You see all those soldiers on both sides. They were the blessed ones they got through it alive.

Great video! Has to be one of the best I've seen.

I love the seventies funkadelic sound track. I bet all in the video would agree it's perfect background music for WWII.

One of my fathers army friends married one of these girls after the war she came home with him to the U.S. They came to my fathers funeral in 1998 she still had a German accent . Very nice and still very attractive For her age .

@user-ry9rw5fi5k

7 жыл бұрын

are they still married

@user-ry9rw5fi5k

7 жыл бұрын

are they still married

@suy.4086

6 жыл бұрын

Don't married the the enemy it's dangerous.

When I I was 18 i worked with an Austrian in his 50's. At16-17 he was one of the last conscripted into the German army, but had no training. Because he could ride a motor cycle they made him a motorcycle message courier. As the German government and army ceased to exist he was close to home with enough petrol and a motorcycle and so he rode home. Being in the Russian zone in Austria he dismantled the BMW, wrapped the parts in oily rags, placed then in wooden crates and buried them in a barn. After the Soviet occupation ended he retrieved the crates, painted the green parts red, reassembled the machine and had himself a nice motor motorcycle.

@albundybudbundy3714

5 жыл бұрын

Nice story. Thank you for sharing. 👍👍👍

@JoFooka

5 жыл бұрын

Amazing

@markcarey8426

5 жыл бұрын

Terrific. Love it. I had a Japanese friend years ago whose father was in the war. He, the father, spoke English so he was assigned to listen in to west coast USA radio broadcasts and that was swing. He loved it and spent his espionage career during the war tapping his feet to good ol' American swing.

This was good viewing. I gained a sense of 'thank goodness that's over'. The German soldiers, civilians and US soldiers all just getting on with trying to start getting back to normal. Maybe not so happy scenes further East where Germans surrendered to the soviets?

@maksimmaksimov5240

8 жыл бұрын

+Bill Blinky All German soldiers are so lucky in the film because most ran to Americans to escape responsibilities for war crimes they done in Russia. They did not burn villages together with inhabitants in USA or bombed cities, therefore feel relaxed under American patronage. They escaped responsibility!

@michaelkushner4131

8 жыл бұрын

+Chest Rockwell No, you are very wrong. Hitler invaded the USSR, after the Germans got their asses kicked at Stalingrad, Leningrad, Moscow, Kursk, etc Hitler permitted retreat, with a scorched earth policy. He did not want the Red Army to have anything of possible military value. Excuse me for asking, do you need a detailed history lesson or would you be satisfied with an abbreviated lesson?

Amazing historic footage.

WOW! there's the Luftwaffe Commander-in-Chief Hermann Goring 3;24

Nice group of films. You got any more you can post?

The choice of music is always interesting.

I think the last part is actually Czechoslovakia; not Italy; I've seen it before.

0:35 possible in mountain zone of Tarvisio Udine, Brennero Bolzano

when i look at old pics or film it seems as though the women back then were prettier and more feminine than they are today.

@Redmow51

6 жыл бұрын

They didn't all wear that war paint as thick as they do now. Take the mask off of a lot of these women and it would scare the crap out of you.

@claudiograssi1037

6 жыл бұрын

Yes, could be. More feminine and natural despite the orrible conditions of the war.

@alwaessurius8498

5 жыл бұрын

Woman have fallen a long way, and I fear few, very, very few will ever recover from the fall. I am quite the envy of men as my wife looks, and acts like a woman. My friends say - I sure wish I had what you to have = A great relationship, as my wife TRULY loves me. Se always wears a long, full skirt, or dress - nothing tight and revealing (women who do that are doing it for other men not their husband else they would keep it at home). My wife is always respectful to me: always goes out of her way to help me if I need her help, and will often help even if I don't ask. She does not nag or bicker, does not run around, or go out for a "girls night out". does not tell me what I can, or can not do, she does not go out and spend money on useless crap, and more and more on clothes, shoes and purses. She does not adorn herself with jewelry, nor does she plaster on makeup (she does not use any at all and looks beautiful and natural ) - My wife puts on no false fronts, and never has. she is an excellent cook and house keeper, can sew, knit, crochet, etc, plant a garden, and always have a meal waiting for me when I come home from work - Yep - she is the way they once were, they way God created them to be. And she loves to be with me as much as I love to be with her - in fact, everyone I know, knows if you see one, you see the other, and it's the way we love it. I have a great deal of respect and trust in her, and love her with my life, for she is worth it.

@trasmus6

5 жыл бұрын

Not according to the video above. They looked like normal people and definitely not in the genre of prettier.

@lindacosta3381

5 жыл бұрын

tim lamb Agree. They were naturally pretty without so much make up

The Germans look so happy eating food again and no one is shooting at them.

Very sad for them

is that a Panzer II Luchs being towed at 5:50?

@waffins7057

8 жыл бұрын

+4exgold Its a Puma armored car, and its being driven.

1:24 is a goldmine today

5:36 One guy riding a bike managed to sneak his Stg44 pass the US troops.

That guy out front is taking a risk .. 2:25

The projector sound was cool.

Got to hate them but damn , these NAZI uniforms looked so fucking good .

JEEEEZUS---WHAT CHAOS--HOW DID ANY ORDER COME FROM THIS ?

Old video I know but who are the women and kids? Are they the German soldiers families come to meet them??!

@alexandraxiii665

2 жыл бұрын

These are the German minority in the Czech Republic

Wowww it's amazing

I was thinking if I had a barn back then, fill it with a half track & and anything else, worth £ Millions today

Kesselring was Germany's best general.

