We’re a few years from its centennial anniversary and every time d-day comes up it never fails to make me feel true gratefulness to the people who landed on that beach. As a veteran who served in Korea said when he mentioned he was too young for WWII “it was a war worth fighting”
@@cableyoutuber true sadly we are getting stories of the ones who lied about their ages 16-17 sometimes younger the guys who were in their 20s are sadly almost all gone
God bless all the men that died on this beach, Americans, British, Canadians, and everyone else who fought on this bloody beach may their souls rest in peace🫡
To all of our Veterans who are still alive. Thank you for being a major legacy in history. This also goes for our past and present. Allies, you are all heroes. Thank you for all of your service, and God Bless.
Thank you Uncle Nils Alton Lindberg! My great uncle Alton proudly served in the US Navy from February 25, 1944 to February 8, 1946, and was the recipient of several World War II medals. He was on the first ship to arrive on Utah Beach on D-Day. His ship was the Port Director, directing boat traffic, troop beach landings and remained on the coast of France throughout the Invasion. Without his assistance in the operation, many more men may have died. It was these first boats and landings that took the brunt of the chaos and death. Many many more would have died had they failed.
My friend August Caccavone was supposed to land in Normandy but his unit was wiped out and was reassigned to the 7th Army landing in Southern France during Operation Dragoon
This may well be the last major anniversary that any D-Day Veteran lives to see. Even when the last of them has passed, the rest of us won't forget what they've done.
@@Voucher765you’re right. There won’t be many but there will be a few at least. My Papa wasn’t a D-Day vet but he did lie about his age and fudged some paperwork to say he was 18 when he was 16 in order to join the Navy at the tail end of WWII. He passed way too young at 61 in ‘89 but I know he had to not have been the only young man determined to fight for his country. The thought of a kid my son’s age rushing those beaches just blows my mind. He’s 17 and when he starts complaining about anything stupid I remind him that his great grandfather was on a Navy boat during a world war year younger than he is now. My kids first found out my Papa fibbed because they were checking out Ancestry over one of the Covid lockdowns a few years ago. I told them that if they’re looking through military records always try 1926 for a birthday year too instead of just 1928 for great grandpa. When they asked why I said that they come from a long line of teenagers that do whatever they want which includes joining the military during a world war.
@RosieYogi40 My friend August Caccavone was supposed to go there but his unit was wiped out probably on Omaha that day, Upmost respect to all those who fought and died
I really wanted to go but I couldn't get off work I had 4 family members that hit the beach my grandpa, his brother Hank,there cousins Paul and Stanley I miss you grandpa God Bless America and her allies 🇺🇲
80 years ago tonight, my great grandpa George Smith landed in a glider with the 327th Glider Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division. In his glider, all but him (9 men plus 2 pilots) died on impact as he had a jeep in his glider that slid forward. He served with the 82nd in North Africa, Sicily and Italy. Then, transferred to the 101st and fought in D-day, Holland, Bastogne, and volunteered to jump with the 17th into Germany though he was still officially 101st. He survived and passed away in 1997. Edit: I never knew him personally, I was born in 95, but because of all the stories I heard from family it inspired me to enlist and I served 5 years in the Idaho National Guard as a tanker.
“We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills, we shall never surrender”. - Sir Winston Churchill,
@@anthonyochoatwan6892 it doesn't matter because it still mattered - we never surrendered, not a single occupied country really surrendered. Greetings from Yugoslavia
My great grandfather was a paratrooper in WWII. He was with the 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment in North Africa and later the 456th Parachute Field Artillery Regiment assigned to the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment in the 82nd Airborne in Sicily. He was then sent back to England to prepare for Operation Overlord when he was transferred to the 101st Airborne and jumped into Normandy, and later into Holland. He also participated in the Battle of the Bulge and Western Germany. He had made 4 combat jumps during the war. He survived and passed away in 2006. Technician 4th Grade John J. Lower 1919-2006
The 116th suffered the most casualties in D-Day. That is why the D-Day Memorial is in the small town of Bedford Virginia. I lived about 25 minutes from the memorial and it was an amazing tour every time I went. (and I went often)
Good thing I have both The Longest Day and Saving Private Ryan to mark this occasion. To commemorate this since I am on holiday for two weeks in Norfolk I'm planning to go to the Muckleburgh collection up in Weybourne
The reenactment is using modern soldiers with their modern gear to play it. Maybe it also serves as an exercise and a warning to China, Russia, and North Korea.
