I had great feedback from many of you in the first episode, so thank you all for that. I hope you all enjoy this video too! If you’re questioning why the 196th Rifle Division has “disappeared” between the first and second video and then reappears later on in this video, the reason why was explained in my Stalingrad Addendum 1 video. Here’s the link to that ruclips.net/video/9p_5viY7V4s/видео.html I wanted to say thank you to those of you who were helping me with the pronunciation of the Russian words/names in the comments of the addendum video. It was too late to change the audio for this video, but I will use your audio to (hopefully) improve my pronunciation of the names for the next episode. I did change the way I pronounced “Chuikov” though! I’ll be doing another “Addendum” video after the end of the first Season, and I encourage you all to watch it (and the first Addendum video, if you haven’t already). The purpose of the Addendum videos is give additional information, to correct the mistakes I’ve made, debate some of the issues that come up, and allow me to respond to some of your comments. The final video of this Season will be released on the 4th of November 2019. After Season 1 I will then break from releasing Stalingrad videos to prepare for Season 2 and answer some Patron Q&As. A big thanks goes to my Patrons. Without you, this series would not be possible. If you would like to see your name in the future videos of this series, please support my channel and make these videos happen. You can support me here www.patreon.com/TIKhistory or www.subscribestar.com/tikhistory Another big thanks goes to Historian Anton Joly, who helped with the research for this series - check out his RUclips channel “Stalingrad Battle Data” (link in the description)! All sources relating to Stalingrad are listed in the “specific Battlestorm Stalingrad bibliography” link in the description! Thanks for watching, bye for now!
Myself and my wife hope to have the name pronunciations done hopefully today, unfortunately some of the names you listed aren't Russian, they are Ukrainian which she trying to make sure she pronounces correctly or may just say skip.
Thank you! And thank you to your wife! I didn't realize that some of them were Ukrainian. Sorry about that. I'll leave it up to her if she wants to skip them or not :)
I would also like to ask why 1st and 4th tank armies had corps formations in their forces even-though the Soviet Union had disbanded that formation level. Did the disbandment of corps level formations not apply to the entire army or is there something unique about tank armies that allowed them to keep those formations? Otherwise thank you for the good work as always TIK.
@James Callen - it's because Soviet Tank Corps were division-tier units, not corps-tier units, even though they were called "corps". They are the same tier as Soviet Rifle Divisions at this stage of the war. To add to the confusion, there were Soviet Tank Divisions earlier in the war, and tank corps which were actual corps-tier, but not at the Battle of Stalingrad. For more information about this, it's probably best to read "Colossus Reborn" by David Glantz.
I am sceptical of this, it just wouldn't be acceptable and anyone given the responsibility of this level of command is virtually throwing this opportunity away. There is also nothing inspiring about "taking a nap". However a great video, superbly informative and I thoroughly enjoyed the content!
Hey TIK, I just wanted to tell you that, imho, you have reached a new peak in your performance as a youtuber and in this nerdy niche you are working in. The way you are presenting your content has improved a lot over time, small things like added information inbetween phases of the battle, you talking directly to the audience as a "intermission", the provided context about units and commanders... you are getting better and better, and I hope that you will be succesful for many years to come. Thank you so much for your work!
Even now, nearly 2 years later, this is a definitive piece of media. The insights and level of depth here is impressive, especially to a relatively uniformed audience on the subject. Just wow.
This is a colossal battle already, and we're not even a month in! Thanks for being such a good storyteller. Never at any point was this video boring. :D
You ain't seen nothing yet :D I'm glad you've said that about the video not being boring because someone was saying I speak too slow in the videos. Not sure I can speak much faster and pronounce all the foreign names and the details right :(
@@TheImperatorKnight You aren't too slow, not by a long shot. And your pronunciation of foreign names/places is pretty bad already, but in an entertaining way. ;) Keep up the masterpiece work!
@@TheImperatorKnight It's important to be clear and understandable, so don't you dare to accept those childish accusations about being too slow. Tempo is just like it's supposed to be.
@@TheImperatorKnight Tempo is fine for me, anyone who wants a faster delivery can choose a faster playback speed. At 1.5 times its still intelligible, sounds rather weird to my ear any faster.
If anyone starts nit-picking this man’s hard work leading to another addendum, I’m going to be truly disappointed. Don’t make TIK post a new “reality of retail” video, you just might be referenced! Great work TIK.
I have been tempted to do some "TIK responds to stupid comments" videos, but have decided against it... for now ;) I will do another addendum at the end of each season though because I think it's important to add in anything I've missed out, or mistakes I've made, or talk about the discussions in the comments (good or bad). It's nice to bring people up to date rather than leave something brewing until the end of the entire series
Tanashishin be like: I'm not locked in here with you. You are locked in here with me :)) Also, this is a great video. Like all of your Battlestorm ones.
TIK: Thank you for doing this. The detail is terrific! My great uncle, a private, died at Kalatsch (Kalach) German military field hospital of his wounds on October 22, 1942. I only just recently began to research his short time in the Heer (German Army). I believe he served with the 16th Pz. Div. He was only 18. I cannot wait to see part 3 - and 4. I do not know where or when he was wounded. Your maps show the kind of detail that I'm looking for, e.g. the villages/settlements. I hope to obtain his military records to bring his service to light. Thanks again for making this. Having read books, personal diaries of the Battle for Stalingrad, all I can say is that it was beyond horrendous. A win for the Bolsheviki, but a catastrophe in lives lost for both sides.
wrote: "Germans: "Why do they keep sending in tanks?"" -- All troops got the order to attack enemy mercilessly at the same time, but infantry that supposed to cover tanks taking its "sweet time" bi-pedaling into a battle...
TIK, as an avid WWII scholar and wargamer I am more than pleased to suggest your astonishing videos to all the ones who covet enjoying such an extremely detail description of what the battle of Stalingrad (and not only...) was all about. And if that was not enough, I am going to try an outstanding wargame called "Thunder in the East": I will play it bearing in mind everything you said about that titanic clash. Eagerly waiting for your next video to come! Bravo, bravo, bravo!!!
Damn TIK you really upped your game with the way you show movement and which units do what, this series is going to be a good one! also somehow you made mondays not suck (as Garfield would have us believe), on the contrary!
The battle lines are a really nice addition! Thanks for the episode! I'm still trying to fathom how many episodes we are going to get. Also, battles are messy, especially if you don't have radios.
Thank you from France for the quality of your diction TIK, which enables non english people to ubderstand with passion every word of yours! Much appreciated!
This is my main takeaway from E2: TIK illustrates the precarious position of the German salient as it approached the Don bend. I appreciate that TIK highlights that it wasn’t only supply chain issues that hampered Germany’s ability to secure the Don bridgehead but also fierce Soviet counterattacks.
O làlà! What a gem! Stumbled over your Stalingrad series just now. Sorry, I was late, but man, what a ride! I wanted to listen to your video as background for falling asleep. And yesterday I found out that this is not possible with your gripping and detailled videos, I was hooked, stayed up and listened to the next part of your series, this one. And I am very happy I have many parts of that style in front of me. THANK YOU for your mindboggingly detailled work. PS: I am still distracted by how you pronounce "but" bot I will learn to live with it. Aah, it already works ;-)
When TIK uploads a Battlestorm Doc everybody finally shuts up about politics grabs their popcorn and enjoys the show! This has been the best Battlestorm yet TIK... Love it!
