World War II: The Panzer - Full Documentary
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‘The Panzer’ the history of Germany’s legendary ‘Battle Tanks’ during the Second World War.
With veterans of the ‘Panzertruppe’ this film documents with accuracy, the development and effects the various marks of Panzer through vivid recollections, depicts the experiences shared by crews, of going into battle in their steel chariots, knowing perfectly well that within one blazing moment, their tanks could become steel coffins.
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One of the best, most even handed presentations on WW2 tanks I've seen! No tank was romanticized...it was based on data & analysis. Well done!
As all things should be
Hmm, I romanticise the big cats? Regardless of stats!
Another f"n idiot see above
It sure as hell was not. Panzer 1 was not armed with mg34s. The Germans used 38T tanks with the panzer 1, 2, and later with 3&4. Right from the beginning this shows that this was not well researched
I think it is hard to overstate how much of an advantage Guderian's ideas gave the Wehrmacht at the start of the war. The idea of integrating recon, armored units and close air support via radio was something that no one had really tried on a doctrinal scale before. In addition, despite the totalitarian nature of the Nazis, German field commanders were given much more initiative than their Allied counterparts. Whereas a German commander could make decisions to exploit a battlefield situation, an Allied commander had to call to higher ups, some of which might involve actual telephone communications and could take hours or even days (for some French units). By the time orders came back down to Allied commanders, the rapidly changing battlefield had rendered those orders obsolete.
Air support was the other key feature where the Germans were way ahead of times. The Luftwaffe was the first air force to really pioneer the idea of keeping close air support 'on station' so to speak. In other words, have close air support on stand by or even airborne to respond immediately to requests from the army. This allowed the Germans to mass CAS when and where it was most needed and provided a definitive advantage in the Battle of France.
Nowadays, at least in the US Army, we take these factors more or less for granted. Close air support is almost always on standby during combat operations, with everything from helicopters to fighter bombers stacked up and waiting if needed. Radios are distributed down to the fireteam level in many cases and everyone from the lowest private to the Company Commander is trained to get on the radio and report information, call for medevac and call for fire support (theoretically anyway). Recon units report to their headquarters via radio in real time. Even today, this gives the US Army significant advantages over many enemies.
Back then, the ideas were truly revolutionary. When you sit back and realize that, it's not nearly as surprising how quickly the Germans destroyed the French and British.
Janson Media has some good stuff. I enjoyed this documentary very much.
First,the Panzers "practiced" in Poland,then they outsmarted the Allies in France!Love the teamwork a tank crew shared!
my uncle perished at Falaise, with Canadians...my other uncle was in Belgium..thanks for the footage, I oftened wondered what it was like, now I seen..
Tanks for sharing this docu!
Damn! With jokes like that no wonder your middle name is “Wild”! 😜
THANK YOU GREAT DOCUMENTARY LOVED THE OLD COMBAT FOOTAGE.
Thankyou for a great documentary 👍
The evolution of armor was impressive in regards to the Russo-German War during WWII. Tanks were the solution for the meat grinder tactics of trench warfare. Although the British invented the tank in WW1, It was the German lighting war tactics in the opening stages of WW2 that demonstrated the proper application of mechanized assets on the battle field. This being not the best or worse of documentaries, told the overall story, as if they had read about it somewhere. Modern documentaries are generally free of the mindset of those times, but they often fail in capturing the smaller details. I have been somewhat fascinated with WWII since the 1980's. I too have only learned what happened by the tales of those that witnessed it all. The old books on the subject, retain that old generation's perspective. The more perspectives I have watched, heard, and read, has taught me that no one documentary can get it all. This one did a fair job of tank evolution in Germany during WW2. It seem the narrator would gloss over the few interviews they could scrounge up. I learned that the panzerkampfwagon II was difficult to steer. I learned that Soviet infantry used a device called a tank can. Both of these facts from the interview portions of this documentary.
The window for getting more of these kinds of interviews is almost shut.
1.) Battle of Cambrai, August 1917, 376 British Mark IV tanks used, first use of preregistered artillery; 2.) Battle of Amiens, August 1918, use of aerial reconnaisance and attack, surprise pre-targeted intense artillery bombardment, large numbers of both light and heavy tanks (British Mark V) and armored cars, with cavalry follow up, it engulfed 5 German divisions and resulted in over 16,000 German soldiers surrendering as well as nearly 14,000 German dead and wounded. Then German Chief of Staff Paul von Hindenburg noted how the Allies had used aerial recon. to pre-target both their lines of communication (to prevent relief from other forces) and their supporting artillery. General Heinz Guderian (was part of German General Staff by the spring of 1918) took note of all the things the allies did in what was later referred to as the "Hundred Days Offensive" and wrote about them. If you really want to understand WW II both militarily and politically study WW I.
Not sure about your claim of the “proper use” of armour. It was certainly one way of using armour - however the lightening war tactics were soon neutralised by the simple use of blunting the attack by strategic withdrawals leaving tanks and armour stranded without support as the Germans soon discovered.
@@annoyingbstard9407 My point is (and the Brits were guilty of this) that armor should not be used to support infantry, but that the infantry should support the tank. As for Germany overextention, that mostly was a problem on Germany's Eastern front. Russia was vast, and her forces could afford to retreat 100s of miles without exposing their industrial centers( which were themselves retreating East by way of an almost super human effort by the Soviets). Combined with Hitler forbidding his own commanders the option to retrograde, or retreat, the Soviets were able to use Germany's own mechanized pincer strategy against them. Adolf should be given much credit for helping the alliance defeat Germany through his own paranoid micro-mismanagement of Germany's forces. Late in the war, the Luftwaffe was mostly destroyed or deprived of fuel. Germany's mechanized force was also short on fuel and other supplies. Without air support, and under relentless air attack, they themselves became susceptible to Patton and Montgomery's high speed mechanized attacks.
