Erwin Rommel - Infantry Attacks During World War 1 I WHO DID WHAT IN WW1?
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Erwin Rommel had his baptism of fire during the initial offensives of World War 1 on the Western Front. His fearlessness and daring actions made him rise through the ranks quickly. When the German infantry tactics changed and the new Stormtrooper regiments were built, Rommel was the kind of officer needed. During the war in Romania and the battles of Italy he distinguished himself and already started building his legendary reputation that followed him into World War 2 as the Desert Fox.
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"Infantry Attacks" deserves a place alongside "The Art of War", and, "On War".
It stands up so well that the tactics he pioneered are still common practice for most militaries in the western world (support by fire, fire and maneuver, complimentary supporting arms)
Fax, his tactics are still taught world wide, my dad is very smart (great chess player) and when he did military service almost 30 years ago in Sweden he had to take the mandatory IQ test, then they decided that he was very much qualified to study military strategy, he did, he remembers averything and one thing sticks out, he has taught me everything about Rommel. Know a lot about Rommel, military genius.
Thank you :3
"Shed sweat, not blood" I like that quote
+Wilhelm von Laer "Sweat saves blood, blood saves lives and brain saves both." - Rommel
Wilhelm von Laer I believe that was a Sun Tzu quote as well.
Wilhelm von Laer shed pounds;not friends...Richard Simmons.
so do I
THAT is the smartest thing I've heard from any WWI officer this entire series!
This is a man I would follow into battle, what a badass.
+Danox94 Well said-
+Danox94 Wouldn't freely follow *anyone* into those wars :T
+TheOtakuComrade And what is more, you had a damn good chance in surviving the battle unlike so many other Butchers that called themselves Generals.
Exacly...
''Human rights count nothing in war''
+Danox94 Yeah, as long as you weren't being deployed anywhere where you'd depend on his famously terrible logistics skills, like northern Africa. "Hey, let's massively overextend our reach. Who cares that there's only one decent road in the whole region that we can move supplies on? Tripoli's the only port we have? So what? I'm sure that'll be good enough. Tanks don't need that much fuel, right?"
No doubt he was better as an infantry commander that didn't have such concerns.
I approve, P.S still hiding out in Argentina shhh
+Pyry Puustinen I don't want all the attention!
+Erwin Rommel Woah! That means your... Rougly 125 years old!
*roughly
Underground Sounds Sometime in the 1960s. This isn't a joke anymore, it's been proven: The Hitler bunker had an escape tunnel, Hannah Riech flew a Storch into Berlin hours before the Russian got to the Hitler bunker, and flew out with a 'unidentified' passenger. It's known the skull fragments the Russians claim are Hitler's are from a 22-28 year old female. And, the group that hid Hitler in Argentina have been openly admitting what they did for years. It's just been dismissed as a hoax. It isnt, he lived to old age.
Sure
these videos are awesome, the wording, history, and everything about these videos are so amazing. It's inspiring me to learn even more about the Great War, keep up the awesome work guys
thanks
Shoulda said tanks it'd be more punny
+The Great War can you do Erich von Manstein pls he is famous german general in rusia side
+Michael Winarso _____ I agree. While I had been looking forward to the episode with Rommel, I did already know quite a bit about his doings in the Great War. I have absolutely no idea what von Manstein did in WW I, and would love to hear about him.
+Michael Winarso If we can find out what he did during WW1, why not.
These videos are amazing, keep up the good work guys!
+Field Marshal Erwin Rommel Zu Befehl.
thats a man who commands respect, and remember he was a proud german but not a nazi, huge difference
I'm new to this channel. My buddy told me to check it out. After one video. Instant sub.
Welcome to the show!
Good video, but tiss slightly inaccurate at points. For instance, when Rommel first observed the Frenchmen lounging around having chow, he notified the three men with him that he was going to fire, and then did. Buuuuut, the French didn't disperse, they suffered some losses, took up defensive positions and returned fire. This woke the rest of the garrison which poured out of the adjacent buildings, Rommel realizing the error in rushing the town with only four men promptly withdrew to where he'd ordered his platoon to wait.
In short, he didn't disperse the Frenchmen, he attacked with only four men (including himself), realized his mistake, withdrew, then attacked in platoon strength.
This caveat is important, because if you make a video about a military genius like Rommel, any and everyone who views it will assume that he was just naturally good at the art of war. But much like life, the development of his genius was comprised of a series of learning lessons, progressing from a tactically impulsive youth, to a cautious but highly aggressive seasoned soldier. Without imparting the necessity that the art is learned through experience or reading, how can one expect one another to learn it?
