At the Frontline in Thuringia, Germany | US Army Raw Footage shot in March & April 1945

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Explore the intensity of World War II through the US Army's Special Film Project 186, featuring raw footage shot in Thuringia, Germany, during April 1945. This video provides a rare, unedited perspective on the US Army's operations in the final stages of the war.
05:45 Project 186, Murphy, Austria, M-2.0
07:37 Project 186, Murphy, Germany, M- /8
8:21 A M26 Pershing tank. It was used by the United States in the last months of World War II during the Invasion of Germany and extensively during the Korean War. The tank was named after General of the Armies John J. Pershing, who led the American Expeditionary Force in Europe in World War I.
18:30 Tanks with modular armour
19:00 Rocket Launcher T34 (Calliope) mounted on a Sherman tank
21:12 P7 Haglund "Water Bridge", April 9 '45
21:52 75mm Howitzer Motor Carriage M8
23:16 P9 - 186 Apr. 9 1945, 3A CCA (3rd Armored Division as Combat Command A)
25:29 Crossing Ebeleben/ Keula
Witness US tanks in action, a German soldier captured and interrogated, and the fierce attack on a mountain village resulting in burning houses. See Sherman tanks skillfully crossing rivers, soldiers sending radio messages, and the destruction of railroads and trains.
The footage coincides with significant military operations in Thuringia, where the 12th U.S. Army Group, under General Patton's Third Army, was actively engaging in the liberation of the region. The 4th Armored Division's crossing of the Werra River on April 1 marked the beginning of the Thuringia occupation. Subsequent operations focused on the Gotha-Ohrdruf and Erfurt-Weimar-Jena areas, demonstrating the strategic importance of Thuringia in the Allied advance.
This video is not just a showcase of military strength; it's a powerful reminder of the complexities and impacts of warfare on both soldiers and civilians. It stands as a testament to the strategic, operational, and human aspects of one of history's most significant conflicts.
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@worldwarfootage 6 ай бұрын

Dear Community, please help us to find the places and locations in this footage video. Write us what you know in the comments. Don't forget to include the timecodes (mm:ss). Thank you!

@CTFD13 3 ай бұрын

18:41, one of the assault guns from my grandfathers assault gun platoon. I'm working on figuring out where and when it was taken. I believe the TC is an officer, the platoon commander.

@jeffherne203 3 ай бұрын

At the 25:30 mark of the film, they were north of Ebeleben and west of Keula. At the crossroads near the rail bridge north of Ebeleben. By triangulating the roadsign, 17km to Keula and 2km to Ebeleben, locating the rail tracks and the only intersection it puts them on the south side Wiedermuth, which they were shelling in the earlier part of the film. 51°17'30"N 10°43'04"E

@marycatherinemousourakis9457 3 ай бұрын

My great uncle was with the 345th /Company F. He died on April 8,1945 in Thuringia from a direct hit from a panzerfaust. Awarded the Silver Star posthumously. Is there anyway of telling if he or his company is on the footage? It would literally be his last days alive

@adambane1719 2 ай бұрын

The US then commited heinous war crimes.... by putting the surrendered German soldiers into PoW camps, stripped them of their PoW status.... and starved over 1,000,000 German PoW soldiers to death... AFTER the wars end !!!!!

@legendzeroone1537 Ай бұрын

5:46 The sign says Austria.... not Thüringen....

@chrisa.ger.5360 Ай бұрын

Farbaufnahmen bringen das Geschehen direkt näher. Interessant wäre zu erfahren an welchem Orten die jeweiligen Filmsequenzen aufgenommenen wurden.

@middleclassic 3 ай бұрын

2 days ago, Feb 3rd was my fathers 105th birthday. But he passed away Feb 28th 2021 at 102. He drove a M3 Halftrack for the 23rd Armored Engineers of the 3rd Army as part of Spearhead. Every time I see a halftrack I can’t help but wonder if he’s behind the wheel. His last stop was Dessau about a 2 hour drive from this area so it’s not too much of a stretch to wonder this. Especially when they’re showing engineers doing their thing. I truly miss the man. He was a soft spoken incredibly nice man who was married to my mom for 73 years. Something you don’t find much anymore.

