Diary Of A German Soldier On The Eastern Front. Heavy Defensive Battles In The Encircled Demyansk.
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Today, we are beginning our acquaintance with the diary of a German officer. Wilhelm Bovensmann was born and raised in the town of Westhofen along the Ruhr River, located to the south of Dortmund. His profession was that of a retail merchant.
On the Eastern Front, he served as a platoon commander with the rank of non-commissioned officer in the 5th Company, 27th Infantry Regiment, 12th Infantry Division. In August 1941, he became a Feldwebel, and in January 1943, he was promoted to lieutenant. He was awarded the Wound Badge. In January 1943, he was given the Iron Cross, 1st class...
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Sounds pretty miserable
Very interesting
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Great story, great photos & great narrator and Voice.
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This voice is AI
One of the VERY BEST productions I have seen in about 20 years. The pics and dialogue blend amazingly well; a very difficult thing to achieve. Congratulations ; a superb production.
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Excellent photographs and excellent story, thanks for posting.
I kinda use this as ASMR.
Not concentrating to the story, but just relaxing.
It kinda works. Helps sleep. 😄
Same
The care put in to these segments is obvious. Thank you for preserving history, and in turn, the people who served their countries- no matter the country- and their lives & memories. Great stuff, keep it up !!!!
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First class content , big thanks 🙏 for you taking the time , keep up this quality work 👍
For those of you who are like me and didn't know what a sutler was it is a person who followed an army and sold provisions to the soldiers.😊
I had just learned about sutlers a few days ago so i'm starting to notice is pop up
I've heard about them in ancient times. The Greek and Roman armies through medieval times. I did not know it was still a thing during WWII, a full time profession following them on the Eastern Front.
(EDIT: I did not know what they were called)
I was a Confederate Soldier for 6 years & had to be aYankee occasionally(Civil War Reenactments). There were usually Sutlers among us.
WHATEVER YER SELLIN I AIN'T A-BUYIN'. SURE, GIVE THEM YANKEES ALL YOUR MONEY. MAKE EM EVEN WEALTHIER! AIN'T NONE OF US REBS BUYIN' CAUSE WE ALL DIRT BROKE. WE AIN'T EVEN BEEN PAID ONCE BUT WE STILL FIGHT. WE DON'T FIGHT FER MONEY. REBEL MONEY AINT NO GOOD NO WAY!
NOW WHAT I'D DO IF I WAS YOU-GO UP THE YANKEE LINE AND YOU PITCH YOUR FINEST UNDERGARMENTS...CAUSE THEY GON' NEED EM AFTER WE DONE WITTEM!
(cue rebel yell)
Thanks for this. I was wondering why they would pay soldiers at the battlefront since their regular provisions would have been supplied. Now it makes sense.
The successful battles in Demyansk were in large part due to the efforts of the SS Totenkopf division which was basically destroyed in the fighting, and other combat units such as the one detailed in the diary. The Luftwaffe air supply mission was also extremely effective, both bringing in supplies and reinforcements, and evacuating wounded men. Unfortunately the same template was attempted at Stalingrad a year later, with disastrous results.
Worked alright until they lost the airfield
Another great video, thank you.
The pics help a lot
Yes enabling viewers to better understand what the orator is describing. A good # of 📷 photographers perished engaging in their profession.😇😇
Makes them real and authentic, makes them humans, good people fighting for a cause they believed in, not like the winners version of war.
@@Yasser.Osman.A.Z.yea good ppl burn women and children in barns.
"Fighting for what they believe" yes, some others fought for the lies they were told, like August von Kageneck himself said, like pawns.
The "winners" version of the war has witnesses and testemonies from the losers themselves, no sign of torture or pressure for them to assume, TOO many just directly assumed what they did or were ordered to do and you talk about "versions"? Lol, revisionists are really special..
Revisionism, fake news, racism.. all that shit walks together.
Oniy idiots are illusioned by that.
Great video, thank you!🇺🇸
Love your channel. Thank you.
Great documentary, never seen these pics before..
Thanks
Thank you for the video!
Thank you very much for this very insightful upload
Thank you. I am very happy when I manage to please my viewers. I also really like the final version.
The photography pictures enhance the story. Keeping it more authentic and possible to better hold the viewer's attention.
Interesting! They made a reference to Valenki's which are basically a felt liner that you would find in a Sorel boot for example - because the Russians found out that at below -20 C, or there a bouts, it is much better to just wear the felt liner ; your feet stay warm, and the snow is so cold that the felt liners don't get wet.
