What British Soldiers Thought About American Soldiers in World War II? 

the British used to say of the Americans, "over paid, over sexed, and over here"....

Always last to come into a war when they knew the could be on the winning Side!!

This is a very good, well-balanced presentation. Thank you.

United Kingdom 383,600 United States 416,800 Military deaths in WW2 Case closed. You are welcome Britain !!!!!

@@peteredwards3946 The European powers started both World Wars . America aided the Allies in both wars with convoys of ships carrying food , medical supplies , ammunition , and other war material . US Navy and Merchant Marine sailors died from attacks from German U Boats while escorting supply convoys to Britain in both wars .

Love back to the UK 🇬🇧 🤝🇺🇸 my fiancé is British and two are our twin Daughters. Loved the Uk for 5 years great people.

Bless you! 🙂

I'm American and my granddad said that the British used to always ask the American soldiers for cigarettes because they knew they had them every day with their. Meals along with the pack of gum..ha! The gum chewing for americans was a way to keep them busy because americans are pretty anxious and feisty. They got a pack a lucky stripes every day & Every time the british would run into americans they would always ask "Hey yank! May I have a smoke?" British fisherman in england said Even when the americans were training and they would ask american soldiers for a cigarette the americans would give them two Or three cigarettes and they were always very generous.. Some of the british referred to americans as Is being there spoiled cousins because Our troops got the best of everything but that's because america's a couple of country and we weren't Socialiat! We were not back then but the president we had during world war two established so many administrative agencies that are not constitutional & now we've got 438 we pay $$$ taxes to & They don't do anything. President trump is running 4 President AGAIN & Joe biden's democrat socialist neo nazi anti semite and the cultural marxist are doing everything they can To break him and he won't give up. Trump was able to take whatever documents belong to him as president as he wanted because it was lawful according to the 2014 presidential records ACT. That was put in place by president obama and congress and they're trying to charge trump on something from 1978. I can't get over them charging him with espionage because that's ridiculous. ..America is going through our own Civil War now because Joe Biden and a lot of the political elite have been a little too chummy with Chinese communists. They like that Communist power & control but love Capitalist money! Our 2020 ELECTION WAS Cheated! You know it's a complete cheat WHEN Joe biden's administration comes in until it was the most Joe Biden's administration comes in and says it was the most LEGAL ELECTION EVER! NOOOO!! I'm a registered republican and the truth is , Not all but many republican VOTERS REGISTERED were cleared & removed from the voter roll. I checked and I was registered in September of 2020 and when I went to bed on election day in November. They told me I wasn't registered. I was pissed! It was not just a presidential election to me It was not just a presidential election to me but a mayors & Senator out! What we've done as republicans as keep our voter registration cards with us & vote early. Republicans are pretty traditional and they were screwing up with the voter machines on election day because most republicans go vote on election day. Republicans are pretty traditional and they were screwing up with the voter machines on election day because most republicans go to vote on election day. They are going to be into a big. Those socialist crooks are going to be in for a big surprise in 2024. Even though harvesting of ballots is legal in some states republicans have always thought it to be like heresy. It's unethical! However, in the 2022 midterms California Republicans won Central south california seats because they were harvesting ballot because it's legal in california. We don't give a darn anymore and all? Of us? Are gonna go out in harvest ballots and states where it's legal but in my state of virginia it's not legal.

So was my grandad, he always loved the sea and would say a sailor is a sailor no matter what nationality

My dad was a submariner on the Atlantic convoys but rarely commented on the Americans, he was too busy telling us his stories of being deph charged by the Germans. My dad was awarded a medal from the Russians for helping them during the war

An excellent story. I, too, would be forever grateful for someone pulling me out of the desert. But, to be fair, in virtually every army in the world losing your weapon is a chargeable offense. I would hope, however, that it being Dunkirk the charges were a mere formality. On the other hand, I wouldn't be shocked to find out the British Army dunned him for the cost (I've heard tales /smh).

​@@dscott6629 It often happened. You can lose the kit, but it would be considered a disgrace to lose your rifle.

I'd love to read your uncle's biography.

My grandad was in the Royal Navy at Dunkirk. His mine sweeper was dive bombed and he ended up in the water. He was pulled out by a reserve Royal Navy CPO who was in charge of a pleasure boat sent to lend a hand. They arrived back in Gosport and the CPO told my grandfather to stick with him. He was taken back to the small Hotel the retired CPO owned, where he stayed for a week living a life of luxury. He even eventually married one of the CPOs daughters. My great grandfather took my grandfather to the Naval Barracks in Gosport after a week and claimed to have found him washed up on the beach. My grandfather claimed to have no memory at all of the events of the last week. He got away with it.

@@olivercromwell3575 Funny story. I love the British and I'm an old US Marine that has immigrated here now and live in St Neots. I love the country and the people and I've already apologized four or five times for arrogant Americans. I watched this video and it made me sad. As an American I know too many of them that take EVERYTHING seemingly for granted with no appreciation of the work that went into what they are given. It is a sad state for America and a sad state that the horrendous greed of the rich in the UK in which they lord everything over people they consider 'lower class'. You would have to cut my throat before I would call ANYONE on this earth Lord and it makes me sick that people in the UK used to have to do that. What a sickening bunch the "Lords and Ladies" were. God bless the UK.

Long may our flags wave together.

Overpaid, oversexed, and over here! Brits about Americans.

Don’t think we all forget about 1812 buddy, ww2 was a common enemy that’s all

Agreed, well said stareatme.@@stareatme9983

@@stareatme9983 Oh be quiet.

Steven, thank you for contributing a family story. For that, you get a heart!