You find that it always about the Americans every other nation may aswell have played second fiddle. Yeah the Americans took the worst casualties on the landings but every seems to forget that sure both our nations got it "easy" 🇬🇧🇨🇦 we got it hard in hedge rows we took the brunt of the German forces on D-Day and all of their elite units pointing at us on the advance to Caen they also seem to forget that if not for British and Canadian forces the American would have had a harder time breaking out of Omaha. We are constantly overlooked and annoys me atleast Canada and the UK pay respect to each others sacrifice.
@@samuel10125 Casualties were shared almost equally between the Americans and British/Canadians. Omaha took the worse casualties but Utah proved to be a much 'easier' beach than the rest.
Don't let it get you down. Its only that way so America gets to up their role to justify being the foremost superpower. It's about propaganda and perception. Most young people hardly know anything at all about WW2 nowadays so it seems everyone's sacrifice is being forgotten altogether.
Juno was heavily fortified. 1/19 died on Omaha. 1/18 died on Juno. Also Canadian airborne achieved all objectives, the landing force achieved all primary objectives but had to fall back as they penetrated farther inward than any other beach.
@@samuel10125 We all pay respects for everyones sacrifices. It's not a competition, and without America there to help there would be no landing. But that's neither here nor there. Everyone contributed and playe a key role in it, and everyone lost good men..
My great Uncle was with the RCAF but put on loan the the RAF, where he was a wireless air gunner in a C47 Dakota taking British Paratroopers over Gold Beach before the amphibious invasion.
Thanks dude, I was raised around people who lived through the whole mess, not just the landings at Normandy. They were real keen to make sure that I understood what went on and what was at stake. I have nothing but respect for the people who fought the good fight, and I applaud you and this wonderful long format video. Thanks again.
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old; Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them. Lest we forget. Lest we forget! Memory Eternal!
I’m glad you mentioned the para troopers. My grandfather was 101st 501 pathfinder. One of the first Americans in France on D Day. Passed in 2001. His bronze star is hanging on my wall.
My family are there today . My granddad and his brothers stormed the beaches and all came home at the end of the war 🇬🇧 🥰🥰 God bless all of them who fought for their country
Thank you for this video! My grandpa was in the 29th infantry division and landed on one of these beaches in June of 1944. Thank you to all the heroes who died and who lived.
Your grandfather landed on Omaha, afterwards known as Bloody Omaha due to the high casualties. Company A of the 116th Regiment were annihilated. These were the Bedford men of the Virginia National Guard and this dreadful slaughter was one of the reasons Bedford was chosen for the sight of the U.S. National War Memorial. Your grandfather was not only courageous, he was lucky to survive Omaha.
To all of the valiant heroes who fought on Normandy, your perseverance, endurance, and strength will be remembered, as the striking hand that turned the tides. May all of you rest in peace, knowing that you will be remembered.
My grandfather was in the 29th ID and landed on Omaha. He was already a veteran of north Africa, and the Sicilian Italian campaign. He made it through or else I wouldn't be here.
Before the 80th Year Anniversary of the Allied Leyte Landings in the Philippines from 1944 to 2024 and as heroes for the remembrance of all the Filipino WW2 Veterans and among the U.S. troops landed in Leyte provinces among the towns in Palo, Tacloban and Dulag from the Japanese Occupation are helping the Filipino guerrillas led by Colonel Ruperto Kangleon and went the road until October are extended for the upcoming anniversaries. Among President Sergio S. Osmeña and General Douglas MacArthur lands in Red Beach in Palo, Leyte are began the Liberation of the Philippines from 1944 to 1945. Mabuhay Ang Pilipinas, Isabuhay Ang Kalayaan! 🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭
God bless all those men on the beaches imagine what would have happened if the operation had failed. Every time d-day anniversary’s come up it never fails to make me feel true gratefulness to the people who landed on the beach. “Two kinds of people are staying on this beach-the dead and those who are going to die.” - Colonel George A. Taylor, commanding the Sixteenth Infantry Regiment, First Infantry Division, on Omaha Beach.