@markbraswell6768 3 ай бұрын

I find myself doing that as well. When I see Vietnam footage I usually look to see if it's my dad. I know they years he was over there so that's helpful. Sometimes they lump everything together though. He remembers camera men around more than a few times. He's the white really skinny guy wearing all green. Let me know if u see him.

@user-wn2rx5hp4f 16 күн бұрын

😢😢😢😢

@basslaats8889 3 ай бұрын

1:16 9th armoured division shoulder patch, probably after the Rhine crossing between Remagen and Limburg on there drive towards Frankfurt.

@peterkornaukhov9990 14 күн бұрын

Спасибо большущее всем причастным. Мир и свобода!

@big16country 3 ай бұрын

Real time Real life Great footage

@user-po1uv1bc5b 3 ай бұрын

Thankyou, I have not seen this footage, very nice.

@ivanhicks887 3 ай бұрын

Excellent Presentation

@briansmith2125 3 ай бұрын

Smoking a pipe in a dry hay stack was the most dangerous thing this GI ever did in the war.

@user-yo1im9hx4b Ай бұрын

optimistic smoker...they know its bad, but still...

@juicyj3819 Ай бұрын

Smoke and a pancake

@christopher9270 Ай бұрын

I'm wondering if this isn't footage of the 3rd Armored Division in Thuringia, Germany. My father was a genuine front-line combat medic with the 3rd...and was at the liberation of the NordHausen forced labor camp ("Mittelbau Dora") in Thuringia on April 11, 1945. He once told me they had tragically and inadvertently killed more than a few liberated prisoners... because these people were starving, and my dad said they gave the prisoner's whatever they wanted and whatever food they were carrying in their vehicles and backpacks; K-rations and C-rations, Spam and corned beef hash, ham and lima beans, chocolate D-bars, canned pineapple rings, white bread, coffee and sugar and canned fruit juices and biscuits and hard candy... whatever they had. "And a lot of the prisoners wolfed down all that stuff...and simply laid down and died about twenty minutes later", my dad told me. "It was like they just drifted off to sleep...and stopped breathing shortly after". "We didn't know about the danger of refeeding syndrome at the time", he said. What a tragedy.

@philliphall5198 Ай бұрын

My Dad said the same thing and he was in shock and then they gave them everything they wanted and it killed them 😢

@Bryce825 Ай бұрын

I saw 9th armored patch

@christopher9270 Ай бұрын

@@Bryce825 Thanks for the 411, mate. I had also looked for divisional patches on uniforms or symbols on vehicles...but I missed that. So... thanks again.

@Bryce825 Ай бұрын

@@christopher9270 of course. It was pretty early on. Wish I had time stamped for you

@pbrig4298 Ай бұрын

Early on you see a 9th Armored Division patch

@JohnMcMahon. 3 ай бұрын

That’s an M24 Chaffee crossing the bridge @22:12. American Light Tank, they only came into service late in the war.

@thresher4 Ай бұрын

At 22.04 what tank model is this? It looks like the M-26 Pershing but, shorter barrel. Unless a M4 version. Thanks

@try2notkillme665 Ай бұрын

M24 Chaffee

@vblake530530 3 ай бұрын

My father fought in Europe during the war. He never spoke of it. Whatever he went through. He took to his grave. He would be 103 if he were still alive.

@markbraswell6768 3 ай бұрын

What unit was he in if you don't mind?

@svenschindler218 Ай бұрын

My grandfather was in the German army. All I know is that he was in Russia and then a French prisoner of war after he deserted. He never talked about it. Maybe it was better that way. I don't know whether he was in the SS or the Wehrmacht. what my ancestors did can never be excused or justified. They were perpetrators. My generation can only do better.

@militarytension236 Ай бұрын

@@svenschindler218 "Sie waren Täter". Wenn ich so etwas schon lese. Unglaublich.

@peetyw8851 Ай бұрын

@@svenschindler218We in the US must learn of the catastrophic possibilities under a dictator. Awareness of the plight of those caught up this cannot be exaggerated.

@seltaeb9691 3 ай бұрын

My father (Scotland), was D-Day+1. He went through France Belgium Holland. He had about 7-8 medals. Wish I had talked about his life. We would watch War films & it was like he hadn't been there. Quite a disconnect as that reality was on a different planet to the modernity of the1960s.

@PL-rf4hy 3 ай бұрын

Thoughtful choice of music; good video.

@benedek6258 Ай бұрын

Does anyone know why the field is dug up like that around the 18:00 mark? Is it to stop it from being used as an airfield?

