France '44: The Wet Gap Crossings at Nancy WWII Documentary

[@ArmyUniversityPress]

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[@kelserus]

This is fascinating. My grandfather (5th Infantry Division) was grievously wounded by a “Bouncing Betty” mine on Sept 9th, 1944 near the Dornot Bridgehead. Thankfully he survived due to the bravery of a fellow soldier. It’s nice to put that event in its historical and military context.

[@jonrettich4579]

Not only a fine presentation but it has elicited some of the finest comments I’ve read. Thank you

[@thecompulsivemusician8889]

This is the best combination of history and military tactics I have ever seen (and I have seen a LOT!) I could easily picture this video being used in an actual military tactics course.

[@Johnnycdrums]

It probably has been used for teaching, and or, was sourced from Army doctrines before, during, and after operational attack plans Europe. Funny how the Army is comprised of multiple armies, Air Force = multiple air forces, Navy = one navy, Marines = an old breed.

[@slashteam8440]

This is made by the army for that purpose

[@owencrater7089]

I love the film footage. Most of it I'd never seen before. The description of the five phases got a little boring, but otherwise, great, great video!

[@madenny326]

A very nicely put together documentary. The editing, effects were top knotch. Script was informative and illuminating. Great effort!

[@mikeseeley1042]

My grandfather was KIA just east of the Moselle. The 80th Infantry/317 IR took 100% casualties in September-October of '44. RIP Tec4 Ewell I. Baldwin, Sept. 14, 1944...and so many more.

[@nickraschke4737]

That's very sad.

[@mikeseeley1042]

@@nickraschke4737 Certainly is! That's war. My grandfather is buried in the Lorraine American Cemetery in St. Avold, France. There are over 9,000 Americans interred there. All ABMC cemeteries are beautifully maintained by the US government. My family visited his grave site a few years ago. Very moving.

[@nickraschke4737]

Mike Seeley your poor dad. You should be justly proud. The last just war. Cheers mate from Australia.

[@alancameron2433]

Bless the sacred memory.

[@alainpichon4395]

Sorry for your loss. Just to let you know: on Memorial Day the people in my village in Lorraine gathered to the American cemetery. In gratitude and remembrance for their sacrifice. Gone but not forgotten. Never.

[@scograham]

I wish tv documentaries had these production values and depth of knowledge. Great film clips and photos too. Great work! I love these.

[@aussiedownunder4186]

I am ex Aust Soldier and this Doco Mike Seeley is a great informative film on wet crossings where a lot of it is still basically used today

[@emmanueldidier321]

In early September 1944, my father discovered at his college - La Malgrange - in the Jarvilles suburb of Nancy the hastily buried bodies of several young men who had been arrested and shot 2 days earlier by elements of the SS division Das Reich - retreating from southern France - because they had hidden French, British and American flags in their car in anticipation of their coming liberation. RIP to all our liberators, you'll never be forgotten.

[@nestorual9275]

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[@karlheinzvonkroemann2217]

Why would Das Reich bother to arrest and shoot college kids? When the Allies landed in Normandy, elements of Das Reichs were attacked by partisans, among other things like capturing and murdering an SS Major, part of the Das Reich Division and grusomely murdering some army garrisons in small villages after enticing them to surrenderand. So Das Reich retaliated at Oradour-sur-Glane. They then proceeded on their way unhindered to Normandy where they were engaged in defensive fighting and basically worn out again. They were in the area of the Falaise pocket in around the 21st of August. After that I would have to spend some real time looking it up.

[@northernale]

@@karlheinzvonkroemann2217 So you're saying that Oradour-sur-Glane was a justified retaliation. Right. Presumably you have a justification for all kinds of Nazi atrocities.

