Invasion by Air - D-Day [Part 1]

Ɓravo. Thanks again Sir❤

I'm seven months behind but I'm finally here

This channel is the gold standard for WW2 docs. Absolutely tremendous work, as always. So many lessons that I wish the whole world would learn. I fear many today are doomed to repeat history because in ignorance, they've learned not if it. God help us.

Amazing video.

Omg... just found this seeing indie in ww2 stuff makes me almost as happy as finding that long lost point I've been looking for

I absolutely love yalls work here! I have listened to it multiple times and learn something new each time! Thank you and keep it up!

This is simply magnificent!

Are you two professors? You've devoted a lifetime of learning the individual stories of those so intricately involved. I want everyone I know to watch this. I actually don't have any friends with a passion for history .

This is so well done. The desk, the suits , the story telling. Loved it

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Excellent video series. Huge amount of interesting details I wasn’t aware of.

I have a question for the World War Two channel. When you guys get all the way to the invasion of Okinawa… will you guys being going into as depth as you guys have done for the D-day invasion?

all the things that have to be done and talk about your work is on the comments, but Damm, this is so amazing. all the Series all the knowledge, everything is like learning again the whole history but Better! my god this is by far the most epic content about ww2 i ever seen in my life.

In June 1991 (aged 11) I took a week long trip to Normandy with high school. One particular stop was at the Gondrée Cafe close to Pegasus Bridge and the Horsa landing locations. Arlétte Gondrée was present ALONG WITH Maj. John Howard. I sat in the café at a table with Maj. Howard and we talked for about 20/30 mins. I am devastated to this day that I remember so very very little about this conversation. What I do recall is how warm, friendly and patient the man was. He happily addressed and signed a souvenir postcard depicting the Horsa he (crash) landed in personally to me. Safely kept to this day and dearly cherished. That entire trip was considerably formative and enlightening and has stuck with me three decades and more later.

This is amazing!!

Also, when you were describing the chaos of the drop, I was picturing the scene from the Longest Day. I really wish we got a proper series or movie on the British glider and paratroopers who dropped and landed.

Interestingly the training for the attack on what was designated Pegasus Bridge took place just outside the city of Exeter in Devon England. This was the only place in Britain that had a river and canal so close together with almost the correct type of bridges between them. During a training exercise on these bridges at night a live grenade was accidentally thrown onto the roof of a nearby house damaging some roof tiles. The owner sent a stiffly worded letter to Major Howard demanding financial compensation, the letter arrived just as Major Howard was climbing into the glider to start the assault. Also, the film the Longest Day features the assault on Pegasus Bridge. The actor who plays Major Howard was an English actor called Richard Todd (he also played Guy Gibson in the film of The Dambusters), what is notable is that Todd actually took part in the assault on Pegasus Bridge as he served in the Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry in World War Two and in the movie he is playing his own commanding officer.

Ive never heard of these guys before but this is one of the most engaging videos ive seen in a long time. They do an amazing job keeping the viewer engaged with their presentation skills and body language. If they aren't teachers, they should be.

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too f'ing long for a single episode.

Terrific video, thanks !

Akways thought i had a decent over view of D-Day until i saw this, great work yall , this is EPIC 👏 👏

all of the sudden Indy shows up in my life again... wtf I just got over the loss in 2018

This is nothing short of incredible.. I feel like I’ve watched hundreds of hours of content on WWII and this is just on another level entirely. The work this must have taken 🙏🙌 amazing

amazing , simply amazing work

Stop screaming it's annoying

Well done, sirs.👏

The most successful Propaganda war in history and the lies never stop history be damn you can't know the facts.

Some present day footage of the Azeville, Grandcamp Maisy and Merville batteries would have been a nice addition to give people a good idea of the situation on the ground. Having said that, love this channel and everything you do. Keep up the good work.
Big Normandy fan here and love this series as well.

I FINALLY caught up to the D Day specials. Found this playlist first and only watched an hour before I decided to watch the whole series. Truly an amazing experience!!

My dad was in D-DAY ÷ 3 Thank God. I saw him in a photo in newspaper article in a troop transport ( LCI) from the Globe and Mail, Toronto. There were many things wrong in the story, but my dad went from Normandy, France to Holland and Essen , Germany, I think , when the wat was declared over.
The newspaper article with the photograph is in my Bible.

I absolutely love that splash screen with Indy and Spartacus standing on the beach looking foreboding 😊

They make a great presentation but one thing is missing. That is the horror, I mean the death and depravity of war .

Hello. Would it be possible to get a sources list? Great documentary!
WE LOVE YOU INDYYYYYYYY

How refreshing. Finally war stories narrated by Americans .

God damn this is good.

Defending a stone church? Grappeling up a shelled moonscape of Point du Hoc? Anyone else getting Call of Duty flashbacks?

In the words of Colonel Kilgore: "someday this war's gonna end 😢"

I’ve read and watched a lot about WWII. I had no idea until this video that there were 7,000 ships in the landing. Just wow!

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Amazing documentary! Can't wait to watch the rest of this series. Much thanks for the shout out to the USS Nevada! My PawPaw served on her from 1940 till the end of the war. He saw the writing on the wall and switched over to serve in experimental aircraft squadrons after the war and finished out his 20 years far from the sounds of the guns. He never spoke of the war, except to tell me about the time they were struck by a kamikaze near one of the main turrets. He told me that they found the body of the pilot and laid him out under a green blanket near the turret. Decades later, I saw a picture of the after effects of the kamikaze and, there in the picture, you could see the blanket covering the body. Funny side note, he had a picture of him on the beach of Agana, Guam, after the invasion. In 1972, my father, on his way home from Vietnam, had a picture in the same area taken. In 1988, while I served in the Marines, I had a picture taken in the same area. You could really see the difference, with my PawPaw standing amidst shell holes and destruction, my father standing next to a paved road with some buildings in the background, and me standing there in front of hotels with the beaches in the background and Japanese tourists all around. I wish I still had those pictures...

Your editing sucks - the last thing I want to do is look at you two chappies cutting back and forth to footage. Why didn’t you just narrate- it’s really bothersome. Not criticizing just critiquing

Great video.

Ahh.... The oft-repeated narrative of John Howard's company being first in occupied France continues. In fact the first company to hit France was C Coy, First Canadian Para Bn commanded by Maj Murray McLeod. C Coy (described as the "Advance party's coup de main for the Varaville operation") had the task of securing Drop Zone V for James Hill's 3 Bde. McLeod was very concerned over the limited time he'd have to accomplish this. Somehow he cajoled the aircrews into departing 10 mins earlier than planned; taking off at 2231 hrs 5 June. C Coy flew in 12 Albermale bombers and were accompanied by 6 that carried 22 Independent Para Coy. The first soldiers of the first organized fighting subunit to hit occupied France were Ptes Peter Bismutka and HB Swim. They dropped from the first Albermale at 2354 hrs 5 June - nearly 32 mins before Howard's first glider landed. This is all detailed minute by minute in Dan Hartigan's personal account of the operation in the book A Rising of Courage. As trusted historians, it would be great if you could 'set the record straight'. Nothing against Howard or the bravery of his men. They were just second and not first.

Thanks for utilizing the proper pronunciations of Lt. I have deployed overseas and worked with allies. I always make it a point to use the pronunciation that matches the nationality. When a yank argues about the spelling versus the pronunciation, I just point out that they don't seem to have a problem pronouncing Col... despite there being no 'R' in the spelling. 😁

good job ! Very Good Presentation & informative! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK !

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