In full: Armed Forces re-enact parachute drop in Normandy | D-day

Hundreds of Armed Forces personnel are parachuting over Normandy to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day.
As tributes moved from Portsmouth to the beaches of northern France, some 400 British, Belgian, Canadian and US paratroopers are taking part in the jump, descending into a historic D-Day drop zone to recreate the airborne liberation of Normandy in June 1944.
It comes after the King gave a speech earlier at a memorial event in Portsmouth, in which he warned that we must never forget the service and sacrifice of D-Day veterans and urged the nation not to take a “passive” role in listening to their tales of bravery and courage.
The King delivered a stirring address to the hundreds gathered in the sunshine, overlooking the sea where 80 years ago hundreds of thousands of men had set off for Normandy, so many never to return.
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[@hugorussell1486]

My great uncle Jim was a British tank commander during D Day. He was sitting on top of the lead tank with the top hatch open when a German anti aircraft gun, with its barrel lowered, sent a shell directly into the front of his vehicle. He was blown 30 foot in the air suffering extremely bad burns and landed in a ditch. His life was saved when a platoon of African / American soldiers found him later that day. He was so badly burnt and blackened from his injuries that the African American soldiers assumed he was one of their own and he later regained consciousness in an American field hospital! Amazingly he survived and subsequently lived well into his 80’s. Heroes

[@NearlyH3adlessNick]

Truly re-enacting D-Day by experiencing people not landing entirely where they expected to land. I call that an authentic re-enactment!!

[@Kalethekill]

They know where they landed, they're in Normandy.

[@yodawg3469]

Their comment went over your head​@@Kalethekill

[@Kalethekill]

@@yodawg3469 it's from Band of Brothers.

[@cecilarchibald1551]

God bless America Great Britain,Canada and the free world

[@bpdbhp1632]

Heroes from now honouring heroes from then

[@ARISTOCA8T]

Beautiful, we shall always remember them, not only that but all the preparation that was put into planning the D day landings and all the men and woman involved.

[@cyrus..]

😃👍💯👏🇨🇦🇬🇧🇺🇲🇨🇵🫡🪖🪂🪂 .....bravo, vive les parachutistes...hommage et honneur à tous ces parachutistes et soldats qui ont sacrifiés leur vie pour délivrer notre belle Normandie et notre douce France....🪂🪖🪂🪖🪂🪖🫡🙏🏻🕊🗽🇺🇲🇬🇧🇨🇦🇨🇵💙🤍❤️🫶✈️✈️🪖🪂🪖🪂🪖🪂🙏🏻🌹💋🫡

[@melina001a]

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them.

[@user-ke5yv3zi5j]

Thursday, June 6, is the 80th anniversary of D-Day, the allied invasion of France to defeat Nazism. Very few veterans survive, but I was in Normandy for the 50th year observance, travelling with veteran paratroopers on D-Day Eve, 1994. I was supposed to witness airborne veterans parachuting from a vintage aircraft into a VIP area, but I decided to leave my space to a veteran, so I walked into Ste Mere-Eglise, the first French town liberated by our paratroopers, to wait for the parade- the ceremonial re-enactment of the battle- to assemble in the church square where the carnival of American television- Bryant Gumbel and Joan Lunden- were all broadcasting to the US and the world. As I moved through the mass of people to photograph the parade, I was overtaken by a surging throng screaming “Vivre Americain! Merci Americain!.” I kept saying, “Je ne suis pas une veteran!” but it didn’t matter. They wanted to physically embrace Americans today. I have photos of the parade. A line of mounted Gendarmerie cleared the path. The 68-year-old airborne veterans who had jumped again raised beer cans and cheered. Then- future Chairman JCoS General Hugh Shelton led combat-ready detachments of contemporary American paratroopers, fresh from the fight against Iraq. The victors of Desert Storm saluted the victors of Normandy with a triumph that would have paled Ceasar. The best light infantry of any army, anywhere, at any time in history, were feted by thousands of grateful, free people from around the world, their clamor to render all honors and glory to the airborne forces of the United States.

[@williamdegnan8934]

And to the other Airborne units that came from other countries. All as one Army united to fight for our freedom. And may have to do it again in the future,

[@mathenalamotte3523]

Respect ❤️

[@jabersawaya7131]

God rest their souls who perished during D Day

[@johndavis6119]

Wonderful reenactment of the Airborne forces landing in Normandy behind enemy lines.

[@user-cm8co5nx4k]

Glory to the Free World!

[@RebeccaTurner-ny1xx]

Free for whom? Only for the interests of global capital.

[@angelofjustice913]

thanks to the heroes for their services and their sacrifice for defense our freedom . A true and great generation of all time

[@skyedog24]

I've never noticed this before , except for this video there are 139 views but 406 likes ?

