Crete 1941 - The battle of 42nd street | When the ANZACs charged!
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- Hello and welcome to The AceDestroyer! Today we will take a closer look at the battle of 42nd street. The battle played a small part in the battle of Crete. On the 27th of May 1941, a small force consisting of several ANZAC battalions fixed bayonets and charged at the Germans. Found out more about this special battle in this video! Don’t forget to like and subscribe for more and feel free to leave a comment below!
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INFORMATION:
Wikipedia contributors. (2020, 28 februari). Battle of 42nd Street. Geraadpleegd op 4 juli 2020, van en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_...
Kosmidis, P. (z.d.). “Fix bayonets!” - 11 am, Tuesday 27 May, 1941: The ANZACs’ charge at “42nd Street” - WW2Wrecks.com. Geraadpleegd op 4 juli 2020, van www.ww2wrecks.com/portfolio/fi...
O’Brien, M. (z.d.). Biography - Theodore Gordon Walker - Australian Dictionary of Biography. Geraadpleegd op 4 juli 2020, van adb.anu.edu.au/biography/walke...
Zealand, N. O. E. T. A. T.-. (z.d.). Royal, Te Rangiataahua Kiniwe. Geraadpleegd op 4 juli 2020, van teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/...
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My home-made maps
All footages comes from the Deutsche Wochenschau No. 561 [03/06/1941]
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Oud Dance
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I come from Greece and I want to thank Australia and New Zealand for this! We, Greeks, are forever grateful and you are, always, welcome in our Country! Thank you Australia, Tena Koe Aotearoa!
Kia ora bro chur🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽
@@MaoriMan76Kia ora Tuakana!
My father's grandfather is Te-kooti reihana. He served in the 28th Maori battalion.
My name is from Crete, La canea. My dad has the name, and a cousin in Australia. He also leads the haka in the desert, North Africa.
And yes, my father's mother is Still alive at 84. It is her dad that is in the front of that famous photo.
My mother is from Canea, in Greek it is pronounced hania. My grandfather fought during the whole occupation in the mountains.
My great grandfather and his brother Tom and Harry Taumata fought in Crete and were killed in action in May, 1941
Ace, you're a legend. Your English is excellent, and as a kiwi, I appreciate your objective reporting of this all to often neglected theatre of WWII in which NZ troops were heavily involved.
Likewise with how the Australian soldiers are left out
Being Australian, this has added meaning, having had family in 2/7 though not in Crete. Thanks again for the great work. A Ripping yarn.
My grandad was in the Crete and Monte Cassino campaigns as part of the NZ 26th battalion. This battalion was all but wiped out in monte cassino. He never spoke of it. Thankfully I have the written history of the 26th battalion actions throughout the 2nd world war, a fascinating read.
During a journey to Italy, my grandpa met a New Zealander officer who fought in Monte Cassino and was back in Italy to pay his respects for his fallen comrades. This meeting really amazed my grandpa, who told me this story several times. A few years back, I wrote a short story about Monte Cassino based on his recollections of the ANZAC officer.
The New Zealanders were some of the toughest men in war- all wars. I bow to your grandad, and wish that I could meet him & shake his hand. I hope I can travel to Italy soon to see the fields, and visit the resting places of those men. Brave men, ALL.
Panzerhead he passed away when I was a teenager. Thanks for the comment, It was General Siegfried Westphal, Field Marshal Rommel's chief of staff who said : "Give me the Maori Battalion and I will conquer the world.”
nig a no shit man, wow, I’m floored. Small world
My grandfather was in the 23rd Battalion fighting in Greece, Crete and North Africa before being captured. I have not much more info than this because he too never spoke of it. He's since passed away and I'm now trying to find out as much as I can about it.
As a Greek I want to say thank you to the ANZAC and British forces for their assistance in Greece and Crete.
You're welcome. Thank you to your stunning country for my name.
Ancient Greece would have looked beautiful. Marble statue's, colomns, Pantheon, the food, the history. One day I will visit my namesake city in Crete.
I am new Zealander. Great great great grandfather served in the 28th maori battalion, C company. Crete.
Kia ora from a maori anytime my greek brothers
Dear friend you only forget that a few years later the same British soldiers took the Order to attack the Greeks on Greek soil during the war against the Greek communist partisans .....please chek also where the Gold from the Greek National Bank went during the WWII and how many tonns less they have been returned to Greece after the War ......you will may lose your good oppinion about your British supporters......
