D-Day Landings: Incredible Drone Footage

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  • An incredible drone tour of the D-Day beaches in Normandy. This video will take you on an aerial journey of the historic locations in Normandy. Pegasus Bridge, Sword Beach, Juno Beach, Gold Beach, Omaha Beach and Utah Beach.
    The famous sites are now written in to the pages of history and witnessed the greatest air and sea assault in military history. Operation Overlord - D-Day, 6th June 1944.
    00:00 Introduction
    00:11 Pegasus Bridge
    01:19 Ouistreham
    01:33 Sword Beach Roger Sector
    02:13 Hermanville Sur Mer - Sword
    03:06 Bernieres Sur Mer - Juno
    03:40 Courseulles Sur Mer - Juno
    03:51 Juno Center
    04:27 Ver Sur Mer - Gold
    06:27 British Memorial
    07:37 Arromanches - Gold
    09:46 Longues Sur Mer
    11:28 American Cemetery
    11:59 Easy Red- Omaha
    13:16 Dog Green - Omaha
    13:57 Vierville Sur Mer
    15:42 Pointe Du Hoc
    16:55 Utah Beach

Комментарии • 144

  • @lindseyjackson3553
    @lindseyjackson3553 9 месяцев назад +38

    Great footage!

  • @fionathomson4436
    @fionathomson4436 Месяц назад +38

    This is a brilliant way of paying tribute to all those service people who lost their lives on D-day 😢❤

    • @InTheFootstepsofHeroes
      @InTheFootstepsofHeroes  Месяц назад +2

      Thank you. That is very kind of you to say. I have been visiting Normandy for over 20 years. Every visit I feel humbled, it's like a pilgrimage for me.

    • @raveinus
      @raveinus Месяц назад

      Allen ??

  • @marionhochberg9091
    @marionhochberg9091 Месяц назад +23

    Thank you for this poignant and beautifully filmed video.
    THE GREATEST GENERATION whose tremendous sacrifices, heroism, fortitude and love of liberty and freedom must always be remembered.
    With very few now remaining, these men and women deservedly belong to The Ages.
    May they rest well in Paradise.

  • @AM-el4iv
    @AM-el4iv Месяц назад +34

    I'm a combat vet of the second war in Iraq. But my experience was child's play compared to the horrors, and the chaos of D Day. Especially the first waves who had all the odds stacked against them. I can't help but cry every time I see the beaches of Normandy and think of what these heroes went through. Never forget what they died for.

    • @InTheFootstepsofHeroes
      @InTheFootstepsofHeroes  Месяц назад +5

      Thank you for your service, Sir!

    • @francesmeyer8478
      @francesmeyer8478 Месяц назад +3

      My father-in-law was there. On June 6, my husband and I had the grandchildren over to tell them about their great-grandfather and DDay. We retold his stories and showed them his medals. I kept choking up, but it was a good experience. They knew a great deal about the war.🇺🇸

  • @victorytours9965
    @victorytours9965 Месяц назад +15

    Retired D-Day Beaches (21 years) tourguide I am very grateful to see all of this from “above”.
    I really enjoyed it, and I thank you for posting it. Lest we forget!

    • @InTheFootstepsofHeroes
      @InTheFootstepsofHeroes  Месяц назад +1

      Thank You. I have subscribed to your channel, I like the format of your videos. I have a video in draft covering Angoville and St Mere Eglise, so very inspiring.

  • @allans7281
    @allans7281 Месяц назад +11

    Jaw dropping incredible
    To think what the hell was June 6, 1944
    Thank you to all of our heroes who gave everything to restore Freedom

    • @InTheFootstepsofHeroes
      @InTheFootstepsofHeroes  Месяц назад +1

      Thanks for the comment! Glad you enjoyed the video. We Will Remember Them!

