Untold Story of 'Panzer Meyer': Fiercest Waffen SS Commander | World War II

[@historyatwar]

Regarding his name, “Panzer Meyer” some sources are saying he got his name "Panzer" from the time he tried to play a prank on another policeman. Others said, he went up on the roof and fell and suffered 20 fractures, and was given the name Panzer. And others are, he was given this name is Greece for his stubborn and hard nature, I’m unable to find a definitive answer to this, if anyone has any solid sources let me know🤝 Thanks guys

[@starzkream]

The story of him earning the nickname after falling off of the roof is the one I have heard the most, but I imagine that the true story has been lost to history.

[@OTDMilitaryHistory]

He should be called Murderer Meyer.

[@starzkream]

@@OTDMilitaryHistory Hear, hear.

[@atae7185]

@@OTDMilitaryHistorywho did he murder?

[@OTDMilitaryHistory]

@@atae7185 He ordered the murder of at least 20 Canadians in Normandy plus an unknown number in the east.

[@bennobeck]

As a German, I have to say, this is a great and well balanced documentary. Thanks.

[@HeLayzTTV]

AGREE

[@Bigsky1991]

Meyer died very early no doubt due to wounds and the stresses of War do I was unable to meet him...but I was close personal friends with dozens of his Men and fellow Officers that came up through the ranks with him and they told me hours of anecdotes and stories about him. It was the action at the Klidi Pass in Greece that got him the " Blech Schlipps" ( the Tin Tie) as the Landser referred to the Ritterkreuz...and was notoriously famous for having thrown 2 stick grenades at the heels of his own men after they were pinned down to " motivate" them forward. Meyer, Wūnsche, and others were media darlings for for good reason...they were extremely brave and capable leaders . It's a miracle that Meyer survived the War at all because he was there from Day one to the end. " Soldaten Wie andere auch".

[@clintoncohn737]

Hands down, this is the best WW2 history channel on KZbin. A great deal of information presented by a human and not some phony AI might be the best part. Thank you for making these videos. Can’t wait for the next one.

[@historyatwar]

Thanks Clinton, appreciate it mate 🙌🏼

[@WeAreNotAfraidofFire]

Mark Felton is pretty good, too.

[@duck4484]

@@WeAreNotAfraidofFire yes felton is really good

[@sintenal4078]

Such a highly respected name in the history of armored warfare, I could not start watching fast enough! Thank you for this.

[@OTDMilitaryHistory]

A very much disrespected name. He was a war criminal and poor commander.

[@happycarnivore5481]

@@OTDMilitaryHistory Tissue?

[@OTDMilitaryHistory]

@@happycarnivore5481 You clearly worship a Nazi and war criminal so

[@gma729]

Me toooo. 💐

[@franktower9006]

@@happycarnivore5481 Why? Did you soil your pants?

[@LofusYanchi-jt1yp]

Your approach to documentaries should be the template for all video makers to follow... Great work! and thank you. 👍👍👍

[@voodooofficial6796]

Favourite history channel

[@davidbutler9808]

The war wrecked his health. He barely made it into the early 60s before he died. Talented commander. Him and his buddy Fritz Witt(KIA) became the youngest generals in the German Army. His division kept the Falaise Gap open for encircled German 7th Army troops to escape and was captured by the Americans for his troubles. The famous photo of him captured in a Wehrmacht Colonel’s uniform.

[@Ziplomatic007]

He died from multiple organ failure at age 51.

[@michaelstudd533]

Always blown away by your work, thanks

[@georgewolfiii1170]

A very high-quality documentary.

[@stanleybroniszewsky8538]

It really is. It's such good quality sometimes I feel like I'm there feeling the full impact of war. And it truly is not for the weak of heart or faint of the human spirit. If hell truly does exist, it were these most fiercesome battles, regardless of who was doing the fighting. I don't take any sides because even though they fought for different ideologies, those men were human beings. Many didn't have a choice. It was fight or be shot.

[@me.ne.frego.]

