One of my great-granddads died at Kursk. My grandfather grew without a father to look up to, but heard stories from his uncles about his father in that battle. Thank you for the video!

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Пусть земля ему будет пухом.

@sagardhillon9270

5 жыл бұрын

Respect to your martyred granddad's from india

@kyriakospentheides

5 жыл бұрын

Your granddad's sacrifice destroyed one of the worst regimes in history (the worst along with Angkar ''Khmer Rouge'' in Cambodia) so he has my respect.

@doggerlander

5 жыл бұрын

That's funny, my great grandad also died at kursk, but he was a German soldier.

@Nairam10

5 жыл бұрын

I am German and feel somewhat sorry for the losses of your grandfather. It´s your duty now to write those stories down... Maybe in this comment section?

The scale of battles in WWII eastern front dwarfs all others in human history.

@umaransari9765

5 жыл бұрын

banjiu10 agree I mean over million soldiers how

@Killzoneguy117

5 жыл бұрын

The Soviets lost more people at the Battle of Stalingrad than the United States would lose throughout the entire war. Something like 3 times as many casualties at Stalingrad.

@joepaul9855

5 жыл бұрын

By end of 1941 Soviets lost more men than all American wars combined

@TheEmperor0000

5 жыл бұрын

The problem was that the Soviets had little training and that’s why so many die

@W1se0ldg33zer

5 жыл бұрын

Not really. The battle of the Somme in WW1 had around 4 million fighting all at once across a broad front. 485,000 British and French casualties and 630,000 German.

“We need to strike immediately or use a more defensive strategy” Hitler: “How about neither?”

@b4nterontilt245

2 жыл бұрын

Nothing would change the result of Kursk

@Richard68434

2 жыл бұрын

@@b4nterontilt245 attacking 2 months early before the 3-ring defenses were completely dug could made it much easier to breakthrough.

@b4nterontilt245

2 жыл бұрын

@@Richard68434 Soviet defenses were weaker but Panzerwaffe as well. In march Germans had only 630 fully operating tanks. In July: 4000

@atheistyoda8915

2 жыл бұрын

@@Richard68434 Wouldn't change much. The German forces in the area would've been weaker without those extra 2 months. But in any case, they've already lost once Barbarossa failed so it was hopeless anyways. Best thing they could've done was to go on the defensive, preserve as much manpower/equipment/resource as possible and make the Soviets pay dearly for each attack. They'd still lose in the end regardless, though.

@re_loyola

Жыл бұрын

Hitler: *Nein!*

This channel is really different from all the others here on KZread. Heck, this is better then most of the educational classes I had growing up! This is really well done, I love how informational it is, how it's so linear and so well put. This channel deserves a medal!

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Happy to hear that. :-)

@sagardhillon9270

5 жыл бұрын

Bryant Van Miller Van Hendrix correction All these videos about Eastern front take German generals version of history who in their books don't provide primary source empirical evidence under us govt supervision nato west takes their word as official history of eastern front or great patriotic war. Also people never mention that vichi France italy Romania Hungary Austria CZECHOSLOVAKIA croats Galician s and Franco Spain Finland Baltic states Danes even Sweden provided men material and industries to German war effort . People don't count these and minimise German numbers and inflate Soviet numbers cold war propaganda had to do this to make Soviet look like untermansch subhuman who don't have feelings and are animals zombies they even repelled Japan in khalkan gol . Battle of Berlin had 300 thousand men from France alone . Also not mentioned is for most of the first two years German axis allies had greater manpower pool than than Soviets also Soviets are not just Russians they are Belarus Ukraine Georgia Armenia Azeri kaZakh tumen Cossacks etc . These numbers of men and material are one sided and highly suspect to say the least. Take the example of Czechoslovakia partition by Poland and Germany completely ignored along with British German pact and open adulation by capitalists of west towards Hitler and constant threatening statements by statesmen and capitalists towards Bolsheviks but mentions with religious repitition Soviet German pact which gave back western Belarus's and ukrainian back to Soviets meanwhile Stalin was already transferring crucial industries towards Ural mountains to protect them during imminent invasion . Also members of einsatzgruppen death squads and Wehrmacht generals war criminals were given refuge status and jobs by British and Americans to wage cold war . Halder the chief of general staff of Wehrmacht who gave written directive to Wehrmacht that no-one should be treated as civilian in Eastern front later died peacefully in America with book published by American military also giving him highest civilian award to troll Russians and rub salt on the wounds of Soviet society and disrespecting their sacrifice of Soviet martyrs of more than 15 million civilians and 8 million soldiers

@oceanhome2023

5 жыл бұрын

I wonder if the fall of the USSR opened up all files on these battles.

@doyleperkins4916

3 жыл бұрын

@@sagardhillon9270 What the hell are you trying to say? It is admirable that you have written in a language obviously not your native tongue; but next time, either proof read more carefully or have a native English speaker proof read your text for you.

@imperialguardsman5929

2 жыл бұрын

@@zeitgeistx5239 Oh really. Then whats the largest tank battle mr historian?

The fact that the tiny Normandy invasion gets all the glory, whilst this is something very few has ever heard about is fucking sad

@Aski2

4 жыл бұрын

@Imp Aug Jul Div Max British fought in North Africa in 1940 and 1941 when soviets were nazi friends yet.

@Aski2

4 жыл бұрын

@Imp Aug Jul Div Max It was much better than drink vodka with nazis, sign Ribbentrop Molotov pact and allow start the WW2!!

@natalyaanikina4873

4 жыл бұрын

​@@Aski2 What about the Munich agreement, bastard?

