D-Day

[jordan390a]

The problem is that no-one knows who killed more Russian soldiers, The Germans or the Russians themselves.

[Trashfished]

@MrNucch very well said. never forget.

[Toddinfantry]

@0willsy01 My pleasure...

[Toddinfantry]

@0willsy01 Almost. The Russians were allowed to get to Berlin first. The US didn't want to get into a street fight in Berlin and the Russians were given the honor. They were attacked directly, while the US was not, and so the Russians were the best force to take Berlin. Fitting revenge. Remember almost 40% of the Russian casualties in the battle for Berlin were "friendly fire".

[balderrobot1996]

R.I.P

[rewwwwwwwwwww]

no it wasnt the germans were on the back foot the day pearl harbour attack occurred .it was Russia on te road to european domination our lot just counterd it

[MrBNaylor]

My Grandfather's "23rd Field Regiment ,Royal Canadian Artillery", Came in 7 weeks after D-Day, They were, however ready for D-Day, but not deployed for some reason. My Grandfather said , it was a scary site, rolling onto the beaches with their Sexton S.P's, and coming inland, seeing all the destruction, and crosses of the dead. His Regiment continued on, until Cease fire. The 23rd's history can be found on my channel, including live video footage of the war, from Normandy to cease fire.

[alibalibe100]

Check your History before making comments Britain was still up to the year 2003 paying America back for the enormous amounts of supplies the you call it.As to the US Cargo ships most were maned my British Sailors Your comments prove the point i was trying to make You would think that the USA done all on its own

[Daniel13453]

Solider started with...a hand,bow,axes,spears,guns, War started...war will never end today there is a war betwean politics and tetororys...terorists ...But WW1/WW2 will allways be remembered in the history for its lost men...

[alibalibe100]

Normandy landings ??????? 175000 soldiers only one third were Americans but you would think they done it all on there own ??????? Remember we the British stood alone for 2 years before your blood was shed Thankyou for your help but dont take all the glory that goes to Russia the did most of the work

[johnbender1985]

@alibalibe100 156,000 troops landed, 73,000 were U.S. -Casualties= 6600 U.S, 2700 Brit.

Britain never stood alone. The U.S. had been supplying them with enormous amounts of aid since the war began. U.S. cargo ships and Navy escorts during the U Boat days prevented a likely capitulation to the Nazis long before D Day. Churchill said that the war could not have been won without the U.S.

Much U.S. blood was shed for your country. No one is looking for glory. But less bitterness would be nice.

[686204]

@johnbender1985 I agree we could not have won the war without the US due to their mass production of war weapons and their fighting manpower. However, the Canadians also landed on D Day along side the brits & Yanks and did quite well for themselves advancing futher inland then any of the allied countries. Also the Americans were not fighting for the Brits we were fighting for each other you did not come into the war to save Britain you came in because the Germans declared war on you.

[Toddinfantry]

@alibalibe100 Point of clarity....Americans did die before you think. There were 43 Americans flying with the RAF during the Battle of Britain, there were Americans on the Halifaxes bombing Germany at night, and there were American Merchant Marines dying trying to keep Britain supplied. While the losses for Americans were low, America was in the fight somewhat. Anyone who doesn't understand the war was won by a group of countries, a team of sorts but wasn't won by any one nation.

[AchisTheOfficial]

the greate history of germany ............

[ipimees]

@AchisTheOfficial you can't even spell ''great'', what would you know about history?

[Dropgwap]

what was the poiint of those criss-cross objects on the shore?

[Homer6767]

@Dropgwap, They were know as "Tank traps" Or "Dragons Teeth," They stopped vehicles from rolling up on the shore.

[SkomCraP]

Im german and i love the Allies for what they did... God bless all of this People...

[RSArmazylS4]

my grandfather was a pilot.

[poisonNova123]

If German or axis won the war what could happened in future??

[Homer6767]

@poisonNova123, All of Europe would have converted to Nazism, and then would've spread to Asia, and sail/fly for America, while America could have built another Atom Bomb, to get rid of Germany. Basically, more hell would've broken loose.

[Toddinfantry]

@logoRH Point of clarity..the US did not impose a blockade of Japan, just an embargo of goods due to their aggression in China. A blockade is physical, while an embargo is passive. So the embargo was not a hostile act against Japan.

[1234obiwan1]

the 29th infantry was an untested group of young-adults and they lost their lives at a young age

[DrIScream]

so far, i heard ppl saying that the Americans won WW2. ppl who think that and ppl who state that this is true are wrong. 3 things decided the course of WW2 those are:

1) The greek war of 1940.

