Battlefield Normandy - The Battle of Juno Beach 6 June 1944

Hello and welcome to the first episode of my Battlefield Normandy series. This part is all about the landings at Juno beach on June 6 1944, and what happened on the first day of the Allied landings in Normandy. In this episode we will take a look at all the landing beaches and the subsequent fighting. You can find the maps on my Facebook page. The next episode will be about the battle of Authie on June 7, when the Canadians first met the 12th SS Hitlerjugend. I hope you’ll enjoy this video and find it helpful. If you did why not subscribe? Feel free to give a like and a comment! The AceDestroyer
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[@hexedbydaylight2391]

as an american all we ever hear about is ohama beach sometimes maybe utah but its nice to learn about the other beaches and the brave men there.

[@michaeldaley4160]

🇨🇦🇺🇸🍻

[@jadenhiggins7167]

@@michaeldaley4160 🇺🇸 🤝🏼 🇨🇦

[@shirleyquinn7001]

My mother told me many did not even make it off the Canadian U boats.

[@dofthej8279]

@@shirleyquinn7001 Although Juno Beach was the most successful beach, and It took small casualties compared to the other beaches, 50% of the regiments that were on Juno beach were wiped out, especially In the first wave, so yeah you’re right

[@radman4006]

My dad landed here,Regina rifles, 3rd infranty division. Love you Dad & miss you. Thank you Ex Coelis

[@bazylikamada1797]

My cousin Carl just passed away a few days ago, he died at the age of 96, he took part in the landings, was wounded by a German mortar positioned in a church steeple. Killed his buddy and blew out his ear drums. All of our ww2 veterans will not be around much longer, make sure you thank them and show your appreciation!

[@TheAceDestroyer]

Sad to hear about your cousin and his mate! We will remember them!

[@bazylikamada1797]

Thanks dude, keep the good work up, appreciate your videos more then you know!

[@chrisneedham5803]

My father was in the first wave of landing craft to attack the bunkers on Gold Beach. Their craft took a hit close to the beach, it was nearly all over even before he had chance to fire a shot.

[@elchepacabra9658]

Never forget.

[@redskyatnight123]

respect

[@paulalexander2928]

As a former member of the QOR I was privileged to meet some our WW2 vets at unit Christmas Dinners and Remembrance Day. One such was Charlie Martin who recounted his taking of a German machine gun with one other soldier and I quote" We were taking heavy fire from an MG42 and we were pinned down. I ( Charlie) got up and urged the men forward beside me was a Bren gunner who had his hand blown off I grabbed the Bren Gun from him sprayed the German position and the wounded Bren gunner ran along beside me handing me fresh magazines to load with his good hand. We eventually overwhelmed the MG position and the gunner had his wounded stump bandaged up I later learned that he died the next day due to loss of blood and shock ." Charlie at this point in the dinner tearfully pointed to his medals and said" I donot deserve these the fellow who handed me the magazines earned them all and far more". I believe wholeheartedly these were the type of men that won the war be they Canadians Americans Brits Aussies Poles and many others.May their sacrifice always be remembered.

[@wbell539]

Born in '47 I have difficulty understanding where the courage of such men came from. The man who died was exemplary certainly but then so was Mr Martin. I have enormous respect and admiration for both.

[@neiloflongbeck5705]

@@wbell539 just go ask any fire fighters - they show the same kind of courage.

[@greg7120]

Amazing story. Thank you for sharing

[@kevinlarson3875]

Outstanding story. Thanks for sharing. Many years ago now I was with a Normandy veteran at an elementary school Remembrance Day assembly. I was a parent of a student and a Legion member. The gym walls were covered with Rem Day artwork. The principal introduced our vet to the students, saying we have one of those heroes here with us. He humbly turned to me, pointing to all the artwork, and said: "I'm no hero - the once who didn't come back - they're the heroes." Great man. He was a hero. Since passed away.

[@adriangoodman8901]

I had the privilege of escorting one of our veterans to the head table for remembrance day, governer generals horse guard. He was a Sherman crew man, I wish I could remember his name but it was nearly 10 years ago, I almost cried in front of him after hearing the names of his friends on roll call who died in Europe. Held it together, and felt so honoured to be in his presence. He was very quiet, our unit took a lot of losses, it was sombre and intense. There weren't many at our dinners then, and by the time I left there were none.

[@thegirlofmanyfandoms99]

It's very cool to hear Canada's contribution to the war. I only hear the American or British sides, so it's nice to hear my country's part.

[@JAppJohnAndrewPatrickPeters]

Thank you

[@iansands8607]

Really like your video. My dad who sadly is no longer with us served in 48 commando Royal Marines and he thought very highly of the Canadian forces once telling me they often got the toughest nuts to crack on the battlefield. 48 commando lost 40% of its men in the landings of June 6th, then ran into problems at Langrune taking strongpoint WN26 when their 2 supporting centaur tanks were knocked out. Help came from a Canadian wolverine tank destroyer to take their place and WN26 was eventually taken. Thanks for the video.

[@joelattfield2418]

truth Canada, a lot of brits know how important you were ...you were amazing at normandy .....and you were there at the start ..your a lovely decent people ...but nobody ..not any body should fuck with you .....great people x

[@joangratzer2101]

THE 12TH WAFEEN SS FUCKED WITH 18,000 CANADIANS AND SENT THEM PACKING.

[@PCB-dg7pt]

Thank you friend for your comments! we Canadians love our freedoms and will never forget our fallen!

[@1joshjosh1]

This is honestly the best little package I've heard of the Canadian effort in Operation Overlord. Thank you so very much. 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

[@TheAceDestroyer]

My pleasure! I'm glad to see that you enjoyed the video!

[@je-freenorman7787]

lol, Who is the "Overlord"? lol

[@je-freenorman7787]

Its all "Theater" . WW2 was a "Phony" war.

[@1joshjosh1]

@@je-freenorman7787 Please don't write me no more.

[@je-freenorman7787]

@@1joshjosh1 Thank you but, I think I will have to pass on your request. Its really not up to you. Sorry.

[@mugsnvicki]

well done indeed. I was at Juno Beach in June 10, 2018. Waded in the water and climbed the beach. Very moving.

[@TheAceDestroyer]

Thanks! I can image that being very moving!

