PARADE OF US TROOPS - PARIS - SOUND

[@ellanaangel3996]

I believe they marched through Paris and joined a battle. Therefore the lack of smiling. They had a job to do and was going to be rough. God Bless them,

[@henrypaulpierce4160]

You are correct, they only stopped briefly and made their way on to Belgium and the ultimately to the Battle of the Bulge at the Hurtgen Forest. My Da celebrated his Birthday in a foxhole in a blizzard with 2 other soldiers while the Nazis bombed the 24/7 for a week.

[@53Betsy]

Go get them boys❤️

[@castnerscutthroats9297]

Regardless of moving on to battle, marching requires military discipline. Military Discipline while in ranks and/or marching = no smiling

[@kazamk5367]

OMG I I always was curious why the lack of smiling or happiness on any face, they all looked more concerned than happy. Thank you for enlightening me with why they looked the way they did. Awesome parade nevertheless.

[@stupidgoose356]

They went thru hell after this parade

[@elhermes77]

Thank you United States we will never forget 🇺🇸✌️🇫🇷

[@smoaky123]

And thank you for helping us become an independent nation!! 🇺🇸 and 🇫🇷 forever!!!!

[@youtubesurfer134]

Well we did owe you guys one after the revolution.

[@az3378]

@Andrew Riela then they attacked you in the Quasi War like 10 years later they only helped in the revolution to weaken Britain Spain and France aren’t real allies Spanish American war and quasi war says otherwise

[@kidofsteel0362]

You’re Welcome friends. You helped us gain our independence after all. 🇺🇸🇫🇷✌🏻

[@stupidgoose356]

Hmm uhmm how about the submarine deal

[@MrMcMedium]

A show of kindness to France. Our country's first and greatest friend.

[@YungIsyan]

They just benefit of the downfall of England. They aint no friend lmao

[@josephgray2475]

my buddies dad was a tank jocky in europe. He told us that when they went into Paris they had to wait for the French to go first. A sergant with the infantry battalion in front climbed on his tank ant told him "I marched thru Afica/ sicily/italy /and now france. I ain't marchin no more.

[@frankmontez6853]

I guess his "dogs "were tired by then 😂🤣

[@exactlybasically8603]

@@frankmontez6853 can’t fault him! 😂

[@n0yn0y]

America has always been great

[@thecheezybleezy7036]

France gave us the statue of liberty and helped secure america as a nation during our revolution. They've been there for us it feels good knowing we returned the favor

[@attackonmars5198]

I'll fight next to you

[@53Betsy]

I can't help but tear up when I see these guys. What a generation and I am so lucky to have been raised by them.

[@LBPproductionz1]

This makes me proud to be an American

[@laurecrp8751]

« Sardou-Les Ricains » a song who talks about how americans saved us . Thank you so much, if I talk in french today it’s thanks to you 🇺🇸 🇫🇷 ♥️

[@laurecrp8751]

Iron Monster 😍😍😍

[@chrisbreezy-ryanbarbosa4320]

@@laurecrp8751 I think our American grandfathers would say, Paris is much more beautiful when it is ruled by the French, not the Nazis 🙂

[@helpiamstuckonthismanshead3385]

You would still talk french in a german victory world

[@dudelebowski8629]

3:08 if they had a buddy marching next to them that might have been the very last time they saw each other RIP to those that perished.

[@benm5221]

Wow! These clips give much more vivid detail than the few seconds typically shown! Really appreciated!

[@westpointsnell4167]

These men were stationed at fort indiantown gap just an hour away from where I live..my son is stationed there now with the 288th engineers

[@prettyeyes1752]

My dad was with the core of engineers over there ,

[@Lockbar]

From what I understand, these guys didn't get to hang around in Paris. The marched through town and went straight into fighting east of the city. Some of them probably dead the next day.

[@mqr5wo]

They were in combat later the same day. Some of them were dead before the sun went down.

[@benm5221]

Perhaps that's why so many of the marching soldiers didn't look happy. Some of the French weren't ready to celebrate just yet either. Still, it was a historic day Americans and the French can be most proud of. "Long live liberty!"

