“The first time it was reported that our friends were being butchered there was a cry of horror. Then a hundred were butchered. But when a thousand were butchered and there was no end to the butchery, a blanket of silence spread. When evil-doing comes like falling rain, nobody calls out "stop!" When crimes begin to pile up they become invisible. When sufferings become unendurable the cries are no longer heard. The cries, too, fall like rain in summer.” - Bertold Brecht -
Everytime I watch someone react to this I can't help but wonder. In all those millions upon millions of lost lives, what have we denied ourselves. What great scientist, doctors, artist, musicians, philosophers, have we missed out on. Was the person who would go on to cure cancer killed in a concentration camp. Was the next Mozart killed on a French beach.
The sad thing is tough. It goes both ways. How many "Hitlers" might have died in the war? We will never know. All we do know is that we should do everything we can to never see such times again.
I am Russian, my grandfather went through the Battle of Stalingrad, survived and was able to go through the whole war, do not forget how many of our lives we put on the altar of victory
People also forget the Battle of Kursk, where the Soviet armored divisions broke the back of the German tank divisions. The Soviets lost 60% of their entire tank force in that single battle, a fact not revealed until after the end of the Soviet era. That was the magnitude of the sacrifice Russian tank crews made to defeat the Nazis. After Kursk, the Germans never mounted another major offensive attack in the east, and retreated continuously until the end of the war.
we as the western world often believe D-day was the turning point of WWII, but I credit the Russians (and your grandfather) during the battle of Stalingrad as the turning point. The battle of Kursk also played its role as well, took so many tank divisions out of the war.
I’m American with German lineage, had a great grandfather fighting for the Germans in Stalingrad, one of the few who was able to be airlifted out after being shot in the right leg. I don’t condone or support what atrocities were committed but I respect his bravery to fight as well as any soldier who risked their life for their country.
@@really_dont_know1681 did your grandfather fight with the Wehrmacht? If so then I also applaud him, as they (did not agree with Hitler’s agenda) were one of the best armies and very skilled. Both sides had their amazing heroes and stories just like the US.
There's a line from Captain Kirk in Star Trek: Into Darkness that I really love; "There will always be those who mean to do us harm, to stop them we risk awakening the same evil within ourselves."
My grandfather was very cheerfull person, allways kind and positive. I sometimes tried to ask him about the war but he would never answer and just laugh it off or told "another time". He never drunk, but once he did, and I mentioned the war again. Never ever have I seen him so stuned, he looked like completly another person, he told me something about the horror, the constant fear of sharp sounds and some phrases and moments that he alwayes remembered better than what he ate for the breakfast. This was a shoking conversation. (That's what my mother told me about her grandfather).
if you’re interested in WWII you HAVE TO watch the movie Downfall. It’s about Hitlers last moments in his bunker and it’s incredibly well done in terms of historical accuracy. One of the best foreign films ever made, highly recommend it.
I think the farther away from people who were in WW2 the harder it is for people to come to grips with just how big an event it was. I'm older so I had a direct connection to 3 family members who were in the military in WW2. My Mother was a US Navy WAVE. My Uncle was in a LST landing ship in the Pacific. My 1st Cousin was a US Army infantryman in the Pacific. Beyond that I knew several men who were also in WW2. Just about everybody had something to do with WW2. From the military to the civilians working in factories, scrap metal drives, buying war bonds, even planting gardens to make ends meet. Having this close connection with people who were there makes it a lot easier to wrap your head around.
You only need to go through the streets of major German cities. The attack vectors of Allied bomber squads are clearly visible in many of them. On one side, you have buildings from in Art Nouveau, Art Déco, on the other side you have quickly raised functional buildings from the early 1950s. The consequences of the war are etched into the German land- and cityscape.
@@tucci06 "True. I wish Holocaust deniers would realize this." That's not the point of the denial. They do it because they wish Germany had won and continued it. ie they are Nazi sympathizers.
I also come from the generation after WWII. So my father and the majority of my uncles were in the War. I think our generation grew up with an enduring collective memory of the War -- I cannot remember a time when I did not know about it. And then there was the Cold War, but that is another story. . .
My grandfathers in the New Zealand 🇳🇿 Army, 28th Maori Battalion (Charlie company) who served in El Alamein Egypt 🇪🇬, Greece 🇬🇷, Italy 🇮🇹, and finally Nazi Germany 🇩🇪 were most likely on this list 😔 😢😭😖😣 even after 76 years I still think about what they’ve done for our country. Now they are dead in European battlefields. And their mothers and fathers wept when they did not return home 🏠.
My grandmother was the youngest of 5 children and the other 4 were older brothers, all 4 died during WW2 and I still remember the days when she would tell me stories about them and gaze far away as tears would flow down her face. All in all my grandparents lost 12 Siblings and to this day I don't understand the need or the reason for any wars now.
@@Hiraghm spoken like a person who truly has no idea, most wars are started because of certain political agenda. Freedom and war are not the same, just because I have freedom of speech does not mean I can abuse the person next to me.
@@sanzharkurmanguzhin1328 Because since Russians suffered the most casualties and every family had lost a person, I thought from your grandma side that you might be from former Soviet Union.
We should not be afraid to stand against evil. No matter how many lives are lost. The sacrifices we make for freedom and for good, outweigh our individual lives.
My grandfather was 19 when he was conscripted. He committed suicide in 1991 after suffering from severe PTSD coz of which my grandma left him and married another man
I mean its possible ww3 will be fought by nuclear power and destroy all mankind with nothing left that why stone and sticks will be fought after those destruction of ww3
This is why movies like "Saving Private Ryan", "Schindler's List" and the miniseries "Band of Brothers" are so important in telling the story of what happened. This December 7th will be the 80th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, almost all of that generation are not around anymore to tell their stories. One story I always wished someone would tell with a major motion picture would be about the 100th Infantry Battalion/442nd Regimental Combat Team. The regiment is known as the most decorated in U.S. military history and was composed almost entirely of second-generation American soldiers of Japanese ancestry during WWII. All the soldiers were volunteers even though many had their families in interment camps back in the U.S. during the war.
There are two films entitled "Go For Broke" (1951 and 2017) and "Only the Brave" (2006). Three great-uncles of mine served in the 100th/442nd. Reaction vloggers should really look into the TV documentary series, "The World at War".
My graet grandfather was a cheif of textile factory in Serpukhov (town near Moscow). He was voluntarily consripted in red army. Went through the whole war. And was killed during the seige of keningsberg. My grandma (his doughter) showed me his letters from the front. The last letter was few moments before red army conquering kenigsberg. He wright to wife "hug all my daughters, I'm going to fight, here is hell"
Seeing Ellie watch and cry over serious topics is absolutely the humane reaction that I wanted to see, which is the reason why I subscribed in the first place before reaching 100k subs. I hope that you enjoy your days all throughout your life and to those around you Ellie, in a world where fighting comes first before peace.
If you ever meet a World War II veteran/survivor, thank them and listen to their stories (if they’re comfortable doing so). As the saying goes, those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
The sad fact is, as the people who endured this war die, the lessons learned are forgotten, making it more likely another war will occur. So history teaches us.
