Tank Battles of WW2 - The Battle of Maciejow
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- Опубликовано: 3 окт 2024
- The battle of Maciejow is one of many forgotten tank battles on the eastern front. The Panther tanks of the II./SS-Panzer Regiment 5 were defending the area of Maciejow when the 11th Tank corps attacked with 2 brigades. At the end of the battle, the Panthers of the SS Wiking division claimed to have knocked out 103 Soviet tanks for the loss of 0 Panthers in return. Find out more about the battle in this video!
INFO:
Batailles & Blindés No. 80 (Caraktère) - Maciejow, le dernier coup de schlague de Mühlenkamp by S. Cazenave
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www.feldgrau.n...
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www.panther1944...
FOOTAGE:
Die Deutsche Wochenschau Nr 733 September 21 1944 ( • Video )
Die Deutsche Wochenschau Nr 729 August 23 1944 ( • Video )
Die Deutsche Wochenschau Nr 730 August 30 1944 ( • Video )
Die Deutsche Wochenschau Nr 737 October 18 1944 ( • Video )
Die Deutsche Wochenschau Nr 723 July 13 1944 ( • Video )
All the above found on the Swedish You Tube channel Historic Reels ( / channel )
Die Deutsche Wochenschau Nr 726 August 3 1944 ( • Video ) Found on ARTCinéma ( / channel )
WWII Soviets defeat Germans at Vitebsk in Summer 1944 English narration ( • Video ) Found on petr Warry PetrW ( / channel )
German newsreel excerpts SS ( • GERMAN NEWSREEL EXCERPTS ) as found on PublicResourceOrg ( / @publicresourceorg )
Pictures are from Google images, I can send the link if you want to.
MUSIC:
All music is from the RUclips public audio library (www.youtube.co...)
From first to last song:
Borderless (2X)
Dark Alley Deals
Casual Desire
Spring
Omonia
Turning Slowly
This dude is too underappreciated by the community who are, in fact, interested in history but they only want to see or hear the important parts rather than hearing the entire story, therefore, having a completely one-sided opinion on one subject. Great job dude for doing this
Thank you so much for your very kind words! I really appreciate it!
Yep, i agree 👍 great work
I agree. Traditional historians tend to overlook these details in an effort to maintain brevity. Im a huge fan of Ace.
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Mark Felton Productions and Ace Tank destroyers are one of the best RUclips channels interms of history
I agree, please try this one too : ruclips.net/video/w7ubT3eHAy0/видео.html
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Mark felton channel is a sensationalist channel without citation,, many mistakes
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@@jasonmussett2129 for instance, his video on Jagdtigers in the Ardennes in wrong; no Jagdtigers made it to the Ardennes due to fuel and road situation. The combat he described involved either Jagdpanthers of PzJager IVs. The unit histories that actually describe these units and prove it wrong are expensive and rare... no research was done, it is a common myth which Felton propagates. Making historical videos in time-consuming and expensive, both in time and money.
Phenomenal report of this battle that I have heard almost nothing about. Cracking report. Man alive the Panther was just astonishing especially when crewed by those well trained men....
A VERY good documentary I must say. I knew that the 5th SS Wiking Panzer Division were one of the very best fighting units on either side during WW-II and this documentary proved that even during the long retreat from the Eastern Front, Wiking fought superbly. My compliments.
What actually happens when you attack a well camouflaged German tank unit that has a good view of the battlefield.
Hint: it is not what you have seen in the Fury movie.
The unit wipes you out
Fury was SO disappointing. I read about, and hear people rave about the film. On par with 'Pearl Harbor'......ok, maybe not THAT bad, but close...
Richard Smith
I agree. I was stoked, naively thinking because the Bovington Tank Museum was involved, it would be good....
Sadly fury was just more propaganda good guy beats bad guy bullshit
@Cal Dev or chuck Norris
Lend lease Shermans were a common sight around Kovel.............in newsreel footage they were in the streets of the town, destroyed. The Americans supplied 4000 specially modified, diesel powered Shermans to the soviets, and soviet commanders had favorable experiences with them. The US also supplied 100,000 6x6 Army trucks (with trailers and fully loaded with war materials) which basically mobilized a large part of the Red Army. US lend lease was vast, and enormous in scope of technology,materials,vehicles and even entire specialty factories.
