deepest respect for all the people that are taking part on these days. so nice to see these vehicles in such fitting weather and side by side now. Thank you for the heads up once again and lets all hope we will never face those times again!
My father was one of the paratroopers (517th PRCT) who survived the battle in Manhay on Christmas Eve. It haunted him until the day he died. I have spoken with several of the men he served with who had the same traumatic memories. God bless them. Thank you for sharing this wonderful and for me very moving video.
*I am a Yankee, an American living in the not so aptly titled, "Kingdom of The Netherlands", (Holland) these battlegrounds aren't too far distant from my home here in the Groningen Province of The Netherlands. In fact, the German Wehrmacht marched right through the little village in which I now reside. I am living almost directly upon the Dutch/German border, (it passes just 1.5 yards behind my back gardens) where on 16, December of 1944, Nazi Germany mounted one final attempt to win an already lost war, 'The Ardennes Offensive', or, 'Operation Mist', better know to the Western world as, 'The Battle of the Bulge', was just another 'Battle' to the U.S Army, albeit a large and fierce one, but it was a far cry from earlier, Luftwaffe supported offensives mounted by Germany's finest. The majority of these newly formed raw German troops were a far cry from the well trained, consummate veterans once fielded by the Wehrmacht, of course some of the more experienced German combat troops still remained, this was indeed a very different army than the one that simultaneously defeated several different nations armies in The Battle of France. Although, judging from the testimony of the GI eyewitnesses that had to fight this well equipped, yet still ad-hoc German force, they had lost none of the typical fanaticism which accompanied the true believers of the Nazi ideology. Being situated between the two nations and, living among their separate but aggregate peoples, it is clear that, even to this very day, there still remains an palpable antagonism, even an animosity laying just below the surface of the polite greetings of the Dutch, "Goede dag" and the German, "Schönen Tag". Being a bit of a WWII buff myself, I never miss an opportunity to speak with the sadly thinning ranks of the WWII Generation about their personal experiences of that inevitable collision of ideologies and ancient virulence that existed between Germany, England and France. The majority of elder Dutchmen still angrily speak of the German generated, "Honger Winter", Hunger Winter; when thousands of Nederlanders, (Dutchmen and women) literally starved to death as the German Wehrmacht and SS took every scrap and morsel of food in order to feed their now starving armies and peoples. The bitterness continues in Rotterdam as well, as it is a rare Nederlander indeed that doesn't look to where, the now missing, formerly magnificent medieval Rotterdam architecture once proudly stood, with a contemptible disdain for those who violently and unnecessarily removed these irreplaceable architectural treasures. Which were replaced by boxy, banal modern high-rises, lacking any personality whatsoever. Although I have noticed that the younger among the respective populations have a different view of the now, to them, ancient history of WWII. It is mainly the middle aged and older locals that just haven't quite yet forgiven the other for the war. Although most people have been given the impression that every single Dutchman opposed the German occupation, the reality is quite different. Yes, of course many did oppose the German takeover of their country. And also, Yes, the Germans too hold a grudge, as they believe that their, literal "Blutsbrüder", "Blood Bothers" should have allowed them to pass unhindered and not fight their very own blood. They believe that the Dutch could have, and should have done more to aid their Germanic Brothers. In all fairness, the Germans seem to forget that the Dutch did contribute much, including one of the finest SS Combat divisions of the war, as their record clearly proves; These fierce Nederlanders were indeed among the finest troops ever to serve in any war or combat situation, fighting against vastly superior numbers and well equipped enemies on both fronts, armed with sheer bravery! As well as thousands of regular army units that served with the Wehrmacht. In time, these animosities will fall away as the memories of those horrors fade from the vivid memories of the now elderly people who experienced the horrors of this war, into pages of history books.*
The majority of today's Dutch young people could give two shits about the sacrifice and suffering of their grandparents or about the lives lost of young men who came from far away to restore the Dutch way of life prior to nazi occupation.
I was at the Hardigny reenactment today and it was quite the spectacle. The coolest thing to me as an American was the crowd of spectators. It was HUGE! I wonder how many thousand attended. Same was true with the vehicle parade which lasted an hour and never a dull moment. Those rigs just kept coming, many crewed by females in full GI gear (Why not? If we can turn back time, gender should be easy). I'm a 64-yr-old Army vet, and when I would thank the Belgian reenactors, their answer was inevitably along the lines of, "We are the ones who should be thanking YOU!" Belgians get appreciation, and certainly feel it for those GIs from 1944. "Nuts Weekend" happens every year and would make a great addition to anybody's bucket list. The whole weekend has been amazing! And the Belgian chocolate and beer are simply The Best.
I was in Hardigny too, there was around 10k people Nuts weekend is every year but the large reenactment is every 5 years, next yeat there will only be a reenactment in Manhay
Thanks for the video not much shown here in the States about the 75th event. Thanks to all the re-enactors for it is the best way to remember what happened less we forget. Younger generations need to appreciate the tide of the war on the western front sealed the Reich's fate at the Battle of the Bulge (Ardennes), but it came at a very high cost for both sides and that we should never never forget.
