The fact that the Germans could still give the Soviets a bloody nose even after their disastrous defeat in Stalingrad is just mind blowing.

@cyrosubod2317

2 жыл бұрын

Thats why they are based and finest fighting force in history

@grievetan

2 жыл бұрын

Russians won only with outnumbering Germans

@firstduckofwellington6889

2 жыл бұрын

They still had semi-fresh troops available

@ahahuehafook4207

2 жыл бұрын

I mean the soviets in that area were worn out in that area and overextended. They were still fuckin up allied armies hungarians italian ect

@rebelblade7159

2 жыл бұрын

@@grievetan Not really. The Russians had the numerical advantage and their tactics made the most use of them effectively. In some instances, the Russians were much better fighters than the Western allies if you read the accounts of Wehrmacht soldiers who fought them like Otto Carius. Otherwise, it would have been another scenario like the Middle East where the Israeli armed forces stopped much larger Arab armies who sucked at coordination and properly using their numbers. By the way, the greatest "dumb brute force human wave attack" of the war was D-Day.

Nearly exactly 79 years later there is another battle for Kharkov. The world is crazy!

@olavtryggvason1194

2 жыл бұрын

Yes and now it's the Ukrainians who better should prepare a deadly trap for the Russian forces.

@destroyerarmor2846

2 жыл бұрын

@@olavtryggvason1194 nah, USA is turning Ukraine into European Afghanistan

@eliasziad7864

2 жыл бұрын

Lol, ez victory for Russia

@denisfutac9676

2 жыл бұрын

@@eliasziad7864 lololololololololol , you gonna need alot of Russian body bags , comrade...

@Gallagherfreak100

2 жыл бұрын

@@eliasziad7864 when the war criminal putin swings high from the gallows, you won't feel so smug.

8:1 manpower disadvantage... but still kick ass.

@cybertronian2005

Жыл бұрын

though when you consider the Soviet troops were at the long end of their logistical tether, and many were weakened and understrength having participated in the battles around and following Stalingrad, and that the II SS Panzer Corps were fresh troops...

@jan8742

4 ай бұрын

@@cybertronian2005also incompetent NCO corps made up of political appointees because it was more important to be loyal than to be experienced, something that is still true for the Russian Military some 80 years later

Von Manstein was possibly one of the best German general of the war but it must be said that he had the best troops, Panzerdivisions and commanders they did an incredible feat and inflicting terrible losses to the Russians. Excellent video and I liked very much and just subscribed 👍👍

@randersen2171

2 жыл бұрын

have you watched Tic review the sources, The russian daily reports (force nr etc) only newly released, show that their units in kharkow where severly depleated after the offensive, with devisions being brigades etc. bringing the total numbers down to parity or sleightly outnumberd germans, with operational initiative a standard 3-1 was probably achived along every point of contact :)

@shanealan2168

2 жыл бұрын

@@randersen2171 while there may be some truth to that you have to be careful with tic, he has a pretty obvious bias towards the soviets

@randersen2171

2 жыл бұрын

@@shanealan2168 i belive he has the same amount of bias, an honest historian would show if he was writing based on the german sourced (given he belived the german had no reason to lie) :) Tik is just a counter point, and the truth is in between, altough once you buy a narrative like he has, you become biased.

@Lehr-km5be

2 жыл бұрын

@@shanealan2168 That is simply not true. Time and time again he debunked the myths that glorified both german and russian things alike. Seeing how he pretty much only uses legitimate quotes and reliable sources to prove his points it becomes quite obvious that he is not biased toward any side. The germans army and engineering is just much more often to made like the best army that had ever existed so there is the most debunking to be made here.

@shanealan2168

2 жыл бұрын

@@Lehr-km5be I've been watching tic a long time, and in my opinion he has a clear if not egregious bias towards the soviet union. If you look at how far the germans got in ww2 constantly starving for resources against a coalition of the 3 greatest powers on earth, you have to give some respect to the german army and engineering.

Modern war theories: you need a 3:1 advantage for a successful attack. Manstein: let's try it with 1:8.

@andrerothweiler9191

Жыл бұрын

If you are able to destroy logistics, you need even less. Ukranians showed the world how to do it

@sirpatriarch8122

4 ай бұрын

​@@andrerothweiler9191The Ukranians just got enircled and has decided to scoot from their fort at Avdiivka 😅

@IceKnight678

3 ай бұрын

@@andrerothweiler9191The germans had shitty logistics at the time

@avenaoat

Ай бұрын

The soviet had only about 2:1 and the Germans used hiwi-s so the German had only 1.7: 1! However the Tigers, and the new PC IV + Sturmgesütz were better tanks.

