SCOTTISH Guy Reacts To The Fallen of World War II
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My dad was blessed. He served in WWII, Korea and Vietnam and survived.
God bless your dad! Thank you for his service!
JESUS
Sure he has some great stories. What a life to live. Bless him
OMG 😳😳😳😓 I’m glad he made it through.
@@Jeremynicholson He passed away in 1988, but rarely spoke of his wartime experience when he was alive. When my brothers and I enlisted he told each of us the same thing. "It's your decision, just make sure you know what you're doing"...
My dad was enlisted in this war as a proud 18 year old marine. He killed so many in war but never ever really spoke of any of his experiences. He was also in the Korean War and couldn’t look at let alone ever eat a grain of rice. He did once share that his platoon had lost all but a few men my dad was one of the lucky ones! God bless everyone no matter where you live! 🇺🇸❤️
Hi Kimberly! My dad enlisted in the Corps on his 18th Birthday, and found himself at Guadalcanal and Tarawa a few years later. He NEVER spoke to us of his experiences on the beaches he clawed up, or of buddies he lost. Just got a far away look in his eyes. Most of what I know about what he went through I got from reading histories of those battles. When other little kids my age were singing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, my brothers ans I were singing From the Halls of Montezuma ... Yeah! Proud daughter of a Marine who loved the Corps til the day he died, though he only served during WWII.
I think the world should appreciate and show more gratitude for the contributions of the Russian people and the Soviet Union in the war. Without their contributions most likely the Nazi Germany would have won the war in Europe. The defeat of the initially unstoppable German Army is thanks to the Soviet Union.
Only reason the soviets won is because of sheer scale of the soviet union, if they were half the size they for sure would have lost, it’s really scary actually 😟
I never appreciate comunist dog for invading my country , soviet was criminals just like nazy . Ask Poles , Romanians , Hungarians of the crimes of soviet criminals .
@@leonardigno898 Well, I don't know if you know or not, but the Soviet Union was the better devil. If Nazi Germany had won, you wouldn't be here at all. Nazi Germany's aim was Genocide, of ALL the Slav peoples, not just a few but ALL. Whilst the Soviet Union, or rather Stalin, aim was to terminate potential threats to him and his regime. So, Soviet Union was the better devil of the two.
@@captainobvious8132 Not really, because we had enough population to still be able to have that ammount of losses even with half of that population.
Great reaction, my friend. I admire your understanding of the horrors of war, yet the need to fight evi in this world. And, yes; our vets should be honored and taken care of. 👍👍🇺🇸🏴
Thanks for reacting to this. I knew about the American deaths but when I saw the Soviet Union's I teared up.
The amount of starvation was so staggering to hear about.
I know it was terrible
А я рыдала, потому что в том столбе были мои 6 двоюродных дедушек и одна бабушка
The Scottish people have always been good friends and allies to the American people. We think alike and our beliefs align. Scottish people will always be my friend and be admired by me. You are always welcome anywhere that I live and I hope to meet and know as many Scotts as possible during my time on this earth! I am honored to have a friend who is Scottish!
I have a few Scottish friends as well! Their insults and swear words are the funniest 😂
@@shyryTsr2k If and when you remember some of them, please tell them to me.
Luckily, my dad and his 3 brothers all served in all branches during WW2....and all came home❤
happy for you. German here and i lost my whole familiy to this war, especially on the eastern front
One death is a tragedy
Millions of deaths are just statistics.
Unfortunately that's how mankind is.
Drivel. Millions of deaths matter. Never minimize that.
Stalin would know about the deaths of millions...
Tens of millions is lunacrising
The sheer death and tragedy of the last world war is in too great a numbers to fathom for the average person. Wars and conflict used to be the norm for most people on earth, for some it still is to this day. Humans had to get used to the death of acquaintances, friends, loved ones and their family as a whole. It's why now unless confronted by the numbers like the video does the death tole of ww2 does not affect us as much as it perhaps should.
Thank you for sharing knowledge of our history and that of all the world, in this case. So many people today know nothing of history. Are we condemned to repeat this?
Hopefully not. It would be terrible
My grandfather was 19 when he landed on Juno beach during D-Day
Canadian?
@@James-0077 yes indeed RIP Bruce Westgarth 1924-2021
@@tomwestgarth9755 wow 97? He lived a long life.
Most folks have no clue...
