Findmypast is a great tool we use for nearly all our videos. If you want to do your family research, check it out and start your family tree for free: battleguide.co.uk/findmypast
An amazing story, as a former member of the tank regiment, this has done justice. Could you perhaps cover the story of Fray Bentos. The inspiration for the film Fury.
My wife, Jennifer, was the granddaughter of Frederick William Tipping. We knew from commonwealth war graves that he was buried in Flesquieres. Thanks to a SKY reporter, Rob Kirk, and many enthusiastic researchers of Deborah, we were informed of the detail of Frederick’s death. At this time of remembrance this video is a very worthy tribute to Deborah D51 and her crew. Sadly this year we won’t be able to join Philippe for the annual commemoration in Flesquieres but our heats and minds will be with them on the 20th November.
What a great story, although tragic! The fact the tank remains and is on display is a great honor to those men, whose story will never be forgot! I appreciate you telling it!!
Excellent video. My grandfather was wounded twice, once a bullet and then gas. He died in the 1930s coughing in the main street of Oxford. My dads mother had died during the flu epidemic, and he then married the nurse who had looked after him. I worked for the British MOD as an engineer where the Challenger 1 was designed and the prototype built. Grass grows in the car park now. As you can well imagine this video means a lot to me on many fronts - well done that man, well done and thank you.
No head stone for my great uncle born in Eastwood Nottingham and migrated to Australia in 1912. Served in Gallipoli, landed in the second wave at ANZAC cove. Wounded in action and the only survivor of his section, lay in no man’s land for twelve hours. 1916 serving inn France. He was a sergeant in the 16 Battalion of the Australian Army and died aged 22 years at Mouquet farm on the night of 29/30th August 1916 and was buried in a trench were he fell. the trench was destroyed by an Artillery barrage and he is lost. Lest we forget 🇬🇧🇦🇺
@@n0t_the_plague_doctor343 That´s a really good question. The video I saw was definitely not a real person talking. Or the person that was talking wanted to sound stupid.
Dude this one is super well done. Kudos for the depth. as someone who’s seen a lot of World War I and World War II documentaries and TH-cam videos. I find years to stand out these days. So great work, sir.
Thank you so much for your feedback! I’m glad you found the depth of the content engaging, especially as someone who's seen so many documentaries on the subject.
Awesome. A very moving story. Maybe one day I'll have the honour of visiting Deborah in person, and remember her crew. It's the stories of the individuals, that make your videos so worthwhile. This one was a perfect lead-up to Remembrance Day. Thanks.
thank you so much for bringing this story to us, will visit this next time i am near. More importantly thank you for keeping these Mens Story in view for all to see hopefully for a longtime to come.
Such a concise and informative telling of what is a tragically moving story, not just of "Deborah" and the men within, but the shocking sacrafices made by so many on both sides
Phillipe and the members of the association are incredible at keeping the memory of Deborah and her crew alive. As the Great Grandson of Fred Tipping, I have been lucky enough to have visited the site during the commemoration weekend and spoken with many involved in Deborah's finding, preservation and story. The video gives a great overview of the battle and has helped me understand more about what my Great Grandfather would have gone through. Thank you
What horrified German soldiers the most when they first encountered tanks was the steady, implacable advance of the metal monsters as they apparently shrugged off all the machine gun fire the Germans could lay upon them. Their horror only grew when they saw the iron beasts trampling, and in many cases uprooting wholesale, the barbed wire they'd so carefully emplaced as if it were just so many weeds.
Thank you for this, I had the privilege of researching, for his family, the story of another man killed at Cambrai, John Rimmer, who fought in tank C.47.
Great documentary. I enjoyed it very much on this Armistice Day. I, too, was a tanker (in the US Army), albeit, in a much later time period. My wife and I visited Cambrai and other WWI battlefields in the mid-1970s while stationed in Germany. God bless the bravery of all who participated in the Great War. May they rest in peace.
