I wouldn't want to quibble, BUT, the pic at 1:09 isn't Stalingrad, or even Russia, it's East London and the straight railway line runs from London Bridge to Greenwich and the South-Eastern suburbs. The date would be 1940.
@extere Well, it's important to be aware that there is a fairly limited amount of film and photographs available, and people use the material that is available rather freely, so that for instance images of Jews and Russians being shot in Russia by Einsatzgruppen turn up illustrating films of concentration camps.
When material is mis-used in this way it calls into question the credibility of the presentation.
@NewFormOfSlavery To a certain extent I do agree with you and we now even know that Stalin was planning to attack not only Germany but the whole of western Europe and wuold have done so had Germany not attacked first yet why do you call them commnist Jews?After all it is not like they were trying to convert people in to Judism.Marx may have been Jewish but his ideas had nothing to do with the Jewish faith.
Good vid. Except right at the start at 0:32 we see a Panther Tank. But they weren't introduced to the battle field until later on in 1943 at the Battle Of Kursk.
"One mobilized high school girl, Yukiko Kasai, found herself issued an awl and told, "Even killing one American soldier will do. … You must aim for the abdomen."[27] Frank, Downfall, p. 189.
Seems the use of the A-bombs prevented many more casualties among mobilized civilian people of the "Volunteer Fighting Corps" (or 国民義勇戦闘隊, Kokumin Giyū Sentōtai, the Patriotic Citizens Fighting Corps) like the highschool girl Yukiko Kasai.
Although chemical warfare had been outlawed by the Geneva Protocol, neither the United States nor Japan were signatories at the time. While the United States had promised never to initiate gas warfare, Japan had used gas against the Chinese earlier in the war.[33] Skates, The Invasion of Japan, p. 84.
a loss of 1 mln US lives was an estimate given by H. Stimson: US command responsible for invasion of Japan estimated potential losses at appr. 40.000. Jap Emperor sent a personal telegram to Truman in July 1945 accepting the terms of surrender after Tokyo was firebombed. US ignored it because they needed to demonstarte nuclear superiority to the USSR. US Bombing Survey concluded in 1946 that the atomic bombing was unnecessary, the only 4 cities that werent rubble were US nuclear targets
@RussianKostya, There was never a reply from Japan after the bombing of Tokyo. More Russian/Soviet lies & BS. Casualties would have been very large for both USA & Japan if Japan was invaded & in the millions because Tojo & Japanese Imperialists weren't going to surrender, & this is verified by Japanese documents & the fact that Japan was raising more ground combat units of every description & armed with everything including old muskets, spears, swords, IEDs, & longbows.
@christof139 no need to resort to petty insults such as "Russian/Soviet BS. Few sources on the topic: Sven Linquist, A History of Bombing (Sweden): Gar Alperovits, Atomic Diplomacy (US): Robert Art and Kenneth Waltz, The Use of Force (US). Above all you insist that the Japs armed with SPEARS were going to cause 1 million US deaths? A freak wearing a suit said it and you believe HIS lies and BS? Well, you've got to, otherwise your little "beacon of freedom world" fragments and falls apart:))
@RussianKostya, Excuse, many Russian inuendos/insults here so if you can't take it then don't dish it out.
To answer your question Japanese armed with spears, swords, IEDs etc. would be intermingled with regular army & navy units. During Okinawa campaign US troops were attacked by Japanese with spears (women too) at close quarters in dense vegetation & in built-up areas. Close quarter fighting = Pacific Island battles, always.
Only Japanese home defense/militia would be so equipped.
@christof139 dish them out when it befits the situation - last time it didnt since none of the sources indicated were of Russian/Soviet origin, and you cant dismiss them if you want to have a proper debate. The US invasion was also unnecessary since the USSR had the plans to land in Hokkaido, and then take the rest of Japan without moaning about high losses. And as i said before, US Bombing Survey of 1946 admitted the fact that Japan was already defeated prior to atomic bombing, period:((
@RussianKostya, go educate yourself first. You "Put your mouth in motion before putting your mind in gear."
USA offered Japan 3 chances to surrender & they didn't reply, so, use of A-bombs saved lives since we were going to invade Kyushu. They attacked us at Pearl & in the Phillipines etc. & killed many USA & Phillipine civilians. Toguh shit for them.
USA also sent Stalin uranium for USSR's A-bomb program. Too bad we didn't have the A-bomb in 1942 to use on Hitler's Reich.
@RussianKostya. Typo: "Toguh shit for them." should = 'Tough shit for them." Use of A-bombs is also appreciated in China where the japanese killed 15-20-million Chinese, most of them civilians.
Youtube & Google: "Rape of nanjing" or "Rape of nanking'.
@RussianKostya, BTW, 1945 report was based on info. gathered AFTER WWII ended. 1944 & 1945 do not = 1946. Our aerial surveys (photo recon) was all we had to use to estimate effect of bombings, & the fact is that Japanese industry was still producing armanets in quantity unitl the last day of te war, + there were ~9,000 planes of all types left for the defence of Japan, many if not most t be used as Kamikaze, so we continued to hit their airfields.
@RussianKostya, Japanese attempted to make peace through Stalin, but Stalin told them to go to hell.
When N. Korea attacked S. Korea in 1950 Stalin said something like this: "Why did they do that? Oh no, not again."
USSR pilots etc. that were sent to korean war were sad & confused as to why they were fighting their former allies, & so were we. Read accounts of USSR pilots in Korea & some accounts that were written by UN troops & pilots.
@christof139 its OK, typos:) i have two history degrees from the US and a PhD from Ausland, work as a historian in a top uni, so please, give me a break with your soft insults. If you were genuine about this at least you would have had a look at what i said - just because you argue that the Japs didnt reply doesnt make it so, ok? In terms of appreciation, many in Russia also liked the fact that Japan was nuked, and still do: I thought we were discussing the military necessity of the A-bombings?
@RussianKostya, Ha ha ha! Actually we were discussing many points. USA invasion of Kyushu was going to occur, however, it was postponed not by any grat losses to kamikaze attacks - there weren't any great losses - but rather by 3 typhoons, the actual so-called "Divine Wind" that struck the Allied fleets & bases in the Pacific from about mid 1944 to mid 1945 (I forget exact dates but info. is readily available, I know people that were in these storms). So, USA had to delay the invasion ...
@christof139, In the meantime, Tokyo was bombed & fire bombed, & we then asked Japan to surrender & recieved no reply. So, after recovering from the damage of those 3 storms & the kamikaze attacks at Okinawa & the Phillipines, we went ahead with preparations for the invasion of Kyushu. In order to avoid large losses to japanese civilians & military personnel & to ourselves that would have occurred on Kyushu (as they did on Okinawa), we decided to drop 1 A-bomb & request Japan to surrender.
@RussianKostya, Afteruse of 1st A-bomb we asked Japan to surrender, & no dice, no reply from them. So, we dropped the 2nd A-bomb after USSR invaded Manchuria to isolate the 600,000 Japanese there, & then the Emperor ordered cessation of hostilities. Estimates of Japanese troop & militia strength range from 300,000 to 900,000 & it seems that the figure may be closer to 900,000. There were still maybe 9,000 to 12,000 Jap. aircraft left, probably ~9,000. So, ...
@RussianKostya, ... are the reasons. We probably could have just blockaded Japan but that is not the always the way to end a war, especially a bitter war as the Allies had with Japan & due to Japanese attrocities against many Allied nartions that included the deaths, torture, rape of tens of millions of Allied civilians, not tomention many military personnel including POWs that were killed, etc. War itself is an atrocity.
@RussianKostya, BTW, the troops, supplies & equipment for the invasion of Kyushu were rapidly being built-up, & Okinawa was packed with them, & 1 of those typhoons devastated the fleet & troops & material on the island. 1 heavy cruiser had its bow ripped off but managed to stay afloat & return stateside, 1 light cruiser had its bow bent upward, destroyers & other vessels of all types were sunk, planes & crew swept off of carriers, etc. Over 200 ships were sunk or damaged. There was a Divne Wind
@christof139 i am not acting, what the fuck? Read at least one of the sources that i have indicated: Stimson simply took the numbers off the ceiling, so to say. The biggest group of Jap armies that was destroyed in active combat was stationed in China (Kwantung group), and it didnt present any challenge for the Soviets. Too bad that the US fought so poorly in Okinawa (and elsewhere in Europe too), you nuked Japan to demonstrate atomic bomb to the USSR and not to let Stalin take Japan
@RussianKostya, USA fought very well on Okinawa & in Europe & Africa etc. Your stupid Stalin caused the deaths etc. of way too many of his own troops. Our casualties were low even when on the offense. You know little. You are also biased & don't realize how ill-informed you are. Forget Stimson then, & read the other statements. You also lost much in Chechenya to what was basically militia, the Crimean War, the Russo-Japanese war including Tsushima , etc. etc. etc. You act invincible, we don't.
@RussianKostya, You see, everyone gets their butts kicked in war. We realize that but some people don't, & that is their mistake. TIME is all that was needed to bring down the Axis in Europe & Japan in the Pacific. We had time, our industry was untouched by bombings etc., & the industrial might & manpower of ~20 nations of the Americas hadn't yet been fully harnessed. Not to mention the vast manpower pool of India & Africa etc. Plus, we had the A-bomb.
@RussianKostya, The Brits. had their Meteor 3 fighter jet operational & they gave us its engine & we improved it a bit & had an experimental operational unit of XP-80's in southern Italy & production orders for this fighter jet were OK'd. Both of these jets were superior to the Me-262, of which the nazis could only keep ~100 airworthy, & we shot down quite a few with our prop planes. Production of the Pershing reached 2,200 & heavy tanks with 105mm & 155mm guns were available for production.
@RussianKostya, You say you believe your propaganda, if so, it certainly isn't WWII USSR propaganda which applauded our aid to the USSR & our efforts, just as our WWII propaganda & news/media praised the sacrifices of the people of the USSR that were fighting & dieing for our freedom as well as their own.
@RussianKostya, You simply are lost, & want to argue & fight & belittle other people's efforts. Even Stalin & Zhukov & STAVKA stated our aid was vital, & relaized the problems with transporting vast amounts of troops & material over the seas, & the magnitude of the Pacific & CBI Theaters. They relaized the USSR did not win WWII by itself.
