June 6, 1944 - The Light of Dawn | History - D-Day - World War II Documentary

[@brandonmontemayor8178]

It’s a shame you blurred out these men. They deserve to be seen, they gave us everything they had and more, show their face!

[@touraneindanke]

KZbin has very strict policy’s !! By not obeying them yr channel gets taken off. Otherwise you statement is correct those men should be held in our memory and respected 💪💔

[@nicodiep]

@@touraneindanke As a child I was following "World At War" with out fail every Sunday afternoon on national tv. One of the best made programs documenting WW2! Never did they blur out the dead. 40 years on I'm in my 50s but now not deemed capable of witnessing the effects of war and the cost men had to pay... I feel blurring out and censoring took some away from this otherwise good documentary... This is history... Shame on KZbin for treating there viewer like children and forcing this on us ....

[@Narmer61]

Couldnt agree more...Im from Chicago and have to see Lori Lightfoots face...DEATH doesnt disturb me at all

[@vivians9392]

Perhaps they were considering the feelings of their family and friends...I think so.

[@jdlamb4212]

@@touraneindanke they're stealing this content anyways and don't need to be paid

[@jackiestowe6987]

I just lost my hero. My step dad. He was 93. At the age of seventeen he piloted a Higgins boat onto Normandy Beach. They say they were the first ones the German’s shot at, the boat driver. He was a good man.

[@irenec2863]

I am sorry for your loss. I have visited a WWII museum that tells the story of the Higgins boats. May your stepfather rest in peace.

[@michealgillman7418]

What a man he was...proud you should be

[@michealgillman7418]

@Michael Murray how amusing you are..

[@cavlizzy]

I just lost my 88 yr old mom on D-Day this year (6-6-23) We both visited the Normandy beaches for the 60th Anniversary… There is no way to describe the feeling of the American cemetery at Omaha beach… Beautiful but very moving.

[@trumphair3519]

Спасибо за помощь! Соболезную

[@mariegallezot1277]

I am French, my father was a small Parisian boy at the time of the allied landings. Honour to these thousands of young men so valuable, so courageous who sacrificed their lives for a country which was not theirs. I am forever grateful to them. My father always spoke of them that way. May they and their families be blessed for eternity.

[@dricfiiu151]

mmm km n. un😊 bb ok ho hay ok jua es las la p hay

[@rustykid1285]

@@dricfiiu151?

[@pascalmwangi6045]

Hello...Kindly share yr address

[@VladimjrPutin]

It is American since that Day. Now its african also thanks to Nato

[@shable1436]

​@@VladimjrPutin shuttup troll

[@hiddengem12-o9s]

There's a book called Windswept Lies of War, and it talks from censored history and hidden secrets to lost files and classified documents about World War II, it's the real deal.

[@phillipwebster8136]

Where can you purchase this book

[@twztedsoldiergaming6338]

But if they are lost files how can they have hidden secrets, very confused about that statement, but thanks for the heads up on the book deff getting a copy

[@amarshmuseconcepta6197]

@@hiddengem12-o9s 💥🎯💥 *war-machiners* 💰 *EXPOSED* 💰 👎🏁🤺 *Cnuts* 🤨"follow it! 💰

[@javajetson257]

And, D-Day started on June 6th, at 6am. Or, 666...

[@colbysmith6009]

​@twztedsoldiergaming6338 i believe when people refer to things as lost files etc. It simply means the file was "lost" than found quite some time later. The same way a lost civilization isn't really "lost" it's just taken a long time to find them again!

[@FlorianAflenze]

If there is a veteran of this operation watching this and reading these words, thank you from the bottom of my heart for all you did and all you gave.

[@davecopp9356]

To all the german soldiers of WW2: Respect and thank you for your service. You gave it all with honor and loyalty till the bitter end. RIP.

[@TheKlonTM]

@@davecopp9356 Yeah? Really? They defended their Nazi regime, defended that all those germans could kill over 6 Million Jews. Great, really awesome what they did. With every german soldier fighting longer, more innocent people were killed by thos fukin nazis. Thanks to every dead nazi for dying. But yes, thank you to all soldiers of the allys fighting against those bastards.

[@nkel6111]

not there in europe....... but this MARINE was elsewhere in 68-69.

[@NagatoOPRESSORTHUGLIFE]

​@@davecopp9356 I smell national socialism coming from you. Nazis doesn't deserve any salute.

[@dingleberryxo7623]

The youngest veterans would be 97 yrs old by now. And probably already passed their bedtime.

[@jcs6347]

My father landed on the Omaha beach. He never mentioned it until he was in hospice in 2001. Never. What he said about his landing that it was horrible. The sand was red from blood as far as you could see and the water too; and you had to walk on the dead bodies to get off the beach. That's all he ever said about his war experience to me. His mother, my grand mother, told me why he didn't have any toe tips when I was really young, maybe 6 or 7. She said Dad lost them in the bulge. It took 15 - 20 years to realize what she meant. War never ends for those and their families that live it. Never. I do not want to distract from this video at all; the theme reminded of a lot of things, and I thought I needed to voice something. Thank you

[@ok-kk3ic]

Thanks for sharing!

[@blueberryog69]

My gpa was also on the beaches of Normandy, he still talks about it today he was stationed in Ft. Riley, Kansas, he was an Army Ranger on one of the first 50 boats to arrive onto the shore, I guess when they landed as soon as the ramp came down he told me his buddy got shot in the face and he tried to drag him onto shore but the water was too deep so he had to leave him and that the water was in fact pure red from left to right he said he hadn’t ever been more scared in his whole life. He had gotten shot in the leg several times I guess the medic that was helping him got shot in the neck and another medic came over to help and he got blown to pieces from a German hand grenade. I couldn’t imagine being there I think I’d shit my pants. My gpa made it out alive though he told me many stories about his experience, I love listening to him speak about it. He’s still alive and 97 years old, can’t believe what all he had to do through I am very proud of him.

[@florinn166]

@@blueberryog69 No offense, but 2023 - 92 = 1931. Someone born in 1931 was 13 or 14 on D day. Much health to your grandpa!

[@blueberryog69]

@@florinn166 🤦‍♂️ yes I made a typo thank you lol. He’s 97.

[@solamustapha5444]

My utmost respect for the veterans

[@jonpatterson7211]

I initially had no intention of watching this until the end. I found I could not look away. If there is a veteran of this operation watching this and reading these words, thank you from the bottom of my heart for all you did and all you gave. There will never be another group of men, regardless of your nationality, to whom we owe so much. We are forever in your debt.

[@jackpleb2360]

They absolutely sucked. They were terrible. I am a combat veteran. They were wrong. The bad guys won wwii.

[@thezodiackiller420]

Anytime fam😎

[@nodnoc9627]

@@thezodiackiller420you were a veteran of this operation?

[@deborahbergman3566]

Hear hear. This isn't going to be nice. But here goes. What really chaps my American a__ is how my fellow American vets had to sacrifice themselves in much larger numbers while dinky winky Brits/Canadians took the easier routes. This "Brit" vid acts like Brits caught all kinds of Germans. Bull sh--. The moronic queer sounding narrator actually has the nerve to say that Americans didn't know where much of Europe was on a map. LOL. That's why we'd had better training and valor when it came to that time of war. Of course, they had to know maps very well...even if most war vets weren't really aware of exactly where they were headed. That's part of war anyway duh. More Americans died but they captured more and destroyed more of enemy weaponry and bases. Yes, the RBA helped significantly but as it seems Americans did the grunt and detail all the way through. Not entirely of course, but sort of reminds me of Americans in the private yachting industry and yet these losers in Euro-TrashVille have the nerve to revel in putting Americans down to this dammm day. Guess what, LIKE we care. We're still the main character in the English international world, Mr and Ms BooHooJealousy. Glad you're enjoying our industries and technology STILL. And we don't have to speak your overtly pedantic "queens" English. What a joke. You never really deserved us in the first place. AND your "commander" Mont-Weeny something was too slow and cowardly to handle this years before. If he's such a hero, why did he wait years too long before these vermin spread throughout Europe? It wasn't our land anyway. So for all Americans who've been vets present, past, way back during the War....YOURE WELCOME. Yeah shut up.

[@Voltage72]

@@nodnoc9627 I'm guessing not.

[@midnightrider7648]

my dad landed on Omaha Beach that morning with the 147th Combat Engineers, 6th Engineers Special Brigade aboard the US 91 LCI (L). The 91 hit an underwater mine as it neared the Dog White sector. My dad returned to Omaha Beach after the war and took a pic of the wrecked 91. That pic is next to my comment. Thank you dad, I'm so proud of you.

[@Tilles-y2b]

Hello were you born July 6th in 48?,, 7664 here Greetings

[@clayp7682]

I am a retired U.S. Marine 2012-2018. I will never forget when I met a Navy Sailor who served in the Pacific during WWII. He described to me the horrors of Kamikaze attacks and looked me dead in the eyes, practically in tears, and said "The Marine fighter pilots saved me and my crew from certain death. From the bottom of my heart, thank you" and shook my hand. I got chills down my spine. This was the greatest generation.

[@LonelyFinn]

Semper Fi

[@darrenhill3514]

2006-2010 0351 Marine here...that's an excellent experience. The things the men and women went through back then are horrific.

[@ciararespect4296]

I'm an ex SAS soldier but still doing operations on a secret level in Russia atm The bravery is outstanding

[@bkanders1]

@@abroukkhaldoun7097 كلامك هراء. يسمح القرآن والحديث بخوض الحروب إذا أمكن تبريرها.

[@TheMladen333]

@@ciararespect4296 what u mean still doing operations on a secret level in russia?

[@jamieambler6178]

I'm not sure if it's my age or my professional interest in Doc films, but as a son of a recently passed British war mum I am drawn to this period and the sheer magnitude of the hope and eternal suffering. How a tiny island managed to hang on is beyond me. My mother, as just one part of her "War Effort" was visiting the wounded (sadly mostly American kids) she went into graphic detail the terrible wounds and the horror of war, but was always able to say. "well that's what you did then, there was no other choice." Subsequent generations were gifted Choice by individuals like my mum and the soldiers of D-Day as a way of life because of the millions who simply did what they had to do. These docs celebrate all of them. Thank you.

[@Spartacus4850]

The island held on because Indians and Africans were with the Empire. The real heroes are never acknowledged sadly. The handful Englishmen would have certainly lost, evident from Dunkirk

[@Scotland2306]

@@Spartacus4850 100% correct. Too many people ignore the commonwealth troops and our allies who helped.

[@wesleypresley1000]

There were no Indians or Africans at Monte Casino.@@Spartacus4850

[@petertlusty3343]

@@Spartacus4850 You probably know more about what goes on in the Colosseum then you do about events leading up to Dunkirk !

[@petertlusty3343]

@Norberto_G Nope if it hadn't been for the Leader of that small island Russia would be speaking German now !

