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the volkssturm were the saddest units in the german army ww1 vets that had to fight the second worst war is insane i have a armband from them in my collection since i collect militaria
those units didnt do it for survival, they did it out of ideological zeal, any soldier out for survival at this point in the reich had deserted and tried to pass off as civilian to coming allies forces
I wonder what the WW1 vets were thinking when they saw Hitler launch his campaigns, and saw Germany almost win, but at last, nearly as if history repeated itself, Germany began to lose, but this time the fight was taken to their capital. I wonder what they were thinking when they were drafted once more to fight, alongside wounded men, civilians, other elderly, and even children, into an irregular guerilla force to resist the enemy, in a last-ditch of defense, their survivability of course, not ensured. Most were never meant to survive... Also what's with RUclips attaching the Holocaust Wikipedia to every WW2 related video?
@@boarfaceswinejaw4516i mean from a german civilian perspective they probably *would* think theyre just about to win until about 43 then theyd probably wonder why its still going on despite being told theyre just about to win and then by 45 seeing the writing on the wall
@@boarfaceswinejaw4516 dude back then propaganda and the news from across Europe would let them think Germany is winning. Hell, they were living in the country
@@boarfaceswinejaw4516you forget the axis had control of the continent and split Poland with the Soviets, if they didn't over extend themselves they'd have won. As the saying goes the nazis would have won if they weren't the nazis.
@@planetvegan7843 Even if the creators intended to make zero money off of it. The videos would still be demonetized and suppressed because advertisers dont like it and youtube always chooses them over its creators, or viewers.
@@planetvegan7843 It's not just about money, though that definitely is an aspect. If nothing else, it takes funding to have animators and researchers/writers. Being censored makes the algorithm suppress the video, so few would see it. Even some people who subscribe to the channel wouldn't see the censored video in the algorithm.
@@ALLMINDmercenarysupportsystem That's true, I find it hard to find many factual historical WW2 documentaries and actual footage from that time not from the Allied perspectives. A lot are literally hid and I come from a state that book burned a lot of history books, discarded them, replaced them with less than factual ones. Bias, the killer of historians. Sad time to throw away books and replace them with less factual ones. YT itself even shadow removes comments if you have certain words in your replies. Links, are usually automatically removed. But specific words end up giving you a dice roll, 50/50, you get your reply deleted or not as many people seem to be complaining about in YT comments across the spectrum. No matter what video you comment on, specific words are a big no no. Kind of sad tbh. YT wasn't like this back in 2015.
My dad was an MP in Belgium guarding German POW camps and he said that, in 1945, Germans were surrendering in droves and that many of them were old men and boys.
@@otakunthevegan4206 the insanity is coming back. People in the far right party speak with the same rethoric than the ns party bevore they were in power. 90+ WW2 survivors recognise it right away, but there are not enough left sadly. My grandparents were those last ditch childsoldiers for germany. And so many people are coming with exactly the same mindset. Hatred grows so well, our people didnt really learned nothing at all. Its a big shame, everyone in my town has turned more radikal right. They turn to psychpathic animals again, its such a great shame.
You forgot the approx.100 German "Bodenplatte" planes that the Swiss shot down on the planes' way back from their targets, when they strayed into Swiss airspace. By that stage in the war a single experienced pilot led a swarm of 12-15 newbies, who could do little maneuvering and basically had to follow their leader within line-of-sight, like ducklings. When the leader was shot down, had mechanical trouble, or got lost himself, his charges were helpless. Whole groups crossed into Switzerland one after another and were eaten alive by the Swiss air defense guns.
EDIT: ignore this comment, reading comprehension failure. Weren't most allied planes, that strayed into Switzerland, simply ordered to land and the crews interned? I also find your claim that "only the leader would know how to navigate and maneuver, and none of the other pilots" to be highly questionable.
To retract my previous comment: Original comment said they were GERMAN planes, which makes perfect sense: Luftwaffe had basically spent all their experienced pilots AND "cannibalized" their instructors by pressing them into the front-line service as well. While Wikipedia doesn't mention Switzerland, operation targeted allied airbases in France which (depending where exactly in France) makes it more plausible that they would get lost in Switzerland, compared to aircraft operating in Low countries. It also mentioned that there was a friendly-fire incident where Germans shot down 16 of their own planes during the operation. AA gunners hadn't been informed and sudden swarm of planes was assumed to be hostile.
