Overlord Museum at Normandy - A Virtual Tour | D-Day Trip Part 2

[@chrisb7198]

As an old American who will never be able to go there and see it first hand I thank you. The fact that a young French woman did this gives me renewed hope for mankind through our younger generations. You are a beautiful young woman from your good soul out. Again thank you.

[@texan2u]

That must be a "HUGE" building. They've done that museum well. The tour guide, "our Marie" did an excellent job showing it to us too.

[@rickjames2043]

Thank you again!!!! Staff Sergeant Rick James U.S. Army (Ret.) 11 Bravo

[@theallseeingmaster]

Do you have any idea how many American hearts you have touched? I wish my father was alive to see this lovely homage; he landed on Utah Beach on D-Day.

[@bruce8321]

You have touched a lot of Canadian hearts as well. Thank you Sweet Marie.

[@dennisstewart5660]

would never have seen it without you showing it, thanks

[@renecordova6349]

My dad was with Patton during battle of the bulge! He loaded gun in a tank and was wounded after his tank got hit...yeah, I am old. And I spent 3 years involved in Vietnam war... Best 3 years of my life, tho I didn't realize it at the time!!

[@Tribblepuppy]

At 2:39 I saw the mannequin on the motorcycle and I had to stop. Although my father got there after D-Day, he was a messenger, and rode both a bicycle and a motorcycle while delivering messages to various outfits around the CP (Command Post) he was assigned to. He got injured (not sure how) and was shipped to a hospital back in England, where he met my mom, who was a nurse there. Funny how things work out. Anyways, loved this video, good job, Marie.

[@dawelder9731]

I want to thank you for caring. I love that some of the young people still understand that our world's past is why we have the things we do today. You seem like a very smart and intelligent young lady. Your tears at these sites are a sign of respect in my eyes. God Bless.

[@samright4661]

France did a Amazing job with the Museum. Thank you for posting the video.

[@donathandorko]

When I was a little schoolboy, I went on a school trip to France and Belgium. During this trip we visited a lot of WW1 memorials (My great grandfather fought battles on Somme and Messines). I have been back to both countries many times after (usually for music festivals, football matches or just tourism!) but I have never visited Normandy. WW2 was also in my family, but my grand father fought against the Japanese in east Asia. After these 2 videos, I know it is now on my bucket list. Merci, et Vive le France :)

[@jeffburdick869]

As a historian who did his dissertation on World War Two...as well as the grandson of a soldier who fought on D-Day, I cannot tell you how much I've appreciated these videos, Marie. Thank you.

[@johnwatrous8982]

The whole world needs to see and learn about history and NEVER let it happen again. We are so very close. Love you Marie 😘😜

[@edwardrmayer9807]

Thank you for allowing your viewers to tour with you. I'm very proud of you taking interest in the very important history which shaped todays world. My dad, (African American) served in US Army, was involved in the Battle of the Bulge, attached to Gen. Patton's 3rd Army. He was in the quarter Masters unit, his rank; sergeant major, earned 4-Bronze Stars. I was born Sept. 1944, I'm former US Marine, (Viet-Nam) and my four other brothers, US Marines. It's refreshing to see young people such as you learning history. I also enjoy your music videos, I'm a fan.

[@GigiC4]

We visited this museum 3 years ago on our visit to France, it's really something to see. We also went to Sainte-Mère-Église where they still have a replica of the paratrooper hanging from the steeple of the church just like in the movie The Longest Day. In addition to Omaha beach we also as Canadian visited the memorial and museum at Juno beach, it's all very poignant.

