so much historical content on ww2 it will never get old,

@bruhism173

Жыл бұрын

Ironic, considering this is 80 something years old.

For everyone talking about the censorship of bodies etc: Blame KZread's silly policies. Don't blame the channels who are trying their best to survive on this platform despite all the limitations YT imposes.

@Sniperboy5551

Жыл бұрын

Yeah like wtf, I want to see the bodies. This is not sarcasm.

@darbyohara

7 ай бұрын

KZread echoing the Soviet politburo policies

I have been to St. Petersburg (Leningrad). They memorialize the siege with markers on the roads showing the furthest advance of the Wermacht. The cathedral retains its scars from the shelling. It is a beautiful city today.

@MrEjofast

Жыл бұрын

I would imagine that in a few years from now, under Putin's leadership, St. Petersburg will look different. The vast amounts of money wasted on his Ukraine war coupled with the mass exodus of military age men, will probably affect all aspects of life all over the Soviet/Russian country. Not to mention the 10's of thousands of dead & wounded young lives, ended or drastically changed, by one dictator's bad decisions. My heart goes out to the many Russian people who will pay the price for a dictator's ego.

@csharpbest4085

Жыл бұрын

@@MrEjofast do not fear. Liberated lands have loads of rare mineral and mines ... it will payback itself

@haythemsandel8303

Жыл бұрын

@@MrEjofast Keep dreaming bot, we support our president in the struggle against US imperialism and their puppets.

@olliestandera

Жыл бұрын

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@olliestandera

Жыл бұрын

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The bravery and resilience of Leningrad and its people is beyond comprehension. If this had happened to an American city or London, there would be hundreds of films about it, and be heralded throughout the Western world.

@darbyohara

7 ай бұрын

Bravery? It’s insanity.

Stalingrad was NOT an objective of Barbarossa. Stalingrad wasn't an objective until late July- August of 42. The original ovjectives were Leningrad, Moscow and Kiev.

@zac5572

Жыл бұрын

No it’s objective was the total collapse of the USSR, just like Russia in ww1

@Gnosis639

Жыл бұрын

@@zac5572 No, that isn't how military objectives work. Military objectives are actual physical targets. The destruction of bolshevik russia was a political objective of the operation but we are talking about the military objectives. They knew if barbarrossa was completed the Reds would just keep moving east the Germans were not chasing them to Siberia.

@zac5572

Жыл бұрын

@@Gnosis639 they aimed for the archangel Linelol

@Bear_Arms

Жыл бұрын

The initial objective was supposed to be the Soviet oil fields in the Caucasus and other natural resources, but s-Hitler insanity changed the focus to Stalingrad after the Soviets resisted and would not allow the city to fall.

@awitcher5303

Жыл бұрын

@@Bear_Arms stalingrad was never a priority, the oil always was

I found it curious that there were blocked visuals to such a documentary. All of its content should be witnessed so the horrors of war are not forgotten. The dead would certainly be honored better.

@leddielive

Жыл бұрын

I agree 100%, but I guess the channel is frightened of demonetisation. 🤔

@skipalidon

Жыл бұрын

I get it. For me I’d post it out of principle.

@samiam619

Жыл бұрын

@@leddielive You Tube thinks we are children and need to be protected.

@j.dragon651

8 ай бұрын

I have made the same remark and caught flack for it from folks in the comment section? I saw almost all this footage by second grade in Catholic school in 59 and I was affected for sure. It made me never want to see humanity go through something like that again. Sometimes I think I am in a minority? The glorification of war and the military in general keeps little boys stockpiled with their dangerous toys.

There are two important omissions from this documentary. First, the attack from Finland did not come from a blue sky. The false flag shelling of Mainila in November 1939 by Red army soldiers dressed up to look like Finnish troops was used by the soviet government as a pretext to invade, in what became known as Talvisota (the winter war). The Finns wanted to regain what had been taken by force in 1940. Second, no mention is made of the Leningrad city council’s failure to disperse food stockpiles in autumn 1941. When the sole food warehouse was bombed, the food crisis deepened severely.

