS mention just those beaches. There was another one named BAND. East of Sword. More info @ Dr. Mark Felton.
There has been so many wars over so many centuries I would agree. On Guernsey the Germans modified and rehashed old emplacements from many wars. The same on Normandy. And Jersey. Spain was chockas with buildings from conquerers or building transformed. Having visited there the local guide told us of tunnels out into the farmland quite away from the beaches as well as gun positions.
The story about the German who lost 4 brothers in Russia and parents and sister in Cologne bombings is wild. Shows how little the nazis cared for their "heroes"
@elrobo: I am sorry for your loss, and thank your father for his service. You stated how your father was killed; I would like to know where. You say he fought and died in WWI, so I guessing not Normandy.
Other nationalities were involved However, troops from many other countries participated in D-Day and the Battle of Normandy: Australia, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, France, Greece, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway and Poland.
One reason was maybe the language.. after their landings they had to reunit far inland, not knowing if the invasion is successful or not or if they have to change battleplans because unanticipated reasons. then its very problematic if youre flanks are defended by people you cant understand a word..ect
Once you had permission, I'm surprised that you didn't use a larger digger (backhoe). You were digging anyway, so need to be more efficient with your time. It's an open space, so larger machinery could have been used.
The very obvious,, the locals picked over everything after the landings. The steel tracks for the big machine guns are gone as are ofcourse the guns. As for finding a round on top of a sandfilled bunker,,, yeah right! There is a nice home on the beach front with a sign 10 metres around the corner on Juno. The sign shows a very rifle fire shot up house,, walk around the corner and there it is all repaired and looking nice. The old French chap George was a mine of info for the position in the woods. I suspect those woods may have been larger 80 years ago. The farmer is getting forever closer with his crop
On my mind would be unexploded ordinance ... CAREFUL !!!! N on the big one ... how deep would you have to go? Campground patio would be surface post war ... ??
Mate it's not war junk it's history why do you do it if you call it junk why do you bother it's just not junk there called artefacts not just junk if you're going to call it junk just don't do it
Relax mate.. I’m sure the makers of this show were trying to come up with a catchy name for the show, it’s not like these guys had anything to do with it.
Tobrok are very very small one to two man fighting positions. Not much to get excited about. A one man Tobrok wasn't where all those casualties came from. They have very limited ammo.
I used to play on the Normandy beaches and surrounding areas in 1960 and played in the pill box's and other places that were built by the Germans. I also found plane parts and tank parts in the wooded areas. I took my wife there a few months ago and showed her some of those places. I was VERY happy to see many of the homes and business's flying American and Canadian flags. I retired fron the USAF and my father was in France in WW-1 until he got shot and hit by German artillery. I hold a special place in my heart for the many soldiers,airmen and marines that died and were wounded there, The survivors are leaving us every day. I hope our politicians that dis the military would go there.
tRumpelthinskin did go there. He called the dead soldiers “losers”.
Thank you for your service, from a Belgian.
I've been a professional soldier my whole life and it's mostly junk but not in an insulting manner. Try to appreciate what these gentlemen have done by opening up more places for people to visit and understand. If you've ever had to build a fighting position you know how much it is a hated task for soldiers, we only enjoy them when we're leaving them but this show was well put together and I enjoyed it, thanks fellas!
Thank you for your service, from a Belgian.
Agreed, I was a little put off by the "junk" moniker because these are historical artifacts - but that's just a title. Very interesting.
My dad landed on Utah Beach with the 4th Infantry Division on D-day. He continued advancing through France, Belgum and Holland until the German surrender. He was wounded three times and sent back after healing each time. He carried dozens of pieces of German steel in his body to his grave. He said the German 88 was feared among the troops and was extremely wicked.
I can't begin to imagine that.
My Uncle, my father's oldest brother, landed on Utah Beach, 6 June '44, with the 4th Infantry Division. Made it all the way thru ETO's war.
@@nomadpi1 who knows they may have known each other.
What a great piece of history depicting the magnificent men who fought for our freedom.
