My dad was there. He was in the Navy, a gunner in the front tub of LST 1010. He told me about the radio controlled plane that hit an LST right next to his ship. I've been looking for LST 1010 in these video in the hope of seeing him. Very little chance, but you never know.
You are liar . WWII no one of human blood type O in that war . War between Good Human & bad human . Human blood type O are not human . Before WWII all human blood type O are US , Europe , UK , Asia and Africa were slave for The Bad human .
My Dad was in the Cactus Division( cannoneer/infantry). Landed in Marseille, went through France, over the Rhine, up into the Voges mountains, through Austria to S.Germany.
Can't help but feel that Churchill was far more aware of the dangers of Russia post war than maybe the Americans were at the time. It's not difficult to see why Eisenhower "as a soldier" was less concerned about the politics and I think Roosevelt got hoodwinked on occasion by Stalin especially over the importance of Berlin. This is no comment on the American troops who made great sacrifice but I think their leaders were sometimes a little ignorant of European politics and sometimes more concerned with their own glory. Don't get me wrong, I'm not a fan of Montgomery either but that's another subject.
Whosoever you may be right. I've read that Eisenhower was a very pragmatic person...or he was after being the guy in charge. I'm reading a book now about the Italian war and apparently he did mention the possible Soviet preoblem a number of times to staff members during the Italian fiasco but as you say maybe it was all just conjecture to him?
All of these footages are well known ... and sometime misplaced. AND ! The French Navy destroyed in Toulon by scuttling in nov 1942 to avoid falling in German hands ... not "Bombed" by Allies !!!!
I still find it incredible that any of the allies ever considered Russia as an ally. Firstly was her history to date. She was a totalitarian state at war with her own citizenry. She was a Nazi state with a different rhetoric. Secondly she was in a fight for her own survival, she had no choice on whether to continue in the fight. Thirdly is the grotesque idea that a weakened communist regime would have presented less of a future threat, or being able to resist an invasion to destroy the regime. Fourthly was her lack of activity concerning the Japanese, then at war with her allies. Fifthly was her extreme reluctance to offer strategic help. Eg: Bases for overflight of Europe, bases in the Kamchatka region. The result. By keeping any contact with the forces of freedom gave her default access to those nation's secrets. It all keeps coming back doesn't it? The weakness of Democracy. It wants to believe in goodness, and freedom, of the good life nature intended for us. But Democracy needs to find the way to being a lion in diplomatic ventures and a kitten at home.
Churchill made a comment about fighting with the USSR. Something along the lines " If Hitler invaded Hell, I am sure that I would find something positive to say about Satan in the commons" People in Britain were astonished and delighted when Hitler attacked the USSR. My Mum told me that when she heard the news on the radio she shouted up the stairs. "Mum, he's gone for Russia" Britain had been defeated with no hope of victory . Then Hitler attacked Russia. Hope was restored.
@@romanbrough Was your Mum Schrodinger? Or his cat? How can she be in two places at the same time? j/k Satan can take care of his own existential problems... [not Churchill] That's my point. Barbarossa was a case of 'two birds with one stone' and not a source of salvation. It offered breathing room. The idea that 2½ nations could conquer the rest of the world speaks of endemic weakness. Cheers.
@@peterclark4685 . My Mum, was shouting to her Mum. I didn't realise it was a complex story. Or were you attempting to be sarcastic. There were people in the UK who strongly believed that far less should have been sent to the USSR. This would have made more resources for our forces in North Africa, and especially Malaya and Burma. A couple of hundred modern tanks and a similar number of fighters may well have stopped the Japanese blitzkrieg. Apparently he was persuaded to give so much to the USSR, partly because of agitation by certain trade union leaders. Can't be certain about that. But seems plausible.
@@romanbrough Not sarcastic, just pointing out a humorous anomaly; hence the 'j/k' at the end. His War Cabinet did have multi-party (Bevan, etc) representation. However he probably thought Russia was incapable of going it alone when the only thing being 'saved' by that government were themselves. That was more than enough motivation. Their subsequent battle tactics made Kamikaze look weak-kneed and lame.
That’s sad. My dad entered north Africa at the beginning and fought across to Sicily, Italy, Corsica, Sardinia southern France where he rejoined Patton and fought his way up to Cologne Germany. He mainly was with engineers and combat engineers
Always forgotten : 2 U.S aircraft carriers ( with Hellcats of VF-74 and VOF - 1 ) for the operation Dragoon...U.S.S Kasaan Bay and U.S.S Tulagi under command of C.A Calvin Thornton Durgin.....not the case for Overlord...
