Stalin didn't, millions of unnamed soldiers who died did it

@robt400

8 ай бұрын

And stalin

@thatbeme

8 ай бұрын

Yes

@marekbrodowski7225

8 ай бұрын

@@robt400 Stalin killed more soviet citizens than Hitler did

@fmbbeachbum8163

8 ай бұрын

@@robt400 no

@SimonAshworthWood

8 ай бұрын

The soldiers who survived also achieved that victory.

The battle of Stalingrad was the greatest turning point of WW2 in Europe. I read the book of it when I was 13 years old. Very impressive and unforgettable war history in WW2.

@rifekimler3309

8 ай бұрын

The greatest turning point was the battle for Moscow in 1941. Fritz Todt told Hitler the war was lost in mid-November 1941 and he was correct.

@antoniodavi5392

8 ай бұрын

Stalingrad was largely useless as Germany had lost the war even before Moscow

@loganrieck4750

8 ай бұрын

​@@rifekimler3309Nah, it was Stalingrad, which decisively changes the orientation of the Eastern Front from a German advance to a retreat and a continuingly high morale Soviet advance. Moscow was important but wasn't able to wear down the Germans as much as Stalingrad to effectively change the orientation of the war.

@xne1592

8 ай бұрын

@@loganrieck4750 nah, it was Moscow...

@berobujanovi4331

8 ай бұрын

Nah it was Leningrad

My Dad was a Merchant Marine during the war and told me horror stories of the convoys of liberty ships delivering supplies through the N Atlantic up into Russia. When they weren't dodging U-boats they were busy chopping ice off the decks to keep the ships from capsizing. The ships were loaded and even had equipment tied down on the deck. In one case I remember him telling about a railroad locomotive strapped down on the deck. One time he was so tired when they arrived in port at Russia that he slept through a attack on the port by German bombers and woke up to find that the pier they were tied to was burning.

@jamesheath7596

7 ай бұрын

My father too.

@userfile007

7 ай бұрын

Very brave man, you must be very proud of him.

@thebagelsproductions

7 ай бұрын

Those convoys allowed Leningrad to withstand the brutal 2 year siege

@sonsofisaacs1091

6 ай бұрын

I my self service on WW1 WW2 and now ready for WW3.. No one thanks me,eh..😁😁😅

@nudaveritas6322

6 ай бұрын

Funny, the opposite force of Russia delivering Weapons to them...............

I am totally addicted to these stories of the Eastern front. They are put together very well and with the diary included it enhances the experience. Very well done!

@shawnastephens1536

4 ай бұрын

I am to. My husband thinks I'm 🤪 crazy. I tell him he's crazy 🤪 over his addiction to ⛳ golf.

@TedBoyRomarino

3 ай бұрын

Watch Soviet Storm. Most complete documentary about it.

@jesperFrost

2 ай бұрын

Have you watched Battlestorm Stalingrad by TIK History?

@American4UAF

Ай бұрын

Check out blood red snow

Fun fact: Stalin was a successful bank robber in his early career :). He organized and led few robberies including (at the time) famous 1907 Tbilisi center bank robbery, making away with 350,000 rubles (a lot of money in 1907!) and leaving 6 people dead and 40 wounded.

@HistoryHit

8 ай бұрын

Very interesting fact! Thanks!

@khizani

8 ай бұрын

@@HistoryHit Thank you so much for responding! Love your channel!

@muscuut

8 ай бұрын

True

@bloodrave9578

8 ай бұрын

I wish there was a Stalin mask on Payday 2 as reference to that fact

@kpaxchocho3327

8 ай бұрын

He also secrificed the lives of his own people to save the world from NAZIs.

When Hitler invaded the Soviet Union, he found himself playing tennis on a football field.

@jamesemis7376

7 ай бұрын

He nearly won, most other nation would have already crumbled, only the Russian people have the endurance and tenacity, second only to the Japanese

@userfile007

7 ай бұрын

@@jamesemis7376 Also due to superior soviet strategy (eventually!) and Hitler’s daft decision of a war on 2 fronts!

@shhinobii

5 ай бұрын

@@jamesemis7376And the Vietnamese

@jordanthomas4379

4 ай бұрын

More like foosball on a rugby field.

@terraflow__bryanburdo4547

3 ай бұрын

​@@shhinobiiAnd the Finns and Brits.

🤔 I wish that HBO would make a mini series Stalingrad with all the battles beginning to end. With all these historical details, I would love to see that!!!!

@pinboy81

8 ай бұрын

I find it hard to believe that someone will be able to do such a miniseries, taking into account the political situation in the world (with Russia's invasion of Ukraine), maybe in 15-20 years, who knows

@Kanovskiy

8 ай бұрын

I would not. They'll cram some nonsense there, they'll probably make Chuikov a woman and Paulus will be played by a dwarf etc.

@ivanivanovich5121

8 ай бұрын

I'll recommend you the series SOVIET STORM !

@meanstarfish

8 ай бұрын

tik history battlestorm stalingrad, is a very good one and with a lot of details

@marlkarx1757

8 ай бұрын

​@@pinboy81the US always whitewashed in past and current crimes so it should be no problem.

