(5/5) World at War The Red Star The Soviet Union 1941 1943

[volvo4377]

1:55 those are some brave-ass engineers!

[JIMY45GR]

The Eastern Front, as the site of nearly all extermination camps, death marches, ghettos, and the majority of pogroms, was central to the Holocaust. Of the estimated 70 million deaths attributed to World War II, over 30 million,[6] many of them civilians, died on the Eastern Front. The Eastern Front was decisive in determining the outcome of World War II, eventually serving as the main reason for Germany's defeat.[

[link4569]

It is true America bailed out britain and France but without russia's grasp America would be adolfland and later when America was fighting japan America would have caused a atomic war with everyone if russia would have not sent support to break the will of the japenese in the north with more than 100,000 troops and support. Yerah

[MushroomheadSlipKnoT]

citizans of berlin we have made a ring around your rotton city we wikk crush all who apose the will of the red army abandon your posts abandon your home abandon all hope URAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111

[kakvotoiskash]

Russia is never as weak as she may seem....

[hovaisa]

The funniest words in narration here:

"They went without regular leave or pay"

example of MINDBLOWING!!! western attitude to thhis kind of war

[anaplastic]

@hovaisa

Yes, this was a typical western commentary. British "professionals", with regular pay and leave lost to Japanese at the Singapore, being in vast numerical superiority. Nevertheless, I do like the commentantor, as he stated that Kursk was the crucial battle in Europe and that 20 million soviets were dead. (13 million civilians, 3 million POW). I bookmarked this series, for its balance. Let's be serious, Western Front was a joke compared to Eastern. There is no comparison.

[randy95023]

The Soviets lost more lives, civilian and military, during the seige of Leningrad than the TOTAL casualties of the USA and Great Britain combined! Us in the United States have NO idea what suffering occurred in the "Eastern Front" of WW2. I don't know how the Russians can ever forgive the German people for what the Nazis put them through...

[globbo100]

I just took a look at the episode listings at wikipedia, and sadly, there isn't much besides episode 5,"Barbarossa",and episode 9,"Stalingrad". This episode really tried to cover a lot in a small amount of time, roughly 52 minutes.

[globbo100]

Two years of struggle condensed into a single episode. No wonder the Soviet government helped produced the 1978 documentary, "The Unknown War", narrated by Burt Lancaster. Sadly, it was pulled off the air when the Soviets invaded Afghanistan.

[fordia]

You should watch the other episodes from The World at War that look at the USSR during the war. This was only one part of it

[globbo100]

I have seen the other parts and "this part of it",was extremely condensed.The eastern front really didn't get the coverage that it deserved.

[ShadowOutline]

LONG LIVE THE USSR!!!!

[Kaliphite]

too late

[globbo100]

Maybe you didn't get the memo, but the Soviet Union is defunct. If it's any consolation, you can always cheer on the U.S.S.A.(United States of Sovietized Americans)

[fredhubner]

"Death to the German invader" ...

[Vlady14]

Just one opinion : The german nation should be greatfull to God or whoever they believe in that the americans came to Europe.The russians could have defeated the germans without any help after Kursk in my opinion and then Germany would have been destroyed as a country and as a nation.

[Kulmataklaus]

What you say is probably truth. We tend to forget there would've been nobody left intervene after Europe had been taken by the Soviets. Europe as culture and whole would've probably disappeared. Really sad idea when you think of it.

[necroturky]

@Vlady14 the second front in the west realy took the pressure of the soviets so the war ended in 1945, without it the end could have been as late as 46, 47 may be even 48.

[Chainsawcannibal]

Well,Russia put one hell of a fight,but dont forget,that Germany had a huge amount of its army set up to fight England,and if Germany had fully concetrated its military power on Russia,I doubt the Motherland would have made it..

Then again,Hitler was too ignorant to realize Russia has a winter season,and the entire german army could have been wiped out from Russia's harsh winter.

[calvinhobbesliker2]

@Vlady14 Ahh, but Kursk and previous Soviet victories could not have been won without lend-lease from the US

[anaplastic]

@calvinhobbesliker2

Stop this constant western pathetic uttering about lend-lease, it amounted to 8% of Soviet military output and usually was useless. 87% of German military losses were on the Eastern Front, 5.0 out of 5.7 million dead. Add to that 1 million other Axis dead. Pathetic westerners didn't have a serious war since ww1.

