We Never FELT SORRY For the SS Troops
Вставка
- Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
- #history #avc #military #militaryhistory #army #ww2
----------------------------------------------------------------
Support the American Veterans Center's mission to preserve the legacy and history of our heroes by making a tax-deductible donation today: americanvetera...
Learn more about the American Veterans Center: www.americanvet...
Like us on Facebook: / americanveteranscenter
Follow us on Twitter: / avcupdate
Follow us on Instagram: / americanveteranscenter
Subscribe to the Veterans Chronicles podcast: link.chtbl.com...
----------------------------------------------------------------
HISTORY LOVERS - before you comment, be sure to subscribe to this UA-cam channel and ring the notification bell so you never miss a future upload!
I would tell people after you comment here be sure to subscribe and like because the comments are a big part of views too. This channel is fantastic.
No offence intended, but I only subscribe to channels that DON'T have the chutzpah to tell me to subscribe BEFORE I even see whether they are any good first !!
@@TomasFunes-rt8rd I appreciate you leaving a comment, this channel is fantastic and you're driving engagement. I have no idea whether you've seen the content or not but I could see one of these Check their channel see if it's good and then subscribe. Simply by saying that, makes the average person who's not an a hole remember to subscribe if they've been liking the content and want to see more in their feed. As opposed to people who leave comments has dumb as yours.
No. I'm not subscribing. And I'm commenting now.
Your edits are SO bad. You cut this so he wasn't even talking about the SS. He's talking about sleep deprivation and rations in a tank. He mentioned them once, and then started off on being tired all the time. You should have started it when he talked about why they felt sorry for the enemy and ended when he starts talking about food.
I love the content, but no way am I going to "like, sub, etc" when you can't even edit. It's not hard.
Great men from two different countries deceived into killing each other for a bankers wars.
A lot of German tankers were executed because of their uniforms. Unfortunately for them, the German high command thought it would be cool for all the tankers to wear black uniforms that made them look like they were in the SS. A whooooole lot of non SS Germans were executed because of this. Because of a simple misunderstanding.
With pink piping. The skulls insignia was a big problem too.
Skill based matchmaking
They wore black uniforms because they would be constantly covered in oil and dirt and grub and whatever else you could imagine getting on your clothing while inside a tank
Because Americans are great at war crimes and friendly fire, overall poor soldiers though.
That's simply a war crime.
My Dad was with an artillery unit in WWII in Germany. For the rest of his life he loved a fire because there were many cold nights when they weren't allowed to have one. He also never was interested in barbecuing/ outdoor cooking because he said he'd had enough of that in his life and he wanted all the rest of his meals to be at a table.
Edit: I really appreciate all the likes. I've never had so many for a comment. Not sure what Dad would think. He wasn't one to draw attention to himself. I guess he appreciates you all too.
My Dad would never go camping "I did enough camping in France and Germany..."
The young kids I worked with were making fun of the television shows of the 50s & 60s for being so sappy and sweet. I stated well considering all the things people had suffered during the war they needed that. All my uncles and dad were in WWII and Korea those men kept so much inside. But they didn’t want too much drama, they had experienced enough.
i feel like the SS have been demonized in military literature
@@thomasdragosr.841sounds gay
Hogan's Heros is popular here in Germany, but it's illegal to say Heil Hitler, so its replaced with How High Is Your Corn.... I am not joking,
I have the humble honor of taking care of a veteran from this battle awarded the bronze star. He was a runner told me some amazing stories of what happened to him. From hiding in a barn overnight with German soldiers right outside to being shot at by our own troops..
Rest in peace, Mr Passias
What battle
What battle
Cool.
@@truemonsterhunter1 battle of the bulge
R.I.P
My great-uncle died in the Ardennes in the "Battle of the Bulge." The story we know is, he was trying to run a message, but was cut down by a MG-42. It was so cold, they couldn't recover his body for over a month.
PFC Reed Lane Youngblood. He was a Purple Heart and Bronze Star recipient. I'm honored to have his name as my middle name.
Man thank you for your sacrifices and (without a doubt) suffering you went through, you guys saved the war, and kept them from breaking through.
Would your great-uncle be proud of fighting for open borders and pride parades?
❤
Nobody cares
@@user-uy8wx4pk4h shut up. Seemingly almost 100 care.
@@user-uy8wx4pk4hyou cared enough to leave a comment.
My uncle was a medic at the Battle of the Bulge. His fellow soldiers thought he was a doctor he was so accomplished in field medicine. He was such a humble guy too. God bless you Charlie.
My grandpa fought in the battle of the bulge. He stormed Omaha beach on D Day.
too. He was 16/17 years old when he got to Europe.
@@xglosisno kid should have to go through that madness, but they were made of something stronger back then. You grew up quick in normal society, never mind war.
do you know his regiment or anything? My grandfather was in Battle of the Bulge. Co L, 410th Reg, 103rd Inf Div. Squad leader.
@@letsdosomething1566 sorry I don’t know. I only found out about 15 years ago and he didn’t give specifics and honestly, I’d have forgotten them. He did take the honor flight with his granddaughter, my second cousin once removed.