BTW, I don't why you think I think you are 'acting', & actually I don't know what you think I think you are acting about.
@RussianKostya, Don't forget the small nation of Finland whose military even Stalin raised a toast to & whose military was only defeated by overwhelming numbers & material of the Soviet military. The Seminole Indians of Florida were never fully defeted by the US Armt & the Army erected a monument so stating & honoring the Seminole on their natrion's lands in Florida. Ho-hum.
@RussianKostya, To reiterate vey viable estimates other than Stimson: Adm. Leahy, more impressed by the Battle of Okinawa, thought the American forces would suffer a 35% casualty rate (implying an ultimate toll of 268,000).[48] Admiral King thought that casualties in the first 30 days would fall between Luzon and Okinawa, i.e., between 31,000 and 41,000."[48] Frank, Downfall, p. 357.
Estimate for only the 1st 30-days, not the entire time it would have taken to take 1/2 to all of Kyushu.
@RussianKostya, "One mobilized high school girl, Yukiko Kasai, found herself issued an awl and told, "Even killing one American soldier will do. … You must aim for the abdomen."[27] Frank, Downfall, p. 189.
Seems the use of the A-bombs prevented many more casualties among mobilized civilian people of the "Volunteer Fighting Corps" (or 国民義勇戦闘隊, Kokumin Giyū Sentōtai, the Patriotic Citizens Fighting Corps) like the highschool girl Yukiko Kasai.
@RussianKostya, Another non-Stimson estimate for you, 30 -120 days: "A study done by Adm. Nimitz's staff in May estimated 49,000 U.S casualties in the first 30 days, including 5,000 at sea.[44] A study done by General MacArthur's staff in June estimated 23,000 U.S. casualties in the first 30 days and 125,000 after 120 days.[45] When these figures were questioned by General Marshall, MacArthur submitted a revised estimate of 105,000, in part by deducting wounded men able to return to duty."[46]
@RussianKostya, 4-10-1945 the largest air action with Me-262s took place when 55 Me-262s intercepted more than 2,000 US aircraft attacking targets in the Berlin area and claimed 10 B-17s and 7 fighters for the loss of 27 Me-262s, and 13 damaged; P-51s downed 18, and presumably B-17s downed 9; Air International 6-1995/The German Jets in Combat, (p355).
Yes, we fought terribly. Ha ha ha!! We certainly did have our bad & off days though: Gela, Sicily; Airborne assault, Sicily; Anzio, Italy etc.
@RussianKostya, More examples of our losuy fighting ability: The first allied kill of an Me-262 jet fighter: 8-28-1944 near Chievers, Belgium, AAF Maj. Joe Myers of the 78th FG in a P-47D forced (not shot!) down a Me-262 flown by Lauer, the pilot escaped, but, the aircraft was lost to the USAAC.
2-9-1945 US bombers and fighters attacked targets in central Germany, P-51s downed 6 262s, while a B-17 was damaged; Air International 6-1995/The German Jets in Combat, (p354).
@RussianKostya, From the Brit RAF: 3-31-1945 - RAF daylight bombing raid on Hamburg by 428 bombers, Lancasters & Halifaxs, escorted by Mustangs & ?; at least 30 Me 262s attacked; RCAF sqds. at the rear of the formation w/o fighter escort came under heavy assault losing 8 bombers, while claiming 4 Me 262s killed, 3 probables and 4 damaged; Lancasters with Browning 0.303” mgs (only?) accounted for the jets; Guns in the Sky, The Air Gunners of World War Two; Bowyer, Chaz; 1979 (p119 – 124)
@RussianKostya, BTW, the USSR Manchurian Offensive didn't destroy the rather depleted & no longer elite Jap. Kwantung Army in August, 1945 because that wasn't the objective of the USSR offensive. Objective was to cutoff & isolate the Kwtng. Army so it couldn't send more troops to Japan. Kwtng. Army surrendered when the Emperor ordered all fighting to cease in Sept. 1945. many manchuko & Jap. troops didn't surrender but remained in the hills & mountains.
@RussianKostya, More examples of lousy fighting by USA troops: A single 18-man Intelligence & Reconnaissance Pltn. from the 99th Infantry Division along with 4 Forward Air Controllers held up the battalion of ~500 German paratroopers until sunset, about 4:00 p.m, causing 92 casualties among the Germans.
@RussianKostya, More poor fighting: The 99th Inf. Div. as a whole, outnumbered 5 to 1, inflicted casualties in the ratio of 18 to 1. The division lost ~20% of its effective strength, including 465 killed and 2,524 evacuated due to wounds, injuries, etc. German losses were much higher. In the northern sector opposite the 99th, this included more than 4,000 deaths and the destruction of 60 tanks and arty. guns.[48
@RussianKostya, So, tell me how the understrength German-Romanian 11th Army with 1 attached understrength Pz. Div. & a few understrength Sturmgescutz Bns. was able to destroy the USSR 44th, 47th & 51st Armies that were entrenched in depth/echelon in the Kerch Penninsula & had armor & arty. superiority with only a bit more than 30,000 escaping to the Taman Penninsula in the Kuban? Then after this feat, the depleted 11th Army turned & finally took Sebastopol from Petrov's Coastal Army.
@christof139 tried to reply to your personal mail, didnt go through. Otherwise it will take too many postings, and i dont want to litter Stalingrad related vid with unnececssary comments: however, since i have noticed that you dont even care to double-check on what i have written (THERE was a reply from the Jap Emperor to Truman in July 1945 agreeing to surrender) - you can have that one - enjoy your "victory", mate, i cannot be bothered anymore:((
@RussianKostya, I'm not your mate you lieing & ignorant piece of human defacation.
"The cabinet, made up of elder statesmen, tried to send out peace feelers through neutral Sweden, Soviet Union, and Switzerland as early as June 1945. The only condition was the continued existence of the of Imperial Throne. Unwilling or unclear of the Japanese offer, the Allies refused and issued the Potsdam Declaration on July 26th."
@RussianKostya, In June 1945, the Japanese approached the SOVIETS about surrendering but keeping the emperor & it seems that Stalin did not pass this onto the USA. In July of 45 - The Potsdam Declaration was released that demanded the unconditional surrender of Japan. Japan responded by saying if we can keep the emperor, we'll do it. ~900,000 Jap. troops were on Kyushu to meet 9 divisions of the USA.
@RussianKostya, August 6 - the1st A-bomb was dropped. No answer from the Japanese. They were convinced the USA only had one bomb. August 9 the 2nd A-bomb was dropped. August 10 - The Japanese say they will surrender if they can keep the emperor. August 11 - The US relents & states Japan can keep the emperor BUT he will be subject to the Allies in Japan
@RussianKostya states: " and i dont want to litter Stalingrad related vid with unnececssary comments:"
So why do you make unnecessaryremarks such as "USA troops fought badly" etc.? Hate to tell you something but in warfare everyone gets their buttocks kicked & if you don't know that then you are wet behind behind your errors or a simple Commiephile politrook etc.
Thanks to Stalin's purge of the USSR officer corps in the late 1930's USSR troopsfrequently fought badly early in the war.
@christof139 one thing I can guarantee for sure is that you are just a youtube troll who is itching for a fight, period. Stay away from my page, you little piece of shit, together with your so-called "knowledge" that doesn't even cover the basics of US literature on the topic, LOL.
@RussianKostya, "One mobilized high school girl, Yukiko Kasai, found herself issued an awl and told, "Even killing one American soldier will do. … You must aim for the abdomen."[27] Frank, Downfall, p. 189.
Seems the use of the A-bombs prevented many more casualties among mobilized civilian people of the "Volunteer Fighting Corps" (or 国民義勇戦闘隊, Kokumin Giyū Sentōtai, the Patriotic Citizens Fighting Corps) like the highschool girl Yukiko Kasai.
@RussianKostya, "One mobilized high school girl, Yukiko Kasai, found herself issued an awl and told, "Even killing one American soldier will do. … You must aim for the abdomen."[27] Frank, Downfall, p. 189.
Seems the use of the A-bombs prevented many more casualties among mobilized civilian people of the "Volunteer Fighting Corps" (or 国民義勇戦闘隊, Kokumin Giyū Sentōtai, the Patriotic Citizens Fighting Corps) like the highschool girl Yukiko Kasai.
@RussianKostya, Basically, use of A-bombs = we were still angry, puzzled as to why Japanese did not reply to our offers of a truce & surrender, & realization that japan was not going to surrender & that there would be very large japanese & Allied casualties when we invaded Kyushu.
@RussianKostya, My stepfather was in the navy at Okinawa etc., & a long past neighbor, Earl, was in the USMC Infantry there, etc. & Okinawa was a blood bath. Okinawan government simply states over 100,000 Okinawans were killed, US Army estimates are ~140,000. Okinawans are still angry with the Japanese military for lying to them about how badly we would treat them, & we did just the opposite. There is at least 1 book written by Okinawan soldier/interpreter in the US Army about events on Okinawa
@RussianKostya, 1 more point. Both Hiroshima & nNagasaki had much industry & miltary camps & installations & also port & naval facilities spread throughout them, so they were legitimate targets, & "The cities were chosen because they had been relatively untouched during the war."
@RussianKostya, BTW, look in your much more bloodier backyard than ours & quit acting perfect. As to the intensity of the fighting against the Japanese in the Pacific & CBI at usually very close quarters read of the USSR assault on Sakahlin where 1 Jap. Inf. Div. fought 3+ USSR Inf. Divs. & did not surrender until the Emperor oredered surrender. Jap. state ~20,000 civilians were also killed there. not to mention katyn Wood & purges in USSR occupied Poland etc.
@RussianKostya, "n March 1945, there was only one combat division in Kyūshū. Over the next four months the Imperial Japanese Army transferred forces from Manchuria, Korea, and northern Japan, while raising other forces in place. By August, they had fourteen divisions and various smaller formations, including three tank brigades, for a total of 900,000 men.[23] 23.^ Frank, Downfall, p. 203."
