I disagree that Juno wasn't heavily defended. Utah beach in the American sector was taken without a single casualty... if that doesn't scream "nobody home" I don't know what does.
Many brave Germans, untold numbers of civilians died previous here, the months of sustained carpet bombing, thousand of brave German men, women and children burned alive. So called "allied armies" made bloated careers and built obscene military industrial lives off the blood of Germans. Germans brave enough to challenge Yackweh's death grip on the world. Shame on all of you, and your pathetic devotion to a Jewish homeland most of you have recognized only indirectly. You are cowards.
@RipUaNew1 I am only a tiny mind in this big world.But I know this, never can we "rightfully" blame a soldier for taking lives of their enemies, Because they are blindly following their beliefs and "justice".Its just like how the wife blames the prisoner for being a monster who had swallowed her honorable husband and the father of the innocent children. While the "monster" was only a child himself who had avenged his father.
Sure, GOD HAD WARNED ME THAT JEW SHALL BE MY ENEMY TOO!!
But what gives me the right to take their innocent lives? through we are too different, You and I are from the same blood,one that was created by the one and only creator.
So why do you still live on the past? stop being stuck in the time. Go hear the tales of your German soldiers which were captured and taken to Angler POW camp in Canada. They treated your "brave German soldiers" well.
@ravensep Blindly following their beliefs? You're a fucking moron! How can you justify that statement? How is anyone that fights for their country "Blind"? Anyone that serves their country, regardless of beliefs, is a patriot and a hero. The Germans, Americans, Brit's, Canuks...All of them, hero's! What right do you have to talk down on them, you ignorant Jew.
Were it not for these "blind" soldiers, you'd be starving your ass off or being gassed at Auschwitz.
@RipUaNew1 and please dont tell me to kill Jew just cause i said that. That was to dramatize my comments. Stop being a whaco sir. I dont hate german people and i would be happy to marry one because they look hot....but thats not possible for me E_E"
Thank you so much for posting this video. I've been reading about the massacre of Canadian POW's at Abbay d'Ardennes... and yes, the pat on the back is very touching.
Every time I see this footage and especially the part where a friend pats his comrade on the back seconds before he takes to the cold water and his possible death, it brings tears to my eyes ... great men, heroes, every last one of them.
Thanks all!!! Anyone who knows anyone that was in the war should record their story and put it on youtube...these heros are getting old and not much time.
My grandfathers (Adam Saul Rossberg) landed on Nan-Red Sector with the North Shore Regiment, B Company. He was 17 when he went ashore under heavy fire with his Bren gun. He was the only Jewish soldier in his platoon.
@Litterboxer529 Your grand father was one tough sonovabitch. My grand father served with the Seaforth Highlanders from 39 to 45. Went through the Sicilian and italian campaign then went into Northern Europe to fight germans. Got shot in the leg. He was only 5'9" and 130 pounds but really scrappy. Made it to sergeant.
I like how the Germans saw the Canadians as the weakest link in the chain, and announced ``we will drive these fish back into the sea. Funny thing however, is that the Canadians made it further inland on that day than any other assault on Normandy!
@bleushift well, when something was going perfectly fine, it was because of the British. when something went wrong, it was because of the Canadians. that's how bad people treated us. we were still the craziest of the allies forces xD night forbidden stealth mission, cutting throat of Germans soldier, and leaving one alone. just one big surprise when he woke up hahaha.
@canmoore Not entirely correct. Kurt Meyer did say that but he was refering to the enemy in front of him not just cause they were Canadian.
Infact the Germans respected the Canadians very much as they were tough fighters. The Canadians would fight u man to man and not just call the airforce everytime they ran into a German line.
@Foxtrot262 yeah, we would call in the air force, just there wasn't enough air force to call. The incompetent brits constantly tied up Canadian resources
They didn't see the Canadians as the weakest in the link though. From German experience fighting the Canadians in Italy and even at Dieppe they knew that they weren't pushovers. What they were attempting to do was drive a wedge between the Canadian and the northern British beachhead. If the Americans or another British division had landed at Juno as opposed to the Canadians the attack would have been launched against the same spot.
@canmoore I don't know if thats entirely accurate. That quote was said by Kurt Meyer of the 12th SS and he said it for morale purposes and because it was a Canadian units facing his division not because he considered them the weakest.
Infact German soldiers had a huge amount of respect for Canadian units because they would actually fight you. Not meet your line then call in the artillery or bombers but actually fight you on a level plain field. That comes from the Germans
@canmoore lol, the Krauts would literally abandon their positions in the later part of the war if they heard the enemy they would face were Canadians. Even in World War Two, your soldiers were known as Stormtroopers. Hell, in 1945, the Canadian black watch forced a division of Elite Panzer grenadiers back just by being seen coming over the ridge to the Germans left flank.
My father landed on juno beach in 1 of these boats,he was with the 12th Manitoba Dragoons.He returned there on the 50th anniversary of the end of the war along with my mother to an overwhelming welcoming to all the soldiers that fought there from the pple there,young & old alike.I'll never know all the horrors he witnessed along with the many pple of that time.I will always be proud of the man he was,and hardships he endured.He passed in 2001 a wk after his 83rd bday.R.I.P. Dad,forever my Hero.
Dearporchfinder.... I Thoroughly enjoyed reading what you have to say about your Dad/Parents and you have EVERY right to be proud of the people they were/are !!!
My grandfather landed on Juno with the Winnipeg Rifles, first wave. I was able to record his war stories before he passed 2 years ago. He will always be my hero. I've been serving for 10 years now.
No ,he died in 1985 at Christies Hospital in Manchester of Lymphoma non-Hodgkin's type.Almost fittingly (if that is possible) in the small hours of 11th of November(Remembrance Day !!!.I still miss him and he would be proud to know that some of his actions are recorded here and would -if he were here,that is-talk at length with anyone ,paticularly Canadian ex-servicemen or their families about the campaign and thier service .I would also like to personally thank you for enquiring after him !
Oh sorry. It is indeed D-Day though - it is the Queens Own Rifles of Canada landing at Bernieres-sur-Mer and it was shot by Sergeant Bill Grant. The house in the background stands to this day.
