Real Time History
Published 21 Oct 2022Sign up for Nebula and watch Rhineland 45: https://nebula.tv/realtimehistory
The Battle of the Bulge was one of the last German offensives during the Second World War. It caught the US Army off guard in the Ardennes sector but ultimately the Allies prevailed. But did Unternehmen Wacht am Rhein (“Operation Watch on the Rhine”) ever have a chance to succeed and reach Antwerp?
» SUPPORT US
https://patreon.com/realtimehistory
https://watchnebula.tv/realtimehistory» THANK YOU TO OUR CO-PRODUCERS
John Ozment, Stephen Parker, Mavrides, Kristina Colburn, Stefan Jackowski, Cardboard, William Kincade, William Wallace, Daniel L Garza, Chris Daley, Malcolm Swan, Christoph Wolf, Simen Røste, Jim F Barlow, Taylor Allen, Adam Smith, James Giliberto, Albert B. Knapp MD, Tobias Wildenblanck, Richard L Benkin, Marco Kuhnert, Matt Barnes, Ramon Rijkhoek, Jan, Scott Deederly, gsporie, Kekoa, Bruce G. Hearns, Hans Broberg, Fogeltje» SOURCES
Beevor, Antony: Die Ardennen-Offensive 1944 – Hitlers letzte Schlacht im Westen, C. Bertelsmann Verlag, München, 2016.Caddick-Adams, Peter: Snow and Steel – Battle of the Bulge 1944-45, Oxford University Press, New York, 2015.
Parker, Danny: Fatal Crossroads – The untold story of the Malmedy Massacre at the battle of the Bulge, Da Capo Press Verlag, Boston, 2013.
Kershaw, Ian: Das Ende – Kampf bis in den Untergang; NS-Deutschland 1944/45, Dt. Verlags-Anstalt, München, 2011.
Rush, Robert: “A different Perspective – Cohesion, Morale, and operational effectiveness in the German Army, Fall 1944”, in: Armed Forces & Society, Vol. 25, No. 3, Washington DC, 1999.
Scherer, Wingolf (Hg.): Die letzte Schlacht – Eifelfront und Ardennenoffensive 1944/45 – Zeitzeugen berichten, Helios Verlag, Aachen, 2004.
Schrijvers, Peter: The Unknown Dead – Civilians in the Battle of the Bulge, University Press of Kentucky, Lexington, 2005.
Schrijvers, Peter: Those who hold Bastogne – The true story of the soldiers and civilians who fought in the biggest Battle of the Bulge, Yale University Press, New Haven, 2015.
Westemeier, Jens: Himmlers Krieger – Joachim Peiper und die Waffen-SS in Krieg und Nachkriegszeit, Ferdinand Schöningh Verlag, Paderborn, 2014.
Wijers, Hans: Die Ardennenoffensive – Band I: Angriff der 6. Pz.Armee und amerikanische Abwehr
im Bereich der 99. US-Inf. Div., 277. Volksgrenadier-Division, 12. Volksgrenadier-Division, 3. Fallschirmjäger-Division und der Pz. Brigade 150 – Augenzeugenberichte, Helios Verlag, Aachen, 2014.»CREDITS
Presented by: Jesse Alexander
Written by: David Lang, Jesse Alexander
Director: Toni Steller & Florian Wittig
Director of Photography: Toni Steller
Sound: Above Zero
Editing: Toni Steller
Motion Design: Toni Steller
Mixing, Mastering & Sound Design: http://above-zero.com
Digital Maps: Canadian Research and Mapping Association (CRMA)
Research by: David Lang
Fac Checking: Florian WittigChannel Design: Simon Buckmaster
Contains licensed material by getty images
Maps: MapTiler/OpenStreetMap Contributors & GEOlayers3
All rights reserved – Real Time History GmbH 2022
