Sherman Cowboy in a German Ambush

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Captain Kemble "Cowboy" Tucker is in command of Company A of the 36th tank battalion near Rheinberg in March 1945. They've been given orders to take a bridge and allow the allied invasion of Germany to push forward and into Rheinberg. They're surprised by the lack of German defenses until the trap is sprung and Company A and it's column of Sherman tanks find themselves in the midst of a firestorm of German artillery, troops and heavy weaponry. Against a well dug in and prepared opponent, with incredible bravery, Cowboy Tucker leads the charge.

00:00 A sniper in Lintfort
00:44 World of Tanks
01:45 Towards Rheinberg
03:09 This is an ambush!
05:44 Tucker changes the road
08:05 The Panzer 4 appears
09:35 Reaching the Fossa Canal
12:31 One-armed Cowboy’s last stand

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[samueldamuel]

just the fact the shermans and infantry pushed on despite the intensity and hopelessness of the trap absolutely astounds me

[dreamybullcontent]

This channel deserves an entire movie with the amount of quality and production time 👏

[JohnDavies-cnro]

I'm amazed that Tucker lived as long as he did without bleeding to death from his horrific injury. A very brave man indeed - and a harrowing story.

[Coreybug]

It’s been a few months since I’ve watched you guys and the animation has gotten so good!

[polish-ecuadoriandoge]

The animation from 3 years ago compared to this as come very very far!
This is honestly my favorite history channel, love you guys!
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[Dr_Larken]

I love how you introduced the character you let the audience build a connection to them, and sometimes they don’t make it!
I don’t know why but ever since I was little, I’ve always been drawn to World War II history, European theater. If I had a chance to go back in time, I would definitely fight in the European theater or be a pilot. Aviation comes natural to me. And I’m not even going to exaggerate when I went through Boot Camp and graduated from Paris Island in 2006 two days before Halloween. It was an awesome experience in the crucible was fine AF. There’s just something about having all your gear on. Knowing that at any moment it could all be over. Marine Corps Boot Camp in Paris Island when I went through. They still had a lot of the training tapered around Vietnam era. I don’t know how it is today.. I mean I heard the US Army no longer yells at recruits, they have allegedly a stress card if the drill sergeant tries to yell at somebody or punish them, and the soldier feels stressed. They hold up a card and they don’t have to do anything they get a couple of minutes to their self and proceed.

I think it’s revolutionary that the army is going about that route, because we all know in battle your feelings matter ! Lol

[Rediipandaii]

It’s absolutely crazy how far we came with how good the animation and how realistic it looks we’ve came a long way

[Izzy-sjck]

Man, i've seen the animation go from simple to this masterpiece, love the work you put into this, makes it easier and more interesting to learn about all those battles in history that would be forgotten by most.
Keep up the good work.

[FortyFourTomatoes]

Imagine a video game with this art style

[Zebercettin]

i love everything about this channel, it makes learning small backstories fun, short and exciting

[cloudedarctrooper]

it's an absolute mystery how this man did not posthumously receive the medal of honor.

[oliverlane]

That German who blew the bridge despite his wounds and being surrounded is just as brave and courageous

[LancelotChan]

That's incredible bravery under hopeless situation, struggle and struggle till the end, never giving up despite tremendous injuries. Something I can definitely learn from!

[The_Spood_Dood]

Never knew this story! Beautiful animation. Keep doing what you do!

[MariusFirmin-hgdv]

Wow the animation is incredible and the storytelling is so good, I was sitting on the edge of my chair in awe at every twist of the battle. Thank you for bringing those amazing war stories back to life and sharing them with us, you are doing a great job

[NeverKnow-ytev]

I have always been left speechless by the amazing story telling, but this is the first time I've been shocked by the graphics overhaul, not long ago I had noticed a huge improvement in the graphics which helped aid the story telling with amazing visuals, but on this latest video I am amazed by how cinematic it was to watch while keeping with the traditional video format is quite amazing, I could honestly see yarnhub being paid to produce a documentary series for a streaming service in the years to come similar to WW2 in colour and the likes but in the yarnhub style. Best channel in my opinion to learn war history from

[duglife]

There's a reason they are called "The Greatest Generation."

These guys were just built different... Also, just a DSC? This man deserves the Medal of Honor. Congress, make it happen.

[malakaiboley]

This is so nice to watch and I just love military history and this is basically a record of events that happened in the military so ya it is awesome

[aarongriebler]

I knew a veteran of "The Thundering Herd: in the ordnance and maintenance battalion who vividly recalls this ambush on his unit, he placed the blame on a hotheaded officer in the staff who ordered these tanks to move forwards in a rush to reach the Rhein. He described several 88's and other caliber anti-tank guns engaging their tanks from a distance, and how the road was too marshy on either side of the road to get of the road, so the wrecks of other tanks prevented much movement.. The tanks advanced far enough ahead of their pinned down infantry to be engaged by enemy infantry from both ditches on either side of the road with panzerfausts and panzerschrecks. Part of his job was recovering these wrecked vehicles, which he never went into detail about. Rest in peace Richard.