The Greeks and specially the people of Creta never forget the mighty Maori fighters , thanks brothers.
Being an Australian from Belgium, your channel makes me very proud.
The Maori soldier came from a warrior culture where the arts of close quarter fighting was embraced. Use of the bayonet was a natural extension of this culture. In the battle of sidi mgreb North Africa , over 1k Italians surrendered to the Maori after a bayonet charge.
Italians would surrender if the Maori charged them lobbing sweet potatoes
@Julian Palmer There was huge difference in the capability of your average German soldiers compared to Italian . If the German had sweet potatoes lobbed at him he would stand his ground and ......lob POTATO MASHERS back
@Julian Palmer Their underwater men✓✓✓✓✓
G F even my ex Maori girlfriend was good at close quarter combat . I’ve never been smacked in the chops so many times by anybody lol.
Que curioso que los ingleses recuerden asi a los italianos cuando el Reino Unido mostró su colita sucia rindiéndose vergonzosamente a las tropas japonesas de Yamashita, teniendo fuerzas mucho mas poderosas que los japoneses.
That German casualty rate is unusual. In most battles it's usually a 3:3:1 ratio between wounded , prisoners and killed. It would seem that in the heat of combat, with face to face bayonet fighting, the Anzacs weren't taking prisoners, and with a bayonet, you don't wound. You kill.
@A Not the definition of a war crime. In a close combat, face to face melee, you don't have a chance to take and secure prisoners. There is no obligation to take prisoners when doing so , places your own life at risk.
Or the Germans didn't run.
In my opinion, the only sensible thing to do when confronted by a bayonet charge, is to run.
look at any military training film on bayonet and hand-to-hand combat. there are no prisoners.
@A you just observed the reality of war. Not nice but no war crime.
@@ericgrace9995 , absolutely.
Cannot thank you enough for this episode about the Anzac soldiers. As to often it's all about the Americans versus the Germans.
Uh.....CZcams is an American site. It would be totally expected that New Zealand would be covered on New Zealand websites. Why is everyone blown away that American websites cover American things?
@RonaldReaganRocks1 A CZcams is a global site based in America and B because American history is wrong and tells it wrong also America dud fuck all in the wars
@@RonaldReaganRocks1There it is
@@fortisflamma2243lol 😅 flippin heck
Amazing to me that a bayonet charge could be that successful in the context of modern warfare.
A lot of warfare is psychological. It's just terrifying to think of a blade sliding into you. For some reason, to me, it seems worse than a bullet, even though the bullet has a better chance of killing you.
It was probably a wierd situation where the commanding officer thought a long fire-fight was risky, but also didnt want to retreat.
Well you have 500men with you or so, might as well charge.
Plus yeah like the comment above stated the psychological effect would have been tremendous.
If some one had fired first then a fire fight broke out, men have time to get to cover and think.
But when you see hundreds of angry dudes running, yelling, shooting and throwing grenades at you. Your running.!!
It was not the last New Zealand bayonet charge in this war.
The Australians were considered the best with bayonets from WW1 onwards. There was a take no prisoners approach my grandfather showed me some tricks . It was not thrust, it was straight for the throat and balls. Nasty stuff
German troops at the Eastern Front had to rely on hand to hand combat with bayonets regularly because of lack of amunition.
Good to know this story . The Australians were brought up in the Aussie sun with plenty of good meat and vegetables , very good sportsman and women . Playing league and Aussie Rules made them used to taking on a good shirt front and didnt mind throwing haymakers . Tended to be above average height too . Cheers to Maoris and NZ'ers . They play tough too
The Aussie and Maori coming at you must have been terrifying
@L Dikx I wonder if the paratroopers had ever seen a haka before. Maybe in an encyclopedia? I doubt it. Must have been confusing and scary.
A book on the battle came out earlier this year. Battle on 42nd Street, War in Crete and the Anzacs' bloody last stand, by Peter Monteath. Freyberg should've won the battle with all the Intel he had, plus the Allied forces in Maleme had to be more aggressive on the first day as those at Rethimno and Iraklion successfully were.
Fantastic work Ace. Excellent detailed coverage of a little-known event in need of wider recognition. Thank you.
Iwe are in Crete and always visit the Sousa bay war cemetery and have visited the memorial at 42nd street site.respect to all of those who fought,suffered and died so far from home. The commonwealth war graves commission keep the Souda site beautifully.very moving rip
Outstanding!!!! Makes me wonder how many bayonet charges there were in WW2? How many this successful?
