My grandfather was a captain in the 137th 2n Battalion. They had to run back and forth northsouth from HQ to Bastone 10 times in 10 days. Though they had a break at Christmas In January, they made him. secure a crossroads at Villiers le Bonne Eaux. I only heard him say the name Malmady once, and it chilled my bones when he said it. Boy, the Germans got their ass superkicked that day. Grandpa won a bronze star
I've seen & heard of worse. Marines laughing out loud & being asked to leave Sands of Iwo Jima, the military guests of The Devils Brigade walking out of the theater & of course Private Ryan's underwater bullets. Yes WWII hardware, especially tanks are nearly impossible to find but the winter of 44/45 was brutal in Belgium. Is this the back lot of Hollywood? Still, those American troops shortened the war by months and were only a 3 hour drive from where my extended family lived under Nazi occupation. Realistic or not, war is Hell.
@@petergray2712 that's justifiable, not many working shermans, panzer 4s and tigers in the 1960s and they didn't have the special effects tech we have today nor the budget to mask modern tanks as old ones
@BufusTurbo92 They could have at least tried to disguise them with facades like other war movies. They'll still look fake, but the effort would be appreciated.
It’s a shame our knowledge of German armoured vehicles blights this film. I loved it as I grew up but the very presence of the Patton M47’s absolutely destroyed any magic the film had. Absolutely the fault of the producers.
My dad was an US Army ordinance engineering officer assigned to US First Army in December 1944 near St. Vith working with the 3rd Armored Division to manage its armored supply chain during the Battle of the Bulge and spent 2 weeks behind German lines after being overrun by Kampfgrup Peiper on Dec. 16th. He managed to round up a bunch of US doggies and brought them back to Allied lines, for which he was awarded the BSM for Valor. We watched this movie together on CBS Sunday Night Movies around 1968. He declared it to be complete and total 'horseshit".
One British Brigade at the Meuse River was all that fought in the Bulge. Every other unit was U.S. Army. Don't believe Montgomery's idea that the British saved the day because he was given command of 1st Army on the North shoulder. 3rd Armored Division blunted the deepest penetrative by 2nd Panzer Division. The vaulted SS Panzer Divisions never broke through the North shoulder lines.
Here comes all the tank 'experts' to tell us these are not real Shermans and Panthers. And oh the Ardennes doesn't look like this. It's movie, a particularly bad one as far as history goes.
incorrect. The Maybach HL230 found on Panthers and Tigers was a petrol engine, same goes for all other german tanks of the period, included the weird prototypes. Petrol (or gasoline, same thing) was easier to synthetize from coal, which became the main fuel production source in germany during the war, especially after losing access to the Romanian oil fields.
@joshuariddensdale2126 no it's it's public knowledge, the panzer 3 panzer 4 and the tiger 1 were pierced by diesel engines , some tanks did use gas but the majority of tanks in WW2 used diesel, fact they were powered by Maybach diesel engines.
Nope, they all used gasoline. Despite this movie being terrible and a disgrace when it comes to historical accuracy, it is actually correct that the germans planned and relied on their forces to capture allied fuel damps to use the fuel for their tanks during the Ardennes offensive.
As a native Belgian i think the Ardennes look a bit strange in this movie
I mean, nothing about this movie is accurate, lol.
Nah, it's perfectly OK after 3 gallons of Whiskey .........
Captain 👩✈️: Hang on.
@@sammywestenberger9303 Captain's never tasted defeat!
My grandfather was a captain in the 137th 2n Battalion. They had to run back and forth northsouth from HQ to Bastone 10 times in 10 days. Though they had a break at Christmas In January, they made him. secure a crossroads at Villiers le Bonne Eaux. I only heard him say the name Malmady once, and it chilled my bones when he said it. Boy, the Germans got their ass superkicked that day. Grandpa won a bronze star
I never knew how sandy Belgium was in winter!😂
And so mountainous!
That's what a Belgian winter looks like? 🙄
😅😅😅😅😅😅
Hollywood at it worst
It’s beautiful. That’s the Ardennes without snow, thick forests, and with sand
I love this movie
Battle of the Ardenne desert.
Ardennes
Colonel: Good 😊
Inaccurate as it is, it still has a great musical score.
Are you kidding me? This held the title for "Most Historically Accurate Movie EVER" till Quentin Tarantino's "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" came out.
I've seen & heard of worse. Marines laughing out loud & being asked to leave Sands of Iwo Jima, the military guests of The Devils Brigade walking out of the theater & of course Private Ryan's underwater bullets. Yes WWII hardware, especially tanks are nearly impossible to find but the winter of 44/45 was brutal in Belgium. Is this the back lot of Hollywood? Still, those American troops shortened the war by months and were only a 3 hour drive from where my extended family lived under Nazi occupation. Realistic or not, war is Hell.
