As an American with family that served in the 101st and 82nd airborne. I was not offended at all, even though I was rout rout routing for the home team. This is a stark reminder that everyone fighting, on both sides is a human being. Thank you for showing respect for that fact. German: Als Amerikaner mit Familie, die im 101. und 82. Luftverkehr diente. Ich war überhaupt nicht beleidigt, obwohl ich Routing für das Heimteam war. Das ist eine scharfe Erinnerung daran, dass jeder, der auf beiden Seiten kämpft, ein Mensch ist. Danke, dass du Respekt vor dieser Tatsache gezeigt hast.

I'm a US Army Vet. I like the fact that you showed the personal nature of war and what a waste it is. Most of us were in out teens or early 20's when we served. I think the people bitchin about the clean uniforms and weapons, are missing the point. As a veteran from any country, we all have 1 thing in common, we will never forget. Good job with your film.

@cacampbell3654

5 жыл бұрын

Robert Riggs: OK. On the basis of your comment I’ll give this a try!

@cynaptyc

4 жыл бұрын

We do seem to shelve our humanity while in war. I was in Desert Storm 91 at 19 going on 20. I of course saw things that I will never forget nor fully understand. You're right though, this is definitely a great look into the heart of that beast of WW2 and a lesson we should never forget. Thank you for your service Mr Riggs and the writer and producers of this work. May we never forget ALL of our fallen and rise above upon their shoulder's to make sure their sacrifices were not in vain!

@Declan-pg8cg

4 жыл бұрын

@@cynaptyc Your sentiments are very appropriate and absolute respect to you for them. I'm not American and am from a neutral country but can appreciate and am saddened by the lessons surviving fighting soldiers can only learn in retrospect. I hope your life is a good one.

@toniminoldo8304

4 жыл бұрын

Respect.

@BluesStraightFromTheHarp

4 жыл бұрын

Another American Veteran (11 B & 19D US Army) who has become a fan of your work. I agree with the other veteran. Thumbs up. Great work. Truly a very good film maker.

Easy to forget that the enemy is just as scared as you are...

@chicagolugan

3 жыл бұрын

The real enemy were the Russian Communists

@Thug-12Na

2 жыл бұрын

The germans were here to take over the world dont come with that bs as scared as you are they enjoyed killin innocents

@westmax8491

2 жыл бұрын

@Carlos weren't tge Germans who started the war by invading the Russians. The Russians were justified to revenge the Germans perhaps in every horrible way they did it but the aggressor should never cry losses

@jimtom4878

2 жыл бұрын

@@westmax8491 your sick

Excellent presentation - Often non-combatant (and civilian victims) do not understand that "war has a life of its own". We (military) do not want to kill - it was part of my duties to my country, like my parents, grand-parents, etc... had done in the past. Then, your best friend, someone who is like your brother gets "blown up" or shattered to pieces. You cannot cope with that, "the show must go on", no time to figure out what happened, to heal, ... it becomes "them" or "you/us" and sadly enough, things get out of hand very easily - there is no time to think. A captured "enemy" was brought up to me, the security detail undressed him almost completely (some carry booby-traps), I saw pictures of his family among the content of his pockets - it is crazy, I was shocked! I was surprised that in this wasteful war, these people (the other side) were like me, had families, houses, pets, kids... I will always remember the tears in that soldier's eyes when we took his pictures and a Rosary (Catholic) away from him, he was a human, he prayed, he wore a (catholic) medal, just like me. We gave him the pictures/Rosary back. It has been decades, still have the nightmares, the scars, the fears... Peace be with you all, Ciao, L (Veteran)

@memirandawong

8 күн бұрын

Wow! I have no words.

In the early 70s I was a young man in a US Army band stationed in Germany. We would play German beer tents all Spring and Summer. The old German soldiers would come sit and talk with us on breaks. "We are all friends now." And we were.

@pepelopez9301

3 жыл бұрын

Yes. Its way better to be friends than enemies. And does not matter you are German or Russian or American.... hello from Slovakia..

@weissrw1

3 жыл бұрын

@@pepelopez9301 You have a very beautiful country from photos I have seen!

