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The End of the War in Colour - Part 2: The Americans at the Elbe | History Documentary
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On April 27th, US units and the Red Army celebrated "Elbe Day", the first meeting of their troops near Torgau: "East meets West". Dozens of camera teams are on site - including George Stevens and the men from "Special Film Project 186". The Wehrmacht is disbanding in this part of Nazi Germany. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers go into American captivity. But the GIs remain aloof, many of them having already seen the horror of the concentration camps with their own eyes.
When US troops conquered Nazi Germany from the West in March 1945, camera teams followed them, documenting the defeated and occupied country. The special feature: they shoot in 16mm color. The result is unique film footage of the destroyed cities and their inhabitants, but also depressing images of the victims of terror and the policy of extermination.
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@FreeDocumentaryHistory 7 месяцев назад

Elbe Day, April 25, 1945, is the day Soviet and American troops met at the Elbe River, near Torgau in Germany, marking an important step toward the end of World War II in Europe. This contact between the Soviets, advancing from the east, and the Americans, advancing from the west, meant that the two powers had effectively cut Germany in two. And recording the events: a film crew.

@bravo2966 7 месяцев назад

Has this been uploaded to another platform that doesn't have the strict censoring that YT has? I'd like to view the documentary without the blurring.

@richardwolters6507 7 месяцев назад

Ok but the time line you suggest! AI would have worked out this footage as being real. Being film.

@user-vf5wn2kc1g 7 месяцев назад

P I’m 😅😅 P

@joiamed8544 7 месяцев назад

It was the start of the cold war

@wayman1776 7 месяцев назад

Which would eventually bring about East and West Germany…East being communist and West being capitalist… It wouldn’t be until 1989 when east Germany fell and the Berlin Wall came down…

@igordewit7357 6 месяцев назад

Dont blur these pieces of footage!! That is just decreasing the impact of them...and that is just the thing what makes these documentaries so important .They are warnings for future generations.

@terrib627 4 месяца назад

RU-vid has given them no choice. Blur or get deleted.

@dikhed1639 4 месяца назад

Yes, it's worse than silly

@bertplank9892 4 месяца назад

Germans and Russians need to watch this so that their self appointed leaders cannot lead them into war for hidden agendas.

@metapolitikgedanken612 3 месяца назад

@@terrib627 What has been blurred?

@luciaconn6788 3 месяца назад

some aren't blurred and that was enough for me, (i'd say where but that might be the end of them)

@westrotter7847 Месяц назад

It's criminal that they blurred out all of those scenes !!! Its very critical that EVERYONE gets to see those PICTURES !!!

@therabidsquirrelsage3388 Месяц назад

RU-vid policy. If you don't like it start your own video sharing company.

@ernestpaul2484 20 дней назад

@@therabidsquirrelsage3388 Yeah, this is true about the RU-vid policy. We also see the contradicting use of this policy where RU-vid saturates videos supporting the war in Ukraine with Trump ads begging for money. Trump is the greatest threat to the US as a nation and the world as a whole. Other than his buddy Putin that is.

@VictorC107 20 дней назад

Notice the absence of photos of Black soldiers. This was a deliberate act to diminish their participation and credit for their heroism

@edgarvalderrama1143 10 дней назад

@@VictorC107 You are expecting/looking for "trouble." Without condescension, I was seven months on the front line without seeing any black soldier; except for a truck driver or two. The ratio of white to black placed "blacks" as a small (invisible) minority. I assume there were "blacks" out there performing just as many "heroic acts" as their "white" counterparts. I am sure they performed magnificently in the Red Ball thing. and they were probably featured in "Stars and Stripes! This is not a "social exercise." It is a war documentary and subject to editorial requirements.

@tylerstamps2786 7 месяцев назад

Brilliant doc! I’m a self-proclaimed armchair historian that’s watched countless ww2 videos and this has footage I’ve never seen before. 👍

@ltfmel 6 месяцев назад

Seen all 5 parts?❤

@darkstars-torpedoes-of-truth 6 месяцев назад

Same here mate, I thought I had seen nearly all WW2 footage, but there's lot's of new stuff here.