[@Archangelm127]

Correct. And they had spent all the night before spiffing themselves up for this one march-through.

[@donl5941]

My mother's cousin was in the parade and he told me the same thing. They drove through the city, out the other side, and to the front.

[@michaelc.6532]

The rear echelon and the lucky units who were designated to occupy Paris reaped the benefits.

[@DarjeelingEnjoyer]

Playing star wars marching music over this is amazing. It's so perfect. We need more videos of just US Soldiers marching

[@michaelmarama-de4gx]

Haha yes I tried it and it's hauntingly surreal having the starwars soundtrack play over he marching. Makes me proud to be an American❤❤❤

[@joeyoliver579]

It seems audio is added until 2:56. Its the same "applause" on every clip... Great video of our troops marching down the Champs D' Elysees. I go to Paris 3 or 4 times a year and its great to envision these moments in Paris 75 years ago.

[@nicolassalazar5354]

That's a lot of troops in one place!

[@donalhartman6235]

Full division, around 15, 000.

[@ryanminahan7514]

My grandfather is that medic at 1:42

[@westpointsnell4167]

NOB BOB THE ALIEN PERSON are u from pennsylvania

[@ryanminahan7514]

No i am from Mars.

[@Javier-db5xn]

NOB BOB THE ALIEN PERSON and my great uncle was an Austrian working for the enemy, I am ashamed

[@christianstadler6099]

Conservative don’t be man. A lot of people didn’t have a choice in their allegiance.

[@Javier-db5xn]

Christian Yeahman you could be right.

[@ohno1706]

This must have done their tired hearts good. Poor boys, war is an awful thing.

[@Nino-bu9mj]

so many american lives were lost to liberate the old world. these were people from all walks of life. heroes all of them

[@henrycarmona8560]

Rest in peace to the greatest generation that ever lived!❤

[@henrypaulpierce4160]

My Dad's Division led this Parade 28th,109th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania.

[@cpmooremusic]

Dad was here, 28th division; he was a sergeant, Tank & radio operator, Tec 4; fought 2 other Campaigns; the true Giants were the young men like him that gave freedom and victory; See Dads happiness Part 4; Chris Phally on KZbin.

[@64MDW]

At 2:50, as far as the eye can see, that's an entire 15,000-man U.S. infantry division...the 28th ID...marching down the Champs Elysees. By the end of the war, the U.S. had more than 60 IDs in Europe fighting the Germans, plus four airborne divisions and some 20 armored divisions. All that plus 15 U.S. Army divisions in Italy, and 22 Army and six Marine in the Pacific.

[@michaelmarama-de4gx]

What a marvelous, beautiful and stunning site that must have been to see then ❤

[@dcaotearoa]

Wow we all know pictures do no justice but what a sight that must have been to see with your own eyes!

[@teymani]

for all of those who hate the usa ,abroad and at home ,watch this clip ,many of the boys never came home ,that was the second time america sent her best to die for europe and the world.god bless america ,

[@prettyeyes1752]

Yes , my father was over there, they should remember the Soilders that liberated, those countries , from many dictators, many did not come home , 60,000 men lost their lives on the beaches of Normandy the first day they landed

[@johnmcdonald9304]

No, you figure is WAY wrong. the total was around 2,500.

[@Archangelm127]

6,603 US casualties on D-Day itself, though that number encompasses KIA, WIA, and MIA. I'm very curious where the OP got that number. If anywhere in particular.

[@Mike-01234]

@@johnmcdonald9304 WW2 U.S. Combat Dead by Theater of war: Europe-Atlantic 183,588 (Army ground forces 141,088, Army Air Forces 36,461, and Navy/Coast Guard 6,039) so yes there is a good chance lot of those men in that parade did die after liberating France. You could be correct the parade itself being around 2500 men I don't know that makes it even more correct most of the men there died.

