D-Day From the Bird's Eye Perspective (Full Documentary) | Animated History

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As a very proud Canadian who had at least half a dozen relatives who served in the Second World War, it's such a huge breath of fresh air to see Canadian accomplishments finally getting the recognition they so richly deserve. Thanks Griffin, it means so much to so many of us

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I agree with your statement, it’s ti Canadian military history get the recognition it deserves.

[@RipzCritical]

Ditto. A majority of Canadians have family that served in WW2, at least the families that have been here for the last ~100 years. Edit: My grandfather on my Dads side actually piloted a landing craft on Juno.

[@graceneilitz7661]

Well Canada does get lumped under British or British and Commonwealth forces. They were British and are still part of the commonwealth, sharing the same head of state.

[@evanjoad2801]

@@graceneilitz7661 Fair point but even so, the amount of media made about America's war effort vs the rest of the allies is wildly disproportionate, I guess that more specifically is my point. Yes there is quite a bit of media covering the more minor nations involved but compared to the tidal wave of American media... More media about the rest of the combatants is never a bad thing

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[@Mmjk_12]

Its crazy how D-day is interpreted as so American, yet there was actually more British and commonwealth forces that landed.

[@zorblock2762]

Its mainly because the Americans suffered the brunt of the German forces

[@EnRandomSten]

Because hollywood is in the us lol

[@benjoewri]

In Britain, it's more presented as British with American help. I suspect it's more where you came from. Hollywood being American probably doesn't help with the skew.

[@albow4oops5]

The U.S. was far more involved in the pacific at the same time.

[@orunenf5533]

It was because the American support through men, weaponry and supplies was the defining factor... without them the battle of Britain would've continued... so we get that W and discuss it as we see fit. We never had a Dunkirk but only a D-Day and a Bastogne.. so it makes us look like the best. We don't downplay our Canadian, French, or British allies... we just saw them as additional air fields and support rather than us supporting them. Much respect to the greatest generation of all nations

[@booze5376]

To those who say that Armchair historian has done too many videos on d-day, they have made 3 separate videos on the separate nations that stormed the beach, and this one is just all 3 put together. It takes time to make each episode, and I feel like I would prefer the 3 parts released over 3 weeks, than 1 massive one after 3 weeks of waiting. Bravo to the Armchair Historian team for the amazing videos!

[@tiredturtle3538]

Yet to see such a comment

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@@tiredturtle3538 yes you have

[@virus5600]

The two destroyers that kneaded as near as 800m to the beach were severely underrated. Their actions may be miniscule but that covering bombardment potentially has saved hundreds, if not thousands of young men from being slaughtered…

[@boydsinclair7606]

Don't forget the psychological and morale effects for the allies and the axis troops: everybody notices when a destroyer comes to play; that's a big friend, or a scary enemy 😳

[@KenD67]

It was also Rommel's wife's birthday, and Rommel was back in Germany for it. Always liked WW II history...sooo much going on in those years everywhere, it's still easy to learn something new every day.

[@ukmediawarrior]

A lot of German generals were absent from their posts on the morning of June 6th. A war games had been arranged in Rheims for the same day and many officers had decided to leave for the games on June 5th to enjoy a night on the town in Rheims. The confusion caused by so many highly placed officers being absent certainly helped the Allies.

[@KenD67]

@@ukmediawarrior Didn't know this but it makes sense...it's also what I mean by how easy it is to learn something new every day! Thanks!

[@ukmediawarrior]

@@KenD67 My pleasure:) D-Day has been something of an obsession of mine since I took modern history at school, LOL.

[@eloisehardy7205]

@@ukmediawarrior The war games actually were in Rennes, to the west of Normandy, not in Reims, which is in the east of the country.

[@Martin-117]

Could you imagine having drone's eye view of the invasion in all sectors? What a chaotic sight we would see.

[@marrqi7wini54]

If there are any time travelers around, get us some footage please.

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British X Craft mini subs were located off the beaches with lamps to act as guides for the ships. They got a view of the invasion fleet that the Germans had.

