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- The U.S. prepares to invade Nazi Germany in one of the most dangerous confrontations of WWII, in this clip from "D-Day in HD Part 1."
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My uncle made that D-Day jump with the 101st, he told me what it was like years later.
@msE Mae how old are you?
My Uncle Mike was also there. Purple Heart 💜 and Bronze Star 🌟, killed a german officer & brought his luger back home.
@@mrmojorisin6951 whats his last name?
@@mrmojorisin6951 my great uncle did the same thing but he was in Africa captured a German officer . my uncle asked him to hand over his Luger and my uncle was surprised when he spoke English he told my uncle no that he has to give it too his commanding officer he was on his tank so my uncle lefted up his 50cal. Clock it back and told him if he didn't give his Luger up that he was going to blow his head up lol German officer did handed to him but later yrs n yrs my dad told me that when uncle passed away that his son took over and sold it for drugs dam him and I wasn't happy about it .
After reading a ton of information on D-Day those men who were in the airborne as well as the infantry coming ashore on bloody Omaha were average guys doing a job that is still unequaled on such a grand scale. Though they may not feel that way about themselves these men are heroes and deserve our deepest respect and gratitude for what they accomplished, both large and small.
`My Dad Came ashore at Omaha on day 2 he had to fight threw the hedge rows to Saint-Lo . He never talked about until he was in his 80's. At night he would have terrible nightmares and cry till morning I asked him why all he would say is I lived and they didn't ( referring to his buddies)
This is from back when the History Channel had documentaries instead of these garbage 'reality' shows. I wish they would make more stuff like this again.
I feel the same way,history channel sucks anymor
Absolutely it sucks now. Quite a shame.
@@gregd. Look whose running the show currently; those same old hippies from the late 60d to early 70d who questioned authorities back then , and aren't 2 B questions now ! These people R Hippocrates now !!
Let me call in my expert. We will see what he thinks of your comment and then we will see if we can make a deal. Sound good?
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My father landed on D+1 with 175/29 Division. He said the man next to him was killed debarking from the landing boat. All my father could think was that the man owed him $10.
$10 in the past was a lot of money.
@@IloveGaming-yb2ny yes it was. I know that privates just before WW II were paid $21 a month.
@@IloveGaming-yb2ny When you look at the statistics, since the founding of the Federal Reserve in 1914 the value of the Dollar has fallen 92% to 98% depending on which source you look at. When I was a kid in Chicago in the 60s we went to a Cubs game. It cost $1 to get into the bleachers. I spotted a $20 lying on the ground near the refreshment stand. I pounced on that pretty quick. That was a lot of cash back then.
But, he paid with his life...priceless.
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Teach The Past , Never Repeat It
It's sad. Today's politics. They were sad then too. But today's makes the old look not so bad. A lot of these soldiers made the ultimate sacrifice. I will never forget. I'm 34 and can't stress enough how important history is. Good or bad.
@@chrismacphersom3258 Those who fail to know history are doomed to repeat it.
God bless all the soldiers who landed on D-Day. Those who made the ultimate sacrifice did not die in vain but became heroes of the world and those who've lived through to V.E. Day must continue to tell their stories despite growing fewer in number every year.
they fought the wrong Enemy!
@@giovannidibravato5576 No they did not fight the wrong enemy.
@@giovannidibravato5576 Wrong enemy? Tell me what you mean? I know people who lived in Germany during WW2
Young soldiers 😮
My grandpa, of 29th infantry division, K company, was among the first men on the sand of Omaha. Only 1 of 13 to survive that day in June. He always said that he believed it wouldn’t have worked if not for the combined efforts of the paratroopers, navy, and the army.
I always feel sorry for all the men who took part in this undertaking. I'm glad they did and will honor them for their commitment and sacrifice. My pop was in Algiers when they invaded Normandy. They were getting ready to back them up. He got shot in his leg. A million dollar wound they called it.
A lot of good guys died for what we have. Let's not let it go to waste. 🇺🇸
Don't feel sorry feel proud! Because they had to! Hitler was aiming to take over the world not just Europe. They died for us to live today!
Wow I’ve been wanting to see something like this. D-Day they sacrificed everything.
Make The History Channel Great Again.
The projections they made for the landing was pretty close as far as deaths. They under reported after the landing for morale. The allies had advantages also, command of the air, fire support of the battle ships, confusion of German Head Quarters and Hitler.
Rest in Piece to all those who lost their lives. You are the true heroes
My dad was there and his Brother also
Wow
What a brave man fight for the country
@New Beginnings he was a combat engineer
History worth watching ❤️. I served in Iraq but those heroes had to achieve almost the impossible respect ✊🏾
These paratroopers were unbelievably BRAVE and HARD TOUGH.
Band of Brothers is well worth watching. It gives the paratrooper perspective.
The Pacific was great as well if you haven’t seen it.
