ORIGINAL FOOTAGE! Ultimate Then & Now Compilation | Cherbourg

ORIGINAL FOOTAGE! Ultimate Then & Now Compilation | Cherbourg | Normandy WW2

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3 ай бұрын

In this video I show you some of my favourite Then & Now locations to film.
The US 79th Infantry Division led the way in assaulting Cherbourg’s Fort du Roule on June 25, 1944, and two Americans would receive Medals of Honor for their heroic conduct.
Capturing Cherbourg and its harbor installations was considered vital for the long-term viability of the Normandy landings, for no matter how many supplies were brought ashore on the artificial Mulberry harbors, they could not compete with the capacity of modern port facilities.
In this video I show you four of my favourite then and now pictures and story behind them. If you enjoy this video let me know in the comments. I'd love to hear from you.
ORIGINAL FOOTAGE! Ultimate Then & Now Compilation | Cherbourg | Normandy WW2
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@theresaryan2280 3 ай бұрын

Just watched this video the first one I just came across it so I’m going to watch all others you’ve done/do Tell me though is it just about the American input in Normandy or do the British get mentioned?? Only asking because my father was in Normandy and I’d love to see the places before and after Also are you going to document the Burma part of the War??

@thehistoryexplorer 3 ай бұрын

Hello buddy. Thank you for checking out the channel. I have plans for lots of British and Canadian content, you can see some I’ve done already. I’m a serving British army officer so definitely keen to cover more events towards Caen. I will also visit the Netherlands later this year and I have plans to get to Singapore 👍

@theresaryan2280 3 ай бұрын

@@thehistoryexplorer thank you

@theresaryan2280 3 ай бұрын

@@thehistoryexplorerI have just watched your trailer WW2 Normandy October 2023 and commented but please can you tell me what the song is you’re playing. It’s beautiful and heart breaking at the same time

@thehistoryexplorer 3 ай бұрын

@@theresaryan2280it’s called Sgt Mackenzie

@theresaryan2280 3 ай бұрын

@@thehistoryexplorer thank you so much

@djs5588 3 ай бұрын

My father was an aid man in the infantry during WWII. He often spoke of many of the places you visit. I picture him there as a young 19 year old and the experiences he had that shaped his life. I only wish he was here to share these amazing videos with me.

@thehistoryexplorer 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing, I bet he had some stories to tell!

@littlehummingbird1015 3 ай бұрын

Having known my dad too was in France then I can understand how you feel.

@ricardocorbie6803 3 ай бұрын

How innocuous these places are,, thousands pass daily not knowing what happened on these roads, streets and doorways, but thanks to you,, we get a real sense of what happened there !! War is such a horrible experience,, having fought in 2, and being in conflict in Bosnia 🇧🇦 I know what it is!! 3 lives taken for the cost of 2,, 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿 ! Rest in peace 🪦 I hope diplomacy can prevail and prevent such violence in the future!! But as we see in Palestine, Ukraine, Haiti , we haven’t learned from the past!! God bless❤️❤️

@thehistoryexplorer 3 ай бұрын

Well said my friend. Great comment

@user-zx6oj7uz8w 3 ай бұрын

My brothers father-in-law was in the Normandy invasion and made it alive on the Omaha Beach landing, but could never talk about what happened that horrible day.

@SNP-1999 Ай бұрын

When you think of those two dead German soldiers and the three US combat engineers they killed, it hits you how absolutely stupid and futile war is. Those five young men lost their lives in a skirmish that didn't change one little aspect of the war - five young lives gone, for what ? Their deaths didn't change the course of the war, not really, but they devastated the lives of their families- the Anerican families who prayed in vain for the safety of their beloved sons, brothers or even husbands and fathers, and the same for the German families- but these most probably never received an official notification of their deaths, and waited for years for their sons to return home - but they had died in a French street.

@joemacinnis1972 4 күн бұрын

Excellent viewpoint

@godfreyzilla8608 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for not sanitizing the video or over dramatizing your comments or the musical background. Well done. I think it's important to present the events as they actually happened without any embellishment or editing so that viewers can experience the reality of those events as horrific and gruesome as they may be. It's also important to note that when we see victims of that terrible war who fought against us they too had families who loved them. Hopefully with a common humanity we will one day learn how to avoid wars and give the young people who fight those wars a chance at life. God Bless.

