When trumpets fade(part VI)

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  • Опубліковано 22 січ 2009
  • Another August is here, Autumn looks set to begin shortly
    Battle of the Hurtgen Forest
    August 1944 - August 2010
  • Фільми й анімація

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  • @johnhudak3829
    @johnhudak3829 3 роки тому +12

    It's a crime that this movie doesn't get more recognition. What a fantastic film!

    • @fredlandry6170
      @fredlandry6170 2 роки тому +3

      I remember when it came out in 1998.

  • @panther7584
    @panther7584 Рік тому +3

    Gets to me when Manning realized he was in that situation earlier but now he's being carried and he laughed

  • @cherokeefit4248
    @cherokeefit4248 2 роки тому +4

    There’s a lot of badass characters in these war movies like Animal Mother from FMJ, RSM Sandy Young from Wild Geese,Bunny,Elias and Barnes from Platoon but if I could pick somebody for a fire team partner, it would be Sgt Talbot. That guy’s a fearless little pitbull. It was sad to see him did but that’s badass they got him and the medic to sneak away with them for fire support. Badass that Talbot had the PIG at the final assault.

  • @Salguine
    @Salguine 14 років тому +15

    The funny thing about this scene...Those flamethrowers didn't carry as much fuel is that. They were meant to be used in short bursts precisely because they had a limited fuel capacity. In reality, if Warren had spent the entire run up to the gun position hosing down the whole forest and everything in sight like he does here, by the time he actually came close to his intended target the goddamn thing would have been empty.

    • @peterlonergan
      @peterlonergan 4 роки тому +1

      Not to mention the target he's making himself. If I was a German soldier I know where I'd be shooting.

    • @geodes4762
      @geodes4762 3 роки тому +3

      @@peterlonergan No telling what anyone would do in this situation. The first thought is usually disbelief at what you are seeing. The second thought is usually “I don’t want any part of this crazy MF’er and I am getting my ass out of here”. This is very similar to Lt Speirs wild dash at Foy in Band of Brothers when he ran amongst the Germans and no one fired at him

    • @GHOSTSTALKER90
      @GHOSTSTALKER90 2 роки тому +1

      His range should have been alot better too

  • @kenc9236
    @kenc9236 2 роки тому +1

    I love this movie

  • @robappleby583
    @robappleby583 3 роки тому +2

    This movie should be much better known.

  • @wtfronsson
    @wtfronsson 5 років тому +5

    Great movie! One of the best war depictions.

  • @thomastammaro693
    @thomastammaro693 4 роки тому +8

    Brutally well done. AND TOTALLY UNDERRATED.
    Nice job👍

  • @gav25001
    @gav25001 12 років тому +4

    warren, medal of honor right on the spot

    • @NeonVars
      @NeonVars 6 років тому +1

      They even had the ceremony on that same hill 5 minutes after.

    • @Frankie-O
      @Frankie-O 3 роки тому

      🏅

  • @oddfellowfloyd
    @oddfellowfloyd 2 роки тому +2

    I had the thought, that maybe they could've sent both Baxter & Warren up together, & had the others have backup, like they did, that way it was a team attack, & with everyone working together, maybe Baxter wouldn't have freaked out having to be the first & only one going up alone...?

    • @Joseph.M.
      @Joseph.M. 2 роки тому +2

      That was the initial plan but baxter and warren both ate shit while the rest were covering them and so the germans had time to turn all their attention on them. In reality their CO thought itd be easier taking those guns but the replacements kinda fucked it all up

  • @lcf2366
    @lcf2366 3 роки тому +7

    FLAMETHROWER guy is such an easy target, I don't think Germans could miss the shot. It looks like the artillery guys are not good at rifle shooting.

  • @AlexanderPineda-tw8jy
    @AlexanderPineda-tw8jy Рік тому +2

    The PzIVs look like a Very-Armored one xd

  • @fredlandry6170
    @fredlandry6170 2 роки тому +1

    This was a good HBO film, there were heavy casualties in the Battle Of The Hurtgen Forest.

  • @0700_Hours
    @0700_Hours Рік тому

    such an underrated movie

  • @astranine
    @astranine 12 років тому +4

    Give Warren an unlimited supply of flame throwers and caffeine and he could have burned down the whole damn forest. The raging inferno along with Warren's legendary war cry would have caused the entire German army west of the Rhine to surrender en mass. The down side would have been the inevitable high casualty rate to friendly "fire" and the squirrel and bunny population would have been decimated.