My thanks to them for saving my fellow people.

I read a.very enjoyable book called Boys, Bombs, & Brussel Sprouts, about a Canadian serving in either the R.A.F. or R.C.A.F in Bomber Command in Britain in W.W.2. Because the American Bombers had to fly higher & faster they were given the southern English bases in largely East Anglia, while the British & Commonwealth Bomber squadrons were allotted the more Northern bases in Lincolnshire & Yorkshire. The author said that on surviving a raid over Germany, on the way back they would radio back to their more northernly base any excuse, short of fuel, etc , so they could land at an American base because they received so much hospitality. He said not only did the.Americans have ice cream, they had 12 flavours! They would hand you a brand new bomber jacket, saying " That fits you well, take it with you"

My Father was a member of the Army Air Corps “Carpetbaggers” Special Ops Unit - detached to the newly formed OSS - initially stationed in Harrington, England (prior to being stationed in Italy.) My Father spoke very little about his Unit’s actions in WW2 - most of which was Classified until the 1990’s; long after he had passed away. My Mother did say that he told her that the English people were Tough - he was especially impressed with the way that they fought through The Blitz. I have a couple of pictures of my Dad and his buddies from WW2; one of which is a photo of 12 guys - both US Airmen & RAF Members - sitting at a dinner table. As it turns out, the event was actually a Wedding; and my Dad was a groomsman for one of his RAF buddies ( a rather novel experience for a first-generation Irish Catholic, I would imagine 😀.) From what my Mom told me, half of the men in that picture did not live through the War. Unequivocally, my Father carried the losses of his fallen Airmen with him, for the rest of his life. In 2017, my Father’s Unit was, due to their relationship with/the OSS, awarded the Congressional Gold Medal. While my Dad absolutely Never spoke w/me about the War (I was the youngest child in the Family; and very young, when he died @ only 55 years of age), and, he was visibly uncomfortable when one of my aunts or uncles made any comments about his time in the War, it was also clear to me how very proud he was of his US Army Air Corps Unit.

That's partially because we're essentially the same people, just seperated by an ocean, and a common language.

@@thefurrybastard1964 And a hot beverage.

@@thefurrybastard1964 We are? My daughters are of Latvian, Finnish and Filipino descent. No English or British in there. My best friend is full blooded Italian.

@@throwback19841 You mean a hot beer?

@@robertsaiz3339 More likely the whole Tea/Coffee debate....

Wasp, thanks for sharing a personal story about the first Gulf War! For that, you get a heart!

I spent 22 years in the US Marines, I never saw "field conditions" like that! Lived rough for the vast majority of it.

@@JWWhiteTX Be one of the only enlisted in a unit of mostly O-5 + officers and you'll see that often. That and having to do all of their paperwork so they can play golf.

All troops however professional are "green" until they experience actual conflict. The sheer shock and horror of it takes time to accept and adjust to. Only once the adjustment has been made will their true fighting qualities come to the fore.

@@JWWhiteTX Maybe he was looking at an Army camp. :) I did see a video about the Americans in one place where they had these little dwelling units that were constructed like trailer homes, but much smaller at something like 10 by 10 feet or so. Each had an AC unit and around it were concrete slabs standing up (a bit like those barriers on the freeways when construction is going on, but taller and thicker) to protect from shells. Oddly, though, they don't lay a slab across the top so a direct hit means death because those little dwelling units are like eggshells and they are pretty tightly packed making that not unlikely if someone lobs a shell or mortar into the camp. Seems like a lack of planning there.

Do you remember the name of this memoir?

Everyone: "lets go back in time and kill Hitler." You: " Now hold on a minute.."

That sure is one way to look at it! LoL!!

Thanks for your comment and for watching!

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Yeah great bro but we’re looking for stories here

Tiny Pee Pee posted : I pity anyone who goes against our might. ====================================== Good post but you might want to send that message to our governments

Thats really sweet.

I was in the USN visiting Perth/Fremantle, Australia in 1982, and I couldn't keep up with the beers the locals were buying, 38 years after WWII!

Great story! Glad your dad was able to see his old air base once last time.

The memories he relived..our minds are mighty that even after all the yrs a smell, sound, sight, etc can bring the memory back like we are RIGHT THERE AGAIN IN THAT MOMENT. That was the sweetest thing you did for him.. He flew out green not knowing war yet..I can understand why he didn't like to talk about it. I look at pics of my hub and me, young married with 2 babies on our laps.. It's like looking at strangers with our memories.

Great story. Thank you for sharing

My grandad fought in WWII and wouldn’t have a bad word said about the American’s and his sister married a black G.I. who stayed in the U.K. after the war.

So your dad is from the future then. Nice!

Thank you for what you did.

tbh mate that's the RAF. Insecure Posh tarts who don't know which end of a barrel a bullet comes from or how to pitch a tent. Army and Navy is a whole different story; if you had bumped into any of them you'd have been treated as a brother. I think unfortunately bonds are made in blood and the RAF would faint at the sight of it which is why the bond isn't as strong.

Royal Navy were standoffish, probably as they were on land, the Royal Marines i met were alright. My dad was Royal Welsh Fusiliers, my uncles were para's, tough bunch ,Squaddies, Cheers! @@hobosinamansion

My grandfather never made it overseas, but he was stationed guarding the coast of Pensacola FL. He said it was crazy serious stuff. In the sense the base commander kept them convinced there would be a Nazi frogmen attack. Said every little sound had you on edge. He told me he'd have much rather just have a fight and get it done. The suspense was even worse.

