these Battlefield-brand documentaries are the gold standard

My father was present somewhere in Patton's 3rd Army (and later at the Battle of the Bulge), and this helps give a picture of the situation, with dates and places, he must have experienced. I wish I'd asked Dad more questions about his service from Normandy to near Berlin, but he was never one to talk much about it. The greatest generation.

This doc didn’t mention the loss of thousands of horses killed in the Falaise Gap. The German army was using horses to pull wagons. It was a blood bath.

I knew a man that was there at Falsise, he remarked it was a slaughter of men and equipment. He was with 803rd tank destroyer battalion and his name was Afton Harmon. He told me many stories.

Patton is much enjoyed for his opinions thrown out there with out any hesitation this caused him and his troops to get mentioned on every map table including Italy ! It is doubtful that there is a German translation for the Anglo phrase “Loose Cannon “ but that was him ! He did have some of the best observations of War ! When he saw the carnage in the aftermath of the Falaise pocket he made one of his prophetic statements “There is NO Human endeavor so ALL Encompasing as War !! And all other Human endeavors Pale in comparison to it ! “

In saving Private Ryan Ted Danson and Tom Hanks characters discuss the situation the Moment Montgomery’s name comes up “that guy’s overrated!” Truer words were never spoken

_Thanks so much for this_ ... I had lost track of *_Hill 262_* and the SNAFU that left the Polish forces to battle so valiantly at *_The Mace._* ^5 and *S!*

At 40 min. we can see images of St Lambert sur Dives on the 20th of august were South Alberta and Argylls fought. Also it would ve right to talk about Falaise - Chambois gap because the gap was closed at Chambois on the 19th of august by polish armoured division and 90th us infrantry division.

At 49.20, the river to the west of Montélimar is the Rhône, not the Rhine (the commentary sys it correctly).

Allied had absolute superiority on air and land,but still enough tough Germans escaped the Pocket and one month later completely defeated Operation Market Garden!!

Very sophisticated analysis of what happened from regarding the existing odds both sides had in terms of weapons, skills of fighting protagonists and strategic experience of their leading officers. Things go out different from their theoretical planning, a wisdom that's true especially concerning warfare.

Tremendous. The best Ive seen. Thank you.

Air Power made this possible before , during and after ...

By the beginning of September 1944, Montgomery was 400km ahead of schedule and about to liberate Brussels, Belgium. Only Paris was supposed to be reached by then.

There are many errors about what is said about the closing of the gap at the end of this video and also about what happened on the 15th of august.

The germans were crazy not to give up already in 1944 not realizing they didn't stand a chans against the huge Allied armies and 3 fronts!!! I'm aware of it was the german HG that pushed on to what ever it took, still crazy it was!!!

The German army was highly professional and well led, because they had years of experience since 1939, including the massive, disastrous USSR campaign, as well as North Africa and Italy. We Americans didn't really enter the war until 1942.

At Montelimar, France it is the Rhone River, NOT THE RHINE at 49 minutes 25 seconds on this video.

Very foggy on the end game at St. Lambert ( which the map puts at the wrong side of Falaise, a huge mistake) Mt Ormel and Chambois.

Americans in the south were not up against the bulk of German Armour. Monty was.

Truly the greatest generation!

Interesting and informative. Excellent photography job making it easier for viewers to better understand what the orator was describing.Orator did a very good job presenting the documentary . Historians did a very good job presenting actual facts from fiction. Class A research project. Special thanks to all the allied soldiers/civilians who fought/perished/survived fighting the axis powers. Making this documentary possible!!! Fortunately the amphetamine addict/arrogant Hitler rarely took his seasoned/experienced generals military advice. Not that the German armies would have prevailed. But the allied casualty rates would have been staggering. Had german pilot ace commander Gunther raul had more pilots/fuel for the ME 262 jets . He would regained air supremacy. That would have been a major disadvantage for the allied bombers.

