We have a beautiful song in Poland about this battle saying that the poppies growing on the slopes of Mount Cassino are red with Polish blood. When I was a child, an old man lived in my hometown, a hero from Mount Cassino, who always wore orders pinned to his jacket. I never saw him talk to anyone, maybe because I was a kid and didn't care. However, I remember one thing clearly. Every week, on Thursday evening, this man walked along the street where we lived and sang "Red poppies from Monte Cassino" in a beautiful solemn voice. When I asked my father why he was doing this, he replied that it was on a Thursday many years ago that this man went to give his life for his country so far away from him. He returned but all his friends stayed there forever. From that day on, I always waited for him at the window and listened to this beautiful song until one Thursday no one sang anymore. I still have tears in my eyes when I hear this song.
i understand why he did it, but its also unfortunate he wasnt able to mentally move on enough from that battle to where he wasnt thinking of it that much
Or maybe its to keep it from getting demonetized and age restricted, therefore reaching way less people. It's a trade-off between the channel being able to show these docs at all and blurring dead bodies. Personally, I don't need to see dead bodies to know war is horrible.
It's ridiculous considering all this footage was shown on the television set in the middle of a Saturday or Sunday afternoon back in the early 1970's...AI & censorship are ruining videos
Interesting and informative. Excellent photography job making it easier for viewers to better understand what the orator was describing. Historians did a very good job presenting actual facts from fiction. Class A research project. Rough combat operations on both sides. Special thanks to the allied forces for fighting/perishing/surviving those fierce/horrible combat operations. Yet still went forward knowing certain death/debilitating wounds were often possible. That's determination to succeed. Also the veteran guest speakers sharing their combat experiences. Making this documentary more authentic and possible. Bless all the allied forces who made eventual victory over the axis powers.
Always amazes me that these docos made in the UK never even bother to seek out or interview NZ soldiers who fought very long and hard at Cassino! The 28th Maori Battalion took heavy casualties on the assault of the town in the 3rd battle! 5 NZ tanks actually got to the Monastery up the Cavendish Road, and surprised the defenders - but had no supporting infantry and were all destroyed by anti-tank fire! It was NZ's WW2 Passchendaele - and is rightly remembered as such here!
I totally get what you're saying. You never hear anything about the Kiwis. Maybe New Zealand should make their own videos before all these great people are gone.
My grandfather was there with the 34th Red bulls. I have a article from when a local News paper interviewed him about his experiences Monte cassino. Along with several personal photos and a pair of binoculars he found there. The interesting thing about the binoculars is that they have the Soviet hammer and sickle on them the the year 1933.
I have friend’s that deployed in Afghanistan. Mountain fighting is a different sort of thing. So they say. Great place to get ambushed. Hard to dig fortified people out of the side of a mountain. Sometimes hard to know where you’re taking fire from. Having to cross a River first sounds like a nightmare. I’m sure the co was back somewhere comfy. Good video.
When I was a 10-year old kid watching the Band of Brothers, I thought they said Guarnere's brother died in a casino. Later on, I learned this is what it meant LOL.
a bear named Wojtek in a rank of corporal was fighting with Polish troops at Monte Cassino. It ended in Edinburgh zoo after the end of the war. Wojtek has several monuments in Italy England and Poland
My Dad Rip was a ww2 merchant marine. Told me stories of German Wolfpack’s and the carnage they caused. Saw torpedoes miss his ship. Merchant Marines had a high casualty rate.
The MG 42 machine gun was no joke. It could vomit out twenty two bullets per second. I pity the poor bastards you had to try conclusion with that particular weapon. Allied with 8.8 cm Flack guns and 82 mm mortars, the defensive firepower the Allies had to overcome was daunting. And that does not even include the artillery, S mines, and troops, the Germans could bring to the table.
My Father in Law fought here . He drove a light tank for George Patton . He said they buried their tanks and you could read the news paper outside at night from the artillery flashes .