@@skyninjaslayer337 It's a whole thing dude. Anytime TIK talks about Nazi's economy being a Socialist Economy Reddit loses it's GD mind on r/badhistory. They get pissed justifiably so if you read their critiques many of them make a great argument. Feels like TIK trolls them sometimes.
@@skyninjaslayer337when your country has price controls, rent controls, wage controls and for the rest a planned economy with autarky as the end goal, it is socialist.
This is SOOOOOO over the top great it's almost downright silly........so I can't help it.....put it off anymore......becoming a patreon as soon as I finish typing this.........as an avid lover of history......all.......but main research centered on Napoleonic, American Civil War.....then to a somewhat lesser extent the world wars.....I'm now totally addicted to the Great Patriotic War.....suppose Barbarossa trips me out the most....but because of this series......your work is so exceptionally superb.....the Stalingrad saga is making a strong dash towards leading the pack.....the book suggestions are precious as hell.....so hard to know what authors write with minimal bias.....agenda's.....what archival sources and memoirs tainted/slanted......studying history in order to discern the truth as much as possible is a bit of a mine field (researching the Napoleonic era from English French and German sources was a frickin quagmire....but I dig the work).......love your approach....will double patreon amount soon....and double it again asap......your work totally rocks
@@maximilienfrancoisderobesp202 Sorry........to the way my mad mind works it just seems more appropriate to indicate a pause in my train of thought but not necessarily the abrupt end and thus using a period.Suppose maybe somehow I may be allergic to coma's lol
I have spent 10000 hours soon in Hearts of Iron 4 and in general very interested in these things. I find these series extremely fascinating. Keep up the good work. I am so much hoping for series like this for invasion of Poland, Norway/Denmark, Yugoslavia and France as well. :)
You can Glantz if you want to, or you can leave history behind, but if your friends don't Glantz, and if they don't Glantz...well then, their no friends of mine....
The Glantz book on operation Mars was readable, it told a story (if a little incomplete on Stalins deception of Zukhov). The Stalingrad books lose the story in the mass of detail. The tedium of volume 3 endgame made me quit reading more Glantz. I hope Tik does not lose the story arc in similar detail.
@@gmdyt1 That's why the single volume sufficed for me...however I did buy the first book To the Gates of Stalingrad because I find the 2nd Battle of Kharkov to be fascinating.
Riveting. Maybe by the time this is all over I'll have a better idea of the chain of command. From Army down to Battalion, it's all very confusing. Love your graphics, and thankyou so much for the scale of miles keys! Knowing the distances actually draws me into the action.
Great documentary series, TIK. On the one side I'm torn with seeing my countrymen (Croats) fighting for the nazis, on the other, it's kinda nice to see them not being a joke in a fight that was mostly Germans vs the Soviets. Man, war is hell, isn't it?
I can understand why you would be torn. However, having an interest in the subject (or a unit in this case) is not the same as believing that they were right and is not the same as supporting the cause they were fighting for. Studying the Romans doesn't mean you're pro-slavery. This particular Croatian unit didn't take part in any atrocities, and the men that broke the rules and stole from local civilians were sent home and punished. They were also pretty good fighters from what I've read, and well trained and equipped with German weapons. Also, I get most of my information for this unit from "Croatian Legion" by Jason D. Mark, which I'd highly recommend to you so I'll leave the link www.leapinghorseman.com/proddetail.php?prod=9780975107683&cat=5
@@TheImperatorKnight also lot of Croats (i would say most) in Yugoslavia were fighting against Germans/Italians/local quislings. Our nation is still today arguing about who were more right or less evil in WW2(those fighting for Germans or those fighting for Communists). Similar is in Serbia for example .Well in near future if you decide to cover 41-45 war in Yugoslavia, it would be huge and hard work :)
@Luka - Croatia (and many nations throughout Europe) were caught between two absolutely evil ideologies. Which devil was worse? The answer is "both". And yes, I do intend to cover the fighting in the Balkans at some point in the future. Might be a while off though... and I'm a little reluctant because I got a taste of the hate when I released the Croatian Legion video. Some level-headed Serbians were embarrassed by the behavior of their countrymen in the comments of that video and were apologizing on their behalf (which they didn't need to do, because as individuals, we're all responsible for our own actions, not the actions of others that we're associated with).
@@TheImperatorKnight I fully agree, but on the interwebs today, you can almost guarantee that doesn't really matter as eventually the comment section devolves into discussions about concentration camps, in this case back in the Croatian puppet state. I presume you've seen this in your previous video about this specific unit. In fact, if you hadn't replied to my comment yourself first, I'd have predicted about a 99% probability that that's *exactly* where this discussion would have been going now. Some people just can't seem to be able to disconnect the performance/discussion of a particular military unit from what its native regime was standing for/doing back home. I don't need reminders that the government in Croatia back then was way beyond FUBAR, that's a stain on our history that'll persist, but that shouldn't prevent me from acknowledging the fact that theses guys were pretty good soldiers, one of the few non-german units actually considered for frontline operations. It's like even the notion of respecting those troops is a sign that you sympathize with that regime. Sign of the times, I guess...
@@TheImperatorKnight > And yes, I do intend to cover the fighting in the Balkans at some point in the future. Oh man, you don't even know what you're getting yourself into there. There were like 6 armies in total fighting over here. Chetniks, Partizans, Ustashe, Domobrani (even I am not sure of the exact distinction between the lattter 2), Germans, Italians. Just imagine the allies landing in the Adriatic coast, what a clusterf*ck that would have been! In some respects, it feels like WWII never *really* ended here. That's what we like to joke about daily, at least in Croatia, whenever there is a big political crisis of some sort, you can always bait-n-switch it to a discussion about the whole Ustashe - Partizans thing and who was "worse". It's like "yeah, Ustashe were bad (but said in lowkey), but the communists were just as bad, I swear!" It's kept me wondering about how Germany reconciled with its neighbors post WWII so easily. Part of the issue I think is the communists with Tito swept all the nationalist things and crimes under the rug and they never really got really properly resolved, noone really said to anyone "yeah, we were wrong and we're sorry" and this just kept tensions brewing for 50 years. And then it escalated again in the 90s. And the saddest part is, we're kinda (mentally) still where '45 left off. Depressing, really. Or, as George Carlin would have said: "People are f*cking dumb!"
I don't think I'll be doing an all-in-one video for just one season. But when I get to 12 hours of video (which is currently the maximum length for a RUclips video) I will make a 12 hour all-in-one video for Stalingrad before continuing on with the series. And yes, I do expect this series to go on for more than 12 hours worth of content.
