Excavating Juno Beach - War Junk - History Documentary

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Join us as we use ground-penetrating radar to uncover hidden WWII relics and Nazi fortifications beneath Juno Beach. Explore the mysteries of D-Day artefacts and discover the untold stories of the Canadian infantry's bravery.
War Junk S02 E01
0:00 - Introduction to Juno Beach
2:38 - Juno Beach Center Overview
6:22 - Ground Penetrating Radar Explained
9:58 - Discovery of Hugh Ivor Perry’s ID
12:58 - Scanning for German Bunkers
16:11 - Searching Hidden Shelters
19:09 - Investigating Tomet Woods
22:35 - Excavation Finds Nazi Fortifications
28:18 - Revealing the Mystery Bunker
37:00 - Unveiling Perry’s Wartime Journey
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@elrobo3568 25 күн бұрын

I used to play on the Normandy beaches and surrounding areas in 1960 and played in the pill box's and other places that were built by the Germans. I also found plane parts and tank parts in the wooded areas. I took my wife there a few months ago and showed her some of those places. I was VERY happy to see many of the homes and business's flying American and Canadian flags. I retired fron the USAF and my father was in France in WW-1 until he got shot and hit by German artillery. I hold a special place in my heart for the many soldiers,airmen and marines that died and were wounded there, The survivors are leaving us every day. I hope our politicians that dis the military would go there.

@samiam619 19 күн бұрын

tRumpelthinskin did go there. He called the dead soldiers “losers”.

@fletsepopje 18 күн бұрын

Thank you for your service, from a Belgian.

@Matt-tt6hc 29 күн бұрын

I've been a professional soldier my whole life and it's mostly junk but not in an insulting manner. Try to appreciate what these gentlemen have done by opening up more places for people to visit and understand. If you've ever had to build a fighting position you know how much it is a hated task for soldiers, we only enjoy them when we're leaving them but this show was well put together and I enjoyed it, thanks fellas!

@fletsepopje 18 күн бұрын

Thank you for your service, from a Belgian.

@dtaylor10chuckufarle 13 күн бұрын

Agreed, I was a little put off by the "junk" moniker because these are historical artifacts - but that's just a title. Very interesting.

@jamesfranks545 Ай бұрын

My dad landed on Utah Beach with the 4th Infantry Division on D-day. He continued advancing through France, Belgum and Holland until the German surrender. He was wounded three times and sent back after healing each time. He carried dozens of pieces of German steel in his body to his grave. He said the German 88 was feared among the troops and was extremely wicked.

@Nicholas211 18 күн бұрын

I can't begin to imagine that.

@nomadpi1 15 күн бұрын

My Uncle, my father's oldest brother, landed on Utah Beach, 6 June '44, with the 4th Infantry Division. Made it all the way thru ETO's war.

@jamesfranks545 14 күн бұрын

@@nomadpi1 who knows they may have known each other.

@chriswag8845 27 күн бұрын

This was well worth my time to watch. As an American I get very little history of the other beaches. My dad was in the troop carriers, dropping the pathfinder paratroopers on d-day approximately 2am. Then on d plus 1 his group was involved with towing the glider planes across the channel. He started in North Africa fighting Rommel

@motorizedbikestuff5339 23 күн бұрын

really enjoyed the show guys, showing love and respect to those that died and the relatives still alive, watching this made me emotional and iv never served in the military. people take for granted what these kids went through to make our world a better place.

@mikemmikem2758 Ай бұрын

I love history and the story was all the more remarkable in finding the bracelet. Many people watching WW2 documentaries think after the landings it was smooth sailing and nothing could be further from the truth. The carnage was hellish on both sides. Thank you for this video and searching and finding these sacred discoveries.

@brianrobertson1211 25 күн бұрын

What a great piece of history depicting the magnificent men who fought for our freedom.

@mrcarlo1966 Ай бұрын

Excellent story ..well done. I hope the Tobruks are going to be left open for future generations to see. Thanks for all the hard work..

@smithsway 17 күн бұрын

It is a shame, when returning the bracelet, that you didn't involve the young French guy who found it. Perhaps he was unavailable.... but somehow I think he would have made time and would have been very pleased to see it passed on to the relatives.

@animalyze7120 14 күн бұрын

The most heartbreaking part is that many were never recovered or located and they lay there to this day, sleeping in silence, the pain of those days long gone with only peace for them now. I would hope one day they can be found and something done for them, but I know for a lot of them it's not possible. I really can't fathom how much the beach has extended out from where it used to be in such a short span of time.

