The Lone Tiger I Rampage after D-Day | Normandy, 1944 (ANIMATED)
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- A week after the D-Day landings on Normandy, in a small French village, disaster struck the Allies. A lone commander of a German Tiger I Panzer went on a rampage, destroying over two dozen Allied vehicles.
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A very famous event, exceptionally presented.
Well well well, if it isn't the channel behind the channel. A warm hello to you Hoc Est Bellum
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@@timmcclymont3527 Greetings!
My history Professor once told me " We, as historians have an obligation to the past.
We have to constantly remind ourselves that nothing which happened in history was unavoidable or preordained...except German counter-attack.
@@TheInfidel_SlavaUA and it sounds like you never graduated high school, since you don't understand that all Germans serving a Germanic armies since history is not the same as a Nazi
Wittman is a Legend. Good work ! ❤️
I had heard a lot of things about Whittman's rampage around this time. But not much about the other German tanks. This was nicely done.
My Great Uncle was in the Rifle Brigade at Villers Bocage and in one of the first vehicles hit by Wittman. As he was laying at the side of the road wounded, a German soldier appeared and was about to shoot him, just then a tank pulled up and the commander leaned out of his turret. When he saw my Uncles "Desert Rat" patch on his uniform he told the German soldier "We don't shoot desert rats"! He was then taken prisoner. My Uncle swears that it was Wittman!!
A few months later he escaped and linked up with the French Resistance and managed to fight his way back to the Allied lines.
Wittmann belonged to the SS, they did not fight under Rommel in Africa and Wittmann wasnt as chivalrious as a Kurt Knispel. I dont know if your story is true or false but i, for my part, doubt it.
Im german and im a history buff so i have quite the knowledge, especially during the Frederick the Great and Ww2 era. And we all know to at least a certain extend about the SS‘s reputation. And Wittmann was a Hitler enthusiast btw
@@niko7626This story sounds like a made up.
While advancing into Villers-Bocage with his Tiger, Wittmann wasn't accompanied by Infantry.
And he lost his Tiger in Villers-Bocage, so this couldn't happen afterwards because he and his crew had to flee on foot north east, not on the road he entered the village.
Utter nonsense.
"Wittmann wasnt as chivalrious as a Kurt Knispel"
No evidence Wittmann wasn't.
Made-up nonsense.
@craigdreghorn2127
May I ask your great-uncle's name, please? I'm wondering if there's any info on him in 1 RB's missing file.
I first heard of Wittman and Villers-Bocage playing the Tank Simulator Panzer Front for the PS1. You start as Wittman on the main rode facing the long line of Half Tracks that are pulled over to the side.
Excellent video. I think a small holiday was good because the quality of the vid is outstanding. More so than before the break. Cheers.
Well done!!! Battle of Caen would be my choice for the future. The battlefield performance of the infamous 12th SS Pz Div in continuous combat for 2 months, was legendary. Their formation and training is a interesting story too, as some of the new innovations used in training (battlefield conditions, no "square bashing", parade marching, et al), and the recruitment and organization of the soldiers themselves (18-19 yr olds, lead by a cadre of Eastern Front exp., battle hardened NCOs and Officers), is almost SOP in modern armies today.
Eastern Front battle hardened NCOs and Officers are SOP in modern armies?
@@zurgesmiecal Experienced Commanders, young recruits, if I didn't say it the right way. I can't type all the info, read Michael Reynolds, Steel Inferno, The 1SS Panzer Corps in Normandy, for the details. The 12SS battle history is quite impressive, albeit very short, most of these young men and officers died on their feet, in 3 months of constant combat with no relief. They fended off 6-8 British and Canadian Divisions (one division) and made securing Caen on D+2, in highnsight, a laughable objective. eventually it took "Monty" a month to take Caen itself, after he bombed it and it's civilians into rubble, and the Germans were already gone, but made taking Caen irrelevant, until he took the hills south of Caen, which took the idiot 2 more months to take.
