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My Dad was at D-Day+3. Landed on Normandy the 3rd say of the landing. The beach had already been secured. He was in the Infantry that crossed into Germany (Aachen) as a First Sergeant. He was also a Veteran of the Korean War.. Retired from the Army in '57 as a Warrant Officer III. He was an honorable man. During his Eulogy, one of his soldiers that served in WWII said that" Nobody ever had a bad word to say about "Woody". Needed to post this. I was so proud of my Dad!
And rightly so, I know I certainly would be....my dad's a waste, just drank his life away. Be proud of the footprints yours has left, that's the steps that are important and worth taking.
38:30 In 1968 my mother and I visited Germany to first see her sister who lived in Lindau in West Germany. We stayed there for about a month, and then went by train to her hometown of Dessau in East Germany, where we stayed for another month and I met my grandparents, aunts and uncles, and cousins. The town seemed sullen and gray, once having seen better times in the past. The people were friendly and went about on their daily business. My mom had told me about a battle that went on there between the defending Germans and the Americans. She was 23 at the time. All we had to do was walk to the outer edge of the town that had not been rebuilt since the war ended, and I saw the rows of fallen buildings and the rubble; the many holes and pockmarks from machine gun and cannon fire still there. This is the very first time that I've seen a documentary cover this story in any detail, and for this I thank you.
It’s sad knowing that most of these men if not all of them that fought in ww2 have all passed away by now but I’m thankful for shows like this that actually got to interview the men that were there so they could tell their stories of what really happened to preserve our history.
I dont think that's sad at all, everyone deserves to rest. I knew a few ww2 vets and they passed I was one of the few who did not weep simple because I knew they had live a long and eventful life, that they where pleased with what they had done during and after the war. They where a blessing on this earth now it was time for them to bless their homes (heaven).
My neighbor's 97 years old and still going strong. He was in WWII in charge of a 240 howitzer. The stories he tells are absolutely horrifying but captivating at the same time. When they weren't firing the Howitzer they were driving trucks taking the dead and wounded from the front line back to military hospitals. The stuff he's seen is so sad.
A friend of mine who fought in WWII (He died recently.) got his first taste of battle at Aachen. He said that a dozen German soldiers surrendered to his unit. They were all about 70 years old.
I thought it would be tropic I guess it looks a lot like Europe in the Pacific...hey they finally acknowledge that it was the wrong title to this episode!
John, you didn't pay attention in your indoctrination center...i mean school...the germans also bombed pearl harbor.....saw it on animal house....must be true
Devil's Guard, by George Robert Elford published in 1971, is the story of a former German Waffen-SS officer's string of near-constant combat that begins on World War II's eastern front and continues into the book's focus-the First Indochina War, as an officer in the French Foreign Legion. Author says it's real, historians say "no". I have to go with the author. Post war former German troops did serve in the French Foreign Legion and there are some well documented examples of that happening. I have no idea why the "historians" claim it's fiction but it's a good book whether it's fictional or not.
One thing I found interesting in this video was the use of the, Pershing Tank. I have more interest in other aspects of WWII so diving into tank battles and tank specifications isn't something I do. Learning the about some of the specifications and effectiveness of the Pershing Tank was new and interesting. Over the years I've learned and heard so much about the the Sherman Tank it was refreshing to learn more about American armor.
@@theclown2393 you're awareness is lacking, along with your reading comprehension skills. 'I've learned and heard so much about the the Sherman Tank it was refreshing to learn more about American armor. "The words Learn more about" alludes to the fact they were already speaking of American armor.
Here I am watching this in 2022 and at the end one man said he was an 18 year old kid and became a 18 year old man in a short time. That was 77 years ago now so I very much doubt that he is still alive, he would be at least 95. I am glad these men and others were interviewed because in a very short time there will be no more WW2 vets left. When I young and in my teens there were still a lot of WW1 vets. Now all WW1 vets are gone, almost all WW2 vets, and we are losing Koren War and Vietnam vets quickly. So much pain and misery all these men went through.
You get the impressions that tanks alone did the fighting in this video, but truth be told, tanks are part of combined arms warfare than include infantry (no dedicated mechanized infrantry units in any army until after WW2), and artillery. Infantry are vital in providing flanking protection for tanks, against other infanty using Panzerfaust or Panzerschreck anti-armour rockets or anti-tank guns. Artillery provides fire support and fire supression (of enemy guns and tanks and infantry), for your tanks. Tank columns operating alone are particularly vulnerable to flanking infantry and anti-tank gunnery attacks.
