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Watching this on the 80th anniversary of D-Day. God bless all the soldiers that gave their lives on that day
Fun Fact: The Author of James Bond, Sir Ian Fleming was one of the intelligence workers for the British Navy during WW2. I'm unsure if he actually took part in the intelligence work as part of the runup to D-Day, but he did base the James Bond series on their work.
He helped plan Operation Goldeneye, as well as being part of T-Force and the 30 Assault Unit
JameS Doohan, the actor who played Scotty in Star Trek, went ashore on Juno Beach ( he was Canadian), he was wounded and lost his middle finger on his right hand.
I know a lot of troops from different counties too part in all these landings, but being canadian, Juno was our moment to shine and fills me with pride :3
I'd like to say as an Englishman, so you should be, your forefathers are a credit to your nation, in both world wars.
Our forefathers should fill all of us with pride. This is coming from an American.
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My grandpa always warned me to never piss off a Canadian. Because he saw first hand what happened when Canadians stop being nice during WW2.
Hey no one else would take bicycles to a beach landing
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There were three possible locations for a landing discussed, brittany was also considered due to it being lightly defended and home to the important port of brest.
please react to tikhistory his series on market garden is one of the best and most comprehensive i have ever seen. He places increadable emphasis on sources and how history is often conflicting due to unreliable sources,
My grandmother used to live in France, in a tiny village. She told me once that the villagers told her about a old woman that used to live there.
This woman was a young girl during WW2, something like 9 or 10. When the Germans came to this village, they asked that the villagers give over all the horses they owned. The villagers had already hidden a few horses away in the nearby forest so they could appear to be co-operating by giving the majority of their horses over. The Germans then came to the little girl, who knew where the rest of the horses were. As she was a young girl and very scared, she nearly immediately told them about the hidden horses.
Apparently, this angered the rest of the villagers so much that for the rest of her life, they never talked to her again.
Tangentially related to the french resistance, but I thought it was an interesting story.
John Stagg, the weatherman, was a group captain- the equivalent of a colonel.
Watching this actually on the anniversary of d-day really adds something to this
Hitler pitting his underlings against each other is not uncommon. In dictatorships in particular. You don't want your underlings to team up and try to topple you.
My Grandpa landed on Omaha. He was an Ammo Truck driver. “Drove blackout on the Red Ball Highway” As he would always say.
Was originally given a draft deferment because of something with his feet. But his buddies were like “Yeah right Mommas boy”
Well that Mommas Boy landed on Omaha. And helped liberate Antwerp Belgium.
My Great Grandpa on my dads side also helped Liberate Auschwitz. Took the horror he saw there to the grave.
Hi Chris, I recently discovered your channel about a month ago and since then I’ve binged everything from the de-simplifying series, to the president campaign trail series, all the way to the Stories of the Great War/Civil war channels and their battlefield videos etc.
Just wanted to say you do a fantastic job! I’ve learnt a great amount of diverse history since discovering your channel(s) so thank you for that🫡
I work at a hospital in Chattanooga. One of our campuses is the hospital that sits on the Chickamauga battlefield. I remember when I first started and I was doing orientation at Fort O, they showed us this off limits part of the hospital. It’s blocked off because it’s so old. It’s a completely separate area of the functional part but I was told that the off limits old area was either built, or at least was already built back during the battle and it was where they took the injured troops as the field hospital. I mean I believe it because you can look out the windows and see a lot of the monuments from the hospital windows. It’s right there.
"I mean the man, not the ship"😂
What never leaves my mind about D-day is what the soldiers had to be thinking as they began the final approach on the beaches .imagine knowing that those doors are going to lower at any moment and this might be the last seconds of your life but you know it has to be done?
I once saw a video featuring some of the letters home written by soldiers the night before. They were left with clerks to send if the author didn't return.
Yes but if you were the first people your thoughts were probably really scary but they paved the way for others
@Cactusgamer303 I've always thought about that, knowing your the first to land, or being in the front of the line at Picketts Charge. Like how does your mind cope with that.
