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Why don’t you tell your audience about the artillery company made up all of African American soldiers 12 of them were captured by hitler youth units were bayoneted to pieces, why nobody talks about them???
As a professional road cyclist , I tend to train on many of these roads you have featured. I often stop at La Gleize for coffee near to the tank at the museum . I normally stay in Houffalize which is part of the Liège Bastogne Liège route . I often see so many tanks and other monuments along my training routes !
When the battle began, my father was stationed near Verviers , Belgium and his brother was front line and then repositioned to St Vith after engaging in close combat in the early morning of December 16th . He won two bronze stars in the fight at St Vith. Lots of soldiers from Pennsylvania were stationed in that sector.
My grandfather was at the bulge. He was US Army..28th infantry division 112th infantry regiment. He would never talk about the war. I'm glad to see videos about ww2 so I can actually see where he fought.
My grandpa was in the 4th infantry 8th regiment antitank company from the time of utah beach landing until the end of the war. It is awesome to have a grandparent that was a part of major history!!!
My Uncle was at Pearl Harbor during the Japanese attack. All he would say to me was "It was bad. Worse than they said it was." I think maybe the veterans that would not talk about the war - gave you an idea of what they endured.
@@riverbluevert7814 I agree. My grandfather talked about it 1 time to my mom and uncle. My mom said part way through the story he got a thousand yard stare and said "I think I'm done talking about it." And he never spoke of it again.
The speed of the video while in the car was a bit too fast for me. I have driven much of the route and I wish the speed was slower so I could try to remember the places as you went by. I am so glad we flew back to Bastogne for the 75th Anniversary celebrations in 2019. The next time you are in La Gleize, stop at the Brasserie de La Gleize and have a La 44 for me! Thanks for the video!
Good video. My father was in the 288th Field Artillery Observation Battalion, sister battalion to the 285th FAOB that was massacred at Malmedy. Lucky to survive.
Thank you for the video!!! Would like to make it back someday!!! My Grandfather....Stokes Taylor was KIA dec 21 at Trios Ponnts with 80th ABN AT BN,82nd ABN.
I am beyond pleased with this video and id say no doubt this is the best historical video of taking us the viewer on the same path of a military unit and description of all that happen along the way I have even seen and hope theres more to follow. Thank you so much for doing this ... it is awesome to see this because every day ppl are destroying our history and canceling out who we are Kudos gentlemen kudos!👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Thank you so much. Nice to read that you enjoyed it, it is indeed now so that everyone forgets the history and fortunately we ensure that it continues to exist!!
That's quite possible. Note that Himmler created the SS security service and, from 1936 to 1945, was the supreme commander of all the German polices. As such, he was a choicy prey for all allied counter-intelligence services. Though general de Lattre's army seized the German services archives, some other sources, who had been close to Himmler, obviously were badly needed. Peiper was one of them.
Good job covering the highlights of Peiper’s route. Toured his route with local Bulge guide Reg Jans a couple of years ago. Highly recommend Reg if you’re in the area.
Correction…though the 743 Tank Batallion may have been present it was the 740th Tank Battalion that knocked out the German tanks. This was the 740th’s first action in WW2. They spent the previous night scrapping together tanks and other fighting vehicles at a maintenance (scrap yard) facility to use as they had not received any tanks as of this time. They were led by captain Berry Company C. The first German tank was knocked out by a Sherman. If I recall correctly the Sherman’s gun jammed so the second German tank was knocked out by Sargent Loopey in a Jackson Tank Destroyer they had put into service from the maintenance yard. I believe the third German tank was knocked out by the Sherman after getting their gun working again. I can’t remember the name of the Lieutenant in the Sherman but, I can get. I have the units complete history from enlistment to dispersal. The book is Daredevil Tankers the 740th tank battalion written by Colonel Rubel their commander. My father Charles E Foster was in company C and participated in this action. God Bless
Even today when they are paved and were somehow rectified and widened by late 20th engineering, and also are not covered by snow or turned into mud, one can easily see how narrow and tortous are the roads in the Ardennes and how irregular and rough is the terrain and how it is unsuitable for heavy tanks (a Tiger, Panzer VI tanks weighs 70 tons). Look at that bridge at Stavelot! No wonder Peiper's division failed, notwithstanding the criminal massacres commited by his men, problably in a attempt to speed up by getting rid of the task of guarding their prisoneers and some belgians civilians. Anyway even fieldmarshall Walter Model, considering all these difficulties, previously to the launching of the German offensive, estimated Peiper's likelihood of attaining his assigned goals in 10% only. Thank you, though, very much for showing us the scenario of the battle and the war crime murders.
Nice presentation, good explanations along the route and some nice German film footage. The drive brings back memories of driving the roads in military convoys in 1985. Cheers and stay safe
Now remember, the Germans didn’t have very much fuel. Peipers Kampfgrppe had intended to seize allied fuel stores on their way to Antwerp. Really an all or nothing last chance to break out.
Nice contemporary tribute aspect to this presentation. Preserving history can be soothing to what has been painful for many. Will we ever learn anything from it ?
Thank you for noticing the tribute aspect! Preserving history indeed has a way of offering solace and reminding us of the past. It's essential that we learn from history to avoid repeating mistakes. Let's hope that these artifacts continue to teach us valuable lessons. Appreciate your thoughtful comment!
@@AfterWarDiggers brilliant! Ive been there or to be exact to the British war cemetery there. The highest ranking British casualty of WW2 is buried there (Major General Thomas "Tom" Rennie). Cant wait to see the video!
