The Battle of Singling - 4th Armored Division Vs. 11. Panzer Division

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Hello, and welcome to The AceDestroyer! It has been quite a long time since I last uploaded a video, but finally here’s the latest one. It’s a 30 minute long documentary about the battle of Singling. Although the battle of Singling was only a small fire-fight it still is a very interesting battle to cover. During the fight for Singling the tanks of B company, 37th tank battalion of the 4th Armoured Division clashed with the Panther tanks of the 11th Panzer Division. You can find out all about it in this video… Enjoy! Don’t forget to like and subscribe, and do leave a comment down below! Cheers!
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@chancetempleton3829 5 лет назад

That one guy does these mini-documentaries - the attention to detail; unit symbols; detailed maps - I have to say I'm impressed!

@TheAceDestroyer 5 лет назад

Thank you very much! It truly means a lot to me! I'm very happy to see that you enjoyed it!

@exharkhun5605 5 лет назад

At 30 minutes, and with this amount of information the word "mini" really doesn't do it justice though. :-) Thanks, AceDestroyer. Enjoyed this very much.

@TheAceDestroyer 5 лет назад

@@exharkhun5605 I'm very pleased to hear that! Thank you!

@WarblesOnALot 5 лет назад

G'day, Yes.., indeed. All that, and as an extra added bonus..., he finishes High School this year. Happily his Final Examinations do not conflict with the Headstone Dedication Ceremony which the British War Graves Commission has invited him to attend - because he was one of the (3..., ?) Researchers who collaborated to put a Name to one of their hitherto "Known Only Unto God..." type of WW -1 War-Graves. This is an EXCELLENT little YT Channel...! Have a good one. ;-p Ciao !

@TheSticlizard 5 лет назад

Acedistroyer You do history and documentaries proud. I thoroughly enjoy every video you post. Keep up the fantastic work. Stay safe.

@HangnJudge 5 лет назад

This guy is unbiased, intelligent and has an excellent grasp of all his subject matter. A commentator of the highest quality. I've subscribed and would like to see him doing mainstream television documentaries. Nice work.

@TheAceDestroyer 5 лет назад

Wow! Thanks Steve! It truly means a lot!

@vedranr.glavina7667 4 года назад

I like your GERMAN accent! God Bless GERMANY!

@abidabi4363 4 года назад

Mainstream television doesn't deal in truth.

@vedranr.glavina7667 4 года назад

@@sander7165 are u from WALES?

@armyvet8279 4 года назад

@@TheAceDestroyer We don't pronounce it left-tenant. It's lew-tenant.

@MM22966 5 лет назад

Ace Destroyer, you are doing what no one else to my knowledge is doing: Giving us a look back at the fighting in Europe at a TACTICAL level, punch-by-punch. It is far more valuable than yet one more flatulent re-telling of the Battle of the Bulge, a operational/strategic mentioning generals but skipping the muddy, bloody firefights that actually moved the lines forward (or in some cases back, like here!). or Keep up the good work!

@christopherthrawn1333 4 года назад

Agreed.

@frankderryberry1412 4 года назад

There were 1 star generals too. They ran the battles.

@rogerbanta9382 4 года назад

I met Charlie Wilson, he was in the 4th. They also found Dacca #2. He is still living in Carlisle Ky. Fascinating to hear him talk about his time in the 4th.

@greglucas1497 5 лет назад

As usual you are on your game. The scripting is excellent and efficient and knowledgeable The presentation is clean and well presented. Thank you for your time and efficient accurate video. Thoroughly researched and accurate. Always a wonderful pleasure.

@TheAceDestroyer 5 лет назад

Thanks mate! Always happy to see you in the comment section! I'm pleased to see that you enjoyed it!

@customerclient697 4 года назад

This apparently was the famed ghost division, the 11th Panzer that won the incredible pyhric victory at the Battle of Chir River under Gen. Hermann Von Baulk in southern Russia. The 4th armored acquitted themselves well, especially when considering the lopsided casualty count and the fact that they were attacking a considerable stronger force.

