Of course he would say that as his version of waterloo has become standard fare....thats the version where he blames everyone and everything except himself
I watched this documentary a while ago on another channel, and I always thought that this is the best forensic battlefield video that I have seen. It was very thorough, interesting and definitive. The Canadians rightfully should receive credit for killing the Black Baron.
He was never called "Black Baron" during the war. What's the point of inventing stupid names? History is the study of what DID happen, and this name didn't happen.
Great battlefield detective work, great video. I believe on the evidence presented that you are right, the Canadians knocked his tank out, killing him & his crew in the process.
I read somewhere that the Sherbrooke Fusiliers were engaged in heavy action after this encounter and suffered major casualties. I rather suspect that whoever it was in the Sherbrooke Fusiliers that fired the fatal shot(s) that killed Michael Wittmann did not survive the war and this was also part of the reason it took so long for people to figure out who must have fired the shots.
@Hoa Tattis Watch the video again. At 11:12, Sgt. Joe Ekins of the 1st Northamptonshire Yeomanry starts talking about knocking out three Tiger tanks from the far side of where the group of Tiger tanks were. As the video documentary goes on to show, none of these three Tigers were the one that was Wittman's tank. At 38:26, Radley Walters, a Retired General and survivor of the Sherbrooke Fusiliers, talks about the remainder of Wittmann's group of Tigers coming down the road (they were on the OTHER side of the group of Tigers that Joe Ekins was shooting at and were not visible to him because of the slope of the terrain). It was this group of Sherman tanks, closest to Wittmann's tank, that knocked his tank out and killed him. Walters specifically says "other people from my squad fired at them", but never says who exactly. He probably didn't know, given the nature of combat and the fact that nobody knew that it was Wittmann's tank they had blown up. I don't remember where I read this, but I do recall that the Sherbrooke Fusiliers not long after suffered heavy casualties in combat, and it is likely that whoever fired the shots that killed Wittmann did not survive that action. Or, if they did, they have since died well before all this interest in what happened with Wittmann came to light. And so the exact tank and gunner who killed Michael Wittmann has been lost to history, but this documentary pretty much proves that it was somebody from the Sherbrooke Fusiliers.
The thing that caught my eye was the survey equipment. I use the same equipment this surveyor had but for one item. The Leica Total Station had a GPS Antenna 📡 which made it into smart station. The funky prism is identical to the one I use. Here in Canda that equipment would be 40 to.50 thousand dollars.
Yeah right….says the British dude from the Empire, without the smallest understanding of his irony. It all boils down to perspective. To the ground soldier, they thought they were building a ‘fortress Europe’ to fight against communism, and they ended up being right at least on that point. He was a professional soldier who fought for his country in a time of war. He committed no acts of war crimes or he would’ve been accused of them without a doubt. British dude can kick rocks. And look into a mirror. ‘Anybody that can go into a country that is not theirs is a criminal.’ He didn’t even blink at the irony of what he said! I literally laughed out loud!!😂
I was taught it was a tag team effort between Canadian pilots driving him to the ground where Australian ground forces lit him up. Go Commonwealth forces, secret weapon of WW1.
What mystery? I got as far as 11:11 and the answer is right there. Joe Ekins killed Wittmann in a modified Sherman tank retrofitted with a 76.2 mm British '17 pounder' anti tank gun dubbed firefly's due to the tremendous plum of fire produced when fired. At night the flash of fire would temporarily blind anyone who did not close their eyes when it went off. Mystery solved, tank gunner Joe Ekins destroyed four tanks on 8 August 1944 near St. Aignan de Cramesnil, France, including the Tiger commanded by Michael Wittmann. In 1985 after much research comparing battle reports, Les Taylor former member of the 1st Northamptonshire Yeomanry, stated Ekins was responsible for destroying Wittmann's tank. Ken Tout, also a member of the 1st Northamptonshire Yeomanry, credited Ekins. Other historians have also asserted Ekins fired the fatal round.
The greatest threat to German armor on Western front from lead up to D-Day til VE Day was the anti-armor rockets designed and deployed by the RAF. Almost exclusively carried by the Typhoons. Not a well known fact.
