Regarding his name, “Panzer Meyer” some sources are saying he got his name "Panzer" from the time he tried to play a prank on another policeman. Others said, he went up on the roof and fell and suffered 20 fractures, and was given the name Panzer. And others are, he was given this name is Greece for his stubborn and hard nature, I’m unable to find a definitive answer to this, if anyone has any solid sources let me know🤝 Thanks guys
@starzkream
Ай бұрын
The story of him earning the nickname after falling off of the roof is the one I have heard the most, but I imagine that the true story has been lost to history.
@OTDMilitaryHistory
Ай бұрын
He should be called Murderer Meyer.
@starzkream
Ай бұрын
@@OTDMilitaryHistory Hear, hear.
@atae7185
Ай бұрын
@@OTDMilitaryHistorywho did he murder?
@OTDMilitaryHistory
Ай бұрын
@@atae7185 He ordered the murder of at least 20 Canadians in Normandy plus an unknown number in the east.
@bennobeck
Ай бұрын
As a German, I have to say, this is a great and well balanced documentary. Thanks.
@HeLayzTTV
23 күн бұрын
AGREE
@sintenal4078
Ай бұрын
Such a highly respected name in the history of armored warfare, I could not start watching fast enough! Thank you for this.
@OTDMilitaryHistory
Ай бұрын
A very much disrespected name. He was a war criminal and poor commander.
@happycarnivore5481
Ай бұрын
@@OTDMilitaryHistory Tissue?
@OTDMilitaryHistory
Ай бұрын
@@happycarnivore5481 You clearly worship a Nazi and war criminal so
@gma729
Ай бұрын
Me toooo. 💐
@franktower9006
Ай бұрын
@@happycarnivore5481 Why? Did you soil your pants?
@Bigsky1991
Ай бұрын
Meyer died very early no doubt due to wounds and the stresses of War do I was unable to meet him...but I was close personal friends with dozens of his Men and fellow Officers that came up through the ranks with him and they told me hours of anecdotes and stories about him. It was the action at the Klidi Pass in Greece that got him the " Blech Schlipps" ( the Tin Tie) as the Landser referred to the Ritterkreuz...and was notoriously famous for having thrown 2 stick grenades at the heels of his own men after they were pinned down to " motivate" them forward. Meyer, Wūnsche, and others were media darlings for for good reason...they were extremely brave and capable leaders . It's a miracle that Meyer survived the War at all because he was there from Day one to the end. " Soldaten Wie andere auch".
@clintoncohn737
Ай бұрын
Hands down, this is the best WW2 history channel on KZitem. A great deal of information presented by a human and not some phony AI might be the best part. Thank you for making these videos. Can’t wait for the next one.
@historyatwar
Ай бұрын
Thanks Clinton, appreciate it mate 🙌🏼
@WeAreNotAfraidofFire
Ай бұрын
Mark Felton is pretty good, too.
@duck4484
Ай бұрын
@@WeAreNotAfraidofFire yes felton is really good
@GeorgeIharosi-jt1yp
Ай бұрын
Your approach to documentaries should be the template for all video makers to follow... Great work! and thank you. 👍👍👍
@voodooofficial6796
Ай бұрын
Favourite history channel
@Terracecasualx5
Ай бұрын
Kurt ‘Panzer’ Meyer,Michael ‘The Black Prince’ Wittman and Joachim Pieper three greats of armoured combat.
@kampfgruppepeiper501
Ай бұрын
Agreed
@MrLukedanger
Ай бұрын
I like pieper but he was so reckless so was wittmann. Werner wolf is another one you will like very very reckless. Was piepers right hand man
@tgwcl6194
Ай бұрын
Criminals
@bert8373
Ай бұрын
Max Wunsche,Fritz Klingenberg,Ernst Barkmann too
@Andrew-dg8se
Ай бұрын
What bout Otto Carius?
@michaelstudd533
Ай бұрын
Always blown away by your work, thanks
@davidbutler9808
Ай бұрын
The war wrecked his health. He barely made it into the early 60s before he died. Talented commander. Him and his buddy Fritz Witt(KIA) became the youngest generals in the German Army. His division kept the Falaise Gap open for encircled German 7th Army troops to escape and was captured by the Americans for his troubles. The famous photo of him captured in a Wehrmacht Colonel’s uniform.