@@suprchickn7745 lmao welp thats proof right there. I gave a paragraph-long reponse to you about the corrupt things our governments are doing regarding covid propaganda and implementing tactics used by communist regimes and youtube immediately deleted it. Guess you'll have to use your imagination what those could be.
Thank you so much for watching this, now you can maybe understand the scale of WW2 a bit more. I know it is kinda sad, but the ending part gives a smile at least. 😉 I just know that the video is something worth watching, not for fun or entertaining, but for all the souls lost in WW2. 😐
You're so beautiful, and you display so much empathy! I've watched that video many times, and I'm always moved by it... but I seldom shed any tears. I sure did while watching it with you though. It's very comforting and cathartic to have a nice, quiet little cry with a kind stranger. It makes me feel a little connection to the rest of humanity, and that can seem like it's in short supply on some days. Lovely video, good work!
every men that fought WW2 is a stud , the amount of horror those dudes saw is unimaginable , let's hope there's never a conflict like that ever again , those numbers are shocking :/
I still remember that when i was young my grandmother sometimes talked about her relationship to my grandfather and the hard time being seperated from him, not knowing if he is still alive. But he never returned. Short bevore the war ended he died in a conzentrationcamp.
There is something about 27 million civilians died in USSR during this war. We can’t know exactly even now. You can now feel our pain. Every family lost somebody. Mine lost 10 people. The fact that I’m exist know is a miracle.
You should react to the movie called Windtalkers, it’s about the Navajo code talkers who used their language due to the Japanese being unfamiliar with the language of the Navajo tribe
I would recommend watching some documentaries about the Navajo code talkers instead of the movie. The movie was a bit of a disappointment. It was more about Nicholas Cages character than it was about the accomplishments of the code talkers. That's my opinion anyway.
@@billrab1890 Yeah, it's been a while, but that sounds like good advice. Being a history freak, I did both! I forget others don't pick the true story and leave the Hollywood part!
We too often grow desensitized to the reality of such numbers. Each death from that war, took effort. We often look at the numbers, overtime growing used to seeing them, but we continue to fail to comprehend that EVERY single death, EVERY single individual, a person, someone who came from a mother, who knew what love is in their life, was taken from this world by effort. 70 million people don’t just disappear at the blink of an eye, and for it to happen within only six years truly continues to outdo our wildest imaginations to understand the nature of war. I read a comment earlier from this video, in which the person stated; “If we were to take a second of silence for every single person, who was killed in WWII. We would be silent for 2.8 years.” Even we can barely imagine ourselves doing something like that.
There is a quote from Edwin stars war :” war I despise because it means destruction of innocent lives war means tears to thousands of mothers eyes when their sons go to fight and lose their lives.” -“ Life is the only thing that is precious to be fighting wars these days, war can’t give life It can only take it away.”
Much love to you and thank you for showing us this ❤ ... there is a great saying "Those who forget the past risk the past coming back". Only by remembering the futility of past wars do we have a chance to stop them happening again.
I got bullied in school when I was 17, I wanted nothing better then to join the army and become a strong man and a soldier . I thought that I can overcome the bully rather than become the bully. 😔
@@rooseveltingudam6354 🌺🌹🌷🍑🍍🍉 thank you brother, I didn’t know how to live with myself at that place in that time of my life. Unemployed, unskilled, I was not ready for the world but I felt I had to do something!!
@@jimmysmith5418 All you have to do is look forward into your future , never think you're less than others , be yourself ! You have the will to join the army ! Just do it , BTW my aim is to join army , same as u 😉
I’m of polish and British ancestry. On my British side I lost at least 5 members of my family and I say at least cause sadly some were never retrieved. On my polish side it was much sadder. My “Baba” as we called her was forcibly taken from her family and they were all taken by the Germans. We were not Jewish yet my family was still taken. The Germans took her forcibly from her parents forced her on a train and took her to a labour camp. (Separated from her family) where she was forced to work a German officer told her when she was a teenager she wasn’t working hard enough and nearly beaten to death by him with a baton. She was blinded in one eye for nine months. They didn’t feed them and she was starved. The camp where she was interned was targeted by the allies and was bombed she was fortunate enough not to be killed. She was then able to escape and was rescued by the allies photos show her looking like a living skeleton. She was not willing to return to Poland once hearing of what the soviets were doing. The rest of my polish family other then my Baba were killed. She fled on a dingy to the UK soon after. While in the labour camp she gave birth to my grandma. (In Germany). They then made it on a cruddy dingy to the UK where she then moved to Canada. My Baba was the toughest women I ever knew, to continue on and survive. With everything that happened to her she should not have lived to an old age yet she lived to 92. She had sort of a forced marriage at the beginning of the war to my great grandfather who beat her and he had an alcohol addiction. She was undoubtedly the toughest women I ever knew and I was very fortunate to have as much time as I did. She died a few years ago.
As soon as I saw this reaction in my recommended, I immediately clicked it. I know how much it affected me, so I thought I knew how you would react. I was wrong. Your sincerity and innocence when the numbers just kept stacking up made me shed a tear or two. The amount of lives sacrificed is absolutely heartbreaking. A history forgotten is a history doomed to be repeated.
Wow that was an amazing video as an American I had no idea of the Russian sacrifices in World War II, and I can only pray a man like Hitler never takes command again... from any country including my own. My the Lord guide us.
There is no family in Russia that has not been affected by war. That's why "Victory Day" (with a parade on Red Square) is still the biggest holiday in Russia on a par with Christmas and New Year
My football coach always said, " do unto others before they do it to you " . It is pretty simple, but it works for me . You can also do good even when you need to do do bad. War is difficult to understand when you have no war to study . Ukraine is now fighting for it life and now every one in Ukraine fully understand war.
I think the ease of international communication & interaction between individuals are what's keeping major wars from happening. Thank God for the internet & other ways it happens! If only those in power had their way, telling civilians only what they wanted them to hear, I think things would be allot worse. Freedom is VERY necessary!
Pretty heavy stuff. Other war related movies viki@ you ladies might be interested to watch for entertainment only. - Black hawk down (2001) - The Wintalkers (2002) - The Hurt Locker (2007) - 13 hours: the secret soldiers of Benghazi. (2016)
now you have another reference point when watching "war movies" ........ always remember that when someone asks you to give up some "freedom" for the "greater good" that "freedom" IS the greater good.
My grand grand father fought this war from Stalingrad to Berlin, and came back alive. He would never talk about it. Not that I would ask..i was 5. But as I grew, i got to know history..People from former soviet countries will never forget. And West is trying so hard to erase us from history. I hope the redemption for my grand grand father and his family will come..or we will bring it
"I met a traveller from an antique land, Who said-“Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. . . . Near them, on the sand, Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed; And on the pedestal, these words appear: My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings; Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair! Nothing beside remains. Round the decay Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away.” - Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelly
Bulgaria lost 22k soldiers and 3k civilians. They had a complicated stance during the war but ultimately joined the allies and declared war on Germany in 44
удивляет, что даже сейчас, когда доступ к любой информации на любом уровне проще, чем когда бы то ни было за всю историю человечества и все население планеты имеет, объективно, неописуемо свободный к ней доступ, все еще есть взрослые люди, которые удивляются этим числам, ДАЖЕ, сук, о солдатах своей страны
@@marinebttlemechanic Given how much Schindler's List has so deeply affected Ellie to the core, I expected that sorrow might resurface more even more vividly, watching this video. I guess, as she says at the end, the statistics of it all can easily hide the reality of the tragedy. But I sincerely admire her effort to try to understand the causes & motives of it all; younger generations can easily dismiss it as "ancient history"; something to be discarded & forgotten.
