82nd Airborne Liberators on D Day: Sainte Mère Église Then and Now
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- Опубликовано: 27 сен 2024
- The 82nd Airborne Division jumped into Normandy on D-Day near the town of Sainte Mère Église and they wasted no time liberating the town.
Over the following days numerous photos and films were taken by the men of the Signal Corps units documenting the Allied Landings in Normandy as part of Operation Overlord.
The footage taken in Sainte Mère Église makes for some great Then and Now comparisons of this historical French town.
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It’s been a long time since 1944 and my dad would be so happy to know people care more than ever according to your presentation. He didn’t get a chance to make a pilgrimage to the town, but people like you have brought it to life. He jumped 6 June with the 505th PID along with General Gavin. My dad was assigned to the Headquarters Battalion, but I don’t know which company. A lot happened that night and as it turned out only his group with the general landed on the correct LZ. From what he said the fighting was light and the Germans were overwhelmed quickly. I’ve never attempted to communicate any of this before because the time went fast and his generation didn’t talk much about war. Dad wrote many articles for the Static Line and Stars and Stripes under the pen name of Michael Bradford, a name he gave to me along with the middle name of Gavin in honor of his general.
Dad lived until 1980, passing five days after 65. He carried that war with him wherever he went and suffered all the effects of war we commonly discuss today. I feel that he really paid the price for war and in fact so too did the whole family. One can’t simply come home from such intensity like paratrooping and expect to go back to work at a department store. He certainly tried, but the years, alcohol and the PTSD made it difficult. He never stopped talking about what had happened and how fast people forgot. His unit stopped Piper during the Battle of the Bulge in deep snow, something that was frequently overlooked in favor of the 101st at Bastogne. Everyone deserved plenty of credit, so please don’t misunderstand. A terrible adversary was stopped and it was just in time.
My mother was an army nurse and worked on the hospital trains that traveled from Dover to London daily during the war. The trains occasionally came under enemy fire causing the engines to disengage to go hide in a tunnel leaving the wounded in the cars exposed. The Germans wanted to get the engines primarily, so no one was hit, but shooting was all over the area. The nurses couldn’t leave the men. It was truly horrible by any of her accounts. Mom passed in 2018 at the age of 95. She too was a victim of war. Growing up in a home with two such veterans wasn’t easy. I’m glad people are remembering what happened and I hope they will do so with the idea that it can’t be allowed ever to happen again. The price is too high. I’m a lucky one to have been born because it sure didn’t look good for that idea back in 1944. Thank you for getting this video out and thanks to everyone who cares about what these men did so long ago. Dad would be so happy to know about this. He would remind everyone that he was an enlisted man.
Thank you so much for sharing that very personal story of your parents.
I have a huge amount of respect for the men of the 82nd and their part in the war, and as you say they are so often overlooked in favour of the 101st but it was a true team effort and the 82nd Airborne Div were a tough bunch that got the job done no matter who or what was in front of them!
If you don’t already have them I recommend Phil Nordykes books on the 82nd as they are an excellent research source and also have great maps included too.
@@WW2Wayfinder Thank you for that tip on the books and your thoughts.
Michael, my WW2 dad & uncles fought in the Pacific, but I was in Normandy, Le Havre, all over, as a teenager in 1974, and I thank you hugely for what you wrote; I understand completely; and I hope many of us can meet your dad AND mom in Heaven. Thank you again for your magnificent informational writing that countlesspeopleshouldread..
You are welcome. I wish this story could have been related when I was growing up with the sorrows of what war did to the family We suffered in silence because in those times everyone was expected to. It seemed that everything went back to the war, as my mother often reminded those who would listen. I get daily reminders of dad each time the clocks display 5:05. He never stopped talking about the 505th. I only wish something really good could have happened for him. He more than earned it.
You are welcome. I wish this story could have been related when I was growing up with the sorrows of what war did to the family We suffered in silence because in those times everyone was expected to. It seemed that everything went back to the war, as my mother often reminded those who would listen. I get daily reminders of dad each time the clocks display 5:05. He never stopped talking about the 505th. I only wish something really good could have happened for him. He more than earned it.
My grandfather was one of those troopers, I’m constantly on the lookout for pictures of him.
Do you know which Regiment of the 82nd he served in?
@@WW2Wayfinder he was with 505th from Sept of 42 until he was discharged in 45.