I have a bit of a divided view of the last part of the video. Watching the numbers can feel reassuring and serve to inspire us to keep working toward a true peace especially for civilians. For military members, veterans and their families the impact of those relatively few deaths and conflicts has a deeper meaning. They are not just numbers but lives sacrificed so others have the feeling of peace that grows around them.
That is 100% what I was meaning. Thank you very much
К сожалению, войны будут всегда, такая уж у людей натура...
I think this video shows two things:
1: How much of a brutal fighting force the wehrmacht was
2: How much the world especially russia needed to sacrafice to stop that godlike army which never lost it claws
I went on a school trip with my daughters primary school to Canberra Australia we're in Victoria. We toured the war memorial and whilst there myself and another fella had served. One of the kid's asked had you killed anybody. We said no. He replied Boooring. We said Ask anybody who have seen action and had to take someone else's life. They wish that experience on no one. But as service personnel had it been required. And I've been on 24/7 phone call notice of deployment. And that we're the lucky one's. But We would have done our duty. Every death from war is extremely sad
5:45 My grandfather had fragments of an exploding artillery shell lodged into him at the Battle of France, and died with it inside him. I’m glad he’s gone though, I couldn’t stand to see him suffer at an old age with battle scars.
Another great video! Thanks brother!
My pleasure. Thank you very much for your support
Can you please react to “The Story of Pat Tillman’s Football Career and Death” he was an NFL player who left and joined the military after 9/11. He’s an American hero
WW2 was an absolute nightmare. My father was a sailor on a destroyer in the Pacific following Admiral Halsey’s fast carriers. God Bless all who were involved from the combatants to the home fronts. Nobody survived without feeling touched in some way from the conflict.
My grandfather was at Omaha Beach in Normandy he told me about all the bullets whizzing by his head and all his friends dying at his feet but he was one of the guys that too the hill and took out and took over the bunker then started blowing up other bunkers with grenades and small arms fire
My great grandfather and great uncle were in WWII my great grandfather was in the USAAF fighting in the European campaign he passed away in 1999 and my great uncle was on a minesweeper ship fighting in Pacific he passed away in 2011
You should watch ' what if: world without the us' has 2 parts but part 1 would change the way you would see world war 2.
There is also the USSR it would change the world by a huge scale the world would be controlled with axis if the USSR Was with the axis at the time
Fantastic video mate. Deserve much more praise, you earned a sub from the other side of Glasgow!! ❤
Western governments "these days"? Sadly, all days. Non western governments as well. Consolidate power and wealth. Here is a quote from Retired USMC general and two time recipient of the Medal of Honor, Smedley Butler. He gave this speech in 1935 called War is a Racket.
"I spent 33 years and four months in active military service and during that period I spent most of my time as a high class muscle man for Big Business, for Wall Street and the bankers. In short, I was a racketeer, a gangster for capitalism. I helped make Mexico and especially Tampico safe for American oil interests in 1914. I helped make Haiti and Cuba a decent place for the National City Bank boys to collect revenues in. I helped in the raping of half a dozen Central American republics for the benefit of Wall Street. I helped purify Nicaragua for the International Banking House of Brown Brothers in 1902-1912. I brought light to the Dominican Republic for the American sugar interests in 1916. I helped make Honduras right for the American fruit companies in 1903. In China in 1927 I helped see to it that Standard Oil went on its way unmolested. Looking back on it, I might have given Al Capone a few hints. The best he could do was to operate his racket in three districts. I operated on three continents."
Yet when business men came to him to make him military dictator of the US, he not only turned them down, he turned them in...
Yet when business men came to him to make him military dictator of the US, he not only turned them down, he turned them in...
@@george217 yes he did!
My dad served in WW2.he was a parachutist.but he was stationed stateside.but I'm darn proud of him regardless that he didn't see action.
Absolutely
My great uncle Emil was a German (Stalingrad) survivor he returned to Germany after 20 years in the Gulag. My mother in laws dad was a Bataan Death March survivor. This war effected literally everyone. That is the reason the United States still keeps troops in Germany and Japan and has bases all over the world. To prevent another catastrophic global war.
@Guts not at all, lots of little stuff to prevent the big one. I totally see and understand your point, but i do not agree.
I hadn’t seen this until now…it’s so horrific you can’t possibly wrap your mind around it and really understand the depth of human tragedy that took place and that still continues in the aftermath.
Look up Gary Puckett's song, HOME. Beautiful and touching and very sad.
