This is one of the best documentaries on the Battle of Stalingrad that I have ever seen. It’s more thorough and contains more footage than both of the Netflix and the BBC series “WWII in Color.” Great job. Can’t wait to watch more.
Great one hour video on the greatest battle in modern warfare. I will spend the remainder of my life dedicated to studying the conflict between Germany and the Soviet union.
If usa and britain hadn't sent extreme amount of military,raw material,logistic and food aid to the bolsheviks ,and %100 of the german troops on the eastern front,you bolshevik d@gs would have lost moscow in 1941 and st@lingrad in 1942 and surrendered unconditionally
I was very experienced in adulthood 😂 before I grasped the magnitude of death, suffering & the inhumane conditions in Stalingrad & WW¡¡. I have witnessed tallies on respective sites change their official death toll guess’tamites a few times now, as we approach the 80th anniversary of DDay this June 6th 2024. We can be assured that the exact number of deaths caused by the Second World War, will always remain a mystery.
@@Sncedayone we can only learn from “the past”. We can’t learn much from a future that hasn’t happened yet. 🤣👌 right??? But ww¡¡ is an amazingly interesting time. The world 🌎 made more advancements & changes in those 5 yrs than any other 2 decades that I can recall. As we develop a better understanding/ new science & new methods of investigation we get a clearer picture on some of the decisions that had to be made & some of the tragedies that took place. One of the latest weapons introduced in that field would be LiDAR. That ground penetration radar system. It has revealed some interesting information so far. We will always need curious ppl to track down the information, wherever it leads.
One of the most intense and deadly battles for just one city in all of world history (along with Moscow a year before). Make no mistake: if Hitler had managed to beat the USSR, then the number of Russian and Soviet people (civilians) killed, starved, massacred or left to rot in other ways during the war and into the following years would soon have dwarfed the numbers of exterminated Jews. It was part of his plan to conduct massive ethnic cleansing of Russians, Poles and other eastern Slavic peoples to give more "Lebensraum" to Germany.
I joined the US Army as a Infantryman/Rifleman in 2006 at 22 years old. I found out really quick that the military in a time of war is serious business and I wasn't anywhere near as tough and brave as I thought I was !! Lord forgive me and may my brothers N arms rest easy. Till Valhalla
The human price of the USSR's win in WW2 is insane, every time I look up how many casualties each country had it really blows my mind Edit: I'm talking about all casualties, civilian and enlisted.
i know right! like how the hell, without cell phones etc. can they operate the way they did wiith logistics and all . crazy i wish there was more teachings on that side of war.
Yes it makes you wonder why so much attention i is spent on the European theater the Russian front completely dominated world war II Germany lost the war in Russia not on the plains of Western Europe the fact of the matter is Stalingrad took place 18 months before Normandy Germany was long defeated by then and present-day reminders with short memories should remember Vietnam costs Americans 58,000 dead and that's over a period of 10 to 15 years the Russians lost $750,000 dead in the little over 6 months that should tell you the scale of the Russian front the true winners in world war II not France not Britain not America but the Russians
Yes, it's a common misconception in the West to treat the Eastern Front as a bit of a sideshow and insisting that the main theatre in Europe was always on the west side. If we break out the war between the Axis, primarily Germany, and the USSR (including the Finnish "Continuation War" which was dovetailed with the main eastern front and fought in alliance with Hitler, and also the Holocaust in Poland and western Russia, which would never have played out in quite that way without Barbarossa) by itself, then it has more than twice the number of dead of ALL the rest of WW2 in Europe, Africa and the Middle East put together. Even if we'd count just the soldiers. And for almost three years when Hitler was at the peak of his power - from June 1941 till the spring of 1944 - the Soviet Union was the only state to keep up an extended land front fighting Germany in mainland Europe, with regular units and divisions fighting the ground war week after week, month after month against Hitler (the allied war in southern Italy during that time was small change by comparison, mostly involved Italian troops as adversaries, and didn't make a real breakthrough until much later). Hitler lost his war primarily in the East, that was where he poured in the big majority of his troops and armament, even most of the Luftwaffe. Why? Because the war against the Soviets was the one he really wanted to fight, long before 1939. Getting the Slavic peoples (primarily Russians and Poles) and theJews, and defeating the USSR/Russia, those were his central aims with the war, far more than defeating Britain or France. The East was in many ways THE central theatre of WW2 in Europe, certainly seen from Berlin but actually from Washington as well (at least in 1941-43).
Besides a few minor issues one of the most comprehensive and insightful videos I’ve watched on The battle of Stalingrad and I’ve watched them all multiple times and this video is a good addition.
The soviet union had documents stating there were over 11,000 stalingrad holdouts after the official battle ended. Mark Felton did a great video on this.
No matter how evil Stalin was, there was no other way for Russia to survive. Fighting against almost the whole of Europe, being on the verge of extermination, having millions of casualties. The whole population had to be mobilized. Whoever could fight had to. They were not fighting for Stalin, but for their motherland
Not at all. Germans were fighting to exterminate communism, a jewish ideology ment to destroy Europe, thus they fought to save the whole of Europe, including Russia.
The principle is correct. But ultimately the Russian people fought for the oppression they knew. Against an oppression they experienced or heard about in Soviet propaganda. Stalin ended up shooting all those P.O.Ws. who surrendered to the enemy. The Communists were almost as bad as the Nazis.
Marshall-sb, do you know thorough history of soviet union under tenure of stalin? There is every doubt. Nor fo you know that, red army soldiers used to go on offensive saying loudly, " fot stalin, for motherland". Read memoirs if red army men. You will definitely learn something. Educate yourself first, then make comment.
My Father was in that operation ..got seriously wounded before reaching Stalingrad and sent back to Germany..Since I didnt grow up w him I always wonder if he took part in any of the atrocities on the way here..His brother in law died in Stalingrad ..Truly horrific times and only 80 years ago !!!!
Thank you for sharing. It´s maybe better to not know. It was a horribly brutal war. I don´t think you could go through eastern front and not end up with some stains on your conscience. Cool music btw!
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What happened with Paulis after Stalingrad - and the war - is in some ways just as fascinating as the battle. He was treated very well by the Soviets. An interesting man.
Not only Paulus but the rest of the Nazi officers captured at Stalingrad were treated much better than the soliders Thats according to a history i read The authors name i cant recall
The battle of Stalingrad has fascinated me for many years. This Video fills in some of the gaps I didn't realize were gaps in the historical accounts of my extensive video collection on WWII. I really like all of the detailed accounting. I am pleased with this enhanced perspective. The story of Stalingrad breaks my heart, I am often moved to great sadness.
Check out the TIK history channel battleground Stalingrad series, if you are interested in this, tell me this isn't amazing ruclips.net/video/YAfo5mse-ag/видео.html
The last generation to ride on steam powered trains. My grandmother was born in 1908. It was great to actually know and talk to someone who was alive in the days of horse and carriage, when electricity and plumbing wasn't available everywhere. Before cell phones were even a thought. I actually met a woman who was once in a concentration camp (she claimed, per her tattoo, perhaps she was a Nazi who posed as a jew to get out of Germany) she was there when she was 6 years old she claimed.
