When I was stationed in Germany from 90-94 a friend and I went to these. They looked the same back then as in your vid. Thank you for bringing back good memories
You never questioned why you are stationed in Germany after more than 40 after war? Even today enemy forces are still stationed in Germany... Please don't get me wrong, I have absolute no problem with you. Friendly greetings from Germany
@@mistersimple1986 it's not 1940 anymore. Welcome to modern Era. You know the german soldiers work with the "enemy forces". And seriously your comments was really not necessary, we don't need you to bring hate.
@@vgbondarev why great grandpa served in the U.S. army he was at Omaha on d-day I unfortunately never got to here his account of the war as I was very young when he died and he would never talk about the war he was in the 1st infantry
I gotta admit, when learning about history. Context aside, I am facinated with the German construction and levels of projects they pursued and completed. They were very creative and cutting edge for the time period. I'm really curious about how many things and bunker's we can still discover if we keep exploring for uncovering things from our past. It's worth learning about and documenting. No matter what. Even the difficult situations we learn immensely from, if we have the right Perspective. Greater compassion and empathy for our fellow human can come from it and that's just one aspect.
Beautifully written. In a time when places like the US are removing aspects of their Civil War history, this type of thinking needs to be considered more often.
You have to wonder where did Germany get the money to build its Military Industrial Complex when they were expected to pay back war reparations from WW1 unit 1980... WW2 is not what you thought it was, Hitler was created and financed by the current industrialist of the time. Its disgusting when you finally learn the truth about how Hitler was able to build such an army with Germany being broke
@@jakobwithak3805 A history removed is a history forgotten, and doomed to be repeated in one sense or another. At the very least confederate monuments and statues should be displayed in museums, alongside proper context and facts of their meaning and actions of those they portray.
I think we all know what Germany did in ww2 was awful, but if you're able to look past that they were geniuses. Their engineering, their scientists, way ahead of their time
This line goes trough my garden. The dragon teeth are still there but I think all of the bunkers were destroyed after the war. I'm not sure if they fought there but you can see little holes in the dragon teeth that look like bullet holes.
My Signal Corps Father [1923-2002] Survived the Hurtgen forest while serving with the Eighth Infantry Division. He was recalled for Korea. I am the direct result of his return (wounded) from there (KOREA) During my military career (1972-1998), I served in both Germany & Korea like my Father before me.
@@Alanoffer The american troops only stopped communism, the suffering the europeans felt and the resistance that held out are the people we should thank, from those in Poland to France, From London to Moscow. The Americans helped shorten the war and I thank them for that but we do not owe them a lot to thank.
@@bullet6140 We do have a lot to thank to the Americans, without them the African campaign would've been a Axis victory, without them we would lose because we couldn't supply ourselves, without them Normandy could never have happened, the Resistance helped this however.
@@TotallyKoolaidNormandy only saved Westen Europe From Communism as the Soviets were barreling their way to berlin, The African Campaign was mainly thanks to the British and CANZUK Forces, America mainly just shortened the war and lowered overall suffering
@@bullet6140 Normandy saved western Europe yeah, because no other power like Britian could do it, without America's entry into the war and Normandy the Germans would still be rulers of Europe, The soviets only broke through the German east because of the supplies from the Americans and British.
Fixed fortifications are monuments to the stupidity of man. If mountain ranges and oceans can be overcome, then anything built by man can be overcome And they were...
I always love watching your videos and seeing how the channel has grown. It keeps me motivated to keep working on my own. Keep the great content coming!
i live right around the corner and went to high school in Hürtgen. The battle for Hürtgen (more specifically Vossenack, the village right next to it) is often called "the verdun of the second WW". No other battlefield had more material used than there. I can assure you, i have seen the local EOD groups 1-2 times every month because there is still material being found.
I find it intriguing that so many people came together and built amazing things to fight against one another… imagine what humans could accomplish if we worked as one.