[@hissyhonker220]

@@northernale alternatively one can certainly argue the Brits and especially the French are responsible for the rise of the NSDAP and this eventually Hitler.. why are you trying to sound all noble and come to the defense of something you did not go through, all the above guy said was fact that lead to retaliation, you are the one who tried to argue moral high ground and slander someone for stating a historical event in a context or a point of view you didn't like

[@emmanueldidier321]

@@karlheinzvonkroemann2217 I never said that the shot men were kids. They were men of different ages probably. My father did not check their ages nor their identities: he was 15 at the time! Your "retaliations" were simply war crimes: before the event in Jarvilles, Das Reich had been involved earlier in the murders of hundreds of innocents, including women and children in contravention of the Hague Conventions, in Oradour and Tulle. And before that, it had murdered civilians in Yugoslavia and in Minsk. Finally, the apology of SS and Nazism is an international crime. Ok?

[@edlane9882]

A nice, textbook classroom presentation with all the excitement of watching a prostate infection being drained.

[@Isen502]

Glad to see more documentaries on many forgotten battles. Great work ❤

[@duncanwalker3868]

Fantastic. Well done AUP. Please continue to make these educational products and I encourage you to work with MCCC, CGSC, and other PME programs to spread this knowledge far and wide. With proper coordination, you can be invaluable an asset to our professional military education.

[@ArmyUniversityPress]

Thank you for watching!

[@pierredecine1936]

Very informative - - and. amazingly - no ads ...

[@euhronios69]

Very well done and informative - thank you for making this!

[@ArmyUniversityPress]

We are glad you enjoyed the documentary. The follow on documentary is the Encirclement of Nancy. You can find it here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gmrHhWCql6-qpbc

[@cherimolina2121]

Amazing how coordination is the major factor in war. Get too far ahead..you lose your supply line. Cutting supply lines greatly affected the opponents ability to hold or advance territory. Fascinating video. Thanks!

[@zdenekoldrichmarek2867]

Excellent production,well done folks Be Blessed

[@ernestlewis5379]

BRAVO ZULU!! This is an excellent, accurate & objective documentary and training video. As a combat veteran, engineer, USMC Command College grad & former C.O. of the Naval Training Systems Center, I know whereof I speak. Keep up the good work! ELL

[@TheFreshman321]

No it’s not it’s pure propaganda crap.

[@kaptainkaos1202]

I pray you weren’t the CO that took us from classroom learning to death by PowerPoint? Participated in a survey of Fleet Aviation 2 years ago and realized that our Avionics Sailors and Marines are being deprived of a quality training syllabus. I no longer recommend joining the Navy to younger folks if they want to get a great technical training.

[@alexQw33]

Amazing documentary, very interesting material put together quite well. A big THANK YOU for sharing :-)

[@mdlclassworker3384]

I clicked on this video out of general interest, found myself getting a education, great video

[@TheFreshman321]

Hahaha it’s rubbish.

[@daspiper8941]

~True story: My Dad was the oldest Son of a farmer and his Father, my Grandfather, received a Draft Notice. In simplified words it read, "Dear Herman, You have two Sons and we want one of them". My Dad went because he was the oldest. Luckily my Father survived the Battles and eventually returned Home and Married my Mom. ~My Dad arrived in Europe somewhere in late June 1944. He had just turned 19 in May. He never told me anything what he did during the War except what he did after we WON the WAR in Europe. ~After the shooting stopped, he got stationed in Berlin because he could speak well the German language. He found a nice older German Lady that did his laundry for a carton of American Cigarettes and an occasional quart of ice-cream. ~I Love my Dad and I miss him and my Grandpa a lot. My Mom has now passed as well and I really miss her. ~I am a Viet Nam Veteran.

[@erikpeterson25]

Thanks for your story.......what American foces did to liberate Europe was incredible.......not doing it could have been a major disaster for the world.....had Hitler gained atomic weapon capacity no one would have been safe and the germans were working on it.. Also, thank you for your service in Vietnam.....that war should not have happened and government was responsible......they are about to be very well reminded of that....with good results Best to you and thanks again

[@glenbaker5311]

There are a million great books that have never been wrote probably because the folk involved though none would want to read them,, I would have loved to have read your dads experience during his time through the war and its effect upon his life ,,,thanks for your service,,gb

[@everydayhero5076]

Thank you for your service, sir.