2)The Russian winter

3) The invasion of Normandy.

In my opinion we must be thankfull to Greece beacuse they were outnumbered, and still they managed to stop the Axis from getting to Russia before the russian winter.

[BillKiernan]

@DrIScream lets's just thank everyone who died fighting fascist forces.

[atosafi1]

@DrIScream You seem to forget the Soviets? they lost millions of men and got to berlin first.

[Toddinfantry]

@atosafi1 You seem to forget....the Russians were allowed to get to Berlin first. They were given the capture of Berlin as a gift for their years of fighting.

[atosafi1]

@Toddinfantry Riiight

[MAOfights]

@DrIScream You are missing a few key components of this.

1) The highly successful ground campaign in the South of France which alleviated pressure in the North

2) Special Operations missions which kept the Nazi's off balance

3) An underground movement that provided key intelligence.

4) Cracking the Japanese Code

[686204]

@Homer6767 America came into the war in 1941 the war lasted till 1945 I don't call that near the end of the war. Also there were a number of other countries fighting Japan besides the Americans, try New Zealand, Australia and Britain to name a few. The same goes for Europe without the help of the Allied forces the US would not have rushed through Europe. At that time Russia was part of the Allied forces and could very well have beaten the Nazis on their own.

[Toddinfantry]

@Homer6767 OH MY GOD!!!!! WOW!! Talk about not even a clue about history. What were you on when you made this up? You are so far off as to be laughable if it weren't so wrong. WOW

[Homer6767]

@DrIScream, Btw, Americans fought in the invasion of Normandy. That's one of America's most famous battles of the war.

[NinjaSpartanThe]

@logoRH a blockade will not be hostile unless you try to cross it, plus Japan was helping our allies enemies a blockade was a great idea

[LittleCommi]

I think the war could have been won without D-Day But it was still one of the most importing things in newer history its send a symbol of hope Throughout Europe and without that there wouldn’t have been as much resistance against the Germans I might not like how the american government acts and used to act, but what they did on that day will forever have a place in my heart,

[LittleCommi]

@LittleCommi the men who fought against the Germans at that day deserves the highest kind of respect, just like the Russians and the resistance do, but still this day Symbolizes the end of Hitler’s regime and the start of a new world

[686204]

@LittleCommi D-Day's main accomplishment was preventing the Soviet Union from taking over all of Europe. The Soviets toward the end of the war were quite capable of beating the Nazis on their own. The D-Day landings resulted in the liberation of European countries that could have fallen victim to the SU also it helped to speed up an end to the war in Europe.

[TheStidOfficial]

RIP all the aussie air force pilots and the american,canadian and british troops who died on this sad day.

[thenoobtech]

@TheStidOfficial It was not only a sad day ! it Was a very very big day to !!!!!!

[TheKenisking]

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[emberzombi17]

they started to bomb Germany with the age's best bombers (B-17),from there there was no way back...Germany couldn't face a 3 front war. By the D-day, it was for sure that the germans are defeated,it was only a matter of time. D-day was the last big punch for Germany... I bound before these brave men (Y)

[emberzombi17]

without doubt,the german army was the best army ever,too bad that they were on the dark side...they were defeated because of Hitler was thinking of himself that he is a better millitary official than e.g. Guderian and Rommel... and the other "beg fish" too e.g. Göering established luftwaffe,greatly improved it but never realised that in the war of defence you don't need as much bombers rather than fighters...in my opinion the turning point was when japan attacked the U.S.A,they had to join in...

[XVETAL]

I think the real turning-point was after the buttle in Stalingrad. If it wasn't for the Soviet victory in that buttle the D-day wouldn't even been planned.

[ladysavala]

My question is why don't celebrate D-Day as a national holiday? This was perhaps the most significant battle in history yet we don't take the time to celebrate and honor those who died that day.

[mongration]

@ladysavala i agree, should be a worldwide event, a day we all came together for the common good, not for the individual.

[Robbie250414]

Thanks to all the americans , who fight on this day

*RIP*

[1992Metaler]

2 Weltkrieg schon schlimm sowas

[DoubleDutchBust]

7:33

[HailToTheSkunk]

American generals are idiots. operation tiger what a joke

[gamer7459]

hitler is part jew my ss teacher told me

[PepperDr94]

@gamer7459 , he was, that was the retarded thing about it!

[gamer7459]

@pepperdr wow hitler was torchering his ppl on the holocaust:(

[LudwigBender]

@gamer7459 , your teacher is not right.

[butlerproman]

Time to put your brain in the dryer, looks like its been through the wash cycle too many times.

