As always, sorry for mispronunciations! Anglo debuff

@Avrage_Welsh_Resident

7 ай бұрын

Just use Google translate and hear the pronunciation you twit

@spectralcoffee5177

7 ай бұрын

"Anglo debuff" "The ethernal Anglo" Hahaha

@gunsalot1j160

6 ай бұрын

You should do a video about the holocaust. Very high quality

@6876I

6 ай бұрын

​@@gunsalot1j160which one? Dresden? Rheinwiesenlager camps? Hiroshima&Nagasaki?

@andrewhammond1949

4 ай бұрын

There isn’t an “ F” in three or through! Otherwise a great production.

The Latvians wanted Latvia back. Now all of us Europeans want Europe back.

@roombussr5676

2 ай бұрын

And the nazis wanted to kill us latvians off

@christophgriener9852

2 ай бұрын

Every people has the right to defend its home. Today the danger comes not only from outside of Europe, but from traitorous politicians as well.(and parts of the ones that may not be named.)

@deputykirsanov7314

2 ай бұрын

Too bad, 4th Reich in form of EU will continue to occupy Europe until Russian army marched through Europe again.

@deputykirsanov7314

2 ай бұрын

@@christophgriener9852 even hohols?

@aidanmcmillan-dx8lq

2 ай бұрын

lol sure sure, keep gobbling up the post war commie narrative.@@roombussr5676

My Latvian great grandfather got drafted in the Latvian legion (19th division) and my family still have his diaries from ww2 era where he talked in detail about what happened at that time almost day by day. He suffered a bad back injury during training and never got sent to the front. His brother also got drafted and fought until the end of the war in the Kurland pocket until its surrender, spent some time in the Soviet filtration camp after the war but didn't get deported to Siberia, because he wasn't a volunteer and they let him go home. He still was considered a fascist by the Soviets, so he couldn't get good jobs after the war even though he was highly educated. My other great grandfather (also Latvian) got drafted by red army in 1944 and served in the Latvian riflemen batallion. Both my great grandfatherers are now dead but I still remember as a kid when we had family gatherings both my great grandfathers were always siting somewhere else away from the people and talking to each other about ww2

@MemphisKennedy-xy5ye

7 ай бұрын

You should publish the diary.

@CarlJones-in8pm

7 ай бұрын

My friend's father is Polish, and during the war work for S.O.E the family never knew about his wartime heroics until he passed away and found his paperwork medals service book .

@Bravo-Too-Much

7 ай бұрын

Yeah, drafted. Yeah, he had no choice……that, that’s what happened.

@noahhess4955

7 ай бұрын

Publish the diary that would be so cool

@ForageGardener

7 ай бұрын

​@@Bravo-Too-Muchwas not that difficult to convince eastern Europeans to fight against the Soviets

Massive congratulations on completing such a project and presenting it to us, haven't even started the video, but as a lithuanian I feel the need to let you know we appreciate the content!

@siamihari8717

7 ай бұрын

How is the food?

@nightcorer5447

7 ай бұрын

@@siamihari8717 it's midnight, what food? :DDD

@siamihari8717

7 ай бұрын

@@nightcorer5447 ...im sure youve eatten something that comes from your national culture in your life, I was just curious about what your peoples food is like... It like music is one of those things all people no matter from where can enjoy and bond over

@nightcorer5447

7 ай бұрын

​@@siamihari8717Ah, well yes - food can bring certain people together, especially if they discover similarities in their menus, like when I discovered that Koreans have what we in Eastern Europe would call plov. It's fairly standart, simple stuff that you'll find in traditional inns and restaurants - the people have after all been mainly agricultural farmers in cold eastern Europe (both Lithuanians and Latvians). I'd say Baltic cuisine is really worth checking out if you're looking for a vibe that fits a sleepover at your summerhouse or something of sort

@siamihari8717

7 ай бұрын

@@nightcorer5447 Plov, Rice Meat and Vegies? The American South has something like that, typically its Yellow Rice and Beef with peas and carrots. Sometimes with beans on the side. A rather homely meal in my oppinion

Nice to see a detailed and comprehensive video on this subject. The Baltic states have seen more than their fair share of suffering, and their participation in WW2 is fascinating.

As a Latvian I appreciate your take on our Latvian Legion history. Even caught some facts I didn't know yet. Happy Remembrance Day of the Latvian Legionnaires - 16th of March!

Great documentary sir. My grandfather was a teenager in Latvia during the war and I have been looking for information that provides context to the Latvian experience during that period. This content has really helped my research and in validating some of the experiences of my grandfather. Thanks again, I appreciate the effort. 💪🏻

So the Latvians and Germans in the Courland pocket throughout the 6 battles was 15k Axis men by the end and had inflicted 350k casualties??? Amazing.