@Aski2

4 жыл бұрын

@Юрий Тойкичев You simply can not accept the truth. Ribbentrop Molotov or better say Hitler Stalin pact allow Germany start the WW2! Nazi Germany signed de facto friendship pact with Soviets. Even Stalin and soviet mas media called it as friendship act. Secret agreement to this pact alllow Germany attack Poland and Soviet agreed to attack Poland too! They both predicted next partitions of Poland between Nazi Germany and USSR! They agreed on new borderlines in Europe. Nazi agreed on Soviets occupations in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and push on Finland and Romania. These led to next Soviet aggressions and anexions of more lands in East Europe. Soviets also agreed to supply Germany with fuel, oil, iron,, metals, grain and other resources which helped Germany to wage predicted WAR! So, pact R-M was not simple non -aggression agreement as others. Any other non-aggressions agreements in Europe did not agree to attack on other countries and occupy them! So, do not llie about this Nazi Soviet friendship pact!

@Aski2

4 жыл бұрын

@Natalya Anikina Other crimes do not clear the charge of YOUR OWN CRIMES!

Something should be noted that the majority of the crew of those tank losses survive so manpower losses wasn't that severe. More importantly, Soviet held the battlefield afterward so they could recover tanks that could be repair while German tanks left there was total losses. This had seldomly happened before. Also, the number of losses shot up when Soviet overran the repair yards in the Offensives afterward.

@sagardhillon9270

5 жыл бұрын

What's the point it's one sided history these videos about Eastern front take German generals version of history who in their books don't provide primary source empirical evidence under us govt supervision nato west takes their word as official history of eastern front or great patriotic war. Also people never mention that vichi France italy Romania Hungary Austria CZECHOSLOVAKIA croats Galician s and Franco Spain Finland Baltic states Danes even Sweden provided men material and industries to German war effort . People don't count these and minimise German numbers and inflate Soviet numbers cold war propaganda had to do this to make Soviet look like untermansch subhuman who don't have feelings and are animals zombies they even repelled Japan in khalkan gol . Battle of Berlin had 300 thousand men from France alone . Also not mentioned is for most of the first two years German axis allies had greater manpower pool than than Soviets also Soviets are not just Russians they are Belarus Ukraine Georgia Armenia Azeri kaZakh tumen Cossacks etc . These numbers of men and material are one sided and highly suspect to say the least. Take the example of Czechoslovakia partition by Poland and Germany completely ignored along with British German pact and open pre war adulation by capitalists of west towards Hitler and constant threatening statements by statesmen and capitalists towards Bolsheviks but mentions with religious repitition Soviet German pact which gave back western Belarus's and ukrainian back to Soviets meanwhile Stalin was already transferring crucial industries towards Ural mountains to protect them during imminent invasion . Also members of einsatzgruppen death squads and Wehrmacht generals war criminals were given refuge status and jobs by British and Americans to wage cold war . Halder the chief of general staff of Wehrmacht who gave written directive to Wehrmacht that no-one should be treated as civilian in Eastern front later died peacefully in America with book published by American military also giving him highest civilian award to troll Russians and rub salt on the wounds of Soviet society and disrespecting their sacrifice of Soviet martyrs of more than 15 million civilians and 8 million soldiers

@melchiorvonsternberg844

5 жыл бұрын

The Sovjets didn't repair tanks very often. It was one- way material. Like their tank crews. And now you get, how they lose so many men...

@melchiorvonsternberg844

5 жыл бұрын

You get me wrong. On the march, they left the tanks mostly and give the job, to the third line troops. About the german tanks: Of course the were repaired, if it was possible. Very often, they were send back to the Reich and get upgrades. And what is this bullshit, about they were unable to repair their own tanks. German engineers and mechanics are allways in the top of the world. What for a kind of nonsense, do you wanna me convince of?

@melchiorvonsternberg844

5 жыл бұрын

Yep! It was about 600.000 Reichsmark. In comparison to a Panzer III, it was more than 5 times expensive. And nearly 7 times more, than a Stug III. But in this case, it isn't a question of the money. They enemies had such a favor in raw materials, that make it senseless, to fight them with a shear mass. The idea of the tiger was to fight the enemy first. And if they close enough to repeat, shock them with your heavy armor. This works very well, with enough support by Panzer IV- H and/ or Stug III- G. Btw. Did you know, how many enemy tanks were killed by the assault guns? 30.000... Only by the assault guns!

@gx.t4918

5 жыл бұрын

@@melchiorvonsternberg844 yet in every rational ww2 tank video the guy would tell u that the tigers were a total waste of resources...for one instance the tigers were useless in operations because the soviets basically look for breakthrough on a wide front instead of the narrow front theories of the German, so the frontline coverage from these scarce tigers or ferdinands or w/e fancy things are hopelessly small. It is exactly what the soviet doctrine want their enemy to do, build a very awesome machine that can stand its ground while watch the frontline being breached and the rear rampaged by deep battle operations. The soviets dont care how much is lost in the initial breakthrough, the enemy is gonna lose way more if they got the momentum started anyways, and tigers are jst the perfect tool to not stop that momentum.

The Eastern Front was by far the most brutal/violent/large scale battles of the entire War. There are still thousands of Soviet soldiers out on the battlefield, where they fell still holding their rifles and being dug up and given proper burial to this day. That shows how bad it really was.

Those Tiger tanks are basically mini-bosses by themselves.

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Yep, at that point, they were very difficult to kill.

@JohnJohnson-wh9md

5 жыл бұрын

All the time each countries Tanks regiments were not far away from each other. Long battles are very confusing, same anti-tank gun can be in soviet hands, then fall into germans and back. What gived Germand advantage was new Tiger tanks. Before russians hadn't encoutered them. These tanks had longer range than previous ones. That means they can shoot first. Cause soviets couldn't see german tanks, but predict from their shots were they were. All their shots back were far away from reaching tigers. In the battle of air North side was always contested, that means Germans didn't had air supiority, in the South After couples of days Germans had air supiority, thats were most of russian tank losses come. Just cause russians had 2 mln. troops doesn't mean they were all active on front. Germans quickly used all their remaining reinforcements in first days. During offensive stages they probably had more troops in engangement front than russians ones. The whole engagement probably took more than 2 months. Soviet counter-offense went north of kursk , it would had been easier to push germans in south, because of terrain. But pushing south doesn't give soviets strategic front advantages. While pushing north(which soviets did), gived them 2 options for next offense going south for romania oil or middle to cut german front in two pieces.

