And yes the Jews hated the Germans for not bowing down to there power,the Jews can not stand one European country not being under there control, so the Jews hated the Germans since 1933 and declared war on the Germans and I believe that the Jews brainwashed USA and Britain way before 1939. God bless Hitler and the Wehrmacht, Hitler had all the rights to deport Jews out . It turns out Hitler was dead right about the Jews.
@Polaris688 I don't believe Hitler or the Germans wanted any war with Britain. Britain's war on Germany, if it was for the sake of Poland, didn't do Poland much good.
It's a good question, what were they supposed to do, but this of course depends on what outcomes you want. A good outcome would have been the defeat of the international Jewish bankers and the defeat of the Bolsheviks. Brits could have arrested the warmongers, and let Germany fight the Soviets without having to attack west first.
@Polaris688 That is what the British fought for, I'm sure most did not realize it though, perhaps a few at the top. It was Britain that declared war on Germany. The purpose of the war was to save the Jewish international bankers' system of debt slavery that we still suffer from. The Germans had rid themselves of this system and of Jewish dominance, and because of this Jews ("Judea") declared war on Germany in 1933.
Scared of what? They fought for their own people and not for Jewish tyranny.
@Polaris688 Brits died for Jewish Rothschild world tyranny, and still are dying ... At least Germans fought for Germany and Europe and not for filthy Jewish bankers.
@MrNucch Well, you just forgot that on the east they were already beatten badly by Soviets... this is funny thing in a lot of history documents, when commentary is proclaiming that the US/UK/French soldiers made an end of Reich... they did a lot, but certainly weren't alone...
@MrNucch i dont understand how i was disrespectful to the U.S i was just stating facts.
you are the one being disrespectful ,making fun and name calling the GERMANS devils and Nazis not all the Germans were nazis ,some like the Wehrmacht where just fighting for their home and didnt have a choice.
and as for the tank comment,because you design parts of a tank you cant not claim full credit for the whole tanks design.
Compare the sizes of the British armies vs American from 1944 on. The British army was tiny, and the Americans provided all of the armor, supplies, most of the planes and ships. In fact, the British performance was poor, and they avoided fighting large scale battles, and even tried to stop D-Day! Check the percentage of British soldiers who surrendered, for example at Singapore. Disgrace.
@ryznaga good point your absolutly right,after 1944 U.S FORCES did a great job .
and American Generals definitely had more fight in them. And all the supplies where American.but Britain where bankrapted by mid 1941buying supplies and arms 5 to 10 times the normal cost from U.S companys before lend-lease started
But i think u where abit harsh about calling British soldiers a disgrace 4 surrendering at Singapore,
so heres some numbers of other countrys that surrendered.
@tyrantbad You are correct. US companies did overcharge. Fairly appalling. It's hard not to look on the British performance in Singapore in any light but disgrace. Your combined forces way outnumbered the Japanese, and the casualties were incredibly light. True, the balance of forces were colonial, but British led. Regardless, our entertainment industry overly focuses on our efforts, but don't they all? Anyway, cheers. I do love England and the Imperial War Museum!!!
@ryznaga .....Welcome to free enterprise people, and if you were the CEO of one of those U.S,.companies you would be charging the same rates to , so end of discussion !
And in the early months of the invasion of Russia hundreds of thousands of Russian prisoners where taken. I say its more sad and the fate of war then a disgrace .
we are lucky to never of experience what these ppl face we shouldnt be the ones to judge.
@stapelwolkje .....Help me out here , but is it true that Britain was clawing at the Americans to enter the war because they looked upon Americans as there only means for salvation , even though the Americans wanted to remain neutral . So I guest the Americans decided to not only help , but carry the brunt of it as well as in the pacific . So.....in return the British are trying to falsely claim equal victory and sandbagging the Americans and publishing false documentary ! BRITISH = FRAUD !
@stapelwolkje Some of them are still alive. Anyway, most were killed by allied airpower. It was really a daft gamble by Hitler & only got as far as it did because of the weather.
The idea of 'concentration' camps was invented by good old Uncle Sam.He created 'reservations' for the Indians, forced them to move there, then slowly starved and worked them to death while denying them medical care. Hitler read about this in the Karl May novels and later used it in Germany.
@MrOutofthis You may be right. I didn't know 'Britain" was a country prior to 1492. I agree that the Brits tortured women and children in S. Africa during the Boer War, but they got that idea from America also, from the reservation death camps invented in the US. Just where was this Brit concentration camp pior to 1492?
@vinegaroon1 .britain is the oldest democracy in the world.we were invaded before christ exsisted ,and stone henge is around 3000 years old.the british were using early forms of concentration campsagainst the scottish and celt races long before your country was discovered.and besides,before the american civil war,america was ruled by the british monarchy
@MrOutofthis Actually Iceland and Switzerland are the world's oldest democracies. "Royalty" ruled Britain absolutely until the early 1900's. British royalty-rule was shut down for good in America in 1775 and the English signed on to that after their disasterous defeat at Yorktown in 1781. You still have not said just where these concentration camps were in early-day Britain 3000 years ago. Modern scholars say the Vikings knew of and mapped America around 900.
@MrOutofthis Lol, the oldest democracy? Are you serious? Democracy was invented by the Greeks in the 5th century BC, when the Britains were still living in caves.
@vinegaroon1 the brits also invented child labour , in the industrial revolution, most of these respectable english corporations were build and made fortunes exploiting the child labour !
At the dawn of recorded history 'Britain' had autocratic rule by royalty, it was not a democracy. In fact there were factions all across the land which fought each other, Welsh, Scots, Picts, etc. As I understand it, Scotland did not agree to come under 'British' rule until 1707. The United States began as a democracy with no royalty running things. ( Of course now, both Britain and the US are police states, not democracies.)
The Germans were disgracefully betrayed by the Zionist British
I'm no fan of Hitler but he lifted his eugenics plan lock stock & barrel from the British!
& it was the British in the Boer War who invented the 'concentration camp'. Those in Germany were internement/labour camps. In the public mind 'concentration camp' is synonymous with gas chambers & unspeakable crimes but the victors write (& forge) the histories & many Britons know the truth about the honourable German ppl & soldiers
Great vid. I like another vid though....the vid of 300,000 germans with their arms walking down the median of the autobahn towards American lines. And I said "with their arms." That's because noone wanted the burden of collecting them because everybody knew they were desperate to surrender to anybody. I've seen vids of 2 GIs escorting 2,500 Landsers to the rear. Germans don't like to admit that kind of thing.
You and I would have done the same, hammeredwappered, if the alternative to disgraceful suurender had been to be needlessly blown to pieces by Allied artillery shelling, or be blown into oblivion by Allied bomber swarms.
Don´t know about the numbers but there´s nothing strange in it or what do you think? They had 6 years of fighting behind them! If I had had the choice I would have tried to get back home to my family. And that´s what they did as there wasn´t just a spark of hope to win this war against the whole world (apart from Japan). Americans also don´t like to see the fact that they weren´t able to win against 3rd world countries in Vietnam or Somalia, do they?