" In a conference with President Truman on June 18, Marshall, taking the Battle of Luzon as the best model for Olympic, thought the Americans would suffer 31,000 casualties in the first 30 days (and ultimately 20% of Japanese casualties, which implied a total of 70,000 casualties)."[47] Frank, Downfall, p. 140–141
@RussianKostya, "Okinawa ran up 72,000 U.S casualties in 82 days, of whom 12,510 were killed or missing. (This is conservative, because it excludes several thousand U.S. soldiers who died after the battle indirectly from their wounds.) The entire island of Okinawa is 464 square miles (1,200 km2). If the U.S. casualty rate during the invasion of Japan had only been 5 percent as high per unit area as it was at Okinawa, the United States would still have lost 297,000 soldiers (killed or missing).
@RussianKostya, "Adm. Leahy, more impressed by the Battle of Okinawa, thought the American forces would suffer a 35% casualty rate (implying an ultimate toll of 268,000).[48] Admiral King thought that casualties in the first 30 days would fall between Luzon and Okinawa, i.e., between 31,000 and 41,000."[48] Frank, Downfall, p. 357.
@RussianKostya, "A study done for Secretary of War Henry Stimson's staff by William Shockley estimated that conquering Japan would cost 1.7 to 4 million American casualties, including 400,000 to 800,000 fatalities, and five to ten million Japanese fatalities.The key assumption was large-scale participation by civilians in the defense of Japan."[1] Frank, Downfall,T p. 340.
Note: "The key assumption was large-scale participation by civilians in the defense of Japan."
Alright, I hear people talking about HIroshima and nagasaki being a war crime, really I feel it just shows our mercy, how many civilians would have been killed if we had invaded the japanese mainland with regular troops? We found japanese plans after the war, they did the same thing in okinawa, they would strap bombs to civilians and throw them at the Americans, use Civilians as flesh shields.
Japan was on the road to surrender, but Trumann had spent vast amounts of money developing FatBoy and wanted to use it no matter what. That's why when Eisenhower took over the presidency he had nothing to say to Harry S. as Harry left the office.
The bomb was never needed, the war was over, but Harry wanted to see what has been created in the name of peace.
There are no societies, no countries, no religions that do not have blood on their hands. If you think otherwise, you are delusional. The only thing we can do, is learn from the past and work together to stop future atrocities.
A little know fact is that In the Stalingrad campaing Von paulus had more of his own troops excuted than Haig did during the entired first world war ..
russian people where running at mg42 with only brick rock sticks and i dont know what else. But sovie't soldiers shot the cowards or just when they seeking cover.
Wel i would rather be shot by the enemy then by my own comrades....
What makes me angry is all these Russians hate American people, but keep in mind there would not be a "Russia" if it were not for the USA.The United States sent over 11,000,000,000 dollars worth of supplies, along with over 4,000,000 tons of food! And The USSR repays us with not only nothing but we almost went to war with them! Patton wanted to attack the Russians right after the defeat of Hitler. And then again I wouldn't blame him for wanting to attacking the ruskies!
Soviets lost more killed and wounded during their great defense of Stalingrad, "The City on the Volga" than the total killed and wounded of the USA and Britain combined. It was a real slogging match with some of the most ferocious, close quarter combat of the entire war. God Bless our valiant Soviet Allies!
the Germans carried with them the last hopes for mankind to Stalingrad since the Soviets could not have been defeated in a defensive war. Offensive military operations by Germany were required to defeat the Soviet plan to bolshevize the world. Had the offensive first been declared then Stalin would have stacked his front lines with Christian peasants. The strategy of Hitler always aimed to preserve as many lives as possible while Stalin always aimed to throw away as many lives as possible.
Would you say the same to an american GI? They do the same to Iraqui people. Our grandfathers just followed orders, just as the GI today does. Think brfore posting such sentences.
1.5 million died in stalingrad those many who survived were killed by stalin but now almost all are dead and in just a few years there will be no one on earth who wintessed this appalling piece of human brutality. there is no longer a city called stalingrad and both Stalin and hitler have gone the way of all great tyrants - to hell where they cry day and night but there is not one to hear them.
Actually 3 million died including civilians.If Stalin had the heart he would have evacuated those people but instead he let them suffer through warfare not involving them.
about a million people died at stalingrad altogether. no one knows how many civilians died in the battle (40, 000 were killed in the first week by bombing) but you must remember that although Stalin forbade evacuation at first, eventually civilians were evacuated.
@nath6644 At first? there should not have to be at first! If he had a heart he would have evacuated them in the first place. And remember that the Americans gave you supplies, so many that it was even more than what the USSR could provide.Hitler was bad and will rot in hell,but Stalin deserves worse. The Germans should have went into Russia, cause if they did not , Stalin would continue killing his own people with secret police!
1)im not defending stalin, he was a monster, just pointing out a fact.
2) trucks were the most useful things the US provided. the Soviets moved all their factories to the Ural Mountains and most of their weapons were produced there.
3) The germans did not go into russia to save the russian people from stalin, they went in to exterminate them! theres no defending stalin or his regime, but don't ever back the Germans over the soviet people.
1) I I didn't specifically say "they went into Russia to stop Stalin from killing people" I already know why they went there, I said I "The Germans should have went into Russia, cause if they did not , Stalin would continue killing his own people with secret police!"
2)They still provided something including some winter clothing.
3) And I did back the the Germans,really you cant do anything about that so behind a screen don't tell me what to do when you are powerless.
@nath6644 And Hitler convinced everybody (They also thought the same) that if Hitler does not invade the Soviet union, that eventually Stalin would see the power that Hitler is getting and eventually Stalin being Stalin would think of killing the Germans and declare war on them. A lot of Hitler invading Russia was the idea of getting rid of Bolshevism and the followers, it also came from getting rid of the rest of the Jews but some of the soldiers were not aware.The high command knew.
you backed the germans? the ones who invaded in the first place, carried out mass shootings of Jews, burnt down villages and threw babies into the fires, starved 60% of russian POWS and stole, killed and raped their way through the Soviet Union?
@nath6644 I hope you don't think the Russians are any better? And I do not support the Germans who murdered people for no cause. But The Russians were just as bad such as raping a women for 3 hours then shot her father? Killed German POW's without letting them speak? Swept through villages burning them down shooting french POW's and raping every woman? Starving Ukrainians to some 7-9 million of them?
@BandOfBrothers25 Revenge is a dish best served Cold. Germany killed MILLIONS upon MILLIONS of Russian civilians. In the Leningrad blockade Hundreds of thousands died of starvation alone. Im assuming your America like myself? You talking about crime against humanity? How about Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
@Hatinonthehaters i am an american. not proud of it. And let me take a guess you are an American who supports the Russians? It seems like people only like them for their military but they are not thinking of the cold war and the tension between the 2.
@BandOfBrothers25 I'm English and proud of it. I have American relatives and we agree that the Russians make good allies in war - especially in wars against Germans. However, the Russians are great strategists - learned from playing chess? - and we seem easily outwitted by them in peace time - if you can call the 'cold war' peacetime. I'd far rather have the Russians on our side than against us - perhaps we should do more to support them.
@RedGoblinus Did I say it was a peace game? You just proved that you are wasting my time. We were about to go to war with them because Patton thought of them as the enemy as well. They committed crimes that were just as bad as some committed by the Wehrmacht. Nemmerdoft massacre , and metgethan. They were just crimes of hatred as well. Stalin actually would kill his own people. Sound familiar?
@BandOfBrothers25 You stated in a previous reply "i am an american. not proud of it." Why are you not proud to be an American? That's why I replied that I'm proud to be English and proud that my Grandparents' generation fought to keep Britain free from Hitler's tyranny. No matter what is written about Field Marshal Joe Stalin, our Churchill and your President Roosevelt were thrilled to have him and his USSR as an ally against Germany.
@RedGoblinus Why am I not proud to be American? Oh I dunno maybe for the fact that we are involved in every war? Have you ever heard of Alex Jones? Look him up and I suggest you watch a lot of his videos and that will be your answer. This war we are fighting is fake. Say all you want but I assure you I am not crazy. And I am aware that we as "Roosevelt , and Churchill" were glad to have him as an Allie. Over the years people have realized he was almost just as bad as Hitler.
@BandOfBrothers25 Regardless of the current wars, the USA is still a great country to be proud of and has been ever since my ancestor left Somerset in England to become an architect in Philadelphia in 1817. America and Britain have oil hungry economies and we're over dependent on oil from the Middle East and that's why we're currently involved there. The answer is closer trade with Russia because they have oil - better to buy from them than the Arabs?
@RedGoblinus Once again I know we are their for oil. If we are to continue this argument then stop stating the obvious and tel me something I don't know.And n , this country has had a good past but its future is down-falling as we speak.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki attacks had NO MILITARY OBJECTIVES! Fire bombings of Tokyo and other cities had burned 90% of Japanese infrastructure and burned 100's of thousands people alive, before atom bombs were dropped! USA simply flexed its muscle and showed Russians what they were capable of, and they also didn't want Russia to come in and arbitrate between USA and Japan towards peace. IN my oinon, US committed some of the worst attrocities of the war in Japan!
I agree,, though I dont think Russia played a part on the decision of nuclear at the time,, I do think we could have won the war with out the nukes.I think the US wanted to end the war quickly without thinking about the consequences.And we never did officially opologize for that,,did we?
Now everyone wants nuclear weapons and we are making more enemies than ever.
@Hatinonthehaters or let 1 million american lives be lost to take the mainland japan. war is war japan was warned to surrender not like we came out of no where and blew them up
@Hatinonthehaters, 10 A-bombs maybe should have been dropped on Japan. Ever read of & see the pics of the Japanese rape of nanjing (Nanking), China, the Bataan Death March, the 15-million Chinese, 3 or so million Filipinos, Indonesians, Burmese, Indians, Laotians, Vietnamese, Cambodians, Polynesians, etc. that the Japanese killed, murdered, raped, tortured, etc.? USA offered peace to Japan twice before the 1st A-bomb was dropped & then once again after the 1st, & recieved no response.
