France '44: The Encirclement at Nancy
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- Опубліковано 13 чер 2024
- In September 1944, the US Army XII Corps was ordered to cross the Moselle River as part of the Lorraine Campaign. This film includes lessons from current U.S. Army doctrine, specifically encirclement operations and tactics as well as passage of lines.
At daylight on 13 September, Combat Command A of the 4th Armored Division passed through the 80th Infantry Division’s bridgehead near Dieulouard initiating the encirclement at Nancy. The film begins with a discussion of the disposition of American and German forces in the Lorraine region of France in early September 1944.
It also offers an in-depth analysis of the region’s terrain and topography and how it limited the avenues of approach utilized by XII Corps during the campaign. The film then covers CCA’s and CCB’s actions on 13 and 14 September, the fight for Luneville, and the German Fifth Panzer Army’s counterattack near Arracourt.
At 48 minutes in length, this film is full of historical footage and photographs, virtual terrain, animated maps, and digitally-created doctrine graphics.
In case you missed it our France '44: The Wet Gap Crossings at Nancy WWII Documentary ( • France '44: The Wet Ga... ) presents the successful wet-gap crossing that established the bridgehead leading to the encirclement of Nancy, France.
Chapters
[4:40] Enemy Situation
[6:47] The Scheme of Maneuver
[11:28] Forward Passage of Lines
[19:44] The 25th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron
[21:45] Encirclement Operations
[25:05] CCA: 13 September 1944
[28:47] CCA: 14 September 1944
[31:05] Defending the Bridgeheads
[33:54] Encirclement Tactics
[37:14] The Planned German Counteroffensive
[39:07] The Action at Luneville
[41:00] The Failed German Counteroffensive
[44:32] “They shall be known by their deeds alone.”
[45:56] Credits
Doctrine:
[2:04] ADP 3-90 Offense and Defense; Encirclement Operations
[7:23] ADP 3-90 Offense and Defense; Security Operations
[11:28] Forward Passage of Lines
[12:09] Control Measures for Passage of Lines
[14:22] Battalion in a Wedge
[14:32] Battalion in a Company Column
[21:49] Offensive Encirclement Operations
[34:22] The Four Techniques for Reducing or Destroying an Encircled enemy force
[34:35] Squeeze Technique
[35:13] Hammer and Anvil Technique
[35:48] Wedge Technique
[36:20] Escape Route Technique
Misc:
[9:24] 4th Armor Division Organization chart
[37:35] 5th Panzer Army Organization chart
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Merci pour cette très belle vidéo concernant un fait historique de ma ville ! Je connaissais l'histoire de l'encerclement de Nancy, mais vous me l'avez très bien expliqué ( tactiques, Zones de combat etc) . Ma grand mère m'avait raconté cette bataille ( mais elle ne se souvenait pas de tout), comment mes grands parents ( résistants) avaient combattus les allemands pendant les combats de septembre . Comment cela avait été difficile pour elle , mon grand père et ses amis résistants, comment les allemands les ont traqué etc... Mais niveau histoire, vous êtes au top, très précis et très bien documenté et expliqué ! Je tiens particulièrement à vous remercier du travail effectué et vous féliciter pour cette vidéo très chère à mon cœur et à ma famille ! Merci, merci continuer comme ça ! Cela aide à mieux comprendre notre histoire et à ne pas oublier tout nos héros .❤❤❤
My dad commanded battery A of the 452nd Antiaircraft Battalion and participated in the encirclement of Nancy. I have a photograph of him leaning against the jeep in Nancy after Americans finally defeated the German. His leg is up on the fender of the jeep, cigarette of course in hand. He looks so cocky. I don't have the photo in hand but on the bal of the photo is something like "finally took Nancy, Patton says we should keep going as fast as we can". He later participated in the Battle of the Bulge and his unit ultimately ended up deep in Germany when. the war finally ended. My dad was white but he commanded a unit that was all African American, one of the very small handful of black units that was actually permitted to engage in combat.