Many thanks for this great documentary. As an old Royal Tank Regiment veteran, i grew up and matured on the story of the Battle of Cambrai, and the heroism of that battle. This was really well done and much appreciated and as an old "tankie" it brought a tear to my eye.
This is the best WW1 video I've ever seen. The trench maps overlayed with the modern terrain are super interesting to look at and the accuracy at which you explain the troop movements is incredible!
My great uncle fought in World War I, he was wounded, but he would never talk about it. He used to carve me things, I tried to get him to make me a wooden gun, but he wouldn’t have anything to do with that
My great great grandfather was a surgeon with the BEF at Cambrai, he treated both axis and allied troops during his service in the battle but he remarked that the tankers suffered some of the worst wounds. Burns, loss of limbs, loss of hearing, and other horrors.
That, like many others during the war,is such a sad story, to see Deborah gain so much ground on her own with no support and then meet her tragic end! 😢
Thank you for posting this video. I have just finished reading Pierre Berton's Vimy, And R.H Thompson's By the Ghost Light. Watching this video puts into pictures what it was like on the battlefields of France
I'm glad i found this channel. I just subscribed. What caught my attention was the Deborah Tank. This video was very well done. All the way down to its crew and where they were from was amazing. The attention to detail on every level was superb! I enjoyed this video so much i may watch it twice, just to see if i missed anything. I forwarded it to some other friends of mine that are history geeks about ww1,ww1..ect. Thanks for making this video!
Thank you so much for this, great detail and fabulous film and photos of the time. Very interesting and thanks also to the Folks that finally located and found and preserved Deborah. RIP to all those brave souls who lost their lives in the War to end all Wars. If only.
The museum in Cambrai where Deborah is 😊is fantastic. Not.big at all but well worth a visit. We stopped off on our way back from a ski holiday. Well worth it
Our family's battlefield. My Grandfather (RGLI) lost a leg on the 20th of November; he credited the Germans for saving his life when he was captured. and my wife's Great Uncle (SWB) who died a mile away on the same day, both 29th Division. I was there when D51 was dug up in 1998, quite a sight.
Fantastic work guys, both here and on the podcast. Always well narrated and well researched. Thank you for sharing your hard work, highly recommend your channel and the podcast (Not So Quiet On The Western Front)
Great video and thanks for sharing. However, time didn't forget this at all, the (by far) most successful Battlefield game is about WW1 and I have thousands of kills in this tank alone
Thanks for this video, you really did it well. The museum is quite a beautiful one, may be small but Deborah being the major piece and being well enlightened by the display this sure worth the visit. For the anecdote in the beginning of October 1918 the tanks will one again rolls in the Cambrai fields. This time in the town of Niergnies where British tanks would face German A7Vs and even BeutePanzer (Captured British MkIV). The story is quite know among specialists you can easily find informations on it ! Concerning Flesquières the village will sadly see fights in 1940 and 1944… Almost 20 French soldiers coming from the East of Cambrai after facing the spearhead of the 7 PzDiv would to try to reach friendly lines before facing other German in Flesquières. After shooting 2 german motorcyclists, a tank would shoot the majority of the French soldiers… The 2nd of September 1944 the US soldier Johannas Bergman would die in an ambush after liberating the village. I am currently doing deep researches and writing a book about the 1940´s fight in the Cambrésis (from the Sambre to Canal du Nord). If you have any question about this area I would gladly help ! Cheers, Clem
Thank you for sharing such detailed insights! It's fascinating to hear about the history surrounding the museum and the significant events in the Cambrai area. Your research sounds incredibly important!
very good documentary about Deborah I myself am a volunteer at the Norfolk Tank Museum home of Deborah 2 the so called Guy Martin Tank and has helped to drive her on several occasions it gives you a little bit of an idea what it was like being shut inside while it was moving
Private Gallway was a Belfast / Hollywood man and a Irish Rifleman, and good son of Ulster. Lt Heap thought very highly of him , letters still exist that heap wrote to his family.