I remember reading a piece in a British newspaper long ago from a British Veteran soldier. Who said every time his unit encountered a Volksstrum unit it went the same way. They would fire a few shots to flush them out from cover. Take their weapons away. Run over the weapons with their vehicles. Then tell them to go home. And they always did.
That scene in Downfall where they show the last ditch units fighting in hell, totally unprepared and unable to withstand the assault while making catastrophic mistakes in the heat of combat
My grandfather was actually recruited right out of the classroom at the age of 16 as a "Flakhelfer" (someone manning anti aircraft guns). He never saw combat, but but after the war he was enslaved by the French (google surrendered enemy personnel SEP) and had to work for them for a year. Thankfully, the Western Allies abolished slavery relatively soon after the war, so he at least didn't have to suffer for too long. Still came back having lost half his weight and an eye from the abuse.
same thing happened to mine. He was supposed to become a radioman, and the training consisted of crawling and running up and down the same forested hill for days. This was in the winter of 44/45, and he viscerally remembered how he was only given a small bowl of ice cold water to wash himself up. Then he was captured by the americans, who he said where always drunk and would routinely crash prisoner transports, with bodies flying like ragdolls from the vehicles. He always said that the americans where "the worst of all of them" and that they were just russians in nice coats. This might not mean anything to anyone, but seeing his emotions and mannerisms as he told the story has certainly made an impression on me.
Fun fact in the battle of berlin 95 percent of german ss were not even germans.... They were from other countries from volunteers such as the sadly famous division charlemagne (france) the nordland ( norway ) etc etc .....
Hey could you do a video on the irish war of independence (1916) or the troubles of Northern Ireland (1968-1998) I would be very interested to watch that!
This is what a lot of people don't get when it comes to dropping the atomic bombs on Japan it was the fact that they were afraid that what happened with Germany might happen with Japan in which we might have to be marching through the streets of Tokyo before it's finally over
A video mentioning the Kommando der Kleinkampfverbände, my god I waited so long for that! My Grandfather was a Pilot of the Kleinst U-Boot Bieber in the war and I have heard storys from him about the time as well as geting all his documents from the time. I also wrote my "Facharbeit" in school about them and about how effective they realy were! Hope you guys will one day make a hole video about them, the thematik is realy interesting!
Final days for Germany must've been haunting. Went from the most promising nation in Europe, to nothing but a wrecked battlefield that eventually enveloped their capital city. Average German Troops and Civilians must've thought their world was gonna end.
A culture destined to fail. Changing your whole economy to building tanks and militsrize them. Leaving the country at under 5 percent unemployment for multiple years doesnt leave room for growth apart from bigger and more arms
If you haven't, I strongly recommend you watch Downfall/Der Untergang. IMO one of the best WW2 movies out there, one that really catches this atmosphere of desperation in the final days.
@FrostyCatPanzerV golden 20s and the biggest expanding ecinomy in whole europe back then. Plus the fact after 1933 that their unemployment rate plummeted under 5 percent. A number not conceivable under normal circumstances. If the world just knew back then that it was an military economy destined to fall from the beginning.
So, units of old men, young teens, and injured veterans with insufficient equipment alongside a battered German army with little air support versus multiple invading full of fresh and experienced soldiers with top of the line gear and total air power. Who do you think wins?
I want to point out that the reason they didn't surrendered was not because they had to surrender to "inferiors". It was rather to avoid the "stab in the back" myth. The myth that was established after the end of WW1. Where the soldiers thought they had been stabbed in the back by their own leaders, when they can have won as long as they were supported.
The myth irritates me because both sides get it so wrong. To the point, I've had to make a small phrase: "Not all grey coats were[un seen], but every [un seen] wore grey or black"@farenellvideos
@@JB-kt9dx Your argument kind of fail when you realize that they can have just surrendered to the west. If it really was to protect themselves from the Russians, they might as well just surrender to the US and UK early on which prevents the Russian from actually reaching Germany. Which means that their families will actually be protected. Instead they choose to fight until the bitter end to the point that the Russians and US/UK armies reached each other. Ensuring that as many families as possible had to endure the Russians.
