GERMAN GUN CAMERA FOOTAGE LUFTWAFFE FIGHTER ACES VS. SOVIET FIGHTERS & B-17 BOMBER AIRCRAFT 22914

[@Dop2nz]

I also want to add that the Me 163 Komet gun camera footage here is credited to Feldwebel Siegfried Schubert of I. JG 400, who was the most successful Komet pilot of the war; this is obviously one of the three bombers he is credited to have brought down in combat.

[@mikeromney4712]

Amazing to see this rare piece of history. Feldwebel Bott and Oberleutnant Ryll were the other two guys, which were credited with air victories in the Me 163b. The final victory was scored during a "sharp" vertical armament test and was never confirmed, although Fritz Kelb could show an ugly dent on his Vogel at the right wing profile line, which could only have been come from debris of the pulverized Lancaster. At 2:50 we can see Wolfgang Spätes guncam footage - the commander of the EG/JG 400

[@billhilli7357]

Best gun-camera film. Never Seen before. Grossartige Abschusskamerafilme der Deutschen Luftwaffe. Bekommt man nicht oft zu sehen.

[@infantryattacks]

A historical treasure. The first time I've ever seen Me-163 gun camera footage. There is a myth that after D-Day US Eighth Bomber Command incurred minimal fighter opposition during deep penetration raids. This film does much to negate that false portrayal. Bloody losses til the bitter end. The combat scenes over Poland and Prussia in 1944 are also excellent. The Red Air Force often achieved air dominance because the Luftwaffe from mid-43 was near constantly transferring fighter forces from the east to Reich Air Defense where the laws of attrition guaranteed there would be few pilots who survived. But whenever the Luftwaffe was present over the Eastern Front, it usually gave a good account of itself. So my hat is off to the USAAF bomber crews, their escort pilots and, yes, even the Red Air Force. But I also have a grudging respect for the Luftwaffe fighter pilots. I say grudging because every day the Third Reich was in existence, an average of about 1000 innocents were massacred at Auschwitz alone until this hellhole was overrun by the Red Army.

[@infantryattacks]

@@yuppy1967 Having read most of the available operational histories and some of the non-published information available at the German Federal Archives, I think you are correct in stating the majority of the Luftwaffe pilots and air crews who flew near-suicidal Reich Air Defense missions were striving to defend the civilian population from bombing attacks. In this respect, I personally believe that Allied Unconditional Surrender demands were a mistake as such diplomatic tactics undercut the potential for a German resistance movement. However, regardless of the personal courage and motivations of the aircrew, the longer the regime survived, the more innocents suffered in the Third Reich's concentration camp system, PW camps (especially captured Soviet soldiers--their death rate of 50-percent or higher in 1941-42 alone was a deliberate act of Nazi policy approved and implemented by the Army), and in the factories where slaves toiled in horrible conditions to produce the fighters Luftwaffe pilots flew in combat. So, I stand by my claim that I have grudging respect for the Luftwaffe pilots and aircrews who flew Reich Air Defense missions, but they too were used as cannon fodder by a leadership that fought to the last man, woman, and child and proved through their actions unworthy of the sacrifices their soldiers, sailors, and aircrews. I can admire the courage of a late-war Luftwaffe fighter pilot replacement with perhaps 30-hours cockpit time in his Me-109 or FW-190, just as I can despise the leadership that willingly pitted this young man against the masses of bombers and fighter escorts knowing his chance of surviving even his first mission was much less than 50-percent by mid-1944 and even less than that in 1945.

[@markwilhelmsson385]

And then how many more millions died under the iron fist of Soviet rule after they "liberated"?

[@hajoos.8360]

What would you have done, if you know, that your small state of 70 Mio. people is going to be destroyed? The Nationalsocialists feared the experience of WWI, when the bad food supply led to strikes and uprisings. So the III. Reich changed very late from peace-production to war-production in February 1943, too late. The III. Reich had no colonies, the US, Britain & France had. This war was used by nearly all colonies to set themselves free from the allied warmongers.