@@cdgee6399 I remember by own Grandfather an infantry soldier telling me about being on reconaisance patrol in Sicily - they knew there were german troops out there somewhere but not sure where so were slowly making their way forward - he said he'd never felt as alert and aware in his life - pitch black darkness absolutely straining eyes and ears to hear or see anything, then someone shouted a challenge at them in german so they threw a couple of grenades, and fired off some rounds in the direction the shout had come from whilst they withdrew.

Doc Von Villainy, thanks for sharing about Patton!

Everyone in that war was brave, my friend.

@@thefurrybastard1964 You must be American. Can't have another nation getting praised, amirite?

​@Bukka what?

@@EmersusTechI grew up in the Desert where Patton’s Troops Trained! The Army sent me to Ft. Irwin for Desert Training before it was called NATIONAL TRAINING CENTER (NTC) Irwin is High Desert I come from Blythe CA which is Low Desert! I SAID: THANKS FOR THE VACATION!

Mask Hysteria, I can back up this story to some degree. I read about Allied soldiers who slipped food over to Russians in the POW camps. I may have read it in more than one book.

I saw that! But remember, the American soldier cited the Russian dentist for clandestinely performing small medical work on all the pows, including for Americans. There was just so much mutuality. I'm not crying. You're crying.

I read in Wikipedia that in Stalag Luft III the Americans smuggled some of their Red Cross parcel foodstuffs and food sent in the mail from their families to the British POW’s in a different neighboring camp. The German rationing was actually 500 calories short of health recommendations so trading and scrounging were priorities.

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and he fixed their teeth in gratitude.

Ken Summers, thank you for confirming my research! You're not the first and you probably won't be the last!

@@EmersusTech You're welcome! (BTW the full anti-American saying used by the British troops was "Over paid, over sexed and Over Here!" My mother remembered a returning (at war's end) British troop truck convoy, one with a sign saying "Don't wave at us girls, we're British!" 🤣

The socket set with each Merlin engine was because Rolls-Royce allowed Packard to use American threads not Whitworth. So each engine destined for the British needed a socket set to work on.

John, there's a new video out that you may want to see: Monash's Masterpiece: The Battle of Hamel ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-93mVu2vgErs.html

LIVERPOOL SCOTTISH, thanks for the wonderful comment! For that, you get a heart!

The Soviets/Russians were not, have never been our allies in reality, fact! Great story thanks!! 🇬🇧🇺🇲👍

@@Gertieness Allies only in name. But we must be honest, without them the war would have been lost. Officially, roughly 8.6 million Soviet soldiers died in the course of the war, including millions of POWs.

As an American veteran of the USMC 75 - 79, I was taught that US Marines were direct decedent's of British Royal Marines back in 1775 and that the hard-core training and discipline of the USMC most certainly was born from the Royal Marines and can be attributed too that Era till this day. I've always felt a sort of kinship with the Brits because of that. On that note, war's are won for quite a few reasons, planning, tactics and discipline along with beans, blankets and bullets to mention a few. My Grandfather was a veteran of WWII in Europe, and unfortunately he never spoke about his time there. But I do remember he had a fur lined GI overcoat from the war, so when I slept over my grandparents house I would use it as a blanket. The stories I've read here, were very humbling, War is no good and for some ungodly reason mankind keeps on repeating it for atleast the past 6,000 years. Is that not the definition of insanity? Finally, I believe the UK and the US are very closely aligned as a result of the war and if not for eachother there might not have been the either, at the end of WWII. I thank God for the men and women of that Great generation, even if there's still a bit of friendly nit picking going on. Cheers!

You mentioned Camp Ripley... would that be in Minnesota? BTW...my father was a WW2 Marine who was involved in nasty combat action that he rarely spoke of. Thanks for the mention of their bravery.

MartinAV8, what a wonderful comment! I really would like to know the "weird things he witnessed", but as you wrote -- you don't want to repeat them. Anyway, for that, you get a heart!

My dad was with the British 8th Army too and was left with much the same opinion.

"better US gear" Except your infantry anti-tank weapons were better, as well as some of your tanks. Your "kangaroo" APC was fully tracked and had better side and front armor than the more ubiquitous half track, but no roof, so no top protection (even against the rain).

Indeed. R.I.P. to those fallen heroes.

Have you ever heard of periods? Interesting insight.

crosisofborg5524, that was a nice thing to say! It shows he had a lot of faith in the U.S. By the way, have you seen my latest video? You may really like it: Monash's Masterpiece: The Battle of Hamel ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-93mVu2vgErs.html Thank you for your comment and for watching!

Of course, we bested England in the American Revolutionary War...And the War of 1812.

As long as he enjoyed them.

The African American troops were often preferred over their white comrades, they were polite and didn't expect to have everything their own way. Such as when white US troops would demand local pubs or shops refuse to serve black US troops, often leading to businesses putting up signs saying Blacks welcome, no whites or words to that effect. The Battle of Bamber Bridge says it all in fairness and explains why the coloured servicemen were preferred by the locals.

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I get it, but the Navigator also had the brains.

The Guards Armoured Division and US 82nd Airborne Division cooperated abdyfought very well together around Nijmegen in Market Garden with praise on both sides.

This sounds exactly like something that some Americans would do, deliberately, once they learned about British "stiff upper lip" and pride.

I read an account by a young boy who lived in an English village, with a large temporary American camp nearby. The Americans suddenly disappeared one night, to embark for D-Day, and the locals woke up to find piles of tinned food on their doorsteps, that the Americans were ordered to destroy but gave to people they knew to be suffering food rationing.

I am overwhelmed by these tales of comradeship between cross-ocean "cousins" during the war. Can't resist mentioning a further, inadvertent, collaboration, in which some young British lads took a liking to some American music, their versions of which became hugely popular.

