After The Berlin Wall: Making Germany’s Armed Forces (Bundeswehr 1991 Documentary)

[@boutxthatxtime]

Germany: We recruited 6 new soldiers and bought a helicopter. The world: *Sweats nervously*

[@BabluYogindre]

*Germans sing national anthem* World: We are reminded of the past , rise of nationalism in Germany could bring back the Nazi era

[@helpiamstuckonthismanshead3385]

@@BabluYogindre bring back prussia

[@lucaswilson2520]

The Red Russian Kinzer nope not gonna happen blame Hitler for that

[@helpiamstuckonthismanshead3385]

@@lucaswilson2520 )))):

[@maxmuller8633]

@@BabluYogindre You think we like fascism?

[@yotoronto12]

>Destroying equipment is more expensive than building >Forced by treaties >Press F to pay respects

[@paulmattt]

yotoronto12 that’s why they sold most of it to Africa.

[@robertboss9281]

Do you really think they lowered and weakened thier army * Cackles in german*

[@imatanyani]

They could have sent them back to Russia as a good gesture

[@olbradley]

@@imatanyani "Good gesture"

[@semdavidanger]

They should have sold some of these equipments

[@jbZahl]

When I was a conscript I had a commanding officer who startet his career in the East German Army. He was about as old as my father. If the cold war would have gotten warm, he and my father (who was conscripted to the West German Army) could have ended up shooting at each other. Seems crazy when you think about it.

[@bobjohnson6946]

You wanna know what's crazier, his dad and your grandpa probably both fought the Russians together.

[@StrongZeroPowerHour]

these are both great stories

[@majordbag2]

That isn't that crazy, former enemies can become friends pretty quick. Funny side story, in the 1980s in Yugoslavia there were soldiers from all the republics who were friends and often married each other but in the 1990s those same friends were killing each other after Yugoslavia balkanized. Funny how it can go both ways.

[@hennessyblues4576]

My ancestors were shooting at each other in the American Civil War. Although, I don't really think they were literally shooting at each other. But they did both fight for different sides.

[@quintinout]

And if you aren't related is it easier to kill someone you don't know? I don't get it because if you kill someone, it still comes back to the old idea that you are a murderer and you alone have to live with it. I am not against violence, sometimes you have to do something, and ww2 though being wrong to kill, I still would have taken part. But fighting for god king and country or the modern equivalents. I think it is cowardice of the the highest order to be part of that

[@Tappettava]

I heard from a German guy I know that when he was serving in the army some of the equipment so old that it had swastikas on places that were not visible to the outside.

[@NoName.was.taken.]

Some mg3 that are in use today come with parts of old wehrmachts mg 42

[@comsubpac]

No, those were called MG1 and MG2 and are no longer in service.

[@Tappettava]

Yeah he didn't say that any weapons were, but just some combat vest pouches or some other small containers/bags had the labels on the inside.

[@illiminatieoverlordgurglek140]

If it is not broken, don't fix it. Nothing wrong with using old stuff if it's still functional. Why waste the money? I mean, I live in a building that was build in 1915. There's nothing wrong with it, so why replace it?

[@Tappettava]

+Illiminatie overlord Gurglekoks Well I didn't say that there is anything wrong with it, but I find it interesting that the nation is extremely anti-nazi and have very harsh punishments for nazi symbolism etc. but they still keep around old equipment with these labels. However I also think it would be pointless to get rid of them just for this, because no one will decide to be a national socials just by discovering a swastika label inside a pouch

[@BigMek456]

Talks about the leopard 2 and shows a leopard 1. Whoopsie

[@IvikosDigital]

BigMek456 it’s referring to when the tank first came out. It’s an old doco.

[@BigMek456]

If this was made in 1991 there should have been quite a large amount of Leopard 2 footage

[@mazditzo]

he said leopard no two or zwei

[@BigMek456]

13:40 He clearly said Leopard 2 while showing a Leopard 1

[@BigMek456]

Well I'm sorry that you have no demand for accuracy in a documentary, but I do

[@krimsonfel3676]

People be like “the German army is weak af” and I’m like, “I think that’s the point.”

[@TheHenrikah]

Well they arent that powerfull anymore. But that klip is at least from mid 90's maybe start 90's a lot has happened since

[@affekinka7271]

well germany got a ultimatum from america (nato) to put more money in the military

[@affekinka7271]

@Jewish Overlord if u need a shower some time come in my house it would be my pleasure

[@lucaswilson2520]

affe kinka why don’t u come to my Gulag and we will take care of you

[@affekinka7271]

@@lucaswilson2520 im not inthe Soviet union idiot lul

[@Hannodb1961]

I actually liked the uniforms of the East Germans. It was quite distinct and easily recognizable.

[@ottersirotten4290]

Yea those were way more traditional and even tho the Helmets looked a bit rediculous they were much better

[@Hannodb1961]

@@ottersirotten4290 Particularly those helmets. Regardless of what they looked like, they were very distinct. You immediately know they're east German, based just on its shape.

[@501ststormtrooper9]

Especially the Border Police. I like the wide helmets and the hats.

[@hurtigheinz3790]

They always said their uniforms don't have camouflage pattern at all because unlike the NATO armies they don't need to hide becasue they don't invade other countries. The only camouflage has green pattern, like the East German forests.

[@GoodVideos4]

I thought that those green uniforms looked good and smart.

[@lianglonglong]

Should have kept prussian traditions

[@IvikosDigital]

liang longlong exactly

[@bloodndestroy]

I hope it comes back before everyone in the country shares half of their traditions with desert nomads and zulu warriors lol

[@Seth9809]

So the traditions of the nobility and marching in large formations to be shot..... Are you for real?

[@lianglonglong]

Tevo77777 everyone did that around those times that was practiced. The prussian tactics changed with times. But mentality and honor was still there

[@darthkillhoon]

Prussian militarism is what made Germany Great now they are a shadow of their former self

[@2528drevas]

I was a soldier in the old Berlin Brigade from 77-80. I was a 17 year old kid when I got there and was awed from day one. If you had told me then that we would even see the Wall come down without a major war happening, I would have thought you were crazy.

[@noahstone264]

8 hard bunk beds upgraded to luxurious 4 hard bunk beds and a coke machine. Lmao

[@albaruthenia5824]

In our army there’re about 40-120 beds in a single space. I would appreciate even a room with 10 beds)

[@sherylbeasley4938]

When i was stationed in Bavaria, we had a soda machine at the end of the hallway to our dorm rooms that had Budweiser and two types of German beer and the rest was your usual selection of soft drinks. The first to run out was always the three kinds of beers. Seeing the Coke machine in the German army barracks made me wounder what was the ratio of soft drinks to beer in that machine.

