Theres a lot of talk from Americans on youtube about how far the US troops got against the Germans compared to the British and Canadians. The simple fact is the Brits/Cans were facing far more elite panzer regiments and assaulting an entrenched city, you are not going to be able to move as fast as the Americans did through small villages and bocage fields (and against mostly Osttruppe and invalid regiments)
@@LalaDepala_00 The Troubles (Irish: Na Trioblóidí) were an ethno-nationalist[14][15][16][17] conflict in Northern Ireland that lasted for about 30 years from the late 1960s to 1998.[18] Also known internationally as the Northern Ireland conflict,[19][20][21][22] it is sometimes described as an "irregular war"[23][24][25] or "low-level war".[26][27][28] The conflict began in the late 1960s and is usually deemed to have ended with the Good Friday Agreement of 1998.[3][4][29][30][31] Although the Troubles mostly took place in Northern Ireland, at times violence spilled over into parts of the Republic of Ireland, England, and mainland Europe.
Hey Connor - you found another great piece of the story to react to The problem with bad weather is that airfields can become impossible to locate visually from the air as clouds can be very low and close to the ground - with no electronics navigation aids, just flying on a bearing, with no visual clues from the ground, an aircraft could easily hit hills or trees while trying to duck beneath the clouds to work out where they are Also very heavy rain will quickly turn a temporary forward airfield (often just a meadow or farmers field somewhere in Normandy) into a quagmire of mud - making them unusable until the ground dries out and becomes firmer
Not without problems but probably the best man carried anti-tank weapon of the war, primarily because it wasn't a rocket launcher design. No backblast, you could fire it safely with riflemen right behind you or from enclosed spaces. Don't do that with a bazooka or panzerfaust. Plus, IF the beast was working properly, you could fire it five times without having to recock.
20:45: Yeah, it must have been very satisfactory for Polish soldiers to win against the Germans. (Another nice story is that of Polish destroyer Piorun who took part in the sinking of German battleship Bismarck. When he fired his guns on Bismarck, he flashed the message "I am a Pole" on to the Bismarck.)
From the brief image, if the "dynamite" you wondered about was the tube-like weapon slung over the shoulder of the soldier on the left, is a "Faustpatron" an early model of the "Panzerfaust" shoulder fired anti-tank weapon.
The German Tiger was a heavier tank than anything the Americans or British had though the British installed an 8 pounder gun in the American Sherman which acquired the name of "Firefly" and this tank could destroy a Tiger better than other tanks . Michael Wittmann was considered the best in his Tiger hence the high score of British tanks at Villers-bocage .
The Sherman Firefly replaced the standard short 75mm US gun with a long barrelled 17pdr gun (not 8pdr) - it was a 76.2mm gun which fired a 17 pound AP warhead with a huge propellant charge
Mostly The British empire and Soviet forces used a fuel called FRAS which used aluminium sterate as a thickener, napalm was invented in the US so that became their fuel of choice since they could out produce the UK anyway.
German officers have scars on their face during WW2. Well most of them didn't. But many had specific facial scarring, from sword cuts which were not normal in other countries’ militaries. This was because many German and Austrian officers, in both World Wars, had attended university in the early years of the 20th Century. Students, mostly upper class, would fight duels, to demonstrate their courage and manliness in an era when young academic young men were often considered to be soft weaklings by their elders. The scars were evidence of their honour, courage and manliness. The duels were fought with special swords, Mensurschläger, designed to make broad rather than deep cuts; that is to wound and scat rather than kill. Often the protective clothing was worn: goggles, to protect the eyes and nose, padding on her left arm (all gentlemen were right handed!), and sometimes gorgets or collars, to protect the throat. The duels were fought to the first blood, and for a set time period. It is noticeable that the object was not to win the duel. But to demonstrate one's courage and honour, by standing your ground and taking any consequent wound “like a man”. Honour duels were also allowed in the Imperial German Army, under the same rules until. Upto WW1. The practice remained popular amongst the post-WW1 generation of university students. But it was banned during the Third Reich.
My gas is but the case with bulges is the curry motor ammunition. American on the British tanks where no match against German 88 mm tank guns which could kill add 2 km. Whitman on this occasion just drove pass the park to convoy and blasted them add short range.
Heavy rain, low cloud cover, very little visibility, don't forget the planes of the time did not have radar, or any other modern day sensors , you can't fly if you can't see...
Apart from radar equipped long range maritime anti submarine aircraft and night fighters. Not much use when it comes to navigating to the home airfield though.
24:10 In May 1945, After WW2 some 200.000 soldiers mostly Ustasha (Croatian Nazi army), and some 500.000 civilians wanted to surrender to the Americans but they were surrendered to the "British" in little Austrian town called Bleiburg because the British promised Americans they would not harm them and naive Americans let them to deal with it. The British sent them back to Yugoslavia in cattle wagons, like Nazi's sent Jews to concentration camps, to Tito's Partisans which were their butchers. Although they promised they were sending them to the west where is safe. Unlucky I guess.
