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There are few things more valuable to this world than first hand accounts. Always a privilege to take in and carry them forward.

“Go west, young man” More often than not, good advice.

Part (14) "Ladies and Gentlemen This video provides an incredible overview of the intense battles and strategies that took place in Berlin during WWII. The detailed analysis really bring history to life. For anyone interested in understanding the dramatic fall of Berlin and its impact on the war, this is a must-watch! Prepare for an immersive exploration of this rarely heard perspective from history. If you're as captivated as we are, please subscribe to our channel for more compelling tales from the front lines. Link of Playlist czcams.com/play/PLVvCA4vUrfdABaQ5eMbBhrdJvH5o5TdRI.html Link of Part 1 czcams.com/video/cPBvXp2273c/video.htmlsi=SJsIVmX2svakUEhq Link of Part 2 czcams.com/video/tLtMed-l5ik/video.htmlsi=gaw4OUHg5KeQkDnl Link of Part 3 czcams.com/video/eATusAj-MWg/video.htmlsi=2T_wwr2bfH9E57H4 Link of Part 4 czcams.com/video/vlj_xY921jM/video.htmlsi=bjEo97gdNPxATzRd Link of Part 5 czcams.com/video/vR9OUWMTYcs/video.htmlsi=3z4Dtg5GYAbCkJwY Link of Part 6 czcams.com/video/OHMMKQXV-jY/video.htmlsi=KLFkAbkjj824ka7I Link of Part 7 czcams.com/video/zisLVeJxIGI/video.htmlsi=b5KBykS9Bupooo6s Link of Part 8 czcams.com/video/l1fq3DDgeOA/video.htmlsi=DdXqhDUk1j39fln_ Link of Part 9 czcams.com/video/77hTCCNPtzI/video.htmlsi=dJpB2u5TJueCbG89 Link of Part 10 czcams.com/video/7C8SD_sgaQQ/video.htmlsi=EK41QNzeTRTvDOOd Link of Part 11 czcams.com/video/pmZ6NmF6lVY/video.htmlsi=H-6S4rX02CIGbQK6 Link of Part 12 czcams.com/video/kcLkR1-VtFI/video.htmlsi=tQ61nJaNOQSY8qPF Link of Part 13 czcams.com/video/IhTqQRKoUWs/video.htmlsi=9rL29S6OA5SnOKK5

I wonder who the soldier is that told this story. What is the name of his book. What became of him after the war and the events in this episode. The other episodes of this site deal with other events and people.

My farther was a Australian German POW since being capture on Crete. Their camp was marched EAST. The guards moved them WEST. Then abandoned them. About a week later a British unit appeared and told them to stay where they were and they would have help sent. None arrived. A US unit found them and wihin a day they were on trucks carrying them WEST. He ended up in Paris then flown to England.

Oh the irony of a Nazi General declaring he was not born to murder.

It’s apparent from the pic included with this story that the German forces were doomed as they were using 25 year old armored equipment.

Look these are great stories. But this is a visual medium. To tell these stories with one static picture does it, and the viewers a disservice ! To tell a story on this type of medium, you should at least have a slide show if you are not going to post in video format. I know I will have my detractors, but in the end, they know I'm right !

von karajan and anna sophie mutter play the father of all violin concertos pardon the pun,, beethoven violin concerto von karajansearch this it wont copy/paste here

The difference between the Army and the Marines is that the Army calls in more strikes.

Part (13) "Ladies and Gentlemen This video provides an incredible overview of the intense battles and strategies that took place in Berlin during WWII. The detailed analysis really bring history to life. For anyone interested in understanding the dramatic fall of Berlin and its impact on the war, this is a must-watch! Prepare for an immersive exploration of this rarely heard perspective from history. If you're as captivated as we are, please subscribe to our channel for more compelling tales from the front lines. Link of Playlist czcams.com/play/PLVvCA4vUrfdABaQ5eMbBhrdJvH5o5TdRI.html Link of Part 1 czcams.com/video/cPBvXp2273c/video.htmlsi=SJsIVmX2svakUEhq Link of Part 2 czcams.com/video/tLtMed-l5ik/video.htmlsi=gaw4OUHg5KeQkDnl Link of Part 3 czcams.com/video/eATusAj-MWg/video.htmlsi=2T_wwr2bfH9E57H4 Link of Part 4 czcams.com/video/vlj_xY921jM/video.htmlsi=bjEo97gdNPxATzRd Link of Part 5 czcams.com/video/vR9OUWMTYcs/video.htmlsi=3z4Dtg5GYAbCkJwY Link of Part 6 czcams.com/video/OHMMKQXV-jY/video.htmlsi=KLFkAbkjj824ka7I Link of Part 7 czcams.com/video/zisLVeJxIGI/video.htmlsi=b5KBykS9Bupooo6s Link of Part 8 czcams.com/video/l1fq3DDgeOA/video.htmlsi=DdXqhDUk1j39fln_ Link of Part 9 czcams.com/video/77hTCCNPtzI/video.htmlsi=dJpB2u5TJueCbG89 Link of Part 10 czcams.com/video/7C8SD_sgaQQ/video.htmlsi=EK41QNzeTRTvDOOd Link of Part 11 czcams.com/video/pmZ6NmF6lVY/video.htmlsi=H-6S4rX02CIGbQK6 Link of Part 12 czcams.com/video/kcLkR1-VtFI/video.htmlsi=tQ61nJaNOQSY8qPF