[@carllance8062]

Thank you so much for this tour Marie. I love museums and especially military museums. Seeing all of the artifacts from Operation Overlord gives me a whole new perspective on what happened there. These have been some very special videos 🤗❤

[@according2petey25]

🇫🇷🇺🇸friends forever! Thanks miss marie in taking us back in time. Could you see yourself miss marie growing up in the 1930 and 1940's? I wish more of your generation would research and study our combined history of France and America Sit with their grandparents and listen to the stories. We.. Even my generation take it for granted and complain.. I'm 55 by the way😂 thanks again for a wonderful tour👍 Take care🌻🌻 god bless🇺🇸🇫🇷

[@Tribblepuppy]

Unfortunately we have all but lost those who participated in that war, there are not that many left. Most stories we hear are second hand, passed down from parent to child. Both of my parents served in Europe during WWII, and neither was comfortable talking about their experiences. It is through the battlefields and museums that we get a more personal history.

[@daveperryman291]

Thank you, Marie. My father served with the tank destroyer unit in WW11. He would love to see this.

[@f2809]

My Dad who fought in WWII always said it was our Duty and responsibility to free the French from the Nazi's, because it was the French who saved the United States during the American Revolution.... debt paid to keep France Free......thank you to the French citizens....

[@henryvagincourt4502]

f + Forgive me as an Englishman if that made me smile, given you joined a little late in WWII, when we landed in Normandy three of the Beaches were British (one Canadian div on Juno) The RAF supplied two-thirds of the aircraft involved in the invasion. The majority of the fleet was supplied by the UK, which provided around 900 warships and 3,200 landing craft, my Grandad landing with XXX Corps on Gold. Ex Royal Navy myself, so yeah you helped to free France.

[@MrRondonmon]

@@henryvagincourt4502 You appeased a mad man, that's why Hitler arose. We have the same stuff going on in the world again, except this time the color revelation is from within. The French and English are all commie Socialists, and now the commies have learned how to steal elections in the USA to push us that way also. So, what good did it do to defeat Hitler? You all just became Socialists anyway. Its never worked and never will. But I am sure instead of 500 million deaths this time there will be 4-6 billion deaths. The good book says so, so it will be. It's just a matter of time. So, don't sweet it, mankind is evil at heart.

[@henryvagincourt4502]

@Heather Stephens + My Grandad landed at Gold he was 23, I never said it was a competition, I was just pointing the British contribution. I think you will find the US sent around just under 2 million men to Europe, the British and Commonwealth forces around the same if not more. I'm married to a New York girl, We are both ex Navy, Royal myself, she is US. I've not a clue what Brexit has to do with it?

[@henryvagincourt4502]

@@MrRondonmon + A do enjoy a good fruitcake posting on here, your it.

[@lyndoncmp5751]

henryv agincourt Well said. Of course, WW2 was a combined allied victory, but without the British and Commonwealth efforts 1940-1942 the US Army would not have even been able to get across the Atlantic.

[@daehawk9585]

That is a jam packed and beautiful museum. Ive never seen it before.

[@genewilkinson8368]

You are one amazing young lady. I had taken a cruise at the Copenhagen a few years ago on the return instead of flying home my wife had a surprise for me. We flew to Paris for a few days she had arranged a private tour to Normandy beach. The tour guide took us to Utah beach Where the fourth division had landed. I walked down to the beach and got on my knees and suck my hands in the sand to get a feel of what these brave men went through. I have a relationship with the fourth division. When I was 19 I was sent to Vietnam in 1967 to the 4th Div . I went right into the battle of Dak-to in the three weeks of bloody fighting we lost almost 400 man. War is ugly even though it was over 50 years ago you live in every day. Thank you so much Marie do you have heart of gold. Gene.

[@stephenmalloy88]

Thank you so much Marie. My uncle Frank was a crewman on B-24 bombers in World War II. Several years before he died told us about what happened on D-Day. He said all the crews in his group flew for twenty four hours in support of the soldiers landing on the beaches and farther inland. After hitting their targets they would return to England to refuel and load more bombs. They would fly back to Normandy hit new targets. That continued all day June sixth. He was one of the lucky ones as the allied bombers suffered heavy losses over the four years of war in Europe. Thank you again.