Great high quality documentary, love this channel! My grandmother's brothers (big and tough guys in temper and physique) fought in Normandy for the germans as foreign volunteers and had to return on foot and survive on their own all the way back home in Southern Italy. She told me they were totally unrecognizable and infested with lice when arrived. One of many family stories from the war. She also told me with confidence that she saw german helicopters with her own eyes in Italy, she was like 13-14 years old at the time.

[@historyatwar]

Wow! Interested, thank you 🤝

[@keriallen2711]

I don😅t think you mean helicopters honey is there were no helicopters during World War II you must’ve missed book. But thank you so much for your share. It was very interesting.

[@mattclements1348]

There were helicopters in WW2 ,very limited but.​@@keriallen2711

[@mattclements1348]

​@@keriallen2711there were helicopters in WW2, limited but

[@me.ne.frego.]

@@keriallen2711 Many years ago I too believed helicopters did not exist at the time, but the germans had some, the fact is: there's NO record of german helis being used in the Southern Italian countryside. My grandma told very weird stuff about the war and was very sure about all that.

[@Terracecasualx5]

Kurt ‘Panzer’ Meyer,Michael ‘The Black Prince’ Wittman and Joachim Pieper three greats of armoured combat.

[@PanzerdivisionWiking]

Agreed

[@MrLukedanger]

I like pieper but he was so reckless so was wittmann. Werner wolf is another one you will like very very reckless. Was piepers right hand man

[@tgwcl6194]

Criminals

[@bert8373]

Max Wunsche,Fritz Klingenberg,Ernst Barkmann too

[@Andrew-dg8se]

What bout Otto Carius?

[@grantsmythe8625]

Very interesting. I read Meyer's book and your video is straight down the line true to that book. Very interesting. Thank you.

[@historyatwar]

Thanks!!

[@grantsmythe8625]

@@historyatwar You're most welcome. I have seen that, at times, those of us who are interested in World War II in general and interested in the Wehrmacht in particular....sometimes people see us as Nazi sympathizers but that is not true at all. Of course, some are sympathizers but for the vast majority of us, it's the history, i.e., the battles and the order of battles, the equipment, the uniforms, the fighters, the warriors...on both sides....that hold interest for us. I'm an older man, my blood deeply runs Red, White and Blue and has never and will never be anything else. I'm an American, sometimes a proud American, sometimes an embarrassed American....but always American. I'll bet you that most of the rest of us are too. Thanks for these videos. I do love this World War II history!

[@OTDMilitaryHistory]

Meyer’s book is full of lies that are very easy to prove false. The man was a hardcore Nazi so lying in a postwar memoir was nothing to him.

[@JohnChrysostom101]

Calm down, the Allies allied with the communists who they knew were killing millions of civilians already 83% of the bolshevists weren't "Russians" oy vey

[@keriallen2711]

Wow !

[@tommcdaniel2208]

His biography is titled "Grenadiers" and is a must read for those that want to explore the German side of WWII combat. VERY well written. My copy is from Stackpole Books.

[@Americal1970]

One of the most interesting documentaries I have ever seen. 5 star+

[@hankhill6916]

Top quality stuff, your channel will blow up one day soon!!!

[@TERRAVIEWTOURS]

My grandfather served there. He was a great man. I admire him very much. He died with a sixpack. At that time He was 80 years old

[@alexisknox7981]

Love this channel man, thank you from Costa Rica

[@kevindunham7158]

Thank you for your hard work in putting together events of the past. Whether people are good or bad and the victor or defeated I feel it’s still important to look at both sides of the story…

[@HealthTubeOfficial_]

Thanks for all your work man

[@jonpeters9148]

a friend of mines step father was a german tanker barely trained and 17 at the time in 1945 they were thrown into the malestrom as the german army dissolved before the pulverising allied attacks in the last few mnths of the war,they wore black uniforms,they had surrendered to canadian troops who took them for SS .several were murdered before british officers and troops intervened and stopped what was happening,this man went to england as a pow and married my friends mother in the 60s,he was forever grateful for that intervention on that day in 45.

