To me alot of why Germans kept fighting even when the war was lost was their never ending thinking of the future and what would the future generations of their own people and their enemies say of them. I think had the Germans buckled and sued for peace after Stalingrad Germany wouldn't be what it is today perhaps. Because of Tenacity, they have earned the respect and fear of the surrounding nations and this respect brings with it alot of power and influence economically. By this theory perhaps giving up in effort to save lives at any cost isn't always the best long term plan... I am not sure i may be wrong
1. Have the 2nd Polish army could not be larger than 400 tanks and assault guns. Tank forces of the 2nd army of the Polish Army: 1 tank corps - 3 tank brigades of 65 tanks. 3 self-propelled regiments of 21 assault guns (su-76, isu-122, su-85); 1 heavy tank regiment and 1 self-propelled regiment of 21 tanks and assault guns, respectively. 16 tbr in the composition of 65 tanks was in operational subordination. Total - 281 tanks and 84 assault guns. This is the full staff number, it could not be more, it could be less. 2. Total losses of 16 TBR were 69% of the personnel. not 90%, and 70% of tanks (45 pieces). Most likely you are confused with the 2nd tank brigade of the Polish Army. In total, 250 tanks and assault guns were lost in the battle (143 pieces - 1 tank corps of the poles (from April 17 to may 10), 45 pieces - 16 TBR, 17 pieces - other regiments and 45 tanks and assault guns - 7 guards mechanized corps) 3. the German Assault on Bautzen took 2 days - April 24 and 25, 1945. Against 2 red army divisions (1 mechanized division and 1 rifle division (the red army mechanized corps was equal to the German mechanized division (15,000 men))) 5 divisions (3 tank, 1 motorized and 1 infantry) fought. 4. The fascist offensive was stopped by Soviet counterattacks on April 26 and the red army's steadfastness in defense on April 27-28, rather than a lack of fuel. Sometimes they are hindered by mud and rain, then frosts or lack of fuel. Bad tanor always has something between his legs that prevents him from dancing well. 5. Temporary tactical success of the Germans in a secondary direction, the Soviet troops repelled the German offensive on the flank, with difficulty and with the involvement of additional forces.
Thank's for informations, the battle of Bautzen isn't in memory of the bloody fights in the last weeks of WWII. Remember for the slaughteries from Halbe or Guben, which were with heavy losses on both sides. Never forget about it ! My father fougth in the Battle of the Seelower Höhen as a young german soldier from 16 years "old". I remember to the few stories, he told me, it was the hell on earth...☝️ Greetings from Berlin🙋♂️🍀
Interesting, another one of those last ditch battles that shows what the Germans were still capable of, even if it did not change the ultimate outcome of the war.
@@krystiano1545 its true go look up the regiment history. The poles DID not want to be in the communist army and it effected their combat effectiveness.
It's tragic that so many people died in the final days of the war. Allegedly Świerczewski often was drunk while commanding. He was an old bolshevik who actually fought against Poland in the Polish-Soviet war and took part in the Spanish Civil War under the pseudonym "Walter". When he was killed in 1947 in an ambush of the Ukrainian nationalist partisans, the communists propaganda tried to make him a Polish national hero. It didn't catch on.
Some sources even say the NKVD was eager to be rid of Swierczewski and intentionally allowed him to be killed by the Ukrainian partisans. His reputation was very poor and after the fall of the communist Polish government more accurate history was open for all to see.
@@perkunas8651 Well, the Polish Wikipedia article lists over a dozen scholarly publications and the Memories of Gen. Zygmunt Berling as sources but all of those are in Polish, so I don't know how helpful it will be. I didn't do any particular deeper research, that's why I added 'allegedly' to the information about his alcoholism and didn't even get into the controversies around his death.
A local tactical victory, the Germans had a number of these on all fronts, but the next morning the allies made up for their lostees the Germans could not
@Karl K At the onset of the war the Germans had innovated, using the "movement war" strategy which took the French & British by surprise. The same was achieved against the USSR. But eventually, Soviet adaptation + manpower + improving tactics + german lack of fuel & supplies + huge US supply of weapons meant Germany was doomed.
In all due respect I have read several articles that said the Soviets were starting to scrape the bottom of their man power barrel. Some even say that Russian has never fully recovered from WW2.
I have holidayed several times in the Bautzen area - what a beauftiful town. IMHO Saxony is the most pleasant area of Germany. I lived in Berlin for a couple of years in the late '70's. Goerlitz is equally lovely and Dresden is just stunning regarldless of the destruction it suffered. I had a vague notion of purchasing a house in the area to retire to for the summer months but circumstances and fate decreed otherwise. A repeat, a beautiful little town.
Back then, my grandmother and great-grandmother tried to make their way from Bratislava to Dresden. They got caught on this offensive and got stuck. After the surrender, they met my future grandfather, south-east of Bautzen, who had the same goal after he had fled a POW camp. It was quite a mess, there were refugee murders, etc. The decision was therefore made to stay together and found shelter in a village in the Bautzen district. They got married there in early 1945 and my mother was soon born there. At the preliminary end of the story I stand ... Thanks for the clip!
This series is absolutely great,and having travelled in that part of Germany,you bring it to life..thank you again for this wonderful series Herr Hustle
2:07 "The Poles had the numbers and the supplies, the Germans had the experience" The Poles also had the bloody incompetent general Świerczewski on their side, and many of his men believed he was drunk while in command (which was not out of realm of possibility, it was well known that he was an alcoholic). But, because he was a veteran of the Spanish Civil War and a devoted communist, no bad word was allowed to be spoken about him during the Communist era. The battle of Bautzen was largely forgotten by the Polish historiography, and Świerczewski's incompetence and bravado was only made public after 1989.
@@dariuszb7953 Właśnie translatorem przetłumaczyłem z niemieckiej wiki: 19 kwietnia 1945 został schwytany przez wojska radzieckie. Trzy dni później, w związku z bitwą pod Budziszynem, doszło do jednej z wielu zbrodni wojennych po obu stronach, w której 195 żołnierzy Volkssturmkompanie spłonęło w stodole podpalonym przez radzieckiego komandosa SMERSCH, według tablicy pamiątkowej członków 1 Frontu Ukraińskiego, według innych informacji od członków 2 Armii Polskiej. Kolejnych 181 niemieckich jeńców wojennych zginęło na strzelnicy. Upamiętniona jest tablica w wiosce, która została zniszczona w nocy 21 kwietnia 2018[6] i odnowiona w październiku tego samego roku. de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niederkaina
I wonder to if the Red army manipulated the Polish units into being defeated. Everybody knew that the war was going to be over in a matter of weeks, and there were already disputes among the allies regarding Soviet occupation of Poland and the Polish government-in-exile in London. The LAST thing Stalin would have wanted therefore is an intact Polish force of 90,000 men that could be siding with the western allies and/or the anti-communist Polish government.