If you want to know about the nature of monte cassino from the german side aswell with interviews from the falshirmjager who served there, then i suggest you watch 'battle of monte cassino, the soldiers story'...
I guess they meant LONGEST for "American soldiers in ITALY". CHINA "officially" started in 1937. God knows how many battles lasted over a year in China. American "historians" just mention Flying Tigers and say, "THAT COVERS IT".
@@leofischer9842 man what those tigers did is stuff of legend. So is all the flights the transport pilots took doing whats called "flying the hump" If you dont know what that is i recommend checking it out
Blurry images are pretty stupid considering that these images have been televised millions of time throughout the decades. This video loses all it's credibility and isn't worth watching.
Mark Clark was not the most capable General in the Army. Finally, after all the blood and death, he listened and began the long term air campaign to block supplies such as food/ammunition/fuel. This air campaign combined with no let up on the military on that line made the entire difference.
The battle of Italy was planned to pull away Germans from France, only a small amount of men and equipment were give to that theater, the generals have stated this after the war, Normandy.
A wonderful historical coverage with real description comments about whole Atrocious, brutal circumstances which faced warriors of both sides about monticasino allies assaulted & airplanes ✈️ bombarding which was unprovoked Atrocious doings committed by allies a aviation efforts...
The USA troops of the 36th , and 34th I D.s were mauled in the initial attacks toward Monte Casino . Especially the 36th nearly cease to exist as a division after it was decimated in initially attacking Monte Casino.
After 6 mo's 80000 kia allied troops ! That battle in itself accounted for almost all the casualties suffered by the Allies , mostly American , in the whole PTO !
@@burtoncalloway4357 There is a NETFLIX documentary "Five Came Back" one of the directors was William Wyler who also directed "Mrs Miniver" about the Battle of Britain, next was "Memphis Belle" about B17s over Europe, then "Thunderbolt" about the attack on the supply lines north of Anzio. his cinematograher was killed in filming in a B25 chase plane. Wyler himself lost his hearing during one of the missions. His most famous work is "the Best Years of Our Lives" about returning veterans trying to adjust.
Like General Alexander said abaut the German Fallschirmjagger " why are we taking so long to take a single objective( Mt Cassino)...??!!!just because we are fighting the Best Soldiers in the world". The German Paratroppers.
"Abt." or "Abteilung" doesn't necessarily mean 500 men. It (BASICALLY) means just "detachment" or (if you're willing to split hair in four) some unit that has been "DETACHED" or "SEPARATED" from it's main-core to execute a particular task. In the War the Germans used to give that designation to PLENTY of units with different task & purposes and those could range fron 50-60 men to more than a thousand. One example among many ! - the German "Schwere Panzer Abteilungen" (the famous "HEAVY ARMOURED BATTALLIONS" - both from the W-SS as well as the Wehrmacht).
Actually the longest battle of the second world war, with the greatest percentage of casualities of initil combatants killed and injured was the battle of the Atlantic. Learn your history !!!
The Kazbar was the longest Battle. They Rocked the Kazbar.there's even a song about it.and Sharif didn't like it at all.jet fighters involved too.that crazy Kazbar Way.Ahhh,Sharif don't like it.rock the Kazbar, rocking the Kazbar, Sharif don't like it. Rock the Kazbar, Rocking the Kazbar. That crazy Kazbar way,Ahhhh,Sharif don't like it. Rock the Kazbar, rocking the Kazbar.
They should have isolated the region to cut it off and then proceed around it while starving out the Germans.Turn Monte Casino into a prisoner of war camp .Lock it down and just go on with the war.But that is just a theory.
@@xandervk2371 you can find my Ma Thesis "Den Store Kriger Sin Hird Beriger - gaver og gæstebud, slægtsalliancer og embeder : en analyse af samfundsmagten i Danmark i det lange 12. århundrede" at your local university library. You can also have a gander at my exam certificate at my page. Country Matters.
