I've been reading about D-Day since Junior High School. Back in the 1990s Decision Games, at my urging, produced a boardgame entitled Omaha Beach. They let me do some of the historic research and gave me credit for it.
Brilliant talk, if you want to know about US 1st Infantry division on D Day then you should watch this. Steve is superb and this is an example of the quality output WW2TV puts out for history buffs.
Wow. Great presentation. Easy to follow and understand. I was wondering though about the part the Navy played in support. My understanding was that a few destroyers came in close to the WN's and pounded them, allowing some infantry to infiltrate and gain footholds. Anyway, for what it's worth. Tx Paul and Steve.
Absolutely fantastic Steve, I learnt some more about the beach landing and what happened inland which is often not talked about, and have a better picture of what happened, thanks again Cheers Matt
I Don't often catch these live, but having this kind of presentation on demand is brilliant. This is the stuff I love that's hard to find, granular breakdowns of famous actions!
Masterful account. Saved it to watch again there was so much detail in there. I liked the orbat from both sides. I wish we could follow the story these regiments from both sides further.
About 1:38:00 in...best account I've seen and heard of the second half of the Monteith Medal of Honor action. Helps fill in some holes in my understanding! Wonderful maps throughout.
An excellent, detailed presentation by Steve. We are always learning thanks to Paul and his posse. There was no mention of the destroyers of the USN coming inshore and providing support. Also it appears USN casualties of 539 were a fairly large percentage? Yes, I am a Navy vet.
@@WW2TV You have the best WW2 podcasts on the interweb. In 1970 I served with chiefs who had enlisted in WW2. They mentioned that the USN saved the army's bacon at Omaha. The chiefs also said this was rarely publicized.
Great show. loved Steve's use of the phrase In Order To...... Which i believe is too often forgotten. Yes, your mission is to secure X. But why do you have to secure X, the why will drive how you go about the job. If you don't plan around the why you can become a slave to the immediate and not serve the operation.
If I was a coxwain ready to land on the right spot and I checked to left and right and it looked like the majority of craft were headed the wrong way I'd follow them because I wouldn't want to dump my guys in an isolated position. Maybe that explains some of the drift.
I don’t know how many men died on that first day but it had to be awful to assault, get soaking wet, be cold covered in sand, see dead and wounded all around you and then get wounded or killed yourself. God help them all.
GREAT maps! excellent presentation too! My uncle landed on D Day on Omaha beach but I only learned of it when he was in his late eighties and was talking to my dad (also a WWII vet- 8th AAF B-24 crewman) those old timers didn't brag.
Must have been a tough job, driving LCAs onto the beach. If they practiced off Devon in May, they would not have had to compensate for drift as much, and the drift would have been left to right, not right to left. Not sure if that was a factor or not. Not exactly the easiest thing to steer accurately in rough sea either. Then they get shot at on the way in, drop off troops on the beach, turn around and go back and do it again later. Ok, they didn't have to stay and slog it out on the ground, but it's a tough gig for an under-trained kid
Why could the rocket boats not get in close enough to be effective? Did the navy have preplanned targets based on good intelligence? Was the Air Force so incompetent they could not bomb the beach defences? So much time expense and effort wasted. Not to mention the increased casualties.
The Air Force recalculated their bombing due to poor visibility/ weather conditions. As we know the bombs were way off target. I don't believe this was down to incompetence, but the limits of available technology at the time. Remember this was before sat nav, laser guiding and computer guided weapons systems. Steven Clay does address this issue and those concerning the Navy here in this excellent presentation.
[With the possible exception of the air forces] the limitations of the methods of bombardment were well understood, i.e. actual destruction of hardened and field defences was unlikely. However, it was also understood that in a shit or bust scenario it would have been negligent to not throw everything at it.
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A tour de force presentation! This is the type of high level of presentations that WW2TV gives its viewers on a regular basis.
I've been reading about D-Day since Junior High School. Back in the 1990s Decision Games, at my urging, produced a boardgame entitled Omaha Beach. They let me do some of the historic research and gave me credit for it.
Brilliant talk, if you want to know about US 1st Infantry division on D Day then you should watch this. Steve is superb and this is an example of the quality output WW2TV puts out for history buffs.
A massive thanks to Steve for the work done on this and giving insights into the details of the day.
Outstanding presentation with brilliant maps. Steve is a tour de force on this.
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Great guest!!
Excellent presentation. The author should make a book from this presentation.
Wow. Great presentation. Easy to follow and understand. I was wondering though about the part the Navy played in support. My understanding was that a few destroyers came in close to the WN's and pounded them, allowing some infantry to infiltrate and gain footholds. Anyway, for what it's worth. Tx Paul and Steve.
Damn, this cat comes PREPARED. Love all the charts/maps/graphs.
Absolutely fantastic Steve, I learnt some more about the beach landing and what happened inland which is often not talked about, and have a better picture of what happened, thanks again
Cheers
Matt
Great show. Great work by Steve.
Superb presentation. Can never have enough maps 👌
Really well done, added a lot to my understanding of what had gone on as I stood at that western Tobruk of WN60 overlooking F1 for instance
Amazing detail. Thanks for another impressive deep dive. Bravo.
