Endsieg: Germany's Final Plan to Win WW2 1943-45 | Animated History

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  • @TheArmchairHistorian
    @TheArmchairHistorian  3 года назад +1034

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  • @joinefl
    @joinefl 3 года назад +3534

    Top 10 moments before disasters..
    "Steiner's counter assault will give us the upperhand."

    • @pajeirussaurio1405
      @pajeirussaurio1405 3 года назад +75

      Bringen sind mir Fegelien! Fegelein! Fegelien!

    • @MeatyTF2Mercs
      @MeatyTF2Mercs 3 года назад +77

      @Spicyleaves Mein Fuher, i can't permit you to insult the soldiers!

    • @MeatyTF2Mercs
      @MeatyTF2Mercs 3 года назад +62

      @Spicyleaves Mein fuhrer, this is outrageous!

    • @romeersharma2488
      @romeersharma2488 3 года назад +2

      Were they in denial or something?

    • @samwaters9304
      @samwaters9304 3 года назад +5

      Steiner's counterstabben und craft us uppenhanden

  • @Unertl28
    @Unertl28 3 года назад +5131

    Steiner: "Don't worry guys, I have a plan"
    **Steiner has left the game**

    • @aidenlapina2614
      @aidenlapina2614 3 года назад +171

      DANG IT STEINER COST US THE GAME

    • @hackse4883
      @hackse4883 3 года назад +103

      @@aidenlapina2614 steiner throwing

    • @JoePro84
      @JoePro84 3 года назад +3

      lmao xD

    • @JohnSmith-ox3gy
      @JohnSmith-ox3gy 3 года назад +36

      Screw you guys, I'm going home.

    • @BatCostumeGuy
      @BatCostumeGuy 3 года назад +47

      NEIN NEIN NEIN NEIN NEIN

  • @NightDocs
    @NightDocs 3 года назад +7108

    You guys keep raising the bar with these animations

    • @fwarmaan
      @fwarmaan 3 года назад +22

      fr

    • @Patrick_919
      @Patrick_919 3 года назад +63

      In his earlier videos he was recruiting additional animators. Looks like he found some.

    • @romania5106
      @romania5106 3 года назад +45

      Soon they will look like war propaganda from the 1800s

    • @xGoodOldSmurfehx
      @xGoodOldSmurfehx 3 года назад +8

      yes but the video contains so many inaccuracies or outright misinformation im actually offended by some of it as i find it insulting
      usually i dont get that many issues with the video content but this time it was terrible

    • @romanreyes3215
      @romanreyes3215 3 года назад +52

      @@xGoodOldSmurfehx if I may inquire where Do you see the issues that you have spotted, because if your right you should enlighten us, because as far as I can see, I am unable to confirm nor deny which are the issues that you have spotted…?

  • @johncharlton199
    @johncharlton199 3 года назад +4386

    Having the most advanced jet fighter at the time doesn't matter if you don't have the fuel to get it off the ground lol

    • @benno._.72
      @benno._.72 3 года назад +436

      B-but muh wunderwaffe..!
      -every wehraboo, probably

    • @rikk319
      @rikk319 3 года назад +388

      Or the spare parts to replace the quickly worn-out engines. Or the skilled pilots to man them. Or the numbers to make a difference. Or the infrastructure and safety for their engineers to keep from being leap-frogged within a year or so by Western engineers with even better planes.

    • @aurelian2641
      @aurelian2641 3 года назад +93

      @@rikk319 Mostly high skilled and ranked pilots flew ME 262, because this plane was highly dangerous and difficult to start and land.
      That also explains the good K/D rating.
      Adolf Galland, General of the Luftwaffe, said:
      I am completly confessed If we just have 300 ME 262 at a time, we would be able to shoot down 200 Bombers a day. Two weeks and the Allies have to stop any bombing raids at daylight.
      Hitler mistake was to want a „Blitzbomber“. So this great jet fighter was heavily delayed because they tried to make a bomber out of it. Idiocity, but this made the war shorter and the russians did not capture more of germany

    • @spg1794
      @spg1794 3 года назад +41

      not to mention the countless supertanks left to rust in the factory for lack of go-go juice.

    • @innosam123
      @innosam123 3 года назад +81

      @@rikk319 The issue was not stupidity, but simply the fact Germany *did not have the resources available.*
      When people complain about German offensives lacking fuel, they tend to act as if Germany *could* get more fuel, when in reality, they *couldn’t.*
      It wasn’t an oversight, it was Germany facing the harsh realities of the war.
      Germany’s only decent source of oil was Romania, and even that was small compared to Texas or Baku.
      Mass production of spares and equipment would have made things worse- specialized ‘wunderwaffe’ actually saved more fuel in relative proportion to their individual destructive power (except maybe the V-2).

  • @TheBeiyangClique
    @TheBeiyangClique 3 года назад +1778

    Hitler: We have Steiner, his counter attack will save us
    Krebs and Jodl: The Attack didn’t take place
    Hitler: GOD DAMN IT

  • @Mr_M_History
    @Mr_M_History 3 года назад +566

    The animations are next level. There's a reason why many history teachers are switching from using crash course videos to your videos when students ask for recommendations. Keep up the excellent work!

    • @alexcheremisin3596
      @alexcheremisin3596 3 года назад +18

      Crash Course animations are unbearable

    • @23tovarm5
      @23tovarm5 3 года назад +3

      @@alexcheremisin3596 ngl at least for me their fun in a way but yes way less intriguing than this fine work

    • @roadtonever
      @roadtonever 3 года назад +14

      Regarding crash course, I can't take a historian seriously if he's flashing his personal politics in plain sight.

  • @jerrycoob4750
    @jerrycoob4750 3 года назад +1678

    "Soldiers of the Volkssturm are now being sent to the front in pairs. One throws a stone, and the other shouts "boom!"."

    • @bhawnabambroo6300
      @bhawnabambroo6300 3 года назад +100

      This joke is underrated.

    • @jerrycoob4750
      @jerrycoob4750 3 года назад +158

      @@bhawnabambroo6300 Apparently it was a whisper joke that went around during the war

    • @UnluckyCantaloupe4
      @UnluckyCantaloupe4 3 года назад +15

      That must have happened 😂😂😂

    • @murkywateradminssions5219
      @murkywateradminssions5219 3 года назад +91

      "Franz throw the stone"
      "Okay Peter"
      *clears throat* "GRENATE!"
      *clears throat* "*explosion noises*"

    • @ShinSheel
      @ShinSheel 3 года назад +13

      Wouldn't be surprised to hear it nowadays about Ukrainian volunteer batallion, lol

  • @TotalRookie_LV
    @TotalRookie_LV 3 года назад +468

    Besides underestimating the resolve of Western Allies, Hitler also "forgot" about the Eastern one - Allies could coordinate their operations pounding Nazis from whichever side was weaker at the moment, to force Germans relocating their forces, and so they did.

    • @geoffstemen3652
      @geoffstemen3652 3 года назад

      Khaleesi moment

    • @HuubHeesakkers
      @HuubHeesakkers 3 года назад +3

      Resolve of the western allies? It was Churchill, who was funded by bankers, that rejected any truces (which Hitler offered many times). And if it wasn't for their overwhelming supplies and logistics, the western allies would have not been so anxious to wage war. After all, they used up the Russians before the true battle even began.

    • @NewMessi7
      @NewMessi7 3 года назад +28

      @@HuubHeesakkers why should churchill accept peace, when Hitler attacked Poland and betrayed the Munich Treaty ?

    • @HuubHeesakkers
      @HuubHeesakkers 3 года назад +4

      @@NewMessi7 Because the British population did not want war but were forced upon it anyways by Churchill - who was funded into power by the big bankers? Who also funded Hitler? WW2 was meant to happen to destroy nationalism in Europe so the European Union could happen and the mass refugees be allowed inside Europe to destroy culture and racial heritage.

    • @How23497
      @How23497 3 года назад +18

      @@HuubHeesakkers "funded into power" lemme see your source on that one buddy

  • @asaltofsomething
    @asaltofsomething 3 года назад +7008

    "Don't worry, Steiner's assault will save us."

    • @vaporwave2359
      @vaporwave2359 3 года назад +631

      "Meine fuhrer...."
      "Steinters corps was wiped out in sheelow heights after a Soviet attack...."

    • @desmondmolina3142
      @desmondmolina3142 3 года назад +97

      He will, don't worry

    • @VaqueroCoyote
      @VaqueroCoyote 3 года назад +208

      @SL - 07JT 782426 The Valleys Sr PS
      Shitler: *FURIOUS KRAUT NOISES*

    • @gamevidz8763
      @gamevidz8763 3 года назад +97

      How did he actually believe that one attack was going to turn the tides of the war.

    • @royalcinnamon
      @royalcinnamon 3 года назад +95

      @@gamevidz8763 Not turn the tides but to deal enough damage to try to do a peace deal

  • @ZearthGJL
    @ZearthGJL 3 года назад +665

    "This enraged Hitler, who punished him severely."

