Storming The Rhine in WW2 Caught on Film! (WW2 Documentary)
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День томуIn early March 1945 the German Army was well on the defensive and the outcome of WW2 in Europe was in no doubt. With allied forces approaching the vital River Rhine all along Eisenhower’s ‘broad front’, German hopes were to make one last defensive stand on the east bank of that river in hopes of stalling the allies and bringing about a negotiated peace on the Western Front. Those dreams were crushed when on 7th March, against all expectation, American troops discovered and stormed a vital bridge across the Rhine at a little known town called Remagen. This is that remarkable story.
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Written References:
A. Rawson, Remagen Bridge (2004)
K. Hechler, The Bridge at Remagen (20055 edition)
H.G. Phillips, Remagen: Springboard to Victory (1994)
U.S. Army, The Bridge (1949)
Video References:
U.S. Army Pictorial Service, The Story of the Remagen Bridge Capture (1945), accessible via U.S. Army Pictoral Service: Story of Remagen Bridge Capture (youtube.com)
A.N. Productions, The Bridge at Remagen (2023), accessible via: • The Bridge at Remagen,...
General Sources:
US National Archives (NARA)
165th Signal Photographic Company (Facebook Group)
Ralf Anton Schäfer (www.das-kriegsende.de)
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The National Archives, Kew (TNA)
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Credits:
Research: Edwin Popken & Shane Greer
Historical Support: Ralf Anton Schäfer
Script & Narration: Dan Hill
Editing: Shane Greer & Linus Klassen
Thumbnail Design: Linus Klassen
Image Optimization: Linus Klassen
3D Model: With thanks to WOWbuildings.net
Music & Sound Effects: Epidemic Sounds
@lolkevandewitte1713 2 місяці тому
This is by far the best documentary I have ever seen about the bridge at Remagen.
@rodsdmba1571 2 місяці тому
I completely agree. It's not even close.
@ralfanton62 3 місяці тому
The team did a fantastic job producing this documentary. General Hoge's decision to take the Ludendorff Bridge and form a bridgehead on the east bank of the Rhine instead of advancing south as ordered permanently changed the course of World War II. When the bridge was taken, the Rhine defenses collapsed and the war was shortened by several weeks. Hoges decision led to the fighting for the Remagen bridgehead and enabled the 1st and 9th US armies to encircle the entire Army Group B with around 325,000 men in the Ruhr pocket.
@BattleGuideVT 3 місяці тому
Thanks for the comment Ralf, some really interesting thoughts.
@lyndoncmp5751 3 місяці тому
And the earlier decision to attack through the Hurtgen Forest etc swallowed up vast amounts of men and material and lengthened the war.
@larryzigler6812 3 місяці тому
The capture of Berlin ended the War. The Bridge was a rather minor incident
@fazole 3 місяці тому
@@larryzigler6812 If the western Allies hadn't crossed the Rhine, the Germans who surrendered to them would have been sent to defend Berlin. How many MORE Soviet soldiers would have been killed or wounded then?
@MikeT-TheRetiredColonel 3 місяці тому
@@larryzigler6812 go back to trolling kiddie videos and let the adults have meaningful discourse. You have zero clue what you're talking about.
@schuletrip 3 місяці тому
You out together the most impressive, thoughtful and respectful videos of these European wars. All sides and all soldier’s stories respectfully told. Tremendous stuff.
@BattleGuideVT 3 місяці тому
Thanks very much, glad you found it interesting!
@florentinodeguzman3613 3 місяці тому
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@peterbarnes6893 2 місяці тому
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@nuggetella Місяць тому
@BattleGuideVT War has only winners and benefactors whom risk little.