@pepelopez9301

3 жыл бұрын

@@weissrw1 photos dont tell you truth

@user-bo8iy1zj7i

2 жыл бұрын

Они бежал к вам в плен а наши их догнать не могли

When snipers were caught, it never ended well for them. There was the sense that it was a coward's way to fight. Not true of course since being a sniper was a very dangerous profession, and if you got caught at the tail end of a firefight, it ended badly for you (as noted above).

@blueeyeswhitedragon9839

3 жыл бұрын

All sides in the war treated snipers pretty much the same...snipers were routinely executed on the spot of capture...no questions asked. It was just something about death from out of nowhere. No mercy.

@clarkewi

2 жыл бұрын

Some of the best snipers of the war were Soviet women.

@clarkewi

2 жыл бұрын

@Ashwin Lakra Internet.

@apistosig4173

2 жыл бұрын

@@clarkewi Prowess with firearms has never been gender oriented. Some of the finest shooters I have even met & known were women. Some very young, some not.

@charles_0017

2 жыл бұрын

A similar fate awaited captured flamethrower operators, or political commissars.

Really shows a realistic view of war at the squad level in WWll. The fear, the tense emotions are all there. We are all human.

I think that there is better acting in some of these short films than most movies that I have watched. This was awesome!

@larst560

Жыл бұрын

Totalmente d'accordo! E' molto meglio di tanti film famosi !!

Thank you, your work will open the heart of a new generation of heroes.

My grandfather served the german army he was in the indian regiment he never used to speak about his combat days he passed away in april of 1990

@christopherjohansson3073

4 жыл бұрын

All respect to him and to all soldiers that fought for their countries.

@akashsavangade518

4 жыл бұрын

Respect for your dad bro

Brilliant Cinematrography and sound! Makes you feel you are actually in this brutal battle... Thank you for U/L MHWL Productions von Australia. Mick Respect for great film making.

Very good, well cut and edited. I enjoyed it very much.

Very inspiring!! Thanks for sharing.

Another excellent film. Thank you for it putting together for us viewers.

History is subsidised and written by the victors. Even with 10 years without television, my learnings begin with real people. I am 55 now but I started talking to my grandfather about WW1. He was 90+ and bald from the war. He was buried alive. He survived and lost his hair. I remember asking him what it is like being 90 (not about the war because I was too young). His answer from someone who was 90+ to a child sitting on his Knee? "I'm the same person as before but old". Strange what you remember.

Very well done. Sad the loss of so many young men on both sides.

Excellent production values!

Wow. Excellent short. A full length feature would be great.

Excelente...!! Gracias por compartir estos cortometrajes. SALUDOS!!!

Great acting. Great plot. Great direction. Excellent!

Damn good job on this short film...

The strongest personal bonds that any of them would ever have.

Excellent! good luck to you in your future films!

Where do you guys get your equipment?

I served for 38yrs in the UK Armed Forces and retired in 2010. I have served all over the globe. One thing I learned very quickly was that whatever side you are on it is only an accident of birth!

As far as I understand the film reflects the part of the March 1945 "Operation Undertone" - street battles for Hageunau, now a French city.

Excellent production.

Also the GI with the Russian F1 grenade on his vest.

Great film mate!

Snipers were routinely shot on both sides...

Perfectly depicts the total waste of lives that come from war, no matter which side a person is on.

@Pomer2222

3 жыл бұрын

Well, you would consider this otherwise if you were defending your home and your family from raging animals like those nazi’s. Then you would try hard to waste as many of them as you can before you get wasted. And there will be perfect point for you to sacrifice your life so your children can live. There’s no place for bs in a war.

@carycoller3140

3 жыл бұрын

@@Pomer2222 I acknowledge all that you say. My point was, which I did not properly explain, is that because governments can't resolve issues they send people to war, which wastes lives on both or all sides.

@Pomer2222

3 жыл бұрын

@@carycoller3140 it seems a bit more complicated to me. And I have my reasons. My friend from Germany asked me once: why do everyone hate germans for them being nazis, when there is even more nazis in England? Well, I have a simple answer, but time can change my reasoning 🤷🏻‍♂️

This will only stop when the Lord returns.

