Title: D-Day | How One General Turned Disaster Into Victory (WW2 Documentary) Source:
[None] URL Source:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_z1t8nb_sc Published:Jun 6, 2025 Author:Battle Guide Post Date:2025-06-22 11:37:30 by BTP Holdings Keywords:None Views:3
On the bloodiest part of the bloodiest beach of D-Day, a plan that had been months in the making had gone seriously wrong. For the men of the untested 29th Infantry Division, the promised quick and decisive win had turned into hours of gruelling hell.
Bad weather, rough seas and poor support were just the beginning of what would become a fight for survival on the shores of Normandy.
Despite the unfurling catastrophe, one man remained determined to see the mission accomplished. Brigadier General Norman ‘Dutch’ Cota stepped from his landing craft to join his men on the blood-strewn beach that was Omaha. Under a hail of withering fire, the general rallied his troops and personally led an assault that would unlock the Vierville draw and secure a vital foothold in ‘Fortress Europe’.
This is the story of the men who journeyed into the inferno and one whose leadership created order from chaos on perhaps the most famous day in military history.
Poster Comment:
I worked with this old boy on Illinois State Highways. He was the new Lead, Lead Worker. He was in the 4th wave at Omaha Beach. He said to me once, "I'm going to run this yard just like the Army."
I replied, "Does that mean I can roll a frag under your desk?" ROTFLMAO!