@@KManXPressTheU True, but he was a very good leader and man and friend, during peace time, during the war and after the war. My great grandfather fought when he still was the Division Commander of the Wiking.
0:09 Great video, but let's be honest: by April 21, 1945, NOTHING could have changed the outcome of WWII. Steiner probably save the lives of many of his troops and some Soviet troops too.
Right. Even if Steiner had had a fully equipped army of, lets say, 100K men...that still wouldn't have been enough. Maybe that force would've allowed him to punch through to Berlin, but the outcome of the war would still have been the same.
Actually by then German's chain of command existed mostly on paper - 10,000 troops were still likely an optimistic estimate from Steiner of his own forces, likely only some thousands of German troops, even less actually combat capable - and to top of that, many of the troops were foreign conscripts, often under nominal "Germanic" pretense, who had little desire to do much but escaping to the West. Many of these troops operated in their own ad-hoc groups moving one their own accord as the chaos in the late war and Soviet relentless assaults meant orders were rarely passed effectively around German formation. Had Steiner ordered the attack the German High Command would probably not even notice it and think Steiner's bluffing his way anyway. Though his forces still maintaining bare minimum of cohesion while escaping to the West did draw away and fight off some Soviet troops, but with a total of more than a million Soviet troops pushing into Berlin, it was a drop from an ocean.
It is fascinating to me how honorable men can involve themselves in dishonorable actions, and then, after the truth is revealed, desperately try to regain the honor they threw aside. The 600 civilians massacred by the Wiking Division will never go away.
Good video footage. The voiceover is clearly chat gpt generated. Steiner's attack may have delayed the inevitable by, at best a day or two. There was no fuel and ammunition to continue the battle. The SS had to literally scrounge and scavenge petrol from staff cars to dispose of the bodies of Hitler, Goebbels, Eva and Magda. No doubt though, that Steiner saved the men under his command from being massacred. And without his crucial "sit tight and do nuffin" action, Hitler's famous meltdown wouldn't have happened and Downfall would have never been made. 😅
The Fact is, Steiner had absolutely nothing to stop the Soviets with,Regardless of how much Adolf depended on Him.
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True, but he was a very good leader and man and friend, during peace time, during the war and after the war. My great grandfather fought when he still was the Division Commander of the Wiking.
By the end of the war Hitler was like a gambler who had lost all of his money but refused to face the reality that he was broke.
0:09 Great video, but let's be honest: by April 21, 1945, NOTHING could have changed the outcome of WWII. Steiner probably save the lives of many of his troops and some Soviet troops too.
Right. Even if Steiner had had a fully equipped army of, lets say, 100K men...that still wouldn't have been enough. Maybe that force would've allowed him to punch through to Berlin, but the outcome of the war would still have been the same.
Actually by then German's chain of command existed mostly on paper - 10,000 troops were still likely an optimistic estimate from Steiner of his own forces, likely only some thousands of German troops, even less actually combat capable - and to top of that, many of the troops were foreign conscripts, often under nominal "Germanic" pretense, who had little desire to do much but escaping to the West. Many of these troops operated in their own ad-hoc groups moving one their own accord as the chaos in the late war and Soviet relentless assaults meant orders were rarely passed effectively around German formation.
Had Steiner ordered the attack the German High Command would probably not even notice it and think Steiner's bluffing his way anyway.
Though his forces still maintaining bare minimum of cohesion while escaping to the West did draw away and fight off some Soviet troops, but with a total of more than a million Soviet troops pushing into Berlin, it was a drop from an ocean.
Nothing was mentioned about fuel shortages and minimum transportation options available to Steiner in April 1945.
does that make you sad that the Nazis lost?
Actually by 1945 it would be easier to mention which German units actually had fuel and transportation.
Excellent video! Thank you.
He triggered 1000 Hitler Rants on the Hitler rant channel
It is fascinating to me how honorable men can involve themselves in dishonorable actions, and then, after the truth is revealed, desperately try to regain the honor they threw aside. The 600 civilians massacred by the Wiking Division will never go away.
Legend has it that Hitler was still waiting for the attack to this day
@@Marshal_Sokolov originality is not your best trait
WHERE IS STEINER?!? :O
We would be speaking German now if Steiner had followed orders. 😂😂😂
@@joefarrell9887 who would
The Little Boy and Fat Man have entered the room via B-29 to say you have no clue of what you are talking about.
*99 missed calls from HRP*
hit the deck HRP parody incoming 🤣
Steiner…Steiner……😂
4.46 seen that video before always wonder what happened to that soldier who gets close to the artillery piece and the idiot who fired it
Throws pencils!...
Good video footage. The voiceover is clearly chat gpt generated.
Steiner's attack may have delayed the inevitable by, at best a day or two. There was no fuel and ammunition to continue the battle. The SS had to literally scrounge and scavenge petrol from staff cars to dispose of the bodies of Hitler, Goebbels, Eva and Magda.
No doubt though, that Steiner saved the men under his command from being massacred.
And without his crucial "sit tight and do nuffin" action, Hitler's famous meltdown wouldn't have happened and Downfall would have never been made. 😅