WW2: The Eastern Front (Brutal Footage)
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- Опубликовано: 4 июл 2021
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The eastern front of World war 2 was the most brutal fighting the world had ever seen, breaking records in history for the most deaths (Stalingrad)
The Eastern Front of World War II was a theatre of conflict between the European Axis powers against the Soviet Union (USSR), Poland, and other Allies, which encompassed Central Europe, Eastern Europe, Northeast Europe (Baltics), and Southeast Europe (Balkans) from 22 June 1941 to 9 May 1945.
In this video, we mainly focus on primarily German footage.
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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.
@@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.
the same cronies are in the WH now!@@robert.257
@@robert.257Oh yeah, that is what you say instead of ,,thank you''... Let's forgive nazis the concentration camps, Holocaust and fucking genocide of slavic people and let's blame Soviet people for bringing peace to Europe? Soviet Union lost 27 million people in that war, our ancestors fought for freedom, for humanity and for the MOTHERLAND. Stalin was only a fucking dictator who also killed 30 millions of soviet people. But don't you dare to compare him and glorious soldiers of Red army. You know what? Have you ever heard of Elbe river and what happened there? American, British and Soviet soldiers met there, they were BROTHERS and they fought against ONE enemy. So please keep your dirty mouth closed and learn history. British Empire and US had way more war crimes than Russia/USSR ever. But in WW2 they were ALLIES.
@@robert.257And the allies would have been crushed
Such incredible footage from so long ago.Whatever we think of this war,the photographers who made these historic films need to be congratulated.
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
It wasn't that long ago
@@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.
@@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.
@ryanschneider3324
It wasn't that long ago
Uhhh yes it was 🤦🏻♂️
“How the hell did I end up here?” It’s what every soldier here is thinking.
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
@@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
If hell truly existed on this planet, It could only be here
Even the horses.
Deranged leaders and politicians as all wars begin.
Their faces say it all - fatigue, fear, trepidation….
And we’ve learn’t little or forgotten a lot.
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.
I wonder how many of those young men made it back to Germany alive?
This is exactly what i wanted to say
@@RobCummingsпочти все кто попал на эти кадры умерли в боях. Процент выживаемости так мал,что даже попасть в плен уже достижение
"Mothers, your sons have returned to you as changed men. They've seen the horrors of war and will never be the same."
I can’t imagine the destruction on the eastern front, the figures are insane to look at
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.
and look at asshole Putin is doing today
"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.
Greatest struggle mankind has ever seen.
So far.
THE NEXT ONE WILL BE THE LAST!
@@lisalise1622 buckle up, it`s already started...in 3 years or so it`ll be in full swing...
@@ca9968 yipee cant wait
and the Kampf continues...until EVERY Communist Marxist is exterminated.
Germany had the best army man has ever seen, but fighting 3 superpowers and in 2 fronts was a bridge too far.
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.
Yep.
The US fought simultaneously on three fronts and won them all.
@@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.
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 .
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.
@@cranegantry868 yeah . Sadly i never spoke to him .
@@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 :)
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.
Das war ein unglaublich hartes Los !
the western front looked like a playground compared to the eastern one
Nah the Western front was just as brutal, the eastern front just had more casualties
That just shows you how good a American and British alliance is, both of those countries know how to reserve soldiers unlike the USSR
@@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.
@@damanithegoat9653 thats not true
@@tobyford189 It’s very true
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.
Well it should serve as a reminder never to attack Slavs again.
@@heimdall2471 they,re attacking themselves right now!
Soviet Union losses was not stupid.
They attacked themselves already. Russian attack on Poland does ring a bell? But probably you know shit.
"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.
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.
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.
Yea, the average Wehrmact soldier walked every day 25 to 40 km for 1-2 weeks to get to the next fighting place.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The commissars on the back lines machine gunning their own helped bolster said will.
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.
Forgotten Solider is a wild book
The most terrible book describing the war from the Soviet side is “Memories of the War” by Nikolai Nikulin.
@VenaGT Enemy at the Gates
All those young boys, which they were, both sides, suffered horrifically. And their families. Just pure evil what evil men will do.
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.
The world is ruled by good men and evil men a better world would be ruled by good men and good women
And they continue too
Yes, pure evil. A pure evil Germany was trying to stop.
@@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.
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.
@@TheHeartlessFour fatal mistakes .
Because they deserve no glory at all. They lost
@@destroyerarmor2846 where you from ?
@@destroyerarmor2846 "You don't ask victors if they were telling truth"
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.
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.
@@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.
@@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.
@@siler7 Reasonable.
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
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.
That's why the nazis were impressive, they literally fought against the world
the push on Moscow,they could only supply 1 panzer division,leaving the rest of Panzers behind
@@reicheagle1942 there airforce was also low on fuel aswell being serverly damaged from the RAF
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.