@manualgrech8637 2 года назад

the 11th panzer would been a shadow of what it once was, russia was a meat grinder or the entire Wehrmacht

@StalinLovsMsmZioglowfagz Год назад

In that battle they lost zero tanks when rolling up the Soviet column. That detachment included rear elements of 6th Army, not trapped in Stalingrad.

@thomask.9850 5 лет назад

14 tanks lost on the approach and 5 tanks lost within the town - and they only realized the situation when they captured the field kitchen?! Thats fog of war for you i guess. O_O

@lieshtmeiser5542 5 лет назад

@HaB22 Lol...bloody vegans.

@jamesmueller1921 4 года назад

@@lieshtmeiser5542 ,,, As "Homer Simpson." would say.. Mmmm,, "Vegans" ... LOL

@johnrobinson1762 Год назад

The forces at hand were enormous in scale and professionalism. The fighting was so sharp in so many places that such engagements could not last for years on end because both sides would eventually be bled dry. I would also note that it wasn't just Germans on the Axis end, and it wasn't just British on the Allies end. I always hated BOB, and thought SPR was a far more accurate portrayal of an isolated engagement. The Axis powers were superb, and they were matched off against the same sort of mentality and material. I think the East released a lot of false propaganda when this front closed. If Bradley had gone along with Patton and created a joint wester force. Man. Throwing humbleness to the wind, I think that force could have been a 20th Century Mongol Army.

@DonMeaker 4 года назад

This was particularly interesting to me as the US Army provided training material around 1979-1980 on how to defend a town from mechanized assault using Singling as an example, updated with the current weapons. There was, because of the incorporation of Singling into the Maginot line defenses, a tunnel between two of the buildings which permitted an observer team or machine gun teams to be posted there without having to run the gauntlet of fire, so after taking a row of houses, the Germans were able to infiltrate teams behind the line of buildings that the US had taken. The buildings were individually assessed as to construction, fields of fire, and observation.

@DeltaSniperZRR 5 лет назад

I'm not really the type of guy that asks RU-vidrs about what they should make next, but I might have an interesting proposal, the Third Battle of Kharkov February - March 1943, or only the fight for the city 11-15 March. In my opinion its way more interesting then, for example, the battle of Kursk. Just look it up, some call is the last major German victory on the Eastern Front. Beside all that, there aren't any real documentaires focused on this battle, you could be the first here as far as I know. Its also more interesting for me personal then any other battle because a relative of mine was KIA during this operation. Just my thoughts and tips. Doe ermee wat je wil ;), goede videos!

@TheAceDestroyer 5 лет назад

Thank you very much for the suggestion, but for me the Battle of Kharkov is a bit too large to cover. I usually only focus on the smaller battles where I can really go into detail. Oh really, wow, I hope he has a known grave somewhere? Nog eens bedankt voor de suggestie, maar ik denk niet dat ik een video zal maken over Kharkov, maar je weet maar nooit.

@DeltaSniperZRR 5 лет назад

@@TheAceDestroyer Ik snap je volledig, omdat dus een familielid van mij erbij was heb ik ook onderzoek gedaan naar de slag om Kharkov, het is voor mij bijna onmogelijk om elke eenheid te volgen tijdens dit gevecht, veel te uitgebreid. En ik weet hoeveel tijd het kost voor onderzoek + editing van zulke videos. Wat je dan nog zou kunnen doen is alleen het gevecht bespreken om de stad zelf, en niet wat er vooraf gebeurde. Maar dat laat ik natuurlijk aan jou over. Hij was eerst tijdelijk begraven tijdens de slag in 1943, en na de oorlog verplaatst naar een Duitse begraafplaats in Oekraïne. Ik weet niet hoe dat is gelopen toen der tijd, maar ik heb het geluk dat hij wel netjes is verplaats naar een officiële militaire begraafplaats, veel van die tijdelijke en snel gemaakte begraafplaatsen van en door de Duitsers zijn vaak door de Russen vernietigd toen het land weer heroverd werd.