Medics stand tall when on thier knees looking after a brother ❤
God bless this WW ll soldier. I'm so glad he was able to come home. My Dad came home from WW ll, also, that's why I'm alive today and a proud 75 year old patriot!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸❤️
Sent this to my teenage daughter who is currently doing ww2 in history at school. So amazing we get to hear these guys speak, in their own words
They are treasures of history these men. I find their personal stories incredible to listen to. What they’ve experienced & survived is unimaginable.
My respect & thanks to each & every one of these brave soldiers.
Hope the history teacher hands out political writings from the founding on the fallacy on the irrationality of Americans getting involved in Foreign Wars. And how America's involvement in Europe was avoidable
His information is false..at the end of the war also draftees were send to the SS because someone in the administration volunteeres them e.g. nobel price winner Günther Grass
@@robertshipley6990America needed to join WW2
No one cares
My late Uncle was in the 101th in the Battle of the Bulge. He was the kindest, gentlest man you would ever meet and always had a smile on his face. He gave me some of his old army kit and a backpack when I was a kid. He would never talk about anything that happened over there. He said he was just happy to return home alive and well. He had relatives in Germany and visited many times after the war. I am sure he much preferred enjoying a peaceful stay as a tourist in Europe rather than a soldier fighting there. Unfortunately he died very young, at 50, so I was only 11, and didn't get to know him better in my adulthood.
My dad was near by in the 82nd. They hated that cold!!
he helped ruin the world congratulations!
Much love and respect to your late Uncle. He may not be here physically but I still thank him for his service, same with all the WW2 vets, the WW1 vets, the Korean war and the Vietnam war vets, the Gulf war part 1 and part 2 is still going, our men and women are dying for rich men to get richer, and powerful people to gain more power. These people are simply following orders or else they'll go to prison, although if you disobey an order and it turns out to be a heroic move then you may get lucky and win a medal and be promoted.....idk what I'm saying anymore I'm too tired to be typing replies to anything LMFAO peace and love dude, your uncle is a fuckin hero and part of the greatest generation of the 20th century for sure
Thank you for sharing about your Uncle . I am for your loss. May he RIP 🌺 🕊️ 🙏 Take care & God bless ❤
Just be happy that you had the time that you had.
My dad lost his arm and leg at the Battle of the Bugle. He would always tell us stories about the war. He told us when they captured german soldiers they would show each other pictures of their wives and girlfriends.
My gramps told a story of meeting a German POW who asked him “Where do you live?” And when my grandfather answered the POW gave him a history lesson about his hometown and surrounding areas, what they produced, the vital river in the area, the major neighborhoods in the area, a full synopsis. The POW said that when the Germans planned to invade the USA, his AO would have been my grandfathers hometown and they had been learning about the specific area they would invade and then occupy.
Battle of the Bugle
@@theEWDSDS damn spell check, I know BATTLE OF THE BULGE.
Bulge, not bugle
My Maternal Grandmother was a Polish Christian Holocaust Survivor. There are millions of people that have their lives because of your Father and his comrades ❤
Thank you for your Service and Sacrifice!🇺🇲❤
yeah they sacrificed so much for nothing, they wouldnt have fought if they knew what their nations would become
My dad was a soldier in the Wehrmacht during the Battle of the Bulge. His best American friend, Elmer Olding, was a soldier in the American Army also in the Battle of the Bulge. They used to sit on Elmer's patio and talk about the war and particularly the Battle of the Bulge. RIP
Please write the book
My grandfather was also in the Wehrmacht and took part in that battle. Nearly his whole company died, and he was captured by the Americans.
@@VingulHow do you all look at the wehrmacht now? I'm sure the SS is despised but since it's so many people's grandfathers, how is it thought about or talked about?.
@@psycomutt I guess you assume I’m German (which is fair enough, don’t get me wrong), but I’m Norwegian and can’t answer for Germans on this. My grandfather was a Norwegian with a German father, which is why he was drafted. For my own part, I learned early on that there are «good people on both sides», as it were. There’s not a person I look up to more than my grandfather, though I was twelve when he died; he’s been gone for twenty years.
@@Vingul Thanks for your answer and sorry for assuming. I had no idea the wehrmacht was set up that way. Is there any stigma around telling people that your grandfather fought on that side in Norway? I'm forever interested in the " History is written by the Victor" narrative and how that affects people down the line. Sorry if I'm asking too many questions.
War is hell. I am sorry you had to endure it. I am grateful to all if you! Thank you.
grateful to live in this modern hell they created lol
@@guineanoneurbusiness2709
Spoken like a true indoctrinated loser , but that’s just the way your lazy generation rolls
Thank you, Veterans, for your service. We are here because of you all.
living in a modern hell because of them
Funny, combat zones look different but, the lack of food, sleep and, hygiene are the same 😂 you know what they say “if your low on everything but enemy, your in combat.”
You’re… “you are”
Your= ownership (“your lack of communication, your attempt at explanation”)
🌈🪬
@@sadierose2890 Pluck cough.
