Battle of the Bulge, Animated - Part 1, The Assault Begins

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In December 1944, the Allies have pushed back the Third Reich to it's own borders. The Fuhrer grows desperate for a decisive victory to defeat the western Allies so he can turn his full attention to the Eastern Front. He plans an ambitious dash through the Ardennes to take the city of Antwerp, trapping the British and Canadian armies in the Netherlands in a massive pocket, and forcing the western Allies to enter a peace settlement. Three German Panzer Armies are secretly assembled at a quiet sector of the front, and on the 16th December 1944, the panzers launch their assault.
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@TheOperationsRoom Жыл бұрын

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@stevenclark8225 Жыл бұрын

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@dudududu1926 Жыл бұрын

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@Greatwealthgentleman Жыл бұрын

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@CBB-dg9jy Жыл бұрын

@@dudududu1926 I've been playing for almost a year, this is what I asked for in BFV but didn't get.

@dudududu1926 Жыл бұрын

@@CBB-dg9jy You asked for predatory monetization?

@username-tv6uw Жыл бұрын

"His artillery support would never come". Glad to hear some things never change.

@edmondlau511 Жыл бұрын

FDC was probably too busy playing cards and smoking cigarettes

@jacksoncross9265 Жыл бұрын

yeah, but with a force 4% the size i dont think he needed it

@RobinTheBot Жыл бұрын

Knowing the entire offensive could have been stopped with some less cowardly tankers and some less useless artillerymen is frustrating. Like... Why do they think the Germans are not likely to try a desperate breakthrough? Obviously they would...

@arts6821 Жыл бұрын

Probably the worse feeling during combat, asking for help but being denied it and knowing without it you’re going to probably die.

@edmondlau511 Жыл бұрын

@@arts6821 when the final approval has to be from a guy in a TOC miles away from the fight, that’s what happens.

@freedomhq4075 Жыл бұрын

The level of effort and the rate of posting this channel has given in the last month is like shit a full blown established docu studio couldn’t do themselves. Incredible

@LaurensPP Жыл бұрын

Well, the visuals are extremely basic and do not even come close to representing how it happened. This was reasonably fitting for the Battle of Mogadishu, but for the Battle for the Bulge or Iwo Jima it frankly does not make too much sense. I still enjoy it though.

@More_Row Жыл бұрын

@@LaurensPP that's not a fair comment. While "basic" it's way more than what you usually get with coverage of the battle of the bulge. Would like to see you make something like this less "basic" . And still watchable. Basically, get a life.

@christiangallien3730 Жыл бұрын

Both of you guys should chill

@LaurensPP Жыл бұрын

@@More_Row For the strategic view/scale I think it's fine. For the tactical I find it a bit silly though.

@jpnarino Жыл бұрын

@@LaurensPPhappening

@ChamonixHouse884 Жыл бұрын

Indy and TGA crew combined with the operations room is everything I’ve ever wanted.

@elektrotehnik94 Жыл бұрын

@jacobwaddell6075 Жыл бұрын

Big facts

@PripyatTourist Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I'm fan-girling over here myself! 🥳🥳🥳

@wlpxx7 Жыл бұрын

It's legendary. Such a solid vid

@hugh5698 Жыл бұрын

Would you please explain who Indy and the TGA crew are?

@TheOperationsRoom Жыл бұрын

I hope you all enjoyed Part 1, Part 2 is already out!

@candowe4926 Жыл бұрын

nice

@jamesknight1587 Жыл бұрын

Whoooooooo!

@charliedaood444 Жыл бұрын

Yoooo. hype

@CWallace268 Жыл бұрын

You are the 🐐

@adambutler3266 Жыл бұрын

Part One demolished, must secure part 2 at 7 😂

@vincentearlcarteriii1296 Жыл бұрын

First Iowa Jima, and now the Battle of the Buldge. Plus you got Indy? Man this channel is killing it! Thank you for the top of the line content.

@extrahistory8956 Жыл бұрын

What's with the sudden burst of Iwo and Bulge content? First Jesse Alexander and the Real Time History team make videos on these and now this channel. Not to mention the crossovers, Indy, Jesse and Drach have all collaborated with each other before, and Jesse is Indy's successor in The Great War channel.