@bubiruski8067 5 лет назад

@@DeltaSniperZRR So sad for your relative being killed in action. May he rest in heavenly peace !

@geraldlafleur7776 5 лет назад

I would help if we could visualize the topography of the battlefield, where the hills and valleys are . Hard to visualize on a flat map.

@TheAceDestroyer 5 лет назад

I did that in my older videos, but I found that using topography, the map becomes far too crowded and I didn't find it enjoyable to watch. That would also mean that I would have to change my unit symbols, and I quite like them the way they are know. I'm still trying to figure out a way where I can have both. The only downside is is that I have to use powerpoint to make the maps, so that limits it a bit.

@geraldlafleur7776 5 лет назад

@@TheAceDestroyer to bad there is not a way to use Google earth to show the battlefield, I might be changed now, but perhaps the hills and valleys? Just a thought .

@burtmccauley6836 5 лет назад

Yes terrain is essential to understand what soldiers do; it would be easy to blend your map (1:26) with terrain, not represented with topo lines, but shadows, as a lightmapped heightmap. Drop a note if you want to get some for any WWII battle you'd need. I enjoyed this small battle. Came to watch it because the area is full of Maginot bunkers, and a bit later in January 45 this is where gen. Leclerc at Gros-Rederching stopped the 17SS StossGruppe Kaiser attacking during the Nordwind operation, encircled it and later used a stolen JagdPz IV. I might come one of these days to scan the terrain with a drone.

@AirsoftReviewArgentina 5 лет назад

How about having terrain detail as a sub layer or semi transparent way?

@phenomao316 5 лет назад

I live in Rohrbach and I can tell you that the surroundings of singling are not propitious to an attack of the village, the lines of sight are very open all around the village and I can only understand the difficulty it was to take the village, the small church is still there tho, that's incredible to see the footage, thank you for your work !

@deadfly122 5 лет назад

Very impressive! One of the few high quality WW2 channels on youtube. Keep up the great work!

@TheAceDestroyer 5 лет назад

Thanks! It means a lot!

@genegarren833 5 лет назад

Those men on both sides suffered very much. They all deserve great respect. General Abrams was Chief of Staff of the US ARMY, when I came in US ARMY during Vietnam. Great man.

@w.l.6258 5 лет назад

That battle took place in Lorraine / Lothringen (part of the german empire). Sarreguemines has for real name Saargemünd. Most of locals are german speaking people with german names and roots (torn between france and germany)...

@kennygottlieb3628 3 года назад

Saarland

@w.l.6258 3 года назад

@@kennygottlieb3628 fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singling

@maximilienfrancoisderobesp202 5 лет назад

Good Job! I never knew about this Village-Battle, it would be much appreciated of you'd make more vids like this.

@shanebeckett3557 5 лет назад

Great video if you can make more videos on the more obscure battles like this one, I would watch every one of them. I enjoy more obscure videos noone else is making this type of video, on lesser known battles that never the less are just as interesting to me, as the first time I watched a video on say kursk or Stalingrad there are 101 videos out there about them and there all the same thing basically. But this type of thing is for me much more interesting because I've never even heard of it before... Thanks for the videos man, good work

@TheAceDestroyer 5 лет назад

My pleasure! Happy to see that you enjoyed it! Yeah I like these lesser known battles as well. It's one of the reasons why I decided to make this channel.

@PaulHigginbothamSr 3 года назад

To me the battle for singling was a nightmare. No one knew the german strength, where they were at, the weather was atrocious with mud for the men everywhere. Just really miserable conditions with the men just wondering in to bad positions.

