I recall reading that after losing a battle in North Africa, a German officer`s explanation was `We ran out of shells before the Americans ran out of tanks`. That pretty much sums it up.
Ernst Barkmann and his crew was credited with the destruction of at least 82 Soviet, British and US tanks, 136 miscellaneous armoured fighting vehicles and 43 anti-tank guns.
My Dad was a combat engineer with the 12th Armored and fought as infantry in the battle for Herrlisheim. He'd ran a night patrol over the ground the 66th AIB were to attack over the following day. He said the area they scouted supposedly was lightly defended, but he found it to be the opposite. The unit attacked despite his report and the 66th battalion was virtually wiped out in the flat open plains they had to advance across. During one part of the battle Dad was watching American tanks advance over those same open fields when they started exploding from 88 antitank gun hits. He said they were just trapped out in the wide open and after more than a dozen tanks had been hit that some of the crews abandoned their working tanks because to not do so would have resulted in their deaths when the tank got hit. He said the Germans toasted around 25 tanks.
Of Note: Autograph Collectors had to wait to 8.8.1988 to get his autograph, He waited till then to send them all out he had collected the requests over the years.
I knew Haupsturmführer Bachmann personally, and had many conversations with him during SS Veterans meetings over the years. He described this action in great detail to me, and he said it in no way reflects on the fighting power of a US Armored unit, but rather a poorly led one. Bachmann came up through the ranks as an Enlisted man, then NCO, and he knew his way around the battlefield. Er hat viel "Soldatenglück"
My father, Captain Sam J Dwyer Jr. led the attack on Herlisheim on the 16th of January 1945. 43rd Tank Battalion, Combat Command B, B company. Most of the Shermans were destroyed. My father was wounded and captured. Good video and explanation.
I am not condoning the actions of the American officer who surrendered, but without knowing the conditions, the extent of his situational awareness, and the condition of his men, it is impossible to judge fairly what he did. Some below said he should have been court marshaled. Perhaps, but perhaps not. Having been in the Army, first as a combat engineer, then later as a cavalry and armor officer, I have seen the effects of weather, fatigue, poor situational awareness, etc. on people. In particular, fatigue can make a person make poor decisions. Also, we don't know if he had any communications with other friendly units. If he was briefed that large enemy forces were going to attack his unit, and if he was unable to contact any nearby friendly units or higher headquarters, he may have though he was surrounded. We also don't know the extent of the casualties his unit sustained in the days leading up to the attack. There are many possibilities. Again, I am not condoning the surrender, but without a full picture of what the commander was dealing with, we cannot fairly judge. It's possible that he mad a bad call. It is possible that he was worn out. It is possible that he fought well previously but was ill informed. There are too many possibilities to say for sure what the real deal was.
My Uncle was there. He kept a detailed diary of his time with the 10th SS Panzer Division Fundsberg - Nachschub-Truppen as a cook/truck driver. The following is from his translated diary entry...... As it happened, on Jan. 14, ’45 everything was loaded up for our departure from Rheinbach. Leaving from there was particularly difficult for us. Our route was via Bonn, Cologne, Kassel, at which point we were turning in a south westerly direction. Finally, at Fulda in Steinbach, everything had to be unloaded again. From there we were heading towards the Elsaβ bridgehead (Gambsheim Bridgehead), where we were facing heavy enemy fire on the ground, as well as attacks from the air. Action on the bridgehead was extremely dangerous, because the drivers were targeted and under constant fire, as the enemy attempted to cut off or disrupt the supply lines coming across the Rhine.
Enemy or not ,one great Germanic warrior. I am glad he lived a long life. Pure soldier and warrior. Every army has some incredible warriors and are the best of the best.
Love these time capsules from Mark. Very nicely done. Being an American combat Veteran from a different war, married to a German, living in Germany and hearing both sides, it's nice to hear the humanistic side of very intelligent soldiers of the German Army. They weren't all crazy fanatical people. Just doing what was ordered.
He got in his Panther tank and the order came through. “Bachmann! Turn her over. Drive!” Bachmann replied, “I’m taking care of business. You ain’t seen nothing yet”.
