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

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

Ай бұрын

@@thehistoryexplorer thank you

@theresaryan2280

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

Ай бұрын

@@theresaryan2280it’s called Sgt Mackenzie

@theresaryan2280

Ай бұрын

@@thehistoryexplorer thank you so much

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

@thehistoryexplorer

Ай бұрын

Thank buddy. Hope you enjoyed it

@nzfreeski

15 күн 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?

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

Ай бұрын

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

@littlehummingbird1015

Ай бұрын

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

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

Ай бұрын

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

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

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

Ай бұрын

Well said my friend. Great comment

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.

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.

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

@thehistoryexplorer

26 күн бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

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

29 күн бұрын

Wow! What a war

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

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

26 күн бұрын

Thank you very much!

@washmabi

16 күн бұрын

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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

Ай бұрын

Thank you very much. It was my pleasure

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

Ай бұрын

Wow! Barely days after this footage was shot

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

Ай бұрын

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

@sarahwithanh.4368

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

Ай бұрын

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

@mason7778

Ай бұрын

Yes ,you are right😢

@earnold1896

27 күн 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.

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

Ай бұрын

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

@Spearhead-lz1oq

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.

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

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

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

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

11 күн бұрын

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

@kaa13

5 күн бұрын

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

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

@thehistoryexplorer

Ай бұрын

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

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

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

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.

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

Ай бұрын

You are most welcome! I appreciate your support 👍

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

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

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.

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.

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

@thehistoryexplorer

Ай бұрын

So glad you enjoyed the video! Thanks for the comment

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

Күн бұрын

Thank you my friend. Much appreciated

Very powerful. This really makes history feel much closer.

@thehistoryexplorer

Ай бұрын

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

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

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"👍👍👍

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

Ай бұрын

Beautiful France. I love it

Excellent work!

@thehistoryexplorer

27 күн бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

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

@thehistoryexplorer

Ай бұрын

It is my pleasure

Merci pour ces remarquable travail de recherche effectuer cela fait plaisir de voir des jeunes qui rendent omage a tout ces héros mort pour libérer notre pays. Amitiees Michel

@thehistoryexplorer

2 күн бұрын

You are most welcome my friend

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

Ай бұрын

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

@AJeepADroneAndAnOldMan

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 KZread 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

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

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

Ай бұрын

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

Great footage, looking back into time. As General Patton so eloquently said, "Wars are not won by you dying for your country but making the other SOB die for his."

Thank you for bringing these videos.👍🏻

@thehistoryexplorer

Ай бұрын

My pleasure!

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

@thehistoryexplorer

Ай бұрын

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

This is amazing. One of the most fascinating channels on KZread. 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

16 күн бұрын

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

@user-tl8zp2vs3e

16 күн бұрын

@@thehistoryexplorer it’s amazing work

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

Ай бұрын

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

Absolutely incredible.Amazing history.

@thehistoryexplorer

29 күн бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Mein Vater wurde 1943 in die Normandie beordert, er bekam Ärger, weil er nicht freiwillig in die Wehrmacht eintrat. Ursprünglich wollten sie ihn nach Russland schicken. Er kam, Gott sei Dank, in englische Gefangenschaft. Die ließen die Soldaten bald frei. 1946 kam mein Vater nach Hause, da waren wir russisch besetzt. Ich danke dem Schicksal, dass wir unseren Vater wiederhatten. 🙏🙏❤❤

I love the effort you have put in To showing history

@thehistoryexplorer

Ай бұрын

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

@spudnickuk

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

Saddness and brutality of war. Thank you America and our soldier's for your sacrifice .❤🇦🇨

@thehistoryexplorer

Ай бұрын

There are no winners in war, that’s for sure

Appreciate the content, good job 👍

@thehistoryexplorer

Ай бұрын

My pleasure!

Always watch your content. thank you so much

@thehistoryexplorer

Ай бұрын

I really appreciate that! Thank you

Oh wow! That was punchy. thabnks Rob

@thehistoryexplorer

Ай бұрын

I hope you enjoyed it

Merci pour ces photos et ces pages d'histoire encore trés présente dans les mémoires des français.👍

@thehistoryexplorer

Ай бұрын

The beautiful France! My favourite

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

6 күн бұрын

Outstanding isn’t it. Hard the believe

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.

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

@thehistoryexplorer

Ай бұрын

I love it too

Outstanding job ❤

@thehistoryexplorer

2 күн бұрын

Thank you very much buddy

So so moving. Thank you for sharing.

@thehistoryexplorer

Ай бұрын

You are most welcome!

Stunning work.

@thehistoryexplorer

Ай бұрын

Many thanks! So glad people are enjoying this one

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

@thehistoryexplorer

14 күн бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Magnificent work. Thank you!