[@westpointsnell4167]

These men would go on to fight in bloody hurrtgen forest

[@btte854]

now we even don't forget France sent 6000 mounted cavalry and hundreds of war ships to fight the british 18th century so Americans can live freely

[@mr_sun_wu_kong_tv518]

And now America is the most powerfull country in the world.. hahahahah.... even british and france join together.. Uk and franceare just like a paper this day.. 1 hit nuclear bomb

[@mr_sun_wu_kong_tv518]

6k only?? ...american sent 7 millions soldier....

[@mizto3291]

MR_Sun _Wu_Kong_TV back then 6k was a large amount of troops. 6k was nearly 1/4th of the continental army I think.

[@64MDW]

France didn't fight with England during the Revolution to free America from the British. It fought with England to get some back for losing Canada 20 years before. In any event, the U.S. has paid back any 'debt' it owed a thousand times over.

[@martinb.3997]

@@mr_sun_wu_kong_tv518 Back in the 1700s, 6 thousand men was a lot. The population was way lower, and armies way way smaller. It wasn't until the 1800s that the army size grew to a more modern level.

[@Mike-01234]

Lot of Americans make fun of the French for surrendering to the Germans. They surrendered after 92000 French were killed trying to defend their country against the German attack.

[@2TrackMind-c6i]

The French put up a tough fight against the Germans, but were hampered by poor communications and lack of cohesive orders from top command, who believed that the Maginot Line would suffice to hold any German attack and did not have a Plan B. French officers on the ground knew different, but were stymied in their complaints by stiff, traditional French higher command. Many French units fought until they simply ran out of ammo. The very good French tanks gave the Germans a shock as well. The French have always been a tough army and gave battlefield lessons to virtually every other power in Europe and around the world for centuries. The political divisions in France - and most of Europe - is another story, but bears study. It is key to understanding the French collapse and that of several other countries that joined the Axis Powers. Germany was not alone in its ambitions or politics.

[@7evh]

28th Infantry. My Great-Uncle might have been there!

[@Vasiliy7331]

Люблю дивитись хроніку 40-х років. Американці мені подобаються. The Best !

[@landonoles0955]

Greatest generation

[@minutemanchan7232]

2:59 gives me chills

[@kazamk5367]

Totally agree. Never ever thought World War would be this big with so many men going to war. So awesome but sad at the same time

[@officerrosco]

112th Regiment of the 28th Division. My father, age 20 at the time, is in the 3rd row. The first Division to penetrate Germany. Casualty rate very high.

[@brucemcdonald6677]

Somewhere in that sea of American excellence my grandfather marched..

[@kazamk5367]

Arghhhhhh BULLSHET BOY

[@timlamb9428]

Whoa ! Never seen so many american soldiers at once.

[@marc21091]

This march down the Champs-Elysées was an important political move by General de Gaulle to confirm his Provisional Government was in power in Paris as soon as the Liberation had taken place. De Gaulle was worried about the Communists and other FFI leaders taking control of the city, putting up barricades, and bringing back the 'Paris Commune' of 1870-71. He met the FFI leaders as soon as he arrived and had told most of them to return to their civilian jobs of before 1939, or to enlist in the Free French Army that he was aiming to build up top take part in the defeat of Germany. He (more than other Free French leaders below him) was concerned that his government's status might be challenged by the FFI leaders and that the Communists would organise. 'We must avoid a Commune' was how De Gaulle put it to his staff. The grand walk down the Champs-Elysées on Sunday 26 August 1944 was effective in bringing out the people of the city to applaud him and the new Free French leadership. But he couldn't be sure of control, so he asked General Bradley to parade his US Army through the city on 29 August on their way to the front east of Paris, calling it a 'Victory Parade'. The saluting base where De Gaulle and Bradley stood was knocked together very hastily as the films shown. It may well be that many US solders didn't enjoy parading and would rather have been taken in trucks to where the Germans were retreating east of the city. But the move worked - as one communist is said to have muttered after this display of US power, in explanation of why there was no Communist attempt to take control of the city, 'We couldn't take on both De Gaulle and the Americans'. De Gaulle's writ ran in France from then on.

[@richardque4952]

Stalin also demand that french communist party not to confront de gaulle.and.allied army.

