Purely as a former American soldier , the Germans were excellent fighters and I admire there fighting ability. Sharp looking troops. I wish we as a world would attack poverty, pollution, ignorance, corruption, and uplift all man kind. That is where all future battles need to be fought.
My grandpa survived Stalingrad, he was a Prisoner there. He and a few friends managed to flew or something like that. They walked all the way back to Germany! He was still alive till the 2000... He told me so much and now the only thing i had is the memory of him :(
@@renatobiscetti9343 No nie. Oddawanie życia za bydlaka Hitlera nie było bohaterstwem. Tak jak za Mussoliniego. Oh no. Sacrificing your life for the bastard Hitler was not heroism. Just like with Mussolini.
I just wonder what the German soldiers did in Stalingrad. Did they go on a trip there? Or did they rather want to steal the land from the Russian "subhumans"?
Po Złej Stronie Drogi they could not choose You idiot if you didnt go to the nazi army you would be shoot dead and your family also i know because my grandfather was a nazi
hi from Caucases, mine grandfather went to Breslau with Red Army, was in the troops on tanks, was wounded by a Faust-patron, survived, lived with fragments to his 88 years old....
My grandfather was Italian and served as a tank driver in the US Army.....in ITALY! Lol he had a crease in his skull where shrapnel went in, and it was never removed either.
I'm sorry, it's for "laugh out loud". It's always been ironic that his family was Italian and here he was in the old country fighting during WWII. But, in reality, he was in fact helping to liberate Italy. Those people didn't want that tyranny in their lives. In fact, Italy was an ally during WWI.
Diese tapferen Männer dürfen niemals in Vergessenheit geraten,ihre Schmerzen und Leiden heruntergespielt werden.Und,dass ihre Jugend auf der Strecke geblieben ist - die schönste Zeit des Lebens überhaupt.
... und für was das alles? für eine Horde Nazis mit Welteroberungsplänen? Diese Männer wurden belogen, betrogen und verheizt, und leider teilweise auch selbst zu Verbrechern...
It reminds me of a very good autobiography ' The Forgotten Soldier'. Watching this, I can really see what he went through: the near constant danger of dying, exhaustion.... It's a shame humans never learn.
Yes I have read this (,Guy Sayer maybe?...who was in the Gross Deutchland Division?...and possibly of French origin???) This was an excellent book ,one of the best books of its type in ww2. It would be perfect for a film but the subject matter would prevent it.
@@jacquesfuller2087 Critics tried to say that it was made up because he got a few things wrong when he was writing the book; however many years after the book was released, one former German Lieutenant in the same division as Sajer had wrote to the critics saying that despite not knowing Guy Sajer personally, he did remember the fact there was a soldier called Sajer in his company. and Sajer is not a very common German name so it can't just be a coincidence
@@pmoris4405 Oh please. They love portraying it, yet assigning their deeds to others. Look at Hollywood's portrayal of the Germans and then look at what the Red Army did all across Europe to civilians.
@@alouiciousjackson5812 War without cuelty is not war. If a German knows for what to fight, he will be the best soldier in the world, because 80% of all German men have learned a profession and are capable to do things, others can´t do. BUT now, they don´t know for what to fight. There is a deep mistrust, if a politician promotes war. We had two of them with a very high body count. If you fight for a unlawful regime, you will never become a hero in a wrong war.
@@kubanskiloewe violence has been - in total - decreasing through the ages and especially during the 19th and 20th century, when societies grew richer through trade and because of democracy 🥰 Take a look: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_peace_theory
It is always hard to see such footage because i must think of my grandmother and her pain when she tells me stories from this terrible years. Her Husband, two brothers and some cousins died on different fronts. They weren't Nazis, they were Wehrmachtssoldaten, and they all had to go to war in the last months of war, otherwise they would have been executed. Her older brother who had survieved never talked about the war. His family said he was a very good man, but had an deep trauma and he took all his stories with him into the grave when he died of old age.
Not true, Most men volunteered. Either way, if your home was being turn to ruble and the communist were at your doorsteps, you wouldn't just on your ass watching the Bolsheviks rape your women. Rape of berlin.
Mein Opa war in der SS. Er erzählt gerne Geschichten aus dieser Zeit. Er selber war seit Kriegsbeginn dabei und wurde in Stalingrad kurz vor der einkesselung verwundet. Vermutlich würde es mich nicht geben, wenn er nicht verwundet worden wäre. Wenn er die Geschichten erzählt, bin ich immer froh, dass ich nicht in einem Krieg verheizt werde. Den Einmarsch in Polen vergleicht er immer mit einer Hasenjagd. Die Sowjetischen Truppen, so sagte er, wurden gerne in der ersten Welle ohne Waffen geschickt, damit die dahinter eine Chance zum schießen hatten. Er hat bei seinen Erzählungen immer sehr viel Humor, aber wir wissen alle, dass es seine Art der Schmerzbewältigung ist. Ein Nazi war er auch nicht.
I write some book now about WWII. My grandmother told me that story many year ago. She was in German's occupation during two years in 1941-1943 with her baby - my mom. It was love story between German soldier and Russian woman in occupation - tragic, hard and heartbreaking.
......all of you are a shame to discuss this historic-tragedy in this way. My grandfather was 23 years old...in 1939. Since 1936 it was a duty for every young german man to join the Wehrmacht. They had no choise.....like all the other young man in russia or britania.....or other armys!! Both countries (Germany.. UDSSR) started WW2 against Poland together! But France and Britania declared war only to Germany......not to UDSSR (think about it - they try to creat a 2-frontline battle against germany) The Germans were political trapped by this 2 countries in the case to regain the polish occupied corridor with the german city Danzig (a result of the terrible "peace"-treatment of Versaille at the end of WW1.
0:13 These are sixth army soldiers on route to Stalingrad. The death rate (not casualty but DEATH rate) was ~98%. The chances are virtually all the men you see here died horrific deaths once they reached Stalingrad. Freezing and starving to death without hope for anything better.
Umm no. Learn your history. Germany was slaughtering the Russians. The weather and lack of supplies killed the Germans...... or do you just like to say stupid shit.
They almost all died because their leader, *that **_demented retard_** called Adolf Hitler,* was in charge of their tactics. The correct tactic when an army is encircled and its supply lines cut is for the army to fight its way back to restore its own supply lines. Failure to immediately do that is just suicide. Hilter's insistence that they never retreat under any circumstance doomed them to slow starvation and death as the Russians drew the noose ever tighter after they were encircled.
My grandpa survived the Eastern Front, got imprisoned by russians for Years and survived that too. He got released and came back, who was still Alive rebuild the country and visited russia decades later as a tourist and liked it. He never talked very much of the war beilside some commentaries when i watched war movies. I did notice some habits that my grandparents still hoarded food and conserved them for very long time even decades after the war in an environment of oversupply. He taught me craftmanskills and how to fight and shoot (i think it was a kar98 rifle) to defend myself. I never showed much love though which i deeply regret 10 Years ago he died and my grandmother did not cry but she stopped speaking to anyone. That is real pain :( Now her health and dementia (?) are very Bad and she will pass soon too Along with the old people, conservatism and national identity and culture is falling appart. The boomers produced a Generation (my and younger ones) which erodes our country with increasing Speed in its fundamental values. Its a ship of Clowns and i looking back somenl decades ....totally surreal
I feel your loss, of a proud culture. The same is happening here in Canada. In December, I lost my stepdad. He was a WW2 RCN vet. A strong proud principled man. Who never celebrated, or spoke of the war. We can not imagine, surviving the eastern front, or Japanese imprisonment.
Du bist nicht alleine. Ich denke und fühle ähnlich. Möge dein Opa in Frieden ruhen, er war ein Vorbild und hat sein bestes gegeben. Grüße aus Bayern, von einem Boomer
Absolutely right what is happening in germany and western civilization. Leftists like merkel want to erase german identity with multiculturalism. She even stated awhile back that multiculturalism is a failure herself. The people of western civilization are easily influenced by the leftist media. There's no shame in wanting to keep your culture and neighborhood the same as you grew up in. Mankind like back then when there was so much fighting is doing stupid things but in complete reverse today when they let people invade there countries from the 3rd world
.....mein Freund......es kommen andere Zeiten.....die gottlosen Globalisten werden mit Ihren Lügen scheitern......aber es wird viele.....viele Tote geben. Gott mit uns.....den freien Völkern dieser Welt.
as a german whose grandfather fought on the eastern front, escaped capture from the russians two times and finaly fought on the western front, was wounded and got captured by US soldiers i can only say that its even worse when a bloody regime abuses the lives of millions of young men and kills millions more. those regimes misuse the narrative of protecting the fatherland and its culture but what they are aiming for is growing their power to feel godlike. and they are the ones who destroy the culture in the end because they drown it in blood so that everybody is disgusted by it when the horror show is over.. think about hat!
When I was a kid, I found MG45 in the forest next to my house in Narva, Estonia. Thousands and thousands soldiers from both side died there, in a very small area. People still find shells and human bones there.
Yeh very true.....but that Christmas never came to those poor souls...... "Man can never conquer man".....the only way he can prevail over the other is through pure love and respect.
Well, it should have been - Barbarossa was DELAYED by about 6 weeks because of Italian "offensive" against Greece - had the Germans attacked in the first week of May an additional 6 weeks of good weather would have made a massive difference - so Mussolini actually did more than anyone else to win the "Osfront" and the whole war for the Allies -
@@roblouw3038 How much this would have altered the outcome of operation Barbarossa is questionable. This is some poor understanding of the german logistics issue if you think it was "all the winter". The russian tsars had specifically designed Russia's infrastructure so it would be logistically hard to conquer Moscow from the west, and the infrastructure was already poor without the deliberate planning. Your alternative history might also have resulted in the Germans over-extending themselves when entering Moscow and then getting encircled there like a big Stalingrad which would have been even more disastrous for the germans than what actually happened in the soviet winter counter-offensive in 1941. The russian plan was exactly to try and encircle the exhausted german armies, but it failed in 1941 because the german army was spread out in a frontline and not focused inside Moscow. It worked in 1942 in Stalingrad exactly because the Germans focused too much on the city of Stalingrad blinding them from the major red army push for an encirclement incoming at Operation Uranus.
