Hunting Hitler’s Secret Weapon: The ‘Black Baron’ Tank Commander
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- Опубликовано: 14 окт 2024
- Michael Wittmann was considered as one of the greatest Nazi tank commanders of WW2. Having served in the Battle of Kursk he was redeployed to Normandy soon after the D-Day landings. Receiving The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross from Hitler himself, Wittmann was considered a cult hero with the Nazi propaganda machine embellishing his already well known achievements.
SS Hauptsturmführer Michael Wittmann was clearly one of the Nazis' greatest tank aces, but controversy has raged for 60 years as to which unit killed him.
In this video, Norm Christie attempts to solve this mystery.
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Kurt knispel had the highest amount of tank kills of any tanker during WWII. Only rising to rank of sergeant due to his unkempt appearance and was no fan of Nazis. Was unliked by higher up party members but loved by his crewmen.
Knispel didnt do it on both fronts though. Wittmann did. Knispel was in Normandy in July and August 1944 but didn't achieve anything of special note there. Wittmann did......in his first ten minutes of action in Normandy, continuing what he did on the Eastern Front.
The thing is. Knipsel wasn’t a Nazi. Wittman was - yes, I know there are excuses given. But Knipsel never joined the party so it wasn’t compulsory. Maybe Wittman didn’t believe in the ideology, and just did it for career advancement but that’s awful in its own way. Given the vagueness and often exaggerated ‘kill’ counts, it’s possible Wittman had nowhere near as much success. We just don’t know. But it leaves a bad taste in the mouth to play the Nazi’s game by trusting them at their word and continuing to build the reputation of a man created by Nazi propaganda. I’m sure he had success, why make everything up? But how much, and the legend has been artificially boosted by people any civilised person considers awful.
The whole legend of the unstoppable, technically superior Nazis was started by them and then the British, in particular, were happy to go along with it because they were beating these supposed cold supermen. So they must have been even better!
We should be better than this.
I’m not criticising the main topic of this video, it is undeniably interesting. But the boosting of Wittman is more than a little disgusting and should be left to 12 year old boys who usually grow out of their adoration of the Nazis (bbb..but the uniforms! The wunderwaffe!)
Complete rubbish. Wittmann only accounts for 15 or so kills on the Western Front, his 120 came in
Russia against lighter tanks, artillery and soft skinned vehicles. @@lyndoncmp5751
Who cares about the politics .. incredibly brave exceptional young men on both sides…end of
Why are you here?Just wondering...Shouldnt you be at Church or something?@@julianmorrisco
Really enjoy Norm's docos - he highlights Canada's role in both WW1 and II - just wish we had someone like him to do NZ's contribution to both wars too!
Thank you for this video. Just yesterday, I read the chapter in James Holland's book "Normandy '44" that describes this battle, and the death of Wittmann.
James hollands books are Brilliant
There were no Allied Aircraft in the AO that day. This has been proven on both sides. It is purely Myth, in fact, there was a study showing that aircraft only could maybe... maybe account for less than 2% of all Tank kills. They were usually brewed up by their own crew, mechanically disabled, or ran out of petrol. Also, it was the Sherbrooke Fusiliers, they had cut out sections of the wall to the Chateau at Gaumesni area and were in a perfect ambush position on the Tiger's left flank and the distance to target was between 150-200m which was point blank.
Kurt Knispel was the highest scoring tank Ace in the German army during WWII. Otto Carius was also in the Top 3 highest scoring tank Aces. Wittmann and Knispel were both killed in WWII and Otto Caius died just a few years ago.
@ReinhardEmperor had more to do with the fact that he was pushed by the Nazi propaganda machine. He was in the SS and was good looking and smartly turned out. So got far more attention than the two higher scoring aces. MSM then as now always has an agenda to push.
„Scoring“ ?! This was no Computergame, this was human beings, fought for democracy & killed by Nazis! Put things right, Arschloch 🤬💥
Knispel didnt do it on both fronts though. Wittmann did. Knispel was in Normandy in July and August 1944 but didn't achieve anything of special note there. Wittmann did......in his first ten minutes of action in Normandy, continuing what he did on the Eastern Front.
To think of a Warrior that three other countries think, and believes to have killed him. Must have been a one hell of a soldier.
A real badass (despite being a Nazi). Even enemies can show respect.