[@John-ob7dh]

My Dad was there that day .He died in 2021 age 99. The French gov awarded him the Legion d Honneur. Takes pride of place in my home.

[@juliad368]

I'm French and very grateful to your father. My Norwegian grand father was executed by the Nazis. I think of him so often especially now I'm older than he ever was.

[@annaelisavettavonnedozza9607]

God bless you & your father ❤

[@paulohernandez2523]

LMAO

[@mannyellibero9786]

A tu Padre le agradecemos , no solo Francia, todo el mundo.

[@John-ob7dh]

@@juliad368 jeez,that must be a hard memory .

[@Abrikosik34]

Битва при Фализе - "Крупнейшая бойня за всю историю военных действий" (5000-6000 погибщих немцев) Тем временем: 1. Битва за Москву ~500 000 погибших немцев 2. Сталинградская битва ~850 000 погибших немцев 3. Курская битва ~440 000 погибших немцев 4. Битва за Днепр ~400 000 погибших немцев 5. Битва на Правобережной Украине ~250 000 погибших немцев 6. Операция «Багратион» ~409 000 погибших немцев 7. Восточно-Прусская операция ~487 300 погибших немцев 8. Смоленское сражение ~250 000 погибших немцев 9. Битва за Кавказ ~281 000 погибших немцев 10. Битва под Киевом ~128 600 погибших немцев Ну да, куда этим битвам до крупнейшей бойни при Фализе за всю историю военных действий...

[@grey_wolf8302]

Отработало 5 копеек,зомбированное существо,лживое и тупое.

[@nikitahehe5241]

За всю войну США потеряло ~500 000 солдат, Британия ~300-400 000. СССР - 27 миллионов как гражданских так и солдат. Клюквенная пропаганда капитализма расскажет про кровавый режим Сталина и заградотряды из фильма "Враг у ворот", и будут гордиться только высадкой в Нормандии, ведь за всю историю войны они сделали настолько мало, что при подписании капитуляции советскому офицеру, немецкий офицер скажет, указывая на союзников "И эти тоже нас победили?". Операция в Нормандии нужна была капиталистам только для того, чтобы ВСЯ победа не досталась коммунистам. Смешно смотреть как союзники чуть ли не целуют в десна военнопленных нацистов. А теперь немного цитат Паттона. Паттон о смерти за Родину "Я хочу, чтобы вы помнили, что ещё ни один ублюдок не выиграл ни одной войны, умирая за свою страну. Выигрывает тот, кто заставляет других бедных тупых ублюдков умирать за свою." "…Только прикажите, и я выброшу русских за Вислу…" Так вот, отвечая всем таким же особо уверенным. Вы не только воевать не умеете, это и так стало понятно по всем конфликтам заканчивая вторую мировую, начиная с 1945 по сегодняшний день от конфликтов США скончалось более 50 миллионов жизней по всей планете. Но вы так же не сможете победить Россию, русских. Потому что мы никогда не лезли к другим, мы решали проблемы между собой и выгоняли врага со своей земли.

[@vladimirkulikov9561]

@@nikitahehe5241 ну ты балабол

[@ericephemetherson3964]

This documentary forgets to mention the Polish troops. Yet at 59:23 you can see the Polish flag being mounted. It is a shame that the Polish Soldier was forgotten here. There were 17 thousand Polish Soldiers by the side of Canadians: ''It was by pure coincidence that the Polish armoured division, 17,000 men who had fled Hitler's invasion of their country in 1939 by escaping to Britain, became the liberators of Potigny as they fought across Normandy from the D-Day beaches beside the Canadian army.'' Also: ''Polish airmen took part in missions on D-Day and during the Battle of Normandy. Several Polish ships also took part in the naval part of D-Day, and the 1st Polish Armoured Division landed later in the campaign and took part in the fighting around the Falaise Pocket.'' Yet Polish troops did not take part in the Victory parade in London on 8th of June, 1946 because the Communistic regime of Stalin did not let them appear in London. Polish Soldiers and Polish airmen also must be remembered here!

[@rodrigjose]

I agree, I salute the Polish Soldiers!

[@ericephemetherson3964]

@@rodrigjose I confirm. And I thank you very much. Not to brag about myself but I mentioned the Polish soldiers because I am Polish-American and I served in the United States Army in 1970's. I feel so much affnity towards the US military uniform.

[@SN-xk2rl]

It is just a fact that more Poles joined with the Nazis than fought against them.

[@ericephemetherson3964]

@@SN-xk2rl Yes, the Poles fought for the Nazis; about 300 thousand of them and they had German blood in them such as the Kashubians who till today use their own language which resembles German language mixed with some Prussian language. But even though they were Polish citizens, they were of other ethnic origins such as Ukrainians, Belarussians, Lithuanians. And they joined the Nazis because they were more afraid of Communism rather than Germans. But Jews had also a part in liquidating their own people in Ghettos: ''The Jewish Ghetto Police or Jewish Police Service (German: Jüdische Ghetto-Polizei or Jüdischer Ordnungsdienst), also called the Jewish Police by Jews, were auxiliary police units organized within the Nazi ghettos by local Judenrat'' The Polish soldiers were the true Poles who loved their country and fought for it. So, they deserve honor.

[@generalsifr2995]

Majority of French Army were African and everything you see is all white French liberating french which is false.

[@mhpjii]

More and more young people worldwide need to watch these WW2 documentaries.

[@robertstimpfling5385]

Darned strait

[@Che2355]

I have recently watched a WWI uncensored documentary .. WWII was a piece of cake compared to that imo

[@saltycreole2673]

But it might hurt their little tutus as my WW2 Army Dad used to say. They don't make 'em that tough anymore if you ask me.

[@Che2355]

@@saltycreole2673 thats also true

[@numerian4516]

And instead, more and more history is being removed from their curriculum.

[@LordAbhartach]

Here watching this on the 80th anniversary of D-Day,2024.Never forget!!

[@rau2719]

80 aniversario, esto nunca habrá que olvidarlo!!

[@octavegautrin1969]

nous n'oublions pas les sacrifices fait pour libérer notre pays

[@KatyDidIt124]

same. 80th anniversary, an incredible documentary and time capsule. I worry that the memory, significance, horribleness and sacrifice is fading. Please Never forget!

[@moisesrecuencolabarrera4499]

Jamás!!!

[@Mail-is5lp]

😊😊😊😊​@@octavegautrin1969

[@TheMVCoho]

As a nurse WWII vets were always the BEST patients I ever had. Always upbeat regardless of the situation or hardship. Never self focused, they easily rolled with the punches and seemed grateful for the smallest things. I can tell you those horrific days of battle lived strong beneath their calm exteriors. I remember working one night and very old man in his 90s was yelling something about jumping in foxholes in his dreams. Sweetest man you every met, but he went to war in his dreams. Hard to believe they are almost all gone today. What a huge lose, those of us left behind have much work to do filling their giant shoes.

[@kennethlane3896]

Very well put @TheMVCoho.

[@Aaron-df6jc]

They were the greatest generation

[@user-qs4js9tf7c]

Благослови вас Бог!

[@smokeykitty6023]

With the people America is turning out now, we will never replace them. Selfish, selfish, selfish... What happened to helping your fellow man just because you can and not because you get a tax break.

[@Putin-Lox]

@@user-qs4js9tf7c Бог фашистов не благословляет.

[@elvinabell1900]

I worked at a VA nursing home arms heard many stories of their bravery. It was still hard for them to talk about it without crying. I had several patients who went to Normandy Beach. Their stories were truly terrible. I loved each one of those guys and was honored to be their nurse. This documentary is a reminder of each one of them and what they suffered. What a great, strong and courageous generation. We owe them great thanks for everything we have

[@aryfrenkiel8641]

❤️

[@suzannequinson8439]

We do, and thank you, ma'am, for caring for these heroes. God bless you.

[@nancyincolorado8581]

And we owe them not letting it happen again.

[@ba-dam9991]

And you played a very important part in this whole war, caring for the boys… must of been something for a young man wake up and see you there caring for them….and many others.. I salute you❤️🇺🇸🙏😃

[@gordonrobertson9072]

You would get a tear as i FIS when at the normands catery a young French who visité south her class sumer it all up with a cars left on a grave. ewe are the choildren you enver hard

[@andyman1032]

in 2004 i found a dog tag in a field in a place called chadelsfield England while metal detecting in a field it belonged to an American ww2 soldier called Kenneth McKnight from orange county Massachusetts in America and he was in the e502 company who was in the d day landings in Normandy he was only 22 when he signed up i was able to return it to Mr mc knight as he was gladly still alive his family were so happy and grateful and was able to piece together his journey from the war to why the dog tab was in a field in England sadly Mr mac knight passed away a few years later but he is always in my thoughts and i always tell his story to servicemen vets i meet

[@sabinegroe2006]

Amazing 😻

[@tormentorxl2732]

Excellent!! Thank you for sharing. Gives me chills.

[@chazwickjeffriesvonbronswi9922]

What a great Story!

[@lonestarstate4x4liftedlife66]

that’s pretty cool man. Thanks for sharing your story.

[@guymontag9577]

Thank you for your kind act and consideration.

[@karlhungusjr1]

i've never seen anything about D Day from the French perspective until now, and I appreciate it greatly. this is so very well done and pays a great tribute to everyone involved regardless of nation. thank you.

[@TheLmoney420]

My Grandpa was 18 when he stormed the beaches at Normandy (Omaha) and he was awarded a Purple Heart for getting injured. I always wanted to talk to him about it, but he never wanted to speak on it so I never pressed him. I can only imagine the horrors he witnessed that day. It’s a miracle he turned out to be the kindest person I’ve ever known, he was my hero. RIP Gramps!

[@donreed]

Yes.

[@actarionx1344]

@@donreed I'm French and i want to say thanks to our heros, your Grandpa !

[@faustine928]

I'm French and i live in Normandy, in Cherbourg, thanks to your Grandpa and all this heroes for our country

[@eventocriativo6761]

I would very much like to have met this honorable man in person and thanked him in person.

[@bobpendlebury3733]

My father Fred, his brother Harry and their younger brother were among the first British troops to storm the beaches in Normandy...Fred and Harry survived but their younger brother was killed on the beaches, electrocuted by bare high voltage cables left by the Nazis ...

[@theoleschoolmusichawk]

20 year Army Vet.. 74-94 .. I must say I have been viewing quite a few WW2 Documentaries and this one is top of the line. Honor to those brave men who gave their lives for our day today.

[@randydiez3938]

AMEN ..

[@mpatrickthomas]

Thank you for serving.My dad,who is passed retired too from the Marine Corpse.He served,I believe from 47-67.He saw Korea and Vietnam.TY again for your service.I LOVE WW2 docs.There are a bunch of photos and videos that were Nazi propaganda that were made in 3d.Just get a cheap pair of 3d glasses.They are mind blowing.

