WWII Footage: Commonwealth Troops at Monte Cassino

[lovelifesolo]

A very dear relative of mine's husband died at monte cassino 2 weeks after he got married at the age 20... it makes it all seem real when you watch this... poor poor souls may they all R.I.P x

[SARTHAK11000]

Yeah gurkhas from india and nepal... Captured 4 hills for 3 days pretty short in no and supplies... Finally pulled back on 4 day as they barely had any ammo left..

[bonemrbond]

guys ,,, which brigade reach nearer to monte cassino???????  THE GURKHAS from the HIMALAYAS...

[TheSilatiger]

guys,guys,all the troops at cassino were elite,combat veterans of nth africa,thats why it was called The great gladitorial side show,to say anyone was best is nonsense ,war is attrition,every group had a wearin down effect on the defenders.They brought the best of nth africa to fight the german nth african elite, the paratroopers

[TheWmDProductions]

The French did nothing

[drfye]

hahaha..........over 70 years later and we are still argueing about the events, same with ww1 and that was over 90 years ago. triple entente vs triple alliance and allies vs axis ....................hahahaha, I wonder what ever happened to it being a group effort.

[GILBERHE]

Kiwi commander Bernard Freyberg at teh start of this clip

[marleyhund777]

Did that guy get shot in shoulder at 2:23, or did he just fall down ? I couldn't tell.

[bengacris]

@marleyhund777 he fell down yes, you can see him trying to get up after.

[TheBishulama]

gurkhas are frm nepal not frm britian

[woody48319]

The Allies wouldnt have won anything if it wasnt for the US equipping 80% of the Allies and their mobility to move forces to where they needed to be , when they needed to be, didnt see much of the Commonwealth troops storming the Beaches in the Pacific. It was the US airpower in Europe that kept the Luftwaffe from being a threat and from making the "wonder weapons"

[thrombox]

@woody48319 Pure nonsense. The US did not equip 80% of their allies, and it was the USSR who really won the war starting from 1942, before the US was even fully mobilising for war in Europe.

The Soviet Union was already steamrolling half way through Poland to Germany in 1944 by the time the D-Day landings happened, the US did not start the inevitable.

Wonder weapons were neutralised by the Enigma and information decrypted by the Polish resistance cypher bureau, see the Bombing of Peenemunde.

[marleyhund777]

@thrombox

Which allies did the US not equip ? They gave weapons, tanks, ect.. to China, Russia, Free French, Commonwealth forces and numerous resistance groups. I believe the only troops not were the Brazilians. The Thompson SMG was used by nearly every nation at some point. American made tanks served in every theater of the war. Lend Lease, that's what the US was doing before mobilizing fully. But I agree with you that Germany lost WW2 on the Eastern Front.

[thrombox]

@marleyhund777 Well for starters most of the supplies to Russia came from Britain only until 1943-early 44 did US lend-lease tanks and other equipment come to Russia by which point Russia was churning out tank after tank so that the arriving Shermans which were pretty much inferior to everything German or Russian at the time 1) made no difference and 2) were very very seldom seen.

The US supplied many of the Western allies & mainly with Tanks but not 80%of the allies, really outrageous figure.

[marleyhund777]

@thrombox

Fair point about Russia, but the US supplied the remaining armies; China, Free French, Commonwealth (yes, mainly tanks), Resistance. I'm pretty sure that not supplying only one group gives the US around 80%. The numbers aren't important. The real point is that without strong US support, such as Lend Lease, convoy protection and the ability to fight in two theaters at once, the Allies, especially England, would never have held off the Germans indefinitely.

[1Dougy85]

@marleyhund777 The US supplies were only a supplement to others own supply so saying anything like 80% is totally false. The US was so slightly involved in convoy protection in the North Atlantic that it doesn't rate as a point. Merchant ships were also mainly British. Commonwealth also had the ability to fight in 2 theaters. The USSR could have fought in 2 theaters also if it's effort was a small as the US effort in Europe.

[marleyhund777]

@thrombox

If the U-boats strangle England, the war is over. The Germans lose in Russia because Hitler is completely inflexible and out of touch with the reality on ground.

[diliprai]

one of the bloodiest battle was at Monte Cassino. Here the Gurkhas will win the VC.