There is a full size, working recreation of "Deborah" at the amazing and interesting NORFOLK TANK MUSEUM. The documentaries don't give a true idea of how cramped Deborah and others really were. Until you get face to face with Deborah you don't get and idea, once you get to see her in reality it really brings it home at how brave theses boys and men really were (and of course all other tank crews throughout the wars on all sides)
Very true, when I looked round the WW1 tank (can't remember which mark it was) with that big Daimler engine in the middle at Bovington tank museum and you realise 8 men had to operate and fight in that noise, heat and fumes you appreciate how brave they were.
Great video, Battle Guide team! I hadn't learned much about the Battle of Cambrai. I also don't remember learning much about the Deborah. The video was concise but also quite informative. Not only were the maps helpful, but also so were the images and descriptions of the struggles that the crew of each tank faced and descriptions of the tactics used. Awesome job once again :) take care.
Findmypast is a great tool we use for nearly all our videos. If you want to do your family research, check it out and start your family tree for free: battleguide.co.uk/findmypast
An amazing story, as a former member of the tank regiment, this has done justice. Could you perhaps cover the story of Fray Bentos. The inspiration for the film Fury.
My wife, Jennifer, was the granddaughter of Frederick William Tipping. We knew from commonwealth war graves that he was buried in Flesquieres. Thanks to a SKY reporter, Rob Kirk, and many enthusiastic researchers of Deborah, we were informed of the detail of Frederick’s death. At this time of remembrance this video is a very worthy tribute to Deborah D51 and her crew. Sadly this year we won’t be able to join Philippe for the annual commemoration in Flesquieres but our heats and minds will be with them on the 20th November.
Thank you for your kind words.
What a great story, although tragic! The fact the tank remains and is on display is a great honor to those men, whose story will never be forgot! I appreciate you telling it!!
Well said!!
Excellent video. My grandfather was wounded twice, once a bullet and then gas. He died in the 1930s coughing in the main street of Oxford. My dads mother had died during the flu epidemic, and he then married the nurse who had looked after him. I worked for the British MOD as an engineer where the Challenger 1 was designed and the prototype built. Grass grows in the car park now. As you can well imagine this video means a lot to me on many fronts - well done that man, well done and thank you.
Thank you for the kind words.
War is so brutal , the dead in action are rarely remembered except for their headstones and the surviving wife and children or parents. War is brutal.
No head stone for my great uncle born in Eastwood Nottingham and migrated to Australia in 1912. Served in Gallipoli, landed in the second wave at ANZAC cove. Wounded in action and the only survivor of his section, lay in no man’s land for twelve hours. 1916 serving inn France. He was a sergeant in the 16 Battalion of the Australian Army and died aged 22 years at Mouquet farm on the night of 29/30th August 1916 and was buried in a trench were he fell. the trench was destroyed by an Artillery barrage and he is lost. Lest we forget 🇬🇧🇦🇺
definitely when they were using corpse arms to hang their canteens on. due to their being so many corpses imbedded in the trench walls.
I get a lump in my throat watching these videos. Because of channels like this one, we get to remember the forgotten.
The sadest thing is that war is a human exception...brutal beast
It's the BIGGEST failure in this humanity.
Utterly refreshing to see & hear a video that isn't AI generated & robot voiced! 👍
Have we seen and heard the same video? O_o
The voice is way too fast and the intonation is also creepy.
@@elgatoloco727 this is definitely a real person talking. are YOU watching the same video?
@@n0t_the_plague_doctor343 That´s a really good question. The video I saw was definitely not a real person talking. Or the person that was talking wanted to sound stupid.
Dude this one is super well done. Kudos for the depth. as someone who’s seen a lot of World War I and World War II documentaries and TH-cam videos. I find years to stand out these days. So great work, sir.
Thank you so much for your feedback! I’m glad you found the depth of the content engaging, especially as someone who's seen so many documentaries on the subject.
Awesome. A very moving story. Maybe one day I'll have the honour of visiting Deborah in person, and remember her crew. It's the stories of the individuals, that make your videos so worthwhile. This one was a perfect lead-up to Remembrance Day. Thanks.
Thank you so much.
