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Старый ролик, не соответствует действительности. По недавно рассекреченным данным в 2017 году, СССР потеряло 42 миллиона граждан. 19 миллионов военные, остальные мирные жители.
А теперь девушка, ознакомьтесь, кто такие полк Азов на Украине. Посмотрите их флаги. И вы поймёте, почему Россия проводит там спецоперацию. И то что, западные политики говорят, что еврей Зеленский не может быть нацистом, это полная чушь. У нацизма нет национальности.
I recommend watching a series of films Unknown War. This documentary series about the Great Patriotic War (between the USSR and Nazi Germany) was filmed in the 70s of the last century jointly by Americans and Russians. This is the most informative and objective documentary series in which you can see the horror of the war on the eastern front. czcams.com/play/PLhs30iGhgICncex8qB-_Fmej-0HSwy4fH.html
@@HonestMovieReactions I DON'T SEE SHINDLERS LIST IN YOUR SPIELBERG COLLECTION!! DIFFICULT TO WATCH BUT A TRUE STORY MAGNIFICENTLY TOLD BY SPIELBERG WITH A YOUNG LIAM NEESON AS OSKER SHINDLER!! EXCELLENT FILM WITH TRUE LIVING SURVIVORS' STORIES FOR REFERENCE!! A MUST SEE FILM!!!
My grandfathers and brothers of my grandfathers fought. They were Soviet soldiers. One of them worked in the NKVD in the counterintelligence department, he caught German spies. He was also a machine gunner and participated in the liberation of Warsaw, Prague and in the battle for Berlin. I have preserved his documents, medals, photographs, as well as the cap and leather bag that he wore during the war. All this I keep in a wooden box.
With all respect to your ancestors you should know that there was no such thing as a "liberation of Warsaw" by the Soviet army. It was a change of an occupant from German to Soviet.
wait a minute. you are aware that at the beginning of the war Russia and Germany were allies and both attacked Poland from all sides splitting it between them?
@@toneysebits8458 Wait a minute, do you know that Germany and Poland were allies in the beginning and partitioned Czechoslovakia in 1938? Did you know that Britain allowed Germany to have a navy that was banned after WWI? Did you know that the United States exported oil through Spain to Germany, with which the Wehrmacht fought? The USSR was never an ally of Germany. The USSR sponsored the communists against the fascists in civil war in Spain. And thanks to the red army, you don't speak German now
I really appreciate how you value ALL human life Che. I know you will definitely get tons of hate and comments from people that will take sides here. But don't mind them. People take these things so personally, and always feel the 'enemy' is wrong.
I mean it's not the enemy tho,although I love the fact that she values human life so highly( which is something that I don't or at least not to such an extent)we are literally talking about our common enemy something which binds communists and capitalist together is their shared hate of Nazis and fascism.
At the end of the day the vast majority of these soldiers dying were the same regular people that you and I are. If not for the war they would have went on with their lives, continuing the same boring lives that we have- wake up, take a shower, go to work, get groceries, go back home, eat dinner, and maybe go to watch the movies on the weekend. This narrative that they are somehow different or less of a person bc they speak a language you don't understand and celebrate different holidays has been played on humanity for so long that the fact we're still falling for it time and time and time again despite all the evidence pointing to it being stupid is honestly depressing. This tribal instinct that these scumbag "leaders" hijack for their own goals has brought so much unnecessary, avoidable suffering to our world...
No, the Soviet film Come And See directed by Elem Klimov is a much better film, seeing as how Klimov lived through the evacuation of Stalingrad and tried to meticulously re-create, in his film, what the Dirlewanger Division did to Belarusian villages in the film; in all it's grim detail. It is by far and away one of the most uncomfortable films I've ever watched; it's free on CZcams if you look up it's name.
@@noheroespublishing1907 great movie if you want to have a depression for next two weeks :) Jokes aside, it is truly a great movie, but there should be a disclaimer, that it is absolutely horrifying.
@@DarktroopX Yeah, first time I watched it I was a little kid. I remember that the part that I found the most unsettling and horrifying (still find it the scariest part), was that reconnaissance plane that would always appear before something bad happened, just really unsettling
One important thing to know regarding soviet civilian casualties is that the nazis implemented an explicit policy of genocide towards soviet citizens. This was called clearing the "living space" for the german nation. A great soviet movie that touches this theme is called "Иди и смотри" / "Come and see". It is not an easy watch though.
you can also listen to WW2 vets tell their war stories on "You Tube" at Memoirs of WW2, Remember WW2 and many other channels, in their own words with heartfelt emotion.
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@@HonestMovieReactions This is my first time watching you. Yhis is correct; I'll be sure to check out more of your videos. 👍 All the best, Ma'am. *Nods*
This video is so powerful. I really appreciate your empathy Che. I think it's a great idea to react to educational videos relating to movies you've watched, would love to see more!
I definitely agree with your point about nuclear weapons Che. I grew up during the whole Cold War craze here in America - duck and cover and all that. But even thought we lived in constant fear of nuclear war, it is what kept the world from going to war again and again since then. 👍
@@HonestMovieReactions Was a crazy awful time in history...hopefully nothing like this happens again but with the powers of governments and this new technology I seriously doubt it with power and the governments Love of Money and Greed.... keep Faith and Hope and Peace and Love with God ..
You REALLY ought to put "Das Boot: The Director's Cut" and "Downfall" on your Patreon polls for war movies. They are two WWII films that are AMAZING and are taken from the German perspective. They, obviously, do not paint the Nazis in a good light, but they do provide another point of view.
Good films, but I would also recommend watching Come and See if you haven’t. It’s an anti-war film about the Eastern Front in the eyes of a Belarusian kid who tries to join the army pursuing the Nazis.
Das Boot is probably one of the most accurate movies about war you can find. It has elements specially for the film, but the tension and behaviour come clsoe to what we learned from reports from reality
There is a movie about the battle of Stalingrad called "Stalingrad (1993)". It shows the Horrors of that battle pretty good, especially the fight against the freezing cold weather. There are movies showing the German or Russian side. Even with International success, but only with subtitles or bad english dubbing.
@@HonestMovieReactions That´s great, so if you are interested, I´ll leave some suggestions. I already mentioned the Stalingrad movie. Then there is "Das Boot" about a German submarine crew. The movie is based on a book, written by a real WW2 submariner. "Downfall" is also a great movie, was even nominated for an Oscar. The miniseries "Generation War" is a war drama about fighting on the eastern front. I am not against dubbed versions, but most of those movies should be watched with subtitles, because the dubbing often has bad voice actors and is not that great. If you are interested, maybe take a look at the movie trailers first.
Treblinka was an extremely sad place, but not so many stories are told because virtually everyone who was taken there died (about a quarter of a million). It was an extermination camp. Auschwitz, which was a bit more of a prison labor camp, though brutal (over 1 million deaths), had tens of thousands of survivors to tell the tale. Treblinka stories exist, if you search you can find them, though they are fewer and more rare due to hardly any living to tell the tales.
I can say that in Sankt-Peterburg exists one place - Piskarevskoe kladbije ("piskarevka" graveyard). There almost no any tombstones or something and this place mostly look like some small park (500 х 400 meters) but on this 200 000 meters burried about 700 000 citizens who died at siege of Leningrad. 3-4 persons per each meter. Even where is placed building, flowerbeds, roads, trees ... Besides of it. In Sankt-Peterburg exists Park pobedy (Park of the Victory). Is a just a park where often walking people or mamas with a kids. And in this park exists some count of small ponds with ducks and people love to feed'em with bread. But these ponds have one peculiarity - color of sand of these bottom is totaly black. In wild nature is very ordinary thing and u can see this very often but in this case is another reason. In siege of Leningrad times was so many corpses of dead people that was no possibilites to burry them all as normal in groud but near this small park was brick factory with brick kilns. And corpses were brought there from all over the city and burned in these big ovens. But appeared another problem - there was so much ash after corpses burn process that it was unclear what to do with it. So workers just drowned tons of black ash in ponds at park near ... And bottom of these ponds it's still black but currently not many of citizens is really know or remeber why it's still so black ...
I apologize for possible mistakes - the translation into English is automatic. Enemy at the Gates is a very crooked, anti-Soviet "cranberry", which only connects the name of the main character with the real battle for Stalingrad. Which at that time was very fashionable both in the West and in Russia. Come and See - perhaps the most real image of what happened. But watch it only at your own risk. Depression and bad mood after watching - 100% From German films worth watching Stalingrad (1993) and the Iron Cross (1977) Panfilov's 28 Men (2016), Podolsk Cadets (The Last Frontier) (2020), Brest Fortress (Fortress of War) (2010), Battle for Sevastopol (2015), The Star (2002) - Very good modern Russian cinema on the theme of the Great Patriotic War (most are with English subtitles) Hot Snow (1972), They fought for the Motherland (They Fought for Their Country) (1975), Only "Old Men" Are Going Into Battle (1973), The Dawns Here Are Quiet (1972), Ballad of a Soldier (1959), the Liberation trilogy (1968 - 1971) are undoubtedly legendary Soviet films about the War. Well, out of competition - Officers (1971) it covers a huge layer of history in 40 years.
A very powerful video. Another great WW2 movie is Patton which goes into detail about Patton vs. Montgomery and much more. George C. Scott won the academy award for his portrayal. I love your channel keep up the great work!
Well done, as always. I've been both dreading and anticipating this video. While WW2 is a goldmine for trying to understand human conflict, if a person is not upset by the numbers and their implications, something is frankly wrong with them. That said, Stalin was even less of a saint than many people think, because he didn't join the Allies until Hitler came for him, too -- he was perfectly happy to inflict himself on Poland, right along with Hitler. As for Soviet movies, there aren't a lot out there, beyond _Enemy At The Gates,_ at least not in English. However, if you're wanting to learn more from a historical point, versus Hollywood, there is a channel on CZcams called _Montemayor_ , who has an absolutely exceptional series of videos on the Pacific War; I cannot recommend his _Pearl Harbor_ and _Midway_ videos (Midway is in three parts, c. 1.5 hours, total) more highly -- both of them are better than most of what the History Channel has put out in the last ten or fifteen years.