Scotland is a beautiful country
Love from germany
I'm German and in EVERY family you had people that were killed or crippled or disfigured in the war as a soldier. Even if they came from rural areas that had not much war going on in daily life. Both my grandfathers survived, both were POW, one in France the other in the East. (Both were not in the Nazi party BTW)
I'm born 1974 and these people were around. (Not my grandfathers, but still). And you had MILLIONS of people coming in from the East that fled death, torture and rape and experienced it. After the war they were in the neighborhood, in your house. Because of shortage of housing it was mandatory to take people in.
Other then the guilt that many or most Germans still have to this day, this death and devastation still runs in the collective and individual psyche. And that is all over Europe and I think this mindset and awe that is still present, when it comes to war, connects the Europeans, but even closer Germans with Russians, Poles and others from the East. I imagine I feel what they feel. Might sound strange, but it was SO major that it might have changed the genes. There is a darkness and depression around these peoples, that we share. But Soviets could cover this hurt with pride, while all Germans had was shame and guilt.
Nie wieder Krieg!
My grandfather was a German American who was actually Born in Germany and spoke fluent German. He fought in the USA Navy against Uboats in the atlantic. He wrote in his diary how much he hated killing other Germans and how heavy it weighed on him. He also faced a lot of discrimination for being German and looking very German. R.I.P Wherner Fisher .
My dad ( God rest his soul 🙏 ) fought in WW 2 and was assigned on a Tin can ( Destroyer ) as a Gunners mate in the US Navy, when 6 Kamakazi planes drove their ships into the decks of his Destroyer, and although he survived this, he did lose a lung from this where he layed in the Hospital for 18 gruling months ( probably in & out surgery in today's day & age smh ) and although I had to literally HOUND him for any kind of information about the war, I remember him telling me of the carnage on the ship as well as in the hospital of all of the death that surrounded him/ them!! Smh
A TOTALLY different caliber of men in those days for certain!! I guess that's WHY to this very day, their STULL called the " Greatest Generation" and a well Deserved title actually!! God bless all of these Heroes and may they all R.I.P.!!
Fighting for GOOD OVER EVIL is never an easy task, However, it is a NECESSARY ONE!! Its about HONOR AND DUTY!! God bless you all and A Huge shout out too YOU Don , from here in the states, LOVE YA BROTHER!! 🇺🇸❤🙏
Thank you very much. I really appreciate your support and your kind words
Agreed
Peace through strength.
Wow, what an awakening. God help us all. 💔💔. Thank you for posting this.
as a disabled war vet, one of my neighbors is a army vet that was on active duty between korea and vietnam and he said all the time “look what Germany did and that place is smaller than the state of Texas”
greetings to serberia from germany
Well said about the politicians to blame for most of this sh!t.
Thanks for the sincere reaction and the acknowledgment of the fallen especially on the Eastern front.
I'm grateful everyday for 3 things
1. God
2. My family
3. My country and those who are fallen and those who protected and still protect
Everyone always says “ oh, how horrible 6 million Jews died in WW2. “ nobody ever comments on how more Russians were lost. Except for maybe Russia itself?
Would love to see you react to German soldier remembers ww2 by memoirs of ww2
great video keep it up, with love from Germany
One of the reasons the Nazis did so well in their blitzkrieg was because of the on-the-job training that they received while serving in the Spanish Civil War...
This is mostly, Reagan's influence since 1981. Tell me I'm wrong and why. That man sabre -rattled but also ... met for peace. Not just in 1985 in Reykyevec but also in 1988 in Moscow itself.
My grandfather fought in ww1 and when he came back, he came without foot.
December 7th 1941 this was my Grandmother's I think 37th Birthday. This was a day that will live in infamy. It was also the day that the Japanese had Awoken a Sleeping Giant and now it will be coming for them.
Korea, The Karen Conflict, Viet Nam, even Desert Storm and Intercommunal conflict in Mandatory Palestine. And Huge number of other CONFICTS and POLICE ACTIONS THAT a PRESIDENT WANTED SO GOT BY PRESIDENTIAL EDICT. YOU SEE ONLY CONGRESS CAN DECLARE A WAR. THE U.S.A. HAS NEVER LOST A WAR. WHY? WELL THE CONSPIRACY NUTS SAY WE HAVE THE LANCE OF LONGINEOUS. WHICH MEANS WE WIN
WWII killed way more than covid-19 right now covid deaths are at 3,464,665 World Wide
All of these liVes lost because of one man's maniacal, evil, insanity! And for what??????
