Reliving History: D-Day & The Commando March
As part of D-Day 80 I was lucky enough to be invited to take part in the Commando March from Sword Beach to Amfreville via Pegasus Bridge!
The route retraced the steps of the original Commandos of the 1st Special Service Brigade who landed at Sword Beach as part opf 3rd Division on D-Day. One of the tasks that day was for the 1st Special Service Brigade to relieve the men of the D Company, 2nd Battalion the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry who had captured Pegasus and Horsa Bridges in a Coup de Main operation in the opening minutes of the 6th June 1944.
Living History events take place all over Normandy to commemorate the 6th June 1944 and the Commando March is just one of those. It was an incredible experience to wear the correct uniform and equipment and to walk the ground those men did 80 years on D-Day.
A huge thank you to Sebastian for taking the time to organise the march and to Martin of Hand of Steel Reenactment Group from the Czech Republic.
For more information aboput Hand of Steel, please take a look at their Facebook page here:
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Just a couple of points from myself, I mention Merville a couple of times in the episode. This was due to a small translation misunderstanding that after Amfreville we would continue to the march to Merville but the march did finish at Amfreville.
Secondly, my All Arms insignia annoyingly came unstitched after I put my bergen on just prior to the march. I sadly didn’t have time to fix it!
Colourised wartime image from:
https://www.facebook.com/ColouriseHistory
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Reliving History: D-Day & The Commando March
As part of D-Day 80 I was lucky enough to be invited to take part in the Commando March from Sword Beach to Amfreville via Pegasus Bridge!
The route retraced the steps of the original Commandos of the 1st Special Service Brigade who landed at Sword Beach as part opf 3rd Division on D-Day. One of the tasks that day was for the 1st Special Service Brigade to relieve the men of the D Company, 2nd Battalion the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry who had captured Pegasus and Horsa Bridges in a Coup de Main operation in the opening minutes of the 6th June 1944.
Living History events take place all over Normandy to commemorate the 6th June 1944 and the Commando March is just one of those. It was an incredible experience to wear the correct uniform and equipment and to walk the ground those men did 80 years on D-Day.
A huge thank you to Sebastian for taking the time to organise the march and to Martin of Hand of Steel Reenactment.
Just a couple of points from myself, I mention Merville a couple of times in the episode. This was due to a small translation misunderstanding that after Amfreville we would continue to the march to Merville but the march did finish at Amfreville.
Secondly, my All Arms insignia annoyingly can unstitched after I put my bergen on just prior to the march. I sadly didn't have time to fix it!
Well done.
Enjoyed this so much. You are a brave man, that looks like hot work, and I couldn’t help wondering whether you got blisters. 😮
Marche organisée par l'association France 44 depuis 2001
Cool 👍
👏 magnifique
I got my own No.6 commando kit. would love to know how to sign up for this march!
👍👍👍
Excellent. Truly excellent. A good way of showing WW2 history.
Bloody brilliant well done all the guys looked great in period kit .do you have any more footage like that it's so good 👍 fantastic.
What an awesome experience for you. I appreciate the sharing of this historic reenactment.
Thanks for bringing this to our screens at home. I didn’t know they re-enact this operation.
But i’m not sure if i missed the point. Why did they had to march? 🤷♂️
Was the Army out of jeeps for the Commando’s?
My uncle, Rufus Alden landed on Sword beach on D-Day June 6th 1944 with 41 Commando, Royal Marines.
what a great video thankyou for posting
You're a medic? Super cool. My dad was a Navy Corpsman in the Pacific and went to Korea with the 1st Marine ID. He was decorated for battalions aid work at Chosin. I have all his stuff hanging on my wall. I'm pretty proud of that guy.
Very special for you and all those who took part in following our brave lads from that time. The country really is the centre of being there to fight for freedom. Let us hope the current generations do not forget the moments in history and not learn. Thanks for such a great piece.
quelle expérience extraordinaire, surement beaucoup d'émotions, merci de nous l'avoir fait revivre.
Thanks for sharing great video
Great video, Jon, being part of the march not just covering it.
Bravo a vous tous pour cette reconstitution 😉
When we met at the facility near munich a couple of years ago you had about 40 subscribers- great to see you still producing interesting videos and chasing 200K
PS – what happened to the early videos?
Ally. There needs to be a good commando reenactment group in the UK like this!
🇬🇧🇫🇷🇺🇸 Thank you so much for sharing ! Excellent to see such dedication, experiencing and keeping the history alive of that incredible generation ! “Son of WWII and grandson of WWI Army Vets” ! Jack Murphy US Marine 🇺🇸 …. Semper Fidelis
Well done lads brilliant re-enactment authentic kit as well
excellent video pal well done to you and the lads 👌👏
Cycled through Normandy during the 78th anniversary,what an amazing experience,and highly recommend .Pegasus bridge museum & Merville battery a must see.