@Sleepy1988 It bombed Serbia, Bosnia, participated in Croatian war, Somalia, however that shit wasn't about oil. Still the simple principle of action - reaction meant that shit was gonna go down against the USA and shit did go down. The problem is, it caused more shit, which in turn, especially combined with the economic crisis, will cause more shit. Then again shit goes on the entire History of the human kind so what the hell. Moral of the story: "Shit happens".
THord- Don't be an asshole. Nobody gives a shit about Hollywood movies. You think Indiana Jones is real? Everybody knows Allied air power made the difference. British air superiority saved them in the summer of 40, and they did that virtually on their own. The Japanese in WWII know more than anybody about what happens when you start a war and lose control of your airspace.
@hammeredwappered The British (not forgetting the many "colonial" troops) also defeated the nazis in North Africa, Russia was kicking Germany's arse in Europe, it was only a matter of time.
This is true. On the flip side this was also one of the reasons that the Germans were so successfull against the Soviet Union. There they themselves managed to acquire air supremacy. Air supremacy is one of the key strategic elements in every modern war.
@THordasson ....well if it was written by a British writer , well that explains everything. Maybe we should ask these British people exactly what position they were in before the Americans were drawn into the war . Ask them again how it is that they were equal contributors to winning the war , when facts has it that the Americans suffered 10 times the casualties then the British ever did, The British only lost a fraction of men compared to the Americans .
@tyrantbad .....where are you getting these number figures from , and yes you are right about it meaning very little to the family ! But know this , that I'am sick and tired of hearing especially from the British on how America hardly contributed to the war effort where as proof in the records clearly states that America was the main back bone of the allied forces . Get aload of this , did you know that the Soviets weren't the ones designed the T-34 tank ....Yes , once again American .
@Redarmy668 I got my figures from a book i read not long ago VICTORY by A.K MacDougall also Brassy's Battle's by John Laffin both good book's if u like to read.
My comment on casualties was in reply to u i think stating something like the U.S suffered more loses then the British.
Im also not British but a Aussie ,so i consider myself kinda neutral in these disagreements.
Actually I personally think American Troops out classed British troops after 1944.
@Redarmy668 I also dont believe the U.S designed the T-34 I havent heard of it ,and i think most ppl will know that the U.S DIDNT DESIGNED IT otherwise the U.S would of made better tanks with a similar design.
@tyrantbad ....The design originated from an American farmer who was toying around with tractors to invent newer ideas on tank ideology . I forgot his first name but the last name was either McCristie or McCrystal, anyways he brought it before the American government and was rejected since it wasn't a military idea or a sponsored government idea . Soviets found out about it and were desperate for new ideas at the time , they bought the idea off of the American inventor .......
@tyrantbad ...So yes technically it cant be said it was a U.S. design rather then an average U.S. farmer civilian , they just had a televised documented program on this weeks ago that confirmed what I was just saying. Even I thought all along that the Soviets were the forefront of the T-34 designed until alot of hidden documents on both sides were uncovered !
@Redarmy668 cool,who would of thought the T-34 ,Its definitely possible.
I remember hearing a American in prison for running moonshine in the 1930's made a gun with a floating chamber and when it was found by the authorities they where surprised by the design and sent it to the gun companys,
to cut a long story sort i think it was Colt or smith and western brought the rights and design the Carbine with the same design and was use in WW2.AND THE PRISONER BECAME RICH.
@THordasson, Yes, it is a decent book. However, Allied air supremacy did not destroy many German tanks etc., as most were knocked out by Allied armor, & Allied airpower destroyed vitally needed trucks & other motor & rail transport & the road & rail network & bridges that made it very difficult for the Germnas to move troops & supplies & equipment in & out of & around the area. Allied air effectively nearly isolated France from the rest of western Europe.
@christof139 Good luck convincing most people that "old school" military history is in need of a rewrite. Forensic evidence is conclusive that tactical airpower was not nearly as decisive as was once thought. The problem is that the Air Forces' were allowed to write their own after action reports (after the war). They, of course, determined that nearly all German tanks were killed by airpower! They even killed Wittmann.....who we now know was killed by a Canadian tank, not a Typhoon.
@cf80to01, I know that & I think you are addressing the wrong person. Allied armor knocked out the vast majority of German armor while Allied airpower lnocked out much less, quite contrary to modern neo-nazi rewriters of history that don't know much of anything.
Zetterling's book gives good percentages on all this & indicates that Allied armor was the main destroyer of German armor. You must not have Zetterling's etc. book(s). You confused what I wrote.
@christof139 I don't know who you are arguing with. I don't know of anyone who claimed that the majority of German tanks were destroyed by allied planes. Just because some people you debated claimed that the allied air power won the wear does not make them a neo-nazi. That is a childish argument.
@THordasson, Better yet is Niklas Zetterling's book 'Normandy 1944, German Military Organization, Combat Power and Orginizational Effectivenss', full of unit strengths, near as accurate as you can get statistics of all sorts, etc. He explains the entire campaign including just what allied airpower did, & it didn't knockout many German tanks & SPGs as people think, rather it destroyed the Geramn ability to move troops, supplies, equipment around the area, & that was the allied plan.
@THordasson While the German army was fearful of air attack, those attacks did little damage. The vast majority of equipment was destroyed by land based weapon systems (or abandoned due to lack of fuel). The RAF and USAAF studied the Normandy campaign in '44 and realized they had not been nearly as effective as they had predicted they would be.
Ithe movie that was shot at Poteau crossroads( Ardennes) on the morning of December 18th. Date and place have been identified and documented by French historian Jean Paul Pallud. The unit was filmed because of the fitting background: the days before 18th Cavalry Recce Squadron ( 14th Cav.Group) was annihilated there, and it's scout cars littered the crossroads.A shame the picture is cropped off:
The soldier belongs to Kampfgruppe Hansen of 1st SS-Panzer-Division LSSAH. Another pic sof this famous german soldier show the pistol in his hand is a captured Browning. So far nobody knows his identy. He was either captured or killed in action.
Nobody knows his name. The only thing I know is, that hes an Grenadier of the Waffen-SS. But his legendary photo could be found in almost every book about the Battle of the Bulge.
I keep a framed print photo of this Panzer Grenadier on my wall for inspiration. I really want to know who he was and what became of this soldier. The look in his eyes I will never forget......
Excellent footage! Thanks for posting. My name is Tim. I have just published a book entitled: WACHT AM RHEIN. It is all about the massive German military buildup prior to launching the great Ardennes Counter Offensive. You may purchase it through Amazon, and Barnes and Noble, or even through my publisher, XLIBRIS. It is a good book. I think that you will really enjoy it.
