I don’t think Germany are gonna win guys

@badmutherfunster

14 күн бұрын

Bit of a grey area

@DandyLion662a

14 күн бұрын

@@badmutherfunster Darkest hour is just before the dawn.

@bryceanderson4864

14 күн бұрын

Are Germany gonna win girls?

@hebl47

14 күн бұрын

Maybe an alien invasion last second can still turn things around?

@HootOwl513

14 күн бұрын

Defeatists are being shot by the SS. Look out Kamerad.

Spoiler: Steiner couldnt mass enough forces guys

@poodieman45

14 күн бұрын

Theres still time

@avanticurecanti9998

14 күн бұрын

Everybody leave KZread except Indy, Astrid, Spartacus, and Mark Felton.

@mauruhkatigaming4807

14 күн бұрын

DAS WAR EIN BEFEHL!

@firingallcylinders2949

14 күн бұрын

Guys Im not gonna sugarcoat it I think Das Krieg ist Forbei

@red_amoguss

14 күн бұрын

FEGELEIN

Back in August there was an episode titled “Hitler has a bad day” I think this week has definitely topped that day

@senatorarmstrong4168

14 күн бұрын

next week will be even worse

@Raskolnikov70

14 күн бұрын

But wait, there's more......

@TheEnd-um7yd

13 күн бұрын

Don’t worry. Next week for Hitler will be mind blowing.

@chianghighshrek

13 күн бұрын

​@@senatorarmstrong4168he gonna lose his last ball Hitler has no balls at all

@MrDwarfpitcher

13 күн бұрын

Next week will be a banger

The fact there were hundreds of thousands of German troops in Norway when this was happening will always be something I find staggering.

@snapdragon6601

14 күн бұрын

I was just thinking about that during last week's episode while looking at the map on the wall behind Indy, showing the areas that are still under occupation by Axis forces. That's 300,000 soldiers, according to Google, still in Norway on VE Day. That many men could have been very useful, for example if they had been withdrawn back to Germany and added to the forces that attacked in December 1944 on the western front in the Battle of the Buldge. I would say that they could have also been useful on the eastern front but the truth is even with that many more men, if they had been sent to the east, wouldn't be able to do much more than act as a speed bump to buy Hitler's Germany another couple days before they too would have been ground up and defeated by the Soviet Red Army at this point in the war. The way things turned out, those troops stationed in Norway until the end of the war had just about the best posting that a German soldier during WW2 could have hoped for. 😀

@Raskolnikov70

14 күн бұрын

Imagine how happy those guys are right now. They got to sit out the worst war in history in a country that hadn't been obliterated by air attacks. Going home will be a shock though.

@Lonovavir

14 күн бұрын

Hans: Good time to be ignored, ja Dietrich?

@martijn9568

13 күн бұрын

@@snapdragon6601Sometimes I wonder if the Nazi’s forgot about Norway. Little great importance was actually happening there, so you end up not looking at that side of the map.😅

@scientiaaclabore3362

13 күн бұрын

@@snapdragon6601 The notion that German troops in Norway quietly sat out until the end of war is very misleading, especially when it comes to the _Heer_ and _Waffen-SS_ ground combat formations. Unlike ancient armies, the WW2 forces were not constantly deployed on a well-defined piece of territory and (or) fought for just a single day. Therefore, the forces committed in a particular theater of war can vary tremendously from week to week, from month to month and so on. Especially if one theater has greater needs than the other. The same applies to the Germans in Norway. They constantly shuffled the combat formations around. Nobody kept static militaries in these wars, the transfers were always happening. The difficult German situation on the Western and Eastern Fronts in late 1944-45 meant that the _20. Gebirgsarmee_ in Norway served as an important reservoir of available divisions. Thus, from late 1944 to March 1945, the following formations were transferred from Norway to other fronts, where they were bloodied. To the Eastern Front: - 163. Infanterie-Division (February 1945); - 169. Infanterie-Division (March 1945); - 199. Infanterie-Division (March 1945). To the Western Front: - 269. Infanterie-Division (November 1944); - 560. Volksgrenadier-Division (December 1944) - 2. Gebirgs-Division (February 1945); - 6. SS-Gebirgs-Division "Nord" (January 1945); To the Italian Front, then shortly later to the Eastern Front (Hungary): - 710. Infanterie-Division. The 169. and 199. Infanterie-Divisionen were transfered to the Eastern Front in Berlin area at the end of March 1945, just in time to be crushed during the Soviet Berlin Offensive. Remnants of both divisions were taken prisoner by the Soviets, parts of the 199. broke out west and surrendered to the U.S. forces. Meanwhile the 163. Infanterie-Division was destroyed in Pomerania in March 1945. The formations transferred to the Western Front, with the exception of the 269., were heavily damaged and then surrendered to the Allied forces in April-May 1945. For example, the inexperienced 560. Volksgrenadier-Division, despite crushing Allied material superiority, performed well in the Ardennes Campaign but was badly damaged and by March 1945 it was remnants. The 269. Infanterie-Division, however, was transferred to the Eastern Front in late January 1945, where it was destroyed in the Breslau and Ohlau areas soon after. Meanwhile, the 710. Infanterie-Division, which after the transfer from the Arendal area in southern Norway had a short stay in Denmark, was sent to the Italian Front. Barely half a month later, it was sent to the East in Hungary, where it fought in hard and costly battles. In May 1945, survivors of the division managed to reach U.S. lines in Austria and surrendered there. In addition, numerous _Luftwaffe_ aerial and ground units were withdrawn in the spring of 1945 from Norway to Germany.