I was stationed at Zweibrücken Germany from 1988-91. Used to go looking for lots of the old bunkers. Found many but all the relics were always to rusted or rotten. We also went just over the border and got to visit the maginot line the French built.
it must have been such a horrifying place to fight trees everywhere, thick fog, everything is muddy, enemys could be anywhere, you're probably cold, wet and exhausted, sleeping in a ditch (if even), gun shots and grenades going off everywhere, screams of humans dying/getting wounded i'm glad these remains still exist, sites like this are the testimony of the 2nd world war and let you atleast believe to understand a glimpse of what it was like nice video.
My grandfather (a captain) fought in the Hurtgen Forest battle and I remember as a child him telling stories, of vehemently arguing with his superiors (a major and a lt. colonel) that they should wait for supplies and go around the forest. There was concern of perhaps flanking maneuver by Germans but my grandpa said that idea was nonsense, they had no ability to flank at that point in the war plus the forest itself made it impossible. He obviously lost the argument and lost about half of his men before it was all said and done.
My father-in-law was in the First Army VII Corps and fought in the Hurtgen Forest. One of those fox holes may have been his. He told me under one German 88 tree burst artillery attack his fox hole buddy was so terrified he started to dig another hole into the 'side' of the fox hole to put him self into.
My dad served in the 1st division during WW2. He almost lost his foot because he suffered from a severe case of trench feet. He told us that it probably saved his life since he would have undoubtedly had to fight in the Battle of the Bulge. He suffered from nerve damage as a result of getting trench feet.
Denmark as well has a fair share of German WWII bunkers, the vast majority on the west coast of Jutland. Down south the mighty "Tirpitz" battery, and up north at Hanstholm enormous guns that with their counterpart up in Norway could completely close the gap at Skagerak sea. As a child in the 1970's I played in these bunkers not far south of Hanstholm.
This guy lives my dream. I have a massive fear of flying and heights... but some day before I die, I'm going to visit Belgium and walk through history.
Just as my Dad had a fascination with the Civil War... he finally made his pilgrimage to Gettysburg a year or two before my Mom passed away, and now I know what I'm meant to do.
Maybe make a video on Robert Cahow, how he died trying to take one of these bunkers and how his body was not recovered for almost 70 years. You were walking in the area of his memorial. He was a three time volunteer. He volunteered for the Army and was trained as an MP. He then took a reduction in rank to volunteer for the infantry. Then on 15 Dec 1944, he volunteered to assault one of those bunkers and was killed. Remarkable and sad story.
The Battle of Hürtgen Forest (German: Schlacht im Hürtgenwald) was a series of fierce battles fought from 19 September to 16 December 1944, between American and German forces on the Western Front during World War II, in the Hürtgen Forest, a 140 km2 (54 sq mi) area about 5 km (3.1 mi) east of the Belgian-German border.
Amazing to see this! Until a few years ago I lived in Nijmegen, close to Emmerich and Kleve. I checked old maps to see where the Siegfried Line began, which seemed to be the Reichswald. I went looking for the most northern part but did not find it there. Although satellite images do show something over there.
I would really love to go to Nijmegen. There was heavy fighting there, during Operation: Market Garden. U.S. paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division fought a bitter battle to capture Hunner Park and the traffic circle at the base of the bridge, however the SS troops that were stationed there were too dug in, so the paratroopers had to wait for tanks from the Irish Guards (I think they were from the Irish Guards, I can't remember) to support them.
A monument to stupidity.... well there's 30,000 casualties to suggest otherwise. The stupidity was the loss of life in that whole bloody mess of a war. The stupidity is that we tend not to learn from our past and will continue to make the same mistakes into the future.
Complete monument to stupidity, the Germans relied on the line to stop the advance and it didn't. The US Army had crossed the Atlantic Ocean with everything necessary, a few concrete barriers weren't going to stop anything. And they didn't. Stupidity.
Used to ride my Harley right by the ones between Roetgen and Monschau on 258 all the time. It was part of my favorite route to ride. There's also an old machine gun bunker just off the side of the road before you get to the main roundabout at Monschau on the same road. I rode by it many times until I just happened to notice it one day.