@@LivingCrusader. well in talking about Knipsel he was from Czech and fought along with Germans and several other persons from many different Nations. The main reason why many signed up was because they hated Communism. In fact, had the Germans not invaded France in 1940. there was a good chance of France becoming a Communist State. Prime example, just because you may live in a certain country does not make you affiliated with their ideology or political system.
It is like saying since I was in the Marine Corps it makes me either Republican or Democrap, even if I am fighting for the USA, I can still disagree with their ideology and Political Parties. I just get a kick when someone calls something a Nazi tank or Nazi plane, its like saying that's a Republican or Communist Plane??? Really..
@@LivingCrusader Also, that may have been a requirement to join the LAH in 1938 as they were operational AH bodyguard troop before they ever became a front-line asset of sorts, and this was nothing more than a rubber stamp. Nothing has ever been written or said by others that he was an enthusiastic member.
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The 17pdr had a max effective range of 1.5km, easily reached in just over a second at 1200m/sec with the APDS round, so Tiger 007 was well within range of the Yeomanry. The Sherman also stood 9ft tall, so the gunners sight must have been around 7-8ft from the ground thus, using the theodolite at man height, makes the argument that Wittmanns tank was probably obscured less definite. Just a few small things to throw into the mix... so don't take this video as a perfect scientific analysis.
Canadians. That geezer was given credit but he didn't kill Wittmann's Tiger.
It would have been interesting to place a Sherman sight at the right hight in the different firing positions and then places silhouette of Tigers on the field to see what the gunners could see.
@@Se4dr4gon good idea!
Cause even if you got an effective range of 1.5km, is the optics good enough to aim your shot at that distance on a moving target.
I have no idea… but as the British tank gunner say in the episode, “ the tigers was this small in the scope…”
So it would be interesting to see how small they would be and maybe test shoot to see how hard/easy it would be to hit a target…
The problem is, Ekins only saw THREE Tigers, but there were FOUR lost there between Ekins and the château where the Canadians were.
Ekins didnt see Wittmann because Wittmann was a couple hundred yards further back from the three closest Tigers, out of sight behind a rise in the ground.
I watched a lot of movies in my younger days, is it just me, or is it a little ironic the Black Baron's tank was 007 and James Bond was 007? This was a very interesting video, thank you.
Crazy coincidence but this weekend I bought a model Tiger 1 early production commanded by Wittmann to build. This is great for my research.
Lucky you....👏
I did that build 12 years ago awesome ! Mine was 1/35 dragon
@@panzervalkyrie9299 I’m working on a 1/48 with full interior, I’ve certainly got my moneys worth!
@@45degreesmodelling I’m working on a 1/16 scale. Gonna take me a while!
@@panzervalkyrie9299same here!
Excellent research leading to a probable solution, backed up by German testimony that tank had “stopped” before turret blew off.
Typhoon ? Look at the amount of shell craters and tracks on the air photos, this place was a battlefield for several days. No doubt Typhoons were in there at some time, but it could have been days before or after that the rocket casing hit the ground.
greatest tank battles did this but they didn’t break it all the way down. This done a great job breaking it down! Canada doesn’t get nowhere near the credit in armored warfare!! these men were warriors and the usa appreciates you guys!
Strikes me, it like The Murder on the Orient Express. They all did it. I wonder if Wittmann had any feeling of people out to get him.
When looking at the aerial photography of the battlefield, one thing immediately jumps out: the place is peppered with artillery shell craters. The sherbrooks may have been closer, but i've seen nothing to say they had fireflies, and an ordinary sherman round would bounce off a tigers armour. The Yeomanry had fireflies, but that owuld have been a hell of a shot to hit Wittman from there. For me, we're all missing secret answer C - Artillery fire.
Veri interesting video. Question: - Is this video a re-upload or a remake?
2-3 years ago (So 2020-21) I watched a video of about similar lenght with the exact same sort of investigation, and it also included a visit to the french farmer with the collection of parts. I think I have the old video bookmarked on my old computer which is out of order. Do anyone know anything?
Yeah I seen it same time as you did …different presenter from memory but exact same conclusion..could be exact same video tbh
@@panzervalkyrie9299 Thank you for responding. The more I think about it, the more I think you are right - it's the exact same video. Maybe the original video got lost, or several people share rights to it.
I have a vague memory of Time Team being involved. False, but not without reason. 1. The video about their investigations is built in the same way as the Time Team episodes. And 2. Dan Snow is involved (here, the outro), he also introduced a number of Time Team episodes.
Yes I think it's a re-upload of the same 2-3 y. old video.
