Many people don’t realise people to this day “take their car to Harvard yard to Fenway Franck”. And fent too prolly. Young tough you place with you touching and Jenkins pushing…
Hello. This could be due to a viewpoint that this operation was considered a sideshow, similar to Western Allies successfully moving into the North Italian Plain.
Imagine living through something so hellish as a desperate battle like this and having your experience essentially overlooked by history. thanks for honoring the sacrifice of those who fought and died in this operation.
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A soldier in Italy said;”After the War is over,I’m gonna get me a map and find out where the hell I’ve been!”
Unfortunately the Ardennes defense is taught as a solely American effort which is absolutely incorrect and disrespectful to the British and commonwealth soldiers that played vital roles
I was in at the Overloon warmuseum 2 weeks ago, a lot of ephasis is on the battle of Overloon (15km west of Wanssum). And by cooincidence i was in Well yesterday. This is the first time I heard about this battle. The museum is 100% worth it. Keep up the good work Dr. Felton
I spent a day at the Overloon museum in -- gosh, it must have been 1980. It was well worth a visit then, too. That was the day I learned the Dutch word for war: oorlog.
Videos like these is what brought me to this channel many years ago. Glad to see a video that actually has new information. Please make a video about Operation Amherst.
My Grandfather fight in the 20. Fallschirmjägerregiment from September 1944 in Holland, Belgium and Germany and was wounded in Februar 1945 in Germany in the Reichswald. He survived the war and passed by this Spring at aged 98.
Thanks Never knew it had a name. Have a clipping from a Canadian newspaper dated Monday January 8 that reports the following. A company headquarters on the mass river, Holland, Jan. 8.-(AP)-The German bridgehead across the Maas river at Wanssum, 12 miles north of Venlo in Holland, was wiped out today by British infantry companies that rode 800 yards on Canadian tanks across open, snow-swept fields. The attack, made in the face of a heavy snowstorm that clogged the tanks’ periscopes and floated across rifle sights, eliminated the enemy threat to crack a wedge between British and Canadian forces holding the northern wing of the western front.
We can always rely on Dr. Mark Felton to dig up an lamost forgotten piece of history and present it to us with straight facts and without sensationalism. Thats something we definitely appreciate about your channel
Clearly one of the best channels on this platform. Thank you for everything you do not only is it fascinating but highly educational. I don't miss any of your videos. Thank you again.
There is another Maas bridgehead battle- The Battle of Kapelse Veer, fought at the end of january 45. The famous 6th fallschirm under kurt student held a bridgehead over the Maas which the allies tried to eliminate. This battle was much bloodier than operation Snowman, but sadly also not well known. Would love to see you do a video on it Mark
Dr. Felton, Your ability to provide me a relaxing, well researched episode at the end of a long workday is a blessing. I would encourage you to do a public lecture tour of the U.S.....if you ever get to Wisconsin, I'd love to buy you a pint....no " shop talk" required.
That opening shot was unexpected but awesome! I've been recommending your channels to all of my friends, because it's what the History Channel should have been- factual and informative versus "Ancient Aliens". Great job, Dr. Felton, respect 👍🏾
This is very intriguing Mark.. I thought all had been told by now.. but I guess I was wrong.. WELL DONE! you always come up with unique and amazing perspectives and information on the last world war.. Carry on ole son.. my dad would have been proud to know you and supported your quest whole heartedly..
Ladies and Gents, I appreciate all of you. We all are watching this because we share the same interests. Young, old, I hope you all have great few last months of the year. And thanks Mark for creating videos that have entertained me for years 🫡
You are right. I have not run across anything about this battle in all the books I have read on the subject. Thanks, Mark, for pointing this battle out to me. It is appreciated.
Excellent work Dr. Felton! I've heard the name of Operation Snowman but not much more. You've pieced together the particulars quite nicely. I often learn quite a bit from your offerings, but this was quite a treat. Thank you!
My grandfather told me a story about his brother in law. "Uncle" Jack told him this story after the war. Jack was involved in the Battle of the Bulge. He told my grandfather he thought he "wet" himself while fighting the Germans. Turned out it was blood. He had been shot in the groin. It didn't stop him from fighting the Nazi advance. Thank you Uncle Jack. Grandpa had a wife and two kids at the time. Though he served it was stateside. He trained fighter pilots in Texas from 1942 until 1945.