Wow , I've studied the Battle of the Bulge for years , I wish I could have been there for the 75th anniversary. Thanks for sharing the video , I'm glad their are people who appreciate the United States for something. Go to Google Newspaper Archives for December 1944 - January 1945 and read what the reporters wrote about the German counteroffensive. Read the popular comic strips of the day : Dick Tracy , Li'l Abner , Terry and the Pirates , Blondie , Snuffy Smith , The Phanthom , Mandrake the Magician , Little Orphan Annie , Smiling Jack , Superman , Bringing Up Father and hundreds of other strips. Most Americans listened to the radio in the 40s. Check out the old radio logs and the shows: Jack Benny , Eddie Cantor , The Shadow , the Great Gildersleeve , Blondie , the Whistler , Inner Sanctum , Suspense , The Lone Ranger , The Green Hornet ,etc. Check out the movie section and find out what Americans saw at the movies around Christmas time 1944. Check out the sport sections. The best athletes were in the military but college sports such as football were popular. People were still going to boxing events , the fighters were too old or mediocre at best. There was talk of banning horse racing because it cut into war time man power at the defense plants (?) Also night clubs had to close at midnight and there was talk if banning them for the duration ( it wasn't a good idea because people wanted to relax and forget the war for a few hours. Soldiers , Sailors and Marines , wanted to have a good time ( for some it was a way for letting off steam after the horrors of combat.) The government James Byrnes Google his name ) believed important manpower hours were being lost. The government wanted the American people to mobolize for total war against the Axis.
Excellent job filming this in such wet weather, but it made it look so authentic, its as if I went back in time, how would love to be there with my camera.
Some really cool footage of the re-enactment and I've never seen those particular Shermans, Panzer III, 251's, Priest and others. I wonder if the Fury Sherman tank was on loan from Bovington? Thanks for sharing and Merry Christmas!
@@PanzerPicture Ah. That's excellent and I didn't realize they had two of them. Too bad there are not two Tiger I's that are fully operational. Cheers!
@@TheFlatlander440 there probably will be 4 moving Tigers in the next few years, Hoebig collection has sold one to an American collector that will maybe make it a runner and the Hoebig collection is restoring a second Tiger and the third one is being restored by the Panzer Farm.
WoO all the Tanks, Vehicles Look Great. I was just imaging, cuz looking at documentaries in B&W is awesome but to see these Tanks ect in color and clean is breathtaking.
Great video as always...im a subscriber of your channel for more than 2 years already and every christmas i wait this videos from the remembrance of Bastogne...😊..by the way guys there are some of you dont know what is a replica or not..just look the road wheels..thats the easy clue. They are really good replicas too😉
Hey, I am 80 years old. This is not a reenactment. I sat in a bomb shelter, in black outs for protection, and got ration stamps. Our people died fighting for us.
Are you sure your only 80 as that would put your DOB at 1939 and a bit young for the Ardennes offensive. My late dad did 22 years with the British Army (1940- 1962) then a further 9 years in the TA (reserves), he served with the Lancashire Hussars attached to 6th Airborne as the 13th Lancashire Parachute battalion as part of XXX Corp and spent the days after New Year of 1945 taking and holding Bure to prevent Panzer Lehr crossing the Murse and making things a bit difficult, he lost half his section killed or wounded during the counter attacks, he then survived and escaped from Ahrnem, he went on to serve in Korea and Malaya. I only served for 12 years with multiple deployment's with my regiment in Norther Ireland, Germany as part of the BAOR and the Flaklands attached to 3 Commando Brigade, to he used to jokingly call me a lightweight because I only got shot at occasionally but he never slept well when I was on Op's. We saw these fancy dress types at the odd military fair I took him to and both he and I could not understand why a bunch of never served fat Fuckers like to get a hard on by dressing up as members of the SS and calling themselves living history reenactors when they are basically a bunch of wankers glorying the indefensible.
( sorry for bad english) Nice from you to show videos of my country and of all those vehicles restaured by passionate people, but it is hard for very old people like my parents to see soldiers in german uniform in the streets : german soldiers in 1944 were old soldiers angry to loose a war after 4 years fights or very young kids fanatised by the hitlerjugend, and the absorbtion of drugs like the pervitine tranformed them into beasts who commited atrocity against the civilian populations and the american soldiers they captured . It is important to commemerate the liberation but for my parents it is impossible to forgive
I agree - it is easy to look back from a re-enactment perspective but for the innocent civilians who lived through this horror, their mental scars would never heal. I think it is important to revisit these events to remind politicians especially of the horrors of war. It is needed to help future generations to avoid the mistakes of the past. Both the left and the right have been responsible for horror and genocide - beware the extremes and keep them out of power. Tribute and respect to the people who keep the past alive like this - it is when we forget that we are in the most danger. Lest we forget. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them.
You are right Anne, we may never forget those crazy times and should do everything possible to avoid this in the future. Let's start with our own politicians in the Flanders with this right and extreme right-wing representing actually approx 1/3 of the population there? UNBEARABLE! No wonder that Belgium has no real government for 365 days now at this 18th of December 2019. Have we really learned NOTHING from the past?