@@nyetzdyec3391 Yep, you don't want to hurt someone's pride by making them feel like a charity case, even when they might need the help.

Multi Colored Psychopath, I didn't know that! You see, we can learn something new every day! That would be a real morale booster! For that contribution, you get a heart!

@@EmersusTech Thanks! I actually really appreciate that. Funnily enough, the only reason I know that is because I did a whole college essay in English on ice-cream. She said we could write about anything, and I like ice-cream. Mint chocolate chip. Hope you go far.

​@@EmersusTechthe funniest thing is the ice-cream barges were built because of prohibition and its the same reason why America had literal cheese vaults

America is surely the first country on Earth to take refrigerators to war with them. 👍😝

That's freaking crazy! Clearly the Americans know a lot about morale.

Love back to the UK 🇬🇧 🤝🇺🇸

It makes me really happy to see this. The internet is full of anti-americanisms from our friends across the pond but I always remind myself that it's the internet, the internet is filled with ignorance and I know that when it comes down to it, I can count on our friends to be there.

@@trevor3013True, it goes both ways…. The internet is a cesspool of hatred. Be yourself and be positive is all you can do if you look online for support….😢

Love back to UK 🇬🇧 🤝🇺🇸 my fiancé is British as well as our twin daughters lived in the UK for 5 years.

Shane...whereabouts in California?

Yes, that’s what most other non English speaking countries don’t understand. U.S. U.K. Canada, Australia, New Zealand, its not just “Allies and friends …….It’s Family. And NEVER Fuck with Family….fuck with one you fuck with all….

@@samuelegbert2199 many o f us literally came from thier ancestors. yes they are cousins of ours. their old history is our old history before we came here. We are the eldest child who took early independence from our parent, as soon as we grew up.

Ian Sands, yes, many Americans called others "Mac" - like, "Hey, mac" in America. Even when I was young, it was still pretty common. I totally believe your story. Anyway, I knew what you meant. Thanks for the great story! For that, you get a heart!

​@EmersusTech "Mack" is the older precursor to "dude."

@@EmersusTech "USAAF" stood for "United States Army Air Forces". As you said, it became an independent branch after the war, the USAF.

Something to note about the American Armed forces is we don't salute indoors unless it's a ceremony. So yeah The CPL wouldn't salute a CPT in that situation.

@@EmersusTech USAAF was actually disbanded in Sep 1947. It was previously called the Army Air Corp until 1941 which is when to was changed to USAAF. So his terminology is correct.

SICProwl, it's too bad that your family had to wait so long to find out! Thanks for your comment!

R.I.P.

I saw wreak of a tank from that battle on a school trip to the Netherlands and Germany and it had a sign which said a batterterd bastard of Bataan.

That's a touching story. But...Spam isn't a luxury food?

@Chip Cook You are very observant and reminded me of something I had almost forgotten. Grandmother was less than 5' and I doubt she ever weigh more than 115 lbs. When I was a freshman in middle school, I weighed more than her.

Where is your family from in the pacific?

Where was your family from in the pacific?

​@@bentighe4811 They were starving, so they didn't take the Spam for granted. To them, AT THAT TIME, it WAS a luxury food.

I had uncles in the American, British and Canadian Armies that either liberated camps or arrived just after liberation. These were damned hard men, and it scarred them for the rest of their lives.

I mean, who wouldn't use firepower and maneuver if they had the choice? Better than being ground up. I found it ironic that the Germans complained about the same. Wasn't Blitzkrieg and all their successful tank offensives about maneuver and fire power?

The Americans are naturally very quick learners. Naturally adaptive too, in so many ways.

Evilroco, thanks for sharing your family history!

My mums cousin is very Mediterranean looking. She was born in late 1944 to her mother married to a british soldier who was taken prisoner during normandy. When her mother got dementia years later she revealed the truth in a confused state that her father was actually an eight air force soldier who had moved to the US from Italy when he was young.

war brides are usually filthy party girls , they haven't just been bonking you they been bonking all ya mates too

Bwahaha!, yep definitely.😂

@@Ukraineaissance2014 What?

scottishhellcat, that's a nice comment! Thanks!

A friendof mine, Bob Halliday, was a Brtish paratrooper in WW2. He was dropped into Normandy at 1 minute past midnight on D-Day. He was soon wounded, but after recovering fought in the Battle of the Rhine. He many times bemoaned the poor state of British clothing , firearms and other equipment compared with that of the Germans and Americans.

Of course they did, they had not been depleted by fight alone for 3 years !

@@marycarver1542 Hadn't the Germans been fighting the same amount of time; and without aid from the US?

@@marycarver1542 No, that isn't the reason. The U.S. was and still is, the land of plenty. Remember the U.S. supplied EVERYONE with something. Food, Ammo, Equipment, parts, engines, etc.....etc.....etc..... The U.S. would have still had better food and weapons even if we had been fighting for those 3 years.

He probably should have said "don't get into a drinking competition with one and don't get into a fight with one."

I was in Kodiak, Alaska for minesweeping in 1983.They told us the same stories about the fishermen. Totally not true.

@@keighlancoe5933 What we found with the Aussies is don't get in a beer drinking contest with them, instead we bring out the whiskey. You be surprised how they didn't hold their whiskey very well. Never had a chance to serve with any brits though while I was in the Navy as I was forwards deployed in Japan. Well other than the ones stationed in Hong Kong (yes it was that long ago).

As soon as you said 50/50 American/Canadian I thought, "Devil's Brigade?!"

The precursor to Special Forces.

I've heard of the devils brigade..