Yeah that’s why I’m not a huge fan of “tank battle” documentaries, they really only tell like 1/3 of the story in most cases. I get it’s for sensationalism, the visual of a bunch of tanks fighting each other sounds rEaLLy cOoL but it really does a disservice to the infantrymen who fought alongside -and more often than not- had to do the dirty work of destroying artillery positions and clearing mines that posed serious threats to tanks. The video barely brushed on the Air forces’ side of these fights, who also provided vital support roles in preemptive and strategic air strikes either. Mechanized warfare is a joint effort between infantry, armor, and air corps. To say that tanks did all the work (as documentaries of this nature imply) is really dishonest:/
Yeah. This us a very poorly made video. Highly Sensationalised. All focused on "action". No tactical or strategic background. Meh. Educationally almost worthless.
@@alecferrell2620 tbh it covers their parts of the battles which is something I enjoy though I do know the support all prongs of the attack needs so maybe I just have a different perspective over these types of videos.
41:09 Mark Felton said the Super Pershing battle( super pershing vs king tiger) has been exagerated by documentary filmakers. In reality, the nearest king tiger was 70 miles away, and allied tankers had a habit of miss idenifying panzer 4's
Yeah it might be misleading if your tank explodes instantly or instantly... The only thing you might use to identify whether it's a panzer 1 or a KT might be how long you heard it coming before your tank goes off xD
And there would be pictures of the knocked out King Tiger. There are none, and no German records of deploying King Tigers anywhere near Dessau. Plenty of pictures were taken of the Tiger I from Schwere Kompanie Hummel knocked out by a regular Pershing at Elsdorf in February 1945, and the German unit itself recorded the loss of one of its Tiger Is there, but there is absolutely nothing for the alleged Super Pershing v King Tiger duel at Dessau. It clearly didn't happen.
@@lyndoncmp5751 There is no evidence at present to support that it happened. This does not mean it "clearly didn't happen." There are plenty of events that happened during the war that are accepted as fact because the participants have indicated they occurred, for which no photographic evidence exists. Not everything that happened was filmed or photographed. Or properly documented. Germany was collapsing at the time the Desau tank battle was supposed to have occurred. Likely much happened by that time which was not documented nor reflected in German records. And if the crew of the German tank were killed, and no infantry survived the fight or were in a position to see what happened, there would be no evidence from the German side. It is worth noting that some Germans surviving the battle at Cologne insisted that the Americans had attacked them in a "captured German tank", which IS clearly not true. The Pershing at Cologne was captured on film. This goes to show how confusing things can be in combat. The fact that no Germans corroborate the battle at Desau, and no Americans took a picture, is not proof it didn't happen. It is more accurately described at present, in the words of Steve Zaloga, as "a mystery".
So interesting vid, but it needs to be emphasized that the Sherman was not designed as an anti tank weapon. The fact that it was so often poked into the front against German tanks is no reflection on the men who manned them, and really speaking they did rather well. Hats off to them.
Yes the sherman has less frontal armour than a panzer IV but it's sloped so the effective thickness will be more than the flat armour of the panzer. The Sherman had around 91mm of effective thickness which is around 10mm less than a tiger.
The Sherman's armor did not duplicate the hardness of the Mk IV or Tiger's armor either. (Notice the American vets attesting to seeing AP rounds bounce off the Mk IV. Very little bounced off an M4.) That, combined with the fact that the Germans employed a number of very high velocity AT guns that the Western Allied initially lacked any equivalents to placed it at a disadvantage. When the Comet, Pershing, and Centurion arrived they were great tanks (Centurion just missing combat service in WW II.) The Western Allies had been slow in anticipating the need for more armor and (especially) more firepower. At a crucial stage earlier in the war they underestimated German armor development and did not place sufficient urgency on the development of their next wave of tanks.
There were also later model Sherman's with a high-velocity 76 mm gun with a 1500m range with 68 mm of frontal armor The low velocity 75 what's an absolute nightmare for Infantry and light vehicles, the most common adversaries for tanks
One thing I noted about this video and many others on the subject of the M4 variants is that the documentaries ALWAYS mention sloped armor on the German tanks but never mention that the Shermans had sloped armor. They ALWAYS talk about how great the German tanks were and ALWAYS say the Shermans were bad tanks. If the Shermans were so bad, how did the Allies win in the West?
@@StutleyConstable It also didn't mention the Pershing 102mm glacis is sloped, and it 110mm gunshield is rounded. I recently read an excerpt from German tests that indicated the upper sloped part of Sherman's armor was reasonably resistant, and could bounce rounds, and instructed German tanks gunners to fire at more vulnerable areas.
I’m glad these were re uploaded. The CGI looks dated and there are some historical inaccuracies but you do get to see and hear from the veterans who were there. The men in this program are are likely gone now or at least we’ll into their nineties.
What reason are you referring to? Admit I had not heard much of this campaign until I watched "Greatest Tank Battles" about 10 years ago on cable. After Operation Goodwood in Normandy the only armour campaigns I had come across in the ETO were either British 30th corps moving towards Arnhem and then Peipers advance in the BOB before the allies crossed the Rhein. Possibly brushed under the carpet because of the allied slaughter? BOB was the US armies largest casualty rate in a single battle in WW2. Canadian involvement rarely gets mentioned but they certainly had some guts no question about that.
