Incredible drone footage shows Normandy D-Day beaches 75 years on 

My grandfather fought in this war and was on the beaches my grandma said she was scared the whole time then she got the new that my grandfather passed away during this event even though I never meet you I will always remember you I love you grandpa

I never want those two flags to ever come down R.I.P. to all the brave men that storm the beach that day 🇺🇲

As I recall from my visit, most of the dead at the U.S. cemetery in Normandy were aviators. The average age of the dead was twenty-four years. Tragic.

This hit me really hard . Thank you to all of the fallen and surviving soldiers for literally saving my life , my family their life , and the whole world . The amount of respect that I have cannot be described with words ! I will be forever gratefull ! May you rest in peace and never be forgotten !

Thank you 🙏 for all you sacrificed

I was fortunate enough to visit the beaches and the cemetery on Memorial Day 2017 as part of a trip through NW France and Paris. The French were very grateful and gracious to us American tourists (as if we had anything to do with this magnificent achievement). They keep the cemetery immaculate and our bartender at our hotel showed us pictures of graves that he takes and emails to families who inquire about a relative buried there. I was so humbled to be there and I am so grateful to the men and women who sacrificed (including the French citizens) for the rest of us. By the way, we were treated very well throughout our visit, even in Paris!

To the 3 people that gave this video a 'thumbs down '. Remember that it is your Democratic Right to do this Today because of the ultimate sacrifice of men (and women) such as these. Thank you for posting this highly emotive video.

Profound Respects and Awe. RIP Brave Souls.

I wanna thank all of the WW2 soldiers who are veterans now that fought in the war and for those who sacrificed their lives In WW2. Thank you all for serving In the war.

Thank you all for all your sacrifices! To just disregard your own life, so we could have it better... there's no words for that!!!! It doesn't go unnoticed! Rest in heaven to all the brave men 🙏 ❤️

My grandpa had fought in Normandy and in the battle of the bulge he was in the 82nd AirBorn Division He recently just passed

My uncle is buried there. Peaceful and beautiful place.

I was fortunate to visit with Mom and nephew in '94 and will never forget the serenity while being the site of great human sacrifice during WWll...RIP great soldiers 🇺🇸🇺🇸

Honnestly the landing was ballsy as hell but thats the US for yah. Those guys back then were a different breed.

The world will never forget. Just an incredible visual. The significance of Dday cannot be measured

Magnifique vidéo merci... J y suis allé il y a pas longtemp... Dur dur.. Emotion

I would encourage every generation to visit the cemeteries of both wars. It's a humbling experience and offers a little insight to what past generations did so that we could be free.

My tear drops for you, Normandy

lots of respect.

I will not smile when I go their I'll be thankful. Those soldiers Gave everything to give a country its home again. That shows how big people can love

Wow that’s Powerful makes one very grateful and humble. Those Brave soldiers were human beings just like any of us but they had so much courage RIP to all of them.

My grandfather is German he defend this beach from the allies he died there as well after 2 month from this battle in the small town while they was falling back RIP to all the Germans and allies soldiers

Today’s was Memorial Day for us we just had our silence a movie played on the tv about this beach and it gave me chills

ah man, i wish i could just go back and time look these soldiers in eye, while being taken into almost certain death, and thank them for everything

Dumbass thought: If I went there and stepped on a forgotten landmine, would I still be a casualty of the war?

They done a big sacrifice so respect for the brave soldiers🙏🏼🙏🏼

Thank you.

Always remember,NEVER EVER FORGET ❤️

I had a great uncle who helped build the pontoons, an uncle that was evacuated from Dunkirk and another uncle that was one of the first British troops into Bergen Belsen of which he never ever spoke and my brother and I were under strict instruction not to ask what he done in the war, he kept his sanity by not speaking about it, but impossible to forget.

If any of you get a chance, I highly recommended the visit to Normandy region. We spent a whole week in the region visiting D-Day landing beaches and sites, Mont Saint Michel, and Etretat. Very historical places for children/new generations to learn history.

