1945 WWII ETO COMBAT BULLETIN #3 BRITISH 2nd ARMY in HOLLAND ITALIAN CAMPAIGN 30584
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- This 1945 black-and-white combat bulletin highlighting the European Theater of Operations has multiple segments. A formation of Douglas DC-3 (Dakota in the RAF) flies over Belgium. A damaged plane slowly descends and crashes; it’s crew parachuting down. Tanks pass over bridges. The convoy approaches Nijmegan, Netherlands. The bridge over the Waal River remains intact as British engineers remove the charges Germans left behind (:15-2:31). British and American air forces in North Africa plan bombing Rome. Circles are drawn on city maps to designate churches and holy places to avoid bombing. Footage is shown of the bombs being dropped (2:32-4:25). President Roosevelt demands unconditional surrender (4:26-4:58). Cassino, Italy is shown from above. An animated map shows the movement of troops. The Attenzione! Leaflets, warning the locals to evacuate, are sealed into cartridges and shot from 105 howitzers. Douglas A-20 Havoc and other bombers depart. Footage shows the bombing (4:59-8:27). Stop action animation on maps show the advancement of troops, followed by live footage. A 240 howitzer is craned into place. Sound plotting equipment is placed in dug holes. Receiving stations will plot any sounds of gunfire and locate their positions. B-24s and B-17s drop bombs. The Nazi return fire flashes on the hillside (8:28-13:09). The New York World Telegram headline says “Big Drive On In Italy.” A tank sets fires. Live footage from a gun camera shows the ground results on enemy planes, trains, and buildings. Multiple planes are shown being shot down (13:10-17:21). U.S. troops construct a floating bridge over the Seine. French General Philippe Leclerc rounds up German occupation forces who surrendered. The scared faces of the German soldiers are shown (17:22-19:11). General Charles de Gaulle places flowers on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Arc de Triomphe and approaches the Cathedral of Notre Dame. Snipers fire from different locations. The crowd runs in panic and crouches in the street. The troops fire back. Civilian wounded are carried on stretchers. General Eisenhower speaks with Sir Arthur Tedder and Lieutenant General Omar Bradley in Paris. American troops march through liberated Paris (19:12 -21:52). The 79th Fighter Group at Capodichino Airfield, Italy listen to an officer who explained the battle on giant maps. Stop action animation shows this. While he speaks, actual footage is interspersed that shows what he’s talking about, including troops on the move and loaded into boats in various military vehicles. Troops board ships. Foot troops march single file through cities (22:53-27:36). Footage is shown from the gun camera as the plane strafes the ground. Allied anti-aircraft guns shoot at enemy planes. Night footage shows the gun fire action as bright lights (27:37-28:47). President Roosevelt is shown onboard at the Suez Canal. He individually meets with Egyptian King Farouk, Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie, and Saudi Arabian King Saud (28:48-31:27). RAF Coastal Command Bullfighters and Mosquitoes strafe German ships and ground targets, as shown from the gunner’s POV. Bombs are dropped and explode below. A captured German pillbox and cross-channel gun position with its 305 millimeter gun are shown (31:28-34:58).
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Those soldiers, and some of them were my friends from my hometown, WALKED across the length of Italy. Can you imagine that, constantly under fire and facing heavily fortified German positions. What great soldiers.
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And that of all the great nations that played their part in the history of the greatest generation to have ever lived, the ALLIED forces were and still are the greatest nation, many individual nations United in the common desire to defeat evil, this was the nation of humanity and humankind. Lest We Forget, R.I.P. 👍😞😀🇬🇧🏴
From your thumbnail picture it appears you are in uniform, and if that is correct I would have hoped that you would have known that the United States military didn’t fight WWII OR WWI alone, in fact the United States has never fought a war outside its boundaries without being allied to another nation or nations, and so it would be respectful if instead of “our great nation” you used “our great allied nation” or words to that effect.
My beautiful brother is doing well might I add ty for keeping the nation alive
16:00 it's amazing shooting - he's coming up to the belly of the other Guy and shooting going up that's very hard to do because you can pass out and remember in those days they didn't have pressurized pilots suits , those guys had big balls and they were young kids in their early 20s
Very interesting.
This is not from 1945 - the assault at Nijmegen (Op Market Garden) was in September 44, and the one at Anzio (Op Shingle) even in January 44. So it is kind of a collection of reports.
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I always wondered why they kept shooting after the pilot bailed out? What a waste of ammo!
Very interesting except the fact that it was not in 1945 but in 1944 (Operation Market Gardent).
I believe it was released in 45
Very good except for the false aircraft sound effects!
Come on, Don, the video is damn good, so why pick at the sound effects? The gun cameras of the period didn't have sound with its videos so to make it all the more actual the sound is added. It does not change the quality of the history of the videos it's telling.
Did anyone else notice they were stacking the explosives on the deck of the bridge. One luck shot, and maybe...
19:51 it's very interesting here in France they were having a parade and a sniper stared shooting but the important thing is the American soldiers in the parade returning fire - in this occasion the regular population gets to experience real combat, to the soldiers it was just another day the good thing is their weapons were loaded.
“…a question of destroying a monument, or sacrificing our men…”
So we did both.🤦♂️
From South Africa did you know our Val river is the main water source for Johannesburg the only city not directly on a river
Life in a b17 or b29 was very short very few guys made it true the war but dog fight it must have been super scary.
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19;05 that far into the war older German men were ordered to fight for the German army young soldiers were fighting the Russians and many were POWs right after the Italian campaign even older and very young men had to join the German military.
18:34 looking at the Italian girls
In my humble opinion the bombing of the monastery at Monte Casino was little short of a war crime, but obviously it backfired on the allied ground forces because all it achieved was a) gave the Nazis better cover and conceilment and b) got a lot of allied force personnel killed or wounded. 😞👍🇬🇧🏴
Montgomery was a bigger hindrance to the allied war effort than the Germans.
The Arnhem blunder of Montgomery :( Killing many Dutch civilians, and giving Germany its last victory :(
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Also, the plan was approved by Monty's boss Ike.