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When one tours the battlefield there, it really grabs you by the throat. So many young men perished, so many relics and houses still bearing witness. This year the 80th anniversary. Hope to meet a lot of folks , showing respect. Excellent episode. Respect.
Yep, every now and then these things happen - sorry. The audio test ahead of time was fine. The thing with scheduling a live show is that people are waiting and it's always tough knowing whether to abandon or persevere. As you saw, after 20 minutes we found a solution. I hope if you ever host a RU-vid channel you never have anything not work perfectly
Brilliant presentation with great insights. Yes, there were some problems with Audio for a few minutes,but well worth listening to the rest. Kudos to #WW2TV for yet another broadcast from a top historian and author. Thanks Peter and Paul!
Another superb show with Peter Caddick-Adams! I greatly appreciate the determination of WW2TV and Mr. Caddick-Adams to resolve the early-in-program technical issues so that we could enjoy an hour and a half of this master-class show.
Looking forward to three weeks of Bulge topics. To me nothing new in this show. I live near the Ardennes and have an active interest since childhood. I have corresponded with/interviewed and met dozens of veterans from both sides. I do have to buy PCA book to have an opinion on it. The show was called '10 facts everyone should know'....indeed anyone with a bit of knowledge on the battle already knew these. Will defintely watch other shows of interest!
The show was an introduction to the week. We have viewers from all over the world with different levels of knowledge and this show did what it was supposed to - set things up for the deeper dives to follow
@@WW2TV Thanks Paul. I have ordered PCAs book and hopefully it will arrive before Christmas. The Lanzerath episode wil certainly be of interest as I have interviewed a Belgian eye-witness twice and corresponded with US and German participants including Lyle Bouck and 3rd FSJ association. Keep up the good work!
Woody, PCA fantastic show. As an opener for 3 weeks of Bob, this can count. Your next guests will have to do their best to match. Hopefully PCA will come back soon. 👍👍👍👍👍👍
Historian Danny Parker in his Bulge book years ago deduced that maybe 60-70 at the most Tiger 2s were in the Bulge in the two heavy Panzer battalions that had them. The 301st had Tiger 1s. Full strength for each battalion was 45 tanks. Also for the Tiger 2s was built in sabotage and defects at the factories where they were made by the slave labor building them.
The Germans also went further south in the Ardennes in 1940 than in 1944. The former's crossing point was Sedan and environs which got them out of the more mountainous portion of the area than in late 1944. Sedan as a crossing point would not have worked for taking Antwerp however.
I appreciate the comment about it being a long battle. Most books (and wargames) only talk about the first half. My dad was with the 17th Airborne by then, They entered the battle just after New Years - it is really hard to find info on that part of the battle. Any recommendations?
Peter rubbishing Hitlers idea that this would split the Americans and the British was totally wrong! The Americas did get split from the British in a the blame game even though the Germans did not succeed.
I have to correct Peter here; Danny S. Parker's book from 1991- which was also the first I saw that included the logistics analysis, include the entire battle.
Peter's "Sand and Steel," & "Snow and Steel," are 2 of the most well researched, and well written books that I've had the priviltge to read. Thank you #WW2TV for another great episode!
The Tiger II was designed with fighting in open country in the East in mind. Longer field of vision gave the Tigers with the 88 and better optics an advantage. Tiger units had an 11 to 1 kill to loss ratio. Using Tigers in the West was a waste of resources. Using them in the Ardene terain was idiotic. As for brakedowns. But late 44, the drivers of German tanks were ill trained and often damaged their tanks and transmissions.
Just got to the part where the audio was sorted . I am so glad it was. Peter's talk so far has been very informative and I would love to see him back as a future guest. Thank you Paul and Peter for persevering through the technical difficulties .
Peter has appeared on a couple of previous shows: 231 Brigade on DDay and the one about Spike Milligan. As we said, he will be back in January to sum up what happened after the Bulge
Once again in preparation for a trip I am in overwhelm. I decided last week to go to Bastogne and will be leaving in less than two. Got books, videos and guidebooks coming out of my ears. It will be great to go no matter what.