The video, surprisingly, gives Michael Wittman far too much credit. He slowed the Canadian advance down for a day or two, and not by himself, but it was really a minor tactical victory. Find out what happened in the streets of Villers-Bocage the next day when the Canadian tankers knew where the SS was. ua-cam.com/video/u-kQQ40AyYU/v-deo.htmlsi=LaDE-Lgm3oh0Ypcl
All had rocket launchers: Soviets had Katyusha (usually mounted on American trucks), Germans had these Nebelwerfer, and Americans: T34 Calliope (on M4 Sherman tanks). The difference is the number of these artillery pieces used during the fights (The soviets had really lots of Katyushas)
Just read a book called D-DAY THROUGH GERMAN EYES,how the wehrmacht lost France,my god the Germans sufferd in Falise,in this book ihe ordinary German soldier tell what they went through it was horrendous,but hey,they started it.
indeed, and the thing about that is the US Army billeted and training in Devon and Cornwall could not train for the inland battles as that might have altered the enemy to the intended landing sites. Protecting the plan and achieving the beach landings were the top priorities. From then on, very much an issue of poking the bear and seeing how it reacts.
Aristocratic Fencing Scars, you may notice that most of the facial scars are on men with "Von" in their name, these scars were gained at posh German Schools that had fencing clubs they were look on as a sign of Bravery and Honour.....
You will certainly be interested by the movie "The Big Red One" by Sam Fuller and it is based on his experiences in the battles. It is 10 times better than "Band of Brothers". As to rain, it comes from clouds and clouds tend to cover the ground.
I believe it was "fashionable" for german officer to duel with each other for the purpose of scarring themselves. They then made sure that the wound wouldn't close properly so that the scar would be very visible afterwards. It was seen as a sign of masculinity. The rain isn't the biggest problem for planes, the problem is the clouds. If you can't see where you are going or where any other planes are, accidental collisions risk is way higher and successful missions way lower.
The scars originate from “German fencing” or mensur which was very popular in German universities in the 1800s-early 1900s
Was just about to type the same thing, then I saw your comment.
Theres a lot of talk from Americans on youtube about how far the US troops got against the Germans compared to the British and Canadians. The simple fact is the Brits/Cans were facing far more elite panzer regiments and assaulting an entrenched city, you are not going to be able to move as fast as the Americans did through small villages and bocage fields (and against mostly Osttruppe and invalid regiments)
Most Americans still haven't accepted that they lost Vietnam
@@LalaDepala_00 My dear boy, they haven't accepted the result of their Civil War.
@@LalaDepala_00 The Troubles (Irish: Na Trioblóidí) were an ethno-nationalist[14][15][16][17] conflict in Northern Ireland that lasted for about 30 years from the late 1960s to 1998.[18] Also known internationally as the Northern Ireland conflict,[19][20][21][22] it is sometimes described as an "irregular war"[23][24][25] or "low-level war".[26][27][28] The conflict began in the late 1960s and is usually deemed to have ended with the Good Friday Agreement of 1998.[3][4][29][30][31] Although the Troubles mostly took place in Northern Ireland, at times violence spilled over into parts of the Republic of Ireland, England, and mainland Europe.
Ohh, YES the History! I love how many good youtubers I found because of you. Thank you.
I wish you would give more at the end of the each video.
Hey Connor - you found another great piece of the story to react to
The problem with bad weather is that airfields can become impossible to locate visually from the air as clouds can be very low and close to the ground - with no electronics navigation aids, just flying on a bearing, with no visual clues from the ground, an aircraft could easily hit hills or trees while trying to duck beneath the clouds to work out where they are
Also very heavy rain will quickly turn a temporary forward airfield (often just a meadow or farmers field somewhere in Normandy) into a quagmire of mud - making them unusable until the ground dries out and becomes firmer
5:31 that’s ammunition for the PIAT
Not without problems but probably the best man carried anti-tank weapon of the war, primarily because it wasn't a rocket launcher design. No backblast, you could fire it safely with riflemen right behind you or from enclosed spaces. Don't do that with a bazooka or panzerfaust. Plus, IF the beast was working properly, you could fire it five times without having to recock.
Many thanks for the video conner,fascinating stuff,
The Germans did fear the "crocodile" tank which was a British Churchill tank with a fuel mixture carried behind similar to napalm .
To my knowledge, there has never been any film or series that depicts one of the greatest battles of WW2. The Battle for Normandy.
20:45:
Yeah, it must have been very satisfactory for Polish soldiers to win against the Germans.
(Another nice story is that of Polish destroyer Piorun who took part in the sinking of German battleship Bismarck.
When he fired his guns on Bismarck, he flashed the message "I am a Pole" on to the Bismarck.)
They'd also defeated the Germans at Monte Cassino in Italy, May 44
From the brief image, if the "dynamite" you wondered about was the tube-like weapon slung over the shoulder of the soldier on the left, is a "Faustpatron" an early model of the "Panzerfaust" shoulder fired anti-tank weapon.
The German Tiger was a heavier tank than anything the Americans or British had though the British installed an 8 pounder gun in the American Sherman which acquired the name of "Firefly" and this tank could destroy a Tiger better than other tanks . Michael Wittmann was considered the best in his Tiger hence the high score of British tanks at Villers-bocage .