The content of this channel continues to be beyond impressive, thank you!!!
Wow, thank you!
@@BattleGuideVTditto the comment tbf. I'd love to see this level of content quality on netflix... Can only dream 😂
Beautifully done! Love the graphics and the telling of this heroic tale
Glad you liked it!
Well done man! You and Mark Felton would make a great team!
Best vid yet on WW1 tank battles by far.
Never thought about getting Felton involved, great idea!
thank you so much for bringing this story to us, will visit this next time i am near. More importantly thank you for keeping these Mens Story in view for all to see hopefully for a longtime to come.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great story, as always great presentation- Thank you!
Our pleasure!
I visited that museum a few years ago. Very well presented whilst being basic and not overwhelming.
Always love the degree of detail you put into these videos. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you!
Such a concise and informative telling of what is a tragically moving story, not just of "Deborah" and the men within, but the shocking sacrafices made by so many on both sides
Thank you for your kind words.
My favorite content on youtube by a country mile. Well done again
Thank you so much.
*Imagine never seeing a car in your life and all of sudden you’re looking at 20 ton tank heading your way*
How terrifying!
Неймовірна деталізація! Дякую,за проведену роботу. Надзвичайно цікаво дивитись ваші відео
Thank you for your kind words.
Phillipe and the members of the association are incredible at keeping the memory of Deborah and her crew alive. As the Great Grandson of Fred Tipping, I have been lucky enough to have visited the site during the commemoration weekend and spoken with many involved in Deborah's finding, preservation and story.
The video gives a great overview of the battle and has helped me understand more about what my Great Grandfather would have gone through. Thank you
What horrified German soldiers the most when they first encountered tanks was the steady, implacable advance of the metal monsters as they apparently shrugged off all the machine gun fire the Germans could lay upon them. Their horror only grew when they saw the iron beasts trampling, and in many cases uprooting wholesale, the barbed wire they'd so carefully emplaced as if it were just so many weeds.
One of the advantages of the tank.
Like big lumbering zombies
Best battle breakdowns on TH-cam by far!! 👌🏻
Thanks a ton! Glad you think so! More epic battles coming your way!
@@BattleGuideVT looking forward to it!! Always a great day when y’all upload a vid!!
I agree totally. An amazingly detailed account. We owe everything to those brave men.👏🏻🇬🇧
Thank you for this, I had the privilege of researching, for his family, the story of another man killed at Cambrai, John Rimmer, who fought in tank C.47.
It's wonderful to hear that you had the opportunity to research John Rimmer's story. Every soldier's tale deserves to be remembered and honored.
@@BattleGuideVT Absolutely, they deserve to be remembered.
Great documentary. I enjoyed it very much on this Armistice Day. I, too, was a tanker (in the US Army), albeit, in a much later time period. My wife and I visited Cambrai and other WWI battlefields in the mid-1970s while stationed in Germany. God bless the bravery of all who participated in the Great War. May they rest in peace.
Many thanks for this great documentary. As an old Royal Tank Regiment veteran, i grew up and matured on the story of the Battle of Cambrai, and the heroism of that battle. This was really well done and much appreciated and as an old "tankie" it brought a tear to my eye.
Bonjour, magnifique reportage.
Faire revivre un moment ces hommes et leur histoire, c'est génial.
Merci
Thank you!
Guy Martin, JCB and the team behind the tribute build was phenomenal
This is the best WW1 video I've ever seen. The trench maps overlayed with the modern terrain are super interesting to look at and the accuracy at which you explain the troop movements is incredible!
Thank you!
Just found this channel - very impressive - I won't be going anywhere and may well join once I look at more content - Bravo Sirs I salute you.
Welcome aboard!
I'm glad there was no attempt to restore it! It means so much more as it rests today.
My great uncle fought in World War I, he was wounded, but he would never talk about it. He used to carve me things, I tried to get him to make me a wooden gun, but he wouldn’t have anything to do with that
What a slick advertisement! It blended seamlessly into the video. Thank you for making that hassle more bearable.