Let us pray that we never have to go through something like WW2.
My dad was on the eastern front and the few things he told me about that time were bad enough. But he never talked about the really terrible things. Those things haunted him in his dreams and I'll never forget how he screamed at night once his memories came back. Thirty years haven't been enough to process the experience and ultimately he became an alcoholic when he tried to wipe out the memories in this way. When finally I fully realized what he must have been through, he unfortunately wasn't there anymore.
Yeah indeed! Let's hope we don't have to go through such thing anymore! Very sorry to hear about your dad.
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What makes me sad and angry is the fact that our parents and grandparents had to suffer so much before we could get to know something like peace and freedom. But now the memory of how terrible the past was fades away and it seems as if all the experiences of the previous generations have been for nothing.
Today's generations grow up in permanent peace and therefore take it as granted. They don't see the danger of populists and nationalists splitting societies, such as in the US, or what it means when those lunatics destroy the EU and bring us against each other again. Present generations can't imagine what war really means. I'm afraid it's true what's being said: That you only truly understand it when you experience it yourself.
Simple humans are not programmed to kill so wen we do we are haunted by it
My sympathy. A terrible war. Let's hope it never happens again.
I know that my father and the soldiers he commanded suffered after WWII but, I realized that most of them moved on with their lives. He fought in the US Army against the German Army in Italy and in France and witnessed destruction of a US tank battalion in Italy with the Germans using 88 mm guns.
My great uncle was a gunner on a panther during this fight. He was seriously wounded and sent back to Germany. The rest of his crew died, except for the loader who somehow pulled him from the tank. I think infantry actually helped. At that time, he had 13 kills as a gunner.
Good for them both. From what I've seen - to be trapped in an igniting afv was a hateful situation and no place for folks, whatever side.
What was his name? If he was in wiking he should’ve written a memoir but if you have his name and rank I can find lots of cool info about his wartime days and if had that many kills he’ll surely have a medal or two
Is he fight with the SS Panzer Regiment 5 ??.
Hmm my life is boring. I need a Panther!
Sure.....mr Thorson..
This film was superb. I really appreciate the emphasis on the officers conducting the fights in your work. You’re a first rate historian for our time.
Thanks Mikey, I really appreciate it!
Thank you very much for this enthralling video about a battle I'd never heard of. It just goes to show what well trained, motivated troops can do despite being outnumbered by enemy forces. Thank you again.
Thank you for this video.
Nice to get to know about the lesser known battles.
Excellent research, first rate footage, good graphics and an informative and interesting presentation, please keep up the good work Ace Destroyer!
Thank you very much for the kind words!
Very glad you covered this battle. There’s so much to Operation Bagration and the Eastern Front in the Summer of ‘44 that doesn’t get enough attention. Some of the most intense tank and Panzergrenadier battles in the war.
I can't thank you enough for bringing to light all those small fights and incredible events that often are forgotten in the bigger picture. You sir, did an amazing job. As always.
Thanks! Yeah, I have always been more interested in those 'forgotten' battles.
Thanks to share, history is always made by the winners who like to forget some real facts………respect the courageous warriors of each sides who died in this conflict…
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I'm keen to look at the others. I'll subscribe.
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awesome footage and information, thank you
There is only one word for this Documentary: Excellent!
That brings a smile to my face! Happy to hear that you enjoyed it!
I must say, "micro" diagrams of individual units at the battalion, company, and even platoon level is often very poorly done with confusing movements and even more confusing explanations of their organization; but this is superb. Easy to comprehend and a very interesting story. Keep up the amazing work!
Thank you very much mate! It truly means a lot!
Great job. Never hear about these "small" battles of WWII.
Excellent video! Thanks so much for putting
it together!
I've been reading about ww2 history for more than 10 years and I never knew about this engagement until today
I have only read about this engagement - NEVER seen a documentary. Thank you!
I like the way you have a lot of actual footage in your videos. Any war documentary worth watching should be filled with it in my opinion. Keep up the good work. I could watch good ww2 tank footage/action all day.
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I never knew about this Battle of Maciejow. Thank you for informing me.
Thank you for a brilliant video and battle account.
Thank you! Very happy to see that you enjoyed it!