I agree with all of this...though I would add the series Band of Brothers for World War 2 content to react to. But mostly I wanted to recommend a history channel in addition to Montemayor, which I concur is amazing...the channel called The Operations Room has a fair few videos analyzing battle tactics and strategy. The reason I recommend them so highly for Che is that they do a good amount of videos dealing with military actions that have been depicted in film. There are several videos showing the actual battles that were shown in the show Band of Brothers, a 2 part series on the Battle of Mogadishu that was depicted in Blackhawk Down (2001), and many other battles and skirmishes that have been in movies. If Che watches Band of Brothers, it would be a natural pairing to react to the Operations Room tactical analysis of each battle as she see is on the show. 🖖💯✌
@@iKvetch558 Oh, certainly -- and tack on _Liveth For Evermore,_ for good measure, as well as _Battle Order_ -- their video on Op/Serval is magnificent.
Most of the allied countries invaded Russia during their revolution, and also Russia lost huge amounts of land despite playing an absolutely vital role in the allied victory in WW1 (meanwhile France and England gained significant territory). So basically they were betrayed by their allies, so they really shouldn't be blamed at all for not immediately joining in WW2. Maybe the allies should have treated them halfway decently if they wanted their help. As far as the Soviets invading Poland, that land was all part of the Russian Empire at the start of WW1, just about 25 years prior. That doesn't justify it, but it is an important context.
@@travis1574 Not really -- The instant the Bolsheviks took control in Russia, they not only abandoned their alliance with Britain, France, Japan and the other Allies by signing a separate peace treaty with Germany and Austria, they violated one of the most important tenets of diplomacy, by publishing the Imperial Government's secret correspondence with the other Allied powers. It wasn't the Allies who spalled off Finland, Poland and Ukraine from Russia, but Germany (and a few independence movements). And when Lenin came to try and take it back a few years later, he got spanked out of Poland by Pilsudski....You can't even blame the Japanese -- they intervened in the East when Nicholas was deposed but once things had settled down, and the Bolsheviks were in charge, they up-staked and left. Stalin was more than happy to sign an alliance with Hitler, not only because he knew it would get him at least part of Poland, but also because it would humiliate Britain and France -- not because they had done anything to Russia, particularly, but because they represented everything Stalin despised....And Stalin was stupid enough to have apparently believed that Hitler would not attack him any time soon.
Niel did a second video where he covered the impact of a nuclear war, called "Estimating Deaths in a Nuclear War". You might want to check it out! He's also done a few more recent ones too.
It is sad that Stalin did not value human life as much as other countries, this had a significant effect on the over all deaths of soldiers. An incomprehensible horror for all involved.
In а fact, Joseph Stalin and the government of the Soviet Union organized the evacuation of besieged Leningrad and was able to save 1.5 million people, food supplies were also constantly carried out through Lake Ladoga, this road was called the "Road of Life". Before you criticize the Soviet leaders and the USSR, and then express it in the comments, make sure that you are not brainwashed, comrade.
@@user-pd1kw3rg1g But if Stalin wasn’t so paranoid and hadn’t just purged the Red Army it would have been far more effective during the German invasion. Despite warning from Russian intelligence and the US and UK that a German invasion was imminent and despite the fact the the Germans had about 3 million soldiers along the border, he still refused to sign bills to start evacuations until there was an actual invasion. The number of lives lost of soldiers and civilians would have been drastically less if there had been immediate evacuation.
@@js3244 in the war as in the war, the Soviet leadership really made a serious mistake in terms of intelligence, when Richard Sorge (a German and a hero in the USSR) warned Stalin about the Nazi invasion, Stalin ignored this fact, because he trusted Hitler, as a result, he was mistaken. That's what they wrote to us in the history textbooks and I'm inclined to believe it.
Learning about our past is very important as you said it. I also recommend you to watch Schindler's list 1993 / La vita è bella 1997 / The Pianist 2002.
Your point about humanizing these numbers as people is spot on. The best way I have heard it explained was by Timothy Snyder in his book Bloodlands. We have to look at these numbers not as, let's say, 40 million. We need to look at it as 40 million times one. Each one was a person with hopes and dreams and love.
Oh that would be great! Well Paul, I don't mean this as a sales pitch, but if you really enjoy my content, perhaps you can consider joining me on my patreon? 90% of my patreon members are from USA, and I have some others from UK, Australia, Spain, Canada & New Zealand. I have yet to have one from Mexico. Perhaps you could be the first. In fact I am in discussion with one Patreon member about him visiting the country I live in and showing him around on a tour. Anything is possible.
@@HonestMovieReactions I'm in the process of moving to USA myself , once I get there consider it done , I can't wait to see you continue reacting to the Star wars universe.
I have a personal story about WWII ... My paternal grandfather served in US Navy as a Machinist's Mate (basically a mechanic) aboard a ship in the Pacific. Had there been a land invasion of Japan, he would have been part of it. After he returned, he and my grandmother went on to have five healthy children. Those had their own children (my generation) that numbered 2-4 children each. My generation went on to have children, usual 2 to a family. Today, my children's generation are having children, and their numbers are a little higher at 2-4 children. Had there been a land invasion of Japan, there's a strong possibility my grandfather would have been killed. The Japanese were prepared to fight house-by-house, using nothing but tools like pitchforks. They would have fought hand-to-hand if necessary. While my father and one uncle were born shortly before my grandfather enlisted, his death would have meant that two uncles and one aunt would never have born. That means that a huge part of my family, from my parents generation down, would never have been born. Indeed, the circumstances under which my parents met might never had occurred. I know less about my maternal grandfather's service. He fought as an infantryman in Europe. I don't really know much about it, as I was much closer to my paternal grandfather. However, the same thing applies: he had five daughters. Only my mother and one aunt were born shortly before WWII. Had he been killed, the entire progeny of three daughters would not exist today. And again, this could easily have meant that my parents would never have met. Now, I want to preface my next remarks with a very clear statement: *I do not condone the use of nuclear weapons* . However, their use meant the immediate, unconditional surrender of Japan. That meant that my paternal grandfather was spared the fighting that would have ensued, and my family exists as it does today. It's also possible (one can debate it) that it reduced Japanese casualties. They were fanatically devoted to the Emperor, who was at that time considered a god or at least a demi-god. Really. They would have fought to the last person to protect their homeland. The number that would have died is impossible to calculate, but it almost certainly have been greater than the number who died in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Again, *I do not condone the use of nuclear weapons* . However, I cannot ignore the fact that I owe my existence, -- and that of a massive number of my family -- to their use. And finally, one other anecdote: Amazingly, the crew of my grandfather's ship took liberty in Nagasaki -- _after_ it had been nuked. He rather pointedly never talked about the horror that he must have seen.
I guess I might also mention this: My paternal grandparents were cattle-ranchers. My great-grandfather was one of the pioneers who settled in the State of South Dakota. From age 5-15, I spent anywhere from a couple of weeks to a couple of months every summer on my grandparents' cattle ranch. I grew to love the South Dakota prairie. While I grew up in a small city and went on to a successful career in IT (working exclusively in major cities), I still love that land. While my grandparents are now dead and their ranchland largely sold, we still have 40 acres that includes a small house. When my mother dies, her portion of that land will be mine. I intend to renovate the house and then spend the remainder of my life there. However, the really practical point of all this is my channel name. My grandmother's first name was Sylvia, and their cattle brand was the stylized "SYL" that you see if you go to my channel. Yes, I took my grandparents' cattle brand for my channel name. That probably tells you how much I love the South Dakota prairie.
A very interesting point and thank you for sharing your story and your honest opinion my friend 😊👍. Wish you were on patreon where we could talk more freely without worrying about backlash (as I assumed you were worried about through the tone of your comment). But I understand what you mean. It is tragic all of this had to happen.
@@HonestMovieReactions I do wish I could be one of your Patrons, but I think I may have explained before that I'm retired and living on a rather fixed income. I make ends meet, but there's little left for anything else. If you ever find yourself in the Upper Great Plains of the United States, feel free to hit me up! I'm always thrilled to give visitors a tour (though it happens very rarely).
Oh I would love to visit for sure! btw, I do have a Sneak Peek tier if you are keen just to check out what my full length videos are like compared to the heavily edited and cut YT versions. It is $3 😊. Just in case 😉
Think you need to tell your patreons to suggest some comedies soon Che, watching these war films will be depressing you, even if they are generally excellent and thought-provoking! :D
Many people have recommended this to me in my Saving Private Ryan video. I hope to watch the series some day for sure. I am sure it will be voted on my patreon as well.
Can I recommend a book? 'The Unwomanly Face of War' by Svetlana Alexievich. It's about women from the Soviet Union who served in the armed forces during WW2. It's a great book but I think it's especially good because the book is mostly transcripts from interviews with the women who served and therefore, I think, manages to bypass the politics and ideological disputes that skews most Western literature on war on the Eastern Front. You get a real and direct idea of how ordinary, often peasant, Russians (and other Soviets) thought about the war.
Oh I would love to read that some day for sure. Unfortunately right now I am up to my neck with my full time job, my family, this channel and my patreon. I have no time to breath! But I will keep it in mind for a time in the near future (hopefully) where I can relax a bit more! 😉
A GREAT MOVIE WHICH TAKES PLACE LENINGRAD IS CALLED "ENEMY AT THE GATE" WITH JUDE LAW AND ED HARRIS!! EXCELLENT MOVIE OF EASTERN FRONT!! OR RUSSIAN FRONT! FOCUSES ON TWO SNIPERS, ONE RUSSIAN, ONE GERMAN, TRYING TO FIND AND KILL EACH OTHER!! IT'S A LITTLE LONG BUT VERY GOOD!!!