[@zazasnruntz7505]

I’m black and I can guarantee you these whyte men never gave their lives for any black person in this country

[@MrDuke1290]

God bless you

[@scottlosey4978]

@@zazasnruntz7505 They gave there lives for the man on their right and the man on their left......the foundation of all infantry units in all countries.......brother, race doesn't have any fucking thing to do with it!

[@azenh]

Didn’t skip absolutely one minute of this, this war was literally hell. Rip to every brave soul we lost in the battlefield, and thank you.

[@Ролан-с8ы]

Мы потеряли больше, в войне с фашизмом! Воевали вместе. А теперь, вы наши враги! Дикий Запад.

[@nightingale7829]

"Bedanken" Sie sich bei den Urhebern des grauenhaften Krieges. Lesen sie dazu die hochbrisante George Friedman STRATFOR Rede 2015 (Chicago Council on Global Affairs 2015).

[@MasterCheeks-2552]

The reds have always been the enemy of the free world @@Ролан-с8ы

[@maxinefreeman8858]

​@@nightingale7829 I don't know who you're talking about? Germany declared war on the United States after Pearl Harbor.

[@henrycorvinus4045]

My father who was of German ancestry served in the U.S.A from D. Day through V.E. Day in the battle of Europe. My mother survived the occupation of Adolf Hitler. This documentary is outstanding.

[@Firearcher4]

I would love to shake Hitler's hand if given the chance. We have been lied to in the west about him.

[@marciavellozo896]

Fico triste por sua mãe 😢

[@8iosatlost209]

And my granduncle was the Gauleiter von Breslau, der Gauleiter von Niederschlesien. Deshalb durfte er auch seinen Familiennamen, Vorwerk, nicht führen. Ich kenne kein Foto von ihm und habe keine weitere Information jemals erhalten. Mein Onkel fiel östlich von Breslau 45 mit 18 Jahren und meine Familie wurde enteignet, sonst wäre ich heute Multimilliardär.

[@johnsilver2441]

@@8iosatlost209 хвастаться нечем.

[@suplente3335]

My grandfather drove a Sherman for the 1st Polish Armored Division. He fought against the communists when they invaded Poland and escaped to England to join the Allied army. The stories he told us about the war seemed to be taken from a movie, during the war 4 tanks were destroyed and he lost many colleagues. When we were kids my brother innocently asked him if he had killed anyone in the war, all he did was look at the ground, cry and walk away. When he got Alzheimer's, he mistook us for German soldiers, sent us to cook for the battalion. He will always be a hero to me, but the story of each one of these boys was very hard and sad.

[@Ciborium747]

Да , но если бы не Советский солдат, то твой дедушка мог и не дожить , а сгорел бы где нибуть в немецком концлагере.

[@olavwilhelm6843]

have you been drinking ??? What year did the communists invade poland ? and are you sure 4 Tanks were destroyed during the war?? maybe even 5 ?:-)) Oh and you should read about alzheimers before you put your grandpa to shame !! Do you really think a Alzheimers patient who looses the ability of memory and concentration can turn you "into a german soldier to cook for the battalion" Next time you need attention , take your neighbours garbage outside . It make for sense than insulting a Doku with a crap story like yours.

[@mitchellb.9877]

Beautiful story

[@C02045]

My Polish father also was a tanker with the same experience. He had to remain in the army until the Nuremberg trials as Poles who spoke German were needed there. Made for a long war. Lived a happy life in England until the age of 98.

[@ЭльмираАхметова-л2з]

Если бы не Советский солдат, который освободил все страны Европы, концлагеря,где фашисты уничтожали тысячами людей всех национальностей, не известно чтобы было ?! Спасибо советскому войну, спасшему человечество от фашизма! А какой ценой? Более 20 миллионов солдат и офицеров отдали свои жизни ради мира на земле! Чтобы жили мы как живем сейчас! 🙏

[@idesofmarch1001]

Good film. My father, who died in his bed in 2010, was a 19 year old landing craft commander in the Royal Marines taking French Canadians to Juno Beach in the second wave. On his return his craft hit a mine and was sunk, but as the craft was empty, and as there were numerous other vessels in the immediate vicinity, he and his crew were plucked out of the sea and survived. No one died. But pretty hair raising stuff, I must say. Much more than I ever accomplished in my life.

[@DonaldJUnruh]

Aa11

[@idesofmarch1001]

@@ramon3897 Really? My father contributed to freeing Europe from the Nazi yolk, and got shot at, mined and blown up, and almost killed, for his efforts. I can't imagine that you, or indeed anyone else alive today who didn't participate in the noble crusade that was that war, can claim to have done anything remotely as good in their lives. I certainly can't. What an asinine statement. You are a fool.

[@coolcat1684]

He was a badass, the greatest Generation…

[@CamMacMastermusic]

If you’re to translate Ramon in English it means dickhead.

[@tacobell5150]

I wouldn't say that, I'm sure that your father's sacrifice resulted in a fine person being raised by a remarkable man that knows and realizes that those who forget/ignore history are doomed to repeat it. atleast you come from stock that stood up and did what needed to be done, I'll bet my life that you would have done the same. thank you for your father's service to the world, and for your appreciation for what he did.

[@e4fc397]

My Great UncleJerry jumped into Normandy on D-Day with the 82nd Airbourne. He survived the war, wounded 3 times, Silver Star, 2 Bronze Stars. He died in 1996, never married, lived in my Grand Mothers basement as far back as I can remember as a little kid growing up in the 70s.. He was quiet and kept to himself, I would go down and visit him, I would walk with him to the corner store, he would hold my hand with his big hands, he would buy a carton of cigarettes and buy me candy. I didnt know he was in the war until after he passed away.

[@msmysticstorytime]

thats a touching story. so many brave men and war vets come back and are alone with their pain, disabilities .. not right. We would be all goose stepping if it werent for them

[@MrPaulowillians]

Nothing I or anyone can say trumps the courage and bravery of men like him. All my respect and full thanks to your greatuncle.

[@bizzirker]

I had the honor of meeting a man, who was 82nd airborne from st. Marie's Idaho. The story is he and 3 others from there all made the 82nd, and all returned. Delmar Shaw. He said it was because they knew how to shoot, and they were tough because of the logging they did. He had many stories, and he had a way of telling them that'd make you smile. He refrained from the bad ones. He went on an honor flight to Washington to see the memorials, and to me, was larger than life and a true American. Salute to you my friend, RIP.

[@e4fc397]

@@bizzirker My Dad told me that uncle Jerry was also selected for the Armys First Special Service Force which I didnt believe at first so I did some research and found his name on the units roster. He was 1 of only 1500 men to make the unit, they were a joint unit with some Canadiens.

[@АлексейПетров-х4э3х]

Если бы не Русские вас бы не было...​@@msmysticstorytime

[@stephane4266]

If some Americans, British or Canadian people read this post and if you know some vets who participated to this heroic actions just please tell them how grateful we the french people are for their sacrifice, I know a simple MERCI sound maybe light but beside this word there are thousand of different emotions in my heart,

[@BlackLizrd]

Wonderful, beautiful sentiment, thank you from the USA.

[@asMrsPeggy]

Ll

[@MalcolmFraser-n2f]

Excellent documentary. My mother was a Doctor at Freedom Fields Hospital in Plymouth which overlooked the harbor and was one of the major embarkation ports. The harbour had been crammed for weeks.. The weather on the night of June 5th was not good. She was astounded to see the harbour empty on the morning of the 6th. Being British no one at breakfast talked about the empty harbour. They just sat there silently. Then there was a phone call telling them to get ready for a large number of casualties. She died in 2003.

[@ВикторМустафин-з2в]

@@MalcolmFraser-n2f nou spit in glih , icskyzmi. Ok?

[@DennisRoussey]

My father jumped on DDay with the 82nd Airborne Division, 507/Co. B. He was wounded in Normandy on June 15 on a farm in La Bonneville where he lost his right eye when he was hit by shrapnel. He fought at Chef du Pont and the bridge at La Fiere. He was 26 on DDay and lived to be 94. I visited Normandy with him two times.

[@JohnDoe-dp4kx]

Thanks for his service! Eternal Gratitude🙏

[@jayr.9266]

That is awesome. Your dad came from a time when men were men, and you did what you had to do to get the job done. My grandfather was a gliderman/airborne in the 82nd. He entered the war through Holland along with British paratroopers in Operation Market Garden. I never really knew until watching Band of Brothers back then, and I recognized the patch on their Garrison cover was the same as in my grandads photos. I wish I had known him. I was told he never talked about the war other than his time in England before the push into Holland.

[@jasoncaisley5071]

jesus crist u must b getting on then

[@joaopanao6222]

Eternal gratitude

[@KenFisher-vf8vf]

We must never forget those brave men

[@cliffright1142]

Although, like many of those modest GI’s, my Dad rarely spoke of the War. He reminisced only on special occasions when his good friend would come to visit. They were medics and my Dad was wounded at the Bulge but, he still spoke kindly of the regular German GI. He understood like himself, politicians were responsible for the horrors that befell all those countries. Thanks you for a well documented film. I will keep it like so many others I’ve viewed hoping to catch a glimpse of my father back then.

[@юрийборисов-у6щ]

Я из России, и посмотрел с удовольствием ваш фильм! Жизнь подходит к завершению! А я смотрю на тех парней, которые отдали свою жизнь, в войне с фашизмом! Это уже история! Мой дедушка и его родной брат погибли в один день, в мае 1944 года! Помню и горжусь ими!

[@amarshmuseconcepta6197]

✊❤️‍🔥🙏 So am I. And Iam thanking your forefathers for their help without it *we* *@uk* could be speaking German. "Lest we forget"

[@amarshmuseconcepta6197]

✊❤️‍🔥🙏 I thank you & yours for giving us freedom & hope. *Lest we forget* *all* *men* *amen*

[@ИгорьБорисович-о6ш]

Привет из Западной Сибири.Мой дед по матери погиб в 1941 г. при обороне Москвы.Бабушка с пятью детьми находилась в оккупации в Воронежской области.

[@vernonfindlay1314]

My wife's grandfather was first wave on Juno. On a rare moment or two he would relate a story. But he always stop,turn away, story over. Rest in Peace Bruce. Like all through these comments, Greatest Generation, blessings. 🇨🇦

[@juani4502]

God Bless your family 🙏

[@plutus205]

It amazes me that even till this day (2023) that new footage that I have never seen before still comes up in new documentaries about WW2.

[@kiranRajavlogs]

it amazes me i have neve seen before still comes up in new documentaries about ww2

[@pierre-frederickgalland5810]

French, always passionate about history, especially WW2, I can never thank enough all these brave guys who came to liberate my country and Europe. I have visited the beaches of Normandy many times and I have been able to visit museums and go to cemeteries. It is heartbreaking and very moving. I was born on June 18 (Gal de Gaulle's call to resist the invader), my wife was born on May 8 (End of WW2 in Europe), and my eldest son was born on June 6 (landing). I not only celebrate his birthday every year, but our Liberation. Thank you Allies!!