Loved this video so much as I love reading and learning about the battle of the bulge.Three years ago I travelled through Belgium with my parents on our way to Germany,the sat nav made us turn off the motorway near Leiage and took on a route down through the Ardennes passing many of these towns and villages I didn’t realise at the time,this little video brought back some of those memories,brilliant and thank you,keep up the good work
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@@AfterWarDiggers yes he did ! He fought in Holland too and the Bulge then Germany at the end ., He was a SGT . He lost some friends though. In the Bulge he said when they was in potions against the 116th panzer during the night you could hear the German tanks moving and in the fog and darkness it was a eerie sound . I have his division patch and button and a a German dagger .
Great job making the video. I was there in 2019 taking in all the sites on my 6week Belgian tour so this was a very welcome reminder of some of the places I’d been to. Keep up the good work-thank you.
Thanks, but if you are obsessed with Peiper you should take this route too, if possible. It is very interesting especially when you are on the spots where he has been. Like the bunker.
Very nice video 🎗🇺🇲I do vistit this area for many years now. You always find new interesting places and stuff. I hope i can go this year again 🙏🏼Thank you and take care😎Greetings from Bonn
Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed the documentary. It must have been incredible to see these places in person-there's nothing quite like experiencing them firsthand. It's definitely a powerful experience!
Thank you for the wonderful video! In the last sequence showing the Ardennes forest you say the 67th anniversary.. I’m sure you meant to say 76th! We toured the whole area from Normandy, to Belgium to Munich to the Eagle’s nest on our 75th D-day anniversary tour in early June 2019. Saw the last King Tiger tank too! Yes, Malmady too!
Yes sorry it had to be 76th, but from normandy to munich is quite a stretch 😯 but a very interesting and historical route. Maybe will do that too in the future.
@@AfterWarDiggers we were on the Beyond Band of Brothers special 75th D-day tour, visited all 5 beaches, Utah on 6/6/19, met actor Dale Dye in Saint Mere Eglise ( Colonel Sink) batteries at pointe du hoc and longue sur mere, Brecourt manor...many museums and battles sites. Belgium and Bastogne, Easy Co. fox holes... an amazing trip of a lifetime!!!!
@@bobsbarnworkshop I was there with you (sort of)...I especially liked all the foreign reenactors who dressed as US paratroopers who were scooting everywhere in their jeeps. It looked like every jeep and restored WWII vehicle / armor in Europe was there, too. One museum event we went to had a large meet up of WWII German motorcycles with and without sidecars, a Panther from Saumur, a MKIV panzer and the Sherman from 'Fury'. I still have a '75th Debarquement de Normandie' sticker on my car...wish I bought more of those.
@@ralphwiggum2058 was the Fury tank in Saint mere Eglise? I thought I saw it there June 5th. huge display of all sorts if vehicles and armor there!!??? Also at Dead Man’s Corner museum
@@bobsbarnworkshop I saw all of the vehicles in SME where they had the little WWII style camp set up, with Shermans, M16 halftracks, trucks, ambulances and even a road grader (lol) but I think I saw the Fury tank, the cycles and the other armor at a little museum that had a bunch of modern tents and a little restaurant...they also had tank rides on a little modern vehicle. I can't remember where that was though. The Dead Man's Corner Museum had that D-Day paratrooper simulator show but I didn't go with my friends because I was tired of standing in lines at that point (lol)....There were a LOT of really good museums we went to. Le Cambe was very sad (RIP Michael Wittman).
Super super super dikke docu mannen! Echt mega tof. Deze had ik even gemist bij de notificaties. Ook ram vet dat jullie die panzerplaten nog hebben gevonden. Goed bezig ^^
Wow, what vid dude, congrats, it just gave me the goosebumps....wanna do this path some day or again, would’ve us be there , maybe, time is a circle maybe they still there or us or I
Very powerful, the narration with the music really sets the tone. After 5 years of war men turn into animals unfortunately from the experiences and events they witness as well as death , injury and trauma they see happening to their fellow soldiers, families and the worst I guess is kids of course. The firebombing of cities that was relentless would have encouraged many of the war crimes but men like Peiper should not of been breathing at wars end. As is today with the law the powers that be don’t care you really have to take care of things yourself.great effort young man
Thank you for your thoughtful response. It's true that the horrors of war can profoundly affect individuals, leading to severe trauma and changed behavior. The impact on soldiers, families, and especially children is devastating. The atrocities committed during war are indeed tragic and should be addressed with justice. Your insight into the consequences of war and the need for accountability is deeply appreciated.
This video is worth decent French subtitles, not a word-for-word automatic translation, that obliges the spectator to jump from one keyword to the other. About the video itself, it was a very good idea to show camera-recorded itineraries, but a slower speed would be welcomed, even if some cuts were needed to do so.
Ow yes cdefinitely a lot, and some foxholes and dugout's still have stuff in them from the soldiers 76 years ago. Check out our metal detector videos 😁👍
thanks very much for this video its greay and ive seen stuff in this that i havent seen before such as the clip of potske picking up the panzerfaust, i have a book about him and how he was the one who started the malmede massacre. keep up the great work.
Hey, I am an American. By generation dating back many hundreds of years. But, I have to point out one fact here. By the time of this battle it was a well known fact among the Waffen SS that the American and British soldiers were shooting SS prisoners. Actually, this became known within a week after the Normandy landings. So, it's not a cool thing to say. Okay, I get that. However, it is true and I am pretty sure it had a lot to do with the SS prefering not to take prisoners.
