Leadership finally arrived with Gen. Patton (Kasserine Pass battle) ; Patton knew his opposition and anticipated every move. Leadership. Command. His men responded with resounding success!

34th Infantry Division, "Red Bulls" from Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Iowa, landed into Africa as part of Operation Torch, and its battalions fought at 11:00 minutes into Part 7 to take Hill 609, for which battle the division paid dearly. Bradley, then commander of II Corps, ordered the 34th to take this key terrain feature. It did. We won, and the momentum of this war turned at that point in April 1943. It is generally accepted that around March/April 1943 the tide of WWII turned against the Axis powers in the Atlantic (Uboats neutralized so that massive logistics shipments could reach Britain), and on the Eastern Front, and in Africa. Proud to be a veteran of the 34th Div. Come visit our excellent military museum at Camp Ripley, Minnesota.

Eisenhower made a grave mistake in employing General Lloyd Fredendall as the US commander of II Corps. He was 70 miles away from his troops constructing his super bunker when the Germans attacked at Kasserine, the front line troops had no leadership which led to the defeat. After the battle Eisenhower relieved Fredendall and sent him back to the US were he was actually promoted, Patton took over command of II Corps. Refreshing to see a good account of the battles fought in Tunisia, Sicily and Italy without the later recriminations between senior Officers. British and American troops fought very well together, unlike the Germans and Italians.

@raywhitehead730

Жыл бұрын

Focusing on this completely misses the greater struggle in Africa. It was a vast wide ranging struggle.

@billballbuster7186

Жыл бұрын

After the Torch landings the battle for North Africa was almost over. Kasserine was a blip caused by poor leadership. Fredendall was a disaster and Anderson was over his head. He had only commanded a division briefly in France 1940.

Montgomery was overrated. He is described here as, "... careful, meticulous and certain..." He was all those things to a fault. He was reluctant to engage unless he outnumbered his opponent 4-1 and he insisted on drawing up overly complex operations that required diverse elements working in precise coordination and timing that is often impossible in real battlefield conditions. His plans always looked great on paper, but one road block could often as not derail the whole scheme. Market Garden comes to mind.

@MendTheWorld

Жыл бұрын

No. Market Garden was WHAT you astutely had in mind.

@shooter7a

9 ай бұрын

Montgomery was a result of British military doctrine. They were a naval power, and very conservative and careful with land forces. Any top British commander was going to have those characteristics.

@banba317

9 ай бұрын

@@shooter7a I would agree to a point. I think in WWII it had much more to do with the memory of the horrendous losses they sustained in WWI. They were also plainly intimidated by the Germans ability to wage rapid mobile warfare.

There is a very significant element missing from this account of the battles. That is the entire 9th Infantry Artillery which was forced marched from the mountains of northern Algeria. Guns, trucks and men through the mountains into Tebessa and north to a place called Thala Pass. upon arriving in the middle of the night they set their guns up to reinforce the English and went into battle the next morning. That is what stopped the Nazi's in North Africa, The 9th Infantry Artillery. My father was the forward observer from C battery, 84th Field Artillery who directed the fire that morning. His unit was the only unit who had been trained in bore sight firing. It is all documented if you do your research.

@mattiOTX

Жыл бұрын

War stories are kinda shaky on research.

@johnfranklin8319

9 ай бұрын

@@mattiOTXHe speaks the truth, and after just reading about it I wonder why it’s not a better known part of WW2 history.

General Mark Clark Screwed The Pooch. Instead of circling Kersering’s forces as instructed on the break out of Casino he went north to grab the Publicity of entering Rome. Rome wasn’t even strategic since the Germans had already pulled out of it.

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The US Army learned from this as they do from all such operations. In a way it was a test to see if the equipment, methods, and operations really worked. I met Gen. Omar Bradley at Fort Bliss in 1981. He told us that North Africa was necessary to see if we were doing it right. He said he would never want to go into Normandy without the lessons learned. Guadalcanal was similar in the Pacific.

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Montgomery mistakenly believed that Axis forces would be engaged in a 'holding action' against American forces in the south-central regions of Sicily. Patton destroyed all enemy and allied expectations.

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The US II Corps by this time had changed Commanding General, with Lt. Gen George Patton.

I am a Scots Brit. I think (know) Eisenhower was the best leader of WW2 and after.

@georgemijatovic4060

Жыл бұрын

Yup... also liked Pattons Mantra...keep em on their heels...hit em...then hit em again...then hit em again

@rayw3294

Жыл бұрын

@@daykangemcutting8679 Eisenhower had little to play with. The US caught up with UK war production in mid 1943 (and accelerated) and naval and marines went to Pacific mostly. He beat Rommel in Normandy. The German generals had the advantage until they never.

