5 MUST SEE WWII SITES IN THE ARDENNES (Battle of the Bulge Northern Shoulder)
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The last survivor of Malmedy died a few years back in Beaver, Pennsylvania. He was my son in laws great uncle. The man was interviewed multiple times and had his faculties up until his death. An absolute HERO so close to my home and family as well. When he was rescued and brought back to a base camp he was told there were SS soldiers in this ambulance, he yanked the doors open and opened fire on them killing them all. He was rage revenge hate filled battle hardened.
Malmedy is a story with two sides to look on!
Great video my friend. My father was with the royal artillery up at the northern end of the bulge. He travelled down through it and into Germany. He died New Year’s Day 2013.
The town of La Roche is another great place to visit, it has a small ww2 museum there which has some fantastic items on display, & there are two Sherman tanks in the town too.
On the Tiger tank 213 there is a short clip of a black white movie from the war time but the tank highlighted carries number 313 and not 213.
The 3-digit call sign is one of the systems used by the Germans ito identify their vehicles where the first number is the company, the second number is the platoon and the third number is the order of the tank in the section. A section usually only consists out of 4 tanks so the same numbers will always be recurring. Just a short explanation, for the whole story see the internet.
Don't forget the Bastogne Museum and the Bois Jacques battle field 4 km away. Recogne german cemetery and chapel...Worth the visit
Enjoy all your videos Joe! I did the Peiper tour with Bob in February 2020 before the world shut down. It was an awesome tour, highly recommend any of Bob’s tours.
Great book! Bought it when I was in Bastogne in 2018. It helped me find a relatives spot in Hemroulle and the field the Germans did their Christmas Day attack through with 18 tanks.
I’ve always had this daydream/fantasy of visiting these battlefield locations of the European war theater. I had an uncle a paratrooper O.G. Who fought in WWII and was injured during the BOTB. He was machine gunned in the back. Reported dead to my grandmother multiple times and yet survived the whole war. He shocked everyone when he came home and had to convince his siblings that he didn’t die and even my grandmother was in absolute shock.
Fantastic video Joe, I'll visit those places in the coming future.
Brilliant Video, makes me want to go back to the ardennes. How about you make a tour guide book about the places you have been surrounding ww2
Thanks for your video. Let us not forget that there were losses on both sides and suffering also.
So glad you highlighted the 11 killed as a place to visit. I have read so much about the "Battle of the Bulge" for years but only found out about this incident in the last few weeks.
Agree. Amazing story. Cycled past it by accident and read about it. This is truly a grim and haunting story.
Outstanding video sir....well worth the view..
What a great video to watch. Thankyou. 👍
Great job, Joe. I was in Bastogne in June, but we didn't get to spend much time exploring. This helped me add a couple of places for the next trip. The next trip will center around Hosingen, where my step dad was captured, and at the NAC&M, to meet a guy who takes care of the grave of a local Mississippi boy.
you must seen the sherman Rhonson, middle of Bastonge plaza,?
one shot of a panzerfaust, ,5 crew dead and tank in flames, very dangerous piece of army equipment
Vool vid. Totally doing this in two weeks. Thanks!
My wife and I were hoping to visit some areas in Europe for our anniversary in 2020 but Covid prevented that. What a great resource for our trip when we make it across the pond! Your videos are wonderful
Good job. Might have a look at that book.
I am going in August, this is such great help. Thank you, thank you, thank you !
Excellent video, congratulations.
My great grandfather was awarded a bronze star for his campaign in the Ardennes. Miss him!
Thank you and best regards from Antwerp
Bedankt voor deze video. In de zomer van 2021 ga ik met de motor zeker gebruik maken van je routebeschrijving.
Ikzelf woon in Beringen net langst het Albertkanaal. Op het einde van mijn straat was een brug, waarvoor de Canadezen enorm gevochten hebben. Dat heeft mijn zin in WO2 geschiedenis aangewakkerd.
Video's als die van jou, houden die vlam brandende. Thanx.
awesome,,would like to visit there someday
Great job with this video! Terrific!
Thank you! Cheers!
Very interesting video.
Nice video! It is a pity that Poteau (Belgium) is not listed a few years ago there was a war museum there, but I think it is gone. The most famous photos of the Battle of the Ardennes have been taken on the spot behind the museum. 1st and 9th SS against the 7th US Panzer Division.
When I was in Bastogne in 1965....there was an M4 Sherman on a pedestal......with a hole in the left side.....
Les Griffiths
This was great joe iam going to the Ardennes in September 2020 for the first time cant wait so much to see .
@Clif Diggz hi cliff no still haven't been because of covid I tried 3 times but was cancelled each time iam going to try again in 2021 and I will keep trying next year until I get there .
Good video. Thanks
Vanaf mijn vaste camping de la Gileppe...te voet al twee monumenten te bereiken. De rest deed ik meestal op de brommer. Meeste musea al gezien...we gingen sinds 1982 naar de Ardennen om te klimmen, maar tijd om monumenten te bekijken was er altijd...ook Hurtgenwald begraafplaatsen..
Thank you for your work. Can you tell me if you, or the book you mentioned, have any information about the US 75th Army? My grandfather, R.G.McQueary was a member of the 75th at the bulge. Thank you.
Sorry I missed these places when I was stationed in Germany.
Ja mooi weer!!!hier hebben we tenminste wat aan !!
Thanks
Bedankt. Ben ook op al die plaatsen geweest. 🇧🇪
in Bastogne is there still the m4 sherman as a memorial to those who fought? it was back in 2002 when i last saw it
Awesome video
Thanks!
Epic,,,, thank you.
Glad you liked it!