The German soldiers and military were top notch and extremely professional. Germany and the world lost an enormous lot of excellent young men in this senseless war.
my father was in the commandos in WW2 and he admired the German Soldiers. he said they were smart well equipped, disciplined, an iron fist in an iron glove in an iron glove never drop your guard,
"Taten sagen mehr als Worte. In den kommenden Tagen schenkt die Siegesgöttin ihre Lorbeeren nur denen, die sich darauf vorbereitet haben, mutig zu handeln.“ 🙌
It's just crazy to think that my family witnessed the war, while I can only imagine what it was like. My grandpa always tells me stories, about him and also about other family members who served on the battlefields on the eastern and western front
The stories I'd always heard back home were the blood curdling screams and cries of the mothers when the Army chaplains pulled up 4x a week in their neighborhoods informing them that their sons had been killed in action..........
There is an even crazier thing than that. My relatives and ancestors fought against each other on the same front section. The weirdest and most heartwarming thing was when they sang each other’s songs together at a wedding,
no you cannot. You cant live perfectly at peace with communists. They will jail and kill you for not giving them your stuff. Naive moron. All those wars, were fought because nobody was as smart as you, to realize how simple the solution really was, huh? hahaahahha
Dmitrii Grigorita not every German soldier was a die hard nazi many fought outta love for there own nation Stalin was so much worse than Hitler as well
Excellent footage. What a living hell that must have been for them and those beautiful horses. All the while, the upper brass were enjoying cognac and fine cigars at fine restaurants back in Berlin.
Fascinating video and much appreciate the upload. Liked and subscribed! My family has fought for the Wehrmacht during the second world war. My Grandfather was in the 6th army 44th infantry division and saw action in Poland, France and Kharkov. He was later captured along with thousands of men at Stalingrad. Ultimately he lost 80 pounds of body weight moving around different Russian labour camps post war before finally returning home to Germany in the 1950 and lived a long peaceful life. His younger brother started off the war in the East as part of the 439th Regiment of the 134th Division and was at the battle of Moscow then later he was one of 9 survivors out of 1,000 men in his regiment to die in the battle of Kursk where he was injured and furloughed as a result. He survived heavy allied bombing and returned to active combat in the end as part of the 512th heavy tank destroyer battalion as a loader for the Jagdtiger when he surrendered to the Americans in May 1945. The eldest brother out of the 3 served in the German navy as an officer. He was on submarine U-107 which sank British ship Colonial off Guinea, French West Africa; the entire crew of 100 survived and rescued by HMS Centurion.
@@av5958 defend Europe from what? Pretty sure a lot of British and Americans died doing that. I realize that not all Germans were Nazis but they were the aggressors. That type of tyranny had to be defeated.
When I see the lucky soldiers.. And then remember that just 5-10 thousands came back of 300000 german soldiers.. My great-grandfather died in Operation Barbarossa
My grandfather had severe frostbite in Stalingrad because he had open wounds through a shrapnel. They had to amputate 3 fingers. But he was very lucky and was flown out with the penultimate plane. But Stalingrad had burned deep into him. He had nightmares about this city almost every night. As a kid, I had been watching a documentary about Stalingrad with him. That was the first and last time in my life that I saw my grandpa cry. Finally, I would like to say that my grandfather has never spoken badly about the Russians. He was an officer and had been assigned 2 prisoners to assist him in his work. When it was clear that the situation was hopeless, he helped them escape. They did not want to go first. They said "you are now my officer and we are loyal". But he knew that the Russians would kill their former comrades immediately. He had shown me photos of the two. He had said that the two were something like younger brothers for him. Alright ... now I have to cry. What a shit war.
My grandfather was as a soldier of the Wehrmacht 1941-1943 in Russia and lost his leg there but survived. This Video is so heavy and sad! Never War again!
My second uncle was literally stuck in the Rhine River in freezing cold temps with Nazis on both sides. He somehow snuck back his M-1 Garand and my uncle has it now. After he died they went to shoot it and the round went through a thick tree. They didn't know it but he had snuck back armor piercing rounds also. His name was Garland Glovier.
My Great-Uncle (Grandmother's oldest brother) told his Lieutenant when they were already in Germany that someone had stolen his Thompson 45 that he carried since Italy. It was actually broken down into parts which were in his pack and a couple of his buddies'. Over the next couple of months he shipped the parts back 2 and 3 at a time to his wife back in Mississippi. When he got home after the war, he opened up all the packages and re-assembled his beloved Thompson. I saw it one time when I was about 10 years old. It was beautiful and VERY well cared for.
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Mal ehrlich, für das heutige Deutschland und diese Politdarsteller würde keiner dieser Kameraden sein Leben einsetzen. Mein Respekt mein Opa und den Gefallenen Soldaten
Ich gebe Dir vollkommen Recht, immer wenn ich diese Kampfhandlungen sehe, fühle ich mich verbunden zu diesen Menschen, nicht aus Schuld, wie es uns immer eingeredet wird, sondern, dass sie ihr Leben geben mussten und letztlich arme Hunde waren, für die sich heute keiner mehr interessiert. Ich gedenke an diese Menschen, als ehemaliger Soldat der Bundeswehr.
Jan Willem de Groot Eine Diktatur, für die sich tausende deiner Landsleute als Soldaten begeistern konnten. Eine Diktatur, die die höchsten Lebensstandards im vorher ärmsten Land Europas herstellen konnte.
Regards from Jon from Australia. WW2 was just one big killing machine. The soldiers on both sides, the civilians. Although the footage is old and in black & white, they were once people. The were once someone's children. They had hopes and dreams. It was all cut short and for nothing. I've got 2 little boys and I hope all they will ever know of war is what is in history books. I am going to give them an extra long hug and tell them that I love them and that I am proud of them. If you have children, please do the same.
May all those young German soldiers who lost their lives on the Eastern Front RIP. They went through hell obeying the commands. Utter misery for them. Cold, hungry, wanting to go home. Fighting a losing battle. Dying alone and in agony, away from comforting words and a caring hand. Bless you all. You are remembered. Salute and Respect. May all your souls RIP
How about some respect for the people they murdered while on their killing spree? Bless them! that's a joke. Maybe they should have stayed home on the farm and not been so quick to follow Hitler.
My grandfather was a commander of an anti tank division at the Eastern Front. He was Flemish and led the volunteer squad. He refused to fight under the German flag when Hitler asked him. I’ll spare you the details of the consequences. He survived and I’ve known him. I’m very proud of my grandparents and my parents as well. The heritage goes on. I teach my children to be good leaders. Own your word, be correct and disciplined all the time. Take care of your team. You go first, then your men.
Твоему дедушке очень повезло, что остался жив, хотя жаль, конечно, а то бы он болтался где нибудь, подвешенный вниз головой к воротам со спущенными штанами, как многие его европейские коллеги и братья по оружию😂 Без обид, дружище, но мой дедушка был партизаном на "восточном фронте".
Фламандцы - добровольцы, типа твоего деда, были дерьмом хуже фашистов, сначала предали собственную страну, приняв капитуляцию, а потом пошли воевать за гитлера, и не важно под каким флагом - свастика или лев, это сути не меняет. И я бы на твоём месте тут рот не слишком бы раскрывал, ибо нормальные люди твоей страны шли в сопротивление, а не работали дрессированными собачками у гитлера. Немцев ещё можно было понять - у них тотальная мобилизация была, и многие даже воевать не хотели, в отличии от вас петушар-добровольцев.
Flemish volunteer on the Eastern front? Was he fighting on the Germans’ side? What do you mean he refused to fight under the German flag, did they carry a Flemish flag?
My father was there...had many stories about the fighting. 3rd Army Group Center ...communications in back of a half track-probe unit. He made it out of there!! ...amazing...
My granddad was in that area, too, Battle of Kursk, 5. Kompanie, II. Bataillon, Panzergrenadier-Regiment 74, 19. Panzer-Division. Glad your dad made it back. My granddad stayed... That said, wonder if there is a way to meet (obviously not the real surviving soldiers, as they are too old to live) family members of these soldiers.
@@jamesrobertson2712 yes.. my father was one of the BerlinBears. It’s a unit that had its own insignias. Anyway.. every now and then they have reunion of survivors in Berlin. Not sure when.. but many units like that have reunions in Germany. I’ve still got my fathers compass that got him out of there when everything collapsed and they started walking west to get caught by Americans. They walked for weeks. They had to stay away from roads because if Germans saw them they would get folded back in and sent back. So they had to hide from Russians and Germans. So they’d walk in fields and travel at night. Always worried about mines in the fields. On cold Minn nights my dad would say.. I’m just glad I’m not in Kursk!!
It would be a pretty monumental undertaking to track down and line up reunions like that. Plus I bet lots of guys wouldn’t want to meet because of the memories. Nice thought though
Germans and Russians, on the Eastern Front... This was the most epic struggle of the war - and there is probably a lot of truth to the idea that Russia did more to win this war for the Allies than any other nation - but at the price of 9,000,000 military deaths, and 17,000,000 dead civilians. What a meat-grinder, an absolute horror show that ran on year after year after year...... I don’t think we can truly imagine it these days, to be honest...