Absolutely excellent documentary by historians James Holland, Guy Walters, Sarah Ashbridge and Iain MacGregor. Such a detailed and accurate description of the circumstances related to Stalingrad, in just one documentary. One of the questions , that raise from documentary is question , what's really happened with German high command between AH orders No.41 and 45. It is so contradictory, that it is very difficult for generals and the army to act in the circumstances of issuing such diametrically opposed orders. Very few historians talk about it, because probably the answer to that is impossible to get any more today.

@mickymally1

4 ай бұрын

shite and shite from you

@stephendavis6066

3 ай бұрын

It is not such an accurate narrative, most seems just conjectured. Do you want real information real history see TIK history, the level of detail there makes this look like tiddlywinks...

A+. The first hour was even better. Rich. Many insights, smart views. Somehow I had not learned that Zhukov offered those generous terms! Details on the attempted relief force was handled well by you, incl that taller parts of Stalingrad were visib to them, and that Kessel could see fireworksk/flares of relief force. Refreshing view, rating, analysis of G forces' quality, generally minimized by most in fear of idolizing or too much praise.

@voraciousreader3341

8 ай бұрын

Gee! If you had read history instead of watching it, you could have known lots of things about Stalingrad years ago, lol! A great book on this subject is Antony Bevor’s, _”Stalingrad: the Fateful Siege, 1942 - 1943.”_ This was the most devastating battle in history, and deserves being read about. Anyway, it sounds as though these guys aren’t the first to report this to the world….imagine that! Seriously, though, the *Armageddon* KZread channel has so much information about Stalingrad, because their history is mostly accurate. They also have translated some fairly recently released Soviet documents of the period which include translated meetings and conversations, including that which took place at FM Friedrich Paulus’ surrender at Stalingrad.

The Americans in the late 1944/early 1945 Ardennes offensive copied the German mistake by not providing adequate winter clothing. Many frostbite injuries. Six years later the same happened at the Chosin Reservoir in North Korea.

@annoyingbstard9407

7 ай бұрын

How many?

@bjornsfather

7 ай бұрын

No winter clothes or galoshes for those troops in Italy as well. Ardennes one example same with comparable weapons for the Marines in the Pacific at the start of the war

@yoyyoy6376

7 ай бұрын

Crazy how we still managed to control the world regardless of your claims 😂

@garyhill2740

Ай бұрын

The weather in the Ardennes that year was the coldest in living memory at the time. It was not normally THAT cold there. And major operations were not expected until the first of 1945. Not really the same thing as launching THREE of the largest armies in history into Russia with no provision for winter fighting. Lol.

@AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg

Ай бұрын

It's the weight of heavy clothing that's the most precient factor

All of these historians tend to leave out the part where Manstein told Hitler not to let Paulus break out. Manstein believed he could break the sixth army out himself. Manstein had the benefit of surviving the war therefore he was able to rewrite history.

@davidjackson2179

7 ай бұрын

TIK history shows that Pauli’s probably could not have broken out even if he had decided to do so early in the encirclement

@jamesemis7376

7 ай бұрын

From my readings, Manstein asked Paulus to break out, but paulus forces doesn't have the strength to break out at that moment.

@capoislamort100

7 ай бұрын

@@jamesemis7376he waited too long.

@davidobriend8560

5 ай бұрын

​@jamesemis7376 Paulus asked manstein multiple times about the status of the breakout prior to manstein giving the go ahead. Manstein directed Paulus to wait. Manstein needed more troops, which he couldn't get. Hitler had already written off 6th army (probably rightly so). Hitler had to deal with Russian attacks on the eastern front (operation Mars near moscow was bigger than Uranus). Also Goering deputy told Hitler that they could do the airlift, however, his deputy came back about 36 hours later saying that they couldn't maintain the pocket.

@AndthenthereisCencorship-xc6yi

5 ай бұрын

Well, Von Paulus survived the war too, my friend.

Why are you blurring all the pictures of death? Show these images to really show the horror of war to everyone.

@neal.karn-jones

7 ай бұрын

It's so when the next war comes we will have forgotten how bad they are and happily fight.

@FrederickTheGrt

7 ай бұрын

It may effect funding for the Ukrɐine war.

@FuckGoogle2

3 ай бұрын

Nanny KZread rules.

@Teebone211

2 ай бұрын

You Tube blurs these vids out.....

The phrase uttered by Marshal Zhukov to Rokossovsky back in 1945, immediately after the capture of Berlin: “We liberated them, and they will never forgive us for this“................. He knew...

@furiacabocla2furiacabocla589

3 ай бұрын

Knew what ??? How many lies a nazi lover can say as you are saying now ?? Thanks to USSR to win the nazis, because the Ocident would not manage the task.. They were nazi too. In US and England there were well stablished a great bunch of Adolf minions and servants.

@scottmartin7042

3 ай бұрын

He knew............ What? What exactly did he know?

@petr416

3 ай бұрын

@@scottmartin7042 He knew west will attack Russia again in the future...

@jerrymartin4450

3 ай бұрын

​@@scottmartin7042 yeah bruh. The f he talking about? He knew what......

@mito88

2 ай бұрын

that they will never forgive us for this ​@@scottmartin7042

Actually upset about the severe lack of Uranus jokes…

@saidtoshimaru1832

8 ай бұрын

49:46

The fact that this is free on KZread is awesome great video 👍

It was very interesting and made me look at the event from a new perspective. Thanks for the speakers.

Stalingrad defines the whole WW2 not just the war in the east front.

