Caen Inferno - The Fierce Struggle for Normandy's Heart

[@pierrelarocque3214]

My father, a member of the RCAF (1916-2016) told me a few stories about Caen. They placed bets, from their position near the Carpiquet airport, on which tanks would be blown up first. He also mentioned the horrific cadaver stench while crossing the only open road through Caen. He served up to Germany and final victory.

[@HenryHaven-c3q]

It was a hard fought struggle , Monty and Bradley both underestimated the terrain , the quality , skill, and determination of Germans ! It was airpower that broke German resistance both at Cean and the breakout at St Lo during Cobra ! The ground was perfect for defense , both the allies and Germans discovered this when they attempted to attack , it was only the allies total control of the sky that tipped the scales in their favor ! Unfortunately many fine men died on both sides ! The allies have landed in Normandy ! What should we do ? Make peace , you fools ! What else ! Gerd Von Rundstedt ! As far as the shooting of prisoners goes , both sides were guilty .

[@patrickwalsh8997]

Canadians in WW1 Had a reputation of not taking too many prisoners

[@AndrewAustinFrustrated]

The terrain was well known before d-day and Montgomery realistically didn't expect to take Caen on d-day what he intended to do and did was pin down the best division's the Germans had in France the Wehrmacht and SS bled out at Caen making the American breakout a lot easier then it otherwise would have been. The documents on Montgomery's plan were released a while ago which showed he never believed he could take Caen on day one but he was surprised at how quickly major German divisions moved into Caen given the air superiority the allies had with three division's managing to get into Caen without being spotted.

[@desmondgriffith7855]

That's right don't forget the battleships, Kurt Meyer, said "If it wasn't for those broadsides, allied attacks would've fallen in the ditch.

[@HenryHaven-c3q]

@@desmondgriffith7855 indeed the heavy guns of warships dominated the field 20 miles inshore , the Germans had no choice except to give ground and not to advance into overwhelming firepower ! They tried a few times early in the campaign but suffered such horrendous losses that both Rommel and Rundstedt knew it was fruitless to advance their forces into the range of allied cruisers and battleships, a lesson hard learned at Anzio in Italy ! Between the overall superiority in land sea and air power in Normandy the Germans never stood a chance ! As Rundstedt said upon the invasion of France ! What do we do now ? Make peace you fools what else? Unfortunately he was relieved of command and millions lost their lives because of an egomaniac and those who enabled him because of their own petty lust for power and position ! Don't let them fool ya ! Bob Marley !

[@desmondgriffith7855]

@@HenryHaven-c3q Remember that they could only move troops and supplies at night, Eisenhower had 10,500 aircraft at his disposal.

[@jamest4659]

I enjoyed the video. I have read the comments. It looks like the British and Canadians faced hell in Caen while the Americans faced hell at Omaha Beach.

[@uberrox452]

We faced hell in numerous small towns and in the Hurtgen Forest, Aachen, and of course all over the Ardenne, including Bastogne.

[@uberrox452]

@@rjvuno Absolutely

[@ervintorres1200]

Very true 👍

[@marshaprice8226]

While Rommel, who was in charge of the western defenses known as the Atlantic Wall, wanted the tanks kept on the beaches to defend against the expected invaders, the idea that the tanks should be kept farther inland did not originate with Hitler but with the Commander-in-Chief West von Rundstedt. Hitler’s decisions on the tank deployments referred to in the video were a compromise between the points of view of these two commanders who both had authority in northern France.

[@mohammedsaysrashid3587]

It was an informative documentary about cean battles during WW2.

[@get.factual]

thank you for your comment❣️

[@moss8448]

yeah it was a linchpin or is that lynch pen? y'all Limeys (meant nicely you see) beared the brunt early on so the break out could happen. hat's off.

[@stephenmcgraw9466]

It's amazing in many of the Allied bombing of French and German towns. Many of the cathedrals survived the bombings.

[@RichardThornton-i4f]

Why that happened is cause Gen Geo s Patton kept reminding them not to bomb churches or cathedral s as towns people could go there and pray

[@chacondremaus5168]

Great documentary!