What's with you pathetic wannabe Nazis? Idiots. Yes, get out there, see the other "Nazis," and their pathetic dedication to a fool who disregarded the advice of one of the greatest generals of all time simply because he disagreed with Hitler. Then start a war, and see how much fun it is to be shot at. You think the war was fun for the Germans? You think they all loved Hitler? Seeing their country torn apart because of him? Fun.
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u think ss is finished???no wonder germans think rest ppl are stupid sssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
ok.theres guy writer in wuppertall germany name Esic or his german name Hoesch.he born in bosnia.ask him did his father worked as einsatzgruppe ss in balkan.if yes,then ask wtf is that group of germans still doin in bosnia and why they keep with that ss ari shit.sure if he dont get arrested soon,then i say wtf we have police and politicians..?
a foolish group of SSmen took holidays after Ribbentrop negotiated peace with Stalin on Vistula river (SS murdering 200 000 citizens and fighters of Warsaw without being disturbed by Russians on the other side of the river.. A ceasefire in the East lasted from aug44 till jan45. Himmler was a chief of defence there, the idiot moved all the serious force to fight in Ardennes. Stalin again cheated his friend Hitler and, seeing Nazis out of fuel, finished off attacking straight for Berlin
The next time we are acted upon we will not have time to act back, we will be gone, all of us. The Nazis and The Third Reich were the best shot at humanity being saved. Who cares what they did to jews? In the long run all of us will be dead unless we expand. We must get out of this galaxy and we must hurry and think. Conscience is a weakness that the strong and great must forget and abandon.
Right, pexxoum. But to me, that's an explanation, not an excuse. Unfortunately, ideology cannot be left aside (what do you think is the main difference between the SS and the Wehrmacht?). Some in the SS might have been indoctrinated ("thought how they were trained to think" as you rightly pointed out), it was not really the case for all of them (for instance, the non-German people who voluntarily joined the SS). To me, there will always be a difference between Sophie Scholl and Himmler...
Everyone has their own viewpoint. The world is full of people who just listen to what they were told when they were growing up. The current generation of Americans will be taught that Nazism is wrong and nothing good ever came out of it. Because of Nazism we can now keep our country safe with jets, missles, the current tanks modeled after the Tiger, and all kinds of military equipment that this country has and others do not. Look at the helmets used in Iraq, where could those have come from?
Look at the M4 carbines and various other assault rifles, under what ideology were assault rifles developed? We captured the top Nazi scientist, Von Braun and had him work on our space program, he developed fully the ship that got us to the moon. Experts believe that had the Nazis won the war, Mars would likely have had humans on it in the late 50's and would even be colonized by now. Morality and ideology mean nothing if we're all just going to die with our sun in 10 billion years.
Do research and look at the facts, I was not trained to think like this, I did research out of choice and personal interest. Earth will not be here forever, most likey destroyed by our own hand. No one is taking a definate stance on how to handle the oil crysis, or stopping North Korea and Iran from developing missles. Democracy cannot act unless it is acted upon. We only jump to war when a note is sent asking Mexico to attack us, or a raid on battleships, or planes destroying our own buildings.
It's idiots like you, Nostradoomus that make it hard to argue for the SS.
Kortxero, the morality of the past makes no difference. Ideology doesn't make a difference, they thought how they were trained to think. Every person in the world thinks how they were told to think, unless they do their own research and find the truth.
Starting your post with "F**k you" says it all. Your lack of courteousness only equals your misreading. There is not much I can add to my previous message. You are mistaken in focusing on their fighting abilities (FYI I have never said they were cowards) without considering their IDEOLOGY (your example with the US shows you can't make the difference between a regular army and a political arm, even though both might be linked). You are right about one thing though: war is not clean for anyone.
To all those who state (like flowsxm) that the SS were not the monsters we usually describe, explain that to the descendants of the victims who got slaughtered in Oradour, Lidice, Marzabotto or Distomon. I don't care whether the SS were brave and well-trained or whether the US also have blood on their hands. The SS were the military wing of the Nazi party, period! Don't pretend to be historians if you don't have the ability to stand back from those dramatic events....
Are you really going to point that fact out? You take away the Pacific Theater, we take away the Eastern Front. Do you really think Marines could stand a chance against all of the Panzer Divisions stationed on the Eastern front? Why don't we bring most of the Waffen SS down from the East too? Do you really think the carriers would have made a difference in the European theater? The U-boats would have eaten them in the first month.
I read all of the comments and again, as with every other video dealing with Nazi Germany there is some idiot screaming about war crimes and denouncing the Nazis. It's a very simple concept, so here goes : This video was made to be enjoyed by those of us who are interested in it. We don't need idiots coming in here, ruining it with talk of atrocities. It's god damn war, how can you fight a war if you're not allowed to fight a war. The Waffen SS were brave men, and excellent soldiers.
no it's not a lie or a joke, this is film footage shot after the famous "ambush at poteau" where waffen ss and I think some luftwaffe troops ambushed an entire US column and destroyed it. The tank you see with the white star is a knocked out US tank in the destroyed column. They made lots of publicity and propaganda out of this for the German public.
estoy deacuerdo con parte de tu exposicion, bomba atomica no, como mucho municion con contenido radiactivo (algo muy parecido al utilizado actualmente ) y solo las unidades de tanques , perforaba cualquier blindaje de la epoca. deacuerdo que fueron pioneros en la utilizacion de tecnologia militar antecesora de la actual, aunque se podria decir lo mismo de otras agrupaciones de paises contendientes, fue una guerra que influyo decisivamente(dramaticamente) en el mundo que hoy conocemos
las "SS" tenian varias ramas algunas dedicadas a vigilabar los campos de concentracion, siendo culpables de atroces crimenes, en el caso de las waffen ss , la cuestion es distinta , conformaban verdaderos grupos comb<ate dentro de la estrucctura del ejercito aleman.
me atreveria decir que por su disciplina estrenamiento y tacticas de combate , son los antecesores del ejercito profesional actual.
despues se puede entrar en valorar el fanatismo de sus integrantes ,
NordlandSS: I tire quickly of revisionists and holocaust deniers. By your ID it's clear that you are less than partial. I surely hope you are not one of those deluded white supremacists.
That war was not about who had the best trained and equipped soldiers, but the fact that Germany was extremly outnumbered from day one, not to mention outindustrialized. How dear the Americans brag of victory over an out-bombed, outnumbered and outgunned army who long had been without airsupport, artillerysupport, tanksupport, sleep, food and even mail from home?
Fallschirmjäger were the best soldiers of the wehrmacht because they were unpolitical troops! Not like the Waffen-SS, who were also very good troops( like my grandpapa), but they committed a lot of atrocities!
To daehttub. Agreed. But Arnhem was an understrenght SS unit, not even half a Schlachtgruppe. Furthermore, most of the reinforcements and part of the armor could not make it to the bridges because of the heavy preliminary bombings of "garden".