@TheMAXIFOD

5 жыл бұрын

4 tigers taking on an entire 4 soviet brigades, and the soviets actually consider it a win when they only lose 50 tanks when pushing them back... must have been a nightmare

@v44n7

5 жыл бұрын

@@TheMAXIFOD lol why you went from 0 to 100 in the agressionmeter? LOL

@TheMAXIFOD

5 жыл бұрын

​@@v44n7 dude the balls on a commie going around calling random people Wehraboos because they state what actually happened. It's like being called a racist for saying it was impressive what the brits did at Rorke's drift. In addition to that he just makes shit up, like loosing 80 tigers to 200 t-34s, which is also kinda of funny hearing a communist arguing that the financial loss in an engagement is more important than the manpower loss - very capitalist mindset.

Nice video to pump yourself up before watching Mundial. But in all seriousness though, I can't imagine how you much work it takes to take such big operations and squeeze all of the information about them into such relatively short video.

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

It is a chore. :-)

@heinrichrahm1531

5 жыл бұрын

Kamil Szadkowski poland - columbia lmao

@kamilszadkowski8864

5 жыл бұрын

Don't... even... fucking... mention... it...

@kamilszadkowski8864

5 жыл бұрын

+Kev Zebyś wiedział... dalej pozbierać się nie mogę

@rezkez5334

5 жыл бұрын

Nie zgadzam się Panowie - mimo wszystko z awansu cieszyć się można i trzeba. A że wkońcu znalazł się ktoś kto gra pod każdym wzgledem lepiej no cóż. Nie mamy drużyny z najwyższej półki więc prędzej czy później byśmy od kogoś dostali łomot i odpadli. Bardziej szkoda że przegraliśmy z Senegalem. Bo tam gdyby troche szczęście dopisało to mogło by się udać.

This channel has the best graphics I've seen. And the amount of information you put into these videos that last anywhere from 12 to 17 minutes is absolutely outstanding. Hats off to all of you who are built this channel. Thank you for your hard work. Keep it up. And one more thing those 30 individuals who disliked your video. They are from rival channels they mean nothing to the greatness of King of the generals.

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

This was awesome, just what I was waiting for and I can't wait for the next one! Devin was on as usual and your attention to detail is note worthy!

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! :-) The next video should be very interesting. :-)

@lukezuzga6460

5 жыл бұрын

Kings and Generals Can't wait to find out what it is, WWll offered so many hard fought battles in both theaters. I'm sure I will be glued to my screen!! Thanks guys.

Very well done. This is one of the best and clearest documentary on Op. Citadel. Strong point here is also the handling of the aftermath and consequences of this particular operation.

The production and graphics you used in this video are staggering, this channel has some great talent, and put a lot of effort into your videos, you deserve a lot of funding.

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! :-)

I was so happy to see this video this battle is almost always overlooked on alot of history channels I've looked at and in school thank you for making a video about this battle

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

well done, an excellent summary of the most intense tank battle of all time.

I get so excited when I see that you guys have released a new video, I immediately know I have something to listen to while biking to/from work!

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Glad to be a part of your week!

You never dissapoint to make awesome informative documentaries. Great work!

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear that!

Yay! I was waiting for this video from a very very long time. It has finally been created and uploaded. Thank you very much. _/\_

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching :-)

Hi, first of all, thanks for the great material you are creating. I really enjoy watching and learning from it. If I may suggest something to make this videos even better, please consider using different sizes for the different units to reflect either strength or size. I noticed sometimes that a battalion had the same size as a corps. Keep up the outstanding work!

You guys never disappoint. Love that you cover all eras of history. Keep up the good work

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

Tanks a million

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

:-)

@benyamaha4426

5 жыл бұрын

Wat?

@benyamaha4426

5 жыл бұрын

@@KingsandGenerals :D

@minehffd2651

3 жыл бұрын

@StopDrinkingClub Part of the joke, battle of Kursk was a tank battle.

Great video! I've always been curious about the specifics of Kursk as from the stats it looks like a German victory before you look at the campaign afterwards. I love the diverse range of videos you guys have been doing lately, keep it up!

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching :)

I always had questions about this battle. Thanks for answering some of them!

Once again , this is a great presentation ! Good job and thank you !

Those 4 Tiger I tanks that protected the flank at Prokochorvka. Imagine wave after wave after wave of tanks from 2 Soviet brigades coming after you.

@benedictodunsky2790

5 жыл бұрын

Imagine the crews couldn't sleep for days Imagine that loader's had to keep loading With only like 30-45 mins rest The gunner's that need to keep his eyes sharp through the time Man...

@davideric8250

4 жыл бұрын

Russians could damage them on sides and on top.. not front

@genekelly8467

4 жыл бұрын

@@benedictodunsky2790 they were well supplied with methamphetamine tablets-stayed awake for days.

@deg6788

4 жыл бұрын

@@genekelly8467 pervitin... And also they had Injections with 90%meth and 10%morphine

@annieroseloquinario2044

4 жыл бұрын

@@benedictodunsky2790 they use meth to stay awake.

Yes yes yes! Another amazing modern battle well covered. I am highly impressed guys, keep it up!

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

We will, thank you!

This is one of the best documentary I've ever watched.....good work keep up the great job

@KingsandGenerals

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

This a fantastic way to learn history, well done blending the different media formats into one singular animation.