@@sadierose2890Thank you Hans.
Never heard that before, but it says so much about combat in a way all of us can understand.
Akin to Sherman's quote, "War is Hell, and there is no refining it."
@sadierose2890 nobody cares, son.
It's called the Greatest Generation for a reason.
Also the . Silent generation.. or was that the generation b4 🌎🌎😍
I recently heard the story of a Luftwaffe fighter pilot flying high over a B-17 close to the ground over Germany which was shot full of holes and barely staying airborne. He flew down for a closer look and couldn't bring himself to shoot them down. Instead, he escorted them to the English Channel and saluted as he turned back. The pilots met years later and became dear friends. I love hearing stories of good Germans risking it all to do the right thing in that war.
Charlie Brown and Franz Stigler were the two pilots.
Sabaton "no bullets fly"
So the Germans had more heart…. History full of lies talking like they were the worst 😂 uk and USA and Soviet Union were all devils incarnate!!! Churchill was a rascist war monger!! No different than Stalin or hitler!! 6 million German women raped after the war… you call yourself good guys?
Thanks Mate cxz
I heard a similar story of a Spitfire pilot who out climbed a 109 and passed out at 30,000ft when he came around he was spiralling at about 2000ft he managed to gather it up and when he looked for the enemy they were on either side him expecting them to have another go at him, they just saluted him and turned back for Germany.
My grandfather had to house German soldiers while they occupied Holland. They got lucky not to get SS troops, but they ended up with one that had been on the Russian front. He was rough and taken a mental beating on the Eastern front. But my family survived and came out OK. Some crazy stories my Dad told of his time back then.
Hollander's still thank American soldiers for their freedom to this day. May we never take our freedom for granted.
Record your Dad's stories so your family doesn't lose them.
Do you thank the Canadian and British soldiers too?@psychshell4644
@tonyryan1574 Most WW2 veterans have passed away. I leave the international commradarie to my son, who is an active duty U. S. Army soldier who has trained NATO forces. Our military & veterans do not get enough praise for the work they do and the sacrifice they make in the name of our nation.
@psychshell4644 I served in Germany during the cold war alongside U.S troops. My nephew is joining the army when he leaves school. My grandfather's medals and his brothers memorial scroll from 1941 is hanging on my wall. My friend is an ex SBS soldier. A lad I served with lost his soldier father to the ira when he was a baby.
I'd say I'm qualified to speak mate.
My grandfather was a mechanic in WW2 and fixed all the airplanes for the Australian airforce. For the aussies who flew in battle of britain and fixed airplanes that flught against Japanese. He never saw action but without him these brave boys wouldn't have airplaine. Got a picture of him sitting in spitfire he repaired for the Aussie airforce.
Gay
EWWWW you stopped greatness and the new world, thanks bud, you FUCKEDUP THE WHOLE PLANET.
All served as they could. Thanks & Blessings to ALL who defended our Democracy, & kept Fascism & Dictatorship away from USA. From 'Rosie the Rivetors" to the Fromt Line, God Bless & Keep Them ALL!
My grandfather was in the 8th Air Force during WWII. He was a flight engineer and waist gunner. He survived 30 missions over Europe and then volunteered to fly more missions in the pacific theater of operations. His stories blew my mind
Same here, my Grandfather was a B24 pilot in Europe.
That is amazing he lived through all those missions!
Amazing.
He really beat the odds! Bless Him.
My Uncle Bill was 82nd Airborne in D-Day and fought in the Bulge to stop the big push in northern "bulge" and the 101st Airborne rushed in stop the southern "bulge". He survived the war somehow. Thanks Uncle Bill for your service to preserve the way of life I have gotten to live!
Your Uncle Bill fought for evil. If you still think he fought to preserve your way of life then you are too stupid to be allowed freedom
Same for my dad- .82nd, D-day, Battle of the bulge. The cold was bad.
My grandfather was in the volkssturm, he only had an armband, panserfaust and a volkssturmgehwehr 1-5 and he helped a panzer division surrender to the americans while under fire from soviets. He survived the war
We the people of the United States 🇺🇸 of America owe this man and so many like him so much. This generation helped save Europe and the USA.
Thank you sir
Imagine thinking they saved europe when its worse off than ever before.
“We saw something coming, we were told not to fire, it was the British, they were all running, they looked bad, ripped up, terrible and the fear in their eyes as they ran, nothing made me more afraid in my life. Not the Normandy landings or any other part of it. And THEN you heard the engines of the German tanks. And it was cold. And you knew everything they had left was coming at you through those woods.” - Of the very few words my grandfather ever spoke of the war, in reference to the Battle of the Bulge. I needed no further context.
Edit: Since the concept of British and Canadian forces fighting at the Battle of the Bulge (and apparently the war) seems to be in question. General Montgomery was temporarily appointed command of all allied troops north of the bulging line on December 19th 1944. Furthermore, General Patton strongly disliked Montgomery because his British counterpart continually was given the heavy fuel and ammo needed to make major assaults while the tactically superior General Patton was passed over for the roles. The reason being that the British had been fighting the Germans since late 1939 and the Brits frankly wanted heads to roll for The Blitz and considered it their war. Eisenhower probably believed more than anything he was saving American lives by letting the Brits take and frankly require they take the worst of it. Recall Germany declared war on the USA following the attacks on Pearl Harbor and not the other way around. That’s why we fought in the European Theater.
