Every time I watch your videos I get so choked up the enormity of what the Allies did and what are men and women went through and the sacrifices they made is unfathomable
I'm new to your channel. Love the content. I was amazed because some of The places you showed from WWII were places my Grandfather was at when he was in the First Special Service Force and what he told me about. Places like Southern France and Italy. Rome was where his unit was credited as the first allied unit to Enter and liberate it from the Germans. There's not a day that goes by I think about him and miss him. He passed away in 2008. Thanks again for showing this.
The film is a poignant reminder of the Italians who left a brief note before they were murdered. Horrific atrocities during the Nazi regime. Coincidentally, I stayed with friends in Rome and my friend drove us to a hill overlooking Rome. Franco related to the event when his father was in the resistance and the bomb attack on the Nazis. He was emotional as he talked about the reprisals with his back to us. I will never forget that night as we stood there for a time before speaking.
@@thehistoryexplorer, I thought that Rome was the most exciting and historical place I have been to. Your production, editing, and research is excellent.
The Priebke story is proof there can be no statute of limitations on war crimes, and obeying criminal orders is not an excuse. After 50 years living free in Bariloche, Argentina, an ABC news/ research team found him in Bariloche, Argentina, exposed him, and after 18 months of legal delays he was extradited to Rome for trial. Found guilty, and now an aged man, he was incarcerated under house arrest in Rome until his death. His burial site is not known but is thought to be a secret burial in an Italian prison yard as no country wanted to accept his body. Priebke was a SS captain, and second in command in Rome in 1944 when the Ardeantine massacre happened. He oversaw the operation, and personally shot 2 of the prisoners. He expressed regret about the people killed in the war, but never accepted personal responsibility, saying, "Orders is orders".
Absolutely Mary. It’s a terrible example of a lack of accountability and denial. I’m glad he was finally brought to justice during his lifetime; so many German soldiers and officers were never tried
Apart from the Italian POW's that were executed by the Germans in the Ionian islands, the Nazis drove a train full of Italian POW's into the Corinth Canal. The Germans had blown the bridge that connected the two sides of the canal and the train (engine and wagons) dove from a height into the water. The unlucky ones that didn't die on impact, were drowned.
@@thehistoryexplorer It happened on October 3rd 1944. 300 (approx) Italian POWs were killed when the train cars they were locked in were dumped in the canal. The bridge that span the canal was blown. I saw recently a video about it. The Greek train operator who was forced to do it was hospitalized in a mental institution after the war. He later said that the Italians were singing while locked inside.