My uncle, Victor Allen Thompson was always hesitant to speak about his experiences during the war. He did tell me on one occasion that he had been involved with demolition work, including bridges during the war. On another occasion he revealed his most frightening experience in his life, was sheltering behind a Sherman Tank, just knocked out by a German 88. He said that 88 was blowing the hell out of everything coming up the road. After he passed away in 1998, I discovered that Uncle Vic was a T/5 assigned to the Army Corps of Engineers. He was decorated for his accomplishments during the Ardennes Campaign. I arranged Uncle Vic's interment , including an Army honor guard with burial flag presentation, at Quantico National Cemetery. This cemetery is adjacent to the Quantico Marine Corp Base about 3 miles from my home. Our family visits the grave site, showing our respect with prayers, every Veterans and Memorial Day. 🪖
A very interesting and little known point in the war. Thank you again Dr. Felton. I am also enjoying your books, and can recommend them to anyone interested in reading some of these stories as well.
"Sylvester" is the German word for the "New Year" and so perhaps some watchers may be confused by this word. Still excellent information on a subject that has gone undervalued for so long. Thanks Mark F.
Love your channel, Mark! Might I suggest a stand alone video featuring General Erich Fellgiebel? Fascinating man who participated in two attempts to overthrow Hitler and also was a proponent and was instrumental in Germany’s use of the Enigma machine. As the head of Germany’s signal and communication services, he knew every secret.
This is excellent stuff ! I never knew about Operation Snowman. I knew about the others especially BodenPlatte and the Ardennes Offensive of course. I like hearing about the many smaller actions around the crossing of the Rhine
I have never heard of Unternehmen Schneemann and Wanssum is just 40 km from where I live. But I did some searching on Dutch sites and it did indeed happen. Thank you Mark Felton!
Last year my son went bullet hunting in Well with a friend and a metal detector. That is right where the Germans came from when they moved over the river. Surprisingly to me at the time they found plenty of bullets. Now though I understand why. Thanks to Mark Felton👍👏😊
Thank you Dr Felton for those small bits of history. Growing up in Mazury amongst old German bunkers that served us as a playground as kids I always appreciate your videos.
I always seem to learn from his videos, thank you very much sir, for accurate well researched information from an American lover of history, especially WW2 history.
I could not at first believe that your claim about 'little reported' was true, until I looked for actual data. Mark, thanks for bringing this operation to light. You're right, it is poorly reported
Great video as always. I often watch these videos and wonder what those brave men and women Mark talks about, would think of their respective country today. They gave their lives, watched friends killed or return home broken.
I have read extensive works on Wacht am rhein and nordwind but had no idea about this small and localised operation. Thankyou for enlightening me, as most of your presentations do Herr Professor.
Hahahaha that opening photo is cool as hell Doc! Love it. Fantastic episode. Thank you once again. Edit i commented too early. Outstanding work, Mark. Outstanding. Absolutely fascinating presentstion. Well done mate.
Thanks Mark, yet another segment l had no knowledge of ! If PC gaming companies were trying to keep an 'ongoing' realistic map of WWll events, l imagine they'd be holding their heads in their hands ; 'Announcement people, there's been an update : 'HE' has just discovered something else we missed !'. (or it could be good - l dunno).😊
Great lesson! as a dutch i heard a little bit about fighting at wanssum, but never in detail, thank you! I hope you will make many more video's about the netherlands, in particular holland, as someone living there and using a metal detector to find traces i find it fascinating that a big german army was basicly sitting there for the entirety of 1945, Did they never try to break out?? i find that hard to believe, But official documentation is really hard to find, i just had a lot of hearsay and witnesses about the huge german presence here, would love if you got fascinated by that enough to make a video!
Great content as ever. I even picked up on your deliberate mistake at 11:50 just to see if we were paying attention. Subtle. Surely even Monty wouldn't be that cautious?
nearly 20 minutes of more in depth education presented well. Thank you again Dr Felton.
11:48 “8th of June” I think he means *January
@@samuelculper4231 Yeah, that had me doing a second take when I heard that.
@@samuelculper4231 Yeh it was so "likely lads" this time I didn't even much care, the history goes one way, the meme goes another. Not judging, okay.
"Operation Snowman": The most deadly snowball fight in history. Dr. Felton ace as always
Kept me on the edge of my seat,! Volume turned up, ,,😅 great suspense !
@11:46 "assault the Germans on the 8th of June"? That has to be an error.
@@Lerxstification Presumably a mis-reading of 'Jan'.
Many people don’t realise people to this day “take their car to Harvard yard to Fenway Franck”. And fent too prolly. Young tough you place with you touching and Jenkins pushing…
Wait till you hear about op pillow
I love the opening line, "Come with me if you want to learn." Draws you right in. And as usual, great story by Dr Mark.