@marycatherinemousourakis9457 3 ай бұрын

@worldwarfootage my great uncle William G Nahrwald died here April 8, 1945. He was in the 345th Infantry Regiment / Company F. Shot by a panzerfaust. Anyway of telling if his group would be in this footage.

@Redwood65 Ай бұрын

My father’s cousin (my first cousin once removed) was a Staff Sargent in the 3rd Armored 32nd Armored Regiment. He was part of the spearhead from Normandy with his engagement starting June 29, 1944. He survived the battle of St. Lo and took part in Operation Cobra. He was killed by a panzerfust as well on August 3, 1944 near Marigny, France. Another crewman was killed, one escaped, and one was captured. Horrible way to die so far from home. I never knew about this until recently.

@akku845 Ай бұрын

Im from thuringia and the beginning of the video doesn't seem to be from here, but from the mid to end it looks pretty much like my homeland, just hills, grass, woods and not much more lol ;)

@mikeyj9607 3 ай бұрын

Interesting watch of a Armored Division on the move

@chilledgaming1879 4 ай бұрын

The recordings probably belong to Project 186 from World War II, which accompanied the !! 3 Armored Division as Combat Command "A" !! in this video. (see timestamp 23:16). On The Champer Lap is the date 09.04.1945. In archives on this date belong to the coordinates 51.378829882798485, 10.134888791801693 . this is actually in Thuringia 05:45 Chamber flap: Project 186 Murphy Austria M-2.0 07:37 Chamber flap: Project 186 Murphy Germany M- /8 21:12 Chamber flap: P7 Haglund "Water Bridge" April 9 '45 23:16 Chamber flap: P9 - 186 Apr. 9 3A CCA

@lyntwo 3 ай бұрын

Impressive compilation of information. Thank you.

@tankmaker9807 2 ай бұрын

The markings on the M7's 105mm HMC's crossing the river at 5:56 ID those as belonging to the 11th Armored Div., which was active in Thuringia 3-11 April 1945. At 18:42 the M4 105 tank has the markings of the 14th AD on the barrel.

@davidca96 3 ай бұрын

So cool seeing Jumbo Sherman's on camera, I didnt know this footage existed. They only made a few hundred of them, the extra armor really put a strain on the suspension but they still handled it.

@battistebuono2530 3 ай бұрын

I've seen still photos likely taken from this film, especially of the river crossing of the river into Austria. Excellent and fascinating to see all of it in actual color.

@KH-zm7hu Ай бұрын

Da dies die Frontlinie in Thüringen ist kann es schlecht in Österreich gewesen sein, da Thüringen nicht an Österreich grenzt das wäre mir neu

@rudy6047 Ай бұрын

De très belles images, merci

@JoeyEintagsfliege Ай бұрын

Wie heißen die anderen Song-Titel und Interpreten? @world war footage

@worldwarfootage 28 күн бұрын

Alle Tracks sind von Antoine Marsaud: open.spotify.com/intl-de/artist/57cS9TGEaD7SjdOBp7SExn?si=CvFanypYTAecA5dm5kZ7-A

@philodonoghue3062 3 ай бұрын

You can almost read the minds of the surrendered German troops. “Shit! These Yanks just have an inexhaustible supply of military equipment… “

@holzbergerpeter4480 Күн бұрын

They rather thought" why are they wearing workingsuits, where are their uniforms...look at these crap tanks"

@user-fi2ix7mr6i 3 ай бұрын

Never seen quality film like this. Awesome history preservation.👍 The Rail Road Bridge no doubt taken out by P47 or P51 strafing missions.

@Flitzepiepe_O2 3 ай бұрын

Nice to see this! I live in East Thuringia and I have a hobby where I find ww2 stuff in the ground and yes I found many ww2 stuff. Nice video it’s really helpful to see this. Pls more

@Ich-Bin-Hendrik 3 ай бұрын

Sondeln?

@teatime6597 2 ай бұрын

Are they throwing german helmets under the tracks at 5:50 - 5:53? :/ On second thought, just rubble to add traction? ( see 12:50)

@ML-wd4dc 3 ай бұрын

25:29 Kreuzung Ebeleben/ Keula Nähe Nordhausen, als die amerikanischen Truppen von Norden über den Harz nach Thüringen gekommen sind

@johnhudak3829 3 ай бұрын

Das Gebiet sieht heute sehr ähnlich aus! Ich habe gute Freunde in Gaberndorf . . bin letztes Jahr da gewesen. Thüringen ist ein wunderschönes Land!