@@horsefish2525 Bardzo dziękuję, to wiele wyjaśnia. SMIERSZ to był kontrwywiad ale działali też na tyłach frontu zabijając dezerterów i zmuszając wojsko do parcia naprzód zabijając ociągających się żołnierzy. W powyższym przypadku zapewne Polacy wzięli Niemców do niewoli i przekazali ich SMIERSZowi a ci jeńców zamordowali. Po tym co Niemcy wyrabiali w Polsce i dalej w ZSRR to mnie nie dziwi. A takie fakty są wykorzystywane dziś do umniejszania wymiaru moralnego zbrodni niemieckich na wschodzie.
@@dariuszb7953 Chcącemu krzywda się nie dzieje. Ta stara zasada jest bardzo mądra. Niemcy chcieli wojny to ją mieli. Polacy nie chcieli. Goebbels krzzyczał: Chcecie wojny totalnej ? Chcemy!!!! W styczniu 1945 Niemcy w więzieniu w Radogoszczy spalili 1500 ludzi, więc mogli się spodziewać, że nie będzie dla nich litości
Very interesting report on this part of the 2nd WW. Even though I only live 50km from Bautzen, I did not know about this "Last German Victory". As for me I consider it a phyrric victory because it did have a great positive effect for Germany. It only increased the numbers of casualties on both sides. However, it is interesting to see how a smaller force of experienced and battle hardened soldiers can overcome a much greater force. The German tactics did prove to be successful once more.
Yes, this was a victory, territory was denied to the allies and never taken, so yes. It was much like General Orly against the Italians, a success and victory in a battle. One can win the battle but lose the war.
And what did they achieve by that? They only did when a catalogue of events to their advantage lined up perfectly. Most of the Soviet casualties were due o Stalin's political desires than actually necessary. On every front the Germans were just getting minced, just as the Japanese were in their island strongholds.
@@muskett4108hrmacht was capable of exploiting enemies weaknesses up to the last minute. You argue, only Stalin’s political aims are responsible. Well, only stupid political aims of Nazis were responsible for the whole shit! And yet, still the Wehrmacht was the best fighting force in history. This is obvious. It is not in discussion, „what they achieved“ - well, nothing. As any war is utter and terrible bullshit! On the other hand, this victory may have bought time for some people, to escape Red Army revenge.
@@muskett4108 Their lives as they knew them were over, they knew Germany would no longer be allowed to exist.. Same reason for the high suicide rate, they figured they fight for what little they had left.
@@perkunas8651 I didn't argue "only" anything. The Wehmacht was not the best fighting force in history, daft to think so. It was losing from 1942, and most of its successes can be put down to the inadequacies of who it confronted at first. From 1942 they did nothing particularly clever. They faired no better than the other chancer Napoleon, who also had a professional army for a while until mostly dead. As for your last then the Soviets had every right to be peeved. The German Wehrmacht fought on because they knew what they had done. On the evil stakes the Wehrmacht were some of the best, on par with the Japanese military. Pretty barbaric.
This is pretty good, but for me Mark Felton's channel does it better, as he is not commentating in the video all the time, and does his commentary off camera showing maps and film clips.....:)
Thanks for the concise and well delivered documentary. I've been reading about the Eastern Front all my life and never heard of this battle before. Good job!
Acting forcefully to exploit a perceived weakness of the enemy, and forcing a sizeable part of the enemy to break off ongoing operations to reverse direction can definitely be classified a strategic success for the German forces who pulled this off. Thank you for sharing this interesting history! Groetjes uit de Zwitserse Jura.
Not really given how it had no influence on the actual order of battle. Yes, a portion of the germans managed to espace west, but that is it. It was nothing more than a pyrrhic victory
@@dwarow2508 Yes, you have a point there. But this is probably the reason why this victory remained unknown: it did not stabilize the situation for any length of time, and it was too embarrassing to admit for the ultimate victors who write history.
@@robendert7617 "and it was too embarrassing to admit for the ultimate victors who write history." Common myth that has been debunked too many times. The mere fact people know about this battle is just thanks to the victors who unfortunetly did not get to write the history. Also again, the battle was still a stratetgic loss for Germany. It is obviously too embarassing for the Germans, who dictated history to admit that they simply got outclassed and outskilled in ww2.
@@dwarow2508 Surely not outclassed, not outskilled at all as we just see again here, but outnumbered. Holocaust, Nazi regime and SS are the shame, this last victory surely isn't for the Germans, no matter you want to twist it this way. The fihgt between military units would have pursued until the end, whereever the front. However, this way, civilian lifes were spared from the terrible red army.
@@HistoryHustle , Alles goed! You're very welcome! One can only wonder if the forces wasted in the failed offensive to retake/ relieve Budapest and the Ardennes offensive earlier might have kept the borders of what became East Germany after the surrender further east than they were until the wall was brought down.
@B A you are onto something there, some germans wanted to conquer the world, some germans now want to abolish their nation and disappear for good, , strange nation
@B A Anyone is tamable when men, ammunition, and fuel runs out. If the Germans had the same amounts of weapons, ammunition, men, and fuel then the Russians would be tamed.
without the British code-breaking, it has been reckoned that the war would have gone on 2-4 years longer, however, the combined efforts of all and some from within brought it to a timely end. The Russians were fortunate USA/ UK we were with them and supporting them, we were all fighting different wars, some more brutal than others. It was a mistake to start it.
I enjoyed this interesting video on Bautzen. I visited this beautiful city in 2004, but I had never heard that a WWII battle had taken place here. Mach weiter so!
Excellent Episode Indeed. The German Army fighting hard to the very end in the East. Yes I do think this was a victory over the Poles and Russian's in the final stage of the War.
when my great grandpa was relieved after the end of the siege of Leningrad in 1944 he was less skinny than you, please for the love of god eat something
@Daivid Lisovtsev he might have the same metabolism as i have, dear... i'm also extremely skinny and, no matter what and/or how much i eat, i never gain any weight. i'm a woman, 56 years old, 1m75 long and weigh 56kg. @Chester i have done quite some weight-lifting... and still i will not grow any more muscle-mass!
@@ingeposch8091 I am 6'4" and 182 pounds. I don't gain weight either. However, via weight training I am gained a lot of strength and look athletic and not skinny.
Honestly, if you don’t consider the downfall of the Nazi Regime as a victory for humanity then I don’t know what’s wrong with you. There are victors and losers in war. Everything else are just quotes made to sound somewhat philosophical.
Depends on what your definition of victory is, I can only imagine that certain amount of civilians and German army soldiers were able to surrender to the American or British as opposed to the Red Army. For ones able to exploit that breach to avoid soviet capture yes it would be a victory.
"losing the war" against U.S.A., Britain, France, Canada, The Soviet Union, Australia, and another U.S.A/Britain Slaves. Nothing bad for a relatevivly small country...
