When Americans Landed In Normandy We Were Absolutely Shocked
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- (Part 1) . Watch our video " When Americans Landed In Normandy We Were Absolutely Shocked " and Immerse yourself in the gripping memoirs of an enlisted man in Germany's army who served on both Eastern and Western fronts, facing the harsh realities of war. Captured in 1944, his journey takes an unexpected turn as he finds himself in American hands, spending 14 months in POW camps across the United States.
Experience the highs and lows of life as a prisoner of war during ww2, from the challenges of a French POW camp to the comparatively comfortable but psychologically taxing sojourn in the United States. Join us as we uncover the emotional turmoil of coping with homesickness, accepting defeat, and confronting the shocking revelations about the lies and brutality of the Third Reich. This video series explores the resilience of the human spirit, offering poignant insights into maintaining dignity, pride, and hope in the face of adversity.
Link of the playlist • Diary of a German Enli...
Ladies and Gentlemen, this is Part 1 of diary of an enlisted man in Germany's army, who served on both the Eastern and Western fronts and was wounded four times before being captured in 1944. After a highly unpleasant stay in a French POW camp, he was turned over to American authorities and sent to the U.S., where he spent a comparatively comfortable 14 months in several POW camps. Repatriated in 1948, He worked as a dental technician until his death.
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The Allies landed at Normandy not just the Americans - unsubscribed
@@manonthemoon2912 Sir this is not any clickbait title or any attempt to discredit other nations in the allies ,this soldier's division (77th Grenadier division )just fought against the Americans until he got injured on front line ,he has not mentioned encountering British ,Canadians or other nations except French Resistance Forces in his memoirs ,and this title is purely based on his memoirs ,kind regards
@@manonthemoon2912burned
What's the book called?
Entering a German POW camp in the States might have well been the best fate for a German soldier at the time.
I’ve read stories of the POW camp in Algona, IA. The POWs worked throughout town and even did the Nativity or another Christmas musical for the townsfolk, if I’m remembering correctly.
My Opa and other surrendering Wehrmacht made extra effort to find Allied forces to surrender to. The Russians didn’t take many pow’s.
@@joyd3825the pow's the Russians did take usually died in the gulags of Siberia. There were about 90,000 German soldiers captured at stalingrad and they believe about 85000 died in POW camps in Russia. The few survivors weren't released to go back home till 1955. I could be wrong on the exact numbers but from my memory I do believe I'm close on the numbers. The Russians also returned the treatment that the SS dished out on Russian soldiers and civilians. The Russians were absolutely ruthless to any German they came across soldiers and civilians.
The Great Papago Escape
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Papago_Escape
@@christopherbuss680 You know that the Germans killed 3 million Sovjet POWs? Mostly by starvation, hard labour, but also by the bullit.
The Biggest Lesson from WW2 is to the people of a nation to keep close eye on the political leadership and restrain them from wickedness.. I worry for The US in the present day
Tell that to the Russian people.
Me, too. We can't forget lessons from the past.
The US is suffering from demographic decline. The people who made it and built it up aren't reproducing as often as people who made lesser nations.
The US won't exist in 30 years.
The US is in trouble right now. Trump could very well become another Hitler. He isn't personally smart enough to have figured all this out but he is being heavily influenced by people who are promising him untold wealth and power. He is being manipulated. He either doesn't realize it or he doesn't care as long as he gets paid. I'm guessing it's the later...
i was born in New Zealand my parents came to New Zealand from Holland in 1956 and adopted me in 63 I am one of the lucky ones to hear what they told me, When the Germans invaded Holland they took over in my Grand Mothers house, But the one thing she made them do when they were there was take their boots off before they walk into the door, True story, Ohh the storys my Mum told me about the War, Least we forget. RIP to you all.
Wow, assertive Grandmother! So many cannot persuade their own families to take off their shoes.
thats your consolation prize?? camon!@@karenkrohn8003they got invaded and taken over, the germans were just being nice, you think they don't know this?.
Holland wS took over by germans guffball why the heck will they take boots off man thT stbe dumbest thing I heard
My Opa was transported to Poland with the rest of the family. They were removed from their farms in Bessarabia to repopulate Poland with Germans. Opa was imported with the Wehrmacht and sent to fight along the eastern front (some of the heaviest fighting). Once he was on leave during the winter holidays. He was looking at a Christmas display through the window of a village shop. A young officer fresh out of school stopped beside him to look as well. My Opa looked at his reflection sizing him up. The kid was obviously the son of someone important which gave him rank among common recruits. The officer made eye contact with my Opa. This is when it’s proper to salute. He said “If you’re looking for your hands they’re in your pockets” without missing a beat Opa replies “If you’re looking for the East it’s that way?” Opa was sent to the local jail for disrespecting him. Though Opa said it was a really good time because they could play cards, smoke cigs, and German guards respected the incarcerated soldiers who had survived the Eastern front so they would bring in beer.