@MrKen-wy5dk

4 жыл бұрын

He was never here.

@RedOrm68

4 жыл бұрын

Which lord would that be? And why would killing stop when this lord returns?

@100forks

4 жыл бұрын

@@RedOrm68 I'm sorry you do not know Him.

Most all these short films are the best out there..

Realistically well done short 🎥 film..kuddos...🇩🇪🇺🇸

This movie could not have happened with it's grittiness had it not been for Saving Private Ryan to break the ice with the honesty of war rather than the glamour. Bravo ten fold for making it real.

All just young boys doing what they thought was the right thing!

@SortenRavn

4 жыл бұрын

Problem is.. Its the old men who Tell the young ones what the "right thing" is.. Because its the young ones who's gonna die Because of the old men

@dougregan4752

3 жыл бұрын

Fighting for your country defending your country is the right thing!

@SortenRavn

3 жыл бұрын

@@dougregan4752 THAT, Depends.. If you're defending against tyrany and the oppression of minorities.. Yes.. its right and good. If you're defending it Because some politician or other leader tells you to Then you're a part of the evil. One should never blindly follow orders.

@yeoldeyoungin9745

3 жыл бұрын

@@SortenRavn You just described every country ever.

@SortenRavn

3 жыл бұрын

@@yeoldeyoungin9745 pretty much yea.. And who leads most countries?

I absolutely loved how you showed it through the enemy side and showed how they suffered. Amazing work. One criticism though, the American soldiers voices sounded automated without that like passion, like when the sergeant who shot the sniper was getting executed it would have been better to hear the hopelessness in his voice instead it sounded a bit dull.

Brilliant .. thank you

With war it is almost always best to act weak when you are strong and act strong when you are weak. Let us never forget those who lost their lives for our freedom. Great film

It took watching it twice, to get the English subtitles for the German dialogue...??? It was powerful the first time I saw it; and almost stunning the second time, as it becomes abundantly clear, that it is the young that die in war, and that young men, everywhere, are all basically the same. What a terrible waste. The movie, was awesome, even though short.

This is how man turns into a beast.

I agree with all the comments below, very well done. Two thumbs up way up.

Vietnam veteran here , Where were these kind of movies when I was a kid I'm 63 years old and this kind of film makes so much more sense than the stupid Hollywood versions of military battles God Almighty what a difference

@TheFinnfluencer

3 жыл бұрын

Just out of curiosity, what year did you serve?

@tdeseyn

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheFinnfluencer I was wondering the same thing...Vietnam War officially ended in 1973 (47 yrs ago). If he is 63 now, he had to be 16 yrs old just to serve in 1973...the math doesn't make sense.

@TheFinnfluencer

3 жыл бұрын

tdeseyn exactly, he also hasn’t responded so I think he’s been rumbled

"You just couldn't hardly believe it. I think I was just so goddamn mad that I wanted to kill everything. They [paratroopers] would say, "take this prisoner back to headquarters." But there was no headquarters, I had to take care of them myself, I had to feed them and give them water. I said, "Bullshit, I'm not taking them back," so I just let them have it. I'm old and I just don't tolerate that stuff anymore. I still feel so bad because I remeber a young soldier, he couldn't have been more than seventeen or eithteen, and he begged me not to shoot him but I shot him anyways. I still feel so bad about it." An excerpt from the book Beyond Valor, Ray Gonzalez. My Uncle Ray 82nd Airborne 505th Company C.

@ALEJANDROARANDARICKERT

3 жыл бұрын

Es ist bekannt, dass für Amerikaner ganz normal war keine Gefangene zu nehmen u. Frauen zu vergewaltigen. Tja, nicht nur Russen.

