The Last Defense of the German Siegfried Line

The fortifications on the western front are explained with rare veteran interviews explaining the strategy, deployments, and individual stories of the battle.

[@jamesdavidson7604]

Loved how these veterans were able to tell it as it was for them. RIP and thank you!

[@pavlosta7173]

WESTERN FRONT WAS A JOKE

[@natebit8130]

​@@pavlosta7173 Which part of it? How is it a joke? It's war.

[@dieselmann34]

This is great footage, my neighbor was one of the last of the 84th infantry still alive. Unfortunately he passed in September. But he told me some stories of his fighting. He was taken as a pow. And part of the German death march. Richard walkden

[@charleskittler4330]

As a 20 year US Army retired Senior NCO I am always amazed at the actions of my Army during this time. It is the small unit actions that made this victory possible....👍👍

[@viking90706]

10-4 Rules of engagement "WIN"

[@yoinks9907]

The massive Soviet wave in the east made the western victory possible

[@user-di8nx7jd8e]

تظظ۶۵

[@donrobertson4611]

Thanks for posting this fine documentary. Makes me shiver with cold watching these brave men fighting in the miserable weather.

[@mikemotamedi2895]

As a War vet in Iraq and Afghanistan, The WWII vets were tough as nails. These guys were the toughest SOB's. And they were citizen soldiers, and returned to our beloved country as the best of their generation. God Bless Them All.

[@StephanHarz]

+mike motamedi thank you for your service

[@bigdaddyhall7196]

Thank you for your service!

[@pattonlaughed8764]

Rusty Shackleford "Sure you didn't get some concussions over there bruh?"? WTF?

[@MS-in3sl]

that's right, Mike, you were just a mercenary

[@MS-in3sl]

***** +Rogers Jolly. Anzacs were drafted? Or volunteered of necessity? You -- an enlistee in American imperialist venture -- are nothing but a common mercenary.

[@peterturner7644]

Its great hearing from soldiers not long after the war while all the facts were still fresh in their minds rather than years later.

[@Kents1969]

Um... well... the dude said it was twenty years ago, so...

[@paulredinger420]

Peter Turner most of those things are fresh in the minds FOREVER!! Every been in combat?

[@scottydog62]

@@paulredinger420 very true watching some of these veteran interviews that are in their mid 90s late 90s even 100+ they never forget But watching this video was awesome since it was only 20 years after, and hearing from the older commanders that are long gone now

[@scottydog62]

@Scott Levy especially as traumatic as war

[@AcutePanic41]

My Grandfather served in WW2. In his 90's, he couldn't remember what he had for breakfast that day, but he could remember specific things on specific days during the war. Some things are never forgotten.

[@luisramon8322]

I wonder how these great soldiers could do the fighting so well under those extreme weather conditions, cold, hungry, no sleeping, probably even sick most of the time under enemy fire. Real Supermen in the battle of the bulge. America can never forget them.

[@billwilson3609]

Their young minds and bodies adapted to the stress and strain.

[@silverload3622]

It’s cause America was a tuff place to live at the time and they lived and survived thru the Great Depression

[@walterglowacki2185]

In the early 80's I talked to Col. WINTERS at the Chicken ranch in Eastern Pennsylvania from Easy Co. WHAT A GENTLEMAN, I will never forget that!

[@kimcarter6856]

Seen several documentaries with him. Brave man

[@viking90706]

You have seen living history.

[@ronaldmcdonald3965]

My Uncle was one of the first 10 guys across the Siegfried Line. He bent down to tie his shoe lace, and the guy next to him had his head blown off. My Uncle was awarded the Bronze Star sometime during the War. He resented my dad, who the Army sent to school for most of the war; he was a radio communications guy in 3rd Army (Patton). Not a front line combat infantry. He did get shot during the war. He never said anything about it. I always wondered about my dad scars. I did not know he got shot until my other older cousin told me during his funeral.

[@merkcityboy834]

Yeah those were real soldiers look at the ones we have today complain about everything..

[@tremainetreerat5176]

How exactly did he quantify that he was one of the first ten across the West Wall? The West Wall was breached by small units fighting local actions in dozens of separate areas around the same time...The anecdote about your uncle stopping to tie his "shoe lace" (never heard of a GI wearing sneakers) like he's walking through the park, in the middle of a combat zone and then the soldier next to him being decapitated tips the scales for certain, though. Pure BS & pathetic attention seeking behavior... probably a pathological liar :D

[@SrVP100]

Thank you for uploading this excellent documentary. I see it was filmed a little over 50 years ago. Anyone still with us would be in there 80s and 90s. Good bless everyone who served.

[@Sturminfantrist]

@Black Vitriol because God is on every side in war. Every side claimed that god was on their side

[@tedstrauss999]

Incredible to see the vets so young, the events still fresh in their memory. I wonder who produced those interviews, and if the raw footage still exists in a box somewhere? Only tiny a fraction of what's actually recorded ever makes it into the doc, but they say so much.