  • @Crossed-Bones
    @Crossed-Bones 15 років тому +2

    i like the way he runs during the chase

    • @Frankie-O
      @Frankie-O 3 роки тому +1

      And down went Lonnie. Despin! Where are you going?

  • @Mr1958louief
    @Mr1958louief 12 років тому +38

    This is the reason Every!! "Elected Government Official" should have someone in THEIR families. In the military working the front line!! I'm sure things would be A LOT different..

  • @officialMC
    @officialMC 15 років тому +1

    77,788,600 people died in the war, May God rest they're soul

  • @E7FiretrUCK
    @E7FiretrUCK 11 років тому +21

    Its funny when the 88 announcer said," I'll tear your ass off American!" But they didn't subtitle it.

  • @Mrludde700
    @Mrludde700 12 років тому +8

    I don't think that the germans were that stupid, just standing there and firing without cover

  • @squidman22
    @squidman22 3 роки тому +1

    Not just one tank. Two tanks. Tigers.

  • @OregonMinuteman
    @OregonMinuteman 4 роки тому +1

    Masterpeice

  • @plankedskank
    @plankedskank 4 роки тому +14

    7:40
    I used to do that in cod with the flame throughr attachment. Good times. Screaming "AHHHH!!" While burning everyone to a crisp. 😂

  • @NotesCollector
    @NotesCollector  15 років тому +5

    lol,thanks for the compliment!(although i dont think i can become the president of YT ^^)..I have a copy of the 2008 movie "Australia",although i am in a dilemma on whether i should upload it (copyright issues)

  • @SaintVodou
    @SaintVodou Рік тому

    I think this got overshadowed by SAVING PRIVATE RYAN and THE THIN RED LINE, but it shouldn’t have been…Ron Eldard is great in a leading role, and his character is refreshingly complicated

  • @nuancolar7304
    @nuancolar7304 3 роки тому +2

    The premise of this movie was disturbing. A coward that demonstrated great bravery in order to carry out his cowardice.

    • @siftwolffang1971
      @siftwolffang1971 3 роки тому

      Say what? And who are you referring to

    • @Sahuagin
      @Sahuagin 2 роки тому

      I think "coward" is the wrong word. he's more selfish or narcissistic. he's a smart capable man who is absolutely determined to survive if at all possible, and will play the meta-game to do it. I think if he was a coward he would let himself get court-marshalled.

  • @hoosieryank6731
    @hoosieryank6731 Рік тому

    Welcome to the Bloody Bucket, the 28th Division.

  • @JSLegoMaster
    @JSLegoMaster 15 років тому +1

    Well, most people think its like in games every squad got one but well mostly they gave you a bazooka if they knew you gotta need it for objectives.

  • @1942ann
    @1942ann 12 років тому +3

    I absolutely believe Manning shot Baxter because Baxter flipped out, went into a panic mode that could have caused the others to, also, panic and thereby get mowed down. It takes a tough person to make a tough decision, without hesitation, when it means saving lives. It was the right and only thing Manning could do.

    • @jsshadow-lurker5152
      @jsshadow-lurker5152 5 років тому +1

      Also, he could pose a great threat to his platoon.

    • @oddfellowfloyd
      @oddfellowfloyd 2 роки тому

      Even if it was a hard choice, nobody deserves to burn to death like that... FFS the least he could've followed it up with enough bullets to mercy-kill the guy who's dying an agonising death. -_-

  • @sudarjipermana5152
    @sudarjipermana5152 4 роки тому +1

    crazy soldier

  • @tiffanycao25
    @tiffanycao25 3 роки тому +1

    Such a slow death, by flamethrower carried by a screaming (American)eagle

  • @frankensteincamaro
    @frankensteincamaro 3 роки тому +2

    LOL, maybe those tanks would have enough for a full 9 second not an endless supply.

  • @HeirofGojira91
    @HeirofGojira91 14 років тому +3

    Warren shows no Quarter to the gun crew....

  • @clockwork2662
    @clockwork2662 11 років тому +3

    i bet if i go there now. 72 years later i would find bones of dead soldiers that fought there

    • @geodes4762
      @geodes4762 3 роки тому

      Every so often you hear stories of them unearthing remains of American and German soldiers as well as local civilians killed during the battle. The whole area is very “spooky” because of the dense forest, deep valleys and quietness of the area. If you go there with any sense of what happened there you immediately see the reason it was such a “meatgrinder”!

