The Deadliest Machines That Won WWII [4K] | Combat Machines Compilation | Spark

During World War II, machines became a huge part of combat, whether on land, at sea, or airborne. Watch to find out more about the variety of machines used by the forces, ranging from motorcycles to tanks.
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This original and wide-ranging 8 part thematic series takes you to the heart of the action of how machines have been an essential tool throughout military history. From the remarkable engineering inventions and technological prowess through to the human craftsmanship and personal accounts of those who used them. These are the quintessential stories of the machines that changed the face of warfare.
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[@w.rustylane5650]

My wife's uncle participated in the "Red Ball Express" during WW II. He was in the 80th division. Cheers from eastern TN

[@richardgreen7811]

IRONY ... In 1959, my Uncle, who as a NASA Engineer on the Atlas Booster fuel control valves, escorted our family on a tour of the NASA facility in Huntsville, Alabama. It seems impossible given today's extreme security, but it was a fairly common in those days. As chance would have it, he introduced us (me 11, my sister 9, and my brother 7) to Wernher Von Braun who was visiting the building we were touring. It wasn't until several years later that I realized the irony in that event. My uncle was in "waive 2" on Omaha Beach, and Von Braun was the inventor of the V1 and V2 rockets used to attack England. Even though I had been involved in Army ROTC for 3 years ('63, '64, '65), my uncle told me stories I had not heard of previously. He explained how the German 88 Artillery was so effective. The Germans had brought in artists who painted scenes on the interior wall of pill boxes and on canvas for field installations. These artist renderings also included precisley measured distances to observable objects (trees, rock formations, etc.) that allowed the artillary operators to fire precisely as the American soldiers would approach these "pre-sighted" landmarks. Although the German 88 was a masterful design, when it was coupled with this technology, it was absolutely devasting. In my last year of ROTC, certain of us attended a field trip to the Cantigny War Museum in Wheaton, IL (suburb of Chicago). Sure enough, there was a recreation of a German pill box, replete with exactly what my uncle described on the interior wall.

[@aliasunknown7476]

That is called ranging!! On my dual deployments, I always carried a range card which gave me information relating to what positions I should fix my sights to regarding particular ranges. What you described seemed even better because since I was not issued a rangefinder, I had to guess. If I had a picture of the scene with ranges, I mean that's got to be cheating right!

[@richardgreen7811]

@@aliasunknown7476 Thank GOD the Germans didn't have our manufacturing and natural resources. Truly amazing people.

[@richardgreen7811]

@@aliasunknown7476 It was very innovative. The paintings ranged out to a few miles. They obviously had forward spotters calling in the ranging objects to the artillery. The 88mm guns qualified in all categories (mortar, howitzer, rifle, and anti-aircraft). They were high velocity, which allowed them to penetrate armor.

[@mikerage1011]

The Germans had science and technology on lockdown back then. And yes thank god Hitler was an idiot and they didn't have the resources and the manufacturing capabilities of the west.

[@The.Original.Potatocakes]

It’s was a good thing Werner Von Braun came to the US.

[@warrenbrenner4972]

Not mentioned, the Grant tank's engine was an air cooled radial that wouldn't overheat in the desert.

[@raymondtorres-gy8uj]

I think they did or was it for another tank, a British 75mm tank that was used in the african campaing's

[@pyro1047]

That's not entirely true, while yes an air cooled Radial engine doesn't require liquid coolant like a standard in-line or diesel does, it's still 100% entirely capable of overheating and seizing up. ESPECIALLY if the airflow is insufficient, or is otherwise ineffective for whatever reason such as with an extremely hot environment, getting cooked by the sun, all while simple maneuvers themselves are already enough to kick up clouds of talcum powder sand and dust that LOVES to find it way into and onto EVERYTHING, like your air filters... Ya know, for the giant Hoover in the tank trying to inhale the entire atmosphere because that's how it cools itself down... And that's not even bringing up the subject of oil starvation, which a Radial is still just as susceptible to as any other. And remember, those Radials were originally aircraft engines and designed as such, expecting a constant stream of fresh cool air to be blowing through the radials finned cylinders which act as heatsinks, in turn acting as a radiator would and removing heat from the engine by transferring the cylinders heat to the air blowing through it, which in turn cools the cylinder. And back to the subject of oil, while radials are usually considered more damage resistant because they don't have a radiator or coolant lines to get shot and leak till the engine dies; they're just as susceptible as all those engines when it comes to being taken out by a single shot to their oil coolers or lines. There should never be metal-to-metal contact between the moving parts inside an engine, even if it looks like it to our eyes, there's the thin film of oil that technically separates them and they slide on. Without that film of oil you get friction, which is? Heat. A loss of oil pressure will eventually be catastrophic and can burn out the bearings, rings, pistons, etc, within minutes in those high performance engines. Coincidentally, the radials were only chosen because at the time we lacked a sufficient quantity of suitably powerful tank engines, but had tons of older radials in production and lying around which would provide a good enough stop-gap. Pretty much ALL the later M3 Lee/Grant's, and M4's would switch to either in-line or diesel engines. One of the key quirks of the tank radials is they were still literally just aircraft engines, but since they weren't mounted to a propeller or anything, the crew had to manually rotate the entire engine a few time before start up because when they're off, all the oil would drain to the lowest cylinders, so you needed to rotate them to redistribute the oil to all the cylinders again. Failing to do so could cause it to cook, or possibly even throw a piston if it tried to compress a cylinder full of incompressable oil.

