Panzer Ace to the Rescue: How Wiking Panthers Turned the Tide in Kovel, 1944

[@incomitatus]

What a remarkable time in history to be alive. Uncommonly brave men on both sides.

[@Атланти-ш9и]

Да.Но наши деды оказались храбрей и сильней.Спасибо им за победу.

[@SandroM.R.]

@@Атланти-ш9и Sie waren weder mutig, noch stark. Der Sieg ist lediglich Verrat geschuldet und einer überlasteten Deutschen Wehrmachht.

[@nekske1]

My Father fought for the 5 ss Panzergrenadier Division Wiking as a Dutch volunteer at Kovel as a mg42 gunner,het past away in 1993.He was 17 at the time.Somtimes he told me about the time on the front,it was the hel on earth.

[@williamboquist4090]

Amazing that a 17 year old kid was not scarred for life by his experiences.

[@molanlabexm15]

@@williamboquist4090who said he wasn’t? A lot of World War Two vets had kicking punching night terrors and nightmares for years.

[@nekske1]

@@williamboquist4090 Afcourse he was scarred,but at the front you dont have a choice.he have a very close band with his kamerades.

[@worstalentscout]

then your father fought for the GOOD guys......he understood the war was against the Communists..........

[@christx3326]

​@worstalentscout 💯 this^ ....and Patton agreed. Everyone should listen to "Benjamin Freedman speech at Willard Hotel 1961"....before it's banned again. It's ~ 2 hrs but worth it. He was an ex-zionist (high level) who spilled the beans on Western Governments & the fact that Germany was not the bad guy in EITHER World War...

[@Dirleberger]

Das war eine bewundernswerte Elitetruppe!

[@454FatJack]

🇪🇺1.0

[@dbaider9467]

This was really well put together. Many hours work. Great Panther footage, some I've never seen before, and I like Panthers!

[@CraigTanner-i6m]

Karl Nicolussi-Leck was awarded his knights cross for this action. A real study on combat and mission first ethos.

[@uknowwho7408]

Mission first ethos? More like Nazi pathos? You people are really trying to rewrite the history to make being a Nazi OK.

[@weldorn]

Immortal heroes. Current generations can't fathom what those men went through.

[@PanzerdivisionWiking]

So much props to this channel on this video was done so well I am super by it. One of the best things I saw was so much great footage that actually pertain to what he was talking about. Again, thank you for taking the time to create such a well done documentary

[@FactBytes]

Wow, thank you!

[@BlaBla-pf8mf]

Good things come from tanks and infantry cooperating closely.

[@DutchGuyMike]

Back then at least :p

[@Mal0Imperzia]

As soon as they seperate things go to hell. Its scary when a slav with a PTRS-41 sneaks up beside an unaware Panzer IV G whos too busy firing out at another tank.

[@loudelk99]

Great video, we rarely see stories from the eastern front.

[@FactBytes]

Thanks for the visit!

[@geraldhagen2989]

Fantastic production.....one of the VERY BEST.

[@FactBytes]

Wow, thanks!

[@s1nb4d59]

I enjoy watching your show as theres alot of footage i havnt seen before that you use and its more relevant to the video than others ive watched,well done.

[@RubyMarkLindMilly]

Excellent stuff 👍

[@FactBytes]

Thanks 👍

[@thamor4746]

It's crazy how much stuff changed in just some years. Like tanks kept constantly upgrading and artillery getting tracks in form of wespe & hummel variants. Good video editing, some footage I don't remember seeing.

[@Ickie71]

This came up quick on my feed! Thanks.

[@FactBytes]

Hope you enjoyed it!

[@TerryKnight-hw3pg]

My friend visited Germany in the 70s and purchased a SS Wiking division ring he still has it .

[@NotoLeft]

Germans produced so many awesome commanders now we are just learning of it!

[@albertwolanski7688]

And your country did not produced any.

[@mohammedsaysrashid3587]

It was an informative and wonderful historical coverage video about a furious, stubborn counterattack launched by Viking SS divisions to rescue Panzer German divisions from certain surroundings by Soviets ..thank you an excellent ( FactBytes) channels for sharing this magnificent video.

[@stevenewman1393]

😎👍Very cool and very nicely greatly well done and wonderfully informatively explained and executed in every detail way shape and format provided on the Panther Ace of Wiking To The Rescue indeed Sir!👌.

[@FactBytes]

Glad you liked it!

[@giedriustimbaras9780]

Super ! Vielen dank !

[@alanbooker1955]

Really good and interesting video, thanks.

[@scottmalkinson6983]

Great video. Thank you.