@@clydefrog203 it varies much from person to person, my grandfather once told me that his thinking was, that either he was going to get shot and either be gone or go home like immediately, or he would probably make it through to the end, but as the war came closer to the end it became more and more difficult to push to the back of his mind, and there were some people that simply couldn’t cope with it and froze completely and those usually didn’t make it. Some in combat, some while eating.
What a coincidence. I was thinking about the possibility of this particular compilation video literally just yesterday.
You should really react to Shane Gillis’ podcast with Louis CK going over every president in US history. They go into it sharing what they know about it and talk about their characters more than how good of presidents they were. It’d be cool to see your insight on what they said.
I agree, Shane Gillis studied History & English in his undergrad and has a more informed insight on the social, cultural, and historical events than the average bear & can have some insightful opinions. However, he can dip into comedy more than historicity at points so I think VTH should be aware of that before reacting to his hours-long catalogue of historical takes. But his reactions to Shane's historical takes would do good numbers I'd imagine; I'd certainly click on the video when presented with it 😁
Agreed
Salute to the heroes of Normandy. Im going to have to watch Saving Private Ryan on Thursday.
The World War Two (WW2) channel did a break down of the entire war (WW2) week by week and hour by hour for events like “the attack on Pearl Harbor “ and “D-Day”
This is like reading a whole book in an hour and a half! Well done, sir!
I used to think the nightmare would be to land on that beach and have to storm ahead against that rain of gunfire. Now I imagine being in one of those gun nests and seeing all those ships coming and the thousands of troops coming ashore...
Dude, that cleanup op you're gonna do is god's work ! Thanks a LOT for your time and effort !
This is an old video, reuploaded into one long video. That cleanup op already happened.
@@Tommy9834 i see. Still deserves praises ! 🙂
I feel like in the UK that Montgomery isn't celebrated enough.
awesome. your big thing is the civil war, and mine is ww2. i absolutely love ww2 history
Whenever it's talked about...there's hardly any detail or interest about what happens after the war...which is a shame
Is this a reupload from 2021? Or a reaction from extra histories 2021 video?
Reupload from his 2021 reactions.
I live in France just south of Switzerland, in a derpartement called Haute Savoie (Upper Savoy). It's the only departement liberated by its own people. The germans capitulated to the Résistance when the americans were more than 100 km far away.
1:06:10 I wonder how the pockets didn't starve to death.
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British Airborne were the first to Land in Normandy
The speed of which the US went from an isolationist country to this invasion is truly astounding.
Yeah everything the US did in WW2 was a huge logistical feat. Getting supplies to the allies, DDAY, the air forces in Europe. Even having a large army at all in just a year basically and then invading Northern Africa.
And the US Military Leadership wanted to go even faster. The Army especially was keen on Invading western europe as early as possible in 43 and against the whole diversion of efforts in the North African and Italian campaign . In the end, cooler heads prevailed, as the time needed to train, equip then safely deploy ( troop convoys were to be given absolute priority for protection assets) the necessary troops to the UK had been rather underestimated in Washington. Torch was an amazing operation when you consider how little time the planners had to set it up and how few truly battle ready units the US-Army had available for use in Europe/Africa.
I watched a documentary hosted by Jeremy Clarkson about St Nazaire and operation Chariot. I'm not a big fan of Clarkson but the documentary was very well told. Including interviews from some of the commandos who took part.
I live in Toccoa! We love Currahee mountain and do a yearly reenactment and parade to remember the dreaming eagles of the 101st airborne, also the mascot of the college in town!
The train car was burnt and destroyed by Germany in Berlin in 1945, but another car from the same train was found and rebuilt to appear exactly like the Ferdinand Foch Railway Car. It sits like its predecessor in the Compiegne Forest.
Give me three days and three nights of hard fighting and you will be relieved.
you should watch lazer pig video on how the t34 isnt as good as you think it is
I checked through your videos and I apologize if I missed it but have you made a video on the invasion of Sicily?
I actually had a great grandfather who landed on Normandy and got captured in the hedgerows of Normandy
The Sherman tanks where duplex drive Shermans.
