My great uncle died in the Battle of Overloon, just 2 days before the battle ended, he was only 19. It's amazing that places like these stand to be a reminder of those who gave their lives, not just the Allies but also the Germans. War truly is hell, and places like these, although they can't give us the full picture, help us to at least understand in part what they went through. I'm planning on visiting the Netherlands to visit my great uncle's grave so this will definitely be something I'll have to check out when I'm there
Much respect to your Great Uncle for his service and sacrifice! War is indeed hell but sadly something that has existed since the dawn of time in some shape or another and will continue to do so. I wish you a great visit with your Great Uncle at his resting place.
Been to overloon several times lovely area and people . Went to the museum 2 years ago the best I have seen . The cemetery is really nice very well kept as you would expect. Been all over that eastern area and seen many war memorials . Your uncle was very brave and in many generations would be very well respected unlike many today sadly . You can drive over there it's very easy roads are first class , no pot holes or roadworks .
I will check this museum out the next time I visit the Netherlands. Years ago I visited the museum in Oosterbeek at the Hotel Hartenstein which has many war relics and is also extremely interesting, and walked across the bridge at Arnhem and toured the area to see the sites of the battle there. The entire country of Holland suffered greatly during the war, and the people have great respect for their liberators.
Went a Few years ago my daughter lives in the Netherlands with her Dutch husband and his father took me there, Great museum well worth a look if you go to the Netherlands
Thank you for this video. I'm the grandson of a Tank commander who was in the 7th Armored, 31st Tank Battalion, HQ Company. I'm just starting to research into what he experienced. I'll have to add this place to my bucket list of places to visit. If you ever happen to be in the good old USA please Visit Fort Knox, Kentucky and Dayton, Ohio for the museums. Cheers!
HI My father was an artillery officer in 7th armored, 434th Armrd FA Battalion. They served in the fighting around this area. Thanks for a nice introduction to this museum, Lloyd Irland
My father Robert Dare, was the driver of "Jackal", the Churchill tank that was hit by a mine. He was only one of three that survived the experience and the letter was one I found amongst his things, after he died. I reproduced it from his handwritten note and the museum, very graciously allowed us to post on the exhibit. Seeing it still there was a real shock and brought back all of those memories of him when he was alive. I know he is now at peace and hopefully, those sounds and nightmares have allowed him to rest.
Thanks for sharing your father's letter with all of us. The museum pays tribute to all soldiers, including your dad, who fought in WW II. May your father rest in peace.
@@TheBattlefieldExplorer Cool. Are you allowed to touch, climb, and sit on the tanks and get your picture taken by your family and friends? My Dad and I visited the Iowa Gold Star Military Museum in Johnston, Iowa [that's the state I live in the United States of America] and they had a lot of military/army vehicles [indoors, however you aren't allowed to touch or climb onto, but outdoor display vehicles you can climb and have your pictures taken while on them, even play on them] such as tanks [they have a Russian/Iraqi T-54 or T-62 Main Battle Tank [they look the same, also it's my Number 1# favorite tank at the Iowa Gold Star Military Museum. It's not every day you find Russian Tanks in Iowa], a fully restored World War 2 M-4 Sherman Medium Tank [that never saw combat, but was used for training infantry], an Abrams Main Battle Tank [that had scrapes and dent marks]. Outside of the base Camp Dodge [that's where the Museum is located at in Johnston, Iowa] on Beaver Ave. there's also a road that leads to another area on top of a hill overlooking Camp Dodge there are two tanks and M-60-A3 Main Battle Tank and also what appears to be a Chaffee Tank, an American artillery cannon [don't remember the type] and a fighter jet [I also don't remember what type it is].
@@jamieolberding7731 the tanks in this museum are what was left on the battlefield, they are graves so we do not play or climb on them but respect the graves and the fallen
Thank you for another very interesting tour. I love history and your videos allow me to 'visit' all the places I will probably never get to. Have recommended your videos to several like minded friends. Keep up the good work!
Thank you for what you do,I had family who was in the E.T.O.as well as the Pacific theatre of operations so it means a great deal to me that people such as yourself are trying to pass on the single most important moment of not only the twentieth century but possibly of human history,may the good Lord watch and protect you and all those who feel the way you feel,again thank you.
Wow ! I have just discovered this amazing video and museum - what a fine achievement to build this incredible museum with so many rare WW2 vehicles. Your video is really great to watch, a great piece of work taking a quick tour. I must get over there to see this place for real.