I love history and the story was all the more remarkable in finding the bracelet. Many people watching WW2 documentaries think after the landings it was smooth sailing and nothing could be further from the truth. The carnage was hellish on both sides. Thank you for this video and searching and finding these sacred discoveries.
This was well worth my time to watch. As an American I get very little history of the other beaches. My dad was in the troop carriers, dropping the pathfinder paratroopers on d-day approximately 2am. Then on d plus 1 his group was involved with towing the glider planes across the channel. He started in North Africa fighting Rommel
really enjoyed the show guys, showing love and respect to those that died and the relatives still alive, watching this made me emotional and iv never served in the military. people take for granted what these kids went through to make our world a better place.
Awesome documentary ! Awasome ! I'm a Canadian, living in Caen, Normandy. Every week, I go his around Juno. This last digging in Juno is new for me, but I'll check it out. I understand that you are about finding buried treasures from the past, but still, don't forget Juno Beach landing in Bernières, with the Canadian House. My step father was in the Regiment de la Chaudière and my father in the medical corps......
The most heartbreaking part is that many were never recovered or located and they lay there to this day, sleeping in silence, the pain of those days long gone with only peace for them now. I would hope one day they can be found and something done for them, but I know for a lot of them it's not possible.
I really can't fathom how much the beach has extended out from where it used to be in such a short span of time.
a wonderful little bit of history many thanks for your time and effort , I would love to see more clips just like this
Excellent story ..well done. I hope the Tobruks are going to be left open for future generations to see. Thanks for all the hard work..
That ravine position was incredibly well hidden for how small that wood was. Wow.
My grandfather was in big red one and went in on Omaha beach. I had the unique opportunity to visit Normandy in 1994 for the 50th anniversary of D-Day with my grandfather, but I have to say I never really looked at it from the Canadian or the British perspective and this was a very interesting program.
Imagine getting inside one of those Bunker, and getting out back in the time D-day landings! Both exciting and terrifying!
Wow. Awesome show. I had a relative land on D-Day just to the west on Omaha 2nd wave and he lived. I am glad you made this.
Great final story and effort presentation...in spite of my previous criticisms. Reuniting family with the past is always an important goal
It's refreshing to see new things brought to light .
Fantastic and very informative. I appreciate the effort put into this. I hope to see the excavations revealed soon. Great stuff. War Junk Rocks!
I thoroughly enjoyed this documentary. Very well done.
Amazing!!!!
Brilliant work discovering the fortifications.
My heart broke hearing Hugh's story, But he was❤ Loved and is still loved.
Wow je suis impressionné par vos vidéo, vous faites un travail remarquable, moi même je suis passionné par la ww1 et la ww2, et puis le témoignage du monsieur avec le jeune Allemand était tellement émouvant...
What a wonderful documentary.
Well done I enjoyed this very much
BTW GPR has been used in archaeological investigations since 1976 (ish)....48 years...
Bless the hearts and bravery of those scared men, and boys, who fought and died with just the knowledge their sacrifice would pretty much protect their county, their fellow Highlanders, and their families and friends. I cannot not, EVER, imagine what they went through or felt on the days they died. I had a great-Uncle from Saskatchewan canada who was sent to France and died, at the young age of 18. He is buried there with only a photo of his French headstone for his mother to have to hold. His 18th birthday was only 2 months before he was killed.
At least the Tobruk was filled with sand. I have just excavated one this year on the Germany/Netherlands border at it was full with rubble and heavy clay.
@CrocodileTear do you think it would be possible to find the German barber boy from this story, (33min in)? A young boy, same age as the french gentleman telling the story, 4 brothers died on the russian front, father, mother & sister died in Cologne during bombings - so, likely from there.
Got to preserved all those historical structure.
Great story and nice work fellas!
This story of Hugh Perry struck home to me. So very similar to myself. Enlisted in the U.S. Army at 16. Was in telecommunications had to have a backup MOS 25C radio field pack operator. Was to be assigned to the 226th Signal Battalion once my year was up at Ft. Huachuca. Late Oct '70 sent out. Thinking I was to join the main Battalion in Taiwan or Japan. Nope. Sent to Cambodia. Attached to a small Air America outfit needing a radioman. I live in Detroit area also a member and colour guard commander for the Royal Canadian Leigon. One of the parade Marshall's for the opening of the Vietnam Memorial in Windsor. I knew one on the wall there. Respect to those that had fought and fallen before me.