@Hatinonthehaters Hiroshima and Nagasaki actually saved lives as an Invasion of Japan wuold have not only cost more American lives but Japanese as well.Actually more people died in alied raids on Dresden than did in Hiroshima
@Hatinonthehaters Hiroshima and Nagasaki wasn't a crime at all. It was necessary. The Japs were fighting a losing war and would not surrender. America would of had to of invaded Japan and sustain losses of 1million+ on american alone, probably twice that against Japan. After the bombing, their ridiculous views about their emperor being a God ended, as well as the Bushido code. They surrendered. Yeah half a million died, but that's only a fraction of the cost compared to an invasion.
@Hatinonthehaters Your statement about Russian civilian deaths is historically and factually incorrect. Russian civilians died for many reasons other than being killed by the German military including the Communist way of collectivism of farms in which productivity fell off dramatically as well as being sent to gulags for no reason other than Stalin having a bad attitude towards his own people. Also the deal the Soviets made with Germany prior to WW II makes them an aggressor as well.
The dead are silent and can no longer respond to you, it is all the same to them. The government of Nazi Germany planned to completely kill all the people of the Soviet Union. Manufacturing facilities across Europe are working to win the Reich. In the gulag, in contrast to the front was not more than 1 million people at a time. Could be wrong but not much. After WWII US GB USSR and France divided Germany into four zones of influence. And the evil USSR has not the greatest area.
@ferelio18 That is the common belief, that Germany (or the Nazi's or Hitler, your pick) wanted to kill everyone in the Soviet Union and why do People believe that? Because of lies by the mainstream news media and because they don't understand Nationalism which is not as bad as it is made out to be. That is not the case, had Germany won the war Russia would have been made smaller in size and Germany bigger which might not have been such a bad thing for reasons I do not have enough space to explai
With the same success can be claimed that Nazi's were fighting for the prosperity of the USSR and all the world. Tell it those peoples who died in concentration camps. Where did you get this information? Have you worked with major documents? The fact that you do not like the USSR did not detract from the merits of this country.
German plans for the USSR are well enough documented to be sure that the intention was to enslave the population and expropriate the USSR's resources. It was also intended to destroy its culture as is only too clear from German actions in occupied areas. I suggest you read some serious history of German intentions and actions.
@MrBEB123, The Nazis exterminated 20-25% or more of the Polish populace, the highest %tage of any nation in WWII & butchered millions in the USSR. The Nazis intent was to carve-up Poland & the USSR to exploit their resources & use the populace as slave laborers & detroy their culture. Nationalism exists in many forms & the Nazi version was rotten.
russian troops did terrible things in the war, there's no denying that. but Hitler decided the fate of those women that were raped and the civilians that were killed when he unleashed a shocking war of extermination on the soviet people
The Germans could have won as tehy did in the First World War, mainly by not behaving like bloody Nazi savages. Russians hated the Bolsheviks, and the Ukrainians utterly despised them. But when they came into Russia, the German Army robbed, raped and murdered the population - and thereafter, no matter what they did, they were bound to lose and lose badly.
My heart goes out to the Russian people for stopping this menace. As for the Bolsheviks, they can go to the same Hell as the Nazis.
Well what about the 9 million Ukrainians that died to to the savage Russians how about that.How about the Russians berrying the Germans only exposing their head then running them over with a tank that weighed 26.5 tonnes and ran over their heads at 53 km/h (33 mph).Put yourself in their position and how would you feel seeing that tank coming toward the that fast weighing that 26.5 tonnes?
I would maybe feel that invading Russia and murdering its people for profit may have been a bad idea ... I would think, in my last moments, that these weren't the same helpless, civilized citizens of the democracies we'd already crushed - that they were instead the sort of ruthless socialist killers that had sent me and my goon friends to rape, enslave and slaughter for the state ... that after we fell they'd go after our women, our children ...
If the Germans simply stuck to the countryside then crossed the river to undercut the Russians east of Stalingrad, they could have won. By going into a densely built up city with their Panzers, they sacrificed their overwheming advantage in mobile warfare to fight on the Red's terms of small fortresses, outposts and sniping.
@brekgar good point. I still think the Germans should've taken L'grad which would have shored up their whole northern flank and opened the port & rail net of Leningrad.The Germans still thought they could blitz the Russians instead of developing military & political tactics for a long war
You are an ass baranovV. A German 37mm AT gun could barely dent the 80mm frontal armor of the Matilda. Soviets appreciated its good armor, just as they appreciated the good armor of the Churchill. You have no knowledge & simply babble like a Bolshevik politrook fool.
British Matilda Heavy Infantry Tanks at 0:47. Very good, thick armor, but 40mm/2pdr gun couldn't fire HE & was not a very good AT weapon but good enough to penetrate most German tanks in 1942 to ealry 1943. Soviets liked it because of its heavy armor & used it as a breakthrough tank.
About what you speak??This tank was easily put out of action by a German anti-tank gun 37mm pak-35/36. This tank was used as the easy tank of support of infantry. For breaks of front in the USSR average tanks T-34 and heavy tank KV, & more
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It turned out how it should have turned out, I'd rather a Communist state sterilize an infectious fascist state for the sake of saving democracy, capitalism and socialism.
Hitler had to deal with Russia sooner or later.....like the japs had to deal with the U.S. one way or another.. Poor decisions and bad weather cost the Nazis in Russia.
He could've won by defeating the UK in 1940 first then when he invaded the USSR, taking all of Leningrad to link with the Finns & open up L'grad as a major port and railhead.
@starman60200 i agree and i disagree it necessarly wasnt a horrible move because if he striked right at the outbreak of war, the soviets might not have been ready but still i am completly for the soviets and the rest of the allies
1:47- WW1?
mizukami999 1 week ago
@mizukami999 no its just a rifle squad. they used the same guns in both wars
XzreflexX42 1 week ago
@XzreflexX42 They got Mauser m98 but they aren't Germans, who then? Italians? Romanians?
mizukami999 1 week ago
@mizukami999 I mean they look like WW1 Germans.
mizukami999 1 week ago
I wouldn't want to quibble, BUT, the pic at 1:09 isn't Stalingrad, or even Russia, it's East London and the straight railway line runs from London Bridge to Greenwich and the South-Eastern suburbs. The date would be 1940.
JimTLonW6 3 weeks ago
@JimTLonW6 who cares what the picture is
extere 3 weeks ago
@extere Well, it's important to be aware that there is a fairly limited amount of film and photographs available, and people use the material that is available rather freely, so that for instance images of Jews and Russians being shot in Russia by Einsatzgruppen turn up illustrating films of concentration camps.
When material is mis-used in this way it calls into question the credibility of the presentation.
JimTLonW6 3 weeks ago
Fagg voice comenting men stuff..
ilieff1 1 month ago
Weak...4:02 has an American ship firing it's 40mm Bofors AA guns.
surf7lakemich1 3 months ago
Кстати а вы знаете что свастика это исконно славянский символ?!.
TTAKM1 3 months ago
@NewFormOfSlavery To a certain extent I do agree with you and we now even know that Stalin was planning to attack not only Germany but the whole of western Europe and wuold have done so had Germany not attacked first yet why do you call them commnist Jews?After all it is not like they were trying to convert people in to Judism.Marx may have been Jewish but his ideas had nothing to do with the Jewish faith.
truvianni 4 months ago
At 4:00 is a picture of a quad 40mm gun mount firing from the USS Hornet. Other than that you did a great job collecting the pictures for this video.
MrMike3865 5 months ago
Watching this... crying all the way. What a waste of good men!
Barbra01UK 6 months ago
0:01 - * SePtember
LovacNaBudale 6 months ago
Good vid. Except right at the start at 0:32 we see a Panther Tank. But they weren't introduced to the battle field until later on in 1943 at the Battle Of Kursk.
UnearthlySound 7 months ago
Links for pics?
nigelabrannon 10 months ago
CUTMEET.
666vikk666 11 months ago
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"One mobilized high school girl, Yukiko Kasai, found herself issued an awl and told, "Even killing one American soldier will do. … You must aim for the abdomen."[27] Frank, Downfall, p. 189.
Seems the use of the A-bombs prevented many more casualties among mobilized civilian people of the "Volunteer Fighting Corps" (or 国民義勇戦闘隊, Kokumin Giyū Sentōtai, the Patriotic Citizens Fighting Corps) like the highschool girl Yukiko Kasai.
christof139 1 year ago
Although chemical warfare had been outlawed by the Geneva Protocol, neither the United States nor Japan were signatories at the time. While the United States had promised never to initiate gas warfare, Japan had used gas against the Chinese earlier in the war.[33] Skates, The Invasion of Japan, p. 84.
christof139 1 year ago
a loss of 1 mln US lives was an estimate given by H. Stimson: US command responsible for invasion of Japan estimated potential losses at appr. 40.000. Jap Emperor sent a personal telegram to Truman in July 1945 accepting the terms of surrender after Tokyo was firebombed. US ignored it because they needed to demonstarte nuclear superiority to the USSR. US Bombing Survey concluded in 1946 that the atomic bombing was unnecessary, the only 4 cities that werent rubble were US nuclear targets
RussianKostya 1 year ago
@RussianKostya, There was never a reply from Japan after the bombing of Tokyo. More Russian/Soviet lies & BS. Casualties would have been very large for both USA & Japan if Japan was invaded & in the millions because Tojo & Japanese Imperialists weren't going to surrender, & this is verified by Japanese documents & the fact that Japan was raising more ground combat units of every description & armed with everything including old muskets, spears, swords, IEDs, & longbows.
christof139 1 year ago
@christof139 no need to resort to petty insults such as "Russian/Soviet BS. Few sources on the topic: Sven Linquist, A History of Bombing (Sweden): Gar Alperovits, Atomic Diplomacy (US): Robert Art and Kenneth Waltz, The Use of Force (US). Above all you insist that the Japs armed with SPEARS were going to cause 1 million US deaths? A freak wearing a suit said it and you believe HIS lies and BS? Well, you've got to, otherwise your little "beacon of freedom world" fragments and falls apart:))
RussianKostya 1 year ago
@RussianKostya, Excuse, many Russian inuendos/insults here so if you can't take it then don't dish it out.
To answer your question Japanese armed with spears, swords, IEDs etc. would be intermingled with regular army & navy units. During Okinawa campaign US troops were attacked by Japanese with spears (women too) at close quarters in dense vegetation & in built-up areas. Close quarter fighting = Pacific Island battles, always.
