1945 BATTLE OF BERLIN | THE AFTERMATH
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- Опубликовано: 14 июн 2024
- This authentic timetravelfootage takes us to Berlin in 1945, right in the middle of the brutal fighting, the chaos and the suffering of the people at the end of world war II and immediately afterwards, when the weapons fell silent but the fight for survival was far from over for many. We see the first moments under Soviet rule.
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The aftermath of the Battle of Berlin in 1945 was marked by significant political, social, and humanitarian consequences:
End of the Third Reich: The battle resulted in the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany. Adolf Hitler committed suicide on April 30, 1945, leading to the collapse of the Nazi regime. Berlin was officially surrendered to the Soviet forces on May 2, 1945, and Germany's formal surrender occurred on May 8, 1945, marking the end of World War II in Europe.
Division of Berlin and Germany: Following the war, Berlin was divided into four sectors controlled by the Allied powers: the United States, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and France. This division eventually led to the broader division of Germany into East Germany (controlled by the Soviet Union) and West Germany (controlled by the Western Allies), setting the stage for the Cold War.
Humanitarian Crisis: The battle left Berlin in ruins, with vast destruction of infrastructure and housing. The civilian population faced severe shortages of food, water, and medical supplies. Many Berliners were homeless and the city was littered with debris and bodies.
Soviet Occupation: The Red Army's occupation of Berlin was marked by widespread atrocities, including mass rapes and looting. The Soviet forces exacted revenge for the brutalities committed by the Nazis in the Soviet Union, leading to significant suffering among the civilian population.
Displacement and Refugees: Millions of Germans were displaced due to the war and the shifting borders. Refugees from the Eastern territories flooded into what remained of Germany, exacerbating the humanitarian crisis.
Political Changes: The fall of Berlin and the end of the war led to significant political changes in Germany. The Nuremberg Trials were conducted to prosecute prominent leaders of Nazi Germany for war crimes. The country underwent denazification, aiming to rid German society, culture, press, economy, judiciary, and politics of any remnants of the Nazi regime.
Reconstruction: The post-war period required extensive reconstruction efforts to rebuild Berlin and the rest of Germany. This process was slow and complicated by the onset of the Cold War, which divided not only the city but the entire nation.
Cold War Tensions: The division of Berlin became a focal point of Cold War tensions. The Berlin Blockade (1948-1949) and the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961 symbolized the ideological divide between the Soviet Union and the Western powers.
The Battle of Berlin thus not only marked the end of World War II in Europe but also set the stage for the geopolitical dynamics of the latter half of the 20th century.
Even in bombed out Berlin the Soviet soldiers were amazed at how much better the living standard were there.
Those poor people, whoever they are, German, Russian, American, British...... It goes on the insanity of War......
Being in Berlin in April and May of 1945 was clearly a classic example of being in the wrong place at the wrong time wasnt it !
Thank you for your intellectual contribution.
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@annettehadley9718 for a woman; the actual Battle of Berlin wasn't too bad, it could be a death sentence for at least adult males. Afterwards; it was the Russian occupation troops who were guilty of the mass rapes of females between ages 8-12 to around 80
In terms of the relatively short time frame, this was the bloodiest battle in WW2 , according to historians. in 2 weeks and 2 days -1.3 million casualties
True , but the Russian complacency towards their own troops drastically pushed that total.
This is how every major city in Germany looked at the end of the war... Dresden, probably the worst.
Czy wiesz jak wyglądała Warszawa? Zniszczone zostało ponad 90% zabudowy miasta .
Zatem spójrz:
ruclips.net/video/nI46M-P7AMQ/видео.html
After 40 plus years of germans leaving a trail of death and destruction from south Afrika to the Arctic circle they got off lucky. Who invaded and perpetrated the Nama and Herero genocide? Who has admitted co-responsibility for the Armenian genocide? Who was the biggest proponent for the onset of WW? Who perpetrated the Holocaust? Who started WW2, invaded, enslaved, tortured, wreaked unimaginable destruction and caused 60 plus million deaths?