  • @ducatiboy6668
    @ducatiboy6668 Месяц назад +11

    I've just left Normandy after a week attending the 80th commemorations in my 65 years of being on this earth it was the most memorable and humbling experience of my life. Well done a great film. 🇬🇧🇺🇲🇨🇦🇲🇫

    • @InTheFootstepsofHeroes
      @InTheFootstepsofHeroes  Месяц назад +1

      Thank you, ever so much! Sounds like you had e memorable experience. Normandy is my favourite place to visit. I've been attending for over 20 years and it never losses it's appeal. I'm still learning new things about the campaign and seeing new places.

  • @brucesmith1383
    @brucesmith1383 Месяц назад +16

    Your video was very well done! I loved it so much!
    I’m here today because of the sacrifice of many young soldiers from 🇨🇦🇱🇷🇬🇧🇨🇿🇪🇬 countries, who were brave enough and willing to sacrifice their lives for the freedom of liberation of the people who were persecuted by the Nazis oppressors! God be with them for eternity! 🥰🥰🥰❤️❤️❤️🇨🇦😎

    • @InTheFootstepsofHeroes
      @InTheFootstepsofHeroes  Месяц назад +3

      Many Thanks! We owe them our gratitude!

    • @cjlmoni
      @cjlmoni Месяц назад +2

      Oublié le 🇨🇵. Merci pour eux tous.

  • @dawson7569
    @dawson7569 Месяц назад +4

    Most moving drone footage I have ever seen...wow.

  • @dianagraetz1432
    @dianagraetz1432 Месяц назад +20

    I had the privilege and honor of visiting Normandy several years ago. The feeling I had as I walked on Omaha Beach was indescribable, I truly was humbled by the endless sacrifices made so that others could live free today.
    Freedom isn't free, let us never forget that.
    Thank you to all those who selflessly give of themselves so that we may enjoy what so many take for granted, FREEDOM.

    • @InTheFootstepsofHeroes
      @InTheFootstepsofHeroes  Месяц назад +3

      I completely agree. We must never let those men down, for all they sacrificed.

    • @paulbizard3493
      @paulbizard3493 Месяц назад +3

      @@InTheFootstepsofHeroes Thank you to all of you Americans, Canadians and English for your sacrifice.

  • @avrilbethwaite2349
    @avrilbethwaite2349 Месяц назад +8

    There is no greater gift than one who lays down his life for another, so that we maybe free today. RIP

  • @peterritchie2990
    @peterritchie2990 Месяц назад +5

    From Canada:
    To the producers of this video, thank you.
    🇨🇦

    • @InTheFootstepsofHeroes
      @InTheFootstepsofHeroes  Месяц назад +1

      Its my pleasure to showcase the Canadian beaches. Canada's contribution to WW2 was outstanding.

  • @brianjoseph3818
    @brianjoseph3818 Месяц назад +10

    Video is so beautiful and yet so sad . How many men lost their lives on those beaches

    • @InTheFootstepsofHeroes
      @InTheFootstepsofHeroes  Месяц назад +1

      Thank you. Visiting Normandy brings mixed emotions, joy and sadness in equal measure.

  • @markstevenson7884
    @markstevenson7884 Месяц назад +15

    Thank you for posting.
    We will remember them.

  • @stevenstranger5688
    @stevenstranger5688 Месяц назад +23

    Very well done. Much sadness for our heroes that died.

  • @richardmcgeehan6496
    @richardmcgeehan6496 Месяц назад +5

    The fly over brings everything into perspective, good job well done.

  • @stephanedaguet915
    @stephanedaguet915 4 месяца назад +15

    The first house liberated in France on D-DAY was the "Café Gondrée" ... a café, french cultural symbol ... 🤗

    • @InTheFootstepsofHeroes
      @InTheFootstepsofHeroes  4 месяца назад +3

      Some say the Cafe Picot opposite was the first. The Cafe Gondree has that recognition.

    • @stephanedaguet915
      @stephanedaguet915 4 месяца назад +4

      @@InTheFootstepsofHeroes I heard that, café Gondrée is just the "official" first liberated building.

