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Storming The Rhine in WW2 Caught on Film! (WW2 Documentary)

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In 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)
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The National Archives, Kew (TNA)
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Maps: NARA Aerial Imagery
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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

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  • This is by far the best documentary I have ever seen about the bridge at Remagen.

    @lolkevandewitte1713@lolkevandewitte17132 ай бұрын

    • I completely agree. It's not even close.

      @rodsdmba1571@rodsdmba15712 ай бұрын

  • 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.

    @schuletrip@schuletrip3 ай бұрын

    • Thanks very much, glad you found it interesting!

      @BattleGuideVT@BattleGuideVT3 ай бұрын

    • 😮.​@@BattleGuideVT

      @florentinodeguzman3613@florentinodeguzman36132 ай бұрын

    • 999999999999999999999999999999999999999 4:05 ​@@BattleGuideVT

      @peterbarnes6893@peterbarnes68932 ай бұрын

    • ​@BattleGuideVT War has only winners and benefactors whom risk little.

      @nuggetella@nuggetellaАй бұрын

  • 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.

    @GregALang@GregALang3 ай бұрын

  • 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.

    @robertbenson9797@robertbenson97973 ай бұрын

    • 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.

      @MikeT-TheRetiredColonel@MikeT-TheRetiredColonel2 ай бұрын

  • Damn, that was brillant! Well done all involved.

    @GeneralThargor@GeneralThargor3 ай бұрын

    • Thanks General!

      @BattleGuideVT@BattleGuideVT3 ай бұрын

  • 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.

    @ralfanton62@ralfanton623 ай бұрын

    • Thanks for the comment Ralf, some really interesting thoughts.

      @BattleGuideVT@BattleGuideVT3 ай бұрын

    • And the earlier decision to attack through the Hurtgen Forest etc swallowed up vast amounts of men and material and lengthened the war.

      @lyndoncmp5751@lyndoncmp57513 ай бұрын

    • The capture of Berlin ended the War. The Bridge was a rather minor incident

      @larryzigler6812@larryzigler68123 ай бұрын

    • ​@@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?

      @fazole@fazole2 ай бұрын

    • @@larryzigler6812 go back to trolling kiddie videos and let the adults have meaningful discourse. You have zero clue what you're talking about.

      @MikeT-TheRetiredColonel@MikeT-TheRetiredColonel2 ай бұрын

  • 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.

    @bob_the_bomb4508@bob_the_bomb45083 ай бұрын

    • We're the Rhine bridges mined during the Cold War?

      @fazole@fazole2 ай бұрын

    • @@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.

      @bob_the_bomb4508@bob_the_bomb45082 ай бұрын

    • @@bob_the_bomb4508 i am not sure about swiss bridges

      @M-I-K-E@M-I-K-E2 ай бұрын

    • @@M-I-K-E the Swiss are a law unto themselves. Literally… :(

      @bob_the_bomb4508@bob_the_bomb45082 ай бұрын

  • 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.

    @ulflindberg826@ulflindberg8262 ай бұрын

    • How interesting... and sneaky!

      @BattleGuideVT@BattleGuideVT2 ай бұрын

  • 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.

    @johndilday1846@johndilday18463 ай бұрын

    • My father was there with the 376th AAA battalion.

      @billyroy3577@billyroy35772 ай бұрын

  • 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.

    @markjohnson4053@markjohnson40533 ай бұрын

  • 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! 😊

    @paulscousedownie@paulscousedownie3 ай бұрын

    • Thanks Paul, glad you enjoyed it!

      @BattleGuideVT@BattleGuideVT3 ай бұрын

    • 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.

      @lyndoncmp5751@lyndoncmp57513 ай бұрын

    • The movie infantry events were largely fiction.

      @givenfirstnamefamilyfirstn3935@givenfirstnamefamilyfirstn39353 ай бұрын

    • @@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.

      @AudieHolland@AudieHolland3 ай бұрын

  • 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.

    @mikebaginy8731@mikebaginy87313 ай бұрын

  • 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.