@Ziplomatic007
Ай бұрын
He died from multiple organ failure at age 51.
@TERRAVIEWTOURS
Ай бұрын
My grandfather served there. He was a great man. I admire him very much. He died with a sixpack. At that time He was 80 years old
@tommcdaniel2208
Ай бұрын
His biography is titled "Grenadiers" and is a must read for those that want to explore the German side of WWII combat. VERY well written. My copy is from Stackpole Books.
@jonpeters9148
Ай бұрын
a friend of mines step father was a german tanker barely trained and 17 at the time in 1945 they were thrown into the malestrom as the german army dissolved before the pulverising allied attacks in the last few mnths of the war,they wore black uniforms,they had surrendered to canadian troops who took them for SS .several were murdered before british officers and troops intervened and stopped what was happening,this man went to england as a pow and married my friends mother in the 60s,he was forever grateful for that intervention on that day in 45.
@me.ne.frego.
Ай бұрын
Great high quality documentary, love this channel! My grandmother's brothers (big and tough guys in temper and physique) fought in Normandy for the germans as foreign volunteers and had to return on foot and survive on their own all the way back home in Southern Italy. She told me they were totally unrecognizable and infested with lice when arrived. One of many family stories from the war. She also told me with confidence that she saw german helicopters with her own eyes in Italy, she was like 13-14 years old at the time.
@historyatwar
Ай бұрын
Wow! Interested, thank you 🤝
@keriallen2711
Ай бұрын
I don😅t think you mean helicopters honey is there were no helicopters during World War II you must’ve missed book. But thank you so much for your share. It was very interesting.
@mattclements1348
Ай бұрын
There were helicopters in WW2 ,very limited but.@@keriallen2711
@mattclements1348
Ай бұрын
@@keriallen2711there were helicopters in WW2, limited but
@me.ne.frego.
Ай бұрын
@@keriallen2711 Many years ago I too believed helicopters did not exist at the time, but the germans had some, the fact is: there's NO record of german helis being used in the Southern Italian countryside. My grandma told very weird stuff about the war and was very sure about all that.
@Americal1970
Ай бұрын
One of the most interesting documentaries I have ever seen. 5 star+
@HealthTubeOfficial_
Ай бұрын
Thanks for all your work man
@grantsmythe8625
Ай бұрын
Very interesting. I read Meyer's book and your video is straight down the line true to that book. Very interesting. Thank you.
@historyatwar
Ай бұрын
Thanks!!
@grantsmythe8625
Ай бұрын
@@historyatwar You're most welcome. I have seen that, at times, those of us who are interested in World War II in general and interested in the Wehrmacht in particular....sometimes people see us as Nazi sympathizers but that is not true at all. Of course, some are sympathizers but for the vast majority of us, it's the history, i.e., the battles and the order of battles, the equipment, the uniforms, the fighters, the warriors...on both sides....that hold interest for us. I'm an older man, my blood deeply runs Red, White and Blue and has never and will never be anything else. I'm an American, sometimes a proud American, sometimes an embarrassed American....but always American. I'll bet you that most of the rest of us are too. Thanks for these videos. I do love this World War II history!
@OTDMilitaryHistory
Ай бұрын
Meyer’s book is full of lies that are very easy to prove false. The man was a hardcore Nazi so lying in a postwar memoir was nothing to him.
@JohnChrysostom101
Ай бұрын
Calm down, the Allies allied with the communists who they knew were killing millions of civilians already 83% of the bolshevists weren't "Russians" oy vey
@keriallen2711
Ай бұрын
Wow !
@hankhill6916
Ай бұрын
Top quality stuff, your channel will blow up one day soon!!!
@alexisknox7981
Ай бұрын
Love this channel man, thank you from Costa Rica
@kyle70022
Ай бұрын
Great video, as always!
@kampfgruppepeiper501
Ай бұрын
Great video topic! Looking forward to this one!
@MasonboyMasiel
Ай бұрын
I don’t believe he received the nickname “Panzer” during the Greek campaign rather he was called that after he survived a fall from a school building window as a kid.
@georgewolfiii1170
Ай бұрын
A very high-quality documentary.