These little, "mini-documentaries" are incredibly well put together and presented. Very succinct, very well produced, and easy for anybody, really, to follow along. 👍 I've certainly stumbled upon my fair share of such content that isn't quite backed by some larger professional historical or archaeological organization, usually put together by some dude lol constructed using stock footage and images, to varying degrees of appropriate context, typically narrated by either themselves or more usually, seemingly, using that insanely irritating robot voice. That's without mentioning the creeping doubt that sets in, inevitably, about the basic quality of the information provided. Making it difficult, (if not impossible,) to trust in the credibility in the content being offered. (needless to say, _provisional footnotes and source inclusion notwithstanding,_ one shouldn't have to do even _further_ research verifying something being presented in an educational capacity.) I suppose it's just refreshing to finally get useful historical information presented in a more coherent, more professionally produced video. (despite the ultimate overall length.) It seems so trivial, but it's really not lol the quality control being demonstrated does wonders inspiring confidence in credibility. (I'm just sayin' ✌)
no bunker is 5.00 meters thick!! there were a total of 4 extensions and the thickest was 3.50 meters thick (extension A). The bunker shown in the video is of type 10 with an attached fighting room and has a ceiling and wall thickness of 1.00-1.50 meters (construction thickness B). the bunker number is 110
I recommend to you to fly by helicopter or small one engine plane from Hamburg to Sylt. You will see a lot of sinkholes in the ground. Still visible from WW2. The Britains threw down their bombs to be lighter to make it home over the channel again.
27 million were killed on the fronts. And the total human losses amounted, according to various estimates, from 55 to 80 million people. The biggest losses were suffered by the Soviet Union - 26.6 million, China - 13.5 million, Germany - 6.48 million, Poland - 6 million (of which more than half were Jews, victims of the Holocaust), Japan - 3.76 million and India - 3 million,Great Britain-1.65.USA-1.53.
I remember being in France an finding a destroyed bunker close to the beach and took home a piece of it with me. its legit just a piece of concrete with metal spikes
First time I heard about the dragon's teeth was playing COD2 Big Red One. I imagine this must have been even or as harder as Normandy in some areas even if it was ineffective at the longest extension. Respect, allies back in the days had balls made of titanium. US wasn't stopping. And never did stop.
Should have made a very very deep and wide ditch or something so to make almost impossible to cover up the dragon's teeth with dirt for tanks and vehicles to get across 🤔👍
My dad was in WW2 and I have no clue about what he endured during that time along with the others 😢 he never did talk much about it and what I did get out of him was 😢😭😓🤮
My grandfather (he passed when I was a baby) fought in ww2 and my father said he never talked about it so it was no surprise to my father that I've not discussed my experiences in Iraq. He understands I'd rather just let the memories fade and try to move forward.
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The moss covered dragon's teeth of the Siegfried Line, wow, I'm just curious if you had any hesitation walking there on the possibility of latent landmines? I mean, I'm not sure, perhaps you know the area has already been cleared?
most of those areas have already been cleared, I'f they were not, you'd definetly be prohibited form walking there (via "DANGER, EXLPOSIVES!" signs) or it'd just straight up be fenced off
What baffles me is the fact that this line is actually not called "Siegfriedlinie" in german. One would think that the term is definately a Nazi-Propaganda idea. But it isn't. The Nazis simply called it "Westwall" which means "Western Wall".
i wonder why patton called it a monument to mans stupidity, was it because it ended up being a massive waste of resources that was quickly bypassed anyways?
Fixed fortifications are monuments to the stupidity of man. If mountain ranges and oceans can be overcome, then anything built by man can be overcome. Patton.
It's pretty well accepted it's OK to talk shit about the Germans and call this a monument to stupidity, but if this had been something the allies had built it would be praised as engineering genius.
The Hurtgen Forest was known as the forest death. Even the Allies fall in their number there, along with the Germans, Wet and muddy place as well. I hope that nothing like this happens again in History, with no country going to war.
Patton's army went right over the "dragon's teeth" The US army crossed the Atlantic ocean. A few concrete barriers weren't going to stop them... and they didn't.