[@complexcitiesskylines]

Nice comment Pierre. I think all European Nations were equally brave during that time.

[@maciejrobertm1158]

I think, by looking which direction France, Portugal, Spain and Germany and now UK is going, it look like nothing was learned from history by them. Now due to political correctness, Muslims are taking country by country, governments, using our law, TV, and media. I think our soldiers, knights now are just crying in their grave what is happening in EU... Soon EU or if now, is just another Muslim country state...These countries are gone now.

[@pierre-frederickgalland5810]

@@maciejrobertm1158 Not really false, unfortnately. But it's easier to fight a man with an uniform than a religion... on the other hand, the wars of religion exist since the creation of each religion. Too bad, when it is a prison for the simple-minded.

[@hmm3597]

My uncle died in France in September 1944 ,they were trying to push the Germans out France and was ambushed.

[@complexcitiesskylines]

@@hmm3597 the French give up so easy. Even today people joke about the french surrendering so easy to anything. If the french were not cowards, a lot less people would have died.

[@codynicholas7692]

One man who is a better man than I will ever hope to be. Who's voice I'll never in my life forget. Even in his age (93) his stern face followed by his deep voice that sent chills up my spine. His eyes never once leaving mine. As he told his tale of "Operation Overlord", his voice started to break only for a moment at first, then two... then before I asked once I belived his tale was coming to close his voice will forever echo in my soul. I'll never forget these words he spoke. It went like this. "After the fighting. I saw the dead as I ate one of my rations that the Sargent that I followed like a shadow told me to eat. And they were being tossed in graves hastily and I didn't think that was right but I Face up and down. Eyes open and closed. I look and saw General Patton himself. I wasn't maybe 10 feet away from him and he was yelling and pointing at the soldiers digging. His voice finally caught my ears in time for me to hear him say. " Those are my men down there. I want my men buried face up. With the honor they deserve" and I heard that and my eyes filled up and I felt the warmth running down my cheeks and I'll never forget what the general did. " Then his story stopped at i saw that the once stern face turn softer as tears streamed down his face. The weight that could felt while hearing him speak was tremendous. You could feel what he felt. Such a man . Such Men. Soldiers, such... Warriors. Their sacrifice was summed up by the words that Patton spoke and the soldier i quoted perfectly. So now... Why not show the men's faces. Show the world not only the sacrifice but the horrors of that war so that maybe if possible they may not be repeated . Thanks for reading this btw. The documentary was absolutely without a doubt the best I've ever seen. Thanks to those who gave their life so that we can live ours. RIP. We will take it from here. Rest now in Peace.

[@jujubean54ify]

Oh my goodness, I’m crying now. My cousin who died long before I was born was on Omaha Beach. He made it into France, and was killed by enemy fire on his birthday. My Aunt and Uncle never got over it, you never do. God Bless and Keep you, Buster Rife. (His given name was Clarence, nobody ever called him that, according to my mom.) I did a little research on Find A Grave, and was surprised to see that he was buried in the little cemetery in Mechanicsville, Iowa.

[@gastondraco5906]

Eeeehhhhh shut up 😂

[@jochant1845]

That made me cry

[@GRbobkaina]

as a french kid, we use to go every year to Normandy for the annual school trip.. This place still has effect on me 30 years later and I'm sure made a decent personn respectful of others, simply because it's impossible not to be touched by those scene. Thank you to those young man who gave up their lives for us

[@MeltonCulpepper]

The French helped the Americans during our revolutionary war, so it cuts both ways... Thank you, France.

[@justbrowsing6327]

Lets not ever forget that these "men" were 19, 20, 21 year old and more volunteers. Never forget, always respect.

[@MickRiley]

i agree my Dad signed up in 1939 served in the BEF then North Africa, Italy and back home to retrain for DDay at this point, he was 28yrs old so a old boy to some of the new young lads going in for the first time. Heroes All.

[@unitedwestand5100]

The American's avg age was 24.

[@miketaylor5212]

some were younger. volunteers signed over by their parents at country stores and post offices in the country they didnt have recruiting stations in every town.

[@unitedwestand5100]

@@miketaylor5212 ,, And, some were much older. That's how averages work. Lol The Draft and WWII On September 16, 1940, the United States instituted the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, which required all men between the ages of 21 and 45 to register for the draft. This was the first peacetime draft in United States' history. Sorry to bust your bubble. You don't get 16,112,566 Americans to serve during a war by simply volunteering.

[@perrywidhalm114]

@@MickRiley My uncle was 26 when he was drafted into the US Army in 1942.

[@nikanaiman4811]

My father was a soviet soldier for 1936 to 1947 years. He participated to Finnish, 2WW and war against Japan. He was married with my mom in 1944. They lived together until 1956, when my father died. They had 8 children

[@erikracz4162]

You failed to mention how Russia begged for help from America, too afraid to fight Germany alone. Then you betrayed America, thanks for nothing!

[@1984isnotamanual]

Your father was a hero and on the eastern front too! In America we don’t give enough attention to the Eastern Front and respect to the Soviet soldiers who sacrificed more than any other ally including my country. I have a great grandfather who was on a medical ship in the war against Japan and a great uncle who’s Army uniform is in my closest. I feel very grateful for their and your father’s war service and I’m very glad they won!

[@nikanaiman4811]

@@1984isnotamanual Respect to your grandfather for the participating in 2WW. I hope it was last war in our history 🙏

[@drillernike6136]

Вот это история любви ❤ спасибо деду за победу

[@drillernike6136]

​@@1984isnotamanualесть ещё нормальные люди в США. Миру мир. Не допустим третьей мировой.

[@itisonlyme1]

My family was liberated in May 45, living in the Netherlands and having survived "de Honger Winter" (Winter of Hunger). My family always talked about their liberators with so much love and respect, and sad at the loss of life.

[@itisonlyme1]

@@SA-cn4jc My family in Utrecht met English and Canadian soldiers. Mum remembers dancing with Canadians. An English soldier gave her tea and chocolate. They did not meet Americans.

[@danacross3427]

Intestinal fortitude. We who live in the allied countries should never forget. Not just D Day. All of the struggles, hardships, assaults on the person, destruction of property, death and ruined lives that were part of and the consequence of war. When tyranny rears its head whether it be at home or abroad we who cherish freedom have a duty to our forefathers, to each other, and to our heirs to confront it, stop it and destroy it. This film was very well done.

[@colleenmonfross4283]

Very beautifully said.

[@aqueenslander]

and yet we stand aside and allow Russia to invade a sovereign country, committing some of the worst atrocities imaginable against women, children and the aged. So what was D Day for? Have we lost the backbone and courage our forefathers had in fighting for our freedom. Yes we have, in the hope that this atrocity won't reach us. Shame on NATO shame on UN shame on EU. Slava Ukraine

[@Christophe-pl5xu]

Say that to trump😅

[@summers9218]

The voice over in the last was simply great." Who were you? Whoever you are ,Thank you" It is very grateful.

[@navigator5929]

É lindo final

[@gerdbartkowiak]

Das war noch eine andere USA. Ohne die Sowjetunion hätten die Alleierten niemals Hitler besiegen können. Das scheint heute total vergessen zu sein. Die deutschen Kriegstreiber, die Grünen, FDP und SPD haben keine Vorstellung, was Krieg bedeutet. Sie glauben wirklich die NATO kann gegen Russland gewinnen. Niemals! Die Erde wird verglühen, Was dann? Wo sind die Menschenmassen gegen diese Kriegstreiber?

[@somalinetflix3533]

His name

[@Altuerpio]

80 years since D-Day, Remarkable generation of heroes.

[@portusautmex]

Sacrifício e coragem, para hoje termos uma geração chorona, medrosa e doente. Woke fede.

[@RealtalkManc]

I’m British - my uncle was held prisoner in World War Two - he managed to escape and walked 3 weeks to safety to live to tell the tale. I miss listening to his stories ! These hero’s do not get the credit they deserve. We give that to over paid sports personalities - RIP to all the hero’s that lost there life’s - Maybe make this video mandatory in school instead of having pride week and non binary week-

[@karenhanania9014]

I wouldn't say the blurring of the dead soldiers ruined it, but it was distracting and a little annoying. I'm American, and In April 2023, we traveled to Normandy and visited several WW2 sites, including Arromanches and the museum of the Mulberry harbors. At the exit, an older French woman, probably in her 80s, clasped my hands in hers and said Merci, merci beaucoup. I was dumbfounded and managed to say You're welcome, which wasn't very eloquent. She smiled broadly repeated Merci then let go of my hands. What an astonishing and unforgettable interaction. France, you helped us start our country and we helped you keep yours. BFFs forever! 🇨🇵🇺🇲

[@ugurkeles8322]

Sizin dedeleriniz Americayı kurdu tamamda müslümanlarında başına bela oldunuz eline sopa almış bir deli gibi kapı kapı dolaşıp karıştırmadığınız ülke kalmadı kimini siz vurdunuz bı bahaneyle kiminide bi şekilde karıştırarak bölerek zarar verdiniz böl parçala yut tekniyini uyguladınız ama unutmayın zalimliyin sonucu sizde hüsrana birgün uğrayacaksınız filistine yapılanları görmüyorsunuz heralde İsrail bebek yaşlı dinlemeden öldürüyor hiç bir müslüman ülke americanın korkusundan birşey de diyemiyor zaten bazı müslüman ülkelerin liderleri sizlerin belirlediği adamlar yönetiyor ama buna rağmen bunu unutmayınki son tokadı ve sağlam tokadı Türklerden siz zalimler elbet yiyeceksiniz çünkü sizlerin deyiştirdiğiniz kitapta yazmaz bizim yani müslümanların gerçek doğru ve Allahın bu kitaba uyun dediyi kuran da yazıyor sonunda müslümanlar ezici şekilde galip gelecek ortalığı karıştıran sizleri helak yani yok edicez

[@brosterinfinity321]

Those men. Those boys. They sacrificed everything, so we can be safe. Those ones are the ones we forget about in our daily lives, and they deserve our highest respect as they too had families and friends. I am truly sorry for all of those who were lost in the war. Rest In Peace. 🫡

[@marciavellozo896]

Vdd será que algum lugar no mundo celebram aquele que os salvou???🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@lorenza4515]

Hace poco estuvieron los líderes europeos yZlesqui,,en homenaje,,en plena guerra,no aprenderemos nunca,,siempre lo mismo🪖🌎🥴

[@cesaredimino632]

Grazie.

[@engineerpapi]

I was in Afghanistan during its worst year of war, 2009 - 2010, and what we went through was a mere scratch on the surface of what these boys went through. I once met a WW2 vet at the LA Zoo who landed at Omaha Beach, and he said, "Hell, i'd take Europe fighting any day over Afghanistan." It really was mind-blowing just how humble they were. Greatest Generation indeed.