My great grandfather was part of the unit. Served in the 6-3 as a Tech Sgt.

this was the birth of the American Special forces ( the Green Beret) you should be so very proud of your Pop.

I'm an Air Force brat, also a Navy vet, and at one time I would've agreed with you. But the navy just had a sailor who's also a drag queen get all dolled up in order to entice new recruits because, like most branches, they're not meeting their quotas. Also, they're understaffed, overworked, and repairs aren't getting done in a timely manner. What kind of military are we going to end up with?

Love back to the UK 🇬🇧 🤝🇺🇸

No need for thanks it was America's war also🇺🇲🇬🇧❤️

​@@captainamerica5826 No one EVER thanks us. Let him thank us!

I don’t think the UK would’ve fallen without us. It would’ve been tough in the aftermath though. The iron curtain would’ve extended to the English Channel. While I’m here, I’m a U.S. Navy veteran and spent most of my time in Europe. I dated a girl from Plymouth for a long time and every interaction I ever had with The Royal Navy was superb.

No one knows what root beer is, outside of the US. Beer made from roots?

That’s what it is lol. It uses lots of the same techniques. It’s why lots of places that make their own beer also usually have their own root beer as well.

@@kevinshort3943 It's soda, basically the same techniques used to make beer like jeremy said.

When I was a boy we had a German lodger who used to be in the Hitler Youth. He was a really nice fellow. It's funny that: my dad spent part of the war in charge of German POWs. If I remember they were in a camp in Wales. In my innocence I asked if he saw any Nazis. He told me that he just saw ordinary hungry dispirited men who couldn't get their hands on any soap. My Uncle was captured by the Germans in North Afrika. They were treated well and both sides got on well with each other. Then, unfortunately the Italians took over the camp......... A neighbour of mine who died about 10 years ago was a signalman in the Heer. He spent most of his time mending wireless sets and shoeing horses (lots of them). Nice Man he was too.

@@kayb9979 my German neighbor was very clear on one thing,he loved the USA and was thankful to live here.

Here in Australia when I was a kid we had an old German couple live next door, he was a nazi in the war and had a big scar from a bayonet on his shoulder and must have left a big chip on his shoulder because they weren't nice people.. if us neighbourhood kids were out playing in the street they'd wait until we hit a ball near their property they'd run out and steal the ball so we couldn't play anymore, us kids got sick of that happening pretty quickly so all us kids would go around at night with golf clubs and hit cane toads on their roof, it didn't take long before their house started to really stink and we kept doing it for years

@@kayb9979 yes i have heard that the germans were pretty good at following conventions on how to treat prisoners of war in ww2.

@theCosmicQueen my grandfather's brother traded his rifle for a redcross and a litter. He said the average german troops respected the redcross, to the point of making eye contact with the Germans in their fox hole and would receive the nod. That didn't apply to the SS.

Sam Murphy, thank you for your comment and for watching!

@@Oobido England is a country and the British are the people that lives there?

@@Oobido True....we need to learn the difference between "England" and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

@@Oobido We know the difference between England, Britain and the UK. We also know many people who were born in England,, came to America and called themselves English. My best friend in childhood came to America in 1958 from England and never referred to herself as British; she always said she was English and I did the same.

​@@Oobidonot to be insensitive, but if we're talking about the country, and not the people, then yes, Welsh, scot, Ireland, are barely even real countries, at most subsidiarys of the English.

Camp Bastion hospital I believe ended up being one of the best equiped in the world..including the MERT chinooks that were flying hospitals as well.

30 years of 'The Troubles' in Northern Ireland made the UK world leaders in bullet & bomb trauma care.

@@Ditchy69 were you British military?

Tea ? I hope you reminded them of the reason for the Revolution. Joking !

@@jcoker423 I reminded them that the two best James Bond actors were an Irishman (Brosnan) and a Scotsman (Connery)

There are no "Majors" in the RAF.

@@jameshenry3530 maybe there was something like that back then. Or it was translated to what we would call his rank.

Damn, like father like son(s), eh? Joining the military must be in your genes

@@theCosmicQueen No. There wasn't "something like that back then".

Paul, wow, that's a lot more than most people. The only contacts I've personally had with WWII soldiers was my great-uncle in the US army, two former Finnish soldiers who fought the Russians and an ex-German soldier who still had grenade shrapnel in him, although that was what I was told and unfortunately we didn't talk about the war. In fact, because of the circumstances, except for some from my great-uncle, I didn't get really any information. Hey, I was young and didn't realize that this would be the only time to ask -- until the time had passed. Thanks for your comment!

I'm American. Four of my uncles served in WWII...the youngest of the four just passed away a few years ago at the age of 94. He was like a grandfather to me as my actual grandfather (& grandmother) was born in the 1890s. My dad was their youngest & was a surprise child born to them in their 50s during WWII. My dad served in the army during the Vietnam War, but was stationed in Korea.

ingerlander, when the South Koreans fought in Vietnam (alongside the U.S. troops), they had this (M55) special quad .50 caliber that would just rip the forest up! Example here: www.pinterest.com/pin/243757398555020724/ Thanks for your comment!

@@EmersusTech - I love that picture. Looks like a fantastic weapon.

CJ Clark, yep, that's what at least on British person stated. Thanks for your comment!

What liar said we were?

My father was originally in the Pacific theater, had an altercation with an officer was thrown in the brig for 2 weeks then sent to the European theater. He said he and his fellow GI's had no love for Montgomery or McArthur.

Montgomery was liked by his men. If you know the full story of Market Garden it was a set of failures that lead to the missions overall loss not the strategy. The biggest failure was the intel, it was way off the mark. Added to that everyone signed off to the operation including the Americans it was not just his plan rather his idea.

