June 6, 1944 – The Light of Dawn | History - D-Day - World War II Documentary

You ruined it by blurring out the casualties. Those men deserve to be seen.

It’s a shame you blurred out these men. They deserve to be seen, they gave us everything they had and more, show their face!

my great grand father from kentucky can be seen in the line of men at 15:20 - 15:40, me and my dad were watching this and he said '' wait wait go back that was pap'' and sure enough we paused and put his old war photos side by side and it was him, super super cool.

As a nurse WWII vets were always the BEST patients I ever had. Always upbeat regardless of the situation or hardship. Never self focused, they easily rolled with the punches and seemed grateful for the smallest things. I can tell you those horrific days of battle lived strong beneath their calm exteriors. I remember working one night and very old man in his 90s was yelling something about jumping in foxholes in his dreams. Sweetest man you every met, but he went to war in his dreams. Hard to believe they are almost all gone today. What a huge lose, those of us left behind have much work to do filling their giant shoes.

My Grandpa was 18 when he stormed the beaches at Normandy (Omaha) and he was awarded a Purple Heart for getting injured. I always wanted to talk to him about it, but he never wanted to speak on it so I never pressed him. I can only imagine the horrors he witnessed that day. It’s a miracle he turned out to be the kindest person I’ve ever known, he was my hero. RIP Gramps!

My father landed on the Omaha beach. He never mentioned it until he was in hospice in 2001. Never. What he said about his landing that it was horrible. The sand was red from blood as far as you could see and the water too; and you had to walk on the dead bodies to get off the beach. That's all he ever said about his war experience to me. His mother, my grand mother, told me why he didn't have any toe tips when I was really young, maybe 6 or 7. She said Dad lost them in the bulge. It took 15 - 20 years to realize what she meant. War never ends for those and their families that live it. Never. I do not want to distract from this video at all; the theme reminded of a lot of things, and I thought I needed to voice something. Thank you

What balls these people had. Thank you EVERYONE involved, what courageous people

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My father jumped on DDay with the 82nd Airborne Division, 507/Co. B. He was wounded in Normandy on June 15 on a farm in La Bonneville where he lost his right eye when he was hit by shrapnel. He fought at Chef du Pont and the bridge at La Fiere. He was 26 on DDay and lived to be 94. I visited Normandy with him two times.

in 2004 i found a dog tag in a field in a place called chadelsfield England while metal detecting in a field it belonged to an American ww2 soldier called Kenneth McKnight from orange county Massachusetts in America and he was in the e502 company who was in the d day landings in Normandy he was only 22 when he signed up i was able to return it to Mr mc knight as he was gladly still alive his family were so happy and grateful and was able to piece together his journey from the war to why the dog tab was in a field in England sadly Mr mac knight passed away a few years later but he is always in my thoughts and i always tell his story to servicemen vets i meet

My father only missed the invasion because of his poor eyesight. He kept the bombers flying by being a mechanic. 50 years later he had eye surgery and had perfect vision. Every time a WWII veteran dies, I am so sad. We were lucky to have such men and women living amongst us.

Those who filmed all of this left a precious historical legacy, for those who did not see or were present at such a devastating moment. That includes me.😢😢😢😢😢😢

I just lost my hero. My step dad. He was 93. At the age of seventeen he piloted a Higgins boat onto Normandy Beach. They say they were the first ones the German’s shot at, the boat driver. He was a good man.

If there is a veteran of this operation watching this and reading these words, thank you from the bottom of my heart for all you did and all you gave.

I disagree with the last comment about blurring out the dead for two reasons, YouTube rightly has its guide lines and second no disservice was shown by the blurring, it was respect for the departed. One of the best documentaries I have watch about WWII. My only regret is that it wasn't longer.

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I am French, my father was a small Parisian boy at the time of the allied landings. Honour to these thousands of young men so valuable, so courageous who sacrificed their lives for a country which was not theirs. I am forever grateful to them. My father always spoke of them that way. May they and their families be blessed for eternity.

This has got to be one of the best WWII documentaries. I have ever seen . Awesome

Bravo! Best documentary I have seen. Made me cry. Loved the ending.

I am a retired U.S. Marine 2012-2018. I will never forget when I met a Navy Sailor who served in the Pacific during WWII. He described to me the horrors of Kamikaze attacks and looked me dead in the eyes, practically in tears, and said "The Marine fighter pilots saved me and my crew from certain death. From the bottom of my heart, thank you" and shook my hand. I got chills down my spine. This was the greatest generation.