[frogjezz]

@SugarTomAppleRoger

the bismark was "sunk" by grand slam bombs, the 617 Squadren, the "damn busters". they were crackshots with bombs. it wasnt really sunk becuase it was in shallow water and so it didnt completely submerge. 617 squadren also sunk the tirpitz. i just realized that i might have gotten the ships mixed up. may be other way around.

[frogjezz]

love it how in Puapa New Guinea the aussies defeated the japanese and then MacArthur comes along with his American boys trying to get some glory. but he was too late. MacArthur failed terribly as a general during thewar, but he did a good job in rebuilding Japan after the war.

[tiedupsmurf]

60 million lives lost approximatly during ww2 how brave and sad at the same time,and yet still fighting goes on day after day

[nikauvidprod]

The man in the American bomber jacket is Lt. General Bernard Freyberg commander of 2nd New Zealand Div., the soldiers are New Zealanders, there are no Aussies here they had gone back home, they were relieving the yanks who had failed and a big mess at anzio that needed help, 343 were killed and about 1000 wounded, please people these soldiers need respect, they fought against Nazism and for the freedom of Poland and all other European countries when there own island was at threat from japs.

[tntnt514]

You all do know that all of the German generals wasnt bad. Some of them had to fight for there familys and didnt know what Hitler believed in.

[1day1]

@tntnt514

i think that is a bit naieve really. They did know what they were fighting for.. the 3rd reich, even though the bit about the families may have been true/

[balny2000]

any man going into battle friend or foe deserves respect, past,present,future soldiers thank you for giving the ultimate price for our safety....

[3NUNS]

folly

[adamrep128]

you know the Free polish army was actually 1st to reach the monastery..

ultimate respect to all those who died,

[bill984756]

Good footage but the fake sound is not good

[QueefJuicer2]

i never knew who the gurkahs were i just lurnd ...

[g36c1]

haha the yanks were rapped in this battle

[SugarTomAppleRoger]

There are no yanks in this battle. There are New Zealand troops shown here. The guy in 0:08 is a New Zealand officer and the one in 0:21 is clearly a New Zealander, you can see his shoulder flash. Many Australian and New Zealand troops fought together in battles like these. They had to fight the best like the crack troops from Italy.

[arkim44]

the anzac soldiers were rugged and very crafty,the german forces met an equal enemy who could match them in ferocity and tactics

[hurro67]

Lol no its British and American. Australia and new zealan did fuck all in WW2 so stop taking credit. We fought, we lost millions of soldiers and we won. You were just on the side

[SugarTomAppleRoger]

hurro. Wrong again. At least Australia and New Zealand know they were small. The British did not do a lot in WW2 either. They did stuff all at Cassino, only bad mouth other countries, like you are doing now. At least the Germans were an honourable enemy, with the same fighting spirit as Aussies and Kiwis. The British conned us into helping them, as they were being "invaded". This was a big lie and an excuse to get them out of the way. The Americans were not so easily fooled.

[hurro67]

HAHAH that sums you up compimenting hitlers nazis. Umm you do know it was churchill who declared war? as you do know it wasnt britain it was the british empire? dude your funny. The British empire owned a quarter of the whole world.

The super powers were British Empire, USA,Russia and Germany. Australia was an accesory hahahahaha

[SugarTomAppleRoger]

Yes. My relatives fought at Cassino. It is a pity they supported the British. I can assure you we have learnt our lesson big time. You are correct in saying Australia was an accessory. Many Australians died defending Britain. You think this is funny! Your country makes me sick sometimes.

[hurro67]

How did i say it was funny, read it properly. I respect every single soldier who fought for us but i just dont get morons like you.

[SugarTomAppleRoger]

hurro. You do not respect them. You called them "accessories".

[smoochym]

"Many Australians died defending Britain"

Right, because the Japanese would of left little old Australia after they took the rest of Asia. What you meant to say is; many British people died to defend Australia (nowhere near Britian), you over inflated twat.

[hurro67]

Lol Britain didnt do alot either, how can you say that you ungreatful piece of crap. Australia had a total number of deaths as 41,000 and im deeply sorry about that but the United Kingdom were scraping half a million deaths, more than USA

[SugarTomAppleRoger]

hurro. These are New Zealand troops in this footage. You British said we were cowards. That may be true, but at least we are running towards the Germans not away from them like the British were in France. The New Zealanders are taking hard hits too. The Germans are just better than us. We know that anyway, and we don't need some pom telling us that.

