Kieffer, the French Commandos who landed first on Sword Beach - D DAY 1944
WW2 - On June 6, 1944, the 177 French Commandos of the 1st British Special Service Brigade were the first Allied troops to land on Sword Beach. These Free French were among the first who refused the defeat of 1940 and joined De Gaulle in Britain during the darkest days of the Occupation. After a long and tough training in the school of British commandos, they fought gallantly for the Liberation of their country, notably in the Dieppe raid, many coups on European coasts to prepare the Invasion, the Normandy Campaign and the Liberation of the Netherlands (attacks on Vlissingen and Walcheren to capture the port of Antwerp, Operation Amherst).
Today, the Commandos Marine are the Special Forces of the French Navy.
My other videos in English about France’s participation in WW2 :
(Extract of the Longest Day) - Free French Commando Kieffer captured Ouistreham :
France in 1944: Occupation, Collaboration, Resistance, Liberation ENGLISH SUBTITLES (full documentary)
The French Airforce during the Battle of France – 1940
French army in 1940: What Nolan's Dunkirk did not show you
French Army in WW2 - The rise of Free France (Nov.1940 - May 1943)
Free French Forces in 1941 (East African Campaign) + Nettempereur migration to OK.RU
The Battle of Bir Hakeim - The failure of Rommel
The Free French Victory over Rommel : Bir Hakeim, 1942
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Is Paris Burning? ending scene + Echoes of France by Django Reinhardt
1945 French Army defend Strasbourg against German offensive
WW2 - French-American liberation of Alsace, January 1945
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D-Day revisited: assault on Sword Beach
As the 70th anniversary of D-Day approaches, Lord Ashcroft travels to Sword Beach and stands, for the first time, where his father was wounded and where so many of his comrades fell.
This Friday is being billed as the Normandy Swan Song, when Second World War veterans, now mostly in their nineties, will visit France for the last time in significant numbers.
On June 6 1944, more than 155,000 men crossed the Channel in the greatest sea invasion in military history. Their bravery ultimately turned the course of the war in the Allies' favour.
Lord Ashcroft's father Eric was among the men from The South Lancashire Regiment who landed on Sword Beach, where they were greeted by anti-tank, mortar, machine-gun and rifle fire.
Seventy years after that horrific day, he retraces their steps using original maps and recordings.
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Ouistreham Beach (Sword Beach), Normandy, France.
Video of Ouistreham Beach in Normandy. This is Sword Beach from D-Day. This is one of a number of vid's I've posted of sites associated with D-Day - search on g4shf D-Day
Sword Beach Video Tour
A tour of Queen White and Queen Red sectors of Sword Beach, where the 2nd Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment and the 1st Battalion South Lancashire Regiment stormed ashore in front of Objective Cod on the morning of 6th June 1944 in the first assault wave.
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The Longest Day (1962) - Sword Beach
The Longest Day is a 1962 war film based on the 1959 history book The Longest Day by Cornelius Ryan, about D-Day, the invasion of Normandy on 6 June 1944, during World War II.
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British troops landing at Sword Beach on D-Day. And US troops landing at Omaha Beach.
During the D-Day Invasion of Normandy. British troops disembark from landing crafts at Sword Beach and move in lines towards the beachhead. Military trucks and tanks are seen on the shore as smoke emerges from a hill on the beach. Various wrecked building on shore. British troops carrying equipment and a bicycle ashore. In last 15 seconds scene shifts to landing of US 1st Infantry troops at Omaha beach. View of waters edge from higher up beach. Gear and bodies floating in water. US Army soldiers coming ashore as several are struck by German machine gun fire and drop to the ground. Location: France. Date: June 6, 1944.
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British troops crouching down on Sword Beach Normandy France 6 June 1944
Juno Beach, Normandy - France 4K Travel Channel
Juno Beach is a beautiful beach section in Normandy between Courseulles-sur-Mer and La Rivière Ver-sur-Mer. It became famous for the Allied invasion in WW2. This section of beach had been assigned to the Canadian troops. It lay between the two sections of the British Sword and Gold.
