HOW IT'S MADE: WW2 Military Roads

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  • čas přidán 22. 05. 2018
  • Building temporary roadways is explained showing several methods constructed from locally available resources such as wood (timber), soil, and gravel on difficult terrain such as swamps, deserts, and forests.

Komentáře • 157

  • @andysbestlogger7977
    @andysbestlogger7977 Před 5 lety +63

    everyone loves to talk about the major battles during WW2, meanwhile these guys spent their years doing this day after day.

  • @maximusextreme3725
    @maximusextreme3725 Před 6 lety +8

    Thank you. I had to wage war on a neighbor who lives in a remote area and this video helped me build a road right up to his front door!

  • @iPervy
    @iPervy Před 6 lety +21

    Forget survivor, I could watch this all day!

  • @wenaldy
    @wenaldy Před 3 lety +4

    Military engineering is often overlooked.

  • @systemshock869
    @systemshock869 Před 4 lety +11

    "The road may be needed sooner than you think.. there's no time to swap latrine-o-grams"

  • @ianstradian
    @ianstradian Před 6 lety +58

    I read a report written by a German soldier during the Africa campaign who was amazed at how a road over 20 miles long appeared within a four day period.
    He was shocked at the American Military engineers tenacity and hard work.

    • @kaelsun
      @kaelsun Před 6 lety +3

      Most of theses muricans are from german ancestors...
      Such a betrayal to the vaterland is unimaginable

    • @TheBockenator
      @TheBockenator Před 5 lety +6

      The American Army knew how to move, that's for sure.

    • @camillomancini5619
      @camillomancini5619 Před 5 lety +1

      Ian Stradian Americans knew how to retreat so they became good at building temporarily roads

    • @LS-rw9yp
      @LS-rw9yp Před 2 lety

      This needs to be on the “Things that never happened” channel!

  • @kienboy9999
    @kienboy9999 Před 3 lety +5

    Why is everything about ww2 so interesting?

  • @sporehux8344
    @sporehux8344 Před 5 lety +6

    "There may be interruptions", 1:38, this is legit straight out of the fallout series or more specifically the inspiration for it.

  • @MMBNMalternateaccoun
    @MMBNMalternateaccoun Před 6 lety +15

    Honestly these may just be documentaries and such but most of these videos contain a lot of good life skills that could become a useful thing :D

  • @abideenturky
    @abideenturky Před 6 lety +68

    Awesome Awesome Awesome
    Excellent Historical and Educational Film
    Thanks for uploading and sharing your clip on CZcams today with your followers

    • @abideenturky
      @abideenturky Před 6 lety +4

      Edward Purcell
      Critics( like you) are usually failures as creators,No skill is required, just need courage to show his bad manners and foul language.

    • @ToastedFanArt
      @ToastedFanArt Před 6 lety

      Well this is my main account and as you can see I am a creator myself (both physically and digitally). That's why I don't like to see content "sharers" (since they create nothing) such as this guy getting such praise and recognition for hitting upload on a video he found on some war time footage archive site or something. Also sorry for the foul language but I'm Irish and we like to joke rough ;D

    • @abideenturky
      @abideenturky Před 6 lety +3

      Toasted Fan Art
      2 months ago, I been to Dublin,
      The Pubs were full of foul language, but they were indeed infused with so much love, you never find it in America.

  • @ALSNewsNow
    @ALSNewsNow Před 3 lety +2

    Man, that's some HIGH QUALITY materials and lumber, wow. They don't sell that cut at Lowes, believe that

    • @slomnim
      @slomnim Před 3 měsíci

      And they were cutting that ON THE FIELD

  • @sarcasmo57
    @sarcasmo57 Před 6 lety +59

    Well, looks like I have to go out and rig up a makeshift road.

    • @VintageTexas59
      @VintageTexas59 Před 4 lety +1

      Hope you don't live in a desert...the chicken wire road was time consuming...

  • @djongtm1040
    @djongtm1040 Před 6 lety +30

    I see no one is lazy 👍

  • @ferronzomeren2733
    @ferronzomeren2733 Před 6 lety +19

    I learned this when just playing on a construction site and in the woods, where I saw dead trees. I think every child should grow up near a construction site or forest just to learn sawing, nailing and carrying wood.
    I am happy I did not grow up in a large city. I think it helped me develop skills others in my generation don't have.

