Week 269 - SS Commando Coup in Hungary - WW2 - October 21, 1944

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  • @WorldWarTwo
    @WorldWarTwo  ปีที่แล้ว +102

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    • @robertjarman3703
      @robertjarman3703 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Hey Timeghost. I got my hands on a copy of a book on Thursday this week from a local bookstore. Nice owner, only 8 Canadian dollars. It contains a copy of the information that the British soldiers were given in mid 1944 as they were going to advance into Germany from some department in the military. It has a few pages of explanation by Charles Wheeler as to what the context is. Would you like me to scan it and send it to you, and if so, to what email address?

    • @jakubb9498
      @jakubb9498 ปีที่แล้ว

      Please let's clean the comment section from pro nazis sympathizers!

    • @rdbchase
      @rdbchase ปีที่แล้ว

      The connection between your war room and Italy isn't the best. Thanks for "garden of microphones".

    • @rayeisenstein4245
      @rayeisenstein4245 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I know that you will pick World War Two knowledgeable people. You should give them a test so you do get knowledgeable people.

    • @bonsaiparadox1248
      @bonsaiparadox1248 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

  • @briceoka5623
    @briceoka5623 ปีที่แล้ว +824

    Imagine Goring's shock and horror hearing that stillwell declined a free medal

    • @Raskolnikov70
      @Raskolnikov70 ปีที่แล้ว +115

      Almost as shocking to him as the pork chops running out at the buffet table, I'm sure.

    • @joshjwillway1545
      @joshjwillway1545 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      I thought you said meal at first and both work

    • @Losantiville
      @Losantiville ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Meal what? Oh , medal.

    • @goldgeologist5320
      @goldgeologist5320 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Lol!, Jajaja

    • @robertjarman3703
      @robertjarman3703 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Hoetzendorf is confused by the concept of generals negotiating.

  • @gunman47
    @gunman47 ปีที่แล้ว +301

    A side note this week on October 21 1944 is that United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt will ride in an open car without any proper covering through 51 miles (82 km) of New York City streets on his way to make a speech at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn despite heavy rain. This was an attempt to show that he was still healthy as there was a little over two weeks left to go in the 1944 presidential election campaign.

    • @potato88872
      @potato88872 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      In hindsight, a terrible idea.

    • @stevekaczynski3793
      @stevekaczynski3793 ปีที่แล้ว

      William Henry Harrison took the oath of office on becoming president and made a two-hour speech in 1841 in the open air on a cold and wet day, presumably for the same reasons as Roosevelt. He became ill a few weeks later after taking a walk and being caught in a rainstorm. He died not long after.

    • @tisFrancesfault
      @tisFrancesfault ปีที่แล้ว +22

      ​@@potato88872not really, cos y'know he died from a stroke.

    • @stevekaczynski3793
      @stevekaczynski3793 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      @@tisFrancesfault SPOILER
      He will look notably frail at Yalta next year, while both Stalin and Churchill look quite robust. This may have geopolitical implications...

    • @tisFrancesfault
      @tisFrancesfault ปีที่แล้ว +35

      @@stevekaczynski3793 yes but that because his health was generally failing. The average life expectancy in the US was 67, and as someone literally crippled by polio, coupled with the stresses of office, it's frankly shocking he lived as long as he did.
      Exposure to raid does not induce colds or other illnesses on its own, and Franklin doesn't seem overly affected by the event.
      Strokes are a kicker, because you can be in otherwise excellent health and still have one, and they kill you.

  • @mktrafton7042
    @mktrafton7042 ปีที่แล้ว +203

    My grandfather, my dad's dad, served in the Naval Amphibious Forces, attached to the 7th Fleet during the Philippines Campaign of 1944-45. His unit was a land based infantry unit within the US Navy. Before landing on Leyte, he witnessed the battle of Leyte Gulf from a troop ship. Once landed, he and his unit were attached to a unit of Philippine Scouts, whom he respected very much and spoke of often. During the campaign, he witnessed the liberation of American and Filipino POWs. Seeing the horrors, they and the Filipino people suffered from the Japanese left him with a lifetime hatred of the Japanese. He was 17 at the time. To the day he died in 2006, he never forgave Japan.

    • @neilwieland2748
      @neilwieland2748 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Thank you for sharing this. It's important for all of us to read these personal accounts. I've learned so much from this series, and from the great comments shared by folks such as you.

    • @DraigBlackCat
      @DraigBlackCat ปีที่แล้ว +32

      My uncle (mum's brother) was a POW from the time Singapore fell up to the very end of the war, worked on the Burma railway and dug their own death pits ready for use should the British land nearby - a massacre that was only averted by the Japanese surrendering before the expected landing went ahead.
      He hated the Japanese up until he was about 80 then began to understand the Japanese view of surrender during his last 13 years.
      I don't think he ever forgave them, especially for their treatment of civillians, but he outlived his wife by 20 years and I'm sure he put that down to the food intake restriction during his time as a PoW so was somehow grateful to them for that.
      He also somehow felt guilty at surviving by way of the atom bombs - he always said they shouldn't have been used, even if it meant he was killed.
      My mum always warned me off from discussing all this with him - she'd seen what he was like when he returned, so always worried about reawakening 'PTSD' type horrors - not that they ever knew anything about that term, but they did have an uncle who suffered shell-shock in WW1 and never recovered, he died in an asylum in the 1930s after having moved from one military hospital to another until finally being transferred to a civillian asylum.

    • @Conn30Mtenor
      @Conn30Mtenor ปีที่แล้ว +10

      A friend of my dad (who was also a WW2 vet) was captured at Hong Kong. He felt the same.

    • @seanskre1717
      @seanskre1717 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      As Filipino, Thank you for the service of your Grandfather and may he rest in peace

    • @issober0110
      @issober0110 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I think the fact that the Japanese have never officaly apologised for their war crimes and have never outright banned the use of the imperial flag (as far as I know) is something that probably fed the continued hatred for the japanese after ww2. I find it weird and disgusting how none of the japanese PM's never have admitted that what they did towards China and a majority of Asia was awfull and something that never needs to happend again. It makes no sense on a national nor international scale any sense to refuse to condemn and apologise for their war crimes.

  • @davidsigalow7349
    @davidsigalow7349 ปีที่แล้ว +132

    Like The Great War series, this series really helps me understand the mercurial and unstable world of the Balkan Nations. The shifting alliances, the honorable men, the traitors and those just trying to stay alive amidst this chaotic and lethal war.

    • @davidsigalow7349
      @davidsigalow7349 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@slyasleep...lousy spellcheck!...fixed!

  • @Grenadier311
    @Grenadier311 ปีที่แล้ว +388

    American leadership strongly implored McArthur to say "we will return" as a collective, but Mr. Prima Donna couldn't help but make it all about himself.
    Edit: I have no hard feelings against the man. A little levity lightens the load of heavy subjects.