@ronnyku4778 3 ай бұрын

Ist die Kreuzung Abzweig Holzsußra am Ortsausgang Ebeleben Richtung Wiedermuth - direkt am Bahnübergang. Kameraschwenk zurück Richtung Ebeleben.

@fuckthensa8103 3 ай бұрын

@@ronnyku4778 jup, Eisenbahnbrücke über die Helbe

@aalekks21 21 күн бұрын

Смотрел на гугл картах,место узнал,знаки стоят.

@Auronfan02 6 ай бұрын

any chance you can name the exact locations of the footage?

@worldwarfootage 6 ай бұрын

At 25:28 there are road signs to the villages Ebeleben and Keula, which is in Thuringia.

@supertori8585 5 ай бұрын

51°17'36"N 10°42'58"E

@lucecooler 3 ай бұрын

credit to this user for some detective work. The comment above about the road signs indicates 2 km to Ebeleben and 17 km to Keula. The given lat/long drops you at a T intersection on the main road between those two towns at those exact distances and in google maps the railroad shown in background is also marked @@supertori8585

@jeffherne203 3 ай бұрын

At the 25:30 mark of the film, they were north of Ebeleben and west of Keula. At the crossroads near the rail bridge north of Ebeleben. By triangulating the road sign, 17km to Keula and 2km to Ebeleben, locating the rail tracks and the only intersection it puts them on the south side Wiedermuth, which they were shelling in the earlier part of the film. 51°17'30"N 10°43'04"E

@Auronfan02 3 ай бұрын

wow thank you @@jeffherne203

@grguy793 3 ай бұрын

Really interesting to see how much help was needed to create roads though muddy areas.

@BobWiley-dn2gf 3 ай бұрын

Thank your local seabee 😊 they are the badass construction workers that build bridges while fending off enemy attacks to help the convoy get past obsticals

@johnl.5117 2 ай бұрын

@@BobWiley-dn2gfThe Seabees, all great guys (my uncle was one) fought almost exclusively in the Pacific. The US troops battling for Europe were the US Army, even the Air Corps which became the US Air Force in 1947.

@donavonrobbins1908 3 ай бұрын

I took an interest in this, seeing Thuringia in the title. In the 90s, being stationed in Wildflecken I did a little touring on my own. The flats in the beginning of this film remind me of the Fulda Gap area with the Thuringian mountains to the north and the Rhoen to the south. I took a drive one day through what had been East Germany, across the old border from Fulda and Circled around to Suhl and Meiningen and back to Wildflecken. That immediate area east of Fulda was extremely flat. Now. Watching this film further I see an 11 with a triangle painted on tank bumpers. That would be 11th Armor Division. A quick check in Google and 11AD, after helping break through the battle of the bulge, swept across to Fulda, into Thuringia. to Oberhof in April 1945. Then they moved down into Northern Bavaria, Coburg, Bayreuth and on.

@donavonrobbins1908 3 ай бұрын

It was a shame the red army got their hands on so much to allow to continue to decay. That border region is so beautiful. They wouldn't have been remotely as successful, if at all without lend-lease and other western aid.

@donavonrobbins1908 3 ай бұрын

Later in the video, I 14 AD bumper numbers. They were credited for taking Germersheim on the Rein River, then across to Neustadt, Hammelburg and Nurnberg.. According to wiki, that pontoon bridge is likely at Worms.

@Mikhail0205Ars. 23 күн бұрын

@@donavonrobbins1908Красная Армия уничтожила 80% немецких солдат и техники, и имела право занимать то, что считает нужным.

@giancarlomiceli3611 3 ай бұрын

Beautiful footage. Incredible quality....Anyone who knows what's the device the Sergeant is maneuvering at min. 16:36 ?

@AndrewAMartin 3 ай бұрын

Guessing that it's an encoder/decoder...

@giancarlomiceli3611 3 ай бұрын

Many thanks👍@@AndrewAMartin

@ironiso411 3 ай бұрын

19:00 that's not a cope cage... that's a T34 Calliope rocket launcher system! On a Sherman!!!

