Did you guys see this already ?? A Sherman tank trundles ashore while behind it soldiers stride through the waves, rifles at the ready. But for the seaside guesthouses in the distance it could be a scene from the D-Day landings. In fact, the pictures show American troops rehearsing for the invasion of Normandy on beaches in North Devon. They are stills from secret footage that has not been seen since World War II. The remarkable film also shows Winston Churchill and Allied commander and future president Dwight Eisenhower visiting the troops in 1944, a few weeks before they were sent to Normandy. The collection of ten-minute reels have lain forgotten in a National Archive in Baltimore in the eastern U.S. since the end of the war. They are to go on show in Britain for the first time after being unearthed by a former BBC technician. Tony Koorlander made the discovery while researching the wartime connections of his hometown of Bideford, in Devon. The footage shot between October 1943 and June 1944 on Woolacombe beach and Braunton Burrows was originally intended to be shown to U.S. troops as a training video on amphibious landings. Secret footage unearthed of American troops practising Normandy invasion | Mail Online
No, i have not seen these films before.Amazing finds! I do understand ,why during ww2 that USA troops were trainning during ww2 in 1943-1944. America started the war in late 1942,the American president never ever thought that he'll use American troops during ww2,American troops were never trained and prepaired for ww2. These films do make sense too me.
Heidi, again, the Americans were brought into the war in December 1941 and if a soldier's not in combat or resting, he's training and you'd have to train hard to get a massive amphibious landing halfway right.
