I used to know an old guy who got caught up in this. He was French and a veteran of WW1. Because he was Jewish he emigrated to the USA in 1936. Despite being 40 years old he was drafted and put in the infantry when the war started. In the Battle of the Bulge he was on patrol with 7 other men and they were captured by the Germans. The krauts shot each one in the back of the head. Except Louie didn't die. After a while he woke up and started walking around. He encountered French partisans and they were suspicious to find a Frenchman in an American uniform. They asked him what unit he was with and confused, he gave them the name of his WW1 French unit. They asked where it was and he replied "Verdun." They took him to the hospital and he took six weeks to recover, then joined the partisans. He fought with them for three months and finally ran into his American unit, which he rejoined. After the war he returned to San Francisco and lived until his late 90s.

My wife's uncle, Grover, was a runner for the 80th Division and was attached to the 285th Forward Observation Battalion when they were surprised on the road from St. Vith. The asshole, Jochim Peiper (Kampfgrupe Peiper) took the prisoners out to the Bougnez cross roads and mowed them down with a machine gun. Grover said after that a German Sgt. came by and shot him in the head. Grover said the bullet ticked off a piece of his skull and spun around in his helmet and that saved his life. After the Germans left he said he led around 12 survivors back to the American lines. Uncle Grover was awarded the Purple Heart and Bronze Star for his heroic actions that 17th day in December 1944. Jochim Peiper got his just reward in 1957 while he was living in France. They Nazi hunters burned down his house with him in it. Cheers from eastern TN

Excellent documentary on the “Battle of the Bulge”. My dad was a company commander of the 415 infantry regiment of Rainbow Division which was involved in this battle. He received the Distinguished Service Cross and 2 Purple Hearts for his meritorious conduct. 🇺🇸

This is one of the best documentaries I have seen on the Battle of the Bulge. Bastogne was hugely important. Had the Germans succeeded on capturing Antwerp. The war could have gone on for another year. By which time they would have had the V5 rockets and other weapons. Thank god for the bravery of the American soldiers. I really enjoyed viewing this video.

Rommel quit??? He was forced to commit suicide.

Lost my uncle Harold Haupt on Christmas Eve in Luxemburg. He was with 1st Army. His brother Donald was fighting with Patton.

Thank you 💛 for wonderful documentary, I especially because of Patton. I am friends with his great grandson 💙.

Excellent documentary, well-written & researched. Great balance of narration & video. Congrats to the producers...and much respect to the men who fought.

My uncle served with the U.S. Army 35th Division in this battle. They were part of Patton’s attack to relieve Bastogne.

I am currently reading the memories of an American paratrooper All the way to Berlin by James Megellas. His unit also fought in the Battle of the Bulge. Much respect to these young man giving me a beautiful free life.

Good job overall. There's a lot of film I had never seen before . . . and I've been watching WW2 documentaries for many years.

*Never before I could observe the tanks skidding on the regular winter roads like that !!!!* Holly Smoke !!!!

The music often overwhelms the narration.

Thank you, so well researched.

Outstanding! Excellent Documentary with amazing footage! It was amusing when you showed the footage of the tanks sliding sideways on the ice though, especially backed up by the accompanying 'jingle bell' music there. LOL. Although, I'll bet it wasn't amusing for those poor soldiers at the time though.They always seemed to keep smiling though, no matter what, which makes them even braver! So, maybe they did get a kick out of it after all. God knows they certainly needed a laugh, especially through all of that horror & tragedy! God bless the brave Allies & all the soldiers for their courage & selfless sacrifice! May they Rest in Peace! Thank you for sharing!

Great Documentary! Thanks for sharing. 🙏❤️🇺🇸

First Comment.. KEEP THESE VIDS COMING MY MAN!

My father was in this battle. He was in a mortar unit that was overwhelmed by the German attack. His unit retreated to a small town hiding in large trash receptacles while he watched tiger tanks roll by. Being from Minnesota he was used to cold weather but he said it was beyond cold. He made it back to the American lines the next morning. His worst memories were seeing hundreds of dead frozen soldiers in weird positions. He and his unit were given the task of taking several hundred German captives back to the prison camps. Three guys. He said he feared the Germans overwhelming them but said he could see they were done.

original footage like this is the best.

