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@robert.257

10 ай бұрын

In hindsight maybe the Allies should have fought with Germany against the USSR. I am not saying turn a blind eye too their crimes. Eastern Europe suffered after WW2 because of Stalin and his cronies.

@urbansoldier1

9 ай бұрын

@@AnnaLuchia they all was on amph´s . google-picture search this: PILOTS TO MANY MISSIONS? ... and you find even a advertise-poster for it. or google: ww2 benzedrine and you find more info. it was new at this time and the people was not so clever back in 1942 to use search engines to inform himself for side-effects. but i guess you are in the age where the typical stereotype infos from history-channel or discovery channel or even some teachers has good function.

@olivierbolton8683

2 ай бұрын

the same cronies are in the WH now!@@robert.257

my grandfather was at the eastern front. I've heared he was in Minsk and Smolensk, Smolensk was quite advanced. He got a shrapnell in his head, was in miliary hospital in Berlin, my grandmother made her first far trip from our 400 km away smalltown in Westphalia to visit him. I remember him in an electric wheelchair due to this injury. I did not talk about war with him, he died in 1983 when i was 5 years old. Years later i heared from my dad (his son in law) that he sometimes talked about war experiences to him, but never to my mom (his daughter). He saw bad things. Maybe he did bad things. Me as his grandson remember him as a nice grandpa. Wars are shit. When watching those clips from eastern front i wonder if he is shown without me recognizing, any of those guys with helmets running through the scenery.

@user-lp6dl3nt4e

11 ай бұрын

好战必亡

@pog428

10 ай бұрын

​@@czolgisttaThere ain't no war without war crimes. The victors write history though and when the decadent western world falls the truth will present itself to the surviving masses.

@user-pk7uw1wi5h

10 ай бұрын

You’re so brainwashed lmao. Yes I know SS did horrible things and so did many of the Wehrmacht. But saying that every soldier did evil things is just completely insane. Most of the soldiers didn’t even wanted to fight, they were forced to. War is always full of warcrimes, from every side and not just from the German one. In Berlin alone there were up to 200000 rape cases from Russian and allied forces

@TheWilferch

10 ай бұрын

@@czolgistta ... disagree... "He did them".."as did ALL the Wehrmacht ' Absolutely not true and your statements are the fruit of post-war victors-write- the- history- books mentality. You know this?....how? Not being an apologist.....not saying atrocities didn't happen.....but this absolute 100% statement is not based on any fact...just your "teachings"and feelings.

@AC-fg4kg

10 ай бұрын

@@TheWilferchRead the historical record of Wehrmacht massacres in Belorussia and other areas as they advanced into the Soviet Union and repeat yourself with a straight face.

Such incredible footage from so long ago.Whatever we think of this war,the photographers who made these historic films need to be congratulated.

@kensladen

Жыл бұрын

You want to congratulate the Nazi propaganda photographers, attached to the invading German armies, whilst they engage in slaughtering vast numbers of sacrificial Russians….strange choice

@ryanschneider3324

11 ай бұрын

It wasn't that long ago

@coconuciferanuts339

11 ай бұрын

@@ryanschneider3324 Ok,80 years. But how technology & society has changed in that time.Those early cameras were heavy,cumbersome & the developing,projecting,storing etc. It says to me that in those precarious,moving war fronts they are commendable.

@sigbn

11 ай бұрын

@@coconuciferanuts339 They were heavy, even back in the sixties, I know, carry around with you 3 Nikon F3's and few ED lenses, supplies film and whatever else you may need. Consider to name few, the Bolex all metal film cameras, that's right film that would have to be developed later.

@SN-nh6pq

10 ай бұрын

@ryanschneider3324 It wasn't that long ago Uhhh yes it was 🤦🏻‍♂️

Greatest struggle mankind has ever seen.

@doorswhofan

Жыл бұрын

So far.

@lisalise1622

Жыл бұрын

THE NEXT ONE WILL BE THE LAST!

@ca9968

Жыл бұрын

@@lisalise1622 buckle up, it`s already started...in 3 years or so it`ll be in full swing...

@TheOchocincoboi

Жыл бұрын

@@ca9968 yipee cant wait

@dinoscreech7698

Жыл бұрын

and the Kampf continues...until EVERY Communist Marxist is exterminated.

I can’t imagine the destruction on the eastern front, the figures are insane to look at

@daveweiss5647

9 ай бұрын

Truely, you hear the numbers but it is impossible to fathom it... every one of them a son, father, brother.... each one with their own story. Insane and tragic to think about.

@frez777

3 ай бұрын

and look at asshole Putin is doing today

@RifleEyez

Ай бұрын

"Our quarters were wrecked, and there were corpses littered about everywhere. We covered the German dead with tarpaulins; with the Cossacks we took off their felt boots and caps, as well as their pants and underpants, and put them on. We now moved closer together in the few houses still standing. One soldier had been unable to find any felt boots, which were an excellent protection against the cold. The next day he found a Red Army corpse frozen stiff. He tugged at his legs, but in vain. He grabbed an axe and took the man off at the thighs. Fragments of flesh flew everywhere. He bundled the two stumps together under his arm and set them down in the oven, next to our lunch. By the time the potatoes were done, the legs were thawed out, and he pulled on the bloody felt boots. Having the dead meat next to our food bothered us as little as if someone had wrapped his frostbite between meals or cracked lice" -- Willy Peter Reese, A Stranger to Myself.