“Berlin was no Stalingrad” what a quote

@Matt-xc6sp

13 күн бұрын

The British Home Guard would have put them both to shame

@ihicccup9446

12 күн бұрын

@@Matt-xc6spor maybe even Japans home guard

@stevekaczynski3793

12 күн бұрын

Berlin's relatively wide boulevards had been a factor in it never having a fire storm in even the heaviest air raids, unlike Hamburg and Dresden. They acted as firebreaks. But they were also hard to defend, especially against a ground attack in force.

@del-boy9984

2 күн бұрын

@@Matt-xc6spyou stupid boy.

The final comments at the end got me thinking about this quote from a German officer, Peter Rettich where he wrote in his diary, “Who would ever have thought that it would be just a day's march from the Western Front to the Eastern Front?”

@davidw.2791

14 күн бұрын

In the famous AH biography by John Toland, he also snidely mentioned how, “In the year 900 Germany’s borders were the Oder and the Rhine. By the beginning of March 1945 Hitler’s GROSSDEUTSCHLAND was compressed between the same rivers.”

@Lonovavir

14 күн бұрын

Makes commuting quite easy, ja?

@martinricardo4503

13 күн бұрын

Squire has a video about this.

It’s been an honor. Watched downfall last night in preparation for this video. Crazy how far we have come to this point.

@haeuptlingaberja4927

14 күн бұрын

I've been circling it for more than 50 years. More or less taught myself German and then moved there in the mid-80s...in order, mostly, to understand why my sprachenbegabte, pazifistische Onkel sterben musste in that senseless Huertgenwald insanity...

@DandyLion662a

14 күн бұрын

I watched it a week ago (3rd time) as well as The Bunker - same story with Anthony Hopkins as Hitler. It's pretty good though not in Downfall's league. But it's free on YT.

@somethingelse516

14 күн бұрын

Where did you see downfall, I can’t find it on streaming?

@justink1985

14 күн бұрын

@@somethingelse516 Downfall is actually on KZread for free!

@davidw.2791

14 күн бұрын

@@DandyLion662aDid y’all ever get to see the 3-hour version?

3:08 That looks ridiculously dense, the amout of Soviet divisions in that small area is insane.

@Unfassbarer

14 күн бұрын

So many red squares !

@chaptermasterpedrokantor1623

14 күн бұрын

A lot of divisions, the Red Army had more then 500 of them, but none was at full strength and they were probably more like at reinforced brigade levels of strength.

@Cityinlead

14 күн бұрын

That’s about 2.5 million men making up all of those divisions, fucking crazy to see that

@yurinalysis8034

14 күн бұрын

@@chaptermasterpedrokantor1623Its true that Soviet divisions between 1944 and 1945 have a strength of 5000 to 7000 men much smaller compare to the Germans and Western Allies, Soviet Mechanized Corps have a strength of a which around 16000 to 17000 men. And a Soviet Tank Corps is a size of a German or Western Allied armor division.

@Bullet-Tooth-Tony-

14 күн бұрын

@@yurinalysis8034 Yeah Soviet tank corps were pretty formidable.

After watching this series for 6 years, it’s crazy we’re here and I imagine it’s what it felt when Berlin actually fell.

@WorldWarTwo

14 күн бұрын

Indeed it was quite the journey! -TimeGhost Ambassador

@evancrum6811

13 күн бұрын

I have gotten married, have a house and now 2 kids. It's going to feel weird when this is all over...what a long strange trip it's been.

@Kamov13

13 күн бұрын

Much like their coverage of WW1, doing this week by week can ram home how this war was.

_taking glasses off as hand twitching_ "anyone who doesn't get the downfall memes leave the room now"

@ChallisVenstra

13 күн бұрын

Mine furher, the broncos have traded Tebow…

Mussolini really shouldn’t have tried to repair that piano

@HootOwl513

14 күн бұрын

He meant well, but Il Duce is all thumbs...

@user-ck5ys3oj2o

14 күн бұрын

He really shouldn't have stopped for petrol.

@Lonovavir

14 күн бұрын

I forsee a series about why Italy was bad in WW2.

@FH-hu5vn

13 күн бұрын

”Mussolini really shouldn’t have” is sort of his motto.