No never been on any !! AND IM A UK MILITARY VETERAN WHO SERVED IN 3 REGTS !! ALSO HAVE been on many BTLFLD TOURS ETC NOT HOWEVER ARDENNES ...WHICH I need to soon NOT GETTING ANY YOUNGER SO! MY PT WAS.... IT IS WHAT MANY VETS HAVE TERMED " THE RED MIST DESCENDING " OR ...." ELEPHANT IN THE RM" ITS A VETERAN THING UNLESS YOU ARE ONE .....IMPOSSIBLE TO EXPLAIN to those who are NOT!!!!! I HAVE NO ISSUE WITH ANYONE OR YOUR GRP / CHANNEL !! BUT MANY HAVE SAID ... PEOPLE ARE ENTITLED TO THEIR OPINION !! ANYWAY GD DOCUMENTARY ..LOOK FWD TO WATCHING MORE !!
Joachim Peiper participated in massacres of civilians in Bromberg, Bialystock, Poznan, Grodno, Petroshino, Krasnaya Polyana, Yetremovka, Semyonovka, and his drive to Antwerp through Malmedy...in his push during the Battle of the Bulge alone his unit was responsible for the murders of 362 POWS and 111 civilians...he was assassinated in France in 1976 and rightly so...while he may have been a badass soldier...he was an evil badass soldier of Nazi Germany and a fanatic Nazi...history should not be rewritten to favor him because he drove a Tiger tank in your video game.
Agreed.... the excuses made for Peiper by soulless people are ridiculous. These REMFs hail him as some brilliant military leader, however Malmedy and countless other atrocities prove Peiper is either incompetent or a murderer. They claim he wasn't there or had no ability to control his own troops. Only lousy military commanders are unable to control their troops..... or are constantly away from his troops where he cannot command them. Or he knew they were murdering unarmed people and ordered it. Good thing he got cooked down to the size of burnt up loaf of bread. It just happened 40 years too late to help the world be devoid of his evil actions.
Probably you mean their way back. For this, there are rather rare testimonies of civilians, who were brought toward Germany by retreating Germans. In one case at least, they were obviously held as hostages. Now, for retreating Germans - as well as retreating Americans in the first stage of the battle - the combat condition of the soldiers must be kept in mind. In such cases, you don't see much, you don't know where you are, you follow the buddies. In addition, nobody there had much time for memories when the war ended.
At the crossroads where the massacre happen , the field has change alot and the area has too . The house on the far end near the crossroads is built on part of the killing field also . Drawing and I witness reports show a good many were killed where the house is now . In that area a good many of the people were for the Germans and had sons in the German Army . I was there in 1984 in the U.S.Army and it was still the same then. It was only 40 years after the war . Near the museum there is a ditch on thar side that Soldiers of the observation Bn. took cover in the initial attack by the SS column. Some Americans also used the ditch to escape. To me its a same and disgrace to the men who were killed there to build a house on part of the killing field there , but it that area many Belgiums could careless about the Americans who liberated their country...their hearts were with Germany . If you Google you can find the actual case with detail pictures, eye witness statements, drawing of what happen there . It's a tough read for some . But you will find the truth ...
Yes... I was disappointed to visit and see some decided to build their driveway and house over the soil where the Americans were murdered. Shameful and ungrateful halfwits.
It seems to me that you greatly misunderstand the situation in Eastern Belgium. The people there was seldom in favor of the nazis, even if they respect their neighbours' culture, competence and courage. The nazi propaganda presented them as "Germanic people", which in some cases allowed them to guide German tanks into very bad spots. If you consider a shame to build houses on a ground where American soldiers were killed, consider also that they had to rebuild their own houses where so many of their own citizens had been killed.
Why the German army attack in the Ardennes succeeded in 1940 but failed in 1944 -Lack of fuel -With the bazookas, light units were able to defeat columns of panthers, such as the encirclement at La Gleize of the Peiper's combat group -The air control of the allies who inflicted heavy losses on the enemy as soon as the weather conditions improved -The better motorized Allied units were able to provide reinforcements on time, especially when the army under the command of General Patton rushed to break the encirclement in Bastogne The crazy equipped of General Ss Peiper: warfarehistorynetwork.com/2015/09/30/joachim-peiper-led-his-troops-to-safety-during-battle-of-the-bulge/ This commander known to sinister memory for his war crimes completely failed after 4 days of combat, that is to say on December 20, 1944, an advance too fast and there he is cut off from his rear, short of gasoline and surrounded when the allies resumed Stavelot and blows up strategic bridges
For the offensive to be successful, four criteria were deemed critical the attack had to be a complete surprise; the weather conditions had to be poor to neutralize Allied air superiorty and the damage it could inflict on the German offensive and its supply lines, the progress had to be rapid-the Meuse River, halfway to Antwerp, had to be reached by day and Allied fuel supplies would have to be captured intact along the way because the combined Wehrmacht forces were short on fuel. The General Staff estimated they only had enough fuel to cover one third to one half of the ground to Antwerp in heavy combat conditions.
@@AfterWarDiggers In the worst case scenario, if the Germans had arrived in Antwerp, the Americans would have sent the necessary reinforcements to resume the offensive. But the difference is that the eastern front would be more advanced, the Wehrmart no longer being able to respond to the massive offensives of the Soviets.
Cycling and detouring along these roads searching out fuel dumps, unblown bridges, AND advancing toward the Meuse and beyond was a circus, fortunately the US combat engineers stayed a step ahead, reducing JP groupe options to nil.
It sounds like quite the challenging journey! The role of combat engineers in ensuring safe passage and reducing the enemy's options was crucial. Your perspective adds even more depth to the history of the area.