[@jeffboyd8555]

I would like to both compliment and thank Marie for such an excellent job of taking me through the Museum. It was informative and compellingly interesting. As a former U.S. Marine I recognized a number of the pieces as still being in use during my time in the Marines. It was a compelling look into our violent past.

[@bodog63]

Such a great video tour. The silence of not having You narrate this can really make the mind absorb what was in front of Us, like We were there with You. The Sound of peaceful music slowly entering as You came outside was a beautiful touch. Marie, You really did an outstanding job of making these videos. Thank You from an American friend in the USA. )

[@FrenchTastic]

Thank you 😊

[@popeyefloor2509]

Merci pour la visite intéressante Marie. Two of my great uncles died (brothers) and were buried over there at Juno Beach, 19 and 20 years old. Love from Canada 🇨🇦 ❤❤

[@tacocin]

Thank you Marie! Very emotional. Ecclesiasticus 44: 14 -- “Their bodies are buried in peace; but their name liveth for evermore.”

[@laynecox3992]

Retired Navy CPO here, thank you Marie, Bravo Zulu! Well Done.

[@docamosroxie8686]

THANK YOU FROM USA GRAND KIDS OF THESE HEROES.....So many of us could never, ever see this without wonderful, thoughtful people like you....So respectful also.....Thank You Marie....my heart is touched, proud and elated you showed me this!!!!!

[@NoneYaBidness762]

Thank you for such a great look at a museum that I’ll probably never get to see personally. It’s very much appreciated. ~A proud American.

[@thomasbaillie-carrigan3100]

Many thanks for a video that our children and grandchildren should watch. 'Lest We Forget'.

[@terryhartle8025]

Thank you very much for these vids. I'm 72 and i'll never be able to go there and it so nice that you would take your time to show us here in the U.S. what we may never be able to see in person. You did it with great respect!! and don't worry if your not explaining to it to us as good as you think you should , believe me we are getting it at least I am!! Again Thank You very much for this.. Sending you hugs!!

[@paulpetersen879]

My dad fought in Europe, my grandfather's both in WW1, my uncles in Korea and Vietnam. I myself am an old Marine. Thank you for this. You did an amazing job.

[@michaeljimson6918]

Thanks for sharing this my father was a world war two veteran that was shot in France. He survived but never talked much about the war.

[@unclejack123]

Walking the battlefield is the best way to get a felling for the scope of any conflict ...... thank you Marie

[@michaelcollum3540]

Marie, Thank you for a very professional presentation of what appears be an outstanding museum. Their exhibits appear to cover the entire period of the war in Europe from the invasion of Normandy through to VE-Day (Victory in Europe, 8 May 1945). I noticed that your video showed many photos/items that dealt with the French Resistance. The assistance of French Resistance units greatly aided in the success of the invasion. When you have some time I recommend that you watch an excellent French film titled 'Lucy Aubrac'. I believe it was produced in the late 1990s. It deals with the French Resistance in Lyon and, I believe, presents a very accurate account of life in France under the NAZI occupation. Again, Thanks for sharing what I am sure was a very informative visit to Normandy.

[@stephenm3536]

Thank you for a wonderfully done tour of a wonderful museum. May France and the USA always stand together.

[@michaelszczekot8920]

I really appreciate your gratitude for these guys my grandfather fought over France he was a gunner in a B-17 bomber and took a piece of flak in his leg. He got a Purple Heart for and and walked with a limp for the rest of his life but that was so much better than a lot of those young men from America got on Omaha and Utah beach. I couldn’t imagine going a thousand miles from home to liberate a country that far away and watching my buddies get shot down on that beach like fish in a barrel. I’m very proud of what my grandfather did. He certainly deserves the credit. Along with countless other men who gave their lives fighting for a cause that was so far away.

[@lynngatlin4469]

That is pretty cool I'd like to visit that museum. We'll done

[@williamking632]

Thank you Marie.. great video.. i never knew France had these museums about the war.. Thank you for showing them to us.. we need the boost of Patriotism here so badly.. i will visit France.. someday..