@@brianrusher3617 Very educational, at that time, no one had much experience with armored warfare tactics. By plowing through the German trench lines, the British gained an initiative that went on for, as you pointed out, 100 days. So ok, perhaps the British did more to advance the tactical application of their invention than I gave them credit for. Thanks for the reply. However the Germans, as you also pointed out, learned from what they witnessed, and perfected the art of mechanized warfare, augmented by air superiority and close air support. These tactics served Germany well in the early stages of WW2. But said tactics didn't work so well against the English Channel, or the vast steppes of Russia in the winter months. It was German strategy not tactics that lost them the war. And Hitler helped us quite a bit too.
Thanks Brian, I should read about this battle of Cambrai
what is a tank can? are they referring to the anti-material rifle?
Got to love it! Thanks for the great share!
*Tanks..
You missed a golden oppotunity
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Great video
Great documentary. I really enjoyed it!!
I did not realize Germany envisioned the tank as a means of avoiding trench warfare! Also interviews with former SS are fascinating! Great footage.
That's why the British invented them in WW I.
Your late. By no means are you a military history buff
Where have you steen ss men interviewend? Not all soliders are ss. Infact, there was the German Army and ss units in the field.
Anyway, you can not, and may not conclude that soliders in this documentary are of the ss.
@@theblackhand6485theres a lot of ss interviewes on some youtube documentary mostly ss panzer
An interesting aspect of this documentary is it highlights the fact that early in the Eastern war, the Germans found themselves in a similar predicament to what the Western Allies found themselves facing in the West in later 1944 and early 1945. The enemy had introduced new armor that gave them technical superiority at longer range, and they had to resort to maneuver tactics and attack at close ranges. German success in the early stage was not because of better armor, but better fighting technique.
It is also interesting hearing the German impression of the Panther strengths and weaknesses. Of note is that even though the Panther had a somewhat better power to weight ratio than the Tigers, the German veteran interviewed at 45:00 still considered the Panther as well to be somewhat weakly powered for its size.
Not true. Propaganda…. Look up statistics done in then90s when Soviet Russian collapsed😪 not. But they let researchers into their file vaults and in reality, more t-34 were taken out by panzer 3 and 4s than any others even come close. Guderian lied about not being able to deal with them because he was a spin doctor and pure full of dark and sick shit and got to live to serve nato after the war along with all the other nullshitters who blamed the tanks instead of their dumbass short sighted popularity in the newsreels. Hitler said it best and guderian told the truth for once when in his book h says “we need Moscow, and Hitler says nope we need oil dumbass and guderian argued and Hitler straight up said, “you think tanks fall the sky basically and you generals have no sense of economic strategy and guderian basically didn’t even retort or think about it and said Hitler wrong I was right. Huh.? That’s guderian in a nutshell, full of shit and thought he invented deep battle “blitzkrieg” even though deep-battle was invented by the soviets in the 20s, when guderian was training with the soviets in Soviet KAMA where the German army trained after the Versailles treaty.
Check out Lazerpig - t34 was garbage documentary. It’s funny and dead serious with statistics from all sides. And brought me out of the wehraboo denials. Haha
a tremendous and informative video. thanks for posting.
ps i see one of the cameramen was tony walsh too.
Thanks for acknowledging a great post 👍
A nice ww2 tank documentary!
Eisenhower was in the middle managing some talented generals who each had a track record of getting things done. He had no field experience himself. Underneath the theatrics and adopted personalities, there is thread that governs them. You don't know what that thread is until they are in situations that make it visible. What is telling for me is how each handled intelligence.
Market Garden was a gamble presented by Montgomery. Montgomery had the support of Roosevelt and Churchill, and he was the British people's hero after the North Africa campaign. He explained is failure to take Caen anywhere near on schedule was to keep the Germans engaged to the north so the US could break out. It in fact did accomplish that to some degree, and there is one order of his that supports that late in the game, but it was not the agreed upon plan, and he communicated this to no one. During the discussions a Polish general coined the phrase when talking about the bridge at Arnhem as "a bridge too far". Bradley and Patton were against it wanted the number one priority to be clearing the Scheldt Estuary so the port of Antwerp could be opened, which was another Montgomery assigned objective he failed to take. It doesn't require hindsight to know Allied supply lines had stretched farther and farther from the Normandy beaches, the problem of supplying the advancing troops was rapidly becoming unmanageable, and momentum was being lost. However, Eisenhower went with Market Garden. Market Garden depended on Fritz sleeping at the switch, being in disarray from previous setbacks and partisan activities, thereby not eliciting a mobile effective response in a timely manner, and local German forces seeing their situation as hopeless and retreating back into Germany. However, the failure of Montgomery to encircle the German army in the Scheldt Estuary enabled the Germans to regroup in the Netherlands, and form a consistent line of defense which he knew. Naturally the importance of the port to the Allied advance was just as well known to Germany as it was the Allies. The last thing the Germans would want to do is abandon support for the troops keeping the port closed. It was only logical that the Germans anticipated there would be an offensive launched with the objective of seizing Arnhem, Wesel, and Nijmegen, and that the British and that the Americans would use airborne troops, just as they had during D-Day. German intelligence was able to provide the High Command with the information they needed to prepare for any planned Allied attack. SS units were positioned in Arnhem, a Montgomery must-have for the operation to be a success. Montgomery was also given reliable information on the movements of the Germans from the Dutch Resistance and they could also employ aerial reconnaissance planes to obtain photographic intelligence. One reconnaissance mission was able to provide images that seemed to show German forces in the Arnhem area. This was confirmed by information from the local resistance. This was compelling proof that the Germans had significant forces and that any air assault on the region, would be a great risk. The intelligence officer who reported this to Montgomery was not believed, and when he tried to persuade Montgomery that there was a large build-up of German forces near Arnhem, he was relieved of his command and rumors spread that he had a nervous breakdown. Also during that time he said, "I have what I need. With Antwerp open, everyone will have what they need." This was exactly right, Montgomery had paralyzed the war effort for Bradley and Patton. It is theorized that his motivation was to beat the US and Russians to Berlin, and both he for personal reasons and Churchill for Britain's image had tainted motives. Market Garden did indeed catch Fritz sleeping at the switch, but it didn't take him long to respond. The marshy lowlands forced Montgomery's armor to use the elevated roads on the way to relieve his troops, where the Germans could disable lead and trail vehicles and destroy them in detail. Airborne is too light to withstand mechanized attacks and many were killed or captured. These things are known by the time you are a lieutenant. By now, the Germans had been able to dig in and resupply the defenders of the Scheldt Estuary, which made it much more difficult to clear. Montgomery still wouldn't allocate the resources to clear the Scheldt Estuary even after the debacle, and Montgomery publicly criticized Eisenhower's leadership and how he should be made Land Forces Commander again. Eisenhower told him that's not the arrangement and he either makes clearing of the Scheldt Estuary his number one priority or he would be fired. It happened. However, these are not the actions of an aggressive general taking calculated risks, this was a Montgomery hero show.