@Number7smokesForEver Hi.My dad served in Italy and end up in Holland.He was a sergent with the Royal Canadian Engineers.A British Sergent Major gave him hell for feeding the Queens food to the kid's,so dad said F--k you & F--k the queen and busted his jaw(the Sgt Major)and dad got busted down to a private.Dad said nothing meant more than feeding the kids.I sure miss him and am proud too,to be a Canadian. Take Care. Cheers from Canada.
@grifripperandsam they had less resistance at Juno than at the American landing points...I love Canada and don't wish to participate in a war of words over who did more to win WW2, we ALL did it as a combined force, USA, Canada, Australia, UK and Russia. God bless those who gave their lives so we could remain free.
@TxTechRox123 ...Less resistance than Omaha(2000 casualties). Juno suffered the 2nd most casualties on the beaches (1200). While The Americans had alot more dead, they also took a more important role with more soldiers. Canada only had 14,000 in the invasion, and was the only force to complete ALL originally planned Overlord objectives. Your right about the overall cooperation during the war, but dont forget that Canadian fight hard whenever the call to action comes.
@Altare216 We also faced stiff resistance from the Germans in the form of the 12th SS in the days that followed. Read Saving Juno if you can find it. Great book. Almost a minute by minute account of Canadian combat between June7th and June 12th, 1944.
@manoza99 another good book on canadian effort in normandy- 'the bloody battle for tilly' by ken tout another book of his 'in the shadow of arnhem' details the canadian liberation of holland and belgium. If you're interested i can't recommend those books highly enough.
@CANADIANPEANUT1 That's the book I ment. Loved it. My Grandfather landed about D-Day +3 as a Bren Gun carrier driver. He would in all probability have been in the thick of those battles. I did scan the book for his name but never found it. He died in 81 so was not around for any of the interviews for the book I guess.
I wish I could have fought in such a conflict. There was no doubt that the Allied Forces were entirely in the right. Much better than the ambiguously intentioned conflicts our soldiers die in today.
I have immense respect for our Canadian soldiers, thank you to all the WW2 veterans.
@akropiss dang i wish mexico could have supported more in the war. now we support each other and NATO. p.s. im an American from Mexican decent. VIVA NATO!!!!!
i find it quite anoyin ghow the canadian role in ww2 is so neglected. its because of everyone who fought in the allies side that the allies won. no, its not only because of you united states, its because of all of us that reunited and changed the world. stop neglecting the history of heroes.
Hi ErikH06, great footage. It is almost eerie to see footage from such a day, on the first of what would be a long and bloody campaign. You should consider submitting this to the Canada’s Got Treasures collection by joining our YouTube group (/group/TresorTreasure). It would be made available on our channel and website. Help celebrate Canadian diversity!
This video is of the North Shore Regiment of New Brunswick. The town is St. Aubin. The Queens Own Rifles landed at Bernieres sur-Mer that has the famous "Canada House" which they liberated. The last few seconds of the video show the Canada House but it is not Bernieres. This is proven by Ted Barris in his book "Breaking the Silence", a book of Canadian veterans stories. My father in law, Roy Saunders landed with the NSR, he may be in the video, I am very proud of him. God bless the NSR.
@MrSeanShorty Hi - thanks for the comments - just wondering what you mean with the last few seconds of teh video show the Canada House but is it not Bernieres ?
@12pona thats not true actually. the British and Americans faced large cliffs that they had to climb while getting shot at. none the less when a country sacrifices there men for a cause it doesnt matter who did more.
Juno was the second most heavily defended of the five landing sites chosen and the seawall was twice the height of Omaha Beach's, and the sea was heavily mined. By the end of D-Day the 3rd Canadian Division had penetrated farther into France than any other Allied force, advancing roughly 10 km at the cost of almost 1,000 casualties, including 335 killed.
My Mom's Uncle-Private Douglas Walker served in the North Shore Regiment. He was killed on June 10th in Normandy, and is buried at Beny-sur -Mer. His brother Private John(Jack) Walker Cape Breton Highlanders, was killed the following September, at Corriana Ridge, on the Gothic Line, Sept 14, 1944. My Grand father Private Daniel Walker, Royal Canadian Regiment, was badly wounded with a head injury that cost the sight in one eye. Siol Na Fear Fearail (The Breed of Manly Men). God rest you all.
Hey don't be so hard on yourself. Be proud of what your country has done. Has your country made mistakes? Sure, so has ours. Always be proud of who you are and where you are from, and if you want things to change then do what you can to put yourself into a position to change them. Your Friendly Niebourhood Canadian.
@Superchickenman159 i know, and that is why i am me. SO, if anyone cares (most likely not) i believe america right now is digging its own grave, specially with the middle east, though i have other reasons to dislike america other than politics.
My dad,(British) who was 22 proudly served with the 1st Canadian Army and landed there-Juno Beach on D+1. He also knew quite a few of the brothers of Canadian guys who tragically lost their lives in the Dieppe raid,and always paid his respects to the monument at Newhaven to the Canadian fallen.
@MrBazzabee My father was also a Brit at Corseulles. He was a Royal Marine with Captain Maude's Beachmaster's party and landed about 7:30 on June 6th. British Royal Engineers and Marines werethe first to land on Juno to prepare the way for the Canadians.
I'm very encouraged to see this footage, My Father landed on Nan red beach, Juno with 48 Royal Marine Commando as part of 4th Special Service Brigade with the Canadians, judging by the amount of footage of the American Beaches one would think Canada and the UK provided no troops, however they were more numerous than the Americans on D Day!
for russia it didnt matter how much people the germans had because they would just throw men down the toilet. thats all they did to the germans was over run them. who ever said quality not quantity was wrong. 10 million deaths just from military.
exactly. as much as people think war is always useless. sometimes there is no other option. its not like were going to sit down with hitler and say, ok we'll only give you life sentence if you stop now...
But If we did not fight more would die. The Jewish, the political parties, Homosexuals and lesbiens and gypsies would all be killed. All the inoccent people. That is why we must and did fight. So there might not be a winner but we must stop what is evil. If lives were needed to stop more from being shed. It must be done.
My father in law was a member of the North Shore Regiment and landed on Juno Beach. I am very proud of him. I can't imagine what was going through their heads as they waded ashore amid all the German machine guns firing on them. We must never forget what happened on June 6, 1944. I visited Juno Beach and you are awe struck to think what took place there. I thank God the brave young men of New Brunswick were there to answer the call. God Bless them.
My hat is off to him. North Shore was in the thick of it from the start, brave men who made a difference and prevented D-day from turning into a disaster by holding the 12th SS attacks on the bridgehead.