The SAS motto: _"Who dares, Wins"_applies to Bachman's bold action to singlehandely recon an enemy position, and get within 30 meters of US lines and take out a Sherman. Now that's leadership that inspires the men under his command. The US officer who surrendered? Not so much. To cut him some slack, he was probably inexperienced, and like most allied troops, were not to keen to be the last soldier to die in a war that was almost over. Still, a career killer for him.
Don't need to be biased to know the genocidal maniacs with a hard on for "overpowered" but mechanically garbage war toys were gonna lose and be happy about it
Yes, excellent! I can’t understand why Hollywood can’t get it right. I’ve heard so many interviews from US veterans that had the utmost respect for their counterparts in the Wehrmacht and the recent anniversaries have shown the friendship & camaraderie that has grown between once bitter enemies. Countless lives were devastated on all sides. It’s a shame they can’t all be treated with equal respect. Great video Mark!
Mark's first video was uploaded just over 2 years ago and in that time he's almost reached 500k subs, thats insane for a homegrown, independent channel. Keep doing what you do Mr. Felton.
jltaco85 They were destined to fight the commies. I wonder what Stalin though about this? Germans having a non lend lease version of the Sherman’s meanwhile he’s getting whatever leftovers the US didn’t need.
Must have made some ruskies very surprised on the eastern front in 45. "Hey Yuri, look! I think I see some Amerikanski Sherman tanks over there." "What? I didn't know we still had any of those!" "Njet. These have the fascist swastika painted on them!"
Mein Gott, out of war, misery, hardship and brutality steps a hero. This man was not lucky, he chose his luck, wow, what a tremendous feat and a proud soldier. Great story Mark, that is a guy you want to be on the same side with. Respect.
8:36 shell hole into the driver side and one in the turret.. Imagine being the crew in that tank and the driver just explodes into pieces and showers you with blood and viscera.. They talk about knocking out tanks, but it mostly involves turning the crew into minced meat.. Horrifying..
Erwin Bachmann was a real badass. Excellent video as always Mark! Thank you for your contribution to remembering history in a neutral light so that we can make our own conclusions on what took place. Love your channel!
Hello Mark, for me as a German its really a pleasure to see in what way your information about historic events are full of respect and honour for the old counterparts. Here in Germany we are forced to spit on the graves of our grandfathers of course today we know they where believing to the wrong leaders but its a shame that in whole germany isnt a place or a day to remember those fallen man. The most strange I ever seen was in 2019 for the remember of D-Day that a german female speaker of a tv station congratulate an old GI to kill so many Germans. She should try this in US I guess.... So thank you a lot for your informations and thanks a lot to all respectfull comments from Americans I can read here under your videos.
Although it's tough to listen to allied defeats, it's a necessary component in the telling of competent and factual history which is something I very much enjoy.
By overlooking or simply denying the competence of your past adversaries diminishes the accomplishments of your own men who won the war. Some of these Hollywood or Russian movies are just bad sportsmanship... Every time I watch them I´m like "yeah, I wonder why the war lasted 6 years if our (great-)granddads were that stupid..."
An amazing story. The 10th SS Panzer Division, along with the 9th SS Panzer Division, were instrumental in defeating the Anglo-American Operation Market-Garden in Holland, September 1944.
My Dad was a combat engineer with the 12th Armored at Herrlisheim. Of course as a sergeant he wasn't privy to the big picture, but he saw a lot of unpleasant things. His platoon fought as infantry beside the armored infantry battalions. He was lightly wounded mid January. From listening to him it sounded like the 12th pretty much got it's ass kicked....but continued to hang in there and eventually prevailed along with other divisions. Dad especially recalled a division of Americans he called the Texas Division........said they were top notch and his platoon was saved one night on the line when they hadn't gotten the word to pull back like the units to their flanks. Dad's Lieutenant got killed and he took over the platoon and when he discovered no friendlies were on their flanks he ordered a pull back....just as the Germans launched their attack. He said they lost two men pulling back and the Germans were hot on their heels. Suddenly he heard American voices and realized he'd just run up on top of an American dugout. Dad's guys jumped in the fighting holes with these guys from the Texas Division and the Texans put a halt to that German attack.
That will never happen. No one would make a film where the Americans or the Allies are shown as the looses or to be cowards. War winners right history to their favor, so you will never see the Americans getting their asses shot off
Damn you, Mark Felton! I cannot watch just one of your videos. If I watch one I am on the Felton train for at least 2 hours. Great job! Thank you for the history.
