(Part 8) Step into the boots of WWII soldiers and experience their triumphs, struggles, and unyielding courage like never before. This gripping account brings the frontline to life with raw emotion and vivid storytelling. A must-listen for history enthusiasts and anyone who wants to feel the heart of the battlefield! Link of Playlist kzbin.info/aero/PLVvCA4vUrfdC4In9pfJOsQNQI7wPfPXEB&si=9P_M-psAcPAv39mj Link of Part 1 kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJa3dppvaMxgZ6Msi=GEnrbuT89EEJXEWV Link of Part 2 kzbin.info/www/bejne/h2rVgWqLZ8SXrK8si=ovj7hRJezPYQI0MA Link of Part 3 kzbin.info/www/bejne/pYjNq56fndp1jsksi=EGrQ7RVLz3DGfs9p Link of Part 4 kzbin.info/www/bejne/qYareqyPmNNnnbssi=1zU5esSVVAg6Qeyq Link of Part 5 kzbin.info/www/bejne/f3q7f2yDjZ1_fsUsi=XLmMPK-VZ4lU8blX Link of Part 6 kzbin.info/www/bejne/lZnHZ2usgtGkjZosi=qd8T6A5zgIvFBTo7 Link of Part 7 kzbin.info/www/bejne/q4iVm6mbnr-tfK8si=cQp7Zsam1gpQfMA0

Earnie had to go back to the states for a break because of depression witnessing so much horror.

‘Rommel’s guess was the Pas De Calais’. I was listening to one of these yesterday when Rommel was explaining to someone the Allies will attack Normandy. 🙄

7:51 the Germans executed a master craft in radio deception convincing the Russians they would attack Moscow instead of Stalingrad…. but ended up feeding a quarter million soldiers into a wood-chipper. Interesting conclusion. 🤔

Vandervoort was 27 at the time of D-Day. Fatherly might be a stretch. More like a big brother. Very brave man. John Wayne was cast to play him in “The Longest Day”. Wayne was 55 in 1962; twice the age of the real Vandervoort.

What impressed the Germans ? How stupid but well fed and equipped the Americans were. Of course , it didn’t matter when they were given their shiny new tanks say like 20 of them and a couple of hours of training. Then their officers way back from the front in comfortable billets ordered them straight forward into a dug-in prepared defence and they were all killed and blown up by noon. Headfirst into Fort Driant ( Metz) and Hurtgen Forest which were never defeated and could have easily been bypassed if officers had a clue besides a map- like went to the front. To the Brits it was like The Somme all over again.

A friend of mine fought in europe. He saw one of the tank crews in his company go through several Shermans in one day. When a tank broke down, the crew just hitched a ride to a depot and got another tank. The ordinance guys would recover the broken tank and fix it for the next crew that needed one.

Finally some honesty- criminally stupid tactics.

One picture, you're not nice to me. Block you. your subscribers must be your students looking at your activity. U TUBE pictures that move. Welcome to the 21st century. pfft another over educated child forgot how to use his hands and feet. Grow up

That picture looked more like NJ SP's.

Ernie Pyle gave WWII a perspective that nobody else did. He wrote about the human cost of war on an intimate level, mentioning a little background and personal information about every man that he came into contact with. "Brave Men," and "Here is Your War," should be required reading in every US history class.

23:36 curious how the Austrian’s were supposedly enraptured when they were ‘liberated by the German’s’ and then similarly enraptured when they were liberated by the Allies’ Meanwhile in Austria: “if I wave my hanky out the window will you promise not to shoot me?”

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(Part 7) Step into the boots of WWII soldiers and experience their triumphs, struggles, and unyielding courage like never before. This gripping account brings the frontline to life with raw emotion and vivid storytelling. A must-listen for history enthusiasts and anyone who wants to feel the heart of the battlefield! Link of Playlist kzbin.info/aero/PLVvCA4vUrfdC4In9pfJOsQNQI7wPfPXEB&si=9P_M-psAcPAv39mj Link of Part 1 kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJa3dppvaMxgZ6Msi=GEnrbuT89EEJXEWV Link of Part 2 kzbin.info/www/bejne/h2rVgWqLZ8SXrK8si=ovj7hRJezPYQI0MA Link of Part 3 kzbin.info/www/bejne/pYjNq56fndp1jsksi=EGrQ7RVLz3DGfs9p Link of Part 4 kzbin.info/www/bejne/qYareqyPmNNnnbssi=1zU5esSVVAg6Qeyq Link of Part 5 kzbin.info/www/bejne/f3q7f2yDjZ1_fsUsi=XLmMPK-VZ4lU8blX Link of Part 6 kzbin.info/www/bejne/lZnHZ2usgtGkjZosi=qd8T6A5zgIvFBTo7

18:19 most people never even begin to fathom all this tumult was engineered by the Freemasons (Albert Pike et al). They attribute it to the vague whims of a corrupt and intangible human condition…. This shit was mapped out by satanic acolytes and executed by those subject to manipulation. I have a modicum of sympathy for the Germans who got swept up in this…. Just a modicum tho.

