The Beast of Omaha (Stories from D-Day)

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Heinrich Severloh became known as the “Beast of Omaha” a title given to him after the casualties he inflicted on U.S. soldiers at Omaha Beach on D-day June 6th, 1944.
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Sources:
WN 62: A German Soldier's Memories of the Defense of Omaha Beach, Normandy, June 6, 1944
by Hein Severloh
The Germans in Normandy
By Richard Hargreaves
The Dead and Those About to Die: D-Day: The Big Red One at Omaha Beach
By John C. McManus
The Fury of Battle: A D-Day Landing As It Happened
By Robert Kershaw
Landing on the Edge of Eternity: Twenty-Four Hours at Omaha Beach
By Robert Kershaw
MG 34 and MG 42 Machine Guns
By Chris McNab

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[@GlitchItOut]

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[@jayjohnson7216]

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[@indianajones4321]

@Simple History please do an Operation Market Garden or battle of La Drang

[@ollerydberg1508]

hello frand i lov your vidios;)

[@nebuenteh]

This guy lived two villages over from my home and told us about his story during Sunday school in 2002. He implored us to be grateful for peace. He did not lose his nightmares, ever.

Kids dont understand that freedom aint free.

[@willhall796]

American here but that still must have been a huge honor to be able to just listen to the man himself- thanks for sharing!

[@DGFishRfine1]

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[@DBZ483]

That's crazy

[@DzhokharDudayev-kr9mi]

I realized that only now. I am living 50km (like 5 towns away) from the place this guy was born. I should visit his grave and leave flowers.

[@juliovictormanuelschaeffer8370]

White Death: conscripted farmer. Lady Death: conscripted farmer. Beast of Omaha: conscripted farmer. Notice something familiar?

[@Admiral45-10]

10% of Polish Army in 1920 was made out of volunteers (including farmers).

[@luizitoh7453]

Desmond Doss?

[@Dogirot]

Audie Murphy

[@Hubert_Cumberdale_]

There were alot more farmers back then.

[@Highlander_Pr]

What about Vietnamese farmer?

[@sumi7921]

US Marines: "Stop spawncamping" Severloh: "Stop spawning"

[@idk-yd4ql]

i dont think marines fought the germans they fought the japanese

[@damanithegoat9653]

I think it was the Army who fought the Germans

[@damanithegoat9653]

@@idk-yd4ql Yeah you’re right

[@lardlover3730]

Lol

[@_Catgirl_Connoisseur_]

Hmm

[@anthonykatsivalis224]

I find it interesting to see the German perspective of the D-day landings beacuse we are always told of the American British and the Canadian perspective, yet we very rarely talk about the German perspective of the landings.

[@FormulaVase-kp3dc]

Thats because you probably live in a country that won the battle. History is written by the victors

[@Jiji-the-cat5425]

The German perspective is actually pretty interesting. There were still a lot of interesting aspects of it.

[@lagg1e]

@Mitsi Grabblerberg On the other hand, the bunkers didn't have naval and air support. The worst job at the battle was being in one of the landing boats.

[@DarkSygil666]

@@FormulaVase-kp3dc Preach it Scipio. Btw, sorry things didn't work out for you in Africa. I always wanted to tell you that. Now I just need to bump into your buddy Caesar.

[@livingcorpse5664]

The perspective I got was war is scary and sucks no matter which side you're on.

[@mysteriousowen5205]

The Beast of Omaha sounds like an Urban Legend Monster from WW2

[@McShaggswell]

Plot Twist: They mean Omaha Nebraska.

[@JoelMiller165]

That’s what I thought the video was about in my notifications

[@robertlcgarcia123]

@@McShaggswell the war between the farmer and the rat army in order to protect his crops

[@davidrodgers9558]

I can see know one here has delt with a mg42 .. Two trained men could holed off the world .. If the ammo and barrels held out ... We had them in Bosnia.. The Mean Stick.. Peace to all who made it out of Bosnia alive..

[@jameswhite5720]

Hollywood movies like "Fury" depict German soldiers as laughably incompetent robots who were easily slaughtered. Which is an enormous injustice both to them and the heroism and sacrifice of the Allied soldiers who actually had to fight them.

[@welcometothehonorguard8987]

Ever heard this saying "history is written with the blood of the defeated"

[@welcometothehonorguard8987]

Or was it "history is written by the victors"

[@Furzkampfbomber]

@@welcometothehonorguard8987 Of course you are absolutely right, but sometimes I am still pissed about how a lot of movies sell complete crap as 'historcally accurate'. . I mean, a lot of people complain about that fight against the Tiger and they are right, but not even because of the Tiger leaving a perfectly fine position only to get itself into a less advantageous position, but actually because 'Fury' was an M1A3E8 or 'Easy 8' version of the Sherman that came with a 76 mm high velocity gun that shot HVAP ammunition that was perfectly able to knock out a Tiger from the _front_ even over larger distances. And the way infantry on both sides was portrayed was just plain stupidity. . This is even more annoying because there _are_ quite accurate depictions of the war, 'Band of Brothers' comes to mind, for instance. . So the really annoying thing to me is that a lot of those inaccuracies in movies and tv shows are not even caused by victors making propaganda, but simply by an immense ignorance and stupidity.

[@historyjunky1299]

Right. They always have accuracy equivalent to troopers in star wars. Never hit anything..... germans had the best weapons hands down. Completely inaccurate movie.

[@LordVader1094]

@@historyjunky1299 Storntroopers weren't even inaccurate in the Star Wars films.

[@justintimm9078]

Severloh has a Kind of Legendary Status in the bundeswehr. My squadleader really admires him and says "he Mastered the Machine gun". On that day Severloh had 3 rifles and 11 extra barrels and each of them were Used so extensively that at the end of the day all 11 barrels were red hot. He probably is the best Machine gunner of all time.

[@steveonysid1521]

I was in the German army too he is a hero

[@judd-on5vz]

wow 11 barrels for one gun, see my other comment.

[@nathanwilliams3877]

Probably not, there are countless examples of dudes mowing down other dudes by the droves with just one MG. Educate yourself a little bit.

[@justintimm9078]

@@nathanwilliams3877 well its very much possible that the Story got glorified over the years but by got that soldier knew his weapon and he knew it well. By his own account he Killer or wounded between 2000 and 3000 allied (mostly american) soldiers.

[@trololoev]

@@justintimm9078 by my own account i personally murder 17000 of German soldiers. But i didn't participate in war, but i can talk.

