McAuliffe was the Division Artillery commander, then acting 101st commander when Taylor went back to the US for a conference in December’44. It seems appropriate that the Bastogne Barracks was home for an Artillery unit.
Loved this episode as my dad was there during the Bulge with the Seventh Armored Division. He was the driver of M5A1 in a reconn role. His tracks were shot off at St. Vith and the crew had to run back to the American lines on foot. Always interested in this battle. Colonel Moran has to visit the Australian Armour Museum in Cairns, Northern Territories to see restoration at its best. There is also a place in Poland that makes new old parts for most WWII military vehicles.❤
dont forget to walk in the forest when your there, i was there (15 years ago) went in the forest (not necessarily following the designated path) and the foxholes etc. are all still there.
The older I get, the more interested I become in history. Thanks for giving us bits and pieces they never taught us in school. I’ll definitely be looking for more from this awesome museum. I sincerely hope they get younger guys to come be part of it. Losing institutional knowledge through retirement is heartbreaking.
Had the honor of talking with a veteran of the European fighting , every time he spoke of the combat he would talk about the courage of the men going through enemy fire to get ammo for the BAR , then I find out he was the BAR gunner , that enemy fire was primarily for him . Never a mention of his own courage . Courage so common it was the rule .
This is one of the best museums I have seen on video. Hmmm, the next time I go to Bremen to see family I might have to spend sometime in Bastogne. I hope that will not be considered an invasion.
I hope you did come to Luxembourg, too...we have also a Battle of the Bulge Museum with nice dioramas, and none else than Patton rests here, with his fellow comrades at Sandweiler military cemetary
I love that old photo of them in the room having dinner. Just because there is a war on there is still no excuse to not do things properly! Get a table cloth and proper settings out!
The battle/baby campaign was lost in the NORTH (in the first few days), not in the South days later at Bastogne (days later), but the propaganda machine had better sound-bites in the South. Oh, it also had Patton bombasting his way through, too!
Maybe the Mechanics at the Belgium Bastogne Barracks Military Museum, should make contact with the Australian Armoured Museum in Cairns/ Queensland - as they seem to be able to "take a piece of metal and reproduce a part that is not obtainable from original source", or get a local Metal Foundry to reproduce what they want.
Maybe they can turn some barricks into a bed and breakfast type deal. And charge extra of course! 🤠🤠Nice tour! Please say high to Sam Houston for me. 😅
@@TheChieftainsHatch That's a shame. I'm sure someday you'll take some grand tour of the western front battlefields and make it out there though. All I ask is you bring your camera!
Somehow I always imagined General McAuliffe standing in a driving snowstorm when he uttered the famous "nuts!", realizing that he most likely sat in a warm basement kind of ruins everything.
Why don't the old generation of mechanics who still know how to work on these vehicles wear GoPro cameras and explain what their doing and why, saving the knowledge for later generations? It would require extra pay and funding but other than that what issue could there possibly be? It's so simple but yet money matters so not instantly implementable unless budgeted for.
Probably not meant but you do come across as a bit flippant in your interactions with the Belgians . If I'm wrong i apologize , They are a brave people .
When I walk down the street, I seldom don't hear Americans speaking. I don't doubt it. We're loud as f***. Even if you had just one American tourist, you'd still hear him in the street, xD
"You are always welcome!"
The sincerity is overwhelmingly wholesome!
Thank you Chieftain and the Chief of the Bastogne Barracks. Great presentation.
McAuliffe was the Division Artillery commander, then acting 101st commander when Taylor went back to the US for a conference in December’44. It seems appropriate that the Bastogne Barracks was home for an Artillery unit.
What a wonderfully hospitable place. Great showcase.
Gay
Loved this episode as my dad was there during the Bulge with the Seventh Armored Division. He was the driver of M5A1 in a reconn role. His tracks were shot off at St. Vith and the crew had to run back to the American lines on foot. Always interested in this battle.