[@wkiernan]

My father (RIP) was a WWII veteran in France too. As soon as the war in Europe was over he was sent by the Army to Dugway, Utah to learn Chinese, so he could be posted to China. He liked drinking wine, which he did lots of in France but which was forbidden in Utah. He used to tell us kids "fighting those %^&$# Germans was pretty bad, but it was that &^%$ Utah that wiped me out."

[@forsterl.stewart414]

Thank you for your service and all your famiy sacrificed.

[@johanhall7683]

Quite informative and i do rly like the close tactical and strategic way everything is shown. Keep it up!

[@johnd2058]

I don't like how the oppo always has their unit markers rotated 45 degrees. A "Dutch Angle" for the Deutsch? ;P

[@petert9110]

Fake channel set up to lie about how good this channels is. The low-lives are doing it all the time.

[@johnd2058]

@@petert9110 is a perfect name for a Petersburg Troll. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Research_Agency en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_measures

[@richardriddell6077]

My uncle was there. He ran a hospital battalion, took it all the way to Czechoslovakia.

[@davenorth8922]

I had two Uncles there, too. Fortunately it was at 35,000 feet. They both came home with minor wounds.

[@tnarggrant9711]

This was brilliant. You should do a series with those gorgeous map animations following units across the entire European Theater.

[@Kevin15301]

I knew that Nancy was a battle area, but did not know all of the issues and pieces of the battle. Thanks for all the info. My father (Infantry, 8th Regt, 4th ID) was recovering in a hospital near Nancy after the Hurtgen Forest battles. He remained there after VE day as security over German prisoners working at the hospital.

[@tanakadingdong9170]

This is a very good video. The best one about Patton and the Moselle river. The most precise on KZbin for sure. Fort Driant south of Metz would require another video? was serious fight for a Maginot line fort with tanks fighting on the fort, while infantry was fighting undergound inside the fort ...

[@Ajamaisoubliee]

Thanks ! Merci pour cette belle demande 🥰

[@behindthespotlight7983]

OUTSTANDING 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼excited new sub

[@pgiovannini798]

Muy buen material de estudio: historia, Geografia, Relaciones internacionales, idioma extranjero.GRACIAS!!!❤.

[@johnfranklin8319]

Well done, loved the detail on US Army doctrine.

[@thevermonsterrichards5163]

This was a very good video

[@moemonte88]

My son fought in Normandy under Paton! 82nd airborne Kia.. think of him everyday !

[@poundtacos4006]

If you don't mind me asking,.. how old are you?

[@moemonte88]

31 why?

[@kaptainkaos1202]

Did you mean to say “son” or grandfather?

[@jaybeeonyt]

@@kaptainkaos1202 🤣🤣 they're clearly just crazy

[@MakeMeThinkAgain]

An interesting aspect of this account is that the 35th Infantry Division was a National Guard unit while the 80th was a new Federal division. While National Guard divisions tended to have a poor reputation -- at least when entering action -- by this time the 35th was more experienced and it seems to have been the 80th that was making the mistakes of a green unit.

[@unitedwestand5100]

The 35th Division was ordered into federal service on 23 December 1940 at home stations. The division's units were ordered to report to Camp Joseph T. Robinson, Arkansas, and had arrived by the end of January, 1941. The incomplete ranks of the 35th were swelled by thousands of draftees, a large portion of whom, through the allowance of local recruitment while National Guard divisions were increasing their strength, were ordered to join the division from the states where the division's units had originated. The 35th Infantry Division arrived in England on 25 May 1944 and received further training. It landed on Omaha Beach, Normandy 5-7 July 1944 and entered combat on 11 July, fighting in the Normandy hedgerows north of St. Lo. (Not exactly a NG Unit by today's standard, and far from Green in this battle.) They had been Federalized in 1940, and had trained, and operated as a Regular Army Division since.