It was the French who were better than the Germans in the end, and won the battle. The British took all the credit of course.

[hurro67]

When did i say NZ were cowards? never. Lol We were in France protecting france and ofcourse they are going to be better on their own land you idiot. You're just angry cos you're not powerful

[jackx156]

@SugarTomAppleRoger

Theres more sheep than there are people in newzealand and you have the population of manchester in the entire country.

Dumass

[92ladderley]

What the hell are you on about retard the french were out ww2 by 1940 at least britain managed to hold it's ground through the entire war.

[hurro67]

@SugarTomAppleRoger oh and by the way who saved the Americans in the omaha invasion in france? The British RAF did

[SugarTomAppleRoger]

hurro. The RAF played a minor part in this battle. Also, the RAF was not just English, but had Scottish, Indian, American, New Zealand, Canadian, Irish, Polish, Australian, etc pilots in it. The main heroes were the US Rangers Charlie Company and US Navy including USS McCook and USS Frankford.

[hurro67]

@SugarTomAppleRoger Oh and who destroyed all 3 of Germanys biggest warships?

[SugarTomAppleRoger]

hurro. I have no idea. Was it the RAF?

[hurro67]

@SugarTomAppleRoger the British RAF

[pillarofdavidson]

You might want to do some research on that one friend. The Australian and New Zealand forces played an integral part in the defeat of the Axis of Evil. England was in the cluthches of the Blitz for the better part of the war, although that's not to say they didn't do their part. Instead of trying to isolate the winners from the supposed "by-standers" you'd be better off saying "allied and Commonwealth forces" because therein lies the truth.

[Arabellis13]

umm ur american right? ur stupid as usa did shit all in ww2 u guys didnt even come into the fucking war until it was almost dune just like ww1 one u stupid redneck fuck

[butterz18252]

and there britsh not yanks

[g36c1]

the first attack was made by a yanks division i dont remember waht

but they were killed many of them

[SugarTomAppleRoger]

That is true. The first attack was by Americans. We have to always remember that the first ones attacking nearly always bear the biggest losses. After all, the second, third, etc. know the lie of the land and the opposition is now weakened. I am inclined to think the real stars in this battle were the Germans and Kesselring - an air force commander! Let's not forget the French also, who bravely outflanked the Germans at the end. All armies had good soldiers, including the Italians.

[datguy197]

i realize this is old but how is tht funny? young soldiers prob. scared dying? show some respect brit

[westcoastusa]

thrombox

The US army lost thousands in World War 2 fighting for a rotten bastard like you..

Remember Omaha Beach, The Battle of the Bulge, Bataan, Tarawa,etc etc etc.

You are such an Anglo / American hater.

Who do you think won the war, your beloved Germans ?

[thrombox]

Westcoast. The USSR won the war, with the help of the British intelligence specifically the Enigma (Ultra program) with which the British were sending exact movements of German forces on the Eastern front to the Soviets.

D-day happened in June 1944, the Russians were already half way through Poland by then, it would not have made a difference whether d-day was successful or not.

US troops did sacrifice themselves in WW2, but that doesn't stop the fact they were undisciplined and unreliable.

[BlackbirdMatt]

@thrombox Undisciplined? They held the fucking Bulge for a month with just rifles and grenades! With no fucking tanks, and barely any artillery or air support. The 101st Airborne was one of the most disciplined and battle-hardened fighting forces in World War 2.

[thrombox]

@BlackbirdMatt Only some thousands of Polish Home Army civilians who had no formal combat training of any kind held the city of Warsaw for more than 2 months in the 1944 uprising totally surrounded, no supplies, no food, no reinforcements, no ammunition and no weapons save those that they captured off the SS or wehrmacht. Children & old age pensioners fought like battle hardened veterans

Less to do with training and everything to do with mindset, discipline is not something the USA has ever had

[g36c1]

scum

[Thizalixa]

westcoast USA did not win the war lmao....if germany didnt invade russia u would have been fucked lmao not britain...we had already fought em offf during the battle of britain

[constablenapweed]

swanningaround you really are a troll.

[SSWolf80]

The most amazing thing about this particular battle is that America bombed the hell out of that monastary when there were NO GERMAN SOLDIERS IN IT. Oh well, you win some, you lose some.