EXCELLENT video, and so timely, for the 75th anniversary of the "Battle of the Bulge". I had an Uncle (now passed away) who lost one leg in the fight. Thanks so very much!!!
Probably if you search the German part of the internet. Though I wouldn't be surprised if he remained silent on this. Modern day German media doesn't give much fucks about such moments of their history.
Try "Panzerkampf im Bild" by Will Fey, not sure if there is an English version. Also there is a online: www.stengerhistorica.com/History/WarArchive/SpecialStudies/Frundsberg/Organization_and_Training_Page_1.htm
TheIzroda true but that’s because they were seen as failures by the German people. They were fighting to protect there homeland and failed even though it wasn’t there fault. If you do some digging they were even treated just as bad as the enemy was. So unless some American or British tv show interviewed him there wouldn’t be any from the German side. In fact it’s hard to find anything from ww2 coming from Germany as a lot of it they aren’t allowed to have or say. Ie the swastika or even furher or hitler isn’t allowed to be mentioned.
Once again Mr. Felton you have done and delivered yet another amazing and most informative presentation. I commend you on your brilliant and expectational work, please do keep it up.
Retreating would have taken a little bit to set up considering they had dug in with MGs and were stationing tanks there. And even if they were able to retreat, the Panthers severely outranged the Shermans, so they would be taking fire well after leaving the town. As for not blowing up the tanks, the officer probably didn't think to do that. Mind you, he also had 12 able Shermans that could fight the 2 unsupported Panthers.
Jacob Smith The superb gunnery and coordination of the panthers might’ve intimidated the American officer to surrender his men and his men probably didn’t dare to disobey a direct order from their commanding officer so had no time to disable the tanks. Also if they had disabled them, most of the tank crews risked being shot in retaliation. Don’t get me wrong, they shouldn’t have surrendered since they numerically superior but this type of stuff happens in the hectic and hazy reality of combat.
Bachmann had quite a time in the Ardennes. Fog of war can get you a Knight's Cross or it can get you and your 70 men taken prisoner with your tanks put under new mgmt.
Hello Mark, as a German only a small correction: At the very beginning of the video -> "Wacht am Rhein" is better translated with "Guarding on the Rhine", as the german word "wachen" means "to guard" in English. Great videos and keep it up!
Thank you for covering this lesser known battle of WW2. My grandfather fought in Operation Northwind and from what I understand saw his first combat when the germans advanced on Phalsbourg. Very interesting stuff.
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Had he not been a German there would have been at least a couple of movies about him.
The hollywood take on this would be: Two Shermans vs 100 Panthers and 1000 SS commandos.
So that's why the Germans lost the battle of the bulge. Bachmann was fighting in the wrong offensive
When Bachmann had to retreat after his ballsy panzerfaust attack, he said "I'll be Bach", and so he did, with two Panthers.
Lol🤣
I recall reading that after losing a battle in North Africa, a German officer`s explanation was `We ran out of shells before the Americans ran out of tanks`.
That pretty much sums it up.
Yeah the Sherman tank wasn't a good tank. They were cheap and easy to make compared to the superior German tanks though.
I believe it was an anti-tank crew in Italy, not in North Africa. Whether it's a myth or not, it's probably based in part on some truth..
When I hear Mark’s intro music, I know I’m in for a treat.
Maps, clocks, toys, but with what will i fight?
Hey that's the German guy from Battle of the Bulge!
Ditto.
German Sherman has certain poetic ring to it.
Hermann the German Sherman
GerSher ManMan
It almost feels more invincible instantly
The American soldiers did not know that lend-lease program did not include Germany
Can we agree that each side both axis and allies had they're fair share of madlads?
Ernst Barkmann and his crew was credited with the destruction of at least 82
Soviet, British and US tanks, 136 miscellaneous armoured fighting
vehicles and 43 anti-tank guns.
My Dad was a combat engineer with the 12th Armored and fought as infantry in the battle for Herrlisheim. He'd ran a night patrol over the ground the 66th AIB were to attack over the following day. He said the area they scouted supposedly was lightly defended, but he found it to be the opposite. The unit attacked despite his report and the 66th battalion was virtually wiped out in the flat open plains they had to advance across. During one part of the battle Dad was watching American tanks advance over those same open fields when they started exploding from 88 antitank gun hits. He said they were just trapped out in the wide open and after more than a dozen tanks had been hit that some of the crews abandoned their working tanks because to not do so would have resulted in their deaths when the tank got hit. He said the Germans toasted around 25 tanks.
