France '44: The Encirclement at Nancy

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  • @ArmyUniversityPress
    @ArmyUniversityPress  Рік тому

    Thank you for watching! To view more of our films, check out our full collection at www.armyupress.army.mil/Films/Feature-Film-Catalog/

  • @miltonwarden9033
    @miltonwarden9033 3 місяці тому +1

    These videos are all done so well with such a high production value. It ties in perfectly with all the ADPs and ATPs..really ties it in with real combat arms command doctrine and the graphics are GREAT

  • @jouxremi900
    @jouxremi900 Рік тому +2

    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 .❤❤❤

  • @Glen.Danielsen
    @Glen.Danielsen 2 роки тому +5

    The Army University Press’ work is absolutely outstanding-on several levels: depthful information, graphics, writing, and narration. 💛🙏🏼

  • @brucek1448
    @brucek1448 4 роки тому +18

    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.

    • @johnf8064
      @johnf8064 Рік тому +1

      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

  • @danielwyvern5
    @danielwyvern5 4 роки тому +9

    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 “.

  • @vinorob
    @vinorob 4 роки тому +4

    Excellent production. Very detailed and informative. You have won this history buff over and now subscribed. Thank you.

  • @internetstrangerstrangerofweb
    @internetstrangerstrangerofweb 4 роки тому +20

    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.

    • @Ajamaisoubliee
      @Ajamaisoubliee 2 роки тому +4

      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.

  • @justonemori
    @justonemori 4 роки тому +8

    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!

    • @Ajamaisoubliee
      @Ajamaisoubliee 2 роки тому

      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.

  • @jmaxh
    @jmaxh 4 роки тому +22

    Both narrator's voices are so crisp and clear, nicely done!

    • @johnd2058
      @johnd2058 4 роки тому +1

      SGT Jackson does an especially good job, IMO; NCOs, the backbone of the Army even when it comes to voiceovers.

  • @MakeMeThinkAgain
    @MakeMeThinkAgain 4 роки тому +5

    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.

  • @Call-me-James
    @Call-me-James 4 роки тому +5

    This is interesting stuff. I had no idea that military tactics could be so technical.

  • @Isen502
    @Isen502 Рік тому +1

    I love seeing history of forgotten battles. ❤

  • @collardalexandre7271
    @collardalexandre7271 2 роки тому +2

    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

  • @aking9999
    @aking9999 4 роки тому +2

    Great Documentary, spoken in a clear and concise manner, you will be able to understand all the aspects of the Program !

  • @edwardwright4633
    @edwardwright4633 4 роки тому +1

    These are very good. I was expecting your standard documentary but these are really instructional. Good job.

  • @batshit_for_ACME
    @batshit_for_ACME 4 роки тому +5

    Nice work here- clear, concise and engaging. Thanks for sharing!

  • @Vapefly0815
    @Vapefly0815 4 роки тому +16

    Thanks for your work, was waiting for this!

  • @nco_gets_it
    @nco_gets_it 4 роки тому +1

    another great contribution to PME. well done.

  • @JayEss414
    @JayEss414 4 роки тому +5

    High quality content,very good thank you.

  • @cpgoef6
    @cpgoef6 4 роки тому +11

    Another great film!

  • @Thevc3podcast
    @Thevc3podcast 4 роки тому +8

    Thank you!! I was patiently impatiently waiting for this 😂

  • @swissOBOP
    @swissOBOP 4 роки тому +3

    Always great material!

  • @terryfromsouthcarolina4601
    @terryfromsouthcarolina4601 8 місяців тому

    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

  • @JayEss414
    @JayEss414 4 роки тому +2

    fantastic footage

  • @少川靖男
    @少川靖男 4 роки тому +1

    so well made !!

  • @paulgerald5808
    @paulgerald5808 4 роки тому +5

    Leading to the Battle of the Bulge ,December , 1944 . September 17th ,Market Garden . Thank you .

  • @randymasten9183
    @randymasten9183 4 роки тому +7

    Well done Team!

  • @c5back9
    @c5back9 4 роки тому +1

    Outstanding historical record. It never ceases to amaze me the degree to which professional military leaders are expertly trained and prepared.

