Omaha Beach, D-Day (June 6, 1944) 

My great grandfather fought at Omaha. He was shot when the doors dropped. He didn’t even put a single foot on the beach. R.I.P Mateo Westward 1919-1944

The first wave was literally sent on a suicide mission, that's sad man

My grandfather served in WW2 and stormed the beaches of Omaha on D-day. If he ever told stories of the war, I would always ask what it was like on that day. And he'd always tell me he'd say when I was old enough to handle it. When I was at the age he deemed acceptable he sat me down during a visit and told me his story of Omaha. He was 19 at the time. And was in the back of row of soldiers in front of him. He was apart of the second wave of soldiers to come in and though scared, he was fighting for his country and for my grandmother who was waiting for him back home. While approaching the beaches there were explosions in the water, as well as distant explosions inland and bullets zipped by every so often getting more frequent as they got closer. He said the sound was comparable to a mosquito flying past your ear repeatedly. When they finally got inland they were met with a barrage of bullets hitting them. He said the man in the front left of the row of soldiers was shot clean in the eye. The man in front of him was gunned down and fell back onto him causing him to slip and fall into the crowd of the fresh bodies. Only him and two others made it out of the boat. He managed to get out by waiting for the right time to move while under the bodies and the other two simply got lucky. He said the entire time they were on the beach all he could hear was carnage, constant screaming, bullets barely missing him. Brothers in arms being gunned down next to him while he moved up. He said that one of the men he had met before the morning d-day had made it up with him. And before they could even make some sort of communication he was shot in the chest multiple times before dying shortly after. A man behind him was blown in half. He said he saw a man crawling to some sort of safety after his leg was blown off only to be shot just before getting behind cover. Eventually, as the fighting went on, word got around of an opening and with due time fighting died down and by the end of the day he was in a safe position. He says that he could hear men crying, some were in the fetal position wishing they never signed up while others just stared blankly while they tried to handle what they just went through. He was relieved to be safe though he said he couldn't stop shaking until the next afternoon. My grandfather died in 2012. He was a good man.

I can only imagine what a terrifying experience that must have been. Those brave young men facing enormous odds. Many killed before even stepping on the beach. Brave, brave men.

Imagine going through all that training and dying before taking a single shot at your enemy

I love how there was no “subscribe for more future videos” at the end, pure for respect. Love you guys

None of my ancestors fought in D-Day, because I am Russian, they fought on the Eastern front. But this is just next level massacre. R.I.P. to all those who fought in D-Day and especially Omaha Beach. You will always be remembered!

Imagine being one of the German soldiers, you’re using everything you have and the Allies just never stop coming at you.

My dad was on the second wave at Omaha beach. Thank you dad, and all of those young men. I will never forget what all of you have given us. Thank you Lawrence D. Blanscet 4/5/1923 9/29/2017 R.I.P.

6:00 to 6:01 I heard a “ping” from a M1 Garand. Nice job.

Even though bombers missed their targets, 2 out of 29 tanks landed, soldiers landed further from the beach causing a high chance of drowning and exposed to MG42s, they were still able to secure the beach. Much respect to these brave soldiers

My great grandfather served on D-Day. He survived it and was sadly captured by German soldiers😔but he was thankfully rescued. He eventually after the war had a disease that made him paralyzed from the waste down. He died when my mom was in 6th grade.( he died from the disease). My mom said he never talked about it. Thank you to everyone including my great grandfather who fought for freedom on that terrible day. 🙏🏽

Hearing anything about the assault on D-Day by those brave men will always give me goosebumps

1944: sarge are we going to lose? 2019: call in the airstrike

Imagine being the first man to see the unprotected gap and breach in. Maybe if he never saw that everyone on that sector would be dead. Massive respect to all veterans, true heroes ✊🏻🙏🏻🥲

My great grandpa stormed a pillbox and survived. Lived a long life. Rip Gramps

Some of the scenes are exactly like Saving Private Ryan. I love it

Saving private Ryan portrayed the d day landings well

Yesterday was D_Day Remembrance Day R.I.P all the soilders who lost their lives we will always remember them

My Dad's late cousin found himself on Omaha Beach on D-day. (We're all Canadian) He would talk quietly about it. He always reminded anyone listening, that he was frightened, but he had to carry on. He lived to his mid 90's.

You sound a lot more serious. And I see why

"Reopening the second front in Europe" Italy: am I a joke to you?

