D-Day Invasion or Operation Overlord: History, Timelines and Map | Past to Future

[@TopFix]

Just want to mention that 3,000 Australians were involved in the Normandy landings, with a further 2,500 of them being instrumental in the airborne attacks that laid the groundwork for the amphibious invasion to take place - this is despite being at the mercy of their own battles on the Pacific front and being bombed by the Japanese. It is out of respect that even though they didn't form a bulk of the operation, they were still involved and deserve at least some recognition rather than none at all.

[@XXAnthonyCarmineXx]

Didn’t most the air attack bombs miss ?

[@1620rx]

​@@XXAnthonyCarmineXxthat doesn't matter. 👀 Sometimes all the allies needed was a distraction.

[@motherdear3733]

@@XXAnthonyCarmineXx Only over Omaha Beach

[@kurtiswarner3530]

@@motherdear3733which was the most brutal beach hence, they were no help in preventing destruction on the allies

[@almVancouver]

Thanks for this!

[@stevenvanderwee2849]

WWII was not over May 8,1945, it was over September 2, 1945 when Japan formally signed the instrument of surrender on board the USS Missouri.

[@stevenvanderwee2849]

@Ludimeel Sorbo’s backup How so?

[@stevenvanderwee2849]

@Ludimeel Sorbo’s backup Oh, OK.

[@SergamingPlayz]

In europe not include asia

[@mattsallows5896]

I agree that was VE day the war IMO ended in Asia with the surrender of the Empire of Japan

[@Zechariah_Mathieson1871]

The war in Europe was over May 8th 1945 but WW2 didn't end util September 2nd 1945

[@alexlink9321]

I feel like its necessary to say that this video just did my whole D-Day project for me and thank you so much for creating this

[@juancoronado8673]

yo, im doing the same thing rn.

[@KakulWadhwa]

ONG IM DOING IT RN

[@rayanbe85]

I am soon making a novel about 1944 Thank you 😊 🙏 I have so much information

[@LaL3tha]

Literally😭

[@tommymc7535]

Source - Some KZbin video. Lmao

[@lorentzdriver4048]

Hitler: this will be the most historic victory! Churchil: I'm gonna end this man's whole career

[@leisureclub_]

with lot of allies ... xD

[@lefthook2]

@@leisureclub_ people need to give Hitler credit, he went to war with the whole world.

[@Bloockackack]

“Unfortunately for you, history will not see it that way.””

[@asdf9890]

@@lefthook2credit for being an idiot maybe. No, but seriously, in the beginning of the war they were very successful in their strategy and level of technology.

[@lefthook2]

@@asdf9890 one on one no one could have beat Germany.

[@jimScienceNerd]

Omaha beach: despite incredible planning, most elements of the plan completely failed. The battle was won by incredibly brave pockets of soldiers WITHOUT 1) cratered beaches for hiding 2) knocked out defenses 3) tanks successfully getting onto the beaches to support the troops and clear the paths off the beach. 4) Many soldiers didn't land where they were supposed to be and 5) many found themselves with strangers instead of guys they had trained with. The plan was a mess but the MEN fought on. So brave

[@el_chico1313]

damn, talking about improvisations, adaptation and overcome and survive

[@rodneyboehner3007]

Well, it sounds like the Soviets defeated Germany because they got to Berlin way before the Americans even touched Germany. After Berlin fell, the U.S. didn't get any resistance close to D-day.

[@charlieh3510]

@@rodneyboehner3007 somebody had to liberate Italy and France.

[@rodneyboehner3007]

@@charlieh3510 Brah, the GOP did FDR a favor by delaying our entry into the war. If we got in when FDR wanted 2-3 years early, the public would have turned against the war due to climbing U.S. causualties, but that's another story. We're not capable of winning any protracted war because public opinion on war always turns the longer we go on. The Soviets definitely won the War in Europe because it's whoever got to Hitler first in Berlin that won the war. Once Hitler was dead, there was no more fighting from the Nazis. The Nazis were just surrendering to us after that to avoid being executed by the Soviets. And basically, the Soviets didn't need our help to defeat Hitler because he made the fatal error to try to invade Russia during the dead of winter. Who cares about France and Italy? The key to winning the War in Europe was taking down Hitler in Berlin.