Smart aftertalk, well done reaction :)
The unexpected entrance of the Mrs. about 21:30 was a very needed comic relief from the gravity of the subject at hand. Thank you, ma'am! The human, individual cost cannot be quantified. In re your rant: the electorate in various countries have not yet realized that they can fire these pols if they only stand up on their hind legs and vote.
😂 yeah that was my daughter
@@TheDonsChannel I'm sorry. I did not mean to accuse you of robbing the cradle. :D
😂😂. No problem whatsoever Bill
TRUE TRUE AND TRUE!
Stalingrad.. theres a journal from a german soldier how he details what happened.. how they would shoot and be fighting for 7 hours non stop, and the russians just wouldn't stop coming, it was pretty grim how he wrote that there was thousands of Russian bodies scattered for miles and miles
Horrific
A book by Kristen Hanna, "The Winter Garden", gves a heart-wrenching look at a family living in modern times, deals with the horrors of the siege at St. Petersburg. Your wife, and possibly you too, would enjoy this book.i
Very late to the video, but a "fun" fact is that despite the massive losses during WW2, it wasnt a net loss in worldwide population. The only two instances in recorded history we can prove there was a net loss of human life where global population growth went into decline; The Mongol invasions and the Black Plauge
So sad that humans would destroy so many and for what? In the long run, greed.
No it started over Hate and envy.
I'm praying that the state of affairs of late in this world, that we're about to make WWII look like child's play. I HOPE and PRAY that I am wrong. We need to remember, we're 1 race. We're all the human race. We need to unite as 1!!!!!
this was definitely a turning point in humanity for every country in the world, imo
Interestingly(and reassuring), this is the second Scottish person reacting to the photo of the mother and child about to be shot by the German soldier with the same word: "cowards".
I wholeheartedly agree.
Think of all the good we could do if we spent all the money we spend on military technology on the people. As Stalin said: "The death of one man is a tragedy. The death of a million men is a statistic." or Hitler: "The Victor will never be asked whether or not he told the truth." Both are true. And great wrap up! Well put.
100%. I am not a fan of treating people as statistics. This video does hit home how horrific the scale of death was
Thanks very much Mark
Stalin never said that
War is hell... peace is much better.
tough to watch, but must be learned all the same. they suffered absolute horrors so hopefully we could learn that wars at almost all scales never justify the means. nobody wins in wars. once its over you return to broken homes and families. it is our obligation, our duty, to teach the next generation the stories of our fathers, and our father's fathers. history will always be more important than you'll think, for how do you think we can prevent it happening again?
No wonder my grandparents left their country...
My oldest brother committed suicide after serving in Vietnam. On another note, all the technology in the. Ilitary without the boots to use them! Take a listen to War Pigs by Black Sabbath. It speaks directly to what you are saying.
Truly tragic. It's an all to common thing these days. Very sad
On your comment of peace through power. I think the author of this video was alluding to that when he said there hasn't been a period without wars between "great powers" like the past 75ish years since the Roman empire. (Peace by conquering any threats in that case.) Some people dislike how the United States acts as the world's police but why do we have police? If someone doesn't hold everyone accountable then someone will ignore decency and do whatever they feel like without care for others and world war III could show up then.
agree with your ultimate take... sure combat deaths have gone down.. but is that due to less violence or the rapid advancement of medical progression and technology (i.e. air support, medevacs, combat medics, etc etc). I'd argue the latter
Very sad indeed. Every nation has committed unspeakable atrocity. Unfortunately in the US we killed 20 million Native American's in our expansion west. I think we give Germany such a bad rap but we all are responsible for unspeakable evil but it seems that only Germany has to remember theirs. They teach their kids about their acts but I do not remember ever learning about the atrocities we did as the US against Native Americans. It just goes to show that as long as you are on the winning side your evil acts can be tucked away and forgotten about. Thanks for the reaction and keep them coming.
Thank you
The same goes for many other countries: Look at Japan or Italy for their participation in WWII or their colonial wars and how it is remembered in their education system. The massacre of Nanking is a mere "incident" in Japanese schools and the cruel atrocities committed by the Italians in Ethiopia (including the widespread use of gas warfare against civilians) is quite forgotten. It is astounding to stand in an Italian shop and to be able to buy busts of Mussolini or Rodolfo Graziani - it would be unthinkable in Germany.
