a familiar face Preiss, almost too familiar, drafter as it were into many a war film, he was truly capable of anything however, hard to say whether or not I preferred him over Curt Jergens. Both were fantastic.
@HenryvKeiper I would say that he wanted the Germans to win because of some kind of admiration for their discipline and such that was heavily enforced through nationalistic fascism. Few like to look at the other side of the coin.
I'm not so sure those qualities were as heavily enforced as they were natively present and simply allowed directed expression. The discipline and deference to authority was after all more a product of the traditional martial culture of prewar Germany.
Yup, there has been a traditional level of martial culture in germany though it would be easy to say that the level of discipline and deference to authority had reached an all-time high during this period.
u r a good observer. Rundstedt was one of the few who was made Regimentschef as a special honour. in his case Infanterieregiments 18. with this honour comes that although a field marshall he doesnt wear the normal generals collar insignia like the other guy. but the collar of an infanty officer. silver lace on white cloth. white being the waffenfarbe of the infantry.
@specom Rundstedt actually wore the uniform of a Colonel quite often. When he was retired in 1938 he wore the uniform he was given after being named "Honorary colonel of the 18th Infantry regiment." if you want to know where I got that little fact from read Hitler's Field Marshals and Their Battles by Samuel W. Mitcham.
Wolfgang Preiss did an excellent job playing THE last Prussian. Is it fate that his capable hands defeated England's greatest warrior, backed up by American supplies and bloodshed?
Eisenhower should have given the supplies to Patton, but world politics governed Ike.
Ah! Wolgang Preiss the leyendary German actor. He made a career out of acting as a German officer, much like today's Thomas Kreschmann. A great actor well remembered.
my favorite general? gerd von rundstedt. he and rommel made a good team, and both paid a price for opposing hitler. rundstedt lost much of his prewar power, and his job several times and rommel had to kill himself.
I have watched this movie several times.And its interesting to note that none of the men in this particular clip were Waffen SS or party members.And none of them did the "Seig Heil" that is the Nazi Salute.This is because they are regular German Army or Deutsche heer.One of my favorite war movies,splendid actors,superb portrayal of Operation "Market Garden".
you r mistaken. if you look closely you can see that he wears the black tank uniform. its a tank man. their uniform was often mistaken with ss. they even wore death heads on their collars.
@peter420guy The SS mainly dropped the black uniforms as early as 1934. These men here are all Wehrmacht officers and amongst themselves they generally didn't use the Hitler salute. As someone else already pointed out the black uniform was probably worn by a member of the Panzerwaffe. They also wore a Totenkopf on their collars but this was an old tradition dating back to the Hussars... the Panzerwaffe "death's head" differed to the SS one because it had no lower jaw!
In defense of Rundstedt, it was Goering who blew Dunkirk by calling off the Luftwaffe for 2 critical days. Rundstedt was pragmatic; what good are tanks without fuel and ammo? Yes, Wolfgang Preiss totally nailed this scene!!!
Wolfgang Preiss, a legend as german actor as soldiers or Dr Mabuse:-) But, never forget, this historical "Stop" Order at Dunkirk.....He was the Man, saying to this tactical noob Hitler, Stop the Tanks ! If u dont believe, read some books and don´t believe what Wikipedia saying LOL
What a scene! Wolfgang Preiss is in total control of his staff, definitely one of the best German actors, and with a quite extensive filmography. Thanks for posting!
Gerd von Rundstedt might not have lost a battle... but he certainly blew the chance of destroying the british army at Dunkirk by pressuring Hitler into pausing the panzers to resupply :P Should have listened to Heinz Guderian fuher...
thats right, guderian was underated in my opinion!! rommel and other german generals tend to get the limelight, but heinz is up there with the best of them!!!
@flitzo111 I strongly agree. Wolfgang Preiss was the quintessential German Officer, and excellent actor. Is acting delivery is pure joy to watch. And as another poster pointed out, the way he drops his glove as he learned that supplies are minimal and moral is non-existant is very well played.
One thing though. von Rundstedt and Blumentritt would never talk that way to each other. They were very good friends and would have talked a lot more casual. von Rundstedt talked casual to most people. And Blumentritt certainly!
There is a certain warmth and informalness there tho'... They are speaking infront of their general staff aswell, with that in account, they're remarkably candid. It's an excellent scene, Wolfgang Priess was a terrific actor, he is totally convincing.
Overall, the Germans had the best commanders and best equipment for the job. However, the idiot incharge was just a stupid corporal, per say, Adolf Hitler. the leadership logistics in goverment and who answered to who make them ineffective. but von Rundstedt truly never lost a battle. The Battle of the Bulge was fought by his forces, but he was not in favor of such an offense as it wasted resources. Thank hitlers stupidity. Remember von Runstedt defeated most of Europe.
Patton may have gone a little farther, but not far enough. Remember, he's still got just that single road to supply a Corps up and German units that ought to have been cutoff and destroyed are appearing out of nowherre having been evacuated--majoy intelligence failure on the Allies part.
what people are saying let patton do operation market garden i think he would get suprised of von rundstedt capability.
2 ss panzer divisions in holland with also some other great commanders think paton would lose the battle. cause further up the road to arnhem if the front tank got hit it was over 1 small road full with mines and artillery on it no general can beat that
theres a bit of a debate going on about who was the greater super power after the war!! just trying to get a few opinions,apparently general patton wanted to attack the russians after the war and drive them out of eastern europe and back to russia!!
During 1945... with Patton in command and the American armies have 15,000 tanks and more than 10,000 aircraft... I'd go with the Americans... EASY. After 1945... Russia beats America's ass at any year after 1945. And that includes now.
U have to remember Patton is no stupid Brit. He faced the same opposition in Sicily when his army faced 2 Panzer divisions on the mountains. His philosophy is to attack relentlessly and not mind casualties. In the end it was agreed that had he not been so bold, he may have suffered more casualties. Monty the overrated faced 2 SS panzer divisions in Market Garden and he couldn't punch through like Patton did. That is why Monty is an overrated Brit.