    • @dcbanacek2
      @dcbanacek2 ปีที่แล้ว +83

      @@randbarrett8706 MacArthur NEVER made mistakes!! Just ask him, it was everyone else who was incompetent.

    • @lovablesnowman
      @lovablesnowman ปีที่แล้ว +5

      His version is much better though

    • @garcalej
      @garcalej ปีที่แล้ว +73

      MacArthur: “Collective?” What are we Bolsheviks now? Willoughby, give me my darkest sunglasses and my largest corn cob pipe. It’s magazine time.”

    • @jamesharmer9293
      @jamesharmer9293 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      He was an Incompetent Narcissist.

    • @Grenadier311
      @Grenadier311 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      @garcalej Commies and the Borg don't have a monopoly on the designation. America would be a much healthier, nicer place to live in if we returned to our community-minded roots. Hyper-individualism has its perks, but in excess is a recipe for individual and national dysfunction.

  • @sankarchaya
    @sankarchaya ปีที่แล้ว +89

    "If you give me five years, you will not recognize Germany again" reminds me of the old prophesy, "if you attack Persia, a great kingdom will be destroyed" - if the Lydian king Croesus was himself also the Oracle of Delphi

  • @TheEvertw
    @TheEvertw ปีที่แล้ว +87

    "Mark Clark's drive on Imola is also called off"
    Mr. Clark was a few years too early, the circuit was only opened in 1953. But his son made good for it.

    • @TheEvertw
      @TheEvertw ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@slyasleep Jeremy ClarkSON visited Imola circuit many times ;-)
      You know, the famous presenter of Top Gear.

    • @TheEvertw
      @TheEvertw ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@slyasleep My family keeps telling me that when a joke needs explaining, it isn't funny. But I have fun anyway ;-)

    • @LeftCoastStephen
      @LeftCoastStephen ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@TheEvertwI have had the same reaction, mostly from the wife. I’ve learned what that “look” means

    • @lastguy8613
      @lastguy8613 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@TheEvertw As John Wayne said explaining is losing

  • @ivodassen87
    @ivodassen87 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    Just before the push to Aachen the 117th and 119th had a brief respite in September in my hometown of Groenstraat, a small town/hamlet just before the border with Germany (it’s visible on the map). They had to wait for the offensive on Aachen to take shape. In those days they were welcomed into our homes and hearts as liberators. Those brave men were on their way to liberate the first German town, struggle for death in the Hurtgen Forrest behind Aachen and fight the Peiper kampfgruppe in December in the Stoutmont area during the Ardennes offensive. Braver souls can not be found.

    • @eldorados_lost_searcher
      @eldorados_lost_searcher ปีที่แล้ว +4

      That rest in Groenstraat might have been the last bit of rest they had for several months. I hope they looked back on their time there with fondness.

    • @WorldWarTwo
      @WorldWarTwo  ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Thank you for sharing your hometown's involvement and your connection to history.

  • @elcastorgrande
    @elcastorgrande ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Once again, the best, most detailed and yet concise, picture of the war.

    • @WorldWarTwo
      @WorldWarTwo  ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thank you very much for the kind comment and thanks for watching!

    • @blackhathacker82
      @blackhathacker82 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​​​​@@WorldWarTwohey indy Neidel I would love ❤ to watch a ww2 Octomber special including the Greek National holiday of 28 Octomber of no said by the Greek leader metaksa towards Italians

    • @blackhathacker82
      @blackhathacker82 ปีที่แล้ว

      If it's possible

  • @alexamerling79
    @alexamerling79 ปีที่แล้ว +237

    Wow, we are really at the point where German soil has been captured. by the western allies. Time sure has flown since the early days of Wehrmacht victories.That is a big blow to the ego of the Nazis.

    • @jtgd
      @jtgd ปีที่แล้ว +61

      I’d take that as the true beginning of the end.
      3 fronts, entire armies destroyed, and pre-war borders being breached on both sides, with declining resources and manpower.
      Not surrendering by this point is just unnecessary mass loss of life.
      Not even Germany in WW1 risked allied troops breaching the rhine and rushing through Prussia and Silesia

    • @TheEvertw
      @TheEvertw ปีที่แล้ว +45

      Not just any city, Aachen, the home city of the Holy Roman Empire. That was the First Reich, Hitler's empire being the Third Reich. So the fall of Aachen was also a tremendous symbolical blow.

    • @jobberghs3734
      @jobberghs3734 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@TheEvertwit should also be noted that the hre was a thousand year reich. AKA hitlers dream

    • @stevekaczynski3793
      @stevekaczynski3793 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Earlier in the year, one reason why the Germans persisted in thinking D-Day would land in the Calais area was that a landing there would be the quickest way to get to Germany's western frontier and then into the vital industrial centre, the Ruhr. Basically it would have meant a lightning dash across Belgium, a relatively small country. As it happens, the Allies have now got there, but via a longer route starting from Normandy and fighting their way across France.

    • @Paciat
      @Paciat ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@JohnJohn-pe5kr Italians had a dictator and didnt fight to the end. Its not just Hitler who was insane, its the Germans who followed him. Lets remember that during occupation.

  • @josefalecgeradila3901
    @josefalecgeradila3901 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Just to give some perspective to the Leyte Landings. Tacloban wasn't just some village, but already a large town. It was the provincial capital and would serve as the Phillippine Government's seat of power until the liberation of Manila. It would preclude the shift from island hopping to urban warfare that US forces would face in the Philippines.

  • @MrBelmont79
    @MrBelmont79 ปีที่แล้ว +142

    The Japanese have had so many battles, yet in their eyes “ a decisive battle “ is one where they win. How arrogant they had to be in believing that Japan could lose so many battles and not surrender, but believe that Americans would surrender after a single bloody battle. Pride, arrogance, and ignorance were their colors ✋🏻

    • @Talyrion
      @Talyrion ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Honestly, at this point, it feels less arrogance and more desperation. A "decisive" battle making the American give up is literally their only hope for a favorable peace, so it's no wonder they cling to the idea like a safety blanket, no matter how unlikely that outcome is.

    • @rayjfroehlich84
      @rayjfroehlich84 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Maybe not surrender but a negotiated peace , which is how most wars ended up until then..

    • @stevekaczynski3793
      @stevekaczynski3793 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      They were hoping for a Tsushima. In theory the Russians could have continued the Russo-Japanese war after that but were preoccupied by internal problems, while the Japanese economy was in a poor state. The Japanese of 1944 hoped one big defeat would bring the USA to terms in the same way. It was not a matter of survival for either Russia or the USA.

    • @senpainoticeme9675
      @senpainoticeme9675 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      ​@@stevekaczynski3793which meant the Japanese learned nothing since the Americans in 1944 were not in any kind of internal trouble or that their economy was also in trouble like what happened in Russia in 1905.

