D-Day 60 years later. A trip to Normandy, part-1

Part 1 of a short video-report of a trip, my brother, his wife and I took to Normandy in june 2004. It was the 60th anniversary of the D-Day landings and we took an authentic ww-2 Willys jeep and a Harley Davidson 'Liberator' with us. We made the trip from the north of the Netherlands to Courseulles-sur-mer in France, in three days. Stopping off in Belgium and at Batterie Todt. This is part of the 'Atlantic Wall' defences and has a campingsite direct next to the bunker. Inside this bunker, which used to house an enormous coastal gun, is a very nice museum. We went from there to Cape Gris-Nez where we looked at some german bunker installations. From there we went to our final destination, Courseulles-sur-mer. You can see that in part two, which you can see by clicking this link:
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[DJDiscJokey]

yes i want to go to normandy too and imagin d day but i got no money.shit!

[raffy2006]

Hmmm same here.

[flathead750]

Yup! If it`s in Ouistreham, it`s Le Grand Bunker. German headquarters, covering the river Orne and the Canal. Nice Liberator by the way...got one myself, but in civilian outfit.

[raffy2006]

Cool!! My brothers Harley is now all stripped down for total revision.

[drott5]

I want to thank you for posting this. As many Americans, I had a grandfather and great-uncles from the other side of the family who landed there that day. All survived. Really, you did a fantastic job. It's odd how close the real structures are to what has been portrayed in movies like "The Longest Day". I recognized the Pegasus Bridge immediately as where the English commandos landed. Thank You.

[funnnnnyguy33]

thanks for showing this because my great grandpa was stationed at one of those bunkers unforunatley he was a german but he said he killed no one because he escaped and ran far away but thanks god bless you all

[TinyArts]

@DJDiscJokey As Tom Hanks said in Saving private Ryan: "Earn it " :p

[Shuvoverfatty]

@jedihunter80 German weren't evil nazi's were the majority of people in the german army didn't know anything about concentration, they didn't even know that some of there uniform was made from the hair of dead jewish prisoners!

[tiberiousss]

I undestand the Germans better than I understand the English...and I don't speak a lick of German

[stuthorn]

Great video Eddy. Oh, and I agree about the Pegasus Bridge story being turned into a film. My grandfather (Wagger Thornton) was mentioned in the book for destroying a tank with a piat gun at point blank range. Doesn't bear thinking about. I take my hat off to youself and all who fought.

[EddyBergman]

I know, I read it. It would indeed make a great movie.

[tomthefunky]

The great historian Stephen Ambrose(he was the main consultant for Private Ryan and Band of Brothers) wrote a great book on Pegasus Bridge. It would make a great movie.

[33edek]

Movie ok. This is not a part of the movie "Cap Gris Nez" but from "Cap Blanc Nez". Currahhee !

[EdEditz]

One complete K5 railwaygun was made from two damaged ones, and remains on display to this day at the United States Army Ordnance Museum located on the Aberdeen grounds. I don't know where the third one is though.

[si33uk]

great video, iv got to see 1 of the rail guns, if theres 3 surviveing, where are they, iv searched and carnt fid em, would be nice if 1 of them was in normandy as im going there this summer

[silvester59]

Nive vid. Did same trip in 1994 with a camper. No ww2 vehicle unfortuntely.

Met many old soldiers. very interesting to hear their stories.