So in total 3,000,000 men HOLY DUCK! That's like the population of Scotland

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, perspective is important to understand the sheer scale. :-0

@davidwallace4416

3 жыл бұрын

No that's like the population of Wales, Scotland has a population of 5 million 500 thousand.

@ThiccboiSalmon

3 жыл бұрын

@@davidwallace4416 You have to understand that the comment was made in the far far past, as such you are right that in the decades between, the population has risen. But yeah on a serious note, you are correct and I was actually thinking of Wales when I wrote it.

@shawnlynch9658

3 жыл бұрын

@@ThiccboiSalmon yeah right! Just admit that you made a mistake and move on!

@ThiccboiSalmon

3 жыл бұрын

@@shawnlynch9658 no

The best part about this video is it really underlines the bravery of both sides; the perseverance of the Russians to continue to fight whilst taking heavy losses. The bravery and experience of the Wehrmacht; to inflict VERY heavy casualties with a much smaller force, continuing to hold and fight on despite being heavily outnumbered. It really highlights the respect that both of these armies deserve. Ohh and of course, thank you very much for the Video!

@jillghjgkfdl2418

5 жыл бұрын

@@KingsandGenerals So Kings and Generals, does that mean that you support and deny the atrociousness of the British, French, Dutch, Belgian, American, etc. empires of WWII? Is it ONLY the Nazis and Soviets who were bad in your eyes, while the allies were shimmering heroes here to "save" the world, as most seem to believe - a world that these very "heroes" decimated and oppressed through their imperialist and religious policies for, in some cases, hundreds of years? The Nazis were the primary force in which ended this worldwide oppression of hundreds of millions of people, while the Soviet ideology was based on a fundamental belief that these policies of oppression - religion, capitalism, and imperialism - were things that needed to be destroyed. Attempt to run any nation that is surrounded by or at the least opposed by hostile empires (or former, post-WW2) and you yourself would end up with a hardcore security state.

@ludovicpirolley5540

5 жыл бұрын

@@KingsandGenerals I really appreciate that attempt at being neutral and apolotic about all those battles, strategists, kings, generals and soldiers from all around the world throughout history.On the battlefield, there is neither good nor evil but either life or death and defeat or victory. I also agree that bravery, skills, victory are not necessary a proof of chivalry, fairness, humanity, justice and morality.

@silverwolf6866

4 жыл бұрын

@@mattkierkegaard9403 Donkey's like Matt is the reason foolish tyrants continuously come to Russia when they are ready to die. The result is always the same but they keep thinking it will be different and that they are just 'hordes'. Thank you come again.

@jkhynes99

4 жыл бұрын

@@mattkierkegaard9403 to say the Russians were not brave negates you from any serious conversation

@Saguser-jl7dr7wy9t

4 жыл бұрын

@@mattkierkegaard9403 so my mother's uncle was a person from "enslaved horde"? What a nonsense! He is the person who willingly attended the War with a lot of other people who were enslaved ahaha, including Russians who "aren't" brave as you claim beated the trash out of the self-claimed highest race. Remember this fact each time you think about such rubbish.

Thanks for the graphic and sequential explanation of the battle.

This channel is growing to a good way. Good work and continue to give us more lesson

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

another WWII Eastern Front video - instant like. great job, more of that content, please!

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

We'll do!

I love how this channel has evolved keep it up and u should also do the battle of Normandy

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! Will consider!

Was hoping you would do a Kursk video! Hands down my favorite KZread channel!

Waited so long for this video! I'm super thrilled!!

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Hope, you enjoyed it. :-)

This channel is honestly a blessing

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the praise!

WOW I LOVED IT! More vids like this, from the WWI and II... And with that AWESOME animation

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks, more on the way!

Your documentaries are so clear and concise; superb presentation too!

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

U gathered a great amount of information 🔥 superb work bro 👍🔥

This is certainly one of the most decisive battles of World War II and im glad to see it on this channel. Well done Kings and Generals for yet again great animations and being able to explain such a key event in a relatively short time. This series is going great!

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! :-)

@cuchuoi12

Жыл бұрын

It was huge but not decisive. The German was already on the back foot before Operation Citadel. They just had to attack for the sake of attacking without much hope. Thus that is why it was the last offensive the German made on Soviet Union soil.

@cuchuoi12

Жыл бұрын

the most decisive battle in the eastern front is the battle of Stalingrad imo

@ryanabercrombie7966

Жыл бұрын

@@cuchuoi12 Stalingard put the Germans on the back foot to be sure, but it was only Operation Bagration that liquidated their ability to hold onto Russian soil

Quantity has a quality all its own

@jamestang1227

5 жыл бұрын

Stalin quote?

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

I think it is now debated if he really said that, but yeah, it is usually attributed to him. :-)

@sagardhillon9270

5 жыл бұрын

Also All these videos about Eastern front take German generals version of history who in their books don't provide primary source empirical evidence under us govt supervision nato west takes their word as official history of eastern front or great patriotic war. Also people never mention that vichi France italy Romania Hungary Austria CZECHOSLOVAKIA croats Galician s and Franco Spain Finland Baltic states Danes even Sweden provided men material and industries to German war effort . People don't count these and minimise German numbers and inflate Soviet numbers cold war propaganda had to do this to make Soviet look like untermansch subhuman who don't have feelings and are animals zombies they even repelled Japan in khalkan gol . Battle of Berlin had 300 thousand men from France alone . Also not mentioned is for most of the first two years German axis allies had greater manpower pool than than Soviets also Soviets are not just Russians they are Belarus Ukraine Georgia Armenia Azeri kaZakh tumen Cossacks etc