@daykangemcutting8679

Жыл бұрын

@@rayw3294 ok

@ATBatmanMALS31

Жыл бұрын

Wish we had him now. Americans stopped picking military leaders after the fall of the wall. Jim Mattis, a man we can actually trust to have the best interests of the country put first... he doesn't want to do it, and I get why... but man do we need him.

@Anglo_Saxon1

Жыл бұрын

It's to be hoped so,he was the Supreme Commander of the Allied Armies!

Kasserine is visually depicted in the movie PATTON (1970). US Gen. Fredenhall was fired & Gen. Patton was appointed to relieve him. Watch the movie for further info.

@spaceman081447

Жыл бұрын

@Fast Eddie Major General Lloyd Fredendall was relieved of command of the II Corps. Outrageously enough, he was never officially reprimanded for his multiple failures at the Battle of Kasserine Pass and before. Back in the U.S., he was placed in a training command and was even promoted to lieutenant general.

@barnespiper1133

Жыл бұрын

El guettar is visually depicted in Patton not Kasserine where we lost

My grandfather landed on Sicily on the first day of Operation Husky.

@MaskofAgamemnon

3 жыл бұрын

@John Borzecki The war left a mark. Before he went, he was a class clown type. When he returned, he was quiet and withdrawn, never speaking a word about his experiences.

@tomriley5790

Жыл бұрын

So did mine, after making it to Messina he was brought back to the UK for D-day

3:23 The (original probably) film is cut there - the following video is part of a list of 4 reasons for the US failure, but #1 and #2 were cut out: #1 is implied by the "several including us shared responsibility for our weaker reversals", likely cut here is a more detailed section on the failure of higher-level commanders to effectively plan for and respond to the attack. #2 you can hear a little blip: "sec[cond] ... [in]telligence agencies", likely detailing the failure of intelligence to provide accurate intel reports.

Good series. Bad KZread, blurring it out. Great and deep unpleasantness to all censors!

A big difference between Patton and Monty ; Patton relentlessly chased the retreating enemy ; Monty let them leisurely escape to regroup.

@rayw3294

Жыл бұрын

Patton is buried with his men in Luxembourg. Go visit. Patton had far more men than Montgomery. You will find Eisenhower was the main man and I think a great man. What I cannot understand is why Germany did not surrender after Stalingrad and especially after the US joined. Deaths increased exponentially after.

@howardchambers9679

Жыл бұрын

Honestly, still peddling that rubbish. Outrunning your supply line isn't the best tactical move and Montgomery was smarter than that. Rommel regularly dashed forward, ran out of supplies and had to retreat just like Patton.

@mrh678

Жыл бұрын

Sometimes that's what the enemy exactly wants, for them to dash into the empty void just to walk into a well established counter attack. As their supply line becomes shorter the ones advancing grow ever longer and harder to get to the front until they can capture a new operational port.

@michelledimarco3551

Жыл бұрын

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@robstrausser8261

Жыл бұрын

No Monty pinhead wanted to spare his troops and let the Americans do all the work and take the casualties. No balls

5:12 What are they bombing here? Date palms? Is this a critical strategic target? 😮 Flatten 'em, lads!

We certainly know better now, the real opinion Ike had of Monty, especially by the time of the Bulge. .

It's been said that one of the reasons the Americans lost kasserine pass was lack of experience is this really true I hope someone can help you

03:36 There's a dropout of I guess 5 seconds in recounting reasons 1 and 2 for the failure at Kassarine Pass. The audio resumes with No. 3.

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@terrypbug

3 жыл бұрын

Damn sure is

sidelining patton through much of Mediterranean and western Europe campaigns cost allies time and more death and destruction especially in Italy

I like all the documentations, I’ve watched them over again. The only thing I don’t like is when you black out some of three pictures!,,

@ATBatmanMALS31

Жыл бұрын

He has to, to not violate the community guidelines of youtube. I'm sure the editor would prefer not to.

Half the truth, The Bits strangled the supply line to support the German army in North Africa. At great cost.

Always thought if it was such a great loss , less THAN a week later, the Germans were gone , not much of a victory for them.

It's all about leadership or the lack thereof !

Reminds me of how inexperienced the US Troops were fighting the Germans, even D-Day in Normandy the US had been in combat against Germany for only 16 months.

I believe this entire series is actually “Crusade in Europe” which was the very first documentary series made for TV. Produced in 1949, it was a pretty groundbreaking event in TV, and was based on Eisenhower’s best selling book from the previous year.