An awesome museum in particular I the maintenance and combat engineers equipment. I agree about the high speed tractors they are hard to beat even cooler than a half track.
This museum unlike the movie Saving Private Ryan has the log anti-landing craft obstacles facing in the correct direction. So, the landing craft would ride up and be stranded.
Another excellent video. I am so sorry I didn't see this amazing museum when I toured through Belgium and the Netherlands exploring WW1&2 battlefields. I hope it receives the advertising it surely deserves. Lest We Forget. 💔
love your videos, you ve won a subscriber with me ! if some day u re planning to visit southern france where the allies landed in aug 44, let me know !
Dat atlantikwall gedeelte is een AfrikaKorps gedeelte of ten minste een gedeelte daarvan Of Ik Moet echt iets gemist hebben. Er staat ook een Afrika korps logo op de Sd,Kfz 250
What the.... did they remove the giant landing vehicle from the showroom? I didn’t see it in the background and is kind of hard to miss :p there does seem to be more walking space now in that area. (It used to be next to the wooden bridge)
Hi Mastordant, The giant LARC is still there, I just didn't add it to the video. I'm planning on doing an update soon, I will make sure to include it then. Cheer!
Rick royce ik ben er niet heel lang geweest maar je hebt daar eigenlijk van alles te doen. Er zijn ook mensen die bijvoorbeeld gespecialiseerd zijn in restauratie, dat ben ik niet maar dan zal je waarschijnlijk daar helpen. Maar ik begon de dag daar met de vitrines schoonmaken of de prullenbakken legen, daarna wordt er van alles gedaan. Als er niet zo veel te doen is loop je rond om mensen te helpen met vragen te beantwoorden zoals waar is de WC maar soms ook iets over de collectie daarnaast let je ook op of mensen zich aan de regels houden. Ik heb ook een beetje in de keuken geholpen, alle voertuigen in het museum afgestoft (ja dat duurde land maar ik vond het niet erg om te doen, ik deed het ook vrijwillig en anders zal je het niet perse hoeven te doen) en ik heb een beetje geholpen bij het ruimte maken voor Militracks. Ten slotte is het eigenlijk gewoon opletten of alles nog goed staat: als er afval in de tentoonstellingen gegooid wordt dan ruimt je het op, als er een pop scheert ligt aan het stuur zet je hem recht en als er andere dingen te doen zijn help je daar me, er is niet altijd veel te doen maar wanneer er iets te doen is kan het echt van alles zijn, de drukste dagen zijn in de schoolvakanties de hele week door behalve maandagen, dan zijn ze wel open maar dat weten veel niet en dan zijn er minder bezoekers. Ik heb dat dit je vraag beantwoord.
Through advanced Soviet teleporting technology the T-34 armored with stalinium materialized in the middle of the battle and singlehandedly defeated all fascists forces. That is true reason T-34 stands there.
plan it during militracks, otherwise it's a loss as half of the museum is a cramped mess nowadays, to many vehicles, to little space, 2 restauration projects not going anywhere (c47 and horsa) lot of intresting vehicles blocked away by others, and half of the us trucks are repetative, and should be put in a depot
My grandfather visited this place once and actually found his tank from operation market garden! It's the tank that's on the right when you enter the door into the large room full of vehicles. He knew because the number of his tank was the same as the one in the museum. I wish I could see him again, but at least his tank is still there and probably will be there for a long time.
Fascinating and well put together museum. makes Londons Imperial War Museum look drab and uninspiring by comparison. Lots of interesting vehicles here I never knew existed.
A bit harsh on the Imperial War museum. It's very good. Especially the new World War I expedition. The Imperial War Museum Duxford is absolutely brilliant.
Visited Overloon with my dad several times in the 1970s and 1980s. We were apalled by the condition of the exhibits, but stunned by the concept of the museum. So good to see they've rescued so much of it and put them indoors. Hopefully I'll soon be able to visit again, health allowing.
The Overloon museum is really great. I have been to Normandy many times and visited pretty much all museums there. Nothing in Normandy can compare to Overloon IMHO. Some are really good, especially the new one at St Laurent, next to the American cemetery. But Overloon I like the most.
Most amazing museum, "WOW", so many interesting items. Would love to visit one day. Really enjoyed watching this awesome clip. Thankyou for sharing. Regards from Queensland, Australia.