Juno Beach was is the second largest fastened section after Omaha Beach. As the amphibious tanks had difficulties to reach the beach through the high waves, half of the landed soldiers fell in the first hour. Nevertheless, the Canadians were the only ones who achieved the goal the first day; they penetrated about 15 km into the hinterland to unite with the British at Gold Beach. 340 Canadian soldiers lost their lives on that day, 574 were wounded.
A memorial place for the soldiers involved was set up in Courseulles-sur Mer. German bunkers and battery positions can still be seen next to some restored Canadian weapons.
Plaques with the names of the fallen were placed around a small museum. Striking is the young age of the fallen. We were particularly impressed by a monument of the Inuit, the Inuksuk, a symbol of piled stones that shall remind of the memorable day.
The beach of Courseulles-sur Mer is a long shallow sandy beach which invites you to take a bath. It is wonderful that today, children can play carefree in such a place again.
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Juno Beach ist ein wunderschöner Strandabschnitt in der Normandy zwischen Courseulles-sur-Mer und La Rivière Ver-sur-Mer. Bekannt wurde er durch die Invasion der Alliierten im 2. Weltkrieg. Dieser Strandabschnitt war den kanadischen Truppen zugewiesen worden. Er lag zwischen den beiden britischen Abschnitten Sword und Gold.
Dieser Abschnitt war nach Omaha Beach der zweitstärkste befestigte Abschnitt. Da die Schwimmpanzer Schwierigkeiten hatten, durch den hohen Wellengang den Strand zu erreichen, fielen in der ersten Stunde die Hälfte der angelandeten Soldaten. Dennoch erreichten die Kanadier am ersten Tag als einzige das gesteckte Ziel ca. 15 km in das Hinterland vorzudringen und sich mit den Briten vom Gold Beach zu vereinen. 340 kanadische Soldaten verloren an diesem Tag ihr Leben, 574 wurden verwundet.
In Courseulles-sur-Mer wurde den beteiligten Soldaten eine Gedenkstätte eingerichtet. Neben einigen restaurierten kanadischen Waffen sind noch deutsche Bunker und Batteriestellungen zu sehen.
Gedenktafeln mit den Namen der Gefallenen wurden um ein kleines Museum aufgestellt. Auffällig ist das junge Alter der Gefallenen. Besonders beeindruckt hat uns ein Monument der Inuit, das Inuksuk, ein Symbol aus aufgeschichteten Steinen, das an den denkwürdigen Tag erinnern soll.
Der Strand von Courseulles-sur-Mer ist ein weitläufiger sehr flacher Sandstrand, der zum Baden einlädt. Es ist schön, dass an solch einer Stelle heute wieder Kinder unbeschwert spielen können.
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Sword Beach Normandy France
Sword Beach Normandy France
The assault on Sword began at about 0300 with the aerial and naval bombardment of German coastal defences and artillery sites. The landing was to be concentrated on Queen Red and Queen White in front of Hermanville-sur-Mer, other approaches having proven impassable due to shoals. At 0725, the first units set off for the beach. These were the amphibious DD tanks of the 13th/18th Hussars; they were followed closely by the 8th Infantry Brigade, and by Royal Engineers in AVREs and the various odd-looking, specialized vehicles that had been nicknamed 'Hobart's funnies'. The engineers set to work clearing mines and obstacles under a steady hail of small arms fire and artillery fire from Périers Ridge just south of Hermanville. Resistance on the beach was initially fairly strong, with wrecked vehicles piling up and casualties mounting; however, with most of their armoured vehicles successfully landed, the British were able to quickly secure the immediate area. By 0930 the engineers had cleared seven of the eight exits from the beach, allowing the inland advance to begin.
Alumni Travel Normandy 2019 Sword Beach, Caen
Our CAA Member Alumni Travelers made the trip to Normandy, France, in April just prior to the 75th anniversary of D-Day. We're posting video highlights of their stops at some of the important D-Day sites at the times the events in those locations took place.
