Snow & Steel: How Creighton Abrams' Tanks Turned the Tide at Bastogne 

No, they’re not they were lied to, and conned into fighting their own blood brothers, their own Christian Brothers please stop saying they were heroes. They were misled to believe they were heroes, but look around you in the world today. Do you really think the good guys won the War? The truth is in between the lines how can you not see (Nazi). The ALLIES are ALL LIES . I see the truth but hear the same thing

Too many young men put in the ground too soon.

Different generation 👍🇺🇸 You can thank them for what you have today ... Freedom 🇺🇸

Not in Eastern Europe. That's a lie...

Who was the best United States Army tanker on the Eastern Front?

@@thomashogan9196 never heard of US fighting alongside the Red Army

@@alexius23 That's kind of my point.

@@thomashogan9196 ah, Ok

Only one Combat Command of the 10th Armored was at Bastogne. By the time the 4th Armored broke through the German lines, most of the 10th's tanks had been knocked out in 10 days of hard combat holding Bastogne. Not putting down the 10th's participation, just making sure it is understood only part of the division was present.

Combat command B.

Bruce Clarke, commanding.

I hear ya and agree. CCA of the 10th. Team Arnsdorf is rarely mentioned with the other teams of the of the 10th Armoured. Team Arnsdorf got to Bastogne a day before the 101st. Team Ryerson, Team Cherry, Team O'Hara, Team Pyle and Team Arnsdorf stopped the Lehr on 21st of December. The 4th Armoured didn't liberate them, just reconnected. The 101 have it right...we always fight surrounded. Also part of these teams was CCB of the 9th Armoured Division.

@@markpaul-ym5wg CCB of the 9th Armoured Division :D along side CCA of the 10th.

Well, that's fair. McAullife was the 101st's artillery commander. He laid out the guns they had on hand in interlocking fields of fire that could support any sector of the American lines that came under attack.

@gregsteele806 there was a mostly an African-American artillery unit in Bastogne. As well as a tank unit. So the 101st had better support than they would if they parachuted into the town.

Yes, Long Tom's and proximity fuses

My son was there he met Patton too and he said it was the men and armor all the way baby

Remember the Patton movie and the speech about an Army being a TEAM? That was exactly how Patton looked at it

The men of the 101st were very brave, and so were the men who "rescued" them.

Doesn't matter what they said, fact is they indeed needed rescuing. All the units in the Bastogne area needed rescuing, not just the 101st.

@@dennisgreen3430 The guys at the Alamo would have said the same thing if they had been rescued.

Thomas - true dat!@@thomashogan9196

@@dennisgreen3430 & I thought that the other 🇺🇸 units inside Bastogne had already been 101stAirborne-Rescued.

Wittman's legacy is largely German propaganda. For instance, he was regularly given credit for kills & victories attained by others under his command, even tho he wasn't involved.

If you look at Wittmanns combat career, and his reprimands, it appears his success had more to do with fighting inexperienced (and inferior tanks early in the war) crews on the eastern front, and it's largely due to luck that he made it from the eastern front to the western front. He repeatedly made huge tactical blunders in the east ans escaped by the skin of his teeth, and that caught up to him when the Canadians killed him in France while he drove across an open field like a fool.

@imperialmodelworks8473 some of the German tank Aces had bad marks against them. Hitler couldn't afford to remove them from the battlefield. Wittman still has good numbers during the Normandy campaign. He was bound to be caught in open country. German armor was outnumbered in the East and West by 1944.

Very good point

10th's Team Arnsdorf performed the armoured recon into Bastogne and got there a day before the 101st. Lt. Arnsdorf, who died of his wounds in 1945, was mentioned in the dispatch for opening the road for the 10th's other elements. His team held the road south of Bastogne up until the 21st when they were all knocked out.