So what sight was truly astonishing?

Thank you for posting this. It's Memorial Day and it helped me to appreciate my Dad's experiences as a US Army soldier near this location.

I thought I would listen for a minute or so instead I listened to it entirely, riveting

Dr. Mark Felton is a master narrator / story teller. 🙏🏽

That was a fine Robert Duvall role in a decent, but strange movie..

Part (12) "Ladies and Gentlemen This video provides an incredible overview of the intense battles and strategies that took place in Berlin during WWII. The detailed analysis really bring history to life. For anyone interested in understanding the dramatic fall of Berlin and its impact on the war, this is a must-watch! Prepare for an immersive exploration of this rarely heard perspective from history. If you're as captivated as we are, please subscribe to our channel for more compelling tales from the front lines. Link of Playlist czcams.com/play/PLVvCA4vUrfdABaQ5eMbBhrdJvH5o5TdRI.html Link of Part 1 czcams.com/video/cPBvXp2273c/video.htmlsi=SJsIVmX2svakUEhq Link of Part 2 czcams.com/video/tLtMed-l5ik/video.htmlsi=gaw4OUHg5KeQkDnl Link of Part 3 czcams.com/video/eATusAj-MWg/video.htmlsi=2T_wwr2bfH9E57H4 Link of Part 4 czcams.com/video/vlj_xY921jM/video.htmlsi=bjEo97gdNPxATzRd Link of Part 5 czcams.com/video/vR9OUWMTYcs/video.htmlsi=3z4Dtg5GYAbCkJwY Link of Part 6 czcams.com/video/OHMMKQXV-jY/video.htmlsi=KLFkAbkjj824ka7I Link of Part 7 czcams.com/video/zisLVeJxIGI/video.htmlsi=b5KBykS9Bupooo6s Link of Part 8 czcams.com/video/l1fq3DDgeOA/video.htmlsi=DdXqhDUk1j39fln_ Link of Part 9 czcams.com/video/77hTCCNPtzI/video.htmlsi=dJpB2u5TJueCbG89 Link of Part 10 czcams.com/video/7C8SD_sgaQQ/video.htmlsi=EK41QNzeTRTvDOOd Link of Part 11 czcams.com/video/pmZ6NmF6lVY/video.htmlsi=H-6S4rX02CIGbQK6

@nightlightabod...They were fighting. If you want to see true propaganda watch how people were fed this before WWII even started. Many accepted the propaganda before the war started.

My father was drafted (along with his entire class of boys) and, as Austrians, given the ‘honor’ of being put in the Front lines at Monte Cassino, to “soak off” the first wave of attacks from the Americans and Brits… then the German regulars held that line thru the rest of the war. Of the class of forty, only 3 survived and were immediately provisioned to… Normandy to await D-Day… but a couple of days before his instincts kicked in and he was able to slip behind the lines with the intent of walking all the way back home to Vienna with false papers he had managed to forge. As luck would have it, he was picked up American - kids - just a few days later (because the SS would have probably shot him as a deserter regardless of “papers”) and Das was fortunate to have grown up with hobbies of speaking like “Americans” (not “Brit”) and knew Baseball and Movies… he became invaluable as a translator and ended up being sponsored for CITIZENSHIP of the Country he dreamed about as a kid! Lived in NYC. Longshoreman until night school got him a job as an accountant… but cut short his career to go and “fight for the right side” in Korea… and survived that! He married my mother - who escaped Communism in ‘56 from Hungary - and, as the families knew each other, was obliged to marry her… there by ‘me’ and my brother became 1st Gen American!