I know exactly how you feel. I live in the USA , and their are people who are still fighting the Civil War (1861-1865) even though it ended over 150 years ago , the memory of the war still festers amongst some people. People in the Southern United States still flies the "Stars and Bars" of the confederency. It's an archetype that will never go away. It's imprinted on people's memories and they can't quite get over it.
Echt sehr schön an zu sehen, das es noch Deutsche Funktions fähige Fahrzeuge aus dem 2 Weltkrieg gibt, einige Fahrzeug Ausführungen wahren ja schon etwas seltener an zu schauen.
Fitting weather, and winter has not yet striken fully in the Ardennes. Having done a few winter hikes in the Ardennes sleeping in tents or even in the open I just can imagine what conditions these men were in for months during the offensive. We can thank the 10,000s of soldiers who gave their lives during this battle which was very decisive in the way to victory over Hiltler.
Those rubber tracks and giant road wheels on the PZ III really threw me off. I found out FV432's are used for replicas of PZ III's and IV's, so I think that's what it is. It looks so cool with those big wheels!
HI Panzer Picture, what do you know about the Panzer mk5 that was there on saturday? I was there on Sunday, and it was not there anymore. Is it a replica?
@@Paladin1873 The chassis is the main difference, StuG III uses Panzer III and IV uses the Panzer IV. Most are replicas nowadays and use other chassis, but if you want to tell between 2 originals the StuG III has 6 road wheels and the IV has 8.
Gott vergibt solchen nicht! Ihre Verbrechen sind höllisch und das wisst ihr! Die werden in der Hölle schmoren! Ich als Deutscher wünsche es denen! Ich meinte die Soldaten von 1939-45 und Zivilisten die davon wussten! Und heute unterstützt Deutschland wieder Faschismus in Ukraine!
@@ObiWan-nd9tf not necessarily, the big difference between the two are the exhausts, and these ones are like the 251, unless they've modified the vehicle.
I was part of the PzGrenLehrBtl sitting in the SdKfz 251 with the number 911 (05:22) on it. if anyone has any recordings of the Battle and the Event in general, let me know!
I was in Bastogne last Summer. Drove these same streets. Visited the museums. My take away. How the hell did German panzers get through the woods and the countryside???
Yup. I was there and part of the Panzergrenadierdivision (we were mounted infantry on the SdKfz 251). I know many re-enactors in this Video, most cool guys I‘ve ever met. When I conversed with the tank commander of the PzIII, he told me that it is a replica made out of a british tank (I forgot its name). The real one is even 10 percent larger.
On célèbre quoi? la fin de la boucherie? A voir tous ce braves gens déguisés, il semble qu'on célèbre la joie de se massacrer entre gens de bonne compagnie, sur et dans des boites en ferraille qui servent avantageusement de crématorium quand on a la joie de prendre un obus dans la face. je comprend que ce devait être vraiment une aventure inoubliable. Tous ceux qui sont morts ne s'en souviennent plus, tant pis pour eux, ils ont raté la fin. Ceux qui sont encore en vie en ont sûrement des souvenirs heureux. Et sans parler des civils qui ont du également bien s'amuser sous un déluge de ferraille. Si on veut vraiment parader dans de beaux engins, faut aller jusqu'au bout du concept. Ne devrait on pas charger à munitions réelles? Je voudrais voir le sourire radieux du déguisé qui s'en prend plein la gueule, comme à l'époque. quelle belle reconstitution! C'est quoi le top? déguisé en GI mort ou bien en Germain décédé?
@@PanzerPicture I meant the 2 (as far as I know) functional Tigers we still have, the 131 Tiger I and the Tiger II that's at the museum in France.. it would have been perfect if they were brought here for this show, don't you think? It would have added so much more authenticity to it.
What exactly did they re-enact? I just see grown men dressing up and playing at being soldiers. Not sure why anyone would want to be associated with the Nazi’s in any way, shape or form.
Never forget underneath all of the ''cool'' armor and uniforms what really happened and what the Germans were attempting to do. I don't think the people of Malmedy and Stavelot get all over their heads thinking this is all ''cool''.
Most of the German troops who were there ,werent there from choice...they fought to live most hated hitler and nazis and just tried to survive.....like our guys...
Right weather. But most of german vehicles are fakes (only Stug III and Kübelwagen are period genuine ,right ?), their crews are too old for this and overweight. Where are the best reenactment groups ? Afraid of the cold ??
@@PanzerPicture Panzer III ,ok (does it work ?) about that Sdkfz 251 D , not easily distinguishable. I know that some vehicule owners have changed the drive wheels and tracks of their ot-810... This event is not Militracks !
@@user-mp7xk46zq1j-ia3 I do think this one Sd.Kfz was a real one. Sadly it was extremely bad weather so most of the people were inside staying dry, even I could not film as much as I wanted.
Without CCCP no victory. The single sowjet operation „Bagration“ destroyes more german divisions then whole western allies together. from 1940 to 1945.
You probably meant The Soviet Union as they fought more than 80% of the Germans, lost 27 million people and if any country deserves that honour it's them, ....unbiased fact.