My great uncle was part of this battle as a panzergrenadier in 2nd SS Panzer div Das Reich, and his war diary is chocked full of heavy fighting for the city against what he described as "fighting for the gates of Hell". The resistance they encountered was fierce, but the panzer IV's they had supporting them really did a kickass job at destroying enemy strong points with HE, which the 2nd SS panzer carried plenty of as his diary shows. They were one of the few fully equipped divisions at that time during the counter offensive and they made good on their resources to push out the Soviets.

@toadfaceass

2 жыл бұрын

Must be nice having a heroes blood a part of yours.

@alexbowman7582

2 жыл бұрын

There’s a recent KZread video on why the Americans soldiers preferred the Sherman’s 75mm HE cannon to the more anti tank 76mm due to the 75’s support of troops.

@TzunSu

2 жыл бұрын

@@toadfaceass If you think the 2nd SS were heroes you're a nazi.

@ra-ge

2 жыл бұрын

@@TzunSu They are soldiers,it has nothing to do with politics and yes they are heros.

@TzunSu

2 жыл бұрын

@@ra-ge Of course it has to do with politics. This specific outfit committed numerous mass murders and war crimes. If you think they are heroes, is there anyone who's ever carried a gun who's not in your mind?

I am no wheraboo, but I can't help but be impressed by the fighting abilities and resourcefulness of the German fighting man in ww2.

@Trust-me-I-am-a-dentist

2 жыл бұрын

20 Million Russians were starved to death by the Communist regime between the first and second world war. This was a part of Stalin's 'purification' of the Union.

@Trust-me-I-am-a-dentist

2 жыл бұрын

Russians were just as bad... so you can root for the Germans if you like. By the way KZread censorship is just astounding. I can't even say you can root for the Germans LoL.

@nerminerminerminermi

2 жыл бұрын

What is a wheraboo?! Are you 10 years old? Where you have these childish Kindergarten words from?

@iffatwaris7425

2 жыл бұрын

@@nerminerminerminermi wehraboo means that you support the Nazis, or the Wehrmacht specifically just because you find them cool aesthetically, like how red army fanboys are called "tankies." It's not a kindergarden word and it is a common phrase used when discussing about the Wehrmacht.

@nerminerminerminermi

2 жыл бұрын

@@iffatwaris7425 i thought the Pro russian is the sovietaboo and the US one a yankaboo? Are they Not? or a comwealthaboo for the brits? Frogaboo for the french or baguettaboo? Which childish idiot startet that shit?! Dont Tell me its from an online game then its 100% Kindergarten

Erich von Manstein, who was the brainchild behind invading France through the Ardennes in 1940, sealed his place among great generals with his strategic counter-offensive surrounding the third battle of Kharkov. He was the only German Field Marshal who earned the respect of Soviet Field Marshal Zhukov by the end of WWII. It came as no surprise that he was chosen to head Germany's defence force in the initial post-war period.

@karstenseterbakken3617

2 жыл бұрын

He wasnt chosen, he was actually forced to do, as many German veterans where.

@lychan2366

2 жыл бұрын

@@karstenseterbakken3617 Whether he was forced or chosen to lead the German defence force in the initial post-WWII period, wasn't the main point of my previous post. If you've missed the forest for the trees, the main point was that he was recognized for his strategic brilliance.

@richardscanlan3167

2 жыл бұрын

the only respected German? sure buddy,Heinrici and Model would like a word.

@karstenseterbakken3617

2 жыл бұрын

@@lychan2366 These people would never reckon the new republic of germany which where created after the war. He was forced to be a part of that new pro allied army in western BRD. He was one of many which where too forced on both sides of the wall which splitted germany apart to be in these new created defence forces. It wasnt because they respected them, it was to have a good eye on these battle hardened folks for very good reasons.

@lychan2366

2 жыл бұрын

@@richardscanlan3167 Tell it to Zhukov; not me.

Just wanna say this rn, this was not germanys last victory on the eastern front. This was one of the last major victories the wehrmacht would have had. The Germans would still have minor victories as the war dragged on.

@travisgodbold7070

2 жыл бұрын

Kharkov wasn't a Wehrmacht win, it was Waffen SS.

@Aryan-nv9kd

2 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, the cost of these "minor victories" would lead to the Soviets getting enraged and being pushed against the wall. And when you do that to a major power, you see vast civilian causalities. We hear reports about the Red Army brutally murdering, raping and killing entire German villages on their march to Berlin, but people forget that Russia suffered the same at the hands of the Germans when they invaded, and the numbers were three times than what the Russian did. In a war, if we are not careful about focusing on achieving the said targets and reducing collateral damage as much as possible, you will potentially be facing an armed relative of every person that you have killed by "accident". By the end of it all, Germans were literally running like rats trying to surrender to the Western Forces and escape the brutal torture that was waiting for them if they were caught by the Red Army. While the Western allies also committed atrocities of their own, they were known to be at least less brutal than what the Russians would do since the Germans had burned more than half of their country in the invasion which was also considered a betrayal by Stalin personally after he had signed various non-aggression treaties with Hitler.