@@watkinsrory Thank you for that important clarification. It's not the Hollywood version.

I don't think anyone who met Monty felt any affinity to him. A cold fish. But he was cautious with lives and was generally liked for that.

My late father-in-law loved Montgomery . He fought from Dunkirk ,in Africa, Italy and Normandy. When he died he had arranged to have "La Mer" played at his memorial service. He didn't like the Yanks until he retired to Majorca and a lot of his neighbors were warm, generous Americans as well as his daughter-in-law.@@watkinsrory

Gary, thank you for you nice comment!

Are you British?

unclescipio3136, what a great story! I read it with high interest! For this, you get a heart!

Exactly! More than anything else, it amazes me how our military grew from something like 300,000 to about 12,000,000 in a few years time. You can't just throw uniforms on people and send them out, expecting them to know what to do. Imagine starting a company, where you need 120 people that are very well trained, including high level positions to run everything, yet you only start out with 3 that are fully trained!

@@RogCBrand - true, but it's amazing how some of these men, civilians just a couple of years before, became excellent soldiers. We all remember Major Richard Winters, and Eugene Sledge.

@@RogCBrand Well, Putin would say that you can throw uniforms on people and send them out. It's exactly what he does for a long time now in Ukraine.

​@@adiagy9283 Putin is insane and doesn't give af. Everyone is fair game and the right size for the uniform.

Very true America was a Isolationist country and its army was Relatively very small for the size of the US. We turned on that war machine and haven't been able to turn if off.

We kind of brute-forced that one by just churning out freighters and escorts at an obscene rate.

@@crowe6961 Was an Industrial Power at the time that was dead from the depression we needed something to push us and getting those supplies to those that needed it and later joining was one of the ways it got us out of it. Now if we can just get back to doing that again, but not cause of a war, making stuff at home instead of other places we have the manpower and resources.

Well, they joined in after the war had been raging for 3 years already, with GB practically standing alone against the Nazis. They only came in because the US was attacked at Pearl Harbour!

Lets not forget the Americans were fighting two wars on two sides of the globe,, while supplying six other allied countries with weapons and food. I'd say the Americans were true masters of logistics.

@@mr.naughtypants7069 The British were fighting in Europe, Africa and the Pacific as well don't forget. The same for Australia and New Zealand among others, India as well come to that. I've known people who fought in all three areas so it wasn't just the US fighting on two sides of the world. Far from it in fact.

"Ah, so that's why grandpa never answered the phone! He never knew who'd be on the other line!" :) Thanks for your comment and for watching! There's a new video out that you may want to see: Monash's Masterpiece: The Battle of Hamel ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-93mVu2vgErs.html

White Ikiryo, thank you for confirming my research!

On the other hand battledress was cut to give better mobility and storage space. Eisenhower was so impressed with it that he had a custom jacket made for himself based on the battledress tunic, which was later made general issue - because the US jacket was a bit shit for actual combat.

The Germans had the best looking uniforms in that war, especially the SS. But not all that glitters is gold and vice versa.

Yah my grandpa (American GI) never had anything bad to say about the British troupes he fought with in Africa and Italy, but he said the British officers where worse than the American boot LT. A lot of them where rich pumpuse arse while we had idiot young college kids trying to lead that had no clue what they where doing. He joked he spent just as much time in the Brig as he did out fighting, had a bad case of knocking out officers that would prob got him killed other wise. He was a Golden Glove boxer and didn't have any issues with using his fist. It was like he was an Sargent than get busted down to E-1 and before the next battle was over he be back to being a Sargent...lol

i don't think artillery or aerial bombs were very precise back then....

@@theCosmicQueen Would be harder for the Brits to inform the guns where they were as well, while the American units at least had a chance to call in on Radio or telephone to their support.

It’s the often said American artillery won World War II or at least American artillery units will tell you that with staggering statistics to back it up. The American developed coordinated artillery strikes so every enemy position was bombarded at the same time and no position could take cover after hearing their neighbors being hit. Enemy description of the artillery attacks are horrendous to read. Just a surveillance plane flying over head had people ducking for cover because they could be reporting locations. If an allied position was not reported correctly, it would have been bombed. They hit every position they could.

The Brits may remember their officers as good planners and Americans as rash.. The GI's felt they stalled so Americans would go in first.

StuG Life, yes, as an American I appreciate that our forefathers were so "rough". Thanks for your comment!

Look up "Battle of Bamber Bridge"

As too often it is to this day.

Enjoying your posts on this video, Liverpool Scottish. 20 years ago, I was at Liverpool University, and was training with Liverpool University Officer Training Corps, with real hopes of becoming a Rifles (then Royal Green Jackets) officer. Hugely enjoyed my time in the city, with LUOTC, and our Liverpool Scottish NCOs...

The kids must have been desperate for sweets ! Have you tasted American chocolate ? Ahh !

That was a nice backhanded compliment. 🙄

"I understand that a large riot broke out in Australia during the early stages of the war when local men got tired of US Marines stealing their girlfriends along with other grievances". That kind of makes it seem like the Aussies were mainly at fault for this, when in reality this was mainly due to American military police and MacArthur trying to force the Jim Crow laws on the Aussie aboriginal soldiers and their own Black soldiers. The Americans also took credit for some Aussie victories, which pissed off the Australian's. "At least that never occurred in Britain, at least not to my knowledge." Not with the Brits versus the Americans, but with White US military police and Black US soldiers of the 1511th Quartermaster regiment (an all black unit) Look up The Battle of Bamber Bridge if you want to know more. This was unfortunately common in English speaking countries i.e. Britain, Australia and New Zealand to name three.

