Chateau de la Londe Normandy - 1st Suffolks attack on June 28th 1944

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Chateau de la Londe Normandy - 1st Suffolks attack on June 28th 1944
76 Years on to the day we will discuss the attack through the fields around Chateau de la Londe north of Caen on June 28th 1944 by 1 Suffolk against a German enemy that included elements of 21 Panzer.
Joining me live from England is historian and author Mark Forsdike www.markforsdi.... His new book about the Suffolk Regiment in WWII is outstanding. Fighting Through To Hitler's Germany was published in May 2020 by Pen & Sword and draws heavily on the accounts of those who were there together with Mark's years of research.
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@trevorhammond5600 4 года назад

Excellent work guys. As part of 1 Suffolk LHS we marched in full kit to the Chateau last year during DDAY 75. It's not until you stand at the edge of the perimeter wall that you realise the sheer distance that they needed to cover from the start line. As mentioned by Mark, my grandad, major Papillons 18 set wireless operator, Private Alec Hammond was killed there.

@wilky33 Год назад

Arthur 'digger' Dix 18Set radio controller who passed away at La Londe is my gt uncle a career soldier and survivor of Dunkirk. Thank you for the video x❤

@QEnKA1989 2 года назад

My grandfather was in the 1st Suffolk and I’m now trying to find out everything! He would never speak about anything that happened during the war and now watching and reading everything I can see why! The one only thing he ever said was about being in the water at Dunkirk. I’m now in the process of ordering his army details but I’ve ordered your book Mark to read 🙂

@allanhollins7395 Год назад

My grandad was part of "B" Squadron "8 Troop" 141 RAC "The Buffs" He was a co-driver/flamethrower operator in a Churchill Crocodile He took part in the attack on the 27/6/1944 on the Chateau, their was 3 Crocodiles that took part on that day

@robertbrown0 4 года назад

Fantastic Show.I am the youngest of Capt.Ralph Brown's sons(b.1950). As the show said,"These men post-war were not ones to blow their own horn" ,so I didn't know a lot. Learned a ton in the last hour.Thank you .Will definitely be reading Mark Forsdyke's book. What a pile of heroes. My dad , my hero! Great stuff.

@QEnKA1989 2 года назад

My grandfather was also in the same regiment but would never talk about it so it’s amazing learning all about it

@robertbrown0 2 года назад

Yes! It;s too bad that appreciation and gratitude for freedom has lost ground to taking freedom for granted in generations since who didn't have to fight for our freedom ( degrading our countries etc) . Not me . I was a lifelong liberal but switched to conservative over this very issue.

@lidsvillebrown 4 года назад

Thanks so much for doing this! I'm Ralph Brown's granddaughter (and nice of Robert Brown who commented before me) and knew him well. As Robert (Bob) said, Ralph Brown refused to talk much about the war. Much of what I know about it comes from having found all his letters home from the war in a trunk in his basement after he died, along with maps from that campaign, many of them marked up with military directions and some which are stamped TOP SECRET. His 1st Suffolk army jacket, cap and other souvenirs... Anyway, thanks again for this piece of history. We learned a lot.

@jonprince3237 4 года назад

Another superb tour, I'm really enjoying the series, the next best thing to actually being there in person. Thank you all so much for you continued hard work, please keep it up!

@gameram6382 4 года назад

Brilliant thanks so much for your brilliant show

@cmonman89 4 года назад

These tours are simply amazing. Love this content.

@fxdci Год назад

Just combing thru your videos catching up on ones I missed.... This was very good and gave me a sense of what it was like on the ground during this time..minus being machine gunned and such!! I spent some time in Germany as an infantry soldier in the 70's so I can relate to the tactics being used...Keep low crawling!! Thanks Paul and Mark!!

@francoisguide4016 4 года назад

Great show again. Watched the replay this morning. Thanks for sharing your knowledges.

@terrywoodham8419 4 года назад

Brilliant as always from paul and his team.

@nickwilliams7946 2 года назад

Hi, just discovered this and wonderful it is to. I visited the Château area in 2009 retracing my Grandfather's route with The Suffolk's post D-Day and I am taking my Mother there in July this year, 2022. My Grandfather was captured here at the Chateau on the 28th, we believe, and spent the rest of the war in various PoW camps before being liberated on April 16th and returned home around a month later. We have letters exchanged between my Grandmother and Major McCaffrey too and I found him mentioned in the Suffolk Regiment book by McCaffrey having dropped a grenade into a Panzer hatch. Listening to you guys today leads me to believe he must've been captured and moved away pretty quickly as the Chateau was in our hands come the afternoon if I understood correctly. He never spoke of his time here. Thank you.

@WW2TV 2 года назад

Thank you for sharing your Grandfather's story

@norm8andy 4 месяца назад

I have watched all these Caen/Charnwood tours and they are really informative. I am disappointed that there is very little mention of the 6th N Staffs. Not even the casualties are mentioned. My reason for my interest is that my great uncle was in the 6th N Staffs and fought in Charnwood. He survived and fought with 176 Bde until the break up of the 59th Division. He was transferred to 1st Worcesters in August 1944 at Vernon. Finally KIA Nov 19th 1944 at Tripsrath. RIP Pte LD Adams

@WW2TV 4 месяца назад

There are only so many units that can be acknowledged in an operation as large as Charnwood. So we tend to focus on the units that interest us. The RUR for me for example and the ERY for Ben Mayne

@rodwilkins1614 2 года назад

We adopted a gravestone at Hermanville on our 75th DD trip. AA Maynard, 21 , who was kia on the 28/6/44. We have done some research & found he was 1st Suffolk so probably was there. We found his picture & pay tribute to him & all their comrades in arms.

@WW2TV 2 года назад

Good job

@gameram6382 4 года назад

As a ex infantry man. I get all the talk. Doing a advance to contact over the feild wow

@axelvanlooy5401 4 года назад

thank you very much !

@Chiller01 2 года назад

So it looks like this is a year old but only 13 comments so I’ll add my 2 cents. Sounds like WW1 artillery tactics with an attack behind a creeping barrage. Crossing the field from either direction looks terrifying then you encounter that wall. Very intimidating.

@WW2TV 2 года назад

Yes, this was a very ear;y show. Yep the creeping barrage plan was still being used in Normandy

@gameram6382 4 года назад

Mark was fantastic Paul

@markwaters3090 4 года назад

My father Private Robert Waters lost foot off one leg and calf of other at the wall at back of La Londe hit by mortar bomb, He was with 1st Suffolks after landing with them on D day. He was an Artillery man drafted into the Suffolks prior to D day

@cheesenoodles8316 2 года назад

Watching from accross the pond, US. The Canadians, English, Australians, New Zeland and Indian armed forces have all been mightily engaged in WWII. This was a great up close and personal view of one of the many battles.