  • @mastermike95
    @mastermike95 14 років тому +4

    WOOOO!!
    FATMAN WITH FLAMETHROWER!!!

    • @Frankie-O
      @Frankie-O 3 роки тому

      Warren burned them out himself.

  • @Joseph.M.
    @Joseph.M. 2 роки тому

    I feel like im the only one who cringed during the entire firefight. They completely fucked up the suprise attack on those guns in the funniest way possible

  • @WWII1stInfantry
    @WWII1stInfantry 15 років тому +1

    Must be! Look it up in Wikipedia or something if you want. Glad you're interested in WWII! :)

  • @Salguine
    @Salguine 14 років тому +3

    @brickfilmproduction1 They held 8 seconds' worth.

  • @officialMC
    @officialMC 15 років тому

    If you watched the next part, you start to understand

  • @Frankie-O
    @Frankie-O 8 років тому +1

    4:25 is when war really begins.

  • @nyankebab
    @nyankebab 12 років тому

    so true

  • @shitchops
    @shitchops 3 роки тому

    I TAPed this on Austar back in 2000

  • @nhaepdianbinhduong3004
    @nhaepdianbinhduong3004 4 роки тому

    Tên phim là gì vậy ad

  • @HeirofGojira91
    @HeirofGojira91 14 років тому

    @Sturmdude I understand that - I'm sure Saving Private Ryan and Band of Brothers also showed the example with Tiger I's; since there's only 6 surviving Tiger I tanks around the world (with the 131 captured in Tunisia the only decent one left functioning), they built a smaller TIGER I model on T-34 tank treads.... Or A Bridge too Far when they used a diff Panther..
    For this I realized it didn't exactly resemble a Panzer IV but I just wanted to know if it was meant to represent a Panzer IV Ausf F

    • @siftknife761
      @siftknife761 4 роки тому

      They are definitely a type of panzer IV I just dont remember which one

  • @masbenc1110
    @masbenc1110 3 роки тому

    Mantaapp... keno nggo hiburan.

  • @caduncan07
    @caduncan07 13 років тому

    @davor1873 how can you accuse someone of that when you weren't even there??

  • @TeamKuukiFoodGames
    @TeamKuukiFoodGames 12 років тому +7

    LOL idk why, but sandy's attack really made me laugh. cuz maybe like, i was imagining what the german art. crew was thinking...like....watching a guy burn after being shot by his own officers, then a husky american man waddling in with a flamethrower screaming like a banshee. they're like...WTfff--schnell!! xD

  • @chhuomvuthey588
    @chhuomvuthey588 Рік тому

    Something in Bryan

  • @capnhands
    @capnhands 14 років тому +3

    The only thing I disliked, were the sound effects to the M1 rifles. Sounds like someone clicking their tongue.

    • @siftknife761
      @siftknife761 4 роки тому

      Actually there where. Beauitful especially the mp40s

    • @siftwolffang1971
      @siftwolffang1971 3 роки тому

      I noticed they had two different sounds for them none of them sound like what u said

  • @NotesCollector
    @NotesCollector  12 років тому +13

    No need for Rambo then, Warren will suffice :)

  • @Vietcong01
    @Vietcong01 15 років тому

    there is one with a bazooka at 4:03 he´s in the right corner of the screen.

  • @w.p8960
    @w.p8960 4 роки тому +6

    I know it’s just an inaccurate movie but, you do not run with your thrower lit. Only 9 sec of fuel.

    • @GunsNScoop
      @GunsNScoop 3 роки тому +1

      He screamed longer than i can keep my breath for

  • @gryphussquadron
    @gryphussquadron 15 років тому +1

    Oh wow... Now I'm really confused. Thanks anyways. :P

  • @rocknrolla12992
    @rocknrolla12992 14 років тому +1

    shit warren gets picked on alot, "warren, your first", "warren take point" and he gets the flame thrower

    • @siftknife761
      @siftknife761 4 роки тому

      Gotta mold the sheep into wolves

  • @jasemalmutary9522
    @jasemalmutary9522 4 роки тому

    فيلم روعه

  • @RTSGAMER81
    @RTSGAMER81 13 років тому

    @PeterMayer
    i am German/American too, my grandfather was in a Panzer division during the fight at Bastone and i Study history almost every day, during Operation Barborossa the Germans destroyed the Red Army in months, and i could say if the germans wernt fighting a three front war then the americans wouldve taken the full force of the German Army, but you are right the battle at bastone was a show of how brave the Americans were

    • @siftknife761
      @siftknife761 4 роки тому

      I'm glad we american didnt fight that ahit alone. Would have been a real hand full. And more dead of us if it for other countries already been involved before we came into the picture. One could imagine we might have lost at some point. Who knows?

