Illinois Railway Museum 2012 WWII Re-enactment Ambush German Trains

This shows a train ride on a German train and there are spies aboard and then we come across some Americans when the train stops and we have a shoot out. Almost too real. Then on to the rail yards where we have a shoot out with the Americans and Germans.

[@Sturmer69]

Germans were known for their robot like marching.. My dad used to run outside with all the other kids when german troops came marching through Rotterdam, their boots creating a sinister cadence. People, although angry at the occupier, would awe this precision marching.....You guys need some practise!!!

[@glujen]

"sinister cadence"? It can be a uniform cadence, there is no sinister cadence

[@Patrix299]

@@glujen what

[@officerzarius9958]

Would of been funny if they all gatherd around this one guy and intensely looked at him, he would probably be like: "Oh shit! they finally found me"

[@bernardsummers9050]

A lot of short storm troopers there.LMAO

[@RictusMetallicus]

I'm german. And this is funny. LARP at it's best. You need to throw in an occasional "Schweinehund".

[@AlphaChinoz]

To be honest, I'd say this event would be better off with hired actors than sh*tty re-enactors... These re-enactors are overweight, they have the wrong outfit and equipment (I guess they all have different personal favorite outfits, but they don't fit together as a whole), their German is so bad it's true cringe for me (just speak English, or English with a German accent), and most of them have just the worst skills when it comes to living into the role...

[@nathansmith6856]

the germans wore a mish mash of different camo's and uniforms

[@LarryLarsoLarry]

Reenactors from all communities are like this. Not enough young fit people in the groups so there are fat, old guys running around in uniforms. Half of my Civil War company is 60+ years old and quite a few are over weight, though none necessarily obese. Saw a guy at fort Macon who was a literal land whale, must have been 400+ pounds. Not very accurate and quite farby.

[@heatgaming6659]

Shut the fuck up you don't know what you are talking about

[@LarryLarsoLarry]

Elvin Rexefjord Very nice point you made there. Mind elaborating?

[@heatgaming6659]

The re-enactors do it for free and they are having fun

[@williamalexander1863]

Guy at 5:50 wearing a splinter zelt with some kind of Russian or Bulgarian helmet Lol!

[@MiškoVilkas]

The Splittermuster zeltbarn is accurate is he was Wermacht and the Bulgarian helmet would only be accurate on the eastern front. These guys are kinda farb.

[@swashington942]

What in the living hell did I just watch?

[@jamesrichardson3322]

I am not sure myself 😄

[@cozyluvjo8104]

Haha hilarious! the passengers are just sitting there Being like WTF Is happening????!!!

[@BenAliGtor]

Can't stand these farb fests. They had a "Civil War Weekend" one time where Confederates were being transported on a 1950's flatcar, hauled by a diesel electric locomotive, under a 600 volt cantenary wire. Gives a whole new meaning to the term, "hysterical reenactment."

[@Thdkduushne]

Ohhh gosh the German soldier shouting "Wer is your Papier!?", that would mean "Who is your paper"... The correct term is "Wo sind dein Papiere!?" German/English language mixing is always so silly in Reenactments, just go with one or the other and throw in the accent.

[@andrewspillan3486]

Well the passengers wouldn't understand it

[@T55-z8t]

Wittmann when is that

[@TheRagingK]

i think its still pretty clear to understand maybe some gesturing and they would understand

[@DarethBrownNinja]

Very inaccurate performance, but fun always comes first in my opinion.

[@Dieter-Stevens]

@@DarethBrownNinja not when you're reenacting at public events

[@HunterR909]

I have one problem with this video, Since when does a private command soldiers of higher rank than he is? Waffen SS and the Whermact did not get along well, and seeing that Waffen SS Corporal Getting bossed around by some private, or the Waffen SS Major being bossed by an Army soldier is just false on all accounts.

[@derblitz5837]

that's not true. The Waffen-SS was subordinate to the Wehrmacht as a special task force. There were differences of opinion between the General SS and the Wehrmacht. But all served the German fatherland

[@DarethBrownNinja]

@@derblitz5837 no, the Wehrmacht were cowards, and traitors to the fatherland!