[@coleparker]

Given the age of the interviewees, their hair cuts and the way this was filmed, this documentary was probably filmed between 55 and 61. There were a lot of these types of programs on TV at time. The reason I know that, is that I was a small kid at that time and I use to watch them with my father.

[@hankochai]

I really hope there’s an archive somewhere with usable footage

[@charleschoffe3846]

The Greatest Generation and for Great reason.. My Father and his 3 brothers all served in WWII, RIP boys...! God Bless All Soldiers , Past and Present..!!

[@esr243]

Splendid documentary. Great value hearing the men who fought on my home ground. We shall remember

[@russelllowry1061]

My father served with the 8TH airforce. They lost 27,000 airman, more than the number of marines lost in the war. And it was the airman that made it possible to win the ground war.

[@navaladmiral2962]

All generations who serve for our country are our greatest generations! No matter what branch they are, they are all equally heroes!

[@andrewmartinez7559]

Cope. The soldiers won the war not the airmen

[@russelllowry1061]

@@andrewmartinez7559 the atomic bomb was fake I guess,lol.

[@chepito2443]

@@navaladmiral2962 ww2 soldiers in the allíed forces were and are in the highest in my OPIONON

[@javiermartinezjr8849]

Lol you realize the reason normandy landing was successfully is because the soldiers behind the lines caused mass chaos,so majority of the SS panzer units couldn't be called to the front they were busy fighting in the hedge rows trying to find squatted squads, had that not happened Normandy woulda been another Dunkirk if not costlier

[@stevesran968]

THIS IS AN EXCELLENT VINTAGE WAR FILM. ...THESE FILMS ARE PRICELESS. ...I LOVE WATCHING THEM

[@tayninh69]

Fighting the German was bad enough, but doing it under the weather conditions these guys had to put up with must of been pure hell. JOB WELL DONE 84TH.

[@mikeromney4712]

Imagine the conditions at Stalingrad...

[@tayninh69]

You are very correct to bring that up. I have tried to study as much as I could about that part of the war and from what I have learned, the weather conditions for both the Russian & German armies were brutal, not to mention the civilians that were caught up in it.

[@suvendukarar3340]

By the bye my holy spirit of guy jay dee , perhaps obviously German soldiers fighting alongside them are brave enough about the heart breathing as there motherland of attachment for soulmate likes are Spartan fighter campaign to immortal invisible posting on World's histree. God bless & peace for themselves nice souls of great Hearts belongs are soldiers.

[@marinazagrai1623]

You can bet they all ended up with trench foot (although they must have been glad for not getting frost bite; you have to think of something more positive when faced with such nasty weather). You can get trench foot without being in a trench.

[@jasonbloho8015]

Hugo Holesch at Stalingrad?

[@dcd-pn3sd]

Right behind/north west of Marche and Hotten is Ciney and Celles, where US 2nd armored slammed into the spearheads of the german 2nd SS panzer and destroyed them. These guys with the 84th were on their own in enemy held territory for a couple days. When 2nd armored caught back up to the 84th, they had a nasty 2 day battle at Humain just outside of marche, where the whole town was leveled and the regular german 2nd panzer was also destroyed. .Some of the heaviest fighting was around Humain, Marche, and Hotten. This was a touch and go battle and these guys had balls of steel to do this. Its absolutely incredible they were able to pull off a win.

[@luxboss2388]

Wow thanks 👍🏾

[@dennisskibinski7668]

These guys kicked the Germans butt, well-done guys. My dad served in Africa, (Artillery).

[@ElForastero10287]

The best documentary explained of ww2

[@jaywolf4183]

Who were these camera men who filmed such dangerous & difficult wars? I think the wars camera mem were among the most braves & the world owe them a huge gratitude for allowing us to see what actually happened.

[@mikehiggins946]

There's a great documentary on Netflix called 5 Came Back. It's about 5 famous Hollywood directors who went to war. It's very well done.

[@GILLEBRATH]

Very good footage here, I have been looking for the 71st infantry division , my uncle served in it until Jan.1st 1945 in Woelfling France where he saw action against the S.S. Panzers units , he dispatched four machine gun nests single handed and was wounded in the action. I would like to see the general area near Woelfling in France but I guess it all looks alike now, anyway he survived the war , awarded the medal of honor for his bravery, saved his entire squad and went on to live until his 83th year and is buried at Arlington . He was 26 when he fought this battle , he told me this but he was not one to talk a lot about the war. He lived in Boston for most of his life but he started out as a Canadian ,born in P.E.I. went to USA and became an American citizen just before the war. Sargent Charles a. MacGillivary , my fathers brother, God Bless them both , very good people, gone now but not forgotten. He once said " War is a nasty business and if you can stay out of it you are better off " also said " the real hero's never saw their home's again , many were so young, who died over there. May they rest in Peace,all of them. Thanks

[@robertdedoroy7634]

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[@zenoist2399]

Your uncle sounds like a very brave man. You can be proud of him. I have the highest respect for soldiers and ex soldiers.

