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Beevor, Anthony. Ardennes 1944: Hitler's Last Gamble. New York City: Viking, 2015.
Goebbels, Joseph. Joseph Goebbels Hitlers Spindoctor: Een Selectie uit de Dagboeken 1933-1945, edited by Willem Melching and Marcel Stuivenga. Amsterdam: Uitgeverij Bert Bakker, 2011.
Murray, A. Williamson. “The World at War.” In The Cambridge History of Modern Warfare, edited by Geoffrey Parker, 338-361. United States: Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Thompson, Julian. Victory in Europe: From D-Day to the Destruction of the Third Reich 1944-1945. London: Carlton Books, 2012.
Winton, Harold R.. Corps Commanders of the Bulge: Six American Generals and Victory in the Ardennes. United States: University Press of Kansas, 2007.
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Noice one, been waiting ages for this.
McAuliffe writing NUTS on the surrender demand is the most american thing ever.
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@@cristi2611 You mean for real?
Okay.
*NUTS! THE NAZIS SHALL HEAR*
Why every time American are encircled, only good things happen?
Every German offensive ever:
*Surprise your enemy
*Break through their lines
*Run out of supplies
*Die
Rzhev meat grinder be like
Every American offensive ever:
*Calls in air support*
@@canadious6933 Yup
@@canadious6933 Sun Tzu would approve.
Let's not go through the Ardennes this time, just to see the looks on their faces.
Lutvids: **sends an offer to surrender**
Mcauliffe: Nuts
Lutvids: Nuts?
Mcauliffe: DEEZ NUTS, GOTTEM. But seriously, no.
lol
the actual story of how the Germans reacted is kind of funny. The German guy didn't understand what "nuts" meant in that context, so he asked the messenger to clarify. The messenger told him "go to hell."
It was Lüttwitz, fun fact
“Oops I said the quiet part loud and the loud part quiet”
@@dkroll92 I thought it was Not Understanding Terms of Surrender
My dad was a paratrooper with the 101st Airborne, 506 PIR, Company I. He told me many stories of that war, and especially of defending Bastogne against Hitler's SS Panzer divisions over Christmas, 1944. Half-frozen, half-starved, low on BAR ammunition, and only 18 years old, he fought in an unbelievably savage battle against the best soldiers that Germany had. One time, his company found a crate of potatoes in a cellar and instead of eating them, they used them as dummy grenades, mixing them in random ratios with real grenades and throwing them at the Germans. It worked. The "krauts" dove for cover, allowing Dad and other GIs to move to a new position. Imagine a perplexed German soldier looking up from the snow and seeing a potato lying next to his head!
As a boy, I remember my dad kept an SS officer's ring on his dresser. It was a silver skull with two ruby eyes -- terrifying to a 6-year-old. One day I asked Dad where he got it. His response was like a riddle to my young mind.
"From someone who didn't need it anymore". Bastogne was where the Allies drove a stake through the heart of the Nazi war machine. I am, and will always be, so very proud of Dad for choosing to fight against such an evil enemy, in such an awful war.
That ring is worth like 40-50k
using potatoes like that also told the Germans they had enough food they could throw it away. which wasn't true, but made the Germans think they had a fully supplied opponent.
so very happy to deliver Poland from Germany to Russia.
@@nielsgroothedde8038 Who cares? That ring was acquired by a thing that should have never happened and should stay a family treaure.
What do you mean by evil enemy? Nazi Germany and the Nazis? Or German soldiers?
"They want to Surrender?"
"No Sir they want us to Surrender"
Nuts!
-Anthony McAuliffe
Love your name
Oversimplified?
@@rocketboss259 yes
@@rocketboss259 *yes*
@@rocketboss259 yes
Sadly my uncle was captured during the battle of the bulge. He was under the 314th infantry regiment, which I believe was attached to the 79th infantry at that point. He had already participated in the defense/blocking of Cherbourg after he landed on Omaha on dday+3.
Fought to the last man of his unit, operating his 1919 till he had expended all ammo, with no other weapons available he surrendered.
He was stripped of what little cold weather gear he had, and marched with hundreds of other American pows towards Germany.
Developed frost bite on the March, but lived. I believe he was interred at the baden baden camp till liberation. Had wonderful things to say about yugo pows in the camp, as they kept the Americans alive by sharing little rations of what they had with starving Americans.
Uncle came back to the US and passed away last month at the age of 94.
He is a man of focus, commitment, and sheer f*cking will
You are everywhere
RIP to your brave uncle.
Hey it's the laundry mat guy
Hero
Jimmy Fallon: "Looks like you guys are gonna be surrounded"
Bobby Axelrod: "We're paratroopers, Lieutenant - we're suppose to be surrounded."
band of brothers
Jimmy was playing the part of the 10th armd, my grandpa's unit that already held the town long before the 101st got there and took the glory. because the 10th was a 'ghost div' that was ordered to go unmarked into battle to hide our numbers from Germans
Its not Axelrod its Damian Lewis.
@@HElSENBERG1 Actually it's Major Winters.
@@bobsmith-wg9fz 10th Armored was the lead element of the reinforcements convoy. They were there, left, then came back?
Band of Brothers’ episodes about the Battle of The Bulge are really good at showing how the battle was a struggle for food, freezing weather, and the struggling medical situation.
I'm not sure I like the "Hitler Approved" sticker...I feel like you could put that on, say, many evil things... Imagine a Hitler Approved Sticker next to the 'Arbet Macht Frei signs at Auschwitz and Dachau?' Reminds me of the Vault Boy sign from the Fallout series. =P
I think a lot of band of brothers content was influenced by the many veterans' accounts. A good compilation is 'A blood Dimmed tide' by astor.
