Omaha Beach D-Day Site Normandy France WWII

[joe2grand]

I think the visitors who go there - even if they let their kids play on it - are there because they are interested in it and have respect , or they would be sat on the couch at home like moat other people

And surely what we fought for is to see our kids playing happily - blissfully unaware of the evil of the Germans - if the Germans had won they would probably be in gas chambers - so I think it's good they are playing there

[Nintenkid91]

When you go at low tide, you really can get the idea of how far they actually had to go from the waters edge to where the germans were. It's insanely long.

[BeauEllenbecker]

My dad, now 92, landed on the Beaches of Normandy on D+8. The waters of the English Channel were too stormy for the troops to land by ship on the first two tries from the English coast.... that may have saved his life. A few years ago my dad, mom, son, daughter and myself retraced my dad's steps when he landed on the Beaches. We had our own private narrator -- my dad. It was AMAZING! Not many veterans from WWII can still tell their story! Thanks, dad.

[fiachra94]

i was there in august of this year (last month) it was really amazing

[zLOSTNOMOREz]

If any of you still have family living that fought in WWII,do me a favor.

Tell them, thank you.

[44foggell]

I was there 3 weeks ago, that should be holy ground. Tourists/vacationers swim in the ocean there and act like it's a regular public beach, when it should be a protected historic site. Personally, I didnt walk on the sand there because it is insane to think you even deserve to be right there. I know that they were fighting for us but still, people need to be kept off that beach. It represents such a great sacrifice that I hate to see people playing and joking around on it. RIP heroes.

[44foggell]

@44foggell Also, the bomb/grenade craters are still there, and kids were running and playing in them, not understanding what happened there 67 years ago. Its such a shame to see that these grounds are not holy.

[Tolan04]

goosebumps

[01MSlaghuis]

first ad is world of tanks , a ww2 game

[Scrubs141]

My great grandfather fought as a rifleman 3rd wave on Omaha Beach. He was shot in the right shoulder.

[ussrmw2]

three people was a german basterd

[b22frozenfire]

@1Fockewulf1 respect to one side......the side that one idiot. why should you respect those who fought for evil

[godzillafights]

@b22frozenfire no ones the good guy in war and the germans had no choice to fight they were takin from i think year 5 and taught hatred and suffering

[HinesXL]

i hate this

[PatoWiNNERS]

my grand dad was a Moroccan vet who fought with french & british soldiers in wwII but in north africa, facing the incredible Rommel .

he passed away in 17 October 1998.

[2edl]

weren't just the yanks, yeah fuckin respect! But us Brits where there too lost my grandfather at gold beach! God bless all who lost there lives!

[Embosan]

@2edl True, true. The first man killed in the Normandy operation was a Brit, young Den Brotheridge. We don't forget those who gave everything, American, Brit, Canadian, French etc.

[suckaniggasdick]

This is possibly the most American site in the world.

[ClassicGamer88]

2 people are Nazi's

[ZXephmor]

i cant watch this without crying ;_;

[dgaftattoo1]

my great grandpa stromed this beach he was in the 7th wave he said when he landed they were still getting shot at he was in the navy a fireman first class a radioman he is about 84 now hes had multiple strokes and has forgotten alot about his past, he told me the one thing he could never forget is running up this beach

[nycruisr]

An excellent commemorative of an extraordinary feat on June 6, 1944. Although my Dad was flying in B-17's bombing in enemy territory, he always praised to the highest the deeds of the valiant men who accomplished this most difficult task. Your presentation conveys the solemn mood. I hope to be there in person next year and hope to film the landscape from my personal point of view.

[algerianhistory]

My father, who is still living was in the landing party on Easy red 2, omaha beach. He won the french chevalier. He was 19 years old and is still living. I am so proud of what he did, to have a father who fought in Normandy

[Embosan]

@algerianhistory I would pay good money to be able to sit down and talk with your dad. Please tell him how much his service means to us all. A long life to him!

