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Balcoski, J., (2006). Utah Beach: The Amphibious Landing and Airborne Operations on D-day, June 6, 1944, Stackpole Books
Fowler, W., (2014). D-Day: The first 24 hours Omaha and Utah. Amber Books Ltd
Kershaw, A., (2003). The Bedford Boys: One American Town's Ultimate D-day Sacrifice
Masters, C., (1995). Glidermen of Neptune: The American D-Day Glider Attack. Southern Illinois University Press
Morison, S., (1957) The Invasion of France and Germany 1944-1945
US Army., (2014). The Battle for Omaha Beach, D-Day, June 6, 1944: The Official History by the U.S. Army. Boston Hill Press
Jenkins, R., (2014). WWII Soldier Stories VIII: True Airborne Stories of the US Paratroopers, from D-Day to Operation Market Garden. Success First Publishing
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@TheArmchairHistorian Год назад

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@totalgamingdomin8ion972 Год назад

Alright!!

@VaxlandMapping101 Год назад

Babe, wake up *Armchair Historian just uploaded.*

@WisconAvgeek Год назад

I love this videos ❤

@okonkwopaula5551 Год назад

Please do a video about oil and the many conflicts it sparked

@gigachad-sv4hv Год назад

Hey arm chair you forgot the 28 th infantry division on your wall there were most known for the Battle of the bulge and through the oldest infantry unit that’s still in action today

@ihavetowait90daystochangem67 Год назад

The D-Day Invasion on the American Side alone is more documented than the entire history of my country

@Mk18_40mm Год назад

What's your country

@residentelect Год назад

Because they hit the most well defended sector, therfore suffering more casualties etc. However, if any one of the landings had failed the whole operation could well have crumbled.

@TR-cr2xj Год назад

what is your home country?

@frederickthegreat5991 Год назад

@@residentelect no cause it an American attack.

@Spider-Man-2099 Год назад

Probably, but we'd need to know your country to know if you speak the truth

@michaeltnk1135 Год назад

My great grandpa was there. He was 24 at the time. He left his wife and his newborn child (my grandma) to go fight in the war. He stormed Utah Beach, then marched through France, and subsequently western Germany. He lived a long life and passed away in 2003

@gamergod3798 Год назад

U got any cool stories?

@erel7396 Год назад

@@gamergod3798 is all he just listed above ain’t enough?

@Tripintrios 4 месяца назад

@@erel7396I think he meant any more

@dritzzdarkwood4727 2 месяца назад

Mein great grandpa was also there. Defending. He took many Tommies with him, jah?

@michaeltnk1135 2 месяца назад

@@gamergod3798 Unfortunately not. I never met him. He passed months before I was born

@yonghuanwang2860 Год назад

The armchair Historian is really impressive for animating a 16 minute video just within 6 days

@yeetproductions1631 Год назад

oversimplified: takes almost a year or above to produce one video griffin: *hold my beer*

@space4166 Год назад

Well you can tell it’s low quality

@Ifoundmyoldacc Год назад

If I’m correct he has a team of people

@TheArmchairHistorian Год назад

It takes us over a month to produce the video, we have multiple teams of animators working simultaneously.

@raventhecraven1306 Год назад

Omg Griffin Johnson my favorite RU-vidr.

@TrayDyer38 Год назад

As a kid in the 70’s WW2 was still apart of our collective consciousness. My grandfather who was in the Bougainville campaign in South Pacific was only 57 in 1977, when I would go into his room and pull out the little box that 60 photos from that battle. Toy makers sold WW2 toy soldiers and I had more WW2 soldiers, play guns, helmets, comic books than I did star wars toys. Back then you knew better, almost instinctively never to ask about the war to him, or even bring it up. He would be 103 today. There is a disconnect with WW2 with last 2 generations because of the time that’s elapsed. In 20 years, WW2 will be a far removed war, of a long gone generation much the same way we view WW1 now.

@blockmasterscott Год назад

I always hit my granddad up for stories. He used to let me wear his canvas backpack while playing war in the early 70s. I remember all of us kids wearing gear that our granddads wore in WW2 while playing war lol. To this day I can remember the smell of that backpack. The canvas on WW2 gear had that special smell. To us kids in the late 60s and early 70s, WW2 was "the war".

@user-yd6cl3ue8m 3 месяца назад

Ya I've noticed this same thing. I was born in 92. Grew up the same way that's mentioned. Had GI joes and so did my friends. M1 garands grenades etc were included. Also has to Thompson's and m16's. A lot of was because my dad was in the Army subsequently my friends were the same but my brother who I'm just 10 years older than grew up playing with star wars stuff and didn't care about saving private Ryan or band of brothers when me and my buddies watched it. We looked up to those men and our fathers. Wanted to be just like them and many of us did just that. It's not cool to be a masculine war fighter no more though and we will lose our country for it.

