In the summer of 1968 I was an mech infantry company commander with the US 8th Infantry Division stationed at Baumholder. I had just read the book about the capture of the bridge as had another officer in the battalion. Together we decided to drive up to Remagen following the route taken by the 9th Armored Division. When we reached the towers on the West side of the Rhine I was amazed by the width of the river and the thought of making an infantry assault across the bridge was chilling. I think Lt Timerman received the DSC for his effective leadership crossing the bridge. There were many that thought he should have received the MoH. We tried to get in but the doors on both of the towers were locked. We then drove up the river and crossed at the first bridge that we encountered and drove back down the east side of the river to Remagen. We wanted to see the bridge from the defender's perspective. We found one of the towers unlocked and made our way up to the firing ports. The field of fire was clear to the high ground/rail embankment leading to the western approach to the bridge. Any vehicle approaching the bridge on the rail embankment would be in clear sight of the machine gunners in the eastern towers. Before we left I scraped around in the debris on the floor and found a couple of German shell casings. The tunnel was sealed up and had a locked walk door that we were told led to a mushroom garden inside. It was easy to see how a fortification built in the mouth of the tunnel would have a clear field of fire right down the center of the bridge. Fortunately for the attacking Americans, tanks had positioned themselves on the rail embankment and maintained a continuous barrage across the bridge and into the tunnel defenses. It is speculated that a round from one of these tanks severed the blasting wires. In any case, having a opportunity to read the book and then trace the route of approach and reconorder the actual site of the battle was an experience to remember.
@davidjose9808
5 жыл бұрын
Steve Hansen. .splendid narrative! Ads a real contemporary sense of time and place to Dr. Felton’s excellent historical presentation
@W1se0ldg33zer
5 жыл бұрын
"Cross the Rhine with dry feet-courtesy of the 9th Armored Division." ~ sign posted on Ludendorff bridge.
@nunyabznss5866
5 жыл бұрын
That's amazing.
@leonardusrakapradayan2253
5 жыл бұрын
W1se0ldg33zer until it collapsed
@Redmow51
5 жыл бұрын
@@leonardusrakapradayan2253 By then the Engineers already had their pontoon bridges up and running.
@TB-zf7we
5 жыл бұрын
Listening to this episode I kept seeing George Segal in the classic 1969 film, The Bridge at Remagen.
@darknes123781
5 жыл бұрын
The non-Hollywood version. Still amazing. 2006 to 2008 I had some business trips to Dusseldorf, another place along the Rhine. All of its bridges had been destroyed. Now you have modern cable stay bridges, which you can walk across. You can also walk both sides of the river, seeing where the bombed out areas were replaced with modern structures.
@rudolfabelin383
5 жыл бұрын
This was so good!!! The interviews are gold!
@BrendonOConnellFUCKU
5 жыл бұрын
your channel is amazing!
@drvonschwartz
5 жыл бұрын
Wow. I love those DoD videos.
@d4ve587
5 жыл бұрын
Made me want to watch the film 💪👌
@karljlangford
5 жыл бұрын
Mark I have another example of German troops fighting with the allies on a bridge in Italy... I have the original hand written text, if you want to contact me. It may have only been 2 germans and 2 brits, but they held a bridge against the US....
@cramcrud
5 жыл бұрын
towards the end of the war, the allies had such quality cameras and cameramen. some of the coolest footage of the war. excellent job aggregating it, Doctor.
@neil7994
5 жыл бұрын
Why do we love Mark Felton's videos so much? 1) Utterly perfect narration. Never too much information, always the perfect amount. 2) Captivating content that sucks you in, often with stories you've never heard about 3) Original imagery 4) I love the artistic style thumbnails 5) Impartial and accurate
@Dominaition
5 жыл бұрын
And a nice narration voice
@rap4trains
5 жыл бұрын
Mark is a great story teller. I'd listen to him if gave a traffic report.
@Skyprince27
5 жыл бұрын
@Neil My heart was pounding through the whole thing! Whew!
@Charlesputnam-bn9zy
5 жыл бұрын
And unassuming personality too.
@mikeyb6749
5 жыл бұрын
6. Impressive pronunciation of foreign names
@Wallyworld30
5 жыл бұрын
The German man had a hell of a story to tell about his surrender at the bridge. You can tell it was very emotional for him.
@lupus67remus7
5 жыл бұрын
In his own words: the most difficult décision of his life!
@screamingnutbag7955
5 жыл бұрын
Good man. Can't be easy being on the wrong side.
@Simonsvids
5 жыл бұрын
Like many old soldiers I have spoken to, he deserves a bloody Oscar!