Ohh man even if I’ve seen something on a battle I still have to watch your video!! It’s amazing the small details you provide! I’m sad this is number 17! Can’t wait for more!! Great job!!
Thanks Mike! This is the last on-location video for a while. Although I'll have the holidays, but I'm not a great fan of filming outside in the cold. Can't wait till my holidays in May and the Summer. I'm glad these on-location videos do well. It what actually was the original idea of the channel.
History Hustle Thanks I feel blessed to get such a great prospective of these battles! You do great work! Love every video! Thanks again and stay safe!!
The last part of ww2 is very sketchily covered. I've never heard of this battle of bautzen. I agree with the previous commenter. More maps would be better..
Sadly, unlike the 1st Polish Army who had General Zygmunt Berling, the 2nd Polish Army had General Karol Swierczewski as their commander (Polish Armed Forces in the East). He commanded the Battle of Bautzen drunken. He was temporarily relieved of duty by his Soviet superior. However, at the insistence of NKVD (Soviet political police), he was reinstated. The problem with communism, one of problems, was that competence mattered less than political loyalty and Swierczewski was extremely loyal to Stalin.
The same thing happened with Premier Gierek in the 1970's and early 1980's before General Jaruzelski staged his coup d'etat (Soviets wanted the Poles to start producing weapons again).He did take loans and started consumer-goods economy (we, amongst other things, bought a juicer) and it could have been successful, if not for corruption in the Polish communist party. He could not punish any high ranking communist for corruption, except to exile them to a distant embassy. This lead to huge debt.
Thanks for your message. It is debatable what you can consider a 'victory'. The way I see it is that a victory can be seen as when one party attacks and takes over an area from the enemy. The Germans held out at Kurland and fought off the Soviets till the end of the war. In case you're interested, in this video I talk about the last German territories till the end of WW2: ruclips.net/video/pVZtEq2Dka4/видео.html
It was only a small revenge ruclips.net/video/d6rZFWmt-qo/видео.html In this battle: Polish: more than 18,000 casualties (5,000 killed). Soviet casualties unknown, Germans 1,600-6,500 casualties
@@HistoryHustle Where's the proof for this? Most claims of war crimes by Germans that I've heard turned out to be unfounded or false. Germans had strict protocols and harsh punishment for any war crimes. Although towards the end of the war, they may not have cared as much anymore and just wanted revenge for the millions of innocent Germans that were tortured by communists in Poland and firebombed by the British and Americans.
Thank you. Well done. Only thing I would do to sharpen it up would be more particular maps with below division unit descriptions. Paul's Carrel's book is a good example of what I mean. officianados are the ones watching.
And a nother fact. 1 day in 2018 I haven't no school. Because some working men's found a german bomb (Phosphor) nearly my school. They were then defused. I hope my English is not so Bad. I hope you understand me. 😅
Thank you Stefan. Another wonderful and informative video. I am interested in learning more about what was happening in the Alpine region of Germany and Italy at the conclusion of WW2. Can you recommend any videos and/or readings. Thank you.
When I looked at the name, I thought that it was a mistake and it would be about the Battle of Bautzen in 1813, when Napoleon defeated the Russian-Prussian army.-)
I remember hearing that even though the German army lost the war, they were the most efficient army in the whole war, even when they lost battles they would still inflict more damage than the enemy did to them. The only reason Germany lost is that they had too few resources and fought the most powerful nations all at once. For instance, if they had to face only the allied forces, they might have pulled off the victory, if they had battled only the Soviets, they would've probably won too. Also, the allies that Germany had were more of a hindrance than a help.
@Jurek Przychodzen long before western front was opened???? German navy was being used which sucked the fuel Germany had also to train navy which also used fuel Germany also had to replace losses of navy Germany had much part of airforce deployed to counter western allies Anti air flak guns and 1 million men were in France since 1941 Also best general and finest north africa corps was in africa ! If Germany was only fighting soviets Imagine those 1 million men in Soviet Union by October Those anti flak guns are now hitting Soviet airforce and converted to anti tank flak gun hitting t 34 Much fuel will be free to use on eastern front No need for fin,romanian,Italians ,they were burden rather than help ,couldn't even defend the flanks of stalingrad Italian divisions barely shot a single bullet to stop soviets at stalingrad Also lend lease which provided the soviets 6 lakh transportation and fuel Soviets started building artillery but artillery can't move without transport the transport was given by Americans Soviet mobility was increased Imagine if America didn't help soviets
@Jurek Przychodzen what do you say about America creating atom bomb using German tech and scientists what do you say about German rockets used by every country now What about successful jets What about submarines inspired from German u boats
I dont have sources the Polish burning barns with German soldiers in them, but I do believe presumably that the Poles did it in reference to the Einsatzgruppen in Poland, as a kind of revenge.
Volenti non fit iniuria (or injuria) (Latin: "to a willing person, injury is not done") en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volenti_non_fit_injuria Germans wanted a war so they had. The Poles didnt want a war. This old saying is very wise.
As this atrocity is almost unknown I want to rediscover another one, which is known only to the Poles: ruclips.net/video/d6rZFWmt-qo/видео.html [english subtiltes] the crimes like this are hungry for revenge
@@kratos6802 actualy that was soviet union. Poland was just taking Polish lands which were stolen by czechs when we fough red bolhsevik animalistichordes invading /europe. Soviet union was a nai ally whole 30sto the 1941. there was even joint military parade after 17 IX when soviet union atacked Poland.
@@zepter00 Well, then the USSR in 1939 took away from Poland what Poland took away from the USSR in 1921. In addition, there was no allied treaty between the USSR and Germany. Please read the agreement carefully. And there was no joint parade. It shows the withdrawal of German troops from Brest after the Soviet troops entered there. If you watch a real newsreel, you will see that only German troops pass through it. Guderian then lowered the German flag from the flagpole.
Stefan. L O V E yer Enthusiasm for the Subject Matters & telling/showing us How & What Happened. We all need to know more of this! SO Much History... So little TIME ta learn it!!
I think all battles in 1945 where a total waste of live for all sides .The war was lost for Germany....The only thing German soldiers kept from giving up was the allied plans for Germany after the War .....
Victory is a victory if you hold the field of battle at the end of the day. Not to mention all those casualties inflicted on the red army and poles....wow!!!
I guess this battle can be considered Pyrrhic for the Germans, they still sustained a large amount of loses even though they won the battle technically
Thankyou. Great video. I love the Germans and would have kept fighting against both the Soviet Communists and the Western Cultural Marxists. Unfortunately, we can see what the Germans defeat has meant for the West.
I agree. Actually I didn't put too much effort in this video, but just wanted to cover it. Never knew the video would be such a success in amount of views.
@Jurek Przychodzen it's not your fault like all others you are also a prey of the fake history written by winners, to know real history in your lifetime please read british historian David Irving for this time to start knowing truth.