@blockmasterscott Год назад

I always felt that one thing that helped the Americans a LOT was the fact that a lot of the young men had grown up in the Depression and were not new to hardships. I've read accounts of a lot of them being happy to get 3 square meals a day once they joined the military. I cannot even begin to imagine that.

@Ohmygodstfu2045 Год назад

“Soft times create weak men, weak men create hard times, hard times create strong men.”

@GigaChadlovesandcares Год назад

@@Ohmygodstfu2045 And strong men create prosperous times, the way how Germany, the Soviet Union and so many other European nations managed to rebuild themselves and recover even with millions of dead and whole cities in ruins says a lot about human perseverance. Humanity is said to have limits, but in my opinion it’s not always the case.

@Ohmygodstfu2045 Год назад

@@GigaChadlovesandcares Exactly

@walterwhite7640 Год назад

Griffin out here producing videos faster than the soviet january offensive moved.

@TheArmchairHistorian Год назад

2 videos for January, 3 videos for February, and 4 videos from March onward!

@walterwhite7640 Год назад

@@TheArmchairHistorian lightining speed👌

@pyeitme508 Год назад

@@TheArmchairHistorian woah 😳

@ThatoneAustralianPerson Год назад

Blitzkrieg.

@TheHistoryUnderground Год назад

That did an outstanding job of showing a bird's eye view of the D-Day landings. Hope that we'll be seeing a follow up of the British and Canadian sectors. Well done!

@kidcenci1880 Год назад

Would love to see this

@jcb3393 Год назад

yes to seeing the resolution of the cliffhanger at the end of this video: The British and Canadian sectors of Operation: Overlord.

@averagejoe8358 Год назад

Can the Battle of Caen be talked about next? Really bloody battle, took a few attempts for the German stronghold to be taken. Not to mention the fact that the RAF and USAF made the terrain unpassable for tanks, making the battle even longer. Either this, or the Dresden Bombings from the German perspective.

@samuel10125 Год назад

Allied command knew very well British and Canadian mainly British forces would encounter 70% of German Armour and that played a part in why Caen was so difficult.

@Bullet-Tooth-Tony- Год назад

@@samuel10125 Yes with 600 tanks and Waffen SS troops stationed there it was bound to be a nightmare for any attacker.

@samuel10125 Год назад

@Bullet-Tooth Tony Americans got it on the beach Brits an commonwealth got it off the beach.

@randomlyentertaining8287 Год назад

What's sad is a friend of mine's grandfather was at Dresden during the firebombing. My friend said his dad talked about Dresden all the time. Sadly, by the time he thought of and got around to trying to document his experience, his dementia had gotten too bad and he pretty much needed to be led along while he talked.

@rccrforeverfrrdfortuneshav9823 Год назад

USAAF

@sharpshooter13ify Год назад

An interesting fact about the botched landing at Utah came from the man who ultimately lead the force there general Teddy Roosevelt Jr., he managed to reroute the entire force meant to follow them to his position, directing the battle and rally the troops all while walking the beaches cane in one hand and pistol in the other having reportedly told the men when they landed “we’ll start the war from right here.” He won the congressional Medal of Honor for that

@Fingered22 Год назад

The absolute mad lad deserves just as much of a memorial as his father for his actions for the US in WW1 and WW2,

@AB-bg7os Год назад

Or just nepotism

@loyalpiper Год назад

I visited his grave at the american cemetery in Normandy. The only one with a medal of honour

@JunkPhuJP Год назад

Fun sad fact: when the message made it to him that he won that medal, he was already dead of a heart attack. He was also the only general-ranked officer to land on the beach personally.

@jeffreylc Год назад

He was “awarded” not “won”. It’s not a race or contest.

@xaxman Год назад

A close family friend who was married to my grandmothers cousin, was in the third wave at Omaha. He was a combat engineer and was to run a bulldozer to clear a short runway. He said bullets were bouncing of the bulldozer blade and when he was finishing one end, they were already landing planes on the other end.

@Firefighter72BG Год назад

4th ID veteran here. 12th infantry battalion was my unit it brought me great joy to see the battalion crest and colors. we are taught the unit history and its for sure something I'm proud of. the men before me where hard charging badass's. motto: Having been led by love of country. Steadfast and loyal.