My father was a starving German soldier in Russia in the winter of 43. He said there was one time where both sides were facing each other across a snow blown field and then a rabbit ran between the two sides. He said almost immediately a white flag on each side went up, and then two guys from each side met in the middle and discussed who should shoot the rabbit. The rabbit was shot and each side got half a rabbit.
not easy to be a rabbit between to hungry armies....
This is an absolute incredible story.
His 12th infantry division was largely wiped out in the 1944 Soviet summer offensive, called Bagration, or some such. In fact, most of german army group center was destroyed. So he was lucky not to be there in the summer of 1944.
Really appreciate the research and dedication to your content. So well done. I like to watch your latest vids, an hour or so before I sleep at night. Thank you!
Absolutely 💯
Great stuff
Excellent!!
"So what are we doing here
In a place where we have no friends
All we can do is sit and cry
Let the time drag by and think of home" - John Entwistle
I really enjoyed this 👌
Great photo editing! Thanks!
Thank you
Instant sub!
Very good content. Where is part two of this soldier diary?
A fantastic video log of WW2 Pearl Harbor. Your behind the scenes locals is special. Thank you Sir.
Regards to all ! Typical german nicknames : Heini for Heinrich, Hannes for Johannes, Fritze for Friedrich. Most common sir names were numbered such as Maier Zwo for Maier two, Schmidti vier for Schmidt four, Müller drei for Müller three.
Companies of 180 men often had five to six Müllers, Schmidts, Meiers etc.
G.I.'s went by State I guess like Smith from N.Y. or Brown from Iowa.
Don't know if you listened to the distance these men marched, but that's some superhuman distance( not counting the fighting and everything else they needed to do now and again)
In those boots aswell 😢
Not unlike Napoleon's Army...in fact the similarities minus modern weapons is striking.
its not hard to march like that when you get to stop at every civilian house along the way
So much new WWII footage and pictures - rare photo of a Russian T35 tank 😊
These diaries are very interesting. It gives a good sense of how the grunt has to just take it and move on. It is so similar to many nowadays soldiers.
I absolutely cannot get enough of the work that you do so much thanks for it all please keep up the fantastic uploads well appreciated 6-20 am W.Artis.
They truly SUFFERED !!
The picture of the village on fire reminds me of Vietnam.
My mom's pop told her in early 43 about the scenario on the Eastern Front (.Russian , Soviet) , and how fighting was bitter ! He described how the Soviet Partisans coaxed the local peoples to help keep the Partisans stealth by their duty to " Mother Russia" in defeating the Nazi Soldiers ; euphemistically telling the locals how to be patriotic by being human shields , and perpetrating the burning of farm houses - huts of the Russian farmers , and it's inhabitants who lost their hm. S and , also, their lives in Nazi brutalities that were instigated by Soviet NKVD troops , and Partisans to rile up the inhabitants , seeing hms. Razed to the ground ; as the USA did perpetrated by Communist Viet- Cong troops/ sappers performing psychological warfare against the USA troops as the Soviet NKVD, and Soviet - Partisans did upon the Wehrmacht!
My uncle was Kia in NAMs Central - Highlands mid- 3 / 68 , tail end of bloody TET , 2wks prior to my 11th bday !
A quote by a brilliant cavalry General of the Union Army ( Federal , Northern , or Yankee soldier ) in American Civil War , as he , and his ravenous with a vendetta on the Confederate , Southern , Rebel troops laid a path of utter destruction in the Union's way to the sea via Georgia , parts of South - Carolina , by the name of General William Tecumseh Sherman saying " WAR IS HELL!!!! " American Civil War" 1861-1865 where 720000 troops of Union , and Confederate troops perished ; the bloodiest conflict that USA endured !!
The regular German Army was just as fanatical , and tenacious as was any other unit in the German millitary !!
Remarkable black-and-white photos nicely support the narrative. This diary series offer unique insights into the lives of ordinary soldiers. Priceless and stands in sharp contrast to Hollywood movies and military history books. It shows war for what it is: boredom, trivial routine, terror, and death.
But it's fake...
@@jakobausterlitz8102 Interesting comment. Can you prove it? Post a reference or two. I'd actually like to know.
@fishpoem1433 a reference for a totally made up AI video? Get a fkg life.
Danke kammeraden !!
Wofür?
Überfallen, morden,vergewaltigen,
plündern......dafür danke?
Interesting and informative. Excellent photography job enabling viewers to better understand what the orator was describing. Special thanks to veteran officer Wilhelm. Sharing personal information/combat experiences making this documentary more authentic and possible. Had the blitzkrieg commenced May 22nd. The blitzkrieg invasion may have been successful??? Except for the disillusioned/arrogant WW-1 dispatch runner 🏃 corporal YHitler's orders for general Guderian. Not to invade Moscow (20) miles away. Thus Stymying the momentum of the blitzkrieg invasion. That was never to be regained. Giving general Zhukov ample opportunity to reorganize his demoralized forces. Reinforce Moscow's perimeters/denying general Gudarian's conquest to set up military operations command in the Kremlin. The rest is history.