Also I thought it should be worth mentioning that before the war it hadn't been known as Volgograd. Up until 1925 it was known as Tzaritzin when it was changed to Stalin's city. It became Volgograd long after WWII (1960's)
@@danielbradley5255 yes originally it was Tzaritzin , but i was just surprised he thought this city was in Eastern Ukraine unless he meant just east of Ukraine , mistakes happen but this video was great nonetheless
@@REALDEALMMA91 maybe they meant east of Ukraine but to make the mistake of it being IN Ukraine is pretty bad since I personally have never heard the two ever referenced as being related in the yrs I've been studying the war
The Battle of Stalingrad is the turning point in the war. The Soviet win changed the course of the war. The Soviet victory was celebrated in occupied Europe as the first sign that the Germans may lose in the East. By Germany's standards their losses were huge, never before they lost an entire army yet alone the best army in Wehrmacht (most awarded of the entire German armed forces - Hitler is on record saying that this army can conquer the hell itself). Just 6 months after Stalingrad, there was the Battle of Kursk which the Soviets won. After Kursk onwards the Germans lost ability to mount a serious offensive, lost initiative and were able of only defensive war, though very effective but always moving back. Stalingrad changed the war from the German victory to a struggle to preserve a chance of winning. After Kursk the Germans lost the war. By the way, the help from the USA just after Kursk started arriving in meaningful quantities therefore Stalingrad and Kursk were won by the Soviets on their own. Therefore, the II World War was won before the USA industrial might started serious delivery to Russia. This is the reason that historians agree that the Soviets won the II War World alone. It is hard to swallow but that the facts. Before the Kursk, Great Britain's help was greater than from the USA, but it was not much as the Brits needed for themselves also. I just would like to add that Russia moved their industry beyond the range of Luftwaffe, from the European part (which was virtually all industry) to beyond Ural mountain in the war conditions under enormous pressure from fast advancing Germans - this is the main reason that there was a period where the Russians lacked everything. The reestablished industrial complex already in the middle of 1943 outstripped the Germans war production. One has to realise how mammoth task that was, yet the Russians achieved that, and winning critical battles at the same time.
Great post and I like your thoughts if it was real. However, I don't know how Russia could pull it off. It's perposterous to think this wasn't rigged! As late as the 1930s Soviets couldn't even feed themselves, houses had straw roofs, let alone being able to build and fuel armies. I don't believe they made all those T-34 tanks. I found out some disturbing stuff even though I suspected something was a foul. I came across stories that not only German intelligence center was compromised and messaging the Allies, but Matin Bormman himself was radioing the war plans to Moscow personally. I guess he was caught but nobody would dare make such an accusations against a top Nazis at the time. I think it was rigged. I think the plan was to give half of Europe to communism, who happened to be the central bankers. Which is why Hitler beat them up and scorched Earth in retreat to make it easy for Stalin to take over and hold his new territory. Don't forget the people involved with and since Balfour. I compared Hitler's blunders with our Congress, if it was only stupidity then once in awhile it would benefit us. It took me 20 years or longer to tie it up in a knot. Hitler was not only a pallbearer to a bigwig he was supposed to hate more than anybody else..... Wait.,.. you ready? Remember the Freikcorps wars and the communist government of Bavaria that was up for a short while? Herr Leader was wearing a red arm band!!!!!! He was on the Red's side! Right then and there I knew he's a fraud.
yes I agree the Soviet Union was the main heavy hitter against the Nazi’s, it’s fitting that they were the ones to push into Berlin and deliver the final blow, the US Army was a great ally to them and was the final nail in the coffin for the nazi’s. But in the pacific theater, that was all American, the US Marines with some help from the US Army destroyed the japs, and won against them, it’s also fitting that the US delivered the final blow against Japan, who were the ones that attacked the US, and the Soviets delivered the final blow on Nazi Germany, who were the ones who invaded and attacked them, it’s as if WW2 was written by Hollywood, such a fantastic war and I’m only saying that in terms of scale, not in a way of saying it was amazing, it was horrible and I wish war never existed. God bless the warriors who fought and died for freedom and truth, for what’s right. We must be those men for this era and this time because another war is coming, we have to be brave. “Be strong and courageous, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.” Joshua 1:9
@@Rage-td9wv I suspect they had help from the lizard people. If the Germans had got the plans to the space lasers earlier, then they could’ve set California on fire, and the resulting smokescreen would’ve definitely taken the pressure off all the foil hat factories. /s
@@alphaplus4162Yet Hitler's biggest mistake was to honour his pact with the Japanese and declare war on the United States in 1941, thus spreading himself wayyy too thin
This battle has always piqued my curiosity from the German holdouts weeks after the surrender order to the plight of the Soviet people as they were starved to death. Just an incredible intersection of history and as always you guys did a fantastic job presenting the facts. Love your videos and the hard work you all put into the research and creation.
@@tavish4699 Anton Jollie disputes that there were several hundred German troops holding out causing disruption (German partisans if you will) his data from Soviet records indicate there were isolated stragglers at best. Not an organized cabal as Felton’s video purportedly infers.
Thanks for your work. One of the best explanation on Stalingrad war in 1942 . Let’s say no war and war can turn humans into beast. Stalingrad is one example
This was a very good documentary. It gave fresh information to a subject I have seen many documentaries about before. A small correction: At 1:11:21 you say that in 1953, Paulus was returned to Communist West Germany. I'm sure you meant East Germany.
Not even 2 minutes into watching this and in 1:42 he says "Part of that plan involved a city on the edge of the Volga River, in Eastern Ukraine". Don't mean to be picky but that's a pretty major blunder there.
The amount of men and equipment used in this battle is mind boggling. Determined defenders beat the Germans in the "rat war" after watching this I have nothing but respect and admiration for the sacrifice and determination to defend their homeland.
If I remember right, it was called Tsaritsyn for 300+ years when it was named after Stalin for his (supposed) role in the Civil War. Then, it became named Volgograd after Stalin died during Khrushchev's "De-Stalinization"
Yes, I was thinking the same thing. Stalin defended Tsaritsyn during the Russian Civil War, and was only named Stalingrad well afterwards. I don't know if Volgograd was ever used as a name for the city until fairly recently.
@@DrCruel If you interested:) From 1961 it was Volgograd, some 9 years after Stalins death. Tsaritsyn roughly means "Her queens". Volgograd roughly means City on Volga, volga being name of the river.
One of many complete falsities in this "documentary" mate, the whole thing is full of complete bullshit. Worst excuse for factual content I've ever seen
You said the panzers and Tigers advanced on Stalingrad except the Tiger tank was not yet in service at least not till the end of 42 and that was in the Leningrad front. The Germans advanced towards Stalingrad with Panzer 3’s and 4’s and the 4’s were just beginning to come on line with the long barrel 75 cannon which finally had a gun as good or better than the Russian 76 on the T34. But they were few if any in the initial advance on the city.