There is an ad every few 12:3112:3112:31 minutes. It's a shame ...had to stop watching. Too bad you tube pressures you to purchase their ad-free premium.
Your blurring out of apparently offensive scenes obscures the horror of this campaign. It’s disrespectful to those who suffered & died there. Your narrative is otherwise excellent … and pathetic: The Allies’ blundering leadership recalls that of the Union in the American Civil War.
Why do the tactics always look so stupid? Why send those troops up that hill? Why not bomb and bomb and bomb that place to rubble? Just looks stupid not to?
I laugh when these connoisseurs of the PTO whine about the brutality of their light . Well , unfortunately for these zealots of the PTO , the ETO wasn't a sure cke walk in the park not Evan on a rainy day , let alone a sunny day. Proof is in the pudding in this tragic , bloody documentary .
This is what happen, if there is no experience and not knowing who and how yrs enemies r. Commanders were wreaks, no plans of attack and chaos just waste and waste
THE REAL STORY IS THEY HAD NO REAL OFFENSIVE PLAN IN PLACE AND DIDN'T THINK SHYTE THROUH, ... I PLAY ARMED FORCES GAMES AND WIN - SO I NEED TO BE ASKED TO HELP OUT HEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHE
We have a beautiful song in Poland about this battle saying that the poppies growing on the slopes of Mount Cassino are red with Polish blood. When I was a child, an old man lived in my hometown, a hero from Mount Cassino, who always wore orders pinned to his jacket. I never saw him talk to anyone, maybe because I was a kid and didn't care. However, I remember one thing clearly. Every week, on Thursday evening, this man walked along the street where we lived and sang "Red poppies from Monte Cassino" in a beautiful solemn voice. When I asked my father why he was doing this, he replied that it was on a Thursday many years ago that this man went to give his life for his country so far away from him. He returned but all his friends stayed there forever. From that day on, I always waited for him at the window and listened to this beautiful song until one Thursday no one sang anymore. I still have tears in my eyes when I hear this song.
ruclips.net/video/eAfizXfIXWo/видео.html
Even though that's sad, in a way I don't understand it's kinda beautiful too
Polish troops suffered astronomically high loses in the final taking Monte Casino .
ruclips.net/video/Pc_6LHp82uA/видео.html what’s the song?
i understand why he did it, but its also unfortunate he wasnt able to mentally move on enough from that battle to where he wasnt thinking of it that much
The blurring of wartime footage serves no significant purpose, sugarcoating the horrors of war did not make them any more palatable
Or maybe its to keep it from getting demonetized and age restricted, therefore reaching way less people. It's a trade-off between the channel being able to show these docs at all and blurring dead bodies. Personally, I don't need to see dead bodies to know war is horrible.
It's ridiculous considering all this footage was shown on the television set in the middle of a Saturday or Sunday afternoon back in the early 1970's...AI & censorship are ruining videos
Their guarding under age from seeing it too soon.
@@garydownes1594that should be the parents job
Yep I'd rather see reality
Interesting and informative. Excellent photography job making it easier for viewers to better understand what the orator was describing. Historians did a very good job presenting actual facts from fiction. Class A research project. Rough combat operations on both sides. Special thanks to the allied forces for fighting/perishing/surviving those fierce/horrible combat operations. Yet still went forward knowing certain death/debilitating wounds were often possible. That's determination to succeed. Also the veteran guest speakers sharing their combat experiences. Making this documentary more authentic and possible. Bless all the allied forces who made eventual victory over the axis powers.
Always amazes me that these docos made in the UK never even bother to seek out or interview NZ soldiers who fought very long and hard at Cassino! The 28th Maori Battalion took heavy casualties on the assault of the town in the 3rd battle! 5 NZ tanks actually got to the Monastery up the Cavendish Road, and surprised the defenders - but had no supporting infantry and were all destroyed by anti-tank fire! It was NZ's WW2 Passchendaele - and is rightly remembered as such here!