@crabmansteve6844 Жыл бұрын

Iowa Jima, the potatoes will never taste the same after that offensive.

@redswift31 Жыл бұрын

@@crabmansteve6844 Wrong state that's Idaho...

@lg-0297 Жыл бұрын

@@extrahistory8956 I think it’s because military history has sort of become “mainstream” since Russias invasion of Ukraine. The fact this has hundreds of thousands of views already proves that. There are FAR more credible history KZfaqrs now than ever before. Add the fact that WW2 and it’s battles are always going to be talked about and you get a bunch of history channels covering the same topic. Which isn’t a bad thing at all. The people who made fun of me a year ago for always studying history are now watching these kinds of documentaries, themselves. More demand = more content.

@extrahistory8956 Жыл бұрын

@@lg-0297 Oh I ain't complaining at all. I'm extremely proud of what the history side of KZfaq has been able to achieve over the last few years.

@Bokator2 Жыл бұрын

12:17 seeing all the flags pop up like that while the prisoners are slaughtered and have no where to go is pretty harrowing

@rameygardner4782 Жыл бұрын

Makes me angry

@Oscar-ds2vb Жыл бұрын

should've stayed on your side of the atlantic.

@TOXICDUB1 Жыл бұрын

The US stopped taking prisoners after this aswell. War brings out the worst

@Tom_Cruise_Missile Жыл бұрын

@@Oscar-ds2vb Germany got what it deserved in the end. Should've stayed in your own country.

@TheKsalad Жыл бұрын

@@Oscar-ds2vb Germans still lost the war lmao, cry some more Fritz

@frankieM_ Жыл бұрын

"Let them come" Man, Bradley really ate his own words there

@jordansamson6071 Жыл бұрын

History shall remember him was being a tremendous ass.

@Jagonath Жыл бұрын

Well I mean technically he was right. But you're certainly more right than he was.

@justonemori Жыл бұрын

Thank you for mentioning St Vith. Most documentaries are all like "the Bulge started on the 16th, the 106th got railroaded.....Bastogne!". The defenders that held the town for 6 days before being ordered out by Monty earned a Presidential Unit Citation. My grandfather escaped across the bridge at Vielsalm very early on the 24th as part of the last group out, Task force Jones. The 82nd Airborne blew the bridge soon after. Never forget!

@jackthorton10 Жыл бұрын

Never Give Up, Never Surrender! Airborne all the way!

@Shaboomquisa Жыл бұрын

my great great uncle was general sink of the 506. then col sink

@SantaClaus-kk8zr Жыл бұрын

Dunno if you'll see this but my great grandfather, rest his soul, was in the 82nd. He fought his way through Normandy, Market Garden, and then served in a multitude of places including Bastogne briefly. He never spoke much of it though, but I do wonder if he was a part of that in some way. All I have of him now is his pump shotgun from when he hunted, and a handful of photos.

@justonemori Жыл бұрын

@@L_Train I'll be sure to read that. My current favorite book is "Loss and Redemption at St Vith" by Gregory Fontenot. He has a couple long discussions here on youtube about the book, good stuff.

@L_Train Жыл бұрын

@@justonemori cool I just looked him up and realized that I've listened to a couple of his talks on desert storm. Didn't know he wrote a book I might have to check it out.

@Sunday_fits Жыл бұрын

The scene of the massacre was done well and was everything you described chilling and rage inducing

@Oscar-ds2vb Жыл бұрын

lol

@guerillagorilla4423 Жыл бұрын

@@Oscar-ds2vb What?

@doncolor3473 Жыл бұрын

@@guerillagorilla4423 maybe he Like to point Out, that the "masacre" is questionable.