[@pyro1047]

​@@raymondtorres-gy8ujPretty much all the UK/Commonwealth tanks suffered overheating issues in North Africa, one of the more notorious/Infamous ones was the A15 Crusader. They decided they needed a newer more modern Cruiser tank than their early war A13 series for the desert in North Africa, and so they made the Crusader, and mounted the Air intakes and air filters for the engine and radiator right above the rear drive sprockets so those powerfull and air hungry engines we're constantly choked up and suffering emphysema due to having to try and suck air through solid layers of baby powder like sand completely caked in and clogging all the filters, and this is the air you need for such unimportant things as combustion, and to blow through the radiator to cool the engine, etc. IIRC the Covenentar never even left the UK and were all used for training only, because their radiator was placed at one end of the tank, but not the end the engine was on... so it couldn't cool well either because the circuit loop was too long to efficiently cool the engine, and it was easily susceptible to battle damage because their was coolant lines running almost the whole length of the damn tank. IIRC the M3's, both the Lee/Grant and Stuart's that used the Radial engines, did suffer some early overheating issues as well due to the desert sand quickly and easily clogging their air filters for the hungry radials. But IIRC this got fixed with a redesigned filter or by using a better one. AFAIK the radials got swapped with in-line and diesel engines on the production line as soon as sufficiently powerful ones were available in sufficient quantity though, so issues with the radials like needing to filter massive amounts of air weren't as big of a deal. Either way, the Royal Tankers were ecstatic about the Lee's/Grant's even though they had their fair share of issues and were only a stop-gap measure. As at least they had a bloody HE round now, giving them an effective weapon against the notorious DAK AT guns and Flak 88's. Until they got the 75mm on the M3 and M4 Mediums, and 37mm on the M3 Stuart's, they'd been stuck with only 2-Pounder solid shot to use against them which required a direct hit to damage the gun or crew. In fact, despite widely being derided as futile death traps by early post-war historians, at the time of their introduction in 1942 the M4s were among the best armed and armored tanks in the war. Especially in North Africa when 37mm, short 50mm, and the stubby 75mm guns were still common. And the Pz. III, Pz. IV, and M4 all had 50mm of front hull armor; but only the M4/M4A1 had sloped front hull armor making it more like 60-80mm+. 2-Pounder HE was never issued to frontline troops, the 6-Pounder wasn't very common yet, and "Becauz Bri'ish" while they had 3-Inch CS* Variants of numerous tanks, they were almost exclusively supplied with 76mm smoke shells instead of HE which would actually be pretty effective against AT guns... For instance on D-Day the 6th Paras landed with a few Gliderborne Tetrarch Light Tanks in the CS variant, but they were only given 4 HE rounds per tank and ALL the rest were smoke.

[@mattskustomkreations]

They did mention having to crank the radial engine that the similar Lee tank had at least.

[@b0b855]

F' Yea, I love the Navajo Code Talkers. We owe them so much, and make no mistake, they are as much a Marine as any other!

[@bwilliams463]

I remember reading that, when Roosevelt and Churchill asked Stalin what kind of weapons he needed the most, Stalin replied, "Send us trucks and jeeps."

[@michaelf.2449]

Always found it fun I own a jeep and it's the vehicle Noone has referred to as an "Suv, Truck, or Car" it's always just referred to as a jeep like it's got its own category 😂

[@chrisdixon3945]

The US sent the Soviets, 2,000 locomotives, 30,000 trucks and jeeps, thousands of radios/ telephones. And around a million miles of phone line. Not 100% accurate but I tried to be conservative on my estimates. They would not have been able to do a structured retreat without the communication gear we gave them. And hopefully everyone knows what that would've meant. A lot of Russians died but over half of those #'s where self inflicted. But that's always been the Russian way. Life is cheap

[@bobthompson4319]

The minox camera also had a small string attached to it with several beads on it at different lengths. It was so you could take the bead at the end touch the table with it and then it was in focus and would take a 8x12 in pic. this was so you could take a pile of docs use the camera to make that huge amount of paper and make it the size of the film roll.