[@FactBytes]

You are welcome!

[@gulf4yankee]

I corresponded with Leck back in 1985, He sent me a letter on the engagement along with a few photos of him on his Panther Tank. Still have it framed and up to this day.

[@deweycooke7369]

That is very interesting: I would have loved to chat w/ him- he seemed like a brass ball commander who really understood winter warfare. The satellite view of the War on the Eastern Front is The Red Army crushing its way Westward - the ground level view is hundreds of these small unit encounters bravely and skillfully proving that soliders on the other sides fought because they had too. The Germans defensive skill in this phase left a lasting mark on tactical warfare that you can see even today. I think the Ukrainian General Staff must have really studied this part of the conflict and you can see it in their current struggle w/ Russia.

[@billd2635]

Great doc. Thanx so much.

[@FactBytes]

Glad it was helpful!

[@michaelfrey7373]

Great Vid :) Like always !

[@FactBytes]

Thanks again!

[@John14-6...]

Tanks are often rated in terms of 3 attributes which are firepower, armor protection and mobility but I think that production should be considered as a fourth category. I remember seeing a documentary that rated the T-34 as one of the top tanks because it had equally good firepower, armor and mobility but seeing subsequent documentaries it seems they weren't very survivable. They were jack of all trades master of none, however their mass production was unbelievable.

[@ScottHendrix-yz3du]

Almost every part was made in America including the steel..

[@TerryKnight-hw3pg]

​@@ScottHendrix-yz3duThe steel the Soviets produced was inferior and cracked when hit with high velocity projectiles.

[@ScottHendrix-yz3du]

@@TerryKnight-hw3pg absolutely!!!! The Russians literally couldn't make a jet without stealing technology from the British because they couldn't make metals hard enough to withstand jet propulsion. They actually wore soft sole shoes to the British Rolls-Royce factory to pick up metal fragments in their soles.

[@TerryKnight-hw3pg]

The germans had the opposite problem late in the war , they knew how how to make the metals for their jet engines but could not source the proper minerals to do so.This caused constant maintenance problems for the jet propelled fighter plane they had .

[@thomaslinton5765]

And yet the tide drowned the beasts.

[@JusBross]

Babe, wake up A new WWII video just dropped!

[@brentritchie6199]

What a ballsy commander some people just don't know when to quit! According to wiki he lived a long life Karl Nicolussi-Leck (14 March 1917 - 30 August 2008) Amazing!

[@frankvandergoes298]

Thanks for a good video..

[@FactBytes]

You are welcome

[@evilfingers4302]

12:46 mentioning the Maxim machine gun's rate of fire is slow is an understatement considering on how many lives were lost to the gun in both world wars.

[@anthonyiocca5683]

Accuracy is much more important than spraying an area without hitting much of anything…

[@evilfingers4302]

@anthonyiocca5683 accuracy wasn't a requirement when hunning down a wave of soldiers on No Man's Land in WW1.

[@anthonyiocca5683]

@ I’m a retired Soldier, when I was issued a weapon I concentrated on accuracy. Scoring hits are what I want from other as well. Coming close is for Artillery and hand-grenades. Shooting large volumes at fast rates only melts the barrel…

[@james-q4u7q]

Truly amazing, between the Tigers and the 88's, they could stop anything!

[@djdrehscheibe]

The father of a friend of mine was a driver of a Panther at Kovel.

[@owensthilaire8189]

Good show. Just a hint, German G's are generally pronounced as hard g's. Eugen pronounced Oiggen.

[@nicktozie6685]

Great video

[@avnrulz]

"Panthers delayed the inevitable. "

[@turrican4d599]

Germany should have used its ressources for Panthers instead of Tigers

[@billd2635]

You have some good stuff here. But would you PLEASE include a scale of distance on your maps? We cant tell if two towns are 4 miles apart, or 40. That makes a huge difference. Thanx.

[@billballbuster7186]

Wiking claimed to have destroyed 300 Soviet tanks and other equipment in 3 days fighting at Kovel. Tanks, StuGs and anti-tank guns were well dug-in and camouflaged. Remember the Panther had useless transmission, limiting movement to around 150km between overhauls to replace final drives.

[@Grondorn]

I think by this time that problem was mitigated to a large degree.

[@billballbuster7186]

@@Grondorn No, it was never solved the transmission was designed for the original weight of 35 tons

[@owensthilaire8189]

I have read that the Panthers drive train had to be replaced before 1000km and the tracks needed new pins every 100km. Good armor, great gun, fragile mechanically. British tanks were even worse and poorly armed.

