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@Boss liker yt don't forget the 2 wrecked shermans he left behind in town. One destroyed by his Panzerfaust and another by a shot from one of the Panthers
The Wehrmacht were not the only ones who used captured tanks. Virtually every Axis country had at least one captured tank. Their intent was to take it apart and see what made it so special. In the case of the M4 Sherman, it was extremely versatile and somewhat inexpensive, making it perfect for invading a foreign country who's tanks were arguably much better, but could not be rolled off the assembly line as quickly. Although the Sherman suffered massive casualties against Germany, it was able to delay them long enough for reinforcements to arrive.
I constantly am blown away by your talent, you mad lads animate these amazing videos every week! I don’t know how but you all have my deepest respect for your commitment to your job, keep it up!
To be fair, they were in a classic "motti" and would more than likely been destroyed, had they not surrendered, it's easy in hindsight to say they should have fought on but the shock of first having your lead tank blown up followed by your tail would probably have prompted the same reaction from any sane commander.
There was actually a "Herman the German" exist during WWII, who work AVG as mechanic in China, naturalized as American after the War, find a job at GE and help them to R&D the J-79 turbojet engine.
As a former usaf officer (pilot), this man exemplifies the qualities of an excellent leader. Decisive, commanding, and brave. Good on him, glad he lived a long life.
He just served under the wrong gouvernement. They were few German officers who weren't that evil in their heart. I bet that some Nazi officers would just had the Americans lined up and shoot
Holy shit bro left with a pistol and a bike and came back to base with 20 more men, 60 captured US tanker crew, 12 shermans and 2 panthers. that is legendary
If I recall correctly, these Shermans were incorporated into the ranks of Frundsberg. Same WSS division that had seen action in and around Arnhem, Normandy, and the Russian Front.
I've been following your channel ever since "When the 101st Airborne saved Friend and Foe", and I'm truly taken aback, by the quality of the animation over these last two years. Its truly a marvel that this has happened. The quality of storytelling has always been the same, Superb. Looking so forward to the stories you bring to us in the future and Thank you all for starting this channel.
Holy shit! That was some insane story backed by top tier animation! There were heroes on both sides. At the time Germany was being closed in on both sides. The Wehrmacht soldiers were just doing their job defending their Fatherland. Great job Yarny!.
Seems odd that the Americans would have put all their tanks in a line in one street rather than distributing them in defensive positions around the town.
If you note the date, this was near the official end of the Battle of the Bulge, the last great German push to reach Antwerp and continue the war. The Ardennes region up until Dec 16, 1944 was a rear area, where exhausted and depleted units were resting, replenishing, and taking in green new soldiers and tank crews. The veterans were dead or incapacitated, so in the absolute chaos of the sudden attack on a wide front, the cooks and clerks were fighting for their lives along with the infantry. Those of you who experienced Tet will know what it's like. The green crews in those Shermans made mistakes that they would not have made just a few days or weeks later. If the Germans didn't know in advance, they figured it out in a hurry. They almost broke out.
I really appreciated this video especially because you mention the village of Herrlisheim which is in Alsace (France) and in Alsace we are often told this kind of story of the second world war when we are little and especially during the commemoration of the capitulation of Germany.
That signals poor leadership. The US tank unit commander should have fought that off rather than assuming they were "surrounded". That's called GUTS and taking risks under uncertainty. I'm sure Patton had a word or two with him after the war, assuming he survived the POW camp! Sure there was always the possibility they were indeed surrounded but even there it would've been a darn fight with lots of dead germans like in "Fury", germans who would not have killed Americans! As it turned out God only knows how many more Americans died as a result of that surrender. I know Fury was a movie but things like that actually happened. Thank God most tank commanders were that way and not like that surrendering coward. Otherwise we would be saying "Heil Hitler" right now!
There was a similar event earlier in the war in Italy. A German officer scouted a small Italian town with a handful of soldiers. He realized he stumbled upon a platoon of Sherman tanks and tried to destroy one. He missed with his Panzerfaust but quick thinking enabled him to catch the majority of the crews outside of their vehicles. He captured 5 Shermans (or 4 to be precise as 1 had managed to escape and ended in a ditch out of town)
Back in the mid eighties I was a tanker in the Canadian army and went on leave in Germany to visit some German relatives. A cousin of my paternal grandmother had been a Fallschirmjaeger in the closing months of WW 2. He told me about a battle against Russians operating Sherman tanks. After a few of the tanks had been knocked out, the rest of the Russians fled, leaving perfectly functioning Shermans behind. To his surprise, some of the veteran members of his unit hopped into the Shermans and drove them to the rear, to be used in German service, much as was depicted here. He didn’t say how many tanks they captured, but it sounded like they were up against a company strength (a dozen tanks presumably) formation.