@stanleybroniszewsky8538
Ай бұрын
It really is. It's such good quality sometimes I feel like I'm there feeling the full impact of war. And it truly is not for the weak of heart or faint of the human spirit. If hell truly does exist, it were these most fiercesome battles, regardless of who was doing the fighting. I don't take any sides because even though they fought for different ideologies, those men were human beings. Many didn't have a choice. It was fight or be shot.
@garynew9637
Ай бұрын
Stellar video, thanks.
@kevindunham7158
Ай бұрын
Thank you for your hard work in putting together events of the past. Whether people are good or bad and the victor or defeated I feel it’s still important to look at both sides of the story…
@jpmtlhead39
Ай бұрын
This guy was an Die Hard Nazi,but he was also a super soldier. The kind of Officer any soldier wants on his unit.
@RagnarLothbrok2222
Ай бұрын
He was unfathomably based
@OTDMilitaryHistory
Ай бұрын
He was no super soldier. Don’t believe everything you read.
@jpmtlhead39
Ай бұрын
@@OTDMilitaryHistory so I'am suppose to believe in you, right...??!!!!
@OTDMilitaryHistory
Ай бұрын
@@jpmtlhead39 No I said believe the evidence. There’s very little support for any of Meyer’s claims.
@billywatts4689
Ай бұрын
@@OTDMilitaryHistorythe evidence what's that Rabbi?
@richlaw1953
Ай бұрын
Excellent documentary! I never realized how young Meyer was. What was the highest rank Kurt Meyer achieved? And what was the highest rank Joachim Peiper achieved? Both were young and fearless.
@1960caroline
Ай бұрын
Evil. Pieper Murderer of Lidice
@TheRichelieu26
24 күн бұрын
Joachim Peiper reached the rank of SS Standartenfuhrer
@keriallen2711
Ай бұрын
Wonderful documentary. Wow you sure really did your research. Thank you for your hard work.😊
@brucemacallan6831
Ай бұрын
We need to talk about the upwards of 700 German POW's murdered by the Americans after Malmedy. I'm sure you can find info on that. Strange how it's never spoken about, yet we never hear the end of when German troops did similar, but to a lesser extent...
@liljoenyc01
Ай бұрын
Definitely
@davidbutler9808
Ай бұрын
The British and Canadians had their own reasons for not taking Waffen SS prisoners.
@lyndoncmp5751
Ай бұрын
@davidbutler9808 Well the British took SS prisoners. They didnt go around murdering therm.
@davidbutler9808
Ай бұрын
@@brucemacallan6831 : the Americans attitude toward the Waffen SS after Malmedy was displayed in the movie Fury. Based on historical fact. No SS was to be taken alive.
@OTDMilitaryHistory
Ай бұрын
Because that has nothing to do with Meyer.
@themajesticmagnificent386
Ай бұрын
👏👏👏Bravo👏👏👏Bravo..A excellent video in content and production..This is what U-Tube gives us the best…U-Tube creators producing content equal with some television productions..This video is such an example of this.. Thank you and keep up the great work.!
@mattclements1348
Ай бұрын
Outstanding
@hansgruber650
Ай бұрын
War crimes something victors blanket on everyone.
@MrLukedanger
Ай бұрын
Not themselves tho
@user-fo2jd6qf2t
Ай бұрын
Газовых камер, концлагерей и массовых убийств мирного населения СССР не было?
@achimotto-vs2lb
Ай бұрын
to cover their own crime ?
@jayryan1956
Ай бұрын
love how everyone just keeps repeating this on all kinds of videos like stfu no one cares
@user-xb5bh9ig1v
Ай бұрын
History is written by the victors. As Indians we are fully aware of the horrific atrocities, tactics, policies and overall demonic nature of the so called civilized BRITISH.
@caveman4598
Ай бұрын
Outstanding documentary extremely well researched and produced thankyou
@historyatwar
Ай бұрын
thank you :)
@matthewmaurysmith2486
Ай бұрын
2nd time watching this. My favorite WW2 channel these days... and thats saying a lot!