Hello there. Yes some others have also mentioned Enemy at the Gates. I hope to watch it in the future when I re-visit WWII movies again 😊 Btw, I do not think I have seen you comment on my videos before. Are you new? If you are new, I hope you subscribe and watch all my videos and share your thoughts and feelings in the comments 😊. Plenty of videos already on the channel and many more on the way.
I"m glad you watched this for others to see. People especially the younger generation have no clue. I feel if they did, they would have more respect for life.
Oh? Thank you so much Zirob!😊 I believe you are new to my channel right? I hope you subscribe and watch all my videos and let me know your thoughts and feelings in the comments 😊
There's plenty of great WW2 films, but not a lot on WW1. The greatest filmmaker of all time, Stanley Kubrick, made 1 called "Paths of Glory" which is a MUST SEE! & if u get n2 later war films on, say, on Vietnam 4 instance, his "Full Metal Jacket" is a great piece of film-making! & of course, Francis Ford Coppola's "Apocalypse Now" is considered 1 of the best! Having had shell-shocked family members from both WW2 & Vietnam growing up, I've had my fill, so I usually sit these reactions out! But, keep up the good work, Che! I'll catch ya later! ✌ ❤ 🚬
Actually, the main reason we concentrate on auschwitz, is that there were a few survivors. Almost nobody survived Treblinka or Sobibor, or any of the camps that were exclusively death camps.
You enjoyed Saving Private Ryan which is a great movie but is only based loosely on a true event. If you want a really great insight to WW2 then watch the series Band of Brothers which is actually based on a real WW2 unit with interviews from the real troops who actually took part. Like SPJ it was produced and directed by Spielberg and Hanks.
Just for your information American soldiers made up 50% of the D-Day landings. The other 50% were British, Canadians, Free French and British commonwealth countries.
Yes indeed! I wish our world leaders would also watch these and not keep repeating the same mistakes! Btw, I do not think I have seen you comment on my videos before. Are you new? If you are new, I hope you subscribe and watch all my videos and share your thoughts and feelings in the comments 😊. Plenty of videos already on the channel and many more on the way.
Should watch Enemy at the gates. It's about a Russian sniper but has some scenes at the beginning which show a small part of why the casualties were so high
Yes it seems many people recommended Enemy at the Gates in the comments. I guess this is a Hollywood movie about the Eastern Front (or a tiny part of it).
@@HonestMovieReactions yup. The Russians also formed an all female sniper unit which would be a neat rabbit hole to check out in your free time. One of them became famous for her service
My World War II knowledge is very limited, but I have seen statements that control of Stalingrad was of no real military value, which makes what happened there even more horrifying. Apparently, Hitler was determined to take and keep the city simply to humiliate the man after whom it was named, and Stalin was determined to take it back for the same reason, regardless of costs in human life and destruction. Have you ever seen the movie Enemy at the Gates? You could not ask for a clearer picture of the futility of that ongoing battle, continuing with all-out effort on both sides long after the city has been reduced to rubble and is of no further use to anyone.
Hello Richard. Very interesting comment. Sad that such a trivial reason cost the lives of so many soldiers on both sides and civilians of course 😢. No I have not seen Enemy at the Gates yet. All the movies I have watched so far have been voted for on my patreon. I hope to watch Enemy at the Gates some day too 👍
The main reason that Hitler wanted to control Stalingrad was the fact that it was a major railway center, and taking it would have essentially cut off the entire caucuses region, meaning Hitler could take the strategic production center of Baku, that produced much of Russian oil supplies. It was decided that the Caucuses would be taken after Hitler failed to take Moscow. The idea that it was purely about Stalin's name is mainly a propaganda myth that is left over from the war.
The USSR lost so many soldiers because the Germans killed captured Soviet soldiers who were exhausted by 2 million,And also due to the fact that most of the soldiers of the USSR were still children who were from 17 to 20 years old, therefore there were more losses
I personally believe one of the major reasons for such a drastic difference in Russian deaths(as compared to other countries) was the attitude and mind set of Stalin and his regime. In many ways his totalitarian rule is not unlike the Nazi or China for how it dealt with what they considered substandard populations of their own citizens.
The costs the Soviet people paid for the things Stalin did cannot ever be truly calculated. His choice to pursue the Molotov-Ribbentrop in order to induce Germany to attack France first, while simultaneously splitting Poland and giving the USSR a massive and indefensible border with the Schmazis, is a great example of how shortsighted thinking can lead to longer term catastrophes in international relations. 🖖✌
No. First, 2 million (out of 8) Soviet soldiers died in German concentration camps, where they were treated like cattle.Secondly, the lack of a good strategy, because many talented commanders died during the Stalinist repressions. Thirdly, poor and outdated military equipment, which was technologically inferior to Germany by 10 times
Another huge reason for the drastic difference is that fascists absolutely hated communists/socialists. They wanted to exterminate communists same as they did Jews. This is clear from both the origins of fascism, as well as the writings and attitudes of Nazi leaders themselves. They also considered Slavs and other ethnic Eastern Europeans to be inferior humans. The Nazis generally had no such equivalent hatred of Western Europeans. Stalin was certainly a bad man and showed little if any regard for the lives of his people. That contributed to the number of Soviet deaths, but it has absolutely nothing to do with the fact that the vast majority of German deaths occurred in the Eastern front. This video does an excellent job of pointing that out. Stalin got a lot of his own people killed, but Stalin obviously didn't make the decision for Germany to focus a vast majority of their military power on the east. At the end of the day, the disproportionately high number of Soviet deaths is primarily due to the fact that they absolutely carried the war effort against Germany.
Well I’m from Russia and I can say that soviet soldiers was god damn beasts. They fought for their land until last man breathing like for their own mother. Sometimes NKVD squads used to stop retreating soldiers and forced them to attack, sometimes they blast retreating by machine guns but usually soviets fought fanatical willingly.
Welcome then my Russian friend 😊. I wish I had more Russian subscribers too, because 99% of my subs seem to me from USA or the West. It is good to hear opinions and thoughts from people around the world in my opinion.
how painful it is for Russians to look at the fact that Nazism is being revived in Ukraine, 20-30 million lives were given in that war for the freedom of Europe, and as if everything was in vain
Seems like crazy times indeed these days Metabolic_666 😢 Whatever people's political views are of Russia and the conflict in Ukraine today, we should not forget the sacrifice the USSR made during WWII. Btw, I do not think I have seen you comment on my videos before. Are you new? If you are new, I hope you subscribe and watch all my videos and share your thoughts and feelings in the comments 😊. Plenty of videos already on the channel and many more on the way.
@@HonestMovieReactions We Russians have a big holiday today, Victory Day over Fascism, I watch everything related to the World War II every year on May 9
You indicated you hadn't seen movies from the Eastern Front. I highly recommend a Czechoslovak film called, "Closely Watched Trains." It is extraordinary. It concerns the Czech side against the Nazi's. I'm also glad I discovered your channel.
Enemy at the Gates is a worthwhile movie about the eastern front. That said, after WWII, with the rise in conflict between the democracies and the Communist states, both sides wrote the other side out of their WWII narratives. In the Soviet Union, they taught like they won the war alone (without massive American industry, British resources, Allied city bombing, etc) while West just pretends the eastern front never happened. This is why you don't see many movies about it, as we dislike both sides in the West, both the Nazis and Communists.
When a war goes beyond the level of being waged for territory or a sphere of influence, the number of victims increases by leaps and bounds. It doesn't matter whether religious, political or racial dogmas prevail, the parties always start thinking in terms of complete annihilation. Think of the Crusades, the 30-year-old to war, or to the Second World War. The enemies no longer see the other side as human and will do anything for desolation. Somewhere someone starts an atrocity, the other side hits back, and before they realize it, they are already killing each other like rabid animals, without mercy. This is a particularly good example of this the Eastern Front, where the German and Soviet soldiers exterminated the captured enemy with a selective force. In addition, there is a serious war in world history where the military victim is more than the civilian. This is the First World War, "thanks" to modern weapons, and poor medical care. This world is a little sad, where since the end of the Second World War there has not been a day on Earth when there was not a war somewhere. It is not only Europe, and not only North America, there are currently about 30 wars, uprisings, civil wars etc. takes place every single day.
Oh that would be neat. I know there have been 1000s of nuclear tests. May be I can do something like that after I watch some kind of nuclear disaster movie.
If you want to watch a good movie about the conflict at Stalingrad between Russia and Germany, watch Enemy at the Gates! It's based on a real sniper war hero.
A better movie for that is a German movie called "Stalingrad" Historians say thats the best depiction a movie has done about Stalingrad, Historians say Enemy at the Gates sucks ass, it shows the Soviets charging like dumbasses which if you know history, you'll know it's just a myth.
Enemy at the Gates is just some fantasy fiction based on cliches. Real sniper started his military career at the Soviet Pacific Fleet as a financial manager and served for several years before the war had started. And in this movie he was depicted as illiteral rookie.
I strongly recommend that you watch these Soviet films about the WW2 (actually about the "Great Patriotic War"): ...А зори здесь тихие (The Dawns Here Are Quiet) (1972) В бой идут одни «старики» (Only "Old Men" Are Going Into Battle) (1973) And you can read the Wikipedia article "Soviet women in World War II" (or even better, the same article, but in Russian, "Женщины в Великой Отечественной войне" through some translator)
I am glad you enjoyed the video Rashad 😊 Ah my accent is an unknown mix of a few it seems 😂. It is still a mystery on CZcams where I was born, but there is a 1 hour documentary style video over on my patreon which talks about my life etc. Of course I plan to do a 'reveal' video one day for YT too once my channel is much larger.
