La Fiere bridge: 82nd airborne , 3 days to capture it. Walking D-day

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4 жыл бұрын

The 505th PIR of the 82nd airborne were to capture Sainte Mère eglise, Neuville au Plain and the bridge at La Fiere.
The bridge and the causeway to Cauquingny took three days of bloody fighting to capture.
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@SeniorDelinquentSk8s 3 жыл бұрын

Outstanding presentation, sir. The specificity of the events, the key locations and production details such as the tank-eye-view with sound effects all add immediacy to the history. Respect. Subscribed.

@Dan-ez6dr Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this excellent video. This gripping story was well explained and horrifying. The bravery and diligence of the US troops is evident. They saved the world.

@gijoe508 2 жыл бұрын

I’ve read about this but seeing the battlefield makes it make more sense, thank you for making this video, I need to watch your others now!

@mossbrg5 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, great video as always. Especially showing the actual sites, and flooded fields. If I was a movie mogul I would order production of a film based on the La Fiere Bridge Battle.

@WalkingDday 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching. I’m editing Operation Epsom at the moment. Then I’ll be on an American site.

@48Nugget 3 жыл бұрын

Great vid - really informative. Very interesting. Thank you!

@WalkingDday 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the appreciation.

@localbod 4 жыл бұрын

Thankyou for all your hardwork, research and efforts in making this video presentation. It was really well done and very informative. 👍😊

@WalkingDday 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@erikdb8917 3 жыл бұрын

Very good video 👍 Never forget this !

@TheTomygunspartan 2 жыл бұрын

MY TOTAL SUPORT TO YOUR VIDEOS AND EXPLANATIONS. VERY WELL DONE WORK. A VERY BIG HUG FROM SPAIN . A NEW SUBSCRIPTOR. I AM ON TEARS LISTENING YOUR HISTORY.

@icekool0902 4 жыл бұрын

hi Walking D-day great video as always just a quick question where do your get all your maps from with all that details on, there on all your videos? many thx

@WalkingDday 4 жыл бұрын

I make them myself on Inkscape. Started with the American airborne some years ago, but it’s expanding to the battle of Normandy. I need to arrange some way to share them.

@BajaViator Жыл бұрын

I bet a feller with a metal detector could find all kind of good stuff around that area 🤔 Good video good info... American Heroes 🇺🇸

@WalkingDday Жыл бұрын

I’ve got a casing from an American MG found up the slope from the river. The guy had a hand ful so gave me one. He had also found a buckle from a parachute.

@mikebeard8505 Жыл бұрын

I bet a feller could get arrested, too

@BajaViator Жыл бұрын

@@mikebeard8505 😁

@garycrockett4174 3 жыл бұрын

Great video. Thank you. Where did you get this detailed information from? Can you recommend any books. Nice to see the fields flooded. When we went they weren't!

@WalkingDday 3 жыл бұрын

Hello Picked a lot up over the 30 years I've been guiding. A book that has much detail is No better place to die by Robert Murphy, who was there. I have a selection of books on my perch page. normandy-tour-guide.com/guides.php#guides

@garycrockett4174 3 жыл бұрын

@@WalkingDday Thank you I'll check it out. Keep the videos coming they're really informative. I'm watching one right now!

@steeltown1001 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, great video. I was there...trying to find the place of Gavin' foxhole 🙂..not sure where......didn't find it.....

@WalkingDday 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching. From the car park and Manor, looking up the road towards Ste Mere Eglise, it's just on the bend. There’s a chain around a depression in the ground by the road. It’s definitely A fox hole and gives a commanding view of the bridge, so it might well have been Gavin’s.

@carldycer 3 жыл бұрын

@@WalkingDday yeah that’s supposed to be it. A nice touch.

@hl4468 Жыл бұрын

I would like to know how you knew about the machine gun located at the intersection of the Chem. d'Hiersac ("the lane") and the road to St Mere Eglise (D15) that crossed La Fiere Bridge. I am interested because Carl Kleinsteuber of the 82nd AB 505th HQ Battalion, my uncle, was initially buried or found dead adjacent to Chem. d'Hiersac probably 200 ft from where the speaker is standing at 1:41 in the video. My uncle's location is noted on his Report of Burial. Therefore, I would assume that this machine gun may have caused his death.

@WalkingDday Жыл бұрын

Hi, I’m pretty sure it was from « no better place to die » by Robert Murphy. I’m away from home for a few weeks so don’t have access to the book, but here’s a link to a letter from Dolon that lays out what happened. www.thedropzone.org/europe/Normandy/dolan.html

@kenharris1261 Ай бұрын

Did 505th 82 airborne pir co. G capture this bridge , names of soldiers if available , Uncle was in that co.

@WalkingDday Ай бұрын

G Company was 3rd battalion commanded by Lt Col Krause. Their mission was to take Ste Mere Eglise. The drops in general were highly dispersed, but the 505th had the most accurate drop. Krause had 600 men with him when he swept into Ste Mere with little resistance. Your uncle was probably there but could have been mis dropped and lost, or with other units, could have been at La Fiere.

@MegaBloggs1 3 жыл бұрын

well told Colin-i have the upmost respect for the soldiers \veterans who fought this battle-you have done them proud.it is confusing because geographically due to the advance to the south-perhaps a quick view of where la fiere is wrt carentan and utah beach would assist.

@WalkingDday 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the feedback.