EXCAVATIONS OF SS SOLDIERS OF THE WESTLAND DIVISION

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  • @TooColdS4
    @TooColdS4 2 года назад +89

    next time a politician in a suit wants to you to go to war for his cause, remember what happen to this man in this pit and look whats left of him

    • @gordonfernandes6873
      @gordonfernandes6873 2 года назад +9

      And that's only part of the story.. his family.. comes next 🤔🙏

    • @rustyruss2962
      @rustyruss2962 2 года назад

      This was different time hitler was trying take world 🌎 over

    • @big12ref2
      @big12ref2 Год назад

      We all end up there eventually, unfortunately they lost. And europe has to suffer different issues today.

  • @dh0815
    @dh0815 2 года назад +146

    So, after a long time, a lost son finally comes home. Now it doesn’t matter if he was an enemy, as long as his soul comes to rest now. Thank you for your work

    • @torehaaland6921
      @torehaaland6921 2 года назад +16

      He wasn't just an enemy. He was SS. That's a whole different level of enemy!!

    • @Stcddot
      @Stcddot 2 года назад +14

      He was an ss soldier. He doesn’t even deserve a grave

    • @dh0815
      @dh0815 2 года назад +50

      @@Stcddot What kind of attitude is that? He was a person like you or me. If you lived in a time like back then, when you were told as a child that you should die for your leader, your country, you can no longer hold grudges against him today. You have to know the story behind everyone. For almost all young German men, it was a privilege to serve as a soldier in the SS. This is not supposed to excuse the crimes, but everyone has a right to rest in peace.

    • @Stcddot
      @Stcddot 2 года назад +12

      @@dh0815 he supported that Jews and Romani deserve death,that his race was superior to all others in the world and he was a clear supporter of hitler (ss troops weren’t recruited they volunteered). He was a nazi and he died a nazi. So no he wasn’t a human being like u and me,he’s nothing like u and me. A lot of Germans ate bullshit for breakfast supper and dinner but they didn’t become nazis. Being a victim of propaganda isn’t an excuse. And if u believe that nazis are worthy of a proper burial then I’m sorry but I disagree. And If god exists then I doubt he’s resting in peace

    • @Sshooter444
      @Sshooter444 2 года назад +12

      @@Stcddot Keyboard Koward snipes from his 21st century den

  • @kennysherrill6542
    @kennysherrill6542 2 года назад +57

    Thank you all again for your work in bringing these men home. 👍❤🇺🇸

  • @xvsj-s2x
    @xvsj-s2x 2 года назад +28

    Rediscovering Missing Soldiers of War, put some closure to the question where does one lie burred. Thank you for sharing your wonderful efforts.

  • @malcolmwilkinson4449
    @malcolmwilkinson4449 2 года назад +54

    It amazes me just how casually they handle what are still live ordinance🤞🤞

    • @billmagowan1492
      @billmagowan1492 2 года назад +3

      Exactly! That stuffs so unstable it could blow at any time

    • @MrJeffcoley1
      @MrJeffcoley1 2 года назад +3

      In one of their other videos they uncover some mortar rounds that get hot and begin smoking. I get the impression these guys have some training in ordnance disposal, in that video they were discussing how dangerous that pile was. I suspect that they already determined the grenades were OK to handle.

    • @frontier_conflict
      @frontier_conflict 2 года назад

      @@MrJeffcoley1 bruh where’s that video ? Be interested to see it

    • @MrJeffcoley1
      @MrJeffcoley1 2 года назад

      @@frontier_conflict Oh man ... they have so many. It isn't on the WW II metal detecting channel, it's on the Russian channel where they get the outtakes.

    • @derpapito1391
      @derpapito1391 2 года назад +3

      If they had training in ordnance disposal they wouldn't handle that stuff the way they do.
      Even if they made sure that these devices where safe to handle ( I wonder how ), it could give the impression that old ammunition and grenades are generally not dangerous to viewers.
      That would be the last thing I would want people to think if this was my content.
      But then, this is russia ...