@@panzervalkyrie9299 Update: Here it is. Exactly the same. 21st May 2020, 3½ y. old. On *_Timeline_* (channel)
_The Black Baron: The Story Of Hitler's Most Dangerous Ace | Battlefield Mysteries | Timeline_
Ahh ok thanks
I also believe the Royal Canadian Army killed the Black Baron. Great video, I loved the animated recreation of the battle. These historians are very dedicated to their research. Finally one of the greatest mysteries of the Second World War is solved. Good work.
I’m glad they ended it on that note. The Canadians not knowing who they hit, the British Yeomanry taking out the other 3 tanks and not one of them thinking it was Witmann . “He may have been a hero to the Nazis but he wasn’t to me..” sums it up perfectly. As the historian says - he may have been a brilliant Tank Ace but he was a paid up member of the Nazi SS and should be remembered as such….
Damm good dective work loved it👍👍
Typhoon rockets could be fired in pairs as well as ripple fire
Typhoon rockets damaged the La Gleize Tiger 1....it's still there.
'Look when we was in the Bocage country, we were assaulted by them Tigers. You know what I mean by assaulted, huh? WELL I MEAN ASSAULTED'
French farmer have parts of Wittmanns Tiger in his barn, his father collected them after the war from his field.
Whittmann was nervous that morning..if he knew fireflies were in the area..he wouldnt have gone out.apparently..he hadnt quite recovered after being injured and was suffering from burnout..it was an ambush for sure.apparently 5 shermans were firing at point blank range at his tank..
Whittmann would have known there were Firefly’s about because Firefly’s were distributed amongst every British and Canadian tank unit, on a one per troop basis. Ie 1 Firefly to every 3 75mm armed Sherman. Firefly’s were even attached to some Cromwell regiments as well, as at Villers Bocage.
@kurtjammer9568 - How do you know Wittmann was nervous that morning?
@HiTechOilCo
People who were around Wittmann that morning said he was quiet and subdued and seemed quite apprehensive about the attack which Kurt Meyer ordered. Wittmann wasn't supposed to go but he felt the commander (Heurich) would need assistance.
Its all in the Patrick Agte book Michael Wittmann and the Tiger Commanders of the Leibstandarte.
One thing people reading and intereststing about Tiger Tanks is that they spot a fake Tiger at once and the pictures in this video has the tank shown with the total wrong tracks , looks like a english build replica and another one shown here is some russian replica build tanks , kind of sad to see - in russia the germans lost so many tiger tanks that it must have been possible to use some in war films - as stated in a book about the Tiger 1 at one point the russians got hold on a complete kampfgruppe on a train that rode into a ambush , around 14 tigers ended up in captivity with portal crane and the works , but they ended being melted to other use alas
Excellent presentation.
there is a great interview with Wittman just after his Bocage rampage...
Yes and he never claimed he knocked out 21 panzers (tanks) at Villers Bocage. He said 21 "kampfwagen" (fighting vehicles).
Michel Whitman was not the most scoring panzer commander look hi Ivan attached over open ground watch Lazerpig
Was just about to talk about that xD.
shame you cant spell his name correct.................
Sorry
He was one of the most daring Baron
So he was famous as deadly 😅
Not because he was made st scoring panzer ace
Akso Michel Whitman only serve for 1 year and 87 days
I thought Willi Kretzschmar of the distinguished 12th SS Panzer Div. who waylaid 15 Sherman tanks on D-Day and referred to as the “Black Baron “ … my mistake
Canadians got both the red and the black barons.🇨🇦
The Ozzies dispute you on the Red Baron.
German claims more than 34 top aces of out of 47 aces of Canadian armored forces Canadian
And Terance & Philip
The Aussies got the Red Baron.
I think the Yeomanry got 3 tanks for sure . But you all but proved Whitman was hit by the Sherbrooke Shermans as one of them said only the Germans really cared about him largely unknown by the allies . Has to be a good result 4-0
Black Baron of WW2!
Great info and vid, thank you
Wittmann wasn’t the best scoring German tank commander
"Quickly ordered .. forward" - yeees ,or rather noooo, wrong choice of words here. The German troops were kept in the rear instead of actually being placed were intelligent officers would have preferred them. Simply because the landing was considered a ruse.
Actually, Schwere SS Panzer Abteilung 101 immediately headed to Normandy when the allies landed on D-Day on June 6th. The unit began it's long near 400km convoluted road march towards Normandy. After preparing the battalion to move out, the battalion began it's advance to Normandy the very next day on the 7th. It took them 6 days to reach the Normandy battle front, arriving on the 12th.
