Why Did the German Army Fail in the Battle of the Bulge in 1944? The Generals Give Their Opinion
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- Why did the 1944 Ardennes offensive fail? What did the main generals involved think? Were there better alternatives? What were the main mistakes that the Germans made? When did both Model, Manteuffel and Rundstedt consider the offensive a failure? How did the German leader react when he was told that the offensive had failed?
Next, in this program, we are going to analyze all of these questions.
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00:00 Introduction
00:43 The 6 Phases of the Battle of the Bulge
03:44 Manteuffel's opinion
06:39 Opinion Walter Model
07:52 Rundstedt's opinion
09:02 Failure analysis of the Ardennes Offensive 1944 - Розваги
There was no chance that this offensive could have succeeded. It depended on things completely out of the Germans' control to succeed: mainly the weather remaining bad. Once the weather cleared up, even if it was after the Germans took some objectives, the Typhoons and Thunderbolts would rocket and strafe and bomb everything and the Germans didn't have enough air power of their own to stop them.
The Germans should have probably tried to negotiate an end to the war after Notmandy got solidified. There was a lot of tough talk about unconditional surrender but the Allies would have listened if Germany got rid of Hitler. That wasnt going to happen, so the war took its historical course.
they didnt have enough fuel.. no supply
@@Nitroat-xo4tjand their tanks malfunctioned
Even if the offensive did manage to succeed, what then? That doesn't remedy the fact that Germany still has no fuel and that the Allies control the skies. All you do is prolong the inevitable.
Patton himself said, that Germans could have get so Antwerpen. And then split the entire british and canadian army from the us. Planes don’t win you the war , but soldiers does.
@@Trotler And how are the Germans supposed to get to Antwerp when they don't have fuel, ammo, or food? Considering Patton's tendency to admire the Germans I wouldn't put much stock into his opinion on the matter.
@@lonelychameleon3595 who needs fuel? One infantry push was enough. The Americans couldnt supply their Lines either
@@lonelychameleon3595 maybe im playing too many Video Games
@@Trotler True but! Soldiers don't win wars without aircraft.
The 1st & 19th armies launched Operation Nordwind; the attempted recapture of Alsace Lorraine on 12-31-44 or 01-01-45. Also, the Luftwaffe launched Operation Bodenplatte on 01-01-45; the attacks on Allied airfields in Belgium, Netherlands, & France. Both the Germans & Allies lost hundreds of planes. But the Luftwaffe lost many remaining irreplaceable pilots such as group, wing, & squadron commanders (maybe some remaining aces as well).
Lack of air superiority and fuel mostly.
In short, LOGISTICS, the failure of so many military offensives.
No fuel and no air cover.
Also the war was already over by 1943
Tell that to the relatives of the millions that died up to 1945.
The German Army fell in the Battle of the Bulge because they didn't have enough fuel to make the battle a mobile event. Also, Germany couldn't compete with the allies in number of men in the military.
Yep! That is how all wars end.
Extremely wonderful explanation introduced by an excellent ( war academy) channel about German failure to gain its goals through Ardennes offensive in winter 1944. Thank you for sharing
Simply because they didn’t have enough fuel to make it to Antwerp and were dependent on capturing fuel storages of the Allies on their way forward. Quantity succeeded over quality, the theme of the whole war in a nutshell.
I think germans had 1/3 fuel load needed.
The problem was the u.s. enginers who destroyed important bridges for advancing forward. The Bastone attack was poor organized , because should attacked from several sides at one time.The absence of parachute assist was mistake to proceed quick advance and distract the enemy.
That killed The Germans who are dependent on that fuel for the whole operation.
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the VT fuse and lack of captured bridges
With her its too much not too little.
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Very interesting and entertaining
Need to check on your pronunciations of German unit names and names of people. Starting to notice a drop in quality on this channel, you're on a slide to the level of Dark Docs, which I do not follow Dark Docs anymore.
5:48
There was absolutely no chance for the counteroffensive to succeed-lack of fuel,air cover.the 5th,6thSS and 7th Armies should instead be sent east shore up the Berlin defense.The Capital would fall regardless but it would cost the Soviets dear.
But at least the US suffered the most casualties ever in this battle or in this area in the Siegfried line.
IF Germans didns start Bulge and Balaton offensive , war could be prolonged till 1946
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The tanks ran out of gas and the weather cleared up for the allied airforces to knock out the remaining German armor.
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Perhaps it might be better to look at the difference in how the Americans fought in the Battle of the Bulge versus how the British and French fought (or didn't fight ) in the Battle of France. The Americans dug in and fought which enabled them to stop the 6th SS Panzer Army cold and disrupt the advance of the 5th Panzer Army. Also, the US 3rd Army was able to launch a major counter attack from the the south. The British and French, which suffered rather light casualties in the Battle of France, specially in comparison to the Americans in the Battle of the Bulge, kept retreating and trying to find a cohesive front until the British got trapped at Dunkirk and the French army collapsed. Large forces to the south never saw action.
@phillipnagle9651
Didn't fight? The British literally pushed the German advance back some 8 miles at the Battle of Arras, Rommel had to halt his advance of the Panzers due to heavy resistance from the BEF.