Also, a bit less important than the prior point. While the mountain troops were "elite", they were mostly just normal soldiers trained to operate in mountainous environments. They weren't exactly the creme de le crop like later sturmtroopers were, but their effectiveness was massively enhanced by the tactical (not strategic!!!, his strategic competence doesn't show until the later battles he participated in.) prowess of their leader.
+mountplusBladeequals Rommel and his men (the other three)did not attacked the French position... They just reconnoitered to determine the French disposition and strength before his men (in platoon size) can attack in an organized matter (as much as they could, having some disadvantage though at that encounter). In WW2, Rommel was known for commanding his men in front, most of the time with the reconnaissance units to see for himself the enemy's strengths and weaknesses (as I've said).
+mountplusBladeequals Rommel and his men (the other three)did not attacked the French position... They just reconnoitered to determine the French disposition and strength before his men (in platoon size) can attack in an organized matter (as much as they could, having some disadvantage though at that encounter). In WW2, Rommel was known for commanding his men in front, most of the time with the reconnaissance units to see for himself the enemy's strengths and weaknesses (as I've said).
Rommel had a reputation in WWI for being a good tactician, not for being a good strategist (his rank was too low for him to have been able to demonstrate any talent in that area). Anyway, his book _Infanterie Greift An_ (Infantry Attacks) is very interesting and gives a good portrait of WWI infantry combat.
I own an English translation of Rommel's book on his infantry experiences in WW I. When I lived in Germany, his son was the mayor of Stuttgart.
This was a fantastic episode! It was great to hear about Rommel's experiences during the First World War! Keep up the great work guys!!
thanks, glad you liked it
Erwin Rommel. A great man.
not killing pows = great man
I am reading his Infantry Attacks . He was truly fearless .
ABHISHEK ROY BARDHAN : Any idea of where I may be able to find a copy?
I have it on my Kindle . It's a good buy.
Been meaning to mention for a while now. You and your team do an excellent job in presenting these series of videos.
Extremely professional, well presented, unbiased, just dealing with the facts.
Enjoy this particular series of who did what in WW1.
Good job :-).
+Michael Cosgrove thanks, glad you enjoyed it
Erwin Rommel was undoubtedly one of history's greatest. Not only was he a great general, he was a great company commander, platoon commander and even a great fighter in his own right. A true warrior and leader.
Rommel - The honorable man.
. This is the 'Who Did What In WW I' episode that I have been waiting for. Thank you.
Sweet, I asked for this one and it was worth the wait. Another great episode.
+wingracer 16 Glad we could deliver.
Erwin Romel was a badass
Excellent book. I would like to think that in the movie "Patton" when George C Scott, the actor, says "I read your book!!!!" after he destroys a German column. I read this book a few decades ago and when you guys mentioned it again I read it again.
this channel is so good! absolutely amazing stuff.
Even though he didn't have a great sense of long term strategy Erwin Rommel was one of the greatest commanders of both world wars, and is rightfully admired for his strategic and tactical skill, his bravery, and his chivalry.
You've always an interesting way of presenting those events. Keep it up guys ! :D
+canicheenrage Thanks!
Great Rommel, a brilliant man
Question to Indy & the Team. How were citizens of neutral countries (Spain, Sweden, Denmark, Mexico, Argentina etc.) treated in states of both the Allied and Central Powers? Were they detained, closely observed or requested to leave?
I am in the US military and I know for a fact that a lot of tank regiments have a pictures of Rommel in their tanks. Respect your enemies because they will make you stronger ( and he was a badass lets be honest).
Rommel was beast-mode!!!
One of a variants of a popular song, reflecting the British soldiers' respect towards Rommel:
"Hitler has only got one ball
,
Göring has two but far too small
.
Himmler is rather sim'lar
,
and Rommel has four or five balls."
Great video ,good to see much of his WW1 bravery and cunning were covered ,something that truly is epic,I bet if he had become a aeronautical engineer ,no doubt he would of been a great one.Like you I too would hear stories of Rommel the desert fox ,even though I never joined the military later it still sparked the imagination.
good video.
Now that you did Rommel, now later include Patton!
Rommel is inmortal
thank you!
I have never clicked on a video as fast as this one
Brilliant episode. What are the books on the shelf behind you?
Das Alpenkorps was not the 'Proto-Stormtroopers'.
They were Elite light infantry like the Jäger units.
With a decentralised organisation which was taken as inspiration for the Sturmtruppen.
Sure, i give you that point.
I love your videos and I have to know what kind of desk is that you have?
