NAPALM in WW2, Operation NORDWIND, Jan. 1945, GERMAN NEWSREEL ATW Nr. 701 + Color footage
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Episode 257
Ausland-Tonwoche
Nr. 701, january 1945
1:21 - Germany: Dealing with and enjoying snow
1:56 - Reviewing of Hungarian troops
3:21 - Germany: Education of science and technology
4:32 - Donation drive 1945 in Hamburg
5:13 - Eastern volunteers awarded close combat medal in gold
6:35 - Alsace: Operation Northwind (Nordwind)
8:09 - Resupply of encircled units by air canister
9:20 - combat operations in Hungary
11:32 - BONUS: Color US footage including the first use of Napalm in war
Operation Northwind (German: Unternehmen Nordwind) was the last major German offensive of World War II on the Western Front. Northwind was launched to support the German Ardennes offensive campaign in the Battle of the Bulge, which by late December 1944 had decisively turned against the German forces. It began on 31 December 1944 in Rhineland-Palatinate, Alsace and Lorraine in southwestern Germany and northeastern France, and ended on 25 January 1945. The German offensive was an operational failure, with its main objectives not achieved.
By 21 December 1944, the German momentum during the Battle of the Bulge had begun to dissipate, and it was evident that the operation was on the brink of failure. It was believed that an attack against the United States Seventh Army further south, which had extended its lines and taken on a defensive posture to cover the area vacated by the United States Third Army (which turned north to assist at the site of the German breakthrough), could relieve pressure on German forces in the Ardennes. In a briefing at his military command complex at Adlerhorst, Adolf Hitler declared in his speech to his division commanders on 28 December 1944 (three days prior to the launch of Operation Nordwind), "This attack has a very clear objective, namely the destruction of the enemy forces. There is not a matter of prestige involved here. It is a matter of destroying and exterminating the enemy forces wherever we find them."
The goal of the offensive was to break through the lines of the U.S. Seventh Army and French 1st Army in the Upper Vosges Mountains and the Alsatian Plain and destroy them, as well as seize Strasbourg, which Himmler had promised would be captured by 30 January. That would leave the way open for Operation Dentist (Unternehmen Zahnarzt), a planned major thrust into the rear of the U.S. Third Army, intended to lead to the destruction of that army.
On 31 December 1944, German Army Group G (commanded by Generaloberst Johannes Blaskowitz) and Army Group Upper Rhine (commanded by Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler) launched a major offensive against the thinly stretched, 110-kilometre-long (68 mi) front line held by the U.S. 7th Army. Operation Nordwind soon had the overextended U.S. 7th Army in dire straits; the 7th Army (at the orders of U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower) had sent troops, equipment, and supplies north to reinforce the American armies in the Ardennes involved in the Battle of the Bulge.
On the same day that the German Army launched Operation Nordwind, the Luftwaffe (German Air Force) committed almost 1,000 aircraft in support. This attempt to cripple the Allied air forces based in northwestern Europe was known as Operation Bodenplatte. It failed without having achieved any of its key objectives.
The initial Nordwind attack was conducted by three corps of the German 1st Army of Army Group G, and by 9 January, the XXXIX (39th) Panzer Corps was heavily engaged as well. By 15 January at least 17 German divisions (including units in the Colmar Pocket) from Army Group G and Army Group Oberrhein, including the 6th SS Mountain, 17th SS Panzergrenadier, 21st Panzer, and 25th Panzergrenadier Divisions were engaged in the fighting. Another smaller attack was made against the French positions south of Strasbourg, but it was finally stopped. The U.S. VI Corps-which bore the brunt of the German attacks-was fighting on three sides by 15 January.
The 125th Regiment of the 21st Panzer Division under Colonel Hans von Luck aimed to sever the American supply line to Strasbourg, by cutting across the eastern foothills of the Vosges at the northwest base of a natural salient in a bend of the River Rhine. Here the Maginot Line, running east-west, was used by Allied forces, and "showed what a superb fortification it was".[8] On January 7 Luck approached the line south of Wissembourg at the villages of Rittershoffen and Hatten. Heavy American fire came from the 79th Infantry Division, the 14th Armoured Division, plus elements of the 42nd Infantry Division. On January 10 Luck reached the villages. Two weeks of heavy fighting followed, Germans and Americans each occupying parts of the villages while civilians sheltered in cellars. Luck later said that the fighting around Rittershoffen had been "one of the hardest and most costly battles that ever raged".