@reecebandgang6296
Ай бұрын
Amazing 👏 I passionately love this channel!!! Such great memories of amazing fighting commanders
@historyatwar
Ай бұрын
Thank you 🤝🤝
@alanellis1442
Ай бұрын
I had 2 uncles both Waffen SS Officers both said that the allied army were just as bad committing war crimes but only the victors write the history
@stanleybroniszewsky8538
Ай бұрын
I really prefer any and all WW2 coverage in b&w. It retains it's authenticity whenever possible. Great video footage, btw. I love seeing WW2 from the German viewpoint.
@peterunderdown4374
Ай бұрын
It would have a totally different turnout if he fought on the winning side.barbarism happened on both sides.that is what war is.
@OTDMilitaryHistory
Ай бұрын
Cold blooded murder hours after captured was not the same on both sides. This is just Nazi apologia.
@bob281261
Ай бұрын
Many years ago when i was serving with the BAOR in Germany we had a German civilian Fitter who was a former member of the 12th SS division. He told me that just prior to the massacre 3 soldiers of the 12th SS had been captured by a Canadian unit who had cut the legs off there trousers and sent the back to German lines with signs around there necks saying We don't fight children send us some men to fight. The fitter told me that this was the catalyst for the massacre.
@OTDMilitaryHistory
Ай бұрын
There’s literally zero proof for any events of Canadian brutality before the 12th SS started murdering. You are either lying or got taken in by a Nazi apologist.
@JohnChrysostom101
Ай бұрын
Sounds like bs
@OTDMilitaryHistory
Ай бұрын
@@JohnChrysostom101 The Canadian story is a complete lie. Nazi apologists always look for excuses to justify the killings. They have nothing.
@bob281261
Ай бұрын
@@JohnChrysostom101 its just what he told me dont know if its true or not or whether he was using it as some form of justification for there actions.
@mattclements1348
Ай бұрын
Interesting ,great story
@igasuguseidasju1699
Ай бұрын
Talking about killing POW-s but leaving out the massive Allied bomb raids on Caen in witch there were even no troops. How many civilans died in Caen? 99% were allied victims. Never mind the historic city leveled.
@lagueuxrobert
Ай бұрын
Like Myer said in his trial. " It's just war"
@piotrweydmann3345
Ай бұрын
Caen? Do you realize how many casualties among French civilians before and during D-Day altogether?
@OTDMilitaryHistory
Ай бұрын
There were lots of German troops in and around the city. This is a straight lie.
@OTDMilitaryHistory
Ай бұрын
@@lagueuxrobertSo ordering the murder of POWs at your own headquarters hours after the battle is over is just war? Give me a break. Way to defend a Nazi.
@lagueuxrobert
Ай бұрын
@@piotrweydmann3345 Normandy about 10,000.
@nicksweeney5176
Ай бұрын
Mind very thoughtfully, whom you are, before bending down to heft your throwing stone.
@richardshiggins704
Ай бұрын
Excellent and detailed documentary . Thank you !
@bobbyowen5879
Ай бұрын
I’d like to see a video on the battles the hitler youth fought in and what happened to them after the war.
@OTDMilitaryHistory
Ай бұрын
They mostly got wiped out. Happened in Normandy, the Ardennes, and Hungary.
@PSDuck216
Ай бұрын
The butchery around and in Caen might have been obviated if Monty had followed his own game plan for the Normandy landings. Caen was supposed to be taken on 6 June. But Monty couldn’t be bothered to get a move on, despite calls from Ike. Monty halted his advances at 600 meters, figuring that was good enough. This slowness and dallying infected his generals, who still dallied in the ground advance in Market Garden. There were calls for Monty’s removal/replacement because of Caen. His failure as a leading general continued until the war’s end. I knew a Canadian chap who’d been a 16 year old paratrooper and captured in Arnhem who couldn’t believe how the British took their time overland to link up with them, the overall bad planning of the landing zones and total failure of the operation. As overall planning general and general in charge of Market Garden, Monty should have been sacked. Churchill wanted to do it but was afraid that British morale would suffer. Cheers!
@jonathansteadman7935
Ай бұрын
Most British/allied troops had huge respect for Rommel and none for Montgomery even in North Africa.
@lysanderkrieg5474
Ай бұрын
Fantastic presentation and some really outstanding footage to supplement the presentation. Great work and thank you making this.