（I’ve never seen anyone do it better

Us troops/sailors were slaughtered during the opening engagements in both theaters ... revenge is a powerful emotion.

Yes Eisenhower truly was a great britisher. Montgomery was obviously so thoroughly schooled, in world war I warfare and without the support of Americans would not have gained any Fame whatsoever. Look at Montgomery is blunders later on in the war when Ike was giving him the green light to do as he pleased to the point that he even tried to take credit for saving the Americans in the Battle of the bulge which was a complete delusion on his part.

@MyDogmatix

3 жыл бұрын

Maybe some of this is true, but the British and our Canadian troops were bogged down around Caen, taking on actual tiger 1 tanks, whilst Patton rolled through the country side. I think the Canadians and British took the brunt of the fight from the main Panzer forces and this gave the American forces relatively free reign to break out of the Bocage country in more open areas of south and west France and roll through. I do believe this was the actual plan, so to Say that Monty, wasn’t handling the war in street to street and bocage country, isn’t quite accurate, and I’m not entirely sure he was in command the whole time in Africa, so it’s not fair to say that he just rolled in on lower than usual levels of enemy forces in Africa. Just the timeline of when he took control. And in flat open country, that is ideal for tank and big gun warfare, it can easily become a slugging match. I wouldn’t say and WW2 generals were amazing, in any uniform. The best ones are the ones that give their field staff the freedom to change the plans as needed. And the Germans seemed to excel at that with a number of field marshals. (Note that my “edit” is only changing the auto spell of Patton that was Patron on the first posting...oops)

@Wistundra

3 жыл бұрын

@@MyDogmatix Monty had less of everything to work with. Therefore he was always more cautious. As Patton said, he was the best General the British had.

@merdiolu

3 жыл бұрын

the former German commander of the 5th Panzer Army, Hasso von Manteuffel said of Montgomery's leadership in Battle of Bulge : The operations of the American 1st Army had developed into a series of individual holding actions. Montgomery's contribution to restoring the situation was that he turned a series of isolated actions into a coherent battle fought according to a clear and definite plan. It was his refusal to engage in premature and piecemeal counter-attacks which enabled the Americans to gather their reserves and frustrate the German attempts to extend their breakthrough

@rsmithajd

Жыл бұрын

@@MyDogmatix Monty was in charge of 8th army in north Africa there was another commander there too also Archibald (I think I could be wrong) but there was two commanders there I know that....Monty overrated, Rommel attacked knowing he was low on supplies at El Alamein he did that so British didn't have time to regroup forces even though it still screwed him,if Rommel had supplies and equipment north Africa would be different but that true of whole war with Germany.... USA just had monopoly on supplies and equipment... Patton I think was killed to silence him ,he wanted to kick USSR out of Europe and was vocal about it.., Eisenhower had political ambition after war and I think Patton was a threat to that he knew everything that was going on

@banba317

Жыл бұрын

@@MyDogmatix You vastly overestimate the "ease" of rolling through the Bocage... That area proved to be extremely difficult terrain for tanks and personnel. Low sunken roads between fields bordered by tall, dense hedgerows. The Germans put up a hellacious fight from hidden positions. The Americans had to fight through before they could break out. Monty was certainly overrated. He was overly cautious and took too long "consolidating" his forces outside of Caen instead of pressing the attack immediately upon landing; his dawdling allowed the Germans to position armor and artillery on the heights surrounding the town from which they proved extremely difficult to remove.

notice nothing was ever said about the "belfore agreement", intresting

This battle gave Sgt. Pierson PTSD in COD WW2

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the only way monty ever beat anyone is with a hugely superior number of artillery, tanks planes and men and having cracked the enemies code. nothing with superior leadership.

@billd.iniowa2263

3 жыл бұрын

I clicked the LIKE button but with one reservation: He had the charisma and swagger that the Tommys needed. They could get behind him and carry out his plans with gusto. Monty may have had his faults in the strategy department, but superior numbers is how an Army wins wars. And he had the patience to wait until he had them.

@merdiolu

3 жыл бұрын

Aaaaand US or Soviet generals ALWAYS fought and beat the enemy decisevely with less number of men or tanks or material right ? Because it was a sporting match ? And neither Americans neither Germans nor Soviets broke enemy wireless code because it was not an honest move in war ? (mind you this is all sarcasm)

@youraveragescotsman7119

3 жыл бұрын

That was literally how the Germans, Russians, US, Japanese, etc all won battles. But, for some reason, Monty doing the same thing earns him scorn.

@terryfoyfoy7926

Жыл бұрын

He was smarter than all yank generals put together . Attack when you are strongest not play cowboys and indians

@marmadukegrimwig

Жыл бұрын

A statement as bold as its author is ignorant merits no technical response.