[@Arab--Man]

The narrator's voice is from Epic history channel on YT 😉

[@williamhoole2065]

I think he jumped ship new narrator on Epic History maybe didn't renew contract bad idea

[@JoeDiGiovanniIV]

I was looking for this comment

[@lyleslaton3086]

Somebody named Monty said he would take Caen on D+3.

[@patrickmacconnell17]

Ya, but it wasnt his fault. He said so!

[@joeysausage3437]

He was holding up the Germans so the Americas could break out. Ask any brit, they will tell you. It was them and Russia overall. The United States contributed very little according to the toothless brits in the comments.

[@gryph01]

"The acquisition of Canada this year will be a mere matter of marching" - Thomas Jefferson, August 1812. History is full of arrogant leaders... Be careful when you decide to single one out.

[@JohnCampbell-rn8rz]

@@gryph01 Thank you. One of my favourite quotes.

[@MrNcgy]

Interesting example; not quite appropriate tho.

[@robbietoms3128]

The Americans never saw what the British and Canadians were up against and thought that.they were just hopeless The Americans never knrw that the British and Canadians saved their bacon . with the pounding the British took.

[@johnnywilson7799]

I think we also saved thier bacon also by merely entering the war and supplying the British with food and weapons

[@joeysausage3437]

So the mighty brits could have done it on the own? Well, they were fighting children.

[@sharonwhiteley6510]

General Omar Bradley is often Ann overlooked factor for the Allied victory in the ETO

[@Conn30Mtenor]

why do you think so? I mean, I put him ahead of Patton, if you are interested in what I think.

[@loneranger5349]

Did he do anything?

[@adamkucera9094]

Must learn more about Bradley.

[@davidengel7995]

Who’s Ann ? 👀

[@haroldfiedler6549]

I have never heard this part of the story before. The storm that wrecked the artificial ports. Very interesting.

[@albertawildcat3164]

My Uncle fought in the Canadian Army at the battle for Caen (at Carpiquet airfield mostly) He said they were mostly up against the 12SS who he described as "arrogant little bastards" and it is true that the Canadians didn't take many prisoners...if you know what I mean.

[@garydolan7032]

😊😊😊

[@kingwena1397]

Psquea

[@JamesObertino]

The SS, especially the Hitler Jugend Division,12th SS, often fought to the death. Few prisoners.

[@4_vaccuum_salesman_of_marr944]

War criminals.

[@stevelauda5435]

Monty pffffttt....he was the biggest joke!

[@xanderunderwoods3363]

Aside from the excellent interviews with the veterans, there are sooooo many historical inaccuracies in this video, its rather sad.

[@tonyolivari2480]

Name a few

[@TimothyDouglass]

Excellent presentation. Thank you.

[@SuperNoname17]

The real battles had taken place on the eastern front, Romania only fought on the soviet -german war but they had more casualties than US Army on the pacific and Europe combined,that showes the scale of that war, it was a war of annihilation only compared with the punic wars between the Roman empire and Carthage!!

[@ronalddesiderio7625]

The flame 🔥 thrower tank is one nasty weapon

[@rosshardy6223]

The Tommies insulted Gerry by having tea breaks in the middle of battle.

[@buzsalmon]

A very valuable video of war.

[@douglaslugo9452]

Excellent document 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@finallyfriday.]

British troops got burned out by poor leadership (monty) so it's no surprise that, even with massive advantages they had, they got spanked constantly.

[@castlerock58]

Monty won the Normandy campaign before turning over command of allied ground forces to Eisenhower in September. If he had not made changes to the invasion plan, it would have failed.

[@finallyfriday.]

@@castlerock58 I agree. Monty's plan was a failure and he had to change it many times, failure after failure, before Normandy was won. That win was due mostly to the US forces and he was demoted from overall ground command and it was given to those that were winning.

[@desmondgriffith7855]

​@@castlerock58Monty's plan was flawed because encirclement operations require the use of 2 armoured thrust, not 1, remember that the greatest success achieved on the eastern front during operation Barbarossa was by army group centre by Guderian's 2nd panzer group and Hoth's 3rd panzer group.

[@casedismissed8581]

@@castlerock58 you're delusional ! that weasel's involvement in d-day planning was scant at best !