It was very neat to see that Rommel, yet in the ww1, was such a good commander. yes, of course, war is carnage and pain, a real nightmare, but when someone asks 'what is, for you, a good comander'? and your response is 'the one who leaves less corpses (on either side) after a victory', surely Rommel is fit.
I was noticing (as a geographer's son) how the cgi's have improved, as the same time I was wondering: is the map on the wall behind you painted? if it is, instead of costly cgis, could you do some chalk marks where the frontlines were at given week? I suppose that the map is the map of europe at 1914 but the borders, as seen by tactic and strategic eyes, is kinda more fluid than I'd imagine.
(sorry for the bad english)
+ousiavazia It's not painted actually but printed. Very hard to draw on it.
+The Great War OK, thanks anyway! Keep on the amazing work!
Suggestions for Bios, Von Francois and Hoffman.
respect !!
"If you want to live as a hero, you want to live"
churchill even complimented him
Hi. How about Capt. von Trapp?
I can already see the ref's. Whats the plan, please tell e you guys will do WW2 next?
my grandad was likewise in the British army in North Africa, in the Artillery
Rommel is the motherfucking CHAMP of the German military
I've heard tell that in mid 1941, Rommel met up with an Anthropologist by the name of Dr. Kyle McCool, who, as it turned it out, was actually the famous SIR KYLE, who had time traveled to the 20th century from the early 15th century with his killing buddies Archduke James and Baron von Wardstein! It is said that Sir Kyle gifted Rommel a bullwhip he found in the garbage, and that Rommel, who very touched by the gesture, gave him a one-of-a-kind Mercedes V8 coupe in return. Just wondering if this can be substantiated?
+johnnytastetest
Yep, it's true. My aura-mystic gypsy told me the same.
Can you do a video about Herman Goering?
We will.
Strasbourg is Strassburg on map when it's on German territory. Strasse means street and Burg means fortress in German. In French the city name means nothing.
---{Question for "Out of the trenches"}----
So, when the Germans put in their Tanks in 1918 (correct me if i am wrong) were they a match for the Brittish? Who whould win in a one to one battle? Thank you for making these awsome vidios, even if i know 90% of what you say already, possibly many things you dont know. But yeah. This tank thing i am unsure of.
+Downfall Jodl WW1 tanks were simply not designed to fight other tanks. Tank battles in WW1 were extremely rare. The most famous one ended in a draw. BTW, the Germans had more captured tanks than their own, they called them Beutepanzer or Booty tanks xD
I know but if they actually faced eachother. Who whould win?
WW1 tank's armour was paper thin. It could stop rifle bullets but not artillery shells, even of the smallest caliber. So it was largely the matter of who hits first. I believe the French Renault FT had the edge simply it was relatively maneuverable, small in size and had a turret. British vs. German? Side with better crew wins.
I know that they were not used to fight eachother. But i was wondering who whould win if they did meet and fight.
No episode for Brusilov?
Not yet. But soon.
Badass
Can you guys do a bio on Albert Frederick Arthur George (King George the VI)?
I'm curious as to how common it was to serve in both world wars?
+Jason Gebicki: Well, that has to be skewed on the German side . . . since when it came to the end in WWII, almost every able-bodied Man would have ended up in fighting in some form. For all other countries, I imagine that it would be mostly officers that could have fought in both wars . . . as there would be no need to have 45-year old enlisted men.
Just a man serving his country
Could you do Montgomery please
+Jd for the Win At some point we will.
Do you have another RUclips account where you talk more detail than these episodes
no, and I am a bit confused about that expectation.
okay I just wanted to know if you had episodes that went into more detail about the episode because I'm very interested in WWII and WWI because of the technological advancements that were needed to get an edge. Thank you
Have read the book, basically it's about self promotion. When assessing the quality of attack the quality of defence must also be considered, here the defence was obviously rubbish, good quality troops are rarely bluffed and even more rarely surrender unless they have run out of ammunition. If Rommel had come up against a half way quality defence his book would not have been written.
Does he mention the loss of three Austrian HMG Coys during the Italian counterattack? I guess if the Italian claims are true and if Rommel really spent the remainder of the war sitting behind a desk pen pushing instead of commanding a unit in defence of Germany, then it proves Rommel really was overrated and would have been placed against a wall and shot as a warning to others.
Give us a Patton video now
probably next year.
Excellent upload, but if you watch my channel you'll discover that Rommel & several of his officers surrendered to the Italians after the Elite Württemberg was grabbed in a vicious Italian headlock, although Rommel mananged to escape 1 or 2 days later.