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie,
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
Poppies, beautiful flowers. Lest We Forget
Beautiful video and full of love. Thank you
Those poor parents to have lost their son. Their pain and loss carried with them to their graves. Too many people have forgotten or dismissed their losses as is the case from all our wars we send young off to die in for causes that are no longer remembered or respected.
This is more likely why he died, Radio operators are always sought-after targets and then easier to distinguish on the battlefield.
Really awesome investigation..congratulations!!
Awesome show.
My Dad moved to Paris after he retired from being a firefighter in Flint Michigan.
He lived there 10 years and toured dozens of WW II battle sites including most of Normandy.
He said some places were kinda spooky because of high casualty rates.
Almost like they were haunted.
Locals saying they'd seen ghosts on certain nights.
Outstanding !
It’s about time and refreshing to see the history of Juno beach rather than the two American beaches. I have read that the fighting on Sword, Juno and Gold beaches was more intense and more casualties taken than on Omaha beach which is the only beach that most people know thanks to movies like “Saving Pte Ryan”. I like the idea that the Canadians forces that landed on D Day are finely coming out from under the over shadowing of the American forces.
Omaha Beach saw the highest number of casualties on D- Day. 3,600 casualties including 770 deaths.
It is a shame, when returning the bracelet, that you didn't involve the young French guy who found it. Perhaps he was unavailable.... but somehow I think he would have made time and would have been very pleased to see it passed on to the relatives.
What a owsome finding and history
It was great to see this. I feel like I can remember Hugh Ivor now. I guess his parents and family were notified of his death. And his mom and dad being so sad and wondering if he had the bracelet they had given with him when he died, poor boy. I am a big fan of Time Team, where the sites are very busy with 20-30 people digging and using GPR brushing and scraping, many with specialized knowledge in different areas. Y'all are like a mini Time Team. I am fascinated by all that's under the water just off shore. Do y'all ever do underwater archeology? I've seen brief shots of drowned tanks and landing craft that did not make it ashore. I would love to see a whole program of these ghostly remnants, now encrusted with sea life. It would be marvelous if there's some way to identify them and find out what ship they started from.
Welcome new patron members!! Also congratulations to winners of those great pieces they created!! TH-cam is dumb with some of it censorship. I agree millions of for a cat in a window??? Not me I'm right here with you and EE!! Thank you both for all your hard work. I'm sure not going anywhere. Just a quick question, but did I miss the Challenge tour to be historical? I made a super thanks donation but didn't see my name. If I missed making this tour I will catch the next for sure!! Thanks for sharing!
In a word, Excellent !
We where just in Normandy for the 80th......next time Juno is a must revisit...didnt make it there on this last trip
My dad wasn't in Europe in WW2 he was in the Pacific he celebrated his his 21st birthday Feb 19th with 4th marine marines division landing on a island called Iwo Jima got shot 2 times there
i think satellite archaeology could be interesting for your explorations, detecting thermic and infrared differences in the ground. archaeologists will be able to locate even clay shards with that in near future.. (video seems from 2015) however, its so crazy that you found this historical place easily like youre doing every week..^^
A family friend who has long since passed, Was in the canadian military prior to the US joining the war, He did several raids with them and when the US Joined the war, he left the Canadian Commandos and came over and joined the US military and went on to join the Air Force and go on missions on bombers over europe, he was shot down at least 7 times and survived all of them and was the only survivor of all of them and coincidentally after the war it was discovered he went on the most missions out of anyone in ww2.
Guy was insanely lucky, One mission he went on the plane got shot up and lost all but 2 of its engines and on the way back it kept getting lower and lower to the water and he started throwing everything overboard and it didnt help and when he saw the plane was too low and was going to crash into the cliffs of dover he jumped out the side of the plane and landed in the water and managed to survive get up and see the plane hit the cliffs and then he swam to shore and walked all the way into a village and got help. After the war ended he survived a crash as the bomber that he was on that was flying back to the US crashed and killed everyone but him. That was technically the 8th crash he survived.