The Battle of the Bulge breakthrough occurred in Bradley's area. Bradley had plenty of intelligence given to him but it was not evaluated in any serious manner. They were in an R&R area where the terrain did not favor an attack. It seems they were operating as though they were no longer in theater. When it was spelled out in a briefing, Bradley said, "Let them come." Even while it was happening and given the intelligence to access the scale, it seems it was something Bradley could not wrap his mind around. Bradley drove to Eisenhower’s headquarters to dismiss the reports of German activity as a spoiling attack designed to disrupt Patton's offensive. Having watched the indicators develop on the map, Eisenhower responded, “That’s no spoiling attack.” Eisenhower had realized that Bradley's troops were north of the bulge and he was south, and gave his troops to Montgomery since Bradley, south of the bulge, was in no position to command them. Bradley was not happy and effectively a mere spectator. Bradley and his staff were derelict, and incompetent to know what they were looking at even after it was laid out for them. Eisenhower had to draw him a picture.
The Battle of the Bulge was a different scenario for Patton. He was very engaged and had already established a bridgehead for his push into Germany. He was very hands-on and appointed staff that were very much like him that were very much into their mission, not the least of which was Koch, his intelligence officer where they would discuss and interpret their opponents moves. He did not depend on ULTRA. His diary shows, "End of October four panzer divisions refitting north, November 10 five more panzer divisions out of the line with only 5 of 15 remaining in contact in the west, 17th huge German rail movements north of our zone, 23rd newly established Sixth Panzer Army, December 2 the Panzer Lehr Division south of us disappeared, December 7 13 of the 15 panzer divisions are missing, there are no panzer divisions in front of us anymore..., had operations to draw up specific contingency plans for a Third Army counterattack to the north, ...15th German radio traffic stopped, told staff to start making plans for pulling the Third Army out of its eastward attack to execute a contingency plan to attack north., 17th we're under attack and another further north. This one has to be the feint, the one further north the real McCoy. 19th call from Bradley for meeting. Told staff to be ready to implement one of the contingency plans, things must be worse than Brad is can let on over the phone." Patton was very surprised how far thing had advanced in such a short time. Eisenhower says, "It's all yours George. When can you attack?" This is the context in which Patton responded with, "I can attack with 3 divisions in 48 hours." That was incredulous to them, but it had been concern of his for quite a while. Eisenhower said, "You'll make it the 22nd. I want them ready, not piecemeal and to hit hard, take until the 23rd if you need to." He had 3 plans that only required a phone call to put in motion. Movies sensationalize this, but he told them this. He made it the 22nd, which still shocked everyone. The 23rd was one day of clear skies and the air force was able to drop supplies to Bastogne and troops and attack German supply lines. The thread underneath Patton was that of a chess player who took calculated risks and executed them violently and with commitment. It seems what people saw was what he used to motivate his men, and make sure he would never get the job of being a "manager". He wrote his wife, "I'd be a better commander than Ike, but I don't want his job." If you read the letter to his son that he wrote just before D-Day, you'd get a read on the real Patton.
Montgomery did a press conference taking credit for winning the Battle of the Bulge. Eisenhower now had real problems, the American people, and the troops under the command of Bradley and Patton. The US troops in the war are 3 to 1, and they took all the losses while Montgomery played it safe. Bradley and Patton show up at Eisenhower's and demand you either expose him and fire him, or we resign. Churchill addressed the House of Commons and states this was an American victory to correct the record. Eisenhower is out to fire Montgomery. Montgomery talks his way out of it for now and Eisenhower has to do a lot to cool off Bradley and Patton. You didn't hear hardly anything about Montgomery for the remainder of the war. If it hadn't been for the late clearing of the Scheldt Estuary and Market Garden, there wouldn't have been a Battle of the Bulge, the war would have been over by Christmas, and the USSR wouldn't have occupied a threatening position because all of Germany would have been in US and British hands before they arrived.
Market Garden was the true measure of Monty's incompetence that had began even before North Africa, where Monty beat Rommel by supply and only supply! Now it does not matter HOW you beat the enemy in 20th century warfare so that's no smear on Monty, BUT Monty's learning the drop zones at Arnhem were right on a full-strength SS Panzer division and STILL going through with the operation (despite knowing the paratroopers had only light weapons and dodgy stuff like PIAT's to fight back against them?) This is arrogance and stupidity of the highest order, throwing away lives of his men is unforgivable but exactly what Monty did!
