The Bombing of Belgrade (1941) - Germans Launch Operation Retribution
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- Operation Retribution, also known as the German bombing of Belgrade in April 1941 or Operation Punishment, was a military campaign conducted by Nazi Germany against the Kingdom of Yugoslavia during World War II which kicked off the Axis invasion of Yugoslavia. At the time, Yugoslavia was a recently formed country consisting of several ethnic and religious groups. In March 1941, a coup d'état occurred in Yugoslavia, resulting in the overthrow of the pro-Axis government and the installation of a new government that was opposed to German influence. In response to the coup, Adolf Hitler ordered the Wehrmacht (German armed forces) to launch Operation Retribution, aimed at swiftly and forcefully subduing Yugoslavia. The initial target of the operation was the Yugoslav capital, Belgrade. The German forces, under the command of General Wilhelm List, conducted a massive aerial bombardment of Belgrade. The Luftwaffe (German air force) launched a series of intensive air raids, employing dive bombers and other aircraft. The bombings caused widespread destruction and casualties in the city.
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- The Second World War (Antony Beevor).
- Death of the Wehrmacht. The German Campaigns of 1942 (Robert M. Citino).
- Belgrade: A Cultural History (David Norris).
- To Destroy a City: Strategic Bombing and Its Human Consequences in World War II (Hermann Knell).
- Hitler's New Disorder. The Second World War in Yugoslavia (Stevan K. Pavlowitch).
- Serbia under the Swastika. A World War II Occupation (Alexander Prusin).
- War and Revolution in Yugoslavia, 1941-1945. Occupation and Collaboration (Jozo Tomasevich).
- www.rferl.org/... (27-06-2023).
- www.sbs.com.au... (27-06-2023).
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Why Hitler Attacked Yugoslavia:
ruclips.net/video/uW0FWeahDmA/видео.htmlsi=7RdgnY9nF4FJLTFC
WOW!...Few days ago you were like somewhere in South America and today just to remind us of April's bombing of Belgrade you appeared from the bushes of national library ruins in Serbia.
My grandmother was living in the bombed house on the coverphoto of this video.....
Thanks for sharing. What can you tell us about her experiences? Feel free to share.
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My grandmother worked in the secretariat of the forestry minister. She rented an apartment in Terazije Street
The building next to the famous Moscow Hotel in Belgrade was owned by the Popovic family. She traveled home to visit her parents the day before the bombing but
her brother stayed in Belgrade and turned completely gray in one day at the age of 26 from the stress of the bombing..
Incredible to read. Thanks for sharing.
What I learned here is that the "new" government was willing to honor the previously signed agreement with Germany. Operation Punishment was a foolish and unecessary campaign by Hitler. Imagine no opertion punishment and an earlier attack on the Soviet Union. Operation Barbarossa in May. I suspect it would have resulted in Moscow falling and a German victory. An earlier attack would have taken out the weather factor that hampered German troops. In essence, The Serbs indirectly played a large role in Germany's ultimate defeat. Theoretically, that is. Thoughts?
More on the course of events prior to the bombing:
ruclips.net/video/uW0FWeahDmA/видео.htmlsi=7RdgnY9nF4FJLTFC
There would not be Operation Barbarossa in May cause spring thaw (Rasputitsa) lasted unusually long that year. In fact, it was the reason Germans had forces available for the invasion of Yugoslavia and Greece in the first place .
This is a myth, Operation Barbarossa was conducted at the earliest possible date. Large-scale offensives in Ukraine and Belarus are usually impossible before mid-June due to the Rasputitsa. The French invasion in 1812 began on June 24th, the German invasion in 1941 on June 22nd, and many other major operations in the region (including ones during the current war) have been launched in mid-June. The WWII in Real Time channel did a special all about this using primary source material
@@TheLocalLt You make a valid observation about the timing. However, I would argue that technological advancements in regards to armament, military vehicles, aircraft and using "blitzkreig" tactics would overcome the obsticles faced by the prior invasions you mentioned. I would also add that an "axis" Yugoslavia may have committed troops to the "Great Crusade" in the attack on the Soviet Union. However, your point about logistic difficulties is a major factor in our discussion.
@@dloviisa eh look how much the autumn Rasputitsa affected Operation Typhoon, the Germans had tanks, armored vehicles, horses, etc that were stuck to the point of being unmoveable in the quagmire. There are plenty of pictures showing men and machine being overcome by feet/meter-deep cement-like mud. “Rasputitsa” literally means, “time of no roads”, it can be surmounted but only through proper planning and some luck, and even then it would have channeled the German advance into predictable avenues - they never would have been able to drive tanks through random fields to get into the Soviet rear like they did in the summer.
In any case, the discussion was about whether the Germans would have conducted the operation earlier if they’d not deployed troops to the Balkans, and the record shows the Germans had decided not to attack until the ground was dry, which is why they had troops to send to the Balkans in the first place.
When it’s called Operation Retribution, it’s going to be tragic. The loss of human lives is always terrible. An attack on a library is a cynical attempt to also kill people’s history and culture 😶
Sad times indeed.
As always great work. Thanks.
It is staggering the number of cultural and historic artifacts lost because of German ambitions.
@@Greensanctuary-c4w Adolf & Co. definitely tried. As part of their plan they confiscated or destroyed any WW! memorials in France and Belgium that put Germans in a bad light. Ferdinand Foch’s railroad dining car in Compiègne was #1 on the list. The Monument to the Heroes of the Black Army in Reims and hundreds other statues disappeared
Not only them, countless warring parties around the world past and present.
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Thanks, Stefan! Amazing.
Ko to tamo peva.
Thanks for watching. I wasn't singing.