@robertbenson9797 3 місяці тому
Great episode! Personally, this was a very meaningful watch as my dad crossed the Ludendorff Bridge with the 99th Infantry Division. If I’m not mistaken, the 99th Division was the first full US division over the Rhine. The 99th continued attacking east into Germany and participating in the closing of the Ruhr Pocket. While Karl Timmermann was born in Colorado, he grew up in West Point, located in Cuming County, Nebraska. There is a memorial in Timmerman Park located in West Point in honor of Lieutenant Timmerman. There is also a bridge over the Elkhorn River just west of West Point named after Lieutenant Timmerman. Thank you for reminding Americans that WWII didn’t end in Normandy.
@MikeT-TheRetiredColonel 3 місяці тому
Similar comment made by myself about my second cousin twice removed as he crossed just north of the bridge with the 104th ID, he was KIA on 24 March 1945, unfortunately.
@ulflindberg826 3 місяці тому
My mother lived in Ariendorf just south of Remagen at that time. She told me that there had been a group of german engineers stationed there to repair the bridge. As the Americans approached they got marching order to the eastfront and was replaced with the aengineer with the task to blow the bridge. The reparing engineers then sabotaged the explosivs so they would be captured by the americans, a fate preferable to the east front.
@BattleGuideVT 3 місяці тому
How interesting... and sneaky!
@bob_the_bomb4508 3 місяці тому
As a former Sapper this bridge was still being used to teach the management of bridge demolitions in the 1980’s. I was lucky to visit the site on a battlefield tour whilst at RMAS in 1982. Indeed the entire NATO protocol for demolitions had been developed to ensure that, in any future conflict, such command and control failures would be avoided.
@fazole 3 місяці тому
We're the Rhine bridges mined during the Cold War?
@bob_the_bomb4508 3 місяці тому
@@fazole I honestly don’t know if that was planned, as it was far behind our area of responsibility. That being said, no bridge had explosive charges on them in peacetime.
@M-I-K-E 2 місяці тому
@@bob_the_bomb4508 i am not sure about swiss bridges
@bob_the_bomb4508 2 місяці тому
@@M-I-K-E the Swiss are a law unto themselves. Literally… :(
@GregALang 3 місяці тому
Timmermann was from West Point, Nebraska. He was born in Frankfurt, Germany but was raised by his mother in Nebraska. Timmermann himself was raising his family in Nebraska. He died in Aurora, Colorado because that's where he was hospitalized for the cancer that ended his life.
@wolfheilmann774 3 місяці тому
thanks for this excellent video. As a German I'm very happy of the efforts of the allies liberating us from a dictatorship. Went first time to the bridge in my youth time, in the mid seventies, when living in Bonn. Impressive, what was achieved in 45.
@Andrew-df1dr 3 місяці тому
Yet part of your country was taken over by that other dictator: Stalin. Has Germany recovered from that? I hear the east is still poorer than the west.
@brianmcsorley3229 3 місяці тому
Thank you Wolf, my dad was there on top of that hill ,with his anti-aircraft (4x.50 cal.) halftrack . I appreciate your anti-dictator sentiment here in 2024 . There's no kidding around about it at the level of national politics.
@wolfheilmann774 3 місяці тому
@@brianmcsorley3229 some time ago I walked with a British friend across the battlefields at Verdun. His grandfather and mine were fighting against each another. We can be so happy that nowadays we have had so long period of piece in Europe, and that we can be friends .
@WielkaStopa-qh1rr 3 місяці тому
" liberating us from a dictatorship" nothing like a new mythology. the allies were fighting with german state which then was nazi
@fazole 3 місяці тому
Crap yt app cuts in a sudden ad and the comment I was reading is gone! That's what I get for using their shit app! No more!
@johndilday1846 3 місяці тому
Great story. My father was in the 127th AAA gun battalion, one of the antiaircraft units rushed to the area to defend the bridge. My father said that he was watching as the bridge collapsed. He said that the sound of the metal bridge girders giving way was terrifying, as well as seeing those on the bridge running for their lives before it collapsed.
@billyroy3577 3 місяці тому
My father was there with the 376th AAA battalion.
