I see a lot of soldiers from all sides smiling in this video because they have just survived the worst global conflict in human history. A very logical reaction.

@benedictearlson9044

Жыл бұрын

Not quite the reason, it wasn't so much relief at surviving military conflict. This withdrawal from Prague where they tortured and slaughtered 20,000 of the local civilian population meant they were firstly leaving behind their crimes and retribution from an immanent successful civilian uprising, and second were surrendering into the hands of US Army who would treat them far better than the advancing Soviet Army.

@Bahamut3525

Жыл бұрын

They also respect each other.

@None-zc5vg

2 ай бұрын

Another "worst global conflict in history " seems to be on the cards

@jano-ir1cg

22 күн бұрын

By the same deepstate people who created the 20th century disasters. Not just in Europe. Laos, Cambolia, Vietnam, Korea, Irak, Afganistan, Serbia etc...And now they want to force the whole world against the Russians to save the USD and their economy. Son of a bitches

@homerp.hendelbergenheinzel6649

21 күн бұрын

@@benedictearlson9044 then you interpret their laughs falsely. for sure there were some among them that may have smiled because of what you wrote. otherwise your claim has absolutely no ground. ordinary wehrmacht soldiers were by majority not involved in what you wrote ( this was done by SS units that operated at the back of the front line). where those wehrmacht soldiers innocent? probably not. were they responsible for the incredible atrocities that happened behind the front lines? for sure not. you really have to get your history straight here, because you throw every person with a uniform into one pot and that does absolutely not reflect the reality. and of course there were common soldiers that were part of the atrocities that happened, but its wrong to blame an entire army for that. please read at least into basic information, its not that hard to find out about an overall picture of "who did exactly what". read the wiki article of the wehrmacht and the ss, this would be a good point to start, because responsibilities are handled quite well in these articles ( at least in the german articles). for example it were the so called SS-Totenkopfverbände ( "SS-Deathskullcompanies") that were responsible for the deportation of jews, communists, sinti asoasf - they were a special division within the SS, because they tried to hide as good as they could what they were doing. also the ghetto in warsow was run by the SS - another example. no ordinary wehrmacht soldier ever did duty there. every concentration camp was run by the SS, again no ordinary german soldiers did duty there - there was a secret to be kept and guarded... as i said: get your history straight. i cannot believe this comment has 23 likes without anyone pointing out that you are very wrong in your interpretation, which shows that people are willing to believe whatever is written on the internet without any proof or evidence. please note that im not trying to whitewash the wehrmacht or what was done at all. but history is not a fairytale - and thats what you are trying to make out of it.

My oldest aunt's brother-in-law was killed in Czechoslovakia 3 days before the war ended. He was a tank commander in the 401st Tank Battalion. It seems that while on patrol, his tank slid off the road and overturned, presumably crushing him. He had survived from the beaches at Normandy only to die in an accident 3 days before the war ended. Life can be so unfair at times.

@RSTI191

3 жыл бұрын

Life is risk no matter how you slice it... That's the price we pay for admission. Sux what happened..

@vincentkosik403

3 жыл бұрын

Same happened to my Mother's boyfriend in Italy...truck accident and he died.... 😢 Life is unfair

@jamespfitz

3 жыл бұрын

Imagine the tens of thousands killed in waning four months of the war, long after it was lost.

@vincentkosik403

3 жыл бұрын

@stophateing sow your button up

@Paul-zm1hb

3 жыл бұрын

I was told a high school friend of mine was accidentally electrocuted while in Vietnam

The Germans were happy to have survived the war and not to have fallen into the hands of the Red Army !

@adrianturcitu4770

2 жыл бұрын

whi not ? Among Dolphy ( adolph ) and Koba ( osipa vissarionovici ) was a solid frenshiphood before the war

@Chris-vq5vr

2 жыл бұрын

They did fall into the hands of the Russian army, The Russians occupied East Germany for many years to come.

@Stranger7_7

2 жыл бұрын

WW I - lost; WW II - lost. Germans, stop fighting the world. That's enough...

@adrianturcitu4770

2 жыл бұрын

@@Stranger7_7 KOBA ( well knows as osipa vissarionovici djugaj villy ) every times WISHed the war and everytimes he wined The ww2 wishs and wins Berlin bolckade 1946, he wished and wins The COLD WAR, 1947 he wished and wined ( sic !) The KOREAN WAR, 1950 -1952 he wished the war and wined GREEK CIVILIAN WAR, 1954-1956, koba wished the war and LOST The hightes dangerous war in CUBA, 1959, Nikita Krushceva wished and wined the war Don't 'forget the ROCKETS CRISIS octumbre de 1962, when all depended of one soviet man to press a buton INDOCKINESE WAR,,1964--1973 ( Vi Et Nam ) soviet leaders wish and win the war CAMBOGIAN WAR, most cruel the war in the, the soviet leaders wish and win the war All african war as Angola, etc wars, soviet wished and winwd the war AFGANISTAN 1979, brejneva leonid vissarion wished and wined the war If I forget one, war help me please

@gnza2012

2 жыл бұрын

@@Stranger7_7 And in both they made the enemy tremble

very good quality footage. I´m Slovakian and I´ve seen a lot of videos from this era but this was new to me. Thank you very much for posting this.

@vincentkosik403

2 жыл бұрын

My father is a Slovak too and moved to USA after the war..

@68scorpion68

2 жыл бұрын

@@vincentkosik403 he did the right thing because after German tanks left then in 1968 Russian tanks came in at night and stayed for decades

@vincentkosik403

2 жыл бұрын

@@68scorpion68 He may have been a little bit nuts, but he wasn't stupid as they say

@68scorpion68

2 жыл бұрын

@@vincentkosik403 you had to be, because that person was leaving behind everything and everybody he knew and was entering uncharted waters

@Dan-yl7bb

2 жыл бұрын

@@68scorpion68 So it was not an occupation, the Czechs were still led by the Czechs, unlike the German ones, where the protectorate was led by a protector. and it was German. At that time, the enemies of the empire were arrested and murdered. The Germans killed or executed during the occupation , ie from 1938 to 1945, ! 343 thousand ! Czech civilians. After 1968, 72 people lost their lives here. These people were not executed, they were killed in the first days of the occupation, or at a time when there were Soviet troops, ie in 20 years. Your statement is in line with current efforts to change history.

My wife's uncle was the last American soldier killed in Europe at the very end (last day) of WWII. He was killed in Czechoslovakia by German ambush when they did not know the war ended. His name was PFC Charlie Havlat of Nebraska. His father emigrated from Czech before WWII. Yes he was Czech American.

@Kanawanu

2 жыл бұрын

Thats a bummer. My grandfather survived the WWII fighting in chetnik ranks and then in a penitentiary squad on first lines in Bosnia where they were charging the retreating Germans and expelling them from the country somewhere along the line his position was hit with a shell, SS troops along with Handzar collaborationists slaughtered everyone who was remaining while he was thrown by the blast away and rolled down the hill getting to be rescued and hospitalised in a part of Croatia until the end of the war. He died in 2019 age 95.