Im glad you make a lot of videos on 1945 WW2 like everone focuses on the early aspect and mid war periods but so much happened in Europe that no one talks about
Because RUclips is only interested in making money, that’s why even if a large creator does something really horrible, the worst RUclips will do is give them a slap on the wrist. Meanwhile, if a smaller creator covers anything mildly controversial, RUclips fucks them over 37 different ways
Because this guy is talking BS. He also butches German words in a horrible way - we have Wiktionary, so everyone with at least average intelligence can learn the correct pronunciation if they can just be arsed - and what about that semi-AI thing he uses for depicting himself?
@ I will admit he doesn’t have the pronunciation right down right now, but the channel is probably more focused on animation and authenticity. Also, what do you mean by “this guy is talking BS”?
Dear Armrchair Historian Ur content is absolutely top notch. However I would like you to cover some more unknown historical topics. Ww1 and ww2 content has been abundantly cover up on ur channel. So maybe some other topics would be nice for change and diversity too.
You missed one of the most effective late war German units, that being the volksgrenadiers which were used extensively and were a great asset to deal with Germany's now higher amount of inexperienced soldiers
It’s fascinating and tragic to see how desperate the German military became in 1945, relying on improvised units and untrained soldiers. The sheer chaos of the late war period reflects the collapse of the Nazi regime.
Ramming as a matter of doctrine was nothing new. The Soviet Air Force did that from the start of Operation Barbarossa, as it greatly outnumbered the Luftwaffe in number of planes but was badly outclassed in both plane and pilot quality.
Can you do a video covering all the last-ditch defence forces of WW2? Like the volksstrum, Dalforce, Japan's armed civilian population, Soviet partisans/ unarmed conscripts... etc. I think it would be a very interesting point of perspective for a video and Happy new year!
Excellent video. Concerning the Volkssturm it should be noted, that they were not only the victims of the Nazi Regime, but also did sometimes participate in war crimes: especially the murder of KZ inmates, foreign civilian deportees and POW.
Это логично ведь среди них тоже были идеологически подготовленные люди, да и к бригаде руководителем ставили офицера, а это мог быть какой-то мясник, который уничтожал врагов рейха целыми селами где-то в Польше или СССР
Amazing editing and art style I love it could you maybe do a mini series on weapons used in certain wars or on certain weapons. Also an interesting video idea talking about vehicles during the interwar years of 1919-1939 as not to many videos talk about that.
They were planning to transfer troops from other branches like the Luftwaffe into the Heer, but Göring comes up with a counterproposal that's approved in '42. Creating separate Luftwaffe infantry divisions led by their own officers. Surviving units are later transfered to the heer, but there are units of essentially airmen and flight crews with very basic infantry training and kit for a few years, with a few paratrooper units. I don't know if sny such unit was still operational in Germany '45. Some were stationed as security troops in Norway and saw little combat.
I do not believe Walther Wenck gets as much recognition as he deserves. He was given the impossible task to save Berlin (Which ultimately fell to the Russian army), but refused the Fuhrer's orders in favor of doing what was right. He is still today the youngest German commander and he was able to let hundreds of thousands to cross the Elbe (Civilian and military) in order to surrender to the west. He was one of the last to cross the river himself. Truly-- what a man.
The werewolves were a problem in Denmark. In fact, the Danish government made a home made armored car, the V3, to fight the werewolves, causing many to surrender.
Well thanks, Armchair Historian. My Granduncle was in one of those last ditch units of Germany in 1945 (32. SS Grenadier Division "30.Januar"). He didn´t survive and was killed during the Battle of Halbe in May 1945. And before anyone condems him: he was forcefully drafted from the german Minority in Slovakia during that time!. It was a great crime by the regime back then to throw in the young, the old, the feeble and the unwilling to die for a lost cause!.
Before anyone condemms him? My brother in christ, if they made me choose between being hanged and called or get forcefully drafted into a badly trained last ditch militia I would pick the one that gives me the most chances of seeing my family again
@orlandodanielgonzalezalcar3360 my grandfather was almost drafted himself in 1945, but he managed to flee and go into hiding before that. My granduncle didn't have that kind of luck, as I said. But as I can remember of the stories my grandfather told when I was a cid, he was very guilt ridden and mourned for his elder brother quite a lot. Now they are reunited in heaven.
The creation of units like the Volkssturm was both a testament to the desperate state of Germany in 1945 and a tragic symbol of the human cost of total war. It’s chilling to think about how many civilians, including teenagers and the elderly, were thrown into battle with little training.