@@MikeErgzzwow! My respects to your grandfather 🎉
I walked in that Church in 2023 with my Dad. It's my favorite on the planet. Winters of the 101st landed in a field to the West.
The Airborne Museum was my favorite one out of all we went to in France. I can't wait to go back.
It's a beautiful town isn't it. The Airborne Museum is a must seen and the work they've done on it in recent years is really good to see. The next exhibits really impressed me when I saw them for the first time last year.
It's on the list!
We had a very good friend that took care of U. S. Army horesvin the European Theater. When he got back to San Francisco-: he bought a country property down the coast that boarded horses for the rest of his life till 1987.
He could never talk about WW2.
It hurt always.
Thank so very very much for these before& after photos.
My best friend's father was one of the troopers who landed in the town, was seriously wounded & captured. He had his left arm up to the elbow amputated in a German hospital a few days later & was a POW until the war ended. When the Longest Day came out he told us the guy on the church steeple was his sergeant.
I was born on the south side of Chicago in 1950. One of my buddies that I played baseball with, lived on the next block, his dad jumped into St Mere Eglise with the 82nd Airborne. I got to meet some of the paratroopers, when his dad had a party. I was 12 years old at the time and didn't realize I was in the presence of heros. 6 years later I was in the 82nd Airborne and made a jump at Ft. Benning with a Lt. Col. That jumped into Normandy. Was proud then and proud that I am in the presence of heros in my Vietnam Veterans of America chapter. Airborne All the way!!!!!
Oh wow!!! That’s incredible!!! Thank you for your service and amazing you were able to meet and even jump with some of those men!
my dad was there June 44 ,82nd Airborne . thanks for showing this
You’re most welcome. Was he with the 82nd Airborne?
@@WW2Wayfinder yes he was . he also fought in Belgum ' battle of the bulge ' and parachuted into Holland 'market garden' operation
These "Then and Now" photos are so poignant for me. My Dad was a Paratrooper in WWII (509th). Any time I see these photos, I always keep an eye out for him. After he passed away in 1993, I discovered an envelope with a bunch of negatives from his tour in Europe. He never mentioned he had them. I scanned them, and tried to make a "positive" from the scans, uploaded them to my FaceBook page, but many of them are not that clear. Thank you for doing this.
Oh wow! I know the 509th well and have walked their ground in Southern France when they jumped there in August 1944. I hope to film there at some point to document the 509th and 517th PIRs at some point as they were unique units that never get the acknowledgement they deserve.
I’m thankful for your Fathers service, and thank you for taking the time to watch, I really appreciate it.
My uncle and namesake was KIA with the 508th Para Inf. , I came on here to see if I could spot him also.
I had a very nice apple tart/pastry in St.Mere, a little boulangerie was just around the corner from the square. The fact that it was open...on a Sunday...in France...amazed me :) There was also a bookshop which sold Heimdal books which are not easy to find in the UK. I remember the church had a beautiful stain glass window dedicated to the airborne. I thought the airborne museum was very good. I think as it's such a small area as opposed to say Omaha or Sword, which are on such a huge scale you can't quite grasp it, these smaller locations like Pegasus Bridge or following the Green Howards/Stan Hollis at Gold, allow you to get so much closer as a human to what these people -soldiers and civilians - went through.
I know the very boulangerie you mean! Had some lovely baguettes from there over the years!
And I know what you mean about the smaller locations, there’s an intimate atmosphere that, while amazing to see, the beaches don’t quite have.
Red Buttons the actor acted out being parachuted and caught on the church steeple in The Longest Day. some of the stuntmen I think where dropped from cranes with a parachute and broke bones from what I have learned.
I think it is a Icon moment in the film
The name of the paratrooper hanging from the churchtower was John Steele. He was very well loved and admired in st Mere Eglise
Yes. Sadly, he passed away from throat cancer just a few weeks before the 25th anniversary of the invasion. He was only 56.
Absolutely love the "then & now" photos. Crazy when you some of the backgrounds haven't changed
It’s incredible isn’t it even after 79 years to see very little has changed in that time! Thanks for watching and glad you enjoyed it!
@@WW2Wayfinder a pleasure. I Visited Normandy for the first time last year & obviously, I had to visit the beaches. Although a little commercialised it was breath taking actually standing on the exact beach. Thanks for all you do buddy 👍
@@darkvalebrewer93 no worries and glad you’ve been there! It’s quite the place and each time I go back I find something new which always amazes and humbles me. Thanks for supporting the channel!
