Excellent Frederick Cheers I was Chuckling watching the 'Bogie Cart Race and the Field/ Marksmanship exercise using what looked like. 22 Rimfire Versions of the Mauser 98Karabiner Rifle that was standard issue to German Troops I bet Sourcing one of those. 22 versions today would be quite an expensive undertaking!
No matter how many of these late war films I watch I'm always amazed that they try to give the impression that all was normal with people living their lives. This was only 5 months, after all, before total defeat. Yet they continued to show new construction, people watching races, circuses etc. When this film was released the russians were on the outskirts of Warsaw and the Americans had taken the German city of Aachen. You do have to admire (if that's the word) the German toughness to continue fighting even though they all knew, pretty much, that the war was long lost.
@@suspiciousminds1750 Hello, I am German. At that time many did not know the truth. Goebbels propaganda always played a beautiful, ideal world. Until the end. Field post letters were censored. There was no television. Only the people's receiver in every household. And cinema. Real failures were never shown. Everything is going well. That's what the Germans were led to believe. It was only after the war that the big awakening came for many. Soldiers on home leave were not allowed to tell anything. Defantism. There were high penalties there. Best regards
Admire the German toughness to continue fighting? In the western front a total of 2,800,000 German soldiers surrendered instead of retreating or going down fighting (that just from D-Day to the end of the war; not counting any previous surrenders) while in the eastern front a total of 1,300,000 Germans soldiers surrendered (500,000 POWs from September 1939 to January 1945 and another 800,000 POWs from January 1945 to the end of the war) instead of retreating or going down fighting. That is a combined total of at least 4,100,000 Germans soldiers surrendering instead of retreating or going down fighting like warriors throughout the entire period of WW2. That is 30.15% of the Germany army ending up surrendering by the end of WW2. Essentially 1/3 of the Germany army considered their own lives as more important than continuing the fight for the independence, pride and image of the “fatherland” to the rest of the world as a fighting force by taking down as many of the opposition as possible until passing away. The German army was only tough when there seemed to be hope. The problem is true warriors are ALWAYS tough, ESPECIALLY when there is no hope and adversity is at its highest and most vicious and merciless point because warriors know that it is in the most challenging times that a soldier’s metal is tested and proven. German army had a lot of soldiers, but few warriors. Just like Leonidas tells Xerxes during a famous scene in the movie 300: “You have many slaves, Xerxes, but few warriors.” But don’t despair, I think the same of all other combatant armies in WW2. Even the Japanese ended up being full of empty air if you look at the numbers that ended up surrendering. Bushido ended being Bullshido. I cannot see any nation in WW2 that was truly made up of warriors. There were smaller unit formations (in the squad to the company level; even a few battalions) that were made up of warriors as proven by their actions. But larger than that it was difficult to find formations that fought until victory or death in its entirety.
@@industrialman8296 It’s interesting how so many German soldiers fighting in the east at the very end, from the nastiest SS general to the lowliest enlisted, were trying to get to the west to surrender to the Americans or British, not so much the French.
My father fought in WWII, he said that as long as the Allies outnumbered the Germans we did well, but if the numbers were even close to parity the Allies would be driven back. No matter what you think of the Germans of that era, they were remarkable soldiers and tacticians; The Romans couldn't even conquer them!
It's interesting that they are talking about water shortages in Catalona, which is Spain not Germany. By November 1944 Germany was basically cut off from Spain (except by Submarine)
When a country is forced to convert gasoline-powered vehicles so they will operate by burning wood, you know the situation is truly dire. It provides a telling commentary of just how desperate the circumstances had become. The film clip makes an effort to put a 'happy face' on the disaster and treats it as just another difficulty to be overcome. I wonder if the program was much of a success?
Incidentally, the truck being used to tow other vehicles from the river in the final story is, in fact, a Leyland Retriever. This 6x6 vehicle had, in all likelihood, been captured from the British Army in May/June 1940. The idea that the German Army made extensive use of motor vehicles was a myth.
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Excellent Frederick Cheers I was Chuckling watching the 'Bogie Cart Race and the Field/ Marksmanship exercise using what looked like. 22 Rimfire Versions of the Mauser 98Karabiner Rifle that was standard issue to German Troops I bet Sourcing one of those. 22 versions today would be quite an expensive undertaking!
