Why the U.S. Army Needed a 40-Ton Monster to Win WWII

Описание: World War II was not won only by firepower, tanks, or superior weapons. By late 1944, the U.S. Army faced a crisis that threatened to stall its advance into Germany, not because of German resistance, but because thousands of American tanks were being lost without being destroyed. Mud, distance, and mechanical failure were silently erasing combat power faster than factories could replace it. This documentary explores why the U.S. Army needed an extreme solution, a 40-ton recovery monster built not to fight the enemy, but to prevent the war from collapsing under its own weight. From abandoned Shermans in Europe to the birth of armored recovery doctrine, this is the hidden story of how logistics, not gunfire, helped decide the outcome of World War II.

Timestamps :
00:00 – The War Almost Stalled
02:05 – The Hidden Crisis Behind Victory
07:30 – When Tanks Stopped Moving
13:45 – Distance, Mud, and Invisible Losses
19:10 – Why Old Recovery Failed
25:05 – Why the U.S. Army Needed a Monster
32:40 – How the 40-Ton Machine Was Built
38:20 – How Recovery Changed the War
42:15 – The Legacy That Still Shapes Warfare

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