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General winter arrived too. That and the rains of fall were major reason for the loss of momentum of German forces near Moscow
Very impressive the distance thay cover on foot
You know they used methamphetamine. Given to German soldiers for energy. Perviden
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Glad they guy got outta there.
انا احب الصور القديمه
Museum have lots of this but not compilation
Where do you source these?
Did the say they got gassed on the Eastern front? I thought I heard that.
Where is the source material? At no location can I find reference to a dairy by a Wilhelm Bovensmann. Thank you for the hard work in producing these narrations, but like others I've requested that you identify the source of the material.
It’s a secret
Does anyone know what happened to the like 5-7 hour diary video from last year?
It's fake.
@@jakobausterlitz8102 Damn, really? Wasnt supposed to be from a book? Thought I found I website talking about the guy, back when I watched it. He ended getting captured worked in the soviet labor camps until he was released sometime in the 50's. I cant believe it.
@@Estimated if you want a legitimate diary to listen to, look up Wilhelm Sander. The documentary covering his diary was in 2 parts. The mood and tone are strikingly different than this garbage. BTW, Wilhelm Sander was killed near Melitopol in October 1943.
@@jakobausterlitz8102 Yea, I watched that one as well. It was great, but I thought the one I was talking about was similar, and real. Oh well.
Other views are interesting and educational
Does anybody know if these are really done to a diary? Or is it just making it up as they go along?
even if it is a diary. whos to say the soldier was being true
I have been watching these documentaries about the German soldiers view of the war. It's amazing we are all the same. Same fears same hopes dreams we are all human beings with feelings. I really liked this.
But he fails to mention the atrocities he and his men committed
@@spm36 everybody did atrocities during the war even the USA.
On a small scale. We didn’t rape and purposely kill civilians and burn their villages in the middle of Russian winter. There’s no comparison. Germany and Russia are in a different league when it comes to atrocities.
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I cannot Even metion they IS atrocities cause ban. Bur You did the R Word too
A nightmare of endless misery marching; fighting; dying; blood and insane cold.
I dont even want to be outside a few minuees in minus 45 celsius tempertures much less sleepimg for months on end.with no way to get inside to get warm.
No a dugout does not counr .
Add in battles with russians and you have to admit war is the stupudest way to settle differences..
How did they keep boots on these men. So much marching.
mucha suerte tuvo y pudo escapar
V FOR VICTORY Velikiye Luki
Why did it all go so wrong, why??? 🥺
Not criticizing this video. The subject of the Eastern Front just made me think of it. Operation Barbarossa began June 1st.
I've heard a lot of people say "Did Hitler learn nothing from Napoleon? Never invade Russia in the fall."
Just another example of people repeating things they hear without question. Not even asking themselves "Is June 1st in the autumn?"
Likely they don't know when Germany invaded the USSR. They probably assume Barbarossa began in November.
Barbarossa began June 22nd, the reason for this is because it was the summer solstice, the longest day of the year.
And the fact the germans had to wrap things up in Greece because of the stupid Italian offensive. They originally wanted to invade Russia sooner.
It sounds terrible that the swarms of mosquitoes they endured feared me most and I doubt that was worst thing !
Medieval. The Olden Days. Everything was real, not plastic. Steel, wood, cotton and wool. I like real things. 5 shot bolt action rifles. Wooden stocks. Cleaning rods in the place once occupied by muzzleloading ramrods. Steel Helmets, not Kevlar.
I agree 💯 I like the real thing. I am really fond of m1 m1 Grand great rifle in my opinion.
I'm old enough to remember pre plastic. Plastic is great for garbage and dirt bike mudguards. That's it.
So your saying you’d prefer to self load just 5 rounds at a time have no body or head protection as modern armour and helmets actually stop the rounds from killing you! I think you’d be of little use against modern soldiers !
@@fundermentalist9473 I think you've never been a Soldier. Have you tried to fire a Carboned up automatic? Have you tried to fire an automatic in sub zero temps? Have you blocked a smash from your opponent's rifle only to feel your rifle's plastic handguard shatter? You have not.
@@joeschmooz-it6nh Me being a soldier is irrelevant in this debate your claiming that old weapons and gear are better than modern and that is simply not true. Why would you need to use full auto on a rifle? What modern rifle are you referring to?
There seems to be way too much westward marching for 1941. With all the westward marching and building defenses made me think this sounded more like 1942 or 43 or even later.