@berthonycadet5441

Жыл бұрын

@GOVnoRasha why the ukrainian flag for

@stephenbartley8133

Жыл бұрын

thats unbelievable.. so very sad. but if you dont mind, i would like to thank your family for your sacrifice.. because without American support me , my children, and my grandchildren would'nt even exist.. because Germany would of eventually invaded Britain, so my 12 year old mother probably would never have survived.. so , i realise it doesnt help much, but your family's sacrifice literally saved about 12 lives in my family.. and for that i am eternally grateful

@Friedrich_s51

Жыл бұрын

Ok

@hohohehe1417

Жыл бұрын

@stephenbartley8133. What do you mean? Just look how germany treated the french during occupation. Im sure your family would have been fine. Unless you mean britain not surrendering and germany making it to the shore of the island. Though britain would have probably surrendered if the nazis actually made it over the canal

Fascinating video. Thanks for uploading.

Greetings from Germany. My granddad told me, that they didn't concern the Americans to be enemies. Lots of Germans had relatives in the States who emigrated there. The one ideological enemy where the soviets.

@brianhammer5107

3 жыл бұрын

That's utter rubbish. Your grandfather was telling you lies. Read some history books about the war - and the war at sea in the Atlantic and the Western front.

@lukewagner5492

3 жыл бұрын

@@brianhammer5107 In a history book you find anything about operations and the generals who masterminded them. You find nothing about the ordinary soldiers and their lives. The war at the sea is not covered in that video and my granddad didn't serve in the navy. But propably you should consider talking to people first hand before you insult others.

@brianhammer5107

3 жыл бұрын

@@lukewagner5492 Completely false - you are not a professional historian and you don't know what the literature says.

@lukewagner5492

3 жыл бұрын

@@brianhammer5107 So wasn't my granddad. He was simply there when things took place. But I'm sure you know more people who served in the Heer than I do.

@brianhammer5107

3 жыл бұрын

​@@lukewagner5492 Look, sorry your grandfather may have had guilty feelings later and didn't tell you the whole truth - but the German soldiers were fighting for a horrid, brutal, Nazi regime and there is no denying that. A lot of them committed atrocities. There is no getting around that. Germany was a great nation that went mad for a while. Today, the kids are brought up in a free and rational state. The 30's were NOT such a time.

My Uncle was in a POW camp in Eastern poland. When the Russians came close the Germans fled. Most of the POWs decided to wait, but my Uncle who was from the wilds of Scotland and a Scots Guard decided to go West to see what he could find hoping to meet up with advancing British troops. Well after a couple of months and many miles , in April 1945 he came across an American unit. They shouted at him, and his broad Scots accents was mistaken for German so they shot at him ! Luckily it was just a flesh wound ! He suffered from lung illness because when he was captured in Italy in 1943 the Germans beat him so badly he had breathing problems, and when he eventually went to hosptial in 1945 he had a lung removed. He smoked role your own ciggies in spite of his lung problems. He died in 1976.

@wake_up_samurai77

2 жыл бұрын

when was he born

@frankrojo4085

2 жыл бұрын

One Strong Man.

@Baskerville22

2 жыл бұрын

Why would the Germans put an Allied soldier in a POW camp in Eastern Poland ? There were concentration camps & so-called death camps in E. Poland, but no POW camps for Western Allied Troops....though there may have been camps there for Russian POWs.

@kathycaldwell7126

2 жыл бұрын

@@Baskerville22 Same question. Unfamiliar with that tactic.

@benjaminfranklin3926

2 жыл бұрын

At Aarnham my great Uncle pretended too be dead when operation market garden failed and he ended up on a road all this squad killed......Germans passed him and then he slide into the river and escaped. he died I think 1960s

Amazing quality of footage!! Please keep uploading! 🙏

@michaelmerrath8353

2 ай бұрын

Agva ?!

All my uncles and dad fought in WWII. My dad said the war was such a relief to them because they were all starving to death (uneducated share croppers) during the Great Depression and this gave them dependable stable employment. Two of my uncles made a career in the military 20+ years.

@kostasvrionis781

2 жыл бұрын

Τι ήταν Γερμανοί?

@austint7533

2 жыл бұрын

Curious if they were white or black?

@homenj3897

2 жыл бұрын

They were poor white sharecroppers served the Peek family near Lamar Country TX.

@austint7533

2 жыл бұрын

@@homenj3897 maybe I’m just ignorant but you don’t hear much about white sharecroppers

@homenj3897

2 жыл бұрын

@@austint7533 , Ironically, after starting my own career, I had by accident and unknowingly returned to Clarksville, TX (Red River County), where my grandparents had lived, to work. Then even by the remotest coincidence, I met via business, a man named Powel Peek, a farmer, very elderly, with a large real estate holding. As he and I were in discussion related business, he asked me about my family, background, being triggered by my last name. I shared what little I knew. He then informed me, he thought my family had worked for his father in the 1870’s until 1930’s. He was little older than my father (1918), I reached out to my dad and he confirmed, this was the family they had worked for. My understanding is my grandparents had immigrated from TN to TX after the Civil War, very poor, uneducated with limited skills trying to survive. Peeks were a wealthy white family and were a means to survival until WWII. My own father quit school after 7th grade (1925), farming until 1941. Have read and seen documentaries of this area of the South during this period and seen few blacks in the area. Today, blacks make up a probably 35% percent, of country population. Where I was born and raised in remote West TX, a black man was a rare sight also. We had two black families in the whole county (Upton). Extremely remote rural areas and blacks were too smart to live there. We watched MLK, in his prime on TV nightly. What we observed was the exact opposite of what we lived. The Blacks we knew were hard workers, honest, respected and good athletes (football), family people. They had lives equal to the area whites. So racism was unknown and to see MLK and those events, were strange to us as children, We lived hard lives, survival a focus. The Mexican population was much larger (15%+) than the blacks and increasing daily (wet backs, few, if any, spoke English, attended school, except for the few). Different times and thinking. I escaped to university along with my sister. She returned, married and left never to return. I never returned after leaving for college in the early 70’s, doing my best not to visit Vietnam, where I now work, lol. Sorry to bore.

Churchill warned Roosevelt of an iron curtain in east europe. Roosevelt did not listen. Russians had fought germans bravely 1943 to 45.. but they murdered millions. East europe suffered

@cyrilhudak4568

2 жыл бұрын

You do realize the war was not over. Roosevelt knew we needed the Russians if we were going to invade Japan. Manhattan Project was not a certainty. It was a raw deal for sure.

@ricesixty1875

2 жыл бұрын

Not everything is US fault

@CaptainFarthouse

2 жыл бұрын

You do realize at that point another war, potentially world war, against the soviet union was just unacceptable. The american people would have revolted at the idea that now as the nazi regime has been defeated more americans need to die in a new war.

@thewesternworld9695

2 жыл бұрын

Good things for USA because Russia people's sacrifice their own lives for security of USA in Europe and USA civilization

@henryjohnfacey8213

2 жыл бұрын

25 million Russians died in world war ll Millions in Belarus Ukraine Poland Czech Yugoslavia Greece. Murdered. Horrific deaths most were women and children. Bodies being made into soap. Horrific.

My dad was a medic and part of the 508th medical collection company now called Mash. I remember he told me when the got to the Rhine River below Remagen Germany and crossed, if the wind was right you could smell the Germans. He said when they crossed the Rhine on a Bailey Bridge after The Remagen Bridge finally failed and fell into the river, his unit picked up more wounded German Soldiers than American Soldiers. They were in pitiful shape and the fight was out of them. I also remember him telling me that most of these Whermacht Soldiers were tradesmen before the war. Finish Carpenters, Masons, electricians, shoemakers, tin smiths. They were friendly and offered service to the U.S. Army in any way they could before being rounded up and shipped to the rear to be held in a POW camp. He said several were very very good cooks and what they served beat the hell out of the Army Chow.

