The photo of Lt. Timmermann listing his date of death as 1951 peaked my curiosity so I did some research. For anyone else who may be interested, after the war Timmermann received an Honorable Discharge and returned to civilian life. It wasn't long, however, before he decided he missed the Army and chose to reenlist. Due to the reduction in size of the Army following the war, all officer billets were filled, but he was allowed to reenlist as a Technical Sergeant in 1947. At the start of the 'Cold War' Timmermann was once more commissioned as a Lieutenant in 1948. With the outbreak of the Korean War (Conflict) he was sent to that war zone where he participated in the Inchon invasion and saw several months of combat. During that period, he began suffering severe abdominal pain which was diagnosed as testicular cancer. He was medically evacuated to a hospital near Denver, Colorado for surgery to remove the tumor. Unfortunately, the operation was unsuccessful and he passed away in October of 1951. A sad and ironic end for a true warrior.
Hi Tom, his death in 1951 sparked my interest too. Instead of talking about the video itself, my girlfriend and I ended up talking about Timmermann's fate during dinner. Perhaps I should have mentioned it in the video. We know someone who suffered from testicular cancer, it is horrible and indeed, if you catch it too late it is lethal. It is a very sad end for a brave young man.
@@HoH The video was great and on point to the subject. Let's face it, you can't mention everything about everyone involved in a particular incident, not unless you are ready to do two hour segments. Those who are REALLY interested will catch the small points and do their own research. Maybe that is one of the great things about your vids. You not only provide excellent information but with the 'untold details' you just may inspire some people to start doing additional research and learn more on their own. Once they start researching history, they will hopefully continue to research history. That in itself would be a great thing! On a personal note, and I hope you don't mind, I am going to give you a piece of advice. If you have a girlfriend who is willing to discus history during dinner, then you had damn sure better hang onto her, because she is definitely a "keeper"!!! Give her a kiss on the cheek for me. (No offence intended.)😉
My father was in a US AAA gun battalion and his unit was rushed to Remagen to defend the bridge from German counterattacks. He told stories of his unit’s defense of the bridge from bombing, from special divers/swimmers acting as saboteurs, etc., only to see the bridge collapse into the river several days later. He was called down to help with the rescue of the injured men on the mangled bridge wreckage. He got to go back to the site in 1984, and all that was left were towers that stood on the banks of the river where the bridge used to stand. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you John for sharing your father's story. The Germans indeed threw everything they had at it during those final days once the U.S. Army captured the bridge - from V2 rockets to bombing raids by the Luftwaffe to those divers you wrote about. It is thanks to men like your father Europe enjoyed an era of prosperity and peace.
The book says that the tank crews examined blown-up bridges and carefully aimed solid shot to cut the detonator wires. The book says the main charge did not go off. It also said a Polish POW claimed he put defective blasting caps on some of the charges.
Thanks for the best presentation of what happened at Remangen I've heard. For a topic, I believe you've not yet taken up, how about the key meeting of allied leaders in which they decided how to respond to the German attack that became the Battle of the Bulge. It's the one where Patton said he could get three divisions to relieve Bastogne quickly. I've heard differing accounts of the circumstances around that meeting.
Excelent, as always. For those who want to know the subject first hand, there is an interview with german Sargent Willi Bratge, and us soldiers Timmermann, De Lisio and other soldiers who were in that operation. Just search in youtube.
Well done. Would like to know more about Augsburg and the surrounding area during WW2. I understand a complex of tunnels were found. It was close to Landsburg and of course Munich. Keep up your excellent research and presentations.
Must be so nerve-racking fighting over a bridge you know could collapse any second, great video, RIP to the brave soldiers Perhaps a video about the USA-UK-Soviet lend lease in detail with how German attempts to cut off supply near Murmansk and Caucuses would be interesting
I would like to hear about the advance of the French 7th army in may (1st DLM 4th Dragon Portés)1940 to the south of the Netherlands. What was the purpose and objective? Why not kept as tactical reserve as was planned and Did they clash with the German army or SS division ?
Hi Schepvogel, in a week I'll upload a video about Hobart's Funnies. They were specialized fighting vehicles, and I briefly talk about their usage during the Battle of the Scheldt.