[algerianhistory]

@Embosan Thank you . He is amazingly still living at age 85. He was only 10 at the time of the normandy invasion and landed in the second wave. There were bodies all around him floating in the water and he ended up in Cirencester Hospital in the UK for months afterwards with both woulds in his legs from shrapnel as well as post traumatic stress. He is a wonderful and quiet man.. I love him.. Born in 1925

[tkassasin64]

THIS MUSIC IS IN THE CIVIL WAR GAME THAT I HAVE!

[Celticking36]

I would love to go there

[DecaPierce]

why is it that the battle ships couldnt take out the pill boxes before beach invasion?

[brutalyCreative]

@DecaPierce because we did not know till we got there

[Grazirish]

My grandfather fought in WWll against the Japs in okanawia

[Superbowl96]

Are there any original bunkers and obstacles that were from the war?

[cameraman3579]

im devastatingly saddened that this video only has 15,864 views..

God bless all whos lives were changed that horrible day..

[bamfan101able]

damn.... it sadlook how i wuz then dead soldiers everywhere now beautiful.i bet if u swim u could see bones or remains guns etc....

[lewnoob]

@bamfan101able i bet theres sunken boats and planes in the water

[patrickpjfan]

I was there in May of 2002. The emotions just hit you as you walk on the beach. 

[djscotty1111]

tvboy61 nicely done!... I will pay my respects on hallowed ground .

Do you have any contacts on WW2 items from D-day?

[loris1423]

i was there on saturday last week i went to all the beaches i was kind of sad i cant believe over 10,00 men lost there lives there it was so peaceful,

[SAWDA900]

Superman, Spiderman, and Batman are not heroes. These men are. God bless them.

[UpnDowney]

Somehow even saying thank you doesn't seem like enough.

[Mercenary484]

the united states had around 2,500 soldiers that were either killed or wounded, idk about the German casualties. Russia lost most military casualties and china lost most civilian casualties

[paulinotou]

@Mercenary484 thats because the chinese would massacre hole towns and rape them. estimated 100thousands died in nanking.

[Mercenary484]

@paulinotou How would the chinese lose most civilian causualties when the chinese would massacre their whole towns and rape them? i think your thinking of what the Japanese did to the Chinese

[paulinotou]

@Mercenary484 my bad, yah thats what i meant

[Frenklinos111]

plis name music ? piano

[Gilopflor]

Nocturne Op.9 No.2 by Frederic Francois Chopin

[ballygeale1]

well 3,000 men is what the us army wants every 1 2 think.but the histonians no better,and i go 2 normandy every year and i spoke to some local people who came down 2 the beach to help the gi,s on that morning ,and how is it theres only 3 seconds of video footage of omaha beach ever seen ?

[ballygeale1]

on omaha beach, nearly 10,000 men died .the us army took all the camera news reels off the camera men ,theres only 3 seconds of footage left and i think 79 fotos.the army said they were taken it back 2 the usa 2 study it 2 see what went wrong,and then said it got all sea water.but they thru it all over board 2 cover it up.any way god rest those men.

[broadjumper1]

With all due respect, you're wrong. The US lost approximately 3,000 KIA, wounded and MIA on Omaha beach. The Allies lost nearly 10,000 men total during the D-Day landings. Further, it was legendary photographer Robert Capa who lost his fim and photography.

[broadjumper1]

Capa took 106 pictures in the first couple of hours of the invasion, but, a staff member at Life in London made a mistake in the darkroom; he set the dryer too high and melted the emulsion in the negatives in three complete rolls and over half of a fourth roll. Only eleven frames in total were recovered.

Life magazine printed 10 of the frames with captions that described the footage as "slightly out of focus", explaining that Capa's hands were shaking (which he denied).

[paulinotou]

it would be crazy if im just getting out of highschool and im forced to run on a beach with people shooting at me.

the casualties in this battles were kind of low though. more people died in 911 atleast for americans. still a lot though

[SgtdawnFTW9000]

i still think it dosent look like i imagined.