@joangratzer2101

2 жыл бұрын

JAN. 1945 BUDAPEST (OPERATION SUDWIND - SOUTHWIND) 1ST SS AND 12TH SS AGAINST THE RUSSIANS OUTSIDE THE CITY IN 9 DAYS OF CONTINUOUS COMBAT THEY WIPED OUT 7 SOVIET RIFLE DIVISIONS AND 1 MOTORIZED BRIGADE. MICHAEL REYNOLDS "MEN OF STEEL"

@floydvaughn836

2 жыл бұрын

No retreat is a victory, unless you've got a whole lot of hurt to retreat to. And the Germans didn't. Face it, by not settling on a single objective that would put Stalin out of business (Moscow) the Germans were doomed to fail.

@SJ-xb7lg

2 жыл бұрын

@@Aryan-nv9kd LMAO what a load of horseshit. The wehmarcht never raped and killed civilians get your little head out of your ass.

Timing is a perfect for uploading this, just when the fifth battle for Kharkiv is taking place.

@eliasziad7864

2 жыл бұрын

Russian victory

@yaxsuo

2 жыл бұрын

@@eliasziad7864 cool but when did we ask?

@humptydumpty3345

2 жыл бұрын

@@eliasziad7864 not before their Cold War equipment and apcs with rotting tires get blown up by st. Javelin and his friends

@matthewhalstead8817

2 жыл бұрын

I thought the one happening now was the 4th?

@NhatHuyNg

2 жыл бұрын

@@eliasziad7864 where?

Hoth was such a great general that they named a whole planet after him.

@tylerhiggins3522

2 жыл бұрын

I catch a decent amount of WWII factoids (and weaponry) in Star Wars, Karellian freighter, Kessel run, etc.

@williampaz2092

2 жыл бұрын

😂🤣

@RangaTurk

4 ай бұрын

But he could not convince the higher-ups to give them back the 16th Motorised Division back to Army Group Don which belonged to his formation in the first place and for Army Group A elements north of Grozny to fall back to Elista to take their place. From a tactical perspective, I think the 17th Panzer Division arrived too late for the drive from Generalovskii to Lagovski. But when Little Saturn happened they might not have had to quit the relief salient completely and cancel Winter Storm, and even if they got to Krep and Zety by having the 16th Motorised Division move up towards Stalingrad alongside Group Panwitz what then? They still have to fend off the Soviet 64th and 57th Armies and wait for Paulus to break out whilst fending off frontal attacks from remnants of 2nd Guards and everything else. Plus if a tenuous connection was made the question is would they stay in the city with Strecker's Corp worn down to regiment and battalion strength?

@wernerdegraaf704

2 ай бұрын

😄

@GrislyAtoms12

2 ай бұрын

@@RangaTurk This comment is way too serious to be a reply to my comment. It would be better to make it a stand-alone comment instead of a reply.

The logs you see on modern tanks, particularly Soviet/Russian ones, aren’t for protection. They’re for unditching the vehicle if it gets bogged down. The crew attaches the tank to the tracks on one end of the tank and when it moves the log is pulled under the vehicle to give it a lot of traction. This lets the tank pull itself out of soft ground and not have to get a tow.

@MALITH666

2 жыл бұрын

There is a quote from Generation Kill, "the army gets logistics, Marines make do" - when reporter asks why they use the KY lube for guns instead of proper ones.

@paoloviti6156

2 жыл бұрын

Correct, basically the logs are useless against AP incoming shots as well demonstrated during the war with somewhat better results hanging tracks around...

@johncox2865

2 жыл бұрын

I’ve done that with red, 3 hole bricks on my dad’s 3/4 ton truck. Works very well!

@JoeOvercoat

2 жыл бұрын

Same as the logs on the first tanks: they are on the roof so they can be rolled in front of the tank for sticky traverses.

@g3koot100

2 жыл бұрын

That's true

"Ausf" is short for "Ausführung", meaning: "Version" or "Mark".

Erich Von Mastyne was really an extraordinary genius General in the history of the world.

Manstein should have been overall commander Eastern Front

@chadgaston8615

2 жыл бұрын

He still would have turned Ukrainians against them.

manstein was brilliant

Subscribed within 20 seconds. I can recognize a good history channel when i see one

8 to 1 ratio and still winning that’s what I call fighting spirit.