@thehistoryexplorer 3 ай бұрын

Thank you Godfrey and we’ll said. I’m surprised KZfaq did not censor it actually

@JT-wn7wb 3 ай бұрын

Such powerful images so many years later have such an impact of sorrow & sadness.

@user-uh2kx7tz4k 2 ай бұрын

I don't know why I always watch theses videos I look for my dad he was there during WW2 he fought from beginning To the end and went on to fight in Korea I watch like he going to show up in one it wouldn't surprise me really he was a master Sargent and never talked about it his dream's in 5 different languages sometimes were very violent there wasn't much we could do for him it's when mom made us go outside and play young people don't realize what these men went through so they can have the privileges they got don't waste your life make something of yourself R.I.P Master Sargent John Schenato Arlington cemetery 1918 to 1981 we miss you

@ronaldwilkinson4330 3 ай бұрын

Amazing seeing the fallen soldiers in doorways on the streets. Thinking good bad or indifferent this is where their souls departed this life. If this doesn't move you your not breathing

@thehistoryexplorer 3 ай бұрын

Well said. Regardless of side or beliefs they are someone’s son, brother, father etc

@sarahwithanh.4368 3 ай бұрын

@@thehistoryexplorer They are someone's son , that's what I was thinking looking at the face of this young man laying down bidding farewell to his youth, his dreams and wishes🙍

@thehistoryexplorer 3 ай бұрын

@@sarahwithanh.4368 you’re absolutely right. It’s a very sad and powerful picture showing the consequences of war

@mason7778 3 ай бұрын

Yes ,you are right😢

@earnold1896 3 ай бұрын

It was kill or be killed as we know. It always touches me lots as a mother of adult sons. My son has a nice framed photo (it was in the frame) of a handsome young german guy and he has a slight look of trepidation. We think he probably died in the snow. Not sure how my son thinks that but my son is a history major. He would've known somehow. We were sad there's no name on it.

@josimpson7999 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for putting this incredible footage together. It’s a deeply sad and poignant tribute to those young men (on both sides) who tragically lost their lives in the futility of war.

@thehistoryexplorer 3 ай бұрын

Thank you very much. It was my pleasure

@MrAuldphart Ай бұрын

So very well written and so very true.

@josimpson7999 Ай бұрын

@@MrAuldphartThank you sir 🙂

@kimnolte237 3 ай бұрын

Great video! A dear sweet friend of mine who passed away several years ago was wounded by shrapnel just outside of Cherbourg on the 30th of July of 1944. This one was special for me!

@thehistoryexplorer 3 ай бұрын

Wow! Barely days after this footage was shot

@ianlloyd1182 2 ай бұрын

Thankyou for the reminder through these photos that all human life is precious. Those soldiers, American and German were someone’s son, brother, maybe husband, maybe father. Such loss yet we still have young men and women who die, will be ever be able to stop wars? They shall grow not old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. We will remember them. I hope those five men are still remembered by someone.

@thehistoryexplorer 2 ай бұрын

Well said my friend

@Spearhead-lz1oq 3 ай бұрын

I walked these places in the 1980's - stationed in Germany. I wish I had the video cameras, computers, software, and the Internet of today. Nice job. On the other hand as I did my exploring many locals would come up to me and relate their memories of the events I was documenting. They showed great interest in the books that I had with me helping to locate the then and nows.

@thehistoryexplorer 3 ай бұрын

Brilliant. I wish I had been able to engage with more veterans and those who experienced war in their doorstep

@Spearhead-lz1oq 3 ай бұрын

@@thehistoryexplorer We had limited info back then - just books. The backseat of my Opel was like a book shelf. The locals wanted my books but they were hard to come by and I always felt bad when I declined to give/sell my tomes to them.