Montgomery 's plan for the invasion was always to draw the bulk of German armoured onto the British and Canadian forces enabling the American breakout to the west. This plan was revealed to all the Allied generals on April 7 in London, at St. Paul school. It called for the liberation of Normandy by DDay plus 90, and the Allies beat that deadline by three days. What American critics focus on what his deadline for capturing Caen, which was DDay plus 17. It took the British and Canadians till DDay plus 40. So he stuck to his plan anyway, engaging the bulk of German armoured in a slogging match instead of a victory march. The result was the American breakout as planned.

Excellent work..

I'm confused, in what Season of the Battlefield tv series was this documentary a part of?, because according to Wikipedia and IMDb, Seasons 1, 2, 4, 5, and 6 (season 3 is about Vietnam) were aired from 1994 to 2002, this episode of The Battle of the Falaise and others are not listed?

Germans fighting U.S. British,Canada,French Aussie,in the Western Front. Russia,on the Eastern Front Partisan Italians, and U.S.and Brits, Canadian New Zealand, Indians on The Italian Campaign.Still almost won .. Amazing People.

Cant believe Eisenhower approved Monty's Market Garden plan. Montgomery was disastrously over rated! His success in Africa was aided greatly by Rommel's lack of supplies.

Thank goodness that field Marshal Montgomery was there. He had absolutely nothing to do with the breakout but enjoyed taking credit for it somehow though he had been stuck at Caen for months. That guy would take credit for the rain. It wasn't his operation that led to the break out. I think the English word for a guy like Montgomery is Ponce.

These videos should not be on youtube because they are frequently interrupted by ads. It's a disgrace that such historical docs are disrespected by greedy vendors.

Pressuring. Not pressurizing.

A man I knew in Colorado growing up told me about the slaughter at the Falize gap. He was with the 803rd Tank Destroyer batallion.

Reality: On D-Day, the Allies successfully transported and landed troops against heavily defended positions, which the German had months to prepare…then the Allies immediately set up the massive supply chains to continue pushing the Nazis out of France, shortly after leaving a horrific miles long traffic jam of wrecked equipment, and untold dead Nazis and horses at the Falaise Gap. This Doc Announcer: The Allie’s messed up and the Germans did a great job getting…..massacred, because they were just superior.

Despite Patton's insistence on rushing troops to occupy the Falaise-Argentan gap in order to complete the encirclement of the German army in the Falaise pocket, General Bradley declined. He felt they wouldn't be strong enough to hold back all the desperate, retreating Germans. They also might panic and stampede at sight of the trap closing and steamroll right over the allied troops who were blocking their escape. Bradley stated after the war that he “much preferred a solid shoulder at Argentan than a broken neck at Falaise.”

At 2:30 COBRA is mentioned. GOODWOOD & COBRA were originally planned as a double operation but Bradley was unable to take St Lo in time and had to postpone his operation. Montgomery was left to go ahead on his own. Perhaps if Bradley was not 'too slow' and had not waited until he had 'overwhelming numbers of men and tanks' thenn the breakout would have been a week earlier.

The writer and/or narrator's last names must be either Montgomery or Bradley. The latter two could not ask for greater absolution of their sins of tardiness, delay and critical lack of battlefield "l'audace l'audace toujours l'audace." The allied "problem" was that they had but one "Patton" who was constantly rebuffed and countermanded by the two incompetents above him. The Germans had several more patton-quality types who were able to frustrate the day-late-dollar-short machinations of the Bradley-Montgomery armchair duo. In Civil War terms Montgomery-Bradley would be George McClellan (constantly flustered and out-generaled by Lee) to Patton's US Grant.

What abount operation WINKLE?.

Odd? was I the only one who saw this coming? It was as obvious as a DR. Seuss book.

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46:50 "Canadians and Poles" and they show NOT POLISH FLAG Just the one looking like Austrian.

Your map at 29:40 misidentifies the Rhone.

Flamethrowers suffocated more often than burned ...

MSNBC and CNN would say we were overreacting.

B-17 12800 lbs bomb load, in which universe methinks someone has not did proper research.

The B-17 was NOT the most predominant bomber. B-24s outnumbered B-17s by 1.5 to 1. B-24s were faster, could fly higher and longer. A B-17 typically carried only 4000 pounds of bombs, it had a maximum bomb load of 8,000 pounds not 12,000 pounds as stated in the video. Also the soldier Patton slapped turned out to not only have battle fatigue but also was suffering from Malaria. Before you publish videos, spend some time doing research first.