[@derblitz5837]

@@DarethBrownNinja i dont care your opinion. i'll stick to the facts

[@DarethBrownNinja]

@@derblitz5837 “facts” “tHe WafFeN SS WaS a SuBoRdiNaTe To ThE WeHrMaChT As A SpEciAL TaSk FoRcE” you are not a clown, you are the whole circus

[@derblitz5837]

@@DarethBrownNinja I repeat, I don't give a shit on your opinion. I don't let myself be told by non-Germans when it comes to the history of my country and its armed forces.

[@robloxrules44]

When the Germans can't even speak german

[@ByzantineFranciscan11]

I hate when this happens, last time the Germans invaded my Jeep and stole all my pringles, bastards...

[@idpfilm]

Enjoyed watching - Thanks for posting

[@l0kaltpsykf4ll34]

things reenactors should stop doing (this includes us reenactors too) 1. stop wearing erbsenmuster 44 (DOT 44s) 2. if you are doing a german impression learn basic german 3. stop being powerfreaks (*cough* US G.I.'S *cough* ) 4 . stop wearing so many medals 5. stop for all things holy do not wear a party pin 6.if you are planning to reenact and you are chubby, lose some weight, during ww2, there was limited rations for everyone there fore everyone didnt get to eat as much 7. dont use ''capture weapons'' i know it was common during ww2 but buy a yugoslav k98k or something i could go on and on but i dont feel like it

[@sknogl4828]

I'm in the back ground about 1:15

[@sknogl4828]

Also in the background from 2 min to 2:30.

[@RoyRogerer]

Under what circumstance would the Germans ever ride a train straight into the American line? Might as well have been a Partisan attacking, wtf?

[@tommyatkins2527]

Come on they are tired they did march through Europe

[@MiškoVilkas]

“I just shot you in the head buddy!” -American G.I.

[@colonelminus]

As a German I can truly say that these re-enactors watched Indiana Jones movies way too often. They should do a good research and re-enact how it actually was and not how they thought it was because Hollywood and the History Channel told them so...

[@pihlak6950]

Way too much dot 44

[@andrewspillan3486]

German Empire agreed.

[@dennisedelweiss1513]

Tolles Video schöne Grüße aus Deutschland 🇩🇪

[@Jaqrkazi]

Oh god they're all wearing the oak Dot camo tunics, wtf

[@lamboman68]

Jackrkazi 1918 I know right these are like the cancer of German reenactment

[@andrewspillan3486]

Wtf I thought that was a camo bouncy ball.

[@medic29910]

Awesome idea... Poor reenactors. 5/10 stars

[@Quasimodo1957]

That's one big German soldier at 40:44+

[@andrewspillan3486]

Quasimodo1957 I thought that was a camo bouncy ball

[@albertancanucklehead4063]

Oh god no They’ve deployed the rolly bois

[@MrRebelriver]

very cool thing, great for family and kids, HISTORY! Just history No underlined politics!!!!!!! We need more of this,... great!!!

[@jamesgreene4811]

the two people justing bedside their bikes at the end of the shotting at 35 .17 funny as he'll can you imagine it back in ww2 people just sitting around having a picnic

[@Jeffers1960]

Love the video thanks for sharing, do you know whats with the trooper at the beginning and his boot being taken and replaced?

[@kobaltteal7139]

funny how most of the germans were not killed as they left the train signal file

[@itsalwaysjake1449]

I would laugh if there was a ww2 veteran that just stood up and peppered Them.😂😂

[@wicky201]

This is interesting but because of this I don't think I would visit the Museum again.

[@USMValor-jc5xu]

It looks like I see the "Sturmbannfuhrer" or Major from hellsing

[@mikemusto6552]

Lol

[@davidcook2339]

mein god my grand father would be turning over in his grave if he saw this

[@DarethBrownNinja]

My great grandfather for me, this is a fun reenactment but ultimately inaccurate on pretty much every level

[@TheVirzo4]

5:56 UFFICIAL HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[@MsgtRowan420497]

Judging from the looks, this is a helmet cam, yes? How'd you mount it? I'd love to do this, but the only thing holding me back is the fact I'd look farb as hell walking around with a modern day camera haha.