[@ciararespect4296]

Yea I was in nam dak to kon tum the most intense close quarter fighting but a stroll in the park compared to these guys

[@agnesbillard7448]

😢

[@микс-ъ9я]

Это всё царапина на поверхности по сравнению с тем адом что пришлось пройти русским в WW2 . С 1941-45 СССР погибли 20 миллионов человек .

[@irinaklaric1963]

@@микс-ъ9я Да, но, к сожалению, про наш ад они никогда не знали и не узнают. Для них история уже переписана. Они живут в полной уверенности, что это иммено эти люди освободили мир от нацизма, высадившись на пляж Омаха....

[@SeppLehner]

@@irinaklaric1963ohne die Hilfe der Amerikaner an Waffen, Panzern, Flugzeugen, Munition, Fahrzeugen über Murmansk und ohne 2. Front hätte die UdSSR gegen die deutsche Armee keine Chance gehabt. So ehrlich muss man sein. Soll nicht die Verluste und den Mut der Russen schmälern, aber alleine 1:1 gegen Deutschland hätten sie keine Chance gehabt.

[@ЭльмираАхметова-л2з]

Конечно эта война была самой страшной и долгой! Самый главный воин в этой войне я считаю это был Советский солдат! Сколько лет они шли к этой Победе! Сколько потерь понесли Советский Союз! Более 20 миллионов солдат и офицеров погибло на этой жестокой войне! Вечная память им! Конечно и солдатам США, Англии, Франции и других стран огромный респект! Нам всем надо помнить это все, чтобы больше не идти против друг друга! Мир, любовь и взаимопонимание должны быть нашими друзьями! Спасибо все погибшим и вечная слава! 🙏

[@OndraSurma-fq2gm]

Hezky a pravdivě napsáno.Ruský lid přinesl největší oběti.👍✌️

[@-BullBear-]

Je suis totalement d'accord avec vous, vous avez sauver notre peuple de l'invasion allemande. J'ai toujours chercher à comprendre l'histoire, pas celle qu'on apprend dans nos livres d'histoire à l'école. Et la Russie est un pays que j'apprécie et un peuple soudé. C'est malheureusement partagé ici en France actuellement car l'Amérique donc l'otan à laver le cerveau de tout ceux qui ne réfléchissent pas par eux-même. Force à vous Je haie l'otan, j'ai beaucoup de respect pour Poutine, contrairement à nos dirigeants qui sont des imposteurs, union européenne, États-Unis ce sont eux qui détruisent le monde.. Tout mon respect à vous

[@demian6258]

я думал это шутка когда говорят,что урусы вклад в победу исчиляют в потерях..

[@НаильТемирплатов]

Лицемерие США и Запада. Если бы не они, то и немецкого фашизма не было бы. США и Англия первыми породили фашизм , убивая другие народы по всему миру. Индейцев Америки уничтожили почти всех из 100 миллионов. А сколько негров превратили в рабов! Короче, смерть англосаксонскому фашизму!!! Россия должна вернуться к ядерному сдерживанию США, чтобы они убрались к себе за океан и не высовывали даже носа оттуда.

[@Muhomory23]

40кк

[@TheMan-ud2wq]

My great great uncle fought in WWII I was to young to appreciate what he actually went through. I remember him gritting his teeth staring with a hard look on his face saying the German soldier where the toughest people he'd ever saw, looking back at it now I still remember the look of respect he had for the people he was fighting. He said said they would stay in fox holes for days in the freezing cold he said the people that didn't have family or really anything to go back home to would go crazy staying in their fox holes for that long and would run out and get shot. He said all of his friends died and he just stopped making friends because it was to hard to deal with their death. He kept a little bible in his pocket and read a verse everytime he had to run and get ammo drops not knowing if he's going to get shot or step on a land mine. He stormed the beaches of Normandy and was shot in the hip in the European theater. He came home and bought 100 acre's of land that my family still owns. He died at age 87 he had a good life after the war I am proud to have known him.

[@ПастухБондарь]

Слава твоему Деду!!!

[@Тайга-ок-61]

Уважение к людям ,с которыми он сражался ?? УВАЖЕНИЕ ??? ТЕ, КТО СЖИГАЛ ЛЮДЕЙ В ПЕЧАХ КОНЦЕНТРАЦИОННЫХ ЛАГЕРЕЙ , ТЕ , КТО УБИВАЛ ЖЕНЩИН , ДЕТЕЙ , СТАРИКОВ НЕ МОГУТ НАЗЫВАТЬСЯ ЛЮДЬМИ . А ВАШ ДЕДУШКА ИХ УВАЖАЛ ???? ФАШИСТОВ ???? Самые крутые люди на земле - ТЕ , КТО ПОБЕДИЛ ФАШИСТОВ . ТЕ, КТО БРАЛ БЕРЛИН - ЭТО РУССКИЕ ЛЮДИ. А ДЕДУШКУ ВАШЕГО ЖАЛЬ, - ОН ВИДИМО СИЛЬНО ИСПУГАЛСЯ НЕМЦЕВ....

[@kachachacha]

Much Love, Gratitude & Respect to your Great Uncle & Your Family❣️

[@rjhyden]

And he did all that so Biden could turn this country into China? My Dad was a WWII vet also an he is spinning in his grave at the outrage. Thank God for people like your uncle. But now that they are nearly gone , the country is too.

[@jackpleb2360]

I bet he realized that he was the bad guy. He likely knew the germans were a good people unjustly attacked by jewish intetests. Very sad.

[@АндрейКононенко-т8й]

Спасибо за фильм. Спасибо за прекрасный расказ, про страшную войну.

[@Mrspuma527]

I have watched tons of WW2 documentaries, but I have never seen anything like this. Truly amazing what these brave young men accomplished.

[@danaskubic2145]

I agree, an amazing documentary!

[@ericirwin413]

7,000 ships 20,000 C-47 planes 😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳 The sky black with planes and raining paratroopers everywhere!!!

[@МоксБох]

Check Stalingrad battle.

[@eduardciubrei8298]

Я вам рекомендую посмотреть военные очерки русских солдат и вы поменяите свое мнение кардинально .

[@НиколайНиколаевич-в2к]

Они просто по шли на готовое и вляпались, красная армия их ещё и выручала, до сих пор Европа акупирована американцами..

[@joepatriot363]

I am now 75, but I always find myself thinking back, remembering what my father who a part of the Normandy Invasion. He was 27 at the time but always expressed amazement at the size of the Armada, as he put it "I didn't think there were that many ships in the world.

[@robertdaley8695]

your dad was a hero and im thankful to him and the men like him i dont speak german now

[@sweetpea2839]

I am 75 my Dad was in US Navy. He was at D Day. He would talk about it some. He died at age 91. He had nightmares until his death of men the ocean and the ship pulling away as the men called.

[@o0GrayMatters0o]

Both of your fathers were a small part of the reason my grandparents were even able to have my parents and eventually my brothers and I in Poland in the late 70's and early 80's@@sweetpea2839. My grandfather used to do inconsequential favors for the German occupiers in exchange for cigarettees and other goods he was able to use or trade for survival. We Polak's would've never stopped fighting but if the Yankees didn't get involved when they did, I think this world would have seen a different fate. Every time I saw a WW2 Veteran at a local VA I frequented, I would literally get goosebumps and feel a wave of gratefulness and sorrow overtake me. They were all so much older than the middle east or Vietnam or Korea or Middle East Vets, but they stole everyone's attention and commanded respect and adoration as they were chauffeured or otherwise assisted from wherever they were to wherever they were going in that moment. I rode an elevator with one one time, and I was torn in between reaching out to thank him and shake his hand, and respecting his peace and space.

[@cliffordhogstead509]

@@robertdaley8695 N.

[@queencerseilannister3519]

I often wondered what the Germans did/said when they saw that armada on the horizon.

[@raybame5816]

Having seen many D-Day documentaries in my 78 years, IMO this is the one of the better I've seen. The build up in England, the training and housing of troops and storage and all that leading up was well done. The whole program was excellent. You pretty much covered in a very short time, most of the major points of the period. As this was prepared for the 70th anniversary in 2014, I understand why, but to haze out KIA casualties, both theirs and ours, misses the point as it actually shows ppl the horror of war. Perhaps the viewing might allow ppl to better understand and sympathize with the current actual war in Ukraine and what the dead look like. It puts a human image on warfare beyond the cold facts and figures of a documentary; in my humble opinion.

[@mikebadzzz]

78 years is a mighty good time. salut a vous, as my French memory would say. I have only 73.

[@dorianphilotheates3769]

RAY BAME - Well said; I agree. Seventy-eight? You were likely born in ‘44 - the year of D-Day!

[@bc1926]

I thought it odd as they did show some dead people.

[@robozstarrr8930]

especially at 47:36, seen that clip many times in my 70 years . . . gave me a lot of soul searching... this here is the first doc in recent times that had the KIA in the beach scene completely blurred/blocked... ( you bonehead editors )...............For when he falls we should all stand and salute ... walking thru gunfire is nightmarish hell .... it was for my squad n Nam. Don't blur that man out...salute that man out.

[@RightAway87]

I was thinking the same thing about the blurring out of the KIAs. Although it might of been done out of respect for the dead, but knowing the way things are these days, I doubt it. My great uncle was on Omaha beach part of the 2nd wave, and my Grandfather fought in the Pacific. I joined the US Army when I was 22 in 2009 because I felt strongly that I should serve the country that has given me so much. I'm 35 now and kids these days are being taught to hate their own country in schools, I can't have any kids of my own without surgery due to an injury I received while in the service, but I have a nephew, and I am scared to death for his future and the future of the country.

[@James67851]

This really makes me appreciate that the freedom we take for granted is not free. Brave men paid the price.

[@bipolarbear9917]

My Dad was a sergeant in charge of his platoon of 11 guys, 2x Universal Carriers and 2x 3 inch Mortars and attached to the 3rd Canadian Division during the D-Day landings on Juno Beach (Nan White). He fought all through Europe into Berlin including on the ill-fated Operation Market Garden. Dad eventually discharged from the army in the 1950s at the rank of Company Quarter Master Sergeant (CQMS). Rest in peace Dad.

[@dennispfeifer7788]

The Russians took Berlin and it cost them about 100,000 men.

[@bipolarbear9917]

@@dennispfeifer7788 That's correct. It's also correct that Stalin's Russia started out at the beginning of WW2 on Hitler's Nazi Germany side against the Western allies. The Hitler-Stalin Pact (also called the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact) signed on 23rd August, 1939 in Moscow, laid the foundation for the outbreak of WW2 in Europe. The Treaty included that Germany and the Soviet Union agreed on the partition of Poland and Eastern Europe, including Finland. Of course Hitler eventually double-crossed Stalin, but considering Russia had been an ally of the west during WW1, it's an example of how another Russian leader could not be trusted. Putin is cast in the same mold as his soviet era counterpart.