@Chuked Жыл бұрын

@@doncolor3473 it was still a war crime, no point in attempting to say any different

@doncolor3473 Жыл бұрын

@@Chuked thats what i ment, ist is not so save that it was one. There is an interesting Doku about it called "Über Galgen wächst kein Gras". kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jp2onc-EzMWze6s.html Long thing short, the pow was Shot because some start running after Piper was leaving and told the pow to wait for the Infantry because he had not enough men to guard them. The following Infantry saw running soldier and Shoot. I don' t say that this Version is true , but at least questionable. Anyway , there were two more massacre that should be mentioned . The Wereth and Chenogne. Anyway, I don't want to reduce the Work of this Channel here but there are often more than one point of View 🙏🏻

@Kubakaiser Жыл бұрын

I love how this goes all the way from strategic to tactical overview. From whole countries and armies, to single soldiers, buildings, vehicles and foxholes.

@patrickazzarella6729 Жыл бұрын

Hearing the Panzer 4 Ausf. H's side skirts actually be effective against HEAT warheads when they were designed against AT rifles is actually amazing. Never heard of this encounter before.

@nyssfairchild2244 Жыл бұрын

It's effectively spaced armor. Additionally the rockets seemed to be coming in at a rather steep angle, so there's also that. Either way, it's interesting how despite not being designed for it, they worked regardless.

@scarsofhonor6333 Жыл бұрын

Every little helps with armor, a glancing hit to a helmet is better than a glancing hit to the skull, even if it was designed for shrapnel.

@jackthorton10 Жыл бұрын

Better you are protected, Better Chance for you to shrug off the hits, and return fire

@calebr908 Жыл бұрын

Ya it cant penetrate unless the angle is good and the contact is a specific distance from the armor. Thats why people use things like slat armor etc.

@steved5495 Жыл бұрын

If the rocket is coming in straight enough, the side skirts actually improve the penetration, because stand-off distance wasn't understood at the time. It also depends whether the rockets had the pointed nose or the rounded one. The former had a greater chance to slide off where the latter would detonate.

@icygaming20 Жыл бұрын

The Indy Neidell collaboration was unexpected lol

@alitlweird Жыл бұрын

They did that on purpose! 🤘😆🤘 *EasterEgg!!*

@failtolawl Жыл бұрын

Yea almost ruined the whole video, luckily he didn't have much to say

@icygaming20 Жыл бұрын

@@failtolawl wtf, indy is awesome

@camg6400 Жыл бұрын

@@failtolawl Bah! Indy is the best, you are the worst my friend

@failtolawl Жыл бұрын

@@camg6400 yes I'm well aware his internet persona is so enticing to many

@TheBismark117 Жыл бұрын

"We are paratroopers Lieutenant, we are supposed to be surrounded." - Captain Winters.

@maryholder3795 21 күн бұрын

Love that comment by Captain Winters, it was spot on.

@cd5927 Жыл бұрын

My grandfather, Leon Wikoff, was in the battle of the bulge near the Ardennes. He spent 3 days hiding in a wine cellar with his squad surrounded by Germans. It's amazing to see this battle in such detail.

@quaygrass6212 Жыл бұрын

Oh, you‘re not bsing. He died in 2003?

@teller1290 Жыл бұрын

My late uncle was cut off with one squad mate for several days. My uncle, big outdoorsman, killed a dear with M-1 finally to eat, despite risk. No one knew where they were for sure in the chaos. They were almost killed early on due signalling to "an American tank" by waiving something overhead from a distance. But the tank column was German and long-range m.g. cracked overhead in the branches! They successfully fled and his until somehow hearing or spitting U.S. forces.

@visassess8607 Жыл бұрын

With a name like that I thought you were gonna say he fought for Germany

@cd5927 Жыл бұрын

@@visassess8607 Nope, Wikoff is Danish, not German. Plus he was an American born citizen at that point.

@cd5927 Жыл бұрын

@@quaygrass6212 More like 1993. I was too young when he died to remember having met him.

@mathewm7136 Жыл бұрын

Great video and thanks. Cliff Claven Trivia: "Bulge" was the only offensive were the Germans did not use Enigma in both the prep and offensive. Because of this, Allied CMD wrongly assumed that the Germans had discovered their ability to decode and therefore the Allies stopped using it for the remainder of the war.