@davidturk6170 3 місяці тому
Famous Major League baseball player, Warren Spahn Milwaukee Braves, was stationed there as a combat engineer. Was almost killed when the bridge collapsed. Would have lost the winningest left handed in baseball history.
@dave8323 3 місяці тому
oh no, what a tratedy that would have been for the worlds gayest sport
@josephgrosso8731 3 місяці тому
Great video of an important chapter of WW II. My dad was in Big Red One, 639th AAA battalion. He was on 40mm anti aircraft gun battling Luftwaffe planes desperately trying to destroy the bridge. He was very proud of how his unit helped protect that bridge and shorten the war.
@BattleGuideVT 3 місяці тому
Glad you enjoyed it.
@jackbraine2276 2 місяці тому
My father crossed the Rhine with the Big Red One, 26th Regiment, 2nd Battalion at Remagen. He said he they crossed in boats under fire. He said he pitied the men who manned the boats because, while he only crossed once, those men crossed over and over again shuttling the troops across the river. He mention the spectacular show when the AAA put a massive cone of fire over the bridge and how it was almost impossible for aircraft to penetrate it. Dad also said that once they got across, it was rough. The Germans had the high ground and the US forces were stalled. It was difficult to get supplies to the troops who had crossed and dad said that they were down to eating the one C ration that nobody liked. It was when the paratroopers landed behind the Germans, that the pressure was taken off them and then they could move forward. Dad said it was no walk in the park.
@scottwhitcher265 3 місяці тому
My Uncle, Kenneth Whitcher was there as a tank driver. I've heard of this all my life and have seen the movie several times. This documentary is great. Thank you.
@youdaman5069 2 місяці тому
My grandfather was at the Battle of the Bulge and Remagen Bridge. He was lucky to have survived.
@jstal6325 21 день тому
Very lucky greatest generation. My dad said he could hear bullets hitting bridge railing when he ran across
@markjohnson4053 3 місяці тому
A friend of my dad Tony Romeo was one of the guys that helped captured the bridge. Tony was a very nice and kind man. Someone who I will never forget.
@JS-gf6uc 3 місяці тому
My Dad Jack Sheppard was at the Bridge during the Battle and collapse. He passed away last Jan 2 nd. US Army.
@BattleGuideVT 3 місяці тому
It's the English language. The Americans and Canadians pronounce them wrong. :)
@GeneralThargor 3 місяці тому
Damn, that was brillant! Well done all involved.
@BattleGuideVT 3 місяці тому
Thanks General!
@paulscousedownie 3 місяці тому
As ex Royal Engineer sapper I really enjoyed the story of the Remagen bridge. There was a movie made in the 1969 about the capture of the bridge. Might be a film worth watching again. However you brought the story of the capture of the bridge to life. Well done! 😊
@BattleGuideVT 3 місяці тому
Thanks Paul, glad you enjoyed it!
@lyndoncmp5751 3 місяці тому
It was on British tv only the other week. I watched the first half hour before I had to go out. Seen it before a few times though.
@givenfirstnamefamilyfirstn3935 3 місяці тому
The movie infantry events were largely fiction.
@AudieHolland 3 місяці тому
@@givenfirstnamefamilyfirstn3935 The historical events don't make for a traditional warmovie. The initial capture of the bridge was almost by accident. Although those few US infantry running across the bridge must have felt every gun in Germany was firing at them, there were very few German defenders at the time. Apart from the platoon that ran across the bridge, there were two small teams of about four men each that stormed the two towers defending the bridge. However, the machinegunners in the towers weren't expecting any problems so were taken by surprise. As one assault team broke into a tower, the team leader, Sgt. DeLisio, immediately kicked the German machinegun out of the window, the German gun crew surrendered, and that was it. Only in the following days and weeks did the actual battle break out, as the Germans tried to recapture/destroy the bridge with the Americans defending it and sending more and more men across the river every day.