Yes.. it took me aback the first time I watched a reaction video and saw the brits call all usa , yanks. We are American by birth. Southern by the grace of God ❤😂. WE call others, yanks😅

@barackollama1131 Really? It was all about trying to enforce Jim Crow laws in Australia? I could believe that might be the case on the basis due to the fact that the American military always treats bases abroad as if it were American soil, and as a result, American laws would apply. However, the Jim Crow laws were state laws, not federal laws, ergo said laws would not apply on "federal lands/property" . No US laws or military regulations would have any validity off-base. When off base, American military personnel would be expected to follow orders and beyond that oblige the laws and respect the customs of their host nation. I was not implying that the Aussies were to blame. That was your inference. I do understand, however, that Aussies were upset that American GIs had rather easy access to certain provisions that were very hard, if not impossible, for Australians to come by due to provisioning restrictions placed upon them during the war. This is also one of the reasons the Australian ladies preferred the company of American servicemen to my understanding.

@@BarackOLlama4 you might have a hard time proving that. sounds more like history revision.

@@BarackOLlama4 Between the White Australia Policy and the similar history of Aboriginal Australians to American Indians, I don't think the Australians got too pissy about racial, ethnic or tribal garbage that every nation since the dawn of time participated in.

SilentButDudley, yeah, like the Germans said -- You can fool the Americans once, but not twice! Thanks for your comment and for watching! There's a new video out that you may want to see: Monash's Masterpiece: The Battle of Hamel ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-93mVu2vgErs.html

"They failed to rout Rommel" Except they did rout Rommel before. Google *Operation Crusader 1941*

SeldimSeen1, thanks for your compliment! My mother told me that in WWII her relatives had ration coupons, but not enough money to buy the items!

My mother worked in the local enlistment office in S,C, during the war. Her boss was very vindictive. He would get mad at a resident and then tell his staff to take out info on that person's sons to send them off to die. The ladies would try to hide the paperwork hoping he would forget. My mother said he got his due when his son was killed in the war.

You served in the British units?

danite620, thank you for sharing your story!

Monty always wanted field superiority over the enemy. This is why he defeated Rommel in North Africa. The Germans literally ran over US troops at first but ran out of materials soon.

​@@glennschemitsch8341 Monty was a pain in the ass, conceited snob. No one liked him.

Similarly, at the Bulge Monty saved the US army's flank in the direction of Antwerp

@@DeezNuts-cg9gl Monty took command of two shambolic US armies in the German Bulge attack saving them from annihilation.

Monty was not a rival to Patton. Field Marshall Monty was two levels above Patton, an average US general. Do not get your history from Hollywood.

Rick, I believe Monty needed all his ducks in a row before he would even think about attacking. He wanted as much certainty as possible of victory. That's my take on him. Thanks for your comment and for watching! There's a new video out that you may want to see: Monash's Masterpiece: The Battle of Hamel ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-93mVu2vgErs.html

Sean, thanks -- everytime I've met a British person, they've been friendly or extremely helpful. I know that not of y'all are that way -- I mean, what country is perfect? Thank you for your service and for this, you get a heart! By the way, have you seen my latest video? You may really like it: Why Was World War II Worse Than World War I? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-cky159m1yqk.html Thank you for your comment and for watching!

Restricted Access, what a good comment! You get a heart!

Yes the Brits had disasters but they were fighting the Germans and Italians alone from July 1940 to November 1942.

I have seen that same learning curve paradigm in all genre of human activity. And it is satisfying to witness a green one become seasoned. Oh, and some have it, and some don't. We just accept that fact.

@billballbuster7186 No, they weren't. Canada declared war on Germany in 1939, as did Australia. Furthermore, more than a million Indians, and several hundred thousand Australians, New Zealanders, South Africans etc also fought the Germans and Japanese, along with many millions of Chinese who, realistically, bore the brunt of the Japanese in Asia before the United States entered the war. There were more than a dozen nations fighting the Axis in some form since 1939. But all of that is besides the point, as Britian fighting alone or with help doesn't add to or subtract from its many early-war blunders.

@@DirtyMikeandTheBoys69 I think only North Africa was the learning curve for the British army where they could really have time to study the German tactics. Early disasters in France, Norway, Crete, Greece etc were all surprise attacks that caught the brits off guard. Seems to be a British habit since WW1, perform terrible early on but then adjust in later years.

Dustin, so, that explains the "hands in the pockets!" ;) Thanks for your comment! There's a new video out that you may want to see: Monash's Masterpiece: The Battle of Hamel ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-93mVu2vgErs.html

You have no idea how much British soldiers despised American soldiers. It wasn't just that Americans sat out half of the war. Even after they joined, they spent a great deal of time lounging around Britain They were loud and had money to burn while the British soldiers were fighting in Europe. As for the Marshall Plan, that was hardly altruistic. Britain only finished paying for the Marshall loan in the 70's

@@stucorbett we did get in the war late but don't criticize american troops who died for you. You europeans have dragged us into ww1 and ww2. You need to face the fact that britain wouldn't have stood a chance against Hitler. You Europeans should have your own military deal with european crisis and wars . My country will deal with our own problems and yes we have problems. All the best to you.

@@Allan-hd1uh Ordinary US citizens have paid for the safety, security, peace and prosperity of Europe in blood, sweat and taxes for nearly 100 years and continue to do so. Americans with all their faults and baggage are as generous and open hearted as any nation. Americans are weary yet again to be involved in foreign conflicts, yet their leadership and stewardship is still valuable and necessary. The ROW would benefit from emulation and gratitude of the American spirit.