@stevenschnepp576

2 ай бұрын

Only Soviet revisionist historians consider the Eastern Front actually important to anyone but the Soviets. The only thing accomplished there was the loss of life; one does not win a war by killing alone. Germany was doomed from the get-go, because they were never going to get Roosevelt to join the Axis.

Battle of Stalingrad the bloodiest battle in eastern front . Soviets fought back and after this victory they ended their advance after they occupied berlin. Brilliant doc. We always appreciate your time and dedication towards these videos. Love from Sri Lanka ❤️🇱🇰🤝🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿.

@davidcolley7714

8 ай бұрын

Stalingrad was the bloodiest battle not just on the eastern front, but in all of history

@fpscanada3862

8 ай бұрын

they only stopped advancing because the anglo-american army was right in front of them

@dopaminedreams1122

7 ай бұрын

@@fpscanada3862”Anglo American” is not a real term, the Americans are a mix of Germanic, Celtic, French and Saxon etc. calling them, Canadians or even British “Anglos” is beyond stupid and straight up racist

@fpscanada3862

7 ай бұрын

@@dopaminedreams1122 honestly i couldn't care less. It is in no way racist. the term anglo is originally used to refer to people who speak english, and has since been used to describe people of english descent. Amazing how people will use the term racists for anything they don't like. anglo-american aka british and american. (obviously french, canucks, poles, and whoever else was fighting in western europe for allies) "bEyOnD sTuPiD aNd StRaIgHt uP rAcIsT"

@jrmckim

7 ай бұрын

​@dopaminedreams1122 It is a real term..... and extremely valid. I think you need to learn more about American heritages. Saying Americans are only from Western Europe is "straight up" racist. Its hilarious that you called someone racist while saying the most racist thing about Americans. Not only racist but also ignorant.

Want to thank you people for providing us these tales,lest we forget war is a horrible thing. Thank you providers of this channel for sharing the historical facts.

Excellent film, a big thank-you to the historians!

0:00: 💥 The battle for Stalingrad played a defining role in World War II, resulting in the deaths of nearly 2 million people and paving the way for Stalin's victory over Hitler. 10:43: 🔥 Hitler orders an attack towards Stalingrad and the wider offensive in southern Russia, despite doubts and the misconception that the Soviets were finished. 19:40: 🔥 Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union was driven by his hatred for bolshevism and his theories of racial superiority, envisioning it as a war of annihilation to give himself more living space for the Third Reich. 28:19: 🔥 The intense fighting in Stalingrad between German and Soviet forces, with the Soviets hanging on by their fingernails. 36:30: 💥 The battle for Stalingrad intensifies as German forces face heavy casualties and Soviet resistance in the city, while Hitler remains optimistic about victory. 48:05: 💥 Operation Uranus was launched by the Soviets, led by Zhukov, to surround and annihilate the German sixth Army in Stalingrad. 59:48: 😢 German troops trapped in Stalingrad face a hopeless battle as Hitler refuses to allow a breakout. 1:08:38: 💔 The Battle of Stalingrad was a devastating defeat for the German army, resulting in the surrender of the Sixth Army and the death of hundreds of thousands of soldiers. 1:20:07: 💔 The fall of Stalingrad marks a turning point in World War II, leading to a psychological blow for Hitler and a transition in the war. Recap by Tammy AI

@johneiden7208

8 ай бұрын

Thanks!!

@mirquellasantos2716

8 ай бұрын

Wow, that was a great summary- thanks.

@mohammed-tg5ci

8 ай бұрын

Thanks mate That a good summary

@Yasser.Osman.A.Z.

8 ай бұрын

Thank you sir

@julioaranton461

8 ай бұрын

two tyrants; one w/1/2 brain?

0:50 In Sarepta, downriver of Stalingrad. The building (N 48.5169°, E 044.5219°) is still standing in 2023. The building & tower at right are also still standing.

This is the best channel on YT!

whats the name of this documentary and of what series is it ?

Good archival film footage marred by projection on a brick background. World at War series from the 70s was much more impactful with narration by Lawrence Olivier and a tremendous score

Very comprehensive and crystal clear historical account presented by well read seasoned reporters! Thnx for sharing this educative if scary video. My subscription assured henceforward.

@cezaryrak-ejma2436

Ай бұрын

If you're thinking that this was a comprehensive presentation of the battle of Stalingrad, then prepare for a mind-blowing experience kzread.info/dash/bejne/jGSurJKlgNSXhbg.htmlsi=zrlHhYk4YL3umYJI

@ngandosambalundula8183

Ай бұрын

@@cezaryrak-ejma2436 Am grateful to you for having sent me this equally scary war documentary! How I wish human civilisations were proactively peaceful and utterly devoid of violent bloodletting, for both parties involved do suffer irreparable and indicible human and infrastructure losses!

I truly believe I have an addiction to everything A-Z, all aspects,and everything to do with WW1&2/Cold war I’ve run out of documentaries lately which has led me to start watching old docs on ww2 and audiobooks but I can say without a doubt history hit always comes in clutch like my fix for these extremely informative and well put together documentaries. It all started with the book solider x in 2006 when I was 14. Anyone else have this addiction too?😂

@jjm4371

8 ай бұрын

have u checked out the day by day series by timeghost?