@@zurgesmiecal Also, the training regimen was very different from standard training of the time. The general training of the time was to brow beat a recruit, forcing them to march in lines, parade marches, "square bashing". a lot of barracks centric close order training. The 12th SS skipped all that. They concentrated on physical fitness (which is the same in other armies), but shifted towards actual field operations instead of marching at the barracks, chanting cadence. Also these deadly experienced officers and NCOs from the 1SS (Witt, Meyer, Wunche, Mueller, Waldmueller, Pappa Krause, Olbeoter, et al) trained the troops in the mud, standing next to them, not in a comfy command post 3Km away, with binoculars and a radio. These troops were 17-19 yr olds, from the Hilterjungend Org. Boys drafted into I guess you could compare to the Boy Scouts (except Boy Scouts are not Nazis), learning fieldcraft, shooting, phys. fitness since they were 7 years old. They made up about 70% of each company of panzergrenadiers. They trained about 8 months before being deployed to Caen on the evening of D-Day, even Von Rundstendt considered them "not ready for deployment", their history would prove him wrong.
@@3idraven714 Only an idiot would claim 12th SS was fighting 6-8 Divisions on its own. Truth is 12th SS destroyed in Normandy. 12th SS in effect destroyed in EPSOM. They never recovered from that drubbing and thus ended up like all the other Germans-running back home and abandoning all their heavy equipment. Over 400,000 Germans were killed/captured in the summer of 1944 and by any measure that is a catastrophic defeat.
@@michaelkenny8540 I see you've read the "Vae Victus" version.
Great video presentation as usual, hoh .
I'm not even joking, I just watched a documentary on this battle yesterday.
Dang, the universe just really wants me to see this, huh?
been waiting rather hungrily for a seven years war video for quite a while now, tho it is nice seeing you back. great vid!
Next Friday is about Krefeld!
If I remember correctly, one of the reasons why the German High Command did not believe the Allies main landing was the Normandy beaches was because of how much the terrain benefited the defender.
It’s really great to see this outstanding victory of the Black Baron Michael Wittmann as a documentary on this channel. But when do you continue with the Seven Years War? It’s already quite a few days ago since we saw the last video about Fredericks war of survival.
Tomorrow!
Nice a WW2 video! excellently done HOH as always
Very nicely done, thnx. Would be nice to see more stuff a bout tiger 1 panzers, maybe something with operation zitadelle, battle of kursk.
Great suggestion!
@@HoH For example, the panzer ace, Franz staudegger, from 1st SS LAH with tiger number 1325.
So kind of interesting the tactics used here.
Wittman seems to have gone of a near suicidal attempt at distraction while the rest of his company attacked point 213. It was likely that they were worried about attacking 213 and getting flanked from the village, so Wittman took himself into the village to cause enough distraction that any re-enforcements would have to get into battle order outside the village and then slowly push through to clear out his tank, giving his unit time to conduct their attack before enemy reinforcements arrived.
I seriously doubt he thought his distraction attack would be that successful when he started.
I also really enjoyed your previous video on Michael. Thank you!
I like how everyone keeps saying that this was a disaster for the allies. If anything, it was a fairly large blessing.
I really enjoyed the aerial map animation of this tank assault. Michael Wittmann was a super tank ace beast. How he got finally taken out was an inevitable outcome but a shame nonetheless. Despite him being on the wrong side of history, he was a brave and fearless tank warrior and deserves praise for being one of the best tank commanders in WWII, if not in the top ten aces ever. It's too bad that he wasn't able to be taken alive. There has been some controversy around how Michael Wittmann and his number 007 Tiger I was destroyed. Some say it was a British RAF Typhoon firing a couple rockets at his Tiger. While the more popular version was a British Sherman Firefly fired two rounds into the Tiger that caused the 88 ammo to explode, blowing off the Tiger's turret. It's probable that Wittmann would rather have died than to surrender. Anyway, the video was great. My only pet peeve is that the animation video could not be zoomed in for a more practical depiction of the battle from inside the tank's turret, driver etc. and shown more realistic distances as the tank attack occurred. Cheers!
There is no controversy over Wittmann's demise. He was destroyed by fire from one of two groups of Shermans. No one knows who fired the fatal shot but it is 100% certain it was a Sherman. The claim he was hit by aircraft is an old excuse used by those desperate to explain how a Sherman could destroy a Tiger. There is not a shred of evidence it was aircraft but people (Wittmann groupies) like to bring it up just to cloudy the waters because they can not ever accept a Sherman killed Wittmann.