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Do you can do history of croatian military uniforms?
Then do you a video on Chad and Lybia "Toyata War"?
@Medventen089I think he already did.
Can you do a video about sryian civil war
did they force you to change the video title? could've sworn it was a different one
It’s sad that history related to the mustache man has to be censored on RUclips. History is history. If we don’t study it, we are doomed to repeat it.
It doesnt have to be censored unless you want to make money off.
@@planetvegan7843It doesn’t have to be censored unless you want to make a living off of it, you mean
@@planetvegan7843cause making a documentary is free 😑
History is being repeated, camps in China, destruction of entire city's in Ghaze, dictatorship in Russia.
I think its being repeated at this time ...
"The children yearn for the frontlines" - some dude with a mustache
Lol
Funny joke bro 😂
it was actually goebbles that made the divison but okay
@icecooler21 🤓🤓🤓
"The children yearn for the mp40" - some german officer
the volkssturm were the saddest units in the german army ww1 vets that had to fight the second worst war is insane
i have a armband from them in my collection since i collect militaria
To think very few WW1 German veterans survived because of this!
It's hella depressing if you think about it, surviving both ww1 and ww2 as a soldier, seeing your country lost for the second time.
@@RaiYhSecond Reich Germany lost the day Hitler was selected.
@@RaiYhthe same ww1 vets are the ones who supported Hitler's rise to power. Dont feel sorry.
That's neat
“This enraged the allies, who punished Germany severely.” Oversimplified
Oh noes muh poor genocidal germarinos
Oversimplified.
This entire channel summed up in one word
@@Practicalinvestmentshow?
@@PracticalinvestmentsI think that's a overstatement
Silence you Golem. The world was given a chance and America / Anglos ruined it all.
Many Nazi Soldiers that was fighting in Berlin weren't German, but foreign divisions for them weren't about fighting for Germany but surviving
Some of the foreign fighters in the battle for Berlin were French like the SS Charlemagne division.
Including Russians
Including Russians
those units didnt do it for survival, they did it out of ideological zeal, any soldier out for survival at this point in the reich had deserted and tried to pass off as civilian to coming allies forces
@@christopherevans2445 because Stalin is shitty
I wonder what the WW1 vets were thinking when they saw Hitler launch his campaigns, and saw Germany almost win, but at last, nearly as if history repeated itself, Germany began to lose, but this time the fight was taken to their capital. I wonder what they were thinking when they were drafted once more to fight, alongside wounded men, civilians, other elderly, and even children, into an irregular guerilla force to resist the enemy, in a last-ditch of defense, their survivability of course, not ensured. Most were never meant to survive...
Also what's with RUclips attaching the Holocaust Wikipedia to every WW2 related video?
"saw germany almost win"
what.
@@boarfaceswinejaw4516i mean from a german civilian perspective they probably *would* think theyre just about to win until about 43
then theyd probably wonder why its still going on despite being told theyre just about to win
and then by 45 seeing the writing on the wall
@@boarfaceswinejaw4516 dude back then propaganda and the news from across Europe would let them think Germany is winning. Hell, they were living in the country
@@boarfaceswinejaw4516you forget the axis had control of the continent and split Poland with the Soviets, if they didn't over extend themselves they'd have won.
As the saying goes the nazis would have won if they weren't the nazis.
When where the Germans almost winning?
RUclips really needs to stop with this censorship.
There is no censorship for those not after financial gain.
@@planetvegan7843 Even if the creators intended to make zero money off of it. The videos would still be demonetized and suppressed because advertisers dont like it and youtube always chooses them over its creators, or viewers.
@@planetvegan7843 It's not just about money, though that definitely is an aspect. If nothing else, it takes funding to have animators and researchers/writers. Being censored makes the algorithm suppress the video, so few would see it. Even some people who subscribe to the channel wouldn't see the censored video in the algorithm.
@@ALLMINDmercenarysupportsystem That's true, I find it hard to find many factual historical WW2 documentaries and actual footage from that time not from the Allied perspectives. A lot are literally hid and I come from a state that book burned a lot of history books, discarded them, replaced them with less than factual ones. Bias, the killer of historians. Sad time to throw away books and replace them with less factual ones. YT itself even shadow removes comments if you have certain words in your replies. Links, are usually automatically removed. But specific words end up giving you a dice roll, 50/50, you get your reply deleted or not as many people seem to be complaining about in YT comments across the spectrum. No matter what video you comment on, specific words are a big no no. Kind of sad tbh. YT wasn't like this back in 2015.