+Carlo Dinechi Rommel underestimates the Italians & his Württemberger Regiment is torn to shreds:
"Rommel was uncertain of their intentions, but at 10 metres they opened fire and strormed his positions, killing or capturing most of the Wurttembergers. Rommel was one of the few to avoid this fate although several - misinformed (???) - accounts have it that he was initially taken prisoner but escaped, hiding behind a roadside wall." (Monty and Rommel: Parallel Lives, Peter Caddick-Adams, p. 120, Random House, 2012)
The enemy is taking objective butters
Since it comes up so much in all the German names: _von_ is pronounced "fonn" -- in native German words, "v" is pronounced "f".
Man, seems like all I ever do on these videos is nitpick. I really like this channel, I swear! XD
We are pretty busy polishing Indy's French at the moment, priorities during shooting.
The Great War
His French pronunciation is definitely pretty good! I'll have to go back and watch some older videos to compare.
I just figured since "von" is such a small word that turns up so often, it'd be worth pointing out -- especially when he pronounces the name itself fine :)
+The Great War I know some (most) of you guys are german. Why don't you corret him on german names? The english language has no written ö, but native english speakers can definitely pronounce it. Like in "girl", or "work". So why does Indy still mispronounce "von Hötzendorf"?
+thefamousemickey Our scripts are full of words in different languages than Indy's mother tongue. Not sure if you ever did this kind of work in front of the camera, but if you have too many words where you have to correctly memorise the pronunciation, you destroy the flow of the narration and we don't have the resources to stretch our shooting days that long. Furthermore, we are in the camp of people that does not see the big deal in Hotzendorf or Hötzendorf - there are far more important things to get right in our project than correct Umlaute - it's all about priorities in the end.
One of my relatives was an Australian soldier at the Siege of Tobruk in North Africa, he had to leave with the rest of his division to fight the Japanese in New Guinea
+Patrick Bateman Not exactly a good deal.
The Great War he said that he would have stayed in North Africa than having to walk along the Kokoda Track
that just might be my favorite episode so far
thanks
+The Great War ya that was an exceptionally good episode you should do more on stormtroopers/comando groups and how they effected the war.
Same here
+James Donaldson Erwin Rommel was one of the "good Germans" of ww2. In ww2 he died on the order of defiance of Hitler. In the desert he had treated prisoners with kindness, even a British commando group tasked of assassinating him
+Brandon Yuan Yeah, Ive been to his hometown but he was a great general, not evil.
One company camptured 7000 - 9000 men, that a whole division... This man is crazy...
Rommel and his battalion were captured by the Italians soon after his victory at Mount Matajur. Some German generals wanted Rommel court martialed and executed for losing an entire battalion, but he had good contacts that intervened saving his life. Rommel instead was confined to a desk job as punishment for losing three companies. That is why he saw no more action. His defeat has been covered-up by mainstream historians. Just google the defeat of his battalion and his capture, brutal interrogation and lucky escape across a freezing river.
Source please? I can't find it.
Keiser Sior I didn't quite believe it that's why I tried to make sure.
Yes he was captured & brutally interrogated, but he managed to escape 24 hours later. Rommel fell into the hands of the 4th Bersaglieri Brigade & would've been shot in any other army for losing three full machinegun companies captured in the Bersaglieri counterattack. Please awake from your self-induced coma & study all sources, not just the copy & paste jobs that is your WW2 collection of books.
Gino Vanelli And once again. I said I can't find it so please provide a source.
I have been a volunteer in the Italian Army in 2003/4 in the Alpini Corps (mountain troops). My barracks were just under Monte Matajur and, during training we followed backwards the roads Rommel made during WWI. Cheers folks!!!
oh cool what a unique experience!
***** i am making pasta now my tovarish !!! My granpa fought in Russia in WWII
Stalingrad but not in the city, on the right flank of the Axis lines...along the Don River
Why brave? I don't think he was brave. He had the bad luck of being sent in a far away land to fight a war that he didn't even know for which reason was fought and the good luck of coming out of this mess alive, with a brother less but alive. I have never met him, he died before I was born but I am pretty sure he would have said the same thing I am saying you now. We italians we don't like heroes, we like people smart enough to stay alive :-)
+Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Johannes Eugen Rommel aka. The Desert Fox don't try to speak German, please.
Sad end for Rommel.
+WintersunForever It was either to kill himself or let Hitler kill his family......he did what was moral to him.
Xero1337 i knoiw, a good man to the end
The worst part is that even though he wasn't a Nazi, and if he were to die, wanted no sort of Nazi imagery at his funeral. However, the Nazis made sure to have Swastikas everywhere at his funeral, including draping his coffin in the National flag. Truly a big "F*** you" to a great general who loved his country and not the party.
