@crocodiletear CrocodileTear

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Top assets mentioned Shrapnel (SHRAP)

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"WWII soldier killed by tiny piece of shrapnel - WWII forensics - Stalingrad exhumations This WWII soviet soldiers skull was found in Stalingrad still wearing his helmet. It was noted that a tiny piece of shrapnel had hit the soldier in the head first piercing through his helmet and then penetrating into his skull. When the contents of the skull was inspected the deadly piece of shrapnel was found still inside it [--] years after it had participated in killing the soldier. Crocodiletear productions Music: Lost time by Kevin McLeod. [----] - world war II - artillery - metal detecting - forensic -"
YouTube Link 2025-11-27T19:47Z 405K followers, 6.6M engagements

"God was not with the Germans that day - WWII excavations - German "Gott mit uns" belt buckle Battle damaged World War II German army belt buckle with the infamous inscription "Gott mit uns" meaning "God with us". shrapnel - explosion - Stalingrad - metal detecting - wehrmacht - militaria - artillery - motto - Nazi germany - WWII [----] - [----] - eagle and swastica - motto - Prussia - battlefield find - Russia - Demjansk - German army - [----] - [----] world war II metal detecting german belt buckle militaria german soldiers battlefield explosion shrapnel gott mit uns killed in action digging"
YouTube Link 2025-11-27T20:16Z 405K followers, 489.6K engagements

"Various types of WWII German armed forces belt buckles - Wehrmacht The three main types of belt buckles used by the German forces during World War II: army air force and SS. Heer - Luftwaffe - Schutz Staffeln - WWII - militaria - collection - metal detecting -nazi - military history - meine ehre heisst treue - gott mit uns - koppelschloss - [----] - eagle - badges - swastika - afrika korps - camouflage paint - [----] - [----] world war II german army belt buckles luftwaffe SS nazi collection [----] [----] gott mit uns meine ehre heisst treue militaria metal detecting WWII military history afrika korps"
YouTube Link 2025-11-16T15:30Z 405K followers, 215.4K engagements

"Camouflaged WWII German helmets from winter snow to desert sand Examples of three German helmets from WWII one still painted in gray as delivered from the factory one with white dots for winter camouflage and one painted in yellow for use in the desert by the Afrika Korps. Music: Sbastien Cano echoes of valor Militaria collection - World War II collectibles - model [----] german helmet - stahlhelm - Rommel - decals - holland - tunisia - [----] - [----] - nazi germany - wehrmacht - military history world war II german helmets militaria stahlhelm camouflage paint decals afrika korps rommel winter"
YouTube Link 2025-12-20T16:22Z 405K followers, 334.2K engagements

"Why WWII artifacts are buried so deep - Digging back to the floor of the trenches - Exhumations I am frequently asked how erosion and sedimentation could cause WWII artifacts to already be buried so deep after only [--] years. The answer has little to do with erosion or sedimentation. On the front lines soldiers lived in trenches foxholes and dugouts. After the fighting the leftover bodies and debris were typically thrown into the nearest available trench that was then closed up. Therefore to find the artefacts one now has to dig back down to the level of the original floor of the trenches"
YouTube Link 2026-02-07T19:45Z 405K followers, 2M engagements

"The identification tag of an executed thief and deserter - WWII German dog tag research After this German identification tag was metal detected in France the initial project was to try to return it to the soldiers family. However the idea of searching for his family was abandoned when research revealed that the tag had belonged to [--] year old Hans R an only son who had been executed by members of his own unit for theft desertion and the rape of a [--] year old child. Forensic - metal detector - genealogy - erkennungsmarke - wehrmacht - military history - German soldier - Bundesarchiv - dog tag"
YouTube Link 2025-11-23T14:16Z 405K followers, 4M engagements

"Shot in the head in Libya in [----] - WWII identification tag research - Battlefield forensics This identification tag once belonged to [--] year old Italian soldier Gerardino Grossi. According to online casualty databases Grossi was killed in Libya on May 17th [----]. I was curious to know what battle he had been killed in so ordered a copy of his military file from the archives. Grossi had been sent to north Africa in January [----] and by [----] he was part of an artillery unit of the Trento Division. Regarding his death his file indicates that he died following a wound in the occipital area with"
YouTube Link 2025-11-26T19:15Z 405K followers, 518.2K engagements

"Diggers find French items in a Stalingrad dug out - WWII excavations Diggers excavating a former German dug out in Stalingrad were surprised to find several french items in the dug out. coins - World War II - Russia - metal detecting - military history - battlefield - bunker - Titolandi - [----] - [----] - stalingrad battlefield archaeology german metal detecting world war II [----] [----] bunker digging excavation WWII battle volga russia wehrmacht army military history stalingrad battlefield archaeology german metal detecting world war II [----] [----] bunker digging excavation WWII battle volga russia"
YouTube Link 2025-11-17T17:43Z 405K followers, 317.9K engagements

"Rare SS cartridge casings found in Russia - WWII battlefield forensics SS cartridge cases found in the area of Demjansk Russia. The SS marked much of their equipment because of disputes with the German army and difficulties to get their own equipment made and delivered. wehrmacht - battlefield archaeology - metal detecting - schutz staffeln - nazi germany - Soviet union - forensics - headstamps - militaria collection - [----] - bullets - ballistics - casings - ammunition - battlefield finds - swamps SS wehrmacht metal detecting headstamps cartridge casings bullets nazi germany [----] russia metal"
YouTube Link 2025-12-26T21:07Z 405K followers, 1.4M engagements

"Halloween [----] - Lifelong trauma garantied This year the children who dropped by were once agin garantied lifelong post traumatic halloween trauma. Facepaint - mask - disguise facepaint halloween trick or treat scary zomby mask disguise screaming facepaint halloween trick or treat scary zomby mask disguise screaming"
YouTube Link 2025-10-31T20:14Z 405K followers, 45.7K engagements

"WWII German soldier's watch protection case - Ed Stoermer veteran of the 141st IR - France invasion World War II German soldiers normaly put put their pocket watches in iron protection cases. Interview of WWII veteran Edward Stoermer of the 141st Infantry Regiment regarding the southern France invasion operation Dragoon Anvill. Oral history - [----] - [----] - wehrmacht - german army - military history - exhumation - mass graves - metal detecting [----] [----] mass graves german army exhumation metal detector wehrmacht german soldiers eastern front military history pocket watch jewelry cemetery"
YouTube Link 2026-01-18T21:25Z 405K followers, 709.7K engagements

""Why were they buried naked" The degradation of buried World War II equipment and uniforms The fate of a buried item depends on what it is made out of but also on the environment it is buried in. This video explains why bodies of killed World War II soldiers are found with no uniforms but with items such as shoes gas masks tourniquets wallets or even condoms still intact. Crocodile Tear productions https://battlefieldarchaeology.blogspot.com/ digging - metal detecting - battlefields - German army - helmets - degradation - decomposition - rust - oxydation - Demjansk - Russia - swamps - earth"
YouTube Link 2024-09-13T18:59Z 405K followers, 661.7K engagements

"German WWII artifacts found on Stalingrad battlefield - [----] - [----] Examples of World War II artifacts I have seen been excavated when I was visiting the former Stalingrad battlefield in Russia. Battlefield archaeology - exhumations - German helmets - german badges - ring - identification tags - metal detecting - erkennungsmarke - military condoms - death head - killed in action - funeral - cemetery - wehrmacht - german soldiers - Soviet union - rifle - machine gun - mortar shells - ammunition - WWII - gott mit uns - nazi war relics stalingrad [----] battlefield archaeology german helmets"
YouTube Link 2025-10-04T20:04Z 405K followers, 7.4M engagements

"Killed German soldier's photos kept as souvenirs then returned after [--] years Lt Howard Hensleigh of the 517th parachute infantry killed a German machine gunner in Peira Cava southern FRance on october 2nd [----]. He found several photos on the dead German which he kept as souvenirs. In [----] I was able to determine the killed German had been Feldwebel Georg Rieck from Ellwangen an der Jagst and Lt Hensleigh returned the photos to his son and grandson. Operation dragoon - Genealosy Research - Grenadier REgiment [---] - Sospel - killed in action - militaria - morbid - grisly souvenirs - wehrmacht -"
YouTube Link 2026-01-13T19:32Z 405K followers, 1.5M engagements

"Bullet damaged helmet from Stalingrad - WWII battlefield excavations - Don River This WWII Soviet helmet was found in a fox holeon the eastern banks of the Don River. It has been hit by a bullet that penetrated the font and exited out the right side. Stalingrad battlefield - Red Army - metal detecting - German advance on stalingrad- August [----] - Panshino - Vertyachi - crossing the Don - Volga - World War II - battle damaged - gunshot - Russia - Soviet Union - 6th Army - Von Paulus - attack - slit trench - battlefield archaeology - killed in action - headshot - volgograd battle damaged helmet"
YouTube Link 2025-11-02T15:08Z 405K followers, 196.9K engagements

"A heroic death. by Torpedo Juice - WWII propaganda - Press and media lies How much of what we hear aboiut war is true and how much are lies and propaganda This video shows the xample of two newspaper articles telling the story of a WWII soldier who was killed in action during the fighting for Rome when in fact the soldier had died onboard ship from driking "torpedo juice". Denatured alcohol - World War II - cause of death - wartime propaganda - press - paratroopers - SS Cristobal - battle of Rome - heroic death - war hero - Bogota - Columbia - Navy -460th field artillery battalion - 517th"
YouTube Link 2025-11-06T19:59Z 405K followers, 17.6K engagements

"WWII amphetamins - Battlefield forensics This World War II era pill box of italian amphetamins was found with a metal detector in a former front line slit trench. WWII - [----] - drugs - military history - soldiers - sleeping - tired - energy - medication - bunker - battlefield - forensic - pervitin - metal detecting - benzedrin World war II metal detecting drugs amphetamins wehrmacht soldiers battlefield sleeping tired benzadrin energy addiction digging trenches World war II metal detecting drugs amphetamins wehrmacht soldiers battlefield sleeping tired benzadrin energy addiction digging"
YouTube Link 2026-01-03T22:01Z 405K followers, 492.6K engagements

"WWII miniature German army condoms - [----] mass grave exhumation Model builder Michael Schneider has made a very realistic model depicting the exhumation of a World War II German mass grave. The details of the model were apparently taken from two of my old videos and even show condoms where one soldier's pocket would have been. Congratulations to Michael for his work and for winning a gold medal with this model. His website is: https://timeinscale.wixsite.com/timeinscale WWII - killed in action - time in scale - Volksbund - Wehrmacht - eastern Front - identification tags - bodies - german"
YouTube Link 2025-10-21T17:15Z 405K followers, 59.8K engagements

"A Soviet soldier with a German canteen found in Stalingrad - WWII Battlefield forensics After this soviet helmet was metal detected near Stalingrad it was noticed that the head of its original owner was still inside it. The body was therefore carefully excavated. The bones were no longer in anatomical position giving the impression the body may have been buried several months after death once it was already decomposing. The soldier was found with a glass bottle marked USSR a soviet glass canteen a German aluminum canteen a soviet soap box and a glass tube for water decontamination."
YouTube Link 2026-02-12T19:54Z 405K followers, 2.2M engagements

"An American paratrooper's nazi souvenir from St Tropez - WWII militaria In the estate of a veteran of the 509th Parachute Infantry Battalion we find a Nazi eagle that the veteran obtained from a German sports shirt after the surrender of the German garrison at the St Tropez forteress in southern France on August 15th [----] the first day of Operation Dragoon. CrocodileTear productions World War II - [----] - [----] - invasion - d-day - militaria - werhmacht - US army - french riviera - autopsy of a battle - badge - collection - dog tags - identification tags - america - paratrooper - souvenirs -"
YouTube Link 2025-07-11T21:51Z 405K followers, 205.9K engagements

"Tourniquets and condoms found on killed German soldier The body of a World War II German soldier is found on the former eastern front with severe leg wounds and tourniquets on his legs. His wallet is also found with two condoms inside. https://battlefieldarchaeology.blogspot.com/ Crocodile Tear Productions World War II - [----] - exhumation - archaeology - artery - bleeding - war medicine - surgery- first aid - medic - safe sex - std - protection - militaria - wwii - sawbones - [----] [----] - condom - exhumation - mass grave - wehrmacht - forensic medicine - anthropology - world war II wehrmacht"
YouTube Link 2025-05-10T15:52Z 405K followers, 26.2M engagements

"German soldier missing since [----] identified by his fingerprints - WWII battlefield forensics During WWII US army graves registration procedures were very in advance of their time. If a body was found without identification tags finger prints or tooth charts were taken even if the body was German. These painstaking procedures recently enabled the identification of German soldier Eno Strobel [--] years after he had been reported missing in action in France in September [----]. Strobels family in Germany had kept his ID documents that included his two index prints. These were compared with"
YouTube Link 2026-01-07T20:00Z 405K followers, 435.1K engagements

"WWII helmets were not bullet proof - Headshot by French "terrorists" Many people seem to think that World War II helmets were designed to stop bullets but that is completely wrong. Helmets were only meant to stop debris and small pieces of shrapnel. They were certainly not bullet proof and here we have a nice illustration. This is a German helmet so one of the most solid helmets of the war and you can see it was shot by a rifle bullet that went right in one side through the soldier's head and out the other side. We know the helmet was being worn at the time it was shot from the dark stains"
YouTube Link 2025-12-20T17:08Z 405K followers, 2.3M engagements

"Headshot - WWII German soldier mass grave exhumations - Battlefield forensics When this WWII German soldiers body was recovered on the former eastern front the diggers at first did not find any injuries on his body. However once they started removing the bones from the earth they found an entrance gunshot wound on the top of his skull with no exit wound visible. They therefore examined the contents of the skull and sure enough it still contained the deadly bullet that had killed the soldier [--] years earlier. WWII - [----] - sniper - headshot - exhumation - battlefield archeology - metal"
YouTube Link 2025-11-27T20:56Z 405K followers, 1M engagements

