Richard Hammond presents Bloody Omaha (Part 5 of 6)

[Bunionification]

There are times when the comments on you tube get to me. It really sums up the world that one of the best examples of countrys cooperating is turnt into your countrys crap, mine did all the work. It was an ALLIED victory! How about a bit of respect to the many dead of other peoples countrys too

[superiorOpinions]

The idea that the UK contributed to WW2 in any meaningful way is as fake as the myth of the so-called "holocaust".

[TheBenultimate]

I think people seem to forget what counts I'm guessing people arguing here are kids right? because people saying the US won the war no they did not neither Canada nor UK it was an allied joint operation. Everyone played their part in WW2 Britain Won the Battle of Britain had they not and England was invaded the allied WW2 victory would of been a hell of a lot harder if even possible because without Britain there was no d-day so i conclude Thank You allied soldiers of WW2. 

[superiorOpinions]

Even more pathetic was the British "contribution" in the Pacific theater. "Oh, please take a few of our troops along with you, that way we can maintain our claim on the Asian countries we brutally subjugated in the past".

The UK totally deserves it's current status as a third world country.

[cmonty72]

Thank you you beautiful human beings who gave your lives for our freedom.

[czr7j9]

the yanks obviously didn't learn from their bombing mistakes, because they tried it again in vietnam and failed

[solidXsnake4life]

You are said you are gonna see the greatest firepower in the earth and you actually see it

bad thing is that you are actually on the receiving end : /

[maxrocks19]

i know that omaha beach was the deadliest beach in the D-Day invasion, but Juno beach, the canadian beach was almost as deadly, i wish that eventually someone would make a documentary in as great of detail as this about Juno beach or maybe one of the other invasion beaches, and not just bloody omaha

key stat:

death toll at omaha 1 in 18 troops, 30 000 + soldier landed

death toll at Juno 1 in 19 troops, 10 000 + soldier landed

shockingly similar

[Photonzos]

all those boats/landing craft were piloted by British seamen.

[GunsOfThePhoenix]

Stop arguing, this was a join operation done by three countries (US, UK, Canada), it could not have succeeded without all three of us fighting.

[lanyeong]

failed american bombers.

[n68188]

@lanyeong The 'heavies' (B-17s & B-24s) were sent in at Omaha because of the defenses and the importance of point du hoc. The heavies were at high altitude and because of the weather they couldn't get visual on targets below. They bombed by the clock, estimating release points by time and speed flown since last visual checkpoint, the English coast. To avoid bombing friendlies they intentionally bombed late. As a result, the bombs landed long- behind the beaches and the German defenses.

[n68188]

@lanyeong Medium bombers attacking Utah had much greater success. Their normal mission was interdiction. An advantage on the day. They flew in below the weather and got visual, and they were able hit specific targets from less than 500ft. The biggest factor hampering allied heavy bombing of Omaha from 20,000ft. was the undercast. Not sure why they failed to mention this. Also the Army Major seems to have a bias against air power.

[obbabob]

Every black dot an american soldier? I think not! those dots are also equipment and wreckage of all kinds.

[BurnzyHF1]

what song is this at 2:50???

[Simo84844]

Hell's Battlefield

[justandy333]

watching this is very sobering. We can argue till the cows come home about who was the most important party involved in Dday. Im proudly British but the fact of the matter is that The British couldnt provide the man power or the firepower needed. The Americans and Canadians supplied that greatly needed support, for that I have upper most respect for the Americans. Its truely a great shame that so many perished on the beaches of Omaha.

[HoZzIe27]

@justandy333 well said mate

[manutdr8]

@justandy333 Yeah, that is very true. America practically saved Britain from the wretches of Hitler.

[flabeslab]

@manutdr8 Actually it was soviet union

[HairyBogTrotter]

@justandy333 The USA didn't "provide support to the British" it was a US-run show, with a small, bit-part played by the UK.

[Zero7evenX]

@HairyBogTrotter Don't come to war videos and talk BS, Its not that people reading your comment will buy into your crap. Its that' its a fucking Insult. You stupid, Dumb Cunt!