Yes it was, he didn't deserve it, but it was that or worst! He protected his wife and son!
George Semel Yep. He chose the lesser of the two evils.
No joke I am addicted to this channel
+The VSO Gun Channel Get your fix every Monday, Thursday and Saturday.
This show is my cocaine!
I LOVE learning about war
@@TheGreatWar hey do u still make videos
He captured OVER 9000!
we shouldn't talk about capture but about salvation...a prisoner's life expectations were far higher than the infantryman's ones
+richard reeves 9000???
richard reeves this man is legendary, a true leader and military folklore
richard reeves Great vid
Yup rasputin
Most people don't think of him as a 'bad guy' because he treated the POW's well in WW2 and also because he opposed what the SS was doing, seems like a good general that just did what he needed to do.
+Tech Showdown I wouldn't call him good or bad really. He just respected human life like an normal human being would. What was special about him was he respected human life in a regime that did not do the same and he was one of the few important enough to openly disagree with the regime he lived under without major consequences.
+Isaac Sorrels For his time, i am going to throw it out there he was good, He was part of the group that tried to kill hitler!
+Isaac Sorrels you sound like an idiotic redditor - 'respected human life like an normal human being'
+Lt_Joker but he did order the ghost battalion to murder POWs in the battle of France
+Evan Nelson He denied to be a part of it.
He's just a soldier simply following commands in his own way, which is why he hated/doesn't want to be in the political scene.
In the end he was blamed as such.
Thus, he was killed by the order of the man he simply followed orders from.
He is truly a "Knight".
wait a sec.... Rommel and he's platoon capture 9000 men and only took 6 dead and 37 wounded ? that guy has to be the best commander of the great war and ww2
PS: great show.
greetings from Colombia
You should read his book Infantry Attacks. A lot more details on his tactical thinking there. Greetings from Berlin.
The Great War thx I will buy it and if u have In it Amazon store better I want to support the show thx
Walid Noureddin he sounded badass and well desired his rank
Both Erwin Rommel and Milunka Savic are practically Call of Duty protagonists.
+scottski02 LMAO all they need is the health regeneration
Who says they don't...?
And cutscenes along with ear protectors or bionic ear drums.
tbh it would be so cool to include Erwin Rommel as one of the BF1 singleplayer protagonist
Well thanks Indy. This was an excellent video. :)
Our pleasure.
Your videos are what got me into Wold War 1 history and how influential it was, so thanks
Mr. Bear Rommel wasnt a nazi
Marco Wirth same with Werner Von Braun.
Erwin Rommel I'm the better one
Hey Indy are you and your crew going to do a WW2 series starting in 2039?
😂😂😂😂😂
+Don Ascanio Nothing is decided, yet.
+The Great War I'll wait 23 years for that day.
+Don Ascanio If they do make a series about the second World War I would assume it would make more sense starting in September of 2019. It would be a bit early sure but the crew would be all still there (compared to 20 years) and from a business point of view also the audience.
It'd make more sense to start in 2019.
It's interesting that a lot of modern military equipment and tactics originated from Germany during the two world wars.
True...
Its not to suprising due to Preussias past as military state, the unification with that legacy and the formation of a state driven by a militaristic ideal. I mean german society was that of the military at the time. They also focused much on science, education and was driving in many areas. This was thanks to their economic side of things and ability to finance. Theres also of course a bit of luck/fate that some of the best scientist of the world would be born in germany. But the militarisied society also drove military inventions, these inventions could later be brought to civilian usage.
As to why specifically equipment, tactics originated from germany has much to do with the regions past, Preussia as the unifiying force and its culture that it would embedd within the unified germany at the time, despite it early on being very fractured still. Theres more to it of course much more but its not so suprising, the money, the education system, the driving force behind it and the craftmanship was there.
***** I think he would approve of it as well, but I think he would be disappointed by the fact that we didn't go all the way to Baghdad.
its all physics, that and breaking the enemy, why fight all of them when you can fight 10% of them and take 90% prisoner. He also had a huge advantage of being able to make decisions and starting WW1 as a LT, not be thrown into the fire by an idiot miles behind the lines.
Ian Babcock Yes, you're right. The Germans always used forward thinking, building towards a future conflict instead of fighting the last. This forward thinking always gave Germany an edge. That being said, there were a few German Generals that didn't get it, but most did.
Rommel really was a soldier in the truest definition, courage, decisiveness and still great care for the men under his command. Not to mention his anti-Hitler sentiments in WWII, can't really fault the man.
sandran17 Aye.