I litterally came here to tell people to watch it ,what a series . The bastaugne part is the best section of the whole series for me
The animators did an absolutely fantastic job again!
Yeah the quality has gotten much better over the years.
That animation of Patton was the best
And the artists also did a great job
They always do
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We'll be taking a two-week break and will return with another two episodes for September. We're going to also improve the green screen effect during the on-camera sections which has recently degraded in quality.
@Hutari Ramare Can you ban this bot from your channel?
Ggod take some rest
@@Frisher1 Nice, he just did.
When u have time can u do WW2 in romanian view and a Romanian Hungarian,which squad is better whit battles from Romanian-Hungarian War Of 1919 and 1944 attack (when you are done whit your vacations of course) Have A Nice Day
A break? Arbeiten du!
The image of Patton on the tank holding the Flag with the giant eagle is the most glorious thing i have ever seen!! I need that poster...
On Christmas Eve 1944 my father served at the Battle of the Bulge as a forward observer in the 75th INF. A job at that time a life with a expectancy of about 30 days. The entire 75th gets rarely mentioned, even most of the comprehensive books on the Ardennes. Interesting since the nickname went from “The Diaper Division to “The Bulge Busters” at the time.
@@extantfellow46 Here is a life stranger than fiction bit of history. My blood grandfather died a German Lt. at Sevastopol, fighting Russian Marines in Nov of 1941. He had been awarded the iron Cross 2nd and 1st Class prior to his death.
While I of course deplore the Nazis (after all my father spent a lot of time killing them in 1944) I have to thank my grandfather for servicing my Grandmother, thus creating my Mother. If not I would not be typing this post today. ✌️
@@extantfellow46 Oh, I’ve done a lot of research on records and he was a party member. Why? He had to join the Nazi version of the Architects and Engineers guild if he wanted to stay valid as a government employee. No, I don’t think he was a vehement anti-Semite, but the formula was that Bolsheviks were evil and Jews were Bolsheviks, so even if they didn’t have arms, or were civilians they were somehow still going to destroy Germany…
Let me just say that I’ve come to appreciate how easy it is to get swept up in the ferver to defeat an existential enemy. I spent 18 months in Vietnam. My job ultimately was to destroy Commies. So.
That was an interesting depiction of Patton opening Bastogne.
Just Ol' Blood and Guts (The GI's blood, GSP's glory-seeking Guts) grabbing the Glory from the CCR - 4th US Armored Div. commanded by Lt. Col. Creighton Abrams (for whom the best US tank ever is named) who had broken in to the perimeter earlier in the day.
I know right lol. Love it.
All that was missing was Captain America!
I need it on a shirt or as a desktop background, or something. Idc how, or when, I just know Ined it.
Yes - I like it!
The voice: *calm, collected, soothing*
The topic: "everyone died brutally"
*American with traumatizing PTSD calmly telling story while smoking a cig*
i mean you should watch some of the interviews with members of easy company (you know from band of brothers) who were at bastonge.
Such wonderful and humble people, you would never imagine that they couldve been through that.
@MR.random57 your mother is such a lovely lady, really great company if I am being honest
@@paulian1888 I know right? She also has many visitors a day! I wonder how she got so popular?
@@wdjh3434 She sure is a great kisser, isn't she?
11:20 - The US 28th Infantry Division was one of the unlucky ones. It was taken after Battle of Hürtgen Forest. After the Battle of the Bulge, its emblem, the keystone - the symbol of the State of Pennsylvania - was read as "A bucket of blood".
My Grandpa was a combat medic and served with the 484th medical group under the 3rd Army. Since Germany had signed the Geneva Conventions, he wasn't armed. He helped liberate Bastogne as well as Dachau (a concentration camp). He only opened up to me about his experiences after my own service in the Army's Ordnance Corps. He passed 9 years ago, still miss him.
Skorzeny walks up to an American checkpoint dressed as a cowboy.
"Gutt morning my fellow Amerikans."
You laugh, but it's truer than you might think. Skorzeny was very keen on his Brandenburgers having English language skills, but in practice it was only really possible to have one man in each fireteam with conversational-level English.
Having troops who could pass themselves off as enemy soldiers was a trick which had worked well on the eastern front, in the fighting at Daugavpils and Maikop for instance, but in 1944 it was difficult to source sufficient numbers of men with specialised skills like this: Skorzeny had doubts (justified ones, as it turns out) about their ability to withstand serious scrutiny.
@@pramilashaktawat4429 No I didn't think I will.
skorzeny was the most dangerous man in Europe. Cuz he was the man who was suppose to kill the 3 allied Leaders
"How do you do, fellow kids?"
@@thomasgodridge5945 "How do you do, fellow kinders?"
His voice is always so calming even tho he is talking about war
@Hutari Ramare All cool but this is not related to the video.
Edit: Apparently, this user was a spam bot.
Eh, doesn't matter. Would you prefer screaming?
16:35 sus
I love this channel
Im such a history nerd lmao
Have you seen that quisp guy?
You should go sub
To the armchair historian!!!
Ah yes, the Battle of the Bulge. Had it many times in the classroom.
right before you present too
Not the individual stories, though.
Underrated comment
My grandfather fought during the Bulge. He was one of those inexperienced newcomers on the front. He was only 19. He didn't talk much about it. Only that at one point he was surrounded by the enemy.
He was hit by scrapnel at one point. I don't know when exactly. He was seriously injured and was sent home. He suffered from mental disability and PTSD his whole life after that. He died in 1992. Oddly enough on December 16, the day the battle began. I barely knew him, but I will always have respect for what he was willing to go through.
My middle brother was born on the day the battle began as well.