Tempests, RAF Thunderbolts , Mosquitoes also carried the rockets. Heck my grandfather flew as a mercenary fighter pilot and squadron leader for the Allied powers on the western front and bought pretty much 1 of every allied ww2 planes
@Hoa Tattis well here is the thing, the Flying tigers squadron, was a military sponsored mercenary fighter squadron, that was in secret a regular usaaf, usmc and us navy unit. My grandfather founded his unit with permission from FDR, and was a special operations unit in the President's black book of secret
@Hoa Tattis unfortunately wrong on command, they operated underneath the same command system as the RAF Eagle squadrons which were still us military personnel and were still flying combat way before December 7th 1941. Fara's great great granddaughter revealed that fdr was actually sending us military personnel and equipment to the battle front , while maintaining a neutral front
@Hoa Tattis FDR, Churchill had a lot of fighter squadrons in secret service and with modified airframes and advanced weapons that are still classified as above top secret
This is my theory. A combination of rocket firing Typhoons and tank fire from the Sherbrookes on Wittmans flank. Typhoon pilots roving around looking for targets would strike already destroyed or disabled tanks repeatedly. It is my belief that a Sherbrooke firefly hit Witmann from point blank range. 50 yds or so. on his left side. He couldn’t miss.
I doubt it was a Typhoon. None of the allied tankers present that day mention Typhoons and I'm pretty sure they'd remember. Also, a Typhoon firing rockets...known to not be the most accurrate...so close to Allied tanks was probably frowned upon. I think it was a Canadian Sherman that knocked out Tiger 007.
Nonsense. You're posting nonsense. A Typhoon firing a rocket at a tank had a TWO PER CENT chance of hitting it. What you are describing, could not happen.
Knipsels story is 99 % made up by a guy named Kurowski, he wrote lots of nonsense, he is notorious among German veterans for writing ww2 fluff and fantasy stories th-cam.com/video/huPttlPVvEE/w-d-xo.html, Wittman however was the real deal.
If it only got hit in the engine compartment then why did none of the crew get out? it must of been hit elsewhere. It is possible the tigers were hit from both direction at the same time.
In the end it is mentionned that 100,000 lives has been lost during the battle of Normandy. Of which 50,000 German soldiers. Why refer to 50,000 dead German soldiers and not mentionning the other 50,000 deads?
Technically, Whitman’s commander was mostly responsible for his death, because they sent these men out for a counter attack without the usual reconnaissance, and the enemy was waiting for them, if they did the reconnaissance, they would have possibly seen the ambush being set up, and most likely, Whitman would have come up with a battle plan that could ruined the Allie’s plans.
No contraversy at all, 2nd Northampronshire Yeomanry, it was recorded in their war diary and witnessed by multiple observers. Every serious historian excepts this claim. The Canadian claim is pure speculation with no documentation.
Yet another British brag taking credit for commonwealth country actions that was found hollow. You weren't watching the facts presented, and did you mean to say "accepts" instead of "excepts" ? After all it's your language billy.
@@TheShedadiah Not bragging just pointing out the TRUTH, documented fact Vs one man's fantasy to promote his book! For the record I am American, just read a lot on the topic unlike you.
Too bad Hollywood have not made a movie about the Black Baron. Yul Brynner would have fitted the role of Michael Wittman. They kinda have some resemblance to one another.
well you can say a lot about him, but he lacked tactical insight. situation: a large open area, no reconnaissance carried out, no artillery support. just go blindly forward. so a little perspective does not hurt.
Leading a column of precious tanks into an ambush doesn't to be the kind of thing an experienced combat leader would do. Perhaps he made the mistake of believing his own legend and became overconfident?
Of coarse he should have had a meeting, a tactical meeting and discussed the situation, get few recognizance reports and then, only then call in his none existing airforce. .....of course if he had any tactical insight he would have been back on his farm
I think it was the typhoon. None of the Canadians claimed they killed it. But there happens to be a massively powerful rocket fragment right at the same spot…
All I know is that the Germans were up against better trained tank crews compared to the Russians. Did the Canadians have a firelfy? It also appears that the British fired fist. What was the visibility of the Canadian tanks through the wall?
It was a stupid and ridiculous charge by the 5 tigers. To go ahead without any reconnoiter as was customary is ridiculous but I suspect he was ordered to do so by the highly overrated 'panzermeyer', who was in command of the 12ss and Wittmann was subordinate to him. Canadians were the tank killers. Hopefully, this video can put that to sleep now, as the Brit gunner seems to get all the credit...forget his name.