[@brandondaniels9471]

@@el_chico1313 _I Ching, whatever man, we gotta roll with it_

[@1kpjones]

This is exactly what I was looking for! Thanks much :)

[@sugeknightiswatchingyou]

C’mon guys, you got great potential but you gotta make more accurate maps, you took modern borders to represent the map of Europe back then. Plus what is now Kaliningrad is sea on that map and the Caspian Sea is not a sea anymore. Please make the maps more accurate! Besides that you guys are going well, hope you all get better with time and eventually blow up!

[@parris50]

The Caspian is definitely a sea. I think you mean the Aral.

[@Lev1232]

@@parris50 I think they meant that it was coloured white, therefore shown as a country.

[@johndenugent4185]

The1944 map also showed Italy as mostly in German hands when half of it was already conquered by the Allies.

[@Sherwoody]

It’s spelled Caen, not Cane.

[@WestExplainsBest]

It's incredible to see today how much war has changed, especially with drone technology - I do not think there will EVER be an invasion of this scale ever again.

[@michael7324]

Lets pray not.

[@dansel5]

I heard China invasion of Taiwan will be bigger than d-day. That's y i check d-days history😢

[@TransoceanicOutreach]

China looks like it wants to try it.

[@vikinghoodbluelighthouse2911]

@@TransoceanicOutreach not really.

[@udubdave]

There will always be boots on the ground in war, but yeah, nothing to this scale. It will all be a cyber/technology war.

[@isaacshultz8128]

I love your dune sound track

[@TheWorld-xs8ly]

You mentioned something that’s rarely discussed. Or, at least I didn’t know that roadways and tracks were destroyed to isolate the beaches. That way, they couldn’t be reinforced…

[@jamesm7649]

Operation Overlord is the coolest name ever

[@historyonmaps]

Agree

[@dickmichielmaas373]

Yeah its so cool, it makes me wanna participate!

[@nnneeediimm]

Thnk you so much, with D-Day, you litteraly saved me with my History Composition, I also got an A, thank you!

[@historyonmaps]

Glad I could help!

[@The_M8.2010]

Lol, the song you used for the intro really matches what you’re talking about. What is that song called by the way?

[@danpatterson8009]

What I've read is that Operation Torch (invasion of north Africa) was done less as a strategic imperative than to placate Stalin by opening a second front and taking some of the heat off the Soviet Union. Preparations for Operation Overlord weren't ready until 1944. Then again, I wasn't born yet...

[@Hew.Jarsol]

The commander of LXXXIV Corps, General Erich Marcks, told Colonel Hermann von Oppeln-Bronikowski, who was leading the attack, ‘if you don’t succeed in throwing the British into the sea we shall have lost the war.’

[@danlavoie6567]

Should have put the Canadian flag in your emblem representing the allies. Being as its a video about DDay and they actually landed at one of the beaches, and were one of the nations actually liberating the towns and cities of France.

[@The_Commandant]

Our Canadian brothers don't get enough recognition for their efforts. Most people nowadays don't know that Canada even participated in WW2. The Nazis should have expected them, though. They never said that they were sorry.

[@antony3632]

This is epic

[@hollywalters318]

Thanks for this compact explanation of Operation Overlord. BTW, there's a typo on the map Cane should be Caen.

[@UPSCNICK-UPSCCSECDSAFCAT]

are the images and clips used here from the actual landings?

[@divinegrace2190]

All the soldiers of the allied forces were soooooo brave.!

[@salvadorvizcarra769]

Propaganda has always led us to believe that we, "The Yankees", beat Hitler. But, I have news for you: The US did not win the war against Germany. The Russians won it. The Allied Army of the US, UK, Canada, Belgium and France (and Poland, and other countries), was able to reach Normandy, thanks to the Soviets destroying the Nazis in Stalingrad, Leningrad and in Kurks, in 1943. It took them 289 days but the Russians won and without the help of nobody… OF NOBODY! Normandy was until June 1944, and Mr. “Hollywood” Patton did NOT manage to set foot on Germany until January 1945, when the Red Army was going over Berlin. General Patton was able to enter Germany only when the Russians were 180 kilometers from the Oder River (LOL). The Allies were defeated at Arnhem (Market Garden Sep. 25-1944), and at The Battle of the Bulge (Jan. 25-1945). General Patton was paralyzed without fuel, while the Red Army was preparing for its last offensive. Look: It took the Allies 8 months to advance only 550 kilometers from Normandy to Arnhem, and from there, start the Withdrawal to the border of France (What?), facing a virtually defeated German Army cuz USSR. Well… The US has been defeated in Korea, Vietnam, Cuba, Lebanon, Somalia and now, in Afghanistan. However, the powerful US Army defeated the tiny island of Grenada, as it faced a fearsome army of 287 Police Officers, since Grenada does NOT have an army. In fact, they were half this number, since the Policemen on the afternoon shift had not yet come to work. What seems incredible is the fact that the US was defeated by Vietnam. What? Did the US lose the war against Nam? OMG! Against a poor country, underdeveloped, malnourished, without Navy, without Air Force, NO Marines, Green Berets, SEALs, Rangers, Delta Force, USMC, Rambos or Chuck Norris. Defeated by a country of peasants without strategic plans, no B-59 Bombers, PT-Boats, Atomic Submarines, without Aircraft Carriers, NO Continental Missiles, nor Tanks, Choppters, AR-15, Gatlin Machins, Flamethrowers, Napalm, Agent Orange... and to top it off, defeated by an army of teenagers who had no shoes… WITHOUT SHOES!!! Army that fought with bamboo sticks!!! Charlie Kicked Our Asses and even invaded our Embassy.