@@janvranjes4554 no because most can be air dropped out of cargo planes with parachutes. Modern technology. Wouldnt slow down a thing. Global satelite could easily direct through areas thats already covered. Could also easily get troops via helicopter and actually have missiles that can reach far beyond any missiles that was created during ww2
I love your content, but what I don't like is the fact that the intro takes over 10% of the actual video. Please remake the intro to be shorter and more to-the-point.
Thanks for video. You should visit Trandumskogen (Trandum woods) in Norway where germans trained shooting by tanks, and also killed 173 norwegians, 15 russians and 6 british by execution.
When I'm old enough, I would like to visit Germany, along with other battle grounds to see what history still lies beneath the earth. I want to learn German in the meantime so I can be capable of doing more.
When I was stationed in Germany from 90-94 a friend and I went to these. They looked the same back then as in your vid. Thank you for bringing back good memories
You never questioned why you are stationed in Germany after more than 40 after war? Even today enemy forces are still stationed in Germany...
Please don't get me wrong, I have absolute no problem with you. Friendly greetings from Germany
@@mistersimple1986 You had zero reason to post this comment other than out of ignorance, One day you might wake up.
@@benfoot4212 explain your view. Maybe you can enlighten me 🤷🏼♂️
Well to be honest they not gonna get up and walk
@@mistersimple1986 it's not 1940 anymore. Welcome to modern Era. You know the german soldiers work with the "enemy forces".
And seriously your comments was really not necessary, we don't need you to bring hate.
It’s crazy to me that I have met ww2 veterans and that my generation is gonna be one of the last that got to speak to them
My grandfather served in the Soviet 13th Rifle Battalion in the war. I am sad he will not get to meet his grandchildren.
they will never be forgoten by my family.
LEST WE FORGET
Don't worry, we're setting the stage for the next one. We'll get to see it in your lifetime if you are under forty and live a long and healthy life.
@@vgbondarev why great grandpa served in the U.S. army he was at Omaha on d-day I unfortunately never got to here his account of the war as I was very young when he died and he would never talk about the war he was in the 1st infantry
@@urdad9724 I bet he had some insane stories.
I gotta admit, when learning about history. Context aside, I am facinated with the German construction and levels of projects they pursued and completed. They were very creative and cutting edge for the time period. I'm really curious about how many things and bunker's we can still discover if we keep exploring for uncovering things from our past. It's worth learning about and documenting. No matter what. Even the difficult situations we learn immensely from, if we have the right Perspective. Greater compassion and empathy for our fellow human can come from it and that's just one aspect.
Beautifully written. In a time when places like the US are removing aspects of their Civil War history, this type of thinking needs to be considered more often.
You have to wonder where did Germany get the money to build its Military Industrial Complex when they were expected to pay back war reparations from WW1 unit 1980... WW2 is not what you thought it was, Hitler was created and financed by the current industrialist of the time. Its disgusting when you finally learn the truth about how Hitler was able to build such an army with Germany being broke
@@jakobwithak3805 A history removed is a history forgotten, and doomed to be repeated in one sense or another. At the very least confederate monuments and statues should be displayed in museums, alongside proper context and facts of their meaning and actions of those they portray.
The reason for their vast accomplishments in construction and engineering came from the millions of Slaves of Jewish and other races
I think we all know what Germany did in ww2 was awful, but if you're able to look past that they were geniuses. Their engineering, their scientists, way ahead of their time
This line goes trough my garden. The dragon teeth are still there but I think all of the bunkers were destroyed after the war. I'm not sure if they fought there but you can see little holes in the dragon teeth that look like bullet holes.
Really
Lol
Is it haunted?
@@rejuvinatez347 maybe 🌝
How interesting.
My Signal Corps Father [1923-2002] Survived the Hurtgen forest while serving with the Eighth Infantry Division.
He was recalled for Korea. I am the direct result of his return (wounded) from there (KOREA)
During my military career (1972-1998), I served in both Germany & Korea like my Father before me.
Europe has a lot to thank the American troops who came to fight this war ,
@@Alanoffer The american troops only stopped communism, the suffering the europeans felt and the resistance that held out are the people we should thank, from those in Poland to France, From London to Moscow. The Americans helped shorten the war and I thank them for that but we do not owe them a lot to thank.