I would sure like to hear more about you Grandfather.
Thank you for sharing.
28:09
What a badass
Wonder if the officer learned anything while EAST
@@davidparker4385 he probably most definitely perished.
20:50 ***spoiler alert*** I’ve been married many many years, this moment when her parents took their rings off and gave them to their daughter and her husband is so incredibly beautiful. Their lives were testament to their love and commitment. But they knew a young couple deserves these symbols that one day they would mean to them what they did to her parents.
May All those who died or were maimed during this unbelievable War Rest in Peace . AND Those who saw horrible , Truly obscene things, and had nightmares for Decades after . My father made it through , but was emotionally scarred . And May GOD please Bless those who did kind things, on all sides .
I hope you see a million thumbs up
So enjoy all of these memoirs! It's a piece of history which is little known. Thank you for your research.
It is good fiction......do your research.
Some things never change... I recall taking leave of my family to return to camp in 1989, from Johannesburg Station.
The goodbyes were stilted, the silences awkward amongst the noise of troops boarding the train.
I knew my folks would break into tears once they got back to the car.
I secured the top bunk in my cabin, turned to the compartment divide and had a quiet cry for myself.
All six occupants were silent as the train shuddered to a slow crawl out of the station.
Back to our respective hells we went with our little gifts and offerings from our loved ones keeping us company.
I fell asleep soon enough... it's the best way to pass time.
Angola war?
@@nwofoe2866 Yeah, the Border War in then South West Africa, now Namibia, and Angola.
My uncle came home from being a US young POW in Germany, after regaining some weight and getting medical care once liberated. It’s hard to imagine today, but due to the time and communications tech, the first the family knew that he was coming home was when he….just showed up on the doorstep, and was quite the reunion.
Righteous. @@robert-trading-as-Bob69
my father was in the angolan civil war too. said the soviets used it as a testing ground for some new fucked-up landmines and field munitions which got co-opted by the russian federation after the USSR went ass over tit a few years later. he doesnt like to talk about it much, probably only heard him share like 4-5 times over my nearly 30 years alive
Daddy was born in 1916 a member of the 504th 82nd airborne. He told us boys the Germans were good soldiers.
My grandfather said as much as well.
Yeah. I don’t blame the soldiers.
The wars were both family squabbles.
Look up lineage of the rulers of France, England, Germany, Russia, Prussia, Italy, etc.
Except for America, Japan and China, it was a family affair.
My GrandFather trained WWII pilots and was recruited prior to the Air Force being created… he negotiated to be an Officer in the Army. He kept his flattop haircut until the day he died. He flew the Berlin Airlift as the the pilots were released. My mom talks about being a young girl in Germany during this time and Grandpa’s plane shot down and him parachuting 🪂 down and stuck on top of a building and his yelling down at them in English: “Get Me Down From Here You Damn Krauts‼️🤬
He never shared stories with me as he lost so many pilots. I have his medals 🎖️ and a miniature plane he had.
USAF had no records of his service yet all ow us have been awarded USAA benefits and we have the pleasure of having his DNA 🧬 and black & white pictures of him in uniform and we honor him proudly.
🇺🇸 💪 🗽 🦅 🎇
@@jeffreyrusselljr7713- mine would never discuss the war or his experiences with me, it saddened him of all the pilots he trained and how many died. 😢
My grand parent was the son German immigrants to the US who fought in WW1, and no one in the family had anything good to say about the German soldiers. His son/my uncle was a young ball turret gunner in WW 2, whose plane was shot down over Germany and he nearly starved as a POW…..and he also didn’t have anything good to say about the Germans. They were a nasty bunch who all either endorsed or cowardly turned a blind eye to evil.
And they knew, maybe not every detail of every atrocity, but the Germans adults all knew very, very dark things were happening. They saw the anti-Semitic propaganda campaign and speeches by their government, then the well publicized violence and harassment, then the legal discrimination….then Jewish neighbors and others were rounded up and gone….often without selling their homes or businesses, plus the camps that smelled like death for miles. Only a child could know that and not understand.
For infantrymen of ANY nation, life in the military in general, and particularly in combat, our perceptions and mindset are much different than others. In WWI and WWII, MANY infantrymen knew they probably survived because wounds took them out of the fight. My father was an Infantry NCO in the US Regular Army in WWI. BY WWII, he was a senior officer, but still Infantry. He was wounded 3 times in each war.. old NCOs who became officers in a second war didn't hang out in the rear. Besides, my eldest brother was commissioned thru ROTC In May, 1941. Infantry Branch by choice. He was in our father's old regiment, the renowned 16th US Infantry. So Dad kept tabs on him, of course, vut mainly took the opportunity to mentor some young officers. This was a Regular unit, so Dad had fought with and was close to many of the old senior NCOs.