[@MostKnownUnKnown91]

Great video!

[@historyonmaps]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@pankajchouksey2571]

Which Software do you use to animate? Please let me know

[@historyonmaps]

We used After Effects

[@pankajchouksey2571]

@@historyonmaps I doesn't think after effect can do this because I use after effect for pro video editing 🤔

[@artificialanimeuniverse5063]

Cool explanation

[@jdabudman]

History is repeating itself…

[@CJ_1406]

Adolf Hitler: It is the most famous victory in history. Charles de Gaulle: Are you sure about that?

[@CCHOOPS123]

Great video ! Informational and beautifully animated. May I know which software do you use to animate this beautifully.

[@HoopSquad1898]

d-day was the one war i liked watching ww2 was my second favourite war to watch

[@andrewisjesus]

Remember that the Eastern Front was responsible for Normandy invasion to be possible. In the west we get told a version of history that excludes the fact that the Soviet Union was allies in the same sense that the United States was Allied with great britain. It was an effort on both ends of the spectrum. It was the only way that such a thing could be possible. Which is the reason that the Soviet Union rightly takes a lot of pride in their victory

[@nicholasbt4863]

exactly. People dont mention Soviet Union on the invasion of Normandy. Without Russia fighting hard in the eastern front, Hitler was forced to deploy a large amount of his army there, which gave the opportunity for the D Day to happen

[@barryw2659]

@@nicholasbt4863 And on the other hand if the Germans hadn't deployed ~ 45% of their troops in Europe in anticipation of D-Day the Germans would have most likely captured Moscow and Russia. So yes, both sides need to be mentioned in complimentary and complementary fashion.

[@svennyhenny]

@@barryw2659 "complimentary and complementary" I like that lol

[@lt2008]

Tell me more about the city of Cane that was recaptured on 21 July...

[@jugghead-1975]

This is getting less and less attention and I guess it's inevitable it'll be all but forgotten to history and historians. I know beyond a doubt it won't be in my children's lives... I've made sure of that and I hope you have ! Semper fi

[@rossmcl1776]

This is really interesting. I've given it a like, but I think you need some French language lessons! You manage to pronounce Calais, Cherbourg, Caen, and Provence completely wrong, which I'm afraid undermines your video somewhat. Also, your maps could acknowledge that the Allies had conquered half of Italy by D-Day, rather than leaving the whole of Italy red. I'm trying to be helpful. I really like the style and tone of this. Its just these little mistakes undermine the whole thing unfortunately. If you could correct these it'd be great.

[@KubaS3k.]

Shut up frog

[@stevenvanderwee2849]

Also, North Africa had been liberated by 1944.

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[@iamnatekea]

No one cares. Pls be quiet

[@carsonreinhardt8555]

The music at the beginning of the video, what's it called?

[@williamwells1862]

USS Barnett APA-5 DEPLOYMENTS - MAJOR EVENTS BARNETT Add a APA-5 Shellback Initiation Add a APA-5 Deployment - Major Event Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event SEP 1940 - Commissioned: 25 SEP 1940 APR 1942 - Shellback Initiation - 23 APR 1942 - Atlantic Ocean APR 1944 - AUG 1944 Mediterranean JUN 1944 - Shellback Initiation - 6 JUN 1944 - Pacific Ocean APR 1946 - Decommissioned: 30 APR 1946 APA-5 GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS Class: McCawley-class attack transport Complement: 491 Officers and Enlisted Displacement: 9600 tons Length: 486 feet 6 inches First ship to land delivered General Teddy Roosevelt who commanded the landings when the troops reached the beaches with no concern for his safety. My Uncle Don Wells was an Ensign on the USS Barnett. He talked about dropping General Roosevelt off. They took on wounded. He never talked about the gore only saying it was "Hell." He turned 100 Saturday. He went around to schools as part of a Kiwanis program around Alexandria, Va. with veterans to discuss WWII with them. He went to Sicily after that for a landing, and then on to the Pacific never talking about it.