Yeah, few odd/wrong statements in this video; -Said Paulus was sent over to West Germany instead of East Germany after the war. -Perpetuated some very outdated myths such as the one rifle per 2 men thing (There was millions of Mosin's made equipping light infantry was never an issue for the Soviets that rifle had been produced since 1891). IIRC The myth comes from an account of Naval Infantry troops being issued half their rifles before heading to the east bank of the Volga then being equipped fully upon entering the combat zone, not heading into combat half armed. (And also stories from the Tsarist army of the Civil War). -Blocking detachments gunning down falling back troops after failed attacks for "retreating" when order 227 was aimed at commanders issuing retreat orders for divisions/armies not line troops falling back from failed attacks. They also shot/arrested/returned soldiers back to units who attempted to desert or broke from stress, most were returned to units. -Human waves again with 1 rifle per 2 men.
@@timyo6288 The 503rd Heavy Panzer Battalion was deployed to the Don Front in the autumn of 1942, but arrived too late to participate in Operation Winter Storm, the attempt to relieve Stalingrad. It was subsequently engaged in heavy defensive fighting in the Rostov-on-Don and adjacent sectors in January and February 1943.
They also said tens of thousands died in the initial bombing. According to wikipedia " estimations of some 40,000 killed,[1] possibly as many as 70,000 killed,[3] though these may be exaggerations.[4] Also estimated is 150,000 wounded.".
Paulus was not repatriated to West Germany, he was released into East Germany and died there less than four years later having never set foot back into West Germany after his release.
@@bclmax Yes, but he was in Soviet custody, so still a POW. When he was released from custody it was to East Germany and that was where he remained until his death.
My wife and I stayed at a Gast Haus in Graz Austria back in 1974. No one in that area spoke English except for one man on the parachute drop zone at the airport where I was making some jumps. I met a man who had a big dent in his forehead and I asked Frau Bergmann, the proprietor, if he had been in an accident. She said ask him. My German was limited but I learned that he was wounded at Stalingrad and was air lifted back to Germany on one of the last transports to get out of there. I spoke frequently with him until we returned back to Ivory Coast where I was working as a welder.
Fantastic video, I've watched a lot about Stalingrad, and there was even stuff I never knew or heard of. Will be watching more from your channel in the near future. I was also wondering what music you used for the "introduction" part of this video??
I'm fascinated by this nightmare battle. I live in a cold climate. It's bad enough trying to keep equipment working and keep your hands and feet from freezing in peacetime. Living like an animal with snipers trying to take you out in these conditions is unimaginable. Then to surrender to be marched off to a Gulag in Siberia... unreal.
I give credit to all tremendously brave Soviet troops but too many died because of poor military tactics. A huge overwhelming number and rearmament. But Stalingrad was one example of brilliant military tactics. They did give up many men but the two secret armies that encircled the Germans around Stalingrad was a brilliant idea and changed the entire war.
Let me guess, were you brought up on the film "Stalingrad" about Vasily Zaitsev? By the way, this movie is a complete lie Tell me, how, under poor command, did one Stalingrad house with a small platoon of soldiers last longer than the whole of Europe? More Germans died than during the storming of Paris And how did they win in Stalingrad, having lost 400 thousand fewer soldiers?
@@sTiErLiTz876 That Stalingrad house didn’t last as long as they say and the main reason was because they were out of the way from where the Germans were trying to go. Still they did good
If usa and britain hadn't sent extreme amount of military,raw material,logistic and food aid to the bolsheviks ,and %100 of the german troops on the eastern front,you bolshevik d@gs would have lost moscow in 1941 and st@lingrad in 1942 and surrendered unconditionally
You made a big mistake at the end. You said Paulus was sent to West Germany "who had become a communist ally of the Soviet Union". It was East Germany where he was sent which was COMMUNIST. He never lived in West Germany who were allies with the USA.
If I remember correctly Paulus volunteers with other wermacht generals and officers in propaganda against Hitler and the war ?? He was hated by Germans fter ww2 ??
@@amandaodell116 only only because he did anti nazi anti Hitler propaganda for Stalin--- like Von Seydless -- sic -- THEY GOT SMART LATE BUT LIKE I ALWAYS SAY --- BETTER LATE THAN NEVER AND AND ALLS WELL THAT ENDS WELL.???
I don’t think Paulus could’ve left even if Hitler had said ok. They didn’t have enough vehicles or fuel to get out of there before they were surrounded.
29:40 the claim about the most “reliable” machine gunners being used as blocking detachments is a well-established myth. They were usually formed from the worst soldiers in the division and were few in number. Very few cases actually exist of blocking detachments/NKVD actually “wiping out” whole squads of retreating soldiers, since these detachments were very few in number compared to the regular units.
Typical anti-Soviet propaganda. Until recently, most Westerners had no idea that the Red Army carried most of the weight of WW2. The anti-Red mindset has really limited Americans' understanding of the world, but esp. history.
The 1 soldier w/weapon & 1 soldier w/ammunition is another that is believable but they say is not correct.The Stalin proclamations seem to back both up & are easy to buy to westerners,as Stalin is hardly an admirable figure
@@destubae3271 Usually yes as an officer was known to more men and also expected to set a good example. The average soldier was usually dealt with by the unit - penal battalion being a common result.
Paulus was sent to East Germany, the DDR, not West Germany. Otherwise, this is an excellent documentary with obviously detailed and accurate research, Well done!
Why not at least leave enough time to actually watch and appreciate the effort that went into making this clip before asking him to make another, seeing as it was uploaded 20 minutes or so ago and you comment 11 minutes after.
The 6th Army support came by a single rail line from Kharkiv.Trains could not be turned around and had to back up.I spent 22 yrs in Ukraine till 2014 and came home.
If this is the best video you have seen on it I have to wonder how crap the other ones were. This "documentary" is just a bunch of nonsense myths that have been busted a long time ago.
AND Paulus was released after Stalins’ death to EAST Germany, not the West, as you stated. He wanted to return to his home, but the Russians still wouldn’t let him go completely, paying for his life in East Germany.
There was no Tigers at Stalingrad. The Tiger was starting his production in August 1942 so it would be impossible to deploy at the summer of 1942 for operation Blau starting in Juin 1942. At that time their best tank was the Mark IV only.
1:10:35 Paulus was returned to East Germany not West Germany. EG was Warsaw Pact and Soviet affiliated. WG was with the West. Excellent video. Best film of the even IMHO is Enemy At The Gates.
@1:45 'This city, formerly known as Volgograd' is incorrect. It is called Volgograd today. Before Stalingrad it was called Tsaritsyn. Tsaritsyn>Stalingrad>Volgograd (as it's situated on the volga river.
I have been fascinated by the Battle of Stalingrad since I was a kid. I still have one question to which I cannot find an answer. The General staff of the Wehrmacht were brilliant and well-schooled in military tactics, strategy and - most importantly - history. They knew before the invasion of the USSR that Hitler’s plan would be a disaster - and one that proved to the beginning of the end of Nazi Germany. So why would these intelligent and keenly aware men follow Hitler’s suicidal plan ??? I’m all ears if anybody has the answer.