32:00 Big Mistake on Ike's part putting Monty in charge of anything!

I learn something new each and every time I see a new documentary. I knew how and who won what. But it’s the tiniest of details that peak my attention. Thank you for the educational opportunity.

Isn’t it crazy to think how wars will never be fought like this again

Awesome video!

I prefer the documentaries because it is the real thing. Movies are just imaginative reconstruction of the action proper.

These are realities long before we were born. Monster’s attack never before fought at this scale.

This is more of a Documentary than a Movie, which I would say a Documentary is the best way to inform the general public about the Battle of the Bulge rather than produce a full length movie with tons of Inaccuracies like the 1965 movie that even a Former President of the United States was totally disgusted when he viewed it.

It was a great documentary I have ever seen about Belgium 🇧🇪 Battle in 1944. Thank you for a great ( the war channel ) for sharing.

One of the best.

For some baffling reason beyond me, Eisenhower and Bradley IGNORED Intelligence reports of the Third Army, and Resisistance reports, that stated for MONTHS that German troops artillery and armor were massing in the Ardennes. It’s like the French in 1940, who couldn’t imagine Blitzkrieg through the Ardennes. But in 1944, the Allies should have known better. Unlike France in 1940, the Allies had seen it happen once. Patton was …rightly…mad as hell that his Army’s Intelligence reports were disregarded by SHAEF.

I appreciate it!

Awesome great video i enjoy it

Amazing original footage!

Patton's famous dash to the Rhine that ended the battle quickly but he was not allowed to race to Berlin!! a mystery by that political Eisenhower!!

Why is the music so loud, makes this a difficult watch?

The music is much too loud.

Thanks. I am from India.

One of the best WWII movies ever. Indeed Europe, from 1914 to 1945 sort of committed suicide😢.

Patton didn't say that until they knew Germany was attacking the ardennes. He was asked if he could support and he did. But he didn't say that until Germany were attacking.

Thank you for your videos

The bridges Pieper needed were blown by Combat engineers from the 291st ECB. He was heard calling the engineers "Those damn engineers ".

My father was in the 16th infantry regiment of the Big red one, he was part of the stoppage of the German advance on the Eisenborn ridge….he said they stope Germans and tanks with artillery and bazookas on that ridge…

A few things change the tide of the war. A smaller group of Ametican soldier held off the German assault, long enough for the reinforcement to come and clear weather . The clear weather allows the allies aircraft to destroy much of the German equipments and troops on the ground.

you forgot to mention Canadian Allied forces also landed at Juno beach.

Poli Bulddiy, De La Bolg..

There are some facts overlooked. Supply lines and advances were badly affected by the failure of Market Garden. Montgomery lost 12,000 troops and the American 8,000' It was also determined that Patton should not rush to Berlin after the concentration camps were exposed; Let the Russians suffer the losses and lives. Operation Valkyrie implicated Rommel and he was forced to commit suicide rather than have his family killed with him. The British documentaries seem to be somewhat slanted. However, the footage is quite good. BTW the Americans were called the "battered bastards of Bastogne" not the battling.

The Germans had intended to capture American fuel dumps to keep pushing to Antwerp. My question: Allied tanks and equipment burned gasoline. German panzers and equipment burned diesel. You can't burn gas in a diesel engine. What good would our fuel dumps be to the Wehrmacht?

Excellent Documentary however the loud music overpowered the narration.

Its agood documentary but not a movie sometimes a movie can reflect history or even be what you call a docu-drama this is a documentary. Most informative however thankyou in future i trust you'll know the difference between movie and not movie

Ahum... The Dutch Port of Atwerp...????????? Very well researched...

My uncle Bobbie fought at the Battle of the Bulge.