[@polarjet1833]

0:16 ok why does a German have an 1911

[@megandarling2215]

It could be a HI-Browning it is hard to see but it does look like an M1911 but could be a HI-Browning

[@jefferyspangler6374]

1 hour, 1 hour of someone blowing into the mich

[@scuderio762]

Disrespectful wearing ranks of German soldiers that you didn't earn!

[@andrewspillan3486]

Scuderio Vro.

[@TheSatiricalGamer]

It's role play fantasy...

[@rollingstopp]

wheres the Hanging Mannequins!!!::::::::::: i was promised hanging mannequins

[@rollingstopp]

... They serve only Sour Kraut on this tour :::: ::::: ::::::::::::::::::............

[@rickyrivas4787]

Machine Gun Nest holy shit lmao

[@bobovonhinten416]

5:40 ?! wtf?! german soldier with ppsh-43?!

[@MiškoVilkas]

It’s so not accurate, especially in the western front, only like 1 PPs-43 was seen on the western front.

[@Sgtdoc]

5:44 Soldat?

[@mateigrigorciuc3621]

oh well......low budget

[@XOXJIOPE3]

I think its ROA (Russian ss army)

[@Flametopology]

This is awesome!

[@kurdex1091]

Wie lächerlich das ist, das ein kleiner dicker Amerikaner der höchste Offizier ist Vorallem in ner deutschen Uniform ! Haha

[@GroundhogKim]

I dont think we are going to New York anymore guys.

[@noahhancock8959]

What if a U.S WW2 Veteran was on this?

[@jamesrichardson3322]

Were is L.t. Handly and Sergeant Sanders and the squad from Company K when you need them to save the Civilians.

[@agentfungus9742]

Every reenactor group always has some guy with a bushy gray beard! It would be soooooooo tempting to trip one of these guys as they're walking down the aisle...some of these guys need to work on their "command presence." This must've been towards the end of the war when boys were being recruited.

[@bender2761]

It is now the Bundesbahn

[@nathanvlogamer2186]

I swear at 3:10 or 3:40 somewhere threw there I heard a girl say " she wanted to be the virgin" it sounded like lol

[@Timotheus157]

+Nathan Pittman Ha ha...yes...I heard the same thing...LOL!

[@AlphaChinoz]

3:22 ;)

[@77thNYSV]

I am German. Therefore I must YELL!

[@mattkilroy13]

Those officers are looking farby as shit.

[@comradeautukov977]

Ok these guys were obviously not the best reinactors if any of the other comments are to be believed but im asuming the were trying there best with what they had but what bugged me the most was the german soldier with the m9 pistol at the start im certain they did not have them then

[@MiškoVilkas]

He had the M1911 Colt

[@Remember1864]

Audio is destroyed by that annoying wind.

[@BrumEldar]

5:43 lol? XDDDD

[@rollingstopp]

on a train like that pistols would be in hand

[@WysteriaGuitar]

nice fencing - makes it look extra fake

[@WysteriaGuitar]

Oh yeah you moron it's obviously fake. When you do a historical re-enactment you try and make it look as realistic as possible. It already looked farby with all the fatbody soldiers and then you ad fencing and all the non-period stuff. What a bunch of farbs.

[@alexanderswoose8138]

Farbs. :o

[@rollingstopp]

50 MILLION Died during this War and more after::::: Example = 50 million= 500 Foot Ball Stadiums Filled With 100,000 People in Each Stadium. = Thats fifty million..

[@jimmybolf2001]

what was the train

[@capecodrailfanvideos9678]

why its a reenactment

[@EliteMonkeyzz]

This is so beautiful....I’m crying

[@Boatsnhoes420]

Shut up

[@modelmode8]

Just a bunch of heroism and glorification of the winning nations. Real tragedy were the civilians thrust into a ware they didn't want.