@user-gd9bi2hg5m

2 жыл бұрын

это просто вранье вот и все

@lazr9672

2 жыл бұрын

@@user-gd9bi2hg5m how do you know?

@mustafajsiraj8877

2 жыл бұрын

@@lazr9672 it hurts his bolshevik feelings

@Tom--Ace

4 ай бұрын

Lol don't try and censor me you asshat Manstein is a liar

@devinfraserashpole4753

2 ай бұрын

@@mustafajsiraj8877 The Bolsheviks are gone.

One would think Hitler would have learned from this experience that giving his most talented commanders like Von Manstein freedom to act flexibly could still yield tremendous results even after Stalingrad.

@ill_bred_demon9059

Ай бұрын

You'd think that, but thank God he didn't

@anthonycruciani939

Ай бұрын

@@ill_bred_demon9059 Well there is no God so let's not waste time with that.

5th battle of kharkov is gonna be a thing i guess

@TheChuckfuc

2 жыл бұрын

I guess so

@brendonbre8745

2 жыл бұрын

It already is, they are fighting for kharkiv now

@kniespel6243

2 жыл бұрын

And the russians will be defeated this time by inferior army . Ukrainian army.

@angelonunez8555

2 жыл бұрын

The Soviets/Russians were 1-3 in the first four battles. Let us hope that their record falls to 1-4.

@Bynk333

2 жыл бұрын

@@kniespel6243 I dont thing, ukrainians have zero chance to win this....

September 1, 1939 the wehrmacht entered poland. France and great britain declare war on Germany. 15 days later the USSR annexed more than a third of polish territory. The allies did not decide to declare war on the USSR. What had been intolerable from Hitler had been tolerated from the Soviets! the allies feared consolidating stalin's alliance with the third reich. From september 1939 the allies had only one idea : not to rush the ussr, to initiate a reconciliation with stalin despite his aggression against their polish allies. Stalin was able to multiply diktats, put an end to the independence of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, wrest Bessarabia from the Romanians. Only one thing mattered : making it possible for the Russians to change sides. In less than two years, it was done. The Yugoslav volte face, the claims declared by molotov during his visit to berlin in november 1940 and which demanded neither more nor less than complete control of the balkans, the military preparations of the soviets during the spring of 1941 had left no doubt to hitler on the ambitions of the USSR. The Germans, sensing the stakes had been cast, only had to take the lead. It was under these Circumstances that the battle to the death between the Third Reich and the USSR began on June 22, 1941.

@JoeOvercoat

2 жыл бұрын

After all, the critical thing to England was that England keep her Empire when all was said & done.

@purliewilson8192

2 жыл бұрын

Your point being what, exactly? When you say “in less than two years, it was done”, you seem to gloss over the fact that “it was done” by Stalin’s ally Hitler, & that Stalin chose to ignore the accurate intelligence he was given by the UK (& indeed by Richard Sorge) which made clear what was about to happen.

@logon235

2 жыл бұрын

The Soviets were caught unprepared. Sure, Stalin was seeking buffers from invasion, but he was more focused inwards that outwards. Hitler had ambitions Eastward, he even wrote about it and the need for lebensraum for the Aryan race. Hitler's invasion was not a response to a threat but his own ambitions.

@elviadarkgrape2859

2 жыл бұрын

@@logon235 Bullshit. Hitlers Invasion was a preemtive strike against Stalins Bolshevik Conquest of Europe. He had to shoot first. Stalin was expanding in Baltic States, Finnland, Romania and he intented to attack Europe. Hitler just shoot first. Stalin even broke non-agression pact with Japan and stabbed the japenese in the back by invading manchuria.

@logon235

2 жыл бұрын

@@elviadarkgrape2859 you're exhibiting the same fear that the British had which brought the USSR to come to terms with a non aggression pact with the Nazis. Stalin was focused on his own security and his aim was to create a defensive buffer. That is why he wanted half of Poland and a strip of Finland. If he wanted to expand, he would have taken the whole of Finland. His actions was more defensive so he can concentrate on consolidation. Later, much later, he could have focused on expansion, as per demanded by the Communist ideology, but not at that time. Has the Western Allies been more pragmatic, they could have had both an alliance with Poland and the USSR against Germany which would have dissuaded Hitler from invading. Hitler would not have dared to engage the sizable and veteran Polish army if he didn't have the USSR invading from the other side. Hitler shot first with Barbarrosa, perhaps a small part of it is to strike first, but no, it was well planned and intended from the start and part of his grand plan of creating "Lebensraum" for the Aryan race. While both powers have intentions of expansion dictated by their ideologies, the Nazis were the ones acting on it with intent of conquest.