Its literally not censorship. You're literally watching the video. Jesus christ you people are insufferable.
My dad was an MP in Belgium guarding German POW camps and he said that, in 1945, Germans were surrendering in droves and that many of them were old men and boys.
Because they didn't want the justice that they so rightly deserved at the hands of the soviets
@@YOSSARIAN313justice and Soviet never belong in the same sentence
@@admiraljohan7152 fascist civilians are still fascists
@YOSSARIAN313 why are they facest????
@@YOSSARIAN313how the heck are they facest???
great video
"The old, the young, and the weak"
*Germany 1945*
Call of duty world at war
If they stand for Germany, they die for Germany
@@otakunthevegan4206 the insanity is coming back. People in the far right party speak with the same rethoric than the ns party bevore they were in power. 90+ WW2 survivors recognise it right away, but there are not enough left sadly.
My grandparents were those last ditch childsoldiers for germany.
And so many people are coming with exactly the same mindset.
Hatred grows so well, our people didnt really learned nothing at all.
Its a big shame, everyone in my town has turned more radikal right.
They turn to psychpathic animals again, its such a great shame.
You forgot the approx.100 German "Bodenplatte" planes that the Swiss shot down on the planes' way back from their targets, when they strayed into Swiss airspace. By that stage in the war a single experienced pilot led a swarm of 12-15 newbies, who could do little maneuvering and basically had to follow their leader within line-of-sight, like ducklings. When the leader was shot down, had mechanical trouble, or got lost himself, his charges were helpless. Whole groups crossed into Switzerland one after another and were eaten alive by the Swiss air defense guns.
Switzerland is rather far away from the Low Countries. I therefore strongly question your comment.
That is so sad
EDIT: ignore this comment, reading comprehension failure.
Weren't most allied planes, that strayed into Switzerland, simply ordered to land and the crews interned?
I also find your claim that "only the leader would know how to navigate and maneuver, and none of the other pilots" to be highly questionable.
the painter was right about the swiss. I think he once called them a zit on the face of europe.
To retract my previous comment:
Original comment said they were GERMAN planes, which makes perfect sense: Luftwaffe had basically spent all their experienced pilots AND "cannibalized" their instructors by pressing them into the front-line service as well.
While Wikipedia doesn't mention Switzerland, operation targeted allied airbases in France which (depending where exactly in France) makes it more plausible that they would get lost in Switzerland, compared to aircraft operating in Low countries.
It also mentioned that there was a friendly-fire incident where Germans shot down 16 of their own planes during the operation. AA gunners hadn't been informed and sudden swarm of planes was assumed to be hostile.
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I remember reading a piece in a British newspaper long ago from a British Veteran soldier. Who said every time his unit encountered a Volksstrum unit it went the same way. They would fire a few shots to flush them out from cover. Take their weapons away. Run over the weapons with their vehicles. Then tell them to go home. And they always did.
12:33 That 500% xp booster joke got me 🤣
The old man with a Panzerfaust is crazy.
Me and my father love your videos, cheers from 2 Portuguese history lovers 🇵🇹🙌🏻
Thanks for a great history lesson!
That scene in Downfall where they show the last ditch units fighting in hell, totally unprepared and unable to withstand the assault while making catastrophic mistakes in the heat of combat
I’ve never clicked on a video this fast before
Same
Exactly
Me to 😆 🤣
So true😂😂
Same
Thank you for making more detailed videos about the events in the closing theaters of the Second World War, keep it up!
Fun fact the volksturm had raised 12 million men but due to ammo shortages and gun shortages they only managed to raise a maximum 1 million men....
Sound like typical HOI4 MP gameplays divisions
@@tianhaoju4634 I have 12 million men, but only 100k guns... dang.
Average Hoi4 China Game be like
Most supplied Russian division
They had French, Czech and even civilian German guns. Bad but still not as bad as Russia in WWI sending *unarmed* men against the enemy.
Anything remotely related to WW2 Germany always has to get the good ol’ holobunga stamp from RUclips lmfao.
Holobunga 😂
"Make Grug think"
This isn't about Holocaust it is about Germany's last stand of WW2 Why did RUclips put up Holocaust information on this video
Because German Apologists use every excuse they can to downplay Germany's crimes against humanity.
