A Tour of Bastogne Barracks

The War Heritage Institute facility at Bastogne Barracks is a military facility which has been in constant use since the 1930s.
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[@CaptainSeato]

"You are always welcome!" The sincerity is overwhelmingly wholesome!

[@doughudgens9275]

McAuliffe was the Division Artillery commander, then acting 101st commander when Taylor went back to the US for a conference in December’44. It seems appropriate that the Bastogne Barracks was home for an Artillery unit.

[@electrolytics]

Thank you Chieftain and the Chief of the Bastogne Barracks. Great presentation.

[@Chaosrain112]

What a wonderfully hospitable place. Great showcase.

[@RealKlausSchwab]

Gay

[@Real_Claudy_Focan]

So proud to be belgian, the video serie is AMAZING !

[@samholdsworth420]

I met a belgian once, his name was eddy mercxk or something like that 😂

[@farmerpier]

@samholdsworth: .....but he did not ride a tank, did he.....?!?!?!?😂😂

[@jerrysmooth24]

inventing french fries and giving BJ's to GIs and going 2-0 in those wars is the mark of a great country gotta dock points for Central Africa though

[@andrewpease3688]

Start paying your way in NATO and then you can afford to be proud

[@alanrogers7090]

Loved this episode as my dad was there during the Bulge with the Seventh Armored Division. He was the driver of M5A1 in a reconn role. His tracks were shot off at St. Vith and the crew had to run back to the American lines on foot. Always interested in this battle. Colonel Moran has to visit the Australian Armour Museum in Cairns, Northern Territories to see restoration at its best. There is also a place in Poland that makes new old parts for most WWII military vehicles.❤

[@chrishewitt4220]

Had the pleasure of catching up with the Chieftain at Cairns in 2022.

[@petesheppard1709]

Thanks! If I suddenly became a gazillionaire, the Rivera could wait; I'd be hopping the globe to musea and other historical sites!!

[@hetspook666]

dont forget to walk in the forest when your there, i was there (15 years ago) went in the forest (not necessarily following the designated path) and the foxholes etc. are all still there.

[@markfergerson2145]

“Does the Chieftan fit….”

[@Plaprad]

@@markfergerson2145 The shiny things on his shoulders say "no."

[@herosstratos]

Date of the 57st European March of Memory and Friendship (MESA): 25 to 28 June 2024.

[@Voland1871]

I got to visit Bastogne about a year ago, and met with a man who was actually alive during the war. I hope he’s doing well.

[@markfergerson2145]

The older I get, the more interested I become in history. Thanks for giving us bits and pieces they never taught us in school. I’ll definitely be looking for more from this awesome museum. I sincerely hope they get younger guys to come be part of it. Losing institutional knowledge through retirement is heartbreaking.

[@victormiranda9163]

I know 'Stavelot' as a turn in the spa racetrack... odd I didn't link the ideas...

[@Colinpark]

Looking forward to you fitting into the Valentine 6pdr there.

[@rbaxter286]

The battle/baby campaign was lost in the NORTH (in the first few days), not in the South days later at Bastogne (days later), but the propaganda machine had better sound-bites in the South. Oh, it also had Patton bombasting his way through, too!

[@markholmphotography]

I hope to get over there in the next few years. My Dad fought in the Battle of the Bulge, 28th ID.

[@johnlansing2902]

Had the honor of talking with a veteran of the European fighting , every time he spoke of the combat he would talk about the courage of the men going through enemy fire to get ammo for the BAR , then I find out he was the BAR gunner , that enemy fire was primarily for him . Never a mention of his own courage . Courage so common it was the rule .

[@dominicwroblewski5832]

Until I saw this video I had no idea that the Belgian Army had an installation located in Bastogne.

[@lhkraut]

This is one of the best museums I have seen on video. Hmmm, the next time I go to Bremen to see family I might have to spend sometime in Bastogne. I hope that will not be considered an invasion.

[@dannyneal6194]

Great video! Thanks for the bit of history! Waiting for you to say Bugger the museum is on fire… 😂

[@robinlecomte1242]

Maybe the Mechanics at the Belgium Bastogne Barracks Military Museum, should make contact with the Australian Armoured Museum in Cairns/ Queensland - as they seem to be able to "take a piece of metal and reproduce a part that is not obtainable from original source", or get a local Metal Foundry to reproduce what they want.

[@stalkingtiger777]

Can't wait to see the rest of the series!

[@SportbikerNZ]

Excellent and very interesting videos from Belgium.

[@georgezwills]

Wow! Thank you Team Chieftain 🙏🏻 looking forward for the upcoming videos ❤

[@verysilentmouse]

Love your work

[@mikkoveijalainen7430]

I really like these museum tour videos of yours.

[@stevemondal.]

Thanks for your work and sharing.

[@Real_Claudy_Focan]

About the "belgian gate" the admin was talking about ; en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cointet-element

[@petesheppard1709]

Thank you!

[@davedevonlad7402]

It really makes me want to visit when it reopens. Great informative videos 👍

[@johnlant1730]

I love when the chieftain is out spanning the globe!

[@charleswade2514]

Love seeing these videos Chieftain. I’ll never get to travel to Europe to see such amazing places. Thanks for all you do.

[@michaelguerin56]

Nice setup. Thank you.

[@russwoodward8251]

Wow. Great. Thanks!

[@JamesLaserpimpWalsh]

Thanks for the "saunter round" vid. Great stuff.

[@andrewwmacfadyen6958]

Fantastic the Belgian episodes are very informative

[@xxxlonewolf49]

Makes me wish I could travel over there. So very cool & seems like nice people.

[@ABrit-bt6ce]

Good luck with your museum. I hope everything will be operationanl in their time.