[@lsxu-_-2173]

Nb be in hi

[@leoragowen]

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[@199diesel]

Okay........

[@John14-6...]

Although Rommel capitalized on using 88s as anti-tank guns, he wasn't the first to do it. They were used in the Battle for France by Rommel, but even before that, it was used in the Spanish civil war.

[@brentlabeau]

The greatest airplane engine, RR Merlin. And they’re still going strong. Brits saved a lot of American life’s with all their inventions. Radar saved thousands of lives.

[@BestPlconEarth50]

MMMMmmm... Americans showed up to save British ass. I don't want you saying shit like that NE more.

[@BestPlconEarth50]

Also I agree on the rolls motor they are beasts!

[@nickdanger3802]

First US patent for radar was issued in 1934, Watson Watt began experiments in 1935 following a MoD request to study the feasibility of a death ray. Klystron tube that made Chain Home as effective as it was, was invented in the US in 1937. If FDR had not propped up Britain from 1939, hitler would not have declared war on the USA. hitlers speech can be found in the Jewish Virtual library. 1934- A. H. TAYLOR ET AL SYSTEM FOR DETECTING OBJECTS BY RADIO Filed June 13, 1933 3 Sheets-Sheet l RECEIVER lM/D qwawa TIME AIRPLANE TRANSMITTER Nov. 27, 1934. A. H. TAYLOR ET AL 1,981,334

[@Tentative79]

Logistics it absolutely always the key to victory! Always!

[@jonathanspratling5469]

Had an uncle who was a tail gunner on a TBF Avenger torpedo bomber off the Enterprise and survived being shot down around the Philippines in 1944. Never talked about it at all except once when I was doing a school project in 3rd grade about WW2 airplanes. Nicest guy you could ever meet. After growing up and being a tank commander in Iraq, I finally understood why he didn't talk about stuff like that.

[@atatterson6992]

Incredible, all these years I've been mislead. I thought for sure that American soldiers fought in North Africa at some point, however I guess it was only the M3-Grant tank that fought, no infantry soldiers, no navy, no planes/pilots, no tank crews... no personnel at all. I bet the Patton family is rather pissed that the general lied to them all these years. But, Good Job Monty! You saved civilization as we know it!!! I'll have another cup o' tea to that!

[@wingzaber2286]

Counterpoint they aren't talking about Operation Torch which was also North Africa and had Patton.

[@willparrish7646]

Tell that to my grandfather who got a purple heart in both North Africa and France.

[@ilenekehoe3099]

Your ignorance is embarrassing. Montgomery used a brilliant plan to stop the Africa Corps. The US sent tanks in part because the Germans were reading our State Department “Black” code. Our rep in Egypt had been sending British plans to Washington and the Germans read it. Our bad. We switched codes as Monty took over and he was able to stop the Germans. Also see “The Key to Rebecca” about a major German espionage success in Egypt.

[@JB-rt4mx]

The only reason Monty won at El Alemein was 400 American Tanks and limitless fuel availability 🇺🇸

[@Carlo42]

He knew it would be a battle of attrition and having fought in WW1 and seeing the carnage, he was aware that Alamein was going to be that sort of battle. Churchill was forcing Generals to fight before they were ready and Montgomery stood against him. The First battle of Alamein showed the Germans could be halted. General Claude Auchinleck was the General in charge after Richie was sacked after the Battle of Gazala. It did help that Rommel has supply issues, not just with distance, but transports being sunk. However the battle of 2nd Alamein was testimony to Montgomery's resolve to win and defeat Rommel. No other General got away with what Monty did.

[@tommyjoestallings855]

Absolutely great video. You did atop notch job. I'm blown away. History Channel couldn't have done better

[@parrot849]

History channel use to actually do better, they’ve morphed into something else, who knows what….

[@YetiMachete_]

Is there a list of the music used in this documentary anywhere?

[@kendallkahl8725]

Its funny people can find themselves cheering for Rommel as the underdog and also not giving Montgomery his due because he is remembered after Africa for the Bridge too far at Remagen which resulted in failure that was Operation Market Garden.

[@davedixon2068]

Guess who was in charge of stopping the German attack at the battle of the Bulge, and no it wasnt Patton

[@michaelcuff3418]

Truely fighting ships! The crews were amazing and so were the ships! God bless the brave men who served on them!

[@makaveli1871]

FYI Dingo isn’t a goat, it’s a ancient lineage of dog.

[@christopherprisco8690]

That still exists.....

[@liammarra4003]

I'm hearing a lot of the same stock music in this show as is used in the games "WARNO" and "Steel Division 2" by Eugen. What a pleasant surprise.

[@scumbaag]

I thought I recognized that. SD2 was great.