@JimEwing516 5 лет назад

If I'm not mistaken, that's a Hanomag 251 Ausf. D at about 40 seconds. The sloping rear marks it as a D

@billd.iniowa2263 5 лет назад

Yup, I just noticed that. I wonder if the paint on that big white star is still wet? lol

@johnmaloney7518 3 года назад

My dad was there. Master Sgt. Tom,,, he loved those guys,,, upset when released later as a Tech Sgt. with the 6th armored.

@ericscottstevens 4 года назад

My granduncle Georg served with the 11 Panzer Division, 15. Panzer-Regiment. Started with Panthers, but they ran out of them by the end of the war. I think he stated he was on a StuG or Ausf. J at the surrender.

@williamschlenger1518 3 года назад

Excellent footage.Sad to see entire village destroyed by two opposing armies.

@douglasturner6153 3 года назад

"The Battle of Singling had all been for nothing"... That could descrihe innumerable battles. Generally because of incompetent or indifferent Officers.

@asmodeus0454 Год назад

AceDestroyer gives a very good, comprehensive account of the battle of Singling in early Dec. '44 in this video.

@Phoenix-xn3sf 5 лет назад

"It was a longer and much more detailed video, but nonetheless I hoped you found it interesting" No, I find it interesting *because* it's longer and much more detailed. :-)

@TheAceDestroyer 5 лет назад

Haha, I'm happy to hear that!

@tonygumbrell22 4 года назад

General Abrams was the commanding general in Vietnam when I was an infantry soldier there in '69-'70

@jthunders 3 года назад

What a difference when going for victory and not a war of attrition

@CH-pv2rz 3 года назад

My father was in this battle in the 37th Tank battalion, 4th Armored. His Diary does not even come close to matching this fantasy portrayal of yours for these battle.

@jayfrank1913 5 лет назад

Hey Ace, your pronunciation of words in so many languages is so spot on. Just wanted to mention Creighton Abrams first name is pronounced "Cray-ton." Keep up up the great work on these obscure engagements. Love your work!

@TheAceDestroyer 5 лет назад

Thank you! Oh, thank you very much, I didn't know that!

@thefisterfister6064 4 года назад

my grandfather was in the 11.Pz-Division...

@raybruce9522 4 года назад

My uncle was in the 4th armored division.

@thefisterfister6064 4 года назад

@@raybruce9522 did your Uncle survive?

@stummstefan9735 3 года назад

Wow! Is there more you guys could tell? Im super eager to know

@thefisterfister6064 3 года назад

@@stummstefan9735 my grandfather earned the iron cross and get then captured...he later works as a translater for the us army...i never met him because he dies when i was 2 years old...my father told me the story but i have the cross and the certificate....✌

@stummstefan9735 3 года назад

@@thefisterfister6064 wow. Just amazing. Reguardless of which side he faught for, i salute and respect him. Es lebe die Deutschland ❤👍

@russell7489 4 года назад

Talk about the chaos of war can't imagine how much worse it was being there amazing how one could advance under such confusion

@710carioca 5 лет назад

Man finally another great video and this is 30 minutes long...Can't wait to watch it...keep them rolling!

@michaelwittman1935 5 лет назад

Excellent graphics, impressive detail and depth of the report. Keep em coming.

@IRM2 5 лет назад

This has to be one of the worst defense strategy the Germans ever applied. Loosing the Panther like that, not to mention all those offices just sitting in that house awaiting to get captured, almost unlike Germans way...All in all, good video.

@industrialman8296 3 года назад

A Panther south of Bining could have done wonders against that armoured assault through the field.

@christopherthrawn1333 4 года назад

I also wish to say thank you for giving details and names of the officers and men involved from both sides. You give a professional and personal prospective to each. Unlike other wannabe sites here that show broadstrokes you give a human touch. Thank you for this. I hope the Snowflakes on my country appreciate their sacrifice but doubt it. By the way those newsreels you add really add a front roll seat to their struggle.

@stummstefan9735 3 года назад

Im here because of 11th panzer divisions badass emblem.