Without breaking their Code Machine we might not have won this battle. The Germans ran out of supplies.

A lot of this film comes from the Mojave Desert in California.

Rommel left town. Patton pressed the Germans and Italians relentlessly. Combo of Allied artillery, Sherman tanks, warplanes, and M-31 Tank destroyers. The Allies had limitless ammo, guns, tanks, artillery, planes and soldiers. The Axis did not as their supply line from Italy and France was choked off by Allied warplanes, submarines, and warships. Pincer attacks by British an Americans made the defeat of the Axis Army inevitable.

Rommell would have proven especially formidable had he not been hampered by Hitler's insanity and incompetence. A d that can be blamed directly on Dr. Theadore Morrell. But Thats a completely different story.

@dr.dfargo2921

2 жыл бұрын

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"Greeness"

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What a Braggart Version of History ... the savage bombing of Naples caused Mt. Vesuvius to erupt.

The English were beat before we got into the war. Some would say. They still haven't recovered yet. Monty only had success with. Rommel fighting east. And west

@chrisstaves1473

6 ай бұрын

Try reading some real history!

Operation Mincemeat

The statement made 12:00-12:15 is crucial and it’s the exact reason why Russia is being dismantled in Ukraine they’re just being thrown to the wolves

Why were we there to begin with. Why fight in NW Africa??

@chrisstaves1473

6 ай бұрын

Suez canal

LOL, "spended action in washington" at about 5:00 made me laugh out loud = propaganda.

Well, it took long enough. Russians had been fighting Germans for two years by that point.

Ike was a superb politician but an amateur fighting general. Not in the same league as Monty

@Osprey914

3 жыл бұрын

Well...it is fair to say the Eisenhower was not a "fighting general" - but not for lack of trying. He sought field duty...but his superiors saw something else in him. Politician. I actually don't think he was a very good politician in the sense we think of politicians today. His strength was in commanding teams...dealing with huge egos, and logistically getting things done. He was altogether responsible for the ultimate success of DDay (...and yes there were missteps). He WAS a leader. In military and civilian life (Presidency). As I understand his presidency, the description offered up by historian Greenstein is very accurate. He used his experience as a 5-star during WWII to inform how he ran his White House - to great effect, generally. Montgomery and Patton were fighting generals...to be sure. But...they had egos. HUGE egos...which if not managed would have been detrimental to the cause of WWII. It was Eisenhower who managed those egos....in a way that allowed them to be successful (he KNEW he needed them...but had to manage them).

@terrysmith9362

3 жыл бұрын

@@Osprey914 What a strange point. Its not fair that I dont win the lottery even though I keep on trying. The basic point is that Eisenhower was an admin general not an experienced operator.

@steel5791

Жыл бұрын

Eisenhower never claimed to be a field general. He accepted his role as Admin. But then again, I'm not sure that Monty was always in 'the same league as Monty'!

@terrysmith9362

Жыл бұрын

@@steel5791 then why did he take operational control after France was taken. He clearly did claim he was a fighting general

@bigwoody4704

Жыл бұрын

You're right Tubby Smith IKE wasn't in the same league - 20,000 leagues under the sea - that monty got driven into at Dunkirk !!! That's why the GIs had to sail 3500 miles of ocean so the BEF could sail 30 miles of channel and took 4 yrs to cross back over

Utter BS, talking about how Ike and well, anyone, liked and respected Montgomery? Disliked. Unsubbed.

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@22942

Жыл бұрын

What are you trying to say?

@tracymesser296

Жыл бұрын

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@MendTheWorld

Жыл бұрын

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@TheMoodyLoners

Жыл бұрын

@@22942 it’s a KZread spambot getting its script scrambled.

They let George Patton off the chain.

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Did you know the German women said. "Better a Russian on your tummy, than a British bomb on your head".

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@coachhannah2403

Жыл бұрын

That is just silly.

@charlesgantz5865

Жыл бұрын

I guess that it was a good thing that Germany declared war on us then.

@MendTheWorld

Жыл бұрын

​​@@charlesgantz5865It certainly helped to sideline the "America First" crypto-fascists... although they would re-emerge in 2016. BTW, Do you know who the "teeth people" are? I have no clue. (No one does bigotry, though, better than America Firsters.)

@charlesgantz5865

Жыл бұрын

@@MendTheWorld No idea who the "teeth people" are.

@TheLAGopher

Жыл бұрын

@@charlesgantz5865 I imagine "Big Teeth people" is a slur against the British due to their bad dentistry of the WW2 era and more specifically, a reference to the looks of the British royal family.

the war was lost whitout him

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