March 1945 - The Allies Have Reached the Rhine | WW2 Documentary

they never did hear of concentration camps cause their own government did their very best to sweap the fact under the carpet, that the british came up with concentration camps when they were fighting the boors in south África.

Incorrect title... Montgomery was an experienced British professional military officer ( field Marshall)... Adolf Hitler was talkative, conscripted corporal, and disastrous made politician...documentary was informative and wonderful historical coverage introduction.

Beg your Pardon, America didnt get into WwIi till the last, Just like now, they Made A Pile of Money, Then in 1944 they had No Choice.

How many Canadians are buried in Europe from WWIi and we were there from Day one. !!!

Eisenhower didn’t have the courage to fight Germany alone, which explains his sudden fondness of the Soviet Union, your version of history leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

The British crossed the Rhine at Wesel were it was much wider, 1/4 mile, with faster current than up stream at Oppenheim were Patton crossed, only the fool Bradley would compare the two. However Monty had the last laugh, the capture of Northern Germany two days before Bradley and Patton captured Southern Germany. Eisenhower's "Broad Front" was to protect bumbling Bradley, who in any race would be last. He hid in his villa in Luxemburg while Monty won the battle of the Bulge.

NO. AMPHABIOUS TANK OR WARTANK IN A SPECIAL LANDING CRAFT

Of course, if the arrogant Eisenhower didn't take Montgomery's job of C-in-C of all allied ground forces in September 1944 the allies would have crossed the Rhine in autumn 1944.
Instead, desk man Eisenhower insisted on his misguided broad front strategy, wasting countless amounts of men and material in pointless secondary campaigns in the Hurtgen Forest, Lorraine and Alsace all along a 500km front...... merely knocking on the door to Germany everywhere instead of smashing it down in one place.
Montgomery argued for a concentrated northern thrust with 3 or 4 armies all directed on the Ruhr area. This made more strategic and logistical sense.
Eisenhower was a buffoon.

is it OK if you fight against the invaders?

@Get.factual Have you got the Battle of Caen 1944 episode?

For their part in Operation Varsity, the 6th Airborne Division was assigned to Major General Matthew Ridgway's U.S. XVIII Airborne Corps, serving alongside Major General William Miley's U.S. 17th Airborne Division.[37]

Dear, Dear Monty was the Best General Adolf Hitler Had! He sure was No Help to the Allies, his so-called "Great" Victory at El Alamein was a Joke. Montgomery Outnumbered Rommel in Air Power, Men, Armored Forces, Weapons, Ammunition & Equipment, Rommel on the other hand was Short of Everything including Tanks & Ammo and still inflicted Terrible Losses the 8th Army. On D-Day he Failed to take Caen, His Operation Goodwood was a Disaster, and I think I don't have bring up Dear, Dear Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery's Operation Market-Garden! If Dear, Dear Monty would've been working for Joe Stalin Monty would've been Shot back in '41!

Lest We Forget!

The British are a people if, by, and for propaganda.
Basically invented it with tech.
Ww1 really perfected it in the U.S.
Even in 2025 it is amazing how Brits live it, breath it,
are it

Hitler came to power in 1933- this was 1945. At 18 years of age they would at least have known the time before 33 having been born in 22 23. Not true that they would only have known NAZISM.

German army was doomed since the moment Hitler and Keitel took over key decisions. Every tactical decision in the frontline had to be approved by the adamant lunatic and his bootlicker. Best recipe for defeat.

Why did the allies keep letting Monty murder paratroopers!!! Like he was obsessed with using airborne troops in the worse possible situations. On D-day they went in at night and although badly scattered they were able to harass and assist in the assault. It’s a fact that airborne forces are extremely vulnerable to mechanized counterattacks and only carry enough ammo for 6-12hrs of combat till they require ground support/supply. I think it’s a failed concept with many instances of total airborne failures some with mass casualties.

And just look what the Jewish people did after , they became the enemy they hated !

Yeah they’re home and back to an accepted Jim Crow society👎☹️

Tell that to Eddie Slovac

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hitler and all his scum bag leaders waiste of life ...all this for nothing,,,

That's a hell of an ending.

Meine Gott !!!

Hitla escaped capture.

Bernard Montgomery never saw a paratrooper he wasn't willing to sacrifice. He kia'd more of them in WWII than any other general. A Pompas ass indeed.

Great documentary.

How do you get from crossing the rhine to the whole other side of germany to mention the concentration camps.....yes we all know they had them and that they were horrific but they have absolutely nothing to do with crossing the rhine.

thanks for this vid. lesserknown info and footage and no Guy Walters in it.

Lest we forget.

Piece of music at the end is beautiful. If anyone knows the piece I’d love to know!

Thank you Canada for all your great help!

Now there is a Nazi in the Whitehouse

Your greed with stupid ads unbelievable. Waste of time watching , ruined with ads

Yes great documentary apart from the stupid ads

Ya know the rivalry for greatness between patton nd monty probably cost lives 😢

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Sometimes the comments are better than the video.

They didn’t say that old blood and guts stopped on the bridge too pee in the Rhine River, what a character.

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Make no mistake Esinhower was pro Communism.

I am a Canadian. My family served in two foreign wars, WW1 and WW2. England abandoned us to avoid Trump's tariff war. Typical Brits.

The Allies protection of Remagen's Ludendorf Bridge and the nearby 2 pontoon crossings had the heaviest concentration of AAA in the world. The Luftwaffe used (and lost) many Me262 and Arado 234 trying to hit it. Max Hasting's book 'Armageddon' is an eye opening contrast between east and west front advances into Germany.