@sjonnieplayfull5859 Жыл бұрын

*Enigma. Ultra was the code breaking effort

@mathewm7136 Жыл бұрын

@@sjonnieplayfull5859 Thank you. Correction made. As to why Enigma wasn't used for the Bulge has never been factually determined. But many theorize that: As OKH would broadcast all Enigma messages on the same freq for all military forces (minus naval), army cdr's would often use it to monitor the orders for neighboring commands. Therefore (as the theory goes), AH and OKH feared that by using Enigma, the Eastern commanders would have discovered the massing of men, armor and logistics in the West while they were fighting just to survive each day on the Eastern front (quote "Crosses of Iron" heroism was now an everyday occurrence for most.) and would have, at minimum "Blown a flippin' head gasket" or, at worse, just capitulated. So OKH used landlines and direct curriers to coordinate.

@jimrobinette1036 Жыл бұрын

Didn’t need to as necessary commo was all via courier for plans transmission and realtime coordination was via landlines within Germany itself.

@hobojakobo Жыл бұрын

10:30 One of the most understated strengths of the allies, specifically the US- logistics. To be able to react that quickly and move that much men/material to the front is incredible.

@SStoj Жыл бұрын

Or the opposite Soviet feat of moving all the men/material away from the front.

@hobojakobo Жыл бұрын

@@SStoj absolutely. The Soviets were successfully moving entire factories hundreds of miles to avoid the German advance. Pretty amazing.

@lyndoncmp5751 Жыл бұрын

The Germans also reacted very quickly to Market Garden. Nearly all of the German armour that fought in Market Garden wasn't even in the Netherlands when the paras were dropped. These armoured units were quickly sent in from Germany, in some cases over 200km away such as the Tigers of Kompanie Hummel in Beielefeld and 400km away such as the King Tigers of Abteilung 506 in Ohrdruf.

@looinrims 9 ай бұрын

Literally everyone talks about it, what do you mean ‘understated’

@goxyeagle8446 Ай бұрын

US lost 80,000 men during German counteroffensive, weak Germany after 5 years of fighting

@TJ24050 Жыл бұрын

Earnest Hemingway’s account at the end describes the situation perfectly. My grandpa was an MP and said they went through every non combat unit and picked every other man for 4 weeks of infantry training and they were sent up as reinforcements. The morning he was waiting to move up to the front a LT pulled up and pulled him for traffic duty behind the lines. He said he never knew why he was spared, but that he thanked god.

@shlomomark2275 Жыл бұрын

The actor Charles Durning was among the few that survived the Malmedy massacre and carried a fellow wounded soldier to safety. He recived a Silver star for his action in the war

@williamwells6468 25 күн бұрын

My grandfather was in the 28th Division. He said the day the battle kicked off was one of worst days of his war and he went through the Hurtgen Forrest and the Normandy campaign.

@jeremyroland5602 Жыл бұрын

The bit about Ernest Hemingway packing a Thompson to return to the front made me laugh so hard. Randy Feltface gave a very fast, short, and summed up biography of his life in one of his shows and that just fits right into it. What a gigachad.

@brandonferretti9907 11 күн бұрын

Love the purple monster. Especially his most famous part of buying a bookshelf of Gumtree

@vvvppp6021 Жыл бұрын

First Drachinifel and now Indy Neidell, man keep those collabs coming!

@TheOperationsRoom Жыл бұрын

More to come :)

@overlythicc4773 Жыл бұрын

The recent uptick in videos both in quantity and quality have been astounding, hats off to the whole team behind these productions!

@robinsonsstudios Жыл бұрын

Fun fact, the schürzen on the Panzer IV were initially not designed to protect against shaped charges but against anti tank rifles. That they offered protection against bazooka and the likes was a welcomed side effect

@gotanon9659 Жыл бұрын

They did not offer protection against bazooka it actually helped the bazooka penetrate better much to the shock of the germans.

@randomlegionary9399 Жыл бұрын

12:30 The mountain of flags is somehow tame and respectful as a sign of death but just horrifying to see so many

@unofficial_ai Жыл бұрын

Indy showing up put a huge smile on my face. What an amazing collaboration! Thank you for that

@jiraph52 Жыл бұрын

The realistic map and topography is a huge step up in quality and really adds to the viewing experience. Good work!