@@HistoryHustle It's a famous serbian film from 1980. A bittersweet tragic comedy set in 1941 just a couple of days before the attack. If you get the chance watch it. You'll cry and laugh at the same time
@@HistoryHustle Forgot to add that "Ko to tamo peva" is the title of the film :)
Our around the world traveling teacher does it again 👍
Greets, TW,
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Nun Jovana, born Sibila Ler, granddaughter of Alexander Ler lives today in the Serbian monastery Soko Grad near the town of Ljubovija.
Interesting to read.
Creative videos and great content! Keep going
Many thanks Paola!
Both Kingdom of Yugoslavia and Kingdom of Greece were attacked on the same day by the one operational plan Marita.
Goal was to bypass the Greek fortified mountain defense line Metaxis trough the Yugoslav North Macedonia flat lands.
Covered the invasions in seperate videos 👍
It was an informative and wonderful historical coverage video about Nazism Luftwafa bombarding of (Belgrade) Yugoslavian capital. During WW2... which labeled the national laboral destruction and books 📚 burnt ... Thank you for an excellent ( History Hustle) channel introduced by🙏 Sir Stefan
Many thanks for your reply!
Yugoslavia had it rough in ww2....
Serbs had it rough, rest joined Nazis against Serbs
@crnacpabker: Very oversimplified if you ask me.
@@HistoryHustle from all ex yu, only in Serbia was rule, for one dead German soldier 100 civilians shot, for wounded 50. Do you see where I am getting at?
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Many thanks for your donation Jesse!
Thanks again Stefan. Yugoslavia never had a chance simply due to its location. Every country with borders with the Reich was brutally invaded/occupied
Thanks for watching.
Please see if you could add separate episodes on the 1944 bombing of Belgrade and the earlier bombing of Sofia.
Also on Easter
and what about britain involment in coup ?
More on the course of events prior to the bombing:
ruclips.net/video/uW0FWeahDmA/видео.htmlsi=7RdgnY9nF4FJLTFC
@@Greensanctuary-c4w Just British. Soviets were trying to appease Germans at that time.
@@Greensanctuary-c4w Nope. Completely wrong.
6:58 I can not imagine how controversial a video from this topic would be. I would like to read thhe comments from the serbs bellow.
Obrigado, Stefan! ヽ(͡◕ ͜ʖ ͡◕)ﾉ 🍀 🇧🇷
Thanks for your reply. Balkan history always turns comment sections into interesting things.
Another great episode Stefan, looking at some comments you have opened a hornet’s nest with the nato comment 🙈
Thanks for watching!
Stefan, fascinating nugget of forgotten history! Thank you 💪🏻✌🏻🫶🏻
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You gotta love Facists. Nothing but power and control matters. And of course, money. I really enjoy your vids both in locations and your style of delivery. Your Dutch students had/have a great teacher.
I don't love fascists.
@@HistoryHustle I was being sarcastic as I often am. I despise the Americans who think this is a good idea.
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When bombing happened my grandmother older brother was studding law in Belgrade ,he was already "communist" :like most students in Belgrade then .He new in person most off the more famost communist from Yugoslav times and was friend with them .After bombing he back to my hometown Kragujevac .On 21 .10, 1941 my grandmother younger brother (17 years old) and here father was executed by Germans along with 2700 people from my town (Town had only 15 000 people then) ,here older brother was not in town ,he allready joined Partisan but not like "military" ,he was not war type ,but after he lost his brother and father he also took arms and spend whole WWII fighting .aFter war he finish law study and became layer ,lived until 2004 ,my grandmother until 2013
"For the first time, I am ashamed to be a German.” - Wilhelm II, German Emperor. (1938)
Did he claim that?
@@HistoryHustle he said that after he saw what nazis did in crystal night no matter he was antisemite...still he was honorable man...
i mean in general german reich under psychotic hitler...was one big fail...as we can see back in 1945...for me Rommel or Doenitz were perfect leaders....hitler was the biggest killer of german people....total idiot
Thanks for sharing m
The German leadership has never had sympathy for the Serbian people - we have had a problem with them since the Frankish Empire until the NATO aggression (1991-1999). Excellent video.
Thats a Serb victimhood myth, Srbia would have been left alone if not for the miltary coup aligning with the pro Allied camp, nothing special and for sure nothing personal, Iran was neutral in ww2 (but pro axis) so the Allies invaded them s well.
@DD-qw4fz It is not a myth, but a reality based on historical facts. We are all aware that the Germans needed peace with the Serbs until they finished with the Russians on the Eastern Front. They will never get over their defeat in WW1.
Try not to assassinate idk, Franz Ferdinad maybe?
He shouldnt have come to my country! @@szakachdekapolna4372
@szakachdekapolna4372 Remind us, what exactly is the Austro-Hungarian duke doing on Serbian territory? Collecting flowers?
A major strategic error. Greece could still have been invaded via Bulgaria and then Yugoslavia would have been completely surrounded by the Axis.
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Here is one interesting thing as well. Also, there was a revenge attack of Yugoslav bomber crew. Cause the capital city Belgrade suffered a bombing on April 6th 1941, Yugoslav bomber crew decided to do the revenge bombing for Belgrade. They bombed Vienna, and Graz, and they made a big delays to advancing German army, believe it or not.
Didn't know this. Thanks for sharing.
@@HistoryHustle You're welcome.
thank you stefan for the knowledge and also for risking your life in the jungle of library :)
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Hey Stefan. I've been a fan for several years, and I love your work. I also teach History and I keep updated by watching your vids. Keep up the great work. :)
Thanks Fonz!
Omg, you should check if you got some ticks in that grass.
Got none ✌️
Very interesting again 👌
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