@jedimindtrix2142
5 жыл бұрын
Yea that really struck me. Hearing stories told first hand from the people who were there is something else. I interviewed a US Paratrooper in a Vets nursing home when i was in elementary school. He told me all about how he dropped way ahead of the front and had to live in the loft of a barn for 2 weeks with Germans coming in and out of the barn all the time until the US lines caught up to him. Crazy stuff man.
@damanifesto
5 жыл бұрын
You could tell he was reliving the moment as he told the story.
@Whitelightnin76
5 жыл бұрын
13:41 “Hitler was Führerious”
@trashman7906
5 жыл бұрын
Lol
@jorgealdridge6665
5 жыл бұрын
Ryan sir I will always remember you and that joke😆
@forbiddencrisis4149
5 жыл бұрын
Excellent comment
@elixir4487
5 жыл бұрын
The Fast and the Führerious II: Blitzkrieg edition.
@cheng3580
5 жыл бұрын
I hate this, take your like and get out.
@Finkeren
5 жыл бұрын
"The strategic situation in early March 1945 was in favor of the Allies" - Understatement of the year.
@trashpanda314
4 жыл бұрын
True, but that doesn't mean the tactical situation on the ground was any less dangerous for the men that were fighting.
@HughesEnterprises
5 жыл бұрын
Always surprised the bridge stood as long as it did after being blown.
@karllosikarlstadt5214
5 жыл бұрын
German engineering, more often then not it cant be destroyed even if one trys.
@MegaEvoluzione
5 жыл бұрын
German engineering...
@AnhTrieu90
5 жыл бұрын
Haha, German engineering backfired.
@spiralwhirlpool2366
5 жыл бұрын
Miracles, man. Stupidly huge amount of coincidences that eventually ended the war
@yankee1376
5 жыл бұрын
They over engineered things before CAD.
@Dragon.7722
5 жыл бұрын
If i look out of my window, i can see the bridge towers still standing. My grandfather lived in Erpel, his house was bombed and get was strafed by attacker planes in early 1945 as a 14 year old boy. He told me that he was playing with explosives and fished with it after the war, whatever 14 year old boys do. Thanks for making this video about my home area and greetings from Erpel.
@fuferito
5 жыл бұрын
Fascinating how oftentimes, in that conflict theatre, the names of the advancing Americans are indistinguishable from those of the retreating Germans.
@RapidAssaultEuro
5 жыл бұрын
At least now there won't be any more brother wars in Europe.
@andersonsroad5161
5 жыл бұрын
The large numbers of German immigrants to the United States was one reason why the US was unwilling to declare war on Nazi Germany until Germany did so first. They were happy to sit back and let their Hun brothers in Europe commit mass murder and wage a criminal war of aggression. It's also probably why the Soviets/Russians regarded ( and still do) the Americans as such a pack of hypocrites/shit talkers who weren't much different from the Germans because to a degree they were Germans.
@mardiffv.8775
5 жыл бұрын
The Americans are a meltingpot of many different people, the largest group being.....German immigrants. And 5% of the immigrants were Dutchmen. That explains the very German sounding names.
@conveyor2
5 жыл бұрын
@@andersonsroad5161 The Scandinavians, Dutch, French (Franks) and Anglo Saxons were pretty much all Germans too, along with all of their ex colonials. Not much left of the west is there?
@selfdo
5 жыл бұрын
The Germans had a policy of admitting the Eastern "Volksdeustche", many whom didn't speak German at all, and some had quite "swarthy" features, but nevertheless allowed them to immigrate as the Wehrmacht advanced eastwards into the Soviet Union. These types, of course, were subject to retribution as the Soviets reclaimed their territory. Heinrich Himmler noted the quandry, remarking that the "Germans" coming in peacefully from the East were less the racial ideal than the "Germans", in American and British uniforms, entering by force of arms from the West.
@JayM409
4 жыл бұрын
Lt Timmerman's Mother was from Remagen. He spoke fluent German as well.
@tomfitzgerald8150
5 жыл бұрын
9th ENGINEERS NEVER FORGETS, I have a piece of that bridge sitting in my room..
@sharonkeith601
5 жыл бұрын
Tom Fitzgerald / Thank you, Tom!
@lupus67remus7
5 жыл бұрын
Lucky you!
@cmr2153
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks to your family for liberating us. I live less than half an hour from the bridge and i can't tell you Americans enough how thankful my grandparents tell me they where when the Nazis where gone.
@jamesdoermann233
5 жыл бұрын
God has always had a hand on your life like my Father who served WW2 Korea and Vietnam! Real patriot men
@karlk9316
5 жыл бұрын
Many young engineers, recent university graduates, died tried to fix that bridge as it collapsed. The number might have been higher than is stated in this Mark Felton video.