Excellent production. Nice to hear someone able to pronounce correctly people's names and places.
Thanks, I try my best in pronouncing everything correctly, but I must say I did butcher 'Maciejow' though.
Another outstanding informative video . Thanks so much for what you do.
Always enjoy your excellent and in depth accounts of these forgotten battles. Please keep them coming!
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Excellent, informative presentation. The extremes of the fighting in Russia isn’t as well documented as other western battles. Fascinating history and should not be forgotten! Thank you for the detail and effort in this account, great job!
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Excellent research and a great documentary as always. Keep em coming.
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Tanks, tanks, and more tanks. Love these tank battles. Great job on producing these videos. Keep it up!
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The AceDestroyer From an amateur historian to a real pro; you rock!
@@williambowen7365 Haha! Thanks!
Nice to hear deeds of Olf-Ola Olin, there is next to none information of him in Finnish SS history books, altho he is One of the few (if i recall right 5) finnish SS men that stayed with Germans after Finnisches Freiwillige battalion was sent home. And ad to that he was quit succesful officer. There is actually intresting story about how he and his unit used Jagdpanthers in Austria just before german surender, they got their Panzerjägers straight from factory line
This channel deserves soo many more subscriptions!, excellent work young man
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Please cover the Battle of Brody, 1941 that was the largest Tank Battle in History. I love this channel. Many thanks.
Thanks for the videos. Really well done, appreciate the work
An awesomely complete & factual accounting of these encounters! Thank you for all your research & production skills! :-))))
This is fantastic,very informative and well narrated.
Thanks for the kind words! I really appreciate it!
@@TheAceDestroyer you are most welcome my friend,i am also a new sub now :))
love too hear of forgotten battles...
As usual Awesome video! Presentation was on point..
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I like this guy,
He tells the detailed history.
Well done mate.
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Ace great information as always and the maps help a lot to know the units movements.
@The AceDestroyer your documentaries are always enjoyable to watch!!
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Appreciate these history lessons. :) Thank you for posting!
Thank you so much!!!! Im actually from Kovel, and almost no one knows about this battle, and its really hard to find information. GOOD JOB!
My pleasure! Happy to see that you found it helpful!
Thank you ace, another excellent video. I just finished guy sajer the forgotten soldier. It’s truly remarkable how Germany was able to fight for so long against insurmountable odds. They were often outnumbered 10:1 in terms of men and armour.
Always a pleasure. The research is precise and the presentation is always accurate. Keep up the good work.
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Just found your channel and subbed! Keep up the great content. It's exactly what I was looking for after depleting the other channels and old battlefield docs. :)
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Your abilities in the 3 languages is superb!
Thanks! Yeah, I try my best to pronounce everything right. I butchered the names of towns however...
@@TheAceDestroyer Is my guess correct - you are German?
@@brianrodgers4636 No, I'm actually from Belgium, the Flemish part at least. But, I learn German at school.
@@TheAceDestroyer Well, as a German speaker myself I have to say your German is spot on. :)
Thank you for this, very well presented.
Thanks!
So glad I found your channel. Great knowledge and mapping the battles combined with footage is excellent!
Thanks! It means a lot to me! Very happy to see that you're enjoying the content!
It takes true dedication and time to achieve your level of professional documentation. I'm slowly putting together similar content with extract from Ken Touts 'A fine night for tanks' The road to Falaise' by Ken Tout.
@@MushroomFromMars Nice! I would love to see it!
Love your videos...Always learn something new and I love WW2 history, especially from the German side. Thanks again.
Comments like these bring a smile to my face! Thank you! Very happy to see that you enjoy my videos!
Great vid and above average animation. Thanks for using military symbols for units types and sizes. By this it's much easier to grasp the described situation.
Thanks! Happy to see that you enjoy the maps as well. I put rather a lot of time into making them.
Great job! You really take your time and do research - I really appreciate you work!)
Thanks mate! It really means a lot!
Top notch content as always! Thank you man!
I just love WW2 history,tank battles!
Excellent work as always. AceDestroyer, you always deliver. Serious commentary and well chosen relevant footage makes your channel my go to for unbiased history. Thank you.
As usual another fine Vídeo...
They destroyed large numbers of Soviet tanks and still lost the war. Never invade Russia. Nice work on the video.