[@ricashbringer9866]

I have a 2022 Calendar that this month, September has a picture of the 29th Infantry Division marching down the Champs D' Elysees. The 29th Infantry Division was a Pennsylvania National Guard Unit. They went on to fight in the Hurtgen Forest and the Battle of the Bulge. I felt the need to find film of the scene pictured.

[@donl5941]

I'm pretty sure the tanks didn't pass through l'Arc. They would have tread on the tomb of the French Unknown Soldier from WWI and that would have been rather disrespectful. I believe they drove around l'Arc, like all the other traffic did then and now.

[@davisoncarini4382]

Looks like the romans legions parading in Rome .

[@melt6894]

All military parades look like this, it’s a moral booster for a war torn city to see a professional, allied army walking through.

[@hermanyangyyhy]

God bless USA

[@gregandrews6453]

Some of these units were transferred from Europe to the Pacific during the war.

[@rithvikmuthyalapati9754]

Yeah, that is why it sucked fighting in Europe. Some of them had another job in the Pacific, especially when the deadliest battles like Okinawa were beginning there.

[@hotung6654]

Thật oai hùng ! Cảm ơn Kênh !

[@TomBartram-b1c]

We had a family friend who was a British Army driver/mechanic in Normandy, ie a very low risk role, and he said it was embarrassing as hell getting a hero's welcome everyone because the infantry doing the real work had already moved onto the next objective. I wonder how many of these GI s also feel the same.

[@leaomartinofaria1667]

Lindo demais esse desfile dos aliados durante a segunda Guerra Mundial...o povo Francês foi ao dilirio... parabéns a resistência dos Franceses!

[@coolcat5714]

When we were the good guys ....

[@franciscopizarro8642]

Little Bigman As if we've ever stopped being the good guys.

[@Cole-ui8bi]

When killing a person who named sadam housein that commited genocide then you became the antagonist And killing the terrorist the pro peace protestor say that you were criminal The US always did good

[@coolcat5714]

Francisco Pizarro you are sadly self deluded ...why don’t you yourself go live in Iraq or Yemen and see if we are still the good guys ...

[@franciscopizarro8642]

Cool Cat 1. You can blame Iraq on Saddam for running the country how shittily and suppressing his civilians. We just put an extra book on the stack. 2. Yemen is Saudi Arabia's deal. Not ours.

[@64MDW]

@@coolcat5714 Fine...bring back Saddam Hussein and the other baby-killing scum and you go live there and see if you like it...jerk.

[@westpointsnell4167]

28th pennsylvania

[@rickyroan3419]

Don’t forget France people......thousand of thousand of allies soldiers died for your freedom and your homeland......don’t you even forget......🇺🇸🇬🇧🇨🇦

[@hypegaming1497]

Thank you for the allied forces made up of France, USSR, United Kingdom, India, The United States, Australia, China, and many more nations... thanks to you, we have freedom across Europe, Asia, and Africa. ❤️🇬🇧🇺🇸🇷🇺🇮🇳🇨🇦🇨🇳🇦🇺 May Peace he brought forth upon us and our planet

[@zigzagz_8423]

My Grandfather Frank James Bisher was in there somewhere. ↪️⚖️☮️⚖️↩️™

[@zigzagz_8423]

@Kazam K what do you mean by saying that. Please explain ⬅️

[@mhippler]

@Kazam K dick

[@sillygoose4438]

A lot of them look tired, worn out, probably thinking of their buddies who are left behind in that hell hole of France as it is now. The boys died in vain. I was in Paris this year. A hell hole. It's not France anymore.

[@pnartg]

Oh, BS! I go to Paris all the time and it's a lovely city. It's filled with history and art and culture and great food and it's the best city in the world for people watching. Sure there are places in that are hell holes, but show me any great city in the world that doesn't have some hell holes in it. I also love New York but there are places in New York I wouldn't go without bodyguards.

[@mizto3291]

pnartg What do you mean? France has gone to shit it’s no longer recognized.

