The Forgotten Battle of Overloon! | WW2 

What was the name of your uncle? Maybe i can visit his grave one day, and give it a face if you would like. You can allways contact me: svankammen1998@hotmail.nl

Just to let you know I visited Overloon and Cemetery at the end of March 2024 very well looked after.

@@neilmurray1359 that's good to know, thanks Neil.

What was his name, and do you know where he is burried? Maybe i can look him up. You can allways email me: svankammen1998@hotmail.nl And thank you for the compliment!

@@SandervkHistory His name was Corporal William Davenport from Jellico, Tennessee. He was my grandmother's baby brother. His body was not recovered but his name is on the Wall of the Missing in the beautiful American Dutch cemetery in Margraten.

It is indeed a expierence! Thank you

Indeed! Thats why i am so happy that this video got alot of attention!

Thank you! Appreciate your comment. I 10000% agree with you!

Yes, and with my videos, i hope to inspire more to be interested in History!

Thank you! Is he burried in the Overloon War Cemetery? If so, i could lay flowers next to his grave if you would like that. You can contact me here: SandervkHistory@hotmail.com

@@SandervkHistory Wow really? that would be amazing and so kind of you but he is actually buried in the Venray war cemetery. thank you so much though and God bless you for the offer 🙏 keep up the amazing work and love the channel 👍

Dankjewel! I also watch your youtube channel alot, you have some great topics! Thanks for the comment 👍

Inderdaad. Zeker niet terecht om deze slag als vergeten te bestempelen. Er staat niet voor niets een gigantisch museum

Geschiedenis … one of the most jaw breaking words in the Dutch language for an Englishman 😂 (it means history), if you ever want to amuse a Dutchman try saying it 👍

@@Aaronian99 Vraag elke Amerikaan of Brit, of ze van de slag gehoord hebben. 8/10 heeft er nog nooit van gehoord.

@@andrewjohnston9115 xD

Was he injured in Vierlingsbeek where the 88s were standing?

Wow, that insane. Cant imagine fighting this rough battle... Thanks to your father for his service!

Awesome! And the Hershey bar is something we Dutch wont ever forget!

In the sixties almost everything was displayed in the open. Several items corroded. I was there as a child with my parents. Later with my own children and the last time I was there was a couple of years ago when I was on campingsite in that neighbourhood. Then everything was restored and put inside of a large building. As you see in the magnificent film above. Very well done for somebody of his age. Nowadays there are also vehicles displayed from post WW2 such as the LARC the very big amfibious vehicle in the beginning of the Overloon museum tour he showed. This vehicle is from 1952. But anyway a very good show !

I was there in the 80's 7362 MUNSS

Thank you David!

I first came to the museum as a kid and in those days there were almost no pavilions as you say. Just some woods and paths leading from one vehicle to the next. For children it felt like an adventure, you could really explore the area. I must admit I prefer it that way but I'm glad they finally were able to take them inside and restore them properly. And I'm also glad that the B25 Mitchell was finally painted in proper colours instead of the terrible bright green it used to be :-)

Thats way before i was born. I think the museum is much different now. Definitly worth a visit! And thank you.

@@SandervkHistory it certainly is much different.. And it's indeed worth a visit. Hopefully Militracks 2022 will not be cancelled.

In those days, each of the vehicles in the museum were outside, on the exact spot where they had been shot down. In the early 2000's however, they were joined with the Marshall Museum and gained a lot of allied vehicles. Also it was evident that the vehicles that were in the woods would not be there much longer if left to the elements so the decision was made to build the big hall where everything is now.

@@SatumangoTheGreat Maybe you will see me there, if its not cancelled indeed.

@@TribeTaz thanks! I really appreciate that!

Thanks man! Put alot of effort in this one! Looking forward to your next video!

@@SandervkHistory It shows man, looks great. Thank you! 👊

Thank you so much! Really appreciate your kind words. I am happy to hear that my videos are important to people and it makes them realise again what the young soldiers sacrificed for us! I will keep it up! There will be new videos shortly. Been abit busy with some real life stuff atm. Thank you again and may god bless you! 🙏

Thank you man! Appreciate your comment!!! See you soon! 😉

Awesome to hear that! I am indeed glad they preserved it better than they used to.