@stevewilkes2307 3 місяці тому
My father was there with the 51st Engineer Combat Batallion, who built the heavy pontoon bridge downstream. Saw jet aircraft for the first time.
@CanOfRabbitHoles 3 місяці тому
Absolutely completely amazing! Why on earth can't big budget documentaries hold a candle to this!? You guys should really think about submitting this stuff for archival or TV or something! ❤
@BattleGuideVT 3 місяці тому
Wow, high praise indeed, thanks for the kind words!
@sjb3460 3 місяці тому
No. They would be held to DEI standards, the dialogue inspected for hurtful comments or content, then they would have to hire about 200 union members. By the time this crew would have been remade, the quality and unique perspectives would be lost.
@sjb3460 3 місяці тому
Keep up the wonderful work. You guys are craftsmen of the highest order.
@mikebaginy8731 3 місяці тому
Thanks for this very detailed and interesting documentary! My father (82nd Airborne) crossed the Rhine n that bridge and now I live in Germany, near Cologne, not far from Remagen. I've visited the town many times and biked past the bridge regularly in summer.
@shaneellison9424 2 місяці тому
My grandfather helped build one of the pontoon bridges under heavy fire, there were 3 bridges able to be out of 33 that were able to be constructed.
@Chiller11 2 місяці тому
The crossing at Remagen was likely the nail in Montgomery’s coffin as regards a major role in the conquest of the German homeland. For much of the thrust across France the plan was for Montgomery to cross the Rhine in the North and utilize the relatively open countryside to drive towards Berlin. Monty had sequentially lost Eisenhower’s favour with the failure in the Netherlands, his resistance to Eisenhower’s superior rank and finally a seriously self aggrandizing news conference after the Bulge. By crossing the Rhine 3 weeks before Operation Plunder/Varsity the calculation favouring 21st Army Group as the main offensive element had changed. The British and Canadians were diverted northward toward Denmark as the Americans headed into central Germany and the Elbe.
@ron4hunting 3 місяці тому
my uncle was one of the men who tried get off the bridge when the bridge collapsed and he spent the night in the river hanging onto one of the barges . sadly he passed in 69 .
@flavio_meneses 3 місяці тому
You've done a fantastic job, the attention to detail is incredible! The perspectives from both sides, the strategic context vs on the ground action, overlays of historic photographs and contemporary footage make this a masterclass in storytelling!
@Theearthtraveler 3 місяці тому
Very good video!!! Capturing the Ludendorff Bridge was unexpected and the Allies exploited it immediately. It shortened the war and saved lives.
@AudieHolland 3 місяці тому
*Re: Lieutenant Karl Heinrich Timmermann* His father was a German immigrant who joined the US Army and was stationed in Frankfurt, Germany in 1919. He went AWOL and met his future wife, they got a son, Karl. The family returned to the USA in 1922. Because of his father's desertion, Karl and his brothers decided to join the US Army when it joined WW1 to redeem their family name. By extraordinary coincidence, Lieutenant Timmermann ended up at Remagen, a place he knew from his father's stories when he was AWOL in Germany. Timmermann informed his superiors that although Remagen was rather isolated, a few miles from the river was the Autobahn (German highways) that led to Frankfurt. In 1969, the warmovie 'The Bridge at Remagen' was released. Although dramatized, it does have great visuals of the landscape and the bridge itself. Or rather, a similar bridge built by the same company in what was Czechoslovakia at the time. The Czech bridge and town in the movie bore a great resemblance to the WW2 town of Remagen (a bit like the movie 'A Bridge Too Far' was shot in the Dutch town of Deventer because they had a similar bridge like at Arnhem). The movie's production was cut short in August 1968, when the Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact forces invaded to repress the Prague Spring with force. Film crew and actors were hastily evacuated including the WW2 vintage vehicles. The final scenes were finished in Hollywood but when you watch the movie, it's hard to tell the difference.
