The Americans Who Won WW2 WITH CRIME

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  @AnimarchyHistory · 10 months ago · pinned

  Subscribe to Ground News for 40% off on their Vantage plan! &nbsp; <a href="https://ground.news/animarchy">https://ground.news/animarchy </a><br> <br>Support the channel on Patreon: &nbsp; / animarchy &nbsp; <br>Or use Promocode : JDAMN on your Gamersupps checkout! <br> <br>Hey guys! Weclome to Part Two of what I consider my &nbsp;proudest achievement and my favourite series I&apos;ve ever made, yes I include USS Enterprise in that. The history of the 83rd Infantry Division has been an obsession of mine for years ever since I read Cornelius Ryan&apos;s book &quot;The Last Battle&quot; and heard the famous story of &quot;The Rag Tag Circus&quot;. Where an American infantry division beat every other Allied unit to Berlin INCLUDING THE SOVIETS by stealing every single vehicle and weapon system not nailed down, they were the E-4 Mafia personified and writ large. The only reason they didn&apos;t take the German capital was because they were ordered to stop after crossing the last river in their way. <br> <br>This is a Two Part series, however you don&apos;t need to have seen Part One to watch Part Two, though you are missing out on some fantastic stories if you do. <br> <br>I would like to personally thank the 83rd Infantry Division Association and their official historian who manages the archive from which I sourced the documents to write, edit and produce this project, without their recommendations on books I&apos;d have been stuck. <br> <br>I&apos;d also like to thank the family of Lt Col. Granville Attaway Sharpe for providing me with various photos and documents without which this video would not be possible. <br> <br>And finally I would like to acknowledge the service and sacrifice of the Veterans themselves, many of whom gave all of their tomorrows for our today. <br> <br>To find all the sources I used in the video you can visit their archives yourself: <br> <br><a href="https://83rdinfdivdocs.org/">https://83rdinfdivdocs.org/ </a><br> <br>For Specific Sources: <br> <br>Shavetail: The Odyssey of an Infantry LT in WW2 - by &nbsp;William Devitt <br>Lee Millers War: Beyond D-Day - by David E Scherman <br>A Country Boy Gone Soldiering - by George Henry Waple <br>Breakout and Pursuit: The US Army in Europe WW2 - by Martin Blumeson <br> <br>Sharpes Battalion - By Martha Sharpe - Memoirs of Lt.Col G.A Sharpe <br> <br><a href="https://83rdinfdivdocs.org/accounts/s...">https://83rdinfdivdocs.org/accounts/s... </a><br> <br>The Rag Tag Circus: From Omaha Beach to the Elbe - By Col. Edwin &quot;Buckshot&quot; Crabill <br> <br><a href="https://83rdinfdivdocs.org/accounts/e...">https://83rdinfdivdocs.org/accounts/e... </a><br> <br>What did you do during the war Granddaddy? - By Lt Leo Hury <br> <br><a href="https://83rdinfdivdocs.org/accounts/M...">https://83rdinfdivdocs.org/accounts/M... </a><br> <br>A Year Ago Today: The Diary of Captain William Waters - Capt. William Waters <br> <br><a href="https://83rdinfdivdocs.org/accounts/D...">https://83rdinfdivdocs.org/accounts/D... </a><br> <br>We Saw it Through: A History of the 331st Infantry Regiment - by Jack Strauss <br> <br><a href="https://83rdinfdivdocs.org/documents/...">https://83rdinfdivdocs.org/documents/... </a><br> <br>The Thunderbolt Across Europe - A History of the 83rd Infantry Division <br> <br>My Fathers War: AN ORAL HISTORY OF THE EXPERIENCES OF <br>LAWRENCE LEE CHITTENDEN DURING WORLD WAR II - By Beth Chittenden <br> <br><a href="https://www.normandytothebulge.be/83r...">https://www.normandytothebulge.be/83r... </a><br> <br>Music Provided by WW2 Games of Old and of course Karl Casey of &nbsp;@WhiteBatAudio &nbsp;who is an absolute LEGEND.

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  @walnzell9328 · 10 months ago (edited)

  When Ukrainian tractors tow away Russian tanks, the spirits of the 83rd Mechanized pull with them.

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  @homeworksdone2378 · 10 months ago

  The unbelievable yoink-age is legendary

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  @mattkurek169 · 10 months ago

  My great uncle served with the 83rd. &nbsp;<br><br>He stole the whole air raid siren from Buchenwald. &nbsp;It&apos;s in Indiana now. &nbsp;I always wondered how he got away with it. <br><br>Now it makes sense.

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  @joeclaridy · 10 months ago

  As a retired Specialist, it makes me proud to see the shenanigans my predecessors pulled 🫡

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  @williamcostigan91 · 10 months ago

  An infantry division stealing and using a plane is just absolutely hilarious. It wasn&apos;t enough to simply paint it army green with a white star oh no no no. All the troops on the ground needed to see the 83rd logo and proof that the circus had their own flying monkey. Absolute mad lads all of them.

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  @jadeekelgor2588 · 10 months ago

  Unsupervised Soldiers <br>Best explanation yet

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  @uberduberdave · 10 months ago

  &quot;Grand Theft Panzer,&quot; what a silly title, and yet a brilliant one at the same time...

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  @Menendez_cordis · 10 months ago

  <b>steals king tiger</b> <b>drives 1 mile</b> <b>transmission fails</b>

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  @bentomjack3434 · 10 months ago

  “Americans who won WW2 with crime”<br><br>Do you understand how little that narrows it down?

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  @BladeLigerV · 3 months ago

  I think it&apos;s best said by Tex while talking about the Warhammer. &quot;But hey, abandoned weapons are usually free, usually dropped only once, and you cannot convince ANY army in history, that you shouldn&apos;t just take them home.&quot;

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  @AwesomeNinja1027 · 10 months ago

  Objective: Steal anything not bolted down. <br><br>Mission passed: $1, 000,000

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