a german panzer iv... and this jumbo sherman, one of just eight in the world.s that day like? >> i don't even know how to describe it. it was a little bit nerve-racking, like, "oh, are we gonna raise the amount of money that we need?" [ auctioneer calling ] >> the auction seems to get off to a strong start. this 2s7 self-propelled gun fetches $92,000. this humber armored car -- $97,000. amphibious tank -- $172,500. grant tank -- 276k. stuart tank -- 310k. and that scud missile launcher goes for $345,000. they're north of a million, heading toward 2, but still a long way from 10. will they have to sell any of those rare tanks to reach their objective? >> that was the million-dollar question. >> the answer next. what's your strange inheritance story? we'd love to tell it. send me an e-mail or go to our website, strangeinheritance.com. my father passed this truck down to me, that's the same thing i want to do with you. it's an emotional thing to watch your child grow up and especially get behind the wheel. i want to keep you know, stacking up the memories and the

assembled a striking force of 30 panzer division, 70 motorized divisions, 140 infantry divisions plus's largest air force. and they had no raw materials, the good things in life japanese, italian and german leaders might have given their people if they spent these moneys on peace instead of war. these arguments were all smoke screens. the democracies proved to be the have-nots, and our enemies, that haves -- the haves. and when war came, where did it come? [lightning strikes] 18,mber the date, september 19 31, a date we should remember as well as december 7, 1941, four on that date in 1931, the war we are now fighting began. the place was manchuria, the of china,ost province six hundred miles from san francisco, then, the first objective in the to knock up land. by september 18, the japanese who controlled the manchuria railway had secretly and illegally increased their garrisons. border,orean-manchuria an entire japanese army was assembled, completely equipped for a winter campaign. all they needed was an excuse. they made their own. night, just after the express passed by, a section

the nazis alone assembled a striking force of 30 panzer divisions, 70 motorized divisions, 140 infantryaffe, the world's largest air force. and they had no raw materials. think of the bread, the automobiles, the good things of life that the german, italian, japanese leaders might have given their people if they had spent this money for peace, instead of war. you know what billions we are now spending to match their military force. no, no these arguments were all smokescreens. when war came, democracies proved to be the have-nots, and our enemies the haves. and when war came, where did it come? remember that date, september 18, 1931. a date we should remember as well as december 7, 1941. for on that date in 1931, the war we are now fighting began. the place was manchuria, the northern-most province of china. 6000 miles from san francisco. manchuria, the first objective in the tanaka plan. by september 18th the japanese, who by treaty patrolled the southern manchurian railway, had secretly and illegally increased their garrisons. on the korean-manchurian border an entire japanese army was

a letter from wolfgang panzer to his parents and siblings on third august 1918.culiar than anywhere on the front line. in artois and in french flanders, villages even kilometres behind the first position were nothing but piles of rubble, and it still occasionally fills me with dread when i look at the map and retrace our steps this spring through the scenes of carnage from the battle of the somme. everyone in our fatherland should have been there, and then they'd perhaps be better able to judge whether it was a wise move to retreat at the marne. we look upon the events without surprise and without the slightest fears, and i thank my creator for giving us leaders who have the courage and the sense of responsibility to confidently surrender what could only be retained through senseless bloodshed and for no purpose at all. so, we're remarkably untarnished, while the enemy, in a blind fury, drives one division after another to their destruction. everything will turn out for the best. that's all for today. your loving wolf. german the first piece of music this afterno

ditches into the german lines, popped up behind german lines, and popped up in the middle of a german panzer division that they didn't know was there. the battalion was destroyed almost to the last man. so there had been a real enthusiasm for these kind of operations in the mediterranean campaign. i think by the time of the normandy campaign, the notion was there's not going to be any -- not cute, there's not going to be any special way to do this. there's no magic bullet. it's going to have to be force on force, big metal on big metal, army on army. you mentioned the hammelberg raid. there's probably a few others. certainly the rangers scaling the cliffs, that's a special operation, as well, that we could point to. once the big armies had clinched in normandy, the beachheads were secure and the defensive positions were established, once the armies had clinched, there's just much less room for that sort of thing, i would say. >> rob, we have questions on the floor. another question on line sort of i believe will answer your last -- your last answer will answer this one. >> good. >> if the co

bulldogs painted haze gray with an iron -- you know, a black cross on 'em and being passed off as panzers. that movie was full of 'em, as were most of the early world war ii movies. you know, any tank is a tank, and off they go. no, it is not, but there you have it. i would do it better. >> another question from online. you've just finished a project down the road from us in baton rouge. >> baton rouge, yeah. >> "greyhound." it is directed by a certain someone who you have worked with a lot. can you compare the two directors of steven spielberg and tom hanks? >> well, tom didn't direct "greyhound." he wrote it and stars in it. it is a story of the battle of the north atlantic, a u.s. destroyer leading or shepherding a convoy of merchantmen across the north atlantic and the battle between you-boat wolf packs and the destroyers. it is from a book by c.s. forester called "the good shepherd." tom loves the book and he wrote the script and we did it down in baton rouge, shot aboard the uss kidd down there and recreated the kidd on the inside of a sound stage, put it on a gimbel so it would roc