Germany’s Perspective on the Major Allied Armies of WW2 - Where Did they Rank Them? 

@V not wrong

Albert Kesselring said when overseeing the defense of Italy that he had never seen such brave soldiers led by bigger buffoons.

@V well they did leave their most veteran troops and commanders in East Africa where they fought and surrendered to the South Africans and Nigerians.

@@gidi3250 Nice Yukari (Girls und Panzer) profile picture

They sure haven't won one in a while since the Roman days. Mama Mia.!!! That's italian.

And 12 other panzers had to be abandoned 10 miles away from the frontlines because they broke down for the 5th time that day

yea and then their panzer ended up getting knocked out by only one sherman and their other panzer friends destroyed by aircraft.

​@@ayylmao2190 so like basically every other tank made in mass in the second world war? lmao

@@artybrandt the sherman was far more reliable

@@ayylmao2190 then what? Heavly depends which tank you compare? Then a tiger? Sure but he wasnt though to travel. Over all the shermans were defenitly more reliable then the average but not by much

well thats kinda true, the americans would rather blow up the jungle. Very smart of the americans, Were there any jungles in Australia?

True, Guadalcanal had huge dark tropical forests but by the time the war and American shelling was over, not so much. These days the Solomon Islands is letting foreign companies fell what's left for timber

Semi-similar story: my grand uncle was in the bataan death march and found one of his torturers in a mall in Texas after he got home after the war. Iirc he was arrested after my grand uncle had his turn.

Everybody knows the Aussies were the best jungle fighters. I'm not sure why the yank even asked.

​@@jmgonzales7701Australia has rain forests in tropical north queensland. Very hot and humid.

That was racist!

@@leojanuszewski1019 womp womp it was 1944

​@@leojanuszewski1019It doesn't even sound like a race thing, ironic for Germans at that time. The Italians really were not as powerful an ally to the Axis, as the US was to the allies.

@@leojanuszewski1019womp womp

​@lolatyoubrah yeah the Germans constantly had to come to Italys aid

that was also in the Stalingrad movie which was excellent

@@UlsterExplorerJungle Stalingrad movie - totally shit. Look "28 панфиловцев" - it's great

That timing of the diary seems off by the time of the war in stalingrad most German troops already knew they were in a vicious struggle after the winter in 42

@@mikedon5205 well, we don't have the intermediates entries

Did this soldier come home ?

I always find "what if" scenarios absurd for this and other reasons at this time. Like "what if" the nazis had an extra 10,000 trucks, tanks, aircraft, whatever. What good would it do? Their armies had already been ground down to nubs, their 'allies' (italy, hungary, romania) all gone, almost no fuel for what they *did* have and the last resort of making badly armed citizen militias of children and elderly for last ditch defense. No men, no fuel, no weapons and all three are necessary for war.

As they should have. Because that’s what doomed them. Logistics win wars.

Even worse was when the Japanese learned America had a ship that had only 1 purpose. It made ice cream and distributed it to other ships

lol the German feared the Russian/Soviets and with good cause the German Nazi and regular army committed the most harsh brutality against the Russian/Soviet people killing at least 20 million civilian's and 10 million soldiers!

@@curtiscriscoe367 in Supernova in the East Dan Carlin tells of accounts of Japanese soldiers surrendering because the Marines were cooking up food that they could smell. The Japanese were sitting in their foxholes eating maggoty rice and couldn't take it anymore.

Fabulous anecdote.

My grandad was born in 1911. He served with the Northamptonshire artillery regiment. He did 4 tours in total First in North Africa Then in italy Then 2 tours in burma. On his 4th tour he was offered honourable discharge, he’d already lost the tip of a finger, And Was suffering from a hunched back from humping shells But the nail in the coffin was his hearing was all but shot and could no longer hear orders shouted to him unless they were right next to him. He refused, instead he joined the mess and finished his tour as a cook. Which according to him was probably worse for his regiment than being shelled by the enemy.

@@cloric1 Thank his bravery and service for the freedoms we enjoy today.

That's because Monty was a poor decision maker and over cautious. He was the most over rated Allied General in World War 2. Rommel had bowel movements more significant than "Monty".

I think these should get published!

Man lived an equal 100 Years. Nice. Rip

Your great grandfather was a hero and glad to see he lived a 100 years.

Glad to hear your great grandfather had a long life. The Germans greatest fear was G S Patton once they got to know him and his habits because Patton keep moving forward as long as he had gas in his tanks and didn't give them much time to regroup for a counter attack.

Indians have been fighting for centuries like the British.. badboys

My uncle fought with the 4th Indian Division in North Africa, and had immense respect for them. He fought again with them at Monte Cassino, and volunteered to move up to the front to bring back Indian wounded, during the night after a failed attack. They brought them back whilst under German fire.

Yeah, Russia still hasn't learned that lesson yet.

@@josephoconnor3668 Now the Russian's are making cell phone calls or posting on social media while in the fight and then getting zeroed in.

@josephoconnor3668 bro 💀

@@josephoconnor3668 they were experts at picking off their own officers rather than the german sniper lmao

Yeah, we learned that snipping British officers during the Revolutionary War.

Epic

That's also what my grandpa told me. He was a teenage soldier during ww2 on the german side and described how they barely got any americans within range. They just mortared and bombed the shit out of them. They had the numbers, the equipment and the supplies... and therefore all the time they needed while the red army advanced more and more towards Berlin. That's also a reason why the americans had few losses in comparison. They just needed to be patient. And when somebody was injured the chances of survival were very high because of immediate evacuation and treatment. On the german side, on the other hand, many wounded just didn't make it. My grandfather told me about a particular "encounter" when they hid between ruins while bombs and mortar shells rained down on them. Eventually the american pushed forwards with infantry to see if there are any remaining germans. As soon as the first bullet flown they retreated immediately and the bombardement continued a short time after.

@@justicartiberius8782 Sounds a good way to me.

I always remember a guy worked with who fought first Iraq war he said the British fired the Iraq army ducked, Iraq fired the British would duck, the Americans fire and everybody ducks lol

@@jamespetrie8488 I'm not saying it wasn't a good way. Under those conditions the americans were absolutely able to go with this kind of stategy. Germany was so exhausted and low on almost everything that they couldn't really counter the barrage of bombardement. The german soldiers just tried to take cover as good as possible and repel the americans if they were within range. Problem was: They completely shattered the german morale, which was extremely low at this point anyway, with their strategy. Not only showing that they basically have infinite supplies but also that they are in absolute control of the battlefield. There were only a few battles which were fought on equal terms against american soldiers. Mostly when artillery and aircraft failed to operate effectively. The battle of Hurtgen Forest is an example for this. Aircraft and artillery wasn't able to function properly because of the dense forest area, which made infantry the main factor in this battle. It was just soldiers clashing head to head. Germany had very much of it's focus on infantry drill and training, which made the german infantry better than the american. And also, of course, because they had quite the battle experience, which is the most valuable asset you can have as a soldier. Then again the experienced soldiers were so thinned out at this point that they had to refill the ranks with boys and old men that barely had any training at all. Just enough to use a weapon. And still; In the end war is decided by production and logistics. No matter how good your soldiers are, if they don't have the supplies to continue the fight they are doomed to lose.

