3 WW2 Battles in Lego stop motion

The Battle For Omaha Beach 0:03 On the morning of June 6, 1944, thousands of US infantry began landing on a beach code-named Omaha, in Normandy, France. In order to push the Germans back, the Americans had to make it across the beach and up the cliffs, all while under heavy machine gun fire. The first waves of soldiers that landed on the beach sustained heavy casualties as the Germans remained relatively unscathed inside their concrete bunkers. But as the battle wore on, the German's ammunition began to run low and the Americans were crossing the beach, and making it up to the German positions on the cliffs. by the end of the day, the Americans had lost over 2000 men, but they now had a foothold in France and would push the Germans back for the remainder of WW2. The Battle of El Alamein 3:40 The First Battle of El Alamein was a part of the WWII North African Campaign and took place in northwestern Egypt on July 1st, 1942. It began with the British being attacked by Axis forces led by Erwin Rommel, whose objective was to capture the Suez Canal, the Middle Eastern oil fields, and other strategic locations. however, the British defense was quite formidable and the Axis forces were not able to defeat them in any significant way. after days of vicious fighting, Rommel, undersupplied and outnumbered, decided to call off his attacks and assume a defensive position. Around 2 months later, in the 2nd Battle of El Alamein, The British would now launch an attack on the Axis front and...