Didn't you hear the closing line I'll be back?
He’s not lying either
I live not too far from Wanssum and the Dutch border but I never heard of such operation until today! Thank you Dr. Felton
Are in the Liege area by chance?
You are busy with rubbish TikTok
Can you ask the oldtimers there about war stories?
Same.. only my grandpa talked about is
Hello. This could be due to a viewpoint that this operation was considered a sideshow, similar to Western Allies successfully moving into the North Italian Plain.
Imagine living through something so hellish as a desperate battle like this and having your experience essentially overlooked by history. thanks for honoring the sacrifice of those who fought and died in this operation.
A soldier in Italy said;”After the War is over,I’m gonna get me a map and find out where the hell I’ve been!”
I think though what you've proposed is "Imagine being common."
Unfortunately the Ardennes defense is taught as a solely American effort which is absolutely incorrect and disrespectful to the British and commonwealth soldiers that played vital roles
I was in at the Overloon warmuseum 2 weeks ago, a lot of ephasis is on the battle of Overloon (15km west of Wanssum). And by cooincidence i was in Well yesterday. This is the first time I heard about this battle.
The museum is 100% worth it.
Keep up the good work Dr. Felton
@@BMJ0877 would you mind if i wished you a very nice next year's summer for this level of pedantic-ness?
@@BMJ0877 Possibly a non native English speaker he made his point quite well. By the way how is your Dutch?
Zo is het maar net.@@jamesdoyle5405
I spent a day at the Overloon museum in -- gosh, it must have been 1980. It was well worth a visit then, too. That was the day I learned the Dutch word for war: oorlog.
Ik ben er ook geweest. Geweldig museum!
Videos like these is what brought me to this channel many years ago. Glad to see a video that actually has new information. Please make a video about Operation Amherst.
Felton doesn't do requests.
thanks Karen
Thank you for the great educational videos 🫡 and the intro pic is fantastic 👍
My Grandfather fight in the 20. Fallschirmjägerregiment from September 1944 in Holland, Belgium and Germany and was wounded in Februar 1945 in Germany in the Reichswald. He survived the war and passed by this Spring at aged 98.
Fine work Dr. Felton…resurrection of a battle lost to time nearly 80 years ago. Fine work indeed, and thanks 🫡 from 🇺🇸
Thanks Never knew it had a name.
Have a clipping from a Canadian newspaper dated Monday January 8 that reports the following.
A company headquarters on the mass river, Holland, Jan. 8.-(AP)-The German bridgehead
across the Maas river at Wanssum, 12 miles north of
Venlo in Holland, was wiped out today by British infantry companies that rode 800 yards on Canadian tanks across open, snow-swept fields. The attack, made in the
face of a heavy snowstorm that clogged the tanks’
periscopes and floated across rifle sights, eliminated the
enemy threat to crack a wedge between British and
Canadian forces holding the northern wing of the western front.
We can always rely on Dr. Mark Felton to dig up an lamost forgotten piece of history and present it to us with straight facts and without sensationalism. Thats something we definitely appreciate about your channel
Really great to see the lens of history turned on these little known operations and battles.
Thanks!
Clearly one of the best channels on this platform. Thank you for everything you do not only is it fascinating but highly educational. I don't miss any of your videos. Thank you again.
There is another Maas bridgehead battle- The Battle of Kapelse Veer, fought at the end of january 45. The famous 6th fallschirm under kurt student held a bridgehead over the Maas which the allies tried to eliminate. This battle was much bloodier than operation Snowman, but sadly also not well known. Would love to see you do a video on it Mark
Dr. Felton,
Your ability to provide me a relaxing, well researched episode at the end of a long workday is a blessing. I would encourage you to do a public lecture tour of the U.S.....if you ever get to Wisconsin, I'd love to buy you a pint....no " shop talk" required.
A perfect example of why I subscribe, A fascinating sidebar to the show the "Battle of the Bulge" wasn't the only history being made at that time.
As a Dutch guy I didn't even know of the existence of a village called Wanssum. Thank you!
Shame on you.
Another great insight of the big war, thank you mister Felton! Greetz from Groningen
Nieuwstad?
That opening shot was unexpected but awesome! I've been recommending your channels to all of my friends, because it's what the History Channel should have been- factual and informative versus "Ancient Aliens". Great job, Dr. Felton, respect 👍🏾
This is very intriguing Mark.. I thought all had been told by now.. but I guess I was wrong.. WELL DONE! you always come up with unique and amazing perspectives and information on the last world war.. Carry on ole son.. my dad would have been proud to know you and supported your quest whole heartedly..