Imagine finding out you and your boys are really good at driving a tank and evaporating some other yos in a tank
Xa ikinchi jaxon urushinda nemis tanqlari eng ojiz tanqlar bo'lgan.
plenty of evidence from the Germans themselves that the allies didnt have problem hitting tanks with unguided missiles, but what do they know, right? in fact unguided missiles are STILL used against ground targets today, but not because the users think they will hit anything, rather both sides like the resulting fireworks display...
45:59 ... Mr. Ekins, how's things in Britain looking these days?
Canada must have been really impressed by the Nazis.
They are still applauding them to this day. 😅
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they had a ukranain in parliament later it was announced he was in the waffen ss...@@aircraftnut15
Why do others say he made a radio broadcast AFTER the battle?
After the battle of Villers Bocage two months before this last battle.
Great docu.
Why didn't they use GPR (Ground Penetrating Radar)?
This aired 15 years ago. Nothing new.
True, but it was good to re-watch it...
So what?
@@NovemberSky3point being nothing new discovered in the last 15 years.
Another vote for an excellent account of what went on. What more can I say?
It's completely false. Historian John Buckley has also criticised accounts of Wittmann's career, arguing that "many historians through to today continue to repackage unquestioningly Nazi propaganda" by repeating false claims that Wittmann's tank single-handedly defeated a British offensive in Normandy. In reality, this tactical success was achieved by the entire unit Wittmann formed part of, but was attributed only to him as part of a propaganda campaign
wow that guy has some great artifacts.... hopefully they are all preserved...still lots laying around on the eastern front thats for sure...
The guy at the end of this documentary "Anybody who goes into another mans country to kill is a criminal". Does that apply to the allies as well, he himself was a Brit, in France, double standards perhaps? Or did he just not think it could be applied equally to him?
Perhaps you should ask a French man that question?
@@StevenBrown-w5b take a look at how many French civilians the Allies killed with their indiscriminate bombing.
he's clearly jealous of Wittmann and his war record, and conveniently forgot about the British Empire and how many countries England invaded.
My thoughts as well on that last comment. How many countries have they went into to kill people over the centuries? Not saying the Germans were doing the right thing but come on... Don't be a hypocrite.
The difference is Nazi Germany *invaded* whereas the U.S.A., England and the rest of the Allied countries *liberated* the countries Nazi Germany had illegally invaded and taken over. Surely you can understand this?
Wow that was very interesting very well done
Seen it when it was on TV
Very excellent reseach. Thanks
“The Myth of Wittmann” From “LazerPig” Channel was informative😼
It was full of inaccurate nonsense.
Yep the Brits and Canadians were fighting the heavy SS Panzer Divisions, whilst the USA were fighting mostly light infantry.
Team effort. Always.
Well..the Canadians sure as hell weren't fighting the 14th SS Galician Freiwillige Grenadier division....
@@daviddoran3673That's funny lol
@@Nickel1147yeah because those sector was heavily fortified by the german force
The USA was fighting everyone, and giving you all weapons, be thankful, not smug
I think it was a time traveling Big foot and Abe Lincoln with an RPG !
Was he saying that the English soldiers got drunk and burnt down the chateaux? I heard him mention planes, so thought it was likely bombed
"Not to me"
Wittmann wasn't fit to carry Knispels luggage.
Wittmann knocked out around a dozen tanks and halted an allied advance in his first 15 minutes of action in Normandy to add to what he did on the Eastern Front.
Knispel was in Normandy as well but doesn't appear to have performed any notable feats there. Wittmann did it on both fronts. Knispel didn't.
Killed by an "lucky Shot".
Really interesting
at 45:34 maybe he should have researched the U.K. history of invading countries, starting with the British Empire.
Very interesting
2nd time, I saw this wonderful documentary shared by respectful ( History Hit).... How he had been killed...he was loyal to the end. He wrote his remarkable print fingers in history .
Loyal to the very dark evil of Hitler. That is not a good man by any stretch of the imagination. He was a war criminal and murderer.
Brilliant.
Video was okay , the host kept alternating between calling the British unit Sherbrooke and sherbet.
People need to think for themselves, do I want to fight for a leader who is not willing to go out to battle with me; NOT me I won't go and I never did. I was too young for Vietnam and too old for Desert Storm.
