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@daviddd99

6 күн бұрын

Basic mispronunciation of Goebbels and Model. AI-generated narration. Cheap AI or badly programmed.

German Field Marshals don't surrender. Ordering your soldiers to fight and die means you share the same fate when things go bad. Model lived by that code and died by it.

@roelkomduur8073

10 ай бұрын

Bull shit!! Like most of German( ss) generals and Japanese bumbs they order others to give their lives for nothing, while saving their own and after their war collecting a nice pension and live very comfortably. Funny thing is that most of them were blessed with a long live...Look it up on Google, there is NO honour!!

@doraemon61377

8 ай бұрын

He was an European knight!

@roelkomduur8073

8 ай бұрын

There are no 'European knights"moron.@@doraemon61377

@stephenwatson8981

4 ай бұрын

Paulus surrendered and he was a Field Marshal

@PoppysGuitar

4 ай бұрын

I know that. I consider Paulus to have thrown away his rank when he betrayed it.@@stephenwatson8981

Apparently Model was strict and unforgiving with his officers but kindly and caring about the soldiers.

@zetos4440

11 ай бұрын

As it should be

@robertcottam8824

11 ай бұрын

That isn't exceptional it's simply what officers are expected to do. That Mödel did so does not make him in anyway 'special'. The humblest 2nd lieutenant puts his men FIRST. The humblest colonel puts his regimental officers - as well as men - FIRST. And so forth. That's how it works.

@b2tall239

11 ай бұрын

How was he with the civilians under his control, especially on the Eastern Front?

@robertcottam8824

11 ай бұрын

@@b2tall239 I think you and I are aware of the answer to your question, friend. It was well-asked. I wish you 'well' to an extent that creatures such as 'honourable, kindly' Mödel could not have dreamt. My family has been 'military' for over two hundred years. I am quite sure that they were efficient in combat. I would be utterly ashamed if any had behaved as Mödel.

@davecopp9356

10 ай бұрын

@@robertcottam8824 Model was a real honorable man. Everything else is just propaganda lies by the All lies.

Model was a Brave Soldier Who was Betrayed by his Leader He asked nothing of His Men that He wouldn't do and in the end realized his fate and took the only Honourable Option open to Him

Model was a military purist ; German Field Marshals do not surrender .

@robertbruce7686

11 ай бұрын

Oops. ..

@mathiasbartl9393

11 ай бұрын

Selbst Paulus die alte Stabsmatratze hatte sich das besser überlegt.

@barkeater9606

11 ай бұрын

Paulus was a pencil pusher and should never have been given a field command.

@raimundschlagheck3060

11 ай бұрын

Ein anständiger Offizier.

@jeffclark7888

11 ай бұрын

@@barkeater9606True.

Honor, and betrayal. He was an honorable, old school general who had done everything possible for his country. When he learned how his nation's leaders betrayed him, and realizing the humiliation and likely torture he would receive, his was the easiest decision.

@astralclub5964

10 ай бұрын

I agree. I just wish the pronunciation of his name wasn’t so butchered! It’s so easy. Just check Google.

@Synthetic-Rabbit

10 ай бұрын

He would have surrendered to the Western Allies so he probably wouldn't have been tortured.

@ahmedakhan1

10 ай бұрын

How did the nation's leaders betray him? Germany lost because the fortunes of war turned against that nation in spite of the best efforts of its people! What was amazing was how close Germany came to victory against the massive power that was deployed against it by the allies! Were mistakes made by the Germans? Of course they were as were mistakes made by the allies. For me the main reason for Germany's defeat was Stalin's leadership and the sacrifices made by the Soviet Union. Every military expert (including the British and Americans) expected the Soviet Union to collapse within 16 to 20 weeks of the start of the German invasion. If the Soviet Union had been defeated then Germany would have won the war!

@evanmoorman3828

10 ай бұрын

@@ahmedakhan1America would have turned Germany to ashes with the atomic bomb. They could also have used the bomb tactically. Even if the Wehrmacht could count on some 5-6 million men on the western front, that would mean little against Eisenhower with 4 million men as king as the bomb could be used tactically.