@janvanaardt3773
Ай бұрын
Such an unnecary war
@evandavies1230
Ай бұрын
One must remember that the Canadians were killing captured Hitler Jugend out of hand
@nickmitsialis
Ай бұрын
why was that??
@marvwatkins7029
Ай бұрын
Who says the bad guys and losers never win?
@jackmehoff1840
Ай бұрын
Excellent video, can you please look into the same for Max Wunche
@leonardoschadenfroh2877
Ай бұрын
Über Alles 🇩🇪❤
@Patrick-il4es
Ай бұрын
D-day was successful for many reasons, but never forget that US air superiority was #1 factor, Hitler overruling Rommel and other generals is #2. Finally, US had almost unlimited equipment, fuel and supplies is #3.
@bobmcrae5751
10 күн бұрын
I guess the British and Canadians at D-Day were just there to watch America win the war all by themselves.
@Rustsamurai1
Ай бұрын
Thanks for your work.
@hecateswolf6007
Ай бұрын
Fascinating documentary many thanks for the upload
@feltwedge
Ай бұрын
Thanks for having put this unvarnished account of Meyer together. BTW, the 'Panzer' moniker came from his surviving a fall from a rooftop when he was a police officer cadet and not his wartime service. I think he was often called, 'schneller Meyer' or some version of that instead.
@OTDMilitaryHistory
Ай бұрын
Yeah you wouldn’t want all that pesky war crime talk to ruin a war criminal’s reputation.
@alexisknox7981
Ай бұрын
Waiting still for the part when you mention the Canadian war crimes in detail and no prisioner policy... oh wait
@christianpoulin02
Ай бұрын
Do you have any exemples? I'd like to look this up.
@alexisknox7981
Ай бұрын
@@christianpoulin02 in the video are mentioned. I myself was asking for examples
@landserkorps796
Ай бұрын
Ask for Rheinwiesen..... Where canadiens,amerikans murdered thousends of German pow.
@IAmBeanz1
Ай бұрын
Caen was known for this, it was hell. Canadians were killing SS, and SS were killing Canadians, read up on Caen all there.
@ThoughtMachine1
Ай бұрын
They're all dead. We know the allies could be as brutal with the enemy as the German's were with them. You sound angry over some perceived injustice. It's war, there is no justice. Notice, the "bad guys" never seem to win. Hmmm....
@raoulcaliente1030
Ай бұрын
Outstanding presentation.
@josejr.llanes6565
Ай бұрын
Is this the same Kurt Meyer who were involved in the massacre of Royal Warwicks in Esquelbec, France?
@davidbutler9808
Ай бұрын
I believe that was the Totenkopf Division.
@OTDMilitaryHistory
Ай бұрын
Troops under his direct command killed many Canadians in Normandy. His crimes in the east were also extensive.
@rayshowsay1749
Ай бұрын
' Between June 7 and 17, 1944, an estimated 156 Canadian soldiers were taken prisoner and then were killed by German soldiers during the fierce fighting that raged across the Normandy countryside following the D-Day landings. The majority of these events were not spontaneous acts of battlefield violence but cold, calculated, systematic executions carried out behind enemy lines well after the soldiers were captured. The German perpetrators were members of the 12th SS Panzer Division, the recently established ‘Hitler Youth’ Division. Cruelly nicknamed “Germany’s Baby Division” by the allied press, most of the German soldiers in the division were under twenty-years-old. '
@cavetroll666
Ай бұрын
salute from Toronto love the channel :)
@historyatwar
Ай бұрын
Thank you 🤝
@poppymyth8868
Ай бұрын
Thank you! 😊
@haveguitar
Ай бұрын
AI for manuscript? "Meyer earned the nickname “Panzer” while enrolled at the police academy after he fell off of a roof while playing a prank on a classmate. He broke 18 bones in the accident and his friends began calling him “Panzer” because they said he was as tough as a tank."
@historyatwar
Ай бұрын
I wrote this entire script, is not made by AI, these take countless hours to make. I have heard this was why he was called it.
@haveguitar
Ай бұрын
@@historyatwar sorry, it just sounded like an error that AI can come up with. I have only heard about that one for the nick. It was a good video! 🍻
@evilstorm5954
Ай бұрын
How do you do a piece on the life of someone and not start at the beginning? How did he get nicknamed “Panzer”?