@tomjustis7237
5 жыл бұрын
Great job! I loved the way you also gave the German view of the battle which is normally ignored by most historians. The interview with the German officer was fascinating! How ANYONE can give a thumbs down to something so informative and high quality as this just boggles my mind!
@druss69harad61
5 жыл бұрын
Perhaps
@brendanhere.6400
5 жыл бұрын
Agreed. Watching and listening to Willi Bratge recount was indeed fascinating. What boggles my mind is how Dr. Felton is able to continually present us with such amazing footage that I, for one, have never seen before. And I must say, nothing makes my day more than hearing the opening of a new Mark Felton production.
@davidjose9808
5 жыл бұрын
Dr. Felton is a natural educator. His subject matter and delivery are compelling and “accessible” to so many followers.
@kimchipig
5 жыл бұрын
Mark, thank you for never failing to mention Canada.
@quinntitchkosky5396
5 жыл бұрын
I know I really appreciate it
@xxx6797
5 жыл бұрын
Canada is a Land Full with Boring people
@TheEDFLegacy
5 жыл бұрын
Eh?! 😉
@vasili1207
5 жыл бұрын
I duuno what the fus is aboot
@blueeyeswhitedragon9839
5 жыл бұрын
@@TheEDFLegacy eh??
@kevinlarrabee3284
5 жыл бұрын
Great job Mark! My Dad was there... commanded two M16 Halftracks with Quad 50s anti-aircraft guns... part of that anti-aircraft defense you mentioned.
@markfryer9880
5 жыл бұрын
I have seen video of those things firing, the biggest problem is keeping ammunition upto each gun as it tracks and fires at aircraft. Empties ammo cans very quickly and noisily.
@gj1234567899999
5 жыл бұрын
LT Timmerman was not briefly a national hero. He Still is a national hero. 🙂
@d1agram4
5 жыл бұрын
G J Resa well, Robert Redford played him in a movie.. that’s pretty cool for back then.
@piobmhor8529
5 жыл бұрын
I had the opportunity to visit Remagen a couple of years ago. Today, it’s a beautiful peaceful German town with friendly helpful residents. Although the original bridge is long gone, as mentioned in the video the four brick towers still stand. On the Remagen side of the Rhein, it is now an interesting museum, complete with original architectural drawings of the Ludendorff bridge as it was known then. What really impressed me were the photos of the German defenders, mostly children. The place is definitely worth visiting.
@thoughtfulpug1333
5 жыл бұрын
I remember watching the war film Bridge at Remagan. I knew all the names had been changed (for example, the German Major sent from headquarters was named Kruger in the film, not Scheller). I presume this was due to the fact that many of these men were still alive and did not want to receive undo attention as they had moved on in life. Great video btw. The interviews with Bradley and Bratke were most fascinating.
@Skyprince27
5 жыл бұрын
@ThoughtfulPug1 Bratke knocked my socks off.
@79366813arizona
5 жыл бұрын
I had a neighbor in Phoenix "Joe Coska " that was one of the combat engineers that were cutting the charge cables. He said that they were using hack saws to cut the cables, expecting the bridge to be blown up at any time. I felt privileged to have had known a man that had landed at D day and made it across Europe.
@gokissasickmonkeyswetass
5 жыл бұрын
German engineers almost designed and built the bridge too good.
@HunterKillerSub
5 жыл бұрын
Yes, but if it was a tank then it would easily breakdown.
@RandomDudeOne
5 жыл бұрын
Not really. This happened just a few weeks before the war ended. The krauts would have had trouble blowing up a bridge if it would have been made of toothpicks.
@patavinity1262
5 жыл бұрын
*too well
@xXx_Oshino_xXx
5 жыл бұрын
They ran out of good explosives by the end of that war.
@hopfinatorischerkuchenkrieger
5 жыл бұрын
@@HunterKillerSub But still over gun pretty much everything the Americans had.
@manuheber9011
5 жыл бұрын
Watch the movie "The Bridge Of Remagen" with Robert Vaughn, George Segal, Ben Gazerra... (1968).
@wtfistonicwater1120
5 жыл бұрын
People just be liking the video before they finish it that’s not a bad thing :)
@khemist00
5 жыл бұрын
Exactly, you KNOW it's going to be great everytime.
@deadendfriends1975
5 жыл бұрын
Guilty.
@PanzerBuyer
5 жыл бұрын
I like it before I watch it!