I'm German and in EVERY family you had people that were killed or crippled or disfigured in the war as a soldier. Even if they came from rural areas that had not much war going on in daily life. Both my grandfathers survived, both were POW, one in France the other in the East. (Both were not in the Nazi party BTW) I'm born 1974 and these people were around. (Not my grandfathers, but still). And you had MILLIONS of people coming in from the East that fled death, torture and rape and experienced it. After the war they were in the neighborhood, in your house. Because of shortage of housing it was mandatory to take people in. Other then the guilt that many or most Germans still have to this day, this death and devastation still runs in the collective and individual psyche. And that is all over Europe and I think this mindset and awe that is still present, when it comes to war, connects the Europeans, but even closer Germans with Russians, Poles and others from the East. I imagine I feel what they feel. Might sound strange, but it was SO major that it might have changed the genes. There is a darkness and depression around these peoples, that we share. But Soviets could cover this hurt with pride, while all Germans had was shame and guilt. Nie wieder Krieg!
You are right about genes. I’m Russian and I’m having some bad feeling about Germans since I was 5 or something like that. I heard stories from my grandpa (he died at the age of 91 last year because of corona virus). His family lost 5 people. Grandma’s family lost 10 people. I’m 22 now, and I understand, that present generations of germans don’t took a part in these crimes. But I steel don’t like them on a subconscious level. There are no winners in this war. And I hope, that it won’t happen again in the future. Never.
Hallo ich habe schon einige Videos won dir gesehen. Du hast meiner Meinung nach ein so großes Herz und mitlied mit jenen die nicht mehr klagen und weinen können. Egal welcher Nation und so. Daran sehe ich oft das gute in dir, aber auch etwas zerbrechliches. Persönlich hoffe ich es zerbricht nie. Ich kenne dich zwar nicht, aber behalte es bei dir. Denn es gibt wenig Menschen in dieser verrückten Zeit die das Herz am richtigen Fleck haben. Ich wünsche dir alles beste in dieser verrückten Welt.
I don't really have any military people in my family, but I'm grateful to those who serve. My family came to the US at the beginning of WW1 because my great grandparents, a German and his Jewish wife, both born and raised in Russia, thought getting out of Europe might be a good idea. The US military, the British military, the Free French, the Canadian military (Canada played a surprisingly large role in the war) and all the brave men and women who fought made people like my ancestors able to be safe and live life.
Канада сыграла большую роль? 😂😂 её даже в графике нет. Ты указал Британию которая окопалась на своём острове, Франция которая сдалась за 40 дней, США которые напали на Германию под конец войны видя, что СССР начали побеждать, а если бы не атака на ПЕРЛ-ХАРБОР то возможно бы и не вступили в войну, но должен признать лендлиз очень помог в войне. И КАНАДА, ахахахахахахаха просто без комментариев. Но ты ни слова не сказал про советских солдат, которые отдали почти 9 миллионов жизней. Все вы западные лицемеры, которые переделываете историю под себя, от того и тошнит от вас. Причём видео вашего производства, но и тут в комментариях вы все под себя переделываете. КАНАДА СЫГРАЛА БОЛЬШУЮ РОЛЬ😂😂 Я не сколько не уменьшаю заслуги ваших прадедов, они тоже герои, кто участвовал в войне, но ваше поколение геев, трансгендеров и нытиков меня разочаровывает. Как бы вы не переделывали историю, правда за нами! И в следующий раз, когда ты будешь вспоминать кто сыграл большую роль в войне против фашизма, ТЫ ДОЛЖЕН СКАЗАТЬ, ЧТО ЭТО СОВЕТСКИЕ СОЛДАТЫ И ИХ СОЮЗНИКИ
War is often a necessary means when other options have failed. I think about the people living in North Korea for example, living without the basic items we take for granted, living in fear of their government, starving due to lack of availability of food or proper medical care. Wars have been fought for humanitarian reasons and not just territorial gains.
There are more movies that you must watch!! 1. Dead Poets Society 2. Glory Road 3. Sully 4. Remember The Titans 5. Seabiscuit 6. Deepwater Horizon 7. The Greatest Game Ever Played 8. Unbroken: Path To Redemption 9. Akeelah And The Bee 10. Patriots Day
One misrepresentation: the targets of US firebombing WERE military, but they were (intentionally) located in civilian centers for a multitude of reasons.
There are a lot of lessons to be learned from that conflict. Tactically, it isn't hard to suggest that one should 'never' surrender. Notice how just as many casualties occur in prison camps as on the front line. Brutality has never been confined to just the warfare itself. About the only place where prisoners were treated fairly, were the POW's that were transported to the U.S. who got three meals a day and weekend movie passes. Important too also understand that bullets and bombs tend to take targets indiscriminately and the causality of civilian deaths are always high. If there are lessons learned as a result of the 'Long Peace' it's that nuclear weapons and trade agreements have a chilling effect on conflicts. There is no benefit to irradiating territory you desire to own and nations are loathe to harm trade partners they profit from.
I feel your tears, tears are the reaction to these numbers that feels appropriate and i have watched some reactions to this video and it almost always hits me. Watching the reactions i always looked out to reactors to realize the time that is ticking at the end of the video. The speaker - therefore Neil Halloran - points out, that now is the time for discissions to make which would ensure peace. The zoomed in time is Novembre, 8th 2016 around 09:07 am - that was the day when the US could have made such a discission. On that specific day USA elected Trump - not that wise to prevent future wars I would think, but I am only a german guy.
"Albert Einstein -"Zwei Dinge sind unendlich, das Universum und die menschliche Dummheit, aber bei dem Universum bin ich mir noch nicht ganz sicher. (Bad Englich) - "Albert Einstein -" Two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, but I'm not quite sure about the universe yet.
I didn't end up crying ultimately, but I can say with certainty that a chill ran up my back seeing the KIA icons just keep going up and up for the USSR with no end in sight
WW2 may not have occurred if strong leaders of democratic nations would have crushed the Nazis early on in 1938 but most of Europe remembered the horrors of WW1 and thought appeasing the Nazis was best until they were to powerful they could not be beaten quickly and with minimal casualties. Strong men make good times, good times make people lazy and selfish and cowardly. Cowards make bad times and bring tyranny upon a nation which brings bondage. Bondage rekindles faith and faith makes strong men. Titler cycle of civilizations.
To ensure world peace these three things must occur in every nation. All must be independent of food, water, and energy. Unfortunately, those that have this in abundance will control those that do not. Each of us albeit if your conservative or liberal know deep down inside this is true. So, if war world 2 has either taught us this or it simply didn't. Nations that are independent of the big 3 should teach those who do not how to achieve this in doing so without imposing their ideology upon them. The big 3 needed for every human in every nation has nothing to do with ideology.