@sanctusexitium9956

3 жыл бұрын

​@@ALEJANDROARANDARICKERT You're full of shit dude, we had nearly 400,000 NAZI POWs in camps throughout the US during WWII. My uncle hated NAZIs, after seeing several friends killed he vowed not to take any prisoners. The other Soldiers knew my Uncle had no problem killing NAZIs, that's why they brought the prisoners to him when there was no way to guard or care for them. Most US Soldiers didn't have the ability to kill prisoners. You should do a little research on the US POW camps in the US for the NAZIs, they were treated a hell of a lot better than the NAZIs took care of US POWs. There are even videos of former German POWs describing there stay in the US and how well they were treated.

@yeoldeyoungin9745

3 жыл бұрын

He SHOULD feel bad about it.

@yeoldeyoungin9745

3 жыл бұрын

@@sanctusexitium9956 POW camps ran by the Wehrmacht complied with Red Cross standards...they didn’t have the vast resources to give them as good a life as what was given in the states- that’s no cause for judgment.

Superb!!!

This was a very realistic depiction of the gory side of war. The longer the conflict lasts the anger and animosity of the protagonists increases as details of excesses become more frequent and brutal. Wars should never be glorified because the truth is a lot different.

Awesome video

Than Germans Americans are best in ww2

Bravo well done!

Amazing...

No good end, no pinkish story. Just rough war. Well done.

Excellent

when ur dad says he wanna watch a ww2 movie and u know there's gonna be the part where they slow down to look at their comrades dying and their teammate gets them to cut the shit

I always liked that saying where in peace, children bury their fathers and in war, fathers bury their children.

My grandpa was in the 82nd airborne as a medic w/captains rank! He carried a 30 cal. carbine;optional. He was in dday, Market Garden, and the Battle of The Bulge where he was wounded! He wasn't too enthused on talking about his horrible experiences in europe!

Really well done movie.

Pretty sure both sides would not have just moved through quite open territory in such a haphazard fashion. Training teaches you to cover your flank, scout ahead, advance from cover to cover, never have all men exposed. And the first thing you do when any firing breaks out is hit the ground, not stand up, in the open, firing blindly.

looks like those 506s guys found Teleporting machine in Normandy right after D-Day, and accidently get to the Eastern front (Russian F-1 grenade on 13:09), where they spent for 6 months, then returned back somewhere to Ardennes)))

This will give me nightmares for weeks!!!

Ich als Deutscher finde den Film echt klasse, schön das wir hier als Menschen und nicht als böse Mörder bezeichnet werden

Excellent Film!

Well done A+

Excellent film. Really showed the true horrors of War. It is not fun, and War is hell. Only good thing about War is surviving it. Brave young men on all sides died for nothing in the end. Such a waste.

Very good indeed.

The brotherhood of men is something shown in this movie. I lost my best friend in HS and we were like brothers. He died in 2010...never forgotten like the end of this movie.

@chicagolugan

3 жыл бұрын

Real camaderie !

This was very well done... you most definitely have a talent, sir. Thank you!

I can't wait for the full movie version. It is already better than some of the "Hollywood's best war movies" . Good luck to the film maker.

@mishacol

6 жыл бұрын

You are kidding, aren't you?

@douglasmcarthur5247

4 жыл бұрын

I would love to watch a truthful german version of band of brothers.

@georgerandall5686

4 жыл бұрын

nazis were no different than the federalist empire, look what they have done and point fingers, look what they did to the south and still doing reconstruction.

@nikolaiplayz9795

3 жыл бұрын

They have Honor was my loyalty made already

@coinneachreid8971

3 жыл бұрын

@@douglasmcarthur5247 This is Band of Brothers 501st PIR E company Hagenau !!!

The best part I like about this movie is he actually sees the German soldiers as just normal soldiers and not just a heartless being that all the movies usually does

@nikospielvogel6464

4 жыл бұрын

yes fucking sir

@arklat

4 жыл бұрын

I like the part where fucking nazis get shot. I fucking hate nazi fucks.

@nikospielvogel6464

4 жыл бұрын

@@arklat they were SS but plz remember not all germans were nazis.

@Mangos1021

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah just the SS were the Nazis, only a few in the wehrmacht but most of the wehrmacht were fighting for the country not for Nazism.