"A heroic death. by Torpedo Juice - WWII propaganda - Press and media lies How much of what we hear aboiut war is true and how much are lies and propaganda This video shows the example of two newspaper articles telling the story of a WWII soldier who was killed in action during the fighting for Rome when in fact the soldier had died onboard ship from driking "torpedo juice". Denatured alcohol - World War II - cause of death - wartime propaganda - press - paratroopers - SS Cristobal - battle of Rome - heroic death - war hero - Bogota - Colombia - Navy -460th field artillery battalion - 517th"
YouTube Link 2026-01-07T18:05Z 405K followers, 74.7K engagements

"Anihilate the barbarian enemy: WWII Japanese good luck flag - USMC war souvenir -Yosegaki Hinomaru This WWII Japanese good luck flag belonged to a soldier named Yamaoka Seiji. Family and friends covered the flag with messages such as: Praying for Continued Luck in the Fortunes of War True Tenacity Fighting Bravely Certain Victory and Annihilate the Barbarian Enemy. The fate of Yamaoka Seiji is not known but he was almost certainly killed in combat as this flag was brought home as a war souvenir by one of the so called barbarian enemy a US marine tank crewmember. He photographed himself at the"
YouTube Link 2026-02-06T19:58Z 405K followers, 53.1K engagements

"Body of German officer found with condoms and shrapnel injuries - WWII exhumations The body of a World War II German officer is discovered in a battlefield grave with his aluminum identification tag officer collar tabs apparent shrapnel injuries to his left elbow and two condoms where his left hip pocket would have been. If you believe condoms were issued to protect weapon barrels in WWII or that this was done frequently see my video "Make love and war Why were condoms issued to WWII soldiers" ☆☆☆ I offer a 100$ reward for any person who can find and send me WWII era evidence (not already"
YouTube Link 2024-12-29T12:04Z 405K followers, 7.5M engagements

"German soldier found still wearing his wedding ring - WWII mass grave exhumations The body of this German soldier killed in [----] was found still wearing his wedding band with the wedding date of August 15th [----] carved inside. World War II - Werhmacht - German army - cemetery - mass graves - eastern front - [----] - WWII - metal detecting - exhumation - battlefield archaeology - militaria - military history - forensic - diggers - killed in action - missing in action - battlefield graves - love - wife - family - anthropology - gold - [----] german soldier exhumation metal detecting wedding band"
YouTube Link 2025-12-06T18:30Z 405K followers, 1.1M engagements

"Shrapnel raining from the sky: WWII American M54 artillery fuze - airburst shell Airbust artillery shells that exploded before reaching the ground were one of the most deadly weapons faced by infantry soldiers during WWII as they would litteraly cause shrapnel to rain out of the sky. They worked with time fuzes that could be set to explode just before the shell reached its target such as this American m54 fuze. When the shell was fired a powder train started burning in this grove. The further the time ring had been twisted the longer it would take for the burning powder train to reach this"
YouTube Link 2026-01-29T19:11Z 405K followers, 1.3M engagements

"Nazi badge proves that time travel occurred before World War II - battlefield forensics We all know the symbols of nazi Germany consisting of the eagle and swastika and we all know the symbols of Nazi Germanys worst enemy the Soviet Union consisting of the hammer and sickle. Therefore this [----] nazi labor day pin has always been a bit of a mystery to me as it displays not only an eagle and swastika but also a hammer and sickle. In my opinion this historical inconsistency is explained by the fact that the badge was in fact designed by a time traveler from the future who signed his work by also"
YouTube Link 2026-01-17T12:26Z 405K followers, 727.7K engagements

"The Afrika Korps Ring - WWII - Rommel - Desert war Most people would rightly assume that swastikas dont have anything in common with palm trees. But that would be forgetting the fact that in [----] the palm tree and swastika became the symbols of the Deutsches Afrika Korps the German expeditionary force shipped to Lybia and Egypt. The symbol was very popular and local craftsmen carved it onto rings such as this one meant to be sold to the soldiers as souvenirs. The sides of this particular ring display a pyramid and a camel. The Italians made a more culturaly inclusive ring displaying a mosque"
YouTube Link 2026-02-08T14:52Z 405K followers, 625K engagements

"Make love and war - German officer's body exhumed with dog tag collar tabs and condoms - WWII When the body of this German officer was found in a forgotten and unmarked field grave he was still wearing his aluminum identification tag as well as his officers collar tabs that were well preserved because were made of aluminum wire. Concerning the cause of death it was noted that the left elbow bones were smashed presumably by shrapnel. On the left side of his pelvis where one of his pockets must have been two hardened but intact condoms were recovered. Soldiers were issued condoms because the"
YouTube Link 2026-01-15T18:35Z 405K followers, 3.3M engagements

"A mysterious WWII identification tag - battlefield forensics - dog tags I am usually full of praize for WWII Italian ID tags as the information stamped on them is excellent and always seems to enable the soldier to be identified. I was therefore disappointed but also curious when I came across this ID tag bearing a non referenced serial number as well as a hometown that does not exist. Some people have speculated that the tag may have belonged to a spy but there is no reason why any competent spy would want to have the name of a non existent town on his ID tag. I think the clerk who stamped"
YouTube Link 2026-02-01T13:58Z 405K followers, 129.1K engagements

"WWII paratrooper veteran's helmet found in France - WWII militaria research In [----] the helmet of 517th Parachute Infantry veteran Marvin D. Moles was discovered in southern France prompting him to revisit the battlefields where he had fought in [----]. Operation Dragoon Anvil - southern France invasion - Purple Heart - Silver Star - Minefield - paratrooper - militaria collection - genealogy - research - serial number - camouflage paint - M1 helmet - French Riviera - military history - World War II world war II veteran helmet paratrooper 517th parachute infantry regiment minefield research"
YouTube Link 2025-10-16T17:01Z 405K followers, 609.8K engagements

"The identification of unknown bodies - Illustrated with WWII military examples - Forensics If human remains can not be identified visualy then they can be identified based on fingerprints tooth charts or DNA. The strengths and weaknesses of each method are explained and illustrated with military cases from World War II. CrocodileTear Productions forensic sciences - exhumation - cemetery - Lt Ottaway Cornwell - Draguignan - identification tags - US army - wehrmacht - Stalingrad - Russia - Soviet Union - funeral - spitfire - plabe crash - bones - teeth - german soldier - metal detecting - CSI -"
YouTube Link 2026-01-31T21:35Z 405K followers, 28.4K engagements

"German belt buckle recycled by the Soviets - WWII investigations - Gott mit uns Soviet soldiers sometimes recycled nazi German belt buckles by filling off the German inscriptions and cutting a star shape out of the belt buckle. Both these specimens were recovered in Stalingrad. Stalingrad - metal detecting - militaria - world war II - gott mit uns - god with us - eagle - wehrmacht - insignia - badge - collection - [----] [----] stalingrad german army belt buckle militaria collection metal detecting wehrmacht world war II WWII collecting gott mit uns insignia badges military recycling soviet union"
YouTube Link 2025-07-17T15:17Z 405K followers, 168.2K engagements

"German soldier's skull reconstructed to establish cause of death - WWII battlefield forensics The body of this World War II German soldier was found with his identification tag still on his chest as well as some shrapnel fragments that gave a hint as to his cause of death. His skull was crushed and broken into multiple pieces so it was decided to glue the skull fragments back together to see if the exact nature of the injuries could be determined. After the skull had been pieced back together a large hole became apparent on its right side. The multiple radiating fractures and the fact that"
YouTube Link 2026-02-01T12:45Z 405K followers, 874.4K engagements

"Vodka bread and cigarettes - WWII Soviet war monument at Mjasnoj Bor Volshov Swamps "We will win" the WWII Soviet war memorial on the Mjasnoj Bor Battlefield south of Leningrad. World War II - [----] - [----] - Volshov swamps - killed soviet soldiers - Red Army - bread - vodka - cigarette - Russia - War dead - world war II soviet monument [----] [----] mjasnoj bor leningrad battle volshov swamps diggers killed in action red army WWII bread vodka cigarette war memorial cenotaph soldiers battlefield world war II soviet monument [----] [----] mjasnoj bor leningrad battle volshov swamps diggers killed in"
YouTube Link 2025-12-20T15:28Z 405K followers, 52.7K engagements

"Finding German soldier Franz Krzikowski - Missing in action on the Seine River since August [----] The body of German soldier Franz Krzikowski was found by a metal detectorist in Fonteney Saint Pre north west of Paris in [----]. He was a member of Jger Regiment [--] of Feld Division [--] and we are stil trying to contact some of his family members. Franciszek Krzykowski 31.5.1924 Halemba Ruda lska Katowice Franz Krzikowski 31.5.1924 Halemba Ruda Kattowitz Vexin battle - August [----] - Normandy battle - missing in action - German helmet - metal detecting - Seine River crossing - Ruda lska - Silesia -"
YouTube Link 2025-12-28T14:01Z 405K followers, 60K engagements

"Missing German soldier's gas mask box recovered in Stalingrad - WWII battlefield forensics This German gas mask box was dug up on the Stalingrad battlefield. The name of its original owner Fluhr is still visible on the inside of the lid. What happened to Fluhr Did he survive the battle Was he killed Was he captured by the Soviets The postal number of Fluhrs unit is also still visible in the lid allowing us to search online for the Red Cross list of men from his unit who were still considered missing in action in the 1950s. The list shows that Fluhr served in an anti aircraft unit that was"
YouTube Link 2026-01-08T19:16Z 405K followers, 1.4M engagements

"The real reason why soldiers need condoms - War and sex A discussion about why World War I and World War II soldiers were issued condoms illustrated with the personal files of a WWI canadian soldier who spent three months on hospital in [----] and [----] after contracting a sexually transmitted disease during leave in England. https://battlefieldarchaeology.blogspot.com/ https://researchww2.blogspot.com/ CrocodileTear Productions prophylactic - France - Wehrmacht - safe sex - gonnorhea - chancroid - [----] - [----] - liberation - paratroopers - females - women - prostitution - war bride - children of"
YouTube Link 2025-05-29T21:28Z 405K followers, 266.9K engagements

"Killed by a headshot in Paris - WWII German soldier's helmet - Battlefield forensics The World War II German helmet of Luftwaffe soldier Kurt Gnther who was killed in action by the French Resistance during the battle to liberate Paris on August 20th [----]. Model [----] helmet - military history - militaria collection - gunshot - entrance hole - exit hole - forensic - Wehrmacht - Luftwaffe - occupation of France - soldier's grave - sniper - bullet hole - headshot - KIA - war souvenirs - stahlhelm german helmet world war II battle damaged sniper headshot paris [----] militaria collection military"
YouTube Link 2025-11-22T13:11Z 405K followers, 403.5K engagements

"The battle damaged helmet and life of WWII American soldier Patrick J. Canty Patrick J Canty from Webster MA was wounded in action in december [----] in Venafro Italy by a bomb fragment that pierced through his M1 helmet leaving him with a scalp wound. Canty returned to action shortly afterwards and was rotated back to the US after more than a year in action. Shortly after his return to the US Canty was diagnosed with severe untreatable psychoneursis and was discharged from the army. 17th Field Artillery Battalion - 13th Artillery brigade - explosion - battle damaged - militaria collection -"
YouTube Link 2025-11-23T16:12Z 405K followers, 623.8K engagements

"These old bones were once real people - Exhumation of WWII missing soldiers When World War II soldiers bones are recovered from battlefields it can be hard to realize that they were once living human beings with families friends and dreams just like you and me. However finding artefacts such a shoes wedding rings coins condoms religious symbols glasses or watches and seeing their bereaved family members quickly reminds us that these skeletons were very real people who deserve to be found and identified. Music: Lost time by Kevin McLeoad battlefield archeology - Stalingrad - missing in action"
YouTube Link 2025-11-23T15:23Z 405K followers, 582.6K engagements

"WWII brother's and comerade's graves - German and Soviet soldiers Germany had so many killed during WWII that in their cemeteries in the west there are multiples soldiers names on a single headstone here for example two in front and two behind. If more than a few bodies were found intermingled then they are put in the cemetery mass grave that is diplomatically called the kameraden grab or comrades grave. In the east most German cemeteries dont even bother with tombstones and all the names of the dead are simply written on large collective plaques such as here in Stalingrad. As for the"
YouTube Link 2026-01-22T19:09Z 405K followers, 783.7K engagements

"Battle damaged relics of World War I soldier Alexandre Combet - artillery shrapnel This mess tin and cup were being carried in a musette bag by WWI French soldier Alexandre Combet when a shell fragment went through the bag piercing both items. According to his elderly daughter who gave me these souvenirs in [----] he remained unscathed during this close call. Alexandre Combet fought through the entire war as an infantry man being wounded once in August [----] and again in November [----]. He only received a total of [--] days of leave between [----] and [----]. When he finally returned home it was only"
YouTube Link 2025-11-17T19:11Z 405K followers, 148.9K engagements

"A mutilated German anti-aircraft badge from Stalingrad - WWII battlefield relics This is a German anti aircraft badge that was awarded to German air force soldiers for having participated in shooting down allied aircraft. This badge was recovered near Stalingrad and as can be seen it passed through the hands of a disgruntled soldier who broke off the swastika and transformed the wings into upward pointing artistic twirls. Whoever the initial owner of the badge was probably didnt survive the battle. World War II - battlefield forensics - [----] - [----] - Russia - Flak-Kampfabzeichen der Luftwaffe"
YouTube Link 2025-12-13T12:20Z 405K followers, 740.4K engagements