Recently i found your channel and i am glad i found it. Very interesting stuff. Altough i knew the battle of Bautzen before, i did not know it in details. Thanks for that. I have one more forgotten battle, i am sure you never heared of. Well, its more a series of withdrawn fightings. The story of the 11th Jäger Regiment in Western Germany from January 1945 till its end at the beginning of April 45. Not much info is available. The only good book in english is In Final Defence of the Reich. But it left out some american units, like the 87th US infantry Divison Golden Acorn or the 76th US Infantry Division. Some descriptions in english available maybe arent correct at all or are overdone or shorten the fighting events. Best book yet available is the german language book Die letzte Schlacht im Taunus by Dr. Roland Krebs. There is a memoir book called Black Edelweis by Mister Voss, but it doesent cover the time untill the end of the Regiment in the woods around the town of Büdingen, northeast of Frankfurt am Main. Of course the 6th SS Nord lost, but low on men, ammo and low on fuel, these ss soldiers gave the US soldiers a hard time and bloody noses. When the 11th attacked, always german civilists, US Soldiers and SS Soldiers died.
Thanks for your reply and welcome to the channel. I did make an overall episode about the western conquest of Germany. It's right here: ruclips.net/video/nqjVGk_qUqM/видео.html
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Learn more about the last campaigns of the Eastern Front (1944-1945):
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To me alot of why Germans kept fighting even when the war was lost was their never ending thinking of the future and what would the future generations of their own people and their enemies say of them. I think had the Germans buckled and sued for peace after Stalingrad Germany wouldn't be what it is today perhaps. Because of Tenacity, they have earned the respect and fear of the surrounding nations and this respect brings with it alot of power and influence economically. By this theory perhaps giving up in effort to save lives at any cost isn't always the best long term plan... I am not sure i may be wrong
1. Have the 2nd Polish army could not be larger than 400 tanks and assault guns. Tank forces of the 2nd army of the Polish Army: 1 tank corps - 3 tank brigades of 65 tanks. 3 self-propelled regiments of 21 assault guns (su-76, isu-122, su-85); 1 heavy tank regiment and 1 self-propelled regiment of 21 tanks and assault guns, respectively. 16 tbr in the composition of 65 tanks was in operational subordination. Total - 281 tanks and 84 assault guns. This is the full staff number, it could not be more, it could be less. 2. Total losses of 16 TBR were 69% of the personnel. not 90%, and 70% of tanks (45 pieces). Most likely you are confused with the 2nd tank brigade of the Polish Army. In total, 250 tanks and assault guns were lost in the battle (143 pieces - 1 tank corps of the poles (from April 17 to may 10), 45 pieces - 16 TBR, 17 pieces - other regiments and 45 tanks and assault guns - 7 guards mechanized corps) 3. the German Assault on Bautzen took 2 days - April 24 and 25, 1945. Against 2 red army divisions (1 mechanized division and 1 rifle division (the red army mechanized corps was equal to the German mechanized division (15,000 men))) 5 divisions (3 tank, 1 motorized and 1 infantry) fought. 4. The fascist offensive was stopped by Soviet counterattacks on April 26 and the red army's steadfastness in defense on April 27-28, rather than a lack of fuel. Sometimes they are hindered by mud and rain, then frosts or lack of fuel. Bad tanor always has something between his legs that prevents him from dancing well. 5. Temporary tactical success of the Germans in a secondary direction, the Soviet troops repelled the German offensive on the flank, with difficulty and with the involvement of additional forces.
Thank's for informations, the battle of Bautzen isn't in memory of the bloody fights in the last weeks of WWII. Remember for the slaughteries from Halbe or Guben, which were with heavy losses on both sides. Never forget about it !
My father fougth in the Battle of the Seelower Höhen as a young german soldier from 16 years "old". I remember to the few stories, he told me, it was the hell on earth...☝️
Greetings from Berlin🙋♂️🍀
@@protestnikvorgon2698 thanks for sharing. What did your father tell you about his experiences? Love to know!
Interesting, another one of those last ditch battles that shows what the Germans were still capable of, even if it did not change the ultimate outcome of the war.
That's why I made this vidoe. Thanks for commenting! :)
The Germans were capable----but not of self-preserving or winning strategy......on the defensive....?!?
Polish division in red army was like Italy and Rumanian division in 6th German army in eastern front.
@@sabrinanova949 No , it's not true .
@@krystiano1545 its true go look up the regiment history. The poles DID not want to be in the communist army and it effected their combat effectiveness.
Some people take pictures and buy souvenirs, History Hustle makes a series of mini documentaries to commemorate his vacation. Good work
More informative than the so called "History Channel" of today.
*vacation, people might get confused with all the covid vaccine talk these days
@@stephenbrand5661 Thanks for pointing it out, that's the beauty of ac 😂
@@stephenbrand5661 that's in poor taste man.
@@wyattpeterson6286 You must be confused. He accidentally wrote "vaccination" instead of vacation and I pointed it out, nothing more nothing less.
It's tragic that so many people died in the final days of the war. Allegedly Świerczewski often was drunk while commanding. He was an old bolshevik who actually fought against Poland in the Polish-Soviet war and took part in the Spanish Civil War under the pseudonym "Walter". When he was killed in 1947 in an ambush of the Ukrainian nationalist partisans, the communists propaganda tried to make him a Polish national hero. It didn't catch on.
Very interesting! Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Artur for this info. Would you have a source on it, by chance? Thx and greetings.
@@perkunas8651 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karol_%C5%9Awierczewski
Some sources even say the NKVD was eager to be rid of Swierczewski and intentionally allowed him to be killed by the Ukrainian partisans. His reputation was very poor and after the fall of the communist Polish government more accurate history was open for all to see.
@@perkunas8651 Well, the Polish Wikipedia article lists over a dozen scholarly publications and the Memories of Gen. Zygmunt Berling as sources but all of those are in Polish, so I don't know how helpful it will be. I didn't do any particular deeper research, that's why I added 'allegedly' to the information about his alcoholism and didn't even get into the controversies around his death.
If only steiner counterattacked
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💥Fegelein !!! 💥Fegelein !!!💥Fegelein !!!
Das war ein Befehl!!!!
Steiner’s on his way back!
Steiner only knows how to hold a knife and a fork😂
A local tactical victory, the Germans had a number of these on all fronts, but the next morning the allies made up for their lostees the Germans could not
Indeed.
local tactical but overall non strategic
@Karl K At the onset of the war the Germans had innovated, using the "movement war" strategy which took the French & British by surprise. The same was achieved against the USSR. But eventually, Soviet adaptation + manpower + improving tactics + german lack of fuel & supplies + huge US supply of weapons meant Germany was doomed.
Main Polish forces attacked on west front.
In all due respect I have read several articles that said the Soviets were starting to scrape the bottom of their man power barrel. Some even say that Russian has never fully recovered from WW2.
