The Allied invasion as you've never seen it before: Stunning colorized photographs show battle-torn France in the aftermath of D-Day

Europe got itself into a mess twice that couldn't be fixed without U.S. intervention. Thousands of young Americans gave their lives so YOU have the freedom to say BS like this.

if YOU think American intervention saved WW1 then YOU need to do serious research.

That nonsense of course. The fact is Republicans in congress didn't want to help you at all. FDR wanted to supply the UK after they v were out of money? Republican in congress argued v that v to give the UK weapons and supplies on credit would violate our nuetralty. Search for vote on "Lend Lease" Republicans voted overwhelmingly against it. The US loaned Britain money t 2 percent the exact same interest rate Canada loaned them money.

They only got involved because WE had to give an incentive....MONEY. If you're saving the world you do so based on altruism and not place monetary conditions to it. We have only recently finished paying the US back ....all thanks to OUR boys and girls altruism!!!

Altruism is a false concept claimed by narcissists who want attention

Just keep quiet, James. You're only embarrassing yourself.

Had you bothered to read the story, you'd see the photos were brought to color by an American teenager. If they were done by a Canadian, they probably would have chosen a set of photos with Canadians. Likewise for the British.

It was written by an American. My word. Why is this comment still a thing?

I really don't think that the U.S. has ever felt they did it all but these pictures where taken from an American point of view about the American military.There is no need to be offended.

Sorry. That was meant for up above. These were done by an American so it's not shocking he mostly had Americans in his pictures.

Because an American student used photographs taken by an American photographer embedded with American troops.

well hollywood thinks only america fought in ww2

Those are probably the photographs the colorizer had access to. I am sure he'd be happy to do any he came across.

The war was won on the steppes of the former Soviet Union. All those people who constantly pour scorn onto Russia would do well to remember that. I'm not disrespecting all those brave souls who fought in any of the other theatres btw.

Not entirely on our own.

Because the photos were taken by official photographers of the US Army. They were only in areas under US control. The person who did the colouring is a US citizen and would only access US photos - if he was asked (or tasked) he would do the same for other nations. The British and Canadians had their own photographers.

Yanks only stepped in when they could make a profit.

robert i'll never forget zhukov who saved both our assets

You Americans did NOTHING from 1939-41 while the Na.zis rampaged throughout Europe. You sat back and watched the horrors. Only when Japan kicked your butt did you bother to get up and get involved. You had to be dragged into the war kicking and screaming. We don't forget.

i do not know what he is sniffing, but I should like some.

or when we were bombed on DEC 7, 1941. But hey, y'all down there in Australia really did a lot to help out didn't you? Just like the rest of history. Go home, you're drunk.

You sure did, twice! Eternally grateful! Now those haters here can red arrow me to their hearts' contents FOR I CARE NOT!

Russia. We know, pity you don't.

Why must you gullible fools feed the troll and then insult the rest of us Americans?

Russian forces at Stalingrad.

The United States had a policy not to get involved in any war unless US was directly threatened. Our military was in shambles after WWI. Few soldiers, barely any equipment, and a population that did not want war again. If the US had entered earlier it could have been much worse. Roosevelt kept his promise to the American people. Then the attack at Pearl Harbor happened and the rest you know.

Please explain your comment. How did we start the war? As i recall, we were on our side of the pond minding our own business and new little of war.

I don't recall Ireland helping out at all.

Did Ireland do much? No? Best be quiet to be honest......you are up there with the Swiss on that so perhaps it's best you don't embarrass yourself mate. A few brave Irish men fought for the allies but were rejected by their countrymen on return....to them I have the utmost respect....for everyone else I have more respect towards the Germans than anyone that sits on the fence hoping that Britain might lose. We didn't by the way ;)

I think your mum's shouting you for tea

The Irish were German sympathizers.

Another Brit who thinks that WWII was only about Europe. Tell me something Brit, precisely how many major battles did the British win against the Japanese?

Biffa ... watch "The World at War" especially the war in the Pacific.... then you won't be so glib.

WWII may well not have been won w/o the second front. Brits didn't have the resources or resolve to open it on their own & preferred peripheral engagement/containment. So... in a way, yes. The same could certainly be said about the enormous human sacrifices the Soviets contributed in the East, but we still aren't all that keen on giving the Ruskies credit for anything.

Beppe Sapone, on the other hand American dead 418,500, British dead 450,900.

We would save you again. Maybe.

We would liberate you again from the Mexicans... maybe!

The Soviets didn't liberate anything. They replaced one form of horrific oppression with another form of horrific oppression.

Soviets

Liberate us from the Mexicans??? A better point would be that France was key in the liberation of the U.S. from the British.

You don't understand what I am implying. And you don't understand what the guy above is implying...

Out of curiosity, what are you implying, LeFrench? Because it does seem as if you're implying the French have already liberated us once from the "Mexicans." I want to give you the benefit of the doubt and not believe you to be woefully ignorant.

To be fair, we do see photos of Russians, in articles about them. But I agree, many people in the "West" don't realise how much the Russians (Soviets) did for us and suffered for us.

Who hurt you? Are you done with these asinine comments?

Patton hated Montgomery

If you took the time to read the article you'd find that it's a 19 year old American who does this work so it should come as zero shock the pictures contain Americans. No one is stopping you from doing the same. And honestly, I would love to see them once you're finished. I'm sure they'll be great.

Screen name is fitting.