    @scottwhitcher265@scottwhitcher2653 ай бұрын

  • 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! ❤

    @CanOfRabbitHoles@CanOfRabbitHoles3 ай бұрын

    • Wow, high praise indeed, thanks for the kind words!

      @BattleGuideVT@BattleGuideVT3 ай бұрын

    • 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@sjb34602 ай бұрын

    • Keep up the wonderful work. You guys are craftsmen of the highest order.

      @sjb3460@sjb34602 ай бұрын

  • My father was there with the 51st Engineer Combat Batallion, who built the heavy pontoon bridge downstream. Saw jet aircraft for the first time.

    @stevewilkes2307@stevewilkes23073 ай бұрын

  • My grandfather was at the Battle of the Bulge and Remagen Bridge. He was lucky to have survived.

    @youdaman5069@youdaman50692 ай бұрын

    • Liar

      @user-fv5rw1jn5i@user-fv5rw1jn5i24 күн бұрын

    • Very lucky greatest generation. My dad said he could hear bullets hitting bridge railing when he ran across

      @jstal6325@jstal632517 күн бұрын

  • Great story, well told. Enjoyed that!

    @quirkygreece@quirkygreece3 ай бұрын

    • Much appreciated!

      @BattleGuideVT@BattleGuideVT3 ай бұрын

  • 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.

    @wolfheilmann774@wolfheilmann7743 ай бұрын

    • 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.

      @Andrew-df1dr@Andrew-df1dr3 ай бұрын

    • 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.

      @brianmcsorley3229@brianmcsorley32292 ай бұрын

    • @@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 .

      @wolfheilmann774@wolfheilmann7742 ай бұрын

    • " liberating us from a dictatorship" nothing like a new mythology. the allies were fighting with german state which then was nazi

      @WielkaStopa-qh1rr@WielkaStopa-qh1rr2 ай бұрын

    • 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!

      @fazole@fazole2 ай бұрын

  • 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.

    @josephgrosso8731@josephgrosso87313 ай бұрын

    • Glad you enjoyed it.

      @BattleGuideVT@BattleGuideVT2 ай бұрын

    • 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.

      @jackbraine2276@jackbraine22762 ай бұрын

  • 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!

    @flavio_meneses@flavio_meneses3 ай бұрын

  • Very good video!!! Capturing the Ludendorff Bridge was unexpected and the Allies exploited it immediately. It shortened the war and saved lives.

    @Theearthtraveler@Theearthtraveler3 ай бұрын

  • Hi Dan & Team, thanks for another top notch presentation

    @chkoha6462@chkoha64623 ай бұрын

    • Our pleasure!

      @BattleGuideVT@BattleGuideVT3 ай бұрын

  • My dad was there. He was hauling materials to the bridge site. The bridge collapsed sometime between loads. He was a CB. He also trained the army guys on the Quad .50 cal. AAA. He was credited a “kill” while instructing. The German pilot bailed out and when captured , was amazed he was shot down over the Rhein by a US SAILOR. The incident is featured in the Ramagan museum.

    @Tool-Meister@Tool-Meister19 күн бұрын

  • VERY well done! No phony sound effects or background noise. Perfect!

    @jackbelk8527@jackbelk85272 ай бұрын

  • Incredible video! I've never seen most of the footage shown, I'm not sure how you don't have millions of subs!

    @CrimsonSw1ft@CrimsonSw1ft3 ай бұрын

    • 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!

      @BattleGuideVT@BattleGuideVT3 ай бұрын

  • 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.

    @Chiller11@Chiller112 ай бұрын

  • 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.

    @joescola7498@joescola74983 ай бұрын

  • 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!

    @hybridwolf66@hybridwolf662 ай бұрын

  • You guys are making some of the best docs out there!

    @scottcamp797@scottcamp7973 ай бұрын

    • Thanks for that Scott

      @BattleGuideVT@BattleGuideVT3 ай бұрын

  • 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

    @Andy85uk@Andy85uk3 ай бұрын

    • Love Mark's work!

