[Robert DeLong]

I thought this would be of interest to many here.

Video time:32:15

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

Fantastic! Do that tonight. Thanks.

[rlmorel]

Thank you!!!!!

BFL

[Snickering Hound]

They went for the legs with tow cables.

[Inyo-Mono]

Yes, it is of interest. Thanks.

[pepsi_junkie]

Interesting. It's not "live" footage of the battles it seems but rather the aftermath. The guys jumping off the boats, for example, do so in a rather more leisurely way than one would expect if they were under fire.

One odd thing I noted was that when they shows some of the fallen germans, about 20 minutes in. They all have no boots. Who took them?

[rfreedom4u]

I’ll have to watch this later.

Thanks!

[Robert DeLong]

D-Day Sacrifice: Part1 Running time: 43:48

D-Day Sacrifice: Part2 Running time: 43:47

[NYAmerican]

Thank you very much, I have never seen much of this footage.

[Ray76]

The fields of landed gliders is impressive. I’ve never seen any photos like it.

[CarolinaGOP]

Thank you for posting this!

[Rebelbase]

Thank-you for taking the time to do this. A piece of history for sure!

[M Kehoe]

Bttt.

5.56mm

[WVNan]

Well, that took me down the memory hole for two hours. I recalled my days as a child during WWII and D-Day. listening to FDR's fireside chats, using ration stamps and sitting in the dark during air raid warnings. Extremely interesting film of D-Day. I could recognize the propaganda speak throughout it and the carefully selected film.

Then I watched a film on the "great" German soldiers and invincible tanks. Then I watched a long piece of the French Foreign Legion. I am totally militarized at this point, and they won't let women in the FFL. Bummer. (Thanks RD)

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

I read several years back that there is very little actual combat footage of D-day because the camera men were instructed to give their exposed films to some officer who later accidentally dropped the duffel bag, with the exposed film, into the ocean while trying to climb a rope net to get on board ship.

[ExSES]

ping

[MomwithHope]

Btt

[reed13k]

One thing that jumped out at me was at ~ the 7:00 minute mark the narrator states “Our losses were not as heavy as expected.”

Makes you wonder what the expectation was.

[rebelskid]

Thank you ! My dad “Rebel”, went onto easy red on d+1 with the 1st div hq.

[Radix]

Cool images