And thank you! I have put a lot of effort into this, and it's worn me down. So glad I said I was doing this in seasons because I'm going to need that break soon. That said, I'm really really happy with the way it has turned out so far, and with the feedback I've got too :)
I made it to your channel through some of your more... contentious videos. It was your well-developed and sound praxeological perspective that made me trust your judgement enough to actually commit to watching a 30h+ documentary. So far I have only found more reasons to throw money at you. Well, currency, at least ;)
Watching these has made me realise that you dont just win 1 battle and be done with it...but that there are more and more battles incoming right after that!
Another great video. I really appreciate these remarkable in depth series you do. While it might seem a bit peculiar to take such a vast conflict down to the level of men and individual tank numbers, I think it's really useful precisely because that's ultimately what counts. They aren't symbols on a map running into each other, they're individual men and machines trying to operate as larger groups. The other important thing I get from it is this: Despite both sides acting for governments I consider to be some of the most appalling ever created, the sheer courage of the individuals on all sides is staggering. To be thrown into certainly one of the most brutal conflicts ever, where even the weather could and did kill in large numbers, and faced with an enemy that seems as merciless as it is determined to destroy you, must've been terrifying. Yet they fought and died in extraordinary numbers. It's both appalling and remarkable.
Damn TIK didn't expect part 2 so soon your little studio of 1 has a faster turn around on an hour doco than professional networks do with a whole team of people working on em
Another great video. I do so enjoy and appreciate these series. At first it might seem absurd to look at this campaign down to the level of a handful of tanks etc. Despite that, it does give an excellent picture of the reality of the situation at the pointy end, and the dangers of higher commands being unaware of the details or, worse, believing things to be far more favourable than they are. The other important thing it reminds me of is this: despite both sides serving governments I consider to be despicable, I can't help but wonder at the courage it must have taken for the soldiers on all sides in this monumental conflict. Thrown into brutal conditions, be it the weather or mercilessness of the opposition, still they fought with incredible determination. It's deeply ironic that we owe a debt to the Soviet government for being able to take such horrendous losses of men and material yet ultimately prove to be the rock against which the Germans broke themselves. And, yes, the Allied contribution was far from negligible. But ultimately it came down to the Soviet Union forces bleeding the Germans dry, dying in vast numbers but also killing vast numbers. It's really terribly tragic.
13:22 - "........5 books in the trilogy....."😂😂😂😂 Other than that, excellent work. I actually stopped myself from watching episodes as they came out, saving them for one marvelous series binge. Nice one Tik.
It was originally meant to have been a trilogy... but when they started writing book 3, they realized they'd underestimated the scale of the battle, so it ended up being a 2 part book 3, and then the appendix for book 3 parts 1 and 2... so yes, a 5 book trilogy ;)
This prelude to Stalingrad is somewhat reminiscent of my "wargame" type games. Nothing ever goes according to the plan, battlefield becomes a fiasco, then becomes a black hole sucking all resources, then eventually explodes.
This is SOOOO good I wet my pants (well, metaphorically speaking). Excellent graphics and maps. I especially like the inclusion of terrain details such as the elevation lines, smaller rivers and roads. Were there no usable rail lines in the Don area, as I didn't see them on the map, or were they smashed up so badly that they were irrelevant? Well done, TIK !! :)
Your graphics have improved. As you know, graphics are vital to the narrative. Might I suggest that rather than snapping to a new location, you might consider sliding to it. In that way the watcher can maintain a semblance of scale and location. I acknowledge that improved graphics add a degree of difficulty.
@@TheImperatorKnight my pleasure. I hope you write a great book, a magnum opus about the eastern front. I would proudly have it on my shelf. As someone schooled in history i can say that you make a wonderful contribution to the discipline.
3 episodes in Season 1, then I can (thankfully) break for a few weeks to prepare for Season 2. This has been exhausting to make so I need a bit of a breather!
@slovene ball - Season 2 should end mid-way though August (although I've got to finish the script yet), and the Axis entered the city of Stalingrad in late August, so yes I think we'll be entering the city during Season 3.
Thx for the battlestorms for the 100th time. It's hard for me to imagine how the Germans managed to get close to Stalingrad. Seems like they made the impossible.
As this video released yesterday, I requested both the first and second videos of this series be monetized. The first was accepted for full-green monetization, and this one has been confirmed as limited-monetization. No idea why. If the first one is acceptable, then there's no reason that this one shouldn't be. But they give ZERO feedback so it's impossible to know their reasoning (assuming there's any reason at all, which I highly doubt there is). Monetization of videos is nothing anyway. I wouldn't be able to work part-time on this if I relied solely on the monetization of videos - which is partly why I don't care too much about the monetization status of the videos. I haven't monetized most of my recent videos because they've been on topics which I know our Fascist-Corporate overlords would disapprove of (not just the economic ones, but the videos on prisoners of war, or any video where I show anything that snowflakes won't like - which is pretty much every video). This is why I now either don't monetize videos, or if I do I wait until after all the views have come and gone before bothering to monetize. It doesn't hurt me as much as it hurts RUclips. So I think, if they've decided to make these stupid rules and pander to idiot advertisers and Fascist-Justice-Warrior activists, fine. Let it hurt them more than it hurts me. You reap what you sow. Ultimately, it's my Patreons who make this happen. I rely upon them and their support. And they give me the flexibility to cover topics that others don't want me to even touch. Don't get me wrong, in an ideal world I would happily monetize all my videos since they don't break RUclips's terms of service (historical content is fine, apparently...) and use that money to buy more books or equipment, but this is clearly not an ideal world. If RUclips wants to lose money, fine by me, I'm happy to comply with them.
Forgive me in that I can't remember my reference, but in support of your short training time comment let me write that in Stalingrad there was a tractor factory that made T-34's. The factory kept operating throughout the battle and the tanks were driven from the factory straight into battle. The part I found startling was that men, both civilians and soldiers were rounded up and put into the finished tanks with one experienced tanker. He would teach the new crew until the were getting close to the battle. The trainers then left the tank and returned to the factory to work with another crew.
-- You getting wayyyy ahead of this story, it will be coming up. Stalingrad's tracktor factory not only made a new tanks, but was a repair shop as well, I'm sure TIK will have it cover in later videos.
@@RussianThunderrr A tank manufacturing and repair facility continued to operate in a ruined city which was subjected to constant air and artillery attacks by the most powerful unit in the German army. Yet, the Germans believed that they would overcome the Soviet Union through the application of brute force.
I don't understand how the Germans didn't put more priority on the supply lines. It seems ridiculous that supplies had to come all the way from Berlin (if I'm understanding things correctly) As you advance would it not make sense to have supply depots following behind thus making it quicker and easier to refuel, rearm and feed the troops? I mean what good is an army with no fuel, no ammo and no food. Please take into account I currently don't exactly know how supply lines work, but this is how I'm speculating how they work. I do intend to research it though. Wow, so far this is a very...exciting (I don't know if that's the proper word) maybe intense show! Great work TIK. You've taken over as my "goto" guy for my WWII history stuff! \m/
A fun fact - the 24th Panzer Division was a former Cavalry Division, hence its "Leaping Horseman" insignia and the fact that the division's units wore the yellow piping on their uniforms (the cavalry colour) instead of the normal pink for Panzer troops. Furthermore, the soldiers still had the traditional cavalry ranking system, e.g. a captain was a "Rittmeister", not a "Hauptmann" as was usual in the Wehrmacht. The units also were designated by the old cavalry system, i.e. a company was a "Schwadron" (squadron), not a "Kompanie". The division was totally destroyed at Stalingrad but reformed later in France as the new 24th Panzer Division. For an excellent book on the history of the division at Stalingrad, see Jasob Marks' " The Leaping Horseman Division at Stalingrad" - an excellent detailed account.
