Well - where is the footage of 'mass Surrender' ?

Some great footage of a difficult time, I particularly liked the synchronised pick handlers working on a railway track, thank you for uploading 😁👍

Um 3:20 ist eine Heinkel He 59 zu sehen. Bei dem einmotorigen Wasserflugzeug, das von einem leichten Kreuzer der Königsberg-Klasse startet, handelt es sich um eine Heinkel He 60. Das am Ende des Videos zu sehende einmotorige Wasserflugzeug konnte ich nicht identifizieren.

I could not shoot horses, they are innocent.

It looks like they removed the collar runes.and rank if I'm not mistaken no decorations either

Flits all over place just like a modern pop video and equally annoying.

Naval aviation for Germany did not much improve from this point, not only because of the Z Plan's cancellation-but also because of Goering and his stubborn insistence that the Luftwaffe control absolutely all of Germany's military aviation-leaving the Kriegsmarine with little in house air power. While Germany did eventually get better airplanes for naval patrols than biplanes, not many were built and, in the end Germany's anti shipping capacities were mostly limited to whatever the Army and Luftwaffe had in surplus, the Stuka, He-111, and Condor.

ドイツは首都ベルリンを完全制圧されて降伏。一方　シナ大陸での日本軍の降伏は異様だっただろうね。中国軍に負けていないのに降伏するんだものね。海の向こうでアメリカ軍に負けただけ。

#recom

Merci ....

Great pictures!!!!! But...... oú est le boche?????????? I see no Germans here!!!!

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6:09 That shot of nosediving below the clouds and seeing the water is one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen

I was in St Malo this year and last. Stunningly beautiful old city on the coast. HUGE shame it was nearly destroyed in WW2. All people born die... and new are born to take their place. But that cultural landmark St Malo was irreplaceable. You can't replace that. They rebuilt it, and it still is a great place to visit - but it lost its soul in the allied bombings. I wish they should have just laid siege to it.

This is one of the darkest side of war. The german soldiers felt they were in a position to defeat the enemies. But they were overpowered, outnumbered and bombed into submission. I understand that the german soldiers prefer surrounding to allied troops such as ( British, American, French soldiers ) instead of the Soviet Red Army that were considered more brutal. The Soviet army are known for their gross mistreatment of german soldiers.

The war on the western front did not bear comparison to the war on the eastern front. Patton had no idea. Thats why he was silenced.

Patton: We destroyed the wrong enemy.

Anyone know who the SS officer is at 14:02. ================================== He appears often, and is clearly quite a character! /

At 7:56 is that Karl Malden with the pipe? He served as an Army sergeant in WW2.

9:35 a US soldier with a german MP40

What’s going on at 8’50?

I want to join Joe and John in saying thanks for the videos. Not only are they interesting but also you use highest quality footage which is rich in detail. I'll be supporting you on Patreon soon. THANKS!

Total war...

Little did they know what dangers had awaited them

I had the privilege of spending a year (3/86 - 4/87) in the Pacific (Okinawa, South Korea, Philippines) and it was EPIC. The natural beauty, the people, their culture, the food...EVERYTHING...amazing. I could have spent another year standing on my head if I had to in order to stay there. Some of the nicest, kindest, coolest people too! Thanks for looking out for us Ms. Tamaki, wherever you are, that was NOT an easy job!

Das Reich division , the human filth responsible for the atrocity at Oradour Sur Glane. I use the word human in its loosest terms, please don’t glorify them.

まだまだ戦争の傷跡が所々に残り、これから立ち直ろうとする力強さが映像から伝わってきました。これから僅か20年足らずで、当時世界最速の新幹線を走らせるようになるのだから、日本という国、日本人は凄いと思う。

Thanks for not adding any unnecessary accouterments to this raw footage.

it is mesmerizing, especially with the ambient music. A lot of subs, of various shapes and sizes? Two carriers?

The Japanese you see in a group on the beach were found in a Landing Craft and captured by one Marine I believe. Don't they look pretty clean, their clothes as well. Several of them have on WHITE clothes, you would think if they were in bunkers or caves their clothes would be dirty and grimy.

Anyone have an idea where the locomotive servicing and roundhouse shots were filmed? This was a nice ‘find’. Documentation of how life was in reality is better that what Hollywood puts out. And yes, there have been great films produced but that cannot and should not take away from reality. Thanks!

Jesus I have had although SS Panzer Wraps

The original film as is. No soundtrack or other bs. Wonderful.

80 years later,Japan, owns US Steel, there industries we destroyed are now besting ours !

Is this the real sound ?

Corsican civilians doing all the hard hand labor...wonder how much there were paid? One was even wearing wooden sabots (shoes).

Too bad that none of those guys are alive today to see themselves in these videos.

Man fumbling with cigarette at the beginning is actor Louis Hayward who commanded the photographic unit at Tarawa.

Japan was defeated and devastated by war, but Japanese people chinned up and worked hard in order to make their nation a better and peaceful place to live. Japanese people were not succumbed to a defeat of war.

imagine the crazy combat footage of the shot down planes sitting at the bottom of the pacific

The tank here is a Type-95 Ha-Go, which is pretty obvious. However what's interesting is A.the camo pattern, since it's quite unusual, idk if it's because it's faded since it got knocked out or something. And B. The unit itself: the 7th Special Navel Land-Force: Sasebo's tank unit. Which had 14 tanks. (Idk how the unit formation was but it's at least one company worth, since normal army formation company had 12 tanks as full complement. Maybe it's same here with 2 in reserve or it's HQ unit (2) 1st~3rd platoon (4) But Idk, I need to do some research on that. Another awesome video, I love that you keep posting these on KZbin, they really help, especially when you can't get access to them online yourself.

Looks like a 155 mm naval gun there.Thanks 4 the video.

If I remember my history correctly. The Americans did not anticipate heavy resistance before the invasion.

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The US Major General sitting in the jeep at around 11:30 is Major General Middleton. He had more combat hours than any other Officer in the United States Army. That's the 8th Corps. He's the guy sitting low, not the other Major General who is heavier set and seated higher. Look at Middleton's service in WWII, the guy was in practically every campaign you can think of almost.

Really good videos. It's a pity that the tech of that time didn't make for really sharp films but this is still very interesting. My only complaint would be the sudden stops and moves to an entirely different story.

This is outstanding footage. Thank you for posting it.

They could have given this to Chiang Kai Sheks Chinese Nationalists fighting ahainst the communists the same time. Lack of equipment was ome of the factors why the Nationalists lost the Chinese Civil war,they could have used this stuff very well and were in dire need of it.

Churchill said the Allies would ground the Japanese into a powder. It's amazing how fast they came back. Thanks for the history!

10:17 八ツ山橋？