@ivanlowjones Год назад

I spent 3 years as a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Division at Ft. Bragg in the mid 80's. I met many WW2 82nd Airborne vets back then who jumped into Normandy and later Holland during Operation Market Garden. Those guys were in their 60's and 70's then, and they still had that Airborne swagger. AATW!

@demonicaxeman7264 Год назад

I had the honor of shooting an M1 Garand rifle at a shooting range a few months ago. The sound of the bullet is beautiful and the pinging sound from the depleted magazine made me scream, "Just like in the movies!" Honestly, I loved that M1 more than my AR-15.

@domnetwon1830 Год назад

One thing to note regarding the Utah beach landings, the original landing zone was chosen because there were more causeways leading off the beach than the zone the invasion force accidently landed at. Despite being more heavily defended, the ability to quickly get lots of men and vehicles inland was deemed worth the risk of facing tougher defence! Great video as always!

@samcrea Год назад

Great video as always! Do you think you could do a video on the Mexican American war? been curious about it but I haven’t seen any videos about it.

@susanafinkbeiner1913 Год назад

@Content_enjoyer yeah I agree

@Elliesbow Год назад

I’m always down for a video of Mexico getting it’s ass kicked

@bobbobby3085 Год назад

This channel has evolved so much so happy to be along for the ride

@KurtAustin2448 Год назад

I've seen it put this way regarding the pre D-day paratrooper drops: You've got a bunch of American infantry behind enemy lines, they've got orders to cause chaos for the Germans, and there's no adult supervision.

@opticfloyyyd Год назад

My step great grandfather stormed Normandy. Never met him but my dad did. He told him about his experience only once, and that was all my dad needed. May he rest in peace.

@MrHSwager Год назад

My grandfather was supposed to set up a field hospital on Omaha at +4 hours. When he arrived none of the machine gun nests had been taken and he spent the day as a regular combat medic getting the wounded back on the landing craft.

@Psychonaut165 Год назад

I like the relatable anecdotes about the troops who just dig in waiting for reinforcements. That’s me at work sometimes 🫡

@WatcherMovie008 Год назад

For anyone curious, the 506th of the 101st Airborne is the same group we watch and focus on in Bands of Brothers.

@CastleKingside Год назад

This video was not only educational, it was highly emotional. To think of all those people and their sacrifice brought tears to my eyes. War is horrible for all of us. I hope one day we can all learn to share this world with one another. Thank you for sharing this piece of history with us. Peace and God Bless.

@JunkPhuJP Год назад

Been years, but I think the line goes… “SERGENT!!! THE GUNS AREN’T HERE!!!” “WHAT?!?” “THE GUNS AREN’T HERE! THEY MUST HAVE MOVED THEM INLAND!” “WELL HELL WE CAN’T STAY HERE!!!”

@binxballstudio446 Год назад

Love my country 🇺🇸 love Canada 🇨🇦 love uk 🇬🇧

@TheWarbirdMistress Год назад

So nice to see a top-down view that isn't just staring at a map from directly above; you gave plenty of character to it. This is what I was trying to do with my "Walk through the War" series and I wasted months and months trying to get it right: you guys are always on the ball and ahead of the curve!

@Hipp0campus_1 Год назад

My dream would be an interactive map (like google maps) where you can scroll in and out as you like and have a play button to start/pause the action. And then be able to watch whatever part of the operation you like.

@TheWarbirdMistress Год назад

@@Hipp0campus_1 That would be awesome, indeed! I can't imagine the work that would have to go into programming such a thing. I would like to see Google Earth create a downloadable timeline effect that would let one do that, though.

@maxy1172 Год назад

I kinda wish we could get more detail from the British and commonwealth forces since it always has to be the Americans

@Bullet-Tooth-Tony- Год назад

Especially the British and Canadians at Caen

@lucianoosorio5942 Год назад

“War is where the young and stupid are tricked by the old and bitter into killing each other.” Niko Bellic

@sergioventura2595 Год назад

Roman are you sleeping

@GigaChadlovesandcares Год назад

While that has a factual basis, the allies waged a war to free a enslaved Europe from Nazi tyranny and to annihilate the German war machine. The war was stupid, sure. But it was justifiable, Nazi Germany and the people who followed it simply went mad.

@mako88sb Год назад

Very well done. Unfortunately this video doesn’t mention anything at all about the 743rd battalion that landed their DD-Sherman’s conventionally or the other regular Sherman’s and Sherman/dozer’s that were also landed. They weren’t as effective as hoped for because of that interlocking fire that’s shown that was helped by the curved beach. Most of them were essentially pinned for hours. They did contribute a lot more once the draws were taken. The 743rd was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation for its actions that day. An excellent video by WW2TV came out recently that goes into great detail about the DD-Sherman’s at Omaha. Well worth watching.

