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The Ardennes Offensive was doomed before its inception. It didn't allow for any delays, relied entirely on inclement weather and for the Allies to actually negotiate. None of which were forthcoming. Even had the offensive actually reached its objective ports, it could not hold those gains or maintain momentum when the skies cleared or the inevitable counterattack came. This was a delusion of Hitler's at best and at worst was a deliberate hastening of his self destructive tendencies that had grown since 1942. If he had any real care for the German Reich he'd have sent those divisions to mobile defense in the East, knowing what hellish revenge the Russians had in mind for the Germans after the horrors of the German Invasion. The Axis had no real hope of victory outside of the Allies negotiating in 1941. From 1942 onward, it was merely a question of 'when' not 'if' the Axis would be ground down to defeat by the overwhelming Allied Industrial, logistical and manpower superiority.
Viktor Horký do you actually know that Hitler believed that if Roosevelt (the american president at the time) died, the americans would surrender? That is why Hitler thought that by invading Ardennes again, the allies would make a peace treaty because of the lack of energy of Roosevelt who faced a lot of casualties in Normandy. He even sent them a letter telling to the americans to ’’surrender to the supreme army of the region’’!
My great grandfather fought in the Battle of the Bulge in the 106th. All his descendants exist today because he managed to play dead and hide under a body to avoid the same fate as others. Love the video! K&G legends
Mine was also present and preserved his line through the eons-old doctrine of "he who fights and runs away lives to fight another day" after apparently being shot in the ass.
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From what I understand, they're given a script to read and are told exactly what to say, which is why it sounds so weird and unnatural most of the time especially when it comes to mobile games. I honestly doubt that anyone at K&G has touched those games beyond an hour to get enough footage for the shoutout.
TheGaming Squirrel There were almost no oil wells in Iraq and Syria in 1940 Look at a map, how would they get oil across back to Germany? Turkey is a neutral nation, so cant use the caucasus/black sea/adriatic Mediterranean sea is completely dominated by the Brits, the German ships and planes were already stretched, barely able to feed, supply, and control the skies in Africa
I must say I really enjoy these videos on WW2. My great grandfather was at Bastogne, but unfortunately, he never talked about it. The only thing I know about his time there is that he managed to get frost bite on his hands that they had to use skin off his thigh to fix and managed to earn a silver star. Sadly, everything else I have had to learn from books and band of brothers. So seeing these battles visualized in this way is awesome and keep up the great work.
I never knew what he meant with that response. The thought of surrender being nuts or that he is so nuts, he will dare this battle even with inferior numbers?
Even the Germans were confused as they asked for the meaning of his wording. He responded with, "In short, go to hell." Anthony McAuliffe was a very strict man when it came to swearing as he felt swearing was a sin, so he usually showed his frustration by saying nuts.
@@ComradeHellas Romania came under the overseeing influence of the Soviet Union. Even if they were in the alliance with the western nations, it was all under mutual benefit to bring down the Reich. After the war, Romania stuggled to keep the Soviets out of its internal affairs.
How do I feel about being rescued by Patton? Well I'd feel pretty peachy, except for one thing. We didn't need to be f***in' rescued by Patton! Got that?
3:47 Oh no, the Germans wont try to attack threw the Ardennes. The terrain is far to difficult for a major assault so we can get away with only a light manning of the line. I mean, what could possibly happen? French high command, in 1940...
I mean, this time some lightly defended road junctions stalled whole divisions, and the assault failed because of the inability to have roads for fuel trucks to resupply the tanks, so I guess you could argue that perhaps if they attacked on a different part of the line more suitable for tanks they would of done better.
Stupid troll, even where there was knowledge there was troll like you. The French HQ believed that Ardennes were not traversable by tanks, not by infantery. There was the heavy terrain. This is perhaps an assumption because the french tanks were more heavy (and more powerfull BTW) and slow than the german tanks. And FYI the Brits bravely run run away in 1940.
@@thibaultletricheur1884 It was french and English commands fault for underestimating the germans. Not having a clear battle plan, chain of command, or even communication set up between the armies. The french and english sat on their hands for 6 months. I'm in no way calling them cowards, I'm pointing out the french high command dropped the ball.
@@artificernathaniel3287 That was because the late 1944 German army was a shadow of its former self in so many ways. They where scraping the bottom of the manpower barrel by taking just about everybody who the German army had rejected previously as unfit and combining them with surviving veterans and every younger recruits. The German infantry was reorganised into the "Volksgrenadier" division organisation. That basically meant reducing the effective manpower on the front-line by around 1/3 from 1939/41 levels. The Germans compensated with more individual firepower, basically more MMG's and mortars. These divisions however lack the manpower levels for a sustained attack. They bleed out fast and once you can't mass enough force in one area as dictated by German military doctrinal thinking, so Clausewitz, then you hardly can be expected to achieve a breakthrough. It doesn't help that both the Americans and British had truly nasty artillery doctrines and capabilities, that where more than capable of obliterating an attacking force while the Germans where still massing for that attack. Further in the German system the panzer divisions formed up in panzer corps, really more combined arms formations designated as "tank formations" had to achieve the breakthrough. Enough problems there as well. The vehicles had gone from fairly reliable and mobile to fuel guzzlers with big guns and heavy armour. The Germans had no fuel for then, nor spare parts nor the capability of recovery broken down vehicles in sufficient numbers. Most German armour seems to have been lost by abandonment, not allied destruction. The 1940 campaign was such a success because the French could not interdict any German troop movements which allowed the Germans to surround and utterly annihilate the French armies one by one. The Luftwaffe who allowed for that where out of everything aside from actual planes by late 1944, somewhat ironic and problematic. Then I suspect the German command also wasn't up to it. In the German army you had two competing schools of thought in this period. The operators with the emphasis on manoeuvre warfare and the attrition commanders who more favoured direct combat and destruction. Model was very much the latter. I doubt he was the right commander for this kind of operation, but pretty much all of the "operators" by this point had been relieved of command and quite a few shot by Hitler after 20th July 1944. This offensive never could have worked. The Germans where probably at least one million man short of actually making it to the sea and destroying 21st army group. Lets not even start again about fuel, the Luftwaffe etc. No, what I wanted to point out is just how stupid it actually was that the Allied completely failed to grasp that the Germans might try something like this and do it right here. By this point the Germans had for years pulled off such attacks, time after time again.