Little known for this campaign is that Hitler allocated 135 million rounds of brass cased 8mm ammo instead of the sometimes less reliable steel cased ammo.
I liked the part on ultra. I read that Hitler liked the Lorentz machine, was that used for the Bulge? I also read that Hitler gave his orders in person for this campaign and at the end told people if they leaked the secret they would be shot. What I'm trying to understand is whether the Germans suspected that their communications were insecure?
I feel terrible about the production values in the beginning on your behalf. I as a consumer of your content had zero nada none no problems waiting until you fixed the gremlins. THANK YOU for your content! Sincerely.
Without minimizing the Bastogne Siege in comparison to the Elsenborn Ridge and in full respect of all those who fought in the Bulge, the biggest eye opener Dr Caddick-Adams gives me is at 1:16:18 "But at no point did those surrounding the garison in Bastogne ever outnumbered those inside. So it wasn't really a proper siege" Enjoyed reading Snow & Steel , the bibliography of the book demonstrates the amount of research that went in to it and sets you an a journey of more quality reading on the subject. Thank you for this channel and it's almost that time of year again...please spoil us with another Bulge special for the 79th anniversary of the battle.
The V2 was an ineffectual weapon from the very planning stages. It carried a one time bomb and was not very accurate. To deliver this one time bomb, required building an entire disposable and presumably expensive and time consuming aircraft. How could the V2Possibly compete with a bomber which is reusable, more accurate, and in those days could carry up to 4 to 5 tons of bombs? The V2 was a laughable idea - - of course the V one was much worse
I did not know that Hitler was aware of Arminius and what Arminius did to the Romans in the Teutoburg Forest. Fascinating to hear Peter explain how Hitler tried to "pull an Arminius" in the Ardennes using Skorzeny.
everybody in Germany knows about Arminius....despite what you see in the movies, Rome never conquered Germany...wasn't much there of value anyway...dark brooding forests and swamps.....
@@WW2TV id suggest trying to bring on David Glantz or Johnathan Banks . If you can … cause that would mega interesting … or do some collaboration with TIK.
@@Forrealcuz David Glantz is getting to where he doesn't do much of this type of thing any more, he is 80 after all. However I am getting lots of big names in the next few weeks: Richard Frank, Alexandra Richie, Rana Mitter etc. I have no interest whatsoever in working with Tik
As a lad, first time I heard of Battle of the Bulge was to see the movies... learned by then movies are poor versions of history. Books were the best resource, this was a great presentation.
I'm a relatively new subscriber and I love your videos Paul... now one of my favorite WW2-themed channels. I found this one to be especially fascinating -- Excellent work!
@@WW2TV Definitely! When I'm in a better position, financially, I will be happy to do so! Had to come back and re-watch this one after the more recent "After the Ardennes" show. So good.
Another excellent presentation. Many of these factors I was not previously aware of, such as the dependence of the Germans on horses. Or even the operation name for that matter. Great work. Thanks for another superb analysis.
@@togodamnus I'm so pleased that everything you do is perfect and that you are never beset with problems beyond your control. I will reach 400 livestreams next year that I put on RU-vid freely for people to watch and learn from and yes sometimes there are internet problems. We tested before the show and it was fine, and then it became an issue as we started. As I say, it happens sometimes. If this was some stage show with technicians that you had paid hundreds to see, maybe your point would be valid. As it is, this is something we do because we enjoy doing it and all free. So your negativity is really not appreciated
@@WW2TV it sucked,,, should have rehearsed or at least tested connection before starting, thats just lazy and the context lacking.... get it together you guys
The King Tiger came out in early 1942. And maybe earlier than that. The English captured one in North Africa in the battle for Tunisia. If I remember correctly. In fact they still have it in their museum of tanks. And it still runs. They bring it out at least once a year.