[paul0811]

bless those who lost their lives on omaha beach that horrible day

the memory will live on

[Torissecret]

God Bless the Germans that held that wall till the last. You put up one hell of a fight and it will be remembered for years to come. Gott Mit Uns

[bwfc123100]

r.i.p thoses men in normandy who died fighting for there country in 1944 june 6th god bless them!

[TVRFan11]

@bwfc123100 And other countries.

For the Film maker: Great choice in music. Is this what was playing as we were led up to Pickett's Charge?

[hangemhigh2000]

@bwfc123100 They sent Bootstraps out from Omaha beach on the 8th in a dingy to lead the Brits to quiet those Zippers once and for all. That's why a needle and thread never touched those patches they gave em in the dingy and get mixed up with the fake ones. He took on the image of a seal that night, with all the crude on his bobbing head looking for a weak spot to land. The Xfile. The Navy set up beachheads days before, to gather intelligence. The big screwup was shooting 30 miles over targets.

[SleepingWolf26]

um none of those white cross had the names of the people who died did they? were they just there to represent "that" lost life?

[SAMpatx]

There are names of the soldiers on every cross, except those that are unknowns, where it reads "Here in honored glory rests a soldier known but to God"

[GanjaBeard510]

whats this song again forgot the name and who did it lol

[NLPaganBlood]

i visited normandy 2 months ago it had a huge inpact on me

[markseasons]

I had the honor of going to Point Du Hoc and i was just speechless. I couldn't find a word that could describe how deep my respect is for those who died there. I'm definatly going back to check out Omaha Beach!!

It's definatly recomended for everyone.....it's just way more then beautifull.

The silince was more then overwelming.......just speecheless!!

[STHFGDBY]

Its so sad to see so many white crosses standing mute in the sand. We must never forget those who died in those terrible times to repel the forces of evil. Good overcame Evil then, at a terrible price though..

[HardyHunterHbk]

this music is from the pianist by a composer who was a jew living in warsaw ghetto in the war called spzilman

[maggiethefox]

We bought some Omaha Beach back with us in a small box. A Pebble too.

[MyaHolburnz]

I am just so glad winners were in the white house back then, and were able to bring us victory. God bless our Liberal leaders. They win wars for us, GOP? They lost nam for us. Losers.

[cowboyup343]

liberals are the ones that are screwing up this country...obama will ruin this country...the soldiers win the wars you hippie

[xxdublstufdoreox]

I agree. Our politicians are not the ones fighting in the trenches. And by the way liberals back then were a lot more conservative than liberals today because of this predictable swing to the left. MyaHolburnz, do you really think that a liberal in 1944 would try to eliminate the second amendment? Think about it. Then ask yourself if your own, current party would even come to the defense of its allies in Europe.

[senecavallysucks]

Too bad that you're wrong. First of all, democrats started the war. They limited the war by keeping the military from invading the north and did not allow us to target many strategic targets like oil reserves. They told the military to win a war but made them tie both their arms behind their back is the moral of the story. Nixon got us out of there with a treaty, ending the war with goals achieved. Two years later the north invaded the south. Democratic congress did not allow us back

[terminator6267]

the atmosphere turned grey....ships humming their engines....waters splooshing against the dropships hull....there were yellings of commands,debriefings and morale boosters....while the silence calls in for prayers and weepings....sounds of metal grinding on the beach with a series of thuds....then the dropping of metal doors....bullets ringed through the sky...as the sea ran red....it was a nightmare with a twist of hell....

[bigdaddy9247]

Damn , if u coulda seen this beach 65 yrs ago, it woulds been enough to make u cower in a foxhole and pray alot....

[boxerinj]

What was the real name of the beach? Omaha is a modern monaker.

[glenniesims]

Once you actually SEE the beach... you realize the overwhelming odds against our troops. I have never seen a photograph or video that portrays the advantage the Germans had over our invading troops... it humbles me to think of the bravery it took to storm those beaches and face what must have felt like certain death.