[@arkansaswookie]

Your uncle was a brave and outstanding tough guy. His Wikipedia page explains his MOH actions. I got a chuckle out of his comment: "I thought that if was going to fight for this country, I should be a U.S citizen" Thank you for posting that about your uncle. With much respect to the Greatest Generation. Check out the U.S.-Canadian 1st Special Service Force and their actions during WW2. Cheers Gillebrath.

[@candyextreme8406]

4 machine gun nests single handed? Jeez.Must of got a medal for that!

[@thor8580]

GILLEBRATH You father and uncle came from a time that I believe was the greatest generation in my life time. Thanks for sharing. God bless you and your family.

[@UberGlenn66]

Considering that the Germans on the Western Front in 44-45 weren't the Top Class Troops they once were in 1940, they fought astonishingly well without air cover, supplies, and never enough fuel besides their Inferior Numbers...

[@nickthorp5790]

Perhaps. But it was pointless, murderous and ruined Europe.

[@norberts4356]

Give this man a order:) The first smart Yankee of this page.

[@skywayminicabs6292]

@@norberts4356 why ? we all know that the german's are good at starting wars and murdering unarmed civilians

[@norberts4356]

@@skywayminicabs6292 The, germans starting wars🤔? Ho starting wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia.... Ho is the "Police" of the world? In ww2, germans kills prisoners, because the aliats kill germans prisoner's too! War criminals are your Air force, they bombt all german city's, with children, women's, old men's... That is genocide!

[@pfcsantiago8852]

@Derp Inshmurtz blame your mates the' French' for that.

[@ruslawyer7154]

God bless America for the 2nd front and land-lease. My grandfather told me that the US Studebaker is the best lorry. He was a Soviet Army driver...We were allies, hope we`ll never be enemies...

[@priscllamccain1423]

I hope we shall always be friends. I have known many Russian people and I could not find better people or finer friends.

[@billwilson3609]

It was the best because the doors had wing windows!

[@pesokpesok]

couldnt agree more

[@pabloeskabar365]

💪 Thank you, we return those well wishes. We also thank the Red Army for entertaining the Nazi's until the men from 🇬🇧🇨🇦🇦🇺🇺🇸 could assemble the world's largest invasion force. My grandpa enjoys Russian salad dressing.

[@seanpartrid58]

@@pabloeskabar365 you do understand that the Russians broke the back of the nazis correct? The Russians took on the majority of the wehrmacht. The Germans lost approximately 5.1 million solider KIA and 4.5 million captured. The soviets lost approximately 8.7 to 10 million killed and over 5.7 million captured. The most brutal combat ever known to man was seen on the eastern front. Can you tell me who conquered Berlin the heart of nazi Germany?

[@guymorris1963]

One of my uncles here in Texas volunteered for the US Army during the Second World War. His first assignment was fighting his way onto Omaha Beach, from a landing craft, in Normandy on D Day. He said he saw some horrible things happen that day all around him. He made it safely to the beach despite all odds and his unit (sadly I can't remember it but he had told me back in the 1970s) regrouped and headed inland. My uncle said the one overpowering thing he could never forget was when they had got up high on a hill and looked out to the ocean it was completely blood red. His description was so vivid and scary it made me feel like I had been there myself. The next major event for him was celebrating his seventeenth birthday in winter weather during Battle of the Bulge. My uncle said it was so cold there that their wool socks froze to their feet and boots. He told me about the steady attacks on them by the Wehrmacht and Luftwaffe. The third and final major event in which he participated was his group joined with General George Patton's army. They started liberating as many concentration camps as they could and as quickly as possible. My uncle hardly ever talked about that war because what he had been through was very traumatic for him. He tried to talk about fun things he had seen or done. Being a veteran from 1990 to 1991 I salute my uncle plus all the men and women of all countries involved in that war and all wars.

[@scottyfisher2321]

God bless every one of these guys. You were America's best!! You will never be forgotten !! Thank you is all I can say. My grandpal was there. He never talked about it. Now I know why.

[@yoinks9907]

Thought he had it bad eastern front was 10x worse and those men still tell their stories

[@lloydsteele9476]

To all the 946 assholes that gave this documentary a thumbs down you don't deserve your freedom if it wasn't for these GREAT MEN THAT FOUGHT FOR FREEDOM YOU WOULDN'T HAVE YOURS I LOVE MY VETERAN'S. !!!! WE CAN'T THANK THEM ENOUGH. !!!! .