Super vidéo mais je trouve que c'est trop rapide, j’habite la région et j’aurais bien voulu faire le trajet mais difficile de prendre des points de repaire à cette vitesse ! Je connais déjà pas mal d’endroit et certains autres ont changés, les routes étaient plus petites à l'époque. @+ Jos
Today for the 3th time Europe felt, and for the 3th time Americans support Europe. Next year we could make a videos of Bucha massacre. One Nation, Under God, Indivisible with Liberty and Justice for all
weak-minded man, the Americans don't support Europe, they just use it as cannon fodder for their own purposes, and the massacre in Bucza has long been proven to be an English-Ukrainian staging to prevent the Ukrainian government from concluding peace with Russia
With fuel, he could have taken Stavelot back and joined the rest of the group, but in reality when he learned of this depot, either he needed a rest before attacking it, or the Belgians had had time to blow The allies knew this Achile's heel and as a precaution, they would have set fire to all the deposits on the course, and for this task it is not necessary to much fireworks. According to some sources, the deposit in question was well guarded, hence the great difficulty of taking it intact. Even with fuel, it was necessary to overcome the resistance of the allies, to advance without losing contact with logistics ... Mission impossible
@@philippecollin3677 I think peiper captured some fuel from a dump 38000,think if they had better intelligence of where the American fuel dumps was, they could have captured the three 3 million gallons, because Hitler wanted to keep offensive secret
In all honestly even if Peiper had been successful it would have only delayed the Allied offense by a couple of weeks. The level of air superiority that the Americans had was so overwhelming it is hard to imagine any of the German supply and logistic chains remaining effective. It’s too bad how it all turned out. Peiper fought for Europe. For western civilization. Now look at the mess we are in.
Not really. He still faced all the other problems so it might have enabled his unit to advance a little further and to resist a little longer but it wouldn’t have changed the course of the battle. None of the German senior commanders believed that the plan was achievable, given the difficulties of conducting a major offensive in such difficult country and in the winter. And most of the German units involved were still horse-drawn.
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Very educational and in depth puts right back there in time welldone
Why don’t you tell your audience about the artillery company made up all of African American soldiers 12 of them were captured by hitler youth units were bayoneted to pieces,
why nobody talks about them???
As a professional road cyclist , I tend to train on many of these roads you have featured. I often stop at La Gleize for coffee near to the tank at the museum . I normally stay in Houffalize which is part of the Liège Bastogne Liège route . I often see so many tanks and other monuments along my training routes !
A gentile and peaceful rendering of an horrific episode in the Battle. Thank you so much for sharing it.
Thank you very much, this is a part of history we must not forget!
When the battle began, my father was stationed near Verviers , Belgium and his brother was front line and then repositioned to St Vith after engaging in close combat in the early morning of December 16th . He won two bronze stars in the fight at St Vith. Lots of soldiers from Pennsylvania were stationed in that sector.
Naturally, the 28th division was a pennsylvania unit.
🌿I didn't know that bud , must have been spread thinly as I thought they were in the southern sector ,🌴 ,
My grandfather was at the bulge. He was US Army..28th infantry division 112th infantry regiment. He would never talk about the war. I'm glad to see videos about ww2 so I can actually see where he fought.
My grandpa was in the 4th infantry 8th regiment antitank company from the time of utah beach landing until the end of the war. It is awesome to have a grandparent that was a part of major history!!!
My Uncle was at Pearl Harbor during the Japanese attack. All he would say to me was "It was bad. Worse than they said it was." I think maybe the veterans that would not talk about the war - gave you an idea of what they endured.
@@riverbluevert7814 I agree. My grandfather talked about it 1 time to my mom and uncle. My mom said part way through the story he got a thousand yard stare and said "I think I'm done talking about it." And he never spoke of it again.
Great video, about the events during Peiper's route. I've learned a lot more about it now. Thank you!
Thank you for watching we appreciated it!
The speed of the video while in the car was a bit too fast for me. I have driven much of the route and I wish the speed was slower so I could try to remember the places as you went by. I am so glad we flew back to Bastogne for the 75th Anniversary celebrations in 2019. The next time you are in La Gleize, stop at the Brasserie de La Gleize and have a La 44 for me! Thanks for the video!
thanks for comment we will pay attention to it in the future, hope you still liked it.
@@AfterWarDiggers It brought back plenty of fond memories. Thank you!
Good video. My father was in the 288th Field Artillery Observation Battalion, sister battalion to the 285th FAOB that was massacred at Malmedy. Lucky to survive.
wow then he was lucky, I assume he survived the war if so glad to hear.
Thank you for the video!!! Would like to make it back someday!!! My Grandfather....Stokes Taylor was KIA dec 21 at Trios Ponnts with 80th ABN AT BN,82nd ABN.
Thanks for watching, really intense respect for you and your grandfather!
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Excellent video !!
Thanks for producing it !!!
Thank you for watching and the nice comment 👍
I am beyond pleased with this video and id say no doubt this is the best historical video of taking us the viewer on the same path of a military unit and description of all that happen along the way I have even seen and hope theres more to follow. Thank you so much for doing this ... it is awesome to see this because every day ppl are destroying our history and canceling out who we are Kudos gentlemen kudos!👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Thank you so much. Nice to read that you enjoyed it, it is indeed now so that everyone forgets the history and fortunately we ensure that it continues to exist!!
The courts failed to do justice in piper's case so someone else had to correct their negligence.
That's quite possible. Note that Himmler created the SS security service and, from 1936 to 1945, was the supreme commander of all the German polices. As such, he was a choicy prey for all allied counter-intelligence services. Though general de Lattre's army seized the German services archives, some other sources, who had been close to Himmler, obviously were badly needed. Peiper was one of them.
@@paulmalore there are a lot of photos of himmler and piper together.
Good job covering the highlights of Peiper’s route. Toured his route with local Bulge guide Reg Jans a couple of years ago. Highly recommend Reg if you’re in the area.