Only a couple of weeks until the war in europe and the coverage of it ends. Really sad after getting so used to watching it for 6 years

@jaxwagen4238

14 күн бұрын

Remember 2018? Gods we were strong then

@e.l.b6435

14 күн бұрын

Whats with the War in the Pacific?

@SRW_

14 күн бұрын

I thought they said theyd cover the after war period…

@joelellis7035

14 күн бұрын

Nah. Indy already said in this episode that they will be backtracking "in a few weeks" to cover the actions the Philippines. The war in Europe ended on May 6th. That's 9 days from now.

@rrice1705

14 күн бұрын

All good things in their time. However, the story doesn't really end, it kind-of morphs into the Cold War. Looking forward to the Korea series. I really hope they do some episodes on the origins of the Cold War as preparation for it.

"Das war ein Befehl!! Der Angriff Steiner's war ein Befehl!"

@bigsanchez2963

14 күн бұрын

Fegelein Fegelein Fegelein!!!

@bagelsecelle9308

14 күн бұрын

I definitely can read this in that voice

@souravjaiswal-jr4bj

14 күн бұрын

This is the first time I am reading this in German and know how it is spelled.

@Jargolf86

14 күн бұрын

@@bagelsecelle9308 I can, at the End of a hard and frustrating Day in Retail.

@haeuptlingaberja4927

14 күн бұрын

Und was heisst hier "Befehl"? Von wem?

Time to watch that scene from "Downfall"/"Der Untergang". The one where Hitler is informed that Steiner is not making the attack he was ordered to.

@Significantpower

14 күн бұрын

Can also watch the breakdowns from "The Bunker" and "Hitler: The Last Ten Days", less authentic as they are in English, but Anthony Hopkins and Alec Guinness were great to.

@kurtjammer9568

14 күн бұрын

It's hilarious seeing his breakdown..to see how someone so successful for so long can come down that low..at that point.simply from not listening to his generals throughout the war and micromanaging.the war..

@wikingagresor

14 күн бұрын

@@kurtjammer9568 this is what drugs do to you...😆

@rrice1705

14 күн бұрын

@@wikingagresor Yes indeed. His "doctor" Theodor Morell wasn't dubbed the Reich Minister of Injections for nothing.

@OLDMANWAFFLES

14 күн бұрын

It’s actually him yelling about being banned from Xbox Live.

Haha, that Monty Python bit at the beginning certainly took me by surprise! And may I take a brief moment to say: this project to cover the entirety of the war, week by week, has been nothing but stellar. Everyone at the Time Ghost team deserves a round of applause for their most excellent presentation and preservation of world history.

@ridethecurve55

14 күн бұрын

clap!

I am covering WWII this week in my college course! You would be amazed how little students know. Only one student knew what the Nuremberg laws were, and none knew the term blitzkrieg. As the WWII generation is passing people are already forgetting the history. I have my entire set of lectures, survey course material, that I am happy to share. I appreciate any channels that make an effort to educate people about WWII.

@thesupremepizza6893

14 күн бұрын

when i was at school, only 2 people knew what pearl harbour was - I was one of them.

@HistoryfortheAges

14 күн бұрын

@thesupremepizza6893 wow. That is so sad. One reason I put all my lectures on yt is to help folks learn history

@JLAvey

14 күн бұрын

No. I am long since past being surprised by what little students know. I can't really condemn them seeing how I know next to nothing about art history. Of course, I have zero interest in art history which is why I know nothing. Some just aren't taught while others don't bother looking up things. Anyway, history is one of the things that should be learned if for no other reason than learning from other peoples' mistakes.

@monsieurmig8969

14 күн бұрын

i can kind of see the Nuremberg laws one ig but not ONE of them knew what Blitzkrieg or Bewungenskrieg was?

@chaptermasterpedrokantor1623

14 күн бұрын

Almost nobody knows anything about WW2. Yet somehow they EXACTLY know who and what a fascist is. Think about that.

Not only that, but where is Fegelein? FEGELEIN!! FEGELEIN!! FEGELEIN!!

@andrewalderman9489

14 күн бұрын

Conga line ! Conga line ! Cong Line

@Deridus

14 күн бұрын

Wie, bitte?

@shaider1982

14 күн бұрын

Spoiler: Oddly enough, he and Ribbentrop will be found respectively in the company of a young woman while wearing nothing.

@Lonovavir

14 күн бұрын

Partying with women of I'll repute. He even took his tie off!!!!!

@Deridus

13 күн бұрын

@@shaider1982 Huuuh... I didn't know that. Didn't he end up in Nurnburg with Speer, Hess, and Herman Meyer?

P.s.: that Monty Python reference was epic.

@andrewstockwell66

14 күн бұрын

Was that the "write a book" line? I had to listen to that 3 times and I still don't get it, what's the reference?