[shuichifucker]

actually so similar to ww1... in some ways

[x0xErr0rx0x]

the poles should be praised ... they went up monte casino as if death ment little , they knew tht this was there chance to show the US , UK and others tht they real serious and the real thing... so they went walking up tht mountain german bullets flyin around didnt care and took it

[Motorheadbanger01]

yes i agree, the poles did more then there fare share during the war

[limburockerz182]

The only British regiment which was able to hold the German forces was the Gurkha, and Hitler too once expressed his desire to acquire a Gurkha regiment with which he could capture all of Europe. It is also the Gurkhas who are to be mostly credited for fighting the Japanese in Asia.

true bravery is to be praised by the enemy, which to my knowledge gurkhas are the only breed to receive the honor. First by british in the war against East India Company, then Napoleon and Hitler.

[LSPENNY]

kool footage

[SeFu2006]

I like these without the handy doo da music u know

[kobenbagreat]

well the indians got the base for the attack to start

[firstgovs]

new zealand =]

[popman638isthebest]

everybody, all the commenwealth and quite a few other countries are called the allies......there are many countries who are forgotten, but by saying the allies you include everybody....also it was not just the germans in WW2 they were allies with Italy and Turkey...so call them the axis

[EVILTRIPS666]

Those terms were used(in America) for propaganda purposes. Youtube is Global, let's ease up on the bigotry.

[AdamMoss13]

Its kind of funny how Monty and Patton hated eachother and out of that hate kinda won the war

[pureCANADIANeh]

can any one tell me any thing about the 5th cdn armd div? it was the the regiment or whatever my great grandfather was in! i was told he was a mechanic and fixed tanks but he died before i was born and so far i cant find any info? ihave some documents for the medals he recieved but thats it!

[JSLegoMaster]

Yeah I got some infos about that unit and also of the regiments of it. But in which Brigade, regiment was he??

one brigade had 4 Regiments, there were 3 Brigades in that unit.

[westcoastusa]

Ciaran Sion

Good for you. We love New Zealand soldiers. They came to our rescue in 1939( Britain ) and are the best soldiers in the world. When asked who were the toughest enemy, Rommel responded " The New Zealanders." Thank you mates.

[CiaranSion]

im a new zealander and all of my grandads ( 4 of them ) were there so why the f**king hell are you all calling them cowards examples of us smashing axis forces: chunik bair greece tobruk el alamein baby 500 sari bair need more you f**ktards message me for more

[westcoastusa]

Swanningaround. Where do you get your misguided information from about the English saying New Zealanders were cowards. My uncle was at Cassino in US Army, All the troops were heroes in this battle. Are you one of these English haters.

[thrombox]

Wow, the US had an amazing record for discipline and reliability in WW2, really an example for all (hint of sarcasm)..

[swanningaround]

Forget it. The guys in 0:04 and 0:20 are New Zealaders, the ones the English said were cowards. This is resented. The only ones who have the right to call them cowards are the victors, the glorious Poles who charged and WON Cassino.

[swanningaround]

The English and Germans though of the Indiians, New Zealanders and especially the Maoris and Ghurkas as cowards. The Germans only respected English and American troops. The Poles showed that they were the best by charging the abbey and winning. The Poles were much better than the Germans on this occasion.

[97kcoats]

Its British troops.  Not english fucking retard. Scotland England Wales N.Ireland.

[swanningaround]

I was refering to the English and Germans. The Scots had a better opinion of Indian, New Zealand, Ghurka and Maori troops, and did not consider them cowards.

[97kcoats]

Are you stupid. Scotland is Britian. = British troops.

[swanningaround]

The fact that you are insulting me says more about you than me. I am talking about English and German troops.

[97kcoats]

Its British troops dumb arse. We worked togeather BRITIAN. = Scottish English welsh irish troops. Dumb arse.

[c3kwazx]

I donot think it really matters who thought the Gurkhas as cowards.Apart from the British troops,it was the Royal Gurkha rifles who got the most VC's and a person does not simply get a VC (specially a foreign troop) by simply participating in a battle.Check out why they got those medals and it is really shocking.One Gurkha single handedly cleared out 4 japanese foxholes using mainly his khukri(gurkha knife)Britain would be in deep shit had it not for them who stopped the japanese to get to india

[reaperflynn3]

thats gotta be hard to move up and push forward with all of that gravel and rock in the way i bet alot of people died simply because of that.