@voyaristika5673

Ай бұрын

It's meaningful to hear what those who were there have to say. It must be an enormous relief when war ends and soldiers can go back to being just people, people who would never have killed if not for the war. My brother was a medic who served 2 tours in Vietnam, so your father has a little special meaning to me. Bless you.

My Boy Scout leader was a German soldier who was picked up by an American patrol. He later served in the US Army. Wolfgang Kinzel, RIP.

@eflint1

3 жыл бұрын

I have a soft spot in my heart for the average German soldier who never knew of or committed atrocities.

@user-si2dr1pn3p

3 жыл бұрын

@@eflint1 German soldiers brutally killed 27 million Russian men, women, children, and the elderly. And millions of people in other countries.

@petergoodwin2465

3 жыл бұрын

@@user-si2dr1pn3p wasn't that Stalin to his own people.

@user-si2dr1pn3p

3 жыл бұрын

@@petergoodwin2465 No. Stalin's victims are another topic. But the Germans brutally killed 27 million Russian people.

@user-si2dr1pn3p

3 жыл бұрын

@@petergoodwin2465 The Germans burned people in crematoria.

00:14 The German tanker displays an interesting service history on his uniform jacket. On the left upper arm can be seen the rank insignia of a Stabsgefreiter which would mean that he was barred from becoming an NCO. Regarding his decorations on the left side of his jacket this appears even more intriguing: He has the ribbon of the Eisernes Kreuz second class and the small red Ordensspange to the right of this could be the medal for the winter fighting in the East 1941/42. A very lucky survivor then? Probably, since he also sports a Nahkampfspange in either bronce for 15 hand to hand fights or in gold for 50! Plus a wound medal in silver meaning he was wounded three or four times.

@stevena9305

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for such fascinating insight. I noticed him too but have nothing like your knowledge of insignia. Most interesting to see the camaraderie and lack of malice.

@mebsrea

2 жыл бұрын

@Kevin McCormack It says nothing about this particular individual, just as membership in the many, many American and other Allied units that committed war crimes (certainly on a much smaller scale) says nothing about individuals in those units.

@johnnyallen843

2 жыл бұрын

@Kevin McCormack It's the standard uniform worn by all panzer crewmen. The skull was a different version than the SS skull. Totenkopf was an SS division

@harryzet5797

2 жыл бұрын

the gi next to him has a "liberated" zeiss ikon contax in brown leather case around his neck

@colinallen8924

2 жыл бұрын

@WingsandBeer, it is standard Heer tank crew insignia. Nothing to do with the SS-Totenkopf.

Great video footage! Nice choice of music to accompany it.

Amazing how the Germans and Americans respected each other in this video.

@oklahomahank2378

2 жыл бұрын

Probably about half of the US soldiers were of German descent. It is also true that fighting men generally respect one another. It is when the support and administrative and military police units show up that things get bad.

@lskrolog

Жыл бұрын

Лживые кадры,это не чехословакия.

@mirquellasantos2716

10 ай бұрын

It's more amazing how black soldiers shed blood for their countries still were treated like 2nd class citizens. Even the enemy soldiers were treated better.

@MrBooYa-yd5er

Ай бұрын

@@mirquellasantos2716that’s the power of race

@TopinkaScesnekem

22 күн бұрын

​@@lskrologhow do you know? Did you recognize the village?

That restaurant at 4:31 is still there. Gasthof zur Tanne in Tannenbergsthal (Saxony).

@smitthone

3 жыл бұрын

Which does not make much sense, the column would move towards Czechoslovakia?

@neinnein9306

3 жыл бұрын

"Czechoslovakia, May 1945" ?

@smitthone

3 жыл бұрын

@@neinnein9306 If you look on the map, Gasthof zur Tanne in Tannenbergsthal (Saxony) is in GERMANY, not in Czechoslovakia. Not that far from the border but NOT within Czechoslovakia.

@neinnein9306

3 жыл бұрын

@@smitthone yes, i just quoted the title of the video.

@cutwater1965

3 жыл бұрын

I want to eat there! Is it good? hehe

5:27 GI on the right wearing SSI for the US 87th Infantry Division, the "Golden Acorn". Thanks for uploading this great color footage from the end of the war in Europe.

@gordonaverageguy9556

2 жыл бұрын

5:42, a US Captain wearing a Combat Infantry Badge.

Seems so real in color. Growing up, WW2 was a distant black and white event. I've spent a lot of time in Europe. This could have been filmed yesterday.

@sandhase8129

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, its shocking realistic. Unbelievable the war is 76 years over. By the way "The Wizard of Oz" was filmed in colour 1938...

@teleguy5699

2 жыл бұрын

@@sandhase8129 Yes, I'm a film buff and there has been color film for a while, but WW2 in my mind is a black and white event. Not until recently has all the color renditions have been showing up. Not the fighting so much.

@garyschultz7768

2 жыл бұрын

esp in color the American stars & stripes truly is a flag of beauty

@teleguy5699

2 жыл бұрын

@@garyschultz7768 Yes it is!

@17MrLeon

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah also the fact as you get older the war seems not so far away.basically twice my life time ago before I was born.

One of the most important vids ever. Shows how we all care about peace over all...

@crapisnice

2 жыл бұрын

THEY ALL MUST HAVE BEEN EXECUTED IN PUBLIC BY HANGING, THAT WAY YOU WON'T HAVE NEONAZI WARS IN VIETNAM, IRAQ, SYRIA, ETC

@distantthunder12ck55

2 жыл бұрын

@@crapisnice These German soldiers here are not even Nazis, they're regular Wehrmacht units. If we follow your logic they would have executed the entire German population.

@susannesperre9573

2 жыл бұрын

@@distantthunder12ck55 Why only the German population, shot the whole world! sarcasm - Ayoze you have a very one-sided sick view of things. A little petty. What have the Germans to do with Vietnam and Korea, but in fact the biggest warmongers have been hanging around there. And don't forget the Treaty of Versailles in your reflections.

@distantthunder12ck55

2 жыл бұрын

@@susannesperre9573 What the hell are you talking about? I was defending Germans and Germany in reply to the moron saying they should all have been executed.

Thanks for sharing this video. Never seen by me. Intersting reading the comments about the video....thanks everybody !

Thanks for the video. The color footage makes it seem so much more real than black and white does. Almost unimaginable times.

Thanks for uploading this!

My dad grew up in the village of Tannenbergsthal and told me often that he can remember when he was a kid, that he saw the American soldiers in the meadows and the jeeps and everything. This looks exactly like his description and was filmed very likely on the same occasion. Cant wait to show him this clip. I can identify many of the locations where the scenes were shot. Because this is a remote village not a lot has changed. Thanks for sharing this interesting insight.

My father was going back to Hungary from Dresden or Gera(?) on freight train when they got strafed and bombed by P-47-s near that place.He was student, got injured. In a "gasthaus or some townhall(?) was the "Refugee Classification Committee". Czech Army sent a colonel, Russians a captain, USAA just a sergeant. The sergeant did all the work, knew everything, the bigwigs were just practicing upmanship and basically laymans politics, not real work or even hands-on management. Strange that in 1988 I rented a room in Annandale, Va. from a jovial scumbag disbarred lawyer who - as it turned out - flew one of the P-47-s there (at age not yet 20!)...Small world!