Sabaton is so influential that both the Americans and Germans actually killed each other to re-create Screaming Eagles
omg it was a reenactment 🙄 they were actors
@@imveryepic2577 hey, did you hear that ”woooosh”?
it was the joke flying over your head
Can I please ask what's sabaton? I kept hearing about them
Nietabs, a metal band that sings about wars and battles
@Hutari Ramare k then
This battle was fought over the age old question:
Does size actually matter?
*N* *O*
@@bonnieprincecharlie3566 wow 6secs ago
This just in - it does.
@Zeno the Filipino 🅱️ULGE
What's matter is stamina how long you can last is more important than how big you are.
Truly great storytelling! I'm a 20-yr USAF vet and visited Bastogne a couple of times while serving in Germany. It's rich in history and the locals still remember our WWII vets fondly. Worth a visit if you ever get the chance.
I can say I am proud you made a video about this topic as well, there aren't well-detailed, animated videos like this one. It takes a lot of effort and time, I am proud there are still some people that are making sacrifices for other people's entertainment.
"Where the hell were you?"
"The Belgians cut us off on the highway."
"What kind of casualties did they inflict upon your-"
"No! I mean actual Belgian civilians were cutting us off every time we tried to change lanes. We were signalling to turn left for half an hour."
Can´t be as bad as dutch caravans on german autobahn.
@@elixir4487 XD 😂
"Trust me we tried finding alternate routes for our Panzers kommandant but it seems today is rush hour day"
It's a little surprising that the Germans didn't just drive over them with their tanks. I mean, thank goodness they didn't, but as desperate as they were at that point in the war and the way the Waffen SS operated anyways I wouldn't have put it past them.
@@c.j.cleveland7475 Their tanks might have driven over them, but then what? Only tanks advancing without any kind of support from trucks to deliver supplies, troops, etc? Great way for the unit to just get taken out quickly afterwards.
I actually thought that "NUTS" reply was a joke when Oversimplified said it in his video. Didn't realize that was actually the real message.
Considering that in that day and age 'nuts' as was common a euphemism for certain dangly things as 'balls', it really puts McAuliff's accidental reply in perspective.
imagine you in germany and you want to buy nuts
Damn, you must be great in school.
Sometimes life does write the best stories (and jokes).
The hell
14:30
Even the mighty Panzer divisions are subject to the urban traffic lmao
A little story on the 101st Airborne: Their nickname "The Screaming Eagles" and their famous insignia of a Bald Eagle is actually based on a real Bald Eagle from the US Civil War, named "Old Abe"!
At the start of the US Civil War, in 1861, a Bald Eagle was captured by a Native American man in Eau Claire, Wisconsin and traded to a Captain in the Wisconsin 8th Volunteer Regiment. The bird was named Old Abe, in honor of President Abraham Lincoln. He got his own special perch and was carried into battle for 4 long years alongside the American flag and Wisconsin flag! The Confederates often took shots at him and called him "that Damn Yankee Buzzard", but they never hit him! He saw combat at the Battle of Corinth, the Battle of Champion's Hill, the Battle of Nashville and at Vicksburg, among others! After the war, Old Abe was given permanent residence at the Wisconsin Capitol Building until he died. A replica of Old Abe stands watch over the Wisconsin State Assembly! In 1921, the 101st Division was stationed in Wisconsin and that's where the division learned about the story of Old Abe and decided to adopt him as their official insignia! It's also where they go their nickname "The Screaming Eagles"!
German staff: I've seen this one before! It's a classic!
Hitler: what do you mean a classic? Its brand new!
Back to the future reference
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Germany: *murders POWs*
Also Germany when their enemies don’t surrender: “man wtf dude”
Fuckers should have been shot for the cold blooded murder of POWs
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They don’t murder pows
@@eliasziad7864 really Germans don’t murder POWs are you fucking nuts the Germans killed many allied POWs the German army did not to mention what the SS did to POWs the SS literally beat tortured and raped black American soldiers and you have the audacity to say that Germany didn’t kill POWs you are a disgrace
After Ardennes offensive, the US soldiers will shoot any SS soldiers/officers on sight
YES!!!! LYLE BOUCK!!!! SO Elated that you mentioned the greatest and most decorated platoon of WW2. They were an INTELLIGENCE platoon, ill suited for front line Combat, yet HELD off Hundred's of Germans, including Piper's Tank forces, because their defense was so amazing that the Infantry thought there was a whole squadron of men.
I HIGHLY endorse the book, "The Longest Winter" which goes through their trials, from boot camp, to fighting, AND, to Waiting for the end in POW camps.
Major support to that group of fighting men.
Appreciate this my grandfather fought in that battle and wont talk about it and looking back at his life he must have had awful PTSD before it was diagnosed and worked as a Dr until 93 next level tough just wild. When I looked into that battle as an adult I get why he was so shook.
When Patton arrived to relieve the 101st at Bastogne news crews came with him. As Patton got all the glory the men of the 101st who had lived under horrendous conditions and under almost continued attack by the Germans told the reporters that they didn't need rescuing by Patton. Who can blame them, they fight hard for days and then Patton comes in and gets all the credit, I'd be pissed too.
Yeah. Considering that the 101st was being resupplied by air, they were doing exactly what they had been trained to do: fighting an overwhelming force that outgunned and surrounded them. And they were kicking all the ass.
If you listen to the survivors of the 101st at Bastogne they say they were wearing nothing more than summer uniform and had to scrounge weapons and ammunition from fleeing US troops because many of them didn't even have their own rifles.