@@TheImperatorKnight a Kampfverband means a fighting unit, which is not thrown together for a special task. It is organic. Could be from Platoon to Division. A Kampfgruppe is a ad hoc formation for a special task or under special circumstances. They are not part of the same Kampfverband. That is what my knowledge is about that.
tik youre incredible man. ever thought about doing a ww2 podcast? i think it would be an excellent idea. shoot you could just make your youtube vids audio only and release them and youd have tons of hits my man.
I am enjoying this series very much. Thanks for sharing! Is there a key for the unit iconography? I assume the different graphic elements have meaning. Thanks :)
TIK,.. I love your YOU TUBE VIDEO's.. I need a lesson on the role of the Soviet forces of the Commissar's,, Their roll on authority over the Military field commander and troops. Plus the conflicts of leadership and command of forces between the MIL-COMMANDER'S & Commissar's. Is there a Video on this topic,???
Great Video! By mid October-November 1942, Hitler, in fact, achieved his main objective: disable Stalingrad as a center of war industries. In addition to the attacks carried out by the Luftwaffe, all the divisions assigned to Paulus' 6th Army also advanced and conquered almost the entire western bank of the Volga. • In the center, Alexander von Hartmann's 71st ID; Carl Rodenburg's 76th ID, and Rolf Wuthmann's 295th ID, for exemple, conquered the center of the city, more specifically the Mamayev Hill ( where the German artillery could annihilate any Soviet vessel on the Volga); • To the south, Geory Pfeiffer's 99th ID; Johannes Bäßler 14th Panzer Div and the 29th Motorized Div, in turn, conquered the Grain Elevator; • To the north, Werner Sanne's 100th ID and Erich Magnus' 389th ID, on the other hand, captured the Red October Factory and the Tractor Factory ( respectively). By early October, the Soviets were divided into several pockets along the Volga. After analyzing the destruction of the city, Hitler, in my personal analysis, should have ordered the immediate transfer of Paulus' 6th Army to the Caucasus sector ( with the aim of assisting List's Army Group A). Nevertheless, Stalingrad was Hitler's obsession. Hitler imagined that his position at Stalingrad on October 1942 was similar to Falkenhayn's position at Verdun on September 1916. The conquest and destruction of Stalingrad was a personal confrontation between Hitler and Stalin. Stalingrad, in other words, was vital for his "great and real task" ( Größe und eigentliche Aufgabe): the struggle with Bolschevism ( Die Auseinandersetzung mit dem Bolschewismus).
Yeah, madman Hitler. We just conquered a vital logistical and strategic point which we tried to conquer in the first place to prevent it from becoming a bridge head for Soviet counter attacks and to disrupt their fuel supply routes. Now that we expended a huge ammount of manpower to capture this city (which they never did fully), let's freaking remove the majority of our forces in the area to a battlefield a country away, putting strain on our already inefficient supply lines and allowing the massive ammounts of soviets to use that city as a bridgehead. I mean, it wouldn't be that hard, wouldn't it? How come Madman Hitler did not think of such a genious plan?
Lovely videos you with exceptional historical accuracy. However, how much of the length and width of a battlefield was actively used. Because I cannot imagine millions of men actually stood or fought side by side for over a hundred miles fighting an army doing the same.
I had great feedback from many of you in the first episode, so thank you all for that. I hope you all enjoy this video too!
If you’re questioning why the 196th Rifle Division has “disappeared” between the first and second video and then reappears later on in this video, the reason why was explained in my Stalingrad Addendum 1 video. Here’s the link to that ruclips.net/video/9p_5viY7V4s/видео.html
I wanted to say thank you to those of you who were helping me with the pronunciation of the Russian words/names in the comments of the addendum video. It was too late to change the audio for this video, but I will use your audio to (hopefully) improve my pronunciation of the names for the next episode. I did change the way I pronounced “Chuikov” though!
I’ll be doing another “Addendum” video after the end of the first Season, and I encourage you all to watch it (and the first Addendum video, if you haven’t already). The purpose of the Addendum videos is give additional information, to correct the mistakes I’ve made, debate some of the issues that come up, and allow me to respond to some of your comments. The final video of this Season will be released on the 4th of November 2019. After Season 1 I will then break from releasing Stalingrad videos to prepare for Season 2 and answer some Patron Q&As.
A big thanks goes to my Patrons. Without you, this series would not be possible. If you would like to see your name in the future videos of this series, please support my channel and make these videos happen. You can support me here www.patreon.com/TIKhistory or www.subscribestar.com/tikhistory
Another big thanks goes to Historian Anton Joly, who helped with the research for this series - check out his RUclips channel “Stalingrad Battle Data” (link in the description)!
All sources relating to Stalingrad are listed in the “specific Battlestorm Stalingrad bibliography” link in the description!
Thanks for watching, bye for now!
Myself and my wife hope to have the name pronunciations done hopefully today, unfortunately some of the names you listed aren't Russian, they are Ukrainian which she trying to make sure she pronounces correctly or may just say skip.
Thank you! And thank you to your wife! I didn't realize that some of them were Ukrainian. Sorry about that. I'll leave it up to her if she wants to skip them or not :)
Great video.
If you need some data translated from Soviet reports, feel free to contact.
I would also like to ask why 1st and 4th tank armies had corps formations in their forces even-though the Soviet Union had disbanded that formation level. Did the disbandment of corps level formations not apply to the entire army or is there something unique about tank armies that allowed them to keep those formations?
Otherwise thank you for the good work as always TIK.
@James Callen - it's because Soviet Tank Corps were division-tier units, not corps-tier units, even though they were called "corps". They are the same tier as Soviet Rifle Divisions at this stage of the war.
To add to the confusion, there were Soviet Tank Divisions earlier in the war, and tank corps which were actual corps-tier, but not at the Battle of Stalingrad. For more information about this, it's probably best to read "Colossus Reborn" by David Glantz.
Seriously, such a tremendous level of detail and accuracy... Far beyond anything ever published in any media for these few days in history!
Wouldn't have been possible without your help, sir!
Good god this man has crossed over to the next level or three.....
"Took a nap to inspire his men" what a man
Power move.
Thats me in the class. I'm not sleeping i'm inspiring my coleges.
Copy Catting Napoleon at battle of Waterloo of course!
In gonna do whats called a pro-gamer move...
I am sceptical of this, it just wouldn't be acceptable and anyone given the responsibility of this level of command is virtually throwing this opportunity away. There is also nothing inspiring about "taking a nap". However a great video, superbly informative and I thoroughly enjoyed the content!