Excellent video - so interesting to see the 'Then & Now' photos and latest video shots.
Again this is so well done,thank you again.Lest we forget
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it 😃
My grandfather was 101st Easy Company 502nd PIR and dropped into Sainte Mere Eglise (by accident) the night before D-Day. The Air Force screwed up the drop. He said the Germans were fighting a fire and looked up to see them parachuting down. He went right thru a barn roof.
Oh wow! Thank you for sharing that. If you're able to visit Ste Mere Eglise I highly recommend it as the Airborne Museum there is incredible and with your Grandfather's war there I think you'd absoluetly love it there.
Be careful with that traffic, but these were sooooo worth it. Thanks!
Thank you! Fortunately no close calls this time but could have used some eyes in the back of my head at a couple of points! Glad you enjoyed the episode!
Awesome work, this is what history is all about! 👌
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!
I really appreciate this! Great video!
Glad you enjoyed it. Saint Mere Eglise is a wonderful place to visit, especially the Airborne Museum there. Definitely a must if you’re heading to Normandy!
@@WW2Wayfinder I hope to go one day. Until then I will live vicariously through your channel 🤣 my great grandfather was there on D day with the 82nd 505th I want to see La Fierre and Cherbourg-all of it someday
Very much a worth while effort. Thanks!
You’re most welcome! Thank you for watching and glad you enjoyed it!
My uncle, Harold Hibard, was with the 82nd Airborne. Killed the first day next to the church.
Your work brings a different perspective to those photos.
Thank you! I hope it was enjoyable and revealed something new!
@@WW2Wayfinder I have the opportunity to walk battlefields close to home from the revolutionary War and they're generally just open fields with very little structures. Your work makes it more real. Thanks.
Touching. We are grateful
My grandfather and a lot of the 82nd who could get to Packers had their hands full, so Ben Vandervoort (Vandy) was holding St. Mere Eglise. There was an attempt at a German counter attack later, but it was put down very fast.
Thank you for this. I've been here a few times and other tourists, not French, always ask for the location of the 101st. Always say that day was St. Marie du Mont and Carentan to help with four exits off Utah Beach- two 82nd, two 101. The 101 was taken off St. Mere Eglise and assigned Carentan.
The 82nd had this town, Chef du Pont and La Fiere bridges.
It’s always a shame that the 82nd play second fiddle to the 101st in the popular memory of the US Airborne assault into Normandy.
I’m editing a full length episode about the battle of La Fiere, starting from Drop Zone O and covering all of the key sites so hopefully it helps redress the balance slightly! It’s one that desperately needs to be told!
@@WW2Wayfinder thank you! There is so much information available other than AAR’s that really show an almost impossible assignment. No one is saying any Airborne unit had it easier, I just like seeing the others get their due.
I met one of the paratroopers pictured riding a horse, he and his son owned a picture framing business here in town where live.
Oh wow!! That is very cool! Thank you for sharing that!
Had to share your channel on Facebook.....Best WWII channel on RUclips by far! .....keep up the great work ❤
Thank you so much! That’s extremely kind of you! Just trying to do my bit to ensure the events and the generation from 80 years ago aren’t forgotten! Thanks again!
I watched and learned with great interest. Thanks.
Glad you enjoyed it! It’s a great place to visit!
I stayed there for a few days motorcycle camping just a few years ago, lovely town with so much to see.
If you’d called in the Liberation bar / cafe, the owner has an album of WW2 photos taken outside the bar
Oh wow thanks for that, I’ll have to ask next time I’m there!
Glad you’ve been able to visit as it’s a wonderful place to explore isn’t it.
Greetings from Alabama USA. Visited in 2019. You done well. Enjoyed.
Wonderful thank you! Glad you enjoyed it and hopefully brought back nice memories from your trip there!
It did, indeed. Thanks.
If you look closely in your photos, you'll notice that all of the streets were dirt in 1944. In April of 1994 I drove on those dirt roads. The 94th Engineers (I think) out of Darmstadt Germany paved all of the main roads in Ste Mere Eglise while I was there prepping for the 50th anniversary of D Day. I can see how the town has changed quite a bit since then and I can see from your video how some of it has remained the same. I saw a souvenir shop, where I bought a reproduction airborne knife. I can see the Cafe where I ate a few meals and enjoyed a few cold beers while flirting with a young french lady. We stayed in a gym a few hundred yards behind the church. I was stationed with 440th Sig Bn out of Darmstadt. This was a very large detachment to 5th Corps to prepare the area for the reenactment and the presidents to visit.