@@DanielWW2 I always assumed they did expect something like this, and welcomed it. The allies knew by this point that the germans were thinning out. I always assumed the allies were just patiently waiting while also grinding forward at an acceptable pace.
Congratulations to Kings and Generals for reaching a 1 Million + subs. Watching you guys go from having a 100k subscribers to 1 million was amazing to see. Keep up the great work.
I remember a time when this channel use to have 20k subscribers now I look at it now on how much it grow. Good Job you come a long way kings and generals
My father Corporal J. R. Voorhees was in the 82nd Airborne Rangers from before D- Day to the end of the war. As I grew up, I watched many old War Movies so we would talk and I would ask him questions (I was born in 1966). He told me about the offensives he was in and even some of the missions he was sent on. By the end of the war he had received many ribbons and also a Silver Star and two Bronze Stars. He and others also received the William Order from the King of the Netherlands(some type of orange braided rope sash/lanyard). After the war, he was notified he was approved for the rank of Sergeant, but had never received the stripes or the official promotion before returning to the USA.
@some boby Yes, our original family name is Van Voorhees (Dutch), who came to America around 1660. The largest Dutch family in the USA. You can get background on our family and also the generals and politicians from our family. My father's brother named Jack also received a Bronze Star. Van Voorhees means From the ford of Hees. Hees Village, now called Hees is still in the Netherlands in Drenth. Anyone can Google Hees village in Drenth, Netherlands and see it on Google Maps. www.vanvoorhees.org is our family web site. Tidbit: USS Van Voorhis was a Dealey-class destroyer escort, was a ship of the United States Navy named for Lieutenant Commander Bruce Van Voorhis, a naval aviator who was awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously for action in the Eastern Caroline Islands.
Not trying to completely discredit you, but the 82nd weren’t Rangers. They were airborne of course, but being a Ranger would place him in an entirely different unit back then.
@@daviddudas1031 Your not discrediting anything. I call them 82nd Airborne Rangers because I lived in Columbus Georgia and worked at both Ranger Joe's and the Discount Army Surplus in down town Columbus Georgia. I worked around them as well as others from Ft. Benning for two years and never had any of them tell me the 82nd were not Rangers. One of my family may have told me but I do not remember. So I have called them that about all my life. (Born in 1966). Ranger Joe's was built by my uncle Jack Voorhees and his son Paul Voorhees and a black man named Jody (maybe spelled Jodie). You are the first person in my life (I am in my 50's now) who I know of telling me they are not Rangers. I did not go into the fact that my father was in the 82nd until just before the Battle of the Bulge when he received a transfer to the 101st Airborne (whom I also call Rangers). After googling it, "The 82nd is the US Army's conventional Airborne light infantry Division. U.S. Army Rangers, however, are Airborne Rangers. Part of the 75th Ranger Regiment, they are all Airborne Qualified, but also must pass RASP. ... So, in short, all Rangers are Airborne, but most 82nd are not Rangers.", but I will probably still call them 82nd Airborne Rangers. Technically I was wrong saying he received all his awards and medals as 82nd because some he received as 101st. Maybe nobody corrected me because I was a kid then and they thought it not worth it. Not that it would have mattered to me.
@@enerzise3161 I understand. I hope I didn't come off as aggressive, I just thought it was an odd thing to call someone in the 82nd, especially during WWII. But I guarantee no one will think any less of you if you continue to say it the way you have been all these years.
Thank you for this documentary on the Battle of the Bugle. My father-in-law, was an airborne ranger sniper for the 82nd Airborne & was right smack in the middle of the 82nd Airborne helping to stop the German advance. He talked little about the battle...but when he did he said the 82nd Airborne was fighting two terrible battles: one against the Germans & the 2nd against the cold winter weather.
My father was in this battle. He was awarded the Silver Star by order of General Patton at Metz. My father was with 3rd Army, they drove north to Bastogne.
I am French, and want to thank you for being unbiaised and for putting on the map the French troops who fought the Nazis.All we have been hearing (mainly from British people) is how cowardly France was, but I feel like the actual people who fought ( like resistance, or soldiers) were never aknowledged. For them, I thank you.
The most beautiful channel I have seen on TH-cam because it bears truthfulness and bears translation into Arabic. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
You know this channel has covered a lot of ground when it goes from specializing in comparatively obscure wars all the way to making videos about battles our grandfathers fought in.
You guys once again surprise me. So far you covered many battles I was interested in since like, 2017 (yeah, couple years back) and you're always after new material. I'm still subscribed to the channel and it is one of the few i still follow regularly.
Awesome video my great grandfather and great uncle both fought in the battle of the bulge. My grandpa got shot once in the ass and sent back then shot again in the chest. My uncle never made it back home though my grandpa did. Truly giants of men that generation was.
Thanks for this animation and explanation. I have been reading my father's memoirs and this really helps me understand what he lived through on Dec 16th, 1944. Everything he details concurs with your description. He was 16 at the time and assigned to Panzer Division 1.
Do videos on WW1 such as Tannenberg, Muese Argonne Offensive, Verdun, Somme, Caporetto, Marne, Jutland, Passchendaele, etc. I also think the Russian Revolution and Civil War should also be covered in the future. Anyway, keep up the great work and thank you for keeping so many people entertained with all the great content you guys produce.
At first I was hesitant for the channel to go into WW2, maybe burnout after "The Great War" yet this video really has me excited for future battles, it's great having real footage and a nice change from using video games. I also LOVE how you add the nicknames of some of the more famous units as each one has its own story. Long time subscriber keep up the amazing job! #bestYTchannel
Damn, i just finished watching an entire series from Officially Devin's channel, when I got a notification from K&G and without thinking I clicked on it just to hear Devins' voice again.. Loved the video btw.
One critical thing you didn't mention, a key part of the plan was the need to capture allied fuel depots and when your plan requires stealing gas to succeed then you might have a weak plan!