But without the supplies from the USA from both the Pacific and the north western part of Russia they would not have had the ability to fight. We lost a lot of ships and lives doing it too.
@@dufferdude1205 I don't think the ultimate outcome would have been any different on the eastern front (most of the allied military aid did not arrive until after stalingrad campaign and german sixth army had been eliminated) but it definitely helped shorten the war on the eastern front. Soviets took a massive gamble in 1941-42 by transferring most of their siberian divisions westward in a desperate attempt to halt further German successes.
When you look at the supplies you see, that Soviets might have collapsed without lend and lease. I think it were abt 70% of all trucks and trains which came from the US. Similar high numbers when u look at other goods. The Soviets managed their counteroffensive because the japanese concentrated on the US in the Pacific. While Soviets build up their industry with the help of the US, the German industry and infrastructure was blown away by flying fortresses. The Germans stopped offensive measures in Kursk because they need to fall back to Italy (the second front in Europe was opened already 1943, the year Stalingrad was reconquered) so yes....without the US the Russians would probably speak German today and drive Mercedes Benz.
@Die Edelweiß Eule There's no problem with the sign is..as long as his face is similar :) www.atchuup.com/matthaus-hetzenauer-austrian-sniper/ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3rd_Mountain_Division_(Wehrmacht) See? Hetze served 3rd Mountain Division which is Gebirgsjager in German.
@@gutzzgutzz6795 I can tell you most of regular German army soldier is no NAZI and have no political interest. He just common soldier like other countries soldier.
1:50 mark - von Manstein - when he was sent east in the belated attempt to free the encircled and doomed 6th Army. He recalled in his journal traveling in the same region in the early 20's after the Treaty of Rapallo where the Reds and Weimar Germany agreed for training and development of German weaponry in exchange for secrecy from prying western eyes. Guderian was also sent east - Hitler cancelled the treaty in 1934.
It is sad that so many young men died on both sides. I know they were sent to fight for their country but in reality they were fighting for their brothers in arms.
This footage is from somewhere in my native places, but 75 year ago. Such nice summer huge fields with pleasantly scented grasses and great a sense of spaciousness.
@@warcrimeconnoisseur5238 I agree, but there aren't even forests. Its just one big never ending plain. It has to be strange to fight there, because you see no success.
@@peterlustig6888 Oh you mean it in that way, yes that's why Russia wants buffer states as you can just drive right to the Urals without natural borders. That's also why Russians throw fits with Nato comming closer from something like Ukraine
A friend of mine's father, German, survived Stalingrad, and my former mother-in-law, a Kazakh lady, lost her father fighting to defend it. When my German friend told his elderly father I was marrying a Kazakh woman, he passed on to me that he would fight Russians again if necessary, but said he never wanted to fight Kazahks again...some of the most fearsome fighters in world history. And after having spent time over there, I think he was correct...very tough people
The German army was well trained and very professional by the beginning of its invasion into soviet territory, however only a small fraction of its army groups had mechanized divisions, meaning go it’s infantry divisions were marching on foot and using horses like the Napoleon days, their infantry often fell behind their tanks during offensive operations
@@konstantinromanenko3254 Of course they knew but they thought they would win the war before winter. The German Army was not designed to fight in the winter because it is simply harder to use the vehicles. They tested this before and Hitler said it himself when he spoke with Mannerheim. You can look it up on CZcams.
Imagine being a German soldier in 1939, when the invasion of Poland took place. You faced combat on an almost daily basis for the next six years. The ones who were killed early on were the lucky ones.
My farther in law was a German soldier that was killed near the end of the war retreating on the Eastern front. His body has never been recovered and his two children grew up not knowing their farther and his wife always hoped that he wasn't kilted and would return one day. She had to eventually give up in the late 50's and officially declare him dead, only then did she receive a pension. Imagine how hard that must have been to eventually admit that the person you love is no more. War is evil no matter what side you're on.
Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg I never knew him so I can't comment on what you are suggesting. But I can say that the victors write the history and that EVERY army that has ever been has committed unlawful acts of terror. The Germans committed terrible acts during the second world war but don't fool yourself into thinking that the other armies didn't rape and murder also.
In fact, they wasn't that brave, when they start loosing. In east front they had no choice to give up, but at West, they giving up as quick, as they lost advantage in battle.
Lucky bastards l'd rather die young in a senseless war than living my shit live only for the gouvernment and super companies to suck away my life and the lives of my loved ones as a resource of money until my bones are rotten away to satisfy their greed in war at least your live has some kind of meaning how little it may be
Sry. Am romanian and my grandfather his run from the war. He must take it for operation barbarosa but he was werry calm man and he dont want kill another people for hitler and antonescu. He leave 90 years old.
The best men of Germany lost the life in the WWII. If just they could see what's the situation there all could cry. A big love for homeland, god and own german people now is lost forever. I am ethnic german from Italy and I am not able to accept what history reserved for us. A big pray for all the soldiers fallen in this war and for all germans that lost their Heimat....
Is there anyone that pushed you to start genocide war? Who are you to think that everything should belong under your boot? Germany should be dismantled what they have done to human race. Shame on you and your fucking comment.
@@petarst what's about? This comment is zero. Justice is not ethnic cleansing and violence. It's fire. You fight fire with fire. My opinion? That Stalin was not better than Hitler. He stated war together. They made simply a pact to divide Poland like an apple pie. Do you know the Molotov-Rippentrop's pact? You know what red army was able to do? Ask in all east Europe. My wife is polish from Wolyna. Her grandfather was killed by reds not by nazis. And her family was sent in Kazakhstan to live like in a Gulag. And Prussia that was one of riches regions of Germany now is a garbage place where houses remain like after war. Unbelievable that you attack people like me. Our families paid enough after war. I am seriously bored to read comments wrote by people without a minimum sense of the history.
@@petarst it's just exemple. Remember that are winners that write history. People must be objective. Like person with german ancestors I admit that Germany is full of responsibilities for the WWII. But always for this I can grant you that 20 mio people that lived outside the borders of BRD, DDR and Austria paid a lot. Those people lost all. Heimat (homeland), houses, fields, cultural identity, friends and properties. They were beaten, raped, killed. They were treated worst than animals. You don't know how many women were raped or how many children lost their life. Thousands. Hundred of thousands. Who decided to remain had to cover own roots and identity just to survive. After 80 years history delate them. And when you go in Poland you can still see old german scripts on the buildings. From north to south and from east to west. When you write about WWII think about innocent persons and children that paid for crimes. Respect them.
@@walsch80 yes, you read comment from someone who lost 3 grand grand fathers due to austro-german invasion on small independent country, raping and killing women's and children's. In ww1 we lost 1/3 of population and i don't want to talk to you anymore, since i don't know anything about history, but i know how what are germans and what they have done to us.
@@dingus6317 if you can't be bothered to even explain your post,why the fuck do you bother with cryptic comments? Maybe because you nothing really to say.
The face that comes at 1:49 is none other than Field-Marshal Erich von Manstein. In command of Army Group Don he was charged with the hopeless task of trying to break through to von Paulis’ entrapped 6 th Army at Stalingrad. He later had tactical successes at Kursk. His realistic demands to Hitler for permission to retreat earned him the name of “pisspot strategist”. However he was described by Liddell Hart as “a man who combined modern ideas of manoeuvre, a mastery of technical detail and great driving power.” Sentenced to 18 years by a British court in 1950, von Manstein was freed May 6,1953.
@@nadineguidoux5368 Thanks for your comment. But if you mean it is General Hans Schlemmer - impossible. Check WIKIPEDIA - his photo shows a thin faced person. I stand by Von Manstein. Look him up. If it isn't him it's his twin brother which he didn't have.
One of the paradoxes of the Wehrmacht is that the same military that fielded the ,modern Panzer force and the jet fighter hauled it's artillery with draft animals.
Ofcourse not real enemies arent the ones on the other end of the barrels in combat those are your brothers real enemies are within the rich powers who print money with war like these
“the Hun, the Germanic people, the Prussians, it’s in their blood, their eyes, their skin, to fight, they are born warriors of the North, from they fought the Romans long ago, they fought the French, the English, the Turks, they breed soldiers, they are fearless, they are Germans-...” - Edwin Burke (British Officer WW1) from his book excerpt 1965
At 330 noticed Edelweiss Divison pin which my Opas younger brother Eddie was in. Died in France from wounds March/April 1945. I have a photo of him in uniform n was only 19.
Kahana Kahuna, Yes a classic quote from Robert E Lee, the problem is man became fond of war a long time ago look at the last two thousand years and beyond, it renders his quote meaningless..
Their quest [the invasion and occupation of the Philippines as part of the Spanish-American War] was described as a "splendid little war" by Secretary of State John Hay. Reference: www.nps.gov/prsf/learn/historyculture/spanish-american-war-a-splendid-little-war.htm
Was die Zivilisten durchmachen mussten die nichts mit Deutschlands Krieg zutun hatten und als der Russe kam vertrieben wurden... was die dann, wie meine Familie, durchgemacht haben als diese Flüchtlinge dann bei Leipzig von den Russen nach Sibirien ins Arbeitslager verfrachtet wurden... das hat damals keine Sau interessiert im Gegenteil, man war froh die loszuwerden. Heute interessiert auch keinen. (Aber dafür Flüchtlinge der ganzen Welt aufnehmen... während zehntausende Deutsche Hilfe nötig hätten.) 25 Jahre Arbeitslager für ganze Dörfer... mein Opa starb in Sibirien im Arbeitslager. Mein Vater ist da geboren. Nach 25 Jahren durften die wieder zurück. In Deutschland zurück galten sie als Russen. In Russland als Nazis... über die Soldaten gibts Filme ohne Ende... über die Zivilisten schweigt man sich aus...