I know this museum from my very early teens, almost 50 years ago. My friends father worked at the museum so we could always enter for free. I only know the museum as an open air museum with a small internal exposition. I haven’t visited the museum for more than 30 years now so it’s now on my bucket list. I have a lot of photos/slides of that time if they’re still visible after all these years.
Not sure if the Loon museum is alone in this or not. But the truth is important and displays tanks in which tank crews probably sadly died or were severely maimed and injured in battle which is truly devastating for their families and the lives that destroyed too. It shows that ultimately tanks cannot protect you in every situation no matter how well designed and well made they are. However I know your chances of survival in a tank are statistically better than the infantry. I feel sorry for every last one of them and respect them for their incredible bravery and sacrifice, but tell it to us as it was, and should apply to all musems.
21:24 You missed a very interesting piece of technology there. The Goliath tracked mine, which happens to be pretty much the first R/C vehicle in the world.
My first sight of this museum was 1975.I sat on a Leopard tank, outdoor. What a great day I had. It is slightly improved after 46 years. Thank you for bringing me up to date.
I was there like three weeks ago. Very much has changed since this video here was made and that museum is still really impressive! I think what I like most of it is the way many things are displayed like live-size-dioramas. Being a modeller that approach is really appealing to me. Far better than a sterile collection side by side.
amazing, my old man was stationed in that army camp in munchedgladback late 60`s early 70`s, i was 18mths old at the time went to kindergarden and the house we lived in was right next to the camp and is still there today wow, thinking of a trip to see that house in the near future.
I missed the lads from Rheindahlen JHQ. Mönchengladbach is a very nice town, a lot of ex militaries who stay in Germany after they left the Army lives here. Greetings from Germany
What an excellent museum , great to see the Aircraft, vehicle's and Tank's preserved as they were found on the battlefield , will visit this Museum when i get the chance.
There's enough military equipment there for a small army. It's an amazing collection and it would be an extremely interesting visit to make some day. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you very much for your posting. It was an informative and sobering tour of Overloon. It will have to be on my "Bucket List" of WWII museums of England and Europe to visit. Keep up the great work that you are doing!
Awesome video, I will have to go there as I am very interested in War history, and just wondering what camera you are using to film this, as the video is very good. Sydney Australia
My Mums Brother Served in the RAF -RAF Wegburg ,His wife worked at RAF Rhiendahlein .They toke to the Museum ,I remember seeing a Sherman tank with its turret at an angle & a Churchill Tank with its complete underside gone .And the museum and it everlasting candle to remember the dead .
Today battlefield are beautiful and bucolic but when one thinks back to when the battles were fought they were fields of horrors such as the US Civil War Battlefields that were blood baths.
Thanks, it is a great museum that has some pretty cool extra activities. One of them is Militracks, you can check out my video about the 2018 edition with a King Tiger on my channel!
My former brother in law, Martinus Van Scravendyk, ( deceased) originally from Breda, Holland, was a child during the German occupation of the Netherlands. He said the German soldiers, mostly young men, were very nice to the kids in his neighbourhood, often giving them gifts including confectionary such as chocolate. Later when Marty was a bit older he served in a Dutch Tank Corp, which was posted to peace keeping duty in Germany after the war.
Having lived in Belgium 2014-2018 I've been to this Museaum several times. A great well-done museum to be sure, but when it was renovated in 2017 the admission price doubled and none of the new exhibits had English translations, disappointing from the perspective of an expat.
If you get chance to visit this museum you will also find a short way down the road the British Cemetery with is beautifully kept by the CWGC. I visited there in the 90's and was gladdened to see that our brave boys were so well looked after and respected by the local population. It was here that after the war when the cemetery was established that all the local school children were given a grave to tend, the most were attended every week and the last of those school children was still tending the graves up until a few years ago .
Nederlander, living in Canada. I had the honor to work for Charley Fetterly owner of a small Garage in Kearney, Ontario. Serving with the Canadian 3th Echelon Mechanized Maintenance, he was a brilliant mechanic, was also tasked with retrieval, evaluation and possible repair of damaged Sherman tanks. Very rarely, if ever did he talk about these times. - One's a comment - "I will never forget: The smell of burned flesh and the always finding of small remains .. fingers, ears, skin and hair... pretty well in any fucking crevice. RIP Charley + THX..