More probably he was destroyed by the Sherbrooke Fusiliers who were only 200 yards away. Coincidentally Rad Walters the Allied Tank Ace was in this unit,the Canadians were in a perfect ambush position behind a stone wall and could not believe their luck.Talked to an old vet who was actually there,he said the Brits were in an orchard about 800 yds. away and they caught the SS tanks in enfilade fire.Norm Gilchrist did a well researched documentary on this subject and confirmed the old vet`s recollections.
The endless 'who actually killed Wittmann' arguments are deliberate distractions. It suits a certain readership to muddy the waters and introduce all manner of idiotic 'what iffery' scenarios to save the reputation of both Wittmann and The Tiger tank. The ONLY unknown is which group of Shermans hit Wittmann's Tiger. That it was a Sherman Unit that killed Wittmann is 100% certain and I think it is a complete waste of time to endlessly quibble over exactly which group fired the fatal shot.
@@davidkgreen Thank you for sharing.
Found you by luck. Gained 1 new subscriber! Great content my friend
Important to remember the Germans lost 8-15 tanks including 6 tigers in this battle which was a huge blow. (They only had 36 in Normandy).
However, they did prevent an early advance on Caen via the back door. Had Wittmann not showed his quick thinking and initiative, Panzer Lehr may have become surrounded and the British may have got to Caen behind the Germans.
It seems that Wittmann knew no fear, and I suspect that he knew he probably would not survive the war.
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Two things:
The other German panzers were PzIVF2s and one PzIVD/E not Tigers.
Models you used are also wrong, those are Tigers II.
Tiger I:
Here’s…Johnn-TIGER!
Literally most allied tanks that can’t penetrate Tiger I:
Oh God!?
This was great! I thought that wittman’s final tank was hit by a typhoon air attack though?
There is no reason to think that. Plus, planes of that time were actually not good at hitting individual tanks.
A Canadian Firefly got him, they didn't know who he was, they just shot at the leading tank from some 800 meters within some tree cover. Whittman was being reckless, not only didn't take any care, but also used to carry his tank with way more ammo than what was normally issued. The round hit the side of the turret, the picture shown in the video is the only one available, and was taken by a local some time after the war was over.
The remaining tanks turn around and left, without further casualties.
@hansvonmannschaft9062
Wittmann was not being reckless. It was Kurt Meyer who ordered the attack. Wittmann, as acting battalion commander, was not supposed to go but he was somewhat apprehensive about the attack and decided to go along because he felt the commander needed an experienced hand. By all accounts he was subdued and quiet that morning. As the attack got underway he was already concerned about the stand of trees on the front right. Hidden anti tank guns were his biggest concern.
The Canadians got him on his left flank from close range behind the chateau walls.
Very well done. Thanks for some unknown information here. 👍
6:50. There was no 'face-to-face' meeting of a Cromwell and Tiger tank in the main street. The Cromwell belonging to Dyas was knocked out much further east and never got a chance to face-off with anyone.
Yes there was a face to face meeting with the cromell, it popped off the first shot and it didn’t penetrate, wittmann then shot the tank and killed it with one shot.
@@usgonzalez2005 Incorrect. No face-to-face meeting. All the HQ Cromwells were knocked out before the road bends into Villers Bocage
Nice channel!
Interesting
*distances not to scale
Yeah, a heavy Tiger tank against a supply columns of unarmed trucks and medium tanks. That's a real achievement.
Those medium tanks were capable of taking out a Tiger on the flank at such close ranges. Plus, tracks and wheels etc could be damaged. His Tiger was not invulnerable.
Friedrich II where?
Modern C4i equipment, drones and specialised equipment make this anomalous event rare now. Unless against an asymmetric force.
The way cheap civilian drones are being used in Ukraine is pretty terrifying, dropping grenades on infantry and spotting for insanely accurate artillery and tank fire. I’d hate to be a soldier in a war between modern states, not that it was ever fun or easy.
Ambush is always a valid technique of warfare.
Why not any more of the 7 years war ? Really missing it.
Next Friday!
4:12. Wittmann was not 'entirely on his own'. At least one other 2nd kp. Tiger followed him and it was knocked out. There was probably a third Tiger as well.
cope and cry
Nice job mate , just use proper tiger tanks icons next video ( Wittmann commanded Tiger I and these are Tigers II ). The rest is great !
A well done video👍🏻 awsome
Thanks 👍!