@Ninja.Alinja

14 күн бұрын

@@andrewstockwell66 Johann Gambolputty de von Ausfern-schplenden-schlitter-crasscrenbon-fried-digger-dangle-dungle-burstein-von-knacker-thrasher-apple-banger-horowitz-ticolensic-grander-knotty-spelltinkle-grandlich-grumblemeyer-spelterwasser-kürstlich-himbleeisen-bahnwagen-gutenabend-bitte-eine-nürnburger-bratwustle-gerspurten-mit-zweimache-luber-hundsfut-gumberaber-shönendanker-kalbsfleisch-mittler-raucher von Hautkopft of Ulm.

@andrewstockwell66

14 күн бұрын

@@Ninja.Alinja oh lol the thing at the beginning 😅

@sonicgoo1121

14 күн бұрын

Not the joke we expected, but the one we laughed at. :)

@moosemaimer

14 күн бұрын

@@Ninja.Alinja he ran for office against Malcolm Peter Brian Telescope Adrian Blackpool Rock Stoatgobbler John Raw Vegetable Brrroooo Norman Michael (rings bell) (blows whistle) Edward (sounds car horn) (does train impersonation) (sounds buzzer) Thomas Moo... (sings) "We'll keep a welcome in the..." (fires gun) William (makes silly noise) "Raindrops keep falling on my" (weird noise) "Don't sleep in the subway" (cuckoo cuckoo) Naaoooo... Smith.

I just know Steiner has this in the bag!

@caryblack5985

14 күн бұрын

Delusions can be treated.

@_ArsNova

14 күн бұрын

Thank you for making the same tired unfunny joke 10,000 other people have made in the past year.

@senatorarmstrong4168

14 күн бұрын

DAS WAR EIN BEFEHL! DER ANGRIFF STEINER WAR EIN BEFEHL!

@MrRenegadeshinobi

14 күн бұрын

Steiner is helping Dragovich with Nova 6

@euphoriaggaminghd

14 күн бұрын

​@@_ArsNovait's still funny, I still laughed

Years ago, I commented that the schtick of answering the phone was silly, yet you persisted, sometimes proving me absolutely wrong with great effect. None better than this one… thanks for the genuine, hearty laugh! And the closed captions were awesome as a result!

@chrislorusso433

14 күн бұрын

The Time Ghost team have made some brilliant gags throughout the series.

@WorldWarTwo

14 күн бұрын

Thanks a lot for appreciating them! -TimeGhost Ambassador

@joelellis7035

14 күн бұрын

It's the old Bob Newhart schtick.

@JarodFarrant

14 күн бұрын

@@WorldWarTwo VA in Europe is coming, and the war will be over in a few months. To Indy Spartacus & extraordinary friends, I just have to say it’s been a privilege and an honour be part of this channel watching learning and discussing the war with you all. 😍👍🦋🙌 never forget.

@Plaprad

14 күн бұрын

@@joelellis7035 "That's a torpedo you got there Bob."

I didn't know about (eventual) Field Marshall William Slim before this series. Now I have incredible respect for him. Thanks, Indy.

@jackfontana9319

13 күн бұрын

I was just thinking the same thing after this latest video.

@BossDropbear

13 күн бұрын

Viscount Field Marshal Slim tried to retire after the war but kept getting promoted and honoured. 1946-47 Commandant Imperial Defence College in London 1949-52 Commander of Imperial General Staff 1953-60 Governor General of Australia

@cpj93070

13 күн бұрын

The greatest British general of WW2 hands down.

@rickytorres8566

13 күн бұрын

Uh I wouldn't say that. Considering he might be a pedophile (like a lot of British generals)

On this day 27th of April 1945 the last german troops leave finnish territory, ending the Lapland War and thus the WWII for Finland.

@nygarmik

13 күн бұрын

And this day has ever since been a National Veterans' Day in Finland.

@user-vj9wf3ne3k

4 күн бұрын

СССР имел право превратить Финляндию в пустошь😂😂😂за блокаду Ленинграда

"You never heard of Ulm?" I did. I live there. Nice to here that the town was finally captured.

@stuart.swales

14 күн бұрын

My wife taught me 'In Ulm, um Ulm, und rund um Ulm herum'

@TacticusPrime

14 күн бұрын

Europa Universalis taught me about Ulm

"Felix Steiner, please report to the main stage for the finale. General Steiner, you are wanted on the main stage for the final act. That is all."

@joelellis7035

14 күн бұрын

Bueller? Bueller?Bueller? Bueller? Bueller? Bueller?

@joelellis7035

14 күн бұрын

"Um, he's sick. My best friend's sister's boyfriend's brother's girlfriend heard from this guy who knows this kid who's going with the girl who saw Steiner pass out at 31 Flavors last night. I guess it's pretty serious!"

@ToddSauve

14 күн бұрын

Perhaps James Coburn will step in and substitute for him.

I got a bad feeling for today... it seems that Steiner failed... There is only one thing left to do... "It's the end, the war has been lost Keeping them safe 'til the river's been crossed."