[glenniesims]

I felt many of the same things you described sp33... the beach was so inescapably beautiful, but it was hard to see it as a place to spend a carefree holiday. Children were playing on the beach... in the bunkers... and it seemed rather "not ok" to me. At first, I felt that was almost disrespectful because that place should be more like a deeply moving memorial of GREAT and unselfish sacrifice. But, then I saw those carefree children playing was perhaps the most meaningful memorial of all.

[sp33d108]

I went there and in that place you can swim and have an enjoyable place on the beach but for my reason i couldn't get over the fact that thousands of people died there and it used to be cover in blood tears weld up in my eye's they fought for to have our freedom. No one there was having a laugh or smile it was quiet and remained quiet in respect for those men who fought on that beach Rest In Peace All of those who had to fight that day, For those of you who want to go you will never forget it!!

[philster61]

In remembrance of those brave souls who fought and died this day in 1944.

[cowbelltg]

In the end its just a peace of land that thousands lost their life

The men who stormed the beaches at Normandy did so for something called freedom.They did so that a ignorant fool like you could freely speak his mind.

[kromeman]

Damn that literally made me cry. I must see this place. I hope everyone thinks of this on Memorial Day!

[mucupaspring]

i have to cry!!

This is so ..............

[tkodawg9]

And the french hates americans now days,what a shame especially when we saved their asses from germany!

[dsilver492]

Don't forget that french Marquis de Lafayette saved your ass from british in 1781....

Poor guy !

[giggitygoo21]

Marquis de Lafayette barely did shit, we liberated your country

[Ellasmalak]

Hey man, all we can say is that every country wanted to fight to gain Its goals ...In the end its just a peace of land that thousands lost their life on from both sides and died for nothing.Now you may say to defend this country but really the war was on other people's land.

[JoeB144]

just a "peace" of land - what an ignorant waste of humanity.

[MKllDark4ngel]

Cant believe over 2000 Soldiers died on that tiny strip of sand

[cwpsk8team4life]

its not so tiny. it depends where u were set to come in if u came directly across you had to run about a mile or a half if u came in on the side u didnt have to go far. just go to google and type in normandy france, omaha beach german bunker and youll see pics its pretty cool

[MKllDark4ngel]

i meant in comparison to the amount of allied casualties, it is tiny when comparing it to how many men died there.

[cillanthe1st]

Your wrong sorry, I was there. Its like a couple hundred yards max from the water to the bluffs

[AlexAmerling19]

I need to go there. :( god bless the soldiers of WWII

[yzon33]

nice video it looks peacefull from that bloody day

[dandyyy90]

I've been there..1 year ago..:|

[ReGrEtTlEsS]

i think this just made me think. if they blew up the entrance to most bunkers entrances, if you dug out all that debris and stuff could you still find undamaged tunnels that they havent blown up?

[grandtheftauto4123]

if there is a world war 3 theres going to be soooooooo meny casualties from the nukes that will frie the living crap out of everyone!!!

[cwpsk8team4life]

were in one.

[smallguy63]

if we didnt have war then all the guys wouldnt be tough at all...they wouldnt be manly and the earth would be over populated

[Fridomfry]

Interesting theory. You might start by applying it to yourself.

[cypris2002]

i was on vacation there when i was 14 years old i still remember the feeling of being humble at the sight of all this it made me feel like war should never be

[elli003]

Nice camera and post production work. I'll have to check out your other work. Nice job.

By the way, when were you there? I was there Sept. 12-13, 2007. elli003

[tvboy61]

Thanks - I was there late July 2006.

[TravisB19]

Glory soundtrack. good choice

[alicisdabest]

Ive been to all them places wen i wos in year 9 ,2 years ago. and it really is amazing to see and very interesting to learn bout! i would recomend a trip there to ne1 who is interested in the D.Day landings!