@walterloehrmann5213

3 жыл бұрын

Interesting if true.

An Excellent view of German uniforms, vehicles and equipment.

@binkytube

Жыл бұрын

All their uniforms were perfectly designed.

Habt Ihr vielleicht Filmaufnahmen aus Landsberg an der Warthe heute Gorzów Wielkopolski? Im Internet gibt es einen 41 Sekunden kurzen Film aus der Stadt aus 1945, aber mehr habe ich leider nicht finden können. Please help

The reaction of a part of the public to these images is really surprising. There are many aspects to be able to comment on these images, but there are people who prefer to attack the Soviets or remember the "communist dictatorship" in Czechoslovakia. There are all kinds of opinions. That is always a positive thing, it is something that allows you to have a debate and perhaps learn from the discussion. Czechoslovakia was a democratic country in 1938. England was primarily responsible for handing over Czechoslovakia to the Third Reich: they sacrificed the Czechoslovaks. Has it been forgotten? Does anyone comment on that? And a small detail that is continually forgotten: in 1939, Poland participated in the invasion of Czechoslovakia and annexed part of the territory. Poland in 1939 was not a democratic country. It was a country that had signed its own Non-Aggression Treaty with the Third Reich. Any comment on this?

@juancanete9118

2 жыл бұрын

Please elaborate, we are barely taught anything about the Czech role and adjacent countries before, during and after the war.

@janovo74

2 жыл бұрын

it's exactly as you wrote it! (Poland The German Pact "Piłsudski-Hitler" was signed on January 26, 1934). I am Czechoslovak and I know how Britain and France betrayed us and threw us ahead of Hitler. Poland really attacked Czechoslovakia together with Hitler. Even in 1939, after Czechoslovakia was divided into Slovakia and Bohemia, Hungary attacked Slovakia and took over the whole of southern Slovakia! (The Hungarian-Slovak War lasted from April 23 to 4, 1939.)

@TheTomcatish

2 жыл бұрын

Correct. Poland annexed the area around Teschen (german name). When you are lying knocked out on the floor, they come for you …..

@marspp

2 жыл бұрын

Rightly or wrongly, “England” was trying to stop a new world war. Now it didn’t work out like that as we all know... Poland’s non aggression pact with the Nazis didn’t work out too well either.

@pedroalbertogarciabilbao1980

2 жыл бұрын

@@marspp Every German pilot shot down in the skies of Spain was one less enemy in the Battle of Britain. The UK government decided that the way to prevent war was by sacrificing Czechoslovakia and Spain. The battle in Spain was lost, but the war was finally won. The misfortune is that Western Europe was liberated by the allies, but Spain, which had been the first to fight, was not liberated.

In a time when history is being canceled at a rapid pace videos like these are important

@RobPetty622

3 жыл бұрын

History isn’t being cancelled. It’s just being forgotten. But your right, these are important scenes to remember.

@wombatwilly1002

3 жыл бұрын

@@RobPetty622 I think today's "sheeple" are trying real hard to erase it!!

@petergoodwin2465

3 жыл бұрын

@@hauntedmoodylady smartest and totally correct comment I've heard latley. Well said.

@raymondmanderville505

3 жыл бұрын

Once the librarys are defunded the changing of history is a mouse click away

@tommyhaynes9157

3 жыл бұрын

@@hauntedmoodylady I think you might benefit from a psychiatric evaluation

The images in this film are very interesting. And I fully understand the joy that many German soldiers seem to show at succeeding in surrendering to the American troops. the history of those units and those soldiers deserves to be known.

@logon235

2 жыл бұрын

Well, that means they thought they can escape retribution for what they did in the Soviet Union.

@davidknichal6629

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah the history of these units deserves to be known for sure, but the same way should be known the history of their poor Soviet, Czech, Polish, Slovakian, French, Serbian etc victims. Imho even more important and interesting is the role of Sudetengermans, who lived in Czechoslovakia back then. My great grand-auntie was German living in Olomouc (german Olmütz). She spoke fluently German and Czech. A very interesting woman tbh.

@pedroalbertogarciabilbao1980

2 жыл бұрын

@@davidknichal6629 You are right. His role in the war must be remembered. There is a certain mythomania with German units. There is a strange fascination for these units that leads to forgetting the criminal nature of the state they served and of which they were instruments. The equidistance between the Reich and the USSR habitually hides anti-communism; the world would not have been the same with a triumph of the Reich, fortunately the allies won, something impossible if the USSR had not been among them.

@user-rp5fp8ce2g

2 жыл бұрын

@@unhappyallthetime8445 ты лгун приведи документы, которые говорят о готовности СССР к вторжению в Германию. Наверно это СССР подошёл к границам Германии.

@user-ff2rd6ot3g

2 жыл бұрын

@@unhappyallthetime8445 беда у тебя с головой

This vid was VERY INTERESTING; the music is well paced; this , altogether was EXCELLENT; THANKS!! 👍🏼👣🩴

Such a historic moment. I'm sure everyone was tingling.

What a trip it is seeing all that military in a small European town. I would love to go back in time to witness the grandeur of it all. Needless to say, I wouldn't want to see the horrors, but the amount of firepower and troops will probably never be duplicated seeing how we can unleash so much more destruction with a tenth of the personnel or equipment. I've been part of big deployments, (Desert Storm and others) but WW2 is in a league of it's own.

@robertstotesbury8005

2 жыл бұрын

Our men didnt give a shit about "grandeur". They wanted to get back home to their families!

@teleguy5699

2 жыл бұрын

@@robertstotesbury8005 Who said they did? I said I'd like to see it as a historian. Trust me though, I'm sure they were in awe of the military magnitude coming from those small US towns though in the 1940's when they knew about nothing but their neighbors. I was part of the buildup to Desert Storm and I was impressed. And I wanted to just get home too.

@zerofox7347

2 жыл бұрын

@@teleguy5699 I totally agree that kind of military buildup will never happen again. To go back in time and see it all knowing what we know now would be some experience for sure!

@17MrLeon

2 жыл бұрын

I live in that town where the armies met. My uncle saw americans tussians and germans at same time

@teleguy5699

2 жыл бұрын

@@zerofox7347 No doubt!

It’s easier for a whole army to surrender …individually it’s another story

@teleguy5699

2 жыл бұрын

Americans killed a lot of surrenders like the Germans did.

@mrhaltstop2294

2 жыл бұрын

@@teleguy5699 Yes…it’s not a liberator-pacificator behavior…as the US always claim to be

@teleguy5699

2 жыл бұрын

@@mrhaltstop2294 We could be just as brutal. War makes humans that way, but what we did with post war Germany and Japan you have to admire. We weren't conquerors, and we helped rebuild both nations.

@mrhaltstop2294

2 жыл бұрын

@@teleguy5699 I know that war makes inhuman…the one with the finger on the trigger has always the last word when impunity rules

@teleguy5699

2 жыл бұрын

@@mrhaltstop2294 Well said. Be well brother.

Incredible Restoration and Amazing Publication Thank You for This Great Work

1946 Second grade a new student from Czechoslovakia appeared one day. No one in the class ever realized how thankful he was to be in the US. He finished the 8th grade top of the class and continued at the top of HS and College. He probably loved America more than most in the class. All Americans should love and respect AMERICA.

@jimbo7577

2 жыл бұрын

I've always loved America... But lately I've forgotten why.