    • @Onthejazz247
      @Onthejazz247 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ​@stevekaczynski3793 it's honestly, in retrospect, a shame from the Russian perspective that they came to the table when they did. They had nothing really left to lose, no navies to destroy, no port cities which Japan had the manpower and supply lines to take. If Russia had simply continued the war, they could've gotten a more favorable outcome. They had nothing left to lose in that region and continued warmight have helped

  • @manwesulimo7476
    @manwesulimo7476 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I love the fact, You divided video into time parts. It helps me later, when i'm back to the video and want to find a fragment i'm looking for. Thank You.

  • @froot6086
    @froot6086 ปีที่แล้ว +88

    Watching this series has really made me understand how much more in depth ww2 really was. So many battles and operations taking place all at once. Most people look at ww2 as black and white with just the highlights of the war. Awesome video.

    • @davidsigalow7349
      @davidsigalow7349 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      True dat. This was some week!

    • @extrahistory8956
      @extrahistory8956 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Not to mention that it wasn't merely fought on the Western Front, but also in China, Burma, India, Italy, Yugoslavia, Hungary and in so many more places.

    • @goldgeologist5320
      @goldgeologist5320 ปีที่แล้ว

      It was the only true “global” world war! Most deadly war in human history.
      And yet so few know much about it or think about it now.

    • @WorldWarTwo
      @WorldWarTwo  ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Happy to hear the series has deepened your understanding of the war, thank you very much for watching and thanks for the lovely comment!

  • @cyrille8693
    @cyrille8693 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    You guys really do an amazing work. I can remind myself discover your channel years ago and be like... "meh, I'm too impatient... I'll follow the channel and wait 'til the end of the war to binge all the videos in a couple of weeks"... we're close to it, guys. You're about to have done it and finally I'll can spend weeks to discover new aspects of this war we all think we know but not as deep as we think. You're so resilient guys, I can't wait to hear Indy say :"ok, we're done with this war", it will be my: "go, binge, go !!!"

    • @WorldWarTwo
      @WorldWarTwo  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's certainly been a journey but the end is inching ever closer. Thank you for the very thoughtful comment.

  • @kurtsunderbruch4711
    @kurtsunderbruch4711 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    My dad was a Signal Corps combat photographer attached to the First Army during the battle of Aachen. He was shot through the neck there on October 8th. He rejoined his unit on the 30th in time to participate in Hurtgen Forest, the Bulge, and the crossings of the Roer and Rhine rivers, as well as meeting up with Rossokovsky at the Elbe. His scrapbook is remarkable.

    • @akriegguardsman
      @akriegguardsman ปีที่แล้ว

      How did he survive a shot through the neck?

    • @kurtsunderbruch4711
      @kurtsunderbruch4711 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@akriegguardsman it's weird. I thought I had already posted a reply to this question. Maybe the link I posted to some photos of helmet he was wearing prompted its removal. The bullet entered the right side of his neck, it threaded the needle past his jugular vein, spine, trachea, esophagus, and carotid artery, exiting just beneath and behind his left ear, blowing out the lower edge of the left side of his helmet. Truly a million dollar wound.

    • @jptheeaglescout
      @jptheeaglescout ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @kurtsunderbruch4711 that is awesome. What units in the First Army was he attached to? My grandfather was in the 2nd Battalion, 26 Regiment, 1st Division which took part in the block by block devastation of Aachen that Indy mentioned. They had limited success until they brought in a howitzer on wheels and destroyed each block slowly and steadily. He served similarly through Hurtgen, the Bulge, and Rhine campaigns and ended up an MP during the Nuremburg Trials. Is your father's scrapbook digitized and on the internet? I would love to see it if so!

    • @kurtsunderbruch4711
      @kurtsunderbruch4711 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jptheeaglescout I posted a bunch of them publicly on FB almost two years ago. Here's a link to a post of photos taken at Hurtgen. Edit: it looks like TH-cam won't let me post a link.

    • @kurtsunderbruch4711
      @kurtsunderbruch4711 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jptheeaglescout I'm holding the company history of the 167th Signal Photographic Company. Dad led Combat Unit 1212. It says that on the day he was wounded that they were attached to 1st Army, 1st Division, 26th Regiment, "L" Company. This was at Aachen. When he returned to his unit, they were attached to the 8th Infantry Division at Rott, Germany for the assault on the Hurtgen Forest. The list goes on and on as this only covers their actions until the Bulge. It sounds like your grandfather and my father may have encountered one another at Aachen, though this unit history doesn't mention what battalion that "L" Company was part of.

  • @DrHotWarLove
    @DrHotWarLove ปีที่แล้ว +48

    The Japanese this week: “Somehow MacArthur returned.”

    • @davidsigalow7349
      @davidsigalow7349 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      "D'oh!"
      -Tojo

    • @Raskolnikov70
      @Raskolnikov70 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      The Japanese media this week: "MacArthur killed in massive Japanese counterattack, all US Navy ships sunk"

    • @bossbeartherock6034
      @bossbeartherock6034 ปีที่แล้ว

      Did not get owned by destroyer escorts

  • @simonstruver2180
    @simonstruver2180 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I actually live in the Aachen/Würselen Area and its very exciting to see my Hometown being covered here! Love this series!

  • @gunman47
    @gunman47 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    8:12 "October. We're in Aachen. Krauts are fightin' like hell for it, cause it's the first time one of their cities has been invaded by the Allies. Won't be the last." - Private First Class Ronald Daniels
    This week on October 21st 1944, the following missions in the Call of Duty series will begin:
    *October 18 1944*
    Collateral Damage (Call of Duty: World War II) - As Staff Sergeant Augustine Perez and Private First Class Ronald Daniels in Aachen, Germany, you will first command an M4 Sherman tank and attempt to reroute to save First Lieutenant Joseph Turner’s platoon. Afterwards, you will have to reach and secure the hotel, before trying to sneak out with civilians and defending your position.
    *October 21 1944*
    First City to Fall (Call of Duty: Finest Hour) - As Sergeant Chuck Walker at Aachen, Germany, you are to take cover behind friendly tanks and take out anti-armor enemy troops as you advance into the occupied buildings and clear them out.
    Underground Passage (Call of Duty: Finest Hour) - As Sergeant Chuck Walker at Aachen, Germany, you are to destroy 5 ladders to prevent the enemy from making surprise attacks, as well as clear a passage while moving through the Aachen sewers.
    Surrender at Aachen (Call of Duty: Finest Hour) - As Sergeant Chuck Walker at Aachen, Germany, you are to fight your way to the centre of the city and destroy the enemy tanks.

  • @Salam_Damai431
    @Salam_Damai431 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Greetings from Indonesia. Thank you for another week of WW2 reporting. The tide has certainly turned.

  • @naveenraj2008eee
    @naveenraj2008eee ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Hi Indy
    Splendid week.
    Full of exciting details.
    Especially the last quote,it's what happened to Germany.
    Thanks for the video.