@@offengesagt3262 mein Onkel wurde mit gerade mal 17jahren nach Sibirien ins Arbeitslager verschleppt, jedes Jahr ging meine Oma zum Bahnhof wenn die Kriegsgefangenen ankamen. Oma hat 7 lange Jahre auf ihren Sohn warten müssen, als gebrochener Mann kam er zurück.
Must of given allied soldiers chills hearing that MG-42 fire off in the distance, probably letting them know they'll run into the man behind that gun eventually.
@@rustyshackleford3917 I'd say the sound of a flight of P47s and their eight .50 cals or the sound of two 23mm cannons from a flight of IL2s helped kill their idiotic ideas pretty hard.
![Trận Normandie 1944 - Chiến dịch đổ bộ lớn nhất trong lịch sử [HD]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/XZln3c1YXSg/mqdefault.jpg)
Purely as a former American soldier , the Germans were excellent fighters and I admire there fighting ability. Sharp looking troops. I wish we as a world would attack poverty, pollution, ignorance, corruption, and uplift all man kind. That is where all future battles need to be fought.
John W. Peterson That a brilliant idea shared by the few soldier. God bless you.
Spoken like a real soldier, I wholeheartedly agree. I know its a cliche but there are no winners in war. Peace.
And as a former Russian soldier, I cannot agree less. God bless.
At first they were
thank you brother
My grandad fought in the second world as a marine - he said the germans were good soldiers not how they are portrayed in films.
Marines where not on the western front
I never said they did , he was giving me his opinion .
Not all were "good" soldiers. Far from it.
@@routeoz02 your just looking for a row
....и еще...добавлю...кроме того, немцы были хорошими палачами и изуверами....
1:02 The Sniper asks "Hab ich ihn?" which translates to "Do I got him?"
My grandpa survived Stalingrad, he was a Prisoner there. He and a few friends managed to flew or something like that. They walked all the way back to Germany! He was still alive till the 2000... He told me so much and now the only thing i had is the memory of him :(
Герои защищают свою страну, а не лезут к соседям.
Кто отдает жизнь за Родину, тот всегда герой
@@renatobiscetti9343 No nie. Oddawanie życia za bydlaka Hitlera nie było bohaterstwem. Tak jak za Mussoliniego. Oh no. Sacrificing your life for the bastard Hitler was not heroism. Just like with Mussolini.
I just wonder what the German soldiers did in Stalingrad. Did they go on a trip there? Or did they rather want to steal the land from the Russian "subhumans"?
@@jarkogonzo7432 Are u just that stupid ? did u think they had the choice at this time ? what a moron and u want to talk about war :D
The sad part about the start of this footage is that those men marching along probably smiled for the last time at that camera.........
The Great Illusion!
Yup 98% of those were KIA on their way to Stalingrad .
@@brytsyd11 sent to a certain death really.
If they stayed at home, they would still smiling today.
Po Złej Stronie Drogi they could not choose You idiot if you didnt go to the nazi army you would be shoot dead and your family also i know because my grandfather was a nazi
hi from Caucases, mine grandfather went to Breslau with Red Army,
was in the troops on tanks, was wounded by a Faust-patron, survived, lived with fragments to his 88 years old....
My grandfather was Italian and served as a tank driver in the US Army.....in ITALY! Lol he had a crease in his skull where shrapnel went in, and it was never removed either.
Shane Walp ...what did you mean a "lol"?
I'm sorry, it's for "laugh out loud". It's always been ironic that his family was Italian and here he was in the old country fighting during WWII. But, in reality, he was in fact helping to liberate Italy. Those people didn't want that tyranny in their lives. In fact, Italy was an ally during WWI.
@@arikoivula4940 man that's exciting. What's his story?
@@arikoivula4940 just noticed this. I've saved it to watch later tonight 👍🏼
Diese tapferen Männer dürfen niemals
in Vergessenheit geraten,ihre Schmerzen
und Leiden heruntergespielt werden.Und,dass
ihre Jugend auf der Strecke geblieben ist -
die schönste Zeit des Lebens überhaupt.
Смерт оккупантам .жал того времини небила колошников
... und für was das alles? für eine Horde Nazis mit Welteroberungsplänen? Diese Männer wurden belogen, betrogen und verheizt, und leider teilweise auch selbst zu Verbrechern...
✋💖🇹🇷
@@ggg_golevkin5118 ?
It reminds me of a very good autobiography ' The Forgotten Soldier'. Watching this, I can really see what he went through: the near constant danger of dying, exhaustion.... It's a shame humans never learn.
Yes I have read this (,Guy Sayer maybe?...who was in the Gross Deutchland Division?...and possibly of French origin???)
This was an excellent book ,one of the best books of its type in ww2.
It would be perfect for a film but the subject matter would prevent it.
@@bertplank8011 Indeed. You are right about everything.
@@bertplank8011 Though why can't a film be created? I know it's war but you can find many war films.
@@jacquesfuller2087 Critics tried to say that it was made up because he got a few things wrong when he was writing the book; however many years after the book was released, one former German Lieutenant in the same division as Sajer had wrote to the critics saying that despite not knowing Guy Sajer personally, he did remember the fact there was a soldier called Sajer in his company.
and Sajer is not a very common German name so it can't just be a coincidence
I read the book as a young teen many years ago. Great book, cuts through all the glory bs to show what war is really like.
You watch these films and then watch Hollywood movies and there is a big disparity.
Because movies are always made by their enemies!
These are mostly made for propoganda.
Hollywood is about entertaining. They will never reproduce all the cruelty of the front.
@@pmoris4405 Oh please. They love portraying it, yet assigning their deeds to others. Look at Hollywood's portrayal of the Germans and then look at what the Red Army did all across Europe to civilians.
@@alouiciousjackson5812 War without cuelty is not war. If a German knows for what to fight, he will be the best soldier in the world, because 80% of all German men have learned a profession and are capable to do things, others can´t do. BUT now, they don´t know for what to fight. There is a deep mistrust, if a politician promotes war. We had two of them with a very high body count. If you fight for a unlawful regime, you will never become a hero in a wrong war.
No More Brother Wars - Enough Is Enough
So No More Wars at all - Enough Is Enough
All humans are brothers 🤗
@@kubanskiloewe so Cain and Abel weren't brothers? 🤠
@@kubanskiloewe violence has been - in total - decreasing through the ages and especially during the 19th and 20th century, when societies grew richer through trade and because of democracy 🥰 Take a look: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_peace_theory
Paz hermano...el verdadero enemigo esta dentro de nosotros...
@@kubanskiloewe dude that was one persons actions it does not define an entire culture, you need to get out more and look around.
It is always hard to see such footage because i must think of my grandmother and her pain when she tells me stories from this terrible years. Her Husband, two brothers and some cousins died on different fronts. They weren't Nazis, they were Wehrmachtssoldaten, and they all had to go to war in the last months of war, otherwise they would have been executed. Her older brother who had survieved never talked about the war. His family said he was a very good man, but had an deep trauma and he took all his stories with him into the grave when he died of old age.
Not true, Most men volunteered. Either way, if your home was being turn to ruble and the communist were at your doorsteps, you wouldn't just on your ass watching the Bolsheviks rape your women. Rape of berlin.
Mein Opa war in der SS. Er erzählt gerne Geschichten aus dieser Zeit.
Er selber war seit Kriegsbeginn dabei und wurde in Stalingrad kurz vor der einkesselung verwundet. Vermutlich würde es mich nicht geben, wenn er nicht verwundet worden wäre.
Wenn er die Geschichten erzählt, bin ich immer froh, dass ich nicht in einem Krieg verheizt werde. Den Einmarsch in Polen vergleicht er immer mit einer Hasenjagd. Die Sowjetischen Truppen, so sagte er, wurden gerne in der ersten Welle ohne Waffen geschickt, damit die dahinter eine Chance zum schießen hatten.
Er hat bei seinen Erzählungen immer sehr viel Humor, aber wir wissen alle, dass es seine Art der Schmerzbewältigung ist.
Ein Nazi war er auch nicht.
I write some book now about WWII. My grandmother told me that story many year ago. She was in German's occupation during two years in 1941-1943 with her baby - my mom. It was love story between German soldier and Russian woman in occupation - tragic, hard and heartbreaking.
In last few months of the war? So they were Volksturm?
Nobody is a nazi
Dont believe the enemy propaganda
They served well and even if its in vain
Ich liebe euch alle!
Waste of good men on both sides.
@Drake you must be a Tory
......all of you are a shame to discuss this historic-tragedy in this way.
My grandfather was 23 years old...in 1939. Since 1936 it was a duty for every young german man to join the Wehrmacht. They had no choise.....like all the other young man in russia or britania.....or other armys!!
Both countries (Germany.. UDSSR) started WW2 against Poland together!
But France and Britania declared war only to Germany......not to UDSSR (think about it - they try to creat a 2-frontline battle against germany)
The Germans were political trapped by this 2 countries in the case to regain the polish occupied corridor with the german city Danzig (a result of the terrible "peace"-treatment of Versaille at the end of WW1.
@Даниил Сидоров Every soldier is resposible for this?
@Drake Don't insult men that fought for their country and survival. Most of them were professional soldiers who had no choice what so ever.
@Олег Северов And the russian army didn't kill and torture their own civillians and the german civillians?
0:13 These are sixth army soldiers on route to Stalingrad. The death rate (not casualty but DEATH rate) was ~98%. The chances are virtually all the men you see here died horrific deaths once they reached Stalingrad. Freezing and starving to death without hope for anything better.
Wow
OMG
Russians killed those german tourists
Umm no. Learn your history. Germany was slaughtering the Russians. The weather and lack of supplies killed the Germans...... or do you just like to say stupid shit.
