Something we should've been clearer about in the video: All sources should be read critically, especially the post-war accounts which propagandists consider to be gold dust. Zaitsev's memoir contain a lot of inconsistencies and some stories which have no other documentary evidence. Does that mean we should disregard it completely? We don't think so. It's a truly intimate look into the life of a sniper during Stalingrad; that's pretty hard to glean from after action reports, causality figures, and official communiques. That said, personal accounts are always subjective. Stories of heroism are prone to embellishment, either by the "hero's" own accord or great political influence. This makes them neither less valuable nor less fascinating. As long as we view them with a pinch of salt and a little bit of critical thinking. Join the TimeGhost Army on Patreon: bit.ly/BIO_024_PI Also, join us on Reddit, we're starting to use that more: www.reddit.com/r/WorldWarTwoChannel/ Read our code of conduct before commenting: community.timeghost.tv/t/rules-of-conduct/4518
Your content is usually very well researched. This time however I was surprised not to see, at least the acknowledgement, that some of these claims are disputed by some like, for example, Beevor.
Propaganda or no, Soviets did in fact send poorly trained people in human wave assaults on many occasions. During the Siege of Leningrad they literally threw untrained civilians into the grinder with just a rifle each. And they did lose a million soldiers in Stalingrad. Later in the war, during the Battle of Berlin for example, ambitious and impatient commanders were racing for glory and were overtly aggressive in sending men into combat. Also, the snipers became such propaganda figures that their achievements often were subject to stahanovian exaggeration. Worshipping the Wehrmacht is an unfortunate historical tradition, but trying to white wash the Red Army and their inhumanity is not a step into the right direction.
That’s what I love about history (one of the things I love that is) is that you can step back and observe the panoramic big picture or zoom in close to mark the individual details. It is not unlike how a sniper sees the world during battle I suppose. Anyway thank you for yet another wonderfully informative video in the greatest WW2 series I have ever known!
“Men make their own history, but they do not make it as they please; they do not make it under self-selected circumstances, but under circumstances existing already, given and transmitted from the past. The tradition of all dead generations weighs like a nightmare on the brains of the living.” -K Marx ruclips.net/video/lwXHAr_-iug/видео.html
"The one with the rifle shoot!... The one without..follows him. When the one with the rifle gets killed, the one who follows picks up the rifle aaand shoot!" Always echoes in my mind whenever enemy at the gates is mentioned 😂
@@RainingMetal Yeah, it is still a little sad that most movies on the Eastern Front fall into the harmful tropes of Enemy at the Gates. If I had the knowledge, money, and connections, I'd absolutely make a movie that strives for better accuracy. Unfortunately the closest movie I know to that is Come and See, which depicts in explicit detail a lot of what Spartacus talks about on War Against Humanity in regards to partisans and reprisals. Not for the faint of heart.
“It is important it is to have someone understand and trust you. Faith and trust - how powerful they can be! When no one believes in you, your soul dries up, your strength is exhausted and you are transformed into a bird with crippled wings. But when people put their faith in you, then even things you would never dream about become possible.” ― Vassili Zaitsev, Notes Of A Russian Sniper Great episode Indy! We are the Time Ghost Army! History doesnt stand a chance against us!
Well, the choice was, you can run around and shoot the bastards, or you can wait here to fight to the last man for this pile of rubble. I'd take the on the job training.
Reminded me of the 5th SFG “Recondo” School in South Vietnam. The culminating event was a week long reconnaissance patrol through VC controlled territory.
@@azimisyauqieabdulwahab9401 But one of the most unpleasant to use. It's recoil is vicious due to the steep power curve of 7.62x54R ammunition and the buttstock is thin and has an uncomfortable profile. It is nowhere as nice as a Springfield 03A3 or a Lee Enfield Mk4
Fun fact when I worked in retail, some dude named Vasily Zaitsev came in and bought a phone. I was like "so how many Germans did you get today?" and he was like "What?"
here's two you can try ▪ Lyudmila Pavlichenko - the extraordinary sniper / Red Army female sniper ruclips.net/video/DjHkik2cYMQ/видео.html ▪The 20 year old legendary Soviet sniper Rosa Shanina ruclips.net/video/SJGVeq8-MGk/видео.html
I believe they do a section on her in a different video about Women in the Red Army in general. But I agree she is worth a stand alone video. Her friendship with Elenore Roosevelt is also interesting.
Just one small nitpick: while he indeed came from a lineage of hunters (and he learnt how to hunt from his grandfather), Zaitsev's parents were factory workers who had emigrated to the capital of the Urals: Cheliabinsk, also known as "Tankograd" during WW2 due to the amount of tank factories that were located there. Also, there are two other small mistakes over his early career: he wasn't drafted into the navy (he volunteered to an officer academy and ended up as naval second lieutenant) and he was allowed to transfer to the army in june 1941, the thing is that he was sent (keeping the rank of second lieutenant) to the recently formed 284th rifle division, which at this point was training for six months before being sent to the front. Yes, my coment is a bit nitpicky, which is why I began by "small nitpick". They are small details on an otherwise great special.
I appreciate your attitude about adding/noting detail differences. Wish more would follow your pattern. People on here get old. I've never seen anything about his family beyond his grandfather- thanks for sharing :)
According to Vasily Zaltsev's achievement record for which we earned the HSU award on 22.2.1943: 'During the period from 10 October to 17 December 1942 in the street battles of Stalingrad, sniper Vasily Zaltsev destroyed 225 German officers...' this achievement record is available online through the TsAMO's Podvig Naroda website.
Question is how long would he have lasted in the vicious circle of Stalins Kremlin after 1945? Given Vosneszensky fell in 1948 for raising the dirty issue of succession.
@@maesterchris2120 In communist countries, every citizen is a politician. "Government of the people, by the people, for the people". Remember the Polish factory worker Lech Valesa.
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@@ardshielcomplex8917 dude I’m well aware of 1939 40 and 41. I am American and that is certainly the country I know the most about that’s why my name went to those two guys. Also I did say Soldiers that made notable achievements during the war not just Americans. Don’t pretend because you know something some don’t your suddenly smarter then everyone else it’s kinda the way wheraboos act.