Translate this pls!!! У меня было 5 прадедушек со стороны мамы и папы, 1 из них вернулся, он застрелился, сильно мучился. Моя мама до сих пор плачет когда видит военный фильмы или ветеранов, и парады которые проводят в России в память об этой ужасной войне. Это были мои прадедушки, и я очень зол когда вижу как мерзкие западные политики, нагло врут и переписывают историю, еще и стравили братские народы. Обидно что мои деды погибали в этих гнусных неблагодарных странах, один из прадедов погиб в Польше, освобождая её!
I just found and subbed to the channel. It's outstanding and going to be big. I'm just an old guy from Oklahoma but I might suggest, movie reviews and music. The 3 of you and any of you are so real. No acting and that's great. Just my opinion but looking forward to see more. Great stuff kids
You are beautiful inside out Ellie. Oh, this reminds me of the fantastic movie CONTACT. The name of the heroin is ELLIE... It's by Robert Zemeckis, who did Forrest Gump. I'm not including a trailer because it will spoil the story right away. You will LOVE IT ^^ Contact, 1997, by Robert Zemeckis with Jodie Foster. I also noticed how you insisted that your friend watch Schindler's List - then you cried. You have many feelings to express, on a deeper level. I feel that. :) Love from Paris.
Re: human nature, i think it should be noted that the drastic cost of World War II is due to the fact that the most powerful governments on earth dedicated their entire organizational capacity to the conflict. Every beuracracy and organization, industrial capacity, was centered to war-making ability. Yes wars and deaths will occur but there was a unique moment when world leaders dedicated themselves to a massive blood letting, and we can avoid such a situation if we dedicate ourselves to peace.
Sad thing is that today stuff like being PC or watching not to hurt somebody's feelings or insult them lots of people who simply did not experienced stuff like WW2 (I was in a war but nowhere near one like ww2 but Yugoslav in 1990s).... and making history "happier and happier" will make people simply forget on how some stuff can make so big destruction and people simply think it could never happen to them today..... and people in 1930s and 1940s thought the same (remember America only joined WW2 because they were attacked)....
One thing that irritates me about Hitler is that he was Jewish himself. His brother hated him so much that he changed his last name from Hitler to Hilner so noone would know they were related. One his nephews hated him so much that he came to America and joined the American military machine to fight against him. War is really nothing more than population control, if a man dies in combat, he can't go home and make babies with his wife. I studied a lot of this information when I was in college and I have to tell you these numbers sound worse and worse as I grow older. I am a combat soldier myself. I served 2 tours, back to back in Viet Nam so I know what combat is like. If you want to know what internment camps were like here in America, check out Wikipedia Japanese Americans 1942. These people were imprisoned just because their parents were from Japan.
This one got to me. Every time you seemed emotional, I started getting emotional. Sad how we treat each other. So much death... for what?! Feed Love! Starve hate. 🤘
if you want to know why Hitler was persuasive and people were doing these horrible things check professor Petersons video: Jordan B Peterson: You Probably Would Have Been a Nazi ...and another thing ...when people talk about the inevitability of wars I alwas remember Ayn Rand's quote: If all people all around the world were selfish enough, there would be no wars. And I agree with it... my life is more important than some stupid feud between countries.
The point that was made, that most of us have enjoyed almost 80 years of peace, without large-scale total is astounding, possibly this was due to people who lived through WWII remembering how horrible it was. We need to try to keep the memory of how awful total war can be alive, perhaps if nothing else to help prevent another such war. No future total war will like any in the past - nuclear weapons will see to that. Their immense destructive power has profound consequences far beyond has been seen in any prior conflicts. The concept of a multi-year nuclear winter has modelled, studied, and more-or-less validated. If such a war occurs, followed by several years of high summer temperatures in 0 - 5 deg C range, coupled with near total darkness would mean at the very least anything remotely resembling civilization will be gone, and perhaps humanity with it. We all had better hope that we can control our "leaders" so that any potential progeny we might have will have a world worth living in.
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2:55 Ellie this here is what you already saw at the beginning of _Saving Private Ryan_ , the Omaha Beach assault on D-Day.
“The first time it was reported that our friends were being butchered there was a cry of horror. Then a hundred were butchered. But when a thousand were butchered and there was no end to the butchery, a blanket of silence spread. When evil-doing comes like falling rain, nobody calls out "stop!"
When crimes begin to pile up they become invisible. When sufferings become unendurable the cries are no longer heard. The cries, too, fall like rain in summer.” - Bertold Brecht -
Everytime I watch someone react to this I can't help but wonder. In all those millions upon millions of lost lives, what have we denied ourselves. What great scientist, doctors, artist, musicians, philosophers, have we missed out on. Was the person who would go on to cure cancer killed in a concentration camp. Was the next Mozart killed on a French beach.
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The sad thing is tough. It goes both ways. How many "Hitlers" might have died in the war? We will never know. All we do know is that we should do everything we can to never see such times again.
Думаю Вы все правы.
i agree. what if i invited a time machine and was able to kill hitler. but it actually mad the world worse.
All because one little austrian man got rejected from art school 😡
I am Russian, my grandfather went through the Battle of Stalingrad, survived and was able to go through the whole war, do not forget how many of our lives we put on the altar of victory
People also forget the Battle of Kursk, where the Soviet armored divisions broke the back of the German tank divisions. The Soviets lost 60% of their entire tank force in that single battle, a fact not revealed until after the end of the Soviet era. That was the magnitude of the sacrifice Russian tank crews made to defeat the Nazis.
After Kursk, the Germans never mounted another major offensive attack in the east, and retreated continuously until the end of the war.
let's go stalin
we as the western world often believe D-day was the turning point of WWII, but I credit the Russians (and your grandfather) during the battle of Stalingrad as the turning point. The battle of Kursk also played its role as well, took so many tank divisions out of the war.
I’m American with German lineage, had a great grandfather fighting for the Germans in Stalingrad, one of the few who was able to be airlifted out after being shot in the right leg. I don’t condone or support what atrocities were committed but I respect his bravery to fight as well as any soldier who risked their life for their country.
@@really_dont_know1681 did your grandfather fight with the Wehrmacht? If so then I also applaud him, as they (did not agree with Hitler’s agenda) were one of the best armies and very skilled. Both sides had their amazing heroes and stories just like the US.
There's a line from Captain Kirk in Star Trek: Into Darkness that I really love; "There will always be those who mean to do us harm, to stop them we risk awakening the same evil within ourselves."
My grandfather was very cheerfull person, allways kind and positive. I sometimes tried to ask him about the war but he would never answer and just laugh it off or told "another time". He never drunk, but once he did, and I mentioned the war again. Never ever have I seen him so stuned, he looked like completly another person, he told me something about the horror, the constant fear of sharp sounds and some phrases and moments that he alwayes remembered better than what he ate for the breakfast. This was a shoking conversation. (That's what my mother told me about her grandfather).
if you’re interested in WWII you HAVE TO watch the movie Downfall. It’s about Hitlers last moments in his bunker and it’s incredibly well done in terms of historical accuracy. One of the best foreign films ever made, highly recommend it.
This!! Simply epic movie.