Great info, great footage . Thanks for sharing! Greets from the Netherlands 🌷, T.

Still the German give the Russian a blooded nose but still got kicked out of Russia

Great video!!!

The Battle of Bautzen was the last German victory against the Red Army in April 1945.

@leonpastis4663

4 ай бұрын

That was a local skirmish my friend, some days before the end of the war.

Von Manstein was a genius

Very informative video. Very well put together and your narrative was easy to follow and understand. I'm now a loyal subscriber.

@badcholesterol

3 ай бұрын

remove ur profile pic it is offensive

@zacharydoser8536

3 ай бұрын

​@@badcholesterolHuh?

@badcholesterol

3 ай бұрын

u have z for russia@@zacharydoser8536

The Germans were by far the best army in WW2

@Abhishek-dc4qu

Жыл бұрын

I agree. Germans were having the best generals in the army. And their innovative advanced modern technology armament were just 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

@janheinbokel3969

Жыл бұрын

Yes, but the leadership of Adolf Hitler wasn't better than Trump

@ryanyoder2694

Жыл бұрын

@@Abhishek-dc4qu There “best” generals thought they could take over the entire Soviet Union with less then 3 months of supplies. They also thought Russia would fall if Moscow fell, completely ignoring Napoleon’s 1812 Russia campaign were he actually captured Moscow but Russia did not quit and he was defeated. They were good generals but not the best by any means.

@Abhishek-dc4qu

Жыл бұрын

@@ryanyoder2694 They have the best generals. Germans lost 44 lakh soldiers whereas Soviets lost 88 lakh soldiers. Huge population kept them at upper hand. Plus Soviets had allied support. Where as Germans were fighting alone. And it was their generals only which helped them to gain that much piece of land.

@cia1784

Жыл бұрын

@@ryanyoder2694not exactly, if the Germans captured Moscow they thought it would create a stir in the soviet Command and Over throw Stalin that of which results to a Peace deal with the USSR and the Germans

nice footage, hadn t seen most of it

Excellent footage!! Thank you mate!! Love your videos, keep up the great work and Merry Christmas to you my friend 👍🇦🇺👍

@FactBytes

6 ай бұрын

Thanks, you too!

This is amazing footage

German soldiers were very brave. They had fought till their last breath.

@theforgottenheroes9264

2 жыл бұрын

Yes they were.

@ovideoarkans7982

Жыл бұрын

NOW YOU SUCK GERMANS DICK, UNTIL YESTERDAY THEY WERE FANATICS............

8 to 1 german disantvantage,and they stil won the battle,whoa...

@derricklarsen2919

2 жыл бұрын

Don't believe that #.

@derricklarsen2919

2 жыл бұрын

@@apis_aculei do you buy bridges

@derricklarsen2919

2 жыл бұрын

@@apis_aculei how you doing with your phonix ?

@joeylonglegs4309

2 жыл бұрын

Source? (Manstein’s book doesn’t count as a historical source btw 😉)

@derricklarsen2919

2 жыл бұрын

@@joeylonglegs4309 sacrilege you must believe zeee Manstein.

Also the three SS Panzer Division's each had one SS heavy Panzer company at this stage of the war. The 1st SS 4th heavy company of Tiger's.....later re-numbered the 13th by May 1943. The 2nd SS 8th heavy company and the 3rd SS 9th heavy company of Tiger's were all involved in this battle of Kharkov.

@AndyP998

2 жыл бұрын

They forgot Stugs aswell. Even though they were labeled to be tank destroyers instead of tanks, they were getting quite numerous at start of 43.

@jagdpanther2224

2 жыл бұрын

If those Tiger tanks arrived Stalingrad four months earlier, the human history has changed!

@AndyP998

2 жыл бұрын

@@jagdpanther2224 Tiger tanks and tanks generally dont help much in city battles. Ranges are generally smaller and Tigers excelled hitting enemy over 1km away and there wasnt enough of them. Onlything that would have helped if Romanian divisions at flanks had more AT weapons and troops

@bobbytreetop1701

4 ай бұрын

@@jagdpanther2224but they never .

Enjoyed your video so I gave it a Thumbs Up as a support

crazy how history repeats itself

What a mind boggling waste war is.

@lordgarion514

2 жыл бұрын

The mind boggling part is that the tech we learned from WW2, has already saved more lives than was lost during the war.

Great footage I never seen before n 88mm footage. Noticed several kubelwagens in the footage. I have a photo of my Opa along with another soldier standing in front of a kubelwagen in the snow somewhere in russia.

This Upload made me Sub! :) 🤘

Interesting timing of this video.