Only Japanese home defense/militia would be so equipped.
christof139 1 year ago
@christof139 dish them out when it befits the situation - last time it didnt since none of the sources indicated were of Russian/Soviet origin, and you cant dismiss them if you want to have a proper debate. The US invasion was also unnecessary since the USSR had the plans to land in Hokkaido, and then take the rest of Japan without moaning about high losses. And as i said before, US Bombing Survey of 1946 admitted the fact that Japan was already defeated prior to atomic bombing, period:((
RussianKostya 1 year ago
@RussianKostya, go educate yourself first. You "Put your mouth in motion before putting your mind in gear."
USA offered Japan 3 chances to surrender & they didn't reply, so, use of A-bombs saved lives since we were going to invade Kyushu. They attacked us at Pearl & in the Phillipines etc. & killed many USA & Phillipine civilians. Toguh shit for them.
USA also sent Stalin uranium for USSR's A-bomb program. Too bad we didn't have the A-bomb in 1942 to use on Hitler's Reich.
christof139 1 year ago
@RussianKostya. Typo: "Toguh shit for them." should = 'Tough shit for them." Use of A-bombs is also appreciated in China where the japanese killed 15-20-million Chinese, most of them civilians.
Youtube & Google: "Rape of nanjing" or "Rape of nanking'.
Sorry.
christof139 1 year ago
@RussianKostya, BTW, 1945 report was based on info. gathered AFTER WWII ended. 1944 & 1945 do not = 1946. Our aerial surveys (photo recon) was all we had to use to estimate effect of bombings, & the fact is that Japanese industry was still producing armanets in quantity unitl the last day of te war, + there were ~9,000 planes of all types left for the defence of Japan, many if not most t be used as Kamikaze, so we continued to hit their airfields.
christof139 1 year ago
@RussianKostya, Japanese attempted to make peace through Stalin, but Stalin told them to go to hell.
When N. Korea attacked S. Korea in 1950 Stalin said something like this: "Why did they do that? Oh no, not again."
USSR pilots etc. that were sent to korean war were sad & confused as to why they were fighting their former allies, & so were we. Read accounts of USSR pilots in Korea & some accounts that were written by UN troops & pilots.
christof139 1 year ago
@christof139 its OK, typos:) i have two history degrees from the US and a PhD from Ausland, work as a historian in a top uni, so please, give me a break with your soft insults. If you were genuine about this at least you would have had a look at what i said - just because you argue that the Japs didnt reply doesnt make it so, ok? In terms of appreciation, many in Russia also liked the fact that Japan was nuked, and still do: I thought we were discussing the military necessity of the A-bombings?
RussianKostya 1 year ago
@RussianKostya, Ha ha ha! Actually we were discussing many points. USA invasion of Kyushu was going to occur, however, it was postponed not by any grat losses to kamikaze attacks - there weren't any great losses - but rather by 3 typhoons, the actual so-called "Divine Wind" that struck the Allied fleets & bases in the Pacific from about mid 1944 to mid 1945 (I forget exact dates but info. is readily available, I know people that were in these storms). So, USA had to delay the invasion ...
christof139 1 year ago
@christof139, In the meantime, Tokyo was bombed & fire bombed, & we then asked Japan to surrender & recieved no reply. So, after recovering from the damage of those 3 storms & the kamikaze attacks at Okinawa & the Phillipines, we went ahead with preparations for the invasion of Kyushu. In order to avoid large losses to japanese civilians & military personnel & to ourselves that would have occurred on Kyushu (as they did on Okinawa), we decided to drop 1 A-bomb & request Japan to surrender.
christof139 1 year ago
@RussianKostya, Afteruse of 1st A-bomb we asked Japan to surrender, & no dice, no reply from them. So, we dropped the 2nd A-bomb after USSR invaded Manchuria to isolate the 600,000 Japanese there, & then the Emperor ordered cessation of hostilities. Estimates of Japanese troop & militia strength range from 300,000 to 900,000 & it seems that the figure may be closer to 900,000. There were still maybe 9,000 to 12,000 Jap. aircraft left, probably ~9,000. So, ...
christof139 1 year ago
@RussianKostya, ... are the reasons. We probably could have just blockaded Japan but that is not the always the way to end a war, especially a bitter war as the Allies had with Japan & due to Japanese attrocities against many Allied nartions that included the deaths, torture, rape of tens of millions of Allied civilians, not tomention many military personnel including POWs that were killed, etc. War itself is an atrocity.
christof139 1 year ago
@RussianKostya, BTW, the troops, supplies & equipment for the invasion of Kyushu were rapidly being built-up, & Okinawa was packed with them, & 1 of those typhoons devastated the fleet & troops & material on the island. 1 heavy cruiser had its bow ripped off but managed to stay afloat & return stateside, 1 light cruiser had its bow bent upward, destroyers & other vessels of all types were sunk, planes & crew swept off of carriers, etc. Over 200 ships were sunk or damaged. There was a Divne Wind
christof139 1 year ago
@christof139 i am not acting, what the fuck? Read at least one of the sources that i have indicated: Stimson simply took the numbers off the ceiling, so to say. The biggest group of Jap armies that was destroyed in active combat was stationed in China (Kwantung group), and it didnt present any challenge for the Soviets. Too bad that the US fought so poorly in Okinawa (and elsewhere in Europe too), you nuked Japan to demonstrate atomic bomb to the USSR and not to let Stalin take Japan
RussianKostya 1 year ago
@RussianKostya, USA fought very well on Okinawa & in Europe & Africa etc. Your stupid Stalin caused the deaths etc. of way too many of his own troops. Our casualties were low even when on the offense. You know little. You are also biased & don't realize how ill-informed you are. Forget Stimson then, & read the other statements. You also lost much in Chechenya to what was basically militia, the Crimean War, the Russo-Japanese war including Tsushima , etc. etc. etc. You act invincible, we don't.
christof139 1 year ago
@RussianKostya, You see, everyone gets their butts kicked in war. We realize that but some people don't, & that is their mistake. TIME is all that was needed to bring down the Axis in Europe & Japan in the Pacific. We had time, our industry was untouched by bombings etc., & the industrial might & manpower of ~20 nations of the Americas hadn't yet been fully harnessed. Not to mention the vast manpower pool of India & Africa etc. Plus, we had the A-bomb.
christof139 1 year ago
@RussianKostya, The Brits. had their Meteor 3 fighter jet operational & they gave us its engine & we improved it a bit & had an experimental operational unit of XP-80's in southern Italy & production orders for this fighter jet were OK'd. Both of these jets were superior to the Me-262, of which the nazis could only keep ~100 airworthy, & we shot down quite a few with our prop planes. Production of the Pershing reached 2,200 & heavy tanks with 105mm & 155mm guns were available for production.
christof139 1 year ago
@RussianKostya, You say you believe your propaganda, if so, it certainly isn't WWII USSR propaganda which applauded our aid to the USSR & our efforts, just as our WWII propaganda & news/media praised the sacrifices of the people of the USSR that were fighting & dieing for our freedom as well as their own.
christof139 1 year ago
@RussianKostya, You simply are lost, & want to argue & fight & belittle other people's efforts. Even Stalin & Zhukov & STAVKA stated our aid was vital, & relaized the problems with transporting vast amounts of troops & material over the seas, & the magnitude of the Pacific & CBI Theaters. They relaized the USSR did not win WWII by itself.
BTW, I don't why you think I think you are 'acting', & actually I don't know what you think I think you are acting about.
christof139 1 year ago
@RussianKostya, Don't forget the small nation of Finland whose military even Stalin raised a toast to & whose military was only defeated by overwhelming numbers & material of the Soviet military. The Seminole Indians of Florida were never fully defeted by the US Armt & the Army erected a monument so stating & honoring the Seminole on their natrion's lands in Florida. Ho-hum.
christof139 1 year ago
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@RussianKostya, To reiterate vey viable estimates other than Stimson: Adm. Leahy, more impressed by the Battle of Okinawa, thought the American forces would suffer a 35% casualty rate (implying an ultimate toll of 268,000).[48] Admiral King thought that casualties in the first 30 days would fall between Luzon and Okinawa, i.e., between 31,000 and 41,000."[48] Frank, Downfall, p. 357.
Estimate for only the 1st 30-days, not the entire time it would have taken to take 1/2 to all of Kyushu.
christof139 1 year ago
@RussianKostya, "One mobilized high school girl, Yukiko Kasai, found herself issued an awl and told, "Even killing one American soldier will do. … You must aim for the abdomen."[27] Frank, Downfall, p. 189.
Seems the use of the A-bombs prevented many more casualties among mobilized civilian people of the "Volunteer Fighting Corps" (or 国民義勇戦闘隊, Kokumin Giyū Sentōtai, the Patriotic Citizens Fighting Corps) like the highschool girl Yukiko Kasai.
christof139 1 year ago
@RussianKostya, Another non-Stimson estimate for you, 30 -120 days: "A study done by Adm. Nimitz's staff in May estimated 49,000 U.S casualties in the first 30 days, including 5,000 at sea.[44] A study done by General MacArthur's staff in June estimated 23,000 U.S. casualties in the first 30 days and 125,000 after 120 days.[45] When these figures were questioned by General Marshall, MacArthur submitted a revised estimate of 105,000, in part by deducting wounded men able to return to duty."[46]
christof139 1 year ago
@RussianKostya, 4-10-1945 the largest air action with Me-262s took place when 55 Me-262s intercepted more than 2,000 US aircraft attacking targets in the Berlin area and claimed 10 B-17s and 7 fighters for the loss of 27 Me-262s, and 13 damaged; P-51s downed 18, and presumably B-17s downed 9; Air International 6-1995/The German Jets in Combat, (p355).
Yes, we fought terribly. Ha ha ha!! We certainly did have our bad & off days though: Gela, Sicily; Airborne assault, Sicily; Anzio, Italy etc.
christof139 1 year ago
@RussianKostya, More examples of our losuy fighting ability: The first allied kill of an Me-262 jet fighter: 8-28-1944 near Chievers, Belgium, AAF Maj. Joe Myers of the 78th FG in a P-47D forced (not shot!) down a Me-262 flown by Lauer, the pilot escaped, but, the aircraft was lost to the USAAC.