    • @renatoamaral8259
      @renatoamaral8259 Před 2 lety

      Yes, you are right!!! I feel bad for not having these skills.

  • @jamesmanzano5231
    @jamesmanzano5231 Před 5 lety

    This is amazing. Great work by everyone during the war. I’m not sure how many people took this stuff for granted.

  • @carabus0354
    @carabus0354 Před 6 lety

    Awesome video I love this kind of stuff, shows so many things they thought of I wouldn't have.

  • @Polypropellor
    @Polypropellor Před 6 lety +12

    Notice- No gloves!

  • @ehrlichlanierc7429
    @ehrlichlanierc7429 Před 6 lety +3

    Sure hope this site has other subjects besides war! Yes I subscribed because it says Documentary and I love documentaries. You guys made good interesting comments, thanks!🙏

  • @mrrolandlawrence
    @mrrolandlawrence Před 6 lety +25

    meanwhile back in the uk, 15 years to upgrade a single lane on the m1 :P

    • @danielgraham5199
      @danielgraham5199 Před 5 lety +1

      Roland Lawrence that is so true

    • @abdikal566
      @abdikal566 Před 4 lety

      Roland Lawrence no wonder why most of the countries they colonialised are like that

  • @rudipratm
    @rudipratm Před 4 lety

    What a great channel! I like these content. Keep doing great works 😊.

  • @DFox-ud3gx
    @DFox-ud3gx Před 6 lety +32

    These Men run Hustle our new generation needs to watch this...🙏🇺🇸👍

    • @Mrbfgray
      @Mrbfgray Před 6 lety +1

      They were napping again as soon as the cameras left. ;-)

  • @RLNTEX
    @RLNTEX Před 6 lety

    Thanks for uploading and sharing

  • @King_TuTT
    @King_TuTT Před 6 lety +7

    wow no chain saws or power equipment, these troops are busting their asses! great info!

    • @strellettes8511
      @strellettes8511 Před 6 lety +2

      Rob T one guy was using a powered tool to screw in the nails

  • @vigneshwsf
    @vigneshwsf Před 6 lety +10

    Wow!!!! What a channel. Your channel is just impeccable and stupendous.

  • @VM-123
    @VM-123 Před 6 lety +55

    Amazing! These men are true heroes. Kids today should learn how to do something like this and understand what teamwork and hard work mean.

    • @OpenGL4ever
      @OpenGL4ever Před 6 lety +7

      They know what teamwork is, they're playing multi-player games where teamwork is essential.

    • @wolfleader012
      @wolfleader012 Před 6 lety +2

      OpenGL4ever Except the only hard work we now know about, is grinding to get the next plane or car.

    • @dementedbowine8681
      @dementedbowine8681 Před 6 lety

      they haven't got a clue about ether

    • @VM-123
      @VM-123 Před 6 lety +1

      OpenGL4ever to some level that's true, but the teamwork is not physically together with people it's sitting in front of individual computers. It doesn't include the physical labor and working side-by-side in unison to accomplish a goal. Also, a lot of work places are set up where people don't work together, they work against each other. It becomes a backstabbing, let's leave our manners and Common Sense at the door in order to get ahead type of atmosphere. I work in a place where they have focused the attention back on teamwork. Goals are set as a team not so much as individuals. It has made such a difference. For the better.

    • @mofvogel7236
      @mofvogel7236 Před 6 lety +2

      I would rather work smart than work hard. We dont live in the 1940's anymore

  • @Jaredog2006
    @Jaredog2006 Před 6 lety +4

    wow so hard work but that awesome

  • @SaifAli-dp9mx
    @SaifAli-dp9mx Před 6 lety +2

    Very nice good job

  • @phelixhartman2441
    @phelixhartman2441 Před 3 lety

    Wow. Much respect ✊🏻

  • @Xander_Zimmermann
    @Xander_Zimmermann Před 3 lety

    Jeez, these roads look smoother than the asphalt ones in my city!😳

  • @MisteriosGloriosos922
    @MisteriosGloriosos922 Před 2 lety

    nice footage!!!

