3rd Panzer Division. Diary Of A German Tanker. The Loss Of Tank Troops On The Eastern Front.
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- Опубликовано: 4 янв 2024
- Today we are going to read a remarkable diary of a German tank crewman. He served as a feldwebel of the 3rd Panzer Division of the Wehrmacht, which was involved in the invasion of the Soviet Union. He wrote his entries in a very careful and meticulous manner. Through this, we will not only discover his opinion about the fierce battles in the Soviet Union and the hardships of the retreat from Moscow, but also have a closer look at the life of a German tank crewman. He wrote down details that I haven't read in other diaries, and it's very fascinating. Indeed, you begin to realize the seriousness of the situation of German troops fighting in the Soviet Union. The enormous losses of soldiers and equipment, impassable roads, overextended and overloaded supply lines for the armies, the partisan operations and the unbelievable cold - all of this was crushing the invincible army that had conquered Europe. The fact that the author of the diary, awarded the Iron Cross 1st class, had to drive a tractor instead of a tank, due to the lack of new tanks in the German army - indicates many things....
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He typically states at the end- nearly all are from dead German soldiers and retrieved by Russians for any intelligence they might have held. Grateful they were preserved. Wish the families could have had them back
I did an interview with my Opa in 79 for my history final. He was in the 8th Panzer division. It was hard to get him started but once the stories started it was extremely interesting.
@@hubertheroldsen.9304 That is absolutely fascinating! WOW!
Unreal. Jealous of what you got to hear about history
Thank you - No Tv for me, history feeds the mind. You rock bro!
Consider putting a map graphic of progerss as place names are read. It would really help to see how battles and tactics develop
There's day by day moving maps of the Ostfront here on RUclips
Amazing stuff ty. I will support you best I can by spreading the videos!
Remember when he talks about burning villages, peasants were thrown out of their homes losing all their meager belongings. They had to fend for themselves on the steppes. This is unimaginable cruelty in my mind.
My father was there. 3rd Panzer group. Berlin Bears. Started out trained on a Kettenkrad. AS war progressed...he ended up as radio operator in back of half track as part of a probe unit. Same thing as many of you have said...it was hard to get him to talk about any of his experiences but he would open up every now and then. Never knew anything about his military Wehrmacht experience and it took almost two years to get his records from the Wehrmacht archives in Berlin. One thing the fascists were really good at...record keeping. These diaries are VERY real and explain much like my father did. So grateful for these videos
Wonderful watching, and many superb pictures I had not seen before, even if many were not connected with the exact time-frame. This was a triumphant German army in it's prime, slowly realizing "this was not France", but dealing with it in their inimitable Germanic fashion. They had already totally destroyed 3-4 Russian full armies thrown in front of them in the campaign season of 1941... but this was Russia: so much space and seemingly endless levies being raised. Equipment failures were a huge factor as the story makes clear. Hitler lost his biggest gamble of the war in front of Moscow that winter. By the time this brutal winter arrived in full force the incredible German Wehrmacht, the finest army seen since the days of Alexander the Great, looked like a failed and marooned Antarctica expedition in the swirling snows. The poor men (both sides).
Agree. Looking at these photos in concert with the diary, I get shivers down my spine knowing the conditions they fought in. The number of Russian soldiers they were fighting against, but did not have any clue as to just how many there ultimately were, the endless expanse, which would have made me wonder how many Russians were merely side-stepping the Wehrmacht's push forward in order to attack from their rear, and the climate conditions, which they had no idea on how bad it would get, or how ill-prepared they or their machinery was in functioning in it. One would think Hitler would have been advised of all this and thought twice about the entire operation, but even if he had, he thought providence was his and not Russia's. Would a sane and rational general have come to the same decision as Hitler?