My great uncle was in the US Army and was killed fighting Nazis at the Battle of the Bulge. He was only 18 years old. He died long before I was born. RIP 🪦
80 years!!! 😲 That means most of those soldiers would have to be around 100 years old now! It will probably only be 10 years before there will be no one from that time left! And that is not only sad, but also dangerous! What that saying "those who don't remember the past are doomed to repeat." If no one's left from that time to tells us certain things... Well, let's just say I'll be worried. 😕
My grandpa took me to see Saving Private Ryan then to the newly opened DDay museum in New Orleans where I grew up. Him and my grand uncle both served in the Navy. Great men.
4:56 Although an old animation, I like how Simple History's animation team put in a British Royal Navy sailor (the dead guy with the obvious MKII helmet) as a driver of the landing craft, as American soldiers were dropped off by Royal Navy sailors (as for as I know, in terms of Omaha) and not a American Sailor seen in Saving Private Ryan or commonly in WW2 fps games that feature Omaha Beach.
Great video with great detail about the US side of Normandy Beach Landings, but we must not forget about the sum 1,200 to 2,000 African American soldiers who also landed on both Omaha and Utah beaches. We can't forget them. Next time, include them in a D-Day video they also deserve recognition for their bravery.
@hogan231 My great grandfather was a paratrooper too. He had prior combat experience in North Africa with the 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment and the 456th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion which was assigned to the 505th Regimental Combat Team of the 82nd Airborne Division at the Invasion of Sicily. After Sicily, he was transferred to the 101st Airborne and jumped into Normandy and Holland, and fought in the Battle of the Bulge as well as the Central Europe Campaign. He survived, returned to the US in 1947, and passed away in 2006. I wonder if he knew your Great Uncle. Do you know what unit he was in?
The story of the Airborne troops at D-day gets overlook by many people to fully understand their importance and impact on the campaign. Still it is good to listen to these stories and the tell the stories of the men of WW2. RIP WW2 Soldiers!
I was watching the opening scene of Saving Private Ryan on TH-cam. I was reading this one comment where this guy was describing how his grandfather could all the sudden smell diesel when the opening scene started. Like someone literally spilled a barrel of diesel near by. I am just speechless
Rest in peace to the soldiers of this terrible war. Every side had good men dying for what they thought was right. Extremist leaders led brother against brother with no regard for life.
Thank you, guys, for liberating France! Looks like the Austrian painter/Argentine grandpa will never succeed, all because of the Americans, British, Canadians and other Western Allies who wanted to help the French take back their land from the Germans.
May all the men that laid down there lives on that day never be forgotten, it is because of them that we can stand hear and enjoy the freedom that thay fought and died for. Truly heroes, all of them, may thay rest in peace.
God Bless to the WW2 Veterans who are still alive to tell the story. May their names, faces & heroic deeds to their country never be forgotten. ✝️🌹🇬🇧🇺🇲🇨🇦
Of course, the film Saving Private Ryan has forever cemented how we view this battle. But that was still just a movie... they cleared Omaha Beach in 20 minutes, while in reality, it was an hours long affair, and many of the main objectives of D-Day were only met at D+1. Really wish the defenses had been softened up more before infantry landed...
Rest in peace to all those fallen unsung heroes, though their names might not all be known to the public their sacrifices have not, NOR will ever be forgotten! 🫡
This day we set upon mighty endeavours, a struggle to preserve our religion, our freedom, and set free it suffering humanity. Our son, proud of our nation, lead them straight and true, their road would be long and hard, man soul would be crush to the violence of war, in this our great sacrifice, we shall prevail. - FDR
We’re a few years from its centennial anniversary and every time d-day comes up it never fails to make me feel true gratefulness to the people who landed on that beach. As a veteran who served in Korea said when he mentioned he was too young for WWII “it was a war worth fighting”
But keep note that being 100 years after, those who fought in it may all be gone. Only their families and their stories will remain.
@@cableyoutuber true sadly we are getting stories of the ones who lied about their ages 16-17 sometimes younger the guys who were in their 20s are sadly almost all gone
Those people saved their countries from speaking German only to have their countries speaking arabic/African
@@cableyoutuberas a white minority in their own homelands
Liar. You’re not a veteran
God bless all the men that died on this beach, Americans, British, Canadians, and everyone else who fought on this bloody beach may their souls rest in peace🫡
#DDay80
Rip
Rest in peace. 🇺🇲🇬🇧🇨🇦
Rest in peace, you will be remembered. 🇦🇺🇨🇦🇺🇸🇬🇧(and Soviets.)
No not soviets soviets weren't on beavh@@JohnM-u7b
To all of our Veterans who are still alive. Thank you for being a major legacy in history. This also goes for our past and present. Allies, you are all heroes. Thank you for all of your service, and God Bless.