[@atoiton]

Oui c’est vrai qu’on peut faire confiance au présidents us… 😂 aucun mensonge sur le la deuxième guerre😂, sur le Japon, les saudis, Chili, Cuba, Vietnam, sur Irak 2x, Iran sur l’Ukraine etc la listes des mensonges us est infinie! A vous entendre c’est vous qui avez détruit l’armée allemande, vous les usa avec des leaders nazi qui ont soutenu le fascisme et qui continue dans ce genre d’idéologie! Vous qui avez honteusement bombardé des villes européennes sans autre intérêt que celui des bénéfices colossaux engendrés par la reconstruction! Vous et votre armée à la solde d’intérêt particulier! Restez chez vous on se porte mieux sans vous! Restez entre mercenaires pourris! Faites vos magouilles entre vous, entre descendants de colons négriers, détruisez les états du sud au profit du de ceux du nord et recommencer dans l’autre sens tout les 20 ans… C’est fini, vous avez perdu sur toute la lignes, reste vos mensonges devant l’histoire et les derniers soubresaut d’un état enfoui sous les dettes…

[@bipolarbear9917]

@@atoiton Blah, blah, blah!

[@jle4433]

Greatest generation

[@cliff8669]

On June 6th, 2011, I got to do something I had always desired to do. I stood on the beach at Normandy where the Omaha landing took place. I felt total awe at what had taken place there while looking up at the cliffs and what few rusted German gun emplacements were left. I had the same feeling at Utah. I got to see Sainte-Mere-Eglise and watch the ceremony of each flag being raised to honor each Allied Country that took place that day in 1944. Seeing buildings and walls that were standing that day with the bullet holes still showing. As a Marine Corps Veteran, it was a honor for me to be there. The American Cemetery brought me to tears.

[@God-of-all-monsters]

I remember going on a school trip to visit all the ww2 sites . I went to the american cemetery on omaha beech walling along the path overlooking the beech and the feeling was just something you cant describe, I was taken back by the amount of people who sacraficed themselves to defend us and I will always remember it to the day I die , I remember being there an hour and spent at least 30 mins crying , I felt so honored to be in the presence of so many heroes who gave there lives to allow us to be here today . It's a day I will never forget and will always honour that day . may all those rest in peace . i hope to go back 1 day and revisit all those sites . thank you for your recolition of your vist

[@God-of-all-monsters]

I also went to point du hoc and saw all the fortifications the germans had built on top of that cliff and I thought , how the hell did they accomplish such a feat being at such a disadvantage.

[@shuarma0]

@@God-of-all-monsters they weren't at a disadvantage. the germans controlled multiple countries along with everything in them, including their citizens. they had all the resources to do whatever they wanted.

[@ianstewart2707]

@@shuarma0 I don't know but maybe @Atraks 1 Fatalis meant how did the allies overcome the cliff with it's fortifications.

[@geeky12ful]

Something I hope to get to do before I die. Glad you got to go!!

[@Doctor9]

Regarding what your documentary asked in the part about Juno Beach - "What were these young soldiers thinking..." I can answer specifically for one - Mervin Franklin Jones, one of the first Canadian D-Day paratroopers on the ground. He was thinking "Mervin, I don't think you're going to see your 22nd birthday." My grandfather did survive, and showing that sometimes the universe has a sense of irony, this D-Day participant's 22nd birthday was May 8, 1945 , Victory in Europe Day. It is very good that people are still reminded of the sacrifices so many made to fight for others who needed our help, as there are fewer and fewer of them around to tell us their stories now.

[@ironmantooltime]

And that is why you never surrender 👊

[@awanadoo94]

INCREDIBLE ! Thank you to KZbin for recommending this magnificent report to me during this period of the 80th anniversary of the DDay. As a Frenchman, thank you also to our American, English, Canadian allies and all those who helped us liberate France.

[@jackiemk32]

❤❤❤

[@JosephBrennan-zi9iy]

Good on you kid well said

[@VB260273153]

французы защищали канцелярию гитлера в мае 1945 г

[@juanjohernandezinigo4072]

Polonia y Francia las conejillas de la segunda guerra mundial

[@barryslaney9713]

Y donde Los Españoles.?

[@Lazereer]

This was Hands down one of the Best documentaries i have ever seen. Just amazing work. To ALL who worked on this Masterpiece i just want to say well done to the team. A lot of the clips i actually have never seen before let alone seen in color and the writing and editing really painted the picture clearly for me. If anyone of you who worked on this piece see my comment Keep up the Great Work. You all are a extremely talented group of people.

[@kentsmith5672]

WOW! This is the best actual footage of WWII I've ever seen. I cant say how impressed I am with the film and story. The only criticism is blurring the dead. Not trying to be morbid, but they gave it all and those alive today need to see the stark reality of war. I liked the emphasis on the preparation, training, ingenuity, and disguise that went into D-Day, and the logistics of making it all happen. That was what the Allies had over the enemy, rather than an small collective of yes men scared of their master. I stayed up way too late to watch this, but it was well worth it. I'll be imploring many to watch this. The significance of WWII, and especially D-Day, needs to be understood by anyone alive that would side with the Allies.

[@paperroutee]

well said, it’s hard to put to perspective but those men out there aged 18-25 are just like us, imagine everything you worked for and the character you built is now being sent to a war. everyone wants to be alive, everyone didn’t want to die but the truth is men were already facing death before they even knew it. from running to just all of a sudden seeing black within a matter of seconds. those who weren’t dead watched the dead perish as they drowned in their own breath. that’s the reality. bodies of men mutilated beyond recognition, to still go out there after seeing that.. man these people were a whole different breed.

[@CostasAn]

Totally agree with blurring the dead. This is a war documentary, morbidity is built-in.

[@sebastiaanl9876]

@@paperroutee well said 🙁

[@michaeljones2162]

The original version of this does not blur out the dead, I found it on vimeo while trying to find a version without the blur.

[@N3Rd32]

True. However their families and their generals, and their fellow soldiers all said they didn't want them filmed, even at the time to the cameramen on the ground. This was mentioned in the documentary. Besides I think most people understand what dead is. If they don't understand what dead is without seeing someone missing a leg I don't know what to tell you. They are probably too young to be watching this at all... Them not blurring parts would also likely get the video flagged and thus removed from many eyes. Reducing the educational reach and purpose of the documentary...

[@blumobean]

My father only missed the invasion because of his poor eyesight. He kept the bombers flying by being a mechanic. 50 years later he had eye surgery and had perfect vision. Every time a WWII veteran dies, I am so sad. We were lucky to have such men and women living amongst us.

[@sandym8787]

What an amazing program - it teaches history in a much different way than a book . Of course I had to cry , all these young men facing death , the suffering of the wounded , and because my own Uncle was shot down over Guam June 12 , 1944 , never recovered to this day . My Father was also in the Pacific , on the Ranger , never talked about any of his his experiences , but never taught me hate or prejudice . This was truly the Greatest Generation that I will never see again the rest of my life .

[@KathyJo.]

Wonderful! Best documentary on WWII. As a baby boomer, I am so very grateful for the bravery and dedication of all these incredible men. You fought the good fight and literally saved the world from fascist rule. We all owe you more than we could ever pay. ❤

[@rawnukles]

We helped the communists win so they could go on to kill tens of millions of people. yay. Germany was fighting communism.

[@theogdirkdiggler]

That's right

[@yannicklepaleo]

As a young French man, that is such a magnificent documentary with lot of emotions, thanks a lot. Thank you so much to all our past liberators.

[@shreksophone1413]

Im French too and i totally agree 👍

[@ironmantooltime]

You owe us. We accept your hot French chicks in payment 😜

[@lnhiphop1973]

⭐⭐⭐🇦🇷

[@gilbertvandenbroucke7827]

Et surtout le plus grand merci c'est surtout au Russe .

[@shreksophone1413]

@@gilbertvandenbroucke7827 Oui, les Russe ont fait quasi tout le boulot et on arrive encore a penser aux américains en pensant a la seconde guerre mondiale, c’est juste les américains avec leurs égo ils ont tendance a dire que ils ont sauver l’europe du génocide, nazis etc.. C’est aussi comme sa pour la premiere guerre mondiale je crois.

[@handzimbo6224]

As a German Born in the 90's all i have to say is thank you , Brave Heroes , that came over the Open sea to free Europe and Germany from nazism. It IS because of These Heroes that i Had the Chance to grow Up in Peace. Salute May those soldiers never be forgotten

[@ravox.19]

I dont think so

[@mascherano2278]

Thank you to our brave soldiers , that you prevented the Russian from occupying all of Europe….

[@dobbyisfree7870]

Thank your country for being on the side of good during ww2 tryin to hinder the communism from taking hold and for locking up those behind it in those camps that look nicer then even elder care homes. There has been full wars and chaos around the earth ever since they retreated. Allied forces where the invadors. Germany wasnt in America, England or Russia until those countries invaded and murdered European people. Poland was part with Germany before ww1 and they where more german. But after they got forced to "give away" that land the "jE wiSh"/communists there attacked, murdered and did terrible things to the people there up until Germany had enough and went in to free the people (the "invasion" that the allied forces said was reason for the war). They England/USA didnt mind the communist invasion of all the eastern european countries. Another thing to mention is Germany was fighting to save GERMANICS (basically all the Europeans) not specifically "germans" as they try to lie about. The other lie about "blond & blue eyed" is also purposfully missused the thing is that european descent children has those features when young usually blond with blue eyes. Wait til you learn wich books they actually burned.

[@abroukkhaldoun7097]

انت ألمانيا وانا جزائريا لاتعتذر فا هتلر احتلهم وقتل اليهود و لذالك اعتذرت انت ولكن فرنسا احتلت الجزائر وقلت حوالي 2 مليون وو ولم تعتذر ما الفرق بين احتلا ل هتلر لفرنسا واحتلال فرنسا للجزائر لافرق وكل الدول الاروبية احتلت افريقيا ولم تعتذر لماذا ألمانيا تعتذر هتلر قتل اليهود . واليهود قتلو الفلسطينيين ماهو الفرق لايوجد فرق . لا تتفق معهم لانهم منافقين . لما تصيبهم مصيبة يبكون ولما هم من يتسببو في قتل الناس يصبح الامر عادي .

[@ravox.19]

@@abroukkhaldoun7097 translation?

[@ВиталийСмирнов-х6ч]

Потрясающий фильм. Отважная работа операторов того времени позволяет погрузится в атмосферу той ужасной войны. Не дай Бог человечеству допустить такого снова. Нам есть к чему стремиться. Космос бесконечен, не изучены глубины океанов, не решены проблемы с экологией, не побеждены болезни и вирусы, не избавлены от голода миллионы людей. Эта планета Земля наш единственный дом и его надо беречь!

[@evanhainey2101]

Thanks to all those who came before us! My gramps was in this war and I feel every American should watch this video and really think about it. Words can't begin to describe the love I have for all those who fought and died to preserve peace and unity. Very thankful for the people who digitally remastered this film.

[@evanhainey2101]

@@ramon3897 all about your outlook my friend!

