'Are These the Rarest Vehicles of World War Two?'

In their latest challenge video, Luke Tomes and Louee Dessent attempt to track down the greatest monster vehicle of World War Two at Armour & Embarkation 2022, an immersive historic event which brings together dozens of original vehicles from the Second World War.

In June 1944, the sleepy country lanes of Dorset were awakened by the deafening
noise of men and machinery as the Allies prepared for their invasion
of Nazi-occupied Europe. Not only hundreds of thousands of men,
but also tens of thousands of vehicles would need to be shipped
across the channel to Normandy.

In this video, History Hit presenters Luke Tomes and Louee Dessent travel to the south coast of England, where roughly 70 to 80 genuine World War Two vehicles (including jeeps, motorcycles, trucks, halftracks, wreckers, armoured vehicles and even Sherman tanks) would, perhaps for the last time, be heading in convoy from Broadmayne village though the leafy back roads of Dorset, passing by the world famous Bovington Tank Museum for a static display and demonstration runs before heading to Dorchester to be met by crowds of military enthusiasts.

The team's challenge was to find
some of the biggest, rarest and most impressive vehicles of the Second World War.

Among the contenders were the M26 Pacific Dragon Wagon, the M4 High Speed Tractor, the Lloyd Carrier and the Mack NO 7½-ton 6x6 truck pulling a "Long Tom".

But who would find the ultimate monster vehicle of World War Two?

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00:00 Introduction
01:19 Vehicle Preparations For D-Day
04:54 Moreton Forest
06:00 Bovington Tank Museum
06:32 M3A1 Halftrack
07:52 Military Training Ground
10:31 Convoy Enters Dorchester
11:24 Vehicle: Loyd Carrier
15:43 Vehicle: Mack NO Truck & "Long Tom"
17:51 Vehicle: M26 Pacific Dragon Wagon
21:37 Vehicle: M4 High-Speed Tractor
26:20 Monster Vehicle Challenge Winner