Thanks to all veterans.We're here today thanks to the sacrifices they made.May they never be forgotten,and to many, rest in peace.
Thank you Uncle Nils Alton Lindberg! My great uncle Alton proudly served in the US Navy from February 25, 1944 to February 8, 1946, and was the recipient of several World War II medals. He was on the first ship to arrive on Utah Beach on D-Day. His ship was the Port Director, directing boat traffic, troop beach landings and remained on the coast of France throughout the Invasion.
Without his assistance in the operation, many more men may have died. It was these first boats and landings that took the brunt of the chaos and death. Many many more would have died had they failed.
Be proud of your uncle man!! Thank GOD for his sacrifice for all of us
My friend August Caccavone was supposed to land in Normandy but his unit was wiped out and was reassigned to the 7th Army landing in Southern France during Operation Dragoon
This may well be the last major anniversary that any D-Day Veteran lives to see. Even when the last of them has passed, the rest of us won't forget what they've done.
Actually it might not because the 85th anniversary they might still be around
@@Voucher765you’re right. There won’t be many but there will be a few at least. My Papa wasn’t a D-Day vet but he did lie about his age and fudged some paperwork to say he was 18 when he was 16 in order to join the Navy at the tail end of WWII. He passed way too young at 61 in ‘89 but I know he had to not have been the only young man determined to fight for his country. The thought of a kid my son’s age rushing those beaches just blows my mind. He’s 17 and when he starts complaining about anything stupid I remind him that his great grandfather was on a Navy boat during a world war year younger than he is now.
My kids first found out my Papa fibbed because they were checking out Ancestry over one of the Covid lockdowns a few years ago. I told them that if they’re looking through military records always try 1926 for a birthday year too instead of just 1928 for great grandpa. When they asked why I said that they come from a long line of teenagers that do whatever they want which includes joining the military during a world war.
@RosieYogi40 My friend August Caccavone was supposed to go there but his unit was wiped out probably on Omaha that day, Upmost respect to all those who fought and died
So many Americans, British, and Canadians died on that beach. Each one a hero whose sacrifice will never be forgotten. Rest in peace brave soldiers 🫡
British are a waste
Don't forget the free Dutch, the free French, free poles, free checz, and all resistance fighters that contributed in that entire conflict.
@@MaclovioJLopezAs well as the other allies who pushed back the Japs in the east😉
Don’t forget the poles Australians and
Norwegians
I’m actually going to the event in Normandy for the anniversary!
Same
Lucky, have a great time!
Same here
Please, take some videos and put them up. I would love to see the ceremonies they have in store.
I really wanted to go but I couldn't get off work I had 4 family members that hit the beach my grandpa, his brother Hank,there cousins Paul and Stanley I miss you grandpa God Bless America and her allies 🇺🇲
80 years ago tonight, my great grandpa George Smith landed in a glider with the 327th Glider Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division. In his glider, all but him (9 men plus 2 pilots) died on impact as he had a jeep in his glider that slid forward. He served with the 82nd in North Africa, Sicily and Italy. Then, transferred to the 101st and fought in D-day, Holland, Bastogne, and volunteered to jump with the 17th into Germany though he was still officially 101st. He survived and passed away in 1997.
Edit: I never knew him personally, I was born in 95, but because of all the stories I heard from family it inspired me to enlist and I served 5 years in the Idaho National Guard as a tanker.
Be safe stranger, godspeed and many blessings.
“We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills, we shall never surrender”. - Sir Winston Churchill,
He said that prior to the Battle of Britain in 1940.
@@anthonyochoatwan6892tf is the point of this ?
@@anthonyochoatwan6892 it doesn't matter because it still mattered - we never surrendered, not a single occupied country really surrendered. Greetings from Yugoslavia
@@Fergusius actually it does.
@@FergusiusFrace surrendered.
My great grandfather was a paratrooper in WWII. He was with the 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment in North Africa and later the 456th Parachute Field Artillery Regiment assigned to the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment in the 82nd Airborne in Sicily. He was then sent back to England to prepare for Operation Overlord when he was transferred to the 101st Airborne and jumped into Normandy, and later into Holland. He also participated in the Battle of the Bulge and Western Germany. He had made 4 combat jumps during the war. He survived and passed away in 2006.