“How the hell did I end up here?” It’s what every soldier here is thinking.

@jamesirvine9493

Жыл бұрын

the face of the young boy piering over the trench to see what is there is amazing, he looks so normal, they were all normal people

@borisborence2687

6 ай бұрын

​@@jamesirvine9493 lol no they fucking werent, what you're doing is spreading the "clean wehrmacht" myth when most of them until 1944 CHOSE that position, don't even try to defend people like the SS either, the pieces of shit who ran the camps and did more war crimes than the entire allied side as a whole "normal" my ass

@user-hu9zi2jc2m

2 ай бұрын

If hell truly existed on this planet, It could only be here

@randymillhouse791

Ай бұрын

Even the horses.

@grimmlight4541

23 күн бұрын

Deranged leaders and politicians as all wars begin.

Germany had the best army man has ever seen, but fighting 3 superpowers and in 2 fronts was a bridge too far.

@jjhpor

10 ай бұрын

The Russians were gonna whip them no matter what else happened. They had too many soldiers, the natural resources, a subservient culture and a dictator at least as brutal as Hitler who was willing to kill every Russian and every German to win.

@jamesdipinto5076

9 ай бұрын

Yep.

@duanelinstrom4292

9 ай бұрын

The US fought simultaneously on three fronts and won them all.

@jamesdipinto5076

9 ай бұрын

@@duanelinstrom4292 And glad we won. But congratulations on missing the point completely. Pound for pound the German army really was the best on the planet. One on one they would have smashed anyone, including us. Hate to say it but yeah. And they almost whipped the whole developed world.....alone.

@bmpgaming148

9 ай бұрын

america fought all three major axis powers (if you include japan as axis) on 3-4 fronts and still won

My Grandfather was at the eastern front. Krakau and other places . He was at a prisoner of war camp in sibiria . Many of his comrades died there . They had nothing to eat and it was a very strong winter. Later ,when they were released, he walked home all the way to germany by himself and sometimes in a train. He died when i was 2 or 3 years old . RIP .

@cranegantry868

10 ай бұрын

I'm glad he did make it all the way back home to Germany. He must have been a very tough man to survive all that.

@powertothegods

10 ай бұрын

@@cranegantry868 yeah . Sadly i never spoke to him .

@montainedrill3227

9 ай бұрын

@@powertothegods so your grandfather was a murderer with no morals like many.. it's good that he went to the camp and survived, it was certainly hard for him to sleep peacefully even after returning home until his last breath :)

@SJ-xb7lg

9 ай бұрын

Your Grandfather and all of his comrades were Heroes dont let the brainwashed sheeps tell you otherwise, they fought to free all humanity but the devil owns this world for now and evil won in the end.

@MoritzSchwarz9441

9 ай бұрын

Das war ein unglaublich hartes Los !

My grandpa was a german soldier at the eastern front. He passed away about 20 years ago. We never spoke much to nothing about that time. I regret that now. At the the end of his life, with upcoming demtia all the things that he has seen kept up to him again. A stupid waste of life and resources on all sides.

@heimdall2471

Жыл бұрын

Well it should serve as a reminder never to attack Slavs again.

@dazmac159

Жыл бұрын

@@heimdall2471 they,re attacking themselves right now!

@alsm974

Жыл бұрын

Soviet Union losses was not stupid.

@Richtschwert

Жыл бұрын

They attacked themselves already. Russian attack on Poland does ring a bell? But probably you know shit.

@Azog150

11 ай бұрын

"On all sides..." It's not a waste of resources when you are defending yourselves against another side intent on wiping you out of existence. On the contrary, it is a valuable use of resources, for which they are left no choice.

Their faces say it all - fatigue, fear, trepidation…. And we’ve learn’t little or forgotten a lot.

@theflyingdutchman167

Жыл бұрын

Not true. While there have been a fair share of wars since WW2, the combined death tolls of all these wars is not even 25-40% of WW2's death toll. So, yes large conflicts still exists, but the number of people who have never known war and live in relative safety had grown exponentially due to international regulations and treaties.

@RobCummings

Жыл бұрын

I wonder how many of those young men made it back to Germany alive?

@nickolaymiltenov

9 ай бұрын

This is exactly what i wanted to say

@kingbig5366

2 ай бұрын

​@@RobCummingsпочти все кто попал на эти кадры умерли в боях. Процент выживаемости так мал,что даже попасть в плен уже достижение

the western front looked like a playground compared to the eastern one

@damanithegoat9653

2 жыл бұрын

Nah the Western front was just as brutal, the eastern front just had more casualties

@damanithegoat9653

2 жыл бұрын

That just shows you how good a American and British alliance is, both of those countries know how to reserve soldiers unlike the USSR

@bboyo8307

2 жыл бұрын

@@damanithegoat9653 You are illiterate and reckless. 27 million Soviets died, more than half of them civilians (bad and untrained soldiers?!?). The USA lost 0 civilians (is also logical) and that is the main reason why the western and eastern fronts could not be brutal "equally". It was a mass murder because all Slavs were subhuman to the Nazis and were purposefully enslaved or murdered. Sounds kind of inhuman and brutal, doesn't it? Let us add Stalingrad. In this single industrial TOWN five times more Wehrmacht troops perished than in the whole operation of Overlord. More than 60 percent of the ENTIRE Wehrmacht was on the Eastern Front. Think about it.