So Patton ran around the Frence countryside whilst the Canadian and British Forces came up against the Main German Armour and Fixed defensive positions. Yeah ooh Rar for Patton.

So what about the mortar.

Had it not been for wounds received at Verrierres Ridge might have bee able to get to Holland and Germany.

The French have never forgiven us for being part of the allied forces, that freed France. The Americans have never forgiven everyone else for claiming to be part of any victory any where!

His Voice is from Camel Trophy race 😂

Gadfly here 🫡. George S. Patton was a driven man. Some think him bi-polar due to his behavior. He was as hard on himself as he was on his men. During these slapping incidents he is not understood. Yes he didn’t believe in “shell shock “. His reaction to this “supposed”cowardice, was extreme. No one has considered his state of mind. He too was a victim of war stress. He was reported to be suffering from a fever at this time himself. The “GREAT” Patton was a PTSD victim.😶‍🌫️🥶

NO MORE BROTHERS WAR EVER AGAIN !!!

The Germans had the energy of desperation. Like a criminal willing to jump from a roof but the cop doesn't want to follow.

10 minutes in and still nothing about Falaise....just a lot of 'filler' WW2 cliches. Bye.

German defeat was total.

The script of this video is written from a German point of view.

Just one thing to say about American detractors of Monty. You have probably watched the Patton movie to many times its addled your brains. As much as the Yanks like to use Monty in the blame game, when the shit hit the fan at the Battle of the Bulge, Eisenhower wisely kept Bradley at the rear and put Monty in command of US 1st and 9th Armies for the duration of the battle. Then in typical American fashion, after he won the battle, stabbed him in the back and tried to get him fired. But those in power knew the truth and Monty continued to fight again.

🤔IMHO Germans with superior leadership (army leadership) and weapons hoped to stop the flood. Allies achieve victory like a blind squirrel eventually finds a nut in the forest.

That statement you make near 48:47 about the Germans being willing to fight to the death and of the Allies, only the Russians displayed the similar urge to fight to the death, is telling. One was Nazi and controlled by a power hungry, cares-for-his- own-will to be done above all and everyone else, has sent political enforcers including the SS and Gestapo to make sure that such an order to fight to the death is carried out or soldiers will be executed, while the other is Communist and controlled by a power hungry, cares-for-his- own-will to be done above all and everyone else, has sent political commissars as enforcers including common soldiers who must report any other soldier or officer to the commissars to make sure that such an order to fight to the death is carried out or soldiers will be executed, Both tyrants and political systems cared nothing for individuals and while Stalin had purged his capable army officers of the professional class in order to guard himself from being overthrown, he quickly realized that he had to find the best, more capable officers and create a kind of patriotism for the mother country which made heros out of soldiers as we in the west would make of rock stars 20 years later. Hitler did purge plenty of high ranking officers which did not support him even before the war, and likewise he and his public relations people made sure that being a soldier was seen as the greatest and most noble profession and elevated those who performed heroically into the same kind of rock star to be worshipped. Meanwhile, in the Allied army's except for Russia, the leaders cared for the people and their welfare was of great importance, and instead of being motivated by fear of the government with spies everywhere among the soldiers, they were mostly inspired by wanting to see Germany (and in private opinion the Soviet Union) defeated and beaten because of what they had done to other nations... and instead of going to college or getting started in life at their young ages, this generation had to lay all aside to go fight for freedom from tyranny. And lastly, instead of glorifying raw power which can bend anyone else's will knowing that military service must be in everyone's' life regardless of what else mattered, the Allies were citizen soldiers and were quite happy to make the enemy fight to the death while keeping in mind that it is better to live to fight another day than it is to decide to lay down one's life for a lost cause. There were vast differences between the people where democracy lives and those who find democracy to be a burden. Last thing, you refer to Germany's enemy as the Russians instead of the Soviets. In doing that you are showing that you recognize the truth that all of Soviet Communism was under the boot of the Russian nation. When do we read in history of members of other Soviet states having anything to do with what Stalin wanted as far as commanding armies and dealing with the adversaries (all other people were considered adversaries even if the other nations were willing to climb into bed with the biggest threat to freedom the world over. "The enemy of my enemy is my fried" is the most damming of all statements regarding the life of a nation.