@quest8899 they had a formidable land army, 6 million strong, thousands of t 34 tanks, yeah they were a force to be reckoned with, but the yanks had the nuclear bomb. they could have seriously damaged the russkies with that
Ye but Stalin was worse then Hitler for sacrificing men for victory, German lost 11million in the war the USSR lost 26 million and 17million of those were civilians who they would march at the enemy lines to waste ammunition or to clear mine fields for the tanks.
@metallord999 omg dude. pls READ BOOKs, or for your iq: go on wikipedia, lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de and inform you. AHAHHAHAHAH 4million oj eastern front HAHAHAHAHHAHAHA, 11 million at all? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH omg.
germany lost exactly 5,533,000 on all fronts, the soviet union lost about 11millions. source: wikipedia
@goldyn12345 U.S had the war won long time before the end, they had lots of airbornes and lots of other soldiers waiting to deploy on U,S soil.. When talking about wars U.S will be always the most powerfull nation
@ptportugal08 good point!!! america was and still is a superpower, indusrtrial might is awesome!! i wonder if the germans inflicted heavy losses on them could this have swayed public opinion in america!!!
@ptportugal08 Wrong, Russia had crushed the German Military, in fact the cream of the German SS and Wehrmacht. All that was on the Western Front were the 2nd and 3rd rate troops.
This was a really great video. Thanks for posting this scene from "A Bridge Too Far". I really liked and enjoyed this classic film and it's one of my favorite films of all time.
"End the war, you fools", one of Rundstetd's most famous phrases. As far as I have read, he told it while talking on the phone with keitel, after the allies managed to succeed in Normandie.
what I know it was not Von Runestetd, how hade the battle, but I konw it was Filedmarshal Model how was there. not Runestetd. Model hade panzar. read some ww2 books and then you see how it was D*******!
Oh, how i love their uniforms :D , I am not some nazi sympathizer but those uniforms just make me want to be an nazi officer :D (I should not probably say it like that)
The uniforms are pretty sweet, nothing wrong with liking them. I myself love those huge overcoats officers wear and when they don't put their arms in the sleeves. Very cool XD
Love the music in this scene, very militaristic, and epic sounding.
I really feel that the Germans, far from being fashion icons, really knew how to motivate men through those uniforms. Real bad asses, truly. A dark side.
I won't argue with you I just suggest you visit Auschwitz's gas chambers and ask the tour guide about the nature of Zyklon B and the impossibility of its use in the gas chambers. I also suggest you look at all holocaust photos and think that what you're seeing is starving typhus infected people not "extermination".
The victors write history. And they want it to be on their side.
Just imagine if tomorrow it came to light that the Germans actually never intended to exterminate anybody. That the actual order that Hitler gave was of a "territorial expulsion" not "extermination".
Almost the whole world would fall apart, beginning with Israel and America.
@wachaufeuropa mmmn, cospiracy theory? im not sure if there was an actual order from hitler to exterminate the jews, i know about wansee? unless hitler told heydrich face to face before the meeting, i dont think there was anything written down!!
Do you even know the MILLIONS OF DOLLARS in revenue the holocaust generates ?
All those camps, renovated using German taxpayers money, raise MILLIONS that go straight in the pockets of Israeli ministers which they use to continue their expansion into palestinia.
Not to mention...Imagine that if the BIGGEST ACCUSATION IN HISTORY WAS FALSE ???? USA + Israel would have to pay BILLIONS back to Germany.
All of Europe would have to rethink itself politically and historically.
Yes, they had great uniforms. However, those are not Nazi uniforms, they are Wehrmacht uniforms. The german armed forces (Wehrmacht) and the Nazi party are not the same thing.
one of my favourite moments of the film when rundstedt says "im still young,give me time" when told he's never lost a battle....a great and moving film
Lols... Even the Germans knew Monty was a stupid general. Too bad Patton wasn't unleashed. You could see in Rundstedth eyes that he's pissing on his pants whenever Patton's name is mentioned.
He admired Patton, he was not scared of him. Even Eisenhower said that Rundstedt was the greatest general and field marshal of the axis. I think Patton was more scared of Rundstedt, than the other way. But yes, they did not think of Monty as they thought of Patton.
Both Eisenhower and monty said that Rundstedt was the, quote Eisenhower: "The ablest of the Axis commanders". And monty said: "The greatest german commander i have ever come up against".
Yes they banned the swastika from games/movies as it offends and is a bad influence on young teenagers, plus it opens up old wounds in Germany. I know it is a wrong and hated symbol, but it's history and if you should want to present it then you should as it is a part of history whether we like it or not.
Yes you are right there. Public display and display in video games is banned.
It is allowed within what the law calls an "educational context" which includes display in tv.
Ironically , the neo-nazis simply produce their devotional objects and propaganda media in Poland now.
Thats why Germany tried to forward a EU-wide ban of the swastika which was, of course, rejected by most countries but also by Hindu faith organisations in the EU.
yes I know that interesting how Hitler took a symbol of peace and life and how he used it as a motive of death and destruction. When looking back at the Second World War it never ceases to amaze me how the Germans morally carried on murdering Jewish people, just because they followed a different religion. They called Hitler a madman but he just evil itself cunning and manipulative for his own ends. It also represents what the human race is capable of and its condition at those very times.
the swastika was not wholy a peace symbol. It consisted of "destroying things to rebuild better ones" He planned to destroy Europe and germany to creat a better one by exterminating the "undisarables" However, i disagree with the banning of the swastika, it's something reral, that's like banning the allied whita star the allies carried. different meanings but still HISTORICAL symbol. It shouldn't be banned. It should stay there and people know its meaning it had for the nazis in WWII
It was also a symbol used by a group of people who tried to prove that a greater human race was from Germany. Herman Göring was a member there, and i bet he told Hitler about the group, and then Hitler used their symbol. Just what i think.
I was on a tour in Munich (München). About the nationalsocialists, wich started in Munich. And our tourguide showed the symbol of the group. And that was before Hitler used it. Sorry i can't remember the name of the group, but i will write if a find out.