I'm German, but actually we have done much more harm to the Sovejets, like killing 3 million POW's. We didn't done much harm to the Americans, and if they didn' came over, we woudn't had fight them at all.So i understand the sovjets a little bit.
Actually, the problems faced by the Americans and British along the Rhine were rather closely mirrored on the Dnepr in 1943, where Manstein tried to fortify the length of the river and turn it into a giant moat for the Reich. The Soviets' solution wasn't a mass rush of any particular point, but an employment of deep battle doctrine: exerting pressure across the whole line, while simultaneously making amphibious attacks across the river and landing paratroopers on the western side of the river. The result was an overstretching of Manstein's limited manpower: by the end of September, 23 bridgeheads had been established. As an Remagen, Manstein launched savage counter-attacks against these bridgeheads, but was ultimately unsuccessful.
I think you misunderstood. Bratge was court-martialed by the Germans (with violation of the German military law) for the failure to prevent Americans from taking the bridge. Thankfully for him, he was already in captivity, so the sentence couldn't be carried out.
They weren't! Only about 200 Pershings made it to to ETO before the end of the war, and of these, only about 20 saw combat. The Pershing would have a more significant role to play in the Korean War, but in WW2, the fighting at Remagen was one of its most significant combat actions.
The photo of Lt. Timmermann listing his date of death as 1951 peaked my curiosity so I did some research. For anyone else who may be interested, after the war Timmermann received an Honorable Discharge and returned to civilian life. It wasn't long, however, before he decided he missed the Army and chose to reenlist. Due to the reduction in size of the Army following the war, all officer billets were filled, but he was allowed to reenlist as a Technical Sergeant in 1947. At the start of the 'Cold War' Timmermann was once more commissioned as a Lieutenant in 1948. With the outbreak of the Korean War (Conflict) he was sent to that war zone where he participated in the Inchon invasion and saw several months of combat. During that period, he began suffering severe abdominal pain which was diagnosed as testicular cancer. He was medically evacuated to a hospital near Denver, Colorado for surgery to remove the tumor. Unfortunately, the operation was unsuccessful and he passed away in October of 1951. A sad and ironic end for a true warrior.
Hi Tom, his death in 1951 sparked my interest too. Instead of talking about the video itself, my girlfriend and I ended up talking about Timmermann's fate during dinner. Perhaps I should have mentioned it in the video. We know someone who suffered from testicular cancer, it is horrible and indeed, if you catch it too late it is lethal. It is a very sad end for a brave young man.
@@HoH The video was great and on point to the subject. Let's face it, you can't mention everything about everyone involved in a particular incident, not unless you are ready to do two hour segments. Those who are REALLY interested will catch the small points and do their own research. Maybe that is one of the great things about your vids. You not only provide excellent information but with the 'untold details' you just may inspire some people to start doing additional research and learn more on their own. Once they start researching history, they will hopefully continue to research history. That in itself would be a great thing!
On a personal note, and I hope you don't mind, I am going to give you a piece of advice. If you have a girlfriend who is willing to discus history during dinner, then you had damn sure better hang onto her, because she is definitely a "keeper"!!! Give her a kiss on the cheek for me. (No offence intended.)😉
I'm German, and living close to Remagen.
Somehow it's hard to imagine what life must have been like back then.
My father was in a US AAA gun battalion and his unit was rushed to Remagen to defend the bridge from German counterattacks. He told stories of his unit’s defense of the bridge from bombing, from special divers/swimmers acting as saboteurs, etc., only to see the bridge collapse into the river several days later. He was called down to help with the rescue of the injured men on the mangled bridge wreckage. He got to go back to the site in 1984, and all that was left were towers that stood on the banks of the river where the bridge used to stand. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you John for sharing your father's story. The Germans indeed threw everything they had at it during those final days once the U.S. Army captured the bridge - from V2 rockets to bombing raids by the Luftwaffe to those divers you wrote about. It is thanks to men like your father Europe enjoyed an era of prosperity and peace.
Really loved the video, I am a huge fan of these pieces of history I had never even heard about, and great quality as always!