Awesome! Was he in the 761 armoured of the 4th i.d.? Black regiment with white officers. The most highly decorated armoured regiment in 3rd army
I served with 1st Battalion 37th Armor in the early 1970s, stationed at Katterbach, Germany. Most of the battalion history was focused on their breakthrough at Bastogne. This was very interesting. “Courage Conquers “.
My dad was a tracked vehicle mechanic for the 4th Armored Division. He was shelled along with 3 other maintenance personnel somewhere between Nancy and Metz. He was the only survivor. Critically injured and unable to correct the confusion, his dog tags were placed on another person. Thus, he was counted as KIA for many months.
He was in a coma for more than a year and not expected to ever recover. Yet one day he did.
"I recall becoming aware of sounds and light." He told me. "I opened my eyes and there stood a nurse with her back to me. Well, hello there, I said. I'm sure my voice sounded like something unreal. That poor nurse toppled in a faint."
He later told me he could close his eyes and still hear that poor woman's head hit the floor.
When he was better able to communicate the identity confusion was cleared up.
His family was none the wiser and still thought him dead.
He recovered and led a normal life, having 2 sons, my older brother and I.
He lived until his 70th birthday in 1979. 34 years after being wounded, almost to the day.
Cheers
Terry
Excellent production. Very detailed and informative. You have won this history buff over and now subscribed. Thank you.
Both narrator's voices are so crisp and clear, nicely done!
SGT Jackson does an especially good job, IMO; NCOs, the backbone of the Army even when it comes to voiceovers.
I love seeing history of forgotten battles. ❤
My great grandfather fought in this battle I believe. James Loizes, a combat engineer technical sergeant who helped build pontoon bridges over the Moselle. Patton gave him a bronze star for it. I’ll have to look back into his discharge to find more details.
He was from the 5th infantry division ♦️, 3rd army of PATTON? He participated in the crossing of the Moselle near Dornot? He fought under fire from Fort DRIANT, a German fort? Many questions of course, but important questions for us because we are restoring Fort DRIANT! Visits are subject to reservation.
My grandfather was a tank commander in the 7th Armored. They were around Metz at the north end of all these maps as this was going down. Thank you for not only winning but making this video!
He was from the 5th infantry division ♦️, 3rd army of PATTON? He participated in the crossing of the Moselle near Dornot? He fought under fire from Fort DRIANT, a German fort? Many questions of course, but important questions for us because we are restoring Fort DRIANT! Visits are subject to reservation.
These are very good. I was expecting your standard documentary but these are really instructional. Good job.
This is interesting stuff. I had no idea that military tactics could be so technical.
Wow. This was one of the best military history presentations I have ever seen. With good doctrine, it's amazing what you can achieve with assets like M5s and M8s. I'll bet cavalry units were happy to see the M24 when they finally started arriving.
I see that the 704th Tank Destroyer Battalion used M18s in the fighting around Nancy. It seems like that would have been an ideal cavalry vehicle. I wonder if any troops managed to get their hands on one.
Great Documentary, spoken in a clear and concise manner, you will be able to understand all the aspects of the Program !
Nice work here- clear, concise and engaging. Thanks for sharing!
Another great film!
High quality content,very good thank you.
Hello thank you vert much for this accurate movie i m french Citizen and i live in bonviller à small village between luneville and the wald of parroy freed by the 79th infantry division in september 44 my grand mother used to tell me the hard battle of luneville .Today toi van still find traces of combat and find military stuff let by soldier
Thank you very much!!! I hope to see a same movie on the battle of Leintrey during november44 with the 44 infantry divison !Excuse my bad english but i hope that you can me understand
Always great material!
Thanks for your work, was waiting for this!
another great contribution to PME. well done.
Outstanding!
fantastic footage
Thank you!! I was patiently impatiently waiting for this 😂
Yeah, sure you were.