At first I thought this was the Battle of the Bulge, and the clandestine unit that took Shermans and other US gear to attempt to confuse the Allies at the beginning of the operation. I completely forgot about this. I heard about it, but never really understood the context of how it all played out. Great video! Really gives me a visual on how utterly brave and insane that commander was.
Yeah, he better not step on that stuffed yarncat anymore, he could’ve become a true war criminal 4:49 Also, I know I shouldn’t be rooting for the Germans here but honestly, something is so cool about seeing a leader, running alongside his tank in battle
Excelente historia. Ese Erwin sin duda alguna fue muy valiente. Yo en su lugar si hubiera retrocedido al ver muchos taques enemigo, pero él si decidió hacerles frente y capturarlos.
Would be interesting to see a video about the Tiger 2 captured (and apparently driven around a bit) by soldiers of the US army. Tiger 332 if I remember correctly. This was during the winter battles of 1944-1945. Unfortunately there might not be enough material on this matter to make a full video.
Just purely awesome work you do. Swear you have up the animations/GFX so much since the last video. I couldn't believe this was a real story till I looked it up for myself. Keep up the great work😉👍
I think they should do an action series. Some campaign spread over 10-20 episodes, each 5 min. It could also be a bit fiction. I mean right now all the words they put into the characters ' mouths are also their own imagination how it happened
This channel has gotten to the point where it makes things more interesting, higher quality and more frequently than war documentary programs. Great work as always!
This story is such a blast to watch. I love the whole idea of a lone commander and 2 tanks prowling the streets of a deserted city. Such an awesome visual!
Guys, It's just crazy, how far you've come with the animation and even the direction. The overall quality of your films is getting better with every other video. Usually there's an exclusion ratio between quality and quantity, but Yarnhub doesn't give a damn and takes both of these elements to the max level. Seriously, guys, It's amazing. Keep it up, we love you and your work!
One thing i can respect about the Heer in WWII was their officer training encouraged officers to seize a moment on their own and take their own initiative. If you're the highest rank around you call the shots for the squad. Dont wait for a higher up take the moment before its lost. This perfectly illustrates that training.
Great vid and impressive animation! I saw another video about this incident earlier, but seeing the incident reenacted in this video made the surrender of such a large American force to a smaller German force much more understandable though not less embarrassing.
The animation is getting even more realistic as time goes on. It's amazing how the quality keeps improving and you guys still keep uploading every week. Keep this up, you might end up making movies.
Damn, i havent watched in a while tbh, but this new style is crazy. I remember the very firsr video. This channel is always aiming for improvement and keeps revolutionizing the style
The animation quality is absolutely crazy. The old animations felt comfy and simple, with a bit of crudeness for spice, but this new one cuts like a knife. Even the air being heated up from the tank’s engine, wow. It must have taken ages to render this. Great job Yarnhub!
I love Yarnhub's neutral approach on history, as it is never as simple as one side being evil and the other being good. So kudos to you guys for telling soldiers' tales from all sides.
WW2 was as close as it gets to one side being evil and the other good. That is not mutually exclusive with the fact that interesting stories from both sides can be told.
@@gasperpoklukar8372 plus not all of the Germans were “evil”. They were following orders and had nationalism for their country. Even the Allied powers committed war crimes, just over brushed due to them being the victors
@@Enfinityyy Evil or not, if you are serving a genocidal regime, you are complicit in its crimes. We established at Nürnberg that "just following orders" isn't an excuse. Allies commited war crimes for sure but it was not military policy like with the Wehrmacht and I also don't remember them commiting industrialised genocide.
@Gašper Poklukar if we're talking western allies I agree, but the Soviets were a major inspiration for said industrialized genocide. They pioneered gas vans etc
How many people does it normally take to make these animations, is it a large team? Either way, it looks great! Keep up the good work. Glad to see how much you all have improved.
