German Paratroopers Fighting in Italy 1943 - Remastered and Colorized Combat Footage

Video footage of German troops fighting in a town in Italy 1943 - Colorized and Remastered footage
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Footage has been:
- Digitally restored
- Upscaled to HD
- Colorized
- Edited
by Look in The Past channel.

[@paulday-lh5mx]

Its incredible to view this footage.

[@ukasz-zm9qc]

Watch Die Deutsche Wochenschau and you will see many similar shots.

[@jeffyoung60]

Those Fallschirmjager look well composed and calm walking into an urban firefight.

[@jean-luc9510]

From the moment it's filmed, it's propaganda for newsreels. Consequently, it's not real fighting, but a stroll through town to shoot the film.

[@imathreat209]

​@jean-luc9510 lemme guess, you voted for biden

[@jeffyoung60]

@@imathreat209 H*ll no! Make America Great Again!

[@jeffyoung60]

@@jean-luc9510 Looked real enough for me. I know you're French and you hate the Boche. Understood. I don't tease France for losing to the Germans. Instead, I accuse France of failing in its sacred duty to defend Western Europe and civilization against Nazi Germany. Even the Germans today brag that 1940 France could have defeated the German invasion with proper civilian and military leadership.

[@christx3326]

Max Schmeling was world boxing heavyweight champ around that time (he defeated Joe Louis in the US) but lost 2nd time. Anyway those Paras were nicknamed "The Green Devils" by Allies, who confirmed their bad-assery

[@SlytherSnake]

This is what history archive should look like. No censorship or edited/biased up footages/stories whatsoever, just the real raw thing.

[@manning8]

With some fake voices and other fake sounds thrown in

[@LookinThePastWarArchives]

To be honest there are many historical footage i cannot upload on KZbin, The ones which shows the sad reality of the war: the wounded, the dead, the lost.

[@johnshaft5613]

It's amazing how the color makes it seem not so long ago....which it really wasn't. Almost looks like some present day middle east conflict.

[@hunormagyar1843]

For real.

[@davidknichal6629]

Back in July 1943 died Lutz Long during the fierce battles against Allies in Italy. Lutz Long was a close friend of Jesse Owens.

[@olivier3847]

why does youtube have to block half the screen the last 15 seconds

[@HandGrenadeDivision]

Actually, the uploader has the option to put those cards there. I'd like it better if they ran a blank screen the last few seconds of the video in order to accommodate the cards and not obscure the actual video.

[@derekbaker3279]

@@HandGrenadeDivision I agree 100% !!! 👍👍

[@SlytherSnake]

@@HandGrenadeDivision they should include that as 'captions' which you could turn off, it ruins many other videos as well because of oblivious content creators (and the platform itself)

[@federicoorsacchi7483]

1:02 That soldier on the left of the screen pulling and ripping the tent in front of the house door😂 He's probably thinking: "Damn this tent his awful!"

[@Marv_0815]

Zäh wie Leder, schnell wie Windhunde und hart wie Krupp-Stahl.

[@junkerjoerg111]

Germanys Diamonds ! 100 % Deutschland !

[@NicolasGodino]

Awesome work thank you. Do you know the city/location in Italy we see in the video ?

[@independent7074]

Monaliza.

[@1stMemberEver]

We rarely see this kind of real battle scenes.

[@ukasz-zm9qc]

These are not rare at all. There are tons of real battle scenes in Die Deutsche Wochenschau.

[@DutchFunkenstein]

@@ukasz-zm9qc however, most scenes from 'Die Deutsche Wochenstau' was confirmed to be staged as it served for propaganda purposes.

[@tempestmkiv]

Fascinating!

[@toby5904]

Is there location info for the street at 0:52? I would like to look it up. Thanks.

[@christx3326]

A channel called "different version of history" has an outstanding collection of German & European volunteers from ww2, including many Waffen SS vets

[@SNFNDWLAKRRJFL]

한국전쟁 컬러복원 영상도 귀한데 2차대전전쟁영상 컬러복원도 가슴이 벅차네여

[@goodmansaul4704]

참전군인이세요

[@rburns8581]

Great footage, it that the same as the World at War 1973-1974 footage ?. Nice to see and crisp but poorly coloured.