[@polarjet1833]

Other German soldiers: I can’t use tracers I need to save those for planes Severloh: bullet is bullet

[@mattphillips6007]

But then they see ware you are shooting from thus the artillery fire targets the position

[@chairsilver2]

hey uh you're using anti-aircraft bullets ya know...... BULLET IS BULLET IT HAS THE SAME PURPOSE!

[@retroschrott1560]

@@mattphillips6007 i see your point... but i actually think this was not a battle fought to be "won", it was more about weaken enemy numbers and delay the landing EDIT: So my conclusion is: making as much damage as possible with whatever is available (from a military pov)

[@Je-yj6bc]

@@mattphillips6007 i remember the old says.. "If the enemy team throw their best gun/effort on you and you alone, you do the right thing"

[@MyGeorg13]

if it dosnt jam its gonna hurt you more then me o.o

[@nukeops2828]

There are rumors that the barrel is still cooling down on the Omaha Beach.

[@milkchocoranger1885]

Lmao

[@hudsontoo1212]

Lol

[@zsoltpapp3363]

Mg42 barrels were changed frequently. They used one barrel and cooled the other one. The change took like 5-10 seconds for the crew of 2

[@okbudde4873]

​@@zsoltpapp3363 you just had to tell us that, and not recognise that it's a joke

[@zsoltpapp3363]

I also reflected to the video, no mentions about barrel changes.

[@muhammadyudhi1338]

"There's no glory on the beach that day's... Only much blood, screaming, and young men dying" - Heinrich Severloh

[@yalingli3419]

Muhammad Yudhi So anyway, I started blasting

[@Noobmaster-lb9sn]

Ya ling Li you ar a fucking legend 😂😂

[@HolahkuTaigiTWFormosanDiplomat]

Back to the time I was a kid watching DDay related movie, it was too scary so I laughed...

[@MB-ux9me]

"Es gibt keinen Ruhm an diesem Strand. Nur Blut, Schreie und junge Männer, die sterben."

[@kerry3387]

@12BJJohnson Imaging believing this

[@ArmenianDude88]

USA: dumps more men than the Germans have ammo USSR: you and I aren't so diffrent

[@seanrh4294]

The USA lost a couple hundred thousand troops against the Germans but the Russians 15-18 Million......

[@la-li-lu-le-lo9444]

@@seanrh4294 right.... ignorant comment by OP

[@andershargrave7246]

@@seanrh4294ACKSHUALLY something like >20 millions

[@sweaspurdoddd5466]

@@seanrh4294 the Russian were a lot more effective at using cannon fodders.

[@mrcaboosevg6089]

A sea invasions is very different to sending men to die in waves just to slow the enemy down. Britain didn't have much trouble landing on the beach only because it wasn't well defended like Omaha, the Americans clearly didn't expect it

[@gisangel12]

Imagine finding the mg42 that the soldier had.

[@kevinnguyen3087]

Which by the way, the MG-42 would be replaced by the MG-3KWS.

[@trevorslinkard31]

Probably ended up in a scrap pile somewhere. I have my doubts.

[@fancy_cyka3594]

It would be worth so much

[@vanya3935]

It would be worth making fan fiction about it being cursed. Much like a blade that claims thousands of lives.

[@nicolascorea8727]

@@-69-., would depend how strong you are and and how much pounds of force you can handle, age to.

[@Surgicalshred]

“War is young men dying and old men talking” - Franklin D. Roosevelt

[@thischannelisnowdefunct]

Ironic

[@Arengeesus]

So true

[@dra6o0n]

Had war never existed, humanity might have strayed into a different path of evolution in society. War causes degeneration of tech in some cases, where wartorn nations will not see further growth and is in a state of recovery. It only brings tech and innovation to the victors who are usually far from said warzone.

[@potatoraider7320]

@@dra6o0n war does not cause degeneration of technology... it advanced them... war spends alot of research on developing breakthrough technology to topple the other enemy, which the other enemy also had the same idea in mind.

[@gloriesnormaldude7513]

@@dra6o0n with out war humanity would be weak and would not survive

[@nightmare8292]

The Beast of omaha sounds like a Sabaton song

[@shadowraven8061]

Maybe they'll write a song about Heinrich sometime

[@nightmare8292]

ShadowRaven yep

[@emirvisnjic1051]

I'm so happy when i see another Sabaton fan :D

[@misfit666_usmc6]

Beat me to it

[@nightmare8292]

Emir Višnjić me too :)

[@slyguythreeonetwonine3172]

When you are so badass the US Navy decides it needs to focus on you alone.😂

[@d-daystudios6831]

The tracer rounds he used made him look like a bigger gun.

[@livingcorpse5664]

Well and the gun was that powerful too. If any of the other gunners had used tracer rounds the ships would have been ordered to fire on them instead, I feel like even getting one of those guns removed from the equation would have made the battle significantly less problematic.

[@leeonardodienfield402]

competent gunner and assistant gunner will change battles

[@coltoncyr2283]

The first attempt of destroying these spots failed on the air attacks. Battleships should've been called in much earlier imo

[@drphot6050]

Omaha Omaha! - Peyton Manning

[@livingcorpse5664]

It sounds to me that he didn't claim he killed 1000 as something to brag about but something he felt guilty about, even if he killed fewer than 1000 he still feels the most responsible for the deaths. Survivors guilt to the extreme.

[@xtxownage]

Basically. He was pretty traumatised after the war.

[@Memnon-ro4cl]

Dude this never happened. There is no source that supports his claims

[@izperehoda]

@@Memnon-ro4cl he still killed a lot of people tho

[@livingcorpse5664]

@@Memnon-ro4cl He didn't say it as a flex or to brag, he feels guilty. He knows logically he wasn't the only one killing people but his survivors guilt has messed him up and feel like he was responsible for everyone's death.

[@Memnon-ro4cl]

@@livingcorpse5664 buddy. No historian in the world supports any of his claims. He is delusional at best.

[@ge_oark2905]

US Propaganda: "Don't worry, this gun sounds scary, but it is not accurate" US Infantry: thats a f.cking lie....

[@Ethan-qe8pe]

That was not the best propaganda video.

[@randomlyentertaining8287]

Accuracy is not needed when you're spitting rounds out at 1,200 per minute lol

[@dennismassenkeil9812]

The U.S. Army had a propaganda video about the MG'42??? I've never heard about it.

[@jojojaja129]

@@dennismassenkeil9812 yes U.S. Army had propaganda video and test it in Shooting range and tell U.S. army MG is more accurate german MG are not accurate

[@sabritas1111]

It was but since the Germans had the high ground it was easier to spray

[@elitemation]

Soldiers in war: Good aim mostly follows orders Farmers in war: God aim, called in hacks, Average kill is 90000+

[@ct-411ponds5]

Makes sense

[@mich4408]

Makes sense

[@eqhsw3979]

Thats actully finland

[@prelkat]

@@eqhsw3979 You mean nokia 3310 bazooka from finland?

