Battle of the Bulge: INCREDIBLE Footage & Veteran Testimony (Tried by Fire)

Thank you Gettysburg museum for putting this short documentary out here for free!

The voices of history, the voice of the soldiers who served on both sides. Some who came home and many who did not.
The quote from Kohima memorial in India comes to mind.
'When You Go Home, Tell Them of Us and Say, For Your Tomorrow, We Gave Our Today. '. RIP and thank you for your service.

must of missed the ïncredible' footage!

Absolutely stunning footage!! 👏🏽🔥

these men must be turning in their grave in modern era trumps USA

Superb documentary, especially for the time. No fluff. That was a big thing back then. Just honest testimony from the men that were there. Both sides! I can't believe I've never seen or even heard of this before. Paul Newman narration is the cherry on top. Thanks so much!

Awesome content and collab. Need the story on the cameo at the end and reaction from FP and Bob.

Wowza 😮
Please carry on with the next episode 🙏🏻
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I wonder how much footage is out there that is locked away in some archive that we will never see.

Is that rod serling narrating at points?

My Uncle Donald Emerick was in the 84th and killed during the battle on Jan 22 and is buried at Henri=Chapelle American Cemetery in Hombourg, Belgium.

The big picture.Thanks for the video.

" Nuts " probably the best response in the war

I keep watching this! I love the first hand accounts with actual footage! ❤❤❤❤❤

History, real truthful history, is no longer taught in school. They don’t teach what you see here. Why???
Because if they did it would mean there would be more and more patriots. Students would be proud again of the USA. They’d learn about real life, reality, not the fake Hollywood version.

great pictures and a battle that will nee should live long in American minds and hearts

What a riveting programme thank you so much

This was brilliant stuff great footage really interesting and also on the 84th inf div brilliant.

Visited Geilenkirchen last year while following the Sherwood Rangers advance. Incredible to walk through there as well as find some "then and now" locations

This is incredible footage. It drives home the hardships and horrors our troops faced

fubar comes to mind listening to these testimonies!

greatest generation! ill never be able to understand how these guys did what they did!

Thanks for showing this. I don’t remember ever seeing this documentary. I didn’t catch what year this was done, plus the fact that Paul Newman was doing the narration.

Thank you for showing this. I remember watching The Big Picture on our black & white TV when I was a kid. Guess my love for WWII started early.

Great men. A great battle and courage. Thanks for this video JD. 💯💕👊👍

My dad was in the 79th infantry division. Between Aug 44 and May 45 he was hit 3 times. He missed the Bulge because he was in Paris recovering from a broken foot caused by artillery shrapnel. He always believed that wound might have saved his life. Thanks JD.

enjoy the Bugle history!! My Grandfather Stokes Taylor was kIA at Tori’s Ponts Belgium ,12/21/44,80th ABN , AA/AT BN,82nd ABN,DSC PH!!

Part 2!!!

FREAKIN AWESOME, JD! Thanks for posting this.

This was outstanding 😅

God bless those who fought for freedom. I wonder, however, how they would feel if they knew then what America would turn out to be.

My grandfather was 28th Infantry Division (Bloody Buckets) 112th Infantry Regiment and was at the bulge. He'd never really talk about it. Always makes me wonder if he's somewhere in all the old footage.

That was awesome historical footage.

great films JD. ive never seen any of these before so great history lesson again from you buddy!!!! thank you

Thank you for sharing this. Tremendous group of men.

My dad was there. Not sure if he fought his buddies did

My uncle was there as a member of the Rail Splitters.

My dad was recovering in Paris from from 5 months óf frontline combat when he got called back to the front ín December, he got lucky this time they already had it covered before he got back

What a test of one’s will. The cold alone would have been absolutely painstaking on the mind, body and soul.

Excellent! I had never seen any of this before. Thank you for your production.

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Something that struck me; the first time I saw the series "the big picture"....is remembering how young these soldiers were. ~ In truth I shouldn't have been surprised, because It's always been like that. ~ My best friend was 18 in Mosul....and to see some of these WW2 vet's (I believe filmed 1950-1968).....Is a lot different than seeing them in interviews where they could be 77-90+ years old. (All the interviews are great, but these are cool)

Thanks for the video. I too look for my Dad in these videos, one day I may see him. He was in the 75th division, 291st infantry, a poor depression era kid who joined the army for the money , before the start of the war. He never talked about the war until the end of his life, he was very proud of his service and the men from F company. Greatest generation is an understatement.

JD, thanks for the excellent work. Top tier of all the history content on YT.

I thought this was a Periscope Film video at at first lol.

Great stuff…enjoyed that…

My father in law was a ambulance driver/medic during the Battle of the Bulge. Thank you for this upload!