Agree really good movie
Would be nice, but RUclips being cucktube, they won’t allow it lol
@@dennischapman8683 not true, Hitler memes are still going strong and being monetized lol
@@Dustyholes well I’ll believe it when I see it, I haven’t seen 1 person react to the film
I think the farther away from people who were in WW2 the harder it is for people to come to grips with just how big an event it was.
I'm older so I had a direct connection to 3 family members who were in the military in WW2.
My Mother was a US Navy WAVE. My Uncle was in a LST landing ship in the Pacific. My 1st Cousin was a US Army infantryman in the Pacific. Beyond that I knew several men who were also in WW2.
Just about everybody had something to do with WW2. From the military to the civilians working in factories, scrap metal drives, buying war bonds, even planting gardens to make ends meet.
Having this close connection with people who were there makes it a lot easier to wrap your head around.
True. I wish Holocaust deniers would realize this.
And we now have world governments discussing how to best repeal the Nuremberg Code 'for our own good'. How swiftly we forget.
You only need to go through the streets of major German cities. The attack vectors of Allied bomber squads are clearly visible in many of them. On one side, you have buildings from in Art Nouveau, Art Déco, on the other side you have quickly raised functional buildings from the early 1950s. The consequences of the war are etched into the German land- and cityscape.
@@tucci06 "True. I wish Holocaust deniers would realize this."
That's not the point of the denial.
They do it because they wish Germany had won and continued it.
ie they are Nazi sympathizers.
I also come from the generation after WWII. So my father and the majority of my uncles were in the War. I think our generation grew up with an enduring collective memory of the War -- I cannot remember a time when I did not know about it. And then there was the Cold War, but that is another story. . .
My grandfathers in the New Zealand 🇳🇿 Army, 28th Maori Battalion (Charlie company) who served in El Alamein Egypt 🇪🇬, Greece 🇬🇷, Italy 🇮🇹, and finally Nazi Germany 🇩🇪 were most likely on this list 😔 😢😭😖😣 even after 76 years I still think about what they’ve done for our country. Now they are dead in European battlefields. And their mothers and fathers wept when they did not return home 🏠.
Respect to you forefathers. Its always a righteous memory to know, *we* descend from titans.
@@CrazyNikel thank you brother, Respect to USA 🇺🇸! From NZ 🇳🇿 Kia kaha
My grandmother was the youngest of 5 children and the other 4 were older brothers, all 4 died during WW2 and I still remember the days when she would tell me stories about them and gaze far away as tears would flow down her face. All in all my grandparents lost 12 Siblings and to this day I don't understand the need or the reason for any wars now.
there are only wars because people want to be free.
If everyone would accept political slavery, there would be no wars.
@@Hiraghm spoken like a person who truly has no idea, most wars are started because of certain political agenda.
Freedom and war are not the same, just because I have freedom of speech does not mean I can abuse the person next to me.
Are you from Russia?
@@gs043420 I am not, why do you ask?
@@sanzharkurmanguzhin1328 Because since Russians suffered the most casualties and every family had lost a person, I thought from your grandma side that you might be from former Soviet Union.
Thank you Ellie, I so appreciate your tears as you hurt for those who are hurting or lost!
You are such a lovely empathetic human being and I love watching your emotions be let out without barriers. It gives me hope for humanity.
This video is devastating, but everyone needs to see it. We should never forget how truly horrible war is.
I've seen this at least a dozen times at that staggering number representing millions of deaths hits me every single time
@@artsysabs That just means you're human. Those kinds of numbers are unbelievable.
We should not be afraid to stand against evil. No matter how many lives are lost. The sacrifices we make for freedom and for good, outweigh our individual lives.
My grandfather was 19 when he was conscripted. He committed suicide in 1991 after suffering from severe PTSD coz of which my grandma left him and married another man
I love how genuine your reactions are. This is the only reaction channel i watch
"I do not know how the third world war will be fought, but I can tell you what they will use in the fourth......sticks and stones." Albert Einstein
Huh duuuuur Insert quote everyone knows
@@Trollofox That was unnecessarily aggressive.
I mean its possible ww3 will be fought by nuclear power and destroy all mankind with nothing left that why stone and sticks will be fought after those destruction of ww3
This is why movies like "Saving Private Ryan", "Schindler's List" and the miniseries "Band of Brothers" are so important in telling the story of what happened. This December 7th will be the 80th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, almost all of that generation are not around anymore to tell their stories. One story I always wished someone would tell with a major motion picture would be about the 100th Infantry Battalion/442nd Regimental Combat Team. The regiment is known as the most decorated in U.S. military history and was composed almost entirely of second-generation American soldiers of Japanese ancestry during WWII. All the soldiers were volunteers even though many had their families in interment camps back in the U.S. during the war.
There are two films entitled "Go For Broke" (1951 and 2017) and "Only the Brave" (2006). Three great-uncles of mine served in the 100th/442nd. Reaction vloggers should really look into the TV documentary series, "The World at War".
Don’t forget the pacific, criminally underrated
'' Come and see ''.
@johan 2 Or Grave of the Fireflies.
Beautiful, but absolutely horrific.
@@craigtalbott731 I've seen the original "Go For Broke" and "Only the Brave", how is the new "Go For Broke" movie?
My graet grandfather was a cheif of textile factory in Serpukhov (town near Moscow). He was voluntarily consripted in red army. Went through the whole war. And was killed during the seige of keningsberg. My grandma (his doughter) showed me his letters from the front. The last letter was few moments before red army conquering kenigsberg. He wright to wife "hug all my daughters, I'm going to fight, here is hell"
Seeing Ellie watch and cry over serious topics is absolutely the humane reaction that I wanted to see, which is the reason why I subscribed in the first place before reaching 100k subs. I hope that you enjoy your days all throughout your life and to those around you Ellie, in a world where fighting comes first before peace.
crocodile tears LMAO
@@epicshooters1000 it's not that kind of a cry...
If you ever meet a World War II veteran/survivor, thank them and listen to their stories (if they’re comfortable doing so).
As the saying goes, those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
The sad fact is, as the people who endured this war die, the lessons learned are forgotten, making it more likely another war will occur. So history teaches us.
A history forgotten is a history doomed to be repeated.
We are in a global information war right now! It has cost many, many lives already!
@@suprchickn7745 lmao welp thats proof right there. I gave a paragraph-long reponse to you about the corrupt things our governments are doing regarding covid propaganda and implementing tactics used by communist regimes and youtube immediately deleted it. Guess you'll have to use your imagination what those could be.
Unless you erase history, which is what the West is trying to do.
Thank you so much for watching this, now you can maybe understand the scale of WW2 a bit more.
I know it is kinda sad, but the ending part gives a smile at least. 😉
I just know that the video is something worth watching, not for fun or entertaining, but for all the souls lost in WW2. 😐
Please watch the German Movie „Stalingrad“. A true Masterpiece.
Yes, would like to see that. There´s no heroism in German movies about the war. It shows the horrors of soldiers, trying to survive.
You're so beautiful, and you display so much empathy! I've watched that video many times, and I'm always moved by it... but I seldom shed any tears. I sure did while watching it with you though. It's very comforting and cathartic to have a nice, quiet little cry with a kind stranger. It makes me feel a little connection to the rest of humanity, and that can seem like it's in short supply on some days. Lovely video, good work!
Ellie u should check out some of the oversimplified videos.