[@mizto3291]

pnartg Paris has gone to shit. It’s been outlined by the euromigration crisis and the Yellow Vest protests, and now that Notre Dame has nearly burned down its now just shit. I’m not saying the entirety of Paris is shit, but it’s not the same.

[@ohno1706]

I'm so sad to see Europe done this way. Glad my time in Paris was in the early 80's, when she was still Paris. A beautiful city.

[@hermanyangyyhy]

God bless u s a

[@KR-jl8zs]

Imaine the feeling the french people had when they saw american and british soldiers running down the streets chasing the nazis out..

[@Blogdorf]

Actually they were sent in to cover the French who took off for Paris despite Allied plans to avoid Paris. The Nazi's had plans to blow Paris up and burn it. This is covered pretty well in the book "Is Paris Burning." Notice the infantry is marching in battle dress.

[@ccs935151]

3:00 Does anyone know which song when they were marching is?

[@captainconway2236]

I have no clue, I want to know as well, I tried Shazaming it but nothing popped up.

[@Patc-n6n]

Roll On March.

[@bones392]

un mar de soldados marchando por la victoria de europa❤️❤️❤️

[@2TrackMind-c6i]

Rest In Peace to the greatest generation of Americans. They are almost all gone now, and we are all the worse for it.

[@ronkk24]

Does anyone know the name of that march? I've never heard it before.

[@henrypaulpierce4160]

August 1944 Liberation of Paris

[@samc7810]

Yeah I can’t seem to find it

[@Patc-n6n]

Roll On March. The March of the 28th Infantry Division.

[@kazamk5367]

@@Patc-n6n Bloody Huge Division so many thousands of soldiers unbelievable

[@harrygable7437]

We could have taken Berlin if we had bypassed Paris and kept going.

[@friedrice69]

Heroes. 🇺🇸

[@tonebowski]

Its funny. The french helped us punt Britain, then we helped france punt the nazis. Now we are all friends. Its like a soap opera 😂

[@alextorres5989]

A lot of proud men

[@Imdefinitelynothere]

God bless america

[@TheRedPillMan97]

Back when Paris was still for the French people.

[@MrMuaythai84]

being french now mean you are a bigot. they are telling me now that french mean everyone not just frank tribe. i told that white leftist fuck you french is white i never heard a black french unless they are african french.

[@mizto3291]

Phon Xieng ok cool, that means you’re not french.

[@thegrasswhistle5238]

This kind of talk is exactly what we were fighting against in WW2. Respect those who fought against the evils of fascism by not succumbing to it.

[@juliemerritt5144]

@@mizto3291 well you know we and the allies did help free you. Be grateful

[@antoniocarlosmartins7574]

hoje,75 anos da libertaçao de paris!!! vivaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

[@timlamb6196]

wow the number of soldiers !

[@Cole-ui8bi]

They're marching very gentle wow.

[@kazamk5367]

True but that very night wasnt so gentle when most of them were straight into direct battle against a few German divisions of thousands aswell.

[@deecantola1923]

So proud to be an American!

[@chippledon1]

Are my facts right? Did we, or did we not have 16 million men and women in uniform at peak mobilization?

[@andresmartinezramos7513]

I know that the US mobilized 16M men throughout the war, so the peak of men simultaneously in uniform is probably significantly less

[@truthpopup]

Those are disciplined troops, not engaging with crowd celebration. Maybe Patton's 3rd Army.

[@elizabethespinozaolona7379]

This is why I’m Fucking proud to be an American

[@RandomDudeOne]

The Goat - His Place In The War Effort lol

[@ichabodon]

Well said Teymani two years ago.

[@cesarnishinohararojas7064]

La armada de América en 1944 fue una de las mejores que tubo durante la segunda guerra mundial

[@pompuslompus964]

Damn that’s a lot of soldiers

[@McCov1]

What would the world be without the Americans?

[@katyleung5657]

王者之師

[@Paladin_Green]

The first bit. Was it burned onto another recording?

[@vincentlebourg]

Les hommes de la 28e division d'infanterie défilent sur les Champs-Élysées à Paris, le 29 août 1944 et non pas le 04 septembre 1944 !