@rinatozaur

Жыл бұрын

in this warehouse was about 3 tons of food and in city were hundreds it s more like food economy policy of soviet goverment for exampe that s piece of diary of small party member ribkovsky in 9 December 1942 year "As for food, I am now not doing too badly. Breakfast in the morning consists of macaroni, noodles, and porridge with butter and two cups of sweet tea. Lunch comes as shchi or some other soup and the main course is meat every day. For example, yesterday my starter was fresh cabbage shchi with smetana and the main course a meat rissole with vermicelli, while today we had a clear soup with vermicelli to start, with pork and stewed cabbage to follow.”

@pistonburner6448

Жыл бұрын

A third, most essential omission is that Russia was supplied by the US and allies' Lend-Lease program which is why they survived and eventually able to break the siege. 1942 alone they were shipped over 2,500,000 tons of supplies, tanks, fighter aircraft, all kinds of advanced weaponry, trucks, you name it. Without the US, UK and other Western allies Russia would've certainly not survived. This documentary reads like a Russian propaganda film.

@mikesgoodmann9349

Жыл бұрын

@@rinatozaur This is correct. Although not generally known, the party members continued to eat quite well even at the height of the blockade!

@robertcoates1388

Жыл бұрын

We're u there

@pistonburner6448

Жыл бұрын

@@robertcoates1388 Is that 'sentence' supposed to mean something? Did you try to use English?

This is a very important documentary. I'm not liking the blurred out scenes.

@johnjuarez8005

Жыл бұрын

Agreed. Why blur history??

@feer142

Жыл бұрын

@@johnjuarez8005 Blame youtube, they force history channels to blur history

Why would you censor scenes? It wasn't the practise to do so when I was younger.

Luckily for Russia, the Finns were only interested in regaining their lost land and had no interest in conquering Russian land.

@LukeBunyip

Жыл бұрын

And, as it turned out, lucky for the Finns.

@alanle1471

Жыл бұрын

@@LukeBunyip Yes. However Russia invaded them anyway, delaying the invasion of Germany.

@letsexchangecansandbadadvi4245

Жыл бұрын

Lucky?? These poor people suffered during the longest seige in the war!!!

@YlL-ji2sl

Жыл бұрын

@@letsexchangecansandbadadvi4245 The question ist whether being conquered by the germans would have been better...

@eerokutale277

Жыл бұрын

@@letsexchangecansandbadadvi4245 Most of the modern day #Russia from #Urals to the west was the homeland of #Finno-#Ugric peoples and Russians are invaders who subjugated weaker tribes and nations. #Russians have waged an on/off war against us #Finns for 1000 years. During The Great Wrath 1713-1721 #Russians killed and enslaved about 15% of us #Finns.

Thank you for such a great production. History must be told.

@darbyohara

7 ай бұрын

The poster didn’t make this. It’s a 30 year old film. He just stole it and posted online

Another contributing factor is Mussolini invading Greece. This pushed out the start of operation Barbarossa enough to bring in the Russians ultimate ally. Old man Winter. Don’t underestimate Russian fatalism either which gave them the fortitude to survive this ordeal.

@fazole

Жыл бұрын

Weather records show that 1941 had a very wet spring and invasion through Poland and Belorussia would not have been easy earlier than June 22 as the ground was too muddy or swampy.

Marshall Mannerheim refused to take Leningrad. His argument was that Finland was not interested in taking Leningrad and that Finland did not have the resources to feed the population. He was content to take back what was lost in the Winter war 1939-40 and advance at most to best defensive positions, which was done. And no further than that ignoring German requests.

@user-jk4yp6fh4h

Жыл бұрын

smart desision. Otherwise Finland could have been punished severely after the WW2 with territorial losses.

War is horrendous yet, still, we learn nothing.

Excellent work here Sir and your Team

I wish I had KZread videos like this when pursuing A' level History.

@BCSoHappy

Жыл бұрын

My g'kids are all homeschooled. They learn a lot from videos, more than I could have taught them by far, bitd.