[@cedhome7945]

Displaced Irishman not likening the rain. yer man's been away from home for too long🤔

Very nice Video series. I am looking forward to the next Videos.

[@troykauffman3963]

Awesome video sir, I definitely need to check these places out whenever I visit Bastogne again.

[@joachimschmitt9001]

Really Nice!!.. Living just 60km away I now have at least 2 times to visit Bastogne this year. Thanks .

[@SuiLagadema]

I can't wait for the videos to come out.

[@peterhelm6003]

Thanks for another interesting video.

[@Valkanna.Nublet]

I great strangely excited whenever I see a Chenillette :D

[@gorbalsboy]

What ho goody peeps Hullo from sunny Troon Scotland

[@basslaats8889]

Was at the Barracks Nuts event when the Bradley and Abrams were there just before Covid. Very impessive, but the dessert camo was "out of place"...

[@phil20_20]

Maybe they can turn some barricks into a bed and breakfast type deal. And charge extra of course! 🤠🤠Nice tour! Please say high to Sam Houston for me. 😅

[@cmck472]

And have loud shouty men come in at 06:00 to get you out of bed for a five mile run before breakfast at no extra charge...

[@parker1ray]

We are from south of San Antonio, and we may not get that cold, but I have seen days over 110 degrees and high humidity in Mathis Texas!

[@andljoy]

I love that old photo of them in the room having dinner. Just because there is a war on there is still no excuse to not do things properly! Get a table cloth and proper settings out!

[@user-lg4mm3mf8i]

Ooh, driving a Leopard tank in the Gunfire Museum? That's fun.

[@Aminuts2009]

If I were a young tank mechanic in the Belgian Army, I would be at that museum every weekend rebuilding history.

[@shaider1982]

18:05 nice to know Macgyver is also popular in that part of the world.

[@farmerpier]

Yes.....Richard Dean Anderson and his Swiss Army Knife.....a loooooooong time ago......

[@thegodofhellfire]

NUTS!

[@blatherskite9601]

Excellent - factual, historical and interesting! What more to ask for?

[@sigspearthumb9574]

Went to the barracks in summer. Sad to have missed the second hall

[@farmerpier]

I hope you did come to Luxembourg, too...we have also a Battle of the Bulge Museum with nice dioramas, and none else than Patton rests here, with his fellow comrades at Sandweiler military cemetary

[@BRIANJAMESGIBB]

Wonderful

[@Fergie6366]

loved it

[@Lantit]

12:26 I was there in July 🥲

[@SmedleyDouwright]

I like the Cobra King replica.

[@janwitts2688]

That was good

[@SlinkyTWF]

Good tank country.

[@_ArsNova]

Apologies if this was mentioned or answered somewhere already, but were you able to make it out to Fort Ében-Émael? Manage to record anything there?

[@TheChieftainsHatch]

No,I did not make it there

[@_ArsNova]

@@TheChieftainsHatch That's a shame. I'm sure someday you'll take some grand tour of the western front battlefields and make it out there though. All I ask is you bring your camera!

[@xxxlonewolf49]

Cool

[@artemisfowl7191]

Oh hey one I've been to

[@alangordon3283]

Evening

[@darrenharvey6084]

Hi Nic have you been mobilized to defend Texas ?

[@tiikkifi]

-15C cold? Greetings from Finland :)

[@panzerdeal8727]

Nice. Grab a bottle of the local Airborne beer.

[@TheChieftainsHatch]

I went with the Patton beer instead

[@panzerdeal8727]

That works too..tho you missed the ceramic helmet cup. LOL. Tip o' tin lid from an old vet. @@TheChieftainsHatch

[@ivanconnolly7332]

I suspect he really said "bol***ks".

[@j_taylor]

Yes, that would be the equivalent British term.

[@ivanconnolly7332]

Mc Auliffe was of Irish ancestry, we tend to say "bollix" .@@j_taylor

[@kdenyer1]

They are a barracks. There should be enough beds 😂😂😂😂

[@nobbynobbs8182]

11:57 what is THAT?!?

[@TheChieftainsHatch]

Chenillette, modified after capture

[@-r-495]

We should have mandatory military service in all of Europe..

[@merlinwizard1000]

52nd, 27 January 2024

[@charlie15627]

So... I'm assuming that most of the store clerks and business staff, in the town, speak English?

[@joachimschmitt9001]

By my own experience as a German, yes they do... Most of them better than German.😇

[@VR-ym8ys]

Somehow I always imagined General McAuliffe standing in a driving snowstorm when he uttered the famous "nuts!", realizing that he most likely sat in a warm basement kind of ruins everything.

[@anaphylastiks]

A better English translation would be minimalist.

[@williamforbes6291]

Why don't the old generation of mechanics who still know how to work on these vehicles wear GoPro cameras and explain what their doing and why, saving the knowledge for later generations? It would require extra pay and funding but other than that what issue could there possibly be? It's so simple but yet money matters so not instantly implementable unless budgeted for.

[@MyBlindThirdEye]

When I walk down the street, I seldom don't hear Americans speaking. I don't doubt it. We're loud as f***. Even if you had just one American tourist, you'd still hear him in the street, xD

[@GlenCychosz]

FJB.

[@wigro114]

Probably not meant but you do come across as a bit flippant in your interactions with the Belgians . If I'm wrong i apologize , They are a brave people .

[@bebo4807]

I rolled around nude in a filthy ditch near Bastogne in 1986.

[@Pyjamarama11]

10:15 shame you cant touch the exhibits I once went to the MC Hammer museum and it was filled with signs telling you not to touch anything

[@TheYeti308]

I could have come up with a better response than that .

[@stevemull2002]

3 mins of crap?