@supertiger1979

8 ай бұрын

🤚

@hernaneagias1063

8 ай бұрын

Absolutely for me, because those wars never happened just because of humanity's struggles for superiority, but were the fulfillment of Biblical prophecies, precisely as decreed by God

@antonyjkeenan

8 ай бұрын

Me too my friend are you a fan of secrets of war by Charlton Heston lol its an addiction

@Mr47jz

8 ай бұрын

@@antonyjkeenan yessir! Probably one of the top 10 series ever. Currently trying to finish listening to gulag archipelago which is absolutely phenomenal if you haven’t read/listened to. Generation War is also a great TV series portraying WW2 from the Wehrmacht pov.

“The law is to die for Germany” Yet when things got tough, he took his own life. Coward

@MrDaiseymay

8 ай бұрын

Arse licker Goebells did the same, just after that speech to thousands, ( old men and young Boys) asking them if they want ''Total War'' to a massive heil Hitler, and salute. After he said, It was sickening, if I'd ask them to jump out the window they would do it.'

@tbay1959

8 ай бұрын

He didnt take his own life. he fled to Argentina which was also facist at the time.

@jackieratcliff8266

8 ай бұрын

He lived another life by the name of Walt Disney.

@bananaempijama

8 ай бұрын

He even said, during Nuremberg trials, "in the future there will be statues of me all over Germany " Coward and delusional.

@XtreeM_FaiL

8 ай бұрын

@@tbay1959 and build a space ship to fly to moon.

Saying stalin won over hitler completely ignores the millions of lives lost

@Reignor99

7 ай бұрын

its just a title

@user-nx5ks3tl6w

5 ай бұрын

Но не отменяет этот факт!

On the 31st January 1968 my father passed away. A mere 25 years to the day when Stalingrad was liberated!

@shamilabdullah9996

6 ай бұрын

😢

It's hilarious to think of two dictators signing any kind of "agreement". Any two dictators, anywhere, anytime.

@hj8750

2 ай бұрын

Буквально каждый американский президент или британский премьер министр совершили столько преступлений сколько не сделали диктаторы, но ЭТО ДРУГОЕ!🤡

Great documentary ❤it's very entertaining 👏 👍

@MrDaiseymay

8 ай бұрын

really? get it set to music.

Great watch, I learnt so much from this video

@HistoryHit

8 ай бұрын

Glad to hear it!

I have been listening to Germans soldiers diaries. 1941 and 42 on the Eastern front, regardless of the seasons, are not the cakewalk for the German military many a documentary might lead one to believe. The Dec. 6th, 1941 Russian counteroffensive north of Moscow isn't even mentioned in this video. No mention of Khrushchev's role in the battle of Stalingrad.

@jamesemis7376

7 ай бұрын

Initially it looks like a cakewalk for the germans...later on their lines becomes too extended and the russian stiffen their backs

@terraflow__bryanburdo4547

3 ай бұрын

Hitler stalled the Sixth with the world's biggest traffic jam at Rostov-on-Don. Lost precious weeks which allowed the Soviets to regroup.

@1974charlatan

Ай бұрын

why would a documentary about stalingrad {AUG 42-FEB43} have a need to mention the counter attack in moscow {DEC41} it has no relevence also Khruschevs role as a political commisar would mean nothing if he had not later became the leader of the soviet union

@terraflow__bryanburdo4547

Ай бұрын

@@1974charlatan He is talking about the Rzhev meat grinder which was in parallel with Stalingrad. Kind of a strategic setback or dead end for USSR, due to extreme casualties.

The soundtrack was as enjoyable as the documentary itself! And the voice over artist was an added treat ;)

I'm so used to the reaction genre that the thumbnail made me think they brought back Stalin to react to the battle. "Expert dictator reacts to the battle of Stalingrand."

It was the bloodiest battle in the history of the world. Not just the bloodiest of ww2.

@thomasshelby1922

8 ай бұрын

Checkout TikHistory’s Battlestorm Stalingrad you get to walk through the lead up to Stalingrad and then day by day every decision and troop movement & what the reality was and why decisions were made not just these sweeping narratives.

@lemon_j

8 ай бұрын

@@thomasshelby1922Yes, good call. That channel is very detailed. I've watched his vids.

@terraflow__bryanburdo4547

3 ай бұрын

It wasn't even the bloodiest of 1942-43. Rzhev Meat Grinder.

James Holland: My favourite historian

@aesop8694

8 ай бұрын

@smahakarah5102. Why??

@allghilliedup21

8 ай бұрын

I LOVE how when he talks about Hitler's blunders, he's so condescending (in a good way). Almost like "You're so stupid, Hitler."

"The German invaders want a war of extermination with the peoples of the U.S.S.R. Well, if the Germans want to have a war of extermination, they will get it.” (Loud and prolonged applause.) Joseph Stalin 6 November, 1941.

@savy1917

8 ай бұрын

Absolute chad

@AsphaltCowboyUSA

7 ай бұрын

In the Russian revolution and during the early 2 decades of the SU more people were killed and ended up in Gulags. Stalin is the same criminal like Hitler, no difference.

@kenhart8771

7 ай бұрын

Yeah it was war and atrocities on both and all sides of the war. Don’t forget the Russia/USSR war with the Ukrainians in 1917/21 and the Holodomor 1932/33 killing between 3 - 10 million Ukrainians. Beside invaded neighboring countries. Another mass killing sociopath.