My great great grandfather was a surgeon with the BEF at Cambrai, he treated both axis and allied troops during his service in the battle but he remarked that the tankers suffered some of the worst wounds. Burns, loss of limbs, loss of hearing, and other horrors.
ive lived in cambridge my entire life, crazy to think ive walked past Joes front door hundreds if not thousands of times.
Thats mad... small world!
Brilliant job sir. Most excellent. And a very enjoyable and effective advert placement too.
Thank you!
Beautiful sad story, absolutely fascinating though.
Glad you enjoyed it
Perhaps one of the best well documented videos.I've ever seen your narration is fantastic.What a educational and stirring story.Thank you
Very well presented. Thank you.
Very good presentation! Well done! Subscribed.
Welcome aboard!
I couldn’t take my eyes off this video. The content is so interesting and you present it so well!
Awesome 👏🏻👏🏻
Well done as usual..
Thank you so much 😀
Brilliant. Well told and explained as always.
Thank you kindly!
That, like many others during the war,is such a sad story, to see Deborah gain so much ground on her own with no support and then meet her tragic end! 😢
Thanks you for this post, much apricated and very emotional.
Incredible, I found myself at the edge of my seat listening to it. Really well made Ty.
Awesome video. Respect to the heroes of ww1
Thank you for the kind words!
Thank you for posting this video. I have just finished reading Pierre Berton's Vimy, And R.H Thompson's By the Ghost Light. Watching this video puts into pictures what it was like on the battlefields of France
Wonderful!
I'm glad i found this channel. I just subscribed. What caught my attention was the Deborah Tank. This video was very well done. All the way down to its crew and where they were from was amazing. The attention to detail on every level was superb! I enjoyed this video so much i may watch it twice, just to see if i missed anything. I forwarded it to some other friends of mine that are history geeks about ww1,ww1..ect. Thanks for making this video!
Excellent story and fittingly sad but heroic in equal measure, on this remembrance Sunday.
Thank you.
Binging history and its heroes to life. Thank you.
Thanks for watching!
Thank you so much for this, great detail and fabulous film and photos of the time.
Very interesting and thanks also to the Folks that finally located and found and preserved Deborah. RIP to all those brave souls who lost their lives in the War to end all Wars. If only.
The museum in Cambrai where Deborah is 😊is fantastic. Not.big at all but well worth a visit. We stopped off on our way back from a ski holiday. Well worth it
Thank you for telling 'Debra' s' story.. both fascinating and heartbreaking... Huzzah to the crew of Debra!!
Thank you for uploading.
Our family's battlefield. My Grandfather (RGLI) lost a leg on the 20th of November; he credited the Germans for saving his life when he was captured. and my wife's Great Uncle (SWB) who died a mile away on the same day, both 29th Division. I was there when D51 was dug up in 1998, quite a sight.
Very surprised to learn that these tanks had a Daimler engine. This was an extremely interesting and well presented documentary, thankyou.
Thank you so much for sharing this unbelievable bravery.
Great documentary! My friends and i plan to visit the city early next year!
You should!
Fantastic work guys, both here and on the podcast. Always well narrated and well researched. Thank you for sharing your hard work, highly recommend your channel and the podcast (Not So Quiet On The Western Front)
Much appreciated!
What a great bit of luck. I was looking to check her out tomorrow, as I'm in the area. Cheers.
Hope you enjoy it!
Amazing research job!
Great video and thanks for sharing. However, time didn't forget this at all, the (by far) most successful Battlefield game is about WW1 and I have thousands of kills in this tank alone
Thanks for this video, you really did it well. The museum is quite a beautiful one, may be small but Deborah being the major piece and being well enlightened by the display this sure worth the visit.
For the anecdote in the beginning of October 1918 the tanks will one again rolls in the Cambrai fields. This time in the town of Niergnies where British tanks would face German A7Vs and even BeutePanzer (Captured British MkIV). The story is quite know among specialists you can easily find informations on it !