@vinushares2011
5 жыл бұрын
😛😛 me one of them
@waglefar
5 жыл бұрын
we know we getting quality :)
@LowescC
5 жыл бұрын
incredible...1945 and the Germans could still fly "400 sorties a day", and their only problem was AA- not Allied fighters..??
@cinjonsmythe6318
5 жыл бұрын
Glad you mentioned this. I was wondering this myself...
@shooter2055
5 жыл бұрын
No American pilot would fly into the flak storm around the bridge. Post Bulge, US AA guns had the radar proximity fuse. That's why 1/3 of attackers were brought down.
@Alvi410
5 жыл бұрын
A top of 400 sorties. Meaning they at the maximum istance put only 400 planes in the air during 24h against the only target worthy of them. Impressive for germany in 1945. Abysmal in general terms. And they did face Allied fighters and several got shoot down. Probably one of the last times allied fighters engaged groups of german planes and not very small groups. But not around the bridge. Probably to avoid friendly AA fire allied planes stayed clear of the bridge. But there was an air umbrella around it, that forced the germans to use jets to fly past it.
@lupus67remus7
5 жыл бұрын
It takes more time to get a plane ready and up to combat altitude than it does to get an AA ready and fire, so most defence was inévitably going to be by AA, because your enemy isn't exactly going to give an early warning. There were, however, air patrols that intercepted a few enemy planes, just not as many...
@christopherconard2831
5 жыл бұрын
Possibly the density of allied AA made putting anything in the air dangerous. Group troops likely opened up on whatever they could see before they could clearly distinguish friend from foe.
@sdw2is
5 жыл бұрын
My father was wounded at Remagen (amputee). He was a Marksman supporting the Corp of Engineers. He was wounded on the last day of the battle as the US was putting up the last pontoon bridge just south of the Ludendorff Bridge.
@crafter170
5 жыл бұрын
Brave German saved lots of civilians from dying unnecessary...ps the Americans suffered over 7000 casualties in this small area alone .Terrible waste on both sides.Timmerman was of German descent and ironically was right up front ignoring machine gun bullets and ripping demolition charges off the bridge with his bare hands .What a guy. Tough as old boots.
@cinjonsmythe6318
5 жыл бұрын
And it blew me away he was worried about the Geneva convention. It must have been just SS troops and Gestapo types that ignored it
@iLuvBillGates
5 жыл бұрын
@@cinjonsmythe6318 Or the winner writes the history books....
@farticlesofconflatulation
5 жыл бұрын
That’s because shooting back after the white flag was waved would mean complete annihilation for them.
@Redmow51
5 жыл бұрын
@@cinjonsmythe6318 Don't believe everything you hear. He was wanting to pass the position of commander on to someone else. Sounds cowardly to me. He should have just surrendered instead of throwing it into someone elses lap.
@johnhargreaves3620
5 жыл бұрын
My father (Royal Engineers) after landing at D Day and helping to complete Mulberry advance with the allied forces and was at Arnhem and later crossed the Rhine in command of boats crossing the Rhine with the Coldstream guards; his boat was blown up by a mine and he floated down the Rhine being picked up by the US forces at Remagen bridge. He was unconscious and had lost his dog tags, he was reported as MIA, my mother was not informed any different for 3 months as he had amnesia from the explosion. My mother went to see a medium and she said he was alive and would be in the UK but she would not know it. After being picked up by the US at Remagen he was taken to a field hospital and then shipped out on a Dakota to Brussels which first flew to Norfolk for the seriously wounded US soldiers and then to Brussels where in hospital his memory gradually returned and the MIA was changed and my mother was informed. He was sent back to the front and went finally to Bielefeld. The generation that fought the wars have much to be thank for even those who survived and just did their duty.
@dikkekutgekut4582
5 жыл бұрын
The rhine flows downstream...if your man falls in the rhine at the monty crossing ..he d flow AWAY from remagen towards arnhem..
@davidjose9808
5 жыл бұрын
Just being there for the sake of democracy and freedom makes him an eternal hero to us. Bless his memory always!
@johnknapp952
5 жыл бұрын
@@dikkekutgekut4582 I noticed that too. Must of been a really powerful mine to throw him that far up river.
@johnhargreaves3620
5 жыл бұрын
@@dikkekutgekut4582 My Dad was confused about the period, after the war he started a successful engineering business but was affected by his war service and only recounted when he was maudlin after drinking too much. He was a skilled and sought after engineer in his army life and spent much of it attached to military units of the various allied units. The story seems to be accurate apart from where he was deposited in the Rhine. I did do some research and he was fished out at Remagen bridge after its collapse being stopped by the girder work in the river; your note has made me think that he must have been attached to forces south of the bridge. The thing about ordinary people being involved in extraordinary events and continuing on being affected in their subsequent lives should always be remembered in the debt we owe those generations which stood against evil intentions. There is not a day that goes by when I think of the dead and living sacrifices that were made on our behalf. Kind regards
@kesmarn
5 жыл бұрын
Wow... what your father experienced! And then to be sent back to the front after all that! And his poor mum -- months of worry and the agony of not knowing. Amazing.