@kingcurry6594

10 ай бұрын

@@ahmedakhan1 Russia would have been defeated were it not for the heroism of those sailors on the Murmansk convoys who brought the materials to keep Russia in the fight.

he had finally the realistic view that the German Commanders would not get a fair trial by the Allies or historians, but a summary judgement no matter what their personal contribution and behavior had actually been. He did not want to face defeat and justify himself to safe the honor of others. He had done his best and had lost everything including interest in his own fate. The fate of some of his colleagues showed that he made the right decision as long as he was in charge...

@MrLukedanger

11 ай бұрын

Your right, goering was found guilty of war crimes for 2000 civilians that died during Rotterdam, the funny thing the allies like Churchill didn’t get put to trial for Dresden where 200,000 civilians died

@robertcottam8824

11 ай бұрын

So... You're saying that he topped himself because it 'wasn't fair'? If so, how pathetic. It's the moral equivalent of, having realised the (*soccer)game was lost, popping the soccer ball. How pathetic! By dint of a few months of ridicule and - perhaps - a short dangle at the rope's end, he MIGHT have saved his junior officers from just that fate. Yeughh! Contemptible. 🤮🤮 *A rugby player simply would not do this

@rainerstahlberg2486

11 ай бұрын

@@robertcottam8824 whih planet are you from.? I really wonder. And is ;preaching morals your job? Or is it professional joker.

@ahmedakhan1

10 ай бұрын

@@robertcottam8824 I don't know what exactly are you saying? How would his hanging have saved the lives of his junior officers? Model took responsibility and paid the ultimate price, his life! To me he acted with honor.

@therearenoshortcuts9868

10 ай бұрын

the most important lesson of history: rule number 1: don't lose

As a former Air Force Academy Officer , if I have asked my Men to die for four years of continuous hard fighting in the horrible conditions of the Russian Front ; at the very end , I would have chosen to join them in eternity . How could you live like Paulus, after the Horrendous Sacrifices he demanded from his Men ?

@jeffclark7888

11 ай бұрын

Because he stopped believing in the cause.

@JayTide

11 ай бұрын

​@jeffclark7888 little bit late after tens of thousands of soldiers under his command died. He honored his men by joining them in death. Just my opinion tho.

@giancarlogarlaschi4388

11 ай бұрын

@@JayTide It may be Hard to understand ...but that's Precisely the Point. They Obeyed you and gave it all ... Just remember the Indianapolis Captain , He felt so guilty that in the end he took his life. Myself , if I was the Commander at Stalingrad , I would have Not Obeyed Hitler's orders and save My Men , or die fighting with them in the trenches . And since I was 25 when I read about Paulus , I knew I couldn't live with that gilt feeling in my heart. Most Honesty.

@jeffclark7888

11 ай бұрын

@@JayTide I understand what you’re saying.

@bulldogsbob

11 ай бұрын

I think it was for 2 reasons 1 Hitler wasn’t a man worth killing yourself for 2 He was a Christian and suicide is seen as a sin,

Brilliant presentation as usual. Walter Model died a true soldier and Man of Honour. Today is a good day to die by my own volition. His final salute.

@stephenwatson8981

10 ай бұрын

A man of honor wouldn't let himself be duped by those Nazi criminals.

@Hartley_Hare

10 ай бұрын

@@stephenwatson8981 Exactly.

@tackies100

10 ай бұрын

Easy for us to say and judge now, so much later, with no idea of what it must have been like to serve in the German army then.

@stephenwatson8981

10 ай бұрын

@@tackies100 quitting the German army was always an option

@tackies100

10 ай бұрын

As I said: easy for us to say.

The fact he destroyed all his records was a tragedy of history.

@Timberwolf1992

2 ай бұрын

He knew history wouldn't be kind to him. For all his accomplishments as the best defensive commander of WW2, Model was a war criminal and had he lived, he'd shared the same fate as his boss Wilhelm Keitel: Hanged to death after being incriminated for war crimes and crimes against humanity at Nuremberg.

@paulboegel8009

2 ай бұрын

@@Timberwolf1992 History would not be kind? It would make no bit of difference if he killed himself, was executed or died from old age. The fact that he destroyed his memoirs was a lose to the histories of WW II. Never heard of a war criminal from the victorious side .