[1jammn57Dewd]

The Fallschirmjager at their toughest. Note the white tape on the ground at 1:21 indicating a mine-free path. Wouldnt last though artillery and mortars would erase them.

[swanningaround]

The poor colonial troops are trying their best. They are up against weak oppostion though. When the Poles came in they easily took the position. The Germans at Cassino said that each Pole was worth 100 colonials. The English as usual were a no show. They don't do battles like this. Naturally this is nothing compared with Bastogne and Major Winter's Easy Company are even better than the Poles.

[polskich]

british historians have written the poles out of the battle for monte cassino

[swanningaround]

polskich. Of course they would. They are very good at bombing their own allies They are also very good at ordering others into battle, criticizing them when things go wrong, and taking all the credit, if their allies win. A German Commander said that one Pole was worth a whole batallion of the colonials. The English also had a very low opinion of colonials and Poles, especially Ghurkas and Maoris, they used as "expendibles".

[LukePhillipsWINS]

swanningaround i think that your find no "english" soldiers think that the gurkhas or other commonwealth troops are "cowards"

[swanningaround]

LukePhillipsWINS. You are wrong. The English did think the Commonwealth troops at Cassino were cowards. My uncle was there. He overheard a group of English talking. One of these posh folk, a Lord, said the Commonwealth troops there cowards. He said that the English would have taken the position.

[thrombox]

No, swanningaround is right. Yes there was a Imperial British arrogance in the war, and to this day Monte Cassino is snubbed by Britain today, because the Poles not the British took it.

There was an uproar in British high command when the Poles hung their flag on the ruins of the monastery, only to have to congratulate their counterparts later.

Field marshal Alexander later said if he could have commanded any army in the war he would have wanted it to be the Poles of the 2nd Corps.

[swanningaround]

thrombox. Alexander was quite a good guy, I think. It was Churchill who objected to the Polish flag. He double crossed the Poles, as he did to all the allies - the Americans soon wised up to him, as did General de Gaulle. It is great that the Poles put up their flag on the monastery. The major participants in the prior battles, the US and NZ recognize Cassino as a Polish victory, and also give credit to the French. As you say, the English were just arrogant.

[LukePhillipsWINS]

so a lord speaks for all englishmen then? cassino was an allied victory

[1day1]

@swanningaround

my grandfather fought at monte cassino.. i think you are disrespectful to the British who fought and lost their lives there. I think you will find a large contingent of the british 8th army in cassino as well as commonwealth troops including the indian army. Who cares about a damn flag..

[swanningaround]

@1day1 OK. "Who cares about a damn flag"? I wish more people thought that way. I had three uncles at Cassino. My other uncle didn't make it that far, as he was killed. My father was also badly wounded, and back home at that stage. I think the Poles had a rough time, and should be given credit for this battle. The French general Juin was probably the star. His Moroccan troops, magnificent mountain fighters, circled the Germans and came via a route the Germans thought to be impossible top access.

[thrombox]

@swanningaround Hi again swanningaround. Investigate again the whole "General Juin" breaking the line and find that it is truly a British establishment realpolitik spin to discredit the Poles and endear the French. The best way to clear any discrpancies as to what actually happened is to hear it from the German side, find what the paras had to say about the Polish attacks. They could not have held anymore sustained all out Polish attacks rather than any French breakthrough which happened after.

[jerrygreg2]

@1day1 Well said.

[swanningaround]

@thrombox That does have a ring of truth about it. In actual fact, Cassino was a team effort. The Germans were "worn down" in four battles. THe US went in first. In the second and third battles, the Indian and New Zealand troops were involved. Finally the Poles went in with the French circling behind the Germans. The English were as usually commanding everything and trying to take all the credit. In all the action, Canadian and American troops were providing artillery and support. 

[thrombox]

@swanningaround FACT: Please investigate and read the german account and find that the area the french broke through were not prioritised at all for defence by the germans, the valley was not important compared to the heights.

While the Poles were the last to attack (twice), they gave the FJs considerably larger unsustainable losses than any other allied attacks hence the withdrawal. The Poles commanded themselves not the British and were fully self artillery supported they had a full corps!

