Wittmann's Tiger Tank Rampage | Villers-Bocage, June 1944

A Canadian Sherman tanker in Normandy put it this way; "No matter how well you are trained, without luck you won't survive."

Now see here, the crews did not stop for tea. They stopped for a vital planning meeting that happened to include tea. 😁

Thanks for the film. My Great Uncle Rennie FitzHugh was one of the casualties on the day. His body was never found and he is commamerated at the Bauxeux Cemetery. Gone but not forgotten.

Imagine being in a Stuart and finding yourself facing a Tiger, that Ingram was a badass.

Never forgotten, Cheers to "Rex" Ingram, M3 Stuart commander who faced the Tiger with all he got, bravest soul in Villers-Bocage

Say what you want about the Tiger. It being expensive and complicated to build and it's a maintenance nightmare but there's no doubt that when it was operated by a professional crew it was an extremely effective beast.

One of the best presentations by The Tank Museum.

Best description of the battle I have ever seen/heard/read. Well done.

While Lazerpig’s videos are fun, Dan Taylor of the Kent & Sharpshooters Yeomanry museum is the man who’s done the recent research in this battle - his book is eye opening.

Now, there is a huge difference between being lucky to find an opportunity to grab, and getting lucky and succeed when making a mistake. I do not think Wittmann made a mistake, his actions that day were, as you say yourself, still remarkable. That propaganda runs away with it is just business as usual in war.

You can say he was lucky, and he was. But he was also singularity aggressive and tactically brilliant. Let's say a different officer says "I've been found out" and fights a defensive battle or attacks with a whole platoon of Tiger. The former would have allowed the British to get their act together and given away the initiative. The latter would have been more cumbersome, also giving more time for resistance to pool. Wittmann was audacious without being utterly reckless. That is how you do things like this. Military history is replete with examples. And as for luck, well, Napoleon said he'd rather his marshals be lucky than brilliant.

I seem to remember 1 British officer saying V-B was 3 battles. We lost the 1st, the 2nd was drawn, and the 3rd was won. It's the last one that counts.

When opportunity meets preparation, luck often follows.

Many tanks for the informative content

Great vid. Explained the action so clearly. Thank you!

Cracking episode... edge of the seat suspense... more, more , more!

What a harrowing story. I haven't heard about this engagement. What a great job y'all have done in telling it.

Exceptionally done narrative of a small fragment ofWW2 history! It's one of those truly surprising tank encounters of WW2 that indeed deserve a minute to minute telling of just what happened. Witmann's charge is really one thing that stands out from the tank battles of Normandy. Cheers to the Tank Museum to do this kind of history video! Thanks for the supporters of the Tank Museum that have given the chance to make such awesome recreation of a tiny part of the history of WW2. Hopefully you continue with this kind of historical work further!

Both sides showed great courage. Seems like the ace Tiger would have survived this aggressive push if only he had destroyed the second AT. Excellent presentation from the Tank Museum, thanks guys!

Brilliant video, thank you for putting it together and sharing!