@@bullet6140 We do have a lot to thank to the Americans, without them the African campaign would've been a Axis victory, without them we would lose because we couldn't supply ourselves, without them Normandy could never have happened, the Resistance helped this however.
@@TotallyKoolaidNormandy only saved Westen Europe From Communism as the Soviets were barreling their way to berlin, The African Campaign was mainly thanks to the British and CANZUK Forces, America mainly just shortened the war and lowered overall suffering
@@bullet6140 Normandy saved western Europe yeah, because no other power like Britian could do it, without America's entry into the war and Normandy the Germans would still be rulers of Europe, The soviets only broke through the German east because of the supplies from the Americans and British.
Patton: *loses 30,000+ men attacking static positions*
Also Patton : "it's a monument to stupidity"
He’s also not wrong.
He’s fully aware that Hitler approved of the Volksturm which includes young boys under the age of 16+ to join the war.
To him soldiers are just pawns and replaceable. RIP to the fallen soldiers
Fixed fortifications are monuments to the stupidity of man. If mountain ranges and oceans can be overcome, then anything built by man can be overcome
And they were...
@@ariffdgenerationx7347 In all fairness, during war, you would need someone like Patton, who is cold and calculating. Guys like that win you wars.
@@bassinblue too bad America didn't win shit ..
I always love watching your videos and seeing how the channel has grown. It keeps me motivated to keep working on my own. Keep the great content coming!
can only imagine how much material is still left there waiting to be found
i live right around the corner and went to high school in Hürtgen. The battle for Hürtgen (more specifically Vossenack, the village right next to it) is often called "the verdun of the second WW". No other battlefield had more material used than there. I can assure you, i have seen the local EOD groups 1-2 times every month because there is still material being found.
visited the battlefields and monuments and heard of the Unknown Warrior, but did not know of the story thank you for telling us. Tragic times.
I find it intriguing that so many people came together and built amazing things to fight against one another… imagine what humans could accomplish if we worked as one.
Work as one then what??? Life itself has no meaning and is completely worthless. We all die…
@@WhoTFVotedBiden Die and reborn hopefully. But yea got to find meaning somehow no matter if its meaningless lol.
We could have done that under Germany in space and made the Galactic Empire into reality, now we'll be in another dark age for another thousand years
I was stationed at Zweibrücken Germany from 1988-91. Used to go looking for lots of the old bunkers. Found many but all the relics were always to rusted or rotten. We also went just over the border and got to visit the maginot line the French built.
Stationed in Pirmasens in 1971-2. Bunkers, land mines, etc.
I'd love to go metal detecting out there. The relics you could find would be amazing.
What a wild place to visit. Walking through literal history
Great video and very atmospheric. Its a shame a lot of television documentaries aren't as good as this.
it must have been such a horrifying place to fight
trees everywhere, thick fog, everything is muddy, enemys could be anywhere, you're probably cold, wet and exhausted, sleeping in a ditch (if even), gun shots and grenades going off everywhere, screams of humans dying/getting wounded
i'm glad these remains still exist, sites like this are the testimony of the 2nd world war and let you atleast believe to understand a glimpse of what it was like
nice video.
probably even worse i heard Germans would sneak in at night knowing the layout and take prisoners or trophies.
My grandfather (a captain) fought in the Hurtgen Forest battle and I remember as a child him telling stories, of vehemently arguing with his superiors (a major and a lt. colonel) that they should wait for supplies and go around the forest. There was concern of perhaps flanking maneuver by Germans but my grandpa said that idea was nonsense, they had no ability to flank at that point in the war plus the forest itself made it impossible. He obviously lost the argument and lost about half of his men before it was all said and done.
9:05 Ohhh how history tends to repeat itself
The Band Of Brothers episode in the forest shows the sheer hell what this was. One of the best TV episodes ever made
Now with moss & lichen on them in a wooded setting 80 years on they look so calm and rather beautiful
I'm only two minutes in and you have captured some amazing shots! Love the history, love the videography.