@tobyford189

2 жыл бұрын

@@damanithegoat9653 thats not true

@damanithegoat9653

2 жыл бұрын

@@tobyford189 It’s very true

All those young boys, which they were, both sides, suffered horrifically. And their families. Just pure evil what evil men will do.

@brandaonb4249

Жыл бұрын

They were all set up by the Rothschild war profiteers... All sides... Those who caused the problem also sold the solution, and are doing it all over again today.

@suckyourdeadnan4805

Жыл бұрын

The world is ruled by good men and evil men a better world would be ruled by good men and good women

@algardner5228

Жыл бұрын

And they continue too

@sayckeone

Жыл бұрын

Yes, pure evil. A pure evil Germany was trying to stop.

@stephank.2727

Жыл бұрын

@@sayckeone in that case everyone who went to war till now is pure evil.

The German army was a strong and fierce enemy. It sucks people see them as goofy and can’t fight portrayed in those crappy WW2 Hollywood movies.

@TheHeartlessFour

2 жыл бұрын

In all honesty. I think a good portion of that comes from the fact that the Western front was literally under supplied, under strength, and mismanaged as hell by Hitler. While the Eastern front was the meat grinding war of annihilation.

@Sorter_123

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheHeartlessFour fatal mistakes .

@destroyerarmor2846

2 жыл бұрын

Because they deserve no glory at all. They lost

@Sorter_123

2 жыл бұрын

@@destroyerarmor2846 where you from ?

@ANONlM

2 жыл бұрын

@@destroyerarmor2846 "You don't ask victors if they were telling truth"

Having read many memoirs I have no idea how anybody survived the Eastern front. Retreating two years, outnumbered, outgunned, undersupplied. Talk about a will to survive.

@VenaGT

10 ай бұрын

The commissars on the back lines machine gunning their own helped bolster said will.

@PolishBehemoth

9 ай бұрын

Retreating one year you mean for the soviets? The soviets got their first small victories in late 41 and early to mid 42 before stalin grad.

@eawhite09

25 күн бұрын

Forgotten Solider is a wild book

@denfilm6005

24 күн бұрын

The most terrible book describing the war from the Soviet side is “Memories of the War” by Nikolai Nikulin.

All those men that had to fight to the death because of a handful of psychopaths.

@nigel900

Жыл бұрын

They believed and followed those psychopaths without question…

@MaloneysDigest

Жыл бұрын

@@nigel900 There will be a load more to come. Humans aren't the brightest bulbs.

@TheTexasmick

Жыл бұрын

The German soldier wanted to fight to eliminate communism in Europe. Europe didn't appreciate what they were trying to do.

@suckyourdeadnan4805

Жыл бұрын

@@nigel900 Nazis vs commies most on both sides were forced

@Mcbignuts

11 ай бұрын

What have u done for your beliefs beyond whining on the internet? The men on all sides were true heroes, this was back when armies were composed of the best and brightest, not the ghetto /trailer park employment scheme they are today

These first images are a reminder that the WW2 German soldiers mainly walked to battle. The notorious blitzkreig was not more than a shock element to break through enemy lines to "make a hole". The bulk of the Wehrmacht had very little in the way of motorized transport. When Russia was invaded the Germans crossed the border with over twice as many horses as trucks and when the winter came their diet contained a large portion of horsemeat.

@siler7

10 ай бұрын

This is two years after the war began. That this army could not do in the vast expanse of Russia what a much stronger army could do earlier in the comparatively cozy confines of Poland does not mean the blitzkrieg was overestimated.

@yadayadayadayadayadayada777

8 ай бұрын

Yea, the average Wehrmact soldier walked every day 25 to 40 km for 1-2 weeks to get to the next fighting place.

@duanelinstrom4292

8 ай бұрын

Yes, my dad was in the US Army in WWII. He fought in the Philippines. He said they walked all the time, seldom had motor transport. When he made that remark we were looking at video of modern Army transport in Afghanistan and Iraq. It’s hard to determine what “all the time” really means.

@Bahamut3525

7 ай бұрын

Depends. When Blitzkrieg operations actually happened, they used their motorised divisions. So men on trucks and armoured fighting vehicles, in addition to tanks in panzer divisions. With the "regular infantry" following behind. Regulary infantry was mostly used to defend statically and hold positions, but not in large offensive operations as the main "spear". What I'm trying to say is that the motorized component of the WW2 German Army infantry was crucial and essential for the blitzkrieg operations. It's not like they were trying to use regular non motorised infantrymen for blitzkrieg stuff. They used non motorised infantry and even cavalry as it should be used.