Or Israel owns google I don't know.
They womt put up the atrocities done by israelies currently going on for decades
Because the jews and the ever increasing number of holocaust survives demanded it.
Braindead machine learning/AI is why
I don't know, honestly. Maybe this such a misinformation because the video itself was about the Volkssturm or Third Reich?
12:34 "No! My 500% XP Booster" LMAOO bro forgot to feed the snail before heading on his mission
My grandfather was actually recruited right out of the classroom at the age of 16 as a "Flakhelfer" (someone manning anti aircraft guns). He never saw combat, but but after the war he was enslaved by the French (google surrendered enemy personnel SEP) and had to work for them for a year. Thankfully, the Western Allies abolished slavery relatively soon after the war, so he at least didn't have to suffer for too long. Still came back having lost half his weight and an eye from the abuse.
Danke Schirn.
same thing happened to mine. He was supposed to become a radioman, and the training consisted of crawling and running up and down the same forested hill for days. This was in the winter of 44/45, and he viscerally remembered how he was only given a small bowl of ice cold water to wash himself up. Then he was captured by the americans, who he said where always drunk and would routinely crash prisoner transports, with bodies flying like ragdolls from the vehicles. He always said that the americans where "the worst of all of them" and that they were just russians in nice coats. This might not mean anything to anyone, but seeing his emotions and mannerisms as he told the story has certainly made an impression on me.
@@Lenn869 well... at least statistically Americans were better than Russians. 1/3 of the slaves sent to Russia never returned... 1 Million people.
Thanks!
Fun fact in the battle of berlin 95 percent of german ss were not even germans.... They were from other countries from volunteers such as the sadly famous division charlemagne (france) the nordland ( norway ) etc etc .....
I thought the SS changed over the years. From a much more civilian organization to swallowing up police/security functions to full military units.
the real ones
@PhiliusMaximus Germany in '45 is blockaded from most merchant marine trading.
12:37 that booster comment makes me somehow WANT to play warthunder lol
Hey could you do a video on the irish war of independence (1916) or the troubles of Northern Ireland (1968-1998) I would be very interested to watch that!
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A great new years gift from armchair historian.Thank you and happy holidays and have a merry new year. 😊🎁
This is what a lot of people don't get when it comes to dropping the atomic bombs on Japan it was the fact that they were afraid that what happened with Germany might happen with Japan in which we might have to be marching through the streets of Tokyo before it's finally over
This guy makes history interesting to learn with the visualization
Please do videos on Operation Valkyrie and Operation Cowboy. Amazing stories.
A video mentioning the Kommando der Kleinkampfverbände, my god I waited so long for that!
My Grandfather was a Pilot of the Kleinst U-Boot Bieber in the war and I have heard storys from him about the time as well as geting all his documents from the time. I also wrote my "Facharbeit" in school about them and about how effective they realy were!
Hope you guys will one day make a hole video about them, the thematik is realy interesting!
"The Old, the Young, the Weak."
Hello Reznov
It already became impossible for Germany to win after 1943.
Imagine if america gets invaded and we end up having to use American Legion and JROTC cadets to defend washington.
Imagine fighting for for country in the Great War, surviving against all odds, just to die 20 years later in another war, fighting.
Sounds like most civilians in the 1940s honestly
8:53 caught me so off guard
wunderwaffe used self destruct! (its not that effective)
Was about to say that, the crossover nobody could’ve predicted 🤣
Final days for Germany must've been haunting. Went from the most promising nation in Europe, to nothing but a wrecked battlefield that eventually enveloped their capital city.
Average German Troops and Civilians must've thought their world was gonna end.
A culture destined to fail.
Changing your whole economy to building tanks and militsrize them. Leaving the country at under 5 percent unemployment for multiple years doesnt leave room for growth apart from bigger and more arms
If you haven't, I strongly recommend you watch Downfall/Der Untergang. IMO one of the best WW2 movies out there, one that really catches this atmosphere of desperation in the final days.
“From the most promising nation in europe” What do you mean?
@FrostyCatPanzerV golden 20s and the biggest expanding ecinomy in whole europe back then.
Plus the fact after 1933 that their unemployment rate plummeted under 5 percent. A number not conceivable under normal circumstances.
If the world just knew back then that it was an military economy destined to fall from the beginning.