I've visited the museum. A truley amazing collection. I guess I will have to go again and see their new aquisitions.It is worth the trip to the Netherlands just to visit this place.
Wel if you go go on may....there is a event with running german vehicles that month ( every year ) Last year there was even a kingtiger. Google it on militracks2019.....you will love it.
The Sign & Message at the start of this (well done) video and museum tour: Can't stop thinking about these Boys and their night before battle. Indeed, already so many months of fighting and horror still fully realizing the diminishing odds.That eventually luck will run out .. - Maybe a link to Margraten? Regards
I know the tanks from the seventies and eighties, last century. I used to visit the museum a lot cause the father of a friend worked at the museum. The tanks back then were in a bad condition, rust everywhere. They look exellent on the outside now. I must revisit the museum, last time was 25 years ago.
Is the mannequin in the field kitchen display still a black man serving food or did you finally decided to maybe put him in a Sherman representing the U.S. 761st Tank Battalion? Give credit where it is due Overloon.
You sould visit the Arsenalen here in sweden. We have a small collection of tanks variating between Swedish, German and Russian vehicles. We are oppen Tuesday to Sunday from 04:00 - 11:00. I sure you'll enjoy your stay.
I'm american, this is better than any military WWII museum i've been to in the states hah. This is awesome, thanks a lot! My grandpa served in the pacific he worked the Higgins boats that dropped troops in Guadalcanal.
Was there back in 1965 when it was completely outside. You would walk small trails in the park and come up on a tank. I remember the shernan with the displaced turret and the Panther.
My great uncle died in the Battle of Overloon, just 2 days before the battle ended, he was only 19. It's amazing that places like these stand to be a reminder of those who gave their lives, not just the Allies but also the Germans. War truly is hell, and places like these, although they can't give us the full picture, help us to at least understand in part what they went through. I'm planning on visiting the Netherlands to visit my great uncle's grave so this will definitely be something I'll have to check out when I'm there
@Just Gofish, Sadly as history has shown us, this type of behaviour is in our nature and most likely will be forever.
Much respect to your Great Uncle for his service and sacrifice! War is indeed hell but sadly something that has existed since the dawn of time in some shape or another and will continue to do so. I wish you a great visit with your Great Uncle at his resting place.
Daniel, 19 is such a young age to die. If I may ask where is he buried, I will endevour to pay him a visit.
Been to overloon several times lovely area and people . Went to the museum 2 years ago the best I have seen . The cemetery is really nice very well kept as you would expect. Been all over that eastern area and seen many war memorials . Your uncle was very brave and in many generations would be very well respected unlike many today sadly . You can drive over there it's very easy roads are first class , no pot holes or roadworks .
Respect for your uncle!
I will check this museum out the next time I visit the Netherlands. Years ago I visited the museum in Oosterbeek at the Hotel Hartenstein which has many war relics and is also extremely interesting, and walked across the bridge at Arnhem and toured the area to see the sites of the battle there. The entire country of Holland suffered greatly during the war, and the people have great respect for their liberators.
We try to make sure their sacrifice will not be forgotten!
Joe Palooka
Dont go to the water museum very bad
@@mcj2219 WTF? You can't swim?? Better stay away from the Netherlands PERIOD Best for both ..
Went a Few years ago my daughter lives in the Netherlands with her Dutch husband and his father took me there, Great museum well worth a look if you go to the Netherlands
Thank you for this video. I'm the grandson of a Tank commander who was in the 7th Armored, 31st Tank Battalion, HQ Company. I'm just starting to research into what he experienced. I'll have to add this place to my bucket list of places to visit. If you ever happen to be in the good old USA please Visit Fort Knox, Kentucky and Dayton, Ohio for the museums.
Cheers!
Thanks for the tip and your kind words!
HI My father was an artillery officer in 7th armored, 434th Armrd FA Battalion. They served in the fighting around this area. Thanks for a nice introduction to this museum, Lloyd Irland
Thank you for your kind words, we will not forget then men like your father who liberated our country.
My father Robert Dare, was the driver of "Jackal", the Churchill tank that was hit by a mine. He was only one of three that survived the experience and the letter was one I found amongst his things, after he died. I reproduced it from his handwritten note and the museum, very graciously allowed us to post on the exhibit. Seeing it still there was a real shock and brought back all of those memories of him when he was alive. I know he is now at peace and hopefully, those sounds and nightmares have allowed him to rest.