I am a German. I was born near Bautzen, and lived there to the age of 28. Thanks for mention the History of my Homeland in this Video!
You're welcome.
warum wundert mich das überhaupt nicht
Pipapo ich troll in meinen drießigern im Internet so 😂😂
I have holidayed several times in the Bautzen area - what a beauftiful town. IMHO Saxony is the most pleasant area of Germany. I lived in Berlin for a couple of years in the late '70's. Goerlitz is equally lovely and Dresden is just stunning regarldless of the destruction it suffered. I had a vague notion of purchasing a house in the area to retire to for the summer months but circumstances and fate decreed otherwise. A repeat, a beautiful little town.
@@scaleyback217 Berlin is a degenerated shit hole, the worst place in germany.
Very interesting video history Hustle! I never thought about the last German victory in WW2.
Nobody did tbh
Glad you found it interesting, thanks again for your message!
Back then, my grandmother and great-grandmother tried to make their way from Bratislava to Dresden. They got caught on this offensive and got stuck. After the surrender, they met my future grandfather, south-east of Bautzen, who had the same goal after he had fled a POW camp. It was quite a mess, there were refugee murders, etc. The decision was therefore made to stay together and found shelter in a village in the Bautzen district. They got married there in early 1945 and my mother was soon born there. At the preliminary end of the story I stand ...
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Very interesting. Thanks for sharing this.
Oh wow, a very interesting add-on to the video with a genuine reference to the actual area.
Thanks for the contribution guys
Glad they made it!
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Now germany is GERMANISTAN
@@africanlipplateandbonenose3223 You mean *Alamannia . . .*
This is pretty interesting but I can't believe this channel is under-rated imo
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@@HistoryHustle yeah man hopefully you get a collab with other history channel your channel will grow imo Armchair Historian, The Front those guys
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@Jim lastname Great channel indeed.
@Jim lastname I don't get notified once I have responded one time to a reply.
This series is absolutely great,and having travelled in that part of Germany,you bring it to life..thank you again for this wonderful series Herr Hustle
Many thanks, Andy!
2:07 "The Poles had the numbers and the supplies, the Germans had the experience"
The Poles also had the bloody incompetent general Świerczewski on their side, and many of his men believed he was drunk while in command (which was not out of realm of possibility, it was well known that he was an alcoholic). But, because he was a veteran of the Spanish Civil War and a devoted communist, no bad word was allowed to be spoken about him during the Communist era. The battle of Bautzen was largely forgotten by the Polish historiography, and Świerczewski's incompetence and bravado was only made public after 1989.
A co myślisz o spaleniu kilkudziesięciu volkssturmistów? Czy to potwierdzona zbrodnia? To nie w polskim stylu.
@@dariuszb7953 Właśnie translatorem przetłumaczyłem z niemieckiej wiki: 19 kwietnia 1945 został schwytany przez wojska radzieckie. Trzy dni później, w związku z bitwą pod Budziszynem, doszło do jednej z wielu zbrodni wojennych po obu stronach, w której 195 żołnierzy Volkssturmkompanie spłonęło w stodole podpalonym przez radzieckiego komandosa SMERSCH, według tablicy pamiątkowej członków 1 Frontu Ukraińskiego, według innych informacji od członków 2 Armii Polskiej. Kolejnych 181 niemieckich jeńców wojennych zginęło na strzelnicy. Upamiętniona jest tablica w wiosce, która została zniszczona w nocy 21 kwietnia 2018[6] i odnowiona w październiku tego samego roku. de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niederkaina
I wonder to if the Red army manipulated the Polish units into being defeated. Everybody knew that the war was going to be over in a matter of weeks, and there were already disputes among the allies regarding Soviet occupation of Poland and the Polish government-in-exile in London. The LAST thing Stalin would have wanted therefore is an intact Polish force of 90,000 men that could be siding with the western allies and/or the anti-communist Polish government.
@@horsefish2525 Bardzo dziękuję, to wiele wyjaśnia. SMIERSZ to był kontrwywiad ale działali też na tyłach frontu zabijając dezerterów i zmuszając wojsko do parcia naprzód zabijając ociągających się żołnierzy. W powyższym przypadku zapewne Polacy wzięli Niemców do niewoli i przekazali ich SMIERSZowi a ci jeńców zamordowali. Po tym co Niemcy wyrabiali w Polsce i dalej w ZSRR to mnie nie dziwi. A takie fakty są wykorzystywane dziś do umniejszania wymiaru moralnego zbrodni niemieckich na wschodzie.
@@dariuszb7953 Chcącemu krzywda się nie dzieje. Ta stara zasada jest bardzo mądra. Niemcy chcieli wojny to ją mieli. Polacy nie chcieli. Goebbels krzzyczał: Chcecie wojny totalnej ? Chcemy!!!! W styczniu 1945 Niemcy w więzieniu w Radogoszczy spalili 1500 ludzi, więc mogli się spodziewać, że nie będzie dla nich litości
War is hell. Thank you Stephen you bring enthusiasm to history
Thanks!
Very interesting report on this part of the 2nd WW. Even though I only live 50km from Bautzen, I did not know about this "Last German Victory". As for me I consider it a phyrric victory because it did have a great positive effect for Germany. It only increased the numbers of casualties on both sides. However, it is interesting to see how a smaller force of experienced and battle hardened soldiers can overcome a much greater force. The German tactics did prove to be successful once more.
Thanks for your reply, Tom!
Yes, this was a victory, territory was denied to the allies and never taken, so yes. It was much like General Orly against the Italians, a success and victory in a battle. One can win the battle but lose the war.
Exactly, this was clearly a victory in the tactical and maybe even operational level, even if at the strategic level it made no difference.
Thanks for sharing.
Great stories from forgotten battles in the second worldwar. Thumbs up for you.
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The Wehrmacht was capable to exploit the weaknesses of their opponents even to the last day of the war.
They did in this case.
And what did they achieve by that?
They only did when a catalogue of events to their advantage lined up perfectly. Most of the Soviet casualties were due o Stalin's political desires than actually necessary.
On every front the Germans were just getting minced, just as the Japanese were in their island strongholds.
@@muskett4108hrmacht was capable of exploiting enemies weaknesses up to the last minute. You argue, only Stalin’s political aims are responsible.
Well, only stupid political aims of Nazis were responsible for the whole shit!
And yet, still the Wehrmacht was the best fighting force in history. This is obvious. It is not in discussion, „what they achieved“ - well, nothing. As any war is utter and terrible bullshit!
On the other hand, this victory may have bought time for some people, to escape Red Army revenge.
@@muskett4108 Their lives as they knew them were over, they knew Germany would no longer be allowed to exist.. Same reason for the high suicide rate, they figured they fight for what little they had left.
@@perkunas8651 I didn't argue "only" anything.