Brilliant research! Thanks for sharing and shedding light on this engagement.
Dr. Felton’s selection of photos gives a lot to these courses. I appreciate the effort on his part, many are photos I’ve never seen before.
Ladies and Gents, I appreciate all of you. We all are watching this because we share the same interests. Young, old, I hope you all have great few last months of the year. And thanks Mark for creating videos that have entertained me for years 🫡
You are right. I have not run across anything about this battle in all the books I have read on the subject. Thanks, Mark, for pointing this battle out to me. It is appreciated.
Excellent work Dr. Felton! I've heard the name of Operation Snowman but not much more. You've pieced together the particulars quite nicely. I often learn quite a bit from your offerings, but this was quite a treat. Thank you!
You know it's another good day when Mark Felton Uploads!
This channel has given me an even greater love of history.
Another in depth history lesson from Mark Felton. 👏👏🏴🇬🇧
Thanks Dr Felton. Just when you think you've heard everything, I get a notification of another chapter of WW2 history!
Thanks for another one Dr!
Once again, I learned new things about World War II that you can’t find anywhere else. Thank you, Mark Felton!
Thank you Mr. Felton for showing this bit of history of the overall battle in the area often overlooked in the history books!
Never heard of it. THX Dr!!! Best WW2 History Lessons ever to be produced.
My grandfather told me a story about his brother in law. "Uncle" Jack told him this story after the war. Jack was involved in the Battle of the Bulge. He told my grandfather he thought he "wet" himself while fighting the Germans. Turned out it was blood. He had been shot in the groin. It didn't stop him from fighting the Nazi advance. Thank you Uncle Jack. Grandpa had a wife and two kids at the time. Though he served it was stateside. He trained fighter pilots in Texas from 1942 until 1945.
My uncle, Victor Allen Thompson was always hesitant to speak about his experiences during the war. He did tell me on one occasion that he had been involved with demolition work, including bridges during the war. On another occasion he revealed his most frightening experience in his life, was sheltering behind a Sherman Tank, just knocked out by a German 88. He said that 88 was blowing the hell out of everything coming up the road. After he passed away in 1998, I discovered that Uncle Vic was a T/5 assigned to the Army Corps of Engineers. He was decorated for his accomplishments during the Ardennes Campaign. I arranged Uncle Vic's interment , including an Army honor guard with burial flag presentation, at Quantico National Cemetery. This cemetery is adjacent to the Quantico Marine Corp Base about 3 miles from my home. Our family visits the grave site, showing our respect with prayers, every Veterans and Memorial Day. 🪖
As always, the greatest history lessons ever!
When Mark says I've discovered something new, by George he HAS found something new! Outstanding... thanks, Mark!
It's amazing how new information keeps turning up. Good job Mark
A very interesting and little known point in the war. Thank you again Dr. Felton. I am also enjoying your books, and can recommend them to anyone interested in reading some of these stories as well.
"Sylvester" is the German word for the "New Year" and so perhaps some watchers may be confused by this word. Still excellent information on a subject that has gone undervalued for so long. Thanks Mark F.
Mark you've outdone yourself what a wonderful video I was so intrigued throughout the whole thing absolutely amazing.
0:02 DR Felton reminds me of the terminator
Get in zee choppa!
Obviously. "come with me if you want to learn" is certainly not a Matrix reference😁
Many of the German troops look awfully young or am I wrong?
Love your channel, Mark! Might I suggest a stand alone video featuring General Erich Fellgiebel? Fascinating man who participated in two attempts to overthrow Hitler and also was a proponent and was instrumental in Germany’s use of the Enigma machine. As the head of Germany’s signal and communication services, he knew every secret.
This is excellent stuff ! I never knew about Operation Snowman. I knew about the others especially BodenPlatte and the Ardennes Offensive of course. I like hearing about the many smaller actions around the crossing of the Rhine
Your work is superb. Thank you. TFS
Won't find this on the History channel!! Thank you Dr. Felton
Do they even have history on the History channel any more? I thought they'd moved to other programming years ago.
Another Dr. Felton masterpiece! Thank you!
Fascinating! Thank you for peering through the fog and putting together this video.
Dr.Felton - updating history
The intro photo made me laugh. Great content, as always!