[@Anmatgreen]

It was so unusual hearing Westerwald and not seeing goosestep.

[@liousevropaecvstos7711]

It is a very nice intro! very unexpected

[@MeAbroad2004]

I thought you was dead Hermann?

[@ReclaimTheMainland]

Fegelein!

[@bootdude7527]

You.....

[@russianaustralian9592]

@@liousevropaecvstos7711 yea, quite a nice version too

[@The_Daily_Tomato]

*Don't bother scrolling down mate, nothing good there* Enjoy the video :)

[@trashman5710]

Yeah, you were right. Shoulda listened

[@Seth9809]

Jesus, you were right.

[@cv4809]

TheIcelandicPrincess Comments were fine I really enjoyed reading them

[@The_Daily_Tomato]

Nothing wrong with a bit of masochism ha ha ;)

[@vanders4198]

Hmm, you lied. It's all good.

[@danmeehan1390]

As a military veteran, I can tell you that it is impossible for a newly created army to ignore its heritage whether good or bad. And these troops would have embraced the military successes of the army that fought the war

[@markvolker1145]

They say "Prussian militarism"... Tell me again how many times the British invaded foreign countries and how many wars they were involved in?

[@slcarsuk]

Didn't kill women and children in gas chambers on an industrial scale though? Nazi sympathiser

[@190ebenz6]

@@slcarsuk Well, you starved millions of people in the colonies. It may not be the same but also very bad.

[@madgeordie4469]

@@190ebenz6 The difference is that what you claim, happened through circumstance not direct official policy.

[@190ebenz6]

@@madgeordie4469 Well the starvation happened through stealing the colonies good's and destroying the countries Economy. It wasn't on purpose but they sure didnt care much about it.

[@190ebenz6]

@@madgeordie4469 But there is no need to argue, both of out countries haven't been saints back then. But that was many years ago and we changed for the netter.

[@zeroeffortmemes]

The West Germans in this video all spoke English while the East Germans were unable to. Interesting

[@felixbusch7418]

Becouse the East Germans learned Russian.

[@edselwexl4541]

Because the east Germans don't learn English. They must learned Russian

[@regularyugoslav8188]

They learned Russian instead of English. English was the enemy's language, the only way to have learned it back then was by knowing someone who spoke it or by visiting a special school that teached it.

[@valeristoimenov1985]

The East Germans spoke Russian and drank vodka

[@Arcaryon]

The military officials were used to serve next to US troops so it's natural that combined with the nature of the cold war, the west Germans were far more fluent in English than the East Germans.

[@hurtigheinz3790]

There is a decade old saying in Germany about the Bundeswehr : "The Bundeswehr purpose is to hold up the enemies until the military arrives!"

[@Alex44809]

Und wer sagt das?

[@hurtigheinz3790]

@@Alex44809 Deutsche

[@Alex44809]

@@hurtigheinz3790 Komisch, ich hab noch nie einen deutschen sowas sagen gehört. Werden wahrscheinlich in einem anderen Deutschland leben..

[@hurtigheinz3790]

@@Alex44809 Willst du mir irgendwas sagen? Sprech einfach mal zufällig 10 Leute an und frag die ob die den Spruch kennen. Es existieren auch Dinge, von denen du noch nie was gehört hast.

[@Alex44809]

@@hurtigheinz3790 ja will ich. Mir geht diese negative Haltung gegenüber der Bundeswehr einfach auf die Nerven.

[@lucasl4644]

If there’s one thing the Germans can do is make a tank

[@SecurityGuy42]

Sad that much of the NVA's equipment was left to rot and was not sold. Even now they do the same thing with equipment removed from service. Waste pure and simple.

[@SecurityGuy42]

They sold the small arms, uniforms and field gear, and some aircraft. But the vast majority of the tanks, apcs, trucks, and artillery was left to rust. There are plenty of videos on YT of fields and now forests filled with the stuff rusting away. Old bases in East Germany still littered with piles of gear left behind in the 1990s. They sold some but most was wasted.

[@SecurityGuy42]

гребаный блин I hope so.

[@SecurityGuy42]

Yes they did. There are urban exploration videos done over the last couple years posted on KZbin showing that. I couldn't believe it myself but it is on the videos. Forests and overgrown fields filled with T-72s, BMP-1s, BTRs, Russian made trucks, helicopters, artillery, etc... Still there. The people making the videos said they think it is being destroyed but it is still sitting there. There are recent videos of smaller bases probably about battalion sized where they go into barracks. The old communist propaganda paintings decaying on the walls, most of the furniture gone. They exit the building and in the overgrown bushes and weeds outside are piles of rotting gas masks and field gear. Just dumped and left behind. The Bundeswehr did not truly empty out all the bases. It has been over 25 years since the DDR ceased to exist and it seems all they did was say, "yes we cleaned them out, just post the off limits sign, and let's go retire. We'll let them worry about what's left when they sell the base." The videos are on here just look them up.

[@guyanon9792]

SecurityGuy42 I own a green NVA raindrop pattern jacket, it's a neat piece of history

[@LtColwtf]

That would be the political left in Germany at work. They have three overtly left-wing parties. For ideological reasons they don't like it when equipment gets sold. Back in those days of course there was that daft treaty ... politicians it seems were not much good then either.

[@natyaprabowo2141]

Bring Back Prussia millitary tradition

[@dainironfoot5198]

Incase you didn't know, a. A lot of Prussian military traditions still live on today in modern militaries. b. A lot of 1800's military traditions and tactics where killed by the machine gun.

[@Alex-jf8mw]

Natya Prabowo halt die Klappe von Dingen von den du keine Ahnung hast

[@Marco-bf4uu]

They have

[@zeroeffortmemes]

It exists in Chile in ceremonial usages because the Prussians were taken on to train them

[@willhenry5385]

Yes that old tradition,if you see the enem raise your hands and surrender.

[@Seanonflo]

In the todays Swiss Army you still have to sleep in Rooms with 10 to 20 Beds. I had to sleep in a room with 20 Beds. And if you have to sleep in a Fallout Shelter which is possible sometimes during Training, it can be even more. So for me a Room with 4 bed would have been absolutely luxury. .

[@robertcuminale1212]

Try being on a Naval ship. We sleep in shifts using the racks of the guys who went to work.

[@xstrawarot]

Robert Cuminale ugh

[@TheSpekkel1]

Yes, I just made a comment about this, that we have 16-20 soldiers, in one room, in Finnish army as well, sleeping in bunk beds, when at the barracks. But to be honest, it's probably cause, both of our armies still utilize wide scale conscription, unlike everybody else in europe.