[@asinner9096]

Look pretty modern these troops. With less historical background one may well be fooled by thinking this taking place somewhere in the Ukraine or Gaza these days..

[@abeedhal6519]

Germans, to a big degree, invented modern warfare.

[@99ooooo909]

No

[@DutchFunkenstein]

Ukraine having a (post-)Soviet architecture, and Gaza having a Middle Eastern architecture compared to the iconic Romanesque architecture? That would be the first giveaway, even without historical background.

[@t2av159]

did they win?

[@hanskurtmann6781]

As a born and raised German now a dual citizen yank living the SW US. And from hearing or reading war stores from relatives who fought in the war etc had family in every branch of the Wehrmacht and in the WSS etc. Many have claimed that the Waffen SS, Grossdeutchland or Panzer Lehr were elite units? Hardly. Waffen SS were party favorites and the GD and PL were just oversized armored units. The only true elite units were the Luftwaffe flight crews and the Fallschirmjager 2nd only to the Uboot crews. Uboots were the most elite units Germany had. But just my humble opinion as former Bundeswehr with the 10th Pzdiv.

[@toddstrickland973]

They called American paratroopers devil's in baggy pants,look at those pants.

[@ukasz-zm9qc]

Luftwaffe M41 Tropical Pants

[@jmaxh]

Sounds are dubbed

[@e.c.9468]

It's like that. In the 1940.s most scenes filmed have no sound recorded.

[@larsliamvilhelm]

Yeah cameras didn't come with a neatly built-in microphone in those days, you had to bring an entirely separate sound crew and then synchronize the footage with the sound.

[@HunterShows]

Woah, they had the wrong aspect ratio back in 1943!!

[@drapedup76]

Hard as coffin nails

[@faisalmir9300]

Fallschirmjager ❤️💪

[@alessandrorocco5430]

I'm italian , from Modena , and WW2 enthusiast....i think that this footage could be filmed in sicily...or in some part of Southern Italy.

[@DutchFunkenstein]

My guess would be witin Latin Valley (Cassino, perhaps?) due to the iconic archways. Abruzzo and other regions have a 'rawer' style of architecture.

[@alessandrorocco5430]

@@DutchFunkenstein Yeah , i tought the same. Cassino (town) and monte Cassino (abbey) were two crucial points in Italian Campaign. About Abruzzo....there's no traces of ww2 in that region.

[@DutchFunkenstein]

@@alessandrorocco5430 oh isn't it? That's good to know, saved me for future treasure hunting lol

[@ukasz-zm9qc]

@@alessandrorocco5430 This is no Cassino. This is footage from September 1943. Imagine that the Italian campaign is much more than just the fight for Monte Cassino.

[@alessandrorocco5430]

@@ukasz-zm9qc thank you my dear , I live in Bologna , Emilia Romagna region. I'm quite expert and enthusiast about Gothic line battles across 1943/44. For sure , the video DOES NOT display north italy. That's not a supposition , but a truth.

[@avginkel]

Germans still love to go to Italy on vacations.

[@papahizqil1503]

Seru banget

[@ov7875]

They had us in the second half, not gonna lie.

[@user-rf7cy5ky4w]

woow

[@maxvermeij2687]

Enormous trousers.

[@marcuscelt7014]

For Enormous Balls

[@ukasz-zm9qc]

Luftwaffe M41 Tropical Pants

[@Ealdorman_of_Mercia]

we need a game with these graphics and physics,

[@jefforymitchell5697]

There is one already, it's called Easy Red 2.

[@carlnapp4412]

Was it whilst they showed the Italians who is boss?

[@MBR-Gamer76]

❤

[@PL-rf4hy]

Who are they fighting?

[@Trust-me-I-am-a-dentist]

I believe Italian partisans.

[@ukasz-zm9qc]

Brits

[@Guildforsucks]

@@ukasz-zm9qc In Italy? cool story, tell us more please.