"The letter that millions of families received - WWII dead and missing The letter that the family of German soldier Enno Strobel received after he was reported missing in action in southern France. He had in fact been killed in action and buried under a mistaken name by American graves registration troops. World War II - war casualties - death announcement - wehrmacht - Oberleutnant Sroka - Reserve Grenadier Bataillon [--] - REserve Division [---] - Sospel - Operation Dragoon - Heil Hitler -MIA - KIA - death anouncement letter wehrmacht [----] WWII missing in action killed in action southern France"
YouTube Link 2025-10-12T16:42Z 405K followers, 95K engagements

"German soldier identified by his fingerprints [--] years after World War II - Battlefiels forensics [--] year old Enno Strobel was reported missing in action in southern France on [--] September [----] after his company was involved in a skirmish with American paratroopers. This video explains how it was possible to positively identify Enno Strobel's body [--] years after he went missing based on a fingerprint identification. CrocodileTear productions Operation Dragoon - World War II - Forensic - crime scene investigator - identification tag - reserve grenadier Bataillon [--] - 517th parachute infantry"
YouTube Link 2025-10-11T16:20Z 405K followers, 141.8K engagements

"German soldier found still wearing glasses - WWII exhumations The body of a World War II German soldier is found with remains of eyeglasses srtill visible on his face Crocodiletear https://battlefieldarchaeology.blogspot.com/ WWII - identification of bodies - bones - mass grave - wehrmacht - battlefield archaeology - excavation - skull [----] [----] world war II wehrmacht german soldiers archaeology metal detecting digging excavation exhumation identification forensic bones skull bodies glasses eyeglasses cemetery [----] [----] [----] world war II wehrmacht german soldiers archaeology metal detecting"
YouTube Link 2024-11-29T21:08Z 405K followers, 3.9M engagements

"Dead but not forgotten: a very realistic German mass grave exhumation model by Michael Schneider Model builder Michael Schneider has made a very realistic model depicting the exhumation of a World War II German mass grave. The details of the model were apparently taken from two of my old videos. Congratulations to Michael for his work and for winning a gold medal with this model. His website is: https://timeinscale.wixsite.com/timeinscale WWII - killed in action - time in scale - Volksbund - Wehrmacht - eastern Front - identification tags - bodies - german helmet - condoms - war surgery"
YouTube Link 2025-10-17T18:46Z 405K followers, 22.1K engagements

"A Hair's Breadth From Death - The battle damaged helmet of WWII American soldier Patrick J. Canty Patrick J Canty from Webster MA was wounded in action in december [----] in Venafro Italy by a bomb fragment that pierced through his M1 helmet leaving him with a scalp wound. Canty returned to action shortly afterwards and was rotated back to the US after more than a year in action. Shortly after his return to the US Canty was diagnosed with severe untreatable psychoneursis and was discharged from the army. 17th Field Artillery Battalion - 13th Artillery brigade - explosion - battle damaged -"
YouTube Link 2025-11-22T18:38Z 405K followers, 30.1K engagements

"Consequences of War - Exhuming the dead and missing of World War II The bodies German and Soviet soldiers killed during World War II are exhumed from forgotten battlefield graves on the Eastern Front. Identification tags as well as remains of medical equipment and personnal items are found with the bodies. Some bones also display fragmentation or gunshot wounds as well as surgical amputations. A forensic pathologist films and describes what is found by the diggers. At the end of the video the reburial of [----] bodies at the Rossoschka cemetery near Stalingrad is depicted. This is an improved"
YouTube Link 2025-12-20T14:54Z 405K followers, 359.6K engagements

"Killed German soldier identified by his fingerprints [--] years after World War II forensics [--] year old Enno was reported missing in action in southern France on [--] September [----] after his copany was involved in a skirmish with American paratroopers. This video explains how it was possible to positively identify Enno Strobel's body [--] years after he went missing based on a fingerprint identification. CrocodileTear productions Operation Dragoon - World War II - Forensic - crime scene investigator - identification tag - - Draguignan cemetery - paratroopers - southern France invasion - graves"
YouTube Link 2025-10-13T15:03Z 405K followers, 2.4M engagements

"Helmets of the ghost army - Piles of shrapnel ridden helmets at Stalingrad soldier's cemetery The graves of World War II Soviet soldiers buried in Stalingrad are decorated with the bullet and shrapnel ridden helmets that were recovered with their bodies. CrocodileTear Music: Night vigil by Kevin MacLeod Rossoschka - World War II - kessel - battle of stalingrad - missing soldiers - CCCP - Soviet Union - cemetery - funeral - identification - exhumation - Russia - [----] - [----] - Don - Volga - rusty helmets - army of the dead - army of ghosts- battle damaged helmets - soldier's graveyard - kia -"
YouTube Link 2026-01-25T20:22Z 405K followers, 462.4K engagements

"Cavities fillings and a bridge on WWII German bodies - Exhumations - Dentist The bodies of World War II German soldiers are frequently noted to have very bad teeth with numerous cavities fillings and bridges. CrocodileTear Killed in action - mass graves - exhumation - dentistry - forensic - archaeology - battlefield - [----] - wehrmacht - dentist - dental - skulls - metal detecting - missing in action - cemetery - [----] germans exhumations army wehrmacht mass grave teeth cavities dental metal detecting fillings dentistry forensic battlefield world war II Russia [----] germans exhumations army"
YouTube Link 2025-05-06T19:35Z 405K followers, 10.3M engagements

"Post explosion WWII artillery puzzle - battlefield forensics - M48 Point Detonating fuze Demonstration of how the various fragments of a point detonating fuze can often all be found grouped together in the ground where the explosion took place. Artillery fire - [----] - World War II - m48 point detonating fuze - US army - militaria collection - metal detecting - military history - artillery shell explosion - shrapnel - fragmentation - forensic archaelogy - artillery world war II fuze explosion metal detecting militaria [----] point detonating shell puzzle forensics military history collection"
YouTube Link 2025-11-21T21:18Z 405K followers, 179.3K engagements

"Killholes on WWII Japanese caves and bunkers - Okinawa battlefield [----] An example of a WWII japanese cave at Okinawa with a firing slit that is almost impossible to see in the thick jungle. World war II - battle of okinawa - cave diggers - firing slit - military history - [----] - metal detecting - battlefield archaeology - japanese imperial army - US marines - bunkers - tunnels - underground system - camouflage - slit - loophole world war II okinawa cave japanese digging metal detecting militaria [----] army marines loophole line of fire jungle exploration military history battlefield"
YouTube Link 2025-12-26T19:35Z 404K followers, 331.1K engagements

"Why Natural Stupidity is stronger than AI This is me. I am not an AI. Stop commenting that my videos are made by AI. Music: The other side of the Door by Kevin MacLeod CrocodileTear WWII videos - youtube comments section - trolls - bots - artificial intelligence - stupidity artificial intelligence WWII crocodiletear [----] world war II youtube comments artificial intelligence WWII crocodiletear [----] world war II youtube comments"
YouTube Link 2026-01-30T19:29Z 404K followers, 24.4K engagements

"WWII German artillery fuzes with eagles and swastikas - battlefield forensics Many WWII era German weapon components were marked with WaffenAmt inspection proof marks in practice an eagle and swastika. These can even be found on shell fragments recovered on battlefield decades later. artillery - fuze - wehrmacht - world war II - metal detecting - explosion - shrapnel - battlefield archaeology - forensic - reichsadler - fragmentation - markings - german army - militaria collection - investigation - Leichter Infanterie Granatznder [--] - [----] - point detonating - PD - delay [----] artillery"
YouTube Link 2025-09-15T16:30Z 403K followers, 181.7K engagements

"Finding a helmet and then being almost buried alive - Stalingrad WWII digging Diggers in Stalingrad find Soviet helmets as they dig down in World War II trench systems. One digger finds a helmet and moments later the trench collapses almost burying another digger alive. BAttle of Stalingrad - battlefield archaeology - metal detectors - accident [-----] - [----] - excavation - militaria - soldiers - military history - Russia World War II stalingrad russia battlefield helmet digging excavation metal detector trenches archaeology exhumations militaria military history volgograd soviet union military"
YouTube Link 2025-11-07T17:25Z 404K followers, 193.5K engagements

"Lost paratrooper helmet found after [--] years - WWII - [----] #militaryhistory The story of how PFC Marvin D. Moles' paratrooper helmet was found in southern France with his name carved on it after which Marvin Moles traveled back to France to see his helmet again and visit the battlefields. Marvin D. Moles was in I Company of the 517th Parachute Infantry Regiment The full length video about Marvin Moles can be seen on my channel. Crocodile Tear Productions Music: Echos of Valor by Sbastien Cano parachute - d-day - invasion of France - 517th PIR - Nice - Alps - St Czaire sur Siagne - Courmes -"
YouTube Link 2024-10-26T20:23Z 365K followers, 72.2K engagements

"WWII German artillery fuze reconstructed [--] years after the explosion - Battlefield forensic puzzle Several fragments of a World War II German point detonating fuze can be reconstructed like a puzzle because they remained close together in the ground after the shell explosion. [----] - artillery - forensics - shrapnel - metal detecting - militaria - collection - blast - velocity - burst - fragmentation - battlefield archaeology - investigation - wehrmacht - WWII - puzzle - pieces"
YouTube Link 2025-07-19T12:42Z 366K followers, 152.5K engagements

"Jet fires off multiple decoy flares during air show A jet aircraft fires off multiple decoy flares during an air show"
YouTube Link 2024-08-21T20:00Z 206K followers, 45.7K engagements

"The cost of war - Russian girls prepare hundreds of WWII bodies for burial at Stalingrad cemetery On August 23rd [----] Russian girls put the bones of hundreds of unidentified Soviet soldiers killed during the battle of Stalingrad into coffins. They will be reburied in a mass grave at Rossoschka cemetery the next day. Music: The Other Side of the Door by Kevin McLeod. Battle of stalingrad - exhumation - identification tags - skulls - femurs - forensic anthropology - battlefield archaeology - [----] - [----] - military funeral - gunshot wounds - shrapnel injuries - killed in action - missing in"
YouTube Link 2025-03-15T08:02Z 249K followers, 17.8K engagements

"A WWII helmet returns home [--] years after having been lost at Remagen Bridge Germany An american World War II helmet was found in the mud of the Rhine River downstream from Remagen Bridge during a drought in [----]. Inside the liner of the helmet the soldier had carved his initials as well as his laundry number. These inscriptions enabled the soldier to be positively identified as being Earl L. McCorkle from Elizabeth PA who had served in the 291st Engineer Combat Battalion. Crocodiletear productions https://battlefieldarchaeology.blogspot.com/ Ludendorf Bridge - [--] march [----] - WWII - Germany -"
YouTube Link 2025-04-20T10:28Z 269K followers, 136.8K engagements

"WWII veteran's helmet found in France after [--] years Marvin D. Moles made a nighttime parachute jump into France on August 15th [----] as a member of I Company of the 517th Parachute Infantry Regiment during Operation Dragoon the invasion of southern France. In [----] his camouflaged and rigger modified paratrooper helmet with his named carved on the front was found hanging on the wall of a restaurant in southern France. This video explains how it was possible to track Marvin Moles down [--] years later and describes how he came back to France to see his helmet and visit the battlefields he had"
YouTube Link 2024-04-06T10:34Z 208K followers, [----] engagements

"Killer bullets and battle damaged artifacts of World War II Examples of World War II artifacts that show how even tiny items such as identification tags buttons or badges can be hit by bullets or shrapnel when a soldier is killed or wounded in combat. Music : Night Vigil by Kevon McLeod battlefield archaeology - [----] - [----] - metal detecting - German army - wehrmacht - gott mit uns - belt buckle - erkennungsmarke - ID tags - shell fragments - explosion - mass grave - spent bullets - forensic - balistics - investigation - Russia - France - WWII - gunshot - artillery - battle damaged -"
YouTube Link 2025-07-29T19:30Z 353K followers, 537.7K engagements

"The mysterious identification tag of soldier Florindo Pintuccio - An ID tag that defies its purpose A World War II Italian identification tag is found to have so many mistakes that it is apparently impossible to find out who it actually belonged to. The name serial number and location of birth as written on the ID tag have been confirmed to be incorrect. The state archives in Agrigento the soldier's military district have been incapable of finding out who the tag belonged to. Despite all the information on the ID tag it defies its own purpose Can anyone help find out who this soldier was:"
YouTube Link 2023-09-16T20:04Z 341K followers, 40.3K engagements

"The death of [--] year old German soldier Johann Meyer - French Resistance attack in [----] Johann Meyer an only son from Bavaria was [--] years old when he was drafted into Reserve Grenadier Bataillon [---] of the German army stationed in Nice on the French Riviera. On August 25th [----] during an anti partisan operation part of his unit was advancing by bicycle between the villages of la Levens and la Roquette. When they reached this exact location Adle Tacconi a [--] year old girl living in the house visible in the background was watching the scene through the cracks of the closed shutters of her"
YouTube Link 2024-12-25T15:00Z 220K followers, 12.2K engagements

"Named American paratrooper helmet - WWII relics from France Children take seconds to decipher the named "Moles" carved on the front of an American paratrooper helmet used by Marvin D. Moles for the invasion of southern France on August 15th [----]. 517th parachute infantry regiment - operation dragoon - world war II - research - ancestry - identification tag - liner - m1 helmet - camouflage - militaria collection - first airborne task force - FABTF"
YouTube Link 2025-07-16T20:21Z 353K followers, 125K engagements

"WWII cap badge of a veteran soldier - Heavily polished New Zealand Forces insignia Comparison of two WWII era New Zealand cap badges one of which must have belonged to an old veteran soldier because it has been completely worn down by multiple polishings. ANZAC - Kiwis - militaria - collection - onward - new zealand forces - world war II - military history - old salt - old regular - regular army - military history - brass badge - army insignia"
YouTube Link 2025-09-27T12:14Z 372K followers, 44.9K engagements