  • @andsoiderparound9909
    @andsoiderparound9909 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    My great grandfather (Severino H.F.) was with US and Filipino troops on the Leyte landing as part of the 2nd Filipino Battalion, 10th Corp., on Red Beach, Palo, Leyte. Although he was assigned as a legal technical assistant for Capt. Vincent Fortich Zerda, legal officer of the Philippine Civil Affaris Unit No. 5 (PCAU).
    It’s thanks to my grandmother saving several newspaper clippings of him recalling his experience that his story is still remembered by the family.

  • @oettamoettam4811
    @oettamoettam4811 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Finally, i catched up, i took me serval months to watch the WWII & WaH series. From now on, I will have to watch the episodes at the time they come out. Big thanks for the whole team for creating this masterpiece. Althoug I thouht I knew already a lot of things form this War, I learned a lot more.

  • @Grizzly_Dragon
    @Grizzly_Dragon ปีที่แล้ว +13

    The link you were pointing out, Indy, is one about the US war on Japanese shipping. I’m really interested in the actual video you were talking about - Hungary between two wars - so if you guys could link it, that would be very much appreciated.
    Always great work, always.

  • @walterm140
    @walterm140 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    A garden of microphones! Love it!

  • @michaelroark2019
    @michaelroark2019 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I was in Aachen several years ago and it is amazing that Charlemagne's cathedral is still there and was not destroyed by the American campaign of conquest of the city. It was shortly after the unification of Germany when I was there and the cathedral was overwhelmed by German tourists from the East that had not been able to visit it since the creation of East Germany.
    Truly it was a symbolic center of German history. Think of Boston as the beginning of the American Revolution and the symbol of nationhood.
    The loss of Aachen was much more than the loss of an industrial city to Nazi Germany but the original source of German statehood and the Holy Roman Empire.

  • @mikemoore4033
    @mikemoore4033 ปีที่แล้ว +87

    The title of “Biggest ego, General (Allied)” is an unprecedented four-way tie between Patton, Montgomery, Clark and MacArthur.

    • @Raskolnikov70
      @Raskolnikov70 ปีที่แล้ว

      .

    • @markstott6689
      @markstott6689 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      MacArthur wins hands down. Clark is second with Patton and Monty tied for third.😊

    • @P_RO_
      @P_RO_ ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Patton was more self-assured than egotistical. He knew what he and his men could do and he made them do it. I won't argue on the others but I'd say Montgomery was the worst with his frequent failures, MacArthur second as he didn't listen to anyone else, then Clark.
      Armies are all about the right kind of leadership, and those leaders personalities play a part of that. My second cousin (RIP) was with Patton and said the men hated him but respected his uncanny ability to win and that they would follow him into hell if he had asked.

    • @901Sherman
      @901Sherman ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Hey, at least Monty and Patton can back up the big talk (well, most of the time).
      Mac and Marky Mark, less so, though credit where credit is due, they've both had they're fair share of 'brilliant' moments

    • @shawnjohnson9763
      @shawnjohnson9763 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      ​@@markstott6689Patton would never accept a tie with Monty. 😅

  • @ottovonbismarck2443
    @ottovonbismarck2443 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I have to intervene: Aachen was defended by elements of German 116th Panzerdivision and 10th SS Panzerdivision - mainly their Panzergrenadier elements. The few Panzers, StuGs and Jagdpanzers of these divisions operated North and East of Aachen.

  • @nickush7512
    @nickush7512 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Always a pleasure, thanks :)

  • @Olaszv
    @Olaszv 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    As a Hungarian, thanks for covering the Hungarian political events. There are still heated arguments here about the role of Horthy during the era and these series helped me understanding his role a bit more. The coup also meant that Hungary will see action in her territory for long months to come 🙁

  • @Lematth88
    @Lematth88 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    This week in French news.
    The 15th, creation of the Headquarters of the Dunkirk territorial zone with the creation of the 110th Infantry Regiment, consisting of two FFI battalions (1200 men). The objective is to reinforce the siege of Dunkirk after the fall of Calais and the departure of most of allied troops, with only the Czech Brigade staying there.
    The 16th, political ordinance on the economical epuration and the 18th, another on the confiscation of illegal profits from the war.
    The 20th, a convention between the Germans and the French forces is signed in La Rochelle to avoid destruction of the city and the port. All agrees to not cross front lines and not make any sabotage inside the city.
    Meanwhile in Sigmaringen, there is a real “war on notes” between Pétain and Brinon. While Pétain refuses to play any part in this Delegation, Brinon continues to use his name and authority to make political plans. The Delegation change its name to the French Governmental Commission of defense of national interest. Brinon is now considering himself as the chief of the true government of France and claim to be both legitimate from Pétain and Germany.

    • @WorldWarTwo
      @WorldWarTwo  ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thanks for sharing and thanks for watching!

  • @stevebarrett9357
    @stevebarrett9357 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Your mention of Gumbinnen reminded me that 30 years and two months before, the Germans and Russians clashed at that place in a battle that occurred prior to the one at Tannenberg. The Russians ended up withdrawing. I don't think that's going to happen this time.

    • @francisdec1615
      @francisdec1615 ปีที่แล้ว

      They were actually pushed back to 3-6 kilometers from the border, but of course that was only temporarily.

  • @renegadeleader1
    @renegadeleader1 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    After almost three full years the Japanese are finally getting the "great decisive battle" with the US Navy according to the Mahan doctrine they adopted and that they had originally set out to accomplish on December 7th, 1941.
    Little do they realized the US Navy now out numbers them by a factor of 3.5+ to 1 in warships of all types.

    • @901Sherman
      @901Sherman ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Oh they'll get decisive results all right...

    • @jliller
      @jliller ปีที่แล้ว

      "Little do they realize the US Navy now out numbers them by a factor of 3.5+ to 1 in warships of all types."
      Little do they care. Banzai!

    • @renegadeleader1
      @renegadeleader1 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jliller "Oh no! Tiny destroyers and destroyer escorts are charging us! We must flee in shame!"- Admiral Kurita's main battleship center force

  • @korbell1089
    @korbell1089 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Japanese officer: "I' not a pilot but I did play one during the war!"

  • @stevekaczynski3793
    @stevekaczynski3793 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    A book I read on the kamikaze claimed the term became popular among Americans because it was how their Nisei translators rendered the characters meaning "divine wind". The wartime Japanese themselves used "shinpu", which means the same but is Chinese pronunciation and tends to sound loftier than the indigenous Japanese pronunciation kamikaze. (Wartime Japanese also called them "tokkotai", an abbreviation for "special attack units".)

  • @user-ws2gn3wp4s
    @user-ws2gn3wp4s ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Every week! Love your work!

  • @twentypdrparrott694
    @twentypdrparrott694 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    My father's ship that he was on, destination was Tacloban. The ship was attacked by Japanese bombers. fortunately they missed.

  • @CoyotesOwn
    @CoyotesOwn ปีที่แล้ว +10

    1274 and 1281. Mongols invaded twice had their fleet destroyed by storms twice. Both instances were referred to as Kamikaze.

  • @thagrifster594
    @thagrifster594 ปีที่แล้ว

    Always look forward to these weekly releases. Another great episode.