[@garybarr1045]

Thanks so much for the tour of the museum and the trip around Normandy. As a disabled Vietnam veteran what you showed me touched me very deeply. Thanks, again.

[@BH-id6nb]

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! You did a wonderful job!

[@kylesummers1565]

Thank You! I wept a little, but it made me that much more aware of how many people in my country (US) are not ready for what may follow. Freedom isn't Free. We have become way too complacent.

[@philipjones5431]

God bless you for making this video. With love from Cabot, Arkansas U.S.A.

[@MiRogers]

I applaud you for taking the time to tour Normandy WW 2 and it’s history….it’an important part of the past…

[@andrewcharles459]

Hearing "Flowers of the Forest" on the bagpipes was a kick in the feels.

[@billunwin7624]

Tellement des trucs intéressants ! Merci encore de l'avoir partagé avec nous! J'espère que t’as prévu quelque chose d'amusant à faire demain ! Bonne Fête Nationale à tous ! Vive le 14 juillet! Vive la France! 🇫🇷😍🎉🍾🥳👏🥂🇫🇷 -------------------- So much interesting stuff! Thanks again for sharing it with us! Hoping you have something fun to do tomorrow! Happy “Bastille Day” everyone ! Long live July 14th ! Long live France! 🇫🇷😍🎉🍾🥳👏🥂🇫🇷

[@bobadams179]

Thank you again Marie. As an American who has great respect for our military I appreciate very much you showing us around something I will never be able to see.

[@Atarigen1]

Thank you for showing this I will probably never get to see it in person. Not giving up just being realistic.

[@Brandon_Beaty]

So fascinating to see and adds more perspective to everything and everyone involved. So many moving pieces and in depth strategy. Like a horrific and unfortunate chess match with human lives. Fantastic video, Marie! Hope you are staying well. Take care.

[@yellowbeardjamesgibson9297]

Hello Miss Marie !!! Another Amazing & Profound Video !!! Thank you for Sharing !!! & bringing us Along ! 😄 Still Subscribed, like button Illuminated

[@bkeyser]

I hope you were able to enjoy your visit, Marie, and the filming didn't take away from your time there. I personally really appreciate that you did this and posted it for all of us to see; certainly I won't in my lifetime be able to travel there. But as an old US Marine, it's quite interesting and emotional.

[@glendepasse7490]

Again, another wonderful video. I can't thank you enough. I've never been to Europe but it's the top destination on my bucket list. I've been an avid reader of World War II history since childhood and have quite a home library on the subject. We must never forget the countless sacrifices made to save an enslaved continent. A million thanks to the Allies and to the Resistance who risked their lives on a daily basis to regain freedom. And thanks to all involved in establishing this incredible museum. Much respect to FrenchTastic.

[@ronaldsanders9464]

Thanks marie grandad was on the USS Missouri when treaty was signed am a vet as well you do us all very proud thank you

[@MarkPuckett]

I have been there, and anyone who visits the area should go. It is really worth the effort. You've done a great job, Marie, of sharing the essence of this museum to the world.

[@cliffhodge6167]

Not sure if you mentioned it or planned to but the intelligence and support from theFrench Resistance was invaluable and saved many lives. Much love from St. Louis and these videos should be part of the curriculum of every high school student in the free world. Thanks again. You are a class act.

[@artisancans3954]

Hi Marie. Thank you for posting this. My Dad volunteered to fight in this war as a teenager. He fought throughout. He was wounded and sent back for recovery then sent back out when he was well enough. He was deaf in one ear from firing Rifles and had a bullet lodged in a bone in his leg. I lost him to stomach cancer in 1981 at 62 years old. I was 28 and i still miss him today. He was a very kind man and i loved him very much. Take care and thank you. John.x

[@seanmc7128]

So many things to see miss Marie. It's amazing all of the items they found and were able to preserve.