Well done YarnHub!🙂👍 I love these computer animated history exposés. Absolutely phenomenal. I really enjoyed your Adolf Galland’s & Hans-Joachim’s vids as I’m a huge history & military history buff. My favorite historical periods are the Roman Empire & WW2 but specifically the European Theatre regarding the latter. Anyway, as a US Army veteran & former tanker, I have a biased affinity towards tanks or panzers so I really enjoyed this one. Even though I’m pretty well versed on the Wehrmacht & have read several memoirs like Otto Carius’, Hans Von Luck’s, etc & know most of the panzer aces & commanders, I was unaware of Obersturmführer Erwin Bachmann. What an incredible story. Glad he survived the & had a long life where he only just passed away in 2010. Sadly, renegade Panzer Ace Kurt Knispel who was by all accounts a very decent & honorable man died 10 days before WW2 ended after having survived years of some of the bitterest & most savage fighting. So tragic. Well done & the animations keep getting better & better. I really, really…REALLY love all the different camera angle shots from the close-up POVs of varying viewpoints on various objects like from Bachmann’s view to a tank round’s flight and all the rotating panoramic shots, zooms & close-ups. You get put into the action like a proverbial “fly on the wall.” It’s visually beautiful but the minutiae makes it emotional, powerful & cathartic. For example, the small action of Bachmann stepping on the cat toy makes the action seem so real & reminds us of the strange juxtaposition & dichotomy of the horrors of war & the humanity of it all as the cat toy is a simple but robust vestige of domestic life that is shattered by war. Get me? Maybe I didn’t explain it well.🤷♂️. Anyway, The multitude of small details like flying snow from Bachmann’s boots as he’s running to the ballistic airwaves from the tank round penetrator’s flight adds real depth to the realism of it all. Freaking Brilliant. Keep up the amazing work👍🙂 Thanks for this great episode.😁🤘
It's impressive that he started from 2d and videos that doesn't look very animated to suddenly smoke effects mist, dust, detail these videos have improved so much
I have been waiting for this story of Beutepanzer Sherman for age now! Finally you made it! How good to watch this video at 8am while taking my breakfast here in Nordrein Westfalen Germany.. Now this is one of my next favorite next to Wittmann story. Can‘t wait for the goat Kurt Knispel.. Thank you Yarnhub! 🙏🏼❤️
By God the animations are getting good. From the hazy view in front the tanks due to the heat to the looks ans expressions on the German soldiers faces. Absolutely incredible!!
Its crazy how not only the animations have improved over the years, but also how you guya find such interesting stories. Easily one of my favorite channels on youtube :)
I believe the Muzzle Break shown on the Shermans was a German modification. Meaning it shouldn't have appeared on the Shermans precapture. Of course that's only a minor inconsistency in great video.
3:01 this could easily become the start of a psychological horror ww2-theme game, a silent hill-like, where you're a german soldier fighting alone in a war-torn, abandoned town, fighting both the allied and hallucinations, facing his past mistakes, regrets and autrocities (make him a SS or something) with multible endings
Dang solid video. It's interesting that he passed away in 2010. I graduated highschool in 2011 and the internet wasn't that big a thing yet at the time so I would never had known about him without your video. Thanks!
Damn, the channel has come a long way. It’s changed so much in a span of 4 years. It went from 2d to 3d and now hyper realistic 3d. I love it, keep the good work up
I’d love to see more WWI Canadian stories, I feel like there’s gotta be lots of good stories in there that most people don’t have a clue about. I think the immense nighttime trench raids they undertook would be really interesting to hear about; it already existed but the Canadians took to it hardcore and really revolutionized at the time.
As Napoleon Bonaparte said, “In war, men are nothing, one man is everything.” During war, men of all different armies will perform heroic deeds against the enemy. You may hate your enemy but never ever stop to respect their abilities to fight.
i enjoy this, we do not often hear the german side of the wars. BOTh of the wars. SO its good to hear another view and how things turned out for each group
@@FuxxMajor trust me on my bucket list is how to learn German and I said what I said cause there is those few that will get upset if you respect an enemy
These were getting better and better for a while now. This one... holy shit. The animation has gotten so much better and the camera angles. This looked freaking awesome.
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Epik new vido
Kaboom boom
Amazing vid
I already do.
Awesome 😎
I'd love to see the faces of his unit watching a guy who left with a panzerfaust and motorcycle return with 2 Panthers and 12 captured Sherman tanks.