[@GruntProof]

World War II refugee scenes are the best 2a ads

[@GildedShame]

When my grandpa was 19 he was with the 84th during the Battle of the Bulge. I have his letters from the war and he wrote about the Russians being on the otherside of the river later on. RIP. Very interesting documentary!

[@guymorris1963]

One of my uncles here in Texas landed on Omaha Beach during D Day when he was seventeen years old. He celebrated his eighteenth birthday in a fox hole during winter weather during Battle of the Bulge. The last thing he did before he came back to Texas was help General George Patton's army liberate concentration camps.

[@yoinks9907]

They weren’t Russians they were soviets not every person tat served in the Soviet army was Russian

[@blastforyou]

The GI at 36:25 is having to manually eject rounds from M1 Garand rifle. These were great performing weapons but when exposed to cold and lack of maintenance they were known to fail to eject. I don't know if anyone has mentioned yet but the actor Paul Newman that is narrating was a tail gunner on Navy Dauntless single engine bomber in WW2.

[@desertsand4797]

cannot agree with your assessment of the m1 garand, this rifle was, and is still known for its incredible reliability in all conditions ,from the steaming jungles of New Guinea and Guadalcanal ,to the deserts of North Africa, to frozen sold battlefields of Europe and Korea it's performance is unmatched by any other semi automatic rifle ever made,it is still used world wide to this day,,and any weapon will fail to feed with no maintenance and full of dirt or ice

[@kainhall]

i own an m1 garand...1943. i think you should look at the mud test that "in range" or "forgotten weapons" did......on both the m1 and m14. it jammed up. plus, modern ammo will bend the op rod unless you but an adjustable gas plug......and in the war they had to cut a relief notch in the op rod as they were snapping in too... they are damn great guns....but .25 moa never jamming miracle guns? no. hell, they even taught people to fall and keep their rifle out of the mud....where to place your hand to cover the holes in hte reciever. and in the m 16 mud test.... it passed with flying colors.

[@desertsand4797]

They are called rifles or weapons, not guns ,and who besides you mentioned never jamming miracle weapons? You should try getting your information first hand from infantry veterans that were in these wars past and present, instead of TV shows, KZbin, Wikipedia or these lame weapons testing websites or magazines or range heads that never take their weapons out unless it's to shoot paper targets or bottles and cans and count that as experience,, and good luck operating in serious mud with any weapons system of any era

[@kainhall]

+desert sand except the ar15 takes mud just fine.....and I don't even like ar 15s (223 is just not enough) when both the 1943 field manuel and training films talk about and show how mud and sand in the bolt rails, or hole below the rear sight on the right side... when they get shit in their....it stops the gun. it's open....it's exposed....and training prevented it. also...the guys who do "in range" and "forgotten weapons" arnt fps russia. they are real shooters who reload ammo, gun smith, and know more history, and have talked to more experts, active and ex military.... I think they know their shit. and are quick to say when they don't. go watch the fucking mud test videos. just because grandpa used it doesn't make it "the best fighting weapon ever devised". the m1 was a DAMN great rifle.... but it does have problems....weak parts like the op rod....and VERY open to mud ingress. period, end of story....it's like your telling me the m1 doesn't have external bolt rails and a large hole that leads right into the fire control group....

[@desertsand4797]

Since you're so easily upset and start using profanity to try and strengthen your argument, and you end it with" period ,end of story" you obviously know more by watching your videos than any combat vet or armorer,there is no need to discuss weapons any further ,and I find your lack of respect for the men who fought and still fight for you ,by calling them grandpa, utterly disgusting , you have exposed yourself as just another armchair ""gun expert"" who has never gone anywhere or done anything

[@AmericanWop]

My Father fought in that and suffered shrapnel wounds and cold injuries to his legs. Was sent to the hospital in Liege where his hospital was hit by a buzz bomb.

[@merkcityboy834]

Was his name Cotton Hill?

[@robertallen5715]

Gielenkirken was behind the Siegfried line, the 2nd Armored Div. and 117th and 116th Inf. Div. Launched an attack last week of Sept 44 through the first week of Oct 44, when the line was breached in several places, this battle was a month later and had nothing to do with the Sigfrield line. The battle for the first breach of the Sigfried line was near Castle Rimsburg along the Wurm river into the town of Ubach,Palenburg.

[@saxmanzzz]

A gripping documentary - probably the best I've seen

[@andrehazes7069]

THANK YOU FOR PUBLISHING THIS GREAT VIDEO!!

[@paulcommodore4151]

the crazy thing is men from both sides would be disgusted if they could see their nations today.

[@starlite1100]

TheGOATVegeta no side fought for what's happening. If they had only known, God knows what would have happened.

[@pbg6979]

bhauger1 so did the Germans it’s called WAR buddy u stupid idiot

[@ratbatnufftime2861]

Is this gonna be some bullshit about multiculturslism and immigration again???

