In the Forest of Dean, Glos. I was told the US Army dropped jeeps and other surplus down coal mine shafts. One to save the cost of shipping it back, two to protect the US motor manufactures so they could sell new trucks.

@@TheByard That has a ring of truth around it. Something Americans would do. Cheers

@@BatMan-oe2gh During the evacuation of South Vietnam the US navy was throwing Huey helicopters off the deck of an aircraft carrier, "To Make Room" Who the F--- was going to sit on deck all the way to the US. ?????

@@TheByard I believe that was to make room for additional planes and helos to land. Not so that people could sit there.

Rumour has it one of the vehicles was a GMC workshop vehicle, complete with all the tools including, welding gear, lathe, drills et'c. I know several of the vehicles got "liberated" by locals as a Jeep turned up in the Highclere estate as the estate Managers personal vehicle. I know this as friends bought it and restored it.

americans don't say "bloody". we aren't in England

Huh? I thought americans use old scraps as target practice

@@fatbongripz4207 but it was recovered in the Fens which is in England. So the farmers were English, ergo, 'bloody' is accurate.

Makes you wonder about phones that everyone upgrades every two years and no one cares about the old ones. Will they be the treasures of the future.

@@fatbongripz4207 This was in England, why would you think it's in America? And if you're going to be pedantic, what do you mean by "america"? Do you mean the United States of America? Because two continents are "america".

Good idea ! Recovery and restoration of military history .

Don`t forget the monety gain from YOU tube , last time i looked it`s somthing like 1000.a hour.

Right. Go to Netflix and demand a series. Easy enough! Wow!

@@Mrfort wgat

@@stevewilson6390 Should call it 'Saving Private History'

The Rhine crossing was a relatively brief event. They were used extensively during the campaign to clear German's from the Scheldt Estuary in the Netherlands. That was a long, difficult, and very wet task but it was always overshadowed by the faster and more exciting advances across France.

@@donjones4719 my hometown Middelburg, on Walcheren island, was liberated with buffalo`s. mostly because there wasn`t much of an island left after they flooded it.

of course they did, nothing the british built themselves worked in ww2

Did you not hear of the landings on France crossing the English canal? That’s probably the single most important event of the war

@@nelldavila3261 no… I haven’t heard about D-Day one of the single most important military operations in recent history….

dang I wanna be a “fitter” too

Why'd they do that? Hide it from Nazis?

Motorbikes don't have heavy enough gauge metal to survive that

Why?

@@brucekaraus7330 why not.

@@brucekaraus7330 go away hippie.

@@brucekaraus7330 nothing like putting your hands on something physical from the past to get you interested!! And why comment on something that obviously doesn't interest you??? Or are you attempting to troll??? Badly may I add

@@markbrown351 Because it glorifies war. There are plenty of artifacts left over from the war already. Just leave it at that.

The re-enacting, equipment and locations all seemed pretty good and accurate

United States Marines? Or the British Marines? I can Google it but I'll wait for your answer 😂

@@samholdsworth420 Hallo Sam, In the Batlle of the Schelde were a lot of allied forces involved, but mainly Btritish, Scotts and Canadian, Middelburg in particular is liberatod by Scotts. Have a good day. Best regards, Sam de Visser

Be difficult at best. Parts would have to be hand made. it's a rust bucket, so refitting so much would be very expensive. In 50 years, no one will care about any war. It's the way parents today are and the kids they are raising. Museums will be dying and closing and anything to do with War may not be allowed to be taught in schools.

@@trvman1 Sadly there's a lot of truth in that. It would need someone who had the resources and really wanted to do it - there are such people but it's a matter of getting their attention. Interest in the past can depend very much on what's going on in the present, whether we're in a long period of peace or, like at present, at risk of some criminal in russia pressing the button just to prove he's tough.

They have two at Bovington tank museum, which I think are in working order

@@GrahamWalters awesome! Would be nice to see the excavated LVT’s to operating alongside Bovington LVTs.

Why?

@@brucekaraus7330 Basically, it's modern archaeology, some of us feel we should preserve these machines to remind us of mistakes and sacrifices made by ordinary people. There is a group of people in the word today who are all too keen on erasing the past, forget the past at the risk of making the same mistakes again.

@@brucekaraus7330 you must live a boring life if you continue asking the same question on different viewer comments.

We should never forget the Men that fought for Freedom in WW2 God Bless them all

@@Husky1run Did you watch the video? It happened in 1947, so after WW2.

@@flippy66 yes i did very interesting

Did I enter a different time but not notice as damn WW11 😮 I'VE MISSED 9 WORLD WARS, just joking I am from a long past an present military family including them in WW2. The stories and experiences of told since I was a kid fascinated me an made me even more interested jn being in the military but learning about so much WW2 related mainly I think was an unbelievable time! Would love to go back in time an see things myself ( as crazy as that sounds 😀 ) To be jn the military you have to be a little bit mad as my Grandfather would always say. I didn't mean to come across like an asshole. I was just being humourous but I apologise if you feel a certain way about it 😀 I hope you're doing well too, whoever an wherever you are from I wish a great 2022 to you!! If you're going through something as we all usually are I hope things get better real fast! 🙏

Very annoying so called presenter.

Why?

@@brucekaraus7330 why not? Life with your two dogs in NM getting you down?

Rebuilding the engine will probably be the hardest part

.....Because they can..... But let's not mention the human cost...eh?

Bring your wellies if you do mate😆

@@carlsherwin5557 of course

@@carlsherwin5557 :-)

A total myth that has been circulating for Decades. Why would they bury brand new crated engines to rot in the ground? The same myth was they buried crated jeeps and Harleys. .it's total B.S

Well they don't exactly "float" in the traditional sense. Don't forget they weigh about 15 tons.

I wonder why they didn't go after them first??

I think you've missed the point of history.

@@brucekaraus7330 Explain? I think you've missed the point of why it is important to preserve as much of our history as possible like this military vehicle. Instead of future generations only being able to see one in a photo online, they can visit one, actually see the scale of it, touch it, sit in it and hopefully maybe someday see this one actually drive....👍😎

@@brucekaraus7330I think you’ve missed the point on how to use your brain. Go away Xerox troll.