[@PanzerdivisionWiking]

Great video topic! Looking forward to this one!

[@MasonboyMasiel]

I don’t believe he received the nickname “Panzer” during the Greek campaign rather he was called that after he survived a fall from a school building window as a kid.

[@reecebandgang6296]

Amazing 👏 I passionately love this channel!!! Such great memories of amazing fighting commanders

[@historyatwar]

Thank you 🤝🤝

[@kyle70022]

Great video, as always!

[@peterunderdown4374]

It would have a totally different turnout if he fought on the winning side.barbarism happened on both sides.that is what war is.

[@OTDMilitaryHistory]

Cold blooded murder hours after captured was not the same on both sides. This is just Nazi apologia.

[@stanleybroniszewsky8538]

I really prefer any and all WW2 coverage in b&w. It retains it's authenticity whenever possible. Great video footage, btw. I love seeing WW2 from the German viewpoint.

[@keriallen2711]

Wonderful documentary. Wow you sure really did your research. Thank you for your hard work.😊

[@jpmtlhead39]

This guy was an Die Hard Nazi,but he was also a super soldier. The kind of Officer any soldier wants on his unit.

[@RagnarLothbrok2222]

He was unfathomably based

[@OTDMilitaryHistory]

He was no super soldier. Don’t believe everything you read.

[@jpmtlhead39]

@@OTDMilitaryHistory so I'am suppose to believe in you, right...??!!!!

[@OTDMilitaryHistory]

@@jpmtlhead39 No I said believe the evidence. There’s very little support for any of Meyer’s claims.

[@billywatts4689]

​@@OTDMilitaryHistorythe evidence what's that Rabbi?

[@lysanderkrieg5474]

Fantastic presentation and some really outstanding footage to supplement the presentation. Great work and thank you making this.

[@themajesticmagnificent386]

👏👏👏Bravo👏👏👏Bravo..A excellent video in content and production..This is what U-Tube gives us the best…U-Tube creators producing content equal with some television productions..This video is such an example of this.. Thank you and keep up the great work.!

[@richlaw1953]

Excellent documentary! I never realized how young Meyer was. What was the highest rank Kurt Meyer achieved? And what was the highest rank Joachim Peiper achieved? Both were young and fearless.

[@1960caroline]

Evil. Pieper Murderer of Lidice

[@TheRichelieu26]

Joachim Peiper reached the rank of SS Standartenfuhrer

[@bob281261]

Many years ago when i was serving with the BAOR in Germany we had a German civilian Fitter who was a former member of the 12th SS division. He told me that just prior to the massacre 3 soldiers of the 12th SS had been captured by a Canadian unit who had cut the legs off there trousers and sent the back to German lines with signs around there necks saying We don't fight children send us some men to fight. The fitter told me that this was the catalyst for the massacre.

[@OTDMilitaryHistory]

There’s literally zero proof for any events of Canadian brutality before the 12th SS started murdering. You are either lying or got taken in by a Nazi apologist.

[@JohnChrysostom101]

Sounds like bs

[@OTDMilitaryHistory]

@@JohnChrysostom101 The Canadian story is a complete lie. Nazi apologists always look for excuses to justify the killings. They have nothing.

[@bob281261]

@@JohnChrysostom101 its just what he told me dont know if its true or not or whether he was using it as some form of justification for there actions.

[@mattclements1348]

Interesting ,great story

[@hansgruber650]

War crimes something victors blanket on everyone.

[@MrLukedanger]

Not themselves tho

[@АндрейДемешко-и2щ]

Газовых камер, концлагерей и массовых убийств мирного населения СССР не было?

[@achimotto-vs2lb]

to cover their own crime ?

[@jayryan1956]

love how everyone just keeps repeating this on all kinds of videos like stfu no one cares

[@ArijitDey-k1m]

History is written by the victors. As Indians we are fully aware of the horrific atrocities, tactics, policies and overall demonic nature of the so called civilized BRITISH.

