When the amphibious landings begin, they run straight into Hitler’s Atlantic Wall. Eisenhower has predicted a third of his troops may fall. While they land, the news breaks across the world.
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Hosted by:
Indy Neidell and Spartacus Olsson
Co-Presented by:
Paul Woodage
Astrid Deinhard
Ryan Socash
Anna Deinhard
Guest Historian:
David O’Keefe
Written and Researched by:
Indy Neidell
Spartacus Olsson
Markus Linke
James Newman
Astrid Deinhard
Francis van Berkel
Directed by:
Spartacus Olsson
Iryna Dulka
Astrid Deinhard
Producers:
Astrid Deinhard
Spartacus Olsson
Indy Neidell
Line Producers:
Marek Kamiński
Iryna Dulka
Editors:
Iryna Dulka
Simon James
Jakob Nardozza
Jake McCluskey
Mateusz Chazan
Piotr Tomaszkiewicz
Karolina Dołęga
Anna Deinhard
Community and Fundraising Manager:
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Graphic Designer:
Mikołaj Uchman
Sound Designer:
Marek Kamiński
Cartography and Map Design:
Daniel Weiss
Andreas Olsson
Assistant Researchers:
Wieke Kapteijns
Lennart Visser
Iryna Dulka
Fiona Rachel Fischer
Chris Keller
Jamie Nagele
Nik van der Veen
Irina Mare
T.J. Hennig
Fact Checkers:
Francis van Berkel
James Newman
T.J. Hennig
Will Tkacs II
Denis Stepanov
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Additional Archive by:
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Great series! Thank you so much, Time Ghost and fellow Time Ghost Army members.
Excellent job balancing the strategic, tactical, and personal viewpoints.
I particularly enjoyed the story of British beachmaster Colin Maud at 4:40:47 (https://youtu.be/xSS6ZSrc4Lc?t=16844).
"And they working around the open ground towards the western side of town"
Allies drop bombs while indy dropping bars.
My neighbor growing up, Otto Mastney, pulled a gun and put it to the head of his landing craft driver to make sure he didn’t dump his troop load too deep in the ocean and drown. He is mentioned in one of Stephen Ambrose’s books. A great patriot. Ended up settling in Pewaukee WI, and Victor Schultz, who fought for the nazis, was his neighbor right next to him.
The skill of delivering this the material is simply outstanding. I can think of very few people, in any genre, who are this engaging.
I will never forget the similarities between Spartacus and my grandfather's eloquent and poignant deliveries of the horrors of World War. Every time I hear spartacus's voice, it always reminds me of the same Timber and patients that my grandfather would deliver such horrible news to a young man. I was the one who asked, and by our culture, that means I was ready to be informed. These horrific lessons were always concluded with IBC root beer and Nestle Crunch. The reason for being informed of such horrific things is that it should it have happened again. My voice might be part of what prevents it. Now, thanks to your guys's channels and the one you did for the first world war I'm able to show my kids slowly, and as they can handle it, an entire compendium of why we need to prevent World War from ever happening again.
For those wondering when Then 1st Lieutenant Richard "Dick" Winters Easy Company (101st Airborne Division, 506th PIR, 2nd Battalion) comes into play for the first time it's at 1:27:53. And his assault on Brecourt is at 2:22:00.
CURRAHEE!!!
5:07:19 Fart?
A+ grade for your work here. And I have read a great deal of WWII history. This is really good stuff. And unique.
Anyone else feel kind of sad hearing the Eisenhower failure speech at 3:13:34? I found it kind of sad even though it wasn't read by him here, thankfully it never had to be broadcast. It would have broken my heart to hear those words on the radio. His voice is very friendly and likeable, and it would have hurt to hear him fail. He was a pretty awesome President as well. I mean really, who doesn't like Ike?
edit: added the time stamp for those curious what I'm referring to.