@user-fu9vj9ix3g

4 ай бұрын

Essentially correct. Barbarossa was stalled several times because the spearhead out ran it's following forces. The German logistics was never able to supply its army beyond 500 miles, as stated by the commander of logistics to the OKW before Barbarossa stepped off. It was begun a month late as well, because of supply issues and concern about spring mud, thus placing the entire effort in jeopardy because of winter in Russia - which turned out to be the worst in decades. Also, German mobility in Europe was by trains and trucks rolling on hi-ways and improved hard packed well maintained roads that were well marked. This simply did not exist on the Russian frontier with most travel being done over rutted, narrow farm roads. Add the early rains of 1941 that turned it all into quagmire, and the recipe for distaster was laid out. Once you stepped off beyond Poland, you were back in the conditions of Napoleon in 1812. Incidently, the same thing happened to the Russians when they invaded Ukraine in September - early rains that kept the Russians lined up on raised farm roads, instead of fanning out across the land.

"Mothers, your sons have returned to you as changed men. They've seen the horrors of war and will never be the same."

I am proud being the grandson of two of those man.

@thomassimon1882

8 ай бұрын

Me too

@irgendeinname9256

7 ай бұрын

Was macht dich daran stolz?

@guidowilhelm4062

6 ай бұрын

Ich auch ❤

@irgendeinname9256

6 ай бұрын

@@guidowilhelm4062 wieso??

@guidowilhelm4062

6 ай бұрын

@@irgendeinname9256 Bist du nicht Stolz auf deine Ahnen oder deine Nationalität?

What an excellent video, with the music you put on you give the video a lot of elegance, good job.

When you see the Germans moving supplies, into an area as large as the Soviet Union, with horses you knew victory would be hard to achieve.

@siler7

10 ай бұрын

But not impossible. The USSR was weak in that its top-heaviness (Stalin ran everything) and strong in its geography. If Hitler had devoted all his strength to knocking out Stalin, he would have defeated the USSR. Instead, he faffed about, trying to do several things instead of the most important thing. It's the same mistake he made earlier in switching to bombing British civilians instead of finishing off the RAF. Make no mistake...Germany could have won. If someone more sane and competent had been leading them, they would have, and there's no telling what the world would look like today.

@IMP_ROM

9 ай бұрын

⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@siler7Germany could never have reasonably pulled through with a victory during the war. They didn’t have the resources, population, or time to win a total war against 3 of the largest economies on the planet, all at once. Especially when all 3 were supporting each other with lend lease. The part you said about the Battle of Britain blunder was true though. However it’s debatable if a “victory” in the air during the battle would have pushed the British to the negotiating table, seeing the pathetically small size of the Kriegsmarine. The only option for victory would be to take out one at a time, infeasible due to both the Brits and Americans being allied, and the Soviets at least considered partners.

@siler7

9 ай бұрын

@@IMP_ROM Taking out one at a time was the point of what I said. The opportunity to do that was when the RAF was weak. Germany didn't need a navy if they had air superiority...the RN would have been able to do little without air support. Certainly Germany couldn't have occupied Britain, but a treaty was a very real option. If Germany had ruled the skies, Churchill would have been replaced with somebody who was willing to make a deal. Then an earlier, more focused attack on Moscow, and Europe could look very different today.

@IMP_ROM

9 ай бұрын

@@siler7 Reasonable.

@mattgibson7650

9 ай бұрын

Actually the opposite is true. They used horses so they could continue their offences especially in winter when the mud on the Russian roads turns into a stodgy quick sand forcing vehicles to stop and break down, so horses were much more efficient

Hitler was wrong when he said “We have only to kick in the front door and the whole rotten edifice will come tumbling”.

@luftwaffle173

2 жыл бұрын

It did crumble, unfortunately it's fallen on his head

@davide1241

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe if the rest of the world didn't supple them with endless shit.

@carlsmith4568

2 жыл бұрын

@@davide1241 Hitler had exactly 0% chance of defeating the Soviets, if there is any place on Earth that is has always been undefeatable, it’s Russia. Too big, too brutal. General Winter is unbeatable,

@justin36004

2 жыл бұрын

@Soldier Goy and maybe if the country wasn't as big.

@archravenineteenseventeen

2 жыл бұрын

@@justin36004 country? It's an empire

One interesting thing is that German army had logistical problems and lack of fuel so often that they were never fully mechanized from 1940-1945. There are even accounts of half of Rommel's fuel in Africa being utilized by the same trucks that had a goal to get that same fuel to his frontline. At least on the east and west their supply lines always utilized horses. On the contrary all allies were fully mechanized by the end of WW2.

@alihusssin4060

Жыл бұрын

That's why the nazis were impressive, they literally fought against the world

@reicheagle1942

Жыл бұрын

the push on Moscow,they could only supply 1 panzer division,leaving the rest of Panzers behind

@suckyourdeadnan4805

Жыл бұрын

@@reicheagle1942 there airforce was also low on fuel aswell being serverly damaged from the RAF

@LK-bz9sk

Жыл бұрын

Yes pretty much from 1941 onwards, the logistics people and leadership knew it was just a matter of time until they ran out of fuel, metal and other vital resources. Especially when they failed at getting the oil from the Caucasus and Romania.