Definitelly check Battle of Sevastopol and Enemy at the Gates. From Western front its worth to check Band of Brothers HBO series. BTW I visited Auschwitz camp once and when I was there I was able to feel pure hopelessness. Had full tour thru camp and I really recomend it to everyone who wants to learn from human history and who want to learn history which should not be repeated.
Thanks a lot for the reaction! In the first part of the invasion, the Red Army was not prepared for war. The soldiers of the Soviet army were forced to attack: if you didn't, someone from your army would shoot you. A single step back was considered a betrayal to the Motherland. Many Soviet soldiers were forced to move forward and attack without ammunition. It was a matter of life and death. You just had to choose whether to die at the hands of the enemy, or your partner. Stalingrad became soon a hell of a Mayhem: the soldiers wasted their lives only to gain a little street of the city. Every single meter of the city was a matter of Life or Death. As for Leningrad, there were cases of cannibalism. Some ate pets, others glue so as not to feel hungry. In the winter of '42, the bodies of the inhabitants were abandoned on the streets. Hunger didn't give you the strength to collect your loved ones and bury them. The city could have surrendered, but it never did. I read that a poet who experienced the siege wrote that "the tears flowed away from the faces of the people of Leningrad". In another words: they were likes zombies but with the huge will to defend their home. I personally have a great grandfather who was in the red army. Lost somewhere in the snow. He never came back from the war. My great-grandmother died during the battle of Moscow. My grandmother was orphaned, as were many of her children from her generation, unhappily known as the "fatherless" generation. They say that in every family in the Soviet Union there is at least one loss. If you want to better know the history of the Eastern Front, I recommend the film "Come and see", directed by Klimov. It's not a typical war movie. You will understand why only if you "go see it". Another valid film is "The Ascent" by Larisa Shepitko, the wife if Klimov. Both the directors experienced the war. PS. In the ex Soviet Union countries, the Victory Day is considered as a Sacred Day. In Russia it is better known as the "day with the tears in the eyes". Peace.
Keep in mind that the populations of these countries were also far LESS than they are today. The population of the U.S. in 1940 was 132,164,569 [current population is 331,002,647]. So, the loss of 250,000 men was a very severe dent in the overall population. Also, something to remember; many of those Soviet casualties were caused by their own government. When soviet troops tried to fall back during an attack, they were shot to death by their own Political Officers.
Documentary shows that include maps of territories controlled by each nation in World War II are also interesting to watch and listen to. I watch some of those documentary shows finding how quickly Germany captured territories and how allies won them back and what year and casualties to win them back. The futility of nations at war is sensed by the nations of NATO. Today conflicts of Iran and North Korean interests in having nuclear weapons is more alarming because they have the least to lose vs what they mentally think they'll gain. Russia, China and the United States are the biggest super power nations with enormous nuclear weapons technologies and supplies and will predominantly decide the fate of any great future wars humans will attempt. Meanwhile rogue nations like Iran and North Korea will try to make headways because their economic situations seem to include having war influences they are associated with (Iran and its tentacles throughout the entire Middle East).
Hello my Russian friend! 😊 Good to have you on the channel. I hope you subscribe and watch all my videos and let me know your thoughts and feelings in the comments 😊. I am always keen to hear different perspectives from people around the world.
If you want to watch a movie that did a good job in showing the eastern front in a less biased way, I could recommend stalingrad 1993 (not the new russian one).
After the first WW it was probably the most horrifying war we humans have seen. Oh, also it's pretty disrespectful to call all German soldiers nazis. Many of the had nothing to do with the party or ideology and were just conscripted to fight for their country.
One thing I wish this would have taken into account, is the history of the world population vs deaths in war. There are some things that are hard to attribute into the graphs, like technological improvements. For instance precision bombing has drastically reduced civilian casualties..but how do you quantify that the farther back in Earths history? I find this all very interesting...I wish more of history would be taught in schools. I think it would help citizens understand political consequences.
They actually do compare deaths in previous wars and plagues and such to the population of the World at those times...all the way near the end of the video. I have not watched all the way to there...I hope Che did not cut off that end part.
@@HonestMovieReactions oh, I didn't mean to imply that you did. I just wish it would have been a topic for comparison in the original videos data points. 👍👍
As an immigrant from Russia at the age of 7 to the USA, I still suffer inside knowing so many of my people have been exterminated over the centuries. Ugo Slavia comrades.
You should watch the movie Stalingrad from 1993 and the movie Das Boot from 1981. There is also a TV mini series Das Boot from 1985 that is more or less a longer version of the 1981 movie.
Enemy at the Gates. Jude Law, Ed Harris. It’s about the Battle of Stalingrad from the point of view of a Russian soldier, Vasily Zaitsev, who really existed, though I’m not sure he was a conscript, and a German as well, to a lesser extent.
@@HonestMovieReactions I am a (was, heheheh) a NATO Soldier. Canadian. I agree with you, and the producer of this film, war is no less horrible now than it was in the 1940’s, or 1840’s, etc. but a single death now is recognized as a tragedy, and not simply to the person dying. There was a man, a General, named Carl von Clausewitz, he is often quoted as saying “War is simply the continuation of political intercourse with the addition of other means.” Warfare, it seems, is exercised through that which is considered politically acceptable to the governed. It is very gratifying for an old man to see a young person reacting with horror to numbers like that. As you say, the nationality of the dying is irrelevant to the one doing it.
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Старый ролик, не соответствует действительности. По недавно рассекреченным данным в 2017 году, СССР потеряло 42 миллиона граждан. 19 миллионов военные, остальные мирные жители.
А теперь девушка, ознакомьтесь, кто такие полк Азов на Украине. Посмотрите их флаги. И вы поймёте, почему Россия проводит там спецоперацию. И то что, западные политики говорят, что еврей Зеленский не может быть нацистом, это полная чушь. У нацизма нет национальности.
I recommend watching a series of films Unknown War. This documentary series about the Great Patriotic War (between the USSR and Nazi Germany) was filmed in the 70s of the last century jointly by Americans and Russians. This is the most informative and objective documentary series in which you can see the horror of the war on the eastern front. czcams.com/play/PLhs30iGhgICncex8qB-_Fmej-0HSwy4fH.html
@@HonestMovieReactions I DON'T SEE SHINDLERS LIST IN YOUR SPIELBERG COLLECTION!! DIFFICULT TO WATCH BUT A TRUE STORY MAGNIFICENTLY TOLD BY SPIELBERG WITH A YOUNG LIAM NEESON AS OSKER SHINDLER!!
EXCELLENT FILM WITH TRUE LIVING SURVIVORS' STORIES FOR REFERENCE!!
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"Come and See" fantastic Soviet Era movie from the Soviet side of WW2. It is a brutal movie.
Many people have recommended it to me. I definitely hope to watch it some day too
@@HonestMovieReactions Very brutal movie...pulls no punches.
My grandfathers and brothers of my grandfathers fought. They were Soviet soldiers. One of them worked in the NKVD in the counterintelligence department, he caught German spies. He was also a machine gunner and participated in the liberation of Warsaw, Prague and in the battle for Berlin. I have preserved his documents, medals, photographs, as well as the cap and leather bag that he wore during the war. All this I keep in a wooden box.
It is great that you preserve them and hold their memories dear and close to your heart my friend 😊👍
With all respect to your ancestors you should know that there was no such thing as a "liberation of Warsaw" by the Soviet army. It was a change of an occupant from German to Soviet.
wait a minute. you are aware that at the beginning of the war Russia and Germany were allies and both attacked Poland from all sides splitting it between them?
@@toneysebits8458 Wait a minute, do you know that Germany and Poland were allies in the beginning and partitioned Czechoslovakia in 1938? Did you know that Britain allowed Germany to have a navy that was banned after WWI? Did you know that the United States exported oil through Spain to Germany, with which the Wehrmacht fought? The USSR was never an ally of Germany. The USSR sponsored the communists against the fascists in civil war in Spain. And thanks to the red army, you don't speak German now
“Liberation” of Warsaw you mean. Because it wasn’t at all liberated.
Totally devastating seeing the utter destruction caused by this war! Let is hope and pray that no such world war ever happens again! 🙏🤞
Yes indeed my friend
I really appreciate how you value ALL human life Che. I know you will definitely get tons of hate and comments from people that will take sides here. But don't mind them. People take these things so personally, and always feel the 'enemy' is wrong.
Oh it's OK. I mean, we can all have different opinions.
I mean it's not the enemy tho,although I love the fact that she values human life so highly( which is something that I don't or at least not to such an extent)we are literally talking about our common enemy something which binds communists and capitalist together is their shared hate of Nazis and fascism.
At the end of the day the vast majority of these soldiers dying were the same regular people that you and I are. If not for the war they would have went on with their lives, continuing the same boring lives that we have- wake up, take a shower, go to work, get groceries, go back home, eat dinner, and maybe go to watch the movies on the weekend.
This narrative that they are somehow different or less of a person bc they speak a language you don't understand and celebrate different holidays has been played on humanity for so long that the fact we're still falling for it time and time and time again despite all the evidence pointing to it being stupid is honestly depressing. This tribal instinct that these scumbag "leaders" hijack for their own goals has brought so much unnecessary, avoidable suffering to our world...
“Their helplessness sounds the same.” Truly a fan of who you are and your channel.
Thank you Blackbird
Enemy at the gates is a great ww2 movie told from the Russian perspective
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No, the Soviet film Come And See directed by Elem Klimov is a much better film, seeing as how Klimov lived through the evacuation of Stalingrad and tried to meticulously re-create, in his film, what the Dirlewanger Division did to Belarusian villages in the film; in all it's grim detail. It is by far and away one of the most uncomfortable films I've ever watched; it's free on CZcams if you look up it's name.
@@noheroespublishing1907 great movie if you want to have a depression for next two weeks :)
Jokes aside, it is truly a great movie, but there should be a disclaimer, that it is absolutely horrifying.