@MrSebfrench76 3 ай бұрын

The Screamin' Mimi ?

@ironiso411 3 ай бұрын

@@MrSebfrench76 The Screamin' Mimi are a nickname for German Nebelwerfer rocket launcher systems

@MrSebfrench76 3 ай бұрын

My bad, thank you !@@ironiso411

@lyntwo 3 ай бұрын

It gives one pause to realize you may be seeing one of your uncles, or one of the fathers of your schoolmates, maybe even one of your teachers in this, ir your dad's fellow railroad office employees. My father too young, but getting caught in the Korean War. The stories they did ot tell us...

@thomasoliver354 3 ай бұрын

I thought city boy!

@user-po3ev7is5w Ай бұрын

Yep, the M26 Pershing's were being introduced in the last months of the war in the ETO in Spring '45

@Freedomring-uk6yd 10 күн бұрын

wow

@middleclassic 3 ай бұрын

What is that at 21:52 ? A mobile howitzer? I’ve never one before.

@corsa701 3 ай бұрын

Thats an M8, based on the Stuart with 75mm Howitzer.

@middleclassic 3 ай бұрын

@@corsa701 Thanks, much appreciated

@stevemorris6270 6 күн бұрын

Is that a tank missing its barrel @21:53?

@klrmoto Ай бұрын

Where is Haglund? It did not show up on google maps.

@worldwarfootage 28 күн бұрын

Haglund was the one who shot the images.

@klrmoto 21 күн бұрын

@@worldwarfootage Thanks, Do we know Haglund's first name?

@davido1953 Ай бұрын

what are the vehicles at 06:10 ?

@macgonzo Ай бұрын

If you're asking about the open-topped vehicles with the large calibre guns, those are M7 "Priests". The basis for these vehicles is the M4 Sherman and they are armed with 105mm howitzers. Mobile artillery basically. Hope that helps.

@djmech3871 Ай бұрын

At 08:21 is that a Pershing tank?

@gerhard6105 Ай бұрын

Yes

@Apollon21 2 ай бұрын

Ich bin aus Thüringen. Ist es bekannt, wo das statt gefunden hat?

@RoyFischer-ow3cu Ай бұрын

u.a. Ebeleben. kurz vorm Ende auf einem Wegweiser zu sehen

@Apollon21 Ай бұрын

@@RoyFischer-ow3cu Ach so. Mein Großvater erzählte mir sehr oft, dass die Amerikaner von Eisenach über Gotha her kamen und einige Zeit im Thüringer Wald blieben und Ende Juni, wieder abzogen. Es gibt ein Video, wo man den Durchzug durch Gotha sieht. Mein Großvater ist 1889 geboren .

@royfischer4171 Ай бұрын

@@Apollon21 es gab 3 Kampfgruppen in TH. Nördlich übern Harz nach Nordhausen, Mitte über Gotha-Erfurt-Weimar-Jena und südlich übern Rennsteig. Der Film hier zeigt den nördlichen Verband, der u.a. in Struth gekämpft haben, Mittelbau-Dora befreiten und hier im Film kurz vor Ebeleben standen. Die Einheiten sind weiter gezogen bis Böhmen und aufgrund des jaltaer Abkommens am 30.6.45 abgezogen, da Thüringen und Sachsen zur sowjetischen Besatzungszone gehörte

@doldrums2009 2 ай бұрын

@ 12:57 That GI seems to have a Totenkopf (Deathshead) patch or drawing on back of his jacket...

@lawless201 3 ай бұрын

at 16:45 is that a decoder?

@catmarrco7863 3 ай бұрын

I wish they had sound on those cameras

@oynque27 Ай бұрын

My great great grandparents came from Dermbach in 1870.

@tunichtgut02 4 ай бұрын

I always wonder how the places i sometimes walk around looked like when they where a battlefield in ww2, interesting to see it finally

@PhongThanhLuu-yn8zb 3 ай бұрын

I lose all Battlefield 😢🙏

@georgedoolittle9015 3 ай бұрын

What is unseen is the airpower...or in the alternative "lack of air power" in the case of the missing German Luftwaffe.