@jjhpor

10 ай бұрын

@@LK-bz9sk Even as an American I cringe at the self-congratulation claiming that the west won the war. Albert Speer had a great line in one of his books about telling Hitler when the war would be over based on when what natural resources would have Russian soldiers standing on them. Speer got himself fired from that.

ur videos are breathtaking

Footage indeed, thanks for bringing that to me. Respect & Regards, great Audio. Best Wishes

That was brilliant! Much respect.

Apparently when De Gaulle visited a battered Moscow (following the battle of Moscow) he remarked to his host ‘an amazing Army’ to which his Russian host replied ‘thank you’. And De Gaulle allegedly replied, ‘No, I meant the Wehrmacht, that they reached this far’

@joemiller9931

Жыл бұрын

Correct, except it was Stalingrad. He said: " Ah, Stalingrad, a remarkable people, a very great people." The correspondent thought he was talking of the Russians. " ...I'm not speaking of the Russians but of the Germans. To have come so far! "

@meht43-BringitBadger

Жыл бұрын

Moscow was never significantly targeted, I thin the quote was regarding Stalingrad…do some reasonable research

@romeu4119

Жыл бұрын

​@@joemiller9931 source?

@ipodman1910

Жыл бұрын

There is no source as it is fake statement from one of the neonazi pseudo documentaries like ‘the greatest lie ever told’ or ‘fisting Europa’… all lies!

@europainvicta3907

11 ай бұрын

@@meht43-BringitBadger The Battle of Moscow was a military campaign that consisted of two periods of strategically significant fighting on a 600 km sector of the Eastern Front during World War II, between September 1941 and January 1942

My great grandfather fought on this front (german) He died in serbia My great uncle survived stalingrad

@arth-ritisoutdooradventure7467

Жыл бұрын

Your great grandfather and uncle were great men. We should all be so lucky to have such great forefathers

@mikhail0792

Жыл бұрын

My father also fought this war also. He finished it in 1945 in Viena, Austria.

@Darknightfantom

Жыл бұрын

Stalingrad is one word brother

@k98Lemur

Жыл бұрын

No one survived Stalingrad dude, they all went to the lead mines, only like 500 were released in 1950

@roguetrooper2255

Жыл бұрын

@@k98Lemur Soviet prisoner of war camps

Incredible video…omg thank you so much

The tears in his eyes at 3:48 say everything about war...

@vetiarvind

4 ай бұрын

no that's not tears, that's just a bit of fatigue..i look like this most of the time.. i never cry. That's the face of a resilient man, i wouldn't really want to face against him, because that's the man who will feel pain and keep pushing.

Impressive footage with fearless and brave men on both sides of the war

@irgendeinname9256

7 ай бұрын

No one is fearless. Otherwise it wouldn't be brave anymore

Ай бұрын

Not fearless!

Too bad the people that have the film couldn't put a date and area with the sections of film. Not too many people are able to recognize the landscape and areas unless they are from there and almost from the period of time. Thank you for your work and hopefully I have given you a idea to go with the next one. Some of the footage has been around the block and time also.

@kingtachalla6181

Жыл бұрын

Wym ? It's Europe obliviously

@blutrache19

Жыл бұрын

@@kingtachalla6181 Europe is a large continent. One who is really interested would wanna know where in Europe and when. Not just a "it's in Europe obviously", that won't hold up in a historical record.

@JuergenGDB

Жыл бұрын

Well as a long-time armchair historian of WWII, about 40 years, I look for tactical markings, their gear, types of vehicles, and the gear and clothing the troops are wearing if it's not documented. So if you see MG-34s's its most likely from early war and not 1942-43, and it's at least 1942 if you see a Pz III J at 4:01 for example which arrived in time for Case Blue.

@markprange4386

Жыл бұрын

3:52 4:10 4:11 Stalingrad North. 4:00 Railway near Orlovka?

@ChiTownGuerrilla

Жыл бұрын

Be grateful we even have the footage.

Great footage bro💯

That was an excellent production, You told the story with the soundtrack and amazing footage. There was so much movement. The fear is palpable in those men's faces. It makes you understand the waste of good German lives. It is one of the best productions I have seen and I consider myself an aficionado of military videos lol. Well done.

@user-qp8js5ps5c

Жыл бұрын

Good Germans have been purged by nazies. Only nazies themself left.

Ай бұрын

They miss the true horror of war because they never show soldiers being killed.

Hi, love your video! Could you please link me to the photo of the German soldier looking toward the mountains? I’ve been looking for that image for about 3 years. Please help! Thanks.

@hades0572

11 ай бұрын

Take a screen shot then use google image search

My great-grandfather fought in WW2. He was a partisan officer in Yugoslavia and he encountered both the Italians and the Germans. I was about 11 when he passed at the age of 99 but I didn't hear many stories from him, although he had many to tell, because I didn't know much about the war but I vividly remember one of them. His group of partisans captured many Italian soldiers, kept them in barracks as POWs and treated them with respect, but they were kept only in their underwear XD. We still have his war medals, captured German binoculars and an officer's watch both in pristine condition and there is even a photograph of him and Tito.

@oliveryt7168

7 ай бұрын

I am not sure, if it's only a coincidense... But people, who went through hard times of hunger and suffering lived exceptionally long... 99 years is exceptional.

@nicholasbrowning4558

6 ай бұрын

The yugoslavs were fierce fighters. No country told them what to do.Ever.