@calvinningot9227 2 ай бұрын

imagine... the place where we stand now is a place that was previously used for war, a place for combat equipment, a place where perhaps soldiers lost their lives. RIP all of them.🥀🥀

@thehistoryexplorer 2 ай бұрын

Thank you

@fuggedaboudit223 3 ай бұрын

Watched dozens of these vids and this one is the best. My dad was in the Pacific in the War. .these young people of today need to be made to watch these vids so they can appreciate what the greatest generation was all about

@thehistoryexplorer 3 ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

@washmabi 3 ай бұрын

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@napierlines6977 3 ай бұрын

I've been there before and knew about the guy on the steps. had no idea there was another one right next to him. Crazy to think what has happened where you walk

@spankyharland9845 3 ай бұрын

the younger generation would never know what happened in that part of the neighborhood if you never made this video- great work !

@thehistoryexplorer 3 ай бұрын

Thank buddy. Hope you enjoyed it

@nzfreeski 3 ай бұрын

actually, they do know in France, Luxembourg, Belgium - they learn about it at school, often singing anthems of either the US or allied countries - depending on who liberated. The streets have Allied names, the memorials are everywhere. Maybe you. meant US children?

@Onel756 2 ай бұрын

@@nzfreeskiThat’s wonderful to hear . A lot of US children are not told much about WW 2. Those classes in high school are electives , not required . It’s a shame . Those of us who had fathers and uncles in the US army or marines they didn’t talk about it much . My father would watch the history channel but never a WW2 movie . He was in the occupied forces but I had uncles in the marines . We were never to ask them about it . They kept those memories, the good and the bad .

@StanIslas-kv4md Ай бұрын

I'm from Normandy and live near Caen. My father was only 9 years old ind 1944 and he still remember the Germans occupation, the DDAY bombing raids, that was amazing cos the ground was shaking all the day ! So much things are engraves in his memory . Just wanted to thank you for the great job you make here. And thank you again on this special day (06 june) to all our liberatours !

@thehistoryexplorer Ай бұрын

You are most welcome my friend. What a beautiful place you live

@Finding457 3 ай бұрын

Astonishing images, beautifully put together and narrated. What a treat. Utube at it’s very best, thank you!

@thehistoryexplorer 3 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@PaulNurse1 3 ай бұрын

I enjoy Then and Now images on any subject. Thank you for respectfully doing this.

@peetyw8851 3 ай бұрын

Absolutely superb! My uncle was a 505 PIR trooper dropped far from DZ and captured, marched to Cherbourg, put on a train, marched through Briquebec to Besneville(which I visited in ‘16) strafed by our planes, wounded, & liberated. To get this view of the rail yard where he might have been is priceless.

@thehistoryexplorer 3 ай бұрын

Wow! What a war

@peetyw8851 2 ай бұрын

@@thehistoryexplorer Thank you for helping to keep these stories alive.

@Actosrep1 3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for creating this. My grandfather was a 2nd LT in the 9th ID and he helped liberate Cherbourg. He was horribly wounded at St Lo but survived. He spent 6 months at the Greenbrier in WV recovering. He originally wanted to enlist in airborne but was told he was too old. Because he had prior service as a Marine, he went to OCS and was a 90 day wonder. I have the letters he wrote to my grandmother while he was in France. Amazing bit of history.

@thehistoryexplorer 3 ай бұрын

Amazing story, thank you for sharing. You must be very proud of his legacy. I hope you enjoyed this video too, I have hundreds more on the way

@littlehummingbird1015 3 ай бұрын

How wonderful you have his letters. I wish I had my dad's letters to my mom....they weren't even mentioned to me.

@Oi_there_mate 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for putting in so much hard work and posting the “then and now” videos. I always look forward to viewing them and sharing them with others. They’re very engaging and informative. As always, keep up the good work. It’s very much appreciated.

@thehistoryexplorer 3 ай бұрын

You are most welcome! I appreciate your support 👍

@AL6198 3 ай бұрын

As my mother often said: "Without the Americans....". Merci, merci, merci.... Powerfully moving. Thank you for retracing those steps through history.

@francisbusa1074 3 ай бұрын

So eerie, looking back in time at the precise locations of these historic events.

@Thereishope664 3 ай бұрын

That picture of the German soldier lying in the stairway is so moving. Although he was German his bravery was unquestionable. Why on earth the two men never surrendered we will never know. Five lives wasted.