[@Seanonflo]

@@TheSpekkel1 yes indeed. By the way I would like to go to Finnland someday.

[@Seanonflo]

@@TheSpekkel1 on my last job I had a coworker who was in the finish army.

[@TheMainCharacter93]

give germany back its army for a few years and they already start talking about "unifying europe" again.

[@kleoonyoutube]

haha right? It seemed like he knew how it weird it sounds too so he tried to explain it further xD But definitely the united europe is our plan

[@justicartiberius8782]

If you think that a few leaders that want to gain power and influence are the entire of germany... sure, why not. There are many germans that want europe to have it's unique cultures and borders remained. And i personally fear that a unified europe would slowly destroy those unique cultures and people until it's one big mixed pot. Same with colors. Every color has it's beauty but if you mix all together you just get brown color.

[@waynefletcher9884]

Justicar Tiberius that would be beautiful!

[@waynefletcher9884]

Justicar Tiberius I agree with the various differences need to be celebrated; but didn’t you know you’re mixed too? I don’t believe in purity of anyone ....that is genetically impossible! After all? All Homo sapiens came from Africa.

[@justicartiberius8782]

Of course I'm also mixed. Germans are mostly a mixture between western germanic, northern germanic, celtic, Baltic and Slavic people. And then we have to consider every individual family history. Maybe there was an Italian in my family tree since my family is shorter and darker than most Germans. It's not so much about ethnicity but culture and identity. The very same ethnicity would adapt entirely differently if they would be separated and put in opposite places on the world map. When they would meet they would have evolved completely different cultures, morale values and social structures. It's not about ethnicity, it's about what millions and millions of people created over thousands of years that makes a nation and people unique. Also many migrants that came here after the war are now more German than anything else. Even if many don't feel like it and even if we have national identity problems with immigrants, they are still socialized like Germans and foreigners would see their behavior as very German.

[@SupesMe]

I'm a Cold War Vet so this is very interesting to me...I always wondered how they reunified. Thanks for posting

[@FemtoSecn]

the song name at the start is WESTERWALD

[@chefjeff7944]

THANKYOU

[@flitsertheo]

Very popular in Wehrmacht times. Though not "tainted" with Nazi ideology - or slightly modified - so still usable, as are other known songs such as the "Panzerlied".

[@liousevropaecvstos7711]

Very nice intro! unexpected

[@affekinka7271]

@@flitsertheo you know that panzerlied was made from nazis for nazis ?

[@Marco-bf4uu]

@@affekinka7271 Just like all song the Bundeswehr sings. But it has no ideological lyric's.

[@hopfinatorischerkuchenkrieger]

23:00: "And we would like to have one Europe...uhhh...uhhh...A UNION OF EUROPE... ." :D

[@jamesperkbs9005]

Hopfinöserischer Kuchenkrieger brexit bit chhh

[@hopfinatorischerkuchenkrieger]

@@jamesperkbs9005 Without the Brits everything is more fun anyway. :p

[@jamesperkbs9005]

Hopfinöserischer Kuchenkrieger haha 😂

[@jameslegrand848]

@@jamesperkbs9005 lol funny since the sentiment to leave the EU has actually decreased since brexit 😆

[@jamesperkbs9005]

James Legrand 🤦🏻‍♂️lefty smoking that dodgy stuff again

[@Marcus001]

I thought they we're going to sing Erika when the video started... Lol

[@MichaelJ44]

Michel Aguilera Nein. Westerleind

[@noaoah3662]

@@MichaelJ44 Nein. Westerwaldlied

[@garybanglebangle7949]

I was in West Germany in the late 60s. I could feel the separation at that time. You don't know if they are going to war or not. I am glad not. Germany was a great duty and I will feel the love of it. At the time of the fall of the wall I was glad it was not a war. May Germany stay quiet on war. Become the best for the rest of Europe.

[@lyfia3779]

how old are you sir?

[@cyrusthegreat1893]

This is really dumb and outrageous that Bundeswehr has adopted the crappy American and British military uniform instead of the beautiful and well designed Wehrmacht uniform!

[@marks_sparks1]

Cyrus The Great NVA still had the Prussian uniform.

[@cyrusthegreat1893]

marksandsparks1 I’m actually not quite sure that what NVA stands for! Would you please explain a bit more? Thanks.

[@cyrusthegreat1893]

Joshua Ngau Ajang I agree.

[@cyrusthegreat1893]

DeWitt Hoopes Thanks for the clarification. I actually agree with that. The East German Army did at least keep almost 80% of the Wehrmacht uniform.

[@Unknown-ek1ox]

You know, I used to move past the (in my book) silly way of simply judging books by their covers (in this case, looking at uniform). Flecktarn is liked among allies or people on the world I hear, let 'em have "business-like" suits or uniforms, in battle dress uniforms don't matter much.

[@luistamanaha7247]

I prefer Hugo Boss like the old uniform. This grey uniform doesn't look intimidating at all! they all look like waiters)))

[@docphilip6902]

They aren’t suppose to look intimidating

[@user-kb8rc5vq2i]

​@Markass Brownlee No soldier gets spooked by a damn uniform.

[@jasonweaver6524]

@Luis Tamanaha. It was being rumored that the uniform of the Bundeswehr was modeled after the uniform worn by employees of the German Post office prior to it having been privatized. With this, the US installed West German government had wanted to demonstrate the peaceful nature of its US controlled military, lol.

[@501ststormtrooper9]

Also, black uniforms were also for Uboat crews.

[@lucaswilson2520]

Lord Farquaad uniforms don’t make you win battles, Strategy does

[@LowSkillSurvival]

A very well made and informative documentary, thanks for uploading.

[@IvikosDigital]

Wtf happened to the that legendary German helmet that brought fear amongst its enemies?

[@kimjongun5783]

Jes Fruean Probably because these new weapons can shoot through them, I don’t know, i’m only a rocket professional

[@LogieT2K]

They inspired the us current helmet so

[@bloodndestroy]

The current US service helmet is basically it, it just has a bunch of add ons that you can't really see the outline.

[@TheAverageSushi]

The Stahlhelm were sold to China's (Taiwan) troops and/or used for pots for plants. From what I know.

[@IvikosDigital]

TheAverageSushi wow people pay $500 for a pot plant? That’s an expensive pot plant.

[@DieReaktion]

Eukalyptus Bonbon

[@AVKnecht]

Rosa Damenschlüpfer

[@constantinexi6489]

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO DU SCHÖNER

[@DieReaktion]

Constantine XI WEEEEESTERWALD...