[swanningaround]

@thrombox Thanks. This video centres on the New Zealand efforts. What is your view of them? Were their efforts wasted? Could Poland have won by itself without the Candaian, US, British, Indian, NZ, French etc.? One thing is clear. The Germans put up a hell of a fight.

[akropiss]

@thrombox well here in Canada, we remember the Cassino. we never snubbed any part of WW2, not even the bombing of Dresden or the internment of japanese fishermen.

[2manynegativewaves]

@thrombox wonder where u get ur info from? Every campaign bar those in north west europe is "snubbed" in Britain today,this has nothing to do with who planted what flag. Poland did not fight in the Far East yet the 14 Army is still "The Forgotten Army". U cant have it both ways,either British arrogence or a British FM wishing to command a Polish Army above all others. I love Poland and respect its history but the hang ons from communist propaganda still remain.

[thrombox]

@2manynegativewaves You are right about the Far East, but there is a difference between being forgotten as Slim and the 14th army are and the deliberate covering up which happened to the Poles.

Start with "For Our Freedom and Yours" by Olson & Cloud, less to do about Monte Cassino but it is a great foundation for Polish history, it also covers how not only the British government betrayed but also silenced Poland. For example the Katyn massacre which was officially denied by Britain until 1991.

[thrombox]

British historians have written Poles out of the whole of WWII, covering up and ignoring the fact that Britain and her Allies betrayed Poland, hundreds of thousands of Poles paid with their lives after the end of the war up until 1989 because of it, it is one of the most shameful episodes in history.

Without the Poles the Germans surely would have won the war, without the Enigma given to the allies by the Poles, the battle of Kursk would not have been won and Hitler would be ruling the world..

[polskich]

47000 poles died on the battlefields of europe, the british ignore the fact that the poles delivered the enigma machine to them with the code already cracked, also they have forgotten who gave them a v1

[thrombox]

Sarcasm right?

[diegorifa]

dude the guy thats falls is so funny

[WWII1stInfantry]

naw looks like he fell

[tiko257]

that guy @ 2:23 ..........kia??

[RexKwonDoe4U]

yep pretty much

[tiko257]

humm...i see him moving after being shoot ...or falling down .....anyway ..poor guy if he got killed

[RexKwonDoe4U]

just a scratch lol. but seriosly i feel sorry to

[lip233]

He looks like hes crawling sideways afterwards :S

[LinkTheElvenWarrior]

I Think He was injured.

[flyweel]

my grandpa almost died from a piece of shrapnel in his leg, he got it at the battle of the bulge.

[TheJWS]

cool

props for him.

[xxbassdemonxx]

my grandpa god grenade shrapenel in the ears, and he almost lost his feet at the battle of the bulge. Did your grandpa get the purple heart?

[Macisback2007]

holy smokes, that is amazing footage. My (grand?)uncle was actually at this battle with the NZ troops.

[SecretAgentDann]

My grandpas brother got killed in a tank battle in Africa in WW2

[tgill123]

My grandpa had his leg crushed by a tank on D Day (Juno Beach)

[venom1dark]

thumbs up and cool ur grandfather was in ww2

[ranzeet]

its not indian gorkhas, we gorkhas are from nepal there is no such thing as indian gorkha. However we do serve in indian and british army. We were not volunteers we were forced to serve in than british empire by our own goverment though later it was for the reason of monetary aspects. Our goverment did received money for each head joining than british empire but that money went to personal acount of thos ppl and we indigenious ppl were left with nothing but with some chump change.

[sukhia30]

ofcourse, there are indian gorkhas, the people who are from darjeeling and deharadun, people who are in assam and nagaland, my dear, we are also gorkha and even we are serving under britsh and indian army. please think before you say "there is no indian gorkha," especially at this critical political situation of darjeeling.

With regards,

your brother from Darjeeling (Gorkhaland)

[AnthonySmith22]

It was ears not heads wasn't it???

[popman638]

the germans were the smartest with their tanks they made many prototypes like the PZ111or the tiger tank.if they had invented the jet aeroplane earlier in the war we would of been in a whole lotta shit!

[guitarballsgod]

my grandpa was shot down in the philliphines and hid with the natives then they found him

[CanadaRocker11]

go canadians! we liberated holland.