@tedthesailor172 3 года назад

I bet they raided that field kitchen, big time...

@independentthinker8930 3 года назад

My Dad was an M4 tanker in the 4th armored, severely wounded there, decorated for heroism

@chuckschuman4378 3 года назад

My grandfather drove a Sherman tank in the Battle of Bulge 4th Armored Division I got his War medals here 5 Battle Stars

@Patrick_Cooper 5 лет назад

Love these shows. You manage to show footage of WW2 that I have never seen before. I always wondered why I only saw things like the jeep that is on fire, and dodging a tree. Which I have seen used for both the European conflict, and the Pacific. And I now avoid watching the iconic video, of the Normandy invasion, where the GI gets killed just after leaving the landing craft. Now I almost cry thinking of those who loved him and would never see him again, the grand parents, parents, aunts, uncles, cousins, and wife and children if married. God bless all the Vets, family of fallen, and bless their family line...

@arrrg3846 3 года назад

Where was the 4th Armored Artillery during this battle, and what did they do?

@brentritchie6199 3 года назад

Wonderful video your research and knowledge is amazing, great job very entertaining. It is easy after all these years to think that because the allies won the war they just drove straight to Berlin the Germans surrendered and it was a done deal. But of course the Germans made them pay in blood for ever single mile they did advance. The German troops were very experienced, capable and literally had nothing to lose it must have been terrifying having to advance not knowing what you were going to encounter and how well defended the area was. The Germans had an 88mm anti tank gun set up at a pinch and were knocking out Sherman after Sherman, eventually the Allies advanced the German commander was asked "Why did you surrender the almost impregnable position"? he responded "we ran out of ammunition, and they didn't run out of Sherman's"

@wellington-yh8rc 4 года назад

Your maps remind me of the strategic board games made by Avalon Hill that I used to play in the early 1980:s such as Squad Leader . Thanks for another excellent episode .

@landoeugenesatt5845 4 года назад

Another great video! The narrators story telling ability is fantastic. I feel like I’m re-living the battle.

@anthonytoscano5632 4 года назад

Sherman Tank, Soldier killer, almost 6 to 1 in kills by Germans It got names like ZIPPO, Gas Coffin, Torch

@redaug4212 4 года назад

BS. American tanks had higher survival rates than any other mechanized army.

@moonuni 5 лет назад

I guess if you bypassed German strong points because of lack of fuel. And dropped artillery and air attack thay would eventually surrender.

@createdeccentricities6620 4 года назад

At 0:42 a captured Sd.Kfz. 251 Ausf. D, sporting an Allied star, passes in front of the camera.

@georgenelson3719 3 года назад

HA! someone else caught that! it had a big white star. well, Created Eccentricities, thanks for confirmation--i only had to look at 26 comments

@danielwyvern8892 Год назад

Served with A Company, 1st Battalion, 37th Armor from 1971-1974, Katterbach, Germany. Thanks for your video.

@bryanmiller6110 4 года назад

Top notch, very well done.

@kkampy4052 4 года назад

How much of the video is of the actual battle and how much is generic video to enhance the story? I really enjoy these BTW.

@TheAceDestroyer 4 года назад

I'm glad to hear that you enjoyed it! Thanks! Unfortunately hardly any film footage is from the actual battle of Singling itself. Most of it however, is from the area around it or from similar battles along the German-French border.

@Desertduleler_88 5 лет назад

Interesting, amazing how we never hear about these small battles. I admire the German's resolve.

@froggleggers1805 4 года назад

There are plenty out there, just do some research.

@christopherthrawn1333 4 года назад

Good morning Sir. I wish to ask you another question. I was surprised the beaches didn't have more concrete structures and more machine gun emplacements as mortars added. Plus more mines strung along the beaches. It would have a death trap for the Allies. Did you think it was under manned and less firepower?