[@thaianh12345]

Now it’s banned by Ursula von der Leyen along with the Panzerlied :(

[@DieReaktion]

Thai Anh Hoang She doesn't know anything about Military and Soliderlife.This women as Defence Minister...Dumb

[@gamerguy6423]

I’m confused why this is age restricted

[@noaoah3662]

@The First Plane That makes no sense. Yes, the song played in the beginning and end is called the "Westerwaldlied", but it's not a bad song in any way.

[@noaoah3662]

The First Plane lmao youtube is an online police state. The “Westerwaldlied” predated the nazis, and just because it was sung by them it’s suddenly bad? Germany was taken over and ruled and lived in by Nazis, does it mean we have to throw away the whole country? Songs like schwarzbraun ist die haselnuß also predated the Nazis yet it was scrapped from the bundeswehr album. What a shame.

[@Ima184mm]

Jesus East Germany uniform looks better

[@kennztube]

they were all wearing the bundeswehr uniform.

[@warsaw1548]

@@kennztube not the whole time, they showed shots of the actual NVA uniforms

[@Marco-bf4uu]

The Uniform at that time had an extremly civil cut and bright colour its not liek that now

[@donnerschwein]

The NVA pretty much kept the Wehrmacht-design with some soviet shenanigans mixed in. Reason being, the Bundeswehr adopted a US Army inspired design and the NVA wanted to look different from both, USSR and West German army.

[@weibrot8324]

Yes, it does.

[@takeru2702]

Thank you for the great video!Japan won the battle with Germany in the 1914 Battle of Qingdao, and many German prisoners of war were brought to Japan.It is a story in The Bando POW camp.Toyohisa Matsue was chosen as the chief of the Bando Camp.Matsue was a soldier of the Japanese Army. He ordered his men not to treat German POW absolutely like a criminal.He ordered his men to treat the German POWs with kindness.Japan did not want a war with Germany. At that time, Britain and Japan were allies. There was a request from the United Kingdom, and it became a battle with Germany.There were about 1000 German prisoners of war who came to the Bando camp. Matsue began talking to the Germans.I will write his words briefly and briefly. "you guys was a patriot and a brave soldier. We Japanese promise to not treat you badly. We do not undermine your honor," the chief said to the Germans. At this time, the Japanese government decided to introduce German technology to Japan from Germans. Japan ordered each camp to receive guidance from German soldiers in all areas.There were leaders in each of the German prisoners of war, such as politics, economics, teaching of musical instruments, bread making, sausages, whiskeys, beer brewing, etc.The Japanese received instruction from them. Germans taught Japanese people how to grow vegetables that were not grown before at the farm.Among the camps were exercise facilities, a bread factory, a beer factory, a dairy farm and farms.It is more correct to say that it is a German village than a camp. Japan treated Germans as friends.Japan permitted POWs to do sports, cultural activities and arts.A music group formed by German POWs played the first Ludwig van Beethoven symphony No. 9 in Japan.Germans were paid a salary. Salaries were also paid when Germans worked nearby.The Japanese provided goods, money, etc. so that Germans would not be troubled in their lives.There were many exercise facilities in the camp. The sports team formed by the prisoners of war played technical training on soccer in Japan by playing against the Japanese team.At the Narashino camp, excursions to sightseeing spots were often conducted to have Germans enjoy it.There was a restaurant in Bando Camp. There was also a Japanese-owned store. They were free to shop.There were also merchants coming and going to the camp, where they could buy alcohol, daily necessities and sweets.When the German defeat was decided, the Germans were no longer prisoners of war, and their outings were totally free. There was a lot of interaction between the people of the city and the Germans. We offered tea and sweets to Germans who came to play, and taught Japanese culture.The Germans gave a present to the Japanese a few days before they returned home. Thanks to that, the Japanese invited them to the town's house and let them eat a lot of food.And we had a farewell party at each house. At the last farewell, the townspeople saw off the marching Germans.Many Germans remained in Japan. They set up a company in Japan and married a Japanese. The company founded by Germans is now a big company. Japanese people continue to support by buying many at German made shops.After the war, Germans who spent time in the camp sent Japan many letters of thanks to Japan.Thank you very much to everyone in Germany. May God bless the German people!We Japanese love Germany and Germans. We Japanese love Germany and Germans very much.Germany and Germans are the best in the world. God bless Germany and Germans.Japan's national anthem Kimigayo was made by Hayashi Hiromori and German Franz Eckert.Japan made the constitution, medicine, the army in by reference to Germany during the Meiji era. Japan succeeded in modernizing thanks to Germany. Japan learned a lot from Germany.There are two Germans statues at the University of Tokyo in Japan. There are many other German statues in Japan. Germany is a Japanese teacher.I always pray to God for the eternal happiness and peace of Germany. We Japanese sent 9,000 cherry blossom trees to Germany in 1990. It is said that the money of this cherry blossom trees is gathered by the donation of the Japanese and bought a cherry blossom trees . Almost all Japanese people participated in donations. The Japanese always cooperate with Germany.This cherry blossom tree is still in Berlin.We Japanese love Germany and Germans very much. Japan imports many German products to support Germany. The most imported cars in Japan are German cars.Most of the cars that run in my town are German cars.This is a story that Japanese people helped Germans in japanese Okinawa Miyakojima, Japan. In 1873, the German Merchant shipRobertoson was hit by a typhoon.The ship was aground off Miyakojima Miyakokuni. At that time, the islander rescues the crew.They gave some food to the Germans.They gave Germans a place to sleep. The days were 34 days.And the islanders put a lot of food and water on the ship and sent the Germans to Germany safely.There are still monuments sent from Germany in Okinawa.Japan will always help Germans from now on. After the war, the German city was destroyed and many Germans were killed. We Japanese are very sad about that. I pray to God that Germany will never be unhappy again. There is a tower in my town praying for the Germans soul to be saved.