Soviets would have won against Nazis no matter what.

[calvinhobbesliker2]

@anaplastic Source?

[niclasjt]

@anaplastic Lend-lease was important. Without it Britain would have lost it's war. It was a two-front war in Europe: the Germans couldn't concentrate full force on either. Speaking of German losses, this was a function of eastern climate extremes and barbarism post-surrender; Russian losses, unpreparedness. The W. front was a far more organized, strategy-rich event, fought from N.Africa across the European continent, WHILE America was active in the Pacific. Two victories - why fight about it?

[anaplastic]

@niclasjt

WTF are you trying to say? Put the frack into your fracking mind that at Leningrad alone more human beings died than in all petty history of USA conflicts. Put again in your fracking USA mind that WWII was Soviet-Nazi WAR, a war of annihilation from Nazi side. Nazis were really going to kill all the "subhumans".

UK would stand even without USA help, how the hell Nazis could have invaded them? If they tried to land 2-3 millions to UK, then USSR would have invaded Reich. Easy, OK?

[niclasjt]

@anaplastic You sound unhinged, but I'll try to engage your rational faculties. WWII being a Nazi-Soviet war is nonsensical given that there were no Soviets or Nazis in the Pacific, no Soviets in North Africa/Mediterranean, or on the Western front. In terms of materiel, the Germany's losses are about 50/50 between East and West, and the Luftwaffe was crippled in the West. Moreover, France, Holland, Denmark and Norway all being occupied makes it clear that it was more than Nazi-Soviet.

[MrTheaterjunkee]

50/50 your fucking mad. 90% of german casualties happened on the eastern front. americans always trying to undermine the victories of others. how about the many jap generals who said jap would have never give up if russia had not invaded manchuria and declared war.

[niclasjt]

@MrTheaterjunkee Look up the word materiel and read it again, after you take a breather. As for the Japanese, the russians weren't a part of the Pacific War until the Americans swept it clean as far as Japan itself, destroying if not Japan's willingness to continue the war, then at least it's ability to do so. America brought the war to Japan in the same war Russia did to Germany. Proving my point that WWII was a team effort.

[niclasjt]

@anaplastic Soviet Russia's shouldering such a tragically heavy burden shows the determination, bravery, and resilience of its people. But that doesn't negate Western effort. Said Zhukov, "It is now said that the Allies never helped us... However, one cannot deny that the Americans gave us so much material, without which we could not have formed our reserves and could not have continued the war." Stalin, at Tehran,"Without American production the United Nations could never have won the war."

[niclasjt]

@anaplastic So a nameless American who sees casualties as the only measure of success in war -- which is erroneous -- and forgets that the Pacific theater even existed -- which is disrespectful of the effort of those who fought to bring that chapter of the war to a close -- somehow counterbalances the words of Zhukov and Stalin? As a normal American myself, let me agree in this instance with the latter. I appreciate your thoughts, but I believe you're preaching revisionist history here. :-)

[MrTheaterjunkee]

lend lease was good but it was soviet industry that produce 85% of war machinery on the eastern front. it was not the deciding factor in them winning the war.

[MrTheaterjunkee]

what usa tanks fought in kursk?

[ip215]

@MrTheaterjunkee None. Americans were no where to be found in the biggest tank battle in history.

[blueray1969]

@Vlady14 I think the Soviets would have won without help from the USA. Would have taken much longer but it would have happened. The German economy couldn't have lasted much longer. There is also an argument that if it wasn't for the American administration of Hoover, Eastern Europe wouldn't have been left in Russian hands either. Churchill warned of what might happen, but was ignored.

[cNbikals0]

@Vlady14, im not quite sure about that. The soul idea of communism was not the destruction and alienation. And the Cold War started because US did not want to let USSR to enriched with resources West Germany, thus it was decided to divide Berlin.

[granskare]

a most elegant series which shows all...superb!

[June28July]

I have this on DVD! Great stuff! 5/5 :D

[komintepanagatnamn]

simply epic! thanks GD :D 5/5

[isitcosimblack]

i agree

[Bashnja1]

Thanks G.D When faced with adversity the Human Spirit knows no bounds

[Metathron66]

Thank you so much for this new serie. It yields all superlatives: quality video, remarkable comments, beautiful songs, what can I say more, I couldn't help shedding tears. My father-in-law was a colonel in the artillery and fought at Kursk.