@TheTexasmick 6 месяцев назад

doc ???

@TheNextGoogification 6 месяцев назад

I'm a legend in my own mind too about World War II history it's tough to find some really good footage like this!

@Ickie71 Месяц назад

yes i agree ive seen thousands of these over the years since the 1970s and this series has some footage ive never seen before and thats saying something

@anthonysaponaro6318 4 месяца назад

This is why you never want to forget your history ,you never want to pretend it can never happen

@ewathoughts8476 7 месяцев назад

Whoever blurred out the scenes should be punished. These images need to be seen so the viewers get the real story, not this.

@t.l.1610 7 месяцев назад

Unfortunately that’s prob due to YT. They’ll take vids down with dead bodies, even historical ones.

@kirkogier1145 7 месяцев назад

Elon musk meeds to make a new platform similar to this but with all the freedom of speech/opinions 👌

@derin111 7 месяцев назад

Yes, due to YT. Yet YT allow videos of American civilians playing around with guns today despite the mass-shootings that happen there all the time.

@Stevesautopartsify 7 месяцев назад

100% 🎯

@dalebechtel8904 7 месяцев назад

I agree totally. It’s all RU-vid

@jcalene 7 месяцев назад

It is unfortunate that the worst scenes of death have been blurred by RU-vid. The young who know so little could benefit from a dose of reality. Without such lessons, we are more likely to repeat these atrocities, rather than avoid them.

@kekzoet7487 7 месяцев назад

So you would prefer that youngsters see all those dead bodies? Never heard of civilization?

@jcalene 7 месяцев назад

@@kekzoet7487 Yes. The second question is a non-sequitur.

@proudvirginian 7 месяцев назад

There are plenty of places to see the unedited versions of the film or others like it. If someone watching this needs to see the dead in order to appreciate the horrors of the Third Reich, they can research and easily find it. Not every documentary has to be the one to show corpses. Restraint and respect of those who were killed can be honored without losing sight of the awful things that happened.

@samuelschick8813 7 месяцев назад

@@kekzoet7487, You mean the same youngsters who are protesting the world over in support of Hamas, a terrorist organization? You mean the youngsters who have lived a sheltered life and have no real life experience?

@samuelschick8813 7 месяцев назад

@jcalene, Remember back in the day at drivers ed class in high school? When they would show the uncensored films " Red Asphalt"? Those films showed us what could happen in real life while driving. The youngsters today are too soft, too spoiled and never been told " No" and entitled. Hell they have a meltdown if you tell them there are only 2 genders or call them by the wrong pronoun.

@MegaMastiffman 5 месяцев назад

Every time I watch any of these historical documentary’s I learn something new

@marksauck3399 16 дней назад

Yes and that includes our culture today. Our cancel culture.

@drraybenedetto2064 7 месяцев назад

I was stationed in Germany during the Cold War. Our German hosts were glad we were there as well as those who lived in the Low Countries and France. The Germans would say, “Thank goodness you’re here, otherwise the Soviets would be.” When we visited Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands, they would say, “Thank goodness you’re here, otherwise the Germans would be.” Much truth to both statements! Many patriot lives were lost ensuring we could maintain the peace for over 40 years!

@GregDaniels-yo4od 6 месяцев назад

I too was stationed in West Germany in 1972. I rented a house from an old German gentleman and he remarked "I'd just as soon rent to you as a Russian." I thought that was a strange comment.

@johnmcdonald157 5 месяцев назад

drraybenedetto2064 Do you suppose it ever occurred to the Germans that if they hadn't started a war we wouldn't have had to be there?

@spiralrose 2 месяца назад

Thank you for your service. Thank God for the greatest generation!

@pinkiesue849 2 месяца назад

@@GregDaniels-yo4odthe Germans and Russians have a long standing dislike for each other's.

@kruehli49 Месяц назад

My father was an officer with the US occupation forces in France I saw Germany in unbelievable destruction. These pictures vividly portray what we saw then of the landscape. However, there was no real grasp then of the concentration camps but I was only a child then. I remember the child of a German soldier left behind with the mother in France. The hatred of both of them is hard to describe. I agree the pictures should not be blurred out. This is what war does to people.