    • @MarkProsXD
      @MarkProsXD 3 года назад +84

      @Jadg Peter Commenting an oversimplified joke under an oversimplified joke?
      There's a tax for that!

    • @the.real.cia.langley
      @the.real.cia.langley 3 года назад +62

      @@MarkProsXD Commenting an oversimplified joke under an oversimplified joke, under another oversimplified joke?
      There's a tax for that!

    • @nickpaulclash2
      @nickpaulclash2 3 года назад +41

      @@the.real.cia.langley Dude. Uncool :(

    • @bluenicholasbf2142
      @bluenicholasbf2142 3 года назад +47

      @@nickpaulclash2 changing an oversimplified joke to another oversimplified joke under a few other oversimplified jokes?
      To the guillotine!

    • @NapoIeoneBuonaparte
      @NapoIeoneBuonaparte 3 года назад +40

      @@bluenicholasbf2142 guillotine?!
      There’s a tax for that

  • @InvestmentJoy
    @InvestmentJoy 3 года назад +2494

    Can attest to the volkssturm resorting to farmers with shotguns. My neighbors dad ran into a plain clothes soldier holding a drilling rifle (two 16ga shotgun barrels plus a 9*57 Mauser barrel) while his unit was cleaning a old horse barn in Southern Germany during the last days.

    • @docpossum2460
      @docpossum2460 3 года назад +40

      Did they capture him?

    • @deesnuts4993
      @deesnuts4993 3 года назад +47

      Hey it's the vending machine guy

    • @Livelaughandlaughmore
      @Livelaughandlaughmore 3 года назад +15

      Wow it’s cool to see investment joy on a armchair history video

    • @InvestmentJoy
      @InvestmentJoy 3 года назад +171

      @@docpossum2460 nope, when he leveled his drilling at my neighbors father, he shot him in the chest with his m1. Cleared the farm, set up base there, war ended shortly after, brought the drilling back home.

    • @jed-henrywitkowski6470
      @jed-henrywitkowski6470 3 года назад +25

      @@InvestmentJoy Good. He was a partisan. A gurellia.

  • @spg1794
    @spg1794 3 года назад +684

    "the allies cant put together an amphibious invasion"
    allies : "what if we just pounded a poorly defended section of the coast with absolutely everything we had?"
    germans: wait what

    • @slavic_viking9638
      @slavic_viking9638 3 года назад +44

      I wouldn't call Normandie a poorly defended section of the coast as the Allies almost failed D - day and given that Rommel did not check and prepare Normandie since he thought that the Allies might attack calais instead so if Normandie was prepared for an operation like D - day the Allies might have failed the invasion

    • @NotAntury
      @NotAntury 2 года назад +20

      @@slavic_viking9638 Erwin Rommel knew that the commonwealth and the americans were going to land at normandy

    • @theranger1304
      @theranger1304 2 года назад +11

      @@slavic_viking9638 If the beaches assaulted by the Allies HAD been adequately defended and prepared, there was no way the Germans would have lost to the Allied offensive short of a miracle.

    • @Grummsh00
      @Grummsh00 2 года назад +1

      @@theranger1304 The Allies simply would have attacked elsewhere. The Germans were doomed.

    • @theranger1304
      @theranger1304 2 года назад +18

      @@Grummsh00 It's not a case of "simply" attacking elsewhere. It was a full sledged invasion. They had already committed entirely to this plan.
      Failure to break through the German defensive line would have cost the Allies enormous casualties and TIME.
      Thankfully they did not fail. But to say the Germans were doomed at this point is very untrue. The writing was on the wall, but the tide of the war could still have been majorly swung if the Allies had failed the Normandy invasion.

  • @talleywa5772
    @talleywa5772 3 года назад +2160

    So basically Hitler's master plan can be summed up with.
    1. Armored blitzkrieg
    2. Form pincers
    3. Encircle
    4. ?????
    5. Endsieg?

    • @Civility1
      @Civility1 3 года назад +228

      6. Profit

    • @fazole
      @fazole 3 года назад +116

      No, this was the general's plan. War of movement and encirclement is an old Prussian tactic. But it failed in the expanse of the USSR and under overwhelming air supremacy.

    • @jacksonmacpherson6101
      @jacksonmacpherson6101 3 года назад +220

      To be fair operation Barbarossa was basically
      1.) Invade Russia
      2.) Reach Moscow
      3.) Win

    • @paogene1288
      @paogene1288 3 года назад +11

      Ja ja Enseig.

    • @torpeedobootkamchatka2750
      @torpeedobootkamchatka2750 3 года назад +116

      @@jacksonmacpherson6101 no, too many steps
      the plan was more like
      1) Defeat Russia
      2) Win

  • @calebricks4890
    @calebricks4890 3 года назад +445

    1:07 I thought the thumbnail was good, but my gosh, this is a masterpiece.

  • @Swaggaccino
    @Swaggaccino 3 года назад +4943

    Legend has it, Hitler is still waiting for Steiner's counterattack.

    • @mapeditorjon5306
      @mapeditorjon5306 3 года назад +101

      @Adolf Hitler R u in Argentina rn

    • @mapeditorjon5306
      @mapeditorjon5306 3 года назад +47

      @Adolf Hitler No wayyyy

    • @mapeditorjon5306
      @mapeditorjon5306 3 года назад +19

      @Jayo Delaware I was just making a joke

    • @yummyyum36719
      @yummyyum36719 3 года назад +30

      Somewhere in Argentina....

    • @ku8721
      @ku8721 3 года назад +29

      Legend has it Mike Lindell is still waiting for Trump to be reinstated too!!!

  • @maxkronader5225
    @maxkronader5225 3 года назад +672

    In a way, Barbarossa was analogous to Lee's attempt to circle Washington DC and force a negotiated end to the War Between the States. In both cases rapid maneuver and audacity attempted a quick win against a larger enemy with more manpower and natural resources.
    A big difference though was that Lee knew that eventual victory was not possible after being stopped at Gettysburg; Hitler thought that being stopped in Russia was just a speed bump.

    • @ginnyledwell8923
      @ginnyledwell8923 3 года назад +46

      Fantastic comparison. Never would've seen the similarities if you didn't point it out.

    • @Snarflelocker
      @Snarflelocker 2 года назад +52

      Adolph thought it was just a speed bump after he took another bump of speed.

    • @A_Black_Sheep94
      @A_Black_Sheep94 2 года назад +15

      Lee lost because he wrapped his master plan around a cigar and he either dropped it or it fell out of his pocket. A union soldier found the cigar thinking it was his lucky day only to find Lee's master plan, showed it to his superior, and from their it went to Grant, the other generals, and Lincoln which allowed them to counteract his maneuver. It was a stroke of luck.

    • @Snarflelocker
      @Snarflelocker 2 года назад +11

      @@A_Black_Sheep94 This benefited Lee when he discovered similar plans at another battle, and saved Lee at another major battle when the Union commander (who I will not dignify by naming) didn't believe Lee's step-by-step plans could fall into his hands.
      The Civil War could've been over that day.
      You of course know of which battle I speak, right?

    • @A_Black_Sheep94
      @A_Black_Sheep94 2 года назад +7

      @@Snarflelocker Are you talking about McClellan lol? He is well known for doing... nothing.

  • @thomphin3261
    @thomphin3261 3 года назад +383

    One thing I have always found interesting is the evolution of German propaganda during the war. There is a noticeable difference between the sunny, bright pre-war and early-war propaganda and the propaganda from 1943-1945. The art style and themes become noticeably darker. You can almost feel the desperation and anxiety when you look at it.

    • @DetectiveLopez.
      @DetectiveLopez. 3 года назад +1

      @Jayo Delaware What does that last statement mean in English 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

    • @Wolf-wc1js
      @Wolf-wc1js 3 года назад +23

      @@DetectiveLopez. I could be wrong but I believe it translates to the Luftwaffe (Air Force) pollutes the German air/sky. Again I could be wrong, German is my 3rd language

    • @Femlobster
      @Femlobster 3 года назад +1

      @@DetectiveLopez. the German Air Force polluted the German sky

    • @concept5631
      @concept5631 3 года назад +9

      @@Wolf-wc1js No your right. Luftwaffe literally mean "Air Force" in German.