@@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.
What an excellent video, with the music you put on you give the video a lot of elegance, good job.
Hitler was wrong when he said “We have only to kick in the front door and the whole rotten edifice will come tumbling”.
It did crumble, unfortunately it's fallen on his head
Maybe if the rest of the world didn't supple them with endless shit.
@@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,
@Soldier Goy and maybe if the country wasn't as big.
@@justin36004 country? It's an empire
Footage indeed, thanks for bringing that to me.
Respect & Regards, great Audio.
Best Wishes
Incredible video…omg thank you so much
ur videos are breathtaking
That was brilliant! Much respect.
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.
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.
The yugoslavs were fierce fighters. No country told them what to do.Ever.
@@nicholasbrowning4558🥱 jugoslawien wurde in nur wenigen Wochen überrannt
Commie's
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
Great footage bro💯
All those men that had to fight to the death because of a handful of psychopaths.
They believed and followed those psychopaths without question…
@@nigel900 There will be a load more to come. Humans aren't the brightest bulbs.
The German soldier wanted to fight to eliminate communism in Europe. Europe didn't appreciate what they were trying to do.
@@nigel900 Nazis vs commies most on both sides were forced
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
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.
Wym ? It's Europe obliviously
@@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.
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.
3:52 4:10 4:11 Stalingrad North.
4:00 Railway near Orlovka?
Be grateful we even have the footage.
I am proud being the grandson of two of those man.
Me too
Was macht dich daran stolz?
Ich auch ❤
@@guidowilhelm4062 wieso??
@@irgendeinname9256 Bist du nicht Stolz auf deine Ahnen oder deine Nationalität?
Impressive footage with fearless and brave men on both sides of the war
No one is fearless. Otherwise it wouldn't be brave anymore
Not fearless!
The tears in his eyes at 3:48 say everything about war...
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.
My great grandfather fought on this front (german) He died in serbia
My great uncle survived stalingrad
Your great grandfather and uncle were great men. We should all be so lucky to have such great forefathers
My father also fought this war also. He finished it in 1945 in Viena, Austria.
Stalingrad is one word brother
No one survived Stalingrad dude, they all went to the lead mines, only like 500 were released in 1950
@@k98Lemur Soviet prisoner of war camps
Great footage!
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’
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! "
Moscow was never significantly targeted, I thin the quote was regarding Stalingrad…do some reasonable research
@@joemiller9931 source?
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!
@@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
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
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.
Looks nothing close to modern equipment💀💀 They'd get shit on by African Militias
@@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😂.
@@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.
@@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.
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.
Good Germans have been purged by nazies. Only nazies themself left.
They miss the true horror of war because they never show soldiers being killed.
how remembers HCTerrorist ? The golden era.
Thanks for the upload
Regardless of the Stalinist regime, the ressistance of the Red Army and Soviet people in defence of thier nation was utterly heroic.
Well yeah they had to be or they got shot by their own men if they tried to retreat
@Rion Ramirez true, but the overall resistance was heroic, the Yugoslav and ukranian partisans fought their most to succeed
@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.
@Rion Ramirez Jews in Germany in 1933 were only about 500,000
@Rion Ramirez How do you know that man? Did you live that time or what?
Salute to those cameraman who had captured these histories 🤙
Well stay healthy for all of us & Safety First! Peace ✌😉
thank you for upload what a history so many sacrifice for their nation.Rest in Peace Hero
Excellent camera work. I can’t believe they had dedicated film crews to document these battles.
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.
Take a screen shot then use google image search
That looks like very very hard work .
Outstanding presentation.
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!
Never forget the sacrifices of the Red Army and the Wehrmacht soldiers on the eastern front. They went through hell on earth.
@arthurmorgan8978 berlin is 100% german just liked prussia
One army sacrificed and one invaded. I'll let you figure it out.
@@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)
@@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.
@@VenaGTcommunism and capitalism are two sides of the same big nosed coin which united to defeat nationalism.That was the story of this war.
Could watch this all day long if it was in a chronological order of year and Theatre..thankyou
Grew up in France so in school we watched more western fronts videos, glad to see the perspective from Estern Eu
Wow. Well done on this. Thank you.
What a strong army it was
Yes!
(then you find a stupid idiot replying: "TheY loST !!")
Dan Carlins hardcore history ; Ghosts of the ostfront ,is a superb look into the lives of the soldiers on both sides.
1🎯🎯% SO GOOD
Humanity began this path the moment kings ceased fighting in their own wars.
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.
Amzing video does any of these vids have the original sound to them or was not a thing back then
In Honor of all soldiers ! Pure hell what these men ( Fahrers and grandfathers ) stand through. Greetings from 🇩🇪
So ist es. Erinnerung an die Gefallenen
@@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
@@moumouhigi5837 I wouldn't say that invading most of Europe to get rid of subhumans is the best of intentions...