@Nord13

4 ай бұрын

@@nicholasbrowning4558🥱 jugoslawien wurde in nur wenigen Wochen überrannt

@mikelang8020

4 ай бұрын

Commie's

@Rfxy

2 ай бұрын

so? at least they did something to help soviets defeat wehrmacht unlike americans joining last year of war killed few leftovers of wehrmacht and claiming they won the war

When I watch footage of WWII, I often catch myself looking for my grandfather who fought and lived to tell me first hand what he experienced.

Great footage!

it's incredible how good was equipped the german army almost 80 years ago. Looks modern even nowadays. A huge respect to red army who beat such a strong enemy

@conor987

2 жыл бұрын

Then you have next to zero knowledge about WW2. Past 1940 the German army mostly used horses to move equipment. Guess you are easily impressed by men in uniforms, kinda sad but typical boot licker.

@berd2485

2 жыл бұрын

Looks nothing close to modern equipment💀💀 They'd get shit on by African Militias

@marinecorps2671

2 жыл бұрын

@@conor987 well not necessarily, German tanks where super advanced for their time. Yes towards the beginning of the war Hitler used what little horses he could get. But the tactics and will of the German men where advanced. I’d say your both wrong😂.

@damanithegoat9653

2 жыл бұрын

@@Speedwagon.. Italy? The U.S still would have invaded through Italy in 1943 and beat the Germans. In a 1v1 without the pacific front the U.S would win against Germany.

@damanithegoat9653

2 жыл бұрын

@@Speedwagon.. Back in the days the U.S had over 6 million troops in the pacific alone. That’s basically the whole entire German army right there. Without the pacific and if all 15 million U.S army soldiers fought against Germany, they would outnumber the German army 2.5 to 1. The U.S army would win by a landslide.

Regardless of the Stalinist regime, the ressistance of the Red Army and Soviet people in defence of thier nation was utterly heroic.

@Vahle.

2 жыл бұрын

Well yeah they had to be or they got shot by their own men if they tried to retreat

@imaginethisisagoodname4368

2 жыл бұрын

@Rion Ramirez true, but the overall resistance was heroic, the Yugoslav and ukranian partisans fought their most to succeed

@FillinTAG

2 жыл бұрын

@Rion Ramirez in 1939 germany proper had 70 million people, and if we count occupied territories they had almost 90 million. Soviet Union in 1939 had 168 million. That is barely above 2:1.

@FillinTAG

2 жыл бұрын

@Rion Ramirez Jews in Germany in 1933 were only about 500,000

@mikhailbandurist8652

2 жыл бұрын

@Rion Ramirez How do you know that man? Did you live that time or what?

Great video, would it be possible to have the first picture of your video (the one with the german soldier in front of mountains)?

Outstanding presentation.

The Red Army increased their ranks from 1.5 million in spring of 1939, to 5.7 million in spring of 1941 without declaring mobilization and alarming with that the neighbor countries. The law that made this possible allowed as well for the preparation of 18 million reservists, so that at any moment they could fill the ranks with the desired numbers of Soldiers.

@CM-ve1bz

Жыл бұрын

And yet it still took them 4 years to advance the same distance you can drive in less than a day, while fighting on only one front.

@solrosenberg4529

Жыл бұрын

Pity Stalin murdered 80% of the Red Army officers before it all kicked off.

@glennyoungkindid9116

Жыл бұрын

@@CM-ve1bz crazy what happens when you were a feudal backwater up until 5-10 years prior to the war as opposed to the most industrialized country in Europe

@Swaggaccino

11 ай бұрын

@@CM-ve1bz Country that prepared for war for half a decade does better than country that did not prepare for war. What a shocker.

@crazyeye6424

10 ай бұрын

Because what most people don't seem to know, russia was planning on betraying hitler. They were preparing for an offensive....not defensive which is why they were nearly wiped out at the beginning of Germanys offensive on them which they nearly succeeded. Obviously at this point, Germany's forces were better men then the russians will ever be. nazi hitler and his party were evil but the whole of russia was no different. That even today they are poorly uneducated and brainwashed into hating everyone and they commit war crimes in Ukraine for some tyrant by the name of vladolf hitler.

Never forget the sacrifices of the Red Army and the Wehrmacht soldiers on the eastern front. They went through hell on earth.

@gamerdrache6076

10 ай бұрын

@arthurmorgan8978 berlin is 100% german just liked prussia

@VenaGT

10 ай бұрын

One army sacrificed and one invaded. I'll let you figure it out.

@galacticbananastopmotions7292

10 ай бұрын

@@VenaGT both armies were made up of normal men with families waiting for them back home. No matter who fought for the "good guys or the bad guys", the soldiers deserve to be remembered. (also i just want to let you know that the soviet union also invaded my families country, neither side was in the right)

@VenaGT

10 ай бұрын

@@galacticbananastopmotions7292 Well....yes and no. The "average" German soldier(family as well) was bolstered by his ideas of racial superiority, and used said ideology as a justification for his invasion of foreign sovereign countries and the atrocities committed. So in the case of the Russians vs. the Germans, only one side was the invader. Slavs were considered untermenschen, after all. (The case of the Russians vs. the Poles is exactly the same(at the same time), with the Russians being the ones invading and committing the atrocities.) So in terms of remembrance, one side should always be remembered for doing their worst. But in no way assume I think the Soviets were justified in their ideology, and crimes, or were somehow better in any way. There is not much difference between the nazis and the communists/socialists. Just different colorful banners. I was born in Prague. I can tell you all about the tanks rolling in, in '68.