  • @landotter
    @landotter Рік тому

    Classic

  • @AAV47
    @AAV47 14 років тому +4

    Happy new year (After Flak cannon gets blown up!) :D

  • @vrabc5
    @vrabc5 13 років тому

    Gosh, those 88mm flak guns look so ridiculous, the barrel doesn't even move backwards when shots are fired.

  • @helghastelite
    @helghastelite 13 років тому +1

    the fireworks are probably made due to the shells burning and igniting...though those don't look like shell explosions

  • @Crossed-Bones
    @Crossed-Bones 15 років тому +3

    i did see the whole movie in fact it used to be my favorite! but he said " wed still be fighting those 88s" but i dont get why

  • @fredreddies1220
    @fredreddies1220 4 роки тому +1

    Poor warren

  • @gryphussquadron
    @gryphussquadron 15 років тому +3

    Anyone notice how they call him Captain but also Lieutenant?

  • @JonPL
    @JonPL 12 років тому

    In every game exploding ammo is portrayed similiar, and I don't talk about Call Of Duty :) also in serious mods and Jarhead film. So I don't think it's just the "low budget" thingy, it just might look like that I guess. (I was trying to find any video showing the ammo explosion inside tanks or stuff like that but no luck so far)

  • @Parkita71
    @Parkita71 15 років тому +1

    nahh it was two different guys

  • @BABYYSARA7515
    @BABYYSARA7515 Рік тому

    AKU PERNAH ADA KASI TAU, SESIAPA YANG MENINGGALKAN POSITION,AKU SENDIRI YANG AKAN TEMBAK DIA.

  • @frenchjeeper83
    @frenchjeeper83 4 роки тому

    Artillery barrage!

  • @manufactured_reality
    @manufactured_reality 8 років тому +21

    7:16 Warren wins WWII

    • @Frankie-O
      @Frankie-O 7 років тому +2

      Baxter became POW, which stood for Pussy Of War.

    • @jaycaballero2450
      @jaycaballero2450 4 роки тому

      Tank u

    • @siftwolffang1971
      @siftwolffang1971 3 роки тому

      @@Frankie-O he died actually

    • @Frankie-O
      @Frankie-O 3 роки тому

      Baxter burned because Manning shot the flamethrower; he didn't have a choice because they still would've been taking the fire from those 88s.

  • @jameslowman1355
    @jameslowman1355 5 років тому +2

    1:17 LT just running for cover no gear nothing

    • @siftwolffang1971
      @siftwolffang1971 3 роки тому

      Yea that's surprising but she'll shock is a firghtneing thing

  • @Sturmdude
    @Sturmdude 14 років тому

    @HeirofGojira91 it looks like they dressed a more modern tanks up to look like a panzer IV but they fail at making it look authentic.

  • @alessando97000
    @alessando97000 12 років тому +2

    GO WARREN

  • @nastynate4916
    @nastynate4916 7 років тому

    The 88s almost look like one of the Russian artillery guns because of the mussel brake

    • @siftknife761
      @siftknife761 4 роки тому

      The design does look different from the 88s I usually see in games and movies. So you could be right

  • @HeirofGojira91
    @HeirofGojira91 5 років тому +1

    Hmmm ... this film for starters we have Panzer IV Ausf H rather than Tiger I and Panther tanks .... :S and the fact in When Trumpets Fade it portrays nothing of how the U.S. won the battle in a single film and how the protagonist is one whom was the tragic hero and well ironically ends up in the same fate as what he was doing in the first film

    • @siftknife761
      @siftknife761 4 роки тому

      I'm glad it's done this way. Its beauitful in it's own way

  • @killajuggaloz5
    @killajuggaloz5 14 років тому +1

    lol those blanks sound like .22 shells going off lol

  • @Sberg94
    @Sberg94 14 років тому

    is this a low-budget movie? i mean it's pretty good and it's real but look at the effects godamn fireworks :O

    • @siftknife761
      @siftknife761 4 роки тому

      That's what's happens when ammunition is lite on fire it has that effect.