  • @acastrohowell
    @acastrohowell Před 6 lety +2

    So interesting

  • @grabir01
    @grabir01 Před 6 lety +29

    Combat Engineers... Rough job for sure.

  • @cleptuno
    @cleptuno Před 6 lety +3

    Anything to move forward.

  • @headhunternaga9580
    @headhunternaga9580 Před 11 měsíci

    Wow They are all legend & strong 💪💪

  • @chrismarshva
    @chrismarshva Před 4 lety

    Dad was attached to a U.S. Army Engineer Batallion in Bavaria (West) Germany, 1954-56. Never mind he was an editor-journalist.

  • @deltasource56
    @deltasource56 Před 6 lety +3

    I swear this is how they make roads in California to this day

  • @Hokunin
    @Hokunin Před 11 dny

    its still usefull today

  • @njm3211
    @njm3211 Před 6 lety +6

    These guys probably belonged to the CCCs before the war.

    • @atthebrink74
      @atthebrink74 Před 5 lety +2

      No, most were probably farm boys...

    • @paulbest6679
      @paulbest6679 Před rokem

      My Mom's farm boy uncles were in the CCC.

  • @atthebrink74
    @atthebrink74 Před 5 lety

    This takes me back... Expedient Methods... USAF Civil Engineering... The bad old days. ;)

  • @bradyk2231
    @bradyk2231 Před 5 lety

    just..WOW!!

  • @rodglen7071
    @rodglen7071 Před 3 lety

    I needed to see this before expedition in Sudan.
    Chicken wire...got it.

  • @guopeneferozz
    @guopeneferozz Před 6 lety +3

    Im tired even only watching this :(

  • @thehulk2642
    @thehulk2642 Před 2 lety

    Amazing 🤔🤔🙏🙏🙏🙏

  • @roqayyahabidey932
    @roqayyahabidey932 Před 6 lety +1

    Amazing technology was in past

  • @thomas4315
    @thomas4315 Před 5 lety +2

    They may be interrupting. Your partner may be shot, continues to drag the 20 foot lumber.
    Leave him be he can be replaced.LOL

  • @kvogel9245
    @kvogel9245 Před 6 lety

    Corduroy roads were common at least as far back as the US Civil War.

  • @danielgraham5199
    @danielgraham5199 Před 5 lety +1

    Why do they build these apart from swamps

  • @gmarte12
    @gmarte12 Před 6 lety +1

    building the road today is about the same... except you have to stop every five minutes and instagram it.... then you go home and make a youtube video of your DIY, post it on facebook and hope that everyone likes it...

    • @gmarte12
      @gmarte12 Před 6 lety +1

      you can always start the likes by signing up your grandma, cats, dogs, future children an account and like your video for them.

  • @kkampy4052
    @kkampy4052 Před 6 lety +7

    I have a picture my dad took of a corduroy road that went from Eupen to Monschau.

    • @2adamast
      @2adamast Před 6 lety

      It's a big bog up there

    • @yannhayon2796
      @yannhayon2796 Před 6 lety

      wow thats amazing, i read about that road multiple times and i live 30min from that place. never visitet it, perhaps there is somethimg left.

    • @kkampy4052
      @kkampy4052 Před 6 lety

      Murmelpudding He doesn't indicate the specific location though.

    • @yannhayon2796
      @yannhayon2796 Před 6 lety

      K Kampy no worries, back then especially in this winter, the people who lived there lost them selves in the mud fields. (sorry for bad "ardennoise" english)

    • @2adamast
      @2adamast Před 6 lety

      I would bet it is the N67 Monschau Strasse, it's direct and a most modern/straight looking road

  • @DANNY40379
    @DANNY40379 Před 3 lety

    those logs placed in the swamp are going to rot in about one week lol

  • @Standbackforscience
    @Standbackforscience Před 6 lety +7

    Wait .... how was perfectly cut lumber plentiful in a swamp?

    • @jobythewitch5379
      @jobythewitch5379 Před 5 lety +1

      they most likely planned ahead and brought it with them.

  • @jaydineroimg
    @jaydineroimg Před 2 lety

    So our city streets are built like this 🙂bridges are short cuts

  • @JeffreyAustinThePhyrefyter

    Army Engineers clear the way!