Would rate the German paratroopers first. Not because I am German, but because of Cassino. Equaled only by Panzergrenadier Division Großdeutschland an the SAS back in the day.
russia didnt really have a choice to stay out of the war when germany attacked. but i agree if stupid hitler had decided not to attack the russian giant things would have been a lot different...
zeljko88 you dumb prick, if it wasnt for the British Empire you're family would have wound up in a concentration camp.just remember you are living in australia which is a commonwealth country and be grateful to the British for saving your balkan arse.
@kps75- hier hier!
And yes the Jews hated the Germans for not bowing down to there power,the Jews can not stand one European country not being under there control, so the Jews hated the Germans since 1933 and declared war on the Germans and I believe that the Jews brainwashed USA and Britain way before 1939. God bless Hitler and the Wehrmacht, Hitler had all the rights to deport Jews out . It turns out Hitler was dead right about the Jews.
ssfraulein 4 months ago
@Polaris688 Britain declared war on Germany! It was Britain that wanted the war,the British are war crazy!
ssfraulein 4 months ago
@Polaris688 I don't believe Hitler or the Germans wanted any war with Britain. Britain's war on Germany, if it was for the sake of Poland, didn't do Poland much good.
It's a good question, what were they supposed to do, but this of course depends on what outcomes you want. A good outcome would have been the defeat of the international Jewish bankers and the defeat of the Bolsheviks. Brits could have arrested the warmongers, and let Germany fight the Soviets without having to attack west first.
kps75 4 months ago
@Polaris688 That is what the British fought for, I'm sure most did not realize it though, perhaps a few at the top. It was Britain that declared war on Germany. The purpose of the war was to save the Jewish international bankers' system of debt slavery that we still suffer from. The Germans had rid themselves of this system and of Jewish dominance, and because of this Jews ("Judea") declared war on Germany in 1933.
Scared of what? They fought for their own people and not for Jewish tyranny.
kps75 4 months ago
@Polaris688 Brits died for Jewish Rothschild world tyranny, and still are dying ... At least Germans fought for Germany and Europe and not for filthy Jewish bankers.
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gott sei dank bin ich deutscher.... es ist nirgendwo so schön wie in unserer heimat
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cala322 5 months ago
@MrNucch Well, you just forgot that on the east they were already beatten badly by Soviets... this is funny thing in a lot of history documents, when commentary is proclaiming that the US/UK/French soldiers made an end of Reich... they did a lot, but certainly weren't alone...
deabajo 6 months ago
@Polaris688 nice point...
deabajo 6 months ago
@MrNucch i dont understand how i was disrespectful to the U.S i was just stating facts.
you are the one being disrespectful ,making fun and name calling the GERMANS devils and Nazis not all the Germans were nazis ,some like the Wehrmacht where just fighting for their home and didnt have a choice.
and as for the tank comment,because you design parts of a tank you cant not claim full credit for the whole tanks design.
tyrantbad 10 months ago
@stapelwolkje some of them are
THEPaintballKidd 10 months ago
0:24 this famous Waffen SS Soldier.
kultaka 1 year ago
Kampfgruppe Hansen
TheAbrahamss 1 year ago
0:25 who is the soldier in the background i saw him on a couple of pictures and now in this clip
tha187shiznit 1 year ago
@tha187shiznit Sein Name ist wahrscheinlich Walther Armbrusch , aber es ist nicht bestätigt :)
Duisburger9911 1 year ago
@tha187shiznit I mean Walter Armbrusch sorry lol
Duisburger9911 1 year ago
@Duisburger9911
danke ;)
tha187shiznit 1 year ago
@Duisburger9911 Walter has lived in the USA for decades now.
Eagle9294 2 months ago
Compare the sizes of the British armies vs American from 1944 on. The British army was tiny, and the Americans provided all of the armor, supplies, most of the planes and ships. In fact, the British performance was poor, and they avoided fighting large scale battles, and even tried to stop D-Day! Check the percentage of British soldiers who surrendered, for example at Singapore. Disgrace.
ryznaga 1 year ago
@ryznaga good point your absolutly right,after 1944 U.S FORCES did a great job .
and American Generals definitely had more fight in them. And all the supplies where American.but Britain where bankrapted by mid 1941buying supplies and arms 5 to 10 times the normal cost from U.S companys before lend-lease started
But i think u where abit harsh about calling British soldiers a disgrace 4 surrendering at Singapore,
so heres some numbers of other countrys that surrendered.
tyrantbad 1 year ago
@tyrantbad You are correct. US companies did overcharge. Fairly appalling. It's hard not to look on the British performance in Singapore in any light but disgrace. Your combined forces way outnumbered the Japanese, and the casualties were incredibly light. True, the balance of forces were colonial, but British led. Regardless, our entertainment industry overly focuses on our efforts, but don't they all? Anyway, cheers. I do love England and the Imperial War Museum!!!
ryznaga 1 year ago
@ryznaga .....Welcome to free enterprise people, and if you were the CEO of one of those U.S,.companies you would be charging the same rates to , so end of discussion !
Redarmy668 1 year ago
@ryznaga prisoners taken.
British-Singapore 62,000
American- Bataan Corregidor,(Philippines) 76,000
German-Starlingrad 130,000
And in the early months of the invasion of Russia hundreds of thousands of Russian prisoners where taken. I say its more sad and the fate of war then a disgrace .
we are lucky to never of experience what these ppl face we shouldnt be the ones to judge.
tyrantbad 1 year ago
the guy facing the scren at 0:24 is famous for appearing in a very popular photo.If you google "german soldier" you'll see him first!
Oxide333500 1 year ago
@stapelwolkje .....Help me out here , but is it true that Britain was clawing at the Americans to enter the war because they looked upon Americans as there only means for salvation , even though the Americans wanted to remain neutral . So I guest the Americans decided to not only help , but carry the brunt of it as well as in the pacific . So.....in return the British are trying to falsely claim equal victory and sandbagging the Americans and publishing false documentary ! BRITISH = FRAUD !
Redarmy668 1 year ago
ss were sent there to rest but boy they had to fight again.
Rico8458 1 year ago
@Rico8458 .....Ya costing the Americans over 100,000 soldiers and bring the S.S. panzer thrust to a grinding hault !
Redarmy668 1 year ago
@stapelwolkje Some of them are still alive. Anyway, most were killed by allied airpower. It was really a daft gamble by Hitler & only got as far as it did because of the weather.
onlyindreams001 1 year ago
@stapelwolkje If these guys were still alive I'd love to hang them
sproutle 1 year ago
its disgusting did they not realise smoking can seriously damage your health ?
1929spectre 1 year ago
What is wrong to fight for your country and to protect women and children?
FritzChristen 1 year ago
The soldiers at 0:16 are from st. vith, they just took
out a allied convoy and are smoking american cigarettes.