@ArneAnders1-el7uo

2 ай бұрын

That's 1:23,3 I guess it would be better to die than to be sent to a Gulag-camp

@user-ux8ik9ww8e

2 ай бұрын

There were several holdouts, dunkirk held until 2 days after surrender, part of panther-wotan line held until 45 too

@alvinlin8140

2 ай бұрын

The casualties in the eastern front were hilariously lopsided in the Germans favor for a huge part of the war. Even some battles near the very end of the war with the Germans resorting to using essentially useless troops they often still got a favorable K:D ratio

@Dfthg-bz3hp

2 ай бұрын

​@@alvinlin8140almost like it's not a good idea to give home field advantage to the people of Vercingetorex + Arminus 🤣

@aidanmcmillan-dx8lq

2 ай бұрын

lol and dont forget the commies cant run a damn thing, all they could do is force hundreds of thousands of peasants into battle, with disastrous results. Stupid commies, killing millions then claiming the moral high ground. @@Dfthg-bz3hp

Thank you for sharing thier story. Much important work

@ZoomerHistorian

7 ай бұрын

Thanks as always my friend!

As a Lithuanian, I may be biased towards the Baltic States even though I try to be objective, and using certain historical facts I believe that Latvians and Estonians (and us Lithuanians too if Gen. Plechavičius wouldn’t be so chauvinist and allow his subordinates to form Lithuanian SS divisions, there were two divisions in the plans allegedly) would be unlikely to change sides like Hungarians, Bulgarians, Italians and Romanians did. We already did tatste the Soviet occupation and all the horrors it provided for a whole year, where not only Jews suffered (like in the case of German administration of our countries during 1941-1945), but literally everyone and for no reasonable cause in 9/10 cases. Also, the fact that we had lost our Independence (unlike other German allies prior to WWII) and at the time Germans were literally the only, be it slim, but still, realistic chance of regaining Independence, forming our own armies (forming the national army in case of gaining Independence was also the main reason why Western Ukrainians joined SS Galizien). Remaints of both 1st and 2nd Latvian, some Lithuanian Territorial Defence units, Wehrmaht units and from what I read, some Estonian renemants of Narva Battalion or either Estonial SD units held out until 10th of May 1945 being the last Reich’s official fighting formations to carry out the fighting in the Courland pocket. Eventually many were captured, some deserted disguised as civilians, others kept on the fight as Forest Brothers. I know that it is too late to speculate as the final say was held by Hitler and he disliked the Balts mainly not for racial or ethnic reasons but due to imperial views held against us, also, Hitler being a history buff lol, he knew that Lithuanian tribes had beef with Teutonic and Livonian Orders for centuries, at least this is what I had read about in few seperate sources. Descisions came too little too late; we Lithuanians held reasonable but from German point of view, unrealistic demands when it came to on what to agree when forming fighting units (there is a lot of information online about Gen. Plechavičius beef with heads of Reichkomissarriat Ostland). Ironically, Germans did continue preparing Lithuanian paratroopers in Luftwaffe schools in Germany, and it’s cadres later become all involved in a decade (often even longer) long armed anti Communist occupational resistance. My gramdfather’s brother, Alfonsas Volūšis (callsign Jovaras) was a squad leader and got killed when surrounded in a forest in Ukmergė district in February 1947. Granfather was a young teen then, had a Nogant revolver and often carried a grenade (with which he had an accident when discharging for a reason unknown to me and it went off too close to him, I remember him having this weird stance and a limp walk) and as he was too young to join actual armed unit he was a local contact/informer for the men doing the actual fighting. He would tell me stories when I would come to visit him in my childhood, I remember him always greeting me in the hallway with his old dog, always saying the same greeting: “Hello, partisan!”, then hugging me and taking me home to have some food he had cooked. He also always would make me French fries made in this strange way and would tell me a story how German tank unit that rolled in in July 1941. He told me first all the kids hid in the bush and peeping at the impressing German armour until they were called by the souldiers. They were cooking potatoes thinly cut, frying them in oil. That was how he would make fries for me and tell that story. He died in 2006. I wish I could ask him much more now. P.S. Miracilouslly, him or his family was harrased by NKVD not so severely; however, my maternal side or family suffered greatly, mainly with deportations to Siberia, few also got killed in action as Forest Brothers or got accused as “suppporters of nationalist bandits”. Sadly many young generation Lithuanians do not know their interesting family history.

@fegeleindux3471

5 ай бұрын

You also have been partially annexed by Poland in the Polish-Lithuanian War and the whole Wilno ehhh I mean Vilnius dispute which is ironic because the little "innocent" Polish annexations that accured here and there during the 20s and 30s went almost unnoticed (probably ignored), probably the memory of the Great Commonwealth was still alive....