@@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")
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......
i watched this video 5 times consecutively
Thanks for the support!
@@historyatwar most welcome sir thanks to u for preserving history
Great footage and musick .
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.
most of the images are from the campaign in france not russia, but good job!
Amazing uploads and music! Keep up the great work! May we never censor their memory or history! Last Defenders of Europe and the West! ❤
Well said my friend
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.
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!
@@richardkluesek4301 wtf
@@irgendeinname9256 weakness and inepitude incites enemy attack. Follow the news nd study history,
Dope good video
I've always wondered how much more time has to pass by in order to be able to talk openly about this war and find out the truth about it..
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.
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.
Pity Stalin murdered 80% of the Red Army officers before it all kicked off.
@@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
@@CM-ve1bz Country that prepared for war for half a decade does better than country that did not prepare for war. What a shocker.
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.
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
Where do you find all this old music? Thanks
And "Kevin Macleod" his music is bad455 check it out
If hell truly existed on this planet, It could only be here
The score music has made this video epic
At 0:15 the soldier with the dogs looks like a model from a Hugo Boss front page. What a great style.
Hugo Boss himself was a member of the Nazi party since 1931. And his clothing company utilized forced labour drawn from German-occupied territories to make uniforms for the SS and the German army.
The G on the tank meant it was part of Panzergruppe Guderian
Hard to believe this is almost 80 years ago. We will be there again some day likely sooner than we think.
This is actualy incredible footage never seen it in sutch clarity
Where's that thumbnail from? That's a really beautiful shot.
German army discipline was excellent.
Yes, they we excellent, especially when slaughtering women, children, and old folks.
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 !!!
Yes world is a softcocks now
The quality's incredible for WWII footage. Was it refined by AI?
music is way too loud. Other than that, a well put together presentation. Good work.
Just turn down the volume lol
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
Best Army??? How about F**k the Nazi's.
I pity the dog who was featured in the reels….its just so sad knowing its now dead
First time in a long time I’ve seen footage I haven’t seen before
Where does one find a copy of this book, Icebreaker? I looked with no luck.
Is this the new HCT ?
This isn't brutal. It's standard footage that's been shown a million times over.
Excelente video
Wow amazing and scary footage. At 2.38 there's a left-handed Wehrmacht Sniper! His K98 rifle must have been modified for him, as he was probably a fine marksman in training but a lefty 😁👍
Wow.people forget what an epic struggle WW2 was
No, I don’t think so. Our culture is built on WW2.
@@greenthunder1000 what she means is that it wasnt how it is in the movies, the germans were much better than the allies but the russians were just as good as the germans, the americans relied on bombing and their tactics in vietenam and every war since have relied on bombing
@@jamesirvine9493 1: what movies? 2: she can speak for herself.
@@greenthunder1000 it doesnt matter what movie the point is the fighting on the eastern front was between more numbers without air support. the german troops were trained for this since they were children, the russians were forced to fight for their homeland, the americans were invaders and were not defending their homeland and did not have motivation like the russians had, the germans were just more talented
@@jamesirvine9493 it does matter because without proof, your words are empty and I don’t consider a single word you say. Your whole point is that “movies say x, but in reality it’s more like y” but all you can do is talk about y; what YOU think.
Vos vidéo sont incroyable c’est vidéo doivent être partager
What a fantastic thumbnail ❤
Do you have some videos of the none-german axis soldiers too ?
Unprecedented ferocity and brutalities
R.I.P to al the fallen soldiers 🫡🕊️
Where did you get this footage? Can I use it for a video?
Great job
Unsere Väter, Urgroßväter, Onkel, Cousins, Brüder, Kameraden 😢
Manipuliert von der Propaganda
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.
Brave warriors
Masterfully edited!
I read that a soldiers life expectancy on the the Eastern front lines was 18 to 24 hours.
I fear history is doomed to repeat itself… only worse.
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.
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.
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.
@@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
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....
Most military experts of the time expected a german victory.
Do you know what that ww2 flim documentry. that showed all the gore is called. They played it like one time in the history Channel in like 2007 or so.
This video show us a history instance of this world.
*HELDEN❗🙏🏻*
Some of these clips aren’t from the eastern front. @ 02.20, they are French helmets laying on the floor.
I was going to make the same comment before I saw yours.Good catch on your part.
That camel is suspect too.
Yeah, threes another part where a British halftrack gets hit by some projectile. And I believe some of the bomber arial shots are actually over Western Europe judging by the arrangement of the farms and terrain.
What camera are they using during this time?
Anyone know where to find the kursk pt 2, and battle of Berlin videos?