[@plehmann72]

​@@finallyfriday. You're way off. Eisenhower always intended to become ground forces commander once Pattons 3rd Army arrived. He also always planned to make Bradley the 12th Army Group commander at the same time. Eisenhower as Supreme Commander reflected the fact that the US was committing 60% of the forces to the ETO. Not that he was a superior commander to Montgommery. He wasn't.

[@metoo7557]

This is the narrator from epic TV history.

[@ricklayeux5688]

Monty's claim to fame was getting his troops out of Dunkirk! Don't forget operation Market Garden, disaster.

[@manuelaguirre1062]

The Germans allowed the evacuation of Dunkirk. It was a goodwill gesture. Hitler didnt want war with the Brits, he considered them cousins of the Germans. Churchill was a warmonger along with FDR. They were surrounded by ppl that hated Germany. Someone profitted from all this death. Alot of history we are taught is false. We now have the internet.

[@gryph01]

Dunkirk waa more if a Royal Navy thing. The idea of Market Garden was sound. But a combination of logistics, weather and a spare German division turned it into a messed up operation.

[@rockisland8544]

@@gryph01 Montgomery was a second rate commander, at best. Britain didn't have much of a pool of bright generals, and he wasn't one.

[@anthonybarbetto9714]

My godfather was wounded on Normandy beach. My other uncle was with Patton's forces.

[@ClevorBelmont]

This sounds like the guy from Epic History Tv :)

[@garychekerdjian9]

Thanks

[@bobechs7234]

There was another way out of Normandy: Operation Cobra. Once the troops got out from under McNair, breakout was unstoppable

[@andytucker9573]

We tend to gloss over the Allied war crimes in Normandy, mostly, the execution of surrendering enemy combatants. It is no wonder the tragedy of Malmedy happened later, although... the Nazis also were Idealogically mind fkd. War sucks and it is the victors who get to gloss over their mistakes and put their heroes on a pinnacle.

[@zacheiriksson]

This is where my great uncle met his fate. Absolute bloodbath

[@jimburow706]

Montgomery is completely overrated. Too much planning and bigidea, not enough fighting. He beat Rommel because hitler quit supplying the German army in North Africa.

[@genaro5766]

The Allies destroyed the German supply lines ... is what actually happened .

[@chessmaster3225]

I cant believe that Monty actually had the gaul to assert he could take Caen in two weeks, lol

[@burrellbikes4969]

Failure of intelligence led the general leadership to assume the German resistance was weak.

[@joeharris9362]

His stated goal was to take it the FIRST DAY.

[@TDL-xg5nn]

Plus Monty tried to rewrite history by claiming his objective was not to take Caen but tiedown German forces so the Americans could break out. Not true.

[@rosshardy6223]

its because he was carrying a 12" wanger.

[@chessmaster3225]

@@joeharris9362 lol he had such an ego!

[@russellreading-xi7fe]

Caen has been called 'the anvil of victory's the Brits & Canadians absorbed the might of German armour leaving the Yanks with out facing much like it.

[@stevelauda5435]

The Canadian army was the only army that my dad had respect for.

[@joeysausage3437]

Keep telling yourself that. Truth is the brits COULD NEVER GO FACE TO FACE WITH THE GERMANS WITHOUT THE UNITED STATES.

[@stevelauda5435]

@@joeysausage3437 LOL 😆 YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT 💯!!!!!

[@Oakeshott-ko8ig]

True, the Americans faced an inferior quality of enemy on their end of the front in France, but we also had to defeat the Imperial Japanese single-handedly. Much of our best (the marines) were deployed to the Pacific theater.

[@joeysausage3437]

@@Oakeshott-ko8ig The 12 ss was made up of boys. They sure gave monty trouble.

[@Capo51]

The air superiority was decisive advantage.

[@rosshardy6223]

no sht sherlock.

[@daveabd]

Montgomery was without doubt the most overrated general of either side in WW2.

[@sharonwhiteley6510]

Just look at OPERATION MARKET GARDEN. The Dutch resistance was informing them of the troops and armor in the area. Montgomery blew them off saying they use children who exaggerate and inflate 1 tank into many. Photo recon was showing armor in the area. The Captain showing armor was placed on "forced sick leave. He obviously was mentally overworked ". The LZ for the paratroopers was 10 miles away. British armor had to travel down a single lane road for miles. Montgomery hated and mistrusted the Polish paratroopers. When finally used, they were dropped into a death zone. Radio equipment failed. Yet, Montgomery NEVER accepted responsibility for the failure and loss of personnel.