The role of the USA in the Victory of 1945 is negligible. For three years they waited and sought to bleed the USSR. On November 6, 1943, at a solemn meeting dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution, at the most tense time for our country, when the fate of the Fatherland was being decided, Stalin said: “The main reason for the tactical successes of the Germans on our front this year is that that the absence of a second front in Europe made it possible for them to carry out this operation without any risk to themselves. And how did the United States and its allies fight? For example, at the same time, when millions of soldiers and officers of the Red Army bravely and wisely fought near Stalingrad and on other fronts of the Great Patriotic War, the Allies carried out the only operation on the European continent, insignificant in terms of the number of forces and means involved. On August 17, 1942, a landing force of 5,000 Canadians was landed in the area of ​​the French city of Dieppe. The Germans, of course, quickly defeated the Canadians: 900 Canadian soldiers were killed, about 2,000 were taken prisoner. Such operations only raised the spirit of the Nazi army, but had no effect on the battles on the Soviet-German front. Having a significant superiority over the German troops in forces and means, the Allied troops began to retreat. “In a matter of days, Hitler’s troops broke through the weak defenses of the 1st American Army on a front of up to forty kilometers, by December 22 they captured the cities of Saint-Hubert and Marsh and, soon reaching the Meuse River, found themselves at the line of Dinant, Liver, without introducing for the development of this offensive no reserves. Thus, having penetrated 100-110 kilometers into the territory occupied by American troops, they expanded the breakthrough front to one hundred kilometers, dividing the British and American troops into two parts. The world glorifies the armies of the USA and England, despite the fact that they did not learn how to conduct military operations in 1944. On June 6, 1944, and in the following days, Hitler did not take any effective measures against the landing troops of the United States and England. He clearly considered their armies incapable of fighting the troops of Germany and he threw all his forces and means against the advancing troops of the Red Army...

@@monaliza3334 moron alert 3

Yes! Later the commander of MACV and Army Chief of Staff.

Later on the video the name of the Abrams tank was mentioned.

You are right

We'll give you 16 guesses...

The role of the USA in the Victory of 1945 is negligible. For three years they waited and sought to bleed the USSR. On November 6, 1943, at a solemn meeting dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution, at the most tense time for our country, when the fate of the Fatherland was being decided, Stalin said: “The main reason for the tactical successes of the Germans on our front this year is that that the absence of a second front in Europe made it possible for them to carry out this operation without any risk to themselves. And how did the United States and its allies fight? For example, at the same time, when millions of soldiers and officers of the Red Army bravely and wisely fought near Stalingrad and on other fronts of the Great Patriotic War, the Allies carried out the only operation on the European continent, insignificant in terms of the number of forces and means involved. On August 17, 1942, a landing force of 5,000 Canadians was landed in the area of ​​the French city of Dieppe. The Germans, of course, quickly defeated the Canadians: 900 Canadian soldiers were killed, about 2,000 were taken prisoner. Such operations only raised the spirit of the Nazi army, but had no effect on the battles on the Soviet-German front. Having a significant superiority over the German troops in forces and means, the Allied troops began to retreat. “In a matter of days, Hitler’s troops broke through the weak defenses of the 1st American Army on a front of up to forty kilometers, by December 22 they captured the cities of Saint-Hubert and Marsh and, soon reaching the Meuse River, found themselves at the line of Dinant, Liver, without introducing for the development of this offensive no reserves. Thus, having penetrated 100-110 kilometers into the territory occupied by American troops, they expanded the breakthrough front to one hundred kilometers, dividing the British and American troops into two parts. The world glorifies the armies of the USA and England, despite the fact that they did not learn how to conduct military operations in 1944. On June 6, 1944, and in the following days, Hitler did not take any effective measures against the landing troops of the United States and England. He clearly considered their armies incapable of fighting the troops of Germany and he threw all his forces and means against the advancing troops of the Red Army.

I thought they were dropped on the northern shoulder of the advance, far away from Bastogne.

The role of the USA in the Victory of 1945 is negligible. For three years they waited and sought to bleed the USSR. On November 6, 1943, at a solemn meeting dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution, at the most tense time for our country, when the fate of the Fatherland was being decided, Stalin said: “The main reason for the tactical successes of the Germans on our front this year is that that the absence of a second front in Europe made it possible for them to carry out this operation without any risk to themselves. And how did the United States and its allies fight? For example, at the same time, when millions of soldiers and officers of the Red Army bravely and wisely fought near Stalingrad and on other fronts of the Great Patriotic War, the Allies carried out the only operation on the European continent, insignificant in terms of the number of forces and means involved. On August 17, 1942, a landing force of 5,000 Canadians was landed in the area of ​​the French city of Dieppe. The Germans, of course, quickly defeated the Canadians: 900 Canadian soldiers were killed, about 2,000 were taken prisoner. Such operations only raised the spirit of the Nazi army, but had no effect on the battles on the Soviet-German front. Having a significant superiority over the German troops in forces and means, the Allied troops began to retreat. “In a matter of days, Hitler’s troops broke through the weak defenses of the 1st American Army on a front of up to forty kilometers, by December 22 they captured the cities of Saint-Hubert and Marsh and, soon reaching the Meuse River, found themselves at the line of Dinant, Liver, without introducing for the development of this offensive no reserves. Thus, having penetrated 100-110 kilometers into the territory occupied by American troops, they expanded the breakthrough front to one hundred kilometers, dividing the British and American troops into two parts. The world glorifies the armies of the USA and England, despite the fact that they did not learn how to conduct military operations in 1944. On June 6, 1944, and in the following days, Hitler did not take any effective measures against the landing troops of the United States and England. He clearly considered their armies incapable of fighting the troops of Germany and he threw all his forces and means against the advancing troops of the Red Army.