@j.kevinmoran9678

2 жыл бұрын

@@jimbo7577 Don't give up the faith, the losers and haters will soon come to an end.

@j.kevinmoran9678

2 жыл бұрын

@Kafa kafica There's a severe crack not broken yet we still have the time to fix the crack, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!

@charleszywang3474

2 жыл бұрын

@@j.kevinmoran9678 Deep respect for your generation... (me: in childhood migrated to NY... from PRC, some years served with DOS in low capacities. during last decade took retirement early, travelled the world, learned German and Russian languages... then understood... it might be a bit late to seriously hold on to that kind of optimism as you just shown. Gives me no pleasure...)

@becheroteka9.a525

2 жыл бұрын

@@j.kevinmoran9678 Thank you for saving us! 🇨🇿♥️🇺🇸

beautyful restored images , important to be liked

To se již nesmí nikdy opakovat!!

@Wa3ypx

2 жыл бұрын

Amen my brother!

@willhicks2259

5 күн бұрын

Unfortunately, things are looking like humanity didn't learn the last 2 times.

new sub here. the color film lends a sense of immediacy. great stuff!

Unbelievably best to get to see such clips

Breathtaking to see this in color. I could watch these videos all day.

@kevincopeland795

2 жыл бұрын

Me too!!

@user-vg2xi6jh7y

Жыл бұрын

Вам просто делать некуй

For all the uneducated ones in here saying Hugo Boss designed the German uniforms you are completely and totally wrong, Hugo Boss was only awarded the contract to manufacture not design their uniforms, the designers of all German military uniforms including the SS were SS-Oberführer Prof. Karl Diebitsch, and graphic designer Walter Heck, who had no affiliation with the Boss company.

@lachlanmclennan2188

Жыл бұрын

They still made them lmao

@badmonkey2222

Жыл бұрын

@@lachlanmclennan2188 so did 2 other companies in Germany there's a big difference in claiming that someone designed them and simply manufactured them.

People forget that when the war ended, the German formations in the West didn't just dissolve. Well, maybe some SS units (which had retaliation to fear), but otherwise they were still an army. There were formalities to be observed. There was paperwork. There was lots of liaison with senior Allied officers and their field-grade gophers. There was usually a route march to a concentration point (with or without wire -- usually it was unnecessary), and then an orderly muster-out to be seen to -- and the Germans were nothing if not orderly. The other ranks saluted their superiors, and the seniors returned those honors. Discipline was observed, and meted out to looters, equipment thieves, the disorderly, and even some deserters. Most men's steady source of food remained their unit's field kitchens, their shelter the unit's kaserne or field bivouac, until they got leave (and transport) to return home.

@Bahamut3525

Жыл бұрын

Well duh. A gigantic Armed force doesn't just disappear. Especially a well trained force like the Wehrmacht. In fact they were so solid and organized that they formed the core of the modern German Army (Bundeswehr).

@robertmanfredthurrigl9424

Жыл бұрын

The Germans still looked the part . The field gray and stand up collars, crisp epilettes looked smart . After seeing their earth brown uniforms on color footage the Yanks standing next to the men in filed grey must have thought and come to the conclusion ' Hey we look like the red army in that brown shit ' and changed it to green after the fall out with their red allies und their uncle Joe. The infamous fall out aka Berlin blockade came in 1947 resulting in the cold war lasting 44 years . Some victory eh. A hollow victory. Should have just let the Germans do the biz in the east and not get involved . Now , again we have problem with the barbarian hordes of the east. Nothing has changed. The Russians are still the menace they always were.

@mirquellasantos2716

10 ай бұрын

Yeah, German soldiers were ready to kiss the feet of Americans. I always say that German soldiers were true cowards.

What a relief it must have been for all these soldiers knowing they had survived and were going to see their families and wives again. A truly historic moment

@goranvuletic8873

Жыл бұрын

The same could be true for Ukraine today. Simply accept to be neutral and your hell is over. But no, they are crazy about joining NATO. Ok, so be it.

@bennyboogenheimer4553

Жыл бұрын

Sadly the Russians turned up 2 days later, and all these men where turned over to them. They all were either shot or went off to Russian work camps untill 1954. (that's why the Americans let them keep their uniforms, and metals on) Notice all the Jews in American uniforms, are watching, and listening. American Intelligence was what they were called. Always 50 miles back from the front, untill the smoke cleared! Then they said they were Heros! lol!

@MTC008

Жыл бұрын

the soldiers in this video are so skinny and so the civillians are, compared today

@bennyboogenheimer4553

Жыл бұрын

@@MTC008 32 million people around the World, starved to death after the war was over.

@MTC008

Жыл бұрын

@@bennyboogenheimer4553 no what i mean is that people eat a lot less compared how people eat today because there are lots of fat people nowadays

Thank God the horrors of war are over. Bless all the brave man who fought…lived and died in this awful awful war

@fredericmasson6841

3 ай бұрын

Non, les horreurs ne sont pas terminées avec les révisionisites allemands et anglo saxons , 80 ans après les crimes ça continue, à vomir 🤮 ! 😊

Unter anderem ist zu sehen der 'Gasthof zur Tanne' in Tannenbergsthal. Hier handelt es sich um einen Ort im Vogtland-Thüringen, nicht in Böhmen. Diesen Gasthof gibt es noch heute.

@mathiaskrause7838

3 жыл бұрын

Tannenbergsthal liegt im Sächsichen Vogtland nicht in Thüringen.

@andyrendell7430

3 жыл бұрын

@@mathiaskrause7838 Also sowieso,nicht in Boehmen ?

@darlixx1487

3 жыл бұрын

Tannenergsthal liegt im sächsischen Vogtland. Das ist richtig. Das überrascht mich das Filmaufnahmen aus dieser Zeit auftauchen.

@kinglear5952

3 жыл бұрын

Those continuity things are amazing.

@freethinker8477

3 жыл бұрын

isnt fascinating that germans on video can discuss here?

The German Unit is not retreating, they are just coming home, in an ordely manner. The Americans are somehow surprised to see the troop in general, clean and disciplined. Things are already becoming hot with the Soviets, who will impose a long dictatorship on Central and Eastern Europe. We are lucky to live in the World we live in today.

@johnpotter4750

2 жыл бұрын

All the vehicles seem in good order, far better than those before Berlin, the men without bandages.....

@joqqeman

2 жыл бұрын

Opposite of surprise, ppl are amused to see the most stereotypical representation of germans in Action even in abject defeat

@TopinkaScesnekem

22 күн бұрын

So you think, it's all just a matter of luck?

Ironically, this music sounds like it's straight out of Command and Conquer, no need for words here.

@6Sierra

2 жыл бұрын

Haha…the music is epic…

Etliche Szenen sind in Sachsen aufgenommen. Tannenbergsthal bei Klingenthal.

@TopinkaScesnekem

22 күн бұрын

Danke schőn.

You can see the relief on soldiers of both sides that they will now actually survive the war and will not be shot at any longer.

@joevignolor4u949

3 жыл бұрын

Initially that was not the case for the Americans. Remember that the war was still going on in the Pacific. There was a real possibility that the Japanese home islands would have needed to be invaded. If that were the case many of the Americans in Europe were going to be shipped back to the US for retraining and then they would have been sent to the Pacific to fight the Japanese. Fortunately the Pacific war ended without an invasion.

@DeltaEchoGolf

3 жыл бұрын

@@joevignolor4u949 I forgot what division it was. But a US infantry division arrived so late in Germany. That it was sent back to the US and was being re-trained to fight in the Pacific.