"Died at 88"
Panzerlied intesifies.
this cpmment with 131 likes. the number of the last working tiger tank.
Of Note: Autograph Collectors had to wait to 8.8.1988 to get his autograph, He waited till then to send them all out he had collected the requests over the years.
Sherman spots Panther!
Sherman: TIGER!
*Sad panther noises*
Panther: *sigh* I wish....OK HANDS UP!"
Shermans: *hands up, one holding toilet paper*
I was just ready to go to sleep, but this title wont let me.
Same
Haha same
Glad my bed time is still some hours off, it will take me an hour or so to calm down, those cowardly Yanks really tick me off.
11 minutes past midnight 💤😩damm
I don't need sleep, I need answers
As an American I just have to say that Bachman had a pair of seriously big brass ones! Thanks Mark
Another snippet of History I had never heard of before.
So thank you, Mark Felton.
I knew Haupsturmführer Bachmann personally, and had many conversations with him during SS Veterans meetings over the years. He described this action in great detail to me, and he said it in no way reflects on the fighting power of a US Armored unit, but rather a poorly led one. Bachmann came up through the ranks as an Enlisted man, then NCO, and he knew his way around the battlefield. Er hat viel "Soldatenglück"
Did he describe why the american commander surrendered so quickly?
Wow, if Bachmann was still alive, he'd only be 97. I mean, I know two old guys that age. This history wasn't that long ago when you think about it.
Reverse Fury?
I have to admit, I was terrified by operation "Dentist".
Followed by Operation Proctologist With Cold Hands.
Freestyle :-))))))
"Is it safe?" - Marathon Man.
Goal was to drill deep into striking a nerve with allied lines.
The allied counter attack was Operation Novocaine.
I have been a ww2 history enthusiast for 50 years but each of his videos is new to me. Thanks Mark
Erwin "Rambo" Bachmann. One serious soldier. Much respect.
Can't deny that this gentleman had some serious courage and dedication, much honour and respect for such valorous acts.
It's really sad that German 'heroes' won't get the recognition they deserve. If somebody fought good, they deserve it regardless of side.
112 sherman commanders disliked this video
Well the shermans fucked up two german armies at Falaise so...
My father, Captain Sam J Dwyer Jr. led the attack on Herlisheim on the 16th of January 1945. 43rd Tank Battalion, Combat Command B, B company. Most of the Shermans were destroyed. My father was wounded and captured. Good video and explanation.
Tell him good job for ordering his mens to go foward on a open field 😂🤪🤪🤪🤪
Your Dad saved the honor of the US Army that day ! Congrats.
to hear he lived to 88 brought a smile to my face, serious bad ass dude, running along side a panther only armed with a pistol...
I am not condoning the actions of the American officer who surrendered, but without knowing the conditions, the extent of his situational awareness, and the condition of his men, it is impossible to judge fairly what he did. Some below said he should have been court marshaled. Perhaps, but perhaps not. Having been in the Army, first as a combat engineer, then later as a cavalry and armor officer, I have seen the effects of weather, fatigue, poor situational awareness, etc. on people. In particular, fatigue can make a person make poor decisions. Also, we don't know if he had any communications with other friendly units. If he was briefed that large enemy forces were going to attack his unit, and if he was unable to contact any nearby friendly units or higher headquarters, he may have though he was surrounded. We also don't know the extent of the casualties his unit sustained in the days leading up to the attack. There are many possibilities.
Again, I am not condoning the surrender, but without a full picture of what the commander was dealing with, we cannot fairly judge. It's possible that he mad a bad call. It is possible that he was worn out. It is possible that he fought well previously but was ill informed. There are too many possibilities to say for sure what the real deal was.
My Uncle was there. He kept a detailed diary of his time with the 10th SS Panzer Division Fundsberg - Nachschub-Truppen as a cook/truck driver. The following is from his translated diary entry......