Well done Team!
Thanks a lot..!
Leading to the Battle of the Bulge ,December , 1944 . September 17th ,Market Garden . Thank you .
Paul Gerald Sorry, what’s your point?
My grandfather was with the 313th FA Batt.
He was from the 5th infantry division ♦️, 3rd army of PATTON? He participated in the crossing of the Moselle near Dornot? He fought under fire from Fort DRIANT, a German fort? Many questions of course, but important questions for us because we are restoring Fort DRIANT! Visits are subject to reservation.
Great stuff!
so well made !!
Very nice thank you. 👍
Very good work, I love this channel, greetings from Argentina!!
Great use of history to teach/reinforce current doctrine
Very interesting.
Great video, but honestly I think you glossed over Arracourt which was one of the largest armored engagements on the Western Front for the US. Could you guys cover it as a defensive battle? Like a hasty defense maybe?
nicely put together. It remains unfortunate that so little combat footage from the particular battle was used, with footage borrowed from the invasion front, Cherbourg, and Falaise Gap aerial strafing attacks.
Good stuff!
Greatest tank battles, battle of arracourt episode
Excellent
Gracias
Interesting video. Funny how all these tactical maneuvers really come down to one on one shooting. Soldier vs. soldier. You can plan all you want but you never know what's going to happen in war.
I agree, this is a classroom analysis of a real life war, I can't imaging Patton and his field commanders or their German counter parts ever talking like this, using technical language that is only understood by a geeky academics. The real life soldiers who fought in this battle on either side did not use language like this, for the most part they were mostly conscripted soldiers. This is not an interesting video for me.
@@martentrudeau6948 If you don't have a basis from which to plan and execute, then total confusion and chaos will reign on the battlefield at which time more unnecessary deaths on both sides will occur. It is important to understand what the unit on your left, right, rear, and front will be doing when the bullets start flying. Educating our military leaders from the most junior to the most senior is the fundamental backbone of a professional army.
Given that General Patton was well educated and very well-read on classical military history, I highly doubt that he would share your disdain for this excellent video.
@@BrotherSurplice I have no disdain for General Patton or this video. I just said when you come down to the end, it's one on one fighting and you don't know what's going to happen in war.
@@johnallen2771 Yeah my comment was more aimed at the first response, forgot to tag him, my bad.
Outstanding historical record. It never ceases to amaze me the degree to which professional military leaders are expertly trained and prepared.
Informative as it is educational. Thanks for the quality upload.
I wonder if some nominative determinism compelled Lt. Col. Nance, PhD, to become a premier expert on the battles around Nancy.
😂🤣🤣 I see what you did there! Well done!
My late father fought at Nancy. He was in ..'Third Division, 7th Infantry.
had the privilege, recently, to a Marine General (retired)...who was there in the thick of things in Iraq, has a book endorsed on the back by Tammy Wordsworth (saw it in the office). Now running of a small steel works company in Chicago (and sitting on a large inflated ball for an executive chair; due to back injuries) and she told me some things (as a female narrator; I guess)
Wow has combined arms doctrine improved since then...I'm guessing they learn the hard way from WWII tactics...
Now we’re. Talking. God bless them all
2:40 Nancy Gap- 2lines of Lorraine
You guys have no where near the amount subscribers you should have, it's a shame
My dad was in the royal artillery throughout the war and was in the retreat to Dunkirk, and said it’s all very well setting up the battalion in a tactical formation but the Germans were very adapt at changing the front so that threw your plans array so Patton was correct in keeping the Germans on the back foot so they couldn’t reform and begin a counterattack,
The right pronunciation is Hasso von Mante-oofel (phonetic English)...FYI...
SFC Albert F. Calp was there
My father, 16 years old, found and unburied young resistants who had been shot by the retreating Nazis the day before at La Malgrange college, in Jarvilles, in the suburb of Nancy.