When people ask who the greatest German field marshal was it’s not Rommel or manstein it’s always been Model. A fantastic defensive general.

@paulboegel8009

11 ай бұрын

It was von manstein. Model was only successful in defense.

@robertcottam8824

11 ай бұрын

Are we talking WW2 or Prussian/German 'marshals', generally?

@brianhammer5107

11 ай бұрын

a true believer in National Socialism - an evil man partly responsible for Nazi crimes

@marcobassini3576

10 ай бұрын

No one remembers who managed a defensive losing war, till the end that was written long before. As far as I can tell the most known german field marshall is Rommel, which was on the offensive most of the time and achieved great victories even with an inferior army. Another field marshal remembered in Italy is Kesselring, for obvious reasons, and not for the best (he was in command of the SS who committed many civilian massacres, mostly elderly people, women and children, in 1944 and 1945 in Italy).

@thystruter6869

10 ай бұрын

​@@paulboegel8009I agree von manstein the best of all either side

My favourite Field marshal ❤ The lion of defence 👑

@user-nx5ks3tl6w

7 ай бұрын

Волчары, Львы были Русские!

Generalfeldmarschall Model. * 24. Januar 1891 in Genthin, Provinz Sachsen; † 21. April 1945 bei Duisburg.

He did the right thing in the end in my opinion. He was an extremely effective commander and should be viewed as an honourable man by history. The Nazi regime was rotten but many good men were amongst the German military machine.

@otfriedschellhas3581

11 ай бұрын

Yes. Model, Guderian were the best. They had the courage to lead from the front ,(like Rommel), and tospeak up to Hitler (unlike most of the others,).

@michaelbruce6190

10 ай бұрын

@@otfriedschellhas3581absolutely correct.... Model never backed down to Hitler, neither did Guderian.

@johnnylebay2059

10 ай бұрын

​@@michaelbruce6190and yet they never ceased to follow orders?

@wattage2007

10 ай бұрын

@@johnnylebay2059You generally find soldiers don’t refuse to follow orders.

@johnnylebay2059

10 ай бұрын

@@wattage2007 well the orders don't usually call for never before seen scale of brutality and mass genocide...

Real General who went down with their men! God bless him and his family.

@389383

11 ай бұрын

He didn't die in combat. He committed suicide.

@dleechristy

11 ай бұрын

May he burn hot in hell as a Nazi war criminal

@Manuel1976

11 ай бұрын

​@@dleechristyget a life.

@TheIzroda

11 ай бұрын

@@389383 Yep, and anyone who's not ready to do the same in his shoes would be wise to not criticize.

@robertcottam8824

11 ай бұрын

​@@TheIzroda Un peut dramatique. De plus - sans 'point'.

Major old school Field Marshal and didn't want to be disgraced and handed to the Russian troops.

@dleechristy

11 ай бұрын

They would've given him the justice he deserved

@JGD185

11 ай бұрын

​​@@dleechristy if you're gonna kill a lot of people, make sure you win. Like the Soviets

@clintfalk

10 ай бұрын

It didn't work that way. Apparently you were not familiar with the Nuremberg War Trials, carried out jointly by the allies. Quite a few Nazis walked or got off with minor punishments.

@clintfalk

10 ай бұрын

@@dleechristy Who was they? Are you familiar with the Nuremberg War Trials?

@dleechristy

10 ай бұрын

@@clintfalk True in the West (let off the hook) but with the Russians, good chance they would've strung up the SOB on the spot. or, if at Nuremberg promptly after the war, he'd get the treatment Jodl and Keitel got

Is Antonio Munoz's book translated into English? The other book you might be interested in Battle for the Ruhr written by Derek S. Zumbro. The Battle for Ruhr depicts the last days of Walter Model in great details. The author interviewed Winrich Behr and Gunther Reichhelm, Model's close staff officers, extensively for this book and gives a realistic picture of what Model was like as a commander and as a person. Model's son published a compilation of the letters and military documents related to his father on his 100th birthday. One of the last letters to his wife dated March 25 1945 included in the book , I believe he described desperate situation in the Ruhr pocket and impending end to his life. It makes you sad reading this. The book is in German.

