The struggle for Hurtgen forest, one tiny piece at a time, continues. The Allies have, however, secured Walcheren Island, and also launch Operation Queen to try and reach and cross the Roer River, and further south even launch a new offensive aiming for Metz . Things are not going well for the Americans on Leyte, though, but they’re even worse for the Chinese as both Guilin and Liuzhou fall to the Japanese. As for the Soviets, they are busy making big plans for a gigantic offensive to drive in to Germany when the new year comes.
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00:00 Intro
01:01 Recap
01:22 Breakneck Ridge on Leyte
07:10 Japanese take Guilin and Liuzhou in China
08:43 Allies secure Walcheren Island
09:56 Allied attacks in Hurtgen Forest
14:35 Patton’s 3rd Army’s new offensive near Metz
18:02 Red Army attacks toward Budapest
19:44 Soviet Plans for a Berlin Offensive
22:56 Allied attacks in Italy and a few notes
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The Germans launched Barbarossa with about 3 million men. That was more than adequate at the time. They are now defending against the Soviets with 3 million men. That force is hard-pressed everywhere. Times have certainly changed.
Thanks to y'all, I have something both educational and enjoyable to imbibe every weekend. Your projects need to be archived in the Library of Congress for future generations.
Huertgen Forest the American's real hardscrabble mini-version of Operation Mars that Zhukov deep-sixed after the war .Much of the conflict was upstaged by the Bule..Bulge and more Bulge books that became the height of WW2 writing in Europe . It was kind of a battle that Clarke was so-good at in Italy. A lot of casualities and little progress in one big ass forest ,which as in War Games are impenetrable defensive blugeoned piece by piece melees.
It is surreal seeing all the familiar names of the cities around my home.
Sure, you often see the images of the bombed Cologne but only this coverage and the maps makes it tangible what happened just around the corner, the Hürtgenwald being only 40 km away from where I live.
I honestly would like if you mention casualties to also mention how many dead and wounded it actualy means.
Tell the story about Operation Bodyguard
Title of this video says The Futile Fight in Hurtgen Forest – WW2- November 11, 1944
McArthur……
20:17 zhukov has an apple ipod in his ear..!!
What is the PETROGRAD south of MAKO?
Thank you for the nod to the McCain family. Theirs is surely a distinguished military history. Sen. McCain is greatly missed here in AZ
Before the channel the Chinese and Asa fronts were just footnotes, now im just dying to know how these fronts get resolved by August 45
This battle was so intense and the terrain is so bad that to this day over 90% of the Artillery shells, Mines, grenades and fallen soldiers of the Battle of the Hürtgen Wald are yet to be cleared. This is why when you're visiting the forest you aren't allowed to stray of the main pathways because it isn't a question of if you're going to step on a landmine or similar UXO but rather a question of when you're going to step on one.
On the other hand though, if you're a collector and you have a metal detector and lack any sense of self preservation then this forest is a goldmine
Talk about The Massacre at Graignes in France
The video game Hell Let Loose has a wonderful depiction of the fight within Hurtgen. Put your head up at the wrong time and it's lights out.
U know indie it seems like alot have people have forgot or dont care alot of these younger people supporting some much antisemitism is terrible and sad
So the Americans were in posession of the Philipines for several decades, but did not have accurate toplographical maps, what a snafu.
Why is Argentina highlighted in the map?
On MacArthur
He took more territory than any other Allied Commander'
After Pearl Harbor he did order his Air Force to be dispersed, but miscommunication between his Chief of Staff, Sutherland and his air commander's inaction this was botched. as C in C this was Mac fault. Nevertheless, the Japanese were mobilized and could not be stopped whatever the Americans did.
He did not want to leave his men, but was ordered to do so. He was told he would lead a counter attack.
His campaign in New Guinea was the greatest use of envelopment tactics in US military history, particularly at Hollandia and Los Negros, 81 successful amphibious operations.
Despite difficulties and miscalculation of Japanese intentions at Leyte In he the had 20 to 1 advantage over Japanese in casualties
His decision to proceed to the Philippines and the raids on POW camps saved thousands of American POWs whom the Japanese planed to execute.
His subsequent actions included the brilliant handling of the Japanese Occupation, and his last great victory at Inchon.
I will concede that he underestimated the Chinese in Korea
My father served in the 707th Tank Battalion. It was attached to the 28th ID. Heavily involved and took heavy causalities. Ray Fleig was a LT in the 707th and is a hero worth knowing.
Getting into the end-game now. Nice set up for the Bulge.
There's a pretty decent film about the Hurtgen forest battle . "When Trumpets Fade".
Where they could be finish off by Gorillaz 4:34
The Hurtgen Forest was basically used as a training ground for new troops, for the Allies Divisions were put into the front line and pull out and a new one put in while the other division is given some R&R and resupplied with men and material. The Germans had a whole bunch of new troops that were called up by the individuals who tried to kill Hitler and they were being trained up for an upcoming operation that will happen in December so Germany had a bunch of new troops and well the Hurtgen Forest was the best place for them to get some actual combat training.
But yes Hurtgen Forest was a Hell Hole and due to the operation that Germany started in mid December (I.E. The Battle of the Budge) it quickly fell to way side since the battle became front page news.
The Ardennes! That means it’s time for chocolate cake!
As someone curious about the future [and, perhaps, far from historically-learned], I'm curious about something. What makes Budapest such a big deal? Like is it just because it's the capital of a major country close to Germany? Would it falling be a particularly drastic event in the course of the conflict [at least, more so than other major cities]?
Up until I started watching this series, my only knowledge was of largely Americanized renditions of the war, which – while not exactly wrong – do definitely leave a lot of important details out.
Keep up the great work. You guys are great.
19:20 My Grandfather was from Apatin – it was one of the settlement areas of the Danube Swabians – German settlers coming there some 200 years earlier.
He took most of the war fleeing together with his family through then Jugoslawia and Hungary towards Austria and ended up somewhere near Vienna at the end of the war.
Hurtgen was a flank for another US army and they had to be there, so I have read?
Interesting how the Japanese are still advaning in China whilst on every other front the axis are in retreat.
Baybay pronounced as "Beybey"
Interesting to see the 28th infantry division in this battle of the Hürtgen forest. I first heard of this division reading about another battle. They'd been put in a quiet sector of the front in order to recover from their previous battle. I can see now why they were in need of a quiet place to refit.
Congratulations Franklin Roosevelt! But Missouri….
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I'm sure many people have made this remark/joke hundreds of times before(so apologies), but I'm a new subscriber and I'd like to welcome alternate universe historian Bob Odenkirk into my YouTube feed!
stalin hitler and the destruction of the mekender thesis.
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War Thunder nooo