[@unitedwestand5100]

In 1942, the 80th, "Blue Ridge" division was reactivated for military service and deployed to Europe, where it landed on Utah Beach on August 3, 1944, less than two months after the Allied invasion of western Europe on D-Day (June 6). Soon after arriving in France, the unit engaged German forces in combat in Argentan and other locales in Normandy. It subsequently drove eastward and reached the Saar region of Germany by early December. Later that month, the 80th was diverted to Luxembourg to blunt the German offensive into the Ardennes during the Battle of the Bulge. (They were just getting warmed up, when they were pushed forward in this battle.) And, they had been activated 2 years after the 35th was Federalized. Plus, as the video stated they were facing a veteran Panzer Division that had fought in the Italian campaign until recently.

[@unitedwestand5100]

The 36th Texas Division was originally a NG unit too, and they fought with distinction. Fighting in Italy long before participating in Operation Dragoon, and joined the battle in France. NG Units in WWII, were not really NG units in WWII. They were Federal Army Divisions who had undergone extensive training before being thrown in to combat.

[@stevenvirdenrasmussen-jone4671]

My father likely made some of these videos. He was with the 166th and died near Rennes.

[@mathewmcdonald3657]

Thank you for the freedom we all enjoy. He did not die in vain. Losing a parent is a tremendous loss. Especially at a young age. I know. My grandpa fought at Guadalcanal. He turns 100 this June. Great man. He’s never spoken a word about the war. Believe me I’ve tried to get him to talk. He only says they were not going to surrender. Heavy words when he says them.

[@dr.barrycohn5461]

Made them (the films) or in them. Either way, nice.

[@bobbynoname2538]

Well done and very informative. However it is very distracting having two narrators talking during the program.

[@richardpehtown2412]

One of the most interesting and informative videos I have ever seen. Does anyone know where I could find a poster or video that lists and explains the symbology for units such as seen here, that is, Armies, Corps, Divisions, Regiments, Battalions, et al? Thanks.

[@johnheigis83]

Try, screen shot s.

[@Conn30Mtenor]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO_Joint_Military_Symbology

[@brenwoodard1832]

That was really good, however, I did notice some of your stock footage showed Soviet soldiers when talking about Germans.

[@Xyzabc998]

very clear explanation and well structured. Great images too. What is a wet gap? It's a river crossing, so why not just say so instead of creating pseudo cool names. This strategy would not be applied in front of a reservoir or a flooded area in Holland now would it. What's with 5 September but 1157th division. Might as wlel make it 5th September and 1157 division....

[@church.farm.plants2607]

Setting up in a middle of a cross roads in Metz, France in a Machine gun nest my great grandpa watch the German artillery shells go down one street and turn down another street the road that my great grandpa was on so they gathered up there Guns an ran to turn around and watch the shell hit beside the machine gun nest.

[@Ajamaisoubliee]

He was from the 5th infantry division ♦️, 3rd army of PATTON? He participated in the crossing of the Moselle near Dornot? He fought under fire from Fort DRIANT, a German fort? Many questions of course, but important questions for us because we are restoring Fort DRIANT! Visits are subject to reservation.

[@bobmott3543]

Wasn't Nancy where Clint Eastwood and his team grabbed all that gold with the help of a German Tiger tank commander? Kelly's Heroes :-)

[@nunyabidness674]

and now I feel like I just went through another training class... at least this time I have hair and a cup of coffee, and don't have a D.S. standing 5 meters behind me just waiting for my head to dip...

[@horacio0206]

21:00 the Moselle River, 60 m wide, 2.40 m to 3 m deep

[@OLYMPIAN_ZEUS]

Where was the 23rd infantry during September 1944? There is a soldier from Ashland City, TN who was KIA on 9-13-1944 and was a PVT 23rd Infantry. Just pondering on what battle he might have been in

[@41divad]

It seems Eddy had trouble following Army doctrine

[@antonleimbach648]

My mom was Dutch and her family were almost starving when one day food fell from the sky. The liberation of Europe was America at its finest. The Marshal plan was America at its smartest. We will always be linked with Europe because that’s were our culture is from.

[@lyndoncmp5751]

"The liberation of Europe was America at its finest." You mean the allies at their finest. Italy, France, Netherlands, Belgium involved the British and Canadians and others too.

[@johnwarren8339]

some of this needs to be kept classified.