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4:29.. The road was never blocked at any time. It was a very wide road and all the advancing Germans came down it with no trouble at all.
Excellent presentation. The use of an actual swastika as opposed to an "x" would have been much better.
I was worried when it took two weeks for a video
It's been a rough couple of weeks, but next Friday's video is almost ready!
@@HoH thanks for the reply I love your channel from Archdale NC USA!
Greatest Hero Of All Times💪🏻
Tiger 1 yet your video shows tiger 2
5:13 is incorrect. There were only 2 Stuart tanks not 3.
You stopped the Frederick the Great videos.
Why?
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5:28. Incorrect. There was no 'medical half track on this road. The information is taken from Taylors book and that book has since been updated and the incorrect claim dropped. The location of this half track (along with the 3rd Stuart) is miles to the west.
Wittmann was completely unknown to the Allied soldiers. None had ever heard of him and thus the claim at 10:45 that 'it was purely due to his medals they knew they had killed a high ranking officer' is bogus and completely made up.
You just said exactly what he said, " it was purely due to his medals they knew they had killed a high ranking officer " meaning to them he was completely unknown to the allied soldiers.
@@Hamid_Lightworker The bodies were buried without any sight of medals or anything else. No one at all, neither soldier or civilian, knew anything at all about rank or medals. I repeat Wittmann was completely unknown to Allied soldiers in general and anyone involved with the burials.
@@michaelkenny8540 I don't understand your point, do mean alliad soliders cannot understand different between medals on dead enemies soldiers whether those medals were lower rank or higher rank officers. If that man was wearing his military uniform which properly one way or other he did, it will be properly easier to guest if he is higher level officer or lower base on his medals provided that it didn't burn.
We talking about Germany army who were European which means all European armies had somewhat copied from each other the medal culture which makes other European to easily identify medals base on ranks, they were not unknown people like Mongolian army of ghingis khan no one knew anything about them or their medals, they were like aliens to some communities.
The man got his fame during the war, he was not famous general before the war, also there was not UA-cam back then to spread his imagine by propaganda of his country properly he was famous or atleast respected by those who fought against him, they might have heard one way or the other his name.
anyway who would want to glorify his enemy in meddle of ongoing war.
At 9:30 it says 'The British Armoured Division was no more than a heap of burning shrapnel and skeletons of once might tanks' This is a completely absurd over-the -top claim. At Pt 213 there was at most 1 Tank Squadron. An Armoured Division had 12 Squadrons. It is silly to claim that a 'Division' was destroyed. Laughably absurd.
Cope
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Excellent video. Nice to know there were two sides to this conflict. History is written by the victors, which does not make it factual.
Hail Michael Wittmann 🖤🤍❤️⚡️⚡️
History and then not showing historic symbols...
Wittman is the most overrated Nazi ever.
Insane, something like u see in movies and you would be -yeah theres nooo way that would happen.
Smth in war games that you manage to do in some epic moment of luck once in a decade... and after that you would say... -yeah in real world this would be impossible.
Please get back to the Seven Year's War, especially French Canada and Prussia.
Next Friday will be all about Hanover and the French!
@@HoH Also, pls do Plassey, Madras and Pondicherry ...and Louisborg, Ticonderoga and Quebec.
I think I was falling asleep and hit the "p" button
Lol
who wouldnt love the fking ss (all their atrocities and war crimes aside) in a conventional warfare theyre so fkin fun to watch lmao
If you listen closely you can hear a thousand FURY haters screaming all at ounce BUT Tigers would never Do that!!!!! As their argument bursts into flames 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
And we still will say Tigers never do that. Look at this terrain mate. In fury Tiger charged through open field , here he has full cover and total surprise element.
what bothers me about this vid is the extremes taken to avoid the German flag (Swatika) and referencing "Nazis". Why present history if you selectively leave out history? Excuse me I am going to watch a documentary on a humble man who helped people in ancient times named Atilla the humble. Pitiful. Hate to see you do one on Gettysburg, U S flags vs. Irish flags? Don't you mention Lee either...
Videos showing those symbols get removed from UA-cam. It is not my choice to leave out certain parts, but the site's policy forces me to.
you desperately need a proper narrator bro.
He is already it
He is doing fine to me
the hell u mean hes doing a Great job
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