The swastika was a symbol which had been used for decoration in the castle of the Swedish count Von Rosen. In the early 1920s Hermann Goering flew over the terrain and had to make an emergency landing. Von Rosen invited him into his castle, which is how Goering discovered the symbol, and later brought it to Hitler's attention.
Hitler spent the 1930's sending public service messages to the German people, explaining how large families, mentally ill people, were draining the economy. His ministers translated sterilization laws from California and other states. One thing led to another to the Final Solution, but many people were crossed off their list before and at the same time as the Jewish people. By then, it was very difficult to stop the actions of this totalitarian regime.
Isn't it different in Hinduism and Buddhism? I remember reading somewhere the Nazi swastika went a certain way, whilst the religious swastikas went another.
Oh yeah, don't forget no one in Europe would be able to read the "Blade of the Immortal" manga, which features a hero in ancient Japan with a swastika on his back, and who in one edition cuts up a villain into the shape of a swastika.
it seems that before World War two Swastika was used world wide , for example in 1902 native American basketball team has it on its Dresses and some American Army regment used it on their uniforms as well (and wore it even when fighting in WW2) ironic isn't it ? But very interensting symbol indeed.
I always wondered, why in almost every scene with the German Army of WWII, both in movies and games, they have Kriegsmarine flags? A typical German Flag of that period was just white circle with svastika at the red background, the svastika crossing the white-rammed black St. Philip's cross with iron cross was only the Kriegsmarine banner.
That is the Reichskriegsflagge (Imperial war flag) which was mainly used by the Kriegsmarine but also by other forces. For instance on wehrmacht buildings and Luftwaffe planes on the ground. ;)
wait, wait. ALMOST at good as the Canadians? i recall a whirbellwind dispersing and destroying a Canadian batallion in the Normandy. Their equipment was not as good as the German's. the PIAT was a joke. the ram kangaroo? seriously.
new zealand infantry is even superior to the canadians but the germans were the best.
Good clip from a great movie, thanks for posting. They found the right actor for von Rundstedt, it's a shame this is his only scene in the whole movie (as far as I can remember).
Oh yeah, that's right. You've got lots of interesting clips from war movies... I have some from Gettysburg and a couple of others, but you're way more meticulous :)
A true and honorable German soldier during World War II was not a nazi. The nazi's betrayed Germany and have disgraced our people. nazi's deserve nothing but death.
lol, and this demoralized, nearly depleted, planless, rabble is what ends up owning the massive force of the allies' best troops, armor, and air power. gotta love the Germans, just when you think they're defeated they come back and smash you to pieces
yes they where a force to be reckoned with the germans,in the end they took on the whole world and were beaten.massive mistake to take on 2 superpowers in america and the soviet union.
i have to dissagree with you there,i think they were a superpower in the 1930's.economically they were the richest country in the world and had a brilliant army,navy and airforce.
You can think but the fact is they were not. They were still in post depression and economicaly grew through the benefits Europe and Asia provided when they were at war. Its military tacics had not changed so much since ww1 and its forces were devastating during the begining of war even against numericaly inferior forces, only after it had some respite its military transformed and industry. No Superpower existed until after ww2.
not really fact is, usa was 33%-50% of the worldn's economic output even after the depression, depression was harsh for americans, but as a whole only 1/3 of us productivity went down which was still far and away higher than all the economic powers of the major powers combined. Tactics was lagging just like in most nations outside of germany. production, hightech weaponry esp naval and air force, massive deployment ability made USA a sleeping superpower. russia too was one albeit less so.
USA was behind in air force, deployment and other technological areas, although ill give you the navy. That is why it was not very quick to react and Japanese fighters achieved air power in the USA pacific domains.
I would like a source on the 33-50% economic output. USA doesnt even achieve 50% today. No nation has.
Agreed! The Germans were amazing, highly professional, skilled soldiers, led by some supremely talented senior officers. The German soldiers were very resillient & determined. Although morally wrong, from a purely military point of view, you have to admire them as tremendous soldiers-almost as good as the Brits & Canadians!! :) The Canadians, Aussies & Kiwis are Britains greatest allies, having backed us with hesitation in two world wars. Damn good troops the Canadians!
wolfgang pteiss is my favourite german actor.during his acting career, he played 5 german field marshals in varius things. my favourite movie of all time
whatever he was,he was certainly a very capable general.i personally think the germans had the best generals in ww2,its just that hitler kept interfering in millitary matters. how differently the war might have ended.
I dont know much about him. If he was an out an out nazi following the idiology that led to the butchery he should have been hung. Based on the film interpretation he seems an honourable man simply fighting a war he did not order. Many Germans were. Many Germans were not.
von rundstedt, a great mariscal, what a great man, strong, manly, intelligent, brilliant, and brave, a REAL EXAMPLE FOR THE ORIGINAL NACIONALSOCIALISCHE, he was not a murder...he was A complete MAN!!!
something funny was in the longest day a general saysd against von rundstedt shall we call hitler himself and he says was? ds bohëmeshe gefreiter anrofen nein ! calling that bohemish corporal calling no!
It's böhmischen Gefreiten. Von Rundsted mistook Hitler's birthplace Braunau am Inn for Broumov (Braunau) in Bohemia. BTW Gefreiter is lance corporal, corporal is in German Unteroffizier.
a familiar face Preiss, almost too familiar, drafter as it were into many a war film, he was truly capable of anything however, hard to say whether or not I preferred him over Curt Jergens. Both were fantastic.
doctornoooo 1 month ago
Von Rundstedt was a good man. May he rest in peace.
kingofsnakes1000 2 months ago
My Grandpa as a member of the 901 Panzer-Lehr-Regiment of the Panzer-Lehr-Division under Gerneral v. Rundstedt.
Gruenkreuz100 2 months ago
The german's always had the best uniforms.
MrMackinacisland 4 months ago
The german's always had the best uniforms.
MrMackinacisland 4 months ago
If they informed Hitler, like in Downfall, he'd throw a damn temper tantrum.
Trashcansam123 5 months ago
I wish Germany won the war
mburns8395 7 months ago
@mburns8395 Uh, why?