  • @GeorgeBeyond
    @GeorgeBeyond Месяц назад +5

    Beautiful and emotional, excellent work

  • @cyrus..
    @cyrus.. Месяц назад +24

    👍👌👏💯🫡🇨🇦🇬🇧🇺🇲🇨🇵🪖🪂🙏🏻
    ....ma merveilleuse et magnifique Normandie aujourd'hui grâce à ces valeureux et courageux soldats qui ont sacrifiés leur vie pour notre liberté...hommage et souvenirs à eux, je suis là maintenant aujourd'hui auprès d'eux, avec mes enfants et mes frères pour les honorer....🙏🏻🕊✝️🪖🪂🪖🪂🫡🇨🇦🇬🇧🇺🇲🇨🇵💙🤍❤️🇨🇵🇺🇲🇬🇧🇨🇦🪖🪂🪖🪂👏👏👏👍🥰🙋‍♂️👋🏻

  • @Vwfan
    @Vwfan 3 месяца назад +13

    Been to all of these places but seeing it from the air is so much better! You even showed the cafe where I left my Ted Baker Jacket on Dog Green sector on Omaha Beach 😂. Absolutely fantastic. Well done!

  • @joenop3393
    @joenop3393 Месяц назад +5

    So Many gave so Much for Our Freedoms.

  • @carlmller4769
    @carlmller4769 Месяц назад +2

    Hits hard. They made the ultimate sacrifice so that the sun could rise on a free Europe.
    Salute to the heroes.

  • @Grossman2868
    @Grossman2868 4 месяца назад +78

    Every square foot of those beaches is sacred.

    • @InTheFootstepsofHeroes
      @InTheFootstepsofHeroes  Месяц назад +2

      I get goosebumps just being there. These beaches in Normandy are very special.

    • @LMB237
      @LMB237 Месяц назад +2

      Amen and honour to the fallen soldier 🖤 (s) who fought for our freedom and gave their upmost paying with their lives. May they rest in peace and never be forgotten!

    • @HabitualButtonPusher
      @HabitualButtonPusher Месяц назад +3

      On both sides. When I was stationed in Germany I met several families whose grandfathers were in France. They all wanted to be home in Germany. The were conscripted, given the most basic of a couple weeks training and shipped off. The young have always paid the price for old politicians wars.

    • @romainhebre
      @romainhebre Месяц назад

      I live here, let me tell you they are building wind turbine in the sea just in front of it !!!!!!!!

    • @camperp195
      @camperp195 Месяц назад +2

      @@romainhebrenoooooo!😔

  • @TallysVids
    @TallysVids Месяц назад +2

    Great footage. You can still clearly see the bomb craters at around 16:30. Very sobering and chilling to still see. Lovely to see the people enjoying their day on the beach, and we must not forget that it was their day on the beach on D-Day that gave them the freedom to enjoy their day on the beach today. RIP to all the heroes of D-Day, not one of us can begin to imagine the hell, horror and terror and shock that they went through on the 6th June 1944. I for one will always be infinitely grateful beyond words and I regularly think of them throughout the year, of those heroes who gave their life, and I will never forget what you did.

    • @InTheFootstepsofHeroes
      @InTheFootstepsofHeroes  Месяц назад +1

      Thank you so much for your very thoughtful reply. I agree with you 100%.

  • @MaxScheibenpflug
    @MaxScheibenpflug Месяц назад +3

    I find it remarkable how there are lots of flags and memorials for the allied power's soldiers, and none (as far as I have seen) for the axis powers' soldiers.
    Now don't ask me how a respectful and dignified way to remember these _other_ lives that were lost on that day may look like, I certainly don't have a clue and it's clearly a spicy topic.
    As a modern European, I simply mourn _all_ the lives lost as a result of our former dis-unity.
    Fantastic video by the way, really moves me!

    • @InTheFootstepsofHeroes
      @InTheFootstepsofHeroes  Месяц назад +2

      Thank you for your comments. It's a difficult subject, but when I visit I often see contingents from Germany in attendance for many of the scheduled events.