      @MikeT-TheRetiredColonel@MikeT-TheRetiredColonel2 ай бұрын

  • 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 .

    @ron4hunting@ron4hunting3 ай бұрын

  • Oh yay! New battle guide vid, this is a treat

    @Hokusai13@Hokusai133 ай бұрын

    • Hope you enjoy it!

      @BattleGuideVT@BattleGuideVT3 ай бұрын

  • 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...

    @retiredguyadventures6211@retiredguyadventures62113 ай бұрын

  • My dad's former boss wrote the book and was at Remagen bridge. Ken Hechler.

    @Varzaak@Varzaak3 ай бұрын

  • *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.

    @AudieHolland@AudieHolland3 ай бұрын

  • 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!

    @grayharker6271@grayharker62713 ай бұрын

  • 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.

    @shaneellison9424@shaneellison94242 ай бұрын

  • 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)!

    @jameswright4420@jameswright44203 ай бұрын

    • 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.'

      @AudieHolland@AudieHolland3 ай бұрын

  • I remember watching the movie this was way better. Thank you.

    @vanpearsall@vanpearsall3 ай бұрын

    • Glad you enjoyed it!

      @BattleGuideVT@BattleGuideVT3 ай бұрын

  • These uploads bring it all to life. Names, antics, details of opposing armies. So good...thank you.

    @keithwinters3031@keithwinters30312 ай бұрын

    • Thanks for watching.

      @BattleGuideVT@BattleGuideVT2 ай бұрын

  • 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.

    @alex4833@alex48333 ай бұрын

    • Many thanks Alex, really appreciate that

      @BattleGuideVT@BattleGuideVT3 ай бұрын

    • @@BattleGuideVT You're very welcome. I learn a lot from each video. Kudos.

      @alex4833@alex48333 ай бұрын

  • Remagen is also where Julius Caesar bridged the Rhine.

    @HO-bndk@HO-bndk2 ай бұрын

  • Wonderfully told story! Salute to you from a retired U.S. Navy chief petty officer in the Pacific Northwest of the USA!

    @johnc2438@johnc24382 ай бұрын

  • Incredible video, thank you for your work 👏

    @johannes7059@johannes70593 ай бұрын

    • Glad you enjoyed it!

      @BattleGuideVT@BattleGuideVT3 ай бұрын

  • 13:01 lol, i love how they immediately asserted bragging rights.

    @Klbkchhezeim@Klbkchhezeim3 ай бұрын

    • I believe that sign is at the 9th Armored Division museum.

      @scottwhitcher265@scottwhitcher2653 ай бұрын

  • Can't get enough of these. Thanks for doing them, and keep them coming!

    @davidnemoseck9007@davidnemoseck90072 ай бұрын

  • Very well documented and presented, thank you.

    @larrylongprong5219@larrylongprong52193 ай бұрын

    • Glad you enjoyed it!

      @BattleGuideVT@BattleGuideVT3 ай бұрын

  • Splendid video ! Kudos 👏👏👏

    @hooper4581@hooper45813 ай бұрын

    • Glad you liked it!

      @BattleGuideVT@BattleGuideVT3 ай бұрын

  • 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.

    @lonzo61@lonzo613 ай бұрын

  • 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.

    @assessor1276@assessor12762 ай бұрын

  • 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.

    @JamesLaserpimpWalsh@JamesLaserpimpWalsh3 ай бұрын

  • Excellent production and images...

    @craigr1966@craigr1966Ай бұрын

  • 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.

    @metalcorerockfilms@metalcorerockfilmsАй бұрын

  • Superb essay, really well edited and narrated, thank you.

    @thedudeabides3138@thedudeabides31382 ай бұрын

  • Great video! Great narration! Well done! Thank you so much.

    @jjflash30@jjflash303 ай бұрын

    • Glad you enjoyed it!

      @BattleGuideVT@BattleGuideVT3 ай бұрын

  • AN excellent documentary. One of the best I have seen on the events of World War II.

    @gareththomson3437@gareththomson34373 күн бұрын

  • Thanks for this. It was very well presented.