Technician 4th Grade John J. Lower 1919-2006
My great uncle survived dday but was stabbed dead in Normandy
The 116th suffered the most casualties in D-Day. That is why the D-Day Memorial is in the small town of Bedford Virginia. I lived about 25 minutes from the memorial and it was an amazing tour every time I went. (and I went often)
I can't believe it's been 80 years since D-Day. God bless to all the soldiers who died on June 6th, 1944
This was a great summary. It makes one appreciate even more the sacrifice our troops made.
Nothing but respect for all those brave souls who fought valiantly and gave up their lives for something greater than themselves.
The USS Frankford coming in close to assist and sailing up and down the beach firing all her guns is amazing!
Good thing I have both The Longest Day and Saving Private Ryan to mark this occasion. To commemorate this since I am on holiday for two weeks in Norfolk I'm planning to go to the Muckleburgh collection up in Weybourne
The reenactment is using modern soldiers with their modern gear to play it. Maybe it also serves as an exercise and a warning to China, Russia, and North Korea.
Juno is the second hardest beach, but no one talks about it, respect to the Canadians that had to attack through those defenses with no recognition🇨🇦
You find that it always about the Americans every other nation may aswell have played second fiddle.
Yeah the Americans took the worst casualties on the landings but every seems to forget that sure both our nations got it "easy" 🇬🇧🇨🇦 we got it hard in hedge rows we took the brunt of the German forces on D-Day and all of their elite units pointing at us on the advance to Caen they also seem to forget that if not for British and Canadian forces the American would have had a harder time breaking out of Omaha.
We are constantly overlooked and annoys me atleast Canada and the UK pay respect to each others sacrifice.
@@samuel10125 Casualties were shared almost equally between the Americans and British/Canadians. Omaha took the worse casualties but Utah proved to be a much 'easier' beach than the rest.
Don't let it get you down. Its only that way so America gets to up their role to justify being the foremost superpower. It's about propaganda and perception. Most young people hardly know anything at all about WW2 nowadays so it seems everyone's sacrifice is being forgotten altogether.
Juno was heavily fortified. 1/19 died on Omaha. 1/18 died on Juno. Also Canadian airborne achieved all objectives, the landing force achieved all primary objectives but had to fall back as they penetrated farther inward than any other beach.
@@samuel10125 We all pay respects for everyones sacrifices. It's not a competition, and without America there to help there would be no landing. But that's neither here nor there. Everyone contributed and playe a key role in it, and everyone lost good men..
My birthday is on June 6! Rest in peace to all lives lost 😕😕😕
One of the deadliest battles ever made
#DDay
my birthday is also on June 6th!
My great Uncle was with the RCAF but put on loan the the RAF, where he was a wireless air gunner in a C47 Dakota taking British Paratroopers over Gold Beach before the amphibious invasion.
Thanks dude, I was raised around people who lived through the whole mess, not just the landings at Normandy. They were real keen to make sure that I understood what went on and what was at stake. I have nothing but respect for the people who fought the good fight, and I applaud you and this wonderful long format video. Thanks again.
80 years ago these men saved us all. I hope I get to meet a D Day veteran in my life.
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old;
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
Lest we forget. Lest we forget!
Memory Eternal!
Thanks for making this god bless these brave soldiers 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷
May the allied soldiers who died in Normandy rest in peace
I’m glad you mentioned the para troopers. My grandfather was 101st 501 pathfinder. One of the first Americans in France on D Day.
Passed in 2001. His bronze star is hanging on my wall.
My family are there today . My granddad and his brothers stormed the beaches and all came home at the end of the war 🇬🇧 🥰🥰
God bless all of them who fought for their country
Thank you for this video! My grandpa was in the 29th infantry division and landed on one of these beaches in June of 1944. Thank you to all the heroes who died and who lived.
Your grandfather landed on Omaha, afterwards known as Bloody Omaha due to the high casualties. Company A of the 116th Regiment were annihilated. These were the Bedford men of the Virginia National Guard and this dreadful slaughter was one of the reasons Bedford was chosen for the sight of the U.S. National War Memorial. Your grandfather was not only courageous, he was lucky to survive Omaha.
To all of the valiant heroes who fought on Normandy, your perseverance, endurance, and strength will be remembered, as the striking hand that turned the tides. May all of you rest in peace, knowing that you will be remembered.
Rest In Peace for those who fought against evil. We will always remember you.
