World War 2 D-Day 1944 First Wave Omaha Beach, Normandy

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First wave filmed by a German war correspondent

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As my brother here, the first and only footage of the first wave I've ever found. We need yo watch de horrors of the war.

guitarfrehley

The worst part is that the first wave got decimated, nearly all thoses men on this video are dead on this beach

sakam

As you can see, utah beach was more chill than omaha beach during D-DAY

Juricarbon

I think this is the closest footage ive seen to chaos on the beach. These were the bravest men

prestoncassise

Re: Saving Private Ryan
I ran the first few minutes of Saving Private Ryan and there definitely is a Sherman tank on the beach. I'd put money on it being the one in this clip (it's a deep wader). Run the scene and put it on half speed. It is in the background as Miller is dragging the half body up the beach. The camera angle changes quickly so you only see it for a second or two but it is there. The Sherman silohette is pretty distinctive. So to those who said there is no tank in 'Ryan, look again at half speed.
It's not a DD tank but a deep wading tank (one with the air funnel, or snorkel), so I don't think it would have been on the beach at this point, but soon after. Depending on the time they landed.
However, two of the DD tanks did make it to the beach. They were launched early so they could swim ashore but 27 of them didn't make it.
I think the wading tanks came soon after. I've found various numbers and timings for this. One source said by 07:00 58 tanks were landed although 14 were soon knocked out.
As far as I can make out, the initial wave landed at 06:30 and landings continued until 08:30 (there were multiple waves). If the opening scene of Saving Private Ryan was depicting the first wave then that particular tank shouldn't be there. However if it was a later wave then it could have been. Miller later says there are no tanks landed, that implies they landed before the deep wading tanks got there. But then, the DD tanks might already be there. There's also the probability that Miller would not have had full awareness beyond what was happening on his part of the beach.
There's also the fact that it is still a movie. One that bent over backwards to get things right compared to many movies.

littlefluffybushbaby

This is most definitely fake. Most of the wooden ramps face the wrong way, and no, Saving Private Ryan is incorrect in that matter. Two, the beach is much too short, as during low tide (when the first wave landed the beach was 300 yards long from water to seawall. Three, you can see land in the background, making it seem as if it's a bay or even a reenactment on a lake or something like that. Four, there were high bluffs at Omaha, and it almost looks as there only a couple yards above the sand, which was something seen at Utah beach, not Omaha. And finally, it can be seen that almost none of the soldiers have D DAY equipment such as gas mask bags, life belts, or gas brassards. So yes, the men on Omaha were heroes, and this does infect display the true chaos of the beach, yet it is clearly not real footage from the time. (Also I'd like to note that the camera man would most likely have been shot at this point due to how out in the open he is.)

connorrubalcava

the log ramps are backwards the boats are too close to the beach there are no Belgium gates the beach is too small.

gew

This is obviously not "First wave filmed by a German war correspondent" as the title describes. Could you be honest and say what it actually is?

littlefluffybushbaby