Indeed! My father was Artillery and my father-in-law was originally NB Rangers but landed with an Ontario Regiment due to illness in May/'44. Tough men who never bragged but always shed a tear on Nov 11.
Maybe your father in law was with the Queens Own Rifles, out of Toronto. To read the books and see the videos we can't imagine the horrors they, young men in their 20's went through. My father in law said a terrible thing he had to do was while driving a truck outside Caen he had to stay inside the boundries laid down by the engineers checking for land mines and he had to drive over a little boy, the boy was dead but still it shook him up, and it still effected him 50 years later.
My father in law NEVER spoke of his experiences. I think because I was in the military he took a shine to me. Before he died he told me his story. He landed on D+6, and was fighting just outside Caen. He was captured July 21. He was 26 years old and had just been busted from Sgt to Pte. The Germans thought it was suspicious that a person of his age was a Pte, so they assumed he was lying. They cut two of his fingers off at the knuckles to get him to give information....
I am sorry for what your father in law went through. I can't fathom the horrors all those guys witnessed. I am over twice the age of the soldiers who landed and I can't imagine their day to day life in Normandy in June-July 1944 and onwards. I have been fortunate to visit Juno and St. Aubin where NS regiment landed, amazing. God bless all the vets. I just thank God they were there to answer the call. Very brave men, their deeds must never be forgotten.
Well said! I was in the CF for 21 years and can't imagine having the fortitude to make the run in to the beach in a landingcraft, knowing what probably awaited. Very brave men, indeed.
yeah that is awful.. if that was me id freeze up.. when i was first reading ur comment.. i thoght the little boy was alive.. so i was thinking wtf until i read the end.. anyhow that would not be pleasent
Thanks! Considering you gave me the ol' Bravo Zulu, I would guess you have a bit of Navy blood in you? I was Army, but served four years with the Navy in MillCove. You???
good video. cant imagine what was going through the soldiers head. some of these soldiers were like still in there teens and were put in a position where its fight for you life. deep respect
The only thing I give Hitler kudos for is blowing his fucking brains out! Should have done it earlier and saved us the trouble. For all you arm-chair historians out there the U.S. Policy was Europe first,Japan second.
Things must have worked out reasonably well because 70 years later we are all free to debate it on youtube.
BTW, that's my Dad's outfit in the above film clip. Always gets me in the old ticker.
I agree with you on everything except Hitler blowing his brains out earlier. After the Normandy invasion (and particularly the July21 bomb plot) Hitler was the downfall of the Germans. Since the Allies had called for a total surrender, if Hitler had killed himself earlier, the Allies might have ended up fighting Rommel. The end result would not have changed, but the death toll might have.
Look at any history book that involes ww2 Japan attacked us, we declared war on the axis which was Japan and Germany. Hitler had nothing to do with us joining the war, Japan was the reason we got in, and Hilter never defeated Britain or the Soviet union.
@escobedo3000 Japans attack on the USA brought it into the war but Roosevelt still didn't have the political support to declare war on Germany. Hitler fixed this by declaring war on the USA and the USA responded. These two axis decisions must be the worst military decisions in history as both assured the eventual defeat of the aggressor.
Hitler declared war on the USA before the USA declared war on Hitler, and U-Boats were already bothering our ships. Sorry, pal, Hitler declared war on the USA first.
......Hitler didnt declare war on USA, japan was the reason USA joined WW2 Hitler didnt want to attack the USA until after he had defeated Soviet Union and Britain.
Actually hitler did declare war on the USA first, yes, Japan attacked the USA first, but Hitler considered this a turning point and he personally congratulated the Japanese on there declaration of war as he believed it would tie down US resources in the war with Japan (meaning they couldn't supply Europe.) and on December 11 1941 Hitler and Mussolini declared war on the USA.
Hitler (and the rest of the Axis) did declare war on the USA after December 7, 1941. That was their second big mistake..... the first was invading Russia. Those two mistakes cost them the war.
uh hitler didnt defeat britain and the soviet the soviet were actually taking back russia block by block but never lost and neither did britain they never lost were are you going there you
Man I remember being right beside that house shown in the last second of the film. You'd never know what happened there all those years ago were it not for the memorials.
Funny.... I was thinking the same thing a few hours ago. My step-father landed at Normandy in mid June, 1944. He never spoke to anyone about his experiences, ever. A few years before he passed away, he and I were into the beer and he told me his "war stories". He literally walked and fought through hell on earth, though you would never know it. As you said..... you would never know.
By the way I've heard guys from the Queen's Own Rifles claim that this is them. Apparently they show this in their mess occasionally. I wouldn't know, I'm not in the same armoury as them. Any Rifles out there to verify this.
Clam502, totally agree. Wonder what my Grandfather was thinking when he landed on Juno Beach with the North Nova's that Day. Taken prisoner, came home to Canada after the war and drank himself to death. Let's think of these Men more than once a year.
I was once asked "What is there today, that we have because of them?(Veterans)" Stupid question I know but I had answered it anyhow. The fact that we can ask such stupid questions, and argue on matters such as this and the freedom to forget their sacrifices is what they have given us. The fact that we can watch this video today is one of their many legacys that they have left for us. They only ask for two minutes once a year to be thanked and still, to many people that's too much time! shame.
Yes, the USSR had to fight the largest part of the Axis forces, between 60-75% depending on the time period, because they had to since that is what the Axis threw at them. As the war dragged on, the average strength of German divis. in the East fell to 50-6-% of full strength, and the German forces in the West and Italy grew in strength at the expense of Germans units in the East. Without the West & Italian Fronts the Nazis would have taken Moscow & the war in the East would have stalemated.
And i think (correct me if im wrong) Hitler would have had Russia if he didn't go for Stalingrad. He first went for an oil field to cut off supplise wich was a magor thing. Then he divided that into two and attack stalingrade as well wich also was a Big mistake.
This was paypack for Dieppe and we kicked those bastards in the ass. All who participated in D-Day deserve our thanks.
bisbee111 2 months ago 2
The duty these brave souls served on D-Day make me so proud to be Canadian
autokid15 2 months ago 2
Whoops, I meant with barely any casualties... 197 out of 23, 000 troops... that's pretty much nothing.
DJhrtattak 3 months ago
I disagree that Juno wasn't heavily defended. Utah beach in the American sector was taken without a single casualty... if that doesn't scream "nobody home" I don't know what does.
