Wertheim is a nice town and the castle is awesome. My ancestors left Wertheim for Pennsylvania in 1755.
@bssd.europa6 ай бұрын
Thanks for the comment. We really enjoyed the small town. It was super cold the day we were there and very windy but I had to climb that tower!
@deaconjohn68387 ай бұрын
Dunkirk is another beach
@bssd.europa6 ай бұрын
Thanks for the comment. We didn't make it that far north on the trip but Dunkirk is on our list of places to visit in the future.
@kimbradley95957 ай бұрын
You have no idea everyone lost including you
@bssd.europa6 ай бұрын
Sure. Thanks for stopping by.
@BertiOnTour7 ай бұрын
@bssd.europa6 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@ARTEFAKT-8 ай бұрын
Looks like a ghost town. Where are the people?
@bssd.europa6 ай бұрын
It was super cold out the day we were there so likely inside trying to stay warm! :)
@reggriffiths57698 ай бұрын
Sorry to correct you; it's been made by Americans, and if you look at the series, it's called "Normandy." Well, Normandy consisted of Four Allies, but the series only shows Omaha, Utah, St Mere Eglise, Ponte du Hoc, La Fiere. Longues, Colleville and all-American cemeteries. When you call up Normandy or D-Day on your browser, you will be fortunate to find a single upload that isn't all-American. Occasionaly a very brief mention is made of British, Canadian or French forces, but every episode is chock full of "Our brave American Soldiers," American Zones, American Paratroopers, American Cemeteries, American museums, and American flags flying in zones where no Amertican ever set foot. Where is the honour paid to the others? You can't get away from the plethora of American vainglory. I watched one episode of A "Normandy" Tour - covering Pegasus Bridge. The first scene was an American flag in pride of place of all others; the second scene was an American rifle marking a fallen American soldierm topped with an American helmet. The third scene was a group of American troops digiing a grave for a fallen comrade. we then had a ten-minute brief on what happened at Pegasus before we were shown part of the museum - concentrating mainly on American American artefacts and mannekins. The next fifteen minutes was all about the Americans talking about the removal of a section of the bridge to take back tro the US. I actually challenged the producer of the series, and brought several of these scenes to his attention. Within a week he had cut oout some of them, but still left in more than he'd taken out. So I don't make any apology, nor do I accept every effort you've made to undermine my claims. I've been a military historian for over fifty years, so I'm no armchair general or amateur battlefield guide. I know the American history of warfare, I know their successes and failures. and one thing comes to the top every time - their love of self glory and their didtate of everything British. Now I'm done with you!
@bssd.europa6 ай бұрын
Thanks for stopping by again @reggriffiths5769. I'm planning some trips to UK next summer and would like to see some WW2 history while there if I can swing it. I'd sincerely appreciate any towns or locations you might recommend as worth a look.
@reggriffiths57696 ай бұрын
@@bssd.europa It depends entirely on where you're going in the UK - and for how long! Do you mean UK or England, or Scotland, or Wales or Northern Ireland? Give me a rough itinerary and I might be able to help; The UK may be a small-ish island, but you won't get more than a few cities and their sites of interest in a week. If you're going to London there's plenty of choice - The War Cabinet rooms near Whitehall, the Cenotaph in Whitehall, Tomb of the Unknown Warrior in Westminster Abbey,The Guards Museum by St James Park, HMS Belfast (D-Day Command Ship) near London Bridge, The "Blitz" Tour runs virtually every day in London, but the Blitz was also a feature in Belfast, Glasgow, Liverpool, Hull. Cardiff, Swansea....... Take a close-up look at Google Maps City of London area, and you'll find more memorials to WW1 & WW2 than you can visit in a day!
@bssd.europa6 ай бұрын
We'll certainly hit London for a week or so, but we're planning several trips up to a week in some of the other areas. Thanks for those sites, will see if we can get some of those on the itinerary.
@lawrencequave73618 ай бұрын
I guess this just shows how much the WHOLE WORLD 'didn't cotton to' Germany saying, "We're the superior race, and we're gonna be in charge of EVERYTHING." Yet the world still has people today who want to be king of the world or at least king of a mountain. You didn't learn a damn thing, did you?
@bssd.europa8 ай бұрын
As the world does... Thanks for watching.
@BlueSky-11118 ай бұрын
В такой красоте наставили оружия, пушек, солдатов! Там ангелов надо было везде поставить!
@bssd.europa8 ай бұрын
Danke
@jgonzalez1019 ай бұрын
May we never forget why they bled and died on these far away Lands. It was to liberate the Captives from the brutal oppression and tyranny of the Axis Powers; here it was against Nazi Germany. America and the Allies fought for all freedom loving People.
@bssd.europa8 ай бұрын
Thank you for the comment.
@HistoryWorldWar2Channel10 ай бұрын
👌👌👌
@Slowday_867510 ай бұрын
I bet those lights blinded someone… 💀🪦
@bssd.europa10 ай бұрын
Many times...
@Stupid-ut2ng10 ай бұрын
First 👍
@bssd.europa10 ай бұрын
Yes you are!
@bssd.europa10 ай бұрын
Hope you enjoy our latest trip to Rothenburg ob der Tauber.
@ghostofmatrix11 ай бұрын
Bel video like buona serata
@bssd.europa11 ай бұрын
Thank you
@videowillplayafterads843711 ай бұрын
When the men were on the beaches seeing their fellow comrades dropping like flies.. they probably thought they had no chance of winning. Shame the dead heroes didn't get to see the outcome. RIP.
@bssd.europa11 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching
@stevecampbell411811 ай бұрын
What a beautifully presented tour. Thank you.