@motorTranz 7 месяцев назад

@33:38 My dad was in this unit; The 104th Inf Div Timberwolves. He told me about their time in Holland. This was an absolutely stunning documentary! Many thanks for sharing this!

@TheNextGoogification 6 месяцев назад

Pretty amazing! I would have thought it would have been your grandfather, no disrespect

@howardg7162 3 месяца назад

My Dad was there to with the Canadians

@vasilenegulici6146 3 месяца назад

Un unchi al meu a luptat contra Germaniei, pina în Munții Tatra😊❤ în Armata Română ❤❤❤ Now,i am Retired Master Sergeant Romanian Air Force Academy Brașov 😊❤GREAT RESPECT FROM ALL HEROES❤❤❤😊

@nathonhamilton4524 6 месяцев назад

Great pictures....i was born in october 1945....i am 78 now, didnt realise how lucky we were to have missed the war.

@klausrain111 6 месяцев назад

Hey Einstein! 😂 You didn't realize that? Hard to believe!

@williamsimmons152 4 месяца назад

Blurring the images is doing a tremendous disservice to young people who will not get a true picture of what really happened. Shameful !

@keithad6485 2 месяца назад

I agree. A policy of arrogance, we know better the viewers.

@frankn5812 2 месяца назад

They want to monetize this obviously, as I have seen videos of concentration camps on RU-vid that weren’t censored. I’m guessing they censored this so they could monetize it.

@philbeattie3978 Месяц назад

Well said. We are treated like children. I saw the unedited versions of some of these pictures in the 1960's.

@paul85039 Месяц назад

Well said Sir.

@musicilike69 5 дней назад

Agree. I keep coming back to this in my mind. How can the young know the truth if the horrors of war are hidden away.

@Freetheherb 7 месяцев назад

Absolutely brilliant footage from a time which should not be forgotten. Germany is a special place to visit with morals and respect for the allied forces during my time in Germany I was overwhelmed with the generosity and kindness of the good German people 🇬🇧🇩🇪❤️

@lappylappy7269 6 месяцев назад

Berlin greatest city in Europe. If you haven’t been you must !! You will need several days there.People so friendly. 🇬🇧

@markfomenko8873 Месяц назад

I believe blurring violent or gory images in true-life depictions has a detrimental impact on society.

@jacobparker2128 3 дня назад

Agreed

@kevinwall795 6 месяцев назад

Thank you for releasing these films. However, please do not obscure the scenes of death. This is the whole point of capturing this period of time. Generations need to understand the reality of war.

@desertmandan123 7 месяцев назад

Why block out the horrors, people need to see what war is all about.

@spannaspinna 7 месяцев назад

Tell RU-vid you’re woes

@opoxious1592 7 месяцев назад

Exactly, it also frustrates the hell out of me. Show the war like it was.

@stephenludlum9746 7 месяцев назад

That was the rule when this film was produced.

@ManInTheBigHat 7 месяцев назад

Strange to censor because other films on yt do not.

@mikecronin8825 7 месяцев назад

Censorship is the rule of our masters at Google, RU-vid, Facebook etc...

@yisroelkatz-xj6pq 7 месяцев назад

As an amateur historian I have seen countless war documentaries! This was one of the better documentaries I have seen!

@wk6291 7 месяцев назад

Have you seen The War by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick?

@yisroelkatz-xj6pq 7 месяцев назад

@@wk6291 Yes I have seen these documentaries and they were also very good!

@badmonkey2222 7 месяцев назад

If you look past the censored scenes off dead bodies which I think is important for people to see.

@ManInTheBigHat 7 месяцев назад

I grew up on WWll as they were always on the TV in my childhood home in the 1970s. This series blows them all away.

@stephenludlum9746 7 месяцев назад

@@badmonkey2222 This one was a film for the public in 1945, where they didn't usually show graphic scenes of dead bodies. This was not filmed by the military but by a private company for the public. So, it is not the typical war film you are used to seeing that is uncensored. Are you not going to play a graphic version in a theater? They didn't have TV that day, and kids were usually with their parents.