[@guywerry6614]

I find it fascinating how today's Canadian youth have embraced the sacrifices of WWII and even Korea. My Father-in-Law flew out of India in support of the Burma campaign. Very intense stuff - skipping bombs into the sides of ships at 50 feet in B-24 Liberators. He seldom talked about the war, although it dogged him. He seemed to have just treated it as his duty and would not have described himself as a hero.

[@17Bruinfan]

My Father landed on Juno beach with his regiment,Elgin light armoured tank division June 6 th 1944. Since My Fathers passing(100 this year) there isn't a day goes by that I don't think of him. The sacrifice that all who fought and gave their all will forever be alive in my memory,of all those brave @t Country separated the brothers in arms during this time,may they never be forgotten.My father didn't speak about the war often,I'm presently doing paper work to obtain where exactly my Father faught throughtout. Lest We Forget!.

[@colinhammerton9927]

Thanks for this compilation. My dad was a flail tank (Sherman crab) commander (aged 21) with the 22nd Dragoons / British 79th armoured division and was attached to the Canadian regiments, with whom he landed at Bernières sur Mer at 07:15 on D-Day. His crew managed to clear an exit up the sea wall from the beach but had to abandon the tank as it got flooded by the incoming tide. They had to drop off the end of the jib into 5 feet of water in full anti-gas gear, amongst all the bodies of the dead and wounded floating around them. He said it was really difficult to get up onto the sea wall, and that "it was not nice". Imagine it. He was very appreciative of the Canadian soldiers he saw fighting then and afterwards, and always wondered what happened to a Canadian infantryman from La Chaudière Regt. who had been shot in the face. Years later he saw some of the footage taken by the American film crew (george Stevens, if I recall correctly) that landed with them and it showed the chap being tended to by medics - he was so glad to see that. They all had orders to press on with their objectives, not to stop to help others, which he found so hard to do. Although he never wanted to talk about his war experiences when I was younger, he wrote a book about being turned from a schoolboy into a young troop commander ("Achtung - Minen") and when I count up the number of near misses he had it is amazing he survived. Yet, typically for that generation, he was so modest and humble, and made me aware of how lucky we are to not experience the horrors of war. His 5-tank troop lost 40% in the 11 months from D-Day until the end of hostilities, and counted themselves very lucky. Flail tanks made very visible, slow moving targets. Two of his troop were killed just two days before the end of the war up near Bremen. I doff my hat to all the brave men who fought.

[@TheAceDestroyer]

Thank you very much for your personal story! I thoroughly enjoy reading the personal stories of these heroes! Thanks again! I really appreciate it!

[@K1ddkanuck]

Is his book still in print?? I'd be interested in reading it.

[@colinhammerton9927]

@@K1ddkanuck Sadly not, but if you do manage to find a copy second hand go for the softback second edition - the reproduction of the photos is much better than the hardback first edition.

[@solentbum]

My wife's grandfather was a British Military Policeman attached to the Canadians who landed at St Aubin Sur Mer. One of his first jobs was to arrange the demolition of a house to use the rubble to make a ramp to get tanks off the beach. (Traffic Control?) Although an MP his unit was mainly tasked with traffic duties, and signage. If you look carefully at some D-day film you will see Traffic control signs that bear the Automobile Association, AA, markings. Nearly all pre-war AA men had been in the Territorial Army and many served together, retaining their espirit de corps, which showed in their battlefield signposting. He had been rescued at Dunkirk, and went back on Day 1. staying safe right up to the end. When we got him to talk of his experiences it was with tears in his eyes as he spoke of his Canadian friends.

[@ve9eearo]

My late Father was in this operation in the Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa. Thanks for posting this. So appreciated.

[@frankishe23]

I heard you were talking about Canada and I came as fast as I could

[@krenzygod771]

@@je-freenorman7787 I'm Canadian and this is very disrepesful

[@RealYeeter]

@@je-freenorman7787 That's so rude. Honestly.

[@angusosborne3151]

@@je-freenorman7787 It's sad that so many brave men and women died for our freedom and people like you are completely ignorant about the truth. We have freedom of speech but your ideals are way off base and are both foolish and offensive.

[@djdj2231]

Give me some links that show proof of your bullshit calling Canada a Nazi government Canada Fought against the Nazis A lot of brave man died on both sides so that a coward like you could sit behind a computer and talk bullshit

[@sandymackay6815]

@@je-freenorman7787 WHAT KIND of ARSHOLE ARE YOU? S..T..F..U. CLOWN.

[@leesiuleung1816]

Remembering my grandfather who landed on Juno beach 77 years ago today (June 6, 2021) with the Royal Winnipeg Rifles. You were a brave man.

[@giraffeman326]

I’m happy to see Canada getting the recognition it deserves

[@benlaskowski357]

Go Canada. Salutations from Chicago.🇨🇦💪

[@JBonzalot18]

This is probably the best descriptive documentaryof the Canadian D-day advances I have seen. Very accurate and unbiased. The maps and unit movement indicators are excellent. Thanks so much.

[@TheAceDestroyer]

Thank you very much! That means a lot to me! I have put great effort into the maps, happy to see that you like them! I'm working on a third and final part about Norrey-En-Bessin and the villages around it for June 8.

[@je-freenorman7787]

Other than, they leave out the why. lol The Nazis won the war. The Royals were playing both sides.

[@je-freenorman7787]

All that map stuff is called Theater.

[@vothbetilia4862]

@@je-freenorman7787 Lol you damaged you're frontel lobe lmao.

[@stormamoeba]

Canada's involvement in WW2 is hardly recognized. Thank you for your sacrifices in the war ❤

[@twobyfour]

If anyone is interested, the men in the iconic landing craft footage are men of The North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment. The footage was shot by Sgt Bill Grant of the CAFPU. It was thought that the NS`s landed at St Aubin Sur Mer, however, it has recently been been confirmed that they landed at Bernieres.

[@skyjumper999]

I'm a veteran (post 9/11) of the Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, and I remember listening to stories of the Regiment's WWII veterans. Thank you for a very well researched and detailed documentary. Outstanding D-Day footage that I've never seen before. This is an excellent account of one of the Regiment's and the country's finest moments of military history.

[@plinkbottle]

Often overshadowed by Omaha landings we don't read very much about Juno. It seems they had serious casualties, but were not stopped and made steady progress.

[@engineco.1494]

The canadian army earned the nickname the Cinderella army taking on some of the hardest objectives in a humble fashion. Hard soldiers Tough as nails.

