The Battle for the Reichswald Crossroads | February 1945
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- Опубликовано: 2 май 2024
- In February 1945, the Canadian First Army launched Operation Veritable. Among the formations involved was the British 51st Highland Division, which was tasked with clearing the Southern portions of the Reichswald Forest. In this video, I detail a crucial engagement that took place at a crossroads in the forest, in which a small group of British soldiers took on over 200 German troops.
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Thanks for that. My dad was "C" Coy GH's. Sadly passed away now.
Big respect to your pops
Marvellous fighting men were the Gordon Highlanders, known as the Gentlemen Jocks,
Another excellent video. Thank you for posting it, much appreciated. Myself living in The Netherlands, operation Veritable has always fascinated me. When visiting the Reichswald, sometimes it haunts me to be there, knowing all the Canadian and British troops who made the ultimate sacrifice.
Great video. Thank you. 24 hours with no food and sleep. People were built different back then
Having studied the 51st HD wartime history, I am delighted that you have covered this particular battle, which is all too often forgotten about 🤩👍🏻
The British Army used to have so much style, love how unique all the tanks were especially the look of the Churchill series, and down to the individual soldier with the helmet tilts and what not, we gotta get yall back to that level
Another cracking contribution to a lesser known but equally aggressive action. Please keep up your truly excellent work. You put a lot of time and effort into your presentations and you deserve not only success but at the minimum a thank you for all you do.
Well there you go. Short and sweet.
Company size movements aren't easy. Particularly while remaining undetected in the dark. Requires discipline.
War is hell. 🐿
Nice to see the Allies going into a forest and pulling off a victory, thinking of the earlier American battle for the Hurtigan Forest!
Well to be fair. These were not Americans.
Thanks for the video, plese produce more Canadian military videos please!
Great video
Thank you
Truly the greatest generation.
Thanks for this excellent video sir
thank you
Thank you
Its almost appropriate that the 51st division, the division left behind at dunkirk in 1940, was the same unit who were first into germany.
They shouldn't have even been in the field. They were tired and battleshy by 1944 and it was repeatedly noted in command histories that they were past their prime. They should have been held as a reserve for ad hoc defensive operations where they still excelled.
@@iatsd Same with the 7th armoured
I very much enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up
Thanks for the video.
Brilliant video. Massively respect your hard work and dedication to finding the information and footage to make these videos.
I’ve had a massive interest in WW2 for 10+ years and one part of the war I’ve always struggled to find information on is the British/commonwealth on the western front after D-day, then I stumbled upon your channel.
With the exception of market garden, the British ‘campaign’(?) seems to be massively overshadowed by the Americans. It’s great to hear stories of how hard our boys fought as well! It wasn’t all the US, post D-day.
@milnzy1886 Operation Bluecoat is a British campaign worth looking into, lots of armoured warfare.
@@Bullet-Tooth-Tony- certainly will take a look. Thanks!
@@Bullet-Tooth-Tony- and the epic climb to the top of Mont Pincon
Could someone tell me the song used at the end of the videos. I love it. Love the videos keep it up!
That gunfire must of been horrific from the German perspective getting caught mid rotation with relaxed posture with B Coy be like, "Anyway, I Started Blasting...."
My dad passed through here with the 51st.
1.39 - that's a Crocodile - nasty!
My Uncle Jim was an SSM In a troop of crocodiles in the Reichswald forest, his tank was called “Sinner”
Great stuff mate. Id love to see something on Operation bluecoat, Martlet or Epsom.
Yes Operation Bluecoat - Mont Pincon. My Dad was there as well as the Reichswald Forest
@@Nickel1147 Yeah i really want to see some more content on that, especially the 11th armoured division and the Irish Guards.
@@Bullet-Tooth-Tony- Definitely 11th Armoured. My uncle was a tank driver in 23rd Hussars
@@Nickel1147 Their commander Pip Roberts was also finally able to improve combined arms with tanks and infantry operating in mobile battle groups again.
@@Bullet-Tooth-Tony- 11th armoured the night march Amiens...
A Gordon for me, a Gordon for me,
If ye're no a Gordon ye're no use to me.
The Black Watch are braw, the Seaforths and a'
But the cocky wee Gordon's the pride o' them a'!
Chorus... A Gordon for Me, sung by the likes of Kenneth Mckellar, Andy Stewart, et al.
It used to mean something to the people of the Mearns and Aberdeenshire.
Reichswald Crossroads? What less did you expect of them?
Great video, just a note that Irvine is pronounced as Ur-vin.
'Wald' in German means 'forest' - so if you say "Reichswald forest'" that actually means "Reichs' forest forest'".
Fighting through German forests, as the Roman’s found, not a great place to be.
I love the channel but it just seems to be petering out, long periods between uploads and really short content. Little evaluation and just reading out war diary entries. I hate to be negative but im longing for some real stories
There's a problem with the audio
This sort of action really shows the poor state of the German armed forces by early 1945. This was no longer the army that had conquered Europe five years earlier.
Firstttt🎉🎉🎉
🏁🏅🏆🥇
And? Bellend.
Can't speak English well though.