[HairyBogTrotter]

@Zero7evenX

"It's" is a contraction for "it is" or "it has".

"Its" is a possessive pronoun meaning, more or less, of it or belonging to it.

I see the British education system is as utterly useless as British Army in France.

[Zero7evenX]

@HairyBogTrotter Don't even try that childish generic crap, it doesn't work. You transparent idiot.

Here's a quote from you: "with a small, bit-part played by the UK"

Unless you speak a broken English, or have the mental age of a 6 year old, then your choice of words were intended to devalue the British contribution and role. As an insult.

Maybe we should all carve our grandfathers names into your forehead, you backward POHM prick.

Do you have the Mental age of a 6 year old?

[HairyBogTrotter]

@Zero7evenX I would not like you to carve anything anywhere, particularly on my forehead, as you will most likely misspell it.

That said, my forehead would probably be big enough to write the names of the British war dead in Normandy on, as there were so few in comparison to the enormous sacrifices of USA and the true victors of WWII, the USSR.

I do find it amusing how dearly you cling to the illusion of a British victory though. Next you'll tell me the UK is winning in Afghanistan!

[Zero7evenX]

@HairyBogTrotter I didn't mention anything about a British Victory. You did.

You're obviously not well read on the history of the war(s). From your comment, It seems as though you get a lot of American programs in your country. I can't see any other reason that would explain your ignorance.

[HairyBogTrotter]

@Zero7evenX Like I said, a US run show with a small bit part played by the UK. Prove me wrong.

[nuteronstar777]

@HairyBogTrotter , us run show ?, yea that is why you lost so many, you yanks just run your mouths without engaging your brains, it took you two years to get involved in the second world war.

Prior to 1783 we almost did your country in, yea our small little island who you keep running down.

[HairyBogTrotter]

@nuteronstar777 The US lost so many because there were so many there.

Some quaint little efforts by the UK to parachute a few agents into France before D Day, I'll give you that. But never forget that without the US you would be part of the Reich. The US kept Britain alive through aid even before entering the war directly.

It saddens me to see the British have become so churlish and irrational, not unlike the unelected welfare cheats who rule over you, the Wilhelms er sorry, the 'Windsors'.

[superiorOpinions]

@nuteronstar777 Your faggy little island is already buried in the dung-heap of history, no matter how much you shriek "me too!" in a desperate bid for the attention and approval of the USA.

[nuteronstar777]

@HairyBogTrotter. You complete prick, you yanks try to think you are the best at everything. Well just read the history books you moron, your country really is owned by the true great Americans, the Indians.

[HairyBogTrotter]

@nuteronstar777 Oh and the British had no part in exterminating the native Americans?

You're that special breed of retard that could only be the product of an isolated, insular and ineffectual little island.

[macfanofgi]

@justandy333 well, the british weren't useless in that fight either. for example, without you guys, we wouldn't have even known if we could drive a tank on those beaches. thank god for british special ops! (it's in part 2, i think)

[mastermike95]

damn 5000 americans were killed there

[harmless911]

@mastermike95 Not much compared to the over 1 milllion who died in stalingrad and another million in berlin, 500 thousand-ish in the battle of kursk (the largest tank battle in history) and 4 million during the siege of leningrad. Of course those battles lasted months as opposed to one day, but still underrated.

[mastermike95]

@harmless911 very true. I couldnt agree better. The soviet union really were the ones who defeated the germans on the ground. After stalingrad, it was over for the germans. Also forgotten was the day and nite bombing by the american and british air force. Germany couldnt produce their superior weapons because of this. On the other hand, the americans were the ones who really defeated the japanese empire in ww2.

[harmless911]

@mastermike95 like the bombing of Dresden? Approximatively 25,000 deaths, 50,000 in Hamburg, and 18,000 in Pforzheim. That is almost as bad as Nagasaki (60,000–80,000) and Hiroshima (90,000–166,000)

[bwilli93]

you suck