@@Slaktrax The combined Western Allies won WW2, starting with the British Commonwealth blocking Axis goals and expansion in 1940/1941 before either the USA or the USSR were even in the war. The Battle of Britain was the first link in the victory chain, then the Atlantic, Mediterranean and North Africa/Middle East.
Fake PzIII, the road wheels are too big, probably built onan M113 - out of date by 1944 in any case, along with the 37mm anti tank gun. Other vehicles looked good.
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deepest respect for all the people that are taking part on these days. so nice to see these vehicles in such fitting weather and side by side now.
Thank you for the heads up once again and lets all hope we will never face those times again!
My father was one of the paratroopers (517th PRCT) who survived the battle in Manhay on Christmas Eve. It haunted him until the day he died. I have spoken with several of the men he served with who had the same traumatic memories. God bless them. Thank you for sharing this wonderful and for me very moving video.
Thank you for your story, thanks to brave men like your father, because of them we can live in a free world, we're indebted to them forever.
Panther and Stug looked amazing, lots of respect to the restoring crews. That priest was also amazing
If it all looks amazing, than everthing is okay 👌
Tribute for all who fought that battle, include for all belgian citizens too.
The reenactment probably gave that poor old Panther a lot of flashbacks!
LoL thats a meme right there.
@@PanzerPicture do my ears deceive me or does panzer 141 have a GM Diesel in it?
@@cleetusmacfarland9453 probably because it's a replica.
Cleetus MacFarland the panther is based on a t55, notice the space between the front wheels.
@@Stiglitz_H he meant the real one at 5:38
*I am a Yankee, an American living in the not so aptly titled, "Kingdom of The Netherlands", (Holland) these battlegrounds aren't too far distant from my home here in the Groningen Province of The Netherlands. In fact, the German Wehrmacht marched right through the little village in which I now reside. I am living almost directly upon the Dutch/German border, (it passes just 1.5 yards behind my back gardens) where on 16, December of 1944, Nazi Germany mounted one final attempt to win an already lost war, 'The Ardennes Offensive', or, 'Operation Mist', better know to the Western world as, 'The Battle of the Bulge', was just another 'Battle' to the U.S Army, albeit a large and fierce one, but it was a far cry from earlier, Luftwaffe supported offensives mounted by Germany's finest. The majority of these newly formed raw German troops were a far cry from the well trained, consummate veterans once fielded by the Wehrmacht, of course some of the more experienced German combat troops still remained, this was indeed a very different army than the one that simultaneously defeated several different nations armies in The Battle of France. Although, judging from the testimony of the GI eyewitnesses that had to fight this well equipped, yet still ad-hoc German force, they had lost none of the typical fanaticism which accompanied the true believers of the Nazi ideology. Being situated between the two nations and, living among their separate but aggregate peoples, it is clear that, even to this very day, there still remains an palpable antagonism, even an animosity laying just below the surface of the polite greetings of the Dutch, "Goede dag" and the German, "Schönen Tag". Being a bit of a WWII buff myself, I never miss an opportunity to speak with the sadly thinning ranks of the WWII Generation about their personal experiences of that inevitable collision of ideologies and ancient virulence that existed between Germany, England and France. The majority of elder Dutchmen still angrily speak of the German generated, "Honger Winter", Hunger Winter; when thousands of Nederlanders, (Dutchmen and women) literally starved to death as the German Wehrmacht and SS took every scrap and morsel of food in order to feed their now starving armies and peoples. The bitterness continues in Rotterdam as well, as it is a rare Nederlander indeed that doesn't look to where, the now missing, formerly magnificent medieval Rotterdam architecture once proudly stood, with a contemptible disdain for those who violently and unnecessarily removed these irreplaceable architectural treasures. Which were replaced by boxy, banal modern high-rises, lacking any personality whatsoever. Although I have noticed that the younger among the respective populations have a different view of the now, to them, ancient history of WWII. It is mainly the middle aged and older locals that just haven't quite yet forgiven the other for the war. Although most people have been given the impression that every single Dutchman opposed the German occupation, the reality is quite different. Yes, of course many did oppose the German takeover of their country. And also, Yes, the Germans too hold a grudge, as they believe that their, literal "Blutsbrüder", "Blood Bothers" should have allowed them to pass unhindered and not fight their very own blood. They believe that the Dutch could have, and should have done more to aid their Germanic Brothers. In all fairness, the Germans seem to forget that the Dutch did contribute much, including one of the finest SS Combat divisions of the war, as their record clearly proves; These fierce Nederlanders were indeed among the finest troops ever to serve in any war or combat situation, fighting against vastly superior numbers and well equipped enemies on both fronts, armed with sheer bravery! As well as thousands of regular army units that served with the Wehrmacht. In time, these animosities will fall away as the memories of those horrors fade from the vivid memories of the now elderly people who experienced the horrors of this war, into pages of history books.*
The majority of today's Dutch young people could give two shits about the sacrifice and suffering of their grandparents or about the lives lost of young men who came from far away to restore the Dutch way of life prior to nazi occupation.
@@brutusbarnabus8098 And?