Some of these facts are not quite correct. But there are some claims that just seem unrealistic. Patton moved 130,000 vehicles north? He did keep some units to guard against another target he thought of. Strasbourg represented the Alsace region of old Germany. Wven survuvors of the Malmedy said Peiper never gave the order to kill prisoners. But it is believed he told his subordinates that they can not take the prisoners back. So it was interpreted as being an acrual order. He got his in the end anyway. Lost most of his command and vehicles. Somebody burned his home with him in it. There were locals that were killed by SS and bombing raids. Payback.

The allies had massive artillery fire that they could rain down on the siege freida line but I wonder why they never did that.

Rightwinger your beyond correct,the title is misrepresented thanks for pointing this out!

Sonnenstein was killed in action on 26th of December he was a paratrooper in the 101st airborne division I'm his great nephew Dave

My great uncle Morris

The beaches of Normandy were not taken easily and quickly

The Dutch port of Antwerp? Odd that as when I went there it was in Belgium.. Does anyone actually check the facts of these documentaries before they broadcast them?

Pretty cool but it wasn't all the 3rd Army...what about the northern side and places like the Elsenborn Ridge...that is not really even mentioned...Bütgenbach, Büllingen, Honsfeld, Lanzerath...should be worth a mention

As the previous commentator said. it is an excellent documentary. However, it is NOT a full movie! The real movie was nearly 3 hours long.

A look alike of Dracula i saw among the germans

I'm watching this 79 years later Christmas Eve 2023!🫷😁🫸MAGA Christmas and a MAGA New Year!

This one are a remake of the battle of the bulgs are no compleet see the first one from 1963 play time 2h30 m

No hay subtitulos!

9:17 "Called up every man between 16 & 60" Was this everyone, or were there still some reserved occupations?

The damn music is worse than the German attack.

Dat was some crasy sh!t right dere y'all!

Portent. Donnie said WW2 could happen!

He was a combat medic ranked corporal young 20 21 years old

The port of Antwerp is not Dutch but Belgium

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Too many inaccuracies. Runstedt didn't resign--he was stacked for defeatism (actually realism). Rommel didn't quit. He was badly wounded. Patton didn't turn his army 90 degrees until the Ardennes offensive was under way. Montgomery didn't consider Patton his rival; after the war, he was surprised to learn people thought that. He struggled with Ike. Anyway, I stopped watching.

R.I.P.❤

Dutch port of Antwerp?Belgian port of Antwerp you mean

8th air force.

Not the best telling of the battle with no sustained narrative. I mean the editing seemed a little weird. Fortunately, this is one of many on the topic so students of the topic can accumulate a knowledgeable perspective.

Manteufel is a weird name. In German it means man devil. Apropos for a German commander.

Patton was selfish towards his men. Numbers of dead didn't matter it it achieved his goal. Where as Montgomery was trying to keep casualties down to a minimum

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next was OPERATION NORTHWIND

music is super annoying

the "Dutch" port of Antwerp(en)?? Antwerpen/Anvers lies in Belgium! the Schelde estuary, the gateway to Antwerp lies in the south of the Netherlands and was not cleared of German interference and that was why the harbour of Antwerp was not immediatly usable...

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I can't watch the b.s.

I once asked my Dad why don't they show black soldiers who served he said good question

Playing the American anthem makes it seem like they did all the work , they did not !

Who decides that the background music should grate the ears to inflict pain?

If nazi does not face the Soviet allies it will not win. But the story always in allies and US army.

8000 Americans killed but just 200 British killed. Whats wrong with that picture?

This is the old WW2 US Propaganda narrative. Montgomery outranked Patton so there was no bitter rivalry and in pictures Monty and Patton are ofted seen sharing a joke. However the Battle of the Bulge was a FUBAR, after the start the battle Bradley did nothing for 3 days US 12th Army Group was without leadership. Eisenhower had to order Montgomery to take command if US 1st and 9th Armies in the North, while Patton was ordered to Bastogne. After the battle the Americans sought to erase the humiliation of calling in Monty by first concentrating press coverage on Bastogne. Monty and US 9th Army that actually stopped the German advance 65 miles North of Bastogne, were ignored and their part was never fully recognized. This show amply demonstrates that. To placate Bradley, Eisenhower tried to fire Monty in January 1945, until it was pointed out that humiliation was not a military reason to fire him. Instead Ike quelled Bradley's protests by promoting him for a bettle he never took part in!