@judgeboony2695
3 жыл бұрын
This was also the last mission in _Call of Duty: Finest Hour_
@knightowl3577
5 жыл бұрын
The captain certainly told a dramatic tale, it's a great pity that more men died while trying to repair the bridge when it finally collapsed.
@MrHenning3000
5 жыл бұрын
I live closeby of Remagen and anytime when i pass by the twin towers still standing, with shots still visible in the walls, i think of all the drama which has happened here. In the tunnel of the erpeler lay, there is a theatre acting a reenactment of the history of which has happened there, at the original place. Everyone should visit it.
@tommyblackwell3760
5 жыл бұрын
My grandfather was gun chief of a 155mm towed howitzer firing in support of the crossing. While in college I had a German music professor who spoke one day of having been a Luftwaffe antiaircraft gunner defending at Remagen. After class, I told him about my grandfather....he replied, "The American artillery were very good, they killed and wounded a lot of us." Small world. RIP, MSG T.E. Dunnington & Dr Harald Rohlig.
@volvo1354
5 жыл бұрын
own the movie. the uniforms on both sides were smart, the actors impeccable. not much in the way of special effects, but the portrayals were outstanding. a bye gone era of film making to be sure.
@michaelwoods3462
5 жыл бұрын
Great film. I wasn't expecting too much but I found its portrayal of ordinary Germans quite moving.
@ArenBerberian
5 жыл бұрын
What movie?
@firstcynic92
5 жыл бұрын
And the musical score was OUTSTANDING! kzitem.info/news/bejne/om6FsJhtr2Vii6A
@firstcynic92
5 жыл бұрын
It had 1 great special effect. The attempt to blow up the bridge. kzitem.info/news/bejne/wGqQtIWKnpOjeG0
@therealuncleowen2588
5 жыл бұрын
@@ArenBerberian The Bridge at Remagen, released in 1969. m.imdb.com/title/tt0064110/
@andysm1964
5 жыл бұрын
Stange, how many of the US commanders in the Remagen campaign were of German descent
@silentotto5099
5 жыл бұрын
Most people don't realize it, but more immigrants came to the US from Germany than from any other country, including England, and by quite a large margin. The list of American commanders with Germanic surnames in WWII is a long one, including even the supreme allied commander in Europe himself, Eisenhower.
@Skyprince27
5 жыл бұрын
@Andy Manning I assume Eisenhower wasn’t Portuguese.
@MrAstrojensen
5 жыл бұрын
It caught my attention, too.
@philmcdonald4778
5 жыл бұрын
The Golden Book ....Palatine immigration.
@gj1234567899999
5 жыл бұрын
LT Timmerman was not briefly a national hero. He Still is a national hero. 🙂
@JAMESBOND-jm2lj
4 жыл бұрын
You have done an amazing job with this one Mark. The part with German commander describing how they ended up surrendering the tunnel and the dramatic translation by a very talented unseen actor made me feel as if I were there when it happened. Thanks so much for your hard work!
@johnwhite9760
5 жыл бұрын
" It's a mother beautiful bridge and it's gonna be there."
@insideoutsideupsidedown2218
5 жыл бұрын
"Crap"
@firstcynic92
5 жыл бұрын
Not the right movie, but still a good line.
@shooter2055
5 жыл бұрын
Keep up with the positive waves!
@mattsmyth117
5 жыл бұрын
Less of those negative vibes Moriarty
@robertdurning6641
5 жыл бұрын
John White as long as there are no negative waves from Moriarity....LOL
@dandare2586
5 жыл бұрын
Have visited there on my travels, there is as I remember a small museum in one of the towers.
@sdolman79
5 жыл бұрын
Bridge at Remagen, good rainy Sunday afternoon movie
@jorgealdridge6665
5 жыл бұрын
Gonna watch it now
@scottessery100
5 жыл бұрын
the film is really accurate and i want to watch it again
@MongooseTacticool
5 жыл бұрын
Robert Vaughn :)
@lauc62
4 жыл бұрын
Where are those videos coming from,? so many details and vivid narration. So much work here. Is it a team of researchers?