@Occident.

5 ай бұрын

Germany invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941, because the Soviets were planning to invade Western Europe in the July of 1941. Spies tipped off Hitler. Operation Barbarossa, the Germans invasion of the Soviet Union was a pre-emptive strike!

A true history lesson, even today! Many thanks & Best regards from Bucarest ROMANIA 🍀☀️👏🤝

Battle of Moscow showed the war wouldn't be short, or easy. Battle of Stalingrad that Russia wouldn't lose. Battle of Kursk that Germany couldn't win, no matter the effort. Operation Bagration that Germany would lose, soon, and decisively. Within 9 months Germany was a defeated heap of rubble.

@neal.karn-jones

7 ай бұрын

I agree with that summary

@patrickstephenson1264

4 ай бұрын

Battle of Berlin: Shit's fucked.

It sucks that this doc doesn’t include any mention of the German holdouts in the ruins of Stalingrad. Some held out until March in basements, sewers and anywhere a person could hide amongst the rubble.

@annoyingbstard9407

7 ай бұрын

I don’t think an idiot hiding in a sewer made much difference to Stalingrad or the war in total.

@terraflow__bryanburdo4547

3 ай бұрын

Like covering Saipan without mentioning Japanese who held out for decades after? 😂

There could not be a more appropriate score for this battle than Mozart's Requiem.

The fall of Stalingrad in early 1943 kicked off 6 very bad months for Adolf. The Allies finally win the Battle of the Atlantic, ending the U-boat threat and unleashing America's war materials flow to England and the USSR. The Allies defeat the Nazis in North Africa, and then successfully invade Sicily. The Nazis lose the Battle of Kursk, biggest tank battle in history. This is the last major Nazi offensive action on the eastern front.

I still get sickened to this day every time I hear the words the 6th army.

If your combining Stalingrad with Uranus, it is definitely up there, but if we're lumping things together, wouldn't the series of counteroffensives around Rzhev, including Zhukov's Operation Mars, be the bloodiest? The Soviets downplayed it as best they could, in the history but that section of the front had more men/equipment dedicated to it, then Uranus.

@j.h.1328

8 ай бұрын

True . I think Battle of Kursk was also not the biggest tank battle . The soviets downplayed these battles because of the big losses , some due to tactical failures.

@teamrecon2685

8 ай бұрын

Those attacks at Rzhev tied up German forces that could have been shifted south.

@NjK601

8 ай бұрын

@@teamrecon2685 They definitely had a value, even if terribly gained, I was just taking issue with the videos title, about the "deadliest battle", though understand they are just aiming for the widest audience.

Great video

Excellent, one of the best documentaries I've seen on Stalingrad.

@terraflow__bryanburdo4547

3 ай бұрын

The Brits win the documentary front every time.

@cezaryrak-ejma2436

Ай бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/jGSurJKlgNSXhbg.htmlsi=zrlHhYk4YL3umYJI

I've read articles on the house of Pavlov, a sergeant who commanding a platoon held out for approximately 58 days, it would have been interesting to add that.

@dmitryletov8138

8 ай бұрын

This one house lasted longer than France in 1940

@MJ-it8ru

8 ай бұрын

Pavlov's house is a propaganda story, not a specific event

@dmitryletov8138

7 ай бұрын

​@@MJ-it8ru it is a specific event, not propaganda story, read US historians or watch them.

@ms1535

3 ай бұрын

It was common for the Russians to embellish or create heroic acts to boost morale. TIK History cuts thru the propaganda and gives the most accurate events surrounding Pavlov’s House. BTW, many battle actions were staged by Russian filmmakers. Such as the celebration by the soldiers when they finally linked up surrounding the Germans. The storming of the ReichStag was also redone for the cameras. And the raising of the flag over the building was staged. Their are several different pics and film versions of that event.

great video

I would dearly love to find that someone has written a comprehensive record of the unbelievably massive effort to move industries out of reach, beyond the Urals! Nice subject for a Thesis?

@anab0lic

Ай бұрын

I think the book you are looking for is called : Fortress Dark and Stern: The Soviet Home Front during World War II

Don’t forget the Russian victory at Kursk .

My grandfather was in Stalingrad. The fact that I am alive today is a fcken miracle.

@RuheAgir

7 ай бұрын

which side was he on

@Yusheesan

7 ай бұрын

@@RuheAgir Soviet.

Please, what is the musical piece playing at about 9 minutes in?

Good analysis

One of the ironies was that several German Generals, including Rommel and Guderian, told Hitler that Stalingrad was just a place on a map, and was not that important of a conquest for the Germans. It became important to Hitler because it was named Stalingrad. If it had been named "Jonesville" it would not have been attacked.

@waynerobert7986

7 ай бұрын

Myth. There were reasons to advance to the Volga and Stalingrad that were nothing to do with its name. 6 Armee was to secure the city and protect the flank of Army Group A which were advancing into the Caucasus.

