WWII Veteran Describes House to House Fighting in Nuremberg
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- čas přidán 4. 09. 2024
- WWII Veteran Mr. Sneddon of the 3rd Infantry Division talks about fighting house to house in Nuremberg. This is an interview with him about his WWII service.
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My father fought in WW2 from the beginning until the End of the war in the German Army .
He got badly woundet in Poland in Januar 1945 on the retreat
He survied the war and got to live his life but he never come back from war
He still fights every night in his dreams .
Today we call this PTBS but in this years nobody cares about
He dont tell much about what he saw and do in the war still in his 80 years he could not tell
He want sometimes but it was not possible for him
He begann to breath heavyly and get no air in his lungs he startet coffing very heavy and sweat very hard
That was horrible to see him so weak .
He got angry than about himself so he cant Talk about
My father is long gone but i hope he find his peace
Frank Galetzka
frank, I hope your father finally found the peace he desired. He's in heaven now fellowshipping with his old enemies from the war. A war he or none of his opponents wanted. The leaders and men that have the wealth don't fight die and bleed. My heart feels for all the young men that died in the war. The leaders and industrialists should of been put in front of a firing squad. Or made to fight each other and go through the hell that is combat!! Cheers to your father, brother!
For those who've seen the show you can see in his eyes he is doing it in his mind just like he did the day he did it.
I was stationed near Nuremberg from 1971-1973 and was amazed at the beautiful buildings and how much history was there.
He doesn't seem his age! Bless him and many respects and thanks for his service!
He did the service but the current generation have just installed totalitarian fascism in America, to whom liberty is a foreign and despised concept.
@@stylembonkers1094 yes, and I am shocked at how many want to be "enslaved" ...The youth have over the years been spoon fed propaganda but what really gets me...is older people who refuse to believe/ see what's happening to this nation! The young men who went to Hell n back are gone...can you even imagine the appropriate pronoun person, if they would fight for freedom! smh
God Bless you Sir 🙏 ❤. The world thanks you for your service.
Well done, finding and documenting the stories of these heroes. They truly were The Greatest Generation.
My dad was an artillery man with the US 103rd Infantry. They fought their way across France and Germany after D-Day until the end of the war. He never wanted to talk about it much.
God bless you and thank you for your service... Thank you for telling your story.
I was stationed in Erlangen Germany, about 20 miles from Nuremberg. There’s still battle scars on some of the buildings. Such a beautiful city, glad he made it back. Those guys went through some rough stuff.
it was a very medieval city before it got bombed to shreds. the nowadays nürnberg is just a shadow of its former architecture.
I was stationed at Herzo Base from June 1971- April 1973 as a corpsman with HHB VII Corps 210 Artillery Group and visited Erlangen especially the Wine Cellar !!!
I know where Erlangen is, you had a great PX. I was in Bamberg. We would take the train to Nurnberg and party at the Green Goose. Great times, I still have my Green Goose card.
My uncle was killed in Nuremberg, he was an infantryman in the 180th Infantry Regiment, 45th US Infantry Division.
I didn't know much about the door to door fighting. We learn a lot, but mostly gain huge appreciation for your sacrifices. God Bless.
My uncle fought in France and Germany, British Army,,,,,,,,,,he married a German girl , my aunt lottie, remained together until her death in 2006 he passed in 2009
A very good decision to marry a german girl
So peace will happen 👍👍👍💚
@@frankgaletzka8477 she was a brave and remarkable person ....I only have good Memories of her
I was part of the force that shut down Nurnberg in 1991. I was at the ceremony where we turned over the city and American facilities and left completely.
They‘re still being used today. Many of the buildings got torn down though. I grew up in Fuerth which is right next to Nuremberg. Army left there end of 1995 unfortunatley.
Another tactic used was blowing a hole with bazooka, tank round or charge in side walls for entry. I have read this from history books of the war. American GI’s adapting to house to house combat. Now called MOUT Mobil operations urban terrain. Much respect for this veteran. 🇺🇸
I was stationed in Vilseck with 2SCR 2009-2011 before my second tour in Afghanistan. I saw bullet holes from ww2 in buildings in Amburg and Nuremberg.
