Ladies and Gentlemen, this is Part 7 ( Last part) of memoirs of a German sniper, who was the second most successful sniper of the German Wehrmacht and one of the few private soldiers to be honored with the award of the Knight’s Cross .An Austrian conscript, after qualifying as a machine gunner he was drafted to the southern sector of the Russian Front in July 1942. Wounded at Voroshilovsk, he experimented with a Russian sniper-rifle while convalescing and so impressed his superiors with his proficiency that he was returned to the front as his regiment’s only sniper specialist. This is link of the playlist ,kzread.info/head/PLGjbe3ikd0XFJvqTdl03ArTtMdafj2CkL This is link of part 1 kzread.info/dash/bejne/aYaA0c2knLXNk8o.html This is link of part 2 kzread.info/dash/bejne/iZuE1tyNibXHlM4.html This is link of part 3 kzread.info/dash/bejne/h3d626uxf87OYdI.html This is link of part 4 kzread.info/dash/bejne/iotoyMlxoqfXp5c.html This is link of part 5 kzread.info/dash/bejne/o5WXpaekg6nfY5c.html This is link of part 6 kzread.info/dash/bejne/k3122KqEnJPfYcY.html

@charliewhite4523

7 ай бұрын

Is this the one man history on ww2 history. I like knowing what other Gaman people thought of the other ww2, and what mend them. Follow this mam to abess.

@johndouglas8918

6 ай бұрын

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My Father who had been a medic in the ill fated 106th division was tasked with guarding German prisoners after the surrender. He told my brothers and I how much he respected and admired the German soldiers who were just boys according to him. He would tell us they were just like him and missed their families and did not want to fight in the war. He would never sit down with us and watch a WW2 movie with us saying it was all Hollywood crap and war was sheer terror and no glory. As much as he respected the Germans he went to his grave despising the French. When I graduated from High School I told him I wanted to enlist. He threw a fit so I became a Pipefitter like him.

@miketrusky476

7 ай бұрын

Dad wom a Bronze Star at Remagen, the army kept him on after the war, he spoke fluent Polish, he interviewed concentration camp victims. Showed me photos he kept in a safe only once. He was not a fan of the Germans.

@janetrouse8362

7 ай бұрын

Did he ever say why he hated the French? I am sure he had a good reason?

@SanitysVoid

7 ай бұрын

@@janetrouse8362 Well the French basically brought the world World War II out of sheer selfishness.

@ManiSRao-bt3xw

7 ай бұрын

​@@SanitysVoidwhat does that mean ?

@scottlewis9127

7 ай бұрын

@@janetrouse8362 Yes he did. He said that as a whole the French were for who ever was winning at the time and that they fired on American troops in north Africa also during the war while walking down a road in France he saw a potato field and a French farmer digging potato's so he walked up to the farmer and offered him money for some of the potato's. He said the farmer became rude. shouting at him and refused to let him buy any. Also said they were filthy people of low moral character unlike Germans who he said reminded him of Americans. Those are the words of my Father recollecting his memories when he was an 18 year old country boy

By far probably my new favorite channel on youtube

Audio from 'Sniper on the Eastern Front: The Memoirs of Sepp Allerberger, Knight’s Cross'

Great book , thanks again

These stories are heart wrenching I wonder if his survival was by Divine intervention to remind us of the horror and futility of war...

@daleburrell6273

7 ай бұрын

...it very likely was-(!)

@GH-oi2jf

5 ай бұрын

It was just statistics.

Very interesting story! Enjoyed it very much!

@WW2Tales

5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! 🙏

I love these stones from history. Evryone assumes that the german soldier was a nazi. These were just men no different than you and I who did just that, their duty.

@sorennilsson9742

6 ай бұрын

More than 50% of the were party members. So no they were not inocent in the way you think. They were good soldiers but were they good men? The white washing of their sins are still going on.