Hitler was a fake name use by Alois when he changed his surname in court. Adolph was a demon possessed idiot at school - all Illuminati families are like this. Adolph was a quarter Jewish from the Rothschild's. Rothschild's name means Red Shield and the Baer family changed their name to the name of their bank hundreds of years ago. Sydney Australia man walked by their central bank and day and the drapes were open exposing the inside wall that had the Tots hold family crest painted on it. It is not a theory that the Rothschild's own all the central banks of the world. Adolph and Eva escaped Berlin by airplane and boarded a submarine in Spain to get to Argentina in late 1945. He died in 1968.
As an Armchair General / youtube General this seems correct. Many thanks for these diaries. I am reminded of Wagner who stated the Wehrmacht only had sufficient power to get to Smolensk. Logistics logistics logistics.
No, Nazis deserve no sympathy. They were invaders.
RIP.
Troops from all sides.
Interesting/informative/entertaining. Excellent photography still pictures 📷. Enabling viewers to better understand what the orator is describing. Special thanks to the veteran soldier sharing personal information/knowledge/entertaining. Pertaining to the disastrous failed blitzkrieg invasion of Moscow. Thru diaries & memoirs making this presentation more authentic and possible -! The original invasion commenced 30-days late. Due to Greece not being conquered by Mussolini's flunky armed forces. Like in (1936) Spain. Berlin postponed the invasion to take control of the situation in Greece. The above circumstances caused them the war. When a fierce/bitterly cold winter stopped them in their tracks.due to the delay.
Once in a while bring stories from higher ranks soldiers or even general who give us the perspective of the strategy and overall progress of the war etc 🙏
This soldier reports mainly on the war activities, whereas some others menstion the exhaustion due to long marches, lack of sleep. poor food suply, lack of personal hygiene, and later weather issues - mud, snow and freezing without sufficient cloths.
How and where does he get these diary entries? These are always incredible. Ive been goin to sleep to these for the past 5-7 months now😅
Wow.... it takes you a long time to fall asleep!
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To much coffee. Or something else perhaps
Books. Remember them?
I suspect this is fiction.
@@jld593 I remember books, but after a days work, if I read for 5mins I'm asleep!
Audiobooks I can stay awake to..... just
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@Military Club! Thanks your very much. These diaries are so interesting. Its like feeling history. And,one more to add,the narrator voice is perfect and suits excellent to the purpose.
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I accidentally clicked and then watched the video. ❤ I don't usually do that. It shows you make interesting videos.
The same as mistakenly clicking into the Stalingrad disaster -!!!😲.
Really interesting video
It isn't just the fighting, but the cold of Russia and the heat and humidity of the tropical Pacific, brutal stuff.
It's all repeating and I don't want no f****** part of it
@csonracsonra9962 yep, it's stupid. Ukraine is running out of soldiers and money, also heavy Russian casualties.
All for the politics of who runs parts of Ukraine.
Crazy.
This AI reader is much better than the readers I’m hearing on the other channels
You're right and I usually detest AI voices. I've heard other accents on this channel and they've been good too. Still, nothing beats the human voice.
this voice is AI? I couldn't tell tbh, sounds great
@@cellardoor9882 it’s the mispronunciations of words that a human reader wouldn’t say. Things like “ we were sav-ed” instead of saved, or Rush- ean in place of Russian
@@mikepaz8385Everything about this is AI. I can only assume the people here who are falling for this are Boomers who've never used GPT4 and don't even know what it is.
@@pnartg The stories are interesting but the narration sucks
at the start the narrator suggests that there weren't enough tanks for training so a "tractor" was used. Not a farm tractor. The heavy hauler was a tracked truck used to transport supplies, pull damaged tanks and train new drivers on these heavy haulers Once they mastered the tracked trucks then it was onto tanks. Damage to a tank tranny entailed a lot of repair time so they had the greenies start on tracked trucks.
There are only a few German vehicles referred to as tractors but none are farm tractors as the video description alludes. One of them is the pre war panzer 1 (it's possible this was the training vehicle), another is the Luftwaffe tug, some turret less ammunition schleppers, armored recovery vehicles, all the rest are half-track trucks.
@@truracer20 The half-track trucks are what were mainly used to pull disabled tanks. They also transported supplies and troops They were called prime movers
What a horrible war. When I think about the suffering on both sides, the civilian casulties, and the destruction of villlages and homes.