Thank you for reacting to this!! Nothing but respect and love! 🙏🏽💯
My grandpa fought in WW2 he never was the same again I Salute the soldiers who Sacrifice for our Liberty and freedom
every men that fought WW2 is a stud , the amount of horror those dudes saw is unimaginable , let's hope there's never a conflict like that ever again , those numbers are shocking :/
World War III is coming.
I still remember that when i was young my grandmother sometimes talked about her relationship to my grandfather and the hard time being seperated from him, not knowing if he is still alive. But he never returned. Short bevore the war ended he died in a conzentrationcamp.
There is something about 27 million civilians died in USSR during this war. We can’t know exactly even now. You can now feel our pain. Every family lost somebody. Mine lost 10 people. The fact that I’m exist know is a miracle.
You should react to the movie called Windtalkers, it’s about the Navajo code talkers who used their language due to the Japanese being unfamiliar with the language of the Navajo tribe
Good suggestion!
I would recommend watching some documentaries about the Navajo code talkers instead of the movie. The movie was a bit of a disappointment. It was more about Nicholas Cages character than it was about the accomplishments of the code talkers. That's my opinion anyway.
@@billrab1890 Yeah, it's been a while, but that sounds like good advice. Being a history freak, I did both! I forget others don't pick the true story and leave the Hollywood part!
We too often grow desensitized to the reality of such numbers. Each death from that war, took effort. We often look at the numbers, overtime growing used to seeing them, but we continue to fail to comprehend that EVERY single death, EVERY single individual, a person, someone who came from a mother, who knew what love is in their life, was taken from this world by effort. 70 million people don’t just disappear at the blink of an eye, and for it to happen within only six years truly continues to outdo our wildest imaginations to understand the nature of war. I read a comment earlier from this video, in which the person stated; “If we were to take a second of silence for every single person, who was killed in WWII. We would be silent for 2.8 years.” Even we can barely imagine ourselves doing something like that.
When I realizing, that there is THE WHOLE LIFE under EVERY number. It was guy like me, who died in his 22. I’m just crying now.
Привет из России, я очень рад что наши братья и сёстры всё ещё помнят тот подвиг который совершили наши деды!
Your leader was Evil
@@Agony-co4pd and Americans elected an imbecile…. What’s your point?
There is a quote from Edwin stars war :” war I despise because it means destruction of innocent lives war means tears to thousands of mothers eyes when their sons go to fight and lose their lives.”
-“ Life is the only thing that is precious to be fighting wars these days, war can’t give life It can only take it away.”
Much love to you and thank you for showing us this ❤ ... there is a great saying "Those who forget the past risk the past coming back". Only by remembering the futility of past wars do we have a chance to stop them happening again.
It died more Soviet soldiers during the war than there are people in my entire country. Think about that.
I got bullied in school when I was 17, I wanted nothing better then to join the army and become a strong man and a soldier . I thought that I can overcome the bully rather than become the bully. 😔
You're on the right track man ! They'll regret it when they noticed that you've risked your life for your country
@@rooseveltingudam6354 🌺🌹🌷🍑🍍🍉 thank you brother, I didn’t know how to live with myself at that place in that time of my life. Unemployed, unskilled, I was not ready for the world but I felt I had to do something!!
@@rooseveltingudam6354 I dropped out of school at year 11 I just could not do it.
@@jimmysmith5418 All you have to do is look forward into your future , never think you're less than others , be yourself ! You have the will to join the army ! Just do it , BTW my aim is to join army , same as u 😉
@@rooseveltingudam6354 ☺️☺️ fingers crossed 🤞 brother, I intend to enroll myself into the Australian army defence Force Academy next year 😉
I’m of polish and British ancestry. On my British side I lost at least 5 members of my family and I say at least cause sadly some were never retrieved. On my polish side it was much sadder. My “Baba” as we called her was forcibly taken from her family and they were all taken by the Germans. We were not Jewish yet my family was still taken. The Germans took her forcibly from her parents forced her on a train and took her to a labour camp. (Separated from her family) where she was forced to work a German officer told her when she was a teenager she wasn’t working hard enough and nearly beaten to death by him with a baton. She was blinded in one eye for nine months. They didn’t feed them and she was starved. The camp where she was interned was targeted by the allies and was bombed she was fortunate enough not to be killed. She was then able to escape and was rescued by the allies photos show her looking like a living skeleton. She was not willing to return to Poland once hearing of what the soviets were doing. The rest of my polish family other then my Baba were killed. She fled on a dingy to the UK soon after. While in the labour camp she gave birth to my grandma. (In Germany). They then made it on a cruddy dingy to the UK where she then moved to Canada. My Baba was the toughest women I ever knew, to continue on and survive. With everything that happened to her she should not have lived to an old age yet she lived to 92. She had sort of a forced marriage at the beginning of the war to my great grandfather who beat her and he had an alcohol addiction. She was undoubtedly the toughest women I ever knew and I was very fortunate to have as much time as I did. She died a few years ago.
May she rest in peace.
As soon as I saw this reaction in my recommended, I immediately clicked it. I know how much it affected me, so I thought I knew how you would react. I was wrong. Your sincerity and innocence when the numbers just kept stacking up made me shed a tear or two. The amount of lives sacrificed is absolutely heartbreaking.
A history forgotten is a history doomed to be repeated.
Thank you for caring enough to learn these facts. War has a horrendous cost and those who don't know their history are doomed to repeat it!
I watched the original video and many reactions to it. But she made me cry like a baby.
Greetings from germany ❤️
Wow that was an amazing video as an American I had no idea of the Russian sacrifices in World War II, and I can only pray a man like Hitler never takes command again... from any country including my own. My the Lord guide us.
There is no family in Russia that has not been affected by war. That's why "Victory Day" (with a parade on Red Square) is still the biggest holiday in Russia on a par with Christmas and New Year
My football coach always said, " do unto others before they do it to you " . It is pretty simple, but it works for me . You can also do good even when you need to do do bad. War is difficult to understand when you have no war to study . Ukraine is now fighting for it life and now every one in Ukraine fully understand war.
"The world at War" 1973 is great too
I knew this one was going to be rough for poor Ellie ❤
This may be the most important video ever uploaded on RUclips
Thank you for your sincere reaction.
Eternal memory to the fallen 🔥
If you want the RAWEST WW2 film react to "Come and See".
Makes you understand why Poland has become one of the largest Militaries in Europe. They took “never again” to heart
I think the ease of international communication & interaction between individuals are what's keeping major wars from happening. Thank God for the internet & other ways it happens! If only those in power had their way, telling civilians only what they wanted them to hear, I think things would be allot worse. Freedom is VERY necessary!
I recommend the soviet film "Come and See". It shows the events of WW2 in eastern europe from the perspective of a 14 year old boy.
This is important for everyone to see so we NEVER EVER allow this to happen again 🙏❤️🙏
Pretty heavy stuff. Other war related movies viki@ you ladies might be interested to watch for entertainment only.
- Black hawk down (2001)
- The Wintalkers (2002)
- The Hurt Locker (2007)
- 13 hours: the secret soldiers of Benghazi. (2016)
now you have another reference point when watching "war movies" ........ always remember that when someone asks you to give up some "freedom" for the "greater good" that "freedom" IS the greater good.