Beautifuly done, my wife and grandkids jut got back. They went to every beach. Many tears.

I am Filipino so I never valued Dday as much as every westeners. But I wholeheartedly pay my respect to the fallen and the survivors on the very beach.

It’s crazy how small these beaches were, 19,000 deaths at most all on these tiny beaches.

Thank you for your service!

merci ; thank you bro

Humble

a wonderful video but so sad all those young lives lost

My father survived Omaha Beach. It became part of our family with his recurring memories.

Nice work. Thank you for sharing.

I have a great grandfather who fought on d-day but survived the war until 2019 he died (he was 93 years old)

Thank you for the great sacrifice brave souls. R. I. P 🙏🙏🙏 🇺🇲

To think that those beautiful waves that crash to the shore we're ones covered crimson red war is absolute hell

What would we have done without them. Brave men. Thankyou

Once again - as always - the D-Day focus is all about Omaha, Utah, Pont du Hoc (all American zones), American troops and American cemeteries. As always, the British, Candian and even the French forces barely rate a mention. Anyone who knew nothing about the war would think from a whole plethora of films and videos - including this one - that not only were the Americans the only ones fighting on the Normandy Beaches, they also won the bloody war on their own; at least, that's what they want everyone to believe. Truly a shameful way to present even a remnant of a history, and the greatest war of all time. Just for the record, there were more British troops landed on the Normandy beaches than Americans. The casements were British-built and placed in position; along with the Canadians and French, they secured three Beacheads against the Americans' two; the RAF covered the airspace, and the Royal Navy covered the landings; and there are nearly 4,000 British & Commonwealth cemeteries in France and Begium alone, that more than outweigh all the American military cemeteries anywhere in the word COMBINED! 75 years later, who is still reaping all the glory from D-Day, North Africa, Sicily, Italy , France and Germany? Well. if you follow the American history books, you won't find much about British or Commonwealth involvement. You won't find anything about The Brits in Norway, Denmark, Greece, Burma, or the many daring raids they carried-out in the Lofotens, St Nazaire, Bruneval, Dieppe, the Norse Hydro or anywhere else. All the Americans seem able to pontificate about are centred on Normandy, Bastogne and the Pacific - all of which had full British participation, but are never mentioned in American histories. So let's get away from all of this false American idea that America won the war; it was an Allied war with a great many nations on the Allied side, and all of them played their part. Normandy, Bastogne, Europe as a whole, and the Pacific was a collaboration of Allied Forces and not just Amercan. To complete the record, Britain was compelled to pay an annual "fee" to America for their help in two World Wars. The finished paying for WW1 around the year 2014/5, and President called and end to repayments for WW2 during his term of office...but of course, you won't find all that in their history books!

i hope there's no the 3 world war

My Dad landed on 'Gold Beach' on D-Day. luckily he survived the war, but lost a lot of his comrades on that brutal day.

Excellent presentation !

is when you look at those formidable defense positions you realize the amount of bravery required for such operation....these men were..are...and will be always known as the best generation for centuries to come...

Rip everybody who fought in world war ll D-Day

I'm right now here at Omaha beach and it is huge milestone in humans history... If this didn't happen.. maybe we all in Europe would speak German right now and some of us wouldn't be born at all in the first place

Respect

The brilliant, possibly world-changing minds these people might've had.. lost in war 🙏 RIP

🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 Together in arms

Rest in Peace to all who gave the ultimate sacrifice for our great Nation.. thank you for your courage. My grandfather landed on Normandy Beach with high octane fuel.. he survived but was never the same.

Wonderful

unconditional love

May both sides all rest in peace in heaven for eternity❤️🙏

Back then this beach is hell

You can only imagine......

thank you

My Great Uncle Julian Strand Died during the Normandy Landings on D-Day of German - occupied France in Europe along with my Grandpa which was my Dads Dad that was in Patton’s Third Army, he fought all the way though the Battle of the Bulge but he got to come back home...