  • @HeirofGojira91
    @HeirofGojira91 14 років тому

    So Tank at 9:41 onwards is a Panzer IV? Or is it a Tiger with skirts?

    • @siftknife761
      @siftknife761 4 роки тому

      Those stent tigers. I different type of panzer IV

  • @mixedtubers6122
    @mixedtubers6122 3 роки тому

    Movie name

    • @Frankie-O
      @Frankie-O 3 роки тому

      When Trumpets Fade (1998)

  • @Salguine
    @Salguine 14 років тому

    @ACDCtheTHIRTEENTH
    It's not real?

  • @seliolopes3704
    @seliolopes3704 4 роки тому +3

    Houve momento que parecia o inferno para tropa americana verdade.

  • @1942ann
    @1942ann 13 років тому

    @RTSGAMER81: We Won - They Lost, nuff said.

  • @seaturtle908
    @seaturtle908 14 років тому +1

    riptorra556, Manning shot him in the back because everyone but him was about to run, you saw despin trying to go with him.

  • @Rumble578
    @Rumble578 13 років тому

    @Rumble578 戰鼓平息(Taiwan)

  • @JKno1
    @JKno1 15 років тому

    6?! try 60+ million.

  • @5seba56
    @5seba56 14 років тому +1

    lol fireworks

  • @zyzor
    @zyzor 12 років тому

    @zyzor this is exactly what they did to allied soldiers very frequentlly, the allies did not do this very often because they followed the rules of war.

    • @siftwolffang1971
      @siftwolffang1971 3 роки тому

      I call this necessary. Teach them not to start shit they cant finish

  • @conphzhi
    @conphzhi 13 років тому +1

    whyd manning shoot the flamethrower baxter guy?? didnt he want him to do that

    • @litorres4125
      @litorres4125 4 роки тому +1

      Conph he started running away and breaking the morale of the other replacements

  • @user-rf4wx2le6e
    @user-rf4wx2le6e 4 роки тому

    Что за фильм, подскажите пожалуйста?

  • @simpexxyoutube4069
    @simpexxyoutube4069 4 роки тому

    Hi

  • @thenoobfactor
    @thenoobfactor 13 років тому

    @paolofanderson Maybe in the German or Soviet army, not in the Allied armys however.

  • @ace16807
    @ace16807 15 років тому +2

    Why do the 88mm rounds look like 76mm rounds?

  • @christianwouters6764
    @christianwouters6764 3 роки тому

    The Kall river is in reality an insignificant mountain stream, in this film it is apparently a mighty obstacle .

    • @geodes4762
      @geodes4762 3 роки тому +3

      The significance is that it lies on the bottom of the trail at the end of the trail that leads down from Vossenach. Once the Kall is crossed the trail winds up to Kommerscheidt and then leads into Schmidt. Tanks needed to have a way to cross the stream. Today there is a stone arched bridge there. During the battle I believe the original bridge had been destroyed and engineers had built a Bailey bridge for troops and armor to cross. Have been down this trail many times. Even though the Kall is more like a creek here, it would have been a major bottleneck for tanks without an intact bridge!

    • @kevinlehnert9387
      @kevinlehnert9387 3 роки тому +2

      No, the lieutenant was hiding in it, crossed the whole river and the water barely reached his waist. The movie clearly depicts the river as insignificant and not a mighty obstacle. The whole point of the movie was to show that everyone pretty much died taking a fortified position that had no strategic value, it could have easily been bypassed but the officers wanted to do a "good job" and impress their boss and happily sent their men to their deaths to achieve mission accomplishment. And they weren't even able to take it in the end, it was just a pointless meat grinder.