@allanwhiteley6199 6 месяцев назад

My granddad was in the RAF and thank goodness he servied. He was the best ❤️

@paulweaver 7 месяцев назад

Brilliant colour film didn't want it to end I was enjoying it thanks Paul from england 🇬🇧

@williamhensley18 7 месяцев назад

I was a Air Force Brat... 7:27 My father was stationed at Rhien 7:27 MainAir Force base in Frankfurt. I was ten years old.... I still remember the smell of wet concrete and diesel exhaust... The germans were doing a miraculous job of reconstructing and rebuilding their country. We were advised that the germans were no longer our enemy, but our ally. The rebuilding was miraculous. Much the same rebuilding Has taken place in vietnam, Where I flew twenty one consecutive months as an Air Force pilot in vietnam. I am very happy that the economy turned around for the people of vietnam.

@kennethcavenaugh2491 7 месяцев назад

Absolutely stunning footage. Outstanding job. Thanks for sharing. I'm hoping this film will be apart of the education system.

@bravo2966 7 месяцев назад

Apart is very different from a part.

@jennyzephaniah2458 4 месяца назад

News

@hadial-saadoon2114 4 месяца назад

A fascinating video which was ruined for me by RU-vid blanking out all images of the dead of WWII. I'm not a ghoul, but the imagery of war is part of its documentation.

@jerrydonquixote5927 7 месяцев назад

You know I am a Gulf War veteran and I remember having British on our ship and visiting them, it was awkward. I tried talking to them about the music and things but they were just a little stuck up it seemed, or the few I tried to talk to, so I just kind of gave up, but the other people I met all over the world French people in Egypt, Egyptians Indians, Indian military, Russian girls in Egypt they were so friendly, we just talked for hours about little things, because of our language barrier was so great, but we had a great time and this seems like the same. Makes me really proud to see the Russian people and Americans and the French in the British all celebrating the victory. No doubt they'd probably seen a lot of Horrors before that day...

@orwellboy1958 6 месяцев назад

🤔strange that others of your countrymen who fought in the gulf, that I have personally spoken too seem to have had a very different experience of British troops. But you were there, I was not. As a Brit, I thank you for your service, sir. And I'm glad you made it home safe.

@jerrydonquixote5927 6 месяцев назад

@orwellboy1958 thank you it was my pleasure and honor to serve I appreciate all the people that I've met that have served, or haven't served. Probably the interaction was more my fault, I just couldn't understand them, and I didn't put a lot of effort into it so I just kind of walked away pretty quick into it. Probably had a little to do with me being shy I'm friendly but I couldn't understand them and it made me feel a little awkward, I still remember that. Hell who knows they could have been embarrassed for me! Lol I gave it an attempt and then just walked it off we are having barbecue on the Helo pad they had games that I didn't participate in like tug of war and I don't remember it's more about it than that.

@stevevanvalkenburg5449 5 месяцев назад

My uncle was a rifleman in the 104th Infantry Div. He was at the liberation of Nordhausen. He said very little about it, but what he did say was enough!

@metapolitikgedanken612 3 месяца назад

Did he tell you that Nordhausen was bombed and that this was what killed the people?

@skiker4560 7 месяцев назад

Thank you so much for the new films. Great narrations. 😊❤

@benhallenbeck9140 7 месяцев назад

I was in GERMANY from 1976 to 1998 and met MANY nice German people. My Father-in-law was with ROMMEL in Africa till 1943 then was a POW ENDING up in America. I met MANY FRIENDLY Germans , especially farmers. When you made them a friend they were a friend for life!

@peter2023 4 месяца назад

I am 74 live in Canada, i enjoy these war documents,, for any one who was part of this , and survived , no matter what national flag,,, you lived an amazing life

@leiyang477 6 часов назад

@@peter2023 And these experiences belong to all of us, we are one in the spiritual realm. This is why we always have the need to connect with each other, even on the opposing sides. The war experience has brought humanity closer together, at least from the comments here.