    • @Wolf-wc1js
      @Wolf-wc1js 3 года назад +1

      @@concept5631 gotcha, I knew that Luftwaffe means Air Force since I’ve studied so much WW2 lol, I was just clarifying that my translation might not be entirely correct because again I’m not a native German speaker

  • @HistoryOfRevolutions
    @HistoryOfRevolutions 3 года назад +2108

    "Madness is something rare in individuals - but in groups, parties, peoples, and ages, it is the rule"
    - Friedrich Nietzsche

    • @mampoetsinkosi8350
      @mampoetsinkosi8350 3 года назад +30

      Didn't he go mad

    • @SoulDuckling126
      @SoulDuckling126 3 года назад +26

      Circlejerks, fans/stans and echo chamber, the best kind of group

    • @aos8695
      @aos8695 3 года назад +92

      @@mampoetsinkosi8350 he was one of those rare individuals lol

    • @thecalmclone2813
      @thecalmclone2813 3 года назад

      @@mampoetsinkosi8350
      He got brain cancer

    • @AdmiralBonetoPick
      @AdmiralBonetoPick 3 года назад +16

      Nietzsche was based, before that was even a thing.

  • @p0xus
    @p0xus 3 года назад +2120

    1:40 It kills me whenever a company says "military-grade encryption" it means literally nothing, except to say it's encrypted in some way. It's a big red flag whenever a company uses this kind of language.

    • @afailureofaanimator6744
      @afailureofaanimator6744 3 года назад +245

      Well it is a good marketing tool to those ignorant

    • @thecommunistdoggo1008
      @thecommunistdoggo1008 3 года назад +40

      What about politician's always on about military grade assualt rifles

    • @p0xus
      @p0xus 3 года назад +150

      @@thecommunistdoggo1008 Rifles do have a Mil Spec. Encryption doesnt.

    • @thecommunistdoggo1008
      @thecommunistdoggo1008 3 года назад +20

      @@p0xus Ehhhh that's debatable mil spec is kinda not a good thing usually

    • @p0xus
      @p0xus 3 года назад +94

      @@thecommunistdoggo1008 Its litterally what "military grade" means. Wether good or not is an entirely different thing.

  • @kevinhealey6540
    @kevinhealey6540 3 года назад +656

    I was stationed in Germany in 70s and 80s.
    The Germans who lived during the time of the war told me that in 1943 everybody knew the was lost.
    They listened to the BBC which was always right on target and reporting what was really happening.
    They also had wounded soldiers coming back from the Russian Front and they were telling people, "It's just a matter of time."
    They didn't bother listening to German Broadcasts because they only reported that they were winning by attrition and the big time offensive was coming.

    • @MotherMao
      @MotherMao 2 года назад +90

      is it true hitler made call of duty black ops and made nazi zombies

    • @tripodindustry6991
      @tripodindustry6991 2 года назад +18

      @@MotherMao FR

    • @edgarallanpoe209
      @edgarallanpoe209 2 года назад +16

      @@MotherMao yes its true i made it in 1944

    • @dunhillsupramk3
      @dunhillsupramk3 2 года назад

      its sort of current day America and our war with inflation, its only a matter of time...

    • @Shiggityshiggtyschwa
      @Shiggityshiggtyschwa Год назад +25

      "German Broadcasts ... only reported that they were winning by attrition and the big time offensive was coming" Hmm. See, now in present time this is how BBC treats Ukraine reporting. Any loss is a victory by attrition.

  • @Augustus_Imperator
    @Augustus_Imperator 3 года назад +1657

    "We are short in oil and manpower, what do we do?"
    "Assault useless locations to consume more of it"

    • @ceu160193
      @ceu160193 3 года назад +16

      Maybe there will be oil?

    • @stoicalsilence
      @stoicalsilence 3 года назад +114

      The caucasus were rich in oil, hence the Operation

    • @metalfire86able
      @metalfire86able 3 года назад +40

      The initial operation was good but they prefer Stalingrad than real objective.
      Hitler n Commander chief staff was a stupid/blind in that case

    • @ceu160193
      @ceu160193 3 года назад +96

      @@metalfire86able Stalingrad was important as transport hub - you can't really transport oil otherwise.

    • @aksmex2576
      @aksmex2576 3 года назад +4

      @@metalfire86able their whole plan initially relied on a surprise invasion of their ally.

  • @TheMemeDynamics
    @TheMemeDynamics 3 года назад +823

    The thumbnail where Hitler laughing holding the book named "Mein Plan" is just so good

    • @nomobobby
      @nomobobby 3 года назад +35

      @Sergio Marc I mean, he was crazy with pride and hatard before. Now you add "dictator who knows he's going to lose everything soon" and you get the thumbnail. Perfect visual summery if you ask me. Even better than the Operation Citidal corkboard, which is impressive. Right metaphor and artstyle 10/10.

    • @_SoCalDude_
      @_SoCalDude_ 3 года назад +4

      It definitely got me to click on it 😅

    • @MVO884
      @MVO884 3 года назад +4

      Mein kampf translated: My battle. Not My plan.

    • @MVO884
      @MVO884 3 года назад +1

      @Jayo Delaware Kampf means "battle". Its not funny to make jokes on this topic
      .

    • @toastytoast9800
      @toastytoast9800 3 года назад +3

      @@MVO884 chill dude, its just a joke, hes trying to lighten the mood

  • @hydronpowers9014
    @hydronpowers9014 3 года назад +979

    "Why didn't I go back to Vienna to finish my art degree after selling my book?"
    Austrian Painter before shooting himself

    • @MikeSmith-vl5em
      @MikeSmith-vl5em 3 года назад +15

      Lmao! To bad we know he didn’t shoot him self and died of old age in South America.
      We know for a fact the body thought to be hitlers was actually a woman’s skeleton after DNA 🧬 testing

    • @UnluckyCantaloupe4
      @UnluckyCantaloupe4 3 года назад +8

      You call Adolf Hitler 'austrian painter' but you made a joke on how he never became a full Austrian painter

    • @UnluckyCantaloupe4
      @UnluckyCantaloupe4 3 года назад +37

      @@MikeSmith-vl5em stfu

    • @joebama6825
      @joebama6825 3 года назад +3

      @@UnluckyCantaloupe4 he had painted stuff before

    • @shaider1982
      @shaider1982 3 года назад

      Well, he can't, because he is not good enough.

  • @Dog_gone_it
    @Dog_gone_it 3 года назад +56

    I love how I can just kick back and throw on endless videos of yours and my students will all pass their tests and enjoy the class. They even do their homework. Such a break from actual teaching precovid

  • @Yora21
    @Yora21 3 года назад +643

    "Albert, don't hit me with them negative waves so early in the fiscal quarter."

    • @BadWebDiver
      @BadWebDiver 3 года назад +9

      Kelly's Heroes reference?

    • @masafelipe7033
      @masafelipe7033 3 года назад +4

      @@BadWebDiver You sound like a weird sandwich.

    • @elisabethwittner5539
      @elisabethwittner5539 3 года назад

      Speer was a traitor lol

    • @occam7382
      @occam7382 3 года назад +2

      @@elisabethwittner5539, then we should all be thankful he was a traitor.

    • @ndogg20
      @ndogg20 3 года назад

      @@elisabethwittner5539 ,Speer was a con man elite. Conned his way to the top of the Reich and later conned his way out of the hangman's noose from the allies.

  • @aubs400
    @aubs400 3 года назад +575

    "Yes, this will totally counter the superior air force and navy of the British, the industrial and economic might of the US, the totally massive armies of the Soviets, and the rotation of the earth"- An Austrian Painter, midway through his vegetarian dinner

    • @black10872
      @black10872 3 года назад +24

      @tokul76 true. However, Roosevelt little by little geared the American economy to a war footing. The 1940 Louisiana Maneuvers was the largest peacetime war game ever done in US Army history at that time involving over 40,000 troops. Army Chief of Staff General Marshall was hard at work firing and selecting officers capable of leading a fully mechanized 20th century army.

    • @sighsgkj
      @sighsgkj 3 года назад +3

      At least he made it to the rank of (Bohemian) corporal

    • @seanwalker6460
      @seanwalker6460 3 года назад +14

      Say what you like about Hitler but he was some painter. He could do a 2 room apartment in an afternoon. TWO coats! Mel Brookes the Producers

    • @msreviews5576
      @msreviews5576 3 года назад +2

      britain, when it was at war with Germany alone did not have the superior air force. Luftwaffe had a much better dive bombing arm and RAF had the edge on the bomber command. Luftwaffe was bigger. BOB was fought over british skies hence the higher losses, the same can be seen when RAF came head to head with Luftwaffe over Occupied European skies from the start of Barbarossa till the Moscow counter offensive.

    • @black10872
      @black10872 3 года назад +12

      @@msreviews5576 However, the RAF had the home field advantage. German fighters only had 14 minutes of fuel for engaging RAF fighters over Britain. Any longer than that, the Germans are swimming back home. Those German bombers were easy prey for the RAF fighters. The one and only time Germany could've won the BATTLE OF BRITAIN was keep bombing the airfields. They switched targets to bomb the cities. By focusing on the cities, the RAF took the time to fix, repair, and replenish their losses. Which goes the say; "Never interrupt your enemy when he's making a mistake."

  • @blackegret666
    @blackegret666 3 года назад +542

    That Thumbnail has so much meme material.