@FrostyCatPanzerV plus foreshadowing what atrocities would happen just 5 years later
Like if you know how much the lend lease act single handedly saved the allies and especially the Soviet Union
12:33 bro summomed the war thunder community
Another fantastic video!! Thank you.
Wow. I learned something today. And that’s coming from someone who has consumed 100+ hours of WWII footage.
It was very epic to be able to create the sound design for this clip!
The sound design is epic as always Sir!
9:24 nah this got me lol as a CS player I'm happy to see silver 2 rank on the video
So, units of old men, young teens, and injured veterans with insufficient equipment alongside a battered German army with little air support versus multiple invading full of fresh and experienced soldiers with top of the line gear and total air power. Who do you think wins?
Bro did NOT wanna put the fries in the bag. 💀
I saw the notification, gotta watch it now.
How can we grow and learn from history if some are made too uncomfortable by it?
Exactly! Growth comes from feeling uncomfortable.
I want to point out that the reason they didn't surrendered was not because they had to surrender to "inferiors".
It was rather to avoid the "stab in the back" myth. The myth that was established after the end of WW1. Where the soldiers thought they had been stabbed in the back by their own leaders, when they can have won as long as they were supported.
Don't worry, they simpy replaced the "stabbed in the back" myth w/ the "wermacht was clean of war crimes" BS.
The myth irritates me because both sides get it so wrong. To the point, I've had to make a small phrase: "Not all grey coats were[un seen], but every [un seen] wore grey or black"@farenellvideos
It was also to protect their families from the Russians dude u can't even imagine what those ppl went thru
@@JB-kt9dx Your argument kind of fail when you realize that they can have just surrendered to the west.
If it really was to protect themselves from the Russians, they might as well just surrender to the US and UK early on which prevents the Russian from actually reaching Germany. Which means that their families will actually be protected.
Instead they choose to fight until the bitter end to the point that the Russians and US/UK armies reached each other. Ensuring that as many families as possible had to endure the Russians.
Im glad you make a lot of videos on 1945 WW2 like everone focuses on the early aspect and mid war periods but so much happened in Europe that no one talks about
How can people like Mark Felton make ww2 content and not have the same censorship issues you have?
Because RUclips is only interested in making money, that’s why even if a large creator does something really horrible, the worst RUclips will do is give them a slap on the wrist. Meanwhile, if a smaller creator covers anything mildly controversial, RUclips fucks them over 37 different ways
Because this guy is talking BS. He also butches German words in a horrible way - we have Wiktionary, so everyone with at least average intelligence can learn the correct pronunciation if they can just be arsed - and what about that semi-AI thing he uses for depicting himself?
@ I will admit he doesn’t have the pronunciation right down right now, but the channel is probably more focused on animation and authenticity. Also, what do you mean by “this guy is talking BS”?
1:12 ngl this part looks like meme material
nice Easter egg with the 500 booster
Awesome video
Your work is exceptional. Happy New Years
Smoke sesh about to start and this man drops a video. PERFECT
didnt know that the germans also had kamikaze like attacks
I like the warthunder reference at 12:34
Dear Armrchair Historian
Ur content is absolutely top notch. However I would like you to cover some more unknown historical topics. Ww1 and ww2 content has been abundantly cover up on ur channel. So maybe some other topics would be nice for change and diversity too.
Despite the censoring from RUclips, this video is sensationally done. Best one yet
Thank you RUclips for trying so valiantly to keep us from learning history!
How do I use the free code ? I have no idea
12:34 nice war tunder refrence😂😂
12:30 Bro had a 500% booster
12:34 nice WarThunder-reference
You missed one of the most effective late war German units, that being the volksgrenadiers which were used extensively and were a great asset to deal with Germany's now higher amount of inexperienced soldiers
It’s fascinating and tragic to see how desperate the German military became in 1945, relying on improvised units and untrained soldiers. The sheer chaos of the late war period reflects the collapse of the Nazi regime.
9:00 Nintendo lawyers are on the way.
Ramming as a matter of doctrine was nothing new. The Soviet Air Force did that from the start of Operation Barbarossa, as it greatly outnumbered the Luftwaffe in number of planes but was badly outclassed in both plane and pilot quality.
Another great video!
Excellent content, as always.
Great episode of very much enjoyed it as always too but I think I enjoyed this one a little bit more. I learned things that I didn’t previously know.