China didn't fight the Germans in WWII.

It's actually an old joke, told from an Italian perspective, mostly about how to differentiate the different armies and it was their response to their firing upon them to how you'd learn: British with accurate rifle fire, Germans with machine gun fire, and Americans was just silence as they were calling for all levels of ordinance. The key level to know that what you've said is apocryphal, is that the Germans never fought the Chinese. They trained the Chinese to fight like them. If anything, that's a Japanese perspective.

And they were also heavily defeated by Rommel and his Africa corp, an absolute push over at first. The American troops weren't up to scratch at all. They learnt their lessons and took their knocks well though.

@@jasonbutler7054 The America were defeated at Kasserine Pass. But the American soldier was a quick learner and kicked the Krauts ass all the way back to Germany you twit. The Germans lost the war and America did it to them.

because they didnt have any fear of production places being bombed or whatsoever

“they didn’t solve problems, they overwhelmed them.” You just got the Soviets mixed up with Americans.😂

​@@nutterbuttergutter Many Soviet top generals is really good actually from organizational skill, strategy, innovation,etc

Also maybe because the Soviet Union was just outside Gernany's backyard,while America was an Ocean away.

I don't think the Germans GAF about what the Soviets thought of them, the Germans hated them back just as much. The Germans feared the Soviets because of their never ending cannon fodder and the idea of communism taking over Germany if they lost.

yeah the soviets were just relentless. I think that's where russians shine best in attrition. They arent really the most skilled but their numbers and drive make up for it.

Germans mostly feared Soviet soldiers because of their will to fight. One story I have read was about how German tank was destroyed (it was a lucky shot that hit ammo) by Soviet T-34... That was burning for 2-3 minutes already. When Panzer III was close enough, the tank slightly moved turret and shoot. According to the German unit commander, that made heavy impact on his soldiers morale.

It's because they were communist slaves forced into suicidal mass charges on a daily basis, imagine fighting armed zombies that ran into your bullets out of fear of their own bullets.

Who would've thought.

It is very important to use your brains at the end when you have lost the war. The Soviets were are the wrong side of non war history, but won the war, so not as much love for them.

Or trying not to get a role in prison...

and it worked

Yes, but they didn't necessarily need to lie in order to do that. The Americans and the British (as well as other allied nations) were generally quite well organized, well coordinated, well equipped, well led, and highly effective.

Thank you for your story

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That just sounds like someone who has a brain The only people who would willingly fight without artillery or air support are people who are desperate

@@whenyoupulloutyourdickands4023 he didnt say he wouldnt, he said that the americans couldnt without it

Tidy uniforms are for garrison duty.

Wouldn’t snipers purposely target officers. So troops wouldn’t even solute them in fear the enemy was watching and figure out who they were.

@@hacksawhackmann That started more during Vietnam, but yes. It did happen.

If the enemy thinks you are disorganised but in reality you aren’t then thats your greatest strength

I always thought us uniforms were much better than the German one everyone seems to simp for. They're simple and efficient, just like most of the stuff america made during the war

I read a similar report of a German POW astounded at the amount of uS transport. Their infantry didn't march everywhere, they had trucks. US infantry divisions had more vehicles than German mechanised divisions.

A well fed and rested army is essential. You’re seeing it now with Russia in Ukraine. It’s likely how we won the US civil war too. Standard daily calorie intake for Union soldier was around 3000…confederate was around 900..

@@nicknoss5341 and as the saying went "there's not a cannon factory in the whole south". You could have twice or three times the numbers but if their morale is shit, they're on one meal a day and their equipment is constantly failing them, you will still lose to a well supplied and equipped militia.

@@spencerquimby4726 Tredegar Iron Works!

Thats the duality of ameirica in 1800 and 1900s a veru industrial society but not the most trained a pretty new army but with all the most gear and most advanced

As a French, I burst out laughing to your comment. It's a good representation of our love-hate relationship, you rosebeef. And no need to be pissed for the Americans behavior, every cultured human being know that what they say is not true, so the French generally just ignore. PS: In France, the feeling of "hate" for the Brits almost don't exist anymore, except in history class. If you ask a French person what is their opinion on the UK, you'll find out that we actually love your culture :) (sorry for my crappy English 😅)

Gross get a room🤮.. anyway … as an American and former soldier this is the first I’ve ever heard “ surrender monkey” lol! Funny.. .. I did meet a French dude in DC once outside of a night club.. he ran into the parking garage and I stopped him to see what was wrong.. he was crying and had a bloody nose screaming “ I don’t understand why are y’all so brutal “ lol I have him a smoke and drove him to his hotel, he started crying again and tried to give me money for “ being his friend “ lmao. I didn’t expect of course.. I felt bad for him and wanted to help.. A personal anecdote admittedly but the encounter did shape my perception of the French as delicate ppl

There is zero beef between Britain and France anymore. Both world wars solidified us as very close allies

American here. I disagree we do make jokes about all Europeans in general especially France and England. However you guys are still our best friends.

France has the best military record of all current nations. Britian is close behind with the next best.

Another factor was how allies and the Germans tally casualties during the war, which makes armchair historians who only look at numbers think casualties were in favor of the Germans. When an American tank is damage beyond what field repairs can perform to make it combat-ready (for example, losing too much armor in combat), the tank is written as a loss for the unit so the unit gets a replacement quickly to keep at full strength while the damaged tank it sent to a repair depot for repair. That also includes tanks that need only two weeks of repair at a repair depot before it was sent back to their unit. When a Geremam tank is damaged but still considered repairable or salvageable, it is still reported as part of the unit and not a loss. That includes tanks that are later scrapped for they were damaged beyond comically repairable (aka, the cost of remaining and replacing parts costs more than making a new tank outside a few recycled parts). For example, I remember reading how an SS Tank Unit in the Battle of Berlin had a reported 48 tanks as part of the unit but only had 12 "active" tanks in service. That is probably why armored casualties ballooned at the end of the war since they reported a unit loss by the number of armored vehicles it has on paper than its actual numbers. Also, the high casualties were possibly part of the reason why the myth the T-34 was a good tank came to be (it was an engineering nightmare that combat was inadequate compared to other medium tanks).

My father was in Grenadier Guards 1939 to 1946. In 1944 he was in Guards Armoured Div which landed in Normandy late June. He said the German 88mm gun was the weapon of the war. Tiger tanks with the 88mm could not be knocked out frontally. Later the Sherman Firefly and other tanks with more powerful guns could.

Very late comment I know… But the 76 Sherman stood no chance of penetrating the hull of the Panther from the front. Even Pershing’s would have trouble doing so. However, the turret is easily penetrated by the 75 from a normal Sherman at a distance of 100m or 800 meters from a Sherman 76.

Yeh, I've heard something similar.

Not sure that is something to be proud of.

@@CB-fz3li read up what the SS did to canadian POW’s in normandy to find out why…….