This was the famous 1st US Infantry Division -- the Big Red One. North Africa, Sicily, Italy, Omaha Beach on 6 June 1944. Both my father and brother took multiple wounds that day, but stayed on the line until ordered to get attended to. They weren't gone but a few days.
I had 2 other, younger brothers in WWII. #2 Brother had a couple of years of college ROTC, and he'd gone to a military boarding school in Virginia for high school.He initially enlisted and was made an NCO in the 82nd Airborne Division. He was commissioned in North Africa. In the Battle of the Bulge, it was a trooper in his Company who was digging his defensive position... A tank came up, headed toward the rear. The Paratrooper asked" are you lookin' for a safe place to pary your tank?" The tank commander said "Sure!" The filthy, exhausted sergeant simply motiond behind him and said" Pull her right behind me. I'm the 82nd Airborne and the bastards ain't goin' any farther."
All 3 were wounded multiple times, but were never out of the lince very long.
They youngest joined the 101st Airborne in 1942. He wass a 20-year-old Staff Sergent when he was killed at Bastogne in December, 1944.
The survivors told me again and again that more-serious wounds bo doubt saave the lives of many.
Later during my own 32- year career 8 years enlisted, 24 years commissioned. 5 yrs, 8 mo total combat time, wounded somewhere around 10 or 12 times.My WORST wounds didn't take me out of anything because by the time we got picked-up, the fight was over in our area. It's odd how it happens. A Grunt can do everything perfectly and still get killed An idiot emerges untouched. Weird.
The AI accent is almost believable , Scary times
Agreed
I was fooled until there were a few butchered words. Honestly a really good AI voice.
@@RPDpwng15 Same. Impressive
That's why I listened to it. It was bearable at least.
It's a clone of magician Derren in Brown.
I find it interesting that he refers to molotov cocktails as "strange grenades that exploded with fire immediately".
Yes, it was striking that he hadn't heard of them before, and it did drive home the point of their Russian origin, didn't it?
The origin of the Molotov Cocktail was by the Finns - they called them Molotov Cocktails as a mock towards Vyacheslav Molotov, who led the winter war campaign against the Finns.
Being able to look back is hindsight. This soldier was certainly fortunate to have been captured by an American force then a Russian.
A great book about D-Day was written by a German.
Called, “D-Day Through German Eyes” was a great read about a piece of history from the opponents view.
I'll look for it, thanks!
Dude, for his prospective parents-in-law to take the rings off of their fingers and put them onto his and their daughter's fingers is an AMAZING gesture of love, acceptance, and trust. It speaks volumes to the complicated emotional responses and adaptations that a population goes through during a time of war. To have reached such a point with this young wounded soldier in such a short period of time I think reflects how the types of experiences that he'd had ages a person far beyond their years. That maturity was likely recognized the father who had seen the same thing happen to himself and the other soldiers with whom he huddled in the cold and miserable trenches of The Great War's bloody Western Front during his salad days, and by the mother who was likely concerned for the safety of her daughter as she couldn't help but imagine the wide variety of horrifying and nigh unspeakable potential consequences that could be awaiting all of them as the result of the war raging throughout Europe. They often say that the truest victims of a senseless war aren't just the soldiers who needlessly die for it, not just the soldiers who return from front having gone through so many changes as to be unrecognizable by family and friends, but is all of the people who are left behind to grieve the dead, rehabilitate the wounded, and rebuild the shattered towns and cities who had succumbed to the devastation wrought by the armies been fighting the most destructive conflict that the world had seen up to that point.
Family business, fighting for German army on French occupied territory. The valiant Entente in WW1 and allies in WW2, Canadians, Free French, Poles, Americans and British. As the French said the Bosch were roundly defeated in both conflicts, although they invented a myth in WW1. Pershing said unless the German Imperial forces were pushed back to Berlin, they would not accept the reality. In WW2 fighting on two fronts the Germans surrendered unconditionally, and thus ended the most barbaric occupation of most of Europe, particularly in Poland, Czechoslovakia, Russia, and disgusting in Greece, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Yugoslavia, with genocide of Jewish and Romany people. Interesting to hear from the perspective of Nazi troops, sounding so niave. What a waste of human life.
Yes they were naive, most only heard rumors of the things we know today. The German people too were, in most cases, naive as to the extent of what was happening. The only ways to learn the truth was through arguable rumors & conspiracy theories. The official news sources were all saying the same things, propaganda. The best way to control a population is to keep them ignorant. The best way to keep the people ignorant is to control the news/media.