I was at the Hardigny reenactment today and it was quite the spectacle. The coolest thing to me as an American was the crowd of spectators. It was HUGE! I wonder how many thousand attended. Same was true with the vehicle parade which lasted an hour and never a dull moment. Those rigs just kept coming, many crewed by females in full GI gear (Why not? If we can turn back time, gender should be easy). I'm a 64-yr-old Army vet, and when I would thank the Belgian reenactors, their answer was inevitably along the lines of, "We are the ones who should be thanking YOU!" Belgians get appreciation, and certainly feel it for those GIs from 1944. "Nuts Weekend" happens every year and would make a great addition to anybody's bucket list. The whole weekend has been amazing! And the Belgian chocolate and beer are simply The Best.
I was in Hardigny too, there was around 10k people
Nuts weekend is every year but the large reenactment is every 5 years, next yeat there will only be a reenactment in Manhay
Too nice video with effective music and armor vehicles of that time thanks 👍
Nice to see the weather played along too.... it looked as miserable as it was then.
This is a scene that is never possible in Japan.
Really enviable.
It seems like you wo n ’t complain if you smoke.
Xd you will get your second hand smoke in extreme quantity. 🚭
hello in belgium year after year yes i 'm living in Bastogne and this normal we remember the attack of von rundsted
Great!👍👍👍👍👍👍
Thanks for the video not much shown here in the States about the 75th event. Thanks to all the re-enactors for it is the best way to remember what happened less we forget. Younger generations need to appreciate the tide of the war on the western front sealed the Reich's fate at the Battle of the Bulge (Ardennes), but it came at a very high cost for both sides and that we should never never forget.
Great video. Impressive to see that old equipment moving.
Glad you enjoyed watching.
German officer: Give it up! You're surrounded!
Mcauliffe: Nuts
Thanks for posting. I was a crew member on the M3A3 at Hardingy (at 5.14 in front of the "Panther")
Great job on that mocked up Panther. Very convincing.
Wow , I've studied the Battle of the Bulge for years , I wish I could have been there for the 75th anniversary. Thanks for sharing the video , I'm glad their are people who appreciate the United States for something. Go to Google Newspaper Archives for December 1944 - January 1945 and read what the reporters wrote about the German counteroffensive. Read the popular comic strips of the day : Dick Tracy , Li'l Abner , Terry and the Pirates , Blondie , Snuffy Smith , The Phanthom , Mandrake the Magician , Little Orphan Annie , Smiling Jack , Superman , Bringing Up Father and hundreds of other strips. Most Americans listened to the radio in the 40s. Check out the old radio logs and the shows: Jack Benny , Eddie Cantor , The Shadow , the Great Gildersleeve , Blondie , the Whistler , Inner Sanctum , Suspense , The Lone Ranger , The Green Hornet ,etc. Check out the movie section and find out what Americans saw at the movies around Christmas time 1944. Check out the sport sections. The best athletes were in the military but college sports such as football were popular. People were still going to boxing events , the fighters were too old or mediocre at best. There was talk of banning horse racing because it cut into war time man power at the defense plants (?) Also night clubs had to close at midnight and there was talk if banning them for the duration ( it wasn't a good idea because people wanted to relax and forget the war for a few hours. Soldiers , Sailors and Marines , wanted to have a good time ( for some it was a way for letting off steam after the horrors of combat.) The government James Byrnes Google his name ) believed important manpower hours were being lost. The government wanted the American people to mobolize for total war against the Axis.
Thank you for your comment. Glad you liked the video.
Awesome assortment of equipment from both sides ! Well done
Wonderful video thank you👍
You're welcome 😁 😂
Wow! All kinds of cool vehicles!
Spijt dat ik dat gemist heb. 1000 x Bedankt voor de video. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Fantastic! Thank you so very much all participants. Love the "Oklahoma" early M4.
Excellent. Thanks for uploading. 👍🏻 Deep respect and appreciation to all involved, and of course, the Ardennes veterans.
Thank you for the comment, I'm glad you enjoyed watching.
DAM!! I cant believe I missed this!!! Looks so awesome!
It still going on tomorrow, if you're in the area.
Excellent job filming this in such wet weather, but it made it look so authentic, its as if I went back in time, how would love to be there with my camera.
It was really awful weather, and I think I killed my microphone with all the rain lol.
Very well done video....thanks much.
You're welcome.
So much vehicles that's really unbelievable thank you for the video.
You're welcome.
excellent video, great work friend
Thank you for the comment.
Some really cool footage of the re-enactment and I've never seen those particular Shermans, Panzer III, 251's, Priest and others. I wonder if the Fury Sherman tank was on loan from Bovington? Thanks for sharing and Merry Christmas!
The Fury Sherman was the second movie tank used in Fury owned by a French collector.
@@PanzerPicture Ah. That's excellent and I didn't realize they had two of them. Too bad there are not two Tiger I's that are fully operational. Cheers!
@@TheFlatlander440 there probably will be 4 moving Tigers in the next few years, Hoebig collection has sold one to an American collector that will maybe make it a runner and the Hoebig collection is restoring a second Tiger and the third one is being restored by the Panzer Farm.
