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My Uncle, Thomas P Gogal is buried here. I was blessed to be able to visit his grave and meet the family that has been caring for his grave for 70 plus years. It is a beautiful place, something I wish all Americans were aware of and could see.
These cemeteries do not have the millions of German soldiers murdered after WW2. Eisenhower buried them using lime in the Belgian borders, where research is vorbiden until today.
Is sure is a da's story indeed of a young individual. But sadly it is also the only commemoration of a German soldier in the Netherlands. As far as I know. Thanks for watching Daniel
My extended family lost 10 men in ww1, 5 I have found and paid my respects where the lay buried or are remembered . 3 of them brothers, paternal cousins to my paternal grandfather . My great grandfather a Boer and ww1 war veteran was injured at 3rd Ypres and made it home . I have been all over Belgium and northern France in 21 visits since 2005 going again this August . have paid respects in the German war cemetery's, all somebody's son, dad , n uncle, grandson, not all bad . "Remember the Germans" Harry Patch the last fighting Tommy of ww1 .
You family have paid the ultimate price for our freedom for sure!! So thank you and your family for that. That is so great that you are coming over this August once more to pay your respect and visit the battlegrounds in Belgium. Sadly it has been a while since I have been to ypres, but this is something thy I am going to do in the very future for sure. Thanks for sharing the information with me and for watching I really appreciate that.
In 2017, after months of making connections, I was able to visit the grave of Egon Mayer, the German Ace fighter pilot, who had shot down my father's B-17 on November 23, 1942, off the coast of France..The German cemetery was near Saint-Desir-de-Lisieux in Normandy, and was well-kept. At least he had a grave whereas the remains of my father and his crew rest in the waters off Brest. In honor of all those young men, German and American, I placed flowers on Mayer's grave. Earlier I had a reconciliation with his relatives on behalf of both our families.
"Just doing their job"" ,also with ""Gott mit uns"", and a cross!!! They fought just as the allies with God. Total madness, but just not recognised at the very moment.
@6:56 Coincidence of life.. Rudi is born a month apart from Karl, on 3rd Nov, '26 and Karl on 3rd Oct, '26. Both die on 6th Oct, 44. One sees his 18th birthday, the other never gets to it...
So sad, I went to Langemarck when I was in Belgium which was a German WWI cemetery and although not as large as the one above that was mainly because it contained several mass graves. Having said that it was beautifully looked after. I think these cemeteries are so sad to visit because no matter what the nationality it's heartbreaking to see so many young lives wiped out and certainly in the early stages of the war most of them were not nazis but conscripted troops just like our own men. Tyne Cot was a very sad place to visit too but we were touring WWI battlefields back in 2014 so we didn't visit WWII graves. I hope to do the WWII Normandy battlegrounds before I die but time and health may prevent me.
you tell it exactly like it is. I hope that you can make a trip to Normandy in the future to visit the battleground there. And thank you very much for watching I really appreciate that
@@TravelingToHistory Yeah no problem. Am Dutch myself, recognize a dutch accent within seconds, but had to think twice since you said something in the video which could elude to you being a Berliner. Once again, no worries and a nice video!
International politics is never about democracy or human rights. It is about the interests of states. Remember that, no matter what they tell you in history class. Egon Bahr (2013). former Federal Minister for Special Tasks In war, men who do not know each other shoot at each other, for men who know each other but do not shoot at each other. !
so many years have passed and the house stands as before has not even changed, these are the secrets that seemingly ordinary things keep in themselves.
I was stationed in Germany with the 3rd armored division from 1972-74. I spoke to many German veterans from WW2, and although defeated, these men still had a military bering about them, and were proud to have worn a German uniform. They all despised the regime, but did their duty as Deutsche Soldaten.
In terms of area, Ysselsteyn is the largest in Europe, but in terms of the number of fallen soldiers, Lommel is the largest in Western Europe with 39,100 fallen soldiers.
I visited this cementary several years ago when I was in the Netherlands, it was early in the morning and it was foggy and and when the carillon started playing it gave me "goose bumbs", I will never forget that feeling.
...WARS CAUSED BY LUNERTIC POLITICIANS...WHO LOVE WARS...BUT THEY WONT FIGHT....THESE POOR MEN... EVERYTHING WAS TAKEN FROM THEM... MARRIAGE..KIDS...LIFE....FOR WHAT...