@@CB-fz3li it's war

Canadian, Aussies, Anzacs, Indians...we need all

Russia also had the highest amount of casualties by far. If it weren’t for Lend-Lease Russia likely would have folded.

Max Hastings hasn't got an high opinion of the British Army in WW2.

@@deeacosta2734 Lend Lease didn't really have a tangible effect until 1943, by which time the Germans were on the back foot. It certainly helped but the vast majority of soviet equipment was soviet built

@@deeacosta2734 Lend Lease? Yeah right. The great American story of America believing it's own lies about being the great saviours. What won the war was the huge sacrifice of 20 odd million Russian dead, despite Russia pleading it's Allies to start a second front to take the pressure off. By the time the Normandy Landings occurred, the Russians had pushed the Nazis back out of the Caucasus, Crimea, Russia proper, most of Ukraine and Belarus. The Germans had lost millions in dead, most of their planes and tanks. The war was effectively already over and it was basically mopping up only. 80% of German troops died in the Russian front. So, lets look at Lend Lease in more detail, eh? USSR got 1/3 of the goods through Lend Lease that Britain did, despite having almost four times the population at the start of the war. So per head of population, that works out of 1/12th the assistance, despite Britain basically being secure in it's sea borders and "Russia" having over a 1000 mile long front engaged in constant warfare. Of that amount of lend lease goods, over half of it was shipped through Russian Shipping through Japanese controlled seas (there was a neutrality agreement between USSR and Japan at the time) under strict inspection routines that there were no arms, munitions or the like onboard. Of the goods that the Americans managed to land in Russian territory, the level of respect for them varied greatly. American trucks and trains were sought after as there was insufficient logistical equipment for the level of industrial production that the Russians were gearing up for. Food was obviously important with so much of Russian lands under German occupation, the "Scorched Earth" defence policy, and the majority of Russian men in the army. Or exterminated on the spot by the Germans, put into death camps or forced labour camps. As for the American tanks, the M3 Medium (Lee) was referred to as "a coffin for seven brothers" and was quickly relegated to training duties. About 2000 early M4 (Shermans) made it to the Russians, and were considered inferior to their domestic tanks, being prone to catching fire easily, due to gasolene fuel, and also sinking into the mud and getting bogged due to high weight with narrow tracks. Both Russia and Germany made wide track vehicles for the Eastern Front to reduce ground pressure to prevent this, because a bogged tank is a sitting target. It was also slower, yet less well armoured than the T-34, and armament was only on par with the early T-34's. The 2000 later delivered M4 Sherman 76mm addressed some of these issues, but by then the Russians were using far superior versions of their own T-34's, specifically the T-34-85, and the 76mm gun was still massively undergunned compared to the standard German tanks of the time About half the total "armoured vehicles" that made it to Russia were M3 "White" half tracks and M3 scout cars, including anti aircraft versions. So many versions of "M3" (let alone the M3 "Stuart" the Russians also recieved) caused great confusion, both for the Russians and also the British using them in Africa, which is how they all got their separate names. Lend Lease had far less impact than Americans think. Any aid was still useful and welcomed, but it certainly didn't have the impact you seem to believe.

@@jakemurray2635 Only 34,000 odd T-34 tanks made by the Russians, and the 29,000 more T-34-85. Plus the 8,000 odd heavy tanks, and the over 20,000 Self Propelled Guns/Tank Destroyers of the SU series. By comparison, Americans sent about 7,000 tanks to Russia, with about 4000 of those being Shermans, the rest being mostly M3 Stuart and the M3 Lee (mostly not used for combat). Exact records of how many were landed versus lost in shipping are unclear. Also of note, the British and Canadians sent about 4,000 Valentines, 1,000 Matildas, and 300 Churchill heavy tanks. Not THAT far behind what the Americans sent there.

Surely you don't support scottish independence then?

@@JasperB12 no, I’m a British patriot. That’s a reason why people support independence however because they don’t feel recognised.

​@@alexmcadam1126 you are definitely recognised by the English. Except when you beat us at football! Every Scot I have met in England has been great company and we try to be as courteous as possible (aside from the odd jibe). Also, after having heard so many stories about English people in Scotland I was amazed at how welcoming and friendly everyone was when I spent time in and around Glasgow.

​@Alex McAdam good to see British patriotism isn't dead yet.

It is generally only Americans who refer to England rather than the UK. Put this down to general ignorance. I served with many other members of the UK for nearly 30 years and am proud of all of them Be it Scottish, Welsh or Irish from both NI and Eire. However I am very much afraid that history shows that the majority of Scots and Welsh have only a small Celtic heritage after the Anglo Saxons, Vikings and Irish decended upon their countries after the Romans left. The Scotti are an Irish tribe who's kingdom of Dal Riada absorbed the Pictish Kingdom and the majority of the lowlands were settled by Anglo Saxons. Wales has a similar history up until the industrial revolution when hundreds and thousands of English people moved there to work in the mines and steelworks thereby reducing the percentage of Celtic even further. Even parts of England were affected by Viking and Irish invasions and settlement. The vast majority in the North East are of Viking extraction and in the North West and West Wales the Irish and Viking population was huge. This does not decry Celtic influence or culture which is endemic to the whole of the British Ilse and it is this admixture of Celtic, Saxon, Irish ,Viking and a few other ethnic groups that make up the British population that makes us great. One without the other would not have allowed us to become a great nation. Thank you for reading and please remember we are so mixed together that we are all British.

Yeah, how dare the Sherman have a transmission that can drive it 40 miles without needing to be repaired 12 times.

If you have a sense for the word „Soldatentum“ , you would understand it

If you have a sense for the word „Soldatentum“ , you would understand it

Even more laughable as Reich was using plenty of resources that wasn't their in the first place.

Hell the war was already over once the US showed up. They were just there to do crowd control.

Pay to win!!!🤣😂

They should of feared the US infantry more, I read a biography that describes airborne soldiers that mounted decapitated German soldiers heads on the front of their jeeps.

yeah, we Americans prefer to expend fuel and ammo rather than lives.

@@copperrobocop978 That's not true. American paratroopers didn't cut off German heads.

The Germans started the war as "rich men" too. Germany complaining about too much artillery is ironical.

Notice how the British were regarded as the best which is accurate. Also American Gens were poor compaired tp British and other allied Generals. Hollywood never shows this.

WW1 was the same way. When the US entered the war late and by then the Germans had what the British Australians and Canadians were going to do to a T...the Americans came in and did unpredictable things. If you watch the movie The Lost Battalion the US went gung-ho into the Argonnes and got surrounded.

wow, you clearly know nothing about ww1. the Americans came in and refused to learn what the allies had been doing. got killed in large numbers. shortly before the Americans turned up the Germans had exhausted their attacking capacity and the allies had worked out the various specialities required to get through German defences. It wasn't the sort of thing you just mad up. It's combined arms warfare not a film.

ww2 Americans turned up late again, ignored advice again and got killed in large numbers. There is room for initiative at all levels but battle tactics are complex and take time to learn before you can use initiative. Once the Americans got the hang of it there were very good and their logistics were very good.

the Germans had fought in dozens of countries against conventional and non conventional forces so when America turned up there wasn't much they hadn't seen.