HenryvKeiper 7 months ago
@HenryvKeiper I would say that he wanted the Germans to win because of some kind of admiration for their discipline and such that was heavily enforced through nationalistic fascism. Few like to look at the other side of the coin.
comrade44 6 months ago
@comrade44
Interesting comment. As an aside to your point:
I'm not so sure those qualities were as heavily enforced as they were natively present and simply allowed directed expression. The discipline and deference to authority was after all more a product of the traditional martial culture of prewar Germany.
lowenklee 5 months ago
@lowenklee
Yup, there has been a traditional level of martial culture in germany though it would be easy to say that the level of discipline and deference to authority had reached an all-time high during this period.
comrade44 5 months ago
@mburns8395 me to
monkeyluffy34 3 months ago
@mburns8395 F U...
irish89055 3 months ago
@mburns8395
Sie sind krank
loganwiley 1 month ago
Von Runstedt's part in the terrible "Court of Honor " during the last months of the war destroyed his reputation among his own people.
melshorse 8 months ago
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@melshorse But if he didn't, more might have have been found guilty.
DrCanyonero 5 months ago
any officer,in any army,would hate to admit morale problems in his army.
nphanlon1973 10 months ago
Why does he have silver collar insignia instead of red and gold generals collar tabs?
specom 11 months ago
@specom
u r a good observer. Rundstedt was one of the few who was made Regimentschef as a special honour. in his case Infanterieregiments 18. with this honour comes that although a field marshall he doesnt wear the normal generals collar insignia like the other guy. but the collar of an infanty officer. silver lace on white cloth. white being the waffenfarbe of the infantry.
MaLoDe1975 11 months ago
@specom Rundstedt actually wore the uniform of a Colonel quite often. When he was retired in 1938 he wore the uniform he was given after being named "Honorary colonel of the 18th Infantry regiment." if you want to know where I got that little fact from read Hitler's Field Marshals and Their Battles by Samuel W. Mitcham.
WW2Fanatic1000 9 months ago
@WW2Fanatic1000 Thanks, interesting, I'll try to get a hold of it.
specom 9 months ago
Herr Preiss is nothing like Von Runstedt.
Cool2BCeltic 1 year ago
von runstedt was an unappreciated military genius at the time, given freedom to act freely he might have stood a chance against the allies
040392agh 1 year ago
Wolfgang Preiss did an excellent job playing THE last Prussian. Is it fate that his capable hands defeated England's greatest warrior, backed up by American supplies and bloodshed?
Eisenhower should have given the supplies to Patton, but world politics governed Ike.
OldVoice 1 year ago
Ah! Wolgang Preiss the leyendary German actor. He made a career out of acting as a German officer, much like today's Thomas Kreschmann. A great actor well remembered.
billace90 1 year ago 6
my favorite general? gerd von rundstedt. he and rommel made a good team, and both paid a price for opposing hitler. rundstedt lost much of his prewar power, and his job several times and rommel had to kill himself.
mark3smle 1 year ago
@mark3smle the greatest strategist were Fieldmarshal von Manstein, General von Seydlitz-Kurzbach, Franz Halder,
mathiehesse 1 year ago
I have watched this movie several times.And its interesting to note that none of the men in this particular clip were Waffen SS or party members.And none of them did the "Seig Heil" that is the Nazi Salute.This is because they are regular German Army or Deutsche heer.One of my favorite war movies,splendid actors,superb portrayal of Operation "Market Garden".
HerrMaladroitMann 1 year ago
@HerrMaladroitMann
no body raised their hand and said hiel Hitler
but there was an SS officer there! arnhem
was defended by 10th SS panzer division.
If you look 35 seconds in to the clip
you will see him in a black uniform.
peter420guy 1 year ago
@peter420guy
you r mistaken. if you look closely you can see that he wears the black tank uniform. its a tank man. their uniform was often mistaken with ss. they even wore death heads on their collars.
MaLoDe1975 1 year ago
@peter420guy The SS mainly dropped the black uniforms as early as 1934. These men here are all Wehrmacht officers and amongst themselves they generally didn't use the Hitler salute. As someone else already pointed out the black uniform was probably worn by a member of the Panzerwaffe. They also wore a Totenkopf on their collars but this was an old tradition dating back to the Hussars... the Panzerwaffe "death's head" differed to the SS one because it had no lower jaw!
brownsey1 11 months ago
german in leather allways leather
and grey and white those clotes are that
and the fuher just blablablabla screams thand swears
davvvvo 1 year ago
The German army at this point are weak. The Russians fucked their asses so bad that they don't have the power anymore to win the war.
quest8899 1 year ago
hm..sure therefore the Ardennen offensive was just easy for the Americans like a Spaziergang
ozeangruen 1 year ago
Market Garden was a easy going for the allied.
ozeangruen 1 year ago
@ozeangruen. You know of course it was a complete failure and the allied forces lost about 20,000.
number1Schumacherfan 1 year ago
In defense of Rundstedt, it was Goering who blew Dunkirk by calling off the Luftwaffe for 2 critical days. Rundstedt was pragmatic; what good are tanks without fuel and ammo? Yes, Wolfgang Preiss totally nailed this scene!!!
OldVoice 2 years ago
Wolfgang Preiss, a legend as german actor as soldiers or Dr Mabuse:-) But, never forget, this historical "Stop" Order at Dunkirk.....He was the Man, saying to this tactical noob Hitler, Stop the Tanks ! If u dont believe, read some books and don´t believe what Wikipedia saying LOL
ruebisVFL 2 years ago
What a scene! Wolfgang Preiss is in total control of his staff, definitely one of the best German actors, and with a quite extensive filmography. Thanks for posting!
billace90 2 years ago
Gerd von Rundstedt might not have lost a battle... but he certainly blew the chance of destroying the british army at Dunkirk by pressuring Hitler into pausing the panzers to resupply :P Should have listened to Heinz Guderian fuher...
justjustinme 2 years ago
thats right, guderian was underated in my opinion!! rommel and other german generals tend to get the limelight, but heinz is up there with the best of them!!!
goldyn12345 2 years ago
yes. he invented Blitzkreig :X if it weren't for him, Germany would be in a locked battle with France for at least a good year :X
justjustinme 2 years ago
many english translations are simply wrong..!