@collaborativelearning1 Жыл бұрын

My sentiments exactly, thank you!

@nathaniellazo5912 Жыл бұрын

The Battle of the Bulge, this is going to be an amazing one!! Keep up the top quality work guys!!

@oasis1282 Жыл бұрын

Very true

@ramal5708 Жыл бұрын

I can't wait for Patton's 90 degrees wheel offense to rescue the 101st Airborne guys at Bastogne, although those Paras didn't need any rescuing.

@justandy333 Жыл бұрын

If you havent seen Band of Brothers I seriously urge you to see it. Its a HBO production, 10 episode series covering the 101st Airborne's Easy Companies involvement. Including their involvement of the battle of the bulge. I can't give it enough praise, By far and away the best series or film alike I've ever seen. IMDB has given it a 9.4/10. For one I agree entirely.

@lyndoncmp5751 Жыл бұрын

Its overrated. Id rather watch Frasier.

@user-wt9qr1zj1e 7 ай бұрын

Ending is boring. Like last 2 episodes are about a car accident. But it is peak ww2 film

@justandy333 7 ай бұрын

@@user-wt9qr1zj1e I agree, it just fizzled out at the end. But that's how it happened. Many soldiers were stuck in Germany as an occupying force with nothing much to do and couldn't go home because they didn't have the points required. You say boring, I say realistic.

@danando2 7 ай бұрын

@@lyndoncmp5751it's overrated , I rather watch big bang theory

@lyndoncmp5751 6 ай бұрын

@@danando2 Only children watch Big Bang Theory.

@bolobalaman Жыл бұрын

This battle put the slogan *We are airborne , we meant tobe surrounded* to reality

@Luis-be9mi Жыл бұрын

“We’re paratroopers lieutenant, we’re supposed to be surrounded” - Dick Winters Band of Brothers Or my personal favorites when I was in the 101st: “If we’re not surrounded that means we missdropped.” Or “We’re paratroopers, we ain’t happy until we’re surrounded!”

@bolobalaman Жыл бұрын

@@Luis-be9mi That’s awesome. The line i heard was actually a airborne unit line whenever you click on them in Company of Heroes lol

@TheFriley4 Жыл бұрын

There is a book I read about Lt. Bouch's platoon called "The Longest Winter". If you found it unbelievable that none of the 18 men died in that outnumbered fight, get this: all 18 of them lived through brutal POW conditions to the end of the war. The details of the book are great too, I believe there were first hand accounts from the Germans who were there who were astonished at the Americans tenacity and marksmanship. They definitely thought they were engaging a much larger force!

@L_Train Жыл бұрын

Yes! I just posted about this book all over this comments section. The audiobook is actually on KZfaq if you search for it. The Longest Winter by Alex Kershaw

@briankorbelik2873 8 ай бұрын

I'm an old geezer now, (67 before this month is out), and I've been fascinated with WW2 history since I was a kid. This video is great, and the way the facts are presented make my history loving soul, tingle. Thank you! I worked at a major telephone company and while doing so one of my co-workers turned out to be the son of the top Seargent in the entire 101st Airborne during the war. He told me some of the things his dad had told him about being surounded in Bastonge. My co-worker was named after General Marshall, head of the then version of the Joint Chief's of Staff.

@Roberto-tu5re Жыл бұрын

I am enthralled already in the first minute. How you put this together not only with facts and entertainment is beyond me. Please keep up the good work.

@bossaudio12 Жыл бұрын

First minute is an ad

@Roberto-tu5re Жыл бұрын

@@bossaudio12 Correct maybe I should have dumbed it down for you to the definition of the first minute of the actual video.

@timberwolfe1645 Жыл бұрын

Yes!!!! You mentioned the most important Unit in HISTORY!!!! So Proud of LeBouck and his original RECON Platoon, defending thatr ridge forever@!!!! True heroes

@icygaming20 Жыл бұрын

The work you guys put in is insane! Great work

@hillbillystacker Жыл бұрын

My great uncle Granville H Brewer was in the 393rd 99th Infantry Div. He was killed in action on Dec 27, 1944 in the Battle of the Bulge a long way from home in Eastern Kentucky.