An 60 Americans and 20 more Germans😂
@Boss liker yt don't forget the 2 wrecked shermans he left behind in town. One destroyed by his Panzerfaust and another by a shot from one of the Panthers
The Wehrmacht were not the only ones who used captured tanks. Virtually every Axis country had at least one captured tank. Their intent was to take it apart and see what made it so special.
In the case of the M4 Sherman, it was extremely versatile and somewhat inexpensive, making it perfect for invading a foreign country who's tanks were arguably much better, but could not be rolled off the assembly line as quickly.
Although the Sherman suffered massive casualties against Germany, it was able to delay them long enough for reinforcements to arrive.
@@M4A1BestGirl High tank losses, but it had a high crew survival rate.
@@garretth8224 High tank losses because they were on the offensive as well.
3:01 the animation quality is so top notch. You can tell they have passion when a simple “he walked away” looks like THAT
👌
6:35 hi
this is not animation it's real colorized footage from 1945 stop spreading misinformation
Aber alles gelogen !
🤣 wie in Hollywood nur lügen
I constantly am blown away by your talent, you mad lads animate these amazing videos every week! I don’t know how but you all have my deepest respect for your commitment to your job, keep it up!
Me too
I agree these animations are so good!
i love the non-biased, factual appreciation of a great officer. Amazing video!
PLEASE GAMING COMMUNITY REQUEST TO DEV A GAME OF THIS NATURE!
The Americans must have been very disappointed when they realised it was only 2 panthers
To be fair, they were in a classic "motti" and would more than likely been destroyed, had they not surrendered, it's easy in hindsight to say they should have fought on but the shock of first having your lead tank blown up followed by your tail would probably have prompted the same reaction from any sane commander.
2 pantera = 20 sherman
@@giannidemichelis3086 but the americans always had 22
@@umifeelsbad9337 2 broken
@@giannidemichelis3086 mass production over extreme capabilities, military grade sucks for a reason
Hermann the german Sherman
@Lord Cheese i don't know if you got the joke
No its called auto team rebalance
Herman Irwin the german Sherman
There was actually a "Herman the German" exist during WWII, who work AVG as mechanic in China, naturalized as American after the War, find a job at GE and help them to R&D the J-79 turbojet engine.
My real name is literally German 😂😂
This is got to be one of the craziest war stories I have ever heard! Great animation!
Mark felton also told this story, it’s worth checking it out
@@macleunin Ah yes, the wikipedia historian.
@@ZeroNitroMan true
not as crazy as the Wermacht soldiers that helped some Americans fight off the Waffen SS at Castle Itter in Austria
As a former usaf officer (pilot), this man exemplifies the qualities of an excellent leader. Decisive, commanding, and brave. Good on him, glad he lived a long life.
He just served under the wrong gouvernement. They were few German officers who weren't that evil in their heart. I bet that some Nazi officers would just had the Americans lined up and shoot
Truly men of valor of both sides
Thank you for your service
You so brave 🫡
thank you for your service!!
Holy shit bro left with a pistol and a bike and came back to base with 20 more men, 60 captured US tanker crew, 12 shermans and 2 panthers. that is legendary
If you got Brass Balls you can do most anything you set your mind to!
4:40
Such a cute cat, it is no wonder Erwin is lucky!
3:35?
If I recall correctly, these Shermans were incorporated into the ranks of Frundsberg. Same WSS division that had seen action in and around Arnhem, Normandy, and the Russian Front.
Correct. These 12 Shermans made up 13th Kompanie of the 10th SS Pz.Rgt.
The evolution of your animation is insane. I remember when they were still 2d animations 😂
The Vintage days
*I remember when they produced 1 Dimensional animations*
Same lol
I do too
@@nathandei1674 no they were 2D 1D is a single pixel
Is no one noticing how they animated the distortion caused by the heat coming off the engine radiators of the panthers? Phenomenal as always
9:22
The t-posing American soldier: "I'M UNSTOPPABLE YOU CANNOT DEFEAT ME!"
lmao
Light work, no reaction. 🗿
They know he is too powerful to mess with
What a legend.
Imagine he slowly descended towards the sky
Sherman: Alright, Time for another mission.
German panther: Hello my fellow ally!