I hope Joseph Aleburger came to terms with his being a sniper. The rules of warfare changed in WWII and snipers being one of those changes has only proven their worth. My dad being career Navy at the outbreak of US involvement in Vietnam served six tours for six tours. Sometimes onboard a destroyer, sometimes on river patrol boats. He told me of one week where a single Vietcong sniper had held down a company of US Marines for nearly an entire week... my dad, a Warrant Officer, hid his insignia when on the patrol boats. Snipers his major concern. Those boats were made of fiberglass, but had multiple layers and watertight compartments on their sides. An RPG could slam into the side, blowing a hole into the boat and have no ill effect, but a sniper... no, a sniper didn't fire at the boat. Dad kept his head down as did most of the crew. As I began, I do hope that Joseph, the young Wehrmacht sniper, at least came to terms with his role being a necessary position that most certainly saved his life. Though my grandfather, an American Army Corporal was not on his front, lived a long life after the war... I hope Joseph lived a long life at home working in his dad's woodshop.

amazing

@WW2Tales

6 ай бұрын

Glad you think so!

Thanks. Interesting series. Certainly a bloodier story than the last guy.

All quiet on the Eastern front.

- have you washed your neck! 😂

@billymule961

7 ай бұрын

No, but I've cleaned my ears with cotton.

6:58 "I pass you this letter from the field Marshall as a token of his personal esteem he encloses autographed photographs of himself and your divisional commander General Klatt" I don't know about the rest of you guys but I just laughed at this. This almost feels like a Rockstar Complex to me.

@smokeydapot

4 ай бұрын

I thought the same thing. An autographed photo of der Führer, maybe, but some general you’ve never met, I couldn’t care less. It’s funny how they were what made it home to his parents as well.

I thought that was Ed Harris in the thumbnail.

@dkuhs

5 ай бұрын

I believe it is .

@corn1971

3 ай бұрын

It is, from the movie Enemy at the Gates that was about snipers in Stalingrad

I wish every young man would listen to this and every old man not send them.

What a waste.

I hadn't noticed before the picture above, but apparently many Russians didn't wear helmets in WW2.

@hankhill6916

7 ай бұрын

Correct, the German Gebirgsjager ( The unit the story’s author belongs to) were also infamous for wearing their bergmütze into combat over their Stahlhelm.

You sir, are a skilled and practiced narrator! Remind me of my elementary school librarian (1965-1969). He read us "Tom Sawyer" and later "Huckleberry Finn". All us young boys listened with acute awareness. He was a little more animated as his audience was 5.6 and 7 year olds! Do you narrate Audiobooks for Amazon? If so what genre? Looking to maybe be able to pick some with your name if possible!

@kieranh2005

6 ай бұрын

It's an AI bot voice. You can tell from the absolute butchery it makes of the pronunciation of some of the words.

@philcamp8621

6 ай бұрын

I really hate AI coming to youtube so much. Its like they are getting away copying real content creator' ideas! And it make me wonder if it's actually Google doing like Amazon did by selling the better sale items and then have the search favor themselves.! @@kieranh2005

@phil9308

5 ай бұрын

​@@kieranh2005The pronunciation is hilarious!

@smokeydapot

4 ай бұрын

@@kieranh2005 And they’re not even consistent. I’ve identified at least 4 separate pronunciations of “Jäger” through-out this series.

1:11 - Sympathy is biased regarding those fighting for the aggressor as opposed to for the defender. 3:31 - 4/20/45. Yes, the end is near. 4:33 - Exhausted front-line troops treated sarcastically by well rested headquarters troops! Surprise, surprise! 13:06 - 8 May '45. The victors breathe a sigh of relief. The vanquished are just beginning to process the new circumstance. 14:25 - The choice is certain mal-treatment by the Red Army or some slim chance of surrendering to the Western Allies. 15:32 - That's a "Please torture me" rifle; worthless other than that. 22:35 - Get as far away as you can, NOW! 27:06 - A slim chance is better than none. 28:57 - I can yet be proven an idiot, but that sounds like the best alternative available to you. 30:32 - Well, there I have been proven the idiot. 33:14 - They were escapees from Nazi concentration camps; in a just world, they would have beaten you to death. 35:04 - Whew! 36:37 - Not a question I'm prepared to answer in the absolute, but the Reds were defending their (horrible) country against a (pretty horrible) aggressor, so exercise great caution in your answer.