It was a............... *nervous* time, I must say, because you never knew who was behind a door, y'know" So much perspective here on what constitutes a real threat to life and sensibilities compared to what's being foisted on us now.
My sincere respects 🇬🇧🇺🇸✌
I could just listen to him all day is there a part two?
Both house to house and jungle combat have a fear factor that only the young can endure for long periods of time.
Just a thought but I can see some of the interviews dont have the name of the interviewee in the description. Yet in this one his name is mentioned by the interviewer. (So I dont think he wants to be anonymous.) As a historical source, names, dates etc could be useful. Best wishes.
It's crazy thinking of how these guys had to just had to improvise and adapt to close quarters combat, using a mix of common sense and what assault training they may have had.
Hero 🇺🇸🙏👍
Definitely
Lived in Nuremberg for two years as a army brat.
Wat us inf.div. he was in??The us 7th army had that area and it was fierce fighting.Not too much attention given to that 7th army sector.The vosges mtn. and the black Forrest areas(sperated by the rhine)were sum fierce fighting going in2 Bavaria and evan further in2 Austria a d Italy's brenner pass to meet up w 5th army.
True my father was in the 7 th army 63 Rd division is basically not as covered that Siegfried line battle of March 15 to March 20 is underrated some 22 000 German troops captured thousands of American casualties
Interesting. Mr Sneddon still has the remnants of a Scottish accent. Aberdeenshire, I think.
I could be totally wrong, it is faint, but it sounds a bit more like Ulster to me.
@@barrygrant27 i think youre right
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And the Aussies
@@stevegreenfield1390
Yep 100% and don’t forget everybody made great sacrifices!!
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The world can thank this man we aren't speaking german...
I like the language but with the circumstances.....not worth it lol
Rather German than Japanese
My old man fought in the South Pacific and saw stuff that he never spoke about, he certainly wouldn’t have his experience recorded.
@@Anarchsis God bless his heart
The Germans' politics were shit, but they were top quality soldiers.
No better than anyone else, and certainly not by 1945. Volkssturm were just citizens in uniform. Waffen-SS soldiers performed abysmally in Poland and France and the Soviet Union up to 1941. Retrained under the army and given the best equipment first, they performed adequately in 1943 and 1944. The standard German army training was no better or longer than in the US or Commonwealth armies. The Soviet infantry, despite the myths and crap written about them, were well trained in infantry-artillery tactics.
They were and the american military has admitted to it. They rated the combat effiency about 50% higher.
It has a multitude of reasons.
Mostly combat experience but also discipline and ideology.
@@matthiwi6901 Absolute garbage and untrue. Stop making things up.
If you're really interested in learning and in real historical fact then read these experts;
Normandy 1944: German Military Organization, Combat Power and Organizational by Professor Niklas Zetterling
The Myth and Reality of German Warfare: Operational Thinking from Moltke the Elder to Heusinger by Prof. Gerhard P. Gross and David Zabecki
German Way of War: From the Thirty Years' War to the Third Reich by Dr Robert Citino
@@DannyBoy777777 Good point! Germany was on a war plan that caught others with their guards down. Had the allies been more assertive in political, and militarily, and in achieving resource retrieving and gathering for germany's onslaught, that might of kept Germany in the positive road.
@@DannyBoy777777 please excuse that stupid comment I made. Now I go make some coffee and WALE UP! I'LL BE BACK ON LATER DURING THE DAY!!!
My grandfather fought in the second world war and had medals to actually prove it and before he past I heard so many stories and one thing he always said is he would rather die then admit to Americans fighting in the war. It was always other country man in US uniforms all the United states did from 1939 to 1945 is supply their allies.
Well my uncles fought there , were wounded and are true Americans
That is complete nonsense. Not sure why he would behave like that.