@Beencheeling

5 ай бұрын

Ah, of only the Roamanians and the Hungarians had a choice, be exterminater earlier, or be exterminater later that was they only choice

@wolloms

3 ай бұрын

Why did you feel the need to try and paint the jews in a sympathetic light as if they didnt deserve everything they got during the 30s and 40s all over Europe. In every single Nation the Soviets invaded jews helped prepare the way for them. The jew is the eternal enemy of every single European Man, Woman and child of European Blood.

@ksd593

Ай бұрын

thank you for sharing

Well done and informative. My heart goes out to those who never survived captivity of the Soviet Union

Can you imagine the feeling of being a Latvian veteran returning home for the first time in 1991 after 45 years!

@ervinvonhimmel

5 ай бұрын

I saw this kind of people, who had to leave Riga in 1944 and return to Riga only in the late 1990s. Yes, it is heartbreaking

@user-si7jj4yr7y

5 ай бұрын

Can you imagine feeling of 50 thousands Jew that were executed in matter of 3 days in Bikirnieki forest by the hand of these poor noble warriors ?

@user-si7jj4yr7y

5 ай бұрын

Ask any Jewish person that had relatives or was initially from Latvia . They tell you what they think about Latvians , and there portraing in media right now . The fact that current government got 28 out of 100 mp from far right nationalist should tell you all .

@sevatar5762

5 ай бұрын

@@user-si7jj4yr7y why would I want to speak to any Jews?

@Mareks2803

5 ай бұрын

@@user-si7jj4yr7yEs tos 28ņus deputātus ļoti labi redzu, nemelo man Te fujak. NA un NS Taisnīgums vienīgie labējie

As Latvian who now live in Courland I can say this is best video about Latvian Waffen SS 15th and 19th division story and explanation so far what I saw in youtube. love to see photos and video from history of Latvia what I didn't seen before. Perfect job 10/10

@ZoomerHistorian

5 ай бұрын

Thank you very much mate, means a lot

@themasterturtle8380

4 ай бұрын

What? You are not Latvian. No one here says “I live in Courland,” that’s not an administrative region let alone what anyone calls it, in Latvian it’s the “Kurzeme pocket.” Fuck off you Nazi scum, and if you really are Latvian, fuck off back to the Germans who wanted to kill us and rule us all since the very beginning.

@sandisastudem6532

4 ай бұрын

​​@@themasterturtle8380Yes, Courland in Latvian "Kurzeme", Semigallia-"Zemgale", "Latgale" and "Vidzeme" are four reagons of Latvia. You are fuckin right, "knowitall".

@dreamthedream8929

3 ай бұрын

Many historical videos could be made about the great holocaust crimes in latvia. Like the three ghettos in liepaja, riga and daugavpils. Various massacres of latvian and other jews. The burning of the great cholar synagogue of riga. The concentration camps in latvia like the one in salaspils. And so forth

@deputykirsanov7314

2 ай бұрын

@@sandisastudem6532 Latgalia and Dvinsk belongs to Belarus. Was part of Vitebsk governorate.

Long awaited video on Latvians bros. Now Lithuanians are demanded 🫡

@Trowo

7 ай бұрын

🇱🇹🫡🇱🇻

@alexxander808

7 ай бұрын

I 2nd this

@Crimson19977

3 ай бұрын

Much love from Latvia, brother 🇱🇻🇱🇹

As a Latvian, thank you for speaking the truth and validating our story and pain. Great documentary.

Thank you for covering this subject, this is quite a good summarisation of the History of Latvian Waffen SS and a LOT of related historical video-photo material. We have so much of soviet-russian propaganda and in the West as well, so it is a fresh breath to hear the truth. My grandfather was in the Latvian Legion, got as a PoW in Kurland Fortress as they had to capitulate in 1945, and spent 4 years in Siberian GULAG, in Kolyma until 1949-50, after was allowed back to Riga where he lived until the 1980s.

@ivan200804

5 ай бұрын

Very interesting. I always wondered why the Soviets let all these former SS live, if they were so bloodthirsty.

@kraanz

4 ай бұрын

Only 4 years? A bit sus.

@ervinvonhimmel

4 ай бұрын

@kraanz All Wehrmacht PoWs were let out of GULAG in 1949 and Latvian and Estonian Waffen SS were acknowledged by the Nurenberg International trial NOT guilty committing crimes agenst humanity, like rest of the Wehrmacht, unlike usual SS units. Some German PoWs were in GULAG camps until 1956 and some German scientists were in the ussr until the early 1960s. Some German PoW simply died in GULAG camps, so out of 100,000 captured in Stalingrad returned to Germany just a few thousands.