@1320crusier Ай бұрын

That ravine position was incredibly well hidden for how small that wood was. Wow.

@peterrenouf-shermer5261 Ай бұрын

a wonderful little bit of history many thanks for your time and effort , I would love to see more clips just like this

@gregbellinger5765 14 күн бұрын

What a wonderful documentary.

@jackrabbit5943 Ай бұрын

Imagine getting inside one of those Bunker, and getting out back in the time D-day landings! Both exciting and terrifying!

@peterwilson5528 26 күн бұрын

This is more likely why he died, Radio operators are always sought-after targets and then easier to distinguish on the battlefield.

@ronaldheit196 4 күн бұрын

Awesome show. My Dad moved to Paris after he retired from being a firefighter in Flint Michigan. He lived there 10 years and toured dozens of WW II battle sites including most of Normandy. He said some places were kinda spooky because of high casualty rates. Almost like they were haunted. Locals saying they'd seen ghosts on certain nights.

@paulyparker8217 Ай бұрын

Fantastic and very informative. I appreciate the effort put into this. I hope to see the excavations revealed soon. Great stuff. War Junk Rocks!

@JimmyJamesJ 24 күн бұрын

What's most amazing is that you're driving a Land Rover instead of staring at it broke down on the side of the road.

@debbieheadley299 Ай бұрын

Well done I enjoyed this very much

@radiorob7543 19 күн бұрын

I thoroughly enjoyed this documentary. Very well done.

@patio87 28 күн бұрын

That's gotta be so weird knowing your grandparents gave that bracelet to your uncle and now you're holding it in France and it's in a museum.

@redcossack245 Ай бұрын

Wow. Awesome show. I had a relative land on D-Day just to the west on Omaha 2nd wave and he lived. I am glad you made this.

@merrylmarsh9037 25 күн бұрын

Amazing!!!! Brilliant work discovering the fortifications. My heart broke hearing Hugh's story, But he was❤ Loved and is still loved.

@bubblewrappedmemories 10 күн бұрын

Great final story and effort presentation...in spite of my previous criticisms. Reuniting family with the past is always an important goal

@13612 26 күн бұрын

Those poor parents to have lost their son. Their pain and loss carried with them to their graves. Too many people have forgotten or dismissed their losses as is the case from all our wars we send young off to die in for causes that are no longer remembered or respected.

@ewaldelfering 7 сағат бұрын

What a owsome finding and history

@emilioalcazar-su9vi Ай бұрын

Really awesome investigation..congratulations!!

@georgedistel1203 Ай бұрын

It's refreshing to see new things brought to light .

@camel303 Ай бұрын

Beautiful video and full of love. Thank you

@wongbarry2614 16 күн бұрын

Got to preserved all those historical structure.

@warwickmorris9097 Ай бұрын

It’s about time and refreshing to see the history of Juno beach rather than the two American beaches. I have read that the fighting on Sword, Juno and Gold beaches was more intense and more casualties taken than on Omaha beach which is the only beach that most people know thanks to movies like “Saving Pte Ryan”. I like the idea that the Canadians forces that landed on D Day are finely coming out from under the over shadowing of the American forces.

@astroboy5137 22 күн бұрын

Omaha Beach saw the highest number of casualties on D- Day. 3,600 casualties including 770 deaths.

@mjonsson Ай бұрын

@CrocodileTear do you think it would be possible to find the German barber boy from this story, (33min in)? A young boy, same age as the french gentleman telling the story, 4 brothers died on the russian front, father, mother & sister died in Cologne during bombings - so, likely from there.

@pedroskienski9310 Ай бұрын

Wow je suis impressionné par vos vidéo, vous faites un travail remarquable, moi même je suis passionné par la ww1 et la ww2, et puis le témoignage du monsieur avec le jeune Allemand était tellement émouvant...

@christopherbodnar9934 20 күн бұрын

The story about the German who lost 4 brothers in Russia and parents and sister in Cologne bombings is wild. Shows how little the nazis cared for their "heroes"

@keithbusick6859 Ай бұрын

My dad wasn't in Europe in WW2 he was in the Pacific he celebrated his his 21st birthday Feb 19th with 4th marine marines division landing on a island called Iwo Jima got shot 2 times there

@wolfcarr702 22 күн бұрын

This story of Hugh Perry struck home to me. So very similar to myself. Enlisted in the U.S. Army at 16. Was in telecommunications had to have a backup MOS 25C radio field pack operator. Was to be assigned to the 226th Signal Battalion once my year was up at Ft. Huachuca. Late Oct '70 sent out. Thinking I was to join the main Battalion in Taiwan or Japan. Nope. Sent to Cambodia. Attached to a small Air America outfit needing a radioman. I live in Detroit area also a member and colour guard commander for the Royal Canadian Leigon. One of the parade Marshall's for the opening of the Vietnam Memorial in Windsor. I knew one on the wall there. Respect to those that had fought and fallen before me. In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie, In Flanders fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields.