by the time he took over it was no longer going to happen but you can live in your fantasy land as much as you want

'This guy'? Maybe Google 'this guy'.

@@kennethcurtis1856 yah no shit Sherlock

Gen Patton called "this guy" "the world champion" of tank warfare.

Nah....there was this other Abrams that.......

Yes.

McAuliffe

And the US State south of Wisconsin is ILL ih noise.

That's the place Team Pyle and Team Arnsdorf attacked the Germans positions. I'm looking at a battle map showing the armoured movements of both sides.

The role of the USA in the Victory of 1945 is negligible. For three years they waited and sought to bleed the USSR. On November 6, 1943, at a solemn meeting dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution, at the most tense time for our country, when the fate of the Fatherland was being decided, Stalin said: “The main reason for the tactical successes of the Germans on our front this year is that that the absence of a second front in Europe made it possible for them to carry out this operation without any risk to themselves. And how did the United States and its allies fight? For example, at the same time, when millions of soldiers and officers of the Red Army bravely and wisely fought near Stalingrad and on other fronts of the Great Patriotic War, the Allies carried out the only operation on the European continent, insignificant in terms of the number of forces and means involved. On August 17, 1942, a landing force of 5,000 Canadians was landed in the area of ​​the French city of Dieppe. The Germans, of course, quickly defeated the Canadians: 900 Canadian soldiers were killed, about 2,000 were taken prisoner. Such operations only raised the spirit of the Nazi army, but had no effect on the battles on the Soviet-German front. Having a significant superiority over the German troops in forces and means, the Allied troops began to retreat. “In a matter of days, Hitler’s troops broke through the weak defenses of the 1st American Army on a front of up to forty kilometers, by December 22 they captured the cities of Saint-Hubert and Marsh and, soon reaching the Meuse River, found themselves at the line of Dinant, Liver, without introducing for the development of this offensive no reserves. Thus, having penetrated 100-110 kilometers into the territory occupied by American troops, they expanded the breakthrough front to one hundred kilometers, dividing the British and American troops into two parts. The world glorifies the armies of the USA and England, despite the fact that they did not learn how to conduct military operations in 1944. On June 6, 1944, and in the following days, Hitler did not take any effective measures against the landing troops of the United States and England. He clearly considered their armies incapable of fighting the troops of Germany and he threw all his forces and means against the advancing troops of the Red Army...

@@monaliza3334 Mona I have to let you know you are really making a fool of yourself

Manufacturing in the USA was unprecedented in human history, industrial might and BRAVE soldiers is what won the battle! Unending support for the armies like ammunition and food, medical support and penicillin. The NAZI'S had to enslave people to wage war and didn't have penicillin, most German wounded died from infection. Allies destroyed the infrastructure,and fuel supplies with equally brave air crews and fighters. We owe them all our respect and gratitude for their sacrifice!