@wingedhussar1453

7 ай бұрын

​@waynerobert7986 why didn't nazis just encircle stalingrad

@waynerobert7986

7 ай бұрын

@@wingedhussar1453. It's really not that simple. Once the 6th Army had arrived on the outskirts of Stalingrad. They'd been much weakened by by the fighting in the Don bend. The Soviets had a strong front facing south along a line running through Kotluban from the Don bend to the Volga. Paulus was forced to conduct defensive operations here on his left as the Soviets launched a series of offensives against his flank. 16 Panzer Division which had reached the Volga to the North of the city was actually cut off and had to be rescued. The Germans were not in a position to just encircle Stalingrad because they couldn't cross the Volga and the Soviets were able to use ferries to maintain the Soviet defenders throughout. The Germans needed to take the city and quickly but they were hampered by a poor logistical situation and also lacked the strength to land a knockout blow.

@wingedhussar1453

7 ай бұрын

@waynerobert7986 thanks yea Germans should have known if they can't encircle the city it would be a long while it would be taken over. They should have stabilized a front and only sent their main troops to the south

@jamesemis7376

7 ай бұрын

Yes, The germans should have simply masked the City and turn their manpower and resources on other areas that have more strategic values like the south Russia (Oil Feilds)

The Russian people fought hard and sacrificed so much to help beat the Nazis. They are heroes. 🇷🇺🎖️

@scaredy-cat

7 ай бұрын

No Russian people were pawns, like the Russian military

@photo_n_art

6 ай бұрын

Except the fact that they have helped Hitler to start the WWII by invading Poland in September 1939 hand in hand with the nazis.

@texajp1946

6 ай бұрын

@@photo_n_artwrong rewriting history of Molotov pact, it was to buy time because all the capitalists were teaming up against him, Polish government in exile declared war on Germany but not on ussr

@1201777A

5 ай бұрын

That flag you put it here had been a flag of hitler's servants in ww2. The true flag is Soviet Union flag. It is not russia but 15 Republics and nations. Soviet people are heroes!!!

@photo_n_art

5 ай бұрын

@@texajp1946and murdering over 20 000 Polish officers in Katyn with a shot in the back of the head was just Soviet friendly gesture? 🤔

Thanks for reminding me why I seldom enjoy in person narration, by various ‘historians’, such as this compared to your phenomenal video ‘~Battle of Eastern Front, operation Barbarossa.’

47:18 what is that weapon?

It all depends on how you crunch the numbers but really the Battle of Moscow was the biggest (and most important) single battle in WW2, I'd argue even surpassing Stalingrad and Uranus in importance. So much so that the Germans nearly lost it all at the end of 1941.

@maximtyo2625

8 ай бұрын

Agree! Importance of Battle of Moscow - It was shown to world that "Unbitable" Wehrmacht can be deffited. It was a downhill for Hitler since then.

@williamtell5365

8 ай бұрын

@@maximtyo2625 yes more than that the Wehrmacht suffered appalling casualties

@teamrecon2685

8 ай бұрын

Agreed. The Eastern Front was lost December 1941

@jupitercyclops6521

4 ай бұрын

Not my anis. Maybe uranus, not mine

@stevenschnepp576

2 ай бұрын

If you think numbers alone make a battle important, you probably think America uncategorically won Vietnam.

Outstanding documentary!

The best stalingrad doc is voices of stalingrad HANDS DOWN. Like the only one i could find with actually veterans and not just dudes in nice clothes

Where can I watch the uncensored footage

I've studied this subject quite a bit. It wouldn't have mattered if Stalingrad fell or not. The German army lost the ability to support their people in the field in this area. They would have died there anyway

@scorpiong0

4 ай бұрын

Yes i came to that conclusion too. Even if they captured Stalingrad even if they had stopped the counterattack of Zhukov, eventually they would retreat because of the constant counterattacks of the Soviet troops. Soviets had at that point way more troops and equipments/rations etc.

@terraflow__bryanburdo4547

3 ай бұрын

The war was decided by August 1941 The panzer strength was already down to the nub. Hitler lost it all in the aftermath of France when he downshifted production and mobilization out of hubris.

@johngorman5245

Ай бұрын

The Germans greatest intelligence failure was, the massive build-up on the eastern Volga. I wonder if anyone would have believed.

Another dose of History thanks! Nothing sets me up for the day, quite like watching the Germans, getting crushed at Stalingrad.

Zhukov was coordinating both Rzhev and Stalingrad, and was more optimistic about the former over the latter. The outcomes were opposite of bis expectations.

@user-nx5ks3tl6w

Ай бұрын

🤡

Does anyone know yhe name of the piece used at 14:00 ?

It is no use downgrading the phenomenal role played by STALIN not only in the battle for Stalingrad but also in the entire WW II. He stood like an immovable rock between victory and defeat and ensured that his country came out as Victor, and drove Hitler back to Berlin. In fact the erstwhile USSR suffered the most, and STALIN made sure that the real credit went to his Marshals who fought in the battlefield and ensured the survival of the Motherland. The Victory Parade stands witness to what I am saying. If you still want more proof go to the Memoirs of great Commanders like Marshal Zhukov and others.

@simonbeck8579

7 ай бұрын

To be most accurate, Iosef Stalin always made sure that the Soviet people knew that it was he who won the victory. He moved Zhukov out of the lime light so that he could not steal any of Stalin's glory. Zhukov's memoires were redacted so as not to offend Stalin, until after the latter's death.

@jcmarkalegre6204

7 ай бұрын

My assessment is final; if Hitler didn’t attacked USSR and kept the armistice in tack, socialism would have won its way; love of neighbor socialist Jesus’ doctrine and peaceful coexistence became global moral value.