Part (11) "Ladies and Gentlemen This video provides an incredible overview of the intense battles and strategies that took place in Berlin during WWII. The detailed analysis really bring history to life. For anyone interested in understanding the dramatic fall of Berlin and its impact on the war, this is a must-watch! Prepare for an immersive exploration of this rarely heard perspective from history. If you're as captivated as we are, please subscribe to our channel for more compelling tales from the front lines. Link of Playlist czcams.com/play/PLVvCA4vUrfdABaQ5eMbBhrdJvH5o5TdRI.html Link of Part 1 czcams.com/video/cPBvXp2273c/video.htmlsi=SJsIVmX2svakUEhq Link of Part 2 czcams.com/video/tLtMed-l5ik/video.htmlsi=gaw4OUHg5KeQkDnl Link of Part 3 czcams.com/video/eATusAj-MWg/video.htmlsi=2T_wwr2bfH9E57H4 Link of Part 4 czcams.com/video/vlj_xY921jM/video.htmlsi=bjEo97gdNPxATzRd Link of Part 5 czcams.com/video/vR9OUWMTYcs/video.htmlsi=3z4Dtg5GYAbCkJwY Link of Part 6 czcams.com/video/OHMMKQXV-jY/video.htmlsi=KLFkAbkjj824ka7I Link of Part 7 czcams.com/video/zisLVeJxIGI/video.htmlsi=b5KBykS9Bupooo6s Link of Part 8 czcams.com/video/l1fq3DDgeOA/video.htmlsi=DdXqhDUk1j39fln_ Link of Part 9 czcams.com/video/77hTCCNPtzI/video.htmlsi=dJpB2u5TJueCbG89 Link of Part 10 czcams.com/video/7C8SD_sgaQQ/video.htmlsi=EK41QNzeTRTvDOOd

The Germans never feared him. The reality was that the Germans mostly ignored Patton in their strategic assessments, it was Monty and Eisenhower that they paid attention to. The German View of Patton below . As Harry Yeide notes, "the German commanders were not impressed by Patton's drive to Palermo, which involved territory they had already given up. Nor were they overawed by the American performance in what he calls "smash mouth" fighting." "The Germans did not track Patton's movements as the key to allied intentions. They never raised his name in the context of worthy strategists." Hence their intelligence efforts were much more focused on people like Montgomery and Eisenhower, because this was the level on which strategic decisions were made." "One piece of the Patton story, however, is pure myth: that Patton was the subject of close scrutiny by the Germans, who anticipated his attacks in fearful admiration. General Patton was not, as his biographer Martin Blumenson wrote in The Patton Papers: 1885-1940, a "hero even to professional German officers who respected him as the adversary they most feared in battle." Nor was he, as Ladislas Farago claimed in his book Patton, regarded by the Germans "as their most dangerous adversary in the field…. For a while the Germans watched the comings and goings of Patton like rubbernecked spectators following a tennis ball at Wimbleton." In fact, for most of the war the Germans barely took notice."

No propaganda, Dummy!

It's a little hard to believe that there was a working mechanics workshop in the middle of the forest. It's even harder to understand why there would be soldiers there Manning that position instead of trying to escape.

Part (10) "Ladies and Gentlemen This video provides an incredible overview of the intense battles and strategies that took place in Berlin during WWII. The detailed analysis really bring history to life. For anyone interested in understanding the dramatic fall of Berlin and its impact on the war, this is a must-watch! Prepare for an immersive exploration of this rarely heard perspective from history. If you're as captivated as we are, please subscribe to our channel for more compelling tales from the front lines. Link of Playlist czcams.com/play/PLVvCA4vUrfdABaQ5eMbBhrdJvH5o5TdRI.html Link of Part 1 czcams.com/video/cPBvXp2273c/video.htmlsi=SJsIVmX2svakUEhq Link of Part 2 czcams.com/video/tLtMed-l5ik/video.htmlsi=gaw4OUHg5KeQkDnl Link of Part 3 czcams.com/video/eATusAj-MWg/video.htmlsi=2T_wwr2bfH9E57H4 Link of Part 4 czcams.com/video/vlj_xY921jM/video.htmlsi=bjEo97gdNPxATzRd Link of Part 5 czcams.com/video/vR9OUWMTYcs/video.htmlsi=3z4Dtg5GYAbCkJwY Link of Part 6 czcams.com/video/OHMMKQXV-jY/video.htmlsi=KLFkAbkjj824ka7I Link of Part 7 czcams.com/video/zisLVeJxIGI/video.htmlsi=b5KBykS9Bupooo6s Link of Part 8 czcams.com/video/l1fq3DDgeOA/video.htmlsi=DdXqhDUk1j39fln_ Link of Part 9 czcams.com/video/77hTCCNPtzI/video.htmlsi=dJpB2u5TJueCbG89

American leftenants, imagine that!

