Incredible WW2 frontline combat footage!
The most intense 2.5 minutes of combat footage I have seen. Some graphic images so if you are sensitive you might not want to look.
LiveLeak.com - Frontline combat footage
My favorite is 00:48 with the man driving a burning willys jeep trying to get out of what appears to be heavy artillery.
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That clip of the burning jeep is a really famous well used bit of film, the clip of the Panther being knocked out is i think in Aachen or Cologne, i can't remember which.
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You're right, Gunny...the scene w/the Panther is indeed Cologne, and took place right next to the famous Cathedral...
I liked the Pacific Theater footage as well...hosing a path through the jungle with the 30cal Browning, wow!
cheers, Glenn
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Here's an interesting linky to the Cologne cathedral square tank battle describing exactly what occured from some of those involved. Interesting reading.
Dierk's page Special - Cologne at war, tank duel at the cathedral (1)
Regards, Ned.
'I do not think we can hope for any better thing now.
We shall stick it out to the end, but we are getting weaker of course, and the end cannot be far.
It seems a pity, but I do not think I can write more. R. SCOTT.
Last Entry - For God's sake look after our people.'
In memory of Capt. Robert Falcon Scott, Edward Wilson, Henry Bowers, Lawrence Oates and Edgar Evans. South Pole Expedition, 30th March 1912.
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Cheers for that Ned, a very interesting page!...
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Hi Gunny,by Gunny Hartmann
Cheers for that Ned, a very interesting page!...
There's more than one, I put up page 2 in error but have now ammended it for the pleasure of my forum colleagues.....
'I do not think we can hope for any better thing now.
We shall stick it out to the end, but we are getting weaker of course, and the end cannot be far.
It seems a pity, but I do not think I can write more. R. SCOTT.
Last Entry - For God's sake look after our people.'
In memory of Capt. Robert Falcon Scott, Edward Wilson, Henry Bowers, Lawrence Oates and Edgar Evans. South Pole Expedition, 30th March 1912.
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Excellent link, Ned...A detailed analysis of the tank duel in Cologne, very well done and highly recommended!
cheers, Glenn
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Wow great footage! Thanks for posting!
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Great footage!
For some reason, WWII combat footage seems to be very rare.
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Like the thread title says; Incredible footage! The fear and horror felt on any side at the front-lines back then must have been out of this world intense...
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