@memorial.minutes: On 6 June 1944, Allied forces landed on five beaches along the Normandy coast. American, British and Canadian troops faced very different levels of German resistance, with some landings going remarkably smoothly while others came at an enormous human cost. Although all five beaches were secured, the events of D-Day were far from identical. Here's how the landings unfolded and what made each beach different. #dday #normandy #ww2 #ww2history #omaha

Dusty :

Gold Beach??

Big B :

my Granddad was on Juno Beach

Bohannan's bag :

tskinny :

My grandfather was in the 82nd airborne, dropped onto Utah beach behind enemy lines, 3 days before his 21st birthday

Reagan Gerrard :

The reason the Americans took way more was because they didn’t scout they just put troops on the beach and hoped for the best

Sasquatcho :

where they really evil?

Colton 🇨🇦 :

my great grandpa landed on Juno with The Garry Horse, his tank was one of the first Canadian tanks to reach Holland

Giggitygoober🎺 :

my great grandfather fought on Juno

Timothy Allan :

That casualty rate on Omaha for the first wave was not 90% 🤣

carlos_real :

one of my great grandparents went mia in normandy

Zachary Jason :

My great grandmas original husband was at dunkirk and he just never can back he was listed as missing in action but then she met an American bomber crew member and well the rest is history sadly idk my great grandmas original husbands name I would like to know

Andrew Howard Wietecki :

I'm 68 yrs. old. It's hard to grasp the enormity of WW2. Many, my age, have let the sacrifices these folks made slip by while they walked into sure death. Young folks barely know, if at all. History is no longer taught in many schools across the USA. Nazi Germany and the Imperial Japanese war machine were 2 of the most brutal forces the World has seen. We defeated them. Many lives lost.

Brant Ranch Automotive :

my great great uncle david obre died in the Netherlands in ww11 I believe and I just found out I had a great great great uncle in ww1. Did you know that after ww11 lots of lakes in canada were named after fallen soldiers? So there is a lake just above Saskatchewan in NWT named lake obre.

user202665883023 :

I don’t like the use of “only”.

Cardiff city lad🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 :

My great grandad was an engineer in North Africa

Ere :

My great grandfather James also landed on sword beach. His best friend got shot in the head right next to him. He never really spoke about it

BD :

My great grandad was a Royal Marine at Sword piloting one of the landing craft 🤙🏻

Titus Pulo :

Rest in peace all those brave souls 🥰

Stephen L :

My Grandad , Royal Marine Commando ,landed at Sword. My hero

juliekues :

Bless your great grandad.🙏

PureMischief :

Thank you to ALL these brave young men who fought for our freedom. RIP

Timothy Montesano :

if they had armor land at Omaha it would of been as bad.

JesusChristIsMyLordAndSaviour :

my great grandfather was on the 2nd wave that headed towards Omaha beach. He never spoke of what he saw that day

David Brooks :

my grandad landed on gold beach, my nana said the man who went to war is not the man who came home due to the things he had seen, and this was one of the beaches with less ressistance. thank you to every man who landed on a beach that day.

kon rad849 :

the word *only* should never be used in the context od casualties