  • @bmcg5296
    @bmcg5296 2 года назад +5

    Love your respect to any fallen soldier no matter who he or she was and those motives. The world needs to see the Russian citizens getting the respect for doing such dangerous work without rewards or accolades.
    This is all voluntary work done by people who care only to return those former foes of the Russian people. With total respect for another human, is lacking so much in the world today. You ladies and gents have been watching your deeds for years now, and never ceases to amaze me what you find and who you find to get a proper burial for them I can’t thank or credit you enough! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🙏🏻👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

  • @Timotheus157
    @Timotheus157 2 года назад +1

    Tedious work. A terrible war with only victims, soldiers and civilians alike. Salute to the archeologists and archivists.

  • @wwiewolle5849
    @wwiewolle5849 2 года назад +36

    The regiment, was recruited in Flanders in 1940, and was set up within a few weeks under the name SS Regiment "Westland".
    In December 1940, the regiment was affiliated to the 5th SS Division "Wiking" (later 5th SS Panzer Division "Wiking"). The regiment initially consisted of men from Flanders - but some Dutchmen also served. The majority came from Flanders ...

    • @leiferikson8808
      @leiferikson8808 2 года назад +4

      Die Soldaten waren 18-25 Jahre alt und wurden auf Befehl Himmlers "benutzt". Es wurde ihnen versprochen nur in Flandern Polizeiaufgaben zu übernehmen. Kurz darauf wurde dieses Versprechen gebrochen und sie wurden in Russland eingesetzt. Sie waren unerfahren und hatten große Verluste besonders ab Kovel und Rückzugsgefechte in Ostpreußen etc..

    • @mebodeck
      @mebodeck 2 года назад +9

      SS Wikingsoldiers came from Belgium, Netherlands, Estonia, Denmark, Finland, Sweden and Norway. The majority of the military leaders were Germans.

    • @henktank17
      @henktank17 2 года назад +9

      Otherway around the majority were Dutchmen not flanders

    • @davidroosa4561
      @davidroosa4561 2 года назад +1

      okely dokely

    • @harryhealy611
      @harryhealy611 2 года назад

      @@davidroosa4561 lool

  • @MGB-learning
    @MGB-learning 2 года назад +2

    Outstanding video and presentation.

  • @shaunwest3612
    @shaunwest3612 2 года назад +7

    Great video, that's amazing👍👌😀

  • @a3skywarrior929
    @a3skywarrior929 2 года назад +5

    Another great post Sposibo

  • @morotoro8023
    @morotoro8023 2 года назад +1

    Que bueno tener este canal informa todo,buenas reliquias.

  • @dutchinterceptor318
    @dutchinterceptor318 2 года назад +15

    The SS-Standarte Westland was a detachment of the Waffen-SS only consisting of Dutch recruits. I am curious who he was and were exactly the battle took place. Do you have more details about this Dutch soldier?

    • @Comander311
      @Comander311 Год назад

      Nein

    • @thebomb252
      @thebomb252 Год назад

      Is niet zeker dat hij Nederlands is maar zou wel kunnen

  • @garrymacdonald7449
    @garrymacdonald7449 2 года назад +2

    Keep up the good works.

  • @Blumack21
    @Blumack21 2 года назад +1

    Thank you.
    Andy

  • @lukum55
    @lukum55 2 года назад +6

    The SS-Panzergrenadierregiment 10 "Westland" was mostly made up of Dutch volunteers so there is a good chance this guy was not even German.

    • @AA-or4dt
      @AA-or4dt Год назад +2

      Westland was almost exclusively Dutch with some Belgians. They may have had some German officers.

  • @andrewbond4353
    @andrewbond4353 2 года назад +4

    Lessons were learnt from the first World War and the second World War, a solders life is not to ask if he is on the right side he is there fighting for his loved ones at home, its time that we have a remembrance day to all the worlds war dead, so that we learn that nothing is gained by war only suffering and death but we will never learn this lesson.

  • @timovaneijkelenborg472
    @timovaneijkelenborg472 2 года назад +5

    An uncle of my mother served in Westland, received the Iron Cross 1st and 2nd class. He returned to the Netherlands wounded as an unterscharfuhrer.

