HOW IT'S MADE: WW2 Military Roads

Building temporary roadways is explained showing several methods constructed from locally available resources such as wood (timber), soil, and gravel on difficult terrain such as swamps, deserts, and forests.

[@wenaldy]

Military engineering is often overlooked.

[@kienboy9999]

Why is everything about ww2 so interesting?

[@maximusextreme3725]

Thank you. I had to wage war on a neighbor who lives in a remote area and this video helped me build a road right up to his front door!

[@ianstradian]

I read a report written by a German soldier during the Africa campaign who was amazed at how a road over 20 miles long appeared within a four day period. He was shocked at the American Military engineers tenacity and hard work.

[@kaelsun]

Most of theses muricans are from german ancestors... Such a betrayal to the vaterland is unimaginable

[@TheBockenator]

The American Army knew how to move, that's for sure.

[@camillomancini5619]

Ian Stradian Americans knew how to retreat so they became good at building temporarily roads

[@LS-rw9yp]

This needs to be on the “Things that never happened” channel!

[@andysbestlogger7977]

everyone loves to talk about the major battles during WW2, meanwhile these guys spent their years doing this day after day.

[@vercingetorixavernian8978]

Same about ancient Rome!! The engineering was as cool as the battles

[@BigboiiTone]

Real bad asses :0) like my grandpa

[@iPervy]

Forget survivor, I could watch this all day!

[@MMBNMalternateaccoun]

Honestly these may just be documentaries and such but most of these videos contain a lot of good life skills that could become a useful thing :D

[@ALSNewsNow]

Man, that's some HIGH QUALITY materials and lumber, wow. They don't sell that cut at Lowes, believe that

[@slomnim]

And they were cutting that ON THE FIELD

[@systemshock869]

"The road may be needed sooner than you think.. there's no time to swap latrine-o-grams"

[@sporehux8344]

"There may be interruptions", 1:38, this is legit straight out of the fallout series or more specifically the inspiration for it.

[@abideenturky]

Awesome Awesome Awesome Excellent Historical and Educational Film Thanks for uploading and sharing your clip on KZbin today with your followers

[@abideenturky]

Edward Purcell Critics( like you) are usually failures as creators,No skill is required, just need courage to show his bad manners and foul language.

[@ToastedFanArt]

Well this is my main account and as you can see I am a creator myself (both physically and digitally). That's why I don't like to see content "sharers" (since they create nothing) such as this guy getting such praise and recognition for hitting upload on a video he found on some war time footage archive site or something. Also sorry for the foul language but I'm Irish and we like to joke rough ;D

[@abideenturky]

Toasted Fan Art 2 months ago, I been to Dublin, The Pubs were full of foul language, but they were indeed infused with so much love, you never find it in America.

[@jamesmanzano5231]

This is amazing. Great work by everyone during the war. I’m not sure how many people took this stuff for granted.

[@sarcasmo57]

Well, looks like I have to go out and rig up a makeshift road.

[@VintageTexas59]

Hope you don't live in a desert...the chicken wire road was time consuming...

[@ferronzomeren2733]

I learned this when just playing on a construction site and in the woods, where I saw dead trees. I think every child should grow up near a construction site or forest just to learn sawing, nailing and carrying wood. I am happy I did not grow up in a large city. I think it helped me develop skills others in my generation don't have.

[@renatoamaral8259]

Yes, you are right!!! I feel bad for not having these skills.

[@carabus0354]

Awesome video I love this kind of stuff, shows so many things they thought of I wouldn't have.

[@RLNTEX]

Thanks for uploading and sharing

[@rudipratm]

What a great channel! I like these content. Keep doing great works 😊.

[@ehrlichlanierc7429]

Sure hope this site has other subjects besides war! Yes I subscribed because it says Documentary and I love documentaries. You guys made good interesting comments, thanks!🙏

[@VM-123]

Amazing! These men are true heroes. Kids today should learn how to do something like this and understand what teamwork and hard work mean.

[@OpenGL4ever]

They know what teamwork is, they're playing multi-player games where teamwork is essential.

[@wolfleader012]

OpenGL4ever Except the only hard work we now know about, is grinding to get the next plane or car.

[@dementedbowine8681]

they haven't got a clue about ether

[@VM-123]

OpenGL4ever to some level that's true, but the teamwork is not physically together with people it's sitting in front of individual computers. It doesn't include the physical labor and working side-by-side in unison to accomplish a goal. Also, a lot of work places are set up where people don't work together, they work against each other. It becomes a backstabbing, let's leave our manners and Common Sense at the door in order to get ahead type of atmosphere. I work in a place where they have focused the attention back on teamwork. Goals are set as a team not so much as individuals. It has made such a difference. For the better.

[@mofvogel7236]

I would rather work smart than work hard. We dont live in the 1940's anymore

[@Polypropellor]

Notice- No gloves!

[@Michaelnkdhkgdhuudz]

17:21. Gloves

[@vigneshwsf]

Wow!!!! What a channel. Your channel is just impeccable and stupendous.