Wreta 2 years ago
Indeed is one thing I notice in Waffen SS man they are always smoking even in battle HAHA
ImperialGuard9001 2 years ago
THE BEST SOLDIERS
g36c1 2 years ago 3
@g36c1 child murdering scum you mean
sproutle 1 year ago
@sproutle You idiot.. go and learn some history pathetic buffoon..
LootsEr 1 year ago
Yes, I will tell her sugardaddy! When the first hair starts growing on your balls my mum will certainly call you!
machierl 2 years ago 4
The idea of 'concentration' camps was invented by good old Uncle Sam.He created 'reservations' for the Indians, forced them to move there, then slowly starved and worked them to death while denying them medical care. Hitler read about this in the Karl May novels and later used it in Germany.
vinegaroon1 2 years ago
@vinegaroon1 ,wrong,totally.read your history.britain was the first,long before america was a discovered country
MrOutofthis 1 year ago 2
@MrOutofthis You may be right. I didn't know 'Britain" was a country prior to 1492. I agree that the Brits tortured women and children in S. Africa during the Boer War, but they got that idea from America also, from the reservation death camps invented in the US. Just where was this Brit concentration camp pior to 1492?
vinegaroon1 1 year ago
@vinegaroon1 .britain is the oldest democracy in the world.we were invaded before christ exsisted ,and stone henge is around 3000 years old.the british were using early forms of concentration campsagainst the scottish and celt races long before your country was discovered.and besides,before the american civil war,america was ruled by the british monarchy
MrOutofthis 1 year ago
@MrOutofthis Actually Iceland and Switzerland are the world's oldest democracies. "Royalty" ruled Britain absolutely until the early 1900's. British royalty-rule was shut down for good in America in 1775 and the English signed on to that after their disasterous defeat at Yorktown in 1781. You still have not said just where these concentration camps were in early-day Britain 3000 years ago. Modern scholars say the Vikings knew of and mapped America around 900.
vinegaroon1 1 year ago
@vinegaroon1 @MrOutofthis ho calm down
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WeAreL3gion 1 year ago
That movie ' my big fat greek wedding' was awsome
elevatormechanic 1 year ago
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@MrOutofthis Lol, the oldest democracy? Are you serious? Democracy was invented by the Greeks in the 5th century BC, when the Britains were still living in caves.
WeAreL3gion 1 year ago
@vinegaroon1 the brits also invented child labour , in the industrial revolution, most of these respectable english corporations were build and made fortunes exploiting the child labour !
dealermando 1 year ago
At the dawn of recorded history 'Britain' had autocratic rule by royalty, it was not a democracy. In fact there were factions all across the land which fought each other, Welsh, Scots, Picts, etc. As I understand it, Scotland did not agree to come under 'British' rule until 1707. The United States began as a democracy with no royalty running things. ( Of course now, both Britain and the US are police states, not democracies.)
vinegaroon1 1 year ago
Nice surprise to see the trooper of the famous picture in this clip. Great music too, by who is it?
VL1302 2 years ago 2
jeah they are not all waffen ss members...
Kargaron 2 years ago
The first group you see are actually paratroopers...
you can tell by the shape of their helmets.
Oasis20490 2 years ago
The Germans were disgracefully betrayed by the Zionist British
I'm no fan of Hitler but he lifted his eugenics plan lock stock & barrel from the British!
& it was the British in the Boer War who invented the 'concentration camp'. Those in Germany were internement/labour camps. In the public mind 'concentration camp' is synonymous with gas chambers & unspeakable crimes but the victors write (& forge) the histories & many Britons know the truth about the honourable German ppl & soldiers
NoPrivacyANYMORE10 2 years ago 3
Great vid. I like another vid though....the vid of 300,000 germans with their arms walking down the median of the autobahn towards American lines. And I said "with their arms." That's because noone wanted the burden of collecting them because everybody knew they were desperate to surrender to anybody. I've seen vids of 2 GIs escorting 2,500 Landsers to the rear. Germans don't like to admit that kind of thing.
hammeredwappered 2 years ago
You and I would have done the same, hammeredwappered, if the alternative to disgraceful suurender had been to be needlessly blown to pieces by Allied artillery shelling, or be blown into oblivion by Allied bomber swarms.
War is hell. But modern warfare is nightmarish.
THordasson 2 years ago 2
@THordasson No, I wouldn't have been in the SS. These child murdering scum were lucky they weren't facing the Russians
sproutle 1 year ago
@sproutle Most of them did fight the Russians. That is the SS Leibstandarte who spent most of its time on the eastern front.
Eagle9294 2 months ago
Don´t know about the numbers but there´s nothing strange in it or what do you think? They had 6 years of fighting behind them! If I had had the choice I would have tried to get back home to my family. And that´s what they did as there wasn´t just a spark of hope to win this war against the whole world (apart from Japan). Americans also don´t like to see the fact that they weren´t able to win against 3rd world countries in Vietnam or Somalia, do they?
machierl 2 years ago
When you cockblock and backstab your neighbors like Germany did during WW2 you should expect to get your ass reamed.
fluffy1931 2 years ago
When you attack every country which is expected to have oil you should expect to get some planes flown into your loved twin towers...
machierl 2 years ago 11
haha nice, machierl! ;-)
justindustin88 2 years ago
@machierl Take that cock out of your mouth, girl. Freedom didn't attack those filthy countries until after we were attacked. No go marry a Hasid.
genldoz 9 months ago
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@machierl "When you attack every country which is expected to have oil you should expect to get some planes flown into your loved twin towers..."
What countries, besides Iraq in the First Gulf War, did the US attack before 9/11?
Sleepy1988 7 months ago
@Sleepy1988 It bombed Serbia, Bosnia, participated in Croatian war, Somalia, however that shit wasn't about oil. Still the simple principle of action - reaction meant that shit was gonna go down against the USA and shit did go down. The problem is, it caused more shit, which in turn, especially combined with the economic crisis, will cause more shit. Then again shit goes on the entire History of the human kind so what the hell. Moral of the story: "Shit happens".
HercegodSvetogSave 3 weeks ago
@machierl
Tell me when did the US invade a country to take their oil prior to 9/11?
1315229 7 months ago 2
@machierl
haha xD
spot on sir, spot on
Richthofen100 6 months ago in playlist waffen ss wiking
@machierl Well it was done by Israel, check 9/11 Missing Links.
kps75 4 months ago
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China will fuck you in the ass ... You wait and see :) You will be doing sperm farts soon enough :)
westeh 2 years ago
hey assfag. .....,'were over at your moms ordering pizza/.
fluffy1931 2 years ago
mom jokes haha you are certainly clutching at straws. Changed your underpants yet you filthy little degenerate?
westeh 2 years ago
just your sexual fantasy, pal
satanic666sonic 2 years ago
Do you even know who I am talking to ?
westeh 2 years ago
Have any of you read the brilliant book "The Germans in Normandy" by British author Richard Hargreaves? Sold by Amazon.
You instantly understand that the Germans in the West was defeated by Allied air supremacy. Not by American GI-superheroes we see in Hollywood movies.