The Sherman Firefly replaced the standard short 75mm US gun with a long barrelled 17pdr gun (not 8pdr) - it was a 76.2mm gun which fired a 17 pound AP warhead with a huge propellant charge
@@stevesoutar3405 Thanks for the correction i had 8 pounder in my mind for some reason
Mostly The British empire and Soviet forces used a fuel called FRAS which used aluminium sterate as a thickener, napalm was invented in the US so that became their fuel of choice since they could out produce the UK anyway.
German officers have scars on their face during WW2.
Well most of them didn't. But many had specific facial scarring, from sword cuts which were not normal in other countries’ militaries.
This was because many German and Austrian officers, in both World Wars, had attended university in the early years of the 20th Century.
Students, mostly upper class, would fight duels, to demonstrate their courage and manliness in an era when young academic young men were often considered to be soft weaklings by their elders. The scars were evidence of their honour, courage and manliness.
The duels were fought with special swords, Mensurschläger, designed to make broad rather than deep cuts; that is to wound and scat rather than kill. Often the protective clothing was worn: goggles, to protect the eyes and nose, padding on her left arm (all gentlemen were right handed!), and sometimes gorgets or collars, to protect the throat.
The duels were fought to the first blood, and for a set time period. It is noticeable that the object was not to win the duel. But to demonstrate one's courage and honour, by standing your ground and taking any consequent wound “like a man”.
Honour duels were also allowed in the Imperial German Army, under the same rules until. Upto WW1.
The practice remained popular amongst the post-WW1 generation of university students. But it was banned during the Third Reich.
My gas is but the case with bulges is the curry motor ammunition.
American on the British tanks where no match against German 88 mm tank guns which could kill add 2 km. Whitman on this occasion just drove pass the park to convoy and blasted them add short range.
The Germans called the British Sherman's "Tommy Cookers" and the American Sherman's they called "Ronsons or Zippos"
Heavy rain, low cloud cover, very little visibility, don't forget the planes of the time did not have radar, or any other modern day sensors , you can't fly if you can't see...
Apart from radar equipped long range maritime anti submarine aircraft and night fighters. Not much use when it comes to navigating to the home airfield though.
24:10
In May 1945, After WW2 some 200.000 soldiers mostly Ustasha (Croatian Nazi army), and some 500.000 civilians wanted to surrender to the Americans but they were surrendered to the "British" in little Austrian town called Bleiburg because the British promised Americans they would not harm them and naive Americans let them to deal with it. The British sent them back to Yugoslavia in cattle wagons, like Nazi's sent Jews to concentration camps, to Tito's Partisans which were their butchers. Although they promised they were sending them to the west where is safe.
Unlucky I guess.
I enjoyed that video very much
The video, surprisingly, gives Michael Wittman far too much credit. He slowed the Canadian advance down for a day or two, and not by himself, but it was really a minor tactical victory. Find out what happened in the streets of Villers-Bocage the next day when the Canadian tankers knew where the SS was.
ua-cam.com/video/u-kQQ40AyYU/v-deo.htmlsi=LaDE-Lgm3oh0Ypcl
To answer your question, the Tiger was a good tank but there were always far more Shermans and Cromwells than Tigers.
All had rocket launchers: Soviets had Katyusha (usually mounted on American trucks), Germans had these Nebelwerfer, and Americans: T34 Calliope (on M4 Sherman tanks). The difference is the number of these artillery pieces used during the fights (The soviets had really lots of Katyushas)
Just read a book called D-DAY THROUGH GERMAN EYES,how the wehrmacht lost France,my god the Germans sufferd in Falise,in this book ihe ordinary German soldier tell what they went through it was horrendous,but hey,they started it.
We have our own bocage, it's called Cornwall
indeed, and the thing about that is the US Army billeted and training in Devon and Cornwall could not train for the inland battles as that might have altered the enemy to the intended landing sites. Protecting the plan and achieving the beach landings were the top priorities. From then on, very much an issue of poking the bear and seeing how it reacts.
Aristocratic Fencing Scars, you may notice that most of the facial scars are on men with "Von" in their name, these scars were gained at posh German Schools that had fencing clubs they were look on as a sign of Bravery and Honour.....
You will certainly be interested by the movie "The Big Red One" by Sam Fuller and it is based on his experiences in the battles. It is 10 times better than "Band of Brothers".
As to rain, it comes from clouds and clouds tend to cover the ground.
If you can't be seen you can't be shot
Hitler never made it beyond the rank of Corporal in WW1.
He wasn’t that good in war tactics to say it mildly.
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naphthenic and palmitic acids
I believe it was "fashionable" for german officer to duel with each other for the purpose of scarring themselves. They then made sure that the wound wouldn't close properly so that the scar would be very visible afterwards. It was seen as a sign of masculinity.
The rain isn't the biggest problem for planes, the problem is the clouds. If you can't see where you are going or where any other planes are, accidental collisions risk is way higher and successful missions way lower.
No the british tanks were not just that much better than the Allies.
Please don't bother with mere guesses in the comments and read this instead: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academic_fencing