@blackshark2088 21 күн бұрын

Great! Greetings from Germany! We are now friends...

@zakhanson5720 Ай бұрын

Poppies, beautiful flowers. Lest We Forget

@pilsplease7561 Ай бұрын

A family friend who has long since passed, Was in the canadian military prior to the US joining the war, He did several raids with them and when the US Joined the war, he left the Canadian Commandos and came over and joined the US military and went on to join the Air Force and go on missions on bombers over europe, he was shot down at least 7 times and survived all of them and was the only survivor of all of them and coincidentally after the war it was discovered he went on the most missions out of anyone in ww2. Guy was insanely lucky, One mission he went on the plane got shot up and lost all but 2 of its engines and on the way back it kept getting lower and lower to the water and he started throwing everything overboard and it didnt help and when he saw the plane was too low and was going to crash into the cliffs of dover he jumped out the side of the plane and landed in the water and managed to survive get up and see the plane hit the cliffs and then he swam to shore and walked all the way into a village and got help. After the war ended he survived a crash as the bomber that he was on that was flying back to the US crashed and killed everyone but him. That was technically the 8th crash he survived. Guy was also present at the commando raid on the sub pens in France that killed the majority of the people on the raid. I still cant believe all the stuff he did if anyone deserved to have a movie made about them it was that guy.

@rogierius Ай бұрын

Does this family friend have a name?

@AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg 24 күн бұрын

@@rogieriusCaptain, Captain America.

@jcfly1 Ай бұрын

In a word, Excellent !

@bubblewrappedmemories 10 күн бұрын

BTW GPR has been used in archaeological investigations since 1976 (ish)....48 years...

@linneagimby2734 22 күн бұрын

Bless the hearts and bravery of those scared men, and boys, who fought and died with just the knowledge their sacrifice would pretty much protect their county, their fellow Highlanders, and their families and friends. I cannot not, EVER, imagine what they went through or felt on the days they died. I had a great-Uncle from Saskatchewan canada who was sent to France and died, at the young age of 18. He is buried there with only a photo of his French headstone for his mother to have to hold. His 18th birthday was only 2 months before he was killed.

@loditx7706 2 күн бұрын

It was great to see this. I feel like I can remember Hugh Ivor now. I guess his parents and family were notified of his death. And his mom and dad being so sad and wondering if he had the bracelet they had given with him when he died, poor boy. I am a big fan of Time Team, where the sites are very busy with 20-30 people digging and using GPR brushing and scraping, many with specialized knowledge in different areas. Y'all are like a mini Time Team. I am fascinated by all that's under the water just off shore. Do y'all ever do underwater archeology? I've seen brief shots of drowned tanks and landing craft that did not make it ashore. I would love to see a whole program of these ghostly remnants, now encrusted with sea life. It would be marvelous if there's some way to identify them and find out what ship they started from.

@maxartusy6378 9 күн бұрын

EXCELLENT!!!!

@mrmeowsir2355 Ай бұрын

Very cool. But I hate tv styled shows on KZfaq.

@joel5644 28 күн бұрын

Yeah, the conversation between both of them, especially in the beginning, sounded scripted. lol

@lingerslongest Ай бұрын

Great vid

@hankgr64 Ай бұрын

The photo from September 1964 shows in much better detail than the one you have.

@quantumss 18 күн бұрын

Nicely done. Thanks.

@billcallahan9303 24 күн бұрын

There's a place in north Florida where Civil War artifacts still lay there. I got a $275.00 ticket for being out there. They didn't know I'd been going out there for 20+ years. My video: Rebel Salt - KZfaq.

@safetyharborfirearms 18 күн бұрын

We where just in Normandy for the 80th......next time Juno is a must revisit...didnt make it there on this last trip

@GereDJ2 14 күн бұрын

I like their put-on voices, like Top 40 DJs.