@opoxious1592

4 жыл бұрын

@@arklat You are narrow minded as fuck, dumb nuts.

Very detailed and authentic, well done!

Keep going. Even as an American soldier, I feel for these soldiers even as they kill Americans. No one wants to do what we do, and no one wants to be affected the way we are. This film was real in many ways.

@chartreux1532

3 жыл бұрын

+Josh Weaver RC Hey Josh. This is always nice to read. I'm German and myself served for 6 years with the Gebirgsjäger (231. Battallion in Bad Reichenhall) Besides that also a Tour as part of KFOR in Kosovo. I'm 33 now. I grew up with American WW2 Veterans (who decided to stay in Germany after the War or move here sometime later) coming over to BBQ my Grandfather hosted in the Summer every Weekend. He was a Waffen-SS Soldier and fought first with the 6th Division "Nord" together with the Finns up in Karelia against the Soviets and later was transfered to the 1st Division "LAH" where he fought against Americans in the Battle of the Bulge or as we call it "Ardennenoffensive". During these BBQs he of course also had his former surviving Comrades come over. That Grandfather is now 100 years old and only one of these former American "Enemies and now Friends is still alive at 98 years old. They still meet for Coffee, Cake and sometimes a Beer, but only rarely. My point being: It seems Veterans, especially in KZread Comment Sections are the only ones most of the time who don't spout Hatred and act disrespectful to whatever the Topic of the Video is about. Just like my Experiences between former Axis WW2 Veterans and Western Allied WW2 Veterans becoming Friends many Years after the War, no Grudge to be seen, no tense Arguments, no Insults but instead mutual Respect, and of course friendly crude Banter and Jokes about another. I hope that becomes more common, i've seen english speaking Media do a few Pieces the past 10 Years on Axis Vet and Allied Vet becoming good Friends after the War, hope we see more of these as long as they're still alive. Or at least that Fact becoming more common Knowledge. Prost! and Cheers from Berchtesgaden, Bavaria

@yeoldeyoungin9745

3 жыл бұрын

Well, the American had done the same thing moments previously to an unarmed kid on his knees so...it fit. I’m an Iraq veteran myself and I get it now. We treat the enemy the way they treat us. It can be very fair or very...not.

@Radmaster07

Жыл бұрын

Danke, dass du unsere Seite genauso schrecklich gesehen hast wie deine. Krieg bringt das Schlimmste

@Radmaster07

Жыл бұрын

English: Thanks for seeing our side just as horrible as yours. War brings the worst

To those who've been to war (WWII in all its fronts), they will not forget. To those who have never been to war, there's not not much to remember.

@user-lq9zo5lx5z

3 жыл бұрын

You are very right, my father was a WWII veteran in China, when he drank with his comrades years later, there was nothing else except the memories of those died and tears. I am a veteran too from Taiwan army in peace time. While drinking with my old friends, we never feel sad, but those fun and/or funny things. WAR does make people's life different.

@bertplank8011

Жыл бұрын

Very profound.....not.

Well done. U.S Army Vet here and war is hell.

Among the best of these short movies I've seen.

This was beautifully filmed... good job

That was an excellent effort! A mini-series would be really well received I'd bet. Greetings from Arizona.

Outstanding looking forward to more

These guys and ParaLight WorX do really good shorts, especially when one considers how low budget they are, and that they can't even afford blank firing weapons, so "painting" in the tracers and muzzle flashes is the best they can do. Would love to see what they could do with s real budget!

Brilliant - I love it!

Every soldier fights for his country ( both sides )...war is horrid...history is written by the winners. My father a WW II veteran related a story to me once when I was a child....he never spoke much about his combat experiences...but this one time he did. While watching a war movie some SS soldiers shot some American prisoners...I said what rats they were for doing it. He looked at me and said we did the same thing....he went on to say his unit had taken a prisoner...with no men to spare to take him anywhere...no way to effectively fight while guarding the prisoner...they gave him a cigerate and while he was preoccupied...he was shot in the back of the head ....unlike the movies or tv there was no animosity or joy in doing it...it just had to be done . If they had let him go that day he might have killed another American or other allies . Wars are bad and to be avoided by all reasonable means.....but when you're at war...you make war .

