Exploring German Bunkers on Omaha Beach
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- čas přidán 16. 06. 2024
- In this video I'm exploring WN62, resistance nest 62 which is located on the bluffs below the Normandy American Cemetery at Omaha beach. Starting at the beach I work my way up the bluff to the top to take a look a the monuments there.
Chapters:
00:00 Easy Red / Fox Green
01:08 Some shelter
01:33 Resistance nests
02:11 Flanking fire
02:49 Lower gun bunker
04:25 View from lower gun bunker
05:02 Upper gun bunker
06:11 5th Engineer special brigade memorial
07:26 1st Division memorial
08:02 One last look
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My father was at D-Day & part of the Second Wave. He stated :" the sky was black that day & the sea flowed viscous red. Soldiers were dropping like swatted flies. We fried for our mothers, our home, our family pets- anywhere but here on Bloody Omaha".
Matthew Anthony Stabile
Age 17
Seaman First Class
Hometown: Warren RI
Thanks for sharing, Rol.
God Bless your dad for what he did and went through ..
Greetings from France
your dad is still alive after that damn hes a real one was he in division 1 ?
In WW2 my think,all died soldiers a hero.
Sincere thanks to your father for his part in freeing Europe from Tyranny.
Many a brave man on both side were lost here. Ive always wanted to visit and pay my respects to men who passed
What do you mean by both sides?
@@chancemundy7443 on the axis and allied sides
@@chancemundy7443 war is written by the victors friend
I fully agree respect to all the fallen
Yeah we shouldn't forget about the whermacht
My father was in the 5th engineers
He didn't really talk about the war
The engineers are an important role. Tell him thank you from some guy on CZcams
@@lieutenantawesome6061 bruh
My father made the war sound like more fun than you could have with your clothes on or off until just before he died. He told me what he left out, the things he had seen that caused him to have PTSD.
@@rothanos2807 why
No he wasn’t your dad was a plumber
As a very young child, I got to go into the abandoned coastal defensive bunkers in Galveston Texas. I've never forgotten them. These are amazing.
I was lucky to visit WN62 and the surrounding area on the 70th anniversary of D-Day
Is it not there anymore?
@@wahnji8085 it is still there.
If I’m not mistaken, the first bunker WN62 would have had a 75mm Pak 40 anti tank gun inside. Also Heinrich Severloh’s MG42 position is nearby the hillside. On the beach, Easy Red, there’s a large rock named Ray’s Rock where medic Ray Lambert rendered aid. His book “Every Man A Hero” details what it was like to be on the receiving end of that horror. His account mentions machine gun fire pouring down from WN62. Which was kind of up and to the left from his perspective.
I was stationed in Fürth/Nürnberg Germany from the summer of 93' till late 95' US Army. My company, 218th MP Co with HQ out of Augsburg, we spent 3 weeks in Normandy France pulling security for the 50th Anniversary of the Normandy Invasion. In your video towards the end, the monument for the 1st Division Memorial with the names in gold color are Pinder, William O Darby, Johnson, Monteith and Merrill. Those 5 names were named after the US Army Kaserne/barracks in Fürth/Nürnberg. I was stationed at William O Darby barracks. Down the road from Darby was Johnson. Monteith and Pinder were located in the northwest part of Fürth and Merrill barracks was located across the street from the Nuremberger Volksfest. I was the last 3 American MPs pulling road duty (Law Enforcement duties) before we closed all of it down handing it over back to the German Govt.
I always thought it was astounding that young men like these would run head long into absolute carnage like Omaha Beach, where it wasn't skill but odds that decided whether or not you survived. Absolutely amazing.
Real Men
they didn't they layed down for hours slowly crawling
I remember reading besides d-day being a disaster and nothing going as planned that day. The main strategy and logic Eisenhower had for this beach invasion was if you send guys out they have no other choice but to fight and push forward, and that’s literally the only choice they had. There’s no where else to go lol. Wish I could find that quote
It’s actually really heart wrenching seeing how easy American targets were .... but it was a sacrifice that was needed . Rest In Peace to all the brave men who died on that beach.