@user-njyzcip Жыл бұрын

I did not expect to hear Indy here, this is a crossover we needed

@Bootneck-RMC Жыл бұрын

Superb animated re-telling of a part of this operation that not a lot of of people had heard about. Looking forward to part 2.👍

@TheOperationsRoom Жыл бұрын

Part 2 is already out 🙂

@merten0083 Жыл бұрын

My man Indy showing up to narrate, I couldn't believe my ears. I'm so thankful that he explained The Great War so well to me and is here now.

@williamcastillo2312 Жыл бұрын

Hell yeah bringing Indy over for this was awesome

@chardaskie Жыл бұрын

One mans gut feeling could have been one of the only things that kept the bulge from being a breakout

@scottgiles7546 Жыл бұрын

Might to have something to do with why he was named Supreme Allied Commander.

@kassthered8452 Жыл бұрын

Nah the germans were running out of fuel with or without Patton. They would never get even close to their goals either way...

@chardaskie Жыл бұрын

@@kassthered8452 Ah yes the master historian KassTheRed he knows for sure what happened and would've happened

@guerillagorilla4423 Жыл бұрын

@@chardaskie Yes. Haven't you heard about him before?

@MrBellsa61 Жыл бұрын

I was NOT expecting Indy Neidell's voice, this is an extremely pleasant surprise.

@colbyphillips7039 Жыл бұрын

Indy from Time Ghost is voicing some of this! Awesome!

@EchosTackyTiki Жыл бұрын

Last time I heard someone reference Hemingway it was in a boring manner. Now I find out he strapped up a Tommy gun and ran to the Ardennes to be on the frontline for the Battle of the Bulge. He's a cooler dude than I thought.

@TheBigJohnson Жыл бұрын

Always great content. But having Indy narrate some of it, and having Drach do part of the Iwo videos we’re gravy. Thank you as always!

@NoMoreCrumbs Жыл бұрын

Really nice effect with the larger overview map zooming and filling in to the individual battlefield maps

@doyouhavediabeetus7171 Жыл бұрын

One of the most underrated things about this channel, is the music in the backround

@MrWolfstar8 Жыл бұрын

Great visuals and having Indy do a cameo was awesome. Love your channel

@danseegmiller2452 Жыл бұрын

It's a story I've heard so many times, but feels so dramatic watching you narrate all the pieces. Thanks again.

@marctravismba 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for this. My grandfather fought at the Battle of the Bulge.

@scettybagle5552 Жыл бұрын

Indy!!! Omg 😲 my two favorite channels just casually collaborated?!?!

@MyBlueZed Жыл бұрын

I very much appreciate your correct pronunciation of place names. Publishing part 2 quickly adds to the feeling of urgency of the Allied response. 👍🏻❤️🇦🇺

@IceBreaker.22 Жыл бұрын

Well done! As a belgian living 30 miles from Bastogne i say thank you for your work.

@tB3o3tR9o9 Жыл бұрын

belgium is lost^^

@georgesakellaropoulos8162 Жыл бұрын

One of the key points of this battle was the resistance of the engineers at Trois Ponts. This stopped kampfgruppe Piper's advance in its tracks.

@jackthorton10 Жыл бұрын

Engineers… Defenders with not guns but tools, a scary thought considering they know how to wreck just about every bit of infrastructure, bridge or not with just few well placed explosives

@georgesakellaropoulos8162 Жыл бұрын

@@jackthorton10 If I remember correctly, they had two 57mm antitank guns and a bazooka, plus some mines that they used to very good effect.

@jackthorton10 Жыл бұрын

@@georgesakellaropoulos8162 Nothing more fearful than a band of men with a bit of luck, the tools of the trade, and a determined grit to send the enemy a proper wake up call that they are no longer in the right

@Demun1649 Жыл бұрын

Really great to hear Bastogne pronbounced correctly, unlike in "Band of Brothers", "Battle of the Bulge", and other American films. Well done.

@specialopssoldier1 Жыл бұрын

who cares? let people say it however they want karen

@JunHector Жыл бұрын

@@specialopssoldier1 What are you even on about?