38:00 I’m not 100% sure on this but this guy didn’t surrender easy, he was dealing with starvation killing his men, had to refuse generous surrender offers, really generous, lost 80% of his men during his last stand. I heard about the first general who surrendered from the German army and it was a dire brutal situation most people would buckle and collapse from and he held out till he couldn’t no more.
Epic tale.
Played every episode back to back over a couple of days, what a fascinating account.
Such a poignant memoir written in beautiful, sparing prose. Very sad.
My Granddad was a rear machine gunner at Dunkirk. He made it back and went on to D-Day. Wish he had told me stories about it.
Absolutely incredible. Rest in peace to a man who lived the life of 50 men
Understandable bro. My grandpa and great uncles wouldn’t tell my dad anything about the war related to combat. But they all told them how terrible war is. We did get some stories about my Grandpa meeting relatives in Italy in 1945. They were living in poverty in the aftermath of Italy’s involvement in the war. My Grandma shipped clothes over to my Grandpa who gave it to our family in Italy which clothed our long lost relatives’ children. I guess not all war stories have to be bad 🙂.
The WWII vets I grew up with never said one word about it. Even if asked. You might once every couple of years hear a comment about being in the army but never anything about what they did.
My dad flew P-51s and P-38s in the South Pacific, and he liked the majority of WWII vets chose not to relive their experiences.
Those men saw some things that scarred them for life. Their brothers in arms and buddies getting killed and injured, innocent civilians getting killed, etc. it’s no wonder that so many did not wish to speak about it afterwards.
I enjoy this series but I also wonder how authentic it is ?
I have no particular reason to doubt it except for the times we live in
It wasn't only the USA that landed in Normandy, the majority were Canadian, Polish, Free French and British, with volunteers from the Irish free state, as well as troops, airmen and sailors from all around the Commonwealth and occupied Europe.
The Allies landed more than 160,000 troops at Normandy, of which 73,000 were American. There were also 83,115 British and Canadian forces who landed on Gold, Juno, and Sword beaches. By the end of the first day, none of the assault forces had secured their first-day objectives.
Agreed. General Eisenhower was supreme commander, so “Americans” were referenced more than other Allies. If Montgomery had been the leader, people would be saying the “British landing at Normandy”.
The Irish and the British fighting as one? I never knew that :00
@@zack9679 a dis service to all the volunteer service men and women of the Irish Free State who fought or worked on the home front in WW2. This is the reason why all Irish citizens were given the rights of voting after 6 months residency in Britain by the post war Labour Government. As a Londoner I can tell you many many British people have Irish ancestors, and only the class system and imperialism have kept us divided. How little you know of the history of these islands and the fight for autonomy and freedom against English and Scottish hegemony over Ireland.
The thing is while before the Americans came around the allies (with American supply and money) and fighting valiantly had basically been thrown out of Europe and had several major, severe losses. The first American deployment (besides 50 soldiers) and within 33 days had landed, liberated France, Holland and moved into belgium...
I often wonder what would have happened if Hitler never invaded Russia AND if Japan never bombed Pearl Harbor?????????
Go back even further, what if Arch Duke Ferdinand was never assassinated in 1914?
Or if Germany had of taken Paris in 1914????? They probably would have occupied France for a couple years and made a deal with England about control of the seas and Africa colonies etc.
Hitler wanted Russia at all costs
Most likely scenario is that Germany would find itself outmatched several times over by a reformed and vastly expanded Soviet army. Then in 1942 the Soviets invade Germany instead of Germany invading the Soviets. Part of the reason why Germany invaded was because they needed a preemptive strike on the SU before they armed themselves to such a degree where invasion would be impossible. Both the SU and Germany had promised prior to the molotov-ribbentrop pact that they would destroy the other. Wasnt for naught that the Soviet had hundreds of thousands of men, with equipment depots and thousands of tanks near the German border. The SU were themselves preparing for war with Germany.
In any case the outcome is the same, probably within the same time frame as the Soviets wont suffer their massive losses in the early days of the chaos in 1941.
If Japan never bombed pearl harbor their oil reserves run dry, they only had enough to fuel their industries for the next 6 months. Their wartime production grinds to halt which means they cant sustain their war in China. To prevent an outright collapse due to lack of munitions, the Japanese pull back their armies within China and proceeds fighting a protracted defense of their gains on the coast. Faced with more and more American and Soviet equipment to the nationalist Chinese government and their own industry tanking the Japanese are forced to sue for peace. With all occupied areas of since the start of the war in may 1937 are returned to China. In return the Soviet Union and the USA recognizes the state of Manchuria as a legitimate independent nation and the US resumes oil exports to Japan. The Soviet Union and USA is recognized as guarantors for a Sino-Japanese peace treaty. Both parties assuring that Japan will not launch a war of aggression towards China again.