Wow that is so special, thank you very much for sharing this with us.
Thanks for sharing your father's letter with all of us. The museum pays tribute to all soldiers, including your dad, who fought in WW II. May your father rest in peace.
@@TheBattlefieldExplorer Cool. Are you allowed to touch, climb, and sit on the tanks and get your picture taken by your family and friends? My Dad and I visited the Iowa Gold Star Military Museum in Johnston, Iowa [that's the state I live in the United States of America] and they had a lot of military/army vehicles [indoors, however you aren't allowed to touch or climb onto, but outdoor display vehicles you can climb and have your pictures taken while on them, even play on them] such as tanks [they have a Russian/Iraqi T-54 or T-62 Main Battle Tank [they look the same, also it's my Number 1# favorite tank at the Iowa Gold Star Military Museum. It's not every day you find Russian Tanks in Iowa], a fully restored World War 2 M-4 Sherman Medium Tank [that never saw combat, but was used for training infantry], an Abrams Main Battle Tank [that had scrapes and dent marks]. Outside of the base Camp Dodge [that's where the Museum is located at in Johnston, Iowa] on Beaver Ave. there's also a road that leads to another area on top of a hill overlooking Camp Dodge there are two tanks and M-60-A3 Main Battle Tank and also what appears to be a Chaffee Tank, an American artillery cannon [don't remember the type] and a fighter jet [I also don't remember what type it is].
@@jamieolberding7731 the tanks in this museum are what was left on the battlefield, they are graves so we do not play or climb on them but respect the graves and the fallen
Very sad he was definitely a hero to us!
Awesome! Thank you! I'm visiting this museum my next trip to Holland.
Thank you for another very interesting tour. I love history and your videos allow me to 'visit' all the places I will probably never get to. Have recommended your videos to several like minded friends. Keep up the good work!
Thank you, that is a very kind thing to say, and do!
What an extremely well presented piece of mechanical military history! An accolade for Joris Nieuwint!
Thank you, Bert Wragg.
I would honestly go to the Netherlands just to see this museum. I'd quite like to visit Arnhem too though.
Thank you for what you do,I had family who was in the E.T.O.as well as the Pacific theatre of operations so it means a great deal to me that people such as yourself are trying to pass on the single most important moment of not only the twentieth century but possibly of human history,may the good Lord watch and protect you and all those who feel the way you feel,again thank you.
Thank you for your kind words!
Wow ! I have just discovered this amazing video and museum - what a fine achievement to build this incredible museum with so many rare WW2 vehicles. Your video is really great to watch, a great piece of work taking a quick tour. I must get over there to see this place for real.
Thank you!
Great vid of the museum that i may never get to experience in person.thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it
There is a great audio recording of fighting in this area on 14th of October 1944. You can hear all kinds of weapons.
An awesome museum in particular I the maintenance and combat engineers equipment. I agree about the high speed tractors they are hard to beat even cooler than a half track.
This museum unlike the movie Saving Private Ryan has the log anti-landing craft obstacles facing in the correct direction. So, the landing craft would ride up and be stranded.
Quite a lot of military history here. Great museum.
Another excellent video. I am so sorry I didn't see this amazing museum when I toured through Belgium and the Netherlands exploring WW1&2 battlefields. I hope it receives the advertising it surely deserves. Lest We Forget. 💔
Amazing place, and great job sowing it. Thank you!
Great video man! Cant wait to visit this museum in the future
Thanks!
Very informative thanks
Thank you for this!
Well done. Subscribed.
Welcome aboard!
Cracking vid, many thanks.
Loved it
Gonna check it out for sure. :))
"It needs some work"
It needs some wings lol
cheers mate. awesome
Mooie video!
Bedankt!
love your videos, you ve won a subscriber with me ! if some day u re planning to visit southern france where the allies landed in aug 44, let me know !
Thanks and welcome!
Dat atlantikwall gedeelte is een AfrikaKorps gedeelte of ten minste een gedeelte daarvan Of Ik Moet echt iets gemist hebben. Er staat ook een Afrika korps logo op de Sd,Kfz 250
Interesting vid.
What the.... did they remove the giant landing vehicle from the showroom? I didn’t see it in the background and is kind of hard to miss :p there does seem to be more walking space now in that area. (It used to be next to the wooden bridge)
Hi Mastordant,
The giant LARC is still there, I just didn't add it to the video. I'm planning on doing an update soon, I will make sure to include it then.