American forces in Italy were there to draw German forces away from Northern Europe. This was a classic war of attrition in Italy. The Allies in could have simply cut across the top of Italy trapping German forces to the south. This however would have defeated the whole purpose of drawing German forces out of Northern Europe.
@@romanbrough A lot has been written about the Italian campaign. I can not cite any specific sources off the top of my head but this is one of the campaigns we studied back at West Point as part of our History of the Military Art Course.
Gen. Mark Clark was such a glory hog he held up the Canadian Divisions from entering Rome first, even though it was the Canadians who had made it all possible....
He cost a lot of lives by disobeying orders to serve his ego. The German forces he was to have cut off escaped to form a defensive line and start killing allied troops again. His superiors were deficient, if they weren’t man enough to court martial him they should have handed him over to the Russians! Perhaps he achieved what he was after, he was awarded a medal by the Vatican for ‘freeing’ them. The Vatican was the only axis state not captured during WW2!
joker 76 Not trying to be a know it all because I just found out about Dragoon a couple years ago and considering how much fighting and maneuvering you'd think there would be a lot of documentaries about it. Also while I knew the Soviets were nervous about the Kwangtung Army in Manchuria with 1.5 million soldiers I never knew that in the last week's of the war the Russians carried out a full blown, complicated attack on the Japanese involving millions of men, complete air force, thousands of T-34 and guns etc. It wasn't a little skirmish. I don't understand why this stuff isn't out there more? They talk about the semi-autonomous Kwangtung Army at the beginning of the war but it figured just as much at the end and we hear about Okinawa being a model for what the home islands invasion would be like only 100 worse but that army in China was 50% of the reason we dropped the bomb.
My dad was there. He was in the Navy, a gunner in the front tub of LST 1010. He told me about the radio controlled plane that hit an LST right next to his ship. I've been looking for LST 1010 in these video in the hope of seeing him. Very little chance, but you never know.
Wow how interesting
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You are liar . WWII no one of human blood type O in that war . War between Good Human & bad human . Human blood type O are not human . Before WWII all human blood type O are US , Europe , UK , Asia and Africa were slave for The Bad human .
@@tranhungao5262 That a noice joke.
@@2.05vasu No joke . What i wrote all true .
why nobody knows about this . this operation got overshadowed by d-day too much .
My Dad was in the Cactus Division( cannoneer/infantry). Landed in Marseille, went through France, over the Rhine, up into the Voges mountains, through Austria to S.Germany.
My grandpa was part of Operation Dragoon.
On August 15, 1944, my thirteen-year-old father witnessed the landing of one of the first allied paratroopers, a Canadian ...
Same here! I wonder if they knew each other.
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Can't help but feel that Churchill was far more aware of the dangers of Russia post war than maybe the Americans were at the time. It's not difficult to see why Eisenhower "as a soldier" was less concerned about the politics and I think Roosevelt got hoodwinked on occasion by Stalin especially over the importance of Berlin. This is no comment on the American troops who made great sacrifice but I think their leaders were sometimes a little ignorant of European politics and sometimes more concerned with their own glory. Don't get me wrong, I'm not a fan of Montgomery either but that's another subject.
Whosoever you may be right. I've read that Eisenhower was a very pragmatic person...or he was after being the guy in charge. I'm reading a book now about the Italian war and apparently he did mention the possible Soviet preoblem a number of times to staff members during the Italian fiasco but as you say maybe it was all just conjecture to him?
You can count on a lot off Horse_hit in the narration of any documentary , this one is no exception.
All of these footages are well known ... and sometime misplaced. AND ! The French Navy destroyed in Toulon by scuttling in nov 1942 to avoid falling in German hands ... not "Bombed" by Allies !!!!
I still find it incredible that any of the allies ever considered Russia as an ally.
Firstly was her history to date. She was a totalitarian state at war with her own citizenry. She was a Nazi state with a different rhetoric.
Secondly she was in a fight for her own survival, she had no choice on whether to continue in the fight.
Thirdly is the grotesque idea that a weakened communist regime would have presented less of a future threat, or being able to resist an invasion to destroy the regime.
Fourthly was her lack of activity concerning the Japanese, then at war with her allies.
Fifthly was her extreme reluctance to offer strategic help. Eg: Bases for overflight of Europe, bases in the Kamchatka region.
The result. By keeping any contact with the forces of freedom gave her default access to those nation's secrets.
It all keeps coming back doesn't it? The weakness of Democracy. It wants to believe in goodness, and freedom, of the good life nature intended for us. But Democracy needs to find the way to being a lion in diplomatic ventures and a kitten at home.