    • @supernovel7514
      @supernovel7514 3 года назад +47

      Looks like a piece of rule 34

    • @paddyjoe1884
      @paddyjoe1884 3 года назад +52

      I'm wondering how long this will stay up given that they are displaying swastikas. Or maybe everyone constantly using the youtube symbol as a substitute has finally gotten the message across.

    • @randomuser5443
      @randomuser5443 3 года назад +9

      @@supernovel7514
      NNOOO

    • @USSAnimeNCC-
      @USSAnimeNCC- 3 года назад +4

      Mexican Hitler never thought I’ll see that lol

    • @theyoutubenomad.3035
      @theyoutubenomad.3035 3 года назад +4

      @@supernovel7514 heresy

  • @shikikankillzone4239
    @shikikankillzone4239 3 года назад +201

    Legends say that Steiner is still preparing his counter-attack. The world will quake when it happens, we should brace for it

    • @john.d.rockefeller2538
      @john.d.rockefeller2538 3 года назад +21

      Legends say he haunts online forums recruiting soldiers.

    • @schmeatgaming853
      @schmeatgaming853 2 года назад +2

      Maybe his Counter Attack really is the Judgement day mentioned in the Bible....

  • @frederickthegreatpodcast382
    @frederickthegreatpodcast382 3 года назад +1058

    I love that all of these comments are about Steiner’s nonexistent counterattack

    • @Akislav1990
      @Akislav1990 3 года назад +58

      Tbf, that non-existence is one of the best moments of the war.

    • @darklysm8345
      @darklysm8345 3 года назад +12

      Its boring and overused

    • @nomobobby
      @nomobobby 3 года назад +57

      Steiner's counterattack will save us from this wave of cliches. Just you wait and see

    • @GMKGoji01
      @GMKGoji01 3 года назад +6

      I was expecting Downfall references in the comments.😅

    • @r.o.b8728
      @r.o.b8728 3 года назад +8

      IT WILL HAPPEN JUST GIVE HIM SOME TIME

  • @martinb.3997
    @martinb.3997 3 года назад +614

    Germany: Don't worry, this one child division wich only armament is sticks surely can defeat the 2 million soviet soldiers assaulting Berlin!

    • @haydenalcorn8754
      @haydenalcorn8754 3 года назад +88

      @The One You must be fun at parties.

    • @mors2846
      @mors2846 3 года назад +51

      @The One It was an edgy joke. No need to get triggered.

    • @ivanbadaev6621
      @ivanbadaev6621 3 года назад +30

      @The One wtf you make me cringe bro xD
      Cheers from a shallow-minded individual ^_^

    • @martinb.3997
      @martinb.3997 3 года назад +14

      @The One Man, you sure must be telling good jokes at the sensitivity crowd. Nice work showing how small is your sense of humor and intorelance to dark humour.

    • @jacob-bell
      @jacob-bell 3 года назад +1

      @@martinb.3997 Doesn't take a professor at Harvard to realize it was a shitty joke, and it's not even dark humor. The only thing that made me laugh was the fact he can't spell "which" lmao

  • @luckyman9457
    @luckyman9457 3 года назад +1167

    “Endsieg: Germany’s Final Plan to Win WW2”
    …Or, a good HOI4 mod.
    Edit: Some guy made the comment thread about Zionism lmao

  • @darrell9616
    @darrell9616 Год назад +3

    Thanks!

  • @crackedfascist1533
    @crackedfascist1533 3 года назад +3876

    Don’t worry lads! If we fall back to Berlin, Stiener’s counter-attack will save us!

    • @dubspool
      @dubspool 3 года назад +231

      Yeah, he’ll definitely be able to muster enough men.

    • @crackedfascist1533
      @crackedfascist1533 3 года назад +265

      Ja, and don’t worry about the Americans, we can hold them at the Rhine!

    • @Minute_Sniper
      @Minute_Sniper 3 года назад +171

      What if you said steiner will save us
      But Krebs said: mein furheur...

    • @francescodegregorio2824
      @francescodegregorio2824 3 года назад +21

      uh yeah about that

    • @stomper2888
      @stomper2888 3 года назад +1

      We didnt call eachother lads we called eachother brother

  • @Groovy_Bruce
    @Groovy_Bruce 3 года назад +998

    Panzerfaust, a surprisingly ingenious and effective weapon. The single use flamethrower? Not so much. Highly, highly dangerous to the user, and unpredictable.

    • @ajaxslamgoody9736
      @ajaxslamgoody9736 3 года назад +26

      America had their own version and was reloadable called the Bazooka.

    • @Wolf-wc1js
      @Wolf-wc1js 3 года назад +69

      @@ajaxslamgoody9736 actually the Panzerschreck was a copy of the Bazooka

    • @militustoica
      @militustoica 3 года назад +53

      I’m not sure who thought it would be a good idea to give single use flamethrowers to barely trained conscripts. Did they at least get carbines for after they were spent? Seems like a moronic waste of Germany’s heavily strained gasoline/petrol reserves by the last two years of the war, too.

    • @ceu160193
      @ceu160193 3 года назад +22

      @@militustoica Point is, with flamethrower you don't really have to aim in close quarters to kill enemy. And bombing raids from Allies, on top of Soviets already being in city, meant, that vehicles to use fuel on were either useless, destroyed or ineffective.

    • @user-jq2iz9zn4p
      @user-jq2iz9zn4p 3 года назад +11

      Soldiers using flamethrowers need to be close in,and they may never get there。A bullet can travel further than a flame。

  • @dairydregone7146
    @dairydregone7146 3 года назад +425

    "The Fuhrer demands all to shed the last drop of blood in its defense. The Old. The Young. The Weak." Vicktor Reznov form Call of Duty: World at War

    • @rbgerald2469
      @rbgerald2469 3 года назад +93

      "If they stand for Germany; they die for Germany.
      Building by Building, Room by Room, One rat at a time!!"
      -Viktor Reznov, CoD World at War

    • @dairydregone7146
      @dairydregone7146 3 года назад +13

      @@rbgerald2469 shoot! I forgot that's one of the best lines he ever said

    • @rbgerald2469
      @rbgerald2469 3 года назад +10

      @@dairydregone7146 ..Just putting it as a reminder..:)

    • @randomclouds4404
      @randomclouds4404 3 года назад +17

      When he was talking about the hangings, I remembered his line, "The Germans hang their cowards from trees!"

    • @GalahadGregory
      @GalahadGregory 3 года назад +11

      "Do not count days. Do not count miles. Count only the number of Germans you have killed."

  • @lsd5883
    @lsd5883 3 года назад +42

    This has to be one of the best documentaries I have watched, from the editing to the story line to that epic statement at the end. Thank you.

  • @dongiovanni4331
    @dongiovanni4331 3 года назад +823

    I dont think you had enough medals on Zhukov's chest.

    • @matthewyabsley
      @matthewyabsley 3 года назад +46

      Should have had a 10m swimming badge at least. 😀

    • @jackp.richardson6415
      @jackp.richardson6415 3 года назад +56

      Hitler was such a dumbass. If he really wanted a wonder weapon that could've won the war, he should've invested in magnets!

    • @dongiovanni4331
      @dongiovanni4331 3 года назад +44

      @jabroni destroyer You seem to have missed the 101st Airborne Division and the 705th Tank Destoyer Batallion.
      Also, Do it again Col Clarke

    • @tylerchambers5809
      @tylerchambers5809 3 года назад +2

      Don’t glorify communism!

    • @serronserron1320
      @serronserron1320 3 года назад +4

      Or the amount of German women he filled his bed with after the war
      lol

  • @felixgaming_yt_5913
    @felixgaming_yt_5913 3 года назад +1161

    germany : DONT WORRY PEOPLE I WILL SAVE THIS
    also germany : *instantly dies*

    • @ordotectonicus8585
      @ordotectonicus8585 3 года назад +4

      Nice Preußen pfp

    • @GMKGoji01
      @GMKGoji01 3 года назад +7

      Das war ein befehl! Der augriff Steiners war befehl!

    • @felixgaming_yt_5913
      @felixgaming_yt_5913 3 года назад +5

      @@GMKGoji01 i dont read german but ill try

    • @fazole
      @fazole 3 года назад +7

      We now know how deranged the political leadership of Germany and USSR was, yet somehow people believe and trust politicians and "experts" now. History rhymes and nowadays we have Botzis and Botzi Doktors. They had Klaus Barbie, we have Herr Doktor Anthony Assklown in Amerika. Power corrupts was true then and it's true now.

    • @felixgaming_yt_5913
      @felixgaming_yt_5913 3 года назад +2

      @@fazole power does corrupt

  • @DamonNomad82
    @DamonNomad82 3 года назад +264

    My dad was in the US armed forces during the Cold War, and he and my mom were stationed in Germany in the late 1970s/early 1980s. My mom told me that she once visited a cemetery there, and practically every family had at least one male member who had died at age 16 or 17 in 1944 or 1945.

