D-Day - The Last German Holdouts

The intro song always puts me in the mood to go and raid something. Usually my fridge

Its not DDay untill Mark Felton shows up. Top class as ever.

I’m a former Royal Marines Commando. Served from 1989/2001. I used to really enjoy chatting to the old boys whenever we got the chance to meet up with them, usually Remembrance Sunday. I was attached to SBS towards the end of my career. I had the privilege to meet with, and chat to “Bill Sparks” the last surviving member of the Cockleshell Heroes. A true gent. Unassuming, humble, polite, but he certainly had a presence. RIP Fellas.

My great uncle Andrew (Herbie) died D-Day June 6th 1944 defending our great country and it's Allie's supporting HQ Company, 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division!

Many soldiers died on this day 76 years ago and they may not be forgotten

My great-grandfather, who is aged 96 today, was part of the 227 Luftwaffe soldiers who surrendered that day. He was one of the people operating/maintaining the radio-communication systems located there.

Whenever I think that I have seen every photo and combat film of some particular WWII battle, I simply watch a Mark Felton Production. He ALWAYS comes up with incredible visuals that I have never before seen, in addition to the well-researched narration. Excellent work, Mark!

My father was a Sargeant in the 3rd Canadian Army, 4th Amoured Division, New Brunswick Rangers, 10th Independent Ground Defence Platoon. He landed on Juno Beach, Normandy on July 25, 1944. They were still fighting to secure the beachhead. He lost 2 men in his platoon on the first day from the German shelling. One of the men was a fellow from his home town who he went to school with. Killed by an German artillery round.

this man some how gets 10 minutes legendary footage for each video to play while he is talking, insane

Mark has the best historical Military channel on YouTube hands down

I cannot get enough of this channel... Its the visual equivalent of the "hard core history podcast" highly recommend.

I know I should go to bed, but I can't stop watching these incredible videos.

As a guy drowned in history since 1997 and in metal detecting for 15yrs, I see this channel brilliant, always something new to learn. Superb.

Man , is it just me or are these videos getting better and better? The narration, the detail, the novelty, the pertinence, the pacing, the video editing, the fairness to the survivors and dead. Mark Felton is a man on top of his game. He's mastered the medium.

The one knocked out AVRE was probably the one that assaulted the radar station when the Canadian North Nova Scotia Highlanders were trying to take the station for the first(?) time on June 7th. The North Novas got bogged down by the radar station's firepower and casualties, so a tank commander tried to help with his Petard but a German shell got a direct hit on the Petard, detonating it and leading to the tank absolutely disintegrating. "It was one of the most unrealistic scenes of the war, " Richardson said. "In one moment that huge Churchill was chugging across the field. The next instant there was a terrific blast and when the dust settled... there was absolutely no sign of the tank." Source: "Holding Juno" by Mark Zuehlke page 85

Thanks Mark. Another incredible recap of the the longest day - June 6, 1944. I am incredibly grateful for the dedication and sacrifice of the young men and women who successfully carried out the planning, coordination, landing and invasion that resulted in the freedom and liberties we enjoy today. I sincerely hope people will someday realize that freedom has a cost that has been paid more times than any of us can remember. If society simply learned to accept one and other the cost of freedom would be a lot less. To our past and current military members, THANK YOU AND BLESS YOU!

During my days as a sales rep in Germany I once met a WW2-veteran who was a machine gunnery. During the last months of the war he was stationed in the Alps. One day an american tank came along with dozens of american soldiers sitting on it or following it. When the tank was in range, his commander ordered him to shoot, but he refused the command. He knew that the war was lost and didn't want to kill anymore enemies/people. Apparently they surrendered, because after they were captured his commander thanked him for disregarding his orders. That's also why I enjoyed that soulsucking job. I met a couple of veterans, who live alone and enjoyed my visit and just wanted some company to tell their story.

God bless the ever dwindling Allied combatants still alive who fought during D-Day and thank you for your great service.

Words cannot express are gratitude for keeping history alive an present in our memory in these days of dementia.

He has that voice, where at the end he could say “this is mark felton, BBC news”