If I saw a battalion of Maori charging me with fixed bayonets, my first thought would be run like hell!
Kiwi here, Stand and fight
They wouldn't need bayonets to get me running, just a glimpse of their rugby shirts as they closed in..
Germans knew they were in for a fight when they had to face the ANZACS
Rommel. “If I had to take Hell, I would use the Australians to take it and the New Zealanders to hold it....
Quisiera saber cuando y donde Rommel pronunció esas palabras. Me suenan absolutamente falsas.
It would appear that quote is invented. There's a German guy on Quora who says that he's never heard it, and he has done at least some research it seems. It is marked "unsourced" on Wikiquote. It's in one book, mentioned next to something attributed to him through his son. No source given. But nevertheless it is a cool quote.
Missing the part after to hold it if I had 1 maori battlion I'd have taken the canal in a week and if I had three I would of taken bahgdad
Sorry but he never said that
@@leontremel6062 google Erwin rommel quoted saying about Australia and New Zealand it comes up
My father and his brother and a few cousins fought on Crete. Uncle Poi was captured during the evacuation. He spent the war in jail. They were 28th Maori Battalion. They went to North Africa and later Italy.
Great story I've read about previously but still great to hear again. Keep up the good work Ace!
Another great video on a lesser know battle !! Thanks for bringing it to light !!
Thanks for another excellent video. Your eye for detail makes these stories exceptional.
Great video, as always. Just finished reading Anthony Beevor's "Crete", so this video is right on time.
Hey ace, hope you're doing well through all this craziness
Great quality footage man!
I understand you say it is an ambush, but having to blow the whistle twice gives away the surprise.
My Great Grandfather Major Darcy Blackburne MiD, was the Commanding Officer of NZ 19th infantry Battalion on Crete as the CO had been wounded on the retreat from Greece my Grandfather Richard Ensor a Private in the same Battalion was captured on Crete I myself served in the NZDF for over 10 years in various infantry Battalions and roles 2/1 RNZIR, 1 RNZIR, 6 Hauraki & 3 Auck North assault pioneer, Paratrooper, Mortars & Rifleman in the Inf Coys
LOL Bullshit..dismissed and humiliated...fake military service...Youve already been exposed for your fake valour LOL
Zayne Van Bommel (aka Van Day) is a fraud and a wannabe. He has exaggerated his service in the New Zealand Army and portrays himself as something he most definitely is not, a Special Forces Operator. Van Bommel has never been the model soldier, we have evidence from a very reliable source that as a Territorial Soldier, Van Bommel was a disciplinary nightmare. One report we received pretty well sums up the type of solider Van Bommel really was. In the words of one of our sources;
“During an exercise in Tekapo, his performance during the exercise was not up to standard and was receiving a bit of flak from one of his NCO's, he decided he'd had enough, and went AWOL, and left on foot in the direction of Burnham Military Camp, from memory it took him a couple of days to arrive back at Burnham. He was charged and marched into the CO's orderly room, and was sentenced to the Services Correctional Establishment (cells).
Zayne lost his temper in the orderly room when he was sentenced, he began throwing chairs and flipping over tables, he was subdued, and handcuffed by the Regimental Police.”
Other informants have provided statutory declarations in which they recount Van Bommel as claiming to have served with the SAS as well as other fanciful claims which include:
Claims to have served with the Australian Army, 4RAR (Commando) in Iraq.
Claims to have operated in private security in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Claims to have been a sniper while serving in the NZ Army.
Has exaggerated his SAS selection efforts/achievements substantially.
Excellent stuff ace
Thanks!
A movie should be made of this charge!
As always your work is right up there and excellent. This video gives a small look at an unknown historical battle. I am behind with your videos. Sorry.I am playing catch up with the subscription. Thanks for the good work.
Thank you.
I can say only this :)) good job, mein kamerad :))
Awesome video.
"Kia Kaha" ( stand strong ) the Mighty Maori Battalion ✊🏽👍
Kia ora ko jaz taku ingoa ake ake kia kaha eh pukana blllaaaahhhhh
@nig a a battalion is only 800-1000 men strong 😂 😂 😂
Maori did nothing more than any other Battalion ! My Great Grandfather was the Commanding Officer of the NZ 19th Infantry Battalion on Crete he earned a MiD on Crete Lt Col Blackburne MiD
@@zaynevanday142 Gen Freyberg - Maori are a fighting race, and according to their traditions and in keeping with the laws of New Zealand, they did not come under the National Service Act, which called up men when they reached the military age. The Maori was always a volunteer. For them it was an honour to serve.