@antoniostamndley8272 3 ай бұрын

Because they were ideological condition, to server there leader, prob ss

@kaa13 2 ай бұрын

@@antoniostamndley8272 It did not need to be a SS to fight to death beyond your duty

@bobs2kk401 2 ай бұрын

The stories that would of went around about POW camps and rumours of what happens. Especially if was SS as they knew what they did to captured people. Different world then and mind sets.

@timemaytell4669 2 ай бұрын

And just think so many high-ranking Nazi officers hightail to Argentina not fighting to the death not even getting dirty@@kaa13

@ianchandley Ай бұрын

@@antoniostamndley8272wrong. There was a HUGE difference between the SS and the Wehrmacht - the Wehrmacht were ordinary soldiers just doing their job.

@moobaz8675 3 ай бұрын

Excellent as always. It's amazing how much is still there after all these years.

@thehistoryexplorer 3 ай бұрын

Couldn't agree more! Some parts of Normandy haven’t changed at all

@conker206 3 ай бұрын

Have you ever thought about showing these pictures to the locals passing by? I wonder if the civilians living there are aware they pass by spots where soldiers once lay dead. Might be interesting to see their reactions.

@ArizonaAirspace 3 ай бұрын

Fantastic video. It is so fascinating to look at black and white photos of WWII photos and transpose them against the same backdrop of today. I’ve always felt like I’ve lived through WWII even though I was born generations after that war ended. Fantastic job putting this video together guys. RIP our soldiers who lost their lives fighting for us. Huge thumbs up. 👍🙏🏻

@thehistoryexplorer 3 ай бұрын

I know exactly what you mean! First time I went to Normandy I felt like I’d been there before…probably because of all the pictures I’d seen. Magical place

@ArizonaAirspace 3 ай бұрын

@@thehistoryexplorer Me too. When I was in the military stationed in Germany, I went on several tour bus trips with WWII American veterans and we traveled from Germany to France through Belgium and visited several battle sites and cemeteries. Walking through Verdun, and Normandy area, it all felt like I’ve been there before. Few years before I was even in the military, I’ve had dreams of being a soldier getting into the back seat of an open top Mercedes with a young lady. It felt so real that after I woke up, I was confused who I was and where I was for few minutes. Strange indeed.

@LadyBlanche.888 3 ай бұрын

I love these segments of places and people of times past -to how it looks now. 👌 Absolutely great! ❤

@thehistoryexplorer 3 ай бұрын

So glad you enjoyed the video! Thanks for the comment

@MilesAwaywithUs 3 ай бұрын

Love these videos so much! Thank you for all the work on these, they're amazing and so moving!

@thehistoryexplorer 3 ай бұрын

Glad you like them! Thanks for the feedback

@AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan 3 ай бұрын

My beloved battleship, Texas, emptied her 14 inch shell storage on Cherbourg. And then return to England for a refill. Upon arriving back at the battle the front line was out of the range of her guns so the captain flooded one of the torpedo blisters, causing the ship to tilt giving her the range she needed to still wreak havoc on the German troops.

@thehistoryexplorer 3 ай бұрын

Wow thanks for sharing. Brilliant info. What’s your link to the Texas?

@AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan 3 ай бұрын

@@thehistoryexplorer I have lived in the area of the battleship, Texas my entire life. I have donated to her many many times financially. Had an uncle that served on her during World War II, and was on her at Cherbourg. he passed about 20 years ago. I have a KZfaq channel where I cover several military subjects. However, I specialize in videos on the battleship Texas. She is currently in the process of having repair work done to the tune of $60 million and I have heard estimates as high as 72 million more than her original cost of 5.7 million. That was in 1912, lol. She just came out of dry dock where she had approximately 80% of her outer hull replaced. She is currently floating better than she has in decades. Right now she is sitting back in the water and her wooden deck is being removed, the steel underneath the wooden deck will be repaired and then a new wooden deck replaced. Also all but two of her deck guns, with the exception of the 14 inch turret, have been removed, and for about two years now have been undergoing restoration. When they are replaced back on the ship, they will be in fully operational condition with the exception of a missing firing. One of her smaller 3 inch guns will remain fully functional with a firing pin so that it can be fired from time to time. Once all repairs are done, she is being moved to a new location in Galveston, Texas, where she is expected to get a much higher visitation rate. If you look up gulf copper shipyard in Galveston, Texas, on Google Earth, you will see her floating at dock F.

@AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan 3 ай бұрын

Correction I see the satellite photo on Google Earth is old. In that photo she is still in the floating dry dock. However, in reality she has been re-floated and moved over to dock number F, which is the longest dock at the shipyard.

@thehistoryexplorer 3 ай бұрын

@@AJeepADroneAndAnOldManthat’s great. I know about your channel and have che Jed it out. Keep up the great work. I love these old battleships

@AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan 3 ай бұрын

@@thehistoryexplorer thanks brother, I look forward to your future work

@brycecrousore1985 3 ай бұрын

As all your videos are, absolutely brilliant! Thank you for all the time you put into these recreations and the accompanying history lessons. Cheers from Minnesota.

@thehistoryexplorer 3 ай бұрын

Thank you my friend. It really means a lot to know people are enjoying these videos

@waterpongo6975 3 ай бұрын

Well done Rob. Fab episode. I look forward to the rest from your new series 👍

@thehistoryexplorer 3 ай бұрын

You’re most welcome mate. So happy you enjoyed the video

@Knards 2 ай бұрын

Seeing the guy on the steps really drives home the futility of war. Nothing was achieved in the World Wars, just the destruction of generations of young men. I do enjoy your films, there is a point to them. My grandmother had 6 sons in the war, Navy, Army Air Corps and Army. 2 of Dads brothers passed each other somewhere in France while moving, and only got to wave and say hello to each other

@thehistoryexplorer 2 ай бұрын

Wow thank you for sharing! So glad you enjoy the videos

@juffrouwjo 3 ай бұрын

Interesting video, thanks for all the extra information, I turned these photos into then & now mixed images about 14 years ago, but never got to visit the locations.

@apanapandottir205 3 ай бұрын

Very powerful. This really makes history feel much closer.

@thehistoryexplorer 3 ай бұрын

It’s why I love then and now comparisons. So powerful

@chandraorange8799 Ай бұрын

I love the way you do the Then and Now photos. It helps me to see it better! Thank you for bringing History to life for me

@thehistoryexplorer Ай бұрын

Glad you like them! Thank you for the feedback

@fishlips2817 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for bringing these videos.👍🏻

@thehistoryexplorer 3 ай бұрын

My pleasure!

@littlehummingbird1015 3 ай бұрын

So well done....thanks. I was just about two months old at that time. I don't know if my dad was there, but he did serve in France somewhere. Wish he was still here to tell me where.

@danduffy7974 3 ай бұрын

Great video! Its so neat to see the before and after pics. It really puts things in prospective. .

@thehistoryexplorer 3 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! And thanks for the feedback. Much appreciated

@user-gn2up9iz1e 2 ай бұрын

Beeindruckendes Video. Das Blut, was die Treppen hinunterläuft..... Der Soldat sieht fast schlafend aus, als hätte er es endlich hinter sich gebracht. Du machst damit wertvolle Aufarbeitung über die Sinnlosigkeit des 2. WK.

@thehistoryexplorer 2 ай бұрын

Thank you very much! Really appreciate your feedback

@SNP-1999 Ай бұрын

Sehr schön gesagt! Wir können nur hoffen, daß die Menschheit nie wieder solche furchtbare Kriege wie im 1. und 2. WK führt.

@Eirene-vw1dt Ай бұрын

I think many young men must have felt that way.....as in either I am dead, dead or alive, dead.

@user-rp2cx4dm7z 23 күн бұрын

And still we don't learn.

@user-gn2up9iz1e 23 күн бұрын

@@user-rp2cx4dm7z Weil es immer noch Kriegstreiber auf dieser Welt gibt.

@petewarby7158 3 ай бұрын

I like that you do the then and now photos and back out up with the history of it.

@thehistoryexplorer 3 ай бұрын

Thank you very much. I try to add as much detail as I can without being too stodgy

@rustynail8484 3 ай бұрын

I love seeing these then and now photos. It is fascinating to me!

@thehistoryexplorer 3 ай бұрын

I love it too

@andrewsheppard3189 3 ай бұрын

I thank you for your work, which I greatly admire.