[@SergeyLevitin]

дружественный огонь )))))))))))))))))))

[@davederave134]

And they went there without a tourist visa?

[@ertwander]

They had a tourist visa. It could fire live ammunition.

[@BroiledSourGrapes]

Their "tourist VISA" consisted of artillery and armored troop carriers. They even got to skip customs! What a life hack.

[@WILLIAM1690WALES]

I would say this would be the southern area of Italy. I know the paratroopers held out in Monte Cassino, which was from January 44 for several months?

[@ol7469]

This film was obviously shot in summer.

[@WILLIAM1690WALES]

@@ol7469 The history lesson Italian invasion in the September 43. I’ve actually been to Monte Cassino and the surrounding areas and what most people don’t realise is it. The in the winter time is extremely cold and of course the mountainous areas and a quirky fact is Rome has more rain fall then. London

[@louwig9462]

If I'm not mistaken, I believe it was the 1sr Fallschirmjager Division at Monte Cassino...

[@ukasz-zm9qc]

These are shots from September 1943. The Italian campaign is not only Monte Cassino.

[@TaskSwitcherify]

In 80 years, people will be watching videos of our current events and also shaking their heads

[@estebanalemanruiz1280]

PanzerDivision Hermann Göring?

[@75338]

Where in Italy?

[@derekbaker3279]

The Canadians, who were advancing up the east coast of Italy, fought the Fallschirmjager in some bloody urban battles. One of the key battles occurred in & around Ortona. So that location would be my guess.

[@cabba6915]

@@derekbaker3279 Very probable.

[@nediji4rjoij4ro]

@@derekbaker3279this a beautiful small town I don’t think it’s the one you referenced

[@derekbaker3279]

@@nediji4rjoij4ro Hi. The Fallschirmjager also formed the backbone of the defence around Monte Cassino. I would need to do some research to find out where the Fallschirmjager fought before & after Monte Cassino & Ortona.

[@paulhargreaves1680]

The footage is from September 1943. It was not from Ortona nor monte cassino. It's most likely to be Rome, or nearby, and it's showing the Germans securing positions and attacking pro allied Italian units.

[@haraldschleicher7863]

Not all of the troops in this video are paratroopers. Only those who do not wear the regular Wehrmacht helmets. And interesting to see that infantry in these times just didn‘t have any body armor.

[@mnk9073]

They experimented with it in WW1 but troops hated it and the few who got them straight up ditched them at the first opportunity. In WW2 the RAF had flak jackets made for pilots and naval gunners but the first flak jackets for ground troops came with the Vietnam War where again, most troops hated them.

[@diver11b1p2]

Nothing back then you could wear could stop a rifle round - only modern ceramics and Kevlar make effective body armor possible.

[@ukasz-zm9qc]

In case you didn't know, German paratroopers also occasionally used regular infantry helmets. And all the soldiers shown in this video are paratroopers from the 1st Parachute Division.

[@MattMetalMayho]

It's frightening how recent coming use of body armour in the military is

[@e.c.9468]

By the time, the regular infantry man used a powerful rifle round that only inconvenient armor could stop...

[@dimitrisgiannatos9782]

Crazy times... unbelievable. Instead of drinking espresso under the sun , killing themselves.

[@barrylyndon80]

Los, rein da...los!

[@jeepsblackpowderandlights4305]

paratroopers with tanks ?

[@ukasz-zm9qc]

These are self-propelled guns.

[@agnoagno288]

burglars and bandits in action

[@Tercioo]

Why did Americans take so long to move from Sicily to Milan? When it took them only 10 months to move from Normandy to Berlin?

[@e.c.9468]

Italy isn't Normandie. Aldo germans were surprises in France while they were more established in friendly country Italy with fortification lines

[@Tercioo]

@@e.c.9468 Normandy was Germany since 1940. It was not France.

[@user-qr6eb4jg9n]

@@Tercioo Nobody ever talks about the reason why the French surrendered so suddenly and completely to the German offensive. It was because they agreed with Germany, and they didn't want to fight people they agreed with.

[@lyndoncmp5751]

Americans? You ignore the British and Canadians etc? Hollywood strikes again.