@@zaynevanday142 says Lieutenant-General Bernard Freyberg, who commanded the 2nd NZ Division, 'NO infantry battalion had a more distinguished record, or saw more fighting, or, alas, had such heavy casualties as the Maori Battalion.' Ake Ake Kia Kaha E!
Thumbs Up from Perth Australia 🙃 RIP War Hero's
Greetings & Respect from Crete Greece... Never Forget. Special the 28th Maori Battalion has gone down a Legendary History to our Land... ... The stories we grew up with, about Maori fighters, made them something of a Myth.
I don't think Australians and NZ'ers are that proud of this one when they look closely , they outnumbered the germans something like 4 to 1, and it is pretty well documented they killed anyone who tried to surrender. Saw an ABC interview with an Aussie guy who was on crete who "had" to kill a prisoner because he was slowing down their escape .... he described tearfully the german pleading with the look at my kids photo routine .... the Aussie who was a dear old guy said he did what he had to do ..... you could see he lived with it every day since .
Mark King Thank you for your honesty and sober approach to this battle. Most victors only want to talk about their victory and not not the human cost of bad decisions. See: www.euronews.com/2015/05/05/how-world-war-ii-shaped-modern-germany. The militarism of prewar Germany was given away in favour of pacifism, but to such an extent that hardly any Germans want to serve in their military. See: www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2019/08/what-makes-german-military-veteran/595381/.
So what the job was to kill the Germans,my Grandmothers cousin killed many he was awarded the VC from Crete.In battle you would want to have at least a 2 to 1 advantage.
My grandfather, Reg Saunders, 2/7 Battalion AIF fought in this battle. My mother, Glenda Humes was involved in establishing a memorial at the battle site.
I was just reading about Reg Saunders! It's crazy that he managed to stay in hiding and blend in with the locals in Crete for so long afterwards.
I was to young to hear the stories of my grandfather! . He was a medic for the 7th in grease/ Crete. He gave me German Dispatch riders glasses ??? , bomb counters, from planes or tanks ect ! With out the story ! I’ve wondered 40* years Thanks
Ace Destroyer video alert pops up...Me: drops all work, gets coffee, and watches
Another astonishing but true snippet of valuable history retold again! Superb coverage. Keep doing those maps too, Ace. Brings those static display images to life! 2x Thumbs up!
Thank you very much!
@@TheAceDestroyer , you're very welcome young man! My research after your video went into who the enemy was--the 5th Gebirgsjaeger division. Air-landed at Maleme six days before this battle, they were originally part of the Yugoslavia-Greek campaign, so they were combat veterans. Farther back in time, they had been composed from regiments from both the 1st & 10th Austrian Army Mtn divisions in May 1940 (post Anschluss-'38, wherein Germany annexed and gained 10x more divisions into the Wehrmacht). Studying the battle in depth, water was an issue on both sides. The climate in May-June on Crete is much warmer than Austria might I add, (or even Yugoslavia and Greece.)
You know it’s getting real when they tell you to fix bayonets!
Wow
The battle cry of the airborne “Death from Above” actually refers to their deaths many shot before they ever reached the ground
i dont think so
Hey ace can you cover the invasion and occupation of the philippines and the military history of the ghurkas? Would be amazing to see.
What were the numerical reality of this engagement? How many Germans vs. how many ANZACS?
Do you mean that ALL jaeger losses (321 killed on Crete) were from these episode?
Good on you a top video. If you stand on Hill 107 it is abundantly clear why this is key terrain-which makes the decision of Hargest the NZ commander not to occupy it a bit mysterious. Some account os the charge at 42nd street write of the Maori battalion doing a haka, apparenlty from a distance it sounded like the baying of wolves. Speed and aggression won the day- I , for one, would be s***tting myself If I knew these blokes were coming straight at me with cold steel.
Stuglife 😉👍😂💪 wanneer is de fandag ? 😂 ik zit in Spanje #genieten ✌️
HAHAHA! Veel plezier in het zonnige Spanje!
Ka Mate!
Is it true that the charge started with some form of haka? I haven’t seen some solid historical evidence but maybe someone here has an ancestor who was there.