Where to begin? I'm not sure how to answer because I don't know how you communicate. So I'll see if you can follow me on this one. Unlike me,who admittedly said that I don't know you well: Hitler did understand what made the generals tick.he was keenly aware of how to get them to come along with him and also to keep them loyal. Sadly ,for their so called brilliance led the most of them to sell their integrity for a few reichsmarks and some young pretty woman. Liquor drugs and sex throw in some money,hell it wasn't too difficult for Hitler to get His wsy
His previous advice to hold the line outside Moscow, and his insistence on air supply in a similar situation of isolation, gave him credibility against the OKW opposition. There was also no reason to suspect a Russian attack, largely due to the overconfidence produced by a string of successes. And finally, after announcing to the world he had sealed off the Volga and captured the city, it became a matter prestige. Goering's idiotic insistence that he could supply Paulus ensured that there would be no withdrawal--even when it was still a possibility.
Two things I reckon...Hitlers hubris made them doubt their own tactical knowledge about what they knew was a doomed operation and secondly an unholy mix of fear and ambition..
If Paulus hadn't fought, 3 million German/European soldiers would have been trapped in the Caucuses... 20,000 Wehrmacht and SS didn't surrender and prolonged the effort long enough to get these men out!
I have noticed a big mistake in the begin of the documentary, he said paulus wasn't as committed to the nazi cause as other generals but it is a known fact that paulus was one of hitler's biggest fan's, for those who wish to contradict me, paulus asked for a breakout and surrender for multiple times because he realised the battle couldn't be won and he wanted to save his men from the worst, because he held hitler in such a high regard he listened to his orders to stay put and fight for the city, comparing him to rommel who more than once refused direct orders is unspeakable
Sometimes the best thing a general can do is obey a direct order ! The fact that man stayed and fought and sacrificed his boys just to appease Hitler makes him a POS imo. A officer's job is to keep his men alive first and foremost and kill the enemy second and worry about the personal opinions of leadership that isn't on the ground LAST !
Absolutely love your narration. If I could change one little thing. The background music has a pitch through it that fades in and out every 10 seconds. I was sure the sound was coming from my fan or central heating 🤔 Took me over 10 minutes to figure it out !! I know (stoopid 🤪)
The line wasn't "frozen" in the winter of 41-42. The battle for Moscow, or known as the Battles of Rzhev, was in the top 5 largest battles in history and the Axis were flung back away from Moscow by several 100kms.
It bothers me every time i hear the winter stopped the Wehrmacht in 41, The Soviets stopped the Wehrmacht they had to deal with winter just as the Germans.
And nothing to indicate the war in the East would be over if the Nazis captured Moscow. The Soviets had moved much of their heavy industry hundreds of miles East. Napoleon captured Moscow in 1812 and that didn't defeat the Russians that time
Actually, the winter "frozen ground" allowed the Panzer groups to resume the offensive which was bugged down primarily by rain and thus mud previously.. but by then, soviet reserves had come, and managed to counter attack and repel them
An hour and 11 minute fantastic documentary, and no ads!? This is for sure my new favorite channel.
This is trash, not a documentary.
Its demonitized cuz its about WWII
@@LarsTragel-zh7eiYou must be German.
@@LarsTragel-zh7eiNothing trashy about this documentary, not sure what planet you’re on.
This is one of the best documentaries on the Battle of Stalingrad that I have ever seen. It’s more thorough and contains more footage than both of the Netflix and the BBC series “WWII in Color.” Great job. Can’t wait to watch more.
Far from great. Dealt way too much with opinions and ideologies
See SOVIET STORM
Hardly great, not even mediocre. It should be removed and corrected before posted.
This is trash, not a documentary.
dude he literally just let a slide show of random photos of soldiers in ww2 play for 71 minutes while narrating
Watching this video, I learned more about the Battle of Stalingrad than I could ever have learned from Harvard or Yale. Good job!
Great one hour video on the greatest battle in modern warfare.
I will spend the remainder of my life dedicated to studying the conflict between Germany and the Soviet union.
If usa and britain hadn't sent extreme amount of military,raw material,logistic and food aid to the bolsheviks ,and %100 of the german troops on the eastern front,you bolshevik d@gs would have lost moscow in 1941 and st@lingrad in 1942 and surrendered unconditionally
How much longer do you got
I was very experienced in adulthood 😂 before I grasped the magnitude of death, suffering & the inhumane conditions in Stalingrad & WW¡¡.
I have witnessed tallies on respective sites change their official death toll guess’tamites a few times now, as we approach the 80th anniversary of DDay this June 6th 2024. We can be assured that the exact number of deaths caused by the Second World War, will always remain a mystery.
Why it's past
@@Sncedayone we can only learn from “the past”. We can’t learn much from a future that hasn’t happened yet.
🤣👌 right???
But ww¡¡ is an amazingly interesting time. The world 🌎 made more advancements & changes in those 5 yrs than any other 2 decades that I can recall. As we develop a better understanding/ new science & new methods of investigation we get a clearer picture on some of the decisions that had to be made & some of the tragedies that took place. One of the latest weapons introduced in that field would be LiDAR. That ground penetration radar system. It has revealed some interesting information so far. We will always need curious ppl to track down the information, wherever it leads.
It's fascinating how many people fought in just one city.
It is more insane that more people died here in a couple months than all US servicemen the entire ww2.
When nut jobs are in control of this many people, slaughter is just a statistic!
glad I wasn't on either side
One of the most intense and deadly battles for just one city in all of world history (along with Moscow a year before).
Make no mistake: if Hitler had managed to beat the USSR, then the number of Russian and Soviet people (civilians) killed, starved, massacred or left to rot in other ways during the war and into the following years would soon have dwarfed the numbers of exterminated Jews. It was part of his plan to conduct massive ethnic cleansing of Russians, Poles and other eastern Slavic peoples to give more "Lebensraum" to Germany.
I joined the US Army as a Infantryman/Rifleman in 2006 at 22 years old. I found out really quick that the military in a time of war is serious business and I wasn't anywhere near as tough and brave as I thought I was !! Lord forgive me and may my brothers N arms rest easy. Till Valhalla
The very moment Hitler's armies stepped foot in the USSR the clock began ticking down on the Third Reich.
Smh. You sound like a preschooler proudly figuring out the sky is blue.
@@avr8844 🤣
When putin stepped foot in Ukraine...the Clock began tigcking z nazi russia
@@harris8401What?
@@avr8844You sound like the kid that found out something one day before the other.
The human price of the USSR's win in WW2 is insane, every time I look up how many casualties each country had it really blows my mind
Edit: I'm talking about all casualties, civilian and enlisted.
Like Stalin said , a single death is a tragedy , a million deaths are merely statistics
Yet Murica took credit
@@ShyamKumar-wq7ky ?
Look up Obama Htler grandson Rotschields DiBirdShow. It is happening all over again.
@@ShyamKumar-wq7ky not really that was WWI
The strategic minds needed to control this war over such monsterous distances & the pure size of this war, will always blow my mind.
i know right! like how the hell, without cell phones etc. can they operate the way they did wiith logistics and all . crazy i wish there was more teachings on that side of war.
Yes it makes you wonder why so much attention i is spent on the European theater the Russian front completely dominated world war II Germany lost the war in Russia not on the plains of Western Europe the fact of the matter is Stalingrad took place 18 months before Normandy Germany was long defeated by then and present-day reminders with short memories should remember Vietnam costs Americans 58,000 dead and that's over a period of 10 to 15 years the Russians lost $750,000 dead in the little over 6 months that should tell you the scale of the Russian front the true winners in world war II not France not Britain not America but the Russians
At least one guy got "the big picture" : Georgy Zhukov.