Who's making a disgusting cultural generalization? Hamburg became a bohemian arts & music mecca very shortly after the war and without a doubt President Kennedy was by far more safe in Germany than in guns 'n' ammo USA. Clearly the majority of America seriously believes mass murdering poverty ridden countries like El Salvador & North Vietnam is called "defending our freedom" I suppose England was defending their freedom by attacking poverty ridden countries like India & Africa.
@@Funicular1ist noch alles okay bei dir?du hast da noch wichtige Daten Vergessen, die Sintflut, die Klimakatastrophe, das Ozonloch, das aussterben der Saurier... Usw usw, bla bla , lass dir Mal den Kopf durchspülen und lese Mal ein paar Bücher, Gruß aus dem Schwarzwald
Such a beautiful city built by people so willing to destroy other peoples cities. It was justice that the Russians took it after the total destruction of their own country wherever the Germans occupied it. We strayed into waging total war where every member of society regardless of nationality is both a perpetrator and victim. The battle of the Reichstag was particularly symbolic being burnt down by the Nazis in 1934 and a prime target for the Red Army in 1945 both times symbolizing control over the German people. Everyone who participated in the battle had lost family members and friends and newsreels fail to convey the feelings of the common soldiers and civilians on both sides. Elation at victory yet sadness that your own home city was probably destroyed..despair at destruction and defeat and the knowledge that you were wrong. The German and Russian people should have been friends not foes and Berlin will be forever be a story of people not destroyed buildings. The ideology on all sides was wrong as history has proved and all Europeans need to take stock of the lesson that we all need to get on and not fight with each other and never allow outside interests to control us. The post war division of the city is a story in itself saying the war never ended in 1945 but continued covertly waged by other means. Modern Berlin with its concrete and glass and modernism in no way represents Europes real soul or culture nor would Hitlers proposed 'Germania' had he built it. The story of Berlin in some ways mirrors St Petersburg. Both cities were built in an unlikely geographical location at the behest of a leadership determined to make a statement to the world and demonstrate the dynamic nature of their people. The destruction of both those cities is a lesson in what happens if that dynamic power is harnessed for the wrong reasons. Thank you for a very moving documentary. 🙂👍
Forgot that the Soviets invaded many countries,including Poland?
The Reichstag was burnt down in 1933 and not 1934
…Remember Rumania,France,Denmark,Norway,Finland,Spain,Portugal,Slovaquia,Croatia,Italy,Netherlands, along with Germany invaded the Soviet Union as well..🫵🏼
@@brunokirchensittenbach9294 good joke ...
@@KK-rg1wz …Read history not the Hollywood version history of events did you ever hear about “ Freiwilligen Divisionen specially from the Netherlands,France,Norway,Denmark, specially the 33rd Waffen Grenadier of the SS “ Charlemagne “ the 5th Waffen SS “ Viking “ and many others?? Or Spanischen Blau Division?? Or the Eleventh Army(Army Group South-General Oberst-Eugen Ritter von Schubert-Romanian Calvary Corps(Maj-Gen-Mihail Racovita )-LlV Korps( Gen der Kav )-Erik Hansen-250 Infantry-Division Azul(Gen-Maj Antonio Muñoz Grandes )..Of course keep watching “ Private Ryan-Chuck Norris-Jhon Rambo & the 3 stooges…🫵🏼
And in the end the USSR also collapsed less than 50 years later.
Does this comment some kind of cope mechanism? 🙄
@PauloPereira-jj4jv while typing: 😭
The majority of people have no clue how horrible war is. They think it’s just two armies fighting each other, and only soldiers die. They don’t realize the starvation, abuse, and slaughter of innocent.
Soviet civilian suffered a lot in WWII compared to German civilian
@@felixnuwahid9879 No, that's not true, unless your researched it, you have no idea what the German women and children went through after the end of the war, the allies were unbelievably cruel but you won't find that in any official history book, whether Russian, American, French or British, it's not allowed and many documents about it have been destroyed. You could try the British interrogation center of Bad Nenndorf, or the Bleiburg massacres, or JCS 1067, or the Cossack repatriations, or the French and Soviet occupation zones, etc, etc... It's not because you don't know about something that it didn't happen.
Amazing footage, never seen any of it before. Thanks.