At least, Kelly, Big Joe, Donald Sutherland, Capt Stubings and the rest of the Heroes got their shipment of Gold
Nancy is pronounced "NAHN-SEE, in this context.
Non- see, the second N silent..
AKOND OF SWAT
Oui, Monsieur - bien expliqué 😉👍🏻
MET Report
Links to your claims plz
Nm I found it
That is too complicated! Now I have a headache.
Why have the gal read from the “book”?
11:36 mobile phone technology circa 1944
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Failure to riposte this as doctrine means you have no doctrine, Commander.
Still...amazingly enough as straight up ground operations only an A+ for taking the initiative when giving Battle and always holding to that once gained.
No small thing when fighting in the enemy's literal backyard!
MET
It's good, but is also lacking. If you are going to show video, you must write to the video. As an example, when discussing the "screen option," one must show video of a screen taking place. Instead, there's just some video of soldiers shoveling dirt near a river. This means that whomever produced this threw up generic b-roll war video that may have been shot in the area, but had nothing to do with what the narrator was talking about. If you fail to write to video, the viewer and listener has a hard time following the narrative. Yes, it's true that writing to video does limit you somewhat. BUT, that's where excellent writers and producers come in. Narration is also crucial. But narration without matching video is useless. You can accomplish the objective here, the encirclement at Nancy, but if you're going to use video, you need to write to the video that is being used. The explanation sections are also good, but need covering fonts to better explain each scenario. Think of a weatherman delivering a weather forecast, where he or she is showing satellite footage of storm activity moving into a particular area. It's the same type of thing.
I'm not sure what this means. If the viewer doesn't already have the staff education to follow what's being said, he probably isn't interested in the topic anyway. Enlisted will be looking for videos discussing SUT, TLP etc. at platoon (-) or MDMP stuff at up to BN max, not Div or Corps staffwork.
@@parappasan I'm a former SPC but definitely interested in this stuff.
Germany outnumbered and outnumbered but resilient and resolute! It would take many countries to defeat them including 3 superpowers.
yeah, you go live with shitler or along with their bastard.
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Mom
“Retrograde” means “retreat,” right? Speak English.
speak of your ass
no
Not sure why two commentators were used, when one was enough?
Ha, troops smoking ciggies, didn't they know smoking was bad for their health.......lol
Absolutely great video, but drop the silly diversity narration. What's next, a rapper joining in too?
..and the daft "generic tv-show background rock music"! The producers underestimate the intelligence and attention span of the audience.
Justin, I challenge you to narrate a highly technical film. Sitting in a small soundproof booth which heats up rather quickly and the ability maintain composure to be able to speak clear and crisp is not an easy task. The different voice used is to signal to the viewer that a doctrine section has begun so those viewers who are not interested in that part of the film can either tune out, or skip ahead.
yep already had a guts full of house wife "military experts" on the history channel.
@@PJ-pj8lr Just because you feel inferior to women doesn't give a jackass like you the right to determine who's an expert and who isn't. Women can read too you dumbass.
Luckily Rommel was driven by instinct.
Get on with it! Nobody here is about to lead an army into battle. lol
because your brain and eye didn't pay attention, don't even listening any single things, so yeah, get it nothing.
god i take a army to make history boring :/
then, even you make own things will be not boring? don't freaking lie your own asses.
Your manual reading thoroughly killed what might have been a good history lesson
The intent here is clearly to use a history lesson to reinforce the doctrines in the manuals.
These seem to be instructional films for ROTC and OCS students. We're just lucky that the U.S. Army makes them publicly available.
Trump says American servicemen and servicewomen are "suckers and losers".
that more like is your butthole say so. i don't care this stupid orange man, but neither care your rubbish words.
I do find it amazing that American troops would risk their lives in order to fight for mass immigration and multiculturalism. I certainly wouldn't do it. 😂
ah, yeah hali shitler in hell.