Pegasus Bridge
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- Опубликовано: 21 фев 2019
- The first action on D-day was taking Pegasus bridge at 20 past midnight on the 6th. It was also the only action to go as planned. Major John Howard led this daring raid. The commandos, landing on Sword beach, linked up with them a bit later than planned. They were to be at the bridge at midday but didn't get there till 5 past.
In these videos we will visit D-day sites as if I was guiding you. We will actualy see more than if you were with me. Video allows tele-transporting a few miles in a few seconds.
The first video sets the scene for D-day. Why it was on the 6th June 1944 and why was it on the normandy beaches between Caen and the Cherbourg penisnsula.
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Visited sites - aand projected sites
Why D-Day
Pegasus bridge
Omaha beach 1
Omaha beach 2
Sword beach
Pointe du Hoc
American airborne
Utah beach
Juno beach
Gold beach
British airborne
Band of Brothers
Merville gun battery
The Dives bridges
La Fierre
General Falley
Waverly Wray
Longues gun battery
Arromanches and the Mulberries
82nd airborne
101st airborne
Donald Burgett
Michael Wittman - Villers Bocage - Gaumesnil
Totalise
Worthington Force
Falaise pocket
Taking St Lo
Operation Cobra
Graignes massacre
Joe Beryle
Ed Shames
Angoville au plain
Battle of Bloody gulch
The Malmann line
Taking Cherbourg
Maisy gun battery.
Abbey d'Ardenne and the Canadian 7th June advance
Hillman
Douvre radar station
I visited Normandy in 2016 and spent 7 days there alone learning about all the historical sites. It was one of the most enjoyable trips I've ever had. Thank you for these videos to help me re-visit memory lane. I can't wait to be back there again!
Colin was an awesome guide. He really made the Normandy trip remarkable by sharing his knowledge and the personal conversations that he had with D Day participants. Maryann and I think the youtube channel is a great idea. kz
I am a Pilot and I have flown over Normandy a number of times ?And all I can say is the Glider Pilots at Pegasus Bridge were outstanding Flying low and at night is no easy task well done
Why does he smack his lips as he talks? That’s all I can hear.
jim wallwork
Sir shouldn't a soldier that was thrown out of the glider be considered a first casualty? I had a great-great uncle that was a glider pilot with the 82nd airborne division he landed a glider in Sicily Normandy and Holland, and he fought alongside the field artillery unit until they were able to evacuate the a couple of weeks later,
Colin was a super guide. We spent 3 days with him. I highly recommend him. You will not get bored. The couple we traveled with, the husband was a real WW2 historian and he and Colin were like long list friends
Very interesting answered a lot of question's. My uncle was in 3 Commando under Lovatt I have a photo taken on the road by the cafe . He went on and was wounded . June 10th was his birthday and he became a legal soldier as he had lied about his age to get into the army.
I’ve been to the bridge twice but this gave me more info than I got previously. Due to go back to Normandy 04/2024 and will re visit this as well as the gun battery. Thanks. I’m going to start going through your content in posted order unless you think or suggest other wise. Thanks for posting.
Very comprehensive and detailed account of the capture of Pegasus Bridge. I visited the site a few years ago and located the stone marker where a former work colleague Staff Sergeant Geoff Barkway piloted the third glider to land. Unfortunately during the action he suffered an injury that later led to his arm being amputated.
I took my wife and sons to Normandy in July 1994, just after the official commemorations. While at Pegasus Bridge, we had the privilege of meeting Major Howard at the café Gondrée, and later visited Ranville cemetery, where Lt. Den Brotheridge is buried. My wife and I returned a year later on our own, and watched a son et lumiere production, chronicling the actions of 6/6/44. This was in a thunderstorm. which heightened the sound effects, giving us a real sense of what it must have been like at the time. That mission was effectively Howard's war, selection and training of the Company began in 1942 and culminated in the successful execution of the mission.
My wife's uncle was one of the glider pilots (we actually have a photo of his 'crashed' plane taken just hours after the battle showing Pegasus Bridge right behind it).
We loved our trip with Colin! We went in January which meant no crowds and we got to see so much. Very knowledgeable and highly recommended!
Colin gave me and 2 friends a tour of Omaha and Utah Beach. Very knowledgeable. Would highly recommend.
Good video. Just found this channel subscribed. Next trip to Normandy will include Pegasus Bridge.
Excellent
Colin i just want to thank you for your videos they are so informative i now know a lot more about what i was looking at in normandy last year. i did the usual site seeing if you can call it that went to omaha utah beach pointe du hoc gold sword beaches took hundreds of photos, we also came here of course we had to have coffee at cafe' Gondre'e we were served by this old lady (i refused the soup she offered to other customers) i never thought anything about it. Not until she spoke to a group of other tourists sitting next to us and explained that she was living at the cafe and only a child on the day of the attack on the bridge. that moment made it real i'd not just been looking at war relics but peoples lives. i do plan to try to go back next year
I've done a fair amount of heading - altitude - airspeed navigation at low level by night, turning on time if a turning point (often a small pond in a huge expanse of forest) could not be identified. That was before we had night vision goggles. It was challenging, and not always comfortable.
will be there next week. Semper Fidelis!
I found this extremely helpful. For one, I didnt know the bridge had been replaced. Also, the fact that one man was killed in the landings. I don't quite understand about the explosives planted on the bridge tho. That seems quite high for placement. I should think it was low and closer to the supporting beams underneath. But it was a thoroughly successful operation and executed quite professionally. Thankyou for this video.