@MrSloika

2 жыл бұрын

Many of the German soldiers who surrendered to the Americans were initially very happy that that didn't end up in Russian captivity, however, their original euphoria didn't last for long. Large numbers of German POWs were thrown into open air holding pens by the Americans and British, where they starved and died from lack of shelter and medical care. The Americans and British also turned over large numbers of German POWs to the French. The French used them for slave labor. They probably were still luckier than those taken prisoner by the Soviets but it was certainly no picnic to be taken prisoner by the Americans.

@MelbaOzzie

2 жыл бұрын

@@MrSloika Remember also the fact that the Dutch and French used orphans from the ruins of German cities to clear the minefields in those countries. As a result, thousands of German orphans were killed clearing mines.

@user-td6cp2dg6f

2 жыл бұрын

I'm curious: could american soldiers feel relief with german bro like on this pictures, if wermacht razed a third of USA like in USSR?

Excellent footage and research. Kudos to you.

@user-tx7ei5ig9o

2 жыл бұрын

Не советую повторять.

Мой отец казах по национальности, в эти дни был в Чехословакии и победу встретил папа в Праге. У меня есть фото. И вы его видите. Он там . Папа, такой молодой, с боями прошедший от Сталинграда до Праги танкистом, если бы он видел эти кадры.... Ушёл добровольцем на фронт. Шёл в бой со словами За Сталина, за Родину!!! Пенсионерка Алтын Ай Казахстан

@odyssey1355

Жыл бұрын

А теперь мы слышим в ответ от казахов не приятные слова, у вас там видимо тоже промытые имеются.Всегда считал Казахстан самым близким по духу народом, надеюсь ещё не всё потеряно в наших связях.

@nebnem4610

Жыл бұрын

товарищ Алтын. Мой отец в это время был в госпитале в Кенигсберге после тяжелых ранения и контузии. И в Сталинграде мой отец тоже воевал, как и Ваш. Лучше бы наши отцы НЕ видели эту хронику, где наших врагов гостеприимно принимают погостить на некоторое время наши на некоторое время союзники. Вся победа американцев над этими немецко-фашистами состояла в том, что они спасли преступников от советских лагерей, открыв свои ворота для драпания немцев от армии советских победителей. Обнимаю Вас, дорогая соотечественница по СССР. Николай

@user-jo9wl4hp7y

Жыл бұрын

@@odyssey1355 не просто так вы сшышите неприятные слова

@odyssey1355

Жыл бұрын

@@user-jo9wl4hp7y Ну конечно же, не нужна вам была Советская власть, жили бы сейчас казахи как в Дубае...

@user-qs4kh8xr4h

Жыл бұрын

@@odyssey1355 почитай сначала историю подъёма Казахстана ,а потом пиши. Хочется вам хохлам рассорить России с Казахстаном. Не выйдет казахи народ мудрый не то что вы..

Incredible footage! Such a treasure to have these films

Magnífico filme, documento histórico.

The music is distracting. Did this video have actual audio at some point?

The last shots of World War II in Europe fell in Bohemia near the town of Milín and the settlement of Slivice during May 11 and 12, 1945. the last shots of World War II in Europe were fired around three o'clock in the morning on May 12, 1945. A total of 6,000 German soldiers and SS men were captured, and about one thousand were killed in the fighting. About 2,300 soldiers fell on the Soviet side and the Americans had 1,120 casualties

@RagnaR_81

2 жыл бұрын

Брат моего деда пройдя войну с Сталинграда получил тяжелое ранение при освобождении Праги вернулся домой и умер в 47 а сейчас в Чехии памятник Коневу ломают.

@user-nx6zx9es4w

5 ай бұрын

Sad. God's TRUE angels....

Just think about the people we are seeing in this film are mostly dead by now-the walking dead.

@Johnnycdrums

3 жыл бұрын

I was wondering if that German Officer, thought he was gonna’ keep his field glasses?

@gnza2012

2 жыл бұрын

The baby that is seen in a moment, he should be alive.

@seanodwyer8691

2 жыл бұрын

@@gnza2012 Missed out on Eisenhowers order off march 1944.- ''Kill all krauats on the Ground.''

Interesting I’ve been watching these films for the last couple of days - I am amazed at state of these German troops and their transports. They still seem to have a lot of trucks, far less horse drawn carriages than expected, also most troops seem to be clean, well fed, not looking defeated, just a little uneasy or some even defiant, with the occasional fraternizing. Not what I expected to see, but have read about in some accounts.

@ScarletEdge

2 жыл бұрын

I am not a big history buff, but i believe those are the troops that fought in Czechoslovakia. Quick check of German side reveals that among those men were "elite" troops from • Hermann Goering Panzer Corps • Grossdeutschland Panzer Corps Of course list is bigger. I remember hearing somewhere that Grossdeutschland and Herman Goering Panzer Corps were prioritised for supply and were considered "elite". Perhaps that's why they don't look as tore down as other less prioritised divisions who surrendered. Perhaps someone more informed can enlighten this for both of us.

@wehosrmthink7510

2 жыл бұрын

Because these Nazis are certain the USA will forgive them for their war crimes.

@als1023

2 жыл бұрын

Liked your comments, feel the same. Can't help buy think what the Germans faced who surrendered to the Russians looked like.

@rowanparmiter7622

2 жыл бұрын

@@als1023 bad eggs for breakfast.....

@jwrn4u

2 жыл бұрын

These guys are strolling around like everybody’s friends the Germans have all their stuff with them except the weapons and they look pretty fresh, the reality of it all is they really were a professional army, you get the impression that the us gi’s were undisciplined, dangerous lot.

This is unbelievable,...the music adds drama,...this is just amazing.

@user-td6cp2dg6f

2 жыл бұрын

Not unbelievable, but "Unthinkable". This was a correct name of british warplan against USSR, where british and american troops with their German broters going to fight against Stalin.

American soldier is a generous and kind-hearted soldier. Look at these faces! And the civilians, too, seem to be at ease. We did the job and now we aren't enemies anymore. US Army All the Way!

Спасибо что оцифровываете историю!

@zamanium7517

3 жыл бұрын

Конкретно это плёнка оригинальная

@christmarxxx

3 жыл бұрын

@@zamanium7517 ну это само собой. Имеется ввиду что эти оригинальные пленки переводятся в цифру, благодаря чему мы можем их здесь увидеть

@zamanium7517

3 жыл бұрын

@@christmarxxx понял . Спасибо

@user-td6cp2dg6f

2 жыл бұрын

Да, такую историю, где американцы обнимаются с немцами как с братьями стоит документировать! Прямо встреча на Эльбе!

@christmarxxx

2 жыл бұрын

@@user-td6cp2dg6f ну а ты чего ждал? Демагогию никто не отменял

The Germans were notoriously short on fuel at the war's end. Were they given fuel by the Americans to make it home? Just curious to see so many German vehicles still operating.

@None-zc5vg

3 жыл бұрын

Behind the Panzers, the German Army was a horse-and-cart affair throughout the war.

@Thom3748

3 жыл бұрын

@@None-zc5vg One would have thought that most of the German-raised horses were dead, either from battle or overuse, by the end of the war. The German army went through their horses in the first years of the war, especially in the East, and had to resort Soviet draft animals, which were smaller and less capable. In these films by the American military, one rarely sees horses on the road home. I see lots of civilian vehicles. But now that I mention, maybe I am wrong. I will have to go back and review some of the videos on this subject that I have watched in the past.