@waracademy128

11 ай бұрын

No sorry

@robertcottam8824

11 ай бұрын

Thank you. I'll track down what I can. The 'Legal Deposit ' system is marvellous, isn't it? We can all find ANY source we like with a bit of effort... Having said that, in not sure how the German system works - except within university departments, from which merry-go-round, I'm happy to have stepped back. You seem quite experienced. Thus, being a 'private citizen', how would I go about requesting sources such as the ones you mentioned? That is - seeing representations/facsimiles in my library? I hold a 'Reader's Pass' but it's a pain as much as a blessing.. I'm newly-retired and would rather just order, wait, walk a couple of miles and read. Best wishes no matter your response (or none).

Model war ein Ehrenmann. ❤

@scoutandastir

10 ай бұрын

Nah, criminal coward.

@andyx2299

9 ай бұрын

Quatsch !!!@@scoutandastir

@raptorhacker599

16 күн бұрын

careful now. u could get life for that in Deutschland.

Model was a genius.

This is simply the best ww2 channel out there right now. You mix micro amd the macro very well

A hard end for a hard man.

He had recent knowledge that the Soviets had indicted him for war crimes in Latvia and knew that surrender to the western allies - who would have been Treaty bound to hand him over to the soviets - would have been pointless.

He was the very Model of a modern major general.

@H-Zazoo

10 ай бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

Model was very successful blunting Russian attacks on the Eastern front. His actions probably cost the Russians losses of a million men. He would have been tried and executed after the war by them. Also, I feel he was disheartened by the Nazi regime and how it all ended up by April 1945.

@antoniodelaugger9236

10 ай бұрын

lol im pretty sure he will be executed from how soviet civilians suffered under the territories under his command. He's completely a general of old antiquity, raiding villages aren't war crimes for him, they're just viable strategies.

@JayTide

4 ай бұрын

​@@antoniodelaugger9236the war was brutal on both sides. Blame politicians and bankers, not soldiers.

This decision was the right one. He would have been hung by the Soviets.

I was at his grave. It was destroyed by visitors. Someone placed a candle and empty cartridges on his grave site.

Rommel and Model were undoubtedly two great Officers 👍👍👍

@Pear_slingshot

8 ай бұрын

Two of the best Germans from that time.

When you live by the sword, you have to be prepared to die by it, too.

Adversity makes strong and resolute men!

@balancedactguy

11 ай бұрын

That..or it TEARS THEM TO PIECES!

Forever a great German Warrior respect and honor to all Fallen German Warriors of the past you were all the best

@woodenseagull1899

9 ай бұрын

All war criminals...

@jody6851

9 ай бұрын

Are you including the ones who murdered defenseless men, women, and children by the millions? All in the name of Deutschland und Der Fuhrer?

@icedsushi7957

8 ай бұрын

@@woodenseagull1899 Read more history before commenting. The american committed a lot of war crime in the island of Sicily during the Italian campaign.The most notable one is the Biscari massacre.

@user-nx5ks3tl6w

7 ай бұрын

Советские Маршалы были Лучшими и их Героические Солдаты?

I learned something from this. I have a new respect for Mödel now. I didn’t know that that’s how he thought or died.

Walter Model was a real soldier died the best way he could of I'm glad he didn't get handed to the Russians or put on show by the Americans

I am very sad for his loving wife that was never able to spend any time with him after the war. War is tragic on so many levels.

@user-nx5ks3tl6w

7 ай бұрын

А сколько любящих жён не дождались своих из за этих вояк, сами проиграли и Германию подставили

@clausbohm9807

7 ай бұрын

@@user-nx5ks3tl6w "War is tragic on SO MANY levels."

@rickwilliams1204

4 ай бұрын

Are you kidding, a great general, but a butcher to the core

@clausbohm9807

4 ай бұрын

@@rickwilliams1204 Where is the reference to his butchery, I read the only book I could find on him.

It is pronounced MO del not Model like in a model airplane.

@colonelreb2688

11 ай бұрын

It’s an AI

Who was Model? When Hitler suggested how to command the 9. Army, Model answered:"who is in command of 9. Army, you or I?" -Hitler was impressed. Whe Model arrived at 9. Army command post, Soviets were outside plundering the supply depot and hi staff officers were near panic. He calmly stepped up and explained the next counter attack.moves. His officers were stunned and asked,:" How, what have you brought us to execute this?" Model's answer:" Me!" That restired confidence and a hopeless situation. This us what Model was about.