Sounds like a bunch of bitching to me. The 4th Armored Division are known badasses for their sweeping night movements and relentless attacks. General Wood was called "the Rommel of the Americans". They are the ones who broke through the lines after driving 150 miles in less than a day. 101st was acting as a reserve unit and all they did was sit at Bastogne and get surrounded and shot up. The 2nd and 99th Divisions were the reason the German drive failed.
@@uni4rm 'got surrounded and shot up' ..... my god, how unsympathetic can you get?! These guys held off constant attacks from veteran German units for days on end with hardly any ammo or medical supplies in sub-zero temperatures without winter gear. Pattons units had hot food, were well equipped and rode into battle in tanks!! If anyone had it easy it was Patton and his boys.
@@uni4rm "The 2nd and 99th Divisions were the reason the German drive failed."
Absolutely correct. The defense of Bastogne was heroic, but the impact on the overall offensive is somewhat exaggerated in popular imagination. The 2nd and 99th Divisions actually faced and stopped the main German thrust at Elsenborn Ridge, and were against the best troops the Germans had allocated for the offensive. Despite being significantly outnumbered initially they would repeatedly maul the forces thrown against them in savage fighting that veterans of both armies later described as something out of Dante's Inferno.
It's unfortunate that Elsenborn Ridge received no mention in this video, though that is completely in line with popular coverage of the Ardennes Offensive, which often has a somewhat myopic focus on the action at Bastogne.
Here is what the National WW2 Museum has to say about Elseborn Ridge...
"Most of the publicity for the American victory falls on the shoulders of the 101st Airborne and the map grid that centers on the town of Bastogne. And while the defense of the “crossroads of hell” was gallant to be sure, it was not the back breaker that most people assume it to have been. The real crusher to the German offensive plans in the Ardennes occurred 46 miles north east of Bastogne, in a small area consisting of a copse of small villages and a piece of high ground called Elsenborn Ridge....
... The Germans had simply worn themselves out against the meat grinder that was the 1st, 2nd, and the remnants of the 99th Infantry Divisions. By denying the Germans Elsenborn Ridge and the surrounding territory, the American divisions had successfully blocked the main thrust of Hitler’s last offensive on the western front. With the exception of Kampfgruppe Peiper, south of the positions around Elsenborn, the German assault against the “Northern Shoulder” penetrated no further than six miles past the German border. Such was the failure of the 12th SS and its accompanying Volksgrenadier divisions that the main thrust for the rest of the offensive was shifted to the south, aimed towards the area of Bastogne.
The cost of success was high for the 2nd Infantry Division. The veteran division counted more than 1,000 men killed or missing from the ranks. The vast majority of those missing would later be presumed to have been killed in action. The 99th suffered more, specifically those units in the way of Kampfgruppe Peiper. Casualties from the 99th were well over 3,000 men. When the supporting units were added to the bill, the cost in American lives to defend the “Northern Shoulder” around Elsenborn was just over 5,000 lives.
The American defense of the Elsenborn region threw the Germans' precious timetable for their assault into complete disarray. Pre-planned routes of advance were denied or destroyed, German units became disorganized and strung out along miles of Belgian roads and fresh German divisions, such as the fanatical 12th SS Panzer Division, simply ceased to exist as fighting units. Because of the actions of American infantry, artillery and armor the northern flank of the German assault was never secured. The enemy would never be able to acquire the roads, bridges, and routes they needed for their success. Ultimate American victory in what would be known as the Battle of the Bulge was made possible by the actions of those in the north."
The general just responded with NUTS
What an absolute chad
*Bulge*
@@deloreanvance6553 OwO
nice pfp
That's actually an Urban Legend. What he said in real life was not printable. The whole "Nuts" response is a television and movie construct that everyone blindly believes because they have heard it so many times. Same thing re: the "Only two Luftwaffe planes attacked Allied forces on D-Day" schpeel. Just not true at all; and while the D-Day movie is outstanding... That movie had a few items in it that just were not true.
He was the commander of the 101st Airborne.
Spectacular episode. This was a treat to watch.
Love your videos! My great grandfather fought in the bulge with the 80th division. I am proud to have his flag hanging on my wall.
The series Band of Brothers covers some of this battle really well, in my opinion. Anyone interested in this era should give it a watch.
Band of Brothers touches on something that AH left out, namely that when Patton came to 'relieve' the 101st defending Bastogne, none of the paratroopers actually believed they needed relief. Resupplied via airdrop, they were doing exactly what they had trained to do for years: fighting a numerically superior and better-armed opponent that surrounded them on all sides. They took everything the Panzer divisions threw at them, shook it off, and asked for more.
To this day, no member of the 101st or 82nd will ever acknowledge that they needed Patton to rescue them.
Balls of steel.
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Thats all i could think about during this video.
Winters during his interview and the men of Easy Company saying "We dont need any relief"
That show is full of american exagerated heroism
"Sir the germans have sent us a message!"
Commander: what does it say?
"Surrender or be destroyed!"
Commander: they want to surrender?
"No sir they want US to surrender!"
Commander: NUTS!
Meanwhile at german lines
German officer: was zum sche-
The Germans didnt had any manpower or fuel to take down that trapped US soldiers so ...
Thats why Germans sent them demand to surrender....
@@lolofblitz6468 uh... it was a joke from another history's channel anamation.
@@vadimbutsyk9750 It's from a movie, actually.
OVERSIMPLIFIED. That's the channel.
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I just found this in my recommendations. What a cool channel. I’m happy to have found it
I'm not sure I've ever seen a CZcams channel give McAuliffe the proper helmet patch before, I love it! He was the 101st Division Artillery CO at the time, not the Division Commander, and that's rarely talked about (outside of the Redleg community anyway). Nice catch!
Germans: “Surrender now.”