And happy Memorial Day for all people
My grandfather was in the 29th ID and landed on Omaha. He was already a veteran of north Africa, and the Sicilian Italian campaign. He made it through or else I wouldn't be here.
"We're not lost. We're in Normandy. We're in the war." -- Lt. Winters, Band Of Brothers
Before the 80th Year Anniversary of the Allied Leyte Landings in the Philippines from 1944 to 2024 and as heroes for the remembrance of all the Filipino WW2 Veterans and among the U.S. troops landed in Leyte provinces among the towns in Palo, Tacloban and Dulag from the Japanese Occupation are helping the Filipino guerrillas led by Colonel Ruperto Kangleon and went the road until October are extended for the upcoming anniversaries.
Among President Sergio S. Osmeña and General Douglas MacArthur lands in Red Beach in Palo, Leyte are began the Liberation of the Philippines from 1944 to 1945.
Mabuhay Ang Pilipinas, Isabuhay Ang Kalayaan!
🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭
Our eternal gratitude to each and everyone of these men.
The fact I watched 30 seconds of this video being up is wild 💀💀💀💀
This is why you get bullied kid
my great grandfather died while fighting on d day, god bless america though.
If I was doing a video for the 80th anniversary of d day I would’ve explained why the battle was so important
May we live on and keep them in our memories and memorials for those who fought against one the greatest evils in history.
I want to honor American, British , and Canadian troops who fought and died on the beaches of Normandy 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🫡
God bless all those men on the beaches imagine what would have happened if the operation had failed. Every time d-day anniversary’s come up it never fails to make me feel true gratefulness to the people who landed on the beach. “Two kinds of people are staying on this beach-the dead and those who are going to die.” - Colonel George A. Taylor, commanding the Sixteenth Infantry Regiment, First Infantry Division, on Omaha Beach.
My great uncle was in the US Army and was killed fighting Nazis at the Battle of the Bulge. He was only 18 years old. He died long before I was born. RIP 🪦
80 years!!! 😲 That means most of those soldiers would have to be around 100 years old now!
It will probably only be 10 years before there will be no one from that time left!
And that is not only sad, but also dangerous! What that saying "those who don't remember the past are doomed to repeat." If no one's left from that time to tells us certain things... Well, let's just say I'll be worried. 😕
Your a very good person🙂
My grandpa took me to see Saving Private Ryan then to the newly opened DDay museum in New Orleans where I grew up. Him and my grand uncle both served in the Navy. Great men.
Truly bless those who gave so much for us and those who paid the ultimate price for our freedom
You should do a video about the brits, their army, navy and SAS sometime!
4:56 Although an old animation, I like how Simple History's animation team put in a British Royal Navy sailor (the dead guy with the obvious MKII helmet) as a driver of the landing craft, as American soldiers were dropped off by Royal Navy sailors (as for as I know, in terms of Omaha) and not a American Sailor seen in Saving Private Ryan or commonly in WW2 fps games that feature Omaha Beach.
Salute those boys who never made it home 🫡
Great video with great detail about the US side of Normandy Beach Landings, but we must not forget about the sum 1,200 to 2,000 African American soldiers who also landed on both Omaha and Utah beaches. We can't forget them. Next time, include them in a D-Day video they also deserve recognition for their bravery.
Love how a video about the 80th Anniversary of d-day is posted on the 82th Anniversary of the battle of midway, but oh well its still an amazing video
Midway happened 82 years ago.
My Great Uncle was a paratrooper.
Uncle Sam?
@hogan231
My great grandfather was a paratrooper too. He had prior combat experience in North Africa with the 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment and the 456th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion which was assigned to the 505th Regimental Combat Team of the 82nd Airborne Division at the Invasion of Sicily. After Sicily, he was transferred to the 101st Airborne and jumped into Normandy and Holland, and fought in the Battle of the Bulge as well as the Central Europe Campaign. He survived, returned to the US in 1947, and passed away in 2006. I wonder if he knew your Great Uncle. Do you know what unit he was in?
Hulk?
The story of the Airborne troops at D-day gets overlook by many people to fully understand their importance and impact on the campaign. Still it is good to listen to these stories and the tell the stories of the men of WW2. RIP WW2 Soldiers!
Salute 🫡 to all the soldiers who died for us to thrive in America 🇺🇸
What about the rest of us? You're not the only free country, mate
Be happy any of us Americans even remember WW2.