The absolute best information I've EVER come across on particular WW2 events. I appreciate hard work put into all this information & am so happy to have found you. Thanks you very much.

@ZoomerHistorian

7 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot mate, means a lot

During WWII, a total of 1.675 million Poles were deported to the gulag system in Russia. Some of them returned and published memoirs of their time in Russia. In many of them, Latvians were noticed and described as the best organized national group in the gulag system, surpassing Poles in many aspects. Pols were pretty well organized, but they always looked with a little jealousy and total admiration at the level of solidarity and support among Latvian prisoners.

@ZoomerHistorian

5 ай бұрын

Very interesting, thank you for sharing that

@charlieboffin2432

4 ай бұрын

I don’t even understand your point . No Polish fought for the Nazis unlike all the other countries invaded by the Nazis , they the Poles have a very clear conscience and are very proud of that fact .

@rebuzz6866

4 ай бұрын

My point is about solidarity among Latvians inprison in the gulag system.@@charlieboffin2432

@dirk_6762

4 ай бұрын

​@@charlieboffin2432 Lots of people who didn't support the Germans were sent to gulags like monarchists, anarchists, and many ethnic nationalists such as the Polish and Latvians. And the Polish may have had a "clear conscious", but the Ukrainians, Lithuanians, and Germans occupied by Poland prior to WW2 would probably disagree with you.

A good true story without the usual propaganda nonsense.

@ZoomerHistorian

7 ай бұрын

Thank you

Thank you for making these videos. You're doing important work.

Giving this a "thumbs up" before I've a chance to watch it because based on your previous videos I know it's going to be good.

Thoroughly well researched, great footage and maps to aid learning and zero bias. Thank you

@justcomments1239

2 ай бұрын

It’s not zero bias, when you just skirt over the Rumbula Massacre of some 25,000 Jews

The improved quality continues! Keep em comin! :)

Great video, thank you! The colorized footage is mesmerizing

Mate your docos are bloody excellent, keep up the good work 👍👍

Great content! Keep it coming!

@ZoomerHistorian

7 ай бұрын

Will do mate, thanks very much!

Really good job with this video. Great research, writing & delivery.

What a really well detailed thought out documentary, normally 120mins long documentary’s you start to loose concentration, but this a continuous flow of what was going on with information you don’t normally here in other documentary’s , the Latvians were terrific fighters, & as a nation they came together as one, they had one main aim to stop stalins red army taking their beloved country, thank so much for the education 👍

Thank you for this video!

Incredible video. Thank you

Thank you for sharing and keeping history "a-live"

@ZoomerHistorian

3 ай бұрын

Cheers mate

Excellent, informative and fascinating.

@ZoomerHistorian

6 ай бұрын

Thank you very much

Excellent presentation, thank you.

I love these foreign legion videos. Maybe ROA or Estonia in the future ?

Thanks for the great job !

Thank you for this video! 🙏

As a Latvian i can say you captured the reason why so many volenteered and those who got drafted didnt desert. We didnt want second Soviet occupation. In essence these brave men and women fought for a chance of dignity and perserving Latvian Culture. Yes Latvia had to choose between two evils, we chose the lesser one.

@ZoomerHistorian

7 ай бұрын

Thanks mate, means a lot

@jurgisliepins7355

7 ай бұрын

@@ZoomerHistorian and to anyone interested heres a short film about motivation and legion it self kzread.info/dash/bejne/f3yoxcmalaaahJs.html&ab_channel=Latvijasarmija

@DixieSchizo

6 ай бұрын

You chose good over evil*

@ig11950

5 ай бұрын

как меньшее? Ты читал планы немцев полностью германизировать эти земли и выселить латышей, литовйев и эстонцев? Это меньшее зло? Свиньи, зря в Кремле вам оставили вашу национальность и всячески ее поощряли. Легче было выселить вас в Германию

@kraanz

4 ай бұрын

@@DixieSchizo Nope. But your name explains a lot.

Do you plan to actually do all the nationalities that had fought for the Germans? If needed, I could pretty easily provide a ton of info for Lithuanians, that while did not have SS units, had a ton of ones fighting under the Wehrmacht and some that were very noteworthy(i.e, the 7th Lithuanian Auxiliary Police battalion was encircled during the Operation Uranus, and while this is often said to be in Stalingrad, in fact it was encircled in another town nearby, anyhow, they managed to fully breakout) or the special situation pre war(June Uprising, for example, is very unknown in the west. Some other interesting claims, i.e the Lithuanian ambassador claims to have been offered the entire Czech arsenal in exchange of cooperation after the annexation of Memel.

@user-uy8wx4pk4h

Ай бұрын

I'd love to see an episode on the American division, SS Totenburger

Your content is great, you are like one of the least bias history youtubers i know.