If Mathias in a small civilian aircraft landed in Moscow ...A Tiger I driven by Wittmann with a Ju 87 Stuka flown by Rudel and a Bf109 G6 flown by Hartmann could probably reach Vladivostock and the Pacific Ocean
Who cares???? War is a terrible thing . A man like that is going to die, he'll fight to the death, way out numbered and go into a suicidal charge against overwhelming enemies. They built him up til he had no choice. The highest scoring german tanker got it on the last day. Now the highest scoring fighter ace probably fought past the deadline and came out on top Eric Hartman. Germany wasted their best guys, they should have been training new guys. It's kind of morbid but it's interesting when they dig up battlefields up to a thousand years old. I saw one recently from the oregon trail found lots of buttons and 2 gold coins, I love gold! Whats really cool is perfectly preserved uniforms and guns, swords, stuff like that.
143 - 150 m distance from da Canadian position to Wittmans tank n 903m from British position to Wittmans plus Wittmans tank was below the highline from the British position would strongly imply from all forensic evidence shown that the Canadians did indeed knock out Wittmans tiger. The Canadians Sherman's even without a firefly at the close distance that they were to Wittmans tiger could easily take out a tiger tank. A good doco with fabulous overhead n ground level views. Well done the presenters n well done the Canadians. Sorry raf typhoons n British tankers. Now YOU need to present as compelling forensic evidence as this doco to dispute this doco. Look forward to seeing it otherwise the facts of this very good doco stand - Canadians took out Wittmans tiger n not the raf typhoons or british tanks.
44:24. Yeah ok. We know who was in charge of Germany. He fought for his nation and was a professional soldier. He was not evil, he was a tool of evil. So were the British. So were the Americans at various points in our nations history. We get it.
@@MrfraniczFranciz If you want to know what I mean by "fact", refer to a dictionary. I am using the word correctly. I repeat : Michael Wittman was never called the "Black Baron" during his life. You will not find it in any WW2 document. This video is not a reliable historical documentary because it believes and repeats fake material like "black baron".
@@MrfraniczFranciz You're lying. I do listen. I read every word that you write, and I think about it. Now, if you want to "win" this back-and-forth, it's easy. Refer me to a World War Two document that says "Black baron". You must have seen that, yes? Because you are SO sure about this. Tell us what convinced you.
Pathetic, come on really? People actually peacocking saying they killed Wittmann is pointless... Just because you killed Wittmann doesn't mean you a milligram of his talent and skill. Just know he was a better tank commander than all of you.
I'm not subbed to them but watched 2 videos and then the black baron Hitler's secret weapon autoplayed. My first tank channel that led me here is ConeOfArc.
I think your wrong...i know those rockets look impressive and certainly terrorized people but they were mostly fuel with a small warhead and no shrapnel
@@samsungtap4183 why would you use shrapnel against armor they already had shaped charges back then the rocket on the typhoon was basically a big panzerfaust If you hit the tiger on the top from the side or the back he is done for
@@010Jordi after the battle of Normandi, battle field analysis showed that very few vehicle's had been knocked out by these rockets and those that were were soft skinned but what they did find was many vehicles abandoned,so they had a desired effect if not the one everyone seems to think
Nice fantasy, but it's completely unfounded. Very, very few tanks were ever destroyed by aircraft fire, rockets or bombs. They simply were not accurate enough.
@@010Jordi Rockets fired from aircraft in WWII are hopelessly inaccurate and more in the range of area-fired munitions. You really need to do more reading and less fantasizing.
One of his successful gunners was Balthasar Woll or also called "Bobby Woll". He was the only tank gunner of the Waffen SS awarded with the Iron Cross. He was not part of the tank crew that day (08th August 1944) Michael Wittmann died.
i dont get it he was the tank commander the guy doing the aiming and shooting is the gunner he should be the hero, not the commander, the commander just tell the driver where to go and the gunner at what general direction the target is at to aim
does not work that way it is a team work but Wittmann lost his gunner and that probably played big part in his demise ....Balthasar Woll was in a hospital wounded ......he could anticipate Witmann's next order and had the gun already traced there
One of his successful gunners was Balthasar Woll or also called "Bobby Woll". He was the only tank gunner of the Waffen SS awarded with the Iron Cross. He was not part of the tank crew that day (08th August 1944) Michael Wittmann died.
I think Nick Moran got so sick of Tiger fanbois, rightly so, that he became so pro Sherman that he is willing to ignore the testimony of the Uk/Can tankers around Caen, complains about 75mm shells bouncing, then having their driver and loaders heads cut off by a 88mm. He is right about production, transport, not often meeting armor. But when they did hit a big cat, a 75mm Sherman was obviously completely inferior.
He died a hero serving his country and had a very successful war record. He is in the history books and we're talking about him 70 years after he died. In 2090 will anyone utter your name?