  • @djfiore7103
    @djfiore7103 4 роки тому +6

    Very good work, I love this channel, greetings from Argentina!!

  • @BryanHilferty
    @BryanHilferty 4 роки тому +3

    Great use of history to teach/reinforce current doctrine

  • @johnallen2771
    @johnallen2771 4 роки тому +8

    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.

    • @martentrudeau6948
      @martentrudeau6948 4 роки тому +1

      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.

    • @cpgoef6
      @cpgoef6 4 роки тому +2

      @@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.

    • @BrotherSurplice
      @BrotherSurplice 4 роки тому

      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.

    • @johnallen2771
      @johnallen2771 4 роки тому

      @@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.

    • @BrotherSurplice
      @BrotherSurplice 4 роки тому

      @@johnallen2771 Yeah my comment was more aimed at the first response, forgot to tag him, my bad.

  • @a4v2rocket
    @a4v2rocket 3 роки тому +2

    My grandfather was with the 313th FA Batt.

    • @Ajamaisoubliee
      @Ajamaisoubliee 2 роки тому

      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.

  • @tankgirl2074
    @tankgirl2074 4 роки тому +2

    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.

  • @rcgunner7086
    @rcgunner7086 4 роки тому +4

    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?

  • @johnheigis83
    @johnheigis83 4 роки тому +2

    Outstanding!

  • @philliestuntz7214
    @philliestuntz7214 4 роки тому +1

    Greatest tank battles, battle of arracourt episode

  • @KeithShuler
    @KeithShuler 4 роки тому +2

    Great stuff!

  • @leepeel7129
    @leepeel7129 4 роки тому +3

    Good stuff!

  • @enthalpiaentropia7804
    @enthalpiaentropia7804 4 роки тому +4

    Thanks a lot..!

  • @badmonkey2222
    @badmonkey2222 4 роки тому +1

    Very nice thank you. 👍

  • @mjc11a
    @mjc11a 4 роки тому

    Informative as it is educational. Thanks for the quality upload.

  • @muskyelondragon
    @muskyelondragon 4 роки тому

    Excellent

  • @davidmagnussen7664
    @davidmagnussen7664 4 роки тому +2

    Very interesting.

  • @douglasruss2889
    @douglasruss2889 3 роки тому

    My late father fought at Nancy. He was in ..'Third Division, 7th Infantry.

  • @MrDarrylR
    @MrDarrylR 3 роки тому +1

    I wonder if some nominative determinism compelled Lt. Col. Nance, PhD, to become a premier expert on the battles around Nancy.

    • @roycharlesparker
      @roycharlesparker 2 роки тому

      😂🤣🤣 I see what you did there! Well done!

  • @senator1295
    @senator1295 4 роки тому +1

    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)

  • @rafabrimzx9350
    @rafabrimzx9350 4 роки тому +1

    Gracias

  • @horacio0206
    @horacio0206 2 роки тому

    2:40 Nancy Gap- 2lines of Lorraine

  • @johnmehaffey9953
    @johnmehaffey9953 4 роки тому +1

    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,

  • @WizzRacing
    @WizzRacing Рік тому

    Wow has combined arms doctrine improved since then...I'm guessing they learn the hard way from WWII tactics...

  • @karlwestwood8962
    @karlwestwood8962 4 роки тому +3

    Now we’re. Talking. God bless them all

  • @bradenatkinson6401
    @bradenatkinson6401 4 роки тому +3

    You guys have no where near the amount subscribers you should have, it's a shame

  • @emmanueldidier321
    @emmanueldidier321 7 місяців тому

    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.

  • @melvincalp3418
    @melvincalp3418 4 роки тому

    SFC Albert F. Calp was there

  • @Columbiastargazer
    @Columbiastargazer 3 роки тому

    At least, Kelly, Big Joe, Donald Sutherland, Capt Stubings and the rest of the Heroes got their shipment of Gold

  • @doolittlegeorge
    @doolittlegeorge 3 роки тому

    *AIRPOWER
    AIRPOWER
    AIRPOWER
    AIRPOWER*
    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!

