Task Force Hogan - The Battle of Beffe-Marcouray

[@oliviergonne8275]

It was a real pleasure to listen to the story of Task Force Hogan during the Battle of the Bulge. This little-known feat of arms deserves to be honored. Thank you for that. On the 09/07/44 the Task Force Hogan , liberated my village Ohey. Thank you to them. We will never forget

[@PaulScott_]

Another great presentation on this channel - as usual! I always enjoy hearing someone who is knowledgeable about a subject and also has a very personal attachment to it as well!

[@garyaugust1953]

Great presentation by William, who must be so proud of his father's and his fathers team on how they managed to combat adversity under extreme conditions and circumstances. Homage to all involved.

[@scottlivesey]

Excellent episode. Gotta love Hogan's reply, "well general, my feet hurt."

[@patrickwilliams6567]

I felt cold just looking at the slides. What an amazing accomplishment that the allies could re-equip a whole battalion so quickly …that really supports the idea that you send steel instead of sacrificing trained men. What an amazing accomplishment for them to get out so they could be reequipped.

[@mikemerritt1443]

Great presentation with a personnel contact.

[@jimwalsh1958space]

Struck me how very young Williams father was in command maybe 22 ? Awsome ! Please bring William back again with more amazing stories like this one.

[@YuriBeckers9thID]

Great to hear you talk about this here William. Great presentation! It was great to explore the Hurtgen Forest part of Task Force Hogan's history together with you last October.

[@johnlucas8479]

Another excellent presentation of a small unit action. Well done Woody and William.

[@markfrumkin3230]

Thank you so much! Really well done.

[@iancarr8682]

Particularly appreciate your boiling vessel in these winter conditions. Something hot great for concentration and confort.

[@HG_NL]

An other cool personal show!

[@cameronsimpson-ld8nk]

Another fascinating story

[@andypanda4927]

When a kid (70, now), recall a vet talked about using a quad-mount .50 to, essentially area fire, on a small town where snipers were plaguing U.S. infantry. Not much else said, but, he smiled.

[@matthewnewton8812]

That picture at 43:32 is just incredible. The fellas back at command headquarters in Belgium, looking haggard and perhaps a bit the worse for wear, nonetheless smiling happily as they get a package of new cigarettes and on their way to the first proper meal and hot shower in weeks. And then, I imagine they did what I would do, which is sleep…deeply and for 12 hours. You can feel their relief viscerally, in the photo.

[@jabonorte]

You hear some horror stories about replacements being shoved straight from depots into combat units in Normandy without infantry training. I remember a story of a group of cooks (?) sent I to the line and being slaughtered before they got there. Would all the replacements in that 'quiet sector' at the start of the Bulge have been fully trained by this stage of the war?

[@MegaBloggs1]

effectively the same gun on the panther and a sherman with a 76

[@WW2TV]

A fair difference in velocity though

[@farmrrick]

Are you sure it took two hours of maintenance for every hour of operation of a Sherman ? That doesn't seem right .

[@WW2TV]

We're talking routine checks rather than heavy repairs, but yes the tank crews i knew spent 2 or 3 hours a day on general maintenance

[@bebo4807]

Is this the guy that was in the prison camp with the secret rooms under the barracks?

[@WW2TV]

No

[@iancarr8682]

Had these Germans in US Army uniforms been a long planned tactic? Must have taken some recruitment and organising.

[@MegaBloggs1]

not reconoited enough by the germans-english speakers should have been used locate fuel allied dumps-then take the big ones with the paratroops in the open stage-fuel was the deciding factor-opening bombardment only lasted 15 minutes in some places. Surprise was not achieved in front of the more experienced us units. There were deaths by cold in some of the volksgrenadier divisions-particularly in the southern sector in front of the rivers.