@jerryumfress9030
5 жыл бұрын
I heard about the bridge at Remagen in the 1960s from a GI who was a corpsman in that area. I was a teen back then and was fascinated by the stories he shared
@frankryan2505
5 жыл бұрын
My grandfather dropped into the Rhine as a pioneer,he and a friend ended up beings sheltered by a Dutch family until the Allies rolled in. He passed away in the late 70's,but before then he told my uncle (his son) about his experiences during the war, about the familiy that sheltered him and how they probably saved his life. Not long after my grandfather passed my uncle tracked down that family,he visited them in NL and even thought the parents had passed away the kids remembered my grandfather and his mate quite well. Not a amazingly story,but I loved that my uncle could go over and find a connection to his dad that he never knew existed. As for my grandfather,I never had a chance to meet him,but by all accounts he did good for himself for "some paddy from Roscommon"
@zzz987654321
5 жыл бұрын
My Dad was at this bridge - told the story to us many times - thanks for posting this.
@sliverbullet7973
5 жыл бұрын
This should be a short movie._.
@shaunwild8797
5 жыл бұрын
There is a movie about this. kzitem.info/news/bejne/lZuB3pWVqJNnd20
@JJ-su7re
5 жыл бұрын
There is a movie called "Remagen Bridge"
@_Dogberry_
5 жыл бұрын
The Bismarck there is a movie about this.... it’s called “The Bridge at Remagen”
@HughesEnterprises
5 жыл бұрын
It’s almost like I’ve seen a feature length film of this subject before...
@allnations31
5 жыл бұрын
There is a fairly old movie about this exact subject aptly named "The Bridge at Remagen".
@TheKulu42
5 жыл бұрын
Years ago I spoke with Ken Heckler, the author of "The Bridge at Remagen." He was among the officers who interviewed Hermann Goring after the war. Goring knew the Ludendorff Bridge had gone down, but he insisted that Luftwaffe bombing was responsible. Heckler said Goring was "incredibly arrogant" and refused to believe the bridge had simply collapsed.
@cedricbaccay633
5 жыл бұрын
I'm sorry I've got to be that guy. Is this the final mission in cod ww2?
@johntechwriter
3 жыл бұрын
Regarding Mark's kindly mentioning the contribution of Canadian forces in this campaign . . . While the Americans didn't go to war with Germany until after Pearl Harbor (and who can blame them?), the Canadians, being British subjects, were committed when Britain declared war on the Germans some two years earlier. My Dad and all my uncles, third-generation Canadians, signed up for the Canadian armed forces in the fall of 1939. Throughout WWII, Canadian and Australian forces played outsized roles, relative to their countries' population, in the eventual Allied victory. When as a teenager I cycled around Normandy and also Holland in 1971, some of the citizens there, upon finding put I was Canadian, were very welcoming -- because Canadian forces played a large role in the liberation of those places. By a miracle, because they all saw action, my Dad and all my uncles made it home unscathed.
@Trillock-hy1cf
4 жыл бұрын
It seems to me that many American soldiers etc., have German sounding surnames? Another piece of story telling from Mark Felton. Have another 'like'.
@barryolaith
5 жыл бұрын
The towers on the West bank in the town of Remagen are now a small museum and well worth a visit. The bridge was never rebuilt because unlike other Rhine bridges it served no peacetime purpose having been solely a railway bridge on a line purpose-built solely to take troops to the front in WWI as Mark said. The main railway lines are parallel to both river banks. About 5 years ago the Rhine was extremely low during the summer and a wide stony shoreline normally under water could be explored at Remagen. I found...nothing! Not one cartridge case. How is that?
@lupus67remus7
5 жыл бұрын
Did you use a metal detector? Strange, but not impossible...
@screamingnutbag7955
5 жыл бұрын
Should have tried downstream. The Rhine carries a lot of water and sometimes runs very strong.
@alexbowman7582
5 жыл бұрын
barryolaith the river flow would have washed away anything.
@kaletovhangar
5 жыл бұрын
Probably because there wasn't too much combat around the bridge, and stony shore doesn't holds those well after 70 years.
@Skyprince27
5 жыл бұрын
@barryolaith Because no submarines used by either side.