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Great again 👍👍Everybody is talking about the Panther- and Tigertank but i think i see a Stug-4 in your footage. What a machine.
There is no StuG 4 in this newsreel. You must have imagined something.
Thanks for sharing, it is really appreciated. Great footage as always.
My pleasure!
As I have noted on prior videos, the commentary you compose and add to your uploaded newsreels is a valuable addition to the scant information contained in the videos themselves. This supplementary instructional input you include is indispensable!
Of course, this additional instructional input is not indispensable.
2:22 that’s Dr. Ante Pavelic, leader of the Independent State of Croatia
Und es sind kroatische Soldaten.
Thank you, I couldn't figure that out!
glad I could make the premiere and help support the channel
Thanks Craig
It's not footage of operation nordwind .the footage is from one of the konrad operations to relive Budapest.
Awesome thank you for posting
Thanks Frederick.
Oh no you didn’t. I know that voice man,,,, patriot, God Guns And Fam. Am I right?/////.
Amazing 👏 work you are putting into this 👏
Very interesting and informative channel, thank you for publishing this. Keep them coming !
When will we ever Learn.
Yes Thanks ❤😊
My grandfathers (American) cousin (German) fought and was taken prisoner in Nordwind while fighting for the Wehrmacht. That’s all we know. I can only fill in the blanks on what he actually did.
I missed the premiere but the quality of your wirk is outstanding.
You Know what Frederick Its Interesting to actually see where stills and footage thats used in conjunction with various Battles in World War 2 by Historians and Filmmakers etc Actually Came From in the First Place Cheers!👍😆
Wow at 7:54 there is a rare bergepanther
I'm sure those Hungarian soldiers were brave - but they didn't stand a chance against masses of T - 34s.
my uncle Toni was missing there, he was 17 years old .....
Thumbs up!!!!
Thank you! Cheers!
Awesome history, thanks for a great channel! BTW, the snow covers up the bomb craters nicely.
Is this a video showing the capture of Billy Pilgrim from Slaughterhouse Five?
Oh, that was a great book. Unfortunately I don't think it is
Billy Pilgrim was the MAN
Hello Great Stuff; Sincere Thanks 😊. It Doesn’t Get Better Than This 🎉 Take Care and Be Safe Thanks Again My Friend 💐🍀 😸🙋🏻♂️ C YA😊
excellent footage, thanks
Thank you too!
Absolutely gripping film footage.....
6min48 to 8min09 : this is only Nordwind images included here, all rest are coming from east countries ( romanina, Hungary..) and Berlin ?
I thought that jazz music like that played in the "German Snow" clip was Streng Verboten. What gives?
no idea BG
Amazing photage
The color footage, is that napalm?
That's what someone commented. Interesting, I'll need to change the title
Gee, the Germans used the SU-76 in Nordwind.
These shots are not from Operation Nordwind.
Apologies just seen the nordwind footage.
Who is the police? Commander at the start.He is greeted as a rock star.What happened to him?
Ante Pavelic, head of the puppet regime Ustase in Croatia. They were so extreme in their brutality even hardened Nazis complained. Look up Jasenovac.
Thanks for sharing. But why is there no voice / commentary (meaning original german one) ?
There is no original commentary
@@M1945 Ok. Thanks.
8:56 It's amazing to see the conditions in which German pilots operated. Allied pilots had far more restrictions and were less willing to operate in such difficult conditions.
Don't talk nonsense. Allied pilots provided support to ground forces even in bad weather.
@@ukasz-zm9qc Tell that to the Americans ground forces attacked by the Germans in Operation Nordwind.
@@mdsf01 What are you on about? After all, USAAF fighters were operating over Alsace and providing support to ground forces, as they had during the fighting at Hatten-Rittershoffen on January 13, 1945.
@@ukasz-zm9qc Yes, after the weather had cleared. Do some research before you start berating people.
@@mdsf01 They also flew in cloudy weather. How many times can I tell you?
Nepalm?? You mean Napalm.
Crap, of course, thanks
That initial US footage shows a US napalm attack on a German village. Unfortunately lots of civilian causalities. I believe if there was any resistance in Germany in 1945 US would attack with overwhelming force.
Very interesting
How do you know that's what it showed?
Fox News could not have done a better propaganda video.