The Wehmacht was not the best fighting force in history, daft to think so. It was losing from 1942, and most of its successes can be put down to the inadequacies of who it confronted at first. From 1942 they did nothing particularly clever. They faired no better than the other chancer Napoleon, who also had a professional army for a while until mostly dead.
As for your last then the Soviets had every right to be peeved. The German Wehrmacht fought on because they knew what they had done. On the evil stakes the Wehrmacht were some of the best, on par with the Japanese military. Pretty barbaric.
I consider myself a WWII nerd but I have never heard of this! That's how I know I'm in the right place! Great channel, keep it up!
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Why can’t he be my history teacher
Glad you found this channel:)
I found it like 2 weeks ago and can’t get enough of it :)
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This is pretty good, but for me Mark Felton's channel does it better, as he is not commentating in the video all the time, and does his commentary off camera showing maps and film clips.....:)
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Thanks for the concise and well delivered documentary. I've been reading about the Eastern Front all my life and never heard of this battle before. Good job!
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Acting forcefully to exploit a perceived weakness of the enemy, and forcing a sizeable part of the enemy to break off ongoing operations to reverse direction can definitely be classified a strategic success for the German forces who pulled this off. Thank you for sharing this interesting history! Groetjes uit de Zwitserse Jura.
Thanks, Rob!
Not really given how it had no influence on the actual order of battle. Yes, a portion of the germans managed to espace west, but that is it. It was nothing more than a pyrrhic victory
@@dwarow2508 Yes, you have a point there. But this is probably the reason why this victory remained unknown: it did not stabilize the situation for any length of time, and it was too embarrassing to admit for the ultimate victors who write history.
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"and it was too embarrassing to admit for the ultimate victors who write history."
Common myth that has been debunked too many times. The mere fact people know about this battle is just thanks to the victors who unfortunetly did not get to write the history. Also again, the battle was still a stratetgic loss for Germany. It is obviously too embarassing for the Germans, who dictated history to admit that they simply got outclassed and outskilled in ww2.
@@dwarow2508 Surely not outclassed, not outskilled at all as we just see again here, but outnumbered. Holocaust, Nazi regime and SS are the shame, this last victory surely isn't for the Germans, no matter you want to twist it this way.
The fihgt between military units would have pursued until the end, whereever the front. However, this way, civilian lifes were spared from the terrible red army.
Fantastic brief overview of the forgotten last German offensive in the Ostkrieg! Many do not know of it. Thanks again, Professor!
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@@HistoryHustle , Alles goed! You're very welcome! One can only wonder if the forces wasted in the failed offensive to retake/ relieve Budapest and the Ardennes offensive earlier might have kept the borders of what became East Germany after the surrender further east than they were until the wall was brought down.
Thank you for doing these videos! I’ve learnt more from guys like you than I did all through school!
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Fierce until the very end
The notion of the old and young conscripts being useless doesn’t seem to apply here
All tactics and no strategy.
They had lost and were sacrificing their country's future because they wouldn't admit it.
@B A a five-year fighting is not easy to tame I'm thinking
@B A you are onto something there, some germans wanted to conquer the world, some germans now want to abolish their nation and disappear for good, , strange nation
@B A Anyone is tamable when men, ammunition, and fuel runs out. If the Germans had the same amounts of weapons, ammunition, men, and fuel then the Russians would be tamed.
without the British code-breaking, it has been reckoned that the war would have gone on 2-4 years longer, however, the combined efforts of all and some from within brought it to a timely end. The Russians were fortunate USA/ UK we were with them and supporting them, we were all fighting different wars, some more brutal than others. It was a mistake to start it.
I enjoyed this interesting video on Bautzen. I visited this beautiful city in 2004, but I had never heard that a WWII battle had taken place here. Mach weiter so!
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Keep bringing the great content, this channel keeps improving on every video. One of the best ww2 channels!
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I wish you were my history teacher. Keep up the good work!
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Excellent Episode Indeed. The German Army fighting hard to the very end in the East. Yes I do think this was a victory over the Poles and Russian's in the final stage of the War.
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the German victory at Bautzen can be compared to the Russian victory at Bobruisk on July 13-29, 1941
They had to fight to the end they didn't want to get captured by the Russians
Another excellent film. Thank you
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when my great grandpa was relieved after the end of the siege of Leningrad in 1944 he was less skinny than you, please for the love of god eat something
And buy some weights and start exercising!
Lol. 👍 Could you please send this gentleman a Russian care packet David?
@Daivid Lisovtsev he might have the same metabolism as i have, dear...
i'm also extremely skinny and, no matter what and/or how much i eat, i never gain any weight. i'm a woman, 56 years old, 1m75 long and weigh 56kg.
@Chester i have done quite some weight-lifting...
and still i will not grow any more muscle-mass!
@@ingeposch8091 Genetics.
@@ingeposch8091 I am 6'4" and 182 pounds. I don't gain weight either. However, via weight training I am gained a lot of strength and look athletic and not skinny.
Thranks to you, these stories have more hope of never being forgotten. Thankyou friend. 🙏
Thanks for your reply, Harvey!
I live on Budziszyńska street in one town in Poland. The name commemorated that battle. Budziszyn is a Polish [Slavic] name for Bautzen
Indeed. Thanks for sharing.
Exactly Budziszyn is the sorbian word for Bautzen. I live in Bautzen.
Fascinating! I've never heard about this particular... "action"... Thanks!
Thanks for replying!
Just amazing at times that the Germans last so long against those odds....
They held out long indeed.
The channel Military History vizualized saw the reason in the cohesiveness(hope this is an english word) of the german units.
And then there are the modern Germans.....
@@sparrowsbewertungen6930 lets just stay on history😅🤣🤣
Very informative, the best thing about history is,u can never stop learning, thanks history hustle, keep it coming!👍
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Would you consider doing a series on The Netherlands' attempts to re-occupy and hold the Netherlands East Indies?
Already covered
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Zeer interresant. Mooi voorbeeld van een tactische overwinning die de strategische situatie niet of nauwelijks kon wijzigen.
Inderdaad, Tim. Dank voor je bericht!
I like the on location videos. Good to see these places look today compared to the films from the time
Great to read, Randy. Thanks.
Thanks for sharing, Stefan.
Thanks for your reply, Marcel!
You have great work sir! Cheers from Chile.
Thanks :)
There is never a victor in war! All sides lose their most valuable resource, which is humanity.
Agree with the latter comment. Yet, indeed there are many losses.
Honestly, if you don’t consider the downfall of the Nazi Regime as a victory for humanity then I don’t know what’s wrong with you. There are victors and losers in war. Everything else are just quotes made to sound somewhat philosophical.
Very nice presentation! I never knew of this battle.
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Depends on what your definition of victory is, I can only imagine that certain amount of civilians and German army soldiers were able to surrender to the American or British as opposed to the Red Army. For ones able to exploit that breach to avoid soviet capture yes it would be a victory.