@helmutmultz8552

Жыл бұрын

They. eaten. the. death. and. got. songs. and. metronome Soviet. paradise

It doesn't take long before we recognize the famous Allegretto main theme from Dmitrij Schostakowitsch's 7th Symphony, the 'Leningrad Symphony'. The great composer allegedly wrote this masterpiece for more instruments and musicians than what was standard in orchestras at the time. He did this knowing that members of the orchestra would get extra rations in the starving Leningrad, and the more musicians he could add, the more people would be fed. I think this performance by Frankfurt Radio Symphony with Klaus Mäkelä is rather good. kzread.info/dash/bejne/eXZn3LSYiJWbhbg.html

@Fakeslimshady

Жыл бұрын

20th century "classical" music sucks bro

@j.dragon651

8 ай бұрын

@@Fakeslimshady I take it you are not a musician?

@Fakeslimshady

8 ай бұрын

@@j.dragon651 depends

@j.dragon651

8 ай бұрын

@@Fakeslimshady The accomplished musicians I know in any genre never make blanket statements like that. Only amateurs.

@Fakeslimshady

8 ай бұрын

@@j.dragon651 Obviously people on the internet don't make music for a living

The content of doc movie is stright to the point of the movie title. Mostly about moral of the military and the civilians. Metronome episode is just stunning. Tears have been close while watching.

@Epidombe

Жыл бұрын

I missed the answer. Russian people strong. But it doesnt really answer the question

@user-jk4yp6fh4h

Жыл бұрын

@@Epidombe What is the question?

Thank you for sharing 🤗🙏🇺🇲

Eastern front; the most savage battle of all time...

@billhicks808

Жыл бұрын

Probably true. It was Hitlers main goal.... to take the east. I often wonder how far he could have gotten if he offered peace treaties to the UK, France, Holland and Belgium after taking Poland... would they have taken it?

@bradbutcher8762

Жыл бұрын

@@billhicks808 Poland was the last straw. Germany needed Poland to get at Russia. Had the Germans invaded and acted decent to the Poles, perhaps peace with the west could have sorted. Unfortunately we all know what Germany and Russia did to them.

@zac5572

Жыл бұрын

@@billhicks808 “probably true” of course

@billhicks808

Жыл бұрын

@@zac5572 no, you're right. Nobody died but the Russians and thanks to the Russians Japan was conquered.

@Ye4rZero

Жыл бұрын

@@bradbutcher8762 As soon as the Germans invaded Poland England and France were obligated by treaty to declare war.

872 days! Astounding!!

Brilliant, thanks.

@user-jk4yp6fh4h

Жыл бұрын

Thanks from Moscow bro

A thousand greetings of great pride and respect for your esteemed channel, which is full of accurate and useful information. Thank you for all the beautiful words and sincere feelings. Much respect. I hope you success . Thank you

Sun Tzu had some intelligent comments on such operations and it seems the Germans failed to heed the warnings and advice.

@Sniperboy5551

Жыл бұрын

“The enemy can’t guess your strategy if you don’t have any.” - Sun Tzu

@Ye4rZero

Жыл бұрын

@@Sniperboy5551 LOL

@lawsonj39

Жыл бұрын

I'm sure the Germans would have considered Sun Tzu racially inferior and thus not worth reading.

@ausar3852

Жыл бұрын

"I didnt say that" -Sun Tzu

History is fascinating

It is also worth noting that the Finnish army could have made the final push to seal off the city, and seal its fate, but Finnish Marshall Baron Mannerheim refused to do so. He had been a member of the Czar's Imperial Army. He had been head of the Chevalier Guard that protected the Imperial Family, and he loved St Petersburg

@kingwata1

Жыл бұрын

You guys wishful thinking.

@HerrMikael

Жыл бұрын

He also understood that there'd be a time after the war. A Finnish attack on Leningrad would never have been forgotten, or forgiven

@paschalumeh6197

Жыл бұрын

Lol the main reason for Finland not pushing on later was due to lack of manpower and also the Finns understood what this would mean later for the Soviets/Russians when they won eventually.

It went on for 8 months - 300k germans captured, no food or supplies

@markprange4386

Жыл бұрын

300k Germans surrounded.