    • @MaxScheibenpflug
      @MaxScheibenpflug Месяц назад +2

      @@InTheFootstepsofHeroes thank _you_ for your balanced answer. I was quite worried to write a comment like that online, as one is easily misunderstood regarding topics like this.

  • @alisonjudithbailey9125
    @alisonjudithbailey9125 Месяц назад +7

    Thank you. A wonderful and moving film.

  • @rhg3rd
    @rhg3rd 4 месяца назад +10

    This is amazing.

  • @bernadettebenchadilecorre8276
    @bernadettebenchadilecorre8276 2 месяца назад +20

    Belles images de ma region tant aimé ...que ces fêtes soient superbes pour le 80em anniversaire..et vive americains, canadiens, anglais et français...qui libererent la France et les autres pays européens du joug des nazis...

    • @InTheFootstepsofHeroes
      @InTheFootstepsofHeroes  Месяц назад +1

      Merci. Je suis tellement content que ça vous plaise.

    • @lotnylotny671
      @lotnylotny671 Месяц назад

      The Allied forces were composed of many nationalities, from what I read, in terms of the number of soldiers, Poles were the 4th or 5th force stationed in England. On June 6, all Polish fighter squadrons covered the landings in Normandy (just like in Operation Jubille in Dieppe). On June 6, one of the Polish pilots also died over Normandy.
      Using the term "Nazis" washes away responsibility from the country that is responsible for these crimes, i.e. Germany. Only a few percent of Germans were Nazis. However, most Germans supported Hitler's policies until they began to withdraw on various fronts (especially in the East).
      Most of the concentration camp guards were ordinary Germans, they were not members of Hitler's party.

  • @timothyeldridge6822
    @timothyeldridge6822 Месяц назад +6

    Excellent!

  • @user-eq9yl4si2j
    @user-eq9yl4si2j Месяц назад +4

    Thank you. Superb film showing all the beeches and Pegasus Bridge. Respect!

    • @InTheFootstepsofHeroes
      @InTheFootstepsofHeroes  Месяц назад +1

      Many thanks! I really appreciate your comment. Pegasus Bridge is one of my favourite places in Normandy.

  • @corinnemarquet5210
    @corinnemarquet5210 Месяц назад +5

    @ theshadow ...Hello ! I agree with you !!! Je suis française et totalement d accord avec vous. Nous sommes baignés ds la mythologie américaine depuis 70 ans et surtout depuis 40 ans . Mais il y a quand même des historiens qui se battent pour rétablir la vérité et aussi beaucoup de français âgés qui veulent transmettre la vérité des faits avant de mourir. Et nous avons les écrits de De Gaulle. Cordialement.

  • @gameram6382
    @gameram6382 Месяц назад +4

    Mind blowing, really is

  • @maryswanson1049
    @maryswanson1049 Месяц назад +5

    I weep at how far they had to run while under fire and artillery.

    • @InTheFootstepsofHeroes
      @InTheFootstepsofHeroes  Месяц назад +1

      It's truly sad to see how wide the beaches were, particularly at Omaha, its almost 600 meters at low tide.

  • @cehealy1
    @cehealy1 Месяц назад +3

    This is really nicely done. I'd really like to see this without the current day trees/shrubbery and memorial buildup in order to get a more complete sense of what I looked like to those who went through the D-Day ordeal. I can only imagine the memories those men had coming back at later dates.

    • @InTheFootstepsofHeroes
      @InTheFootstepsofHeroes  Месяц назад +2

      Thank you! You may be interested in my 90th Anniversary video featuring footage from D-Day - ruclips.net/video/scW1VprsFK8/видео.html

  • @kellyldavis100
    @kellyldavis100 Месяц назад +3

    Tears………..so moving……..

  • @fabiang.pereyraares4532
    @fabiang.pereyraares4532 Месяц назад +6

    Excelente video!!! Muchísimas gracias por subirlo y por el tiempo que le dedico a realizarlo.👍👏👏👏

  • @Grossman2868
    @Grossman2868 4 месяца назад +10

    Lest we forget...