Thank you for sharing this video. Less we forget. Our fallen men
Excellent fascinating detail. Thank you as these efforts keep this vital bit of history alive.
thank you we appreciate you saying it
Correction…though the 743 Tank Batallion may have been present it was the 740th Tank Battalion that knocked out the German tanks. This was the 740th’s first action in WW2. They spent the previous night scrapping together tanks and other fighting vehicles at a maintenance (scrap yard) facility to use as they had not received any tanks as of this time. They were led by captain Berry Company C. The first German tank was knocked out by a Sherman. If I recall correctly the Sherman’s gun jammed so the second German tank was knocked out by Sargent Loopey in a Jackson Tank Destroyer they had put into service from the maintenance yard. I believe the third German tank was knocked out by the Sherman after getting their gun working again. I can’t remember the name of the Lieutenant in the Sherman but, I can get. I have the units complete history from enlistment to dispersal. The book is Daredevil Tankers the 740th tank battalion written by Colonel Rubel their commander. My father Charles E Foster was in company C and participated in this action. God Bless
Great video. It’s always interesting to see the places these battles were fought.
Even today when they are paved and were somehow rectified and widened by late 20th engineering, and also are not covered by snow or turned into mud, one can easily see how narrow and tortous are the roads in the Ardennes and how irregular and rough is the terrain and how it is unsuitable for heavy tanks (a Tiger, Panzer VI tanks weighs 70 tons). Look at that bridge at Stavelot! No wonder Peiper's division failed, notwithstanding the criminal massacres commited by his men, problably in a attempt to speed up by getting rid of the task of guarding their prisoneers and some belgians civilians. Anyway even fieldmarshall Walter Model, considering all these difficulties, previously to the launching of the German offensive, estimated Peiper's likelihood of attaining his assigned goals in 10% only. Thank you, though, very much for showing us the scenario of the battle and the war crime murders.
Yes thank you for your response and I totally agree with your good explanation.
My grandfather was a member of the "Kampfgruppe Peiper"! He survived the war and died in 2008
So your r grandfather was a criminel of war.
@@jeromenesa1787 What you take from the history is up to you 😉
Would like to learn more about your grandfather as I have been in contact with many of his men.
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Such a great documentry. Many thanks.
thank you for watching.
Nice presentation, good explanations along the route and some nice German film footage. The drive brings back memories of driving the roads in military convoys in 1985. Cheers and stay safe
Thank you for your comment and the appreciation you give!
Very good detail for a short and quick story of what happen . Good job .
Now remember, the Germans didn’t have very much fuel. Peipers Kampfgrppe had intended to seize allied fuel stores on their way to Antwerp. Really an all or nothing last chance to break out.
Nice contemporary tribute aspect to this presentation. Preserving history
can be soothing to what has been painful for many. Will we ever learn anything from it ?
Thank you for noticing the tribute aspect! Preserving history indeed has a way of offering solace and reminding us of the past. It's essential that we learn from history to avoid repeating mistakes. Let's hope that these artifacts continue to teach us valuable lessons. Appreciate your thoughtful comment!
Thanks so much. As a WW2 history buff I love these types of then and now videos. Im now Subscribed. Looking forward to more uploads in 2021.
Thank you very much for the support and response, maybe you prefer a video in the future? what you would like to see.
@@AfterWarDiggers any of your metal detecting adventures and anymore of the "then and now" style videos are both very enjoyable.
ow that will be fine, next video is about the battle of Reichswald 👍
@@AfterWarDiggers brilliant! Ive been there or to be exact to the British war cemetery there. The highest ranking British casualty of WW2 is buried there (Major General Thomas "Tom" Rennie). Cant wait to see the video!
Awesome video, can't wait to see more!!! Keep up the good work!
Great vid. Thanks for keeping history alive.
thanks for watching 😀
@@AfterWarDiggers If only they had GoPro back then lol!
Brilliantly done, gets you really thinking of the human cost
Loved this video so much as I love reading and learning about the battle of the bulge.Three years ago I travelled through Belgium with my parents on our way to Germany,the sat nav made us turn off the motorway near Leiage and took on a route down through the Ardennes passing many of these towns and villages I didn’t realise at the time,this little video brought back some of those memories,brilliant and thank you,keep up the good work
Thanks, its great to hear that you enjoyed it and got nice memories from it again!
What a twisty windy route to drive through let alone fight through!! ...Not at all suprised that Piper fell behind schedule!!
Great video, thank you for the work.
Er war ein sehr tapferer Kommandant und Ehrenmann. Ruhe in Frieden Joachim 🇩🇪
excellent clearly a great deal of effort and time to make thank you very much.
Thanks for your comment, we really appreciate it!
Good video. Very well done 👍🇬🇧
Thank you for making this video!
Thanks for watching 😁
The Peiper at the gates of dawn....
Thank you very much. That was a great video.
Excellent video, we visited Lanzerath Ridge two years ago around this time of year.
It's great to hear that you visited Lanzerath Ridge. It's a significant location with a rich history. We hope our video brought back some good memories of your visit. Thanks for watching!
This was fantastic. I know you made this video kind of by accident because of COVID but you should do more videos like this in future. 👍
Yea since we found it very fun and educational to make this video. There is definitely a chance that we will make more videos like this. stay tuned!
What a video !
You did a good job on this one.
Very interesting and good explained:
thank you we appreciated it 👍
Interesting video
You pieces together events images and history
Thanks
Thanks for your interest!
Thanks for this video . My uncle fought in the bulge.
He was with the 84th infantry division U.S. Army. ( Railsplitters )
ah very interesting he survived the war?