One of the most important factors in the war was production. The Soviets manufactured 65,000 tanks, the US 88,000, and the Germans only 25,000. For the legendary Tiger tanks, Germany produced less than 2000, and the Panther 6,000 during the entire war. Both American and Soviet tanks were simpler to manufacture, and they had replacement parts available in the field. German Tanks had to be shipped back to Germany in most cases. Can't win a war that way.
THE ACCEPTED FIGURES FOR ALL MODELS OF TIGER TANK IS 1355 OF THE FIRST MODEL (FINALLY CALLED "TIGER E") AND 489 OF THE TIGER B. 1864 TOTAL
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Even though the panzer IV was 75% of Germany’s armored force
Well they was very close. And it wasn’t down to the tanks why they lost….
Pre-war ones do not count: T-27, T-18, T-26, T-28, BT-2, BT-5, BT-7, T-35, T-37A, T-38, T-40, HT -26
The Soviets produced 88,000 tanks.
Self-propelled guns 23700
Armored vehicles 12500
T-50 from 65 to 75 In terms of its combat, technical and operational properties, the T-50 is considered one of the best tanks in the world in its class.
T-60 - 5,920 pieces. Production of the T-60 continued until February 1943, when it was replaced on assembly lines by the more powerful T-70 light tank.
T-70 - 8,231 The apogee of the T-70's combat service was the Battle of Kursk, after which they began to disappear from the Red Army, although individual copies were used until the end of the war.
T-80 from 75 to 85 Due to the unreliable operation of the propulsion system, weak armament for 1943 and the great need of the Red Army for self-propelled guns SU-76M, the T-80 was discontinued.
T-34-76 33929
T-44 1823
T-34-57 50
T-34-85 over 35,000 25,914 during the war.
KV-1 2 769
KV-2 334
KV-1S 1085
KV-85 148
IS-1 130
IS-2 3 475
IS-3 2 311
KV-6 4
KV-8S 139
OT-34 1 170
Self-propelled guns
SU-76 14 292
SU-122 638
SU-76i 210
SU-85 2650
SU-152 670
ISU-152 2825
ISU-122 1735
ISU-122S 675
ZSU-37 70
Armored vehicles.
BA-64 9 110
BA-10 3 413
Etc.
If you consider September 1939 to March 1943 as "the opening part of the war" then yes, the Germans were doing very well during that time.
But they learned their tactics in the Spanish civil war. Where my grandfather fought for the nationalists.🇪🇸
@@jesserivas1387 Yeah, do you happen to know of a good documentary series you've seen about the Germans in the Spanish Civil War?
@@krobar999 there’s actually quite a few. You can look up the German condor legion in the Spanish civil war. The condor legion was both German aircraft and panzers during the war. And as a side note, Franco volunteered troops to fight for Germany during WW2. The German 250th infantry division. Also known as the blue division.
@@jesserivas1387 ok I'll have a look, thanks.
@@krobar999 Yeah I just watched a couple the other day one that mentioned it and on just on Germany's role. I think The German intelligence doc has a little part about intelligence gathering beginning in Spain and I saw another that someone re uploaded about a month or so ago focusing on German involvement in the Spanish civil war
Whereas the Panther served in the Panzer divisions, the Tigers were strategic units, in independent battalions under the command of higher HQs. There were never more than about ten of these (though separate company sized units were attached to certain divisions eg Gross Deutschland, Lehr, some SS divisions)
This was first posted _3 years ago!_ and I'm just getting notified now?
Thanks YT!
It's probably 15-20 years old anyway
This was posted 6 years ago now. . And I'm just being notified. .
This footage is incredible. This is definitely one of my favorite documentaries on youtube.
you serious dude. Type in "WWII in Color". free series on youtube. 8 hours of pure color high-definition professional remastered footage from all fronts. it is the clearest footage in history.
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VIELEN DANK ! FUR DIESES GUTE PANZERKORP DOKUMENTATION !
Fascinating documentary!
Thank you...
They show the befels version of the Panzer I in a museum, while talking about using the turret. The befels did not have a turret.
Princeofcups Poc The kleiner Panzerbefehlswagen (English: light armored command vehicle), known also by its ordnance inventory designation Sd.Kfz. 265, was the German Army's first purpose-designed armored command vehicle; a type of armoured fighting vehicle designed to provide a tank unit commander with mobility and communications on the battlefield. A development of the Army's first mass-produced tank, the Panzer I Ausf. A, the Sd.Kfz. 265 saw considerable action during the early years of the war, serving in Panzer units through 1942 and with other formations until late in the war.
Who cares
abcfitness clearly not you so why watch the video and read the comments
@@AI-GIRL-197 Well said, Such ignorance.
@@Dahblackrussian are you standing in front of the mirror crying,, PLEASE LOVE ME,, while flexing..
Very interesting
Very good documentary. Please do another one like this on Luftwaffe.
No
Excellent documentary. As noted, the translation is not poor; it just highlights the main points. Now, I assume the tank "cans" refer to the PTRS Soviet anti-tank rifle?
The way he described it being a long thing that was buried in the ground made me think of a Bangalore torpedo. But then he later was talking about their shoulders being hurt from firing it. So I dunno?
The RUclips video ‘Soviet Anti-Tank Rifle Tactics Of WW2’, posted by Military History Visualized, quotes a 1942 Soviet manual for users of both the single-shot PTRD and the semi-automatic PTRS. Users are instructed to create several foxhole firing positions linked by trenches to a covered dug-out used for shelter during barrages.
The manual also includes the scary instruction, to ideally ‘Let the enemy approach to a close range (50-100 meters).’ You can see why the Germans might have a sneaking admiration for their bravery.