No matter how many of these late war films I watch I'm always amazed that they try to give the impression that all was normal with people living their lives. This was only 5 months, after all, before total defeat. Yet they continued to show new construction, people watching races, circuses etc. When this film was released the russians were on the outskirts of Warsaw and the Americans had taken the German city of Aachen. You do have to admire (if that's the word) the German toughness to continue fighting even though they all knew, pretty much, that the war was long lost.
German propaganda worked perfectly until the end!
@@clausaurich I also think the Germans were resigned to their fate.
@@suspiciousminds1750 Hello, I am German. At that time many did not know the truth. Goebbels propaganda always played a beautiful, ideal world. Until the end. Field post letters were censored. There was no television. Only the people's receiver in every household. And cinema. Real failures were never shown. Everything is going well. That's what the Germans were led to believe. It was only after the war that the big awakening came for many. Soldiers on home leave were not allowed to tell anything. Defantism. There were high penalties there. Best regards
Admire the German toughness to continue fighting?
In the western front a total of 2,800,000 German soldiers surrendered instead of retreating or going down fighting (that just from D-Day to the end of the war; not counting any previous surrenders) while in the eastern front a total of 1,300,000 Germans soldiers surrendered (500,000 POWs from September 1939 to January 1945 and another 800,000 POWs from January 1945 to the end of the war) instead of retreating or going down fighting.
That is a combined total of at least 4,100,000 Germans soldiers surrendering instead of retreating or going down fighting like warriors throughout the entire period of WW2.
That is 30.15% of the Germany army ending up surrendering by the end of WW2. Essentially 1/3 of the Germany army considered their own lives as more important than continuing the fight for the independence, pride and image of the “fatherland” to the rest of the world as a fighting force by taking down as many of the opposition as possible until passing away.
The German army was only tough when there seemed to be hope.
The problem is true warriors are ALWAYS tough, ESPECIALLY when there is no hope and adversity is at its highest and most vicious and merciless point because warriors know that it is in the most challenging times that a soldier’s metal is tested and proven.
German army had a lot of soldiers, but few warriors.
Just like Leonidas tells Xerxes during a famous scene in the movie 300: “You have many slaves, Xerxes, but few warriors.”
But don’t despair, I think the same of all other combatant armies in WW2.
Even the Japanese ended up being full of empty air if you look at the numbers that ended up surrendering.
Bushido ended being Bullshido.
I cannot see any nation in WW2 that was truly made up of warriors.
There were smaller unit formations (in the squad to the company level; even a few battalions) that were made up of warriors as proven by their actions.
But larger than that it was difficult to find formations that fought until victory or death in its entirety.
@@industrialman8296 It’s interesting how so many German soldiers fighting in the east at the very end, from the nastiest SS general to the lowliest enlisted, were trying to get to the west to surrender to the Americans or British, not so much the French.
Crossing the river is absolutely rare, especially, and all other things
They knew what the state of the world would be today, that’s why they fought their hardest.
My father fought in WWII, he said that as long as the Allies outnumbered the Germans we did well, but if the numbers were even close to parity the Allies would be driven back. No matter what you think of the Germans of that era, they were remarkable soldiers and tacticians; The Romans couldn't even conquer them!
Beautiful people, in an ordered society, and mostly good intentions. Peace and goodwill.
Circus Busch still exists though it isn't as successful as it was in these times
It's interesting that they are talking about water shortages in Catalona, which is Spain not Germany. By November 1944 Germany was basically cut off from Spain (except by Submarine)
When a country is forced to convert gasoline-powered vehicles so they will operate by burning wood, you know the situation is truly dire. It provides a telling commentary of just how desperate the circumstances had become. The film clip makes an effort to put a 'happy face' on the disaster and treats it as just another difficulty to be overcome. I wonder if the program was much of a success?
Yes, I'm amazed how they continued to try and project a sense of normalcy.
We did that here in The Netherlands as well. I have photos of my wife's grandfather's DAF with such a contraption.
Another great video showing life on the side they try not to show us. Way over due. Thanks Fred
In 1944 Goebbels worked harder than ever.
Thank Frederick 😊
Incidentally, the truck being used to tow other vehicles from the river in the final story is, in fact, a Leyland Retriever. This 6x6 vehicle had, in all likelihood, been captured from the British Army in May/June 1940. The idea that the German Army made extensive use of motor vehicles was a myth.
True. 450 000 trucks in 1941. were not enough. Red army and French also used more horses than trucks. Simply too large armies.
German propaganda worked perfectly until the end!
02:25 the face you do when you are laughing with a quite new gun wound.
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