@honeybadger6313 7 месяцев назад

But can you imagine the relief that you can wake up the next day and know you might see the sunset after god knows how long ?

@georgebrown8312 7 месяцев назад

So sad that there is war at all. It is astounding how abhorrent and sickening war is, considering what it does to people who get caught in the fighting. Not only that but war is destructive to infrastructure, including buildings, homes, etc. The sight of buildings reduced to piles of rubble, the silence of dead people, and the deprivation and suffering of the survivors of war as they lost family members and friends in the shelling of cities and towns in the path of war. Thank you for this poignant video of the last days of World War 2.

@FreeDocumentaryHistory 7 месяцев назад

I agree. War is the singular most horrible thing. Over and over a d over again.

@brucecaldwell6701 7 месяцев назад

Unfortunately, war & violence are a part of the human condition & I don't believe we'll ever overcome it. I fear that the world is becoming ripe for another major conflict. In other words, a world war. I truly believe that the human species will, sooner or later, become extinct through either, a war involving nuclear weapons or climate collapse. I hope like hell that I'm wrong.

@user-bo2yo2ls3z 3 месяца назад

Замечательный комментарий.Благодарю.

@Britbikerss 4 месяца назад

A Great produced video ~n excellent BUT WHAT WITH BLURRING out of fallen / dead.. For goodness sake this was war and it should NEVER be be forgotten ~ grimaces and horrors!

@andreasjahnke9896 4 месяца назад

We have the right of free information, so censorship like the blurring should be not allowed.The truth needs to be shown so that these cruelties never happen again.

@keithad6485 2 месяца назад

I agree, though even with the truth widely disseminated, I suspect cruelties will still be a part of human history.

@WerWulf1 7 месяцев назад

the footage of this series is incredible

@RabihSaadguitars 7 месяцев назад

amazing footage... Thank you for the upload.

@turboprickle 7 месяцев назад

The censorship of this documentary is very unfortunate.

@skyedog24 7 месяцев назад

Yes I am old enough I have seen all of the footage from world war II and I have heard the war correspondents talk in the footage. I have never heard any commentary like this one.

@stephenludlum9746 7 месяцев назад

This was not censored, that was the rule they had when filming it. They were to show no dead bodies.

@miketackabery7521 6 месяцев назад

@@stephenludlum9746oh no. The blurring is done and/or ordered by RU-vid. RU-vid doesn't like the truth. It wants to spare our delicate sensibilities.

@rd264 4 месяца назад

its not "unfortunate" ------------> it is CENSORSHIP

@jonathanbaron-crangle5093 6 месяцев назад

This really is fantastic footage. The images of the kids smoking, priceless

@gabrielacard7050 3 месяца назад

wtf , damn those kids were made tough to just smoke like that like as it’s nothing 😂

@gabrielacard7050 3 месяца назад

Of course it’s war .

@lanpartyanimal5215 6 месяцев назад

One of the sad things about the Red Army occupation of Eastern Germany and the creation of the East German State was that after the Wall came down and we in the West were allowed to visit those former East German cities such as Leipzig, we found that the city still looked like much of what you see here. There were still masses of rubble left over from the WWII bombings that had never been cleaned up. I remember that all construction and infrastructure maintenance projects in the Western part of Germany ceased at that time so that money and labor were reassigned to cleanup the mess that was left in the Eastern part of the country.

@DG-lo4nz 6 месяцев назад

Lies!

@thejerseyj5479 22 дня назад

I saw that myself. In the early 2,000's, I visited Germany several times, and the difference between eastern and western Berlin was quite noticeable. In the former East Berlin, everything seemed brand new and modern. No doubt due to the immense amount of money that Germany spent to renovate that part of the city.

@AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg 2 дня назад

No Potemkin Cities?

@klausrain111 6 месяцев назад

I was born in '47. Visited Berlin in my early 20s, when it was divided into East and West. I love Germany and the German people.

@peterbassey9668 5 месяцев назад

And after all that sacrifice, Europe and to a great extent America as well, is keeling over to a new invader almost without a fight. I'm African but it bleeds my heart to see what is happening to the western world. Your forefathers truly died in vain, and may God have mercy on your souls.