I have never seen this footage! WOW! The immediacy is incredible! All those old Volkstrummer walking into Soviet captivity. Incredible!
It is certainly not pity I feel when viewing. Think of the horrors of concentration camps and feel vindication that evil lost. This is what evil’s destruction looks like🎉
I feel compassion for all those who suffer, where they were born or what they believed is irrelevant.
Excelente documental. Felicidades 👍
The German medical personnel wearing the gas masks and improvised goggles due to the air in the underground shelters - amazing! I have never seen this footage!
Just about everything shown here is for me “previously unseen footage”.
Very moving. Very sad. Very tragic.
Perhaps rather than passing judgement, it can help
by trying to apply the concept of people being a “product of the(ir) time(s)”.
We have to factor for a myriad of circumstances preceding the war that span years, decades and even centuries.
Another approach is asking ourselves - how would we have acted/reacted if it had been us in those circumstances. It’s easy to say we would or wouldn’t do this, or that, but ultimately nobody truly knows until they endure such conditions themselves.
Horrible atrocities occurred all around. Terrible suffering was experienced by tens of millions of people.
Cliched as it may sound, we need to “never forget” and to keep the memories alive.
The future can be understood by remembering the past! It’s impossible to know how we would react. Imagine being a young British male in 1940, or a German family man who only wants to defend his family from what he sees as invaders, or a Russian soldier in Stalingrad. We can’t say for sure what we would do unless in that time and location.
If some future leader convinces his people that they are being attacked and that their lives, way of life, freedom of speech or democracy is in grave danger, emotions set in and memories become irrelevant. If he also gives them guns to protect their families from the blood thirsty monsters who will eat their babies and rape their 12 y/o daughters if they are not killed, then he just created a whole nation of vicious murderers, brainwashed into believing that any and all atrocities they might commit are perfectly justified against such an evil people, women, children, cats, dogs and future generations included. So, except for the dictatorial feel about it, yes, 'never forget' does have a nice ring to it, but facts are that as soon as those who lived through these horrific events are gone, the memories and the emotions disappear as well. all the new generations can remember is seeing some pictures, or a video about it on YT a few years ago.
How soon some forget, the now generation seems to believe that this era was unimportant, what a way to go !.😢.
How can you ask the new generations to remember those events if they weren't there? They all know about it, they are reminded almost every day but only those who lived through it can be affected by it and those who, like me, although I have nothing to do with Germany, read extensively about how the occupation forces treated the German civilians, those who had nothing to do with war crimes, the military or the war itself, after the fighting had ended. I can honestly tell you that whatever crimes the Nazis had committed, it didn't even come close to what was done to the Germans. Example: in 1946, the women in the cities were so weak from starvation that within one year, the newborn babies' survival rate was 0%, none, zilch, nada, they all died and many women lost their minds, watching their babies slowly die, and not being able to do anything about it. Therefore, knowing only one side of this history makes your opinion totally invalid, useless and makes your attempt at making the new generations feel guilty for the crimes of their ancestors extremely unwise, illogical and dangerous.
Pobre gente, tomaron un buen vaso de su propio veneno en esos último dias😮
Great video. Wish you would move your watermark to the edge of the sareen, though.
Excellent footage. So sad 😢😢😢😢😢
Что,фашистов жалко?
4' 28" in; the officer in the centre has a different cap badge to the others. What did that signify please?
I pity the innocent people.😢😢😢
Primeira vez que vejo esse vídeo, incrível a quantidade de destruição, imagino o que se passava na mente das pessoas no centro dessa hecatombe, seu mundo havia mudado da noite para o dia e total incerteza do que viria daquele momento em diante.
@ 10:20 Isnt that the SS butcher of the Warsaw Uprising? Oskar Dirlewanger...
certainly looks like him
@@toddbrittain1060 removed all the SS insignia on his uniform and cap....
Siga pasando documentales , no los veía antes de la guerra de Ucrania, Occidente no lo permitía ver estos documentales.
Necesitamos nosotros la población de occidente saber toda la verdad
Video ❤quality is good 🎉
I would have died before seeing the Russians take over……..the dead were envied.