Sherman: *Ally...?*
I've been following your channel ever since "When the 101st Airborne saved Friend and Foe", and I'm truly taken aback, by the quality of the animation over these last two years. Its truly a marvel that this has happened. The quality of storytelling has always been the same, Superb. Looking so forward to the stories you bring to us in the future and Thank you all for starting this channel.
I’ve been here since the red baron video truly insane how much better it looks
I have been following since Lightoller, and i agree, the animation has improved exponentially
The first I remember is that haunted oven thingy
Ive been following since their first video
Holy shit! That was some insane story backed by top tier animation! There were heroes on both sides. At the time Germany was being closed in on both sides. The Wehrmacht soldiers were just doing their job defending their Fatherland. Great job Yarny!.
Seems odd that the Americans would have put all their tanks in a line in one street rather than distributing them in defensive positions around the town.
@@to1tu_sr7_34b Never underestimate your enemy- they were complacent and paid the price.
If you note the date, this was near the official end of the Battle of the Bulge, the last great German push to reach Antwerp and continue the war. The Ardennes region up until Dec 16, 1944 was a rear area, where exhausted and depleted units were resting, replenishing, and taking in green new soldiers and tank crews. The veterans were dead or incapacitated, so in the absolute chaos of the sudden attack on a wide front, the cooks and clerks were fighting for their lives along with the infantry. Those of you who experienced Tet will know what it's like. The green crews in those Shermans made mistakes that they would not have made just a few days or weeks later. If the Germans didn't know in advance, they figured it out in a hurry. They almost broke out.
American Sherman: Good morning fellow Sherman!
German Sherman: Guten Tag!
American Sherman: wait a minute? There's an impostor among us!
Good morning in German would actually be Guten Morgen but still a funny comment
that's such a underrated comment bro
@@Specialfella-19 Das ist wahr... habe nicht daran gedacht, was für eine Enttäuschung für jemand (ich) der in Deutschland lebt 😂
Sus
Guten tag means good afternoon I think you ment to say was guten morgen for you know good morning.
I really appreciated this video especially because you mention the village of Herrlisheim which is in Alsace (France) and in Alsace we are often told this kind of story of the second world war when we are little and especially during the commemoration of the capitulation of Germany.
“You were supposed to destroy the Germans, not join them.”
That signals poor leadership. The US tank unit commander should have fought that off rather than assuming they were "surrounded". That's called GUTS and taking risks under uncertainty. I'm sure Patton had a word or two with him after the war, assuming he survived the POW camp! Sure there was always the possibility they were indeed surrounded but even there it would've been a darn fight with lots of dead germans like in "Fury", germans who would not have killed Americans! As it turned out God only knows how many more Americans died as a result of that surrender. I know Fury was a movie but things like that actually happened. Thank God most tank commanders were that way and not like that surrendering coward. Otherwise we would be saying "Heil Hitler" right now!
It must have been incredible for Erwin Bachmann's grandchildren when they hear this story from him when he was still around.
There was a similar event earlier in the war in Italy. A German officer scouted a small Italian town with a handful of soldiers. He realized he stumbled upon a platoon of Sherman tanks and tried to destroy one. He missed with his Panzerfaust but quick thinking enabled him to catch the majority of the crews outside of their vehicles. He captured 5 Shermans (or 4 to be precise as 1 had managed to escape and ended in a ditch out of town)
5:58 i love this scene, Bachmann running at the side of the Panther, like a big dog (or in this case a big cat) and his owner
Tank commanders sure are built different haha
Prima ausgearbeitet. Großartiges Ereignis und eine wahre Heldentat von Erwin Bachmann. Dankeschön für den Film ❤
the graphics look so damn awesome. The way they glide on the icey road in the intro, just everything really. Great work
Everyone is joking around till Herman the german Sherman rolls around the corner
The animation on this channel is phenomenal. I like how you did at 2:48 the heat haze from the engine of the first panther tank.
You guys are awesome, each episode the animation improves x1000
What a marvelous piece of history!! And, as usual, the story teller made everything better... Thank you!
Back in the mid eighties I was a tanker in the Canadian army and went on leave in Germany to visit some German relatives. A cousin of my paternal grandmother had been a Fallschirmjaeger in the closing months of WW 2. He told me about a battle against Russians operating Sherman tanks. After a few of the tanks had been knocked out, the rest of the Russians fled, leaving perfectly functioning Shermans behind. To his surprise, some of the veteran members of his unit hopped into the Shermans and drove them to the rear, to be used in German service, much as was depicted here. He didn’t say how many tanks they captured, but it sounded like they were up against a company strength (a dozen tanks presumably) formation.