DJhrtattak 3 months ago
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@DJhrtattak - "Utah beach in the American sector was taken without a single casualty" - Wrong. - There were about 300 dead / wounded / missing.
BritAU2TH 2 months ago
The Canadians... World's best soldiers. They proved it in the two bloodiest wars ever seen.
pivotgodxd 3 months ago
Canada, the strongest country that shows how much they love and will give up for there fellow canadian.
From Proudest Canadian there is.
CeaserTJ 6 months ago
Dear RipUaNew.........Just who in HECK is Yackweh--Please forgive my Ignorance on this issue ???!!!!!!........But I am keen to know the answer !!!
MrBazzabee 6 months ago
Many brave Germans, untold numbers of civilians died previous here, the months of sustained carpet bombing, thousand of brave German men, women and children burned alive. So called "allied armies" made bloated careers and built obscene military industrial lives off the blood of Germans. Germans brave enough to challenge Yackweh's death grip on the world. Shame on all of you, and your pathetic devotion to a Jewish homeland most of you have recognized only indirectly. You are cowards.
RipUaNew1 6 months ago
@RipUaNew1 I am only a tiny mind in this big world.But I know this, never can we "rightfully" blame a soldier for taking lives of their enemies, Because they are blindly following their beliefs and "justice".Its just like how the wife blames the prisoner for being a monster who had swallowed her honorable husband and the father of the innocent children. While the "monster" was only a child himself who had avenged his father.
ravensep 1 month ago
@ravensep Blindly following beliefs does not justify actions.
rangergxi 1 day ago
@RipUaNew1 irony indeed.
Sure, GOD HAD WARNED ME THAT JEW SHALL BE MY ENEMY TOO!!
But what gives me the right to take their innocent lives? through we are too different, You and I are from the same blood,one that was created by the one and only creator.
So why do you still live on the past? stop being stuck in the time. Go hear the tales of your German soldiers which were captured and taken to Angler POW camp in Canada. They treated your "brave German soldiers" well.
And go watch Hetalia
ravensep 1 month ago
@ravensep Blindly following their beliefs? You're a fucking moron! How can you justify that statement? How is anyone that fights for their country "Blind"? Anyone that serves their country, regardless of beliefs, is a patriot and a hero. The Germans, Americans, Brit's, Canuks...All of them, hero's! What right do you have to talk down on them, you ignorant Jew.
Were it not for these "blind" soldiers, you'd be starving your ass off or being gassed at Auschwitz.
NATOFidelis 2 weeks ago
@NATOFidelis blind = without questioning, utmost loyally.
ravensep 2 weeks ago
@NATOFidelis Being a patriot isn't always good and not all soldiers can be considered heroes.
rangergxi 1 day ago
@RipUaNew1 and please dont tell me to kill Jew just cause i said that. That was to dramatize my comments. Stop being a whaco sir. I dont hate german people and i would be happy to marry one because they look hot....but thats not possible for me E_E"
ravensep 1 month ago
Thank you so much for posting this video. I've been reading about the massacre of Canadian POW's at Abbay d'Ardennes... and yes, the pat on the back is very touching.
canadianbacon1SiDE 7 months ago
Every time I see this footage and especially the part where a friend pats his comrade on the back seconds before he takes to the cold water and his possible death, it brings tears to my eyes ... great men, heroes, every last one of them.
cjc26miles 7 months ago
Thanks all!!! Anyone who knows anyone that was in the war should record their story and put it on youtube...these heros are getting old and not much time.
RIP
paddletothesea1 9 months ago
@paddletothesea1 my great uncle was in ww2 and my great grand father was in ww1 and now im in the army reserves
951angusyoung 9 months ago
GERMANY !!
romestarr 10 months ago
what did the Germans called the canadians? ah, yeah, Storm troopers and Demons
themostbeatifull 11 months ago 2
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bedavsa 11 months ago
that was a very sad cuz canadian die is like tousand
optimus71800 1 year ago
fuck yeah
googoo120 1 year ago
i'm pretty sure one of those guys had a hockey stick!!!
vancouverbman 1 year ago
My grandfathers (Adam Saul Rossberg) landed on Nan-Red Sector with the North Shore Regiment, B Company. He was 17 when he went ashore under heavy fire with his Bren gun. He was the only Jewish soldier in his platoon.
Litterboxer529 1 year ago
@Litterboxer529 Your grand father was one tough sonovabitch. My grand father served with the Seaforth Highlanders from 39 to 45. Went through the Sicilian and italian campaign then went into Northern Europe to fight germans. Got shot in the leg. He was only 5'9" and 130 pounds but really scrappy. Made it to sergeant.
ustink0815 1 year ago
@ustink0815 yeah, yours too. anybody who survives something of that high of calibre is tough.
Litterboxer529 1 year ago
Yesterday, November 11, 2010. A day to remember.
CowsXonXcrack 1 year ago
Pro Patria!
clam502 1 year ago
I like how the Germans saw the Canadians as the weakest link in the chain, and announced ``we will drive these fish back into the sea. Funny thing however, is that the Canadians made it further inland on that day than any other assault on Normandy!
canmoore 1 year ago 44
@canmoore everybody though the canadian were the weakest. that's why they all overestimated us :P haha
oly355 1 year ago
@oly355 canadians were and still are
tough bastards
i cant say a bad thing about them because they liberated my country during ww2 (holland)
and saved it from starvations
bleushift 1 year ago 32
@bleushift well, when something was going perfectly fine, it was because of the British. when something went wrong, it was because of the Canadians. that's how bad people treated us. we were still the craziest of the allies forces xD night forbidden stealth mission, cutting throat of Germans soldier, and leaving one alone. just one big surprise when he woke up hahaha.
oly355 1 year ago
@bleushift thanks for the tulips
-canada
Superchickenman159 9 months ago
@bleushift Thanks
MrBlasterFilms 2 months ago
@canmoore Not entirely correct. Kurt Meyer did say that but he was refering to the enemy in front of him not just cause they were Canadian.
Infact the Germans respected the Canadians very much as they were tough fighters. The Canadians would fight u man to man and not just call the airforce everytime they ran into a German line.
