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German Soldier Remembers WW2 | Memoirs Of WWII #15

Memoirs of WWII
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Growing up in Germany in the 1930’s, Gert Schmitz was drafted into the Hitler Youth, witnessed the start of World War II, and joined the Luftwaffe by the time he was 17 years old. But his dreams of flight would be crushed when he was sent to the Western Front to fight the advancing Allied Forces with a disoriented and dwindling German Army. Memoirs of WWII Website: http://bit.ly/2w60kGM Patreon: http://bit.ly/2HIebIN Instagram: http://bit.ly/2FBGBhv Facebook: http://bit.ly/2w5Lhgf Twitter: http://bit.ly/2jlcp1A Written and Directed by Joshua Scott Filmed by Christian McLean Edited by Joshua Scott and Christian McLean Post Audio by Lane Tarr Archive Footage Sources: https://www.archives.gov/ Department of Defense Archive Photograph Sources: U.S. Air Force German Federal Archives U.S. Army Shovy Rahman NASA “Heute Nacht oder nie” performed by Walther Ludwig acquired from https://www.archive.org Musical Score Source: https://artlist.io/ Artlist Songs and Composers: “Thoughts In Motion” by Tristan Barton “Exigency” by Charlie Ryan “Drifting Deeper” by Roland Bingaman “Choice” by Borrtex “We Finally Made It” by Kyle Preston “Grey” by Kyle Preston ...more
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German Soldier Remembers WW2 | Memoirs Of WWII #15
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2019Jul 5
Growing up in Germany in the 1930’s, Gert Schmitz was drafted into the Hitler Youth, witnessed the start of World War II, and joined the Luftwaffe by the time he was 17 years old. But his dreams of flight would be crushed when he was sent to the Western Front to fight the advancing Allied Forces with a disoriented and dwindling German Army. Memoirs of WWII Website: http://bit.ly/2w60kGM Patreon: http://bit.ly/2HIebIN Instagram: http://bit.ly/2FBGBhv Facebook: http://bit.ly/2w5Lhgf Twitter: http://bit.ly/2jlcp1A Written and Directed by Joshua Scott Filmed by Christian McLean Edited by Joshua Scott and Christian McLean Post Audio by Lane Tarr Archive Footage Sources: https://www.archives.gov/ Department of Defense Archive Photograph Sources: U.S. Air Force German Federal Archives U.S. Army Shovy Rahman NASA “Heute Nacht oder nie” performed by Walther Ludwig acquired from https://www.archive.org Musical Score Source: https://artlist.io/ Artlist Songs and Composers: “Thoughts In Motion” by Tristan Barton “Exigency” by Charlie Ryan “Drifting Deeper” by Roland Bingaman “Choice” by Borrtex “We Finally Made It” by Kyle Preston “Grey” by Kyle Preston

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Memoirs of WWII

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