Ivan siderenko was the best soviet sniper with 500 confirmed kills i would love a specialy biography about him or one about dmitry lavirkenko who scored 52 tank kills in 2.5 months until his death in december of 1941
I love those specials because they reveal a lot about the life and operations on the frontlines. Listening to the instructions of Zaitsev about how to be a sniper, you can also imagine the experiences and mistakes he made to learn that wisdom. It also tells you exactly how lucky that man was to survive all those experiences and mistakes to become that wise.
Enemy at the gates is a brilliant film, although not accurate or acceptable as historic but in regards of how it showed the war in Russia between individual snipers was unbelievably good. Got me interested in history as a teenager. Keep up the amazing work guys.
The one scene that should not have been made is the ahistorical depiction of secret service officers shooting withdrawing soldiers. (Stalin's order of doing that is real, but Red Army generals fearing for a drop in morale sabotaged its implementation and ultimately convinced Stalin to withdraw it.)
@@ЕгорБелоусов-у8з your people made the ultimate sacrifices while resisting the NAZIS. There is no disrespect shown to the Russian people in that movie . In fact . There is no reason for us to be enemies . What is triggering you brother ? Peace man .
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You should also do a special on Semyon Nomokonov the “Taiga Shaman”, credited with 367 kills. He didn’t achieve his kill count as fast as Vasily Zaitsev, but he has a a miliar background and an interesting life.
One thing note: semi automatic snipers weren’t widely fielded compared to the bolt action Mosins being used. This is because the SVT40 snipers actually had a wandering zero problem, meaning it’s practically useless as a sniper rifle. Fun Fact: the P/U scope made for the SVT40s were later re-fitted and put on the Mosins.
Snipers preferred to use bolt action Rifle, think about it, a brass shell case automatically catches the light when its ejected at speed, anything that can be detected is avoided by a trained Sniper.
This is going to bring back memories of *Call of Duty: World at War's Vendetta level* which was partly inspired by the Enemy at the Gates movie. I can already hear flashbacks from Reznov's voice in my mind, saying that I have _"Excellent aim! You are a natural hunter."_
I need your help. Do what I say, and we can avenge this massacre. No scope ? Nice !!!! This mission have explained all of the grittiness in the war shame what vanguard did to display the war.
You should also try the Russian campaign of the original Call of Duty. You play the opening of enemy at the gates including the ferry ride across the Volga and you get issued a stripper clip with no rifle before being sent off to Stalingrad. Absolutely beautiful level that’s being lost to time
@@sizor3ds Of course, for old school timers like who started from the very first Call of Duty 1 way back in 2003, that was a great Russian campaign as well! Parlov's House on Veteran difficulty was no joke though... 😐
@@sizor3ds yes I remember this campaign man the crossing was epic in addition to holding Pavlov house and the factory mission and cod 2 was good also with the potato's training
@@gunman47 I remember camping in the corner of the third or second floor and mowing down every German getting up the stairs from behind and just moving to destroy the tanks
Would love to see a special (maybe closer to the end) about WWII movies that were made after the war, including accuracy or lack thereof, and how the films were influenced by situations and events when they were written and filmed.
Vasily Zaitsev widow wife on the movie Enemy At The Gates: "Vasily is changed completely in the movie. They showed blatant lies. Vasily would have never go as low as doing the things he does in the movie".
@@maximbravo6835 Yep, and even though the story of Maj Walter Koning wasn't fabricated by the movie makers and was taken from the official Soviet history of Ziatzev the fact is it in itself is a total fabrication. There was never a Maj Walter Koning that ran a sniper school in Berlin that was sent to Stalingrad to kill Ziatzev, for that matter there was never a German officer that ran any sniper school that was sent to kill Ziatzev, the whole story was fabricated by the Soviets during the war for propaganda.
The tale of Ed Harris's character was a complete fabrication by the Soviet press during the war, there was never a Maj Walter Koning that ran a sniper school in Berlin nor was any German officer who ran any type of sniper school anywhere sent to Stalingrad to kill Zietzev. It never happened, it was a complete fabrication by the Soviets for propaganda reasons. Sorry to be the one to break the bad news to you but there it is.
@@jollygoodyo Oh yea that makes perfect sense, so in other words Ed Harris didn't survive making the movie? How exactly is it "he never stood a chance"?
Indy mate, a truly great piece of journalism/historical recreation. Every word invoked a moment I will never experience directly. Every word invoked the experience of a sniper. A champagne moment in the series.
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You guys should do a special on US Marine John Basilone who fought in the battle for Guadalcanal and Iwo Jima winning both the Medal of Honor and the Navy Cross. He is depicted in the HBO mini-series "The Pacific". I think it would be good to cover him since he was not mentioned during the weekly episode where his historic stand against the wave of Japanese attackers tool place.
That was very well narrated thanks, I was almost living the scene. I used to like doing that when I knew game animals were about, but this a few magnitudes above that!!
I like how in episodes with Stalingrad, apart from actual footage, you are mostly using scenes from 1949 movie. They really did a fantastic job with war visuals then
Vassily Grossman interviewed Vasily Zaitsev and his zaichata (apprentices - I think the term is a joke, as Zaitsev means "rabbits") several times in Stalingrad. In "A Writer at War" there is the interesting detail that Zaitsev had been sentenced to be shot, for shooting a soviet pilot by mistake, and was then reprieved, before he became a sniper. Apparently that little detail was censored from his soviet press coverage.
I went to the Soviet Army museum in Ekaterinburg built in an old officer's mess with an SA-2 missile in front. There were many displays showing the contributions of people from the Urals in the VOV. But I only found one mention of Zaitsev in the museum. They even had part of Gary Powers' ejection seat. I could not get a good answer from the tour guide as to where was Zaitsev. If you ever go to Ekaterninburg be sure to visit the war memorial, The Black Tulip. One of the best I've ever seen.
@@WorldWarTwo I should mention the Black Tulip was built to honor the fallen in Afghanistan and later Chechnya but they have spots honoring all of the fallen from Sverdlovsk oblast.
@@ivvan497 He was a finnish sniper in the winter war an killed over 500 soviet soldiers and is considered the most succesfull sniper to ever walk a battlefield.
@@finderdiler true . Even covered in earlier episodes in this weekly WW2 series . The winter war . They take up major part of episode about these Finish snipers . Legends.
@@dovidell The only true to life bit in that film is the guy's name and the general area of the fighting. Not a bad film, as long as you are aware that it is a piece of fiction.