@@tonyromano6220 that Timeline is a great source of accurate information for anyone doing a dissertation or thesis in history. I've also hinted at a great subject on how Switzerland defended her coastline when she joined the allies
There actually were tank battles in the Pacific though, even though most people don't know about them. There is a video here on UA-cam about it, I just watched it yesterday.
Having watched so many WW2 archive films I can see now why we have the Best military in the world---- guilt ridden people that knew we had inferior equipment but---still sent our young men into battle to be gunned down!! Torpedoes that didn't explode and small tanks that were barely good enough to fight infantry!! Our Army Air Corp also suffered till we finally came up with fighters equal to or better than the NAZIS!!! I hope and pray that there will never be another War!!! I have a 5 year old Grandson!! But if it does come to another conflict I hope the military sends our young men out there with the best equipment possible!! God Help Us!! May PEACE prevail!!
A lot of American Equipment was Superior to that of the Germans The Sherman had a lot of advantages over German tanks. Rate of fire, faster turrent Traverse, superior quality armor and mechanical reliability
The US has been at war for over 20 years until very recently. Also, the US represents something like 40% of the military spending of the entire world IIRC.
The Untold Story Of US Tank Units In The Pacific = these bozos need a geography lesson (more likely a year course) in trying to locate the Pacific on a map.
Ahh yes I remember the Tiger2 and the panther were the in the pacific theater and Germany is not in Europe but they are in the pacific. Oh and France is there too. wow my history book lied to me
Germany was also a strong and powerful country. They also achieved and lost. But let's not consider them as weak. In every movie or videos they make German and Japanese weak.
The 4th Armored had the longest drive at over 150 miles done at night in blackout snowy conditions to Bastonge during the Bulge. And the 4th was the spearhead into Europe. God Bless ALL of them.
They keep renaming their uploads with “catchy titles” but it would be so much better and actually accurate if they just kept the original tv show title
It certainly helped that the Wehrmacht was a spent force by then after 3 years of attrition in the East combine that with the overwhelming allied air superiority and it doesn't take a genius to know how the "German Front" was cracked, honestly the experience of the average German Landser seems more interesting to me, they really were something to have held out against such odds for as long as they did
When was this documentary made? The youngest men to fight would be in their mid 90s now. These veterans look much younger. Or really good for their age.
They've been making WW2 documentaries since the 1960's. Those "young" old guys were interviewed in the 1980's for the World at War series and a few others I can't recall at the moment.
joining in 1939 and getting captured in 1945 my grandfather survived the entire war, starting with the Wehrmacht, finishing with the waffen ss. a proud man, who became best friends with my other grandfather who was a welsh fusilier from 1940 till 1946
Neat, I never saw this episode due to the fact it was privated. Also I watched the actual episode of the title, and it is cool, factual and interesting that most of the Pacific combat was more a infantry battlefield .
I read many biographies of american veterans. You know what? The frontline was always SWARMING with Tigers. Every tank around was a Tiger. And the clean message is, they simply saw their biggest fear and not the actual type of tank. Not, that you can blame them for that at all. It is easy to identify a tank in TV from your sofa. If you saw a german panzer, it was more less certain, it was a pzIV or StugIII. So that famous encounter between SuperPershing and Tiger II is now almost a legendary story, but a 100% myth. I could believe, the crew mistaken that "Tiger II" for another panzer, most possibly a Panther, which looks very similar from the front. But that does not justify making a "documentary" about it.
It is about the drones. I’m a test engineer on the MQ-4C Triton. If we lose a F/A-18 we lose an aircraft and a flight crew. Lots of time and effort put into that aircrew. If we lose a Triton well we have lost some $$$ but nothing in comparison to a fighter and aircrew. At the end of the day if a Triton goes down the crew just fires up COMMS and launches a new Triton. Glamorous? Nope. Cost effective? You betcha.
I know that historically an army crossing into Germany is important. It just grinds me that the Germans are so incensed by this when you consider they didn't think twice about it, themselves. They simply took what they wanted, world opinion and borders be damned.
Too nice video about tanks battle between allies and germans army in hart of Europe during 2WW thanks for sharing...with out relationships with Pacific Ocean ( title mistakes)
BTW, armies have always told the soldiers they'll be home for Christmas that's been true going back for centuries. Before that it would have been whatever the main holiday was.
I dont know what you did, so that an HD version could be put up, but thank you very much..... These are all over You Tube, but are such poor quality, they arrent worth watching. This makes them watchable / enjoyable again......If only someone could do the same for the series "Dogfights".....The versions of Dogfights that are available, are un-watchable, unfortunately.
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No problem.
When was this recorded? That guy seems real young to have been in WW2 if this is recent
You're all good. You just gave us an opportunity to have a little fun at your expense 😅 It's not like you slipped in a link to 'Pawn Stars' 😱
@@tedking6790 Good question, but I first saw this on the Military History Channel a few years ago.