MAcAuliffe: “Say Stun Among Us backwards.”
Su gnoma nuts
Say stun seed backwards.
I could only hope for an ounce of valor that these men showed, regardless of who they fought for.
German Waffen-SS units shot POWs and civilians but ok
Edit: This comment is referring specifically to the Battle of the Bulge. Just for the 2 IQ people out there who for some reason thought I was talking about the whole war.
@@starbuckscoffee7808 allies also committed war crimes, even if they were less a lot less brutal they still did non the less
@I hate black people I see what you're saying, but it's a bit fucked up to say "I wish I could have a modicum of the same level of bravery as SS units who committed war crimes"
It was forced valor, never forget it.
@@stefanodadamo6809 eh, yes and no
I always liked your videos. But I am quite impressed with your animation team. This video has shown how far they have come. Next time you have a team meeting I would definitely offer them a larger share of the video revenue. As always, keep kicking ass!
I’m currently taking a German class in college and I’ve never realized how good you are at pronouncing German names until now.
his german words arent thaaaat good, still hard accent into them, which makes it a lil bit gibberish. german btw.
@@semiramisubw4864 not really the words, just the names
I presume this is a joke
Hey could you give me good reason to learn German?
@@steverukia6247weird question. Why?
Battle of the Bulge: The reason you’ll find Belgian streets, parks, and squares named after Americans.
In all seriousness though, we love you Belgium, for you keep our fallen who are buried there cared for and remembered. We are proud to have fought to defend your country and we’ll do it again if we must. 🇺🇸🇧🇪
I hope so. Afghanistan is not a good look, but after 20 years it HAD to end eventually, one way or another.
so u can abandon EU too when it gets bad? dont think so
@@_-Naz-_ that is if the army of the country getting defended is also willing to defend themselves. Cuz otherwise, yes.
People here in this country are too damn soft nowadays.
Yea really glad they arent speaking german right?
Patton's arrival was just a fireworks salvo, a few Sousa marches, and a fresh-baked apple pie away from achieving peak 'murica status.
Literally one of the best if not the best CZcams channels out there, historical yet so damn interesting love it. I've seen like all of your videos
11:37 The unit at Clerveaux actually held up the German advance for a day, so their stand was not altogether fruitless.
I feel like “Battle of the Bulge” is something my blood cells and thoughts would fight over when I’m going to present to the class
Ahh yes, the B U L G E
I get it, I get it. You're a male. We can relate to it.
Lmao
Out of every YT historian Armchair easily has the nicest visuals. He outshines everyone in that department. The art makes the events unfolding much more engaging
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Alternate history buffs also has good informative content, but not as visually pleasing as Armchair
I think you're forgetting Sam O'Nella
Yeah he is much better than simple history
Simple history is gettin there tho
16:22 The best depiction of gung-ho Patton I've ever seen!
This channel is amazing. Channels like this and Mark Felton are so much better than the history channel and any CZcams channels by far. The quality of context and animation are unmatched by anyone.
16:25 this is one of the most American things I ever saw. Well done TAH!
What is Patton doing with the Sherman tank's gun?
OMG, that's awesome!
Literally cried laughing
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What are you doing step tank
Notice the Battle of the Bulge.
Allies and Axis Commander: *OWO WHAT'S THIS?!*
I was looking for someone to comment this.
I can not tell you how close I came to committing Seppuku after reading this.
@@renaultft1917 a bullet or a plane would work too
What?
@@renaultft1917 Yeah I love Sudoku too
Great Video. The Grandfather from my Wife was a German Tank Driver in WW2. He always say, the Americans could only fight with Artillery and Planes. They were afraid of the meele.
He didn't like the Italians as allies. He always said they didn't fight bravely.
And he always spoke very well of the Russians. They were very proud and brave.
What he always told me, we are all human. We should not wage wars in the interests of others.
Yet the Germans lost against American troops, even when when they desperately tried to win at all costs lol
@@williamsherman1942 I never claimed that. That the Germans lost is out of the question. But in the Ardennes Offensive you saw what happened when the weather was bad and the Americans could not access artillery or aircraft. So I don't understand your statement and your lol at all.
@@Graak100 When I read statements about American and or British dependency on artillery, I quickly realise that it is more a resentment than a complaint. Why would any military want to risk more combat casualties than is necessary? For the British and Americans there was another advantage of their attack design; time on target attacks by artillery. This allowed for concentrated attacks on more precise targets, especially but not limited to command and control units of their opponents. Added to this was the usage of timed fuses, and altimeter fuses, which could increase the effectiveness of artillery.
Thank you for your work! It's always a pleasure to see such huge interesting material about known and not so well-known operations. Even from such a famous battle one can learn many interesting details which were not known before-thanks to you. Please, continue your wonderful work! Good luck to you!🙂👍
US: Wanna hear a joke?
Third Reich: Ja.
US: Bastogne.
Third Reich: Ich don’t get it.
US: And you never will… again.
Nuts!
They did. For 3 years.
@@unclelarry8842 If Germans had any fuel and food rations plus ANY manpower
Your American NUT General would get executed and killed ..................
@@lolofblitz6468 but they didn’t
@@lolofblitz6468 Lmao, "The Carthaginians would've won if only they had more troops, ships and logistics!" You can't casually dismiss some of the most important aspects of war like that. Also, no: even with fuel, food and manpower, the allied air force would've decimated any German formation the moment they left the forest. German industry was simply too small to produce enough planes to combat both the Soviets and the Anglo-Americans.
The lesson the US learned from this battle is to have an abusive relationship with oil.