Hey, stop living up to your screen name! Maybe you can get off your rearend and do the same with Bristish soldiers instead of just complaining.

Hahaha love your comment!

matj50, would you like to try re-writing that statement in any recognisable language of your choice ?

Idiot.

Well we were fighting whilst you were taking the money.

When you say Russians do you mean the southern areas of the Soviet Union who really saved Russia.

byw this is suppose to be reply to some previous post. Dont know how this was a new thread instead

Yes. the Americans did NOTHING from 1939-41 while the Na.zis rampaged throughout Europe. They sat back and watched the horrors. Only when Japan kicked their butt did they bother to get up and get involved. They had to be dragged into the war kicking and screaming. We don't forget.

"We don't forget." Well thats good to know.

We had to sell all our gold to pay for the 'help' the Americans provided. Ed Balls signed the last cheque in 2008 for what we owed them!!

JammaT, yea, you seem to forget that if it weren't for the US, you wouldn't have had any supplies or weapons. Otherwise, you'd be speaking German right now. Besides, The US Prime Minister Neville Chamberlin secured "peace for our time." Oh wait, that was YOUR Prime Minister making a deal with the devil!

You people from Europe stated WWII, Neville Chamberland gave the Germans everything they demanded. Germany was not stopped while they advanced thru Europe. Blame your politicians for the war and not stopping it in the bud. America supplied England with much needed supplies, many American Merchant Marine ships were sunk by the Germans while brining supplies to Europe. Wake up and smell the roses. I hope you don't forget who aided Europe in bringing the war to an end

I was certainly raised to honor our American soldiers of WWII, which included my Dad, all of my uncles, all of my older male in-laws, etc. But as I have learned much more about the war over my lifetime, I have really come to admire the British. You must be the toughest people on the planet to have survived the bombings at home the way you did, and to keep going. The British really are amazing people.

But you guys were kick ass too...we got the job done together x

Eric. They are US photos because a US teenager decided to do this project. Get your youth to gather photos and do the same.

The Germans had been looting since 1933 sunbeam.

It's an American kid who colorized the photos so he has probably obtained them from American relatives and ergo they are mostly of American troops. However while there may have been more British on the beaches of Normandy it was the American forces that did most of the liberating

@Peter. Yes of course the Americans did some hard fighting and we will always be grateful to them. But the opposition on Gold, Sword and Juno beaches were in fact superior to what they were on Omaha and Utah beaches. The aforementioned beaches were made up of mainly SS units and Grenadier battalions. Whereas Omaha were mainly conscripts and older/younger fighters. The problem for you guys was you took the wrong equipment to storm a beach and turned down the equipment offered by the British otherwise known as the "funnies". Your tanks mainly didn't make it on the beach and you guys were sitting ducks. Utah your Rangers pulled off an amazing feat though with scaling those cliffs albeit the guns they were storming had been moved. Everyone that day did an amazing job, but it must not be downplayed the role the British and commonwealth troops played in it.

That may be true...but it no less deadens the pain of those Americans that were lost on DDay. My uncle was but one casualty...a French American soldier.

@Coldzero - Not downplaying the Allies at all but keep in mind whose lands were occupied and being bombed and who had to cross an ocean to help.

From Hollywood??? Yes coming up soon!!!!

Get a Brit to colorize YOUR photos and you can have the British version then

The photo's were taken by a US Serviceman fighting with the Yanks, so of course they show the US Troops. Also, there were no UK Forces on Utah Beach, only US Servicemen.

I have no doubt that British archives are loaded with amazing photos from WW2 - I'd love to see those colorized also. In this era of clueless and mis-educated millenials driving Western Civilization to extinction, a realistic glimpse into a past era when people understood the need to defend and protect their own cultures might be very useful.

It was a joint operation they fought together and died together like true men giving all for thier country and future.

Get over yourself, a British publication is not obligated to constantly report on American politics.

Not when it doesn't support their views...... no

Many feel the same way... However, Germany would have been on your doorstep for many years. To save the UK, we all had to save France. Europe would not be what it is today. I suspect France will blow it again considering the "other" issue they have now with head choppers.

..the head choppers are actually defeating them proving yet again what a j o k e the French are and lots of other European countries aren't far behind them in lol department...

These were all brave honorable young men but if we are going to stick to historical facts then clearly we can see that American's suffered almost 2 times the men of any of the other nations that day. Please don't get me wrong 1 life lost was horrendous and these young men deserve nothing but respect but it seems your statement tried to downplay our role in the landings...6,603 Americans mothers received word later in the days following of their sons deaths as well as did 3,646 English and Canadian mothers as well.

Gen. Eisenhower never claimed to walk on water but he did help keep the huge ego's of the various nations Generals that led to winning this God awful war

We all played our part.

It was a joint effort to be honest, the allies all played their part to save Europe from its fate. How about Ireland?

Well they're not speaking German or Japanese.....

Where does it say that 'Britain won the war' ?

Full of it much?

and Ireland were neutral. You did jack you shower of cowards. Some say you helped the Germans.

Well it certainly wasn't won by the neutral Republic of Ireland.

Lol! come on! we all know Australia won it! AnD liberated Bathsheba on their tough brumbys! :-)

the republic of ireland sat back and enjoys freedoms today protected by the blood of others. like Sweden you grew fat on the blood of others.

Hmmm ... sounds like a nationalist. It's a good thing that thousands of your countrymen and women crossed the border and contributed to the allied war effort on both the home front and in the armed forces.