Peiper’s Tank Stalled Because of… Gas? The Third Reich’s Biggest Mistake

Описание: Discover the astonishing moment in December 1944 when German SS Colonel Joachim Peiper captured 50,000 gallons of American fuel at Honsfeld during the Battle of the Bulge—only to realize that Germany had already lost World War II. This meticulously researched documentary unveils how Peiper’s desperate Kampfgruppe, running critically low on fuel during Hitler’s last major offensive, stumbled upon an abandoned American supply depot containing more gasoline than most German divisions had received in six months. Through eyewitness accounts, military records, and never-before-told details of the Ardennes offensive, witness how this single discovery revealed the harsh truth: Germany could not compete with America’s industrial power. The US military could burn millions of gallons of fuel to deny them to the enemy, while German tanks sat immobilized. Learn how America’s overwhelming logistical superiority—producing 1.8 billion barrels of oil compared to Germany’s 33 million—decided the war’s outcome, and why Peiper later called finding that depot “the worst thing that could have happened,” realizing Germany was not fighting a war but “participating in our own funeral.
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