Nothing but respect for Field Marshal Model.

He was buried near a tree and the tree was marked. Post War possibly after a few years, his Officers returned and exhumed the body. He now lies in a proper grave in a cemetery. If it is in a German Military Cemetary the flat stone might be enscribed Walter Modal FM and the dates

Thanks for using original music. Why i subbed to this channel

Model had faith in the wrong power, but he was always good to his men, unlike Schorner who killed german solders for no good reason.

Silesia in Czechoslovakia? Modern day? :D

In the end he was true to the dictum that Field Marshals don’t surrender…..period!

Nice work,Sergio. Where may I purchase a copy of Mr. Muñoz' book?

@waracademy128

11 ай бұрын

Ty man. In Amazon. Only in spanish

@oscarmadison8530

11 ай бұрын

@@waracademy128 Thank you. 👍🏻

@themanwithnoname7606

11 ай бұрын

I would like a copy also. It will be used for lighting the fire

No further thoughts required seemed straightforward. Considering the cause he died for ended as well as could have hoped.

Thanks

Better a Model officer than a Model prisoner

@WW24343

10 ай бұрын

He was a Cowardly punk only a coward committed suicide

Feild Marshall Model Was a Loyal Soldier!

12 German tanks from Panzer Lehr Division against more than 3,300 tanks from the Allied. Good job Hitler, Hitler forgot to declare a war against an Alien civilization secretly living beneth the earth's crust. 10,000 Allied plus Alien tanks would sound sexier than just 3,300 tanks.

@tomassmolen9443

11 ай бұрын

you should directing movies !

Leo Kessler wrote a wonderful account of the Ruhr Pocket battle

I think 🤔 that brilliant Marshall did not deserve those ridiculously speech launched by Ghobless... he served faithfully wehrmacht and Germany as deciplined Solder ..like others when he committed suicide he closed his militarily life full of gloriously 😢 ...about Paulus I think he was not traitor neither a Coward but both Adolf Hitler blindly stubbornly ordered without adequate supplies in early suitable times . and Manstein failure to reach Mishkova rivers in an early suitable time ... even Manstein did not order Paulus to break out from that lethal Stalingrad gaping . Because Manstein realized Paulus hadn't sufficient fuel ,food, water, and ammunition for breakout ....thank you ( War academy) channel for sharing this wonderful video

He was a Model German Field Marshal.

A sad ending for agreat commander

@clintfalk

10 ай бұрын

Really? You don't feel sad for the others who died, having no hand in starting the war that killed them?

Too bad Model felt compelled to do himself in. He was a fine general, particularly in defensive warfare. Amother fine German marshal who was great on the defense was Kesselring. He was always a happy and cheerful guy. Photos show him smiling, as was his habit, on the day of his surrender. He would spend hours happily dicussing the art of warfare with American generals. Eisenhower felt compelled to issue an order that his generals had to stop buying him lunch at the POW camp. He was at peace with himself, confident that he did the best job he could. His autobiogrsphy is a hoot.

@donaldatherton319

10 ай бұрын

Smiling Albert

There is no easy way out of having done negative activities selfishly in life. Spiritual responsibility must be faced always.

Hardcore fellow....I am guessing he had some Prussian warrior genes in him. RIP

Model was a man of HONOR

"Old school" tuff - balls !;

Another interesting video. Cheers 👍

@waracademy128

11 ай бұрын

Ty man

Let me guess here, he had absolutely no knowledge of the atrocities being actively pursued by the Nazis against harmless, defenseless civilians. The honorable thing to do is to explain to posterity how you were seduced against your better judgment by these spineless criminals.

@ToreDL87

9 ай бұрын

Yeah chances are he knew about it, another thing that doesn't help his case is actively ordering scorched earth policy, displacemnt of up to quarter of a million Russian civilians (not that they ever cared about their own except when it suited them) and untold numbers of civilians killed by that alleged clean Wehraboo of his.

