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Battle of the Bulge
Posted: Sun Dec 24, 2023 1:25 pm
by michaelwhittmann
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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Re: Battle of the Bulge
Posted: Sun Dec 24, 2023 1:37 pm
by jarndice
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.
Re: Battle of the Bulge
Posted: Sun Dec 24, 2023 2:03 pm
by Son of a gun-ner
Here you go.
Re: Battle of the Bulge
Posted: Sun Dec 24, 2023 2:05 pm
by Son of a gun-ner
jarndice wrote: ↑Sun Dec 24, 2023 1:37 pm
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.
Only five years out
Re: Battle of the Bulge
Posted: Sun Dec 24, 2023 2:32 pm
by Son of a gun-ner
jarndice wrote: ↑Sun Dec 24, 2023 1:37 pm
it is banned in Germany as it propagates Nazism
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.
Re: Battle of the Bulge
Posted: Sun Dec 24, 2023 2:45 pm
by ColemanCollector
Kinda surprised the film's producers didnt use "Edelweiss" from the Sound of Music, and pretend it was "Panzerlied"...
Mike.
Re: Battle of the Bulge
Posted: Sun Dec 24, 2023 2:54 pm
by Son of a gun-ner
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"...
Mike.
The film was made in the 60's, when sense was more common.
Re: Battle of the Bulge
Posted: Sun Dec 24, 2023 3:11 pm
by jarndice
Son of a gun-ner wrote: ↑Sun Dec 24, 2023 2:05 pm
jarndice wrote: ↑Sun Dec 24, 2023 1:37 pm
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.
Only five years out ;)quote.
Interesting that he wrote a song for a military formation in 1933 that did not exist until 1936.
Re: Battle of the Bulge
Posted: Sun Dec 24, 2023 3:26 pm
by Son of a gun-ner
jarndice wrote: ↑Sun Dec 24, 2023 3:11 pm
Son of a gun-ner wrote: ↑Sun Dec 24, 2023 2:05 pm
jarndice wrote: ↑Sun Dec 24, 2023 1:37 pm
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.
Only five years out
Interesting that he wrote a song for a military formation in 1933 that did not exist until 1936.
Now only three years out, I guess it's an improvement
Re: Battle of the Bulge
Posted: Sun Dec 24, 2023 3:31 pm
by Tiger6
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"
Do keep up...