    • @dirkmahlberg9612
      @dirkmahlberg9612 2 года назад +1

      How was he treated in Holland after the war? After all, he fought for the enemy, the Germans. Thank you, greetings from Germany

    • @timovaneijkelenborg472
      @timovaneijkelenborg472 2 года назад +5

      @@dirkmahlberg9612 Not so good, his Dutch citizenship has been taken away from him and he has been put to work in the coal mines in the south of the Netherlands.
      He did have a small advantage with that and that is that he was well paid for that work, which he has benefited from for the rest of his life. Unfortunately, he never told much about his time at Westland, his wife didn't let him.

    • @dirkmahlberg9612
      @dirkmahlberg9612 2 года назад +1

      @@timovaneijkelenborg472 Thank you for your answer: I had suspected something similar. 22,000 Dutchmen fought in the Waffen-SS and other military formations on the side of the German Reich, such as the Germaansche SS in Nederland (Germanic SS in the Netherlands). Why?

    • @timovaneijkelenborg472
      @timovaneijkelenborg472 2 года назад +1

      @@dirkmahlberg9612 Why is a good question, I know from the uncle that he was a member of the NSB together with a cousin of his, I know from the literature that most wanted to fight against Bolshevism, also the family left behind was better cared for by means of food coupons and other benefits. The salary also appealed to most. And of course the adventure. It is partly because of this uncle that I got the interest in WW1 and WW2.

    • @jamesrobertson2712
      @jamesrobertson2712 2 года назад +1

      My in-law lived in Waddinxveen/Gouda at the beginning of the war. One of his friends, who was seventeen at the time, joined the SS. Why ? He thought the uniforms looked cool, and they were sure to get good food. He ran into him again after the war, he was a POW. Apparently he was released after one year.

  • @jimmy8360
    @jimmy8360 2 года назад

    I love how he just picks up and shakes around a 80+ year old grenade

  • @whathappened2230
    @whathappened2230 2 года назад +3

    That belt may have been to try and stop blood loss from a wound...?

  • @ehayes5217
    @ehayes5217 2 года назад +2

    Wow, unbelievable!!!🇺🇸

  • @kaitannenhofer2909
    @kaitannenhofer2909 2 года назад +1

    "one day the lies will be broken under theier owen weight"

  • @fredlance2538
    @fredlance2538 2 года назад +7

    you do such a great job and I have so many questions, one question is I understand the men being buried but how did all the artifacts get so deep.

    • @sicsempertyrannis688
      @sicsempertyrannis688 2 года назад

      Farmers just putting bodies in ditches, the rainy seasons causing a shit load of mud for them to sink in for all those years, and some other factors

    • @OOpSjm
      @OOpSjm 2 года назад +2

      There were a lot of trenches dug along defensive lines. Roll the bodies in and cover them up

  • @jonahdz6835
    @jonahdz6835 2 года назад +2

    Que todos esos soldados regresen a casa, ellos nunca quisieron estar donde terminaron,gracias a ustedes amigos pronto estarán en casa,saludos des Mexicali bc México,buen video excelente 👏🏽👌🏽👍🏽

  • @Communism1988
    @Communism1988 2 года назад

    i can be wrong but isnt it unsafe to play with old rusty granades or projectiles?

  • @HeinSchlauHeinSchlau1234
    @HeinSchlauHeinSchlau1234 Год назад

    Very Danger!

  • @zebradgr8339
    @zebradgr8339 2 года назад +9

    After all those years it doesn't matter anymore what side he fought for .... Everyone deserves to be buried home.

  • @Yamaha38XCRacer
    @Yamaha38XCRacer 2 года назад +5

    👍🏻

  • @jlk7667
    @jlk7667 2 года назад +1

    what do you do whith the fallen Soldiers ?

  • @jasonfernee2401
    @jasonfernee2401 2 года назад

    What area are you excavating? Where did this battle take place?

  • @hoosierdaddy2308
    @hoosierdaddy2308 2 года назад

    Very cool. It looked like one of his feet were gone as well. 😭 Poor soul. ♥️

    • @hoosierdaddy2308
      @hoosierdaddy2308 7 месяцев назад

      @@davidknichal6629 Anyone dead in that war is a poor soul.. That whole war and the previous one in Europe were horrible . I had relatives who also fought in both from here in America.

