Another fun fact: He was Major Werner Pluskat in that other great war film The Longest Day, playing the first German officer to see the Allied D-Day invasion fleet heading straight for him and his command at the Normandy beachheads.
... and for the trifecta, he played Hauptmann (Captain) Schmidt, in "The Bridge at Remagen." One of his earliest appearances in an American-produced World War II film was as the opportunistic German POW turned spy, "Tiger," in "Decision Before Dawn." (Stars: Oskar Werner, Richard Basehart, and Gary Merrill, circa 1950; by 20th Century Fox.)
After Hessler made his speech about over running Poland and France in a month and conquering the Crimea Conrad should have answered back ,Yeah, but Poland and France didn't have total air superiority over the battlefield , unlimited supplies of fuel, men ,tanks, artillery, fighter planes and bombers, ammunition, food and can replace all their losses easily like the Americans we are facing right now!
They were spread far too thin, especially East and West, with both fronts closing in on them and still holding out in Italy. I believe they still had troops tied up in Denmark and Norway until the end of the war as well, which probably served no practical purpose by then.
@@stevekaczynski3793 that's true. But the if the West wasn't addressed the allies would come into Germany probably after Christmas. This attack did great damage to there coming Allied offense.
The German troops were 80% oldmen/teenagers and SS straight from the insane savagery of Russia. The thinly spread American troops were fresh off boats from the U.S. certain the war would be over in a few weeks. By Christmas 🎄 of course✨️ ❤️
Robert Shaw was so good in this, just first rate.
Fun fact: Hans Christian Blech (Conrad) was an actual German WWII veteran before he became an actor.
We knew that. That's how he got the scars
We knew that. That's how he got the scars.
@Joe Curr How do you know he was a hero? He served on the Eastern Front, it's just as likely he was involved in mass murders.
Another fun fact: He was Major Werner Pluskat in that other great war film The Longest Day, playing the first German officer to see the Allied D-Day invasion fleet heading straight for him and his command at the Normandy beachheads.
... and for the trifecta, he played Hauptmann (Captain) Schmidt, in "The Bridge at Remagen."
One of his earliest appearances in an American-produced World War II film was as the opportunistic German POW turned spy, "Tiger," in "Decision Before Dawn." (Stars: Oskar Werner, Richard Basehart, and Gary Merrill, circa 1950; by 20th Century Fox.)
Shaw in his prime!!!
Was this during his alcoholism?
After Hessler made his speech about over running Poland and France in a month and conquering the Crimea Conrad should have answered back ,Yeah, but Poland and France didn't have total air superiority over the battlefield , unlimited supplies of fuel, men ,tanks, artillery, fighter planes and bombers, ammunition, food and can replace all their losses easily like the Americans we are facing right now!
The old man is the one who played in the war movie the Longest Day.
and in "Bridge of Remagen", his name is Hans Christian Blech.
@@juansantos-lq2kz no.
@@TheTarget1980 My mistake.
@@juansantos-lq2kz no problem :)
Today I was given brigade of Tiger 🐅 tanks that is reality
Robert Shaw was such a good actor! I'm not very familiar with this movie but, my madien name is Hessler. It isn't German, it's Swedish.
Who won the tour de France in 1940 = the 7th Panzer Devision.
Conrad makes sense. Germany was on its last legs. They didn't many good troops left.
That's true but that battle cost the US more than 75,000 casualties. It shows you how amazing the German military machine was.
They were spread far too thin, especially East and West, with both fronts closing in on them and still holding out in Italy. I believe they still had troops tied up in Denmark and Norway until the end of the war as well, which probably served no practical purpose by then.
@@mikeandrews2851 It cost the Germans over 100,000 and more importantly the diversion of resources simplified things for the Red Army in the east.
@@stevekaczynski3793 that's true. But the if the West wasn't addressed the allies would come into Germany probably after Christmas. This attack did great damage to there coming Allied offense.
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It looks like it was ripped from a bad VHS copy.
The German troops were 80% oldmen/teenagers and SS straight from the insane savagery of Russia. The thinly spread American troops were fresh off boats from the U.S. certain the war would be over in a few weeks. By Christmas 🎄 of course✨️ ❤️
Love this movie, but,... the britt actors are better than german ones and the german actors play better britts