[@MRptwrench]

Learned to drive, at the tender age of 13, in a Willy's. (It was only on private property.) That mid-40s Willy's stayed in the family until 2022. It was in horrible shape by then, but the simple engine and transmission were still good, along with the somewhat rusted yet iconic grill. I hope it finds new life with it's new owner.

[@scumbaag]

If i had a garage id give her a home, sorry to hear that man. sounds like you have a lot of memories in that thing. good things come and go, on to the next adventure. :)

[@asullivan4047]

Interesting/informative/educational. Special thanks to veteran soldiers sharing personal information/combat experiences. Pertaining to the mentioned weapons. Allowing guest speakers much more presentation materials for viewers to better understand & enjoy. I especially enjoyed the demonstration of the Rolls Royce armored car.

[@J.C...]

I've ridden/sailed in one of the DUKW's, back in the 1990s, maybe 94, with my grandparents; two of the best people ever, and my little sister. God how I miss my Grandpa. Miss him terribly. I lost him just 2 years after my daughter and only child was tragically killed by someone who was texting and driving. That happened in 2014 and then I lost him in 2016.

[@danielnienkemper7197]

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[@danielnienkemper7197]

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[@danielnienkemper7197]

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[@r.g.o3879]

I am 65 years old, a veteran of the cold war years (1981 to 1989) an E 6 Chief of Fire Direction. My father enlisted in 1939 and was first stationed at Fort Buchanan Puerto Rico where he met and later married my Mother. After the US had entered the war he landed in North Africa, Sicily then on June 6th of 44 he landed in France on D Day. Was in the occupation of Germany. When not driving a truck he drove one of those iconic Harleys. When he returned home in 1946 he brought his old Harley with him and drove it all the time. When they created the US Air Force in 1946 he switched over and eventually became a mechanic on B 52s. Served through Korea, Vietnam stationed in Japan and Thailand retiring as a senior Master Sergeant E 9 ( I was always army so I can't remember what the exact Air Force rank was) He retired in 1975. As I was growing up in the 60s my father would give me and my older sister and I (By the way she was a Captain in the Food service, got out after she married her husband a West pointer who retired as a Lieutenant Colonel) rides on that old Harley whenever he came home.

[@michaeldeering5907]

would be nice if contemporaneous/period correct maps were used

[@Bsssssssssssss]

Interesting history ❤️

[@Pinedeertrail24]

surprised there was no mention of the t-34 tank that played a big role in ww2

[@jamesgoff6052]

When on the USS Oriskany Cva 34 a Torpedo boat in 1964 came up on our port side and I was orderd to shoot at it when I fired the shot with a 30/ 06 a 3d sunk it and at first I thought I had sunk it. It sank and we rescued 4 Vietnamese and they were kept in the ships brig.

[@AndresCadungog]

my stepfather had a jeep still working...we used it for transport towards our workplace near the industrialized city far away from my home...he has no idea how valuable it was...it still has its old star mark on the hood...I wonder where it is now

[@hoyavp2236]

Fascinating video

[@veritas41photo]

How the WW2 allies won in North Africa when the Afrika Corps possessed the 88mm flak (also anti-tank) gun is still a mystery to me. Insufficient number of them? Not enough ammo reaching the front lines? Whatever the reason, it is enigmatic.

[@w.rustylane5650]

No war can be won without logistical support.

[@w.rustylane5650]

I've heard it said that soldiers win battles, logistics wins wars. Cheers - TN

[@aseriesguy]

REDBALL Express surffered from accidents and mechanical failures but the worst problem was flat tires and blowouts from many thousands of discarded C-Ration cans all over the roads causing a shortage of tires.

[@drBaenz]

1:55:43 ok, it's safe to say that the two men were assigned to protect the Navajo, but their ultimate task was to liquidate the Navajo if necessary, lest it fall into Japanese hands. The Navajos were soon aware of this, but it is said that it never got that far.

[@rosendogarcia1146]

Awesome documentry.

[@MrTTuguldur]

I like this channel already

[@thechancellor3715]

@ about 6:18, discussing restoration of Matilda tank..." there's a certain bit of engineering archeology...." Yes.

[@chilIychilI]

My OG Philadelphian's know about the DUK-W "duck🦆boats" well. They ran the streets of Center City Philly & other large port city's. You could hop on one & take a city tour for like 20 bucks about 15 yrs ago. They would drive around your hood and then head down a boat ramp and through the river. -- Unfortunately one got ran over by a barge here & they had some issues in other places so I dont think their around any more. But if u see one go check it out. It's a dope ride through history.

[@chilIychilI]

I googled it and "Ride with the Ducks" is permanently closed in all locations except for Guam 🙅‍♂️ after a few tragic accidents and many legal challenges. They operated here in the 215 until 2016.