What an amazing work, so many thanks.
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!
Great video. Love these then and nows. The 1 photo of the trooper running towards the front church entrance is often captioned in books as a Trooper seeking cover from artillery fire. Nice to see you've deduced from the clock on the church it's most likely a staged photo from the Singnal Corps.
Thank you!
It certainly seems likely that they’re all part of the same set and staged photos. As you say with that caption about artillery fire, if it’s that back, why does it look like the camera man is standing up if rounds are coming in?! He’d be taking the photo from the dirt! Not to say the original caption isn’t correct of course, and I’m happy to be proved wrong but they just strike me as being a set of staged photos - which doesn’t bother me but it is fun to try and work out what’s happening in each of them!
Excellent work! I appreciate the effort you make in these videos.
Thank you! I’m lucky I can share my passion with so many likeminded people!
My son and I were there mid May 2023 and ate at the restaurant on the corner owned by a nice British lady.
Fantastic! I hope you had a chance to explore the town and visit the museum there too!
Is she the one whose husband is a Normandy guide
Great video showing the momentous events of 79 years ago. l understand what you're saying about the changes.. l was bought up in a small Essex village from 1953 to 1978 when l left. During the building boom of the fifties into the sixties it changed more in that time probably more so than the preceding 100 years... Now 45 years later when l look at the village on Google, apart from the main streets being the same it is unrecognisable.. plus apart from a bloody great crater in a local field caused by an Ariel mine the village suffered no damage from war..... such is the passage of progress.
Thank you!
I’m not a huge fan of change - I know it’s inevitable and in some cases needs to happen but doesn’t mean I have to like it. Probably because of my passion for history I hate to see places from the past change in the name of ‘progress’!
Gracias , muy interesante e historicas fotos , me gusta tú trabajo. Felicidades
Thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed it and thank you for taking the time to watch!
I really enjoy your "then and nows"! It gives one a far better perspective of what may have been going through the minds of these soldiers during these periods in France. Your episodes really puts a human element into the history of this war! I recently learned about The Battle of the Scheldt, which was fought in October 1944 between Allied forces from Canada, the United Kingdom, and Poland, and the German forces occupying territory in northern Belgium and the southwestern portion of The Netherlands during the North-West Europe campaign. There is a Dutch movie about it called "The Forgotten Battle". If you have never seen it or haven't known about that campaign, you should check it out. You may be enticed to do an episode about it, cheers!
Thank you! Glad you’re enjoying them and hopefully it brings some context to the modern locations and provides a good idea of what these places are like if you’re able to travel there yourself.
The Forgotten Battle is a good film and nice to see it cover the Dutch experience during that stage in the war!
My son and I invaded St. Mere Eglise together in 2007. The stained glass windows were amazing with paratroopers added to the religious images.
The church is beautiful isn’t it! Glad you’ve been able to visit there with your son!
@@WW2Wayfinder everyone should visit Normandy. I was surprised that it looked very similar to how it did on D-Day. I expected there to be nothing but condominiums. It will be tough to beat that trip. My son and I travel together a lot. We’ve visited Brasil many times. I’ve been there 18 times and he’s been there 6 times probably. He loved Omaha Beach. The thing I remember most is that movies can’t capture the size of everything. The beaches go for miles.
I have also been to Normandie. It took forever for the troops to reach the dikes and walls. If you go to Normandie, look at gun the emplacements. I don't think the troops had any idea of the immensity they faced. They knew it would be bad but that bad.
I love watching your channel on Sunday mornings. Once again excellent content, I appreciate all your efforts. Thanks!!! 👍
Excellent video as usual. Can't imagine what it must be like to be in these historic locations.
It always humbles me and makes me realise that these quiet places have witnessed incredible things over the years.
My great grandfather jumped into St Mere Eglise….I sure wish he’d lived longer I never knew him!
These photos are so cool!
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed them!
Very nicely done. Thank you.
Thank you! Saint Mère Eglise is a wonderful place to visit especially during the commemorations of Operation Overlord!
Going there 2024. Can’t be many left now.
You’ll have a great time there! It’s busy during the anniversary but you’ll see so much going on! Hope you have a great trip!
Great. Well done. Thanks.
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!
Great video!
Thank you!!
amazing . a lot of work goes into doing things like this . very well done and put together.