@TheAceDestroyer 4 года назад

Well, again it was a case of responding too late. It was only when Rommel took charge of the situation that more obstacles were placed down. However, the sheer cost of putting up structures along the entire French coast is just beyond belief. With the Allies grabbing a hold of North Africa and even capturing Sicily in 1943 made the Germans turn their attention to the south-coast of France as well, as suddenly their was no longer only a threat from Britain, but also from North Africa and Sicily. The Germans had already been forced of stripping their Westwell defenses just to improve the coastal defenses in France, so by 1944 the Germans just didn't have the resources to prepare every single possible beach where the Allies could potentially land with obstacles, etc. It just wasn't possible anymore. As for proper bunkers and pillboxes, more attention was given to ports and large harbours, not some random beach in the middle of Normandy.

@christopherthrawn1333 4 года назад

The most impressive thing about your series is play by play,man by man and unit involved. You give your viewers s greater depth of intensity of each battle.

@refealibazeta7886 4 года назад

Seeing a Gernan Half track used by americans doesn't look right. Same with Germans capturing U.S armored vehicles too.

@raoulheinrichvonmerten4851 4 года назад

11 Panzer ,well they were on the map and we saw two tanks and a captured German infantryman but the rest was all USA. Visually one sided. Oh a bunch of German hero’s at the end jogging off to POW camp.

@delprice3007 3 года назад

My father was infantry attached to 4th armor.

@QUEENOFPATTAYAThaiGirl 5 лет назад

Your movies always nice,thank you...sad ending for the best army of the second world war.

@birddog7492 4 года назад

Anyone can see how important Tanks and artillery are in conventional warfare. It blows my mind that the Commandant of the Marine Corp wants to eliminate Tanks and armor from the USMC leaving it helpless in any conflict against forces that have such weapons. If they defund This program it will be one of the worse military blunders of all times. I think some people in our government is trying to destroy the U.S.

@tcalcut 2 года назад

I don't think I would like to have fought at Singling. I have a hard enough time playing checkers against the German Lutheran minister in the city park ...

@annescholey6546 4 года назад

Hell lay ahead for the Yanks with the Ardennes offensive

@Anlushac11 4 года назад

Wow...at 29:46 are those guys in late 1944 man handling a water cooled .30 cal machine gun? I did not think any of those were still in use by that point.

@thepuzzleguy5989 3 года назад

Good Job Mr. Destroyer!!!!!!!!!!!!

@JayM409 4 года назад

This battle is not as obscure as you would think. It is mentioned in Kenneth Macksey's book Tank vs Tank, with a full colour illustration on page 140-141 showing Fitzgerald's duel. It is also a scenario in ASL (Advanced Squad Leader). You can view the map here: aslerb.com/.wp-plugins/singling_map.php The scale is 40 meters per hex. The darker colour is higher ground.

@RealTechGeek 5 лет назад

Wow I am first second time in less than a day! I love your videos and your a great narrator! RU-vid has made it so accesible to hear these stories from the German side.

@TheAceDestroyer 5 лет назад

Haha! Thanks! I'm very happy to hear that!

@arveduilastking546 4 года назад

Its interesting to hear about shermans knocking out panthers.

@tonyromano6220 4 года назад

Amazing how strong German Army was in this area.

@Asgard2208 4 года назад

Yeah, and noting that the Wehrmacht prioritized the Eastern Front were there were 20 times more German forces confronting the Red Army.

@tonyromano6220 4 года назад

Paul Coey hard to imagine such a scale of carnage.

@davidhimmelsbach557 3 года назад

They were guarding the traditional entry route into Germany from the west. Monty, up north, never quite accepted the fact that the lower Rhine is a military nightmare. Any military commander wants to cross the Rhine - and all the rest - where they are almost headwaters. That's only possible as you get close to Switzerland.

@werwerwerwrwerwerwr8436 4 года назад

When you think about war your thought always around heroic actions and brave raids, and in the reality, people are suffering from shell-shocks, totally exhausted cos of the actions during days... when some shell bang on the tank they are bailing out just to save their lives. Soldiers who are surrender at the first place when the opportunity rising just to end this nonsense war. Of course there is heroism, but in the most times, people are showing that we are only human beings and there is nothing to search for in a war...