They almost all died because their leader, *that **_demented retard_** called Adolf Hitler,* was in charge of their tactics.
The correct tactic when an army is encircled and its supply lines cut is for the army to fight its way back to restore its own supply lines. Failure to immediately do that is just suicide.
Hilter's insistence that they never retreat under any circumstance doomed them to slow starvation and death as the Russians drew the noose ever tighter after they were encircled.
My grandpa survived the Eastern Front, got imprisoned by russians for Years and survived that too. He got released and came back, who was still Alive rebuild the country and visited russia decades later as a tourist and liked it. He never talked very much of the war beilside some commentaries when i watched war movies. I did notice some habits that my grandparents still hoarded food and conserved them for very long time even decades after the war in an environment of oversupply. He taught me craftmanskills and how to fight and shoot (i think it was a kar98 rifle) to defend myself. I never showed much love though which i deeply regret
10 Years ago he died and my grandmother did not cry but she stopped speaking to anyone. That is real pain :( Now her health and dementia (?) are very Bad and she will pass soon too
Along with the old people, conservatism and national identity and culture is falling appart. The boomers produced a Generation (my and younger ones) which erodes our country with increasing Speed in its fundamental values. Its a ship of Clowns and i looking back somenl decades ....totally surreal
I feel your loss, of a proud culture. The same is happening here in Canada.
In December, I lost my stepdad. He was a WW2 RCN vet. A strong proud principled man. Who never celebrated, or spoke of the war.
We can not imagine, surviving the eastern front, or Japanese imprisonment.
Du bist nicht alleine. Ich denke und fühle ähnlich.
Möge dein Opa in Frieden ruhen, er war ein Vorbild und hat sein bestes gegeben.
Grüße aus Bayern, von einem Boomer
Absolutely right what is happening in germany and western civilization. Leftists like merkel want to erase german identity with multiculturalism. She even stated awhile back that multiculturalism is a failure herself. The people of western civilization are easily influenced by the leftist media. There's no shame in wanting to keep your culture and neighborhood the same as you grew up in. Mankind like back then when there was so much fighting is doing stupid things but in complete reverse today when they let people invade there countries from the 3rd world
.....mein Freund......es kommen andere Zeiten.....die gottlosen Globalisten werden mit Ihren Lügen scheitern......aber es wird viele.....viele Tote geben.
Gott mit uns.....den freien Völkern dieser Welt.
as a german whose grandfather fought on the eastern front, escaped capture from the russians two times and finaly fought on the western front, was wounded and got captured by US soldiers i can only say that its even worse when a bloody regime abuses the lives of millions of young men and kills millions more. those regimes misuse the narrative of protecting the fatherland and its culture but what they are aiming for is growing their power to feel godlike. and they are the ones who destroy the culture in the end because they drown it in blood so that everybody is disgusted by it when the horror show is over.. think about hat!
When I was a kid, I found MG45 in the forest next to my house in Narva, Estonia. Thousands and thousands soldiers from both side died there, in a very small area. People still find shells and human bones there.
If you really found a MG 45 you should sell it, only 10 of them were delivered to the frontlines and none of them outside of Germany
@@wildcard3261 probably meant 42 tbh
@@tavish4699 Probably
Metal detector hot zone
Весело шли,чем дальше тем глубже могила
those smiles thinking "this will be over before Christmas"
Yeh very true.....but that Christmas never came to those poor souls......
"Man can never conquer man".....the only way he can prevail over the other is through pure love and respect.
How many eventually returned, less than 10,000 if I remember. Killed in battle, frozen in the fields or incaptivity in Russia.
Well, it should have been - Barbarossa was DELAYED by about 6 weeks because of Italian "offensive" against Greece - had the Germans attacked in the first week of May an additional 6 weeks of good weather would have made a massive difference - so Mussolini actually did more than anyone else to win the "Osfront" and the whole war for the Allies -
@@roblouw3038 How much this would have altered the outcome of operation Barbarossa is questionable. This is some poor understanding of the german logistics issue if you think it was "all the winter". The russian tsars had specifically designed Russia's infrastructure so it would be logistically hard to conquer Moscow from the west, and the infrastructure was already poor without the deliberate planning.
Your alternative history might also have resulted in the Germans over-extending themselves when entering Moscow and then getting encircled there like a big Stalingrad which would have been even more disastrous for the germans than what actually happened in the soviet winter counter-offensive in 1941. The russian plan was exactly to try and encircle the exhausted german armies, but it failed in 1941 because the german army was spread out in a frontline and not focused inside Moscow. It worked in 1942 in Stalingrad exactly because the Germans focused too much on the city of Stalingrad blinding them from the major red army push for an encirclement incoming at Operation Uranus.
wrong war
Music is fitting....I do remember in High School watching a documentary on war done by Andy Rooney. It was one of the best I'd ever seen.
The German soldiers and military were top notch and extremely professional.
Germany and the world lost an enormous lot of excellent young men in this senseless war.
well, they should not have fought for Hitler, should they ?
@@TheBlueCream It's called being called to arms and fighting for your country. Jesus Christ what is this comment.
@@Bahamut3525 well he means we had to fight the nazis so not senseless, what the germans did was senseless...
@@Bahamut3525 he doesn’t have a brain so don’t waste your time trying to reason him.
my father was in the commandos in WW2 and he admired the German Soldiers. he said they were smart well equipped, disciplined, an iron fist in an iron glove in an iron glove never drop your guard,
"Taten sagen mehr als Worte. In den kommenden Tagen schenkt die Siegesgöttin ihre Lorbeeren nur denen, die sich darauf vorbereitet haben, mutig zu handeln.“ 🙌
It's just crazy to think that my family witnessed the war, while I can only imagine what it was like. My grandpa always tells me stories, about him and also about other family members who served on the battlefields on the eastern and western front
I hope they're making ashtrays out of the skulls, I'd buy one!
The stories I'd always heard back home were the blood curdling screams and cries of the mothers when the Army chaplains pulled up 4x a week in their neighborhoods informing them that their sons had been killed in action..........
There is an even crazier thing than that. My relatives and ancestors fought against each other
on the same front section. The weirdest and most heartwarming thing was when they sang each other’s songs together at a wedding,
@@laszloerdesz3884 thanks. That shows how senseless all of these things are from the perspective of a normal human who doesn't care about politics
And 80 years later, his grandson post a pic like this... 😨😨😨
The great absurdity of war is when afterwards you realize that peole can perfectly live at peace with each other.
Name a country ?
Only as long , as the memory lasts !
Literally every European Country
no you cannot. You cant live perfectly at peace with communists. They will jail and kill you for not giving them your stuff. Naive moron. All those wars, were fought because nobody was as smart as you, to realize how simple the solution really was, huh? hahaahahha
@@darkalan7736 he said when the war is over, dolt
If you feel you had a tough day today, watch this video again.
00:06 The man with the rifle is my grandpa. He's turning 123 this year
They fought so hard and bravely. It's now 2019 and every single one of those men in this film has long passed away.
@shaun king yeah sure pal, every last soldier was a die hard nazi that was cartoonishly evil.
I'm glad these bastards were eventually fucked and sent to hell during battles of Stalingrad and Kursk
Dmitrii Grigorita not every German soldier was a die hard nazi many fought outta love for there own nation Stalin was so much worse than Hitler as well
Dmitrii Grigorita SHUT THE FUCK UP BASTARD. WAR CRIMES WERE CAUSED BY SS, NOT WEHRMACHT. THEY WERE FORCED TO FIGHT
@@silentzombies3784
Where did Stalin is worse than Hitler?
Excellent footage. What a living hell that must have been for them and those beautiful horses. All the while, the upper brass were enjoying cognac and fine cigars at fine restaurants back in Berlin.
Все получили по заслугам
Same in Glasgow today
Not much has changed then.
@@user-bo8iy1zj7i As did Russia.
All drinking all those good French wines during the occupation of France.....
Fascinating video and much appreciate the upload. Liked and subscribed!
My family has fought for the Wehrmacht during the second world war.
My Grandfather was in the 6th army 44th infantry division and saw action in Poland, France and Kharkov. He was later captured along with thousands of men at Stalingrad. Ultimately he lost 80 pounds of body weight moving around different Russian labour camps post war before finally returning home to Germany in the 1950 and lived a long peaceful life.
His younger brother started off the war in the East as part of the 439th Regiment of the 134th Division and was at the battle of Moscow then later he was one of 9 survivors out of 1,000 men in his regiment to die in the battle of Kursk where he was injured and furloughed as a result.
He survived heavy allied bombing and returned to active combat in the end as part of the 512th heavy tank destroyer battalion as a loader for the Jagdtiger when he surrendered to the Americans in May 1945.
The eldest brother out of the 3 served in the German navy as an officer. He was on submarine U-107 which sank British ship Colonial off Guinea, French West Africa; the entire crew of 100 survived and rescued by HMS Centurion.
Rest in peace your grandfather , he was a good patriot
@@slimbk2541 My father too! Answered the call...
They fought to defend Europe.
Respect !
They should lie somewhere in the Polish forest.....my grandfather did not get them.Sad
@@av5958 defend Europe from what? Pretty sure a lot of British and Americans died doing that. I realize that not all Germans were Nazis but they were the aggressors. That type of tyranny had to be defeated.
Weltklasse Lied, Weltklasse Armee!
When I see the lucky soldiers..
And then remember that just 5-10 thousands came back of 300000 german soldiers..
My great-grandfather died in Operation Barbarossa
Sorry to hear that man. May he rest in peace for his sacrafice.
Tell your grandfather when you meet him: Thanks for serving!!