    • @vcv6560
      @vcv6560 3 года назад +22

      Atkinson (Liberation Trilogy) makes that point at the opening of An Army at Dawn. If a male was born in Germany 1920 he had a 1/3 chance of dying in WWII.

    • @ararune3734
      @ararune3734 3 года назад +14

      They don't mention that when they claim women were oppressed

    • @p0xi842
      @p0xi842 2 года назад

      @@ararune3734 the oppression of a woman is different then what you are trying to say.
      Even then countless woman helped the war effort and died for it.
      Killed in concentration camps or bombed in factories.
      The oppression of a woman politically and economically has been the truth for a long time. There was once the saying in the usa why let a man teach children the abc for 20? Dollars a month when a woman can do it for 5 . And even then why can a woman not oppressed when their husband or son fights and dies? Does the oppression end when such a thing happens or do some things happen at the same time and are quite different ?
      Also the ussr did have woman as soldiers though as far as I know they only manned anti aircraft positions and where also famously pilots in the ussr.
      Without woman the war effort would have been severely Crippled too

    • @bonniespots149
      @bonniespots149 2 года назад +7

      @@ararune3734 what?

    • @icepicjoey
      @icepicjoey 2 года назад

      @@bonniespots149 Hes refering to the phlegmimism movement.

  • @inkedseahear
    @inkedseahear 3 года назад +43

    16:06 I like the attention to details, the US soldiers' animations aren't simply recycled because the M1 was semi-automatic while most other nations were bolt action.

  • @hampter1279
    @hampter1279 3 года назад +296

    Hitler: Don’t worry guys, I have a plan.
    >Hitler has left the game

    • @plusxz821
      @plusxz821 3 года назад +16

      Meanwhile somewhere in Buenos Aires
      >Hitler has joined the game<
      >Hitler has changed his nickname to "Señor Hilberto"

    • @clonesolar
      @clonesolar 3 года назад +2

      *German Democratic republic has joined the game*
      *Federal Republic of Germany has joined the game*

    • @slametdinatadinata645
      @slametdinatadinata645 3 года назад

      -NAZISM the tiger(wildcraft) joined the game-
      >AXIS has joined game

  • @Superlegend56
    @Superlegend56 3 года назад +69

    1:07 I can't put into words how much I love this

  • @moon_raven0495
    @moon_raven0495 3 года назад +194

    Hitler: Steiner's attack will save us
    The general's: *nervous sweating*

    • @pagion3169
      @pagion3169 3 года назад +1

      I would rather kill myself then doing this plan

    • @manictiger
      @manictiger 3 года назад +3

      @@pagion3169
      Hitler would have made you. He had a lot of his command killed this way, after there was an attempt to poison him.

    • @afailureofaanimator6744
      @afailureofaanimator6744 3 года назад +2

      @@manictiger and blow him up

  • @agent481989
    @agent481989 3 года назад +11

    Seeing the credits I'm impressed by the full on production this channel has created. Great work by a dedicated team!

  • @sarnix727
    @sarnix727 3 года назад +184

    “Do I wanna send German top secret jet engine secrets via insecure coffee shop WiFi? Have I ever!” *click*

    • @sighsgkj
      @sighsgkj 3 года назад +2

      @Jadg Peter Didn't Nord got hacked themselves?......plus how do we know these VPNs aren't funneling info to CIA / KGB / etc.

    • @TheBucketSkill
      @TheBucketSkill 3 года назад

      @normalworld FSB

    • @uptheworker
      @uptheworker 3 года назад

      @normalworld I think the Belarussian govt still call it KGB

  • @harrisonlee9585
    @harrisonlee9585 3 года назад +1091

    "The retreat was draining their gasoline, and the Soviet Army was draining their manpower" is a line worthy of Tolstoy.

    • @odysseus2656
      @odysseus2656 3 года назад +9

      They retreated because they had no gasoline and the lack of gasoline did not allow the German socialists to bring their manpower and armaments to the eastern front.

    • @alcabone1126
      @alcabone1126 3 года назад +26

      @@odysseus2656 German fascists*, they weren't really socialist

    • @Reichstaubenminister
      @Reichstaubenminister 3 года назад +17

      @@alcabone1126 They were both fascist and socialist. You could almost say... national socialist.

    • @peterlindstrom4233
      @peterlindstrom4233 3 года назад +37

      @@Reichstaubenminister They were not socialist at all, to imply anything else is madness.

    • @Reichstaubenminister
      @Reichstaubenminister 3 года назад +14

      @@peterlindstrom4233 You clearly haven't done any research on your own.

  • @smonaco12388
    @smonaco12388 3 года назад +54

    I’ve been a big fan of your channel for a while. I’ve always liked your content and delivery, and man, the animation has come SO far! I always tuned in for the info and content, but noticing the soldiers’ eyes moving and then cycling rounds with their bolts, wow. You have done a great job growing your channel and investing back into your product. Well done, Griff!

  • @alandye6471
    @alandye6471 3 года назад +130

    Very well done! I'm always fascinated by the psychology of the losing sides (Germany and Japan) in WW2. How they managed to keep morale so far past the point of a realistic chance of victory...

    • @HansLasser
      @HansLasser 3 года назад +40

      Don't underestimate the power of denial.

    • @podomuss
      @podomuss 3 года назад +28

      @@HansLasser Ignorance as well
      The two things usually work hand in hand

    • @conveyor2
      @conveyor2 3 года назад +8

      slow boiling the frog.

    • @soulplexis
      @soulplexis 2 года назад

      Japan was never gonna win a major victory long term even in china there was so much resistance no way they could keep china their slave nation

    • @vermilion6966
      @vermilion6966 2 года назад +1

      propaganda and denial

  • @gareginnzhdehhimself
    @gareginnzhdehhimself 3 года назад +69

    I think it's important to remember that Speer was a diehard Nazi, his refusal to enact the Nero decree merely came from an acceptance of reality.

    • @MrDino1953
      @MrDino1953 3 года назад +7

      At least he knew what reality was and accepted it as such. Unlike a certain modern-day orange demagogue in America.

    • @black10872
      @black10872 3 года назад +6

      @@MrDino1953 How did i know someone will mention Trump? 😆

    • @Auden.
      @Auden. 3 года назад

      MrDino1953 ffs man guess you turn a blind eye to biden?

    • @WanderingLibertarian
      @WanderingLibertarian 3 года назад +3

      @@MrDino1953 Its absolutely hilarious when you leftists mention Trump at every possible turn. The man isn't even President anymore and you still obsess over him, this comment had nothing to do with politics

    • @Auden.
      @Auden. 3 года назад

      @DANIEL BIN OMAR - these stimulus checks being sent out are not good hyper inflation is soon going to entail, unless we dont spend the money right away and only make wise monetary decisons, then hopefully the effects arent as bad

  • @americantaxpayer4426
    @americantaxpayer4426 3 года назад +554

    Only people who have never been in the military consider “military grade” an accolade

    • @alexcheremisin3596
      @alexcheremisin3596 3 года назад +30

      Lowest Bider

    • @129aslamnurfikrir4
      @129aslamnurfikrir4 3 года назад +34

      The only good military grade stuff are Swiss army knives and jerry cans

    • @tbt0380
      @tbt0380 3 года назад +4

      @@129aslamnurfikrir4 And maybe the boots depending where you are, but that's about it really

    • @jt95124
      @jt95124 3 года назад +12

      Just like a company, or a corporation, quality varies with situation. Your experience may vary. Some of it is quite good, some of it not good. Depends on development cycles, investment, and the competence of the particular people involved. Garand rifle, m-1 tank are good, M-14 rifle and Sheridan tank not good. Littoral combat ship bad, Fletcher destroyer good. And maintenance, if the prior users had abused the equipment. In general, competence and adequate resources are not always available, sometimes it is.

    • @APersonOnYouTubeX
      @APersonOnYouTubeX 3 года назад +3

      @@129aslamnurfikrir4 and helicopters

  • @napoleonibonaparte7198
    @napoleonibonaparte7198 3 года назад +196

    Hitler hoped for a LOTR-style cavalry rescue from Steiner like in Helms Deep…

    • @concept5631
      @concept5631 3 года назад +1

      Yup.

    • @modest_spice6083
      @modest_spice6083 3 года назад +10

      @A Velsen Hitler! Hitler calls for aid!
      Steiner: And no one will answer. Muster the men, tomorrow, we make for the American lines.

    • @felixsubakti6907
      @felixsubakti6907 3 года назад +6

      The fact that LOTR is translated to German(with some censor editing from the gestapo) makes this multiple times hilarious

    • @concept5631
      @concept5631 3 года назад +7

      @@felixsubakti6907 Its made even more hilarious by the fact that Tolkien was a hardcore anti-Nazi and made that explicitly clear when the Nazi's reached out to him.