Foxtrot262 1 year ago
@Foxtrot262 yeah, we would call in the air force, just there wasn't enough air force to call. The incompetent brits constantly tied up Canadian resources
ustink0815 1 year ago
@ustink0815 And they alway gave us the shit jobs as well (hardest jobs) made us do the dirty work
Foxtrot262 1 year ago
They didn't see the Canadians as the weakest in the link though. From German experience fighting the Canadians in Italy and even at Dieppe they knew that they weren't pushovers. What they were attempting to do was drive a wedge between the Canadian and the northern British beachhead. If the Americans or another British division had landed at Juno as opposed to the Canadians the attack would have been launched against the same spot.
Number7smokesForEver 1 year ago
@canmoore Due to defensive positions of the germans
stig781 8 months ago
@canmoore that's because they had the least resistance
kenf1ott 7 months ago
@kenf1ott the canadians had the 2nd hardest beach on dday... they had a lot of resistance.
popFORfresh 7 months ago
@canmoore I don't know if thats entirely accurate. That quote was said by Kurt Meyer of the 12th SS and he said it for morale purposes and because it was a Canadian units facing his division not because he considered them the weakest.
Infact German soldiers had a huge amount of respect for Canadian units because they would actually fight you. Not meet your line then call in the artillery or bombers but actually fight you on a level plain field. That comes from the Germans
Foxtrot262 7 months ago
@canmoore because it was the least guarded almost.. look up dieppe.. we send 8000 troops, i think, and 2500 came home
BRANSCOMBEx 4 months ago
@canmoore lol, the Krauts would literally abandon their positions in the later part of the war if they heard the enemy they would face were Canadians. Even in World War Two, your soldiers were known as Stormtroopers. Hell, in 1945, the Canadian black watch forced a division of Elite Panzer grenadiers back just by being seen coming over the ridge to the Germans left flank.
NATOFidelis 2 weeks ago
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This is my grandfather's regiment. The North Shore Regiment of New Brunswick. They were first wave D-Day. He is in there somewhere.
We remember him today and everyday.
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charlottekingston1 1 year ago
My father landed on juno beach in 1 of these boats,he was with the 12th Manitoba Dragoons.He returned there on the 50th anniversary of the end of the war along with my mother to an overwhelming welcoming to all the soldiers that fought there from the pple there,young & old alike.I'll never know all the horrors he witnessed along with the many pple of that time.I will always be proud of the man he was,and hardships he endured.He passed in 2001 a wk after his 83rd bday.R.I.P. Dad,forever my Hero.
porchfinder 1 year ago 3
Dearporchfinder.... I Thoroughly enjoyed reading what you have to say about your Dad/Parents and you have EVERY right to be proud of the people they were/are !!!
Best Wishes MrBazzabee
MrBazzabee 1 year ago
@MrBazzabee Thankyou for your kind words.
porchfinder 1 year ago
My grandfather landed on Juno with the Winnipeg Rifles, first wave. I was able to record his war stories before he passed 2 years ago. He will always be my hero. I've been serving for 10 years now.
schoolgirlsrgreat 1 year ago 2
when i watch this i wonder how many of those men in the clip made it
potaoesNgravy 1 year ago
No ,he died in 1985 at Christies Hospital in Manchester of Lymphoma non-Hodgkin's type.Almost fittingly (if that is possible) in the small hours of 11th of November(Remembrance Day !!!.I still miss him and he would be proud to know that some of his actions are recorded here and would -if he were here,that is-talk at length with anyone ,paticularly Canadian ex-servicemen or their families about the campaign and thier service .I would also like to personally thank you for enquiring after him !
MrBazzabee 1 year ago
This is way too short.
TheElephant79 1 year ago
This loos like landing in Dieppe
kulafrags 1 year ago
@kulafrags
Loose? Far from it. The Canadians essentially destroyed the German 716th Infantry Division by dusk June 6. They got there own back for Dieppe.
Number7smokesForEver 1 year ago
@Number7smokesForEver
I think you didnt understand what i mean the landing scene "looks" like Dieppe and not Juno Beach! and leave your Pathos
kulafrags 1 year ago
@kulafrags
Oh sorry. It is indeed D-Day though - it is the Queens Own Rifles of Canada landing at Bernieres-sur-Mer and it was shot by Sergeant Bill Grant. The house in the background stands to this day.
Number7smokesForEver 1 year ago
@Number7smokesForEver Hi.My dad served in Italy and end up in Holland.He was a sergent with the Royal Canadian Engineers.A British Sergent Major gave him hell for feeding the Queens food to the kid's,so dad said F--k you & F--k the queen and busted his jaw(the Sgt Major)and dad got busted down to a private.Dad said nothing meant more than feeding the kids.I sure miss him and am proud too,to be a Canadian. Take Care. Cheers from Canada.
Billdriver 1 year ago 2
Thank you for posting. And thank you to all the brave Canadians who took Juno beach.
darylfn 1 year ago
My Dad landed July 24th while serving with the South Alberta Regiment.
334thFrenchie 1 year ago
Go Canada!!! great job securing this beachhold. America thanks you.
TxTechRox123 1 year ago
@TxTechRox123 wow ur the first ever american to admit that say that (that wasnt part of goverment)
arontanner 1 year ago
i hate how in movies they only credit the american war efforts wen the Canadians did a hell of a lot better.
grifripperandsam 1 year ago
@grifripperandsam they had less resistance at Juno than at the American landing points...I love Canada and don't wish to participate in a war of words over who did more to win WW2, we ALL did it as a combined force, USA, Canada, Australia, UK and Russia. God bless those who gave their lives so we could remain free.
TxTechRox123 1 year ago
@TxTechRox123 ...Less resistance than Omaha(2000 casualties). Juno suffered the 2nd most casualties on the beaches (1200). While The Americans had alot more dead, they also took a more important role with more soldiers. Canada only had 14,000 in the invasion, and was the only force to complete ALL originally planned Overlord objectives. Your right about the overall cooperation during the war, but dont forget that Canadian fight hard whenever the call to action comes.