And with this, Chukov stated:
“My disappointment, is immeasurable. And my day, is ruined.”
'Cause he's had a bad day
He's taking one down
He sings a sad song just to turn it around
u rite u rite
@@TheImperatorKnight Never change, TIK.
Never change...
@@TheImperatorKnight If that song was around back then, Schlömer would have sung it, while in Russian capitivity.
Hey TIK, I just wanted to tell you that, imho, you have reached a new peak in your performance as a youtuber and in this nerdy niche you are working in. The way you are presenting your content has improved a lot over time, small things like added information inbetween phases of the battle, you talking directly to the audience as a "intermission", the provided context about units and commanders... you are getting better and better, and I hope that you will be succesful for many years to come. Thank you so much for your work!
It's what we have been waiting for. Even better than Crusader already.
TIK is better than the mainstream tv documentaries.
i second this remark!...all the way to the TOP TiK!
@@itzalion are there any lame stream documentaries anymore? All propaganda or completely silly stuff.
Even now, nearly 2 years later, this is a definitive piece of media. The insights and level of depth here is impressive, especially to a relatively uniformed audience on the subject. Just wow.
This is a colossal battle already, and we're not even a month in!
Thanks for being such a good storyteller. Never at any point was this video boring. :D
You ain't seen nothing yet :D
I'm glad you've said that about the video not being boring because someone was saying I speak too slow in the videos. Not sure I can speak much faster and pronounce all the foreign names and the details right :(
@@TheImperatorKnight You aren't too slow, not by a long shot. And your pronunciation of foreign names/places is pretty bad already, but in an entertaining way. ;)
Keep up the masterpiece work!
@@TheImperatorKnight It's important to be clear and understandable, so don't you dare to accept those childish accusations about being too slow. Tempo is just like it's supposed to be.
@@TheImperatorKnight Tempo is fine for me, anyone who wants a faster delivery can choose a faster playback speed. At 1.5 times its still intelligible, sounds rather weird to my ear any faster.
@@TheImperatorKnight your speed is perfect. It helps me take in the information better and understand what is going on.
If anyone starts nit-picking this man’s hard work leading to another addendum, I’m going to be truly disappointed. Don’t make TIK post a new “reality of retail” video, you just might be referenced!
Great work TIK.
I have been tempted to do some "TIK responds to stupid comments" videos, but have decided against it... for now ;)
I will do another addendum at the end of each season though because I think it's important to add in anything I've missed out, or mistakes I've made, or talk about the discussions in the comments (good or bad). It's nice to bring people up to date rather than leave something brewing until the end of the entire series
TIK thanks, only after I posted did I read your comment referencing the end-of-season addendum.
Glad to know there’s a condensed Glantz text out!
Tanashishin be like: I'm not locked in here with you. You are locked in here with me :))
Also, this is a great video. Like all of your Battlestorm ones.
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Tuesday will be my favorite day of the week for as long as this series continues
TIk is now my official drug dealer, I am hooked ! There is no cure to this addiction :p.
Thank you a thousand times for this wonderfull work Sir.
TIK: Thank you for doing this. The detail is terrific! My great uncle, a private, died at Kalatsch (Kalach) German military field hospital of his wounds on October 22, 1942. I only just recently began to research his short time in the Heer (German Army). I believe he served with the 16th Pz. Div. He was only 18. I cannot wait to see part 3 - and 4. I do not know where or when he was wounded. Your maps show the kind of detail that I'm looking for, e.g. the villages/settlements. I hope to obtain his military records to bring his service to light. Thanks again for making this. Having read books, personal diaries of the Battle for Stalingrad, all I can say is that it was beyond horrendous. A win for the Bolsheviki, but a catastrophe in lives lost for both sides.
Germans: "Why do they keep sending in tanks?"
Soviets: *"Send in the tanks."*
wrote: "Germans: "Why do they keep sending in tanks?""
-- All troops got the order to attack enemy mercilessly at the same time, but infantry that supposed to cover tanks taking its "sweet time" bi-pedaling into a battle...
EXCELLENT - even a brief Glantz tells me your work will turn into a timeless Document - THANX !
This video went live literally as my tea finished brewing!
There's no time for tea comrade, pick up your rifle and shoot!
46 minuts just for three days of one battle?! That's one of the most detailed videos on youtube.
TIK, as an avid WWII scholar and wargamer I am more than pleased to suggest your astonishing videos to all the ones who covet enjoying such an extremely detail description of what the battle of Stalingrad (and not only...) was all about. And if that was not enough, I am going to try an outstanding wargame called "Thunder in the East": I will play it bearing in mind everything you said about that titanic clash. Eagerly waiting for your next video to come! Bravo, bravo, bravo!!!
Damn TIK you really upped your game with the way you show movement and which units do what, this series is going to be a good one! also somehow you made mondays not suck (as Garfield would have us believe), on the contrary!
The battle lines are a really nice addition! Thanks for the episode!
I'm still trying to fathom how many episodes we are going to get. Also, battles are messy, especially if you don't have radios.
HAPPY MONDAY! You may have salvaged the day Tik lol. This series is exceptional.
Thank you from France for the quality of your diction TIK, which enables non english people to ubderstand with passion every word of yours! Much appreciated!
It's baffling how massive and large scale this combat was. The amount of loss of life and material is unbelievable
This is my main takeaway from E2: TIK illustrates the precarious position of the German salient as it approached the Don bend. I appreciate that TIK highlights that it wasn’t only supply chain issues that hampered Germany’s ability to secure the Don bridgehead but also fierce Soviet counterattacks.
O làlà! What a gem! Stumbled over your Stalingrad series just now. Sorry, I was late, but man, what a ride! I wanted to listen to your video as background for falling asleep. And yesterday I found out that this is not possible with your gripping and detailled videos, I was hooked, stayed up and listened to the next part of your series, this one. And I am very happy I have many parts of that style in front of me.
THANK YOU for your mindboggingly detailled work.
PS: I am still distracted by how you pronounce "but" bot I will learn to live with it. Aah, it already works ;-)
When TIK uploads a Battlestorm Doc everybody finally shuts up about politics grabs their popcorn and enjoys the show! This has been the best Battlestorm yet TIK... Love it!
Do Actully people talk about poticals on his Chanel lol
@@skyninjaslayer337 It's a whole thing dude. Anytime TIK talks about Nazi's economy being a Socialist Economy Reddit loses it's GD mind on r/badhistory. They get pissed justifiably so if you read their critiques many of them make a great argument. Feels like TIK trolls them sometimes.
@@Wallyworld30 I wouldn’t know but I am assuming they where a socialist economy or they at least tried to do it so yea
@@skyninjaslayer337when your country has price controls, rent controls, wage controls and for the rest a planned economy with autarky as the end goal, it is socialist.
WOW! All this detail illustrates the fluid and chaotic advance of 6th Army.
I had not appreciated this before.