@@stucorbett Do point out to us where you Brits were entitled to American blood and treasure. NO treaty, no agreement... so why do you think you are entitled? And please learn some history. In the 1930's, Congress passed a series of Neutrality Acts, prohibiting involvement in another European war.

@@stucorbett And we also didn't want to get involved in that "Phoney War" during 1939-1941. You lounged around and did nothing to help Poland, despite your promises to the contrary. Hell, you even had a treaty with Poland which you failed to uphold. So why the hell should Americans get involved when you sat at home, doing nothing?

I'm not sure about that. There have been a good number of documentaries on Roosevelt and his war-time policies. Although he made some errors (as did Churchill), he was a good ally of Britain on the whole. I think that most people over 50 understand this.

Truth!

​@@28pbtkh23 A lot of Roosevelt's own advisors were disgusted with his attitude towards Britain. He was only interested in his own re-election.

@@karenblackadder1183 He was fighting against US public opinion and if he hadn't won the election, a more isolationist government might have taken over.

@@28pbtkh23 I think the comment is referring to the way Rooservelt sided with Stalin and ignored WC. Nobody is doubting his commitment to the war once they finally joined. He never liked WC he thought he was an idiot. I am sure it was a means to an end of the war but there should have been red flags waving when WC spoke to him about Stalins proposals of carving up Europe with Britain thinking WC would agree with him based on Britain's existing empire. Stalin and Rooservelt used to belittle WC and make jokes at his expense. Even as a non Brit I see that as insulting considering if it were not for WC there would have been nobody but Russia fighting the Germans and Europe would have been lost.

Your country is always in my prayers.

Love, USA!😊

Yes. Slava Ukraine and may we all win against tyranny!

We are with you all the way. As long as it takes. Slava Ukraine! - Glory to the heroes! Full support, from the USA.🔱💪💙💛

What is the different meaning of "fanny"?

@@gaoxiaen1 In American English "fanny" is slang for the buttocks, however in the UK, it's slang for a woman's genitals.

Fanny, _US,_ the bum, backside, ass. Fanny, UK,_ the vagina. Mix-ups go both ways, like when Brits ask Americans if they can bum a fag.

Not only is "fanny" an American word for the buttocks, but I still recall being taught by a gym teacher around 1st grade that it was a more polite alternative as she considered "butt" rather crude and didn't want us to say that word. This would have been about 1976 in Virginia.

@@gaoxiaen1 It refers to a vagina.

Mark Clark was one of the worst generals in US history.

​@@thomast8539 Plenty to choose from!

It was probably MIlligan. He had a surefire airplane curse.

Very true. My mother 🇬🇧 grew up with a lad who was killed by an American bomber who was suppose to bomb the Germans.

As my uncle a WW2 veteran said, when the RAF bomb the axis duck, when the Luftwaffe bomb the Allies duck, when the yanks bomb everyone ducks. American planes bombed neutral Switzerland several times, was it a mistake?

My grandfather was a navigator on a spy plane (a Lancaster) during the war. His plane got attacked a couple of times by overeager american fighters. 50 years later he was still fuming at the american base officer asking them (his crew) to go lightly on the pilots as they were "green".

My ex's grandfather was in I believe the US 3rd Infantry Division at Colmar, he recalled being shelled by US artillery.

French Fries, yes. "What's that over there, Paul?" "I believe it's a guitar for sale, John." And the rest is history! Thanks for your comment!

By the way, you get a heart!

KRM, I'm glad you liked it!

@EmersusTech I look forward to watching the rest of your selections, as I've subscribed to your channel. My gratitude for the time and effort you put into the finished work. The research is clearly quite good and the photo selections first rate. Just to give you a wee bit of data about my skillset in the military/paramilitary. I had trained in military freefall and then went to sniper school and SERE. Additionally, I'm Cherokee/white. My Cherokee grandfather began teaching me to track, stalk, hunt, and shoot when I was 8 years old. He moved me to long distance shooting with a 30-06 when I was 10. I was shooting bullseyes at 600 yards before that summer was over. All of that translated to my military career and helped keep me alive in combat. Of course, the advanced training I received in the military was instrumental there too. I worked in those worlds from age 17 until I in my 30s. I'd gotten married, and then we began to have babies. Plus, my injuries began to mount up, knee surgeries, concussions, etc. I was tortured at one point and the stress position I was in tore both of my rotator cuffs. When I was hospitalized to assess the damage, I met a Veterans Administration nurse and we fell in love. That's who I married. All of that led me to retire from active service. I would occasionally accept an important assignment, but as I mentioned, it took certain lures to get me to do those things. Keep up the great work. Cheers!

wayinfront1, that sounds like what others have written too! Thanks for your comment!

Gil Lahlum, yes, I really tried to be balanced and give the right amount of information in an efficient manner. I try that with most of my videos. Thanks for the nice comment!

When I was in the navy two young men drank themselves to death, just passed out and never woke up. Alchol poison wasn't something any of us really thought about in the 70's and 80's. We literally drank and cussed just like sailors.

@@DreamingDarlin Even in the 90's when I was in, a lot of young man got them self in trouble. During a free times in port we had nothing better to do than drink....

_"We reluctantly were already dragged into one european war prior,"_ When?

Edward Brown, yes, since they were Soviets, they all equally shared the "non-paintbrushes". :) Thanks for the comment!

but, spay guns are not for painting. they are veterinary medical devices. :)

I wouldn't take to hart if a brit is talking the piss out of you it means we like you

Lee Trot Boswell, thank you very much! I appreciate your appreciation! Yes, a lot of people have left a lot of comments -- interesting reads!