[@Ozymandias83]

Lag in the numbers updating

[@danielroque8504]

Heroes~~On D-day~men jumped to fight for the freedoms we take for granted today~they faced gunfire, imprisonment, death~but they still jumped....we today, get mad if our WIFI is down~~

[@teeguy100]

Truly humbled by what those brave men achieved 80yrs ago. I listen to WWII era radio broadcasts every night. I feel that we all must understand what the world was like then to understand what we face today. Community and constitutional governance are still alive and we must all nurture and stoke the flame. VOTE!

[@PAS_2020]

Have read up a lot on the D-Day parachute jumps. Eisenhower was literally sick - he thought he was sending them all to their deaths.😊

[@mhamedshaaban6626]

British , British , British 💜💜💜

[@Novice-Otaku]

Although it is amazing what the allies were able to achieve, it must of been terrifying for those who were forced to carry out the commands of Ntzi Germany

[@mariarucci78]

We shan’t forget

[@Mosoman42]

They weren't asked for there passports in 1944

[@05Hogsrule]

AIRBORNE Daddy Gonna take a little trip! STAND-UP, HOOK-UP...Shuffle to tha Door... Jump right out and count to 4.

[@leemackie8434]

💓🇦🇺🇬🇧💓💗

[@phillipzx3754]

I remember my dad telling me how they jumped c-130s and used steerable canopies on D-Day. 😉

[@user-xt9kl1vm3z]

C47s!

[@phillipzx3754]

@@user-xt9kl1vm3z I jumped an old C-119 when I was at Benning in 72. The only C47 I was around was the one that crashed, killing part of the Golden Knights team. I was jumping with the 82nd Parachute club the morning it happened. I was joking about a "re-enactment" using C-130s. I also spotted some steerable canopies and some T11s being used in this "re-enactment." 🙂

[@tbd-5160]

Right, but it's tomorrow

[@MarkfromtheStates]

The paratroopers dropped onto Normandy on the 5th to try to secure the guns that were to fire on the beaches.

[@tbd-5160]

@@MarkfromtheStates No they dropped under the cover of night, which is still hours from now.

[@petrl7964]

​@@tbd-5160 It's quite obvious why they didn't re-enact it at night.

[@MarkfromtheStates]

@@tbd-5160 true but it is a re-enactment and no one is going to be watching late at night plus for the safety of paras...

[@theduke6951]

Nice!! It'll be more realistic if they use the C-47 plane and they wear the WW2 airborne uniform and gears.

[@ferrari2k]

Ehm... why today and not tomorrow? D-Day was on the 6th of June and I can read a calendar...

[@MarkfromtheStates]

The paratroopers dropped onto Normandy on the 5th to try to secure the guns that were to fire on the beaches.

[@teambanzai9491]

@@MarkfromtheStates That’s incorrect. The jumps occurred just past midnight of 06 June. The airborne forces were just hours ahead of the main Normandy landings.

[@MarkfromtheStates]

@@teambanzai9491 Fair enough. They took off on the 5th and jumped on the 6th. I stand corrected

[@chrischarman6479]

@@teambanzai9491 "just ahead" is quite a thing for a group of young guys parachuted into enemy held territory in the dark of night. I have it on good authority that they felt very exposed and alone until the following day.

[@darthscion]

They probably did it in the daytime for safety reasons. And maybe have other events planned for the 6th.

[@user-vo4wc2jz8g]

13:25 legs up oof!

[@samward7921]

😂lol

[@mr6johnclark]

A true re-enactment involves landing in places they didnt expect to land. Anti-aircraft fire in the dead of night! But this'll do!

[@aminekhaldi2565]

Hi

[@Loneranger670]

Airborne all the way.

[@davidelms4165]

One of the Paras had a peculiar landing on his arse ha.

[@Zodiacircle]

This is good to see. But all I can think is; those that fought and died or survived WWII, didn't do it so their decedents would be living in a world where the education systems would make them take hormone blockers at the age of 14 or younger nor identify as a cat or a dog..

[@Seballs666]

Unfortunately Evil will always persist, it takes many different forms.

[@bobbypin889]

worst camera operator ever ......

[@walterperry4565]

Did Trump make the jump?

[@laurencebrowning1545]

After Brexit, I do hope they had their passports at hand!

[@DavidDragonetti]

Looks amazing but also looks extremely dated. Deploying troops like this is the stuff of bygone years.

[@novemberalpha6023]

Old people of Normandy: "ah s#it..... Here we go again."

[@Scitch-et4vk]

No islamists out for the services I see ....

[@tripodcatz5532]

French Forces re-enacted immediately surrendering to everyone in sight. That's why all the bystanders have white flags.

[@user-xt9kl1vm3z]

Being checked on landing by immigration! 😅😅😅😅

[@paul-gr9jk]

They all died for nothing ..sadly we just let them take over now with our king and government blessing

[@warukraine9650]

it happened that Germany defeated Europe and destroyed them in a few months, and then Russia or the USSR destroyed Germany all by itself... when Germany was destroyed, the other allies decided that they too must be participants and contribute symbolically to the victory....

[@devasish204]

what a beautiful fake video?

[@TMGold60]

P...s Orf!

[@NehemiahParsons]

What’s the bag at the bottom of the parachute 4