I have to say this. I am a nerd for WW2 info and everything. This channel is EXTREMELY underrated, and should have a lot more of a following. The way you narrate your videos, the set behind you, everything. Just amazing.
A great story of heroism and commitment. Before the series leaves North Africa it would be great to see a biography of Captain Charles Upham, the only combat soldier to win the Victoria Cross twice. His story of courage and commitment would fill a feature film, and continued even after his capture.
Great work for you and your team on History. A++ I have only seen your class room a few time. Lost and gone I also lost for list hisyory. Teachers holds our young. You Sir, would make a great one. Your tie's are the best for the times of the 1940's. First time sub for now. Thanks man. Keep digging it history. I do still dig-it. at 62yrs old now, New is new history. Dig-it. Later man. Oberst Robert Schwatisch...
Aaah yes Vasily, the man who survived he's first attack on Stalingrad we're he was without a rifle, then found one and saved a soviet officer to whom he would a have love triangle with Tania Chernova but would ultimately win her heart because the soviet officer was petty and mean and tried to court her while giving her food like a sea sturgeon. While Vasily was an innocent illiterate peasant boy from Siberia. What that's not how it happened? But wasn't the Enemy at the gates an epic documentary or something? :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
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Hi Indy! I love what you guys are doing in these series. I am learning a lot from you, and not just about history, but also about writing, and style. I especially love the biographies, because I find it fascinating that really big people of history, and the heroes of it all were only humans, and had similar problems, and moral dilemmas just like us. These videos make them more relatable, and in a way just bigger heroes. Please keep up the good work! It helps me a lot, and I want to think (almost certain) that it helps most of your viewers. I am doing Krav Maga in my freetime. The founder of it was Lichtenfeld Imre. He lived in Pozsony (Bratislava) at the beginning of the war, and helped in protecting the jews in the city. Is it possible to make a speacial about him, or Krav Maga?
I'd personally never heard of Lichtenfeld before so I did a quick bit of googling and wow, he sure lived quite a life! He'd be an interesting candidate for a special but we already have our plans for the year ahead and his time in the war has already passed I'm afraid. Great to hear you're enjoying the content!
That's wild I didn't really know this was a real soldier I always just assumed it was a fictional story from enemy at the gates and I'm a pretty big history buff this is what I love about history you can just constantly learn more and more.
He was first an excellent marksman to begin with. He has always considered anything in his sights as targets not as human beings. That is the skill set of the soldier The focus of the soldier is to engage the enemy with his weapon and concentrate on staying alive and win the battle. Many wars have been fought by human beings since the dawn of time over everything. He was doing his basic warrior standards by his nation, the same for his enemy.
It's still awkward to hear the thanks, no offence intended, greatly appreciated. My service was out of my own gratitude for the many great liberties I had been given and blessed with. Perhaps these days a private sense of 'giving back' might go a long way to healing rifts. Bless you all, the private comments I've received are heartwarming after 35 years in service. Bless you all.
@@jayjayson9613 It's still awkward to hear the thanks, no offence intended, greatly appreciated. My service was out of my own gratitude for the many great liberties I had been given and blessed with. Perhaps these days a private sense of 'giving back' might go a long way to healing rifts. Bless you all, the private comments I've received are heartwarming after 35 years in service. Bless you all.
There are a couple of biographies on Zaitsev! But enemy at the gates is mostly Hollywood! His rifle and medals are in the patriotic museum in what was Stalingrad!
We don't think we'll do another sniper bio, there is simply so much to cover otherwise! However, if you're interested we do cover female soldiers in the Red Army in this special episode ruclips.net/video/bydv157P_dw/видео.html
It's worth noting Zaitsev's accounts aren't always accurate. He gives conflicting dates for when he says things happened and for conversations he supposedly had. His memoirs should be taken like anyone else's from this time - not at face value.
Well that story about Zaitsev taking out 3 German machine gunners at 600 meters with an open sighted rifle while "practically without aiming" sounds like total fabrication. The sights on the rifle just happened to be perfectly zero'ed for 600 meters and no sighter shots fired? Uh huh.
Please remember, Zaitsev and most of other memoirists wrote their memoirs after the war, therefore, their accounts are often not accurate even if they kept diaries. They are not researchers or history publishers. The value of their accounts is not in the accuracy of dates and figures, but in overall experience and events they went through.
@@МихаилЧерников-п2т Still, there might be errors in records, human factor always exist, misinterpretations in events description. So, I always careful in accepting military memoirs and stories as fully credible from any side.
All in all when people disgrace Zaitsev's achievements. I find it completely disrespectful to not only him but the Soviets who he undoubtedly helped protect, watched them suffer horrific deaths and the bitter pill of an knowing there was an everlooming potential to be wiped out. Forget enemy at the gates. If you disrespect or try and disgrace him. You are are what I call a pr*ck. Not just any one either. Western media and westerners in general like to think we produce the best of everything. That man was a hero and gave hope when the Soviets had none. They were being decimated. So, put some f**king respect on this man's name. One of the great snipers in his day and people still try and take all that away from him by diminishing his achievements. It shows a complete lack of understanding at how brutal the battle of Stalingrad was. It's a shame that to some enemy at the gates is gospel. Don't disrespect one of the Soviet heroes like that. How would anyone like their own countries snipers to be treated with such disrespect? A quick answer would be that they wouldn't. You know when people disrespect the dead. It ain't cool. Especially a man who was a national hero to not only his country but to the Soviet Union. Just my 2 cents worth. Respect to Vasily from this Scotsman. No way am I dragging him down when my achievements are nowhere near the great man's. He accomplished more as a sniper than I will accomplish in my entire lifetime. Always get a treated with absolute disdain. Which I find conpletely unacceptable.
The disgrace is the lie and propaganda of Vasily Zaitsev and the Soviet's propaganda ministry. Germans didnt have snipers until over a year after Stalingrad. They wouldnt have sent a SS-Major to kill a peasant. The scope that Vasily Zaitsev took off the dead German who was "in Charge of the sniper school" wasnt made until late in 1944(over a year later). Vasily Zaitsev was probably a good sniper but like all Soviet propaganda, his kill totals and accomplishments were over-exaggerated. Stalin was the Greatest "Hero" of the USSR for decades and he was worse than Hitler by any standard you care to use. Russian's think of Poopin as a hero, when in fact he is a vile and evil POS. backwards people needing a strong evil Dick-tator to tell them right from wrong and how to live, because they cant figure it out for themselves.