My father-in-law was in the First Army VII Corps and fought in the Hurtgen Forest. One of those fox holes may have been his. He told me under one German 88 tree burst artillery attack his fox hole buddy was so terrified he started to dig another hole into the 'side' of the fox hole to put him self into.
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My dad served in the 1st division during WW2. He almost lost his foot because he suffered from a severe case of trench feet. He told us that it probably saved his life since he would have undoubtedly had to fight in the Battle of the Bulge. He suffered from nerve damage as a result of getting trench feet.
Thats why they say to always change your socks to have dry ft.
@@terryrickman2975 Not easy to do when you spend weeks if not months in the middle of a fire fight!
Denmark as well has a fair share of German WWII bunkers, the vast majority on the west coast of Jutland.
Down south the mighty "Tirpitz" battery, and up north at Hanstholm enormous guns that with their counterpart up in Norway could completely close the gap at Skagerak sea. As a child in the 1970's I played in these bunkers not far south of Hanstholm.
I know that I was a bit cheeky when I made a comment about the bull's eye but your channel and Dr. Felton' s are spot on.
WW2 was full of ingenious inventions, buildings, structures. One of the coolest yet horrible era of humanity.
Wasn't very ingenious this though, it didn't work. It was designed for a war of the past, not for the modern war Germany was facing
This guy lives my dream. I have a massive fear of flying and heights... but some day before I die, I'm going to visit Belgium and walk through history.
Just as my Dad had a fascination with the Civil War... he finally made his pilgrimage to Gettysburg a year or two before my Mom passed away, and now I know what I'm meant to do.
@@jdmaine51084 dude flying is great I highly recommend it! Do a couple hour flight and see how you do you might find you enjoy it!
Maybe make a video on Robert Cahow, how he died trying to take one of these bunkers and how his body was not recovered for almost 70 years. You were walking in the area of his memorial. He was a three time volunteer. He volunteered for the Army and was trained as an MP. He then took a reduction in rank to volunteer for the infantry. Then on 15 Dec 1944, he volunteered to assault one of those bunkers and was killed. Remarkable and sad story.
It must be a strangely eerie feeling walking through that forest all alone.
when I was living there I used to go to the forest and there was always a couple of people checking out the area so I was never alone
You do an amazing job with videos!! Had to follow you. Thank you. The Beauty of war is so powerful and full of love.
my man was pushin on that reinforced cement like he was making sure it didnt move
needs more cinematic shots of james rogers
The Battle of Hürtgen Forest (German: Schlacht im Hürtgenwald) was a series of fierce battles fought from 19 September to 16 December 1944, between American and German forces on the Western Front during World War II, in the Hürtgen Forest, a 140 km2 (54 sq mi) area about 5 km (3.1 mi) east of the Belgian-German border.
Thank you very much.
Amazing cinematography !
Reliving the past is man's greatest and worst mistakes.
Amazing to see this! Until a few years ago I lived in Nijmegen, close to Emmerich and Kleve. I checked old maps to see where the Siegfried Line began, which seemed to be the Reichswald. I went looking for the most northern part but did not find it there. Although satellite images do show something over there.
I would really love to go to Nijmegen. There was heavy fighting there, during Operation: Market Garden. U.S. paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division fought a bitter battle to capture Hunner Park and the traffic circle at the base of the bridge, however the SS troops that were stationed there were too dug in, so the paratroopers had to wait for tanks from the Irish Guards (I think they were from the Irish Guards, I can't remember) to support them.
Hah, I lived over in Arnhem and used to travel there all the time. Was an awesome experience.
Emmerich down
A monument to stupidity.... well there's 30,000 casualties to suggest otherwise. The stupidity was the loss of life in that whole bloody mess of a war. The stupidity is that we tend not to learn from our past and will continue to make the same mistakes into the future.
Complete monument to stupidity, the Germans relied on the line to stop the advance and it didn't. The US Army had crossed the Atlantic Ocean with everything necessary, a few concrete barriers weren't going to stop anything.
And they didn't. Stupidity.
I live about 5km from here. It's an eerie place.
Very interesting. Beautiful photography too and music.