The German blitzkrieg idea was used against them in WWI . Planes even dropped supples in WWI The battle of Hamel was a perfect example even if the weather delayed the aircraft support. MONASH invented the blitz kreig.
Very good explanatory documentary, enjoyed watching it
Good film.
Must have been awful to be in one of those tanks. Just awful. I heard stories of Sherman’s getting hit and killing everyone inside. The tank was repaired and the holes were patched. The blood and carnage removed and a fresh coat of paint put inside. And the guys knew what had happened. They were about to take over a tank where all it’s crew members have been killed. Also despite the paint it still smelled like rotting flesh in those tanks those guys said. They couldn’t get all the blood out of noooks and areas in that tank
Sherman crew were 3x as likely to survive as Allied infantry and more likely to survive than German tank crews. Anecdotes, movies and games are a questionable source of facts.
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Movies & games are questionable sources of facts but anecdotes? These are the accounts of the men who actually fought in the war, who are we to question anything they said? I mean you weren't out there in the battlefield, neither was I, we had no idea what these men went through & yet you feel you can tell facts from fictional tales? SMH.
@@raugasai9135 The plural of "anecdote" is not data. The data gives us a good idea of how relatively safe it was in an M-4 compared to in the open. But I had a stepdad and uncle in M-4's, and they were both wounded while outside the tank.
@@raugasai9135 And I have never seen a movie that said tanks were safer than infantry, and do no play video games. Wrong generation.
But I did teach military history at a university. You?
The greatest tank unit in the history of the world.
i really enjoyed this, those men on all sides was solid gold heros may thay all be remembered. thanks.
muy buen trabajo
All that advanced German weapons research - for tanks, rockets - they simply didn’t make enough of it - one would think they would’ve invented the atom bomb
They did, we took their scientist.
@@tommysimmons3258 come on, this Hitler pig threw the Jewish physicists out of Europe and they joined the Manhattan project with joy. Enrico Fermi had a Jewish wife and he discovered fission in Chicago. Also there is an interesting BBC play named "Copenhagen" about a meeting in 1941 between Heisenberg and his mentor Niels Bohr (had Jewish mother).
@@rafaelmarcus1157 why did he keep one as his doctor, or the other one they used as the SS poster boy? You boomers believe every lie you are told.
@@N4CR5 I am 73 years old, so not very "boomer"!
Invasion of Poland 1939 didn't finish in four days. Soviets join Germany in 17 september. The campaign ended on 6 October with Germany and the Soviet Union dividing and annexing the whole of Poland under the terms of the German-Soviet Frontier Treaty.
MrYodin Poland was busy carving up Czechoslovakia with the Nazis after the Munich Pact in 1938 not realising that its own turn was coming soon. But Poland was wrong thinking that with British blessings it would be immune from the Nazis or even partner with them in future war against Russia. Russians only corrected the wrongs of Brest Litovsk treaty of 1918.
@@Diwana71 Please next time read bit more historical facts before putting some coments. Poland was taking back land which should belong to Poland. This part of Poland was lost to Czechoslovakia during Polish-Soviet war in 1920. Czechs were so sure that Poland will loose this war that invaded southern Poland and just took Zaolzie. When Poland defited Soviet Russia they tried resolve this problem with Czehs by diplomacy. Unfortunately Czehs refuse to even enter negotiatioin. That is why when state of Czehoslovakia has been ivaded by Germany Poland has to take back this land to protect polish people living there.
@@Diwana71 Now you just playing stupid and nasty. Poland would never go with Hitler. British or not they know that war with Germany is imminent.
With your beloved Soviets Poland had a pact and there was not Poland who brocked this packt. Just go to some normal school if you can find one and start education from beginning. You living in some marxist shithole and dreeming about world communism. Will never hapen.
Dencil Dean. I am assuming you were a tanker yourself sir? Kudos.
Manish yes there are photos of film posted in error but on the whole a good narrative trying to encompass the whole war in a short your. Look forward to seeing if MrNegative and superior can do better. Exactly when is your perfect documentary due to be released.
I can't help wondering what impact would the centurion tank have had on the Normandy and later campaigns if it had been brought out a year earlier than it was. Especially any tiger to centurion duels..
The centurion would have destroyed the tiger hands down easily
The Centurion is a freaking modern tank shooting modern antitank rounds! Hmmm wonder if the F15 would have effected the outcome of WWII?? Lol come on!! 🤣😅
The Panzer Mark lll was a damn good looking tank. It was just hard to give it the needed punch.
The King Tiger was a massive tank and good.
The Panther was an incredible tank.
The Tiger Mark IV was I think the best tank in the war .. the Germans just couldn't make enough of them.
All 3 tanks mentioned constantly broke DO the RESEARCH instead of proving how stupid you are and to prove I am no keyboard warrior I live in calgary come and meet me or send a message and I will give you my real name cause I couldn't care less anymore
It would have been NICE if honorable German Soldiers could have been the decision makers for the German Army during that invasion of Poland. The sad part is Poland would have been so happy to fight Russian Communist as allies of Germany. Hitler did not know how to judge “friend vs foe.”
They really play up Guderian in this documentary. Historians tell a different story today since all the archives are becoming more open and the source documents can be studied instead.
@REV0 you must have read his book. Being a good general is one thing, but Guderian did not create the panzer divisions or single-handedly write the doctrine for the Panther divisions. There are lots of primary source documents that prove much of his book is lies and exaggeration. You can't believe everything in memoirs that are written 30 or 40 years after something happens
@REV0 I never said he was not a good leader. He was a great General, but he played up his involvement in creating the German armor divisions later on in his memoirs and historians took his word as fact and then repeat it over and over. There were several other generals that had major influence in the '20s and '30s Gudarian was a Colonel. In his memoirs he takes credit for these other men's work without giving them any mention, and for many years they believed it until The archives were opened up and people started looking into what he said.