I’d say if you want the Soviet perspective, Come And See is much better
Edit: is Hacksaw Ridge good? I haven’t seen it
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Yeah, first time I watched it I was a little kid. I remember that the part that I found the most unsettling and horrifying (still find it the scariest part), was that reconnaissance plane that would always appear before something bad happened, just really unsettling
Thank you for watching this and sharing your thoughts with us btw. This is a fantastic video that puts all of WWII into perspective.
You are most welcome. I really enjoyed learning from this amazing video
One important thing to know regarding soviet civilian casualties is that the nazis implemented an explicit policy of genocide towards soviet citizens. This was called clearing the "living space" for the german nation.
A great soviet movie that touches this theme is called "Иди и смотри" / "Come and see". It is not an easy watch though.
An estimated 20m of the Soviet deaths were from Stalin's orders/decisions.
@@sergiogonzalez1295 It's 300 000 trillion deaths actually. Half of these people Stalin personally ate for breakfast.
Many people have recommended Come and See to me. I hope to watch it some day for sure 👍
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you can also listen to WW2 vets tell their war stories on "You Tube" at Memoirs of WW2, Remember WW2 and many other channels, in their own words with heartfelt emotion.
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Great reaction. Much respect. All the best on your channel.
"History is a nightmare from which I am still trying to awake"
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Btw, I do not think I have seen you comment on my videos before. Are you new? If you are new, I hope you subscribe and watch all my videos and share your thoughts and feelings in the comments 😊. Plenty of videos for you to enjoy on the channel and plenty more on the way.
@@HonestMovieReactions This is my first time watching you. Yhis is correct;
I'll be sure to check out more of your videos. 👍
All the best, Ma'am. *Nods*
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Thank you for exposing more people to more history!
You are more than welcome Gary 😊
This is the best history lesson I have attended, with a crying 😢 teacher ! Regards and respect 🙏 Che, keep up the good works
😂👍 Glad you enjoyed my emotional history lesson. Well, actually I am also another student here! Neil is the teacher 😉
Fantastic! This really puts me into tears hahhaa
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8:29 The moment that started to break poor Che 😢
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This video is so powerful. I really appreciate your empathy Che.
I think it's a great idea to react to educational videos relating to movies you've watched, would love to see more!
Thank you Sheepsky 😊. I was more than happy to watch this and learn from it. I am keen to know the reality of the movies I have watched.
I definitely agree with your point about nuclear weapons Che. I grew up during the whole Cold War craze here in America - duck and cover and all that. But even thought we lived in constant fear of nuclear war, it is what kept the world from going to war again and again since then. 👍
A tragic irony
@@HonestMovieReactions Was a crazy awful time in history...hopefully nothing like this happens again but with the powers of governments and this new technology I seriously doubt it with power and the governments Love of Money and Greed.... keep Faith and Hope and Peace and Love with God ..
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And know Putin warns Europe to help Ukraine otherwise we throw nuclear bombs 🔙 asshole
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You REALLY ought to put "Das Boot: The Director's Cut" and "Downfall" on your Patreon polls for war movies. They are two WWII films that are AMAZING and are taken from the German perspective. They, obviously, do not paint the Nazis in a good light, but they do provide another point of view.
Good films, but I would also recommend watching Come and See if you haven’t. It’s an anti-war film about the Eastern Front in the eyes of a Belarusian kid who tries to join the army pursuing the Nazis.
Thank you Dan
@@HonestMovieReactions Not a problem. :) Enjoy!
Das Boot is probably one of the most accurate movies about war you can find. It has elements specially for the film, but the tension and behaviour come clsoe to what we learned from reports from reality
Regarding Das Boot, if you have the time, choose the long version that was a mini series back in the eighties. And watch it in the dark. ;-)
In the Soviet Union, the deaths of WWII are called "the lost generation."
Makes total sense 👍
97% of men born in 1922 were dead by 1945. Terrifying stuff!
There is a movie about the battle of Stalingrad called "Stalingrad (1993)". It shows the Horrors of that battle pretty good, especially the fight against the freezing cold weather. There are movies showing the German or Russian side. Even with International success, but only with subtitles or bad english dubbing.
I see. I would love to watch movies from the Eastern Front or German side of things too.
@@HonestMovieReactions That´s great, so if you are interested, I´ll leave some suggestions. I already mentioned the Stalingrad movie. Then there is "Das Boot" about a German submarine crew. The movie is based on a book, written by a real WW2 submariner. "Downfall" is also a great movie, was even nominated for an Oscar. The miniseries "Generation War" is a war drama about fighting on the eastern front. I am not against dubbed versions, but most of those movies should be watched with subtitles, because the dubbing often has bad voice actors and is not that great. If you are interested, maybe take a look at the movie trailers first.
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Treblinka was an extremely sad place, but not so many stories are told because virtually everyone who was taken there died (about a quarter of a million). It was an extermination camp. Auschwitz, which was a bit more of a prison labor camp, though brutal (over 1 million deaths), had tens of thousands of survivors to tell the tale. Treblinka stories exist, if you search you can find them, though they are fewer and more rare due to hardly any living to tell the tales.
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I can say that in Sankt-Peterburg exists one place - Piskarevskoe kladbije ("piskarevka" graveyard). There almost no any tombstones or something and this place mostly look like some small park (500 х 400 meters) but on this 200 000 meters burried about 700 000 citizens who died at siege of Leningrad. 3-4 persons per each meter. Even where is placed building, flowerbeds, roads, trees ...
Besides of it. In Sankt-Peterburg exists Park pobedy (Park of the Victory). Is a just a park where often walking people or mamas with a kids. And in this park exists some count of small ponds with ducks and people love to feed'em with bread. But these ponds have one peculiarity - color of sand of these bottom is totaly black. In wild nature is very ordinary thing and u can see this very often but in this case is another reason. In siege of Leningrad times was so many corpses of dead people that was no possibilites to burry them all as normal in groud but near this small park was brick factory with brick kilns. And corpses were brought there from all over the city and burned in these big ovens. But appeared another problem - there was so much ash after corpses burn process that it was unclear what to do with it. So workers just drowned tons of black ash in ponds at park near ...
And bottom of these ponds it's still black but currently not many of citizens is really know or remeber why it's still so black ...
This topic is really touching mostly because these were real lives, Nice to see you glowing as usual @che
Glad you enjoyed Lydia. It is very educational indeed!
The perfect word here is Awesome 👌 ths data is priceless- thanks Che
Glad you enjoyed Kennedy 😊👍
I apologize for possible mistakes - the translation into English is automatic.
Enemy at the Gates is a very crooked, anti-Soviet "cranberry", which only connects the name of the main character with the real battle for Stalingrad. Which at that time was very fashionable both in the West and in Russia.
Come and See - perhaps the most real image of what happened. But watch it only at your own risk. Depression and bad mood after watching - 100%
From German films worth watching Stalingrad (1993) and the Iron Cross (1977)
Panfilov's 28 Men (2016), Podolsk Cadets (The Last Frontier) (2020), Brest Fortress (Fortress of War) (2010), Battle for Sevastopol (2015), The Star (2002) - Very good modern Russian cinema on the theme of the Great Patriotic War (most are with English subtitles)
Hot Snow (1972), They fought for the Motherland (They Fought for Their Country) (1975), Only "Old Men" Are Going Into Battle (1973), The Dawns Here Are Quiet (1972), Ballad of a Soldier (1959), the Liberation trilogy (1968 - 1971) are undoubtedly legendary Soviet films about the War. Well, out of competition - Officers (1971) it covers a huge layer of history in 40 years.
Ah I see. Thank you for the detailed comment 😊👍
Thank you for your sincere reaction and recognition of the fallen heroes (not nazis).
Take care.
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Do you mean nazis or German soldiers?
A very powerful video. Another great WW2 movie is Patton which goes into detail about Patton vs. Montgomery and much more. George C. Scott won the academy award for his portrayal. I love your channel keep up the great work!
Glad you enjoyed the video James 👍
WATERLOO is a great historical movie Rod Stiger and Christopher Plummer at their best.
Hello Frank Gunner 😊. Yes someone else also recommended this movie to me in another video. Seems interesting for sure.
Well done, as always. I've been both dreading and anticipating this video. While WW2 is a goldmine for trying to understand human conflict, if a person is not upset by the numbers and their implications, something is frankly wrong with them. That said, Stalin was even less of a saint than many people think, because he didn't join the Allies until Hitler came for him, too -- he was perfectly happy to inflict himself on Poland, right along with Hitler.
As for Soviet movies, there aren't a lot out there, beyond _Enemy At The Gates,_ at least not in English. However, if you're wanting to learn more from a historical point, versus Hollywood, there is a channel on CZcams called _Montemayor_ , who has an absolutely exceptional series of videos on the Pacific War; I cannot recommend his _Pearl Harbor_ and _Midway_ videos (Midway is in three parts, c. 1.5 hours, total) more highly -- both of them are better than most of what the History Channel has put out in the last ten or fifteen years.
I agree with all of this...though I would add the series Band of Brothers for World War 2 content to react to.
But mostly I wanted to recommend a history channel in addition to Montemayor, which I concur is amazing...the channel called The Operations Room has a fair few videos analyzing battle tactics and strategy. The reason I recommend them so highly for Che is that they do a good amount of videos dealing with military actions that have been depicted in film. There are several videos showing the actual battles that were shown in the show Band of Brothers, a 2 part series on the Battle of Mogadishu that was depicted in Blackhawk Down (2001), and many other battles and skirmishes that have been in movies. If Che watches Band of Brothers, it would be a natural pairing to react to the Operations Room tactical analysis of each battle as she see is on the show. 🖖💯✌
@@iKvetch558 Oh, certainly -- and tack on _Liveth For Evermore,_ for good measure, as well as _Battle Order_ -- their video on Op/Serval is magnificent.