Thank you! It’s a fair few hours I won’t lie but hopefully worth it if it can bring these incredible places to a wider audience! Thanks again for taking the time to watch!
Thanks 82nd Airborne.
Thanks again for your job.
Thanks.
You’re most welcome! Glad you enjoyed it and hopefully it showed a different side of Sainte Mère Eglise! Thanks again for watching!
Another great video, my favorite part is around 14:07 with the GI's barreling down the alley in the jeep, early American Hot Rodders...
Thank you! Sainte Mère Eglise is a great town to visit and the original footage from there is amazing. My favourite is all the Paratroopers riding horses! Something you’d never think of normally!
The soldier at 14:08 is not wearing the standard 'jumper-boots' of the parachute units, but the infantry boots with green canvas leggings.
I think he was either 325th GIR or 4th ID
If it was real or not? He was in E Company 505th 82nd Airborne Division and he was a friend and comrade in arms of my father Dominick DiBattista who survived that jump when he landed in the field. I met John Steele a few times my friend and there is no doubt about the truth of that story. One thing about Airborne and Special Forces vets-they do not lie and if someone is found out to BE a liar they will make that person come clean and renounce their untruthfulness.
I’d suggest watching the video on ww2tv, it points out some interesting aspects. I can’t prove it either way hence why I suggest watching the video.
As for people in the military lying, I’ve been in for 22 years and know all sorts of tall tales to be spun, and even from WW2 vets who claimed to have been 82nd and were actually in Chemical Weapons Battalions that landed at Utah.
A cap badge or unit doesn’t stop someone from running their mouth!
Very informative. Such a clever way to highlight history. Thank you so much.
You’re most welcome! Thank you for taking the time to watch as I really appreciate it! Sainte Mère Eglise is a wonderful town to visit and there is history around every corner there!
FANTASTIC video good sir!! Your video's are truly AMAZING!! I love learning about WWII. Thank you so much for doing all the work that you do! Much respect and support from Yuma, AZ. 👍👍
You’re most welcome! Glad you enjoyed it.
Next time I just need to find a quieter time of year when the roads aren’t as busy 🤣
@WW2Wayfinder That's true!! I would love to make it over there for the D-Day celebration with the C-47's that travel the original route that was flown from the US over to England.
@@ryanmoeller3308 there’s going to be several from the US coming over for the 80th next year. Check out D-Day Squadron on google!
TU TRABAJO ES ADMIRABLE!!! GRACIAS
Thank you!!!
My grandpa was with the 82ABN on D-Day, 1/504 PIR maybe he went through there
The 504 was left behind in Italy to finish taking Monte Cassino and Rome so when they finally returned to England they were not rested, refit and retrained to participate in D-Day. However, they were full force for Market Garden, Battle of the Bulge and the fight through Germany. The were also part of the liberation of the subcamp Wöbbelin and occupation of the American sector in Berlin after the surrender by Germany. - Grandaughter, 82nd Airborne senior officer.
@@jefsantamonica641 according to grandpa, they needed every Pathfinder they could find, so he was volunteered.
@@dusty7264 I think that is what happened. The regiment wasn't ready, but there would be no reason not to get volunteer medics or even some troopers who really wanted to go. The just wouldn't activate a full regiment. They had been through hell in Italy.
I’ve always wondered who were the 12 paratroopers who died on D-day at St. Mère Eglise square.
I’ve looked and never found their names.
i was intrigued by the foto at 15,58 min, i looked at it over and over again as there was something off. Yes the tiny window and the bigger window fooled me too when i looked at it, but in the foto the front of the house allignes withe the other houses in the street where now its set back aprox 5 or 6 meters also the angle of the roof is quite differnent being a lot steeper in the old picture.
like i said it fooled me too at first glans, but it cant be the same house as the tiny window shoud be above the front door of the car. what i do think is happend here is that they rebuild the house maintaning original part but demoleshed the front which is heavy damaged in the foto.
excuse my bad english, but i thought it was word mentioning as its the first thing i came across being not quite right...
Nice to see st Mere Eglise, stopped there many times.
It’s a great town isn’t it and just so much history in one small spot! Thanks for watching and I hope you can make it back there soon!
Awesome! Loving these.
Thank you!
Great vid. It would help me if the then and now images would be longer betwen each
Red Buttons played the paratrooper hanging from the church in The Longest Day.