@williamhiles7404 4 месяца назад

I agree, and I consider all of them to be corrupt lying evil cowards. My uncles seemed to have fought for nothing if that's the way its gonna turn out. LedHed Pb 207.20 🎶 🎸 🎹

@somaday2595 7 месяцев назад

Thank you for posting this excellent documentary. It kept my attention so strongly that I forgot about the pizza cooking in the oven.

@chrisrea7347 7 месяцев назад

I really enjoyed this historically important video record. I lived in Germany for 7 years and gained a personal insight into modern post war Germany and its people and culture.

@jorgeeduardobarrios8096 5 месяцев назад

From PANAMÁ🇵🇦🤝👍👏 is an excelent documentary 🏆🎖

@xekul 7 месяцев назад

I was waiting for the part 2 - thanks so much for uploading! keep it up, your chan is awesome!

@devedsmith Месяц назад

It is absolutely shameful that these films are censored.

@pathdaly 7 месяцев назад

Even allowing for the possibility of 'colour shift' over time, film like this is a real gem for modern-day model makers.

@mjfan653 4 месяца назад

A lot of this film is Kodachrome, and that is pretty much not shifting in colour. If anything the colour shifts while transferred from the film itself to TV tape or digital file.

@gailyates8084 22 дня назад

It's imperative for this to be TELEVISED to the entire world!!!!!

@chudleyflusher7132 5 месяцев назад

This is back when the United States was largely AGAINST authoritarianism. And being a deplorable person was still considered a BAD thing.

@williamhiles7404 4 месяца назад

If it could ever be said that America was great, this time period was it. LedHed Pb 207.20 🎶 🎸 🎹

@tooterooterville Месяц назад

One person's deplorable person is another's saint! That's the consequence of declining moral principles!

@johnl5316 Месяц назад

and now high tech and the Dems are pushing for increasing censorship and racial segregation

@silentlamb2077 Месяц назад

Ironically enough, here in this footage are communist and US troops shaking hand's and sharing laugh's!

@douglasjones2570 7 месяцев назад

Thank you for posting this.

@nigeh5326 7 месяцев назад

The US forces were using common sense and sensible tactics when approaching towns and villages in Germany. Why lose men and material when you get to a town where defenders are firing on you when you can call in artillery and air strikes to destroy the defenders with little loss to your own side. I remember a guy years ago saying the US would approach a town or village, and even if white flags were being hung out they would not hesitate to hit it with artillery at the first sign of resistance. On some occasions they would hit the local church spire or tallest building deliberately just to show there was no point in resisting the US advance. Some may say that was too aggressive but it also saved many lives that would otherwise have been lost in full artillery strikes and infantry battles to take villages.

@jamesphilip6737 7 месяцев назад

Church towers were often used for sniping and recon by the enemy.

@billymadison8574 5 месяцев назад

13:25 - The adult lighting the kids cigarettes reminded me that this was a very different era. Kids were pretty cool back then

@user-is7xs1mr9y 4 месяца назад

Yeah unfortunately there was pretty much no knowledge of the negative effects of smoking. There's nothing cool about cancer or emphysema. I must say though, I'd rather have those kids smoking than being in the front lines.

@billymadison8574 4 месяца назад

@@user-is7xs1mr9y Respectfully disagree. Thats post-war germany. Life expectancy there in 1945 was 45.9 yrs. They weren't gonna be around for cancer, they were too busy winning the cool game👌

@AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg 2 дня назад

@@billymadison8574tell that to a parent who has lost a child to cancer. You seem like a really "cool" deep thinker....

@chuckwalters4759 7 месяцев назад

This video was done fantastically!

@bbb8182 7 месяцев назад

So much tragedy and agony. I visited Germany in the 70's as a teen. They were lovely, cultured and more civilized than us Americans. I care about Germans deeply. Crazy that Germany and Japan were so brutal and maniacal in war.