@at1970 2 года назад

Can’t imagine having to do this day after day, in village after village, in miserable cold weather and muddy terrain. Added to the fact that both sides had to know the war was coming to an end would have made it even more unpleasant.

@danielwyvern5 4 года назад

A Co., 1st battalion 37th Armor, 1971- 1974, Katterbach, Germany. Courage Conquers.

@alonsomartinezjr2367 4 года назад

Alonzo martinez csc co. 1st 37th Amored Div. katterbach Germany, 1979 -82,on alert due to American embassy /hostages take over in 1979

@Rusty_Gold85 3 года назад

A colonel could impress on 2 Battalions to take the town but he may well have designed this as a ruse to pin German troops down while they attack elsewhere along the front . Not everything is obvious

@DRFelGood 4 года назад

Amazing Research, Thank You for sharing 👍

@markmccummins8049 3 года назад

Cheers! Excellent video, Ace, about a battle that deserves attention. Apparently American commanders disregarded the lessons of the Battle of Aachen.

@EstebanMataVargas 4 года назад

The AceDestroyer is amazing. The way he describes all the details on a long-forgotten battle like Singling makes me believe he was there, among the soldiers who fought their asses out of the craziness of combat. These documentaries are so good, they could be broadcasted by Deutsche Welle, BBC, RAI, or TV5. You are great, man. We all love and appreciate your work. Keep going.

@TheAceDestroyer 4 года назад

Thank you very much! It truly means a lot!

@0Turbox 4 года назад

With all the German names on the US side, you could think about a civil war.

@costaylor6305 4 года назад

I like it a lot thanks.

@WildBillCox13 4 года назад

Thanks. Liked and shared to an ex M60A1 driver.

@joshuacjleim 3 года назад

My brain: its 4 oclock and you have classes in the morning Also my brain: tank battlesssssssss

@victorsauvage1890 3 года назад

Very thorough - Tour discussion could be useful to modern instructors teaching military tactics.

@charlieboffin2432 3 года назад

I enjoyed this longer episode for its extra detail , a plus as far as I'm concerned.

@mr.waffentrager4400 5 лет назад

Comrade...this is too much effort in one video You have determination to make a 30 min video I would have made it in 3 parts of 10mins...coz I am lazy

@TheAceDestroyer 5 лет назад

Hahah! I actually considered making it a three part video, but than the first part would have been without any action while the others would have been full of it, so I just decided to make it into one whole. You can always watch it in three parts I guess... I had originally planned to make the first video about 8 minutes, just before the action would commence. I would have split the remaining parts in two at the introduction of Sergeant Fitzgerald. So, I can advise you to watch in those three parts.

@mr.waffentrager4400 5 лет назад

@@TheAceDestroyer comrade after all I can watch an episode of yours without action after your good videos IF YOU EVEN MAKE A 10 MIN VIDEO OF BLACK SCREEN I WILL WATCH IT ...

@jeg5gom 3 года назад

Very educational! Thank you 👍👍👍

@magicsinglez 4 года назад

So, the Germans suckered them into the town? But eventually you have to take it?

@nuclearthreat545 4 года назад

🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

@ShalaniUSA 4 года назад

More info from the Official Small Unit Action study at history.army.mil/books/wwii/smallunit/smallunit-singling.htm

@TheAceDestroyer 4 года назад

Thanks! I've also listed it in the video description, together with a few other sources.

@wazagarf8796 4 года назад

war is hell aint it

@benlaskowski357 4 года назад

And ten days later came The Bulge. This was a prelude. I read about this brawl in the book Tank vs. Tank by Kenneth Macksey. I highly recommend it.