Altare216 1 year ago
@Altare216 We also faced stiff resistance from the Germans in the form of the 12th SS in the days that followed. Read Saving Juno if you can find it. Great book. Almost a minute by minute account of Canadian combat between June7th and June 12th, 1944.
manoza99 1 year ago
@manoza99 another good book on canadian effort in normandy- 'the bloody battle for tilly' by ken tout another book of his 'in the shadow of arnhem' details the canadian liberation of holland and belgium. If you're interested i can't recommend those books highly enough.
soo6200 1 year ago
@manoza99 another great book on the holding of Juno beach is "Holding Juno" by Mark Zuehlke
CANADIANPEANUT1 1 year ago
@CANADIANPEANUT1 That's the book I ment. Loved it. My Grandfather landed about D-Day +3 as a Bren Gun carrier driver. He would in all probability have been in the thick of those battles. I did scan the book for his name but never found it. He died in 81 so was not around for any of the interviews for the book I guess.
manoza99 1 year ago
@grifripperandsam same here
Litterboxer529 1 year ago
I wish I could have fought in such a conflict. There was no doubt that the Allied Forces were entirely in the right. Much better than the ambiguously intentioned conflicts our soldiers die in today.
I have immense respect for our Canadian soldiers, thank you to all the WW2 veterans.
AlexWynand 1 year ago 2
looks scary
mothergta 1 year ago
As a Brit, thank you Canada for selflessly supporting us during the war.
stantheman142 1 year ago
@stantheman142 as a Canadian, I'd like you to remember we are the same "we and us"
akropiss 1 year ago
@akropiss dang i wish mexico could have supported more in the war. now we support each other and NATO. p.s. im an American from Mexican decent. VIVA NATO!!!!!
nestor1195 1 year ago
@akropiss please watch this video "The Forgotten Eagles - The 201 Squadron - In English"
nestor1195 1 year ago
R.I.P Leo Major, your balls were so big they could be mistaken for one of jupiter's moons.
akropiss 1 year ago
@akropiss Couldn't have said it better myself.
MrCanuck22 1 year ago
i find it quite anoyin ghow the canadian role in ww2 is so neglected. its because of everyone who fought in the allies side that the allies won. no, its not only because of you united states, its because of all of us that reunited and changed the world. stop neglecting the history of heroes.
Im0a0pirate 1 year ago
Hi ErikH06, great footage. It is almost eerie to see footage from such a day, on the first of what would be a long and bloody campaign. You should consider submitting this to the Canada’s Got Treasures collection by joining our YouTube group (/group/TresorTreasure). It would be made available on our channel and website. Help celebrate Canadian diversity!
Hamish,
Canada's Got Treasures, a VMC initiative
TreasuresTresors 1 year ago
Merci Pepare!
clam502 1 year ago
This video is of the North Shore Regiment of New Brunswick. The town is St. Aubin. The Queens Own Rifles landed at Bernieres sur-Mer that has the famous "Canada House" which they liberated. The last few seconds of the video show the Canada House but it is not Bernieres. This is proven by Ted Barris in his book "Breaking the Silence", a book of Canadian veterans stories. My father in law, Roy Saunders landed with the NSR, he may be in the video, I am very proud of him. God bless the NSR.
2323winston 1 year ago
and about 2 quarters of those men we see their died
MrSeanShorty 1 year ago
@MrSeanShorty Hi - thanks for the comments - just wondering what you mean with the last few seconds of teh video show the Canada House but is it not Bernieres ?
gauthierhebbelynck 1 year ago
@gauthierhebbelynck ? I don't understand
MrSeanShorty 1 year ago
have my hand on my hart
99hockeynhl 1 year ago
had an uncle in the north shore regiment who landed there on d-day. this footage is some of the only footage of the landing.
cheomire 1 year ago
So There were no clifs to climb on juno? it was just houses on the beach someone who knows about the landskape please reply
JPDCRap 1 year ago
thanks for NOT using a melody for this footage.
no really... i hate tese melodies in the background.
Holowachuk 1 year ago
God Bless all those men and women who died for the Allied Forces... and i guess the Axis Forces 2....
Brainfreeze56 1 year ago 2
thats the Queens Own Rifles there, and the only video footage to make it off the beaches of normandy
happy 150th QOR
ScarTownJunkie 1 year ago
my dad was here.. .. joseph dougie scaife.
pikemaster250 1 year ago
Juno beach was actually one of the hardest beach to capture, the cassulties were almost as high as the americains!
12pona 1 year ago 3
@12pona thats not true actually. the British and Americans faced large cliffs that they had to climb while getting shot at. none the less when a country sacrifices there men for a cause it doesnt matter who did more.
paulinotou 1 year ago
@12pona
Juno was the second most heavily defended of the five landing sites chosen and the seawall was twice the height of Omaha Beach's, and the sea was heavily mined. By the end of D-Day the 3rd Canadian Division had penetrated farther into France than any other Allied force, advancing roughly 10 km at the cost of almost 1,000 casualties, including 335 killed.
Shineshop2008 1 year ago 3
My Mom's Uncle-Private Douglas Walker served in the North Shore Regiment. He was killed on June 10th in Normandy, and is buried at Beny-sur -Mer. His brother Private John(Jack) Walker Cape Breton Highlanders, was killed the following September, at Corriana Ridge, on the Gothic Line, Sept 14, 1944. My Grand father Private Daniel Walker, Royal Canadian Regiment, was badly wounded with a head injury that cost the sight in one eye. Siol Na Fear Fearail (The Breed of Manly Men). God rest you all.
walkerman2503 1 year ago
im american but i wish i were a canadian
straitjacketOVAfreak 1 year ago 6
Hey don't be so hard on yourself. Be proud of what your country has done. Has your country made mistakes? Sure, so has ours. Always be proud of who you are and where you are from, and if you want things to change then do what you can to put yourself into a position to change them. Your Friendly Niebourhood Canadian.
MrCynic1 1 year ago
come here! be a proud canadian
mrspritezero 1 year ago
@straitjacketOVAfreak damb i thought i would never c an american say dat
REPINTDOT 1 year ago
@REPINTDOT
(pathetic statement) im an unamerican american
straitjacketOVAfreak 1 year ago
@straitjacketOVAfreak then defect idiot. be proud of your real country.
USADetroit 11 months ago
@USADetroit too young to move. i sadly must wait until i am 18.
straitjacketOVAfreak 11 months ago
@USADetroit too young to move. i sadly must wait until i am 18. until then, i will only be able to live in america
straitjacketOVAfreak 11 months ago
@straitjacketOVAfreak If that's how you feel, we Americans wish you weren't an American either.