[@ratbatnufftime2861]

@Lang Hansen white nationalism, which is really racism, facism and xenophobia is the true bullshit.

[@guiseppe46]

@@ratbatnufftime2861 People like you are the BS. No one and i mean no one hates like a liberal. No one. The biggest racist on earth. Degenerate left!

[@johnstalling6238]

a good friend of my parents ( Claiborne Watkins Craddock>>Claybo) as i grew older a friend of mine was in WW2 i never knew he was in Company C 347th Infantry 87th Division> fighting on the Centraal European Front and participating in the Battle of the Bulge. He has passed away now i wish i would of known so i could hear his story on what he encountered>> ( if he even wanted to talk about it ) he passed away in 2012 but i remember him as a very intelligent and humble person he had a since of humor that would brighten anyone's day up in a second. I think of old Claybo every once and awhile and when i do it always putts a smile on my face !! Heres to you my friend i will never forget you !!! >>>> Your Friend JBS

[@klausschindler6132]

A tragedy that so many soldiers fell during the last days of WW II...

[@nikosvader1877]

War has no crimes .. the only war crime is the war itself -My grandpa

[@garygraham4679]

Wise man.

[@iszjhxsbxb]

War is not a crime its a art

[@61zulu77]

War is a crime against humanity if you consider the atrocity committed against by soldiers of BOTH sides against civilians and other soldiers.

[@Nemo7The7Pirate7]

what nasty things your grandad must have done to adopt such an opinion on the war crimes.

[@toxic9525]

@LSSJ that was good for the world.... Colonialism was done after that

[@elioselectric468]

god bless the men who gave their young lives for the usa, you have done more for our freedom than anyone..

[@cutsrosescents4950]

Elios Electric The Germans thank you giving thanks to the sacrifices their armies made for freedom from a Bolshevik States of America

[@constitution_8939]

@@cutsrosescents4950 Read my reply!

[@dhss333]

Freedom to poison yourselves with Coca Cola, have the greatest narcotics addiction, TV addiction, the biggest prison population, the highest crime rate in the World! SUUUUURE! GO FOR IT! ENJOY! HAVE A NICE DAY!

[@dhss333]

Keepin' the Wuild safe for da Yanqui $

[@chepito2443]

@@dhss333 im mexican so i cant relate

[@hankochai]

Amazing to see the veterans so young.

[@benedicttalor9331]

A great doc, I enjoyed the interviews of all involved.

[@noneck8166]

From 00:00 to 00:30 I then expected The A-Team theme song to kick in.....

[@JasonSmith-ec6bu]

Why r u doing this?

[@1337fraggzb00N]

LOL

[@coylehetrick1857]

Jason Smith has a new car

[@wesleybelisle5266]

its amazing how heroic these young men were.

[@TimesRadio977]

wesley belisle absolutely correct... but why should the innocent ppl must die..

[@seanohare5488]

I agree

[@northernsewerageproject5747]

Thanks for a great doco. Was hoping for more from the German perspective though.

[@MVO884]

Thanks for the uplaod. Those images tells a lot. Thanks for all those brave soldiers, who liberate Europe.

[@rls303]

These are great, Thanks

[@bjustrealman7861]

Definitely the greatest generation

[@socaloutdoors344]

Even though the people that is in involved in this brutal war may not see this but thank you for your service for fighting for America to make history. Murica the home of the brave and free.

[@geraldperry3253]

That's a man that cares for his men to relax them so they could rest

[@JeagerTank]

Thanks for the upload

[@burtthebeast4239]

Great documentary

[@valedslinger6290]

Wavygr, I see that too. Its the way it is unfortunately. I say that as the Nephew of Gabriel Bottella , a grunt in the 101st. My fathers war has never been documented except for The PT 109 story. My dad was a 17 yr old gunners mate that lied about his age and volunteered, from a farm in Md. Never seen the Ocean until the war. He spent a lot of time dealing with the Tokyo express, and Fought everywhere from. Luzon, to The Coral Sea attached to Bull Halsey. Every story from my late Father was a documentary on its own. The P.Ts took and gave hell. Fighting amongst Battle Wagons who's shockwaves alone from the 17 inch guns could splinter a PT into pieces. Lots of screws to replace. A fascinating and exciting branch of the Navy during the Pacific War that goes mostly untold. Fast boats with guns are always cool.

[@stokiestewpotter7956]

A n excellent documentary,RIP To all the soldiers who gave there lives.

[@yurimeyer7549]

My grand father told me that the "Red Ball Express" was a fine group of African American motor transport division

[@Tiebor12]

+Yuri Meyer -------------there's a movie with that name about that group of men also...1952.....and a documentary 2001 of the same name

[@yurimeyer7549]

Michael Terrell Thanks man - I'll check it out today

[@yurimeyer7549]

Despiser Despised I know it was a motor transport unit , but not clear as to the inter aspects

[@yurimeyer7549]

wavygr good info

[@otiscarter1356]

+Yuri Meyer My uncle was there. They brought supplies out to the front and once they emptied their supplies, they brought back the bodies of those G.I.'s killed in action. He was haunted by the images until the day he died.