@@julianshepherd2038 “wow, you clearly know nothing about ww1.” Take notes people, this is how you fail to explain to someone that they’re wrong.

RU-vid and the rest of the media strongly dislike educating people on this history, because they're trying to repeat it.

Damn RU-vid! Now they’re trying to censor history! 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

Dont worry Bro. At least more people will know instead of Just leaving it Taken down

And they took it down because... for what reason?

Yeah I'd like to know why too! I want to know exactly why RU-vid is being ridiculous once again.

Are sure that this German wasn't catering to the Americans' ego to ensure good treatment.? What is he going to say to American captors? That American troops were shit?

@@user-lc8mn5ud1l Let's look at this another way. The German soldier, the enemy, is telling his captors that they are similar to his opponents. How would you feel if you were told by your opponent that you are the same as them? Doesn't sound good either now does it? And it sounds like to me you need to lighten up.

OP: _"The German said that the French can be easily beat off with artillery"_ Yeah... like in Verdun in 1916...

@@krips22 You're in the wrong war.

@@Taffer-bx7uc Taffer 1000: _"You're in the wrong war"_ a/ It could sound like a general statement about diverse people at war (their typical behavior in specific situations - their weaknesses). b/ If the French could withstand the most immense hail of steel the world had ever seen so far in ww1, why couldn't they endure any at all 20 yrs later?!... weird to snipe at them about that specific situation. c/ Maybe the most important point: The quick French defeat in 1940 was above all strategical (surprise attack through the Ardennes) + the new blitzkrieg strategy that noone could efficiently counter back then - and it was particularly linked with panzer divisions and had not much to do with artilery... weird comment by this guy.

That was on Reddit

It's just one soldier's opinion.

@@johnmichaelson9173 Just as yours in one person's opinion.

Nobody does friendly fire like the Americans, they couldn’t hit a cows arse with a banjo

I remember hearing the Germans knew when they were fighting Americans because they made every shot count, a German fell with each American shot. Because Americans already had experience with rifles before the war.

@@mountainguyed67 Sorry but thats rubbish, the US Army used more small arms ammunition than the Commonwealth and French put together..source John Keegan in his book ‘The sharp end’. They sprayed and prayed..like all Armies that have the luxury of endless supplies.

@@MynameisTMP- lol, yeah they spray and pray.

its way off americans were not trained very well in ww2 they were nit remotly prepared f9r any war the bigest suprise of ww2 is america managing ti mobalise as fast as it did every country in ww2 except america had a stand8ng army before the war and was allready mobalises ameeica almost ducked uo dday the canadian and british landings went fine america fucked uo their land8ng it became the bigest boood bath out of dday because ofmit

Evidently you are unaware of the Kasserine pass or the Salerno landlings or the Ardennes offensive in the winter of 1944.

@@jimdavis8391 Perhaps you should read more closely and understand that I was quoting a German soldier's perception of of his interactions in WWII. FYI, Kasserine wasn't as bad as it could have been because of overwhelming US artillery, Salerno was saved because of the navy hammering everything in sight and air superiority and the northern shoulder of Wacht am Rhine was held up for an entire day by 3 artillery FOs and a corps worth of US arty supporting their fire missions. I think the German was correct.

@@jimdavis8391 bro look at Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan . The American tactic is to bomb the enemy either into submission or weaken them enough to make infantry casualties a minimum. We tend not to send our guys into a wall of bullets and try to overwhelm the enemy with a wall of bodies. They even shelled Normandy for days on end prior to the invasion

@@jimdavis8391 evidently YOU are unaware of El Guettar, Mortain, Omaha Beach, Arracourt, St Vith, Bastogne, Aachen and Remagen. We beat the Germans in ALL OF THOSE! Who cares what the Germans thought!?

To add to that I believe in the Pacific it was something like 17 people per GI at home keeping them supplied when you do the logistics

Hitler respected French soldiers which he encountered in WWI.

Chambois. Terrible battle. Polish soldiers and to a lesser extend Canadian soldiers paid a very high tribute

This sort of comparison is only light entertainment and focuses on the countries with the most involvement by numbers only. No one with any interest or knowledge of history is in any doubt about the contribution and sacrifice of Canadian troops along with other Commonwealth servicemen and women. Your grandfather deserves the greatest respect for his selfless contribution.

@kenburroughs4410 It's an interesting thought that your grandfather obviously fought a few kilometers away from mine at around Falaise, although mine was "on the other team". (yes, he managed to sneak out). Still, I understand they had lots of respect for the Canadian soldiers and I know for a fact that there had been veteran meetings after the war where everybody got along well and respectful. And that's probably the key takeaway, it's never the ordinary people that have problems with each other, it's always the politicians.

that needs ro be a movie...

@@brianjones7660 thanks yeah that’s what my mom said. Ernie was married to a lady named Helen . I only know one person alive who knew more about his incredible life. I wonder if the German soldier has family that could expand on the story. Ernie and Helen went to a prayer meeting and my mom met them there

Your story sounds as true as that time me and Mike Tyson played golf on Neptune

Whats the name of that Movie?

@@nokoneffets405 there no movie. If there would be one it should be Gods faithful

What about the Canadians?

@@josephhorwood4743 wdym

@@josephhorwood4743 Most of the Canadian population lives within 100 miles of the US border.

@@craiga2002 I’m not talking about U.S. border the prison camp was in Europe specifically Italy thats where the German driver was stationed

You win the comment section

It's a shame that this bastard survived.

@@mnemonicpie actually the guy turned out to be a really good guy. Granted he may have fought for the wrong side, but his family are really good people. Though the same can't be said for his wife. Apparently, she's nearing a hundred years old and is really racist to the point that her son and granddaughter are hoping she'd pass on already. Contrary to popular belief, not all SS are fanatics.

@@RenMagnum4057 ohh he's a nice SS guy?😂 can you tell me where I can find him in the Philippines?

Easy to understand, why he did not surrender to Russians. As a SS officer, too little chances not to be shot at once. For comments on "nice guy, not fanatic" get some reading on Plan Ost, Hunger Plan, Commissar Order and ways of SS actions implied those in the USSR. SS members were doomed to die as soon as they were prisoners.

Look up George Dring of the Sherwood Ranger Yeomanry. In a Sherman, his kill count against those German tanks was amazing.

@@theanderblast thank you i will peruse the information you have given me. On George Dring on his battle field accomplishments in a Sherman Tank. 💪🏼🙏🏻✨

@@theanderblast George Dring Correct only a 22 sec clip on youtube . Where else would his info be please? 💪🏼🙏🏻✨

Yeah, it's as my father always says: "Respect the person, not the position or respect the position, not the person, but if they're forcing other people to do respectable things, don't respect them."

My grandfather was also in the 8th and fought in NA. After the war he was sent to guard Italian POWs in a camp in Scotland. It was here where he learned that his former enemy was in fact no different from him and everyone just wanted to go home and get on with their lives. Was wondering if that was the deal for all 8th army soldiers before demobilization, guarding POWs in Scotland and returning home in 1946.