[@feltwedge]

Thanks for having put this unvarnished account of Meyer together. BTW, the 'Panzer' moniker came from his surviving a fall from a rooftop when he was a police officer cadet and not his wartime service. I think he was often called, 'schneller Meyer' or some version of that instead.

[@OTDMilitaryHistory]

Yeah you wouldn’t want all that pesky war crime talk to ruin a war criminal’s reputation.

[@garynew9637]

Stellar video, thanks.

[@mattclements1348]

Outstanding

[@caveman4598]

Outstanding documentary extremely well researched and produced thankyou

[@historyatwar]

thank you :)

[@nicksweeney5176]

Mind very thoughtfully, whom you are, before bending down to heft your throwing stone.

[@richardshiggins704]

Excellent and detailed documentary . Thank you !

[@matthewmaurysmith2486]

2nd time watching this. My favorite WW2 channel these days... and thats saying a lot!

[@brucemacallan6831]

We need to talk about the upwards of 700 German POW's murdered by the Americans after Malmedy. I'm sure you can find info on that. Strange how it's never spoken about, yet we never hear the end of when German troops did similar, but to a lesser extent...

[@liljoenyc01]

Definitely

[@davidbutler9808]

The British and Canadians had their own reasons for not taking Waffen SS prisoners.

[@lyndoncmp5751]

@davidbutler9808 Well the British took SS prisoners. They didnt go around murdering therm.

[@davidbutler9808]

@@brucemacallan6831 : the Americans attitude toward the Waffen SS after Malmedy was displayed in the movie Fury. Based on historical fact. No SS was to be taken alive.

[@OTDMilitaryHistory]

Because that has nothing to do with Meyer.

[@bobbyowen5879]

I’d like to see a video on the battles the hitler youth fought in and what happened to them after the war.

[@OTDMilitaryHistory]

They mostly got wiped out. Happened in Normandy, the Ardennes, and Hungary.

[@PSDuck216]

The butchery around and in Caen might have been obviated if Monty had followed his own game plan for the Normandy landings. Caen was supposed to be taken on 6 June. But Monty couldn’t be bothered to get a move on, despite calls from Ike. Monty halted his advances at 600 meters, figuring that was good enough. This slowness and dallying infected his generals, who still dallied in the ground advance in Market Garden. There were calls for Monty’s removal/replacement because of Caen. His failure as a leading general continued until the war’s end. I knew a Canadian chap who’d been a 16 year old paratrooper and captured in Arnhem who couldn’t believe how the British took their time overland to link up with them, the overall bad planning of the landing zones and total failure of the operation. As overall planning general and general in charge of Market Garden, Monty should have been sacked. Churchill wanted to do it but was afraid that British morale would suffer. Cheers!

[@jonathansteadman7935]

Most British/allied troops had huge respect for Rommel and none for Montgomery even in North Africa.

[@skullzonyt9955]

Yeah, I read somewhere that Ike was furious with Monty for stopping the advance and essentially told him to get off his lazy ass and go help the Canadians

[@marvwatkins7029]

Who says the bad guys and losers never win?

[@hecateswolf6007]

Fascinating documentary many thanks for the upload

[@jackmehoff1840]

Excellent video, can you please look into the same for Max Wunche

[@tekis0]

One of the problems with combat on the Eastern Front was that the Soviets were not signatories of the Geneva Convention. Therefore, the Soviet high command sanctioned extensive "partisan warfare." Partisans and spies are subject to execution according to the Geneva Convention, as we've seen the way that the "Brandenburger's" were executed by the American forces after the Battle of the Bulge. I'm not suggesting that "shooting a Russian cook Convention , two teenaged girls, the elderly, children, etc" was sanctioned by the rules of the Geneva Convention, because it is certainly NOT! But I can, however, understand the frustration the German Army must have felt fighting in the Soviet Union. Soviet partisans often mutilated, gouged eyes, cut off genitalia, and killed captured German soldiers. In this kind of lawless atmosphere it's easy for me to understand both sides "one upping" the other reprisal-wise. To be clear, I'm not saying killing surrendered or captured foes is OK, but I can understand why it happend. Thanks for the great documentary.