Every soldier quoted by Hargreaves - from generals to Landsers (the German equivalent of Tommies) - lived in fear of the constant air attacks.
THordasson 2 years ago 19
THord- Don't be an asshole. Nobody gives a shit about Hollywood movies. You think Indiana Jones is real? Everybody knows Allied air power made the difference. British air superiority saved them in the summer of 40, and they did that virtually on their own. The Japanese in WWII know more than anybody about what happens when you start a war and lose control of your airspace.
hammeredwappered 2 years ago
@hammeredwappered The British (not forgetting the many "colonial" troops) also defeated the nazis in North Africa, Russia was kicking Germany's arse in Europe, it was only a matter of time.
sproutle 1 year ago
thats true
bullshit7128 2 years ago
@THordasson
This is true. On the flip side this was also one of the reasons that the Germans were so successfull against the Soviet Union. There they themselves managed to acquire air supremacy. Air supremacy is one of the key strategic elements in every modern war.
DavidVanPatten 1 year ago
@THordasson ....well if it was written by a British writer , well that explains everything. Maybe we should ask these British people exactly what position they were in before the Americans were drawn into the war . Ask them again how it is that they were equal contributors to winning the war , when facts has it that the Americans suffered 10 times the casualties then the British ever did, The British only lost a fraction of men compared to the Americans .
Redarmy668 1 year ago
@Redarmy668 CASUALTIES Military Deaths IN WW2
British 265,000
British Empire Troops 120,000
Franch 250,000
Polish 120,000
American 170,000
So Actually your comments is false.
for one of the most powerful countrys of WW2 the U.S maybe suffered the least.
of course,such crude quantitative judgments mean little to the families and friends of the victims of war.
maybe we all should just remember our lost Allied or Enemy.
tyrantbad 1 year ago
@tyrantbad .....where are you getting these number figures from , and yes you are right about it meaning very little to the family ! But know this , that I'am sick and tired of hearing especially from the British on how America hardly contributed to the war effort where as proof in the records clearly states that America was the main back bone of the allied forces . Get aload of this , did you know that the Soviets weren't the ones designed the T-34 tank ....Yes , once again American .
Redarmy668 1 year ago
@Redarmy668 I got my figures from a book i read not long ago VICTORY by A.K MacDougall also Brassy's Battle's by John Laffin both good book's if u like to read.
My comment on casualties was in reply to u i think stating something like the U.S suffered more loses then the British.
Im also not British but a Aussie ,so i consider myself kinda neutral in these disagreements.
Actually I personally think American Troops out classed British troops after 1944.
tyrantbad 1 year ago
@tyrantbad ....interesting I'll have to look into it . I'm always open to more info and knowledge . Thanks for the info sincerely !
Redarmy668 1 year ago
@Redarmy668 I also dont believe the U.S designed the T-34 I havent heard of it ,and i think most ppl will know that the U.S DIDNT DESIGNED IT otherwise the U.S would of made better tanks with a similar design.
tyrantbad 1 year ago
@tyrantbad ....The design originated from an American farmer who was toying around with tractors to invent newer ideas on tank ideology . I forgot his first name but the last name was either McCristie or McCrystal, anyways he brought it before the American government and was rejected since it wasn't a military idea or a sponsored government idea . Soviets found out about it and were desperate for new ideas at the time , they bought the idea off of the American inventor .......
Redarmy668 1 year ago
@Redarmy668 Christie-chain Drive
ozeangruen 1 year ago
@tyrantbad ...So yes technically it cant be said it was a U.S. design rather then an average U.S. farmer civilian , they just had a televised documented program on this weeks ago that confirmed what I was just saying. Even I thought all along that the Soviets were the forefront of the T-34 designed until alot of hidden documents on both sides were uncovered !
Redarmy668 1 year ago
@Redarmy668 cool,who would of thought the T-34 ,Its definitely possible.
I remember hearing a American in prison for running moonshine in the 1930's made a gun with a floating chamber and when it was found by the authorities they where surprised by the design and sent it to the gun companys,
to cut a long story sort i think it was Colt or smith and western brought the rights and design the Carbine with the same design and was use in WW2.AND THE PRISONER BECAME RICH.
tyrantbad 1 year ago
@Redarmy668 REALLY WHO WOULD OF THOUGHT
tyrantbad 1 year ago
@tyrantbad ...This is declassified Soviet documents when the iron curtin fell !
Redarmy668 1 year ago
@THordasson There is no English for the Germans Landser
Tommy is because Tom was the most commen name in England
the American equivalent for Landser is G.I soldiers were called GIs because they were ISSUED uniforms and equipment by the US GOVERMENT
ozeangruen 1 year ago
@THordasson, Yes, it is a decent book. However, Allied air supremacy did not destroy many German tanks etc., as most were knocked out by Allied armor, & Allied airpower destroyed vitally needed trucks & other motor & rail transport & the road & rail network & bridges that made it very difficult for the Germnas to move troops & supplies & equipment in & out of & around the area. Allied air effectively nearly isolated France from the rest of western Europe.
christof139 1 year ago
@christof139 Good luck convincing most people that "old school" military history is in need of a rewrite. Forensic evidence is conclusive that tactical airpower was not nearly as decisive as was once thought. The problem is that the Air Forces' were allowed to write their own after action reports (after the war). They, of course, determined that nearly all German tanks were killed by airpower! They even killed Wittmann.....who we now know was killed by a Canadian tank, not a Typhoon.
cf80to01 1 year ago
@cf80to01, I know that & I think you are addressing the wrong person. Allied armor knocked out the vast majority of German armor while Allied airpower lnocked out much less, quite contrary to modern neo-nazi rewriters of history that don't know much of anything.
Zetterling's book gives good percentages on all this & indicates that Allied armor was the main destroyer of German armor. You must not have Zetterling's etc. book(s). You confused what I wrote.
christof139 1 year ago
@christof139 I don't know who you are arguing with. I don't know of anyone who claimed that the majority of German tanks were destroyed by allied planes. Just because some people you debated claimed that the allied air power won the wear does not make them a neo-nazi. That is a childish argument.
jackzero99 11 months ago
@christof139 Sorry. You are correct and I agree with you 100%
cf80to01 11 months ago
@christof139
The allied tanks suffered heavy losses against German armor though.
militariacollector1 11 months ago
@THordasson, Better yet is Niklas Zetterling's book 'Normandy 1944, German Military Organization, Combat Power and Orginizational Effectivenss', full of unit strengths, near as accurate as you can get statistics of all sorts, etc. He explains the entire campaign including just what allied airpower did, & it didn't knockout many German tanks & SPGs as people think, rather it destroyed the Geramn ability to move troops, supplies, equipment around the area, & that was the allied plan.