Exploring old buildings are interesting but can be very dangerous
love finding channels like these :)
I would have liked a little more explanation on that last statement. Even so nice video!
Wow, the cinematic is so good!
This is what history is about. We need more of this content in out education!
I feel like a US Marine in today’s era with a paper clip can take out Hitler’s military.
great video
What a great presenter, I want to see more of him. Concise. 😎🤘
What an interesting video
Used to ride my Harley right by the ones between Roetgen and Monschau on 258 all the time. It was part of my favorite route to ride. There's also an old machine gun bunker just off the side of the road before you get to the main roundabout at Monschau on the same road. I rode by it many times until I just happened to notice it one day.
Wanted to actually see this firsthand, hopefully one day.
These little, "mini-documentaries" are incredibly well put together and presented. Very succinct, very well produced, and easy for anybody, really, to follow along. 👍
I've certainly stumbled upon my fair share of such content that isn't quite backed by some larger professional historical or archaeological organization, usually put together by some dude lol constructed using stock footage and images, to varying degrees of appropriate context, typically narrated by either themselves or more usually, seemingly, using that insanely irritating robot voice.
That's without mentioning the creeping doubt that sets in, inevitably, about the basic quality of the information provided. Making it difficult, (if not impossible,) to trust in the credibility in the content being offered.
(needless to say, _provisional footnotes and source inclusion notwithstanding,_ one shouldn't have to do even _further_ research verifying something being presented in an educational capacity.)
I suppose it's just refreshing to finally get useful historical information presented in a more coherent, more professionally produced video. (despite the ultimate overall length.)
It seems so trivial, but it's really not lol the quality control being demonstrated does wonders inspiring confidence in credibility.
(I'm just sayin' ✌)
Most of the guns from the West wall had been moved to the Atlantic wall during the war, so it lost most of whatever threat it posed.
Always love seeing a new upload. Another great video as I've come to expect! Keep them coming!! Well done 👍
no bunker is 5.00 meters thick!! there were a total of 4 extensions and the thickest was 3.50 meters thick (extension A). The bunker shown in the video is of type 10 with an attached fighting room and has a ceiling and wall thickness of 1.00-1.50 meters (construction thickness B). the bunker number is 110
I would love to go explore the areas where the great battles took place.
There was a British song from the war called were going to hang out our washing at the Siegfried line :)
I recommend to you to fly by helicopter or small one engine plane from Hamburg to Sylt. You will see a lot of sinkholes in the ground. Still visible from WW2. The Britains threw down their bombs to be lighter to make it home over the channel again.
It’s as if each of the dragon’s teeth represent a headstone of sorts, for each man who fought and died there.
I would like to walk there just to see the landscape but i feel like i would step on a mine
Enjoyed the video. Very well done.
My guy how'd you know how the million subscribers this is awesome
27 million were killed on the fronts. And the total human losses amounted, according to various estimates, from 55 to 80 million people. The biggest losses were suffered by the Soviet Union - 26.6 million, China - 13.5 million, Germany - 6.48 million, Poland - 6 million (of which more than half were Jews, victims of the Holocaust), Japan - 3.76 million and India - 3 million,Great Britain-1.65.USA-1.53.
It was a hell of a war.
I never new this thanks for the video 👍
Great video making skills, very inmersive
I remember being in France an finding a destroyed bunker close to the beach and took home a piece of it with me. its legit just a piece of concrete with metal spikes
First time I heard about the dragon's teeth was playing COD2 Big Red One. I imagine this must have been even or as harder as Normandy in some areas even if it was ineffective at the longest extension. Respect, allies back in the days had balls made of titanium. US wasn't stopping. And never did stop.
American: What does symmetry’s got to do with WWII?
British: CEMENTERY!
Should have made a very very deep and wide ditch or something so to make almost impossible to cover up the dragon's teeth with dirt for tanks and vehicles to get across 🤔👍
My dad was in WW2 and I have no clue about what he endured during that time along with the others 😢 he never did talk much about it and what I did get out of him was 😢😭😓🤮
My grandfather (he passed when I was a baby) fought in ww2 and my father said he never talked about it so it was no surprise to my father that I've not discussed my experiences in Iraq. He understands I'd rather just let the memories fade and try to move forward.