@bssd.europa11 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
@relaxingtravel-LosAngeles Жыл бұрын
very detailed video.. thank you.. we will try to take the same tour w our family.
@bssd.europa Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much. Have a great trip!
@BitterBlossom1 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the nice video!! I am wondering how much time was allocated to the airborne museum? Was it enough to see all things?
@bssd.europa Жыл бұрын
Thank you, I believe we were there for a little over an hour. It was combined with lunch in town. We had enough time to walk through and see everything we wanted. If you want to do more browsing and reading, it may be a little short of that.
@trevororegan Жыл бұрын
Hi. How long to see all this? 1 day...2 days? Thanks
@bssd.europa Жыл бұрын
This video covers one full day. We spent 4 full days in Normandy.
@trevororegan Жыл бұрын
@bssd.europa thanks. Heading there in a few weeks so I'm gathering info from youtube 😄
@bssd.europa Жыл бұрын
Awesome, have a great time. We highly recommend overlord tours. They were outstanding, and worth every penny in my opinion.
@trevororegan Жыл бұрын
@@bssd.europa I'll check them out. Thanks for the tip😁
@2Brandec Жыл бұрын
Beautiful video.
@bssd.europa Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@MrSopel77 Жыл бұрын
👍🏻
@bssd.europa Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@alainproviste3523 Жыл бұрын
This landing and the 3 months of bloody fighting that followed were very costly in terms of human lives. On both sides, and also on the side of French civilians. This operation is often depicted in a heroic mode by Hollywood, notably by Spielberg, but many forget that for the civilian population of Normandy, it was hell. There had been more French civilians killed than US troops killed in action. The maximum estimate of civilian losses is around 50,000, in dozens of towns razed or heavily damaged by the fighting, and especially by the terrible aerial bombardments, like in Caen or Le Havre. More generally, France, after Germany, was the most heavily bombed country in Western Europe, with 518,000 tons of bombs dropped in 5 years, and almost 70000 civilians killed. Not just in Normandy, but all over France. Reconstruction took about 20 years in many places.
@bssd.europa Жыл бұрын
Thank you Alain for the comment, some of the stories of the small communities and the people there relayed by our tour guide from Overlord Tours was some of the most interesting things we learned during our trip.
We can't imagine the horrible site of that day of invasion in these beautiful green fields where a lot of bunkers, aa guns, dead bodies, soldiers fighting,artillery was all around there. May the great souls of comrades rest in peace.
@bssd.europa Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the comment.
@rolandsingh Жыл бұрын
Thank you very much, for this Video. Manfred Freiherr Von Richtofen was one of the greatest fighting aviators, ever !! Roland Singh, Canada 🇨🇦
@bssd.europa Жыл бұрын
Thank you, it was so close, we had to stop and be close to a piece of history.
@rolandsingh Жыл бұрын
@@bssd.europa :I have been fascinated by the Red Baron since I was about twelve years old, and that,was a very long time, ago. It was very kind of you, to visit M.F.V.R's resting place. He is STILL remembered,even though well over one hundred years have passed, since he was shot, down. Roland Singh, Canada 🇨🇦
@rolandsingh Жыл бұрын
@@bssd.europa: This is an AMAZING coincidence - this day that I replied to you, makes it ONE HUNDRED & FIVE YEARS, since he was shot, down!! Roland Singh, Canada 🇨🇦
@charilestrom43902 жыл бұрын
Cut
@bssd.europa Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the comment.
@eprohoda2 жыл бұрын
good night, like-you shared fantasticc - would you like more views?,:)
@bssd.europa2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the comment. As far as views, only if it's something people want to see. This channel is largely a photo album for us. If someone else can learn something from it, all the better.
@a.r.stellmacher87092 жыл бұрын
What a nice castle, thanks for showing
@bssd.europa2 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
@PS_Travels2 жыл бұрын
We visited Heidelberg in late summer and would love to go back 😊
As french born near these beachs, it's a nice depict... good job.
@bssd.europa2 жыл бұрын
Many thanks!
@bruceclark83332 жыл бұрын
No, not a different D Day no D Day without American troops, logistics and industrial power! To think otherwise shows a lack of historical knowledge!
@bssd.europa2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your comments.
@jimclarke11082 жыл бұрын
And some leaders never learn💙🧡
@bssd.europa2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the comment.
@jakedoe13022 жыл бұрын
It's nuts knowing some of this building survived the battle
@bssd.europa2 жыл бұрын
Some were lucky indeed.
@susieq98012 жыл бұрын
@3:43 I see US and British flags but no Canadian flag. Why? Did see one @7:40.The beaches and fields looks so peaceful now. Very sad what the soldiers had to face including for months after landing. We owe our freedom to all of them, Americans, Brits, Canadians, Anzacs, Free French, Poles, South Africans, Indians, Russians, the underground (including women spies) and everyone who fought with the Allies.
@bssd.europa2 жыл бұрын
I believe the flags closest to the windows were Canadian but they were a bit hard to see. Thanks for the comment!
@bruceclark83332 жыл бұрын
Without America there would have been no D Day!!
@bssd.europa2 жыл бұрын
Perhaps a different D-Day. Thanks for the comment.
@freddygasman66352 жыл бұрын
We should never forget all of the young men who so bravely came ashore that day. It makes no difference if they were Americans, Canadians, French, or British or any other country, they fought for one thing, to end fascism and the reign of terror by the Nazis. May we all remember that thanks to their sacrifice, we are here today living free.
@bssd.europa2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the comment.
@rogerstanton81927 ай бұрын
When you look at modern politicians leading with Trumpf you wonder why they bothered !!!it
@jakedoe13022 жыл бұрын
I would love to take this vacation but no time soon for cost but maybe when I retire and my wife's health is in good condition ya but for now thanks for the videos