PompousFlea 11 months ago
@PompousFlea clearly a slight disadvantage we both must live with for now
straitjacketOVAfreak 11 months ago
@straitjacketOVAfreak there are very, very, very few people like you
Superchickenman159 10 months ago
@Superchickenman159 i know, and that is why i am me. SO, if anyone cares (most likely not) i believe america right now is digging its own grave, specially with the middle east, though i have other reasons to dislike america other than politics.
straitjacketOVAfreak 9 months ago
Merci Pepare!
clam502 1 year ago
My dad,(British) who was 22 proudly served with the 1st Canadian Army and landed there-Juno Beach on D+1. He also knew quite a few of the brothers of Canadian guys who tragically lost their lives in the Dieppe raid,and always paid his respects to the monument at Newhaven to the Canadian fallen.
MrBazzabee 1 year ago 22
@MrBazzabee My father was also a Brit at Corseulles. He was a Royal Marine with Captain Maude's Beachmaster's party and landed about 7:30 on June 6th. British Royal Engineers and Marines werethe first to land on Juno to prepare the way for the Canadians.
DavidMJordan 1 year ago
@MrBazzabee is he still alive
DJginger1 1 year ago
@MrBazzabee my Great Uncle (Who sadly passed at 97) was at juso beach the day it hapend :) RIP Uncle Wally
stawaz 1 year ago 2
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@MrBazzabee omg so did mine with the 1st canadian army
Darkside52100 9 months ago
my grandad was at d-day with the north shore regiment. he was 16 at the time, he voulenteered.
Litterboxer529 1 year ago
I'm very encouraged to see this footage, My Father landed on Nan red beach, Juno with 48 Royal Marine Commando as part of 4th Special Service Brigade with the Canadians, judging by the amount of footage of the American Beaches one would think Canada and the UK provided no troops, however they were more numerous than the Americans on D Day!
tubaman500 1 year ago 4
@tubaman500 so did my grandad he was also part of the 48 Royal Marine Commandos
nathanfromPO 1 year ago
yeah.. the canadians were off the beach so quick they were told 2 wait up for everyone else because they couldent get off
BBeck1996 1 year ago
USA was like OMFG at Omaha beach, but still when Russia entered Berlin with it's 2 million troops... that is huge numbers!
Froxz0r 1 year ago
i think russia had more than that didnt they. i know they lost roughly 2 million.
drumsordie 1 year ago
for russia it didnt matter how much people the germans had because they would just throw men down the toilet. thats all they did to the germans was over run them. who ever said quality not quantity was wrong. 10 million deaths just from military.
paulinotou 1 year ago
@paulinotou ...and the other 12 million by the hand of Uncle Josef Himself!
TheNovaAxon 1 year ago
r.i.p to the the lost brave men from Bathurst and the miramichi....(North shore regiment.)....never forget
kingstreetchaos 2 years ago
Every country claims to have the best soldiers.
But in fact...
only Canada is right about that.
metalrocks21rapsucks 2 years ago 3
thats true. im a proud canadian. we also have the best snipers.
drumsordie 1 year ago
this is one of the most famous d day footage
travis7581 2 years ago
nobody won, everybody lost, there are no winners in war there are only causalities
sniper13ad 2 years ago 3
@sniper13ad
Perhaps, but everybody would have lost a lot more for every day that Axis rule continued.
2210ethan 2 years ago 7
exactly. as much as people think war is always useless. sometimes there is no other option. its not like were going to sit down with hitler and say, ok we'll only give you life sentence if you stop now...
drumsordie 1 year ago
But If we did not fight more would die. The Jewish, the political parties, Homosexuals and lesbiens and gypsies would all be killed. All the inoccent people. That is why we must and did fight. So there might not be a winner but we must stop what is evil. If lives were needed to stop more from being shed. It must be done.
Sorry for the spelling.
bambuzledm 1 year ago
I am not American in origin but I have to say that thanks to your and Brittish effords we are here today talking as free men.
hellhound8652 2 years ago 2
My father in law was a member of the North Shore Regiment and landed on Juno Beach. I am very proud of him. I can't imagine what was going through their heads as they waded ashore amid all the German machine guns firing on them. We must never forget what happened on June 6, 1944. I visited Juno Beach and you are awe struck to think what took place there. I thank God the brave young men of New Brunswick were there to answer the call. God Bless them.
2323winston 2 years ago
My hat is off to him. North Shore was in the thick of it from the start, brave men who made a difference and prevented D-day from turning into a disaster by holding the 12th SS attacks on the bridgehead.
Mcplkelly 2 years ago
FINALLY! Someone who knows their history and that we weren't just taking the americans "leftovers"
XuliusCaesar 2 years ago
Indeed! My father was Artillery and my father-in-law was originally NB Rangers but landed with an Ontario Regiment due to illness in May/'44. Tough men who never bragged but always shed a tear on Nov 11.
cf80to01 2 years ago
Maybe your father in law was with the Queens Own Rifles, out of Toronto. To read the books and see the videos we can't imagine the horrors they, young men in their 20's went through. My father in law said a terrible thing he had to do was while driving a truck outside Caen he had to stay inside the boundries laid down by the engineers checking for land mines and he had to drive over a little boy, the boy was dead but still it shook him up, and it still effected him 50 years later.
2323winston 2 years ago
My father in law NEVER spoke of his experiences. I think because I was in the military he took a shine to me. Before he died he told me his story. He landed on D+6, and was fighting just outside Caen. He was captured July 21. He was 26 years old and had just been busted from Sgt to Pte. The Germans thought it was suspicious that a person of his age was a Pte, so they assumed he was lying. They cut two of his fingers off at the knuckles to get him to give information....
cf80to01 2 years ago
I am sorry for what your father in law went through. I can't fathom the horrors all those guys witnessed. I am over twice the age of the soldiers who landed and I can't imagine their day to day life in Normandy in June-July 1944 and onwards. I have been fortunate to visit Juno and St. Aubin where NS regiment landed, amazing. God bless all the vets. I just thank God they were there to answer the call. Very brave men, their deeds must never be forgotten.
2323winston 2 years ago
Well said! I was in the CF for 21 years and can't imagine having the fortitude to make the run in to the beach in a landingcraft, knowing what probably awaited. Very brave men, indeed.
cf80to01 2 years ago
yeah that is awful.. if that was me id freeze up.. when i was first reading ur comment.. i thoght the little boy was alive.. so i was thinking wtf until i read the end.. anyhow that would not be pleasent
BBeck1996 1 year ago
cf80to01...good points but I was thinking of hittler blowing his brains out in 1935 or so!!!