[@evanhainey2101]

@@williamjones7851 within

[@robingourde9366]

To think, the majority of those men VOLUTEERED for service. After Pearl Harbor, there were line ups at recruiting centers for all branches of service. Men signed up on their 18th birthday. And they all knew what they were getting into and went and did it anyhow.

[@evanhainey2101]

@@robingourde9366 my gramps had his mom n dad sign for him he was 16 when he went into WWII as a marine!

[@adamstratton683]

@@evanhainey2101 the bravery of all the men! I never forget our soldiers and if Canada gets in war you better believe me and my brothers are going.

[@gregorywolff5917]

My neighbor who has since passed away was a POW twice in Italy. Never forget him telling me after their recapture , the Germans shot all the officers, one standing right next to him. Then he burst out crying as if living it all again. Bob had raised eight kids and the sons would badger me if he had told me any war stories. I never told them, I think he didn't want them to know. RIP TO THAT GENERATION

[@spurgeonwoods]

Loved that last line: "Whoever you are, thank you."

[@lyudmilazhakupova2346]

I liked this documentary film not containing any dramatization. Just real participants. I watched it twice.

[@jackiemk32]

Same

[@jonm9781]

A toi qui te retourne et à tous les héros qui ce sont battus pour la liberté. Pour toujours, du fond du cœur MERCI pour votre courage et votre sacrifice. Je suis Français et je vis dans un pays libre grâce vous et pour ça vous avez ma reconnaissance éternel Reposez en paix Merci pour cet incroyable reportage To you who turns around and to all the heroes who fought for freedom. Forever, from the bottom of my heart THANK YOU for your courage and sacrifice. I am French and I live in a free country thanks to you and for that you have my eternal gratitude Rest in peace Thank you for this amazing documentary

[@tee1up785]

Thank you for google translation. Your words are powerful

[@Lolife86]

LOL Les Russes nous ont libérés , ils ont fracassé 159 divisions sur 220. En Normandie, il y en avait a peine 40...Les Allemands étaient déjà morts bien avant l'arrivée des US. les US dont venus aux derniers moments, et prennent les lauriers de tout ça. elles ont comme d'ahb tout manipulés. Si la France n'a pas pu se défendre, c'est déjà à cause de vos cousins les Anglais ^^ SI on en est arrivé la , c'est a cause des anglo-saxons. Donc continuez de vous inventer des vies.VOus nous faites bien rire. VOus n'avez même pas était capable de gagner la guerre contre le Vietnam en plus de 10ans. Et vous pensez avoir délivré l'Europe ^^ Mais bon je comprends, on a besoi de se créer des légendes pour vivre.

[@romainmodestie8844]

Il est bien libre ton pays hein, totalement soumis aux usa, sans souveraineté, sans indépendance

[@Gantana844]

What we saw on this documentary is just the tip of the iceberg. The sacrifice made and blood and sweat spilled to accomplish this was far more brutal and inexplicable. We thank all those nameless and faceless brothers who paid the ultimate price selflessly and in bravery, you have written your history in blood and the generation will remember you for a thousand years. Rest In Glory !

[@dwgherkemasnurdbird4803]

Brilliantly stated mate. 👍

[@snakeplissken2148]

the weird thing is, that the losses and effords to win the war are still being exaggerated by the allied. i don´t know why, but i think its to make the final victory look even bigger. at that point it was only a question of time untill it was over. probably even without an invasion. Germany was already bombed into smithereens and japan also. the sad thing about the war is, that the politicians "needed" the battles of berlin, france and in the pacific to make a stand and to show the world how powerfull they are. not to mention the drop of the a-bomb. And so thousands of young men are sent to die.

[@keinervondaoben720]

@@snakeplissken2148 ...you are going the right way.....when you forget all the official stories and you think that from the beginning the allies wanted the war......suddenly all inconsistencies disappear.

[@Voucher765]

The Longest Day in history

[@andrzejpieta2827]

They are not faceless or nameless!!

[@nicoleerickson8113]

Thank you, to all who risked their lives, to free my dear country France. Your documentary means so much to me. Merci de tout mon coeur❤️

[@wellingsrob4]

The English and Americans gave their all to save France and Europe as we know it. The UK bore the financial cost. France never repaid the UK anything, yet look how the French treat the English. It's pretty disgusting! God bless every Brit and American that served, the women who made the food, ammunition and clothing to keep these young men going to the very end. All are forever in their debt. 🇬🇧

[@JessicaClayton-d6x]

Every American owes these heroes a debt of gratitude. We live how we do because of what they did for us. Freedom is not free. These men and women paid for the freedoms we enjoy in blood. Thank you

[@roymcnicholas4825]

Great documentary Iam an old man now and my grandfather aged 17 hit those beaches with the British army he lost both legs but survived , my grandad was bitter but not towards his family

[@dingleberryxo7623]

Not bitter enough to not get married.

[@wjerseyfan]

What balls these people had. Thank you EVERYONE involved, what courageous people

[@НикитаКравченко-м8у]

Где вьетнамцы ? Проспали 😂

[@user-vr2gs6kb6zov]

Яйца были у граждан СССР, а у вас так , мешочки . Козлы , как всегда наблюдали

[@sakan92]

It’s hard to imagine now that we live in such good times, but at that particular time, the world was under threat. We know that Hitler got defeated now, but it was very uncertain back then. What a wierd feeling it must have been.

[@Crusty_Camper]

My parents were children living on the south coast of England during the war. Both had narrow escapes from pieces of aircraft falling during the Battle of Britain or being strafed by a German raider. They told me how the entire town was sealed off for weeks before D Day because there was no hiding all the massive troops movements, vehicles and shipping being concentrated. On the night of D Day itself they were woken by the sound of hundreds of aircraft passing overhead, all going south across the coast. In the morning all the assault ships and troops ships had gone from the harbour and the Mulberry caissons had been towed over the horizon. In the days that followed there was an endless flow of aircraft and more ships carrying troops and equipment. It was something they never forget and told us about when we were children ourselves. In the area around our town it was Canadian troops who were stationed and it was some of those brave men who carried out the Dieppe Raid some years before and from which so much was learned but at great cost.

[@randybobandy9828]

Did they have any v1 or v2 rockets hit by them after battle of Britain?

[@Crusty_Camper]

@@randybobandy9828 It was mainly bombs dropped from aircraft, just under 100 raids killing 300 and injuring around 500. But yes, there were some V1s during 1944. As far as I know there were no V2s in our particular town. With the V1s, Britain had captured all German spies parachuted into the country and false information was being fed back to Germany about the location of where V1s fell. As most were initially targeted at London, information was given to Germany that the missiles had fallen past London and to shorten the range. The meant that most V1s fell on fields , villages and smaller towns between the coast and London. Later in the war some coastal towns were the target, specially where there was a port or railway junction. My parents said that when the V1 motor stopped, they counted to 10 and that's when it detonated on the ground. Of course, those under the V2 target areas had no warning at all and for a while, the authorities had no idea what was causing those explosions.

[@clidenorbatista3300]

oooóo😅😅okóó😅ooóoooómmbi pm

[@gregparrott]

How is it that KZbin algorithms took two and a half years to present this SUPERB documentary to me, and this despite me regularly viewing historical documentaries on WWII?

[@tokomak5427]

Простите,а чем вы интересовались в ютюбе все эти годы?

[@templeroad2573]

1000 Thank you for this documentary. I am a French woman from Normandy, my two grandfathers made this war on the coast. I am really upset because it is the first time that I see colored videos of this period and I can more imagine what they lived. So much people died to set us free and now in France (and elsewhere in Europe) some governments-dictatorships want us to forget the pride to be French and replace our population by foreigners. France will always remain French ! They didn't die for nothing !

[@rebeccabrooksguest9833]

Please to all Europeans - ditch the globalist elite loving EU. Each country in Europe and around the world should put their own country first and celebrate their own culture. Damn the global elites!

[@dszr6671]

А француженка прокомментирует вторжение Наполеона в Россию и уничтожение населения чужой страны! Некоторые ушедшие события забываются?

[@maxlamenace7084]

La France a toujours fait face à des défit majeur. Patient et longueurs de temps font plus que force ni que rage !!!

[@Putin-Lox]

@@dszr6671 А историю почитать не? Как росия вторглась во францию, получила люлей, и как потом их до москвы обратно гнали.

[@toads5217]

Thank you to all of the veterans that served in war and peace and those who are serving today.

[@DickHead-v8l]

Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah

[@miapdx503]

Amen 🌹

[@Rohit-oz1or]

The world owes deep gratitude to these soldiers who laid down their lives so that future generations could prosper

[@cdeb5898]

and now we are worried about genders

[@AwesomeDude272]

No way

[@cabpenguin.]

tuje kya

[@MaBigFatEgo]

gratitude, Lol

[@dave6078]

The young do not have any appreciation for those days in our history and will willingly give up this great democracy for reasons that they don’t understand.

[@Vitaliy-Gar]

Я Русский и нам очень больно вспоминать эту войну,мне 70 лет и мои родственники деды,отцы воевали и в каждой русской семье было горе! Мои родственники воевали и на Курской дуге,брали Берлин. Мне было 6 лет и я слышал их разговоры о войне за стопочкой вина и видел их слезы,а потом во сне ходили в атаку с криком УРА! А война как 25 лет закончилась! Ну что нужно человечеству что бы этого не повторилось? Не вся земля еще не освободилась от ран этой войны!

[@Vitaliy-Gar]

@@Crismu-h7q что тебя не устраивает?

[@blackbird5634]

My great uncle Vinnie was there on D-Day and he came home making a promise that he'd never lift another heavy load, or dig another ditch, or step into any other man's chain of command and he never did. He played the ponies and made a good life for himself. He was a gentle man and smart dresser.

[@tbanger7345]

If your Uncle is still alive say him thank you from me. I am born in Germany and i Had a nice childhood, this was possible because Guys Like your Uncle came Here to Stop the Germans which brought so much Terror over the world. And after they were done they went Home and gave Germany another Chance to be a free country. Respect to the real war Heros, the men of world war 2. Peace from Germany

[@bobmiller7502]

@@tbanger7345 beautiful, "well said that man",

[@oledahammer8393]

My uncle was 82nd Airborne on D-Day, he was also in the Battle of the Bulge. How he survived both is beyond imagination. May God bless them all.

[@kupapa5135]

感谢你的叔叔

[@jackpleb2360]

They are not blessed by God. Most were probably damned for what they did to the innocent germans.

[@Niever]

@Jack Pleb then you should see what I did to your mom

[@TheRevering]

@@jackpleb2360 Your last name suits you.... a Pleb

[@lynnhexler-haan3357]

@@jackpleb2360 How apt your name, given your statement.

[@throwball2248]

It’s almost like a dream how could this of happened, this documentary should be seen by every student so they can see what there forefathers went through

[@kevingarth6682]

It seems like a dream because we are sheltered. That kind of stuff still goes on today. It went on for centuries long before WW 2 but it's those era's is hard to grasp because there's not photographic evidence. It goes on China but they control the flow of information going out and in. The slaves in America went through a similar circumstance. Times before America there's always been wars and genocide.