  • @joseluisenriquez2851
    @joseluisenriquez2851 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    These is the best Documentary love it

    • @WorldWarTwo
      @WorldWarTwo  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you very much and thanks for watching!

  • @bradwilliams7198
    @bradwilliams7198 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Did I hear that right: 18 escort carriers and 12 fleet carriers? Wow.

    • @Raskolnikov70
      @Raskolnikov70 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Don't remember the exact number and I'm too lazy to look it up, but by the end of the war the US had produced over 100 escort carriers. Initially designed to cover the air gap during the Battle of the Atlantic, the Navy found them incredibly useful in the Pacific as well. They could be used to provide air cover to support ground invasions, freeing up the fleet carriers to go hunt down the IJN.

    • @shawnr771
      @shawnr771 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ​@@Raskolnikov70
      18 Essex class CV,
      7 Independence claas CVL
      119 Escort carriers CVE.

  • @ericcarlson3746
    @ericcarlson3746 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Assuming it would be very difficult for the Japanese to defend the enormously long coastline of the Philippines not knowing where the US would land. Hope we get some coverage of Filipino resistance involvement, either combat or passing info on the location of ground or air forces - I assume there was some

    • @shawnr771
      @shawnr771 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      There was lots.
      Several American soldiers were still fighting with them.
      One of the manufactured a single shot 12 gauge called the Johnson from plumbing pipe.

    • @porksterbob
      @porksterbob ปีที่แล้ว +2

      One of the shortcomings of the channel has been that the "resistance" documented in the War against humanity has been 95% European.

  • @weirdopokemon2199
    @weirdopokemon2199 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love you Indy ❤. Ive said that before but I do. Love ur voice, ur explanations and ur photos and everything else u do in the videos. Ty so much

  • @patricktorres4226
    @patricktorres4226 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    When I was 5 years old I witnessed the reenactment of MacArthur's landing in Leyte during the 50th anniversary. It's a fond childhood memory watching the landings sitting on my Dad's shoulders.

  • @twentypdrparrott694
    @twentypdrparrott694 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    My father's group 475th FG were at one time based at Biak Island.. There next stop was Leyte.

  • @thethirdjegs
    @thethirdjegs ปีที่แล้ว +6

    i was expecting McArthur landing in Leyte to be this week's thumbnail 😁

  • @rdleahey
    @rdleahey ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great presentations!

  • @oldesertguy9616
    @oldesertguy9616 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    Whomever thought of your one-sided phone call openings deserves whatever the TH-cam equivalent of a Pullitzer is. It's just brilliant.

    • @AndrewBlacker-wr2ve
      @AndrewBlacker-wr2ve ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Yes.!
      It's an ingenious device to initiate every episode.
      Sometimes it's a preview of something significant while other times, it's a trivial point but it always kicks off the narrative.

    • @Grenadier311
      @Grenadier311 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I liked them better when Indy didn't repeat the dialogue from the other end of the phone; requiring the viewer to infer the content and solve a puzzle.

    • @oldesertguy9616
      @oldesertguy9616 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@Grenadier311 I don't mind the new ones. I didn't like the ones where you could hear the other voice. I'm glad they only lasted a few episodes.

    • @KitagumaIgen
      @KitagumaIgen ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What onesided phonecalls are you rambling about?

    • @Grenadier311
      @Grenadier311 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@KitagumaIgen The ones Indy has included in EVERY episode at the beginning of the show.

  • @CARL_093
    @CARL_093 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    5:29
    General Douglas MacArthur and staff, accompanied by Philippine President Sergio Osmeña and Carlos P. Romulo, land at Red Beach, Leyte, 20 October 1944
    he came with the Philippine Commonwealth republic in exile in america

  • @Lotro100
    @Lotro100 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    A lot of kudos for Indy actually trying to pronounce 's-Hertogenbosch (and of course all the other names)!

  • @petermaffay8312
    @petermaffay8312 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Mhm seems like theres a lot of forest southeast of Aachen, but I guess thats not gonna be a problem 🤔

  • @indianajones4321
    @indianajones4321 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    People of the Philippines, I have returned

  • @zacharylewis8
    @zacharylewis8 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Posting one of my favorite passages from Rick Atkinson's The Guns at Last Light, regarding the battle of Aachen:
    "Aachen's dismemberment began in earnest on Wednesday morning, when three hundred Allied planes dropped sixty-two tons of bombs on targets stained with red artillery smoke. Five thousand artillery rounds followed over the next two days, then another hundred tons of bombs and five thousand more shells. At precisely 9:30 A.M. on Friday, October 13th, troops from the 2nd Battalion of the 26th Infantry simultaneously tossed one thousand hand grenades over the railroad embankment near Triererstrasse, then scrambled across the tracks and into the inner sanctum of Charlemagne's capital.
    They found a "sterile sea of rubble", in one G.I.'s phrase, a ghost town with 20,000 civilians of Aachen's original 165,000 living in dank holes. A garrison of 5,000 troops and policemen defended the inner city, reinforced by constabulary volunteers from Cologne and 1st SS Panzer Corps grenadiers who had hurried in on Rundstedt's orders. Huebner could muster only two battalions from the 26th Infantry for his assault force, but much had been learned in Italy about urban combat. Aachen would now serve as a test bed for new destructive techniques developed by troops whose battle cry became 'Knock 'em all down!'
    Street by street, building by building, room by room, assault squads methodically clawed their way across the city from east to west, darting between doorways and down alleys smoked with white phosphorus. With Peliserkerstrasse as a boundary line between the battalions, the 3rd pushed through the foundaries and rolling mills on Aachen's northern edge, while the 2nd bulled into the town center at a pace of four hundred yards a day. A tank or tank destroyer perforated each building with crashing fire, floor by floor, from street to attic, forcing defenders into cellars, where grenades finished them off. Bazooka teams knocked down doors, and engineers blew holes in ceilings or walls with beehive charges - 'mouseholing' skills learned in Cassino and Ortona - to let riflemen move up, down, and laterally without using defended stairwells. Every closet, every coal bin, every sewer main was searched, and bulldozers piled rubble atop each manhole cover. To further discourage German infiltration select rooms in cleared houses were booby-trapped, often with a No. 2 green bean can filled with nails, three pounds of dynamite, a No. 8 blasting cap, and a tripwire trigger.
    Three captured German streetcars were each packed with a thousand pounds of captured enemy munitions and a delay fuze, then rolled downhill through no-man's-land; the thunderous explosions did little damage but elicited appreciative cheers from the American line. Flamethrowers proved persuasive, even through stone burned poorly: a three-second spurt of fire follwed by an ultimatum on Saturday - 'Surrender or get fried' - cleared a fetid three-story air raid shelter of more than seventy-five soldiers and a thousand civilians with hands raised. For recalitrants in bunkers, 1st Division engineers found that mattresses wedged into firing ports amplified the explosive pressures inside so that even small charges would fracture concrete. An order went out to collect mattresses from every captured German village.
    Another lethal legacy from the Italian campaign was the M-12, an ungainly 155mm gun mounted on a tank chassis that was capable of keeping pace with the armored spearheads as they raced across France. On a single day in Aachen, M-12s fired sixty-four rounds almost point-blank to demolish nine buildings, including a movie theater occupied by a company of enemy riflemen, every one of whom was killed or wounded. As 2nd Battalion edged closer to the rubble of the town hall, with its proud facade of German rulers, an M-12 clanked onto Wilhelmstrasse; there a tank destroyer fired sixteen rounds to bore a hole through a house wall. The 155mm gun then used the firing loophole to throw seven rounds down Hindenburgstrasse into the State Theater, five blocks away. German troops in the stronghold pelted west towards the cathedral.
    Across the city the Americans crept at a steady, sanguinary fifty feet and hour, shooting, dynamiting, grenading. National Socialist slogans on a broken wall reminded the faithful, auf Deutsch, 'For this we thank our Fuhrer,' and, 'You are nothing, the state is all.' G.I.s chalked their own scatalogical exegesis. Drew Middleton described a soldier firing into the street from a back bedroom, where eiderdown quilts in red silk covered the beds. 'The sons of bitching bastards,' the G.I. muttered as he emptied his rifle. 'The fucking, fucking bastards.'
    Knock 'em all down."