"I've got phone addiction - DJ Schyzowolf and Arnold Ibsen I've got phone addiction I've got phone addiction All of society has got phone addiction I eat with my phone I drink with my phone I drive with my phone I sleep with my phone I dream about my phone My phone is my best friend Its always with me Even in the toilet my phone follows me I am in love with my phone And my phone loves me I've got phone addiction I've got phone addiction All of society has got phone addiction Music by Arnold Ibsen"
YouTube Link 2025-03-09T15:57Z 248K followers, [---] engagements

"Pilot bails out seconds before plane crash - North Africa [----] WWII footage This scene from the Italian news shows a British pilot bailing out of his damaged aircraft only seconds before it hits the ground and explodes. Royal Air Force - parachute - World War II - North Africa - desert - Afrika Korps - shot down - flak - airplane crash - explosion - WWII - Luce - explosion - captured - POW - prisonner - low altitude - Bristol Blenheim - western desert - anti aircraft fire - crew - flight - flames - emergency ejection"
YouTube Link 2025-04-06T14:49Z 260K followers, 43.5K engagements

"Incredible killed in action German helmet found on soldier's grave in Paris in [----] This German Luftwaffe helmet was being worn by soldier Kurt Gnther the day he was shot in the head by the French Rsistance during the battle of Paris in August 1944"
YouTube Link 2023-10-07T18:06Z 208K followers, [----] engagements

"German helmet discovered in Stalingrad - WWII A Russian battlefield digger in Stalingrad is filmed excavating a German helmet that was found buried along with some animal bones. The helmet still has its leather liner inside. In the left side of the helmet there is a white dot the meaning of which has not yet been discovered. Crocodile Tear Productions World War II - 6th Army - Von Paulus - Kessel - surrender - metal detecting - battlefield archaeology - model [----] German helmet - metal detector - [----] - [----] - militaria collection"
YouTube Link 2024-09-02T18:27Z 208K followers, 750.7K engagements

"Researching the original owner of a WWI German helmet After a Canadian family found a World War I German artillery "ball helmet / Kugelhelm" in one of their properties they decided to research the helmet in order to clarify the fate of the German soldier who had originaly owned it. CrocodileTear productions WWI - [----] - [----] - [----] - pickelhaube - militaria collection- Fuss Artillerie Regiment [--] - Karl Kommessmann - Carl Commessmann - Attigny - Alpen - Mrs - Moers - Rheinbach - spiked helmet - killed in action - grave - cemetery - casualty - 147th Grey Battalion - CEF - Canadian expeditionary"
YouTube Link 2025-06-22T17:52Z 346K followers, 310.4K engagements

"Which great nation designed the worst identification tag of World War II Which major country that participated in World War II designed the worst type of identification tag Those who used undecodable codes Those who did not write the soldier's nameon the tag Those who issued a single tag to their soldiers Those who made a tag out of fibre that could rot while the soldier was still alive Here are my thoughts on the topic. CrocodileTear Productions Army service number - serial number - dog tags - erkennungsmarke - medallion - name - rank - exhumations - battlefield archaeology - missing in"
YouTube Link 2025-02-28T22:17Z 246K followers, 17.9K engagements

"Battle damaged German helmet found in Stalingrad - WWII excavations A battle damaged German model [----] helmet is found on the former Stalingrad battlefield with a metal detector. The helmet has both shrapnel and bullet damage Music: Nicht vigil by Kevin McLeod battlefield archaeology - forensic - artillery - shell fragments - gunshot - wehrmacht - militaria - killed in action - excavations - digging - german helmets - trenches - [----] [-----] - world war II - WWII - forensic"
YouTube Link 2025-08-06T18:18Z 371K followers, 727K engagements

"Battle damaged coins - WWII artefacts When soldiers are hit on the battlefield any piece of their equipment can also get damaged by the projectile. Soldiers can literally be shot through anything they are wearing on their person. Helmets are an obvious example but one can also find smaller battle damaged items such as belt buckles wallets photos identification tags badges and even buttons. Coins are a particularly interesting example. Because they are often grouped together in a wallet the force of the impact can cause coins to stamp their design onto neighboring coins. Something violent"
YouTube Link 2024-11-29T20:05Z 214K followers, 21.3K engagements

"The difference between France and Switzerland Have you ever wondered what the main difference between France and Switzerland is ATM machines give a good hint. Music: TeknoAXE - Back to Work Again" is under a Creative Commons license (CC BY 4.0). Music promoted by BreakingCopyright: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=q2bctIhJ1j4&t=0s Keywords: Money - economics - ATM - Poverty - Rich - Swiss gold - frontaliers French Francs"
YouTube Link 2023-10-09T20:02Z 207K followers, [----] engagements

"Can WWII German iron identification tags still be read WWII soldier identifications A small percentage of identification tags that the German army issued at the end of World War II are made of iron. This is very problematic as when the ID tags are now found with the bodies of missing soldiers they are completely rusty and can no longer be read. This video shows attemps to read one such ID tag by X raying it and then by trying to clean it using archaeology and crime scene technician techniques. Crocodiletear productions Wehrmacht - mass graves - missing in action - killed in action - [----] -"
YouTube Link 2025-01-26T16:21Z 240K followers, 15K engagements

"Lt Henry Appermann - An Austrian Jew in the US army Heinrich Appermann an Austrian Jew was born in Vienna on december 29th [----]. in [----] after the Nazi takeover of Austria he emigrated to the United States. His mother Elsa remained in Austria and later died in a concentration camp. In [----] Heinrich Appermann who in the meantime had changed his name to Henry Appermann got married in the United States. In [----] after being naturalized an American citizen he joined the US army and was commissioned to the rank of 2nd lieutenant. As a member of G Company of the 141st Infantry Regiment he landed in"
YouTube Link 2025-08-02T15:11Z 351K followers, 15.3K engagements

"Buckle up it's the law Seat belt safety loophole. In numerous countries it is common to use a seat belt buckle without the actual belt to stop the car safety alarms from ringing. This video simply wants to share this fake seat belt information but not encourage such behaviour. Wear your seat belt it is a very minor impediment that could save your life. road - driving - seatbelt - seat belt - safety - airbag - accident - automobile - car - driving - diver's licence - drive safe"
YouTube Link 2025-04-11T19:23Z 263K followers, 36K engagements

"Photos of killed German returned to his family by paratrooper veteran On October 2nd [----] Lt Howard Hensleigh of the 3rd Battalion of the 517th Parachute Infantry Regiment was involved in two successive ambushes during which he shot and killed a German non commissioned officer. When he searched the killed German's body Hensleigh found the soldiers wedding photo some other photos and a diary. He kept the photos in his photo album untill [----] when the identity of the killed German was discovered. Hensleigh was then able to send the photos back to Germany [--] years after he had shot their"
YouTube Link 2024-08-15T17:58Z 206K followers, 91.8K engagements

"German soldier found with bullet still in head - WWII exhumations - keyhole entry The body of a German soldier killed during WWII is found with a so called "keyhole defect" entrance bullet wound on his skull. The culprit bullet apparently an iron jacketed 7.6225mm Tokarev round did not exit and so was still found inside the German soldier's head. Crocodiletear World War II - mass graves - exhumation - missing in action - wehrmacht - identification - forensic medicine - anthropology - battlefield archaeology - military history - funeral - death - eastern front - red army - keyhole defect"
YouTube Link 2024-11-08T19:08Z 359K followers, 4.2M engagements

"Is it the same tree as in [----] The story of the killed German under the tree at Villeneuve-Loubet. The 1st Special Service Force liberated the French village of Villeneuve-Loubet on August 26th [----] killing at least [--] German soldiers of Reserve Grenadier Bataillon [---] in the process. One killed German was photographed along with at least two different forcemen under a plane tree/ sycamore in the village. Numerous people have commented that the tree seems not to have grown since [----]. This video attempts to respond to the question of wether the tree is the same or not. The killed German in"
YouTube Link 2024-07-21T18:06Z 206K followers, 388.1K engagements

"Drinking snake alcohol - Tasty and refreshing Habushu on Okinawa Drinking tasty and refreshing Habushu snake alcohol on Okinawa. venom - strange food - strange drinks - japanese food - bar - party - viper - tropical island - WWII battlefield - Itoman - Naha city - poison - venom - snake wine - refreshing drink - delicious"
YouTube Link 2025-09-07T17:34Z 361K followers, 13.7K engagements

"Self inflicted wounds and the death of Colonel Ford - The 65th Infantry Regiment in France in [----] In December [----] the Puerto Rican 65th Infantry Regiment a unit trained in tropical climates was put in the lines in the Peira Cava region in the freezing French Alps facing the German Eastern Front veterans of Grenadier Regiment [---]. The discovery of a helmet bearing the insignia of the 65th Infantry near Peira Cava decades later prompted an investigation into the unit's history while in the Alps. It turns out that some soldiers of the unit suffered from low moral due to the severe cold and"
YouTube Link 2024-09-16T12:18Z 205K followers, 41.8K engagements

"The death of PFC Harold I. Shumaker - 517th Parachute Infantry - WWII witness account Veteran John Rupczyk of I Company of the 517th Parachute Infantry Regiment tells of the circumstances of death of fellow paratrooper Harold I Shumaker in the Peira Cava area in late september [----]. Rupczyk's full interview can be hear on my channel "CrocodileTear Oral History Bank". This story is inluded in my book Autopsy of a Battle CrocodileTear Productions World War II - [----] - Operation Dragoon - minefield - mines - killed in action - Bronze Star - 517th PIR - First Airborne Task Force - medals - Sospel"
YouTube Link 2025-08-31T18:41Z 358K followers, 40.6K engagements

"The soldiers stole in every town - blowing up a safe World War II paratrooper veteran Ed Athey explains how some soldiers were involved in stealing from civilians in Europe. World War II - Oral history - [----] - witness account - belgium - france - cracking a safe - theft - robber - military history - looting - loot"
YouTube Link 2025-09-04T12:33Z 358K followers, 33.3K engagements

"WWII helmets were not bullet proof - Headshot Contrary to popular belief World War II era helmets were not designed to be bullet proof. They were only meant to stop smaller artillery fragments bullets fired from long range or coming at glancing angles and various debries kicked up by explosions. CrocodileTear productions Music by Sbastien Cano German helmet - Luftwaffe - militaria - killed in action - French Resistance - Paris - headshot - rifle collection - Model [----] helmet - grave - before and after"
YouTube Link 2025-05-10T16:19Z 349K followers, 4M engagements

"Mass grave of German soldiers at Villeneuve-Loubet - WWII excavations The bodies of [--] German soldiers killed in action against the US/Canadian First Special Service Force on August 26th [----] were found and exhumed from a mass grave in Villeneuve-Loubet southern France in [----]. Crocodile Tear Productions World War II - helmets - militaria - identification tags - invasion - gunshot - artillery - shrapnel - DNA - missing in action - KIA - killed in action - commando - wehramcth - German army"
YouTube Link 2024-08-08T11:01Z 206K followers, 1.6M engagements

"German soldiers killed on the French Riviera - WWII before and after photos Various "before and after" comparisons showing German soldiers of Reserve Division [---] on the French Riviera in [----] during World War II. All photos taken from the book Autopsy of a Battle. Crocodile Tear Productions Nizza - Nice - Cannes - Monaco - Cote d'Azur - Wehrmacht - 1st Special Service Force - killed in action - Dagneux cemetery - Sospel - then and now - timelapse - [----] - [----] - invasion of France - occupation - French Resistance"
YouTube Link 2024-08-23T17:23Z 206K followers, 76.3K engagements

"Saving Private Strobel's identity - Missing since [----] because of a typo Video detailing the investigation that was made to identify the body of Private Enno Strobel. He had been mistakenly buried under the name Eno Strubel by US graves registrations troops when he had died of wounds in September [----]. The video starts with an interview of Eno Strobel's surviving brother Peter who was born after the war to parents whose first three sons had all been killed during World War II. A Crocodile Tear Productions documentary. https://division148.blogspot.com/"
YouTube Link 2025-01-27T18:23Z 240K followers, [----] engagements

"The difference between Franc and $witzerland Have you ever wondered what the main difference between France and Switzerland is ATM machines give a good hint. Music: TeknoAXE - Back to Work Again" is under a Creative Commons license (CC BY 4.0). Music promoted by BreakingCopyright: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=q2bctIhJ1j4&t=0s Keywords: Money - economics - ATM - Poverty - Rich - Swiss gold - frontaliers - French Francs - euros - dollars - migrant workers - Swiss banks - Credit Suisse - UBS - Euros - dollars - funny - inequlity - one million dollars"
YouTube Link 2024-09-09T18:47Z 247K followers, 13.1K engagements

"Colonel Ford's family visit the place he was killed by the Germans in 1945- 65th Infantry Regiment In October [----] the grandson of Colonel George A. Ford visits the cable house near Peira Cava and the Turini Pass in the French Alps where his grandfather was shot and killed by German troops while leading a patrol towards the German lines on January 4th [----]. At the Time Colonel Ford had just taken comand of the Puerto Rican 65th Infantry Regiment. After being shot Ford's body had to be left behind as he was so near the German positions. He was reported missing in actionfor months until body"
YouTube Link 2023-10-06T20:04Z 207K followers, [----] engagements

"German soldier's skull reconstructed to establish cause of death - multiple shrapnel wounds A German soldier's body is found with a severely fragmented skull and numerous shell fragments amongst his remains. A quick field reconstruction of the skull enables a shrapnel injury to the head to be observed. Crocodile Tear Productions [----] - eastern front - excavation - missing in action - killed in action - forensic - anthropology - archaeology - militaria - metal detecting - [----] - artillery - explosion - shell fragments - shrapnel - entrance hole - exit hole -"
YouTube Link 2024-09-14T14:24Z 358K followers, 1.7M engagements