The story alone is incredibly crazy, but the fact the mad lad lived till 2010 is just insane.
At first I thought this was the Battle of the Bulge, and the clandestine unit that took Shermans and other US gear to attempt to confuse the Allies at the beginning of the operation.
I completely forgot about this. I heard about it, but never really understood the context of how it all played out. Great video! Really gives me a visual on how utterly brave and insane that commander was.
3:02 that shot is just... wow, that could totally be a wallpaper..
reminds me of something from a battlefield game
@@woofgocats Battlefield 1?
Yeah, he better not step on that stuffed yarncat anymore, he could’ve become a true war criminal 4:49
Also, I know I shouldn’t be rooting for the Germans here but honestly, something is so cool about seeing a leader, running alongside his tank in battle
These videos are absolutely amazing. Getting the visual with the story really gives that immersive experience. Fantastic work!
My grandfather was involved in this incident. He was a Sdkfz 251 driver in the Frundsberg Division. He is sadly not among us anymore to tell the tale
and my grandfather was erwin rommel
@@dev6923-yd1tgmy grandfather was mao zedong
@@Alguien644 my great grandfather was bismarck
@@Alguien644 and I'm the child of crossing between Saddam and Bush breed😩..
@@dev6923-yd1tg😂😂😂
The animation, sound effects and narrative are spot on, Great Work!
Excelente historia. Ese Erwin sin duda alguna fue muy valiente.
Yo en su lugar si hubiera retrocedido al ver muchos taques enemigo, pero él si decidió hacerles frente y capturarlos.
In his actual photo near the end, he barely looks 21. So sad. Im glad he survived.
Would be interesting to see a video about the Tiger 2 captured (and apparently driven around a bit) by soldiers of the US army. Tiger 332 if I remember correctly. This was during the winter battles of 1944-1945.
Unfortunately there might not be enough material on this matter to make a full video.
could make a short out of it if not
I thought it was Tiger 131 that was captured?
They have occasionally have done these stories as just a RUclips short, perhaps it could be good for a short if there isn’t much behind it
@@caradog1081Tiger 131 was captured by the British in North Africa, while Tiger 332 was captured by the Americans during the Battle of the Bulge.
@@caradog1081 131 was a Tiger 1, not a Tiger 2
Just purely awesome work you do. Swear you have up the animations/GFX so much since the last video. I couldn't believe this was a real story till I looked it up for myself. Keep up the great work😉👍
I think they should do an action series. Some campaign spread over 10-20 episodes, each 5 min.
It could also be a bit fiction. I mean right now all the words they put into the characters ' mouths are also their own imagination how it happened
This channel has gotten to the point where it makes things more interesting, higher quality and more frequently than war documentary programs. Great work as always!
This story is such a blast to watch. I love the whole idea of a lone commander and 2 tanks prowling the streets of a deserted city. Such an awesome visual!
i wish you showed what the base commander thought when 12 shermans with american pows showed up to the base
Great video, as always.
BTW, for those interested, a Sherman tank in Wehrmach service is designated Pzkpfw M4-748 (a), the "a" meaning Amerika.
Guys, It's just crazy, how far you've come with the animation and even the direction. The overall quality of your films is getting better with every other video.
Usually there's an exclusion ratio between quality and quantity, but Yarnhub doesn't give a damn and takes both of these elements to the max level.
Seriously, guys, It's amazing. Keep it up, we love you and your work!
This video was incredible. History, Narration and Animation are Things i could see for hours
One thing i can respect about the Heer in WWII was their officer training encouraged officers to seize a moment on their own and take their own initiative.
If you're the highest rank around you call the shots for the squad. Dont wait for a higher up take the moment before its lost. This perfectly illustrates that training.
Great vid and impressive animation! I saw another video about this incident earlier, but seeing the incident reenacted in this video made the surrender of such a large American force to a smaller German force much more understandable though not less embarrassing.
The animation is getting even more realistic as time goes on. It's amazing how the quality keeps improving and you guys still keep uploading every week. Keep this up, you might end up making movies.
Such a great animation as always. I had never known 12 tanks of American steel had turned into German tanks. This is a great video
Imagine the look of the allied forces that meet or hear them...