[@je-freenorman7787]

Uhm, Cinderella is tough is she? lol Soldiers are "dogs" of war. duh.

[@K1ddkanuck]

@@je-freenorman7787 I suspect Fighting 14th was drawing a comparison. Downtrodden and looked down upon, from 1915-1945, Canada proved itself as a badass by doing the dirty work that was beyond its supposed "superiors" and coming out on top. Even today, Canada represents the foremost spec ops/commando force on the planet with respect to JTF2. To that end, "Cinderella" is tough. To get at what I think you're feeling butthurt about: What's wrong with women kicking ass?

[@je-freenorman7787]

@@K1ddkanuck Soldiers are not real people. They are just Dog of war. They are conned into killing each other. Sol-Diers. Dead Souls. I told you earlier, the Royals are the real Nazis. They fool people. Its all about RELIGION!!!!. They want women to fight people to loose the Feminine side and we can fight and kill people and not care. Women in the Army is pathetic.

[@je-freenorman7787]

@@K1ddkanuck Sorry but, I already know the war was not real either. Sad to say. Did you never realize? I think its time for the Truth.

[@killerdolphin5504]

​@@je-freenorman7787 You are denying the existence of conflict between nations, calling men who are possibly giving up their life for the freedom of themselves and others "dogs". There is no truth about denying war. You are making yourself look like an idiot.

[@gamerguy145]

My great grandfather was a Canadian soldier and landed on the western end of juno beach which was bloodier than the eastern end he was shot 3 times in the arm, leg, and stomach but the shots missed his vital organs, he was one of the few Canadians in his platoon who survived.

[@coderr_]

My Great grandpa was a america soilder and gis brotehr died in the battle of bulge but i have so much respect for my candians

[@je-freenorman7787]

I lost 2 great uncles there. One never made it onto the beach, dying in the water and the other was taken prisoner and shot later. Both are still in Normandy.

[@je-freenorman7787]

The problem I see, is they were all conned into fighting each other. Hitler conned the Germans in the same way, they are conning people with Covid 19. Pride and Hope. Covid is the new Religion (human capitalism/slavery) All they want is compliance

[@brandonreimer184]

@@je-freenorman7787 my great uncle was also murdered as a prisoner of war on june 9th. He was in the Regina rifles.

[@je-freenorman7787]

My 2 great Uncles were on Juno but they are still in Normandy

[@morrighanwermarn-arnburg7333]

I knew two people who were at Normandy. The first guy was an American, good friends with my Grandfather. His WWII story he told me went like this. He went to basic training for a couple weeks, then was shipped to England. He spent a couple months in England then was put on a ship to Normandy. His landing ship went to the beach, the door opened, he ran out, took a few steps and was hit by a mortar or artillery shell. It blew a couple of his fingers off, he had shrapnel in his legs, abdomen, eye, and brain. He fell down and his intestines were hanging out. Hours later once the beach had been secured, medics were checking people to see if they were still alive. They took one look at him and kept going. They didn't think he was possibly alive so didn't bother to check. Finally he came out of shock and used the hand with missing fingers to hold his guts in and the other arm to try and crawl. The medics saw him, realized he was alive and patched him up, sent him back to England where he had several surgeries. They said the sand in his wounds kept him from bleeding to death. I wasn't there, so I don't know how accurate his story was, but he had the scars to support his story. He also had brain damage and had mini seizures every 30 seconds or so. He talked perfectly normal for about 30 seconds, then would stutter, his face contorted, and he twitched a bit, for only a few seconds, then would continue talking normal for another 30 seconds or so. The second guy I knew was a German living in America who had been in the SS Hitler Youth at Normandy. He had a glass eye and other scars. He never talked to me about anything that happened in WWII. He was my friends dad. I used to stay the night at their house all the time. I was terrified of the guy when I first met him because of his scars, glass eye, and thick accent. After I got to know him, he was a really nice guy.

[@TheAceDestroyer]

Oh god that's very hard to read! It truly was hell out there. Infinite respect! Thanks for sharing this! I appreciate it!

[@khay60]

Thank you for this. My late dad, John Hay, fought with the Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders when they landed on Juno.

[@syn_bandy9208]

Thank you for this three part series, you did an excellent job. My uncle, Harold Hunter was in the First Hussars on Juno Beach, and I try to read/watch all I can find on the topic, but Canadians are not very good at trumpeting their own horns. Lest We Forget...

[@anarquia201]

Oh yeah i always wanted yo know More about the canadian attack on d-day but everything always focus on the U.S. I'm un love with your videos 💙

[@TheAceDestroyer]

I had the same feeling, most documentaries are always focused the American side of the battle. I have always been interested in lesser known or lesser covered battles. Thank you for the kind words!

[@tysmaar148]

You have to type in "Canadian" to get any info

[@warshawgameshd3432]

To share some quick things, Juno was the second toughest landing point after Omaha, and the Canadians ended up talking the most land out of all the battalions.

[@warshawgameshd3432]

@@nickdanger3802 Where tf did I say anything about tanks? I said they ended up taking the most land inward.

[@nickdanger3802]

@@TheAceDestroyer If that is your joy I suggest you look at New Zealand. "The National Film Board of Canada is Canada's public film and digital media producer and distributor. An agency of the Government of Canada, the NFB produces and distributes documentary films, animation, web documentaries, and alternative dramas." www.nfb.ca/

[@wessaugustus4868]

Rare and precious footage of our war time forefathers who looked death straight in the eyes and were prepared to face eternity without flinching 🇨🇦

[@terryz3063]

My Dad went ashore in the second wave on D-Day. He survived it and went on to the end of the war in Holland. He had some scary stories.

[@je-freenorman7787]

Ask him about before the war? How they all got conned into fighting each other.

[@leesiuleung1816]

@@je-freenorman7787 thank God the country didn’t have to rely on libtards like you, we’d all be singing happy birthday to Hitler each year.

[@je-freenorman7787]

@@leesiuleung1816 Keep following your idol then and insulting people. Put a few religious symbols on your face, instead of a slave mask? Vote for your own slavery instead of everyone's.

[@je-freenorman7787]

@@leesiuleung1816 Which country are you talking about? The Nazis won the wars. The real Nazis are the Royals. You still don;t know? lol The first Reich was the Holy "Roman" Empire, its its still alive in the Republic and the Monarchy. lol We call them States.

