Walking Omaha beach 1 of 2

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5 жыл бұрын

Walking Omaha beach. The beach that suffered most casualties assaulted by the 1st Division and the 29th division.
In these videos we will visit D-day sites as if I was guiding you. We will actualy see more than if you were with me. Video allows tele-transporting a few miles in a few seconds.
This first video sets the scene for D-day. Why it was on the 6th June 1944 and why was it on the normandy beaches between Caen and the Cherbourg penisnsula.
Free Legend to the maps in the videos.
www.normandy-tour-guide.com/c...
NORMANDY VECTOR MAP www.normandy-tour-guide.com/c...
Photo credits US national archives
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Web Site www.normandy-tour-guide.com

Visited sites - as of date of upload
Why D-Day
Pegasus bridge
Omaha beach 1
Omaha beach 2
SWord beach

Projected visits -
Pointe du Hoc
American airborne
Utah beach
Juno beach
Gold beach
British airborne
Band of Brothers
Merville gun battery
The Dives bridges
La Fierre
General Falley
Waverly Wray
Longues gun battery
Arromanches and the Mulberries
82nd airborne
101st airborne
Donald Burgett
Michael Wittman - Villers Bocage - Gaumesnil
Totalise
Worthington Force
Falaise pocket
Taking St Lo
Operation Cobra
Graignes massacre
Joe Beryle
Ed Shames
Angoville au plain
Battle of Bloody gulch
The Malmann line
Taking Cherbourg
Maisy gun battery.
Abbey d'Ardenne and the Canadian 7th June advance
Hillman
Douvre radar station

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@rickdisney 3 жыл бұрын

In 2015 we visited Normandy and hired Colin McGarry the producer of these videos. We live in Chicago and had never been to Normandy before. There is no question that had we not hired a guide we would not have seen half of what we did in the day long tour. Colin even made sure we had a reservation for lunch.

@markhadley698 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing tour of Omaha beach. Thank you so much for putting this video together!

@waltermcgovern2006 4 жыл бұрын

I visited Omaha and Utah beaches in September 2019. My group saw a lot BUT, I wish I would've went with you. Good job sir!

@redtobertshateshandles 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Col.

@jamesmarshall9598 2 жыл бұрын

USS Doyle: CMDR James Marshall. Thank you !!

@debroahisaacs2452 Ай бұрын

Thank you for my freedom❤

@nigelbarrett4741 3 жыл бұрын

I’ve been to Omaha a few times, but there’s always more to learn, so thank you for doing this. Btw why was the inexperienced National Guard 29th Division chosen to lead, along side the battle hardened 1st?

@siras2 3 жыл бұрын

Good video and accurate comments - I've been to Omaha a few times now and read several accounts including Joseph Balkoski's definitive work. The Bedford Boys is worth a look too, telling the story of the first wave of the inexperienced 29th Div as they attempted to get ashore opposite the Vierville draw. My one criticism would be that, geographically, your 1st vid leaps about quite a bit and might confuse viewers who have never visited. My thoughts are that your various segments would benefit from being rearranged to progress from one end of the beach to the other, or perhaps by telling the story chronologically in each sector. Keep up the good work.

@WalkingDday 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the feedback. it’s a difficult choice between following each unit chronologically or showing different parts of the beach at different times. when I exhaust my list of planned sites I’ll go into more detail on different parts of the beach.

@tylerwhitney3443 4 жыл бұрын

saved me a trip!

@WalkingDday 4 жыл бұрын

You should still come. Being on the sites is something extra.

@tadstephen8802 4 жыл бұрын

Where did you get the detailed maps of the Widerstandsnest showing the crew served weapon positions?

@WalkingDday 4 жыл бұрын

They are part of a vector map that I’m making of the battle of normandy. A lot of the details for the WNs come from www.atlantikwall.co.uk/# Or books. The atlantikwall site is not very user friendly. You must tap on the menu to the left then look for Normandy, then there’s a list of all the WNs with details , but not allways.

@WalkingDday 3 жыл бұрын

The map is available now. at www.normandy-tour-guide.com/catalog/nimda/categories.php?cPath=43_54_57&pID=936&page=1 Other goodies at www.normandy-tour-guide.com/guides.php#guides

@kevinpowers9024 2 жыл бұрын

If you dont work as a tour guide, you should. The famous piece of film showing the soldier getting shot while running up the beach, wasnt that filmed below WN60?

@WalkingDday 2 жыл бұрын

I think the film you’re talking about was on a Commonwealth beach.

@kevinpowers9024 2 жыл бұрын

@@WalkingDday What's a Commonwealth beach?

@WalkingDday 2 жыл бұрын

@@kevinpowers9024 qBritish or Canadian

@billd.iniowa2263 3 жыл бұрын

How many guns of 75mm or larger were covering Omaha Beach?

@WalkingDday 3 жыл бұрын

The strong points went from WN60 to WN73. Three were in land so 11 were on the beach. WN 71 didn't have artillery. Some say that WN70 didn't have it's guns and WN62 had one in 2 casemates. That makes about 9 guns from 88mm down to 50mm. The 88mms were at each end.

@billd.iniowa2263 3 жыл бұрын

@@WalkingDday Ok, thankyou. Getting a handle on the scope of this beach has been a challenge! You have just helped me a great deal. I appreciate it!

@gameram6382 3 жыл бұрын

Good logic because the mg gunners will think they hit him. And select another target

@WalkingDday 3 жыл бұрын

You could look at it that way, but if you hear an MG and it’s coming at you you’re already hit, and MG operators didn’t have to aim at any one , they just fired.

@redtobertshateshandles 3 жыл бұрын

Every German with a gun was opening up on them. Distances long and short. Casualties were severe until they had to reload and ran low on ammo. Pure luck whether you got hit or not. First guys off had it bad.