[@Der_Mann_223]

No one wants to understand the loser's perspective. Because victors never committed any war crimes...

[@evandavies1230]

One must remember that the Canadians were killing captured Hitler Jugend out of hand

[@nickmitsialis]

why was that??

[@gfdnnfnfgnfgn]

All of SS actually even if they surrendered themself

[@igasuguseidasju1699]

Talking about killing POW-s but leaving out the massive Allied bomb raids on Caen in witch there were even no troops. How many civilans died in Caen? 99% were allied victims. Never mind the historic city leveled.

[@lagueuxrobert]

Like Myer said in his trial. " It's just war"

[@piotrweydmann3345]

Caen? Do you realize how many casualties among French civilians before and during D-Day altogether?

[@OTDMilitaryHistory]

There were lots of German troops in and around the city. This is a straight lie.

[@OTDMilitaryHistory]

@@lagueuxrobertSo ordering the murder of POWs at your own headquarters hours after the battle is over is just war? Give me a break. Way to defend a Nazi.

[@lagueuxrobert]

@@piotrweydmann3345 Normandy about 10,000.

[@janvanaardt3773]

Such an unnecary war

[@Dark-7070]

Excellent historically not slanted but honest and a credit to good work!,, politicians make men do things on both sides that no one should endure!

[@JohnnyCirucci]

As a former U.S. Army armor company commander I found this presentation informative and balanced. I would say Meyer's treatment at the hands of military justice also seems unusually fair - lacking the proper evidence for his execution, it was stayed as it should have been. SS fanatics who murdered prisoners and civilians very much needed to be brought to justice but much of their fanaticism was brought about by Hitler's suicidal incompetence and Russia's barbaric atrocities. Eisenhower should've been charged and punished for the Rhein Meadow death camp. Harris and LeMay should've been charged for "strategic bombing" genocide. The victors got a free pass and this war was needless and tragic from beginning to end.

[@raoulcaliente1030]

Outstanding presentation.

[@RayChuck]

Quality content., although I question your explanation for his nick name. I've read he gained it early 30s after falling two stories and showing little I'll effect, his comrades named him panzer. Of course I am only reading sources

[@MeYou-lk8be]

Those, who have never seen the atrocities of war, should always be careful when it comes to judging its actions!

[@Rustsamurai1]

Thanks for your work.

[@cavetroll666]

salute from Toronto love the channel :)

[@historyatwar]

Thank you 🤝

[@KUSHANDRA]

No matter the nation, back when men had a cause and will to fight for something greater. Now, they wonder what gender they are..

[@poppymyth8868]

Thank you! 😊

[@Patrick-il4es]

D-day was successful for many reasons, but never forget that US air superiority was #1 factor, Hitler overruling Rommel and other generals is #2. Finally, US had almost unlimited equipment, fuel and supplies is #3.

[@bobmcrae5751]

I guess the British and Canadians at D-Day were just there to watch America win the war all by themselves.

[@aapoahola9725]

Overruling them like telling them since 1943 that the allies will land in Normandy. Did they listen? No. Also the German intelligence and its failure were in a big role in the German failure to counter attack.

[@alexisknox7981]

Waiting still for the part when you mention the Canadian war crimes in detail and no prisioner policy... oh wait

[@christianpoulin02]

Do you have any exemples? I'd like to look this up.

[@alexisknox7981]

@@christianpoulin02 in the video are mentioned. I myself was asking for examples

[@landserkorps796]

Ask for Rheinwiesen..... Where canadiens,amerikans murdered thousends of German pow.

[@IAmBeanz1]

Caen was known for this, it was hell. Canadians were killing SS, and SS were killing Canadians, read up on Caen all there.