@jcmarkalegre6204

7 ай бұрын

What made Hitler changes his mindset is his accord with Pope Pius Xll.

@jcmarkalegre6204

7 ай бұрын

Hitler was crazy to punish Edwin Rommel to commit suicide

Wow great documentary!

@HistoryHit

8 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

We can either have the documentary for free on KZread with blurring or you can pay to watch uncensored elsewhere. KZread’s TOS doesn’t allow for certain things to be shown. It’s that simple.

Goring promised to supply Paulus but failed. Beria apparently thought Stalin was going to eliminate him but maybe beat Stalin to it? Beria failed to neutralize Khrushchev et al.

You often get these comments that are essentially saying ‘if Hitler just stopped being Hitler he’d have been victorious!’

@borismuller86

8 ай бұрын

Honestly even someone of Napoleon or Alexander The Great’s caliber couldn’t have won the war for the Axis.

@geordiedog1749

8 ай бұрын

@@borismuller86 …..but would they have started it in the first place?

@CaseyChesshir

8 ай бұрын

@@geordiedog1749 as luke skywalker said, "your overconfidence is your weakness"

@scottguy5452

8 ай бұрын

The idea that they could have broken out successfully is pretty debatable. Just as likely if they had tried they would have been destroyed. So either way they lose.

@geordiedog1749

8 ай бұрын

@@scottguy5452 This is true!

The many horses which came with the German Army, were eaten during Stalengrad. So not all the food was gone.

@ronnib4294

8 ай бұрын

They were eating the horses bc the food they had was already gone. They had no choice but to eat horses or starve

@clamcrewcarclub6017

8 ай бұрын

@@ronnib4294horse meat is delicious tho

@clamcrewcarclub6017

7 ай бұрын

@@ronnib4294 it’s pretty good, just tastes like a burger with less fat

@waynerobert7986

7 ай бұрын

Most of 6 Army's horses were left well outside the city and when encirclement was affected in late November 42. Most of the horses were outside the pocket.

@capoislamort100

7 ай бұрын

Some of the “food” was their own fellow soldiers inside the pocket.

1:18:00 This building with the balcony is still standing. So is the building across the intersection 1:18:32 [(N48.6941, E 044.4949) of Ogareva & Raboche-Krestyanskaya]. This is about a kilometer northeast of the grain silos. Also, the buildings a block away 1:18:39+ along Barrikadnaya Ulitsa are still standing.

Excellent documentary

@HistoryHit

8 ай бұрын

Glad you think so!

Lots of information, but the music in the background was very annoying. I would prefer jut to hear people talk rather than someone trying to add drama to the video by adding music.

@ronanflynn8690

8 ай бұрын

I loved it

@louisglen1653

8 ай бұрын

@@ronanflynn8690 I have PTSD so my tolerance is not the greatest when it comes to trying to listen to a person speak when there is music in the background.

@ronanflynn8690

8 ай бұрын

@@louisglen1653 sorry to hear that fella

War should not be glorified! Nothing honorable about war. There is honor in peace.

@DonMarquez-wj7ir

4 ай бұрын

Your opinion duly noted.

@stevenschnepp576

2 ай бұрын

"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things: the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth a war, is much worse. When a people are used as mere human instruments for firing cannon or thrusting bayonets, in the service and for the selfish purposes of a master, such war degrades a people. A war to protect other human beings against tyrannical injustice; a war to give victory to their own ideas of right and good, and which is their own war, carried on for an honest purpose by their free choice, - is often the means of their regeneration. A man who has nothing which he is willing to fight for, nothing which he cares more about than he does about his personal safety, is a miserable creature who has no chance of being free, unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself. As long as justice and injustice have not terminated their ever-renewing fight for ascendancy in the affairs of mankind, human beings must be willing, when need is, to do battle for the one against the other." - Some dead guy probably sick of cowardice masquerading as virtue.

@shannonmonroe5873

17 күн бұрын

Having weak leadership always results in wars because unfortunately tyrants and authoritarian regimes see weakness and pacifism as a opportunity to strike and take control of what they want. Pray for peace but train for war.

Viewed several videos on the Stalingrad battle. One in particular was the disintering of one mass German grave site in Russia to be reburied on German soil. The massive injuries, amputations,mangled skeletal remains were horrific. It must have been pure *ell for them.

"The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena. Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors, so that, in glory and triumph, they could become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot." Carl Sagan

I'll never forget reading about the kessel in the book "Stalingrad". Absolute hell on earth what those German soldiers went through.

@Teknotion

8 ай бұрын

Antony Beevor's book? Yeah, it nearly brought me to tears that one. The suffering of so many for so little gain.

@leeroylita637

8 ай бұрын

​@@Teknotionyeah, a masterpiece.

@user-yk4yh5sn5m

8 ай бұрын

Also absolute hell what those poor Jewish children went through in those concentration camps ran by german soldiers.

@seancooney297

8 ай бұрын

​@@user-yk4yh5sn5mwhat does that have to do with it.

@Le42975

8 ай бұрын

Aaah! Those poor Nazis. Smh

The only battle Stalin himself won against Hitler was the battle of the mustaches.!!!