HcWeaner 2 years ago
Sie haben Recht mein Freund
berlinmitte10117 2 years ago
Anyone else loves the resigned way Rundstedt drops his gloves when he learns that morale is non-existant?
SpaceMonkey1983 2 years ago 22
He got sence of humour lol
IwonDaFight 2 years ago
W.Preiss an great Actor !
flitzo111 2 years ago 15
He's excellent in The Train, he and Paul Scofield make a great villain team.
AllenbysEyes 2 years ago
@flitzo111 good thing was all the German actors we've seen before spoke in their native tongue. I think made the film with some authencity..I think
tine214 1 year ago
@flitzo111 I strongly agree. Wolfgang Preiss was the quintessential German Officer, and excellent actor. Is acting delivery is pure joy to watch. And as another poster pointed out, the way he drops his glove as he learned that supplies are minimal and moral is non-existant is very well played.
Klendathue 7 months ago
I would truly hate to face this man in combat.
graae2181 2 years ago 3
One thing though. von Rundstedt and Blumentritt would never talk that way to each other. They were very good friends and would have talked a lot more casual. von Rundstedt talked casual to most people. And Blumentritt certainly!
Dr.
DrCanyonero 2 years ago
There is a certain warmth and informalness there tho'... They are speaking infront of their general staff aswell, with that in account, they're remarkably candid. It's an excellent scene, Wolfgang Priess was a terrific actor, he is totally convincing.
BoycottStabb 2 years ago 2
Overall, the Germans had the best commanders and best equipment for the job. However, the idiot incharge was just a stupid corporal, per say, Adolf Hitler. the leadership logistics in goverment and who answered to who make them ineffective. but von Rundstedt truly never lost a battle. The Battle of the Bulge was fought by his forces, but he was not in favor of such an offense as it wasted resources. Thank hitlers stupidity. Remember von Runstedt defeated most of Europe.
mark3smle 2 years ago
This actor is terrific portraying Von Rundstedt.
He looks like a bad ass.
the82spartans 2 years ago 2
He also plays Pemsel in "The Longest Day".
livingjokessuck 2 years ago
YES!!
"What in the world are you laughing about?" lol Good line in this movie.
A fine actor. Perhaps even other movies from Hollywood or in other countries.
the82spartans 2 years ago 2
Patton may have gone a little farther, but not far enough. Remember, he's still got just that single road to supply a Corps up and German units that ought to have been cutoff and destroyed are appearing out of nowherre having been evacuated--majoy intelligence failure on the Allies part.
hoosieryank1967 2 years ago
I think you mean Horrocks, right?
HenryvKeiper 2 years ago
@hoosieryank1967 Patton would have ballsed it up completely.......
pob3000tb 1 year ago
A Military Officer does care about?? Kiss my ass.
82abnoff 2 years ago
what people are saying let patton do operation market garden i think he would get suprised of von rundstedt capability.
2 ss panzer divisions in holland with also some other great commanders think paton would lose the battle. cause further up the road to arnhem if the front tank got hit it was over 1 small road full with mines and artillery on it no general can beat that
loewie3007 2 years ago
so if russia and america went at it after the war, who would win?
goldyn12345 2 years ago
Uh what does that have to do with anything? :P
HenryvKeiper 2 years ago
theres a bit of a debate going on about who was the greater super power after the war!! just trying to get a few opinions,apparently general patton wanted to attack the russians after the war and drive them out of eastern europe and back to russia!!
goldyn12345 2 years ago
Heh heh, I'm thankful for everyone involved that it never came to that. :)
HenryvKeiper 2 years ago
@goldyn12345 The Russians were the undisputed super power at that time.
shaji20 9 months ago
@shaji20 what about america?
ukpolonia 9 months ago
USA - we had nuke.
ub30f 2 years ago
i'd have to agree with that!!!
goldyn12345 2 years ago
hello!!!
goldyn12345 2 years ago
During 1945... with Patton in command and the American armies have 15,000 tanks and more than 10,000 aircraft... I'd go with the Americans... EASY. After 1945... Russia beats America's ass at any year after 1945. And that includes now.
JoartCC 2 years ago
patton wanted to attack, he hateed the communist russians with a passion!!! but yeah, he may well have succeded!!!
goldyn12345 2 years ago
U have to remember Patton is no stupid Brit. He faced the same opposition in Sicily when his army faced 2 Panzer divisions on the mountains. His philosophy is to attack relentlessly and not mind casualties. In the end it was agreed that had he not been so bold, he may have suffered more casualties. Monty the overrated faced 2 SS panzer divisions in Market Garden and he couldn't punch through like Patton did. That is why Monty is an overrated Brit.
JoartCC 2 years ago
@goldyn12345 i dont know but the soviet union pretty much single handedly beat the german military and there allies,
quest8899 1 year ago
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@quest8899 they had a formidable land army, 6 million strong, thousands of t 34 tanks, yeah they were a force to be reckoned with, but the yanks had the nuclear bomb. they could have seriously damaged the russkies with that
goldyn12345 1 year ago
@quest8899
Ye but Stalin was worse then Hitler for sacrificing men for victory, German lost 11million in the war the USSR lost 26 million and 17million of those were civilians who they would march at the enemy lines to waste ammunition or to clear mine fields for the tanks.
metallord999 1 year ago
@metallord999 germany lost overall 4 millions soldiers. what are u talking about=
mathiehesse 1 year ago
@mathiehesse
Germany lost 11million they only lost 4 on the western front
metallord999 1 year ago
@metallord999 omg dude. pls READ BOOKs, or for your iq: go on wikipedia, lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de and inform you. AHAHHAHAHAH 4million oj eastern front HAHAHAHAHHAHAHA, 11 million at all? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH omg.
germany lost exactly 5,533,000 on all fronts, the soviet union lost about 11millions. source: wikipedia
mathiehesse 1 year ago
@mathiehesse
you retard those are all the military deaths
metallord999 1 year ago
@metallord999
Wikipedia is the fountain of all bollocks
metallord999 1 year ago
@metallord999 Figures are always grossly exaggerated.