@fredgarv79 2 ай бұрын

So true, I just got back from a small viewing of the only ME-262 in existence with the Jumo engines (they rebuilt them using modern parts) The host asked a question, since the plane was next to an BF-109 and a hawker hurricane, he asked what was the main difference between them? First thing I thought was 100mph faster! But of course it was the swept wing, the first of it's kind. Imagine if they had had a thousand of these ready to go in say 1943

@aussieguy3689 2 ай бұрын

By this late stage in the war most of the german air power had been neutralised , Not 100% sure but to my knowledge they had no pilots left to fly the planes

@hihihuale4541 Ай бұрын

Die hatten auch kein Benzin/Kerosin für ihre Flugzeuge mehr.Und auch nur noch unerfahrene Piloten,die man mit den schlechtesten kaputten Flugzeugen mit Kerosin für 20 Minuten Flugzeit ins Verderben schickte.@@aussieguy3689

@philodonoghue3062 3 ай бұрын

Those Sherman with their high profile and slab-sided armour were certainly an easy target for the King Tigers, Tigers and Panthers, and Panzerfausts, Panzershrecks, and various Pak antitank guns of the Wehrmacht. Mercifully the Allies had air supremacy especially with ground attack Tempests and P47s - and a seemingly endless supply of Sherman’s augmented by Firefly and Cromwell tanks.

@clearsailing7993 2 ай бұрын

Don't forget large numbers of canons.

@rescue270 Ай бұрын

Shermans had one distinct and surprising advantage over the Panzers when it came to forests and towns. They were no match for the larger, faster Panzers out in the open, but in close quarters, the Panzers could not easily rotate their turrets because the long gun barrel would hit trees in a forest or walls along a village street. The Shermans were much more compact and could rotate and maneuver better in these situations. This is ironic, considering the Panzers were European and the Shermans practically came from another planet.

@juicyj3819 Ай бұрын

Bad ass footage. 🇨🇦✊🏻

@pauldickens5246 26 күн бұрын

Rare footage of an actual M26, too!

@mrhaltstop2294 3 ай бұрын

My father was in the Wehrmacht because Alsace was annexed to germany after the French defeat…he was sent to the Russian front He told me when the US soldiers saw a German helmet they fired on the position until nothing moved anymore. They had enough gas and ammunition

@user-jy2zp1hw8u 2 ай бұрын

did your father fight in Russia?

@mrhaltstop2294 2 ай бұрын

@@user-jy2zp1hw8uHe was a mechanic and surrendered to the Russians when the Wehrmacht was on the retreat,he was lucky not to be captive in Tambov He admired De Gaulle who intervened towards Stalin to get the alsatians out of captivity My father was drafted in the Waffen SS ,he escaped ,tried to cross the Swiss border but was arrested and put into a reeducation camp,before he was sent to Russia

@MrBooYa-yd5er 2 ай бұрын

@@mrhaltstop2294legend

@lewisbolman7862 Ай бұрын

My grandpa died in a concentration camp? .....Got drunk and fell out of a guard tower. Just trying to lighten the mood.

@OpelpepePower Ай бұрын

@@mrhaltstop2294 admiro a tu padre....le obligaron a luchar o trabajar con un ejército que no representaba lo que el pensaba de los nazis. Una pena no pudiera pasar a SUIZA . Es un claro ejemplo de que miles de alemanes no eran nazis,😢 no compartían esa idea de invadir todo y no respetar a los seres humanos. Espero que tu padre viviera lo más feliz posible después de la guerra. 😊 un saludo amigo. @mrhaltstop2294 I admire your father...he was forced to fight or work with an army that did not represent what he thought of the Nazis. A shame it couldn't happen to SWITZERLAND. It is a clear example that thousands of Germans were not Nazis, they did not share that idea of invading everything and not respecting human beings. I hope your father lived as happily as possible after the war. 😊 Greetings friend.

@ocs10 Ай бұрын

one of my family members had to die april 45. sad to know that.

@klrmoto 21 күн бұрын

M4A3E8 "Easy Eight" 6:19/26:30

@paulday-lh5mx 4 ай бұрын

Amazing footage....

@lynnwood7205 2 ай бұрын

@2:50 S-13 APR. 24 STiNDT 186

@lolkevandewitte1713 4 ай бұрын

8:22 Pershing! That’s pretty unique footage!

@Dr.Freeman_ 3 ай бұрын

1:12 Großer Fang für die US-Army: Ein Fahnenjunker-Unterfeldwebel als Gefangener! Von da an war der Feind kopflos...