[@leesiuleung1816]

@@je-freenorman7787 ah yes, the snowflake that responds to my slap down and comes back another 3 hours later to reconfirm their shaky explanation displaying why they are emotionally insecure, like clockwork. Put on your tinfoil hat mate and see if you can pick up some brain signals from from some ancient astronauts or something along that line. If your sorry ass was on that beach 77 years ago you wouldn’t have to worry about the Third Reich blowing you out of your boots, someone in the boat, even before you hit the beach, would’ve “capped” you there and then. Score one for the good guys. 💀🔫

[@travel734]

Thanks for posting this. I have been to Juno Beach many times. I am trying to get a piece done on Bold, a Canadian Sherman dual propulsion tank that sank on D-Day only to be bought up in 1972. Today it sits as a memorial at Courseuilles-sur-Mer. My dad was in the Italian campaign and then in the battle of the Schelt - Netherlands where a land mine ended his part in the war. He recovered and served until 1973.

[@TheAceDestroyer]

I still need to go to Normandy. It's certainly on my to do list. Good to hear that your dad recovered. What a hero!

[@mossbrg5]

We went on a tour of Juno Beach and then followed the battle sites through to the Abby, including the cemetery at Beny sur Mer. That was a very fascinating and emotional visit. Our tour group were all Canadians except for us as Americans. I w

[@andrewroberts8993]

My uncle Bob Roberts was the second Canadian to step foot on juno. There is a famous picture of him capturing the tallest German solider. He is still alive today and he has done a few interviews on his stories. Would be nice if you could do a video on him.

[@TheAceDestroyer]

Oh wow! What a hero! Yeah, I remember that picture. Well, I don't really make videos on individuals anymore. I might however feature him in another Juno Beach video. I still need to get around visiting the actual places in Normandy and with that footage I might make a few more extra D-Day videos.

[@tbwpiper189]

Well done and comprehensive. Thanks from a Canadian whose uncle fought and died in Normandy for those he did not know. Lest we forget.

[@TheGamerFru]

as french canadian, I really enjoyed this video!

[@danmeehan1390]

Great presentation, we pronounce it Re-ji-na in Canada. We had no quarter with the 12th SS.

[@hddun]

Great video. The Canadians were instrumental in the European victory..thanks for posting this

[@je-freenorman7787]

Nazis won the war. They were playing Both sides

[@vothbetilia4862]

@@je-freenorman7787 🤡

[@je-freenorman7787]

@@vothbetilia4862 That's how it appears.

[@vothbetilia4862]

@@je-freenorman7787 except it's not.

[@je-freenorman7787]

@@vothbetilia4862 Wanna bet?

[@lib556]

Whew! I just watched your vid on the commando raid on Rommel and then found this. Outstanding! As a Canadian vet (modern - not WW2) I say thank you, thank you and thank you again! All too often Canada's significant contributions get ignored by movies etc (case in point - "The Longest Day". Canada was the third largest attacking force and penetrated deeper into France than any other ally. Yet, never get mentioned). Really good vid. Can't wait for the one on First Canadian Para Bn. I'm subscribing right now! One minor criticism: Regina is pronounced with a long "i" sound. Rhymes with "vagina".

[@TheAceDestroyer]

Thanks! It really means a lot to me! Yeah Some other people have mentioned the pronunciation as well! Thanks for pointing it out, I did have it right in the second video about D-DAY.

[@je-freenorman7787]

Soldiers are all conned into fighting. Its got to be the stupidest thing ever. Its just part of their religion. War is a racket.

[@je-freenorman7787]

Vagina also connect to Virginia. Its also symbolized by the Ram. Look closer? Its all speaks to the fact that there are only 2 Genders, Not 3. lol

[@tracymesser296]

As a US citizen I appreciate your service for your country! RESPECT!!

[@Neil-yg5gm]

Did you know Easter 1941 was the first time Germany was defeated in battle. Do you know which country did it? Easter 1941 the Australian 9th Division defeated Rommel at Tobruk. I spent some time in the US and they did not even know Australia took part in WW2.

[@1stpogo]

2 of my 4 uncles went ashore on D-day, though neither would say more than that. My father was in a Lancaster, his squadron took part in support of the landings. I wish I could have learned more from them but the memories were just to painful for them to recall.

[@Kidandas]

Respect and r.i.p to both

[@je-freenorman7787]

They have a working Lancaster in Hamilton. Mine GF was in a Mosquito. A wooden bomber. I lost 2 Great uncles on Juno Beach and today, I know they all got scammed by the Royals. It was a phony war. Covid is a scam too.

[@andrewblasdell6753]

Great work! The Canadian involvement in both world wars is fascinating and I love learning about it. Happy holidays!

[@TheAceDestroyer]

Thanks! Happy holidays for you too!

[@je-freenorman7787]

They just leave out the Why. lol Sad but, true

[@Kennymac8251]

Thoroughly enjoyable. Considering most of these people were 18 or 19 years old, a remarkable accomplishment in less than a day. Heroes every one. I wonder how the youth of today would handle this.

[@jackthorton10]

I’d gladly for one fight alongside my brothers in arms, regardless of where they came from, duty calls

[@TheMrfreedomrequired]

They would cry and ask for a pro d day

[@CB-fz3li]

I read somewhere that the British/Canadian beaches were all named after fish i.e Goldfish, Swordfish and Jellyfish. However the Canadians objected to Jellyfish and so it was changed to Juno.

[@scottstephens2995]

At 9:50 you see some of the only footage of Canadians landing at Juno Beach. The man who turns after being patted on the back was remarkably identified 75 years later as Pte. George Baker of the Canadian North Shore Regiment.

[@TheAceDestroyer]

Wow! Thank you! I didn't know that!

[@scottstephens2995]

@@TheAceDestroyer No problem! I think it was one of the most touching moments ive seen in terms of D-Day footage as you can see the two soldiers comforting each other in the face of death. It's even more crazy to know that the soldier was identified and survived the battle. It's too bad Pte. Baker passed away in 2003 and most likely never saw the footage :( Lest we Forget.

[@ToddSauve]

@@scottstephens2995 The footage of the North Shore regiment landing on Juno beach is the ONLY film of an initial assault wave landing in Normandy in existence. There is nothing like it anywhere else in the world. There is no footage of American or British initial wave landings in existence. Period.