@Thom3748

3 жыл бұрын

Hello Anon Anon: Reviewed this video, and see a few horses between the trucks, so I am wrong. Some of these poor critters did survive the war!

@Thom3748

3 жыл бұрын

@jmpmc100 Thank you for answering my question.

@Thom3748

3 жыл бұрын

I realize I should have written "notoriously." in the first sentence of my question.

Отличное качество видео, смотрится как кино, а самом деле это реальные события 75 летней давности. Война - зло.

The house at 4:56 is still there. On the 283 corner of Lindenweg in Tannenbergsthal. The building with the horse and wagon going by is also still the restaurant Zur Tanne

Watching these surrender films makes me proud to be an American. The interractions between the Germans and the Americans seems very casual in these films, and shows our generous nature. They are lucky they were able to surrender to Americans....rather than to the Soviets. And think of how it would have been had we been forced to surrender to them, or the Japanese. Would have been as different as night and day.

@mirquellasantos2716

10 ай бұрын

As an American and am not proud of this film. As a matter of fact it angers me. Why? While American soldiers were so nice with the enemy who were torturing and killing them they were brutal with black American soldiers who shed blood to defend America.

@robjones8733

4 ай бұрын

@@mirquellasantos2716 look everyone, it's a little commie posting in here. Hello little commie. Why don't you rescind your citizenship and move to Venezuela with your comrades? Get a move on!

@viddywelldroog

Ай бұрын

@@mirquellasantos2716 Oh shut up with your race bullshit. You simply know nothing of what you speak.

My uncle died in polland, he was a he was a private who served in a mounted platoon. It’s shocking how different the preparations for the war were in Poland had troops were on a horses meanwhile the Germans forces possessed superior tanks and weapons.. rest and peace uncle..

@vicomtedemousson5324

Жыл бұрын

Actually Wehrmacht had largely a also relied on horses for moving their troops way into the war as did in Poland in 1939.

@starsandnightvision

10 ай бұрын

You mean ''rest IN peace''..

Many pictures are made in Saxonia, Germany. For the Gemans in the Sudetes a very hard time began: expulsions and sometimes death by shooting or forced marches (Brno, Brünner Todesmarsch to the Soviet Occupation Zone of Austria).

@robertcudny1839

2 жыл бұрын

Poor, poor Germans. How could they do this to them. In similar situation few years back Germans usually gave Poles about 20 min to leave the house or else.

@23Disciple

2 жыл бұрын

@@robertcudny1839 Czechs were frustrated from persecutions, executions, mass murders (exc. Ležáky village), germanization and potential annihilation. They linched Germans every day and mass executed them (exc. "Kino Bořislavka massacre", where they shoot them and used truck to crush german bodies).

@robertcudny1839

2 жыл бұрын

@@23Disciple I'm not supprised.

@Katrin-jj3mg

2 жыл бұрын

My great-grandparents had to leave their homeland in the Sudetes in 1946 after having lived there since the 18th century. All the time they lived next door to their Czech neighbors, my grandmother's brother is missing in Russia, he was only 20 years old. She never got over it. It's always the little people who have to make the biggest sacrifices.

@tefky7964

2 жыл бұрын

​@@Katrin-jj3mg It is sad what happened,Germans lived in Sudetenland for a long time and I think that through centuries,we had pretty good relations,but no matter that they lived there for so long,it was always part of our country,Germans had pretty good life in Czechoslovakia,yet they betrayed us and caused fall of our country.

Love the music bud!!! It's like Vangelis meets the apocalypse.

My fathers unit, the 897th Ordnance HAM Company, 1st Army, was in Pilsen, Czechoslovakia on VE day. They received orders to fall back into Germany shortly thereafter as Czechoslovakia was designated as Russian occupied territory.

@stevet8121

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the info. That makes sense.

@podfuk

2 жыл бұрын

True, first western "allies" sold us(Czechoslovakia) to Hitler in 1938, than to Stalin in 1945. That said, many ordinary people supported communist government at first, most of them realized it was mistake after 1948, but it was too late already...

@janfrosty3392

2 жыл бұрын

and the western europe as american occupied territory

@jcoker423

2 жыл бұрын

@@janfrosty3392 Better that Russian occupied territory. All the Warsaw Pact joined NATO asap.

@jcoker423

2 жыл бұрын

There are now monuments and memorials to the American liberation. And often the Russian ones in the E of the Cz lands have been removed.

Das ist echt eine sehr wertvolle Aufnahme und dann noch in Farbe.

@jjns5600

3 жыл бұрын

Genau!! Einfach wunderbar!

@antiquitatenexpert8951

3 жыл бұрын

Okay!!!!

@kenpudsey6435

3 жыл бұрын

The end of the Nazi's..das is gut!

@jjns5600

3 жыл бұрын

@@kenpudsey6435 Natrulich war das ende des NS wichtig und gut...ja, stimmt

@kenpudsey6435

3 жыл бұрын

@@jjns5600 Well said JJ 👍

beautiful pictures of a historical event. Gladly more of it. Not to get into Soviet captivity was the ultimate goal of many troops and south-east Germany.

@mirquellasantos2716

10 ай бұрын

German soldiers have to decide which feet to kiss- Americans or Soviets. What a bunch of cowards.

at 4:07 a rare view on the late Leibermuster camouflage uniform worn by the soldier sitting outside the window of a truck.

@muhammadfirman4464

3 жыл бұрын

Aha ! you see that too. My friend told me just an hour ago, i can't believe its true

@seanodwyer8691

3 жыл бұрын

god- how advanced and what year did that there camoflge uniform come out and who were the lucky ones too show itt off. ?????

ОЧЕНЬ ЖАЛЬ ЧТО ФИЛЬМЫ КОРОТКИЕ ПО ВРЕМЕНИ И ВЫХОДЯТ КРАЙНЕ РЕДКО.СПАСИБО ОЧЕНЬ ИНТЕРЕСНО.

It's hard to think that most, even all of the grown people in this footage lives no more. Life is short.

@aminekouriche6349

Жыл бұрын

ويبقي وجه ربك

I drive this road every day. I did not know that there are such recordings of it...

Nice do you know exactly area where it was?

So cool , as a studied ww2 historian.I so love seeing these videos! I so wish I could have been there talking with the German officers right after the surrender..........

@justinshultz9245

3 жыл бұрын

What would you say?

@huzary1092

3 жыл бұрын

+@Ray Dude...............You have any idea what those officers would have told you?

@brianhammer5107

3 жыл бұрын

@Ray "Dude" - seriously doubt you are an accredited historian - more likely you've read some military fannish material - but I would hope you'd ask them point blank about the atrocities committed by the German Army regulars against the Czechs and not be fooled by lies.

@janfrosty3392

2 жыл бұрын

I wish I was there as well, to shoot them for murdering members of our extended family at concentration camps.

@mlrussell1

2 жыл бұрын

@@_________1623 and so what if they did? Don't believe the Wehrmacht is clean. They were just as bad as the SS.

Stunning footage 👌

The Wehrmacht in defeat maintained their composure and dignity.

@loontil

Жыл бұрын

how awesome of them...sigh...

@mirquellasantos2716

10 ай бұрын

Both the Wehrmacht and the SS committed atrocities. They molested children, raped women, tortured civilians and killed them.