As it happened, on Jan. 14, ’45 everything was loaded up for our departure from Rheinbach. Leaving from there was particularly difficult for us. Our route was via Bonn, Cologne, Kassel, at which point we were turning in a south westerly direction. Finally, at Fulda in Steinbach, everything had to be unloaded again. From there we were heading towards the Elsaβ bridgehead (Gambsheim Bridgehead), where we were facing heavy enemy fire on the ground, as well as attacks from the air. Action on the bridgehead was extremely dangerous, because the drivers were targeted and under constant fire, as the enemy attempted to cut off or disrupt the supply lines coming across the Rhine.
Enemy or not ,one great Germanic warrior. I am glad he lived a long life. Pure soldier and warrior. Every army has some incredible warriors and are the best of the best.
"Who are you??"
"I'm Bachmann!"
Sherman spots German Sherman...
"TIGER!"
What a story! Had it been on “the other side” then there’d have been at least 1 movie about this.
I know he is ss but I have never seen 1 man command 2 tanks and destroyed 9 and cap 12 like this is soooo bad as for a movie
Love these time capsules from Mark. Very nicely done. Being an American combat Veteran from a different war, married to a German, living in Germany and hearing both sides, it's nice to hear the humanistic side of very intelligent soldiers of the German Army. They weren't all crazy fanatical people. Just doing what was ordered.
He got in his Panther tank and the order came through. “Bachmann! Turn her over. Drive!” Bachmann replied, “I’m taking care of business. You ain’t seen nothing yet”.
I’m pretty sure that’s not how the lend-lease act was supposed to work.
He forgot to bill them.
The SAS motto: _"Who dares, Wins"_applies to Bachman's bold action to singlehandely recon an enemy position, and get within 30 meters of US lines and take out a Sherman. Now that's leadership that inspires the men under his command. The US officer who surrendered? Not so much. To cut him some slack, he was probably inexperienced, and like most allied troops, were not to keen to be the last soldier to die in a war that was almost over. Still, a career killer for him.
Bachmann knew where the Iron Crosses grow. Respect
I really like your way of telling history! Very immersive but without biased to one side in my opinion. Great Skill!
Don't need to be biased to know the genocidal maniacs with a hard on for "overpowered" but mechanically garbage war toys were gonna lose and be happy about it
That one guy on the server who actually supports his teams tanks...
Yes, excellent! I can’t understand why Hollywood can’t get it right. I’ve heard so many interviews from US veterans that had the utmost respect for their counterparts in the Wehrmacht and the recent anniversaries have shown the friendship & camaraderie that has grown between once bitter enemies. Countless lives were devastated on all sides. It’s a shame they can’t all be treated with equal respect. Great video Mark!
Damn this Bachmann was a real hero
Mark's first video was uploaded just over 2 years ago and in that time he's almost reached 500k subs, thats insane for a homegrown, independent channel. Keep doing what you do Mr. Felton.
those 12 shermans had one job, and that is to become trophies for the germans.
jltaco85 They were destined to fight the commies. I wonder what Stalin though about this? Germans having a non lend lease version of the Sherman’s meanwhile he’s getting whatever leftovers the US didn’t need.
Tell that to the ones in Arracourt.
Must have made some ruskies very surprised on the eastern front in
45.
"Hey Yuri, look! I think I see some Amerikanski Sherman tanks over there."
"What? I didn't know we still had any of those!"
"Njet. These have the fascist swastika painted on them!"
Love your work Mark! Keep it up mate
Mein Gott, out of war, misery, hardship and brutality steps a hero.
This man was not lucky, he chose his luck, wow, what a tremendous feat and a proud soldier.
Great story Mark, that is a guy you want to be on the same side with.
Respect.
New video uploaded 32 seconds ago - never clicked so fast for a new video. Keep up the good work Mark, thank you.
All the stories of WW2 youve never heard, brought back to life by Mark felton!!
We had so many Shermans we were even lending them to the Nazis.
americans: hey germs, here's some tanks we left behind
germans: why the fuck would i want your trash?
:D:D:D:D
What about the crews, they also dispensable?
Says the guy with a German Surname
bad engineering mate, makes a good target practice :)
8:36 shell hole into the driver side and one in the turret.. Imagine being the crew in that tank and the driver just explodes into pieces and showers you with blood and viscera..
They talk about knocking out tanks, but it mostly involves turning the crew into minced meat.. Horrifying..