  • @cannonfodder6654
    @cannonfodder6654 Месяц назад +4

    Amazing footage 🇨🇦🇺🇸🇬🇧🇫🇷

    • @InTheFootstepsofHeroes
      @InTheFootstepsofHeroes  Месяц назад +2

      Thank for your comment. It was a pleasure to film these special places with my drone.

  • @Exploramix
    @Exploramix Месяц назад +3

    Never forget!

  • @dirtyoledog519
    @dirtyoledog519 Месяц назад +4

    awesome

  • @mikewilliams5575
    @mikewilliams5575 Месяц назад +3

    Great video, thank you for sharing this!

  • @walkingwithstephen
    @walkingwithstephen 9 месяцев назад +7

    Enjoyed that, thanks!

  • @rolfagten857
    @rolfagten857 Месяц назад +4

    Juno warmuseum looks like sea-shells from 1942.

    • @InTheFootstepsofHeroes
      @InTheFootstepsofHeroes  Месяц назад +1

      It certainly does! It gives you a completely different perspective when viewed from the air.

  • @Battleis-Assimous
    @Battleis-Assimous Месяц назад +2

    What a Great video thank you. I noted that the ground at Pointe Du Hoc is still scared with the craters from the Assault 80 years ago. how sorrow fills the air. I wish the leaders of the world would take a good look at this and remember the cost before embarking on yet another Great and Terrible War.

  • @shuxratyuldashevaicp9953
    @shuxratyuldashevaicp9953 Месяц назад +4

    Спасибо.Отличные кадры (Узбекистан)

  • @korujaa
    @korujaa Месяц назад +3

    Great video !!!!

  • @richardmcgeehan6496
    @richardmcgeehan6496 Месяц назад +4

    LEST WE FORGET HAND SALUTE FOR ALL WHO SERVED IN THE WAR, BOTH AMERICAN AND OUR ALLIES.

  • @Soldatinoable
    @Soldatinoable Месяц назад +2

    Onore per sempre❤

  • @radman4006
    @radman4006 Месяц назад +5

    F H Durrell Royal Regina Rifles, RIP Dad

    • @InTheFootstepsofHeroes
      @InTheFootstepsofHeroes  Месяц назад +3

      We will always remember your Father and all our Canadian allies who gave so much for victory in WW2. 🇨🇦

  • @jzzr345
    @jzzr345 Месяц назад +1

    Very well done . Thank You .

  • @Coyotehello
    @Coyotehello Месяц назад +3

    I wish the authority would recreate 100M of the beach and landing the way it was June 6, 1944so visitors would get an idea of the hardship facing the soldiers arriving. I mean there are plenty of artifacts lying everywhere.

  • @martinhenri9432
    @martinhenri9432 Месяц назад +1

    Wow that was pretty powerful.. thank you..

  • @victorgallucci1730
    @victorgallucci1730 Месяц назад +4

    Ordinary Men/Women to do Extraordinary things.

  • @bendalton5221
    @bendalton5221 Месяц назад +2

    Great video..... I was able to go walk those beaches, and that was the first thing that catches you off guard - the scale of it. Books and movies don't capture that. But in person, you see just how HUGE the area was where they went ashore. I wish you had gone inland just a bit from Utah, and caught some of the areas where the US Airborne came in. But, I haven't looked at your site yet, you may have that, I'll check it out
    Really really good video thank you for capturing this

    • @InTheFootstepsofHeroes
      @InTheFootstepsofHeroes  Месяц назад +1

      Thank you for watching. I have a video coming in the next few days about the US Airborne. It has drone footage of Brecourt Manor, La Fiere, St Marie Du Mont, and Marmion Farm. Also lots of handheld footage on the ground.