@sagardhillon9270

5 жыл бұрын

Gerry Street also you have to remember correction All these videos about Eastern front take German generals version of history who in their books don't provide primary source empirical evidence under us govt supervision nato west takes their word as official history of eastern front or great patriotic war. Also people never mention that vichi France italy Romania Hungary Austria CZECHOSLOVAKIA croats Galician s and Franco Spain Finland Baltic states Danes even Sweden provided men material and industries to German war effort . People don't count these and minimise German numbers and inflate Soviet numbers cold war propaganda had to do this to make Soviet look like untermansch subhuman who don't have feelings and are animals zombies they even repelled Japan in khalkan gol . Battle of Berlin had 300 thousand men from France alone . Also not mentioned is for most of the first two years German axis allies had greater manpower pool than than Soviets also Soviets are not just Russians they are Belarus Ukraine Georgia Armenia Azeri kaZakh tumen Cossacks etc . These numbers of men and material are one sided and highly suspect to say the least. Take the example of Czechoslovakia partition by Poland and Germany completely ignored along with British German pact and open adulation by capitalists of west towards Hitler and constant threatening statements by statesmen and capitalists towards Bolsheviks but mentions with religious repitition Soviet German pact which gave back western Belarus's and ukrainian back to Soviets meanwhile Stalin was already transferring crucial industries towards Ural mountains to protect them during imminent invasion . Also members of einsatzgruppen death squads and Wehrmacht generals war criminals were given refuge status and jobs by British and Americans to wage cold war . Halder the chief of general staff of Wehrmacht who gave written directive to Wehrmacht that no-one should be treated as civilian in Eastern front later died peacefully in America with book published by American military also giving him highest civilian award to troll Russians and rub salt on the wounds of Soviet society and disrespecting their sacrifice of Soviet martyrs of more than 15 million civilians and 8 million soldiers

@Rain-Man

5 жыл бұрын

Nice profile pic buddy

Your videos are most informative of all on this subject.

I swear, these animation just get better and better. I love your videos!

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! :-)

Jess never seen so much content makes wating 100% worth it.

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you! :-)

These guys never fail to amaze you. This is an art people, their creativity and commitment to history is quite inspiring and worthy of every praise it can receive. SUPPORT THEM !

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, do support us. :-) Thanks!

Very well done. Clear explanations and graphics.

Congratulations! You did a pretty awesome work resuming this humongous battle in a 13-minute video.

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

The amount of stress the Soviet commanders have to cope and endure is amazing. People who watch Military History Visualised knows what I am saying.

@aegystierone8505

5 жыл бұрын

It's almost like they were numbed to their own losses.

@jacobcook8740

5 жыл бұрын

Russians had space and weather mud and bad winter's factors Hitler did not account for and the sure heart and doggeness off the Russian army if the Germans were able to concentrate on the east front put all troops Russia would be soundly beaten air power would have destroyed the red army

@silverwolf6866

4 жыл бұрын

@@jacobcook8740 You realize he rushed to attack the soviet union because they were industrializing the country at a rapid pace. If he waited for their military industrial power to come fully up he would not be able to touch them. That is why he broke the agreement and attacked to get the element of surprise. Germany's entire army would have stood no chance at all if the war started several years after it did.

@stealmysunshine

4 жыл бұрын

I visited Leningrad in 1991. When you realise than 900,000 people died in one city you are just overcome by their sacrifice. In other words one single city had as many deaths in 900 days as the whole British empire in 6 years. I saw one single cemetary with 30,000 dead from the siege in alone

@jellyorwhat3343

3 жыл бұрын

@@poki580 Sure man, Kriegsmarine fought the battle of the Atlantic with 10% of its forces, 10% of Luftwaffe fought off Anglo-American bomber fleets and only 10% of Army was required to keep the entire continent occupied and fight in North Africa or Italy, because 90% have been in the East.

IN THE SOVIET UNION SUMMER 1943 TANKS LINE UP IN THOUSANDS AS FAR AS EYE CAN SEE

@rayswann7618

4 жыл бұрын

THEY WILL HAVE WAIT A MIN IM GOING FOR A WEE

@MARKCRASTO

3 жыл бұрын

@@rayswann7618 Sabaton! Panzerkampf!

Well done guys, once more you stepped it up with the quality.

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

So great Work. I like it, that you make videos about modern wars too. Good idea that you use the pictures of the generals and nice camara driving (is this the right word?). The Tankfight with the perspectives and the 3D version looks also good. Have a nice day :-)

Really good video! Would love to see an episode covering the Third Battle of Kharkov, where Manstein held the Soviet advance after the victory at Stalingrad

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Will consider!

This is it, Germany can't achieve victory in their main summer offensive. Really shows that the war will be lost at this point.

@mitanni0

5 жыл бұрын

Concensus among most historians is that Germany lost in December 1941. They had an early advantage due to preparedness (gearing up 4 war be4 the others). Germany lacked resources and manpower. The real showstopper was oil. A german victory at Citadel wouldn't have made much of a difference; except prolonging the war.

@IsmailRosli

5 жыл бұрын

mitanni0 Yeap, resources and logistics were their main weaknesses. Wasteful and inefficient procurement of armaments, tanks and planes. Over-engineering leading to even more wastage of materials.