christof139 1 year ago
@THordasson While the German army was fearful of air attack, those attacks did little damage. The vast majority of equipment was destroyed by land based weapon systems (or abandoned due to lack of fuel). The RAF and USAAF studied the Normandy campaign in '44 and realized they had not been nearly as effective as they had predicted they would be.
cf80to01 10 months ago
banaan was the point why he has a 98k that is the stadart rifle of the german forces :S
midway455 2 years ago
the soldier at 0:19 in the background has a kar98k
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pessel64 2 years ago
Ithe movie that was shot at Poteau crossroads( Ardennes) on the morning of December 18th. Date and place have been identified and documented by French historian Jean Paul Pallud. The unit was filmed because of the fitting background: the days before 18th Cavalry Recce Squadron ( 14th Cav.Group) was annihilated there, and it's scout cars littered the crossroads.A shame the picture is cropped off:
chrvolle 2 years ago
The soldier belongs to Kampfgruppe Hansen of 1st SS-Panzer-Division LSSAH. Another pic sof this famous german soldier show the pistol in his hand is a captured Browning. So far nobody knows his identy. He was either captured or killed in action.
chrvolle 2 years ago
sexy boys in uniform
ConeBone2009isback 3 years ago 3
I read that he was member of the LSSAH (1st SS).
KniekehlenHeinrich 3 years ago
0:01-0:o7 are actually falchirmjager, not ss
cfgMC 3 years ago 2
The soldier in the middle (with the cigarette) in 0:24 is the Grenadier from the famous photo, that almost everyone knows.
KniekehlenHeinrich 3 years ago
Yeah i thought that.. but what was his name ?
luvpump1 3 years ago
Nobody knows his name. The only thing I know is, that hes an Grenadier of the Waffen-SS. But his legendary photo could be found in almost every book about the Battle of the Bulge.
KniekehlenHeinrich 3 years ago 5
I keep a framed print photo of this Panzer Grenadier on my wall for inspiration. I really want to know who he was and what became of this soldier. The look in his eyes I will never forget......
rampking1 2 years ago
this famous soldier fell in the battle in january 45. he had 2 little children.
mathiehesse 2 years ago 3
How do you know the famous SS-soldier at 0:23 fell in january 1945, mathiesse?
Do you know his name and where in Germany he was from? Was he German at all?
THordasson 2 years ago
@mathiehesse Ha-ha-ha fukin great
sproutle 1 year ago
Yeah. Pretty good pic if yah ask me.
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99999999988888888 3 years ago
my grandfather was from the ss .
civilisationskerl 3 years ago
u proud this fact?
VestaRullez 2 years ago
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SWALE1984 3 years ago
What's with you pathetic wannabe Nazis? Idiots. Yes, get out there, see the other "Nazis," and their pathetic dedication to a fool who disregarded the advice of one of the greatest generals of all time simply because he disagreed with Hitler. Then start a war, and see how much fun it is to be shot at. You think the war was fun for the Germans? You think they all loved Hitler? Seeing their country torn apart because of him? Fun.
Snacks256 3 years ago 7
it makes more sense than following with blind obedience today
SS13E3 3 years ago
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u think ss is finished???no wonder germans think rest ppl are stupid sssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
tuzlaklostmonkey 3 years ago
If the SS is not gone then where is it?
Number7smokesForEver 3 years ago
ok.theres guy writer in wuppertall germany name Esic or his german name Hoesch.he born in bosnia.ask him did his father worked as einsatzgruppe ss in balkan.if yes,then ask wtf is that group of germans still doin in bosnia and why they keep with that ss ari shit.sure if he dont get arrested soon,then i say wtf we have police and politicians..?
tuzlaklostmonkey 3 years ago
In mein hertz
SS13E3 3 years ago
a group of SS men having a cigarette break after they destroyed a sherman tank and took some americans POW.
in MY little country.
a small moment in a great war.
hexegiff 3 years ago 3
a foolish group of SSmen took holidays after Ribbentrop negotiated peace with Stalin on Vistula river (SS murdering 200 000 citizens and fighters of Warsaw without being disturbed by Russians on the other side of the river.. A ceasefire in the East lasted from aug44 till jan45. Himmler was a chief of defence there, the idiot moved all the serious force to fight in Ardennes. Stalin again cheated his friend Hitler and, seeing Nazis out of fuel, finished off attacking straight for Berlin
beckett1939 3 years ago
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Redarmy668 1 year ago
look that tank on the background :-p
abgeschossen.
freeharddrive 3 years ago
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88Jannik 3 years ago
The next time we are acted upon we will not have time to act back, we will be gone, all of us. The Nazis and The Third Reich were the best shot at humanity being saved. Who cares what they did to jews? In the long run all of us will be dead unless we expand. We must get out of this galaxy and we must hurry and think. Conscience is a weakness that the strong and great must forget and abandon.
pexxoum 3 years ago
CONSCIENCE IS NOT WEAKNESS, the lack of it is.
Number7smokesForEver 3 years ago
I was talking to pexxoum. The video is good, great footage.
Number7smokesForEver 3 years ago
Right, pexxoum. But to me, that's an explanation, not an excuse. Unfortunately, ideology cannot be left aside (what do you think is the main difference between the SS and the Wehrmacht?). Some in the SS might have been indoctrinated ("thought how they were trained to think" as you rightly pointed out), it was not really the case for all of them (for instance, the non-German people who voluntarily joined the SS). To me, there will always be a difference between Sophie Scholl and Himmler...
Kortxero 3 years ago
Everyone has their own viewpoint. The world is full of people who just listen to what they were told when they were growing up. The current generation of Americans will be taught that Nazism is wrong and nothing good ever came out of it. Because of Nazism we can now keep our country safe with jets, missles, the current tanks modeled after the Tiger, and all kinds of military equipment that this country has and others do not. Look at the helmets used in Iraq, where could those have come from?
pexxoum 3 years ago
Look at the M4 carbines and various other assault rifles, under what ideology were assault rifles developed? We captured the top Nazi scientist, Von Braun and had him work on our space program, he developed fully the ship that got us to the moon. Experts believe that had the Nazis won the war, Mars would likely have had humans on it in the late 50's and would even be colonized by now. Morality and ideology mean nothing if we're all just going to die with our sun in 10 billion years.
pexxoum 3 years ago
Do research and look at the facts, I was not trained to think like this, I did research out of choice and personal interest. Earth will not be here forever, most likey destroyed by our own hand. No one is taking a definate stance on how to handle the oil crysis, or stopping North Korea and Iran from developing missles. Democracy cannot act unless it is acted upon. We only jump to war when a note is sent asking Mexico to attack us, or a raid on battleships, or planes destroying our own buildings.
pexxoum 3 years ago
I agree with pexxoum and kortxero
Jerrycan5 3 years ago
It's idiots like you, Nostradoomus that make it hard to argue for the SS.