All your history is a lie. The role of the USA in the Victory of 1945 is negligible. For three years they waited and sought to bleed the USSR. On November 6, 1943, at a solemn meeting dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution, at the most tense time for our country, when the fate of the Fatherland was being decided, Stalin said: “The main reason for the tactical successes of the Germans on our front this year is that that the absence of a second front in Europe made it possible for them to carry out this operation without any risk to themselves. And how did the United States and its allies fight? For example, at the same time, when millions of soldiers and officers of the Red Army bravely and wisely fought near Stalingrad and on other fronts of the Great Patriotic War, the Allies carried out the only operation on the European continent, insignificant in terms of the number of forces and means involved. On August 17, 1942, a landing force of 5,000 Canadians was landed in the area of ​​the French city of Dieppe. The Germans, of course, quickly defeated the Canadians: 900 Canadian soldiers were killed, about 2,000 were taken prisoner. Such operations only raised the spirit of the Nazi army, but had no effect on the battles on the Soviet-German front. Having a significant superiority over the German troops in forces and means, the Allied troops began to retreat. “In a matter of days, Hitler’s troops broke through the weak defenses of the 1st American Army on a front of up to forty kilometers, by December 22 they captured the cities of Saint-Hubert and Marsh and, soon reaching the Meuse River, found themselves at the line of Dinant, Liver, without introducing for the development of this offensive no reserves. Thus, having penetrated 100-110 kilometers into the territory occupied by American troops, they expanded the breakthrough front to one hundred kilometers, dividing the British and American troops into two parts. The world glorifies the armies of the USA and England, despite the fact that they did not learn how to conduct military operations in 1944. On June 6, 1944, and in the following days, Hitler did not take any effective measures against the landing troops of the United States and England. He clearly considered their armies incapable of fighting the troops of Germany and he threw all his forces and means against the advancing troops of the Red Army...

Tankies gotta Tank.

Bullsh*t ideologies like Ghengis Khan, Stalin's communists and Mao Tsi Tung's communists all just fade away pretty quickly.

@@monaliza3334 100% agreed

PBS ran an excellent documentary on the Bulge. So sad to hearing the doctors and corpsmen having to send wounded soldiers back into the fight knowing they would either freeze from blood loss or if wounded again certainly freeze from blood loss. Wounds that normally would get you taken to the rear were ignored out of desperation.

That's a pure BS😂 The role of the USA in the Victory of 1945 is negligible. For three years they waited and sought to bleed the USSR. On November 6, 1943, at a solemn meeting dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution, at the most tense time for our country, when the fate of the Fatherland was being decided, Stalin said: “The main reason for the tactical successes of the Germans on our front this year is that that the absence of a second front in Europe made it possible for them to carry out this operation without any risk to themselves. And how did the United States and its allies fight? For example, at the same time, when millions of soldiers and officers of the Red Army bravely and wisely fought near Stalingrad and on other fronts of the Great Patriotic War, the Allies carried out the only operation on the European continent, insignificant in terms of the number of forces and means involved. On August 17, 1942, a landing force of 5,000 Canadians was landed in the area of ​​the French city of Dieppe. The Germans, of course, quickly defeated the Canadians: 900 Canadian soldiers were killed, about 2,000 were taken prisoner. Such operations only raised the spirit of the Nazi army, but had no effect on the battles on the Soviet-German front. Having a significant superiority over the German troops in forces and means, the Allied troops began to retreat. “In a matter of days, Hitler’s troops broke through the weak defenses of the 1st American Army on a front of up to forty kilometers, by December 22 they captured the cities of Saint-Hubert and Marsh and, soon reaching the Meuse River, found themselves at the line of Dinant, Liver, without introducing for the development of this offensive no reserves. Thus, having penetrated 100-110 kilometers into the territory occupied by American troops, they expanded the breakthrough front to one hundred kilometers, dividing the British and American troops into two parts. The world glorifies the armies of the USA and England, despite the fact that they did not learn how to conduct military operations in 1944. On June 6, 1944, and in the following days, Hitler did not take any effective measures against the landing troops of the United States and England. He clearly considered their armies incapable of fighting the troops of Germany and he threw all his forces and means against the advancing troops of the Red Army.

​@@monaliza3334 You spit out your Historical Facts like you hold distane for the American / British & Canadian Forces...!?? 🤔 My comment was as Factual as were yours , since My comment was directed towards the American Army ...!! Which is what is shown here...!! And the Americans & Canadians had to over come the hardship / disadvantage of Shipping both Men & Material over the Alantic Ocean and Past the German Wolfpacks / Submarines ; Only to get to Great Britain , a Staging area ( Island ) . They then had to Cross the Mine laiden Englash Channel - not to mention the mined landing beachs... Then All material and supplies needed to sustain a Offensive had to be shipped over from England ..!! Oh and there were ALOT of Supplies / Material Convoys that were shipped to Russia.

​@@monaliza3334 Again... My comment was Only about the American Army / General Abrams / 4th Armored Division

@@monaliza3334yes, also according to the North Korean 🇰🇵 history books the yankees fought Japan 🇯🇵 for 4 years without being able to win even with their criminal atomic bombs 💣, until the glorious soviet red army annihilated the mighty Japanese Kwantung Army in Manchukuo, forcing the Mikado & the Japanese Empire to surrender after only 3 days !