Captain 👩✈️: Yeah 👍
“Book ‘em Danno”. If you know, you know.
My favourite war film! Please bring it to 4k blu-ray.
I love this Film too despite the inaccurates.
This film could have stood on its own as a largely fictional story if not for its inaccurate title.
ah yes, the battle of the bulge.
Shot in Spain without a centimetre of snow in sight.
So…
Using American tanks. Including M47 Pattons on the "German" side.
@@petergray2712 that's justifiable, not many working shermans, panzer 4s and tigers in the 1960s and they didn't have the special effects tech we have today nor the budget to mask modern tanks as old ones
@BufusTurbo92 They could have at least tried to disguise them with facades like other war movies. They'll still look fake, but the effort would be appreciated.
@@petergray2712 I agree but their target audience wasn't us bunch of nit-picking history enthusiasts
this movie needs to be remade into an accurate film
“Tiger, Tiger, burning bright, in the forests of the night.” - William Blake.
We stopped Panzer tanks from getting our Gasolines!
It’s a shame our knowledge of German armoured vehicles blights this film. I loved it as I grew up but the very presence of the Patton M47’s absolutely destroyed any magic the film had. Absolutely the fault of the producers.
Just where do you think the producers were going to get 20-30 Panthers and King Tigers to use for the film? smh
It's a movie, not a documentary.
General: That’s Great 😀
My dad was an US Army ordinance engineering officer assigned to US First Army in December 1944 near St. Vith working with the 3rd Armored Division to manage its armored supply chain during the Battle of the Bulge and spent 2 weeks behind German lines after being overrun by Kampfgrup Peiper on Dec. 16th. He managed to round up a bunch of US doggies and brought them back to Allied lines, for which he was awarded the BSM for Valor. We watched this movie together on CBS Sunday Night Movies around 1968. He declared it to be complete and total 'horseshit".
Hessler made fried panzers in 4 days from Patton tanks.
Who's here for the comments 🤣🤣🤣
Seems like most of our ww2 movies showing how bad we were, how good were the Germans or Japanese, but we still won somehow won🤔
Yeah just the Yanks on their own. No one else 😂
One British Brigade at the Meuse River was all that fought in the Bulge. Every other unit was U.S. Army. Don't believe Montgomery's idea that the British saved the day because he was given command of 1st Army on the North shoulder. 3rd Armored Division blunted the deepest penetrative by 2nd Panzer Division. The vaulted SS Panzer Divisions never broke through the North shoulder lines.
Colonel: Good 😊
Why didn’t he move back and sideway to avoid the drums?
Filmed in Spain and used Spanish Army tanks.
4:30 why they kill them
I think the guys were germans in american uniforms that captured the depot before the tanks got there
@festungkurland9804 ah I see I just watch half the movie
Sergeant: Take This!
Here comes all the tank 'experts' to tell us these are not real Shermans and Panthers. And oh the Ardennes doesn't look like this. It's movie, a particularly bad one as far as history goes.
fun movie BUT all hollywood
"Zis fuel dump must be taken intact" he said out loud to no one in particular.
Himself…and the audience…🥴
@@francopasta3704 he was talking to his crew possibly although as you suggest, it may have been a blooper left in the film
Was he on the radio with the rest of the column.
Captain 👩✈️: Halt!
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wat
Comedy
Wrong. Sherman's used gasoline, Germans used diesel.
Great movie, only problem the German tanks used diesel fuel the American Sherman's used gasoline.
incorrect. The Maybach HL230 found on Panthers and Tigers was a petrol engine, same goes for all other german tanks of the period, included the weird prototypes. Petrol (or gasoline, same thing) was easier to synthetize from coal, which became the main fuel production source in germany during the war, especially after losing access to the Romanian oil fields.
@@jeffshriber6120 That's actually a very common misconception. I don't know where it came from, but German tanks used gas.
@joshuariddensdale2126 no it's it's public knowledge, the panzer 3 panzer 4 and the tiger 1 were pierced by diesel engines , some tanks did use gas but the majority of tanks in WW2 used diesel, fact they were powered by Maybach diesel engines.
Nope, they all used gasoline. Despite this movie being terrible and a disgrace when it comes to historical accuracy, it is actually correct that the germans planned and relied on their forces to capture allied fuel damps to use the fuel for their tanks during the Ardennes offensive.
Actually, opposite!
The worst depiction of a major WWII battle ever. Poorly filmed poorly acted and very inaccurate.
Dumbest war movie ever made, a real stinker!
Fan fiction?