[@sirmalus5153]

The house first seen when the door opens, is the same house my father and his mates (Royal Marines) had a look inside after landing an anti tank gun and small truck, off their LCM. He remembered seeing a pillbox nearby with dead germans and french women inside, all shot. The machine gun in the pillbox also had wooden 'practice' rounds in the belt of ammunition loaded into it.

[@rickstanfield2711]

Well done. My father commanded a DD Sherman tank with "A" squadron of The 1st Hussars on D-day.

[@davidsabillon5182]

thank you for detailing Canadas sacrifice on D-Day and beyond. It's not talked about enough. Subscribed 👍

[@TheAceDestroyer]

Thank you very much! I really appreciate it! I'm still working on a third and final episode of the Canadian campaign in Normandy about Norrey-En-Bessin and Bretteville but that will be for July or August.

[@stopmotionpanda4434]

I agree. The Canadian sacrifices of the Second World War are so often overlooked

[@cgaccount3669]

I believe Scotty from the original Star Trek was fighting with Canada at Juno and lost a finger due to machine gun fire. Edit... I looked it up and he was shot several times unfortunately by friendly fire. But he did perform heroically at Juno

[@TheAceDestroyer]

I heard the story that he fought in World War II, I just didn't know the entire story. Thanks!

[@thegeneralist7527]

@Alexander Challis Thanks and well done note.

[@dereksmith8179]

He was born in Canada I believe he was in ww1 as well I know that he was a major in Ww2

[@133Nomad]

The only Red Shirt to survive a landing, both in real life and Star Trek.

[@K1ddkanuck]

I had never heard this story. What a legend. RIP James "Scotty" Doohan!

[@49googie]

Hi thereMy father was a Royal Naval gunner on the first wave of landing craft to put the Canadians onto Juno Beech, he died in November 2017 aged 95. He has a plaque with his name on it on the Juno memorial. He was AB Samuel Mc Gookin.Many thanks for the video doc. I miss him more to day as its 75th Anniversary, He didn't speak much about it I learnt more when he was a warded the Légion du honour.

[@TheAceDestroyer]

Wow what a hero! Thank you for sharing his story!

[@karenceraldi7428]

My great grandfather stormed the beaches as a Canadian soldier, Canada is not well known for helping that much in world war 2, thank you for making my day

[@elizabethsime5751]

Thank you for this and thank you to all veterans we honour you and your sacrifices.

[@MultiPeacebewithyou]

Thank you so very much for this amazing documentary, Lest we NEVER forget..

[@string-bag]

Great series please continue and make more. Thanks!

[@TheAceDestroyer]

Thanks! I will, I have at least one more video to make, and a possible fourth video for this series to come.

[@andreraymond6860]

Thank you for the hard work and careful detail you put into these videos. Beautifully crafted.

[@vivianbenge2331]

You do a great job explaining the complexities that arise in the ebb and flow of the battlefields. Keep up the very high quality work you do on these important historical struggles.

[@TheAceDestroyer]

Thank you! I'm very happy to hear that!

[@yolanda231000]

I love how you use the map graphics to explain the narrative. Well done sir!

[@je-freenorman7787]

Its also known as Theater.

[@AlbertaRancher]

My uncle Alan Williams, Royal Winnipeg Rifles was wounded on the beach, all he would say was his war lasted about 10 minutes. Would tell us he was shot by machine gun fire and mortars and never elaborated on it, fittingly he passed at a remembrance day ceremony. Truly fitting for an unsung hero who lived his entire life in peace.

[@philipryan25]

Hi from Ireland, looking forward to more. Thank you.

[@davidgrider4302]

Today marks the 75th Anniversary of D-Day. Godspeed to all of the fallen, on both sides.

[@je-freenorman7787]

The Government and the Church put the dead soldiers names in Capital Letters, on their grave stones, to try to marginalize them and enslave their souls upon death. I don't think it actually works but, who knows. The Capital letters, marginalizes people, under the Crown Authority.

[@GregorydavidMck]

Thank you for doing this. For putting this together. There's always some footage I've not seen before in your videos. My father landed at Juno as an Anti-Aircraft gunner. 1st Cdn. - Army, - 2nd Cdn. Corps. - 3rd Cdn. Inf. Div. - 4th LAA. Reg. I kid you not about the 1234. From Juno through to the end of the war. The only wound he received was in late 1943, during a Luftwaffe raid, when he tripped over his own gun one morning after a night on the town. Cheers.

[@davidmulhall2710]

Very, very well done ! Thank you 🇨🇦

[@christophercoupe5006]

Thank you for a very detailed and informative video on what happened on D-Day. I look forward to more of your work!

[@stephenmason5773]

Some amazing history!! My grandfather landed there with the Sherman tanks with Fort Garry Horse. Amazing information here, well done!!!

[@MultiPeacebewithyou]

thank you for posting, we Canadians a very grateful

[@rwool53]

Another great video! thank you

[@ToddSauve]