@danielgoodkat2379 3 ай бұрын

Naja kopflos ja schon ab 43

@guruturbali3844 3 ай бұрын

Ein Kind!

@adilsonten Ай бұрын

Bom.

@frankw.1721 3 ай бұрын

war is hell. my uncle told me about it--1st inf div 26th regt 2nd btln g company …North Africa Sicily d day Omaha beach st lo falaise gap Aachen hurtgen forest battle of the bulge elsenborn ridge harz mountains …he won the bronze star silver star and ph. evacuated for wounds receive near Frankfurt Germany in April 1945.

@frankw.1721 3 ай бұрын

he also crossed the Ludendorff bridge at remagen

@lepeejon2955 Ай бұрын

8:25 Looks like a Pershing tank.

@VinhNguyen-fb9lk 3 ай бұрын

Rare footages

@CLARKE176 Ай бұрын

Germany was utterly spent after fighting for more than five and a half years with most of their force spent fighting in the East.

@Diegogr08 2 ай бұрын

👍👍👍👍👍👍

@forestcountyoutback7540 3 ай бұрын

2 minute mark the guy smoking a pipe under a haystack. Must have been a new 2nd Lieutenant.

@bougeac 3 ай бұрын

Was thinking the same thing 🤦‍♂️

@thomasoliver354 3 ай бұрын

I thought city boy!

@kawythowy867 3 ай бұрын

Raw? Where was the RAW?

@AltIng9154 3 ай бұрын

The disciplined troops were the British... . They came to Northern Germany. Almost no looting, rape and such things. The Northern Germans are anglophile in general , guess why. The Brits are described as reserved, cool but correct in general. The British avoided handshake... but the German Northeners avoided handshakes also.

@davidlynch9049 3 ай бұрын

Canadians too.

@AltIng9154 3 ай бұрын

@@davidlynch9049 I think the Germans didn't really make any differences. All Brits... somehow. A friend of the family, a German airman, was downed over England and was brought to Canada as a PoW. Just after the war the Canadians asked him to stay...as a citizen, but he wanted to go back to his mother.

@fredgarv79 2 ай бұрын

I think you are right but I have a story. I met a Norwegian woman in the late 70''s who had been a little girl when the germans were occupying Norway. I asked her how it was? She said it was fine as long as you weren't a Jew and didn't get caught with a radio and said when the Brits came in, they were very undisciplined, drank a lot and were obnoxious and rude. She actually didn't say it was better under the Germans but that the soldiers themselves were more respectful to the locals

@user-hi4kk9yk9o 4 ай бұрын

Мы ехали ехали и приехали, а где же была линия фронта?

@richardjames1812 2 ай бұрын

What rank is the German at 1:23?

@davidmoser3535 2 ай бұрын

froup captain mandrake

@migjager7352 2 ай бұрын

Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier: An NCO Officer Candidate

@richardjames1812 2 ай бұрын

Thanks, I knew it was something uncommon.@@migjager7352

@michaellinkroum4803 2 ай бұрын

So close to the end of the war but still very dangerous!

@ralphh.2200 3 ай бұрын

The Armored Engineers had heavy lifting in the suburbs...By this time in the war, they had a lot of equipment there.The Germans were shocked to see what could be brought all that way.They were convinced that the US was indeed rich-and able.

@teonactalpizza Ай бұрын

Good music

@user-cr3ti1vj6f 2 ай бұрын

they conquered all that land, just to hand it over to the Soviets a few weeks later ... isn't that wonderful?

@daveclean 4 ай бұрын

It seems to me that the division had a lot of Firefly Sherman tanks ? I think earlier in the war was not the case ? or am I wrong.

@g.patton6872 3 ай бұрын

Many of the tanks in this film are the M4A3(76)W HVSS. The longer barrel can give the illusion of the British 17 pounder.

@mrkitty1367 3 ай бұрын

goodun !

@paulchilds9128 Ай бұрын

I realized I've seen this before, but I also remember seeing the one Sherman with what looks like a make shift canopy I'm assuming for shade. It stuck in the back of my mind and came out not long ago when I seen a Israeli tank in the Gaza Strip had one on it almost exactly the same, so I'm wondering if maybe the Israeli soldiers have seen this video. Just curious.

@nutzeeer 28 күн бұрын

one thing to note is, the film and other media is the only thing remaining from history. everyone involved as adults is dead by now. forgetting history is dangerous.