Are you going to Bastogne this year? I met you in a McDonald's this year on D Day! Cool Video
Hey mate!! Saw your comment too late. It was fun meeting you at McDonald's last year. Hopefully see you again one day!!
good video cant wait to travel via car through these areas
I would recommend, if you don't live in the area, to take your time and visit the town of Bastogne and the museums there. The "barracks" are something you will want to see as well.
Very cool
I always wanted to see WW2 Sites
I'm planning to visit all five of these places with a group I am bringing next June. We will be concentrating though, on Hosingen, where my half-siblings' dad was captured on 17/12/44.
K Company., 110th Infantry Regiment! What a hero!
@@SNAFUDOCS He was one of the engineers, but yes, those companies were heroes.
Can I have Bobs contact info. Have been to the Ardennes, but not to those sites. Now I MUST go back!! Great, informative video, thanks for your efforts in making this!!
have a look at the movie "Band of brothers" and the the statement of Jachim Peiper at court
Which airport would you fly into get close to sites
Are you allowed to metal detect in this area?
As a Historian when I look at the things made for war I think of the hands that build them 70 or 80 years ago. Either a Tank or Dragon Teeth......those people are no longer alive but their work is.
So it's number is 213 but in the old german film you encircled a king tiger with the serial number 313?
Kan ik de link krijgen voor Google maps?
Hi Joe, is er ook een Nederlandse versie van het boek van Cavanagh?
Volgens mij niet!
Ahh jammer! Maaruh super mooie videos! Leuk om te zien dat dit onderwerp toch ook nog wel bij de jongere generatie speelt 😁
Er is een Nederlandstalige versie beschikbaar: een tocht langs het slagveld ISBN: 90-5868-125-4
@@svenlaenen7945 dank je! 😁
You guys are currently researching my cousin, Robert E Pasley 517th pct. I'm very excited will possibly travel to Europe after the research. Joey you do wonderful work. Thank you
In de Ardennen zoals malmedy is een stad waar veel collaborateurs woonden in ww2 iedereen in België weet dat maar ik vind je kanaal kei goed alleen mis ik hier daar facts van verzetsstrijders die meer deden dan de alliantie strijdkrachten
Maybe 2021? Remind me then.
where's that Panther @ 1.00?
The first tank I see is King Tiger nr 213 which is standing outside a museum (free to inspect) in La Gleize.
If you want a Panther, there is one in Houffalize, also free to visit.
My grandfather fought the Nazis at The Battle of the bulge!
ik kan uw instagram profiel helaas niet vinden :/
Pieper got away with it at war crimes trial but karma caught up with him years later. I should point out that in another book, U.S. soldiers had a firefight in Germany and the SS finally gave up. Americans took the Germans to a courtyard and executed all of them in revenge for Malmady (this was recounted in Studs Terkel’s book “The Good War”. Don Burgett’s memoirs on the 101 in the war talked about how good those black artillery guys (“Seven Roads to Hell”).
WOW I HAVE TO SAY I NEVER SEEN THESE 5 SPOTS UPON MY MANY VISITS TO THE AREA! My last with my Dad in 2006! I know of a German MK IV in Hoffelize not far from Bastogne and the German Cemetery yes I seen Malmady !! History is GREAT AND SHOULD BE KEPT FOR THE FUTURE ALWAYS TOO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED!!
You might not see this but could you help me out with my grandads unit. Like point me in the right direction where I can read combat reports from the time. I have all the information, unit, when he arrived and some of what he did. I just don’t know where to look. My aunt told me he fought in battle of the bulge. I’ve never met him he died before I was born but I have a resume and this is the info on it.
dec 44 to dec 45 he was a platoon sgt with the 38th cavlry recon squadron and they became the squadrons 81&60 mm motor instructor.
Along with prewar and post war stuff. Any help would be appreciated, I also wouldn’t mind paying for your time if we could work something out.
Hi my friend. If I were you I'd start with plotting the route of the 38th Cav Recon Squadron on a map and try if you can create a narrative for each day.
@@SNAFUDOCS where should I look for that tho, ive done this once before but it was my other grandad in Korea.
I used Korean War project.
But I can’t find anything like that for Ww2
Compared to what was happening in the East with the Red Army, the BOTB was a minor skirmish / breakout op that was never going to succeed. It was Russia that did most of the work, by far, of defeating Hitler in WW2 and the battles on the Eastern Front were far larger scale and far more dramatic and decisive for the war. Western WW2 buffs are mostly intent on glorifying the US/UK Canada side of the conflict and the vast bulk of the 2nd World War is utterly ignored by far too many so called 'students' of the war. Many of the huge battles in the East have been totally neglected in comparison to the endless adulation of the US Army in WW2 [the good war] who actually in terms of casualties only suffered minor losses compared to Russia and even Germany.
13:00 That Instagram name goes to nowhere. I tried
how many German pow where shot by the allieds ?? is there any documation??as in many utupe ,videos, ALWAYS mention some Yankee troops didn't make POW ?? here a bit of Hypocrisy?
Story about 11 killed African American Soldiers is pretty shameful for US and US Army, at the end, monument to those 11 men was erected by son of farmer who tried to save them in first place, not by US.
Makker je zegt je bent een expert in geschiedenis op oorlogsgebied maar toch noem je de Königstiger II een King Tiger. Königstiger betekend Bengaalse tijger lmao. King tiger was de foutieve vertaling van Amerikanen uit die tijd
blown it upp, we dont NEED german thanks in Belguim onymore afther the first and the second W.W.
The Belgian army used the German Leopard 1 for about 50 years and it was the only foreign country to use the Kanonenjagdpanzer.
7:07... Why are you lying ? I suggest you do an investigation of Dresden .