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Not only did the bombers dropping their bombs late fail to destroy any beach defences, they also failed to give the landing troops bomb craters for cover on the approach up the beach. Something the planners had promised the soldiers would be there

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My grandfather's bomber squadron hit one of the radar stations that might have picked up the approaching fleet in the hours just after midnight. The belly gunner in their plane caught a glimpse of the invasion fleet steaming toward Normandy on their way back, and was teased about his ghost fleet nobody else could see. During the debriefing, the BBC made its announcement of the landing, which was broadcast on the base's PA system. Going by his memoirs, my grandfather was quite grumpy about all the celebrating because his crew was booked for another night mission the very next night and it was too loud to sleep well.

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The Winnipeg Rifles got almost wiped out on Juno beach and still managed to take a German bunker under heavy fire. You can see it at Juno Beach Center in Courseuilles-sur-Mer. Totally worth the visit. 🍁

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this was a great start to my day ti turn this on while giving my doggo a bath! didn't expect you to make this video, but i am glad you did because it makes it a lot easier to learn about d-day!

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10:25 Absolutely love that clapping. Amazing attention to details

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[@Ihavpickle]

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When I thought there could be more, another D-day documentary pops up from you. I’m amazed on how many videos you can make on this without running out of new information

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[@Holonink]

My Grandmother was one of the Ack Ack Girls and my Grandfather drove an ammo truck for Canada. Thank you for including such a great part of our history with the rest.

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[@oliversherman2414]

As a Brit, I love that you focused on the importance of the British and Commonwealth efforts on D-Day. America gets a lot of attention thanks to Hollywood and I feel like the other nations involved sometimes get forgotten. Great work as usual 👍

[@oliversherman2414]

@Curiosity We do. In fact British movies are comparable with those of Hollywood. 1917 was a great British-made war movie, for example

[@Bullet-Tooth-Tony-]

@@oliversherman2414 We need a series like Band of Brothers on the British

[@oliversherman2414]

@@Bullet-Tooth-Tony- Agreed. Or even one from the Canadian or German perspective

[@ukmediawarrior]

Totally agree, the Canadians for example seem to get over looked a lot of the time, but they took terrible casualties on D-Day and did some of the hardest fighting of all Commonwealth forces. A familiar battle cry was supposedly 'Remember Dieppe', the disastrous Dieppe raid of course having cost them horrendous casualties in August 1942. This was them getting back at the Germans.

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@@ukmediawarrior Yeah

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Armchair Historian: *talks about D-Day* Metalheads: *start blasting Sabaton - Primo Victoria*

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@chloeholmes4641 "If I had to take hell, I would use the Australians to take it and the New Zealanders to hold it". - Erwin Rommel, a NAZI General

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Another amazing video as usual

[@JohnRRyder]

God i would love a full game or movie about the D Day invadion from each divisons perspective at the different beaches. I always knew every beach landing was important, but being American i was usually exposed to Utah and Omaha (and in cases of media typically Omaha more so). This video, however, has made me fully invested and interested in the other parts of the invasion. It is simply fascinating the amount of planning and then effort/bravery required to make D-Day succeed, and despite the many setbacks that happened it was still a success. Amazing vid, thank you for it!

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The Longest Day is an old movie but very good. Covers the invasion from all perspectives.

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Great video as always. Could you maybe talk about the swiss Sonderbundskrieg. I would really be happy. Keep up the good work.

[@milky287]

This is so cool to see, my respect goes out to all the brave souls who have fought in D Day.

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Congratulations griffin on 2 million subscribers!

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8:54 "Braeburn:Sergeant Randall! The guns are gone! They're not here! Randall: WHAT?!!! Braeburn: THE - GUNS - AREN'T - HERE!!!! The Krauts must've moved 'em someplace else!!"

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10 months late but damn that's still a good piece of story telling from cod 2! 😂

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Thanks Armchair historian for recognizing my unit the 22nd regiment!!! I served with them during 05-06 Iraq war. So much history within that unit. I only wish I had a smart phone to record the pictures of the unit while I was there.

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This was so well done.

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I like these birds eye perspective videos. Thank you.