brendonnz1964 1 year ago
@metallord999 You're making it sound like they sacrified 17 million people marching against the enemy or through minefields. :)
DrCanyonero 5 months ago
@goldyn12345 U.S had the war won long time before the end, they had lots of airbornes and lots of other soldiers waiting to deploy on U,S soil.. When talking about wars U.S will be always the most powerfull nation
ptportugal08 1 year ago
@ptportugal08 good point!!! america was and still is a superpower, indusrtrial might is awesome!! i wonder if the germans inflicted heavy losses on them could this have swayed public opinion in america!!!
goldyn12345 1 year ago
@ptportugal08 Wrong, Russia had crushed the German Military, in fact the cream of the German SS and Wehrmacht. All that was on the Western Front were the 2nd and 3rd rate troops.
brendonnz1964 1 year ago
@goldyn12345 China.
BPECA1 10 months ago
@BPECA1 hahaha yeah
ukpolonia 9 months ago
This was a really great video. Thanks for posting this scene from "A Bridge Too Far". I really liked and enjoyed this classic film and it's one of my favorite films of all time.
NX74656 2 years ago
a very able commander was von runstedt!!! constantly undermined by hitler!!
goldyn12345 2 years ago
Typical suckups at an HQ. Spit and polish pencil pushers.
cochranexyz 2 years ago
Their decorations suggest a great many things. pencil pushers not being one of them.
:)
Wallonische 2 years ago
"End the war, you fools", one of Rundstetd's most famous phrases. As far as I have read, he told it while talking on the phone with keitel, after the allies managed to succeed in Normandie.
Stasi78 2 years ago
what I know it was not Von Runestetd, how hade the battle, but I konw it was Filedmarshal Model how was there. not Runestetd. Model hade panzar. read some ww2 books and then you see how it was D*******!
svensksoldat91 2 years ago
You are wrong. Rundstetd was in command when the allies invaded Normanie, and he was later dismissed after his advise for negotiations.
Stasi78 2 years ago
First he doesn't suggest who was in command. Second he is right Model was held back for the "counterattack"
atat42 2 years ago
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whistlingdeath12345 2 years ago
What about Rommel? He was AWESOME!!!
JustPhilNY 2 years ago
He forgot to ask about the German Navy!
taclas1 2 years ago
Gerd von Rundstedt
Otto Moritz Walter Model
Erwin Rommel
sultanuss 2 years ago
i would have put von manstien at the top of the list, with guderian and kesselring not too far behind!!
goldyn12345 2 years ago
Oh, how i love their uniforms :D , I am not some nazi sympathizer but those uniforms just make me want to be an nazi officer :D (I should not probably say it like that)
Sethopulos 2 years ago 2
The uniforms are pretty sweet, nothing wrong with liking them. I myself love those huge overcoats officers wear and when they don't put their arms in the sleeves. Very cool XD
Love the music in this scene, very militaristic, and epic sounding.
LordNickinburg 2 years ago
I really feel that the Germans, far from being fashion icons, really knew how to motivate men through those uniforms. Real bad asses, truly. A dark side.
mpjrdldn 2 years ago
in my opinion they were the smartest well dressed army in the world,but in the end they got their butts kicked. they took on the whole world!!
goldyn12345 2 years ago 3
@goldyn12345
Yes it was one of the few times in the history of mankind when Evil Triumphed over Good
wachaufeuropa 1 year ago
@wachaufeuropa what you think the allies were evil?
goldyn12345 1 year ago
@goldyn12345
Well I wouldn't say that every single soldier in the Allied Armies was "Evil".
In fact I don't believe there exists either evil or good, only gray.
That being said, I believe the Allies' plan was more for European Conquest than to "Free Europe" of the Germans.
Overall, the Allies have not benefitted Europe, as in advancing European civilizations in any possible way.
I truly believe that if Germany won Europe would be a better place today.
wachaufeuropa 1 year ago
@wachaufeuropa you are not alone in sharing this view, quite a few people have said the same thing!!
goldyn12345 1 year ago
@goldyn12345
Of course you're going to bring into the argument : "But the Germans were evil !!!"
Holocaust, jews, gypsies, blitzkrieg, etc etc etc...
I won't argue with you I just suggest you visit Auschwitz's gas chambers and ask the tour guide about the nature of Zyklon B and the impossibility of its use in the gas chambers. I also suggest you look at all holocaust photos and think that what you're seeing is starving typhus infected people not "extermination".
wachaufeuropa 1 year ago
@wachaufeuropa lets not be in denial it WAS mass extermination. the majority of historians believe this to be true, why would they lie?
goldyn12345 1 year ago
@goldyn12345
Why would they lie ?
Well, it could not be more obvious.
The victors write history. And they want it to be on their side.
Just imagine if tomorrow it came to light that the Germans actually never intended to exterminate anybody. That the actual order that Hitler gave was of a "territorial expulsion" not "extermination".
Almost the whole world would fall apart, beginning with Israel and America.
wachaufeuropa 1 year ago
@wachaufeuropa mmmn, cospiracy theory? im not sure if there was an actual order from hitler to exterminate the jews, i know about wansee? unless hitler told heydrich face to face before the meeting, i dont think there was anything written down!!
goldyn12345 1 year ago
@goldyn12345
Do you even know the MILLIONS OF DOLLARS in revenue the holocaust generates ?
All those camps, renovated using German taxpayers money, raise MILLIONS that go straight in the pockets of Israeli ministers which they use to continue their expansion into palestinia.
Not to mention...Imagine that if the BIGGEST ACCUSATION IN HISTORY WAS FALSE ???? USA + Israel would have to pay BILLIONS back to Germany.
All of Europe would have to rethink itself politically and historically.
wachaufeuropa 1 year ago
@goldyn12345
And most people who are sitting warmly over their money DONT WANT THE STATUS QUO TO CHANGE.