@sagardhillon9270

5 жыл бұрын

Van Hendrix correction All these videos about Eastern front take German generals version of history who in their books don't provide primary source empirical evidence under us govt supervision nato west takes their word as official history of eastern front or great patriotic war. Also people never mention that vichi France italy Romania Hungary Austria CZECHOSLOVAKIA croats Galician s and Franco Spain Finland Baltic states Danes even Sweden provided men material and industries to German war effort . People don't count these and minimise German numbers and inflate Soviet numbers cold war propaganda had to do this to make Soviet look like untermansch subhuman who don't have feelings and are animals zombies they even repelled Japan in khalkan gol . Battle of Berlin had 300 thousand men from France alone . Also not mentioned is for most of the first two years German axis allies had greater manpower pool than than Soviets also Soviets are not just Russians they are Belarus Ukraine Georgia Armenia Azeri kaZakh tumen Cossacks etc . These numbers of men and material are one sided and highly suspect to say the least. Take the example of Czechoslovakia partition by Poland and Germany completely ignored along with British German pact and open adulation by capitalists of west towards Hitler and constant threatening statements by statesmen and capitalists towards Bolsheviks but mentions with religious repitition Soviet German pact which gave back western Belarus's and ukrainian back to Soviets meanwhile Stalin was already transferring crucial industries towards Ural mountains to protect them during imminent invasion . Also members of einsatzgruppen death squads and Wehrmacht generals war criminals were given refuge status and jobs by British and Americans to wage cold war . Halder the chief of general staff of Wehrmacht who gave written directive to Wehrmacht that no-one should be treated as civilian in Eastern front later died peacefully in America with book published by American military also giving him highest civilian award to troll Russians and rub salt on the wounds of Soviet society and disrespecting their sacrifice of Soviet martyrs of more than 15 million civilians and 8 million soldiers

@lewistaylor2858

5 жыл бұрын

the failure to give replacements to army group B in operation fall blau and stripping 9 divisions from the southern front when it was the main focus in 1942 was the biggest mistake, Stalingrad should have been an easy capture but 6th army received nowhere near enough replacements when they were available and as such ran a deficit of 50,000 men this would have won the battle and then the 6th army and 4th panzer army would be able to swing south and complete the operation for the caucasus oilfields. This would have changed the war as these two extra armies would have enabled the Germans to destroy the entire southern wing of the red army

@alexsamu3478

5 жыл бұрын

Without sendind forces to italy and western front wermacht would win this fight and the others..... i guarantee u

Please upload WWII videos more often! Nothing is more entertaining than this, and what's great is I learn from it all too!

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you, doing our best. :-)

nice overview understandably simplified to fit it into a short video well done

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Great video! Kings and Generals Pls consider completing Napoleonic wars S2

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Yes, soon!

When the fight devolves into a battle of attrition, quantity becomes a quality in and of itself.

@bp4187

3 жыл бұрын

yes. a point made frequently by Russian leadership

@freeman9738

2 жыл бұрын

That's not correct. The rate of suffering losses in batteles becomes the crucial thing, in other words, the ratio of losses to the initial forces. The greater that rate or ratio is, the more likely you're gonna lose the battle/war.

@AYVYN

Жыл бұрын

That isn't true. Ukraine is a counter-example. Zhukov was a master of combined-arms, had a chess like understanding of the battlefield, and his philosophy was altruism; not nihilism.

The battle I have read most about. Awesome video, Thanks!

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Thanks for a lovely presentation

This channel is just a masterpiece.

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Great research. Keep it up!

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Will do, thanks!

Bro ... Such great skills you have making these videos brother ... Keep em coming .... please keep continuing throughout the rest of the war on the Eastern Front ... Operation Bagration next !!!! then maby finish off with the Battle of Berlin !!!!

Y'all do some great work on here. Keep it up!

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching :)

Great Work Like Always And Plz Complete your Napoleon Bonaparte Series 😀😀😀

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

We will.

Amazing job! You portrayed the largest tank battle in history nicely. It was a stupid move for the Germans to attack this - doomed to failure from the start.

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

That debate will probably continue ad infinitum :-) I don't think there were any good moves left.

@jeremiahduran7238

5 жыл бұрын

Flash Point History they won the battle but lost the war ultimately.

@MuppetLord1

5 жыл бұрын

If the soviets had not been tipped off about the plan far in advance the Germans could have won and encirceled the army, would not have won them the war ofc as they had already lost way to much materiel and manpower.

@burnsboysaresoldiers

5 жыл бұрын

Flash Point History I know right? The Germans should have advanced and then dig in for the defense and waited for the soviet to go on the offensive. Basically would have been the battle in reverse. But hey we should be glad they lost

@alysondonizeti2633

5 жыл бұрын

Two channels i love S2.

Brilliant! The best visualization of the battle ever! Of course, much more could be added but with such time limits, it's just impossible. The last conclusion is very suggestive. There were alternative ways of the fight as well.

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! Indeed, compressing all of that into a short video is not easy, hopefully, we managed to cover the main points. :-)

@oskardumanski8538

5 жыл бұрын

You did it very well. PS. I gonna watch it again.

For t length this is t best Kursk vid I have ever seen. thanks. You covered t actions and goals of t commanders and units for t entire battle in just 13'. Yet, if I heard correctly, aop, you were down to such detail that you were describing t actions of a unit of just four tanks. Both breadth of scope and fine detail. I tip my hat to you.

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! :-)

Amazing! I have always thought that the Battle of Kursk was just a single major battle in one area I have never thought that there were a lot of skirmishes scattered in a much larger scale of land than I imagined And how modern military tactics/movement of the 20th century was Nice touch in covering them I have learned something today

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

@denisoko8494

4 жыл бұрын

@@KingsandGenerals The biggest tanks battle by a total number of tanks in the world history was near Brody(Ukraine) in 1941, thousands tanks more near Brody comparing to Kursk, so the Kursk battle in 1943 is the second biggest battle by number of tanks. Soviet/Russia tried to wipe out from history the Brody battle, it was an epic soviet fail, mostly all heavy loses related to the exceptionally bad general Zhukov(after Brody soldiers gave him nickname Butcher) command skills and attitude towards subordinates, and, of curse, lack of dozed thousands experienced Red Army officers been exterminated by Stalin before WWII. 2500+ tanks were lost by USSR and/or captured by Germany near Brody and about 8000 tanks total loses in Ukraine in consequent battles in 1941, all in a few months. And my relatives took part in WWII in Ukraine in 1941.