[@djongtm1040]

I see no one is lazy 👍

[@DFox-ud3gx]

These Men run Hustle our new generation needs to watch this...🙏🇺🇸👍

[@Mrbfgray]

They were napping again as soon as the cameras left. ;-)

[@MisteriosGloriosos922]

nice footage!!!

[@SaifAli-dp9mx]

Very nice good job

[@phelixhartman2441]

Wow. Much respect ✊🏻

[@Jaredog2006]

wow so hard work but that awesome

[@mrrolandlawrence]

meanwhile back in the uk, 15 years to upgrade a single lane on the m1 :P

[@danielgraham5199]

Roland Lawrence that is so true

[@abdikal566]

Roland Lawrence no wonder why most of the countries they colonialised are like that

[@Xander_Zimmermann]

Jeez, these roads look smoother than the asphalt ones in my city!😳

[@acastrohowell]

So interesting

[@King_TuTT]

wow no chain saws or power equipment, these troops are busting their asses! great info!

[@strellettes8511]

Rob T one guy was using a powered tool to screw in the nails

[@bradyk2231]

just..WOW!!

[@atthebrink74]

This takes me back... Expedient Methods... USAF Civil Engineering... The bad old days. ;)

[@grabir01]

Combat Engineers... Rough job for sure.

[@phelixhartman2441]

After watching this video I agree.

[@cleptuno]

Anything to move forward.

[@rodglen7071]

I needed to see this before expedition in Sudan. Chicken wire...got it.

[@headhunternaga9580]

Wow They are all legend & strong 💪💪

[@deltasource56]

I swear this is how they make roads in California to this day

[@chrismarshva]

Dad was attached to a U.S. Army Engineer Batallion in Bavaria (West) Germany, 1954-56. Never mind he was an editor-journalist.

[@njm3211]

These guys probably belonged to the CCCs before the war.

[@atthebrink74]

No, most were probably farm boys...

[@paulbest6679]

My Mom's farm boy uncles were in the CCC.

[@thehulk2642]

Amazing 🤔🤔🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@roqayyahabidey932]

Amazing technology was in past

[@kvogel9245]

Corduroy roads were common at least as far back as the US Civil War.

[@guopeneferozz]

Im tired even only watching this :(

[@danielgraham5199]

Why do they build these apart from swamps

[@kkampy4052]

I have a picture my dad took of a corduroy road that went from Eupen to Monschau.

[@2adamast]

It's a big bog up there

[@yannhayon2796]

wow thats amazing, i read about that road multiple times and i live 30min from that place. never visitet it, perhaps there is somethimg left.

[@kkampy4052]

Murmelpudding He doesn't indicate the specific location though.

[@yannhayon2796]

K Kampy no worries, back then especially in this winter, the people who lived there lost them selves in the mud fields. (sorry for bad "ardennoise" english)

[@2adamast]

I would bet it is the N67 Monschau Strasse, it's direct and a most modern/straight looking road

[@thomas4315]

They may be interrupting. Your partner may be shot, continues to drag the 20 foot lumber. Leave him be he can be replaced.LOL

[@JeffreyAustinThePhyrefyter]

Army Engineers clear the way!

[@Jbk4real]

Boss of the swamp

[@javierchm1271]

documentales de los alemanes no hay mucho, si ellos eran los mejores

[@Standbackforscience]

Wait .... how was perfectly cut lumber plentiful in a swamp?

[@jobythewitch5379]

they most likely planned ahead and brought it with them.

[@melchristian8876]

👍👍👍👍👋👋👋👋🙏🙏

[@gmarte12]

building the road today is about the same... except you have to stop every five minutes and instagram it.... then you go home and make a youtube video of your DIY, post it on facebook and hope that everyone likes it...

[@gmarte12]

you can always start the likes by signing up your grandma, cats, dogs, future children an account and like your video for them.

[@jaydineroimg]

So our city streets are built like this 🙂bridges are short cuts

[@DANNY40379]

those logs placed in the swamp are going to rot in about one week lol

[@MrHatetheplayer]

the logistical war. get them supplies to the front boys!

[@franky01ize]

When i see modern people spitting on our forefathers, it makes me sick. These were 18 yr old kids out there fighting to keep this country safe, they went thru hell and came back home and built the greatest country on earth.

[@jimmymymtv2254]

...on the shoulders of giants

[@xys7536]

Would guy's just hang around repairing the road

[@rcfun8766]

Why couldn’t they drive in grass

[@bennettthompson3085]

14:40 nice watch tan

[@neutralgod300]

YA! Right! if they really did that on WW2! the army spend $ to do this documentary but they realist that! on paper it's always nice but in the field! It's totally different!

[@joechang8696]

the inbound artillery shell should explode before it is heard,

[@LaurensPP]

Joe Chang What do you mean? The explosion is less than 100 yards away, the sound and the light will arrive at virtually the same time, for the human ear that is..

