German and US D-day veterans attend service at German cemetery

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(8 Jun 2014) World War II veterans joined soldiers and others at a German war cemetery in Normandy on Sunday to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings.
They were addressed by German Ambassador to France Susanne Wasum-Rainer, who paid tribute to all those who died during the war.
"It's hard to imagine that 70 years ago, in this peaceful, magnificent landscape, deadly battles raged," she said.
Sat side by side at the ceremony were two former adversaries, brought together to remember fallen friends.
Adriaan De winter, who fought for the Dutch resistance held hands with German veteran Kurt Keller.
They said they were happy their two nations could live side by side in peace.
"I would like to say that it was right, it was just for us to lose the battle of Normandy and to lose this war," said Keller.
D-Day was a turning point in World War II, cracking Hitler's western front as the Soviet troops made advances in the east.
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@erwinfischer2626 4 жыл бұрын

To all Americans from a German: Let's keep that peace for our and all following generations.🤝

@Strawberry-12. 4 жыл бұрын

erwin fischer damn straight bud

@ShellShock11C 4 жыл бұрын

Hello, German dude.

@ketanfernandes4094 3 жыл бұрын

And to you, from a fellow American: I concur. 🤝❤️

@Hn-gz5iw 2 жыл бұрын

I think we should take another crack at the americans..

@oscarmadison8530 Жыл бұрын

You got it, bruh. Greetings from Texas. 👊

@avadhnamravichandran5071 7 жыл бұрын

The war is over victory and defeated attending the war veterans, to pay respects to the departed soul's, it's good

@shezii_hyena7133 6 жыл бұрын

avadhnam ravichandran every soul german russian british Amerikan japanese and many more

@hustequ 6 жыл бұрын

The fought each other to live in peace together

@JuandeMariana1994 3 жыл бұрын

"In peace"..... In other words, with Germany prostrate to the interests of the United States.

@godzilla1806 4 жыл бұрын

Weise Worte von Männern die dem Tod ins Auge gesehen haben.Dem ist nichts hinzuzufügen.

@pascusrex4152 3 жыл бұрын

"Es geh von Herz zu Herz, man kann vergeben wenn man auch nicht vergisst!" well said.

@jodyrussell4969 6 жыл бұрын

Am I the only one who sees a difference between a Nazi and a German, because I know someone who says their both the same, but I see a difference, down with the Nazis and up with the freedom loving Germans, greetings from U.S.A 🇺🇸

@panzer-baconanimation517 6 жыл бұрын

Jody Russell THANK YOU they weren't the same they were different in every way

@Zalwalloo 5 жыл бұрын

Well, Nazis included other countries, not just German.

@guccimalcs 5 жыл бұрын

I 100% see a difference and I’m called a Nazi sympathizer for it.

@forsene4556 5 жыл бұрын

Dankeschön

@MrEntertainer89 5 жыл бұрын

My great grand fathers where both in the war and I talked with them both about that matter . Not every German or in my case Austrian where Nazis . it's like I would say now all US Americans are Trump Supporters .

@mariannebonner2280 3 жыл бұрын

Lasting peace and understanding is not a quick process but definitely worth it.

@moserr11 6 жыл бұрын

A soldier, above all others, prays for peace. For they above all know the price of victory.

@SwissTanuki 7 жыл бұрын

Americans were very smart not to make the same mistake the winner made after the 1. ww. Because of the Marshall plan they gave Europe the chance to become successful.

@shezii_hyena7133 6 жыл бұрын

feixbix france want war Reputation because they bombed everything

@eatinsomtin9984 3 жыл бұрын

Usa did jack shit i/n the war. They cheated by using nukes and take all the credit in american education. They //were shit.

@northdevonpictures826 3 жыл бұрын

@@eatinsomtin9984 Bollox.

@alwaysbanned4812 3 жыл бұрын

@@eatinsomtin9984 s a l t y

@sunnyinfinite 2 жыл бұрын

Marshall plan is overrated. The amount Germany received was just around 2% of its Gross National Product, clearly it wasn't crucially responsible for post war reconstruction.

@ketanfernandes4094 3 жыл бұрын

Not many things in life make me shed a tear. This video did.

@CivilAviation1 6 жыл бұрын

I tried to translate what the german veteran said: 1:17 to 1:52 "I am very glad to shake a former enemy's hand. It means a lot to me. That means former enemies are friends today. That goes from heart to heart" [not sure of that's the right phrase in english, it's a literal translation of the sentence at 1:35]. "It's forgiving, and one can forgive, even if you can't forget. But he's as happy as I am, that we can shake hands - and that's good. That feels good." 1:57 onwards "I'd like to say, it was right that we lost the fight of Normandy. If we hadn't, the world would've continued to be terrorized by Hitler. But the landing's purpose was to free the occupied countries and free Germany from the National-Socialism. That was the preliminary stage for today's democracy. And without democracy we wouldn't have a united europe. So I do think it was good that we lost the war. Only it should've happened earlier." [I don't understand the last sentence, there are drums and it cuts out after he says "Not so much..." and then it's inaudible.]