Nice video showing how totalitarian authorities including Nazism regime..using youths whom haven't widely rages of enlightened abilities during aggression, exaggerated racial or religion thought making them human wolves...superior talent in killing is not Bravely scales...but Bravery is :defined of humanity righteous and civilised status and self right& owners people's right front tyranny power...Canadian super Sherman tanks type ...behind wall ..directed its Artillery shell( main gun) and explosives black baron tiger tank from posterior
He like all of them, fought for their country.
"History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon".---Napoleon Bonaparte
Of course he would say that as his version of waterloo has become standard fare....thats the version where he blames everyone and everything except himself
wrong, he was fighting for his fuhrer... in someone-elses country which he thought one day would become a part of his own.....
@@Decybello that part of France was already part of Germany. Pick up a history book.
@@samsungtap4183 that doesn't disprove the point he was making though. Your reply is moot at best, blind ignorance at worst.
Dude they fight for the people to the left and right of them. That's how war has always been. Unless you are defending from some sorta seige.
I watched this documentary a while ago on another channel, and I always thought that this is the best forensic battlefield video that I have seen. It was very thorough, interesting and definitive. The Canadians rightfully should receive credit for killing the Black Baron.
@Finnish bear What is it they crave? Maple syrup?
@@jbuckley2546 Excuse me, I suggest you don’t shove stereotypes down our throats thank you very much.
Based on what ? Seems it was an allied effort not just American tanks driven by Canadians.
He was never called "Black Baron" during the war. What's the point of inventing stupid names? History is the study of what DID happen, and this name didn't happen.
Great battlefield detective work, great video. I believe on the evidence presented that you are right, the Canadians knocked his tank out, killing him & his crew in the process.
Love it!! Always great detail and effort in these documentaries
I read somewhere that the Sherbrooke Fusiliers were engaged in heavy action after this encounter and suffered major casualties. I rather suspect that whoever it was in the Sherbrooke Fusiliers that fired the fatal shot(s) that killed Michael Wittmann did not survive the war and this was also part of the reason it took so long for people to figure out who must have fired the shots.
@Hoa Tattis Watch the video again. At 11:12, Sgt. Joe Ekins of the 1st Northamptonshire Yeomanry starts talking about knocking out three Tiger tanks from the far side of where the group of Tiger tanks were. As the video documentary goes on to show, none of these three Tigers were the one that was Wittman's tank.
At 38:26, Radley Walters, a Retired General and survivor of the Sherbrooke Fusiliers, talks about the remainder of Wittmann's group of Tigers coming down the road (they were on the OTHER side of the group of Tigers that Joe Ekins was shooting at and were not visible to him because of the slope of the terrain). It was this group of Sherman tanks, closest to Wittmann's tank, that knocked his tank out and killed him. Walters specifically says "other people from my squad fired at them", but never says who exactly. He probably didn't know, given the nature of combat and the fact that nobody knew that it was Wittmann's tank they had blown up. I don't remember where I read this, but I do recall that the Sherbrooke Fusiliers not long after suffered heavy casualties in combat, and it is likely that whoever fired the shots that killed Wittmann did not survive that action. Or, if they did, they have since died well before all this interest in what happened with Wittmann came to light. And so the exact tank and gunner who killed Michael Wittmann has been lost to history, but this documentary pretty much proves that it was somebody from the Sherbrooke Fusiliers.
@@gandalfgreyhame3425 Canadian propaganda
The thing that caught my eye was the survey equipment. I use the same equipment this surveyor had but for one item. The Leica Total Station had a GPS Antenna 📡 which made it into smart station. The funky prism is identical to the one I use. Here in Canda that equipment would be 40 to.50 thousand dollars.
Fortunate that ambush was so well set up; ace or not he and his group needed to go ASAP.
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In German, “W” is provinces as a “V” so in German whenever you see W, say it with a V sound , Wittmann is said “Vittmann”
Leave the politics out!
Wittman was called up he served the fatherland did his duty and was killed in action just like any other soldier.
The last words gets it to the very point. Thanks.
Yeah right….says the British dude from the Empire, without the smallest understanding of his irony.
It all boils down to perspective. To the ground soldier, they thought they were building a ‘fortress Europe’ to fight against communism, and they ended up being right at least on that point.
He was a professional soldier who fought for his country in a time of war. He committed no acts of war crimes or he would’ve been accused of them without a doubt.