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a birds eye perspective of market garden would be a really good one for the next birds eye perspective vid

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Amazing documentary. Still chuckled at “Pouppeville”

[@Jayjay-qe6um]

At Omaha Beach, parts of the Mulberry harbour are still visible, and a few of the beach obstacles remain. A memorial to the U.S. National Guard sits at the location of a former German strongpoint. Pointe de Hoc is little changed from 1944, with the terrain covered with bomb craters and most of the concrete bunkers still in place. The Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial is nearby, in Colleville-sur-Mer. A museum about the Utah landings is located at Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, and there is one dedicated to the activities of the U.S. airmen at Sainte-Mere-Eglise. Two German military cemeteries are located nearby.

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One of my favourite locations is the battery of Longues-sur-Mer where some of the guns are still standing inside the bunkers.

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Fantastic work!

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Very nice format!

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One of the best historians on KZbin

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Thank you for a good section on Juno

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[@TLBgaming0330]

Leaving my comment here for the remembrance of the 79th anniversary of the D-Day landings. To all those who fought for our freedom, we thank you for your service.

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Finally some actually decent documentary which does not just focus on omaha beach and the 101st airborn like every other movie, doc ever.

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Subscribed! Great vid... 10:25 seemed like an almost impossible task, but they did it...

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Well done! This must have taken hours of research.

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Hello Armchair Historian I love your videos! I have a video suggestion! I was wondering if you could do the battle of Midway from the Japanese perspective!

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This video gave me a lot of information for my D-Day scenario for 6th June.Thank you.

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Dang how are you guys making these animations this is amazing

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Great video. Happy to have a video where we are not being solicited for money to fund the channel or other projects.

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Epic WW2 US Paratrooper Song: [Verse 1] He was just a rookie trooper and he surely shook with fright, He checked off his equipment and made sure his pack was tight; He had to sit and listen to those awful engines roar, You ain't gonna jump no more [Chorus] Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die, Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die, Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die, He ain't gonna jump no more [Verse 2] "Is everybody happy?" cried the Sergeant looking up, Our hero feebly answered, "yes" and then they stood him up; He jumped into the icy blast, his static line unhooked, And he ain't gonna jump no more [Chorus] Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die, Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die, Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die, He ain't gonna jump no more [Verse 3] He counted long, he counted loud, he waited for the shock, He felt the wind, he felt the cold, he felt the awful drop, The silk from his reserves spilled out, and wrapped around his legs, And he ain't gonna jump no more [Chorus] Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die, Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die, Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die, He ain't gonna jump no more [Verse 4] The risers swung around his neck, connectors cracked his dome, Suspension lines were tied in knots around his skinny bones; The canopy became his shroud; he hurtled to the ground. And he ain't gonna jump no more [Chorus] Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die, Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die, Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die, He ain't gonna jump no more [Verse 5] The days he'd lived and loved and laughed kept running through his mind, He thought about the girl back home, the one he'd left behind; He thought about the medic corps, and wondered what they'd find, And he ain't gonna jump no more [Chorus] Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die, Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die, Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die, He ain't gonna jump no more [Verse 6] The ambulance was on the spot, the jeeps were running wild, The medics jumped and screamed with glee, they rolled their sleeves and smiled, For it had been a week or more since last a 'chute had failed, And he ain't gonna jump no more [Chorus] Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die, Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die, Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die, He ain't gonna jump no more [Verse 7] He hit the ground, the sound was "SPLAT", his blood went spurting high; His comrades, they were heard to say "a hell of a way to die!" He lay there, rolling 'round in the welter of his gore, And he ain't gonna jump no more [Chorus] Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die, Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die, Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die, He ain't gonna jump no more [Verse 8] There was blood upon the risers, there were brains upon the chute, Intestines were a-dangling from his paratroopers suit, He was a mess, they picked him up, and poured him from his boots, And he ain't gonna jump no more [Chorus] Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die, Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die, Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die, He ain't gonna jump no more.

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Congratulations on getting 2 million subscribers

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Thanks!

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History is the best subject, change my mind

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A video about Napoleon III could be interested. He's such an interesting character.

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I've always wondered what being a bird on D-Day would be like!

