Battle of the Bulge, Animated - Part 1, The Assault Begins

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In December 1944, the Allies have pushed back the Third Reich to it's own borders. The Fuhrer grows desperate for a decisive victory to defeat the western Allies so he can turn his full attention to the Eastern Front. He plans an ambitious dash through the Ardennes to take the city of Antwerp, trapping the British and Canadian armies in the Netherlands in a massive pocket, and forcing the western Allies to enter a peace settlement. Three German Panzer Armies are secretly assembled at a quiet sector of the front, and on the 16th December 1944, the panzers launch their assault.

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[TheOperationsRoom]

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[username-tvuw]

"His artillery support would never come". Glad to hear some things never change.

[freedomhq]

The level of effort and the rate of posting this channel has given in the last month is like shit a full blown established docu studio couldn’t do themselves. Incredible

[ChamonixHouse]

Indy and TGA crew combined with the operations room is everything I’ve ever wanted.

[TheOperationsRoom]

I hope you all enjoyed Part 1, Part 2 is already out!

[vincentearlcarteriii]

First Iowa Jima, and now the Battle of the Buldge. Plus you got Indy? Man this channel is killing it! Thank you for the top of the line content.

[frankieM_]

"Let them come" Man, Bradley really ate his own words there

[justonemori]

Thank you for mentioning St Vith. Most documentaries are all like "the Bulge started on the 16th, the 106th got The defenders that held the town for 6 days before being ordered out by Monty earned a Presidential Unit Citation. My grandfather escaped across the bridge at Vielsalm very early on the 24th as part of the last group out, Task force Jones. The 82nd Airborne blew the bridge soon after. Never forget!

[Sunday_fits]

The scene of the massacre was done well and was everything you described chilling and rage inducing

[Bokator]

12:17 seeing all the flags pop up like that while the prisoners are slaughtered and have no where to go is pretty harrowing

[Kubakaiser]

I love how this goes all the way from strategic to tactical overview. From whole countries and armies, to single soldiers, buildings, vehicles and foxholes.

[patrickazzarella]

Hearing the Panzer 4 Ausf. H's side skirts actually be effective against HEAT warheads when they were designed against AT rifles is actually amazing. Never heard of this encounter before.

[cd]

My grandfather, Leon Wikoff, was in the battle of the bulge near the Ardennes. He spent 3 days hiding in a wine cellar with his squad surrounded by Germans. It's amazing to see this battle in such detail.

[TheBismark]

"We are paratroopers Lieutenant, we are supposed to be surrounded." - Captain Winters.

[overlythicc]

The recent uptick in videos both in quantity and quality have been astounding, hats off to the whole team behind these productions!

[mathewm]

Great video and thanks.
Cliff Claven Trivia: "Bulge" was the only offensive were the Germans did not use Enigma in both the prep and offensive. Because of this, Allied CMD wrongly assumed that the Germans had discovered their ability to decode and therefore the Allies stopped using it for the remainder of the war.

[icygaming]

The Indy Neidell collaboration was unexpected lol

[hobojakobo]

10:30 One of the most understated strengths of the allies, specifically the US— logistics. To be able to react that quickly and move that much men/material to the front is incredible.

[TJ]

Earnest Hemingway’s account at the end describes the situation perfectly. My grandpa was an MP and said they went through every non combat unit and picked every other man for 4 weeks of infantry training and they were sent up as reinforcements. The morning he was waiting to move up to the front a LT pulled up and pulled him for traffic duty behind the lines. He said he never knew why he was spared, but that he thanked god.

[shlomomark]

The actor Charles Durning was among the few that survived the Malmedy massacre and carried a fellow wounded soldier to safety. He recived a Silver star for his action in the war