Thank you. Will definitely do!

Thank you sir! Happy to hear that you liked it! I did my best for it 😎

Thank you!

Thank you! The production is still improving with every video! And i wont disappoint you. Thanks!

Thanks you! Seeing you enjoying multiple videos from me, motivates me to make more videos!

You deserve praise my friend, not many people have your talent .

@@airbornesoldier8104 thanks man! Really appreciate your kind words 💪

Dank u! I can imagine pff.... Thats a good subject to talk about and make a video on! The Honger Winter. Thanks!

Yes i was really lucky! And i worked hard on this video to not disappoint anyone! It was a rare opportunity. And its definitly a bucketlist place to visit! Thank you for watching! 👍

Thanks! it is definitely worth a visit!

Thank you for watching it! Appreciate it. 🙏

Thank you! Its a amazing museum! If you ever in the Netherlands, then you know what to visit 😎

Thanks man! Appreciate that!

Thank you! Awesome to hear that you learned something. Thats my main goal with these video!

Thanks man! i really appreciate that. I will keep uploading, so in the long run i will probably gain some more attention.

Thanks Philip! I assume you live across the channel. So it wont be to much effort for you travel. Thanks again!

Thanks Gary! Yeah luckily they preserved the exhibits wel!! I recommend when you are close to the museum again, to pay it a visit.

Thanks Ethan! Appreciate you watching!

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed!

Thank you sir! Appreciate your comment! Hope you learned abit more about the battle! I will also go to the Militracks every year. So if you see me there, please say hi! 😎👍

Yes! The museum is incredible! Really awesome.

Thanks you for watching! 👍

Awesome to hear that! My Parents didnt even met eachother at that time. Awesome to see that the museum is still standing today.

Thank you! Glad to hear you liked it

Thanks man! I am one of the creators of the PS map. Hope you will enjoy the map just like this video 👀

Wow that is awesome! If you have any photos or story's from your father you can/want to share with me. Please email them to: sandervkhistory@hotmail.com

@@SandervkHistory Thank you, yes I have some photos and a few stories. I will send them to you when I get time.

Nice! You wont regret it. Thanks!

Indeed! Thats why i made this video. Thank you and Salute!

Thank you! The next one is gonna be great to! 😎👍

@@tundranomad thank you! Really appreciate it! 🙏🏻

Thank you for watching! It is great to show people the museum on how it looks today. Especially to people who have been there once allready.

Yea I was stationed at Gutersloh visited Overloon 89 remember a massive Gernan military cemetery near by quite an awesome sight of all those fallen .

Thank you very much! i wont disappoint you in the future!

Hahaha thanks! Scott.... i am one of the creators of the Overloon map in PS 😝

Bergie! Sander is JustPrezz one of the map creators!

Thank you! I would highly recommend to do it. I am working on a BIG documentary on Market Garden itself. Allready have 37.000+ plus words. So that shows how much happend just in only that operation. Imagine the rest

Thats indeed true! Cant imagine the fierce restistance of the Germans, the Allies still underestimated the German way to much.

@ger du Once the battle started, where was Monty? There was no overall commander. Browning and Horrocks had no one to coordinate their maneuvers efforts. When Monty failed to capture Arnhem, he used the US 101AB as static troops to hold the Lower Rhein which was a complete waste of manpower and depleted their health by forcing them to sit in cold waterlogged trenches for over a month. Donald Burgett's book on Market Garden details this.

Many of the "German" forces were infact Dutch.

@@fazole In Monty's memoirs he laments the fact that Allied Transport Command refused to drop Ist Airborne on the bridge, giving them far too much to do in fighting their way to the bridge, and he regretted not ORDERING Transport Command to drop them over the bridge, but he believed that the Transport and Airborne units knew their job. This I think, explain a much of what went wrong with Market Garden, but I still believe that it was not possible to drive a whole Corps up a single road without the Germans continually attacking the flanks, and so the whole operation depended on a lack of German resistance.