@TheSussexpillbox 28 күн бұрын

At least the Tobruk was filled with sand. I have just excavated one this year on the Germany/Netherlands border at it was full with rubble and heavy clay.

@robertdacquisto6871 Ай бұрын

Insane to think these places were once booming with machine gun fire and explosions. Must be terrifying

@Ab90- Ай бұрын

i think satellite archaeology could be interesting for your explorations, detecting thermic and infrared differences in the ground. archaeologists will be able to locate even clay shards with that in near future.. (video seems from 2015) however, its so crazy that you found this historical place easily like youre doing every week..^^

@EMC2AlbertJans Ай бұрын

Wow thrilling story Loved it ❤ Amazing grace rest in peace

@GoodwillCriminalsOfDallas Ай бұрын

If you had the chance you should have sent up a drone. Typically vegetation will not grow as well over buried structures. It will be especially evident in the event of a drought. At least the bunkers and machine gun emplacement were only covered mostly with sand. That will be reasonably easy to clear away. It will be a constant battle in the future to keep cleared of course. It might mean some sort of structure would need to be built over the bunkers. Being that close to the shore storms will readily blow sand and try to disappear the structures again. Any exposed re-bar material will decay more quickly when exposed to the salty air hence the need for some sort of dome or building over them. It is highly unlikely much ephemera has survived to this day unless like the id bracelet it is casually lost. I now will wonder where the bracelet was carried by our now found young Canadian soldier. It would be interesting to see what a standard soldiers kit for his unit would have looked like.

@tonydunn2366 Ай бұрын

Mate it's not war junk it's history why do you do it if you call it junk why do you bother it's just not junk there called artefacts not just junk if you're going to call it junk just don't do it

@Poblotheone Ай бұрын

Why u hating, let the man say what he wants..... sounds like we got a hater

@stevelacroix2404 Ай бұрын

Relax mate.. I’m sure the makers of this show were trying to come up with a catchy name for the show, it’s not like these guys had anything to do with it.

@BeckVMH Ай бұрын

“War Junk” is puzzling when referring to a hallowed site such as this.

@Theiliteritesbian 27 күн бұрын

They only do half the work anyway. They stopped digging like a bunch of academics. Finish ur job. This show should be 12 min long. Not 50. No thanks.

@John-gp1ls 26 күн бұрын

They're way more qualified then you to call this stuff whatever they want stop hating 😂

@danielgulbransen8476 7 күн бұрын

Its interesting hearing some of the stories from the other beaches from D-Day. Too much publicity surrounded Normandy beach due to it being the bloodiest. The Allies landed on more than just Normandy, it's just that the others didn't go as badly as that one.

@carriebrumley8926 16 күн бұрын

Welcome new patron members!! Also congratulations to winners of those great pieces they created!! KZfaq is dumb with some of it censorship. I agree millions of for a cat in a window??? Not me I'm right here with you and EE!! Thank you both for all your hard work. I'm sure not going anywhere. Just a quick question, but did I miss the Challenge tour to be historical? I made a super thanks donation but didn't see my name. If I missed making this tour I will catch the next for sure!! Thanks for sharing!

@richardhanley3411 Ай бұрын

No matter the age they were just real men doing a job that needed to be done.

@future_me_6067 27 күн бұрын

GPR is not new, as much drama it adds. Lidar would have been fantastic for the Tombette woods.

@rodneymize9116 Ай бұрын

A cameraman filming another cameraman. Ok.

@brealistic3542 Ай бұрын

Even so it's nice to find one after all these years 😉

@charleswesley9907 17 күн бұрын

Utah and Omaha beach is where the most casualties happened .It was the toughest . The Brits walked inland standing up .. There were no obstructions .

@nomadpi1 15 күн бұрын

My father's oldest brother landed on Utah, 6 June '44. He lived to be 94 yrs old. His fellow soldier, and friend, was at his funeral, wearing his Dress Uniform from 1944.

@1339LARS 13 күн бұрын

THANK `S //Lars

@fletsepopje 18 күн бұрын

Time will not dim the glory of their deeds. Lest we forget.

@cabalpronos2632 Ай бұрын

Sauf autorisation préfectorale ,ect les fouilles ou recherches au détecteur de métaux sont interdites sur les plages du débarquement..il faut le rappeler

@maxartusy6378 9 күн бұрын

You should go to Gaugamela, the biggest battle of all time. 300,000 troops. Alexander the Great defeated Persians, 331BC. Should be perfect for your methods. Dry, flat desert floor , tons of debris, doubtless lost. KZfaq has much detail. Ideal for GPR.