I totally get what you're saying. You never hear anything about the Kiwis. Maybe New Zealand should make their own videos before all these great people are gone.
This is one of the best on Cassino that I have seen. Thank You
Served in the 4th infantry division and 101st Airborne Infantryman
ifleman . Salute to the greatest generation.
I'm Polish. My grandfather lost his leg in the Monte Cassino battle. I have never met him though...
Poles are inferior cannon fodder for the Americans and British
My grandfather was there with the 34th Red bulls. I have a article from when a local News paper interviewed him about his experiences Monte cassino. Along with several personal photos and a pair of binoculars he found there. The interesting thing about the binoculars is that they have the Soviet hammer and sickle on them the the year 1933.
I fell into a deep slumber an Autoplay brought me here . Good documentary tbh
Got that narrator voice and cadence that's the best ive ever heard for a military doc.
Great documentary. The image at 21:35 is the Castel St. Angelo in Rome, not Monte Casino.
I have friend’s that deployed in Afghanistan. Mountain fighting is a different sort of thing. So they say. Great place to get ambushed. Hard to dig fortified people out of the side of a mountain. Sometimes hard to know where you’re taking fire from. Having to cross a River first sounds like a nightmare. I’m sure the co was back somewhere comfy. Good video.
Huh?
When I was a 10-year old kid watching the Band of Brothers, I thought they said Guarnere's brother died in a casino. Later on, I learned this is what it meant LOL.
Intense series for a 10 year old.
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a bear named Wojtek in a rank of corporal was fighting with Polish troops at Monte Cassino. It ended in Edinburgh zoo after the end of the war. Wojtek has several monuments in Italy England and Poland
The "longest and bloodiest battle" was the Battle of the Atlantic !! PLEASE do NOT belittle the sacrifices of the heroic Merchant Marine !!
My Dad Rip was a ww2 merchant marine. Told me stories of German Wolfpack’s and the carnage they caused. Saw torpedoes miss his ship. Merchant Marines had a high casualty rate.
My dad's cousin was in the merchant marine. He got his ship sunk twice and was never the same after that!
the longest Battle was the battle of the Atlantic fought from the first day of WW2 to the last day of WW2
Lot of Italian Americans from Philadelphia, NJ and New York were at Monte Cassino
gotta love those goldeneye n64 gun sound effects!!
Unfortunately the episode about "Iwo Jima" (First season) is still missing...😪
The MG 42 machine gun was no joke. It could vomit out twenty two bullets per second. I pity the poor bastards you had to try conclusion with that particular weapon. Allied with 8.8 cm Flack guns and 82 mm mortars, the defensive firepower the Allies had to overcome was daunting. And that does not even include the artillery, S mines, and troops, the Germans could bring to the table.
My Father in Law fought here . He drove a light tank for George Patton . He said they buried their tanks and you could read the news paper outside at night from the artillery flashes .
Patton was not in command for the Italian campaign. He was relieved after Sicily.
My sister took a class in ww II history.
I believe the battle of Guadalcanal lasted 6 months. From August 7, 1942 until 9 February 1943.
If you want to know about the nature of monte cassino from the german side aswell with interviews from the falshirmjager who served there, then i suggest you watch 'battle of monte cassino, the soldiers story'...
Thanks for recommendation! Where can I watch it?
The Battle of the Atlantic was the longest battle .
Thanks for pointing this out and saving me the trouble.
Ditto, I clicked for submarines.
I guess they meant LONGEST for "American soldiers in ITALY". CHINA "officially" started in 1937. God knows how many battles lasted over a year in China. American "historians" just mention Flying Tigers and say, "THAT COVERS IT".
@@leofischer9842 man what those tigers did is stuff of legend. So is all the flights the transport pilots took doing whats called "flying the hump"
If you dont know what that is i recommend checking it out
Blurry images are pretty stupid considering that these images have been televised millions of time throughout the decades.