This is SOOOOOO over the top great it's almost downright silly........so I can't help it.....put it off anymore......becoming a patreon as soon as I finish typing this.........as an avid lover of history......all.......but main research centered on Napoleonic, American Civil War.....then to a somewhat lesser extent the world wars.....I'm now totally addicted to the Great Patriotic War.....suppose Barbarossa trips me out the most....but because of this series......your work is so exceptionally superb.....the Stalingrad saga is making a strong dash towards leading the pack.....the book suggestions are precious as hell.....so hard to know what authors write with minimal bias.....agenda's.....what archival sources and memoirs tainted/slanted......studying history in order to discern the truth as much as possible is a bit of a mine field (researching the Napoleonic era from English French and German sources was a frickin quagmire....but I dig the work).......love your approach....will double patreon amount soon....and double it again asap......your work totally rocks
What's with all the periods, my guy?
@@maximilienfrancoisderobesp202 Sorry........to the way my mad mind works it just seems more appropriate to indicate a pause in my train of thought but not necessarily the abrupt end and thus using a period.Suppose maybe somehow I may be allergic to coma's lol
@@stephenmichalski2643 Lol.
thank you for this in depth coverage. one can only imagine the amount of labor going into those videos
Your channel and your research are great. Learning a lot here. Big fan of this series.
Absolutely amazing! Great job. Thank you so much!
I have spent 10000 hours soon in Hearts of Iron 4 and in general very interested in these things. I find these series extremely fascinating. Keep up the good work. I am so much hoping for series like this for invasion of Poland, Norway/Denmark, Yugoslavia and France as well. :)
Wow, at this pace and level of detail I can see that this series really will last for as long as you say it will.
Excellent work! Well done! This is becoming a magnificent series!
You can Glantz if you want to, or you can leave history behind, but if your friends don't Glantz, and if they don't Glantz...well then, their no friends of mine....
Safety Glantz
@@billbolton everybody take a chance.
@@kevinpascual Everybody look at your Glantz.
The Glantz book on operation Mars was readable, it told a story (if a little incomplete on Stalins deception of Zukhov). The Stalingrad books lose the story in the mass of detail. The tedium of volume 3 endgame made me quit reading more Glantz. I hope Tik does not lose the story arc in similar detail.
@@gmdyt1 That's why the single volume sufficed for me...however I did buy the first book To the Gates of Stalingrad because I find the 2nd Battle of Kharkov to be fascinating.
Great material, great graphics. Truly a new age of online history documentaries. Waiting imapatiently to see city fights!
Riveting. Maybe by the time this is all over I'll have a better idea of the chain of command. From Army down to Battalion, it's all very confusing.
Love your graphics, and thankyou so much for the scale of miles keys! Knowing the distances actually draws me into the action.
Great work once again TIK. You have reawakened the history nerd in me.
Top-notch demonstration of the battle of Stalingrad. Thank you for the great work!
Great documentary series, TIK. On the one side I'm torn with seeing my countrymen (Croats) fighting for the nazis, on the other, it's kinda nice to see them not being a joke in a fight that was mostly Germans vs the Soviets.
Man, war is hell, isn't it?
I can understand why you would be torn. However, having an interest in the subject (or a unit in this case) is not the same as believing that they were right and is not the same as supporting the cause they were fighting for. Studying the Romans doesn't mean you're pro-slavery.
This particular Croatian unit didn't take part in any atrocities, and the men that broke the rules and stole from local civilians were sent home and punished. They were also pretty good fighters from what I've read, and well trained and equipped with German weapons. Also, I get most of my information for this unit from "Croatian Legion" by Jason D. Mark, which I'd highly recommend to you so I'll leave the link www.leapinghorseman.com/proddetail.php?prod=9780975107683&cat=5
@@TheImperatorKnight also lot of Croats (i would say most) in Yugoslavia were fighting against Germans/Italians/local quislings. Our nation is still today arguing about who were more right or less evil in WW2(those fighting for Germans or those fighting for Communists). Similar is in Serbia for example .Well in near future if you decide to cover 41-45 war in Yugoslavia, it would be huge and hard work :)
@Luka - Croatia (and many nations throughout Europe) were caught between two absolutely evil ideologies. Which devil was worse? The answer is "both".
And yes, I do intend to cover the fighting in the Balkans at some point in the future. Might be a while off though... and I'm a little reluctant because I got a taste of the hate when I released the Croatian Legion video. Some level-headed Serbians were embarrassed by the behavior of their countrymen in the comments of that video and were apologizing on their behalf (which they didn't need to do, because as individuals, we're all responsible for our own actions, not the actions of others that we're associated with).
@@TheImperatorKnight I fully agree, but on the interwebs today, you can almost guarantee that doesn't really matter as eventually the comment section devolves into discussions about concentration camps, in this case back in the Croatian puppet state. I presume you've seen this in your previous video about this specific unit. In fact, if you hadn't replied to my comment yourself first, I'd have predicted about a 99% probability that that's *exactly* where this discussion would have been going now.
Some people just can't seem to be able to disconnect the performance/discussion of a particular military unit from what its native regime was standing for/doing back home. I don't need reminders that the government in Croatia back then was way beyond FUBAR, that's a stain on our history that'll persist, but that shouldn't prevent me from acknowledging the fact that theses guys were pretty good soldiers, one of the few non-german units actually considered for frontline operations. It's like even the notion of respecting those troops is a sign that you sympathize with that regime. Sign of the times, I guess...
@@TheImperatorKnight > And yes, I do intend to cover the fighting in the Balkans at some point in the future.
Oh man, you don't even know what you're getting yourself into there. There were like 6 armies in total fighting over here. Chetniks, Partizans, Ustashe, Domobrani (even I am not sure of the exact distinction between the lattter 2), Germans, Italians. Just imagine the allies landing in the Adriatic coast, what a clusterf*ck that would have been!
In some respects, it feels like WWII never *really* ended here. That's what we like to joke about daily, at least in Croatia, whenever there is a big political crisis of some sort, you can always bait-n-switch it to a discussion about the whole Ustashe - Partizans thing and who was "worse". It's like "yeah, Ustashe were bad (but said in lowkey), but the communists were just as bad, I swear!"
It's kept me wondering about how Germany reconciled with its neighbors post WWII so easily. Part of the issue I think is the communists with Tito swept all the nationalist things and crimes under the rug and they never really got really properly resolved, noone really said to anyone "yeah, we were wrong and we're sorry" and this just kept tensions brewing for 50 years. And then it escalated again in the 90s. And the saddest part is, we're kinda (mentally) still where '45 left off. Depressing, really. Or, as George Carlin would have said: "People are f*cking dumb!"
Jeez I've been addicted to this series Bravo! Subbed
That cliffhanger in previous video was cruel. I needed few days to recover from that hahahah
Many more cliffhangers to come ;)
I don't think I'll be doing an all-in-one video for just one season. But when I get to 12 hours of video (which is currently the maximum length for a RUclips video) I will make a 12 hour all-in-one video for Stalingrad before continuing on with the series. And yes, I do expect this series to go on for more than 12 hours worth of content.
@@TheImperatorKnight Keep with awesome series because this is incredibe work ;)
Nice video TIK. Massive amount of work and research. You are bringing it together nicely, not an easy task.
Episode 2 already?! Keep on rollin' TIK you're on fire!