[@johnd2058]

27:22 soooo.... that weird unit icon with a baby X inside a 'tracked' loop means "Combat Team", as in "whatever the indicated unit size, if it was reinforced with an unspecified amount of just about everything"? I'm having bad flashbacks to childhood traumas involving playing Gary Grigsby's War in Russia long before I was emotionally or intellectually ready for wargaming.

[@29PixelStudios]

The "x" inside is actually "Combined Arms" ... and think of it more as a smaller infantry modifier where lines cross using the corners of the rectangle. Shrink that infantry symbol to fit inside of the tank tracks and presto... Combined Arms symbol. The X above the rectangle (and in very rare situations in the upper third inside the rectangle) is the unit's size. A Brigade. ... thhhhheeennn... if there is a X on top of the rectangle, but there is a 'hat' on it, i.e. another smaller box on top of the main rectangle, it is still a Brigade, BUT is a Brigade *Combat Team*.

[@johnd2058]

@@29PixelStudios **Gary Grigsby Flashbacks Worsen**

[@29PixelStudios]

@@johnd2058 Ha!

[@henrivanbemmel]

This is amazing ...

[@michaelmulligan0]

What’s CCA?

[@PaulA-bv1rt]

When I think of Nancy, I think of the bank and the stash of gold that had to be liberated. All those burning bridges.

[@48sydney]

I think that was just a movie.

[@PaulA-bv1rt]

@@48sydney . Do you mean to say that Oddball and Kelly and the push to Nancy is just a Hollywood made up story. Oh no!

[@48sydney]

@@PaulA-bv1rt No that is not what I said. I am saying that the movie about the Dirty Dozen was a Hollywood ,movie that is loosely based on the true history of the push to Nancy. The movie should not be taken as literal history. Some people here seem to think it is accurate.

[@PaulA-bv1rt]

@@48sydney ... I am talking about Kelly's Heroes. Hollywood did take liberties in the telling of the epic bank job movie genre as I think the paint shells fired from Oddball's tank were Not part of the Army's inventory.

[@glenbaker5311]

@@PaulA-bv1rt what is interesting a tank was fixing to get rebuilt and the new owner found three or four bars of gold in the tanks fuel tank I don't know where he got the tank from but it's a KZbin video somewhere here,,so there really was some old gold no-one wanted so someone took pity on it and tried to take it home,,,

[@billybobkingston5604]

Why the consent music?

[@ditto1958]

In hindsight, it sure does seem as though Eisenhower should have given more resources to Patton.

[@lyndoncmp5751]

Patton was given enough, considering he was in a secondary campaign and there was little merit in concentrating on Patton's line of advance. He was too far to the south of the Ruhr.

[@dr.barrycohn5461]

Thanks for this one. This film looks like the kind the signal corps make. But great footage. Film could have been made by some of the Hollywood guys or the news media of the day as well. I love seeing the guys dry row a boat.

[@watchthe1369]

Lol, the intro starts sounding alot like chitty bang bang until the second movement starts.

[@siggijonsson4845]

4 panzer divisions attacked Moratain ? lol why not mention that was a severly decimated units. the 70 tanks were not enough for a single panzer division, never mind 4.

[@PalleRasmussen]

Not as heroic for 30th Division to say it was the bloodied and exhausted kampfgruppe remnants of divisions that the Brits had already well-nigh destroyed.

[@TheFreshman321]

This is a dreadful documentary.

[@irwansyahtourguide832]

Nearly the same time the British and Americans launched Operation Market Garden to liberate the Netherlands from German occupation. But the U S The Wet Gap Crossings at Nancy, France, was more succesfull than Operation Market Garden.

[@donalhartman6235]

Market Garden was a disaster despite tremendous courage from participating units. The planning was flawed, and known dangers were not properly weighed by Montgomery.

[@terrysmith9362]

what is your view of Pattons failure at Metz?