[@ThoughtMachine1]

They're all dead. We know the allies could be as brutal with the enemy as the German's were with them. You sound angry over some perceived injustice. It's war, there is no justice. Notice, the "bad guys" never seem to win. Hmmm....

[@robertyoung1506]

I think you did very well, I have subscribed, Thank You.

[@christopherclarke3135]

The horrors of war should primarily be blamed on the political and military leaders at the very top on all sides, past and present. They stay safe from the battlefields. Combat soldiers do terrible things in the heat of battle. The victors assign guilt.

[@alanellis1442]

I had 2 uncles both Waffen SS Officers both said that the allied army were just as bad committing war crimes but only the victors write the history

[@HeavyDragoon]

It has been stated that from 6th June...Canadians were not taking prisoners..the reason that many stated that in the height of making a foothold on the beaches and beyond that "they did not have the time or resources to take prisoners" I can speak from personal experience..that one does not need a mobile phone or a computer for rumours on the front line that frontline troops VERY SOON hear of such rumours. This I know for a fact. Criticise me as much as you like..my Grandfather told me so much the same....

[@TravelatorH8r]

Why haven't I been subscribed to this channel where have you been in my feed

[@timothyramsey7010]

Great video thank you

[@Sturmgeist88.1]

Please do a video on Max Wunsche, it would be interesting

[@leonardoschadenfroh2877]

Über Alles 🇩🇪❤

[@jeanpierrechoisy6474]

It would be interesting to have investigations and research into how soldiers on both sides engaged for years in such combat, of a material intensity far exceeding that of previous millennia, "survived" psychologically. How is readjustment to normal life done, one that is not bathed in death? How many years does it take? How is readjustment to normal life done, one that is not bathed in death? How many years does it take? Can these people really do it?

[@angelfyr762]

He always carried a Kar98k into battle

[@evilstorm5954]

How do you do a piece on the life of someone and not start at the beginning? How did he get nicknamed “Panzer”?

[@Tommytakanawa]

Panzer means tank you doughnut

[@Tommytakanawa]

It's also a play on words. Panzer meister. ( tank master) Panzer Meyer. Get it? Educate yourself. My lawd

[@evilstorm5954]

@@Tommytakanawa You have no idea do you? Dumb ass. He jumped out of a building and broke nearly every bone in his body when he was a cadet. THAT is why he was called PANZER, it had NOTHING to do with Tanks.

[@liljoenyc01]

Best ww2 chanel

[@historyatwar]

Thank you :)

[@frankgeeraerts6243]

War c rimes are and were always on BOTH sides ........the loser looses and wil be put on trial.

[@JBowman-ps2ri]

You do what u gotta do to stop evil if it means even evil to them!

[@pobinr]

No need for needless intrusive distracting music.

[@jaapvandenbergh7430]

Thank you for your tireless and honest effort to bring us unbiased history. The Second World War was such a watershed event in modern history. Humanity found itself in a fundamentally changed reality afterwards. We are still living in that reality although it seems at the moment that yet another reality is taking shape. Concerning history it is important to discover the facts and circumstances and present those to mankind. He who knows history controls the present and owns the future.

[@stephenrenner4726]

Why would any video need a 1:23 intro?

[@iiwidowla99lambo65]

Bastard caused the worst war crime committed toward Canadian Soldiers

[@atae7185]

And the Canadians committed war crimes upon the Germans.

[@Harry-q2q6y]

Commercials every two minutes isn't going to work for me. Sorry. 😑

[@richardclements6718]

Pay the money for KZbin premium, cheap

[@shawnastephens1536]

Young brainwashed babies thrown into a horrible adult conflict. Makes me sad.

[@PaulMonaghan-h7m]

A very interesting story about a man who was entranced in the Nazi ideal...and fought bravely against the Allied Forces. It does show the influence Adolf Hitler did have on Germany.