The Germans did not like ANZAC cold steel, this was not the first time either.
guess the maori didnt like the mg 42 bullets either
Hey !
Video idea :
csef.ru/en/oborona-i-bezopasnost/423/ryczarskaya-duel-redkij-sluchaj-v-tankovoj-istorii-4229
This is duel between two tanks ...probably very short video ?
Don't Panic, Don't Panic!
"They don't like it up em, sir!"
I think you're getting into the realms of fantasy now Jones
Why was it called 42nd street?
In late 1940, the lane was garrisoned by members of the 42nd Field Company of the British Royal Engineers. The lane was named after them with a link to a musical bearing the same or a similar name.
This has all the makings of a massacre. The disproportionate casualty rate, the fact that it was a frenzied bayonet charge. Furthermore where were the prisoners one would expect it such a circumstance? But then war is not soft or sweet.
No massacre, German eyewitnesses testified in a situation report to German high command to that effect. As well there was no censure of the Allied troops involved, if there was a massacre the Wehrmacht would have dealt with it and it would have been on record.
Nevermind. The basic rule is: German perpertrator = massacre, war crime; Allied perpetrator = effects of war, no one is responsable
Even if this was really just the result of a heated battle. If the Germans had done this charge it would have been counted as a war crime, denounced by all media of the world and a monument plus museum, plus racism-education center would have been built at the site of the battle.
In the Intro, it seems that the German victory was unavoidable (maybe a misunderstanding) - fact is that despite of clear intelligence (by cracking the Enigma Code prior to this invasion) and strong support by the local population - the battle was lost due to poor judgement by the British and Anzac top-commanders.
Such major issues did not happen again as WW2 progressed ....
Hello
Give me a division of New Zealanders and I will concour Africa and give me a division of Australians too hold it. Rommel.
Or something like that.
My great uncle was an anzac and have spoken to other vets that fought in WW2 they said the Italians gave up quickly and that some of the Maoris would sneak across the lines at night to head hunt German officers.
Are you sure that was GJR 141? The 141 was under 6 Gebirgsjäger Division, and this division wasn't in Kreta... 5 Gebirgsjäger Division had GJR 85 and 100.
Yes, I'm pretty sure. All sources mention the 141st. Two battalions of the regiment landed on Kreta on the 25th and 26th of May. You can find the sources in the video description. This source also mentions the presence of the 141. in Kreta. www.gebirgsjaeger.4mg.com/kreta.htm
Grün ist unser Fallschirm!!!
If you are getting bayonet charged by the Maori's you are in big trouble.
It's a complete mystery to me how a bayonet charge can succeed against men armed with modern firearms, many of them rapid firing, especially with such a one-sided outcome in casualties. Incidents such as this one make me question the claim made by many that the Germans were the best soldiers of WW 2. I have little doubt about how an attempted bayonet charge by Germans against a force of, for example, US paratroopers (or just about any soldiers of the Western Allies, for that matter) would have finished up.
When they are they rushing you cant aim well , you cant deliver any mortar support as they are moving fast then they are mingled within your own troops . The thought of being stabbed scares most people to the core . Then as the wounded cant be taken away they die . Possibly dealt with . Also reduced reloading time for the rush of troops incoming . Also it was downhill charge with the Germans needing to escape uphill
Are you sure it was German GebirgJagers? When I see their helmets I thinks it was Parattropers? '(FallscirmeJagers in Deutsch).
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Yes, I'm sure. This was the only footage of Crete I could find. The German propaganda was more focused on the Fallschirmjägers during the Crete campaign.
That also the Australians, or the NZˋs, or the Maori, also the Gurkhas were not invincible, is possible to see, if you read the history from the battle of Monte Cassino.
Nowadays it is also unbelievable, that a so less troop of Fallschirm- ,and Gebirgsjäger at there flanks, could hold the frontlines against complete allied armys.
So we can see in this battle at crete, that it is also a myth, that german Fallschirm- and Gerbirgsjäger were allways fighting back the enemy with great losses.
While I were on crete, I saw the cemetrys from both sides, and it was a very sad view and no differences between the graves, only the names.
The only reason the allies lost Crete was due to an incompetent commander spreading out forces to thinly across the island.
@@davedrewett2196 Nonsense. Freyberg was far from incompetent. His men fought hard for him because they believe in him.
@@davedrewett2196 It was a tactical error in judgement from the defenders of Malame that allowed the Germans to get a foot hold.