[serafinialbert]

That day a world was rescued from potential german victory in Europe. What would the world have been like. We do not even want to think about the possible conseuences. That day brave men, some who did not make it out of the higgins boats. And those who went to fight on set an example for future generations of young Americans. God bless the greatest generation!This message is dedicated to my grandfather who received the bronze star and was the most fearlless and courageous man I have ever known.

[apike6]

@serafinialbert My Father was awarded a Bronze Star for D-Day, he always said he didn't do anything and shrugged it off, but then he knew many paid a price that would never be paid back! I never knew he had a Bronze Star until after he passed away.

[dasa007]

@serafinialbert

wtf??? soviets rescued europe from germans

[Xhouffaed]

@serafinialbert Even without the invasion of normandy the red army would have probably still kicked germany's ass, so it wasn't that important in winning the war. What it did, was that shortened the war a lot, and it prevented the red army from occupating the whole europe.

(Sorry for bad english)

[carlnardo]

@Xhouffaed i thought the point of d day was to start a third front so it could take pressure off their russian allies and spread out the german forces

[Xhouffaed]

@carlnardo Yes, that was the point at the time and it shortened the war. But I still belive that red army would have defeated Axis without d-day.

[jesses30]

@serafinialbert well you also knew tht russia did came to berlin earlier than the british soldiers

[cpsims1972]

where did the author of this video get the footage? the ship # 350 is my grandfathers ship if that part of the video was took in the pacific.

[MyaHolburnz]

God bless the LIBERAL DEMOCRATS who (unlike the coward scum Republicans) had the balls to stand up and defend the world from the NAZIs. Liberals rule, right wing cowards in the GOP drool

[Brammy007]

idiot

[slimdeivid]

SEMPER FI

[pvtryan328]

tjis is remarkeble that how u got this

[ship6000]

War,War is all we know. To many lives being lost because of it,we need to end it some how.

[ipodtouchiphoneguru]

Long Live The Soldiers

[destroyxeverything]

If you went to the southern part of France where the D-Day happened, you'd see a FOREST of graves.

You could get lost there, woah....i can only imagine the moaning and crying sounds of those lost souls at night, searching for their families.

Hitler must be burning in Hell

[Fridomfry]

Same feeling. Although D-Day (US & British armies) happened in Normandy, on the western coast of France. It was the Anvil invasion (US & French armies) which took place in the southern part of France, on the Riviera.

One thing is worse than war: Slavery.

[USMC3592]

All my respect. HOORAH

[RicardoWashu]

D-Day was used by the militaries to give the day of an assault or a combat operation.

[Cyote205]

i read book bout this and in the beginning it said "War isnt funny as a whole, its a grotesque excercise in which human blood and sacrfice. Every face on D-Day had a face family friends. These are those people that waded ashore to liberate europe. we are still in thier debt..."

Invasion of Normandy some authors name whom i 4get

[bearkmbearkmbearkm]

i hate war

[DuckSmuggler1]

who likes war buddy who dose

[Surferbaby185]

who doesn't

[Freshcut16oi92]

War is the WORST thing ever. Sadly, it's something that won't ever stop. So many evil people in the world (Hitler, Tojo, etc.), we gotta fight it.

Just honor the men that do, that fight and, sadly, die to stop it.

[OrigLanceR]

the world would have probably remained in a state of war for the last 60 years...I guess in a way, it has anyway

[GeneralCrazy777]

what does "D-Day" mean?

[NKCrime]

its just nameing thats THIS DAY IS THE DAY....

[mrkaribikdomkee]

descision day

[coib]

Wrong. It is military code for the day of the particular operation. There were a few landings and invasions with the name D-Day attached to it. The D has no significance in regards to standing for a word that begins with the letter D.

[mrkaribikdomkee]

You are wrong

[ItachiUchila]

June 6, 1944 It's operation Overlord.

[IHaveKewlSocks]

hitler did a good job cus it took us far too long to realise what he was capable of! he got to france before any major fight was thrown back at them! d-day was just one of so many fronts. south pacific, africa,normandy,italy,turkey! soooo many! it wasnt just america or britain that fought back! if america hadnt been attacked via pearl harbour...they probly wouldnt have entered the wat until britain was just a wasteland

[NKCrime]

happy that you arent saying "germans" instead of hitler

[Doooozer]

Er. They did.... But it wasn't like today with serious accuracy and satellites confirming this and that. They fired a load of ordnance at the beaches and hoped for the best... Thats all they could do.

[iEatDeadKitties]

exactley

the planes were mainly bombing the beaches of normandy to make foxholes for the soldiers to take cover in...