@S0ulinth3machin3

3 жыл бұрын

don't know if you're from the US, but they propogandized our history lessons a bit. My high school history materials don't even mention the Battle of Kursk even though it was either the 1st or 2nd most important battle in Europe in WW2.

@alexeysidelnikov2886

3 жыл бұрын

@@denisoko8494 Stop telling bullshit mate. In this battle soviets lost around 2600 tanks. The main reasons were: 1) It was the beginning of the war for the Red Army and the tank crews did not have any experience. Almost all tank drivers had just a small experience (2-5 hours of driving). At the same time, nazis had a huge experience which they got during the Blitzkrieg. 2) Most of the Soviet tanks were not modern and even modern ones like (KV-2 and T-34) could be easily hit by 8,8 cm FlaK 18/36/37. That was the main reason by the way. 3) Crews did not have enough armor-piercing shells because of the chaos in the Red Army which nazis made in the first months of the invasion. But sure you can continue bullshiting. Nobody really cares about your opinion lol

@denisoko8494

3 жыл бұрын

@@alexeysidelnikov2886 It doesn't matter modern or not were tanks near Brody in 1941, what matter is numbars of tank took battle, so it was the biggest tank battle in the world history, and yes, there were a lot light tanks from Germany and USSR sides, it was 1941, but there were modern T34/KV1 and Panzer III/IV in quantity, especially at a soviet side. The reason why russians don't like to mention this battle in their history is simple it was the epic fail and they lost everything, the root reason was the Stalin's Big Purge murdered 30000+ the most qualified and experienced soviet officers in 30th, those commanders who could implement USSR advantage in this battle in 1941, more over russians don't like to mention this battle because it was literarily bloody and personal general Georgy Zhukov fuck up which lead to loss most than millions soviet troops and most of the artillery, tanks, aviation and so on.

Switzerland eating popcorn since 1815

@billsmates9463

4 жыл бұрын

The cabal doesn't shit where it eats

@mikepravica2140

3 жыл бұрын

And storing gold for the fascist "elites" since then as well.

@user-be9rq5re2l

3 жыл бұрын

@@mikepravica2140 well i think they dont have a choice

Absolutely awesome channel ❤️

Loved watching this video! It was my first one from your channel, so well done, and I’ll be sure to watch your whole catalogue in due time! 🍺 HAVTIVS.

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Love your work! Another idea: Battle of Monte Cassino (Italy, 1943)

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! It is on the list!

Thank you for this excellent video. it was a great moment of history

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching! :-)

These WW2 videos were some of my favorite

Can I just say how much I appreciate that this documentary doesn't replay stock WWII footage like most docs? Thanks.

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Sure, we are always happy to hear the feedback. Some things are hard to show without the archive footage, but we try to keep it minimal.

When he said "The noose is getting tighter" it gave me shivers down my spine. Those poor men being thrown into a meat grinder.

Thanks for a great documentary on this battle. The size and scope of armor and men thrown into this conflict is stunning. The Russian death toll alone at Kursk was greater than the entire allied forces committed to Normandy on D-Day

Interesting and instructive video. Many thanks.

This was a great video to watch. I so want to see more on WWII battles from this channel. North Africa would be great. I want to see what this channel has to say about that. My compliments to those who made this video a reality.

Glad your doing modern wars too. helps a lot with my history a level course thanks. Some other ideas: 1. Battle of Hattin 1187 2. Battle of Vienna (1683 one) 3. Battle of Gallipoli 1915

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Yep, those are on the list.

@AdamNoizer

5 жыл бұрын

+Kings and Generals Awesome

The reasons the Soviets won was good confirmed intelligence. It allowed them to prepare defenses in depth. The Germans could outflank a position, but the second they outflanked, they would find themselves in front of another defensive position time after time.

@AdamSmith-gs2dv

3 жыл бұрын

Also better supply lines, Germany was running very low on resources once they reached Stalingrad

@deg6788

2 жыл бұрын

They (allies) had a spie in the German high command... They knew when and how the attack took place... Days before the attack...

@peterlustig6888

2 жыл бұрын

The chief of the german intelligence service was in the resistance

@simplicius11

2 жыл бұрын

"The reasons the Soviets won was good confirmed intelligence." Well, that intelligence was not coming from the British government, *but from the Soviet spies, the Oxford five in particular.*

@angelamagnus6615

2 жыл бұрын

Anti tank mines are cheap and easy to mass produce. They can be deployed easily to stop massed tank attacks,

I love this new type of video and this channel :-) ..... from a french fan

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you! We will soon start releasing the second season of the Napoleonic Wars, you will surely enjoy that. :-)

*I hope there will be more videos about world history and Vietnam. Thank you team, every video is good 👏🏻*

I haven't imagined that this battle is so much huge. It was like a hell on Earth.

@S0ulinth3machin3

3 жыл бұрын

Kursk and Stalingrad were the most important battles in Europe in WW2. By far.

@thunderbird1921

2 жыл бұрын

3 MILLION overall troops on this particular battlefield, and HALF A MILLION dead when it was over. The Soviets won these battles at one of the heaviest costs of any nation in history, it's no wonder Russia has population issues to this very day, they were often phyrric victories in some ways. There's a reason a grim saying goes "World War II was won by British intelligence, American steel and Russian blood".

my grandfather fought in the Red Army and I am proud of it, he reached the Oder River where he was seriously injured and sent to the hospital, I am proud of my grandfather!!!

@petergriffin7812

4 жыл бұрын

shut up

@jacksapps195

2 жыл бұрын

@@petergriffin7812 why are you saying shut up

So beautiful map, so amazing graphic :) Well done :)

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

Tanks alot Kings and Generals

Love the russian/german campaign! finally something else than the other allies campaign that you hear over and over again.

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Well, allied campaigns are also interesting, but Eastern Front is often forgotten, that is right.