@muadddib 4 ай бұрын

I always thought its just more a reality that most soldiers did neither speak french nor german, hence they pronounced it the way that made sense to them. And even if you knew better, it would probably have been better to just stick to the name everyone could understand.

@Demun1649 4 ай бұрын

@@specialopssoldier1 `You Trumpanzee cult-worshipping Servants of Satan are a breed apart. Left behind by the pre-Neanderthal.

@Demun1649 4 ай бұрын

@@muadddib Yup, the constant cry of the under-educated, particularly that strange place between civilised Canada, and civilised Mexico.

@exposethenwo6491 Жыл бұрын

My great uncle was at the Battle of the Bulge. He was separated from his squad about 30 minutes into the attack and had to hide for a few minutes in a half frozen pond to escape detection from a German squad that was in the area

@docvideo93 Жыл бұрын

Those opening days of the Battle of the Bulge are full of stories. One story was from the rushed in reinforcements in 1947's book "Company Commander" from Charles B. McDonald where is his company held up German units at Elsenborn Ridge on five charges until the sixth broke up the whole company. One of McDonald's men would receive the Medal of Honor for covering the unit's retreat. The whole book "Company Commander" is excellent.

@sirbillius 5 ай бұрын

The WW2 in real time series just reached the Battle of the Bulge, so I guess I get to watch these again.

@coolguy2715 Жыл бұрын

These are top tier content on KZfaq

@PhillyPhanVinny Жыл бұрын

My 2 favorite WW2 channels working together is just amazing! The Operations Room Channel has been skyrocketing up the list of historical war channels because of how great it is!

@NVRAMboi Жыл бұрын

Possibly the best (quality, production, research) effort yet. YOU NEED A MILLION SUBS!. THANK YOU

@Mrcookieonyt Жыл бұрын

My great grandfather fought in this battle. Thank you for taking a close look at it and sharing this story.

@calebmitchell6870 Жыл бұрын

The quality of understanding in your videos is going exponential! Thanks for the hard work!

@maynardburger Жыл бұрын

Really fantastic stuff. These animations really explain things in a way that words just rarely can.

@Nat3ski Жыл бұрын

Your recent mini series focusing on individual actions has been above and beyond! Excellent detailed narrative and illustrations. Absolutely top quality!

@insertnamehere6659 Жыл бұрын

Will you ever do a video on the behind-the-scenes of these documentaries? Everything is very well researched, and I would love to gain some perspective on how much effort is put into each one.

@contrapasta2454 Жыл бұрын

He has a secondary channel, The Intel Report.

@amarlatte1211 Жыл бұрын

This and the iwo Jima series are fantastic. I have always loved your videos but this is on a whole 'nother level. Amazing job!

@avnut5517 Жыл бұрын

NICE collaboration! This is how I wish I learned about these battles in school.

@Vodgepie1 Жыл бұрын

Seeing battles I’ve read about in detail from this point of view just adds so much to my understanding

@questionmark05 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful animations and bloody awesome collaborations. Thank you!

@SaneGuySports Жыл бұрын

Wow this is EXCELLENT! Thank you Ops Room for your first rate production, visuals and storytelling.

@TheBenghaziRabbit Жыл бұрын

ugh i didnt want this to end! GOING TO PART 2!!!!

@aliud9904 Жыл бұрын

Dude you shoulda heard me when Indy showed up Loved his WW1 series

@mindeloman Жыл бұрын

For those that want to read an in depth work on the engagement, A Time For Trumpets by Charles B. McDonald is an amazing work. Mcdonald was deputy chief historian of the US Army and fought as a soldier at the bulge. He paints the entire picture. Bear in mind, it is not a memoir but an academic history.

@terrysmith6791 Жыл бұрын

A proper historian unlike the money grabbing clown Stephen Ambrose

@paladinbob1236 Жыл бұрын

I am glad that you mentioned that some of the american soldiers had been in the hurtgen forest[what a blood bath that was]....as a Brit , i was kinda contemptuous of the american effort here..believing most units pretty much incompetent....its only abit older when i started to read books about the battle...that i learn[particularly after reading books about the battles around hurtgen forest] that some of the divisions that had been hurled into that battle, been decimated hurled into german defences with in many cases , massive losses and several morale loss and then had been moved to a "quieter area" of the front, and most of their considerable losses had been made up[in some cases] with green recruits.....when this onslaught had been unleashed upon them...its always worth a deeper look before you condemn a fighting force to more accurately understand the stresses and strains upon them

@sdinvt Жыл бұрын

Hell yeah, Im so excited for this series.