    • @felixsubakti6907
      @felixsubakti6907 3 года назад +1

      @@concept5631 i forgot about that..... Tolkien was a British veteran too

  • @peterkropotkin6224
    @peterkropotkin6224 3 года назад +107

    The Allies won the war not by luck. It wasn't simply a near escape, as some historians might try to argue. The Axis Powers took on a task that was too big for them and were incapable of knocking out key powers because they were very likely completely out of reach and capable of withstanding initial blows. The Allies adapted, regrouped, mobilized, and were able to wear out their overstretched, under-resourced opponents through attrition and economic, technological, and military superiority.

    • @Mcbignuts
      @Mcbignuts Год назад

      Allied victory was purely a matter of larger natural resources, endless industrial production and the german shortcomings in these areas, particularly fuel and navy
      Germany was choked by an economic sea blockade, was unable to fight the British on the water, forcing them to resort to u boat tactics, had too little oil and Hitler had failed to clear house following him taking power
      It's unbelievable how many ppl within the german high command were sabotaging hitler's orders
      The Germans could have inflicted 10 Dunkirks and 10 more Kiev encirclements, but allied material quantity was simply too much to overcome

    • @pyromania1018
      @pyromania1018 Год назад +17

      Not to mention the ability to pragmatically restrain their personal feelings on certain things in order to achieve mutual goals. Conversely, the Axis was a shaky alliance of convenience characterized by mutual deceit, little coordination, and laughably poor leadership.

    • @janmale7767
      @janmale7767 Год назад +1

      Not so sure about the 'technological superiority' but outnumbered, under resourced al of that for sure, but ultimately the west was fooled into fightingvfor their own demise, yoj are losing your countries to 3rd world invaders, you deserve to you fools!
      DARWIN AWARDS!

    • @bitshox1215
      @bitshox1215 Год назад +6

      Also, a large reason why the allies lost so hard in the early war was because of an insane amount of incompetence on their part.

    • @justusP9101
      @justusP9101 Год назад +1

      Technological? Hah. The only reason the allies won is because of previous subjucation of other nations and lands

  • @flawlessbinary7449
    @flawlessbinary7449 3 года назад +356

    Sees “Endseig”
    *Hoi4 flashback*

    • @UnluckyCantaloupe4
      @UnluckyCantaloupe4 3 года назад +1

      Spending a bunch of time preparing your divisions and inevitably loosing flashback

    • @ShinSheel
      @ShinSheel 3 года назад +2

      Is there any sense to play Endsieg? It sounds cool, but I don't want to play a giant arse-reip

    • @2Links
      @2Links 3 года назад +10

      @@ShinSheel Yes. Winning the 1943 scenario, or at least holding on, isn't too difficult. 1944 is more difficult but still possible. Don't try 1945.

    • @jonathand.t.5051
      @jonathand.t.5051 3 года назад +1

      Golden lost

    • @BatCostumeGuy
      @BatCostumeGuy 3 года назад

      Batman would've won if he was in charge.

  • @fluffehpancakes1102
    @fluffehpancakes1102 3 года назад +131

    They went in full kamikaze with that thumbnail, not caring about getting demonitized, respect +

    • @afailureofaanimator6744
      @afailureofaanimator6744 3 года назад +5

      The resistance

    • @noobdoggo
      @noobdoggo 3 года назад +8

      They got a sponsor so it's not a problem

    • @fluffehpancakes1102
      @fluffehpancakes1102 3 года назад +3

      @@noobdoggo Same thing can be said about the sponsors,not carring that their product is being shown over a nazi video

    • @noobdoggo
      @noobdoggo 3 года назад +10

      @@fluffehpancakes1102 it's a historic video and since it talks about a topic that gets a lot of attention they want to sponsor it, it's not a nazi video lol

    • @fluffehpancakes1102
      @fluffehpancakes1102 3 года назад +1

      @@noobdoggo Yeah my bad

  • @ainternet239
    @ainternet239 3 года назад +533

    In 2004, I was in Germany when the film "Der Untergang" (Downfall) came out - the source of all those RUclips clips.
    I went to see it with a colleague and, after the end credits rolled, you could have heard a pin drop in the packed theater.

    • @peterpan408
      @peterpan408 3 года назад +12

      Dont mention the war..

    • @stefanlaskowski6660
      @stefanlaskowski6660 3 года назад +28

      Excellent film. I bought the DVD early this year.

    • @piapenske9767
      @piapenske9767 3 года назад +117

      Because the fikm showed us Germans that loosing the war was a huge catastrophy but winning the war would have been much worse for Germany. It was not just Hitler who was a complete psycho but most of his Generals and goverment officials. Those people didn´t want peace and prosperity for the german people they were just there to fullfill their mass psychosis no matter what.

    • @DLK96
      @DLK96 3 года назад +14

      @@piapenske9767 Hitler actually started the war objectively i.e. Poland and the Western countries. The problem was Barbarossa; a purely ideological war. That's when the genuine insanity and inhumanity began to show and play out.

    • @sethd2115
      @sethd2115 3 года назад +58

      @@DLK96 The war was always ideological. And involved gambles throughout. Eventually the gambler rolls craps.

  • @bg1052
    @bg1052 3 года назад +46

    10:12 This makes it look like operation citadel was Hitlers idea when, from my understanding, it wasn't. It was an idea his generals had and Hitler actually hated it. Apparently saying "Everytime I think about operation citadel my stomach turns over". I'm not at all defending him at, it's just something I noticed.

    • @packersfanforlife7903
      @packersfanforlife7903 3 года назад

      Either way he okayed it as at that time he took full charge of everything. Hitler was basically playing a massive game of Strategic Command: World at War only the enemy troops and tanks actually started showing up at his door. Unrealistic Operations with made up cheat coded in units which didn't really exist!

    • @boop7441
      @boop7441 7 месяцев назад +2

      similarly, 16:08 makes it look like nazi high command genuinely believed the ardennes offensive would work, although Model and Von Rundstedt both believed that aiming for antwerp was completely delusional.

  • @Drayran
    @Drayran 3 года назад +1127

    Respect for having a voice actor who was willing to do this segment of Goebbels infamous Sportpalastrede. As a native speaker my heart cramps every time I hear these lines.

    • @TheLeadpepper
      @TheLeadpepper 3 года назад +86

      I am English and feel for you! Angers me that I am listening to the words uttered by such a manipulative creature !! 4 minutes in and i gotta take a break!!

    • @clovergrass9439
      @clovergrass9439 3 года назад +24

      We've been lied to by the victors...unless you're hasbara.

    • @thedivide9559
      @thedivide9559 3 года назад +21

      Sure thing "native speaker"

    • @APersonOnYouTubeX
      @APersonOnYouTubeX 3 года назад +84

      @@thedivide9559 ur American aren’t ya?

    • @thedivide9559
      @thedivide9559 3 года назад +4

      @@APersonOnRUclipsX So what if I am?

  • @flightedits7590
    @flightedits7590 3 года назад +687

    "Steiner will save us it's ok guys chill"
    Hitler probably

    • @Copy-x2k
      @Copy-x2k 3 года назад +16

      Burgdoff(Fish lover):"Mein Fuhrer Steiner"
      Jodl(The bald objector):"Steiner has move his army to Elba River and surrender to amerikaner already..."

    • @flightedits7590
      @flightedits7590 3 года назад +11

      @@Copy-x2k fish fish fish fish fish fish fish

    • @Copy-x2k
      @Copy-x2k 3 года назад +7

      @@flightedits7590 Hitler: shut up Your Fish Lover

    • @militustoica
      @militustoica 3 года назад +10

      Considering his daily methamphetamine habit, he probably didn’t believe in being chill until he got his barbiturate injection each night to allow his brain to sleep.

    • @militustoica
      @militustoica 3 года назад +1

      @@Copy-x2k 🤔

  • @Ifues-tb7is
    @Ifues-tb7is 3 года назад +320

    “THIS PLAN Z CANT POSSIBLY FAIL!” -Nazis 1943-1945

    • @gareginnzhdehhimself
      @gareginnzhdehhimself 3 года назад +35

      Plan Z was an actual plan of the German Navy to make a large surface fleet

    • @afailureofaanimator6744
      @afailureofaanimator6744 3 года назад +28

      @@gareginnzhdehhimself except it was less practical than planktons plan.

    • @aerouantshinyscales3944
      @aerouantshinyscales3944 3 года назад +14

      @@gareginnzhdehhimself a plan that was obsolete for a navy since even before 1919

    • @jerrycoob4750
      @jerrycoob4750 3 года назад +6

      @@aerouantshinyscales3944 High Seas Fleet II: Electric Boogaloo

    • @MagiconIce
      @MagiconIce 3 года назад +9

      For context: It was one of the pre-war plans, so it doesn't really fit the theme of this video, but yeah, building a surface fleet large enough to succesfully challenge the British Fleet, even if it would be fighting alone (which wasn't the case then) within the timespan of 6 years is just delusional.
      The Nazis were and still are a crazy, dangerous bunch of people. I hope they never take power again anywhere on the world.