Amazing video.... such a horrible war and everything looks peaceful? Handshaking, Smiles, posing for video shots...etc...wow.

@kinglear5952

3 жыл бұрын

When I see these things I always wish that the smiles and handshaking could have taken place without a proceeding war.

All of those GIs were thinking "It's all over in Europe, but now I have to go invade Japan!" They were very relieved when the bomb was dropped.

@leomarkaable1

3 жыл бұрын

Paul Fussell in his wartime history/memoir "Thank God for the Atom bomb" makes this point very emphatically. The American fighting man had zero concern for the Japanese civilians, as horrible as that sounds today. Fussell makes the point that critics of the use of the bomb were all born too late to be possibly involved in the planned invasion of Japan and he is right...critics were all baby boomers or later. Fussell expressed contempt for these hypocrites.

@pravdeda

3 жыл бұрын

Sure, fighting civilians is more comfortable

@stephenpowstinger733

3 жыл бұрын

From May to August 1945 was an uneasy period for servicemen, but they knew WWII was wrapping up as Japan was shrinking down to the main island.

@joevignolor4u949

3 жыл бұрын

My uncle fought in WWII in Europe. I asked him once what would have happened if he and other American soldiers in Europe had been ordered to go to the Pacific after Germany surrendered. He thought about it a second and then shook his head and said, "I don't know".

@dino7dino

3 жыл бұрын

My dad was in Italy. He was sent back to the states after the German surrender and had orders to goto the Pacific for the invasion. He was very relieved.

Happy to meet the Americans! This is something the USA should remember in these dark times when many of its own citizens dance upon its flag. My father was liberated by US soldiers & he always remembered their humanity.

@josephwhirlwind6086

3 жыл бұрын

Same here , my parents were liberated by Americans and Canadian troops , they were greatful , and so am I !!

@justinshultz9245

3 жыл бұрын

Liberated from what?

@norisboy100

3 жыл бұрын

Da war er wohl nicht in den Rheinwiesen Lagern gewesen,...?

@reneoslizlok7216

3 жыл бұрын

@@norisboy100 Immer noch versucht, sich an eine entlarvte märchenhafte Behauptung amerikanischer Gräueltaten im Rheinwiesenlager zu klammern, die der kanadische Schriftsteller James Bacque 1989 vorlegte.

@reneoslizlok7216

3 жыл бұрын

@@justinshultz9245 Your kidding right?

It's like a looking glass into the past... Almost seems like you could jump through the screen and into the past.

Ich wohne im Vogtland nahe der Stadt Plauen die aufgrund von dortig angesiedelter Kriegsindustrie z.B. den Vomag-Werken die sich auf Panzerbau konzentrieren stark bombardiert wurden. Tannenbergstahl liegt ja auch im Vogtland und ist mir dadurch bekannt, ich war auch schon öfter dort und hab das Video durch Zufall gefunden, ich finde die seltenen und faszinierenden Farbfilmaufnahmen extrem interessant vor allem da sie in unser Heimatregion gedreht wurden. Solche zeitlose Dokumente sind unheimlich wertvoll besonders für junge Generationen die weniger Vorstellung von den Geschehnissen von damals haben. Ich bin sehr froh das ich diesen Kanal entdeckt hab und zu diesem Video einen kleinen persönlichen Bezug, da meine Urgroßeltern nach dem Krieg auch aus der Tschechoslowakei geflohen sind.

@backfischbrotaufstrich7175

2 жыл бұрын

Wichtig zu wissen ist eventuell auch das in den heutigen Medien größtenteils die Angst vor den Sowjets und deren plünder- und Vergewaltigungstaten erwähnt wird, was so ja auch stimmt, aber was oft verschwiegen wird ist der Fakt das sich auch Amerikanische Soldaten an deutschen Frauen und Mädchen vergriffen haben. Eine alte Frau aus unserem Dorf erzählte uns einmal das sie sich auch bei der Eroberung des Vogtlandes durch die Amis versteckt haben da sie um sich fürchten mussten. Ich will keinen Krieg oder Nazideutsche Ansichten verherrlichen aber bei solchen Aufnahmen, gerade auch dann wenn die US- Soldaten mit der Zivilbevölkerung oder Kindern reden sollte man im Hinterkopf behalten das auch die meisten von ihnen im Krieg Verbrechen begangen haben. Sie sind also nicht unbedingt immer die beispiellosen helden für die sie oft gehalten werden. Krieg ist immer fürchterlich, deshalb gibt es wahrscheinlich nie eine gute oder böse Seite weil am Ende jeder nur Befehle befolgt...

@fanda789

Жыл бұрын

Moje prarodiče Němci taky vyhnali z jejich domova.A ještě jim sebrali bycykl a koně.

My father's unit, the 97th Infantry, couldn't have been too terribly far from here when this was shot.

0:14 Love the way the German soldier posed with the GIs like they're best friends!

@anthonylegore1517

2 жыл бұрын

I note that he wore the Deathhead insignia. I really question those GI's posing with that scum.

It’s mind boggling to think of all the weapons and trucks to be sorted out

Anyone know the name of the senior officers/general @1:20? This would help give an idea of the units involved

I wonder if my 16year old father is in this footage somewhere - very interesting to view this. He told me that he retreated from Czech. pretty much on foot and transport when he was able to surrender en-masse to the Americans...?!

Never seen this footage before, would be very interesting to know what units on both sides are in the film.

@Page-Hendryx

3 жыл бұрын

US 87th Infantry Division, apparently.

@michaeldailey3219

3 жыл бұрын

Gi 4th from right at 3:58 is wearing an Armored Divison patch on his left shoulder.

The music used is a great add too the video what is it were can I find it , if you can get back to me. Thank you...

the music is a well added touch

@rmo52

3 жыл бұрын

With 4 chords? Hardly.

These are Germans retreating back into Germany from Czechoslovakia. Military and civilian because they know what's in store if they stay.

@chronoshistory

3 жыл бұрын

You are right. Thank you for your comment on this.

@DavBlc7

3 жыл бұрын

Civilians are mostly Germans from part of Czechoslavika so I guess they feared that the Czechs wants to punish them for taking over their lands back in 1937 to 1939. Later after the war Germans who still there are expelled from Czechoslavika.

@RuleofFive

3 жыл бұрын

@@DavBlc7 Yeah can you blame them after Germany invaded their country?

@None-zc5vg

3 жыл бұрын

@Save RAbbiT Weren't hundreds of thousands of 'German' Czechs driven out of Czechoslovakia at short notice after the German surrender, and many thousands were just murdered by the Czechs.

@SandfordSmythe

3 жыл бұрын

@@None-zc5vg Nice way to loose the high moral ground.

Whats so good about this is the fantastic understanding and professionalism of all these men, behaving so well and mutually respectful. It must have been wonderful to stop killing and fighting and worrying. Very interesting film

Great video. Is it me or does everyone back then look fitter and healthier than today, even though there’s been a war raging?

Welcome home 🏡..... 6 Jahre an der Front. Unvorstellbar!! Respekt 🙇

My Opa was in the 8th PD. He surrendered in Brno 1945

AT 4:07 a German soldier is wearing the rare Leibermuster camo uniform issued only at the very end of the war.

Amazing footage. Spot the rare Leibermuster camouflage uniform being worn by two soldiers riding on the halftrack at 4:07. So rare to see this in period photos, even rare to see it in colour.

Was this recorded in native color? If it wasn't this is very good colorization.