[@casedismissed8581]

HAHAHAHAHA the arrogant little limey actually compared himself to PATTON !!

[@chris7933]

Even that little girl didn't like him, right after the capture of Caen.

[@serpentines6356]

​@@sharonwhiteley6510 I haven't read a lot of WW2 history...but I have come across the negative assessments regarding Montgomery.

[@casedismissed8581]

@@serpentines6356 you've mistaken "negative assessments" for stark reality !

[@Steven-vw1sv]

He could be used as a glider with those ears .

[@cibetka76]

come on lol

[@shanemossmoss]

And the yanks will never acknowledge the sacrifice of the British and Canadian. That's the yanks

[@CW-nt1sd]

Didn’t they fight the war alone lol

[@joeysausage3437]

​@@CW-nt1sdNo, they fought YOUR war because you were not capable of winning it.

[@nickdanger3802]

hitler declared war on the USA because FDR had been propping up Britain from 1939. You are welcome.

[@gryph01]

​@@joeysausage3437Shut up. You are whining like a mule

[@casedismissed8581]

@@joeysausage3437 spot on, the limeys will fight right down to the last american !!!

[@romelrecinto1460]

Nazi Germany during the second world war is much much ahead compared to their adversaries in almost all aspects; from training, to doctrine, to equipage, technology, even in small things like the design of their helmet. their helmet covers the forehead, ear and nape much like the modern helmet design

[@amerigo88]

Please explain why the Nazi Supermen were barely able to keep up with the USSR production of war materials while controlling the economies of the modern EU. Why were German Infantry so reliant on the Mauser 98K bolt action rifle? Why were German logistics utterly reliant on horses, horses that died in the millions on the Eastern Front? You need to learn more about what it takes to win a war and lay off the Nazi propaganda films. How many Tiger tanks were built? Less than 1400. The Nazi war economy was a farce compared to all three of the major Allied powers, USA, USSR, and UK. So much corruption. So much power in the Little Corporal's hands. So little regard for properly fighting an industrial war.

[@kurthagardorn]

Thanks for setting him straight!​@@amerigo88

[@taylorarnold5311]

​@@amerigo88 id say their training and doctrine was better even their technology. But what's technology matter if you cant build it in mass. Ya the tiger tanks were incredibly powerful for their time but as you said only 1400 were made so it made little difference. If there wasnt so much corruption and bickering from Hitler maybe it would of made a difference. Maybe instead of having arms companies compete for the best weapons and wonder weapons like the v1 and V2 just build reliable tanks and small arms in mass that would have made a real difference. Nazi Germany never learned how to mass produce. In an industrial war that is what wins not some fancy super tanks that are so expensive and take a very long time to produce.

[@jafr99999]

The American Army was like a Thoroughbred. When the Brits & Canadians pinned down Major German Units it allowed the Americans to run wild through France.

[@casedismissed8581]

tell me WHAT "major units" did they pin down and where ??

[@gryph01]

​@@casedismissed8581I guess uou weren't paying attention to the video...

[@robertsolomielke5134]

Canadians went deepest first hours D DAY , so deep they were unsupported , and had to pull back since every one else held down. . Several times they crashed head on into BOTH 12 SS Div. Panzer, and the 12 SS HJ fanatics. Each army trying to out flank each other led to very intense, head on Infantry fighting , since neither side would call much artillery at a CQB. These kinds of fights is where I think prisoners were taken, both sides sometimes.. The bids for Caen went on....that is a few books worth alone. It's out there that Canadian and SS blood fest did draw SS troops away from US held area's, into the Caen caldron , which is what the SS wanted anyway. We all are familiar with the gallant carnage on Omaha, but if only the DD Shermans were not lost at sea , other beaches proved even a handful of DD's could improve outcomes. I am not certain, but I thought the Canadian . deep thrust was an unsupported tank unit. Some say a recon. Still looking , but I knew this from books way before YT was a thing. TY. tell know one...spread the word ;).

[@plehmann72]

​@@casedismissed8581. These divisions...21st Panzer, 1st SS Panzer, 9th SS Panzer, 10th SS Panzer 12th SS Panzer, Panzer Lehr and 316 Divisions and Panzer Command West.