[Nuuskamuikkunen77]

i just think why didnt american's destroy the MG bunker's by Bomber's & artillery before you launh men's to beatch???????

[harbage6179]

the concrete was so thick the bombs were almost useless. Read Stephen Ambrose books on D Day.

[uzapuca]

Sorry to disagree, but the true honor is for The Soviets who won the war in the Eastern front and lost 10.000.00 millions military personal compared to 800.000 by the UK and USA.

However, all Westerners are taught to remember D-Day as the decisive point. Very ironic, indeed.

[Doooozer]

What's ironic about it?

The Soviets losing so many military personal had a lot to do with the fact they were so badly equipped at the start of their campaign. They also had a lot of help from the other allies with equipment and supplies. Even little Britain sent convoys to the mighty soviets.

D-day was the opening of the last front, ergo a decisive point in the war. You're wrong to think its ironic comrade....

[uzapuca]

First, I am not a comrade, just tell the fact as it happens not as i learned from Saving Private Ryan.

1 - The Allies promised to open the Second front in 1942 to Foreign minister Molotov. It came 2 1/2 years way behind the schedule. Why do you think Stalin mistrusted the west all the time after that?

[Doooozer]

Stalin was a paraniod meglomaniac who trusted very few of his own generals let alone any non Soviet. Just as hungry for expanded empires and mass murder as Hitler, the only real difference being their ideologies. He killed millions including his own people in prison camps.

Non trust and cold war were a by product of the allies possession of the Atomic Bomb at the end of the war! It was good the red army did their part to defeat Nazism. But thats about it. A Disillussioned man...Comrade!!!

[uzapuca]

2 - The Russians received little help from the Allies and Britain quickly cut its convoys from the Arctic when the first loses came. Or don´t you remember Stalin-Churchill discussions about resuming the convoy and calling the British afraid and Churchill replying "The Russians are Land people, We are Sea People"...

3 - Sure D-day was a turning point as well as Stalingrad was.

[uzapuca]

The irony is on how Hollywood´s marketing has worldwide "sold" the idea that it was only the brave west and through D-Day which defeated the Nazis. Russians participation always seemed almost non important to general western people and media. (I want to emphasize that i am from the western block).

[Doooozer]

Yes - I know what you mean about medias' portrail of the end of the war. I think the fact the cold war came off the back of ww2, would have contributed to the west naturally not wanting to make the USSR look like Knights in shining armour. They became the new enemy and most 'entertainment' films would have been made during this peroid. It kind of makes sense. However I'd put money on the Soviet side of the story of ww2 being just a bias, if history is anything to go by, wouldn't you? Comrade..:)

[GabrielThomassen]

Politicly germany was evil I think, but I still admire the german army. one country fighting on three fronts after d-day against a much greater army and they still lasted almost a jear... wow

[rouge596]

i love the germans but i hate hitler

[hotdakota300]

they gave up the war because of the atoimc bomb and they know we can do it again they got scared

[iSolstice]

I will never stop thinking about World War 2.. since the time I played Call of Duty 3. World War 2 has inspired me to join the army when I turn 18.

[Blueman2314]

she is so hot!!! wow!! H

[shombata]

hate hitler -1944, we are in 2008...

[Kinsteere]

i am a german and i hate my country what they have done in world war 2

[marchica1]

don't hate people be mad about whom get orders!

[doristhepig]

Dont be hard on your self ,its time we all moved ahead in peace .

[thomasuras]

so dose every one else

[Paranutz]

Don't hate your country, Hate Hitler and the Nazis.....Yes the Allies won and that is a Great thing. But people know it isn't the average Germans fault....Your country is now a valued allie now!

[imperio50]

u don't have to hate your country you have tohate hitler and nazis

[xXAidenxGoesxrawRxX]

never hate your country hate the people that made it the black sheep

be proud of where you live

my great grandfather was fighting on the axis side under the spanish flag but i can proudly say at least he did believe in nazism

[soukupb]

probably the 1 great advantage the Germans had over all was Field Marshal Erwin Rommel. greatest tank commander in the world

[juozas23]

Well Hitler, the Allies' greatest ally through his complete stupidity, went into a tantrum and no German generals felt like asking him to release the panzer divisions that, more than likely, could've drove the invasion back into the sea. However, the reason the Allies won that day was with pure courage and out-soldiering.

[alexanderalsop]

but if you think your right about the number of troops,you have to think the germans had the advantage with the fortifications and height advantage,cliffs and bunkers and barbwire and stuff like that,have you seen normandy beach too? the allies had to run pretty far to get to cover and it was wide open beach too,the germans also took cover in bunkers during the bombings on the beach so they took very few loses before the landings,the americans gave the germans a ass kickn that day!