[@user-lu6up3yg9f]

Без, Нас , не было Победы!

[@TuckFinn831]

Right after the narrator said ".. this is their story.", I was really hoping to hear the theme song for The A-Team

[@bernardes5204]

Foi uma geração de notáveis soldados essa que participou da segunda guerra mundial. Não poderia também deixar de enaltecer o efetivo de 25.000 bravos soldados do exército brasileiro que combateram junto ao V Exército norte-americano na tomada da linha gótica (Itália), em 1944 e 1945.

[@Niawen2011]

I thought it a rather curious detail that the vehicle at 0:38 is named "Lundy's Lane" - a battle in the War of 1812.

[@constitution_8939]

Because Both most likely happened in Belgium.

[@rpm1796]

@@constitution_8939 Lundy's Lane is in Canada, at Niagara Falls.

[@constitution_8939]

@@rpm1796 T.Y. for the correction!

[@johnleber3369]

Looks like the artillery was a life saver more than once . American, queen of the battlefield in the war. Had a uncle who was in Pattons Third Army and made it all the way to Czechoslovakia! He brought some neat stuff back They Were the greatest generation. The Battle of the Bulge was where the US Army made its greatest stand. Didnt realize how vital the 84th Div was at holding March Hotten line.

[@yoinks9907]

It’s greatest stand against a outnumbered weak out of fuel out of an airforce out of guns ammo and food enemy real great stand that is

[@frankmontez6853]

@@yoinks9907 if you weren't so ignorant and hateful of History you'd know that the Germans marshalled heavy concentration of forces for this Battle of the Bulge.

[@paulxiong2645]

Thank you for all the men who serve this war today we have peace and freedom because all the great men who win this war for us we all your grand children.thank you may god with yours all.thank you for your greatness.

[@windwhipped5]

I like this..Im used to these interviews being with the vets of more recent conflicts like vietnam..my guess these were conducted between the years of the Korean and Vietnam conflicts..

[@constitution_8939]

These interviews were conducted around 1964-66 judging from time frames spoken of by at least 2 of the American Vet's who took part in the European Theater because one distinctly said "twenty year's ago" and his Buzz Cut hairstyle was most popular around those years. The interviews happened No later than 1966, I'm pretty positive of that.

[@DerDudelino]

Wow. They talk about the Battle of the Bulge like they were ordering dinner even though this was one hell of a bloody week for the US Army with 20.000 dead comrades.

[@yummyyum2026]

German Officer: lets go to Bulge michael wittmann : Let me get my Tiger Tank! Panzer Vor!! U.S Soldier : Oh shit The Black Baron!!

[@goodplenty534]

Yup. Fighting for Uncle Joe in Russia.

[@hugbug4408]

@@goodplenty534 Isn't that something? Uncle Joe Stalin lost 22 to 27 million people, 1/2 his on doing , during ww2!

[@hugbug4408]

@@yummyyum2026 Nearly 20,000 GIs were killed in the Batlle of the Bulge! That's about 1/3 rd of the soldiers kia in Vietnam! I'm in no way down playing the Vietnam War, which was as bad as other wars too. General Tecumseh Sherman was frank in saying that "War is Hell." General McArthur thought the Bulge a screw up on the higher echelons of the allies eto.

[@billwilson3609]

That fight went on for a few months.

[@daspiper8941]

I was born too late. I would loved to have fought in the European Theater. I got stuck with Vietnam, a War we were not allowed to Win.

[@sornevolution2263]

Thank you for your service in Vietnam

[@jeanwood6392]

Robert Bru would that be in the 50s Malaya ?

[@dhss333]

No the Viet Cong NVA didn't allow you to win, you cook/clerk/ Logistics Rear Echelon M.....

[@dhss333]

You were born a million years too early.

[@dhss333]

You couldn't find even S.E. Asia on the map; the only Vietnamese you ever saw were in a restaurant. Watch that pipe doesn't choke you!

[@aaron5508]

I wonder how many cameramen died making this. incredible footage and crazy angles.

[@douglasturner6153]

Soldier's say they were told "We're in a fluid situation"! That's when the Officer's don't know what's going on or what to do. And that's when the NCOs take over and run the show.

[@luisramon8322]

these American soldiers were incredibility heroic they saw death in front of them and kept going forward to face it under the hardest circumstances, those were boys of the greatest generation ever; may God bless their souls.