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In fact it was fun the interaction with the subscribers.
My Dad was at D-Day+3. Landed on Normandy the 3rd say of the landing. The beach had already been secured. He was in the Infantry that crossed into Germany (Aachen) as a First Sergeant. He was also a Veteran of the Korean War.. Retired from the Army in '57 as a Warrant Officer III. He was an honorable man. During his Eulogy, one of his soldiers that served in WWII said that" Nobody ever had a bad word to say about "Woody". Needed to post this. I was so proud of my Dad!
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And rightly so, I know I certainly would be....my dad's a waste, just drank his life away. Be proud of the footprints yours has left, that's the steps that are important and worth taking.
38:30 In 1968 my mother and I visited Germany to first see her sister who lived in Lindau in West Germany. We stayed there for about a month, and then went by train to her hometown of Dessau in East Germany, where we stayed for another month and I met my grandparents, aunts and uncles, and cousins. The town seemed sullen and gray, once having seen better times in the past. The people were friendly and went about on their daily business. My mom had told me about a battle that went on there between the defending Germans and the Americans. She was 23 at the time. All we had to do was walk to the outer edge of the town that had not been rebuilt since the war ended, and I saw the rows of fallen buildings and the rubble; the many holes and pockmarks from machine gun and cannon fire still there. This is the very first time that I've seen a documentary cover this story in any detail, and for this I thank you.
It’s sad knowing that most of these men if not all of them that fought in ww2 have all passed away by now but I’m thankful for shows like this that actually got to interview the men that were there so they could tell their stories of what really happened to preserve our history.
some died.. from horrible worthless trash of our countrie
@@radioblitz1494 what ?
Yeah we owe these men.
I dont think that's sad at all, everyone deserves to rest. I knew a few ww2 vets and they passed I was one of the few who did not weep simple because I knew they had live a long and eventful life, that they where pleased with what they had done during and after the war. They where a blessing on this earth now it was time for them to bless their homes (heaven).
My neighbor's 97 years old and still going strong. He was in WWII in charge of a 240 howitzer. The stories he tells are absolutely horrifying but captivating at the same time. When they weren't firing the Howitzer they were driving trucks taking the dead and wounded from the front line back to military hospitals. The stuff he's seen is so sad.
So somewhere there must be a video titled "Western Front: Crushing The Third Reich" set in Okinawa.
That's next week's release.
I sure hope so or we'll make one.
hahahaha
When the Germans bomb Pearl Harbor?
Somebody must have a screwed up GPS!
That Man In the Tank is a Hero... Respect all the Men that Served and Gave there lives. God Bless the Brave
A friend of mine who fought in WWII (He died recently.) got his first taste of battle at Aachen. He said that a dozen German soldiers surrendered to his unit. They were all about 70 years old.
had to be volkssturm then.
The 12-14 year olds were sent to the Russian front
@@nickisnyder3450 some fought in the western front
I am sorry for your loss
@@larskunoandersen5750 Thank you. We were good friends since I met him in 1983. I've stayed in touch with his widow.
Captain, we're not in Palau anymore!
Yes, this really does look to be an untold story from the Pacific Theatre.
It remains untold
Wtf right lol Europe... western Germany. They upload this legit under 20 names always the same video. Gonna start flagging them
Daft eh?
se arme was fighting to stop se enemy frrom entering se faserland.
I thought it would be tropic I guess it looks a lot like Europe in the Pacific...hey they finally acknowledge that it was the wrong title to this episode!
Is fantastic that the real gunner is actually describing this reenacting.
Oh yea Germany is actually in the Pacific I forgot about that
John, you didn't pay attention in your indoctrination center...i mean school...the germans also bombed pearl harbor.....saw it on animal house....must be true
Actually in china
Actually, they did . . . During World War One.
@@jimclercx4208 I went to school at Auschwitz
they did in ww1.
I didn’t know the Germans fight in the Pacific.
its revisionist history....they also won
Some of them got tired of fighting in the Russian cold
I didn’t even know it snowed in the South Pacific !
Well they did bomb Pearl Harbor according to the eminent historian Bluto Blutarski...
Devil's Guard, by George Robert Elford published in 1971, is the story of a former German Waffen-SS officer's string of near-constant combat that begins on World War II's eastern front and continues into the book's focus-the First Indochina War, as an officer in the French Foreign Legion. Author says it's real, historians say "no". I have to go with the author. Post war former German troops did serve in the French Foreign Legion and there are some well documented examples of that happening. I have no idea why the "historians" claim it's fiction but it's a good book whether it's fictional or not.
One thing I found interesting in this video was the use of the, Pershing Tank. I have more interest in other aspects of WWII so diving into tank battles and tank specifications isn't something I do.
Learning the about some of the specifications and effectiveness of the Pershing Tank was new and interesting. Over the years I've learned and heard so much about the the Sherman Tank it was refreshing to learn more about American armor.