"Killed by artillery in Stalingrad The body of a Soviet soldier was found at Stalingrad still wearing his shapnel ridden helmet and with the shrapnel fragment still in his head. CrocodileTear Productions [----] - battle of Stalingrad - metal detecting - exhumations - mass graves - killed in action - explosive - artillery - shell fragments - digging - Russia - World War II - explosion - funeral - cemetery - Wehrmacht"
YouTube Link 2025-06-14T08:37Z 358K followers, 993.4K engagements

"Shot in the head by "Terrorists" in Paris - WWII German helmet research - August [----] A battle damaged German helmet was taken from the grave of a killed soldier by an American officer in the Paris region in [----] and brought back to the USA as a war souvenir. This video analyses the various caracteristics of the helmet and describes the numerous steps that were taken to try to research its original owner Obergefreiter Kurt Gnther of Flak Regiment [--]. Kurt Gnter was killed by a gunshot wound to the head that also made entrance and exit holes in his helmet during the insurrection of Paris in"
YouTube Link 2024-10-24T18:54Z 365K followers, 129.2K engagements

"German soldier blown to pieces by artillery fire - Eastern Front [----] Discovery of the remains of a World War II German soldier whose body was blown to pieces and mangled by an explosion presumably artillery fire Crocodile Tear Killed in action - field cemetery - KIA - shrapnel - shell fragments - severe injuries - fratures - shrapnel - wehrmacht - WWII - [----] - [----] - forensic - archaeology - anthropology - medicine - german army - fragmentation - blast"
YouTube Link 2024-08-28T19:38Z 201K followers, 888.6K engagements

"WWII Italian helmet from the Tunisia Campaign - Superga Division This is a World War II Italian helmet. Though much less famous than its German British or American counterparts it is a very well made high quality helmet. The front bears the badge of the 91st Infantry Regiment a unit that fought in Tunisia in [----] as part of the Superga division. The liner and chinstrap are made of thick quality leather. A large space is left between the liner and the shell in order to leave room for deformation in case the helmet was hit. The location where the helmet was originally found Sbeitla near"
YouTube Link 2025-08-10T16:22Z 354K followers, 36.6K engagements

"A hardcore paratrooper behind enemy lines - Louis D. Holzworth in France - 517th PIR - WWII Paratrooper veteran Louis D. Holzworth remembers the Operation Dragoon night time jump behind the German lines in southern France. Holzworth acted as a gerilla fighter for several days until he was wounded by mortar fire and captured by the Germans. He was awarded a Silver star and later wounded two more times in the battle of the Bulge and once in Korea. This story is taken from the book "Autopsy of a Battle" by Jean-Loup Gassend. More oral history interviews can be found on my new youtube channel:"
YouTube Link 2025-09-04T10:00Z 358K followers, [----] engagements

"WWII before and after photos - German and Allied soldiers on the French Riviera - Timelapse [----] Before and after photos showing German and Allied troops on the French Riviera during World War II in [----]. After the battle - comparison - WWII - wehrmacht - timelapse - photos - paratroopers - liberation of France - Nice - Cannes - battlefield - military - soldiers"
YouTube Link 2025-09-28T10:03Z 373K followers, 57.4K engagements

"The German major kicked me in the face because I lied to him - WWII paratroopers Paratrooper veteran Louis D. Holzworth explains how he was kicked in the face by a German officer after being captured in southern France in [----] during Operation Dragoon. Oral History - witness account - veteran interview - 517th parachute infantry - Callian - wehrmacht - POW - prisoner of war - invasion of france - interrogation -"
YouTube Link 2025-09-04T10:53Z 358K followers, 17.6K engagements

"A German cap that witnessed war crimes - SS Polizei Regiment [--] in [----] Research into a WWII German Polizei cap that had been kept by a French resistance fighter shows that is belonged to a soldier named Hans Ftterer of the 1st Company of SS Polizei Regiment [--]. The 1st Company was involved in executig [--] civilians at Ugine on June 5th [----] after the resistance set of bombs that killed [--] Germans. Crocodile Tear productions World War II - Savoie - partisans - guerilla - [----] - [----] - genealogy research - wehrmacht - operation Dragoon - retaliation - terrorists - Habre Lullin - Vieugy - tit for"
YouTube Link 2024-08-24T18:32Z 205K followers, 234.3K engagements

"Researching a WWII identification tag: missing since the Laconia sinking - Submarine war This is a heavily damaged WWII Italian identification tag. The part with the soldiers name and serial number is actually missing but by writing to the hometown noted on the tag I was able to find out that it belonged to a [--] year old soldier named Umberto Pasquini. Pasquini was captured by British forces in Egypt in July [----]. Him and over [----] other Italian prisoners were then packed into a British ship the Laconia and sent towards England along with numerous British civilians. On September 12th 1942"
YouTube Link 2024-11-20T20:56Z 213K followers, 10.2K engagements

"Two soldiers executed for rape in [----] - Foreign Legion witness in Germany in WWII A member of the French Foreign Legion present in Germany in [----] describes how two French soldiers were executed for the rape of German women Interview - veteran - World War II - [----] -witness account - FFL - war crimes - battlefield - court martial - WWII - firing squad - French army - justice -"
YouTube Link 2025-08-05T17:39Z 352K followers, 12.2K engagements

"Saving Private Strobel's identity - Missing since [----] because of a typo Video detailing the investigation that was made to identify the body of Private Enno Strobel. He had been mistakenly buried under the name Eno Strubel by US graves registrations troops when he had died of wounds in September [----]. The video starts with an interview of Eno Strobel's surviving brother Peter who was born after the war to parents whose first three sons had all been killed during World War II. A Crocodile Tear Productions documentary. https://division148.blogspot.com/"
YouTube Link 2025-01-19T18:12Z 238K followers, 11.1K engagements

"US parachutes still found on the drop zones - WWII militaria During WWII US paratroopers unlike their British or German counterparts were equipped with both a main and a reserve parachute. As soon as they reached the ground the first thing the paratroopers did was abandon both parachutes. For this reason finding unused reserve parachutes is relatively common on the former drop zones. Here a resident of the operation Dragoon drop zones in southern France shows us a parachute he has kept as a souvenir since August [----]. Inside the parachutes one can still find the name of the last person to"
YouTube Link 2024-09-30T19:33Z 206K followers, 52.3K engagements

"A german ID tag for a child molester Festung St Nazaire - [----] After a metal detectorist discovers a World War II era German identification tag belonging to a missing soldier near St Nazaire France we are led through the various steps of the investigation that reveal the true and terribly dark fate of the soldier. CrocodileTear Productions Wehrmacht - Festung Saint Nazaire - Festungs Grenadier Regiment [---] - dog tags - U boot base - submarine base - encirclement - siege - German Red Cross - lists of missing - killed in action - prisoner of war - French Foreign Legion - Erkennungsmarken -"
YouTube Link 2025-01-17T19:40Z 239K followers, 19.7K engagements

"Enemy brothers - The secrets of Heinz Linge's identification tag - Stalingrad WWII excavations A World War II German identification tag that was dug up on the Stalingrad battlefield is decoded revealing the name of its original owner Heinz Linge who was killed in action in Ukraine in [----]. Further investigations reveal the surprising story of Heinz Linge and his brothers Siegfried and Herbert whose fates during the war could not have been more different based on the life choices they made. My video about WWII German identification tag design (What's your name soldier The big problems with"
YouTube Link 2024-02-24T15:54Z [--] followers, 33.8K engagements

"Artillery shell fuzes with swastika stamps - World War II investigations Two spent and exploded World War II German shell fuzes are found still bearing their factory markings including German eagle and swastica stamps. Artillery - wehrmacht - militaria - relic - metal detecting - fragmentation - ballistic - shell fragments - waffenamt"
YouTube Link 2025-07-16T09:55Z 350K followers, 64.5K engagements

"Helmets of the ghost army - Piles of shrapnel ridden helmets at Stalingrad The graves of World War II Soviet soldiers buried in Stalingrad are decorated with the bullet and shrapnel ridden helmets that were recovered with their bodies. CrocodileTear Music: Night vigil by Kevin MacLeod Rossoschka - World War II - kessel - battle of stalingrad - missing soldiers - CCCP - Soviet Union - cemetery - funeral - identification - exhumation - Russia - [----] - [----] - Don - Volga - rusty helmets - army of the dead - army of ghosts- battle damaged helmets - soldier's graveyard - kia - killed in action -"
YouTube Link 2024-11-25T17:14Z 334K followers, 112K engagements

"I've got phone addiction - The song that telephone addicts hate I've got phone addiction I've got phone addiction All of society has got phone addiction I eat with my phone I drink with my phone I drive with my phone I sleep with my phone I dream about my phone My phone is my best friend Its always with me Even in the toilet my phone follows me I am in love with my phone And my phone loves me I've got phone addiction I've got phone addiction All of society has got phone addiction Music by Arnold Ibsen Screen time - children - smart phones - iphones - telephones - videos - short videos - tiktok"
YouTube Link 2025-07-06T06:56Z 341K followers, [----] engagements

"WWII German helmet with camouflage wire Explanations as to why World War II era German helmets are often found with various types of wires wrapped around them. Camouflage - stahlhelm - model [----] german helmet - model [----] german helmet - decal - eagle - camouflage - militaria - collection - [----] - france - wehrmacht - german army -"
YouTube Link 2025-07-16T20:45Z 352K followers, 83.3K engagements

"WWII before and after. General Fretter-Pico studies map during battle of Villeneuve-Loubet Generalleutnant Otto Fretter-Pico studies a map in the Colombre d'Or hotel in St Paul de Vence during battle of Villeneuve-Loubet in August [----]. CrocodileTear Productions Music: Echos of Valor - Sbastien Cano Reserve Division [---] - Operation Dragoon Anvill - D-day - Reserve Grenadier Bataillon [---] - Command post - First Special Service Force - FSSF - First Airborne Task Force - FABTF - southern France invasion - Loup river - artillery fire - USA - Canada - commando - wehrmacht"
YouTube Link 2024-10-26T16:10Z 365K followers, 42.3K engagements

"German helmet discovered in Stalingrad by Russian metal detectorist - WWII A Russian battlefield digger in Stalingrad is filmed excavating a German helmet that was found buried along with some anumal bones. The helmet still has its leather liner inside. In the left side of the helmet there is a white dog the meaning of which has not yet been discovered. Crocodile Tear Productions World War II - 6th Army - Von Paulus - Kessel - surrender - metal detecting - battlefield archaeology - model [----] German helmet - metal detector - [----] - [----] -"
YouTube Link 2023-10-06T20:37Z 208K followers, 57K engagements

"WWII relics recovered in Stalingrad - helmets badges souvenirs A sample of items recovered by Russian diggers in the Stalingrad area in the last years. Crocodile Tear productions Music by Sbastien Cano - Sicktrigger German helmets - Soviet - badges - belt buckles - metal detecting - digging - relics - swastica - hammer and sickle - rumanian army - Don river - battle of stalingrad - [----] - [----] - diggers - killed in action - Red army - battle damaged - gunshot - shrapnel"
YouTube Link 2024-09-03T03:24Z 206K followers, 89.8K engagements

"The difficulties of Okinawa cave digging - WWII [----] Digging in WWII era japanese caves is very hard work because of the heat humidity and confined space to whch one must had explosvies snakes and the possibility of an earthquake. World War II - battle of Okinawa - battlefield archaeology - metal detecting - japanese army - military history - battlefield - grenades"
YouTube Link 2025-09-27T19:30Z 374K followers, 101.7K engagements

"WWII German bunker graffiti research In this video we research German soldier Johann Hpperger who carved his name into the fresh cement of a German bunker wall in the Estrel mountains in France in [----]. The investigation revealed that Hans Hpperger had served in Flak Abteilung [---] that he had been captured by Allied troops in November [----] and that he then joined the French Foreign Legion dying in Indochina in [----] from a lung infection. CrocodileTear productions with the help of Sbastien Cano. Music: Lost time by Kevin McLeod. Mediterranean sea - Cannes - Operation Dragoon - genealogy -"
YouTube Link 2024-12-18T18:00Z 219K followers, 14.7K engagements

"Mass grave of German soldiers discovered at Villeneuve-Loubet - WWII digging A forgotten mass grave containing the bodies of [--] German soldiers was discovered by a local student in a forest near Villeneuve-Loubet southern France in [----]. The bodies were exhumed in colaboration with the German War Graves Commission. A long investigation then followed to find out who these soldiers were and the circumstances of their death. This video summerizes the results of the investigation and identification process. The German soldiers were members of Reserve Grenadier Bataillon [---] who had been killed in"
YouTube Link 2024-09-14T15:24Z 256K followers, 360.6K engagements

"Deadly typos - Soldiers missing in action since [----] because of typos and mistakes A simple typo in a database can make a soldier go missing for [--] years with his family left guessing in agony about his fate. This video depicts three actual cases of soldiers buried in the of the Dagneux German Cemetery and having been reported as missing in action since [----] because of minor retranscription errors made by US troops of the Graves Registration Companies. https://battlefieldarchaeology.blogspot.com/ https://researchww2.blogspot.com/ https://division148.blogspot.com/ A Crocodile Tear Productions"
YouTube Link 2022-08-10T18:32Z 375K followers, 179.5K engagements

"WWII French helmet for colonial troops An example of a WWII French Adrian helmet with a crescent badge for colonial troops. Islam - tirailleurs marocains - Alps - [----] - [----] - muslim - liberation of france - world war II - Grenoble - Alps - cold - winter - militaria collection"
YouTube Link 2025-07-18T17:56Z 350K followers, 57.8K engagements

"Shrapnel ridden canteen found in WWII German mass grave A shrapnel ridden italian canteen is discovered in a World War II mass grave of German soldiers on the former eastern front. CrocodileTear Productions [----] [-----] - wehrmacht - metal detecting - killed in action - explosion - fragmentation - bomb - forensic - archaeology - digging - russia - grenade - excavation - [----] - trenches - front -"
YouTube Link 2025-06-22T18:59Z 388K followers, 542.3K engagements

