The Best Museum in Normandy? D-Day Experience | Dead Man's Corner | WW2 Museum

In this episode I take an in depth look at probably one of the best museums in Normandy.
DEAD MAN'S CORNER : LOCATED AT THE HEART OF HISTORY
Headquarters of the German paratroopers before being taken over by the American paratroopers, it is currently a museum dedicated to the former. Discover the story of this house which holds a unique and authentic collection of artifacts.
Here, the men of the 6th German parachute infantry regiment (PIR) nicknamed the «Green Devils » fought fiercely for three days against the American paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division. On the morning of June 6 1944, the Commander of the German paratroopers, the major von der Heydte established his headquarters whereas the Dr Roos set up an aid station.
On June 8, as the Germans withdrew to Carentan the American Colonel “Iron Mike” Michaelis established the headquarters of his unit, the 502nd PIR of the 101st Airborne. As you enter this famous house in which the bloodshed took place, you will be engrossed in the atmosphere of the very first moments of the landings as lived by the Germans. The events that took place here have been carefully recreated by the means of authentic artifacts to get you immersed at the core of history. Said artifacts were recovered from the ground for a large part of them and have shaped history. And their story is told by the very eyes of Major von der Heydte.
Mission Albany was a parachute combat assault at night by the U.S. 101st Airborne Division on June 6, 1944, part of the American airborne landings in Normandy during World War II. It was the opening step of Operation Neptune, the assault portion of the Allied invasion of Normandy, Operation Overlord. 6,928 paratroopers made their jumps from 443 C-47 Skytrain troop carrier planes into an intended objective area of roughly 15 square miles (39 km2) located in the southeast corner of the Cotentin Peninsula of France five hours ahead of the D-Day landings. The landings were badly scattered by bad weather and German ground fire over an area twice as large, with some troops dropped as far as 20 miles (32 km) away.
The division took most of its objectives on D-Day, but required four days to consolidate its scattered units and complete its mission of securing the left flank and rear of the U.S. VII Corps, reinforced by 2,300 glider infantry troops who landed by sea.
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[@dennyk2585]

Probably my favorite museum on our visit a few weeks ago

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Mine too

[@stanleyparkin7718]

Me and my son were here in 2017 our battle guide took us to 5 museums what he thought were the best In normandy and they were all fantastic awesome at this one we went on to the c47 to re enact the flight on d day it was so real it was awesome we will never forget so proud we went to deadmans corner ❤️

[@subhasispaulvlogs4078]

LOVE THIS .

[@marioroth2987]

Major Dick Winters Uniform (101 Airborne) is here in D, M, Corners House!
Band of Brothers

[@MyPhilw]

Hoping to go there next summer on a tour , just got back from battle of bulge tour

[@larryblevins3031]

Very well put together museum. Thanks for the trip.

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Thanks for watching

[@Viper6-MotoVlogger]

That museum has quite the collection of items. I just love museums like that. Thanks for sharing mate.

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Thanks for watching pal

[@metaldetectingmania]

Cool video; Greetings from Austria!!

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[@ihavenoname3014]

4:40 The Panther had a KwK 42 L/70 75mm. The Tigers were the only tanks fitted with the 88mm gun (the Nashorn and Ferdinand/Elefant carried them, but those are not tanks). It was the KwK 36 L/56 in the Tiger I and the KwK 43 L/71 in the Tiger II

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[@erikdb8917]

Fantastic museum 👍

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[@JDMilitaria]

1:14, looks to be a M5A1 Stuart light tank, could be wrong but looks more modern then a standard M3

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Think you are right 👍

[@AfterDune]

It's made of wood unfortunately - still looks pretty sweet though.

[@Motourev]

So gutted we never went in there, looked amazing

[@WorldWarDiggers]

My favourite museum of them all mate.

[@sebastianwells9091]

My grandpa who is still alive brought back a ton of weapons but had to get rid of them when it was made illegal

[@thelastjohnwayne]

You would think that the French people would love Americans since the Americans and the Brits have saved their country TWICE.

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