YES!!! You mentioned the 22 men holding back the Germans for a Day!! SHoutout to the Book, THE LONGEST WINTER. These 22 men were not even full infantry. They were a recon platoon and when they were sent to hold this area, they did their best to dig in. Amazing book with no boring history in it. A Definitely great read
Small mistake: Germany retreated from Greece and later capture by British army. The soviets didn’t interfere the Greece due to an agreement between Churchill and Stalin.
as of the time of my typing this, there are 151 people who gave this video a "thumbs down". Why would anyone do that? This is a great and accurate video.
In early Nov the 9th army was moved to the north of the 1st US army under 21st Army Group. The boundary line at 3:36 was between the 1st and 3rd US armies. The tip of the bulge was stopped by the BR XXX corp. Other wise a very good looking summary of the Battle.
It's almost unknown that there were 55,000 British and Canadian soldiers fighting in the battle of the bugle because their contribution was hushed up for, as the allied generals called it at the time "political reasons". Plus many American units were under British command during the battle.
My grandfather was with the 58th Armored Field Artillery Battalion at Longvilly. It was their stubborn defense and fighting retreat into Bastogne that slowed the Panzer Lehr Division enough to allow the 101st and elements of the 10th Armored to get to the town first. They used M7 Priests in direct fire against German tanks... not what the machines were made for or the men trained for. They lost 29 men killed, 58 wounded, and a lot of vehicles while delaying the Germans. My grandfather was the most stubborn man I've ever known. I can only imagine his comrades were cut from the same cloth.
Oh you spoil us K&G! awesome video the visuals really helps the narrative story. Funnily enough I'm currently playing the German campaign on Sudden Strike 4, Battle of the Bulge mission 😅
This video was delightful. I loved it. It's nice to see this channel do video's on more modern battles. It's great. My compliments to those who made this video a reality.
Operation Market Garden and the battle of Arnhem next please. When will we see this? It's a very interesting operation and the battles that ensued in Arnhem were gruesome and intense. I hope you guys might take a look at this!
What incredible force of nature these Germans were omg 🤯 fighting off in 3 fronts (south, east & west) against the mighty USSR, USA, France & UK all alone and still giving such high resistance 🤯
One suggestion for one of your next series; you could make some videos about battles in Yugoslavia and resistance forces, it's not so much in focus of historical channels when we talk about WW2, but I think that some of that battles could be very interesting to cover. Keep up the good work.
Can you do a video on Operation Bagration? It is not as well known due to occuring at the same time frame as the Normandy Landings but it had arguably a far more devastating impact on the German army and was likely the most brilliant Soviet victory of the whole war which demonstrated how far their deep battle doctrine had come.
Fuel shortage defeated Germany in 1944 in Western Front and Bagration as well.. It is not that much brilliant as Germany in 1944 was already in state of economic collapse. When Soviets attacked Germans, they have 5-6x more infantry, tanks, aicraft, and most importantly they have 400 000 American trucks with full fuel tanks.. Soviets were out running Germans so fast, that Germans for example simple didnt have enough fuel or trucks or trains just to evacuate forces and avoid encirclement. Only in late 1944 when front was shorter (on German border) , they have ability to re-supply. If Germans were smart they should evacuate soviet union after 1943... but they would lost anyway , they didnt have oil to fight war on two fronts
@@TheAstralftw 5 to 6 times more infantry is patently false. At the start of the attack there were 1.6 million Soviets up against 850,000 Germans and throughout the entire course of the operation there'd be 2.5 million Soviets up against 1 million Germans. 2.5:1 is not quite 6:1. Being on the defensive requires much less fuel, this can be seen by the simple fact that as the war progressed, despite the shortages meaning offensives could no longer be launched as before, the German army still consumed similar quantities of fuel up until the Romanian oilfields were overrun in late 1944.
@@zexal4217 ok, number of tanks and other weapons are still in that magnitude. By this time German military/economy is crippled ,and Soviet Union because it had lot of oil +USA land&lease + Germany had multiple more fronts -, could have army of 6million of soliders + much more tanks and trucks and so, while Germans cant have that many soldiers or tanks. For example Soviet Army is breaking the lines with tanks - followed by trucks who are towing artillery, infantry, fuel, ammunition - while Germans on other hand relay on horses and they simply dont have enough fuel or trucks to counter soviets or americans. Soviets won the war , first in holding in 1941 mostly on they own,(although in 1941 they lost 4million of soldiers , they didn't surrender which is amazing) and holding Stalingrad in 1942 and fighting Germans almost alone -with some L&L help(that help started to arrive in late 1942 just in right moment so Soviets could build counter-offensive). Since Germans didnt capture fuel from Caucasus , and L&L + second front started to kick -in , it was game-over. I also thought that Bagration is "most brilliant operation of WW2", - now i now it is not - it is just beating dead horse :) -your opponent is out numbered, out gunned and cant move and cant really punch back. If i was in German high-command i would slowly evacuate Soviet Union in early 1944 to shorten the front and logistical issues.. One more fact. When war ended in 1945 and when USA stopped to supply USSR with food, fuel, weapons, industrial equipment etc, - there was hunger again with huge losses :o For more details - wacht "TiK on youtube - The MAIN Reason Why Germany Lost WW2 - OIL"
@@TheAstralftw I consider it a brilliant operation in terms of the scale of the losses with the Germans losing the most amount of men in their military history. Realistically speaking Moscow was far more impressive in that the Soviets were essentially outnumbered and outgunned in almost every angle and yet managed to hold on and then counterattack. In regards to the multiple fronts thing... The far East tied down millions of Soviet troops as well, if those were deployed against Germany in 1941, it is likely we never would have seen Germany reaching anywhere near to Moscow let alone Kiev. I won't expand on the other points since I largely do agree and also watch TIK :D. Can't wait to see his next battlestorm tomorrow! Edit: Actually looking back, in regards to Germans potentially having 6 million men, I think it was TIK who said this during one of his videos but in 1942 and 1943, the Germans likely could have had more men in the East, the reason they didn't was due to logistics and being incapable of properly supplying them.
Me: WAR is so interesting!! Great war Climax ost played at 10:57 Also Me: ............................. RIP to all men and women who die fighting for their country
YOU GUYS ARE THE BEST. Who needs Netflix when we have Kings and Generals. Please do the 1977 ethiopian-Somali war. It could fit well with the cold war chapter if you get to it
No words about Monty not join the battle when Patton fought very hard, until the very last moment of the battle Monty just made advance at last to share the easy fruit of victory.