PEIPER HAD TO WALK BACK TO GERMANY

Say what?

Did you ever fight for your country? I am guessing, not.

Wrong. The 9th Army was not involved in the battle at all. The U.S. forces involved were the 3rd Army and 1st Army. Only one British Brigade was moved to a combat position. The U.S. 3rd Armored Division stopped the lead German units, not the British. Montgomery was placed in command, overall, of the northern shoulder of the Bulge. The U.S. 1st Army was in command of the troops on the northern shoulder, utilizing the U.S. 18th Airborne and 7th Corps. Don't give Montgomery credit he doesn't deserve.

Additionally, Bastogne, along with St. With, were critical points in the Ardennes. They were the two most important road junctions in the entire area. Without them, the Germans were forced to maneuver on secondary roads, burning critical fuel reserves and expending time.

Bypassed, at great cost, wasted time and inconvenience. If thectown didn't matter, why did the Germans spend so much effort trying to capture it? Your argument falls at the first hurdle.

@@patrickmccrann991 But they were bypassed and Peiper's tanks were stopped and turned back north of Dinant. The US 9th Army played the major part in the defeat of the Germans and forcing their retreat. But they never get a mention, its all Patton at Bastogne.

@@patrickmccrann991 Rubbish the !st Army did little it was so screwed up, only the 9th had their act together. To try and whitewash the humiliation of having Monty command US troops during their darkest hour. Only Bastogne got a mention because of Patton. The entire battle was a Shit Show with Bradley hunkered down in Luxemburg for the duration of the battle. It took Eisenhower 4 days to even react to the attack, then ordered Monty to command US 1st and 9th Armies.

The Russians did not have to move an army across the world or fight on as many fronts as we did. We supplied them. They most likely would have lost had it not been for the usa supplying so much to them. And they used their men as cannon fodder

My point here is the biggest and most difficult battle the western allies fought is very small compare with the battles in the eastern front. Im aware with the allies contribution but the battles you fought is a mere fraction on what is happened at the eastern front.

FM Kluge shouted at Rommel that very point. Rommel told him to go look for himself in Normady. von Kluge apologized to Rommel, his subordinate, after being socked at what he saw. In fact evidence shows von Kluge negotiated in Normandy with the Allies because of what he saw. No Russian formations could match the Allies. von Kluge committed suicide in Metz after the bomb plot when Hitler found out about the secret meeting with the Allies and his connection to the plot. The reason von Kluge was alarmed? One Allied Armoured Division was worth a Corps of Russians with the amount of equipment and combined arms techniques. The Allies had perfected the blitzkrieg in ways the Germans could only dream of. When you have real combined arms compared to the enemy, they cannot win. Maj General Rose, 3rd Armoured, taught the other Generals how to fight superior tank formations. Combined Arms.

Go to another page. This is about Bastogne.

@@rafaelcordero8002 need some cheese with your whine?

80000 casualties at the Bulge and you call that strategy?

You do realize the Germans defeated themselves in the Battle of the Bulge. Big gas hungry tanks, snowy icy roads that bogged down the big cats, no air support, bad planning, poorly lead. In 1940, the Germans had good weather, small tanks suitable for the country roads, lots of gas, top notch Generals and air support.

Different circumstances. The Germans in 1939 had over 3 million men, 5,000 air craft and were well supplied. The Germans at the Battle of the Bulge had 400,000 men, 1,224 tanks but no air power and they were running low on fuel stocks.

The germans admitted after the war that if the french had have Committed fully to the saar Offensive in sept39 while most German forces were occupied In Poland they could have Achieved a victory!

@@angloaust1575 absolutely true but the rot at the top of the French Military and Government meant it would never happen

stalin was no better. Both were monsters

Joseph Goebbels is proud of you; Pravda wants to hire you

America put boots on the ground than russia . The myth of russia without aid would they have defeated germany .no not in your life. Underestimating your enemy big mistake. America knows how to fight wars not russia.

the equipment the steel to make t34s came from America the trucks trains and tanks clothing boots came from America the food came from america.

American Air power and industrial might won the war. Not russia throwing away million of lives shooting their own solders nvkd units shooting their own troops .a German officer was a package during the battle of the bulge and in that package was a cake. He knew for sure that the war was over.

American learned it lesson about waging a war from its civil war.