2-9-1945 US bombers and fighters attacked targets in central Germany, P-51s downed 6 262s, while a B-17 was damaged; Air International 6-1995/The German Jets in Combat, (p354).
christof139 1 year ago
@RussianKostya, From the Brit RAF: 3-31-1945 - RAF daylight bombing raid on Hamburg by 428 bombers, Lancasters & Halifaxs, escorted by Mustangs & ?; at least 30 Me 262s attacked; RCAF sqds. at the rear of the formation w/o fighter escort came under heavy assault losing 8 bombers, while claiming 4 Me 262s killed, 3 probables and 4 damaged; Lancasters with Browning 0.303” mgs (only?) accounted for the jets; Guns in the Sky, The Air Gunners of World War Two; Bowyer, Chaz; 1979 (p119 – 124)
christof139 1 year ago
@RussianKostya, BTW, the USSR Manchurian Offensive didn't destroy the rather depleted & no longer elite Jap. Kwantung Army in August, 1945 because that wasn't the objective of the USSR offensive. Objective was to cutoff & isolate the Kwtng. Army so it couldn't send more troops to Japan. Kwtng. Army surrendered when the Emperor ordered all fighting to cease in Sept. 1945. many manchuko & Jap. troops didn't surrender but remained in the hills & mountains.
christof139 1 year ago
@RussianKostya, More examples of lousy fighting by USA troops: A single 18-man Intelligence & Reconnaissance Pltn. from the 99th Infantry Division along with 4 Forward Air Controllers held up the battalion of ~500 German paratroopers until sunset, about 4:00 p.m, causing 92 casualties among the Germans.
christof139 1 year ago
@RussianKostya, More poor fighting: The 99th Inf. Div. as a whole, outnumbered 5 to 1, inflicted casualties in the ratio of 18 to 1. The division lost ~20% of its effective strength, including 465 killed and 2,524 evacuated due to wounds, injuries, etc. German losses were much higher. In the northern sector opposite the 99th, this included more than 4,000 deaths and the destruction of 60 tanks and arty. guns.[48
christof139 1 year ago
@RussianKostya, So, tell me how the understrength German-Romanian 11th Army with 1 attached understrength Pz. Div. & a few understrength Sturmgescutz Bns. was able to destroy the USSR 44th, 47th & 51st Armies that were entrenched in depth/echelon in the Kerch Penninsula & had armor & arty. superiority with only a bit more than 30,000 escaping to the Taman Penninsula in the Kuban? Then after this feat, the depleted 11th Army turned & finally took Sebastopol from Petrov's Coastal Army.
christof139 1 year ago
@christof139 tried to reply to your personal mail, didnt go through. Otherwise it will take too many postings, and i dont want to litter Stalingrad related vid with unnececssary comments: however, since i have noticed that you dont even care to double-check on what i have written (THERE was a reply from the Jap Emperor to Truman in July 1945 agreeing to surrender) - you can have that one - enjoy your "victory", mate, i cannot be bothered anymore:((
RussianKostya 1 year ago
@RussianKostya, I'm not your mate you lieing & ignorant piece of human defacation.
"The cabinet, made up of elder statesmen, tried to send out peace feelers through neutral Sweden, Soviet Union, and Switzerland as early as June 1945. The only condition was the continued existence of the of Imperial Throne. Unwilling or unclear of the Japanese offer, the Allies refused and issued the Potsdam Declaration on July 26th."
christof139 11 months ago
@RussianKostya, In June 1945, the Japanese approached the SOVIETS about surrendering but keeping the emperor & it seems that Stalin did not pass this onto the USA. In July of 45 - The Potsdam Declaration was released that demanded the unconditional surrender of Japan. Japan responded by saying if we can keep the emperor, we'll do it. ~900,000 Jap. troops were on Kyushu to meet 9 divisions of the USA.
christof139 11 months ago
@RussianKostya, August 6 - the1st A-bomb was dropped. No answer from the Japanese. They were convinced the USA only had one bomb. August 9 the 2nd A-bomb was dropped. August 10 - The Japanese say they will surrender if they can keep the emperor. August 11 - The US relents & states Japan can keep the emperor BUT he will be subject to the Allies in Japan
August 15 - Japan surrendered.
christof139 11 months ago
@RussianKostya states: " and i dont want to litter Stalingrad related vid with unnececssary comments:"
So why do you make unnecessaryremarks such as "USA troops fought badly" etc.? Hate to tell you something but in warfare everyone gets their buttocks kicked & if you don't know that then you are wet behind behind your errors or a simple Commiephile politrook etc.
Thanks to Stalin's purge of the USSR officer corps in the late 1930's USSR troopsfrequently fought badly early in the war.
christof139 11 months ago
@christof139 one thing I can guarantee for sure is that you are just a youtube troll who is itching for a fight, period. Stay away from my page, you little piece of shit, together with your so-called "knowledge" that doesn't even cover the basics of US literature on the topic, LOL.
RussianKostya 10 months ago
@RussianKostya, Ha ha ha!! I think the opposite may be true LOL. You know little, little troll boy.
christof139 10 months ago
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@RussianKostya, "One mobilized high school girl, Yukiko Kasai, found herself issued an awl and told, "Even killing one American soldier will do. … You must aim for the abdomen."[27] Frank, Downfall, p. 189.
Seems the use of the A-bombs prevented many more casualties among mobilized civilian people of the "Volunteer Fighting Corps" (or 国民義勇戦闘隊, Kokumin Giyū Sentōtai, the Patriotic Citizens Fighting Corps) like the highschool girl Yukiko Kasai.
christof139 1 year ago
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@RussianKostya, "One mobilized high school girl, Yukiko Kasai, found herself issued an awl and told, "Even killing one American soldier will do. … You must aim for the abdomen."[27] Frank, Downfall, p. 189.
Seems the use of the A-bombs prevented many more casualties among mobilized civilian people of the "Volunteer Fighting Corps" (or 国民義勇戦闘隊, Kokumin Giyū Sentōtai, the Patriotic Citizens Fighting Corps) like the highschool girl Yukiko Kasai.
christof139 1 year ago
@RussianKostya, Basically, use of A-bombs = we were still angry, puzzled as to why Japanese did not reply to our offers of a truce & surrender, & realization that japan was not going to surrender & that there would be very large japanese & Allied casualties when we invaded Kyushu.
christof139 1 year ago
@RussianKostya, My stepfather was in the navy at Okinawa etc., & a long past neighbor, Earl, was in the USMC Infantry there, etc. & Okinawa was a blood bath. Okinawan government simply states over 100,000 Okinawans were killed, US Army estimates are ~140,000. Okinawans are still angry with the Japanese military for lying to them about how badly we would treat them, & we did just the opposite. There is at least 1 book written by Okinawan soldier/interpreter in the US Army about events on Okinawa
christof139 1 year ago
@RussianKostya, 1 more point. Both Hiroshima & nNagasaki had much industry & miltary camps & installations & also port & naval facilities spread throughout them, so they were legitimate targets, & "The cities were chosen because they had been relatively untouched during the war."
christof139 1 year ago
@RussianKostya, BTW, look in your much more bloodier backyard than ours & quit acting perfect. As to the intensity of the fighting against the Japanese in the Pacific & CBI at usually very close quarters read of the USSR assault on Sakahlin where 1 Jap. Inf. Div. fought 3+ USSR Inf. Divs. & did not surrender until the Emperor oredered surrender. Jap. state ~20,000 civilians were also killed there. not to mention katyn Wood & purges in USSR occupied Poland etc.
christof139 1 year ago
@RussianKostya, "n March 1945, there was only one combat division in Kyūshū. Over the next four months the Imperial Japanese Army transferred forces from Manchuria, Korea, and northern Japan, while raising other forces in place. By August, they had fourteen divisions and various smaller formations, including three tank brigades, for a total of 900,000 men.[23] 23.^ Frank, Downfall, p. 203."
christof139 1 year ago
" In a conference with President Truman on June 18, Marshall, taking the Battle of Luzon as the best model for Olympic, thought the Americans would suffer 31,000 casualties in the first 30 days (and ultimately 20% of Japanese casualties, which implied a total of 70,000 casualties)."[47] Frank, Downfall, p. 140–141
christof139 1 year ago
@RussianKostya, "Okinawa ran up 72,000 U.S casualties in 82 days, of whom 12,510 were killed or missing. (This is conservative, because it excludes several thousand U.S. soldiers who died after the battle indirectly from their wounds.) The entire island of Okinawa is 464 square miles (1,200 km2). If the U.S. casualty rate during the invasion of Japan had only been 5 percent as high per unit area as it was at Okinawa, the United States would still have lost 297,000 soldiers (killed or missing).
christof139 1 year ago
@RussianKostya, "Adm. Leahy, more impressed by the Battle of Okinawa, thought the American forces would suffer a 35% casualty rate (implying an ultimate toll of 268,000).[48] Admiral King thought that casualties in the first 30 days would fall between Luzon and Okinawa, i.e., between 31,000 and 41,000."[48] Frank, Downfall, p. 357.
christof139 1 year ago
@RussianKostya, "A study done for Secretary of War Henry Stimson's staff by William Shockley estimated that conquering Japan would cost 1.7 to 4 million American casualties, including 400,000 to 800,000 fatalities, and five to ten million Japanese fatalities.The key assumption was large-scale participation by civilians in the defense of Japan."[1] Frank, Downfall,T p. 340.
Note: "The key assumption was large-scale participation by civilians in the defense of Japan."
christof139 1 year ago
Alright, I hear people talking about HIroshima and nagasaki being a war crime, really I feel it just shows our mercy, how many civilians would have been killed if we had invaded the japanese mainland with regular troops? We found japanese plans after the war, they did the same thing in okinawa, they would strap bombs to civilians and throw them at the Americans, use Civilians as flesh shields.
whythewar1 1 year ago
Japan was on the road to surrender, but Trumann had spent vast amounts of money developing FatBoy and wanted to use it no matter what. That's why when Eisenhower took over the presidency he had nothing to say to Harry S. as Harry left the office.
