World War II historians Al Murray and James Holland are at Longues-sur-Mer above Gold Beach where four imposing WW2 concrete casements housed German navy "Kriegsmarine" guns. They look at the steps the Allies took to neutralise this position and find themselves marvelling at German engineering but questioning how deadly these guns were on D-Day. Subscribe:    / @ww2walkingtheground  "

CORRECTION: The photograph at 13:35 is not HMS Ajax but is photo taken from the HMS Ajax.
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🥾 In WW2 Walking The Ground James Holland and Al Murray from the hit podcast We Have Ways of Making you Talk are in Normandy walking in the footsteps of World War Two soldiers and commanders to bring you closer to the sites and the stories of the D-Day invasion front. Exclusively on YouTube.

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