[@allanrasmussen9451]

Min farfar fik skudt det ene ben af under anden verdenskrig, da han var modstands mand... Derfor har vi lige siden haft det lidt svært ved det tyske folk og sproget, undskyld i er tilgivet, men det er ikke glemt ! (Danish)

[@glujen]

not only have to have the uniform, they must also be fit, one is very obese and another is too small to be SS

[@bobovonhinten416]

russicher helm mit SS drauf?! XD

[@lancegoodthrust546]

I guess Untersturmfuherer Häagen-Dazs was leading this Brigade. It's bad enough we have an obesity problem... look, If you can't fit in the war-time size uniform, maybe it's a good idea to stay home and work on it. I won't even go into the unauthentic part of all this. This reminds me of "mini- KISS"band. The Little People band that is a KISS cover band. This is just like this but "Obese-WWII". Battle of The Bulge? Too easy. But you get the idea. I'm kind of joking but this is just sad in the end.

[@SteveMrW]

A long time ago now, but that was truly awful to watch.

[@mirandaclark2054]

the wind is so annoying!!!

[@PennCentral13]

what are there weapons

[@rollingstopp]

wheres the star of David????

[@MrPro897]

And why's that?

[@MrLiipz]

Whats the point of all this?

[@themagicmarker1412]

did you see the little kid lol with his toy gun

[@sm70911]

The Russian SS Helmet is too funny

[@smsgneisenau]

Mir fehlen die Worte.Gestandene Männer die Indianerlis spielen.Möchte gern Nazis.Die Amis haben Sie doch nicht alle!

[@thrashorbethrashed]

Da der fast komplett italienisch bekleidet und bewaffnet ist, liegt die Vermutung nahe, dass das ein italienischer Helm ist.

[@ilovenativeamericans2145]

awesome.

[@46FreddieMercury91]

its a hindu symbol (rune) of good fortune

[@MsFrostitute]

46FreddieMercury91 Indeed, some clothing I have, has "swastikas" on them (I am from Japan)

[@borrburison648]

46FreddieMercury91 It's also a Germanic pagan symbol

[@dennisedelweiss1513]

🌼👍🏻

[@SKF358]

Embarrassing, they just all stand around not knowing what to do because all this is simply dress up. The ranks aren't real so no one directs anyone else. It's inauthentic so they just don't know what to do. They know they should at least move around a bit, but not knowing anything they just muddle about.

[@rollingstopp]

SEPERATION))) Workers to the left = the executed go to the right... schnell schell...

[@armyman-ig7qs]

Last train to to auzthwitz (colorized 1945)

[@DixielandChristian352]

Cringe 😂😂 especially when they started to speak English

[@TechhSavvy]

Is the train is going to Berlin for holocaust... Crazy.. 😂😂

[@mrv2rocketman]

do it at a private event then

[@rollingstopp]

Damn! = I typed in Beach Blanket Bingo

[@rollingstopp]

I want to Fire the GXRMAN 88 or Fly the FW 190''''''''

[@normaldude342]

The fuck that's awesome

[@andyelkins883]

was that ss at 5:56

[@alves6465]

SS-Standarführer but his collar badge look like SS-Sturmbannführer.

[@Solesz]

A pile of farb.

[@rollingstopp]

They should have some one Play Anne Frank

[@cykablyatman6242]

NEIN MY MEAD

[@Bonsay3]

ah German soldiers speak prefect English hmmmm

[@rollingstopp]

If you listen closely you can hear it.. XXXxxxXXxxgooseXXXxXXxxstepsXXXXXxx

[@Kitchender]

So much dot 44

[@mrv2rocketman]

you cant help that

[@majorerichhartmann33]

no ne reale in realta era molto diverso

[@rollingstopp]

all the jewess brought their jewlery and valuables and were stripped of them shortly:::::::::::

[@Erwin3333]

Stolen Valor much? ;)

[@lorddwarfking7767]

it airsoft?

[@tapnad8568]

no i believe they fire blanks

[@CrypticSpook]

+Jarred Ocoyne they do

[@tapnad8568]

thanks for that clarification :D

[@recon7580]

Ahah läßt das mich dieses amerikanische Gros lachen, das sich für deutsche Soldaten hält!

[@Bundesfaust]

lol