Very interesting
Most interesting to me is. The incredible amount of quality pictures 📷.
Krasse Geschichte eines tapferen Soldaten , möge er in Frieden ruhen ! 😢, danke für's vorlesen ! ❤
The "Detachment" used in this context sounds like the German "Abteilung" which is ,within a regiment, the same as a Battalion. I.e. not a detachment at all. The NCO:s being mentioned in thye text is actually the rank of "Unteroffizier"which is the equivalent of a US Sergeant (E-5).
Great stuff! Huge history buff! Love these videos!
You a fiction officionado?
@@jakobausterlitz8102 depends on the subject, of course.
@anilles2001 this is certainly fiction.
Likely is, yes. I read up on quite a bit of Eastern front history (World War 2) that isn't fiction. I enjoy the videos more than the actual commentary. @@jakobausterlitz8102
I love your videos, they give a unique perspective of what the poor soldiers and civilians endured. I’ve watched since almost your first upload and from time to time rewatched from the beginning. I know Hitler was unconcerned about anything but victory but his generals must have known how big Russia was and how difficult it would be to resupply the armies, but did they sincerely expect so quick a defeat of the Soviet army that they considered the weather irrelevant? No winter uniforms, and then the rain causing glue like mud eventually changing to bitter cold. Was it hubris and overconfidence or did they waste their time trying to explain this to Hitler only to be replaced with YES man like Paulus? Hitler destroyed what was probably the best trained army ever! What a waste of lives! 15:56
LET'S REMEMBER THAT THE GERMANS WERE FIGHTING A WAR OF CONQUEST AND EXTERMINATION IN THE USSR- IF THE GERMANS HAD MADE A SERIOUS EFFORT TO WIN THE SOVIET CITIZENS OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE GERMANS, IT VERY WELL COULD HAVE TIPPED THE SCALE TO THE SIDE OF THE GERMANS- BUT HITLER WASN'T INTERESTED!!!
AS IT HAPPENED, THE USSR WAS TOO GODDAM BIG- AND THERE WERE TOO DOGGONE MANY RUSSIANS- AND THE GERMANS COULDN'T KILL THEM FAST ENOUGH!!!
I'M CONVINCED THAT EVEN IF THE GERMANS HAD BEEN ABLE TO CONQUER RUSSIA, THE GERMANS WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HOLD ON TO IT!!!
THE GERMANS BIT OFF MORE THAN THEY COULD CHEW WHEN THEY ATTACKED THE USSR, AND THE RUSSIANS MADE THE GERMANS CHOKE ON IT!!!
AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED- ALL THAT THE GERMANS GOT WAS A GODDAM GOOD TASTE OF THEIR OWN MEDICINE!!!
no waste of lives.herr Hitler's minions agin stalin's pawns. if i 'd had ta pick a neighbor, not sure which to turn my back to? best ever were mongolians.hands down.berlin -moscow 1100 mi, ulan bator - krakow 3500mi. and quite a few mongols rode home and partied.Alex tha great was purdy good but he was born rich,had socrates fer a tutor and ptolemy in his study group. ghengis in my opinion is the goat.peace out.tater,as in potato head.
go ponies,go green,go MSU. chickens and goats are cool too
The Germans did not even have road maps of the USSR when they invaded. They still thought it was like in 1912, and veterans of WW1 eastern front were surprised that there were cities that did not exist when they fought there in WW1.
Lack of reconnaissance was the reason Berlin didn't know about the ( T-34 ) tanks. The Nov rain season/lack of water. And so on
Had the disillusioned WW-1 dispatch runner 🏃corporal Hitler. Followed thru with the original blitzkrieg invasion of Moscow. Perhaps the quick fall campaign would have materialised. Therefore no needs of maps.