@Tommytakanawa
Ай бұрын
Panzer means tank you doughnut
@Tommytakanawa
Ай бұрын
It's also a play on words. Panzer meister. ( tank master) Panzer Meyer. Get it? Educate yourself. My lawd
@evilstorm5954
Ай бұрын
@@Tommytakanawa You have no idea do you? Dumb ass. He jumped out of a building and broke nearly every bone in his body when he was a cadet. THAT is why he was called PANZER, it had NOTHING to do with Tanks.
@Dark-7070
Ай бұрын
Excellent historically not slanted but honest and a credit to good work!,, politicians make men do things on both sides that no one should endure!
@user-dd2gf1it1t
Ай бұрын
Commercials every two minutes isn't going to work for me. Sorry. 😑
@richardclements6718
Ай бұрын
Pay the money for KZitem premium, cheap
@angelfyr762
Ай бұрын
He always carried a Kar98k into battle
@MeYou-lk8be
Ай бұрын
Those, who have never seen the atrocities of war, should always be careful when it comes to judging its actions!
@TravelatorH8r
Ай бұрын
Why haven't I been subscribed to this channel where have you been in my feed
@timothyramsey7010
Ай бұрын
Great video thank you
@robertyoung1506
Ай бұрын
I think you did very well, I have subscribed, Thank You.
@frankgeeraerts6243
Ай бұрын
War c rimes are and were always on BOTH sides ........the loser looses and wil be put on trial.
@tekis0
Ай бұрын
One of the problems with combat on the Eastern Front was that the Soviets were not signatories of the Geneva Convention. Therefore, the Soviet high command sanctioned extensive "partisan warfare." Partisans and spies are subject to execution according to the Geneva Convention, as we've seen the way that the "Brandenburger's" were executed by the American forces after the Battle of the Bulge. I'm not suggesting that "shooting a Russian cook Convention , two teenaged girls, the elderly, children, etc" was sanctioned by the rules of the Geneva Convention, because it is certainly NOT! But I can, however, understand the frustration the German Army must have felt fighting in the Soviet Union. Soviet partisans often mutilated, gouged eyes, cut off genitalia, and killed captured German soldiers. In this kind of lawless atmosphere it's easy for me to understand both sides "one upping" the other reprisal-wise. To be clear, I'm not saying killing surrendered or captured foes is OK, but I can understand why it happend. Thanks for the great documentary.
@iiwidowla99lambo65
Ай бұрын
Bastard caused the worst war crime committed toward Canadian Soldiers
@atae7185
Ай бұрын
And the Canadians committed war crimes upon the Germans.
@jeanpierrechoisy6474
Ай бұрын
It would be interesting to have investigations and research into how soldiers on both sides engaged for years in such combat, of a material intensity far exceeding that of previous millennia, "survived" psychologically. How is readjustment to normal life done, one that is not bathed in death? How many years does it take? How is readjustment to normal life done, one that is not bathed in death? How many years does it take? Can these people really do it?
@grossadmiral1
Ай бұрын
Ehrenmann! 🤚🏻
@alexvanbreemen9083
Ай бұрын
The Black Widow!
@JBowman-ps2ri
Ай бұрын
You do what u gotta do to stop evil if it means even evil to them!
@blabberer8950
Ай бұрын
Recon with a tank? Who the hell would do that? As if they wouldn't hear ya coming. LOL! The job of Recon is to not be seen or heard. Don't buy it.
@OTDMilitaryHistory
Ай бұрын
They weren’t very good at lot of things.
@billywatts4689
Ай бұрын
@@OTDMilitaryHistoryRabbi we all know it's you
@blabberer8950
Ай бұрын
@@OTDMilitaryHistory I think the Meyer story is all BS. I think he was Illuminated and probably a Rothschild actor they sold as a hero. Then he writes a book that sells millions of copies $$$$! I call BS! I think Sniper on The Eastern Front was all BS too.
@liljoenyc01
Ай бұрын
Best ww2 chanel
@historyatwar
Ай бұрын
Thank you :)
@user-be5wh6lp6s
Ай бұрын
A very interesting story about a man who was entranced in the Nazi ideal...and fought bravely against the Allied Forces. It does show the influence Adolf Hitler did have on Germany.