Actually... The port facilities at Antwerp were captured intact. The problem was that the British didn't control its approaches which shut the port down. Montgomery was too focused on crossing the Rhine to divert forces to clear Antwerp's approaches so the allied supply lines suffered. It wouldn't be until AFTER Market Garden before he finally turned assets towards clearing the approaches, but by that time the damage had been done. However that doesn't really take away from the video. Nice work guys!
My only criticism is that i would suggest making unit icons a bit smaller, that way more are on the map and it gives a better idea of how the frontline moves
Another outstanding video. I feel like you could do videos on some of the more important confrontations within this battle. Unfortunately there's so much other material to cover, in WWII & every other period of human history. Thank you so much.
I've been watching Band of Brothers for the first time. And watching this after seeing the Bastogne episodes it's the closest thing to PTSD I hope to experience in my life.
Superb videos as always catching up already watched the Napoleonic Wars, the Cochrane and Tordesillas vids, the Pyrrhic and Roman series. Gotta say the videos are incredible going through byzantine wars rn in justinian's keep up the great work. Avid history fan from Portugal!
My grandfather was there during this bloody battle! He was in Bastoge during the attack and witnessed his fellow soldiers get blown up by artillery, Tanks, grenades, etc. And if that wasn't enough it was fucking freezing 🥶! R.I.P. Nicholas Herman Gieschen Senior of Wellington North Carolina! U survived the hell's of the Bulge, St. Lo, Omaha Beach in Normandy and crossing the Rhine river only to see the true horrors of Humanity's cruelty in the concentration camps!
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Damnit, I thought this video was released on 16:00...
Plz do anglo-mysore wars or the great northern war. Plz
Histori about the Hidtory of the Tarim basin! Nica job!!!
@Kings and Generals for some reason I had a relative who actually fought in the battle of the bulge
The Ardennes Offensive was doomed before its inception. It didn't allow for any delays, relied entirely on inclement weather and for the Allies to actually negotiate. None of which were forthcoming. Even had the offensive actually reached its objective ports, it could not hold those gains or maintain momentum when the skies cleared or the inevitable counterattack came. This was a delusion of Hitler's at best and at worst was a deliberate hastening of his self destructive tendencies that had grown since 1942. If he had any real care for the German Reich he'd have sent those divisions to mobile defense in the East, knowing what hellish revenge the Russians had in mind for the Germans after the horrors of the German Invasion.
The Axis had no real hope of victory outside of the Allies negotiating in 1941. From 1942 onward, it was merely a question of 'when' not 'if' the Axis would be ground down to defeat by the overwhelming Allied Industrial, logistical and manpower superiority.
Allies in 1940: The Ardennes are impassable
Allies in 1944: The Ardennes are impassable
Viktor Horký do you actually know that Hitler believed that if Roosevelt (the american president at the time) died, the americans would surrender? That is why Hitler thought that by invading Ardennes again, the allies would make a peace treaty because of the lack of energy of Roosevelt who faced a lot of casualties in Normandy. He even sent them a letter telling to the americans to ’’surrender to the supreme army of the region’’!
NATO 2025 Ardennes are impassable
@@wojszach4443 There are many roads through the Ardennes. It's not the Hindu Kush.
@@waynemartin2536 Pretty sure Hindukush has more roads bruh
I mean they were right the second time.
My great grandfather fought in the Battle of the Bulge in the 106th. All his descendants exist today because he managed to play dead and hide under a body to avoid the same fate as others.
Love the video! K&G legends
Mine was also present and preserved his line through the eons-old doctrine of "he who fights and runs away lives to fight another day" after apparently being shot in the ass.
Ibn Yahud my great grandfather was 106th MP.
Wow your great grandfather is a true hero
@@trogdog1267 😂🤣
He was a coward because he didn't fight to the death.
"We were invited by the developers to try the game, and the members of our team are now hooked" lol he talks like they were taking heroin or something
Maybe that’s what they got in a drink, during the play session, so that they thought they had a « great time »...
i would view most of these advertisements with a skeptical eye...most utubers that require lots of work to produce good material [the vid] need financial backing which sadly is provided from alot of these type of games....so take that into account and investigate the games for yourself's before launching into a so-called free game ..for nothing is generally "free" in this world and their is always a cost somewhere down the line :D
From what I understand, they're given a script to read and are told exactly what to say, which is why it sounds so weird and unnatural most of the time especially when it comes to mobile games. I honestly doubt that anyone at K&G has touched those games beyond an hour to get enough footage for the shoutout.
@@paladinbob1236 Really sad is that normal, non-corrupt games are barely advertised.
@@palasta sadly its a sign of the times [winks] :D
-Guys do you remember 1940 Ardennes?
-Yeah....
-Let's do it again
But let's totally fuck it up
@Hissam Ullah Hitler going for Iraq and Libya
@@Squirrel_Xi LOOOOOL
TheGaming Squirrel There were almost no oil wells in Iraq and Syria in 1940
Look at a map, how would they get oil across back to Germany? Turkey is a neutral nation, so cant use the caucasus/black sea/adriatic
Mediterranean sea is completely dominated by the Brits, the German ships and planes were already stretched, barely able to feed, supply, and control the skies in Africa
@@taterater1052
From the Caucasus, through Southern Ukraine.
the dude at 12:02 is writing " Aus der Traum", meaning "dream is over"
Its gives us a huge perspective to the common German soldiers' morale during the closing months of the war.
G Bendicion I think that quote was supposed to be said to the Americans
Many thanks for the translation !
one mans dream is another mans nightmare
I wonder if he managed to live a long life after this god awful mess!
"We're paratroopers, we supposed to be surrounded!"
Amazing series, just finished it for the first time! 😦
@@jxshrodgers what series?
@@dragooll2023 Band of Brothers - a must watch
I must say I really enjoy these videos on WW2. My great grandfather was at Bastogne, but unfortunately, he never talked about it. The only thing I know about his time there is that he managed to get frost bite on his hands that they had to use skin off his thigh to fix and managed to earn a silver star. Sadly, everything else I have had to learn from books and band of brothers. So seeing these battles visualized in this way is awesome and keep up the great work.
