Thanks again for having me on the channel Woody!

Great talk Brad and Woody.

Great presentation by Brad (love his channel too, by the way). This show ties in really well with some of your earlier shows on the Canadian actions around Buron & Authie and how extremely costly it was for the Canadians to make real progress to get into position to help take Caen.

@OTDMilitaryHistory

15 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Well done Brad and Woody, the operations around Caen have always been an area of interest to me.

@OTDMilitaryHistory

22 күн бұрын

Thanks!

That was a good one. Dr Brad is an expert and that's what i saw. He put's background and maps with actual photos of the scenes of conflict of the Carpiquet conflict. i especially like the maps shown. Dr Brad St. Croix is something special. please come back to WW2TV soon.

Brad knows his subject inside out and runs a great YT channel.

Well presented by a Canadian Historian who knows his stuff about the Canadian Army during 1944 in Normandy. The way he brings us actual maps with intelligence estimates of enemy positions and gives us overlays of the attack routes tells the story in a unique way. As a former soldier I immediately felt at home with this approach. Coupled with Woody's expert knowledge as a Normandy Tour Guide, and historian in his own right I have a better picture of what little I have read about these battles.

@jimwalsh1958space

24 күн бұрын

i wish i'd said that. thank you david L.

@davidlavigne207

24 күн бұрын

@@jimwalsh1958space It's only the truth as I see it James. You are always supportive of all the presenters too.

Catching up on a rerun today, Brad is superb, a great presentation. Thanks Brad and Woody

@OTDMilitaryHistory

15 күн бұрын

Thanks!

Great presentation, the more maps the merrier! Keep up the good work Paul. Much appreciated!

@OTDMilitaryHistory

24 күн бұрын

Thanks!

Great stuff Brad and Woody. Thanks again.

@OTDMilitaryHistory

24 күн бұрын

Thanks!

Another interesting presentation. I note the discussion regarding whether the airfield was an objective. I guess this may vary on whether it is being considered from the tactical or strategic view. The high ground clearly provides a tactical advantage and could be considered the local objective at the time. However, in the Overlord planning, the RAF requirement for airfields included a plan for an Advanced Landing Ground in the area of Carpiquet (the ALG at Caen-Carpiquet is noted as a phase IV objective for Second Army and 83 RAF Group in the Neptune planning; the number of ALGs planned was expressly calculated to support the sheer volume of air operations needed close to the front line) . Later in the campaign, in August, the entire RAF 5353 Airfield Construction Wing was resident at Carpiquet expressly to put it back into use, with a new pierced steel planking runway laid. So it does appear to have some value.

Excellent presentation Brad! Thank you both!

@OTDMilitaryHistory

22 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching Reinier!

One RWpgRif Rifleman said the motars/shells were falling like a Manitoba hailstorm.

I am getting addicted to this. A great presentation. What really got me was interested was Brad's pictures of the ground the Canadians had to fight over. Bugger trying to cross that in extended line.

It always strikes me that from one perspective the British area of operations was described as excellent topography to employ armour and maneuver warfare as opposed to the Americans who are constricted by the hedgerows and narrow lanes of the bocage. On the other hand the open ground and depth of the German defences are described as a huge difficulty to overcome and the cause of grievous casualties. Like so many dilemmas posed by warfare I suppose both can be true to a degree.

@dermotrooney9584

24 күн бұрын

@@Chiller11 There's no terrain type soldiers won't complain about. 😉

As Salaam alaykum Woody . A fascinating presentation Brad. Thanks Lads. X Abe

@OTDMilitaryHistory

22 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Commenting to help get the numbers up! Love what you do here!

Cannot understand why anybody would believe anything written or spoken by Meyer. How he avoided dangling from a rope is beyond me. Detailed presentation by Brad highlighting the heroics of the Canadi😊an battle for Carpiquet 😊

Picking up on what was said in the after-show chat, aside from the view it gave to the south, wasn't the primary importance of Carpiquet the fact that it's where 12 SS Pz Div chose to fight? The question then becomes at what point did they cease to be a viable offensive threat (if they ever were) and simply became a boil that had to be lanced (cf Douvres)?

When I first heard of Operation Epsom, I thought it was a reference to Epsom salts.

Kurt Meyer didn't command Pz.Gren.Rgt.26 before taking over divisional command but Pz.Gren.Rgt. 25. It is striking that no one has noticed this before.

You mentioned Panzer Meyer's book and it's problems. What do you two think of the 12 SS Div history by Hubert Meyer, the Div's chief of staff ? Sorry, I haven't got his correct German title on hand.

@OTDMilitaryHistory

15 күн бұрын

Not a fan. It just repeats a lot of Meyer’s claims.

Please try to use colourised photos in your thumbnails to make it pop out more. I think that some of your thumbnails are too drab. But I do like when one part of the thumbnail has an image of the town sign.

@WW2TV

10 күн бұрын

The problem with colorized photos, is most of them are shit. I try hard to make them look good, but at the same time not like the awful clickbait type that litter KZread

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