[@twold4this]

​ I'd say 1million (ish) died (killed/murdered) in USSR/Eastern Europe from end of WW2 til fall of Communist Bloc - that includes 550 000 German prisoners of war who died after the war. I'm not counting *foreign wars*... did they have any? Afghanistan... 🤔

[@drrider100]

The only thing worse that the Nazis murdering millions of Jews is the United States hiring pressing zero charges to the doctor's and scientists of the concentrations camps. Even gave them homes in America and hired them to complete their work.

[@osmankubson2628]

¡Gracias!

[@PeriscopeFilm]

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[@scottanddebranelson8419]

as a veteran of combat tours and the son of a world two marine and the nephew of a world war two army vet. i'm grateful for footage such as this that helps the country and indeed the world remember the sacrifices so many willingly made to break the back of evil and not take for granted what those brave men did. hopefully it will wake up those who are asleep as it tries to rear it's ugly head again just in a slightly different form. thanks for posting

[@mikeromney4712]

2:50 Major Wolfgang Späte - the famous commander of the EG 400 (Me-163). While the testing of the interceptor version was over and the new squadron was being set up back in Germany, Späte was transferred to his old day hunting unit on the eastern front. After a few air victories, his FW 190 was hit in the oil pipe by the rear gunner of an IL-2 that was allready going down in flames. "What doggedness, what a will to fight." Together with his wingman, he tried to reach his own lines. Then the engine started to catch fire. The view through the window was abolute zero. "How far is it Hagemann?" "A few more kilometers, Herr Major" Then the flames hit the trouser legs and set them on fire - and because of the warm summer days no gloves and only in a shirt with short sleeves. "How far now Hagemann? Are we over?" "Don't believe it Herr Major" Meanwhile flames up to the unprotected neck "Hagemann! How far?!" "I think it's okay now, Herr Major..." So off with the canopy and - a torrent of hot fire directly in the face. Get out! What's this?! Right! The stupid seatbelt !!! "So once again reach into the raging flames with the bare arm and - get out! A blow to the thigh and then free fall. Thank God, the parachute didn't catch fire. Below is a cornfield and suddenly the whistling of bullets directly through the parachute. "Damn it! I'm not over the front after all." Just a few meters to the ground. Ooff. Parachute away and lay down flat, because the bullets are still flying with their hissing sound over the ground through the cornfield. After Späte had collected some senses, the arms and face hurt like hell. As far as he could see, the arms were black and blistered ... "I don't want to know how I look on my face." What is this overwhelming stench of decay here? Is that me already? Lifting his head a little above the ground, he then recognized a bloated dead cow just a few meters away in the cornfield. "Thank God." Suddenly the sound of a man creeping up in the corn. " Stoi! Rucki werch! Russians? Oh thank God, a amazing filthy German soldier with a bare chest and a booty MPi. Then another, a sergeant. "Hands up Ivan!" The way I looked, with a black face and only half a uniform, neither of them recognized me as a German fighter pilot. But then my papers and the knight's cross around my neck cleared up all the inconsistencies. The sergeant meekly announced that it was they, who had fired at the parachute - the difference between a German and a Russian parachute was unknown to them. So the sergeant ordered the soldier with the bare chest to pack up the parachute and then off to the nearby field hospital. The soldier marched ahead of us, packed with the parachute. Then he went faster and faster ..... "Halt! - Halt!" and the soldier started to run with the parachute .... "Halt!" A burst from the sergeant's MPi next to the soldiers in the sand ... He understood that well.... At the first aid station, directly at a mill, they had no acceptance for me. Despite the severe pain, the field doctor said to me "First of all, sit down, you are full of sweat, there is nothing we can do about that anyway" So I had no choice but to put the parachute against the mill and claw my fingers into my thighs full of pain and trudge around the mill. With the best will in the world, I couldn't have sat. After the third round, the parachute was gone ...... my verry free translation from the book "Der streng geheime Vogel" (The top secret bird) von Wolfgang Späte edit: 7:21 One of Major Spätes protégés, Siegfried Schubert. One of the few pilots who actually scored kills (3) with the Me 163b.