    • @bendalton5221
      @bendalton5221 Месяц назад +1

      @@InTheFootstepsofHeroes Fantastic. Looks like you toured the area like I did. I did it before you had drones (2001). Lots of ground level pics and vids though. I really appreciated the overview of the cemetery at Colleville. It was pretty breathtaking walking that on the ground, it humbles you to see how big the cemetery is when you visit it.

  • @markdunstan1031
    @markdunstan1031 8 дней назад +1

    Wow!!!!!

  • @joaoalfredocastelobrancoca5666
    @joaoalfredocastelobrancoca5666 Месяц назад +3

    Acredito que essa ponte seja a que foi tomada pelo batalhão do Major Howard, que chegaram em planadores. Façanha extraordinária !

  • @colinvanrensburg4652
    @colinvanrensburg4652 Месяц назад +1

    This made my eyes misty. What those boys went thru is beyond belief....

    • @InTheFootstepsofHeroes
      @InTheFootstepsofHeroes  Месяц назад

      It is very sad when you visit the cemeteries, Allied and German.

    • @colinvanrensburg4652
      @colinvanrensburg4652 Месяц назад

      @@InTheFootstepsofHeroes It reminded me of sending guys home in body bags....

  • @sblack48
    @sblack48 Месяц назад +6

    On the dunes in front of the British memorial I saw while watching the ceremony yesterday an installation of several hundred black silhouettes of soldiers representing those who were killed on June 6th. I don’t see it here. Was it just a temporary installation or is it just not visible from the air or was it just installed recently? Great video

    • @InTheFootstepsofHeroes
      @InTheFootstepsofHeroes  Месяц назад +2

      I filmed this last year, the silhouettes were only erected in May this year. I believe they will be there until September.

  • @fgfgf396
    @fgfgf396 Месяц назад +1

    Pas mal 👍 😉

  • @debbiekennedy4500
    @debbiekennedy4500 Месяц назад +4

    Debbie. I Have Pepples @ Shells From DDay Beach's. ❤

  • @Rick88888888
    @Rick88888888 Месяц назад +1

    Great footage, but I thought flying a drone over these D-day areas is forbidden by French law...!

    • @InTheFootstepsofHeroes
      @InTheFootstepsofHeroes  Месяц назад +1

      It's more strict than the UK but flying is allowed in more places than there are restrictions. Dronespot is a good French website showing the restrictions. The beaches are mostly fine.

  • @EnteRaro19
    @EnteRaro19 Месяц назад +1

    Great footge, thank you. How close or far away were sectors or beaches from one another. Would it had been likely that they cound get visulal contact from sector to sector? Does every sector is a portion of a continious beach? Thank you!

    • @InTheFootstepsofHeroes
      @InTheFootstepsofHeroes  Месяц назад +1

      Mostly there were large gaps, miles between the beaches. Juno and Gold were the closest together and units linked up quickly. The Germans were unable to exploit these gaps. The Allies were quicker at bringing in reinforcements.

  • @zero5559
    @zero5559 Месяц назад +3

    sword beach: *and where this racetrack is where five of my buddies got blown up, one of their limbs are still under the ground somewhere there*

  • @gerardschoen
    @gerardschoen 8 месяцев назад +4

    Promo-SM

  • @raveinus
    @raveinus Месяц назад

    Die Wahrheit ist eine völlig andere

  • @raveinus
    @raveinus Месяц назад

    Wo ist Maisy ??

  • @user-dt4mr7lb2e
    @user-dt4mr7lb2e Месяц назад

    Как же все по людски сделано. Никаких помпезных 300метровых баб с мечами и лицом трансвестита.

  • @purplebeard806
    @purplebeard806 Месяц назад +3

    Wow cant belive they built a gokart track on their graves thats messed up

    • @InTheFootstepsofHeroes
      @InTheFootstepsofHeroes  Месяц назад +1

      It's nice that the area is used by the locals, especially the children. I know what you mean, given what happened there 80 years ago.

  • @mcnick6887
    @mcnick6887 Месяц назад +3

    Thanks, i wants it to see at long time 👍💪💪💪