With China stabilized the Kuomintang are triumphant and all of mainland China, that is without Manchuria and taiwan, form now the new Republic of China. With Chiang Kai-Shek as the head of state.
Or if Hitler had been accepted by a certain prestigious art school. That was his dream, even though his art was mediocre. His only real interest was pursuing an art education. Dissolutioned , he ended up debating politics in beer halls. Realized he had a talent for speaking to crowds. Uh oh.
Anyone noticed the woman’s face in the smoke immediately to the left of the tree and just above the fence?
i think you have better eyes than i do!
I do see it
Yes now that you mention it. Interesting.
I just finished eating my toast with Jebus's face on it. It's too much to comprehend!
This is great late at night with headphones eyes closed
I'm only a few minutes in so far, but the contrast between how the French civilians were given the courtesy of safety, with German soldiers looting or found guilty of rape being shot, compared to how the Slavs were treated in Barbarossa is astounding.
Don’t be fooled, both sides did horrible things, the Russians just didn’t care.
There many French patriots who were not safe.
The difference in intensity of these two related yet separate conflicts. Ostfront, they were playing for keeps. Yeah.
@@GH-oi2jfThere was also many French fighting for the Germans, also Dutch, Polish, Ukrainians, Bosnia Muslims, Turks, ect. Not a few either, entire divisions under German Command
I guarantee if everyone seen what the West has come to today not 1 man would of picked up a rifle against Germany and they all would of fought the Judeo Bolsheviks as they where known back then
Iam only few minutes also and if I heard correctly and my math is somewhat right they walked nearly 30 miles a day!! He said basically on foot they had traveled 750 miles in 6 weeks. 6 weeks is roughly 24 days on light end of things. 750 miles divided into let's just say 24 weeks = just over 30 miles a day?? Did I do that right? That seems insane. It could have been more like 28 days or so but splitting haurs at that point! DAMN!
45:13 - The actual title of the video starts here.
Notice it's not when the Allies landed (British, Canadian, American, Free French, etc..., etc...), but only when the Americans landed. Presumably, they were at the beaches codenamed Omaha and Utah.
Presumably also, the British Empire, Canadians, and then the British Empire again, were at Gold, Juno, and Sword respectively. They suffered terrible casualties against the 12th Panzer Hitlerjugend. Wish we Americans could disabuse ourselves of the notion that we were the only ones who counted on D-Day.
I do not know of or have heard anyone who believes that the U.S were the only forces to land on D-Day. There are stories, books, movies, etc about American troops but the focus was just only that particular beach or unit. It doesn't discount or belittle the efforts/sacrifices of the whole Allied force.
Most know that it was a group of nations combined. I was always taught and have always heard of the Allied beach landings.
I do know that there are delusional and/or biased people that only believe their home country was the only one to land or gave the most efforts. Usually those are outliers. CZcams especially has brought those opinions to the forefront which makes it seem as though the majority believe that way.
Absolutely. American BS… more British and Canadians landed on 6th June than Americans..defended primarily by the British navy. Who needs Stalin’s airbrush when you have American media.
Some people really have hangups over the US involvement in Normandy.
I think it's related to what an Afrika Korps soldier saw when he was captured. The Germans turned south on the Eastern Front to take the oil fields in the Caucuses because they were desperately in need of fuel. When the German soldier was held by the Americans in Africa, he saw they casually let engines idle, wasting precious fuel. He said that was the moment he knew without a doubt Germany was going to lose the war.
I think the soldier's diary in this video referred only to the Americans for the same reason. If Hitler hadn't needlessly declared war on America there would be a lot more German speakers in the Greater German Reich today. I know the Axis had agreements in place for mutual assistance, but Hitler had no problem betraying allies, and he must have at least considered it risky to incite the US.
..would've been nice to have a few additional slides in the video, to show us there was movement in the video; while the audio remains excellent.. ~ thank you!
@user-ny4bp4oe4j Sir noted , thanks for the feedback, kind regards
I feel for the soldiers who died in wars past. i wonder when they look to our wars now. What would they think?
Very good. A first-hand account. Thank you.
I recently stumbled across a video here on youTube about this incredible story of a german POW in the USA - in the Arizona or Nevada desert in a POW camp - who escaped & managed to get live out his life in the USA and even get married, finally he turned himself into the FBI in the 1980s!
I watched several of his accounts, but couldn't find the closing CZcams of when he turned himself in. A new twist on the American Dream.
Title is misleading. Starts at the commencement of the war. So mostly it is not about the landing.
Facinating
You should say you were surprised when the CANADIANS landed in Normandy.the largest beachhead was Juno.they were the first to breach the Germans heavy defences and penetrated further inland than the other attacks.