[@anhvunguyen3995]

@@ct-411ponds5 True

[@Vdk758]

I would love to see a movie about this (Not made by Hollywood because we all know how Hollywood treats their movies these days)

[@SrGillespie]

@Cristo39 and also gay with a lot of propaganda of cola or chips. Try to search a korean movie called "My way" last 3 hours and you can see soviet, german, japanese and murican soldiers

[@hairglowingkyle4572]

Don't wanna start a long thread here but honestly it really depends on the film staff, especially the director.

[@JP-rk9rt]

They would also include a trans couple.

[@doop2794]

Wow y’all are pressed stop being so mad

[@jimboonie9885]

@@doop2794 SHUT

[@chrovos4044]

You know your a badass when it takes a naval fleet to make you retreat

[@josephstalin9868]

*when You Rack so much kills The Enemy has called artillery support on you*

[@SlimeJime]

In reality it was german artillery that killed most of the american soldiers. And they weren't doing much at all, just stuck on the beach under machine-gun proof cover but no way out

[@thomasbummer4361]

@@SlimeJime u talk absolute bullshit lol

[@McTorwid]

when you fight with nazis in warsaw uprising for freedom and sucker stalin stop his troops a few kilometers near warsaw and allow germans to destroy uprising

[@youngmoney4693]

Death streaks suck I don’t know why they put them in the game

[@chaosdweller]

That's what you would call a buzz kill.

[@SwtorSateleShanFan]

It's really amazing to see how far the animations have come! Keep it up!

[@MatiasPalacios2]

They are getting better and better

[@Simplehistory]

thanks!

[@tonypeppermint5329]

Oh Yeah!

[@SwtorSateleShanFan]

M-Ray ikr!

[@zycklacon9588]

They are getting so much better, i Hope they remake their old videos I hate seeing those old animations

[@Nighttimeqt1]

Meanwhile in omaha Severloh: prepare for trouble Mg42: and make it double

[@erikspencer2396]

Makes me wonder now…the MG-42 gunner that we see first in Saving Private Ryan…if that’s “The Beast”

[@cuse445]

No, this is WN-62 which was in easy red, I believe what you see in the movie is Dog Green (sector) and they (Hanks and the 29th) take out WN 70 & WN 71 with a MG-42 nest on the right of the 88 bunker.

[@cromwell4029]

When R2 is jammed on ur controller and the only thing you can do is fire

[@spikeyjay6236]

That happens to my controller when the battery is low

[@Ollie4u]

Imposter

[@cromwell4029]

Cup Of Tea hello dear brother

[@MasterYoda420]

@@Ollie4u LOL

[@Ollie4u]

Drink me

[@griggs2316]

“This lead to his detection by the USS Frankfurt” ironic.

[@jacksons1010]

Confirmed: USS Frankford, DD-497. Not sure if people misheard or the narrator misspoke...just one of many problems with this BS story.

[@crassus300]

@@jacksons1010 Hows the story BS?

[@Exodon2020]

@john bloggs Which is - quite ironically a direct English Translation of Frankfurt. Also makes sense considering the state of Kentucky being inhabited mostly by Americans of German descend. Makes me wonder though: has there ever been a ship named "USS Bismarck" after the State Capital of North Dakota?

[@Torbintime]

@@Exodon2020 most likely bs since she was named after john Frankford and not Frankfurt

[@americanpanzer4163]

@@Exodon2020 There is a USS Bismarck, although it is an aircraft carrier, built by Kaiser Shipyards

[@penzorphallos3199]

There is testimonials of other dday bunker gunners who ran out of replacement barrels and just dumped red hot barrels in water drums. Eventually they ran out of water as it evaporated and resorted to pissing on the glowing barrels.

[@alswann2702]

At the other end of the climate spectrum one of Patton's tankers had to piss on his frozen .50 caliber early one morning during the Battle of the Bulge as it had frozen the previous night and he was attacked at dawn.

[@Johndoe-gf7eu]

And then American soldiers pissed on the dead german bodies 😂

[@strangeman1822]

​@@Johndoe-gf7euThey didn't because you Americans used to be honorable people

[@diymicha4905]

2000 casualtys of severloh isn't that far from truth. I was standing up there at WN62 a few years ago and watching over the vast beach. You can see over several kilometers, and they attacked during ebb tide. It was 600-800 meters straight way to the shore line. Absolutely no problem for an MG42 if you got enough spare barrels.

[@TEXASREDD76]

I’ve heard he had 11 spare barrels a K98 and his loaders K98 along with ample ammunition supply for all his weapons

[@monkeyfool4532]

Today in my English class we had to write about someone we admire. Teacher was not impressed

[@mikegreen2213]

What did they say?

[@paulfrompayroll]

that sucks man i bet it was a really good essay!

[@monkeyfool4532]

Mike Green she told me not to glorify “nazis”

[@l_____________l_______l]

All nazis are evil but not all germans are nazis - George S Patton. Or something like that I can't remember exactly.

[@zoranlazarevic7526]

@@l_____________l_______l To which I'd answer all Nazis are German

[@americohagim1131]

Ahhh.... so this is the guy that constantly killed me in COD WW2.

[@DJSCRMNGHST]

And call of duty 2

[@metalattheshop250435]

DJ SCR34M1NGH0ST Eh but Call if Duty 2 you attack Utah beach instead of Omaha

[@bjek343]

metalattheshop250435 no

[@bjek343]

metalattheshop250435 you attack pointe du hoc

[@metalattheshop250435]

Kats pointe du hoc was located on Utah Beach

[@horehoundbasedcandy8736]

My great grandfather on my mother side was a German at Normandy Beach, on my fathers side my great grandfather was an American soldier at Hacksaw ridge. 😂 Both my grandparents said if they had met, none of us would’ve existed. Apparently they got into a fight at the wedding between my grandmother and grandfather

[@awoki4261]

Lol

[@tootaashraf1]

i feel like what you said was a lie..

[@firemangan2731]

@@tootaashraf1 Oh you would not believe how many strange stories are out there that turned out to be true...

[@tootaashraf1]

@@firemangan2731 It's like apparently everyone's great grandfather was a soldier on D-Day.

[@Johnny12575]

@@tootaashraf1 I mean, do you know how many grandfathers fought at D-day?

[@edwardmills5009]

Heinrich Severloh: "Welcome to Europe"

[@abooga8]

Can we give some props to Severloh's assistant gunner who fed him bullets that whole time?