  • @davep7308
    @davep7308 2 года назад +3

    So you can rest in peace soldier

  • @stealth339
    @stealth339 Год назад

    They don't seem to concerned with all the old grenades and such there. I would think that stuff would be very unstable.

  • @laineman
    @laineman 2 года назад +2

    Hi tavarish👍

  • @pkl8811
    @pkl8811 Год назад +1

    Are you informing the families when you find their dog tag?

  • @frostfox1208
    @frostfox1208 2 года назад +4

    Beautiful dark soil. You could grow a lot of food in that soil

  • @agentedesegurancaprivada6193
    @agentedesegurancaprivada6193 2 года назад +1

    Olá pessoal achados muinto bom, tem como vocês colocar legenda em português para nós entendemos melhor os vídeos!👍🇧🇷

  • @Malusdarkblades11
    @Malusdarkblades11 2 года назад

    Subtitels in english would be great ! :)

  • @Fasdaff01
    @Fasdaff01 2 года назад +13

    Do the skeletons ever attack the diggers or are they always this passive?

  • @hellomikie92
    @hellomikie92 Год назад +1

    Keep up the good work. And hope yall are updated on your tetanus shot.

  • @bosseraven9180
    @bosseraven9180 2 года назад

    Regiment ”Westland” of the ”Wiking” division.

  • @alantoon5708
    @alantoon5708 2 года назад +7

    Just wonder how many more still lie, undiscovered?

    • @James-ol6rw
      @James-ol6rw 2 года назад

      My guess is tens of thousands.

  • @Littleowl85352
    @Littleowl85352 2 года назад +1

    Oh that poor guy, once a handsome young man now a pile of bones. To hell with politics always

  • @johnolgue1227
    @johnolgue1227 2 года назад

    Do u keep the stuff?

  • @javierarzola6538
    @javierarzola6538 2 года назад

    Sin mercenarios ideológicos, no me soldados del ejército... Déjenlos tranquilos, bien enterrados están.
    Dr Javier Arzola (Chile)

  • @markbeaumont3292
    @markbeaumont3292 2 года назад

    Whats the skeleton lying on?

  • @alexandrexavier3273
    @alexandrexavier3273 2 года назад +2

    After finding these bodies what they do? Do they disarm the explosives and bury everything again? How often can you identify a body from its dogtag? Thank guys for putting these compilations from other channels, I always go to their channel to give them views!

    • @brokentreeusauka1891
      @brokentreeusauka1891 2 года назад +6

      The Russian military will take care of the ordnance. Remains are either given to the Germans or reburied in a German military cemetery in Russia. Only officers got their names on their ID tags. The ordinary German soldier got a number. Unfortunately a lot of military records were destroyed.

    • @alexandrexavier3273
      @alexandrexavier3273 2 года назад +1

      @@brokentreeusauka1891 amazing process! Thanks for the reply

    • @OOpSjm
      @OOpSjm 2 года назад +1

      @@brokentreeusauka1891 The tag numbers are sent back to Germany for identification. They are verified as accounted for or removed from the missing . Family members located.
      Burial afterwards as you mentioned.

  • @lindsaymcpherson4744
    @lindsaymcpherson4744 2 года назад +1

    I can explain this when a bomb went off next to the man he was probably buried by the 2 tonne of dirt that flew into the air as it exploded !!!

    • @brokentreeusauka1891
      @brokentreeusauka1891 2 года назад

      More likely the concussive wave killed him.

    • @loneexplorama7914
      @loneexplorama7914 2 года назад +1

      A lot of bodies were also buried in " as is where is " condition in shallow pits by villagers for hygeinic purposes as well as out of common decency

  • @jamespence2706
    @jamespence2706 2 года назад +1

    Was gas being used during ww2 ? I have noticed many gas masks in your videos .