Where’s Charles Bronson, Henry Fonda & Telly Savalis? Fake movie!😅

american lost 1200 tanks btw

All that effort these men underwent on both sides. For What ? Look at what they are doing to all these lands now. Giving it away to Islam at the expense of the people that are from their.

Indiscriminately bombing.

Après la peste ,le choléra.

Arden carpet bombing took place.

There are so many docs on this topic. Some of the better ones actually interview those who fought and commanded in the battle. Even on both sides. This effort spent too much on loud dramatic music. Its ambitions for an hour were too much. I'll rate it B- due to good footage.

Show historia films versus Propaganda Films.

From Dunkirk, at the beginning of World War II, to Normandy, almost at the end, the Allied Armies did not put a single soldier in Germany. Not a single one. The participation of the Allied Forces in Europe was limited to Aerial Bombing. These actions received a lot of publicity to make us believe that the Aerial Bombings were winning the war. But, there is a very long list of Bombing cities by “Mistake”. The bombing of Nijmegen in the Netherlands (February 1944), it occurred when US bombers returning from a failed mission, as occurred in most cases, were looking for "Optional" targets. Nearly 1,000 Dutch civilians were killed by the bombing. It is proven fact that Aerial Bombardment does NOT win wars, unless it’s Atomic. Aerial Bomb't can destroy cities but does NOT destroy armies. If there is any doubt, then Nazi Germany would have defeated England, after nearly a year of bombing, or the US would have won in Korea, Vietnam or Afghanistan. In fact, it wasn't until 1949-50 that Precision Instruments were available for aerial bombardment. Until then, if a bomber hit within 300 or 400 meters of the target, it was considered a "Bullseyes". In night bombing raids, 500 meters off target was then considered a "Perfect Shot". Propaganda has always led us to believe that we, "The Yankees", beat Hitler. But, I have news for you: The US did not win the war against Germany. The Russians won it. The Allied Army of the US, UK, Canada, Belgium and France (and Poland, and other countries), was able to reach Normandy, thanks to the Soviets destroying the Nazis in Stalingrad, Leningrad, in Kurks and in Kiev, in 1943. It took them 289 days but the Russians won and without the help of nobody… OF NOBODY! Normandy was until June 1944, and Mr. “Hollywood” Patton did NOT manage to set foot on Germany until February 1945, when the Red Army was going over Berlin. In Fact, General Patton was able to cross the border into Germany only when the Russians were 150 kilometers from the Oder River (LOL). The Allies were defeated at Arnhem (Market Garden Sep. 25-1944), and at The Battle of the Bulge (Jan. 25-1945). Now, "Operation Varsity" took place near the end of the War (March 1945), and only 85,000 German soldiers fought against almost 700,000 Allied Forces who could NOT cross the Rhine River due to the heroic resistance of an "Army" of 18-year-olds and 50-year-old Reserve Infantry. So, here General Patton was paralyzed without fuel, while the Red Army was preparing for its last offensive into Berlin. Look here: The average age of the German Army that fought in Normandy was between 18 and 24 years old. And these soldiers faced each other in a ratio of 37 to 1, without Tanks, without Artillery, no Navy nor Air Force. To make matters worse, knowing that four Parachute Divisions were inland behind their backs. This was the reason the Allies won in Normandy. Never the less, It took the Allies 8 months to advance only 500 kilometers from Normandy to Arnhem, and from there, start the Withdrawal back to the border of France/Belgium (What?), facing a virtually defeated German Army cuz USSR. It's a Verifiable Fact that is written in all the History Books, that the German High Command surrendered to the Russian Generals six days BEFORE the first US soldier set foot in Berlin. .

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