Colonel Moran has to visit the Australian Armour Museum in Cairns, Northern Territories to see restoration at its best. There is also a place in Poland that makes new old parts for most WWII military vehicles.❤
Had the pleasure of catching up with the Chieftain at Cairns in 2022.
So proud to be belgian, the video serie is AMAZING !
I met a belgian once, his name was eddy mercxk or something like that 😂
@samholdsworth: .....but he did not ride a tank, did he.....?!?!?!?😂😂
inventing french fries and giving BJ's to GIs and going 2-0 in those wars is the mark of a great country gotta dock points for Central Africa though
Start paying your way in NATO and then you can afford to be proud
@@jerrysmooth24 hello and what s Is your country G B ???????????
dont forget to walk in the forest when your there, i was there (15 years ago) went in the forest (not necessarily following the designated path) and the foxholes etc. are all still there.
“Does the Chieftan fit….”
@@markfergerson2145 The shiny things on his shoulders say "no."
Date of the 57st European March of Memory and Friendship (MESA): 25 to 28 June 2024.
Thanks! If I suddenly became a gazillionaire, the Rivera could wait; I'd be hopping the globe to musea and other historical sites!!
The older I get, the more interested I become in history. Thanks for giving us bits and pieces they never taught us in school.
I’ll definitely be looking for more from this awesome museum. I sincerely hope they get younger guys to come be part of it. Losing institutional knowledge through retirement is heartbreaking.
I got to visit Bastogne about a year ago, and met with a man who was actually alive during the war. I hope he’s doing well.
Had the honor of talking with a veteran of the European fighting , every time he spoke of the combat he would talk about the courage of the men going through enemy fire to get ammo for the BAR , then I find out he was the BAR gunner , that enemy fire was primarily for him . Never a mention of his own courage . Courage so common it was the rule .
I hope to get over there in the next few years. My Dad fought in the Battle of the Bulge, 28th ID.
Looking forward to you fitting into the Valentine 6pdr there.
I love when the chieftain is out spanning the globe!
Wow! Thank you Team Chieftain 🙏🏻 looking forward for the upcoming videos ❤
Really Nice!!.. Living just 60km away I now have at least 2 times to visit Bastogne this year. Thanks .
Love seeing these videos Chieftain. I’ll never get to travel to Europe to see such amazing places. Thanks for all you do.
Can't wait to see the rest of the series!
Awesome video sir, I definitely need to check these places out whenever I visit Bastogne again.
Fantastic the Belgian episodes are very informative
18:05 nice to know Macgyver is also popular in that part of the world.
Yes.....Richard Dean Anderson and his Swiss Army Knife.....a loooooooong time ago......
We are from south of San Antonio, and we may not get that cold, but I have seen days over 110 degrees and high humidity in Mathis Texas!
Nice setup. Thank you.
This is one of the best museums I have seen on video. Hmmm, the next time I go to Bremen to see family I might have to spend sometime in Bastogne. I hope that will not be considered an invasion.
Thanks for your work and sharing.
Thanks for the "saunter round" vid. Great stuff.
Makes me wish I could travel over there. So very cool & seems like nice people.
Great video! Thanks for the bit of history! Waiting for you to say Bugger the museum is on fire… 😂
Excellent and very interesting videos from Belgium.
If I were a young tank mechanic in the Belgian Army, I would be at that museum every weekend rebuilding history.
I really like these museum tour videos of yours.
Very nice Video series. I am looking forward to the next Videos.
It really makes me want to visit when it reopens.
Great informative videos 👍
Good luck with your museum. I hope everything will be operationanl in their time.
I great strangely excited whenever I see a Chenillette :D
I hope you did come to Luxembourg, too...we have also a Battle of the Bulge Museum with nice dioramas, and none else than Patton rests here, with his fellow comrades at Sandweiler military cemetary
I love that old photo of them in the room having dinner. Just because there is a war on there is still no excuse to not do things properly! Get a table cloth and proper settings out!