This video loses all it's credibility and isn't worth watching.
Mark Clark was not the most capable General in the Army. Finally, after all the blood and death, he listened and began the long term air campaign to block supplies such as food/ammunition/fuel.
This air campaign combined with no let up on the military on that line made the entire difference.
The battle of Italy was planned to pull away Germans from France, only a small amount of men and equipment were give to that theater, the generals have stated this after the war, Normandy.
Why need to blurred out some scenes of dead bodies...it makes the videos not that dramatic and rather pale to watch.
Sorry but longest battle of WWII was the battle of the Atlantic. And you call your selves historians?
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A wonderful historical coverage with real description comments about whole Atrocious, brutal circumstances which faced warriors of both sides about monticasino allies assaulted & airplanes ✈️ bombarding which was unprovoked Atrocious doings committed by allies a aviation efforts...
as an Indian I fail to understand, why were we fighting for the freedom of those who restricted us from our own.
I hope you don't support Russia in its goal to take away Ukraine's freedom.
The USA troops of the 36th , and 34th I D.s were mauled in the initial attacks toward Monte Casino . Especially the 36th nearly cease to exist as a division after it was decimated in initially attacking Monte Casino.
Very reminiscent to the carnage of WW1!
Longest battle ? In what world you are?
its a terrible nasty event so why do they censor the casualtys. it is part of the entire story.
I am a nam vet and left country in 69. no censorship required.
New Guinea and the pacific islands were the toughest terrain to fight on during WW2. Italy was hard but not the worst.
Yes bloody battles with horrendous conditions.
After 6 mo's 80000 kia allied troops ! That battle in itself accounted for almost all the casualties suffered by the Allies , mostly American , in the whole PTO !
German military was told to leave Heidelberg castle or they level it
Narrative is great but you left out the role of the P47s in wiping out the supply lines and bridges north of Anzio
Thanks
Any other help
@@burtoncalloway4357 There is a NETFLIX documentary "Five Came Back" one of the directors was William Wyler who also directed "Mrs Miniver" about the Battle of Britain, next was "Memphis Belle" about B17s over Europe, then "Thunderbolt" about the attack on the supply lines north of Anzio. his cinematograher was killed in filming in a B25 chase plane. Wyler himself lost his hearing during one of the missions. His most famous work is "the Best Years of Our Lives" about returning veterans trying to adjust.
Censorship is the greatest evil, and it renders this video virtually useless.
Footage are all normandy battle , not Cassino or Anzio?
I heard that the Germans were astonished that the Allies had decided to bite off Italy from the south!!!
18:08 who actually broke the agreement over there?
The Germans were highly trained, well, disciplined soldiers, during World War II they were good warriors
The longest battle was the Siege of Leningrad, which lasted 870 days and ended with the destruction of the 6th German Army
The German 6th army was destroyed at Stalingrad in 43 not Leningrad in 44
28:28 great interesting story
This is where 101st Airborne, Bill Guarnere’s brother died…
how do those guys go to war knowing that its 5% survival..like ur gonna die..no fear of death wow
I believe The American soldiers a brave ❤️ hearts
Like General Alexander said abaut the German Fallschirmjagger " why are we taking so long to take a single objective( Mt Cassino)...??!!!just because we are fighting the Best Soldiers in the world". The German Paratroppers.
Where is allied airforce artilery and maybe close shore sea power
Another edited video denying the truth to be seen . I will not watch edited videos . This is insulting.
"Abt." or "Abteilung" doesn't necessarily mean 500 men. It (BASICALLY) means just "detachment" or (if you're willing to split hair in four) some unit that has been "DETACHED" or "SEPARATED" from it's main-core to execute a particular task. In the War the Germans used to give that designation to PLENTY of units with different task & purposes and those could range fron 50-60 men to more than a thousand. One example among many ! - the German "Schwere Panzer Abteilungen" (the famous "HEAVY ARMOURED BATTALLIONS" - both from the W-SS as well as the Wehrmacht).