First Tour de France winner?
7th Panzer div.
Commanded by the desert fox
Hahahaha that's gold!
Good one. lol.
It was Maurice Garin, in 1903. I know you were joking, but it would have appealed to a broader audience had you said the 1940-45 winner.
@@kennethbarnard9065 correction.. that was later,in France (before the desert) the 7 was called the "ghost div" bcs he was always deeper than either the allies or the Germans thought as he moved so fast.
Panther wasn't heavy, it was medium.
if its so light, why dont you go pick it up then?
Very heavy medium.
Here in New York City Saturday, February 15th, 2:40 a.m. Watching and listening to a great documentary. Thank you for posting it. World War II was terrible. I'm glad I wasn't there.
My grandfather was in the war, german-romanian front, north of stalingrad.
He said the only thing they feared was the russian T-34 tank...and the russians attacked their lines with 1200.
40:27 well i certainly don't want to be on that kv-1
Then why did it fire?
@@decafdankdoge Most guns fire.
I know most guns fire I'm just saying if no one was in the tank how did it fire? either somebody was in it or the producers just used some mechanic to make it fire
I understand a bit German , and I must say some of the interviews are much more interesting to hear what they say in German , rather than the poor translation in this film
Panzerbüchse = panzer can??? makes me laugh!
Christopher Bell Blomquist
- _I understand a bit German , and I must say some of the interviews are much more interesting to hear what they say in German , rather than the poor translation in this film_
You say the Original is better than the translation?
There has NEVER been a translation better than the original.
Thanks for stating the obvious.
@@joshrayborn1418 You realize grass always looks greener, on the other side of the hill, it rarely ever is.
@@JT-gq8wv Don't be such a prick....it made you miss the obvious, the original, though in German, is EASIER to understand, for someone who ONLY speaks English, than the piss poor translation....savvee smartarse?...Jah dumkopf?
@@JT-gq8wv Don't be a dick. its not about the translation quality itself. Its about the german speaker says alot more in detail and the english text do not translate it (poor or good) but tries to short it up in some sentences. There alot information and details get lost because they do not get translated at all.
Cool
Who finally won? What a waste of fine young soldiers, magnificent and horribly expensive armor. But thoroughly enjoyed the report. And we've been free and at peace for 75 years......
In the end the German war machine was “starved” - no replacements,no ammunition,no fuel no nothing! Whereas the Allies had endless supply of everything!!
Exactly... perfectly said....
People mistakenly say that Russia defeated Germany on pure army power, but the truth is that the UK and the US literally starved and destroyed the German war machine....
The USA was the ultimate factor here, the British could not beat the Germans, even the British + USSR could probably not beat the Germans but once the USA's industrial might came into it - game over and most Germans knew it...
jessie pinkman , True... a prime example is the British attempt to save their old friend & neighbor, France, at the battle of Dunkirk where Hitler let almost 1/2 a millón French and British soldiers be rescued by private civilian boats....
This proved that the UK couldn’t even help themselves against the onslaught of Hitler’s war machine....
Feldgrau Fox , They did not succeed an invasion. The Saar Offensive was a French ground invasion of Saarland, Germany, during the early stages of World War II, from 7 to 16 September 1939. The plans called for roughly 40 divisions, including one armored division, three mechanised divisions, 78 artillery regiments and 40 tank battalions to assist Poland, which was then under invasion, by attacking Germany's understrength western front. Although 30 divisions advanced to the border (and in some cases across it), the assault never happened. When the quick victory in Poland allowed Germany to reinforce its lines with homecoming troops, the offensive was stopped. The French forces eventually withdrew amid a German counter-offensive on 17 October.
Also, On September 3, 1939, in response to Hitler's invasion of Poland, Britain and France, both allies of the overrun nation declare war on Germany. ... As for Britain's response, it was initially no more than the dropping of anti-Nazi propaganda leaflets.
@@jessiepinkman7736 It was called lend-lease. The US gave the Reds their trucks, food and clothes so that they could build tanks and guns and fill out their fighting units.
My great grandfather was a Tiger Tank Commander. Wish I was there with him just to see what He went through...
What a stupid statement
@@igogoplatayobitch7566 you are a stupid that doesn't means everyone is stupid
Hitler kaput
WolfMoon. May your wish be granted. Than you will understand the bullshit of your dreaming.
Hell
Talking about first Panzer III showing a Panzer IV with the short 75 gun
@ about 29:00 the former tank crew member speaks of some type of Russian anti-tank weapon called a " tank can" ? Of what is he speaking , I can't figure it out.
rollin' through a hemp field at 3:00
You didn't see that, alright? You didn't see that! That never happened.
I saw that too, grab a stalk.
Panzer soldier Paschke:two soldiers were very heavily wounded and screaming for half an hour and they were dead.O what a lovely war.No! just terrible to throw away human lives.
some one should have handed them a pistol and let them make a choice
What are those two batons they are holding??
What is the music? I would love to hear it more!
Who is here in 2022 during Russia and Ukraine 🇺🇦 Conflict?
Part of the reason the Russian tanks were difficult to contend with was their sloped armor. An aspect Germany later incorporated in the Panzer tank designs.
Lamark Ingram sloped armor was nothing new, it was even used in WW1. It did give better protection, but also caused the interior to be smaller & cramped. One of the best advantages the Germans had were the radios allowing them better communications without exposing the tank commander.
@@stevebrownrocks6376 wow never knew that thanks
The Sherman Tank was able to get to wherever it was needed and ready to fight FASTER than any other tank in WWII, including the T-34.
And fired the 88 high caliber.
eastern front...