@@AfterWarDiggers yes he did ! He fought in Holland too and the Bulge then Germany at the end ., He was a SGT . He lost some friends though. In the Bulge he said when they was in potions against the 116th panzer during the night you could hear the German tanks moving and in the fog and darkness it was a eerie sound . I have his division patch and button and a a German dagger .
thank you for your efforts. Great video
thanks for watching and your commend. 😁
Great job making the video. I was there in 2019 taking in all the sites on my 6week Belgian tour so this was a very welcome reminder of some of the places I’d been to. Keep up the good work-thank you.
Thanks alot, It is a beautiful area and with a lot of history thanks for watching 👍
Nicely done, I love it. I am obsessed with Peiper, this helps me a lot. Thank You.
Thanks, but if you are obsessed with Peiper you should take this route too, if possible. It is very interesting especially when you are on the spots where he has been. Like the bunker.
Very nice video 🎗🇺🇲I do vistit this area for many years now. You always find new interesting places and stuff. I hope i can go this year again 🙏🏼Thank you and take care😎Greetings from Bonn
thank you for watching and the nice comment, we would really like to go back to those new and interesting places this year.
Thank you yes l very much enjoyed this video
Very good 👍
thank you for watching! 😁
Merci beaucoup pour ce reportage... Thank's
Merci d'avoir regardé 😁
Great video guys---- very good.
Great video thank you for uploading you definitely earned a new subscriber!
Nice that you liked the video. Thanks for the support!!!
Very good video. Thank you so much for this.
Correction, he was killed in France.
Nice documentary. I have been to these places last weekend and it is quite impressive to see these places in real life.
Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed the documentary. It must have been incredible to see these places in person-there's nothing quite like experiencing them firsthand. It's definitely a powerful experience!
Thank you for the wonderful video! In the last sequence showing the Ardennes forest you say the 67th anniversary.. I’m sure you meant to say 76th! We toured the whole area from Normandy, to Belgium to Munich to the Eagle’s nest on our 75th D-day anniversary tour in early June 2019. Saw the last King Tiger tank too! Yes, Malmady too!
Yes sorry it had to be 76th, but from normandy to munich is quite a stretch 😯 but a very interesting and historical route. Maybe will do that too in the future.
@@AfterWarDiggers we were on the Beyond Band of Brothers special 75th D-day tour, visited all 5 beaches, Utah on 6/6/19, met actor Dale Dye in Saint Mere Eglise ( Colonel Sink) batteries at pointe du hoc and longue sur mere, Brecourt manor...many museums and battles sites. Belgium and Bastogne, Easy Co. fox holes... an amazing trip of a lifetime!!!!
@@bobsbarnworkshop I was there with you (sort of)...I especially liked all the foreign reenactors who dressed as US paratroopers who were scooting everywhere in their jeeps. It looked like every jeep and restored WWII vehicle / armor in Europe was there, too. One museum event we went to had a large meet up of WWII German motorcycles with and without sidecars, a Panther from Saumur, a MKIV panzer and the Sherman from 'Fury'. I still have a '75th Debarquement de Normandie' sticker on my car...wish I bought more of those.
@@ralphwiggum2058 was the Fury tank in Saint mere Eglise? I thought I saw it there June 5th. huge display of all sorts if vehicles and armor there!!??? Also at Dead Man’s Corner museum
@@bobsbarnworkshop I saw all of the vehicles in SME where they had the little WWII style camp set up, with Shermans, M16 halftracks, trucks, ambulances and even a road grader (lol) but I think I saw the Fury tank, the cycles and the other armor at a little museum that had a bunch of modern tents and a little restaurant...they also had tank rides on a little modern vehicle. I can't remember where that was though. The Dead Man's Corner Museum had that D-Day paratrooper simulator show but I didn't go with my friends because I was tired of standing in lines at that point (lol)....There were a LOT of really good museums we went to. Le Cambe was very sad (RIP Michael Wittman).
Well done lads ! Thanks for sharing
Magnifique reportage !
beautiful little belgium
great video,thanks for your efforts,enjoyed travelling the route👍
Thank you for watching
Gracias 😁👍👍👍
Great job thank you.
Excellent, enjoyed every minute of it.
Thank you very much, we are already working on a new documentary 👍
Super super super dikke docu mannen! Echt mega tof. Deze had ik even gemist bij de notificaties. Ook ram vet dat jullie die panzerplaten nog hebben gevonden. Goed bezig ^^
Thanks, we doen ons best ;)
die panzerplaten waren inderdaad geluk op de berg. Met een intressante geschiedenis erachter.
Wow, what vid dude, congrats, it just gave me the goosebumps....wanna do this path some day or again, would’ve us be there , maybe, time is a circle maybe they still there or us or I
Haha thanks a lot we definitely want to go back and also for the escape route of peiper 😄
So many atrocities committed by AH Lieberstandarte, disgrace. I read of one at Dunkirk where they killed 100 Royal Warwickshire Regt troops
Very powerful, the narration with the music really sets the tone. After 5 years of war men turn into animals unfortunately from the experiences and events they witness as well as death , injury and trauma they see happening to their fellow soldiers, families and the worst I guess is kids of course. The firebombing of cities that was relentless would have encouraged many of the war crimes but men like Peiper should not of been breathing at wars end. As is today with the law the powers that be don’t care you really have to take care of things yourself.great effort young man
Thank you for your thoughtful response. It's true that the horrors of war can profoundly affect individuals, leading to severe trauma and changed behavior. The impact on soldiers, families, and especially children is devastating. The atrocities committed during war are indeed tragic and should be addressed with justice. Your insight into the consequences of war and the need for accountability is deeply appreciated.
This video is worth decent French subtitles, not a word-for-word automatic translation, that obliges the spectator to jump from one keyword to the other. About the video itself, it was a very good idea to show camera-recorded itineraries, but a slower speed would be welcomed, even if some cuts were needed to do so.