[@rayshowsay1749]

' Between June 7 and 17, 1944, an estimated 156 Canadian soldiers were taken prisoner and then were killed by German soldiers during the fierce fighting that raged across the Normandy countryside following the D-Day landings. The majority of these events were not spontaneous acts of battlefield violence but cold, calculated, systematic executions carried out behind enemy lines well after the soldiers were captured. The German perpetrators were members of the 12th SS Panzer Division, the recently established ‘Hitler Youth’ Division. Cruelly nicknamed “Germany’s Baby Division” by the allied press, most of the German soldiers in the division were under twenty-years-old. '

[@josejr.llanes6565]

Is this the same Kurt Meyer who were involved in the massacre of Royal Warwicks in Esquelbec, France?

[@davidbutler9808]

I believe that was the Totenkopf Division.

[@OTDMilitaryHistory]

Troops under his direct command killed many Canadians in Normandy. His crimes in the east were also extensive.

[@pgolpa4829]

Very well said in the war there’s no right doing it’s a life and death situation for both side equally and from beginning of modern war fair or ancient Roman’s both side will do anything to survive and come victorious all these justifications is just show for a public to paint the good guys against bad guys after the war is over Cheers

[@alexvanbreemen9083]

The Black Widow!

[@trs2266]

A well balanced account of a true german soldier

[@scott234ca]

The photo at 31minutes 41 seconds is actually the 2nd Canadian Division surrendering following the ill-fated raid on Dieppe. That was August 19th 1942.

[@lincolnscott5547]

An advertisement every 2 minutes. KZbin is ridiculous.

[@thorstenherbst4137]

Took about Soviet & Allied war crimes for a change

[@eamo106]

I think you are a Manchester historian, I think noone will ever know the truth, I am sure atroccities were performed on each side during that sad WWII . RIP.

[@nukni4225]

Speaking of less than 200 murdered prisoners of war. ... On the 14th of August 1945 the US-Airforce launched the biggest air raid and carpet bombing of the war on the north of Japan although the Japanese government had already declared defeat to the United States Government in the days after the atomic bombs on the 6th and 9th of August. The official surrender simply had not yet passed the US-Congress.

[@grossadmiral1]

Ehrenmann! 🤚🏻

[@michaelschulz9164]

Did I hear right ...... 30 wounds? If he had been in the US army .... he would have been able to stand up from the weight of purple heart medals on his chest! A truly remarkable individual and leader.

[@jp7152]

Above all he was a fanatic soldier trying to win a war of destruction on behalf of a mad man.

[@OTDMilitaryHistory]

He committed untold number of crimes. That wasn’t done to just follow the orders of Hitler.

[@marcoluoma3770]

Yes, Montgomery was given the job of taking Caen on D Day. But it took him weeks. Whether Meyer or Montgomery is the reason for that is a matter of some conjecture.

[@Lane17774]

Recon with a tank? Who the hell would do that? As if they wouldn't hear ya coming. LOL! The job of Recon is to not be seen or heard. Don't buy it.

[@OTDMilitaryHistory]

They weren’t very good at lot of things.

[@billywatts4689]

​@@OTDMilitaryHistoryRabbi we all know it's you

[@Lane17774]

@@OTDMilitaryHistory I think the Meyer story is all BS. I think he was Illuminated and probably a Rothschild actor they sold as a hero. Then he writes a book that sells millions of copies $$$$! I call BS! I think Sniper on The Eastern Front was all BS too.

[@aapoahola9725]

The pz.1 was used as a recon tank by 1941, as it was useless as a frontline tank.

[@haveguitar]

AI for manuscript? "Meyer earned the nickname “Panzer” while enrolled at the police academy after he fell off of a roof while playing a prank on a classmate. He broke 18 bones in the accident and his friends began calling him “Panzer” because they said he was as tough as a tank."

[@historyatwar]

I wrote this entire script, is not made by AI, these take countless hours to make. I have heard this was why he was called it.

[@haveguitar]

@@historyatwar sorry, it just sounded like an error that AI can come up with. I have only heard about that one for the nick. It was a good video! 🍻

[@mikebower9795]

Canadians and Aussies always take their orders from their masters--the English--even now under the king's governor general.