@agripinaa8684

14 күн бұрын

Packwatch stands ready

@Malkuth-Gaming

14 күн бұрын

"Nicht ein Schlacht, ein Rettungsaktion"

@ShotKalTank

14 күн бұрын

@@Malkuth-Gaming Holding their ground to the final platoon

@joemamaobama6863

14 күн бұрын

@@ShotKalTankhurry up we’re waiting for you

@DiaGnostiKS

14 күн бұрын

@@joemamaobama6863 Man of the Ninth and civilians too.

With all the soviet commanders rushing to get to berlin first, really puts into perspective why soviet casualties were so high for such a short battle

@chaptermasterpedrokantor1623

14 күн бұрын

The perfect storm of the ego of those commanders wanting the glory, coupled with Stalin playing them against each other because they loathed each other.

@davidsigalow7349

14 күн бұрын

​@@chaptermasterpedrokantor1623 The animal cunning and treachery of Stalin knows no bounds.

@timh5413

14 күн бұрын

nice pfp bro

@jamessicker

14 күн бұрын

Is disgusting how they are willing to sacrifice so many man for glory

@stevekaczynski3793

14 күн бұрын

@@jamessicker Almost like Patton, actually...

Outside the OKW bunker complex at Zossen, the Soviets find the smoking wreck of a colossal 188 metric ton tank, the V2 prototype of PzKpfw Maus. This massive and gigantic tank was planned from 1942 as the ultimate heavy breakthrough vehicle, with armor all around at least 18cm thick and with both a very powerful 12,8cm cannon and a secondary 7,5cm one. The Germans planned to build 135, but American bombing raids on the Krupp plant in Oct 1943 heavily damaged production and the whole thing was cancelled. Only V1 and V2 prototypes would be completed. The Soviets found the damaged V1, which lacked a turret and thus had no guns, near Kummersdorf. They will go on to salvage the V1, and V2's turret and bring them back to their own Kubinka test facility where they remain to this day

It's unreal to see Soviet Union and Western-Allies frontlines so close to each others. It's like "wow! When did you guys get here?"

@chaptermasterpedrokantor1623

14 күн бұрын

It was sad that the joy both sides felt when meeting each other turned to division so soon after.

@ahorsewithnoname773

14 күн бұрын

Once the Western Allies got across the Rhine in force it was off to the races. It really highlights how much of a disaster it was for the Ludendorff bridge to be taken intact.

@Lonovavir

14 күн бұрын

We drove here from Atlantic City, a lot of water the middle. How was your trip?

Mussolini may be battered and on the ropes, but he's not falling down!

@garcalej

14 күн бұрын

Italians: We don’t traditionally do pinatas….but you know there’s a first time for everything….

@sonicgoo1121

14 күн бұрын

Yeah, he'll still be... hanging around for a bit.

@rrice1705

14 күн бұрын

@@sonicgoo1121 🤣👊

@matthewkane1188

14 күн бұрын

You just now Mussolini will go out feet first.

@Zondelkond

14 күн бұрын

I don't know, i think hes on the hook for a lot of things.

I'm astounded by Indy's ability to speak German in the intro

@WorldWarTwo

14 күн бұрын

He is, in fact, a man of many talents -TimeGhost Ambassador

@ToddSauve

14 күн бұрын

I was tempted to tell Indy "supercalifragilisticexpyalidocious" but it is nowhere near long enough to impress him! 🤯

@Icicle_Racing

14 күн бұрын

These are filmed in Berlin (correct me if I’m wrong) so it would make sense if he had a good command of the German language.

@lmperlum

13 күн бұрын

​@@Icicle_RacingYou are wrong.

@martinricardo4503

13 күн бұрын

That was probably just one word. 😆And I know where Ulm is having been there a few times.

So many Soviet units marching towards Berlin, the map around Berlin becomes incomprehensible. It's not a bad thing though, it's just the reality of how crazy huge the Soviet force was.

There's a bullet out there somewhere about to have a big day

@joelellis7035

14 күн бұрын

Too bad it came from his own gun. The man had the Devil's luck!

@stevekaczynski3793

14 күн бұрын

Nine grams, as the Soviets would say...

@Lonovavir

14 күн бұрын

It's not like he could retire to an old age home.

@shaider1982

14 күн бұрын

The pistol used looks like the type favored by James Bond.

@shaider1982

14 күн бұрын

​@@joelellis7035 yup, he does has the devil"s lucm as said by Mark Felton.

I imagine many of us have watched or re-watched Downfall recently. James Holland rates it fairly highly in terms of accuracy. Hitler's famous rant after he discovers Steiner isn't coming to the rescue is more-or-less how it really went down (based on witness reports).

@Nintendo0994

14 күн бұрын

What members of the german high command present at that meeting ended up giving these accounts?