Fair point. Thanks for sharing.
Bautzen was one of my favorite places to visit when I lived in Germany, but I had no idea about this battle. Thanks!
Thanks for your response, Jeff!
thank you, never heard of this "victory" before
Thanks, Benny.
I learned of a new battle, thank you for keeping history alive!!
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They won the battle but lost the War...
@B A after '43, yeah. Until then they won most battles
Yes, Werner, winning the battle but losing the war.
"losing the war" against U.S.A., Britain, France, Canada, The Soviet Union, Australia, and another U.S.A/Britain Slaves. Nothing bad for a relatevivly small country...
Ohh man even if I’ve seen something on a battle I still have to watch your video!! It’s amazing the small details you provide!
I’m sad this is number 17! Can’t wait for more!! Great job!!
Thanks Mike! This is the last on-location video for a while. Although I'll have the holidays, but I'm not a great fan of filming outside in the cold. Can't wait till my holidays in May and the Summer. I'm glad these on-location videos do well. It what actually was the original idea of the channel.
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Thanks I feel blessed to get such a great prospective of these battles!
You do great work! Love every video!
Thanks again and stay safe!!
The last part of ww2 is very sketchily covered. I've never heard of this battle of bautzen.
I agree with the previous commenter. More maps would be better..
Hope to deliver some in the future.
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Sadly, unlike the 1st Polish Army who had General Zygmunt Berling, the 2nd Polish Army had General Karol Swierczewski as their commander (Polish Armed Forces in the East). He commanded the Battle of Bautzen drunken. He was temporarily relieved of duty by his Soviet superior. However, at the insistence of NKVD (Soviet political police), he was reinstated. The problem with communism, one of problems, was that competence mattered less than political loyalty and Swierczewski was extremely loyal to Stalin.
The same thing happened with Premier Gierek in the 1970's and early 1980's before General Jaruzelski staged his coup d'etat (Soviets wanted the Poles to start producing weapons again).He did take loans and started consumer-goods economy (we, amongst other things, bought a juicer) and it could have been successful, if not for corruption in the Polish communist party. He could not punish any high ranking communist for corruption, except to exile them to a distant embassy. This lead to huge debt.
Thanks for the additional information.
At that time Berling was gone and 1st Army was under Soviet general Poplawski.
Bedankt voor deze video's. Greetings from Brasil!
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It was a victory in the same sense that a chess player captures an opponent's pawn and is then checkmated on the next turn.
Sharp!
HH excellent tutorial , like others I wasn’t aware of this battle 👍 Thank You for sharing 👍
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@@HistoryHustle kan je een stalingrad video maken?
I thought the Kurland battles have been the last victories of the germans. Never heard from the battle of bautzen. Thx for your work 👍🏼 great content
Thanks for your message. It is debatable what you can consider a 'victory'. The way I see it is that a victory can be seen as when one party attacks and takes over an area from the enemy. The Germans held out at Kurland and fought off the Soviets till the end of the war. In case you're interested, in this video I talk about the last German territories till the end of WW2:
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@@HistoryHustle Vielen lieben Dank!
I recently discovered the channel. So much to watch/learn
Absolulety love this channel.
Great!
Of course it has to be the Poles get slaughtered even on this point of the war 😨
Sad truth.
By the same people at the beginning of the war and at the end of the war.
@@DeltaEchoGolf Nah the Sovjets
It was only a small revenge ruclips.net/video/d6rZFWmt-qo/видео.html In this battle: Polish: more than 18,000 casualties (5,000 killed). Soviet casualties unknown, Germans 1,600-6,500 casualties
@@HistoryHustle Where's the proof for this? Most claims of war crimes by Germans that I've heard turned out to be unfounded or false. Germans had strict protocols and harsh punishment for any war crimes. Although towards the end of the war, they may not have cared as much anymore and just wanted revenge for the millions of innocent Germans that were tortured by communists in Poland and firebombed by the British and Americans.
Thank you. Well done. Only thing I would do to sharpen it up would be more particular maps with below division unit descriptions. Paul's Carrel's book is a good example of what I mean. officianados are the ones watching.
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I live in Bautzen. Bullet holes can still be seen on some houses.
Interesting, thanks for sharing Dennis. I liked the city. Glad I went.
And a nother fact. 1 day in 2018 I haven't no school. Because some working men's found a german bomb (Phosphor) nearly my school. They were then defused.
I hope my English is not so Bad. I hope you understand me. 😅
@@dennisschneider1268 I do. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you Stefan. Another wonderful and informative video. I am interested in learning more about what was happening in the Alpine region of Germany and Italy at the conclusion of WW2. Can you recommend any videos and/or readings. Thank you.
Thank you very much. Yes, I'd one day love to travel there to cover it on location. Make sure I got my winter gear on haha.
Historically, this battle was a German victory
I understand.
Thank you ...from Brazil
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This was a Pyrrhic victory.
No actually maybe for the defenders but German casualties were low look for yourself.
@Troy Staunton Just like Pelilui in the South Pacific.....
not really. soviet losses were higher than german losses.
@@alexg4711 Just like El Alamein, Stalingrad, Kursk and Normandy ;)
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At least Germans were brave warriors to the end
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When I looked at the name, I thought that it was a mistake and it would be about the Battle of Bautzen in 1813, when Napoleon defeated the Russian-Prussian army.-)
Haha, there was also the battle of Leipzig in the same year!
Just found this channel. That's one helluva history teacher.
Great to read. Welcome to the channel. What history are you most interested in specifically?
I remember hearing that even though the German army lost the war, they were the most efficient army in the whole war, even when they lost battles they would still inflict more damage than the enemy did to them. The only reason Germany lost is that they had too few resources and fought the most powerful nations all at once. For instance, if they had to face only the allied forces, they might have pulled off the victory, if they had battled only the Soviets, they would've probably won too. Also, the allies that Germany had were more of a hindrance than a help.
@Jurek Przychodzen long before western front was opened????
German navy was being used which sucked the fuel Germany had also to train navy which also used fuel Germany also had to replace losses of navy
Germany had much part of airforce deployed to counter western allies
Anti air flak guns and 1 million men were in France since 1941
Also best general and finest north africa corps was in africa ! If Germany was only fighting soviets
Imagine those 1 million men in Soviet Union by October
Those anti flak guns are now hitting Soviet airforce and converted to anti tank flak gun hitting t 34
Much fuel will be free to use on eastern front
No need for fin,romanian,Italians ,they were burden rather than help ,couldn't even defend the flanks of stalingrad Italian divisions barely shot a single bullet to stop soviets at stalingrad
Also lend lease which provided the soviets 6 lakh transportation and fuel
Soviets started building artillery but artillery can't move without transport the transport was given by Americans
Soviet mobility was increased
Imagine if America didn't help soviets
@Jurek Przychodzen one vs one
Soviets would be crushed
@Jurek Przychodzen navy was extremely important it was fighting in Atlantic
@Jurek Przychodzen what do you say about America creating atom bomb using German tech and scientists what do you say about German rockets used by every country now
What about successful jets
What about submarines inspired from German u boats
@Jurek Przychodzen the main thing is that they were fighting in africa not that why they were
Interesting topics like us other before. Good job. Greetings from 🇧🇦
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I dont have sources the Polish burning barns with German soldiers in them, but I do believe presumably that the Poles did it in reference to the Einsatzgruppen in Poland, as a kind of revenge.