British dude can kick rocks. And look into a mirror. ‘Anybody that can go into a country that is not theirs is a criminal.’
He didn’t even blink at the irony of what he said! I literally laughed out loud!!😂
@@mamavswild Do tell ? 🚽
Thanks for the video
I was taught it was a tag team effort between Canadian pilots driving him to the ground where Australian ground forces lit him up.
Go Commonwealth forces, secret weapon of WW1.
Who you talking about , Richtoven?
@@guaporeturns9472 oh I just realized it says "black" baron! A doy! Ironically, I think Canada played a role in his death too.
@@MaskOfAgamemnon And the Poles and Brits ;)
@@MaskOfAgamemnon though that was it.Im not sure about Canadian involvement in Whittmans death but I love Rush. 😂😂😂😂😂😂 ( cracking myself up)
@@chomik86 Indeed, teamwork all the way. I think everyone can agree the Poles really punched above their weight class in every campaign.
excellent insight
This is the third time that I have watched this video. What an excellent scientific and scholarly annalsys
You are a gem
He said technically the ideal range is 2" Bahahahahahahaha, gotta love these old guys, thank God for them and there courage.
Which god? There's over 320 million gods.
Well done.
Just the best
Red Baron in WWI, Black Baron in WWII, well played Canada, well played.
Richtofen was killed by an Aussie firing from the ground.
@@charlesfaure1189 No he wasn't, as much as you wish he was.
@@charlesfaure1189 Cedric Popkin right?
As claimed by Canadians. No one knows what actually happened.
Wittman was not called the "Black Baron" so it's not played at all.
What mystery? I got as far as 11:11 and the answer is right there. Joe Ekins killed Wittmann in a modified Sherman tank retrofitted with a 76.2 mm British '17 pounder' anti tank gun dubbed firefly's due to the tremendous plum of fire produced when fired. At night the flash of fire would temporarily blind anyone who did not close their eyes when it went off. Mystery solved, tank gunner Joe Ekins destroyed four tanks on 8 August 1944 near St. Aignan de Cramesnil, France, including the Tiger commanded by Michael Wittmann.
In 1985 after much research comparing battle reports, Les Taylor former member of the 1st Northamptonshire Yeomanry, stated Ekins was responsible for destroying Wittmann's tank. Ken Tout, also a member of the 1st Northamptonshire Yeomanry, credited Ekins. Other historians have also asserted Ekins fired the fatal round.
Probably the firefly Sherman.
The Canadians love the Barons!!
The greatest threat to German armor on Western front from lead up to D-Day til VE Day was the anti-armor rockets designed and deployed by the RAF. Almost exclusively carried by the Typhoons. Not a well known fact.
Tempests, RAF Thunderbolts , Mosquitoes also carried the rockets.
Heck my grandfather flew as a mercenary fighter pilot and squadron leader for the Allied powers on the western front and bought pretty much 1 of every allied ww2 planes
@Hoa Tattis well here is the thing, the Flying tigers squadron, was a military sponsored mercenary fighter squadron, that was in secret a regular usaaf, usmc and us navy unit.
My grandfather founded his unit with permission from FDR, and was a special operations unit in the President's black book of secret
@Hoa Tattis unfortunately wrong on command, they operated underneath the same command system as the RAF Eagle squadrons which were still us military personnel and were still flying combat way before December 7th 1941. Fara's great great granddaughter revealed that fdr was actually sending us military personnel and equipment to the battle front , while maintaining a neutral front
@Hoa Tattis FDR, Churchill had a lot of fighter squadrons in secret service and with modified airframes and advanced weapons that are still classified as above top secret
@Hoa Tattis ok so veterans like Texas hill were wrong about their service records and all that
This is my theory. A combination of rocket firing Typhoons and tank fire from the Sherbrookes on Wittmans flank.
Typhoon pilots roving around looking for targets would strike already destroyed or disabled tanks repeatedly.
It is my belief that a Sherbrooke firefly hit Witmann from point blank range. 50 yds or so. on his left side. He couldn’t miss.
The aircraft theory is not supported by any action reports from the units involved
It was Sherman 75
The chance of hitting a lone tank with a Typhoon rocket was one in fifty, as determined by British tests under ideal conditions.
I doubt it was a Typhoon. None of the allied tankers present that day mention Typhoons and I'm pretty sure they'd remember. Also, a Typhoon firing rockets...known to not be the most accurrate...so close to Allied tanks was probably frowned upon. I think it was a Canadian Sherman that knocked out Tiger 007.