@democraticrepublicofsprout7263 Год назад

My great grandpa was part of the 82nd airborne division that landed early on D day.

@Ohmygodstfu2045 Год назад

British and Canadian Birds Eye view next. I want to see what they went through. Sincerely an American

@kostakatsoulis2922 Год назад

For a topic thats been covered so thoroughly, you guys did a great job giving a new perspective you don't see that often! Thanks!

@nethascotx24 Год назад

we’ve had the American perspective, we’ve had the german perspective. But, at long last, we have the pigeon perspective

@matthewjay660 Год назад

3:53 Griffin, love your channel. With that said, the town "Sainte-Mère-Église" is missing a letter "e" in "Sainte" on your map. French teacher here. 🙋🏻‍♂️👨🏻‍🏫 Merci for all your hard work. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

@onEmEmbErstudios Год назад

I love this new Bird's-Eye Perspective. Even it looks a bit like Operation Room

@colegilbert673 Год назад

nice new video! cant wait for uk and canada!

@theallseeingmaster Год назад

maybe with a side story of James Doohan and his sniper duels.

@loganhoffman8394 Год назад

This was insanely well produced. I’m blown away. Well done!

@gunsandcommissions Год назад

What a nightmare for those soldiers. Amazing bravery on their part.

@kevinmeehan6907 Год назад

I know you probably won’t see this, but I’m a huge history buff but got my degree in another thing. Your videos reignited my love for military history. Thank you for this.

@soccerguy2433 Год назад

Excellent content as usual!

@Wuzzup129 Год назад

Gotta say I'm loving the new intros. Well done to the animators.

@controllerplayer2091 Год назад

Hey Griffin. Can you please make a video on the Yugoslav wars? You examined them a bit in another of your videos, but it was such a confusing conflict, and I think it warrants a full video.

@GMKGoji01 Год назад

My uncle from my mother’s side always told me about the D-Day landings, because he knows I love learning about WW2. He’s been to France long ago, and went to Normandy where these landings took place. I don’t know if I told you this before, I just wanted to remind you that my uncle likes mentioning D-Day immediately as I mention WW2.

@LarsPallesen Год назад

Thank you for your stellar work. As a history buff it's always a pleasure to discover a new episode from The Armchair Historian, and the animations really help the story come alive.

@zacharyparker556 Год назад

I really am liking the new intro's as well as the latest topics, thank you for keeping my history knowledge fresh.

@scaryhobbit211 Год назад

This is really helpful, considering one of my side hobbies involves lining up missions from various WW2 games in historical order. I can't wait for the British and Canadian videos!

@718Insomniac Год назад

Man...this was so good! I wanted this episode to keep going. So immersive. Great job as always to your team!

@markmobley3472 Год назад

Very insightful. Best overview I have ever seen.

@IronBelH Год назад

Awesome video that makes understanding this monumental undertaking much easier than everything else I’ve seen or read. Thanks.

@James-zg2nl Год назад

I loved your map animations, perfect visual aids to go with your narration, especially with the use of the unit patches 👍 Cheers

@Jaeger958 Год назад

General Norman Cota headed to the beach himself when he saw how desperate the situation was. He landed on the beach walked across it to the seawall and started organizing troops. Once the men blew a whole in barbedwire they needed to take out an MG emplacement one man volunteered and was cut down by said machine gun while running towards it. At this moment all the eyes were on the general and his said to the men: "Gentlemen, we are being killed on the beaches. Let us go inland and be killed." being said that he lead the charge up the beach and managed to break through.

@JavierCR25 Год назад

I can’t and don’t want to imagine what these men went through…

@jdoe3006 Год назад

The Airborne was instrumental to this success despite the high casualty, its not like it is their fault to be spotted by anti air batteries and be dropped in incorrect drop zones. They wrecked havock in the back lines and attracted German defenders away from the coast.

@AndrewPonti Год назад

Very well done. I've seen much on the topic but this was a good way to bring a lot together. I never knew about the 2 destroyers that made a run and bombarded the defenses. They surely helped save many that day. Can't wait for the UK and Canadian ones!

@aidankenealy4556 Год назад

Griffen, you and this channel are fantastic. Loved the video. As always very well produced and awesome to watch.

@humanbeingcreature8 Год назад

Peace to you- your videos are always informative and engaging...

@katjagolden893 Год назад

Both my grandfathers were part of D-Day. Grandpa Golden was a Colonel during WW2. & was training at FT Campbell KY - 101st Airborne. My 20yr Cole, is now in the 101st. He said there are still tributes to the 101st Airborne in Europe. One being in the Netherlands.