[@PANZERFAUST90]

no

[@azutard9839]

yes

[@GradeAMasterLukens]

Yeah no

[@asdfghjk5880]

Yes

[@Prometheus19853]

Not only that, but his assistant gunner was most likely the guy shooting the stragglers that made it past the MG42 as well. That was one of the duties for an assistant gunner in an MG42 team, close defense of the gun and gunner.

[@Kukus-xy3gi]

Imagine the cost of firing 7.92mm for 9 straight hours in todays economy

[@zacmorgenstern7370]

Thats perhaps why the Reich lost...

[@somenbwithabadhistoryteach5872]

Not to mention that they spent half of their funds on experimentation and inventing meth.

[@seanwalters1977]

From what I've found today's price of a 198 grain 7.92mm round on average is roughly $.30. The video estimated he shot about 12,000 rounds so .30*12,000 = $3,600.

[@chavonjames8941]

Sean Walters 3600 in today’s exchange?

[@seanwalters1977]

@@chavonjames8941 Yes, today's USD.

[@Dont-Watch-My-Vids-U-Regret-it]

This dude took “so anyways, I stared blasting” way to seriously

[@brittanyharrigan9553]

U.S: Dude can you stop killing our guys?! Severloh: Stop sending your guys

[@ceesarpi]

Everybody Gangsta' till the farmer starts firing.

[@yalingli3419]

Dank Man So anyway, I started blasting

[@codenamecordon]

Dank Man very true in many cases

[@Phoenix_The_HeroHater]

Dank Man you have no subscribers?

[@Luffy3713]

Everyone gangsta til that farmer picks up a flame thrower

[@sta982]

Yes

[@hyungilkoo9340]

Fired for 9 hours, wow, the quality of German stuff

[@nicknewton3390]

HYUNG IL KOO except the entire story is bullshit.

[@thecreativetype3273]

@@nicknewton3390 triggered american

[@nanab256]

12000 rounds is 10min of constant shooting, this story is fake or he shooting only 1s for every 1min

[@Erraddo]

@@nanab256 you fire machineguns in short bursts of less than a second, aim between bursts, and often change barrels. Also, there were lulls in the fighting. 12000 per 9h is believable.

[@nanab256]

@@Erraddo this mean two 0,5s bursts for every minute, 30s aiming for one burst? still unbeliveable. U cant overheat barell shooting like this. replacing mg42's barell =5 seconds

[@lenney1833]

He lived in the same town as me. After the war he lived in lachendorf my hometown. There is also a street named after him. His family hat a nice small farm shop. Sorry for my Englisch😂

[@zoria2527]

Thats a pretty much a nice flex having a neighbour like severloh

[@firemangan2731]

Its rare to have WW2 veterans as neighbors nowadays. Remeber back then when the chances that your neighbors served in WW2 were high? Oh thoes were the days, even tho I wasen’t born at those times.

[@darklibertario5001]

for some reason I think it's unlikely that they named a street in germany after a wehrmacht veteran who killed hundreds of allied soldiers

[@marabiofitsialnyy3530]

i have a friend from america hes an old retired pilot and he told me his story and how he loves flight and this is his favorite song, my friend died bcus of tuberculosis, i will never forget him

[@memmoman]

WW2 Dream Team: Sniper: Simo Häyhä Leader: Mad Jack Churchill Scout: Leo Major Machine Gunner: Heinrich Severloh Pilot: Douglas Bader Pilot #2: Erik Hartmann Medic: Desmond Doss Artillery: Vojtek the Bear Tank commander: Erwin Rommel Rifleman: Audie Murphy Sniper #2: Vasily Zaitsev Survival Specialist: Hiroo Onoda Sniper #3: Ljudmila Pawlitschenko Second In Command: Lauri “Larry Thorne” Törni Tank Commander #2: Kurt Knispel Gurkha: Laachiman Gurung Add suggestions in the answers

[@leopardcentury4079]

I'd say pilot: Galland

[@takumifujiwara5679]

Medic: Desmond Doss

[@americancaesar1830]

@@takumifujiwara5679 Slav: Viktor Reznov

[@memmoman]

@@takumifujiwara5679 damn i forgot, thanks

[@porthard5951]

101 airborne captain winters(combat leader) hang tough

[@semirechicus5362]

simo haya: I tip my hat one legend to another beast of Omaha: *tips MG42*

[@oyuk4618]

More like this

[@oyuk4618]

Simo: I tip my Mosin Nagant to you, one legend to another. Severloh: tips MG42

[@acornlord4553]

Did you just quote Rango

[@ricky6608]

*tips stahlhelm*

[@jussieronen3707]

@@oyuk4618 Pystykorva, not Mosin Nagant

[@mzin2534]

"get out of my lawn" *loads mg42*

[@JohnRamboPT]

I like this story, u got a new sub, keep up good content

[@golbalhelmut8442]

In a German documentary he said, that he always had to vomit and cry his entire life after that day, because he couldn’t forget this 04:10 mentioned head shot. David Silver was the first man ne was able to talk with, years after this horrible day. They became very strong friends. David Silver introduced him also to other survivors during a Veteran’s meeting. The American soldiers gave him a chance to apologise and to made his peace. A lot of them (I have heard all of them, but I am not sure) became friends with him. Franz Gockel, another German survivor of D-Day and Heinrich Severloh dedicated their lives to the reconciliation of former enemies of war.

[@bingobongo1615]

Yes and the headshot was done with his rifle not the MG. That made it personal to him

[@Halcon_Sierreno]

They were the ones invading.

[@nathanrawlinson2614]

I don't see why he had to appoagise tbh. He wasn't fighting a war that day he was fighting for his life. He didn't really have a choice. Are Americans ever going to appoagise for all the people they have killed?

[@Sgt.Grinch]

Bir asker savaşı kaybettikten sonra özür dilemeye zorunlu bırakılıyor ne saçma birşey müttefikler hiç sevmiyorum almanya tebrik ederim 2.dünya savaşındaki başarılarını

[@thejohn6614]

@@Sgt.Grinch where are you from?

[@randomlyentertaining8287]

Just in case anyone couldn't figure it out, yes a MG-42 could plausibly be fired for 9 straight hours IF enough replacement barrels were available. Replacing the barrel on a MG-42 is quite easy and quick.

[@benmaneson4420]

@Paul Bryson 12.000 plus rounds will not produce THAT many empty cases ... You don't shoot constantly but in bursts. Possible. Horrific and possible. It's sad what happens in war.

