@the_london_spy: At the D-Day Museum in Southsea, you can confront the obstacles faced by the Allies during the Normandy Invasion, 1944. The various elements that you see are designed to either hang up landing craft or to kill or incapacitate any allied troops landing near the obstacle themselves. Things such as Belgian gates and log ramp posts with proximity mines attached. Belgian gates them were designed to blow up entire transports of troops. Hedgehogs, three large steel, crossed beams, were designed to pierce the bottom of your landing craft and make them easy targets for the German machine gunners on the cliffs above. There was also concertina wire - a roll of barbed wire that stretched the length of the beach. And in many cases, troops would Ou make it as far as the seawall. And if the engineer with their company hadn'ugh made it ashore with the proper explosives, that was where they were stuck. They simply had no way to penetrate through that barbed wire. The conditions were truly horrific. #davidharry #thelondonspy #normandy1944 #dday #hellletloose #savingprivateryan #callofduty #ddaymuseum #tourguide #southsea #barbedwire #ww2history #normandyinvasion
David Harry - The London Spy
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Wednesday 31 January 2024 19:04:14 GMT
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Mike Bootleg :
The marines in the pacific did landings like this in every single battle
2024-02-01 01:29:26
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Susan Miller :
Omg I cannot imagine. So horrible. My Uncle was there and a hero. The gunner on his ship was killed so he jumped up and took over. He was not
2024-01-31 22:29:29
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David Harry - The London Spy :
Truly hell on earth. We owe so much.
2024-01-31 19:04:52
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STUcon :
I've run this hundreds of times in call of duty.
2024-01-31 19:11:47
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Jake Blonde005 :
it amazes me how they actually did manage to push through
2024-02-03 10:27:40
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heidiluneborg :
My uncle participated in the battle. He told me that the sea was red that day. He never recovered mentally 🥹
2024-02-03 08:16:23
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Diggles larsby :
My great grandfather was in the 29th inv. One of the Bedford boys
2024-02-01 02:03:54
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Run tell dat :
Can you come to Oklahoma and tell me our history?
2024-02-01 23:21:09
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Wadeant :
It had to be absolutely horrible.
2024-02-01 15:46:34
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Joey P :
Adding this one to my bucket list. I love the Imperial War Museum!
2024-01-31 19:54:11
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Low key crackhead :
Look a bit small to me
2024-02-14 11:41:29
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Ryan Paredes :
I’m assuming this is Omaha beach or West of Omaha based on the terrain. Do you have models showing the different defenses by beach?
2024-02-05 07:56:23
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Ted :
How did the Belgian Gates work? Google doesn’t say!
2024-02-01 21:24:48
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helluvadrug :
incredible
2024-02-01 03:58:51
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samfoulger337 :
Weren’t the Pillbox’s facing left and right along the beach rather than down the beach as depicted in SPV
2024-03-08 17:45:45
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Jimmy Fionnghal :
Yeah, don't fancy that. Defo would have flat feet back then
2024-02-01 22:52:28
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