10:26 Klaus: “what I also couldn’t know is I would become involved in extremely violent fighting.” C’mon Klaus… you goose stepped across Europe, surely you’re not complete dummkopf

Heinrich: “ Now…. we are fucked”

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An extraordinary account of things that never make it into war movies - but which are so essential

So the Allies were almost a guilty as the Germans who conscripted young boys and old men. Ours were of fighting age, but no better prepared.

Whose story is this, and is it a book? This was great and I'd love to have the book. Many thanks for publishing.

Whose story is this, and is it a book? This was great and I'd love to have the book. Many thanks for publishing.

My dad was on a Landing Craft ship in WWII in the Pacific. He saw the naval bombardments of beaches and imagined that not even a flea could survive, but as soon as they approached, the Japanese would crawl out and begin their defense.

54:17 this is really well written. 🧐

This is a really good one. 🙏🇦🇺

American doctrine has always been to adapt on the fly, as has the Brits. It always works.

(Part 6) Step into the boots of WWII soldiers and experience their triumphs, struggles, and unyielding courage like never before. This gripping account brings the frontline to life with raw emotion and vivid storytelling. A must-listen for history enthusiasts and anyone who wants to feel the heart of the battlefield! Link of Playlist kzbin.info/aero/PLVvCA4vUrfdC4In9pfJOsQNQI7wPfPXEB&si=9P_M-psAcPAv39mj Link of Part 1 kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJa3dppvaMxgZ6Msi=GEnrbuT89EEJXEWV Link of Part 2 kzbin.info/www/bejne/h2rVgWqLZ8SXrK8si=ovj7hRJezPYQI0MA Link of Part 3 kzbin.info/www/bejne/pYjNq56fndp1jsksi=EGrQ7RVLz3DGfs9p Link of Part 4 kzbin.info/www/bejne/qYareqyPmNNnnbssi=1zU5esSVVAg6Qeyq Link of Part 5 kzbin.info/www/bejne/f3q7f2yDjZ1_fsUsi=XLmMPK-VZ4lU8blX

Patton didn’t have enough gasoline because douchebag Ike was a globalist muppet, and Patton was moving too fast with victories - the east was to be for Stalin, as decided by the globalists.

Fun Fact: Germany was about a year away from producing Jet Bombers and Fighters, enough synthetic fuel to supply its needs, and a nuclear bomb alongside the V2 Rocket. Many top ranking people back then said that if Germany would of held for one more year, they would of won the war, as nobody had anything to counter Jets and Nuclear Rockets.

To be so conservative in war creates more casualties not fewer. Patton was controversial and brilliant. He was the only general Germans feared.

4:38 ‘those people were our enemies’ F**king idiot. They’re peasants and farmers who strung Mussolini up the first chance they got. It takes a small mind to assume the will of the political elite personifies the will of the proletariat

Change the photo occasionally.

36:56 John has a long moustache. 🤫

It was strategically weak of the Germans to assume the allies would invade the Pas De Calais on the basis that was the narrowest part of the channel considering they didn’t detect the allies until they approached the beaches. Ie. they were always going to attack the beaches which were most accessible/least strongly resourced.

I found the use of the name Gerry very confusing when describing fighting against the Germans, whose nickname was Jerry.

Why does every worthless nut on KZbin think we're supposed to take his opinion seriously? The Germans were losers. The Americans were winners.

Is it just me or is anyone else having problems with this episode constantly stopping by itself?