[@joechang8696]

if it is an artillery shell (supersonic), then you do not hear it coming before it actually arrives. I did not consider if it was bomb (possibly subsonic), bombs might have an arming fuse, but I don't think you can hear it far away. Stuka dive bombers have a Jericho trumpet for dramatic effect

[@LaurensPP]

I thought you were talking about the explosion itself. But anyhow, it looks more like a mortar impact to me, which are not supersonic. And to my understanding you definitely hear artillery shells flying over as well, even before the impacts. It depends on the shell's trajectory and your position.

[@joechang8696]

per Laurens, yes it does seem to be a mortar shell, which is mostly what infantry will be encountering. I normally think in terms of naval artillery which you will not hear before impact, but perhaps the AP fuse may have a delayed detonation. For a supersonic artillery shell passing overhead, what your hear is from earlier in the trajectory, depending on parameters.

[@EkaraLibrae]

Busy army ants :)

[@vercingetorixavernian8978]

Listen to “Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History” Podcast :)

[@paradoxicalpanda7666]

The only one that makes sense unless these are going to be used continously for potentially months is the last one. If its just a small convey that needs to get past of maybe 50 trucks they could drive over the grass fields easily at a moderate rate and its kind of a waste of time making the road. The only one that makes sense is the last one where its sinking mud.

[@patrickflying17]

thats kinda the issue. 50 trucks that weigh multple tonnes will rut anything but rock in minutes. and even then theres no guarentee that there wont be just one convoy needed. as the old axiom says. Better save than sorry.

[@choinire]

Corduroy roads are still build in some ocasions in Canada by the wood cutting industry. The consept is still the same, the scale is only different... (the model with logs on the bottom and gravel on top)

[@jaynolan7526]

These guys ain't got shit on my washroom. I'm dropping bombs constantly.

[@FayazAhmad-yl6sp]

It is better to avoid wars instead of destroying the jungles and environment.

[@oceanhome2023]

Think SEABEES. !

[@YouMockMe]

Way cool! Go Allies!!!

[@jonathandreyer7943]

Don’t forget to first submit the environmental impact report

[@Mia-cl3rb]

Because it’s a bomb like bruh

[@dianalfa1237]

Akibat dana desa yg di makan kades

[@estebahng5964]

didnt have hardly any roads back then

[@danielson9579]

Maybe the British government should watch this roads are terrible in the UK 🤨

[@jamesmanley6721]

i guarantee the engineers doing the job had NOTHING to do with this film. there is no way an engineer would tie 10 small trees together THEN carry it 30 yards.

[@stevenJEDI3]

Okay boys get your head out of the mud back to building the road

[@johnnyllooddte3415]

ahahahahahahaha

[@johnnyllooddte3415]

just build better trucks

[@cepelinai123]

Life is just a one big bullsh*t

[@davidbarbero1641]

War what a waste ...

[@ehrlichlanierc7429]

David Barbero, Hi David, I agree. Don't you wish there was nothing to be able to go to war with? I do! No explosives, no bombs, no chemicals, no rockets anywhere on planet Earth. Fantasy dreaming. But hey, a person can dream of peace can't we?! It takes a mountaneous amount of growth to be wise. I guess that's why wisdom is so precious, The Prize after The Work. God bless you David Barbero. And thanks for your comment, it stimulates a lot of thoughtful reflection. Be safe.🙋🌈🙏

[@davidbarbero1641]

ehrlichlanier c. Thanks for being like minded . All the best that life has to offer, to you... my pleasure.

[@truthmatters-notgreed784]

Rich Man's War; Poor Man's Blood.......... War = $$$...... Unfortunately some people are just full of greed.

[@AdamWebb1982]

When you grow, there is always someone jealous who will try to take it off you. Hence War.

[@Sevenspent]

War sounds like a waste until your staring at a barrel of a gun carried by a man who thought it wasn't a waste. You find the woman you knew and loved are now being raped and passed around the guards. You now find yourself digging a big pit that is now to be a mass grave for you and the other men with you because they no longer want to bear the cost of feeding you. This is unlikely to happen now a days because someone either in your country or someone in a other country decided war wasn't a waste. War was to protect something/someone they loved...unknowingly protecting your right to be born and type the comment you typed. Be thankful to those known/unknown strangers that you can practice whatever you do in this world today.

[@jimmy_on_the_go9085]

My ears hurt

[@Mia-cl3rb]

Bad start

[@user-ki1iz2vl7w]

Не стоит американцам ссорить людей разных национальностей, а потом якобы приходить на помощь. Уже это не проходит, даже дети видят кто все это 🇺🇸 планирует и грязно проводит. Израиль и Палестина это 🇺🇸сделали.

[@theinthanhlan3582]

ww2 is bad thing.

[@riskinhos]

lumber in europe is only available in metric units. that's why ameritard roads always sucked

[@2adamast]

Nope, even today lengths are in metric feet .3m. As for widths, a 100x100 is closer to 4" by 4" than a US 4 by 4.