Couldn't have been British soldiers
@@Horribulus 55,000 British troops were part of the Battle of the Bulge, it most certainly was.
Sounds unusual. British joined the fight later on after Germans were stopped.
@@knoll9812 Montgomery was temporarily placed in command of all allied units north between Givet and Prum on December 19th. Well before any Germans were even considering the prospect of defeat. I don’t know where you got that nonsense from but it is as the Brits would say “Rubbish”. Montgomery was constantly given the fuel and ammo over American divisions because the Brits were the real spearhead force in the war. That’s just a fact. The Brits wanted blood from The Blitz. They wanted Germans dead more for it. I’m a proud American Paratrooper and that’s just a fact pal. I don’t care to give the Brits anything more than they deserve but they were the front line for the majority of the war. And they fought in the Bulge, in lesser numbers than the Americans, but they still fought and died.
@@knoll9812I think you’re talking about Americans lol. It was the British and Soviets that did the heavy lifting. Americans didn’t join the war until they realised they could win. There’s a word for that, it’s called cowardice.
Thank you for everything you've done for our country
Not so much for the USA, but for Europe.
My parents were toddlers when the Germans invaded. They were 5 and 6 when the war ended. My mum remembers the sound of bombers flying over. These must have been Allied ones, on their way to Germany.
My in-laws lived on the most bombed place in the world during WW2. My late father-in-law fell three floors from a balcony that collapsed after yet another bombardment. That country was never occupied, contrary to my native country, but the bombing was worse than anywhere else on the planet.
My father-in-law never spoke about the war.
My grandparents were in the wermacht and they served on the French campaign and the eastern front in Russia. Their stories were very condescending my grandfather from the French campaign had some what pleasent experience but my grandfather from the eastern campaign had a horrible dreadful painful greusom deathly experience. My grandfathers are from a town in Bavaria called Alzenau. I miss them very much and am sadden what they had to go through during the war. 🇩🇪
Yes, ordinary GErmans also had no choice - my uncle who was an industrial chemist and a pacifist had the choice join the army or get shot.
Instead of condescending the better word to use is 'contrasting', which means "Differing Strikingly" I'm not being rude, I assume you aren't a native English speaker and figured I would offer some advice.
Whether they enlisted or were conscripted I'm glad to hear you are proud of them and love them. All a man can do in this world is what he thinks is right and they fought bravely for their nation and people. I've met many Germans who are ashamed of their great grandfathers as if they were monsters.. it is disheartening to hear.
Boo😿Hoo
The SS were mainly volunteers, that’s the biggest difference. MOST of them WANTED to be in the SS.
Thats what made them such p.o.s....
This is the correct answer. They also worshipped Hitler and most despised Jews.
My grandpa would often talk about his time
In Europe…some people can talk about it, others don’t. He would never tell us the super bad stories but he was just a good storyteller. He once said ‘the ss were ideologically motivated, whereas the regular army soldiers were just fighting for the nation. The ss were NOT fighting for their nation, they were fighting for their ideology’
One quote that really got to me was when he said ‘they would have torn Germany to the ground if it meant they could meet their ideological goals, they didn’t care for their country, they cared about themselves’
Any foreigner who volunteered to join the German army were automatically put into the Waffen-SS.
So for example the Swedes who had volunteered to fight for Finland so they could fight Russians - but did not reach the front until the fighting was over - when they instead went to Germany to join up to fight the Russians, they were put in the SS. And are forever after called nazis for doing so.
@@mamavswild You sure your grandfather said this, and not your television?
My dad was with the 29 th division 104 medical battalion company A. He never talked much to me about his service. He was and still is my hero. I love you Dad.
Why does every boomer have to list their father/uncle's WW2 service records? No one cares. Those idiots fought for the wrong side. They fought for evil. Only boomer still believe the Germans were bad.
Thank you Sir for your contribution. Glad you made it back!
"Mean" that's an understatement.
Thank you for your service Sir
Thank you for your service, Sir. God Bless You!
The German Army committed more atrocities than the Waffen SS, and that's saying something!
No
@@okaydookay8556 you need to re-evaluate your critical thinking man!
(2/502 Infantry, 101st Airborne) I agree, Thank you for your service!
@okaydookay8556 men like this are the reason you don't speak German show some respect.
What did he think of western Europe 2024?
Thank you for your... Service.
My uncle died at battle of the bulge , it took me a long time to watch a documentary on it.
Was he american?
@@kalwallingford7039hopefully
@@kalwallingford7039 does it matter?
@yannick4895 of course it matters
One of the Greatest Generation.. Bless them all.