That seems a great place to visit one day cheers
Great footage and knowledge!
Simply great 👍
"The second world war turned the globe into a battlefield"
*South America nervously sweating*
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All lands and waters devoted to Environmental policy supporting strong ecosystems.
The Majority of the Planet was managed as such for Generations, up until the 1500s when the process was halted
Srry, from my last comments....
we should start repairing those bunkers, we might need them in about 3-4 months
So good I love history
The moss covered dragon's teeth of the Siegfried Line, wow, I'm just curious if you had any hesitation walking there on the possibility of latent landmines? I mean, I'm not sure, perhaps you know the area has already been cleared?
I had the same thought
most of those areas have already been cleared, I'f they were not, you'd definetly be prohibited form walking there (via "DANGER, EXLPOSIVES!" signs) or it'd just straight up be fenced off
Imagine digging and all that work just for your enemy to cover it up with dirt and drive over kt
Fought this battle in hell let loose many times
What baffles me is the fact that this line is actually not called "Siegfriedlinie" in german. One would think that the term is definately a Nazi-Propaganda idea. But it isn't.
The Nazis simply called it "Westwall" which means "Western Wall".
i wonder why patton called it a monument to mans stupidity, was it because it ended up being a massive waste of resources that was quickly bypassed anyways?
It should have, and easily could have, been totally bypassed…
Fixed fortifications are monuments to the stupidity of man. If mountain ranges and oceans can be overcome, then anything built by man can be overcome. Patton.
The moustache line
It's pretty well accepted it's OK to talk shit about the Germans and call this a monument to stupidity, but if this had been something the allies had built it would be praised as engineering genius.
The Hurtgen Forest was known as the forest death. Even the Allies fall in their number there, along with the Germans, Wet and muddy place as well. I hope that nothing like this happens again in History, with no country going to war.
No 'allies' only Americans who were keen to show that they could do attrition better than anyone else.
@@FairladyS130 Until they were wiped out. They were annihilated better than anyone else too.
My grandfather called Hurtgen “ the meat grinder “ . He was given his 3rd Purple Heart for being wounded there.
amazing
Very nice video
without moustache : 17 yo boy
with moustache 30 yo boy
Excellent video. I plan to visit the Huertgen area end of May. Any other tips - not to be missed / advise ?
But this defense line is still kinda useable I mean noone will attack from that side but those dragon teeth are intact
Patton's army went right over the "dragon's teeth"
The US army crossed the Atlantic ocean. A few concrete barriers weren't going to stop them... and they didn't.
We can just fill them in again with dirt and drive overthem again. Can do it even easier now with modern heavy equipment.
@@terryrickman2975 still gona take time ay
@@janvranjes4554 no because most can be air dropped out of cargo planes with parachutes. Modern technology. Wouldnt slow down a thing. Global satelite could easily direct through areas thats already covered. Could also easily get troops via helicopter and actually have missiles that can reach far beyond any missiles that was created during ww2
@@terryrickman2975 aint no helicopet passin by enemy artilery next to a wall mate, either way it will be costy and time taking
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Common man. It's the Netherlands. Not 'low countries'
I feel like the scariest part is that people had to attack through it
Monument of the Braves !!!!
I love your content, but what I don't like is the fact that the intro takes over 10% of the actual video. Please remake the intro to be shorter and more to-the-point.
Thanks for video. You should visit Trandumskogen (Trandum woods) in Norway where germans trained shooting by tanks, and also killed 173 norwegians, 15 russians and 6 british by execution.
World of Tanks Vibes right now.
When I'm old enough, I would like to visit Germany, along with other battle grounds to see what history still lies beneath the earth. I want to learn German in the meantime so I can be capable of doing more.
"IT STILL EXISTS" 😲..Lol, What did you expect ? It was only 80 years ago, thats nothing really..
Yeah, these structures are incredibly durable. Built to last.
@@AA-bz1pr they are.
The cheapest way to protect your rear is with a cork.