[@jakeforeman4854]

Baltimore to.

[@jakeforeman4854]

@@chilIychilI That's a shame.

[@chilIychilI]

@@jakeforeman4854 Really is a shame that it closed bro. But with the city now being filled with ppl that dont give a 💩 about this country's history or about their kids and very often it seems they don't even give a 💩 about themselves😔... So its all inevitable. But aye majority still rules 💪🤣🇺🇲

[@scumbaag]

I still have my duck bill noise maker, i remember driving my mom insane with that thing. 😁 Shoutout from Westchester. 🤙

[@sasqetshenkley1190]

In other words America's ultimate secret weapon against Japan wasn't the atomic bomb... It was 29 Navajo badasses!

[@timlittle77]

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[@228studio3]

Amén 🙏

[@figgiefigueroa7372]

A combination of everything under the sky.

[@sasqetshenkley1190]

@@figgiefigueroa7372 agreed. It really was a bizarre moment in time... The absolute pinnacle of killing and violence in all of known history was also the pinnacle of human innovation. We are an interesting species.

[@darrelneidiffer6777]

Nah, I think in the end it was the bomb.

[@VolkertDeen_NL]

I mis the name of Alan Turing for solving the code breaking of the enigma!?

[@theknifedude1881]

USN(R) ‘61-‘63. SCUBA Diver/Collector for the Marine Biology Museum @ Pt. Mugu (Oxnard, California). I got to drive a DUKW but didn’t do anything exciting with it. We could purchase a 7 1/2 hp. Sears Outboard within our financial limits and traded around for a couple of 14’-16’ Aluminum boats. This meant we could dive locally all we wanted. The Navy had/has a presence on several of the Channel Islands (an eight island archipelago 25-125 miles offshore, Southern California) and we could reserve space on one of a few WWII PT Boats which ran Mail/Supplies out to the bases. Pretty great duty! Glad I’m a Veteran.

[@loneranger5349]

I got as far as the RR armored car then I changed channels laughing 😃

[@pimpinaintdeadho]

LMFAO

[@johnhopkins6260]

While there are innumerable claims of what "won WWII", only one can assert what most affirmatively punctuated it.

[@randyhavard6084]

John Kneebone is a great name

[@blaircolquhoun7780]

Rommel, when he was commanding the German troops at Normandy, wanted the tanks near the invasion beaches but the First Battle of El Alamein was a stalemate. The Second Battle of El Alamein was a decisive victory.

[@mattlawrence1932]

Yes The Fox was a beast & wasn't really down with the Nazis, he just put up with them & was apparently forced to kill himself because he plotted against Hitler, he was a bonefied soldier that loved his country & I genius too

[@blaircolquhoun7780]

@@mattlawrence1932 Yes, he was. Hitler's generals didn't want to wake him up. When they finally did, it was too late.

[@micanopykracker694]

​@@mattlawrence1932I don't believe he was part of the assassination plot at all.. he was definitely not a fan of the Nazis and when he became aware of the killings in the East he became less of a fan but. He was a Prussian soldier after all first and foremost.. those guys follow orders. And are strict to the. Rules of rank and order... However I do believe he knew about it , in fact I'm sure of it because he was confronted about it by the conspirators and unfortunately for him a picture came about that had him with the known conspirators AH would have none of it ,but at the same time, he couldn't have a uprising weather civilian or the army and he'd a had both Romell was very loved... And knowing brutality of the Gestapo and some SS wackadoodles when they threatened to kill him anyway and then his family to concentration camps he really had no choice... He could have went down fighting but he knew that he would lose and his and his wife and son would pay the price

[@micanopykracker694]

​@@mattlawrence1932well it's not that he put up with him he really had no choice.. he doesn't start the political tone of Germany he was a simple soldier

[@mattlawrence1932]

@@micanopykracker694 they had several dozens of assassination plots on Hitler not just the Valkyrie one my friend!!!!

[@nathanmcwoodbrook6340]

Well there was 3 real Field, Marshall during WW2 , the prince of Monaco being one of them

[@brentlabeau]

“A dingo ate my Dago ass!” I don’t care, it’s still funny!

[@orehldmanguz7013]

This is fascinating story….. for the Belgians James Carol be a National hero

[@user-py6oc4jo6c]

As a military historian, to my alleged mind, the real hero of the liberation of France was the "deuce-and-a-half"truck, which moved guns, supplies and troops at speed.--Bob Bailey in Maine

[@1959Berre]

The 88 was an 'annietank' shell? Not pronouncing a T sounds rather ridiculous.

[@Spiritofaconure]

These navajo men are some of the greatest unsung heroes because it wasn’t as sexy to operate radio equipment, it’s nice to be able to put a face to a group of people and I hope he has a long way to go, I wish I could have thanked all our American veterans of ww2 and our Allie’s and find it cool they had there own body guards!!