Michael Whitman needed to have learned that lesson in life. The picture shows Hitler shaking Whitman's hand but the two of them going out to battle the Allies; forget it.
dude Hitler fought in WW1 and won the Iron Cross.
Haha the brits got drunk and burned down a french castle 😂 brits will be brits
If he's tank was 007, why do they keep showing 107 in the photo? Is it just a stock image or is the script incorrect. Just curious.
It's the curvature of the current, you are seeing one side of the 0 making it look like a thick 1.
Sorry that should be 'turret' not 'current'
Thanks for clearing that up
LOOK AT THAT HUMUNGOUS DINOSUAR MACBOOK 2:27
Why?
Tank to tank under ideal conditions no commander could take out whitmann.he could reverse one tread while forward on other track swinging barrel 2 times as fast..
@kurtjammer9568 - Wittmann was killed by another tank Commander, as this video demonstrates. Wittmann was a card-carrying Nazi who supported Hitler and his dark evil. He was a murderer and war criminal.
He had an Expert crew aswell. The tigers was instructed and trained to not fire on the move but the gunner managed to aim and fire on the move with great sucsess at kursk. Something that i havent heard any other tiger crews doing. Imagine doing that with no stabilizers
Tom Cruise could play as Whitman
Witmann was not the best. Look up Kurt Knispel, Martin Schroif and Otto Carius. 👍
'Best' is always subjective. Most of the Nazi panzer aces had their kill counts inflated during the war. Then their reputations were bolstered by post-war 'experts' who wanted to portray the Red Army as a lumbering behemoth that only defeated those tactically astute Germans through overwhelming numbers and the incompetence of Adolf Hitler. They were brave men who fought well in sometimes difficult circumstances. No more and no less.
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It matters not who was the best German , defending a dictator, who killed Jews out of pure hate and racism.
Micheal Whitman didn't have much to choose from , let him rest, it's over.
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Well the turret got blown off his Tiger so my money is on the Typhoon
The La Gleize Tiger 2 was hit in its engine deck by rockets...it didn't lose its turret or burn out..
it was the Canadians. Typhoons were disproven a long while ago dude.
The fire from an armour piercing shell ignited the ammunition being carried inside the Tiger, which then exploded, causing the turret to blow off. The turret didnt blow off right away. Only after the ammunition blew up.
RTX On
i liked the video but there were two parts in it that i really did not like, the first is seeing all the pieces that would belong in a museum handled and stepped on like they were replicas of the real thing. The lack or respect for original pieces of historical value. The second was seeing the grave and the person so celebrated. He was good at killing people for one of the worst organizations our kind ever produced and there are websites celebrating him....
Has anyone anywhere read a book where Wittmans referred to as the Black Baron? Is it in some allied memoir?
Complete fabrication, not a single book references him as being called the Black Baron.
@mikbrase5161 - Yes. If you do an Internet search using Keywords; W.W.II, Wittmann, Black Baron, you will find many sources referring to him as the Black Baron.
@@MzLunaCee - Not so. If you do an Internet search using Keywords; W.W.II, Wittmann, Black Baron, you will find many sources referring to him as the Black Baron. Michael Wittmann: Germany's Tank Ace of the Waffen-SS Panzer Division (Ritterkreuz Book 6) Kindle Edition, refers to Wittmann as the Black Baron and there are others too.
@@HiTechOilCo so a UK production company gave him the moniker Black Baron and appears in no other contemporary sources.👍 Got it.
Nothing from WW2 era, all modern or post war. @@HiTechOilCo
This video has made the rounds. Just channel Subscription BAIT. Nice video nonetheless.
Seen it.....old wine new bottle job
So did the canadians have fireflies? A normal 75mm sherman would't kill a tiger at 150metres
He think a tigers tank was roaming 150 meters
Wherever war don't provide you elementary tactics
It could do from the side.
Always an interesting watch. Don't think we will get another legend like Wittmann. I don't think it was a plane that took him out but it must have been someone who was able to get a side shot. I doubt it but is there any chance that Wittmann didn't want to get court by the allies so when he saw his other tigers go down, he somehow blew his own tank from the inside? I personally think it was the Canadians, even with the smaller cannon, at that range and it being a side shot. And you say about his grave and what he fought for, but American's wasn't much better then the nazis at the end of the war with what they did with japan.