Animators never disappoint! Great video once again 👏🏽
the detail with the blue scarves as an identifying mark of the Greif saboteurs is a neat thing that I don’t see done often
Mr griffin I would just like to thank you and your team for all the knowledge you’ve brought us
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@@SafeRemain what was in them lol
@@AlfredSmallJohnson phishing links most likely
@@AlfredSmallJohnson idk but it looks like a ip grabber
@@EmbeddedWithin yea maybe
if only Steiner was in command of the attack
If Steiner was in command they would've ended up in London... - AH probs
What if he isn’t able to rally enough soldiers to attack?
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@@CarterWills1 Hitler would yell his generals
Password. Damit.......Demarca........
Sir thank you! I love your videos just discovered this channel while researching ww2. You are doing a really good job and I appreciate the work you put in to give us these videos
If you ever find yourself near bastogne (bastenaken) i highly recommend going to the bastogne war museum. It tells this story beautifully and it gets yourself silent, thinking about this battle and how it must have felt for those brave, young men.
Almost missed the tour bus because I was in the museum too long.
Fun fact: "Bastogne" is also a cookie-brand in Belgium and the Netherlands.
Really? I’m from Belgium and never heard of that
@@imperatorcaesaraugustuspri5319 Oh, I am from the Netherlands and we have it here. I thought they would also have it in Belgium 😂😂
"Waterloo" is a brand of selzer water in america, but it has nothing to do with the battle of waterloo lol
@@beremuts1171 We do have it here. It's even Belgian in origin.
I am currently in my last two college classes for my bachelors in history and I want to thank you for helping me with my final paper I am working on which is on the battle of Bastogne your videos have helped me so much! 3/29/23
Lacking details. 1) German secrecy on the maps caused them to miss many American fuel dumps. 2) the whole offensive depended on those fuel stocks to succeed. They didn't have enough gas from the start. 3) the heavy German tanks were ill suited to the terrain and road and bridge network. 4) it was Pattons plan to relieve Bastogne, the video makes it seem like it was Ike's plan. 5) Skorzeny's men were hand picked for their American English language abilities, but blew their own cover when a group asked an American check point the location of a Petrol dump, instead of the American word gasoline. Americans never called gas petrol.
This is a HUGE "I've won, but at what cost" moment.
The Ardennes Offensive probably did a lot to shorten the war. The forces that the Wehrmacht threw into it would have shored up their defenses that much more. Instead throwing them at the Allies (especially considering that the Germans didn't allocate enough fuel to even keep up the momentum of the assault if it had even been successful) meant that they wasted valuable resources, materiel, and lives and accomplished nothing except getting a huge percentage of their remaining fighting force in the Western Front destroyed. And even if it had been wildly successful (such as by them being able to capture numerous intact fuel and supply depots), it would have only stretched German lines even more, necessitating that they defend those lines with *someone*. So, either the Wehrmacht pulls soldiers out of the Italian or Eastern Fronts (thus weakening them) or they simply pull back to pre-offensive lines, again meaning that the entire campaign was for naught.
For the Allies? Not really, they had air superiority, they had logistical superiority, sure they suffered a few defeats and some casualties, but nothing that would be irreplaceable. They clearly showed that by advancing further into Germany and overrunning the Wehrmacht, pocketing the majority of them in the Ruhr, leaving the frontline wide open to rush to the Elbe, the with the Soviets agreed upon demarcationline, the western Allies wouldn't cross, leaving the East for the Soviets.
For the Axis: In Short, they didn't win, so the comment for them should be "They lost and boy at what cost..."
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@@MagiconIce I was referencing the Nazi's advance, which cost them a lot of materiel that could've easily been used to defend the front. But yeah, they ultimately did lose and at a cost...
Patton riding into Bastogne is the most "MURICA!" thing ive seen in a long time
I loved it
(Although no one from the 101 ever admitted to needing him to break through or needing relief... Also very MURICA)
nah, very 'MURICA is doing warcrimes, kill childrens and steal technology and ressources.
@@semiramisubw4864 like any country can do that to dont forget the USSR
@@semiramisubw4864 You spelled China wrong.
Don't pay Semiramis any mind...
The person on the other end of the key board just wants attention
Cringe
My dad was 9th Army Air Corps. He was a gunner and radio operator in a B26. He alway s told us that he took part in missions to counter attack after the weather cleared in the Bottle of the Bulge. You showed P47s which there were attached to the 9th AAC, few accounts of this battle mention the 9th or action by B26s. Other wise excellent video.
This man can literally teach me as much or more than a Netflix documentary could for free, and more interestingly. Subbed, and I wish I could do more.
The animation of Patton charging with a giant Bald Eagle was all I needed to watch
The Battle of the Bulge, also known as the Ardennes Counteroffensive, was a major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during World War II which took place from 16 December 1944 to 25 January 1945. It was launched through the densely forested Ardennes region between Belgium and Luxembourg towards the end of the war in Europe. The offensive was intended to stop Allied use of the Belgian port of Antwerp and to split the Allied lines, allowing the Germans to encircle and destroy the four Allied forces and cause the Allies to negotiate a peace treaty in the Axis powers' favor. The Battle of the Bulge remains among the most important battles of the war, along with Stalingrad, Operation Overlord, Monte Cassino, and Midway. It marked the last major offensive attempted by the Axis Powers in Europe. After their defeat, Germany would retreat for the remainder of the war.