@JayM409 4 года назад

Ben Laskowski - Same here, great book. There is also an Advanced Squad Lead Scenario using the Singling map. aslerb.com/.wp-plugins/singling_map.php

@awol2019 3 года назад

Thank you. Intricate detail is appreciated .

@michaelwalker6184 5 лет назад

notice how the americans made the second assault in the same area where artillery was pre sighted while splitting their forces time and time again they use the same costly methods with no true strategy as to fight a battle on their terms and let the enemy dictate the engagement. I play computer simulations and could do better my can lead better. sad for the common U.S soldier who was mainly armed w a willingness to fight no matter how absurd the tactics. please don't be offended

@westpointsnell4167 4 года назад

Stupid fuck !!this comin from an idiot that never fought

@Glockenstein0869 4 года назад

The Chieftain channel has an excellent interview with a tanker who was in this battle. The video is from 2016. The tanker was in the 4th Armored Division. He was a Jewish-Hungarian who was not even an american citizen-upon enlisting but was able to serve.

@David-il9xw 4 года назад

Numerically inferior force with technically inferior tanks dukes it out and loses. Brave men led by the blind.

@Romanov117 4 года назад

Tell that to Arracourt and Operation Cobra.

@HaVoC117X 4 года назад

Operation cobra could only be successful, because the Brits and the Canadians took the beating in operation Goodwood. They had to face 600 german tanks while the US only faced 150 german tanks during operation cobra. Both, mark Felton and the ace destroyer made a video about that already.

@09beegee 5 лет назад

I lost my Uncle, SSGT. Ralph Gay KIA on December 5th. near this Town. 10 th. Armoured Inf. Bn.

@TheAceDestroyer 5 лет назад

Oh no, I'm very sorry to hear that! Infinite respect! Is he buried in one of the American War cemeteries in Europe? I might visit his grave if I visit the cemetery.

@09beegee 5 лет назад

@@TheAceDestroyer Yes, He is. Lorraine, in St. Avold, France. Plot B Row 33 Grave 7. It would mean a lot to Me. I'm 73, an army veteran myself (Vietnam).I have a photo of Him somewhere, a good looking , rangy young Soldier. Thank you for your research and your interest. Bill Gree.

@geraldmiller8973 4 года назад

once the fighting starts the plans were thrown out the window. that's the way war is fought.

@jamesredmond6699 3 года назад

First of all the panther tanks on your cover photo or from the Battle of aracourt

@jonny-b4954 3 года назад

Love that you have accurate closed captions. Love half dozing off being able to read when I can't really understand what your saying because I have to keep volume kind of low. Good doc on a battle I'd never had heard of otherwise. I've read a few battles like this in books I have but they really come to life in this form.

@simonbishop4160 4 года назад

Is this Narrator a IA Computer or real person? His detail is very precise and very concise in description - good WW2 history! :)

@TheAceDestroyer 4 года назад

I do all the narrations myself. I'm glad you like the detail of the video!

@testversucher 2 года назад

At 15:55 my father was on the observation post of the mortars.

@fabiosunspot1112 4 года назад

I've watched almost every documentary on the second world war,now am tired of it all and wondering what was it all for? Well we all need to know about the sacrifice so many had made for our freedom we so take for granted 🥺

@simonrooney7942 5 лет назад

Outstanding story, we are lucky you have skill to do these. Thank you

@Qureshi00_ 2 года назад

The German troops & emo etc etc were way ahead than rest of the world. The only draw back was their aggression & stretching themselves too much from East to west

@pj1953a 4 месяца назад

They lost. Logistics were horrible. Quick tactical victories don’t make long term strategic success.

@gma729 4 года назад

GREAT STORY !!!! SUPER INTERESTING !!! THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU BRING TO US !!👍👍

@hookedontronics 4 года назад

Great job. My grandfather, Giles Hayward was a tank commander in the 4th Armored Division and whose tank was destroyed in the Battle of Singling. I've waited for a long time for a video/documentary to reveal this battle. Great job!!