...and the RAF bombed German cities before the Luftwaffe bombed British ones. This war is full of surprises.

@@neinnein9306 and the French general at the section where the Germans made the Arden breakthrough rejected artillery/tank/plane support telling his superiors that they will steal the glory from his infantry and that his men wouldn't fight as hard since they would think they could leave the job to the tanks/air force, he also went on a 3 day trip at midnight to try and find another general only to then spend a few days walking around the town and shopping all this did occur without him telling where he was going, then later on in Vichy he claimed he supported the free French but did order his men to round up free French officers and shoot them while also sending groups of Algerian Jews to the camp's.

@@gidi3250 sounds pretty based.

@@neinnein9306 the British dropped leaflets

@@gidi3250 sounds like he shouldn't of been an officer lol

Spot on.

that would be cool

They already did one on Japan

@@ImperialSublimeEmpire It be cool to see what Japan thought of Croatia or Romania and so on or vice versa

@@windex7934 oh I’m a fucking dumbass should have read it more carefully lol

@@windex7934 If the Nazis were horrified of the Ustasha in Croatia, I think its safe to say that the Japanese definitely would be too.

Yeah your grandfather was very lucky that the Canadians broke "tradition" when captured, the Canadians were notorious for not taking any prisoners.

God bless your grandfather.

my gradfather was an german officer he survived the war but died after the war in soviets prison camp

MY UNCLE WAS AT OMAHA AND THE BULGE. HE SAID THERE WAS A REASON FOR THE CANNUCKS TO HATE THE SS; THEY GOT THEIR ASSES KICKED.

I don’t know why people think of the Canadians as a very gentle nation. I guess they don’t watch hockey. I could not imagine fighting an army full of Terry O’Reiley’s or Broad St. Bullies. As an American, I’m glad they’re on our side, except during the Winter Olympics.

Big facts... The Canadians fought like mad men... Rumor had it the Germans would try and avoid the Canadian troops at all cost because they were impossible to kill or get around.. The Canadians were the only country with a positive KDR against the Nazis

As usual they're just lumped in with the British, along with the Aussies, Kiwis, South Africans, Indians, and others.

And don't forget about the five or so tanks they contributed!

@@robertpearson8798 which is sad because Canada had its own objectives and beach head on D-Day.. I think it was Juno beach. They were a vital part of the allied war effort.

@@mikehunt5637 We’re talking about World War 2 and Canada produced more than 800,000 military transport vehicles, 50,000 tanks, 40,000 field, naval, and anti-aircraft guns, and 1,700,000 small arms.

I tend to agree with you. My parents were married in Australia during the depression, I was born in 1940 at the beginning of the war. My father was a very young teenager in England during the 1st war. I remember him telling me about going down to the railway station in Birmingham with his mother late at night to meet the train bringing injured soldiers back to their home areas. They wanted to see if my father's older brother was among the injured. My father said he would never forget the sound of men crying, screaming and moaning in pain when the train pulled into the station. He said the trains came late at night so the population were not likely to see the dreadful injuries of some of the men.

I might accept your assessment if you're referring to the allies. Fuck fascists.

They certainly had great kit.

Wait where was the camp south of Chicago, I live south of Chicago

@@edscmidt5193 Believe it was the Homewood area. There werr two parks there: Sweetwoods North & Sweetwoods South. One had a Girl Scout camp nearby that was a former German POW camp that wasn't torn down after the war. The camp was using their former wood barracks as housing, mess halls and educational classrooms. I think those buildings were painted a light green. That region from south of Chicago and across NW Indiana into SE Michigan was settled by German and Dutch farmers that formed small communities so those POW's were put to work on their farms and orchards. My coworker said they expected a harsh existence behind barb wire so were surprised to have comfortable accommodations, plenty to eat and being taken out to work for people that spoke German and provided buckets of homemade beer during lunch with their guards approval (one benefit for good behavior). Him and several others returned around 1950 to settle down in Sauk Village while others went to South Holland. I last talked with him in 1977 before moving to Texas.

Americans really did eat the best. Three solid meals a day, all with meat, and even occasionally things like ice cream.

@@LeoMidori The GI daily rations provided 6,000 calories. The Germans provided 5,000. I don't remember how many calories the other countries soldiers consumed each day. The GI's favorite ration meal was breakfast since it came with a packet or two of instant coffee. Lunch and dinner came with some sort of instant fruit drink nobody liked. Probably was due to being acidic so reacted with their aluminum cups.

We must remember 303 squadron was comprised of Czech pilots aswell.

​@@THE-BUNKEN-DRUMand British lol

@@dalj4362 : True.

"Filer à l'anglaise" has never been more true

You must be British. 😉 Americans wouldn't know that fact. Well.. they also don't know where to place Africa on a map, but that's a story for another day.

Not just french though right? Did british, belgian and commonwealth units not also remain with the french rearguard?

@@colonelturmeric558 Yes, my British great uncle John was captured holding the line at Dunkirk along with thousands of other British soldiers. He spent the rest of the war as a POW.

@@goofygrandlouis6296who won the American Revolutionary War? Oh yeah

soviets also had their commanders & captains use helmets & same coats on field

In the US Revolution the British and Hessen groups complained that the US snipers were targeting the officers. Clearly the US Army understood the lessons they were teaching way back then.

@@davidlewis5929 The revolutionaries did that knowing their soldiers would become confused if they didn't have officers telling them what to do.

Generals Grant, Sherman and Sheridan took that to an extreme by dressing like common wagon drovers working under contract for the Union Army. That allowed them to sit at the front lines discussing the terrain and tactics while passing a jug around.

Fun fact: Britain has historically had the highest number of aristocrats dead in war because they stand up straight to make their soldiers feel brave, like a peacock. The soldiers thought it was stupid, but inspiring nonetheless I guess that explains the whole stiff upper lip Britishness stuff

I'm fairly certain most Australian units were deployed on the pacific front. Dnt quote me on that but that may be why they weren't mentioned. They also didn't mention Canadian soldiers but I assume that's cause they saw them as nearly the same as Americans.

​@@justinbutler591 maybe but we know alot of them were also in North africa, especially tobruk

@ParkHillProjects right, they probably fought mostly Italians there. I love Australia, but to be fair idk if the Germans would've seen them as a threat seeing that Australia lost a war against emus lmaooo. Jk jk jk, ik the Australian military is very competent.

@@justinbutler591 Canadians were part of the British as were the Aussies, both who fought like men possessed.

@@justinbutler591 Worth reading up on Australia's involvement in the Nth African and European theatres. They fought in Syria, Libya, Greece all the way from 1939 to the 2nd battle of El Alamein. Yes, some were withdrawn to the Pacific after japan's entry, the 9th Division stayed on for Alamein. They also held Tobruk in its first seige, (the one when it wasn't taken by the Germans, unlike the second seige). Australian airmen served in Bomber and Fighter Commands throughout the war crewing one of the Dam Buster Lancasters, amongst other things. Rommel certainly respected Australian troops, and the NZers too. If I recall he said something like wanting to have Australians to attack and NZers to defend and he would be unbeatable. He also said that they were the elite troops of the British Empire, for what that's worth.