I read this with mixed feelings. After reading of the sufferings of the Allies, my country, USA, understood why they were sent. The Germans, sent by a Madman & the Americans left their comfortable & lush homes. So much suffering.
Madman? That's the drunk, Churchill, right? Or maybe "Lord" Halifax?
the usa declared war...stupid logic......on german and not the japanese. the asians as phillipines, chinese, vietnamese and other asian nations were
put on back burner as europe had to be freed NOW......they were white
I thought this was about Normandy?
Mmm yes me to.i think the A.i has blown a fuse.
It’s about the start of ww2 from the German perspective
My great uncle was a Panzergrenadier in 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich, and he deeply respected the Soviet troops for their courage in every engagement he fought against them. He said that though their tactics and leadership were poor in quality, their spirit to fight was never in question.
@jebbroham1776 dis he also admire their spirit to rape and pillage and torture civilians?
And the Soviets kicked the German army out of Russia.
@@larryo6874 with great difficulty and all thanks to Hitler’s idiotic meddling, but yeah that happened.
@@docsavage8640well if he did admire them for that he’d have to admire his own German troops for it too
@@jebbroham1776nope. The Germans relied on horses for everything and were outmanned and out gunned by the soviets. Yeah sure soviets sent waves of men, but so did the Germans to the point they had make up fighting forces consisting of the young and elderly whereas the soviets could just get more men.
One day in the not so distant future, you'll be able to upload the text and AI will make you a movie, including historical details and details about the person's life and story not even mentioned here.
AI has already learned to lie. Good lu.ck with that
Most resources / people / innovations at Normandy were British / British Commonwealth. The same forces faced the bulk of the German armour etc right up to the end of the war. They also closed the way to Antwerp to bring the Battle of the Bulge to a conclusion. They’d also been fighting - often alone - since Sept 1939 on many fronts. They also fought hard against the Japanese through Burma, etc (the forgotten army). However, the Americans won the war.
Damn right we did. We didn't get our asses kicked at Dunkirk. Your welcome, and thank you for the loan of the excellent English women.
Wrong. The British only made up three divisions of the D Day landing force with Canadians making up the fourth division from the commonwealth nations.
Americans brought six divisions, 4 infantry 2 airborne.
The British lost the ability to fight alone when they abandoned so much equipment in the retreat leading to the Dunkirk evacuation. The French defeat also helped complicate things.
@johnhanson5943, who was your history professor?? 😂😂😂 America sent a massive number of soldiers on D-Day. The reason Eisenhower could be chosen as Supreme Commander wasn’t only because of his even temperament, but because our footprint was so massive with soldiers and everything else, such as ships, planes, etc. There’s no way England could’ve won without America, even Churchill knew that! Do you know who supplied England with its weapons, equipment, supplies, etc. And we did the same for Russia! They were even supplying them with jeeps & trucks, etc. Don’t let your ego & pride stop you from doing a little research and get your facts straight!
@@marjorjorietillman856nonsense British manufacture was 1.7 times Germany's firstly and secondly Britain would've beat Germany anyway because even Russia was thrashing them because of mad Hitler's idiocy! We supplied Russia btw with tons of equipment including British tanks and Spitfires too! America gave em tons too and true shortened the victory wait. 🤡
Long before D-Day, Britain was suffering massive losses of materiel from German U-boats. The U.K was cut off from its colonial empire and all the resources these provided the mother country. U.K. was in a grave position and Churchill knew it. U.K. only began to rebound when The U.S. learned by trial and error how to create elaborate naval convoys. This American Naval effort would break the power of “the wolf packs” of German submarines. However, even before America officially entered the war England was being resupplied by U.S. Merchant Marines, which took heavy losses of ships being torpedoed by Germans subs. The resources at Normandy of which you speak were sourced from The U.S.
Wow when he was reminiscing about his sweet heart 💓. You know what he means. That’s anyone’s thoughts. 🤔🇬🇧
Matt Berry is such an incredible narrator
'We Germans were hurrying with forced marches to the landing beaches to defend France from the invading troops'.
I had to play that back to myself a few times to make sure i heard it right 😅
Well they WERE invading, Germany annexed the land by conquest, as did the US in their own piece of country by wiping out the Native Americans :p
Yes, that letter was from a German soldier. They allowed Hitler to brainwash them! They told the Norwegians the same thing. That’s just like someone moving into your home saying, they’re there to protect you!😂😂
Yes, he was amazed that the French just let it happen. That comment was quite illuminating. Clearly he was in denial with regard to the level of hostility felt for themselves, the German invaders.
It's all about perspective. That's how you'd see it if you were in the German army at the time.
What a insult i think using a A.i voice for such a poignant time in history. I would of narrated it with heart and compassion.