Guy was also present at the commando raid on the sub pens in France that killed the majority of the people on the raid. I still cant believe all the stuff he did if anyone deserved to have a movie made about them it was that guy.
Does this family friend have a name?
@@rogieriusCaptain, Captain America.
EXCELLENT!!!!
Nicely done. Thanks.
If you had the chance you should have sent up a drone. Typically vegetation will not grow as well over buried structures. It will be especially evident in the event of a drought. At least the bunkers and machine gun emplacement were only covered mostly with sand. That will be reasonably easy to clear away. It will be a constant battle in the future to keep cleared of course. It might mean some sort of structure would need to be built over the bunkers. Being that close to the shore storms will readily blow sand and try to disappear the structures again. Any exposed re-bar material will decay more quickly when exposed to the salty air hence the need for some sort of dome or building over them. It is highly unlikely much ephemera has survived to this day unless like the id bracelet it is casually lost. I now will wonder where the bracelet was carried by our now found young Canadian soldier. It would be interesting to see what a standard soldiers kit for his unit would have looked like.
Omaha Beach on June 5, 1944, Operation Overlord was the most devastating and with the highest casualty numbers.
Great vid
Wow thrilling story
Loved it ❤
Amazing grace rest in peace
That's gotta be so weird knowing your grandparents gave that bracelet to your uncle and now you're holding it in France and it's in a museum.
Very cool. But I hate tv styled shows on TH-cam.
Yeah, the conversation between both of them, especially in the beginning, sounded scripted. lol
Its interesting hearing some of the stories from the other beaches from D-Day. Too much publicity surrounded Normandy beach due to it being the bloodiest. The Allies landed on more than just Normandy, it's just that the others didn't go as badly as that one.
Great! Greetings from Germany! We are now friends...
What's most amazing is that you're driving a Land Rover instead of staring at it broke down on the side of the road.
The photo from September 1964 shows in much better detail than the one you have.
35:00 "The bullet had to been fired on d-day". That cartridge hasn't been fired.....
36:32 No, it's wasn't covered in sand back then, so how would they just walk up there the way he shows?
Also, they find a patio from the 70's buried 30cm deep. How on earth do they expect to find a WW2 bunker at that same depth? It's going to be way deeper. Edit: Nvm 🤭
Even so it's nice to find one after all these years 😉
I like their put-on voices, like Top 40 DJs.
Sauf autorisation préfectorale ,ect les fouilles ou recherches au détecteur de métaux sont interdites sur les plages du débarquement..il faut le rappeler
Time will not dim the glory of their deeds. Lest we forget.
You should go to Gaugamela, the biggest battle of all time. 300,000 troops. Alexander the Great defeated Persians, 331BC. Should be perfect for your methods. Dry, flat desert floor , tons of debris, doubtless lost. TH-cam has much detail. Ideal for GPR.
There's a place in north Florida where Civil War artifacts still lay there. I got a $275.00 ticket for being out there. They didn't know I'd been going out there for 20+ years. My video: Rebel Salt - TH-cam.
Utah and Omaha beach is where the most casualties happened .It was the toughest . The Brits walked inland standing up .. There were no obstructions .
My father's oldest brother landed on Utah, 6 June '44. He lived to be 94 yrs old. His fellow soldier, and friend, was at his funeral, wearing his Dress Uniform from 1944.
THANK `S //Lars
And as I suspected before I pressed play, they ALWAYS mention just those beaches.
There was another one named BAND. East of Sword.
More info @ Dr. Mark Felton.
Insane to think these places were once booming with machine gun fire and explosions. Must be terrifying
We’re the Tobruk bunkers named after the town of Tobruk in N. Africa?
Yes
Yep
yes but they are not pronouncing Tobruk correctly.
GPR is not new, as much drama it adds. Lidar would have been fantastic for the Tombette woods.
