WORLD WAR 2 ROAD TRIP // Arnhem Netherlands and Bastogne Belgium

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WORLD WAR 2 ROAD TRIP // Arnhem Netherlands and Bastogne Belgium

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The Awkward Tourists

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@ramonrios931 Жыл бұрын

It’s so important to honor the history of the great men who fought World War II. Great video!

@TheAwkwardTourists Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! We found it really interesting, and Kelly's grandfather was active in the battle of the bulge

@stud88100 2 жыл бұрын

What a great trip. Being a history buff, i just love this type of series

@TheAwkwardTourists 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoy it! We had a lot of fun too

@TheAwkwardTourists 2 жыл бұрын

Check out the rest of our videos from our World War 2 road trip bit.ly/3siTwzN

@anthonycassata5152 4 ай бұрын

Good video, especially coming from younger people that care about history. I would like to go to those places that you went or are going to someday🤷🏻‍♂️. Lot of history.👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🤓

@TheAwkwardTourists 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for calling us younger people! 😂

@jenniferhall2503 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing this trip! We are enjoying this journey. I think this is going to be our next adventure.

@TheAwkwardTourists 2 жыл бұрын

That's awesome. Let us know if you have any questions when planning your trip. We would love to help out if we can

@donnaschilling7690 2 жыл бұрын

This is such a cool trip! My history teacher son would love it!! What an incredible experience you're sharing with your dad!!!

@TheAwkwardTourists 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, He had wanted to do this for a very long time

@marklacy7650 2 жыл бұрын

Great video ... I love your attitide about doing these kind of experiences when you can because "tomorrow" may be too late!

@TheAwkwardTourists 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely!!

@standartenfuhrerhanslanda343 2 жыл бұрын

And another great idea!!! Thank you

@TheAwkwardTourists 2 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome!

@robertneven7563 9 ай бұрын

Hello respect for your grand father, I got the schame , my grand great father was a Belgain soldier from 1916 TILL 1918 he never talk about the first W W ar, I found his dossier in Brussel, verry moving

@JustinBrehm 2 жыл бұрын

It must be something about those boys back then because my grandfather would not talk about his time served really just little bits and pieces

@TheAwkwardTourists 2 жыл бұрын

I've heard that a lot of people who served in WW2 don't want to talk about it

@flitsertheo 2 жыл бұрын

If you want to see a Panther tank there should be one in Houffalize, north of Bastogne. Though at the moment it could be away for restoration. And even further north in La Gleize there is a King Tiger. Nobody is going to move that 68t beast, still standing where its crew left it.

@TheAwkwardTourists 2 жыл бұрын

Wow. 68 ton? That is sooo big

@flitsertheo 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheAwkwardTourists The Germans wanted to build even heavier, way above 100 tons tanks, such as the "Maus" or "Ratte". None of these got further than the drawing board or prototype stage. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_II en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panzer_VIII_Maus en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landkreuzer_P._1000_Ratte

@markmullin4246 Жыл бұрын

Western Europe has done a remarkable job in promoting and protecting these hallowed grounds for future generations! They've never forgotten what the American military and allied troops did in liberating their homes. P.s.thank you for sharing!

@RobLukkien Жыл бұрын

@TheAwkwardTourists There also is a much bigger WW2 museum very close to Arnhem (Oosterbeek) that is called Airborne Museum.

@TheAwkwardTourists Жыл бұрын

I think we went to that museum in this video.....

@RobLukkien Жыл бұрын

@@TheAwkwardTouristsI'm afraid not. I live in Arnhem, the museum in your video is a free and smaller museum called "Airnborne at the bridge". The bigger and well known WW2 museum is in Oosterbeek and is called "Airborne Museum" about a 10 minute drive from the smaller museum. It is a lot bigger and more impressive (not free).

@kinazz19 Ай бұрын

I’m planning a trip to arnham to see my buddy next June and I can’t wait… any other recommendations?

@pattttttttt 10 ай бұрын

Tanks was not ther when I visited last week

@suzanneprice6687 2 жыл бұрын

Having lived in Belgium, I can say they do take care of the WW2 sites and have excellent museums

@TheAwkwardTourists 2 жыл бұрын

We saw that. The Museums were really good

@Paul_C 3 ай бұрын

There is something unreal about Americans researching/visiting what for Europeans is history but for Americans is an outlier. It is still living history

@TheAwkwardTourists 3 ай бұрын

And why is it an outlier for Americans? We were there, hundreds of thousands of Americans died in Europe during the War. My American grandfather was in the War in Europe...

@edwardbermudez6299 2 жыл бұрын

Been to all

@TheAwkwardTourists 2 жыл бұрын

Nice!

@sisselnilsen4699 2 жыл бұрын

My father was on a Norwegian war vessel in the Canadian part of the D-day zone in Normandie 6th of June 1944

@TheAwkwardTourists 2 жыл бұрын

Wow. Did he share any stories about D -Day?

@sisselnilsen4699 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheAwkwardTourists I found out more after he died. His vessel survived the battle, but was minestruck a couple of weeks later, later repaired and renamed NARVIK

@flitsertheo 2 жыл бұрын

You definitively should eat those "pralines" (chocolates) immediately. As they are made with fresh natural ingredients they go bad after a while. Or so they say because I have never seen a chocolate having the time to get "old" in Belgium.

@TheAwkwardTourists 2 жыл бұрын

The Chocolates did not weren't around for very long....haha

@Latexhandske 2 жыл бұрын

I get so many memories from my own Eurotrip, way-back-when in 1986. Then, the iron cutrain was much alive and intense. Shit, Kelly - It`t better and safer to be somewhere over Kansas. Take care

@frenchfan3368 4 ай бұрын

Greetings! How feasible would it be to explore the village of Bastogne without a car? Could one travel to the foxholes in Foy without renting a car? Thank you for your advice and happy travels!

@TheAwkwardTourists 3 ай бұрын

Hmm it's a very small town, I'm not sure how public transportation would be. But there may be a tour you can join

@DCFotoSF 2 жыл бұрын

What do you recommend in Florence for a hotel ?

@TheAwkwardTourists 2 жыл бұрын

Florence Italy? We stayed at Hotel Boccocino and it was nice. Really close to the train station and walking distance of everything that we wanted to see