[@pekertimulia125]

Many enemy weapon could kill us that unprecedented before Meanwhile for them is undefeatable

[@mikekincaid7412]

I worked in a military supply depot.. these guys were not starving or destitute.. they had any thing and everything they could want.. may have had to put up with the black thing but they were laughing all the way to there home storage shed where they had everything you could possibly want for the rest of your life.. peaches.. shrimp.. tires for your car..radio .. underware.. socks.. roof tiles.. can’t find it?? 2 bucks and the supply chief will throw it in your truck and sign a chit declaring it’s yours.. gotta pay back for those days but don’t know how to.

[@titaniusanglesmith9690]

"my 2 years on a job allows me to understand the experience of people decades prior. Millions of people." You are ignorant as you are arrogant

[@johnheigis83]

Note: "hostage population"... Versus..."active and passive civil defense are integral to national security [democratic] posture." To mechanize and empower pure/direct demos-kratia within a republic.

[@franklinkz2451]

Time out! Did he just say the Dingo was named after the Australian Wild Goats? Lol wild Dogs ya mean

[@michaelstinson5317]

Ir was the "Red Ball Express", not the Red Bull Express

[@apina1954]

He is saying Red Ball Express. Also written out in the presentation.

[@michaelstinson5317]

@@apina1954, no, he was NOT saying Red Ball Express

[@johnduchesneau8685]

Good information but they showed a picture of the WWII Halibut and not the Cold War one.

[@liammarra4003]

hahah yeah I noticed that too.

[@Kneestonelight]

Can we give a shout-out to the 93 year old dude using a taxi to play golf around the 41 min mark? 😂

[@philandrawis6232]

Correction to your historical report, you moved too fast with the name Desert Rats, that only came later when the Australians retreated and defended the port of Toubrok and Rommel failed several times in shaking them off it was a development from Loard HO HO the Irish announcer in Berline calling them just like rats burrowing into the ground, their after it became their logo and their name and they still have it till this day, you also skipped the whole Toubrok thing and the formation of SDS the commando raiders that worked behind the enemy line in makeshift trucks this must be the kangaroo historical worst report I have ever heard of you just leaped over a lot of historically important events ????????

[@atatterson6992]

Don't know if you noticed, but apparently no American person/soldier/pilot ever set foot in Africa. I realize the focus of the program was mainly the "equipment", but a lot of Americans were killed or maimed in Africa during 42-43 and their families would be disappointed to hear that they lied about where they fought and died for their country as well as to save other nations :(

[@philandrawis6232]

@@atatterson6992 What I talked about before Peral and even before Montgomery took command happened later the US joined and landed in Morocco North Africa and they were doing a pincer action against Rommel coming from the west and Montgomery was coming from the south the US army engineer cor. was in Egypt the engineers do things like logistical support, bridges, the pipeline for fuel and water and bunkers for the allied forces and maintenance shops so they were in Africa but just after Peral before that, there were only observers & planners getting familiarized with desert war but they had to be away from the front lines since the US officially was not in the war yet remember this took 3 years the first 2 the US was not in the war when Montgomery came to the US was in and most of his equipment was new US tanks

[@garlicandchilipreppers8533]

Correction to your spelling, Tobruk, Lord, Berlin, there (after) and let's not start on grammer.

[@YouTubeOdyssey]

Cool!

[@martinarreguy2984]

The beginning of the end.

[@knowahnosenothing4862]

The Siege of Tobruk, first Allied Victory of WW2. Aussie's, Irish & Scott's. Tobruk almost the anvil that the rest of the Allied groups broke the the Axis forces upon. Long Rang Desert Group (Embrio of the SAS). Allied warships choked Rommel's oceanic logistics.

[@jeffreyperretti4414]

The German 88 , did have an AP round that had a small explosive charge that did a lot of damage inside the tank it hit.

[@mikekincaid7412]

As a young marine during nam I always wondered, why are we doing this?? Do all soldiers go thru this mind set?? Or do they just “ go”cause a commander said to

[@kendrickwilliams1822]

hello

[@robertbrodie5183]

very soldier ive talked to myself included has had that thought some are lucky enough to get an answer for me being stationed in berlin when the wall came down was it

[@iinglis89]

Do you go to any and all warfare themed videos on youtube baiting out attention? Or just ones that are about manufacturing

[@jhare18]

Gen Patton second would be Pres. Eisenhower and third will be Field Marshal Montgomery.

