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No! The Kieffer Commando wasn't the only French force present in Normandy on June 6, 1944. There were also naval vessels.    • Seconde Guerre Mondiale   --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE CHANNEL NEEDS YOU! To support the channel: https://fr.tipeee.com/caphornier https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RBgB5iFJpM (All donations go towards funding the channel) My book "The Great Naval Stories of the Second World War" published by Plon: https://amzn.eu/d/516Pte9 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ▶️ Subscribe ▶️ Like ▶️ Share Chapters: 00:00 The French Cruisers of the D-Day Landings 08:05 The Atlantic Wall 11:14 Operation Neptune Sources: 1) The 7600-Ton Cruisers. Dumas. Marines Editions. 2) The Cruiser Montcalm: 1932-1945, Ludovic Zanella. Marines Edition. 3) Logbook of a sailor in the 4th Cruiser Division. 1941-1945. Montcalm, Georges Leygues, Gloire 4) The Preparation for D-Day. Benoit Rondeau. Editions Ouest France. 5) Operation Neptune: The Prelude to D-Day, David Wragg 6) Admiral Lemonnier, Cruisers in Action. 7) Operation Neptune, Symonds, Craig L. Credits: Thanks to Eric Destable, who accompanied me to Omaha Beach and the American Cemetery at Colleville-sur-Mer, for the drone footage. Last drone footage courtesy of the US Military Cemetery of Colleville-sur-Mer. Music: Cold Waters. The brilliant Aleksi Aubry Carlson Films: Source: ECPAD/Defense ACT 167 © Unknown Director / SCA / ECPAD / 1944 / Defense "Landing of Army B in Provence and celebration of the liberation of Marseille." ACT 5729 © Unknown Director / SCA / Algeria / ECPAD / 1957 / Defense "Arrival of the cruiser Georges Leygues in the port of Algiers." ACT 7 © Unknown Director / SCA / ECPAD / 1942 / Defense "General Henri Giraud in Algiers." ACT 57 © Unknown Director / SCA / ECPAD / 1943 / Defense "General Henri Giraud reviews the light cruisers Le Fantasque and Le Terrible; the camouflaged battleship Richelieu." SA 457 © Copyright holder unknown - Origin: Army Pictorial Service Laboratory APSL - Source: ECPAD/Defense "Invasion of Europe." SA 521 © Copyright holder unknown - Origin: US Army - Source: ECPAD/Defense "Allied naval convoy en route to the Normandy beaches in preparation for the June 1944 landings." 3H 062 © Copyright holder unknown - Origin: US Army - Source: ECPAD/Defense "Normandy 1944 (US newsreel) - Landing scenes: convoys of ships, aerial views of the situation." 3H 157 © Copyright holder unknown - Origin: US Army - Source: ECPAD/Defense "Normandy 1944 (US newsreel) - General Bradley aboard the Augusta." SA 450 © Copyright holder unknown - Origin: Army Pictorial Service Laboratory APSL - Source: ECPAD/Defense "En route: The American fleet assaults Omaha Beach on June 5 and 6, 1944." 3H 105 © Copyright holder unknown - Origin: US Army - Source: ECPAD/Defense "Normandy 1944 (US newsreel) - Landing of units of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division on Juno Beach on June 6, 1944." 3H 071 © Copyright holder unknown - Origin: US Army - Source: ECPAD/Defense "Normandy 1944 (US newsreel) - June 6, 1944: D-Day." Photos: Private collection. Spacepickshovel for map modeling. Alexis Chadefaue for audio mixing.