@matthewishunting

2 жыл бұрын

People are funny lol

Just imagine if Germany had been on a level playing field & weren't outnumber 20 to 1.

@eliasziad7864

2 жыл бұрын

They were outnumbered 2 to 1. For every 1 German casualty, there is 1.1 Soviet casualties. 40% of Soviet military deaths was because the Germans killed them as POWs.

@wandameadows5736

Жыл бұрын

@@eliasziad7864 You think they were only facing Russia? I've heard interviews of German troops themselves making this claim. Germany never had a an advantage in numbers during WW2 against the allies. That's why they used the blitzkrieg. Also most of Germanys military was wipe out by the allies after the war. You need to broaden your horizon on history cause your obviously speaking from one country's account. I'm not trying to be pro any nation during WW2 cause the whole thing was bad & should have never happened.

@eliasziad7864

Жыл бұрын

@@wandameadows5736 Are you fucking stupid? USSR destroyed 90% of the German army. What did the US do? Oh kill innocent civilians in japan.

We need Von Manstein now!!

@chadgaston8615

2 жыл бұрын

Cossacks gotit covered. Victims of nazis are defending it now. Manstein was an occupier there, not a friend to the locals.

@MD21037

2 жыл бұрын

Don't we ever!

@johnnyb2909

4 ай бұрын

We germans aint at war

@devinfraserashpole4753

2 ай бұрын

He would still lose.

Subscribed👍🏿‼️

Between January 31st (Stalingrad) and May 1943 (Tunis) the Axis somewhat needlessly sacrificed somewhere in the order over 1 million men killed, wounded or captured, well over 3,500 aircraft, 1,000 tanks, 7,000, guns, and inestimable amounts of vehicles and other materiel. This amounts to a possible 8-9 armies, at least 2 Pz armies, 2 Luftflotte, and enough trucks and vehicles to create over 5-10 motorised divisions. These disasters could have been avoided or at least mitigated. It’s a miracle the Wehrmacht was still able to stay in the field for 2 years after this catastrophic loss.

nice footage but the maps were too poor. It is almost impossible to figure out the movements of troops.

Decimated means 1/10 The sixth army was not decimated,it was destroyed.

@wokejoke2675

2 жыл бұрын

A few got out on the supply planes

@ilostthreeaccountstoyoutub1434

2 жыл бұрын

@BekGrou PRIMUS again it was not the high commands fault the soviets got lucky and lend lease carried them to victory

@claas.relotius

2 жыл бұрын

@BekGrou PRIMUS learn about the Battle of the Caucasus, maybe then you understand why retreating from stalingrad wasn't the best option

@claas.relotius

2 жыл бұрын

​@@apis_aculei some more of those glorious victories and no one would be left to die for stalin and the communist party

@clex9487

2 жыл бұрын

@BekGrou PRIMUS well it wasn't terrible leadership on the generals part it was hitler that was the reason why the army got destroyed

Stalin tried to convince the Russian people that the battle was a victory, but the truth oozed out

This is what happens when Hitler was not allowed to dictate the battle plans. It's staggering to think that if Hitler allowed the German High Command to wage war. Great work putting together this.

I urge everyone to read Manstein's book "lost victories" He was one of the best field marshalls world had ever seen.

@VolksdeutscheSS

2 жыл бұрын

You're right. The other German generals were on his level too, Von Rundstedt, etc. And Paul Hausser of the Waffen-SS was also well-educated and highly effective.

@antoinemozart243

2 жыл бұрын

Lost victories and memories from the pathological liar Manstein was a joke !

@Lehr-km5be

2 жыл бұрын

Too bad its one of The worst books ever written. It is just a stack of lies. Manstein claims The russians had 8 Times more Men than he had which is not true. He also never mentions The fact that The germans had air superiority :)

@VolksdeutscheSS

2 жыл бұрын

@@antoinemozart243 I-NetzeTwerg.

@chadgaston8615

2 жыл бұрын

Great guy who could not care less if Ukrainian kids starve to death. Poles cry but many times in history Germans and Russians have unleashed hell on earth in area known today as Ukraine.

Almost 80 years later again

Paul Hausser totally underrated

master piece of planning and execution

How u get all that footage tho

The Germans had good generals. But, their boss was erratic. He refused to listen to them.

@KillerT-Bone

2 жыл бұрын

They still would’ve lost

@michaelporter9354

2 жыл бұрын

Your absolutely right, the Germans never had enough men or material.

@Blei1986

2 жыл бұрын

to be fair, the idea from abandoning capturing Moscow and instead focus on the oil and supply-important south was actually a god idea.

@Arengeesus

2 жыл бұрын

@@Blei1986 by the way, it was shitler who wants to take caucasus for the oil fields; german generals planned to take moscow to heavily demoralise the soviets but they never knew they would had face the harshest winter for the century.