@ZoomerHistorian

7 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot mate

Do a video on the Italian SS. Love your channel brother!

Another brilliant video! The truth will win on day, I believe.

I can't even imagine the rush of emotions those old men had to have when they returned to independent Latvia. Great video! Are we going to get one on the winter war?

@ZoomerHistorian

7 ай бұрын

Yes so the current plan is that for some topics like that I'm going to make super long and super in depth videos on them. First it'll be the Spanish Civil War, which will be like 2-3 hours long and then after that I'll do the Winter War which will perhaps be a little shorter but still very long

@user-qw6zj5ix9k

6 ай бұрын

Latvia has been independent till 1941 and since 1944

@aapoahola9725

6 ай бұрын

@@user-qw6zj5ix9k no it hasn't

@warlordsam

6 ай бұрын

@@user-qw6zj5ix9kain’t no way this Mf just called the LSSR “independent”

@firstdirst5519

6 ай бұрын

@@user-qw6zj5ix9k smert okupantam russkim

Great vid👍

I know you're probably very busy pumping out content, but I would really appreciate a video on the Galician SS. Watching from Ukraine amid the new edition of the Eastern Front.

@david-468

2 ай бұрын

If you’re fighting for Ukraine you do know you’re fighting for the tribe right? The modern “red” is in the west

What great fighting men these Latvians were. The Latvians are obviously a good calibre people. I hope they can maintain their independence their heritage and culture and grow their population. Long live Latvia. 🇱🇻

@alexfeder9328

6 ай бұрын

You cannot be serious

@Turtletanks

6 ай бұрын

@@alexfeder9328he’s correct

@kraanz

4 ай бұрын

@@alexfeder9328 Did a Latvian steal your GF?

@alexfeder9328

4 ай бұрын

@kraanz no im pissed that Latvians are ret@rded nazi lovers

@themasterturtle8380

4 ай бұрын

As a Latvian, I’m ashamed people like you misunderstand our country and espouse your hateful bullshittery

Keep these videos coming!

I literally never knew about this. Very interesting.

Finally plain and square explanation what was Latvian legion without propaganda nonsense. Russian propaganda just has demonised them ,and most of the western world believes that. For Latvians they always will be hero’s and they did in legion what they should done when red plague came 1940 summer. Thank you for this video and your research and time what you have devoted for this men.

@ig11950

5 ай бұрын

молодцы, срадались плечом к плечу с немцами, которые хотели германизировать прибалтийские земли и выселить оттуда большую часть населения )))) Таких идиотов поискать. Кстати, почему немцы возили евреев в Прибалтику на убой? Не потому ли, что прибалтийские народы прославились своим зверством?

@YourSocialistAutomaton

2 ай бұрын

Doesnt change the fact they encouraged and participated in the holocaust and killing Russian civilians.

Embrace the ideology of a particular Austrian painter. Marry a beautiful Aryan woman, have lots of children and be the provider.

this is a great , absolutley wonderful presentation .

There is a part where I say something twice past the 1hr mark, waiting for youtube to trim it out but I am aware of it hello thanks

Best video I have seen talking about Latvia. Amazing Content, God bless you👍

For all those men who fought and died against the Soviet Union, I salute you! This whole period of history in Eastern Europe is gut wrenching. Great job on the documentary! 👍

@YourSocialistAutomaton

2 ай бұрын

For all men who ended the Nazi regime, All gratitude for your sacrifice, those who died for it were a lost cause.

@drbrainstein1644

2 ай бұрын

@@YourSocialistAutomaton Fair enough. But it looks like their descendants don’t stand much a chance against Africa, Asia and Islam. I guess we’ll have to see whose tradition is built to stand the test of time. Clocks running out. It’s just a matter of time before the will of this relatively new majority emerging in Europe along with Chinese backed Putin, Iran and Muslim fundamentalists exert their will over the aging and dying Western Europeans; cowards, hypocrites and ethno-masochists. All Putin has to do is apply a little pressure during an election cycle and liberal democracy burns from within you racist! The grand game is just beginning.

@user-uy8wx4pk4h

Ай бұрын

@@YourSocialistAutomaton jew

@YourSocialistAutomaton

Ай бұрын

@@user-uy8wx4pk4h Bro lost

@deputykirsanov7314

8 күн бұрын

@@user-uy8wx4pk4h Perhaps you should read about generalplan ost. Germans wanted to destroy Slavs. Germany should have been even more leveled.

Further interesting work.

Thank you for this honest review of the history of this place and time. Can make you feel uncomfortable, but perhaps we ought to feel that way.