@@PrograError yeah, would be crazy.
the Germans started doing it in WW1 with captured British Tanks in 1917
My heart sank at this part 3:19
I almost cried.
The teddy bear is unbelieveably detailed, kinda like FurMark.
your animation keeps getting better and better with every video! soon enough you guys are practically gonna have live action videos!
Damn, i havent watched in a while tbh, but this new style is crazy. I remember the very firsr video. This channel is always aiming for improvement and keeps revolutionizing the style
The animation quality is absolutely crazy. The old animations felt comfy and simple, with a bit of crudeness for spice, but this new one cuts like a knife. Even the air being heated up from the tank’s engine, wow. It must have taken ages to render this. Great job Yarnhub!
I love Yarnhub's neutral approach on history, as it is never as simple as one side being evil and the other being good. So kudos to you guys for telling soldiers' tales from all sides.
I love that too, not just telling stories of "brave" american soldiers and being biased that the germans sucked at war.
WW2 was as close as it gets to one side being evil and the other good. That is not mutually exclusive with the fact that interesting stories from both sides can be told.
@@gasperpoklukar8372 plus not all of the Germans were “evil”. They were following orders and had nationalism for their country. Even the Allied powers committed war crimes, just over brushed due to them being the victors
@@Enfinityyy Evil or not, if you are serving a genocidal regime, you are complicit in its crimes. We established at Nürnberg that "just following orders" isn't an excuse. Allies commited war crimes for sure but it was not military policy like with the Wehrmacht and I also don't remember them commiting industrialised genocide.
@Gašper Poklukar if we're talking western allies I agree, but the Soviets were a major inspiration for said industrialized genocide. They pioneered gas vans etc
How many people does it normally take to make these animations, is it a large team? Either way, it looks great! Keep up the good work. Glad to see how much you all have improved.
It’s about 35 person weeks to produce this end to end. So yeah it’s a lot of work.
Can you also tell us about ancient war history, mideval, Roman I'm so interested in history
I have to say, these animations have really gotten better
Well done YarnHub!🙂👍 I love these computer animated history exposés. Absolutely phenomenal. I really enjoyed your Adolf Galland’s & Hans-Joachim’s vids as I’m a huge history & military history buff. My favorite historical periods are the Roman Empire & WW2 but specifically the European Theatre regarding the latter. Anyway, as a US Army veteran & former tanker, I have a biased affinity towards tanks or panzers so I really enjoyed this one.
Even though I’m pretty well versed on the Wehrmacht & have read several memoirs like Otto Carius’, Hans Von Luck’s, etc & know most of the panzer aces & commanders, I was unaware of Obersturmführer Erwin Bachmann. What an incredible story. Glad he survived the & had a long life where he only just passed away in 2010. Sadly, renegade Panzer Ace Kurt Knispel who was by all accounts a very decent & honorable man died 10 days before WW2 ended after having survived years of some of the bitterest & most savage fighting. So tragic.
Well done & the animations keep getting better & better. I really, really…REALLY love all the different camera angle shots from the close-up POVs of varying viewpoints on various objects like from Bachmann’s view to a tank round’s flight and all the rotating panoramic shots, zooms & close-ups. You get put into the action like a proverbial “fly on the wall.” It’s visually beautiful but the minutiae makes it emotional, powerful & cathartic. For example, the small action of Bachmann stepping on the cat toy makes the action seem so real & reminds us of the strange juxtaposition & dichotomy of the horrors of war & the humanity of it all as the cat toy is a simple but robust vestige of domestic life that is shattered by war. Get me? Maybe I didn’t explain it well.🤷♂️. Anyway, The multitude of small details like flying snow from Bachmann’s boots as he’s running to the ballistic airwaves from the tank round penetrator’s flight adds real depth to the realism of it all. Freaking Brilliant.
Keep up the amazing work👍🙂 Thanks for this great episode.😁🤘
It's impressive that he started from 2d and videos that doesn't look very animated to suddenly smoke effects mist, dust, detail these videos have improved so much
I have been waiting for this story of Beutepanzer Sherman for age now! Finally you made it! How good to watch this video at 8am while taking my breakfast here in Nordrein Westfalen Germany.. Now this is one of my next favorite next to Wittmann story. Can‘t wait for the goat Kurt Knispel.. Thank you Yarnhub! 🙏🏼❤️
holy shit these animations are pristine, right down to the architecture of building walls and the particular features of handheld weapons
Why the animation so good. It is like call of duty 😂😂😂
3:20 That teddy bear has more details then some Tirpple A games nowadays 😭😂
9:55 Real Erwin Bachmann jumpscare
You guys even nailed the engine exhaust! Every episode is so damn good. Never just "eh".