[@robertcoleman8430]

Again, Thank you Marie, for taking us to see what many of us may not get a chance to visit. There is a D-Day museum here in the US at New Orleans I hope to see soon.

[@stevegfromnc3482]

Another excellent video. Looking forward to Part 3.

[@raiderfan346]

You have a good heart Marie. God bless!

[@danaleestephens1686]

My father fought in the pacific in ww ll and in the Korean War. God bless them for their sacrifice and thank you for your video you are a upstanding young lady!

[@davidleland8729]

Thank you Marie! Retired MSG 75th Ranger Regiment. My father and uncle both were pilots in WW11. My father served 32 years and I served 27.

[@garyemagee7177]

Thank you for this tour, Marie. (I only cried three times) ... thinking about two of my great Uncles that died that week. One came ashore the next day, but stepped on a land mine. The other was in the US Army Air Corps and was shot down about 50 miles ( 80 kilometers ) into France. Neither had celebrated their 21st birthday. But again, I loved your tour of the museum. Great video !

[@stevej1154]

Excellent museum. They’ve really done an incredible job of including everything and celebrating the heroes of WW2. It’s good to pause the video and read more about some of the exhibits. Thanks for the tour!

[@mikennem9077]

THank you for these videos. My grandpa was there fighting. From a small town in America he went all the way across the world and He landed in Normandy a few days after the first wave and ended up going through France to Germany. He was one of the lucky ones who made it and got to live a long and happy life. I've heard him tell stories of being in those countries over there. I never thought I'd get to see these things.

[@sardine7768]

A time very impressive ... thank you.

[@sherriechampion7979]

Thank you again sweet Marie, so very touching. Thank you for showing us something we might never see ourselves. 🇺🇸💕😥

[@charlesvaughn2192]

enjoyed this very much Marie. I have often thought that in a lot of traffic situations, a lot of folks should be thankful that I wasn't driving a tank!!

[@Thepirireis]

Happy Bastille Day, Marie!🇫🇷

[@RockOnSky]

Well done Marie, I am impressed! 🤗

[@larencegagland506]

Thanks for the tour, a 1st for me, two of my great- uncles were there, came back alive, but lost their hearing for the rest of their lives. Part of the Tennessee Volunteers.

[@camperp195]

To everyone that selflessly took part,and laid down their life for freedom,THANK YOU ,i for one,will never forget,and neither will my children 😔 We owe you everything ❤️

[@iangoodall7620]

Yeah thank you once again Marie. Wow I noticed an old BSA 40 motorbike in the British museum and can you believe over 40 years later when I did my Motorcycle training it was on one of those!

[@DRGreen-ps7eh]

Thanks to dear Marie, These museums remind us of the horrors of war, most especially on *your* land. I try to educate my grandchildren (older than Marie) about the destruction to the land, and most importantly, the people. As is said, "War is Hell".

[@markmiller4971]

Thank you Marie. It warms my heart someone of your age cares enough to do this. It's very appreciated.

[@dennisstafford1749]

So well done.

[@jimgreen2027]

BEAUTIFUL VIDEO. Unfortunately too many people from the Allied countries have forgotten the price that was paid for our freedom

[@danagassaway3581]

Marie, again I thank you for your tasteful and reverent coverage of this special place. I have dreamed of visiting Normandy and have been a student of WWII for over 55 years (I'm 67 and a US Navy vet). I have been fortunate to visit France on several occasions (Brest, Paris, Marseille, and Toulon) and have found the French too be kind and very hospitable. Thank you for doing this....!

[@stevenveltrie1868]

Thank you so much for the tour.

[@emolachance]

I have been going to Ste Marie du Mont for ten summers in a row until covid stopped my annual trip for 2 years now. You saved the day by taking me on your trip and I am very thankful. Hopefully I'll get back there next summer. Merci beaucoup!