Dang really I never knew that thanks Larry
Wow !
Look at 26:52. When the commentary says "Panzer 4" and they mistakenly show us a Panzer 3.
The tank is fitted with S-mine launchers ! That's extremely rare !
at 53:20 that Panther was destroyed by a Pershing M36 tank in the city of Cologne not in the Bulge. Love catching documentary wrong.
It was a M26, otherwise you are dead on.
Pershing is M26, not M36. But at least you caught the other guy's mistake.
I'll go back in time and re-voice it for you. 😊
@Richard Blake we all agree, but stay strong lil guy
@Richard Blake disregard, wrong dude
My conclusion, don't be in a tank.
If you actually care to read some statistics you'll see the tankers had less losses than the infantry, especially in the German and US Armies.
I was hoping we'd get to have a chuckle at Monty's fake tanks in North Africa. But never mind. It baffled Rommel. He admired Monty and the feeling was mutual.
Tank u
I don't understand why they showed a pz35t as a pzII.
Maybe because it was mad like second tank after first one..interesting is, that in those tanks was Škoda motors inside...so when it happened then?...after invaded Chech?
Yeah they adopted the 35t and 38t after the occupation of Czech.
Watch the other documentary in this series on Stormtroopers. They talk about the invasion of Poland while showing guys with panzerfausts and STG44s. I just think whoever edited these completely failed.
The clip editor was all over the place. There are tons of mistakes. Taking about one tank, and showing another.
Frantick funny stuff!
Is there a video on those blown up Shermans at Stalingrad? I had no idea they had them that early in Russia.
The Russians got lend leased from both British and American forces, with Churchills, Matildas and Shermans being transported and given to the USSR.
@@diegorivera9517 Don't forget the M3 Medium (Grant/Lee), which the Russians sometimes referred to as the "coffin for seven brothers".
Genial
what was the 'tank can' he was talking about being fired?
German engineering gave rise to some excellent Panzers that's for sure. The latest variant of the 'Big Cats' certainly endorses this, I think. The superb Leopard Mk2 MBT is one helluva beast. Lucky for Britain, her Allies, and the Russians too, that Germany's High Command was overseen by Hitler,( who couldn't 'see the woods for the trees', and hence made the gross error of initiating the start of WW2 way too early ), and not men with the genius and foresight of Guderian.
Well, Hitler didn’t think he was starting World War 2! He invaded Poland.
Yes Poland and France were all defeated with essentially “Armored Cars” and they were fast
The main weapon of the Germans used against France was sucker punching, as they did with other nations, such a Poland!
The main weapon of the German attack of France and Poland was Germany sucker punching their none warring neighbors!
um no they were beaten by "armored cars" and massive amounts of air support and surprise.. ok actually there were a lot of factors but it absolutely was not just "some fast armored cars"
Poland give up because coward russia invaded from behind two weeks later .Warsaw back than was close to german polish border. Even they surrender Warsaw poland could still fight look the borders back than...on top slovakia attack from south
@@jaroslawgarbus5676 Right about that -the British who declare war on Germany should be helping Poland in 24 hrs Nothing happens What happened in 1940 Polish pilots protect England doing WW ll After the War in return big drunk Churchill and F.D.R democratic and commis loved idiots sold out Poland and half of the Europe to BOLSHEVIKS Poland should never trusted the British Joined the Germans force's with many another European countries take Moskau just like did in 1812 with Napoleon Bonaparte In resold No Bolsheviks in Europe no more federal reserve crooks bankers robbing good citizens
What a convoy of destruction!
what is tan cans ? soviet anti tank canon/rifles? 29:37 'Tank cans'?
I don't understand why so many historians and programs hardly ever talk about our loss in the Hürtgen forest battle.
Maybe because history is written by the winners, that does not mean I agree with it. it just seems to be how it is.
Peter Mayer The answer is in your comment. Why do you think it’s called a program? Because it’s programming you.
@Shon Seibert A entertainment program isn't the same as war. The victors don't rewrite history.
@Shon Seibert Thank you for your service.
@Steve Lyden-Brown Just because the Americans lost that battle doesn't mean its ignored. Battles lost by Allied forces are acknowledge to this day.
To me German is indeed such a powerful discipline army the early 20th century ever witnessed. But I am not a fan of what they try to accomplish with that.
Nah I'd give it to the Russians lol they had men and women in front lines. Equality = Respect.
@@crimsoncloud6352 It's mostly just their leaders willing to send anyone to the frontlines for the sake of victory
@@crimsoncloud6352 the only think that terrified them hearing The night witches come night bomber regiment 588
@@crimsoncloud6352 TO BE CANNON FODDER - TO CLEAR MINE FIELDS BY STEPPING ON THE MINES. BEHIND THEM, THE KGB MACHINE GUNNERS. EQUALLY OF LITTLE VALUE TO THE STATE AND THE PARTY ELITE.
Showing the Tiger I as a Panzer IV and then later on showing the same exact clip now calling it a Tiger....in the words of our nobel king, "Yourrr Fired!!!!"
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Go DJT, get ride of the bums.
The Tiger tank came into it's own as master of the battlefield in the aftermath of Kursk. German soldiers coined a phrase 'whenever a T34 meets a Tiger, it tips it's hat' - the turret being blown off by the 8.8 cm hit and resulting ammunition explosion. The Panther had severe engine teething problems, many were in repair, and others burned out when the engine caught fire spontaneously
Those 1st Panzers with their commanders poking out the top with that goofy looking hat look more like a pizza delivery than a dangerous enemy.
They were harmless
Like a pizza delivery service?
These are beautiful PANZERMÜTZEN, the most beautiful German berets there are!