@@mb68nz35 it was a tactical error plus freyberg was unable to get his head around modern mobile warfare for a response to deal with the situation. If there had of been a rapid response they would never have lost Crete.
Freyberg was thinking in terms of ww1. Things has changed.
@@davedrewett2196 says unable to get his head around modern mobile warfare.
REPLY: Nonsense! He had to worry about an invasion by sea as well as Air he was seriously under equipped with a lack of ammo and communications equipment. He lead us from start to the finish of this war and made sure NZ maintained its MANA and fighting tradition.
On behalf of ll the kiwis watching this, i salute you
Meh . Just get on with the job . Let the poms n yanks n fritz mess around with salutes
Hi. The 400 german didnt shoot?
My guess is it was an ambush ,280 dead out of 400 means surrender was not accepted, those surrendering were stabbed
@@masterofnone597 Maybe. Sounds unlikely. Something is missing. A daylight bayonet ambush by 6 weak battalions is hard to accomplish bloodlessly and so successfully. The germans had to not shoot the guy running at them, beyond weird. I hope Ace knows. German sources.
Almost everything comes from Australian and New Zealand sources I'm afraid. However, one thing which could explain it is that the Germans had just entered a sort of ravine when the 2/7th started their charge. That would also mean that the Australians would be right on top of them before the Germans could lay eyes on their attackers. That and the fact that the ANZACs ambushed them in the flank from an olive orchard (not much visibility) could explain the high losses. It was a clean ambush and I don't think the Germans had much time to respond. Besides, it must have been a terrible sight seeing a few hundred men come charging and yelling at you with the bayonet fixed. The 1st battalion 141st Gebirgsjager regiment's objective was an abandoned supply depot, so perhaps they were also not expecting much opposition.
@@pancakes3250 How many ambushes have you successfully enacted sir? I dream about it every night but current social conditions make that impossible
@@TheAceDestroyer Ravine explains, the fast closing in. Charge into the flanks will explain possible confusion. But if germans run right after the shock, its very hard to catch an enemy running for its life. So not that. If the germans didnt rout, they will shoot 100 percent. Even if 50 men shot, at such range hitting only 20 targets is very unlikely. These men were not incompetent.
The casualty reports were ANZAC. Are these guys famous for inflating enemy dead? Did they really count 300 dead, at daylight in the open? No mortar support to cover retreat?
Thank you for your execellent videos. It is frightening enough seen those guys charging against you with bayonets...in the other hand the OPERATION MERKUR was a total success for the Wehrmacht even the high casulties, it is also well known that the Allies after the first battles never stop running until they have reached the south coast to get evaq on the ships to Egypt ... a few German soldiers could capture hundreds of British and Australians.....The German parashutters have to attack often only with pistols and granades against good covered strongholds.....but even then the German soldier prevails.
It is embarrasing how the Allies use to use and send the natives against the Germans in the WWII. It shows also how heartless Colonialism realy is.
The British always have send the Gurkas in Afrika if they could nt capture German positions....
Erwin Romel adressed a serious complain to the British Generals (Prisoners) because the Gurkas never follow the International War Lows by treating German prisoners badly or even kill unarmed and already surrendered soldiers.
But to write or even mention these incidents it is vorbidden from the OFFICIAL HISTORY.
Nevermind. British Empire sends slave armies from conquered territories to save the world from German tyranny (who in fact just refused to pay Versaille tributes to the colonial powers)... nevermiiiiiiind...
Lol no more then what you guys done to the Russians!!! It's war son kill or be killed... Because if it were me I'd kill every single German I come across wounded or not... We fight according to our customs not no white man rules for war... So that's that
G'day,
Yay Team !
Australians most recently,
"Fixed Bayonets !"
for real in East Timor in 1995...
An Australian Army Platoon on Patrol came under fire, suffering a wounded Casualty or two, from West Timorese Militia (under Indonesian Command)..., the outnumbered Aussies fired back, killing about 3 of their opponents..., and in the following Lull the Australian Platoon Commander bellowed,
"FIX.... BAYONETS...!"
And, behold..., when the Steyrs became longer and shiny-pointed - all the West Timorese & their Karpassos Officers retreated and ran away.
All the way to Jakarta.
East Timor is now an Independant Nation.
And Jakarta is sinking into the Ocean, the Indonesians are preparing to abandon their National Capitol.
True Story, both ways...
Australian Bayonets Rule (?) !
Have a good one.
Stay safe.
