What a pretty spot ,should be a college or university, It always makes me sad seeing abandoned and disused places, it also shows how wasteful governments are and how they get away with it instead of being forced into keeping and maintaining bases and receiving funding only if they can repay the treasury the original costs, I love the eurofighter typhoon street lights
Apparently there is some incorrect information here. Firstly the damage to the barrel was caused after the war by Belgian deminers who discovered a live shell in the gun tube. For whatever reason it was deemed easier to just blow it up in the tube. Second its unclear if it was the town priest or the mayor's son who stopped the tank from being scrapped. Its possible it could have been both I suppose but accounts are unclear. Third despite what the paint inside the tank says this tank was neither knocked out in December 1945 or even December 1944. It was knocked out on January 14th 1945. And last this isn't an M4A3 Sherman as indicated inside the tank. This is either an M4A2 or a late model M4(75). The bulges on the front for the small hatches gives it away.
Good information bro love it i notice that too its impossible to break a cannon in that way with a bounce because in that case there may be a hole or scrat i think... Thank for ur information❤
Muito interessante, só me intrigou que a pintura interna estava bem conservada, mesmo parecendo original, aparentemente não houve nem explosão, nem incêndio.
Post-war studies conclude that dry hull Sherman burn rates were an par with its contemporaries, at about 60%. Wet hull Shermans had signifigantly reduced burn rates, between 10 and 15%. The Ronson lighter nickname in inaccurate, or at least manipulates the truth.
There is another one at Beffe near Rendeux that is between Laroche en Ardennes and Hotton. This last one is with a long barrel and was abandonned along a road due to fuel shortage during the battle of the bulge. A photo is existing in the "After the battle" periodical. This tank was moved to the village of Baffe long after the battle.
@@jeesustelija655 Indeed. It looks like there was a squib round that got stuck in the barrel. Then they foolishly fired another round, which must've ruptured the breech and killed the entire crew. This tank was rendered scrap.
Yea i actually liked this and I am preparing for a Euro trip for WW2 historical reasons. My Grandfather landed in France and I lived in Zorin Germany near Hahn AB as a kid. I am 37 years US Military and preparing to retire and I want to check my bucket list. Great video
You have to visit King Tiger "Nr 213" in La Gleize and the Panther in Houffalize. Both out on the street and both mostly intact. In La Gleize there is also a museum.
I only found Gindorf, which seems to be named after a person "names village" and Düsseldorf, Düssel is a river - "Village at the river Düssel". (Dorf is German for village.) Aber vermutlich meintest du die Inspiration für die Namen im Film...
I have watched this so many times! Our daughter and family lived there for several years and I walked around this village several times. I loved it so much❤❤❤❤I miss it
Hello, we believe my wifes grandfather (Opa) was captured in this area and on his POW internment papers it's dated the 18th Feb 1945. He was part of the remnants that made up the 276th VGD. His unit is documented to be 580 VGD and we also have some documentation that refers to 986th Regiment. He was captured by Americans during an attack on his Pillbox and I am trying to find the area which we suspect to be near Kesfeld/Grosskampenberg, your video which mentions the 18th Feb 1945 really grabbed my attention. Could you tell me exactly where this location is please?
The area in the video is basically in the triangle between Grosskampenberg, Heckhuscheid and Kesfeld. I only filmed the lines of dragon’s teeth, so the corresponding bunkers are somewhere behind those lines. Unfortunately, I don’t live in that area anymore, but I know there is a roadside park outside of Grosskampenberg that has a lot of information on the WestWall there. If you search “Westwall Großkampenberg (Panzersperre / Höckerlinie / Dragon's teeth)” on Google Maps, you can see the park’s location. Hope this helps!
@@EuroTravelers that is fantastic thank you for the video and your reply, that gives me a lot to go on. He told be he was evacuated to an aid station at Weisswampach and I can see from the map that’s relatively close so fits with this location. Thank you again.
Spangdahlem was such an awesome assignment for the 2 short years I was there, 93-95. I lived in Orenhofen after moving off base when Bitburg was closing and we were getting personnel to Spangdahlem. I miss it a lot and have been back a few times since as I have German friends I stay in touch with. Bitburg is all businesses now and some of it is abandoned (high school area) I wish I could've got stationed there in Germany longer, it's awesome.
I remember this drive so clearly, stationed four years at Bitburg and my wife was stationed at Spandahlem so we lived in between at Philippsheim. Great time!!.
Omg “moms place” @3:52 on the right I remember driving thru from a small town called schwarzenborn (sp?) to get onto base great memories Germany is so beautiful thank you for sharing there was also a video shop on the right❤️❤️❤️❤️
Usually it is pretty busy, but I went on a weekday in early May. Plus it was cool and cloudy and eventually started raining. I’m sure that kept people away.
like many places in Germany, beautiful old houses between horrid post-war buildings. Wish they had taken better care of their architectural heritage. Kyllburg did not suffer much damage in WW2, only from modernization without concern for beauty.
Little late to this but I lived in Dudeldorf in 1977 to 78. At the 58 second mark there's a car on the sidewalk with a little wall extending out to the street. I lived up on the second floor! Thanks, Rachel!