I watch out to reactors to realize the time that is ticking at the end of the video. The speaker - therefore Neil Halloran - points out, that now is the time for discissions to make which would ensure peace. The zoomed in time is Novembre, 8th 2016 around 09:07 am - that was the day when the US could have made such a discission. On that specific day USA elected Trump - not that wise to prevent wars I would think, but I am only a german guy.
Before the invasion of Japan, America put in an order for 1.5 million Purple Hearts. They still haven't used all of them since then.
@ the 15:50 mark, the narrator says " but the invasion of China ONLY COST Japan ONLY 200, 000 lives"! Smh
I get how & why he puts it the way he does, BUT WOW!! ONLY 200 K lives!
THATS CRAZY!! Smh just HAD to address this particular statement that was made here!! SURELY, SURELY, ( at least I pray ) that we ( Humanity) PLACE the value of life BETTER than this statement made here, REGUARDLESS of who's side your on!! I understand that COMPARED to the TOTALITY of the deaths that this and all war brings are horrendous, I know he means no harm, but wow!! Didn't sound very compassionate, did it? Lol Smh Just saying! 🙏🙏😞 🇺🇸
I have heard estimates of 100M total deaths in WWII. They have to be estimates. No one, notwithstanding Nazi record keeping at the camps, can count that high, nor did they have that anal retentive penchant for record keeping in other areas of the global conflict.
You should look into the story of flight 93 on 9/11. I think you'd like the story of those heros
I am pretty shure that the development of nuclear weapons also had a big impact on warfare after WW II. Just the possibillity of someone using that nuclear big stick is terrifying. But then again, al it takes is one nutbar pushing al the wrong buttons. Let`s hope we never live to see that happening, or we would all have to put jam in our pockets.
My heart breaks for all of them. There was no need for this to have happened. Germany '39 could have been prevented. By Germany, or others if not scared to death Chamberlain.
Germany back then was in a really difficult place, just barely existing after WW1. If soviets didn't start a winter war with Finland, their weakness would have stayed hidden longer & maybe effected in the end result. Because they literally got stopped to their tracks by army of angry farmers etc & Hitler noticed that soviets wasn't at their best even against citizen army :D
I think the peace increase is mostly due to the internet allowing direct interaction, conversation & education between and of, different races, cultures, beliefs & wealth ratios/classes, etc. It's also exposing & stirring conflict between the idiots, the stupid & self righteous, outright assholes, etc. If you look, most of the current conflict is coming in & from places that don't have much, if any, access to the internet, or other ways of interaction.
I understand your perspective at the end of the video, however, the criticism of the west I think is a little off considering how few Western soldiers actually die in wars now. Yes, every soldier's death is a tragedy, but numbers do give you perspective. Of ALL the western countries involved in war over the last 20 years we've lost less than 7,000. That's pretty substantial. The life of a western soldier is much more valued by militaries now too. Soldiers are rarely ever given suicide missions or missions where the likelihood of dying is substantial. Any instance where technology can be used instead of a person, it is. For some more perspective, in the last 20 years, my country (Norway) has only lost 10 soldiers in the war of Afghanistan.
про 6 миллионов евреев помнят и говорят из-за каждого угла. Советский союз понес потерь около 28 миллионов
The Holocaust makes me physically ill regarding what the Jewish people suffered. If that isn't pure evil, I don't know what is
It’s not stupidity. It’s communism, which if we’re being fair is basically the same thing.
The nazis were fascists, not communists. For someone calling people stupid, you sure are a moron. (Good job using your trigger word though.) 🙄
Fascism and communism are on opposite sides of the political spectrum even though they look similar . Nazi's were fascist the Soviet union was communist. Both extreames are stupid. But so is unfettered capitalism.
I know you British and Americans like to think you won the war but you didn't, Russia defeated Germany, 3/4 of the Germany army was destroyed by Russia. At least the UK was in from the start, America didn't join in until the war was 1/2 over.
Hitler & The Soviet Union dictator, Stalin were allies In the beginning of the war. SU & Germany signed the Ribbentrop Pact. They agreed to invade poor Poland and crushed her from east to west. Thus kicking off World War 2.
I agree there were so many deaths in many of these countries who were involved/fought in this war.
But why around 3- 5 million Indians died due to deliberately induced famines by British simultaneously during this war?