    • @skyhappy
      @skyhappy ปีที่แล้ว +2

      What goes the mattress part mean, how does a mattress help a bomb. Nvm I got it, it blocked any holes from inside so pressure would build up for the concrete to describe

  • @caloob4016
    @caloob4016 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "Oh ands you can click here for a Between Two Wars episode about Hungary before this whole mess started." Looks over and sees a special on American Wolfpacks…
    Just letting the team know the error for the link. Thanks for the amazing work.

  • @HazelnutPohl
    @HazelnutPohl ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great Video as always ❤

  • @leaveme3559
    @leaveme3559 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I have been following you guys since napoleanic wars

  • @holopilot2241
    @holopilot2241 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent work as always!

  • @Casa-de-hongos
    @Casa-de-hongos ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Just a minor mistake: You used ">" as fewer in stead of "

  • @BeanManolo
    @BeanManolo ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Brazil this week: no many military movements, only some recon and the building of a bridge by FEB engineers in the region of Castellacio in the 16th, and the creation of a advanced post of command in Quiesa on the 18th, for the operations in the Sercchio Valley;
    The operations are mostly paralized in the 18th by order of the american IV Corps command, that the brazilians are fighting under, who orders a temporary paralysis and a maintenance of their current positions. Mostly we have are some changes in troops on the 21st, and Gen. Zenóbio, the brazilian commander, waiting for IV Corps authorization for a offensive against Castelnuovo di Garfagnana, starting to wait in the 19th;
    However, one important symbolical event happens: from the 16th to the 18th the brazilian War Minister visits the troops in Italy, and during his visit to one of the command posts of the FEB in Bologna Gen. Dutra, under suggestion from the american commander Gen. Clark, suggests the adoption of a badge for the FEB, who's immediately accepted by both the brazilian authorities and the troops. That badge being the famous one of a snake smoking a pipe, that gave the FEB the notorious nickname 'Cobras Fumantes', or 'Smoking Snakes'.

    • @JGGomes206
      @JGGomes206 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Obrigado pelos seus comentários informativos. Espero que nos próximos vídeos eles possam abordar um pouco a participação da FEB no 5° Exército dos EUA.

    • @steved5495
      @steved5495 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thank you for this. There isn't much time to go over the contributions of nations like Brazil and Mexico. I hope they do a special on them.

    • @extrahistory8956
      @extrahistory8956 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@steved5495 Well, the Brazilians will have screentime from November onwards, when most of the Expeditonary Force finally goes to the battlefield. Right now, only a small group is with the 1st American Division.

  • @indianajones4321
    @indianajones4321 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Another excellent video WW2 team! 👏

    • @WorldWarTwo
      @WorldWarTwo  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you very much and thanks for watching!

  • @901Sherman
    @901Sherman ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Sarajevo, Belgrade, Nis, Sava River....And I though Przemyśl was a blast from the past.
    It's quiet a shame the Aachen and Scheldt battles aren't more well known. From what I've read about them, they truly were horrific meatgrinders for both sides that got overhsadowed by a certain German counteroffensive later on (oh, spoilers by the way).

    • @ericcarlson3746
      @ericcarlson3746 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      just read the wikipedia on this, spurred by this episode

  • @syimirsafrizal3983
    @syimirsafrizal3983 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The most important thing i learn is the correct collective noun for microphone

  • @mrlodwick
    @mrlodwick ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you.

  • @DSS-jj2cw
    @DSS-jj2cw ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My late father was at Leyte and saw MacArhur somewhere off the beach. Dad was an Army Air Corps engineer and operated a bulldozer constructing airfields.

  • @Hyde_Hill
    @Hyde_Hill 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Probably the best pronunciation of 's-Hertogenbosch or Den Bosch by a foreigner I have heard.

  • @Shellshock1918
    @Shellshock1918 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I interviewed a 30th ID vet who's Baptism of Fire was the Aachen assault. Victor Neiland, BAR gunner. A great book on the American way of war in 1944 NW Europe is Closing With The Enemy by Michael Doubler.

  • @nicobruin8618
    @nicobruin8618 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    's-Hertogenbosch is a hard one to pronounce.
    But like 'S-Gravenhage it has two names, the second one simpler to pronounce and more commonly used nowadays.
    'S-Gravenhage is also called Den Haag (The Hague), and 'S-Hertogenbosch is also called Den Bosch.
    Indy had a quite reasonable go at the name but it's totally okay to go with Den Bosch to spare yourselves the difficulty.

  • @Charles-t1e7p
    @Charles-t1e7p ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great work, thanks!

  • @danielgreen3715
    @danielgreen3715 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Aachen is Twinned with Halifax in West Yorkshire for some reason Strange that the seat of the Holy Roman Empire is Twinned with a Northern Mill Town on the edge of the Pennines!..Cheers Indy and Team its been a long old road to get to this point

  • @mohammedsaysrashid3587
    @mohammedsaysrashid3587 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Super wonderful introduced....allot thanks( WW2) channel

  • @brokenbridge6316
    @brokenbridge6316 ปีที่แล้ว

    Gregory Peck was great in the movie MacArthur. I loved that they put the whole speech that Mac gave to the Filipino people in the movie. It's a great watch.

  • @oldcynic6964
    @oldcynic6964 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I note that by now the number of Allied carriers was so great that Indy doesn't bother to name any of them.
    A reflection on US production capacity.

  • @Professor_sckinnctn
    @Professor_sckinnctn ปีที่แล้ว

    All the place names in the Philippines were pronounced almost perfectly! Awesome!! :)

  • @sammyboi2951
    @sammyboi2951 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    What seems to be left out by you guys is the defenses of the Hungarian Army in the North Transylvania mountains called the
    Árpád line which held back all Soviet attacks in that region. I really hope you will mention it in a future video.