A long standing tactic of Americans is what's known as maneuver warfare, and the best generals are those who can master it. If the enemy doesn't know where you're going, they can't counter you effectively. If they do manage to guess your objective, you can change it without sacrificing too much momentum. Look at Sherman's Georgia and Carolinas campaigns. The Confederates weren't able to stop him because they didn't know where he was going until it was too late to stop him.

A criticism I heard about the Americans was that they couldn't think on their feet and weren't creative. They relied too much on their technology and fire power and without it they were very meek and mild. And another thing was they took credit for everything and run down the soldiers of other nations . There were incidents in countries hosting GIs were Americans showed a complete lack of respect for the locals. Incidents like the Battle of Brisbane and the Battle of Bamber Bridge etc.

Best tankers ever the Canadians ....

Yep, despite it whe the Brits claim, it was Sydney “Rad” Radley-Walters of A Sqn, Sherbrooke Fusiliers, 2nd Armoured Brigade, that ended the “Black Baron” Michael Whittmann’s killing spree in his Tiger. Canadian’s had never been shy to fight.

Hitler declared war on the US, that's why the US fought in Europe it wasn't American initiative or heroism.

Problem with that assessment - you have to factor in ; the Americans came on at half time.!

@@1arritechno True, but prior to that the war was in a stalemate.

@@1arritechno Problem with that assessment - you have to factor in ; the Americans were located 7000+ kms away.

Yes, the US showed up at half time and only because of the bombing of Pearl Harbor.

A lot of the US WWI stuff was propaganda it isn't true. Like the Devil Dog US marines thing, it's simply not true. It was dreamt up & propagated by the Americans themselves, the Germans said no such thing.

Teared up??? hahaha. you must have watched a skit/parody. no real man would cry like a little girl

Everyone’s a tough guy till they see war.

Again, that was a battle where the Americans simply bombed the Germans into the Stone Age. I studied the Monte Casino campaign in detail because I once spent a year living in a Benedictine abbey of the American Casinese Congregation. The abbey was completely rebuilt after the war.

@@marcmeinzer8859 It was heavily bombed - and shelled - no doubt, but it was precisely the resulting rubble that gave the Germans a tremendous amount of cover to hold out. Monte Cassino was not "simply" a bombing campaign. Between January 17, 1944 and May 18, 1944 Monte Cassino and the Gustav defenses were attacked on four occasions by Allied troops. On May 16th, soldiers from the Polish II Corps launched one of the final assaults on the German defensive position as part of a twenty-division assault along a twenty-mile front. On May 18th a Polish flag, followed by a British flag, were raised over the ruins of the abbey. I too have been to the rebuilt abbey.

@@kenb3552 I’ve only seen the abbey dimly in the distance while in Gaeta with the merchant marine. The abbey I tried living in was St. Andrew’s Abbey in Cleveland, Ohio, which is also Benedictine. There are only a token number of monks at the rebuilt Monte Casino the location where Saint Benedict founded the order in the sixth century with just a handful of monks such as Saint Damian, St. Cosmas and Saint Dismas.

Same for regular Wermacht soldiers, if they has bad luck, and wss captured by advancing Soviet tanks or mechanised corps or divisions. For them it was easier to shot POW's, than bother to form column of POW's and send guards with them.

@@PyromaN93 : But what about the parade of Wehrmacht pow’s through Moscow in 1944. Grandma used to tell stories about watching SS officers being publicly hanged and foaling themselves. She used to feel a little guilty about enjoying the spectacle, but it would be only momentarily until she remembered family lost during the war. Dad and uncles used to tell stories about throwing stones at German pows being transported to Siberia, or engaged in post-war reconstruction.

The Russians committed more atrocities than Germany. The Russians killed every man 16yo and older regardless of side

A good friend of mine grandfather was in a Wehrmacht unit. He was only one kept alive since he cut hair for the Soviets.

@@PyromaN93 sometimes but many hundreds of thousands of Wehrmacht soldiers returned to Germany in the 1950s. They were kept for 6-10 years in labour camps. Clearly they didn't shoot all of them!

And funnily enough, when the 76 was used crews actually said they preferred having a 75 because it was better to fire HE with and they faced infantry more than tanks

The firefly fixed that

Yup

Bullshit.

@@BasementEngineer how so?

The russian soldiers didn't need a motivation like "payback" to commit their crimes. They were already as brutal to the polish people as they were to the german soldiers.

@@leonkleber5009 The Soviets were brutal to their own people, murdering 20+ million of them before the war.

The Russians also managed to evacuate their industry to the Urals and did build a great many tanks and aircraft.

We will happily take your donkeys. Send them over. It beats anything we have had for over twenty years.

Are we?

@@jarraandyftm I mean yeah, have you seen the state of our government?

@@Bluesfan1780 don’t care about our government. I’m not led by them. I’m led by officers.

@@jarraandyftm That's nice. Are they still donkeys?

Both my great great uncles were in Dunkirk PS im french

Merci à ton papi!

YES

Andorra, They declared war on Germany in 1914 and didn’t sign a peace treaty with them until 1945. It wasn’t because they remained belligerent to Germany, just that everyone forgot to invit them to the peace talks LoL

Nobody messes with Luxembourg. Nobody.

​@BORAT SAGDIYEV Nah, that's happened because of USA. Like everytime saddly...

@BORAT SAGDIYEV Le Pen was never elected in France ;) When the blacks americans soldiers fought bravely during WW1, France offer them to parade in Paris. But US government said no because they were blacks, and France made them parade somewhere else, in a smaller place. When the liberation came during WW2, Americans accepted to go by Paris on one condition : soldiers parading must all be white. And this time, this should apply to French soldiers as well.

From what I’ve read and has been told to me, the Brits were cautious to the point of timidity. Inflict a few casualties on them and they stop advancing. One of my mentors, a German officer who’d fought all the above allied forces (he was in intelligence), said Russians were brutal pigs, Ukrainians - if you shot their commissars and officers- were good fighters who’d surrender rather than die for Stalin (who’d inflicted the Holomor/Ukrainian Holocaust on them). The French were “okay” fighters. Italians were a joke, unless they ambushed you. Americans had overwhelming artillery and controlled the air. That said, the M4 Sherman was a death trap for those who were in it. Brave, but doomed. Overall, the Germans were cautious when taking on Yanks. They could surrender after a small firefight, run away, or fight to the death. One could never predict how an American unit would respond, unless they were paratroopers. Then, they knew they were up against elite troops. I was born into a military intelligence family, and enjoyed mentors of German, Polish, and of course American birth.

Because obviously you have heard multiples opinions from ppl from this era

@Nicolas I specifically said I’d seen documentaries on the topic, not that I’d heard German accounts of their opinions in person. Most people who even could have served in that war are dead, or approaching 100. I am a veteran though, I have talked to WW2 vets at my VFW. It’s mostly old men just trying to make friends and have companions that at least understand the concept of war (even if they were very different wars). You glean a certain amount through subtle clues in what the older vets say, even if they don’t say it directly. I have never personally spoken to a German veteran from WW2, probably never will, and I never said I did.