[@lowenhartw.4253]

Amazing read from amazing brave german pilots fighting against the whole world

[@JASONKENTJANA]

What book do you quote this from? Amazing read!

[@mikeromney4712]

@@JASONKENTJANA "Der streng geheime Vogel" / "The top secret bird" I reconstructed this scene verry freely from my memories, but I think mostly content correct...:) I proudly own the book with a personal dedication.

[@JASONKENTJANA]

@@mikeromney4712 does it only talk about the me 163 era?

[@mikeromney4712]

@@JASONKENTJANA About 90%.....:) The beginnings of flight cell development in gliding with Professor Lippisch. DSF1 and 2. The first engines. Setbacks and catastrophes. Forming of the Erprobungskommando 400. More setbacks and disasters. Then a short interlude on the eastern front until the rocket-interceptor squadron was set up at home. Training of the pilots. First sharp intercepts. Successes and failures - too late - too little.... and the end of the war as a Me - 262 pilot in JG 400. I hope I did not forget anything....^^ If you want to know everything about the internal and partly unknown events with regard to the Me 163 - the book contains first-hand information...:)

[@Karakulimbro]

Oblt. Sigurd Haala (1919-1997), JG 54, 42 victories; Lt. Heinrich Sterr (1919-1944), JG 54, 130 victories; Uffz. Lehmann (dob ?), JG 54; Maj. Wolfgang Späte (1911-1997), JG 54, 99 victories; Uffz. Gerhard Scholz (+ 03.1945) III./JG 27; Uffz.Wollensach JG 300 (dob?); Uffz. Oskar Bösch (1924-?), JG 3, 18 victories; Ofhr. Hironymus Degener (dob. ?), JG 300; Fw. Siegfried Schubert (dob ?), top scoring rocket interceptor pilot in history; Fw. Kurt Gren (+23.08.1944), 16./JG 3;

[@mikeromney4712]

Schubert had 3 confirmed kills with his Me163b - and yes, with Ryll and Bott, he was one of the three most successful rocket interceptors

[@Mithrawnuruodo]

- Oberleutnant Sigurd Haala (28/10/1919 - 16/06/1997): 42 confirmed victories - Leutnant Heinrich Sterr (24/09/1919 - 26/11/1944): 108 confirmed victories - Unteroffizier Wolfgang Lehmann (07/06/1921 - 23/07/1998): 3 victories - Major Wolfgang Späte (08/09/1911 - 30/04/1997): 99 confirmed victories - Unteroffizier Hans-Joachim Scholz (22/04/1922 - 03/08/1944): 6 confirmed victories - Unteroffizier Albert Wollensah (? - 23/08/1944): 4 victories - Unteroffizier Oskar Bösch (18/05/1924 - 04/06/2012): 18 victories - Oberfeldwebel Hieronymus Degener (? - 23/08/1944): 4 victories - Feldwebel Siegfried Schubert (? - 07/10/1944): 3 confirmed victories - Feldwebel Kurt Gren (? - 23/08/1944): 19 confirmed victories

[@lowenhartw.4253]

Thank you sir. Truly brave boys defending their country

[@DannyBoy777777]

"Confirmed" is a ridiculous phrase. Given credit by their own side more like. Claims never matched reality.

[@urbansoldier1]

thanks for the list... i just want to start searching how much of them survived the war.

[@aesoundforge]

Wow! I have never seen this footage before! The Komet footage is amazing. Especially the first bit with the attack from below.

[@Dop2nz]

Excellent footage; especially the only example I've seen of the gun run on a B17 by an Me163 Komet. Not only did he hit it, the B17 apparently blew up.