Verry impressed video great deeply respect for the warriors and survivers from this city its almost unbelieble that so many people have done for 900 days to struggle for life and to stay in life i think no other people off a country off city have brought so many offers and have struggle like the people in and off Leningrad great respect for the Russian people they have fight the biggest war they have ever experience i am deeply impressed thank you for sharing .

@user-jk4yp6fh4h

Жыл бұрын

Thank you bro from Moscow. I do find the content very pertinent to the title.

Just think what could have been achieved by the people after being through a horrible time together.But instead a dictator managed to turn this unity to destruction and terror that still goes on .I hope my people be able to create peace and harmony after the terrible time of 44 years in Iran. I am sure we will .Thanks for uploading this great doc.

@AdamJRowen

Жыл бұрын

One can’t live without the other. The method doesn’t matter as long as it achieve the same good result.

"Russia's old enemy, Finland" Finland was Never the enemy of Russia. It had been a loyal Grand Duchy of the Czar until the attempt at Russification and a take over of Finland's government. After the Russian revolution Finland declared its independence in 1917. Then in 1939 the USSR invaded Finland.

@viljanov

Жыл бұрын

In all fairness, Russia and Finland have fought countless wars. When Finland was the eastern part of the Swedish Kingdom it was a buffer zone, which saw bloodshed frequently. The Great Wrath was probably the most vicious one. In Finland the threat has come only from the east.

@johnl5316

Жыл бұрын

@@viljanov Yes, indeed. I would not be inclined to say that Finland was Russia's enemy.The video was attempting to say that Russia had reason to fear that this "old enemy" would endanger them AGAIN, which, of course, is nonsense.The Kingdom of Sweden fought its wars with the east on Finnish soil. The males among my own ancestors died in their 20's while the women died in their 70's during the era of wars with the east, the men killed in the wars.

Luckily for the Russians the Finns never marched into Leningrad from the north.

The music at the end is great. What piece is it?

a tragedy yes for the people there but shortly before it was the staging point to invade Finland which had been neutral one should present the full story

@juhanivalimaki5418

Жыл бұрын

Exactly, Leningrad siege and suffering was greatly because of Russian stupidity. 1. Russians allied with Nazis 23.8.1939 providing them oil and wheat, making Nazis stronger 2. Russians invaded neutral (though UK/France/USA-leaning) Finland, making an enemy North of Leningrad. The legal Finnish border was only 22km away from the northern streets of Leningrad. Outside Finnish artillery range, but still close. So 2022 is not the only time Russians did stupid things that put their own safety to risk. Voluntarily, just by their own choice. Nobody else to blame. Still I don't wait for a second that they would ever learn anything. It's somehow impossible for most Russians. To learn. And even more so learning when others need to point their stupidity to them. Like now, in 2022.

INCREDIBLY HARDCORE🤕😟👍

@user-jk4yp6fh4h

Жыл бұрын

Thanks from Moscow for the appreciation

I worked with a Latvian guy who fought the battle of Leningrad in a German uniform and survived six months in a Soviet POW camp. Suffice it to say that he had a unique perspective on things. Of top management: "Just like the Russians, just like the Russians; they give you summer boots in the vinter and vinter boots in the summer!"

@okramra

Жыл бұрын

Did you ask him what was he doing in Leningrad?

@twill9278

Жыл бұрын

@@okramra The Nazis invaded Latvia and conscripted the able bodied men, handed them coats, helmets, and rifles, then marched them off to Leningrad

@zac5572

Жыл бұрын

So he worked for the nazis lol

@twill9278

Жыл бұрын

@@zac5572 He didn't have any choice in the matter.

@zac5572

Жыл бұрын

@@twill9278 Draftees were given a choice between serving in the Wehrmacht-subordinated Waffen-SS Legion, serving as German Wehrmacht auxiliaries, or being sent to a slave labor camp in Germany. Guess he preferred to kill women and children to going to slave labor. Not saying it was an easy choice but not like he was forced to kill

My old friend was born there. As a boy his friends used to find war leftovers in the forests.

@djquinn11

Жыл бұрын

There’s videos out there of people still finding stuff.

