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It’s the 17th of January 1945 in the outskirts of the French town of Herrlisheim.
Obersturmführer Erwin Bachmann is in a sidecar when he spots two Panther tanks right on the edge of the town. Taking command he goes on to engage with 14 Shermans tanks. 2 Panthers versus 14 Shermans! With perfect timing and planning he directs the Panthers to block the Sherman's in causing 12 to surrender. When the dust settled Bachmann’s actions with just 2 Panthers resulted in the capture of 60 American tank crew members, the release of 20 German POW’s, and the capture of 12 completely intact Sherman tanks. Obersturmführer Erwin Bachmann would be awarded the Knight’s Cross for his leadership, and the tank crews would be awarded the Iron Cross for their performance. The captured Shermans would go on to serve for the German army, being used in anger against the allies in the dying months of the war.
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07:49 Erwin Bachmann volunteered in the Waffen-SS in August 1939 and served in the SS-regiment Germania, then SS-division Viking, then SS-division Frundsberg. We removed SS insignia from the uniform as we often do due to monetization issues on platforms such as Facebook. Some viewers raised the issue out that we didn’t point out the fact that Bachmann was SS and per the Nuremberg trials a war criminal. We agree with their assessment, and we should have mentioned these details in the script.
08:56 We realize these were photos of Sherman Fireflies but we couldnt find images that we could obtain rights for American Shermans in German colors
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It’s the 17th of January 1945 in the outskirts of the French town of Herrlisheim.
Obersturmführer Erwin Bachmann is in a sidecar when he spots two Panther tanks right on the edge of the town. Taking command he goes on to engage with 14 Shermans tanks. 2 Panthers versus 14 Shermans! With perfect timing and planning he directs the Panthers to block the Sherman's in causing 12 to surrender. When the dust settled Bachmann’s actions with just 2 Panthers resulted in the capture of 60 American tank crew members, the release of 20 German POW’s, and the capture of 12 completely intact Sherman tanks. Obersturmführer Erwin Bachmann would be awarded the Knight’s Cross for his leadership, and the tank crews would be awarded the Iron Cross for their performance. The captured Shermans would go on to serve for the German army, being used in anger against the allies in the dying months of the war.
Yarnhub uses the Unreal® Engine. Unreal® is a trademark or registered trademark of Epic Games, Inc. in the United States of America and elsewhere. “Unreal® Engine, Copyright 1998 – 2023, Epic Games, Inc. All rights reserved.”
Corrections:
07:49 Erwin Bachmann volunteered in the Waffen-SS in August 1939 and served in the SS-regiment Germania, then SS-division Viking, then SS-division Frundsberg. We removed SS insignia from the uniform as we often do due to monetization issues on platforms such as Facebook. Some viewers raised the issue out that we didn’t point out the fact that Bachmann was SS and per the Nuremberg trials a war criminal. We agree with their assessment, and we should have mentioned these details in the script.
08:56 We realize these were photos of Sherman Fireflies but we couldnt find images that we could obtain rights for American Shermans in German colors



![Laconia Incident
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September 12th, 1942. Korvettenkapitän Werner Hartenstein, commander of U-156, sinks the British armed merchant cruiser RMS Laconia. Unbeknownst to him, the ship is loaded with civilians and Italian prisoners of war. As survivors struggle amidst the wreckage, the German captain declares a temporary truce and moves in to rescue them. But everything goes wrong when an American B-24 Liberator emerges from the clouds. What began as a mission of mercy collapses into a deadly fight to survive.
Sources:
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McLoughlin, Jim, David Gibb, and Chris Bullock. “A Laconia Survivor’s Memoir.” ABC Listen, May 11, 2006. https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/latenightlive/a-laconia-survivors-memoir/3334540
McLoughlin, Jim, and David Gibb. One Common Enemy: The Laconia Incident: A Survivor’s Memoir (Large Print 16pt). ReadHowYouWant, 2012.
U-156. Kriegstagebuch: 4. Unternehmung [War Diary: 4th Patrol]. August 20, 1942–November 16, 1942. Record Group 242, National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, MD.
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Hood, Jean. Wreck: Extraordinary True Stories of Disaster and Heroism at Sea. Conway, 2008.
Peillard, Léonce. The Laconia Affair. Bantam Books, 1983.
Peillard, Léonce. U-Boats to the Rescue: The Laconia Incident. Coronet Books, 1976.
Tougias, Michael J., and Alison O’Leary. Abandon Ship!: A True World War II Story of Disaster and Survival. Christy Ottaviano Books-Little Brown and Hachette, 2023.
IWM. “Bawden, Edward (Oral History).” Imperial War Museums. Accessed January 28, 2026. https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80004582
IWM. “Interview with Tadeusz Walczak.” Imperial War Museums. Accessed January 28, 2026. https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80016864
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00:00: U-156 Stalks British Cruiser
00:54: Torpedoes Sink RMS Laconia
02:44: Survivors Swim for Life
03:54: Italian Prisoners Discovered
05:12: Korvettenkapitän Werner Hartenstein Launches Rescue
08:30: Lt. James D. Harden spots Red Cross Flag
10:13: B-24 Liberator Attacks U-boat
12:02: Lifeboats Cut Loose
14:04: Survivors Drift To Land
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