Nonsense. You're posting nonsense. A Typhoon firing a rocket at a tank had a TWO PER CENT chance of hitting it. What you are describing, could not happen.
Michael Wittman was NOT the top german tank ace....
Kurt Knispel was...
Knipsels story is 99 % made up by a guy named Kurowski, he wrote lots of nonsense, he is notorious among German veterans for writing ww2 fluff and fantasy stories th-cam.com/video/huPttlPVvEE/w-d-xo.html, Wittman however was the real deal.
One was a commander, the other was a gunner. So you can't compare them. In fact we are entitled to ask you: who gets the credit for a hit?
Great 👍
If it only got hit in the engine compartment then why did none of the crew get out? it must of been hit elsewhere. It is possible the tigers were hit from both direction at the same time.
It was stated that the fuel tank and the ammo is stored by the engine, igniting both the ammo & fuel. @40:37
Good dokumentary ,but i thought that ,, Kurt Knispel"was the tank ace Number one
Knispel was a gunner, Wittman was a commander. You cannot compare them. It's like rating cyclists versus race cars.
The great Michael Wittmann.... He was the one man army.
To second a previous motion . . . in German the W is pronounced like a "V" . . . "Vittmann" :) Great analysis of this controversy.
Whittman is actually pronounced "Naziscum"...
@@meatballs2849 And you’re pronounce dumas
In the end it is mentionned that 100,000 lives has been lost during the battle of Normandy. Of which 50,000 German soldiers. Why refer to 50,000 dead German soldiers and not mentionning the other 50,000 deads?
Technically, Whitman’s commander was mostly responsible for his death, because they sent these men out for a counter attack without the usual reconnaissance, and the enemy was waiting for them, if they did the reconnaissance, they would have possibly seen the ambush being set up, and most likely, Whitman would have come up with a battle plan that could ruined the Allie’s plans.
unfortunately Germany wasted many of its talented people. it's so sad seeing human being waging war.
the only one who could killed Wittmann is Wittmann self
Canadian & British effort , 4 wary Tiger I , completely destroyed , good for them . The 88's AT/AA Gun was a very dangerous German , adversary .
No contraversy at all, 2nd Northampronshire Yeomanry, it was recorded in their war diary and witnessed by multiple observers. Every serious historian excepts this claim. The Canadian claim is pure speculation with no documentation.
Yet another British brag taking credit for commonwealth country actions that was found hollow. You weren't watching the facts presented, and did you mean to say "accepts" instead of "excepts" ? After all it's your language billy.
@@TheShedadiah Not bragging just pointing out the TRUTH, documented fact Vs one man's fantasy to promote his book! For the record I am American, just read a lot on the topic unlike you.
@@TheShedadiah neither were you but you defuses love propaganda
Too bad Hollywood have not made a movie about the Black Baron. Yul Brynner would have fitted the role of Michael Wittman. They kinda have some resemblance to one another.
Wittman was never called the Black Baron during WW2. So, yes, I expect Hollywood will make up some false nonsense about him some day.
Rip Jie Ekins 2012
*Wittmann the Legendary shown to the World, what is called Bravery Bravery & Bravery*
The brave guys were the poor sods facing a Tiger in a Sherman half the size!
@@billballbuster7186 *Sherman dying helping you to comment Today*
"A bunch of english soldiers got drunk and burned it down", i'm SHOCKED the brits would do such a thing lol
Ok i’ll hold my hands up, “ It was me “. 🤘🤘🤘
This is what happens when you drive in the open like a Muppet. Ernie, Bert, Rizzo the Rat and The Swedish Chef... GG
The gunners nature call came at the worst moment lol
well you can say a lot about him, but he lacked tactical insight. situation: a large open area, no reconnaissance carried out, no artillery support. just go blindly forward. so a little perspective does not hurt.
Leading a column of precious tanks into an ambush doesn't to be the kind of thing an experienced combat leader would do. Perhaps he made the mistake of believing his own legend and became overconfident?
Of coarse he should have had a meeting, a tactical meeting and discussed the situation, get few recognizance reports and then, only then call in his none existing airforce. .....of course if he had any tactical insight he would have been back on his farm
Gunner Etkins got the kills. 17 pounder at 900m is a penetration at any angle
This has been covered before on other docs. The Canadians have the best case, supposedly.
If i remember Witmann's units was ambushed by a bunch of Sherman fireflies of the Sherbrooke fusiliers right?