Yes, it's a common misconception in the West to treat the Eastern Front as a bit of a sideshow and insisting that the main theatre in Europe was always on the west side. If we break out the war between the Axis, primarily Germany, and the USSR (including the Finnish "Continuation War" which was dovetailed with the main eastern front and fought in alliance with Hitler, and also the Holocaust in Poland and western Russia, which would never have played out in quite that way without Barbarossa) by itself, then it has more than twice the number of dead of ALL the rest of WW2 in Europe, Africa and the Middle East put together. Even if we'd count just the soldiers. And for almost three years when Hitler was at the peak of his power - from June 1941 till the spring of 1944 - the Soviet Union was the only state to keep up an extended land front fighting Germany in mainland Europe, with regular units and divisions fighting the ground war week after week, month after month against Hitler (the allied war in southern Italy during that time was small change by comparison, mostly involved Italian troops as adversaries, and didn't make a real breakthrough until much later).
Hitler lost his war primarily in the East, that was where he poured in the big majority of his troops and armament, even most of the Luftwaffe. Why? Because the war against the Soviets was the one he really wanted to fight, long before 1939. Getting the Slavic peoples (primarily Russians and Poles) and theJews, and defeating the USSR/Russia, those were his central aims with the war, far more than defeating Britain or France. The East was in many ways THE central theatre of WW2 in Europe, certainly seen from Berlin but actually from Washington as well (at least in 1941-43).
@@louise_rosethe west will misconceive anything to make themselves look the best of the best and that their the good guys
The depth of research & appreciation of detail in this documentary is outstanding!
This battle was hell on earth.
yeah most deadly warfare ever human face, then the battle of leningrad where was the heaviest seige about 900 days over! 😳😲
@@mahditeymuri5650it’s seems fitting that the deadliest war in human history should have the deadliest battle in human history
I was reading a book that had the diaries of the German soldiers and the things they said sounded like literal torture every moment
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The spirit will never die...
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Besides a few minor issues one of the most comprehensive and insightful videos I’ve watched on The battle of Stalingrad and I’ve watched them all multiple times and this video is a good addition.
The soviet union had documents stating there were over 11,000 stalingrad holdouts after the official battle ended. Mark Felton did a great video on this.
Outstanding video! Been looking for something new for a while--thumbs up.
My grandfather flew in Veitnam and we were told not to ask.. he also never talked about his service!! His funeral made us all understand
I was a little kid when I asked and I feel bad now
No he didn't
Bu belgeseli hazırlayanlara çok teşekkür ederim. No war.
No matter how evil Stalin was, there was no other way for Russia to survive. Fighting against almost the whole of Europe, being on the verge of extermination, having millions of casualties. The whole population had to be mobilized. Whoever could fight had to. They were not fighting for Stalin, but for their motherland
Not at all. Germans were fighting to exterminate communism, a jewish ideology ment to destroy Europe, thus they fought to save the whole of Europe, including Russia.
The whole of Europe?
The principle is correct. But ultimately the Russian people fought for the oppression they knew. Against an oppression they experienced or heard about in Soviet propaganda. Stalin ended up shooting all those P.O.Ws. who surrendered to the enemy. The Communists were almost as bad as the Nazis.
Marshall-sb, do you know thorough history of soviet union under tenure of stalin? There is every doubt. Nor fo you know that, red army soldiers used to go on offensive saying loudly, " fot stalin, for motherland". Read memoirs if red army men. You will definitely learn something. Educate yourself first, then make comment.
sure.. even letting civilians stay in stalingrad in order to grow morale, he was the same or even worst than adolf
This war documentary was very informative ....With One narrator doing the whole show without any historians annoying Input.
What a great, well written, and well narrated video!!! Thanks for posting!
My Father was in that operation ..got seriously wounded before reaching Stalingrad and sent back to Germany..Since I didnt grow up w him I always wonder if he took part in any of the atrocities on the way here..His brother in law died in Stalingrad ..Truly horrific times and only 80 years ago !!!!
he was a nazi?
Ecuador....sound's like NAZI people escaping to South America.....
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Thank you for sharing. It´s maybe better to not know. It was a horribly brutal war. I don´t think you could go through eastern front and not end up with some stains on your conscience. Cool music btw!
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What happened with Paulis after Stalingrad - and the war - is in some ways just as fascinating as the battle.
He was treated very well by the Soviets.
An interesting man.
Not only Paulus but the rest of the Nazi officers captured at Stalingrad were treated much better than the soliders Thats according to a history i read The authors name i cant recall
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Yes indeed they were!!
Treated better than many Soviet citizens!
Then Mar. Paulus acted as witness for the Allied side in the trials against Nazi war criminals. Released in 1953. Died 1957.
he was a field marashal. thats why he was stalins trophy.
@@changchp He remained behind the Iron Curtain for the rest of his life!
Detailed, fine-grained doc. Good work.
The most interesting battle for me in WW2. Thanks for this!
Get a life bruh
You must read 'The 900 Days' by Raymond Salisbury.
@@Scepticalasfuk Thanks
For sure Stalingrad really highlights the lengths people will go to to defend themselves
And the bloodiest
The battle of Stalingrad has fascinated me for many years. This Video fills in some of the gaps I didn't realize were gaps in the historical accounts of my extensive video collection on WWII. I really like all of the detailed accounting. I am pleased with this enhanced perspective.
The story of Stalingrad breaks my heart, I am often moved to great sadness.
Check out the TIK history channel battleground Stalingrad series, if you are interested in this, tell me this isn't amazing
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@@stephendavis6066 truly extensive and comprehensive evaluation of primary data.
Extensive collection, is it? Enormous library, gigantic video collection. You must be an academic just by chance wondered on this brilliant video?
See SOVIET STORM
I was born between the two greatest battles of WW II: Stalingrad and Kursk that cemented the defeat of Nazi Germany.
The last generation to ride on steam powered trains. My grandmother was born in 1908. It was great to actually know and talk to someone who was alive in the days of horse and carriage, when electricity and plumbing wasn't available everywhere. Before cell phones were even a thought. I actually met a woman who was once in a concentration camp (she claimed, per her tattoo, perhaps she was a Nazi who posed as a jew to get out of Germany) she was there when she was 6 years old she claimed.
Stalingrad was not in the Ukraine but Southwestern Russia .. close to the Ukraine though , love your content
How could he not have known that?
Also I thought it should be worth mentioning that before the war it hadn't been known as Volgograd. Up until 1925 it was known as Tzaritzin when it was changed to Stalin's city. It became Volgograd long after WWII (1960's)
@@danielbradley5255 yes originally it was Tzaritzin , but i was just surprised he thought this city was in Eastern Ukraine unless he meant just east of Ukraine , mistakes happen but this video was great nonetheless
@@capoislamort100 not to sure lol . mistakes happen though
@@REALDEALMMA91 maybe they meant east of Ukraine but to make the mistake of it being IN Ukraine is pretty bad since I personally have never heard the two ever referenced as being related in the yrs I've been studying the war
such a good documentary, it is so immersive that when he told how the war ended is was like: Don't spoil the end. as if it was a movie.