[@spannerpasser]

The flawed planning was done by the airforce within 1st Allied Airborne Army who were directly answerable to Eisenhower as they were his strategic reserve and only he could authorise their use. Eisenhower took Montgomery’s original plan Operation Comet which was cancelled by Montgomery on 10th September and enlarged it with the 2 US divisions. The ground part which Montgomery did have control over was the successful bit. The ground units were on schedule until they reached Nijmegen to find the bridge still held by the Germans as Gavin had failed to take the bridge on the Sunday as soon as they landed. Montgomery is often cited as the person behind the operation but it was actually Eisenhower as he tasked both Montgomery and Bradley in early September with getting across the Rhine near Wessel and Saar. He tasked Brereton at 1st AAA to plan and airborne drop and met with Montgomery on the 10th September to brief him as his British 2nd Army was to be used.

[@sicdavid6292]

I saw that in Kelly's Heros

[@sicdavid6292]

@Donna Jones Deep dive young lady. Well done.

[@3-DtimeCosmology]

We wanna make you a proposition.

[@sicdavid6292]

@@3-DtimeCosmology I like how Mulligan means a second chance in sports and the artillery guy, Mulligan, has terrible aim. Classic stuff.

[@petert9110]

These war doco youtube channels are a dime a dozen. There are a few good ones.

[@lorispicariello9240]

Could someone tell me the name of the music at 43:40 ?

[@420Patriot1776]

Loris Picariello boring shit

[@skyedogg]

Some random shit they are able to use for free

[@harrykrebs]

My father was there, 284th Field Artillery Battalion.

[@Ajamaisoubliee]

He was from the 5th infantry division ♦️, 3rd army of PATTON? He participated in the crossing of the Moselle near Dornot? He fought under fire from Fort DRIANT, a German fort? Many questions of course, but important questions for us because we are restoring Fort DRIANT! Visits are subject to reservation.

[@dk6024]

It would be interesting to have overlord analyzed in this same way.

[@petert9110]

What a stupid thing to say. Do you have a brain in that head or are you just using it for storage? Everything about you sucks even your name is b.s.

[@deanseawa]

You misspelled material. 4:15

[@hodgy05]

No, it is in fact called materiel of war.

[@3-DtimeCosmology]

@@hodgy05 And it's pronounced differently.

[@granskare]

as a kid, I followed events in a paper laid on the floor of our apartment. Eisenhower had an American man shot on the field. He could have sent him home, given a bad conduct discharge and spending time in Fort Leavenworth.

[@KatzenjammerKid61]

Not a single word about Ultra decrypts alerting Eisenhower exactly when & where German units would attack towards Mortain. Shoddy.

[@lordemed1]

Well done, interesting...tremendous work by our military people-too few of us understand and appreciate.

[@VicariousAdventurer]

Reading from a manual (e.g., on river crossings) makes a break from expositing history, and can become redundant across multiple videos. My suggestion is to segregate these into separate videos, and introduce links to those for people who want greater familiarity with the concepts.

[@scottinohio701]

90% of the vehicles and guns they showed destroyed,were done by P-47s of the ninth air force which were assigned to Patton. He took all the credit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[@georgedoolittle7574]

"by liberating on the ground he's creating entire French Armies" all ready to restore French Honor under the Leadership of General Charles DeGaulle. Plus this is a link up operation with General Patch and the most famous Soldier in World War 2 "the tragic story of the Medal of Honor recipient who survived" Lt. Audie Murphy.

[@saskiamoni1417]

Want the lady to quiet what is point of her speaking randomly

[@48sydney]

I watched this report and enjoyed watching this video . This particular venture on Nancy was an entirely US battle of over 10 days. Nancy provided a vital communication hub for the Allies. There was no mention of the other nationalities involved in the fight towards Germany. Around this activity by US on Nancy were many other nationalities battling across the front ( some for a second time) from Holland, Belgium and France from Australia, New Zealand, India, Poland and Britain. 400,000 Americans died in WW2. 449,700 United Kingdom military and civilians died in WW2. Whilst in the East, Soviets were initially attacked by Germany and then pushing back with huge military and civilian casualties ( 24 million casualties) before the Soviet army finally took Berlin and the surrender.