Could you do a blue division video ? You’re videos are awesome

@ZoomerHistorian

7 ай бұрын

There will 100% be a blue division video at some point yes

@kraanz

4 ай бұрын

*your

@timumbra2476

4 ай бұрын

@@kraanz ur

Thank you!

based

Great job! Would you ever consider making a video on the Italian SS legion? I noticed you didn't even mention Italians as a foreign group on your video about the history of the Schutzstaffel, despite being over 15,000 men in strength.

Do a video on the Estonian SS Legion please

This is the best documentary about the Latvian Legion I have ever seen👍👍👍Could you perhaps make a video about the Forest Brothers? The Baltic Resistance Movement who fought a furious guerilla war against the Soviet Union 1945-53.So many of them were veterans from the battle of Narva,Velikaya River,Kurzeme etc.etc.Best Greetings from the west coast of Sweden!🍻

@kraanz

4 ай бұрын

Kings and Generals did a pretty good video on them. Or was it the Cold War channel? Btw, an interesting topic is how the Swedish king folded like a broken lawn chair when the USSR demanded Sweden hand over "fascist traitors of the Motherland," around 200 Latvian and Estonian veterans that had fought on the German side in the war and then sought political refuge in Sweden. Sweden quietly obliged and handed them over to be murdered. I think your bitch-ass king did an equally bitch-ass apology of "oops, sorry, haha" in the late 90s or something.

@WhiskyandBacon

4 ай бұрын

@@kraanz It was the cowards in the goverment who handed over the Baltic veterans to the Soviet Union.The king had nothing to do with It,you moron...

excellent story!

@ZoomerHistorian

7 ай бұрын

Thanks mate!

@esothetics

7 ай бұрын

Damn! I have forgotten the name of the Soldat in your pfp, but he bears a striking resemblance to Herr Mackensen.

Really nice work as always. I have a question. Are you planning on doing a video about the swiss volunteers of the SS? I know it's a minor topic but I find really hard to gather information on that topic. Keep up the good work.

@enclaveprotectron

7 ай бұрын

might as well do the 3 irish volunteers at that point hahaha

@kraanz

4 ай бұрын

Let me guess - the Swiss do their best to avoid the subject. Whenever people start discussing ww2, the Swiss immediately start whining how "it was hard for, too, so terribly hard. Our men had to sit on the borders, waiting to see if the Germans would invade." Because that would make sense - Hitler invading the very country that stored his Jewish gold. That's like robbing the very bank that holds your money. And don't even get me started on the "sitting on the border was very hard, you see." Yes, apparently it was more strenuous than actually fighting, dying and having your whole family get deported.

@user-uy8wx4pk4h

Ай бұрын

@@kraanz shut up jew

Dievs, svētī Latviju

Some incredible film used in this video. Anyone interested in the Baltic war might want to also look for the film '1944' which features the experiences of Baltic troops in both the Waffen-SS and the Soviet armies. (some clips are included here, in fact) This channel is becoming one of my favourite war history sources and seems to just get better with each video I watch.

Thank you for making this 🇱🇻

That film footage you included here 1944 is excellent highly recommend... very brutal

“Chosen people “. Figures! Always

@magnustoth8506

6 ай бұрын

Yep. You can’t help but notice a pattern.

@theriverthatflows98

4 ай бұрын

oy vey, shut it down!

Good lads.

Thanks for covering this, unfortunately there are so few of us Baltic people that our story gets overshadowed, mostly by muscovite propaganda. No one liked the germans and Hitler, but the russians and Stalin were way worse, as they proved with their first occupation. There wasn't much of a choice, we were stuck in the middle and you fought for your loved ones any way you could to prevent another red terror, but unfortunately all was lost and in 1949. we still got another round of mass deportations to the Siberian wasteland. Sorry Jewish friends, but your story is told and the world knows about it, while we have to shout out ours to get our point across.

@AAaa-wu3el

7 ай бұрын

@sandrew4642 Yeah, the first thing what Baltic Nazis did - they rounded up Jewish children and killed them. Now they are telling fairy tales about freedom, democracy and other BS they love. But in reality Baltic Nazis rounded up Jewish children and killed them.

@sandrew4642

7 ай бұрын

@@AAaa-wu3el they took revenge on soviet collaborators. Some where jews. And I'm not justifying anything. Evil was done by both sides, but that is another story. This is about the men of the Latvian legion which fought for latvian reasons, not german.

@AAaa-wu3el

7 ай бұрын

@@sandrew4642 So Latvian Nazis killed Jewish children for you, for you profit. So, by that mad "logic" of yours, Jews can kill you, your children, your mother and father than.