Cheer!
@@TheBattlefieldExplorer Thank you for the response :)
I was curious because... were else they going to put it :P
(LARC... I forgot)
Need to get here for there
Militracks sometime ? enjoy German WWII equipment GO ARMY
Geweldig museum, Ik heb er vrijwilligers werk gedaan
hey, ik ben al 2 jaar aan het denken om dat ook te doen! enige advies? of wat je eigenlijk mag doen!
groetjes
Rick royce ik ben er niet heel lang geweest maar je hebt daar eigenlijk van alles te doen. Er zijn ook mensen die bijvoorbeeld gespecialiseerd zijn in restauratie, dat ben ik niet maar dan zal je waarschijnlijk daar helpen. Maar ik begon de dag daar met de vitrines schoonmaken of de prullenbakken legen, daarna wordt er van alles gedaan. Als er niet zo veel te doen is loop je rond om mensen te helpen met vragen te beantwoorden zoals waar is de WC maar soms ook iets over de collectie daarnaast let je ook op of mensen zich aan de regels houden. Ik heb ook een beetje in de keuken geholpen, alle voertuigen in het museum afgestoft (ja dat duurde land maar ik vond het niet erg om te doen, ik deed het ook vrijwillig en anders zal je het niet perse hoeven te doen) en ik heb een beetje geholpen bij het ruimte maken voor Militracks. Ten slotte is het eigenlijk gewoon opletten of alles nog goed staat: als er afval in de tentoonstellingen gegooid wordt dan ruimt je het op, als er een pop scheert ligt aan het stuur zet je hem recht en als er andere dingen te doen zijn help je daar me, er is niet altijd veel te doen maar wanneer er iets te doen is kan het echt van alles zijn, de drukste dagen zijn in de schoolvakanties de hele week door behalve maandagen, dan zijn ze wel open maar dat weten veel niet en dan zijn er minder bezoekers. Ik heb dat dit je vraag beantwoord.
Ik ben er geweest als stage plek geweest voor een school project en later ben ik er nog even geweest. Ze zijn erg vriendelijk
5:20 ❤❤
AT THE SAME TIME AS YOU WAS I HERE
What are the odds!!
is die t 34 85 niet de zis versie die hebben een lagere koepel
Through advanced Soviet teleporting technology the T-34 armored with stalinium materialized in the middle of the battle and singlehandedly defeated all fascists forces. That is true reason T-34 stands there.
They had to fight the Klingons first!
The Battlefield Explorer And they were cloaked.
I didn't see any Kangaroos.I thought they had a role in liberating the Netherlands.
A Kangaroo It is indeed missing from the collection, maybe in the future... ?
How did the museum acquire these items? Seems the Allies gifted them millions of dollars worth of serviceable equipment.
Most of the vehicles you see are from the Jaap de Groot collection, he worked on his collection for 70 years.
casual V1 hanging from the roof
My great uncle drove that churchill, thanks for showing it as sadly I cant make it out to Overloon I would really love to go one day.
I worked on that Panther. Best experience of my life
Really
Great tour! I like the fact that the vehicles are displayed in their "as-recovered" condition. Now, I have a new place to visit! Thank you!
plan it during militracks, otherwise it's a loss as half of the museum is a cramped mess nowadays, to many vehicles, to little space, 2 restauration projects not going anywhere (c47 and horsa) lot of intresting vehicles blocked away by others, and half of the us trucks are repetative, and should be put in a depot
My grandfather visited this place once and actually found his tank from operation market garden! It's the tank that's on the right when you enter the door into the large room full of vehicles. He knew because the number of his tank was the same as the one in the museum. I wish I could see him again, but at least his tank is still there and probably will be there for a long time.
Well done!!!! I wish more of those who post "high-speed" tours would take a lesson from your style. This was an outstanding video.
Thanks for your kind words!
Fascinating and well put together museum. makes Londons Imperial War Museum look drab and uninspiring by comparison. Lots of interesting vehicles here I never knew existed.
well put together? the rear half of the museum is a mess, cramped, and to many of the same vehicles.
A bit harsh on the Imperial War museum. It's very good. Especially the new World War I expedition.
The Imperial War Museum Duxford is absolutely brilliant.
Visited Overloon with my dad several times in the 1970s and 1980s. We were apalled by the condition of the exhibits, but stunned by the concept of the museum.
