What a nice anecdote. Bits of history like this get rarer by the day.

What about the nazi zombies? oh wait that was wolfenstein

Would be interested in hearing about any after-the-fact reunion of the departing Lieutenant and the remaining surviving men led to the Stalag.....yep.......

:> He told this story while cleaning your teeth. As a kid I thought it was great! Jeebus. Sounds like the beginning of a Stephen King story.

I bet you have awesome teeth! I think my dentist was an ex Gestapo interrogator.

BASTOGNE is most known for several reasons,but I been many times in Clerveax myself but also many little towns around,they all have very intriguing stories. Hopefully we don't have to experience it again,you still see all the scars in the landscape and the stories are still alive.

A movie was made about it with Burt Lancaster called Castle Keep.

Is this the same Gen Cota who is known for his action at Omaha?

Mark Wakefield an over officious aide most likely

Cota, best remembered by his decisive and examplary leadership at Omaha Beach. Yep, Robert Mitchum's portrayal was spot on. Unfortunately, Cota's reputation was destroyed when he ordered the ill-advised assault through the Huertgen Forest. What followed was WW1 style meatgrinder, ending in utter defeat for the Americans. If you want to get feeling what it must have been like, watch the 'When Trumpets Fade' movie from HBO. The Huertgen Forest disaster was completely overshadowed by the Battle of the bulge that took place two weeks later.

He should have been tried for dereliction of duty and shot.

I thought it was reported, "...couldn't be reached because he was having dinner" in reply when it was requested to speak with him.

You mean the "Ancient Aliens Channel" ?

We are blessed with both.

This is what the History Channel used to be, decades ago. Mr. Felton does an admirable job of recapturing the look and feel of the old documentaries and specials.

BadSkeelz The History Channel is a shadow of its former self. It must be working for them financially, but what a way to destroy a brand.

Nice to see you here Ash

Ash Hello there

I see you all over lol, first on Shadowfrax and now here. I don't judge though, both very interesting and entertaining with their content.

Ah, spotted yet another gamer of culture. Very nice 👍

In the Pacific, the Marines always knew that a landing was imminent when they got steak and eggs.

Evan Friend feed the common soldiers well, then they know something soon will be expected from them. a common practice in every army throughout the ages.

And he raised ya to be a stinkin' fiver? Hmmm.

Sherman’s got logs. Panzers got sand bags. t 34s got troops on them for extra armor.

it is a miracle that you made it out alive. hope you appreciate GOd's plan for you. stay strong.

JTNS 28 ....damn....I'm a 3rd generation Army combat vet, my Grandfather was a radioman on D-Day at Utah Beach, my Dad was an E5 in Vietnam, and I served two combat tours in Iraq....many families have sacrificed and suffered much pain not only in the defense of America, but also for the good of her allies....much respect to your family, from the sound of it, they served with honor and distinction, just like me and mine....Hooah

Someone has to keep that wheat in line before things get out of hand. There's alot more wheat than soldiers and if that wheat were to gang up and get any crazy ideas it could cause a real problem.

Lol what an idiot pilot

General Chuck Yaeger flew strafing missions over 1944/1945 Europe before becoming a test pilot and breaking the Sound Barrier. He commented: the war was very dirty at that time and both sides committed atrocities. During strafing missions without a preset objective, Allied fighter pilots were ordered to shoot up towns and horse carts to 'break the enemy's morale' (terrorize).

'Ol monty woulda been fired years before for his African fiascos if he wasn't a cousin of the royals!

With 20/20 hindsight, it's easy to judge. Macarthur squandered his airpower in the Philippines, letting his planes get shot to pieces on the ground in the first few days of US involvement. Rommel's aggressive armored pushes without infantry support nearly ended in not only disaster, but nearly cost him his own life multiple times. And Halsey fucked up quite badly costing 7-8 unnecessary US warship losses, over 1400 men, and almost 150 aircraft, between Leyte and a typhoon, and I think the only reason he wasn't handed his own ass was because the heroism and sacrifice of 4 of those ships lead to one of the most unbelievable outnumbered and outgunned naval victories in human history, keeping an even longer death toll off his tab by keeping an invasion force safe from japanese warships... Despite his best efforts to fuck up his one and only job of keeping said force safe. Point is, generals and admirals are people too. They make mistakes, sometimes they learn, and they have highlights... But above all else... Never forget... Patton's sidelining for 2 years over slapping a GI was completely retarded XD Truth is, the world of military leadership is rife with politics, those who make it to those positions often abuse their power, and who is held accountable for what boils down to who licks whose boots. And it's a lot worse today than I think it was back then.

Goes for both sides...see 9:09.....

Side skirting was typical fir German armor. But they as well as the allies would add many different items to help up armor their tanks.

The sherman jumbo in particular had A LOT of makeshift armor. The tank was already overloaded well past what the tracks could handle with a ton of extra steel on the turret and frotal armor, and the crews threw sandbags on top of all that anyway. Very odd tank. Frontal effective armor rivals even that of a king tiger. Impressive for a sherman that was never meant to be a tank. destroyer or heavy tank.

TheFirst actual warning the Americans received was in an extremely quiet part of The Ardennes, where guard duty was carried out by a single jeep patrol every hour. Fortunately, the patrol escaped enemy attention long enough to radio back that the area was "crawling with Germans."

He already did sir

strother 262 Now *that* would be fascinating. Yet another battle of WWII that I’ve never heard of. This is why I watch every video Mark posts-they’re new territory. Thank you for introducing me to another!