    • @geirsakariassen4728
      @geirsakariassen4728 2 года назад

      many use to dump the gasmask, ann use the box to food ann shit, cigater, so maby he is a new one, optemist, in 44 look like ghost, you can but a sexy lady in front of them an noting happen in the face, 2 year in sovjet you get nevermain,, look like is from the nort front, leningrad back to norway, and the war ends and we have 400 000 Germany but most of them was god man. ann the photo invasjon from usa holywood, nick name fotoinvasjon,,, Normandie ,,, war sucks

  • @ronniecardy
    @ronniecardy 2 года назад

    One more family has their Son,father. Returned form the war. So they can lay him to rest

  • @thomasweatherford5125
    @thomasweatherford5125 2 года назад +8

    Were you able to identify the soldier? Could you read his name and maybe find some distant relatives in Germany?

    • @ianholland3594
      @ianholland3594 2 года назад +8

      SS Regiment Westland was composed of Dutch and Flemish volunteers fighting in 5th SS division Wiking.

    • @thomasweatherford5125
      @thomasweatherford5125 2 года назад +10

      @@ianholland3594 - I’d still love for that fellow to be identified and whatever family he might have to know that he wasn’t forgotten.

    • @ianholland3594
      @ianholland3594 2 года назад +6

      @@thomasweatherford5125 Westland was mainly dutch so there is a good chance he will be traceable unlike many.

    • @patrickporter6536
      @patrickporter6536 2 года назад +2

      There's his dog tag..

    • @mattskustomkreations
      @mattskustomkreations 2 года назад +4

      German dog tags are not as you might expect. They include regiment names and identification numbers, but I don’t think they had the soldiers names on them. Also, they were meant to be broken in half - one half stays with the body, the other goes to the death registrar. Whole dog tags can be good indicators the soldier was killed and left behind, there was no opportunity to snap off the half to give to the graves registry.

  • @Maffeekaschine
    @Maffeekaschine 2 года назад

    in which country did you find all this?

  • @fabiorsv2351
    @fabiorsv2351 2 года назад

    R.I.P

  • @ConwayTruckload
    @ConwayTruckload 2 года назад +3

    Karma dealt with this guy accordingly

    • @joelonzello4189
      @joelonzello4189 2 года назад +2

      We dont know soldiers circumstance or what he thought privately about the War...

  • @coldroomrefrigerationsyste7287
    @coldroomrefrigerationsyste7287 2 года назад +5

    😓😓😓😓😓

  • @kjwt2881
    @kjwt2881 2 года назад +3

    First

  • @luisplata8661
    @luisplata8661 2 года назад

    MMM.. pueden vender lo que encuentran? OSon aficionados o son dirigidos x su gobierno a rescatar artículos guerra armas y mas??

  • @immobilien
    @immobilien 2 года назад

    His soul is burning in hell....

  • @bennybenny2688
    @bennybenny2688 2 года назад +2

    The Name of the soldier?

  • @mikeclark4416
    @mikeclark4416 2 года назад +4

    Let God Judge him !

    • @jamesrobertson2712
      @jamesrobertson2712 2 года назад

      He already did. The guy is dead. Capital punishment, so to speak.

    • @andrewbond4353
      @andrewbond4353 2 года назад +1

      Why judge him, he may not have had a choice fighting history only tells the store of the side that wins we never know why these men ended up there or if they could have put down arms. Let's have compassion for any soldier that falls in battle no matter which country they serve.

  • @davep7308
    @davep7308 2 года назад +1

    He needs to go home

  • @dauskeni3181
    @dauskeni3181 2 года назад +7

    I never heard about westland had war

  • @eidervillamartinez596
    @eidervillamartinez596 2 года назад

    Soy de Colombia me gustaría que me mandaron los videos traducido español para entender los

  • @Leosarebetter
    @Leosarebetter 2 года назад +3

    I wonder if it is true....that all those dead soldiers who fought for nothing realize that their lives were wasted......

    • @warwatch
      @warwatch 2 года назад +3

      I guess some of them had no choice fight or be punished

    • @torehaaland6921
      @torehaaland6921 2 года назад +1

      @@warwatch They joined SS by choice. And those from occupied countries even more so. Those skeletons are of people being there by active choice.