[@dieterrahm4044]

Because the Komet used 30mm caliber cannons.

[@DeltaEchoGolf]

@@dieterrahm4044 Unlike a propeller driven plane that can weave in and out while firing. The speed of the Komet and the limited time to fire meant that all the rounds were concentrated in a general area of the target. Meaning the Komet could literally split an aircraft in seconds.

[@dieterrahm4044]

@@DeltaEchoGolf Later versions like the Me263 with the Mk213 (30mm) cannons and R4M"s would do a better Job. But here in Germany we say, "Viele Jäger sind des Hasen Tod".

[@paulazemeckis7835]

So heartbreaking to watch. War is definately fuc_ed up. Those were young men in the planes. People, living, breathing. And they have families too.

[@akulkis]

Worse yet is that many never had an opportunity to start families of their own.

[@karenjohnson2702]

My English family were destroyed emotionally by my grandfather's experiences in WW2 after being a farmer on the Isle of Wight. His name was Ernest Gatrell. No one ever spoke of it. He escaped from the Nazis twice with the same friend and he never spoke of it. I wish I knew knew about him.

[@bubiruski8067]

These young men were fooled tools of the oligarchs. The same oligarchs continue to fool you nowadays !

[@rongreen8485]

I wouldn't doubt if both German and Americans fighting were related somewhere down the line. Most of my family are of German decent, crazy thing about war.

[@vf24renegade23]

Read hub zemke's book. He introduced himself and his 2 officers altschuler and schwilling to the raf base commander who said he felt like he was handing it over to the bloody jerries.

[@robertwarn9756]

There were examples of US ground troops meeting German relatives as they fought through Germany.

[@ppainterco]

My dad was a B17 flight engineer and was taken POW. One of the waist gunners was Zimmerman. The Oberstleutnant (Lt Colonel) interrogating him same “ Zimmerman! Das ist ein guter deutscher Name!” (This is a good German name). My dad also started and ran a support group for former POWs. Hey had a WWI POW who had been a trench runner with the 28th Infantry Division, or Pennsylvania National Guard, One morning he was running back into camp and heard German chatter going on inside tents. Fearing that the lines had changed in the middle of the night, he then realized it was just a group of Pennsylvania Dietsch troopers from his division who were conversing.

[@JGCR59]

First time I've seen that footage. Very interesting

[@sidv4615]

7:43 man it’s so sad to see that young man’s parachute catch fire.

[@dave_sic1365]

I wondered what the slow falling thing was. Could be a burning parachute...

[@Blei1986]

you sure they're parachutes? because by the amount of pieces falling down, imo the bombers load detonated and then it's rather unlikely they even had the chance to eject

[@sidv4615]

@@Blei1986 eject? Lol. Ww2 airplanes didn’t have ejection seats.

[@Blei1986]

@@sidv4615 *jump-out-of (ikr)

[@dave_sic1365]

@@sidv4615 there were some German planes with ejector seats

[@Klappenkarl]

At 0:42 it is a ME 109, not a FW 190 that is cranked up. Thank you for uploading this interesting film.

[@saschabusch3520]

Our fathers are the best Soldier ever.

[@alanthom4641]

Salute

[@theovansteijn1135]

Bravest pilots ever. Horrido!. You will never be forgotten.

[@dieterrahm4044]

I think that the last Liberator was hit by 30mm shells from Mk108. I have never seen that before.

[@13vszdtazar3]

At 2:44 it is a La-5 variant (maybe La-5 FN) too, not a Yak. He has a round nose with a radial engine inside.

[@JoeOvercoat]

Most incongruous music ever.

[@daleburrell6273]

...AND TOO LOUD-!!!

[@jameshafner1442]

I dunno... Old Lang Syne seemed sadly appropriate. R.I.P all.

[@pauletxfish4976]

what I kept watching for was return fire from the gunners on the bombers, just couldnt tell

[@akulkis]

Tracers are much more visible from the firer's direction than from the target's direction, because the illumination material is in the base of the bullet. Only film studios put tracer material on the outside of bullets.