The bomb was never needed, the war was over, but Harry wanted to see what has been created in the name of peace.
usfmeqstik 1 year ago
There are no societies, no countries, no religions that do not have blood on their hands. If you think otherwise, you are delusional. The only thing we can do, is learn from the past and work together to stop future atrocities.
Laurianna82 1 year ago
@Laurianna82 That right there is some wisdom, much better than most people of this world.
epicnessinacan 1 year ago
A little know fact is that In the Stalingrad campaing Von paulus had more of his own troops excuted than Haig did during the entired first world war ..
luvpump1 1 year ago
1.09 is London...
tw25rw 1 year ago
Some time's , it's better not to talk....
Enjoy the silence
schuur10 1 year ago
just imagine if Adolf had won
354sd 1 year ago
1:38 is excellent! I love Soviet female soldiers
HeiligesReich2 1 year ago
russian people where running at mg42 with only brick rock sticks and i dont know what else. But sovie't soldiers shot the cowards or just when they seeking cover.
Wel i would rather be shot by the enemy then by my own comrades....
I donno who did wat to kill who ever they liked.
Metalguyful 1 year ago
@Metalguyful
"In the Russian Army it takes more courage to retreat than to advance"
-Joseph Stalin.
Hatinonthehaters 1 year ago
What makes me angry is all these Russians hate American people, but keep in mind there would not be a "Russia" if it were not for the USA.The United States sent over 11,000,000,000 dollars worth of supplies, along with over 4,000,000 tons of food! And The USSR repays us with not only nothing but we almost went to war with them! Patton wanted to attack the Russians right after the defeat of Hitler. And then again I wouldn't blame him for wanting to attacking the ruskies!
BandOfBrothers25 1 year ago
I saw a picture of a Panther tank in there. The Panther wasn't used until mid 1943, well after Stalingrad took place...
willypete2171 1 year ago
Compilation from 1915 till 1944 photos... Very poor.
voffkathe1 1 year ago
Soviets lost more killed and wounded during their great defense of Stalingrad, "The City on the Volga" than the total killed and wounded of the USA and Britain combined. It was a real slogging match with some of the most ferocious, close quarter combat of the entire war. God Bless our valiant Soviet Allies!
randy95023 1 year ago 2
the Germans carried with them the last hopes for mankind to Stalingrad since the Soviets could not have been defeated in a defensive war. Offensive military operations by Germany were required to defeat the Soviet plan to bolshevize the world. Had the offensive first been declared then Stalin would have stacked his front lines with Christian peasants. The strategy of Hitler always aimed to preserve as many lives as possible while Stalin always aimed to throw away as many lives as possible.
TradeRoutes 1 year ago
no not really idiot
TaylorLuatner 1 year ago
Bullshit.
Don't bother answering, please. Anyone with your view has stepped into Tin Foil Land, where ignorance meets flailing dendrides.
Malaka57 1 year ago
The mother fucking nazis raped and murdered almost all of Russias population. They deserved to go to HELL
Christianattor 1 year ago
Would you say the same to an american GI? They do the same to Iraqui people. Our grandfathers just followed orders, just as the GI today does. Think brfore posting such sentences.
Fastline1000 1 year ago
@Christianattor first sentence sounds inaccurate, the second sentence is fine
kyle9003 1 year ago
Well done..
ELITEnoOBno2 1 year ago
1.5 million died in stalingrad those many who survived were killed by stalin but now almost all are dead and in just a few years there will be no one on earth who wintessed this appalling piece of human brutality. there is no longer a city called stalingrad and both Stalin and hitler have gone the way of all great tyrants - to hell where they cry day and night but there is not one to hear them.
hicksi61 1 year ago
Actually 3 million died including civilians.If Stalin had the heart he would have evacuated those people but instead he let them suffer through warfare not involving them.
BandOfBrothers25 1 year ago
@BandOfBrothers25
about a million people died at stalingrad altogether. no one knows how many civilians died in the battle (40, 000 were killed in the first week by bombing) but you must remember that although Stalin forbade evacuation at first, eventually civilians were evacuated.
nath6644 1 year ago
@nath6644 At first? there should not have to be at first! If he had a heart he would have evacuated them in the first place. And remember that the Americans gave you supplies, so many that it was even more than what the USSR could provide.Hitler was bad and will rot in hell,but Stalin deserves worse. The Germans should have went into Russia, cause if they did not , Stalin would continue killing his own people with secret police!
BandOfBrothers25 1 year ago
@BandOfBrothers25
1)im not defending stalin, he was a monster, just pointing out a fact.
2) trucks were the most useful things the US provided. the Soviets moved all their factories to the Ural Mountains and most of their weapons were produced there.
3) The germans did not go into russia to save the russian people from stalin, they went in to exterminate them! theres no defending stalin or his regime, but don't ever back the Germans over the soviet people.
nath6644 1 year ago
@nath6644
1) I I didn't specifically say "they went into Russia to stop Stalin from killing people" I already know why they went there, I said I "The Germans should have went into Russia, cause if they did not , Stalin would continue killing his own people with secret police!"
2)They still provided something including some winter clothing.
3) And I did back the the Germans,really you cant do anything about that so behind a screen don't tell me what to do when you are powerless.
BandOfBrothers25 1 year ago
@nath6644 And Hitler convinced everybody (They also thought the same) that if Hitler does not invade the Soviet union, that eventually Stalin would see the power that Hitler is getting and eventually Stalin being Stalin would think of killing the Germans and declare war on them. A lot of Hitler invading Russia was the idea of getting rid of Bolshevism and the followers, it also came from getting rid of the rest of the Jews but some of the soldiers were not aware.The high command knew.
BandOfBrothers25 1 year ago
@BandOfBrothers25
you backed the germans? the ones who invaded in the first place, carried out mass shootings of Jews, burnt down villages and threw babies into the fires, starved 60% of russian POWS and stole, killed and raped their way through the Soviet Union?
nath6644 1 year ago
@nath6644 I hope you don't think the Russians are any better? And I do not support the Germans who murdered people for no cause. But The Russians were just as bad such as raping a women for 3 hours then shot her father? Killed German POW's without letting them speak? Swept through villages burning them down shooting french POW's and raping every woman? Starving Ukrainians to some 7-9 million of them?
BandOfBrothers25 1 year ago
@BandOfBrothers25 Revenge is a dish best served Cold. Germany killed MILLIONS upon MILLIONS of Russian civilians. In the Leningrad blockade Hundreds of thousands died of starvation alone. Im assuming your America like myself? You talking about crime against humanity? How about Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
Hatinonthehaters 1 year ago 13
@Hatinonthehaters i am an american. not proud of it. And let me take a guess you are an American who supports the Russians? It seems like people only like them for their military but they are not thinking of the cold war and the tension between the 2.
BandOfBrothers25 1 year ago
@BandOfBrothers25 I'm English and proud of it. I have American relatives and we agree that the Russians make good allies in war - especially in wars against Germans. However, the Russians are great strategists - learned from playing chess? - and we seem easily outwitted by them in peace time - if you can call the 'cold war' peacetime. I'd far rather have the Russians on our side than against us - perhaps we should do more to support them.
RedGoblinus 1 year ago
@RedGoblinus Did I say it was a peace game? You just proved that you are wasting my time. We were about to go to war with them because Patton thought of them as the enemy as well. They committed crimes that were just as bad as some committed by the Wehrmacht. Nemmerdoft massacre , and metgethan. They were just crimes of hatred as well. Stalin actually would kill his own people. Sound familiar?
BandOfBrothers25 1 year ago
@BandOfBrothers25 You stated in a previous reply "i am an american. not proud of it." Why are you not proud to be an American? That's why I replied that I'm proud to be English and proud that my Grandparents' generation fought to keep Britain free from Hitler's tyranny. No matter what is written about Field Marshal Joe Stalin, our Churchill and your President Roosevelt were thrilled to have him and his USSR as an ally against Germany.
RedGoblinus 1 year ago
@RedGoblinus Why am I not proud to be American? Oh I dunno maybe for the fact that we are involved in every war? Have you ever heard of Alex Jones? Look him up and I suggest you watch a lot of his videos and that will be your answer. This war we are fighting is fake. Say all you want but I assure you I am not crazy. And I am aware that we as "Roosevelt , and Churchill" were glad to have him as an Allie. Over the years people have realized he was almost just as bad as Hitler.
BandOfBrothers25 1 year ago
@BandOfBrothers25 Regardless of the current wars, the USA is still a great country to be proud of and has been ever since my ancestor left Somerset in England to become an architect in Philadelphia in 1817. America and Britain have oil hungry economies and we're over dependent on oil from the Middle East and that's why we're currently involved there. The answer is closer trade with Russia because they have oil - better to buy from them than the Arabs?
RedGoblinus 1 year ago
@RedGoblinus Once again I know we are their for oil. If we are to continue this argument then stop stating the obvious and tel me something I don't know.And n , this country has had a good past but its future is down-falling as we speak.
BandOfBrothers25 1 year ago 5
@BandOfBrothers25: One of my friends name is Alex Jones, lol.
UStheFA 5 months ago
Hiroshima and Nagasaki attacks had NO MILITARY OBJECTIVES! Fire bombings of Tokyo and other cities had burned 90% of Japanese infrastructure and burned 100's of thousands people alive, before atom bombs were dropped! USA simply flexed its muscle and showed Russians what they were capable of, and they also didn't want Russia to come in and arbitrate between USA and Japan towards peace. IN my oinon, US committed some of the worst attrocities of the war in Japan!
tropickman 1 year ago
@tropickman
I agree,, though I dont think Russia played a part on the decision of nuclear at the time,, I do think we could have won the war with out the nukes.I think the US wanted to end the war quickly without thinking about the consequences.And we never did officially opologize for that,,did we?
Now everyone wants nuclear weapons and we are making more enemies than ever.
Doamino41 1 year ago
@Hatinonthehaters or let 1 million american lives be lost to take the mainland japan. war is war japan was warned to surrender not like we came out of no where and blew them up
tdog19951 1 year ago
@tdog19951 its still a crime against humanity.... perfectly understandable but doesnt change the fact.