@pistonburner6448

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, like the lands of other nations which Russia stole. Bodies of POWs which Russians starved and tortured to death too. And not only POWs, but civilians living in areas invaded by Russia as well, having them killed for daring to speak their own language instead of Russian or just for existing as the 'wrong race'.

@angusyates828

Жыл бұрын

@@pistonburner6448 Yeah the Stalinist regime wasn't much better.

Finns are not the old enemies of Russians. It is the Russians that are old enemies of the Finns.

@user-jk4yp6fh4h

Жыл бұрын

Hi bro from Moscow. Finns were under Swedish occupation and it was Russia which granted Finns to have there on Constitution as a Grand Principality of Finland within th Russian Empire since about the early 19 century just for you to know. So Finns have been very greatful to Russia and have a sttaue of Russian Emperor of that time still standing in the downtown of Helsinki.

@joonamikkonen_

Жыл бұрын

Yes but the treatment of Russian troops against Finland has been very horrifying: 1714 the Great Hatred began in Finland when Sweden was unable to defend Finland after its loss in Poltava, Finland had few to defend against Russian invaders and thousands upon thousands were murdered, men forced to join Russian Army, women were either raped and sold as prostitutes in Russia. In Hailuoto (West Coast of Finland), September 1714 there were over 800 refugees trying to flee in Sweden. All of them were murdered by Russian cossacks. As a result the Finnish population which is estimated to be around 500,000 at the outbreak of Great Northern War, had shrinked to just 300,000. As manlosses were high, Finnish population was starving and many died from malnutrition, diseases and massacres that Russia did in terms of genocide level. Before even Finland was independent, Czar Nikolai II ordered to oppress Finland as an autonumous state, forcing to russify Finland as a whole. The time with Alexander I and II perhaps were the only best time that Finland ever could be grateful to Russia, but other than that there’s ultimately no other era or Finland would ever desire.

The sound effects in this are hilarious

Looks like Goering does a rare real-life evil-villian-style rubbing of his hands together after thinking of what carnage the Reich's secret plans of conquest would soon wreak upon the world. 1:00

@user-jk4yp6fh4h

Жыл бұрын

nice point

Looked like beautiful city.

@user-jk4yp6fh4h

Жыл бұрын

very beatiful indeed. I am a Moscoviet and has been to SaintPetersburg for 20 times...

Its insane to think about all of the suffering the ppl inside Stalingrad were forced to endure. While an opposing army of men endured similar inhumanity right outside of that city. All while one man held the opportunity to end it all. ☮

cool

Russians are tough as nails, and even today, I respect them totally.

@hithere7382

Жыл бұрын

Tough as nails and dumb as rocks, whooop whoooop 100,000 dead in Ukraine haha.

@morisco56

Жыл бұрын

Yeah but they are evil according to the US

@user-jk4yp6fh4h

Жыл бұрын

Thanks bro from Moscow. I guess this is the main point of the content - the moral. And ofcourse Russia trying to stop Ukraine joining NATO is very different objective from Germany capturing all of the Europe including Russia.

@morisco56

Жыл бұрын

@@user-jk4yp6fh4h exactly

@user-jk4yp6fh4h

Жыл бұрын

@@morisco56 Thanks bro.

Today I saw a video Paris in 1942. It was like no war was going on I Paris. Swimming poools bars , restaurants. Verything open . People don’t look unhappy.

I see that this documentary ignores an important reality of the seige: officials of the Communist Party received more food than ordinary citizens. I remember seeing a segment of another documentary where an ordinary Leningrader was summoned across town to report to a Party committee. The trams were not running so he walked all the way there, a walk that took several hours. When he arrived to give his report, the Party officials listened to what he had to say, then adjourned themselves to have a meal, then returned to hear the rest of his information. The man who was reporting to them was NOT offered any food, although he was ravenous. When they returned from their meal and eventually dismissed the man, he was left to walk more miles back to his home, again with not so much as a crumb of food for the journey. Of course this was standard operating procedure for the Party, as it had been since the earliest days of the Bolshevik "Revolution".