  • @dasgesicht6000
    @dasgesicht6000 4 роки тому

    The right pronunciation is Hasso von Mante-oofel (phonetic English)...FYI...

  • @RU-zm7wj
    @RU-zm7wj 4 роки тому +4

    Nancy is pronounced "NAHN-SEE, in this context.

    • @akondofswat209
      @akondofswat209 4 роки тому +2

      Non- see, the second N silent..

    • @stacystables117
      @stacystables117 4 роки тому

      AKOND OF SWAT
      Oui, Monsieur - bien expliqué 😉👍🏻

  • @pocketchange1871
    @pocketchange1871 3 роки тому

    Links to your claims plz

  • @shanemoore8055
    @shanemoore8055 4 роки тому

    11:36 mobile phone technology circa 1944

  • @reginaldmcnab3265
    @reginaldmcnab3265 4 роки тому +2

    Germany outnumbered and outnumbered but resilient and resolute! It would take many countries to defeat them including 3 superpowers.

    • @Mechanized85
      @Mechanized85 Рік тому

      yeah, you go live with shitler or along with their bastard.

  • @vondoobie4203
    @vondoobie4203 4 роки тому

    MET Report

  • @kimwarfield6320
    @kimwarfield6320 4 роки тому

    That is too complicated! Now I have a headache.

  • @willienolegs8928
    @willienolegs8928 4 роки тому +1

    Why have the gal read from the “book”?

  • @BillBird2111
    @BillBird2111 4 роки тому

    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.

    • @parappasan
      @parappasan 4 роки тому +1

      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.

  • @JO1K3R
    @JO1K3R 4 роки тому

    MET

  • @ИринаКим-ъ5ч
    @ИринаКим-ъ5ч 2 місяці тому

    Moore Larry Lopez Amy Lee John

  • @asd6557
    @asd6557 3 роки тому

    “Retrograde” means “retreat,” right? Speak English.

  • @Trillock-hy1cf
    @Trillock-hy1cf 4 роки тому +2

    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

  • @willoutlaw4971
    @willoutlaw4971 4 роки тому

    Trump says American servicemen and servicewomen are "suckers and losers".

    • @Mechanized85
      @Mechanized85 Рік тому

      that more like is your butthole say so. i don't care this stupid orange man, but neither care your rubbish words.

  • @JohnWalker-mo8wg
    @JohnWalker-mo8wg 4 роки тому

    Mom

  • @Justin_Kipper
    @Justin_Kipper 4 роки тому +6

    Absolutely great video, but drop the silly diversity narration. What's next, a rapper joining in too?

    • @teatime6597
      @teatime6597 4 роки тому +1

      ..and the daft "generic tv-show background rock music"! The producers underestimate the intelligence and attention span of the audience.

    • @cpgoef6
      @cpgoef6 4 роки тому +1

      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.

    • @PJ-pj8lr
      @PJ-pj8lr 4 роки тому

      yep already had a guts full of house wife "military experts" on the history channel.

    • @returntonature8773
      @returntonature8773 4 роки тому

      @@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.

  • @kentnielsen8034
    @kentnielsen8034 4 роки тому

    god i take a army to make history boring :/

    • @Mechanized85
      @Mechanized85 Рік тому

      then, even you make own things will be not boring? don't freaking lie your own asses.

  • @JohnWalker-mo8wg
    @JohnWalker-mo8wg 4 роки тому

    ,

  • @typxxilps
    @typxxilps 4 роки тому

    Luckily Rommel was driven by instinct.

  • @etiennenobel5028
    @etiennenobel5028 4 роки тому

    Get on with it! Nobody here is about to lead an army into battle. lol

    • @Mechanized85
      @Mechanized85 Рік тому

      because your brain and eye didn't pay attention, don't even listening any single things, so yeah, get it nothing.

  • @richardwaugh2049
    @richardwaugh2049 3 роки тому

    Your manual reading thoroughly killed what might have been a good history lesson

    • @MrDarrylR
      @MrDarrylR 3 роки тому +2

      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.

  • @henrykaye888
    @henrykaye888 3 роки тому +1

    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. 😂