But Germany had a super strong officer tradition, doing something like that would be disgraceful as fuck.
Oh, it would have been awkward? Well that's okay then...
I'm not saying that it would've been an easy decision - even for a civilian, choosing to leave your country for political reasons is hardly a simple thing to decide upon. But I don't see why this man should be lauded for assisting the Nazi war machine. At best, he's just a morally grey non-entity.
Bumbling Brit It seems perhaps the context and meaning of my comment was lost slightly. Maybe it was my wording, what I meant is that you can't really fault the man as a soldier. He was dutiful, honourable, took care of his men, he had initiative (as shown during the battle of France in 1940) and he resisted Hitler. Also most generals, if I am correct, were unaware of the holocaust and death camps etc therefore it seems unfair to chastise him for being part of something when he had no knowledge of it.
+Markus Grant before hitler ordered rommel's death, rommel was made aware of hitler's desire to capture and kill jewish prisoners and was ordered to do so in france but refused, this being one of the things such as the bomb plot that led to his execution
How does a group of 100 take 9000 prisoners? Lots of rope?
+Agent Camtho
I feel like I should make a bondage and Germans joke here, but that would be too easy.
+Agent Camtho when you dont know its only 100 people, and most of your firends are shot in the head......
+Agent Camtho disarm then and that's probably enough. Most of the soldiers were probably more reliefed than anything , when their commanders surrendered, knowing they don't have to fight anymore. So those few , who would have the spirit to fight can't do anythign against rifles and even bayonets and the other one don#t want to anymore.
+Agent Camtho dude the italian had idiots in charge and they knew. they would send them to their death.
+Agent Camtho I heard a story that went around in the bataillion where I had my basic military training, that a few years before some commandos had an infiltration training with my bataillion: They were six guys, and the bataillion was around 120 young boys and girls in their basic military training. Well, actually, they were warned that the commandos were about to strike that night, but the commandos still managed to get them all captured without the alarm beeing sounded. You know how they tied them? With their own hands and legs into the fence of the stairs in that building... so yes, the real tough guys don´t need a rope^^
Love the comment about the reverence for Rommel as an enemy. My father was an American paratrooper who fought from Casablanca to Berlin.In his many stories, Rommel and the German parachute infantry were his "favorite" adversaries. He always had a smile of admiration for their skill and daring.
+George Stephens
Not Berlin, but Torgau...^^
+Mike Romney
Thanks for the correction, Mike. My father has been dead for nearly 40 years and the stories still play in my head, but like old black and white film. I am constantly digging for info and clarification of some of those memories. He probably said Berlin as a general location for a young boy who revered a quiet warrior.
Sure, I know what you wanted to say. Dont take my "correction" to seriously...Before the war was ended, the direction was naturaly the capital of the enemy...
+Mike Romney
Yup, it's all good. But I just did some checking, and prior to my father's transfer to the 101st for the extra points to be mustered out, he served in the occupation force in Berlin. Just another place to "Strike and Hold!"
Manny, if you are asking if he fought Italians, the answer is yes, but he didn't talk as much about them. His issue with the Italians is that one never knew what side they were fighting for or against. He thought Sicily and southern Italy were beautiful. He didn't care much for the mountains.
Rommel was a great man. Beyond his time. My Great Grandfather fought in North Africa with the Gordon Highlanders regiment and eventually went on to Italy and the likes of Monte Cassino. I was too young to really understand what he would say about the war, but one thing he made very clear was his, and many others, respect for Erwin Rommel. Apparently Rommel would order German supplies and medicine to be used to help Allied PoWs who were injured, refused many orders directly from Hitler to execute prisoners and took no part in supposed Nazi idealogy.
There was one story he used to tell about how the Afrika Corps were retreating after El Alamein and they happened to stumble upon an ANZAC medical centre. He personally entered the centre and asked if they needed any supplies of which he would take from his armies own. Apparently they said yes after the initial shock of the enemy Field Marshall standing before them, and being the great man he was he gave them all he could before continuing to retreat. It's horrible what happened to him and such a man should never have suffered such a fate.
Vielen Dank, mein Sohn für die Ehre. Gott sei mit Euch.
+Snake sad he was another german victim of hitler's tyranny
My English uncle was a tank commander in North Africa and likewise had nothing but respect for Rommel. He just wished Rommel had been on his side.
+Nastrael Rowe No baby crap!
+Sean Coyne Ironic since the ramifications of world war 2 with an allied victory means the end of the European race and western civilization lol.
+Tesla ...the face palm.