@danielcotts8673

13 күн бұрын

@@Nintendo0994 Lower ranking people who were in the bunker at that time survived the war and eventually wrote books. For five years, Rochus Misch was part of the Fuehrer's inner circle, as a bodyguard, a courier and telephone operator Secretary Traudl Junge Valet Heinz Linge

@rumrunner8019

13 күн бұрын

So he was really that upset about being banned from Xbox live?

@spyrosveronikis9333

12 күн бұрын

i saved the book for 2 years.. started reading it april 20th

So here it is. I started at the beginning of the Great War in March 2023. I watched that, the between 2 wars series, and now I’ve finally caught up to live events. Really remarkable the amount of content the crew have produced over the last decade. It’s enough fill an hour a day 5/7 days a week 50 weeks a year for 13 months.

We all know what we want after the WWII series come to end:The 100 years war - week by week!

@chaptermasterpedrokantor1623

14 күн бұрын

It will be very boring though. For 95% of that war nothing happened.

@Significantpower

14 күн бұрын

So, they turn this into a generational channel, where it starts with them and ends with their great grand children?

@ShotKalTank

14 күн бұрын

remember kids it actually lasted 116 years, you'll need a longer life extending machine

@danendraabyantara2931

13 күн бұрын

It should be a post world war two channel and early iron curtain era of stalin until 1953 😎

I read “The Last Battle” by Cornelius Ryan a long time ago. It was a fairly painful read during my teenage years. It had been difficult for me to understand why 3-4 million people had been butchered in Bangladesh before its independence. That is when I went on a binge reading journey. My mom fed me books like Anne Franks Diary, war and peace, Decades later, I think I am still far from understanding anything. This series is helping me to accept a few things about the human condition.

@ToddSauve

14 күн бұрын

Frankly, the human race is a mess and always has been.

@piarpeggio

13 күн бұрын

It's truly remarkable given our ability to do literally anything we want, that's what we've been doing for the most part in history.

Thank you for all the hard work, I can't belive it's over soon!

This has been an spectacular episode. For six years I've been following this channel and I just can't believe we're here now, at the gates of Berlin. Congrats to Indy, Sparty, Astrid and the whole team for making this possible. Greetings from Spain.

I can't believe we're here already. I swear you just did the Pearl Harbor special

@JarodFarrant

14 күн бұрын

Time flies when you’re learning, I guess.

@rrice1705

14 күн бұрын

Same here. Feels like the D-Day special was just a couple of weeks ago.

@ahorsewithnoname773

14 күн бұрын

@@JarodFarrant It needs to stop doing that, I'm getting old.

Your previous channel has a great documentary about the battle of Berlin.

@Cityinlead

14 күн бұрын

For anyone curious, the documentary is 16 Days in Berlin, I’ve watched it and I gotta say it’s fantastic

@LARPing_Services_LLC

14 күн бұрын

Yes

Hard to believe I've been following this for almost 6 years now. I'm going to miss this series in a few months.

I harbor a little guilt for being so relaxed and entertained on the weekend by the presentation of events that caused so much death and destruction. This is mitigated by Time Ghost's conscientious efforts to illustrate well the human element and reality of suffering in WAH and elsewhere. Thanks for keeping it real, and may the fallen rest in peace.

How many takes did it take Indy to get that intro?

@csandlund1

14 күн бұрын

That's why it was so late in posting. 😂

@stevekaczynski3793

14 күн бұрын

I have a mental image of Spartacus standing behind the camera holding up cue cards with this... guy's name...

kudos for the Monty Python reference

It was like yesterday the Germans were at the gates of Warsaw, and now the Polish 1st army is at the gates of Berlin.

@noobster4779

14 күн бұрын

Fun fact: The last german battlefield victory in WW2, where the germans managed to retake ground and force enemy troops into a retreat that was not part of a breakout attempt (so no 12th and 9th army next episode) happenedagainst polish troops fighting for the soviets around the city of Görlitz. The german army group centers "offensive" north, that is mentioned in this video very shortly, breaks through and nearly routes the polish divisions defending the flank of Konevs Berlin advance, forcing the polish troops into retreat and retaking Görlitz from them. The soviets had to send in reserves to stop the breakthrough. Its ironic that germanys first and last "victory" on the battlefield was agaisnt polish troops.

Can't believe I've been watching since Stalingrad and Midway all the way to Berlin. It's been a great ride

@user-xt1bz2rs4v

11 күн бұрын

I was here since the Germans approached Moscow. It's insane how far this series has come.

Can’t believe it’s been 5 years with you guys . Thanks for making my Saturday always more interesting and more enjoyable .