How about an episode on Lyudmila Pavlichenko? The fact that Woodie Guthrie wrote song about her and she befriended Mrs Roosevelt are tributes to an extraordinary woman! Great movie about her "The Battle for Sevastopol!" Way better than "Enemy at the Gates!"
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You gotta tell us about his life after the war, if he cried at Stalins funeral, if he danced with Khrushchev, and if Brezhnev ever kissed him. I appreciate you for not using any scenes from/references to Enemy at the Gates, I cant thank you enough
What your RUclips channel has taught me is that although Enemy at The Gates is a good movie, it's historical accuracy is abysmal, that whole opening scene being total nonsense and all to do with the directors and screen writers anti-communist views rather than any semblance of truth.
@@aidenhall8593 you think the Soviets wanted to be seen as a terrible army that didn't even bother to train it's troops, that communism is flawed because someone else might have more loving parents (that's really an argument made by the writers in the movie). That they just sent half them in with no guns for some pointless charge which doesn't even make sense, with a misunderstanding of what the no step back order was. They have Khrushchev being an incompetent leader who just says lose the other half as well as an order. How the na zi's you know the ones with the supply issues actually having tons of foods and expensive chocolate and fresh pastries for some reason I guess just not being communist sprouts food from out of the ground.
@@vasiliyshukshin7466 there is a line about how communism doesn't work because someone else might get a girlfriend you want and that your parents might give you less Christmas presents. Yes that's seriously an argument in the movie. Also the fact that the Germans with huge supply issues in reality have expensive chocolate and fresh pastries while the Soviets with less supply issues have scraps because communist. I could go on, but the writers themselves talked about how they hated communism.
Something we should've been clearer about in the video: All sources should be read critically, especially the post-war accounts which propagandists consider to be gold dust. Zaitsev's memoir contain a lot of inconsistencies and some stories which have no other documentary evidence. Does that mean we should disregard it completely? We don't think so. It's a truly intimate look into the life of a sniper during Stalingrad; that's pretty hard to glean from after action reports, causality figures, and official communiques. That said, personal accounts are always subjective. Stories of heroism are prone to embellishment, either by the "hero's" own accord or great political influence. This makes them neither less valuable nor less fascinating. As long as we view them with a pinch of salt and a little bit of critical thinking.
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Hordes not hoards. Hoards are what Smaug rested on.
Your content is usually very well researched. This time however I was surprised not to see, at least the acknowledgement, that some of these claims are disputed by some like, for example, Beevor.
Propaganda or no, Soviets did in fact send poorly trained people in human wave assaults on many occasions. During the Siege of Leningrad they literally threw untrained civilians into the grinder with just a rifle each. And they did lose a million soldiers in Stalingrad. Later in the war, during the Battle of Berlin for example, ambitious and impatient commanders were racing for glory and were overtly aggressive in sending men into combat. Also, the snipers became such propaganda figures that their achievements often were subject to stahanovian exaggeration. Worshipping the Wehrmacht is an unfortunate historical tradition, but trying to white wash the Red Army and their inhumanity is not a step into the right direction.
thank you, this is a great and under-appreciated point
except for penal units lol
That’s what I love about history (one of the things I love that is) is that you can step back and observe the panoramic big picture or zoom in close to mark the individual details. It is not unlike how a sniper sees the world during battle I suppose. Anyway thank you for yet another wonderfully informative video in the greatest WW2 series I have ever known!
Clearly history does not happen in a vaccuum. Such a beautiful remark. We thank YOU for being here!
Very good comparison there. Makes a lot of sense.
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-K Marx
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I am once again wishing Zaitsev's only recognition in western media was not "Enemy at the Gates".
Alas I am one of those people. But I have read further upon it, recognizing what was fact and what was fiction.
"The one with the rifle shoot!... The one without..follows him. When the one with the rifle gets killed, the one who follows picks up the rifle aaand shoot!" Always echoes in my mind whenever enemy at the gates is mentioned 😂
@@runesilvertine This myth still persists lmao
I still love the movie even if half of it is trash!
@@RainingMetal Yeah, it is still a little sad that most movies on the Eastern Front fall into the harmful tropes of Enemy at the Gates.
If I had the knowledge, money, and connections, I'd absolutely make a movie that strives for better accuracy.
Unfortunately the closest movie I know to that is Come and See, which depicts in explicit detail a lot of what Spartacus talks about on War Against Humanity in regards to partisans and reprisals. Not for the faint of heart.
“It is important it is to have someone understand and trust you. Faith and trust - how powerful they can be! When no one believes in you, your soul dries up, your strength is exhausted and you are transformed into a bird with crippled wings. But when people put their faith in you, then even things you would never dream about become possible.”
― Vassili Zaitsev, Notes Of A Russian Sniper
Great episode Indy! We are the Time Ghost Army! History doesnt stand a chance against us!
i had to check if i was alone in the middle of this read you fucker
Important words form a great dude.
@RJL 518 Thank you for the quote. The TimeGhost Army is far-and-away the best audience on RUclips.
Sniping your enemy is like hunting any other animal, fire at the wrong moment and your chance will be forever lost. -Viktor Reznov.
I *hate* that character
@@jimzeez youre just a hater who can't respect big dick reznov
@@jimzeez why exactly
@@BB-vh8cj He never. Shuts. Up.
Enemy at the gates was one of my favorite movies as a kid, and still love it to this day.
Imagine having on the job sniper training during one of the deadliest sieges in human history 😮
Well, the choice was, you can run around and shoot the bastards, or you can wait here to fight to the last man for this pile of rubble. I'd take the on the job training.
Target-rich environment.
Reminded me of the 5th SFG “Recondo” School in South Vietnam. The culminating event was a week long reconnaissance patrol through VC controlled territory.
The Mosin Nagant 91/30 with PU scope is one the greatest sniper rifle in history especially Russia.
@@azimisyauqieabdulwahab9401 But one of the most unpleasant to use. It's recoil is vicious due to the steep power curve of 7.62x54R ammunition and the buttstock is thin and has an uncomfortable profile. It is nowhere as nice as a Springfield 03A3 or a Lee Enfield Mk4
Fun fact when I worked in retail, some dude named Vasily Zaitsev came in and bought a phone. I was like "so how many Germans did you get today?" and he was like "What?"