[@48sydney]

@Alexander Challis Yes, I see from this report the French were involved , but not mentioned in the Video. Just a few months ago I was in Nancy and Bastogne ( I often pass close on my visits to Britain by car) and later, in January I went to Dachau, which was a surreal experience (no birds or wildlife). It is good to put feet on the ground and better understand.

[@michaelmccartin2054]

What I hate in a lot of documentaries is they refer to German tanks as Marks and not Panzers, they sound like they are talking about Brittish tanks.

[@lyndoncmp5751]

Americans frequently said Mark 4 Mark 5, Mark 6 etc.

[@michaelmccartin2054]

@@lyndoncmp5751 probably because they trained with the British, I have heard one American say Mark 4 but German tanks are panzers and when they refer to them as a mark it can get confusing especially since I have heard a few refer to the Sherman as a mark 4 and there are cases of the German army using captured Sherman tanks. Now I know all about tanks but someone not familiar especially a kid in school who is doing research could get things wrong, happened to me in school and I got a lower grade. I just wished that they would use the proper names to make things easier.

[@les3jedis]

Très démonstratif de la technologie autant en matériel qu' en stratégie et sans doute aussi de la motivation; ce qui est plus difficilement descriptible, sans l' appui de média à fort "potentiel" médiatique ... mais là quand même les coupures de journaux font état du retentissement international ( au moins aux USA , car je pense que mon père avait d' autres chats à fouetter à l' époque).

[@tommysimmons5266]

Don’t know why nobody took over railroad bridges to cross the river.

[@Lasstpak]

243 King tigers in August 1944 by 1/5 of Allied forces in the west alone? While not even 500 of Tiger II were built. The report doesn't sound very precise :D

[@mdstmouse7]

mark VI is tiger I (production quantity 1400), The number still seems high though. Im wondering if its a missprint and should read panthers mark V.

[@Lasstpak]

@@mdstmouse7 Oh yeah. My bad. haha Thanks for pointing out. Look like most probably Panthers not Tigers :)

[@johnmilonas9143]

They went in dry and they came out Nancy.

[@everydayhero5076]

I see what you did there. Well played, sir well played.

[@Zgreasewood]

After listening to this tale it is no wonder the Generals in charge of U S troops were not well known.

[@mr.crapper7197]

My dad was part of the castle in the pacific.

[@MrCropper]

The narration is odd - she is indifferent to the material.

[@nervousordo]

These two narrators sound like the same two that are on the Kevin Hunter The Homework Guy channel.

[@gordonmcintosh2655]

My mother's twin brother was killed near Nancy on Sept.9.

[@sodestined1198]

We (USA) couldn't of done this without our British & Canadian allies. Thank God German General Heinz Guardian was in Russia fighting or his panzer thrust would of delayed allied armour push

[@mohdhasyudin111]

I was there. I was in 00523 army. This is an elite unit. We only have 523 strength. But we kill and destroy Nazi first before Third army arrive. Don't have accredit, because we technically don't exist. After all this time, I'm break the silence. And also because we all the mutant unit, immortal.!!

[@kaptainkaos1202]

And you’re crazy as bat sh!t…

[@420Patriot1776]

Is this an reup? No really I saw this exact video no less than 1 week ago.

[@ArmyUniversityPress]

A viewer identified an error in the original version of this documentary: the Canadian First Army was incorrectly labeled as the Canadian Third Army. Army University Press has fixed the error and republished an updated version. AUP appreciates our followers and welcomes viewer feedback. We hope you enjoy our film.

[@420Patriot1776]

Army University Press based and redpilled

[@johnd2058]

@@ArmyUniversityPress Congratulations, you're on the GRU's hit list. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GRU_(G.U.)#United_States More annoyingly, these shmucks, too: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Research_Agency

[@ACD54]

I congratulate you. Quite an achievement to cover the Battle of Normandy without mentioning the other countries involved. Are you aware that the US only provided much less than half the soldiers who landed on D Day? Try and guess who the rest were. It isn't hard.

[@trishwhitenburg9167]

It was the opening synopsis to the operations near Nancy, the segment would be the British landings at sword and gold as a prelude if the documentary wa about say....perhaps operation market garden. If you want to learn something about the allied contributions to Normandy read J.Keegan's Six Armies in Normandy or something.