[@kevingarth6682]

That's why we gotta stop thinking like that. Because with that kind of thinking it will happen again. We need to start humanizing it because Germans where like us pre Adolf. Under the right circumstances everyone is susceptible to join a party like the NSDAP. We already see it on the left with their intolerance to those who have a different belief then they do. Calling for violence. Calling for deaths. Laughing at people who died over their opinions on that vaccine. If you're laughing over someone who died then you are literally no better then the nazi's. Because that's how it started.

[@haroldjedrzejczyk9449]

They'll go through the same when Biden declares war against Russia. 😓

[@robertbratoz2897]

mybee

[@radman3374]

اگر انگلیسی هستی بدان چرچیل شما تمام موادغذایی کشور من ایران را بعد از اشغال نظامی غارت کرد وباعث کشته شدن نیمی از جمعیت شد ۱۰میلیون انسان به خاطر قحطی وگرسنگی پس افتخاری نیست

[@ggmty4777]

Un documentaire fort en émotions, je remercie ses jeunes américains, canadiens et anglais d'avoir libéré mon pays dont beaucoup y ont malheureusement laissé leur vie.

[@BlackLizrd]

Thank you from the USA

[@echoromeo384]

I had five deployments over a 15-year career in combat and I can't imagine what these men went through. I've seen a lot downrange but nothing compared to what these boys did at such a young age. Truly the greatest generation.

[@edwinsalau150]

Could not imagine climbing into one of those tanks and buttoning up facing that uncertainty!May they all Rest In Peace! they were all of them, the greatest generation!

[@robertbratoz2897]

never forget what hapend in Jugoslavija

[@lintonero9018]

These are men, not boys and these to me are heros.

[@neverspreadjamonabadjer8459]

@@lintonero9018 It's a figure of speech.

[@michaelkilcourse2002]

Can safely say a soldier nowadays wouldn't cut it back tben

[@Del-Canada]

My grandfather stormed Juno Beach that day with the North Nova Scotia Highlanders. Great man with a great sense of humor. Rest in peace.

[@jeffrey994]

Je suis français et je n'²ai qu'un mot..... Merci a ton grand père,d'avoir sauver mes grands parents des allemands...et plus tard moi même par la même occasion Un grand respect pour lui....brooooo ;)

[@ayeshaPH]

Mine as well. Kept thinking i would see him in this Documantary but didn't know really what he would have looked like back then. RIP

[@hendriekevin4171]

New Scotland highlanders. what a great name.. Im in Scotland so i love stuff like this.

[@Del-Canada]

@@hendriekevin4171 I live in Nova Scotia, AKA New Scotland. Big mistake migrating here centuries ago. Winters suck. LOL

[@Del-Canada]

@@ayeshaPH I always look for him also.

[@hanancohen8637]

It is very noticeable in the eyes of those men that they knew they were heading towards their death, but they went anyway, despite the fear, knowing that they might not return alive to their peacetime homes...THEY went... and thousands never returned to their parents, their wives, their children... In wars everyone gives something, many give everything, they even come to the ultimate sacrifice. Blessed be all who fought for freedom, honored be their names forever. Greetings from a Brazilian Marine veteran.

[@bretttobin9632]

And today the spirit of those Men is almost extinct, we are ruled by perverts and cowards and they have had decades to destroy and disparage Manhood.

[@fishytautog]

Brazil was the first foreign country that my dad stepped on. Then, they went Ascension Island and built a landing strip in 90 days. After that, they built close to ten airstrips in Africa, before heading to England and prepare for the invasion of France.

[@bluecollar58]

You know they shoot you if you run away , and where are you going to go ? Lol.

[@helmortkuper2626]

And for what? For nothing...

[@bluecollar58]

@@williamjones7851 , what a miserable human being you must be to feel good about saying that kind of garbage.

[@stewartkeskitalo9757]

My uncle Howard , who just died at 101, was awarded the Silver Star and the French legion of Honor for having the most bombing sorties over Normandy. His brother Hank flew bombing raids over Berlin and later North Korea. This what Memorial Day is about; honoring them.

[@raybecker3601]

Stewart...You and your family have my heartfelt condolences on the loss of your Uncle Howard. Memorial Day is the most solemn day of the year for me. In fact, from Memorial Day until D-Day, I spend as much time as I can remembering all of those who paid the ultimate price for our Freedom. Some gave all; all gave some. I Pray your Uncle is with his comrades and that he is in Peace.

[@jugghead-1975]

Salute uncle Howard! Thank God we had men of his caliber when we needed em most!

[@eaglemesc]

Thanks to all heroes for a better future! Never forget!!! Greetings from Slovenia🙏

[@PomitusTV]

My Grandpa is now 94 Years Old, Fighting with 16 Years the last Months against Russia in the East. He only want to stay at home by the Family. He got wounded and captured after 4 Month in War by the Soviets. He was in a POW Camp where a Luftwaffe Scout Plane typ Storch was shot down and fall in his Barracks, he says it was around 25-26 April 1945. Badly Wounded he woke up/his first memorys was around June 45. Shortly before the End of the war he flee with some POW and came back to Grünberg now in Poland to his Family. He was hided by his Family till End of the War

[@Noah_-lp8kt]

not all german soldiers where bad. and not all allies are good. lets just all agree we are all human.

[@ЗинаидаГ-н3ъ]

Спасибо создателям фильма, смотрела с огромным интересом, благодарность и вечная память погибшим в этой страшной войне.

[@KAKAEM.BMECTE67]

130 человек высадилось и они не все погибли, где страшно то?

[@Love3521-f1v]

​@@KAKAEM.BMECTE67что ты несёшь? Какие 130 человек?

[@Танкист_СССР_СНГ]

обман это ..что бы вы любили англию которого затеял всю это

[@Putin-Lox]

Росия это фашисткая держава, и она будет уничтожена.

[@Putin-Lox]

@@Танкист_СССР_СНГ сталин это всё затеял.

[@fishytautog]

One of the best WWII documentaries ever made. My father (rip) landed on Utah Beach on June 6th. His unit, the 38th engineer general service regiment never received the recognition they deserved, helping end the war earlier on three, possibly four continents. When you see all the German POW'S during the film, the 38th helped build those camps that housed them.

[@traviskeeler4533]

My Grandfather was there that day as well. He was with the Queens Own Rifles (seconded from the Queens York Rangers) and landed at Juno Beach. He never spoke of it (or the rest of his time in theatre) until on his deathbed when he spoke to me of just how horrible it was. Carried it with him his entire life. Greatest generation to be sure.

[@ak9989]

So he was a Remf😂🤣 my dad was a combat Marine 1st USMC Okinawa 45!

[@OrbitFallenAngel]

My Grandpa was in General Patton's 3rd Army, he fought in the European Theater and I never got to talk to him because he died when I was very young...😞🇺🇸💗🙏 God Bless Every Single Young Man Who Fought For The Allies During WW2..!! 🙏🇺🇸🇨🇦🇬🇧 Indeed they are; *The Greatest Generation To Have Ever Walked The Earth* !!!! 💗🙏🇺🇸🇨🇦🇬🇧

[@OrbitFallenAngel]

@@ak9989 I imagine your Dad saw quite a bit of intense action..wasn't the 1st Division on Guadalcanal?? 🤔 I think that the US Navy & US Marines definitely had it way worse during WW2...some of those Battles...Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Peleliu, Saipan, Iwo Jima... Those were just brutal and bloody Battles...😞 God Bless Your Dad! 🙏🇺🇸💗

[@toothbrush1016]

Thank you for liberating my country 🇫🇷🫡 Will always have so much respect for these brave heroes! I will make sure my kids respect our vets.

[@carrie4558]

Amazing. Our children should be taught about this in our schools and it should never be forgotten. My dad was a Dunkirk veteran with the North Yorkshire Light Infantry and survived to tell the tale. Marvellous men.

[@DrewRobertson1]

Where do you live that you don't learn this in school? Serious question. This is a top 10 moments in our time.

[@pestcontrol1634]

They gave their lives so you could enjoy road tax, income tax, value added tax, property tax, bedroom tax, electric bills, water bills, heating bills, food bills, covid, monkeypox, climate change, government corruption, corporate greed, old age, white hair, brittle bones, bad breath, disability, and death.

[@cothromgrimr161]

germany let dunkirk allies troops leave. it was the easiest to survive

[@mickbutton3625]

Do you mean KOYLI ?

[@fowchiiiliedpuppiesdied]

It is criminal that they aren’t.

[@MarkFitz-d4n]

I disagree with the last comment about blurring out the dead for two reasons, KZbin rightly has its guide lines and second no disservice was shown by the blurring, it was respect for the departed. One of the best documentaries I have watch about WWII. My only regret is that it wasn't longer.

[@Knowledges824]

I disagree with the last comment about blurring out the dead for two reason

[@Ludo1950]

Brilliant documentary. My dad was in the RAF in late 50's early 60's.I grew up watching documentaries like this.

[@zazasnruntz7505]

Your dad was a pawn

[@podunkman2709]

My countrymen fought in the Battle of England, escorted convoys in the Atlantic, liberated France, the Netherlands, and Italy. 6,000,000 of them were killed by Russians and Germans. 1,000,000 children, women, and old men were burned, their heads chopped off, their bellies ripped open in the Wolyn massacre by the Ukrainians. Do you know what awaited them after the war? They were sold by Churchill and Roosevelt for decades into Russian captivity. Now you call them "former communist bloc".

[@railwaymechanicalengineer4587]

Documentary ? Nonsense it was designed as an old wives tale. It's primarily extracts from WW2 Newspaper Propaganda headlines, so not very accurate ! For military documentaries with quality research you can't beat the 42 x 2 Hour "WW2 BATTLEFIELD" British produced series of programmes from 1998-2002, all of which were uploaded to KZbin by "Vasil Luga" some years ago.

[@suzannebertrand2663]

Merci 🙏 with love ♥️

[@redpanda2401]

Amazing documentary, I actually met a guy who filmed part of the landings, what he told me chilled to the bones, horrific to say the least. The men and women involved were so so brave. Huge respect !!

[@mpatrickthomas]

Which one,Omaha?.I remember reading the guy that took photos of Omaha landing lost just about every one out of hundreds taken because his photo lab assistant did something to screw up the photos but a few.It must have been a fantastic honor to talk to him.WOW.The most chilling photos of the landing I've seen is the one where the soldier is hiding behind a hedgehog while a wave came in.I have read the accounts from soldiers landing and you are right,it was horrific.

[@redpanda2401]

@@mpatrickthomas Yeah, Omaha, I don't know about photos but this guy actually filmed, well when he could, he said he vomited so much. Brave brave men.

[@AconservativeThought]

Care to share any of the stories he shared with you?