@davidtwliew616 Ай бұрын

Sïmple: The bracelet was located in a field hospital.

@lutomson3496 Ай бұрын

Yes or it was stolen from his body which was common...

@Alexzander19736 17 күн бұрын

And as I suspected before I pressed play, they ALWAYS mention just those beaches. There was another one named BAND. East of Sword. More info @ Dr. Mark Felton.

@johnwhitaker545 Ай бұрын

I thought the word casualty meant fatal.

@theallseeingmaster Ай бұрын

Well told with a poignant ending.

@Ubique2927 Ай бұрын

We’re the Tobruk bunkers named after the town of Tobruk in N. Africa?

@rickvanderhulst1561 Ай бұрын

Yes

@bigadam64 Ай бұрын

Yep

@johnmckenna3937 Ай бұрын

yes but they are not pronouncing Tobruk correctly.

@993ti Ай бұрын

35:00 "The bullet had to been fired on d-day". That cartridge hasn't been fired..... 36:32 No, it's wasn't covered in sand back then, so how would they just walk up there the way he shows?

@Munakas-wq3gp Ай бұрын

Also, they find a patio from the 70's buried 30cm deep. How on earth do they expect to find a WW2 bunker at that same depth? It's going to be way deeper. Edit: Nvm 🤭

@patfromamboy 22 күн бұрын

Like sands through the hour glass so are the days of our lives.

@loditx7706 2 күн бұрын

@elrobo: I am sorry for your loss, and thank your father for his service. You stated how your father was killed; I would like to know where. You say he fought and died in WWI, so I guessing not Normandy.

@gregbellinger5765 14 күн бұрын

I appreciate the Canadian accents.

@user-cq8fw5ih4e 27 күн бұрын

My uncle landed on Omaha Beach with 926th Signal Corp Battalion.

@Edgy01 7 күн бұрын

You literally cannot dig 1/2 metre into the ground anywhere in Europe without finding something involved in a war.

@ArnieC1974 26 күн бұрын

Have you found the gascansters the "alies" shot?

@link190482 Ай бұрын

„Greatest Invasion in History“ 🙈 reallly?!

@kevos65 Ай бұрын

Were those bunkers fully uncovered afterwards for display? Excellent documentary

@steve44xds Ай бұрын

Just a curious question. There was two American and British Invasion spots one Canadian. Why did the French not have a squad?

@andrewmountford3608 Ай бұрын

Other nationalities were involved However, troops from many other countries participated in D-Day and the Battle of Normandy: Australia, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, France, Greece, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway and Poland.

@Ab90- Ай бұрын

One reason was maybe the language.. after their landings they had to reunit far inland, not knowing if the invasion is successful or not or if they have to change battleplans because unanticipated reasons. then its very problematic if youre flanks are defended by people you cant understand a word..ect

@1320crusier Ай бұрын

Lest we forget.

@paulbradford8240 Ай бұрын

Once you had permission, I'm surprised that you didn't use a larger digger (backhoe). You were digging anyway, so need to be more efficient with your time. It's an open space, so larger machinery could have been used.

@abwartsbanapu5411 Ай бұрын

because you won't be authorized to destroy the whole dune but just a specific area.

@randeelijauco6538 Ай бұрын

wow

@michaelpcooksey5096 16 күн бұрын

On my mind would be unexploded ordinance ... CAREFUL !!!! N on the big one ... how deep would you have to go? Campground patio would be surface post war ... ??

@staaaaalbeton Ай бұрын

It's not a tobruk. It's a ringstand. In this case even one for a mortar, not a machinegun.

@Ab90- Ай бұрын

there are many differend types of ringstands, colloquially this single bunker was called as "tobruk" meant the same so far i know..

@staaaaalbeton Ай бұрын

@@Ab90- No, the tobruk was only the type Vf58c. This is not that type.

@brealistic3542 Ай бұрын

Tobrok are very very small one to two man fighting positions. Not much to get excited about. A one man Tobrok wasn't where all those casualties came from. They have very limited ammo.

@Rogge73 10 күн бұрын

That lawnmover is useless!! 😂😂😂

@tinaann3323 25 күн бұрын

As a former Marine, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING called an artifact is JUNK. as a veteran, I hope you remember that. AND, it doesn’t matter what side you’re on. Honor, Duty and sacrifice were common. What I hate about these little “Search Groups” is that they only have limited time/resources. “We only have enough time to find things” or “we’re running out of time “!!!!!