Most of the allied countries invaded Russia during their revolution, and also Russia lost huge amounts of land despite playing an absolutely vital role in the allied victory in WW1 (meanwhile France and England gained significant territory). So basically they were betrayed by their allies, so they really shouldn't be blamed at all for not immediately joining in WW2. Maybe the allies should have treated them halfway decently if they wanted their help.
As far as the Soviets invading Poland, that land was all part of the Russian Empire at the start of WW1, just about 25 years prior. That doesn't justify it, but it is an important context.
@@travis1574 Not really -- The instant the Bolsheviks took control in Russia, they not only abandoned their alliance with Britain, France, Japan and the other Allies by signing a separate peace treaty with Germany and Austria, they violated one of the most important tenets of diplomacy, by publishing the Imperial Government's secret correspondence with the other Allied powers. It wasn't the Allies who spalled off Finland, Poland and Ukraine from Russia, but Germany (and a few independence movements). And when Lenin came to try and take it back a few years later, he got spanked out of Poland by Pilsudski....You can't even blame the Japanese -- they intervened in the East when Nicholas was deposed but once things had settled down, and the Bolsheviks were in charge, they up-staked and left.
Stalin was more than happy to sign an alliance with Hitler, not only because he knew it would get him at least part of Poland, but also because it would humiliate Britain and France -- not because they had done anything to Russia, particularly, but because they represented everything Stalin despised....And Stalin was stupid enough to have apparently believed that Hitler would not attack him any time soon.
Oh really? I actually really want to watch some movies about the Eastern Front as well!
Niel did a second video where he covered the impact of a nuclear war, called "Estimating Deaths in a Nuclear War". You might want to check it out! He's also done a few more recent ones too.
It is sad that Stalin did not value human life as much as other countries, this had a significant effect on the over all deaths of soldiers. An incomprehensible horror for all involved.
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In а fact, Joseph Stalin and the government of the Soviet Union organized the evacuation of besieged Leningrad and was able to save 1.5 million people, food supplies were also constantly carried out through Lake Ladoga, this road was called the "Road of Life". Before you criticize the Soviet leaders and the USSR, and then express it in the comments, make sure that you are not brainwashed, comrade.
@@user-pd1kw3rg1g But if Stalin wasn’t so paranoid and hadn’t just purged the Red Army it would have been far more effective during the German invasion.
Despite warning from Russian intelligence and the US and UK that a German invasion was imminent and despite the fact the the Germans had about 3 million soldiers along the border, he still refused to sign bills to start evacuations until there was an actual invasion.
The number of lives lost of soldiers and civilians would have been drastically less if there had been immediate evacuation.
@@js3244 in the war as in the war, the Soviet leadership really made a serious mistake in terms of intelligence, when Richard Sorge (a German and a hero in the USSR) warned Stalin about the Nazi invasion, Stalin ignored this fact, because he trusted Hitler, as a result, he was mistaken. That's what they wrote to us in the history textbooks and I'm inclined to believe it.
@@user-pd1kw3rg1g yeah it also says he is responsible for the starvation of millions in Ukraine
Excellent review
Thank you so much 😊
Learning about our past is very important as you said it. I also recommend you to watch Schindler's list 1993 / La vita è bella 1997 / The Pianist 2002.
Hello Jorge 😊. Yes I definitely want to watch Schindler's List some day for sure
Your point about humanizing these numbers as people is spot on. The best way I have heard it explained was by Timothy Snyder in his book Bloodlands. We have to look at these numbers not as, let's say, 40 million. We need to look at it as 40 million times one. Each one was a person with hopes and dreams and love.
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Awe thank you Paul Lopez! 😊👍
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Oh that would be great!
Well Paul, I don't mean this as a sales pitch, but if you really enjoy my content, perhaps you can consider joining me on my patreon? 90% of my patreon members are from USA, and I have some others from UK, Australia, Spain, Canada & New Zealand. I have yet to have one from Mexico. Perhaps you could be the first.
In fact I am in discussion with one Patreon member about him visiting the country I live in and showing him around on a tour. Anything is possible.
@@HonestMovieReactions I'm in the process of moving to USA myself , once I get there consider it done , I can't wait to see you continue reacting to the Star wars universe.
Well Paul, I actually have reacted to 6 Star Wars movies on my channel. The entire Original Trilogy, and also the Prequels 😊
I have a personal story about WWII ...
My paternal grandfather served in US Navy as a Machinist's Mate (basically a mechanic) aboard a ship in the Pacific. Had there been a land invasion of Japan, he would have been part of it.
After he returned, he and my grandmother went on to have five healthy children. Those had their own children (my generation) that numbered 2-4 children each. My generation went on to have children, usual 2 to a family. Today, my children's generation are having children, and their numbers are a little higher at 2-4 children.
Had there been a land invasion of Japan, there's a strong possibility my grandfather would have been killed. The Japanese were prepared to fight house-by-house, using nothing but tools like pitchforks. They would have fought hand-to-hand if necessary.
While my father and one uncle were born shortly before my grandfather enlisted, his death would have meant that two uncles and one aunt would never have born. That means that a huge part of my family, from my parents generation down, would never have been born. Indeed, the circumstances under which my parents met might never had occurred.
I know less about my maternal grandfather's service. He fought as an infantryman in Europe. I don't really know much about it, as I was much closer to my paternal grandfather. However, the same thing applies: he had five daughters. Only my mother and one aunt were born shortly before WWII. Had he been killed, the entire progeny of three daughters would not exist today. And again, this could easily have meant that my parents would never have met.
Now, I want to preface my next remarks with a very clear statement:
*I do not condone the use of nuclear weapons* .
However, their use meant the immediate, unconditional surrender of Japan. That meant that my paternal grandfather was spared the fighting that would have ensued, and my family exists as it does today.
It's also possible (one can debate it) that it reduced Japanese casualties. They were fanatically devoted to the Emperor, who was at that time considered a god or at least a demi-god. Really. They would have fought to the last person to protect their homeland. The number that would have died is impossible to calculate, but it almost certainly have been greater than the number who died in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Again, *I do not condone the use of nuclear weapons* . However, I cannot ignore the fact that I owe my existence, -- and that of a massive number of my family -- to their use.
And finally, one other anecdote:
Amazingly, the crew of my grandfather's ship took liberty in Nagasaki -- _after_ it had been nuked. He rather pointedly never talked about the horror that he must have seen.
I guess I might also mention this:
My paternal grandparents were cattle-ranchers. My great-grandfather was one of the pioneers who settled in the State of South Dakota. From age 5-15, I spent anywhere from a couple of weeks to a couple of months every summer on my grandparents' cattle ranch.
I grew to love the South Dakota prairie. While I grew up in a small city and went on to a successful career in IT (working exclusively in major cities), I still love that land. While my grandparents are now dead and their ranchland largely sold, we still have 40 acres that includes a small house. When my mother dies, her portion of that land will be mine.
I intend to renovate the house and then spend the remainder of my life there.
However, the really practical point of all this is my channel name. My grandmother's first name was Sylvia, and their cattle brand was the stylized "SYL" that you see if you go to my channel.
Yes, I took my grandparents' cattle brand for my channel name. That probably tells you how much I love the South Dakota prairie.
A very interesting point and thank you for sharing your story and your honest opinion my friend 😊👍. Wish you were on patreon where we could talk more freely without worrying about backlash (as I assumed you were worried about through the tone of your comment).
But I understand what you mean. It is tragic all of this had to happen.
I would love to visit that area of the USA some day. Looks amazing!
@@HonestMovieReactions I do wish I could be one of your Patrons, but I think I may have explained before that I'm retired and living on a rather fixed income. I make ends meet, but there's little left for anything else.
If you ever find yourself in the Upper Great Plains of the United States, feel free to hit me up! I'm always thrilled to give visitors a tour (though it happens very rarely).
Oh I would love to visit for sure!
btw, I do have a Sneak Peek tier if you are keen just to check out what my full length videos are like compared to the heavily edited and cut YT versions.
It is $3 😊. Just in case 😉
Think you need to tell your patreons to suggest some comedies soon Che, watching these war films will be depressing you, even if they are generally excellent and thought-provoking! :D
😁😂👍 Funny thing is, just two days ago, they themselves were saying this very thing! A comedy is coming up next!
@@HonestMovieReactions Ah good stuff, need some levity after such heaviness.
😉 Blazing Saddles is up on my patreon. I am working on a CZcams version currently. My previous 2 versions got copyright claims... no surprise there!
It's hard to find a movie about Treblinka because of the roughly 900.000 people send there, only 67 survived...
schindler's List is a movie you need to see.
I will definitely watch it some day 👍
When hundred die, it's a tragedy.
When million die, it's a statistics.
Enemy at the Gates is about Stalingrad battle.
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WW2 in Color is a good documentary series. Enemy at the Gates is a good movie showing some aspects of Russia vs Germany.
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This made me cry too
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Watch Band of Brothers, you won't regret. Amazing WW2 series by HBO directed by Speilberg and Tom Hanks.
Many people have recommended this to me in my Saving Private Ryan video. I hope to watch the series some day for sure. I am sure it will be voted on my patreon as well.
I TOTALLY agree with you about NUKES! I hate nukes, but nukes stopped us from being nuked! If that makes any sense 😂
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Can I recommend a book? 'The Unwomanly Face of War' by Svetlana Alexievich. It's about women from the Soviet Union who served in the armed forces during WW2. It's a great book but I think it's especially good because the book is mostly transcripts from interviews with the women who served and therefore, I think, manages to bypass the politics and ideological disputes that skews most Western literature on war on the Eastern Front. You get a real and direct idea of how ordinary, often peasant, Russians (and other Soviets) thought about the war.
Oh I would love to read that some day for sure. Unfortunately right now I am up to my neck with my full time job, my family, this channel and my patreon. I have no time to breath! But I will keep it in mind for a time in the near future (hopefully) where I can relax a bit more! 😉
A GREAT MOVIE WHICH TAKES PLACE LENINGRAD IS CALLED "ENEMY AT THE GATE" WITH JUDE LAW AND ED HARRIS!!