@HO-bndk 2 місяці тому
Remagen is also where Julius Caesar bridged the Rhine.
@retiredguyadventures6211 3 місяці тому
My grandfather was a Marine in WW1 and crossed the Remagen Bridge when his outfit entered Germany. Fast forward to WW2 and my father was in the US Army and witnessed the Remagen Bridge when it collapsed. Can't make this stuff up...
@joescola7498 3 місяці тому
A family friend of ours, Paul Robinson, was the commander of one of those half tracks that shot down planes attacking the bridge. He was an amazing man with a hundred stories about his generation. The Greatest Generation.
@badwizard1312 8 годин тому
They were. My uncle was on second wave on Omaha. My Dad was with 101 gliders. Made two jumps behind nazi lines. But those who serve are the greatest of EVERY generation. Vietnam vet.
@hybridwolf66 2 місяці тому
I was fortunate enough to visit Remagen in the 80's. I was able to see the remains. When I visited, the footings in the river were still there. They had not been demolished yet. It was awe-inspiring. Knowing that that 1 bridge, was a turning point in the war against Nazi Germany. Great documentary. Thanks for those memories!
@Varzaak 3 місяці тому
My dad's former boss wrote the book and was at Remagen bridge. Ken Hechler.
@Andy85uk 3 місяці тому
I remember thinking when I watched Mark Felton’s video on the subject how remarkably historically accurate the film adaptation The Bridge At Remagen was, and this video just exemplifies that thought even further
@MikeT-TheRetiredColonel 3 місяці тому
Love Mark's work!
@grayharker6271 3 місяці тому
I was in 9th Engr USAER during the 70s. We had a stone from the Remagen Bridge on our Parrade grounds next to the Flag pole. We were all well versed in the story of the Remagen Bridge head!
@assessor1276 2 місяці тому
I’ve been to Remagen and the sight of the structures at the former ends of the Ludendorff Bridge is heart-stopping for a person who knows the history. You’ve told the story very well indeed.
@lonzo61 3 місяці тому
Sgt. Alex Drabik lived only a few miles from me , as I lived just across the road from Holland Township in the 1960s and 1970s. I know two of his cousins. Had I known it back in the late '70s and into the '80s when I had taken great interest in WW2, I'd have looked him up. Some of the fellows I knew in the area used to go to his house with beer in hand, where he would then talk about his wartime experiences.
@johnc2438 2 місяці тому
Wonderfully told story! Salute to you from a retired U.S. Navy chief petty officer in the Pacific Northwest of the USA!
@lizobrien1826 18 днів тому
My late father was there. He was RNZAF attached to a specialised RAF unit AMES 9432. This unit was traversing across France Belgium and into Germany from September 1944 until May 1945. I have in photo to verify. He told us five kids he was the first NZer there but never any details at all.
@metalcorerockfilms Місяць тому
My favorite ww2 movie is called the Bridge at Remagen. Idk how accurate the film is and all but to me it really shows how important the bridge was and how crazy the last few months of the war were.
@quirkygreece 3 місяці тому
Great story, well told. Enjoyed that!
@BattleGuideVT 3 місяці тому
Much appreciated!
@keithwinters3031 3 місяці тому
These uploads bring it all to life. Names, antics, details of opposing armies. So good...thank you.
@BattleGuideVT 3 місяці тому
Thanks for watching.
@jameswright4420 3 місяці тому
Karl Timmerman was from West Point, NE. He died in aurora, CO. There are memorials all over West Point and there are still a lot of Timmermans in the area and multiple memorials to him. Get it right because the town of West Point is really proud of him (rightfully so)!