[@greggarsjo8216]

My DAD was a truck driver in the redball- he told me that they had only one company of 6x6, my fad drove the tractor / trailer, ahter the war he helped haul the gold out of the salt mines to s bank in fankfurt, Great movie , but lets tell the story straight,👍🇺🇸

[@stephenmakos1649]

They fail to mention that over 75% of red ball express drivers were African Americans...a significant contribution one worth documenting ...

[@johnruiz1296]

During ww2 the army thought black America soldiers wasn’t smart enough to fight so they put them on those trucks . Which was a Hugh’s responsibility . Napoleon said that his army travel on their stomach.other word he understood how important it was to keep those supply lines open.

[@macgordonaberese-ako4587]

It is called RACISM.

[@macgordonaberese-ako4587]

The Roman legions did not practice the raw racism of the age of enlightment. Africans, Arabs Gauls slavs all fought in the Legions as auxilaries.

[@jondon808]

​@@macgordonaberese-ako4587hahaha

[@naponroy]

oh let's not overplay thing... how little the Germans invested in the Africa campaign. The British did have double the strength there ffs

[@peanutbutterisfu]

Crazy how them trucks were close to 20,000 pound loaded and only powered by a small 6 cyl gas engine

[@Perktube1]

I wish today's jeeps were unbreakable.😊

[@iinglis89]

They were taken over by Chads and lesbians.

[@davedixon2068]

wartime Jeeps werent unbreakable, BUT they were easy to work on and there were so many, spares were rarely an issue

[@jamessmith-gw1vi]

Ever since I've been watching these I've always known the black truck drivers drove with a red ball Express they also fought in combat units they're Americans you don't need to mention them specially they're not victims they're Americans you're the one separating them into groups stop doing that they are not in underappreciated and they don't need your pity

[@tonyromano6220]

Well put.

[@titaniusanglesmith9690]

That's because You were a kid obsessed with learning about military stuff and likely not much else. You knowing that doesn't explain anything else about others. That level of arrogance is obnoxious. These were men who were drafted by a country that they did not have full civil rights in. It's a big deal and remains a big deal. They are victims of the lack of privilege white people are often so absolutely clueless to. White privilege exists in this country and black people are negatively affected by it on a daily basis, including their murder by police in situations where if it were swapped with a white person, they magically wouldn't even be close to dying. IDK why you're so insecure about this issue but you are going to end up on the wrong side of history if you don't start caring about accountability.

[@harryparsons2750]

Well put

[@danielch6662]

The Navajo code talkers were assigned guardians who's job it was to prevent their capture. By killing the code talker if necessary.

[@dirklemke9872]

Too many commercials to make it worth watching

[@andybreglia9431]

You don't drop a wrench on the deck. You don't drop a spoon on the table. All well and good until someone sits on the can and let's a board ripping fart.

[@RegulareoldNorseBoy]

Cool ! Pewph bang bng☢🪃🔫 🔫

[@jn8601]

Rommel used Montgomerys tatics from the beginning

[@theknifedude1881]

Monty did really well until Market Garden.

[@mopar215swp]

King Yella snitching in 4k is crazy.

[@silverload3622]

One of the Germans said when he seen America driving into battle and not using any horses or mules they knew they were going to loose

[@scumbaag]

They always underestimate us, hah!

[@chilIychilI]

Willy's jeep was & is the sh¡t though. I've been out with 4x4 crews and someone will pop up in a Willy's and it will hang with most modern veichicles going down the trails. Of course their a lil more less available and a lil more special then a 1994 jeep or a 2005 f150 😂 but their still around though. Which is a testament to their build

[@BLD426]

I seriously doubt Ivy Bells cost as much as going to the moon.

[@user-ki5ue3fd4x]

Roll.indraty same .. Hallo @London (Original Roll office in Minicooper AG😂😂😂)

[@brianpritchett8232]

This is great.

[@joekewl13]

WHY DOES GOOGLE BOMBARD THESE EXCELLENT HISTORIC VIDEOS WITH ADS ADS ADS!

[@user-ki5ue3fd4x]

Sounds Tech..😮 Look 1000 name but Sounds Tech..luck about him 😂😂

[@patricknoveski6409]

Again, where are the air force?

[@jmx-yz5ew]

US Air force wasn't established until 1947. After WWII.

[@thehardyboys4227]

1:21:30 you mean them big @$$ trucks was only 90 horsepower and did all that!? 🤯

[@martinarreguy2984]

Motor Transportation you call we haul! SUPER HETT OIF

[@brianv1988]

I thought Montgomery was similar to like Patton but patent was a little crazy in the way he thought but both of the boys got the job done. Also the duck they call it I was able to drive on one when I was a kid you would pay very little and it would take you around the harbor I am back up onto land for about 20 minutes I always thought it was the coolest thing ever how such a big vehicle can float on water but drive back up on land and drive just as good always wished I can own one when I got older

[@user-ki5ue3fd4x]

What all mean About Name Philip!!!!😂😂 I not have old man😂😂😮

[@robertbacklund4438]

So the desert war was won 100% by the British? What about the 1000's of Americans with our tanks and aircraft that came across North Africa from the west? If it weren't for Americans entry into the war Britian would be flying the swastica flag and speaking German. Thanks for the recognizion.

