Thank you for this Kris, .....It's hard to imagine the horror and fear these soldiers went through. No matter what side they were fighting on they were still someones son , brother , cousin. Respect to you guys for searching for these lost souls, to give some sort of closure to the families. Sorry you couldn't find out who he was, but at least now he will get a decent burial .

@flagstafup5857

8 күн бұрын

It’s easy to understand the horrors that Hitlers forces, (especially the SS), inflicted on every enemy soldier and civilians they encountered. Giving his remains a decent burial is more than the poor souls who he personally put to death will ever get.

@Sketch_Sesh

4 күн бұрын

@@flagstafup5857and stalin’s army and revolution didn’t inflict horrors? You have a really one sided view of history

@flagstafup5857

3 күн бұрын

@@Sketch_Sesh Is this a Russian soldier being dug up? No it’s not. It’s the remains of a German SS soldier.

We found a German soldier from ww2. On Lunen berg heath. He was re buried, and the grave marked, and reported to our Bn HQ.

@neilfoster814

8 күн бұрын

Hmmm, I wonder IF that could have been Heinrich Himmler's body, he was buried in an unmarked grave on Luneburg Heath?

@AlanSurman-iu9dm

8 күн бұрын

Neil,thankyou for your reply,what was dug up with the bone was a machine pistol, obviously rusted to hell.

The one good thing about all of this is that regardless of what side he was on you have gave him his dignity back even after death. Bless you all for doing such a personal and wonderful thing for someone xx

DANKE 🙏

I had a German incendiary bomb fin when I was a kid, it was painted gold.

loved this series, its what made me find your channel when i first watched it. I know you had issues because of this but if its any small victory please know the knowledge and history you guys have passed on was invaluable to us!

@floydmerckle2623

Күн бұрын

7th

I dug around San Pietro and Monty Cassino. I found metal and uniforms only 4 inches under. The fields gave more relics. We found cases of live mortar shells in the stream behind the Abby

Nice goin m8s, thanks, stay vertical Eh!

I loved watching this series when it first came out, and would love to rewatch it. Although rewatching it from your perspective, especially as i only recently watch your video where you talked about the horrendous time you had with production/ tv company. Just know you did amazing work. My ancestry who perished in ww2 as undesirables (Roma), thank you for returning to these places and bringing back the dead.

Cheers, Kris!😊

A farmer wouldn't bury s body in a cultivated field

Thank you for bringing this battlefield into perspective

what is this show called?

The german button and german razor could've been battle field loot that russians picked off a german soldier, so I don't think it's good to assume he's german based only on that, Even if it was german positions. It could've been a russian killed by retreating troops.

Good work!

That short haired guy in the red coat. He’s been in a lot of pawn star episodes.

@illumina9489

4 күн бұрын

thats how u know hes a legit expert

@hektik8007

4 күн бұрын

@@illumina9489also a scammer

@user-kr1dt9su3t

3 күн бұрын

Expert?

@user-kr1dt9su3t

3 күн бұрын

Check out his feedback on all websites!

@user-kr1dt9su3t

3 күн бұрын

See Thomas Whitmann military show and relationship! Awkward!!

Im from Latvia 😀😀😀

Where did that gun came form 😮🤨

my great grand father was apart of the 11th SS Panzerdivison Nordland too.... he was 18 and when he joined and 19 with a EK2 on the east front surrendering....

@LaurenceOConnor-fg4dk

10 күн бұрын

A brave man.

@WarHundred

Күн бұрын

All soldier is Warrior Salute to your Great Grand Father

@paulwilk69

23 сағат бұрын

SS aren't great warriors they are murderers.

It was watching one of these episodes with these guys where I found out about you on KZread. Nice one Kris. 👍🏻

I've been watching you for years . I thought you had issues with the way the company was with this documentary ? But nun the less still a good thing to see.

So fascinating, I love looking at these videos and appreciate the people who take their time to research and find and pin point these sites,, the STG44 looks a little like my AR-15 as my rifle is not a Assault Rifle because it's semi-auto with a 30 round Magazine unlike the MP4 thats fully automatic and only the United States Military has access to are the Assault rifles , all of this is very fascinating hopefully DNA can identify them so nexted to kin can possibly be notify, Greetings from the United States 🇺🇸

@Mercmad

9 күн бұрын

There is no such thing as an "assault rifle ". It's a term made up by journalists,who had probably never even held a firearm.

@faros6090

9 күн бұрын

@@Mercmad Uh no, Sturmgewehr literally means Assault Rifle.

@Addictedtobleeps

8 күн бұрын

This. At least someone knows what they’re talking about 👍🏻 It literally translates as assault rifle 😂

@adriannarobeson4758

8 күн бұрын

@Mercmad the Journalist are always calling our AR-15s assault rifles they are ignorant. AR stands for ArmaLite rifle.

@hihihuale4541

8 күн бұрын

STG44>ST=Sturm G=Gewehr 44=Das Jahr der ersten Inbetriebnahme​@@Mercmad

I found amarican soulders in ww2 on normandy beach D-DAY

A fantastic video well done all

While I really don't appreciate what Hollywood did with it or anything lately for that matter.. I really loved your part and what you do, the history YOU save. and share with us is always so important and appreciated, At least from me, friend.

Was this on tv ?

@Addictedtobleeps

9 күн бұрын

It was. And Netflix.

@User-sm4jb

3 күн бұрын

@@Addictedtobleeps what is the show called?