Wrong, it gives the American paratroopers perspective, Remember the British had there own airborne Divisions that landed on D-Day and that were different to the Americans.
@@cpj93070correct, still great series tho
My father was there at Omaha Beach after the D day landing. Bodies covered the beaches for 100 yards inland. He was in the 116th Infantry, 29th Division. He died at 69 years of age in 1985. He was 27 years old when drafted. He never forgot what he saw of the carnage the German SS troops did to women and children, as well as our men. He could not bear to talk much about it. These were great men!
There were no German SS Troops at Omaha beach.
@@frankvandergoes298 Frank, I'm sorry I didn't make it clear. Dad fought all the way from the Normandy Beach across the land into Germany, and he saw the remains of many who perished at the hands of the SS troops in various cities he went through.
@Erman Croney your dad is a true American who sacrifice so much for our freedom and rights,, and real Americans tend to keep it that way and also have a 💯 percent respect for your Dad and all the other Veterans, the SS were nothing but terrorists thugs no different than the Mexican Cartels or Al Qaeda.
@@frankvandergoes298 Yes there were. Study. Get your head out of the sand
@@ermancroney3805 Yes. I had an Uncle who landed on Normandy and fought his way off the beach and inland
My Gpa was a Captain of LCT on Dday, Normandy, 1st Wave, Ship to shore. Just like opening scene of saving private ryan.
These Wars, were so insane. 😳
Can we get more of these please
Armored Personnel Carriers would have been a huge benefit here, if they’d had them.
The reason the landing went so badly was because none of the Tanks made it to sure, all other landing sites had Tanks on the beach.
Thinking back
I wish I had talked to my grandmother more.
She grew up in the mountains of Japan, born 1930 , I’m sure she had some stories
Excellent presentation 👏👏👏
GREAT DOCUMENTARY AND ANIMATION
Original hero's.
Beyond brave...
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I wish I could watch this whole series
I don't understand why the previous aerial bombardment wasn't directed along the line of the coast rather than across it. Surely much more chance of hitting the defences.
if you do bombardment a long the coast, you're more likely to wipe out all the divisions on the coast no?
@@MrFriendlyCsgoContent If the ariel bombardment is done prior to the troops landing, then obviously no.
My grand father is d day soilder
my dad was at omaha..he told me..it was like invading a slaughter house....
Props to the Combat Engineers who were among the first to hit omaha, clearing the obstacles and making a path for the other waves, many of them died, but they did an amazing job on that beach, their actions saved a lot of soldiers.👍
My dad was with the 2nd - 9th Mechanized Infantry (The unit's patch was the Highway sign with a Indian Chief on it)
When it come to fought battles of this kind everybody is chanting heroism and no can in the slightest think of the madness behind these wars
God Bless The Greatest Generation who landed and took.the.beaches.
The Greatest Generation what a way to be call 😢😮
It must have been so scary
18 months ago 😢
Man to have like a drone up in sky filming this assault with birds eye view would of been legendary to see. Its too bad very limited footage exists today of landings and combat of Dday.
After first wave met heavy opposition on Omaha beech why didn't remainder land on less defended Juno or sword already taken by Canadians and flank Omaha.
It wasn’t that they were less defended, the Tanks didn’t make it to the beach at Omaha, all other beach’s had successfully landed the tanks, it’s a myth that other beaches where easier or less defended. It was simply that Omaha Tanks were launched to early and sank. Which made the battle much harder than expected.
@@damedusa5107That and the air support at Omaha used heavy bombers that missed the targets. Sword and Juno were as heavily defended, in fact possibly more so than Omaha, but the combined Naval, Air and Land operations to assault the beaches were far better coordinated.
The US troops who hit the beach at Omaha were absolutely heroic, but the casualties were due to poor planning and decision making, not the effectiveness of the German defence.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Does anyone remember the rhyme taught in school to help remember 1944 and the Battle at Normandy shore?
Sword beach was the most heavily defended beach.
They would run through the water while getting shot to a sea wall to throw some kind of bombs at the sea wall and take the beach
I've been reading abt. WW2 since grade school. We had complete air supremacy even before D-Day, & I was just wondering why our "jabos" (the German term for our ground support a/c then) didn't strafe or used rockets & bombs on the German machine gun nests & other strong points atop those cliffs at Omaha beach before H-hour (6:30am). Even the naval bombardment seemed to fall farther inland & failed to hit the German defenses close to the waterline. Looks like our Navy in the Pacific did a better job in silencing Japanese defenses in their island-hopping. Our effective pre-landing naval bombardment there forced the enemy to keep on changing their beach defenses depending on the tactics of the island's garrison commander.
The sacrifice made. This was truly the greatest generation. VISIT THE NATIONAL WW2 MUSEUM IN NOLA!!!