20:01 Eastern Hunan is where my ex-wife is from, her great-grandparents got to see the fighting there.

this has been an epic series, def going to rewatch it once its done, mass respect for the team for managing to do this for 6 whole years

It took me about a year, but as of today, I am finally caught up. I started watching months ago week to week, but I finally caught all the way up, having watched every single episode. Now I have to do the Great War, Spies and Ties, Between Two Wars, and War Against Humanity as well…

that one comment in live chat "THE ALLIES ARE COOKING YA’LL" they really were, advances everywhere, german withdrawals, surrenders seeing Berlin on the map completely surrounded by Soviet forces is incredible after the long LONG trek here. i only started watching when year 3 was being produced but i've thoroughly appreciated this content for all the information given

Baguio is an amazing city. A million people at the top of unbelievably steep mountains. 4 roads into the city. I would love to know more about how the troops even climbed to the top of the mountains to literate Baguio.

I just want to thank you for this show. The week-by-week format helped me grasp just how long three weeks or three months actually are when you're living through them. Without this understanding, I might have gone crazy following the war in Ukraine, but your series has taught me patience.

Thanks so much for the Monty Python gag at the opening! Johann Gamblepudding de von blah blah blah yadda yadda etc etc ....of Ulm! Loved it. And congrats, because that is a mouthful to say. Bravo, Indy!

So... finally the day of The Rant came.

We're in the endgame now, folks.

@pocketmarcy6990

14 күн бұрын

Ironically Endgame came out this week 5 years ago

@keithscott1957

14 күн бұрын

Nah, Germany will turn it around. You'll see!

@jeffrywg

14 күн бұрын

@@keithscott1957did not see that coming

@boyscouts83712

14 күн бұрын

​@@keithscott1957 Rrrrrrriiiiiigggggghhhhhttttt

@Nintendo0994

14 күн бұрын

We’ve been here mate

Indy, you are among the best historical journalists of all time. Thank you for your work.

Something I appreciate thanks to this weekly coverage is the true scale of specific events. The Battle for Berlin looms large in the history of the war, and is a very evocative event. But this episode highlights how one-sided, how small a geographic area and how short the battle is. The quote is spot on - this is no Stalingrad. Great episode!

"Es ist dem Feind gelungen, die Front in breiter Formation zu durchbrechen. Im Süden hat der Gegner Zossen genommen und stößt auf Stahnsdorf vor. Der Feind operiert jetzt am nördlichen Stadtrand zwischen Frohnau und Pankow, und im Osten ist der Feind bis zur Linie Lichtenberg, Mahlsdorf, Karlshorst gelangt."

@angeloveloso5004

14 күн бұрын

Mit der Angriff Steiner's mit des alles nung ordnung kommen.

@javier8sergude

14 күн бұрын

Mein Führer, Steiner...

@mokka1115

14 күн бұрын

Steiner konnte nicht genügend Kräfte für einen Angriff massieren. Der Angriff Steiner ist nicht erfolgt!

@Zondelkond

14 күн бұрын

Es bleiben im Raum Keitel,Jodel, Krebs und Burgdorf.

@Zondelkond

14 күн бұрын

Es bleiben im Raum: Keitel, Jodl, Krebs und Burgdorf.

I'll watch the episode later. I hope Steiner succeeds. No spoilers pls

@caryblack5985

14 күн бұрын

Delusions can be treated.

Holy hell that’s a lot of red

@SRW_

14 күн бұрын

Da comrade!

@ReichLife

14 күн бұрын

Benefit of having units half as big as everyone else. Basically a single Red Corps was a division, etc.

Really enjoyed Downfall. Looking forward to Indy and Sparty's version in a few days.

“…of Ulm!” The Monty Python reference was epic! One of my favorite skits!

5:13 Wow, that was cool how you superimposed your animated map of the battle on the table in front of AH.

A bonus regular episode on April 30? I wonder what's gonna happen

@sonicgoo1121

14 күн бұрын

Must be Steiner's attack. ;)

@joelellis7035

14 күн бұрын

🤔🤔🤔

@keithscott1957

14 күн бұрын

I imagine it will be about German top brass preparing May Day celebrations down in the Bunker. Parades through Berlin, dancing girls, brass bands, free steines of beer, swastika adorned streamers. Yes, that'll be it.

@Icicle_Racing

14 күн бұрын

Think ‘kaput.’ Think ‘downfall’. Think about the guy who did the world a service by killing Hitler.

@redblaze8700

12 күн бұрын

The ghost of Fredrich the Great will convince the British and Americans to fight against the Soviets, and thus giving Hitler the miracle he wanted to turn this war around.

It feels like forever ago that we started on this long journey through history, so amazing how far all of you at Timeghost have come with all of this amazing content.

An absolute tour de force this week guys. Many thanks.

Bill Slim's hat and moustache combo is just spectacular

@Dave_Sisson

14 күн бұрын

His troops said he always came across as so casual and friendly that they almost forgot he was a Field Marshal.

I have watched ww2 channel since 2019 thanks for all your hard work.

It’s finally here boys and girls! The most anticipated episode, the meme lives. Rip Bruno Ganz

Best. Best. Best phone call of all sir. Bravo.

You all be excited about Berlin, while I'm just waiting for the world to be turned upside down in Milan

@pocketmarcy6990

14 күн бұрын

Mussolini will be a toilet tomorrow

It's so surreal to watch the Battle of actual Berlin unfold. We've come a long way.