Bro I just screamed "YES!" when I saw you have a new video lol. Love your channel man. Thank you
Same lol
And Me 3
I know, right?
That's really sad.
Disgusting comments
Mate, relevant maps along with the geographical narration show a much clearer picture than innumerable photos of soldiers and tanks.
Particularly when the photos or footage aren't relevant to the time period (i.e. T34/85s being shown when talking about incidents in 1942).
The Battle of Stalingrad is the turning point in the war. The Soviet win changed the course of the war. The Soviet victory was celebrated in occupied Europe as the first sign that the Germans may lose in the East. By Germany's standards their losses were huge, never before they lost an entire army yet alone the best army in Wehrmacht (most awarded of the entire German armed forces - Hitler is on record saying that this army can conquer the hell itself). Just 6 months after Stalingrad, there was the Battle of Kursk which the Soviets won. After Kursk onwards the Germans lost ability to mount a serious offensive, lost initiative and were able of only defensive war, though very effective but always moving back. Stalingrad changed the war from the German victory to a struggle to preserve a chance of winning. After Kursk the Germans lost the war. By the way, the help from the USA just after Kursk started arriving in meaningful quantities therefore Stalingrad and Kursk were won by the Soviets on their own. Therefore, the II World War was won before the USA industrial might started serious delivery to Russia. This is the reason that historians agree that the Soviets won the II War World alone. It is hard to swallow but that the facts. Before the Kursk, Great Britain's help was greater than from the USA, but it was not much as the Brits needed for themselves also.
I just would like to add that Russia moved their industry beyond the range of Luftwaffe, from the European part (which was virtually all industry) to beyond Ural mountain in the war conditions under enormous pressure from fast advancing Germans - this is the main reason that there was a period where the Russians lacked everything. The reestablished industrial complex already in the middle of 1943 outstripped the Germans war production. One has to realise how mammoth task that was, yet the Russians achieved that, and winning critical battles at the same time.
Great post and I like your thoughts if it was real. However, I don't know how Russia could pull it off. It's perposterous to think this wasn't rigged! As late as the 1930s Soviets couldn't even feed themselves, houses had straw roofs, let alone being able to build and fuel armies. I don't believe they made all those T-34 tanks.
I found out some disturbing stuff even though I suspected something was a foul. I came across stories that not only German intelligence center was compromised and messaging the Allies, but Matin Bormman himself was radioing the war plans to Moscow personally.
I guess he was caught but nobody would dare make such an accusations against a top Nazis at the time.
I think it was rigged. I think the plan was to give half of Europe to communism, who happened to be the central bankers. Which is why Hitler beat them up and scorched Earth in retreat to make it easy for Stalin to take over and hold his new territory. Don't forget the people involved with and since Balfour.
I compared Hitler's blunders with our Congress, if it was only stupidity then once in awhile it would benefit us. It took me 20 years or longer to tie it up in a knot. Hitler was not only a pallbearer to a bigwig he was supposed to hate more than anybody else.....
Wait.,.. you ready? Remember the Freikcorps wars and the communist government of Bavaria that was up for a short while? Herr Leader was wearing a red arm band!!!!!! He was on the Red's side! Right then and there I knew he's a fraud.
yes I agree the Soviet Union was the main heavy hitter against the Nazi’s, it’s fitting that they were the ones to push into Berlin and deliver the final blow, the US Army was a great ally to them and was the final nail in the coffin for the nazi’s. But in the pacific theater, that was all American, the US Marines with some help from the US Army destroyed the japs, and won against them, it’s also fitting that the US delivered the final blow against Japan, who were the ones that attacked the US, and the Soviets delivered the final blow on Nazi Germany, who were the ones who invaded and attacked them, it’s as if WW2 was written by Hollywood, such a fantastic war and I’m only saying that in terms of scale, not in a way of saying it was amazing, it was horrible and I wish war never existed. God bless the warriors who fought and died for freedom and truth, for what’s right. We must be those men for this era and this time because another war is coming, we have to be brave. “Be strong and courageous, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.” Joshua 1:9
💯 percent fact
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I suspect they had help from the lizard people. If the Germans had got the plans to the space lasers earlier, then they could’ve set California on fire, and the resulting smokescreen would’ve definitely taken the pressure off all the foil hat factories. /s
@@alphaplus4162Yet Hitler's biggest mistake was to honour his pact with the Japanese and declare war on the United States in 1941, thus spreading himself wayyy too thin
This battle has always piqued my curiosity from the German holdouts weeks after the surrender order to the plight of the Soviet people as they were starved to death. Just an incredible intersection of history and as always you guys did a fantastic job presenting the facts. Love your videos and the hard work you all put into the research and creation.
mark felton has a great video on this
Mark Felton is the man, when it comes to WW2 history.
@@phucgougle4279 how so?
@@tavish4699 Anton Jollie disputes that there were several hundred German troops holding out causing disruption (German partisans if you will) his data from Soviet records indicate there were isolated stragglers at best. Not an organized cabal as Felton’s video purportedly infers.
@@comanche6943 ah okay thanks for the information
organized or not
one thing is clear , iwouldnt want to be one of those guys :D
1:10:35 I think you meant to say he was returned to East Germany. Great video, I never tire of this topic!
Thanks for your work. One of the best explanation on Stalingrad war in 1942 . Let’s say no war and war can turn humans into beast. Stalingrad is one example
This was a very good documentary. It gave fresh information to a subject I have seen many documentaries about before. A small correction: At 1:11:21 you say that in 1953, Paulus was returned to Communist West Germany. I'm sure you meant East Germany.
Not even 2 minutes into watching this and in 1:42 he says "Part of that plan involved a city on the edge of the Volga River, in Eastern Ukraine". Don't mean to be picky but that's a pretty major blunder there.
The amount of men and equipment used in this battle is mind boggling. Determined defenders beat the Germans in the "rat war" after watching this I have nothing but respect and admiration for the sacrifice and determination to defend their homeland.
If I remember right, it was called Tsaritsyn for 300+ years when it was named after Stalin for his (supposed) role in the Civil War. Then, it became named Volgograd after Stalin died during Khrushchev's "De-Stalinization"
Yes, I was thinking the same thing. Stalin defended Tsaritsyn during the Russian Civil War, and was only named Stalingrad well afterwards. I don't know if Volgograd was ever used as a name for the city until fairly recently.
@@DrCruel If you interested:)
From 1961 it was Volgograd, some 9 years after Stalins death.
Tsaritsyn roughly means "Her queens".
Volgograd roughly means City on Volga, volga being name of the river.
@@DugeHick Thanks for the info.
One of many complete falsities in this "documentary" mate, the whole thing is full of complete bullshit.
Worst excuse for factual content I've ever seen
@@DugeHick no, Tsaritsyn means yellow river
You said the panzers and Tigers advanced on Stalingrad except the Tiger tank was not yet in service at least not till the end of 42 and that was in the Leningrad front. The Germans advanced towards Stalingrad with Panzer 3’s and 4’s and the 4’s were just beginning to come on line with the long barrel 75
cannon which finally had a gun as good or better than the Russian 76 on the T34. But they were few if any in the initial advance on the city.