That I understood.
Volenti non fit iniuria (or injuria) (Latin: "to a willing person, injury is not done") en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volenti_non_fit_injuria Germans wanted a war so they had. The Poles didnt want a war. This old saying is very wise.
As this atrocity is almost unknown I want to rediscover another one, which is known only to the Poles: ruclips.net/video/d6rZFWmt-qo/видео.html [english subtiltes] the crimes like this are hungry for revenge
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holy crap dis dude is crazy, replying to literally every comment
Yeah, I know.
Brilliant!! as usual! keep it up!
Will do, cheers!
It’s always the fuel. Right from the beginning.
The Allied Air Forces destroyed Germany’s synthetic oil plants.
Lack of oil was the main reason for Germany losing the war.
Good video. Very informative.
Thanks, Steve!
Polish soldiers were the only one which attacked germany from two sides on both fronts.
True.
Poland was the first to share Europe with Germany.
@@kratos6802 actualy that was soviet union. Poland was just taking Polish lands which were stolen by czechs when we fough red bolhsevik animalistichordes invading /europe. Soviet union was a nai ally whole 30sto the 1941. there was even joint military parade after 17 IX when soviet union atacked Poland.
@@zepter00 Well, then the USSR in 1939 took away from Poland what Poland took away from the USSR in 1921. In addition, there was no allied treaty between the USSR and Germany. Please read the agreement carefully. And there was no joint parade. It shows the withdrawal of German troops from Brest after the Soviet troops entered there. If you watch a real newsreel, you will see that only German troops pass through it. Guderian then lowered the German flag from the flagpole.
Stefan. L O V E yer Enthusiasm for the Subject Matters & telling/showing us How & What Happened. We all need to know more of this! SO Much History... So little TIME ta learn it!!
Thanks for your kind words, David!
I think all battles in 1945 where a total waste of live for all sides .The war was lost for Germany....The only thing German soldiers kept from giving up was the allied plans for Germany after the War .....
Do u think that the U.S.S.R was as worse as the nazis?
Some claim the war was already lost in 1941.
Thank you for a great show! Another piece for the giant puzzle that is WW II. \m/
Glad you enjoyed it.
Answering your question on if it was a victory or not, I'd say it was a Pyrrhic victory. You win but can't continue fighting.
Agree.
I’m so happy, that you number of subscribers has exploded tenfold so fast. You are doing great content 👌
Yes, thanks, this video does great! Will we reach 50K in 2020? Who knows...
Victory is a victory if you hold the field of battle at the end of the day. Not to mention all those casualties inflicted on the red army and poles....wow!!!
This is the reason why soviets were unable to plague Europe
Because they were so low of manpower and they were unable to attack in cold war
A senseless prolonging of the war.
Good video! Keep it up. Learned something I had not known as student of WW2.
Thanks, Dwight!
@@HistoryHustle Thank you. It is also amazing after 75 plus years, that we are also seeing declassified material still emerging from World War 2.
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I guess this battle can be considered Pyrrhic for the Germans, they still sustained a large amount of loses even though they won the battle technically
that basically every Axis victory after about 1943 onwards.
Only by you. German losses were ~1600, combined polish and soviet 18000. It was an unmitigated disaster, particularly for polish army.
I wouldn't say pyrrhic, since the Germans themselves didn't suffer that many cassualties.
Ik kan dit bijna niet geloven... goed werk!
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Thankyou. Great video. I love the Germans and would have kept fighting against both the Soviet Communists and the Western Cultural Marxists. Unfortunately, we can see what the Germans defeat has meant for the West.
Revisionism Alert!
Cool video! Lots interesting battles in the last weeks of the war!
Yes indeed!
A victory in the midst of a loss
I am always amazed at the German capabilities and organization, even at the very end
Well said.
Thanks for Your Video !!! Very good and interesting !!!
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You need to use more maps.. You talk about cities like everyone know where this is.
Shiii idk, use google?
2:48 it’s literally right here
I agree. Actually I didn't put too much effort in this video, but just wanted to cover it. Never knew the video would be such a success in amount of views.
@@HistoryHustle Thank you for the respons! I watched the video but I got really confused some times. Just simple animations from HOI3 or whatever :P
I absolutely love this channel! You and the History Guy are the best things one youtube!
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Respect for brave German soldiers
Please explain.
@@HistoryHustle read true history written by David Irving british historian all would be cleared bro.
@Jurek Przychodzen watch the greatest story never told ah you will Know true history.
@Jurek Przychodzen it's not your fault like all others you are also a prey of the fake history written by winners, to know real history in your lifetime please read british historian David Irving for this time to start knowing truth.
@@ravikumar-ul6oe Tgsnt is pseudohistorical. In war there are no "good" nor "bad guys". There are just winners and losers.
I learn a lot with you, man. Thank you again.
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this guy looks and speaks exacly like the homeless man i gave 5 bucks to yesterday
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@@HistoryHustle wtf
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very cool and interesting video thank you very much
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Thank you for your highly interessting channel!
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Good stuff. Thanks.
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Recently i found your channel and i am glad i found it. Very interesting stuff. Altough i knew the battle of Bautzen before, i did not know it in details. Thanks for that. I have one more forgotten battle, i am sure you never heared of. Well, its more a series of withdrawn fightings. The story of the 11th Jäger Regiment in Western Germany from January 1945 till its end at the beginning of April 45. Not much info is available. The only good book in english is In Final Defence of the Reich. But it left out some american units, like the 87th US infantry Divison Golden Acorn or the 76th US Infantry Division. Some descriptions in english available maybe arent correct at all or are overdone or shorten the fighting events. Best book yet available is the german language book Die letzte Schlacht im Taunus by Dr. Roland Krebs. There is a memoir book called Black Edelweis by Mister Voss, but it doesent cover the time untill the end of the Regiment in the woods around the town of Büdingen, northeast of Frankfurt am Main. Of course the 6th SS Nord lost, but low on men, ammo and low on fuel, these ss soldiers gave the US soldiers a hard time and bloody noses. When the 11th attacked, always german civilists, US Soldiers and SS Soldiers died.
Thanks for your reply and welcome to the channel. I did make an overall episode about the western conquest of Germany. It's right here:
ruclips.net/video/nqjVGk_qUqM/видео.html