"The secrets of shrapnel - Forensic and archaeological interpretation of artillery shell fragments Shell fragments are the most common artefact recovered from modern battlefields. This video explains what three main type of fragment can be recovered (fuze driving band and shell body) and what forensic and archaeological information can be derived from their analysis. Information such as the shell caliber nationality and type can be deduced as well as if it was fired or not and several other details. Additional details that were not mentioned in the video: -The large driving band fragments"
YouTube Link 2023-09-02T16:02Z 381K followers, 192.3K engagements

"Over-engineered WWII German mine fuze pins - Why make simple instead of complicated When most countries designed a pin for their mines they designed just that a simple and easy to produce pin made from a piece of bent metal. When the Germans designed pins for their mines during WWII they produced very finely machined multy piece contraptions. This pin has a varying diameter a split ring on one end and on the other end a little safety cap that needs to be unscrewed and taken off before the pin can be removed to arm the mine. This other pin is similar but instead of having a varying diameter it"
YouTube Link 2025-06-08T19:40Z 388K followers, 589.8K engagements

"The real life effects of artillery and shrapnel - WWII examples - Fire for effect The real lif effects of artillery shell explosions and shrapnel are shown on the bodies of World War II soldiers. Killed in action - German soldier - German helmet - battle damaged - forensic - anthropology - battlefield archaeology - skull - war injuries - war medicine - blown up - blown appart - shrapnel hole - wehrmacht - military history - high speed - fragmentation - [----] - [----] - metal detecting"
YouTube Link 2025-10-02T16:45Z 386K followers, 1.1M engagements

"Artillery headshot - soldier's bodies found with shrapnel fragments still in their skulls Two World War II soldiers' skulls hit by artillery shell fragments are found still wearing their helmets bearing matching shrapnel damage. This scene is taken from the video "The Stalingrad digging camp" that can be seen on my channel. For the online professors whose most recent dictionaries date from [----] here is a current definition of shrapnel: "noun [--]. fragments of a bomb shell or other object thrown out by an explosion." https://battlefieldarchaeology.blogspot.com/ Crocodile Tear Productions Music:"
YouTube Link 2024-08-07T08:38Z 375K followers, 2.3M engagements

"The bombing of LST [---] - Surviving a shipwreck when you dont know how to swim- WWII France [----] WWII Veteran Amos R. Wolfgong tells us how he managed to survive the sinking of Landing Ship Tank [---] after it was hit by a German Henschel Hs [---] radio-controlled bomb and despite the fact that Wolfgong did not know how to swim. CrocodileTear Productions World War II - survivor - oral history - [--] August [----] - operation dragoon - LST [---] - US Navy - Jucker [--] - air raid - explosion - 36th Field Artillery Group - Invasion of southern france - witness account - sinking - shipwreack - fire -"
YouTube Link 2025-09-13T13:34Z 399K followers, [----] engagements

"German soldier with both legs amputated - WWII mass grave and exhumation horrors The body of a German soldier killed in [----] is found in a mass grave with both legs amputated by a surgeon. CrocodileTear Productions: Music: Night Vigil by Kevin McLeod Wehrmacht - battlefield archaeology - war medicine - surgery - traumatic - World War II - anthropology - forensic - metal detecting - tool marks - saw marks - femur amputation - shrapnel - explosion - injuries - eastern front - excavation - exhumation - double amputee - basket case - military medicine - history - exhumation"
YouTube Link 2025-06-24T18:05Z 391K followers, 743.8K engagements

"An iron ID tag with a Nylon string - WWII German soldier exhumations A German soldier's body is found wearing a Nylon string around his neck which is still brand new after being buried for [--] years. However the identification tag attached to the string is made of iron and is heavily rusted and illegible. CrocodileTear productions World War II - [----] - [----] - eastern front - forensics - archaeology - medicine - anthropology - wehrmacht - metal detecting - erkennungsmarke - missing in action - exhumation - mass grave - cemetery - german army - WWII"
YouTube Link 2025-06-07T17:08Z 391K followers, 6.4M engagements

"Your blood group is important. if you're alive - WWII german killed in action ID tag An identification tag is found in a World War II German mass grave on which the soldier carved his blood group by hand. Killed in action - dog tags - [----] - WWII - exhumation - wehrmacht - missing in action - metal detecting- eastern front - cemetery - battlefield archaeology - war medicine - forensic - excavation - erkennungsmarke - identity disks - army - military history - kia - mia"
YouTube Link 2025-08-23T06:00Z 390K followers, 725.4K engagements

"Artillery airburst - the deadly hail of shrapnel - World War artillery Did you ever wonder what the numbers visible on some WWI and WWII artillery fuzes were for They represent the time after which the fuze would cause the shell to explode. It had been noticed that when shells exploded on impact much of the shrapnel was wasted by being blown straight into the ground. A new type of shell fuze was therefore designed to make the shell explode in the air shortly before reaching its target with the effect that all the fragments would rain down on the target area like a deadly hail of steel. The"
YouTube Link 2025-05-25T14:12Z 377K followers, 507.9K engagements

"Boa constrictor found in back yard in Brazil hisses in anger This boa constrictor was found in the back yard of a house in north eastern Brazil. It had been noted that several chicks had disapeared from the chicken coop shortly before the snake was found. The boa was released back into nature after this was filmed. Jungle - south America - snake hunter - wildlife - dangerous anumals"
YouTube Link 2025-02-22T08:55Z 244K followers, [----] engagements

"German soldier found with identification tag and splint on broken leg - WWII exhumation [----] The body of a German soldier killed in [----] on the former eastern front is found still wearing his identification tag on his chest and with a femur fracture. The medics had put a splint around his entire leg to immobilize it and put a rubber surgical drain in the injury. When the bones were removed from the earth the piece of shrapnel that killed the soldier was recovered amongst the bone fragments. Music: Kevin McLeod Lost Time World War II - war sugery - exhumation - cemetery - mass grave -"
YouTube Link 2025-10-03T18:37Z 400K followers, 4.4M engagements

"SS cartridge casings - WWII battlefield forensics SS cartridge cases found in the area of Demjansk Russia. The SS marked much of their equipment because of disputes with the German army. wehrmacht - battlefield archaeology - metal detecting - schutz staffeln - nazi germany - Soviet union - forensics - headstamps - militaria collection - [----] - bullets - ballistics"
YouTube Link 2025-07-25T10:47Z 400K followers, 491.6K engagements

"Mass grave of German soldiers at Villeneuve-Loubet - WWII excavations The bodies of [--] German soldiers killed in action against the US/Canadian First Special Service Force on August 26th [----] were found and exhumed from a mass grave in Villeneuve-Loubet southern France in [----]. A full video investigation about tis dig can be seen on my channel: "WWII German Mass Grave discovery at Villeneuve-Loubet - Exhumation identification causes of death" Crocodile Tear Productions Music : Lost Time by Kevin MacLeaod World War II - helmets - militaria - identification tags - invasion - gunshot - artillery"
YouTube Link 2024-10-05T10:59Z 391K followers, 797.8K engagements

"The mass grave of German soldiers at Villeneuve-Loubet - exhumation identification and problems A mass grave containing the bodies of [--] Germans soldiers killed on August 26th [----] was discovered in Villeneuve-Loubet southern France in [----]. The grave was exhumed by local medical students assisted by an archaeologist under the supervision of the Volksbund. Six bodies were identified by their identification tags. Causes of death were gunshot and shrapnel wounds. The men mostly belonged to Reserve Grenadier Batallion [---] and had been killed in combat by the First Special Service Force and the"
YouTube Link 2025-06-29T13:54Z 400K followers, 285.9K engagements

"Killed in Stalingrad by a tiny sliver of shrapnel - WWII exhumations The body of a Soviet soldier is discovered on the Stalingrad battlefield still wearing his helmet that has been pierced by a very small fragment of shrapnel that also penetrated and fractured the soldier's skull. CrocodileTear Productions World War II - exhumations - Battlefield archeology - forensic - explosion - artillery - fragmentation - war medicine - surgery - missing in action - mass graves - battle damaged helmet - metal detecting - militaria - [----] - [----] - WWII - Russia -"
YouTube Link 2025-04-20T12:21Z 378K followers, 2.8M engagements

"German soldier bones colonized by tree roots - Dust to dust - WWII exhumations During an exhumation to identify World War II German soldier bodies and bring them to a military cemetery it was found that the bones of one row of soldiers that had been buried under trees had been heavily colonized by tree roots that mimicked brains inside their skulls and followed their spinal canals within their back bones. Music: Lost time by Kevin McLeod Field cemetery - [----] - WWII - cemetery - missing in action - killed in action - digging - metal detecting - battlefield archeology - forensic pathology -"
YouTube Link 2025-10-05T16:50Z 399K followers, 3M engagements

"Afrika Korps helmet - WWII German camouflaged helmet from north Africa The World War II model [----] German helmet was found by a local French inhabitant in the area of Wadi Akarit in Tunisia after the war was over. Stahlhelm - WWII - relic - souvenir - militaria - whermacht - luftwaffe - decal - Rommel - Afrika Korps - Camouflage paint - collection - sand - desert campaign - Tunis - [----] - [----] - named helmet - how to find owner of helmet - german veteran"
YouTube Link 2025-08-21T20:25Z 388K followers, 255.5K engagements

"Fired versus unfired bullet Explanations as to how it can be known if a bullet has been fired or not Music: The other side of the door by Kevin McLeod explosion - cartridge casing - rifle - rifling groves - primer - weapons - ammunition - ballistics - gun - gunshot - bore - fire - burst - cookoff - spent bullet - velocity - firearm -lands and grooves - barrel - gunpowder"
YouTube Link 2025-09-04T12:28Z 388K followers, 191.3K engagements

"Soldier found with tiny shrapnel fragment still in head - WWII exhumations The helmet and skull of a Soviet soldier killed during the battle of Stalingrad are found with a matching hole made by a minuscule piece of shrapnel. The shrapnel fragment is recovered within the soldier's skull. Crocodiletear productions Music: Lost time by Kevin McLeod. [----] - world war II - artillery - metal detecting - forensic - battlefield archaeology - anthropology - militaria - [----] - framentation - killed in action - missing in action - explosion -"
YouTube Link 2025-05-17T06:56Z 379K followers, 1.9M engagements

"Killholes on WWII Japanese caves - Okinawa [----] An example of a WWII japanese cave at Okinawa wtih a firing slit that is almost impossible to see in the thick jungle. World war II - battle of okinawa - cave diggers - firing slit - military history - [----] - metal detecting - battlefield archaeology - japanese imperial army - US marines"
YouTube Link 2025-09-27T12:31Z 400K followers, 183.7K engagements

"WWI French killed in action helmet World War I French Adrian helmet that belonged to Colonel Marcel Robert who was killed in action by shell fragments on April 30th [----] Music: Night vigil by Kevin McLeod artillery - militaria collection - explosion - trenches - [----] - [----] - WWI - balistics - shrapnel - fragmentation - germans - military history - soldier - war injuries - mortally wounded - infantry - battle damaged"
YouTube Link 2025-08-03T09:40Z 387K followers, 377.5K engagements

"WWII helmet returned [--] years after having been lost at Remagen Bridge Germany - Earl L. McCorkle An american World War II helmet was found in the mud of the Rhine River downstream from Remagen Bridge during a drought in [----]. Inside the liner of the helmet the soldier had carved his initials as well as his laundry number. These inscriptions enabled the soldier to be positively identified as being Earl L. McCorkle from Elizabeth PA who had served in the 291st Engineer Combat Battalion. Crocodiletear productions Ludendorf Bridge - [--] march [----] - WWII - Germany - Battle of Remagen - M1 helmet -"
YouTube Link 2025-02-16T16:32Z 243K followers, 36.8K engagements

"The rare moment a Soviet soldier's ID tag is found - Stalingrad WWII diggers This short video shows the very exact and rare moment that a World War II Soviet soldier's identification tag (known as a medallion) is found on the former battlefields of Stalingrad. The medallion consisted of a plastic tube containing a rolled up piece of paper on which the soldier's details were written. These tubes are only found with approximately 1% of the thousands of bodies that are still discovered every year. CrocodileTear Productions with courtesy to the Russian diggers who filmed this scene. Music: The"
YouTube Link 2024-12-25T10:58Z 392K followers, 234.7K engagements

"Over [---] Germans found in Stalingrad mass grave In [----] the bodies of over [---] German soldiers were found in Panshino near Stalingrad during construction. The bodies were buried under rougly one and a half meters of trash. The absence of equipment and injuries pointed to these soldiers having died of cold disease or hunger shortly after their capture. https://battlefieldarchaeology.blogspot.com/ For more information please refer to the video "The Stalingrad Digging Camp": https://youtu.be/MUyZGEgCnFk Music: "Night Vigil" and "Lost Time" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Crocodile Tear"
YouTube Link 2024-07-30T19:08Z 376K followers, 2M engagements

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YouTube Link 2025-12-15T01:00Z [---] followers, 68.9K engagements

"Investigation of Stalingrad mass graves - A whisper from the grave During the excavation of mass graves at the former prisonner of war camp at Vertyachii near Stalingrad the bodies of several dozen dead Soviet soldiers were recovered. None of them had his issue "medallion" (identification tag) but one soldier I.P. Frolov was found with an improvised hand made identification tag made from a piece of scrap aluminum. Crocodile Tear Productions https://battlefieldarchaeology.blogspot.com/ - battle of Stalingrad - [----] [-----] - Red Army - Werhmacht - Soviet army - Don river - missing in action -"
YouTube Link 2024-09-06T19:55Z 390K followers, 146.8K engagements