Yeah me too
I have never heard of Unternehmen Schneemann and Wanssum is just 40 km from where I live. But I did some searching on Dutch sites and it did indeed happen. Thank you Mark Felton!
What a treat to get a new piece of history in a well covered topic area
Fascinating video! Even late in the war the fighting could be hard and the troops had it rough until the very end.
Stunning piece of history! Thanks for this video. I will share this! 👍🏻
Last year my son went bullet hunting in Well with a friend and a metal detector. That is right where the Germans came from when they moved over the river. Surprisingly to me at the time they found plenty of bullets.
Now though I understand why. Thanks to Mark Felton👍👏😊
Thank you Dr Felton for those small bits of history. Growing up in Mazury amongst old German bunkers that served us as a playground as kids I always appreciate your videos.
Thanks for all the work you do, great video !
Thank you for a revealing episode about an unknown moment 👏👏👍👌
Again a very professional documentary, by dear brother Mark.
this was a tricky one. Nice work making a story out of that chaos
Thanks Dr. Felton!
Excellent ratio of likes to views, I’ll keep it right here. Thanks Dr. Felton.
I was completely ignorant of this offensive. Well, not anymore thanks to Dr Felton!
Absolutely love Feltons work the channel always has the top tier of content and has been same for years 💯
I always seem to learn from his videos, thank you very much sir, for accurate well researched information from an American lover of history, especially WW2 history.
I could not at first believe that your claim about 'little reported' was true, until I looked for actual data. Mark, thanks for bringing this operation to light. You're right, it is poorly reported
Mark Felton always delivers
Great video as always. I often watch these videos and wonder what those brave men and women Mark talks about, would think of their respective country today.
They gave their lives, watched friends killed or return home broken.
Outstanding research into this unknown Operation, thank you for sharing your work. Cheers
I have read extensive works on Wacht am rhein and nordwind but had no idea about this small and localised operation. Thankyou for enlightening me, as most of your presentations do Herr Professor.
Just fascinating, Doctor. Danke.
Thank you for making this!
Well done. Love these concise videos about some overlooked aspect of a very well studied conflict.
Hahahaha that opening photo is cool as hell Doc! Love it.
Fantastic episode. Thank you once again. Edit i commented too early. Outstanding work, Mark. Outstanding. Absolutely fascinating presentstion. Well done mate.
Thanks Mark, yet another segment l had no knowledge of ! If PC gaming companies were trying to keep an 'ongoing' realistic map of WWll events, l imagine they'd be holding their heads in their hands ; 'Announcement people, there's been an update : 'HE' has just discovered something else we missed !'. (or it could be good - l dunno).😊
Dr. F dropping the best content on the weekly
Dr Mark Felton is The Indiana Jones of the 21 century.
Thank you for all your vidéo, i watched all of them ansf learned so much
Dr. Felton looking ice cold in that opening picture!
Another great video Dr. Mark the photos and archival footage are top notch! Many thanks for posting!
Thank you for revealing another piece of forgotten history.
Gotta love Mark looking like the Terminator at the start.
Thank you for keeping this important history alive dr felton
Thanks Mark - always great to learn new information from your posts.
Never presented untill now!!! Yes sir that's why we watch your channel and we love the work u do!
Great lesson! as a dutch i heard a little bit about fighting at wanssum, but never in detail, thank you! I hope you will make many more video's about the netherlands, in particular holland, as someone living there and using a metal detector to find traces i find it fascinating that a big german army was basicly sitting there for the entirety of 1945, Did they never try to break out?? i find that hard to believe, But official documentation is really hard to find, i just had a lot of hearsay and witnesses about the huge german presence here, would love if you got fascinated by that enough to make a video!
Amazing depth & detail, thank you!
Good vid Mark, interesting as always. Thanks for posting.
Looking quite dapper there, Mark. And as always, a cracking good story. Thanks!
A valuable and informative video, sir! Cheers, Mark!
Yup.. I never heard this one.. thanks and Cheers from CANADA!
Dank u wel voor uw gedegen onderzoek
"Come with me if you want to learn." Dr. Felton you're a treasure.
Fascinating Mark thank you for putting this together.
Thank You Dr. Felton
Here we go, the real History Channel.
Great content as ever.
I even picked up on your deliberate mistake at 11:50 just to see if we were paying attention. Subtle.
Surely even Monty wouldn't be that cautious?
Excellent Research, and very informative about an otherwise almost unknown battle. Thank you, Sir.
Just when I thought I knew about The Battle of the Bulge, Dr. Felton uncovers another important phase of the operation. Thanks you Mark!