"Nuts!"
Anthony McAuliffe
Bastogne, 1944
I never knew what he meant with that response.
The thought of surrender being nuts or that he is so nuts, he will dare this battle even with inferior numbers?
Even the Germans were confused as they asked for the meaning of his wording. He responded with, "In short, go to hell." Anthony McAuliffe was a very strict man when it came to swearing as he felt swearing was a sin, so he usually showed his frustration by saying nuts.
@@WatcherMovie008 Ah, I see. So basically he was insulted that the Germans would think he would surrender.
Long story short yes. After all like what Captain Winters said in Bands of Brothers, "We're paratroopers. We're meant to be surrounded."
I'm constantly seeing scenes of Band of Brothers in my mind as I watch this. Very well done!
I'm glad I'm not the only one 😂
Probably gonna rewatch the series for the 8000th time after this
“What is the goddamn hold up Mister Sobel!?”
Just imagining shaving in a Foxhole when it's like -5 and I can't light a fire, and then hear a twig snap nearby.
The axis armies were not expelled from Greece, they evacuated, after the soviets occupied Romania. The British came after that.
Το ότι έχει τα Σκόπια Μακεδονία?
@@ComradeHellas Romania came under the overseeing influence of the Soviet Union. Even if they were in the alliance with the western nations, it was all under mutual benefit to bring down the Reich.
After the war, Romania stuggled to keep the Soviets out of its internal affairs.
@@ComradeHellas τι εννοείς λέγονταν Μακεδονία νομίζω την περιοχή την είχαν οι Σέρβοι ή Βούλγαροι
@@KazzoKiller3890 the soviet influence came after the war when the soviets occupied it and installed a communist regime
@@ComradeHellas Ας αναφερεται ετσι τοτε (Λαϊκή Δημοκρατία της Μακεδονίας) οχι ως Μακεδονια. Η Μακεδονια ηταν και ειναι αλλη.
Kings and Generals is like an oasis for fake history lovers.
It sure is! This and anything hosted by Indy Neidell
Afterall, they're my wonderwall.
And the History Channel like a desert.
Tony Tood That is true. Long live the channel😃
Thais is true. Long live the Channel 🙂😍
My grandfather was part of Pattons infantry who rushed up from the south to help break through to Bastone. His stories are incredible!
@Kushal Umakant Freedom, by occupying a foreign country?
How do I feel about being rescued by Patton? Well I'd feel pretty peachy, except for one thing. We didn't need to be f***in' rescued by Patton! Got that?
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Very wonderful, because they finally upload something I waiting for... 😄
Thanks man, you too!
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3:47 Oh no, the Germans wont try to attack threw the Ardennes. The terrain is far to difficult for a major assault so we can get away with only a light manning of the line.
I mean, what could possibly happen?
French high command, in 1940...
I mean, this time some lightly defended road junctions stalled whole divisions, and the assault failed because of the inability to have roads for fuel trucks to resupply the tanks, so I guess you could argue that perhaps if they attacked on a different part of the line more suitable for tanks they would of done better.
Stupid troll, even where there was knowledge there was troll like you. The French HQ believed that Ardennes were not traversable by tanks, not by infantery. There was the heavy terrain. This is perhaps an assumption because the french tanks were more heavy (and more powerfull BTW) and slow than the german tanks. And FYI the Brits bravely run run away in 1940.
@@thibaultletricheur1884 It was french and English commands fault for underestimating the germans. Not having a clear battle plan, chain of command, or even communication set up between the armies. The french and english sat on their hands for 6 months. I'm in no way calling them cowards, I'm pointing out the french high command dropped the ball.
@@artificernathaniel3287 That was because the late 1944 German army was a shadow of its former self in so many ways.
They where scraping the bottom of the manpower barrel by taking just about everybody who the German army had rejected previously as unfit and combining them with surviving veterans and every younger recruits. The German infantry was reorganised into the "Volksgrenadier" division organisation. That basically meant reducing the effective manpower on the front-line by around 1/3 from 1939/41 levels. The Germans compensated with more individual firepower, basically more MMG's and mortars. These divisions however lack the manpower levels for a sustained attack. They bleed out fast and once you can't mass enough force in one area as dictated by German military doctrinal thinking, so Clausewitz, then you hardly can be expected to achieve a breakthrough. It doesn't help that both the Americans and British had truly nasty artillery doctrines and capabilities, that where more than capable of obliterating an attacking force while the Germans where still massing for that attack.
Further in the German system the panzer divisions formed up in panzer corps, really more combined arms formations designated as "tank formations" had to achieve the breakthrough. Enough problems there as well. The vehicles had gone from fairly reliable and mobile to fuel guzzlers with big guns and heavy armour. The Germans had no fuel for then, nor spare parts nor the capability of recovery broken down vehicles in sufficient numbers. Most German armour seems to have been lost by abandonment, not allied destruction.
The 1940 campaign was such a success because the French could not interdict any German troop movements which allowed the Germans to surround and utterly annihilate the French armies one by one. The Luftwaffe who allowed for that where out of everything aside from actual planes by late 1944, somewhat ironic and problematic.
Then I suspect the German command also wasn't up to it. In the German army you had two competing schools of thought in this period. The operators with the emphasis on manoeuvre warfare and the attrition commanders who more favoured direct combat and destruction. Model was very much the latter. I doubt he was the right commander for this kind of operation, but pretty much all of the "operators" by this point had been relieved of command and quite a few shot by Hitler after 20th July 1944.
This offensive never could have worked. The Germans where probably at least one million man short of actually making it to the sea and destroying 21st army group. Lets not even start again about fuel, the Luftwaffe etc.
No, what I wanted to point out is just how stupid it actually was that the Allied completely failed to grasp that the Germans might try something like this and do it right here. By this point the Germans had for years pulled off such attacks, time after time again.
@@DanielWW2 I always assumed they did expect something like this, and welcomed it. The allies knew by this point that the germans were thinning out. I always assumed the allies were just patiently waiting while also grinding forward at an acceptable pace.
Congratulations to Kings and Generals for reaching a 1 Million + subs. Watching you guys go from having a 100k subscribers to 1 million was amazing to see. Keep up the great work.