"WWII Japanese caves in Okinawa - The theory The theory behind how the digging is organized in the World War II Japanese caves at Okinawa. Metal detecting - military history - exploration - exhumation - battle WWII - [----] - army"
YouTube Link 2025-09-07T15:26Z 394K followers, 113.4K engagements

"Rosary found in German mass grave - WWII exhumations During the excavation of a mass grave of German soldiers on the eastern front the investigators discover a rosary amongst the buried bodies. Edit: the "earring" is in fact a part of pocket watch chain. This was a mistake on my part when filming. Music - Night vigil by Kevin McLeod World War II - [----] - exhumation - wehrmacht - religion - jesus - pray - hell on earth - battlefield archaeology - killed in action - missing soldiers - metal detecting - forensic - excavation - bones - bodies - cemetery - WWII - military history - horros or war -"
YouTube Link 2025-07-29T20:37Z 390K followers, 623.4K engagements

"Shrapnel a Marine brought back from Peleliu in his body - World War II souvenirs These war souvenirs belonged to Merle L. Alvin who enlisted in the Marines in [----] at the age of [--]. Included are his ID bracelet and two sets of dog tags one of which has his fingerprint on the back. With Company B 1st Battalion 7th Marines Merle Alvin fought at Guadalcanal Cape Gloucester and Peleliu where he was wounded by a Japanese grenade that blew multiple fragments into his face chest and limbs knocking him out of the war. He received the Purple heard for this combat injury and if we look under the medal"
YouTube Link 2025-08-09T13:34Z 399K followers, 107.3K engagements

"WWII artefacts found in Okinawa battle cave - WWII [----] Several of the World War II artifacts that were found in [----] during the search of a japanese cave that was used during the battle of Okinawa in [----] Ammunition - United states marines corps - katana - ammunition - glass bottles - militaria - officer stamp - name - metal detecting - archaeology - exhumation - WWII - military history - bullets - USMC - military relics - japanese soldier -"
YouTube Link 2025-09-30T19:36Z 380K followers, 1.5M engagements

"Identifying Otto Mertin in the mass grave of German soldiers in Villeneuve-Loubet - [----] When I found a mass grave of German soldiers in my hometown of Villeneuve-Loubet in [----] one of the bodies had a skull that was smashed into little pieces. This heavily damaged helmet was found near the body. I decided to patiently clean all the skull fragments and glued them back together allowing me to confirm that the helmet had belonged to that particular body and that the soldier had been killed by a large piece of shrapnel that had blown his head apart. But who was this pile of bones this German"
YouTube Link 2024-10-27T12:59Z 388K followers, 407.5K engagements

"Killed German soldier found still wearing his wedding ring - World War II exhumations During the recovery of the bodies of missing German soldiers on the eastern front one soldier's body is found with his wedding band still on his hand. The ring is made of gold so it has no oxydated meaning that all the original inscriptions can still be read on the inside. This is a scene from the video "The hell where youth and laughter go". CrocodileTear productions Music: Night vigil Kevin McLeod https://battlefieldarchaeology.blogspot.com/ [----] - [----] - [----] - world war II - wehrmacht - battlefield"
YouTube Link 2024-10-05T07:20Z 377K followers, 4.1M engagements

"Rifle with fixed bayonet found in Stalingrad - WWII digging This Soviet Mosin-Nagant rifle was excavated from the Stalingrad battlefields during a search for the bodies of missing soldiers. CrocodileTear productions [----] - [----] - Battle of Stalingrad - Metal detecting - detector - digging - Volga - World War II - WWII - bayonet charge - Red Army - USSR - Russia - battlefield archaeology - forensic - germans - The stalingrad digging camp"
YouTube Link 2025-02-22T09:08Z 244K followers, 15.7K engagements

"Unlucky helmet A helmet is found by metal detectorists searching for missing soldiers on the Stalingrad battlefield. One of the diggers decides to put the helmet on. This young man was later killed in action in Ukraine. CrocodileTear Productions Music: Nicht Vigil by Kevin McLeod World War II - digging - bad luck - battlefield archaeology - Soviet helmet - trenches - Russia - Volga - [----] - 1943"
YouTube Link 2025-02-21T18:32Z 244K followers, 21.7K engagements

"He tried to whisper his name from the mass grave - WWII Stalingrad exhumations at During the excavation of mass graves at the former prisonner of war camp at Vertyachii near Stalingrad the bodies of several dozen dead Soviet soldiers were recovered. None of them had his issue "medallion" (identification tag) but one soldier I.P. Frolov was found with an improvised hand made identification tag made from a piece of scrap aluminum. Crocodile Tear Productions https://battlefieldarchaeology.blogspot.com/ - battle of Stalingrad - [----] [-----] - Red Army - Werhmacht - Soviet army - Don river - missing"
YouTube Link 2025-05-18T17:49Z 400K followers, 1.4M engagements

"Shrapnel damaged German identification tag from WWII A German identification tag that was torn appart by the same shrapnel that killed the German soldier who was wearing it. WWII - World War II - [----] - killed in action - metal detecting - explosion - artillery - erkennungsmarke - ID tag - dog tag - militaria - wehrmacht - grave"
YouTube Link 2025-07-15T15:26Z 378K followers, 293.8K engagements

"A Soviet soldier with a German canteen found in Stalingrad - WWII Battlefield forensics After this soviet helmet was metal detected near Stalingrad it was noticed that the head of its original owner was still inside it. The body was therefore carefully excavated. The bones were no longer in anatomical position giving the impression the body may have been buried several months after death once it was already decomposing. The soldier was found with a glass bottle marked USSR a soviet glass canteen a German aluminum canteen a soviet soap box and a glass tube for water decontamination."
YouTube Link 2026-02-12T19:54Z 405K followers, 2.2M engagements

"The Afrika Korps Ring - WWII - Rommel - Desert war Most people would rightly assume that swastikas dont have anything in common with palm trees. But that would be forgetting the fact that in [----] the palm tree and swastika became the symbols of the Deutsches Afrika Korps the German expeditionary force shipped to Lybia and Egypt. The symbol was very popular and local craftsmen carved it onto rings such as this one meant to be sold to the soldiers as souvenirs. The sides of this particular ring display a pyramid and a camel. The Italians made a more culturaly inclusive ring displaying a mosque"
YouTube Link 2026-02-08T14:52Z 405K followers, 625K engagements

"Why WWII artifacts are buried so deep - Digging back to the floor of the trenches - Exhumations I am frequently asked how erosion and sedimentation could cause WWII artifacts to already be buried so deep after only [--] years. The answer has little to do with erosion or sedimentation. On the front lines soldiers lived in trenches foxholes and dugouts. After the fighting the leftover bodies and debris were typically thrown into the nearest available trench that was then closed up. Therefore to find the artefacts one now has to dig back down to the level of the original floor of the trenches"
YouTube Link 2026-02-07T19:45Z 405K followers, 2M engagements

"Anihilate the barbarian enemy: WWII Japanese good luck flag - USMC war souvenir -Yosegaki Hinomaru This WWII Japanese good luck flag belonged to a soldier named Yamaoka Seiji. Family and friends covered the flag with messages such as: Praying for Continued Luck in the Fortunes of War True Tenacity Fighting Bravely Certain Victory and Annihilate the Barbarian Enemy. The fate of Yamaoka Seiji is not known but he was almost certainly killed in combat as this flag was brought home as a war souvenir by one of the so called barbarian enemy a US marine tank crewmember. He photographed himself at the"
YouTube Link 2026-02-06T19:58Z 405K followers, 53.1K engagements

"A mysterious WWII identification tag - battlefield forensics - dog tags I am usually full of praize for WWII Italian ID tags as the information stamped on them is excellent and always seems to enable the soldier to be identified. I was therefore disappointed but also curious when I came across this ID tag bearing a non referenced serial number as well as a hometown that does not exist. Some people have speculated that the tag may have belonged to a spy but there is no reason why any competent spy would want to have the name of a non existent town on his ID tag. I think the clerk who stamped"
YouTube Link 2026-02-01T13:58Z 405K followers, 129.1K engagements

"German soldier's skull reconstructed to establish cause of death - WWII battlefield forensics The body of this World War II German soldier was found with his identification tag still on his chest as well as some shrapnel fragments that gave a hint as to his cause of death. His skull was crushed and broken into multiple pieces so it was decided to glue the skull fragments back together to see if the exact nature of the injuries could be determined. After the skull had been pieced back together a large hole became apparent on its right side. The multiple radiating fractures and the fact that"
YouTube Link 2026-02-01T12:45Z 405K followers, 874.4K engagements

"The identification of unknown bodies - Illustrated with WWII military examples - Forensics If human remains can not be identified visualy then they can be identified based on fingerprints tooth charts or DNA. The strengths and weaknesses of each method are explained and illustrated with military cases from World War II. CrocodileTear Productions forensic sciences - exhumation - cemetery - Lt Ottaway Cornwell - Draguignan - identification tags - US army - wehrmacht - Stalingrad - Russia - Soviet Union - funeral - spitfire - plabe crash - bones - teeth - german soldier - metal detecting - CSI -"
YouTube Link 2026-01-31T21:35Z 405K followers, 28.4K engagements

"Why Natural Stupidity is stronger than AI This is me. I am not an AI. Stop commenting that my videos are made by AI. Music: The other side of the Door by Kevin MacLeod CrocodileTear WWII videos - youtube comments section - trolls - bots - artificial intelligence - stupidity artificial intelligence WWII crocodiletear [----] world war II youtube comments artificial intelligence WWII crocodiletear [----] world war II youtube comments"
YouTube Link 2026-01-30T19:29Z 404K followers, 24.4K engagements

"Shrapnel raining from the sky: WWII American M54 artillery fuze - airburst shell Airbust artillery shells that exploded before reaching the ground were one of the most deadly weapons faced by infantry soldiers during WWII as they would litteraly cause shrapnel to rain out of the sky. They worked with time fuzes that could be set to explode just before the shell reached its target such as this American m54 fuze. When the shell was fired a powder train started burning in this grove. The further the time ring had been twisted the longer it would take for the burning powder train to reach this"
YouTube Link 2026-01-29T19:11Z 405K followers, 1.3M engagements

"Helmets of the ghost army - Piles of shrapnel ridden helmets at Stalingrad soldier's cemetery The graves of World War II Soviet soldiers buried in Stalingrad are decorated with the bullet and shrapnel ridden helmets that were recovered with their bodies. CrocodileTear Music: Night vigil by Kevin MacLeod Rossoschka - World War II - kessel - battle of stalingrad - missing soldiers - CCCP - Soviet Union - cemetery - funeral - identification - exhumation - Russia - [----] - [----] - Don - Volga - rusty helmets - army of the dead - army of ghosts- battle damaged helmets - soldier's graveyard - kia -"
YouTube Link 2026-01-25T20:22Z 405K followers, 462.4K engagements

"WWII brother's and comerade's graves - German and Soviet soldiers Germany had so many killed during WWII that in their cemeteries in the west there are multiples soldiers names on a single headstone here for example two in front and two behind. If more than a few bodies were found intermingled then they are put in the cemetery mass grave that is diplomatically called the kameraden grab or comrades grave. In the east most German cemeteries dont even bother with tombstones and all the names of the dead are simply written on large collective plaques such as here in Stalingrad. As for the"
YouTube Link 2026-01-22T19:09Z 405K followers, 783.7K engagements

"WWII German soldier's watch protection case - Ed Stoermer veteran of the 141st IR - France invasion World War II German soldiers normaly put put their pocket watches in iron protection cases. Interview of WWII veteran Edward Stoermer of the 141st Infantry Regiment regarding the southern France invasion operation Dragoon Anvill. Oral history - [----] - [----] - wehrmacht - german army - military history - exhumation - mass graves - metal detecting [----] [----] mass graves german army exhumation metal detector wehrmacht german soldiers eastern front military history pocket watch jewelry cemetery"
YouTube Link 2026-01-18T21:25Z 405K followers, 709.7K engagements

"Nazi badge proves that time travel occurred before World War II - battlefield forensics We all know the symbols of nazi Germany consisting of the eagle and swastika and we all know the symbols of Nazi Germanys worst enemy the Soviet Union consisting of the hammer and sickle. Therefore this [----] nazi labor day pin has always been a bit of a mystery to me as it displays not only an eagle and swastika but also a hammer and sickle. In my opinion this historical inconsistency is explained by the fact that the badge was in fact designed by a time traveler from the future who signed his work by also"
YouTube Link 2026-01-17T12:26Z 405K followers, 727.7K engagements

"Make love and war - German officer's body exhumed with dog tag collar tabs and condoms - WWII When the body of this German officer was found in a forgotten and unmarked field grave he was still wearing his aluminum identification tag as well as his officers collar tabs that were well preserved because were made of aluminum wire. Concerning the cause of death it was noted that the left elbow bones were smashed presumably by shrapnel. On the left side of his pelvis where one of his pockets must have been two hardened but intact condoms were recovered. Soldiers were issued condoms because the"
YouTube Link 2026-01-15T18:35Z 405K followers, 3.3M engagements

"Killed German soldier's photos kept as souvenirs then returned after [--] years Lt Howard Hensleigh of the 517th parachute infantry killed a German machine gunner in Peira Cava southern FRance on october 2nd [----]. He found several photos on the dead German which he kept as souvenirs. In [----] I was able to determine the killed German had been Feldwebel Georg Rieck from Ellwangen an der Jagst and Lt Hensleigh returned the photos to his son and grandson. Operation dragoon - Genealosy Research - Grenadier REgiment [---] - Sospel - killed in action - militaria - morbid - grisly souvenirs - wehrmacht -"
YouTube Link 2026-01-13T19:32Z 405K followers, 1.5M engagements