+Nick Jermichalesactionjackson no
My grandpa fought as a Italian tanker in the Afrika corps and never lost respect for Rommel. The funny thing was is that when Rommel was sent out of Africa he automatically surrendered. Typical itlalian am I right
"Not many Frenchmen like German tacticians, it only took them two weeks to take over your entire country."
-Commandant Pat Quinlan,
Rian O'Canain That scene was awesome.
Rian O'Canain That's a pithy quote, but the Fall of France took six weeks, and those Frenchmen were supported by tens of thousands of UK soldiers, as well as British tanks, trucks, artillery and aircraft, so why an Irishman would think a Frenchman would find that to be anything but mutually insulting is beyond me.
Sam Moon 'the british fight until the last frenchman, as usual'
~Astrid Lindgren, war diaries
zakback99 they couldnt because their military wasn't prepared for a war
zakback99 had hitler actually been a competent military strategist he could've easily defeated the udssr. But instead he made the same mistakes napoleon did
Towards the end of the Gulf War. Bradley Fighting Vehicles were sent to pick up General Officers to discuss cease fire terms. the ramp went down. The Generals got on board and the ramp went up. One General noted that there was a picture of Field Marshall Romel inside the Bradley. The General asked. Why do you have a picture of your enemy in your vehicle ?. the Commander said. If you had studied him. I'd be in the back of your Vehicle !.
+steven romero - That was McMaster's Squadron. I recall an interview where he told that story. It was his driver that responded with something along the lines of "Shut the f@#$ up. If you had studied more history, you wouldn't be sitting in the back of my track right now." I was in 1-4 Cavalry for a tour just after he left command.
RyansPlace Put dude in his place !. Hell yeah.
***** They never really experienced wars like your country or mine has. Like Argentina and Britain. They had a large well equipped force. The Brit's had been throuhg some hell and knew how to bring on a fight. Old saying in Texas. It's not the size of the dog in the fight. It's the size of the fight in the dog !.
***** exactly !.
+steven romero Lol I just made a similar comment about the same thing then I saw someone already posted it.
I know what you mean about Rommel's enemies. My father was in the desert, and he too respected the man's integrity and professionalism.
Rommel was the leader Germany didnt get. We would be in Saturn by now.
It seems that even in WW1 the Italians were very good at surrendering.
Because the smart thing was to fight and die? Because there was more honor in death? These video series should teach us all that military glory is a romantic tale and nothing more. I understand that your comment was a light hearted jest but lets be frank at this point in the war with generals butchering their own men in the hundreds of thousands im sure almost all of us would surrender given the opertunity. Men are men their nationality means little.
I forget who said that catch 22 is the only book about war that ever made any sense.
The smart want to leave by mimicing the crazy but the crazy want to stay.
+jottXD I think you may have misread my reply. But thankyou for relivig me of the stress of trying to figure out who said that in the book; would have fliped through it if i brought it to uni woth me
+jottXD No worries I know what its like being a polyglot. My favorite is when you spontaneously invent a word by mashing 2+ languages together!
sick burn anyway :D
Probably because the war in North Africa was the "cleanest" of all the theatres of war during WW2. There were almost no civilian casualties, battles took place on open fields, fighting rarely devolved into dirty hand to hand street fighting (Stalingrad) and the rules of conduct concerning captured POWs were largely upheld.
Rommel also fought in France during WWII
Most of the soldiers who fought for Rommel in the African front were Italians.
Rommel said I quote"The German soldier was the wonder of the wold.The Italian soldier is the wonder of the German soldier."
War has a tremendous cost on Humanity. In-spite of the animosity and fervor of war, Rommel conducted his work with as much regard for human life as possible. I see a man of peace who did not shy from war, and I think that is the most anyone could ask for.
+dogboy0912 Calling him a man of peace is a little weird, but shit was he a respectable hero. From my perspective, he is the greatest German I can think of.
@@VintageLJ Eh, he was certainly one of the great Germans, but i´d rate Oscar Schindler and John Rabe over him in matters of greatest
I've personnally read Infantry Attacks and Rommel was very insightful. He would probably be suprised to see how much of his book was adopted by modern U.S. infantry.
***** Unlike Rommel, US armour troops fought in asimetric war there. It isn't that hard when you have sirious armour and logistics advantage. And of course, huge air suport. When Rommel fought British in Africa, he lacked all of those, except his Panzers were technologicaly superior. Everything else, numbers, logistics, air suport... was against him.