@@mariacorazondevelos7178 so what ? Don’t mean they killed Whittman
@@austinmartin5446 dude i'm just saying Whitmann was ambushed by the Sherbooke fusiliers i didn't say the Canucks killed him
Not quite 150 meters, and in the rear? Nice shooting.
I think it was the typhoon. None of the Canadians claimed they killed it. But there happens to be a massively powerful rocket fragment right at the same spot…
They should of said Michael Whitman and his crew . He wasn’t a octopus that did everything in the rank
HERO !
With a little GIS work this could have been much more interesting!
All I know is that the Germans were up against better trained tank crews compared to the Russians. Did the Canadians have a firelfy? It also appears that the British fired fist. What was the visibility of the Canadian tanks through the wall?
Dulls: I must not tell you rhe visibility through the wall. That's still top secret.
@@geezergeezer1 Ha.
It was a stupid and ridiculous charge by the 5 tigers. To go ahead without any reconnoiter as was customary is ridiculous but I suspect he was ordered to do so by the highly overrated 'panzermeyer', who was in command of the 12ss and Wittmann was subordinate to him. Canadians were the tank killers. Hopefully, this video can put that to sleep now, as the Brit gunner seems to get all the credit...forget his name.
I mean fair play to the Brit, if he helped kill 3 Tigers, that's impressive.
@@Senaleb Indeed, but Canadians have enough glory stolen by other countries especially the US. So who cares about that?
If Mathias in a small civilian aircraft landed in Moscow ...A Tiger I driven by Wittmann with a Ju 87 Stuka flown by Rudel and a Bf109 G6 flown by Hartmann could probably reach Vladivostock and the Pacific Ocean
Kurt Knispel had more kills than Wittmann
Knispel was a gunner, Wittman was a commander. Can't compare them.
Whitman was taken out by a rival ss officer that was competing for hitters love and respect
American pilots in the Pacific used that type of communication device .
WW2 was Man vs. Evil and Man lost
Unfortunately your opening line is a lie. He is number 3 on highest scoring tank aces.
In what actions was Wittmann in between Villers Bocage in June and the battle in August in which he died?
These here are no real soldiers but actors. Poor doku
Wrong title because he wasn´t the deadliest of Hitlers tank aces (Kurt Knispel was) but he was defeniately one of SS deadliest tank aces.
Who cares???? War is a terrible thing . A man like that is going to die, he'll fight to the death, way out numbered and go into a suicidal charge against overwhelming enemies. They built him up til he had no choice. The highest scoring german tanker got it on the last day. Now the highest scoring fighter ace probably fought past the deadline and came out on top Eric Hartman. Germany wasted their best guys, they should have been training new guys. It's kind of morbid but it's interesting when they dig up battlefields up to a thousand years old. I saw one recently from the oregon trail found lots of buttons and 2 gold coins, I love gold! Whats really cool is perfectly preserved uniforms and guns, swords, stuff like that.
i pray for all of the people on both sides jesus is coming
Rip wittman
His name is pronounced Vitman.
143 - 150 m distance from da Canadian position to Wittmans tank n 903m from British position to Wittmans plus Wittmans tank was below the highline from the British position would strongly imply from all forensic evidence shown that the Canadians did indeed knock out Wittmans tiger. The Canadians Sherman's even without a firefly at the close distance that they were to Wittmans tiger could easily take out a tiger tank. A good doco with fabulous overhead n ground level views. Well done the presenters n well done the Canadians. Sorry raf typhoons n British tankers. Now YOU need to present as compelling forensic evidence as this doco to dispute this doco. Look forward to seeing it otherwise the facts of this very good doco stand - Canadians took out Wittmans tiger n not the raf typhoons or british tanks.
Nope
Glad America is contributing to human evolution.
are you sure?
he was really skilled
44:24. Yeah ok. We know who was in charge of Germany. He fought for his nation and was a professional soldier.
He was not evil, he was a tool of evil.
So were the British. So were the Americans at various points in our nations history. We get it.
yeah must be a typhoon
but may be a brit
Wittman was never called "Black Baron". A video using that name cannot be trusted to stick to the facts.
😂 ww2 black baron go look for it u don't know your own history what facts what u mean by facts
@@MrfraniczFranciz
If you want to know what I mean by "fact", refer to a dictionary. I am using the word correctly.
I repeat : Michael Wittman was never called the "Black Baron" during his life. You will not find it in any WW2 document.
This video is not a reliable historical documentary because it believes and repeats fake material like "black baron".