There are positive freedoms and negative freedoms. Your comment removes any and all nuance.
@@mechanomics2649 folks who speak of "nuance" often do so from behind fences, walls and bars ........ just sayin'
My grand grand father fought this war from Stalingrad to Berlin, and came back alive. He would never talk about it. Not that I would ask..i was 5. But as I grew, i got to know history..People from former soviet countries will never forget. And West is trying so hard to erase us from history. I hope the redemption for my grand grand father and his family will come..or we will bring it
"I met a traveller from an antique land,
Who said-“Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. . . . Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed;
And on the pedestal, these words appear:
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings;
Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.”
- Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelly
"This is what you have wrought! Countless murderers, slayers, assassins; born of a war that has, as always, taught the wrong lesson..."
- Kreia -
Bulgaria lost 22k soldiers and 3k civilians. They had a complicated stance during the war but ultimately joined the allies and declared war on Germany in 44
удивляет, что даже сейчас, когда доступ к любой информации на любом уровне проще, чем когда бы то ни было за всю историю человечества и все население планеты имеет, объективно, неописуемо свободный к ней доступ, все еще есть взрослые люди, которые удивляются этим числам, ДАЖЕ, сук, о солдатах своей страны
As a fictional killing machine once said "It's in your nature to destroy yourselves".
I thought this might upset you a whole lot more than it did, Ellie. But it got you thinking about why/how it all came about, it seems? Good for you.
How upset did you expect?
@@marinebttlemechanic Given how much Schindler's List has so deeply affected Ellie to the core, I expected that sorrow might resurface more even more vividly, watching this video. I guess, as she says at the end, the statistics of it all can easily hide the reality of the tragedy. But I sincerely admire her effort to try to understand the causes & motives of it all; younger generations can easily dismiss it as "ancient history"; something to be discarded & forgotten.
@@gazlator Thats fair. Nice explanation as I was honestly curious.
@@gazlator I really think this video should be shown as a part of a unit on WW2 to help understand the scale of it.
My grandfather was sniper in WW2. We will never forget fallen in that war.
God I cannot resist a pretty woman with an Eastern European accent. These chicks are just stunning. Goddess-like.
Japanese, Please
@@Fettigkeit wtf?
@@Fettigkeit hahahahahaga
I'm German and in EVERY family you had people that were killed or crippled or disfigured in the war as a soldier. Even if they came from rural areas that had not much war going on in daily life. Both my grandfathers survived, both were POW, one in France the other in the East. (Both were not in the Nazi party BTW)
I'm born 1974 and these people were around. (Not my grandfathers, but still). And you had MILLIONS of people coming in from the East that fled death, torture and rape and experienced it. After the war they were in the neighborhood, in your house. Because of shortage of housing it was mandatory to take people in.
Other then the guilt that many or most Germans still have to this day, this death and devastation still runs in the collective and individual psyche. And that is all over Europe and I think this mindset and awe that is still present, when it comes to war, connects the Europeans, but even closer Germans with Russians, Poles and others from the East. I imagine I feel what they feel. Might sound strange, but it was SO major that it might have changed the genes. There is a darkness and depression around these peoples, that we share. But Soviets could cover this hurt with pride, while all Germans had was shame and guilt.
Nie wieder Krieg!
You are right about genes. I’m Russian and I’m having some bad feeling about Germans since I was 5 or something like that. I heard stories from my grandpa (he died at the age of 91 last year because of corona virus). His family lost 5 people. Grandma’s family lost 10 people. I’m 22 now, and I understand, that present generations of germans don’t took a part in these crimes. But I steel don’t like them on a subconscious level. There are no winners in this war. And I hope, that it won’t happen again in the future. Never.
Hallo ich habe schon einige Videos won dir gesehen. Du hast meiner Meinung nach ein so großes Herz und mitlied mit jenen die nicht mehr klagen und weinen können. Egal welcher Nation und so. Daran sehe ich oft das gute in dir, aber auch etwas zerbrechliches. Persönlich hoffe ich es zerbricht nie. Ich kenne dich zwar nicht, aber behalte es bei dir. Denn es gibt wenig Menschen in dieser verrückten Zeit die das Herz am richtigen Fleck haben. Ich wünsche dir alles beste in dieser verrückten Welt.
7 Vorfahren von mir liegen allein in Stalingrad oder sind dort vermißt. Zivile Familienopfer nicht mit gezählt.
I'm glad ( if that's the right word) you were the 1 from your group to react to this. Respect
RIP
To the military and civilians who were killed during World War II
My late grandfather used to say: " A war is worse place than hell. Why? Because there are no innocents in hell"
reaction to movie "Battle for Sevastopol" this is an incredible film about WWII
I don't really have any military people in my family, but I'm grateful to those who serve. My family came to the US at the beginning of WW1 because my great grandparents, a German and his Jewish wife, both born and raised in Russia, thought getting out of Europe might be a good idea. The US military, the British military, the Free French, the Canadian military (Canada played a surprisingly large role in the war) and all the brave men and women who fought made people like my ancestors able to be safe and live life.
Канада сыграла большую роль? 😂😂 её даже в графике нет. Ты указал Британию которая окопалась на своём острове, Франция которая сдалась за 40 дней, США которые напали на Германию под конец войны видя, что СССР начали побеждать, а если бы не атака на ПЕРЛ-ХАРБОР то возможно бы и не вступили в войну, но должен признать лендлиз очень помог в войне. И КАНАДА, ахахахахахахаха просто без комментариев. Но ты ни слова не сказал про советских солдат, которые отдали почти 9 миллионов жизней. Все вы западные лицемеры, которые переделываете историю под себя, от того и тошнит от вас.
Причём видео вашего производства, но и тут в комментариях вы все под себя переделываете. КАНАДА СЫГРАЛА БОЛЬШУЮ РОЛЬ😂😂
Я не сколько не уменьшаю заслуги ваших прадедов, они тоже герои, кто участвовал в войне, но ваше поколение геев, трансгендеров и нытиков меня разочаровывает. Как бы вы не переделывали историю, правда за нами!
И в следующий раз, когда ты будешь вспоминать кто сыграл большую роль в войне против фашизма, ТЫ ДОЛЖЕН СКАЗАТЬ, ЧТО ЭТО СОВЕТСКИЕ СОЛДАТЫ И ИХ СОЮЗНИКИ
War is often a necessary means when other options have failed. I think about the people living in North Korea for example, living without the basic items we take for granted, living in fear of their government, starving due to lack of availability of food or proper medical care. Wars have been fought for humanitarian reasons and not just territorial gains.
Peace in Europe has officially ended.
There are more movies that you must watch!!
1. Dead Poets Society
2. Glory Road
3. Sully
4. Remember The Titans
5. Seabiscuit
6. Deepwater Horizon
7. The Greatest Game Ever Played
8. Unbroken: Path To Redemption
9. Akeelah And The Bee
10. Patriots Day
One misrepresentation: the targets of US firebombing WERE military, but they were (intentionally) located in civilian centers for a multitude of reasons.