Thank you for a beautiful documentary. "Die Flute spielt fur sich selbst nicht fur uns!" Viking's battle moto.
Impressive narration by Ace Destroyer. I loved the battle descriptions showing a knowledge of the tactics considered and used by both sides.The SS Viking however showed superior technical skills in Gunnery,Manoeuvre tactics and Map Appreciation. Excellent! I've subscribed. Keep the Videos coming. Thumbs up.Danke.
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Excellent description of the battle, I read it in Paul Carell book.
For this Battles, Standartenfuhrer Muhlenkampf recieved eichenlaub to his Knight's Cross already earned before. He was later a commander of the whole Wiking division until the arrival of Karl Ullrich.
Sir, appreciate your comment. But there is no "f" in the name of "Muhlenkamp".
Thanks for a good video. Thumbs up!
Thanks! I really appreciate it!
I especially like the follow up info about the men involved. It brings a story to life.
Excellent research, thanks for the uploads. Wiking div. were certainly a potent force, I think the original intake were Scandinavian volunteers.
Always look forward to your videos, great work! Thank you 🍺
Thanks for the kind words mate! It means a lot!
Can’t wait for your next upload, beer is ready!
Interesting/informative/entertaining. Excellent still-motion photography pictures. Along with detailed maps. Enabling viewers to better understand what the orator was describing. Wishing viewers a safe/healthy/prosperous (2024) 🌈🎉💵🤔.
Thanks for sharing Soviet Storm with us which is really 18 episodes will maks you look at all 18 episodes
We have to be so thankful that the Enigma code was broken it made such a huge difference to know the German battle plan and movement
Indeed. Did you see the movie about breaking the Enigma code with Benedict Cumberbatch? I quite enjoyed watching that film.
I dont think that applies here since this is the Eastern Front. The English broke it and told the Americans and Commonwealth - but I dont think they told the Soviets the secret. Even then Churchill was wary of Stalin and with good reason.
@@qtig9490 actually they did release certain info to the Soviets Churchill was more concerned about defeating the Nazi's he didn't like Stalin but had to make a decision to help and keep it low key.
Great documentary. Thank you
Happy to hear that! Thanks!
a very interesting and informative report, Like all the detail put forth in your presentation. Definitely worth subscribing to your posts for more great detailed stories.
Thanks!
Congratulations for the channel, from Catalonia.
Cheers mate! I appreciate it!
Thanks cobber . Look forward to watching the next doco' .
Very well done documents. Also nice to see finnish top scoring tank ace Ola Olin actions mentioned here.
13:16 interesting to see the hit on the Panther and the zimmerit worn off. Yes, learned stuff.
awesome photo, yes
I found this interesting too, like the hit had weakened the zimmerit in the area, which decayed afterward
This ia how documentary should be. Full of facts, archival footage and a matter of fact commentary. It is so rare now to have documentaries like these. Modern commentaries are now only a list of meaningless exaggerated adjectives.
As someone who has been in the military for over 10 years now I really appreciate the self made graphics. Terms and military symbols are generally only understood by seasoned officers and senior NCO's (at least in America haha). As someone who has been fascinated by WW2, specifically tank battles, it's a treat to find your channel and I look forward to past and future content!
Here in German even Privates have to learn tactical symbols...
@@TheLocomotionFan You are as humble as President Trump, I can tell! Thanks for the insight.
1000+ Artillery units? Russians sure love their artillery.
CMDRFandragon they do
The Battle of Berlin alone is the largest artillery bombardment made by the Soviet during the war, they beaten the amount of Western Allied air bombings on the city.
Stalin said artillery is the god of war.
They could never win any fight without it.
Rumors that Russian generals actually shelled each other's forces near Berlin trying to be the one to sack the city and get to kiss Stalin's ring are probably true.
Reminds me of "Last victory in Russia" an excellent book about North Ukraine counter attack by the SS and the fourth panzer army.
I don't know that book, I'll have to check it out. Thanks!
@@TheAceDestroyer the "Lucy spy ring" always had complete German army plans at all times but never infiltrated the SS, that's why the SS did so amazingly and the excellent training did help.
@@FirstLast_Nba but the waffen ss divisions got their main commands from the OKW usually.
@@MrAdamF is it possible 'Lucy' were specific to OKH then?