[@artd.]

Thank you Miss Marie, Wonderful tour, your heart is so big for doing this for people that you don't even know.........:-)

[@LarryHatch]

Thorough camera work! This museum is remarkable for the detailed stonework and architectural facades. Most war museums don't go to that much trouble and expense.

[@ericjahoda2997]

Another great video, Marie. Thank you for doing this. Both of my parents were WW2 veterans. My dad was Staff Sergeant , training recruits and was preparing to go to the Pacific theater when the war ended. My mother was an army nurse, stationed at Trippler Memorial Hospital, which overlooks Pearl Harbor. I hope you will watch Saving Private Ryan. It will really bring all you have seen together. Love you!

[@DOUGIEFRESH379]

Thank you so much for doing this tour of the Overlord Museum plus part 1 of the cemeteries at Normandy.

[@kevinhooper3003]

As a history buff it is fulfilling to see all of that paraphernalia preserved for posterity. Marie, thank you again for being our tour guide. You’ve done an amazing job.

[@samb1123]

It is good that you didn't forget the Canadian involvement as well. Sometimes it seems that only the Americans were there.

[@jayyoung5423]

Thank you for this kind woman...as a veteran myself I will get there one day to pay my respects I promise.

[@johnforsyth7987]

Marie, Thank you so much for the tour of this excellent museum. I probably would not have been able to see it without your assistance.

[@BerishStarr]

Thank you once again Marie. I planned to go to Normandy a few years ago, but health got in the way. Now you are giving me the next best thing. Thank you

[@davidward3122]

Very emotional I am sure. Melissa Ward here. My dad served in pacific theater. My uncle Alfred served In European theater. ,lord keep us from this insane world of wars. My dads close family, ray,didn't get to come home,like so many others, in the name of freedom. Looks like a terrible, but useful reminder of the horror of war. Again,Melissa here. You did a service going here and recognizing this,Marie.

[@JohnThomas-kj8lk]

Thanks so much for letting us come along in your journey through Normandy.....that museum looks huge. I could spend the whole day there and probably not see everything. I did have to laugh though, no matter where you are or what museum....you always exit through the gift shop.

[@rickgardner3417]

Marie, I want to thank you for your time and effort to make and present this video of sights that I will never see. Excellent video. best wishes to you.

[@moomakemoney]

Thanks for taking the time to put that together... must have been alot of work..Thanks!

[@viktorgamasshkov5156]

Thanks again Dear Marie, you gave us a Free Trip to the Past, terrible & sad past, but where we can feel it closer, a lot of the younger generations should watch your want to watch your 1,2, & maybe 3rd, trip to Normandy maybe that way they will start to be more sensible and sympathetic to our nation tour veterans to respect our flag or national anthem our history,,, kudos and my respect a my hat off for you Marie thank you thank you again for this trip through the Time tunnel maybe I was not the only one but tears were running down my eyes 😢😓

[@eTraxx]

Beautiful Marie .. you represent those the allies fought to give freedom back to.

[@pathofchaos786]

Great video Marie, thanks for the tour of the museum. Especially for us overseas who may never get the opportunity to see this in person.

[@philrowe3832]

Excellent video,I found this and your cemetery/beach videos extremely interesting,thanks for both . Brilliant work 👍

[@deboraharroyo1274]

Once again thanks for sharing, and I appreciate you very much.

[@JuandeFucaU]

apologies for triple posting Marie..... this is your masterpiece..... so beautifully subtle, simple, non-spoken, let-it-be-ness.... I will treasure these two videos you've made for us and re-visit them on Remembrance Day, November 11th, every year. I didn't cry this time..... just left with a somber quiet something..... thanks so much again for keeping your channel, spirit, and drive going.... muaaah.

[@ancestrywoman1]

Thank you so much for sharing this with us.

[@jimcalloway3028]

You did a great job, beautiful video, as a history buff, so moving...a beautiful tribute to such heroes