You literally cannot dig 1/2 metre into the ground anywhere in Europe without finding something involved in a war.
There has been so many wars over so many centuries I would agree. On Guernsey the Germans modified and rehashed old emplacements from many wars. The same on Normandy. And Jersey. Spain was chockas with buildings from conquerers or building transformed.
Having visited there the local guide told us of tunnels out into the farmland quite away from the beaches as well as gun positions.
The story about the German who lost 4 brothers in Russia and parents and sister in Cologne bombings is wild. Shows how little the nazis cared for their "heroes"
Have you found the gascansters the "alies" shot?
@elrobo: I am sorry for your loss, and thank your father for his service. You stated how your father was killed; I would like to know where. You say he fought and died in WWI, so I guessing not Normandy.
I thought the word casualty meant fatal.
Well told with a poignant ending.
Like sands through the hour glass so are the days of our lives.
My uncle landed on Omaha Beach with 926th Signal Corp Battalion.
No matter the age they were just real men doing a job that needed to be done.
Just a curious question. There was two American and British Invasion spots one Canadian. Why did the French not have a squad?
Other nationalities were involved
However, troops from many other countries participated in D-Day and the Battle of Normandy: Australia, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, France, Greece, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway and Poland.
One reason was maybe the language.. after their landings they had to reunit far inland, not knowing if the invasion is successful or not or if they have to change battleplans because unanticipated reasons. then its very problematic if youre flanks are defended by people you cant understand a word..ect
Once you had permission, I'm surprised that you didn't use a larger digger (backhoe). You were digging anyway, so need to be more efficient with your time. It's an open space, so larger machinery could have been used.
because you won't be authorized to destroy the whole dune but just a specific area.
The very obvious,, the locals picked over everything after the landings. The steel tracks for the big machine guns are gone as are ofcourse the guns. As for finding a round on top of a sandfilled bunker,,, yeah right!
There is a nice home on the beach front with a sign 10 metres around the corner on Juno. The sign shows a very rifle fire shot up house,, walk around the corner and there it is all repaired and looking nice. The old French chap George was a mine of info for the position in the woods. I suspect those woods may have been larger 80 years ago. The farmer is getting forever closer with his crop
Were those bunkers fully uncovered afterwards for display? Excellent documentary
Kind of funny how shallow they are even though they’re so hard to locate
wow
Sïmple: The bracelet was located in a field hospital.
Yes or it was stolen from his body which was common...
On my mind would be unexploded ordinance ... CAREFUL !!!! N on the big one ... how deep would you have to go? Campground patio would be surface post war ... ??
A cameraman filming another cameraman. Ok.
Lest we forget.
It's not a tobruk. It's a ringstand. In this case even one for a mortar, not a machinegun.
there are many differend types of ringstands, colloquially this single bunker was called as "tobruk" meant the same so far i know..
@@Ab90- No, the tobruk was only the type Vf58c. This is not that type.
Mate it's not war junk it's history why do you do it if you call it junk why do you bother it's just not junk there called artefacts not just junk if you're going to call it junk just don't do it
Why u hating, let the man say what he wants..... sounds like we got a hater
Relax mate.. I’m sure the makers of this show were trying to come up with a catchy name for the show, it’s not like these guys had anything to do with it.
“War Junk” is puzzling when referring to a hallowed site such as this.
They only do half the work anyway. They stopped digging like a bunch of academics. Finish ur job. This show should be 12 min long. Not 50. No thanks.
They're way more qualified then you to call this stuff whatever they want stop hating 😂
„Greatest Invasion in History“ 🙈 reallly?!
I appreciate the Canadian accents.
Tobrok are very very small one to two man fighting positions. Not much to get excited about. A one man Tobrok wasn't where all those casualties came from. They have very limited ammo.
Why do they call them tobruks their bunkers.tobruk is a town in lybya scene of heavy fighting ww2.
Tobruk are small, circular, reinforced bunkers. You are correct in that Tobruk is a port city in Libya.
Its not "Tow Brook"...
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The music used in the intro sets the tone in a bad way, one that does not fit the narrative.