The French also fought hard against the Germans at the Battle of Hannut, at Hannut the French knocked out about 160 German tanks for a loss of 105 machines as well at the Battle of Montcornet, they attacked the German held village with another 200 tanks. The French drove off the Germans but later had to retreat due to lack of support and the intervention of the Luftwaffe. The Village of Stonne also changed hands 17 times. French casualties were 90,000 killed and 200,000 wounded.
The only reason that the Americans were able to disrupt the advance of the 6th and 5th Panzer army in the Ardennes is because the Germans had no fuel and supplies and they had zero air superiority unlike in 1940 ( *The Germans had at least 5,600 air craft to face the Brits and French 2,900 air craft* )
@@Bullet-Tooth-Tony- It's what I've come to expect from the British as they repeat their mythology. The Battle of Arras was a minor counter attack that failed with the British quickly withdrawing to their original position. Most of the BEF did not even get involved in any major fighting. As for the absolute lie that the only reason the 6th Panzer Army was stopped was because they ran out of fuel is proved to be a lie because the bulk of that army was redeployed to south to face Patton. (I am always amazed at the lack of ability of the British to read battle maps.)
@@phillipnagle9651 I see you've fallen for the usual Hollywood propaganda then. The fact is even Hitlers generals knew it would FAIL and told him repeatedly, they had NO air craft to spare, no fuel and supplies, it was never going to work from the start, the Germans managed 9 days before the whole offensive came to a standstill.
@@phillipnagle9651 The bulk of the army was actually deployed NORTH since Antwerp was the main objective.
@@phillipnagle9651 A minor counter attack that failed?
Quote At around 4:00 p.m. (German time) II Battalion, Schützen-Regiment 7 was attacked by about 40 British tanks, which were engaged by artillery on Hill 111, roughly 0.62 mi (1 km) north-west of Wailly. German 88 mm FlaK guns knocked out several Matilda I tanks. Some larger Matilda II tanks among the Matilda Is advanced through the artillery and anti-tank fire unscathed, German shells bouncing off their armour. The tanks destroyed the German anti-tank guns with return fire and rolled over them, killing the crews. The British tanks were eventually stopped short of Hill 111 by fire from another artillery battery but other tanks bypassed the area on both sides. *On the southern flank of the 7th Panzer Division, the Totenkopf Division was attacked and some SS troops fled in panic*
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Keep the old background music as it is, this new background music of drums is crap.
Do you believe that this offensive could have been a success?
Nope.
If so many of their tanks didn’t bust
Great content and analysis but what’s with the mispronunciation of names. Seriously baffling that with such a brief video why would you need AI if another kind of computer generated narrator to garble the names of the most famous Generals of WW2.
No gas
St Vith!
Apparently its because my grandmas brother told them no....
Lack of fuel and overwhelming enemy air superiority. Unfortunately
One of the most overrated battles of the war, as if the germans could have suceeded
My ex-wife also failed in the battle of the bulge.
If they had fought 1 on 1 ,the germans would have defeated the americans like taking candy from a baby
😂😂😂 You sound like Hitler.😂 The Germans were already beat, a waste of reserves, good men. You didn't have a chance against the yanks.
But they didnt as every good general should have more of everything than his enemy.
As Bedford Forrest of the the American Civil war said,
'Get their the firstest with the mostest'.
Simple, it never could have succeeded
There big mistake i believe was going against the Americans. They should have gone against the British sector first.
They went against the Americans because that part of the front was scarcely defended, so they had the biggest chance of a breaktrhough. Also that part of the front was held by newcomers. The Americans called that aprt of the front "The Ghost Front". It wpuld have been much tougher to break through Montgomery's lines.
You're mad if you think going against the British sector would be easy, remember that the British had A LOT of 17 pounder and 25 pounder artillery and anti tank guns in their army which were more than capable of knocking out some of the heaviest German tanks of the war. The Germans were not comfortable when facing the wrath of the 25 pounder which was just as effective as the Flak gun. The troops of the 21st Army Group were also very battle hardened and were not likely to break in the face of the Germans.
@@Bullet-Tooth-Tony- British had no problem against the British n Montgomery. The British would have faced several waffen ss crack troops, tigers, panthers. Sugs3,4.
The British never showed any real success
@@petersclafani4370 "The British never showed any real success"
Lol the British in Operation Epsom knocked out some 170 German tanks they had plenty of success, the 2nd SS Panzer Corps offensive was stopped in it's tracks by the 2nd army. By the battle of the bulge, 21st army group had experience of defeating 8 Panzer divisions in France.
@@AlejjSi Yeah people forget the units the Germans crashed through were largely inexperienced, all the British units were veterans.
A battle too far
Don't be so hard on people. They're just engaging in their thoughts. I don't think any of us are general Patton here. Have a good day, my friend.
It does your credibility no good to mispronounce so many names and places. MOdel (with long "O"); Man-TOY-fel. Bastogne is not just BasSTONE.
The main reason for this not working properly?? The raw materials like petrol for the tanks and trucks. The railway system was no good because of the bombing during the day. Could only move at night. Yeah you don't have to be a General to work it out.🇩🇪⚔️⚔️⚔️🦘
IT'S LOGISTICS the most important arm in any battle
@@anthonyeaton5153 Yes if you don't have logistics also to make sure your men are well supplied,,, or you will loose the battle and then the war. 🇩🇪😳🥵