[@dave_sic1365]

The gunners are likely already dead. You can see that the bombers are attacked from great distance, especially the rear and the ball turret. After that the bomber is approached and it's taken care of the waist gunners after that as many engines as possibly are destroyed or shot in flames. There are much more detailed videos about this. First burst is fired at 800m the final attack starts around 200 m behind the bomber and can get as close as 30m

[@cristianromanoschi6963]

Does the gun camera have a long lens? It seems much closer than stated. Also regarding return fire I can see the ball turret on one of the b17 looking down with no apparent damadge. No movement whatsoever. Hiting that at 800 m (2400ft) judging on the shakines of the airplane and convergence it is impossible. Not unlikely. Pure impossible. I would say you need to be at 50m (150 ft) just to have a chanche.

[@romaink]

Uffz Albert Wollensah was KIA near Wiener-Neustadt flying "Yellow 8" on August 23, 1944.

[@fasold2164]

It seems you made the greatest effort to find the most unsuitable background music, obviously some funeral music from the Old West ... and you were successful! Congratulations!

[@johnsanabria3279]

My question is why? None of the music fits.....especially "Auld Lang Syne" .

[@fabianschultheis8602]

The first card didn't say "Final Film" but "Shotdown Film - Dayhunt"

[@aristotles-lantern]

7:20 is interesting, that's footage from the Me 163 jet powered interceptor

[@sidv4615]

Not jet. Rocket powered.

[@aristotles-lantern]

@@sidv4615 you are correct

[@unlimitedgaming7872]

Where did you get this footage?

[@raulm1961]

Thanks for posting this footage. Some of which I had never seen. One thing though: Next time please, NO ANNOYING MUSIC. PLEASE.

[@littleshopofelectrons4014]

One thing you can say for those WW2 gun cameras is that the imagery produced is far better and more detailed than the lousy IR gun camera footage that we see on modern aircraft.

[@akulkis]

That's because thermal imagery isn't that good, no matter how much money you throw at it, BUT it works in complete darkness, It can see through rain, fog, and sometimes walls, and most importantly, while offering those 2 advantages, the imagery is still GOOD ENOUGH to detect and kill targets.

[@nickmitsialis]

I have wondered for years what the aircraft at 4:51 was; I had never seen an Allied fighter catch fire like that. I thought that maybe it was some sort of early 'mark' of Mustang, since it had fuel tanks in the wings.

[@samsalemi9769]

Probably a Soviet Yak because they were mostly made of wood

[@filthydisgustingape5354]

@@samsalemi9769 interesante! Did it have internal fuel tanks in the wings by chance?

[@chadmysliviec8449]

Was surprised to see that one fw190 pilot only use his 2 13mm machine guns against that fighter. I wonder if he was out of cannon ammo or had a jam, or if he just thought 2 13mm guns would do the job against a Soviet plane. The MG131 13mm machine gun is relatively weak for a heavy machine gun. It fired a 13x64mm cartridge for 2,350 feet per second muzzle velocity, that is low. The American fighters used a 12.7x99mm cartridge which had 2,900 feet per second muzzle velocity. Germany should have used the same 50 caliber cartridge as Italy and Japan, the 12.7x81mm cartridge which had 2,700 feet per second muzzle velocity.

[@TransAmDrifter]

That was a pleasant video.

[@Angelo-ef2xu]

Oblt Sigurd Haala victory over the last yak9 its increadible he made an deflection shoot hit the Jak9 fuel tank, amazing. The russian pilot probably killed or severe burned

[@Ciborium]

What is a Boeing FII? I'm guessing B17 or B-25?

[@Kingwoodish]

B25 is 2 engines, B17 has 4

[@jameshafner1442]

Could a FII mean a G model B-17 ? Hard to tell from these 6 O'clock approaches.