Alot of people would be in danger if the holocaust was found to be a lie, and alot of people WOULD FIGHT TO THE DEATH to protect that secret.
wachaufeuropa 1 year ago
@wachaufeuropa well certainly, stranger things have happened!!
goldyn12345 1 year ago
Yes, they had great uniforms. However, those are not Nazi uniforms, they are Wehrmacht uniforms. The german armed forces (Wehrmacht) and the Nazi party are not the same thing.
akarpowicz 2 years ago
i heard that some of the german armys uniforms were designed by hugo boss!!!
goldyn12345 2 years ago
Yes. They're Wehrmacht uniforms, not the SS uniforms.
Aleancelo 2 years ago
@Sethopulos perhaps you should have said german officer.
I agree though, i also like the uniform.
UNSCForwardontodawn 9 months ago
one of my favourite moments of the film when rundstedt says "im still young,give me time" when told he's never lost a battle....a great and moving film
britneyismygod 3 years ago
Lols... Even the Germans knew Monty was a stupid general. Too bad Patton wasn't unleashed. You could see in Rundstedth eyes that he's pissing on his pants whenever Patton's name is mentioned.
baliw002 3 years ago
you are right,the germans didnt rate monty,i personally think he was overated.
goldyn12345 3 years ago
He admired Patton, he was not scared of him. Even Eisenhower said that Rundstedt was the greatest general and field marshal of the axis. I think Patton was more scared of Rundstedt, than the other way. But yes, they did not think of Monty as they thought of Patton.
DrCanyonero 3 years ago
its hard to say who was the best general the axis had,von manstien,rommel,and guderian to name a few.
goldyn12345 3 years ago
Both Eisenhower and monty said that Rundstedt was the, quote Eisenhower: "The ablest of the Axis commanders". And monty said: "The greatest german commander i have ever come up against".
DrCanyonero 3 years ago
yeah he must have been good,having never lost a single battle.
goldyn12345 3 years ago
Yes they banned the swastika from games/movies as it offends and is a bad influence on young teenagers, plus it opens up old wounds in Germany. I know it is a wrong and hated symbol, but it's history and if you should want to present it then you should as it is a part of history whether we like it or not.
Wisey134 3 years ago
The swastika isnt banned from movies. ;)
Celeon999A 3 years ago
yes sorry you are right :)but I think I'm right to why they are banned from vgs
Wisey134 3 years ago
Yes you are right there. Public display and display in video games is banned.
It is allowed within what the law calls an "educational context" which includes display in tv.
Ironically , the neo-nazis simply produce their devotional objects and propaganda media in Poland now.
Thats why Germany tried to forward a EU-wide ban of the swastika which was, of course, rejected by most countries but also by Hindu faith organisations in the EU.
The swastika is a holy symbol in hinduism.
Celeon999A 3 years ago 3
yes I know that interesting how Hitler took a symbol of peace and life and how he used it as a motive of death and destruction. When looking back at the Second World War it never ceases to amaze me how the Germans morally carried on murdering Jewish people, just because they followed a different religion. They called Hitler a madman but he just evil itself cunning and manipulative for his own ends. It also represents what the human race is capable of and its condition at those very times.
Wisey134 3 years ago
the swastika was not wholy a peace symbol. It consisted of "destroying things to rebuild better ones" He planned to destroy Europe and germany to creat a better one by exterminating the "undisarables" However, i disagree with the banning of the swastika, it's something reral, that's like banning the allied whita star the allies carried. different meanings but still HISTORICAL symbol. It shouldn't be banned. It should stay there and people know its meaning it had for the nazis in WWII
ABDACOM 3 years ago
yes you are right it did represent more than life but the pattern of destroying the old and bringing in a new order thanks for supporting my answer.
Wisey134 3 years ago
u r welcome
ABDACOM 3 years ago
It was also a symbol used by a group of people who tried to prove that a greater human race was from Germany. Herman Göring was a member there, and i bet he told Hitler about the group, and then Hitler used their symbol. Just what i think.
DrCanyonero 3 years ago
Interesting so where did you find out about that?
Wisey134 3 years ago
I was on a tour in Munich (München). About the nationalsocialists, wich started in Munich. And our tourguide showed the symbol of the group. And that was before Hitler used it. Sorry i can't remember the name of the group, but i will write if a find out.
DrCanyonero 3 years ago
The swastika was a symbol which had been used for decoration in the castle of the Swedish count Von Rosen. In the early 1920s Hermann Goering flew over the terrain and had to make an emergency landing. Von Rosen invited him into his castle, which is how Goering discovered the symbol, and later brought it to Hitler's attention.
BuckshotLaFunke 3 years ago
That sounds reasonable. But sadly we may never know. But we can still hope for some papers of some kind to pop up one day :)
DrCanyonero 3 years ago
Hitler spent the 1930's sending public service messages to the German people, explaining how large families, mentally ill people, were draining the economy. His ministers translated sterilization laws from California and other states. One thing led to another to the Final Solution, but many people were crossed off their list before and at the same time as the Jewish people. By then, it was very difficult to stop the actions of this totalitarian regime.
mpjrdldn 2 years ago
Isn't it different in Hinduism and Buddhism? I remember reading somewhere the Nazi swastika went a certain way, whilst the religious swastikas went another.
Oh yeah, don't forget no one in Europe would be able to read the "Blade of the Immortal" manga, which features a hero in ancient Japan with a swastika on his back, and who in one edition cuts up a villain into the shape of a swastika.
HenryvKeiper 3 years ago
Both versions are used. In Bhuddism and Shintoism the swastikas seem to face to the left. At least from what ive seen so far.
While i saw the right facing one which the nazis used on photos of Hindu shrines. (Left ones aswell)
Celeon999A 3 years ago
Also in buddhism. And it was used by the vikings too, not that they have anything to say now :)
DrCanyonero 3 years ago
it seems that before World War two Swastika was used world wide , for example in 1902 native American basketball team has it on its Dresses and some American Army regment used it on their uniforms as well (and wore it even when fighting in WW2) ironic isn't it ? But very interensting symbol indeed.