George Smith Patton was a legend

If Adolph would have stayed out of Russia the french world be speaking German today along with most of Europe and the french we're to cowardly to ever fight back they would ek around waving white flags with pride

Kluge not clutche

This is what happen when an army corporal takes over the leadership of your country and decides to go to war haha !

The film misses many important points. Weak.

I thought this was a very post war propaganda influenced documentary. Informative in some ways but kind of doesn't ever show how the actual battle unfolded.

Patton was egotistical, vane, and one of the most competent field generals of the war. Bradley was the reason that the pre-landing bombing and shelling of the Normandy beaches, particularly Omaha, were too short and ineffective, the bombing of friendly troops twice during Operation Cobra, and the poor preparation and material readiness of the troops during the Battle of the Bulge.

So sad about what happened. The Germans were the best at everything. But for what??? Politicians and their stupid ideology.

From bad pronunciation to spelling mistakes "von Klooj" , battle of "Faliase". Not very professional.

Montgomery was so overrated as proven by his stumbling and bumbling taking Caen

Exactly, Monty should have been canned in Africa. Imagine the number of British and Allied soldiers lives that 😢would have been saved without Monty!!!

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Learn german it's von Kluge not von Kluj!😂

Montgomery was overrated. Patton and Churchill knew the Russians were the real danger after Hitler. Ridgeway was a badass too who went on to turn the Korean war around. And of course there was this Colonel Abrams tank commander under Patton who became a legend. Named a tank after him

As usual in British propaganda - only three sentences about Polish soldiers.

