MICHAEL WITTMANN Tour in VILLERS-BOCAGE & DEATH SITE [ In the Footsteps of ]

[@WolfgangHistorica]

For those interested, I just created a new series called "In the Footsteps of Joachim Peiper" and the first Episode is online! WATCH IT HERE: kzbin.info/www/bejne/enXUaYppqsqEh9E

[@buster5803]

Hey Bart. Greetings from across the pond.

[@ems0288]

Sergio is the best Wittmann guide 👌🏻

[@WolfgangHistorica]

Top guy!

[@AllyFiend]

Excellent video again bud!! Michael Wittmann a true legend!!

[@svenf.2291]

Thank you for uploading this. When I was at La Cambe the flowers and presents on his grave stone gave me a funny feeling tbh.

[@WolfgangHistorica]

Thanks for your comment. People constantly leave flowers, caps, photos, plants, candles, money etc. at his grave however the caretaker of the cemetery always removes it. Sadly, his grave has been already stolen various times as well, so now he and his crew gravestones are cemented into the ground.

[@svenf.2291]

@@WolfgangHistorica I’m the LAH StuG guy btw 😜

[@WolfgangHistorica]

Most interestingly, the periscope he used on his Tiger was one from his StuG days! Apparently, it was his favorite. There's a letter of Ahrens requesting Wittmann to come to his command post to pick-up the periscope he requested for. This periscope still exists.

[@svenf.2291]

@@WolfgangHistorica The Scheren-Periskop which was standard on StuGs but not on tanks? That’s interesting. Many former StuG guys did that after the were transferred to the Panzers.

[@Norrie-jj2ve]

Excellent video, I have just got home from a 2 week visit to Normandie, which included a visit to the German War Cemetary where Wittmann and his crew are buried.

[@WolfgangHistorica]

Thanks for the compliment. Did you also visit Villers-Bocage and where they were KIA?

[@Norrie-jj2ve]

@@WolfgangHistorica Yes we did, an amzing story he had...I brought home some acorns from the trees in the cemetary, I will try grow them on...:)

[@francoisejay1435]

Merci pour votre travail , vis recherches ... Ne pas oublier tous ceux qui ont été sacrifiés pour notre liberté pour un pays qu'ils ne connaissaient même pas .

[@ianhurst8305]

Very good 👍🏻 and educational video

[@WolfgangHistorica]

Thanks, Ian! Really appreciate it.

[@historiasbelicas]

Nice

[@WolfgangHistorica]

No, thank you, my friend. Until next time.

[@marienfeld07]

Excellent, in spite of Sergio, with some Photos I never das befóre.

[@ems0288]

Elite dealer and elite guide

[@darryllavender7908]

What book is he referencing?

[@WolfgangHistorica]

It's called: VILLERS-BOCAGE - Autopsie d'une Bataille (by Heimdal). It's in French.

[@dr.med.detlefkohler6488]

Is the book available?

[@WolfgangHistorica]

Yes, it's called: VILLERS-BOCAGE - Autopsie d'une Bataille (by Heimdal). It's in French.

[@dr.med.detlefkohler6488]

@@WolfgangHistorica Merci beaucoup! J' ai vecu a Paris pendant ma jeunesse!

[@rolfagten857]

Is the farm in the French barn still there? Seen on YT "The Black Baron: the story of Hitler's Most Dangerous Ace'.

[@WolfgangHistorica]

The farm next to it is completely sealed off (now).

[@rolfagten857]

@@WolfgangHistorica Maybe , the little museum in the barn is clowed down.