@ZaJaClt

Жыл бұрын

im not sure you know about the lack of rats in leningrad, as they were eaten on sight, also worth mentioning that there was an agricultural museum/institute with tonns of grain inside, none of it was used because they were a type of emergency stock in case crops got contaminated and you needed to replant anew

@user-jk4yp6fh4h

Жыл бұрын

accounts of this sort on Party officials does not dismiss the high moral of the rest of the people in the city. Diary of Tanya mentioned is just stunning.

Song in intro???

Too bad so much of the footage is so dark; it would be worthwhile to try to brighten them.

@user-jk4yp6fh4h

Жыл бұрын

agree.

The answer: thanks to the USA and their massive shipments of aid and weapons to USSR they survived. This documentary is like a Russian propaganda film: so many crucial facts omitted as well as Russian atrocities, mistakes, failures too.

@leddielive

Жыл бұрын

... and the UK were sending shipping convoys via the Baltic & those brave merchant seaman received very little recognition for their sacrifice. 🤨

@evgenidimitrov9703

Жыл бұрын

Yes, in fact the USA won the war all alone,Ben Affleck saved GB, and the canned beef saved Russia...You are too funny 🤣

@slartybarfastb3648

Жыл бұрын

@@evgenidimitrov9703 We sent a lot more than canned beef. Never again.

@m.h.f.1569

Жыл бұрын

@@leddielive ...Shipping convoys via the Baltic?! There was not a single ship from the UK sailing in the Baltic during WW2... Try the North Atlantic and the Barents Sea. That's where the action was...

@brunokirchensittenbach9294

Жыл бұрын

…Land and lease Act enacted in March of 1941 to supply aid to England and the Soviet Union $ 50.1 billion dollars worth of supplies the mayor recipient was England with $ 31.4 billion, Soviet Union $ 3.2 billion, France $ 1.6 billion, the aid wasn’t that massive as you stated England got the lion 🦁 share of that aid..🫵🏼

The Germans never had a large capacity, long range, strategic bomber. It would come back to haunt them in Russia

@user-jk4yp6fh4h

Жыл бұрын

but how did they bomb London then?

@weirdshibainu

Жыл бұрын

@@user-jk4yp6fh4h The HE 111 was the main German bomber in the early days of the war. It was a 2 engine bomber. The Germans needed a fleet of the so called "Amerikabomber" that never really made it past prototype stage.

What's outro song

from the perspective of leningraders, seeing the invaders finally shelled in to oblivion and retreat must have been the most satisfying moment ever after 2 years of siege and incomprehensible horrors

Soviet Union invaded Finland in 1939, taking Finnish land, demanding more later. When the Germans invaded Soviet Union, soviets bombed Finland for weeks prior to Finnish offensive operations. Surprised pikatchu.

@sportsport9470

8 ай бұрын

yeah yeah, nothing happenned before 1939? no?

@speedruiner7213

8 ай бұрын

@@sportsport9470 We are talking about the lead up to Soviet Aggression in 1941 against Finland

@sportsport9470

8 ай бұрын

@@speedruiner7213 i bet you never heard about such thing as Suur-Suomi

@speedruiner7213

8 ай бұрын

@@sportsport9470 By the sounds of it you just heard about it

@sportsport9470

8 ай бұрын

once again nothing happened before 1939?@@speedruiner7213

Siege of Leningrad was horrific ordeal for it's residents.

@lawrencefox563

Жыл бұрын

If I could go back in time I'd have held Gavrilo Princip hostage to die of T/B so Arch duke and Sophi could return from Serbia to Vienna unmolested.

If only the same in Singapore.

@user-jk4yp6fh4h

Жыл бұрын

Why should this happen to Singapore?

The distance from Leningrad across Lake Ladoga to the nearest railway is no where near 237 miles, that’s preposterous. At the absolute maximum it’s 150 miles

Could someone please tell me the song that starts playing at 25:42? Thank you

@user-jk4yp6fh4h

Жыл бұрын

Hello from Moscow. I ve cheked the time code and this is the only song I can not recognize well enough, sounds unfamiliar too. The other songs in the doc are very famouse and popular of that time.