Would LOVE to walk that hallowed ground! Thanks for the video 👍
My 8 year old is obsessed with WW2, D day in particular. He loves your videos. It is his dream to visit these locations some day. Very well done.
Take him
I learned about it in 2005 and finally had the opportunity to go last year
Had the opertunity to visit all the D Day beaches after my father in law passed away to see where he landed on 6 th June.
It’s hard not to shed a tear .
Very interesting with a good explanation of this area. Normandy always has a special appeal. Thanks for this video.
Thank you for this I felt like I was There. 1st time seeing the monuments It was Honor
Chills man. How many guys died on that beach it is so chilling. Thank you to every veteran that went on that beach and every man that served to stop the Axis
And they send black mans on first waves without any gun...
@@cinaraktas9351 do you have any proof of that? I find that highly unlikely.
@@cinaraktas9351 Yours is the dumbest f**king comment ever.
@@golddustwoman4993 no he's lying
Thank you for this informative and interesting tour. And thank you to the brave and heroic men who never gave up and achieved success in this near-impossible mission.
Glad you enjoyed it
Great video, the best I've seen for a long time. Thank you
Looking back in the years on that beach must be a hell bloody war mad respect to the rangers and airborne
Informative and 120% interesting. Slowly making my way through the rest your videos.
Awesome, thank you!
My Grandfather set foot on that beach on D+1. He was awarded the Soldier's Medal for Valor. I would love to take a few days to explore the areas he saw. Thank you for sharing!
Thanks for this. I really appreciate your knowledge and willingness to share it in this way.
My pleasure, glad you liked it!
@@TheBattlefieldExplorerwas just looking thru my dad's photo album from WW2. I noticed a pic of a pillbox with a caption that said "we landed 100 yrds from this pillbox". I couldn't discern which of the ones you showed was the one he landed near. My dad was with the 147th combat engineers. They were part of the 6th engineers special brigade that landed that morning of june 6th.
Another excellent 'You Are There' video for the many who have not been able to attend in person. Always enjoy your background research as well.
Thank you! You can expect more regular new video’s from now on :)
Thank You for this video, you took some very nice footage and angles. Well done.
Thank you very much!
Hmmmm ...you sound alot like Iron Mike. Great video! I really enjoy seeing all the battlefield locatins,,,keep up the great work!
Good video! I am reading "Landing on the Edge of Eternity" by Robert Kershaw, and searched some videos on "Omaha Beach", so your view of a few of the bunkers on it were very helpful in understanding some of the German dispositions. Thank you.
Great that I was able to be able to help out
Thank you for the video!
Good vid bro, thank you.
Thank you very much for sharing
Great video, thanks for sharing it!
Ah, my great great uncle, Lawrence Welch was a infantry, he left the landing craft and was shot immediately in the leg, he fell but then he sadly had to use someone’s dead body as a shield and he accounted this: “I could feel bullets hitting the guy” and also the dead guy saved his life from shielding and stopped blood loss from his leg from pressure, dead people can save you but not how you want to. He died in the early 2000, if your confused if this feels like it missing details like what sector he landed on its because he died when my mom was young and he died from forgetting how to do things, brush teath, eat, put on close etc but I can’t remember the name,
I never met him since I was born in 2009 and that’s a good long time after he died, but he is joined by these people: my dad who died a phew months ago, my other great great uncle (not a brother of Lawrence) who died in Pearl Harbor and died on the uss Arizona (I think) and my great grampa who was a p-51 pilot and following that many many lives of other people who fighting for freedom, may he rest in piece and so with the others
War runs in your family
Sorry to here that, but sounds interesting, he was a hero, along with all the soldiers who fought in normandy, there were heroes on both sides.
My great grandmother had 2 cousins who fought in ww2 for Canada, both fought on D-Day. One was killed on D-Day the other just died on June 8 2019
nice
i dont thank her
@@notpro725 you are a fucking ungrateful bitch
Galacticgamer thank you for sharing it's sad that the heros can't be with us forever
@@notpro725 what the fuck is wrong with you?? This guy lost FAMILY!