My grandfather died near Leningrad. Hi from Russia
My Great-grandfather died in the Ukraine in 1944!
My grandfather had severe frostbite in Stalingrad because he had open wounds through a shrapnel. They had to amputate 3 fingers. But he was very lucky and was flown out with the penultimate plane. But Stalingrad had burned deep into him. He had nightmares about this city almost every night.
As a kid, I had been watching a documentary about Stalingrad with him. That was the first and last time in my life that I saw my grandpa cry. Finally, I would like to say that my grandfather has never spoken badly about the Russians. He was an officer and had been assigned 2 prisoners to assist him in his work. When it was clear that the situation was hopeless, he helped them escape. They did not want to go first. They said "you are now my officer and we are loyal". But he knew that the Russians would kill their former comrades immediately. He had shown me photos of the two. He had said that the two were something like younger brothers for him.
Alright ... now I have to cry.
What a shit war.
Its kinda depressing knowing that most of these men (if not all) are dead now .. may they all RIP
Most of these men were probably dead by 1945. That is the truly sad part.
Them dead is not depressing. What's depressing is how many innocent people they killed before they died. Animals
@@edgehodl4832 you realize not all german soldiers were evil nazi's right?
Not depressing at all. They gave the human race a good scrubbing.
@waffen- ss um, they were Socialists
Absolutely amazing footage
My grandfather was as a soldier of the Wehrmacht 1941-1943 in Russia and lost his leg there but survived. This Video is so heavy and sad! Never War again!
smile you look cute and decent at your profile photo..smile,you beautiful,your beauty is unimaginable😊
My second uncle was literally stuck in the Rhine River in freezing cold temps with Nazis on both sides. He somehow snuck back his M-1 Garand and my uncle has it now. After he died they went to shoot it and the round went through a thick tree. They didn't know it but he had snuck back armor piercing rounds also.
His name was Garland Glovier.
My Great-Uncle (Grandmother's oldest brother) told his Lieutenant when they were already in Germany that someone had stolen his Thompson 45 that he carried since Italy. It was actually broken down into parts which were in his pack and a couple of his buddies'. Over the next couple of months he shipped the parts back 2 and 3 at a time to his wife back in Mississippi. When he got home after the war, he opened up all the packages and re-assembled his beloved Thompson. I saw it one time when I was about 10 years old. It was beautiful and VERY well cared for.
🛑 NAZI 🛑 IS NOT GERMAN
NA-ZI = IS A MEMBER IF THEE "NATIONAL ZIONIST"
AND IS A POLITICAL PARTY
NOT GERMAN MILITARY🛑
NOT EUROPEAN MILITARY🛑
SPELL OR SPELLING
IS WHEN PEOPLE FOOL YOU BY SWITCHING WORDS AND MEANINGS✅
THEE FORCES OF EUROPE WERE NOT ALL GERMAN THEY WERE A DEFENSE FORCE FROM ALL OVER EUROPE✅
like 20% OF THE POWs FROM NORMANDY INVASION OF EUROPE WERE RUSSIAN✅ AND NOT GERMAN AND NOT BOLSHEVIK ✅
THE WAR WAS ABOUT THE BANKSTERS RE-CAPTURING EUROPE AND STOPPING THEM BEING FREE
🔥"OOᕼᗰYᕼEᒪᒪ!"
WE INVADED EUROPE‼️
RUSSIA INVADED EUROPE‼️
YOU NEED A NEW PERSPECTIVE‼️
😆 I BET YOU THINK THAT YOU ARE FREE ⁉️❓❗️
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WARS FIR FREEDOM LIKE
VIETNAM WAS A CIVIL WAR BETWEEN THE "NORTH N SOUTH"❗️ AND IT WAS LIKE OUR REVOLUTIONARY WAR‼️
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DID YOU GET TAKE ACCEPT THE VACCINEE SHOTs FOR
GENETIC THERAPY TO ALTER UR DNA ❓
ARE YOU FREE TO THINK SEARCH AND KNOW THAT THERE IS NO VAAX ITSA BIOWEAPOON OF THEE WARONUS⁉️
AWARR THAT STARTED 2000+ YEARS AGO✅
🙏🙏🙏
if only he could see the us now
muh atleast we aint speaking german
Mal ehrlich, für das heutige Deutschland und diese Politdarsteller würde keiner dieser Kameraden sein Leben einsetzen. Mein Respekt mein Opa und den Gefallenen Soldaten
Ich gebe Dir vollkommen Recht, immer wenn ich diese Kampfhandlungen sehe, fühle ich mich verbunden zu diesen Menschen, nicht aus Schuld, wie es uns immer eingeredet wird, sondern, dass sie ihr Leben geben mussten und letztlich arme Hunde waren, für die sich heute keiner mehr interessiert.
Ich gedenke an diese Menschen, als ehemaliger Soldat der Bundeswehr.
Für eine Diktatur sterben. Grossartig. Gott Sei Dank haben die Alliierten meine Heimat, die Niederlande, 1945 von der damaligen Besatzung befreit.
Jan Willem de Groot Eine Diktatur, für die sich tausende deiner Landsleute als Soldaten begeistern konnten. Eine Diktatur, die die höchsten Lebensstandards im vorher ärmsten Land Europas herstellen konnte.
@@AwesomeDude272 Vaterlandsverräter, die froh sein durften, dass sie 1945 nicht gleich an die Wand gestellt wurden.
Jan Willem de Groot Warum Verräter? Sie kämpften gegen einen Feind, der auch in den NL nicht beliebt war. Nicht gegen die eigenen Leute.
Regards from Jon from Australia. WW2 was just one big killing machine. The soldiers on both sides, the civilians. Although the footage is old and in black & white, they were once people. The were once someone's children. They had hopes and dreams. It was all cut short and for nothing. I've got 2 little boys and I hope all they will ever know of war is what is in history books. I am going to give them an extra long hug and tell them that I love them and that I am proud of them. If you have children, please do the same.
Beautifully said. Kind regards. Steve (Also from Australia.)
Z zimną krwią dokonali rzezi na Białorusi ... Idż I patrz Elema Klimowa trzeba oglądnąć.
Thank you for this.
Sound is excellent - can’t help but think how hard they fought. On both sides.
3:30 Erste Gebirgsdivision - First Mountain Division with the Edelweiss Insignia. The text most probably reads as follows; Heeresbergführer.
Thks for this excellent historical video. Peace every body
THAT HAS TO BE THE MOST INTELLIGENT STATEMENT I'VE EVER HEARD. THANK YOU!
Insane! Imagine fighting with millions on both sides meeting in a field to shoot it out. How much carnage and death did they see. Wow
May all those young German soldiers who lost their lives on the Eastern Front RIP. They went through hell obeying the commands. Utter misery for them. Cold, hungry, wanting to go home. Fighting a losing battle. Dying alone and in agony, away from comforting words and a caring hand. Bless you all. You are remembered. Salute and Respect. May all your souls RIP
How about some respect for the people they murdered while on their killing spree? Bless them! that's a joke. Maybe they should have stayed home on the farm and not been so quick to follow Hitler.
@BRUTALER MÖRDER Idiot.
@BRUTALER MÖRDER You are wanker!
@BRUTALER MÖRDER What's a "Mooder fooker"? dumb shit.
@BRUTALER MÖRDER Again a village idiot here,...grow up, does your mother know what you are doing? Way past your bedtime..
My grandfather was a commander of an anti tank division at the Eastern Front. He was Flemish and led the volunteer squad. He refused to fight under the German flag when Hitler asked him. I’ll spare you the details of the consequences. He survived and I’ve known him. I’m very proud of my grandparents and my parents as well. The heritage goes on. I teach my children to be good leaders. Own your word, be correct and disciplined all the time. Take care of your team. You go first, then your men.
Твоему дедушке очень повезло, что остался жив, хотя жаль, конечно, а то бы он болтался где нибудь, подвешенный вниз головой к воротам со спущенными штанами, как многие его европейские коллеги и братья по оружию😂 Без обид, дружище, но мой дедушка был партизаном на "восточном фронте".
Фламандцы - добровольцы, типа твоего деда, были дерьмом хуже фашистов, сначала предали собственную страну, приняв капитуляцию, а потом пошли воевать за гитлера, и не важно под каким флагом - свастика или лев, это сути не меняет. И я бы на твоём месте тут рот не слишком бы раскрывал, ибо нормальные люди твоей страны шли в сопротивление, а не работали дрессированными собачками у гитлера. Немцев ещё можно было понять - у них тотальная мобилизация была, и многие даже воевать не хотели, в отличии от вас петушар-добровольцев.
Flemish volunteer on the Eastern front? Was he fighting on the Germans’ side? What do you mean he refused to fight under the German flag, did they carry a Flemish flag?
@@user-su8nu5ki9qwhy you guys so mad at Germans? Because their loses were 5 times less than your loses in battlefield?
Wtf are you even talking about? I'm calling bs
My father was there...had many stories about the fighting. 3rd Army Group Center ...communications in back of a half track-probe unit. He made it out of there!!
...amazing...
My granddad was in that area, too, Battle of Kursk, 5. Kompanie, II. Bataillon, Panzergrenadier-Regiment 74, 19. Panzer-Division. Glad your dad made it back. My granddad stayed...
That said, wonder if there is a way to meet (obviously not the real surviving soldiers, as they are too old to live) family members of these soldiers.
@@jamesrobertson2712 yes.. my father was one of the BerlinBears. It’s a unit that had its own insignias. Anyway.. every now and then they have reunion of survivors in Berlin. Not sure when.. but many units like that have reunions in Germany. I’ve still got my fathers compass that got him out of there when everything collapsed and they started walking west to get caught by Americans. They walked for weeks. They had to stay away from roads because if Germans saw them they would get folded back in and sent back. So they had to hide from Russians and Germans. So they’d walk in fields and travel at night.