  • @Jbk4real
    @Jbk4real Před 4 lety

    Boss of the swamp

  • @javierchm1271
    @javierchm1271 Před 6 lety

    documentales de los alemanes no hay mucho, si ellos eran los mejores

  • @MrHatetheplayer
    @MrHatetheplayer Před 6 lety

    the logistical war. get them supplies to the front boys!

  • @jimmymymtv2254
    @jimmymymtv2254 Před 6 lety

    ...on the shoulders of giants

  • @FayazAhmad-yl6sp
    @FayazAhmad-yl6sp Před 4 lety

    It is better to avoid wars instead of destroying the jungles and environment.

  • @rcfun8766
    @rcfun8766 Před 5 lety +1

    Why couldn’t they drive in grass

  • @xys7536
    @xys7536 Před 6 lety

    Would guy's just hang around repairing the road

  • @melchristian8876
    @melchristian8876 Před 3 lety

    👍👍👍👍👋👋👋👋🙏🙏

  • @EkaraLibrae
    @EkaraLibrae Před 4 lety

    Busy army ants :)

  • @franky01ize
    @franky01ize Před 5 lety +4

    When i see modern people spitting on our forefathers, it makes me sick. These were 18 yr old kids out there fighting to keep this country safe, they went thru hell and came back home and built the greatest country on earth.

  • @joechang8696
    @joechang8696 Před 6 lety +2

    the inbound artillery shell should explode before it is heard,

    • @LaurensPP
      @LaurensPP Před 6 lety +3

      Joe Chang What do you mean? The explosion is less than 100 yards away, the sound and the light will arrive at virtually the same time, for the human ear that is..

    • @joechang8696
      @joechang8696 Před 6 lety

      if it is an artillery shell (supersonic), then you do not hear it coming before it actually arrives.
      I did not consider if it was bomb (possibly subsonic), bombs might have an arming fuse, but I don't think you can hear it far away. Stuka dive bombers have a Jericho trumpet for dramatic effect

    • @LaurensPP
      @LaurensPP Před 6 lety +1

      I thought you were talking about the explosion itself. But anyhow, it looks more like a mortar impact to me, which are not supersonic. And to my understanding you definitely hear artillery shells flying over as well, even before the impacts. It depends on the shell's trajectory and your position.

    • @joechang8696
      @joechang8696 Před 5 lety

      per Laurens, yes it does seem to be a mortar shell, which is mostly what infantry will be encountering.
      I normally think in terms of naval artillery which you will not hear before impact, but perhaps the AP fuse may have a delayed detonation.
      For a supersonic artillery shell passing overhead, what your hear is from earlier in the trajectory, depending on parameters.

  • @jaynolan7526
    @jaynolan7526 Před 5 lety

    These guys ain't got shit on my washroom. I'm dropping bombs constantly.

  • @neutralgod300
    @neutralgod300 Před 6 lety

    YA! Right! if they really did that on WW2! the army spend $ to do this documentary but they realist that! on paper it's always nice but in the field! It's totally different!

  • @jonathandreyer7943
    @jonathandreyer7943 Před 2 lety

    Don’t forget to first submit the environmental impact report

  • @vercingetorixavernian8978

    Listen to “Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History” Podcast :)

  • @oceanhome2023
    @oceanhome2023 Před 3 lety

    Think SEABEES. !

  • @paradoxicalpanda7666
    @paradoxicalpanda7666 Před 6 lety +1

    The only one that makes sense unless these are going to be used continously for potentially months is the last one. If its just a small convey that needs to get past of maybe 50 trucks they could drive over the grass fields easily at a moderate rate and its kind of a waste of time making the road. The only one that makes sense is the last one where its sinking mud.

    • @patrickflying17
      @patrickflying17 Před 6 lety +5

      thats kinda the issue. 50 trucks that weigh multple tonnes will rut anything but rock in minutes. and even then theres no guarentee that there wont be just one convoy needed. as the old axiom says. Better save than sorry.