So good to see they've rescued so much of it and put them indoors.
Hopefully I'll soon be able to visit again, health allowing.
The Overloon museum is really great. I have been to Normandy many times and visited pretty much all museums there. Nothing in Normandy can compare to Overloon IMHO. Some are really good, especially the new one at St Laurent, next to the American cemetery. But Overloon I like the most.
Most amazing museum, "WOW", so many interesting items. Would love to visit one day. Really enjoyed watching this awesome clip. Thankyou for sharing. Regards from Queensland, Australia.
I know this museum from my very early teens, almost 50 years ago. My friends father worked at the museum so we could always enter for free.
I only know the museum as an open air museum with a small internal exposition. I haven’t visited the museum for more than 30 years now so it’s now on my bucket list.
I have a lot of photos/slides of that time if they’re still visible after all these years.
Not sure if the Loon museum is alone in this or not. But the truth is important and displays tanks in which tank crews probably sadly died or were severely maimed and injured in battle which is truly devastating for their families and the lives that destroyed too. It shows that ultimately tanks cannot protect you in every situation no matter how well designed and well made they are. However I know your chances of survival in a tank are statistically better than the infantry. I feel sorry for every last one of them and respect them for their incredible bravery and sacrifice, but tell it to us as it was, and should apply to all musems.
Great video about a great museum! Thank you.
21:24 You missed a very interesting piece of technology there. The Goliath tracked mine, which happens to be pretty much the first R/C vehicle in the world.
@dutchforces en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goliath_tracked_mine
@dutchforces know what Google is? Use it :)
Not to be rude, but people rather are lazy then trying to figure things out on their own ;)
No it's not.. The soviet Teletank was used 3 years before the goliath was designed
First R/C vehicle in the world piff paff...
Tesla was one of the first to do it in the late 1800s with model boats
Goliath is wired. The Bogward IV is radio controlled.
My first sight of this museum was 1975.I sat on a Leopard tank, outdoor. What a great day I had. It is slightly improved after 46 years. Thank you for bringing me up to date.
It has changed a lot since then!
I'm so booking a trip their next year also the war and peace festival in Kent... thanks for this really surprising video awesome place .
I was there like three weeks ago.
Very much has changed since this video here was made and that museum is still really impressive! I think what I like most of it is the way many things are displayed like live-size-dioramas. Being a modeller that approach is really appealing to me. Far better than a sterile collection side by side.
Love the channel, would you be interested in doing a little collaboration between UA-cam channels?
I would like that! I'll send you a PM!
Ah, I used to live not far from here and it was a regular Sunday trip out.
amazing, my old man was stationed in that army camp in munchedgladback late 60`s early 70`s, i was 18mths old at the time went to kindergarden and the house we lived in was right next to the camp and is still there today wow, thinking of a trip to see that house in the near future.
I missed the lads from Rheindahlen JHQ. Mönchengladbach is a very nice town, a lot of ex militaries who stay in Germany after they left the Army lives here.
Greetings from Germany
What an excellent museum , great to see the Aircraft, vehicle's and Tank's preserved as they were found on the battlefield , will visit this Museum when i get the chance.
21:35 in case of fire, run to emergency exit and get trapped in barbed wire on the way out. Nice.
There's enough military equipment there for a small army. It's an amazing collection and it would be an extremely interesting visit to make some day. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you very much for your posting. It was an informative and sobering tour of Overloon. It will have to be on my "Bucket List" of WWII museums of England and Europe to visit. Keep up the great work that you are doing!
Very interesting, thanks :) I'm Russian.
I stil know 4 years ago a was standing on that t-34 it was zo great
Thank you, def something for my next visit to the Netherlands :)
Awesome video, I will have to go there as I am very interested in War history, and just wondering what camera you are using to film this, as the video is very good.
Sydney Australia
My Mums Brother Served in the RAF -RAF Wegburg ,His wife worked at RAF Rhiendahlein .They toke to the Museum ,I remember seeing a Sherman tank with its turret at an angle & a Churchill Tank with its complete underside gone .And the museum and it everlasting candle to remember the dead .
Today battlefield are beautiful and bucolic but when one thinks back to when the battles were fought they were fields of horrors such as the US Civil War Battlefields that were blood baths.
Great job on your narration!
Thank you, Graham!
21:23 I could be wrong, but I believe that's an FN production of the BAR with pistol grip. Very rare, very cool.