@SpeedRunningWarcrimes

10 ай бұрын

​@@user-jk4yp6fh4hdo you know intro song??

I understand that AD revenue is the only source of income on KZread, but over 6 unskippable ads in 18 minutes is a bit much.

@user-jk4yp6fh4h

Жыл бұрын

I have now adds while watching on my PC in Moscow...

The Bronze Horseman tells this story. Excellent book

The true objective of the campaign was to gain the line of Archangel in the north to Astrakhan in the south and the Caucasian oil fields. They only came close to the objective in the south near Astrakhan and the oil fields.

There are times I would say dead air space with no dialogue for extended periods of time in a documentary is a waste of footage, not this time.

32:02 St Pauls London?

@user-jk4yp6fh4h

Жыл бұрын

No, it is Sr Isaac Cathedral biggest in the StPetersburg. Built because St Isaac is a patron saint for Peter the Great the founder of the city was born on a day of memory for St Isaac.

Obviously he wasnt there to take it He was at the Wolfs lair in Prussia!

stalingrad was NOT one of the 3 original aims.

Like no.327 👍😀

Who will chose any of those drinking brands on advertisement?.

The ticking part was obnoxious

I don't like censorship in Docs. Show everything.

The decision not to take Leningrad but encircle it was just a rational cost-benefit calculation. What resources did it take the soviets trying to supply the city, which did not have any economic value for the Germans? Capturing the city, the responsibility of supply would have been on German side with no benefit for them.

Anybody realize the narrator's mistake? Between the 13th and 15th minute talking about the plains bringing food and supplies into the city of Leningrad and he says that the planes can bring in 45 tons a day but they need 2,000 tonnes a day to survive. Am I mistaking is my math wrong or is 45 tons a day being flowing in more than 2,000 tons a day they need? Hope to hear from somebody a great day everybody

To answer the question : logistics!

@user-jk4yp6fh4h

Жыл бұрын

Why logistics was not an issue in France and the rest of Europe?

Hero City was a well earned adjective. Theres a TON of Respec in your name for all time, 'Leningrad.'

Month 10 of asking what the outro song is 😂😂😂 @everyone pls help

16:35 LADOSHC OZERO

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Don't forget to fast on wednesday and friday.

Sentences like "Russia's old enemy Finland..." seriously misrepresent the situation and could have been taken strait from a Russian propaganda leaflet. How about saying "Finland the Russian colony that regained its freedom 30 years before, and which Russia attacked again just 2 year earlier ..."

Well that was interesting but did not really answer the title.

The same reason he couldn’t take Moscow, maxed out logistics.

@AMultipolarWorldIsEmerging

Жыл бұрын

And superior soviet thinking resistance and innovation

@dopecat4012

Жыл бұрын

@@harryhanz1690 Doesn't matter, your anti Russian narrative doesn't work here since Russia did win the war, doesn't matter how but they did and they would do it again. Keep coping

40° below zero isn't even comprehensible

The one thing that is rarely mentioned in these Russian war docu's. is the Arctic convoys from the Western allies that supplied Russia with tons of munitions and other supplies, why?

@zac5572

Жыл бұрын

Because it was a tiny tiny percentage for all the key years of the war; you’re brainwashed

@karlwarne7380

Жыл бұрын

@@zac5572 No I am sure you are.

Stalin did not want to waste food on the city about to be taken by Germans. They could supply from the Lake Ladoga the same way as they transported tanks and guns made in the city.

The evil scum that did this to humanity need to be exposed !

Who did the people fear the most, the Germans or Stalin?

@davidtwliew616

Жыл бұрын

Both.

@user-jk4yp6fh4h

Жыл бұрын

Stalin was not a feared moster I may assure he was an admired revolution leader for ordinary people. Hello from Moscow.

@hermankranendonk

Жыл бұрын

@@user-jk4yp6fh4h except by the millions he killed.

Finnish positions on the map are wrong, you can see correct positions if you google images with "asemasotavaihe kartta".

Simple. A front War benefits no army.