@caprigameshd9658 5 жыл бұрын

CivilAviation1 hast du fein gemacht Bruder ich freue mich

@artembohdankokazimir5180 5 жыл бұрын

CivilAviation1 thank you

@jgstargazer 5 жыл бұрын

CivilAviation1: Thank you for translating...it means a lot to understand forgiveness.

@GoldenBoyXCM 5 жыл бұрын

good try, you literally took my comment and made it yours, claiming it to be yours. How pathetic.

@CivilAviation1 5 жыл бұрын

@@GoldenBoyXCM I didnt copy anything of your shitty illiteracy of a pathetic piece of comment.If I didnt spoke german how would I've been able to put time stamps. Maybe try having proper grammar and it would've gotten the likes that you're chasing, so that I would've seen the comment that already had his words translated. And of course our comments are similar, we translated what he said. Du denkst auch nur von der Tapete bis zur Wand.

@roflcopterkklol 6 жыл бұрын

It is only those who fight in these wars that truly understand them. We never will.

@Tonymount 6 жыл бұрын

Young men forced to fight for old men's greed.

@brunocampos9171 6 жыл бұрын

I hope you are talking about the americans

5 жыл бұрын

Bruno Campos What?

@biggusdickus6134 4 жыл бұрын

@@brunocampos9171 He means the Germans. They also did not want to fight. Most of them were forced.

@brylledeuda3844 6 жыл бұрын

i am Filipino but my heart is a german

@neinnein9306 5 жыл бұрын

normaly organs go the other way. just kidding ^^

@augustus1318 5 жыл бұрын

What?

@neinnein9306 5 жыл бұрын

@@augustus1318 just a little joke about organ transplants to rich countries.

@GoldenBoyXCM 6 жыл бұрын

"Im very reliefed that i can give a past enemy the hand, this is alot for me. This means alot to me. This means enemy of old are now friends. This goes from hearth to hearth. This is a forgiveness. You can forgive, even if you dont forget. Hes just as happy about that as i am, that we can give us the hand. This is good. That feels good." "i want to say it was right that we lost the battle of Normandie, that we lost that war. If we didnt, then the world would have been terrorized by Hitler. But the landing had the goal to free the occupied countries, and also free germany from nationalsozialism. That was the preliminary to the democracy of today. And without that democracy, we would not have a united europe. It was good that we lost the war, but it should have happened earlier"

@marcusmeade9033 6 жыл бұрын

thank you

@Manujones27 4 жыл бұрын

A great respect for those who fought/gave their lifes to fight nazisme .Never let it happen again, its my wish .Greetings from France.

@MrYrgas 5 жыл бұрын

Allies fought the wrong enemy

@bramjanssens9392 5 жыл бұрын

Patton quote no?

@Eyyoh755 3 жыл бұрын

It's good to see that they let the Germans took part...

@enthalpiaentropia7804 4 жыл бұрын

Respect to them..!

@dasreich5126 5 жыл бұрын

Wonderful video.

@JK-zo4px 5 жыл бұрын

Frieden und Versöhnung.

@timetraveller143 2 жыл бұрын

I agree 100% with the german veteran. We are free today because germany lost the war.

@travismeta3727 7 жыл бұрын

I wanted to know what would happen if a German veteran met a American veteran I thought they were going to have some sort of gun fight

@mariano9220 7 жыл бұрын

RainbowRunner 10 I think that would happen with a russian veteran

@mariano9220 7 жыл бұрын

I mean a russian veteran and a german veteran, not a US veteran

@mariano9220 7 жыл бұрын

Sure, i just said because in ww2 Russia fight most to Germany

@mariano9220 7 жыл бұрын

Uh, i wont answer because im not very informed about ww2, sorry xd

@mariano9220 7 жыл бұрын

Respect from Argentina, i love Germany, Tshuss :)

@robboss969 6 жыл бұрын

I have family from germany one who actually fought in ww2, but im also loyal and was born in the US and its hard to wonder who i love more, family heritage, or FUCKIN MERICA so yea

@ghostofbungie9780 4 жыл бұрын

Rob Boss so yea

@biggusdickus6134 4 жыл бұрын

Do not love one more. Love both equal so you can respect your ancestor who fought for Nazi Germany allthough for the wrong cause. I believe he did not want to fight.

