Bastogne: World War II's Most Famous Town? #sponsored

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Those Who Hold Bastogne by Peter Schrijvers, Yale University Press 2014

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[matiastoatv]

May I suggest in videos like this a heavy use of maps on screen? It makes it hard to follow the advances strategies etc without visual aid like that

[ignitionfrn]

2:10 - Mid roll ads
3:55 - Chapter 1 - Before the cataclysm
5:45 - Chapter 2 - War intervenes
7:35 - Chapter 3 - Surprise attack
9:55 - Chapter 4 - In the heart of the bulge
12:00 - Chapter 5 - Nuts !
14:45 - Chapter 6 - Help arrives
16:55 - Chapter 7 - Aftermath
19:15 - Chapter 8 - The legacy of bastogne
21:10 - Conclusion

[yankeecrazy]

Hey everyone! Scriptwriter Ben here, I hope you enjoyed today's video! If you'd like to learn more about Bastogne, particularly the events of the climatic battle there, I highly recommend reading "Those Who Hold Bastogne" by Peter Schrijvers. Thanks for watching and see you next time!

[darkwarriormaster]

I am currently serving in the 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell where there is a street named after Bastogne.

[Jayjay-qeum]

Bastogne received a great deal of media attention because in early December 1944 it was a rest and recreation area for many war correspondents.

[danielsantiagourtado]

Thanks For this Eric! Love your content ❤❤❤❤

[derricklittle]

Screaming eagles would be a awesome biographics video

[IANF]

I was there like over a decade ago now, among all the battle of the bulge stuff there is also a tank garage that has some WW2 stuff, very cool.

[VosperCDN]

Definitely well known, but always a bit sad that the rest of the forces that fought there are overlooked they way are - including the civilians that had become trapped there also.

[mitchellneu]

🎵Crack of the lightning splitting the ground
Thunder is sounding, artillery pounding
Wrath of the Nazis cast on Bastogne
Facing their forces alone
Alone🎵
- Sabaton, “Screaming Eagles”

[garywiseman]

I first visited Bastogne in 1965. Belgium was recovering. Across the border in Germany, poverty was still deep. It would take another 20 years for Germany to begin to look prosperous again near the Belgian border. 

[keithwalmsley]

My Uncle Joe was in the Screaming Eagles at Bastogne, he always used to say that the thing that is rarely covered is the stench of war, the constant smell of rotting human or animal corpses which pervades all battlefields, thanks to the likes of him I have never had to actually experience this myself, good job Space Cowboy!

[soupwithfriends]

thumbnail says most famous siege in american history but you spelled san juan hill wrong

[michaelmcgowen]

I always thought that Yorktown and the Alamo were better known sieges over the course of American history.

[jiffy]

Would love to hear Simon do that ad read 😂

[personnelente]

Just to be accurate, the Battle of Bastogne was not a siege.

[duanewyman]

My great grandfather got frost bite at that battle with the 104th timberwolves

[jasonhefner]

How about some of the other battle sites you mentioned in the video for the next video?

[jasoncowgill]

The German helmets were reserved for the pigs! 😂

[samking]

Lol, I still hear Cosmic Whore instead of cosmic horror 😅