The Dad was a glider pilot..5 invasion flights..Sicily, Normandy, Southern France, and two flights during Market-Garden. He and another dozen glider pilots essentially took LeMuy, kind of by accident. They got shot at, they shot back. He spoke French fluently and the townsfolk showed him how to get behind most of the German positions...

Great content Ace. I look forward to all your work.

Yawhoo. Another Ace video. Thank you for the high quality productions.

Excellent, interesting, and very well-presented analysis, Ace. Thanks, and it's great to have you back!

@Chilly_Billy

6 ай бұрын

Indeed. Ace does a great job in his presentations.

Excellent video, thank you

Thanks for bringing this forgotten front to the fore Ace!

For WW2 history that you can understand, fantastic.

There are two memorial plaques in the harbour of St Tropez, One reads "Honor and glory to the Marines, American, Britain & French who participated on August 15, 1944 At the landing of Provence recognition of the city of St Tropez to the allied fighters who contributed to our liberation" And the other reads "The detachment of French commandos commanded by squadron leader Henri d'Astier de la Vigerie landed in Saint Tropez on August 17, 1944."

My father was a small-boat officer aboard LST 51. LST 51 landed elements of the 36th Division at Camel Blue beach. The beach was a narrow inlet so only a few LCVPs could land at a time. My father said the landing encountered machine gun and anti-tank fire. His LST lost at least one sailor and two LCVPs. A day or two later his ship was hit by artillery fire but probably at another beach location.

Every one of your clips are appreciated Ace. Life gets busy, you meet a girl whatever but mate your content is awesome mate.

There is an interesting museum of the Provence landings and campaign on Mont Faron which lies above Toulon. There is a landing craft memorial at the Camel Green landing site near St. Raphael.

Great episode. The Americans are now starting to assert their growing influence in the European theatre insisting on the invasion of southern France over Churchill’s preference to keep all assets in Italy and eventually advance through the Balkans. Lucien Truscott doesn’t come off very well by criticizing the diversion from Camel red to Camel Green beach but his Truscott Trot advances quickly northward.

If you don’t mind me asking but can you do series’s on Operation Spring Awakening, The Vienna offensive and the Prague Offensive and operation Spring Awakening took place from March 6th to March 15th 1945 and it was fought in the area around Lake Balaton and it was the last major German offensive of ww2. The Vienna Offensive was fought between March 16th and April 15th 1945 and it was fought in Vienna and this one and the Prague offensive are in my opinion the least overlooked offensives of ww2 as the world was focused on the events in Berlin. The Prague Offensive was fought between May 6th and may 11th 1945 and the Prague offensive was one of the last engagements of world war 2 to be fought in Europe as it was fought after Hitler died but it continued to be fought after the unconditional capitulation of Nazi germany.

For the airborne operation during Dragoon I adivce you the book " The 517th gang" by Loïc Jankowiac

@rayt8606

4 ай бұрын

I am friends with Loïc from the UK. He's a great writer.

Battle of the Riviera!??

I KNEW IT! the time line, Pace of Advance, Resources Used, with Casualties. I Looked up these units mentioned they Look to Be FRENCH! or maybe Swiss? I had a Fighter Pilot Grampa who faught the Battle of Britain to D DAY with Every ALLIE! and The FRENCH! had a Box "O" Medals and Ribbons, drank like a Fish! told me he Hated Night fights, he could See how close the Enemy got to Killing Him! with their Tracers! and Watch his buddies get hosed out of the sky.

RIDICULOUS THAT GUY IS JUST READING THE WIKIPEDIA PAGE!

Would u do something on the Regina rifles, the 'Farmer Johns' of the army. They paid for their own training, reloaded their rounds, used their own trucks. Nobody else were committed to war like these fellows.The guy that died because his hand was shot off never got a medal, even though the guy he fed ammo to did.

@TheAceDestroyer

6 ай бұрын

I might make a video on the Regina Rifles. I've always enjoyed reading up on the Canadian exploits in Normandy, and the Reginas would fit well into that.

@bradyelich2745

6 ай бұрын

@@TheAceDestroyer Ur such a nice fellow. It is the Regina Rifles 80th.

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Having a Chicken as the national emblem of the French couldn’t be more apt .

@michaelmazowiecki9195

6 ай бұрын

Cockerell, not chicken.