[@affekinka7271]

nice the japanise dont know anything about the nazis and the germans dont know anything about the hirohito thing ;)

[@takeru2702]

Japan won the battle with Germany in the 1914 Battle of Qingdao, and many German prisoners of war were brought to Japan.It is a story in The Bando POW camp.Toyohisa Matsue was chosen as the chief of the Bando Camp.Matsue was a soldier of the Japanese Army. He ordered his men not to treat German POW absolutely like a criminal.He ordered his men to treat the German POWs with kindness.Japan did not want a war with Germany. At that time, Britain and Japan were allies. There was a request from the United Kingdom, and it became a battle with Germany.There were about 1000 German prisoners of war who came to the Bando camp. Matsue began talking to the Germans.I will write his words briefly and briefly. "you guys was a patriot and a brave soldier. We Japanese promise to not treat you badly. We do not undermine your honor," the chief said to the Germans. At this time, the Japanese government decided to introduce German technology to Japan from Germans. Japan ordered each camp to receive guidance from German soldiers in all areas.There were leaders in each of the German prisoners of war, such as politics, economics, teaching of musical instruments, bread making, sausages, whiskeys, beer brewing, etc.The Japanese received instruction from them. Germans taught Japanese people how to grow vegetables that were not grown before at the farm.Among the camps were exercise facilities, a bread factory, a beer factory, a dairy farm and farms.It is more correct to say that it is a German village than a camp. Japan treated Germans as friends.Japan permitted POWs to do sports, cultural activities and arts.A music group formed by German POWs played the first Ludwig van Beethoven symphony No. 9 in Japan.Germans were paid a salary. Salaries were also paid when Germans worked nearby.The Japanese provided goods, money, etc. so that Germans would not be troubled in their lives.There were many exercise facilities in the camp. The sports team formed by the prisoners of war played technical training on soccer in Japan by playing against the Japanese team.At the Narashino camp, excursions to sightseeing spots were often conducted to have Germans enjoy it.There was a restaurant in Bando Camp. There was also a Japanese-owned store. They were free to shop.There were also merchants coming and going to the camp, where they could buy alcohol, daily necessities and sweets.When the German defeat was decided, the Germans were no longer prisoners of war, and their outings were totally free. There was a lot of interaction between the people of the city and the Germans. We offered tea and sweets to Germans who came to play, and taught Japanese culture.The Germans gave a present to the Japanese a few days before they returned home. Thanks to that, the Japanese invited them to the town's house and let them eat a lot of food.And we had a farewell party at each house. At the last farewell, the townspeople saw off the marching Germans.Many Germans remained in Japan. They set up a company in Japan and married a Japanese. The company founded by Germans is now a big company. Japanese people continue to support by buying many at German made shops.After the war, Germans who spent time in the camp sent Japan many letters of thanks to Japan.Thank you very much to everyone in Germany. May God bless the German people!We Japanese love Germany and Germans.

[@eldo5023]

@SCP 096 why are you so unwholesome toward him/her? He/she just want to show his/her proud to other countries.

[@LiamHickey2967]

@SCP 096 he was not talk about the Japanese army in ww2, he was talking about how Germany and Japan have been friends for a long time and still are to this day.

[@PikaPika-Tassie]

@@LiamHickey2967 two nazi friends

[@joshhuffines5978]

Very interesting and informative video. I really enjoyed it. I served in Germany as a US Army soldier from 1996-2001.

[@legolas7r]

Thank you for your service!

[@joshhuffines5978]

@@legolas7r thank you

[@парень-водка]

*_R.I.P East Germany army :(_*

[@anhphuong9939]

Me too.

[@malcolmallerton3946]

Australian army had leopard tanks years ago I used to work on them as a mechanic in the Australian army I remember doing a course on them they where good tanks

[@bigzed7908]

Nationalist Europeans: What if we made the German Army great again? Great Powers of Europe: What if not?

[@thehunter4977]

I'm sorry, I think they lost something... oh I know, it's *150% DISCIPLINE* seriously though, fix your army

[@TorianTammas]

@ben gib What is this claim based on? Do you refer to a study or is this a gut feeling? If you refer to a study please share a link otherwise thank you for sharing your feelings.

[@TorianTammas]

@ben gib I asked you to show the link to these study and you must have missed to cite evidence mentioned in these study. So far we have a claim without evidence. Feeling it is like that does not count.

[@TorianTammas]

@ben gib You make a claim you prove it. So either you have a study to back your claim or it is your gut feeling. So share a link if you have a study otherwise thank you for sharing your emotions. You fail to prove your claim it can be dismissed. This is how it works.

[@lucaswilson2520]

TheHunter497 are you in the military no so then STFU you coward

[@hutch1111111]

At the base I was stationed at in Canada the Germans had Armour and infantry...they looked a little sloppy, but their equipment was immaculate and they demonstrated their skill in battle runs.

[@rentedviper2957]

"Prussian Militarism" Just look at all the famous Churchill quotes etc....

[@bageled_meme2690]

Imagine one day your brother goes to the East side of Berlin. The Soviet build up the wall and your brother gets stuck. You join the West German Army and he has joined the East German Army, and across the wall you’re like, “YO WHAT’S UP!”

[@TurfSurf]

Look at them, still look demoralized and defeated without any pride!

[@A_annoying_rodent]

When I look at footage of wehrmacht soldiers and bundeswehr soldiers I see the same facial expression, don't know what you usually see.

[@michaelbeary]

I was thinking the same thing

[@alexanderfooy723]

Alex B And lost (thank God they did in WWII).

[@Sammakko7]

Feuertaufe again the butthurt child cries

[@alexanderfooy723]

Football HQ I just wonder, what media are you referring to? I live in Sweden, and the media doesn’t seem to dislike Germany.

[@DixielandChristian352]

Dear lord those uniforms suck. Bring back the Wehrmacht uniforms

[@TheNinj47]

@@Joesolo13 Skulls were used on german military uniforms since at least 300 years now. They were supposed to remind the soldier of his own mortality.

[@tonyzee9931]

The modern Bundeswehr uniforms still stuck today. Time to hire Hugo Boss again and get the German Army looking more professional and more like an Army not just a liberalized Army with little potency.

[@rosscof3660]

Reuniting West and East.... Good leadership but mostly and more important good beer...

[@arvedludwig3584]

Ah yes. Nice from you guys to point out the good things.

[@prkp7248]

That was not reunification, that was annexation.

[@weibrot8324]

Much more western annex as a reunification ...

[@kouchka0667]

4:40 AMX Leclerc: Am I a joke to you ??! **looks with anger to NATO and Germany**

[@vader1a]

God I miss these type of docs. Modern ones are just awful

[@Iason29]

Modern ones have, if one studies closely, as much as propaganda design and influences copied from Nazi Germany. It's a disgrace. When I see now in 2019 governments copying political tactics and maneuvers of Hitler's political strategy of his time makes me sick, and makes me feel so many boys in WW2 died for nothing in the end. And the common man knows nothing about this because now they made sure first to destroy detailed history lessons in schools, and one cannot learn now unless he wants to..so yea good luck with that. And I say men, because I'm not even gonna go into women..

[@Preuen-zs1fz]

28 year of reunification 👐👐😃

[@bandit5272]

23:00 "We would like to have one europe" HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Ah, that's good. Didn't we just try that?

[@gta1kev]

JJ Latham you are trying it now as well

[@Thor.Jorgensen]

He meant a Europe that doesn't fight each other and instead work together for prosperity.