@thehistoryexplorer 3 ай бұрын

It is my pleasure

@loickoolm5243 3 ай бұрын

Many thanks for this video. I was born in Cherbourg and you filmed my neighborhood where im growing up! This neighborhood is called "Le Roule"👍👍👍

@emmamorgan7171 3 ай бұрын

So so moving. Thank you for sharing.

@thehistoryexplorer 3 ай бұрын

You are most welcome!

@user-tl8zp2vs3e 3 ай бұрын

This is amazing. One of the most fascinating channels on KZfaq. Amazing research and overlay, plus the carefully empathetic music. What a brilliant combination, so that we do not forget the past and the countless sacrifices that were, and that we do not repeat the past. What a terrible waste of such sacred life. Thank you.

@thehistoryexplorer 3 ай бұрын

You are most welcome my friend, and thank you for the kind feedback. Means a lot 👍

@user-tl8zp2vs3e 3 ай бұрын

@@thehistoryexplorer it’s amazing work

@paulettefay8334 Ай бұрын

Your pictures are amazing but very sad, thank you. More please

@lisachapman4160 3 ай бұрын

Are military were and are still to me HEROES! MY FATHER WAS IN WORLD WAR TWO!❤️

@westw00d100 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the pictures. The older I get, the more I’m amazed at what the men suffered. To see the soldiers casually walking along, after they’d run through sniper fire and one guy contemplating doing it himself. What would I have done? Bill.

@thehistoryexplorer 2 ай бұрын

Outstanding isn’t it. Hard the believe

@Rio.Motel.84 3 ай бұрын

Well done! Thank you for sharing

@thehistoryexplorer 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@greggriffin1 3 ай бұрын

Always watch your content. thank you so much

@thehistoryexplorer 3 ай бұрын

I really appreciate that! Thank you

@joemacinnis1972 4 күн бұрын

Fascinating. I'm such a history buff, I absolutely love theses videos 📹 keep them coming

@thehistoryexplorer 4 күн бұрын

Thank you Joe

@armand4226 2 ай бұрын

Ça c'est de la bonne superposition d'images. Pas trop longue, avec un aller et un retour, et une incrustation très précise. D'autres vidéos du même type n'ont pas cette qualité. Bravo.

@thehistoryexplorer 2 ай бұрын

Thank you my friend. Much appreciated

@mightymotor9973 3 ай бұрын

Your videos are incredible , i can't imagine the hard work you put in to make this happen , thank you

@thehistoryexplorer 3 ай бұрын

I appreciate that! So glad you enjoy them

@bernardmcmahon351 3 ай бұрын

Excellent presentation, the way you fade and overlap also your descriptions with a sense of respect, all the young people who died , tragic

@thehistoryexplorer 3 ай бұрын

Thank you my friend 👍

@thehistoryexplorer 3 ай бұрын

Much appreciated buddy

@BallisticCoefficient 3 ай бұрын

Magnificent work. Thank you!

@thehistoryexplorer 3 ай бұрын

You are most welcome

@donalfinn4205 2 ай бұрын

Love the way you show it several times!👍

@thehistoryexplorer 2 ай бұрын

Hopefully not too repetitive?

@donalfinn4205 2 ай бұрын

@@thehistoryexplorer No. Just right. It was always a crib of mine that you don’t get to see it more than once!👍

@zirconindustries 3 ай бұрын

Incredible video, well done, many thanks 🪖

@thehistoryexplorer 3 ай бұрын

You are very welcome. Thanks for the kind feedback

@TomSmith-ls5rn 3 ай бұрын

Absolutely wonderful channel. My Hero, my Father fought in this war. Thank you for what you are doing.

@mirellafalso6112 3 ай бұрын

Brilliant work. Very impressive integration of new and old images and excellent background research. Riveting viewing.

@thehistoryexplorer 3 ай бұрын

Great to hear! So glad you enjoyed it

@user-zd3yf1ml6x 2 ай бұрын

WE CAN'T ESCAPE FROM HISTORY.....

@MilHistRL 3 ай бұрын

Amazing job Rob... really enjoyed that!

@thehistoryexplorer 3 ай бұрын

Thanks Shane! Appreciate it. Wish I hadn’t taken that gap in posts though. 6.8CTR and only minimal impressions 🤦‍♂️

@MilHistRL 3 ай бұрын

@@thehistoryexplorer great content though so will pick up again soon. I got demonitized and had to appeal to get back in. That really flatlined my stats.