    • @nigelo92
      @nigelo92 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      "For every fallen Hungarian border guard on the Arpad Line, 483 Soviet soldiers were killed" - wow

    • @sammyboi2951
      @sammyboi2951 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@nigelo92After the successfull Soviet attacks in Southern Hungary the Árpád line defenses eventually had to be abandoned. Some survivors recalled the men weeping as despite their efforts they had to retreat.

  • @ognjenpetrovic5843
    @ognjenpetrovic5843 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Long after the war МИН НЕТ (no mines) graffiti were still on the facades of Belgrade buildings. Some of them still stands today.

    • @stevekaczynski3793
      @stevekaczynski3793 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Is that Russian or Serbo-Croatian? It looks like Russian to me. I have seen a photo of a Red Army soldier wearing a sort of camouflage rainproof. He was described as a sapper and was clutching a book, perhaps a manual describing German booby traps. The photo was taken in autumn 1944, in either Hungary or eastern Yugoslavia.

    • @ognjenpetrovic5843
      @ognjenpetrovic5843 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@stevekaczynski3793 Russian, those were the Soviet sappers

    • @stevekaczynski3793
      @stevekaczynski3793 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ognjenpetrovic5843 It surprises me graffiti would still be up - is it carved into the stone or something? Perhaps they needed to write in a way more permanent than with chalk.

    • @ognjenpetrovic5843
      @ognjenpetrovic5843 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@stevekaczynski3793 lead paint, probably

  • @waukivorycopse2402
    @waukivorycopse2402 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Little noted exchange during Dougie Mac's radio broadcast:
    Doug: " I have returned"
    Filipino Guerilla: " So will a dud check..."

    • @stevekaczynski3793
      @stevekaczynski3793 ปีที่แล้ว

      Since a fair number of them were Communists, later known as Hukbalahap, their welcome to MacArthur will not last long.

  • @matthewtaylor6558
    @matthewtaylor6558 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    For next year’s April Fools, they should do a joke episode about some events from Wolfenstein. Kind of like what they did with HYDRA and some characters from Marvel a couple years back.

    • @murrayscott9546
      @murrayscott9546 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Have you seen the College Humor websites take on Wolfenstein ?

  • @Archer89201
    @Archer89201 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    A scary thing to think about is that even if Tokyo Rose was right and all the carriers in the taskforce were sunk, American industial might was on RTS mode and could have replaced them within weeks of not months. Also the American pilots having actual flight training out of flight school would have more experience than the japanese who only trained in theory due to fuel loss, cant imagine playing warthunder would make me equal to a japanese naval aviator

    • @stevekaczynski3793
      @stevekaczynski3793 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I wonder what their simulators were like. Of course they could be no substitute for real flying experience. In 1944, both German and Japanese flyers, especially fighter pilots, were mostly inferior to their Allied opponents, except for a small hard core of experienced pilots, frequently aces, who had survived from the past.

    • @Raskolnikov70
      @Raskolnikov70 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@stevekaczynski3793 I took Driver's Ed in high school back in the 80's. We had driving simulators that sound similar to whatever system the Japanese were using back then. The students sat in stations that resembled car seats with all the controls, the instructor showed a film of someone driving down the road encountering various situations and we were expected to perform the correct actions as the scenario unfolded - i.e. signal turns, swerve to avoid hazards, stuff like that. I imagine they just showed cockpit footage and the pilot trainees were expected to do the same. Teaches correct actions and builds muscle memory without actually driving/flying.

    • @stevekaczynski3793
      @stevekaczynski3793 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Raskolnikov70 th-cam.com/video/7P8Xu3nDAdw/w-d-xo.html At about 18:37, a Luftwaffe night fighter trainee is using what looks like a simulator. It reminds me of the slot machine games I sometimes played in the 1970s.

  • @the1ghost764
    @the1ghost764 ปีที่แล้ว

    Another Great Episode.

  • @grandadmiralzaarin4962
    @grandadmiralzaarin4962 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Hungarian Ambassador, (Gives Heil Hitler salute)
    US Ambassador, "Ah, I see you did the Hitler salute, are you of Aryan descent?"
    Hungarian, "No, my people are largely a mixture of Asian, Turkic and various other ethnicities."
    US Ambassador, "What is your form of government?"
    Hungarian Ambassador" It is a Kingdom."
    US Ambassador-"Who's your king?"
    Hungarian Ambassador, "We don't have a king, but a regent Admiral."
    US Ambassador, "An Admiral? So you must have a strong coastline and navy."
    Hungarian Ambassador, "No, we are land locked."
    US Ambassador, "Okay. There's a lot of wars in Europe, is Hungary engaged in any?"
    Hungarian Ambassador, "Yes, against the Soviet Union."
    US Ambassador, "Do you have any territorial claims against the Soviet Union?"
    Hungarian Ambassador, "No, we do not."
    US Ambassador, "Do you have territorial claims against other countries?"
    Hungarian Ambassador, "Yes, against Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, and Romania."
    US Ambassador, "And are you waging war against them as well?"
    Hungarian Ambassador, "No, they are our allies."
    US Ambassador, "Well, how is your Admiral?"
    Hungarian Ambassador, "He's been captured by the Germans."
    US Ambassador, "So you are at war with Germany then!"
    Hungarian Ambassador, "No, they are our greatest allies!"
    US Ambassador with head in hands, "Sir, I am sorry, but this is VERY confusing..."
    Hungarian Ambassador shrugs, "What can I say? That is just the state of European politics."

  • @chazzerman286
    @chazzerman286 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Are we getting any sort of special coverage on the upcoming Battle of Leyte Gulf, given its status as the largest naval battle in history by total displacement?

    • @extrahistory8956
      @extrahistory8956 ปีที่แล้ว

      The naval battles (Palawan Pass, Sibuyan Strait, Surigao Strait, Cape Engaño and Off Samar/Leyte) took place from October 23-25, so they didn't happen this week. They will be all covered next week.

  • @kubob2289
    @kubob2289 ปีที่แล้ว

    21:24 - you are missing S in BanSká Bystrica. But amazing job, With pronunciation and in general. Thank you.

  • @atheistyoda8915
    @atheistyoda8915 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    21:33 I'm sorry, but those ducks walking along side those soldiers made me chuckle.

  • @seneca983
    @seneca983 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    2:30 You say "fewer than 100" but the graphic shows "more than 100".

  • @oneshotme
    @oneshotme ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Funny how your voice changes when you have to talk about Italy HAHAHAHAHA
    I enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up

  • @ronniecoleman2342
    @ronniecoleman2342 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My father's second cousins eldest brothers first roomate served at Stalingrad, I got the story from his niece.

  • @agactual2
    @agactual2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It warms my heart to see how much territory Hitler has lost this year. The Third Empire is in it's death throes. Just 6 more months and Hitler's corpse will be on fire in the ruins of Berlin, and that will be the end of the "Thousand Year Reich".