Always worried about mines in the fields. On cold Minn nights my dad would say.. I’m just glad I’m not in Kursk!!
It would be a pretty monumental undertaking to track down and line up reunions like that. Plus I bet lots of guys wouldn’t want to meet because of the memories. Nice thought though
Germans and Russians, on the Eastern Front... This was the most epic struggle of the war - and there is probably a lot of truth to the idea that Russia did more to win this war for the Allies than any other nation - but at the price of 9,000,000 military deaths, and 17,000,000 dead civilians. What a meat-grinder, an absolute horror show that ran on year after year after year...... I don’t think we can truly imagine it these days, to be honest...
More men died only in the battle of Stalingrad, than ALL of WW2 losses of USA, UK, France, Italy COMBINED!
But without the supplies from the USA from both the Pacific and the north western part of Russia they would not have had the ability to fight. We lost a lot of ships and lives doing it too.
@@dufferdude1205 I don't think the ultimate outcome would have been any different on the eastern front (most of the allied military aid did not arrive until after stalingrad campaign and german sixth army had been eliminated) but it definitely helped shorten the war on the eastern front. Soviets took a massive gamble in 1941-42 by transferring most of their siberian divisions westward in a desperate attempt to halt further German successes.
At last a good comment.
When you look at the supplies you see, that Soviets might have collapsed without lend and lease. I think it were abt 70% of all trucks and trains which came from the US. Similar high numbers when u look at other goods. The Soviets managed their counteroffensive because the japanese concentrated on the US in the Pacific. While Soviets build up their industry with the help of the US, the German industry and infrastructure was blown away by flying fortresses. The Germans stopped offensive measures in Kursk because they need to fall back to Italy (the second front in Europe was opened already 1943, the year Stalingrad was reconquered) so yes....without the US the Russians would probably speak German today and drive Mercedes Benz.
1:02 spotted Matthäus Hetzenauer -Sniper Ace with 345 kill just under Simo Hayha.
Looks like fred gwen the actor who was the sgt in car 54 the tv show...fred Munster
@Die Edelweiß Eule There's no problem with the sign is..as long as his face is similar :)
www.atchuup.com/matthaus-hetzenauer-austrian-sniper/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3rd_Mountain_Division_(Wehrmacht)
See? Hetze served 3rd Mountain Division which is Gebirgsjager in German.
He held the iron cross first class with the swords..he marched with Hitler down the bloody roads of war.
@@gutzzgutzz6795 I can tell you most of regular German army soldier is no NAZI and have no political interest. He just common soldier like other countries soldier.
@@humblehiker7567 Its a line from a motorhead song. "death or glory" Check it out.
1:50 mark - von Manstein - when he was sent east in the belated attempt to free the encircled and doomed 6th Army. He recalled in his journal traveling in the same region in the early 20's after the Treaty of Rapallo where the Reds and Weimar Germany agreed for training and development of German weaponry in exchange for secrecy from prying western eyes. Guderian was also sent east - Hitler cancelled the treaty in 1934.
Big thank you Sir for sharing the attached rare ww2 film. Lo❤ from India..
Basic soldiers always earn their keep....politics matter little to them.....staying alive is what counts....
All soldiers fight for their brothers, no one else matters.
Wrong. Politics do matter to them. They pay for politician's ambition.
rat bastard Yea , misguided fanatics what a shame!
Deckie Deckie
@@dukeman7595 Did German soldiers have brothers on Russian land? They came to rob and kill people. The Wehrmacht was a tool in Nazism hands.
It is sad that so many young men died on both sides. I know they were sent to fight for their country but in reality they were fighting for their brothers in arms.
Germans where a great fighting force one on one they could wipe the floor with anyone.
well they didnt wipe the floor with the russians, nor did they beat england in the battle of Britain
@@52daytripper I did say one on one not one on five .
Yes , they were amazing at killing unarmed women and children . A brave lot , really .
were not where ffs its simple
@@josephberrie9550 what does that mean
Ruhe in Frieden Kameraden…..
Ruhe im Himmel.
@@andreballon7362 Ja in der tat
Собакам собачья смерть!
@@chf4747 Как Украина работает для вас, собака
Приезжай и ты навозом ляжешь рядом со своими родственниками нацистами.
My grandfather was "one of them"... I'm lucky he survived.
Der war einer der Glück hatte was leider zu wenige hatten... war halt nicht leicht zu überleben... zum Glück kam er nach Hause
@@stvokensei5155 genau..
One year later, the smiles of the troops who go up to front line were much rarer....
that was the least important
Heroes
\o
Excellent video Hunter !
This footage is from somewhere in my native places, but 75 year ago. Such nice summer huge fields with pleasantly scented grasses and great a sense of spaciousness.
Most of the footage is from the Ukraine, 1942.
Strange how emtpy the landscape looks
@@peterlustig6888 Not everything needs to look like a big city, it's beautiful that there are places that aren't poluted by disgusting architectur
@@warcrimeconnoisseur5238 I agree, but there aren't even forests. Its just one big never ending plain. It has to be strange to fight there, because you see no success.
@@peterlustig6888 Oh you mean it in that way, yes that's why Russia wants buffer states as you can just drive right to the Urals without natural borders. That's also why Russians throw fits with Nato comming closer from something like Ukraine
Stunning. The musical score is positively haunting. So much death and waste.
smile you look cute and decent at your profile photo..smile,you beautiful,your beauty is unimaginable😊
A friend of mine's father, German, survived Stalingrad, and my former mother-in-law, a Kazakh lady, lost her father fighting to defend it. When my German friend told his elderly father I was marrying a Kazakh woman, he passed on to me that he would fight Russians again if necessary, but said he never wanted to fight Kazahks again...some of the most fearsome fighters in world history. And after having spent time over there, I think he was correct...very tough people
азамат завязывай, не канает твоя тирада о превосходстве
@@chipollinonews1104 , точно, прикол!!!!
А цыгане ещё круче, они пиз д ли бензин и лошадей у немцев! 😅
Un grand merci
The German army was well trained and very professional by the beginning of its invasion into soviet territory, however only a small fraction of its army groups had mechanized divisions, meaning go it’s infantry divisions were marching on foot and using horses like the Napoleon days, their infantry often fell behind their tanks during offensive operations
Isaak zatopek, Did the Russians have more mechanized divisions?
Well trained, but did not have a clue how to dress up for winter...
Unfortunately, since the USA and England declared war on Germany, the Germans could not defeat the Russians and lost the war.
@@konstantinromanenko3254 Of course they knew but they thought they would win the war before winter. The German Army was not designed to fight in the winter because it is simply harder to use the vehicles. They tested this before and Hitler said it himself when he spoke with Mannerheim. You can look it up on CZcams.
А НАША ПЕХОТА НЕ ОТСТАВАЛА ОТ ТАНКОВ. БЕГОМ ПРОБЕЖАЛА ВСЮ ЕВРОПУ.
Wonder what these men would think of modern day Germany 🇩🇪
Degenerierte Scheiße.
Thinking of turning over in their graves.
@@eliseereclus3475 This would be dependent upon which facts you believe. Those of the Victor's or, on reality and history.
I hate this modern world
The modern day Germany is a peaceful state in the World. We built machines and cars, not concentration camps. Yes, my grandfather would like it!
Great Vid. Superb Footage 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Excellent video! Does anyone know the name of the soundtrack?
"In modern war, you will die like a dog for no good reason" -
Ernest Hemingway (this war of mine PC game quote)
Those MG 34 machine guns cycled a lot faster than the soundtrack !
The irony of death and destruction being accompanied with such beautiful music
Simply a beautiful video. The music captures so well the emotion of the footage.
The greatest misfortune in war is to underestimate your enemy." - Sun Tzu
No ~ the greatest misfortune in war is TO LOSE !
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@@drspaseebo410 Here's a victom of loosing, Southeast Asia, 1975. Funny though, we won every battle. A 82nd. Airborne vet.
No, the greatest misfortune is to wake up one morning when the war has already started and you've missed the boat.
Imagine being a German soldier in 1939, when the invasion of Poland took place. You faced combat on an almost daily basis for the next six years. The ones who were killed early on were the lucky ones.
image being a russian soldier and took invasion of poland the same day the germans did...why the heck nobody remember of the russian invasion ?
@@chevymarioana Winners are not judged.
No…..the ones who survived the war and went on to live to old age were the lucky ones.
My farther in law was a German soldier that was killed near the end of the war retreating on the Eastern front. His body has never been recovered and his two children grew up not knowing their farther and his wife always hoped that he wasn't kilted and would return one day. She had to eventually give up in the late 50's and officially declare him dead, only then did she receive a pension. Imagine how hard that must have been to eventually admit that the person you love is no more. War is evil no matter what side you're on.
Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg I never knew him so I can't comment on what you are suggesting. But I can say that the victors write the history and that EVERY army that has ever been has committed unlawful acts of terror. The Germans committed terrible acts during the second world war but don't fool yourself into thinking that the other armies didn't rape and murder also.
Excellent and video, could someone tell me this soundtrack? Thank you
My father was one of the troops solder by then , he told me a lot abut the 11w
RIP Brave soldiers, most of whom never got to grow old, raise families, enjoy our such short lives.
And neither did the people they killed.
In fact, they wasn't that brave, when they start loosing. In east front they had no choice to give up, but at West, they giving up as quick, as they lost advantage in battle.
Former K.G.B. Actually, my grandfather was a Wehrmacht soldier in France, so I have more to say, then you probably.