The Germans achieved a total surprise attack on the morning of 16 December 1944, due to a combination of Allied overconfidence, preoccupation with Allied offensive plans, and poor aerial reconnaissance due to bad weather. American forces bore the brunt of the attack and incurred their highest casualties of any operation during the war. The battle also severely depleted Germany's armored forces; they remained largely unreplaced throughout the war. German personnel, and, later, Luftwaffe aircraft (the concluding stages of the engagement) had also sustained heavy losses. The Germans had attacked a weakly defended section of the Allied line, taking advantage of heavily overcast weather conditions that grounded the Allies' superior air forces. Fierce resistance on the northern shoulder of the offensive, around Elsenborn Ridge, and in the south, around Bastogne, blocked German access to key roads to the northwest and west that they counted on for success. Columns of armor and infantry that were supposed to advance along parallel routes found themselves on the same roads. This, and terrain that favored the defenders, threw the German advance behind schedule and allowed the Allies to reinforce the thinly placed troops. The farthest west the offensive reached was the village of Foy-Nôtre-Dame, south east of Dinant, being stopped by the U.S. 2nd Armored Division on 24 December 1944.[15] Improved weather conditions from around 24 December permitted air attacks on German forces and supply lines, which sealed the failure of the offensive. On 26 December the lead element of Patton's U.S. Third Army reached Bastogne from the south, ending the siege. Although the offensive was effectively broken by 27 December, when the trapped units of 2nd Panzer Division made two break-out attempts with only partial success, the battle continued for another month before the front line was effectively restored to its position prior to the attack. In the wake of the defeat, many experienced German units were out of men and equipment, meanwhile survivors retreated to the Siegfried Line.
The Germans' initial attack involved 410,000 men; just over 1,400 tanks, tank destroyers, and assault guns; 2,600 artillery pieces; 1,600 anti-tank guns; and over 1,000 combat aircraft, as well as large numbers of other armored fighting vehicles (AFVs).[4] These were reinforced a couple of weeks later, bringing the offensive's total strength to around 450,000 troops, and 1,500 tanks and assault guns. Between 63,222 and 98,000 of these men were killed, missing, wounded in action, or captured. For the Americans, out of a peak of 610,000 troops, 89,000 became casualties out of which some 19,000 were killed.[16] The "Bulge" was the largest and bloodiest single battle fought by the United States in World War II[17][18][19] and the third-deadliest campaign in American history.
good job, but i would rather watch the video
Actually wait this is so copy and pasted you fool
16:35 sus
So to reiterate, do an offensive to only delay the inevitable.
In the end, maybe they should have directed their forces to the East. Maybe they wouldn't have had all their women raped by the Soviets if they allowed the Americans/Canadians/British to take Berlin instead.
My grandpa was in the Battle of the Bulge. I saw he was awarded a Bronze Star for the battle according to his DD214 (or whichever document they used at that time), but I never knew his perspective of his service and the experience of fighting in WWII.
Oh yeah sure buddy
Patton riding on top of a tank charge carrying an American flag … excellent symbolism. From what I have read about Patton, such a scene is not entirely outside of his character lol. Excellent videos!
Patton was the best
Just arrived at my college today, I feel like this semester is going to be different
Good luck dude, even though I’m in high school college sucks. My brother is going next year, heard it isn’t easy.
college is a waste of time and money
Probably cause the staff and students are getting sick with Delta due to lack of ventilation and shoving everyone together
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@@kevenwoods7939 depends on which college you go to and which degree you get, an engineering degree or a physics/math degree from a prestegious university is one of the best things that can happen to you, while a gender/africana studies or sociology degree from anything but ivy league(and sometimes even from ivy) is only a overpriced sheet of toilet paper.
I love the animation- it’s really quite brilliant: it’s awesome to have a visual representation of certain battles and campaigns, instead of just having to read about it. Books and documentaries are as close as we can get without visiting the actual locations.
Im super interested in WW2, i watched all videos on CZcams, heard a lot of audio books on this topic, and i just descovered this channel. Great animation, very good naration, this is big refresh for me, so thank you, and keep up with good work, my man! Respect 👊🙋🏼♂️
I swear the animations keep getting better and better
lmao that picture of paton riding a tank with a us flag eagle behind him is amazing
This should be shown in schools. History was my fave class and if I had been shown these videos which are so entertaining and engaging while depicting accurate historical events, I would have learned so much.
Amazing video. Videos of channel helps linking so many little historical anecdotes together and interesting✨
My dad was an MP sergeant in Patton's army. I never spoke to him about his time in the war. I know he used to awaken in a state of extreme anxiety if he was forced to wake up. I can only conclude that was from his time in the war. Had he lived only a couple more years I would have asked him but I was, at the time of his death not interested in military history or his part in it. Now as I have grown older my interest is considerable.
Thank you for this video.
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thank you for showing the british forces stationed in the Ardennes. Everyone forgets we were there and suffered too!
Montgomery directed most of the battle for the Americans. He was in command of the US 1st and 9th Armies.
@@lyndoncmp5751 Montgomery did nothing but suck on his thumb and fiddle around with 12 year old Swiss boys (Lucien Trueb), The British Prime Minister Winston Churchill found it necessary in a speech to Parliament to explicitly state that the Battle of the Bulge was purely an American victory, an admiring British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchills quote about the battle of the Bulge: "This is undoubtedly the greatest American battle of the war and will, I believe, be regarded as an ever-famous American victory. Indeed, in terms of participation and losses, the Battle of the Bulge is arguably one of the greatest battles in American military history"
The Battle of the Buldge and Operation Spring Awakening later on that year are my two favorite parts of end of war in Europe really marking an end to Germany but showing they could somehow still throw out some units at the allies. Great work Armchair
"The Battle of the Buldge" SO BAD LOST TO FUCKING ENGLISH
i also fight that battle.
anime profile picture your opinion doesn't count
@@FoxiStuff wtf did i just read lmao
@@FoxiStuff also, typos exist. Someone making a typo isn't the fucking end of the world
@@FoxiStuff Wtf are you even saying dude lol
@@LordVader1094 I'm saying. Battle of the motfk buldge
what are yo usaying
Ah, when Eisenhower turned to Montgomery for help after Hodges fled his command HQ in panic and Bradley dithered and did nothing.