D-DAY IS NOT ONLY ONE OF THE MOST FIERCEST AND THE MOST MARVELOUS DAY BATTLE OF THE ALLIES BUT ALSO THE
Respect to the soldiers who risked there life just for us to end the war in Europe
Right now this day June 6th 2024 is the 80th anniversary of D-day landings at Normandy
I rem all of yalls old videos and i give me respect to all the troops who served on normandy
Keep up the great work 👍
Out the way people are with you I’m going to get them on TH-cam
I was watching the opening scene of Saving Private Ryan on TH-cam. I was reading this one comment where this guy was describing how his grandfather could all the sudden smell diesel when the opening scene started. Like someone literally spilled a barrel of diesel near by. I am just speechless
This is out 2 days early, but I’m definitely not complaining about it!
Rest in peace to the soldiers of this terrible war. Every side had good men dying for what they thought was right. Extremist leaders led brother against brother with no regard for life.
Correction, Snipers were assigned to Airborne units too. Equipped with 1903 Springfield bolt action rifles with optics!
Thank you, guys, for liberating France! Looks like the Austrian painter/Argentine grandpa will never succeed, all because of the Americans, British, Canadians and other Western Allies who wanted to help the French take back their land from the Germans.
5:59 good reference to the landing scene on "saving private ryan" film
My grandfather landed on Omaha Beach on D+1 during Operation Overlord.
May all the men that laid down there lives on that day never be forgotten, it is because of them that we can stand hear and enjoy the freedom that thay fought and died for. Truly heroes, all of them, may thay rest in peace.
Grandfather was in the 29 infantry 121st B Company engineering battalion
Honestly I'm surprised humans are still alive.
Good bless all the men and women who served to save our lives.
Normally I would give this video a single like. But on the 80th Anniversary... I give it 3 likes. 🙂
Those brave men endured horrors we couldn’t imagine. Thank you, all 🫡🫡
God Bless to the WW2 Veterans who are still alive to tell the story. May their names, faces & heroic deeds to their country never be forgotten. ✝️🌹🇬🇧🇺🇲🇨🇦
My local cinema is re-releasing Saving Private Ryan on the big screen this evening. We must never forget those brave men.
Pay your respects boys....07
0:23 Uh...I thought it was called Operation Overlord.
HAPPY DDAY ANIVERSARY❤🎉🎉
“I was saving the planet from an Axis of Darkness, while you were back home opening National Parks! Yes!” Winston Churchill
Perpetual retreat whilst waiting for America is not saving..
Love this channel, with another great video. Sadly in school( school lessons we dont learn that stuff)
“June 6th as in D day?”
“Yes sir”
“Hehehe, Don’t get hurt”
Please cover the 320th barrage balloon unit and the racially integrated units during WW2.
Thanks! 👍
God bless these brave men. Freedom isn't free.
Thank You too all the Veterans👍🏻🇺🇲
I had 6 family members serve in ww2 two took part in D-day
Of course, the film Saving Private Ryan has forever cemented how we view this battle. But that was still just a movie... they cleared Omaha Beach in 20 minutes, while in reality, it was an hours long affair, and many of the main objectives of D-Day were only met at D+1. Really wish the defenses had been softened up more before infantry landed...
8:59 The army got the Garand, while the marines in the pacific were stuck with the bolt action springfield for a while
Thank you for this video! I’m excited to see the ww2 survivors who are arriving to France and honor their fallen ❤
Thanks for the veterans for the existence of democracy eternal gratefulness to them
My grandfather and his brother survived D-Day. Grandpa made it home, but his brother died in an ambush on D+6 :(
Rest in peace to all those fallen unsung heroes, though their names might not all be known to the public their sacrifices have not, NOR will ever be forgotten! 🫡
D-Day is man hero
R.I.P To all U.S., British, and Canadian troops that lost their lives on D-Day
Its the 80 birthday day of D-Day today
Amen!
Happy 80th anniversary to d day
Rest in Peace for all those who died for the freedom of all mandkind 80 years ago. 🙏🙏🙏
Rest in peace all fallen soldiers for freedom
Yo let the next generation know about their grandfathers' deeds and this glorious victory
Indeed..
This day we set upon mighty endeavours, a struggle to preserve our religion, our freedom, and set free it suffering humanity. Our son, proud of our nation, lead them straight and true, their road would be long and hard, man soul would be crush to the violence of war, in this our great sacrifice, we shall prevail.
- FDR
God bless all of these men!