[@rev.x-bones8651]

El Alamein!?!

[@robertbacklund4438]

@@rev.x-bones8651 I do not take away anything from the victory of General Montgomery at El Alemain. However this victory would not have happened had the US not developed and freely given the reliable and effective M3 Grant tank by the thousands that allowed Montgomery to go head to head with the Afrika Corp. Along with these tanks there were a lot of P40s that were given that were used effectively by both the British and American forces in North Africa. Also perhaps the final battle at El Alimein would not have happened had the American engagements with the Afrika Corp in the Western North Afrika. Had it not been for these early American sacrifices in thousands of deaths as well as loss of materiale that were encurred in defeats as well as victories after General Patton took command that forced Rommel and the Afrika Corp back to the eastern part of North Afrika. The point of my original post was that some credit could be afforded to the efforts of America. Had Montgomery not received the M3 Grant as well as the RAF getting the aircraft the history of North Africa may have been different. Another key contribution to the success in North Africa was the efforts of the USS Wasp to deliever Spitfires to Malta when they were needed the most. The Royal Navys ability to stop many of the German supply convoys to reinforce the Afrika Corp would not have been possible had Malta fallen. All of these American contributions should have received at least a mention.

[@user-ep6rv4fc4z]

​@@robertbacklund4438 Montgomery was a child molester.

[@liammarra4003]

No they wouldn't. Operation Sea Lion was a pipe dream. Just a longer drawn out war.

[@Perktube1]

There are plenty of documentaries that herald the efforts of the Americans in Africa and their contributions to the British armour during that campaign and the rest of the war. This particular production deals primarily with the vehicles and weapons used, wherever they were supplied from. And it is a British recording, so one would expect the Tommy's to garner the lion's share of praise. Accept it as is and enjoy the show. 😊

[@mattskustomkreations]

I never knew about the cable tapping Ivy Bells mission, or those scumbag sonar traitors from 1961.

[@dennispfeifer7788]

No mention of the Ultra intercepts in North Afrika? Monty knew more about Rommel's supplies and strength before Rommel did...lol This entertainment acts like Monty was a genius...What a joke.

[@J.C...]

50:03 The DUCK!

[@user-cm4ml7ju7d]

The title is "that won the war"? And on the picture there is an 88 mm anti-air gun from Germany, they lost the war?

[@texasray5237]

The cold war was all about the war industry (in both the west and the east) continuing to sell expensive weapons year after year to their home countries, when those countries were not even at war and really had no need for the weapons. Of course politicians were in on it all and benefited personally. The public was kept in a state of panic, being told that there was a serious threat of nuclear war, which was never true.

[@IMSiegfried]

The Cold War was very real. Check out the movie, 13 Days which is based on true events.

[@jonbowen6805]

Those 2 1/2 ton trucks were also made in huge numbers by Studebaker and were called "Duce and a Half". Please revise your narrative to be more true to the facts.

[@scumbaag]

Yeah, ive never heard "billy truck" or whatever the fuck this guy said lmao. Deuce and a half is correct.

[@jamessills5802]

Rommel lost cause the Germans were too arrogant to realize their naval code had been broken. The code breakers won this battle.

[@thechancellor3715]

Breaking the German cods broke their logistical supply chain of shipping resupply across the Mediterranean, fuel, ammo and equipment needed by Rommel...very elaborate strategies were enacted to disguise the fact of he codes had been broken.

[@arthurjacobs4974]

THE GERMAN 88 ' S

[@arthurjacobs4974]

MY FATHER TALKED ABOUT THE GERMAN 88 ' S ,,, FIERCE

[@Perktube1]

A truly useful weapon

[@user-ki5ue3fd4x]

😂😂Doffe sit only in Tolet 😢😮OMG my union.. Said with Opa Ludwig 😢 Rodoffe

[@chilIychilI]

1:17:10 _James Carroll_ returned to Paraguway France every September for the next 5 years... *shiiid* ... 👧🏽😮💁‍♀️ *i guess bro did! 🇺🇲*

[@aaronsullivan6991]

new Zealand was part of the war too

[@pimpinaintdeadho]

But we're they really? Nah, just kidding. NZ seemed like a cool place until 💉 mandates and they took your guns.

[@robertbacklund4438]

Yes, however back in the 1940's as far as Britian was concerned, Canada, New Zeland, Australia and India were nothing more than a part of the Common Wealth. You all were the common and Brittian took all the wealth.