@Michael That's pretty funny! You caught him off guard by being such a straight-shooter
@@WorldWarTwo lol I see what you did there
I would like to see you guys cover his Female equal Lydmira Pavachenko. ( probably spelled it wrong)
Lyudmila Pavlichenko, but close enough!
here's two you can try
▪ Lyudmila Pavlichenko - the extraordinary sniper / Red Army female sniper
ruclips.net/video/DjHkik2cYMQ/видео.html
▪The 20 year old legendary Soviet sniper Rosa Shanina
ruclips.net/video/SJGVeq8-MGk/видео.html
I believe they do a section on her in a different video about Women in the Red Army in general. But I agree she is worth a stand alone video. Her friendship with Elenore Roosevelt is also interesting.
The best probably was Simo Hayha
I agree. It is interesting that male sniper was as the subject of a biography instead of a female one.
Just one small nitpick: while he indeed came from a lineage of hunters (and he learnt how to hunt from his grandfather), Zaitsev's parents were factory workers who had emigrated to the capital of the Urals: Cheliabinsk, also known as "Tankograd" during WW2 due to the amount of tank factories that were located there. Also, there are two other small mistakes over his early career: he wasn't drafted into the navy (he volunteered to an officer academy and ended up as naval second lieutenant) and he was allowed to transfer to the army in june 1941, the thing is that he was sent (keeping the rank of second lieutenant) to the recently formed 284th rifle division, which at this point was training for six months before being sent to the front. Yes, my coment is a bit nitpicky, which is why I began by "small nitpick". They are small details on an otherwise great special.
I appreciate your attitude about adding/noting detail differences. Wish more would follow your pattern. People on here get old. I've never seen anything about his family beyond his grandfather- thanks for sharing :)
no need to apologize. you've just given us excellent information.
Thank you, my understanding was he volunteered and had some moderately important position before going into the military
@@specialnewb9821 He was a clerck at the local school administration.
The Sniper is the most cost effective valuable weapon any force can have. Nothing else is even close.
According to Vasily Zaltsev's achievement record for which we earned the HSU award on 22.2.1943: 'During the period from 10 October to 17 December 1942 in the street battles of Stalingrad, sniper Vasily Zaltsev destroyed 225 German officers...' this achievement record is available online through the TsAMO's Podvig Naroda website.
This number includes all stuff, not only officers
Question is how long would he have lasted in the vicious circle of Stalins Kremlin after 1945? Given Vosneszensky fell in 1948 for raising the dirty issue of succession.
Take any Soviet claims with a grain of salt.
@@maesterchris2120 In communist countries, every citizen is a politician. "Government of the people, by the people, for the people". Remember the Polish factory worker Lech Valesa.
Between 10 November not October 1942 killed 225 germans including 11 snipers
And yes not only officer's
Excellent episode! Thanks! I've been impressed by Zaitsev since I first read about him as a teenager almost 50 years ago, in "The 900 Days".
Chuykov should get a biography too
Never a better historical series has ever been created. And the bar raises higher each episode.
Gotta be major universities out there could only benifit awarding this team with thesis , professorships and grants .
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Are we going to see more of these videos about soldiers who made notable achievements during the war like audie Murphy and John basilone
I really hope we see one for Leo Major
Or demond dross
@Warhol Not to spoil anything, but we'll continue covering soldiers and personalities of the war. Stay tuned to see more!
And John Wayne ? BTW WW2 started well before the Americans had to join in after Pearl Harbour, were you aware of that ?
@@ardshielcomplex8917 dude I’m well aware of 1939 40 and 41. I am American and that is certainly the country I know the most about that’s why my name went to those two guys. Also I did say Soldiers that made notable achievements during the war not just Americans. Don’t pretend because you know something some don’t your suddenly smarter then everyone else it’s kinda the way wheraboos act.
Ivan siderenko was the best soviet sniper with 500 confirmed kills i would love a specialy biography about him or one about dmitry lavirkenko who scored 52 tank kills in 2.5 months until his death in december of 1941
I love those specials because they reveal a lot about the life and operations on the frontlines. Listening to the instructions of Zaitsev about how to be a sniper, you can also imagine the experiences and mistakes he made to learn that wisdom.
It also tells you exactly how lucky that man was to survive all those experiences and mistakes to become that wise.
Great sniper 😅
Enemy at the gates is a brilliant film, although not accurate or acceptable as historic but in regards of how it showed the war in Russia between individual snipers was unbelievably good. Got me interested in history as a teenager. Keep up the amazing work guys.
Not brilliant at all, western propoganda
@@ЕгорБелоусов-у8з "western" propaganda ? As opposed to "eastern" propaganda? WTH are you talking about?
The one scene that should not have been made is the ahistorical depiction of secret service officers shooting withdrawing soldiers. (Stalin's order of doing that is real, but Red Army generals fearing for a drop in morale sabotaged its implementation and ultimately convinced Stalin to withdraw it.)
@@ЕгорБелоусов-у8з your people made the ultimate sacrifices while resisting the NAZIS. There is no disrespect shown to the Russian people in that movie .
In fact . There is no reason for us to be enemies .
What is triggering you brother ?
Peace man .
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You should also do a special on Semyon Nomokonov the “Taiga Shaman”, credited with 367 kills. He didn’t achieve his kill count as fast as Vasily Zaitsev, but he has a a miliar background and an interesting life.
One thing note: semi automatic snipers weren’t widely fielded compared to the bolt action Mosins being used. This is because the SVT40 snipers actually had a wandering zero problem, meaning it’s practically useless as a sniper rifle. Fun Fact: the P/U scope made for the SVT40s were later re-fitted and put on the Mosins.
Snipers preferred to use bolt action Rifle, think about it, a brass shell case automatically catches the light when its ejected at speed, anything that can be detected is avoided by a trained Sniper.
This is going to bring back memories of *Call of Duty: World at War's Vendetta level* which was partly inspired by the Enemy at the Gates movie. I can already hear flashbacks from Reznov's voice in my mind, saying that I have _"Excellent aim! You are a natural hunter."_
I need your help. Do what I say, and we can avenge this massacre.
No scope ? Nice !!!!
This mission have explained all of the grittiness in the war shame what vanguard did to display the war.