[@casedismissed8581]

@@plehmann72 i suppose acting in a stationary capacity might warrant a tad of recognition ? seeing as though the USA basically funded and guided the entire show ! don't sprain your arm patting yourself on the back.

[@destinyigben9163]

The canadians are very strong headed people 😂😂

[@Paul-zf8ob]

Used to be.

[@extremelycareless2541]

​@@Paul-zf8obreal ones are.

[@gryph01]

​@@Paul-zf8obStill are.

[@Theearthtraveler]

Quite a battle!!

[@jamesbohlman4297]

What was the fate of the cathedral erected by William the Conqueror in Caen?

[@normanalbano9384]

Interesting how they don't say how many French civilians were killed in Caen with all the bombing and shelling. Ok they did - 20k French civilians killed by allied bombing.

[@franceyneireland1633]

Some two thousand civilians were killed in the bombing of Caen, during a battle that lasted five weeks longer than the British general Bernard Montgomery had planned

[@stevewheatley243]

My great uncle was there. Wouldn't say much about it though. He fought the Japanese too.

[@ervintorres1200]

Two fronts eh 😮 what unit was he in

[@stevewheatley243]

@@ervintorres1200 I don't remember. Just that he was Army. He said he kinda felt sorry for the Japanese. They were too weak from hunger to lift their rifles.

[@mikelang8020]

MONTY WAS A SUB PAR GENERAL , OUR PATTON WAS A GREAT GENERAL !

[@raywhitehead730]

Patton was appointed over the 3rd Army 1, August. The Battle of Caen was over 5 , August. Patton was 3 Levels of command, lower then Monty. Through Patton did very well, other American Army commanders, commanding Armies of equal size or bigger did well also, and they faced more German troops. The American publics perception was shaped by the movies. Allowing for a bigger opinion of Patton then warranted.

[@ronalddesiderio7625]

Monty was so conservative at Normandy than he comes up with the Market Garden plan. Something doesn’t add up

[@MikeWoot-swp]

*_"At Least I Can Dig A Hole In The Ground"_* -- a statement used to highlight the bright side of being an allied infantrymen in ww¡¡. 😮

[@bongo6_462]

How is the mg42 overengineered

[@thejunkyarder]

Monty was a overstated General. He had 0 tactical gain and the only operation he planned without being 3-1 in both men, guns & airplane ended in disaster. I speak of course about Operation Market Garden. And here in France Monty said he will take Caen on the first day. It was not tactical genius that drove out the Germans, once again he had to turn to the strength of material ( airplane raid that divested the city ) the the supposed strength of his strategic genius.

[@johndawes9337]

drivel

[@thejunkyarder]

@ No, fact

[@napsome]

didn't Canada just recently celebrate a Nazi SS soldier?

[@xandervk2371]

Not exactly.

[@thomaslinton5765]

The "plan" was to capture Caen on Day 1.

[@JohnCampbell-rn8rz]

The objective was to breach the Atlantic Wall and establish a secure beachhead. That was done. If wars always went exactly according to plan, like war games, there'd be no point in fighting them, would there.

[@thomaslinton5765]

@@JohnCampbell-rn8rz Great rationalization.

[@ondrejdobrota7344]

Time 49:07 we know complete record. OB West numbers are clear.

[@user-vv6sy2ox4q]

Lots of ignorant comments here about Monty and the Brit/Canadian performance during this campaign. The aim of the campaign was for the Brits to draw in the bulk of the German armor and their forces, in order to make it easier for the Americans to breakout from the western flank. The Americans failed to do that, as did the Brits fail to take Caen. Why? Because the Germans were an extremely capable adversary. Market Garden failed because of the poor performance of Gavin and the 82nd Airborne. Don't forget that Monty had to take command of Bradley's formations during the battle of the Bulge because Bradley was a coward. Monty saved the Americans during the Battle of the Bulge.

[@brianplymale3965]

The 45th museum is in OKC actually. On ne 36th st.

[@RichardThornton-i4f]

After seeing this I was shocked to see the aftermath of the battle as if ike wasn't supreme allied commander and gen George s Patton Jr was supreme allied commander there would've been less allied casualties and more of the enemy lost in that battle but like gen George said that the allies would pay a high price in takin the city before wakening up and learning from previous mistakes

[@PappyGunn]

Uh, Caen wasn't the final campaign.