Bachman dies at age 88 and we all know what that means.
He died very old.
As well as everything else that is great about these videos I am always impressed by Mark's excellent edititting prowess, bravo.
It's always amazing to see what incredible missions some of these young men were on, against all odds. Great segment Mark :)
Erwin Bachmann was a real badass. Excellent video as always Mark! Thank you for your contribution to remembering history in a neutral light so that we can make our own conclusions on what took place. Love your channel!
Bachmann’s story would make an awesome movie!
Kind of a German Audie Murphy.
Hello Mark, for me as a German its really a pleasure to see in what way your information about historic events are full of respect and honour for the old counterparts. Here in Germany we are forced to spit on the graves of our grandfathers of course today we know they where believing to the wrong leaders but its a shame that in whole germany isnt a place or a day to remember those fallen man. The most strange I ever seen was in 2019 for the remember of D-Day that a german female speaker of a tv station congratulate an old GI to kill so many Germans. She should try this in US I guess.... So thank you a lot for your informations and thanks a lot to all respectfull comments from Americans I can read here under your videos.
Wow, I never heard of this amazing story of courage. Sad we only hear them from the winning side. Well done and thanks Mark!
Although it's tough to listen to allied defeats, it's a necessary component in the telling of competent and factual history which is something I very much enjoy.
By overlooking or simply denying the competence of your past adversaries diminishes the accomplishments of your own men who won the war. Some of these Hollywood or Russian movies are just bad sportsmanship... Every time I watch them I´m like "yeah, I wonder why the war lasted 6 years if our (great-)granddads were that stupid..."
I'm a simple man. Mark uploads I watch
Thanks again Mark for another great WW2 story I've never heard before, a really nice way to start a Monday morning.
I feel bad for my American brothers who died or were captured but I gotta admit that Bachmann dude was a badass and did a damn good job that day
When will Hollywood make a film about this?
An amazing story. The 10th SS Panzer Division, along with the 9th SS Panzer Division, were instrumental in defeating the Anglo-American Operation Market-Garden in Holland, September 1944.
This captivating narration could be the the pitch for a movie, unbelievable story and it is all true.
If only a US solider did this then it would be a movie
My Dad was a combat engineer with the 12th Armored at Herrlisheim. Of course as a sergeant he wasn't privy to the big picture, but he saw a lot of unpleasant things. His platoon fought as infantry beside the armored infantry battalions. He was lightly wounded mid January. From listening to him it sounded like the 12th pretty much got it's ass kicked....but continued to hang in there and eventually prevailed along with other divisions. Dad especially recalled a division of Americans he called the Texas Division........said they were top notch and his platoon was saved one night on the line when they hadn't gotten the word to pull back like the units to their flanks. Dad's Lieutenant got killed and he took over the platoon and when he discovered no friendlies were on their flanks he ordered a pull back....just as the Germans launched their attack. He said they lost two men pulling back and the Germans were hot on their heels. Suddenly he heard American voices and realized he'd just run up on top of an American dugout. Dad's guys jumped in the fighting holes with these guys from the Texas Division and the Texans put a halt to that German attack.
I agree.
That will never happen. No one would make a film where the Americans or the Allies are shown as the looses or to be cowards. War winners right history to their favor, so you will never see the Americans getting their asses shot off
Those panther tanks are so epic
Damn you, Mark Felton! I cannot watch just one of your videos. If I watch one I am on the Felton train for at least 2 hours. Great job! Thank you for the history.
Hello from the US. I never heard about operation Nordwind till this point. I am not however suprised. To get out done that badly, I can't even be mad.
Can you imagine if the Germans has just half of the industrial might of the US to build many more Panthers and Tiger 1’s?
Bachman was a pretty ballsey Kraut.
Wonder how did he manage to bring those balls.
Excellent Mark! Once again dismantling the narrative and teaching us the real history. You rock!
EXCELLENT video, and so timely, for the 75th anniversary of the "Battle of the Bulge". I had an Uncle (now passed away) who lost one leg in the fight.
Thanks so very much!!!
Mine made it out unscathed (artillery)
I thought the Battle of the Bulge started on the 16th?
Died in 2010? That means there must be some interviews. Does anyone have any links?
