D-Day - The Secret War - Extra History - Part 2

📜 History of D-Day, The Great Crusade, Part 2
The Germans expected the Allies to invade France to re-open the Western Front, but they did not know when or where the invasion would start - thanks largely to the operations of MI5, British intelligence services, who staged an elaborate deception called Operation Bodyguard designed to make the Germans think they would be invading Pas de Calais instead of their real target: Normandy.

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[olstar]

'If they failed tens of thousands of men would die.'

At least there wasn't any pressure.

[Aurora]

Fun Fact: The cracking of the enigma machine was so successful that Bletchley Park had to 'pick and choose' which information they would follow up on so as not to make it obvious that the codes had been cracked. essentially they had to allow the Germans to make attacks against the allies knowing they could have prevented it, but in the long run it saved countless more lives,

[roqxwalker]

For those of you who are wondering about the crossword puzzle, the schoolmaster got his words from his pupils and one of the pupils eavesdropped on a millitary base and heard the codewords which he passed on to his schoolmaster to be in the crossword

[kevinlopez]

Daughter: how did father die?
Mother: he gave his life at the bunny hugs landing

[emit]

I always love when Garbo gets the recognition he deserves.

[SpoopySquid]

- "Twenty Committee"
- named after Roman numerals XX
- "double cross"
Well played, Britain

[adamlee]

On June 6th 1944, more than 2000 Americans gave their lives on Bunny Hug beach to liberate Europe from Nazi tyranny. Their sacrifice will not be forgotten. #bunnyhugbeach

[somebody]

I do not know what was more incredible; the complexity of the Enigma machine, or the fact that the crossword in the English paper had SO MANY coincidental code names for the invasion locations and names for the operation!

[johndavenport]

The treatment and persecution of Alan Turing is one of the most disgusting acts humanity has ever wrought upon itself. You can debate his influence in computing, but he was poisoned and pushed to suicide in a disgusting manner.

[benjaminringrose]

Thanks for discussing Dieppe, it's often overlooked in military history. As a Canadian, this pleases me.

[TamTroll]

fun fact: one of the C̶a̶n̶a̶d̶i̶a̶n̶ Brittish Soldiers, a man by the name of "John Malcolm Thorpe Fleming Churchill, nicknamed “Mad Jack, ”" had a real combat-ready broadsword and bow that belonged to his family. He brought the medieval weapons with him to D-Day, used them effectively, and survived the war.

[khuzang]

_"His Death, A Tragedy, "_

_"HIs treatment, an embarrassment"_

[commandernightstrike]

the funny part was that Canadian units were actually ahead of schedule through out most of the D-Day landings

[Nrsche]

Wait, Operation Foritude? 1:21 Someone was sleepy when they were making the slides for this episode.

[somebody]

“If you hear any guns or explosions, it’s just the neighbors again, go back to sleep!” Lmao, WTF kind of neighbors does this narrator have!?

[JelloApocalypse]

6:54
Come on, fhqwhgads.
I say come on, fhqwhgads.

[briandalke]

Kind of disappointed that the Canadians again get lumped in with the British as a minor partner. The Americans, British, and French get most of the focus on D-Day, and rightly so, but Canadians drove deeper into France than any other army and even met a few of their D-Day objectives. Was hoping with several countries getting episodes that we'd get some love.

Maybe one day Extra History will do a series on us one day. :)

[pegmay]

GHOST ARMY!

My great great Uncle, Lacy Barton, died at Omaha. He got to safety, but a buddy from home started crying for help after he had been shot in the leg.

He went back for stepped on a mine on the way back...

lot of good people die to war and conflict...in the end we are only left with the lucky ones or the spineless.

[jameswhite]

it was on juno beach that James doohan, who later played scotty on the original star trek, had his combat debut and also lost part of his finger

[reevefelisilda]

I appreciate the rainbow ribbon on Alan Turing.. A small detail but a powerful symbol. He was brilliant man. One of the brightest in the world, in fact. It's just a shame his end had to be tragic one..