@AudieHolland 3 місяці тому
Lieutenant Karl Heinrich Timmermann was originally born in Frankfurt am Main in 1922, about 160 kilometers from Remagen. The family moved back to the USA two years later but Timmermann remembered from his father that Remagen, while isolated, was only a few kilometers away from the Autobahn (highway) to Frankfurt. With that knowledge, Timmermann was able to convince his superiors of the importance of the Remagen crossing. Imagine his superior, asking Timmermann, 'are you sure?' And him replying 'Yes sir, I was born in Frankfurt, my father told me the Autobahn is close to Remagen.'
@vanpearsall 3 місяці тому
I remember watching the movie this was way better. Thank you.
@BattleGuideVT 3 місяці тому
Glad you enjoyed it!
@chkoha6462 3 місяці тому
Hi Dan & Team, thanks for another top notch presentation
@BattleGuideVT 3 місяці тому
Our pleasure!
@user-co2vz4py3r 2 місяці тому
Great video-Bought tears to my eyes as I watched the bravery of those soldiers who perished whilst attempting to save the bridge
@jackbelk8527 3 місяці тому
VERY well done! No phony sound effects or background noise. Perfect!
@Hokusai13 3 місяці тому
Oh yay! New battle guide vid, this is a treat
@BattleGuideVT 3 місяці тому
Hope you enjoy it!
@CrimsonSw1ft 3 місяці тому
Incredible video! I've never seen most of the footage shown, I'm not sure how you don't have millions of subs!
@BattleGuideVT 3 місяці тому
Wow, thanks very much. We are still quite new here one YT, so hopefully one day if we keep doing what we enjoy, but very glad you found it interesting!
@JamesLaserpimpWalsh 3 місяці тому
This just shows. Assumption is the mother of all screw ups. Always pursue every route to victory. You never know. There might be a sneaky back way through.
@Klbkchhezeim 3 місяці тому
13:01 lol, i love how they immediately asserted bragging rights.
@scottwhitcher265 3 місяці тому
I believe that sign is at the 9th Armored Division museum.
@user-nn6um3tw8f 15 годин тому
A very well done Documentary no loud noise you guys should have gotten an Emmy Award for this.
@alex4833 3 місяці тому
Informative and superb video! Great narration, Dan. I also like the shots of today compared to footage taken in 1945. The maps were helpful as usual and it was great getting to see the footage. Kudos! Keep up the great work.
@BattleGuideVT 3 місяці тому
Many thanks Alex, really appreciate that
@alex4833 3 місяці тому
@@BattleGuideVT You're very welcome. I learn a lot from each video. Kudos.
@hisurfer1 22 дні тому
For me its still unbelievable, what was happing there in ww2. I am a German living in a peaceful europe and I am deepest thankful, that those brave people fought against nazi germany and makes our current world possible. I also talk to my children about this and I hope it will never been forgotten.
@professormcclaine5738 3 місяці тому
The ghosts of Remargen bridge must be many.
@scottcamp797 3 місяці тому
You guys are making some of the best docs out there!
@BattleGuideVT 3 місяці тому
Thanks for that Scott
@joeyw7325 3 місяці тому
I’m just so impressed by the quality and detail you put into these little docs. You really do your homework on this channel.
@BattleGuideVT 3 місяці тому
Thanks very much Joey!
@joeyw7325 3 місяці тому
@@BattleGuideVT you’re welcome. It’s very deserved. You’re gonna be at a million subscribers in no time
@piobmhor8529 2 місяці тому
In 2011, I was working in Cologne and took the opportunity to visit Remagen. It’s a beautiful, peaceful Rhein valley town surrounded with vineyards. The twin towers on the Remagen side of the river are a museum today and we’ll worth visiting. Great pizza at the Cafe Venezia on Marktplatz.
@Lecknye1961 3 місяці тому
My father, he was one of the engineers on the bridge.
@johannes7059 3 місяці тому
Incredible video, thank you for your work 👏
@BattleGuideVT 3 місяці тому
Glad you enjoyed it!