@@nwj03a Yea I don't care much who you are. 100 000 french soldiers died before the defeat, they fought like any other soldier would have despite everything. And here you are, noble internet random, with your "from what I have heard the french were meh soldiers".

@Nicolas That implies Americans care about the French. I’m being polite, nobody respects, fears, or cares about you… sorry, not sorry. You’d be like 10th on global care level, tops.

Well the Germans didn't try to invade Canada or America either.

With the Poles I think.

Northern Ireland is a part of the UK but is very definitely not British. There have been entire wars faught solely over that. An important distinction.

@@brendanm6921 I thought it best to include them under the category of 'UK' because it is the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland', not just 'Great Britain'. It is reasonable to include them in the list of English, Scottish, Welsh etc. Because I didn't want to just put 'Irish', I wanted to make the distinction between 'Irish' and 'Northern Irish', more because it would be more likely someone would complain if I had not. Calm down.

@@brendanm6921 strange, last time i checked it was still british.

@@lefoix4629 No it isn't. Britain is England, Scotland and Wales. The UK, the British isles and Britain aren't the same things. Trust me, I'm a Brit. I think I know. There are some parts of Northern Ireland where you could get a very hostile response for calling them British. In the past, many people have even died because of it.

@@brendanm6921 "If you live in Northern Ireland, you will need to visit the Regional Passport Office in Belfast if you need a British passport urgently." They are British. Same way the people from the Falklands are British.

Seriously, do really think that's what happens? Ffs, smh.

Well if you look at casualties, they werent good soldiers individually. Just a colossal expandable force. By the sheer force of numbers they statistically had more outstanding soldiers _(several snipers over the 500 confirmed K mark, dozens over the 400, even women over 300),_ but the average russian soldier was less effective than its European counterpart

The majority of the german army was on the eastern front. Only 20% was stationed in France during Overlord, with the vast majority in the north were the shoring was expect. Do not compare what is not comparable. An amphibious assault of that size is still a commandable feat, but the Normandy beaches were nearly deserted, and although the victory was indeed vastly tactical and achieved through intel gathering from BOTH the UK and US, the USSR did the heavy lifting on the eastern front, and had to work its way with brute force given the numbers and the size of the frontline

Yeah the real fight for the Americans was in the Pacific. Also the Nazis weren’t on the offensive in the west rather the East so of course they would have more troops in the East trying to knock the soviets out as quickly as they could.

why censor wehrmacht

@@gamerdrache6076 never know what Google will have a fit over.

Well that's a bit of a false dilemma. No private jeeps, sure, but afaik the US army was close to fully motorized. Meaning they were transported by motorized vehicles over larger distances, rather than on foot. The Wehrmacht was far less mechanized. German logistics relied heavily on trains. The reason was that 1) trains are very efficient at carrying large loads over large distances and 2) trains run on coal, which Germany had plenty. Trucks, tanks, jeeps all run on oil, which they had very little. This became a huge problem when they invaded the Soviet Union, because they soviets used a different rail gauge, so the Nazis had to either rebuild the rail line or try to capture Russian trains (which was not easy of course). So most of the Wehrmacht was actually on foot or horse-based. I believe I read the figure of 80% somewhere. This created significant tactical problems for the German Blitzkrieg tactics. The core principle is that armored divisions break deep into the enemy lines to make encircling pincer movements. The infantry would then catch up from behind to complete the encirclement. However, because the infantry is of course way slower, the panzers would often find themselves way ahead, unable to push on further because of lacking infantry support. Add to that the climate and the fact that most roads were unpaved. During spring and autumn, the whole countryside would turn into a giant pool of mud, making it a logistical nightmare.

@@masr8875 that maybe, but there’s sources for it. Citizen-Soldier magazine and the documentary series Battlefield repeated the story.

@@masr8875 The rail gauge switch is a nothing-burger. The Krauts only needed to shift one rail -- inwards -- and re-nail it. A simple gauge stick -- think 2x4 -- was sufficient to establish the new gauge -- common labor could do the job. In 1873, the ENTIRE US southern rail grid was re-gauged -- this way -- in 72-hours. Admittedly, materials were pre-staged, the boys trained. The Krauts found it easy-peasy to re-gauge the rails. The KILLER was the Soviet destruction of: Water towers; Sleepers/Ties; Bridges -- think of the thousands of dinky ones -- these proved to be a nightmare. In the USSR, water towers were located much further apart than Europe. The Krauts found that they had to tow an extra water tank -- all too often. (These had to come out of their ears.) Even back in the 1860s it was discovered that it's easy-peasy to destroy sleepers -- with a railroad plough/plow. Adolf never laid in enough sleepers for Barbarossa. He ended up stealing ties from all over conquered Europe -- second hand sleepers. About HALF of all railroad ties were pulled up from France and Belgium -- to send into the USSR... rails, too. This just went on and on. After the war, this destruction was deemed a blessing -- by the envious British. (!) But, that's another story. The bridges that killed the Krauts: the tiny ones that you never notice... the ones over trivial creeks. The Krauts had conquered at least 10,000 of these puppies... all of which the Soviets had blown up. Adolf needed wood for them too. His boys were running all over Europe cutting down trees to replace the stuff lost.

i read some where that most Germans generals had no idea who Patten was

Nope. It turns out that the Germans had so little respect for Patton that hardly any German generals knew who he was . The Chieftain did a video on this , based on declassified transcripts of captured Germans conversations with each other in bugged cells.

@@TheGreatAmphibian That's awesome. The Allied commander they had the least respect for ended up being the one most responsible for butchering the western German front

Did you read that in the book that you wrote? lol @@daniellastuart3145

The Germans were terrified of all Allied airpower. Good God man, the Allies had total air superiority.

@Art Guy: yah most historians forget about the “ minor” allied commonwealth countries. Yet, without their contribution, the war would have taken longer. Canadian pilots are never mentioned as, Canada’s airforce was under the RAF. No mention of the hundreds of Pilots that were trained in Canada, or the thousands of aircraft built in Canada. Also, the thousands of merchant Marines that made sure the convoys got to Britain safely. Over 10% of Canada’s 11 million population of the time, served in WW2, over 65% were volunteers. Stay safe, stay sane, stay Strong Ukraine 🇺🇦

@@sirdavidoftor3413 that's nonsense that canadian pilots are forgotten. Because they dont feature so much in youtube videos? My hometown is a small town in yorkshire (england) that has an amazing cemetery and a war memorial. both are full mainly of canadian bomber crews names and the gravestones are kept in pristine condition and get ceremonies every year.

i just alabel then as brits tbh. idk or idc if it offends people. they were all in the British empire.