Yes, and thanks! Worked hard to get it out this week, and I'm fatigued now, but it's all good :)
It... has... arrived! Thanks TIK for the part2 release. Much love
Excellent! Thanks. Looking forward to the next one in two weeks!
Another great video, love these series. It is obvius how much work, research and heart blood you put into this documentation, thank you.
And thank you! I have put a lot of effort into this, and it's worn me down. So glad I said I was doing this in seasons because I'm going to need that break soon. That said, I'm really really happy with the way it has turned out so far, and with the feedback I've got too :)
just found this series. I am hyped!
I made it to your channel through some of your more... contentious videos. It was your well-developed and sound praxeological perspective that made me trust your judgement enough to actually commit to watching a 30h+ documentary. So far I have only found more reasons to throw money at you. Well, currency, at least ;)
Excellent video TIK. Thank you.
Great vid, amazing amount of detail depicted ☺ Think I shall take a nap now to inspire you to even greater heights...
Great job TIK! Very entertaining, informative, well presented. Bravo.
Stumbled across you,Fuggin Brilliant,got lots to get through,Logistics,Logistics ,Logistics!!!
Very interesting. Thanks for the hard work and upload.
Watching these has made me realise that you dont just win 1 battle and be done with it...but that there are more and more battles incoming right after that!
Must be very frustrating
Thank you for the video. Well worth the wait. Take care.
These maps looks really awesome! Not to mention the content, excellent work TIK!
Another great video. I really appreciate these remarkable in depth series you do.
While it might seem a bit peculiar to take such a vast conflict down to the level of men and individual tank numbers, I think it's really useful precisely because that's ultimately what counts. They aren't symbols on a map running into each other, they're individual men and machines trying to operate as larger groups.
The other important thing I get from it is this:
Despite both sides acting for governments I consider to be some of the most appalling ever created, the sheer courage of the individuals on all sides is staggering.
To be thrown into certainly one of the most brutal conflicts ever, where even the weather could and did kill in large numbers, and faced with an enemy that seems as merciless as it is determined to destroy you, must've been terrifying.
Yet they fought and died in extraordinary numbers.
It's both appalling and remarkable.
Congratulations on 100k subscribers!
thanks TIK! i have watched all your vids, i won't lie at least twice. I wish i could a patreon and ask you a question. anyway your vids are
superb!
Just found this series. Absolutely riveting!
Awesome work, TIK! I'am looking forward for the next video :)
Damn TIK didn't expect part 2 so soon your little studio of 1 has a faster turn around on an hour doco than professional networks do with a whole team of people working on em
Excellent again... highlight of my week.... my weekend ends about 10pm Monday night.
These 46 minutes passed very very fast, great video!
Yes, seemed like 15 mins
Another great video. I do so enjoy and appreciate these series.
At first it might seem absurd to look at this campaign down to the level of a handful of tanks etc.
Despite that, it does give an excellent picture of the reality of the situation at the pointy end, and the dangers of higher commands being unaware of the details or, worse, believing things to be far more favourable than they are.
The other important thing it reminds me of is this: despite both sides serving governments I consider to be despicable, I can't help but wonder at the courage it must have taken for the soldiers on all sides in this monumental conflict. Thrown into brutal conditions, be it the weather or mercilessness of the opposition, still they fought with incredible determination.
It's deeply ironic that we owe a debt to the Soviet government for being able to take such horrendous losses of men and material yet ultimately prove to be the rock against which the Germans broke themselves. And, yes, the Allied contribution was far from negligible.
But ultimately it came down to the Soviet Union forces bleeding the Germans dry, dying in vast numbers but also killing vast numbers.
It's really terribly tragic.
13:22 - "........5 books in the trilogy....."😂😂😂😂 Other than that, excellent work. I actually stopped myself from watching episodes as they came out, saving them for one marvelous series binge. Nice one Tik.
It was originally meant to have been a trilogy... but when they started writing book 3, they realized they'd underestimated the scale of the battle, so it ended up being a 2 part book 3, and then the appendix for book 3 parts 1 and 2... so yes, a 5 book trilogy ;)
great job, I really admire your brave work of transmit great information
Thank you for the great video, sir. : )
Brilliant. Thanks for posting.
This prelude to Stalingrad is somewhat reminiscent of my "wargame" type games. Nothing ever goes according to the plan, battlefield becomes a fiasco, then becomes a black hole sucking all resources, then eventually explodes.
Great piece, can't wait for more.
Your videos are incredible sir, thank you!
This is SOOOO good I wet my pants (well, metaphorically speaking). Excellent graphics and maps. I especially like the inclusion of terrain details such as the elevation lines, smaller rivers and roads. Were there no usable rail lines in the Don area, as I didn't see them on the map, or were they smashed up so badly that they were irrelevant? Well done, TIK !! :)
wow amazing cant wait to watch this episode when i get home from work
''Ripped appart while en route'' Can't wait for the next add on video :)
Your graphics have improved. As you know, graphics are vital to the narrative. Might I suggest that rather than snapping to a new location, you might consider sliding to it. In that way the watcher can maintain a semblance of scale and location. I acknowledge that improved graphics add a degree of difficulty.
Yes, I have tried to do that more. However it takes forever to edit that slide, which is why I didn't always do it, because I run out of time :)
Well done! Have read the Glantz books many times over the years..
Happy 100k subscribers!
Thank you, and thank you for being one of them! It's a big milestone :)
@@TheImperatorKnight my pleasure. I hope you write a great book, a magnum opus about the eastern front. I would proudly have it on my shelf. As someone schooled in history i can say that you make a wonderful contribution to the discipline.
Thanks for part 2. How many episodes will season 1 have?
3 episodes in Season 1, then I can (thankfully) break for a few weeks to prepare for Season 2. This has been exhausting to make so I need a bit of a breather!
@@TheImperatorKnight take your time. But it's the best series so far so always happy to see this continue
@slovene ball - Season 2 should end mid-way though August (although I've got to finish the script yet), and the Axis entered the city of Stalingrad in late August, so yes I think we'll be entering the city during Season 3.
Phenomenal series, extremely well researched and presented/
Thx for the battlestorms for the 100th time. It's hard for me to imagine how the Germans managed to get close to Stalingrad. Seems like they made the impossible.
Great chapter, thanks TIK!!!
thx for this present master, your channel its a diamon.
Great video as always ! Can't wait for the city brawling. I was wondering though, are any of your videos monetized at all ?
As this video released yesterday, I requested both the first and second videos of this series be monetized. The first was accepted for full-green monetization, and this one has been confirmed as limited-monetization. No idea why. If the first one is acceptable, then there's no reason that this one shouldn't be. But they give ZERO feedback so it's impossible to know their reasoning (assuming there's any reason at all, which I highly doubt there is).
Monetization of videos is nothing anyway. I wouldn't be able to work part-time on this if I relied solely on the monetization of videos - which is partly why I don't care too much about the monetization status of the videos. I haven't monetized most of my recent videos because they've been on topics which I know our Fascist-Corporate overlords would disapprove of (not just the economic ones, but the videos on prisoners of war, or any video where I show anything that snowflakes won't like - which is pretty much every video).