[@zesenxie6513]

The end of world war 2 is Jpananese signing the unconditional surrender, not Germany.

[@tars7706]

Exactly. This video is incorrect. War was over in Europe but ww2 wasn’t over until the Japanese surrendered

[@yusiyola2011]

What’s the difference between casualties and confirmed dead?

[@i.lynott9919]

Why is Ireland shown alongside Britain in the thumbnail??

[@DryUrEyesM8]

D Day was initially planned to take place on or around May 1st

[@nascar3fan108]

Thank you for making this video I'm a huge ww2 history fan in this is a much easier explanation of what happend

[@thincung7433]

Also you didn't mention that the bombers MISSED there targets which were the fortifications and artillery ETC.

[@athespartanfan2744]

1:17 me as a Michigander being super offended we’re not on the map

[@MRBecker-um9op]

This a nice overview. I might suggest that that map should be updated. "Russia" is shown when it should be the Soviet Union, and parts of what should be the Soviet Union (Belorussian Republic, Ukrainian Republic) are not colored to indicate the actual extent of the Eastern Front.

[@paule7392]

WHICH AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT WAS BIGGER THAN D-DAY, IM CURIOUS. YOU SAID IT WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST.

[@iamwavey]

I’m here from that one veteran on TikTok 😔 what a legend

[@Fish-tz8yn]

a little inaccuracy with gold beach it was 1,100 casualties you mixed up the 400 with dead

[@aconn2755]

Deadass…? Imagine getting corrected by a fish ☠️

[@tars7706]

Completely incorrect. The Germans surrendered but Japan was still fighting in the pacific. WW2 did not end when Germany surrendered. It was months later after Japan surrendered on the USS Missouri

[@gamexsimmonds3581]

So because he got that's wrong, the video is completely in correct

[@tars7706]

@@gamexsimmonds3581 affirmative

[@danielafreedman]

It was more like 4,500 casualties at Omaha Beach!

[@theMcWOPPER]

Why did you have modern borders on your maps?

[@debbiefitzgerald1869]

Video:The US joined the war in an attempt to win it Me: 🤦

[@asdf9890]

I know, what was that even supposed to mean?

[@escobarsgrandson9138]

Why isint anzac included????

[@lightfootpathfinder8218]

Because there wasn't any Australian or New Zealand ground forces on D Day

[@myloflex]

I feel like this isn’t accurate. This was considered as a total disaster. Paratroopers death was as high as 75%. it was worse on the beach. They bombed the wrong area providing no cover…it was a miracle we won that at all

[@hahdjhahshhhd4717]

I am 17 and i have found brutal mistakes

[@asdf9890]

Yeah, lots of meaningless info or flat wrong (one date said 1945, but was supposed to be 44). Still interesting presentation, just wasn’t that well scripted.

[@nicholashoughton7364]

I appreciate all the stats but there are errors of pronunciation of place names and at least one spelling mistake e.g. CAEN, not CANE. But otherwise, good summary.

[@idontwantonamethischannel]

at juno there was also a canadian tank brigade

[@premier_leaks]

cane ? you mean Caen right ?

[@zefzefezrzerezr]

helloo very good 😀

[@asdf9890]

Lots of wrong info here. Dates and such, the maps, etc

[@cassiusw90s]

You shouldn’t rely on any video in which the narrator doesn’t know how to pronounce the most well known French locations like “Provence” or “Cannes”.

[@theflyingdropbear2009]

there is an error, WW2 only ended for Europe on May 8, the second world war ended 4 months later after Japan surrendered.

[@petersutherland7962]

Occupied areas in different years are wrong

[@fudomyoo9762]

It’s Caen not Cane

[@gauravproton1956]

Cool

[@hiki9911]

I can’t take the intro music seriously mostly because I haven’t been paying attention to the literature.