@harmonysinger8077
3 жыл бұрын
Here's a story I'm really familiar with Yet Mark Felton fills in so many details including the strategic significance of distracting from Monty's and Patton's advance. So Remagen serves as a decoy and gives the allies a significant boost Great stuff. Love it
@burkanov
3 жыл бұрын
Damn, I drive by these towers daily for the last 20 years, never realized there is a tunnel behind them :)
@danielcamarena1188
5 жыл бұрын
Karl failed to destroy the Ludendorff Bridge... *This enraged Adolf's father who punished him severely*
@johntaylor3121
5 жыл бұрын
hi, nice video man. i always look forward to when a new one is released. great job
@haraldschevik5213
5 жыл бұрын
The history of strategy over the Rhine is one of my favorite topics, thank you Mark for this awesome content!! -Harald
@MyLateralThawts
5 жыл бұрын
The Germans had difficulty blowing up bridges the Allies were intent on taking (see Nijmegen Bridge, Operation Market Garden). Yet the British had a similar problem while retreating from the Greek mainland in 1941 with the Germans actually capturing a bridge before the combat engineers had enough time to prepare charges. Fortunately for the British Forces, a single shot from a rifle was all that was needed to detonate the charges already placed and the Germans were sufficiently delayed to allow the bulk of British forces to be evacuated from the mainland.
@wantayanta7070
5 жыл бұрын
Who remembers playing this on Call of Duty Finest Hour?
@HUNDLEYGUY95
5 жыл бұрын
God that was so long ago
@MrZcotty
5 жыл бұрын
wasn't that nijmegen bridge? i loved that game. used to sprint to the ladder, climb to the top, kill the soldiers up there, then snipe everyone from above..
@jvtagle
5 жыл бұрын
Meeee 🖐🖐🖐
@christianboscarino2105
5 жыл бұрын
People people, three quarters of the comments say "FIRST", instead of "Thank you Mark for your research and stable quality through your video releases!". The truth being, nobody gives a bloody s*** if you are first or last.
@Dan-n-Duke-jr2ic
5 жыл бұрын
@Han Lockhart nahh, he's just stating what we all feel, perfectly
@zee7056
5 жыл бұрын
"It's still up!" ...... "No it ain't."
@Jonathan-ku5jj
5 жыл бұрын
I saw the remaining structure, the towers, in 1987 while on trip to W. Germany with my family. Just parked the car and walked down the hill to the water. It was deserted, I believe there was a plaque of some sort. I think it was my Dad's idea - he was a 14 year boy in the U.S. when it happened and probably excited to get the chance to see the location. Fun to do.
@panxerox01
5 жыл бұрын
First comment yaaayyy ! The movie defamed many of the troops involved
@bertsedgwick9828
5 жыл бұрын
In what way? I thought it was a good movie with a good cast and thoroughly enjoyed it.
@Gunz97x
5 жыл бұрын
panxerox01 my grandfather took my mother and her siblings to see the film, and he went away very upset the amount of “cussing” and the rowdy nature of the troops. That wasn’t his experience, but he was the driver for his battalions Col. so I could see how he would think that.
@joedunleavy7066
5 жыл бұрын
That's Hollywood for you
@TheKulu42
5 жыл бұрын
Agreed. Hollywood rarely handles history very well.
@Tankliker
5 жыл бұрын
War and fame... two things that shouldn't be together.
@thomasmaloney843
5 жыл бұрын
Father in law crossed the Rhine on the Remagen bridge before it collapsed.
@neverletyoufall
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for being unbiased. As always. I appreciate your time. Keep teaching world war history!
@veterankamikaze3591
5 жыл бұрын
Allot of archers with spear men on the bridge should keep most armies back. Total War taught me that.
@MrPackerProductions
5 жыл бұрын
Uno like that bruv
@tommy-er6hh
5 жыл бұрын
nice Video! I have heard that the US troops were the only ones to "bounce" (capture an intact bridge by non-paratroopers) from the Germans in WWII, I heard there were 2 bridges. Remagen was one. I cannot find where the other one was. Anyone else know?
@screamingnutbag7955
5 жыл бұрын
Nijmegen, although that battle was first engaged by US Airborne. Pegasus Bridge was another awesome bridge capture via glider landing - have a look at photos to see how close 3 of the gliders landed to the bridge.
@K4myk4z3
5 жыл бұрын
does the Pegasus bridge count?
@kebabtank
5 жыл бұрын
@@K4myk4z3 Great call!
@Yoi-n5k
5 жыл бұрын
That german's testimony gave me goosebumps, excellent video as always 👍❤
@KokkiePiet
5 жыл бұрын
The movie, Bridge at Remagen is worth a documentary itself, it was shot in Czechoslovakia in 68 when the uprising started and the Russians invaded. Cast and crew had to flee in a hurry, lost a lot of equipment and shot film. In the Movie they got on the bridge in Czechoslovakia, it exploded in Germany and they got off the Bridge in Italy.
@zillsburyy1
5 жыл бұрын
THE BRIDGE AT REMAGEN with George Seagal was good
@magoid
5 жыл бұрын
I remembered a passage from Pierre Clostermann's "The Big Show", where he was flying a patrol over this bridge against Luftwaffe's attack planes. After constant German attacks, the American AAA was so edgy they shoot and hit his plane too.