"civilian centers" like the whole of dresden? lol
There are a lot of lessons to be learned from that conflict. Tactically, it isn't hard to suggest that one should 'never' surrender. Notice how just as many casualties occur in prison camps as on the front line. Brutality has never been confined to just the warfare itself. About the only place where prisoners were treated fairly, were the POW's that were transported to the U.S. who got three meals a day and weekend movie passes. Important too also understand that bullets and bombs tend to take targets indiscriminately and the causality of civilian deaths are always high. If there are lessons learned as a result of the 'Long Peace' it's that nuclear weapons and trade agreements have a chilling effect on conflicts. There is no benefit to irradiating territory you desire to own and nations are loathe to harm trade partners they profit from.
I feel your tears, tears are the reaction to these numbers that feels appropriate and i have watched some reactions to this video and it almost always hits me. Watching the reactions i always looked out to reactors to realize the time that is ticking at the end of the video. The speaker - therefore Neil Halloran - points out, that now is the time for discissions to make which would ensure peace. The zoomed in time is Novembre, 8th 2016 around 09:07 am - that was the day when the US could have made such a discission. On that specific day USA elected Trump - not that wise to prevent future wars I would think, but I am only a german guy.
"Albert Einstein -"Zwei Dinge sind unendlich, das Universum und die menschliche Dummheit, aber bei dem Universum bin ich mir noch nicht ganz sicher.
(Bad Englich) -
"Albert Einstein -" Two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, but I'm not quite sure about the universe yet.
You have such a visceral and transparent reaction. I appreciate it.
watch the movie "come and see"
Film: "Brest Fortress" is the first Soviet city that took the hit of the Nazis
I didn't end up crying ultimately, but I can say with certainty that a chill ran up my back seeing the KIA icons just keep going up and up for the USSR with no end in sight
I think parts of the world think Europe has not endured suffering like other parts of the world I think this tells a different story never forget
WW2 may not have occurred if strong leaders of democratic nations would have crushed the Nazis early on in 1938 but most of Europe remembered the horrors of WW1 and thought appeasing the Nazis was best until they were to powerful they could not be beaten quickly and with minimal casualties. Strong men make good times, good times make people lazy and selfish and cowardly. Cowards make bad times and bring tyranny upon a nation which brings bondage. Bondage rekindles faith and faith makes strong men. Titler cycle of civilizations.
On the topic of how this can happen at all, there is a film based on real events, called "The Wave (2008)
To ensure world peace these three things must occur in every nation. All must be independent of food, water, and energy. Unfortunately, those that have this in abundance will control those that do not. Each of us albeit if your conservative or liberal know deep down inside this is true. So, if war world 2 has either taught us this or it simply didn't. Nations that are independent of the big 3 should teach those who do not how to achieve this in doing so without imposing their ideology upon them. The big 3 needed for every human in every nation has nothing to do with ideology.
Translate this pls!!! У меня было 5 прадедушек со стороны мамы и папы, 1 из них вернулся, он застрелился, сильно мучился. Моя мама до сих пор плачет когда видит военный фильмы или ветеранов, и парады которые проводят в России в память об этой ужасной войне. Это были мои прадедушки, и я очень зол когда вижу как мерзкие западные политики, нагло врут и переписывают историю, еще и стравили братские народы. Обидно что мои деды погибали в этих гнусных неблагодарных странах, один из прадедов погиб в Польше, освобождая её!
I am totally in love with Ellie. Dammit.
Saint-Petersburg STANDS Forever (Leningrad) ! Никто не забыт - ни что не забыто!
I just found and subbed to the channel. It's outstanding and going to be big. I'm just an old guy from Oklahoma but I might suggest, movie reviews and music. The 3 of you and any of you are so real. No acting and that's great. Just my opinion but looking forward to see more. Great stuff kids
You are beautiful inside out Ellie.
Oh, this reminds me of the fantastic movie CONTACT. The name of the heroin is ELLIE...
It's by Robert Zemeckis, who did Forrest Gump. I'm not including a trailer because it will spoil the story right away. You will LOVE IT ^^
Contact, 1997, by Robert Zemeckis with Jodie Foster.
I also noticed how you insisted that your friend watch Schindler's List - then you cried. You have many feelings to express, on a deeper level. I feel that. :)
Love from Paris.
Re: human nature, i think it should be noted that the drastic cost of World War II is due to the fact that the most powerful governments on earth dedicated their entire organizational capacity to the conflict. Every beuracracy and organization, industrial capacity, was centered to war-making ability. Yes wars and deaths will occur but there was a unique moment when world leaders dedicated themselves to a massive blood letting, and we can avoid such a situation if we dedicate ourselves to peace.
Ellie, YOU HAVE TO WATCH THESE MOVIES!
-Downfall “der untergang”
-Valkyrie 2008
That Red Army column just never ends.
Sad thing is that today stuff like being PC or watching not to hurt somebody's feelings or insult them lots of people who simply did not experienced stuff like WW2 (I was in a war but nowhere near one like ww2 but Yugoslav in 1990s).... and making history "happier and happier" will make people simply forget on how some stuff can make so big destruction and people simply think it could never happen to them today..... and people in 1930s and 1940s thought the same (remember America only joined WW2 because they were attacked)....
One thing that irritates me about Hitler is that he was Jewish himself. His brother hated him so much that he changed his last name from Hitler to Hilner so noone would know they were related. One his nephews hated him so much that he came to America and joined the American military machine to fight against him. War is really nothing more than population control, if a man dies in combat, he can't go home and make babies with his wife. I studied a lot of this information when I was in college and I have to tell you these numbers sound worse and worse as I grow older. I am a combat soldier myself. I served 2 tours, back to back in Viet Nam so I know what combat is like. If you want to know what internment camps were like here in America, check out Wikipedia Japanese Americans 1942. These people were imprisoned just because their parents were from Japan.
I wish you would have reacted to this with the other members of the crew. I hope the rest of them will react to this together.
This one got to me. Every time you seemed emotional, I started getting emotional. Sad how we treat each other. So much death... for what?!
Feed Love! Starve hate. 🤘
if you want to know why Hitler was persuasive and people were doing these horrible things check professor Petersons video: Jordan B Peterson: You Probably Would Have Been a Nazi
...and another thing ...when people talk about the inevitability of wars I alwas remember Ayn Rand's quote: If all people all around the world were selfish enough, there would be no wars. And I agree with it... my life is more important than some stupid feud between countries.
Tension between the US and China is scary.
The point that was made, that most of us have enjoyed almost 80 years of peace, without large-scale total is astounding, possibly this was due to people who lived through WWII remembering how horrible it was. We need to try to keep the memory of how awful total war can be alive, perhaps if nothing else to help prevent another such war. No future total war will like any in the past - nuclear weapons will see to that. Their immense destructive power has profound consequences far beyond has been seen in any prior conflicts. The concept of a multi-year nuclear winter has modelled, studied, and more-or-less validated. If such a war occurs, followed by several years of high summer temperatures in 0 - 5 deg C range, coupled with near total darkness would mean at the very least anything remotely resembling civilization will be gone, and perhaps humanity with it. We all had better hope that we can control our "leaders" so that any potential progeny we might have will have a world worth living in.
2:55 Ellie this here is what you already saw at the beginning of _Saving Private Ryan_ , the Omaha Beach assault on D-Day.