@@daveybyrden3936 u don't want to listen
@@daveybyrden3936 go look it up
@@MrfraniczFranciz You're lying. I do listen. I read every word that you write, and I think about it.
Now, if you want to "win" this back-and-forth, it's easy. Refer me to a World War Two document that says "Black baron".
You must have seen that, yes? Because you are SO sure about this. Tell us what convinced you.
Is that Pete Townsend's dad in this video?
sorry for his mrs an family, but he got hit, don't matter who got'im. he couldn't command then and lengthen the battle.
Private Alex .
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Pathetic, come on really? People actually peacocking saying they killed Wittmann is pointless... Just because you killed Wittmann doesn't mean you a milligram of his talent and skill.
Just know he was a better tank commander than all of you.
（I’ve never seen anyone do it better
Who's here from world of tanks?
I'm not subbed to them but watched 2 videos and then the black baron Hitler's secret weapon autoplayed. My first tank channel that led me here is ConeOfArc.
But what gun did the Canadian tanks have?
@Nihil Patel very few fireflies were in action
A 75mm, outclassed by that time.
44:09
He got destroyed by a tyfoon just like 90% of all the tigers on the western front
I think your wrong...i know those rockets look impressive and certainly terrorized people but they were mostly fuel with a small warhead and no shrapnel
@@samsungtap4183 why would you use shrapnel against armor they already had shaped charges back then the rocket on the typhoon was basically a big panzerfaust If you hit the tiger on the top from the side or the back he is done for
@@010Jordi after the battle of Normandi, battle field analysis showed that very few vehicle's had been knocked out by these rockets and those that were were soft skinned but what they did find was many vehicles abandoned,so they had a desired effect if not the one everyone seems to think
Nice fantasy, but it's completely unfounded. Very, very few tanks were ever destroyed by aircraft fire, rockets or bombs. They simply were not accurate enough.
@@010Jordi Rockets fired from aircraft in WWII are hopelessly inaccurate and more in the range of area-fired munitions. You really need to do more reading and less fantasizing.
Leibstandarte not Liebstandarte
agree it was a suicide run
Not exactly, he had other runs that could be considered a suicide run. You should watch the other video about him on this channel.
* He Was The Commander, Not The GUNNER ? * Who ? Was the GUNNER ??? Would Have Been Better Off, With King Tiger ? Instead ?
One of his successful gunners was Balthasar Woll or also called "Bobby Woll". He was the only tank gunner of the Waffen SS awarded with the Iron Cross.
He was not part of the tank crew that day (08th August 1944) Michael Wittmann died.
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Me on war thunder.
Angrr
i dont get it he was the tank commander the guy doing the aiming and shooting is the gunner he should be the hero, not the commander, the commander just tell the driver where to go and the gunner at what general direction the target is at to aim
does not work that way it is a team work but Wittmann lost his gunner and that probably played big part in his demise ....Balthasar Woll was in a hospital wounded ......he could anticipate Witmann's next order and had the gun already traced there
One of his successful gunners was Balthasar Woll or also called "Bobby Woll". He was the only tank gunner of the Waffen SS awarded with the Iron Cross.
He was not part of the tank crew that day (08th August 1944) Michael Wittmann died.
I think Nick Moran got so sick of Tiger fanbois, rightly so, that he became so pro Sherman that he is willing to ignore the testimony of the Uk/Can tankers around Caen, complains about 75mm shells bouncing, then having their driver and loaders heads cut off by a 88mm.
He is right about production, transport, not often meeting armor. But when they did hit a big cat, a 75mm Sherman was obviously completely inferior.
German engineering is obviously ahead of it’s time in the 30s-40s
Canadian glory hunter
What tripe.
The “Black Baron”?
What?
Wasn’t he a friend of Captain America in the comics.
GERMANY
Gif it's a tiger run away !!
The fire fly had no armour so they continued cooking tommies ha ha !
Is this the guy portrayed in the russian tank movie t-34
o7
* ON THE WRONG END OF HISTORY !
He died a hero serving his country and had a very successful war record. He is in the history books and we're talking about him 70 years after he died. In 2090 will anyone utter your name?
Nice video showing how totalitarian authorities including Nazism regime..using youths whom haven't widely rages of enlightened abilities during aggression, exaggerated racial or religion thought making them human wolves...superior talent in killing is not Bravely scales...but Bravery is :defined of humanity righteous and civilised status and self right& owners people's right front tyranny power...Canadian super Sherman tanks type ...behind wall ..directed its Artillery shell( main gun) and explosives black baron tiger tank from posterior
45:41