WWII battle reenactment with troops tanks and planes

A reenactment of a battle between German and allied forces, including troops, tanks and artillery. Keep watching, about half way through they bring in pair of aircraft to straff the battlefield, which was EXTREMELY COOL.

These are annotated clips from a much longer battle reenactment that went on for about 20 minutes in all.

In case your wondering many of the Germany at the event were ACTUALLY German. They couldn't do this kind of thing in Germany as it is a crime to show Nazi memorabilia in public. So much for free speech in Europe, I guess.

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• german
• nazi
• war
• wwII
• hitler
• battle
• reenactment
• troops
• tanks
• guns
• bombs

[dddqueeny]

Just imagine this is how it would have really looked back then. Could you all imagine how cool it would have been if people back in the 40s had HD cameras like we film our war now.

[worldview2007]

@dddqueeny:

Yeah, it would be so cool to see 10s of millions of people being murdered in glorious HD.

Sorry, mate, but that doesn't float my boat. War is nasty enough filmed in 35mm. Let alone HD.

[Kegan643]

I mean both, everyone who think's the Nazi's are "COOL". Kids think that Nazi's are cool because they have "cool" uniforms, or nice tanks. Older people like skinheads think they are Nazi's even though they are mostly imbred white trash. Hitler didn't even like the KKK.

[worldview2007]

You mean the skin heads and the "American" Nazi rather than actual little children?

Personally, I think that the real Nazi from the (30s/40s) wouldn't give them the time of day. They'd consider them light weight hangers on and would eat them for breakfast.

[Kegan643]

O I wasn't talking about the Re-enactors, Im talking about the kids that go around saying "Seig Heil", and stupid stuff like that.

[worldview2007]

Actually, most of them strongly dislike the Nazi and hold them up as the destroyers of Germany. This is why they are either dressed as regular army, or Waffen SS.

It's actually quite rare to see somebody dressed as an actual Nazi.

You see a few Gestapo here and there, but that's mostly because you get to wear a leather trench coat. Which looks pretty cool. Not because they actually like the Gestapo.

[Kegan643]

@worldview2007 It's funny isn't it, how these people like nazi's, but if they were to ever meet a real one they would probably be knocked the hell out.

[Terminal331]

no thats black powder they're using I do re-nactments thts black powder not white if they have white it would make a bigger flash and less smoke

[Terminal331]

oh yeah this can really get you I do Re-enactments but not like this I just heard about it but I do the CivilWar and if you want to her boom this and CivilWar will be he best to hear it from by the way im 17 and the civilWar is alot action for me but I want more and I want to know would they allow that kind of age to come in this kind of Re-enactment

[Someloke8895]

That bloody quad halftrack scared the utter shite out of me when it went off the first time. I was stood in the crowd, just in front of it and you could feel the ground shake when it opened up.

Utter madness. Great bit of kit though.