Rip soldiers 🙏

It feels weird to see a place associated with so much death and destruction look so serene and kind of beautiful.

Somehow my grandpa survive the war

I want to become a marine and this just inspires me to do that First thing i did when i saw the graves i saluted... I pay respect for those 9000 americans that fought in that hell..

As what one current Army Ranger said at the 75th Anniversary ceremony at St Come du Mont; “They were a different breed of men.”

hey anyone at TWGSB

Never forget the brave soldiers who fight here and lost there lives. They did it for us so we can go on living in a free democratic world, who seems to destroyed nowdays by some scruples and eager humans. For myself I admire these beave soldiers.

Wow

Imagine going to visit and stepping on a german mine

Such a high cost for a peace

I wonder what these brave Americans who sacrificed everything for our freedom would say about the divisiveness of our great Country today.

Its not impossible to be connected to the greatest generation. You may think you are removed, but your not. A great, uncle, Wylie Cliburn went ashore at Normandy. He then fought his way across france and germany, until he was hurt in Aachen, Germany.

I salute you all.

Wow I didn't know the number in cemetery.

Why did you upload this in 480p? In 2019.

This is only creepy knowing this silent beach holds a dark past...

1:49 Cod 2 :)

music?

We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing-grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills. We shall never surrender!

There were different codename beaches - Gold, Utah, Juno, Sword, Omaha. But among these, I think the one which stood out was Omaha beach because of its unexpectedly high casualties and even though it's a codename, the beach itself which is in Normandy, France has already been called "Omaha Beach" even though the name Omaha originated from the name of a place in the United States.

And, as usual, Canadian landing forces were ignored. I’ve been to the Normandy Beaches. It seems the US did everything, practically single handed. We, a much smaller country, provided an outsized contribution to the landing. 🇨🇦❤️

Thank you to all soldiers past and present who defend against other countries that think it is ok to invade and steal your land.

And just think, this is 9,000 lives lost and we are currently losing this many every 3 days to Covid. To date we have lost 275,000 to Covid.

Seria possível ter as legendas em portugues

RIP

The Germans did not mess around. This was one of their strong holds and they were willing to defend it at all costs even if it means giving their lives up. So the beaches of Normandy Merrick coming in had a big boots Deville overtake Jeremy strong holds and this is of the biggest challenges of the war but we did it. This and battle Iwo Jima. I am proud and honored to be an American.

Hm i think the water got closer

Who else is here on Remembrance Sunday 2022? - WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Where is Turner ??

All those crosses my mind thought ue5 nanite

RIP to my fellow Canadian soldiers, the first of all soliders to breach the beaches fortified walls and open the gates for the nations behind them. Lest we forget 🌺🥇

I have a distant relative who fought for the Confederacy during the civil war. He was NOT a slave owner and was actually against slavery as per family records. He was fighting for the protection of his home in rural NC. Just a young kid at the time caught up in a stupid war caused by politicians from both sides. When Johnston surrendered in Durham, NC, he went home to rebuild his life. Just as it's unfair to say all southerners were slave owning racists, it's unfair to say all German soldiers, especially by June 6, 1944, were on board the sick Nazi train. Hopefully mankind learned a lesson from each of these wars.

Nothing about Juno or Sword?

Pvt. John Steele, in reality, hung off the other side of the church tower. The dummy is located on the opposite side for better view by the tourists.

Rip to all Germans and us solders Respect from a man who his grandfather fights here Respect from Germany

Very poignant reminder of what we owe to so many.

I feel like I remember being there though I’m only 13 I like guns and playing like a soldier in the army when I was 11 with my friends and it just felt nostalgic to me also it felt just right to me like I remember it I think I may have been a marine in ww2 in my past life

A friend’s Father missed death here due to that morning awakening with measles. Every soul in his combat construction battalion perished.

Nowadays it looks like a normal beach to me