Hatinonthehaters 1 year ago
@Hatinonthehaters THE USSR was Jewish owned. All the top ranking officials were jews except lenin; who approved of them.
wwefanworld 1 year ago
@Hatinonthehaters, 10 A-bombs maybe should have been dropped on Japan. Ever read of & see the pics of the Japanese rape of nanjing (Nanking), China, the Bataan Death March, the 15-million Chinese, 3 or so million Filipinos, Indonesians, Burmese, Indians, Laotians, Vietnamese, Cambodians, Polynesians, etc. that the Japanese killed, murdered, raped, tortured, etc.? USA offered peace to Japan twice before the 1st A-bomb was dropped & then once again after the 1st, & recieved no response.
christof139 1 year ago
@Hatinonthehaters Hiroshima and Nagasaki actually saved lives as an Invasion of Japan wuold have not only cost more American lives but Japanese as well.Actually more people died in alied raids on Dresden than did in Hiroshima
truvianni 4 months ago
@Hatinonthehaters Hiroshima and Nagasaki wasn't a crime at all. It was necessary. The Japs were fighting a losing war and would not surrender. America would of had to of invaded Japan and sustain losses of 1million+ on american alone, probably twice that against Japan. After the bombing, their ridiculous views about their emperor being a God ended, as well as the Bushido code. They surrendered. Yeah half a million died, but that's only a fraction of the cost compared to an invasion.
TheGhostfacekilla86 4 months ago
@Hatinonthehaters Your statement about Russian civilian deaths is historically and factually incorrect. Russian civilians died for many reasons other than being killed by the German military including the Communist way of collectivism of farms in which productivity fell off dramatically as well as being sent to gulags for no reason other than Stalin having a bad attitude towards his own people. Also the deal the Soviets made with Germany prior to WW II makes them an aggressor as well.
MrBEB123 3 months ago
@MrBEB123
The dead are silent and can no longer respond to you, it is all the same to them. The government of Nazi Germany planned to completely kill all the people of the Soviet Union. Manufacturing facilities across Europe are working to win the Reich. In the gulag, in contrast to the front was not more than 1 million people at a time. Could be wrong but not much. After WWII US GB USSR and France divided Germany into four zones of influence. And the evil USSR has not the greatest area.
ferelio18 2 months ago
@ferelio18 That is the common belief, that Germany (or the Nazi's or Hitler, your pick) wanted to kill everyone in the Soviet Union and why do People believe that? Because of lies by the mainstream news media and because they don't understand Nationalism which is not as bad as it is made out to be. That is not the case, had Germany won the war Russia would have been made smaller in size and Germany bigger which might not have been such a bad thing for reasons I do not have enough space to explai
MrBEB123 2 months ago
@MrBEB123
With the same success can be claimed that Nazi's were fighting for the prosperity of the USSR and all the world. Tell it those peoples who died in concentration camps. Where did you get this information? Have you worked with major documents? The fact that you do not like the USSR did not detract from the merits of this country.
ferelio18 2 months ago
@MrBEB123 This is flying in the face of history.
German plans for the USSR are well enough documented to be sure that the intention was to enslave the population and expropriate the USSR's resources. It was also intended to destroy its culture as is only too clear from German actions in occupied areas. I suggest you read some serious history of German intentions and actions.
JimTLonW6 1 month ago
@MrBEB123, The Nazis exterminated 20-25% or more of the Polish populace, the highest %tage of any nation in WWII & butchered millions in the USSR. The Nazis intent was to carve-up Poland & the USSR to exploit their resources & use the populace as slave laborers & detroy their culture. Nationalism exists in many forms & the Nazi version was rotten.
christof139 1 month ago
@christof139 the poles had a chance to teem up with hitler. there were talks before the war to go for russia together. they refused. big mistake
extere 3 weeks ago
@nath6644 So you back the Russians?
BandOfBrothers25 1 year ago
@BandOfBrothers25
yes i do.
russian troops did terrible things in the war, there's no denying that. but Hitler decided the fate of those women that were raped and the civilians that were killed when he unleashed a shocking war of extermination on the soviet people
nath6644 1 year ago
The soldiers and citizens carry the burdens of their leaders.
astua 1 year ago
The Germans could have won as tehy did in the First World War, mainly by not behaving like bloody Nazi savages. Russians hated the Bolsheviks, and the Ukrainians utterly despised them. But when they came into Russia, the German Army robbed, raped and murdered the population - and thereafter, no matter what they did, they were bound to lose and lose badly.
My heart goes out to the Russian people for stopping this menace. As for the Bolsheviks, they can go to the same Hell as the Nazis.
DrCruel 2 years ago 2
Well what about the 9 million Ukrainians that died to to the savage Russians how about that.How about the Russians berrying the Germans only exposing their head then running them over with a tank that weighed 26.5 tonnes and ran over their heads at 53 km/h (33 mph).Put yourself in their position and how would you feel seeing that tank coming toward the that fast weighing that 26.5 tonnes?
BandOfBrothers25 1 year ago
I would maybe feel that invading Russia and murdering its people for profit may have been a bad idea ... I would think, in my last moments, that these weren't the same helpless, civilized citizens of the democracies we'd already crushed - that they were instead the sort of ruthless socialist killers that had sent me and my goon friends to rape, enslave and slaughter for the state ... that after we fell they'd go after our women, our children ...
DrCruel 1 year ago
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jakefree25 states: @christof139 but it could take it out on the side or tracks
Any gun 20mm or so & larger could chew-up tank tracks. A 37mm could not penetrate the front or side of the heavily armored Matilda at any range.
christof139 2 years ago
my grandfather shoot down 29 russian planes over russian air space!!
remembering the wehrmacht
SSJMbaraber13 2 years ago
and now he burns in hell with Hitler
supermegabatman 2 years ago 2
@SSJMbaraber13
за это в ад сразу
Lesjakurolesja 5 months ago
If the Germans simply stuck to the countryside then crossed the river to undercut the Russians east of Stalingrad, they could have won. By going into a densely built up city with their Panzers, they sacrificed their overwheming advantage in mobile warfare to fight on the Red's terms of small fortresses, outposts and sniping.
jakefree25 2 years ago
@jakefree25 so how would u propose crosing the volga river, all of the bridges were destroyed, that's why russians used boats to cross the river.
brekgar 2 years ago
@brekgar that is what engineers are for.
jakefree25 2 years ago
@jakefree25 the river is wide almost as wide as stalingrad was at the time.
brekgar 2 years ago
@brekgar good point. I still think the Germans should've taken L'grad which would have shored up their whole northern flank and opened the port & rail net of Leningrad.The Germans still thought they could blitz the Russians instead of developing military & political tactics for a long war
jakefree25 2 years ago
@jakefree25 ye i think they expected it to be a rush to and through the city, thinking nothing of it cuz they got no country side.
brekgar 2 years ago
hate to be crossing the Volga with those terrifying stukkas strafing u.
mango7272 2 years ago
I love the Red Army =D
RedfieldStudios22 2 years ago
im pretty sure if hitler have waited after the winter the war could be different ending
upongod 2 years ago
I'm Happy that I am Russian. )
DjPetrov 2 years ago
You are an ass baranovV. A German 37mm AT gun could barely dent the 80mm frontal armor of the Matilda. Soviets appreciated its good armor, just as they appreciated the good armor of the Churchill. You have no knowledge & simply babble like a Bolshevik politrook fool.
christof139 2 years ago 2
You didnt say about range of dent 37mmAT gun.
foman17 2 years ago
@christof139 but it could take it out on the side or tracks
jakefree25 2 years ago
British Matilda Heavy Infantry Tanks at 0:47. Very good, thick armor, but 40mm/2pdr gun couldn't fire HE & was not a very good AT weapon but good enough to penetrate most German tanks in 1942 to ealry 1943. Soviets liked it because of its heavy armor & used it as a breakthrough tank.
christof139 2 years ago
About what you speak??This tank was easily put out of action by a German anti-tank gun 37mm pak-35/36. This tank was used as the easy tank of support of infantry. For breaks of front in the USSR average tanks T-34 and heavy tank KV, & more
BaranovV 2 years ago
Pavlov's House at 3:24. Germans never captured it.
christof139 2 years ago 2
To bad the German Army did not have winter gear. It would have turned out for the better, Stalin was more nuts than Hitler.
babcock3613 2 years ago
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It turned out how it should have turned out, I'd rather a Communist state sterilize an infectious fascist state for the sake of saving democracy, capitalism and socialism.
mrrmancunian 2 years ago
thank god he was my father shot down 10 nazis planes ha ha ha thank you my father
keithwhite234 2 years ago
мы победили, что теперь говорить!)
MsSelected 2 years ago
1:11 => Heinkel He 111 flying over London. No Stalingrad.
p5parker 2 years ago
Hitler insane!??! Nah. He was the Good Fairy and Stalin was his brother.
christof139 2 years ago
Holy war. Kill all heretics, no matter what it takes. Even if you have to use heretics to kill other heretics, do it then kill them too.
EndTimeHealerOfLight 2 years ago
Верные союзники России только армия и флот.
ritm36 2 years ago
jes xD
5elin 2 years ago
War is nuts
sjeffe32 2 years ago
Good job!
fivestarmichael 2 years ago
Hitler could win the war by not attacking the USSR.
starman60200 2 years ago 21
Hitler had to deal with Russia sooner or later.....like the japs had to deal with the U.S. one way or another.. Poor decisions and bad weather cost the Nazis in Russia.
godblessUSMC 2 years ago 2
Yupp, they were kicking the shit out of the Soviets, but were not prepared for the Russian winter thats when things started going bad for the Germans
mrkie10 2 years ago
Dont forget he was insane, so I think he could not..;)
sjeffe32 2 years ago
He could've won by defeating the UK in 1940 first then when he invaded the USSR, taking all of Leningrad to link with the Finns & open up L'grad as a major port and railhead.
jakefree25 2 years ago
@starman60200 i agree and i disagree it necessarly wasnt a horrible move because if he striked right at the outbreak of war, the soviets might not have been ready but still i am completly for the soviets and the rest of the allies
muffindude14 1 year ago
@starman60200 *by not attacking the others
daonpa 1 year ago
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boscoesarmy 1 year ago