@sasmozza7019 - "American's wasn't much better then that nazis at the end of the war with what they did with japan"? That is truly the most outrageous, ignorant of history comment I have ever read in any RUclips video comments section. I am beyond shocked anyone would make such a wildly inaccurate, hate filled comment. The Japanese started a war and the Americans finished it as quickly as possible and in doing so saving millions of lives on both sides. The Japanese had no intentions of surrendering and were going to have every man, woman and child fight to the death, (this was called Ketsugo), had the Americans carried out the ground attack on Japan, which was code named Operation Downfall. It has been estimated that had Operation Downfall taken place, it would have result in 1 million American casualties and 15 million Japanese dead. To equate the actions of the U.S. military with the horrific crimes against humanity, (cruelly murdering millions of innocent people), committed by Nazi Germany in W.W.II is the most horrifically ignorant comment I've ever read. I suggest you do research on this topic and then apologize. Millions of people on both sides in W.W.II didn't die so you could tarnish their memory with wildly false statements.
Hell yeah! Canadians!
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Sorry his naim is LaizerPig not Lazer pig
Has the French farmer a live tank grenade in his collection?
Margaret Thatcher approves
Maggie is that you?😂
@@setituptoblowitup Dear God I hope not. What could be worse than finding out that there is life after death and she's vying for leadership in the nether realm?
@@kevinjohnbetts holly shit I just laughed so hard I hurt myself🤙😫
come back and pull sunaks pants down and smack him on the buttocks please Maggie 😂
Not the highest scoring panzer ace
He was at that time.
Theres only one Black Baron as there is only one Iron General, both Russians.
False. Do an Internet search using Keywords; W.W.II, Wittmann, Black Baron. Enjoy.
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@@nikolais163 that's right💜👊
It's pronounced Vitman.
Stupid the presenter getting into politics of it …what hypocrites .. it’s simply tragic young men barely out of their early 20s doing their duty with incredible skill, sacrifice and courage on both sides having to lose their lives for politics
Not at all. The Nazi's were card-carrying evil people and the S.S. was the military wing of the Nazi party. They were thugs and deemed a criminal organization. They swore their allegiance to the dark evil of Hitler and did so voluntarily. They were very bad, evil people.
Hope to meet you in Valhalla Michael and talk about chobs and tigers
You do not want to go to Hell.
@@HiTechOilCo i dont no ./ I want to go to Valhalla where great warriors like Michael feast and drink with the Gods
Sorry my first comet disrepair.Michael Wittmann is not the highest scoring German tank commander he is over rated watch LaizerPig’s vidio about him
He was before he was killed.
Only the desert fox is the best Tank Commander ever since no other hero
Who was defeated by U.S. Gen. George S. Patton.
LaizerPig have maid a better video about him and how overrated
A misleading, inaccurate, and untruthful account. Christie and his staff should be ashamed of churning such rubbish out.
WTF. I had to turn off after 20 seconds.. not once could he say the name correct.. its not hard.. Wittmann..
Narwwwh that is such a shame we all wanted you to watch it so bad.
"WTF"? When Teenagers Fart? With the French? When Tanks Fly? What is this secret code?
lucky shot
Jesus is Alive he love us all your heard a loud voice that you couldn't see it white and look at the heaven God bless
Not even a fire fly can hurt a VK who you trying to kid.
Wittmann wasn't the highest scoring ace, I can't find any reference to a Black Baron nickname, and most kills were against light vehicles in Russia. Out of the 4 Cromwells engaged three were Artillery Observation tanks with no gun fitted. This engagement has already been torn apart as pure fantasy. Historian John Buckley has also criticised accounts of Wittmann's career, arguing that "many historians through to today continue to repackage unquestioningly Nazi propaganda" by repeating false claims that Wittmann's tank single-handedly defeated a British offensive in Normandy. In reality, this tactical success was achieved by the entire unit Wittmann formed part of, but was attributed only to him as part of a propaganda campaign
He was a propaganda tool for Himmler to hold up and show off to the press and public. I'm not saying he wasn't successful, but it should all be taken very lightly when believing the hype.
Kurt Knispel was the highest scoring tank ace, I believe.
I think Wittmann was the highest scorer ace at the time of his death.
AShaneAWWolfe - Not so. If you do an Internet search using Keywords; W.W.II, Wittmann, Black baron, you will find many sources referring to him as the Black Baron. Michael Wittmann: Germany's Tank Ace of the Waffen-SS Panzer Division (Ritterkreuz Book 6) Kindle Edition, refers to Wittmann as the Black Baron and there are others too.