    • @choinire
      @choinire Před 6 lety +1

      Corduroy roads are still build in some ocasions in Canada by the wood cutting industry. The consept is still the same, the scale is only different... (the model with logs on the bottom and gravel on top)

  • @bennettthompson3085
    @bennettthompson3085 Před 6 lety +1

    14:40 nice watch tan

  • @YouMockMe
    @YouMockMe Před 6 lety

    Way cool! Go Allies!!!

  • @Mia-cl3rb
    @Mia-cl3rb Před 2 lety

    Because it’s a bomb like bruh

  • @dianalfa1237
    @dianalfa1237 Před 3 lety

    Akibat dana desa yg di makan kades

  • @estebahng5964
    @estebahng5964 Před 6 lety +1

    didnt have hardly any roads back then

  • @danielson9579
    @danielson9579 Před 5 lety

    Maybe the British government should watch this roads are terrible in the UK 🤨

  • @johnnyllooddte3415
    @johnnyllooddte3415 Před 6 lety +1

    ahahahahahahaha

  • @lazeppelini123
    @lazeppelini123 Před 3 lety

    Life is just a one big bullsh*t

  • @davidbarbero1641
    @davidbarbero1641 Před 6 lety +30

    War what a waste ...

    • @ehrlichlanierc7429
      @ehrlichlanierc7429 Před 6 lety +3

      David Barbero, Hi David, I agree. Don't you wish there was nothing to be able to go to war with? I do! No explosives, no bombs, no chemicals, no rockets anywhere on planet Earth. Fantasy dreaming. But hey, a person can dream of peace can't we?! It takes a mountaneous amount of growth to be wise. I guess that's why wisdom is so precious, The Prize after The Work. God bless you David Barbero. And thanks for your comment, it stimulates a lot of thoughtful reflection. Be safe.🙋🌈🙏

    • @davidbarbero1641
      @davidbarbero1641 Před 6 lety

      ehrlichlanier c. Thanks for being like minded . All the best that life has to offer, to you... my pleasure.

    • @truthmatters-notgreed784
      @truthmatters-notgreed784 Před 6 lety +1

      Rich Man's War; Poor Man's Blood.......... War = $$$...... Unfortunately some people are just full of greed.

    • @AdamWebb1982
      @AdamWebb1982 Před 6 lety +1

      When you grow, there is always someone jealous who will try to take it off you. Hence War.

    • @Sevenspent
      @Sevenspent Před 6 lety +12

      War sounds like a waste until your staring at a barrel of a gun carried by a man who thought it wasn't a waste. You find the woman you knew and loved are now being raped and passed around the guards. You now find yourself digging a big pit that is now to be a mass grave for you and the other men with you because they no longer want to bear the cost of feeding you. This is unlikely to happen now a days because someone either in your country or someone in a other country decided war wasn't a waste. War was to protect something/someone they loved...unknowingly protecting your right to be born and type the comment you typed. Be thankful to those known/unknown strangers that you can practice whatever you do in this world today.

  • @stevenJEDI3
    @stevenJEDI3 Před 2 lety

    Okay boys get your head out of the mud back to building the road

  • @jimmy_on_the_go9085
    @jimmy_on_the_go9085 Před 5 lety

    My ears hurt

  • @jamesmanley6721
    @jamesmanley6721 Před 5 lety

    i guarantee the engineers doing the job had NOTHING to do with this film.
    there is no way an engineer would tie 10 small trees together THEN carry it 30 yards.

  • @Mia-cl3rb
    @Mia-cl3rb Před 2 lety

    Bad start

  • @user-ki1iz2vl7w
    @user-ki1iz2vl7w Před 7 měsíci

    Не стоит американцам ссорить людей разных национальностей, а потом якобы приходить на помощь.
    Уже это не проходит, даже дети видят кто все это 🇺🇸 планирует и грязно проводит.
    Израиль и Палестина это 🇺🇸сделали.

  • @riskinhos
    @riskinhos Před 6 lety

    lumber in europe is only available in metric units. that's why ameritard roads always sucked

    • @2adamast
      @2adamast Před 6 lety

      Nope, even today lengths are in metric feet .3m. As for widths, a 100x100 is closer to 4" by 4" than a US 4 by 4.

  • @theinthanhlan3582
    @theinthanhlan3582 Před 3 lety +1

    ww2 is bad thing.