Kortxero, the morality of the past makes no difference. Ideology doesn't make a difference, they thought how they were trained to think. Every person in the world thinks how they were told to think, unless they do their own research and find the truth.
pexxoum 3 years ago
Starting your post with "F**k you" says it all. Your lack of courteousness only equals your misreading. There is not much I can add to my previous message. You are mistaken in focusing on their fighting abilities (FYI I have never said they were cowards) without considering their IDEOLOGY (your example with the US shows you can't make the difference between a regular army and a political arm, even though both might be linked). You are right about one thing though: war is not clean for anyone.
Kortxero 3 years ago
Hey, f**k you Kortxero!!!
Not the whole SS was guilty in Crimes of War or killing innocent civilians!!!
Many of them were brave Soldiers who died for their brothers and they just made the mistake to belive in the wrong truth!!!
Just like many Americans still do!!
Nostradoomus2002 3 years ago 4
To all those who state (like flowsxm) that the SS were not the monsters we usually describe, explain that to the descendants of the victims who got slaughtered in Oradour, Lidice, Marzabotto or Distomon. I don't care whether the SS were brave and well-trained or whether the US also have blood on their hands. The SS were the military wing of the Nazi party, period! Don't pretend to be historians if you don't have the ability to stand back from those dramatic events....
Kortxero 3 years ago
Are you really going to point that fact out? You take away the Pacific Theater, we take away the Eastern Front. Do you really think Marines could stand a chance against all of the Panzer Divisions stationed on the Eastern front? Why don't we bring most of the Waffen SS down from the East too? Do you really think the carriers would have made a difference in the European theater? The U-boats would have eaten them in the first month.
pexxoum 3 years ago
Heil Euch mein kameraden!
IMC026 3 years ago
I read all of the comments and again, as with every other video dealing with Nazi Germany there is some idiot screaming about war crimes and denouncing the Nazis. It's a very simple concept, so here goes : This video was made to be enjoyed by those of us who are interested in it. We don't need idiots coming in here, ruining it with talk of atrocities. It's god damn war, how can you fight a war if you're not allowed to fight a war. The Waffen SS were brave men, and excellent soldiers.
pexxoum 3 years ago
killing 6million people within a 3 year period for beliving something that is "wrong" is not fighting a war
lollipopsalot 3 years ago
nice movie.
freeharddrive 3 years ago 2
Does anyone have the Wochenschau Poteau 1944?
simaosimao 3 years ago
But when did the american forces atack the third reich? Yes after that germany hade ben fighting sovjet for 3 years.
And america arent that good ss hade better traning. (fysical)
Henrynr1 3 years ago 2
Please God, send us back the WAFFEN SS to save the United States and Europe from the invasion of turd world ism.
virtualzhbl 4 years ago 2
at what price?
losing all our freedom like 60 years ago?
no thanks.
hexegiff 3 years ago
TombstoneAnnieOakly, you're embarrassing us Americans.
Please shut up, go away.
zzsql 4 years ago
no it's not a lie or a joke, this is film footage shot after the famous "ambush at poteau" where waffen ss and I think some luftwaffe troops ambushed an entire US column and destroyed it. The tank you see with the white star is a knocked out US tank in the destroyed column. They made lots of publicity and propaganda out of this for the German public.
asone76 4 years ago
o right, tanks or your coment,this video its to smal U S corps had victory in that battle, tank you asone 76
rubencitorob 4 years ago
They were very brave men.
tron2102 4 years ago 3
in iraq
waffenssdude 4 years ago
seaweed what division were u in??????
waffenssdude 4 years ago
Kampfgruppe Hansen!
simaosimao 4 years ago
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wtf they captured a sherman tank...idiots thats why they lost the war a bunch of war criminals......
rage666956 4 years ago
estoy deacuerdo con parte de tu exposicion, bomba atomica no, como mucho municion con contenido radiactivo (algo muy parecido al utilizado actualmente ) y solo las unidades de tanques , perforaba cualquier blindaje de la epoca. deacuerdo que fueron pioneros en la utilizacion de tecnologia militar antecesora de la actual, aunque se podria decir lo mismo de otras agrupaciones de paises contendientes, fue una guerra que influyo decisivamente(dramaticamente) en el mundo que hoy conocemos
goncharillo 4 years ago
las "SS" tenian varias ramas algunas dedicadas a vigilabar los campos de concentracion, siendo culpables de atroces crimenes, en el caso de las waffen ss , la cuestion es distinta , conformaban verdaderos grupos comb<ate dentro de la estrucctura del ejercito aleman.
me atreveria decir que por su disciplina estrenamiento y tacticas de combate , son los antecesores del ejercito profesional actual.
despues se puede entrar en valorar el fanatismo de sus integrantes ,
goncharillo 4 years ago
Translation?: "Fame & honour of the weapon S. I am to be been German PRIDE! There is no larger honour."
???
daehttub2000 4 years ago 2
NordlandSS: I tire quickly of revisionists and holocaust deniers. By your ID it's clear that you are less than partial. I surely hope you are not one of those deluded white supremacists.
daehttub2000 4 years ago
Yeah please is there more to this??? 40 seconds is just a teaser lol.... Please send me a Message and let me know :) Thanks
hooker52 5 years ago
If Im not mistaken, these were panzergrenadiers of the 1st SS Panzer division Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler at Poteau, Dec 18, 1944.
DexterHollandrulez06 5 years ago
Great footage of Waffen-SS soldiers!
CrispinRobles 5 years ago 2
waffen ss is the best soldiers in that moment
victorbarthez 5 years ago 4
That war was not about who had the best trained and equipped soldiers, but the fact that Germany was extremly outnumbered from day one, not to mention outindustrialized. How dear the Americans brag of victory over an out-bombed, outnumbered and outgunned army who long had been without airsupport, artillerysupport, tanksupport, sleep, food and even mail from home?
Hordasson 5 years ago
can you please send this video to me?
simaosimao 5 years ago
Fallschirmjäger were the best soldiers of the wehrmacht because they were unpolitical troops! Not like the Waffen-SS, who were also very good troops( like my grandpapa), but they committed a lot of atrocities!
simaosimao 5 years ago
I knew this was LSSAH
offspringfanatic6 5 years ago
nice. :)
dead123666123 5 years ago
To daehttub. Agreed. But Arnhem was an understrenght SS unit, not even half a Schlachtgruppe. Furthermore, most of the reinforcements and part of the armor could not make it to the bridges because of the heavy preliminary bombings of "garden".
Would rate the German paratroopers first. Not because I am German, but because of Cassino. Equaled only by Panzergrenadier Division Großdeutschland an the SAS back in the day.
bernyweed 5 years ago
russia didnt really have a choice to stay out of the war when germany attacked. but i agree if stupid hitler had decided not to attack the russian giant things would have been a lot different...
boomshakk 5 years ago
zeljko88 you dumb prick, if it wasnt for the British Empire you're family would have wound up in a concentration camp.just remember you are living in australia which is a commonwealth country and be grateful to the British for saving your balkan arse.
pikeville99 5 years ago