[@billballbuster7186]

@@owensthilaire8189 Well in Germany the Army got the majority of the budget, so were able to develop tanks faster. In Britain the Army was the worst funded and progress was slow. But the great inspiration for the Germans was the Russians T-34 and KV-1. They led to Tiger and Panther, both were in the design stage in 1941 but more armour was demanded. The Panther was designed at 33-35 tons but built at 46 tons. Which explains the useless transmission, which needed new final drives every 150-200 kilometers!. What is less clear is why an upgraded transmission was not designed to replace the original? The British did have some good tanks, the A12 Matilda "Queen of the desert". The Russians loved the Valentine. But it was 1943 before a great tank engine was produced, the R.R. Meteor. Which led to the A41 Centurion, the best tank to emerge from WW2.

[@uic505050]

I see you bought into all the silly propaganda about the Panther. Literally none of that is actually true.

[@managermattson1828]

Gott mit uns!

[@geraldhagen2989]

Yawholl.

[@CharlesStevenage]

I have two Wiking shoulder boards. One panzer one supplies both original.

[@Ickie71]

Makes you wonder did those patches make it back from Russia?

[@CharlesStevenage]

@@Ickie71 they made it to Austria just above Italy where Wiking surrendered to a British soldier! I bought the patches from his estate they are 100% authentic and the only reason I can confirm is the panzer one has an aluminium 5 added to it and the supplies has no markings but i assume they came from the same surrender. Both ranks are equivalent to warrant officer U.K. so they must have been memorable that the British soldier brought them home? There’s always some mystery. It would be good if I could show them.

[@burkinafaso64]

There are numerous pictures of the battle of Kovel. Why did you take a picture from the Cherkassy pocket relief for your thumbnail?

[@captderichelieu2280]

The announcer who comments on this video presents us with such delight and sympathy the German propaganda of 1944 that tears of emotion constantly flowed down my cheeks. But the reality of the events on the eastern front in 1944 was completely the opposite. The German defense was broken by the Russians along the entire line of combat contact and the German retreat turned into a chaotic flight. The truth is that until the day of unconditional surrender in 1945, the Germans were never able to stop the Russian bear, which with its sharp claws tore to pieces any attempts at organized resistance.

[@JDDC-tq7qm]

Facts 👍

[@geldoncupi1]

The problem is that you should kiss American ass for life. If it wasn’t for them, you’d be speaking German. And in today’s circumstances, maybe would have been a good thing. Your communist leaders hate you more than Germans 🤣🤣

[@DaveArguesback]

Those panthers look so modern for the time ,they should have concentrated on making panthers and not tigers

[@aliciaritchie8676]

That was Piper in one frame?

Does the narrator realize the video goes from snow to no snow, back an forth?

[@Wim-d5m]

The Wiking 5 SS panzerdivisie where te best division from de Waffen SS.

[@STG42_44]

11th SS panzergrenadier divisione Norland saw more action from januari 1944 thru the end of WWII than Wiking saw during the hole war.

[@chrisloomis1489]

Great independent initiative ; this is what has always made the US Forces strong , flexibility and innovation.

[@Ickie71]

I didn't see any US Forces in this video?

[@seanohare5488]

Agree because amen come from a more free society country because

[@seanohare5488]

Americans come from a more free country

[@geraldhagen2989]

@@Ickie71 Did you expect to see the Disney Division?

[@454FatJack]

Ulf Ola-Olin 🇫🇮 Volunteer Officer /Panther ace. Kia 34🧌🚩 (Wife German )

[@NoManClatuer-pd8ck]

17:40 "Barenfuhrer" or "Bear Trainer" 😅🤣😆

[@msotil]

@19:24, 19:28 aren't those Sherman tanks (lend-lease)?

[@napraznicul]

Beatiful! They are Heroes of Deutschland, all of them forbidden to be remembered and celebrated as they deserve.. because of jsh which led nowdays germany :(

[@unknownmaskman]

cool

[@FactBytes]

Thanks

[@zenster1097]

How do you know this is what actually happened? Multiple accounts?

[@galapagos4154]

Gerçek görüntüler için teşekkürler. Türkçe alt yazı desteği olmaması üzücü.

[@thomaslinton5765]

Kovel was lost. The war was over?

[@geldoncupi1]

Truth is so different when it comes to light..

[@user-uy3bj9ue5c]

Got oblitetated by the red army soon after though.

[@opoxious1592]

And today, the sovjet-union is dead and burried. And Germany is also today the most powerfull country in Europe. So Germany still won.

[@godeal365com7]

Master r ace

[@vasalazarevic4881]

hi

[@uzuz3003]

try not to show every new image less than 5 seconds. it's unbearable to watch. thumbs down from me.