18:28 Is that a bounty hunter I spy 😊👍🏽

Their starting to realize, they fought the wrong enemy 😮

@knottsscary

6 күн бұрын

Shut up

DNA possible to match? Was this done?

Very interesting and sad video but at least he's know laid too rest.We don't know what his SS past was we can only assume!!😎🐓🐓🐓🐓🇬🇧

So I have a question we have 1 American and 3 Englishmen what is so fascinating and important about finding a German body or German relics over your own countrymen

@Addictedtobleeps

9 күн бұрын

I think it’s pretty obvious isn’t it? It’s the Kourland pocket. German and Russian battles. The Americans and British weren’t directly involved. 🤷

Wtf even is this?? They go to a battlefield and dig up relics.. Then they try to harm the fallen soldier with their big excavator and destroy the whole nature. After finding nothing more they shoot with a rifle and break the piece of the place completely. Why dont you leave the fallen rest where they were burried peacefully??

@Addictedtobleeps

3 күн бұрын

Because the landowners are behind the massive repatriation of the 1.5 million still out there. Corpses are coming up everywhere as they plough their fields and make changes to their land. The government are behind this. Same with the army and live ordinance which is everywhere. As you’ll see in the description, we have full cooperation of both. Repatriation is good. Farmers are good.

@legendzeroone1537

3 күн бұрын

@@Addictedtobleeps yes I agree... But it kinda seems like there is not that much respect but more like senation catching. It also is questionable that the soldiers have to be buried again because they were on these spots... But thank you for the answer 👍

@Addictedtobleeps

3 күн бұрын

It’s a mess out there. That’s why they call it battlefield recovery. It’s a case of getting as much out, in a short manner of time - or it goes to the plough blade, which is way worse. At least this way, we are adding to the official stats of WW2 and repatriation. Unfortunately, a whole corpse is rare, hence the diggers etc. there’s teeth just lying on the surface. Bones everywhere. All on the surface. Due to huge amounts of explosions. I think Legenda are at 60’000 repatriated now (all from their own time as volunteers) which is better than none 👍🏻 Even though I was a presenter in this, and am not really happy with how the story was ‘sold’ (didn’t need to be so Hollywood) I’m proud I got 60-ish people proper burials in all.

young men sent to die in old men's wars.

HE SAYS IT WAS AN ELEGLE SEARCH, THEN THEY RING FOR A JOURNALIST"" ??????

@Addictedtobleeps

8 күн бұрын

I think you need to watch the video back again…

Not trying to be an arse with this comment just simply to promote a discussion and ask a question. Is it not possible that a russian could have simply just looted the razor? As said in the film "would a russian have a razor that good". Perfect reason to take a better one. Seems a hell of a jump to bury him in a german cemetery based on that alone. Was there more infomation that didn't get shown?

@Addictedtobleeps

12 күн бұрын

Hi, Bjorn. Yes, absolutely. You don’t see them here, but we were monitored by teams from the war museum and Legenda, who were also digging around and beside us. I believe they found uniform i remember rightly? It was more than ten years ago now, and we’d repatriated a lot of bodies, so the memory is a bit sketchy. But yes, they were confident he’d gone to the right grave. The production team missed quite a few opportunities and key story parts along the way.

Bit weird your looking for SS soldiers instead of like, Gurkas and Brits feom DDay...but nice I guess

@Addictedtobleeps

6 күн бұрын

Because the laws are very different. As are the numbers. 1.5 million all over the place in Latvia. They need clearing and moved to the proper graves. Dday is a very very different situation. As are the laws surrounding repatriation.

The background music is too loud, so people with less than perfect hearing cannot make out what is being said! I have tinnitus, so between the whistling that never goes away, and the musical noise, I'm struggling to hear the commentary.

@scottessery100

14 күн бұрын

Hardly kris fault Blame the producers and editors

@smokeandkippers

14 күн бұрын

Subtitles?

Interesting thought……… whilst you was filming this video, Russia was invading ukraines crimea in 2014.

@danevans1643

14 күн бұрын

This is old footage mate from 2013/14

@Addictedtobleeps

14 күн бұрын

⁠@@danevans1643Russia invaded Crimea in 2014 👍🏻

@danevans1643

14 күн бұрын

@@Addictedtobleeps fair enough I thought he meant the most recent war lol

@Addictedtobleeps

14 күн бұрын

@@danevans1643 Understood 👍🏻

@sinisterisrandom8537

13 күн бұрын

@@Addictedtobleeps Would recommend typing this into the description. Incase people ask in the future.

This video is has got to be staged

Remember though these were not German soldiers they were SS, the ones that committed war crimes. Ordinary soldiers of any nation should be respected and treated to a decent grave, but murderers and thugs, not so much.

@wowfreaker

7 күн бұрын

We helped the wrong team.

@silversouloftime8582

6 күн бұрын

Except that they were soldiers though- committing those crimes doesn’t change the fact they were apart of the army

@robames1293

6 күн бұрын

@@silversouloftime8582 These bodies are of men who with their co=murderers had committed horrendous crimes in all the countries they pillaged. These bodies could very well have committed atrocities against YOUR ancestors. .Psychopaths in uniform, not the grunts that were herded into battle by their leaders,

@WarHundred

Күн бұрын

Its the past so let be it They deserve to be respected they are soldier and a warrior

Maybe sometimes check for dog tags