0725: Sword Beach, Caen
Sword Beach, British 3rd Infantry, D-Day, June 6 1944
Sword Beach T-Shirts from The War Years
One of five Normandy beaches chosen by the Allies for Operation Overlord, the invasion of Nazi occupied Europe, Sword was the responsibility of the 3rd British Infantry Division. The beach is situated at the eastern edge of the D-Day invasion area, between the towns of Lion sur Mer and Ouistreham.
07:20Hrs: Special tanks of the 22nd Dragoons are the first ashore with demolition teams. They immediately engage the German defenders.
07:30Hrs: 20 LCA landing craft carrying the assault companies of the 1st South Lancs and 2nd East Yorks hit the beach. On Queen Red the fighting is intense and the 2nd East Yorks takes heavy casualties.
French troops clear Riva-Bella and capture the Casino strongpoint around 09:30Hrs. Britsh troops reach the Ouistreham harbor and capture the locks. N° 6 Commando then heads inland towards Bénouville (Pegasus) bridge and reaches it at 12:02Hrs.
3rd Infantry Division fails to achieve all its D-Day objectives. However, by day's end the 3rd Infantry Division has landed 28,845 men and 2,603 vehicles at a cost of 630 men killed or wounded.
Come and visit The War Years website to see our full range of WW2 commemorative merchandise and radio-controlled tanks and aircraft.
Juno Beach & Sword Beach, Normandy
This is a small sample of the video clips showing views of the Juno Beach and Sword Beach areas of Normandy taken from the Video History Today database.
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Initial packages focus on World War I (Somme and Ieper areas), The Holocaust, the American Civil War and D-Day & Normandy 1944.
Omaha Beach, Normandy, France.
Video of Omaha Beach in Normandy. This is one of a number of D-Day vids I've uploaded - search on g4shf D-Day
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Documentary: Normandy '44 The Battle Beyond D-Day
James Holland moves beyond the D-Day beaches to reassess the brutal 77-day Battle for Normandy that followed the Allied invasion on the 60th Anniversary of the invasion of France.
D-Day veteran visits Sword Beach, Normandy, on 70th anniversary
Ted Varley, from Charlton, Yorkshire, one of the first men to land on Sword Beach, reminisces about his experiences while part of 3rd Division Signal Regiment on 6th June 1944 during a visit to the beach for the D-Day 70 Commemorations.
A memorial event was held at the 3 Divisional Memorial at La Breche, attended by a small number of veterans and 120 serving soldiers from today's 3rd (UK) Division.
France: World leaders converge on Sword beach for D-Day ceremony
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C/U Lavrov and Kerry walking towards the pavilion
W/S Lavrov and Kerry walking towards the pavilion
M/S People waiting and waving flags for delegates
W/S Lavrov and Kerry walking towards the pavilion
C/U Two girls sitting and waiting with flags
W/S President Putin's car arriving
W/S People waiting behind barricades and waving flags
W/S President Obama's car arriving
C/U Navy officers walking towards event
W/S Angela Merkel's car arriving
W/S Priests and bishops and servicemen arriving
W/S Poroshenko's car arriving
W/S Ouistreham with people waiting
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Delegations and guests arrived for the official international ceremony to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Allied D-Day landings in Normandy, Friday.
The list of the International leaders attending the ceremonies on Sword Beach included the presidents of Russia, Germany, Ukraine and the USA. Queen Elizabeth was also among the guests.
Early in the day, a lunch for the world leaders was hosted by French President Francois Hollande, where Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President-elect Petro Poroshenko had a brief meeting.
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D-day Operation Overlord Sword Beach Normandy 6/6/1944
DDAY 75th Anniversary 2019.
In honour & loving memory of William Joseph Linden Who served with the 22nd Dragoons Royal Armoured Corps...be just & fear not...lest we forget. ????????❤️✌????????????
The Shores Of Normandy Sung By Jim Radford.
Cliff line between Gold Beach and Sword Beach Normandy, France
Cliff line between Gold Beach and Sword Beach Normandy, France
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