@abranisdz34

8 ай бұрын

At least Stalin was not stupid as hitler.stalin won because he trusted his generals unlike Hitler who thaught that he knows everything not trusting his generals.hitler's close circle was stupid as him too

This documentary is a superficial view of what really happened. It's almost mythology. In part 2 regarding the Soviet offensive. Operation Uranus. STAVKA and Zhukov actually believed it was unlikely to succeed and more faith was given to Operation Mars at Rzhev near Moscow. When the Uranus Operation succeeded. It was beyond their wildest dreams. They had no idea that they'd just trapped over 300,000 men. The Soviets thought it was less than half that.

@vladavuksanovic310

5 ай бұрын

absolutely

45:56 at that moment that's where you start to fathom how much dazzling and huge the Soviet union army was😮. Anyway big props the British storyteller

Greatest battle in mankind history so far at stalingrad Russia aka the USSR won ww2 the battle of Normandy looks like a walk in the park compared to this battle wow

A concise view of what happened at Stalingrad but why the blurred images??

@timthejanitor9027

6 ай бұрын

I'm assuming they think the photos of dead bodies could cause the video to be flagged. I also imagine they maybe uploaded this video to other platforms where they images uncensored.

Would liked to hear more about Saturn ,the wider ring outside of. Stalingrad and the corresponding encirclement from the Moscow front.

Exactly, the main difference is that Stalin learnt from his mistake.

9:51 It is also worth mentioning, Hitler knew what he was doing, the reason why he left his generals compete against each other was very deliberate. The goal was to avoid one of them becoming too powerful and popular leading to Hitler's potential overthrow. Throughout history this has happened many times. Considering the massive success the Reich had on the battlefield for first part of WW2, maybe that strategy wasn't so bad.

@Veedon7

8 ай бұрын

He lost the war and Germany was utterly defeated .He lost 9 million men .Do you consider that to be a good strategy. he was a courageous soldier but a terrible leader .

@Ealdorman_of_Mercia

8 ай бұрын

@@Veedon7 Read again what I said..

@craignedoff991

8 ай бұрын

Very true. Kaiser Wilhelm was sidelined by the very popular Hindenburg, and his partner, Ludendorff, during the first world war.

@borismuller86

8 ай бұрын

In fact Stalin was worried Zhukov would do just that!

@anupkumarmajumdar3997

8 ай бұрын

Stalin was undoubtedly the hero and saviour of mankind

I do worry about the romanticisation of individuals when so many people died who most, I imagine, had fascinating stories to tell themselves if they weren’t essentially put to death.

I wonder where the lost Stalingrad battle footage is..

27:44 - Yep, there he is As anticipated

KZread is so embarrassing with it's censorship.

48:18 "Operation Uranus was vast" Yall couldn't help yourself, huh?

I really recommend the movie The Death of Stalin. Absolutely brilliant sarcasm but historically important.

“195,000 men, specifically for Uranus…” I’m a big enough man to admit i giggled. 53, and I giggled….ah well😅

Brilliant doc smeared by the blurring craze.

@bloodrave9578

8 ай бұрын

They had to censor some of the footage due to KZread guidelines

@williamgill5286

8 ай бұрын

yeah the constant censorship on everything nowadays is just ridiculous and extremely worrying when you find out the governments are the ones pushing these platforms into censorship and you think about what that means and how far it can and will go if nothing changes. Unfortunately it will only get worse and worse unless something big is done before we pass the point of no return if we havent already. I dont think it will stop until everything is fully under control worse than china, oh well it was cool while it lasted i guess

@darnaby4110

8 ай бұрын

@@bloodrave9578 The content creators chose to blur the images, they did not "have" to. They had a choice. Not all war documentaries on YT pander to the snowflakes and their agendas of demonetization.

@bloodrave9578

8 ай бұрын

@@darnaby4110 When it comes to seeing people being killed, it might not be good for everyone to see. Yeah war is hell but censoring footage may be the only way to avoid that age confirmation just to watch the video, the WW2 channel have their issues with YT over some things given how they cover WW2. I suspect that the documentary on History Hit's streaming service may be uncensored, YT, they might just be playing it safe.

Guy Walters looking pretty studly these days. Good livin' dude, keep it up, we need you around fighting the good fight for decades to come.

Russia/Ukraine: "Hooray we captured Stalingrad!" "Hooray we captured Berlin!" Russia 2023: "We captured a village this year" Ukraine 2023: "We captured a settlement this year"

@priestsonaplane2236

4 ай бұрын

warefare is ALOT different these day. Not to mention ww2 was the deadliest war in mankind, there's nothing like it throughout history

Interesting and informative. One intelligent thing Stalin 😈 occasionally did. Was the listen 🎶 to general Zhukov. Applying his seasoned/experienced military operations advice. Slowly purging the German military forces from Russian territories. Something the disillusioned/arrogant corporal Hitler 😈 never did . After the failed blitzkrieg attempt to secure Moscow. That momentum was never regained. Giving general Zhukov enough time to reorganize his demoralized forces. Secure Moscow's perimeters denying General Guderian the pleasure of setting up his military command in the Kremlin. Special thanks to the veteran soldiers/civilians sharing personal information/combat experiences making this documentary more authentic and possible. Giving the guest speakers much needed information for a very successful presentation.

I don't know if I would characterize any of Stalin's decisions as "good". But he did finally learn to utilize the talent he had at his disposal, to listen to those people many times when it counted, and he motivated his people to victory. What he did worked.