EXCELLENT MOVIE OF EASTERN FRONT!! OR RUSSIAN FRONT!
FOCUSES ON TWO SNIPERS, ONE RUSSIAN, ONE GERMAN, TRYING TO FIND AND KILL EACH OTHER!!
IT'S A LITTLE LONG BUT VERY GOOD!!!
Hello there. Yes some others have also mentioned Enemy at the Gates. I hope to watch it in the future when I re-visit WWII movies again 😊
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Give her a like, she deserve it.
Glad you enjoyed the video Jorge 😊
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I really did, thank you. You are honest. n_n
Thank you Jorge 😊. I hope you subscribe and watch all my videos and share your thoughts and feelings in the comments 😊
@@HonestMovieReactions I will! :D
I"m glad you watched this for others to see. People especially the younger generation have no clue. I feel if they did, they would have more respect for life.
I agree 👍
You have a sweet voice and a wonderful way to introduce the video. :)
Oh? Thank you so much Zirob!😊 I believe you are new to my channel right? I hope you subscribe and watch all my videos and let me know your thoughts and feelings in the comments 😊
My grandfathers were most likely on this list. 😔 both of them were just kids who never had the chance to become fathers.
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In the countries of the former USSR they call it a holiday with tears in their eyes
Thank you.
You are most welcome
There's plenty of great WW2 films, but not a lot on WW1. The greatest filmmaker of all time, Stanley Kubrick, made 1 called "Paths of Glory" which is a MUST SEE! & if u get n2 later war films on, say, on Vietnam 4 instance, his "Full Metal Jacket" is a great piece of film-making! & of course, Francis Ford Coppola's "Apocalypse Now" is considered 1 of the best! Having had shell-shocked family members from both WW2 & Vietnam growing up, I've had my fill, so I usually sit these reactions out! But, keep up the good work, Che! I'll catch ya later! ✌ ❤ 🚬
Thanks for stopping by my friend 😊
Actually, the main reason we concentrate on auschwitz, is that there were a few survivors. Almost nobody survived Treblinka or Sobibor, or any of the camps that were exclusively death camps.
Good point Michael 👍
Everyone allways talks about western front taking Cream on top of The cake but eastern front was riddiculously brutal
You enjoyed Saving Private Ryan which is a great movie but is only based loosely on a true event. If you want a really great insight to WW2 then watch the series Band of Brothers which is actually based on a real WW2 unit with interviews from the real troops who actually took part. Like SPJ it was produced and directed by Spielberg and Hanks.
I hope to watch it some day for sure
Just for your information American soldiers made up 50% of the D-Day landings. The other 50% were British, Canadians, Free French and British commonwealth countries.
What scares me the most is that this is about to happen again soon, and with current technology, you can expect over 1 billion dead!
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I think Einstein said I don't know how ww3 will be fought but ww4 will be fought with sticks and stones.
Two more movies I would recommend are the big red one and enemy at the gates.
Seems many people have recommended Enemy at the Gates to me. How is the Big Red One? Eastern Front related? (no spoilers please).
Great review. A good movie to watch about the battle of Stalingrad is "An enemy at the gate".
I hope to watch it some day 😊
The numbers bolster my conviction to not repeat the same mistakes.
Yes indeed! I wish our world leaders would also watch these and not keep repeating the same mistakes!
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Enemy at the Gates is the only WW2 film made in the West showing the soviet side that I know of.
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good movie about the eastern front - Come and See (1985)
about the japanese invasion in China - City of life and death (2009)
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Of the past 3,400 years, humans have been entirely at peace for 268 of them, or just 8 percent of recorded history.
Truly tragic indeed and shows our real human nature! I hope we can change some day 🙏
Should watch Enemy at the gates. It's about a Russian sniper but has some scenes at the beginning which show a small part of why the casualties were so high
Yes it seems many people recommended Enemy at the Gates in the comments. I guess this is a Hollywood movie about the Eastern Front (or a tiny part of it).
@@HonestMovieReactions yup. The Russians also formed an all female sniper unit which would be a neat rabbit hole to check out in your free time. One of them became famous for her service
You should react to ‘The fallen of world war 1’ now you reacted to this !
Well I would love to, but I haven't seen any WWI movies yet. Once I watch such films, then I will also watch these types of videos as well 😊
@@HonestMovieReactions you don’t need to watch any movies to learn some basic history! It just puts everything into scale ww2 over shadows ww1 a lot
My World War II knowledge is very limited, but I have seen statements that control of Stalingrad was of no real military value, which makes what happened there even more horrifying. Apparently, Hitler was determined to take and keep the city simply to humiliate the man after whom it was named, and Stalin was determined to take it back for the same reason, regardless of costs in human life and destruction. Have you ever seen the movie Enemy at the Gates? You could not ask for a clearer picture of the futility of that ongoing battle, continuing with all-out effort on both sides long after the city has been reduced to rubble and is of no further use to anyone.
Hello Richard. Very interesting comment. Sad that such a trivial reason cost the lives of so many soldiers on both sides and civilians of course 😢.
No I have not seen Enemy at the Gates yet.
All the movies I have watched so far have been voted for on my patreon. I hope to watch Enemy at the Gates some day too 👍
The main reason that Hitler wanted to control Stalingrad was the fact that it was a major railway center, and taking it would have essentially cut off the entire caucuses region, meaning Hitler could take the strategic production center of Baku, that produced much of Russian oil supplies. It was decided that the Caucuses would be taken after Hitler failed to take Moscow. The idea that it was purely about Stalin's name is mainly a propaganda myth that is left over from the war.
The USSR lost so many soldiers because the Germans killed captured Soviet soldiers who were exhausted by 2 million,And also due to the fact that most of the soldiers of the USSR were still children who were from 17 to 20 years old, therefore there were more losses
A terrible tragedy indeed 😢
Me and my sister were born with autism and I didn’t know that my people were killed in the camps as well something they didn’t tell us in school
Sad indeed John Strong 😢
I have heard and read 25 million.
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I personally believe one of the major reasons for such a drastic difference in Russian deaths(as compared to other countries) was the attitude and mind set of Stalin and his regime. In many ways his totalitarian rule is not unlike the Nazi or China for how it dealt with what they considered substandard populations of their own citizens.
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The costs the Soviet people paid for the things Stalin did cannot ever be truly calculated. His choice to pursue the Molotov-Ribbentrop in order to induce Germany to attack France first, while simultaneously splitting Poland and giving the USSR a massive and indefensible border with the Schmazis, is a great example of how shortsighted thinking can lead to longer term catastrophes in international relations. 🖖✌
No. First, 2 million (out of 8) Soviet soldiers died in German concentration camps, where they were treated like cattle.Secondly, the lack of a good strategy, because many talented commanders died during the Stalinist repressions. Thirdly, poor and outdated military equipment, which was technologically inferior to Germany by 10 times
Another huge reason for the drastic difference is that fascists absolutely hated communists/socialists. They wanted to exterminate communists same as they did Jews. This is clear from both the origins of fascism, as well as the writings and attitudes of Nazi leaders themselves. They also considered Slavs and other ethnic Eastern Europeans to be inferior humans. The Nazis generally had no such equivalent hatred of Western Europeans.
Stalin was certainly a bad man and showed little if any regard for the lives of his people. That contributed to the number of Soviet deaths, but it has absolutely nothing to do with the fact that the vast majority of German deaths occurred in the Eastern front. This video does an excellent job of pointing that out. Stalin got a lot of his own people killed, but Stalin obviously didn't make the decision for Germany to focus a vast majority of their military power on the east. At the end of the day, the disproportionately high number of Soviet deaths is primarily due to the fact that they absolutely carried the war effort against Germany.
Very interesting
Well I’m from Russia and I can say that soviet soldiers was god damn beasts. They fought for their land until last man breathing like for their own mother. Sometimes NKVD squads used to stop retreating soldiers and forced them to attack, sometimes they blast retreating by machine guns but usually soviets fought fanatical willingly.
Welcome then my Russian friend 😊. I wish I had more Russian subscribers too, because 99% of my subs seem to me from USA or the West. It is good to hear opinions and thoughts from people around the world in my opinion.
Man this is a good video it's so professional and to think a CZcamsr made it.
It seems there are some extremely amazing CZcamsrs out there who make way more professional content than mainstream media honestly!
how painful it is for Russians to look at the fact that Nazism is being revived in Ukraine, 20-30 million lives were given in that war for the freedom of Europe, and as if everything was in vain
Seems like crazy times indeed these days Metabolic_666 😢
Whatever people's political views are of Russia and the conflict in Ukraine today, we should not forget the sacrifice the USSR made during WWII.
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@@HonestMovieReactions We Russians have a big holiday today, Victory Day over Fascism, I watch everything related to the World War II every year on May 9
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You indicated you hadn't seen movies from the Eastern Front. I highly recommend a Czechoslovak film called, "Closely Watched Trains." It is extraordinary. It concerns the Czech side against the Nazi's. I'm also glad I discovered your channel.
Glad you are enjoyed the content on the channel my dear
Enemy at the Gates is a worthwhile movie about the eastern front. That said, after WWII, with the rise in conflict between the democracies and the Communist states, both sides wrote the other side out of their WWII narratives.
In the Soviet Union, they taught like they won the war alone (without massive American industry, British resources, Allied city bombing, etc) while West just pretends the eastern front never happened. This is why you don't see many movies about it, as we dislike both sides in the West, both the Nazis and Communists.