My Grandfather was in gen. Maczeks First Div. He rarely spoke of war, but in one story he said that after three days of fighting, they found a barn. Parked their tank in it and went to sleep. The guarding guy fell asleep as well. In the morning the barn was just gone. No one woke up to it being leveled to the ground.
holy chit!! i have an idea how tired they were to miss that.
tears fill my eyes
I thank God I was never in this man's shoes (I was born in 55)
I also was born that year. My dad was in the US Navy in the Pacific, 1942-1945.
And you’re crying about that? Man up ffs
@@jarraandyftm I certainly am
what sort of comment is "man up"?
Do you completely lack empathy?
What sort of hollow soul do you have?
I was born that year. I still have pics of my dad out in the Pacific. We learnt more about what he went through my mum and I only over recent years. With stuff on tv etc. Lots of stuff she never knew about. She has recently passed but my dad took to drink and bouts of depression thinking about the war afterwards. It never really left him. He was such a good kind man himself. My grandfather used to help with him after going through WW1 in France himself. War ruins peoples lives. For most of their lives. Such a shame and we have not learnt even now have we.
When I was around 7-8 years old, there was a piason of the family who was also in this battle and told me all he remembered, about a hour and some tears, I ❤️ military families
My Dad, Julian S Bissette was in General Patton's 64th armored tank division as a combat medic.
Thank you for mentioning your father's service. My dad served at home for the U S Army signal corps, working with British advisors on radar. May they rest in peace.
And we all know what Patton said about the Germans...
@@chinchintabete And everybody deep down knows he was right.
@@chinchintabeteyou have completely misunderstood what he was trying to say. He absolutely despised the nazis and their allies so not only did he want to destroy them, he wanted to keep pushing into Russia and go to war with them. Sorry to burst your neo nazi bubble but Patton wasn’t some nazi sympathizer.
Thanks to your family for fighting for homosexual special rights
THANK YOU, Sir, for the effort you made in protecting us…! (I’m glad you made it home !). 🇺🇸🇺🇸👍🏻👍🏻‼️
Bless you, Sir. My dad was in the Battle of the Bulge, he was wounded but he got to come home and lived to be 80 years old.❤️
My Father as well- he stayed in the Army for 28 years..Miss You Pop!❤
No one cares boomer
@@user-nf6zs4sw7y No one cares
Many so lucky to live on as many had enlisted at such young ages. 17 was common. Everything ground to a halt. No college or schooling so they joined up. Like my dad. The women did the land army and the factory work. Like my mother and her sister.
Thank you for coming back to tell the story.
No one cares. The generation that fought on the wrong side should not be lionized .
My great uncle, Michael Cozzi, lied about his age to enlist before 18, and was sadly killed at the age of 19 during the Battle of the Bulge.
Rest in peace, Mickey, and thank you for your ultimate sacrifice for our nation, Sir. 🇺🇸
Died fighting his racial brothers. Just so jewish communists could flood our nations with non Whites. Sad sad sad
Not only for your Nation. His sacrifice was for us all. Greetings from Greece.🇬🇷♥️🇺🇸
Bulge not bugle...
My Uncle Billy was in the Battle of the Bulge. He'd fought his way across Europe having enlisted right after Pearl Harbor. "The Bulge" was the last straw for him mentally. The stress was so great he was affected with "battle fatigue" as a result. He was shipped back State side and spent three years in a sanitarium before he could go home.
@@CaptainHarlock-kv4zt That's actually a much better way to look at it. Greetings from the States 🇺🇸✌🇬🇷
“…they were MEAN people…” Understatement of the century 😳😆
Thank you for your service to our Constitution and our country.
Thank you for your service, sir.
Now France and Britain (which the Allies saved from the HECKING BAD GUYS!!!) looks 3rd world because of the 3rd worlders
He fought for evil. He should not be thanked.
Bankers won
Thank you sir. We will never know the horrors and discomfort all of you went through. God bless you 💓
A real warrior of a man right here. Thank you sir for your service.
oh yea real warrior.
You realize America came in to BOTH world wars once everyone else was bloody exhausted, right?
@@TheScotian82yep, and to bail out bankers and ultimately prop up the ussr. Yeah, those GIs served us all good n hard all right
@@TheScotian82 Like 1941? Boy, y'all get exhausted QUICK then, according to you.
@@TheScotian82 every single one of your comments under these vids, is being negative towards the USA, saying "we're ruining the West" and how "vastly overrated" we were in both wars. Tell me, how EXACTLY is that? What is being "ruined" for you, personally right now by the US? What country are you in? How are we overrated in the WWs? If you actually answer. I suspect you won't.
He didnt answer @@shy404usernotfound
I can't say thank you enough when i hear of stories of endurance to stand against an enemy. Thank you for your sacrifice.
Thank you for your service, sir. God bless
He won't read this
Service for what?
@@punishedgloyperstormtroope8098dude fought ww2 literally saved the world from hitler.
@@chrisrussell7012they didn’t save the world from anything. They stopped Hitler from eradicating communism and helped establish the state of Israel
@@chrisrussell7012lmao, you really believe that that vet fought on the good side, with the ussr???
I wish I could sit down with a WWII vet & listen to all their tales of war, they were truly humble & pragmatic.