You should also try the Russian campaign of the original Call of Duty. You play the opening of enemy at the gates including the ferry ride across the Volga and you get issued a stripper clip with no rifle before being sent off to Stalingrad. Absolutely beautiful level that’s being lost to time
@@sizor3ds Of course, for old school timers like who started from the very first Call of Duty 1 way back in 2003, that was a great Russian campaign as well! Parlov's House on Veteran difficulty was no joke though... 😐
@@sizor3ds yes I remember this campaign man the crossing was epic in addition to holding Pavlov house and the factory mission and cod 2 was good also with the potato's training
@@gunman47 I remember camping in the corner of the third or second floor and mowing down every German getting up the stairs from behind and just moving to destroy the tanks
Would love to see a special (maybe closer to the end) about WWII movies that were made after the war, including accuracy or lack thereof, and how the films were influenced by situations and events when they were written and filmed.
Vasily Zaitsev widow wife on the movie Enemy At The Gates: "Vasily is changed completely in the movie. They showed blatant lies. Vasily would have never go as low as doing the things he does in the movie".
The whole movie was one unstoppable stream of major BS. No surprise Zaitsev got tainted too.
@@maximbravo6835
Yep, and even though the story of Maj Walter Koning wasn't fabricated by the movie makers and was taken from the official Soviet history of Ziatzev the fact is it in itself is a total fabrication.
There was never a Maj Walter Koning that ran a sniper school in Berlin that was sent to Stalingrad to kill Ziatzev, for that matter there was never a German officer that ran any sniper school that was sent to kill Ziatzev, the whole story was fabricated by the Soviets during the war for propaganda.
One can never think of Zaitsev without hearing the distinctive music of the late James Horner in ones head..
Say what you want about that movie but he had a damn good soundtrack
It's a big loss. R.I.P.
Poor Ed Harris stood no chance
The tale of Ed Harris's character was a complete fabrication by the Soviet press during the war, there was never a Maj Walter Koning that ran a sniper school in Berlin nor was any German officer who ran any type of sniper school anywhere sent to Stalingrad to kill Zietzev.
It never happened, it was a complete fabrication by the Soviets for propaganda reasons.
Sorry to be the one to break the bad news to you but there it is.
@@dukecraig2402 That's great but I wasn't talking bout some German officer or what.. I'm talking bout ED HARRIS
@@jollygoodyo
Oh yea that makes perfect sense, so in other words Ed Harris didn't survive making the movie?
How exactly is it "he never stood a chance"?
keep stories like this coming our way
Indy mate, a truly great piece of journalism/historical recreation. Every word invoked a moment I will never experience directly. Every word invoked the experience of a sniper.
A champagne moment in the series.
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Loved this episode, the way the narrative personified this moment in WW2 history. Thanks to the whole team for this work.
Thanks Stan, it does take a lot of people to put these together
This is a clownshow of a tie and I LOVE IT 5/5
Yes ! How long would Indi last as a sniper wearing one of those ties .
Unless he is trying to show off his legend status skill ?
He is surprisingly poetic his book is indeed a good read. It reminded me of how the art of war was written, war and poetry seem to go hand in hand
You guys should do a special on US Marine John Basilone who fought in the battle for Guadalcanal and Iwo Jima winning both the Medal of Honor and the Navy Cross. He is depicted in the HBO mini-series "The Pacific". I think it would be good to cover him since he was not mentioned during the weekly episode where his historic stand against the wave of Japanese attackers tool place.
John.
This episode is breathtakingly excellent. Congratulations!
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That was very well narrated thanks, I was almost living the scene. I used to like doing that when I knew game animals were about, but this a few magnitudes above that!!
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I love your work, Indy. You deserve a wider audience.
That's nice to hear, though I'm happy with what I currently have.
That's a nice movie. Learning in combat is very educating.
I have been waiting for this episode. good video guys.
@Tpaktop2_1 NA Glad you enjoyed it. Plenty more weekly episodes, bio & tech specials, and much more to come. Stay tuned!
everybody has a 'request list'. that's what makes this series so great. because sooner or later, you'll probably have your request fulfilled.
2:20 He unironically quick scoped a camper.
I like how in episodes with Stalingrad, apart from actual footage, you are mostly using scenes from 1949 movie. They really did a fantastic job with war visuals then
Well they had quick memory of it
The highest scoring Soviet sniper was Fyodor Okhlopkov, surpassing Zaitsev by a very, very wide margin.
Vassily Grossman interviewed Vasily Zaitsev and his zaichata (apprentices - I think the term is a joke, as Zaitsev means "rabbits") several times in Stalingrad. In "A Writer at War" there is the interesting detail that Zaitsev had been sentenced to be shot, for shooting a soviet pilot by mistake, and was then reprieved, before he became a sniper. Apparently that little detail was censored from his soviet press coverage.
Great episode, I now have a vivid picture of what it is like being a sniper!
Thank you for watching!
Waiting for this episode forever, gracias.
I went to the Soviet Army museum in Ekaterinburg built in an old officer's mess with an SA-2 missile in front. There were many displays showing the contributions of people from the Urals in the VOV. But I only found one mention of Zaitsev in the museum. They even had part of Gary Powers' ejection seat. I could not get a good answer from the tour guide as to where was Zaitsev. If you ever go to Ekaterninburg be sure to visit the war memorial, The Black Tulip. One of the best I've ever seen.
@Bob ap Bob Very interesting, thanks for the recommendation & thanks for watching!
@@WorldWarTwo I should mention the Black Tulip was built to honor the fallen in Afghanistan and later Chechnya but they have spots honoring all of the fallen from Sverdlovsk oblast.
Hello from Russia. Your channel gave me more information bout WW2 and Great Patriotic War than history classes when I was in school.
One of my favourite movies is a factual movie ordained by Stalin for propaganda .
You must have seen it ?-
"Alexander Neveski ".
God bless .
0:48 "The local woods were deep and dangerous..." cut to adorable bear in tree.
It is terrible that men hunt men like this.
But considering what the Germans were doing to the Russian people, Zaitsev did what had to be done.
I suggest you read a bit about Simo Häyhä if you didn't already. Some of his interviews are just incredible to watch.
@@finderdiler why
@@ivvan497 He was a finnish sniper in the winter war an killed over 500 soviet soldiers and is considered the most succesfull sniper to ever walk a battlefield.