@emmanuelzozobrado5981 7 месяцев назад

The war is over. the joy that cannot be described in words

@opoxious1592 7 месяцев назад

Yeah, and now we have wars all over the place

@emmanuelzozobrado5981 7 месяцев назад

@@opoxious1592 Lets pray for peace.

@TrueChannelFor1 5 месяцев назад

@@emmanuelzozobrado5981 capitalism is not about peace it's about revenue )))

@leiyang477 5 часов назад

And sorrow, and wounds that will never quite heal...all in our collective consciousness, whether each individual can access it or not in this 3D physical vessel.

@emmanuelzozobrado5981 5 часов назад

@@TrueChannelFor1 that is the military industrial complex of america. a sad reality

@leosaura1993 7 месяцев назад

It is sad humans never learn.

@TheTexasmick 7 месяцев назад

Man, those Germans are actually invincible. They will always survive and prosper. When I was in Germany in 1965 the country was in the active process of recovery and had an incredible prosperity. The Germans were different from other Europeans and were very industrious. It was interesting to watch them go about their business. In no way did they give evidence of resentment of Americans. They were very honest about their wartime service. It was obvious that Americans were holding the whole place together. I loved my experience there and always look forward to going back. It's a great country with great people.

@mongo2022 5 месяцев назад

Bueno, pues ahora se convirtieron en los lacayos europeos de los USA, apenas detrás de los británicos.

@Daculaboy 2 месяца назад

@@mongo2022 yeah and that's why every time the Americans try to walk away from NATO Germany and the UK cry about needing America. Hell the British rely on America so much they decided to disband most of their military.😂

@xochitl9161 7 месяцев назад

Excellent video ! Bless all of them.

@tfonstad 7 месяцев назад

Spellbinding! Thank you.

@rekoawa5732 Месяц назад

A great Doc only to be ruined by blurred images that must be shown in all its gory detail so the message gets through displaying the horrors of war.!!!

@1949LA-ARCH 5 месяцев назад

Thank you for sharing …….The Greatest Generation may they RIP ! Freedom is not Free !

@derin111 7 месяцев назад

My Great Grandfather was captured by the Americans at that time and kept in one of those Rhine Meadows camps until the autumn. (My Grandfather had been wounded out of the war in Russia in 1943). My Great Grandfather was not a young man by that time. He managed to escape and then stole a bicycle and cycled all the way home to Hannover. When he got back apparently his legs were massively swollen by oedema (a sign of severe malnutrition). They tried to nurse him back to health but he never made a recovery and died 3 months later as a result.

@TheTexasmick 7 месяцев назад

Man, that is really sad. He was a tough fellow for sure.

@marquisdelafayette1929 6 месяцев назад

Probably got clots that broke off into his lungs. I get severe swelling in my legs from time to time and twice have been hospitalized for massive clots in my lungs (pulmonary emboli). Without immediate medical attention and even with it, there’s a high chance of death.

@mongo2022 5 месяцев назад

Se hubiera quedado donde estaba.

@Jigger2361 4 месяца назад

what a story! we can only winder that had he not escaped he may have received medical attention that could have ultimately avoided this tragic end

@AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg 2 дня назад

Heart Breaking............

@user-bo2yo2ls3z 3 месяца назад

Лицо войны,это ужас и смерть,мы должны знать это лицо....помнить людей погибших в этой мясорубке,и тех на чью долю выпали голодные послевоенные годы...нужно открыто смотреть на боль и страдания,чтобы с нами тагого не случилось.....

@georgejcking 4 месяца назад

Thank you for an amazing documentary!

@jamesadams6009 6 месяцев назад

These films are excellent. Thank you.

@daviswall3319 7 месяцев назад

There is nothing like old school film. Beautiful!

@margaretkeogh1872 4 месяца назад

@rogercarrico4975 2 месяца назад

Amazing footage of captured German troops! I've never seen a lot of this

@richardsimms251 2 месяца назад

Fascinating photography. Thanks

@tkskagen 2 месяца назад

Great video, thank you for sharing!

@jameswilson2815 7 месяцев назад

War IS hell.