[@TheFreshman321]

How about how Patton failed to take Metz or the Hurtegen forest debacle

[@wilsommacedo9497]

Maravilha de documentário.

[@BA-gn3qb]

General Mark Clark would have picked an undefended crossing point. Then waited for the enemy to surround his army.

[@scottwins2]

If MacNamara had been under Eisenhower in Vietnam he would have lasted a month..... "Press the battle DESTROY the ENEMY!"

[@nguyenhonganh7170]

what are u talking about that idiot eisanhaur caused the war in vietnam...pushed the french to diem bien phu.... promised the world to the french and left them holding the baby

[@georgedoolittle7574]

"both threaten and be a threat."

[@vincentpoulaert7827]

you were aces guys all officers

[@begbieyabass]

Bang bang Chitty Bang bang, Chitty Chitty bang bang we love you.

[@glenbaker5311]

I'm not sure why I watched this, at my age and all, but I now know how to get my mower back from the neighbor,,

[@ArmyUniversityPress]

We are glad you watched it too. Check out the follow on WWII documentary on the Encirclement of Nancy: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gmrHhWCql6-qpbc

[@Gert-DK]

@4.10 The narrator says that third army encountered German Mrk VI tanks. According to historian Mark Felton can't it be true. There was no Tigers in the american zone. Check out he's video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZoqVXmiog6qBiqM

[@dunruden9720]

his video

[@milky55way2012]

That's not true most Tigers had fuel shortages....

[@yakyoutuby]

Army University Press, "Nancy" is not pronounced that way... try to respect other languages. Otherwise, great documentary.

[@3-DtimeCosmology]

Are you French?

[@yakyoutuby]

@@3-DtimeCosmology , yes, I am.

[@zukboyaz]

@@yakyoutuby My dad was there in Nancy in 1944. That is how he pronounced it whether correct or not.

[@yakyoutuby]

@@zukboyaz not sure how that is pertinent?

[@kaptainkaos1202]

@@yakyoutuby could you write how it’s pronounced properly?

[@Lerivetcounter]

Strange that although the yanks never fought against MkVI Tanks IE Tiger in Normandy they manged to destroy some 243 which is higher than the 135 Tigers deployed in Normandy all of which fought against the British and Canadians, that's quite an achievement.

[@48sydney]

History re-write.

[@hedbangcentral5334]

Agreed, all branches of sides, sometimes comically, overstated their kills.

[@corn1971]

This would be better without the cheesy History channel music soundtrack that is so cliche to their programming.

[@MrJaimemac2912]

Yeh hay those Murcian's won the war all on their own! This film is a heavily distorted view of those events.

[@aniutalitvinova9957]

Many times a coward before death, death of terror.

[@daddust]

Ludicrous to call a river crossing a wet gap crossing.

[@dalestephan6777]

A wet gap is creek..lol. I do not recall any TM' s referring to a river as a wet gap. 11A 🙂

[@TheLastOilMan]

Pity about the Robot chick. Wet gap = river !

[@simonhawker9277]

American's were famous for one thing above all else during ww2.friendly fire.30 percent of all us casualties were due to own goals and friendly fire.still true today. As a reputation.

[@kaptainkaos1202]

Sources? Without sources it’s just your opinion.

[@simonhawker9277]

@@kaptainkaos1202 there are no sourses quoted anywhere in the comments fool they are all just opinions thats what the comments are for you ill read arrogant idiot, see, opinion..every and any account of any war the usa fought in refers to its freindly fire, or dont you read anything but your own stupid ill informed comments

[@stevewixom9311]

@@simonhawker9277 so your admitting you have no proof, only your opinion.

[@Oldschool-hb8rk]

ooooo

[@nguyenhonganh7170]

the battle for france was over but i think patton was well suited for this sort of roll up and did a good job seeing as he had a poorly trained conscriped army and to their credit the americans did get better with experiance

[@3-DtimeCosmology]

Comprehensive