Concerning Flesquières the village will sadly see fights in 1940 and 1944…
Almost 20 French soldiers coming from the East of Cambrai after facing the spearhead of the 7 PzDiv would to try to reach friendly lines before facing other German in Flesquières. After shooting 2 german motorcyclists, a tank would shoot the majority of the French soldiers…
The 2nd of September 1944 the US soldier Johannas Bergman would die in an ambush after liberating the village.
I am currently doing deep researches and writing a book about the 1940´s fight in the Cambrésis (from the Sambre to Canal du Nord). If you have any question about this area I would gladly help !
Cheers,
Clem
Thank you for sharing such detailed insights! It's fascinating to hear about the history surrounding the museum and the significant events in the Cambrai area. Your research sounds incredibly important!
Thank you for this excellent video.
Amazing. Thank you very much for this great documentary.
very good documentary about Deborah I myself am a volunteer at the Norfolk Tank Museum home of Deborah 2 the so called Guy Martin Tank and has helped to drive her on several occasions it gives you a little bit of an idea what it was like being shut inside while it was moving
Thank you for great work!
Amazing, well done!
Visited the museum in June this year. Fascinating history. Lest we forget. Their name liveth for evermore.
Another Great job!!
Thanks again!
Excellent narrative. The battle brought to life and understanding. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Congratulations for this impressive work of archeology and memory for mankind.
touching story and first rate video. the great war is just unfathomable to comprehend in terms of suffering and loss.
Thank you.
Private Gallway was a Belfast / Hollywood man and a Irish Rifleman, and good son of Ulster. Lt Heap thought very highly of him , letters still exist that heap wrote to his family.
Love your videos
I have been to that museum and seen that tank.Thanks for the video,it helps knowing the tanks history.
"Sir, the Entente is breaking through our lines"
"How?! We are on the most fortified line of the western front!"
"They have mechas."
"Sheiße."
Thank you!
Well done, thank you.
May the crew of D5 Deborah may rest in peace 🙏 🪦 ⚘️⚘️🥀🌹thank you for your services, brave heroes 🙏 🪦⚘️🥀🌹
Very interesting and heartbreaking video!!! Those men are very brave, for which they did!!!
Incredible History
Great work
It’s always this type of stuff that gets me teary eyed
Amazing job ! Especially your pronunciation (hello from France !)
Thank you!
Fascinating story.
Imndeed.
Superb documentary.
1st class, thanks for sharing
Great story. Thank you
Just extraordinary. As usual.
Thanks mTk!
There is a full size, working recreation of "Deborah" at the amazing and interesting NORFOLK TANK MUSEUM. The documentaries don't give a true idea of how cramped Deborah and others really were. Until you get face to face with Deborah you don't get and idea, once you get to see her in reality it really brings it home at how brave theses boys and men really were (and of course all other tank crews throughout the wars on all sides)
Very true, when I looked round the WW1 tank (can't remember which mark it was) with that big Daimler engine in the middle at Bovington tank museum and you realise 8 men had to operate and fight in that noise, heat and fumes you appreciate how brave they were.
Outstanding story and video….👊🏻🇺🇸
Amazing, I came across this museum while riding around the area but had no idea of the backstory of the tank
in this age of incompetant, lazy ai trash which is saturating everything it is refreshing to see this amazingly high standard of video!!!thank you!!
Thank you so much.
Great video
Glad you enjoyed it
Very, very well made!
Thank you.
Great video, Battle Guide team!
I hadn't learned much about the Battle of Cambrai. I also don't remember learning much about the Deborah. The video was concise but also quite informative. Not only were the maps helpful, but also so were the images and descriptions of the struggles that the crew of each tank faced and descriptions of the tactics used.
Awesome job once again :) take care.
Glad you enjoyed it!
@@BattleGuideVT :) Keep up the wonderful work! Your videos and podcast episodes are excellent resources :). Kudos!!
well done!
So many horses were lost in the Big One. It was a real heartbreaking shame. Spielbergs movie War Horse did a fair job bringing it to the forefront.
Excellent video, thank you
Fantastic.
Thank you.
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