Heinrici (you have to spell it Heinricki) was a master of defense strategy and had defeated the Red Army in five „Autobahn“-battles in the North. But sommer 1944 he was aware that only a retreat could save the a Army Group. An angry Hitler denied any retreat and Heinrici, knowing that disaster was coming, called in sick. Russian operation Bagration smashed the Wehrmacht. Later Himmler was declared Command in the East. That was an intrigue by Göring, who knew that Himmler was a military dilettante and would fail. This story tells the moment when Heinrici retake command in the last phase - the inevitable collapse. His tactic of secretly retreading from the river oder to the heights at Seelow spared the German soldiers to get wiped out by 40.000 pipes of Russian artillery and rocket-launchers in the opening attack and costs the lifes of 60.000 Russian soldiers in a few days. Heinrici had also a legendary meeting with Göring. The final actions and words of all this Nazi-leaders, Göring, Himmler, Goebbels, were revealing their true nature. A warning for every modern human to never follow again such Nazi-monsters.

It wasn’t Eisenhower that made the agreement with Stalin, but rather Winston Churchill with the “Percentages Agreement” with Stalin during the Fourth Moscow Conference in October 1944…

My father was a WW2 vet. Served on a landing ship. Was part of the invasion of southern France follow by the battle of Okinawa. He never showed hatred for Germans or Japanese. Despite having a brother who died in the war.

Watching this video it’s pretty clear that Eisenhower was a good tactical commander but not a strategic one. As in chess you go for the king if that possibility is available and the King was in Berlin. It’s pretty obvious that the fall of Berlin led to the end of the war. A good movie about this is the German movie called Downfall. Churchill had it right.

What kind of tanks are those in the pic?

Montgomery was 400 miles from Berlin. The Russians were 60 miles from Berlin, but who is counting...

Part (9) "Ladies and Gentlemen This video provides an incredible overview of the intense battles and strategies that took place in Berlin during WWII. The detailed analysis really bring history to life. For anyone interested in understanding the dramatic fall of Berlin and its impact on the war, this is a must-watch! Prepare for an immersive exploration of this rarely heard perspective from history. If you're as captivated as we are, please subscribe to our channel for more compelling tales from the front lines. Link of Playlist czcams.com/play/PLVvCA4vUrfdABaQ5eMbBhrdJvH5o5TdRI.html Link of Part 1 czcams.com/video/cPBvXp2273c/video.htmlsi=SJsIVmX2svakUEhq Link of Part 2 czcams.com/video/tLtMed-l5ik/video.htmlsi=gaw4OUHg5KeQkDnl Link of Part 3 czcams.com/video/eATusAj-MWg/video.htmlsi=2T_wwr2bfH9E57H4 Link of Part 4 czcams.com/video/vlj_xY921jM/video.htmlsi=bjEo97gdNPxATzRd Link of Part 5 czcams.com/video/vR9OUWMTYcs/video.htmlsi=3z4Dtg5GYAbCkJwY Link of Part 6 czcams.com/video/OHMMKQXV-jY/video.htmlsi=KLFkAbkjj824ka7I Link of Part 7 czcams.com/video/zisLVeJxIGI/video.htmlsi=b5KBykS9Bupooo6s Link of Part 8 czcams.com/video/l1fq3DDgeOA/video.htmlsi=DdXqhDUk1j39fln_

American uniforms are not meant to be a fashion show! Green Class A or Dress Blue! This pinks & brown is Bull shit! We have worn blue since 1775!

BETTER THEM THAN US !

Captain Nuke'em?

Part (8) "Ladies and Gentlemen This video provides an incredible overview of the intense battles and strategies that took place in Berlin during WWII. The detailed analysis really bring history to life. For anyone interested in understanding the dramatic fall of Berlin and its impact on the war, this is a must-watch! Prepare for an immersive exploration of this rarely heard perspective from history. If you're as captivated as we are, please subscribe to our channel for more compelling tales from the front lines. Link of Playlist czcams.com/play/PLVvCA4vUrfdABaQ5eMbBhrdJvH5o5TdRI.html Link of Part 1 czcams.com/video/cPBvXp2273c/video.htmlsi=SJsIVmX2svakUEhq Link of Part 2 czcams.com/video/tLtMed-l5ik/video.htmlsi=gaw4OUHg5KeQkDnl Link of Part 3 czcams.com/video/eATusAj-MWg/video.htmlsi=2T_wwr2bfH9E57H4 Link of Part 4 czcams.com/video/vlj_xY921jM/video.htmlsi=bjEo97gdNPxATzRd Link of Part 5 czcams.com/video/vR9OUWMTYcs/video.htmlsi=3z4Dtg5GYAbCkJwY Link of Part 6 czcams.com/video/OHMMKQXV-jY/video.htmlsi=KLFkAbkjj824ka7I Link of Part 7 czcams.com/video/zisLVeJxIGI/video.htmlsi=b5KBykS9Bupooo6s

Stalin spent every meeting before D-Day complaining that the other allies were taking too long to invade mainland Europe. Now he's upset that they are doing too good of a job.