[@benitomussolini7382]

Thor Jørgensen nato is what has stopped wars in Europe not the eu

[@Thor.Jorgensen]

EU doesn't have an army. Bundeswehr is part of NATO. And I never even mentioned the EU. Regardless European countries are working together both in defense and economy.

[@bristoled93]

@@benitomussolini7382 Both NATO and EU keeps the peace, NATO for external threats and EU keeps the peace within Europe.

[@FieldMarshalYT]

Despite what many of the Alt-Right and basement dwellers say, the German Bundeswehr actually has much more Prussian tradition than expected. Not as much as there should be, but we know for a fact Prussian Jagers didn't goose step. Also, keep in mind that the Prussian tradition is no longer villainized as much as it had been when this Doc was made.

[@c.h.1839]

@Lang Hansen yeah sure buddy

[@ottersirotten4290]

Kaiser go watch a chilean Military Parade and compare that to how the BW looks

[@Marco-bf4uu]

@@ottersirotten4290 Not your traditions. Also were not in 1890 anymore. The drill you use and uniforms are based but arent prussian

[@FieldMarshalYT]

@Martin Michel Most Prussiaboos tend to be closet nazis anyways. Or sympathetic at the very least.

[@mobilechief]

Ill take that equipment off your hands for free ,you cover the shipping

[@josh656]

Same here, any unwanted HK G3's, etc.

[@roboticrebel4092]

@@josh656 no G3 but hundreds of thousands of AKs

[@josh656]

@@roboticrebel4092 Sure!

[@notmenotme614]

Would have made some good museum exhibits. I'd love to own a MiG-29 on display.

[@prussiaball8005]

Unlike western germany the eastern part kept it's prussian tradition

[@David-eh9le]

prussia ball not really

[@ottersirotten4290]

Compare Uniforms and marching Style of east and west Germany. East Germany was closer to Prussia

[@GTNSkeleton]

I love Prussia

[@documentationslave397]

ja ne is klar SS did most of the heavy war crimes bruh. Wehrmacht wasn’t that bad

[@lucaswilson2520]

prussia ball it’s russian Tradition moron

[@DonVitosLazyEye]

I often forget that amongst the East versus West fight, it was the German people being used as pawns in the Cold War in this section of the world.

[@ottersirotten4290]

In case of a War the BW would had gotten nukelear Warheads for theyre Rocket Artillirie with a Range of round about 30 Km... they expected us to destroy our own Country wile fighting our own Brothers

[@crazj54321]

According to Soviet military theorists if the war went hot the NVA would have been completely destroyed along with the bundeswehr

[@derpman116]

One of the biggest reasons why I love Germany is their music and folk songs, it's actually pretty good

[@erikhougland1853]

I met a Bundeswehr Oberstleutnant who had been the first commander of a former East German Infantry Battalion. He said it was a "Weird experience,"

[@LaVictoireEstLaVie]

Those "Leopard 2s" are actually Leopard 1A5s ....smh

[@mholly1389]

23:00 "we would like to have one Europe" Of course you would Germany. of course you would.

[@Arcaryon]

There is a pretty gigantic difference between a united Europe that is ruled by its people, united against the might of the superpowers of China and a US that values western values but would like to behave like a band of mercenaries and diffrent invaders, like Napoleon, Hitler or the Romans that force it together against its will. I am also pretty sure that you don't like hearing that.

[@ozzell]

10:13 we still have those backless stools in Finland

[@steelgear3876]

Same in Estonia

[@daddyrabbit835]

24:07 That's kind of a creepy scene. Reminds me of the big marches the former army loved so much, usually with burning books in a big pile.

[@jaybadayatherockmerchant9832]

0:00 I love that song

[@VictorLepanto]

I guess that the merging of two states is like a corporate merger. Some positions will be redundant, some will not. The post master of some East German city will probably remain, but an official in an Eastern ministry of defense will not have a new position.

[@Arcaryon]

The merging has remained to be a huge issue here in Germany. It's very difficult to sum it up easily but the west and the east rushed decisions and the end result to this day is lack luster.

[@AH6man]

Spend a bunch of money to destroy those weapons when they can be sold to friendly nations. Hell it would literally be cheaper to give them away...

[@MosoKaiser]

They did sell stuff abroad. Finland for example bought a whole bunch of ex-NVA vehicles and equipment. T-72s, BTRs, BMPs, 2S1s, several hundred thousand AKs, etc.

[@Truk9991]

As a German I really want to see our great proud army Germany had for hundreds of years

[@JerryDKlee]

Ja!

[@FieldMarshalYT]

A lot of people here dissing the German army, but forget this is a 1991 documentary, and much has changed since then.

[@pierce_anderson01]

The Bundeswehr uniform and camouflage is interesting especially for 1991!

[@Bustradore]

It will be interesting to see the video on the merger of the dprk and rok military.

[@nalzhaaaaaaay]

We'll be lucky if the ROK even treats DPRK as humans beings

[@elizabetharmada5335]

Moustache is allowed in German military?

[@lowkey7914]

Ofcourse after all they are not nazis.

[@jonny2954]

Of course. Also (well groomed) beards are allowed.

[@vincentmalow]

Meh , in Basic Training you have to shave yourself every morning but after Basic Training you can decide if you want to grow a beard or not.

[@jonny2954]

You have to grow it in free time though.

[@dernwine]

Mustache is also allowed in the British Army...

[@ricashbringer9866]

I know the United States picked up some of the East German military equipment for study. I've seen Mig-29s here in Arizona. At Battleship Cove in Fall River, MA, they have an East German Missile Corvette that the U.S. Navy studied after they bought it from Germany.

[@guyanon9792]

Why does every KZbin video have 2 unskippable ads?, it's really annoying, sure do miss the old KZbin

[@teruterubozo]

Have an adblocker; use adblock when youre on mobile.

[@sonofthewolfguardianofthef1214]

4:49 I’ve done quite a bit of research on tanks in my life and I’d say it was the best German tank ever built.

[@Timotheus157]

Excellent documentary. I am exceptionally glad to see the Bundeswehr in place, united with their absorbed military personnel, and well equipped with the latest in German designed, built, and deployed weapons used only for defense and peace within the confines of United Nations coordination. Salute to the new nationally united German Bundeswehr! A heartfelt blessing to the beautiful people of Germany. May they prosper and grow with happiness and peace always. 👍👍👏💘🌷⚡💪⚡🍻

[@jigrodrigues]

Lt. Col. Harder admits it's not being easy

[@bazzatheblue]

They all looks a bit fruity.