[@scottstewart5784]

great job

[@Shougun2007]

1:52 "… and Poop-a-ville"

[@timshepherd4626]

Awesome and educational video, thank you for this lesson in history! God bless the greatest generation =)

[@oneminutereviews25]

June 6th 1944 a day so important to human history that we're still learning about it 70 years later or still playing video games recreating that day

[@charlieisaac1148]

Some videos on Australians in the pacific theatre would be so amazing

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love the new intros

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have a test on this tomorrow thanks

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Can you please make a video on explaining military tactics such as Blitzkrieg or Deep Battle doctrine

[@spannerpasser]

A Royal Air Force Mobile Radar Unit landed on Omaha among the early back up waves. They sustained 8 killed and 40 wounded. One of the senior NCOs was decorated for bravery after leading a mixed squad of British and Americans to knock out a MG post.

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posted 32 seconds ago... nice!! I am early today

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Nice another D-Day episode

[@aurorathekitty7854]

Fun little fact. Normandy is the Area Rollo and his men got from the King of France and William the Conqueror is a direct descendant of Rollo and the British royal family is descendant from William the conqueror. Alot of history in Normandy.

[@DeadEye123100]

Holy hell, on top of the just perfect narration of everything going on, the history buff in me truly appreciates the attention to detail in the animations themselves. Challenger tanks displayed for British landings, Sherman’s for Americans. Different structure types get different art styles. Truly a work of art put together.

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please do more _____ from the birds eye perspective documentaries

[@Ohmygodstfu2045]

The Uk and commonwealth perspective of the European theater and Pacfic theater is more interesting to me because it’s hardly looked into here in the United States. Say this as an American, we were not the only ones hitting the beach on d day. Thank you Uk and commonwealth.

[@mjc8281]

I was speaking to someone a few weeks ago who was stunned that anyone other then the US fought in the Pacific campaign. That being said, I can't cast any stones! I had the chance to visit the Republic of China earlier this year and while I grew up in the UK and have lived in the US, although I was aware of the Chinese Civil War and the primarily Chinese Nationalist participation in WW2 I was totally unaware that they see the loss of the mainland as part of WW2... I guess that's the thing about perspective.. Often it is used to camouflage uncomfortable truths.... A simple question, could be when did WW2 start and end... ask yourself that question and then ask yourself why and..... why do other people have other dates...

[@spannerpasser]

With regards the start and end of the Second World War there is no clear cut answer and it is very much dependent on what country you live in. Even just looking at Europe March 1939 - Czechoslovakia 1st September - Poland Germany 3rd September- France Britain , Australia New Zealand India 4th September- Nepal 6th September South Africa 10th September- Canada 17th September- USSR 30th November- Finland 9th April 40 Denmark Norway 10th May - Netherlands Belgium 10th June - Italy 28th October - Greece 6th April 41 - Yugoslavia I could go on but you get the idea. In the west we celebrate the end of the war in Europe as 8th May but in Russia it’s the 9th May and then there’s the Far East. Even the attacks by Japan depend which side of the International Date Line you’re on dictated what date the attack was most of them were on the 8th December but in Hawaii it was the 7th which is the one everyone talks about. I don’t know if historians will ever agree a definitive date for the start the end might be a bit easier.

[@fredlandry6170]

Well done.

[@thykw4333]

Very good documentary, always love to see the videos, cause of the details but at 4:10 its not called wiederstandsnesten, it's called wiederstandsnester 😅

[@cameronmeyer2822]

You should do a video on Operation Dragoon and the Free French landings in southern France.

[@CptToiletTrouble]

As a Canadian i must say, thank you for having a in depth rundown of our contribution. So many of these videos act like America and maybe the UK (even then if the british are mentioned it tends to be shorter, but they are mentioned consistantly at least) were the only ones on the beaches. Or they may acknowledge it but for a minute max "oh this country lost this many" is about all we get. So thank you for actually acting like we were there :)

[@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684]

On D-Day the British and Canadians put 75,215 troops ashore, the Americans 57,500.

[@Bullet-Tooth-Tony-]

A video on the Battle of Caen from the Allied and German perspective would be good 👍

[@indianajones4321]

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Alec Guiness, Richard Todd and David Niven were notable Brits involved on D Day. On the US side, they had Charles Durning, Henry Fonda, Bobby Jones and Yogi Berra. James Doohan served in the Canadian army