@@PanzerPicture Amazing!
Also how come the PzKpfw 3 had skirts and still the viewports on the turret? Upgraded to that variant?
Brad Pitt made them a hell of deal!
WoO all the Tanks, Vehicles Look Great. I was just imaging, cuz looking at documentaries in B&W is awesome but to see these Tanks ect in color and clean is breathtaking.
Good to see that the weather re-enacted itself as well. :)
Great video as always...im a subscriber of your channel for more than 2 years already and every christmas i wait this videos from the remembrance of Bastogne...😊..by the way guys there are some of you dont know what is a replica or not..just look the road wheels..thats the easy clue. They are really good replicas too😉
Thank you for the comment and I'm glad you enjoyed watching the video.
Great as always 👊 unfortunaly I didn't knew about this weekend, otherwise I had come to see it
That really sucks, I don't know how far you life from Manhay but it's still going on until tonight.
@@PanzerPicture It's about 2 hours driving. I think a little too late now
Hey, I am 80 years old.
This is not a reenactment.
I sat in a bomb shelter, in black outs for protection, and got ration stamps. Our people died fighting for us.
Thank you sir, your ordeal gave us the free world we take for granted today. We are forever indebted to your generation
@@TMACLE10 ....but, did it?
@@tonebonetones yes, yes it did
Are you sure your only 80 as that would put your DOB at 1939 and a bit young for the Ardennes offensive. My late dad did 22 years with the British Army (1940- 1962) then a further 9 years in the TA (reserves), he served with the Lancashire Hussars attached to 6th Airborne as the 13th Lancashire Parachute battalion as part of XXX Corp and spent the days after New Year of 1945 taking and holding Bure to prevent Panzer Lehr crossing the Murse and making things a bit difficult, he lost half his section killed or wounded during the counter attacks, he then survived and escaped from Ahrnem, he went on to serve in Korea and Malaya. I only served for 12 years with multiple deployment's with my regiment in Norther Ireland, Germany as part of the BAOR and the Flaklands attached to 3 Commando Brigade, to he used to jokingly call me a lightweight because I only got shot at occasionally but he never slept well when I was on Op's. We saw these fancy dress types at the odd military fair I took him to and both he and I could not understand why a bunch of never served fat Fuckers like to get a hard on by dressing up as members of the SS and calling themselves living history reenactors when they are basically a bunch of wankers glorying the indefensible.
@@robertdraper5782 I dont think he meant being in the army I think he meant being a civilian during the war.
Thank god some keep history alive.
That’s some impressive hardware.
Outstanding,,well done
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( sorry for bad english) Nice from you to show videos of my country and of all those vehicles restaured by passionate people, but it is hard for very old people like my parents to see soldiers in german uniform in the streets : german soldiers in 1944 were old soldiers angry to loose a war after 4 years fights or very young kids fanatised by the hitlerjugend, and the absorbtion of drugs like the pervitine tranformed them into beasts who commited atrocity against the civilian populations and the american soldiers they captured . It is important to commemerate the liberation but for my parents it is impossible to forgive
You're welcome, glad you enjoyed the video.
I agree - it is easy to look back from a re-enactment perspective but for the innocent civilians who lived through this horror, their mental scars would never heal. I think it is important to revisit these events to remind politicians especially of the horrors of war. It is needed to help future generations to avoid the mistakes of the past. Both the left and the right have been responsible for horror and genocide - beware the extremes and keep them out of power.
Tribute and respect to the people who keep the past alive like this - it is when we forget that we are in the most danger.
Lest we forget. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them.
You are right Anne, we may never forget those crazy times and should do everything possible to avoid this in the future. Let's start with our own politicians in the Flanders with this right and extreme right-wing representing actually approx 1/3 of the population there? UNBEARABLE! No wonder that Belgium has no real government for 365 days now at this 18th of December 2019.
Have we really learned NOTHING from the past?
I know exactly how you feel. I live in the USA , and their are people who are still fighting the Civil War (1861-1865) even though it ended over 150 years ago , the memory of the war still festers amongst some people. People in the Southern United States still flies the "Stars and Bars" of the confederency. It's an archetype that will never go away. It's imprinted on people's memories and they can't quite get over it.
Echt sehr schön an zu sehen, das es noch Deutsche Funktions fähige Fahrzeuge aus dem 2 Weltkrieg gibt, einige Fahrzeug Ausführungen wahren ja schon etwas seltener an zu schauen.
Awesome!
Fantastic! Thanks for sharing man. T.
You're welcome
Wow they even got the weather correct!
Yup, raw miserable weather. What better for an reactment
I've seen the sturmgeschütz on a trailer on the Autobahn last week :) nice surprise
Fitting weather, and winter has not yet striken fully in the Ardennes.
Having done a few winter hikes in the Ardennes sleeping in tents or even in the open I just can imagine what conditions these men were in for months during the offensive.
We can thank the 10,000s of soldiers who gave their lives during this battle which was very decisive in the way to victory over Hiltler.
It was such a good day , really emotional ..
I live at 40km from this and could'nt be there today... makes me realy sad but thanks for the video!