Outstanding tour! I had no idea the US had such varied vehicles. The restorations are fantastic.
Thanks, it is a great museum that has some pretty cool extra activities. One of them is Militracks, you can check out my video about the 2018 edition with a King Tiger on my channel!
See pictures of the museum here.
www.flickr.com/photos/138005416@N07/albums/72157672384696757
Great pictures, thanks!
Excellent and thanks for the review. I plan on coming for a visit in September.
Excellent tour and Great commentary sir! That you ever so much! Oohraah! ;)
Thank you!
My former brother in law, Martinus Van Scravendyk, ( deceased) originally from Breda, Holland, was a child during the German occupation of the Netherlands. He said the German soldiers, mostly young men, were very nice to the kids in his neighbourhood,
often giving them gifts including confectionary such as chocolate.
Later when Marty was a bit older he served in a Dutch Tank Corp, which was posted to peace keeping duty in Germany after the war.
Having lived in Belgium 2014-2018 I've been to this Museaum several times.
A great well-done museum to be sure, but when it was renovated in 2017 the admission price doubled and none of the new exhibits had English translations, disappointing from the perspective of an expat.
Only complaint about this is that the video is too short! What an insane museum. Part 2 please...
Sounds like a plan!
The URL to their website:
www.oorlogsmuseum.nl/en/home/
This is terrific. Well done. Thanks for posting.
If you get chance to visit this museum you will also find a short way down the road the British Cemetery with is beautifully kept by the CWGC. I visited there in the 90's and was gladdened to see that our brave boys were so well looked after and respected by the local population. It was here that after the war when the cemetery was established that all the local school children were given a grave to tend, the most were attended every week and the last of those school children was still tending the graves up until a few years ago .
Nederlander, living in Canada. I had the honor to work for Charley Fetterly owner of a small Garage in Kearney, Ontario. Serving with the Canadian 3th Echelon Mechanized Maintenance, he was a brilliant mechanic, was also tasked with retrieval, evaluation and possible repair of damaged Sherman tanks.
Very rarely, if ever did he talk about these times.
- One's a comment -
"I will never forget: The smell of burned flesh and the always finding of small remains .. fingers, ears, skin and hair... pretty well in any fucking crevice. RIP Charley + THX..
The Sherman tank was out in the woods when we visited -1974
a lot of hard work but lots of history
I've visited the museum. A truley amazing collection. I guess I will have to go again and see their new aquisitions.It is worth the trip to the Netherlands just to visit this place.
Wel if you go go on may....there is a event with running german vehicles that month ( every year )
Last year there was even a kingtiger. Google it on militracks2019.....you will love it.
The Sign & Message at the start of this (well done) video and museum tour:
Can't stop thinking about these Boys and their night before battle.
Indeed, already so many months of fighting and horror still fully realizing the diminishing odds.That eventually luck will run out ..
- Maybe a link to Margraten?
Regards
I visited this museum as a 10 yr old boy in 1972 when we lived in Brussels where my dad was posted with the army - great museum.
It has changed rather dramatically and for the best too so well worth another visit!
I know the tanks from the seventies and eighties, last century. I used to visit the museum a lot cause the father of a friend worked at the museum. The tanks back then were in a bad condition, rust everywhere. They look exellent on the outside now.
I must revisit the museum, last time was 25 years ago.
Another great video! So much cool history there thank you so much for showing it!
Nice! Thanks for sharing
very moving to hear the story of that Churchill. We shall remember them
Indeed we will!
Is the mannequin in the field kitchen display still a black man serving food or did you finally decided to maybe put him in a Sherman representing the U.S. 761st Tank Battalion? Give credit where it is due Overloon.
You sould visit the Arsenalen here in sweden. We have a small collection of tanks variating between Swedish, German and Russian vehicles. We are oppen Tuesday to Sunday from 04:00 - 11:00. I sure you'll enjoy your stay.
Als ik eerlijk ben vind ik het nmm leuker
I'm american, this is better than any military WWII museum i've been to in the states hah. This is awesome, thanks a lot! My grandpa served in the pacific he worked the Higgins boats that dropped troops in Guadalcanal.
That is quite an exhibit. There's also quite a good museum in Eindhoven.
Nice to see vehicles that are rarely shown.
Was there back in 1965 when it was completely outside. You would walk small trails in the park and come up on a tank. I remember the shernan with the displaced turret and the Panther.