I remember a time when this channel use to have 20k subscribers now I look at it now on how much it grow. Good Job you come a long way kings and generals
“The Germans were going to capture Bastogne.”
*Sabaton intensifies*
@Stefan Leca screaming eagles bro
Nuts!
My father Corporal J. R. Voorhees was in the 82nd Airborne Rangers from before D- Day to the end of the war. As I grew up, I watched many old War Movies so we would talk and I would ask him questions (I was born in 1966). He told me about the offensives he was in and even some of the missions he was sent on. By the end of the war he had received many ribbons and also a Silver Star and two Bronze Stars. He and others also received the William Order from the King of the Netherlands(some type of orange braided rope sash/lanyard). After the war, he was notified he was approved for the rank of Sergeant, but had never received the stripes or the official promotion before returning to the USA.
@some boby Yes, our original family name is Van Voorhees (Dutch), who came to America around 1660. The largest Dutch family in the USA. You can get background on our family and also the generals and politicians from our family. My father's brother named Jack also received a Bronze Star. Van Voorhees means From the ford of Hees. Hees Village, now called Hees is still in the Netherlands in Drenth. Anyone can Google Hees village in Drenth, Netherlands and see it on Google Maps. www.vanvoorhees.org is our family web site.
Tidbit:
USS Van Voorhis was a Dealey-class destroyer escort, was a ship of the United States Navy named for Lieutenant Commander Bruce Van Voorhis, a naval aviator who was awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously for action in the Eastern Caroline Islands.
Not trying to completely discredit you, but the 82nd weren’t Rangers. They were airborne of course, but being a Ranger would place him in an entirely different unit back then.
He probably recieved the Williams order from our queen. We haven't had a king from 1890 till 2013;)
@@daviddudas1031 Your not discrediting anything. I call them 82nd Airborne Rangers because I lived in Columbus Georgia and worked at both Ranger Joe's and the Discount Army Surplus in down town Columbus Georgia. I worked around them as well as others from Ft. Benning for two years and never had any of them tell me the 82nd were not Rangers. One of my family may have told me but I do not remember. So I have called them that about all my life. (Born in 1966). Ranger Joe's was built by my uncle Jack Voorhees and his son Paul Voorhees and a black man named Jody (maybe spelled Jodie). You are the first person in my life (I am in my 50's now) who I know of telling me they are not Rangers. I did not go into the fact that my father was in the 82nd until just before the Battle of the Bulge when he received a transfer to the 101st Airborne (whom I also call Rangers).
After googling it, "The 82nd is the US Army's conventional Airborne light infantry Division. U.S. Army Rangers, however, are Airborne Rangers. Part of the 75th Ranger Regiment, they are all Airborne Qualified, but also must pass RASP. ... So, in short, all Rangers are Airborne, but most 82nd are not Rangers.", but I will probably still call them 82nd Airborne Rangers. Technically I was wrong saying he received all his awards and medals as 82nd because some he received as 101st. Maybe nobody corrected me because I was a kid then and they thought it not worth it. Not that it would have mattered to me.
@@enerzise3161 I understand. I hope I didn't come off as aggressive, I just thought it was an odd thing to call someone in the 82nd, especially during WWII. But I guarantee no one will think any less of you if you continue to say it the way you have been all these years.
Thank you for this documentary on the Battle of the Bugle. My father-in-law, was an airborne ranger sniper for the 82nd Airborne & was right smack in the middle of the 82nd Airborne helping to stop the German advance. He talked little about the battle...but when he did he said the 82nd Airborne was fighting two terrible battles: one against the Germans & the 2nd against the cold winter weather.
My father was in this battle. He was awarded the Silver Star by order of General Patton at Metz. My father was with 3rd Army, they drove north to Bastogne.
NUTS!
Not
Understanding
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Surrender
Nuts, Deez.
I thought nuts was slang for Crazy.
@@MrWhy6 I always thought nuts were a sort of dry fruits.
Looks like meat’s back on the menu,
boys!!
Who wants some man meat?!
LotR reference 👌
Man flesh
And my axe!!!!
Love you programming K&G. Thanks!
22vx agreed
It was December 16, not December 26, that the Germans attacked. (4:32) Honest mistake.
I noticed that too. Overall, a good video though!
I am French, and want to thank you for being unbiaised and for putting on the map the French troops who fought the Nazis.All we have been hearing (mainly from British people) is how cowardly France was, but I feel like the actual people who fought ( like resistance, or soldiers) were never aknowledged. For them, I thank you.
Love to france 🇫🇷 from india 🇮🇳
The most beautiful channel I have seen on TH-cam because it bears truthfulness and bears translation into Arabic. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
You know this channel has covered a lot of ground when it goes from specializing in comparatively obscure wars all the way to making videos about battles our grandfathers fought in.
You guys once again surprise me. So far you covered many battles I was interested in since like, 2017 (yeah, couple years back) and you're always after new material. I'm still subscribed to the channel and it is one of the few i still follow regularly.
Awesome video my great grandfather and great uncle both fought in the battle of the bulge. My grandpa got shot once in the ass and sent back then shot again in the chest. My uncle never made it back home though my grandpa did. Truly giants of men that generation was.
the most beautiful thing in this video is clearly the Cologne Cathedral
Lol gotta say it is really awsome i have been to many others in germany and cologne's by far is the best in terms of architecture.
Can you give me time stamp in which this is shown?
Thanks for this animation and explanation. I have been reading my father's memoirs and this really helps me understand what he lived through on Dec 16th, 1944. Everything he details concurs with your description. He was 16 at the time and assigned to Panzer Division 1.
Top shelf stuff lads. As a life long history nerd I am truly thankful for this channel and all the work that goes into it. Cheers.
Do videos on WW1 such as Tannenberg, Muese Argonne Offensive, Verdun, Somme, Caporetto, Marne, Jutland, Passchendaele, etc. I also think the Russian Revolution and Civil War should also be covered in the future. Anyway, keep up the great work and thank you for keeping so many people entertained with all the great content you guys produce.
I learned history far better by watching your videos than I ever did in early education, always entertaining
Thanks for watching!
The quality of content on this channel continues to amaze me, truly in a class of it's own.