[mdwhite64]

shove it up your ass, heinrich. you and your girlfriends lost...live with it.

[sk8mafia805]

hahhahah

[neverhoodyn]

Smells like a 12 year old. Source please.

[Mock300]

Well, part of the success of the invasion was driving German forces to other areas by feeding them false information and using decoys. Almost all of the tanks that were part of the assault sunk, which helped out the Germans. Also, the bombers and ships were only able to fire at visually confirmed targets. Which also helped the Germans because of the low altitude clouds that were concealing targets.

[tehmast3r3r]

While Mongolia's conquest attempt at Japan was the largest ATTEMPTED seaborne invasion, it doesn't really count because they never actually landed; they were all destroyed by the storm; whereas the assault on Normandy in 1944 actually had successful landings; let alone was successful altogether.

[gogoso12]

Hitler could have prevented all of this if he just Let the millitary do there job and let him do his and sit back and watch.

[mdwhite64]

Hey, jerkoff, hitler's mother (whoever she was)could have prevented all of this and saved the world a lot of trouble if she'd only kept her knees together.

[malakia007]

Believe or not, but Hitlers mum was a Jew.

[ftube1415]

nah... she's austrian...

[DavyCrockett2]

I believe the allies had bearly 5,300 ships and support craft and nearly 150,000 men.

[JamaicanMan18]

germans outnumbered the allies at d-day enarly 2 to one

[B2GSpot]

he meant 24000 and not 2400...and yeah it is true that this was the largest invasion.. the whole mongolian fleet was defeadet by a monsun or tajfun. 24000 ships sunk.. The japanease people are still talking about this historic moment. It is said that the japanease Soldiers where praying to their gods that they should help them and they believe that the monsun was the result of their praying!

[hendrix424]

do you have a reliable source dont you think people would exagerate it over 1600years? they didnt even write things down then.

[blindeyesbleed]

And 1942 at stalingrad

[stevehash383]

It would seem nobody here has really learn t anything about what is.... two sides fighting over opinion. Do not use honorable peoples names to justify todays political agenda, thesse are different times and different circumstance. As a British person I am taught to respect the people who died in the war, be it British, American or German.

[icunowlibra]

best footage on the d day I have ever seen

[Nazeye]

kill urself plz

[pawnp4]

no the largest invasion (seainvasion) was the failed invasion of Mongolia of japan bout 400 AD where 2400 ships where used unlike 4000 in normandy.

[pawnp4]

i wonder why are there so many tributes and games bout invasion of normandy, it was just an minor front of germany on which a small force of the wermacht was fighting.

[racistssuck]

first of all it wasnt in germany it was in france second of all it was the largest seaborne invasion in history get your facts straight before you post something so disrespectfull

[logintou]

u are a fool do u know wat happened and if u do u are hate less people died so u can be alive today so keep quite and make a tribute to the solider who died to save ur life and ask me how they save ur live u grandparent and backwards

[tehmast3r3r]

Well, because it was a particularly deadly campaign (about 80 219 total on all sides), and because it marked the beginning of America's entry into WWII in Europe and the liberation of France.

[casey13leetynan]

if the americans did not invade normandy us brit as well as americans could be talking german to this day..... thank god we won!!!

[northbelfast1]

If we hadn't invaded france Germany would of still lost the war to the Russians!

[pawnp4]

invasion? wtf the yanks where fighting only 20 per cent of the german wermacht like it was just a diversion and the allies had more casualties than germans and thats with HUGE air power Huge numerical superiority...lol u yanks sucked gainst the germans.u where nothin without ur 5 to 1 germans

[diggeraz]

A real war worth the sacrifice. Unlike todays Iraq, bring em home now!

[eyaaah]

No other war in history has honor and courage been shown. I'm proud of this country for its righteousness thus the victory was so deserved

[cobracommander5]

dont hold america responsible for an idiot president,us soldiers are still heroes and are just doing there job,oh and lets not give the french much credit for ww2 :}

[egv19]

see my dday video in my channeL!!!and enjoy it soldier!!!

[flathead750]

The old america did some real good for the world....the new america has an agenda that can be compared with the nazi-thirst for world dominiation.

[tnodd]

On this anniversary date, thank you to all who served in this tremendous undertaking. May God bless and keep you.

[burslemboy]

America's greatest military feat

God Bless You Americans, You will always have my faith for the courage you gave us! And lets not also forget the brave Canadians, British, French and Poles that also went in on d-day.