It sounds so much more dramatic with all those “Tiger Tanks” advancing on Stalingrad. What a pity they did not exist!
Yeah, few odd/wrong statements in this video;
-Said Paulus was sent over to West Germany instead of East Germany after the war.
-Perpetuated some very outdated myths such as the one rifle per 2 men thing (There was millions of Mosin's made equipping light infantry was never an issue for the Soviets that rifle had been produced since 1891).
IIRC The myth comes from an account of Naval Infantry troops being issued half their rifles before heading to the east bank of the Volga then being equipped fully upon entering the combat zone, not heading into combat half armed. (And also stories from the Tsarist army of the Civil War).
-Blocking detachments gunning down falling back troops after failed attacks for "retreating" when order 227 was aimed at commanders issuing retreat orders for divisions/armies not line troops falling back from failed attacks. They also shot/arrested/returned soldiers back to units who attempted to desert or broke from stress, most were returned to units.
-Human waves again with 1 rifle per 2 men.
wrong, Stalingrad had Tiger I and Tiger 2 divisions
@@timyo6288 The 503rd Heavy Panzer Battalion was deployed to the Don Front in the autumn of 1942, but arrived too late to participate in Operation Winter Storm, the attempt to relieve Stalingrad. It was subsequently engaged in heavy defensive fighting in the Rostov-on-Don and adjacent sectors in January and February 1943.
They also said tens of thousands died in the initial bombing. According to wikipedia " estimations of some 40,000 killed,[1] possibly as many as 70,000 killed,[3] though these may be exaggerations.[4] Also estimated is 150,000 wounded.".
Paulus was not repatriated to West Germany, he was released into East Germany and died there less than four years later having never set foot back into West Germany after his release.
technically he was in nurnberg so he did visit the west
@@bclmax Yes, but he was in Soviet custody, so still a POW. When he was released from custody it was to East Germany and that was where he remained until his death.
@@AlaskaErik i know, but to say he never stepped foot in the west is an error
February 1, 1957 (age 66 years), Dresden, Germany
Did he not die in Bonn ?
Great video, could you make one on Leningrad?
I got to say awesome job to the narrator and the music playing in the background. It literally kept me in suspense the whole video ... Great Job
Ohhhhh yeah.. an hour long episode! Lovely 👌🏻👍🏻
My wife and I stayed at a Gast Haus in Graz Austria back in 1974. No one in that area spoke English except for one man on the parachute drop zone at the airport where I was making some jumps. I met a man who had a big dent in his forehead and I asked Frau Bergmann, the proprietor, if he had been in an accident. She said ask him. My German was limited but I learned that he was wounded at Stalingrad and was air lifted back to Germany on one of the last transports to get out of there. I spoke frequently with him until we returned back to Ivory Coast where I was working as a welder.
The battle of Stalingrad really made an impression on him.
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Great video👍 A small correction though: The German chief of staff was not called Alfred Lodl, but Alfred Jodl.
Excellent content, very detailed and informative. Thank you👍🏻
Thank you for sharing this.
Fantastic video, I've watched a lot about Stalingrad, and there was even stuff I never knew or heard of. Will be watching more from your channel in the near future. I was also wondering what music you used for the "introduction" part of this video??
@@edguse5711 this can't be a serious question??
Excellent commentary Sir. Many thanks. August 2022.
I'm fascinated by this nightmare battle. I live in a cold climate. It's bad enough trying to keep equipment working and keep your hands and feet from freezing in peacetime. Living like an animal with snipers trying to take you out in these conditions is unimaginable. Then to surrender to be marched off to a Gulag in Siberia... unreal.
Great coverage and content my dude.. you just need to work on the pronunciation of the names of the people you are covering
I give credit to all tremendously brave Soviet troops but too many died because of poor military tactics. A huge overwhelming number and rearmament. But Stalingrad was one example of brilliant military tactics. They did give up many men but the two secret armies that encircled the Germans around Stalingrad was a brilliant idea and changed the entire war.
Nine Soviet armies.
Let me guess, were you brought up on the film "Stalingrad" about Vasily Zaitsev? By the way, this movie is a complete lie
Tell me, how, under poor command, did one Stalingrad house with a small platoon of soldiers last longer than the whole of Europe? More Germans died than during the storming of Paris
And how did they win in Stalingrad, having lost 400 thousand fewer soldiers?
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That Stalingrad house didn’t last as long as they say and the main reason was because they were out of the way from where the Germans were trying to go.
Still they did good
That's OK, the Russians are killing the Nazis now 8/1. Not a bad ratio, history repeating itself... with the shoe on the other foot.
If usa and britain hadn't sent extreme amount of military,raw material,logistic and food aid to the bolsheviks ,and %100 of the german troops on the eastern front,you bolshevik d@gs would have lost moscow in 1941 and st@lingrad in 1942 and surrendered unconditionally
To correct a mistake- Paulus was returned not to West but East Germany
yeah that males more sense now lol
Yeah i had to rewind that part to make sure i heard that correctly. West Germany was definitely not a “ Communist ally”
You made a big mistake at the end. You said Paulus was sent to West Germany "who had become a communist ally of the Soviet Union". It was East Germany where he was sent which was COMMUNIST. He never lived in West Germany who were allies with the USA.
He meant to say east Germany
West Berlin?
If I remember correctly Paulus volunteers with other wermacht generals and officers in propaganda against Hitler and the war ?? He was hated by Germans fter ww2 ??
He was one of Very few too get to return to Germany PEROID.
@@amandaodell116 only only because he did anti nazi anti Hitler propaganda for Stalin--- like Von Seydless -- sic -- THEY GOT SMART LATE BUT LIKE I ALWAYS SAY --- BETTER LATE THAN NEVER AND AND ALLS WELL THAT ENDS WELL.???
Great video again gentlemen.
Good "soundtrack" for the video! Good job!
I don’t think Paulus could’ve left even if Hitler had said ok. They didn’t have enough vehicles or fuel to get out of there before they were surrounded.
Truly great video !!!
29:40 the claim about the most “reliable” machine gunners being used as blocking detachments is a well-established myth. They were usually formed from the worst soldiers in the division and were few in number. Very few cases actually exist of blocking detachments/NKVD actually “wiping out” whole squads of retreating soldiers, since these detachments were very few in number compared to the regular units.
Typical anti-Soviet propaganda. Until recently, most Westerners had no idea that the Red Army carried most of the weight of WW2. The anti-Red mindset has really limited Americans' understanding of the world, but esp. history.
The 1 soldier w/weapon & 1 soldier w/ammunition is another that is believable but they say is not correct.The Stalin proclamations seem to back both up & are easy to buy to westerners,as Stalin is hardly an admirable figure
And didn't the NKVD only target officers?
@@destubae3271 Usually yes as an officer was known to more men and also expected to set a good example. The average soldier was usually dealt with by the unit - penal battalion being a common result.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU AND THANK YOU!
Great commentary. Thx.
Paulus was sent to East Germany, the DDR, not West Germany. Otherwise, this is an excellent documentary with obviously detailed and accurate research, Well done!
