The Allies captured Cologne. It was enemy territory and not liberated.

@johnc2438

Жыл бұрын

Cologne was "liberated" from the clutches of the Nazi thugs -- I'll go with that.

@tlt3921

Жыл бұрын

If you want to get picky.... Which obviously you do.... They conquered Cologne. (conque intransitive verb To gain control of or subdue by military force .. You capture prisoners.... But really.. who gives a fig.. having a slow day.. I certainly am or wouldn't waste it correcting your correction

@fibosxpivots6238

Жыл бұрын

They mean liberate the country from hitlerism natuerlich

@rosesprog1722

Жыл бұрын

@@tlt3921 I suppose Cologne was full of prisoners? Maybe?

@rosesprog1722

Жыл бұрын

@@josephknecht8258 Oh absolutely, here's what Churchill said about this: "We will force this war upon Hitler, whether he wants it or not." - Winston Churchill (1936 broadcast) "Germany's unforgivable crime before WW2 was its attempt to loosen its economy out of the world trade system and to build up its own exchange system from which the world-finance couldn't profit anymore". - Winston Churchill, The Second World War (Bern, 1960) "Germany becomes too powerful. We have to crush it." - Winston Churchill (November 1936 to US-General Robert E. Wood) "The war wasn't only about abolishing fascism, but to conquer sales markets. We could have, if we had intended so, prevented this war from breaking out without doing one shot, but we didn't want to." - Winston Churchill to Truman (Fultun, USA March 1946)

At 1:04, you see a Jeep named "Toluca." That was director George Stevens' ("Shane," "Giant," "The Diary of Anne Frank") personal ride all the way through Europe while he was on active duty with the U.S. Army. He and his family lived in Toluca Lake, CA. He was one of five top U.S. film directors (Frank Capra -- "It's a Wonderful Life," John Ford -- "Stagecoach," John Huston -- "The Maltese Falcon," and William Wyler -- "The Best Years of our Lives," "The Big Country," "Ben-Hur") who put on the uniform to serve for the duration, making films for and about the U.S. military's operations in Europe and the Pacific. Many top writers, cinematographers, editors, and script writers did the same and served with and under them. Stevens' team filmed many of the scenes of horror at the concentration camps that were subsequently used at the Nuremberg Trials. What you're seeing is Stevens and team doing their work!

@Calatriste54

Жыл бұрын

For this information, I am very grateful.. still several of my favorite movies..

@rosesprog1722

Жыл бұрын

The scenes in the camps were taken by Billy Wilder (Some Like it Hot) and back in the US Alfred Hitchcock collaborated to the editing and did some narration. It is said that those scenes were a setup meant to cause indignation in the American public, is it true? I don't know.

" Wo Amerika und seine Gefolgschaft rauf tretet macht jedem dort seine Köter " sagte mir meine deutsche Arbeitskollegin die wir seid sehr lange Jahren hier in Istanbul bei Bayer arbeiten

Die berühmte Brücke von Remagen.

I live in Germany near the Rhine and rode my bike past this place last summer. The distance between bridges at this point is around 40 km, so you're out of luck if you want to cross over to the other side, unless you find a ferry. Too bad they didn't rebuild the bridge. Would make life easier to travel to both sides of the river.

The destruction of cities meant that the target was not military but civilian, and that's always been and still is a war crime. More Germans died after the end of the war than during the war, and that is also beyond tolerable and a crime against humanity..

@AlexGnok

Жыл бұрын

So in your mind what Germany did during WW2 was fine? Look at civilian casualties across Europe and UK. They burnt alive people in furnaces, millions died in concentration camps and they were deliberately eradicating jews, romani people etc. They were nazis man. This evil had to be eradicated.

@rosesprog1722

Жыл бұрын

@@AlexGnok That's the official story, the truth is very different. A little research would do you good.

@rosesprog1722

Жыл бұрын

Did I say the Germans committed no crimes? Where?

@wombatwilly1002

Жыл бұрын

Cry us a river WOKE

@rosesprog1722

Жыл бұрын

@@wombatwilly1002 I am still looking for a reply to such a hard hitting argument, you must have spent a long time researching this.

They did the same in Vietnam, Korea, Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan and many more.

@S-W-D

Жыл бұрын

Bro...don't skip Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan

@Aleco780

Жыл бұрын

@@S-W-D I hope that we will live to see the time when the American leadership officially apologizes to the Japanese)

@johnmat4678

Жыл бұрын

Sure thing when they apologize for pearl harbor, bataan death march. Shall I go on?

@S-W-D

Жыл бұрын

@@johnmat4678 It was very innovative idea to bomb civilian cities with nuclear weapon in response to attack on navy base.

@S-W-D

Жыл бұрын

@@Aleco780 no apologies means they are ready to repeat

Befreiung?

@Am_Yisrael_Chai_7

2 ай бұрын

Befreiung von der NSDAP

Moral of the story - don't declare war on the USA.

@opoxious1592

Жыл бұрын

And? Ever heard about Vietnam? We all know how that turned out for the U.S.A Moral of the story: Don't piss off Vietnam peasants.

This was the beginning of the demise of Army Group B and feldmarschall Walter Model. RIP.

"Befreien"

Молодцы! Подождали пока русские обескровят немецкую армию и напали с тёплого места😂

I wish more people would AI- colourize all the WW2 clips out there and make them higher definition, I can barely find anyone doing that

Germany got exactly what it asked for. Twice.

@wzukr

Жыл бұрын

Asked for? Says who?

@user-wl6te1kv6d

Жыл бұрын

Германией правили евреи и подставили немцев. Сейчас евреи правят Украиной и подставляют украинцев .

@opoxious1592

Жыл бұрын

You are dellusionall

@wombatwilly1002

Жыл бұрын

Exactly