@thehistoryexplorer 3 ай бұрын

@@MilHistRL oh bugger! There’s been a lot of that recently. Flagged as ‘re-used content’ when it isn’t. YT AI just isn’t up to the volume and nuance required

@MilHistRL 3 ай бұрын

@@thehistoryexplorer that's exactly what it said! I didn't realise I wasn't the only one!

@rogerdevero8726 Ай бұрын

Of all the 'Then and Now' This one is the very best: you really spend time, and put the pictures in context. Kudos and God bless you John 3:16

@thehistoryexplorer Ай бұрын

Thank you!

@geordie1032 3 ай бұрын

Great work, well researched and compilation footage. Just subscribed.

@thehistoryexplorer 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the sub! Appreciate the feedback 👍

@uberrox452 3 ай бұрын

These are just awesome. Thank you!!

@thehistoryexplorer 3 ай бұрын

You are so welcome 🙏

@sergiosouza6253 3 ай бұрын

Thanks mate, for your outstanding work.

@thehistoryexplorer 3 ай бұрын

My pleasure buddy

@kingsroad2310 3 ай бұрын

Oh wow! That was punchy. thabnks Rob

@thehistoryexplorer 3 ай бұрын

I hope you enjoyed it

@adamcarter6862 3 ай бұрын

What a sad waste of life. I bet without war these men would be friends with much in common. I feel sorrow for all involved.

@thehistoryexplorer 3 ай бұрын

Very well said. Couldn’t agree more

@rene5600 Ай бұрын

there life’s where not waisted. the defended freedom so you can write this ( stupid) comments today. we in Europe will not forget .

@adamcarter6862 Ай бұрын

@@rene5600 War is a waste of life. It's horrible men on both sides had to kill each other. I'd rather there be peace than war.

@Blue_Dun Ай бұрын

You're both right. The only part not right is Rene calling someone else's comments stupid as Rene is unable to understand the point being made

@adamcarter6862 Ай бұрын

@@Blue_Dun Thank you.

@kevg3320 3 ай бұрын

Fascinating. Thank you.

@thehistoryexplorer 3 ай бұрын

You are most welcome

@mindpoacher4732 3 ай бұрын

I just came across your channel absolutely love it. Thank you for the amount of effort you put into your videos. I'm now a subscriber!!!

@thehistoryexplorer 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for the subscription and the very kind comment! I hope you’ll enjoy the videos I have coming up. There are hundreds planned 👍

@rich_john 3 ай бұрын

Fantastic work....so interesting and really brings history to life.

@thehistoryexplorer 3 ай бұрын

You are most welcome and thank you very much for the kind feedback

@yvesquatrehomme221 3 ай бұрын

Un très grand merci pour le travail que vous faites les reconstitutions les superpositions des images les recherches de l'histoire de la Seconde Guerre mondiale en tant que Français c'est touchant👍🇨🇵

@thehistoryexplorer 3 ай бұрын

Beautiful France. I love it

@careyleroux3784 2 ай бұрын

I love these video's and keep up the great work.

@thehistoryexplorer 2 ай бұрын

Glad you like them!

@FallenAngel-it7so 3 ай бұрын

Absolutely amazing work my friend.

@thehistoryexplorer 3 ай бұрын

Thank you very much! Appreciate it

@miked7304 3 ай бұрын

My Dad was there as part of the 4th Division. This was amazing to see. Great job!

@thehistoryexplorer 3 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@brucewood1827 3 ай бұрын

Just now watched it. Great job Rob! As time goes on your videos keep getting better and better. Thanks.

@thehistoryexplorer 3 ай бұрын

That’s the plan! Thank you so much.

@paulmoore120 3 ай бұрын

Great video.Well done and thanks.

@thehistoryexplorer 3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much. Appreciate it

@johnburton7633 3 ай бұрын

Wow. Simply blown away by the impact your videos have made on me. They are stunning my friend. Music is beautiful and the skill of shooting and editing the videos are perdection. My new favourite channel and you have my subscription buddy. I love it. ❤

@thehistoryexplorer 3 ай бұрын

So glad to hear it! Thank you for the kind feedback and I hope you’ll enjoy the channel, I have hundreds of videos coming

@AZA_muku 3 ай бұрын

Appreciate the content, good job 👍

@thehistoryexplorer 3 ай бұрын

My pleasure!