One small correction. It was the Regina Rifles regiment, not pronounced Regeena but Regina with a hard "i". Now they are the Royal Regina Rifles regiment. They lost over forty dead and who knows how many wounded that first day of the landing. Otherwise, your first episode of the Juno Beach campaign is very good, indeed! The footage you show of the Canadian troops approaching Juno Beach in a landing craft is of the North Shore Regiment from New Brunswick. This is the ONLY known footage of an initial assault landing in Normandy to survive the war. No one knows what may have happened to any British footage but the American footage fell into the sea while being transferred from a returning landing craft to a ship returning to England. Thus the Canadian footage is all that is known to exist. I will post some research here I did on my hometown regiment's hard fight against the 12 SS Panzer division and Kurt Meyer at Bretteville, which the Regina Rifles captured on June 7, 1944. This put the Regina Rifles literally on the leading front of the entire assembled Allied armies in Normandy. The Winnipeg Rifles were just to the right at Putot, with the Canadian Scottish Regiment from Vancouver Island moving in behind the Winnipegers. Hopefully you will produce an episode on the Battle for Bretteville, June 7-10, 1944, as it was very important in holding the 12 SS Panzers from breaking through and reaching Juno Beach. ;-) ********************************************************* It is interesting to note that as Montgomery drew up his plans for the Normandy campaign, the Canadians found themselves assigned to the toughest section of the Normandy front. Why was it the toughest? Because it was so wide open in so many places that it was regarded as by far the most favourable territory for tank warfare. So the very terrain of the Juno Beach regions was far and away recognised as the worst for infantry. Hedgerows were fewer or farther between, but the wide open access for the excellent German armoured divisions made it a terrible place to fight for the generally inferior Allied armour. In response to this, D-Day plans called for double the number of artillery pieces to be landed on Juno than on any other beach and immediately put into action, coordinated with the forward-most Canadian infantry units-the Regina Rifles and the Winnipeg Rifles-both of whom had previously stormed the beach early on June 6. It was in precisely this sector of the Canadian front that the Germans planned to mass their armoured divisions and try to push the Canadians back into the sea, and then spread left and right to attack Gold and Sword beaches. This is what Montgomery realised when he drew up the plans for the Normandy campaign. The terrain literally dictated the Nazi’s strategy. During the lynch-pin Battle for Bretteville (June 7-10, 1944) this artillery support was vital and broke up numerous German infantry and 12 SS Panzer attacks. That and the sheer guts and unbelievable determination of the two aforementioned infantry regiments saved the day. These were some tough Canadian kids from the Prairies who took on the German SS Panzer divisions and beat them! The commander of the 12 SS Panzer division, Kurt Meyer, had smugly concluded that his men would sweep the Canadians back into the English Channel like so many “little fishes.” Needless to say, Meyer and his 12 SS Panzers were the ones licking their wounds and howling in misery when they finally fled from Bretteville-minus 43 dead, 99 wounded, 10 missing and 29 panzers destroyed including a good number of Panther Mark Vs. And other than the 29 lost panzers, that was just on the first night! It was here and at nearby Abbey d’Ardenne that Kurt Meyer’s 12 SS and the Canadians began executing each other’s prisoners tit for tat, with no quarter given. The two sides really hated each other and this made for likely the bitterest fighting in Normandy. Here is a limited account of the terrible fighting at Bretteville: www.canadiansoldiers.com/history/battlehonours/northwesteurope/brettevillelorgueilleuse.htm And here is an excellent and much more detailed scholarly account of the Battle of Bretteville in .pdf format: scholars.wlu.ca/cmh/vol16/iss4/2/ [Be prepared to meet Chief Engineer Montgomery Scott of the original Star Trek series fame, as he was actually right in the area, being a Canadian artillery officer who landed on Juno Beach on D-Day. I bet you didn’t know that! ;)] In fact, the Canadians made the greatest penetration of the German lines on D-Day, beating them back almost seven whole miles in the first 24 hours. Neither the Americans nor the British came anywhere close. Indeed, three Sherman tanks of the Canadian 1 Hussars actually reached their assigned D-Day objective-the Caen-Bayeux highway next to Carpiquet airfield-before having to pull back when they could not make radio contact with army HQ and request reinforcements, as you correctly noted. (And it was hard fighting with the Canadians losing 359 men killed landing on the first day alone-second only to Omaha for men KIA!) Perhaps the great progress was because the Canadian army was the only Allied army in Normandy that was entirely volunteer. (Originally Juno beach was to be called Jelly, but Churchill forbade it noting it was a sorely inappropriate name for a place where so many men were going to die.) And yes, the two British and one Canadian beaches faced the bulk of the German armour-something like 70% of all German armoured divisions in Normandy faced us around Caen. Indeed, German armour was lined up virtually cheek by jowl! Historians have carefully investigated the numbers involved and the Germans, Canadians and British had more tanks per square mile all around Caen than the Russians and Germans had at Kursk! Around Caen and Carpiquet alone, the Germans had seven panzer divisions supplemented by an additional battalion of more than 100 Mark V Panthers! They were Panzer Lehr, 2 Panzer, 9 Panzer, 116 Panzer, 1 SS Panzer, 9 SS Panzer and 12 SS Panzer. Though few people understand this, these were the heaviest, most concentrated tank battles of WW2! In his analysis of the fighting against the Canadians of the Regina Rifles Regiment at Bretteville (which contained a number of Sherman and Firefly tanks, as did virtually every Canadian and British regiment), Hubert Meyer, the commanding general of the 12 SS Panzer division (after Kurt Meyer had been captured in September 1944) wrote later in “The 12th SS: The History of the Hitler Youth Panzer Division, Volume 1” that: “The tactic of surprise, using mobile, fast infantry and Panzers even in small, numerically inferior Kampfgruppen, had often been practiced and proven in Russia. This tactic, however, had not resulted in the expected success here against a courageous and determined enemy, who was ready for defense and well equipped. Through good battle field observation, the enemy had recognized the outlines of the preparations for the attack and drawn his own conclusions. The deployment of D Company [of the Regina Rifles] to Cardonville had prevented a breakthrough by 2./26 [of the 12 SS] from the farm south of the rail line to Bretteville, only 1,000 meters away. The anti-tank defenses all around the village were strong enough to thwart all attempts by the Panzers to by-pass the town to the south and north. The surprising use of parachute flares with glaring magnesium light blinded the Panthers and clearly outlined them to the enemy Pak [anti-tank guns like 6 and 17 pounders]. This enemy was especially strong in the defense and could not be taken by surprise. He fought with determination and courage.” [pages 186-87] One is unlikely to find higher praise from the SS than 12 SS Panzer General Hubert Meyer had for the Regina Rifles Regiment of the Royal Canadian Army! In hindsight, it is something of a feather in Montgomery’s hat that he beat his own estimate of 90 days for capturing Caen and destroying the German armies-by two full weeks minus one day-but who is counting when numbers are so great and the opposition so terrible? And finally, Montgomery (and all the Allied generals) had insights into overall German strategy and counterattack plans through the Ultra intercepts at Bletchley Park, England. On many occasions he chose to withdraw his forces a short distance in order to preserve them, when informed that much superior German armoured divisions were being moved up to recapture territory lost. This was only sensible. You do not throw away large masses of men and armour to be ground up by superior numbers of enemy armour simply to display your bravado. No, you withdraw and rebuild your own forces until you can overcome what you positively 100% know is a much stronger force facing you only a short distance away. Many have questioned Montgomery’s leadership, perhaps with some reason. But how many know that he had to preserve his forces (as much as he could anyway) when Ultra intelligence revealed that not doing so would only be a futile gesture and the deliberate squandering of many men’s lives? Moreover, London had already told him that infantry reserves were virtually nil (though armour was abundant) and he had better save as many of his men as possible. So let’s try to be a little bit fairer in our criticisms of him. My hat comes off to the many, many brave and excellent fighting men from the US! They fought as well as anyone else and that is a fact. But it was a team effort between the three great English speaking nations of the world that defeated Nazi Germany in Normandy, as well as the many brave French, Polish and other freedom loving European soldiers who fought alongside us. Bravo to all involved! PS I am not trying to glorify war here, just so anyone who might think this to be so can understand that I do not approve of war-for all the good this will do.