When you consider the huge amount of equipment strapped to the paratroopers, Red Buttons had relatively little while hanging from the steeple. Other scenes of the paratroopers were similar in that regard.
Your very true how that city has changed but it was still a great experience to stand there. Best from the USA Rob
Thank you and yes its still nice to visit.
Really enjoying these videos. I’m thinking of a trip by motorcycle to Normandy late September/early October. Just wonder if you think this would be a good time to visit?
Thank you!
I’ve been in mid September before and it’s been lovely. The last of the summer coupled with low tourist season means you can really see the sites without big crowds and it’s much more atmospheric. You might still be ok in early Oct but I’d be a bit more concerned about the weather potentially especially if you’re on a motorcycle
visited Sainte Mère Église over the past few years and stayed at the '6 juin hotel' just up the road from the church
대단히 감동적입니다
Thank you
You’re most welcome, thank you for watching!
There is abeautiful stained glass window in the church in commemoration of the airborne landings.
Excellent travail félicitations
Thank you so much!
Pls more content on airborne forces in Normandy
There’s a few more videos on the 101st from Normandy on my channel and I’m in the middle of editing a big video all about the fight at La Fiere 😎
@@WW2Wayfinder That's great! 👍
excellent documentaire merci
Thank you!
thanks, en marzo 2025 visito por segunda vez. Fuerza y honor para estos valientes. Donde consigues las fotografias? un saludo desde spain
Hola mi nombre es Gustavo soy de argentina me encanto él documental ,es muy bueno quiciera que mostraras mas lugares del desembarco aliado gracias
Thank you Gustavo, I’m glad you enjoyed it! I’ve got numerous other videos, one filmed in Omaha Beach and the other on Gold Beach. Also lots of films from the Battle of the Bulge too, in December 1944 if you have a chance to take a look!
Thanks again!
Nice thanks
You’re most welcome!
Is there a local cemetry to the war dead? Thanks for sharing and loved iy
Thank you!
The main cemetery is at Colleville Sur Mer and there are nearly 10,000 American soldiers buried there who fought in Normandy
@@WW2Wayfinder There is also a British cemetery in Bayeaux and a very somber German cemetery at Le Cambre that should be visited to get a full perspective of the human cost of young lives.
Très bien détaillée la vidéo hommages aux soldats américains et allemands 👍👍👍👍
Thank you!
Think some other countries fought there too ie Fuckin England who fought krauts 2 years before anyone else
Someone stole my cover at the Stop Bar at SME. Great trade off with meeting Dale Dye
It’s a crazy place isn’t it! One June 6th I ended up drinking with some Navy SEALs and the next day was a write off!
Paratroopers vs Fallschirmjaeger. A rough place to be indeed. Looks like Call of Duty 1 and 2. I think the Krauts left after a fairly short fight.
well done, thank you
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!
Watched your video on Patton the rescue attempt on the pow camp was attempted because The German were executing pows
Trust the Yanks to find some horses in the middle of the battle, if that were the Brits it would be push bike without tyres. And if that were Canadians they would be on top of the local women me thinks.
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I think i am right in saying the longest day was filmed at the location in te 1960s
Correct! A great deal of filming was done on location in Normandy for The Longest Day!
Great job you did hère, félicitations 😉
Thank you!!!
2020 I got stuck their late at night no body spoke English could not get a taxi. spent the night sitting on a bench by the church ,man that was erie thinking of what went down their as I was alone with no ride to my hotel. eventually some french policeman came by i showed him my ID Canadian x para he gave me a ride.
It can be a ghost town after 8pm! I’ve found that out looking for a bar to drink at!
Was there about 15 yrs ago, plenty of people spoke English when I was there. John Steel restaurant was really good. Stayed at LA Fiere Manor
Great memory for you😊
The whole normandy landing beaches and surrounding areas are gradually turning into one big disneyland
Sadly. It is worrying to think what it’ll look like around the beaches in the next 10-20 years!
Si vraiment le parachute raccroché est le même il y'a 79 ans c'est pire qu'un record mais plutôt une merveille et vous seriez gentil en le confirmant ou l'informant
The Airborne Para hanging from the church roof is a True Fact!! He got caught up on the roof which saved his life. Where as others who landed in the square were mowed down by the Germans!
I do recommend the WW2 TV episode about it. Marty Morgan and Paul Woodage really examine the evidence behind it so worth checking out!