This is why I now either don't monetize videos, or if I do I wait until after all the views have come and gone before bothering to monetize. It doesn't hurt me as much as it hurts RUclips. So I think, if they've decided to make these stupid rules and pander to idiot advertisers and Fascist-Justice-Warrior activists, fine. Let it hurt them more than it hurts me. You reap what you sow.
Ultimately, it's my Patreons who make this happen. I rely upon them and their support. And they give me the flexibility to cover topics that others don't want me to even touch. Don't get me wrong, in an ideal world I would happily monetize all my videos since they don't break RUclips's terms of service (historical content is fine, apparently...) and use that money to buy more books or equipment, but this is clearly not an ideal world. If RUclips wants to lose money, fine by me, I'm happy to comply with them.
Forgive me in that I can't remember my reference, but in support of your short training time comment let me write that in Stalingrad there was a tractor factory that made T-34's. The factory kept operating throughout the battle and the tanks were driven from the factory straight into battle. The part I found startling was that men, both civilians and soldiers were rounded up and put into the finished tanks with one experienced tanker. He would teach the new crew until the were getting close to the battle. The trainers then left the tank and returned to the factory to work with another crew.
ww2 was some fking intense shit
-- You getting wayyyy ahead of this story, it will be coming up. Stalingrad's tracktor factory not only made a new tanks, but was a repair shop as well, I'm sure TIK will have it cover in later videos.
@@RussianThunderrr A tank manufacturing and repair facility continued to operate in a ruined city which was subjected to constant air and artillery attacks by the most powerful unit in the German army. Yet, the Germans believed that they would overcome the Soviet Union through the application of brute force.
@@Schimml0rd Motorized cannon fodder?
I bet the casualty rates for crews which graduated from this crash course were sky high.
Another great job TIK
I don't understand how the Germans didn't put more priority on the supply lines. It seems ridiculous that supplies had to come all the way from Berlin (if I'm understanding things correctly) As you advance would it not make sense to have supply depots following behind thus making it quicker and easier to refuel, rearm and feed the troops? I mean what good is an army with no fuel, no ammo and no food. Please take into account I currently don't exactly know how supply lines work, but this is how I'm speculating how they work. I do intend to research it though. Wow, so far this is a very...exciting (I don't know if that's the proper word) maybe intense show! Great work TIK. You've taken over as my "goto" guy for my WWII history stuff! \m/
A fun fact - the 24th Panzer Division was a former Cavalry Division, hence its "Leaping Horseman" insignia and the fact that the division's units wore the yellow piping on their uniforms (the cavalry colour) instead of the normal pink for Panzer troops. Furthermore, the soldiers still had the traditional cavalry ranking system, e.g. a captain was a "Rittmeister", not a "Hauptmann" as was usual in the Wehrmacht. The units also were designated by the old cavalry system, i.e. a company was a "Schwadron" (squadron), not a "Kompanie". The division was totally destroyed at Stalingrad but reformed later in France as the new 24th Panzer Division. For an excellent book on the history of the division at Stalingrad, see Jasob Marks' " The Leaping Horseman Division at Stalingrad" - an excellent detailed account.
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Can anyone explain the differences (if any) between a Kampfverband and a Kampfgruppe?
I'm also hoping for an answer because I honestly don't know.
@@TheImperatorKnight Yay, for once we are united in ignorance :D
Thanks for the video
@@TheImperatorKnight a Kampfverband means a fighting unit, which is not thrown together for a special task. It is organic. Could be from Platoon to Division. A Kampfgruppe is a ad hoc formation for a special task or under special circumstances. They are not part of the same Kampfverband. That is what my knowledge is about that.
A Kampfgruppe is bigger than a kampfverband
@@thinkingagain5966 that is not true, a Kampfgruppe can be Company Size, a Kampfverband can be Division. It can be bigger
tik youre incredible man. ever thought about doing a ww2 podcast? i think it would be an excellent idea. shoot you could just make your youtube vids audio only and release them and youd have tons of hits my man.
I am enjoying this series very much. Thanks for sharing! Is there a key for the unit iconography? I assume the different graphic elements have meaning. Thanks :)
bravo great video
Well done TIK!
TIK,.. I love your YOU TUBE VIDEO's.. I need a lesson on the role of the Soviet forces of the Commissar's,, Their roll on authority over the Military field commander and troops. Plus the conflicts of leadership and command of forces between the MIL-COMMANDER'S & Commissar's. Is there a Video on this topic,???
excellent work
I hope you do a Battlestorm Barbarossa one day.
My driving instructor made me drive the expressway in the first lesson and I could barely breathe from panic
Great Video! By mid October-November 1942, Hitler, in fact, achieved his main objective: disable Stalingrad as a center of war industries. In addition to the attacks carried out by the Luftwaffe, all the divisions assigned to Paulus' 6th Army also advanced and conquered almost the entire western bank of the Volga.
• In the center, Alexander von Hartmann's 71st ID; Carl Rodenburg's 76th ID, and Rolf Wuthmann's 295th ID, for exemple, conquered the center of the city, more specifically the Mamayev Hill ( where the German artillery could annihilate any Soviet vessel on the Volga);
• To the south, Geory Pfeiffer's 99th ID; Johannes Bäßler 14th Panzer Div and the 29th Motorized Div, in turn, conquered the Grain Elevator;
• To the north, Werner Sanne's 100th ID and Erich Magnus' 389th ID, on the other hand, captured the Red October Factory and the Tractor Factory ( respectively). By early October, the Soviets were divided into several pockets along the Volga. After analyzing the destruction of the city, Hitler, in my personal analysis, should have ordered the immediate transfer of Paulus' 6th Army to the Caucasus sector ( with the aim of assisting List's Army Group A). Nevertheless, Stalingrad was Hitler's obsession. Hitler imagined that his position at Stalingrad on October 1942 was similar to Falkenhayn's position at Verdun on September 1916. The conquest and destruction of Stalingrad was a personal confrontation between Hitler and Stalin. Stalingrad, in other words, was vital for his "great and real task" ( Größe und eigentliche Aufgabe): the struggle with Bolschevism ( Die Auseinandersetzung mit dem Bolschewismus).
Yeah, madman Hitler. We just conquered a vital logistical and strategic point which we tried to conquer in the first place to prevent it from becoming a bridge head for Soviet counter attacks and to disrupt their fuel supply routes.
Now that we expended a huge ammount of manpower to capture this city (which they never did fully), let's freaking remove the majority of our forces in the area to a battlefield a country away, putting strain on our already inefficient supply lines and allowing the massive ammounts of soviets to use that city as a bridgehead. I mean, it wouldn't be that hard, wouldn't it? How come Madman Hitler did not think of such a genious plan?
Lovely videos you with exceptional historical accuracy. However, how much of the length and width of a battlefield was actively used. Because I cannot imagine millions of men actually stood or fought side by side for over a hundred miles fighting an army doing the same.
*far from new* Instead of "far more new method" You had it in text, so just picking at an exhausted person now, xD
Thanks for the episode!