That sucks :( but I'm glad you enjoyed watching the video.
are you related to Alan Peiper ?
@@kc3718 nope
Increible, 75 años despues, no hay rencor, odio ni temor. Es un recuerdo de otro mundo. !!!
Awesome i said,
from Las Vegas Nevada 🇺🇸
Those rubber tracks and giant road wheels on the PZ III really threw me off. I found out FV432's are used for replicas of PZ III's and IV's, so I think that's what it is. It looks so cool with those big wheels!
the FV432 is a postwar APC and it's actually a replica panzer.
Perfect weather....
Davvero bello mezzi stupendi vederli in funzione e un emozione unica pensare al loro passato e vederli ancora operativi e spettacolare
HI Panzer Picture, what do you know about the Panzer mk5 that was there on saturday? I was there on Sunday, and it was not there anymore. Is it a replica?
Hey Jarno, It was a replica from Poland, based upon a Russian recovery tank.
Thank u for the info!
Would love to see this one day
👏👏👏👏👏 mantienen viva la historia,que maravilla!!!!!
Hallo panzer picture wat voor een voertuig komt op 6:20 voorbij zetten duits met nr 141 maar herken het loopwerk niet
It's a Panzer III replica build onto a British APC.
Panzer Picture bedankt
1:30 that Ronson is already on fire
damn, only went today and it looks like I missed most of the action!
Happy New Year 2020 Best wishes to everyone
Amazing display from everyone who participated. I’m a sucker for StuG IIIs lol
How do you tell the difference between it and a Sturmgeschütz IV (StuG IV)?
@@Paladin1873 The chassis is the main difference, StuG III uses Panzer III and IV uses the Panzer IV. Most are replicas nowadays and use other chassis, but if you want to tell between 2 originals the StuG III has 6 road wheels and the IV has 8.
Ironclad
I’m a sucker for Tanks!
Gott vergebe dir deutsche Soldaten und ruhe in Frieden
God forgive you German soldiers and rest in peace
Gott vergebe euch, alliierte Werkzeuge Zions und ruhet in Frieden
God forgive you, Allied Zionist tools and rest in peace
Gott vergibt solchen nicht! Ihre Verbrechen sind höllisch und das wisst ihr! Die werden in der Hölle schmoren! Ich als Deutscher wünsche es denen! Ich meinte die Soldaten von 1939-45 und Zivilisten die davon wussten!
Und heute unterstützt Deutschland wieder Faschismus in Ukraine!
@@sergk.3449 Da hast Du in der BRD-Schule aber schoen aufgepasst, Du Schmock!
German soldiers rest in hell.
@@ВалераКапитан-у8ч That only happened to the Bolsheviks, who ate each other in Leningrad. /X=D
Those 251s at 1:57 are the post-war Czech ones, right?
dont think so?
@@JustaGuy1250 Not 100% sure. But the drive sprockets, the tracks and covers of the vision ports look like theyre from the OT-810.
@@ObiWan-nd9tf not necessarily, the big difference between the two are the exhausts, and these ones are like the 251, unless they've modified the vehicle.
@@ObiWan-nd9tf they have the OT 810 suspension so they're replicas.
The 'panzer IV' is a converted FV432 of course.
I was part of the PzGrenLehrBtl sitting in the SdKfz 251 with the number 911 (05:22) on it. if anyone has any recordings of the Battle and the Event in general, let me know!
Awesome display, the only vehicles missing were a Tiger and a King Tiger.
They may have made it to Antwerp this time if not for all the traffic
I was in Bastogne last Summer. Drove these same streets. Visited the museums. My take away. How the hell did German panzers get through the woods and the countryside???
They had a lot of problems, many were lost to breakdowns then actual combat.
Never seen a Panzer III with 5 road wheels and the wheel cast design is off? What is it?
It's a replica build onto a British apc.
Are the guys in german uniforms on the Panzer III brits or americans playing "krauts"? Can't believe they are germans.
Doris Anna Ritter The crew is german. The owner of the tank himself is dutch/german. Know him, great guy 🤙🏼
Historical goods, impressive
there were still a lot of vehicles after the war
連合軍車両の豊富な品揃えも凄いけど、敗戦国ドイツ軍の車両もすごく状態の良いものを集めてますね。😂
ハノマークsdkfz251各種も迫力あるな～
すべてが動くのだから凄いな。
Dziekuje.
Wow!!!!!!!
Is the Panzer III a replica? The roadwheels look weird.
That looks suspiciously like a replica.
The Panzer III is indeed a replica.
Yup. I was there and part of the Panzergrenadierdivision (we were mounted infantry on the SdKfz 251). I know many re-enactors in this Video, most cool guys I‘ve ever met. When I conversed with the tank commander of the PzIII, he told me that it is a replica made out of a british tank (I forgot its name). The real one is even 10 percent larger.
@@TovarischMakarov probably made on a FV432.
on the screws on that half-Trac,, a bit of "Barkeepers Friend on the screws and head of the bold wouldn't hurt
WW2 RE-COLOURISED!