You are aware that the sherman tank is an American tank right???
@@theclown2393 you're awareness is lacking, along with your reading comprehension skills.
'I've learned and heard so much about the the Sherman Tank it was refreshing to learn more about American armor. "The words Learn more about" alludes to the fact they were already speaking of American armor.
@@truracer20 thank you for pointing that out Miss woke teacher, since your so perfect try and brush up on your people skills!
Never knew Japan shared the same border with Belgium.
Yeah, I was surprised too. It's almost a joke
that's a LONG border
Oh yeah sure bro, it's right on our east border, you didn't watch the vid? Lol
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Here I am watching this in 2022 and at the end one man said he was an 18 year old kid and became a 18 year old man in a short time. That was 77 years ago now so I very much doubt that he is still alive, he would be at least 95. I am glad these men and others were interviewed because in a very short time there will be no more WW2 vets left. When I young and in my teens there were still a lot of WW1 vets. Now all WW1 vets are gone, almost all WW2 vets, and we are losing Koren War and Vietnam vets quickly. So much pain and misery all these men went through.
As of February, Clarence Smoyer is still alive at 97. The last surviving member of his unit.
@@chrisnichols4962 Thank you for the info.
Pacific ?
Surprising that so few tanks sank... Now that's seamanship.
You get the impressions that tanks alone did the fighting in this video, but truth be told, tanks are part of combined arms warfare than include infantry (no dedicated mechanized infrantry units in any army until after WW2), and artillery. Infantry are vital in providing flanking protection for tanks, against other infanty using Panzerfaust or Panzerschreck anti-armour rockets or anti-tank guns. Artillery provides fire support and fire supression (of enemy guns and tanks and infantry), for your tanks. Tank columns operating alone are particularly vulnerable to flanking infantry and anti-tank gunnery attacks.
Yeah that’s why I’m not a huge fan of “tank battle” documentaries, they really only tell like 1/3 of the story in most cases. I get it’s for sensationalism, the visual of a bunch of tanks fighting each other sounds rEaLLy cOoL but it really does a disservice to the infantrymen who fought alongside -and more often than not- had to do the dirty work of destroying artillery positions and clearing mines that posed serious threats to tanks. The video barely brushed on the Air forces’ side of these fights, who also provided vital support roles in preemptive and strategic air strikes either. Mechanized warfare is a joint effort between infantry, armor, and air corps. To say that tanks did all the work (as documentaries of this nature imply) is really dishonest:/
bro the germans had mechanized formations as did the americans and british... germany just didnt have very many
This is telling the armored side of the story. It’s a tank documentary…..
Yeah. This us a very poorly made video. Highly Sensationalised. All focused on "action". No tactical or strategic background. Meh. Educationally almost worthless.
@@alecferrell2620 tbh it covers their parts of the battles which is something I enjoy though I do know the support all prongs of the attack needs so maybe I just have a different perspective over these types of videos.
41:09 Mark Felton said the Super Pershing battle( super pershing vs king tiger) has been exagerated by documentary filmakers. In reality, the nearest king tiger was 70 miles away, and allied tankers had a habit of miss idenifying panzer 4's
@UC_Q4Ma0X9rHlqa3rgooI05Q Several years ago. Most of the documentaries on this channel are from the history channel. The good History channel.
Yeah it might be misleading if your tank explodes instantly or instantly... The only thing you might use to identify whether it's a panzer 1 or a KT might be how long you heard it coming before your tank goes off xD
maybe a panther but i don't think the panther can take a 90mm to the front
And there would be pictures of the knocked out King Tiger. There are none, and no German records of deploying King Tigers anywhere near Dessau.
Plenty of pictures were taken of the Tiger I from Schwere Kompanie Hummel knocked out by a regular Pershing at Elsdorf in February 1945, and the German unit itself recorded the loss of one of its Tiger Is there, but there is absolutely nothing for the alleged Super Pershing v King Tiger duel at Dessau. It clearly didn't happen.
@@lyndoncmp5751 There is no evidence at present to support that it happened. This does not mean it "clearly didn't happen." There are plenty of events that happened during the war that are accepted as fact because the participants have indicated they occurred, for which no photographic evidence exists.
Not everything that happened was filmed or photographed. Or properly documented.
Germany was collapsing at the time the Desau tank battle was supposed to have occurred. Likely much happened by that time which was not documented nor reflected in German records. And if the crew of the German tank were killed, and no infantry survived the fight or were in a position to see what happened, there would be no evidence from the German side. It is worth noting that some Germans surviving the battle at Cologne insisted that the Americans had attacked them in a "captured German tank", which IS clearly not true. The Pershing at Cologne was captured on film. This goes to show how confusing things can be in combat. The fact that no Germans corroborate the battle at Desau, and no Americans took a picture, is not proof it didn't happen. It is more accurately described at present, in the words of Steve Zaloga, as "a mystery".