[@geraldhagen2989]

Best you watch the Disney Channel...lots of still pictures.

[@UkrainianPaulie]

WTF? Save Kovel from falling into enemy hands? It was a Polish town. They both were enemies of the Poles. Forget 1939?

[@TorJohan-kj5cr]

Polish land was german land at this point in time. The polish state was completely and utterly destroyed and conquered. Don't be a dumbass

[@Liquidskys88]

Ahhhh but no tanker stacked up to Michael wittman.

[@geraldhagen2989]

Too true.

[@chuckhaggard1584]

Good video, but the BS AI voice and mispronunciations ruins it

[@mjt1229]

Amen! Mispronunciations make it hard to keep watching. If you're going to spend the time to produce a video, use some of that time to figure out how to pronounce names and places.

[@HM-kk8dq]

Babe wakup another Wiking vid just dropped.

[@Ickie71]

Hardly Original your the third one here with that crap!

[@turrican4d599]

"I want a divorde!"

[@davepangburn]

Oh, good, I appreciate FactBytes quickly changing the title of the video. Originally it said How Wiking Division Liberated Kovel. It got changed from Liberated to Turned the Tide. Before I commented someone else may have communicated to FactBytes about that I'm guessing. When I saw "Liberated" I groaned a little. Why? My view is to never associate the word liberated when it comes to any armies on foreign soil when those are the armed forces of a repressive, Authoritarian government. Like the Nazis or Communists. Got to careful about that. Especially a World War II content creator. Sloppy language choices like that may give the Neo-element the wrong idea that the channel is sympathetic or revisionist in favor of their views.

[@Ickie71]

Fair point but lets not make a fuss as you-tube make it hard enough as it is now for world war two content creators,the changes in recent months have been immense.

[@restysadag6066]

This is the reason why USMC good in combat today, because they actually captured the great granadier general and commandos to give an advanced combat training to U.S army.

[@Mike-gc2ro]

Bruh why do you use "AI" to make these, youve lost so many views because of it..

[@damirbajramovic5416]

Arhivski filmovi su više nego extra Zašto TITLOVE nestavite ?? Pozdrav iz Bosne 🇧🇦 Sarajevo 🤚

[@1339LARS]

LJ!!!!!!

[@michaelchua3942]

Nazis killed millions in Russia, nothing to gloat about, how bout a video on Atilla the Hun since they were equally cruel too.

[@aleksazunjic9672]

Another BS story for gullible 😁5th SS division was virtually wiped out in Korsun-Cherkassy pocket Jan-Feb 1944. They lost all of their AFV , 60-80% of manpower. They did not rescue anyone, they were in need of rescue. Overall winter of 1943/44 broke the back of Wehrmacht, as after that they were unable to stop Soviet advance practically anywhere.

[@hedlik]

Saved Kovel from Soviet Siege ? O_o are you on drugz ? what a stupid choice of words...

[@FactBytes]

Corrected it 👍

[@Whatisthisstupidfinghandle]

No need to be so rude

[@Nel33147]

Blah , blah , blah ! All these missions saved some garrison or group or whatever. In the end we all knew what would happen and DID happen. They got their arses handed to them.

[@timpatrick2109]

Yes they did. But that doesn't take away from the valor of individual commanders and troops going against extreme opposition in hellish conditions. These accounts are interesting and are good case studies in tactics and courage.

[@frankvandergoes298]

What happened to them, they got overwhelmed by superior numbers.

[@timpatrick2109]

@@frankvandergoes298 They killed 10 times more Russians and tanks-equipment and still lost.

[@Nel33147]

@@timpatrick2109 And they were lucky there was no real action on the western front for a good number of years. The Brits basically let the Russians do 99% of the job. You can’t argue that.

[@turrican4d599]

@@timpatrick2109 Would have been another stoty withou US lend lease.

[@shaneatkins1007]

They where fighting f.cking Nazis not German's.

[@wingtip76]

Calm down there son, you don't know the difference between a nazi and a German

[@RoyBennett-dz2cq]

Brave

[@friedrichhegel9854]

aaaaaaah what about Kasper & Voss - and the remaining 15 guys D: awesome story if u can say something like awesome about a true war story..

[@michaelhawkins7389]

the information in the video is correct though

[@bergssprangare]

Warning..NAzi propaganda are alive and kicking here

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

Be quiet already troll.

[@vladimerpushkin3141]

Its always the bad weather for the Germans even today there's always an excuse why the leaparrds are burning

[@geraldhagen2989]

Vlad, you drank too much vodka, again.