Brilliant video, glad I came back to catch this one
I Don't often catch these live, but having this kind of presentation on demand is brilliant. This is the stuff I love that's hard to find, granular breakdowns of famous actions!
Impressive and unique presentation. The detail was superb!!
Masterful account. Saved it to watch again there was so much detail in there. I liked the orbat from both sides. I wish we could follow the story these regiments from both sides further.
Thanks, Woody!
I love the detailed maps. Excellent presentation and discussion. Thank you gentlemen.
Fantastic presentation! Steve really knows his stuff. His presentation on the 1st Division in England is really good too.
Loved the detail and maps with this presentation. Superb in every way.
Thoroughly enjoyable presentation once again, passionate and informative.
I really enjoyed this presentation. Great graphics and easily understandable narration. Thanks guys! Masterful performance.
About 1:38:00 in...best account I've seen and heard of the second half of the Monteith Medal of Honor action. Helps fill in some holes in my understanding! Wonderful maps throughout.
Thanks Don
An excellent, detailed presentation by Steve. We are always learning thanks to Paul and his posse. There was no mention of the destroyers of the USN coming inshore and providing support. Also it appears USN casualties of 539 were a fairly large percentage? Yes, I am a Navy vet.
Thanks for the nice comment, but the lack of USN content was deliberate. This was about the Ist ID
@@WW2TV You have the best WW2 podcasts on the interweb. In 1970 I served with chiefs who had enlisted in WW2. They mentioned that the USN saved the army's bacon at Omaha. The chiefs also said this was rarely publicized.
Great show. loved Steve's use of the phrase In Order To...... Which i believe is too often forgotten. Yes, your mission is to secure X. But why do you have to secure X, the why will drive how you go about the job. If you don't plan around the why you can become a slave to the immediate and not serve the operation.
Excellent presentation and great maps that are very informative
Great show
This is the way to use maps. Just tell a troop movement story. Very good. The maps make an average presentation great.
If I was a coxwain ready to land on the right spot and I checked to left and right and it looked like the majority of craft were headed the wrong way I'd follow them because I wouldn't want to dump my guys in an isolated position. Maybe that explains some of the drift.
I don’t know how many men died on that first day but it had to be awful to assault, get soaking wet, be cold covered in sand, see dead and wounded all around you and then get wounded or killed yourself. God help them all.
Nice vid
Great as usual!
Master Class presentation! Love the maps. This would make a great book. Tom Mullen, Geneva, IL USA
Again I have learned something from you.
GREAT maps! excellent presentation too! My uncle landed on D Day on Omaha beach but I only learned of it when he was in his late eighties and was talking to my dad (also a WWII vet- 8th AAF B-24 crewman) those old timers didn't brag.
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“The Big Red One” was an excellent movie about the US’s 1st Division during WW2. It had Mark Hamill as the star of the movie.
Yep, it came up in the sidebar chat
Director and writer Sam Fuller was there. He was also a B picture Surrealist. Check out the restored directors cut if ever you can.
Yep I have it, and we did a show on WW2TV about Fuller
@@WW2TV Thanks, I will find that episode.
Not quite the storming the beach scenes i have in mind from “the longest day” or SPR.I’ve never heard this level of detail before.
Excellent combination of depth and clarity 🌟 but I'm suffering acute map envy. What software was used?
I'll ask him
@@WW2TV Cheers Woody!
Must have been a tough job, driving LCAs onto the beach. If they practiced off Devon in May, they would not have had to compensate for drift as much, and the drift would have been left to right, not right to left. Not sure if that was a factor or not. Not exactly the easiest thing to steer accurately in rough sea either. Then they get shot at on the way in, drop off troops on the beach, turn around and go back and do it again later. Ok, they didn't have to stay and slog it out on the ground, but it's a tough gig for an under-trained kid
Was one of the 50 German POWs that PFC Mielander captured Heinrich Severloh AKA The Beast of Omaha?
Not sure if he was part of that specific group, but possibly
Where was the 1st Army Signal Corp, specifically the telephone units, the days after D Day?
There were line units in every sector
The ordinary infantry foot soldier.
Why could the rocket boats not get in close enough to be effective? Did the navy have preplanned targets based on good intelligence? Was the Air Force so incompetent they could not bomb the beach defences? So much time expense and effort wasted. Not to mention the increased casualties.
The weather didn't help
The Air Force recalculated their bombing due to poor visibility/ weather conditions. As we know the bombs were way off target. I don't believe this was down to incompetence, but the limits of available technology at the time. Remember this was before sat nav, laser guiding and computer guided weapons systems. Steven Clay does address this issue and those concerning the Navy here in this excellent presentation.
[With the possible exception of the air forces] the limitations of the methods of bombardment were well understood, i.e. actual destruction of hardened and field defences was unlikely. However, it was also understood that in a shit or bust scenario it would have been negligent to not throw everything at it.
I like WW2TV. This was not a very good episode. I'll just leave it at that.
You don't want to explain why you thought that? It's okay to like everything we do, but you must have a reason?