    • @geodes4762
      @geodes4762 3 роки тому +1

      @@kevinlehnert9387 agree with your points about this being a pointless battle as a whole. At the company level, the officers, non commissioned officers and enlisted were simply following the orders of battalion, regimental, divisional and Corps level leaders who were largely detached from what was going on on the ground. In order to get even a half way appreciation of what company grade soldiers were up against, you have to actually “walk” that ground between Vossenach and Schmidt and then factor in the weather and how long the Germans had to prepare a defense there. What looks like relatively short distances on a map and even from standing in Vossenach and looking across to the area of Kommerscheidt is terribly deceiving. The selection of the Kall Trail as a main supply route was probably done with a map recon at higher levels and handed to the regiment charged with making the attack. A first hand recon would have quickly established that it was entirely inadequate to support tracked vehicles and provide enough supply throughput to support a regimental sized attack. As I have said, I have walked this trail several times. Not carrying equipment, not facing enemy resistance and not starting out cold, wet, hungry and scared shitless, I was totally spent by the time I walked from Vossenach to Kommerscheidt! The so called river at this point is not worthy of the name “river”. It is a wide brook but again would have been a “bottleneck” for any tracked vehicles that may have made it down into the gorge from Vossenach to start a winding trek up the other side, almost as steep, towards Kommerscheidt.

  • @kingofshortys
    @kingofshortys 15 років тому

    it is hilarious... haha....

  • @Crossed-Bones
    @Crossed-Bones 15 років тому +1

    he had no reason to shoot his back! idk why he would do that!

    • @siftknife761
      @siftknife761 4 роки тому

      That's where the fuel canister is. You saw the rest

    • @lathamlfilms
      @lathamlfilms 3 роки тому

      He was giving away his position and going off track. I suppose it was either shoot him or risk everyone’s life??

  • @jounb2774
    @jounb2774 4 роки тому +1

    懐かしい映画

  • @Soccermaster54
    @Soccermaster54 15 років тому +1

    2:34. I bet people actually did cry in World War 2 and wished they'd never join the army.

    • @siftknife761
      @siftknife761 4 роки тому

      Watching this makes my mind tense up and sadness builds up in my chest

    • @TitusCastiglione1503
      @TitusCastiglione1503 Рік тому

      A lot of GIs were conscripts… they never got a choice to join.

  • @Albion72
    @Albion72 15 років тому +1

    Too much random warrior screaming while holding hte trigger down.. :D

    • @siftknife761
      @siftknife761 4 роки тому +1

      Not warrior. Just fear of death

  • @Rumble578
    @Rumble578 13 років тому

    AA+

  • @Muhammad-uu3nu
    @Muhammad-uu3nu 3 роки тому

    Can soebody tell me why he killed his own man (the flametjrower). I dont get this 😥

    • @emtpilot132
      @emtpilot132 3 роки тому

      His team was about to runaway. He had to prevent that. Being shot for fleeing motivated his men. It was either beat the Germans or die.

    • @Muhammad-uu3nu
      @Muhammad-uu3nu 3 роки тому

      @@emtpilot132 Thanks for your explanation. But frankly i dont see that that buddy was running away except that he was out of control.

    • @geodes4762
      @geodes4762 3 роки тому +1

      He was running away in the opposite direction and the other men were about to “break” with him. Manning did the only thing he could to keep that from happening! It has been said that in combat, Baxter’s behavior is often contagious and once someone “breaks” and runs, others will soon follow!

    • @Muhammad-uu3nu
      @Muhammad-uu3nu 3 роки тому

      @@geodes4762 thanks for your explanation. I understand better now

    • @geodes4762
      @geodes4762 3 роки тому +1

      @@Muhammad-uu3nu Some would view what Baxter did as cowardice but I would not be as judgmental. I would say that he simply panicked under some very understandable circumstances. It is this “panic” that tends to spread of not checked right away.

  • @NotesCollector
    @NotesCollector  15 років тому

    Cheer up mate,i just posted the last video of the movie..hope you've had fun watching it!As for the response to gokory's question:it might sound a bit unappreciative,but hey!UA-cam is all about sharing,i'd know the feeling of frustration well when i wanted to watch a movie online but it just isnt there!

  • @RTSGAMER81
    @RTSGAMER81 13 років тому +1

    @PeterMayer
    r you kidding, a wehrmact soldier was worth at least 4 americans in experience and training, explain why the K/D ratio of the Wehrmact was the highest the world has ever seen, the americans were inexperienced and hastily trained, the only reason that the germans lost WWll is because of bombing raids, lack of superior industry, lack of support from the airand sea and being outnumbered, if it came to an equal fight between the Wehrmact and the americans the Wehrmact would win anyday