Twent one years of service eh? Bravo Zulu! Navy,Army or Air?
mikedo6 2 years ago
Thanks! Considering you gave me the ol' Bravo Zulu, I would guess you have a bit of Navy blood in you? I was Army, but served four years with the Navy in MillCove. You???
cf80to01 2 years ago
good video. cant imagine what was going through the soldiers head. some of these soldiers were like still in there teens and were put in a position where its fight for you life. deep respect
paulinotou 2 years ago
that house at the end of the video still stands...my dad and i went to Juno a few years back.
KennyPengB 2 years ago
The only thing I give Hitler kudos for is blowing his fucking brains out! Should have done it earlier and saved us the trouble. For all you arm-chair historians out there the U.S. Policy was Europe first,Japan second.
Things must have worked out reasonably well because 70 years later we are all free to debate it on youtube.
BTW, that's my Dad's outfit in the above film clip. Always gets me in the old ticker.
mikedo6 2 years ago
I agree with you on everything except Hitler blowing his brains out earlier. After the Normandy invasion (and particularly the July21 bomb plot) Hitler was the downfall of the Germans. Since the Allies had called for a total surrender, if Hitler had killed himself earlier, the Allies might have ended up fighting Rommel. The end result would not have changed, but the death toll might have.
cf80to01 2 years ago
Look at any history book that involes ww2 Japan attacked us, we declared war on the axis which was Japan and Germany. Hitler had nothing to do with us joining the war, Japan was the reason we got in, and Hilter never defeated Britain or the Soviet union.
escobedo3000 2 years ago
@escobedo3000 Japans attack on the USA brought it into the war but Roosevelt still didn't have the political support to declare war on Germany. Hitler fixed this by declaring war on the USA and the USA responded. These two axis decisions must be the worst military decisions in history as both assured the eventual defeat of the aggressor.
binaway 1 year ago
@binaway well Germany did promise Japan that it will declare war on the USA if they attack them.
nestor1195 1 year ago
I'd b runnin a lil faster than that.. haha
Audacity661 2 years ago
It's old shitty film. It's almost on par with modern day stopmotion filming. So they look slower than they are.
But I'm sure they're hauling ass even with all their guns and kit ; )
Dukesy19 2 years ago
Hitler declared war on the USA before the USA declared war on Hitler, and U-Boats were already bothering our ships. Sorry, pal, Hitler declared war on the USA first.
christof139 2 years ago 3
......Hitler didnt declare war on USA, japan was the reason USA joined WW2 Hitler didnt want to attack the USA until after he had defeated Soviet Union and Britain.
Deathwing200 2 years ago
Actually hitler did declare war on the USA first, yes, Japan attacked the USA first, but Hitler considered this a turning point and he personally congratulated the Japanese on there declaration of war as he believed it would tie down US resources in the war with Japan (meaning they couldn't supply Europe.) and on December 11 1941 Hitler and Mussolini declared war on the USA.
Mynameisaw 2 years ago
Hitler (and the rest of the Axis) did declare war on the USA after December 7, 1941. That was their second big mistake..... the first was invading Russia. Those two mistakes cost them the war.
cf80to01 2 years ago
Deathwing200, Shitler did indeed declare war on the USA before the USA decalred war on Shitler. A well known fact since it happened.
christof139 2 years ago
uh hitler didnt defeat britain and the soviet the soviet were actually taking back russia block by block but never lost and neither did britain they never lost were are you going there you
CanadianWarrior100 2 years ago
i know they never lost, im saying his plan was to attack America after he had beaten Britain and Soviet Union, this plan obvious didnt work.
Deathwing200 2 years ago
@Deathwing200
Germany declared war on the US first, after we declared war on Japan.
Eye4Lites 2 years ago
Man I remember being right beside that house shown in the last second of the film. You'd never know what happened there all those years ago were it not for the memorials.
AlexWynand 2 years ago
Funny.... I was thinking the same thing a few hours ago. My step-father landed at Normandy in mid June, 1944. He never spoke to anyone about his experiences, ever. A few years before he passed away, he and I were into the beer and he told me his "war stories". He literally walked and fought through hell on earth, though you would never know it. As you said..... you would never know.
cf80to01 2 years ago
By the way I've heard guys from the Queen's Own Rifles claim that this is them. Apparently they show this in their mess occasionally. I wouldn't know, I'm not in the same armoury as them. Any Rifles out there to verify this.
25svbn 2 years ago
Not to cause too much commotion, but that footage is the north shore regiment from N-B. Not the queen own rifle, They are behind them doh.
halmyras 2 years ago
Clam502, totally agree. Wonder what my Grandfather was thinking when he landed on Juno Beach with the North Nova's that Day. Taken prisoner, came home to Canada after the war and drank himself to death. Let's think of these Men more than once a year.
graydogg50 2 years ago
i wonder what my great grandad was thinking
before the japs cut his head off in a pow camp after trying to escape one of hundreads thousands unknown anzac heros
Henza9218 2 years ago
There isn't a day that goes by, that I don't think ,pray for and thank every single one of those brave lads.
25svbn 2 years ago
I was once asked "What is there today, that we have because of them?(Veterans)" Stupid question I know but I had answered it anyhow. The fact that we can ask such stupid questions, and argue on matters such as this and the freedom to forget their sacrifices is what they have given us. The fact that we can watch this video today is one of their many legacys that they have left for us. They only ask for two minutes once a year to be thanked and still, to many people that's too much time! shame.
clam502 2 years ago 2
YAY CANADA!
xShowStopper27x 2 years ago 2
for real no one cares about the beach'es it was hard for ever single person to take the beachs ppl died for it.
ILuvTheMilitary 2 years ago
Yes, the USSR had to fight the largest part of the Axis forces, between 60-75% depending on the time period, because they had to since that is what the Axis threw at them. As the war dragged on, the average strength of German divis. in the East fell to 50-6-% of full strength, and the German forces in the West and Italy grew in strength at the expense of Germans units in the East. Without the West & Italian Fronts the Nazis would have taken Moscow & the war in the East would have stalemated.
christof139 2 years ago
And i think (correct me if im wrong) Hitler would have had Russia if he didn't go for Stalingrad. He first went for an oil field to cut off supplise wich was a magor thing. Then he divided that into two and attack stalingrade as well wich also was a Big mistake.
TKEMP360 2 years ago