When the Americans landed in Normandy, we were absolutely sho
I recognise the narrators voice from a crimewatch file episode. Crazy
I’m pretty sure it’s an AI voice
It’s amazing what content is getting “likes” these days. I’ve never served in the military however I’m deeply committed to where and who I am today.
This is the reason why. Thank you to all who have served or currently serve 🙏
Not just the “likes”! More awesome is the number of “views” (at the time of my view) is about 100 times the number of “likes”.
Perhaps you will get the opportunity to serve with the goings on in the would right now what side do you like?
Radom (pronounced "Rah-dom") and Łódź (Wooj) are cities in Poland. Germans invaded Poland on Sep. 1, 1939.
I once heard the natzis that stormed dunkirk were so high on meth they traveled like 20 miles thru war torn areas to reach Dunkirk in time.
What book is this from
I collect ebooks so id like this one
i thought id read most on amazon, but your channel finds ones new to me, thanks
I’d like to know this as well
Okay so I’ve done some research and it is from the memoirs of Helmut Hörner. A book called a German Odyssey.
@@cbrosentertainment1806 Found it
That books out of print but you can borrow it from the internet archive and you can borrow it from...
archive.org/details/germanodysseyjou0000horn
Thank you for doing this. I was worried it was historical fiction. @@cbrosentertainment1806
@@cbrosentertainment1806 thanks! Wanna read it too now
Tried to find something about his brother's ship, Siegfried, with no luck. Only references to a class of ships built in the late 19th century.
"The English surrendered after two days - they simply disappeared in the night"
So did they surrender or retreat? That description is odd.
I think the reference is about The Battle of Dunkirk? When France was invaded by Germany The English troops on French soil managed a miraculous retreat across The English Channel even as The German Air Force was attacking them. Every dingy, fishing boat, sailboat and yacht in England was used to transport English soldiers from France to England. The Germans and even The English themselves never imagined this evacuation could happen. This narrow escape allowed England to live to fight another day and to defend England. Had England’s soldiers been captured they would have been POW’s or worse yet, pressed into work camps or made to fight for Germany on the Russian front.
Great upload but what the heck happened @20:31 with the narration?
Goodbye is such a horrible word.
This speaks volumes.
Is this AI generated??
Nice
Always feel sorry for the war horses and mules . So many have died in our stupid human wars.
Can you do some of these for Vietnam
Vietnam never happened, fake news.
@@biztranfsbo just because USA lost that war.
@@CLARKE176 Hahahahaha usa never lost a war, we only bail out UK and the whole world out of their own messes.
actually they did not,after the GIs left the communists broke the peace treaty. You must be British they treat you like mushrooms - kept in the dark and fed shit
very interesting channel.
@YoureMrLebowski Thank you very much!
The reazon i like these is that, although the NAZIS were POSs, the comon Wermarch soldier was just like any other they feel, bleed and cry like any other. Its sad that the majority of people get spelled by a single lunatic and just cause his petulent ass feels like a bunch of people must die, war sucks there is no winners, look at UCRAINE most Russians dont want to be there and the ucrainians dont want them there but because of a petulent egomaniac thousands of young lives must be extingushed, its so sad.
Hahahaha yeah no the clean Wehrmacht myth has been long debunked. Those animals weren’t only complicit but intrinsic in their atrocities on behalf of their Fuhrer
Some one should have told the Scottish regiment they left behind to cover England's 😮 retreat that they weren't at war apparently
...can't wait for Part 2 of "How America Won The Second World War"!!!!
Well they did with the Canadians
You forgot to add how we did it single handedly. So selfless, America.
Yes, the Soviet Union had the largest blood tribute. But from Lend-Lease deliveries to the USSR came:
80% canned meat
92% of locomotives, rails and machinery for laying them.
57% aviation gasoline
53% explosives
74% of the entire car fleet
88% of radio equipment
53% copper
56% aluminum.
60% car fuel
74% of car tires (USA built a factory there)
12% armored vehicles
14% of combat aircraft
In addition, a high percentage of quality steel, communication cables, sanitary materials, almost all modern machine tools used by the Soviets + know how, 9 million pairs of shoes, and in total there was probably enough food to feed an army of 12 million throughout the entire war.
According to Russian experts, without Lend Lease, the USSR would have collapsed in 1943 at the latest. And thanks to supplies from the USA, they were able to completely switch the economy to war production. Something Germany didn't do until 1943.
Obviously they warred on another world where there were no Canadians, British, Free French, etc.
I fall asleep every night listing to this British Ai voice, feel like I know em
Imagine if Germany never attacked russia.
They would have take over Europe
imagine if Germany never attacked anyone?
@@terencebates6808low IQ reply. He is making a point
@@terencebates6808 imagine if the british didn't totally fuck them over in WW1,like they did india,ireland,South Arfica ,USA at one time and using the Canucks as sandbags/fodder.