I see. Very interesting 👍
When a war goes beyond the level of being waged for territory or a sphere of influence, the number of victims increases by leaps and bounds. It doesn't matter whether religious, political or racial dogmas prevail, the parties always start thinking in terms of complete annihilation. Think of the Crusades, the 30-year-old to war, or to the Second World War. The enemies no longer see the other side as human and will do anything for desolation. Somewhere someone starts an atrocity, the other side hits back, and before they realize it, they are already killing each other like rabid animals, without mercy. This is a particularly good example of this the Eastern Front, where the German and Soviet soldiers exterminated the captured enemy with a selective force. In addition, there is a serious war in world history where the military victim is more than the civilian. This is the First World War, "thanks" to modern weapons, and poor medical care. This world is a little sad, where since the end of the Second World War there has not been a day on Earth when there was not a war somewhere. It is not only Europe, and not only North America, there are currently about 30 wars, uprisings, civil wars etc. takes place every single day.
You might want to check out, "A Time-Lapse Map of Every Nuclear Explosion Since 1945 - by Isao Hashimoto"
Oh that would be neat. I know there have been 1000s of nuclear tests. May be I can do something like that after I watch some kind of nuclear disaster movie.
If you want to watch a good movie about the conflict at Stalingrad between Russia and Germany, watch Enemy at the Gates! It's based on a real sniper war hero.
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A better movie for that is a German movie called "Stalingrad" Historians say thats the best depiction a movie has done about Stalingrad, Historians say Enemy at the Gates sucks ass, it shows the Soviets charging like dumbasses which if you know history, you'll know it's just a myth.
Enemy at the Gates is just some fantasy fiction based on cliches.
Real sniper started his military career at the Soviet Pacific Fleet as a financial manager and served for several years before the war had started. And in this movie he was depicted as illiteral rookie.
I strongly recommend that you watch these Soviet films about the WW2 (actually about the "Great Patriotic War"):
...А зори здесь тихие (The Dawns Here Are Quiet) (1972)
В бой идут одни «старики» (Only "Old Men" Are Going Into Battle) (1973)
And you can read the Wikipedia article "Soviet women in World War II" (or even better, the same article, but in Russian, "Женщины в Великой Отечественной войне" through some translator)
Very sobering video to watch and witness nevertheless another good reaction. What is your accent btw?
I am glad you enjoyed the video Rashad 😊
Ah my accent is an unknown mix of a few it seems 😂.
It is still a mystery on CZcams where I was born, but there is a 1 hour documentary style video over on my patreon which talks about my life etc.
Of course I plan to do a 'reveal' video one day for YT too once my channel is much larger.
Definitelly check Battle of Sevastopol and Enemy at the Gates. From Western front its worth to check Band of Brothers HBO series.
BTW I visited Auschwitz camp once and when I was there I was able to feel pure hopelessness. Had full tour thru camp and I really recomend it to everyone who wants to learn from human history and who want to learn history which should not be repeated.
One movie you may want to watch is called Enemy at the Gates. It was about a Russian sniper and highlights some of the war from the Russians side.
I will definitely watch it some day. Many people in the comments recommend it too.
Thanks a lot for the reaction!
In the first part of the invasion, the Red Army was not prepared for war.
The soldiers of the Soviet army were forced to attack: if you didn't, someone from your army would shoot you. A single step back was considered a betrayal to the Motherland. Many Soviet soldiers were forced to move forward and attack without ammunition. It was a matter of life and death. You just had to choose whether to die at the hands of the enemy, or your partner. Stalingrad became soon a hell of a Mayhem: the soldiers wasted their lives only to gain a little street of the city. Every single meter of the city was a matter of Life or Death.
As for Leningrad, there were cases of cannibalism. Some ate pets, others glue so as not to feel hungry. In the winter of '42, the bodies of the inhabitants were abandoned on the streets. Hunger didn't give you the strength to collect your loved ones and bury them.
The city could have surrendered, but it never did. I read that a poet who experienced the siege wrote that "the tears flowed away from the faces of the people of Leningrad". In another words: they were likes zombies but with the huge will to defend their home.
I personally have a great grandfather who was in the red army. Lost somewhere in the snow. He never came back from the war. My great-grandmother died during the battle of Moscow. My grandmother was orphaned, as were many of her children from her generation, unhappily known as the "fatherless" generation. They say that in every family in the Soviet Union there is at least one loss.
If you want to better know the history of the Eastern Front, I recommend the film "Come and see", directed by Klimov. It's not a typical war movie. You will understand why only if you "go see it". Another valid film is "The Ascent" by Larisa Shepitko, the wife if Klimov. Both the directors experienced the war.
PS. In the ex Soviet Union countries, the Victory Day is considered as a Sacred Day. In Russia it is better known as the "day with the tears in the eyes".
Peace.
A good WW2 Russian movie to watch is " T-34 " it's there main medium tank they used in great numbers against the Nazi Germans
Keep in mind that the populations of these countries were also far LESS than they are today. The population of the U.S. in 1940 was 132,164,569 [current population is 331,002,647]. So, the loss of 250,000 men was a very severe dent in the overall population.
Also, something to remember; many of those Soviet casualties were caused by their own government. When soviet troops tried to fall back during an attack, they were shot to death by their own Political Officers.
Good points Mark 👍
The getting shot in the back thing is mainly propaganda, and only happened on 1 or 2 recorded instances. I still agree though!
Enemy at the gates is a good movie from the russian perspective
Yes, I definitely want to check that out some time too
Documentary shows that include maps of territories controlled by each nation in World War II are also interesting to watch and listen to. I watch some of those documentary shows finding how quickly Germany captured territories and how allies won them back and what year and casualties to win them back. The futility of nations at war is sensed by the nations of NATO. Today conflicts of Iran and North Korean interests in having nuclear weapons is more alarming because they have the least to lose vs what they mentally think they'll gain. Russia, China and the United States are the biggest super power nations with enormous nuclear weapons technologies and supplies and will predominantly decide the fate of any great future wars humans will attempt. Meanwhile rogue nations like Iran and North Korea will try to make headways because their economic situations seem to include having war influences they are associated with (Iran and its tentacles throughout the entire Middle East).
Interesting points of view Lawrence
No surprise that you got emotional watching this Che.
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This is the most tragic page in the history of the Russian people. People, we must try not to have a war! Best regards from Russia.
Hello my Russian friend! 😊 Good to have you on the channel. I hope you subscribe and watch all my videos and let me know your thoughts and feelings in the comments 😊. I am always keen to hear different perspectives from people around the world.
@@HonestMovieReactions I subscribed to your channel and will try to see all your videos 👍
Awesome. I hope you enjoy my dear 😊
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A solider from WW2 is at least 90 in 2022
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To get an idea of the eastern front, try "Enemy at the Gates", a movie about Stalingrad with Jude Law (2001).
I hope to watch it some day for sure
Literally the worst movie you can watch on the eastern front
10:54 The Soviet Union is far different than Russia.
A slip of the tongue. I think you know what I meant right? 😊
evil wil come and go but long us we have hope with in us, we shell find peace every time inside ourseleves. peace and love.
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If you want to watch a movie that did a good job in showing the eastern front in a less biased way, I could recommend stalingrad 1993 (not the new russian one).
Thank you Patrick 👍
My dad didn't die in WW2 but he was there & got wounded.
I am glad he made it out alive my friend
After the first WW it was probably the most horrifying war we humans have seen.
Oh, also it's pretty disrespectful to call all German soldiers nazis. Many of the had nothing to do with the party or ideology and were just conscripted to fight for their country.
👍 Hopefully never again! 🙏
One thing I wish this would have taken into account, is the history of the world population vs deaths in war. There are some things that are hard to attribute into the graphs, like technological improvements. For instance precision bombing has drastically reduced civilian casualties..but how do you quantify that the farther back in Earths history? I find this all very interesting...I wish more of history would be taught in schools. I think it would help citizens understand political consequences.
They actually do compare deaths in previous wars and plagues and such to the population of the World at those times...all the way near the end of the video. I have not watched all the way to there...I hope Che did not cut off that end part.
I didn't cut off anything my dear
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@@HonestMovieReactions oh, I didn't mean to imply that you did. I just wish it would have been a topic for comparison in the original videos data points. 👍👍
@@HonestMovieReactions Yeah, leaving out the proportional data near the end did not seem like something you would do. ✌💯😉
As an immigrant from Russia at the age of 7 to the USA, I still suffer inside knowing so many of my people have been exterminated over the centuries. Ugo Slavia comrades.
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You should watch the movie Stalingrad from 1993 and the movie Das Boot from 1981. There is also a TV mini series Das Boot from 1985 that is more or less a longer version of the 1981 movie.
Thank you for the suggestion Daniel
@@HonestMovieReactions these films are from the German perspective of WWII.
Awesome! I always want to know more about the German side of things!
Enemy at the Gates. Jude Law, Ed Harris. It’s about the Battle of Stalingrad from the point of view of a Russian soldier, Vasily Zaitsev, who really existed, though I’m not sure he was a conscript, and a German as well, to a lesser extent.
👍 Seems many people are recommending this film
@@HonestMovieReactions I am a (was, heheheh) a NATO Soldier. Canadian. I agree with you, and the producer of this film, war is no less horrible now than it was in the 1940’s, or 1840’s, etc. but a single death now is recognized as a tragedy, and not simply to the person dying. There was a man, a General, named Carl von Clausewitz, he is often quoted as saying “War is simply the continuation of political intercourse with the addition of other means.” Warfare, it seems, is exercised through that which is considered politically acceptable to the governed.
It is very gratifying for an old man to see a young person reacting with horror to numbers like that. As you say, the nationality of the dying is irrelevant to the one doing it.
Well I hope you subscribe and watch all my videos and share your thoughts and feelings in the comments dear Keith.
Actually I have around 10 patreon members who are all veterans. Some from the Army, some Marines, 1 Air Force, 1 Navy and even 1 Coast Guard!
Even my own husband was in the army before. 😊
@@HonestMovieReactions Already have. Long since. The CZcams algorithm suggested your site a (month?) ago. More?
Oh really? I haven't seen many comments from you before, so assumed you were new 😉
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There is a Sneak Peek Tier available for just $3 as well.