@pobinr
Ай бұрын
No need for needless intrusive distracting music.
@bernardvance9041
Ай бұрын
Very interesting documentary. However, please stop pronouncing "Waffen SS" with the English "W". The letter w is pronounced like the English v, thus Vaffen SS.
@johnburns8660
Ай бұрын
What do you call it in English?
@pgolpa4829
Ай бұрын
Very well said in the war there’s no right doing it’s a life and death situation for both side equally and from beginning of modern war fair or ancient Roman’s both side will do anything to survive and come victorious all these justifications is just show for a public to paint the good guys against bad guys after the war is over Cheers
@eamo106
Ай бұрын
I think you are a Manchester historian, I think noone will ever know the truth, I am sure atroccities were performed on each side during that sad WWII . RIP.
@jaapvandenbergh7430
Ай бұрын
Thank you for your tireless and honest effort to bring us unbiased history. The Second World War was such a watershed event in modern history. Humanity found itself in a fundamentally changed reality afterwards. We are still living in that reality although it seems at the moment that yet another reality is taking shape. Concerning history it is important to discover the facts and circumstances and present those to mankind. He who knows history controls the present and owns the future.
@nukni4225
Ай бұрын
Speaking of less than 200 murdered prisoners of war. ... On the 14th of August 1945 the US-Airforce launched the biggest air raid and carpet bombing of the war on the north of Japan although the Japanese government had already declared defeat to the United States Government in the days after the atomic bombs on the 6th and 9th of August. The official surrender simply had not yet passed the US-Congress.
@Sturmgeist88.1
Ай бұрын
Please do a video on Max Wunsche, it would be interesting
@scott234ca
Ай бұрын
The photo at 31minutes 41 seconds is actually the 2nd Canadian Division surrendering following the ill-fated raid on Dieppe. That was August 19th 1942.
@HeavyDragoon
Ай бұрын
It has been stated that from 6th June...Canadians were not taking prisoners..the reason that many stated that in the height of making a foothold on the beaches and beyond that "they did not have the time or resources to take prisoners" I can speak from personal experience..that one does not need a mobile phone or a computer for rumours on the front line that frontline troops VERY SOON hear of such rumours. This I know for a fact. Criticise me as much as you like..my Grandfather told me so much the same....
@KUSHANDRA
Ай бұрын
No matter the nation, back when men had a cause and will to fight for something greater. Now, they wonder what gender they are..
@RayChuck
Күн бұрын
Quality content., although I question your explanation for his nick name. I've read he gained it early 30s after falling two stories and showing little I'll effect, his comrades named him panzer. Of course I am only reading sources
@stephenrenner4726
Ай бұрын
Why would any video need a 1:23 intro?
@dietrichschluter5562
Ай бұрын
Look at the partisans and their tactics
@michaelschulz9164
11 күн бұрын
Did I hear right ...... 30 wounds? If he had been in the US army .... he would have been able to stand up from the weight of purple heart medals on his chest! A truly remarkable individual and leader.
@Pendergraft38
Ай бұрын
If war crimes we’re important I believe America president that was in charge of prison war camps would have been charged after millions of prisoners died in camp under America’s control ,starvation
@napraznicul
Ай бұрын
Bingo! Nobody pointed exacly that side of the XX-XXI century WORLD history ..
@jp7152
Ай бұрын
Above all he was a fanatic soldier trying to win a war of destruction on behalf of a mad man.
@OTDMilitaryHistory
Ай бұрын
He committed untold number of crimes. That wasn’t done to just follow the orders of Hitler.
@normancameron6165
Ай бұрын
He was a soldier
@maddmike8516
25 күн бұрын
The H youth were so brave. I admire their courage. They probably didn’t even know any better.
@mikebower9795
Ай бұрын
Canadians and Aussies always take their orders from their masters--the English--even now under the king's governor general.
@user-jr8rk6dj5y
Ай бұрын
not all SS solders were bad alot of the bad one where criminals not real solders
@lincolnscott5547
Ай бұрын
An advertisement every 2 minutes. KZitem is ridiculous.
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