@TrueShoot1000

2 жыл бұрын

@@Blei1986 yea only the idea was good but the plan was the worst

"The Germans successfully encircled the Soviet Sixth Army" The Irony.

It's hard to believe that worldly and capable generals like Manstein, Von Boch, Von Rundstedt, just to name a few, didn`t know the war was hopless after Stalingrad.

@vasilirikardsson

Жыл бұрын

Smart "generals" knew the outcome before the war with Russia. But it was very dangerous to protest at that time, very high risk to be murdered by your "friends".

One of his trait that makes him become one of the most decorated generallobest in Russia is his bravery to resist Hitler urge to taking hasty attack. While many general like Keitel, Jodl, and Kluge had just trying to appease Fuhrer as they pleased

There are a lot of great ww2 channels out there, but I do particularly enjoy the raw footage compiled here. Is it genuine and content related? Awesome if it is.

@alitlweird

2 жыл бұрын

I don’t care for the digitized voice. (It sounds digitized, anyway)

Interesting the logistical issues in th spring meltout

Looks like an interesting channel. Subscribed.

please do the 5 second effort to pronounce Manstein correct, thank you

@Ko.Wi.

2 жыл бұрын

He is already doing very good work regarding the history, he isnt a Native speaker. The emphasis shouldnt lay on pronouncing, but on the facts he presents.

It is a tragedy for Germany and Eastern Europe that Manstein was not in charge of all further operations after this.

@chadgaston8615

2 жыл бұрын

Those Kharkiv defenders today wish to emulate tactics used by herr Manstein. Famine, terror and other aspects of German occupation they do not miss.

World War II, was 90% about the Eastern Front. Many still imagine that Normandy was of any decisive importance.

A classic example of elastic defence a ambush in the open

What they were able to do, so much with so few, specialy since mid's 1943 (kursk), its a feat of Resilience And superb leadership (from The Generals to even Sargents in many ocasions) Unique in Military history. They lost The war, but for The majority, of the Allies top brass, they werent expecting, that it took so long. With The Overwhelming superiority, in men (1/10),and material, its was like a miracle, the German Army, hold on for so long.

@tolloromassi99

2 жыл бұрын

Which makes one wonder whether the Germans are indeed the "superior" race?

@jpmtlhead39

2 жыл бұрын

@@tolloromassi99 Who said that the Germans were a superior race...???!!!!

@tolloromassi99

2 жыл бұрын

@@jpmtlhead39 It's a rhetorical question.

@jpmtlhead39

2 жыл бұрын

@@tolloromassi99 oh iam so sorry mate, i didn't know that.

In Guy Sajer's book 📖 ( The Forgotten Soldier ) he talks of the devastation of this battle.

I can't imagine fighting in subzero weather.

Impressive information dan fact bytes, btw i also on my way creating a History Channel for YT

germans loved a good counterattack

@alterKammerad

2 жыл бұрын

The only thing certain in history is a german counterattack

all the heart of us is not die..

They were amazing!

Excelente

Erich Von Manstein was called, by a number of historians, the most genius Hitler's general. His book "The Lost Victory" is one of the best -selling books about World War II. I wish Ukraine had as a genius general as Von Manstein to set a deadly trap for the Russian Army in a counter attack.

@barfuss2007

2 жыл бұрын

Von Mannstein was resposable for the attacking plan of the Wehrmacht in 1940 in France. The most glorious victory of a german army since Arminius against Varus, which stopped the roman conquering of whole germany.

@hansgruber6455

2 жыл бұрын

I wish Ukraine had 10 divisions of Waffen SS to fight the New Soviet Army invading them.

@eliasziad7864

2 жыл бұрын

Except, the Russian Army trapped the Ukrainian army in Luhansk.

@barfuss2007

2 жыл бұрын

@@hansgruber6455 5 would be enough

@stoggafllik

Жыл бұрын

@@hansgruber6455 The waffen ss wouldn’t fight for a shithole like ukraine

Erich von Manstein is not a New York Delicatessen owner. It's pronounced "Manstain", not "Manstien"!

@meinolfwestig9463

Жыл бұрын

More like "Mannshtine". The "ei" or "ai" in german is like the english "i". The german "s" followed by a consonant is like an english "sh".

@somerandomvertebrate9262

Жыл бұрын

@@meinolfwestig9463 Right you are. Thank you, sir!

One book I own describes this battle as 'The Last Dance of The Matador'.

Manstein's Miracle

The scale of the war on the Eastern Front boggles the mind.50 divisions wiped out - just like that. Has to be the worst theatre of war in history - for dead and level of suffering,can't think of any other war that comes close.