@MrGeoffHilton
5 жыл бұрын
This channel is far more compelling and compulsive viewing than TV Documentaries, champion.
@build2270
5 жыл бұрын
First, great work Dr. Felton hehe, Always interesting story as always!
@NapoleonGelignite
5 жыл бұрын
16 minutes! Hurray. I’m pouring an English Whisky and settling down.
@robertpollock6004
5 жыл бұрын
Sorry, do you mean a Scotch Whisky?
@albertbassoe5966
5 жыл бұрын
Germans: *sets of explosives* Bridge: I'm still standing, yeah yeah yeah
@yuricherkasov
5 жыл бұрын
Famous German quality
@lynnwood7205
5 жыл бұрын
One of the neighbors on the block of my boyhood home was one of the infantryman who stormed that bridge. Will have to ask my sister if she remembers his name. Thank You Mark.
@williamkeith8944
5 жыл бұрын
Montgomery was so slow to engage the Germans it created near catastrophic results in the Ardennes and earlier in the Falaise gap. It near drove Patton mad.
@darylcampbell3244
5 жыл бұрын
Thank You. I had never seen the clip of the German commanders side of the story.
@abptlm123
5 жыл бұрын
Nice work Dr. Felton! Also, don't forget the film, "The Bridge at Remagen", a 1969 DeLuxe Color war film starring George Segal, Ben Gazzara and Robert Vaughn in Panavision [wikipedia]
@grumpyoldmadman7875
4 жыл бұрын
Sir, my father fought in the British army during the ww2, N. Africa, Sicily and Europe, he was in the 10th Bridge Troop. He told me a story of loosing his 2 best friends when they were building the 1st pontoon bridge across the Rhine for the British forces. Would you have any info/doc. footage of this whole event? If you have already have produce something or could you point me in right direction. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thx!
@pablononescobar
5 жыл бұрын
11:11 You can tell how horrifying the memory is for the German officer
@OFGW
4 жыл бұрын
I met a man in our town who was one of the US soldiers that helped secure the bridge. His story is amazing. He tells of furious fighting back and forth as everyone was trying to cut any wire they saw.
@-jk-2580
5 жыл бұрын
Went to Remagen couple years ago. Cool museum out there. Thanks for the vid!
@scottleft3672
5 жыл бұрын
Facing "spotty opposition" lol...i spat my milk. The Willi Bratge interview was a great addition to the usual stock footage.
@Zanator1
5 жыл бұрын
'The situation in march 1945 was in favor of the Allies' Yeah, no kidding
@Karottenbrot1
5 жыл бұрын
I live 10km from Remagen away. Now there is a museum in the towers. But sadly, they are in a bad shape...
@branon6565
5 жыл бұрын
Karottenbrot1....that's probably due to all the animals of islam your country financially supports....
@Ozgipsy
4 жыл бұрын
Mate, you're bloody amazing. I've learned more from you than any other source.
@stephenn1056
5 жыл бұрын
I absolutely love that you included footage of commanders recounting their experiences
@trentweston8306
3 жыл бұрын
11:00 sincerity like this is in short supply today
@Arcsecant
5 жыл бұрын
Wonderful videos
@elefkk
5 жыл бұрын
Mister Felton sir, could you consider doing a video on the turkey parachutes used during the spanish civil war in '36, where pilots used live turkeys instead of actual parachutes?
@lupus67remus7
5 жыл бұрын
WHAT?!?
@juanzulu2755
5 жыл бұрын
Pardon? Live turkeys as parachutes?
@HemlockRidge
5 жыл бұрын
WTF? OK, Les Nessman, you get a box of Band Aids.
@SturmerSS
5 жыл бұрын
This bridge should be restored , I like historical buildings. Modern buildings lack soul.
@nickmadigan2824
5 жыл бұрын
Great video. Just watched Bridge at Remagen movie a month ago. Amazing that the bridge was never rebuilt since the war. Would love to visit and see the towers some day. Thanks, Mark!
@dr.ofdubiouswisdom4189
5 жыл бұрын
Mark, you don't miss anything...watching... I kept thinking "What about the Hitler ordered V-2's?" And you delivered. Phenomenal overall delivery, thanks.
@robertm4735
5 жыл бұрын
I love your short but concise videos gets to point with nice video clips, nice work.
@farmingforfunandprofit940
4 жыл бұрын
I was stationed With the 9th Engineer Batalion Combat in Germany in 1966..... It was the unit that Captured tthe Bridge...... They were still there
@blasphemertheseventh
5 жыл бұрын
An amazing and compelling story. Thank you for the work you do for us. Much appreciated.
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