@contrapasta2454 Жыл бұрын

The operations room has been running wild lately. I LOVE IT.

@shane1489 9 ай бұрын

I’m glad people like this take the time to chronicle these events. Very important.

@StinkyPinky3000 Жыл бұрын

I love these guys! I really hope you get an award for all this incredible content.

@Kriegter Жыл бұрын

Seeing the warcrimes being committed was actually a shock

@stephenrodwell8125 Жыл бұрын

This, along with the Iwo Jima series is next level!

@itaphil 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for creating this. I especially appreciated the animated maps to accompany your narrative.

@glutengoblin Жыл бұрын

My grandpa was in the 106th and was actually shot in the face as they were evacuating from their original positions. Walked it off like a champ tho 👍🏼

@antloveforever2972 Жыл бұрын

The grandpa of my friend was shot in the head and survived too, he was fighting in the Blue Division on the eastern front (Im from Spain)

@markrtoffeeman Жыл бұрын

Again (after the Iwa Jima episodes last week) our American friends fight tenaciously against massed enemy forces I'd say the massacre of the 285th POWs to my mind absolutely changed the mindset of the American forces. The Americans were never going to surrender after that. No matter what. The resolve of the Americans very clear

@hoochpandersnatch5627 Жыл бұрын

Hearing Indy pop into this video was a very nice surprise 🙂

@cybehr117 Жыл бұрын

Love to listen to this while I work. Thank you for your amazing effort and shout out to Indy for his amazing presence in the military history community.

@emperorfloch Жыл бұрын

Operations Room you are dropping heat after heat! 🙌🏼 Please keep these videos coming 😁

@thebusstop Жыл бұрын

My grandfather was part of the 28th infantry division. Although shot in both arms, he survived along with only 7 others of that division.

@grantmassie7138 Жыл бұрын

Man you are the freaking best. The animations,informations,description, narration.. everything is well done. My favorite history channel

@BadPhreak Жыл бұрын

the transition between strategic and tactical map looks awesome! well done

@ramal5708 Жыл бұрын

God bless those GIs holding the Elsenborn Ridge area and check the Germans advance. Headlines are all about the Bastogne battle, but Elsenborn was where the US soldiers stopped the Germans attack.

@_ArsNova Жыл бұрын

Funny how much weight is given to the Malmedy Massacre when a near identical massacre was carried out at Chenogne by the US 11th Armored Division, and yet not a single person was even reprimanded for it.

@lanceamadantebonife3987 9 ай бұрын

well it might be because at that time it was considered retaliation for the malmedy massacre

@jacobside2656 Жыл бұрын

I'd love to see a episode covering the 291st combat engineering battalion. They're the most decorated engineer battalion of the war and they tend to get a tiny mention in any documentary about the battle of the bulge.

@FirstLast-di5sr Жыл бұрын

Indy!! I love seeing some of my favorite history channels collaborating! Makes already great content even better!

@ThisHandleFeatureIsStupid Жыл бұрын

I'm 36 years old. Coming away from this, I'm left in awe with the thought, "Imagine if this type o' shit was available when I was a kid?!" I hope viewers of all ages appreciate the value of things like this. Books can take you very far, but visualizations can achieve "aha" moments that nothing else can, and potentially contribute to HUGE accelerations in learning speed. Modern times aren't all bad! 🥰

@ogedaykhan9909 Жыл бұрын

I absolutely love your work! But I would love to see some time and date in the video as sometimes it is hard to follow how long an offensive takes.

@Newie69MK Жыл бұрын

German Falliscrimjager units: We're gonna take that position. Lieutenant Lyle Duke: Yeah, no. Not today. US GI: LT! They outnumber us 22 to 1! Lieutenant Duke: Then it is an even fight!