Great Montgomery battle. 👍
Montgomery did nothing but fiddle around with 12 year old Swiss boys (Lucien Trueb) The British Prime Minister Winston Churchill found it necessary in a speech to Parliament to explicitly state that the Battle of the Bulge was purely an American victory, an admiring British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchills quote about the battle of the Bulge: "This is undoubtedly the greatest American battle of the war and will, I believe, be regarded as an ever-famous American victory. Indeed, in terms of participation and losses, the Battle of the Bulge is arguably one of the greatest battles in American military history" you can thank the US troops, and US Lend Lease for bailing you out of WW2 otherwise the UK would be speaking German right now
1. Montgomery took over command of US 1st Army on 20th December 1944 and directed the majority of the American fighting in the Ardennes from then on. It was Montys battle.
2. Germany never had a hope of invading Britain after the RAF stopped the Luftwaffe in summer 1940. Presumably you've never heard of the Battle of Britain.
3. The Royal Navy was mostly responsible for the German and Italian U-boats failing to cut Britain off. 80% of the U-boats lost and all of the sunk German battleships and destroyers were due to the Royal Navy.
4. The USA didn't even cross the Atlantic and engage the German Army until nearly 1943. El Alamein and Stalingrad had already been decided by then and the German Army was already in retreat.
5. Now go and take your meds.
_"The Germans only succeeded in delaying the inevitable."_
I'm not so sure about that. If the Battle Of The Bulge had not happened, Eisenhower's army would have crossed the Meuse and/or Rhine due east and encountered those same panzer troops ready and waiting in their own territory, fresh and rested, and with better rear-side supply lines.
Meanwhile on the eastern front, Zhukov kept on relentlessly advancing towards Berlin.
Yeah the Inevitable then, the soviets still take out Germany and the Allies would have broken through eventually across the Meuse and Rhine but with more casualties.
@@Historyfan476AD nothing is history is "inevitable." If you're so sure about the future, can you tell me when the next war will be so I can make plans? LOL
@@fried2styles India vs Pakistan, late 20s-early 30s.
US and Taiwan defence of Taiwan from China late 20s.
There is things as inevitable, Battle of the bulge was one. At that point a German victory was impossible.
@@fried2styles Don’t tell me you believe that Germany could win by 1944
@@fried2styles didn't the US have an atomic weapon
My great grandfather was a tank mechanic in the battle. When a tank was hit or destroyed during battle, he would go out in the middle of the night to fix them. The things he must have seen inside some of those tanks… He went to free a concentration camp too. He had nightmares for the rest of his life, and he never talked much about the war.
Im sorry about your father. May his nightmares come to an end apon his death
Great video. I feel like bringing up an interesting story my parents told me about the Battle of the Bulge. American troops weren’t the only ones trapped in Bastogne throughout the Battle of the Bulge, there were a few British troops as well, including my grandfather (my mother’s father) and my grandfather’s brother. They believed each other to be dead until my great uncle met a Belgian woman who let him stay in her house for a bit. Not long after he left, my grandfather came across that same woman who (because my grandfather and great uncle looked so similar) was understandably confused, after they cleared the whole thing up, my grandfather realised that his brother might still be alive. My grandfather and great uncle would both come back from the Second World War alive, incase you are wondering.
I was, in fact, wondering, so thank you for that.
Really enjoyed this video. My Grandfather was there. He was part of General Patton's 3rd Army, the 345th, I think. Grandpa was a machine gunner. It was a really tough time. He talked about it being very cold. He talked about his feet freezing, along with other things. He passed in 2016, I really miss our talks, about his time during WW2. The bulge, was the push of the German army, pushing the lines back. Very intense fighting, took place, he would say. He would later be wounded. He was very lucky, a 20mm round grazed his forehead, it almost killed him. Really interesting video, thanks.
Patton's charge is the single most iconic image I have ever seen on youtube. Fantastic!
By this point in the war, the VT Fuse was available for almost all artillery, and that combined with improvements in fire-control radar allowed artillery to be effective even against foxholes, as well as detonate below the forest canopy to maximize damage. As a result, the German infantry facing such weapons were often paralyzed, having no idea what kind of weapon they were facing, or how to overcome it.
It was Eisenhower who campaigned for the proximity fuse to be used. Before it was only used over controlled territory.
“Captain Winters you beg, borrow, or steal ammo but you defend this area!”-Colonel Sink 101st airborne 506th regiment
What a great illustration and great historical data. Thanks for sharing.
Griff thanks so much for uploading this video! My Grandfather Robert R Young fought against the Germans in this very battle and I think you've honored him this day.
I just absolutely love the thumbnails. So detailed.
My grandpa served in the 99th Infantry and fought in The Battle of the Bulge.
He was the last survivor of his friend group.
I can't thank you enough for this.
Wow he made it out eh
Reminds me of watching band of brothers in military school back in 2008.
The only tv we got to watch the entire 6 months I lived there.
At last, my favorite battle yet and you guys have it covered, I have a slight fever and this great team of artist and Dr. Johnsen has gotten me through it with these videos, so thank you guys.
Favourite? Yea yea more German tanks got abandoned because of the fuel shortages than Americans succesfully destroyed them
Go check Battle of Stalingrad or Campaign of Stalingrad
That's Battle not this
@@lolofblitz6468 Favorite proabably was the wrong term, i find it the most interesting because of its value in the western front, there was still fierce fighting there and many factors that could of caused big change.