(Part 5) Step into the boots of WWII soldiers and experience their triumphs, struggles, and unyielding courage like never before. This gripping account brings the frontline to life with raw emotion and vivid storytelling. A must-listen for history enthusiasts and anyone who wants to feel the heart of the battlefield! Link of Playlist kzbin.info/aero/PLVvCA4vUrfdC4In9pfJOsQNQI7wPfPXEB&si=9P_M-psAcPAv39mj Link of Part 1 kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJa3dppvaMxgZ6Msi=GEnrbuT89EEJXEWV Link of Part 2 kzbin.info/www/bejne/h2rVgWqLZ8SXrK8si=ovj7hRJezPYQI0MA Link of Part 3 kzbin.info/www/bejne/pYjNq56fndp1jsksi=EGrQ7RVLz3DGfs9p Link of Part 4 kzbin.info/www/bejne/qYareqyPmNNnnbssi=1zU5esSVVAg6Qeyq

Wonder why the Metz forts weren't targetted by the Grand Slam, Tall Boy and Disney bombs that were designed for pretty much exactly that type of target.

Doodads cracked me up.

My Uncle was WB Morgan who served in the 99th division in Italy as B.A.R. man he was built for it he use to say he could pick it up and shoot it one handed. He said made a point not too. But there were a few times he had no choice. he had the werider story i ever heard coming from a vet . Somehow he got transfer to 95th and would see and go thru Dachau with them. I met a another vet who served with him in the 99th. He said when B came back he was changed up til then he told us, if he caught or got wind us shooting prisoners he would kill us himself. He came back and basically if you kill a SS and i didn't see it, it never happened and it wont go up the chain

It's U.S. Army. It's spelled Maintnance. Abrev. Maint.

I saw a film of a Sherman tank with a dozer blade on the front to cut through the banks of the hedgerows.

(Part 4) Step into the boots of WWII soldiers and experience their triumphs, struggles, and unyielding courage like never before. This gripping account brings the frontline to life with raw emotion and vivid storytelling. A must-listen for history enthusiasts and anyone who wants to feel the heart of the battlefield! Link of Playlist kzbin.info/aero/PLVvCA4vUrfdC4In9pfJOsQNQI7wPfPXEB&si=9P_M-psAcPAv39mj Link of Part 1 kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJa3dppvaMxgZ6Msi=GEnrbuT89EEJXEWV Link of Part 2 kzbin.info/www/bejne/h2rVgWqLZ8SXrK8si=ovj7hRJezPYQI0MA Link of Part 3 kzbin.info/www/bejne/pYjNq56fndp1jsksi=EGrQ7RVLz3DGfs9p

OMFG! ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! This has to be the most over-the-top & cartoonishly absurd piece of Anti-American propaganda concerning the US Military's performance iln WW2, that by the time I was 15 minutes into it, I was convinced I was watching a collection of the most asinine lies told by Soviet Leaders (or perhaps even disgruntled Germans?) about our country, our military & its Officers at times when the Cold War began heating up & they felt like bashing their old enemy. How any serious adult could watch that & not notice that the narrator kept repeating this ridiculous narrative about how our "bumbling" Officers kept needlessly commanding operations that were of no military benefit just so they could feed more of their men into the meat grinder while also killing those poor NAZIS! Are you kidding me?! We had the best kill to casualty ratio of any of the main nations who engaged in combat! In fact, the opposite is true. Eisenhower did what almost no Great General would ever do in his situation! He ordered his troops to stop advancing towards Berlin when they were tantalizingly close & most of the allied soldiers naturally wanted to beat the Russians there so they could be the one's to take Hitler's Capital! Why did he do that?! His sole purpose for doing that was to spare the lives of thousands of American GI's! Also, the bit about how supposedly, The British were forced to command US Soldiers was insanely dillusional! The US called the shots- period! This clown didn't even attempt to hide his obvious partisan agenda?!

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Just awful suffering. Europe is very cold in winter. These were tough guys with no choice.

Thanks for this great book!! It was as captivating as any battle story!

With men of the greatest generation like the one's described in this story the United States military was unstoppable and it was unstoppable just ask Germany and Japan they know

(Part 3) Step into the boots of WWII soldiers and experience their triumphs, struggles, and unyielding courage like never before. This gripping account brings the frontline to life with raw emotion and vivid storytelling. A must-listen for history enthusiasts and anyone who wants to feel the heart of the battlefield! Link of Playlist kzbin.info/aero/PLVvCA4vUrfdC4In9pfJOsQNQI7wPfPXEB&si=9P_M-psAcPAv39mj Link of Part 1 kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJa3dppvaMxgZ6Msi=GEnrbuT89EEJXEWV Link of Part 2 kzbin.info/www/bejne/h2rVgWqLZ8SXrK8si=ovj7hRJezPYQI0MA