[@xmanhoe]

Baz theblue 😂😂😂👨‍❤️‍💋‍👨💃

[@Reactionary_Harkonnen]

Baz theblue that's what happens when you get influenced by the anglosphere.

[@henchandpeng8697]

yeah sure the anglos are the fruity ones, not the greeks with bobbles on their shoes or the italian army looking like they fell in a box of crayons

[@revenant55]

Jacob Walters at least the italians fought for the right side.

[@Iason29]

@@henchandpeng8697 Wish we still had those "bobbles" but we do not:P Unlike the Germans, we Greeks always had a precarious talent of making things worse in our lives without the help from any outsiders so yea we have gone through changes which unlike you we can do many things to ourselves without even needing to be invaded and occupied by Americans or anyone else..

[@emirvmendoza]

How is this video inappropriate for some users? It's a story about unity: The growing pains of unity, yes, but not about hate. What the (bleep), YT?

[@RamblinRick_]

I wonder how the ex-members of the Wehrmacht, Luftwaffe, and Kriegsmarine felt about the new army in 1955. I can imagine they looked at the new style and roles and thought to themselves, "I fought Ivan at Stalingrad" or "I fought through the hedgerows of Normandy". "These new guys couldn't fight their way through a wet paper bag". 10:27 the M60 machine gun, which was based on the Wehrmacht's M42. Some designs need no improvement.

[@helilivesmatter1075]

777scubadiver that’s not an m60

[@darthkillhoon]

If you ask me Germany was to harshly punished after both World Wars, Germany deserves to be strong and Prussia shouldn't of been taken form Germany, as it was the German Kingdom that united the Country to begin with, they Destroyed the German nation and today is a dull shell of its former glory

[@darthkillhoon]

ww1 in the west started because France wanted Auslos Lorain back from Germany, and in the East it was because Austria had to get revenge on the Serbs for the Hier to the Austrian thrones death at the hands of an assassin. ww2 was started because the treaty of Versailles was unfair to the Germans so they were looking to anyone to be a kind of strong Kaiser like figure to make Germany mighty again, you gotta view it not just from your perspective in another Country, the Germans were pissed that's why to turned to a man who promised a strong Germany and to punish who they though stabbed them in the back after ww1, which the only reason why Germany surrendered in that war was the British Blockade where German citizens were starving in the streets, the German Army was never truly defeated in that war. Let me ask you if America was in a war and we lost it how would feel? on top of that Imagine if they had to pay trillions of dollars in reperation which puts your economy in shambles, mass unemployment, restricted Military size, part of your land being occupied by Foreign troops, how would you feel? Would be pissed and strive for revenge to make your country great again and feared by your neighbors who previously just went and backhanded you everyday for the rest of your life? BTW what if Communist revolutionaries sieze your state capitol and say this now a people's republic or socialist republic all because your government isn't allowed to have a large standing army, that happened in the Bavarian state of Germany where they were an unstable Communist State from 1918 to 1919 and the only reason it was put down was armed German Veterans who came and reclaimed the state for your people, also guess why the Nazis targeted Jews, because in the Communist uprising one of the groups heavily funding the groups were Jewish bankers, and the revolt was lead by a Hungarian Jew, now if a certain people invaded your land you would feel animosity toward those people. I'm not anti-Semitic, I'm decent of Jews but I can see why many people hated them in Germany at that time, don't be so narrow minded look at it from another view point from time to time

[@conway8947]

Germany didn't start WW1.

[@SilverKing96]

I am from the United States and am not a fan of illegal immigration, but I dont want to round up all Latinos and genocide them lol. Also Germany today is an economical powerhouse of Europe. Germany deserved its punishment for World War II, although I will agree that they were punished far to harshly after World War I.

[@darthkillhoon]

I see your point, I agree fully about ww1, in fact I wish the German Monarchy would of stayed in power, but the were also punished severally after ww2, and not just the Nazi higher ups but the citizens expecially in eastern Germany were punished far to harshly

[@SilverKing96]

Yes the eastern half was treated harshly, but at the same time the Germans were pretty horrible to the Soviets and Polish citizens. Also the Poles lost half of their historical land along with the Germans. As for the monarchy I am very torn, especially after reading biography on him. He was very.... hot headed and constantly gave rhetoric about wanting to essentially dominate France, Russia, and Britain. Of course after understanding his upbringing by his mother, it is easy to see why he hated anything liberal and became a reactionary.

[@Billoni7]

you can see in their faces the depresion....they think to themselfs i want the old wehrmacht back

[@lucaswilson2520]

Billoni7 no your just an idiot

[@robertfrost2157]

Your mask is slipping

[@DjUnknow808]

@@lucaswilson2520 idiot??? Why

[@xstrawarot]

They are socialist antifascists u idiot

[@JerryDKlee]

I want it back

[@Ainappa]

those glasses though

[@carr16k]

The new commander who admits taking over the enemy garrison hasn't been easy - Lt Col Harder

[@evinchester7820]

DESERT STORM the Army sent me to Germany. The Stars and Strips had an article where a West German Officer was asked about the East German troops. He said, "They were good troops but when you turn your back on them they stop working..." Later when I got called up for Operation Joint Endeavor and again was sent to Germany, I talked with a German Officer. I asked him how it was going since the reunification. He said they were still finding those who had been informants with the East German Intelligence., the Stazi. He said they put them out. Oddly, they'd spy for something as simple as being put to the head of the list to get a car.

[@coolguywithahat0127]

Still got the Iron cross I see...

[@janeisklar3923]

Ofcourse mate. We used this cross on planes during WW1. The wehrmacht during WW2 had different crosses.

[@silvadossantos6803]

It was rehabilited, unlike the red star.

[@permartinsen6854]

we faught the wrong enemy; patton-1945 during the nürnberg process

[@MrZapdog]

Well nazi germany wasnt going to stop until Britain and the allies were defeated so the Nazis had to be stopped. Its kill or be killed

[@MrZapdog]

Well the Nazis had a peace deal with the soviet union too but the nazis violated it anyway

[@danuk500]

The Nazis did not want a war with the UK. They attempted to have peace with the UK on multiple occasions. It was Churchill that kept us in the war and as a result, we lost the empire.

[@danuk500]

He didn't want a war with Britain, period. Hitler admired the British Empire. Also, during the First World War he was spared by a British infantryman and later expressed his gratitude towards the soldier that spared him on numerous occasions. It was the French that Hitler wanted to punish, they'd had bad relations since at least the Franco-Prussian war, but even further back than then.

[@solidsnake6206]

@NEVER_AGAIN well actually the germans could of taken the UK they were on there last legs then Hitler bombed London like a dumbass and that gave Britain time to recover

[@leroyhovatter7051]

Jesus quit telling Germany what they can and cannot do. As an American were supposed to liberate people and bring them freedom after their defeat. I don't think telling Germany what they can and cannot do is bringing them freedom.