There on here all you have to do is search
Not many left alive now! Every year goes by less and less. They would be ashamed of how things are panning out now in both Britain and USA.
I couldnt handle that. THE folks who went thru this HELL WERE A VERY SPECIAL KIND OF FOLKS. VERY MUCH RESPECT TO THEM
Listening to these stories is an honour. They're amazing acts of courage and sacrifice. My extended family members fought in the Pacific Theatre.
Thank you Sir for your service
@@GregorSass-Ranitz what's your point
@@GregorSass-RanitzThe Profiteers are still smiling...
You sure about that op? You seen the world we are living in now? Because it is exactly the result of this fool and so many others fighting on the wrong side
@@johnanon658 so you're a Nazi? Cool lmao
@@johnanon658 is cause of you. Ur too lost in the kool aid.
Funmy how a guy representing Gallician SS was invited to D-Day this year. Something is wrong.
Not funny. It shows to whom tweedle Dee and tweedle dumb are taking their orders from. Karma is a b*tch
My great grandfather David McAllister drove tanks in the army during the island hopping campaign of WW2. When we all would gather as a family, I remember my cousins all going up to the playroom while I sat in front of this man on the living room floor, listening to tank battle stories. After he passed away, I saw pictures of him, hanging like a monkey from his Sherman’s gun. I just wish I could remember more of those stories.
No one cares
@@user-uy8wx4pk4hyour mom cares
Thank you for your service. May your plate be full and time to enjoy. Glad you came home. Love from MN. ❤
You TROOPS are our American PATRIOT Heroes!!! Thank you Sir for your service.
We owe them everything. ❤🇺🇸
we owe them nothing
Thank you, sir, for your service and all who fought for Freedom.
We invited an ss soldier into parliament to be praised and honored in canada and dont get me started on our finance ministers grandfathers nazi reign in Ukraine.
Tweedle Dee and tweedle dumb, karma is a b*tch
Foreign soldiers were not allowed in the Wehrmacht so they automatically had to join the Waffen-SS
These are the types of men (& women) who made/keep America safe & helped us to retain our freedoms…thanks to all of you for loving your country 🇺🇸 & all of yours sacrifices (and your family’s sacrifices ) to keep America 🇺🇸, her citizens & our allies safe. God bless all of you & God bless America 🇺🇸🙏🏻✝️🕊️
How can you be this dumb and be able to write?
What freedom? To teach your kids about eating da poopoo?
I agree with you. These men in uniform, and men wearing overalls builded America, now people wearing suits destroyed.
He's upset over mean people. That's pretty soft.
Yeah they paved the way for America to become non white majority in just a few generations!!! But at least we arent speaking german huh?
Absolute bot
Sir Harry Miller, thank you for your service. God bless you.
What a good Goy, to help the communist sweep across Europe and America and dismantle their institutions with corruption within. He did his part, as a Christian, to serve the Jew.
Thank you for your service sir. Thank you for the sacrifice of your buddies that never came home. We will never forget you! ♥️🙏🇺🇲
Yes, we can thank him and his buddies for trans pride story hour at the local library, etc etc, because that is exactly what he was fighting for.
These men fought so america and Europe could degenerate into what they are today. Despicable
@@johnanon658I mean, trans people were sent to death camps by the nazis, so yes, at least a little, that was what he was fighting for, now, go to Nuremburg fasci
God Bless all the Service men who are still alive to tell their stories 🙏
There was 1 story about an ss soldier running into his own minefield to save a us soldier
Possibly untrue though a Japanese guard let my father go on capture. There are always the good exceptions.
Main difference between then and now is that back then they had a gf waiting for them or at least some hope of finding one. Now there's no family, no relationships, no financial motivation for wining. You come back to life alone and broke or you pass away. This is what next war will be like
back when women were loyal and wanted family
& that is why the US/NATO will lose, as they should. The US has all but fallen.
@@GuyFieri-uf4jw Well you guys have to stop writing and saying horrible things like "women are gross used up desperate old hags if they aren't married with kids before they turn 30". Then maybe we'd actually want you for company and not 6 cats. :)
I've heard lots of anecdotes from conflict, this one hits hard. Readjustment is almost impossible, there's always something there.
Divorce pays. Women know that. They’ll dump you for money. And the government made it that way intentionally. When men finally man up and say NO to the 50% crap, women will wise up and families will heal.
First Iraq war tankers endured the same.
For two weeks
yeah, WW2 and 1st Iraq war aren't comparable.
@@Irondiver1 Not even close
Was it a war ?
@@Irondiver1 Tank combat was the aame conditions not that the war was the same. Big difference, they just pushed amd slept and ate when they could.
To all veterans & members of the armed forces, God bless you & your loved ones. Thank you for your service.
My grandfather joined the army as a young man during World War II. He would be 100 this November if he was still alive.
So he’s voting for Biden this November? JK bro, thank you for his service. Put him side by side with 18 yr olds today. Smh, not even close
@USMC6169 he's been gone for over 3 decades. I'm sure his identity has been passed around more than a barracks bunny.