  • @ChiefEngineeringOfficer
    @ChiefEngineeringOfficer 3 года назад +5

    The animation of the weapons and attention to detail is perfection. I really appreciate that.

  • @haraldisdead
    @haraldisdead 3 года назад +178

    When you have to invade your own allies to keep them from switching sides, it's fucking over dude.

    • @S1mcard
      @S1mcard 3 года назад +5

      He knew he wouldn't win from the begin.

  • @azj_
    @azj_ 3 года назад +178

    Hitler: Hey guys, I'm got idea how to stop those Russian
    Hitler General: Ah scheiße! Hier gehen wir wieder.

    • @iamwarranted4502
      @iamwarranted4502 3 года назад +2

      Translation?

    • @chriscarlone527
      @chriscarlone527 3 года назад +7

      @@iamwarranted4502 Ah s***! Here we go again.

    • @spinosaurusiii7027
      @spinosaurusiii7027 3 года назад +6

      "Ah Scheiße, jetzt das schon wieder." would be a bit better

    • @theacme3
      @theacme3 3 года назад +1

      @@spinosaurusiii7027 Ah Scheiße, jetzt geht das wieder los.

    • @iamwarranted4502
      @iamwarranted4502 3 года назад

      @@chriscarlone527 ah ok thanks

  • @randy_wit_dreads2913
    @randy_wit_dreads2913 3 года назад +305

    "The world rejected his vision and he sought to punish it, starting with his own people."
    That hit different with the music.

    • @hungrymusicwolf
      @hungrymusicwolf 3 года назад +1

      That felt real, like man that guy had a hatred for his opponents.

    • @msreviews5576
      @msreviews5576 3 года назад +9

      @@hungrymusicwolf not all his opponents. The Western ones were treated on an equal footing. The problem in his mind were the slavs, jews and the plethora of other undesirables. People keep throwing "he wanted to kill all people" and similar silly statements but the minds of people like stalin, hitler, churchill were complicated. These monsters cared for their own and even that, as entities, as a whole. Not on an individual level.

    • @msreviews5576
      @msreviews5576 3 года назад +8

      if he wanted to punish the world why didnt he release the nerve gas stockpiles on allied countries and soldiers? Just one plane would be enough to wreck a large area of people. Retaliation? but didnt he want to punish the world, starting with his own?

    • @bearthemexican6385
      @bearthemexican6385 3 года назад +4

      @@msreviews5576 well that would require quite a lot of coordination, its not just as simple as unleashing gas back then, in terms of not wanting to kill all people maybe if they were blonde, blue eyed, and white then yeah but anything else will then be used as potential slaves to the factory or execution, african americans and some french Senegalese troops were not given the merciful feeling of surrender and were shot on sight without remorse

    • @AFGuidesHD
      @AFGuidesHD 3 года назад +2

      it hits because that's what propaganda is designed to do.

  • @KionTheLion
    @KionTheLion 3 года назад +25

    "In a scene that has been comedically mistranslated in countless RUclips videos..."
    I think everyone here gets the reference lol

  • @vaporwave2359
    @vaporwave2359 3 года назад +460

    After Hitler's 99 failed plans:
    Guys I got another idea to beat the soviets

    • @miguelguerreiro5280
      @miguelguerreiro5280 3 года назад +50

      *Shoots himself*

    • @borntofeel1152
      @borntofeel1152 3 года назад +20

      Soviets HATE them, watch how these Germans plan to WIN the war

    • @ethank5059
      @ethank5059 3 года назад +22

      ​@Gotthard Yus His previous plans didn't succeed though. He failed to knock out Britain and the blockade was starving Germany of resources while the Soviet Union was growing stronger over time. Had he decided not to invade the Soviet Union he still would have lost the war it would just have taken much longer. Ultimately winning the battle of France doesn't matter if you still lose the war.

    • @thediaz07
      @thediaz07 3 года назад +2

      @@ethank5059 but he still succeeded in taking over more than 13 countries....

    • @thediaz07
      @thediaz07 3 года назад +2

      @Gotthard Yus yes, it worked well. The soviets getting help from the U.S gave them a major boost. If Germany had gone to another city other then Stalingrad they could've capture more oil. I forgot the country but it was in their grasps.

  • @vaporwave2359
    @vaporwave2359 3 года назад +144

    Operation Potsdam: cries in the corner

    • @vaporwave2359
      @vaporwave2359 3 года назад +1

      @@livethefuture2492 it's a joke

    • @ilianaghdifar1018
      @ilianaghdifar1018 3 года назад +1

      Operation spring awakening:WHY WHY YOU KNOW IM GONNA DIE

  • @ishaankamal6819
    @ishaankamal6819 3 года назад +80

    27:35 Guys, I finally found Steiner's glorious assault.

  • @billieclark8870
    @billieclark8870 3 года назад +7

    As a history major watching these videos is like being a kid in a candy store! Thank you!

  • @j._blitz.
    @j._blitz. 3 года назад +27

    Love how the pictures in the background show shattered glass. Attention to detail is excellent and amazing

  • @helene8854
    @helene8854 3 года назад +376

    21:06 as a German, I appreciate how you labelled that graph. It's pretty funny, imaging that Nazi leaders would use this type of language.

    • @APersonOnYouTubeX
      @APersonOnYouTubeX 3 года назад +4

      @@ems7623 I am afraid of the ignoramuses that would just call Honsbein Nazi outside of this channel due to how divided YT is

    • @simplyaregularguy131
      @simplyaregularguy131 3 года назад +31

      what do those phrases translate into? I understand the "Oh Sheisse" one but not the others

    • @helene8854
      @helene8854 2 года назад

      @@Eminem200FBI Dude... Whoever is proud of the part of German history that was the Third Reich is dangerously close to Neonazism...

    • @helene8854
      @helene8854 2 года назад

      @@Eminem200FBI and I call them Nazis because that's what they were

    • @Bapho434
      @Bapho434 Год назад +6

      @@simplyaregularguy131Unsere Wirtschaft - Our Economy
      Super geil - Super awesome
      Toll - Great
      Alter - dude..
      Super gau- literally its a term used for describing the worst possible scenario in a Atomic Power plant.

  • @DraftTheHippies
    @DraftTheHippies 3 года назад +78

    The Downfall reference. I couldn’t stop laughing

  • @orangu10
    @orangu10 3 года назад +153

    German Propaganda Ministry: "The Allies lack the expertise to launch an amphibious invasion of Europe!"
    D-day: *"I'm about to end this man's whole career."*

    • @AYVYN
      @AYVYN 3 года назад +4

      America traveling an ocean and invading Europe is one of the most impressive military feats in human history

    • @youraveragescotsman7119
      @youraveragescotsman7119 3 года назад +1

      @@AYVYN
      I mean they had the UK as a staging point to stock supplies and the RN made up 80% of the ships on D-Day.

    • @AYVYN
      @AYVYN 3 года назад

      @@youraveragescotsman7119 That’s true. We already kicked the U.K’s ass so they let us chill

    • @youraveragescotsman7119
      @youraveragescotsman7119 3 года назад

      @@AYVYN
      If we're going to the score then it's 1-1 between the UK and USA in terms of wars won against each other.
      As for the UK and Germany? 2-0.

    • @jaxkypluto
      @jaxkypluto 3 года назад

      @@youraveragescotsman7119 actually give another point to US over UK because the war of 1812

  • @igdlackbig
    @igdlackbig 3 года назад +183

    "Steiner, why didn't you attack?'
    "I forgor💀"

  • @keesdevente3210
    @keesdevente3210 3 года назад +22

    Such a interesting time. Thank you for creating this for free. The fact that RUclips demonatizes this is wrong.

  • @Choiisaac09
    @Choiisaac09 3 года назад +100

    "The battle of berlin will be the turning point of the war!" *Hi i'm Bon Jovi and you are watching famous last words*

  • @garrisonnichols807
    @garrisonnichols807 3 года назад +35

    When you look at the statistics of economic power population numbers and national military size when it comes to navy air force and army you see that the Axis powers Germany Japan and Italy just couldn't compete for a large scale long term war. They simply didn't have the population economy or military to win against the three biggest most powerful countries the USA British Empire and Soviet Union. In reality it's amazing the Axis powers lasted as long as they did.

    • @whyywudidmattar1632
      @whyywudidmattar1632 2 года назад +2

      Well they did relly on the wests pacifist position which gave them years of doing what they wanted which costs millions of lives , they got away with a lot more than they should have and it cost a lot of blood

  • @maciejkamil
    @maciejkamil 3 года назад +112

    18:15 - when you are so desperate that you fight against a river.