Been to all the beaches
Sad when you think about the powers at be, sending so many men into a fight they knew many would die, and die quickly with close to no chance at all. They knew this, but sent them anyway. These were truly heroic, brave men.
Like they did in Vietnam and midelleast experiment who's got the power control
R.I.P. W.A.R. ...
The R.A.F. were there too. Mobile Ground Control radar unit. My Dad was part of it!!
Go check, the R.A.F. on Omaha Beach, by Feltwell
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How did they climb the bluffs?
What documentary is this?
I was looking for that as well
@@jeventy26 D-Day in HD
Thank you gi joes🇺🇸
Truly the greatest generation.
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The American and the Allies flighted hard in the landing of D-day
Why didn't the landing craft have a .50 cal up front for covering fire? In the pacific against the Japanese this tactic was used. On the beaches of Normandy the soldiers were sitting ducks. A heavy machine gun would have saved lives.
I saw an interview of someone on the boat at D day. His job was supposed to be to fire the .50 cal but they changed it a week before and didn’t use them. he said he didn’t know why
All out of high school 😢
My read uncle landed on Omaha beach with the second wave
Now this is the history channel that we fell in love with that they went away from for garbage reality shows
A lie. yw.
What do you mean ?
@@darkerpath can't u read.
@@Stephen.. sorry, english is not my native. I don't get it garbage reality shows part sorry, but i do love history channel
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@New Beginnings doing well, and how is your day ?
The US fought the Germans in North Africa, Sicily, and liberated Rome on June 4, 1944.
Man, watching this footage from D-Day gave me goosebumps. It's humbling to think about the heroes who stormed those beaches. We owe them so much.
That was how my parents got to school
The Airborne troops weren't the first boots on the ground. The Pathfinders were.
Pretty sure pathfinders are part of the airborne tho
These men have balls of steal to face these obstacles and same can be said for the opposition.
I have a question. Why wasn’t napalm used just before the landings, especially on Omaha and Utah beaches and Point Du Hoc? Some Marine squadrons could have been transferred from the Pacific theater who were trained in ground support or trained army pilots in close in support. The napalm would have been used right after the naval gun support had lifted. The planes would fly parallel to the beaches dropping the napalm in the German trenches. This would have saved thousands of men from being wounded or killed. Does any one have an answer?
Aerial use of napalm hadn't proved itself in a tactical capacity by mid-1944, as it was mostly still used by heavy AAF bombers. I don't even think Marine fighter squadrons were using napalm at this point.
Coh (company of heroes)
Why wasn't there air support to take out the German guns on the beach?
The Germans loses Normandy beach head but keeps the allied army's contained there for more than 3 weeks.
Just one of these men had more balls than 20 of today's youth. It's disgusting.
Why would todays men fight? Men today are bullied for being men. The problem isn't todays men its todays women.
D-Day is nothing when compared to Stalingrad!
D-Day battle was like a walk in the park when compared to Stalingrad or even Leningrad!
Had Germany deployed it's Panzer divisions as recommended by Erwin Romel, then D-Day would have been something to compare with Stalingrad.
The Panzer divisions in Normandy were under personal command of Adolf Hitler who was sleeping on D-Day.
Americans on DDay had nothing to do with this fight.
In Stalingrad it was Russian vs German, the Russians were fighting for their land.
American troops should never have been sent to die for Europeans.
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Why history channel.doesnt offer programs like these???tired of pawn stars and other type of non sense.
The brave US troops landed in the wrong place because, for whatever reason, the US planners declined to follow the Brits/Canadians who had the RN use midget submarines to precisely mark the boundaries to ensure they landed on the precise planned locations.
On Omaha the USN released the DD tanks 6000 metres ftom the shoreline, most of which never made it. I cannot establish reasons why.
The US generals declined to use Hobarts funnies. I dont know why
The Usaaf were asked to do their bombing runs parralel to the shoreline However yhey decided too risk and flew head on minimiising the impact on the German defences
He didn't have the grunts do it bc he wanted it done write so he did it him self.......same reason I don't ask my older brother to do anything for me
That actions like a suicide..
No, you left everything out. Omaha beach had to be shelled again. The paratroopers landed in the wrong area. And the biggest help came from the French Resistance giving German Positions up to the allies and the pathfinders.
As a former Marine officer, I remember as a 2ndLt., sitting in a training class on amphibious assault, taught by a USMC colonel. He stated that the Marine Corps never would have chosen Omaha Beach as a landing site because it forced the assault troops to land right at the base of high cliffs. The motion picture film and still photos shot from the back of landing craft certainly show these cliffs. The colonel went on to say that “who ever picked Omaha Beach should have gone to Leavenworth”. I have often wondered why this is never mentioned in any of the history books/documentaries?