Churchill made a comment about fighting with the USSR. Something along the lines " If Hitler invaded Hell, I am sure that I would find something positive to say about Satan in the commons"
People in Britain were astonished and delighted when Hitler attacked the USSR.
My Mum told me that when she heard the news on the radio she shouted up the stairs. "Mum, he's gone for Russia"
Britain had been defeated with no hope of victory . Then Hitler attacked Russia. Hope was restored.
@@romanbrough Was your Mum Schrodinger? Or his cat? How can she be in two places at the same time? j/k
Satan can take care of his own existential problems... [not Churchill]
That's my point. Barbarossa was a case of 'two birds with one stone' and not a source of salvation. It offered breathing room. The idea that 2½ nations could conquer the rest of the world speaks of endemic weakness.
Cheers.
@@peterclark4685 . My Mum, was shouting to her Mum. I didn't realise it was a complex story. Or were you attempting to be sarcastic.
There were people in the UK who strongly believed that far less should have been sent to the USSR. This would have made more resources for our forces in North Africa, and especially Malaya and Burma. A couple of hundred modern tanks and a similar number of fighters may well have stopped the Japanese blitzkrieg.
Apparently he was persuaded to give so much to the USSR, partly because of agitation by certain trade union leaders. Can't be certain about that. But seems plausible.
@@romanbrough Not sarcastic, just pointing out a humorous anomaly; hence the 'j/k' at the end.
His War Cabinet did have multi-party (Bevan, etc) representation. However he probably thought Russia was incapable of going it alone when the only thing being 'saved' by that government were themselves. That was more than enough motivation. Their subsequent battle tactics made Kamikaze look weak-kneed and lame.
My grandfather landed there with the navy 4th beach battalion along side of the army 45th division.
My great uncle was killed in this operation
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Yup!
That’s sad. My dad entered north Africa at the beginning and fought across to Sicily, Italy, Corsica, Sardinia southern France where he rejoined Patton and fought his way up to Cologne Germany. He mainly was with engineers and combat engineers
Always forgotten : 2 U.S aircraft carriers ( with Hellcats of VF-74 and VOF - 1 ) for the operation Dragoon...U.S.S Kasaan Bay and U.S.S Tulagi under command of C.A Calvin Thornton Durgin.....not the case for Overlord...
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My father landed with the 36th Division.
My father was there in the Delattre De Tassigny Army
operation dragoon was one of the only major events france did in ww2 bruh
My great uncle was in operation Dragoon his foot was blown off
I could never understand why the American forces didn't just go East and take Northern Italy?
American forces in Italy were there to draw German forces away from Northern Europe. This was a classic war of attrition in Italy. The Allies in could have simply cut across the top of Italy trapping German forces to the south. This however would have defeated the whole purpose of drawing German forces out of Northern Europe.
@@geodes4762 I hadn't heard that. Can you let me know your source?
@@romanbrough A lot has been written about the Italian campaign. I can not cite any specific sources off the top of my head but this is one of the campaigns we studied back at West Point as part of our History of the Military Art Course.
Battlefield 5 brought me here
Gen. Mark Clark was such a glory hog he held up the Canadian Divisions from entering Rome first, even though it was the Canadians who had made it all possible....
He cost a lot of lives by disobeying orders to serve his ego. The German forces he was to have cut off escaped to form a defensive line and start killing allied troops again. His superiors were deficient, if they weren’t man enough to court martial him they should have handed him over to the Russians! Perhaps he achieved what he was after, he was awarded a medal by the Vatican for ‘freeing’ them. The Vatican was the only axis state not captured during WW2!
That's a fair point.
My father in law was there.
now now children.
How to invade a continent without anyone noticing it.
Å korr artig å se og høre fra denne fimen.
since when did the allies invade south france? ive never heard of this before?
Since 1944.
Mandela effect.
Tree Cats Mandela Effect is BS. No, it's ignorance.
You need to read more.
joker 76 Not trying to be a know it all because I just found out about Dragoon a couple years ago and considering how much fighting and maneuvering you'd think there would be a lot of documentaries about it. Also while I knew the Soviets were nervous about the Kwangtung Army in Manchuria with 1.5 million soldiers I never knew that in the last week's of the war the Russians carried out a full blown, complicated attack on the Japanese involving millions of men, complete air force, thousands of T-34 and guns etc. It wasn't a little skirmish. I don't understand why this stuff isn't out there more? They talk about the semi-autonomous Kwangtung Army at the beginning of the war but it figured just as much at the end and we hear about Okinawa being a model for what the home islands invasion would be like only 100 worse but that army in China was 50% of the reason we dropped the bomb.
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