[@judgejung488]

뭐가 저렇게 여유로워 보이지?? 전쟁 영화들은 무지 긴장한체로 막 뛰고 숨고 엎드리고 그러던데... 그냥 어슬렁대며 돌아다니네...

[@mebodeck]

Unvergessen, unsere ehrenwerte Kämpfer!

[@alanaldpal950]

Honorable…? Some, or maybe many….. but CERTAINLY NOT ALL

[@elbrover]

​@@alanaldpal950the allies were not honorable. All of them

[@alanaldpal950]

@@elbrover really…. Not a single one? My father was a Marine combat vet in the Pacific campaign against the “honorable” Japanese. You have never met my father, and you are saying you know he is not an honorable man? A bit presumptive

[@elbrover]

@@alanaldpal950 the same say you about germans. Come me not with your "maybe..." Its meaningless about your father. If he learned you about "unhonorable" enemies, so was he self unhonorable

[@alanaldpal950]

@@elbrover me thinks you are full of 💩…. Pardon me if you think that is not an honorable opinion

[@peterguns]

German army then and ... now

[@user-to2de3sp3m]

I'd rather have historical and geographical context than colorization...

[@ES-gv6xl]

It says they’re fighting in Italy, duh

[@benzafercan]

Mmm mercedes

[@angloaust1575]

Withdrawn from the russian front to counter the allied Invasion of italy Then in 1944 another one in france.caught on three fronts No wonder they lost Then after ww2 recruited from pow camps by french to fight With foreign legion airborne In indochina!

[@derekbaker3279]

Just to be clear, the Falschirmjager units did not fight on all three fronts at the same time. They lost because their enemy was stronger, not because they had been spread too thin. 🤔The Fallschirmjager units that were transferred from the Soviet Union (Eastern Front) were a formidable force. All thought the paratroopers had suffered incredible casualties in their successful capture of Crete, they had rebuilt the force & re-established the same quality of soldier. They were highly-skilled, extremely-motivated & very experienced However, they suffered heavy casualties in their defence of Monte Cassino & in Ortona, primarily because there was a lot of close-quarter fighting, and especially because they faced an extremely tough enemy. In fact, during the intense & costly battle for Ortona, so much respect developed between the Fallschirmjagers & their tough Canadian opposition that the former enemies actually held official annual reunions in Ortona that were well-attended by both Germans & Canadians for many decades...that is, until very recently....sadly, there are too few surviving warriors now. Finally, because the fighting strength of the Fallschirmjagers had been significantly reduced in Italy, they were sent to France to be reinforced, re-trained & re-equipped. They fought well on the 'western front', including during the desperate battles in the Ardennes Forest, but they were eventually worn down again by a superior enemy.

[@romeuedson8504]

​@@derekbaker3279uma pequena lembrança: a Alemanha lutou, sozinha, durante mais de 05 anos, contra o Mundo...

[@Georgieastra]

Germany had many allies Italy Romania Hungary Finland The tacit help of Spain, Sweden Switzerland and Ireland.

[@tjb7284]

@@Georgieastra Officially, Italy was ally until July, 1943. But in reality and from a military perspective it was the biggest handicap for Nazi-Germany.

[@jimmiller5600]

@@Georgieastra Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Ireland were not allies of Germany. They did cut deals to play both sides.

[@plejady]

They don't look german

[@jpgrygus]

if they couldve seen western Europe 2024 they would've fought harder.

[@nediji4rjoij4ro]

Exactly what a shame.

[@giancarlopegoraro4024]

Around Italy we still have some concrete bunkers built by the Germans during the war. Some look very creepy... Hiding cruel stories.

[@TomDollard]

Giancarlo you've watched too many Spielberg movies. basta.

[@abeedhal6519]

The cruelest story is the italians proving once and for all that they had no balls and no spine in ww2.

[@antefizulic6851]

I see lack of diversity.

[@jamesdc9595]

Devils in baggy pants

[@thesprinklerguy2598]

that's a lot of vehicles even for propaganda.

[@bravefighter397]

The Geern Devils Top of the Top❤💪🏻