@user-nx5ks3tl6w

5 ай бұрын

Бедняжки😢

@ig11950

5 ай бұрын

если "русские" были хуже, почему жертв нацисткой оккупации было больше? И почему в России и Белоруссии самые зверские преступления творили привезенные нацистами "полицейские батальоны" из Прибалтики. Вы пользуютесь тем, что англоязычные тупицы абсолютно не знают историю этих краев. Но рано или поздно мир объявит вас самыми зверскими убийцами Второй мировой (не зря немцы к вам возили евреев на убой)

My father served in the 15 Grenadier Division, surrendering to the British, then immigrated to Canada. Excellent piece of work!

Thanks for noy plsying the same old tune we have heard so much

@ZoomerHistorian

7 ай бұрын

No problem!

Can we expect to see some of these guys honored in the Canadian parliament

Like, comment and subscribe. Thanks for your work brother.

@ZoomerHistorian

7 ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

Very interesting

Learned alot about the Balts today, never knew the Germans were the land owners and the ethnics were the serfs…Ive always been interested in them because they were the last holdouts against the Christians 12-1400AD….This filled in quite a bit…Great story teller you are! 🫡

@aivarasdarulis

7 ай бұрын

The German nobility had a lot of influence mainly in Latvia (since Livonian Order days) and to some lesser extent, Estonia. Both nations hadn’t had an actual recognised statehood until 1918 (though, being so low in numbers managed to maintain their language, culture and identity in general after centuries of opressive foreign occupations). Lithuanians had different story; many Lithuanian-Baltic tribes did unite in 11-12th Century to repulse Crussades (Prussians were a Baltic tribe that did not unify under Lithuanian banner and undortunatelly got conquered by Teutonic Order, men killed and women asimilated, also providind a platzdarm/stepping ground for constant attacks on unified Lithuanian lands; Latvians suffered similliar fate and were conquered by Livonian Order, which also caused many headaches for us from the North, see Battle of the Sun). As Lithuanians succesfully fended off Cruissaders many a time. Final mass battle was the Grünwald/Žalgirio Battle lead by Vytautas The Great that ended up in our victory. Unlike Latvians or Estonians (that I love like my own kind) we did have our recocnised statehood, then, a successful union with Poland, Germans did not had that much of an inpact on Lithuania.

@aivarasdarulis

7 ай бұрын

Also, Lithuanian tribes were the last in Europe to actually accept Christianity, where Latvians and Estonians got Christianised centuries earlier due to Crussader presence in their lands. Paganism was still quite widely practiced in Lithuania countryside until 16th century in some areas.

@kraanz

4 ай бұрын

@@aivarasdarulis And strangely enough, today the Lithuanians seem to be pretty hardcote Catholics, while the Latvians and Estonians and predominantly atheist. I still remember some dude staring daggers at my thundercross pendant at the Hill of Crosses. I could barely hold my laughter because I wanted to ask him if he's just Christian or has been thoroughly brainwashed by the Soviets =D Best part is, Pērkons was actually walking on the fields around the hill, with heavy rain and everything. I was very tempted to tell the man "Your dead, foreign god isn't here. Mine is."

@aivarasdarulis

4 ай бұрын

@@kraanz Yes, while I am a Catholic myself I respect pagonys (pagans) and one of my favorite holidays is Summer Solstice which is a very big thing here (literally a national holiday and it being an off day for everyone). People usually do not react in some bad way to swastikas and thunderbolts here :) - I wear my swastika scarf on winters here in the capital city Vilnius and never had anyone say anything to me. I guess it was some village idiot or some shit.

I would love to see a video at the end of the war and so many germans escaping and joining the French Foreign Legion

Can yiu upload your video and delay publishing until it has been monitozed?

Awesome work dude look forward to when you delve into the Croatian SS units and Southern German allies in general Croatia gets glossed over a lot of the time.

@ZoomerHistorian

7 ай бұрын

I'll cover Croatia in general for sure but I'm not sure how many sources there will be for Croatian SS in English

So close to 50k, nice job!

My father was a proud latvian who served in ww2 i asked many times for what he did during the war but he never really liked to talk about it.

You should do a video on the Romanian army of ww2, or the iron guard

@ZoomerHistorian

7 ай бұрын

It's on the list

make a video about romanian ss division

@ZoomerHistorian

7 ай бұрын

Do sources even exist for that

@enclaveprotectron

7 ай бұрын

Waffen Grenadier Regiment of the SS (1st Romanian)@@ZoomerHistorian

@ZoomerHistorian

7 ай бұрын

@@enclaveprotectron I know the division but I mean do sources exist for it, books etc

@enclaveprotectron

7 ай бұрын

@@ZoomerHistorian Not sure, there are a lot of sources for the Italian SS division though, which I beg you to make a video on haha

Very good documentary.⭐👍 Watch this & learn!🇦🇹

Zoomer>>Felton and Indy Neidel

@Iron_Wyvern

2 ай бұрын

I honestly can't stand them at all.