Ty for posting this.
I am still catching up on your videos and must say they are awesome! Please keep it up, I doubt I'll ever be able to see it in person. I really believe we view these places of history in a similar manner, though you know more of the history behind them then myself.
Thank you very much!
Great footage of the beach and bunker perspectives. To think how many brave men made the 300 yard journey to eternity and to victory.
Saving private ryan was only 30meters thats BS
Many thanks. Excellent video.
Thank you, Dick!
Thank you so much for this wonderful video
So nice of you
Fascinating.
Nice video. Wife and I were in Normandy in 2014 during the 70th Anniversary celebrations of the landings. Very humbling experience. Two of my uncles landed on Omaha with the 29th Infantry, with one of them eventually getting wounded in the battle for Saint Lo. Both were able to make it home, thankfully.
Thanks for the info! They were the lucky ones, that they not only survived Omaha Beach but also the rest of the war.
Thank you for your family sacrifice , God bless them sll
Awesome videos, thanks! I was there last year, it would be cool to have a walkthrough of the trench lines in the ground on top of the bluff and of the hidden bunkers you can access there!
Yeah I had to cut that out to make the video shorter...
Was there this summer, would spend my life in that area, cheers from southern France !
lovely video. thank you
Glad you enjoyed it
Nice video! You just earned yourself a new subscriber
Thanks for subbing
My Grandpa Vernis Ivan Church was a Platoon Sergeant in the 95th Division with Patton Third army Iron Men Of Metz, 377TH Infantry Regiment, Company C. I’ve been trying to do a lot of research to find out more about the stories about where my grandpa was at. I’m also hoping to find some photos of him.
Grandpa also fought in Luxembourg, Holland and crossed the Rhine with General Simpsons 9TH. Then my grandpa entered the Ruhr pocket and fought with the 2nd armored division with the hell on wheels division. My grandpa saw a lot of combat at the Battle of the Bulge. Thanks Cody
Wow so amazing
Seeing all the names on the monuments of the men who gave their lives for the cause of freedom is truly humbling. Thank you for the respectful tour of this iconic battlefield.
Thank you, Gary!
May God bless all of those brave people who sacrificed themselves for freedom thank you so much for everything
I've been to the landing beaches and found it an almost spiritual experience.
Omaha is an interesting yet eerie place. The distance from the landing points to the first line of cover is truly moving, walking the same route up yo that bluff wearing comfortable summer clothes is actually quite tough going. God knows how those men weighed down with equipment in full combat clothes made it is unbelievable. RIP men on both sides who lost their lives 🙏 💔
Dankje wel! I have always wondered what was left of the German positions on the beach. I can't imagine what it would have been like for the soldiers on both sides.
Thank you for sharing the time when the heroes of our country , sacrifice their lives for our freedom and justice , no doubt they are in heaven and so proud of them , my many thanks to them and God bless their families.
My peasure!
Am so exciting to see..and new subscribe your channel..🙏🙏
How high would you say is the highest point of the bluffs on Omaha and how many yards from the sea to the bluffs?
G2Go was there for the 73rd.
Good channel!
Thanks!
So much history, so much death.
Let us not forget those who fought and died and paid the ultimate sacrifice for our Freedom.
In the saving private ryan film the machine gun positions are on the edge of the beach. Was this not the case? . I did get to go to omaha beach but only a very short visit. Would love to spend a whole day there sometime..
What are those squiggly lines carved out of the bunker walls?
A name of one of those men that crossed Easy Red and on up the beach that day. Private Edwin E Wilkerson from Kansas. Five foot six inches tall. Blonde hair and blue eyes, dripping wet he weighed 150 pounds. Somewhere above the beach in the next few days he would earn a purple heart and bronze star. During the Battle of France he would earn another bronze star. On October 8, 1944, he and Captain Bobbie Brown along with his fellow soldiers would assault Crucifix Hill north and east of Aachen, Germany. There, Captain Brown would earn the Medal of Honor. Private Wilkerson would die of wounds while assaulting one of over thirty bunkers on the hill. He rests in peace in Belgium beside many of his fellow soldiers.