@@Ukraineaissance2014 : historians forget to mention them, not the British people! Though I will say not all. Dr. Mark Felton and a few other British RU-vidrs do go into all combatants. A North American person doing research in 20 or so years, on this topic would not know how you honour Commonwealth graves. RU-vid is used today as a quick research tool. I have watched many American and British made docs on WW2 and many clump the commonwealth countries in with “ British forces”. Very few docs fail to recognize the contribution of the commonwealth countries. Someone learning about WW2 would just take it as fact that it was just British and American forces. Do you know who provided navel support for operation Torch in North Africa? Canadian, Australian, and Dutch navies ! If you watch documentaries on operation Torch, very few mentions that fact. Most people assume that it was British and American forces , since the documentaries never mentions who. I deeply respect the British people for honouring our war dead. Just as I honour all vets on Remembrance Day and Memorial Day ( USA). Stay safe, stay sane, stay Strong Ukraine 🇺🇦

You are completely right. And I'm sorry that I often miss them out.

I think they were trying to imply that had they both had equal resources Germany would have defeated the US through the skill of there soldiers rather than just sheer numbers.

By this standard the Germans cheated massively in Poland 1939. They outnumbered the Poles 3-1 and got the USSR to also attack Poland on September 17th. Or for that matter the unfair power advantage the Germans had against Norway, Greece, funny how hypocrital those Wehrmacht boys can be.

It was basically Germany accusing the Americans of using zerg rush tactics

@@cylontoaster7660 what are “Zerg rush tactics?”

@@ii8215 all i can say is thank God the Allies won. In Europe, it was the Soviets that sacrificed to deplete the Germans of men and materiel. The bottomline is “so the f*ck what?” We won, you lost

Well the british had always had a reputation with other European powers for fighting tooth and nail, they had to as they had a small army compared to others. In fact, the british have been outnumbered in a large large portion of the conflicts they have been in through history. Whilst the americans were unpredictable and had a great system of individual initiative, the british were proven to dish out more than their numbers would lead you to believe. If the british armies had taken a similar approach to commanders taking their own initiative, they would have smashed Caen rather than a bloody slog

The Brits and Americans were equally tenacious and deadly but for different reasons, The Brits were strategic and intelligent, and gave excellent defenses, while us Americans were tactful, cunning, inventive, and ruthless, almost always on the attack, especially under men like Patton. It's why together we were able to smash the Western Front.

The main reason was because of the Meuse river. If that was captured, practically most of their forces would have been cut off from supply. The British were more of a threat mainly due to strategic location and because the Americans desperately needed a functioning supply port so they could scale forces up. Another point is had they have broken the British in the fight for Caen somehow, all of the beaches were under threat. That essentially would have been checkmate.

Terrain. The terrain in front of the Americans was bocage not good country for breakouts and exploitation. Beyond Caen the terrain is plains i.e. good tank country.

He does

Well I don't think we need to know what they thought of the Chinese. Nanking painted a VERY clear picture.

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-y30JoAkJm_Y.html He already did

They thought we were fat, stupid and arrogant Infact we were strong, smart and arrogant They were thin, stupid and arrogant

Battle of the Bataan was all they needed to know about the Allies

Out of the allies the Mericans where the ones who allowed for a lot of freedom, but it was Germany who developed Auftragstaktik. So it wasnt something which was really new to the germans.

@@mulmusfistus4128 whats Auftratastraktaktik

@@theonlyonestanding8079 My understanding is it literally means "Mission tactics" - essentially meaning successfully completing the mission is key, no matter how you get it done

@@MrDdaland yes there is the "Befehlstaktik" I would say Order tactic were everything is planed so for example if you have to take a fortification the troops get the exact orders from the high command how they should attack when they should take what room or floor etc and the "Auftragstaktik" mission tactic only says you should take this fortification until for example 0700 o clock and then your group leader can make a plan how he want to proceed and if there are some difficulties he can very fast switch his plans and optimize the attack plan on the current situation

While of course it is 100% true to acknowledge the United States as the Arsenal of Democracy through WW2, I would like to give a biased and honourable mention to the British for supplying the Soviets with 1/3 of all received supplies. Not as impressive as 2/3 I'll grant you ;)

Just check your military now : US soldiers are seen as a joke by other military. They are considered "strong" only because of their equipment and their logistic. US soldiers usually are weaker than other NATO soldiers. Canadian soldiers are way better

@@ricotaline 😂 No doubt the USA Suffers from the Woke Liberal Mind Virus 🦠 🦠 destroying the most Powerful & Capable Military on the face of the Earth. (Sad) But never doubt, the individual American Soldier. Highly Trained and Battle Tested! 🇺🇸

Still it was the US bloodiest battle of WWII & the third deadliest battle in US history. After the initial shock of the Nazi attack the Aliies had 700,000 men fighting in the Ardenne & overwhelming Air superiority. Compared to 400,000 men that the Germans started with. So the fact is that they did.

America was mostly focused on the Pacific theatre. The Americans hard carried the war against Japan

@@achillesrodriguezxx3958 actually it’s my understanding that the official policy of the US government at the time was “Germany first”. I think the understanding was that Japan was a foregone conclusion. Nobody thought the Japanese were going to win, including some of the Japanese. But with that being said on both fronts, even if America lost both wars they were probably no plans to occupy United States. And its a lot harder to motivate yourself fighting in a foreign country that’s not directly threatening your homeland then fighting for your homeland. The British pilots for instance , were actively trying to stop their fellow countrymen from being bombed , Which made them better

@@MrSanford65 I think American troops in WW2 are too often underrated by our (British) mythology. It's really annoying when Hollywood does the opposite and airbrushes out the contribution of other countries in their accounts. But that's no excuse for us to do the equivalent. After D-Day, the US military was enormously effective. They also avoided some of the most stupid mistakes Hitler made, like diverting resources into massive super-tanks that were too heavy to cross bridges. Rather than macho posturing over who had the tank with the biggest gun, the US build huge quantities of cheap reliable workhorse military vehicles.

@@thomasstyan2066 I would of thought British troops are more underrated, I mean how many people know that the British a long with the Canadians faced 80 percent of the German armour in France? Not enough is told of the huge struggle to take Caen against Germanys best troops.

We didn’t because it wasn’t necessary. America could put men, equipment, and resources where they needed to be. That’s how wars are won the vast majority of the time. Despite what Hollywood likes to portray.

Don't forget France. Find out about the battle of Menton, 9 French soldiers stopped/killed hundreds of Italians.

My teddy bear - feared.

Il faut éviter de répondre à ce genre de commentaire… parfois, cela sort de la bouche des américains, et ils oublient bien trop souvent que si ils existent aujourd’hui, c’est grâce à la France.

yeah it's super overplayed, lose 1 time in a thousand years of great military history and you get made fun of

@@fostosenytb6407 Les Américains n'ont vraiment pas oublié l'aide française pendant la révolution. Mais il nous semble que les Français ont oublié que nous les avons aidés dans les deux guerres mondiales. Lorsque l'AEF débarqua en France en 1917, Pershing déclara : « Lafayette, nous sommes ici

@@the_bottle_imp rappelle moi pourquoi ils sont venus en Europe ?

@@fostosenytb6407 À pêcher