Battle of the Bulge
- michaelwhittmann
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Battle of the Bulge
The panzer song that the tank commanders sing to their CO (Robert Shaw).
Was it a song written for the movie?
Was it sung in WW II?
What's the name and is there an English translation?
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THX AND MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL.
Was it a song written for the movie?
Was it sung in WW II?
What's the name and is there an English translation?
If this has been discussed before I joined send me the post.
THX AND MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL.
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HL Tiger I
HL Panther
ALL WsIP but pretty much done
- jarndice
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Re: Battle of the Bulge
The Panzerlied was written for the Panzerwaffe (Tank Corp) in 1938 it is banned in Germany as it propagates Nazism although it has been adopted by Tank Corps in some South American countries.
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Re: Battle of the Bulge
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Re: Battle of the Bulge
Only five years out
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Re: Battle of the Bulge
That's quite funny and sad when you think about it.
Is is/was a Wehrmacht song, written and composed for the Wehrmacht by Oberleutnant Kurt Wiehle of the Wehrmacht.
Modern-day Germany has stopped using it because it was used in the Nazi ERA Not because it was a Nazi song. It wasn't banned till 2017, when the woke mob had trouble differentiating between the two types of German soldier.
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Re: Battle of the Bulge
Kinda surprised the film's producers didnt use "Edelweiss" from the Sound of Music, and pretend it was "Panzerlied"...
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Re: Battle of the Bulge
The film was made in the 60's, when sense was more common.ColemanCollector wrote: ↑Sun Dec 24, 2023 2:45 pm Kinda surprised the film's producers didnt use "Edelweiss" from the Sound of Music, and pretend it was "Panzerlied"...
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Re: Battle of the Bulge
Son of a gun-ner wrote: ↑Sun Dec 24, 2023 2:05 pmOnly five years out ;)quote.
Interesting that he wrote a song for a military formation in 1933 that did not exist until 1936.
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Re: Battle of the Bulge
Now only three years out, I guess it's an improvementjarndice wrote: ↑Sun Dec 24, 2023 3:11 pmInteresting that he wrote a song for a military formation in 1933 that did not exist until 1936.
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Re: Battle of the Bulge
Per wikipedia: "It was originally known as Schnelltruppen ("Fast Troops"); a motorized command established in the Reichswehr following the First World War, redesignated as Panzerwaffe in 1936 by Generalleutnant Heinz Guderian"
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