Omaha was a lot more flat than I expected it to be. Watching saving Private Ryan it seems pretty steep. Perhaps this section of Beach was a different section than what they represented in the movie
Saving Private Ryan was not filmed on the original landing beaches in Normandy. The locations for Saving Private Ryan can be found in England and Ireland, but only one, the military cemetery seen in the opening and closing scenes is in Normandy American Cemetery, near Colleville-sur-Mer, France just above the Omaha beach (Easy Red and Fox Green sectors)
That bunker used to hold a big German gun
Heinrich Severloh the beast of Omaha was at WN62 shown in this video.
Yes indeed, he was located in between the two monuments, on the right hand side (if I recall correctly)
What time frame
PasoFreak shut up he was a soldier fighting for his country just like your American “hero’s” were general George s Patton said that you fought the wrong enemy
I'll see you on the beach.
I went here a few months ago. Does anybody know the purpose of those wiggly lines moulded into the concrete inside the bunkers ?
it is believed to be caused by moisture over time. If you're building subterranean concrete walls in a humid environment like the Normandy coast, poorly engineered walls will quickly become mushroom farms, and they'll be constantly weeping with moisture
These men who gave all, are the true human heroes. Nothing more than giving your lives for freedom.
I hope there is a afterlife, don't think so, but if there is, I would like to shake their hands and bow down to them....
You and me both!
What happened to the water
If you think about it, It was really just the axis leaders that were sucky people. The infantry were pretty brave
Many Germans supported Hitler invading Poland and the rest of Europe, if you think about it.
Always carry a bullet proof shield 🛡 when going straight to enemy fire
Video games put a lot more bunkers in the beach
We are (takes big ass breaths) continues sentence 😂
Came here after Medal of honor allied assault.
Man this dude has a good camera like this comment if you agree
Imagine enjoying the sun sand sea there could you ?
What a honor we owe all the Brave men. all these brave soldiers who fought for our freedom against a tyrant of Nazi leadership ..no words of gratitude that we can say that you sacrifice your life for the ower freedom. Thank you men . Will never for get you .
Are you planning to go to the grebbeberg?
Yes I am actually! Somewhere this spring I want to do a video on that
@@TheBattlefieldExplorer het is een aanrader. Als je bij de begraafplaats bent bij het monument, is daar ook een heel klein museumpje. En er is daar vlakbij ook een deel van de loopgraven nagebouwd. Als je het niet kan vinden, zoom op Google Maps naar militair ereveld grebbenberg. Dan moet je een beetje inzoomen. En dan vlak bij de dierentuin moete je een tekst met loopgraven grebbenberg zien verschijnen. De loopgraven liggen links van de begraafplaats als je vanaf het monument kijkt achter dat weiland. Links boven in het hoekje. En rechts van de begraafplaats zie je koelcel grebbenberg staan, in dat gedeelte staan een paar bunkers als het goed is op de heimersteinse laan daar vlakbij . Ik weet niet of ze uit de 2e wereldoorlog komen, maar volgensmij wel. Ik ben 1 keer op 4 mei op de grebbenberg geweest bij de dooden herdenking, is ook wel een aanrader om een keer bij te wonen. Ik hoop dat u wat aan deze info heeft!
Ik ben er al een paar keer geweest maar nog niet om te filmen, het is een bijzondere plek!
Video from Omaha beach with a drone : czcams.com/video/1hFANvTcqUQ/video.html
How did they know the US would be coming in from that specific area??? It’s like out of the whole area it’ seems like the US let them know we will be arriving here???? I just never understood why they knew where they were going to land and have everything setup right there in that spot. Can someone explain this???
As far as I know the Germans didn't know, that is why they fortified the coast from Norway to Spain. Most fortifications were around Calais, that is where the Germans expected the landings to happen but every beach and harbor was fortified.
Omaha beach is a battlefield on ultimate epic battle simulator 2
The dont fight because they hate whats in front of them because the love whats behind them-
What division was the names written on the stone.