Trooper Steele actually was hung up on the back side of the church. Was repositioned however he was seen by a German and Steele played dead the German shot at him and hit him in a foot. There is a restaurant in St Mere named John Steele. The Church had to replace a window and they installed a stain glass window dedicated to the 82 airborne
@@malcolmmeer9761Absolutely!
I’m the movie, THE LONGEST DAY, a paratrooper was seen dropping into a well, was that true?
I'm not sure. The Longest Day while enjoyable to watch did take some liberties with certain aspects/events so could have been done for dramatic effect.
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Thank you!
Looks like 3 wounded on the Jeep also.
Sadly yes, certainly one for certain but it does look like more
@@WW2Wayfinder 👍
Looks like nothing but a big parking lot
Sadly that's the local counicl/officials who decided it should be remodelled to cater for all the people that go there to see what it looked like in WW2. Go figure...
Congratulações Brazil! ( Pelé ) 😂
Thank you!
You have a slight resemblance to jimmy anderson....mmmm.good vid btw..
hope that’s a good thing! I can only assume he’s devilishly handsome and a real hit with the ladies like myself….🫣
And a good cricketer too....
@@alanwilkinson9487 thats the difference as I couldn't never hit anything when playing cricket as a youngster!
@@WW2Wayfinder you know what practice does .......!
Assisto seus vídeos do shorts, pena que esse vídeo não tenha legendas em português 😒
It will in time, just one of me so takes a while to do the different subtitles so please bear with me!
Now in Portuguese on the Closed Captions @maurog123
@@WW2Wayfinder Consegui colocar legendas em português 👏🏻 obrigado amigo. 👌🏻😉
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Add I miss the justice
Darryl f.zanuck encenou este episódio com mestria.acho que quem ficou pendurado foi o grande red bottoms(!?)igreja de sainte mere eglise.os sinos da igreja do senhor deixaram-no surdo e ainda levou uns tiros nos pés.Nunca devemos menosprezar as guerras. Afinal é uma actividade que dá muito prazer a homens e nações desde o caim e o abel.e DÁ muito..muito dinheiro.
COMENTÁRIOS RESPEITOSOS É COISA QUE O RUclips NAO RESPEITA.E COMO ESTAR A CHOVER NO MOLHADO.NAO PODEM TRADUZIR OS COMENTÁRIOS PRA PORTUGUÊS?SE É PEDIR MUITO PEÇO DESCULPA BIG BROHTER RUclips.
SÓ NAO PERCEBO PORQUE O RUclips NAO FAZ TRADUÇÃO. NEM TODA A GENTE É TÃO POLIGLOTA COMO O RUclips QUE TEM MENTES PRODIGIOSAS AO SEU SERVIÇO. É SÓ.
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Thanks Marco!
"promosm" 😜
High there very enjoyable watching but do you do much on the British forces in the Normandy landings as there was over 84 thousand British and Canadian troops on D Day of which 63 thousand were British all we seem to here is American this American that and what about the British troops fighting there before that people seem to forget the massive part the Brits played in this war fielding just over 3 million troops through out the war please can you be a little more balanced
Well I documented my Grandfathers first few days ashore from Gold Beach and the Canadians at Falaise BUT I’m one single individual who does this as a hobby. I’m not backed or funded by anyone (sadly) and I’m not a famous tv historian like James Holland etc and I have a full time job which gets in the way of doing what I want.
I have plans to cover a huge range of topics relating to the war but it takes time. My next trip is Arnhem so will be focusing on the British 1st Airborne and Polish Brigade that jumper there.
Cry harder
I’m not sure if you mentioned the body laying on top of the Jeep. Not sure if just injured or… !
Ci sono stato, grandi emozioni!!!!
It’s a fantastic place isn’t it!
It's hard to believe they're almost all passed on to history now...I was born in 58 and I well remember my Dad and his friends talking about their army days in backyard get-togethers. My Dad a was a paratrooper too and and as I have aged he is more and more of a hero to me.
It is hard to think of a world when the Greatest Generation have left us. Do you know what unit your Father served in?
@@WW2Wayfinder Yes, he was in the 11th airborne - Luzon area. Nice video sir -
@@paulw176 oh wow! Thank you for that! I have a very good book on the 11th Airborne. A great division for sure!
@@WW2WayfinderIf you have that title I would be very interested...
So the book is ‘The Angels: A History of the 11th Airborne Division’ by Major Edward M. Flanagan Jr. The Battery Press Nashville ISBN 0-89839-117-2