@dleechristy

9 күн бұрын

LOL

It would be hard to argue he was a hero, hard to argue he was completely evil. Killing himself wasn't an act of bravery nor cowardice. It's probably a record, but 20 U.S. soldiers were awarded the Medal of Honor for one single battle, the Battle of Wounded Knee, which more aptly was a war crime, mass murder, genocide. And I am sure none of them thought of themselves as war criminals, mass murderers. Model didn't see himself as such either. The Soviets had already indicted him for killing some 600,000 people in concentration camps and he had learned that. "Has everything been done to justify our actions in the light of history," he asked. I have no doubt Hitler asked the same question, not necessarily the exact words, but in the same spirit, to men. That's the question neither of them would have asked standing before God. They already knew in their knowers the answer.

@doncheechako8084

11 ай бұрын

Desperate deflection about Wounded Knee. It was in no way comparable to the Nazi mass killings on the eastern front or their deliberate starvation-killings of millions of Russian POW's. Model knew exactly what was going on from the beginning of the war (if not before) he chose not to think about it, until the very last days of the war. A skilled commander but no sympathy for him at all.

@scottw5315

11 ай бұрын

WTF are you bringing up wounded knee for in this context? You people are just plain weird. The plains indians were every bit as savage to each other and to white settlers as the US Army was to them. Stop crying about the indians. Do you weep for Neanderthal who was displaced by Cro-Magnon?

@animula6908

11 ай бұрын

I don’t think most soldiers are completely good or evil.

@orlandofurioso7958

10 ай бұрын

@@animula6908 Agreed. Most of them are only slightly corrupt, having so little power. I enjoy diaries by and interviews with veterans, Allies and Axis. They didn't want war. They didn't want kill. They didn't want be killed. They were the cannon fodder of the rich and powerful who are the most evil.

Ein Feldmarschall geht nicht in Gefangenschaft

Interesting and informative.Excellent photography job enabling viewers to better understand what/whom the orator was describing. Class A research project!!! Model was a fool to obey the disillusioned/arrogant Hitler. As was Von Paulus on the eastern front. Having blind faith cost additional 10s of thousands of lives. That the leadership in Berlin didn't care about.

Epic

He was a role model in a more general sense.

Thank you for this video about a honorable great real man with the germanic spirit of a real warrior. Respect and RIP.

@randyjenkins8743

9 ай бұрын

A real German knight

First time I've seen Gobbles in military attire 6:20.

They fought to the last out-take of "Downfall".

Y'all have great content but I'm absolutely begging you to pay for a person to read your scripts! the AI speech is not of a good enough quality for medium length videos yet.

Brave man. Loyal to the bitter end.

@roelkomduur8073

10 ай бұрын

Sending young men to their deaths..

Ahem, I recognize that scene from when my favorite basketball team lost and the opponents kept on "stalling"

The infamous "to the last man" nonsensical orders..

@jb-xc4oh

4 ай бұрын

Sometimes the order is necessary. Model gave that order to Otto Kumm in Feb 42 to hold a position to the last man during the first Russian winter counter offensive. The fate of army group center depended on Otto Kumm and his regiment of the SS Das Reich division. They held the most important part of the line for three weeks repelling daily attacks by the Russians and suffering appalling loses. Ther crisis was averted and Model went on to stabilize the positions of army group center. Otto Kumm survived the war.

One of the best comanders. He also knew it's was all over and will be hanged. I also think he realise he had served a crazy system and think of all the pain for nothing for his army.🎩

looking at the comments war criminal or not he certainly managed to secure a reasonable reputation for himself in history by his final act

@dleechristy

9 күн бұрын

only for people with no morals who excuse wars of EXTERMINATION, genocide, and ethnic cleansing. It was a war aim.

Walter Model was a hero RIP

@davidjackson2179

11 ай бұрын

He was a capable general but certainly not a hero. He enabled his troops to commit a mass of atrocities on the Eastern Front and likely would have been convicted of war crimes after the war had he not killed himself.

@waynelittle646

11 ай бұрын

@@davidjackson2179 glory to Germany

@TheToolnut

11 ай бұрын

​@@davidjackson2179Several allied generals should have been hanged after the war for war crimes.

@stephenwatson8981

10 ай бұрын

@@waynelittle646 Nazi

@clintfalk

10 ай бұрын

@@TheToolnut And which allied generals? You said "several" yet you couldn't be bothered to name one and why they should have been hanged.