@GizmoRob176 3 ай бұрын

Stunning work.

@thehistoryexplorer 3 ай бұрын

Many thanks! So glad people are enjoying this one

@sblack48 2 ай бұрын

I’m reading the book “the Germans in Normandy “. It’s describes the d day invasion and the ensuing battle up until the liberation of Paris including the Falaise Pocket. It’s brutal. The Germans fought like demons but short on supplies, men and equipment and with zero air cover and hundreds of allied fighter bombers blasting everything that moved their efforts were futile. They were constantly getting ridiculous orders from Berlin and they watched their comrades get decimated. They never had a chance.

@thehistoryexplorer 2 ай бұрын

It’s a really good point. People assume the battle for Normandy was a ‘near run thing’ but in reality the Germans were completely overwhelmed, the allies had air superiority and they could regenerate combat power. I’m starting to think the Germans did way better than expected given their situation

@rodzor 12 күн бұрын

that's so cool when you pause it around 0:06 as the old pic is fading into the new. Really great perspective.

@thehistoryexplorer 12 күн бұрын

Glad you enjoy it!

@michaelenders3600 3 ай бұрын

AMAZING! THANKS!

@thehistoryexplorer 3 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@KK-jt6eq 3 ай бұрын

Great video. Thank you

@thehistoryexplorer 3 ай бұрын

You are welcome!

@dnorfed 3 ай бұрын

Excellent footage, I did feel sorry for the guy who was dead on the stairs, and the one under the window, it brings it home that so many people died, my dad had nightmares about it all until he died in 1988

@thehistoryexplorer 3 ай бұрын

So sorry to hear that. We always forget the pain of those who survived too

@HoshichiroIseji 3 ай бұрын

Excellent work!

@thehistoryexplorer 3 ай бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

@davesandall4530 3 ай бұрын

Superb as usual

@thehistoryexplorer 3 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot. Means a lot to know people enjoy the video

@spudnickuk 3 ай бұрын

I love the effort you have put in To showing history

@thehistoryexplorer 3 ай бұрын

I’m so glad you like it! Many more videos like this on the way

@spudnickuk 3 ай бұрын

@@thehistoryexplorer I have watched all your contents And I'm blown away from how much dedication you have put in to it and honestly the thought and money to achieve such I can appreciate your effort

@banjoman44 3 ай бұрын

Absolutely incredible.Amazing history.

@thehistoryexplorer 3 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@victorhovat3954 3 ай бұрын

Outstanding research !

@thehistoryexplorer 3 ай бұрын

Thank you! It’s the part I enjoy the most…other than visiting the location of course!

@brucecourchene8090 3 ай бұрын

Amazing work!

@thehistoryexplorer 3 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@ericj810 3 ай бұрын

Amazing. Simply amazing!

@thehistoryexplorer 3 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot!

@Joaquina-sg6dx Ай бұрын

Thank you, so moving! My heart aches for all those soldiers Americans and Germans that lost their lives in these senseless wars. 😢

@thehistoryexplorer Ай бұрын

You are most welcome

@MAX-kn9co 3 ай бұрын

Another way to see the history , congratularon !!

@Pascal-F11DRE 3 ай бұрын

Merci pour ce reportage. Best regards 73's

@juliejones4759 3 ай бұрын

Amazing photos

@thehistoryexplorer 3 ай бұрын

Glad you like them!

@Butlerbob Ай бұрын

I have been following you for a long time, especially those with the photos remain fascinating images, but these moving images give an even better picture, we plan to travel to Normandy from the Netherlands next year, my father worked in that area had to work as a farmer during the war, it was only in May 1944 that they were quickly moved to Germany, where? I have no idea, he never told me that, but he did not return to his wife and child until July 1945!! Keep doing this, not only for us people who were born just after the war, but also for our children and grandchildren, chapeau!!!

@thehistoryexplorer Ай бұрын

Thank you so much for the kind feedback. I hope you have a fantastic trip!

@Butlerbob Ай бұрын

Thanks!!