Ss nazis they got killed at kursk 18 to 19 years proud boys s## ,h di oei ronadam
How did you these dogs that trainn
Pavlov i mean sorry ronadam
Pz I was, relatively, slow and had short range. 14mm anti-tank rifles shot them up easily.
Don't u be knocking my Pz 1, i worked really hard on that tank.
True the 14.5 mm a.p. round could penetrate up to 35mm of homogeneous plate, but just because you put a couple holes in a tank doesn't mean you've stopped it.
The Panzer I was actually built mainly for infantry support from a point of view since they were only equipped with the MG34.
It was mainly a prototypical project. Its failures paved the way for more modern designs.
When Hitler visited Finland during out Marschall Mannerheims birthday, he said in a secretly recorded personal converstion that "He could not understand how Stalin could still wage a war, when Germans had destroyed 3.500 tanks and made un operational about the same amount"... Our Marchal instantly understood that Hitler had not a clue of realities: When germans built one tank, russians built 5 at the same time in the factories behind Ural mountains. Hitler thought they had occupied whole russia, when they in reality only maybe one fourth, even the had killed millions and took hostage also million (which they could not feed)... The armed forces. There was still at least same amount of men in eastern areas in sibiria and near Japan.. Finnish marschall Mannerheim understood that Finland had to get itself out of war with germany as soon as posible
Wow I never knew that thanks 👍🏾
Yet another great video. However, it sounds to me like the interview translations weren't comprehensive and simplified. Unfortunate. Also, the hell is a "tank can"?
"Panzerwanne".
Or literally "tank tub/can".
What is meant is the armored body.
not one word about the stuck,and the 1000 meter club!
do you mean the StuG panzer?
Russian "Tank cans?" I thought maybe he meant mines, but he mentions 100 yard ranges... No idea what he is talking about.
I thought of anti-tank rifles, but he was giving them so much respect lethality wise that I though maybe it was some sort of shaped charge weapon...
Yeah, he's talking about anti-tank rifles. The translation on this definitely leaves a little to be desired. Both the British and Soviet anti-tank rifles would have been effective against the Pz I and Pz II, but for the PzIII and Pz IV, the rather scary sounding practice of trying to shoot the tanks in their weak belly armour from a hole in the ground would have been necessary. I'm guessing that it was the Russians that came up with that one. Crazy buggers.
Yes it's quite confusing when he said that they were often buried so I was was wondering what is this "Tank Can" that can be buried but could shoot from a 100meters & needed a strong shoulder. The Soviet anti tank rifles did cause considerable damage to panzers but I guess it's all in the translation.
by tank cans, you can tell he is referring to the anti tank rifles, also known as "can openers" because infantry referred to panzers as cans
Beware Of The Austro Kraut Yeah. I'd always understood "molatav cocktail" to have been Finnish too.
TIGERS WERE AT THE REAR OF THE GERMAN COLUMNS IN THE "BULGE" DUE TO ROAD CONDITIONS, YOU GOT IT BACKWARDS. D- AND FALLING.
The wireless operator made sandwiches 🥪 lol that’s adorable ☺️
Excellent video but poor continuity. Talking about the PZ 3 showing a PZ 4 forgets the35t which was also important in Poland and France. The narrative is however good and informative the accompanying footage somewhat dubious
The 35t was a chzech tank
29:35 He talks about 'tank cans' that the Russians used. Anyone know what he is talking about? Perhaps the Russians used anti-tank fougasse???
"Panzerbüchse" is the german term for "rpg". The word "Büchse" besides meaning "musket", also means "can". So there you go, the translation really sucks balls...
I thin he is talking about Soviet PTRS-41 Anti-tank rifles
T 34 was the Best Russian tank
Kim Mathis
In present language for some time RPG meant Rocket Propelled Grenade like the Bazooka or RPG7
Anti tank rifle. Up to 14mm i think
No better intro music than that.
which one was lt grubers little tank
Starts discussing Stalingrad...shows a burnt out Sherman in Bocage, France....the hell with the inaccuracy
The translation is pretty poor. e.g. at ca. 45:45 a guy says that a third of the losses came from engine or transmission, which was translated as "a third of the panthers was lost" which just doesn't make sense even if you don't know what he really said. Lost when over the entire war, per confrontation? not mentioned.
Your miss informed. I met a german colonel while I was in Munich. He served on the Russian front. He was colonel. He did mention mechanical failures and lack of supplies.
What are these "tank cans" this old vet is talking about? I'm not clear on this. 30:30
Maybe an RPG-43? Or maybe an IED we haven't heard about.
Anti tank rifle. 14.5mm caliber
Tank are a true break through weapon...
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That is what they were designed to do.
IT WERE.
they forgot to mention that the Ferdinand was also used at the battle of Kursk
I would say that those were attempts to use them - since it failed miserably.
Where it was an absolute disaster! Having no secondary amrmament and very limited vision it was hunted down and picked of by Soviet anti-tank teams. The Ferdinand was basically annihilated at Kursk.
@@Idcanymore510 Yep, those which didnt got broke on their own were blown up or captured by Soviet infantry. In short they had zero impact on the outcome of the battle.
During the Battle of Kursk, sPzJgrAbt 653 claimed to have knocked out 320 enemy tanks, for the loss of 13 Ferdinands. Doesn´t sound like a disaster to me.
@@olaflange5254 I can claim that i have fucked J Lo and Shakira... But those are just claims.
The early german armor corp were mark 3 and 4.
Well Mk I did his job pretty well in early stagest of the war.
@@AFT_05G It was a training tank, but the Nazi were short on Panzers. So they used them in 1939 while routing the Poles.
Perhaps Polish air force was demolished but it wasn't last time Germans faced polish pilots. They had bad luck to meet them over Britain again...
Introduces Tiger in Russia..uses footage of Whitmann and his gunner at Normandy.