@alexcorvuscazador5596 5 жыл бұрын

Am the only non native european (i just have european ancestry) who feels he is truly european at heart

@vinGardt 5 жыл бұрын

Ein sehr ergreifendes Bild wie sich der deutsche und der amerikanische Soldat die Hand in Freundschaft halten.

@liam7903 6 жыл бұрын

2:48 wtf is this dutch dude doing there lol

@westpointsnell4167 6 жыл бұрын

70 CC maybe he s there to watch

@Eshayzbra96 6 жыл бұрын

He was a resistance fighter

@mercdutch3950 6 жыл бұрын

TheDude 24 i think ur missing the point here... there is people shitting on veterans because their army was weak... thats just sad and makes no sense, he fought for OUR freedom no matter the impact he actually had...

@Max-is4qu 5 жыл бұрын

@@mercdutch3950 people who post stuff like that are 99% younger then 12 so just ignore them.

@cj.1341 5 жыл бұрын

*_Samuel_* Educate yourself before you say something so ignorant

@johannsebastianbach9003 2 жыл бұрын

German vets: Ich habe dich immer an den Stränden erschossen American translator: 🤨🤨🤨

@nycd4766 6 жыл бұрын

Subtitles would be aces

@intcity5101 6 жыл бұрын

NYC Dane I KNOW RIGHT

@jamesnoonan2009 3 жыл бұрын

Can someone translate what the German vet said?

@bladeshotone 5 жыл бұрын

German speaker: Welcome American speaker: Welcome French speaker: Piss off u snail baguette eater

@MadManInMyVisions 3 жыл бұрын

My great uncle said, "What's that Kraut saying?"

@bobbrowning8647 6 жыл бұрын

I'm glad to see there were no Archie Bunkers there

@Hunter-jo8ud 4 жыл бұрын

For sure they came as liberators haha oh man. That is not true, the americans and the russians came as enemies and occupiers. They have killed several civilians and destroyed so much cities, it was not needed to do that. Its good that germany lost the war yeah, but you cant say that the allies came as liberators (at least not for germany) xD

@JuandeMariana1994 3 жыл бұрын

Exact. If the objective really was "to liberate Germany and Europe from fascism", why did they not support the organizers of Operation Valkyrie and negotiate a mutually beneficial peace with the new German Government? Simple: because ending Hitler and Nazism was secondary (or even tertiary) for the Western Allies. Its main objective was to destroy Germany and prevent it from being a world power that could compete with its hegemony.

@Brooklynyc918 4 жыл бұрын

Please see the movie Valkyrie...it's a true story.

@Max-is4qu 4 жыл бұрын

What if they started fighting eachother again to settle old scores

@neomileft3409 4 жыл бұрын

You are funny.

@Peru_Soldier 5 жыл бұрын

I’ve never seen a German and soviets veteran reunion

@A.A_xv 4 жыл бұрын

PERUVIAN BATTLEFIELD damn that would be hard to watch

@biggusdickus6134 4 жыл бұрын

Either they would not meet because the hate each other that much or they would talk like the american and the german.

@anubissobek3632 5 жыл бұрын

Where are the russians?

@-Eisenfaust- 4 жыл бұрын

it's about the D-Day.

@mattboyer9689 4 жыл бұрын

Oh remember they ran off during the war to leave us

@ashrafchuhan400 4 жыл бұрын

Russian in afghan grave

@rahulvp9184 7 жыл бұрын

if they met during the war what would happen?

@hardcorehardo 7 жыл бұрын

Rahul Vp They would shoot each other

@rahulvp9184 7 жыл бұрын

Hardocore your right. there is no speech during the war. They would only speak with their bullets. That's all.

@1935rmb 7 жыл бұрын

Sentimental nonsense. Why pretend? Germans acted awful in war and deserve contempt.

@StrikerMixes 6 жыл бұрын

Blame the government not the soldier.

@johnheimdal3623 6 жыл бұрын

1935rmb not all were Nazis, they were forced to be it or maybe they wanted to protect the country so they stayed in the military

@fairextl 6 жыл бұрын

1935rmb Then why do Russians celebrate "victory" day?

@jig-ga 5 жыл бұрын

I love when people act like their country is all perfect and never did a bad thing. and if they know about they come up with shitty excuses or just point the finger back at you. I bet money that even the people in North Korea are not all the same and hate the US. Just like not every german was not a nazi. or every american wanted the native americans dead. use your damn brain

@steven03048 5 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah right, the germans acted awful in war, and only them? Every nation did something to deserve contempt somewhere in it's history! For example the americans with their war crimes in Vietnam, Slavery and deportation of american natives. The Brits with their empire that opressed and killed millions. Just to talk about the "good" guys in the world -.-