The battle of the Atlantic.
Actually the longest battle of the second world war, with the greatest percentage of casualities of initil combatants killed and injured was the battle of the Atlantic. Learn your history !!!
One of the biggest mistakes of allied powers by bombing a sleeping monastery.
Japanese Nesai fought in this battle.
Stalingrad? 2 and half Million casualties?
The Kazbar was the longest Battle. They Rocked the Kazbar.there's even a song about it.and Sharif didn't like it at all.jet fighters involved too.that crazy Kazbar Way.Ahhh,Sharif don't like it.rock the Kazbar, rocking the Kazbar, Sharif don't like it. Rock the Kazbar, Rocking the Kazbar. That crazy Kazbar way,Ahhhh,Sharif don't like it. Rock the Kazbar, rocking the Kazbar.
Where was WOJTEK🐻??
The longest battle was the Siege of Leningrad.
The airforce or navy fighters must not have been there in force
They should have isolated the region to cut it off and then proceed around it while starving out the Germans.Turn Monte Casino into a prisoner of war camp .Lock it down and just go on with the war.But that is just a theory.
Seriously?
Have you heard of The Eastern Front? The Siege of Leningrad?
Yes, more than you want to know.
@@xandervk2371 I suspect not, seeing as I am a military historian.
@@PalleRasmussen Please point me to your published works.
@@xandervk2371 you can find my Ma Thesis "Den Store Kriger Sin Hird Beriger - gaver og gæstebud, slægtsalliancer og embeder : en analyse af samfundsmagten i Danmark i det lange 12. århundrede" at your local university library.
You can also have a gander at my exam certificate at my page.
Country Matters.
There is an ad every few 12:31 12:31 12:31 minutes. It's a shame ...had to stop watching. Too bad you tube pressures you to purchase their ad-free premium.
Wasn't Stalingrad the longest battle?
Just to be a yahoo boot licker, my dad and grandma both took that hill alone.
🎉🎉🎉bravo🎉🎉🎉
that British guy needs to brush his teeth
Vietnam is a walk in the park compared to this
Just as , if not Evan more , deadlier than IWO JIMA !
Worst casino ever
🤯 That's what happend if you lost in that casino...🤯🤯😱🤯
My grand father faugt in this battle field 🙃
My uncle read a book on Rome.
Your blurring out of apparently offensive scenes obscures the horror of this campaign. It’s disrespectful to those who suffered & died there. Your narrative is otherwise excellent … and pathetic: The Allies’ blundering leadership recalls that of the Union in the American Civil War.
Another ruined documentary. way to go...
When Germany attacked usa?
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Why do the tactics always look so stupid? Why send those troops up that hill? Why not bomb and bomb and bomb that place to rubble? Just looks stupid not to?
My father was there with the free Poles. He told me not to hate Germans. He said he hated Nazis only.
My sister once took a class in Italy and Germany.
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Siege of Leningrad longest
Why usa is involved in all wars?
Because were the best
I laugh when these connoisseurs of the PTO whine about the brutality of their light . Well , unfortunately for these zealots of the PTO , the ETO wasn't a sure cke walk in the park not Evan on a rainy day , let alone a sunny day. Proof is in the pudding in this tragic , bloody documentary .
Allies should have used a few tallboys and blown the top of the mountain off.
Germans were more honorable in this battle.
The Germans fought very well with very little...
This is what happen, if there is no experience and not knowing who and how yrs enemies r. Commanders were wreaks, no plans of attack and chaos just waste and waste
That's. U. Tube being dictator's
THE REAL STORY IS THEY HAD NO REAL OFFENSIVE PLAN IN PLACE AND DIDN'T THINK SHYTE THROUH, ... I PLAY ARMED FORCES GAMES AND WIN - SO I NEED TO BE ASKED TO HELP OUT HEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHE
Two words fighters napalm