Excellent video, I noticed the poles planted in the ground by the Germans to wreck gliders trying to land. I wonder how effective they were, a lot of wrecked gliders, but generally gliders are wrecked when they land or scrapped soon after.

@wullieg7269

20 күн бұрын

rommels asparagus

Your videos are excellent! It would be a big help to us amateur historians if you could also post the photograhers' name, date and location that was usually found at the beginning of a new reel or when the photographer had film left and moved to a new location. I don't know how the British did this but it appears at the beginning of American Signal Corps reels. Thanks for considering it.

@PanzerInsight

20 күн бұрын

Place and date is in de video, but the name is another great idea to place in the video.

TY 🙏🙏

@PanzerInsight

19 күн бұрын

You're welcome.

Some of those looks like recent battles, as they are still smoking!

At 5.00. What the hell is that Totenkopf cufband doing in this footage in France in 1944. During the Normandy campaign in 1944 the Totenkopf division was on the eastern front fighting near Warschau not in Normandy. The only 2 explanations I can think of is that some one fought The Totenkopf division during the invasion of France in 1940 and kept this trophy all this time. But I doubt that is the case. Or it was kept by former Totenkopf members who took command over some units like the 12'e SS HJ panzer divisionas NCO's or officers. It's known that eastern war veterans from the 1st SS panzer division (LSSAH) took command over the units from the 12e SS HJ panzer division and some still carried their old cufband from the LSSAH in Normandy. But a Totenkopf cufband in Normandy in 1944 I have never seen before. So If some one has the real answer to this question let me know so I can learn some more about this war, this operation, and who was involved during this operation on teh German side.

@hansgruber650

20 күн бұрын

My Uncle's cousin was an Officer in Totenkopf and fought from Poland to Russia and when the 9th SS Panzer Division was formed he was a Sturmbannfuhrer highly decorated.

@eric-wb7gj

20 күн бұрын

Quite possible armband belonged to an NCO or Officer who was transferred over to an SS division in France as you say.

@JMark-zk5pj

20 күн бұрын

Many instances of former unit titles still being worn from Totenkopf, Reich, Wiking etc. This 222 is from 17.SS.

@PanzerInsight

19 күн бұрын

Like people pointed out it's probably a souvenir.

@belleriffraff

17 күн бұрын

So you think the Allied soldier, went over to the eastern battlefields and picked the insignia up, and then carried it around just for filming purposes while in France? jeez why did'nt I think of that unrealistic answer!!!

Was that a British soldier putting a panzerfaust into the end of a bazooka?

@PanzerInsight

19 күн бұрын

Indeed, but in the entire reel they seem to be confused by the other German weapons as well.

@Ebash-Banderu

18 күн бұрын

dementia and courage)))

@WorksOnMyComputer

15 күн бұрын

That's what used to happen before computer games and we all became experts on weapons.

@YVON-qb7tn

12 күн бұрын

Oui apparemment, il cherche peut-être à comprendre le système ? Peut-être ne sait il pas que les deux engins ne se complète pas.

I could be wrong, but the tanks in that first 3 minutes of your video of wrecked tanks don't look like tanks, but look suspiciously like gliders.

@riff2072

20 күн бұрын

Nothing gets by you. Sorry for that but, I just could not help myself.

@markthomas506

18 күн бұрын

Their inflatable tanks! Cleverly disguised to look like smashed up gliders to fool the germans, at any moment sherman tanks will pop out and go "ta da!!".

@jamesellis2784

18 күн бұрын

My name is human . .

@nr5vtjustpeter

15 күн бұрын

Thats probably why it says vehicles.😅

@gdwlaw5549

14 күн бұрын

We all look forward to you posting all your comments on a new KZread channel….we could call it the stupid comment channel? Have a good one 😊

les fics, pendant l'occupation ils collaborent, ensuite ils passent de l'autre coté...

I find the damage to the vehicles interesting. I wonder if there were heavy bombs(1000-2000lbs), battleship shells or a mixture of both. Artillery and tank guns can't rip apart vehicles as seen in these images. Even a direct 203mm(8in) HE howitzer shell hit would not sheer metal away like that while leaving the paint intact, with the vehicle thrown in every direction. In other words, there was no secondary explosion, the initial strike ripped whole tanks apart.

@PanzerInsight

14 күн бұрын

Most of them were probably pushed to the side by bulldozer, could be part of the damaged.

@jlawsl

14 күн бұрын

@@PanzerInsight True, but what about the hull damage. I have taken part in a few armored vehicle recoveries and never found metal ripped apart this much apart from firing ranges.

@PanzerInsight

13 күн бұрын

Do you have a timestamp for me?