[@benmaneson4420]

@Paul Bryson Math ... i suppose (used to be in the army and know the MG42/MG3 with a decreased firerate). And horrifying theoretical thinking. The MG 42 is capable of up to 1.500 shots per minute. Not possible to fire that many rounds at once. You fire in bursts. So the barrel has time to cool down in between. Also you still have to aim ... Under ideal circumstances a barrel would last up to 4.000 rounds (8.000 with a chromed barrel). So ... i suppose he would have had a need for around 6 barrels if we suggested about 2.000 rounds per barrel. 6 to 8 barrels ... let's say 10. One every 1.200 rounds - fired in bursts. He had at least someone to supply him with barrels and ammunition. One box/magazine (belt fed) used to hold 250 rounds. Enough for a few minutes of surpressing fire. 12.000 rounds devided through 250 ... that's 48 boxes. You see ... it is possible to do that. Hard but possible. I heard that he most likely killed 600 - 1.000 men. That's enough, i think. Enough to spend the rest of your life thinking about the lifes you took. One life can bring you nightmares until you close your eyes for the last time.

[@benmaneson4420]

@Paul Bryson That is what war does to us people :-(

[@Prometheus19853]

@Paul Bryson - You can store 10k 7.62x54 NATO rounds in a fairly small space, the Abrams has a single 10k round belt for its coax. 7.92x57mm isn't much bigger, and came in either 250 round belts, or 50 round "assault cans". Since he was in a fixed position, it's reasonable to assume a large stockpile, and a pallet of ammo cans would only take up a couple square feet of floor space. The barrels also take up little space, as they're simply the barrel and a small square section that locks it to the chamber. IIRC mobile gunnery teams carried a legitimate quiver of spare barrels, roughly 3-5. A fixed position would probably have a few crates of barrels available since weight is no issue, 10-20 spares for a fixed MG42 expecting heavy fighting would be both reasonable and easy to store. All in all, the required supplies could easily fit in the back of a modern pickup with room to spare.

[@TheGuyThatsNotFunny]

Good to know.

[@englandtehbest1922]

American Solider: *STOP SPAMMING!* Severlo: *And I Took That Personally...*

[@operatorcheescakman9153]

this was an amazing video (it always is) but this for sure is one of my favourites

[@Messines17]

Nice balance here, not all those defending Normandy were 'Nazis', it was kill or be killed.

[@kloa4219]

REEEEE ALL OF THEM WERE EVIL AND ATE CHILDREEEEEN

[@WinterYuzu]

@@kloa4219 was? .-.

[@sam8404]

@@WinterYuzu was what?

[@abisrizvi2621]

@@sam8404 lol bro, was IS what in German

[@Faygo2215]

@@kloa4219 ah yes I remember the nazis ate fucking children. The nazis were preity evil, but most of the soldiers were drafted and didn't want to be nazis

[@jillhasenberggindt4236]

thank you for making these video the make me so happy

[@famedgaming1865]

The MG42 is the only gun that can earn a man the title of "Beast".

[@Brokendog-wt4ul]

*laughs in M134

[@Jebu911]

But M/28 gives you the title of "white death". But then again when you are the deadliest soldier i think "death" is a fair title.

[@johnmurcott1273]

Laughs in ma deuce

[@kellensmith3825]

You never heard Of the m2 browning

[@vergilsmotivation5126]

The Beast of Omaha was no hero, nor was he a villain, he was just serving his country and doing his part in defending it. If going by that logic, then every man fighting for their country, every soldier, would be a villain.

[@lvpo8866]

Duolingo Bird war hero that should have been able to get an iron cross 1st class

[@aoi_hanazawa]

Except terrorists.

[@ProcyonAlpha]

It was France, not his fucking country.

[@Snoooo]

ProcyonAlpha France is a joke anyway, better to let stronger countries get it.

[@vergilsmotivation5126]

ProcyonAlpha are you seriously that stupid? He was fighting for Germany. He is German. Yeah, he was fighting in France

[@bestgaming4344]

“The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.” - G.K. Chesterton

[@robertanthonybermudez5545]

Nah. Thats just a plain stupid prop to trick the young to fight an old man's war.

[@FormulaVase-kp3dc]

Not true, its a bit of both.

[@16BitGamerCat]

Except Mad Jack apparently. He just loved fighting.

[@Chuked]

Some people fight because it gives them energy

[@maksytheslav]

Yeah ok because that was why germany kept invading neutral countries

[@ACM1PT95]

The assistant gunner's assist kills ratio must had been quite remarkable

[@pixynowwithevenmorebelkanb6965]

minigun: i am the be- MG 42: observe- MG 3: watch this

[@herrdoctor2895]

Severloh: shoot a G.I soldier 3 times. That soldier:I got a feeling that the guy that shot me 3 times will be my best friend.

[@LongingSubset9]

They were friendship rounds.

[@D-Z321]

GI Chaplin*

[@Blei1986]

@@LongingSubset9 friendly fire ;-)

[@jaykovmalani9583]

@@Blei1986 Me every time in a new game.

[@JohnDoe-on6ru]

When boys fight vs when girls fight:

[@parakitjrgensen3658]

Smooth Kill Death Ratio of 1000 - 1.

[@Adrianrafael04]

DavidsonParaquet it’s between 1 and 2 thousand.

[@minh6327]

Don’t think most people understand this comment but I’m learning ratios so I do.

[@PassTheSnails]

100% Highlights uh ratios are super easy to understand I don’t think there’s anyone who doesn’t get this comment

[@benaskalinskas4154]

@@minh6327 do you seriously think "most people" dont understand ratios?

[@Adrianrafael04]

Kaul Brendamin he’s gotta be trolling

[@kurtschuster8078]

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

[@dizzi051herab7]

Impressive yes, but given the fact that the mg 42 has a fire rate of 1000-1400 rounds a minute (depending on the version, the early versions of the mg 42 had a much higher rate of fire but misfunctioned more often because of that, so they dropped the fire rate a bit) most of the time he was probably using his infantry rifle, letting his mg cooling down. Cause 12.000 rounds/ 1000 or 1400 rounds a minute isn’t that much time firing the mg, so I think that the impressive part is that he got through firing a repeater for most of the time, that’s gotta hurt your shoulder after a while.

[@AB-vf7ls]

what do White death, beast of omaha and thanos have in common? *They all were or became Farmers*

[@ricojes]

The remains of the dead must make for good fertile ground.

[@iamthehype3684]

@@ricojes ironically they do.