Any chance of covering the Yellow Turban or Taiping Rebellions from China?
11:58 theres a guy frozen in the background
Still suffering the effects of his time in the Russian front, lol.
@@jman12123 my dad was there in St. Vith. I don't think he would like your poor attempt at humor.
At first I was hesitant for the channel to go into WW2, maybe burnout after "The Great War" yet this video really has me excited for future battles, it's great having real footage and a nice change from using video games. I also LOVE how you add the nicknames of some of the more famous units as each one has its own story. Long time subscriber keep up the amazing job! #bestYTchannel
Muy buen documental...Muchas gracias desde España...
Damn, i just finished watching an entire series from Officially Devin's channel, when I got a notification from K&G and without thinking I clicked on it just to hear Devins' voice again.. Loved the video btw.
The voice of the man is incredible
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One critical thing you didn't mention, a key part of the plan was the need to capture allied fuel depots and when your plan requires stealing gas to succeed then you might have a weak plan!
Finally ww2, pls do it more.
9:24 When the trees start saying: "The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his!"
YES!!! You mentioned the 22 men holding back the Germans for a Day!!
SHoutout to the Book, THE LONGEST WINTER. These 22 men were not even full infantry. They were a recon platoon and when they were sent to hold this area, they did their best to dig in.
Amazing book with no boring history in it. A Definitely great read
Small mistake: Germany retreated from Greece and later capture by British army. The soviets didn’t interfere the Greece due to an agreement between Churchill and Stalin.
What a fine Historian,this should be in the History channel.
Kings and Generals might be the best historical based TH-cam channel out.
as of the time of my typing this, there are 151 people who gave this video a "thumbs down". Why would anyone do that? This is a great and accurate video.
The allies were bad in 1940 but with the Americans they advanced so quick I love this channel
it's always great to see more KnG videos😀
Comprehensive and balanced coverage, when most of the world only remember 101st and Patten.
incredible video once again, really inspiring me to learn more
In early Nov the 9th army was moved to the north of the 1st US army under 21st Army Group. The boundary line at 3:36 was between the 1st and 3rd US armies.
The tip of the bulge was stopped by the BR XXX corp. Other wise a very good looking summary of the Battle.
It's almost unknown that there were 55,000 British and Canadian soldiers fighting in the battle of the bugle because their contribution was hushed up for, as the allied generals called it at the time "political reasons". Plus many American units were under British command during the battle.
Also Black Americans were a thing here. Such as the all black Artillery unit at Bastogne mentioned in the video.
The Black Prince
By that logic, the whole allies army was under the commands of an American General. So...
It’s mostly considered to be the greatest American battle of the western front in WW2, but that’s still no reason to ignite our allies!
My grandfather was with the 58th Armored Field Artillery Battalion at Longvilly. It was their stubborn defense and fighting retreat into Bastogne that slowed the Panzer Lehr Division enough to allow the 101st and elements of the 10th Armored to get to the town first. They used M7 Priests in direct fire against German tanks... not what the machines were made for or the men trained for. They lost 29 men killed, 58 wounded, and a lot of vehicles while delaying the Germans.
My grandfather was the most stubborn man I've ever known. I can only imagine his comrades were cut from the same cloth.
Excellent. My father fought here and was wounded approximately 3 months later in Germany.
My Sunday just got better ✌
When the commander at bastongne was asked by the germans to surrender after he was encircled, he replied with the word "NUTS"
Outstanding presentation. I learned a lot of new material.
Can’t wait to watch! My great-grandfather was in this battle and I would love to learn more
Haven't clicked that fast in quite a while... It was inevitable!
Oh you spoil us K&G! awesome video the visuals really helps the narrative story. Funnily enough I'm currently playing the German campaign on Sudden Strike 4, Battle of the Bulge mission 😅
Finally KaG is making videos about WW2 battles. Can't wait for the Normandy invasion episode...
The fact that somebody somewhere at some point decided that this is a perfect name for the operation will never cease to amuse me.
This video was delightful. I loved it. It's nice to see this channel do video's on more modern battles. It's great. My compliments to those who made this video a reality.
I was just watching the netflix documentary about it. Great job guys! Your storytelling is much better!
Actually a great video. There’s always a great episode analysis on this channel.
Germany: Uses Resist.
If only they had your artillery
WW2 is my favourite keep it up👍👍👍
Good book on the battle of the 28th Infatnry Division is 'Alamo in the Ardennes'.
Operation Market Garden and the battle of Arnhem next please.
When will we see this? It's a very interesting operation and the battles that ensued in Arnhem were gruesome and intense. I hope you guys might take a look at this!
What incredible force of nature these Germans were omg 🤯 fighting off in 3 fronts (south, east & west) against the mighty USSR, USA, France & UK all alone and still giving such high resistance 🤯
One suggestion for one of your next series; you could make some videos about battles in Yugoslavia and resistance forces, it's not so much in focus of historical channels when we talk about WW2, but I think that some of that battles could be very interesting to cover. Keep up the good work.
Awesome visual and narrative display!! #Bravo!!#Subbed.
Wow this is the type of presentation they should use in schools
Can you do a video on Operation Bagration? It is not as well known due to occuring at the same time frame as the Normandy Landings but it had arguably a far more devastating impact on the German army and was likely the most brilliant Soviet victory of the whole war which demonstrated how far their deep battle doctrine had come.
Fuel shortage defeated Germany in 1944 in Western Front and Bagration as well.. It is not that much brilliant as Germany in 1944 was already in state of economic collapse. When Soviets attacked Germans, they have 5-6x more infantry, tanks, aicraft, and most importantly they have 400 000 American trucks with full fuel tanks.. Soviets were out running Germans so fast, that Germans for example simple didnt have enough fuel or trucks or trains just to evacuate forces and avoid encirclement. Only in late 1944 when front was shorter (on German border) , they have ability to re-supply. If Germans were smart they should evacuate soviet union after 1943... but they would lost anyway , they didnt have oil to fight war on two fronts
@@TheAstralftw 5 to 6 times more infantry is patently false. At the start of the attack there were 1.6 million Soviets up against 850,000 Germans and throughout the entire course of the operation there'd be 2.5 million Soviets up against 1 million Germans. 2.5:1 is not quite 6:1.