[@ioanmitru478]

I want recreate this in totally acurate battle simulator

[@BreakingWhite]

🇬🇧🇺🇸🇨🇦🇷🇺 unstoppable

[@billderinbaja3883]

Great video! Question: You say "D-Day was one of the largest and most dangerous assaults in human history." Was there ever a bigger one?

[@sharvenkevin1699]

I suppose the Nazi Invasion of the Soviet Union. If I'm not wrong, there were about 4 million germans for the invasion.

[@britishrajball6860]

@@sharvenkevin1699 no 4 million germans

[@sharvenkevin1699]

@@britishrajball6860 Ah, thanks for the correction

[@britishrajball6860]

@@sharvenkevin1699 no problem bro 👍👍

[@lightfootpathfinder8218]

It was probably the most daring "seaborne assault" in history

[@khajoor1313]

Thank you

[@thevillaaston7811]

9 mins, 5 seconds. Total rubbish. The invasion date for 1944 had been set at the Trident conference, not at Tehran.

[@1-lil_nico]

one man ideology can cause millions of lives

[@Giobaski]

God Bless America 😎

[@michaelbeighton8079]

It's Caen, not Cane.

[@aconn2755]

How many fish died during WWII?

[@asdf9890]

I was watching a war film and theee were dead fish on the beach…I had that same thought 😂

[@OfficialWaterGun]

Germany had to be attacked by three nations to capture a beach. Germany was powerful in 1941-44

[@CrunchyWafer]

re-create it in live action!

[@warriorlink8612]

No half measures

[@CaseysRepository]

Ireland isn't part of great Britain , it's just small part in the north east

[@Drew-vv9ef]

So little views bro, rip youtube algorithm

[@jiimmyplayz]

Wait but I could have sworn WWII ended with the atomic bombing of 2 major Japanese cities, causing the emperor to call it quits....... Edit:Nevermind I’m a dumbass. Japan was against the US still so they world war didn’t end for United States or Japan yet but ended in Europe. God I need to pay attention in United States history🙄

[@tars7706]

Correct. The war was over in Europe but ww2 was still in full swing with Japan fighting in the pacific. After the 2 atomic bombs Japan surrendered and that’s when ww2 ended

[@kerat7791]

I just got the point of making 'call of duty' games

[@sadekmohamed4193]

Tomorow the day i went wear my german uniform i reeactor german wermach

[@marsdelver8349]

Germany surrendering was not the end of WWII

[@Mr_bataa]

Play Song named paint it black

[@mjtheasyluminmate]

Southern part of france was the free French right

[@lightfootpathfinder8218]

No it was pro German Vichy France but the Germans occupied it in November 1942

[@Cusulozz]

They were the germinators

[@PUARockstar]

It wasn't russia that third reich invaded, it was entirety of the USSR, either in practice, in name or in map, which shows just russia indeed for some reason. Weirdness overload.

[@jacobwilliams5271]

Wow America saved the World again!

[@stayswervin554]

For real

[@asdf9890]

It took all of the Allies working together.

[@jamesn2724]

It was an allied effort. In any case, historians believe the war wouldve been won without US input.

[@F.R.E.D.D2986]

Borders are good (Kind of)

[@sugeknightiswatchingyou]

They need to improve their maps, the borders are always wrong and that kinda makes me sad since this channel has great potential. I hope they make better maps in the future, they got everything to blow up!

[@timeisapathwalkingtounderstand]

Hitler did not commit suicide he escaped to Argentina. And many Nazis escaped to Mexico Central America and South America a lot of them became American citizen also.

[@aconn2755]

Deadass? 💀

[@krystellgracidaa2952]

@@aconn2755 ofc not 🤦‍♀

[@lordanrautraut5655]

Millions of lives loss of that day...

[@Syamhouse_]

#happythanksgiving #maybenexttime

[@Venus-dg6vi]

+ Léo Major

[@Prauwlet213]

modern map not accurate..

[@MrBond249]

Wrong Canadian flag

[@motherdear3733]

It's pronounced share'bourg and pro'vance

[@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684]

pro'vonce.

[@kunalgaurhar220]

Ww2 was not ended...when Germany surrendered

[@Nookumwoogy]

How not to spell: Caen

[@richardbennett6237]

WWII wasn't over until Japan surrendered, some 3 months later ... u shudda asked, any old boomer cudda told u that ... !

[@krishnaubahir4373]

Again the maps are wrong

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[@dankedoge9782]

Your maps are so bad, it’s the same with your Barbarossa video

[@Historically_AccurateGeography]

your map sucks