Thank you very much, Alfie!
Thanks. I actually watched movie "The Bridge At Remagen," again a few months back. Seems it was actually pretty historically accurate.
The book says that the tank crews examined blown-up bridges and carefully aimed solid shot to cut the detonator wires. The book says the main charge did not go off. It also said a Polish POW claimed he put defective blasting caps on some of the charges.
Thanks for the best presentation of what happened at Remangen I've heard. For a topic, I believe you've not yet taken up, how about the key meeting of allied leaders in which they decided how to respond to the German attack that became the Battle of the Bulge. It's the one where Patton said he could get three divisions to relieve Bastogne quickly. I've heard differing accounts of the circumstances around that meeting.
Excelent, as always. For those who want to know the subject first hand, there is an interview with german Sargent Willi Bratge, and us soldiers Timmermann, De Lisio and other soldiers who were in that operation. Just search in youtube.
Well done.
Would like to know more about Augsburg and the surrounding area during WW2.
I understand a complex of tunnels were found. It was close to Landsburg and of course Munich.
Keep up your excellent research and presentations.
"Task Force 'Enema" " . . . Now i know this isn't what our speaker is saying, but that's what I keep hearing everytime he says it.
We Wish to feature about the Spanish Civil War
Yes
Must be so nerve-racking fighting over a bridge you know could collapse any second, great video, RIP to the brave soldiers
Perhaps a video about the USA-UK-Soviet lend lease in detail with how German attempts to cut off supply near Murmansk and Caucuses would be interesting
I would like to hear about the advance of the French 7th army in may (1st DLM 4th Dragon Portés)1940 to the south of the Netherlands. What was the purpose and objective? Why not kept as tactical reserve as was planned and Did they clash with the German army or SS division ?
We Wish to Feature about the March on Rome and Benito Mussolini
Thanks for the suggestion! I've made a note of it before, but it takes some time to research.
Great video. Do the battle on the schelde?
Hi Schepvogel, in a week I'll upload a video about Hobart's Funnies. They were specialized fighting vehicles, and I briefly talk about their usage during the Battle of the Scheldt.
HOH, do a video on the Ford factories in Germany US pilots were not allowed to bomb
Soviets would’ve rushed the bridge en masse.
I'm German, but actually we have done much more harm to the Sovejets, like killing 3 million POW's.
We didn't done much harm to the Americans, and if they didn' came over, we woudn't had fight them at all.So i understand the sovjets a little bit.
Actually, the problems faced by the Americans and British along the Rhine were rather closely mirrored on the Dnepr in 1943, where Manstein tried to fortify the length of the river and turn it into a giant moat for the Reich. The Soviets' solution wasn't a mass rush of any particular point, but an employment of deep battle doctrine: exerting pressure across the whole line, while simultaneously making amphibious attacks across the river and landing paratroopers on the western side of the river. The result was an overstretching of Manstein's limited manpower: by the end of September, 23 bridgeheads had been established. As an Remagen, Manstein launched savage counter-attacks against these bridgeheads, but was ultimately unsuccessful.
Those German officers who surrendered to the US survived the war. Those that fled back through the tunnel to their own lines were executed.
How dare the allies capture my bridge!
Can you feature the Battle of Malacca Straits please. Thanks
I don't have any books on it, but once the local library reopens I'll have a look!
@@HoH Thank you!
Why was he sentenced to death? Doesn't sound like a war crime.
I think you misunderstood. Bratge was court-martialed by the Germans (with violation of the German military law) for the failure to prevent Americans from taking the bridge. Thankfully for him, he was already in captivity, so the sentence couldn't be carried out.
Thanks Arthur! In hindsight I could have made that much, much more clear in my presentation.
A stupid question that I'm sure has been answered a dozen times, but the accent... Belgian?
In the video you said there were 4 Perishing tanks at the bridge. I did not think that the Perishing were that much in use at that time of the war.
They weren't! Only about 200 Pershings made it to to ETO before the end of the war, and of these, only about 20 saw combat. The Pershing would have a more significant role to play in the Korean War, but in WW2, the fighting at Remagen was one of its most significant combat actions.