    • @LJWalter78
      @LJWalter78 2 года назад

      Hardly wasted. These men here paid the ultimate price in this never spoken of aspect of World War II. Never spoken of, but immensely important!!
      It always seems to spark argument and debate, unfortunately we will never get an answer…
      BUT;
      If the forces of Germany & the volunteers from other European countries, (Like the ones excavated in this video, Waffen SS WESTLAND, & others)
      But if the 3rd Reich had NOT attacked to the east, had NOT hit the Communist Soviet Union as hard & fast as they did in the 1st year of operation Barbarosa, I dread to see what Europe would look like today… completely unrecognizable in my opinion.
      Ultimately, I believe Stalin wanted all of Europe for himself, (which he kept MUCH of it after the war anyway…Without arguments/disagreements from the west). It’s evident, starting in 1937 the soviet Union ramped up their arms production in anticipation for the day they spread their communist beliefs West. The Germans knew that, and simply “beat him to the punch” while the Soviets were still weak from the “takeover”.
      Part of gaining full control in Russia, the jewishh bolsheviks used tactics that were inhumanly brutal and swift. Quick and Factory-like assassinations of thousands officers, and local government officials. All leadership personnel, from top to bottom, in every military branch, large cities, small towns, and everywhere in between, military officers, doctors, lawyers, and ALL intellectuals/people of intelligence, in society were systematically eliminated.
      The bolshevik way was hands tied behind the back, single shot through the base of the spine into the back of the head. Body falls forward into a pre-dug trench. (See the massacre at the KATYN FORREST, 22,000+ Polish executed by the Soviet Union in May 1940)
      But with a poorly lead military, Stalin was simply buying time. He lacked of course talented officers, but also lacked modern arms/weaponry, modern planes, and many other essential pieces needed for divers in war. Eventually, once he was ready, I believe he would’ve struck east AFTER Germany, Poland, France, England, Holland, Belgium, Norway, Finland, etc. had feet in the shit out of each other up + down left & right leaving it’s citizens + economies tired & “War weary“. It would’ve been easy for him at that point.
      I estimate ALL of Europe, (other than England/Ireland/Scotland, protected by water) would have been under Soviet/Communist/Bolshevik rule. All of Europe. All under Stalin’s rule if operation Barbarosa had NOT happened.

  • @scottessery100
    @scottessery100 2 года назад +3

    But they were the enemy

    • @MrT8T3R
      @MrT8T3R 2 года назад +7

      Keyword: WERE

    • @dh0815
      @dh0815 2 года назад +7

      As I said, they were enemies in the past, today they are missing and lost souls.

    • @torehaaland6921
      @torehaaland6921 2 года назад +2

      @@dh0815 An SS is always an enemy. Dead or alive. A nazi is by definition a bad fellow.

    • @torehaaland6921
      @torehaaland6921 2 года назад

      @@gingerale7729 Home, ok. but the past is only the past when the wrongdoings has been set straight, or as a minimum-the wrongdoings longer has no visible effects. that is not the case. These guys crimes wasn't just stealing a candybar.

    • @torehaaland6921
      @torehaaland6921 2 года назад +1

      @@gingerale7729 A minute minority were executed. Next to everybody got away.
      And mass murderers are mass murderers forever.
      Their victims can never be brought back to life. They deserve no more than their victims.
      May they burn in hell.

  • @jakejhons5138
    @jakejhons5138 2 года назад +4

    May he rot in hell.

  • @alekseiastasenkov8956
    @alekseiastasenkov8956 2 года назад

    зачем кналу такая ...мерзская заставка , я не понимаю ... с какой целью ? для западного зрителя ?оскверняет воинов красной армии ! замените !

  • @mathiastheophilus9434
    @mathiastheophilus9434 Год назад

    Ich hoffe das die Erkennungsmarken da landen wo sie hingehören, beim DRK-Suchdienst, meine Oma hat ihren Bruder nie nach hause bekommen, der wird bis heute in Russland vermisst. Es wäre also schön wenn solche Marken nicht auf Militaria Märkten verkauft werden.