[@volcanicsour]

Sunny Coney Island, conveniently available via the F. crowded

[@barneyfyfe8313]

Liberators NOT conquerors!

[@DylansPen]

The Statue of Liberty came back by for a visit. Bon chance!

[@elioselectric468]

The first second or two was interesting. Was this geeat moment in history almost lost?

[@allanr1515]

must be wearing sneakers because that is the quietest marching army in existence.

[@vickieoglesby3257]

That is the film..you understand..i hope you are over the age of seven..or that your IQ is more than seven.

[@westpointsnell4167]

Allan Radman, D.C. nahh,let me educate u..Americans separate themselves as a much more of a sovereign country from those of Europe and Asia,therefore we created our own marches by showing the world that we re here to be friendly and not as an antagonist

[@Archangelm127]

The audio and the video segments weren't shot in the same place at the same time. Common practice back in the day, and sometimes nowadays for B-roll.

[@snapmalloy5556]

"Lafayette, We are here!"

[@missiavu]

No, it is "Lafayette, here we are", and it was told by general Pershing, head of US expeditionary force, in 1917, during first World War.

[@snapmalloy5556]

@@missiavu No shit Sherlock.... Black Jack said it the first time? You are my hero. www.encyclopedia.com/history/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/lafayette-we-are-here

[@snapmalloy5556]

@@missiavu I love it when uneducated idiots spread their ignorance on social media platforms. It is better than any comedy

[@richardque4952]

Wonder if patton omar bradley and any top brass visited the tomb of lafayette.

[@JR7noir]

SAAAN LOREENZOOO!

[@chaosXP3RT]

US marches seem so low energy and lazy, but it's marching tradition in the USA. And goose-stepping is looked down upon in the modern USA.

[@ryszardapawowska4897]

Armia amerykańska powinna z Berlina pogonić sowietów przez Polskę aż do Azji jak chciał generał Patton i Polska nie dostałaby się w niewolę Stalina w 1945 roku. Polska byłaby teraz bogatym krajem.

[@charlesjames1442]

Oh great; double time. Who’s idea was that?

[@ryszardapawowska4897]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@friedrice69]

They should try and colorize this.

[@hs7921]

Does anybody know the date of this March?

[@GSMSfromFV]

August 29, 1944. Per Wikipedia: "On 29 August, the U.S. Army's 28th Infantry Division, which had assembled in the Bois de Boulogne the previous night, paraded 24-abreast up the Avenue Hoche to the Arc de Triomphe, then down the Champs Élysées. Joyous crowds greeted the Americans as the entire division, men and vehicles, marched through Paris "on its way to assigned attack positions northeast of the French capital."[21]

[@captainyoso4538]

That's a lot of battalion

[@JohnJohn-pe5kr]

That’s a full division. 15,000 Soldiers.

[@kazamk5367]

@@JohnJohn-pe5kr WOW. Yip absolutely thousands and Beautiful to see the awesome matching but sad knowing some would never return home.

[@andersonromerotorres6519]

El mas grande ejercito americano durante la segunda guerra mundial

[@cababyboomerq6012]

Yeah, sound, but not the sound from this parade!

[@jackssp780]

Heróica França e Inglaterra.

[@josephhudson9589]

All this while my Dad got jungle rot in New Guinea.

[@volcanicsour]

What the hell are We doing"

[@missiavu]

En ce temps là, on criait : "Vive l'Amérique dans les rues de Paris", les temps ont bien changé....

[@matthewhernandez4715]

N'est-ce pas triste?

[@missiavu]

Oui, bien sûr, @@matthewhernandez4715 , mais il y a sans doute un certain nombre de raisons à ça......

[@miho9538]

no.

[@LCMNUNES1962]

BRASIL 7 D SETEMBRO

[@LesterMoore]

Gee, they didn't hate us then. 🤔

[@javierguadamuz1512]

Donde antes se peleaba por la libertad y las barbaries del enemigo ahora pelean por intereses específicos tiempos cambian