@EpicFantasyRPGOfficial2

2 ай бұрын

@@Iron_Wyvern [user was fistbumped for this post]

Great Piece ; ZH . !

They were patriots... that's all.

@Nikinikipipikidrugi

7 ай бұрын

Nope.

I would love to see a video about the hungarian Hunyadi SS division

I comment in life, Zoomer Historian my beloved

@ZoomerHistorian

7 ай бұрын

Hi

Dievs svētī Latviju brīvu un neatkarīgu.

@deputykirsanov7314

2 ай бұрын

Латышей к 2103 году не останется из за низкой рождаемости и эмиграции. Быть добру! 😂

@esotericulmanist8331

2 ай бұрын

​@@deputykirsanov7314the russians of the Baltics are dying out at the most rapid rates

@deputykirsanov7314

2 ай бұрын

@@esotericulmanist8331 мы то заселим Прибалтику вновь после того как вы все вымрете

@deputykirsanov7314

2 ай бұрын

@@esotericulmanist8331 мы то заселим прибалтику вновь, нас русских 120 миллионов.

@esotericulmanist8331

2 ай бұрын

@@deputykirsanov7314 same is happening in Russia, with muslims and other churkastanis replacing the infertile Russians xD

Hungarians fought ferociously during WW2, my great-grandfather (Hungarian) fought with the Soviets until May 1945 and after getting shot surrendered to french soldiers

You're a machine!

@ZoomerHistorian

7 ай бұрын

Means the world, thanks a lot man!

I learned new things! Thankyou

@ZoomerHistorian

7 ай бұрын

Thanks mate!

Russia has a history of "defending" itself

@deputykirsanov7314

2 ай бұрын

Yes, problem? These lands belonged to Russian empire, and we took them back.

@EzEcro

2 ай бұрын

@@deputykirsanov7314 the whole world belongs to Russia? If I'm not wrong that is your ideology

@deputykirsanov7314

2 ай бұрын

@@EzEcro No, but we would like pre-1914 borders back (minus Poland ofc, not even we need them). That’s what we define as “Russian world”. Aka, part of the world that’s been heavily influenced by Russian culture and naturally (without CIA involvement) strives to be closer to Russia than any other power. In exchange, we will close our eyes if america annexes say Mexico and Canada. Major powers should have their natural spheres of influence. That’s what we are fighting for. Multipolarity. Inherent right of the major powers to control their backyards for the sake of the safety and security of their people.

@EzEcro

2 ай бұрын

@@deputykirsanov7314 you have no right to impose your opinions on other nations,and many of your people will die because of it, not to mention you will cause a 3 world war with that backwards evil idea, you're no different than the nazis

@aidanmcmillan-dx8lq

2 ай бұрын

The Baltic and Balkan tribes are not yours. Go back to your semitic den. @@deputykirsanov7314

In this region the Germans did more to honor the Atlantic Charter than the treacherous warmongering FDR and Churchill would ever do. Eastern Europe was abandoned to Stalin, only Finland escaped this fate, and without German assistance they could never have hoped to do so.

Audio sounds a lot better

@ZoomerHistorian

7 ай бұрын

Thats good to hear

Brave men and excellent soldiers. Its a fucked up world 🌎

thanks so much for 3:12 and history and facts only as that helps so much to undersrstand this video!

I have a friend who's grandfather was drafted by the soviets at the start of the war, captured and then forced to join the Latvian Legion. after the war he and his family were able to escape to Australia where they still are.

@nediji4rjoij4ro

4 ай бұрын

That’s an incredible story imagine joining 2 army’s during the same war and the same time serving for 2 dictators I’d really like to hear more about this story.

@strayadoesgames

4 ай бұрын

@@nediji4rjoij4roI'll ask try and ask my friend for some more information. I do know that he served on the Italian front for some time to they believe he was in the 15th division.

@david-468

2 ай бұрын

That doesn’t sound correct, Germany usually didn’t force conscript POW’s that’s more of a Soviet thing the common myth of Germany conscripting prisoners is overblown as the “prisoners” recruited were in prison for “illegal hunting” which was special even though it’s so minor because they usually never used prisoners

@strayadoesgames

2 ай бұрын

@@david-468 I learned more about him from my friend recently. He was force conscripted by the soviets but when he was captured he volunteered for the legion. where he was then stationed on the Italian Front until the end of the war.

@david-468

2 ай бұрын

@@strayadoesgames that makes a lot of sense wasn’t trying to discredit you or anything was just confused

Another banger. 😎👍 Keep up the great work. Peace ✌🏻

@ZoomerHistorian

7 ай бұрын

Thanks as always mate!