[jonabig]

my grandfather was sent to war in 1942 he was placed in pearl harbor

[triplethelength]

I felt bad for my grandpa, he was a prisoner for two years, he told me he had to survive off of alot of scraps like potato skins, which is what they would usually feed them :( that would suck

[urrachunt]

Awesome my Uncle fought in the NZ 8th army. he was there. ANZAC's all the way.

[Mcplkelly]

Man no cover going up that hill.

[ROCKYMARCIANOXX0]

Brits made the first tank but we were shit at understanding how best to use them in battle....the Germans learned well and were the Big bollocks of the tank world. after ww1 we didnt seem to find the need for them thinking we wouldnt really nedd them unlike germany who kept researching and experimenting with tank warfare...so when ww2 arose they were pretty fucking good at fighting with them. there..im not a nerd but i'll have a go with the rest of ya :P

[SASRugbyLord]

Trikdell you know shit The British had the first EVER tank and the FIRST tank was used against the germans at the somme you noob go frag yourself.

[trikdell]

WHAT THE FRIG IM SO PISSED OFF AT ALL OF YOU I MADE ONE ERROR IN WAT I SAID AND I GET 14 MESSAGES BOUT ME BEING A DUMBASS GOD YOUR aLL FRIGGIN NERDS IF YOU CALLED ME THAT

[SquareHeadSlacker]

STOP TYPING IN CAPS!!!! OH CRAP IM TYPING IN CAPS, I SHOULD TURN OFF CAPS LOck. there we go.

[willyweasle2000]

ive been there my families italian and we went up there coz my grandad served there weird to see the same roads and mountai passages still there and the building from this video but it was bombed so its all new

[bellpawt]

A kiwi General at the beginning -General Freyberg V.C etc hero at Gallipoli , Olympic swimmer etc

[fattoler]

My Grandfather was fighting around here, when he went up mote casino 60 years later he said no wonder it was so hard to capture.

[myshitiscustom]

actually i did notice the second time i watched it and i look at the guns

[Kdssow]

Watch B4 u comment, remember that.

[myshitiscustom]

unless it is english side

[myshitiscustom]

OMG THIS ISNT WW2 THIS IS WW1

[Kdssow]

myshitiscustom, youre an real idiot. Do you really expect a sherman tank in 1914-18?

[trikdell]

Only gERMANS HAD THE TANKS IN WW1

[Kdssow]

omfg trikdell, u dont know any fuck do ya?

In WWI all sides had tanks.

The Britsh had the Mark IV tank.

The french had an Renault FT-

and the Germans had the Sturmpanzerwagen A7V.

learn before u comment on mine nuthead.

[pppaul1973]

The tank, the brainchild of Royal Engineer Lieutenant-Colonel Edwin Swinton, had first appeared on the battlefields of the First World War as a combat engineer's tool for breaching the German defensive fortifications on the stalemated Western Front. It was felt that if Soldiers, armored only with cloth fatigues, could not do the job, perhaps a tracked, steel-armored "engine of war" could.

[pppaul1973]

the tank was a british invention you fucking dumb cunt

[rumrich]

No it was the British commonwealth that started using tanks in WW1 then Germans. This is WW2 and both sides used tanks the Shermans and churchills were used by the allies. The Germans used the panzer models, theres like 20 types of panzers made give or take.

[ELViejito100]

the tank was a british invention, dumbass

[lurenceo]

all i have to say is u fail at history

[eazye1974]

The poor sod to the right of the frame of 2:22 got the short end of the stick in that one charge. Poor fella!

[kurtbush2003]

yeahh ..he was shot before he could cross ..maybe a sniper ...

[AssOnAPlate187]

Looks like he tripped to me. He kind of tries to get up before it cuts off.

[Kdssow]

indeed a poor lad. tough im dutch, i respect the canadians. After all, they freed us.

som weirdo's from the USA keep jerking upthat THEY freed holland instead of Canada, But thats not true...USA left Holland after Market Garden, and went to Germany via the Siegfried line. Canada remained in holland with a foothold in the province of Zeeland, at Antwerpen they fought hard together with the British, Canada and Britain freed Holland, not the USA. They have told lies, Canada And Britain did most.

[WarHawkRob]

Excellent quality video. Made my grandfather's day to watch this and many others. It shows the new generation still cares. Keep it up!

[MAKURAMANCHE]

thanks for the video