  • @sharadowasdr
    @sharadowasdr ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The Ballad of Vinegar Joe and Chiang Kai Shek could be it's own movie, or mini series. Full of drama, tragedies, ups and downs, ending with Chiang's victory.

    • @chaptermasterpedrokantor1623
      @chaptermasterpedrokantor1623 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's a Pyrrhic victory though. Stillwell was right. Chiang was a horrible leader and his army a shambolic mess of incompetence and corruption.

  • @ericvantassell6809
    @ericvantassell6809 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Tuckums? Sounds like Mrs. Churchill's pet name for Winston.(15:06)

  • @Significantpower
    @Significantpower ปีที่แล้ว +3

    TIL that a group of microphones is called a garden.
    Neat.

    • @stevekaczynski3793
      @stevekaczynski3793 ปีที่แล้ว

      I would have thought a "confusion" of microphones, or a "warp" of microphones.

  • @MurderousEagle
    @MurderousEagle ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Looks like a big storm coming next week. What will happen? The world wonders.

  • @andrehernadi5930
    @andrehernadi5930 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video as usual. One small mistake tho. Szálasi didn't declare himself Nádor, his title was Nemzetvezető which means National leader/Natzionalführer.
    The title of Nádor was the second most powerful after the king. A Nádors job was to take over the kings duties while the king was abroad. Without a king there couldn't have been a nádor.

  • @fireofhislove3395
    @fireofhislove3395 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I used to get hammered at Panzer Faust but I don't do that anymore.

  • @davidwright7193
    @davidwright7193 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That “garden” is the correct collective noun for microphones is detailed in that invaluable reference to collective nouns “A load of bollocks” by The Pedants of the Seventh Circle.

  • @sopwithsnoopy8779
    @sopwithsnoopy8779 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Seeing the photos of King Tiger tanks in the streets of Budapest makes me think: "Wouldn't older Pz III tanks have been sufficient to put down an uprising, and free up the King Tigers for defense against the Soviets?" 🤔

    • @Raskolnikov70
      @Raskolnikov70 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Maybe they didn't have the fuel or rail capacity to move them up to the front yet? Just a guess, because it does seem kind of overkillish to use them against street demonstrations.

    • @Ud1ve
      @Ud1ve ปีที่แล้ว

      Most Panzer 3 where taken out of the Panzerdivisions after the Battle of Stalingrad and ether scraped or used for training.
      So they probably used a Tiger, because there where no Panzer 3 anymore in the Division.

    • @Blazo_Djurovic
      @Blazo_Djurovic ปีที่แล้ว

      My thinking is that regular army units were used to enforce the change and as a show of force. And they certainly don't need to rearm and reequip.
      Plus, those are BIG tanks and will have more of an impression on anyone trying anything.

    • @stevekaczynski3793
      @stevekaczynski3793 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Intimidation might have been a factor. Perhaps they wanted to say to Hungarians, "Look, we have these big tanks. Watch your step." Not likely to be the only reason of course.

    • @sopwithsnoopy8779
      @sopwithsnoopy8779 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Ud1ve it is true that most Panzer III's were taken from frontline units after Kursk, but some units still used them into 1945. There were Pz III's used during Operation Market Garden, which had just ended. Also vs. the Finns in the far north, as well as scattered amongst units on the main fronts, tho in ever increasing limited numbers.

  • @annehersey9895
    @annehersey9895 ปีที่แล้ว

    Another great report by Indy! Hellzapoppin all over the world this week! Bet Chaing is very glad to see old Vinegar Joe say goodbye to China! But looking into MY crystal ball, I see years ahead where Chiang might wish he had Joe and his troops back in China!

    • @porksterbob
      @porksterbob ปีที่แล้ว

      Joe didn't have any troops in China. Most of the Americans in China were air force personnel while Joe was there.
      After Joe left, his replacement Wedermeyer, brought in a ton of trainers and logistics personnel to help reorganize the Chinese army... But this only gets off the ground in February and then they leave in August when the war is over.
      American Marines actually stay in China into 1946 as they help the evacuate surrendered Japanese troops.
      Communist troops do fire on American Marines.

  • @danielnavarro537
    @danielnavarro537 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The Allies have returned after two years of bitter fighting. They were crushed at Bataan, the people of the Philippines were under brutal occupation, while prisoner of wars were treated with horrendous conditions. But the Allies have returned and have begun the stepping stone to full liberation. It will be costly and brutal for the Allies, as the Japanese are determined to defend the Philippines at all cost. While in the European Theater of Operations, the Allies began to close in on Nazi Germany, but the Germans offered dogged resistance. They will fight and keep fighting. While they will take the world with them in flames. In Slovak, Holland, Yugoslavia, Italy, Hungary, and Courland, they will make sure nothing is left for the Allies. They will destroy everything. While Germany itself, will be different and Hitler kept his promise. After 5 years, Germany is unrecognizable, from *total war* . Godspeed to those who perished.

  • @Blazcowitz1943
    @Blazcowitz1943 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "My name is Chuck Walker. I've been attached to the First Army, the Big Red One, for a long time now. I've fought in North Africa and Sicily. I landed in Normandy on D-Day. Every day I fight to save my life and the lives of my men, I'm proud we're on the frontlines. I know none of us are going home until the Germans surrender completely and we want to be right there when it happens. That's why Aachen is so important; its time to take this fight right to Germany, where it began. This isn't about medals or honor, those things don't matter when you're fighting for your life. This is about winning the war. Fighting with the Big Red One has taught me that you win a war by surviving it. That means killing the Germans before they kill me."
    This week in the timeline of Call of Duty Finest Hour, Sgt Chuck Walker of the U.S 1st Infantry Division "Big Red One" leads his men into the final push to take the city of Aachen. They escort Sherman Tanks and an M12 self propelled gun through the streets through heavy urban combat on their way to the town square where the bulk of the German forces are concentrated. They use the M12 to destroy the city's theater to eliminate the German forces within, only to find themselves ambushed by German anti-tank troops using the sewers. Realizing the threat, Walker and a squad of his men descend into the sewers to flush out German troops, eventually making their way back to the surface to regroup with their column.
    After assisting fellow troops caught in an ambush, Walker and his men continue one with the column as the last German forces fall back towards city hall. A heavily reinforced position with Panzer tanks stalls the American advance, Walker and his friend Benny Church flank the enemy armor and destroy them with Panzerschreks. With the way cleared, the tanks and the M12 bombard the city hall until the German forces finally surrender.
    "We got 'em on the run now, Sarge! Bet you we're home for Christmas!"
    "Yeah? I'll believe that when I see it."

  • @ФилиппЛыков-д8е
    @ФилиппЛыков-д8е ปีที่แล้ว +1

    2:31 The pictogram in the top right corner, however, shows more than 100. There must be double agents in the Timeghost intelligence who misinform you :D