Being on the defensive requires much less fuel, this can be seen by the simple fact that as the war progressed, despite the shortages meaning offensives could no longer be launched as before, the German army still consumed similar quantities of fuel up until the Romanian oilfields were overrun in late 1944.
@@zexal4217 ok, number of tanks and other weapons are still in that magnitude. By this time German military/economy is crippled ,and Soviet Union because it had lot of oil +USA land&lease + Germany had multiple more fronts -, could have army of 6million of soliders + much more tanks and trucks and so, while Germans cant have that many soldiers or tanks. For example Soviet Army is breaking the lines with tanks - followed by trucks who are towing artillery, infantry, fuel, ammunition - while Germans on other hand relay on horses and they simply dont have enough fuel or trucks to counter soviets or americans. Soviets won the war , first in holding in 1941 mostly on they own,(although in 1941 they lost 4million of soldiers , they didn't surrender which is amazing) and holding Stalingrad in 1942 and fighting Germans almost alone -with some L&L help(that help started to arrive in late 1942 just in right moment so Soviets could build counter-offensive). Since Germans didnt capture fuel from Caucasus , and L&L + second front started to kick -in , it was game-over. I also thought that Bagration is "most brilliant operation of WW2", - now i now it is not - it is just beating dead horse :) -your opponent is out numbered, out gunned and cant move and cant really punch back. If i was in German high-command i would slowly evacuate Soviet Union in early 1944 to shorten the front and logistical issues..
One more fact. When war ended in 1945 and when USA stopped to supply USSR with food, fuel, weapons, industrial equipment etc, - there was hunger again with huge losses :o
For more details - wacht "TiK on youtube - The MAIN Reason Why Germany Lost WW2 - OIL"
@@TheAstralftw I consider it a brilliant operation in terms of the scale of the losses with the Germans losing the most amount of men in their military history.
Realistically speaking Moscow was far more impressive in that the Soviets were essentially outnumbered and outgunned in almost every angle and yet managed to hold on and then counterattack. In regards to the multiple fronts thing... The far East tied down millions of Soviet troops as well, if those were deployed against Germany in 1941, it is likely we never would have seen Germany reaching anywhere near to Moscow let alone Kiev.
I won't expand on the other points since I largely do agree and also watch TIK :D. Can't wait to see his next battlestorm tomorrow!
Edit: Actually looking back, in regards to Germans potentially having 6 million men, I think it was TIK who said this during one of his videos but in 1942 and 1943, the Germans likely could have had more men in the East, the reason they didn't was due to logistics and being incapable of properly supplying them.
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Me: WAR is so interesting!!
Great war Climax ost played at 10:57
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RIP to all men and women who die fighting for their country
YOU GUYS ARE THE BEST. Who needs Netflix when we have Kings and Generals.
Please do the 1977 ethiopian-Somali war.
It could fit well with the cold war chapter if you get to it
1 M of subs . Congrats guys ! Greetings from Turkey !
By the way, great video! Those who celebrate the 75th anniversary of the end of the war in Europe should watch this episode.
Fun fact from this Battle:
To the German Commander.
NUTS!
The American Commander.
-Anthony McAuliffe
Oversimplified covered this to perfection
@@RodolfoGaming indeed
Not
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Surrender
Bad. Ass.
@@rolandhunter The 101st Airborne in Bastogne would like to have a word
Erdnuss?
No words about Monty not join the battle when Patton fought very hard, until the very last moment of the battle Monty just made advance at last to share the easy fruit of victory.
Hey Kings and Generals, how long will you make the Battle of Dien Bien Phu in 1954?
Sometime in 2020
And the Tet Offensive too!
Never..we don't give a fuck about it
@@HellStr82 Just you asshole
Actually...
The port facilities at Antwerp were captured intact. The problem was that the British didn't control its approaches which shut the port down. Montgomery was too focused on crossing the Rhine to divert forces to clear Antwerp's approaches so the allied supply lines suffered. It wouldn't be until AFTER Market Garden before he finally turned assets towards clearing the approaches, but by that time the damage had been done.
However that doesn't really take away from the video. Nice work guys!
My grandfather was at Bastogne with the 101st. He never did speak much about it, only that he was there.
My only criticism is that i would suggest making unit icons a bit smaller, that way more are on the map and it gives a better idea of how the frontline moves
Another outstanding video. I feel like you could do videos on some of the more important confrontations within this battle. Unfortunately there's so much other material to cover, in WWII & every other period of human history.
Thank you so much.
I've been watching Band of Brothers for the first time. And watching this after seeing the Bastogne episodes it's the closest thing to PTSD I hope to experience in my life.
Superb videos as always catching up already watched the Napoleonic Wars, the Cochrane and Tordesillas vids, the Pyrrhic and Roman series. Gotta say the videos are incredible going through byzantine wars rn in justinian's keep up the great work. Avid history fan from Portugal!
*CRACK OF THE LIGHTNING SPLITTING THE GROUND*
*THUNDER IS SOUNDING, ARTILLERY POUNDING!*
Great!Maybe you talk about some battles of balkan wars,which are seldom talked but actually very brilliant!
My grandfather was there during this bloody battle! He was in Bastoge during the attack and witnessed his fellow soldiers get blown up by artillery, Tanks, grenades, etc. And if that wasn't enough it was fucking freezing 🥶! R.I.P. Nicholas Herman Gieschen Senior of Wellington North Carolina! U survived the hell's of the Bulge, St. Lo, Omaha Beach in Normandy and crossing the Rhine river only to see the true horrors of Humanity's cruelty in the concentration camps!
You guys your narration skills are wow hope to see more modern warfare vedios very soon
Loved it😍😍😍😍
CRACK OF THE LIGHTNING SPLITTING THE GROUND
THUNDER IS SOUNDING ARTILLERY POUNDING
@@dacevedo4617 WRATH OF THE NAZIS CAST ON BASTOGNE
FACING THEIR FORCES ALONE
Been playing COH2 Ardennes Forest American Campaign. This just spark me a lot.
perfect video love from greece
Hell, now I want Operation Bagration. This channel is EPIC!!
This could have been elaborated on more. >commanders >tanks > Patton's charge, civilian consideration