I'd like to read this. If anyone knows where I can get a copy, I'd like to know. Cheers.
This is very well done.
Good bit of research there. I also liked you maps very much. And yes, I'd never heard of this battle. Very impressive.
Thanks! Happy to hear you like the maps as well. I make all of them myself, these ones were particularly difficult to make as I had to base them on the reports as I couldn't find official maps of the battle.
@@TheAceDestroyer Wow, now I'm even more impressed. They certainly make visualising the battle much easer. Congratulations.
Excellent work buddy, you even had the pictures of the commanders. I have no idea how are you able to say the designations of various offices and their commander names, together, so well, except, if you are German. Regardless, with the funds available for this, great job.
Thank you very much! I'm actually from Belgium, but I learn German at school. Thanks again! I really appreciate the kind words!
@@TheAceDestroyer
You welcome, you da man. I look forward to more videos. Good luck with your project. I subscribed, I wont be the last. Best wishes.
Your videos have to be the most in depth I've ever watched. Just curious on where you research the battles. I have always been intrigued with history, especially the world wars. As always, awesome video
Thanks! I always try to tell the stories of those who actually fought the battle, that often requires me to go in depth. I have a few French magazines which always give good coverage of some battles. Together with books and the internet I put the puzzles together and make the script. Always very happy to see that people enjoy the content, so thank you very much!
Nice to know about these forgotten battles rather than the usual ones. On both sides. Somebody's father, husband, brother or son. This isn't about politics or the despicable crimes committed by the Nazi regime, this is about the men on both sides who died before their time. Will we ever learn? Big thanks to the Ace Destroyer for telling the story of these small battles where so many died for nothing.
Great to hear of unknown or previously reputed actions.
This battel demonstrates with experienced crews how superior the Panther was.
Didn't know my favorite division did such an astonishing thing!
Did you know that your favourite unit shot 600 jews during operation Barbarossa?!
@@Pascal-js2rs that makes them even better!
Pascal All about Jews, right?
This is wonderful and very enjoyable,thank you.
My pleasure! Happy to hear that!
GREAT STORY !!! AND YOUR NARRATIVE SKILLS ARE BEYOND SUPERB !!! YOUR PRONUNCIATION SKILLS ARE BEAUTIFUL !!!
Haha! Thank you!
I love the exact pronunciation of German it is one of the best features of this video
RIP too all them Brave Men
Excellent, really enthralling and fantastic pronunciation
Thank you! I try to do my best! I did however pronounce Maciejow all wrong. Been getting a lot of comments from Polish people about it...
Brilliant Video, thanks 👍👍👍
Another excellent video about a little known battle. Reading about Bagration, you just get a sense that it was just a huge pincer movement that caught the Germans totally unaware that ended in the worst defeat by a modern army ever. I guess there was some real resistance after all!!!!!!
Enjoyed this 👍
Happy to read that! Thanks!
You should cover the battle of Brody? I think I spelt that right? Love your channel Ace!
Hey u actually need to talk about forward scouting troops that directed tank fire. Tanks couldn't always operate without infantry eyes
Visited Kovel last summer mostly as a reconnaissance of the earlier spring battles from its relief by Viking. On my last day scouted around this engagement, as though out of scope of my studies, it is still an epic late war ostfront tank on tank battle. Despite having some familiarity then with the ground and fight, this video was still an excellent breakdown of the forces of engaged, disposition, manoeuvring and, outcome. Very useful indeed. Highly recommended and look forward to catching up on the back-catalogue as well as new output.
Thank you very much! Happy to see that you found it useful. I hope to visit some Eastern front battlefields one day. Again, thank you very much! I hope you'll enjoy the other content as well.
11:35 "he gave the order to Feuer Frei"
Till Lindman singing in my head: Bang! Bang!
Ghost Erik
Till Lindemann :P
Yep absolutely fantastic very interesting to listen to .
op Bagration was an astounding success but the ruse further south was NOT a total "fake out" of the germans since a very strong offensive was launched a mere 2 weeks, after "Bagration" was launched in the southern area where the germans EXPECTED the original assault. It is NOT that difficult to fool the enemy when your resources are SO extensive as to be able to launch offensives in BOTH places WITHIN a mere 2 weeks.