[@lancejohnson8847]

Germany doesn’t have the best track record, so it’s probably best to have a “father” so to speak to watch over them

[@leroyhovatter7051]

@@lancejohnson8847 Let Germany worry about Germany. Let America worry about America.

[@leroyhovatter7051]

@@lancejohnson8847 It's not our business if they have a military or not.

[@toribenita_kyo]

I was watching clips of the 2016 Turkish coup and noticed that some of their tanks looked a lot like World War II-era Panzer tanks. I did some research and found that they were Leopard 2A4 tanks, and those tanks look a lot like Panzers.

[@mjlotus]

I love the song at the beginning

[@noaoah3662]

Westerwaldlied

[@gionncaomhinmorpheagh4791]

A fairly interesting video that left out a lot of information. For instance, that by the end of 1956, of the thirty-eight Generals commanding the West German Bundeswehr, thirty-one of them had served in the Wehrmacht, with seven of them even being wanted by the Allies for atrocities committed during WWII. What’s not widely known is that the FDJ, so often exclusively associated with the GDR, was originally an organisation covering the whole of the country (and also the UK until 1946, with its HQ being in London during WWII), but it was banned in West Germany on 26 June 1951 for being "unconstitutional" after its members started an embarrassing referendum questioning the rearmament and re-militarisation of West Germany that was being pursued by the Adenauer government at the behest of the American military powers. What was also conveniently "forgotten" was that the very few Volksarmee members (officers and rank and file) who were absorbed into the Bundeswehr at that point also received 30 percent less wages. That also applied to those East German who became Bundeswehr soldiers after the initial "takeover". In fact, that was only rectified in 2010. However, then as now, East Germans who join the Bundeswehr are treated as second-class soldiers, just as former GDR citizens and now East Germans are treated as second-class citizens. MsG

[@dernwine]

I mean it would virtually be impossible for the Bundeswehr in 1956 *not* to have had most of their Generals serve in the Wehrmacht. The fact is you need to be at the height of your career to be a Staff Officer and that means you need to have a certain amount of age and experience. In 1956 anyone over the age of 30 probably had served in the Wehrmacht at some point and you are not going to get a 23 year old General in any army. Und ehrlich ich glaube jemand will mitleid bekommen, wie werden Ostdeutsche den schlecht behandelt? Muessen die Ostdeutschen den gelt andauernt abgeben um Westdeutschland wieder aufzubauen?

[@gionncaomhinmorpheagh4791]

Fairy nuff! I can see your point with regard to officers and experience. It seems, however, that you decided to ignore the fact that seven of those generals were wanted by the Allies for war crimes at the time. Or is that unimportant in view of the fact that all of those generals had to be specifically approved by the allied commanders? Noch dazu kann ich nicht so ganz nachvollziehen, warum du dann plötzlich im zweiten Teil deines Beitrages ins radebrechende Deutsch ausbrichst. Es will mir einfach nicht einleuchten, was du damit zu erreichen gedenkst, angesichts der Tatsache, dass der generelle Ton deiner an und für sich grundlosen Behauptung darauf schliessen lässt, dass du anscheinend sehr wenig bis gar keine Ahnung hast, was ich mit der von mir in der Hinsicht gemachten Aussage erreichen bzw. zum Ausdrück bringen wollte; nämlich darauf hinzuweisen, dass Ostdeutsche nach wie vor insgesamt einen sehr schweren Stand in dem heutigen "Ganz-Deutschland" haben. Mit sozialistischem Gruß

[@Ruhrpottpatriot]

Ostdeutsche als Bürger zweiter Klasse? Guter Witz. Ich kenne keinen Kameraden aus Ostdeutschland der sich wie Soldat/Bürger zweiter Klasse behandelt fühlt, oder gefühlt hat.

[@gOtze1337]

right, but from a rational point of view in the cold war. the nato/germany wanted to use all the "knowhow" from these generals.

[@Ruhrpottpatriot]

You mean Speidel? Not really a Nazi, as he supported the assasination plans of July 20th.

[@timmazhitov5947]

i love Germany from Kazakhstan i learned Deutsch from school. -)

[@Alexander-tu3iv]

Should have adopted uniforms based on the peoples army. They had uniforms based on those of the wehrmacht.

[@louismart]

Marvin the people of the GDR has decided to join the Federal Republic, not the other way round. Why for God‘s sake the Federal Republic should have taken over any symbol of that failed state?

[@Marco-bf4uu]

Both failed states.

[@justinsutton5005]

@@Marco-bf4uu West Germany was not a failed state.

[@Marco-bf4uu]

@@justinsutton5005 No but the third Reich and the GDR

[@aiolos000]

it is somehow poetic this happened in Frankenhausen

[@badbudgie1539]

Fascinating.

[@peterkroger7112]

The tanks shown are no Leopard 2. They are Leopard 1.

[@Seth9809]

I saw a few Leo 2s.

[@imjusttoodissgusted5620]

As I recall they lost one guy in Afghanistan and the whole lot of em up and quit what difference does it make what sort of army Germany has? And I say that as a former German citizen, and having served 20 years in the US Military.

[@AbuHajarAlBugatti]

*You say that as a traitor serving for the enemy in criminal unlawful aggressive wars

[@robertkegg2384]

Doctrine aust und vest ist different. Maybe not the army of Fredrick

[@falke_blade9341]

Its shame that german army couldn't modernise a King tiger. Also name of music in the intro

[@lorddank4395]

YTSlimeBros Gaming westerwald lied

[@James-dq7oi]

The king tiger would have been useless as it's armour would've been outdated to the point were it needed complete retrofit New drive everything Engine sighting etc To the point where it would be smarter to buy a few chally 2 s the best tanks in the world

[@c.h.1839]

King tiger is a old and useless shit as all heavy tanks

[@Anonim-os7rp]

Tiger is reborn. As helicopter gunship.

[@perlasandoval7883]

Do anyone got any clue why this was age restricted?

[@MosoKaiser]

Why on earth is this age-restricted?

[@TheNightlessFall]

welp, it's good to see Germany stronge and free in our day. friendly hi to: Germany from: Canada

[@luisriveraangeles1909]

German national army + Germán socialist army = Wehrmacht? Ok no XD

[@goldiemusic8394]

06:52 - FEGELEIN !

[@mwnciboo]

I knew lots of problems from this, from pensions and retirement etc right the way through. I knew a Warrant Officer who was working to try and get a better retirement because he started in the NVA.

[@MrBook123456]

good video