Thanks for the feedback :)
Can you really still find the dugout foxholes after so many years?
Ow yes cdefinitely a lot, and some foxholes and dugout's still have stuff in them from the soldiers 76 years ago. Check out our metal detector videos 😁👍
Excellent video..! Thank you..
thanks very much for this video its greay and ive seen stuff in this that i havent seen before such as the clip of potske picking up the panzerfaust, i have a book about him and how he was the one who started the malmede massacre. keep up the great work.
Thanks for your support!
No problemo, another thing your video did was show how bloody narrow the roads are no wonder they had traffic problems 😂😂👍👍
This is excellent content, thanks
OUTSTANDING WORK!
Thanks Walter!!
That was better than great. Thankyou.
Thanks for the comment, we appreciate it 👍
My Pop was at Savelot with the 30th Infantry 120th Regiment.
Thanks for watching, respect for you and your father! Did he survive the war?
Thank you very much. Is the route appropriate for cycling? Or is the trafic to high. I'm considering riding it a year or 2.
Yes, it is possible with the bike only sometimes it is uphill, but the distance is also good to do with enough interesting places to stop!
Hey, I am an American. By generation dating back many hundreds of years. But, I have to point out one fact here. By the time of this battle it was a well known fact among the Waffen SS that the American and British soldiers were shooting SS prisoners. Actually, this became known within a week after the Normandy landings. So, it's not a cool thing to say. Okay, I get that. However, it is true and I am pretty sure it had a lot to do with the SS prefering not to take prisoners.
that's right indeed. Unfortunately many pow's were killed during the war for unjustified reason!
Fiction...
Really you think???!!! Maybe you should read C MAC DONALDS BOOK OR MORE FACTUAL ACCOUNTS!!!
@@russellmay7347 Russell, are you off your meds again?
No never been on any !! AND IM A UK MILITARY VETERAN WHO SERVED IN 3 REGTS !! ALSO HAVE been on many BTLFLD TOURS ETC NOT HOWEVER ARDENNES ...WHICH I need to soon NOT GETTING ANY YOUNGER SO! MY PT WAS.... IT IS WHAT MANY VETS HAVE TERMED " THE RED MIST DESCENDING " OR ...." ELEPHANT IN THE RM" ITS A VETERAN THING UNLESS YOU ARE ONE .....IMPOSSIBLE TO EXPLAIN to those who are NOT!!!!! I HAVE NO ISSUE WITH ANYONE OR YOUR GRP / CHANNEL !! BUT MANY HAVE SAID ... PEOPLE ARE ENTITLED TO THEIR OPINION !! ANYWAY GD DOCUMENTARY ..LOOK FWD TO WATCHING MORE !!
Joachim Peiper participated in massacres of civilians in Bromberg, Bialystock, Poznan, Grodno, Petroshino, Krasnaya Polyana, Yetremovka, Semyonovka, and his drive to Antwerp through Malmedy...in his push during the Battle of the Bulge alone his unit was responsible for the murders of 362 POWS and 111 civilians...he was assassinated in France in 1976 and rightly so...while he may have been a badass soldier...he was an evil badass soldier of Nazi Germany and a fanatic Nazi...history should not be rewritten to favor him because he drove a Tiger tank in your video game.
Agreed.... the excuses made for Peiper by soulless people are ridiculous. These REMFs hail him as some brilliant military leader, however Malmedy and countless other atrocities prove Peiper is either incompetent or a murderer. They claim he wasn't there or had no ability to control his own troops. Only lousy military commanders are unable to control their troops..... or are constantly away from his troops where he cannot command them. Or he knew they were murdering unarmed people and ordered it. Good thing he got cooked down to the size of burnt up loaf of bread. It just happened 40 years too late to help the world be devoid of his evil actions.
In the case of the German army, Normandy was defended by Popeye and the Rhine was defended by Piper.
Great video.Thanks.
Thank you for watching 👍
Very interesting
Thankyou
Thanks for this.
Gibt es eigentlich auch eine Dokumentation über die 32 Km des Ausbruch's der Kampfgruppe Peiper ?
Probably you mean their way back. For this, there are rather rare testimonies of civilians, who were brought toward Germany by retreating Germans. In one case at least, they were obviously held as hostages. Now, for retreating Germans - as well as retreating Americans in the first stage of the battle - the combat condition of the soldiers must be kept in mind. In such cases, you don't see much, you don't know where you are, you follow the buddies. In addition, nobody there had much time for memories when the war ended.
Legend
At the crossroads where the massacre happen , the field has change alot and the area has too . The house on the far end near the crossroads is built on part of the killing field also . Drawing and I witness reports show a good many were killed where the house is now . In that area a good many of the people were for the Germans and had sons in the German Army . I was there in 1984 in the U.S.Army and it was still the same then. It was only 40 years after the war . Near the museum there is a ditch on thar side that Soldiers of the observation Bn. took cover in the initial attack by the SS column. Some Americans also used the ditch to escape. To me its a same and disgrace to the men who were killed there to build a house on part of the killing field there , but it that area many Belgiums could careless about the Americans who liberated their country...their hearts were with Germany . If you Google you can find the actual case with detail pictures, eye witness statements, drawing of what happen there . It's a tough read for some . But you will find the truth ...
Yes... I was disappointed to visit and see some decided to build their driveway and house over the soil where the Americans were murdered. Shameful and ungrateful halfwits.
It seems to me that you greatly misunderstand the situation in Eastern Belgium. The people there was seldom in favor of the nazis, even if they respect their neighbours' culture, competence and courage. The nazi propaganda presented them as "Germanic people", which in some cases allowed them to guide German tanks into very bad spots.