@@finderdiler true . Even covered in earlier episodes in this weekly WW2 series .
The winter war . They take up major part of episode about these Finish snipers .
Legends.
Somebody should make a movie about this guy. ;)
try " enemy at the gates "
@@dovidell The only true to life bit in that film is the guy's name and the general area of the fighting. Not a bad film, as long as you are aware that it is a piece of fiction.
@@dovidell thanks, but no, thanks. It’s a travesty of a war movie, a real spit in the face to all those who fought in Stalingrad.
They did “enemy at the gate “ Great movie
I have to say this. I am a nerd for WW2 info and everything. This channel is EXTREMELY underrated, and should have a lot more of a following. The way you narrate your videos, the set behind you, everything. Just amazing.
Gotta be major universities out there could only benifit awarding this team with thesis , professorships and grants .
Hi Indy
After so long bio video..
Liked this series..
Can learn about characters ..
Thanks..
@NAVEEN Thanks for watching! Always glad to have you with us
You make a beautiful work thank you
This was a superb episode!
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A great story of heroism and commitment. Before the series leaves North Africa it would be great to see a biography of Captain Charles Upham, the only combat soldier to win the Victoria Cross twice. His story of courage and commitment would fill a feature film, and continued even after his capture.
Fascinating!
Thanks for watching, @Big Sarge!
What a beautiful work you. make thanxs
Great work for you and your team on History. A++
I have only seen your class room a few time. Lost and gone I also lost for list hisyory.
Teachers holds our young.
You Sir, would make a great one. Your tie's are the best for the times of the 1940's.
First time sub for now.
Thanks man. Keep digging it history. I do still dig-it. at 62yrs old now, New is new history. Dig-it. Later man.
Oberst Robert Schwatisch...
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Aaah yes Vasily, the man who survived he's first attack on Stalingrad we're he was without a rifle, then found one and saved a soviet officer to whom he would a have love triangle with Tania Chernova but would ultimately win her heart because the soviet officer was petty and mean and tried to court her while giving her food like a sea sturgeon. While Vasily was an innocent illiterate peasant boy from Siberia.
What that's not how it happened? But wasn't the Enemy at the gates an epic documentary or something? :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
Dude, in times like this most people won’t even realize you’re being fat.
What do you mean the Germans didn't send a special Colonel all the way from Berlin just to hunt him?
@@JonnoHR31 See, I knew it. He was talking bout the movie
You need to stay in school.
Enemy at the gates was mostly fiction, a true story. But re told, for entertainment. I cannot believe u said all that
Great episode and fantastic analysis.
Thank you for watching! Stay tuned for more!😃
Need to do one on Ludmillya Pavlichenko aka Lady Death. "300 Nazis fell by your gun."
Interesting, great video once again WW2 team.
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A video about snipers of other countries would be welcomed.
Hi Indy!
I love what you guys are doing in these series. I am learning a lot from you, and not just about history, but also about writing, and style. I especially love the biographies, because I find it fascinating that really big people of history, and the heroes of it all were only humans, and had similar problems, and moral dilemmas just like us. These videos make them more relatable, and in a way just bigger heroes.
Please keep up the good work! It helps me a lot, and I want to think (almost certain) that it helps most of your viewers.
I am doing Krav Maga in my freetime. The founder of it was Lichtenfeld Imre. He lived in Pozsony (Bratislava) at the beginning of the war, and helped in protecting the jews in the city. Is it possible to make a speacial about him, or Krav Maga?
I'd personally never heard of Lichtenfeld before so I did a quick bit of googling and wow, he sure lived quite a life! He'd be an interesting candidate for a special but we already have our plans for the year ahead and his time in the war has already passed I'm afraid. Great to hear you're enjoying the content!
A great insight .
Thank you team .
Thanks Luke, glad you enjoyed it
That's wild I didn't really know this was a real soldier I always just assumed it was a fictional story from enemy at the gates and I'm a pretty big history buff this is what I love about history you can just constantly learn more and more.
His opponent number in Enemry at the Gates, Major Koinig is a fictional character
@James Bell Plenty more where that came from! Stay tuned & subscribe to see what is yet to come in the war.
He was first an excellent marksman to begin with. He has always considered anything in his sights as targets not as human beings. That is the skill set of the soldier The focus of the soldier is to engage the enemy with his weapon and concentrate on staying alive and win the battle. Many wars have been fought by human beings since the dawn of time over everything. He was doing his basic warrior standards by his nation, the same for his enemy.
As a NamVet LARR scout I really appreciated this one.
God Bless you. Thank God for your service.
@@jayjayson9613 Amen, to you and yours.
@MrFagedaboudit Thanks for watching, please stay tuned for much more as we explore the war together
It's still awkward to hear the thanks, no offence intended, greatly appreciated. My service was out of my own gratitude for the many great liberties I had been given and blessed with. Perhaps these days a private sense of 'giving back' might go a long way to healing rifts. Bless you all, the private comments I've received are heartwarming after 35 years in service. Bless you all.
@@jayjayson9613 It's still awkward to hear the thanks, no offence intended, greatly appreciated. My service was out of my own gratitude for the many great liberties I had been given and blessed with. Perhaps these days a private sense of 'giving back' might go a long way to healing rifts. Bless you all, the private comments I've received are heartwarming after 35 years in service. Bless you all.
Another amazing video!
Thank you!
Top quality, multi-layered content. 👍
Thanks
He was outstanding
There are a couple of biographies on Zaitsev! But enemy at the gates is mostly Hollywood! His rifle and medals are in the patriotic museum in what was Stalingrad!
Yeah don't go to enemy at the gates for historical accuracy
@@Alex-cw3rz Still a good film though. And Rachel Weisz looked good in Red Army uniform
@@PORRRIDGE_GUN And she *doesn't* look good........when?
@@spikespa5208 51 and still gorgeous.
Fantastic episode yet again, Indy! :)
I have a suggestion for you. Why don't you do a special on Lidia Litvyak aka The White Lilly of Stalingrad?
“Lady Death” of the Red Army: Lyudmila Pavlichenko
@@davethompson3326---I have mad respect for that woman's sniping ability. Just as much as the White Lilly of Stalingrad.
