WWII Western Front, Every Hour - [1] June 1944

Take a look at the Western Front in June 1944. D - Day, the beginning of the Battle of Caen and the Battle of Cherbourg...

Main sources:

D-Day Hour by Hour by Marc Laurenceau
Operation Overlord by Will Fowler
...

...and virtually the entire Internet, countless websites, articles and forums.

[WTFCDFoxy]

Let's all appreciate all the months of labor dedicated for this video by D-Mapper.

[thisisreallife]

I watched the progress between Omaha beach and Pointe Du Hoc. The 2nd Rangers lost so many men taking the Pointe only to discover the guns had been removed. After finding and destroying the 5 guns hidden inland, they held off several assaults until finally relieved 2 days later when Omaha troops made it to them. Incredible bravery and sacrifice. This map is incredible. Thanks for your excellent work!

[abrahamdozer]

You can't tell by this map because the lines appeared to stop moving but the main, most viscous and protracted battle of Normandy was being fought around Caen, not Cherbourg so the line there appears to be stationary. The Germans opposed the Brits, Canadians, Poles on that front with elite SS and Panzer units and the battle continued for about a month before the Germans withdrew further in.

[turcanadian]

I like how D-Mapper makes short but detailed video about pre ww2 and ww2

[theorder]

Mappers: Mapping is dying!!!!1
D-Mapper:

[dg]

How do I only see this after a year... this is just great. So much effort.

[fasolasuchustenax]

That's just amazing. You can easily make other important events of the WW2 like the Eastern Front or the WW2 in Yugoslavia or small events, such as the annexation of the Baltic States to the USSR

[TNOBasedBatov]

this is a great, very detailed *masterpiece*

[dorrin]

Shows how long and hard the fight for Cherbourg was. The breakout from Normandy was costly in lives and materiel.

[antoninuslarpus]

Amazing.Although I do wish you added some casualties at the end

[kbro]

Brilliant work! You should be rewarded for your efforts 💗❤️

[QWE]

Very high quality as I thought it would be :))) The only thing I think i can say is that i wish there were more towns on the map but I don't exactly know the local geography of northern France anyway so why bother haha. You can totally do big-scale and small-scale projects :p

[micahistory]

great video. I've been looking forward to this

[randompersononthisearth]

Very good job D-Mapper! Keep up the good work!!!

[QWE]

am back watching hour by hour along with the ww2 week by week series d-day special

[BettercallSaul]

I think you should make this video bigger. I mean you should add the surrender of German soldiers in Cherbourg

[melnikhomeboy]

its really cool what you're doing keep it up!
it would be better if you were also drawing railways

[Omegathyst]

Not gonna lie, Northwestern France legitimately looks like Iran from a certain angle. Weird.

[quichrlyn]

why did they just land on one side of normandy? if they had landed on the south and north side they could have encircled it faster

[knightrider]

out of britain and canada i only cared about the american side of the beach