@@asullivan4047 Under the terms of the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact, each side was permitted to form an inspection delegation to visit each others tank factories. In early 1941, the Russians visited a German factory manufacturing Panzer IVs, their latest version. The head of the soviet military delegation immediately protested to the Germans that they were not being allowed to see the German's latest tank models. When Guderian got wind of this, he immediately guessed that the Russians had a larger & heavier-armed tank than the Panzerkampfwagen IV. A similar German commission, around the same time, was shown a Russian tank factory in Moscow-at that factory, they were producing early models of the T-34. Somehow, this information was either ignored, mislaid or discounted. The next time the Germans became acquainted with the T-34 was in Lithuania on June 24, 1941.
They seemed to hand out Iron Crosses like candy, from this and other diaries
One thing that has intrigued me in watching these, based on those various soldiers' individual diaries. How did the narrator get access to them ? Is there a central area in German Government records where they have been stored ?
Uploader/MilitaryClubHistory- could you kindly cite the source(s) of these diaries ? I hate the fact that some question their legitimacy; the diary's author's names & current place of holding (which specific archives/libraries/museums....) would help dispell those ideas & keep the naysayers in their place.....
You certainly don't have to lend credence to this request, but to not follow thru on this only gives them more fuel to work with. AND !!.... I'm asking nicely !?! 😂
Thank you for your uploads, time & consideration !!
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My greatest suspicion with these diaries is that the soldiers always know the names of the villages and crossroads they are in. First off, I know the Germans had no maps, none, they just started out on a 1200 mile invasion to Moscow with no maps and veterans of WW1 were surprised when they came across large cities where none had been 25 years earlier. Secondly the names of the towns and villages would not be posted in German. Also keeping diaries is forbidden so that if captured they give no info so the writer would have to hide while entering info into the diary. And finally there was a war going on that most of us would be preoccupied with. These are the reasons I am suspicious, especially since recently famous diaries of german soldiers fighting in Stalingrad and used by Chuikov in his memoirs have proven to be Soviet fiction.
Some great photos the tiger 1 never fails to impress me
Brilliant! it would be useful to show an appropriate map in the corner of the screen showing villages and rivers and lines of defence./offence. Thank you for these videos they are historical records.
Yes detailed maps would assist viewers to better understand what location these skirmishes between armies are taking place -!!!😉.
Why does every documentary ive ever heard about the opening of operation barbarossa june 22nd never begins with the germans having to first fight their way across half of poland before entering russian territory?
I think back then everyone was too Nazi to be recorded
Narrator is killing it
Did you say OTTO HEYMANN? Or Otto Lehman ?
Gefreiter Rüding was executed????? By who???
Germans Duh
Gefreiter Ruding was executed 😮... No further explanation 😞 alas...
This soldier spent his time traveling from town to town rather than on the front fighting
Same.
Had to drive a Tractor? What exactly do you mean by tractor? Like a tractor that is used for farming operations?
What is your interpretation of tractor? Maybe you should explain this remark.
He's likely commenting on heavy, caterpillar-tracked vehicles that were used to tow artillery & anti-tank guns, similar to , but different than the American prime mover. The Germans also had a small number of these heavy tractor-like vehicles, that could carry motorized troops.
"Gefreiter Ruding was executed." (2:08) What?? He mentions it like talking about what was for lunch. Why was the private executed, pray tell?
The photos seem a mixed bag. The narrator is Army but at least two tanks featured are SS divisions
Waiting on some U.S. Marine Stories from the Pacific!!!!
Interesting that the German Army captured Kursk Dec. 1941-only to try to capture it in July 1943....showing the hopeless nature of the German Offensive.
2:55 - Stugs of Totenkopf.
Understandable mistake - actually Stugs of Sturmgeschutz Abteilung 192 of the regular army. You can see the soldier on the front Stug with Heer rank collar insignia. He has on his chest the emblem with the eagle clenching a swastika, signifying he took an oath to the Feuhrer. The Waffen SS wore theirs on the sleeve.
What do you think we are looking at, at about 34:45 sitting on the train?? Looks like Russian turret, looks like Sherman tracks, and kind of Sherman chassis....doors on the side of the thing.@@ScornedRemnant
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Many of the Russian POW had fought valiantly. Over 2/3 died. When the war ended, Stalin, the other butcher, treated the released prisoners like they were worthless.