[@yoinks9907]

Considering at the time the western front came around the Germans were practically out of fuel guns food and ammo I wouldn’t say it was the hardest circumstances. Try facing Germany in Stalingrad then tell me what the worse circumstances were

[@seanohare5488]

So true

[@absysalem5224]

German military uniform is the most beautiful uniform in the world .. Germany is a creative and loving people of beauty and elegance .. Without Germany there would be no Europe today Greetings from Libya

[@kimcarter6856]

But, they lost, however the beauty and elegance.. Very shallow Libya

[@aurathedraak7909]

that artillery is music to my ears

[@sirius-petrusse5716]

Je préfère Berlioz!

[@gregzeiger4275]

Excellent footage

[@Rustsamurai1]

Italy wasn't relentless advance. The beginning of the end, was even before they got to Stalingrad.

[@ETsonggalaxy]

How could Americans and Germans fight so well in battles when FREZZING cold!? They must have been so well trained! In the Korean War, Americans crossed over lines and captured Chinese armies, unbelievable, in ZERO weather, unbelievable, but true!

[@williammontroy9024]

The combat part is part of how they didn't freeze . You stay warmer if you're moving . You'd be surprised what you can do when you have to.. these fine brave men are incredible examples of that.

[@Vic-mv8iz]

It seems from youtube than the Americans won the war on there own what about the British Russians and Canadians

[@krisshaw9464]

@@Vic-mv8iz theres docs about that 2

[@philjr5714]

Kris Shaw plenty of mention of other soldiers from other countries. They even had a guy obviously not American giving his side of joining the 84th. Listen up.

[@davidquinningan8352]

Majority of the Chinese who fought in the Korean were in fact mostly former Koumintang troops who were conscripted to fight the Americans. And everyone knew the Koumintang to be less motivated than the PLA Communists. The Americans killed many anti-Communist Koumintang soldiers while most of the original PLA were intact.

[@MarcoDollenz]

great documentary!!

[@JoseManuel-cj8uk]

one of the best ww2 films thanks for make it posible i give yuo and a plus love it,,,,

[@MauriatOttolink]

Loved that final comment...Nothing left to fight with and nothing left to fight for. On the last comment, there never had been!

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

"American soldiers, on the whole I believe, find it very difficult to hate..." if only he'd seen the Pacific theater.

[@shanemoore8055]

wid a wery heazy German akzent

[@headlyfarquinson5646]

Very well explained documentary they tell it like it was

[@shastadimension8169]

Amazing footage.

[@TooColdS4]

Our last war that made sense , Thank you all who served and may you rest in piece

[@tehjamerz]

+Michael Whisman yes

[@jeffmoore9487]

+Michael Whisman Vote for Bernie!

[@Dogmeat1950]

+Stevo2o6 First gulf war made sense, so did Korea. problem with Korea was the U.S not setting an end goal same with Vietnam. we can kick the shit out of people all day but need to have goals

[@jeffmoore9487]

***** You mean world dominance? Might sound hyperbolic but with 1500 foreign bases, and a 75% share of the world arms trade, its not too big a stretch.

[@Dogmeat1950]

Jeff Moore many of those bases have less then 200 people lol. some are just communication stastions. most of the bases aren't that big. only about 200 of them out side the USA are "Big"

[@davewright8206]

11:54 humanity right there , god bless him

[@jebbroham1776]

This was the last war in which personal honor and truces were respected by both opposing sides in Western Europe. Medics were not typically fired upon and ceasefires to bury dead and exchange prisoners was quite common, especially during the great battles during the Ardennes Offensive.

[@stephenolson532]

I can't imagine the hell these men went through. Bless them all

[@markpaul-ym5wg]

This was on vhs and later dvd.84th infantry division.

[@andrejkocman8679]

I tell again, Patton was a genius.

[@sirius-petrusse5716]

Einstein,irene joliot curie,Pasteur et beaucoup d'autres sont des Génies mais pas les militaires qui ne sont que le bras séculier des nations!.......................

[@sirius-petrusse5716]

Génie sans bouillir !

[@darkknight1340]

It makes you feel so sad that so many of these young American troops died so far from their homes.

[@angrybird7324]

+neil henderson Yeah so many died because of other countries imperialism... so right after the war what USA did was... create their own empire... LOL

[@sarediv]

+Frederic Lemoyne really ture

[@Chopstorm.]

+Frederic Lemoyne Honestly, if the Americans didn't expand then the Soviets would have. Would you rather have the Soviets in control of all of America's holdings?

[@angrybird7324]

***** It's impossible to tell because if Soviets wouldve conquered all then today we would be happy to be soviets and would say "would you imagine how it would be if americans won!".

[@MrChickennugget360]

+Frederic Lemoyne accept the US does not have an empire

[@iBleedStarsAndBars]

Thank God for this generation of brave men.

[@plywoodcarjohnson5412]

If soldiers are fresh and not damaged by ten years of war - I believe they treat their enemies and civilians better.