The narrator don't know anything about this ? They mentioned about China and other Asian nations.
Do a research and comment. I know this is not tought in your English History.
Do not forget 1/6 th of the British who fought during this war were Indian Soldiers too.
Imagine if the governments actually worked for us....would'nt that be something..
Agree, we can get some hope from a downwards trend, but we have a lot of work to do to get the death count where it trully belongs, on 0.
For Europe it has finally been a lot more stable after years and years of struggle, but the new goal is world peace. If you lived in Vietnam, Iraq, Syria, gaza or many of other regions / countries, using the word peace must sound like a joke. As it also is for every soldier fighting in a war.
Hey, you can watch:
Артём Гришанов - Мир спас русский солдат / Russian soldier saved the world / World War 2
Theey`ve managed to forgot Finland, which fought on nazie`s side against USSR.
Too bad that this video smeerd with propaganda.
1) Occupation of Poland. Why, if USSR occupy Poland, their government ordered to soldiers to fight nazies, but forbid to attack Red Army`s forces, unless they`ll attack (they didn`t)?
2) Oficial number of military casaulties of Great Patriotic War from USSR - over 11,4 mlns, from Germany - over 8,3 millions.
3) About "Stalin didn`t allow to evacuate civilians" - bullshit. Blitzkrieg was simply too fast, and sometimes it was simply not enough time to evacuate, before those who tried foud themselves surrounded by nazies. That was war not for power or resources, but for existence of our nation, as you can see from the number of civilians deaths. So, government trying to evacuate everyone they can. Even with that, there was heavy shortage of labor force. 12-14, sometimes even 16-hours shifts, children labor - everything was used to suvival of country.
4) Aboyt GULag - it`s extremely overrated. It was a simple prison, but big one, `cause make and mantain a big prison is easier and cheaper, then heap of smaller ones. It size was a good material for propaganda, which portrayed USSR as "the prison of nations". Right now - almost a half of prisoners of the world - in USA, but somehow - i don`t hear a screams of it as "the prison of nations".Strange, isn`t it?
This video made me feel really nauseous
do you watch hoof gp i think he is in Scotland too
Don't know who he is
Ahaha, long peace, true enough. Who do you think has enforced it?
No 7.8mln.
27.000.000.mln.☝️
Yeah the Soviets won the Eastern Front of the Second World War
Blitzkrieg!
With so much loss to our country, the enemies still had their butts handed to them on a platter!!
Jasenovac 1941-45 !!!
I hate to say this, but I didn't realize the math. Russia won world war two. And if it was just Great Britain and the United States fighting Hitler, I'm not sure we'd win. The United States and Great Britain lost 400,000 each given or take, and we only managed to kill 500,000 German soldiers. Russia apparently killed 2.3 million German soldiers by themselves. If they weren't in the war, we'd have to lose a few million soldiers each. The death toll on our side would have been dramatically higher. I don't know if we could even make on to the beaches in France if their army wasn't fighting in Russia. Those numbers didn't look good at all.
К сожалению моего знания английского хватает, только чтобы понять написанное. Ответить на английском не могу.
1) Войну выйграли все вместе. Но СССР внёс решающий вклад.
2) Этот вклад был решающий не только в победе над Германией, но и в победе над Японией (разгром Квантунской армии).
3)Думаю, что без СССР союзники бы победили. Они были мощнее экономически. Но цена победы была бы намного выше.
4) Однако рассматривать вариант войны без СССР бессмысленно. СССР был главной целью войны изначально. Всё остальное это шаги для достижения именно этой цели.
Soviets save the world againts nazi!
American tanks and British intelligence clearly "showed" themselves on D-Day.
Rommel is a different story. The day before the landing, he left for Berlin. The occasion is far-fetched - his wife's birthday. He also summoned to Germany the entire senior officers of the 7th Army (defense of Normandy) to his headquarters in Germany for a meeting. All this was done in order to weaken the defense of the Germans - to deprive them of their officer leadership. Therefore, Rommel was later removed from command and another was appointed - Marshal Kluge.
With an absolute superiority in "manpower" -3x, aviation -15x, careful preparation (General Rommel was bribed) - the allies were marking time, hoping for the Red Army.
The Allies covered 600 km (from the landing site to the German border) in 6 months. Less than 2 km per day.
The Red Army at this time passed 20 km per day in more severe conditions - there were the most combat-ready remnants of the German army.