That one didnt commit atrocities i guess

@oledahammer8393

7 ай бұрын

He was Wehrmacht, they generally were not kool-aid drinkers like the SS. Many were conscripts. The SS committed nearly ALL the atrocities. It's well documented the Russians had no discipline and raped every woman they encountered....I suspect the SS did the same. The Wehrmacht was not known for doing such things. Many Wehrmacht soldiers were completely unaware of the "final solution" and the death camps.

@George-vf7ss

6 ай бұрын

😂

Title edit (FIFY): 'The End of Terrible Germany Was Near'

Who still celebrates April the 20th!

@scottklocke891

7 ай бұрын

Mango Mussolini celebrates 20 April 1889

Sepp was later awarded the diamond tiara and black silk tutu to his Knights Cross

@MikeWinkyObama

6 ай бұрын

Please don't share your sick fantasies.

@user-bf2cv9xo7x

6 ай бұрын

Richard Simmons: "Wait! What?"

@AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg

6 ай бұрын

@@user-bf2cv9xo7x LoL. Growing up in Ireland knowing Luftwaffe and Kreigsmarine former Internee's, Medals and Decorations meant probably far more to them than any Allied servicemen, they literally lived in "their own World". I knew 3 such men very very well, their Children being my School friends and they themselves being my parents friends, they themselves were interned in Eire, the Irish Republic at some point during WW2. 2 of the 3 knew that they would stay, one returned to Germany, Hamburg after WW2 to find everything gone..... Home, Friends, Family, and for him WORST of all His Fiancee. These Men made a life for themselves in little old Ireland and made a difference, made a great contribution to today's Ireland.

There is one big difference between the British soldier and an American one. A general rule of course born out by what the American soldiers did after liberating concentration camps :- kzread.info/dash/bejne/eZl2tLmvfrO-oKQ.html Quite simply, 'two wrongs do not make a right'. I'm sure that after seeing a good friend die in the heat of battle, atrocities were made by the British, but to calmly ignore the Geneva Convention makes those US soldiers no better than Nazi's. To be honest, worse, they were supposed to be Christians and civilized.

@alibombari1486

5 ай бұрын

I'm guessing you don't have family that were tortured and gassed in nazi camps ? Comparing America soldiers to nazis .....pathetic

@POWWOWMIK

5 ай бұрын

How would it make them 'worse'? 🤪

I see that this channel is only interested in German stories.

@WW2Tales

7 ай бұрын

Sir that's not the case perhaps, we have uploaded videos of American Marines and Japanese Kamikaze Pilots ,but the problem is ,our audience is only interested in stories of Wehrmacht foot soldiers ,Panzer Aces (not even in stories of Luftwaffe Pilots or U boat Commanders ) ,they hardly take internet in other stories ,just go to videos section and check the views on videos of Marines, Kamikaze and Luftwaffe Pilots

@henrypollock7987

7 ай бұрын

@@WW2TalesI think me personally I’ve gone over so much of the allies side of the war and it’s interesting to hear the average bloke opinions and experiences during a lost war that would have felt like the fall of Rome for the Germans

@WW2Tales

7 ай бұрын

@henrypollock7987 Sir that's exactly the feelings of majority of audience which is quite surprising for us as well ,they are least interested in Allies memoirs of WW2

@amberleaf3n144

6 ай бұрын

​@@WW2TalesI do appreciate listening to both sides of the story. Fo so long we have only got to hrar one side.

@dochi1958

6 ай бұрын

@@WW2Tales Any chance any Russian stories will ever be told?

What the hell is an explosive bullet? This sounds fake.

@conveyor2

7 ай бұрын

"During World War II, German and Russian snipers were authorized to use explosive spotter-type rifle ammunition (B-Patron) on the Eastern Front against Russia."

@maineoutdoorsman677

6 ай бұрын

It's a anti material bullet made to catch air planes on fire ,or trucks ,that explodes with a little piece of c4 in the nose ,unde4 the soft copper lead point ,look it up Jesus us a book

@MikeWinkyObama

6 ай бұрын

You should try using something I call an "internet search".

@smokeydapot

4 ай бұрын

@@MikeWinkyObama Your account is hilarious 😂

@sfelton8943

2 ай бұрын

Who would have guessed, a bullet that explodes!? Under no circumstances take 5 seconds to google search before putting your stupidity on display in the comments section!