@dechannigan2980 Ай бұрын

The German uniform & cap was cool , Those American tanks look totally inferior to the German Panzer tanks. .

@electrolytics 17 күн бұрын

Little news flash for you. Tanks are not designed to attack other tanks. They are designed to smash through infantry and fortified positions. In the event American tanks ran into other German tanks the outcome was usually in the American's favor. Almost always actually.

@buckshot6481 3 ай бұрын

My Uncle was there, Master Sgt. When we watched "Battle of the Bulge" I said I was gonna be a Tanker someday, Uncle said No you won't, Rolling metal flaming coffins is what they are.

@vblake530530 3 ай бұрын

This ACTUAL color footage gives me a whole different feeling. It really brings that time to life. Not that colorized crap.

@ericsonhazeltine5064 3 ай бұрын

Nearly all those soldiers are passed away now.

@Dr.Freeman_ 3 ай бұрын

@ericsonhazeltine5064 Really? 🤦‍♂

@pngmick 3 ай бұрын

1.44....I wonder what happened to this individual . The camera dwelling on him

@christiank1251 2 ай бұрын

Seeing him being separated from the interrogation group made me fearful of what they were going to do to him.

@Chiller11 4 ай бұрын

Pretty interesting array of American armour. 75mm Shermans, 76mm Shermans, Pershing etc.

@davidca96 3 ай бұрын

and Jumbo Shermans

@paulizzs4720 3 ай бұрын

And M7 Priest!!

@davidca96 3 ай бұрын

@@paulizzs4720 excellent eye!

@bertnl530 4 ай бұрын

at 18:30 Modular armour.

@residentgeardo 4 ай бұрын

even "cope cage" at 19:00 as it seems!

@bertnl530 4 ай бұрын

@@residentgeardo Yeah. I ve noticed.

@ironiso411 3 ай бұрын

@@residentgeardo They're not cope cages, that's a T34 rocket launcher on top of the Sherman, pretty rare sight

@residentgeardo 3 ай бұрын

@@ironiso411 Wow! Now it makes all sense. I was thinking to myself why the hell would they have cope cages in a world where there's basically no top attack threat. Did not know about the T34! Thanks for the update! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T34_Calliope

@feuer20002001 2 ай бұрын

Der Freistaat Thüringen ist groß, also eo war das genau?

@ML-ev3ks 2 ай бұрын

denke mal das wird keiner mehr wissen. landkarten hatte ja wirklich nicht jeder bekommen.

@akku845 Ай бұрын

Am Ende des Videos sieht man Ortsschilder. In der nähe Keula und Ebeleben waren sie jedenfalls

@homerp.hendelbergenheinzel6649 22 күн бұрын

its a pity we havent learned anything from this war. there is only one logical conclusion, which fits one of humanities traits very well: we accell at anything we do, which means ww2 has not been the pinnacle of wars.

@davidbrignon2894 3 ай бұрын

Ceux qui ont libérés du joug hitlérien les populations d'hier, sont aujourd'hui les mêmes qui continuent les guerres dans le monde 😢

@gatoazul6918 3 ай бұрын

Very hypocritical frog because I don't believe that the French, Russians, Hamas and China are bringing freedom and progress to half the world, rather it is the same false and miserable colonialism as the Yankees...

@1320crusier 3 ай бұрын

@19:00 was NOT a cope cage. That was a Calliope rocket launching Sherman.

@olivergollhardt3093 3 ай бұрын

Oder Point Alpha Rhön...

@klrmoto 21 күн бұрын

M4? 75 mm gun. 6:59/26:30

@Karl.RschGmbH Ай бұрын

Unfortunately, the "Amys" are still represented militarily in Germany to this day.

@knacker6866 3 ай бұрын

Über die Amis sagte man USA heißt Uhren suchende Amerikaner

@ML-ev3ks 2 ай бұрын

Kannte das bisher nur von den Sowjets

@vitalywagner2747 2 ай бұрын

Пожалуйста. Если кто либо обладает информацией о фото и кино хронике освобождения г.Зоннерг в Тюрингии - ответьте!

@Sam_Green____4114 3 ай бұрын

The Yank at 02:18 appears to have his helmet strap done up !!! Was he ill ? Had he had a bump on the head ? Was there someone in his unit that knew his mother ?