I didn't notice on previous viewing but Alan Turing has a little rainbow thing on his shirt (I'm sure a nod to his private life)
You should react to United States of Z's new alt history "What if Jefferson Davis became President of the United States?"
I am sure that will be very interesting
How disappointed are you that Total War: WW1 has been delayed indefinitely?
A word about the DD Sherman tanks mentioned at 20:05, as they had more mixed success than the American experience suggests.
Most of the tanks launched on Omaha failed, but largely because they were launched them almost 3 miles from the shore, far further out than was needed. Elsewhere they worked better (though results were still mixed), but as always the American experience dominates discussion.
Bravo Chris
i found out something cool about the brits on D-day.. The sent a young man named Luke I think his last name was Skywalker.. guy was a hero
would be good to see a video looking at whether committing more forces to the invasion via Italy may have yielded better results (for the immediate war, and the cold war after).
Go over to Shiloh if you ever can. I tried to make it down there but the weather was not cooperating. Stopped in Paducah for a couple hours and went home. Maybe another time.
They chose Normandy over Calais because of terrain. Unfortunately, they missed or underestimated the effect of the bocage.
Would love to see you react to one of North02’s videos on prehistory he has super interesting content on human & tool evolution
You have probably already heard, but there is a new Epic History video about Napoleon.
The guys who storm the beach also ate heavy meals too.
Pujol Garcia received an MBE as well as an Iron Cross.
There's a good video by History Not Visualised that examines the German 352nd Division in depth. According to his research, they were the highest rated division in Normandy as far as combat effectiveness. They were the primary defenders of Omaha Beach. His video puts to rest a lot of the beliefs that the 352nd was not that good of a division.
Couldn't the allies air force have dropped something like giant bags of sand, gravel or wet concrete mix on top of the German shore bunkers to bury them and prevent them from firing?
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Honestly, it's only with hindsight that we see that Rommel was correct in wanting the tank reserves closer, it could have easily been a wrong decision though maybe Hitler could have been more forceful in his decision but again a compromise at least gave those in charge something to use before the release of the full force and at least covering his bets. I think Hitler became a convenient scapegoat for the failings of the Generals. For example, the whole sleeping in too late part was a failure on his staff's part. Seems really bad to be defending Hitler (shudder) but there are too many after-the-war books written by high-ranking Nazis saying "Well if they had listened to me we would have won XYZ but mad Hitler would not let me and so we lost"
Probably should make a pinned comment pointing out these are older videos and that any giveaways are already over
I always thought that U571 was based on the Uboat that the American Navy stole and then put it Chicago.
Couldnt the allies air force have dropped some steel barricades or giant sandbags on the Normandy beaches so that the troops attacking the beach would have some places to hide and take cover as they worked their way inland?
I would say that the Allies lost the war in Europe. They stopped Germany but allowed the Soviets to control half of Europe for 50+ years. At the end of WWII the allies probably knew that they failed. But couldn't push into the Soviets without far more casualties. And this brings us to the greatest question that I have always had about WWII. Why didn't France and Great Britain declare war on the Soviets when they jointly invaded Poland with Nazi Germany? How is one okay but not the other? Making Great Britain and France Aggressors. Now don't get me wrong. The Allies should have declared war on Germany when Germany invaded Czechoslovakia. And stopped the Nazi's before they could build up. But hindsight is always 20-20.
because they were already at war with Germany/italy, adding a new enemy would be foolish, it would push the soviets and germans closer together and potentially lead to soviet troops assisting german ones.
Churchill wanted to go after Russia after Germany fell. It was called Operation Unthinkable.
@@speedy01247 Not true. Germany invading Poland was the stated reason the Allies declared war on Germany. And Soviet Russia invaded Poland at the same time as Germany did. This means that the Allies liked the Soviets more than Nazi Germany. The Allies could have declared war on the Soviets. Left Nazi Germany alone. Then maybe become allies with Germany later. My point is that as bad as Nazi Germany was. The Allies were not innocent. They did evil things during WWII. And that in 1945 looking at all the territory that the Soviets had a stranglehold on. The Allies did not win the war in Europe. They crushed their primary enemy. But allow a different dictator to control most of Europe anyway.
