In WWII, tanks, ships, and aircraft were well known, but there was also a whole fleet of lesser known vehicles such as the Jeep, the amphibious DUKW and a legendary American GI and his Harley motorbike.
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00:00 Introduction
02:15 DUKW
05:00 HH Promo
05:35 DUKW
11:29 Jeep
21:34 Harley-Davidson WLA
35:56 Red Ball Convoy
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Atatürk is a Jews and Greece
16:56–16:59 That is tough. "Hold onto me, guys, and I'll take you there."
Eisenhower said the Jeep was one of the 4 factors that won the war.
The Jeep was NOT unsung. Even Eisenhower identified the Jeep along with the C47 and the LST as machines that won WWII.
So nice and informative documentary, Jeep Willis MB started new era for automobiles
Visit the Philippines and see Willys Jeep greatest legacy – they are called jeepneys and is found everywhere as basic transport.
These videos are fantastic!!!!
My dad was a crew chief on B 17s in north Africa at a captured german air base. He had a BMW motorcycle. He had saddle bags full of spark plugs that he had to change every other day because he was using gas from the USA, higher octane. The German gas was 65 octane.
My neighbor has two Ww2 are jeeps, one is in a desert paint scheme and he’s got an OD green one that was supposedly brought back to the UK from France in the 50s, then to the States in the 80s.
So did Bantam continue to make Jeeps along with Willys and Ford?
I just saw a video about about The Coast Guard looking for a truck bigger than the Jeep but smaller than the Deuce and a half after the war. They ended up cutting a Jeep in half and adding like 4 feet behind the front seats. It looked pretty badass but I’m not sure how many more they made.
There was never a 4 wheel drive kubelwagon.
ah yes, the kubelwagon, based on the civilian vw beetle, which had a design requirement of being able to mount a machine gun to the hood.
Willy's Jeep found on the Metal Gear video game on Nes
Too much after effects!!
the format of this documentary sucks. the information is also riddled with inaccuracies and subjective assumptions. whoever greenlit this production ought to go back to making community theater.
The Liberty ships were the greatest unsung hero of WW2.
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i need ointment and medicine witch hazel. adults like us should exploit the old and poor and prey on the most vulnenrable in society as hacker scammers or pirates!!!!!
I drove a 1/4 ton when I first enlisted in the Army. One thing that was missing from the video is the fuel consumption of the jeep. It is capable of running on almost any type of alcohol.
I lived outside of Toledo, Ohio and the subdivision I lived in was originally a testing ground for Jeep. Doing some exploring we'd find pieces of Jeeps scattered about. That was the early 60s.
The jeep basically replaced the horse. 'Nuff said. Saved a lot of horse lives, too.
That 2-1/2 ton truck is called a "Duece and a half." Built by GMC. Nicknamed "Jimmy" for that company especially for trucks.
General Purpose?
the jeep scene in A BRIDGE TOO FAR was nice
The jeep ? STOLEN…from The Bantam company……STOLEN….as in theft….
I've owned 5 Jeeps so far, including my 1943 Ford GP I've got sittin in my garage right now. The body is stock, but other than that, it's a Ford 289 K-Code powered badass…🤘🏻🇺🇸
@42:45 German automobiles STILL have that problem almost 80 years later. Their cars are engineering & technological marvels but they’re hilariously over engineered with redundant engines and redundant computers that break and make the car inoperable. There is nothing more infuriating than having a car that won’t work because of some ridiculous & unnecessary engine that broke. Why/how they haven’t come to this realization is beyond me.
I think that "GP" stands for general purpose, not government purpose.
And so the wars must go on—to support the war industry and their corrupt families.
Absolutely brilliant, thank you so much for showing us so many unsung heroes who stood out for their heroism.
As always, an interesting program, particularly geared to non-veterans I would say. There must’ve been something wrong with the labeling of what I just saw, as there was nothing in it about the jeep, which was my primary interest, and, it was much shorter than indicated,
mostly commercials in fact.
Regarding the duck, it was well detailed, although I thought you should’ve included the fact that the area around the seals was damaged, very easily, which turned them into a swimmer rather than a floater. This is undoubtedly behind many of the tragic accidents from the leftover vehicles being employed for sightseeing.
I know, the commercials are important, and for sites such as this that I follow, I eagerly give them a look. Understanding that you have nothing to do with the placement, or the quality of the commercials, I must say this program reached a new low, and they particularly struck to me, as I was watching the program while working on the cars, and found myself having to get up and go and stop them as they were unwatchable. I think I’m going to standoff for a while or perhaps a preview the content better
One of my neighbors had a willy's jeep in his garage when I was about 5 or 6 yrs. old. That was about 1948 or 49. All the kids thought it was so cool!