From Berlin eastwards through Frankfurt?
I might be interpreting your comment wrong but it seems you’re questioning how you can travel east from Berlin and go through Frankfurt. There’s another city called Frankfurt on the German-Polish border.
Great history. I can visualize it for sure...Lets not do this again.
Assume this was derived from some meticulous diary entries! Real history here from the real participants!
Excellent. But pitiful that men have to destroy other men ...
"To this point" 12:50 better translation would be "at this moment" the "Punkt" here is a German Zeitpunkt (point in time)
40:42 Schwabische Alp is pronounced well but
Wrong: Schwabiiische
Correct: Schwaaabische ;)
I hate it when horses get killed, eff the people!
agreed.
Can’t bear watching it.
Look up 'how many were used ,died etc in WW2 .then Look Up WW 1'..The numbers are staggering .The Horse got humans thru history , war ,etc. and gave Us ,freedom at a high price.
You need to sort out your priorities. If that horse goes on the menu.
Imagine waking up to your girl! After all this shit. What joy.
Ah. I sort of saw that coming. The train with no love.
😂nevermind? It comes in waves
“Some died due to poor treatment of prisoners by Russians”..oh you poor soul, certainly the Germans never committed such atrocities, because they are the civilized ones and some dark age barbarians… 😮😮😮
There's something so satisfying about hearing the losers realize they had lost
Chugging apple brandy in a war zone seems mighty unwise....but hey what do I know
You are still alive, and so am I.
"I received some shrapnel in my right thumb- the stupid white bandage forced me to keep my hand in my pocket."
This generation was different.
Ever hear the expression, “He stood out like a sore thumb.”?
Someone teach the computer how to pronounce evening please, and sausage too. I'm sure those words will be in a German soldier's diary again
The translation seems to be a year behind, Paulus surrendered in February 43.
Why were you using text-to-voice engine?
This is not a translation. It's an AI generated story. All the little details that seem "off" are, indeed, off.
Fest steht und treu die Wacht.
Anypne else see the face next to the tree?
On the left of and next to the tree, above the fence ?
No, an example of pareidolia 🎉
@@davepowell7168 so you see it? Haha
It’s interesting to hear the casual arrogance and the willingness to accept the clean Wehrmacht myth.
Its called blood red snow
The ai reading this has some slip ups. Pronouncing engagement and sausage so wrongly can impossibly be done by humans
This sounds like a Mark Felton AI voice over. It's very good but there are some very unnatural pronunciations (most notably "German")
It's so sad so many Germans and Russians survived
That's somehow funny as fc lol
There was no more to this tale?
Sir please check the playlist for other parts ,we just uploaded the 12th part of this series today
Thank you
Sir you are most welcome 🤗
No one else landed in Normandy? Only the Americans?
No one that mattered. Turncoats and cowards
D-Day by the Numbers
Total Allied troops who landed in
Normandy: 156,115
Total Allied airborne troops
(included in figures above): 23,400
American: 73,000
(Omaha and Utah beaches + airborne)
British: 61,715
(Gold and Sword beaches + airborne)
Canadian: 21,400
(Juno Beach)
This is a German perspective so it may have something to do with where the writer was on the beach.
So germany would keep sending you out as long as you lived?
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thanks a ton sir
The AI commentary is atrocious, can't a human commentator be found ?
Nope, cost to much.
They don't exist anymore. AI has replaced them all.
Yes i agree,sounds cold.i would of narrated it with heart and compassion for free.
You mean narrator?
What's the male name for a karen?lol
First hand accounts are the chronic for history people, this some good shlt. Homegrown ein zee garten. Mmm. Wait. Why didnt they smoke weed? Soldiers fight best a tiny bit drunk sans tank crew (radio/mg guy, let er rip.) And snipers and medics should be straight.
Greetings from The Netherlands! The German soldiers got Perpetin, an early form of Crystal Meth. It gave them an euforic and invincible feeling and could fight on for 3 days without sleeping. You sometimes hear of German soldiers foaming at the mouth. This was a byproduct of using Perpitin.
0:47 "The word 'German' has a soft 'G', robot," I said 😮. Three times right then one time wrong is a fail.
Deutsche Arbeiter Front = German Worker Service -ish.
Not to take anything away from the contents, which are good, but. . . .
The title is "When Americans Landed In Normandy We Were Absolutely Shocked ". I listened from D-day to the end of this video, specifically for anything about that shock. I didn't find it.
Yeah it’s called Clickbait
What's the source here ???
Sir check the memoirs of Helmut Horner
Genuinely can't tell if this is AI generated - if it isn't it's wonderful, if it is I'd call this immoral
title is misleading. While interesting this has very little to do with the landings
it's got like 10 parts bro
Sounds like Jude Law