The R. pocket was full.....of civilians. Many moved to Canada after the war: all in my neighbourhood in BC are job creators, business owners, medical staff. We as a nation were the winners all right: the real winners. We got these productive people and they made Canada the country is now is. So know, let's talk about who were letting in today???

Probably a combination of different factors, what he had said about Paulus surrendering alive, the situation that was militarily hopeless, the expectation of being handed over to the Soviet Union and the mood he was in that very day, and his world view ( more nationalistic than spiritual it seems) caused his suicide. Maybe he was also under influence of alcohol,that makes judgement worse or eradicates it in some kinds of situations.

my favorite feldmarschall. thank you for the video!

@H-Zazoo

10 ай бұрын

I didn't now there was such a thing as having a favourite Nazi Feldmarschall. Now I will have to have a think to come up with mine. In the meantime can I have a favourite death camp commandant? Hoess is usually pretty popular. And quite resilient. The way the soviet soldier had give the chair a second kick.

This way, he saved his family for revenge from Berlin. Smart and nobel.

AI narrators cannot pronounce names correctly and cannot distinguish a number used in Roman Numerals such as WWII, producing a stutter effect. Bring back human narrators with their unique accents. Be better World, especially America.

@389383

11 ай бұрын

Surprised he didn't get someone from customer support in India.

He was a hard man who led a hard life who made a hard decision. As I told my son about people, you don't have to emulate him. You take the good parts and throw out the bad parts. He knew how to interact with people and get desired results. Otherwise, his ethics were bad.

He was a war criminal. It still amazes me how few people, widely read in WWII history, have still not read the works of modern German historians, works available in English, that make crystal clear that the entire leadership of the German military were legally and morally guilty of unspeakable crimes, as were vast numbers of their troops.

@tackies100

10 ай бұрын

Modern German historians? You mean clever little Jerries wet behind the ears, wanting to gain a bit of fame by running real men down who did their best under a murderous regime and incredibly difficult circumstances, by digging up all sorts of dubious stories long after that generation has died and there is no one left to set the facts right?

@clintfalk

10 ай бұрын

Correct, and many were acquitted, give lenient sentences or branded as "fellow travelers" at the war trials. For the most part, justice was not served as few of the guilty were convicted or ever held accountable.

@kurtjammer9568

10 ай бұрын

So we're the americans

@bdcochran01

9 ай бұрын

Yes, In the history of the world, a number of the guilty always escape because they become useful tools for the next group (s) of competing people.@@clintfalk

Unfortunately for history Model's suicide was probably dictated more by his fear of being tried as a War Criminal than doing his duty as a loyal soldier. The evidence against him was as strong as that that led to others being sentenced to death at Nuremburg. No tears for him please he knew the score.

Germany's great history of defense in depth and indirect movement was annihilated by, as Model would say, "these _igs." Not to mention Germany's women and children.

Paulus surrendered at Stalingrad and lived out his life in luxury in the DDR while his men died in Soviet captivity.

@WW24343

10 ай бұрын

Who wouldn't? ..... Paulus was smart only a Cowardly punk committed suicide

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“coo d grace” 😆

Considering what happened to the other upper command, he chose wisely.

Surrender ? You gotta be kidding me.

He wimped out at Arnhem. Did a Samurai decision.

Iam a old school "Freelance Operator" "Dead before Desonor".

Models War crime were a mountain of horrible facts in the east. Choosing a Prussian tradition to never surrender it was his deadly end creating so much blood death of soldiers....

WW2 was Man vs. Evil and Man lost

Model...He teach Allied so many times, Arnheim...

@5:09: The Battle of Berlin certainly was rather not a coup de grace...

He was betrayed in the end by his superiors as he was loyal to his country.

Flegelien

Model, my man. The lion of defense.

See how much disaster a single man with sufficient power can cause to so many honourable people. I have no problem with a dictatorship; but I have a serious issue with autocracy of a single man

Guderian, Paulus, Rommel, Doenitz...all fine soldiers on the wrong side of history

Hitlers fireman." Aah, Model "he used to say. I think he was his favourite General.

The general's name was "MO- DULL" not "model." How irritating.