@montarakid1943 3 місяці тому
I know the story quite well. What I did not realize is that there is no longer a bridge at that location. Great now & then pictures as usual. 😎
@BattleGuideVT 3 місяці тому
Many thanks!
@givenfirstnamefamilyfirstn3935 3 місяці тому
The bridge would be useful to the WW3 Red Army’s French push after they reached the Rhine at Bonn. Not rebuilt.
@barnbuild27 3 місяці тому
My father crossed that bridge, 78th Infantry.
@2_dog_Restoration 3 місяці тому
My uncle Elton Hisel was with the 78 Division also. His job was jeep driver for a company commandeer. He talked about cross both the original bridge and the pontoon bridge. He came under fire when crossing the pontoon bridge.
@mickemike2148 2 місяці тому
I've never read or heard about this event. Thank you for the enlightenment! You have earned yourself a new subscriber.
@brandonharris1376 3 місяці тому
The information embedded in this video is absolutely wild. You’ve got yourself a new subscriber!…can’t wait to binge the rest of your videos. Great work!
@BattleGuideVT 3 місяці тому
Awesome! Thank you!
@davidnemoseck9007 2 місяці тому
Can't get enough of these. Thanks for doing them, and keep them coming!
@philipwurm5121 3 місяці тому
I knew of this story before but had a half hour to kill before work. Great Job!!!!!
@BattleGuideVT 3 місяці тому
Thanks for tuning in.
@gareththomson3437 7 днів тому
AN excellent documentary. One of the best I have seen on the events of World War II.
@laj6969 21 годину тому
What a production! Well done!
@larrylongprong5219 3 місяці тому
Very well documented and presented, thank you.
@BattleGuideVT 3 місяці тому
Glad you enjoyed it!
@leonardcollings7389 3 місяці тому
I man I worked with was about fifth in line when taking the bridge. He made it through WWII without a scratch. He said sometimes it was best to be upfront before the enemy got your range and lead.
@joespeciale5875 2 місяці тому
Really wonderful identification of the individuals on both sides complete with photographs and names that were involved-- right down to the hauptmen & company commanders.
@NocturN4 2 місяці тому
Your editing and story like narration is truly impressive
@thedudeabides3138 2 місяці тому
Superb essay, really well edited and narrated, thank you.
@bmk54 3 місяці тому
So well done, thorough, & respectful. May the Good Lord welcome all the men of Remagam across the Bridge into Heaven.
@BattleGuideVT 3 місяці тому
Glad you enjoyed it.
@user-jg1el8lh3x 2 місяці тому
My grandfather was in the 276th Combat Engineers. He talked to me about the day the bridge fell and the friends he lost. I have his book that was put together after the war to document the 276th from training in the states to Remagen. I also have his draft card that he wrote this on “They didn’t draft me,I volunteered”. He was 36 or 37 years old when he volunteered.
@craigr1966 Місяць тому
Excellent production and images...
@carlcushmanhybels8159 3 місяці тому
Thank you ! Superbly done. While I'd heard of "The Bridge at Remagen" over the Rhine, and knew it was important, I hadn't known the Story, esp fleshed out, from/ via different participants. Feel like I've been there now. Though thankfully, I wasn't shot at nor dunked in freezing water.
@BattleGuideVT 3 місяці тому
Thank you! @carlcushmanhybels8159
@gsx7r 3 місяці тому
Incredible video, some scenes I’m looking at like I’ve seen this before, now I know where Call of Duty got the cut scenes from.
@hooper4581 3 місяці тому
Splendid video ! Kudos 👏👏👏
@BattleGuideVT 3 місяці тому
Glad you liked it!
@premierhoner614 3 місяці тому
WOW!!! May we never forget the brave souls who gave their lives to help the rest to achieve a bigger goal. Rest in peace. 😢😢
@kiwifruit27 3 місяці тому
Fascinating video, thanks
@BattleGuideVT 3 місяці тому
Glad you enjoyed it!