@6876I

9 ай бұрын

​@@VenaGTcommunism and capitalism are two sides of the same big nosed coin which united to defeat nationalism.That was the story of this war.

how remembers HCTerrorist ? The golden era. Thanks for the upload

thank you for upload what a history so many sacrifice for their nation.Rest in Peace Hero

i watched this video 5 times consecutively

@historyatwar

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the support!

@shabirjan9201

2 жыл бұрын

@@historyatwar most welcome sir thanks to u for preserving history

Best army - RIP grandfarther- served in Russia - -2 times wounded - POW for 2,5 years in Russia - Luckily came back and had a good life afterwards

@fpsforever.9258

Жыл бұрын

Best Army??? How about F**k the Nazi's.

Amzing video does any of these vids have the original sound to them or was not a thing back then

Do you have some videos of the none-german axis soldiers too ?

Amazing uploads and music! Keep up the great work! May we never censor their memory or history! Last Defenders of Europe and the West! ❤

@stevepickett4453

Жыл бұрын

Well said my friend

@richardkluesek4301

Жыл бұрын

Dont worry, with our bumbling leadership and social decay in the West, we'll get a chance to have to do it again if able to try.

@ipodman1910

Жыл бұрын

Defenders of Europe? Are out of your mind? First these murderes and thieves allied with commies (just another type of a nazi), then they destroyed the whole Europe. Take your pills!

@irgendeinname9256

7 ай бұрын

​@@richardkluesek4301 wtf

@richardkluesek4301

7 ай бұрын

@@irgendeinname9256 weakness and inepitude incites enemy attack. Follow the news nd study history,

That looks like very very hard work .

Excellent camera work. I can’t believe they had dedicated film crews to document these battles.

Where did you get this footage? Can I use it for a video?

German army discipline was excellent.

@xxlxpman

8 ай бұрын

Yes, they we excellent, especially when slaughtering women, children, and old folks.

Salute to those cameraman who had captured these histories 🤙 Well stay healthy for all of us & Safety First! Peace ✌😉

Quite a bit of footage I've never seen on this video... Absolutely powerful! God bless our country and it's protectors.. Thank you for the clip!

Excelente video

As a music score goes i have often heard "Two steps from Hell" works amazingly well with WW2 footage. Not sure if others agree Just putting it out there but what you done so far works on every level for me and i promise i am not criticising. Excellent effort

@johnelliott7375

2 жыл бұрын

Where do you find all this old music? Thanks

@geewhiz5926

Жыл бұрын

And "Kevin Macleod" his music is bad455 check it out

@Void79670

2 ай бұрын

If hell truly existed on this planet, It could only be here

*HELDEN❗🙏🏻*

What camera are they using during this time?

Dope good video

Humanity began this path the moment kings ceased fighting in their own wars.

@coconuciferanuts339

11 ай бұрын

Yes.Good point. The Authoriative government or whatever the power unit is sends others to do the dirty work.Maybe we could say the same about every occupation.That a member of parliament should also clean the toilet block as part of training. In some Scandanavian countries I think they do this kind of thing.

In Honor of all soldiers ! Pure hell what these men ( Fahrers and grandfathers ) stand through. Greetings from 🇩🇪

@chrisb3189

2 жыл бұрын

So ist es. Erinnerung an die Gefallenen

@moumouhigi5837

Жыл бұрын

@@chrisb3189 unfortunately the German government now days totally forgott about the past and all those fallen brave men who fought to the death for the country

@chrisb3189

Жыл бұрын

@@moumouhigi5837 I wouldn't say that invading most of Europe to get rid of subhumans is the best of intentions...

@Sp4wn82

Жыл бұрын

@@moumouhigi5837 oh no not exactly. They are mentioned for denouncing them as war criminals who killed innocent civilians and aiding in the worst crime in history of humanity. Yeah some did but it always depended on the CO that led them. Many COs rejected orders to commit crimes, others willingly implemented and passed them along their underlings i.e. the Commisar order (shoot any political commissar on the spot when captured as they are "the bearers of barbaric asian methods of fighting")

@philipperaffoux9022

Жыл бұрын

Quelle gloire. A l est plus de 13.5 millions de civils tués dont plus de 4 millions de juifs massacrés . Ce n est pas l œuvre de quelques individus mais de toute une armée et visiblement pas de repentir......

Do you have a picture or shot of the guy at 1:27. Would make a great pfp

@ilhamseptian2408

Жыл бұрын

Buy the footage from English ww2 gallery ...they have a lot there

This is actualy incredible footage never seen it in sutch clarity

Brave warriors

In the 21st century we have men doing sunbeds, whitening there teeth and taken selfie pictures for there instagram page, back then we had proper men . The guns were made out of wood, the men made out of steel !!!