I have a relative who joined the Royal Navy at 12, and fought at Trafalgar. He’d be 231 if he was still alive! Different times! 😂😂
@stetomlinson3146 I have a great uncle who joined the US Marines at 15. By the time he turned 18, he was a corporal and a drill instructor during the Korean War. The world has changed, and not always for the better.
@@stetomlinson3146so he’s still voting…for Q. Elizabeth too. My mom is officially 97 and she’s voting for Biden. Smh…she died in 2012.
THANK YOU for your service.❤
The SS did draft men towards the end of the war, though.
They drafted old men and young boys given the decimation in their ranks.
@davidlynch9049 Not true. The SS maintained relatively strict recruiting standards throughout the war, even denying many Germans entry due to height, ancestry, etc. I believe you're thinking of the Hitler Youth (boys) and Volkssturm (mainly WW1 veterans) used in the defense of Berlin.
@@willyishereThat's not true either. The Wehrmacht had a higher standard of racial purity than the Waffen SS from talmost beginning of its existence (Himmler's guidelines were immediately changed after the recruitment began). Moreover, Wehrmacht had sistematic priority for recruits so if someone meets idealized nazi standards, hete were taken by the competition. Therefore, out of a million people in the Waffen SS, half were forcibly mobilized foreigners, often non-Aryan, which would not have happened on such scale in the Wehrmacht. Also waffen ss was not elite. It had some elite divisions, rest were worse than regulars. Germans in waffen ss had fitness and health standards and trainning level lower than regulars.
It's sad that so many people consider themselves WW2 experts, but the truth is that their knowledge is limited to Sabaton songs, a few games, short stories of veterans who, in the heat of battle and chaos, did not know what was really happening around them, and war/post-war propaganda.
No excuse
@@rexxo4957 excuse for what?
Grandpa
You did outstanding job 👏👏👏
Thank You for your Service!
We can’t forget his words or first hand experience.
Correct - we can't forget that the WW2 generation fought for evil against the righteous Germans and destroyed their own grandchildren's' futures.
By the time America faced the SS, they were also mostly draftees
Divisions differed. However the many problem they had was no air support and completely overmatched in support services.
Lies , schatzi
Good bless you for your service and your courage.
Thank you for you service Sir.🇺🇲
He fought for evil. He should not be thanked but condemned.
@@user-uy8wx4pk4hHe fought the nazis. The US aren't good, but they're far better than Nazi Germany. They killed 3 of my family members, and caused the rest to live in poverty.
You’re speaking to a wall. These guys read the “history” books so they’re cemented in their mind-cells.
Good for you hope you enjoy todays America :D
This interview is preserved forever in history.
Sir, I thank you and all veterans, who have served, especially in war zones! God
bless, heal n save everyone and your families!
They ruined the world
My Father survived the Battle of the Bulge
A deer hunter gives thanks to God once they kill their deer, it's an emotional moment, they are out of breath, trembling, excited and sad at the same time. It's a deer, it's life, it's beautiful, and it's meat and hide nourishes, not one part wasted. Yet we have people on here talking like this about their own brothers? These were your brothers and sisters.
Would love to talk to this combat veteran.
Thank you sir, your shorts WWII are always interesting and educational.
I love history because my dad told me about the Battle of the Bulge in the many battles that he was involved in but he never talked much about what happened he just said his boat was hit somewhere off the coast of Sicily and his friends and soldiers were about ready to drown but some sailor opened the hatch and they all ran out but he didn't talk much about the Battle of the Bulge she just said it was a tough and mean battle that they fought
My grandfather fought in the pacific. He hated the Japanese he said two bombs were not enough. . His brother was Beheaded on the Batan Death march. My grandfather father said the Japanese were worse than the German SS..
and if all that was bad they made anime as revenge
@@DRGEngineerdon’t forget about the effect sushi and beyblade has had on our youth
@@IAmTheHomeDepotthe real evil is wakandians
How would he know if he didn't fight in the Western offensive? I know Japanese were more savage to our POW's, but the SS were putting millions of people into gas showers and ovens, so overall? SS were much worse.
Because the Japanese absolutely were much more brutal and killed many more people than the Germans. Isn’t it interesting that our school history books didn’t talk much about this and only focused on the Nazis?
Mean bastards actually believed in something.
Yep, they believed in crimes against humanity.
@@TrueEnglishMan01 they tried to save humanity and we didnt listen
He speaks of his hardships so matter of factly. GenZ talks of their trivial troubles with hatred and venom.
White privilege.
My dad was in the Pacific...you know, the theater that literally only got 30% support in materials and manpower. Another illustration of living in a whate male's world.
I guess I was lucky. My dad talked about his war time. We watched all the war movies. My dad was at Market Garden, DDay, Battle of the Bulge. Lost his arm and leg. Never complained. He would tell stories why he became a paratrooper. The 3 Bs, Boots, bucks 50 more dollars a month, and broads the women loved the paratroopers. The night he danced with Marlena Dietrich. He said it was so cold. That is why he survived the blood froze. After his arm was blown off he wanted his watch back I could go on. Thanks dad.