I’m hooked on these documentaries. Gotta interview every one of these WWII heroes while we can
So interesting vid, but it needs to be emphasized that the Sherman was not designed as an anti tank weapon. The fact that it was so often poked into the front against German tanks is no reflection on the men who manned them, and really speaking they did rather well. Hats off to them.
The Sherman was designed to fight infantry while also being able to engage enemy armor. It was when the cats arrived that they up gunned them.
@@brennanleadbetter9708 too late for all too many allied tankers
Our new generation of HS Graduates wouldn’t know the difference
It’s sad but you’re probably right.
Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? John Belushi, Animal House
@@richardsveum8452 Let him go, he's on a roll... lol
Yeah who’s teaching them? Oh, adults? Like us? Oh word maybe we should do better at educating children in this country.
Your generation are their teachers...
Wow. They are some tough customers in here! Thak you for the great, FREE content. It is greatly appreciated!
“They taught us in basic training not to stop at a T intersection but I had to get out and smoke a cigarette” lol
Sloped Armor is still effective but having a much larger and powerful gun can “sometimes “ power through it
Yes the sherman has less frontal armour than a panzer IV but it's sloped so the effective thickness will be more than the flat armour of the panzer. The Sherman had around 91mm of effective thickness which is around 10mm less than a tiger.
The Sherman's armor did not duplicate the hardness of the Mk IV or Tiger's armor either. (Notice the American vets attesting to seeing AP rounds bounce off the Mk IV. Very little bounced off an M4.)
That, combined with the fact that the Germans employed a number of very high velocity AT guns that the Western Allied initially lacked any equivalents to placed it at a disadvantage.
When the Comet, Pershing, and Centurion arrived they were great tanks (Centurion just missing combat service in WW II.) The Western Allies had been slow in anticipating the need for more armor and (especially) more firepower.
At a crucial stage earlier in the war they underestimated German armor development and did not place sufficient urgency on the development of their next wave of tanks.
pacific looks a bit like europe
here is the correct episode I dont know why they dont get the titles correct
ua-cam.com/video/fQY3Jt_I9uQ/v-deo.html
@@mattmopar440 thx man
There were also later model Sherman's with a high-velocity 76 mm gun with a 1500m range with 68 mm of frontal armor
The low velocity 75 what's an absolute nightmare for Infantry and light vehicles, the most common adversaries for tanks
One thing I noted about this video and many others on the subject of the M4 variants is that the documentaries ALWAYS mention sloped armor on the German tanks but never mention that the Shermans had sloped armor. They ALWAYS talk about how great the German tanks were and ALWAYS say the Shermans were bad tanks. If the Shermans were so bad, how did the Allies win in the West?
@@StutleyConstable It also didn't mention the Pershing 102mm glacis is sloped, and it 110mm gunshield is rounded.
I recently read an excerpt from German tests that indicated the upper sloped part of Sherman's armor was reasonably resistant, and could bounce rounds, and instructed German tanks gunners to fire at more vulnerable areas.
@@garyhill2740 That's very interesting. Could I find that on the web somewhere? Is there a documentary that includes that data?
I’m glad these were re uploaded. The CGI looks dated and there are some historical inaccuracies but you do get to see and hear from the veterans who were there. The men in this program are are likely gone now or at least we’ll into their nineties.
What really counted was air superiority !!
the gunner on the pershing was an absolute gamer! double kill
This is certainly an untold story. For a reason.
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What reason are you referring to? Admit I had not heard much of this campaign until I watched "Greatest Tank Battles" about 10 years ago on cable. After Operation Goodwood in Normandy the only armour campaigns I had come across in the ETO were either British 30th corps moving towards Arnhem and then Peipers advance in the BOB before the allies crossed the Rhein. Possibly brushed under the carpet because of the allied slaughter? BOB was the US armies largest casualty rate in a single battle in WW2. Canadian involvement rarely gets mentioned but they certainly had some guts no question about that.
What reason is that exactly? At least they could not lace it with sensationalized propaganda.
I didn't know the perishing saw action outside of Cologne...great interview Clarence you are amazing!
Watching this while playing combat mission final blitzkrieg the perfect day off
I've just watched a great Timeline documentary titled: How Tank Commanders Went Down With Their Ships During The Sea Battle For Switzerland
Your point is….?
😂😂😂
@@tonyromano6220 that Timeline is a great source of accurate information for anyone doing a dissertation or thesis in history. I've also hinted at a great subject on how Switzerland defended her coastline when she joined the allies
Millions of German men age 50 and older were ww1 vets and probably seen combat before.
Untold is right, dam! I was looking forward to hearing about tank battles in the pacific
There actually were tank battles in the Pacific though, even though most people don't know about them. There is a video here on UA-cam about it, I just watched it yesterday.
Come on timeline take the video down and upload the proper one,was actually looking forward to this.