[@Maranatha1968]

This is war, no cinema movie!

[@dannyc8617]

I understand that the Luftwaffe pilots were all considered Nazis by the allies. But I believe in the air, the war meant different things. I just think that there was honor there on both sides, at least in the European theater, if not all.

[@SteveBrownRocks2023]

The last attack was just devastating, you can clearly see about 20 20mm hits all over the B-24!

[@jempanuncialman9361]

What battle is this?

[@paulus12345]

I normally HATE the music on these videos, and hit the mute button. BUT the music in the first part up to 3:00 was really nice. :-)

[@akulkis]

Ugh, I couldn't stand that piece. Same with when they used it to accompany some U.S. army footage of an armored division on parade (I'm assuming as part of a routine presentation by the commander showing that his formation has completed training and is now ready to be shipped out) and 5th Marine Division loading up on ships for an amphibious assault in the Pacific.

[@LoftusRoadLad]

Music choice was a bit odd I thought. First tune I felt compelled to put on me hobnail boots, flat cap and go in search of a loaf of Hovis...

[@danpatterson6937]

At 7:42 is an aircrew's parachute on fire. RIP

[@jkline999]

All I see are detonated incendiary bombs.

[@stephenchristian5739]

Fantastic! Love all things gun cam as sad as reality is. But the music? Yikes sorry its a comments world we live & im a human. Thanks 4 the vid.

[@umvhu]

So much better with the sound off.

[@faisalmir9300]

The Luftwaffe 💪❤️

[@Angelo-ef2xu]

Note for Lehmann victory on 8/10 not an Jak9 but i looks an La5

[@wotan58]

Very interessting indeed. And as far as I could figure (correct me if I'm wrong), none of those german pilots named in these clips was any of the so called "experten", just ordinary pilots,

[@DeltaEchoGolf]

Especially since many were "Uffz." (Unteroffizier/NCO rank). Not all officers as it were earlier in the war.

[@jmackman]

Is it just me or is most gun cams have enemy planes that don’t manoeuvre at all? Like shouldn’t they be doing evasive manoeuvres?

[@brucewelty7684]

Since both craft are working in 3D and the cam view is limited, it is difficult to determine either craft's positioning. But when the target drops out of view, that is the evasion.

[@paulazemeckis7835]

Probably because aviation at the time was still in its infancy. Planes too heavy to maneuver especially with their complicated controls.

[@akulkis]

The tailing aircraft is almost always duplicating the maneuvers of the target aircraft. So both are maneuvering, but relative to the gun and camera, there isn't much movement. These guys were pros and rarely made shots outside of the 5 o'clock through 7 o'clock positions. Deflection shots with large angles at high speeds were generally a waste of ammo.

[@jmackman]

@@akulkis ya but why not frucking yaw or roll or change turn direction once being fired at? Your getting shot at for Christ’s sake.

[@EFCasual]

The gun cam only comes on at the last moment so when the target is a fighter the cam is running only after they failed thier last maneuver and are stuck with low energy or with the attacker inside their turn with nowhere to go but down. In regards to bombers, they can't really maneuver.

[@akulkis]

Nice find, but the music detracts from the presentation, especially that trumpet quartet in the first section, and even more, the 7se of Auld Lang Syne as an accompaniment to seeing men killed on camera. If you are going to use anything, then a march is appropriate accompanying music, and very little else.

[@johnsanabria3279]

Should have used a German march like "Deutschland Uber Alles".

[@brucewelty7684]

Auld Lang syne seems entirely inappropriate

[@20alphabet]

3:16 is shocking!

[@galeonespanol7596]

4:08 looks like the soviet pilot is bailing out.

[@calessel3139]

Man, I'd hate to be one of those tail gunners in the bombers- they took all the fighter's rounds.

[@urbansoldier1]

btw. the music is the first time (when i see such clips) where i can say ...its not disturbing..its more a kind of "hopefull" music. thank you and horrido!