My grandmother was a nurse during the time of the war, and the injuries she saw American and British soldiers suffering from were devastating. Remember D-Day.

Imagine being 20 yrs old, you were called up for the army, landed here just to jump out and got shot into the head...

At Omaha beach, US soldiers had the greatest difficulties in achieving their objective. The price they paid on this beach, rightfully earned it the nickname …. ‘Bloody Omaha’. With the 75th D-Day Anniversary earlier this month, we wanted to make a episode on the most bloodiest beach, Omaha. What other D-Day topics do you want to see? Airborne landings, the other beaches, Norman Cota, DD tanks etc.

Soldiers: Were you at the landings on DDAY? Amphibious DD Tanks: Well yes, but actually no

My great grandfather fought on Omaha beach on d-day - he survived - RIP -2007 thank you for your service and thank you to all the soldiers on d day

To the fallen men at Omaha and Utah beach. Their courageous sacrifice, and valor will not be forgotten.

My dad’s uncle survived Omaha, he was the first line of soldiers on the beach, he was very lucky to have survived. After the war he got a wife, I never got to meet him but I will always know the sacrifices they made. That war pretty much saved the world.

Today is 76th anniversary of D-Day. Don’t ever forget these heroes.

80 years ago. Most men that stormed the beach would be 100+ today. Soon there will be no more WW2 survivors 😔 We are losing the greatest generation.

I fully watched Saving Private Ryan for the first time and this is horrifying to even look back to. The people in front and middle when the doors dropped were killed instantly and thousands of shots were fired right when other soldiers reached shore! The movie was very descriptive and did a lot of effort correlating back to the D-Day invasion. If I ever celebrate Memorial Day again, I will make sure D-Day will be one of the most urgent things that I will heavily remember that got us where we are today, a better home and place.

Glad we can see a remastered version of your old D-Day video. I think we've all been waiting a long time for it.

*Theese are the kind of videos i want to see from you ^^*

Every single man who landed on that beach that day whether they died or survived that day is a hero.

Who's here on the 77th anniversary of DDAY? June 6 2021

US Army: Performs amphibious invasion of Omaha Beach Marines: "Am i a joke to you?"

On the 6th of June! On the shores of western Europe! 1944! D-day upon us!

Girls: Lets go swim yey Boys: 30 SECONDS !!!

Its extremely hard to tell how much ammunition was used on that day.

Flew to Paris alone. Rented a car and drove out west to stay in Caen. The following day I visited a German POW cemetary. Next, I headed to Normandy to visit the sea of crosses. I also literally walked on the beaches till sundown. I also visited the bunkers at Pointe Du Hoc. Being inside these bunkers all alone and in silence was eerie. Still, Being alone in all these places brought so much pain in my heart and it was so moving to have visited these places all alone with nothing but with thoughts of what occured in these places. It was a beautiful and moving trip.

I am born on D-Day (June 6th) and I really love learning about WW2, thanks for the history👍🏻.

It's D-Day lads, let us never forget the ones who died and honor the ones still living who fought to protect Europe.

My grandad fought on that beach and lived

I wonder how scary this would be to actually be there

Today is June 6th 2022, the 78th Anniversary of D Day. May all the soldiers whether American or German who lost their lives Rest in Peace.

3:40 "I'll see you on the beach!"

Infantry: You have cleared the defenses with your aerial bombardment? Planes: Well yes, but actually no

"The greatest fighting was around strongpoint WN-62" Ahh yes... Beast of Omaha

One of my best friends Grandfather was one of the very few of his team that survived D-day. Thank you to all veterans 🙏💙

Rest in peace to all those brave soldiers who fought on D-day and to those who are still alive

My great grandfather fought in d day and he was the only Person of his platoon too survive the attack and my grandfather my dads dad was in the Vietnam war

Thank you for having the respect by not putting the world of warships ad at the end

Quick trivia: The LCVP’s couldn’t be used as cover, because they were made of wood, so the soldiers were forced to disembark, or they’d die without taking ground

I love the details they get in these videos, the German machine gun barrels being red hot from sustained fire, the M1 Garand ping as it ejects the clip, it's so impressive that they pay that much attention to the little things!

May the young strong and brave men who fought on omaha beach we salute you....