;-p
Ciao !
You beat me to East Timor by 4 years....
if the Germans left 300 behind and all but 3 died it certainly sounds like a policy to take no prisoners
Now ozzies have trouble clearing their streets, sad
For all the people talking about murders of surrendering troops, you have to realize how chaotic and quick a situation like this is. It's not like you have the time, nor the opportunity, to throw down your gun and give up. When someone is on you quickly you can either run, freeze, or fight. If you throw down your weapon you have given up your chance for the latter, and the enemy is not going to stop their charge to see if you are giving up. Just by its very nature a bayonet charge has to be quick and brutal, closing with the enemy before they get a chance to shoot you. Under such circumstances it would be hard to be able to surrender.
Even so there would still be one hundred or so wounded ( probably badly wouded) Germans amongst the 300 casualties.. I've looked at other sources and it seems the Germans ran almost immediately upon receiving the bayonet charge and were pursued for about 1 Km. I doubt the ANZAC troops bothered to do an actual body count and the 300 figure is likely just an estimate and may include wounded
@Pantelis Tzimas I think you're the one living a fantasy. The Germans weren't supermen that never ran. The German Army lost the war, so I'm not sure why you think Greece and Crete were so humiliating.
200 dead germans and only 4 by the attackers? This sounds highly implausible.
The 2/7th Australians suffered 10 men killed and 28 wounded, while at least a further 14 casualties were suffered by the New Zealand 28th Maori battalion.
Well, after the engagement German Wehrmacht officials accused the anzac troops of committing war atrocities
They rejected the accusations but it's highly possible and probable that surrendering German troops were killed
Yes, certainly not unplausable that the POWs were killed after such a brutal melee.
I am still skeptical about the numbers. If they are true then there had to be a very unfavorable tactical situation for the Germans, like ammo shortage for the MGs, absolute surprise/incompetence etc.
A bajonett attack in modern warfare usually is suicide and one would expect that the casualties were vice versa.
@Pantelis Tzimas the maoris killed prisoners and the germans were shook when the saw their fellow comrades getting their heads smacked in by rifles butts and seeing their men getting stabbed
@Pantelis Tzimas my great great grandpa said tht he saw this german officer look at him w terror after he had just bashed in his german comrades heads and the officer was crying and trying to surrender but he was not spared , but some people are afraid and others are not so yes some germans were very brave but not everyone was
You don't fuck with the ANZACS or the Canadians, basically you don't fuck with any of the British Empire troops or especially The Gurkhas not back then anyway, you may win a fleeting victory but your fate is sealed and it's not a good one ;)
First ,the number casualties in germans mountain troopers has been over exaggerated ,second ,amount of dearh varies wounded casualty reported claimed indicate that plenty wounded would or were definitely killed during or after actuin finish and there fore clearly victims of a clear crime of war first time ANZAC comit these crimes
Hand to hand or not the so few casualty on one side (australian and NZ) verys the large claimed number on germans shows abnormalities.
No other war actions such from ww1 or els were these disparity in ratioos losses .
Also base in historians research The 5th Gebirgs-Division suffered a total of 262 KIA and another 287 wounded for the whole campaign in Crete during 18 days of actions and main combats where they see it in 4 of such nattle , so there is an exaggeration how many were killed that day for certain .German reports losses on that day claim only 47 casulties .
In entite Crete campsing only 263 are reported to be burried from entire campain
sad to see maori and germans fighting each other. just why.. the true enemy of the maori is the one who occupied new z land.
good video tho, nice details.
Maori were obligated to go as confirmation of the Treaty of Waitangi.
@@mb68nz35 Untrue. The Maori in the 28 Battalion (there were many in other units and services, but only Maori could serve in 28 Bn) were all volunteers. I am pretty sure Maori were exempted from conscription in WW2, but I could be wrong about that
@@takedakiwi the position is the one held by ngata, read the price of citizenship which lead to the formation of the 28ths.
@@takedakiwi `youre telling me nothing new. However service and the
Treaty were tied together. Apirana Ngata was a staunch advocate for the 28ths and one of the reasons it was formed. I suggest you stop being ignorant and read Ngata's paper. The price of citizenship. It explains reason and duty according to Ngata.
@@takedakiwi Maori were exempted however Ngata stated Maori had a duty to serve and outlined those reason in his paper which yopu clearly havent read...
The Anzac troops look like they are in American uniforms and have American weapons?
Propaganda channel !