[@snallkriminell]

You know the banner photo you have for this video? That's not an original photo. I know, since I took it. At a reenactment. :D

[@BOB-wx3fq]

Lmao Well played

[@brent123456yo]

Why does he have the back of the gun up to his face

[@snallkriminell]

@@brent123456yo zeroing/sighting?

[@BOB-wx3fq]

@@brent123456yo so he can catch the brass in his mouth

[@adrianluke7917]

I love US soldiers. Especially the lost ones. They're really fallen stars.

[@jayboley9683]

Great Documentary!

[@JohnEglick-oz6cd]

My grandpa(dad's POP) was on the UD of As 82nd A/B Div. He was a medic w/ captains rank.He jumped in Normandy (DDAY 6/6/1944)., @ mid 9/1944 was in "Operation Market Garden" . A near disaster planned by Allied Field Marshall General Bernard Montgomery ! The Brits got mauled at Arnhem ! The 101, and 82nd A/B Div.s faired slightly better , but for meager gains took high casualties ., Then , the USA A/B units with newly arrived USA troops , had to defend a small piece of real - estate at cost of high casualties! Grandpa sustained a wound wen , the vehicle he was I'm hit a mine kia driver , and soldier behind driver, and wounding my grandpa ,,and soldier behind him.Both had laid on side of road until picked up by Americans on patrol. He was lucky , for Colonel Joachim Pieper of the 1st Waffen SS "Leibstandarte " who was responsible for the cold blooded murfer of about 120 USA troops @Malmedy Belgium . He was patched up and by 4/45 he saw Soviet Union troops , who he despised , and sed General George S. Patton was right with his not caring for the Soviet Union. He was very reluctant about discussing the WW2 ETO , for it brought bad memories , and had PSTD problems .

[@BFDT-4]

Could anyone please determine the dates of the interviews by the participants? I make it for late 50s or early 60s.

[@hlf_coder6272]

Im pretty sure it’s 1965. That’s definitely Paul Newman doing the narration and he did a series of WWII documentaries in 65. Plus at one point one of the guys says, “this m1 is heavier than it was 20 years ago”, which seems to confirm it.

[@guycastonguay9633]

The commentator said that the Anglo British forces were going up Italy! The Canadians were there too and did good with their tanks as well!

[@chepito2443]

Yes the canadians had balls of Steel also same as the pols

[@shaz5703]

great channel

[@sugiantoharisantoso5315]

kanon dpt diganti dengan roket 122B sbg senjata bantuan, utk memberikan bantuan tembakan pasukan infanteri dan tank sangat di perlukan unk mendobrak pertahanan/rintangan musuh.....

[@fabiosunspot1112]

Imagine all the most powerful countrys in the world attacking one country and still having a hell of a time trying to win that was ww2.

[@sirius-petrusse5716]

N'oublie jamais c'est Franco Mussolini et Hitler qui ont commencés les hostilités!

[@kimcarter6856]

The US was supplying Russian and UK, while fighting a second front in the Pacific

[@typhoon2827]

Well, not quite. Germany attacked France and later that afternoon France was occupied. Something like that anyway. 😉

[@typhoon2827]

@@kimcarter6856 ...eventually. fun fact; WWII actually started in 1939

[@wyattsdad8561]

Thank god for the Vichy prostitutes who collaborated with the Nazis. Bastards.

[@anibalcesarnishizk2205]

Among the G.I.s ,there were many German Americans that spoke the tongue of the enemy.Who knows,maybe they fought against their relatives.

[@AWOLcause]

My Grandfather Charles Heil was a Captain of a battle ship at the Battle of Normandy full German American Captain! Toughest mfer ive ever known!. Im lucky to have his genetics....

[@douglasturner6153]

Don't forget Eisenhower and Chester Nimitz in the Pacific. Even Goebbels bragged about their German ancestry.

[@merkcityboy834]

Some American Germans went back to fight on the German side.

[@MrTwotimess]

49:00 Truer words were never spoken. My mum used to tell us kids the same thing. Fritz Kramer is so right. Bitching about the food when you're unaccustomed to the same fare at home.

[@MisteriosGloriosos922]

amazing video!!!

[@trialz49]

sounds like Paul Newman

[@TheDocumenteriesTube]

Yepper.

[@useryu99]

brothers killed brothers and the banks got rich !! #saynomoretowars

[@joemctaggart3920]

@Mr and Mrs. Smith what he means is the financiers controlling world banks

[@briansobey4621]

@Mr and Mrs. Smith Banks loaned money to both sides in the war.

[@abidabi4363]

@Mr and Mrs. Smith Your comment is total failure. You're in the uneducated minority here.

[@garyhiggins6718]

I was under the impression that the Siegfried Line was only used to dry the washing?

[@kimchipig]

Only if it's still there.

[@zsmarine0831]

11:50 awesome heroics!