We don't think we'll do another sniper bio, there is simply so much to cover otherwise! However, if you're interested we do cover female soldiers in the Red Army in this special episode ruclips.net/video/bydv157P_dw/видео.html
@@WorldWarTwo---Lidia Litvyak was a pilot. She was the first ever Female Fighter Ace. Not a Sniper. That's why I suggested her.
Great video!
@Art Gatherer Thanks for watching! Your name reminds me of the film Monuments Men
Excellent.
My boy! I love Enemy at the gates so much
It's worth noting Zaitsev's accounts aren't always accurate. He gives conflicting dates for when he says things happened and for conversations he supposedly had. His memoirs should be taken like anyone else's from this time - not at face value.
Well that story about Zaitsev taking out 3 German machine gunners at 600 meters with an open sighted rifle while "practically without aiming" sounds like total fabrication. The sights on the rifle just happened to be perfectly zero'ed for 600 meters and no sighter shots fired? Uh huh.
Please remember, Zaitsev and most of other memoirists wrote their memoirs after the war, therefore, their accounts are often not accurate even if they kept diaries. They are not researchers or history publishers. The value of their accounts is not in the accuracy of dates and figures, but in overall experience and events they went through.
Sure, but battle journals mentioning his achievements and reward lists contain quite a lot of info on his deeds
@@МихаилЧерников-п2т Still, there might be errors in records, human factor always exist, misinterpretations in events description. So, I always careful in accepting military memoirs and stories as fully credible from any side.
nice special
Thank you very much!
That was a cool biography 👍🏻
We are really glad to hear that! Thank you for watching!
@@WorldWarTwo thank you for making these awesome contents!
All in all when people disgrace Zaitsev's achievements. I find it completely disrespectful to not only him but the Soviets who he undoubtedly helped protect, watched them suffer horrific deaths and the bitter pill of an knowing there was an everlooming potential to be wiped out. Forget enemy at the gates. If you disrespect or try and disgrace him. You are are what I call a pr*ck. Not just any one either. Western media and westerners in general like to think we produce the best of everything. That man was a hero and gave hope when the Soviets had none. They were being decimated. So, put some f**king respect on this man's name. One of the great snipers in his day and people still try and take all that away from him by diminishing his achievements. It shows a complete lack of understanding at how brutal the battle of Stalingrad was. It's a shame that to some enemy at the gates is gospel. Don't disrespect one of the Soviet heroes like that. How would anyone like their own countries snipers to be treated with such disrespect? A quick answer would be that they wouldn't. You know when people disrespect the dead. It ain't cool. Especially a man who was a national hero to not only his country but to the Soviet Union. Just my 2 cents worth. Respect to Vasily from this Scotsman. No way am I dragging him down when my achievements are nowhere near the great man's. He accomplished more as a sniper than I will accomplish in my entire lifetime. Always get a treated with absolute disdain. Which I find conpletely unacceptable.
The disgrace is the lie and propaganda of Vasily Zaitsev and the Soviet's propaganda ministry.
Germans didnt have snipers until over a year after Stalingrad. They wouldnt have sent a SS-Major to kill a peasant.
The scope that Vasily Zaitsev took off the dead German who was "in Charge of the sniper school" wasnt made until late in 1944(over a year later).
Vasily Zaitsev was probably a good sniper but like all Soviet propaganda, his kill totals and accomplishments were over-exaggerated.
Stalin was the Greatest "Hero" of the USSR for decades and he was worse than Hitler by any standard you care to use. Russian's think of Poopin as a hero, when in fact he is a vile and evil POS.
backwards people needing a strong evil Dick-tator to tell them right from wrong and how to live, because they cant figure it out for themselves.
This is special is perfect
notes of a sniper is the most murderous book I every read. and also the most satisfying..
I think that Indy will explain in the near future the situation around Leningrad because it seems that something is about to happen there.
I like it that you wrote his last name the same way as I do =)
How about an episode on Lyudmila Pavlichenko? The fact that Woodie Guthrie wrote song about her and she befriended Mrs Roosevelt are tributes to an extraordinary woman! Great movie about her "The Battle for Sevastopol!" Way better than "Enemy at the Gates!"
Indy covers her in this episode about Soviet women soldiers: ruclips.net/video/bydv157P_dw/видео.html
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Sniping is an art of waiting.
greatest sniper in history
you should do a special on Pavlichenko and her trip to the US
Any trip to the US is a trip to a war zone .
How many gun related injuries and deaths per year ,?
Any given day more than all war zones combined.
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Horrible so bloody horrible but yet so so fascinating. Stort tack till hela teamet !
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You gotta tell us about his life after the war, if he cried at Stalins funeral, if he danced with Khrushchev, and if Brezhnev ever kissed him.
I appreciate you for not using any scenes from/references to Enemy at the Gates, I cant thank you enough
Bravo, sir! Well told!
Thanks!
Love you guys.
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It’s strange to think of a battle involving hundreds of thousands of fighters coming down to individual combat, bit sometimes it did.
You guys need to do one on Lyudmila Pavlichenko
Yaaaaay, sniper bio! Time to take a look at them
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What your RUclips channel has taught me is that although Enemy at The Gates is a good movie, it's historical accuracy is abysmal, that whole opening scene being total nonsense and all to do with the directors and screen writers anti-communist views rather than any semblance of truth.
Not anti-communist. Russophobic, more like.
honestly i think that’s how the soviets wanted us to see them
@@aidenhall8593 you think the Soviets wanted to be seen as a terrible army that didn't even bother to train it's troops, that communism is flawed because someone else might have more loving parents (that's really an argument made by the writers in the movie). That they just sent half them in with no guns for some pointless charge which doesn't even make sense, with a misunderstanding of what the no step back order was. They have Khrushchev being an incompetent leader who just says lose the other half as well as an order. How the na zi's you know the ones with the supply issues actually having tons of foods and expensive chocolate and fresh pastries for some reason I guess just not being communist sprouts food from out of the ground.
@@vasiliyshukshin7466 there is a line about how communism doesn't work because someone else might get a girlfriend you want and that your parents might give you less Christmas presents. Yes that's seriously an argument in the movie. Also the fact that the Germans with huge supply issues in reality have expensive chocolate and fresh pastries while the Soviets with less supply issues have scraps because communist. I could go on, but the writers themselves talked about how they hated communism.
@@aidenhall8593 or so the Germans would have us believe