Ironic that Germans headed East for the fatherland, would soon about-face and head West to avoid capture by the soviets whom they had brutalized.
Having watched so many WW2 archive films I can see now why we have the Best military in the world---- guilt ridden people that knew we had inferior equipment but---still sent our young men into battle to be gunned down!! Torpedoes that didn't explode and small tanks that were barely good enough to fight infantry!! Our Army Air Corp also suffered till we finally came up with fighters equal to or better than the NAZIS!!! I hope and pray that there will never be another War!!! I have a 5 year old Grandson!! But if it does come to another conflict I hope the military sends our young men out there with the best equipment possible!! God Help Us!! May PEACE prevail!!
A lot of American Equipment was Superior to that of the Germans
The Sherman had a lot of advantages over German tanks. Rate of fire, faster turrent Traverse, superior quality armor and mechanical reliability
The US has been at war for over 20 years until very recently. Also, the US represents something like 40% of the military spending of the entire world IIRC.
Well, the title is accurate....the story of the tank units in the pacific was untold...in this video.
@тαρ мє αи∂ ѕєχ ωιтн мє Lillia OK, copy and paste me? Btw, the comment was made before the title was changed from "Tank battles in the Pacific".
The Super Pershing didn't face a TigerII, Mark Felton has dismissed this myth
Great documentary. One thing that is making me laugh though is every tank round seems to hit the ground just short lol
Don't you all remember the bloody fight between the US and SS units in Kyoto?
If WW2 did this much damage to humanity. I hope WW3 will never happened
Get ready
Wow that Super Pershing was a beast
Amazing to see and hear the gunner who was actually r in the Pershing tank that we saw in action many times in UA-cams and other docs.
Damn... Longest drive indeed from pacific to Europe....
The Untold Story Of US Tank Units In The Pacific = these bozos need a geography lesson (more likely a year course) in trying to locate the Pacific on a map.
Ahh yes I remember the Tiger2 and the panther were the in the pacific theater and Germany is not in Europe but they are in the pacific. Oh and France is there too. wow my history book lied to me
No to mention the Perishing and the 88 😂
didnt know the siegfred line went as far as pacific islands xD
Almost every one of these tank battles has an inaccurate title
Clarence D Smoyer, Hero of Cologne, I met him when he got his award for that day, he also climbed up on a sherman! What a great man!
Yeah. I’m not sure why the panzer 4 didn’t have sloped armor. Would’ve been way smarter.
Whoops wrong person I responded to sorry
And here we have another example of a product of "higher" education.
Next up: The Battle of Britain, as seen by the Kempeitai in the battle of MIdway!
Battle of Britain... 😂, you mean the Bombing of Britain after the Germans took Western Europe and focused on the Soviets.
24:17 Sherman tank with concrete armor, pretty interesting.
How exciting and special to be the crew of the super pershing
Bruh I didn't even know about the title error of the video yet I am still laughing about all the comments making fun of that
Germany was also a strong and powerful country. They also achieved and lost. But let's not consider them as weak.
In every movie or videos they make German and Japanese weak.
Brave American soldiers!
The 4th Armored had the longest drive at over 150 miles done at night in blackout snowy conditions to Bastonge during the Bulge. And the 4th was the spearhead into Europe. God Bless ALL of them.
My father was in the Fourth. He was in the 25th Mechanized Calvary; he was in the spearhead of that spearhead. in
ACTUALLY GUDERIANS DRIVE ON MOSCOW WAS THE LONGEST; CHECK THE DISTANCES TRAVERSED BY HIS ARMEE GROUP.
I don’t think so
@@joangratzer2101 whats an armee
@@thedyingmeme6 GERMAN SPELLING FOR ARMY YOU UNTERMENSCH.
I think TIMELINE needs a globe...The ETO was nowhere near the Pacific...I'm guessing this video was posted after marijuana was legalized...
They keep renaming their uploads with “catchy titles” but it would be so much better and actually accurate if they just kept the original tv show title
I was hoping to see the Pacific Islands but I'm sure they'll have it on their next upload on the Rhine......
I agree. Not much surf action in this Pacific Island view.
The German 75mm ATG was even deadlier and easier to hide.
It certainly helped that the Wehrmacht was a spent force by then after 3 years of attrition in the East combine that with the overwhelming allied air superiority and it doesn't take a genius to know how the "German Front" was cracked, honestly the experience of the average German Landser seems more interesting to me, they really were something to have held out against such odds for as long as they did
Much negative is said about Germany in ww2. But you can not ignore the fact, that they made a impressive second place.
In war second place = losers.
Best episode of the show. But it could've had so much more episodes than 26.
When was this documentary made? The youngest men to fight would be in their mid 90s now. These veterans look much younger. Or really good for their age.
This is from early 2000 when there was a TV channel called "The military channel"
They've been making WW2 documentaries since the 1960's. Those "young" old guys were interviewed in the 1980's for the World at War series and a few others I can't recall at the moment.