"Missing German soldier's gas mask box recovered in Stalingrad - WWII battlefield forensics This German gas mask box was dug up on the Stalingrad battlefield. The name of its original owner Fluhr is still visible on the inside of the lid. What happened to Fluhr Did he survive the battle Was he killed Was he captured by the Soviets The postal number of Fluhrs unit is also still visible in the lid allowing us to search online for the Red Cross list of men from his unit who were still considered missing in action in the 1950s. The list shows that Fluhr served in an anti aircraft unit that was"
YouTube Link 2026-01-08T19:16Z 405K followers, 1.4M engagements

"German soldier missing since [----] identified by his fingerprints - WWII battlefield forensics During WWII US army graves registration procedures were very in advance of their time. If a body was found without identification tags finger prints or tooth charts were taken even if the body was German. These painstaking procedures recently enabled the identification of German soldier Eno Strobel [--] years after he had been reported missing in action in France in September [----]. Strobels family in Germany had kept his ID documents that included his two index prints. These were compared with"
YouTube Link 2026-01-07T20:00Z 405K followers, 435.1K engagements

"A heroic death. by Torpedo Juice - WWII propaganda - Press and media lies How much of what we hear aboiut war is true and how much are lies and propaganda This video shows the example of two newspaper articles telling the story of a WWII soldier who was killed in action during the fighting for Rome when in fact the soldier had died onboard ship from driking "torpedo juice". Denatured alcohol - World War II - cause of death - wartime propaganda - press - paratroopers - SS Cristobal - battle of Rome - heroic death - war hero - Bogota - Colombia - Navy -460th field artillery battalion - 517th"
YouTube Link 2026-01-07T18:05Z 405K followers, 74.7K engagements

"WWII amphetamins - Battlefield forensics This World War II era pill box of italian amphetamins was found with a metal detector in a former front line slit trench. WWII - [----] - drugs - military history - soldiers - sleeping - tired - energy - medication - bunker - battlefield - forensic - pervitin - metal detecting - benzedrin World war II metal detecting drugs amphetamins wehrmacht soldiers battlefield sleeping tired benzadrin energy addiction digging trenches World war II metal detecting drugs amphetamins wehrmacht soldiers battlefield sleeping tired benzadrin energy addiction digging"
YouTube Link 2026-01-03T22:01Z 405K followers, 492.6K engagements

"Finding German soldier Franz Krzikowski - Missing in action on the Seine River since August [----] The body of German soldier Franz Krzikowski was found by a metal detectorist in Fonteney Saint Pre north west of Paris in [----]. He was a member of Jger Regiment [--] of Feld Division [--] and we are stil trying to contact some of his family members. Franciszek Krzykowski 31.5.1924 Halemba Ruda lska Katowice Franz Krzikowski 31.5.1924 Halemba Ruda Kattowitz Vexin battle - August [----] - Normandy battle - missing in action - German helmet - metal detecting - Seine River crossing - Ruda lska - Silesia -"
YouTube Link 2025-12-28T14:01Z 405K followers, 60K engagements

"Rare SS cartridge casings found in Russia - WWII battlefield forensics SS cartridge cases found in the area of Demjansk Russia. The SS marked much of their equipment because of disputes with the German army and difficulties to get their own equipment made and delivered. wehrmacht - battlefield archaeology - metal detecting - schutz staffeln - nazi germany - Soviet union - forensics - headstamps - militaria collection - [----] - bullets - ballistics - casings - ammunition - battlefield finds - swamps SS wehrmacht metal detecting headstamps cartridge casings bullets nazi germany [----] russia metal"
YouTube Link 2025-12-26T21:07Z 405K followers, 1.4M engagements

"Killholes on WWII Japanese caves and bunkers - Okinawa battlefield [----] An example of a WWII japanese cave at Okinawa with a firing slit that is almost impossible to see in the thick jungle. World war II - battle of okinawa - cave diggers - firing slit - military history - [----] - metal detecting - battlefield archaeology - japanese imperial army - US marines - bunkers - tunnels - underground system - camouflage - slit - loophole world war II okinawa cave japanese digging metal detecting militaria [----] army marines loophole line of fire jungle exploration military history battlefield"
YouTube Link 2025-12-26T19:35Z 404K followers, 331.1K engagements

"WWII helmets were not bullet proof - Headshot by French "terrorists" Many people seem to think that World War II helmets were designed to stop bullets but that is completely wrong. Helmets were only meant to stop debris and small pieces of shrapnel. They were certainly not bullet proof and here we have a nice illustration. This is a German helmet so one of the most solid helmets of the war and you can see it was shot by a rifle bullet that went right in one side through the soldier's head and out the other side. We know the helmet was being worn at the time it was shot from the dark stains"
YouTube Link 2025-12-20T17:08Z 405K followers, 2.3M engagements

"Camouflaged WWII German helmets from winter snow to desert sand Examples of three German helmets from WWII one still painted in gray as delivered from the factory one with white dots for winter camouflage and one painted in yellow for use in the desert by the Afrika Korps. Music: Sbastien Cano echoes of valor Militaria collection - World War II collectibles - model [----] german helmet - stahlhelm - Rommel - decals - holland - tunisia - [----] - [----] - nazi germany - wehrmacht - military history world war II german helmets militaria stahlhelm camouflage paint decals afrika korps rommel winter"
YouTube Link 2025-12-20T16:22Z 405K followers, 334.2K engagements

"Vodka bread and cigarettes - WWII Soviet war monument at Mjasnoj Bor Volshov Swamps "We will win" the WWII Soviet war memorial on the Mjasnoj Bor Battlefield south of Leningrad. World War II - [----] - [----] - Volshov swamps - killed soviet soldiers - Red Army - bread - vodka - cigarette - Russia - War dead - world war II soviet monument [----] [----] mjasnoj bor leningrad battle volshov swamps diggers killed in action red army WWII bread vodka cigarette war memorial cenotaph soldiers battlefield world war II soviet monument [----] [----] mjasnoj bor leningrad battle volshov swamps diggers killed in"
YouTube Link 2025-12-20T15:28Z 405K followers, 52.7K engagements

"Consequences of War - Exhuming the dead and missing of World War II The bodies German and Soviet soldiers killed during World War II are exhumed from forgotten battlefield graves on the Eastern Front. Identification tags as well as remains of medical equipment and personnal items are found with the bodies. Some bones also display fragmentation or gunshot wounds as well as surgical amputations. A forensic pathologist films and describes what is found by the diggers. At the end of the video the reburial of [----] bodies at the Rossoschka cemetery near Stalingrad is depicted. This is an improved"
YouTube Link 2025-12-20T14:54Z 405K followers, 359.6K engagements

"A mutilated German anti-aircraft badge from Stalingrad - WWII battlefield relics This is a German anti aircraft badge that was awarded to German air force soldiers for having participated in shooting down allied aircraft. This badge was recovered near Stalingrad and as can be seen it passed through the hands of a disgruntled soldier who broke off the swastika and transformed the wings into upward pointing artistic twirls. Whoever the initial owner of the badge was probably didnt survive the battle. World War II - battlefield forensics - [----] - [----] - Russia - Flak-Kampfabzeichen der Luftwaffe"
YouTube Link 2025-12-13T12:20Z 405K followers, 740.4K engagements

"German soldier found still wearing his wedding ring - WWII mass grave exhumations The body of this German soldier killed in [----] was found still wearing his wedding band with the wedding date of August 15th [----] carved inside. World War II - Werhmacht - German army - cemetery - mass graves - eastern front - [----] - WWII - metal detecting - exhumation - battlefield archaeology - militaria - military history - forensic - diggers - killed in action - missing in action - battlefield graves - love - wife - family - anthropology - gold - [----] german soldier exhumation metal detecting wedding band"
YouTube Link 2025-12-06T18:30Z 405K followers, 1.1M engagements

"Headshot - WWII German soldier mass grave exhumations - Battlefield forensics When this WWII German soldiers body was recovered on the former eastern front the diggers at first did not find any injuries on his body. However once they started removing the bones from the earth they found an entrance gunshot wound on the top of his skull with no exit wound visible. They therefore examined the contents of the skull and sure enough it still contained the deadly bullet that had killed the soldier [--] years earlier. WWII - [----] - sniper - headshot - exhumation - battlefield archeology - metal"
YouTube Link 2025-11-27T20:56Z 405K followers, 1M engagements

"God was not with the Germans that day - WWII excavations - German "Gott mit uns" belt buckle Battle damaged World War II German army belt buckle with the infamous inscription "Gott mit uns" meaning "God with us". shrapnel - explosion - Stalingrad - metal detecting - wehrmacht - militaria - artillery - motto - Nazi germany - WWII [----] - [----] - eagle and swastica - motto - Prussia - battlefield find - Russia - Demjansk - German army - [----] - [----] world war II metal detecting german belt buckle militaria german soldiers battlefield explosion shrapnel gott mit uns killed in action digging"
YouTube Link 2025-11-27T20:16Z 405K followers, 489.6K engagements

"WWII soldier killed by tiny piece of shrapnel - WWII forensics - Stalingrad exhumations This WWII soviet soldiers skull was found in Stalingrad still wearing his helmet. It was noted that a tiny piece of shrapnel had hit the soldier in the head first piercing through his helmet and then penetrating into his skull. When the contents of the skull was inspected the deadly piece of shrapnel was found still inside it [--] years after it had participated in killing the soldier. Crocodiletear productions Music: Lost time by Kevin McLeod. [----] - world war II - artillery - metal detecting - forensic -"
YouTube Link 2025-11-27T19:47Z 405K followers, 6.6M engagements

"Shot in the head in Libya in [----] - WWII identification tag research - Battlefield forensics This identification tag once belonged to [--] year old Italian soldier Gerardino Grossi. According to online casualty databases Grossi was killed in Libya on May 17th [----]. I was curious to know what battle he had been killed in so ordered a copy of his military file from the archives. Grossi had been sent to north Africa in January [----] and by [----] he was part of an artillery unit of the Trento Division. Regarding his death his file indicates that he died following a wound in the occipital area with"
YouTube Link 2025-11-26T19:15Z 405K followers, 518.2K engagements

"The battle damaged helmet and life of WWII American soldier Patrick J. Canty Patrick J Canty from Webster MA was wounded in action in december [----] in Venafro Italy by a bomb fragment that pierced through his M1 helmet leaving him with a scalp wound. Canty returned to action shortly afterwards and was rotated back to the US after more than a year in action. Shortly after his return to the US Canty was diagnosed with severe untreatable psychoneursis and was discharged from the army. 17th Field Artillery Battalion - 13th Artillery brigade - explosion - battle damaged - militaria collection -"
YouTube Link 2025-11-23T16:12Z 405K followers, 623.8K engagements

"These old bones were once real people - Exhumation of WWII missing soldiers When World War II soldiers bones are recovered from battlefields it can be hard to realize that they were once living human beings with families friends and dreams just like you and me. However finding artefacts such a shoes wedding rings coins condoms religious symbols glasses or watches and seeing their bereaved family members quickly reminds us that these skeletons were very real people who deserve to be found and identified. Music: Lost time by Kevin McLeoad battlefield archeology - Stalingrad - missing in action"
YouTube Link 2025-11-23T15:23Z 405K followers, 582.6K engagements

"The identification tag of an executed thief and deserter - WWII German dog tag research After this German identification tag was metal detected in France the initial project was to try to return it to the soldiers family. However the idea of searching for his family was abandoned when research revealed that the tag had belonged to [--] year old Hans R an only son who had been executed by members of his own unit for theft desertion and the rape of a [--] year old child. Forensic - metal detector - genealogy - erkennungsmarke - wehrmacht - military history - German soldier - Bundesarchiv - dog tag"
YouTube Link 2025-11-23T14:16Z 405K followers, 4M engagements

"A Hair's Breadth From Death - The battle damaged helmet of WWII American soldier Patrick J. Canty Patrick J Canty from Webster MA was wounded in action in december [----] in Venafro Italy by a bomb fragment that pierced through his M1 helmet leaving him with a scalp wound. Canty returned to action shortly afterwards and was rotated back to the US after more than a year in action. Shortly after his return to the US Canty was diagnosed with severe untreatable psychoneursis and was discharged from the army. 17th Field Artillery Battalion - 13th Artillery brigade - explosion - battle damaged -"
YouTube Link 2025-11-22T18:38Z 405K followers, 30.1K engagements

"Killed by a headshot in Paris - WWII German soldier's helmet - Battlefield forensics The World War II German helmet of Luftwaffe soldier Kurt Gnther who was killed in action by the French Resistance during the battle to liberate Paris on August 20th [----]. Model [----] helmet - military history - militaria collection - gunshot - entrance hole - exit hole - forensic - Wehrmacht - Luftwaffe - occupation of France - soldier's grave - sniper - bullet hole - headshot - KIA - war souvenirs - stahlhelm german helmet world war II battle damaged sniper headshot paris [----] militaria collection military"
YouTube Link 2025-11-22T13:11Z 405K followers, 403.5K engagements

"Post explosion WWII artillery puzzle - battlefield forensics - M48 Point Detonating fuze Demonstration of how the various fragments of a point detonating fuze can often all be found grouped together in the ground where the explosion took place. Artillery fire - [----] - World War II - m48 point detonating fuze - US army - militaria collection - metal detecting - military history - artillery shell explosion - shrapnel - fragmentation - forensic archaelogy - artillery world war II fuze explosion metal detecting militaria [----] point detonating shell puzzle forensics military history collection"
YouTube Link 2025-11-21T21:18Z 405K followers, 179.3K engagements

"Battle damaged relics of World War I soldier Alexandre Combet - artillery shrapnel This mess tin and cup were being carried in a musette bag by WWI French soldier Alexandre Combet when a shell fragment went through the bag piercing both items. According to his elderly daughter who gave me these souvenirs in [----] he remained unscathed during this close call. Alexandre Combet fought through the entire war as an infantry man being wounded once in August [----] and again in November [----]. He only received a total of [--] days of leave between [----] and [----]. When he finally returned home it was only"
YouTube Link 2025-11-17T19:11Z 405K followers, 148.9K engagements

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