@lordgarion514 Год назад

The 101st still existing is literally a tribute in itself. During a war, we make as many of ever type of unit as needed. After the war is over, they obviously reduce the number of troops drastically. They keep the names of the units that did way better than "average".

@katjagolden893 Год назад

@@lordgarion514 - my son says there is still tributes to the 101st all over Europe. In Sept his unit went to some ceremony in The Netherlands that the Dutch did to celebrate the 101st. Fun Fact: my Grandpa Golden trained at the 101st before shipping off to Europe during WWII. He was a Colonel in the army

@zipsey Год назад

My father is in the 29th infantry. Two nine lets go is their motto. Love the continuity:)

@FrNMGuy Год назад

I'm really enjoying the new panning to you and your lovely chair. Nice touch yall!

@randomchips7008 Год назад

This is a great video! I love these overhead shots. You should do more!

@normafox5742 Год назад

great video--looking forward to the next in the D-Day series!

@Josephbyrnehistory Год назад

Great work. The animation in these now is incredible

@rein-gard Год назад

Love the content

@bergercg Год назад

That sponsor statement hits you like a sniper bullet: unexpectedly

@whos-the-stiff Год назад

This has now become my favourite D-Day video, bar none. The graphics and the birds eye view along with the top notch narration make this required viewing for D-Day buffs.

@jcarr9865 Год назад

Please do this for the British and Canadian troops as well

@pauldornbusch6408 10 месяцев назад

Really Enjoy your videos, Thank You

@Ahmethankose-nn6gv Год назад

i love this channel and its history

@bhiei Год назад

Really good, need a part2 to this one

@fromulus Год назад

This is a fantastic look at a story told many times.

@slavic_viking9638 Год назад

operation Bagration or the battle for Moscow from bird's- eye perspective would be interesting

@RC-gf8hh Год назад

Fantastic content!!

@thelegend9098 Год назад

Love your content.

@hayeshine Год назад

Great video! Thanks

@chaosfire321 Год назад

Loved this vid!

@charlesdarienzo6686 Год назад

best video yet. I like this format.

@ZOANOM Год назад

Thank you for the amazing details. My grandfather was 501 PIR HQ Company, and actually designed the Geronimo patch they wore into battle. I was too young to have interest in talking to him about it, he passed away in 1981, but as I age, my thirst for the details of what he did grows.

@sheltr9735 Год назад

Excellent!

@hereforthechips7710 Год назад

That was FANTASTIC!!!

@brokenbridge6316 Год назад

Nicely done video

@jorhed2285 Год назад

Excellent! 🔥

@Ireanxay Год назад

this was a great video, can't wait to see the other beaches

@stevec69 Год назад

Finally!!!! Thank You

@derranthefunnyguy Год назад

I really appreciate how this channel uploads widescreen content, so many videos on this platform don't take advantage of my 21:9 monitor and its lovely to see this video take up the whole screen

@winchesterchua3390 Год назад

Whole screen my ass, why are there black bars then?

@Thewithenorseguy Год назад

Love you armchair historian❤

@uwa73 Год назад

Thanks!

@jonmajarucon51 Год назад

Well done!!!

@WAKIZASHI158 Год назад

Love the new Background

@bropellerjohnson919 Год назад

Sir, your videos are getting more and more better. Very good quality

@itsalmostfun8567 Год назад

Loved these birds eye been years scince i watched this channel

@worldoadobe Год назад

I love the animation and style of the vids

@matthewdockter2424 Год назад

I'd love to see The Battle of The Budge done in a similar manner. This is captivating!

@jellyburgersfries5227 Год назад

THIS VIDEO WAS SO GOOD

@1999Nickster Год назад

Awsome vid !

@theallseeingmaster Год назад

I just learned more about Utah Beach than I ever learned from my Dad, who was there.

@mharley3791 6 месяцев назад

It’s crazy because we think of these fights as going flawlessly but to hear the details, you realize just how tough, brave and close to catastrophe the landings were

@Dipp182 Год назад

Love the RUSE feel you have on the Bird's view on these videos! Keep it up

@johneyon5257 Год назад

brilliant!

@armaansingh6466 Год назад

The quality of these videos and the intro scene has improved a lot .Just taking a look back at the old videos tells this

@joannabrown4238 Год назад

Thanks again for all your hard work and effort to make these high quality videos Griffin and if it's all right me asking could you maybe make some videos about the wars in the late 1600s or early 1700s personally I find that timepered very interesting.