@anastasiosgounaris 5 месяцев назад

It’s a shame that certain hard-to-view portions of the documentary have been blurred out (censored) by RU-vid. Only by being confronted by the full reality can future atrocities be avoided. Why not give viewers the choice of viewing sensitive material???

@mjfan653 4 месяца назад

Believe me, the kids are watching enough brazilian beheadings and shootings online. Sadly it does not prevent these things, rather desensitizes people to it. In that sense, its better to save those views for the rare occasion, so that they dont lose their shock. Otherwise we become used to it, and accepting of it. The russians in bucha likely had a lot of violence back home, so the front and the civilians were just new playthings and now they had rifles. While western forces try to save casualties because they still have humanity on their side.

@jaywinters2483 5 месяцев назад

since when does Google know so much that they know what we should & should not see?

@stephenchristian5739 6 месяцев назад

man was this good so much of that meeting I had not seen b 4, thank you & thank you GS! & team now I want to watch SHANE AGAIN

@BUSTER.BRATAMUS 7 месяцев назад

Love the GI smoking in a haystack at 5:58

@Li-To84 7 месяцев назад

Thank you for this poignant video.The first time I have seen WWll end days portrayed ,great work!

@Watankatanka 7 месяцев назад

Just an amazing document of a mad time.

@Mike-rf5tz 4 месяца назад

Very good documentary. Extremely informative and eye-opening.

@jeroldpickard947 6 месяцев назад

What I was stationed in Germany in the mid-80s at Manheim I visited quite a few of these camps and battlefields you can still smell the stench of death in the air at Dachau

@ronaldlucas5360 7 месяцев назад

These are wonderful color shots

@stephaniebernd2708 6 месяцев назад

Excellent footage and narration

@ivanhicks887 6 месяцев назад

Excellent Presentation Thankyou

@kevinquist 5 месяцев назад

always makes me wonder. what did the germans think they were gonna get? a 3 room suite at the local spa with massages at 1 and drinks at 3? yes. camp was hell but at least they werent being gassed or shot.

@mylesfrost6537 5 месяцев назад

Excellent footage, unfortunately i had to give it a thumbs down due to blurred footage.

@richardthornhill4630 6 месяцев назад

Interesting capture of WWII events in color.

@Jayjay-qe6um 7 месяцев назад

General Wenck of the Twelfth Army located to the west of Berlin to guard against the advancing American and British forces. But, as the Western Front moved eastwards and the Eastern Front moved westwards, the German armies making up both backed towards each other. As a result, the area of control of Wenck's army to his rear and east of the Elbe River had become a vast refugee camp for Germans fleeing from the approaching Soviet Army.

@colemanhigley747 7 месяцев назад

My Grandpa said they shot everything. A couple times a German would pretend to surrender and then kill a couple guys. After this happened a couple times they shot everyone. He said they were 15-18 year old kids many times. 3rd Infantry Div.

@insideoutsideupsidedown2218 7 месяцев назад

In the 3rd Army was when they went into a town and fighting had ceased, there would the occasionalsniper that would start firing at the US troops. The building would be located by the civilians in the town because if not, the troops would level the city block where the sniper was located.

@KyleThill 6 месяцев назад

Thank you for sharing this with us, such a new take on the war. Can I ask though why they have to mention special film crew 186 so often?

@paulb2092 6 месяцев назад

I'm sure my dear Mother and Father would have been transfixed by this narration. My father went to England from Canada near the beginning, when he met and married my mother. My two elder sisters were born in England during the war.

@pinkiesue849 2 месяца назад

I am glad you got to see this.

@kevinburt44 7 месяцев назад

I don't agree with censorship on historical film documentation, they full horror should be shown however awful it is. Only way to educate people. Harsh though it may be.

@sK3LeTvM1 7 месяцев назад

Brilliant footage. Never seen before in my 40 years of WW2 interest. But why blurring footage of gruesome images? It only shows the real horror of war...

@stephenludlum9746 6 месяцев назад

Anyone can search hundreds of websites that will show dead bodies from all the wars uncensored. So what are people complaining about. If kids want to see the truth they should have enough brains to search other websites that show everything.