[@NUTella_enjoyer]

Underrated

[@elijah4606]

And Cincinnatus

[@Phoenix8492]

ricojes What makes the grass grow? _BLOOD! BLOOD! BLOOD!_ Let’s also not forget Alvin York, even though he was from a totally different war

[@Makkis]

1:16 end of ad

[@no_kasa]

thanks

[@starkiller6864]

A true hero

[@no_kasa]

@@starkiller6864 yes you are right

[@burde109]

You will be honored

[@F1Z5Y]

Sponsoring*

[@gabrieldauz3533]

Im sad for those who died and for those who lived and had ptsd about the experience

[@gabrieldauz3533]

@Überzeugter Kafir they had no choice. They are even fighting this battle on france which was invaded by Germany. The US can't just stand by and wait for the germans to conquer mo countries gather resources and be stronger which ends up with germany invading the US

[@ray4nn]

What a hero Respect

[@Divert486]

The script they had you read for the sponsor was disgusting..

[@gru7259]

LMAOOOO it was so funny tho

[@lordomega9959]

O t t o m a n

[@sammaxgoof8507]

Better than youtubes trash ads if i see any people from their ads in real life someone is walking away with less teeth

[@michaelmorse4444]

It's like watching this video I saw about baby seals and otters.

[@jabloko992]

I refuse to watch or listen to ads/sponsors, could you tell me what it was like?

[@otlayr3030]

I love how the MG42 sounds better in this than COD WWII

[@jeronimo4702]

J.H. Goodsir The gun sounds are from the OG COD2

[@isaacmarrufo8935]

Jeroen Gruyters I can still remember the Russian mission when you snipe a bunch of people on mg42s repelling an attack

[@KianoUyMOOP]

It sounds like a plasma repeater in that game; dreadful, as Gordon Ramsay would put it.

[@blankblank5409]

Cod ww2 sounds like pea shooter

[@kquindarlewisfyindujbar]

Thats why I hate COD WW2. The sound design is half assed. And boring. Nothing is the proper fire rate. Nothing sounds how it should. Its fucking garbage.

[@michaeljohnmorales7613]

Kill : 982 Assist : 13 Death : 0 Damn that's OP

[@troystaunton254]

Guy goes on a kill streak and god gives the nuclear strike prize to his enemy.

[@user-gr5me8xw3p]

It's so nice to see the D-Day from a different angle!

[@brendandl.brandez6571]

I keep noticing this common cliche Farmers = Great Warriors

[@ottersirotten4290]

cliches dont materialize out of thin air

[@dudeman4514]

@@ottersirotten4290 they materialize out of farms

[@armija]

People who work hard in peace time tend to be better soldiers, it is not a cliche it is FACT.

[@ottersirotten4290]

@@armija Also the common Soldier learns Marksmanship during Infantrytraining, the common Farmboy learns Marksmanship when hes old enough to carry a Rifle, knowing the Target runs away if the first Shot misses. There was an Instance during the Boer Wars were the british Army Doctrin said a Firefight beyond 300m or something is impossible, they changed that after they got wrecked by Boer Kommandos at a Distance of 500-600m

[@rasgrul8778]

Yeah most warrior classes in early years was the farming lower class. Kinda runs in their blood

[@bananawizard8084]

If he'd been an American soldier, he would have been called "The hero of Omaha"

[@rickyjagodowski69]

If he'd been an American soldier, he wouldn't have had a machine gun. He would only have had a rifle.

[@marcosburgos8415]

If he were an American soldier he would have probably died on the beach helping the allies liberate Europe from the Germans

[@frenchsoldier8485]

@@rickyjagodowski69 What he meant was a reversal of the situation

[@frenchsoldier8485]

@Ne Mutlu Türküm Diyene!!! Canadians also won, Canadians speak mostly French or English

[@Vindicator_SD]

I feel like beast still implies a bit of respect to him, like it gives him a kind of mythological aura. Same way the marines are called devil dogs, taken literally that might not be a compliment but figuratively its a nice catchphrase. Also if a GI did that he could've gotten that name too just sayn

[@gert373]

I read that book he wrote about D-Day. It is an incredible story about what happend at the WN62. If someone of you is interested in books of german soldiers in ww2 you can also read "Im Auge des Jägers" or "Saat in den Sturm. This are also very intersting books. But i am not sure if they were available in englisch.

[@bi0ha2ard]

Great video. Thanks.

[@wolfmanAl]

Cotton Hill: "I killed fiddy men!" Hein Severloh: "Halt mal mein Bier..."

[@jonnelmadanlo7154]

Bro it means "Stop my beer" its actually Halten Sie mein Bier

[@wolfmanAl]

@@jonnelmadanlo7154 Uhm... I AM German. I know what it means. "Halten SIE mein Bier. " is formal. "Halt mal mein Bier. " is informal and something people would rather say in daily life. You need to know the way people speak here before you correkt an actual German about his own langlauge.

[@hoxxi2373]

wolfmanAl Der Typ der dich halt verbessert hat kennt anscheinend keine umgangssprache

[@yareyare_dechi]

are you sure you're really german? A true german wouldnt ask someone to hold his beer. hed just shout PROST! skol it then get on with the task

[@AlvosElRey]

Go back to Jersey!

[@1negative169]

my grandfather told his stories on d day, He said when the Door fell, his friend in front of him died instantly, my grandfather was buried among the bodies until allies found him, alive with a scar on his cheek and his gun still with him hes cleans everyweek, he was given the purple heart.

[@dhdhhuddxnxnxnxnx5438]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/r2XFgX97lrWmfK8

[@judd-on5vz]

thank your grandfather for his service for me!

[@meyr1992]

not to be rude but he was given the purple heart for staying under his dead friends and not participating in the battle ?

[@jamescooke5091]

@@meyr1992 really? What would you have done in this situation if the person directly infront of you was instantly killed. He probably (maybe) had never experienced this type of conflict before and in this extreme case I think I’d drop down to the floor too in panic and shock knowing that somehow I’m still alive and everyone around me is dead because they stayed stood up.

[@meyr1992]

@@jamescooke5091 i would totally do the same too but would be really surprised to get a reward for it

[@angry.student]

Im a german and I find your videos about the 2nd WW very good. Tanks for producing them.

[@terranceippolito5061]

My all time favorite Line from this is when he says. “He was Fed Ammunition from a soldier he didn’t Know..”

[@baduploadschedule1015]

4:22 sounds like one of the death audio cues from Lego Star Wars

[@tajto1864]

Generic storm trooper death sound i think

[@DuckandBalls]

It's the rebel troopers

[@Raul_Menendez]

*Insert Lego Yoda death scream*

[@BrandonCuringtonOfficial]

dio

[@comradekenobi6908]

You're pfp is a Jojo reference

[@projectkepleren]

a farmer with gun is still the most effective infrantry

[@BIGBLOCK5022006]

@@Otokichi786 Same thing with Simo Hayha and Audie Murphy.