Lucky bastards l'd rather die young in a senseless war than living my shit live only for the gouvernment and super companies to suck away my life and the lives of my loved ones as a resource of money until my bones are rotten away to satisfy their greed
in war at least your live has some kind of meaning how little it may be
Your words echo what Dwight Eisenhower said when he walked the memorial at Normandy, years after the invasion.
2019, so many shooting video games out there. Imagine if we fight wars trough video games and not face to face.
*Trump challanges china to a 1v1 quickscope*
Um drones...Obama did fight from a screen
Heroes on Battlefield .... r.i.p my ancestors . Never forget
Respect
Great footage .
In 20 years it will be a century. Hard to believe that so much time has passed. But seems so recent.
my uncle never came back from stalingrad...
@@americanopseudopotacie5511 have some damn respect
No one called him either
Sry. Am romanian and my grandfather his run from the war. He must take it for operation barbarosa but he was werry calm man and he dont want kill another people for hitler and antonescu. He leave 90 years old.
The uncle of my grandfather was lucky enough to escape with one of the last flights.
@@datboihans8109 this asshole is russian troll. The waste what he say is no matter. Simply ignore this moron.
having this run silently whilst Du Hast plays hits different
Respect👏
The best men of Germany lost the life in the WWII. If just they could see what's the situation there all could cry. A big love for homeland, god and own german people now is lost forever. I am ethnic german from Italy and I am not able to accept what history reserved for us. A big pray for all the soldiers fallen in this war and for all germans that lost their Heimat....
Is there anyone that pushed you to start genocide war? Who are you to think that everything should belong under your boot? Germany should be dismantled what they have done to human race. Shame on you and your fucking comment.
@@petarst what's about? This comment is zero. Justice is not ethnic cleansing and violence. It's fire. You fight fire with fire. My opinion? That Stalin was not better than Hitler. He stated war together. They made simply a pact to divide Poland like an apple pie. Do you know the Molotov-Rippentrop's pact? You know what red army was able to do? Ask in all east Europe. My wife is polish from Wolyna. Her grandfather was killed by reds not by nazis. And her family was sent in Kazakhstan to live like in a Gulag. And Prussia that was one of riches regions of Germany now is a garbage place where houses remain like after war. Unbelievable that you attack people like me. Our families paid enough after war. I am seriously bored to read comments wrote by people without a minimum sense of the history.
@@walsch80 who is talking about Stalin??
@@petarst it's just exemple. Remember that are winners that write history. People must be objective. Like person with german ancestors I admit that Germany is full of responsibilities for the WWII. But always for this I can grant you that 20 mio people that lived outside the borders of BRD, DDR and Austria paid a lot. Those people lost all. Heimat (homeland), houses, fields, cultural identity, friends and properties. They were beaten, raped, killed. They were treated worst than animals. You don't know how many women were raped or how many children lost their life. Thousands. Hundred of thousands. Who decided to remain had to cover own roots and identity just to survive. After 80 years history delate them. And when you go in Poland you can still see old german scripts on the buildings. From north to south and from east to west. When you write about WWII think about innocent persons and children that paid for crimes. Respect them.
@@walsch80 yes, you read comment from someone who lost 3 grand grand fathers due to austro-german invasion on small independent country, raping and killing women's and children's. In ww1 we lost 1/3 of population and i don't want to talk to you anymore, since i don't know anything about history, but i know how what are germans and what they have done to us.
Wow, they were all so handsome, young, and had a whole life to live. How sad this is.
That's how the Jewas felt!
compo turn Haavara agreement
That's how the Jews felt when being murdered.
compo turn Balfour declaration
@@dingus6317 if you can't be bothered to even explain your post,why the fuck do you bother with cryptic comments? Maybe because you nothing really to say.
The face that comes at 1:49 is none other than Field-Marshal Erich von Manstein. In command of Army Group Don he was charged with the hopeless task of trying to break through to von Paulis’ entrapped 6 th Army at Stalingrad. He later had tactical successes at Kursk. His realistic demands to Hitler for permission to retreat earned him the name of “pisspot strategist”. However he was described by Liddell Hart as “a man who combined modern ideas of manoeuvre, a mastery of technical detail and great driving power.” Sentenced to 18 years by a British court in 1950, von Manstein was freed May 6,1953.
General shlemer in my opinion
@@nadineguidoux5368 Thanks for your comment. But if you mean it is General Hans Schlemmer - impossible. Check WIKIPEDIA - his photo shows a thin faced person. I stand by Von Manstein. Look him up. If it isn't him it's his twin brother which he didn't have.
Лучший военачальник третьего рейха!
One of the paradoxes of the Wehrmacht is that the same military that fielded the ,modern Panzer force and the jet fighter hauled it's artillery with draft animals.
The railway tracks in Ukraine and Russia were narrower than for German trains
hence the military was largely horse drawn.
somehow i'm slowly starting to have the feeling they were not our true enemies !
@Former K.G.B. ....partly correct.....the "deep-state" in USA and England is your enemy!
one peace of it are banksters!
Ofcourse not real enemies arent the ones on the other end of the barrels in combat those are your brothers real enemies are within the rich powers who print money with war like these
@Former K.G.B. ....we have to defeat the SYSTEM, not the people.....not always easy to make any difference.....
@John May
Both were Marxist dictatorships, equally as bad
Today's villains wear suits and kill with the stroke of a pen.
“the Hun, the Germanic people, the Prussians, it’s in their blood, their eyes, their skin, to fight, they are born warriors of the North, from they fought the Romans long ago, they fought the French, the English, the Turks, they breed soldiers, they are fearless, they are Germans-...” - Edwin Burke (British Officer WW1) from his book excerpt 1965
C-A Except Germans are not Huns. That's a British invention, either due to ignorance, or trying to smear the Germans. Perfidious Albion indeed.
At 330 noticed Edelweiss Divison pin which my Opas younger brother Eddie was in. Died in France from wounds March/April 1945. I have a photo of him in uniform n was only 19.
"It is well that war is so terrible, or we should grow too fond of it"
Robert E. Lee, Battle of Telegraph Hill.
Kahana Kahuna, Yes a classic quote from Robert E Lee, the problem is man became fond of war a long time ago look at the last two thousand years and beyond, it renders his quote meaningless..
Kahana Kahuna if that is so then America must think war is a tea party that they do it all the time
Their whole economic system is geared for war ,lucky the great usa is tearing itself apart with hate and idiotic division lol burn baby burn
Their quest [the invasion and occupation of the Philippines as part of the Spanish-American War] was described as a "splendid little war" by Secretary of State John Hay.
Reference: www.nps.gov/prsf/learn/historyculture/spanish-american-war-a-splendid-little-war.htm
So sad.. My heart breaks for all those young men, no more brother wars. Next time we fight it side by side
Inspiro i think they’re covered in snails.
They were following a "superior" sociopath who cared shit about them. Do the same and "next time" you'll share the same graves.
Never again war! Nie mehr Krieg!
@@jorgvonfrundsberg9643 you fucking dumb nazi, such a waste of life
@@sunrisings292 ooo watch out you'll cut your finger with that edge nerd
Excelente video 💪💪💪💪
Great footage
Was die durchmachen mussten (auf beiden Seiten RU + DE) … unvorstellbar....
Was die Zivilisten durchmachen mussten die nichts mit Deutschlands Krieg zutun hatten und als der Russe kam vertrieben wurden... was die dann, wie meine Familie, durchgemacht haben als diese Flüchtlinge dann bei Leipzig von den Russen nach Sibirien ins Arbeitslager verfrachtet wurden... das hat damals keine Sau interessiert im Gegenteil, man war froh die loszuwerden. Heute interessiert auch keinen. (Aber dafür Flüchtlinge der ganzen Welt aufnehmen... während zehntausende Deutsche Hilfe nötig hätten.) 25 Jahre Arbeitslager für ganze Dörfer... mein Opa starb in Sibirien im Arbeitslager. Mein Vater ist da geboren. Nach 25 Jahren durften die wieder zurück. In Deutschland zurück galten sie als Russen. In Russland als Nazis... über die Soldaten gibts Filme ohne Ende... über die Zivilisten schweigt man sich aus...
Die Zukunft sieht auch nicht viel besser aus, dass wird noch ziemlich heftig in Europa !
@@TheMarqesJones ach Dummgelaber. Das Internet hat die Realität verzerrt und das merkt man stark den Leuten an.
@@offengesagt3262 mein Onkel wurde mit gerade mal 17jahren nach Sibirien ins Arbeitslager verschleppt, jedes Jahr ging meine Oma zum Bahnhof wenn die Kriegsgefangenen ankamen. Oma hat 7 lange Jahre auf ihren Sohn warten müssen, als gebrochener Mann kam er zurück.
@@dagisnoopy5090 Ehrenkommentar
Great film... Rip to all the soldier
And the band played the last post and chorus and the pipes played the flowers of the forest. And they did it all over again.
Feb. 24. 2022
God Bless their souls.
Must of given allied soldiers chills hearing that MG-42 fire off in the distance, probably letting them know they'll run into the man behind that gun eventually.
Don’t fight on the wrong side, don’t get cut in half by and MG-42 🤷🏼♂️
@@rustyshackleford3917 that side lost stupid
Zog Grog Sometimes the good guys win a war 🤷🏼♂️ you can kill the man, but never the idea.
@@rustyshackleford3917 I'd say the sound of a flight of P47s and their eight .50 cals or the sound of two 23mm cannons from a flight of IL2s helped kill their idiotic ideas pretty hard.
The guy shooting that gun was quite literally fucked if he got caught alive
The music is nice. I’m sure it made the battles more enjoyable.
never over❤🔥
Great soldiers!
The best
At the beginning, as they march in, they're smiling; at the end as they shuffle through the snow, the smiles are gone.
And now, we smile again. Lol