Market Garden was actually the fastest allied advance against German opposition in the entire September 1944 to February 1945 period. Check out the disasters in the Hurtgen Forest and Lorraine campaigns, which were far bigger failures. It was the caution of the air commanders that was the biggest mistake made in Market Garden. Brereton and Williams of the USAAF refused double missions on day one and Hollinghurst of the RAF refused to fly closer to Arnhem. Montgomery had zero jurisdiction over any of the air forces. Even the First Allied Airborne Army came directly under SHAEF. Eisenhower, who was both Supreme Commander and, from September 1st, the C-in-C of all allied ground forces, had full jurisdiction over all of these forces but he did not not involve himself. So it was Eisenhower who could have changed things but did not do so. Not Montgomery.

Thank you Shane! Appreciate it!

Thank you! It is also definitly my favorite tank!

I visited the museum in 1979, it stated then the Panther was disabled by a PIAT hit to a track and the crew were shot dead when they abandoned the tank, is this true??.

Thank you Ian! Glad you liked it. And its definitely worth a visit!

Thanks! That why i made the video and its called: The Forgotten Battle. I am busy with a big highly detailed Documentary about Market Garden. So there will be again a video about the Airborne drops on the internet. :)

Thank you Steve! Its indeed horrific to think about.

Thank you! Ill try to produce alot of interesting videos when the borders are open again! 🦅

@@SandervkHistory Looking forward to it👍

Thank you! i did my best! And the museum is definitely worth a visit!

It is definitely worth to visit it again! It is a completely different museum compared to the 80/90's. Thank you!

Thanks man! Appreciate it

Thank you John! Appreciate that!

Thank you Phil!

Thank you Mark!

Thats true! The Allies did underestemate them later in the war.

Wauw! Awesome to hear that! If you have those pictures on your computer, i would love to see them! You can allways contact me on my Email: svankammen1998@hotmail.nl

Thanks Ronald! My pronunciation isnt allways the best. I assume you live in the Netherlands, i highly recommend to visit the museum once again!

Awesome to hear! It is indeed worth a visit!

How lucky are we ;). Thanks!

Thats so awesome to hear! I bet you know alot of story's that your dad told you. I would love to hear some!

No... Thank you David! Means alot!

Thank you so much for your kind comment! Totally agree! Never forget! And yes, its in my opinion the best generation of people 🙏

Thank you for watching! I would indeed highly recommend to go!

Thank you Richard!

Thank you Andy! Great to hear that!

BIG shoutout to the cameraman offcourse 💪

SO NAAR HUISMAN

Thank you! I did my best!

It is definitley worth a visit! Its a great museum.

And thank you for watching!

Thank you! The museum is indeed great. I have a video of the German War cemetery Ysselsteyn also on my channel! I think you will like that one.

Thank you John! Worth a visit again!

Mate, i really appreciate that! You have no idea what this means to me. Awesome to hear that. I will keep making these videos to honour history and educate people. Great to have you as subscriber! Thanks! Cheers

Thank you!

Thank you! Appreciate it!

Its imo, the best we have here in the Netherlands.

Thank you! Means alot!

That is awesome! How cool is that. Overloon isnt that far away from the German border!

@@SandervkHistory about 60 km from the place I live, but the border to the Netherlands ist just about 3-4 km away.

Thanks for watching Martin!

It will probably excist for another 100 years!

I can imagine indeed. Its the hard reality.

Thank you James! Means alot! i wont dissapoint you!

Thank you! Glad to refresh your mind on the battle!

Thank you! I am busy on a Highly detailed Docu about Operation Market Garden. My script is around 37.000+ words :) (Will be uploaded on the 17th of September)

Thats awesome, and i think you will probably keep visiting the museum! And thanks! i didnt knew that.

Thanks! I indeed made a mistake with that one. I used a map from todays age. Now for future video's i have maps from 1943. So wont happen again.