ORIGINAL FOOTAGE! Ultimate Then & Now Compilation | Cherbourg | Normandy WW2

In this video I show you some of my favourite Then & Now locations to film.
The US 79th Infantry Division led the way in assaulting Cherbourg’s Fort du Roule on June 25, 1944, and two Americans would receive Medals of Honor for their heroic conduct.

Capturing Cherbourg and its harbor installations was considered vital for the long-term viability of the Normandy landings, for no matter how many supplies were brought ashore on the artificial Mulberry harbors, they could not compete with the capacity of modern port facilities.

In this video I show you four of my favourite then and now pictures and story behind them. If you enjoy this video let me know in the comments. I'd love to hear from you.

ORIGINAL FOOTAGE! Ultimate Then & Now Compilation | Cherbourg | Normandy WW2

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[theresaryan]

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??

[djs]

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.

[ricardocorbie]

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❤️❤️

[zxojuzw]

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.

[godfreyzilla]

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.

[SNP-]

When you think of those two dead German soldiers and the three US combat engineers they killed, it hits you how absolutely stupid and futile war is. Those five young men lost their lives in a skirmish that didn't change one little aspect of the war - five young lives gone, for what ? Their deaths didn't change the course of the war, not really, but they devastated the lives of their families- the Anerican families who prayed in vain for the safety of their beloved sons, brothers or even husbands and fathers, and the same for the German families- but these most probably never received an official notification of their deaths, and waited for years for their sons to return home - but they had died in a French street.

[spankyharland]

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

[ronaldwilkinson]

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

[uhkxtzk]

I don't know why I always watch theses videos I look for my dad he was there during WW2 he fought from beginning To the end and went on to fight in Korea I watch like he going to show up in one it wouldn't surprise me really he was a master Sargent and never talked about it his dream's in 5 different languages sometimes were very violent there wasn't much we could do for him it's when mom made us go outside and play young people don't realize what these men went through so they can have the privileges they got don't waste your life make something of yourself R.I.P Master Sargent John Schenato Arlington cemetery 1918 to 1981 we miss you

[josimpson]

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.

[JT-wnwb]

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

[kimnolte]

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!

[Finding]

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

[Actosrep]

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.

[napierlines]

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

[StanIslas-kvmd]

I'm from Normandy and live near Caen. My father was only 9 years old ind 1944 and he still remember the Germans occupation, the DDAY bombing raids, that was amazing cos the ground was shaking all the day ! So much things are engraves in his memory . Just wanted to thank you for the great job you make here. And thank you again on this special day (06 june) to all our liberatours !

[ianlloyd]

Thankyou for the reminder through these photos that all human life is precious. Those soldiers, American and German were someone’s son, brother, maybe husband, maybe father. Such loss yet we still have young men and women who die, will be ever be able to stop wars?
They shall grow not old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. We will remember them. I hope those five men are still remembered by someone.

[fuggedaboudit]

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

[peetyw]

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.

[calvinningot]

imagine... the place where we stand now is a place that was previously used for war, a place for combat equipment, a place where perhaps soldiers lost their lives. RIP all of them.🥀🥀