He fought for the evil side.
@@user-uy8wx4pk4h no he fought against the fascist.
People of same creed fighting due to gaslighting by an alien tribe
Thank you sir and God Bless!
Thanks for what? Trans storytime at the local library?
@@johnanon658 that in itself is german everything comes from frankfurt in germany
@@johnanon658why are you trolling so hard?
Chinese boy or something?
as a norwegian with family history of the war, the wehrmacht was not just "draftees" and i find it appalling anyone would ever make such a claim. The clean wehrmacht is a myth
They were all clean. Excpet the likes of the dirlewanger
@@johnmurdoch8534the Wehrmacht was not as bad as the SS by a good measure.
Sure as hell weren't clean though
@@binary3111 they were fighting for a better future for europe. So they were all good. And had they seen the world today theyd have likely fought harder.
@@johnmurdoch8534 the common idea in Germany for a better Europe was inherently flawed. Current Europe isn't great, but putting it under a nazi regime would see everything fall apart. You can only blame Jews, communists, immigrants and gays for so long - eventually the Nazis would have had to reconcile with the fact their ideology failed. It just so happened they never got that far.
@@binary3111 fascism and ns (which are different) werent set purely around blaming others for flaws but had a positivie vision about WHAT the future would look like after the war. Dont be naive. Current europe is a third rate cesspit with surviellance states at war with their own people actively facilitating invasions from the nonwhite world into their own country who have obliterated the family. Literally a death cult.
This man had experience of a whole nother level of savageness. He fought a war against a strong and well equipped, well organized and determined enemy
People should really watch Europa - The Last Battle!
Um no ...
We should have never fought someone that should’ve been our ally
*1945*
🤡🤡🤡
Geh woanders trollen
*Kleiner Fascho*
My Dad was on a "PT " Boat in the Mediterranean Theater . He said he he learned to " sleep with his eyes open " . And a WWII Army vet in the European Theater told me they would take captured SS guys " for a walk " ,then return alone. Something I applaud. 😊
War crime, how do you accuse SS of murder and then do the same?
A level of manhood and brotherhood mere mortals will never understand
I never heard kind words spoken of any outfit in the Japanese Empire.
The war in the Pacific took on a kind of Darwinist, annhilationist aspect for both sides. The racial barrier between them, combined with the general fanaticism of the Japanese, and the desire for revenge as well as propaganda among the Americans, meant that very quickly an attitude of "take no prisoners" developed on both sides. The Japanese perception of surrender being worse than death also informed their view of any Allied troops surrendering rendering them less-than-human contributed to this too. And of course, the Allies, after experiencing this, became very motivated to reprisal, witnessing what they would have called barbarism and savagery.
The Pacific War was very much a "hellwar" in the same way the Eastern Front was.
@@RingworldTyrant The European front was much more civilized.
@@radman6047 Not on the Eastern Front, no. The Western Front, yes. In the East, the Geneva conventions were ignored and each side fought desparately and without remorse, especially as partisan and irregular warfare became a factor. It was not the same as the Pacific owing to locality and countries involved, but similarly brutal, if not even moreso.
@@RingworldTyrant My point is, the Germans were civil in some areas, the Japanese were not. Their culture did not respect those who surrendered.
The Greatest Generation !!
May God Bless and Keep Him Always 🙏
It used to be taught in school back in the 70s when history class had a lot of details about WWI and WWII that there was a huge difference between the Wehrmacht and Nazi SS.
Today's generation thinks they were all Nazis. That is a shame because the Wehrmacht was a separate German army from the SS. Even the regular German soldiers (Wehrmacht) hated the SS and did everything they could to avoid them, even when on a weekend pass, they would avoid being near an SS soldier in some bar or pub.
Just so those under the age of 40 need to know is I had teachers who were soldiers or sailors in WWI and WWII. My Russian language teacher in high school was born in the 1800s (1898).
When we learned world history, we learned from the people who lived through the history they taught.
I write this to hopefully get through to a younger person that there were good German soldiers during WWII and they were NOT Nazis.
This aligns with deep truth still being suppressed to this day. Quite the puzzle piece indeed
Too simplistic a narrative. It ignores the fact that the Wehrmacht too committed numerous atrocities.
This is the clean wehrmacht myth. The german army was actively complicit in genocide and mass murder and cooperated with the SS on many operations. Yeah some of them weren’t bad people but the institutions as a whole was complicit lmao
I was a gunner in Armored Personnel Carrier in the army and I tell you, the seat made you sleepy in 5 minutes.
During exercises, our vehicle often just stood still and waited for several hours, and I often fell asleep.
You were not supposed to sleep while on duty, so I had my headset on and I learnt to wake up if someone said my name on the comms.
Later I woke up if someone just talked to me, even without mentioning my name.
Eventually I woke up if someone just said anything that might consern me.
Even when asleep, my brain was constantly listeng to the comms and maintained some level of awareness. And somehow my brain knew exactly when I should be woken up.
It's amazing how well the human brain can adapt to different situations.