[@C02045]

It was part of the defeat of the Nazis armour in the Falaise pocket slaughter. The end of German power. The real victory was delivered by Allied air power.

[@haroldfiedler6549]

The British and the Canadians in fact lost 500 tanks in this battle. Don’t try and sugar coat it.

[@davidhall2327]

A large amount of those tanks was not a total loss. Many repaired and returned to service. Where for the Germans it was a total loss.

[@HowardCaplan-b8l]

Montgomery should have been sent back to England and all ground troops should have been put under General Patton!!

[@burrellbikes4969]

The Germans certainly had no problem shooting at the Third Army if you swapped Patton in.

[@johndawes9337]

patton could not even take Metz in the 10 days he said it would take him..3 months and 55k troops lite

[@rogercruz6332]

​@@johndawes9337Who to believe, to you?or any other history source, ehhhh SMARTASS!!!!

[@johndawes9337]

@@rogercruz6332 Patton never understood the need to concentrate his forces. Patton couldn't even take Metz for months. And that had nothing to do with lack of supplies. A 1985 US Army report castigated him. Patton's Lorraine crawl of 10 miles in three months with over 50,000 casualties.In the Lorraine Patton fought a 3rd rate Amy full of deaf men, cooks and soldiers with stomach ulcers - literally. He moved a few miles in 3 months, losing 55,000 men. Even the German commander of Army Group G in the Lorraine, Herman Black, who took over in September 1944 said: ”I have never been in command of such irregularly assembled and ill-equipped troops. The fact that we have been able to straighten out the situation again..... can only be attributed to the bad and hesitating command of the Americans. Within my zone, the Americans never once exploited a success. Often Von Mellenthin, my chief of staff and I, would stand in front of the map and say ‘Patton is helping us: he failed to exploit another success’.”.. Harry Yeide

[@johndawes9337]

@@rogercruz6332 maybe you should do some reading and prove that what i wrote is wrong..even money bet you can not..

[@stevez7854]

Didn't have to happen montie was supposed to take caun on D-Day

[@johndawes9337]

US troops were meant to take St Lo D Day+5 a month late..Cherbourg D Day 8 5 weeks late..can you tell me why?

[@maxplanck9055]

What is stand fast? This makes no sense ✌️❤️🇬🇧

[@thomaslinton5765]

And Slim was ?

[@utuberlesmouches]

Churchill wrote 3 letters to Roosevelt to beg him to stop bombing Normandie killing + 40 000 french civilians for…nothing (no fighting into these bombed cities , on the run the german army would never stop in the middle of open flatlands ) He wrote : « A mistake (military) and a fault (moraly) » despite the deal was that the politics won t comment : ( Churchill and Roosevelt won’t interfer into strategy once the invasion started to let the overall military management to us ) Anthony Beevor « Battle of Normandy »

[@MrStalkerhunter]

Was the creeping barrage a real thing?

[@davidjensen266]

Why advance with no air support...aaaawhat

[@RivetGardener]

Back then, that was not a thing. Air support was developed by Colone Gabe Gabreski who flew the P-47 Thunderbolt and the Infantry. He was instrumental in getting the infantry radios that could communicate with air, and get bullets and rockets where needed.

[@Paul-zf8ob]

Monty was severely overrated!

[@JonnyHolms]

Let's see 👀 you try and fill his shoes 👞 👟, not trying to insult you because I couldn't do it either...

[@joeysausage3437]

​@@JonnyHolmsThat wouldn't be hard.

[@JonnyHolms]

@@joeysausage3437 I imagine that you would have a hard time fighting your way out of a wet paper bag 🎒 never mind doing anything in WW2..