Probably if you search the German part of the internet. Though I wouldn't be surprised if he remained silent on this. Modern day German media doesn't give much fucks about such moments of their history.
there was another You Tube on this put out about three months ago, one of the German poster's
@@TheIzroda yeah its pretty fucking sad
Try "Panzerkampf im Bild" by Will Fey, not sure if there is an English version. Also there is a online: www.stengerhistorica.com/History/WarArchive/SpecialStudies/Frundsberg/Organization_and_Training_Page_1.htm
TheIzroda true but that’s because they were seen as failures by the German people. They were fighting to protect there homeland and failed even though it wasn’t there fault. If you do some digging they were even treated just as bad as the enemy was. So unless some American or British tv show interviewed him there wouldn’t be any from the German side. In fact it’s hard to find anything from ww2 coming from Germany as a lot of it they aren’t allowed to have or say. Ie the swastika or even furher or hitler isn’t allowed to be mentioned.
Shermans: *"why do i hear boss music??"*
Thank you, Mark.
Once again Mr. Felton you have done and delivered yet another amazing and most informative presentation. I commend you on your brilliant and expectational work, please do keep it up.
Amazing content, also delivered in perfect 10 minute bite-sized chunks. Keep it up!
Another Mark Felton classic! I have studied WW2 for 25 years yet I have never heard of this action. This is why I completely love this channel.
You do a great presentation. My best friend was a driver in a Sherman tank.
My best friend never has understood what his dad went through
I insist on this theme song when I walk into work every day....
I’m a little confused. Why did the Americans surrender rather than retreat or at least attempt to disable the tanks?
Both cowardice and heroism co-exist on either sides.
Retreating would have taken a little bit to set up considering they had dug in with MGs and were stationing tanks there. And even if they were able to retreat, the Panthers severely outranged the Shermans, so they would be taking fire well after leaving the town.
As for not blowing up the tanks, the officer probably didn't think to do that. Mind you, he also had 12 able Shermans that could fight the 2 unsupported Panthers.
Shock and awe is the simple answer
Jacob Smith The superb gunnery and coordination of the panthers might’ve intimidated the American officer to surrender his men and his men probably didn’t dare to disobey a direct order from their commanding officer so had no time to disable the tanks. Also if they had disabled them, most of the tank crews risked being shot in retaliation. Don’t get me wrong, they shouldn’t have surrendered since they numerically superior but this type of stuff happens in the hectic and hazy reality of combat.
Weren't the Germans on top of them before they could return to the vehicles though? I mean, a man's gotta shit, shower and shave at some point.
What an f'n epic story! Thanks for sharing it. Enjoyed it 100%
Impressive video as always! Keep it up!! :D
Is amazing that with all I have learned through the years about WWII, that there's always another little known event or battle to come to the surface.
What happened to the officer who surrendered the Shermans
Watching these videos with the narration always reminds me of watching the world at war as a young lad all them years ago.
Allies: 20+ Sherman tanks, plus soldiers
Bachmann: 2 Panzers, a motorcycle w/sidecar, and a Panzerfaust
Bachmann: ...I like those odds. Let's Roll
My deep respect for Commander Bachman's actions!
Bachmann had quite a time in the Ardennes.
Fog of war can get you a Knight's Cross or it can get you and your 70 men taken prisoner with your tanks put under new mgmt.
What an amazing story. It just goes to show that bravery, luck and balls of solid steel can bring amazing results.
Amazing story - he was a one man army. I don't think we will see a Hollywood movie covering this engagement! :)
Complicated. How do you want to make a movie with a "hero" protagonist serving for a military mass-murdering regime?
/Alex
These felton stories are always shocking! And really worth my time!!!
So much WW2 history to learn! I'm addicted, keep em coming Mark :)
Bachman had giant brass balls.
I love this channel so much
Hello Mark, as a German only a small correction: At the very beginning of the video -> "Wacht am Rhein" is better translated with "Guarding on the Rhine", as the german word "wachen" means "to guard" in English. Great videos and keep it up!
Thank you for covering this lesser known battle of WW2. My grandfather fought in Operation Northwind and from what I understand saw his first combat when the germans advanced on Phalsbourg. Very interesting stuff.
I'm so glad that these uploads are daily :)
that Bachmann had balls like basketballs
I've never heard about this before...I'm amazed