Can you do a video covering all the last-ditch defence forces of WW2? Like the volksstrum, Dalforce, Japan's armed civilian population, Soviet partisans/ unarmed conscripts... etc. I think it would be a very interesting point of perspective for a video and Happy new year!
Bro at 12:40 mark he made a warthunder reference
i wonder how armchair know about war thunder💀💀💀💀💀💀
Yeah, so?
Death as light as a feather, the nation as heavy as a mountain
Great as always! I would apriciate if you do a video about Italian eastafrika from the Ethiopianwar to WW2
Excellent video. Concerning the Volkssturm it should be noted, that they were not only the victims of the Nazi Regime, but also did sometimes participate in war crimes: especially the murder of KZ inmates, foreign civilian deportees and POW.
Это логично ведь среди них тоже были идеологически подготовленные люди, да и к бригаде руководителем ставили офицера, а это мог быть какой-то мясник, который уничтожал врагов рейха целыми селами где-то в Польше или СССР
Why single out their war crimes when the Russians and Japanese were way worse
I should probably comment something to show that I’m here but idk what to say…
Frohes Neues Jahr I guess
Amazing editing and art style I love it could you maybe do a mini series on weapons used in certain wars or on certain weapons. Also an interesting video idea talking about vehicles during the interwar years of 1919-1939 as not to many videos talk about that.
"A corner fox is more dangerous than a jackal"-Grey Fox Metal Gear Solid
They were planning to transfer troops from other branches like the Luftwaffe into the Heer, but Göring comes up with a counterproposal that's approved in '42. Creating separate Luftwaffe infantry divisions led by their own officers. Surviving units are later transfered to the heer, but there are units of essentially airmen and flight crews with very basic infantry training and kit for a few years, with a few paratrooper units. I don't know if sny such unit was still operational in Germany '45. Some were stationed as security troops in Norway and saw little combat.
*germany surrenders*
Meanwhile in the pacific:
LAST MAN STANDING
I do not believe Walther Wenck gets as much recognition as he deserves. He was given the impossible task to save Berlin (Which ultimately fell to the Russian army), but refused the Fuhrer's orders in favor of doing what was right. He is still today the youngest German commander and he was able to let hundreds of thousands to cross the Elbe (Civilian and military) in order to surrender to the west. He was one of the last to cross the river himself. Truly-- what a man.
I'm so happy I found this so quickly
Could've sworn I watched this before.
Fun fact: When the berlin was callapsing, the Kurland, islands in France, Brest, Silesia, and Norway were still defending.
The werewolves were a problem in Denmark. In fact, the Danish government made a home made armored car, the V3, to fight the werewolves, causing many to surrender.
unrelated but, armchair please say yes when i saw u talk about the bank stealing your legos (my braindead friend thinks im lying)
That Nazi Pokemon bit killed me.
Well thanks, Armchair Historian.
My Granduncle was in one of those last ditch units of Germany in 1945 (32. SS Grenadier Division "30.Januar").
He didn´t survive and was killed during the Battle of Halbe in May 1945.
And before anyone condems him: he was forcefully drafted from the german Minority in Slovakia during that time!.
It was a great crime by the regime back then to throw in the young, the old, the feeble and the unwilling to die for a lost cause!.
Before anyone condemms him?
My brother in christ, if they made me choose between being hanged and called or get forcefully drafted into a badly trained last ditch militia I would pick the one that gives me the most chances of seeing my family again
@orlandodanielgonzalezalcar3360 my grandfather was almost drafted himself in 1945, but he managed to flee and go into hiding before that. My granduncle didn't have that kind of luck, as I said. But as I can remember of the stories my grandfather told when I was a cid, he was very guilt ridden and mourned for his elder brother quite a lot. Now they are reunited in heaven.
There is a bunch of pure forced labour at work as well.
me when i click "scraping the barrel" in hoi4
The Volkssturm was called "Germany's richest military unit"... gold in their teeth, silver in their hair and lead in their legs.
The creation of units like the Volkssturm was both a testament to the desperate state of Germany in 1945 and a tragic symbol of the human cost of total war. It’s chilling to think about how many civilians, including teenagers and the elderly, were thrown into battle with little training.
but you know that german trroops fought in norway till 1947 ?
Germany showed generally what total war looks like… we didn’t want to go through that a second time with Japan…