    @paulsmodels@paulsmodels3 ай бұрын

    • Glad you enjoyed it!

      @BattleGuideVT@BattleGuideVT3 ай бұрын

  • Brilliant vid! Thanks.

    @steveturpin4242@steveturpin424214 күн бұрын

  • A very good documentary, great footage and informative storyline, thank you

    @nd1158@nd11589 күн бұрын

  • What a great video, I just couldn't stop watching, thank you.

    @Washoejim@Washoejim2 ай бұрын

  • I’m just so impressed by the quality and detail you put into these little docs. You really do your homework on this channel.

    @joeyw7325@joeyw73253 ай бұрын

    • Thanks very much Joey!

      @BattleGuideVT@BattleGuideVT3 ай бұрын

    • @@BattleGuideVT you’re welcome. It’s very deserved. You’re gonna be at a million subscribers in no time

      @joeyw7325@joeyw73253 ай бұрын

  • Fascinating video, thanks

    @kiwifruit27@kiwifruit273 ай бұрын

    • Glad you enjoyed it!

      @BattleGuideVT@BattleGuideVT3 ай бұрын

  • 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.

    @davidturk6170@davidturk61703 ай бұрын

    • oh no, what a tratedy that would have been for the worlds gayest sport

      @dave8323@dave83233 ай бұрын

  • Great video-Bought tears to my eyes as I watched the bravery of those soldiers who perished whilst attempting to save the bridge

    @user-co2vz4py3r@user-co2vz4py3r2 ай бұрын

  • My Dad Jack Sheppard was at the Bridge during the Battle and collapse. He passed away last Jan 2 nd. US Army.

    @JS-gf6uc@JS-gf6uc2 ай бұрын

    • It's the English language. The Americans and Canadians pronounce them wrong. :)

      @BattleGuideVT@BattleGuideVT2 ай бұрын

  • The ghosts of Remargen bridge must be many.

    @professormcclaine5738@professormcclaine57382 ай бұрын

  • Very well done narration. Your storytelling is spot on.

    @DR10002@DR100023 ай бұрын

    • Thank you kindly!

      @BattleGuideVT@BattleGuideVT3 ай бұрын

  • 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

    @mchrome3366@mchrome33663 ай бұрын

  • I've never read or heard about this event. Thank you for the enlightenment! You have earned yourself a new subscriber.

    @mickemike2148@mickemike21482 ай бұрын

  • Very well done. Thank you. 🇨🇦

    @kevindowdell8394@kevindowdell839416 күн бұрын

  • great video thank you

    @ImranShaikh-gh2wd@ImranShaikh-gh2wd3 ай бұрын

    • Glad you enjoyed it

      @BattleGuideVT@BattleGuideVT3 ай бұрын

  • Your editing and story like narration is truly impressive

    @NocturN4@NocturN42 ай бұрын

  • 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.

    @lizobrien1826@lizobrien182614 күн бұрын

  • Good narration. Made good viewing. 👍

    @YouTubeCensorsEverything@YouTubeCensorsEverything14 күн бұрын

  • 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!

    @brandonharris1376@brandonharris13762 ай бұрын

    • Awesome! Thank you!

      @BattleGuideVT@BattleGuideVT2 ай бұрын

  • Yet another fantastic and informative video. Thank you 🙏

    @andrewlucas9282@andrewlucas92822 ай бұрын

    • Thanks very much.

      @BattleGuideVT@BattleGuideVT2 ай бұрын

  • 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.

    @hisurfer1@hisurfer118 күн бұрын

  • Well done. Love Hell Let Loose. Loved the history behind the Remagen map.

    @rexwarfield7775@rexwarfield77752 ай бұрын

  • I really enjoyed your documentary. It was impressive and succinct.

    @lindapiette8009@lindapiette80093 ай бұрын

  • Great Video, Great Tribute. Thanks for sharing.

    @robertwilkinson8421@robertwilkinson84213 ай бұрын

    • Glad you enjoyed it

      @BattleGuideVT@BattleGuideVT2 ай бұрын

  • A simply brilliant documentary, thank you for the amazing history lesson!