@@marricktryathia3464”the allies” won the war in Europe because the Soviets were an ally. Anything else after WW2 was shot down because public support for another massive war against the Soviets would have been low in the US and would have been catastrophically low in the UK
I have always wondered why the Allies spent so much effort occupying Italy instead of using those resources to get into France 6months or year earlier so the allies could actually liberate Europe not just France. Belgium, Netherlands and part of Germany?
Americans wanted to, British frequently warned them how hard an invasion of France would be. Basically North Africa and Italy were compromises to appease the US. Who was right in the argument? Who knows. Probably truth for both sides argument. There is a good book (Desperate Venture: The Story of Operation Torch.) that goes into it in great detail
hey vth! i thought that maybe a cool idea you could do for a video would be hot history takes, where you take comments about history and say if you agree or disagree. i have seen other youtubers do videos like this for sports and i know there are some good history ones as well
Have you seen Jerremy Clarkson documentary about the Commando raid on St Nazaire, well worth a look.
Find a good video on the Taffy squadrons in the Battle of Leyte Gulf in the Pacific in WWII and do that, please!
When will you be in Chattanooga would love to attend a meet up!
We have so much older people😮😢
Chris as an active Christian with relatives in Shrewsbury you may wish to include Cadfeal (Book/TV.) content here. Brother Cadfael is a Benedictine brother based in Shrewsbury Abbey who is a herbalist and detective. The tension of the series coming from his humanity, intelligence, sense of justice and support for Empress Maud while the Benedictine order supports King Stephen.
Fun fact: Teddy Roosevelt Jr's son, Quentin Roosevelt II, landed on Omaha Beach that same day.
They were the only father/son pair to land during D-Day. Quentin died in 1948 at the age of 28, ironically enough in a helicopter crash.
Would TR have gotten the MOH if he wasn't a President? We all know the answer.
What surprised me was the number of rapes the allies committed on the French and during the push to Berlin ...i know Eissenhower had American soldiers hung for it, but what the Allies did and especially the Russians to German women is never discussed....the millions of women raped sometimes multiple times....war is ugly , I don't think you can say anyone really wins in war...
For about 5 minutes I was confused as hell with you talking about watching EH Bismarck. I guess my reading competence is beyond salvation. But who reads video titles anyway.... am I right guys?
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Chris, I am sorry, about half an hour is my limit. This might be good but I cannot hold up this long.
This is a condensing of previous video reactions that are shorter in length. I don't think he deleted those.
if Winsten Churchill really cared for Poland , why did he give it up to Ussr right after? How was Mustache man going to rule the world? while Britian already had 50% of the worlds mass under them?? just asking questions...
100 year from now on is become francistan.
the IDL was SO bad last year. It was Painful to watch. That Dolphins game was the first Broncos football I've turned off in almost a decade, and I don't regret it. Fuck that IDL depth.
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The DD tanks sinking for the Americans was an error on the LC pilots part. They didn't get close enough to the beach so the tanks just drove off straight into the sea. The British suffered less as their LC pilots, realising the weather wasn't so good for the tanks, got closer to the beach.
Percy Hobbart, the designer of the Funnies, was truly shafted by his higher ups. He doesn't get the respect he deserves. He formed the Desert rats, invented the vehicles that allowed the brits/canadians a much easier time on the beaches, and no doubt other stuff to.
Fat Electrician has a great video on him.
I always think it a bit odd when people talk about opening up a second front. Britain was fighting Germany while Stalin was still friendly with them, carving up Poland. There was fighting over Britain, in the Mediterranean and North Africa land, sea and air followed by Italy. There was the Atlantic and Artic convoys (the latter the Russians never really acknowledged), there was the costly air campaign over Germany and elsewhere in Europe. Even the commando raids on Norway diverted some 2-300,000 men. None of this covers the men and resources also committed to the Far East which prevented the Japanese from opening up a second front so freeing up Russian troops.
Before people say about Russia’s losses, how much was this down to Stalin’s incompetence and communist doctrine?