*allies invading* Berlin: shall we wake the Fuhrer? Also Berlin: nah, it's not like it's one of the biggest amphibious invasions in world history

i cant be the only one who is nearly in tears. My god these men suffered the worst fate and they fought good and hard. May all those who lost their lives rest easy.

I learned more about D-Day from this video then I did in high school history class. Thank you for your videos.

Please do the following • Anastasia Romanova and the rumors of her survival • Battle of Guadalcanal • Audie Murphy • Waffen SS

RIP to all the soldiers who died on that day.

My great grandfather fought in d-day. He was on Omaha beach. He made it through but died in the battle of the hedgerows. Rest his soul.

The animation in this is surprising better than other videos I've seen good work

Teacher: today we’ll be visiting France Girls: omg so much sightseeing Boys:

The ending was good, complete silence for those who have fallen

Yesterday, 77 years ago, the Allies landed in Normandy. 4,400 soldiers were killed, most didn’t even make it to the beach. Rest In Peace.

we must never forget what happened. Greetings and thanks from Germany

Me:"Walking along the beach with my besties" *US soldiers on Omaha beach:*

Do More battles like this, such as: Leyte Gulf, Monte cassino, El Alamein, Berlin, Kursk, Okinawa, Iwo Jima, and Manila.

June 6 2022

Last week we got a boat to Cherbourg. Visited utah, omaha, gold, juno, sword, pointe du hoc, and both cemeteries. You could really feel the weight on your shoulders, and sometimes even hear the gunshots. R.I.P. to all of the fallen. You will never be forgotten.

RIP to the men who died on both sides 🇺🇸🇩🇪

Did you just animate saving private Ryan the first minute?

I love the shots referencing Saving Private Ryan

My great grandfather was also a D-Day veteran. He died along side his friends on the beach. R.I.P West strongford

Respect to y’all for laying off the promotions at the end of the video for this very important event🇺🇸

Man. I don't think I would have survived if I was there. God bless all their souls.

My grandfather was a Technical Sergeant in the US ARMY during WW2. I'm not sure what his orders were or where he was stationed but regardless he was a good man I was blessed to know him for the time I did. He passed away in 2000 at 84 years old. After the war he worked for Ford in Detroit for 44 years. Love you and still think about you Gramps Giovanni (John) Yaquinto.

A lot of people don't know about the destroyers getting in there after watching the shore helplessly for hours. Great video and presentation.

A lot of people died that didn’t deserve to R.I.P.😢

5:58 I remember that soldier. It’s Private Jackson from Saving Private Ryan.

"YOU STAY HERE, YOU'RE A DEAD MAN!"- Captain Miller

How we took Omaha Beach even after the airbombers missed target is astonishing! To think…these were young kids. May they Rest in Peace. To the Bravest.🙏🏼

It's been 79 years...

Dude I can't believe they made saving private Ryan a real thing

My great-grandfather served in D-Day and i wish i could of meet him i have so many questions and i wish i could of thanked him for his service while he was alive thank you for all who have served and thank you for your sacrifice

I love your books! I read them every night!

Truly an amazing video

Somewhere outthere is Captain Miller and Captain Horman and a Korean soldier.

Germany: They're going to Calais! Allies: *land at Normandy* Germany: *insert suprised Pikachu meme*

True American Heroes. My heart goes out to every soul who stormed those beaches. Some of the bravest humans to ever walk the earth.

Rest in piece to all of the brave souls fighting for their family. Though their names may be forgotten in time, their sacrifices will never be forgotten. Thank you for your service. Our current way of life would be impossible without your sacrifice. Thank you.

*In The Plane* Girls : tik tok time gurlll! Boys : 30 SECONDS, 30 SECONDS GOD BE WITH YOU!

GPS: You have arrived to your destination Sherman commander: Carl, this isn't the right place June 6th 1944 Utah beach

Amazing channel i love it!!

Awwsome video. Thanks

That awkward moment when you and Hans are chilling on the beach and the water starts to speak Maple Syrup, Big Mac, Tea Bags and Baguette

My grandad fought in D Day and landed at Gold (he was british) - his platoon made great progress up the beach - I remember him telling me the stories of him in the war when I was 6 and then the week later he died with my hand in his hand - RIP Thomas Sherratt 💙🇬🇧🇺🇸🇫🇷🇨🇦

This channel is the best channel ever because it has taught me so much because i like history

My Great Grandfather served as a paratrooper in the English Paratroopers on Gold beach.