@thehistoryexplorer

Ай бұрын

You are most welcome

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

@thehistoryexplorer

Ай бұрын

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

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

@thehistoryexplorer

Ай бұрын

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

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

@thehistoryexplorer

Ай бұрын

Glad you like them! Thanks for the feedback

Fascinating. Thank you.

@thehistoryexplorer

Ай бұрын

You are most welcome

Well done! Thank you for sharing

@thehistoryexplorer

Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

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

@thehistoryexplorer

Ай бұрын

Great to hear! So glad you enjoyed it

Incredible video, well done, many thanks 🪖

@thehistoryexplorer

Ай бұрын

You are very welcome. Thanks for the kind feedback

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

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

@thehistoryexplorer

Ай бұрын

Thank you my friend 👍

@thehistoryexplorer

Ай бұрын

Much appreciated buddy

These are just awesome. Thank you!!

@thehistoryexplorer

20 күн бұрын

You are so welcome 🙏

Only just found your channel but wow amazing. Plus so sad

@thehistoryexplorer

Ай бұрын

Welcome aboard! I hope you’ll stay for the ride. I have hundreds more videos to come

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

@thehistoryexplorer

Ай бұрын

I appreciate that! So glad you enjoy them

Very good very touching ,it just make you think of those times and your times now..

@thehistoryexplorer

4 күн бұрын

Thanks so much. Appreciate the feedback 👍

Amazing photos

@thehistoryexplorer

12 күн бұрын

Glad you like them!

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

@thehistoryexplorer

Ай бұрын

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

Thanks mate, for your outstanding work.

@thehistoryexplorer

Ай бұрын

My pleasure buddy

amazing video! Salute to all those who risk their life to protect democracy and fight against dictatorship.

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

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

Amazing job Rob... really enjoyed that!

@thehistoryexplorer

Ай бұрын

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

@MilHistRL

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

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

Ай бұрын

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

Excelente trabajo 👏👏👏👏🗽🗽🗽🗽

@thehistoryexplorer

Ай бұрын

Thank you 👍 😊

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

13 күн 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 👍

AMAZING! THANKS!

@thehistoryexplorer

Ай бұрын

Glad you liked it!

Absolutely amazing work my friend.

@thehistoryexplorer

Ай бұрын

Thank you very much! Appreciate it

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

@thehistoryexplorer

Ай бұрын

Thanks for the sub! Appreciate the feedback 👍

BELÍSSIMO TRABALHO!!! PARABÉNS!!!

@thehistoryexplorer

4 күн бұрын

Thank you my friend

Amazing work!

@thehistoryexplorer

Ай бұрын

Thank you!

Great video.Well done and thanks.

@thehistoryexplorer

Ай бұрын

Thank you so much. Appreciate it

Merci pour ce reportage. Best regards 73's

Cherbourg c’est ma ville merci pour cette vidéo 🥹💪

@thehistoryexplorer

21 күн бұрын

You are most welcome my friend

Superb as usual

@thehistoryexplorer

Ай бұрын

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

اني احزن فقط لااجل الجنود الفقراء ابناء الفقراء 😢

Outstanding research !

@thehistoryexplorer

Ай бұрын

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

Thank you for this video.The section of the dead German soldier sat in the stair well is one of the photos that I think is very poignant and moving. I am of the age that first became interested in then and now photos in the 1970s with the After The Battle magazines. Keep up the good work

@thehistoryexplorer

Ай бұрын

A man after my own heart. I love then and now stuff. Nothing quite connects you to the location and events. I’m also convinced there is some sort of energy left behind!

Great video. Thank you

@thehistoryexplorer

Ай бұрын

You are welcome!

Amazing work. Good job

@thehistoryexplorer

Ай бұрын

Thank you very much

We used to travel past the big "Cherbourg " sign many times on our way to our first stop at St Mere Eglais. There is now a ring road so no need to use the road anymore. Absolutely fascinated to know what took place there. Thanks I have subscribed.

@thehistoryexplorer

Ай бұрын

Very cool! Thanks for sharing. I’d love to get inside the fortress, never been up there myself

Amazing. Simply amazing!

@thehistoryexplorer

29 күн бұрын

Thanks a lot!

I felt very sensitive. I imagine those moments and felt like real. Thanks for the video

@thehistoryexplorer

26 күн бұрын

You're welcome!

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

Ай бұрын

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

Just amazing work thank you for the work you are showing I always wish here in the US people would stop tearing down history but I always say to others if you ever go over seas look at the history they don't take old building down or places

Muy interesante...los detalles...nos transportan al pasado...increíble

Excellent video and moving

@thehistoryexplorer

Ай бұрын

So glad you enjoyed it and thank you for the feedback

These photos are very moving. You never realize who had passed this way and at what risk.

Another way to see the history , congratularon !!