@spraymantis8998 3 місяці тому
Never knew about this bridge until I played HLL, great video!
@BattleGuideVT 3 місяці тому
Glad you enjoyed!
@Washoejim 2 місяці тому
What a great video, I just couldn't stop watching, thank you.
@johnnyola8391 2 місяці тому
One of my favorite movies and I love seeing the real story very nicely done. I think George Segal looked a lot like Timmerman.
@wallymcallister5831 3 місяці тому
Had a friend who was a guard over the pontoon bridge after Remagen had fallen.
@randyneilson7465 3 місяці тому
One of the best looks at this historic event I've seen.
@BattleGuideVT 3 місяці тому
Thanks Randy
@gatorspad3632 3 місяці тому
A simply brilliant documentary, thank you for the amazing history lesson!
@BattleGuideVT 3 місяці тому
You are welcome thanks for tuning in.
@mchrome3366 3 місяці тому
The Arado AR 234 was a jet used by the Germans in an attempt to bomb the bridge. Not sure if the ME 262 was also used but if you say so. Not in any way meant take away from your great video. Thanks
@briansmith7256 День тому
Amazing! Thank you. 👏
@2_dog_Restoration 3 місяці тому
My uncle Elton Hisel was with the 78th Div. His unit was close and he drove the company commander across both the original bridge and the pontoon bridge. He tells the story of being only part way across the pontoon bridge when it came under artillery fire !! he said he had to exceed the posted speed limit but was able to safety cross. The company commander asked him how he learn to drive on something moving back and forth. He said it was no different than his Model A ford and the lose sandy roads of his youth in Nebraska sand-hills!
@rexwarfield7775 2 місяці тому
Well done. Love Hell Let Loose. Loved the history behind the Remagen map.
@DR10002 3 місяці тому
Very well done narration. Your storytelling is spot on.
@BattleGuideVT 3 місяці тому
Thank you kindly!
@johnvan6082 3 місяці тому
Well done . I could be wrong , but I thought that it was Arado 234 jets that attacked the bridge .
@user-vj7el2wg9b 3 місяці тому
Yes, I thought that too. Arado 234 B2s, probably of the 6th Staffel of Kampfgeschwader 76.
@jimdecamp7204 3 місяці тому
The commander of the U.S. antiaircraft forces around Remagen called the triple-A barrage his troops unleashed, "the million dollar fireworks show", in appreciation of the cost of the ammunition.
@Jamie92208 22 дні тому
A very good video. Sadly the remain s of the bridge after it collapsed look chillingly similar to the sad remnants of the Key bridge in Baltimore. RIP those killed in both collapses. Our family stopped at Remagen on holiday in the 1990's.
@johnking8724 3 місяці тому
As the Norm, Outstanding Presentation !
@BattleGuideVT 3 місяці тому
Thanks John!
@ImranShaikh-gh2wd 3 місяці тому
great video thank you
@BattleGuideVT 3 місяці тому
Glad you enjoyed it
@lindapiette8009 3 місяці тому
I really enjoyed your documentary. It was impressive and succinct.
@lynnwood7205 2 місяці тому
Now I have to call my brother to find out which of his friend's fathers was one of the men to first cross Remagen. Gawd, how little did I appreciate the incredible history of so many about me in my boyhood. In memory.
@andrewlucas9282 3 місяці тому
Yet another fantastic and informative video. Thank you 🙏
@BattleGuideVT 3 місяці тому
Thanks very much.
@jacksumme6387 3 місяці тому
As a young MP Lieutenant at Fort Hood, TX in 1978, I led a couple of flag raising or lowering details at HQ, 3 Corps. If I remember correctly, there was a large rock near the flag pole that was from the bridge at Remagen. You could actually touch history.
@dave8323 3 місяці тому
Everybody hates mp's
@adrianrichards247 2 місяці тому
Excellent Episode…..First one I have watched …look forward to others
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