It was a hell of a war. That's why Germans feared being captured by soviets cause of what they had done to them before.
Hitler lost his mind thinking he could get Russia . And win ww2.
He never had a mind.
He almost pulled it off. Had he not deviated from Moscow during the summer things may have turned out very different.
The Soviets were well advanced in their preparations to invade Germany/Western Europe and Hitler had little option but you attempt preemptive strike. The Nazi - Soviet clash was inevitable and brewing for a long time, and everyone knew it. Let's look at history and decisions/actions made in their proper context.
"gefreiter ruding was executed" they killed their own
Ruding was caught assaulting young goat's
@@AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg how do you know that ?
Yes, I was also interested in this case. It is a pity that he did not tell us the details...
He admitted to it and said he felt very Baaa-aaad
Tagebuch eines deutschen Tankers? Also Tagebuch eines Tankschiffes - denn ein "Tank" ist auf deutsch einfach ein Panzer und daher wäre "Tagebuch eines deutschen Panzersoldaten" oder ähnlich viel besser. Es geht auch ohne Denglisch, vor allem wenn der eingedeutschte oder übernommene Begriff völlig falsch ist wie hier mit dem Wort Tanker.
...well, "ya CAN'T please EVERYBODY!!!"
4:46...the swastika on the tail is BACKWARDS!!!
Who are you, personally? (No one is named "Military Club".)
The 3rd panzer was suppose to march on Moscow, what the hell was it doing in Romny ...??? Hitler never understood what these guys were going through. they weren't chess piece on a board to be played with. Precious weeks wasted. Horrible weather, relentless Russians, breakdowns galore and constant attacks from Russian air force and artillery finally wore down the Wehrmacht so Barbarossa failed.
Pour un actionnaire pas meilleur pour s’ enrichir qu’ une guerre .
y si llegan a atacar a rusia dos meses antes que hubiera pasado
Stug life !
Mos cow ffs
Fun fact: PEOPLE THINKING A RUclipsR RECEIVING A DIARY ENTRY OF GERMAN SOLDIER FIGHTING ON FRONT LINE ANT TRANSLATED VIA AI.
MAN stop charging your phone and dive deep back to square 1, kindergarten 😑
1941 ?
Operation Barbarossa, June '41
sch.. english german Deutsch wäre gut
some mpe shit,
This is fiction, not a real diary
The crime of the Century!
...NO, I'D HAVE TO SAY THAT THE HOLOCAUST WAS "THE CRIME OF THE CENTURY"!!!
What can you say , a first rate documentary , the historical footage superb and relevant. So many docs keep showing Panthers , Tigers and later MK 1 Vs of later years. Not when Barbarossa took place. Kudos to this company and production , far better than anything Hollywood could produce when vehicles that didnt exist are always so prevalent. Would have liked to see more Soviet vehicles even if destroyed but l am sure the Germans probably captured Soviet propaganda films since theycaptured millions of their untrained ,ill led troops .
A first rate fiction. It's FAKE!!
A lot of this doesn't ring true. Stays in bed because he has a 'bad cold'? On the eastern front, he can stay in bed ?
2 minutes....
It took less than that to realize how ridiculous this was.. and how unwatchable/unlistenable it could be...
Read the books by Sven Hassel if you want to know the reality from the German side. He is a Dane who joined the German army and was only one of 3 survivors of his company.
so this is 1941? please write in titles the year. Under Brest? I wish you show the map too.
WAR DIARIES HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THERE READY TO SEE, HEAR & CONTEMPLATE: ONLY NOW AS AMERICANS DO WE SEE CORRUPTION & A GOV NOT UNLIKE GERMANYS, MEANING A GOV DEDICATED TO WAR! SO INTEREST IN WHAT MAY END UP BEING WW3 GETS PEOPLE CURIOUS! I THINK THAT HAS ALOT TO DO WITH INTEREST!