5:59:15 – "…well, I cannot see the hodge-podge of airborne battalions at the bridges fighting off an entire Panzer division…" – I would agree, if the Allied airborne troops had to fight on their own. But if they have at least one functioning radio, they could call in overwhelming close air support (during daylight and good weather) and naval gunfire (at any time of day or night in all weather). The Panzers' only hope would be to overrun the lightly-armed Allied airborne troops before being obliterated by continuous and accurate Allied supporting bombardment. In turn that would require the "entire Panzer division" to sneak up on the positions held by the Allied airborne troops and get in very close without being spotted by Allied ground or air units while still at a safe distance for Allied bombardment. I cannot see columns of German Panzers being able to roll down any open road that the Allies can accurately spot and range for projectiles up to heavy general purpose bombs and 14-inch battleship shells. It might have been better for the Allies if the Panzers had come out in the open to attack, rather than remaining hidden under camouflage to ambush the advancing Allies later.
Thank you Spartacus and Indy for providing the background on why a good number of the captured "German" POWs were Polish, that was something I was wondering about from the previous episode. It seemed odd to me that any Poles would fight in the Wehrmacht unless there was no other alternative, and now I know why.
Thanks
My grampa landed on Juno Beach (Winnipeg Rifles) but was immediately wounded upon stepping on the beach. Rifle hit to the chest, legs strafed by machine gun. Lived till he was 81. Inspired my father, then I to join the armed forces. Thanks for reading.
I laughed, I cried, and I swore to myself I'll visit Normandy before I die. This is the best youtube video ever.
Tikhistory and this channel ❤
The quality of the edits is amazing to me. I figured it would be good at the start but quickly drop off as the hours ticked by. But im over 10 hours in and everything is still on point. Barely noticed a few mistakes so far.
What you guys have accomplished here is astonishing. Props to everyone involved in this. I'm so happy for su much detailed content! ^^
Love the maps with narrative. It would be very hard to follow without the graphes.
i hate to say it but this series is not the best work you guys ever did .. maps without arrows, maps showing out of sync with the info, and most of the time no maps at all, just streams of info that no man can keep track of.
Thank you.
Thanks!
I'm glad im on vacation this week so that I have time to digest the whole 24 hours. Also, I just ordered the book about D-Day from the German side.
This is a fantastic presentation of D-Day events. The detail is amazing. I know I'll watch the whole thing! My dad was in the 490th bomber group and my uncle was in the ghost army (he had great artistic talent).
Thanks!
Outstanding
I wish you guys would have covered Omaha, just a tad better. You touched on it a little bit, but you didn't really provide context as to why the 8th Air Force bombers missed their targets, and unfortunately, there's a lot of negative views expressed by our British allies regarding this, who often chalk it up to "Americans being arrogant and incompetent."
The reality is that allied B-24 Liberators were forced to jettison their payloads over the Normandy countryside due to overcast skies, which, coupled with the smoke and allied landings commencing, created a very real threat of friendly fire. To avoid this, they jettisoned their ordnance as they had trained to do prior. It's unfortunate, but no plan survives first contact with the enemy. Ironically, despite what modern British proponents think, their bombings on Sword and Juno also missing most of their targets.
Another problem US forces ran into on Omaha was that the Duplex Drive tanks had not been tested properly for the conditions they would face in the Channel. Allied planners had tested DD tanks in lakes and the Solent (straight between the Isle of Wight and Great Britain). While this testing netted positive results that allied planners felt was more than adequate, the reality was far different for the men on the ground. The 741st lost 27 of 29 DDs on the approach, as DDs were designed for waves up to 1 foot high, but the waves they encountered at Omaha were nearly 6 feet high. This unfortunately led to higher casualties on Omaha, according to some experts. But, they weren't the only ones to suffer, as British forces also suffered DD losses. The 1st Hussars lost 8 DDs out of 29 (almost 28% of their total force). Fort Gary Horse were unable to launch their DD's altogether. Lastly, allied planners had thought the defenses at Omaha were manned by conscripts, and while this was partially true, they hadn't taken into account the arrival of the 352nd Infantry Division. Of its 12,020 men, 6,800 were experienced combat troops.
American forces had it bad on Omaha, and there were certainly plenty of mistakes to go around. But there seems to be this modern prevailing myth that Americans were just incompetent, and that isn't the case, and I wish it would be addressed better in these sorts of videos. 😮
This is truly a beautiful showing of the horrors of war, the reporters quickly realized they weren’t made for war
Sorry guy's just too many commercials…. but nice work 😢
Watched it. Awesome footage and maps. Formidable effort. Well done sirs!
Could have done without the background music at 3:40 – too loud, and unnecessary.
That fly is really excited about this episode as we are. 😁 Beautiful work guys, keep it up!