Those are all names of the first division.
The Big Red One..
The worlds biggest question
Why dont people be friends and be good
That is the biggest question....
Tails Miles Prower Because there is evil in this world example look at the Democrat party
That's a billion dollars question now
Because of pride.
Because of pride. So basicly stupidity.
Humbling....
They wouldn’t have cut the vegetation, they would of just burnt it all away
Thats how beach was D Day low tide not saving private ryan 30meters to the germans
Khaint video the Day
was the main reason the other beaches weren't as deadly because the shelling and bombing were more effective? or was the topograhy and layout so much more advantageous on Omaha for the Germans? i'm not a military expert but is there a laiman's explanation as to why the allies had to attack with this method? why not shell and bomb for weeks at a time first? even if it drew more german infantry to the scene, at that point of the war we had huge air superiority no?
Those are a lot of questions to answer but I'll give it a go.
1) They had to land somewhere between Gold and Utah and Omaha beach was the only suitable location
2) However, almost the entire beach is half moons shaped and overlooked by tall cliffs and the Germans made skillful use of the terrain.
3) Their defenses were strongest at the beach exits and there were only a couple which had to be taken.
4) Most bunkers were sited so that they would fire along the length of the beach making them even more formidable
5) Bombing for weeks gave away the location (as you said) and then all the reserves in the area would be moved her. The element of surprise was paramount for the invasion to succeed.
@@TheBattlefieldExplorer thank you sir, good info. Are you knowledgable bout some of the film taken on Omaha? I'm very curious because 1 of the clips it showed soldiers assembled at the rocks getting their first shelter ... I highly doubt that this film is Monteiths men before taking wn62 on the east...or next to where cotas men assembled ?
@@TheBattlefieldExplorer in general after some net snooping it seems surviving footage mostly or all is from end of 2nd wave and on. But I'd love to know I'm wrong bout that or find a really good descriptive source of Omaha film with accurate labels. Theres that really really famous one that..if I'm not mistaken is from near where cota broke thru ..or maybe the wn All the way west on omaha... where apparently the camera man got their first and hes shooting 5 or 6 men running with 2 or 3 getting hit as hes filming..and it alwayyys gets cut off after like 5 seconds wish there was more. That particular one seems like it may be first wave simply because of the consistency of the german fire
Even with all these fire support and all that, how come the allied forces advanced?
Doggedness and determination
Respect to all that fell.
It's sad how they remember the winners only completely vanishing the opponents perspective.
Both fallen soldiers fought for the duty of their motherland.
They aren't going to put up memorials for the people who invaded their country?
My great grandfather was a pilot and he got shot down by a German plane and put into prison when he was captured
May you metal detec? On that beach,?
I don't think that it is allowed, plenty of unexploded stuff in the sand there.
No landing, beaches are closed.
👍🖐saya orang Indonesia 🇮🇩
No one care dick head
💞💞🙏💞💞 Merci
There are still mines on the beach
What why the French government didn't do anything about that?
@@egyptianboi305 do you really believe that there are mines on the beaches?!?
May I ask you what is your nationality? I sense you're european, scandinavian by the sound of it, no bad intentions of course, just a simple curiosity
he’s dutch, i recognize the accent because i’m also dutch
Are there lots of ghosts? Because I think a lot of people die in Omaha beach
would be interesting to sit on the beach at night
when i was 6 i had the choice to go here or disney land
So wat did you choose?
@@TheBattlefieldExplorer obv disneyland
Only LZ nearly failed
Ervin Rommel wanted no reserves all units at the beach he knew about allied bombing of convoy lines from Africa if all German units were at the beach front they would have pushed the allies back as allied airforce would not been able to bomb fear of hitting their own but Rommel didn’t get his way
Or the defenders were shelled into oblivion by the Navy.
Salute to all who died here
Thankgosh no graffitti
with all due respect to all brave souls who fought at D day, German defense was far more advanced at the time.
Which is based on... ? There was nothing advanced about it, it was WWI style defense from prepared positions.