@davideric8250

4 жыл бұрын

IN USA we all think it was only the Americans lol But the reality was it was the Russians who won against the NAZIS

@saigon68foxtrot83

3 жыл бұрын

So now, thanks to the Russians, the world is learning the truth on who actually won the war. WW2 in America and in the west will never be the same.

@IamScoHo

3 жыл бұрын

@@saigon68foxtrot83 Russia, thanks for the help island hopping Japan. And defeating the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain. And destroying the u-boats attacking the supply trains to your country. And for beating Germany's industry into submission with costly air raids. Yep, your might of numbers were significant in rolling back an exhausted army deep in your own territory. Thank you.

@tedodor1

3 жыл бұрын

@@IamScoHo I'll tell you one fact: more German troops died in Stalingrad than were in Africa in the entire campaign. But someone had to fight the Germans face to face, someone who had balls.

Bravo, bravo, Kings and Generals,

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Very informative thanks!

Great video seen it slightly late but I've been waiting for it for a while. And yes as a whole Kursk is the biggest tank battle in history but I would love to see a video for the battle of Dubno fought during operation Barbarossa, the single biggest tank engagement in history with more then 5000 tanks participating from both sides, much bigger then Prokhorovka or any other tank engagement during the battle of Kursk.

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! We'll consider it!

There is a pretty big issue when reporting tank “loses” on the German side that I wish history content creators would mention, though tragically very few ever do. The Germans never reported on how many tanks they lost at the end of battles like other armies. What they did report was how many operational tanks they had at the end of each day. That may not seem like a big deal but there are a lot of variables that can skew those “tank loses” people love to site. If the allies knocked out 50 tanks in a battle, but by the end of the day the Germans were able to repair 20 of those tanks to operational status by the end of the day AND possibly be resupplied 10 additional tanks as well then they would only report having 20 less tanks at the end of that day, even though 50 were knocked out in battle and historians announce only 20 tanks were lost. When historians fail to mention this and how the numbers being presented are calculated it leaves their audience with a false sense of damage inflicted by the allies against the Germans. I love battlefield videos like these and this is really well done, but I personally feel that audiences should be more aware of the system for figuring out loses and hope more people are made aware of the issues in reporting them. When I first heard about the German way of “reporting loses” I was fascinated. I encourage anyone actually reading this far into my comment to check out battle breakdowns by “TIK” who’s videos are crammed full of information and who is one of the very few I found that explain how others come up with German tank “loses” for battles.

@jaredkutney7075

4 жыл бұрын

Ic ive found a fellow tik viewer! yeah im pretty sceptical about the 50 soviet tanks killed by planes claim (7:50) im pretty sure the Soviets lost only a few tanks or none at all in that instance. Air power really only had a morale and disruption effect on tank columns without knocking out many tanks due to the inherent inaccuracy of dumb ammunition.

@Heritor7

3 жыл бұрын

Underrated comment, thank you. I was looking in the comments for something like this.

@waszkreslem9306

3 жыл бұрын

@@jaredkutney7075 planes efficiency as an antitank weapon is miniscule.

@chipschannel9494

3 жыл бұрын

Recovered and repaired tanks were possible only if they held the field of battle at the end of the day

@solomon2439

3 жыл бұрын

At the end of the battle, the Soviets reach the German rail heads. Apart from the rolling stock, they capture hundreds of Knocked out German tanks. These were waiting to be transported back to Germany. These are not recorded as losses by the German army. Similar are the Ukrainians [hiwi's] attached at Corp level in the German army, these helpers are said to have run off during the battle, when in fact they were drafted into the combat units to replace losses. Again, the Division ration strength does not change, so the losses to grenadiers and infantry looks lighter than it actually was. There were thousands of Hiwi's attached to the German Corps at Kursk.

Fascinating video! Thank you for uploading! Most of my relatives at the time was in combat in the East for the Wehrmacht. My Grandfather was in the 6th army 44th infantry division and saw action in Poland, France and Kharkov. He was later captured along with thousands of men at Stalingrad. Ultimately he lost 80 pounds of body weight moving around different Russian labour camps before finally returning home to Germany in the mid 1950s. His younger brother started off the war in the East as part of the 439th Regiment of the 134th Division and was at the battle of Moscow then later he was one of 9 survivors out of 1,000 men in his regiment to die in the battle of Kursk where he was injured. He survived the end of the war as part of the 512th heavy tank destroyer battalion as a loader for the Jagdtiger when he surrendered to the Americans in May 1945.

I'm amazed at the level of detail we still have about these fierce battles in WWII, incredible 👏

Thanks for the english subtitles.

It's interesting and probably quite meaningful to look at ww2 in the context of the German Blitz as a seasonal thing. Every summer they made massive gains. Poland in 1939, France and low countries in 1940. Barbarossa in 1941. Ukraine/Caucasus in 1942. The tide was turning overall, but stopping the Blitz in the summer would still be something completely new. 1943 was Kursk, but finally at a massive soviet cost, the German Blitz was stopped, and the rest of the war was little more than formalities.

@ericconnor8251

8 ай бұрын

Good point, although you could also add the Balkans campaign of 1941 where the Third Reich (following Mussolini’s Italian failures) invaded and occupied Yugoslavia, Albania, and Greece for the Axis Powers, with the first great paratrooper landing in history on Crete. It’s incredible to think this happened the same year as the push for Leningrad and Moscow in Operation Barbarossa, as well as the British led Operation Crusader in the North Africa campaign to cross the Axis powers’ line of control along the Egyptian border to relieve the siege of Tobruk in Libya.

@tomassmolen9443

5 ай бұрын

Kursk was draw and Stalingrad defeat of Romanians and Hungarians, check operation Mars with German victory over Soviet@@ericconnor8251

I have to say after Stalingrad video ,I was waiting for Modern Warfare desperately and man it was Awesome Salute..

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Fantastic work!