[@johannschmidt3389]

That's what we keep trying to tell you, but no one listens

[@pittsburghpirate58]

Surfers are better

[@johannschmidt3389]

pittsburghpirate58, Surfers are the worst people to exist

[@kristopherrosales9643]

What about the civil war

[@eJoops]

I don’t know who is more of the beast, the MG42, or the man shooting it.

[@blingblingdog6958]

It’s always nice to have a few stories of people fighting on the other side, because they too sacrificed their lives.

[@pineapplelapolynesia1994]

4:58 He didn’t get the kill he only got hit markers Gotta hate the juggernaut perk

[@Chrisey96.]

1000 kills that's like 40 tactical nukes

[@Igyzone]

*When you loose a match because no one in your team killed the mg camper*

[@sheinannawack7518]

Including you

[@bubblegumgun3292]

as an MG camper with threat detector in cod bops 2 In the Map Raid . you know the spot asolute non stop fire.

[@blaineerp9225]

Mounted MG42 with rapid fire and FMJ in cod WW2 Search absolute endless firing

[@johns5638]

*lose

[@TheAndresun]

May all those men RIP, no matter which side. All sons and fathers.😔🙏🏼

[@SantaCelest1na]

1000+ kills and 0 death... I think he is using “aim bot” and other hacker’s souspicious things.

[@vorples4886]

I really like hearing stories from the German perspective, it’s a side you don’t see often.

[@Halcon_Sierreno]

If his claims are correct then he was basically responsible for about 50% of the total number of dead soldiers during the Normandy landings. You ok with that?

[@oluftheexplorer9476]

​@Larsa "Did his duty" ... Defending a immoral, robotic, unfeeling, unthinking German soldier are we? Interesting.

[@WHistory430]

@Oluf The Explorer Just remember, the allies deliberately killed over 4000 civilians in Dresden and they killed over 30 German and Italian soldiers who had already surrendered in cold blood at Biscari, Italy. Also, just remember Severloh was in the Wehrmacht, the regular German army, not the Waffen SS, who ran the concentration camps. Severloh's lieutenant ordered him to kill any Americans he saw. The Germans were also trained from a very young age, on average, 8-9 years old, to show no mercy to the allies in battle. So don't call him "immoral, robotic, unfeeling, or unthinking", because he was doing his duty as a soldier in the Whermacht.

[@tiagomonteiro130]

@@oluftheexplorer9476 Lol you don't understand that every army in the world is different that's just how German Soldiers work modern German Soldiers do exactly the same thing a modern German Soldier said i'm a Soldier so i don't think about why i'am here i just do my job the government had a reason for sending us that's just how German Soldiers are and always were

[@tiagomonteiro130]

@@oluftheexplorer9476 Your problem is you think like a Civillian but this is the military

[@fedemedina3129]

Legends say after that day, the mg 42 was nerfed

[@Zaluskowsky]

Belt length - 10 Reload +120 ms Barrel Heat Resistance - 30

[@TheWolvesCurse]

the nerfed version is called mg3

[@InfamousMax]

... and the nerf continued MG42: 8mm Mauser 50 - 120 rounds 1200 - 1500 rpm battlerange 800m (bipod) 1200m (lafette) MG3: .308 Winchester 120 - 150 rounds 1200 rpm battlerange 800 (bipod) 1200m (lafette) MG5: .308 Winchester 50 - 100 rounds approx. 720 rpm battlerange 600m (bipod) approx. 1000m (lafette)

[@TheWolvesCurse]

@@InfamousMax that's not accurate. 3500m battlerange? not in your wildest dreams. mg3 also has the lafette. battlerange on bipod is 600meters and 1200 on lafette. it's the same for the mg42.

[@InfamousMax]

@@TheWolvesCurse directly from Wikipedia: 200-2,000 m (219-2,187 yd) sight adjustments 3,500 m (3,828 yd) with tripod and telescopic sight en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MG_42 For the MG3 they didn't distinguished between bipod and lafette on the german site, but you seem to be correct there.

[@slebbeog]

If ever you get the chance to go see WN62 do. It is a haunting image from the foxholes and bunkers. A damn shooting gallery! No wonder Severloh had PTSD for the remainder of his life about that.

[@gabejona7832]

His accuracy was beyond good

[@oluftheexplorer9476]

I don't think you understand accuracy. Have you ever gone shooting, either at a range, or just in your backyard at stationary objects and or targets? You literally can't miss unless you try to miss. This is what it was, so saying his accuracy is good is laughable

[@gabejona7832]

@@oluftheexplorer9476 bruh the machine gun 42 fired like crazy and had crazy recoil, for him to kill that many soldiers, he must’ve been skilled

[@spartancolonel]

Not a wehraboo but food for thought. If Germany won the war, he would have been known as the "Hero of Omaha/Normandy".

[@svampkin]

wehraboos are fucked but national socialists arent

[@kaletovhangar]

@DevilTrigger I never heard that someone is claiming that Sherman is best tank of the war, while I constantly hear people just go on repeat about Tiger and Panther.

[@Johnsmith98887]

Thuleorden based

[@comm___4871]

DevilTrigger got forbid the transmission breaks before I finish this com-

[@kaletovhangar]

@Dangerous Joy Depends on what it was best for.Sherman family of tanks (and tank destroyers on it's chasics like M10/36) was all things considered rather versatile and reliable tank,with rather great survivability of it's crews due to wide body and almost all of crew having their own hatches.It was also great gun platform (Yugoslavia developed one with 122 mm gun), with later features like wet ammo rack, and great armor.It had lot of things going for it, although it definitely had it's shortcomings.I think it was the most reliable medium tank of the war.

[@scout19tf2]

This is so cool! We need more stories from German perspective of the war.

[@violentscorl697]

scout19tf2 yes

[@colinkelly5420]

It is also bullshit, so at least SH could try to tell real stories. The dude was selling a book after the war and claimed this, it is called marketing. Literally hundreds of German soldiers defended the beach, dozens of machine guns, all soldiers armed with at least a rifle, others had sub machine guns. Grenades were thrown, artillery pounded the beach, there were mines strewn across the beach. But yeah, this one dude totally inflicted the majority of casualties US forces suffered on D-day. His claims are over half of US losses on Omaha. Blows me away people believe this.

[@ntrslmgb]

@@colinkelly5420 i'd say he surely made the number higher but honestly i think if you just shot an mg for 9hours straight in to approaching enemies even if you "just" killed 100-200 and wounded another ~200 youd feel like you killed thousands. + allied casualties on dday were around 10000 men in total with 4500 dead. Omaha beach alone had 2000 casualties (i dont know how many deaths). So the number surely was smaller but was surely still frightening high. Like think about it, imagine you just fuckin killed 200 or 300 people constantly firing

[@robertlaube574]

@@ntrslmgb a casualty is someone taken out of the fight because death or injury so 2000 casualties includes dead and wounded.