Omaha Beach was chosen for logistical purposes, since the terrain elsewhere along the Normandy coast was prone to inundation or was too heavily defended. It was also only believed to have been defended by a single under strength regiment. Which was true until the week before the landing, when OKW sent reinforcements to the St Lo area, and at that point there was no going back even if SHAEF was aware.
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Logistical reasons….if that was the justification given by the planners who chose Omaha, yep they should have gone to Leavenworth. How about choosing your landing beaches with regard to TACTICAL REASONS!
Logistics or not, you do not send in assault troops right into the face of high cliffs and withering machine gun fire.
Had it not been for the gallantry of the two US Navy destroyers who went in close, in dangerously shallow water to blast the Germans off the cliffs, Omaha would have been even worse if not a total failure. You never put your troops in a position where they must be braver than the enemy. That is not how the battlefield works. The enemy will be as brave or as cowardly, for planning purposes, as you will be. You win with numerical superiority. In other words it is a checker game, and you attack with three times as many checkers. Bedford Forrest said it best….
“I get there firstest, with the mostest”.
@@joanofarc1338 They were required to sustain the largest amphibious invasion in history. Logistics wasn't something they could disregard. Everyone knew the landing wasn't going to be easy, even with the assumption of weak enemy defenses. That's why they sent the best troops to Omaha Beach, and the landings were a success because of them and their tactics. You have to remember that as bad as the landing phase was, the fight inland was much worse. Unless SHAEF wanted another Salerno or Anzio, logistics had to be every bit as important as tactics.
>"Had it not been for the gallantry of the two US Navy destroyers who went in close, in dangerously shallow water to blast the Germans off the cliffs, Omaha would have been even worse if not a total failure"
Actually, elements of the first wave reached the top of the bluffs at various points before the destroyers closed in to neutralize the stronger defenses. No doubt the Navy destroyers helped, but by no means were they the linchpin holding the landings together.
@@redaug4212
I just can’t buy “ for logistical purposes “ as any justification for choosing Omaha. Seems to me there were plenty of beans, bullets and bandages getting ashore through Gold, Juno, Sword and UTAH to make the blood bath that was Omaha unnecessary. They picked the wrong beach. If Omaha was the only alternative, perhaps they just should have gone in at Utah….since they came razor close to shifting to Utah anyway. Nuf said.
@@joanofarc1338 Hindsight is 20/20. There was no way Allied planners could foresee that every beachhead would be successfully established. Those beans, bullets and bandages were meant to support Montgomery's forces, not Bradley's. And even if there were enough supplies, what would happen if the Americans could not link up with Anglo/Canadian forces or vice versa? What if floodwater prevented any significant movement off Utah Beach? What if a panzer division counter attacked the US beachheads on day one? These aren't problems that can be solved with tactics alone.
Another thing to consider. Omaha Beach was ten miles away from the British landings. Take Omaha out of the picture and how much of a gap do think the Germans have to exploit? Without Omaha Beach, US forces would have been sealed off in the Cotentin peninsula while the British and Canadians would have been pummeled on all sides. If the logistics of the operation fail, then so will the tactics.
Why wouldn’t they invade at night
Till this day I still respect the power of the Germans!
I heard that there were about 400 Germans defending Omaha Beach.
The rest of the defenders where Czechoslovakians in the German Army and
Russians POWs who were forced to shoot and kill their allies.
I love how they just use the us side of things no other European sides
This generation is privileged
Seriusly? Biggest battle of ww2? With all the respect for the americans in normandy, the marines, the paratrooper and the tank crew but the americans really overestimate Omaha beach and the entire d-day, when the d-day happened the germany was yet falling apart, the d-day just accelerate the end. Again, with all the respect for the veterans and who died on Omaha beach, i dont want to say that the landing was easy and i respect the dead.
Marines weren't involved with the D-Day landings, actually.
Dude they made so many errors in this doc 1.mg-42 not mp-42 and it was not the first time we engaged the germans in combat we already where fighting them in north Africa by 1944 we learned alot of hard lessons in africa Rommel rekt us
why they didnt maneuver on the other side at LESSAY? and attacked at the back door so the germans has no place to go but on beach of omaha. why the americans risk the lives of their soldiers to approached in front of the beach, even they know that in omaha has a thick german resistance. they know it already because of their spy plane, their is big bunkers infront of the beach but still they push through. just a question
Why didn’t they go around the other side?
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More like biggest failures in history 🙄😩😡
Those was the greatest man that ever lived.
I’m very good at history and trust me don’t want to know what happened next
Why the Empires in the Europe it's so Crazy.. their was liked Colonization..
Y'all saying your parents are there that's a lie
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Do people a favor and cancel the not even close to being the truth reality movies.
This Video glorifies the USA only whereas the normandy was an all out effort by Allieds...
Maybe it has something to do with Omaha beach being taken by the 2nd Ranger Battalion and 1st Infantry and 29th Infantry Divisions and hint hint, all 3 units were American
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