[@TheAceDestroyer]

Yeah, some other people also mentioned the pronunciation! Thanks! Before I made this video I had no clue that is way pronounced the way it is. Thanks to you guys, I was able to pronounce it right in the second video. I am planning on making a third and final Battlefield Normandy video about Bretteville and Norrey, I'm currently working on it so thank you very much for this information! I already used the 'Canadiansoldiers' source, but the PDF file is a new one so thanks again! I really appreciate it!

[@ToddSauve]

@@TheAceDestroyer Mark Milner is an excellent historian from the University of New Brunswick. His father was in the Regina Rifles at Bretteville, so you are getting the information straight from the horse's mouth, as we say in Canada!

[@chancebaker6042]

Canadians in both WW1 and 2 fought the hardest battles that the Americans were to afraid off same with the rest of allies. If I was not for us Canadians this world would have been taken over many times. I have actually seen quotes from Germans who were in WW1 and 2 that when they found the Canadians were coming they were scared cause they know that we would not stop till we got our objective and anyone in are way was going down. There more monuments in small towns in Europe to Canadians than anyone else. We appreciate that very much for the lives that were given to win those battles and the lives lost in the North Atlantic as well. Cause without us bringing stuff to Britain they would have got taken over pretty fast. But Canadians came up with the way to fight off German submarines!

[@nickdanger3802]

"King George VI places a wreath on the Canadian Cross of Sacrifice at Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, June 9, 1939. The cross was erected by the Canadian Government in memory of United States Citizens who served and died in the Canadian Army during W.W.I." www.americansatwarinforeignforces.com/named-americans-in-commonwealth-armed-forces-in-world-war-1.html

[@Boogyman337]

One very difficult day in history. Thanks.

[@nmp3913]

Very good documentary from 🇨🇦🇨🇦

[@defeatedink0544]

My great grandpa fought in the Juno Beach landings, he died before I was born, so I didn't get to ask him about it. I'm happy I found your video so I could see what the landing was like!

[@dofthej8279]

Thanks man, I have an English Class project that Is based on creating a historical novel based on an event. I decided to do a first-person based story on Juno Beach but of course there’s not much on google explaining how It went and all the statistics. So when I found you I was so relieved, thanks again for your research. You got straight to the point and made a ton of sense.

[@joeblow4499]

Great as always

[@LDN76]

I just saw footage of d-day that I have never seen before...twice. Amazing!!! It has been a long time since that happened. Forgot the feeling, thanks!!!

[@TheAceDestroyer]

No problem! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@abialo2010]

Great video. thanks for all the hard work

[@TheAceDestroyer]

Thanks! Glad you appreciate it!

[@greglucas1497]

Once again you scored with a well laid out and researched snippet.

[@Malcrom1967]

Thank you for this. I've watched it several times :)

[@rolandfelice6198]

Excellent commentary as usual. I'm particularly impressed at your pronunciation of German, French and Italian. It is far and away better than some commentators faltering attempts that jar and impede comprehension.

[@TheAceDestroyer]

Thank you so much! I truly means a lot!

[@tsjames1]

Thanks so much for this. I was on Juno Beach on the 75th anniversary.

[@vibe9338]

My great grandfather was apart of queens owns rifles of Canada. Glad you mad this video

[@susanhampson446]

The Canadians successfully captured their shoreline positions at Juno Beach and penetrated the farthest inland of any of the some 155,000 Allied troops who had landed on June 6, 1944, but D-Day was only the beginning of the struggle to liberate France.

[@JBonzalot18]

Fantastic video. These are by far the most detailed and understandable accounts of the battles. Lots of work put into this. You should be teaching University students my friend. Thanks for posting.

[@TheAceDestroyer]

Wow! Thank you very much for your kind words! It truly means the world to me! Happy to see that you enjoyed the video! Thanks again!

[@educatedrock]

thank you so much for your service.

[@philbyd]

Very well done documentary,thanks for your effort

[@TheAceDestroyer]

No problem! Glad to hear you enjoyed it!

[@tallahassZ]

My grandfather was at Juno. I will always remember the stories...

[@sixofnine9407]

very detailed work. nicely done.

[@freakyflow]

Grandfather Whom was "Metis" ( French Canadian / Native ) blood Only told the story once to his son and daughters And then only 35 years later As he would avoid taking about it He had seen a few American movies and the first thing he would say ..I don't know about the Americans But we Did not have anything to hide behind on the beach I seen men pushing sand in front of them or looking for a hole Or getting behind the dead Only to have to push up to make room for the next set of men behind them As we were in a open tank (Priest ) We seen the men on the ground some quiet Other screaming We could not tell who was dead and who was laying in cover Driving a 22 ton tank is one thing Driving a 22 ton tank under fire with your own men laying in front of you while your trying to find cover yourself and fire at the enemy And we knew this enemy was veterans and crack units that were dug in followed by German tanks and 88mm guns But we had no choice other than push forward. Lance Bombardier Orville Villemere RCA Sudbury Ontario Canada And with a family tree line We are also from Normandy And have family members living not only then but still today

[@TheAceDestroyer]

Wow! I'm just speechless! What a hero! Thank you for sharing it.

[@freakyflow]

@@TheAceDestroyer And thank you for the video ..I did spot a Priest in the clips ..No idea if it was Grandpa lol But its nice to see what it was like

[@Flint404]

Great content!

[@redskyatnight123]

brilliant ace !

