Cross of Iron - Battle Scene WW II - Eastern Front

A tribute to James Coburn, Sam Peckinpah, some T34 and the Landsers on the eastern front this is my favorite battle scene, especially the tank breaking through the wall..

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[Tinchle21]

German army didnt carry out many atrocities against women and children. The Eizgruppen ss were responsible for that

[BrisVegas09]

Wow, Ive never actually heard of this film until now...came across it looking up details on the medal from which it gets its name. Looks interesting, especially the apparently authentic equipment used.

Although I'm from allied heritage, its important to realise that certain people on *all* sides of the conflict were involved in atrocities, and there were also those on all sides who were very honorable and decent. Better to learn the lessons of the past, not prolong the old hatreds, imo.

[HumanActivitySystem]

@SkavenVideo And because the soldiers in the Red Army were more fanatical then those of the other Allied forces - but this was in large part do to the totalitarian nature of the USSR under Stalinism & the fact that there entire units dedicated to executing anyone who wasn't fanatical enough to fight the Germans - but it was also because of Russian Nationalism and the horrible fate that would come to everyone in the USSR if they lost & tens of millions had already been killed by Stalin before WW2

[HumanActivitySystem]

@SkavenVideo It wasn't a question about being good - it was a question of the best military force ever created (in just a few years and built from ruins) coming full boar at you. All of the empires of Western Europe united were thrown into the sea in weeks. Eastern Europe was only spared the fate of Western Europe because of the enormous size of the USSR and because the German Army was being led by a fanatical politician living on Meth and other drugs & dying of Syphilis and Parkinson's disease.

[ThePimpycat]

I would have for sure signed up for the army during WW2 for my country. And if their is a WW3 i will go directly to sign up for the Canadian Army

[Purplecatsoup30]

FUCK YOU RUSSIA I HATE YOU AND EVERYTHING YOU ARE. WISH YOU WERE GREATER LEBENSRAUM.

[SkavenVideo]

@jericoparazo Well, except that in fact no. Recent studies have shown that unit engage in battle like Stalingrad lossed between 75% to 95% of their trooper in one or two weeks (No shit !!). The survivors were hardened killer tought and this could be alone considired like a tribute to their spirit of sacrifice. By example, from 13,200 men of the 13 infantry guard division led by Rodimtsev, only 312 made it alive by the end of the battle. :-/

[SkavenVideo]

@jericoparazo Yup, but it happened frequently, as soviet infantry weren't very good at this time. (Except Guard and paratrooper unit.)

[Tinchle21]

@ImperialGuard9001 You are correct, I am less naive now :)

[ImperialGuard9001]

@Tinchle21 German Army also did some atrocidies more than Eiztngruppen but who cares realy? Were the Soviet American or British armies anny different? OF COURSE NOT! Wars are brutal even today British and Americans comite atrocidies in their war scenarios all over world and all is supressed!

[pkidro]

@Tinchle21 true, they also made the ss get drunk before doing that.

[TheV100]

@wcerule77 If you want to see more WW2 films from the perspective of the Germans, look up "Stalingrad", "Das Boot", and "Downfall".