I remember watching the 1st episode of this show the day it came out. I watched the Barabarossa special live in lockdown. Going further back I remember watching The Great War weekly for 4 years while I was still in school. Crazy how far we've come.

You and your team are always brilliant, Indy. I love watching this series and learn so much from it.

I know Ulm because that’s where the unfortunate General Mack surrendered before the battle of Austerlitz.

Es bleiben im Raum: Keitel, Jodl, Krebs und Burgdorf.

@angeloveloso5004

14 күн бұрын

Das war ein befehl! Der angriff Steiners war ein befehl!!

@Intreductor

14 күн бұрын

Wer sind sie, das sie es wagen, sich meinen Befehlen zu widersetzen?!

Time to complete my 1/35 diorama project on the Battle of Berlin, having amassed several Soviet and German armor/artillery kits and figures as well as references in the previous years.

I dont understand why this channel does not get more views, i love your videos

things cant be looking dark for mussolini, there are plenty of lampposts in italy

@WorldWarTwo

14 күн бұрын

And I am told ropes are for some reason needed as well -TimeGhost Ambassador

@krzakowocowy7923

14 күн бұрын

@@WorldWarTwo omg mr ww2 replied to my comment!

@noeenricodomanais2517

14 күн бұрын

He's invited to the piñata party.

I have been waiting on Steiner for weeks!

@DazzleCamo

14 күн бұрын

So has Hitler 😂

I can't believe that we now close to the end of this project. 6 years of an overwhelming amount of information, details and stories......realy a great work. Greetings from Germany.

That mass of Soviet divisions piling on Berlin from the east is INSANE. I love these maps. I've said it before, but I'll say it again. And again.

I'll be honest, seeing American and Soviet units on the same map after all these years got to me a little.

650 guns per Km is 154cm per gun. Those guns are no longer wheel to wheel there is only a barrel’s width between the barrels.

@samuelgordino

14 күн бұрын

😂😂

@amogusenjoyer

14 күн бұрын

I guess they aren't all positioned on the same depth so that's probably not as bad. I mean, not that the difference mattered for the Germans on the receiving end 😅

@davidwright7193

14 күн бұрын

@@amogusenjoyer I think we also have to assume that Katushya is still sending her aid and best wishes to her soldier love in the west as well.

@bryceanderson4864

14 күн бұрын

I think you're confusing centimeters and millimeters. 155 cm is 10x longer than 155mm.

@bryceanderson4864

14 күн бұрын

155 cm = just over 5ft. 155 mm = just over 6 inches.

What a week in History for the World. So much is happening. Good video guys

Most detailed map and troops movemnt i have ever seen.

Everything’s just collapsed by now Especially now that the Karens have risen up, demanding to speak to the emperor

@donjuanmckenzie4897

9 күн бұрын

Literally who

The Karens rising up is not something I thought I would hear about in WW2.

@porksterbob

14 күн бұрын

They are literally fighting the Myanmar government right now in 2024.

@amogusenjoyer

14 күн бұрын

They had enough of the jokes lmao

@adambebb99

14 күн бұрын

they want to speak to Japan's manager

@Chiller11

14 күн бұрын

I’m not surprised at how merciless they are, however, I am surprised that the Karens are so effective.

@joelellis7035

14 күн бұрын

"Do you know who I am!"

Thank you for another interesting and informative video!

27 April 1945. Sergeant John Evans of the 7th Armoured Division continues to slug it out with the defenders of the nearby villages and suburbs of Hamburg in northern Germany this week, preparing to launch an assault on the city itself. Sergeant Artyom Ivanov of the 13th Guards Rifle Division, although taking part in the Berlin offensive, is disturbed by the distance between the 13th Guards and the city of Berlin itself. After all that has happened in this war, he is bloody determined to fight for the city before the fight is over, and so, using the chaos of the massive Soviet offensive to his advantage, deserts his division with his squad this week. Together they make their way north through Konev’s spearhead and reach Berlin tonight, where the combat is very fierce and frightening. It reminds the seasoned veteran of urban battles like Stalingrad.

Hmmm, I wonder why would you choose 30th to talk about the bunker🤔

@petergray2712

14 күн бұрын

Mind-blowing isn't it!

My Fuhrer... Steiner...

How am I only now discovering this channel, this is amazing

Excellent coverage sir!

My Dad was one of the first Poles into Bologna, as a Assault Pioneer they were clearing the rout of mines into the city at 3am , getting there finish line wrong they ended up in the City being mobbed by cheering locals, at least that's how he used to tell it, still miss him

11:28 Dog we are at street level map

Thanks for everything these last few years

When Indy mentioned Ulm at the beginning, Johan Gambolputty was the first thing that came to my mind and I thought, surely he is not going to go there, right? Right? Well played

Steiner's smart to save his own skin and not even bother to get into Berlin