[@WarblesOnALot]

G'day, YAY TEAM ! You're really getting the hang of this...; I particularly enjoyed the synchronisation of the Imagery with the Narration, so the visuals illustrated the story while the voiceover was explaining what you were actually showing on the screen...; that's a really difficult trick, and this is literally a World Class Job of it ! Aside from that, the clips which you've selected are all stuff that I've never seen before (and I've seen a lot of Doccumentaries about "Overlord" in my time...), so that was a delightful series of surprises...; and I'm one of the people who's always wondered what actually happened with the Canadians on their bit of Beach - while assuming that it must've gone well because they got off their Beach and moved inland. This is such a great bit of work that you should probably expect people to pirate it, but that'll be a case of, "Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery..." ; which almost makes being mirrored a form of an "Industry Award", I suppose - like the (blood-dipped) Feather in the Hat for a Hunter...(?) ! You'll have your work cut out to maintain this high standard, that's for sure... Anyway, well done, keep on keeping on ; and as long as it's all still fun then it's not really "work" at all, kinda thing - so maybe you'll end up getting to make a living from practicing your hobby ? I made a video last week about an Art Gallery, which is owned by the Resident Artist & his wife, she runs the Gallery-Cafe while he's painting in the Studio which is accross the Carpark, and their House is on the other side of the Gallery, all on the one block of land beside the Highway...; so technically they don't "go to work" so much as they get paid for doing what they wanted to do anyway, while staying home...(!). The Artist is the bloke who laid Wreaths in memory of all the Aborigines who've fought for Australia, which I showed in my 2018 ANZAC Day & Armistice Day videos ; so there are several ways in which it's a Good News Story..., there are a lot of Aboriginal Artists - but not many of them ever sell their work in their own Gallery though...! Such is Life, Have a good one... ;-p Ciao !

[@TheAceDestroyer]

Thank you so much for the incredibly kind words! I'm glad you enjoyed it! I have always been interested in battles that are not that well-known to the broad public, and I thought Juno beach and the Canadian side of Normandy fitted perfectly into that! I also wanted to make proper documentaries and I'm glad that this one worked out rather well. Thanks again for the very kind words! They mean a lot to me!

[@WarblesOnALot]

+The AceDestroyer No worries ! Credit given where it's due mate... I've been watching your Videos since YT's Search Engine put one of your early "ANZAC Portraits in the War Cemetery" type of videos into the Related Videos Scroll under my own first video about the local ANZAC Day Service...; and it's been really cool to watch your Moviemaking skills growing, with your Channel growing, while you've been growing up as well, kinda thing... Whatever one sees & hears during their first 7 years is pretty much imprinted in the memory, and the next 7 years is spent integrating all of it ; and then from 14 to 21 what happens is "Neural Pruning", wherein any and all the Neurocircuits which don't get used very often are effectively dismantled - while the stuff which is actually in daily-use is constantly being strengthened.... So, if there's anything else in your life which you want to be any good at, by age 25, & forever afterwards - outside of Doccumentary Videomaking & Researching History for better Accuracy, that is ; then now is the time to make a bit of regular room for it, within your schedule - least you risk becoming a "One-Trick Pony", because judging by the rate of your progress you must've been practicing more than any 3 Football Teams (lol)...! I enjoy telling youngsters the kinds of factoids which I wish I'd known about, back in the day...; and Neural Pruning is a thing well worth being aware of... (think about how many people are spending ages 7 to 21 doing not much outside of playing First-Person-Shooter Interactive Video-Games, building up all those Neurocircuits - while pruning-out the ability to cook, wash, clean, or build anything...!). Just(ifiably ?) sayin', Such is Life... ;-p Ciao !

[@BBQMikeLivinglife]

Very nicely done, merci :)

[@TheAceDestroyer]

Thanks!

[@RealYeeter]

Merci means Thank you in French :)

[@erictrudel1164]

I love your videos. There are thousands of documentary explaining the battles of WWII at the strategic level. But very few focussing on the actual guys and operations on the front at the tactical level. To me it tells a more accurate story of what happened. Keep doing it you make something really rare and engaging.

[@TheAceDestroyer]

Thanks! I'm very happy to hear that!

[@madtrapper1312]

Been to Juno it was a humbling and moving experience

[@royketcheson4423]

Thanks for the detailed account of the Royal Winnipeg Rifles on D-Day. My father was a member of "C" Company and narrowly missed being a victim of Wilhelm Monhke's war crimes against Canada. They tried him 5 times in Germany but they (somehow?) never convicted him of murdered unarmed prisoners.

[@glennmiddleton3324]

The aerial bombardment was poor due to bad weather, there was a heavy aerial bombardment but the weather made it hard to target properly. There should have been a contingency to send fighters to attack the defensive placements.

[@scubabunny81]

Hi AceDestroyer. I haven’t had time to watch yet but I wondered if you had read Stopping the Panzers by Marc Milner. It gives an intelligent, research-based reappraisal of the Canadian battles around Caen (which has previously been much maligned). Well worth checking out.

[@TheAceDestroyer]

I haven't read it in full, I have however read parts of it for research. It's very good indeed.

[@craigx1433]

Wow...that was some army little Canada had during ww2...Only 12 million people in all of Canada then I believe.Wow,,,FROM THE U.S...!

[@grahvis]

And all volunteers.

[@douglapointe6810]

1 million men and women in uniform almost 10% of the population. And many more working in factories producing tanks, trucks, planes and munitions

[@CodeineRadick]

Think of Canadians as the Allied force multipliers. Sprinkle some canadian salt on your army beef and it becomes much more effective. ;)

[@funsweed]

Friend Harold , who just passed away was there , thank you Harold for your service

[@PCB-dg7pt]

AceDestroyer thank you for your absolute accurate information about my Canadian brothers that faught so valiantly for our freedoms we enjoy today!!

[@jonmce1]

One of the sad things is that many if not most of the men who fought in these battles never got the chance to see the variety of videos that are available for the ww2 now. Dad died in 2001 and was not at D day. His regiment the Calgary Tank regiment would have just finished fighting their way up the Liri Valley below Monte Cassino. I have often thought he might have recognized people or places in some of the videos on those battles. One video described his armoured brigade as possibly the best armoured brigade in Italy.

[@stephaniegaudreau4755]

My dad was one of the sailors there that day. My uncle jumped into war that day. My father in law was part of the air force offensive that day.

[@treadheadpete4770]

As a Canadian, I thank you for this great video! My grandfather did not land on the 6th... his engineer unit built the Mulberry harbours, and he came later with them. Your research is excellent!

[@TheAceDestroyer]

Thank you! happy to see you enjoyed it! I have the utmost respect for your grandfather! What a hero!

[@georgejenkins3371]

Excellent

[@IronCross82]

All I have to say is thank you very much I do appreciate it

[@TheAceDestroyer]

Happy to hear that! Thanks!

[@IronCross82]

@@TheAceDestroyer I am Canadian and I love history but if you look at most histories Canadians are not mentioned they'll combined us with the British which I'm okay with but it is nice to know what Canadians did in World War II thank you again I really do appreciate it