My grandfather was in the ss and fought on the Eastern Front then moved to Dublin in 1946

@lev3432

2 жыл бұрын

Your grandfather was a great man

@ResiRilla26

2 жыл бұрын

@@lev3432 Danke

@janda5816

2 жыл бұрын

@@lev3432 Nah, in all likelihood his grandfather was a war criminal, being he was in the SS and all. And don’t give me any bullshit about the “SS were just regular soldiers” when there is widespread evidence that even regular Wehrmacht units participated in war crimes.

@lev3432

2 жыл бұрын

@@janda5816 His grandfather was a great man.

@ResiRilla26

2 жыл бұрын

@@janda5816 So by what you're saying the Germans are the only war criminals?

Manstein ,a brilliant mind !!

This battle was probably a big reason for Eisenhower’s insistence on a broad front European advance.

Which Manstein victory is the best? Ans.: All of them 😉👍

Manstein was a great general!

Horst Tappert war auch dabei!

I noticed Manstein didn't greet Hitler with Nazi salute.

This was the last major Victory of Germany in WW2.

Those German generals were holding cigarettes over important military maps... What if they accidentally drop it? 😂

@ITR933

2 жыл бұрын

They probably had more maps haha

@johnnyb2909

4 ай бұрын

Have you ever dropped a burning cigarrette on a paper? Nothing happens you just bruise it off.

That background music is used in Lock N Load Tactical Digital.

I like how the German Wehrmacht had some commanders who followed orders while other did not.

@MarjanVukovic

2 жыл бұрын

I like how the Russians followed the sunset position whilst your fellow Nazis obeyed the rules.

@the82spartans62

2 жыл бұрын

@@MarjanVukovic - Bolshevik

@MarjanVukovic

2 жыл бұрын

@@the82spartans62 Nazi

@Peter_Schiavo

2 жыл бұрын

Hauser's SS Panzer Corp occupied Kharkov. He was personally ordered to stay there by Hitler and hold the city. He disobeyed and evacuated it. His three panzer divisions were crucial to Manstein's plan. Because everything worked brilliantly, Hitler could hardly cashier Hauser, but he did award medals for the battle. Hauser was snubbed and didn't receive his.

@the82spartans62

2 жыл бұрын

@@Peter_Schiavo - Thanks for the good input.

Not their last victory, their last MAJOR victory. There were smaller ones later in 1943 and in 1944.

@Whatisthisstupidfinghandle

Жыл бұрын

Pedantic

True but operation citadel was the end of the German armored forces as far as offensive operations go

Interesting

Everybody lost ww2! Look at Europe and the world today..

Funny, today we see that tanks are still using big logs as protection...Only difference is they put them nowadays only on the most vulnerable rear side (and yes, top of the tank has thinnest armor...)

@tihomirrasperic

2 жыл бұрын

logs are not for protection it is an aid in getting out of the mud if the tank gets stuck, they throw a couple of logs under the tracks so he can "dig himself"

@Nick-eq8kq

2 жыл бұрын

Logs provide almost zero (and I mean ZERO) protection against tank round or for that matter even rifles. At the speeds there going, the wood simply splinters and shatters as the projectile runs through it. The loss of energy on the shot would be probably be

And again this city is the battlefield

Crazy how the Javelin changes everything...........

@natotomato4625

2 жыл бұрын

Are they making a difference? I heard Ukrainians are marching on Moscow this weekend!

Send von Manstein's grandson over to Ukraine to defend Kharkov.

You should make a video about the battle of radzymin in august 1944 where the germans crushed several soviet armies

TRES Heavy

Greetings fact-byte channel. I really enjoy your content. Can you tell me the name of the music you used in the opening of this video.

Strange how fast the troops were able to advance at that time while today the Russians struggle even after 50 days.

@chadgaston8615

2 жыл бұрын

Russians only have like 7000 badly supplied soldiers at the Kharkiv front. I think Russians have as many troops inside entire Ukraine as Germans had in this one battle.

@MarjanVukovic

2 жыл бұрын

Strange how fast the hypersonic missiles are able to advance nowadays while Americans is still trying to deploy astronauts in lower orbit. Go Russians

@Axelfl6161

2 жыл бұрын

And yet the Ukrainian troops fight on inflicting huge losses on Russia,some things never change the Russian midpoint care about losses.

@niko7626

Жыл бұрын

@@MarjanVukovic what the actual fuck are you talking about? Bro stop watching russian propaganda and just look how fucked your so mighty army is…. Just shut up and go back to praise Putin, a literal fascist

@bigty390

Жыл бұрын

​@@Axelfl6161 Fake news