    @gatorspad3632@gatorspad36322 ай бұрын

    • You are welcome thanks for tuning in.

      @BattleGuideVT@BattleGuideVT2 ай бұрын

  • Excellent Episode…..First one I have watched …look forward to others

    @adrianrichards247@adrianrichards2472 ай бұрын

  • So well done, thank you.

    @HandyMan657@HandyMan6573 ай бұрын

    • Our pleasure!

      @BattleGuideVT@BattleGuideVT3 ай бұрын

  • Superb production!

    @MHPloni-kl5ec@MHPloni-kl5ec3 ай бұрын

    • Glad you like it!

      @BattleGuideVT@BattleGuideVT3 ай бұрын

  • Never knew about this bridge until I played HLL, great video!

    @spraymantis8998@spraymantis89982 ай бұрын

    • Glad you enjoyed!

      @BattleGuideVT@BattleGuideVT2 ай бұрын

  • My father crossed that bridge, 78th Infantry.

    @barnbuild27@barnbuild273 ай бұрын

    • 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.

      @2_dog_Restoration@2_dog_Restoration3 ай бұрын

  • As always, great content.

    @philchristmas4071@philchristmas40713 ай бұрын

    • Much appreciated!

      @BattleGuideVT@BattleGuideVT3 ай бұрын

  • Been checking every day for the past week to see if you'd uploaded 🤣

    @pkrockets@pkrockets3 ай бұрын

    • Ha, sorry, this one turned out to be a bit of a beast, hope you think its worth the wait!

      @BattleGuideVT@BattleGuideVT3 ай бұрын

  • I knew of this story before but had a half hour to kill before work. Great Job!!!!!

    @philipwurm5121@philipwurm51212 ай бұрын

    • Thanks for tuning in.

      @BattleGuideVT@BattleGuideVT2 ай бұрын

  • So well done, thorough, & respectful. May the Good Lord welcome all the men of Remagam across the Bridge into Heaven.

    @bmk54@bmk542 ай бұрын

    • Glad you enjoyed it.

      @BattleGuideVT@BattleGuideVT2 ай бұрын

  • My father, he was one of the engineers on the bridge.

    @Lecknye1961@Lecknye19613 ай бұрын

  • Excellent details. Not hurried over like many other documentaries,

    @josephherrmann6304@josephherrmann63042 ай бұрын

    • Much appreciated!

      @BattleGuideVT@BattleGuideVT2 ай бұрын

  • Thanks for sharing! Nice, and too the point!

    @Ibuki01@Ibuki013 ай бұрын

    • Glad it was helpful!

      @BattleGuideVT@BattleGuideVT3 ай бұрын

  • As the Norm, Outstanding Presentation !

    @johnking8724@johnking87243 ай бұрын

    • Thanks John!

      @BattleGuideVT@BattleGuideVT3 ай бұрын

  • Excellent production.

    @kyleolson9581@kyleolson95813 ай бұрын

    • What i do not like about this presentation, or production is the idea that eisenhower was presented as a hero, when in fact,he was a liar and a womanizer, who kept a mistress during the war, and DESTROYED the 14th century monastery of MONTI CASINO, this fact according to the reports that many people and I have read 😢

      @ronaldmessina4229@ronaldmessina42292 ай бұрын

  • That was an amazing part of history well documented, thankyou

    @Roberto-tu5re@Roberto-tu5re3 ай бұрын

    • Glad you enjoyed it

      @BattleGuideVT@BattleGuideVT3 ай бұрын

  • Superb documentary 👏

    @laniesenagonia3104@laniesenagonia3104Ай бұрын

  • This is top notch.

    @vansongs@vansongs3 күн бұрын

  • Wow I learned so many new things (like the number of AA guns!) seriously good work thanks

    @richardstirling5799@richardstirling579925 күн бұрын

  • AWESOME!THANKSFORSHARING!

    @thomasshaw61@thomasshaw612 ай бұрын
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