Using the word great,isn't a description of human slaughter ,I'd use,maybe worst human holocaust in earth history,,because more non human life dies as result of our concept,and bloodthirsty ways,how many ocean lives ,whales fishes,did we kill by dropping depth charges torpedo and bombs,how many dirt layer creatures by landmines,bombs,and flame,,how many airborne flying creatures by indiscriminate cannon and machine guns,fired through skies for miles ,majority never hitting any human controlled machine,but sailed on for miles,how many were flying and bullets and shelks ripped into the flock,yes we killed much more of earth's creatures without second thought,horses ,dogs,this is how aliens see us ,they'd shoot us without hesitation,do u think if they were 2500000 years advanced than us,they'd be able to stand around us unseen,moving about ,choosing their paths,by being where we weren't,do you think they could emmit light,that our atmosphere eliminates from the light spectrum,making them invisible,I'd say yes,to all statements,do you think they'd think 1000 times faster than us,yes they do,do you think they could find a human they all found fascinating,tough ,be taken apart,put back together,and he worked even better,yes they gave,do you think he'd have the proof in his s20fe5g cellphone,yes he does,do you think he'd awake on july15th,the day after multiple sightings of pairs of objects entering earth atmosphere,that he videoed that event himself,then wen he awoke July 15th,his left arm,near top forearm where that bone connects to elbow,just below towards his wrist,felt massive pain he shouldn't have had,at the bone,like it was cut through and reattached a little off,that they enhanced veins to bring massive amounts of blood to heal it,yup again,but it still hurts same 5 months later,and do u think he was looking through his cell on july15th,and found some weird images,bringing the events to what caused his pain in his arm,well they use some power,my cellphone was with me in the magnetic feild,u see its angle is its right beside me and its camera made take image,no GPS or location,no s20fe5g stamp in corner,the image disturbing,took me looking at it before my brain even registered this image,no past analogies to go off,well it's me floating u see my ribcage ,skin gone,some green feild between the ribs,holding in ahit,my left forearm is removed,u see it in a creatures,three clawfinger paw,the hand is also removed,at top of frame,u see my removed skin also a green energy around it,now I'm not sure if it's just face skin removed,but it may be my entire head,they have pretty much done what we do as autopsy ,they split me,from deck to the y in my collarbone,in a pic,I'm skinless,u see my death scream face laying beside my upper torso looking back not down,it's not attached,there's a round object,right where my heart is,must be keeping it beating,I'm a yellow colour,it's me,I've not seen myself dead,until last 5 months,I've seen multiple images in videos kinda between regular frames,it's seeing them,I mean all of the different races you've heard,Grey's lizard guys,the long neck ones with wide humanoid shouldes wide neck,like a cardassian but whiter,the red face ones with wide upper face with wide apart eyes that face comes down is same shap across like stretched oval,like a TTheres alot of them,I've caught a guy in a suit with long arms that hang down lower than knees,in my desk lamps light,I caught a small circle of colors, I zoomed in,well the light is coming down only from my clamp on lamp it's a cone,light goes down,but in picture,the light is coming from angle upwards to the lamp,it's blue light,white lamps light is white,in that blue light u see small circle of colors,I zoomed in,it's a damn tiny gut in a suit,helmet,and his one arm is an energy weapon,all around from shoulder down around hand back up to backside of shoulder, are individual,small balks of energy,in a motion picture ,I'm standing breathing hard,my eyes see something horrifying,u see in real-time,my jugular vein exspand outwards in .0001 seconds,side of my face has been melted like an energy weapon touched it,u,u see on my dark Grey shirt,a reflection of light ,for brief instant u dee a yellow round light appear just in frame,but u see its reflection off me,he's that close,it's weird it's in my cell,it like it's him recording,or cell is a little to side,I am dumb human ,couldn't figure it out,I think they've realized killing me is easier to capturing me with no sound or fight,because in multiple images I'm got melted by energy weapon,u actually go frame by frame in video,u see the energy actually get intense u see just the energy,then it subsides things come back to focus,I'm usually deaf by this point ,look I'm terrified but powerless,I want to live,man I got pics off my dog dead,even on my mom's bed ,she was hit by energy weapon,my dog must have barked,she pulled covers over head,screaming,there's a grouping of diamond shaped holes in close circular pattern right in the centre of blanket just where her head been,there's a line one after another exactly same distance of each from next exactly straight,same size holes near the eqde of blanket,thers alot of holes now,on some there's hardened matter stuck to them,the bankets dark brown,this matters light colourd stuck to underside,so I've not let anyone use since I realized,what makes diamond shaped holes,like two triangles one up one down ,in pic on the bed is he'd face u see burned Frizzell hair attached in places,u even zoom u see part of eye,out to side coming from under blanket,her arm out straight,it's brown shriveled looking,hand hang limp,my dog is standing over her facing something not in frame,theres a blue energy pervading the entire mattress surface,khloe paws are gone,she's standing on stamping masses,but she's protected ,gave her life doing so,in next pic,I'm standing,nothing in my eyes,Noone home,over my shoulder,on my shelf is the dog I'd raised since she ate from my hand ,she was so small she couldn't reach over lip of dinner plate on the floor,I cut up her wet food,and fed dry food from my hand,I was her mother,and father,we never were apart,10 years,this year,well on June 5th ,she left this world,because who's here now looks like her,but is just a bit different all of a sudden like,if anyone would sew it,it's me,they must be able to clone and transfer consciousness,that's why I say,u haven't found any dead aliens,they fed that image into our minds,they can ressurect themselves time after time,they have done it with me,I have the only pictures of them in existence,real images of them,but at first your mind won't see it,u have to keep looking ,and be serious not make it a joke ,because this isn't and that thinking ,this is all big joke,is the aliens ,making you think that ,they stop u from knowing the universe by making you think the wrong thing,by making you know your sooo right,u went to school,work for nasa,but in reality u have just been made to keep us here til we go extinct,

Well I think Patton was on the wrong side. After the war was the cold war. Patton said that the German army was finished but given petrol and ammunition,, and remember the Germans were not finished yet after everything the only people who really took it up to the Russians and the American soldiers wouldn't have lasted. Only 9 months in Europe,, So as the son of a German soldier. I'm one eyed and I can't help it sorry 🇩🇪🔥💪

Monti and Churhill made Hilter look Smart. Without the might of the US and Lend lease they would still be speaking German.

Gen. Montgomery was more a political appointee even if he was a weak planner.. remember Market Garden???

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