[@Kfirc2]

The music that accompanies the video is so bad I would say completely stupid

[@cristiancastro8734]

Los guerreros más valientes del ejército del aire nacional socialista alemán (luftwaffe)

[@joewalker9325]

It would be more interesting to watch without all useless music in the background that takes away from the video itself!!!

[@barryolaith]

Hit the mute button instead of the keypad.

[@palibrae]

Totally inappropriate music. Why?? Mandatory mute.

[@BeingFireRetardant]

The content is free. You are welcome. To be picky about it at all with the notion that your opinion authoritatively matters at all is comical. There's no need to show your inner Karen, just turn down your volume without involving anyone else into your personal crisis. Thanks for stopping by...

[@palibrae]

@@BeingFireRetardant Gosh, we're touchy today. Unfortunately, the music is still inappropriate and didn't have to be there. Incidentally, if you don't agree with a comment there is no need to draw attention to it and your inability to handle criticism by responding with snide insults.

[@baroqueroll4662]

@@BeingFireRetardant La tua critica è importante e autorevole invece?

[@samiam619]

@@BeingFireRetardant I thought that a German gun camera showing a German shooting at an American bomber and playing a Scottish tune was a bit much… Auld Lang Syne anyone?

[@leddielive]

... and this is how war begins, pointless bickering......

[@markpaul8178]

You know that those Jerry fighters killed every Russian pilot that bailed,and I know the reds did likewise!

[@reginaldxxx24]

Jerrys killed more than 15 millions of civilians in Soviet Union... What would you do?

[@spaSSkloppe]

Every nation did that.

[@spaSSkloppe]

@@reginaldxxx24 Partisan and Childsoldiers are no civillians and woman where soldiers.

[@fridayray8891]

boom boom boom boom...Kanon

[@peterjohnston1224]

No narration - only inane and inappropriate music. Interesting to see gun camera from a Komet. Sadly, as has been mentioned, the MSM portray the Luftwaffe, Wehrmacht and Kreigsmarine as being somehow "less than" the allies. But think about it, a nation of 55 million fielding an army of over 2 million, cutting-edge and advanced Luftwaffe and a highly effective Kriegsmarine. They redefined mechanized warfare forever, fought on multiple fronts during the last half of the war and very nearly brought the Allied Armies to their knees in the Ardennes. I have life-long and deeply felt respect for the German people and especially for her Armed Forces.

[@mercoid]

I sicko

[@dohc22h]

Please...enough already with the Goddam Music

[@cogitoegosum6382]

Tragic and disturbing content ruined by music overlay. Could not stand it and aborted.

[@rickholmwood2000]

The good old days before chicks were pissing in the mens bathroom, joining boy scouts, before we pushed god out of everything, before covid and before evil had a solid foot hold

[@ryewhiskeyblues]

Let me understand this... you're saying that a war that killed at least 3% of the world's population at the time, and caused untold suffering for millions of others were the "good old days"? 75 million people dying was better than letting women use the men's room? You must be a blast at cocktail parties.

[@rickholmwood2000]

@@ryewhiskeyblues well I was sort of being sarcastic looking at warfare a horrible thing and calling it the good old days compared to all the total chaos that surrounds us today Mr. cocktail

[@ownzuall]

@@rickholmwood2000 Warfare is the least horrible things that happened during that war. At least in Warfare both sides have weapons.

[@rickholmwood2000]

@@ownzuall tell that to the Jews. But you are right on that one

[@Stewart-cu8pb]

As a young boy growing up raised by my grandmother my mother wouldnt live me my father didnt want me so i was raised to hate my grandmother hated the germans so i hated germans not even knowing why i loved flying and anything ww2 as i got older i wondered these german piilots climbed in the cocpits of their planes with the same fear and same fire in there bellys as our pilots also did german pilots loved their country like my grandmother lived hers she just didnt want to feel the fear and pain of loss like the germans and american pilots they both had dreams and fears they were pilots