@stevetreloar6602

4 жыл бұрын

No compassion, no mercy, no remorse. All war relies on that principle.

@johnmcdonald9304

4 жыл бұрын

chechatonga. "History is written by the winners'' What an idiotic statement. Who should write it, the losers?

@johnbrattan9341

4 жыл бұрын

chechatonga. You should read 'Rise and Fall of the Third Reich." By Albert Spear. One of the greatest WWll historical accounts of the war.

@nikospielvogel6464

4 жыл бұрын

@@johnmcdonald9304 no, someone from neither side but saw it sal with no bias

@redwolf7929

4 жыл бұрын

I used to like the Tarantino movie inglourious Basterds. But now I'm older I find it a bit irritating. All the Germans are painted as the Nazis hellbent on world domination and destruction,from the lowest to highest rank. As we know not all Germans were Nazis and most were conscripts.I think younger generation s really lap this "goodie: baddie paradim ,but the world is much more complex than what these stereotypes describe.

I love how you did this, not too much CGI but enough to make it somewhat real. It looks like you filmed the war with a modern camera

your planning for a full movie of this ?... likes awesome... finally a great ww2 movie :D blue collor is to much ^^ but big trailer... nice special effects and sounds etc thumbs up :)

What a great film. Well done. Too real for comfort.

Well done. This is as good a film as has ever been done.

Great movie! I hope to see some new films soon! Always liked such projects of simple people, without that well-known propaganda of Hollywood... The only big minus i have noticed, is very "new" uniforms, but this has been already discussed by other people here. However, i think everyone can understand that this is because of small budget and not because of producers and other team members' work. Again, Nice movie, looking forward for the new movies! P.S hello from Ukraine )

@migueldelacruz4799

4 жыл бұрын

I don't understand the complaint about new uniforms, at this time they recently changed seasons so new uniforms would have arrived.

clever ending indeed. love these shorts

congratulations, very well done, very emotional, none of the stupid big budget heroics, both sides well interpreted

Beautiful short, Danke

@cjhero20yt82

5 жыл бұрын

Jy ook dankie ek hou van duits

EXCELLENT film. BRAVO! Absolutely excellent

Wow! Amazing work. Thank you

Klasse Film. Wirklich Cool gemacht

Extremely well done. Very effective.

Brilliantly done for such a small film. There's not enough films of WW2 personal accounts from the German side.

@chopchop508

4 жыл бұрын

Generation War does a pretty good job showing the German point of view.

@stevetreloar6602

4 жыл бұрын

Revisionist history. The Americans never get damned fo the wholesale slaughter of countless millions of Vietnamese civilians in the 60's and 70's as an example. Germans were all "evil" and I'm fairly sure that is just not true.

@Asgard2208

3 жыл бұрын

@@chopchop508 Yeah, it's excellent. Well worth watching for anyone reading this.

Pepe. Extraordinario Genio!!!

Good music, nice dialogues, no rethoric, nice effects for a low budget shortfilm

Danke für's zeigen. Danke an die ganze Truppe und den Kameramann. Und das Ende verblüfft. Macht weiter so.

AMAZING

Well done with a fresh perspective

What a great job, dude...!!!

Great film. I love the feel of being in the Cold of the Bulge. A quick question I never knew Leibstandarte was in Bastonge. Could you care to explain to me?

I knew these guys were supposed to portray Volksgrenadiers, nice job dude!

@DeCrazyMadness

8 жыл бұрын

jeez man I see you everywhere. HAHA every single war-based content video 😂

@TigerBaron

8 жыл бұрын

RoastyMyToasty Oh, so that's what you meant by hey again, nice, yeah I also have such a guy for Warhammer 40,000 videos haha, the world is a strange place.

@DeCrazyMadness

8 жыл бұрын

+A. Soldier Yep! What a small world. Well, see you around mate. Cheers.

@DeCrazyMadness

8 жыл бұрын

+A. Soldier Yep! What a small world. Well, see you around mate. Cheers.