+Daniel Frakes You might already know this, but I thought I'd share with others. When the US Army awoke from its hangover after Vietnam, it found itself facing a massive Soviet army in Europe. Faced with the prospsect of a massive armored war, the entire US ground establishment started seriously studying German wehrmacht doctrine. (While it would not be cool for them to admit this, the Israelis already were.) So, in the US Army, as well as in the Marine Corps infantry, German terms and doctrines started showing up in journal articles and training manuals in the late 70s and early 80s. And, indeed, the battle plan of Desert Storm can be fairly directly traced to this. It could have come from Rommel himself. In fact, I wrote a paper arguing that it was nearly exactly the same battle plan as Rommel employed at Gazala in N. Africa.
+afghaaj The word is "asymmetric" warfare, and Desert Storm was not "asymmetrical". And, Rommel had one more advantage over the British and Americans. He had mobile wireless communication with his subordinate commanders.
ClockCutter I am not native English speaker, so I didn't know the right spelling. And how Desert Storm was not asymetric war?
@afghaaj
A asymmetrische war is a Guerrila-typ war, like Vietnam, Afghanistan. Desert Storm was for the most part a normal war between regular army's.
Strangely enough Indy, my grandfather was in the Royal Air Force in North Africa too. However, he wasn't a pilot, only a builder, and helped to build the runway at Malta airport (the little one beside the modern runway.) I remember him always giving the "Desert Fox" and the German troops high praise. Small world ain't it, huh?
MrComradeDave i've seen u couple times in PR . Didn't know u loved ww1 as much as i do.
You should take the word 'only' out of your post. Your grandfather 'did his bit' and that is all that can be asked of any man be him Private or Field Marshall. 👍
Legendary commander
Funny how Rommel made a mockery of the Italians on both World Wars
He did not think much of the Italian officers, Italian Soldiers, were Warriors. And he respected as such.
He likes the italian troops during world war 2 not the officers because the troops fight hard with bravery
Still enjoy coming back to watch this video
I walked through the trenches that Erwin Rommel won from the the Italians after the Battle of Caporetto. I visited the museum in Kobarid dedicated to him and his exploits in northern Slovenia. It was quite an experience.
The Kobarid museum is not dedicated to him but the battles on the Isonzo front. There is quite a lot of literature on him available in the museum!
so with 100 you beat 9000.... Leonidas number 2
+Mario Tsatsev and survive
+Mario Tsatsev captured 9000. Those 9000 were exhausted from months of fighting and no doubt greatly disheartened since they had been slowly gaining ground until the Germans added 7 (mostly rested) divisions to a front full of exhausted troops. The Italians just quit.
+Mario Tsatsev Wrong, Leonidas didn't beat his enemy
The 6000 or so Greeks that held the pass at Thermopylae for the first 2 days (down to 300 Spartans and 700-900 other Greeks for the last stand on the third) killed far more than 20,000 perhaps as many as 50,000, but no prisoners.
+Florian Haydn Eh, it's arguable that Leonidas did win. The battle was a big blow to Persian morale, a big boost to Greek morale and a huge blow in time, men and resources to the Persians.
A division vs 100 men (Company)... Roughly 70 to 1.
SPIRIT OF SPARTANS 40 TO 1
my grandfather (ex luftwaffe scholar - we're austrian) told me he met a man just a few years ago who told him he was stationed at one of the military airports in paris during ww2 working as a cook. (having to provide rations and monitor the amount of calories per soldier) and in the in the days before rommels convoy was hit by british airforce this airport was closed to everybody but a few people who worked there including him and other logistically important figures. he told my grandfather that in these days he saw a british blenfield and some spitfires plus some obviously german soldiers dressed as british pilots. just after the attack on rommel those planes where nowhere to find and the airport opened again for regular german soldiers. i know that sounds incredible and it could all be the imagination of a fan of rommel but just in case this was true it would significantly change the point of view on the relationship between hitler and rommel the months before rommel was forced to poison himself. anyone could tell me where to search for clues about this?
That's a pretty interesting story. No idea where to find out something like that.
thanks so much I'll gonna read that book.
British Typhoons and Tempests, which looked somewhat like the P-47, were also called Jabos by Germans. The plane that attacked Rommel's car fired 20mm cannon, a shell hitting the dashboard and fatally wounding the driver, which makes it likely it was a British or Dominion aircraft. Most Americans used .50 machine guns.
If Clostermann is any indication, a Spit flown in 602 Squadron is the one that shot up Rommel's staff car.
da fuq why shoot one of the best generals in your army? This story makes no sense
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2:17 "As they approached the village of Bleh"
Classic French names
I'm so happy I discovered this channel, I love history
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Erwin Rommel was the best leader of fast-moving troops but only up to army level.