@mickryan2450

Жыл бұрын

Yes world is a softcocks now

Great job

Wow. Well done on this. Thank you.

sometimes one thumb up is not enough 👍this year i turn 60ty and i can good remember when back in 1970tys my grandfather told me the story from a guy who lost his right foot under the knee by a us grenade shell in italy 1943. the man get transporte out of the "heat" fixed by ropes on a field kitchen trailer (gulschkanone) ... my grandfather was that guy. and vids like that allway will remember me on him.. thank you! btw, he was a great guy, playing (no matter woodenleg) often football with me and he was the best substitute you can have in the youth when your father is alcohol addicted.

Hard to believe this is almost 80 years ago. We will be there again some day likely sooner than we think.

Grew up in France so in school we watched more western fronts videos, glad to see the perspective from Estern Eu

well done!

Unsere Väter, Urgroßväter, Onkel, Cousins, Brüder, Kameraden 😢

@irgendeinname9256

7 ай бұрын

Manipuliert von der Propaganda

@Michaela-uc5uq

Ай бұрын

Ich habe mir noch die alten Kriegsgeschichten von Opa angehört. Nord-Afrika , danach die 6. Atmee. Oft dachte ich, nicht schon wieder. Doch wir Kinder waren einfach zu respektvoll gegenüber dem alten Herren. Heute bin ich froh das ich das alles noch aus erster Hand gehört habe. Manchmal wenn ich diese Filme sehe, denke ich Opa kommt gleich ins Bild.

The Wehrmacht is probably the best army (military speaking) in the modern history of mankind

@charles07km83

11 ай бұрын

Not probably, IT IS, what the Wehrmacht did in ww2 has been never seeing again and before in the Human History

What a fantastic thumbnail ❤

music is way too loud. Other than that, a well put together presentation. Good work.

most of the images are from the campaign in france not russia, but good job!

The score music has made this video epic

Where does one find a copy of this book, Icebreaker? I looked with no luck.

The G on the tank meant it was part of Panzergruppe Guderian

Could watch this all day long if it was in a chronological order of year and Theatre..thankyou

People say that if Hitler not invaded Russia and split his army in 2 then WW2 would’ve lasted 10 more years and maybe a million US lives

The quality's incredible for WWII footage. Was it refined by AI?

Best army ever

Dan Carlins hardcore history ; Ghosts of the ostfront ,is a superb look into the lives of the soldiers on both sides.

@hgr.7857

8 ай бұрын

1🎯🎯% SO GOOD

Beautiful.

The forgotten soldier by guy sajer (German soldier on the eastern front)is one of the best books ever written about war

What a strong army it was

@user-kj9ip2qq7j

10 ай бұрын

Yes! (then you find a stupid idiot replying: "TheY loST !!")

@jager894

9 ай бұрын

The best

I pity the dog who was featured in the reels….its just so sad knowing its now dead

Where's that thumbnail from? That's a really beautiful shot.

When is this coming out?

Germany underestimated the size of Russian army, they thought it was similar size to their army but by end of 1941 they captured 3 million soldiers. If Japan attacked Russia from the east and Germany could have captured Moscow but Germany wanted to invade Russia by 6-8 weeks which wouldn’t have been possible.

@historyatwar

2 жыл бұрын

Germany were very close to defeating the USSR, but due to logistic and fuel problems they could not reach there goal, the germans got too ahead of themselves, one of the biggest causes for the failing comes primaraily down to there fuel shortage, which that is the main reason they hit stalingrad to get to the south of russia to hit there oil.

@rommeltrommel137

2 жыл бұрын

If Japan would have attacked from the east it would have token them a while to get set up because Russia’s eastern part was like a huge buffer. It was insignificant to the Russians. All the important things are in the western side of Russia.

@user-sl1yp7jd6w

2 жыл бұрын

@@rommeltrommel137 As of December 1, 1941, the USSR against Japan had 24 infantry, 2 cavalry, 4 tank, 23 aviation divisions, 20 infantry, 20 tank, 4 aviation brigades + 15 fortified areas. 1 343 307 people, 8777 guns and mortars, 2124 tanks and self-propelled guns, 3178 aircraft and 96 ships. protown.ru/information/hide/5452.html (rus) The Soviet Union had 4 types of aircraft that could fly from the Vladivostok region to the Japanese islands After Germany violated the non-aggression pact, Stalin did not believe that Japan would not attack

@MyChemtrail

2 жыл бұрын

Die deutsche Armee war, bei allen Missetaten, die mutigste und beste Armee der Welt. Sie wurde duch die Intrigen von Churchill, der russischen Überlegenheit der Kampfkräfte, dem Winter, den Waffenlieferungen usw. besiegt. Schaut man sich die Stärke der Armeen beider Länder zum Beginn des Krieges an, dann wird man sich dieser Tatsachen bewusst! Na ja ein Vielfrontenkrieg ist nicht gewinnbar und die Verbündeten, na ja....

@petskll

2 жыл бұрын

Most military experts of the time expected a german victory.

Testosterone at it's best. Great vid 💪💪

@Anglisc1682

2 жыл бұрын

At its worst, you mean.

Salute to the camera man 🙏

Awesome

R.I.P to al the fallen soldiers 🫡🕊️

Is this the new HCT ?

keep on rockin .

A great army with excellent equipment but a worthless leader.