Nice video Some pictures were taken in villages i know Le plessis grimoult is same actually So i say you a big thanks

@PanzerInsight

14 күн бұрын

Thank you, can you point out some of the vilages you know please. .?

Seems very unusual for a Totenkopf cuff band to be found in Normandy.

@Dontwlookatthis

20 күн бұрын

I thought so, too. Perhaps the film was made elsewhere and got mixed into the Normandy batch.

@PanzerInsight

20 күн бұрын

@@Dontwlookatthis pretty much impossible, the clipboard points out the date on the spot in this real.

8:47 how does this work Stephen, I dont know mate Im trying to get FM signal here

Terrible 😔 destruction of Allied and German equipment during the Normandy campaign.

What is the vehicle in left hand side of the frame @ 0.28? With VVSS as per an early Lee/Grant or Sherman??

@PanzerInsight

20 күн бұрын

That's a blown up Marder I.

Nicu footage.

@PanzerInsight

14 күн бұрын

Thank you.

放棄されたシュビームワーゲン自家用車に欲しいですね。

Rommel sure chose a bad time to go back home to take care of a few things. He knew he had made a huge mistake!

@lucas82

9 күн бұрын

It is impossible to tell if he could have had any impact though. The man was known for his agressive fighting style, which may have backfired in case of Normandy. The 21th Panzer division immediately counter attacked the British on the afternoon of June 6th but got clapped despite the fact that the British were still organizing their defense. Had the OKH have given Rommel permission to have his Panzer reserves spred out along they beached things would have likely got worse for them as the Allies could then not only hit them with naval artillery (like they did at Sicilly) but they could also take on the Panzer forces in piecemeal fashion. Mind you that the Germans did not know for sure that the invasion would even take place in northern France, so spreading the armour out along the Normandy and Brittany coastlines made very little sense strategically. Armoured attacks only worked if the armour was concentrated, Rommel opted for the opposite. His subordinate in the West, Geyr von Schweppenburg, realized that the armour should be kept in reserve if a serious counter attack was to be attempted even though this meant exposing the Panzers to air attack. I think Geyr was right and Rommel was wrong.

@Spartan902

8 күн бұрын

@@lucas82 I agree that it is likely that his presence wouldn't of changed much. Geyr was right in wanting to keep the Panzers in reserve.

Gee smart boy...you can tell the difference between a tank and a glider...the world??

@PanzerInsight

14 күн бұрын

And you can"t read a title and know what a vehicle is. :)

Glider glider glider tank, no just an anti tank gun bazooka machine gun tank ,no a swim wagon boared turned off

I wonder how effective the Glider missions where? Seems like a lot broke up on landing

at 12:01 is that a King tiger ??

@givenfirstnamefamilyfirstn3935

20 күн бұрын

Modified by a battleship or cruiser perhaps?

@PanzerInsight

19 күн бұрын

That's indeed a Tiger II.

@ilhanolcay3836

13 күн бұрын

Indeed, looks like with a Porsche turret too!

@MrWoWgaming

7 күн бұрын

@@ilhanolcay3836 We can see that although inaccurate, there is a logic to the common names. The ‘Porsche turret’ is so named because it was intended for (but never fitted to) a tank hull designed by Porsche, and the ‘Henschel turret’ because it was fitted to a hull designed by that firm. i dont think its a porsche turret its yust a early production turret

@madigorfkgoogle9349

3 сағат бұрын

Tiger II or Tiger B yes, King Tiger no, Germans never had such a tank...

Those allied soldiers guessing how the Germans weapons worked lololol

3:20 soviet Maxim machine gun

@flitsertheo

15 күн бұрын

Still used in 2024.

@Ebash-Banderu

13 күн бұрын

@@flitsertheo да до сих пор.

🙂🤟✌️💪👍👌👏😎🇹🇭

dont make schwimwagens any more not since...

Noise gimmick gets stale quickly.

@PanzerInsight

19 күн бұрын

There is no gimmick 80% of this I did not even add sound it's just the static that you hear.

8:38, no, not like that. Can imagine you would think that. Panzerfaust is not immediately obvious.

@madigorfkgoogle9349

3 сағат бұрын

you know they didnt have much of WWII computer games nor WWII movies, not even WWII history book back then, right?

Yep them sure is funny looking tanks maybe there a secret weapon flying tank

@nr5vtjustpeter

15 күн бұрын

Probably why it says vehicles in the title.

@PanzerPicture

14 күн бұрын

​​@@nr5vtjustpeterpeople seem to have no idea what the word vehicles means.😅

@madigorfkgoogle9349

3 сағат бұрын

Soviets did have a flying tank and it was a glider as well... just saying, lol.