@aureliusmartins294

4 жыл бұрын

Wasn't he the murderer of Italian civilians?

Why not show the German POW "camps" at the Rhine Meadows? Most revealing.

@joelweisberg

8 жыл бұрын

Thanks Michael for making that point.

@henryseidel5469

7 жыл бұрын

Michael in S Fl It is quite astonishing what good knowledge you have on the Rhine meadow camps. Nothing of importance, but ten thousand died. In Russia they had wooden huts, wood for cutting to light a fire and some soup or cabbage every day. Not very much. but my father lived there for three years. What do you think should have been done to those who nuked women and Children at Hiroshima and Nagasaky ? Maybe the 'inspectors' who examined the peeled skin of grilled babies ! You should really think before you talk rubbish.

They served with HONOR. Still fighting the "insurgency" in Afghanistan and Iraq 15 years later.

Awesome Video Notice the Majority if Not All are Happy to be in the Hands of the Americans.....See the Smiles...

@67claudius

9 жыл бұрын

BigBossManBBQ Yeah, the alternative were the Soviets!

@PAULLONDEN

9 жыл бұрын

BigBossManBBQ Yeah..some not so happy, knowing reckoning was to come for the things they let happen or cooperated to happen.

peace forever!

I noticed most of them are smiling, I guess they are happy to be not just alive but in the west away from the Russians, they should show some pow's that are in the Russian hands I'm sure they are not smiling

Thanks for this fantastic colour footage. It took decades to rebuild Europe. Ukraine will be the same in years to come.

Just think what must be going through their minds....I am Alive....when so many Millions and Millions of others have been Obliterated...

Nice jazz behind this video.

Well feed are they not.

at 5:19 some guy arguing about keeping his pistol? the nerve

@chrisj197438

4 жыл бұрын

mantenimiento Depending on rank they were allowed to keep their swords or side arms.

🙀 5:50 That's a sdkfz Puma, why didn't they keep it...😔

this music makes me wanna DANCE

Wherefrom Germany got fuel for the army in 1945, since oil fields in Romania were lost in mid 1944?

@Tonyx.yt.

8 жыл бұрын

+Maksim Maksimov sintetic fuel from coal

@JimInTally

8 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I've read that in other books as well.

@JimInTally

8 жыл бұрын

Richard Weed: Care to cite a source for your claim that Germany, during WW II, got fuel for their army from the US, even though we WERE at war with them?

@alfnoakes392

7 жыл бұрын

Germany was getting its vehicles from Opel/Ford ...

@jfloresmac

4 жыл бұрын

Texas

3:48 The hunting season is over! Give the GI who painted that sign a cigar!

Interesting at the beginning: German " Trümmerfrauen" start to work

I know this is offtopic, but is it just me who thinks the germans were much better dressed than their american counterparts? 😂 I've read somewhere, that a lot of the attire was supplied by the company that's know today as (Hugo) BOSS! ☺️

@captfalconXX

5 жыл бұрын

True. Those badass Nazi uniforms inspired million of young Germans and youth to be part of Nazi ideology. Even now, no country in the world has made such awesome uniforms.

@divergencefilms

5 жыл бұрын

Germans had the coolest uniforms.

@renataostertag6051

5 жыл бұрын

You are right. Yes, Hugo Boss supplied the German uniforms.

@PYROPOSTY1984

4 жыл бұрын

U are right Hugo boss was the maker of their uniforms

@anodyne57

4 жыл бұрын

It's true....fascism is notoriously style-conscious.

Just lived to see the American flag raised.

The German army seems happy after all, maybe they were tired of all this war! Many years of struggle.

P.O.W.'s have no ranks. WTF is this General ordering this soldier to do? 4:15

Gosh, look like they were having fun at a beach. LOL

girl at 6:10 has a cute smile.

Many chubby German POW’s and their happy “gf’s”, who probably did quite well during the war

What's the point of that film?

@rudern8

8 жыл бұрын

End of WW2 and end of the Wehrmacht and Waffen SS, Germany surrender, because the young german Kindergarten soldiers will not die, they will later enjoy Rock'n Roll, Elvis and The Beatles!

@henryseidel5469

7 жыл бұрын

James vaught The point of that film is that the individual people of political enemy countries need not necessarily be private enemies. They are all human beings.

@pumasgoya

7 жыл бұрын

what a stupid comment

So, I think it's interesting and this part of Germany was lucky a little bit.

Back in World War II. Like you said. Men were men women were women. Everybody was in their proper place and nobody cross the line.

oops! they thought, truly believed it was their right to replace anybody in the "empire" of the Fuehrer!!

American and geman near like cousins

Así porque si los alem anes se iban Austria y guerin.no lo veo potable a este vídeo. Usa army descotrol. Cualquiera. Un e. s verdad

how/what about Dresden? heroic american acts? really?

Funny, nothing master race looking about these chaps. Revenge is a dish best served cold. They got what they reaped

Why would an American soldier salute a german soldier? WTF. Patton would of slapped him to next week.

@renataostertag6051

5 жыл бұрын

Patton turned within hours from disliking Germans (he had never met one) into adoring them, the minute he met the first one in person. "P. would of slapped...) For crying out loud - don't you know proper English you moron? "of" = "P. would HAVE, not would OF". Gosh - go back to school before you comment here!

@thomasmaloney843

5 жыл бұрын

The American is probably a German American.

Bet the ones surrendering to the Russains werent smiling too much. Maybe the russian soldiers getting some date times with the gals

These germs with blood on their hands are way to well