On célèbre quoi? la fin de la boucherie? A voir tous ce braves gens déguisés, il semble qu'on célèbre la joie de se massacrer entre gens de bonne compagnie, sur et dans des boites en ferraille qui servent avantageusement de crématorium quand on a la joie de prendre un obus dans la face. je comprend que ce devait être vraiment une aventure inoubliable. Tous ceux qui sont morts ne s'en souviennent plus, tant pis pour eux, ils ont raté la fin. Ceux qui sont encore en vie en ont sûrement des souvenirs heureux. Et sans parler des civils qui ont du également bien s'amuser sous un déluge de ferraille. Si on veut vraiment parader dans de beaux engins, faut aller jusqu'au bout du concept. Ne devrait on pas charger à munitions réelles? Je voudrais voir le sourire radieux du déguisé qui s'en prend plein la gueule, comme à l'époque. quelle belle reconstitution! C'est quoi le top? déguisé en GI mort ou bien en Germain décédé?
4:25 what tank is that? looks like a sherman with a big at canon
It's a Priest.
@@PanzerPicture thank u
@@s_vb2220 you're welcome
What if they didn't run out of fuel?
Panzer kfw 3? At Battle of the Bulge?
Feels a bit weird, but I always wondered why there weren't any Panzer III's at the Battle of the Bulge.
No Tigers? 🤔
Theres only a single operable Tiger I in the world...
Would have loved to see the 2 Tigers, but this was interesting too. The replicas aren't perfect but still, it's not something you see every day.
There weren't any Tigers at this event?
@@PanzerPicture
I meant the 2 (as far as I know) functional Tigers we still have, the 131 Tiger I and the Tiger II that's at the museum in France.. it would have been perfect if they were brought here for this show, don't you think? It would have added so much more authenticity to it.
@@fabiana7157 The museum in Saumur took there Panther to this event, the Tiger 2 would also have been a welcome edition.
@@PanzerPicture
Didn't know they have a Panther. Guess I need to do my homework better, I was always so focused on the Tiger II
They have 4 Panther tanks, at one point in time they had 7.
0:54 to 1:20 What is that tank? Is it some home made thing pretending to be a Pz III?
It's a Panzer III Replica made on a FV432.
Needs about 4-5 ft (1.5 m) snow on the ground...to look more realistic
If you talk realistic, it pretty much looked like this, because it didn't snow in the first days of the Battle of the Bulge.
What exactly did they re-enact? I just see grown men dressing up and playing at being soldiers. Not sure why anyone would want to be associated with the Nazi’s in any way, shape or form.
They reenactment the Battle of the Bulge, it's literally in the title 😂 they also set up static displays for the Allies and German side.
Ayyy Colorado mortar tank!!! I'm in Elizabeth Colorado!!!
Replication?
Most of the German vehicles are.
Panther♥️♥️♥️
Same weather as in 44'!
1:59 if I had one id drive it to work everyday clanking down the hway
Heavy metal there !!!
was dazu wohl die Klimeaktivisten sagen wenn die das sehen, SUPER VIDEO.
Never forget underneath all of the ''cool'' armor and uniforms what really happened and what the Germans were attempting to do. I don't think the people of Malmedy and Stavelot get all over their heads thinking this is all ''cool''.
Stfu and get educated.
Most of the German troops who were there ,werent there from choice...they fought to live most hated hitler and nazis and just tried to survive.....like our guys...
Right weather. But most of german vehicles are fakes (only Stug III and Kübelwagen are period genuine ,right ?), their crews are too old for this and overweight. Where are the best reenactment groups ? Afraid of the cold ??
The StuG III is indeed a real one and I think that the Sd.Kfz at 3:43 is also a genuine WWII vehicle.
@@PanzerPicture Panzer III ,ok (does it work ?) about that Sdkfz 251 D , not easily distinguishable. I know that some vehicule owners have changed the drive wheels and tracks of their ot-810...
This event is not Militracks !
@@user-mp7xk46zq1j-ia3 I do think this one Sd.Kfz was a real one. Sadly it was extremely bad weather so most of the people were inside staying dry, even I could not film as much as I wanted.
Proper
Without USA there would be no victory. Best regards from Poland.
Without CCCP no victory. The single sowjet operation „Bagration“ destroyes more german divisions then whole western allies together. from 1940 to 1945.
You probably meant The Soviet Union as they fought more than 80% of the Germans, lost 27 million people and if any country deserves that honour it's them, ....unbiased fact.
@@antonpflugl4037 the Soviets really had nothing to do with the Battle of the Bulge, and that's what I think the OP meant.
@@Slaktrax The combined Western Allies won WW2, starting with the British Commonwealth blocking Axis goals and expansion in 1940/1941 before either the USA or the USSR were even in the war. The Battle of Britain was the first link in the victory chain, then the Atlantic, Mediterranean and North Africa/Middle East.
I personally want a m4a3 76 and the m18 hellcat
modern Civilians in the street: I never expected the 3rd Reich will be showing up
Fake PzIII, the road wheels are too big, probably built onan M113 - out of date by 1944 in any case, along with the 37mm anti tank gun. Other vehicles looked good.
It's based on a FV432.