[@ntrslmgb]

@@robertlaube574 yes, i meant that i dont know how many of the 2000 casualties were deaths

[@levihiggins1372]

I always watch the adds they do themselves to promote the show. I’m afraid if I skip forward it’s going to show average view times look weird. I support this channel completely. I don’t mind seeing how they fund their good educational and fun channel. This the kind of channel that can really, really teach our youth in the classroom. Clear unbiased factual history.

[@ssanyal8867]

He is the Hero of Omaha. He was fighting for his country.

[@magentachaos9080]

Agreed

[@captainsandwhich7469]

He literally fought on land his country invaded

[@hil449]

@Volksgrenadier cope what? You're reported

[@crescelo5172]

@Volksgrenadier he still lost so go cry

[@ravanpee1325]

@@captainsandwhich7469 France declared war first after we invaded Poland

[@xanx5607]

Whole world: The MG-42 is not accurate The fallen of D-day : So that was a LIE

[@TheValentineEnemy]

Accurate or not it doesn't matter when it fires at an insanity rate. It will hit you.

[@Blei1986]

it's really hard to shoot accurate with it, because it has massive recoil 7.62 cartridge + mussle device to make recoil heavier to make it automatic fire. but if you can manage that, in short bursts it's pretty accurate -t german with MG3 exp. (more or less a MG42)

[@romain45]

@@Blei1986 well it is chambered in 7.92 Mauser... at least u tried

[@knutritter461]

Well.... as I belong to the people that have actually been trained to us the MG3 ('modern' slowed model of the MG42) I can say: It is pretty accurate for the amount of firepower you get IF you know how to use it properly. But due to US-American MG-doctrine they/you have no clue how to use it properly. Just watch those KZbin videos where fellow US-citizens give it a try. 😂 As a German soldier you are trained to fire short bursts ONLY! 😉 I was not a specially trained MG-gunner but I got to know the basics! Now let's do the numbers. In the video it is said that he shot 12.000 rounds in 9 hours of fighting. The MG42 fires 1500 RPM.... equivalent to 25 RPS. One salvo with the MG42 takes about 0.5 seconds at max. meaning about 7-12 rounds per salvo... let's take 10 for easy calculation. After shooting he chose a new target.... let's assume it takes 2 seconds for aiming. This means in about 2.5 seconds he fired about 10 rounds. That means in a minute he shot about 240 rounds. One second for aiming might be better BUT this will increase the heat and ammo problem! You forgot cooling down or changing the barrel! Today's MG3 barrel has to be changed after about 150 rounds full auto (SAFETY!).... due to avoiding full-auto fire and due to battle conditions let's assume he fired 900 rounds in salvoes abs. max per barrel at Omaha! This means he could use one barrel for about 4 minutes. Changing the barrel when trained takes about 12 seconds while the hot one cools down. I cannot remember my time.... but it was longer! What I heard from veteran stories: It's just about 'motivation' to change the barrel as quickly as possible! The more 'motivation' the quicker....😂 So during one hour he had to change the barrel about 15 times and usually he only had one additional barrel..... the problem in this calculation is: A hot barrel does not cool down in 4 minutes and they very likely did not use water for cooling it down because the barrel would get damaged. So he used his rifle.... The critical factors in all that calculation are: 1. ammo, 2. the time for cooling down, 3. amount of barrels. Because 12.000 rounds in 9 hours would be about 1300 RPH only with a gun that shoots 1500 RPM! 😉 As that German gunner killed about 1.000 soldiers storming the beach with about 12.000 rounds, let's assume he aimed at each soldier and each was fought with about 12 rounds (0.5 seconds per salvo). That sounds reasonable! Control calculation: If one enemy soldier was incapacitated every 2.5 seconds, he would have incapacitated 1440 in one hour. Here you can see that even this calculation is by far not accurate! This means there must have been severe issues with the barrel/heat/ammo problem.

[@Jin180sx]

When few waves of soldiers rushing up beach it's got to hit some one. Many poor dudes died :(

[@kal.50bmg32]

I met him in 2001. He still was awfully sorry for what he did, but he simply wanted to survive.

[@ayyarmia9186]

Wow..

[@serdarcam99]

he was doing hes duty to defend hes country there was lots of war crimes on ww2 but that wasnt one of them that was just stupid usa generals who thinked they can capture fortified beach rushing only and without support

[@umberto7773]

@@serdarcam99 so France was his country?

[@serdarcam99]

@@umberto7773 if nazis would won the war it will be

[@chiefsosaalmighty3320]

R/that happened

[@rwcowell]

I was a squad LMG in the 82nd for 7 years. The weapons I used were the M60, M240, & M249. The is the first time hearing about this man, as most of my interests in Omaha Beach landings are from the US perspective. But I can confirm everything he's saying sounds really accurate. Tracer rounds are great under certain combat conditions, but wide open view to naval artillery, yikes! I plan on reading more about Heinrich Severloh. He sounds like a soldier with many attributes similar to myself when I served. Despite being an enemy combatant to our country during that time and killing many fellow American soldiers.

[@royalmatty6273]

Damn that guy has a very good gaming chair

[@m.bukhori2304]

"I love you simple history" "Uh... Okay?" *"say it back"*

[@bodassassin6387]

@m. bukhori Ha I get it.

[@greenvoodoo8366]

Ah the reference

[@atagamingnormal7121]

You copy it in another video but is the war of the bucket

[@youtubeshortsgaming9652]

Daniel Cormier?

[@dudeman4514]

@@atagamingnormal7121 its a reference, not a copy

[@hardware199]

This wouldn´t have happened if they had banned him from the server.

[@RigoMcBloxian]

*Truly Facisinating*

[@troopx]

He got an exploit.

[@lugie]

Damn camper

[@minotaur6360]

There wouldn't be world war 2, if they banned hitler.

[@notibutthespicegirls9372]

I'm getting tired of comments like this.

[@rsuriyop]

When you end up collecting kill counts like this guy, I don't think any kind of therapy would ever allow you to live life normally again. Same thing happened to Audie Murphy, the most decorated American soldier during WWII, who suffered from severe PTSD. These men were essentially internally condemned for the rest of their lives, even if they did manage to survive WWII.

[@applesandgrapesfordinner4626]

He felt even more guilty after watching a documentary on German war orphans. Even in a justified war were one has little reason to feel guilty for, the tragedy of it all will make the victor a loser

[@Cobretsov2022]

That moment when you are on a very good killstreak that the enemy team orders a whole ship on your position.