[@nickdanger3802]

"The National Army Museum conducted a poll in 2011 to determine Britain’s greatest general. Montgomery’s name was not among the finalists." Bernard Law Montgomery - Military History - Oxford page

[@casedismissed8581]

@@JonnyHolms 2cd time in one century usa bailed out "jolly ole' england"

[@tonyolivari2480]

Montgomery can be summed up in a few words. Large ego, small ability. His one and only real victory at El Alamein can be summed up in one word. Supplies. Montgomery had ample supplies, Rommel didn't. There was no great strategy or tactics employed by Montgomery because the battle field was narrow with the Med on one flank and the desert on the other. Rommel failed in his attempt to go around, ran out of supplies particularly fuel and then had to retreat. Montgomery really did nothing but hold the line with superior numbers of men and materials. Not that hard when a second rate general like Montgomery can do it.

[@Jeff-r1q]

Well one may not know at El Alamein Monty did trick Rommel into going into the swamps !

[@tonyolivari2480]

@@Jeff-r1q What stopped Rommel was a shortage of fuel and the spirited defence of Ruweisat Ridge and El Mreir by the New Zealanders. Both the fuel shortage and the stiff resistance by the New Zealanders would have occurred without any input by Monygomery. In addition Montgomery had more than twice as many men, more than twice as many tanks, air superiority and a very short supply line to ample supplies. Blind Freddie would have been odds on to win for the British at El Alamein. Man for man the German soldier was better than the British with only troops like the Australians and New Zealanders truly respected by Rommel. As for commanders the Germans had the best most competent commanders of the war. The allied savior was the idiot Hitler right at the top. Rommel wasn't tricked into going into the 'swamp' he had one and only one chance to break through and he had to risk it. Then when the New Zealanders stopped him he prepared to withdraw to fight another day by falling 'back to Fūka in a two-step withdrawal. That redeployment was well in progress when, soon after midday on November 3, an overriding order came from Hitler, insisting that El-Alamein must be held at all costs. The turnabout doomed any chance that Rommel may have had of making an effective stand, as a resumption of the defense of El-Alamein was an exercise in futility.' www.britannica.com/event/North-Africa-campaigns/Montgomery-in-the-desert. The issue with Hotler was that when mobility failed he fell back on WW1 tactics of holding ground at all costs with no retreat which with the changed battlefield of WW2 was not possible

[@vintage349]

War is war !

[@fahmyayoob5775]

Montgomery was a fool

[@user-vv6sy2ox4q]

Completely false. Learn some history fool.

[@uberrox452]

Monty was way too cautious.

[@parabot2]

And look at the USA now , ha ha .

[@casedismissed8581]

explain!

[@uberrox452]

​​@@casedismissed8581Your case is dismissed.😂

[@casedismissed8581]

@@uberrox452 weak

[@uberrox452]

@@casedismissed8581 Yes . Very WEAK 😔

[@casedismissed8581]

@@uberrox452 YAAAAWWWN ! I suspect we're posting from mommie's basement ?

[@davidjensen266]

No it was changing barrels...that was and rush to throw grenades

[@asullivan4047]

Excellent still-motion photography pictures along with veteran guest speakers. Enabling viewers to better understand what the orator & guest speakers were describing.😉. Just leave it to the. ( WW-1 ) dispatch runner corporal Hitler😈.

[@ronalddesiderio7625]

Why didn’t the Allies make there own 88’s 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@uberrox452]

I don't even like calling them Hitler's Army . It was the Wehrmacht.

[@joeysausage3437]

So the brits and canadians got bogged down by 15 and 16 year olds the Americas had a picnic with the French civilians? Thats what im getting out of the comments.

[@lcwhy]

That is very disrespectful

[@joeysausage3437]

@@lcwhy Its ment to be. So tired of brits disrespecting the U.S. soldier. The green dye they put in their mushey pea's and the fake vinegar is affecting their judgment.

[@markchapman2585]

@@lcwhy he's a slow adult or a dopey kid playing too much Call of Duty

[@gryph01]

You are a broken record. You are in every post saying the same thing.

[@joeysausage3437]

​@gryph01 The truth bothers you, and I don't know why.

[@barryking5993]

By 1944 Hitler was a paranoid junkie

[@joeblow-tp6gz]

Looks like 76MM Sherman at 44:25

[@memoulisous2366]

Actually a Sherman firefly with a 17 pounder

[@AngeloBarba-s3e]

Where the US airborne?the series band of brothers. American was never feature.😅

[@steveyi2859]

Montgomery had the best mustache of ww2

[@trailblazer1047]

Montgomry was way overrated.Everyone knows that.Most of his plans failed.