@@billwilson3609 The world at war series was in fact made in the 1970's not 1980's
@@Lawson7086 OK. I first started seeing the series ran on our regional PBS station in the early 80's so thought it was recently made.
Time line just steals old History channel stuff. Which I like
Thank you for your service.
joining in 1939 and getting captured in 1945 my grandfather survived the entire war, starting with the Wehrmacht, finishing with the waffen ss.
a proud man, who became best friends with my other grandfather who was a welsh fusilier from 1940 till 1946
Neat, I never saw this episode due to the fact it was privated. Also I watched the actual episode of the title, and it is cool, factual and interesting that most of the Pacific combat was more a infantry battlefield .
Fight between Super Pershing and King Tiger never has occurred in World war 2
I read many biographies of american veterans. You know what? The frontline was always SWARMING with Tigers. Every tank around was a Tiger. And the clean message is, they simply saw their biggest fear and not the actual type of tank. Not, that you can blame them for that at all. It is easy to identify a tank in TV from your sofa. If you saw a german panzer, it was more less certain, it was a pzIV or StugIII. So that famous encounter between SuperPershing and Tiger II is now almost a legendary story, but a 100% myth. I could believe, the crew mistaken that "Tiger II" for another panzer, most possibly a Panther, which looks very similar from the front. But that does not justify making a "documentary" about it.
That tank battle between the King Tiger and super Pershing never happens !!!!
Yeah persing fears cqc with the kings of the tigers x)
Im Schlaraffenland ist alles möglich
@@FiRe-mb5zc no, super pershing wasnt a thing in ww2
@@jthunders don't be mad that the Germans got smoked all the way to Berlin
Good audio information.
Imagine having 3 million subs and making this mistake lmao
Imagine having this many comments and not noticing the mistake. They're not monitoring comments... (amendment: not terribly frequently ;)
@Simon Archbold Ahh... they fixed it.
Germany surrenders but we didn't forget the bravery of German troops.
Amateur crew in that Panzer VI. Veterans would have never exposed the underside.
This totally makes sense..
Do a video on the tenth mountain during ww2 climbing the castle and their heroics.
I always thought the Pacific was big, blue, wobbly and wet.
Now I learn that it contains ruined German cities.
Brave brave men.
"Facing a panzer IV from the front was pointless"
Man tank battles seemed intense, these days it's all about the drones. Thank You for correcting the title..
It is about the drones. I’m a test engineer on the MQ-4C Triton. If we lose a F/A-18 we lose an aircraft and a flight crew. Lots of time and effort put into that aircrew. If we lose a Triton well we have lost some $$$ but nothing in comparison to a fighter and aircrew. At the end of the day if a Triton goes down the crew just fires up COMMS and launches a new Triton. Glamorous? Nope. Cost effective? You betcha.
Imagine having a knack for this, kinda like wittman 😅
I know that historically an army crossing into Germany is important.
It just grinds me that the Germans are so incensed by this when you consider they didn't think twice about it, themselves.
They simply took what they wanted, world opinion and borders be damned.
What
Well the French invaded the lands of what is now known as Germany over 100 times before 1900, so there is a lot of bad history there on all sides.
To be fair they took back what was taken from them as a result of WWI... that's all they took and tried to sue for peace.
@@LA_Commander so that excuses the murderous cruelty of Germany?
@@nmr6988 Never said that at all
Many people make the same mistake, they believe revenge is justice. Justice is something complet different.
*Thanks for informative video, liked & subcribed!!*
The thumbnail tells the story so well we’ve linked an entirely different video.
14:30 More bad information. The front armor of the M4 was sloped, giving an effective armor thickness of much closer to 90mm.
Yes the sherman was a craptacular tank , still laying around over hire and every museum had a few litterd with holes an a few for spare
The pacific and fighting in the fatherland ? Check your maps!
Too nice video about tanks battle between allies and germans army in hart of Europe during 2WW thanks for sharing...with out relationships with Pacific Ocean ( title mistakes)
September 30th is the opposite day of April 1st on the calender. Ha ha very funny.
The graphics of this video reminds me of my Nintendo 64
Wittman still the legendary..
BTW, armies have always told the soldiers they'll be home for Christmas that's been true going back for centuries. Before that it would have been whatever the main holiday was.
I dont know what you did, so that an HD version could be put up, but thank you very much..... These are all over You Tube, but are such poor quality, they arrent worth watching. This makes them watchable / enjoyable again......If only someone could do the same for the series "Dogfights".....The versions of Dogfights that are available, are un-watchable, unfortunately.
How's your dad , i love his presentation
The untold story that's been told for 70+ years
Great documentary but we need to look at the British Sherwood Rangers. Their experience was incredible.
Grow up... I was an 18 year old man.. That got me. You become an adult when you realise you are going to die. You realise you're not immortal.