Most veterans were in the East or lost to battle by the engagement of D-Day. This leaves a lot of new recruites of boys and old men from a bombarded population.

“Those who have fallen in battle are of little or no value” said Hitler. “Losers and suckers” said a certain modern, American ex-president.

No they weren't and no they didn't.

Part (7) "Ladies and Gentlemen This video provides an incredible overview of the intense battles and strategies that took place in Berlin during WWII. The detailed analysis really bring history to life. For anyone interested in understanding the dramatic fall of Berlin and its impact on the war, this is a must-watch! Prepare for an immersive exploration of this rarely heard perspective from history. If you're as captivated as we are, please subscribe to our channel for more compelling tales from the front lines. Link of Playlist czcams.com/play/PLVvCA4vUrfdABaQ5eMbBhrdJvH5o5TdRI.html Link of Part 1 czcams.com/video/cPBvXp2273c/video.htmlsi=SJsIVmX2svakUEhq Link of Part 2 czcams.com/video/tLtMed-l5ik/video.htmlsi=gaw4OUHg5KeQkDnl Link of Part 3 czcams.com/video/eATusAj-MWg/video.htmlsi=2T_wwr2bfH9E57H4 Link of Part 4 czcams.com/video/vlj_xY921jM/video.htmlsi=bjEo97gdNPxATzRd Link of Part 5 czcams.com/video/vR9OUWMTYcs/video.htmlsi=3z4Dtg5GYAbCkJwY Link of Part 6 czcams.com/video/OHMMKQXV-jY/video.htmlsi=KLFkAbkjj824ka7I

Why is it that when hearing about all the hardships, torment and misery of war that people must endure, that hearing about animal suffering is what brings the greatest emotional pain and an actual tear to my eyes...

Talk about American propaganda!!

With Montgomery on your side, coming in second was guaranteed.

What kind of tank is that in the pic with the the number 24.

Part (6) "Ladies and Gentlemen This video provides an incredible overview of the intense battles and strategies that took place in Berlin during WWII. The detailed analysis really bring history to life. For anyone interested in understanding the dramatic fall of Berlin and its impact on the war, this is a must-watch! Prepare for an immersive exploration of this rarely heard perspective from history. If you're as captivated as we are, please subscribe to our channel for more compelling tales from the front lines. Link of Playlist czcams.com/play/PLVvCA4vUrfdABaQ5eMbBhrdJvH5o5TdRI.html Link of Part 1 czcams.com/video/cPBvXp2273c/video.htmlsi=SJsIVmX2svakUEhq Link of Part 2 czcams.com/video/tLtMed-l5ik/video.htmlsi=gaw4OUHg5KeQkDnl Link of Part 3 czcams.com/video/eATusAj-MWg/video.htmlsi=2T_wwr2bfH9E57H4 Link of Part 4 czcams.com/video/vlj_xY921jM/video.htmlsi=bjEo97gdNPxATzRd Link of Part 5 czcams.com/video/vR9OUWMTYcs/video.htmlsi=3z4Dtg5GYAbCkJwY

Because we Russians had weakened them so much

Oh dear oh dear. All those US American comments can be summed up thus " we are god's gift to humanity and the Germans should be grateful that we occupied their country." The reality is quite different. The miserable living conditions and the rigidities of Allied occupation prevented the return to normal economic life. The rebuilding of Germany was necessary for the economic revival of Europe. West Germany alone remained the largest market and the prime exporter of capital goods on the continent. It was the precise aim of the Marshall Plan to mobilise German industrial might for European reconstruction. Then there was the US fear of communism spreading. The Soviets were on the river Elbe. One of the results of the defeat of Germany was the rise of the Soviet Union to become a world power . A power much more dangerous that Nazi Germany ever was. Britain after WWII was in decline and Its empire falling apart. The US needed new allies against the Soviet threat. The only ones that fitted that bill were the defeated enemies. They had to be brought on side. Those were the reasons why the US changed its postwar policies . It needed to assist the defeated enemies to recover to have allies in the potential struggle against the Soviets. There were no altruistic reasons on the part of the US merely reasons of self interest. West Germany and Japan had only two choices play along or starve. Both made a good fist of doing what they were told.

Patton wasn't that good

Human will never learn, after peace there will be war