Sethopulos 2 years ago
The swastika was a well known symbol with a benign meaning for a thousand years. Then, unfortunately, Nazism gave it a bad connotation.!
akarpowicz 2 years ago
I always wondered, why in almost every scene with the German Army of WWII, both in movies and games, they have Kriegsmarine flags? A typical German Flag of that period was just white circle with svastika at the red background, the svastika crossing the white-rammed black St. Philip's cross with iron cross was only the Kriegsmarine banner.
Silent46 3 years ago
Possibly because in Germany the swastika is banned. I know for certain that's why they never use it most video/computer games.
HenryvKeiper 3 years ago
That is the Reichskriegsflagge (Imperial war flag) which was mainly used by the Kriegsmarine but also by other forces. For instance on wehrmacht buildings and Luftwaffe planes on the ground. ;)
More infos on wikipedia ;)
Celeon999A 3 years ago
wait, wait. ALMOST at good as the Canadians? i recall a whirbellwind dispersing and destroying a Canadian batallion in the Normandy. Their equipment was not as good as the German's. the PIAT was a joke. the ram kangaroo? seriously.
new zealand infantry is even superior to the canadians but the germans were the best.
Sojourner7ruth 3 years ago 3
Good clip from a great movie, thanks for posting. They found the right actor for von Rundstedt, it's a shame this is his only scene in the whole movie (as far as I can remember).
Zappiss 3 years ago
I think he was in one more scene, where he says he's sending the SS unit to Arnhem. I have it on another video, I think "Laying Down the Plans"
HenryvKeiper 3 years ago
Oh yeah, that's right. You've got lots of interesting clips from war movies... I have some from Gettysburg and a couple of others, but you're way more meticulous :)
Zappiss 3 years ago
A true and honorable German soldier during World War II was not a nazi. The nazi's betrayed Germany and have disgraced our people. nazi's deserve nothing but death.
von Rundstedt was not a nazi.
mmb321 3 years ago
Right on.
HenryvKeiper 3 years ago
lol, and this demoralized, nearly depleted, planless, rabble is what ends up owning the massive force of the allies' best troops, armor, and air power. gotta love the Germans, just when you think they're defeated they come back and smash you to pieces
cammand2 3 years ago
yes they where a force to be reckoned with the germans,in the end they took on the whole world and were beaten.massive mistake to take on 2 superpowers in america and the soviet union.
goldyn12345 3 years ago
America was a super power after the war.
randomusernamemygod 3 years ago
why not before?
goldyn12345 3 years ago
Because it did not have the economical or military might as it does now. In those days it was Empires.
randomusernamemygod 3 years ago
i have to dissagree with you there,i think they were a superpower in the 1930's.economically they were the richest country in the world and had a brilliant army,navy and airforce.
goldyn12345 3 years ago
You can think but the fact is they were not. They were still in post depression and economicaly grew through the benefits Europe and Asia provided when they were at war. Its military tacics had not changed so much since ww1 and its forces were devastating during the begining of war even against numericaly inferior forces, only after it had some respite its military transformed and industry. No Superpower existed until after ww2.
randomusernamemygod 3 years ago
not really fact is, usa was 33%-50% of the worldn's economic output even after the depression, depression was harsh for americans, but as a whole only 1/3 of us productivity went down which was still far and away higher than all the economic powers of the major powers combined. Tactics was lagging just like in most nations outside of germany. production, hightech weaponry esp naval and air force, massive deployment ability made USA a sleeping superpower. russia too was one albeit less so.
sarjil 2 years ago
USA was behind in air force, deployment and other technological areas, although ill give you the navy. That is why it was not very quick to react and Japanese fighters achieved air power in the USA pacific domains.
I would like a source on the 33-50% economic output. USA doesnt even achieve 50% today. No nation has.
randomusernamemygod 2 years ago
Agreed! The Germans were amazing, highly professional, skilled soldiers, led by some supremely talented senior officers. The German soldiers were very resillient & determined. Although morally wrong, from a purely military point of view, you have to admire them as tremendous soldiers-almost as good as the Brits & Canadians!! :) The Canadians, Aussies & Kiwis are Britains greatest allies, having backed us with hesitation in two world wars. Damn good troops the Canadians!
LIVERPOOLSCOTTISH 3 years ago
wolfgang pteiss is my favourite german actor.during his acting career, he played 5 german field marshals in varius things. my favourite movie of all time
jojoflynnlucylynn 3 years ago
whatever he was,he was certainly a very capable general.i personally think the germans had the best generals in ww2,its just that hitler kept interfering in millitary matters. how differently the war might have ended.
goldyn12345 3 years ago
I dont know much about him. If he was an out an out nazi following the idiology that led to the butchery he should have been hung. Based on the film interpretation he seems an honourable man simply fighting a war he did not order. Many Germans were. Many Germans were not.
hawkblack707 3 years ago
the last prussian from what i read.
chiakehleong 3 years ago
Read The Last Prussian. You will get to know him :)
DrCanyonero 2 years ago
von rundstedt, a great mariscal, what a great man, strong, manly, intelligent, brilliant, and brave, a REAL EXAMPLE FOR THE ORIGINAL NACIONALSOCIALISCHE, he was not a murder...he was A complete MAN!!!
elgentilhombre 3 years ago 2
something funny was in the longest day a general saysd against von rundstedt shall we call hitler himself and he says was? ds bohëmeshe gefreiter anrofen nein ! calling that bohemish corporal calling no!
loewie3007 4 years ago
It's böhmischen Gefreiten. Von Rundsted mistook Hitler's birthplace Braunau am Inn for Broumov (Braunau) in Bohemia. BTW Gefreiter is lance corporal, corporal is in German Unteroffizier.
HerrrOttoFlick 3 years ago
It wasn't Runstedt, it was Hindenburg who called Hitler "just an ordinary böhmischer Gefreiter"
Tobias83ausmdorf 3 years ago
He is referring to the movie "The longest day". There von Rundstedt calls Hitler "böhmischer Gefreiter".
But basically you're right.
HerrrOttoFlick 3 years ago
Wow, that was quick
Grüße ins Bergenland
Tobias83ausmdorf 3 years ago