Very sad situation
Keep walking, until you get to Siberia
You reap what you sow. The Germans got off easy. They had intended to enslave and exterminate the Slavs, but were not exterminated when defeated. That’s mercy.
Oje du armer, lass dir bitte helfen, Gruß aus dem Schwarzwald
Germany paid a horrific price for falling for Hitler's bull sh*t; they lost all territory east of the Oder/Neisse rivers, a huge percentage of their younger men, the devastation of their cities, starvation, intellectual 'theft', having to take in over 10 million 'ethnic' Germans from Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, etc and there were the mass rapes of (mostly eastern) German women.
...I'd attribute that to the onset of the Cold War: if the Russians had not turned against the Allies- it would have been possible to really "clean house" in Germany-(!)
Ζουκοφ ανατολικά Κονιεφ δυτικά αλλά διαταγή του ΜουρλοΣταλιν νικητής θα είναι ο Μεγάλος Ζουκοφ 0:56 Τα λόγια είναι περιττά
TERRIBLE LA GUERRA!!! 😢😢
Buéh... Si acaso la pierdes, sí es terrible la guerra.
¡Ah! Pero si la ganas, entonces no lo será tanto.
@@salvadorvizcarra769"...it's only The Devil that wins wars." - ACM "Bomber" Harris, RAF
This has a very good YOU ARE THERE feel to it. I watch this kind of stuff all the time and I had never seen any of these. I watched some color films shot by George Stevens. By comparing these with those I can tell that these were shot by Russians before Stevens got to berlin. He had wanted to go earlier but stalin wouldn't have it. I can tell by the junk in front of the Brandenburg gate. There was a lot more junk by the time Stevens arrived.
En las guerras, nadie gana, todos perdemos. Por eso, son terribles y penosas!!!
Es admirable como el pueblo alemán luchó hasta la última bala en una guerra perdida.
Saludos
Le peuple allemand étaient là des mensonges de le Furher et n’attendaient qu’une chose que cette guerre se termine le plus vite possible
Just compare: Stalingrad resisted several months and wasn't taken. Sevastopol defended for 250 days before Manstein took it. Berlin defended approximately 10 days. The numbers tell for themselves.
There's no compare. The Germans were extremely weak during 1945. They could not did more than that, and even so they inflicted in a few days tremendous losses to the soviet forces... many tanks were destroyed. The soviet casualties were very high.
Neither was Leningrad/St Petersburg by the Nazis
The Germans had the Soviets on one side and the US on the other, no other army could have resisted as long as the Germans did, no matter what anyone may think about them, they were the mightiest warriors in existence at that time. Roosevelt's 'unconditional surrender' policy required their total destruction before any surrender would be accepted, the few who came back from fighting outside Germany were put in barbed wired open field enclosures, their Geneva conventions statute removed, were underfed, so many became ill and died.
@rosesandsongs21 how those German PoWs were mistreated didn't set well with me either and I'm a born/raised American
Looks like Oskar Dirlewanger in the back of a horse drawn cart ,10 mins. in
...that's what I thought, too...
@@daleburrell6273 He was supposed to have been captured by the French and kicked to death by Polish ex concentration camp prisoners, but there is no proof of that. I wonder what the truth is
never forget
The biter bit.
An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.
Then, everyone is on the same level.
Ничему немцев история не научила ...
никого не научила.
Well it did teach the Ukrainians.
A lot of this film has already been seen many times over, though I imagine the amount of film of the Battle of Berlin and of the immediate aftermath available from Red Army sources can't be very extensive. I can't help wondering how much of it has been staged, those Wehrmacht generals coming out of the underground shelter, for example.
The Bolsheviks desecrated Berlin
Saksan alennustila
Thank you very much, for those heartbraking pictures. 🫶
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молодец!!! то есть всем РУССКИМ людям СЛАВА!!!
Stalin probably murdered more people than Hitler. The Holodomar(sp) in Ukraine ca 1931 comes to mind.
Tremendo ver una ciudad como Berlín en manos de los matarifes de stalin.. siempre admirare el valor de los que combatieron y murieron en la batalla perdida..Berlin bleibt deutsch!!
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@@alaindaubresse2161 homosexual
Aĺl because they listen to one fòol
Joe Biden?