Excellent and interesting documentary 🤔
Please do the battle of Manila of the Philippines
Why not at least leave enough time to actually watch and appreciate the effort that went into making this clip before asking him to make another, seeing as it was uploaded 20 minutes or so ago and you comment 11 minutes after.
Such a super documentary .love the channel...MUCH LUV FROM N.AUGUSTA S.C
awesome doc bro, thanks
Brilliant. Thank you. 😊
The most important battle in the history of humanity
amazing documentary. I had wished you had used more maps though, but not complaining still a nice documentary.
A Remarkable & informative Introducing Thanks
What if rashid says muckmed?
Terrific photo montage, info spot on too. 👍
This took me back to History 11.
To Mr. England the most British and awesome history professor
*This is phenomenal, and the effort that went into the creation of this is astounding! Thank you very much! God bless you* ❤
Thank you ! Love your videos
what an amazing vid ty
Wonderful!
Well done! Excellent presentation on this pivotal battle!
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very good report. best i have seen.
Close to 1.5 million people dead during 6 months battle in one single city. The casualty is really high. Many of german best troops perished here.
Im guessing your german
They had it coming, what made them think that they were gonna just roll in and take over another country from it’s people?
But The Sergeant. 9f Lennard, 900 days, killed 500,000 civilians, most starving and freezing to death....so terrible
@@elessartelcontar9415 That was civilian deaths not combat.
@@Ndisikasewe Bit like another Dictator currently occupying Stalin's old position in the Kremlin today.
The 6th Army support came by a single rail line from Kharkiv.Trains could not be turned around and had to back up.I spent 22 yrs in Ukraine till 2014 and came home.
Hey awesome work man thanks
Was it not Eremenko who came up with the initial idea for Operation Uranus?
Yes.
Your video with excellent comments is the best I have ever seen about Stalingrad and other information involving the situation! Thank you!
Be aware that this video is full of errors; I hope you are able to sift the video and get an accurate view of this battle.
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If this is the best video you have seen on it I have to wonder how crap the other ones were. This "documentary" is just a bunch of nonsense myths that have been busted a long time ago.
AND Paulus was released after Stalins’ death to EAST Germany, not the West, as you stated. He wanted to return to his home, but the Russians still wouldn’t let him go completely, paying for his life in East Germany.
Yes!!!! New video on my favorite subject
great footage
There was no Tigers at Stalingrad. The Tiger was starting his production in August 1942 so it would be impossible to deploy at the summer of 1942 for operation Blau starting in Juin 1942. At that time their best tank was the Mark IV only.
1:10:35 Paulus was returned to East Germany not West Germany. EG was Warsaw Pact and Soviet affiliated. WG was with the West. Excellent video. Best film of the even IMHO is Enemy At The Gates.
Thnx tommy Hiltlerfiger
The strongest person in world war two was the camera man
this doc is like a kindle book
What is the CO.AG track used for "A Cold Snap?"
@1:45 'This city, formerly known as Volgograd' is incorrect. It is called Volgograd today. Before Stalingrad it was called Tsaritsyn.
Tsaritsyn>Stalingrad>Volgograd (as it's situated on the volga river.
Well written and well told. Thanks
I have been fascinated by the Battle of Stalingrad since I was a kid. I still have one question to which I cannot find an answer. The General staff of the Wehrmacht were brilliant and well-schooled in military tactics, strategy and - most importantly - history. They knew before the invasion of the USSR that Hitler’s plan would be a disaster - and one that proved to the beginning of the end of Nazi Germany. So why would these intelligent and keenly aware men follow Hitler’s suicidal plan ??? I’m all ears if anybody has the answer.
Where to begin? I'm not sure how to answer because I don't know how you communicate. So I'll see if you can follow me on this one. Unlike me,who admittedly said that I don't know you well: Hitler did understand what made the generals tick.he was keenly aware of how to get them to come along with him and also to keep them loyal. Sadly ,for their so called brilliance led the most of them to sell their integrity for a few reichsmarks and some young pretty woman. Liquor drugs and sex throw in some money,hell it wasn't too difficult for Hitler to get His wsy
His previous advice to hold the line outside Moscow, and his insistence on air supply in a similar situation of isolation, gave him credibility against the OKW opposition. There was also no reason to suspect a Russian attack, largely due to the overconfidence produced by a string of successes. And finally, after announcing to the world he had sealed off the Volga and captured the city, it became a matter prestige. Goering's idiotic insistence that he could supply Paulus ensured that there would be no withdrawal--even when it was still a possibility.
Hitler and Gobbels used propaganda lies to convinced them that they could win.
Two things I reckon...Hitlers hubris made them doubt their own tactical knowledge about what they knew was a doomed operation and secondly an unholy mix of fear and ambition..
@@annikascribe3465 “Pride precipitates the fall”, I guess.
Thanks so much for this!
Good but none will ever touch World at War. Olivier’s voice! The gravitas!
Paulus fought as good as he could, considering pressure from Hitler and lack of supplies. He did the right thing in the end too.
If Paulus hadn't fought, 3 million German/European soldiers would have been trapped in the Caucuses... 20,000 Wehrmacht and SS didn't surrender and prolonged the effort long enough to get these men out!
@@chainsaw3577 I don't think Paulus was a Nazi either. Probably hated Hitler. Especially at the end.
Very well done documentary. Excellent narration, research and editing.
I have noticed a big mistake in the begin of the documentary, he said paulus wasn't as committed to the nazi cause as other generals but it is a known fact that paulus was one of hitler's biggest fan's, for those who wish to contradict me, paulus asked for a breakout and surrender for multiple times because he realised the battle couldn't be won and he wanted to save his men from the worst, because he held hitler in such a high regard he listened to his orders to stay put and fight for the city, comparing him to rommel who more than once refused direct orders is unspeakable
Sometimes the best thing a general can do is obey a direct order ! The fact that man stayed and fought and sacrificed his boys just to appease Hitler makes him a POS imo. A officer's job is to keep his men alive first and foremost and kill the enemy second and worry about the personal opinions of leadership that isn't on the ground LAST !
A most ignorant comment.
Absolutely love your narration.
If I could change one little thing.
The background music has a pitch through it that fades in and out every 10 seconds.
I was sure the sound was coming from my fan or central heating 🤔
Took me over 10 minutes to figure it out !!
I know (stoopid 🤪)
Excellent.
The line wasn't "frozen" in the winter of 41-42. The battle for Moscow, or known as the Battles of Rzhev, was in the top 5 largest battles in history and the Axis were flung back away from Moscow by several 100kms.
It bothers me every time i hear the winter stopped the Wehrmacht in 41, The Soviets stopped the Wehrmacht they had to deal with winter just as the Germans.
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And nothing to indicate the war in the East would be over if the Nazis captured Moscow. The Soviets had moved much of their heavy industry hundreds of miles East. Napoleon captured Moscow in 1812 and that didn't defeat the Russians that time
@@theodorerobertson9400 BINGO! Mate you know your history well. cheers
Actually, the winter "frozen ground" allowed the Panzer groups to resume the offensive which was bugged down primarily by rain and thus mud previously.. but by then, soviet reserves had come, and managed to counter attack and repel them