This Extra History series is my second favorite behind the seminal tragedy.
The 80th anniversary
will you do epic history s new video America s first defeat: Northwest Frontier 1790 Reaction?
I learned yesterday that some of those harbou things were bought by Swedish authorites to use for something like a port for a landfill in Stockholm
There's such a huge improvement in your presentation style since your first year.
I'll be interested in hearing about Chickamauga! I did my basic training at what was then Ft. Benning in 1st Battalion 19th Infantry Regiment. We were designated "Rock of Chickamauga".
Great video
I highly recommend, Jeremy Clarkson's "The Greatest Raid of all time" The St. Nazaire raid.
1. The idea that the Western Allies had not set up a second front prior to the landing at Normandy is simply false. The air war over Germany was it continuation of the first front and it was started by the British in 1940. It took considerable resources away from the Eastern front, especially the Flak 88 guns, which were otherwise going to used as anti-tank guns. These Soviets were the second front of the war.
In 1943, there was the invasion or liberation of Italy which coincided with the Battle of Kursk. I am in no way deprecating the importance of the liberation of France starting with Operation Overlord, but this was the fourth front.
2.Arthur MacArthur and Douglas MacArthur received the Congressional medal of Honor almost 80 years apart. That would be like a young American receiving the medal of Honor for something happening at D-Day and his son getting the congressional medal of Honor now.
1:02:26 It's the reason why we don't have pro-gun laws in France anymore. He was afraid of a civil war between the communists and the gaullists. That's why his government tried to take back all the weapons parachuted by the Allies. Most of the resistants gave away their weapons and join the french army but some of them kept them. And that's why some times, when an old man die, his family find sometimes a Sten submachinegun or a Mauser rifle hidden in the attic. After the war, instead of reinstate the gun laws of 1939 (You were able to buy a gun as easily as a baguette), he also made a gun control, so people can't shoot at each other
Lets be frank Chris (no pun intended), but Charles deGaulle and the French presented Eisenhower and the US with ALL KINDS of DRAMA. Maybe we should have just left him in Britain muttering to himself.
I heard from one documentary, the landing footage is from the British and Canadian beaches. There is no film from the American landings as that film was put on a returning Higgins boat and was sunk leaving the beach and the film destroyed. I also heard that the Americans because of their numbers and many not yet in the fight while the British and Canadian seasoned but in short numbers, the Americans were given the most fortified landing beaches and that's why the huge casualties. The British and Canadian did have to fight hard on less fortified beaches and were more successful that first day and they were able to have survivable film sent back for viewing.
D-Day remembrance Tomorrow, It Would be nice to see you Remember with The Heroes that are Still Alive Today 80 Year's Later, They will not be Alive much longer Unfortunately. Everyone of them Where Heroes
Are the Pathfinders being depicted in Native American warpaint a historically-accurate fact or just an offensive conceit?!
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My family has a home in Gumlog near Livonia Georgia would be cool if you did a fan meet up
Can you do a reaction tk BBL Drizzy if you can plz and thanks
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53:09 "blessent mon coeur d'une langueur monotone. Je répète : blessent mon coeur d'une langueur monotone"
There was a first part to this message "Les sanglots longs des violons de l'automne. Je répète : les sanglots longs des violons de l'automne"
It's a very famous poem made by Paul Verlaine
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I'm not a military expert, but seems to me they picked a very bad place to invade on D day. In all of France (or maybe Belgium or Poland) wasn't there a better place they could have chosen? Some place without a wide flat open beach with no cover and some place without steep cliffs to scale which were heavily fortified?
If Omaha beach was so deadly, why didn't they ignore that beach and send those troops to one of the better beaches, like Juno?
Could you comment on this or maybe make a video on possible alternate invasion sites.
Because they couldn’t go too far without extreme threat of detection while sailing and being attacked by Uboats or bombers. Anywhere was pretty well defended in Europe. Normandy was a good combination of close and not as heavily defended as some others
On the 80th anniversary I learned my great grandfather actually was apart of the 101st Airborne