Far too many adverts! *

Would it had changed the outcome of the war if Leningrad had fallen?

@user-jk4yp6fh4h

Жыл бұрын

highly unlikely. There were other big cities fell such as Kiev for example.

Maybe if the Soviets had not attacked Finland, many of the citizens could have beensaved in Finland.

@mv_5878

8 ай бұрын

Definitely. Stalin made a grave mistake with his unprovoked, botched 1939 invasion of Finland. Then again, he never cared for Soviet lives anyway.

Why am I paying for ad free content just to hear about history channel whatever for the millionth time? Telling me about it 2 million times isn't going to make me sign up. I'm so annoyed.

A Scotish proverb says 100 people can handle to one that can handle prosperity.

@hughmungus1767

Жыл бұрын

Huh? That doesn't even make grammatical sense....

“ worked for so long wah wah “ Huni , you signed up to help. Do winning side love to complain during war time ?

This is history of we don't know history we are doom to repeat history so stop covering up pictures let everyone see everything so they know what to expect if they are in this situation

In the memory of all people innocent or confused by and at time I think you have to close commentaries. Thete is no time argue about burnt piece of paper.

@user-jk4yp6fh4h

Жыл бұрын

indeed.

I am surprised the Germans did not bomb the supply routes across the lake. They must not have known about it or the weather was too bad to launch air strikes.

@patmccormick9972

Жыл бұрын

They did bomb them.

@jerrymcdaniel4539

Жыл бұрын

@@patmccormick9972 wow that must be some thick ice if bombs had no effect

@patmccormick9972

Жыл бұрын

@@jerrymcdaniel4539 It's not that they had no effect, it's that it didn't stop the Russians. Just as it said.

@user-jk4yp6fh4h

Жыл бұрын

It is said that about 1000 lories were lost during supply operation of the ice rout due to the bombing too.

@FlaviuMariusPanaite

Жыл бұрын

I, also, don't understand why the Germans didn't expand to the east of Lake Ladoga, thus blocking the supply of the city of Leningrad on that route.

war is evil

I know it's off subject, but maybe this is why people of Ukraine resist 🤔 so stubbornly

@fazole

Жыл бұрын

They actually resisted the Soviet Army into the 1950's!

@xenonman

Жыл бұрын

@@fazole So did guerrillas in the Baltic states!

@user-jk4yp6fh4h

Жыл бұрын

people in Ukraine are at first are traumatized by their own corruption and are also paid supplied and cheerleadered by NATO countries against Russia.

@muhammadrafliramdani2852

Жыл бұрын

@@fazole only in small part of Western Ukraine and in fact they are part of OUN-B lmao

Because he had one ball . The other is in town hall

Rumor has it some of the exact guns in this documentary are currently in use on the Ukraine battlefront.

@Ramperhappy

Жыл бұрын

yeah should work if maintained properly, some oil here and there and pump some shells

@user-jk4yp6fh4h

Жыл бұрын

do you mean Germany supplying Ukraine with lethal weaponry such as howitzers?

@oneshothunter9877

Жыл бұрын

Both countries use old weapons. Ukraine use the Maxim M1910 machinegun. Russia use Mosin-Nagan, a bolt action rifle. Both gun types developed around 1885.

By the way, the USSR signed with Japan not a non-agression pact but a _neutrality_ pact. But nobody tries to present them as Allies. Jajaja.

I was born in the USSR, so trust me, the soundtrack to this video is excellent. I've never seen a Western documentary with such an authentic soundtrack. The songs add to the authenticity of the information communicated. It may mean little to most people that watch this, but it gave me goosebumps. It's very sad that now, in the 21st century, Russia is trying to do to Ukraine what the Nazis did to cities like Leningrad. Russians have become the fascists. Слава Україні!!

@bradcolby1

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for that insight,also I respect your honesty. I‘m in the US and love Slavic culture,I wish peace and freedom for all Ukrainians and Russians! Bravo Ukraine!

@miketackabery7521

Жыл бұрын

F Ukraine

@YanGlina

9 ай бұрын

Any idea about the intro/outro song? Internet searches have so far not been useful...