The battle/baby campaign was lost in the NORTH (in the first few days), not in the South days later at Bastogne (days later), but the propaganda machine had better sound-bites in the South.
Oh, it also had Patton bombasting his way through, too!
Wow. Great. Thanks!
Maybe the Mechanics at the Belgium Bastogne Barracks Military Museum, should make contact with the Australian Armoured Museum in Cairns/ Queensland - as they seem to be able to "take a piece of metal and reproduce a part that is not obtainable from original source", or get a local Metal Foundry to reproduce what they want.
Was at the Barracks Nuts event when the Bradley and Abrams were there just before Covid. Very impessive, but the dessert camo was "out of place"...
Went to the barracks in summer. Sad to have missed the second hall
I can't wait for the videos to come out.
Until I saw this video I had no idea that the Belgian Army had an installation located in Bastogne.
Love your work
Excellent - factual, historical and interesting! What more to ask for?
I know 'Stavelot' as a turn in the spa racetrack...
odd I didn't link the ideas...
Ooh, driving a Leopard tank in the Gunfire Museum? That's fun.
12:26 I was there in July 🥲
Thanks for another interesting video.
Maybe they can turn some barricks into a bed and breakfast type deal. And charge extra of course! 🤠🤠Nice tour! Please say high to Sam Houston for me. 😅
And have loud shouty men come in at 06:00 to get you out of bed for a five mile run before breakfast at no extra charge...
I like the Cobra King replica.
What ho goody peeps Hullo from sunny Troon Scotland
Apologies if this was mentioned or answered somewhere already, but were you able to make it out to Fort Ében-Émael? Manage to record anything there?
No,I did not make it there
@@TheChieftainsHatch That's a shame. I'm sure someday you'll take some grand tour of the western front battlefields and make it out there though. All I ask is you bring your camera!
NUTS!
Wonderful
Displaced Irishman not likening the rain. yer man's been away from home for too long🤔
Somehow I always imagined General McAuliffe standing in a driving snowstorm when he uttered the famous "nuts!", realizing that he most likely sat in a warm basement kind of ruins everything.
-15C cold? Greetings from Finland :)
Hi Nic have you been mobilized to defend Texas ?
That was good
Good tank country.
Oh hey one I've been to
11:57 what is THAT?!?
Chenillette, modified after capture
loved it
Nice. Grab a bottle of the local Airborne beer.
I went with the Patton beer instead
That works too..tho you missed the ceramic helmet cup. LOL. Tip o' tin lid from an old vet.
@@TheChieftainsHatch
I suspect he really said "bol***ks".
Yes, that would be the equivalent British term.
Mc Auliffe was of Irish ancestry, we tend to say "bollix" .@@j_taylor
Cool
So... I'm assuming that most of the store clerks and business staff, in the town, speak English?
By my own experience as a German, yes they do... Most of them better than German.😇
Evening
About the "belgian gate" the admin was talking about ;
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cointet-element
Thank you!
10:15 shame you cant touch the exhibits
I once went to the MC Hammer museum and it was filled with signs telling you not to touch anything
We should have mandatory military service in all of Europe..
They are a barracks. There should be enough beds 😂😂😂😂
Why don't the old generation of mechanics who still know how to work on these vehicles wear GoPro cameras and explain what their doing and why, saving the knowledge for later generations?
It would require extra pay and funding but other than that what issue could there possibly be? It's so simple but yet money matters so not instantly implementable unless budgeted for.
Probably not meant but you do come across as a bit flippant in your interactions with the Belgians . If I'm wrong i apologize , They are a brave people .
Yeah he was being a wanker
A better English translation would be minimalist.
When I walk down the street, I seldom don't hear Americans speaking.
I don't doubt it. We're loud as f***. Even if you had just one American tourist, you'd still hear him in the street, xD
52nd, 27 January 2024
I rolled around nude in a filthy ditch near Bastogne in 1986.
FJB.
I could have come up with a better response than that .
3 mins of crap?