  • @andersgale9544
    @andersgale9544 3 года назад +286

    HITLER: *WITH THE ATTACK OF STEINER EVERYTHING WILL BE FIXED*
    GENERALS: 🤐

    • @mushvigabbasov3951
      @mushvigabbasov3951 3 года назад

      WW3 in HOI4 Style Mapping
      ruclips.net/video/SIVEfof3fBQ/видео.html

    • @BatCostumeGuy
      @BatCostumeGuy 3 года назад +3

      Batman would've won if he was in charge.

    • @andersgale9544
      @andersgale9544 3 года назад +1

      @@BatCostumeGuy no doubt about it

    • @davidmckab7527
      @davidmckab7527 3 года назад

      Dom Toretto could've been leader he can win the war with Family

  • @sasinator6918
    @sasinator6918 3 года назад +78

    Hoi4 players be like:
    “Ooh write that down”

  • @tomaszskowronski1406
    @tomaszskowronski1406 2 года назад +1

    11:23 immediate goosebumps whe that song kicked (hehe) in. It makes everything more epic yet tragic. also, strong Kings & Generals/Cold War feels, they use it in every single video and it still works

  • @areasevenpro
    @areasevenpro 3 года назад +535

    This video enraged Adolf's father, who punished him severely.

  • @MrGamerTrainer
    @MrGamerTrainer 3 года назад +5

    This was a fantastic documentary. Excellent narrative, brilliant animation (whoever did the flags in the wind smashed it), and thoroughly researched as ever. Great job guys.

  • @CJ_1406
    @CJ_1406 3 года назад +76

    "Don't worry, Steiner's attack will solve everything."

  • @VerrückteWolke
    @VerrückteWolke 2 года назад +5

    "Wollt ihr den totalen Krieg?"
    Da bekomm ich jedesmal ne Gänsehaut. 😬

  • @229masterchief
    @229masterchief 3 года назад +50

    Y'all may laugh, but just remember that Steiner has yet to launch his long awaited counterattack

    • @imperialguardsman5726
      @imperialguardsman5726 3 года назад +6

      Imagine there was a typo in the message to steiner and one day in 2945 a bunch of nazi soldiers just show up and start killing people

    • @razzledazzle8593
      @razzledazzle8593 3 года назад

      @DANIEL BIN OMAR -
      "Did you send out the early Christmas in German letters?"
      "Ja I said Santa is coming"
      "Let me see that! 'Steiner is coming'"
      "oh nein"

  • @johnsugar3241
    @johnsugar3241 3 года назад +67

    Nobody:
    The Armchair Historian: *JUST POINT AND ROAST*

  • @veryconcernedbread
    @veryconcernedbread 3 года назад +134

    The person who read Geobels' speech did a fantastic job, but he simply doesn't have the sheer aggressive zeal of the original.

    • @nbewarwe
      @nbewarwe 3 года назад +18

      It would've been cool if they played over the original audio. But it was probably copyrighted.

    • @Snp2024
      @Snp2024 3 года назад +4

      @@nbewarwe what copyright? How

    • @nbewarwe
      @nbewarwe 3 года назад +2

      @@Snp2024 A lot of footage and recordings of speeches throughout history are copyrighted. I don't know if any of the nazis' footage is owned by anyone, but I know that several American speeches are.

    • @Snp2024
      @Snp2024 3 года назад +2

      @@nbewarwe jeez

    • @paulshadow5727
      @paulshadow5727 3 года назад +16

      @@nbewarwe wouldn't it have passed into public domain after all these years?

  • @stevenewman1393
    @stevenewman1393 Месяц назад +1

    😉👍Very nicely wonderfully greatly well done and very well informatively explained and executed in every detail way shape and format provided by you on the "Endsieg: Germanys Final Plan To Win WW2 From 1943 To 1945!"; A job very nicely fabulously well done indeed Sir!👌.

  • @shaunlevin5081
    @shaunlevin5081 3 года назад +71

    Hitler: We'll encircle the Soviets at Berlin!
    Soviets: Uno reverse card.

  • @Hakudohshi
    @Hakudohshi 3 года назад +6

    I very much hope that your documentaries are shown in schools. You've made them engaging; entertaining; and informative.

  • @RAAM855
    @RAAM855 3 года назад +96

    "Anyone who turns off the road leading to hell will not be intimidated by the warning: "
    -Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

  • @prestonweaver3856
    @prestonweaver3856 3 года назад +1

    That was by far the smoothest transition from story line to Ads/Promos I have ever seen.

  • @nathanlong624
    @nathanlong624 3 года назад +318

    Watch "Downfall". Very amazing movie, and it really captures just how screwed up mentally Hitler was towards the end of the war😎😎 not sure exactly how historically accurate it is though😭

    • @user-jq2iz9zn4p
      @user-jq2iz9zn4p 3 года назад +127

      I saw a professor say that Downfall is as close as we will get to seeing what Hitler was like in his final days。

    • @tgsachris
      @tgsachris 3 года назад +37

      never seen it but I can tell you Hitler was literally on a cocktail of meth proscribed and injected into is brain by his doctor so... if he acted like a meth head it's probably pretty accurate

    • @wannabehistorian371
      @wannabehistorian371 3 года назад +24

      @@tgsachris It’s the movie Hitler rant parodies come from.

    • @wannabehistorian371
      @wannabehistorian371 3 года назад +9

      I hear it’s pretty accurate.

    • @pop5678eye
      @pop5678eye 3 года назад +40

      The movie is largely based on the diaries and memoirs of people who were present. (Traudl Junge, Albert Speer, etc.) It's as accurate as one is able to get without resorting to pure speculation. It is certainly much more accurate than movies depicting the conspiracy theories of Hitler escaping or video games of allies bursting in.
      Mind you, that does not mean everything in it is 100% true. Speer spent most of his post-WWII days making excuses for himself. (look up the myth of the 'good nazi') The 1981 American film 'The Bunker' (which is similar to Downfall) was mostly based on Speer's narrative and obviously tries to make him look better.

  • @Johannes_Piotr
    @Johannes_Piotr 3 года назад +6

    In all seriousness. I have to say, that was an exeptional short documentary! High quality animations, very good script and reading and an emotional ending. Very good work!

  • @fabianvalentin7404
    @fabianvalentin7404 3 года назад +5

    I think this is by far the most well put together piece you guys have ever made. From animations to the soundtracks used, to the most important the ability to convey the desperation and depravity the nazi regime was at the end of the war. Great research and great video you guys are legit

  • @levi9n321
    @levi9n321 3 года назад +1

    a big compliment to all your animations and all the german writings and translations which are perfectly translated - coming from a german.
    really good and detailed videos

  • @TommygunNG
    @TommygunNG 3 года назад +114

    The single-shot flamethrower doesn't seem worth the manufacturing.

    • @spg1794
      @spg1794 3 года назад +7

      the garbage weapons used when mototov cocktails become too expensive.

    • @agatabonilla7732
      @agatabonilla7732 3 года назад +1

      This has 69 likes

    • @matthewgedeon5882
      @matthewgedeon5882 3 года назад +4

      This is extremely useful. Fire is devastating psychologicaly, and an inexperienced flamer can get several experienced troops if they can surprise them.

    • @TommygunNG
      @TommygunNG 3 года назад

      @@matthewgedeon5882 Overplaying the psychological there. As for tactical, there are better uses of manufacturing capacity--like, almost anything.

    • @matthewgedeon5882
      @matthewgedeon5882 3 года назад

      @@TommygunNG Dismissing my comment is not defeating it. As for the effect of fire, go read historical accounts of the use of fire then we'll debate it. As for the manufacturing cost of an aerosol can and spray assembly (what that that single shot flame thrower looked like), the cost to effect ratio in city fighting if you could surprise your enemy, makes this a great weapon to supplement your militia men with.

  • @AyubuKK
    @AyubuKK 3 года назад +14

    Wow can’t believe the History Channel is finally making history documentaries again. Great video!

    • @sighsgkj
      @sighsgkj 3 года назад

      Ah......no more ancient aliens?

    • @AyubuKK
      @AyubuKK 3 года назад +1

      @@sighsgkj Nope, thank God

  • @enderjed2523
    @enderjed2523 3 года назад +86

    Weren’t tanks from Berlin’s museum used during Germany’s last stand?

    • @raptordoniv6779
      @raptordoniv6779 3 года назад +15

      Yes, the Nazis were getting real desperate, I would imagine.

    • @mr.nobody2191
      @mr.nobody2191 3 года назад +10

      They took war trophy tanks like a t28 to defend Berlin

    • @Elderrion
      @Elderrion 3 года назад +10

      There's a few pictures out there of an old WWI, British rombus tank in Berlin during the battle. Probably used as a pillbox

    • @enderjed2523
      @enderjed2523 3 года назад +2

      @@Elderrion I think it was a Mark V

    • @enderjed2523
      @enderjed2523 3 года назад +2

      @@raptordoniv6779 I think they even rolled out some prototypes that could still work, such as remaining Porsche Tigers/Elefant/Ferdinands and Durburschwagens