By God the animations are getting good. From the hazy view in front the tanks due to the heat to the looks ans expressions on the German soldiers faces. Absolutely incredible!!
Never heard this story before now, and so glad you guys are able to bring these stories to life with such quality animations!
The American T-posing in the backround🤣🤣🤣 9:25
3:03 great battlefield thumbnail
Its crazy how not only the animations have improved over the years, but also how you guya find such interesting stories. Easily one of my favorite channels on youtube :)
9:23 one of the american were so scared by the german that he went T pose back there 😂
A new Sabaton song to make me cry, and a new Yarnhub video to make me smile.
Fuck yeah today is great
1000% better than anything on Netflix .
I LOVE your videos.
What an amazing story!
It's good to hear a German story . We don't hear those to often .
Bro got some balls running with a tank.
I believe the Muzzle Break shown on the Shermans was a German modification. Meaning it shouldn't have appeared on the Shermans precapture. Of course that's only a minor inconsistency in great video.
3:01 this could easily become the start of a psychological horror ww2-theme game, a silent hill-like, where you're a german soldier fighting alone in a war-torn, abandoned town, fighting both the allied and hallucinations, facing his past mistakes, regrets and autrocities (make him a SS or something) with multible endings
Sounds like a game i would enjoy
There’s a WW1 horror game that has a soldier with shell shock traverse a super hell trench that has a creepy dark tone to it.
I only remember the german soldier screaming for help as the creature tears him apart@@Goon685
Your videos are amazing,I’ve watched pretty much all of them and a new one every week makes my week. Keep up the great work!!!
Dang solid video. It's interesting that he passed away in 2010. I graduated highschool in 2011 and the internet wasn't that big a thing yet at the time so I would never had known about him without your video. Thanks!
He successfully survived the QTE and went on to completely cheese a raid encounter with just 2 Panthers an 1 Panzerfaust.
I wonder if Hollywood makes a movie about this... or perhaps not 😀😀
9:23
That one American soldier in the background T-posing to show no fear towards his enemy
for real
Damn, the channel has come a long way. It’s changed so much in a span of 4 years. It went from 2d to 3d and now hyper realistic 3d. I love it, keep the good work up
you've come real far from the first video, well done Yarny well done
It needed 4 shermans to take out one tiger 1 but only 2 panthers to make 60 shermans surrender👏
I’d love to see more WWI Canadian stories, I feel like there’s gotta be lots of good stories in there that most people don’t have a clue about. I think the immense nighttime trench raids they undertook would be really interesting to hear about; it already existed but the Canadians took to it hardcore and really revolutionized at the time.
I cannot believe the Frickin Detail to these Videos! 😱✨
Well guys, we saw that teddy bear flex. But really, youre animations are getting better with each new video, great job!
Ooh, ive been waiting for this video, im expecting great quality as always. Keep it up!❤
As Napoleon Bonaparte said, “In war, men are nothing, one man is everything.” During war, men of all different armies will perform heroic deeds against the enemy. You may hate your enemy but never ever stop to respect their abilities to fight.
Respect for the hard work you put on the video graphics
Wow the detail on their breathing is amazing
i enjoy this, we do not often hear the german side of the wars. BOTh of the wars. SO its good to hear another view and how things turned out for each group
Ok I know the guy is German but gotta respect him for taking 12 Sherman tanks that's impressive in my opinion
I am also a German. It's ok to like us =)
@@FuxxMajor trust me on my bucket list is how to learn German and I said what I said cause there is those few that will get upset if you respect an enemy
@@FuxxMajor Germans have been some of the best warriors in history! No shame. 👍🏻
@@AddSomethingCreativeHere what about ë
Embarrassing.
But, when you don’t get it right, you just don’t… get it right.
Thanks for posting this.
I love how you honor all soldiers of war. Thank you for bringing these stories of these heroes to light.
These were getting better and better for a while now. This one... holy shit. The animation has gotten so much better and the camera angles. This looked freaking awesome.
Yarn hub never fails to amaze me with their visual effects and storyline