If you consider a shame to build houses on a ground where American soldiers were killed, consider also that they had to rebuild their own houses where so many of their own citizens had been killed.
Oh Custer u are so innocent m8 ,no one even knows about the coulourd GIs murdered they weren't counted , 🌱
Why the German army attack in the Ardennes succeeded in 1940 but failed in 1944
-Lack of fuel
-With the bazookas, light units were able to defeat columns of panthers, such as the encirclement at La Gleize of the Peiper's combat group
-The air control of the allies who inflicted heavy losses on the enemy as soon as the weather conditions improved
-The better motorized Allied units were able to provide reinforcements on time, especially when the army under the command of General Patton rushed to break the encirclement in Bastogne
The crazy equipped of General Ss Peiper:
warfarehistorynetwork.com/2015/09/30/joachim-peiper-led-his-troops-to-safety-during-battle-of-the-bulge/
This commander known to sinister memory for his war crimes completely failed after 4 days of combat, that is to say on December 20, 1944, an advance too fast and there he is cut off from his rear, short of gasoline and surrounded when the allies resumed Stavelot and blows up strategic bridges
For the offensive to be successful, four criteria were deemed critical the attack had to be a complete surprise; the weather conditions had to be poor to neutralize Allied air superiorty and the damage it could inflict on the German offensive and its supply lines, the progress had to be rapid-the Meuse River, halfway to Antwerp, had to be reached by day and Allied fuel supplies would have to be captured intact along the way because the combined Wehrmacht forces were short on fuel. The General Staff estimated they only had enough fuel to cover one third to one half of the ground to Antwerp in heavy combat conditions.
@@AfterWarDiggers In the worst case scenario, if the Germans had arrived in Antwerp, the Americans would have sent the necessary reinforcements to resume the offensive.
But the difference is that the eastern front would be more advanced, the Wehrmart no longer being able to respond to the massive offensives of the Soviets.
Thanks for revisiting an important part of history for us. Great vid.
Thanks 😁 appreciate it!
Cycling and detouring along these roads searching out fuel dumps, unblown
bridges, AND advancing toward the Meuse and beyond was a circus, fortunately the US combat engineers stayed a step ahead, reducing JP groupe options to nil.
It sounds like quite the challenging journey! The role of combat engineers in ensuring safe passage and reducing the enemy's options was crucial. Your perspective adds even more depth to the history of the area.
Great job, glad to be a new subscriber to your channel.
thank you we appreciate you saying that 😁
Excellent video
Thanks appreciate that 👍
Van genoten jullie docu super gedaan👍🏻👍🏻
Dankjewel 😁
Warum eine deutsche Überschrift und dann ein englischer Text. Sehr verwirrend. Aber die Doku ist trotzdem interessant.
Vielen Dank für das Ansehen und das Feedback, wir werden es anpassen
Super vidéo mais je trouve que c'est trop rapide, j’habite la région et j’aurais bien voulu faire le trajet mais difficile de prendre des points de repaire à cette vitesse !
Je connais déjà pas mal d’endroit et certains autres ont changés, les routes étaient plus petites à l'époque. @+ Jos
Today for the 3th time Europe felt, and for the 3th time Americans support Europe. Next year we could make a videos of Bucha massacre.
One Nation, Under God, Indivisible
with Liberty and Justice for all
weak-minded man, the Americans don't support Europe, they just use it as cannon fodder for their own purposes, and the massacre in Bucza has long been proven to be an English-Ukrainian staging to prevent the Ukrainian government from concluding peace with Russia
If only peiper captured the spa fuel dump that contain 3,100000 million gallons of fuel history would have changed
Yes you're right about that. What would have happened then we can only speculate.
With fuel, he could have taken Stavelot back and joined the rest of the group, but in reality when he learned of this depot, either he needed a rest before attacking it, or the Belgians had had time to blow
The allies knew this Achile's heel and as a precaution, they would have set fire to all the deposits on the course, and for this task it is not necessary to much fireworks.
According to some sources, the deposit in question was well guarded, hence the great difficulty of taking it intact.
Even with fuel, it was necessary to overcome the resistance of the allies, to advance without losing contact with logistics ... Mission impossible
@@philippecollin3677 I think peiper captured some fuel from a dump 38000,think if they had better intelligence of where the American fuel dumps was, they could have captured the three 3 million gallons, because Hitler wanted to keep offensive secret
In all honestly even if Peiper had been successful it would have only delayed the Allied offense by a couple of weeks. The level of air superiority that the Americans had was so overwhelming it is hard to imagine any of the German supply and logistic chains remaining effective.
It’s too bad how it all turned out. Peiper fought for Europe. For western civilization.
Now look at the mess we are in.
Not really. He still faced all the other problems so it might have enabled his unit to advance a little further and to resist a little longer but it wouldn’t have changed the course of the battle. None of the German senior commanders believed that the plan was achievable, given the difficulties of conducting a major offensive in such difficult country and in the winter. And most of the German units involved were still horse-drawn.
My great grandfather was vom Bavaria and fought in Kampfgruppe Peiper
Thanks for your comment, very interesting story from your grandfather!
good job...
Thnx's!!
coole en Interessante video..ik kom zelf ook vaak in die regio...
dankjewel, het is zeker een heel interessant regio zeker als je er iets van kunt terug vinden 😉
Wrong field. Actual killing ground was to the right of the house with a lane up to it
Historical route of peiper retreat pls
Yes that is certainly interesting too, when the borders open again we can film Peiper's retreat
Peiper was badass! That's for sure.
did hitler really think it would pay off or was he just delaying the inevitable at the expense of his and allied forces lives?