[@TerryOkome]

Monty was a complete disaster.

[@jusinsuarez4445]

Exactly right

[@adamkucera9094]

Let’s not forget operation Market Garden.

[@hisoverlorduponhigh90]

Unlike the German soldiers, the Allied soldiers knew not why they were fighting.

[@jackgraves5121]

Not true. Such spin to defend a rotten ideology that Allied soldiers were determined to defeat, and did. Pootana about to find out, also. 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦💙💙💙

[@gryph01]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@김화순-p7w]

나는 적어도 노르망디에서의 몽고메리와 브래들리의 활약에 대해 좋은 점수를 주지 않습니다. 그들의 작전계획은 너무나 허술해서 많은 젊은 이들이 불필요하게 피를 흘리고 사라져갔습니다. 물론 이후에도 두 장군은 독일로 향한 진격상황에서 많은 실수를 하여 또 많은 젊은이를 희생시킵니다. 나는 이 두 장군을 2차대전에서 가장 무능한 장군으로 꼽습니다. 그러나 아이젠하워는 또한 자신에게 아부하는 사람을 즐겨 사용했습니다. 이 사람들은 병사의 목숨을 파리처럼 생각하는 사람들입니다.

[@georgejennings3599]

To many stupid ads

[@cjn585]

Should have boomed the hill

[@Steven-vw1sv]

Thompson ears . Should have even intheir air force ....

[@brianaumali6591]

Its 12 million not 6 million!

[@burrellbikes4969]

Interesting how spin is still used in describing the fighting. Yes, Caen was an important battle and certainly had severe fighting. But calling it one of the largest battles in the war? The Russians would laugh heartedly at that claim. Calling the Vitman attack a draw? The guy attacked with less than 10 tanks and wiped out far more vehicles and troops than he had. In truth, in that specific action, the Germans certainly handled the Canadians. Similarly, the Americans love to pump up how important their fighting was and how the entire war was won but us. But our troops honestly never faced a majority of the German army in any zone.

[@AndrewC.McPherson-xf5zw]

Nein danke

[@LeLoS95]

First

[@richardwarner3705]

👶YT, removed my comment 50 times. Because, I defeated their "Everybody uses pronouns" fallacy😆

[@extremelycareless2541]

America and Britain were major military countries. The Canadians were FAFO.

[@joeysausage3437]

The brits contributed very little to the PACIFIC.

[@Robomatic]

FAFO? The German high command always wanted to know where the Canadians were. They knew that the Canadians were the shock troops for many of the campaigns of WW2 in Italy and Western Europe. Remember that on D-day the Canadians penetrated furthest and reached more of their objectives than the Brits and Yanks.

[@bobedwards4177]

You need a haircut.

[@montrelouisebohon-harris7023]

Sticky bombs!😂😂 that was an American thing because the Americans were always chewing gum, and if they were running low on ammunition, they would make some handmade accelerant and put it in a balloon and stick a piece of bubblegum to it, and walk up to the side of the tank and stick it to the German tank😂😂😂

[@AndrewAustinFrustrated]

British commandos were using sticky bombs in 1942 before the Americans entered the North African or European theatres they were not an invention of the Americans I'm pretty sure the Germans also had a sticky bomb during Barbarossa.

[@nickdanger3802]

The "Grenade, Hand, Anti-Tank No. 74", commonly known as the S.T. grenade[a] or simply sticky bomb, was a British hand grenade designed and produced during the Second World War. The grenade was one of a number of ad hoc anti-tank weapons developed for use by the British Army and Home Guard after the loss of many anti-tank guns in France after the Dunkirk evacuation.

[@trailblazer1047]

Talk about a one sided story telling.

[@C02045]

Montgomery was regarded with contempt by Canadian s and Polish.

[@lyleslaton3086]

Somebody named Monty said he would take Caen on D+3.

[@mistershepherd6808]

D+1 I believe was his plan.

[@katana258]

then stopped on the beach for days

[@robertsolomielke5134]

I never cared for Monty either, or US Gen. Mark Clark at Anzio, the "beached whale" in Italian flanking attack fiasco. If he snatched Rome fast, as was possible at first days, Normandy may have been unneeded.

[@casedismissed8581]

@@katana258 to have tea, no doubt !