It's totally made up - probably AI.
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This soldiers entries arent very long.
By Demons Be Driven.
They got their salaries? What all that money on the walking dead?
At 11:20 11:21 is a picture the person second to the right looks like Putin.
Yikes😮 😂
Russ were Vikings, probably related to Germans. Humans are genetically extremely similar. Brat is brother in Russian and Bratwurst in German, obviously means brother sausages coz they're connected. It's pretty obvious to me that Russia and Germany have some commonalities but don't say it.
So many suffered in their campaign against communism.
So that their goverment could keep murdering innocent civilians en masse.
I have come to the conclusion that the only Germans who could write were nearly all on the eastern front.
Why
Heres a thought ...if sentenced to 10 years hard labour for abandoning your position and the war is over 3 years later? Win Win situation I'd say😅😅
Those seem actully true.
When u read/listen german tank commander - reacting to policeman actions(its a movie I know).
By "police" he means Gestapo.
And being surprised by "policemans" answer "seen worse" … he wonders where cld hv it been if the guy hs not been at the frontline😊
Well, actlly could& was. They made it themselves (Gestapo).
But the upper class tank commander, additionally brainwashed by propaganda, could not picture/immagine it.
PS. Not like imaginning worse than flying body parts is an easy thing.
But actually all things match here.
Seems true.
At least this episode describes the destruction of villages and taking the livestock.
Others have only spoken how glad the locals were to see German soldiers. Or how much lice were villages were infested with.
Everyone thinks only the SS committed atrocities. They fail to realize that the Wehrmacht were first on the scene. The Wehrmacht cannot be blameless. It's not the "good Wehrmacht" but "bad SS".
Megalomaniac Adolph Hitler. One man to blame for this debacle. How?
I hope ober lieutenant Luger wasn't wounded by a Luger. That would be a self inflicted wound. 😂
Any Russian soldiers dairies?
I just finished reading "The Forgotten Soldier" by Guy Sajer; one of the best books on war I have ever read. It gives an account of the War in Russia and Ukraine from a soldiers point of view. I don't see how he survived.
There are Russian soldiers diaries and they are actually very similar. That is the sad truth about war.
Yes and Russians are writing new diaries about their invasion of a peaceful country, Ukraine. Some things never change, Russians certainly don't change.@@klimismistakidis1482
half of them couldnt even read
As usual exceedingly difficult to find the part. Number your parts:
1 of 3;
2 of 3;
3 of 3.
In order that the viewers don't watch 3 then 1 after that 2.
Little Dunkirk😂
a very dry=as=dust diary with no narrator's thoughts on the progress of the war, and not one word about the poor russian civilians burned out of their villages. A fine set of accompanying photosn well d9ne.
Most of those villages were lit afire by the Soviets as they retreated. They burned the crops and structures to deny the German soldier shelter and food. It was Stalin's scorched earth policy.
Thank you for taking me somewhere I would never want to be in that time. In this time 9/22/2023 with Putin's B's and the rest of the narcissist dictator country's bully's shist.. with winter coming on again.
go russia
Patton was 100% correct...we did defeat the wrong enemy
Yeah the holocaust was no biggie right? 🙄
There are 6,000,000+ reasons you and Patton are wrong. Aggressors like the evil one must be stopped.
@@geraldbutler5484 technically, the number is closer to 4,500,000 because of sensationalism in the news at the time and the number just stuck since noone dared question it, understandably. Its still a huge number, but its documented.
He probably didn’t know the full truth yet about the atrocities of 3th Reich when he made that statement but I do think he did forse the coming conflict with the USSR.
With Hitler as fuhrer of Deutschland in the 1940's he definitely was a much greater problem to the world & it was a good initiative for him & many of his supporters i.e. J.Goebbels etc.to delete themselves !
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Painful to try to listen. Bye
C ya.
@@Deadfoot-Dan I'm already gone 🤣
@@Deadfoot-Dan I found the same post with an actual human being doing the reading
@@itsme-qk2vbthis is an actual human being
The magnificent Germans were heroes
What's wrong with the narrator's voice?????
I do not know, everything is fine with his voice)))
Your call of course...he sounds very 'breathy' with an upward inflection at the end of each phrase or sentence. Your call, you're channel...@@MilitaryClubHISTORY
Closet trans this soldier
Don't knock it. I transitioned from a fetus to a baby, then to a boy, then to a man, now transitioning to an old fart. 😂
Tougher than you kid
Deader than me@@jammyscouser2583
Talking slide show…
Ukrainian lucky Russia don’t fight like this na more
I wouldn't compare a translation of one soldier's diary to a media app. Is this research really and was it even legal to keep this in Russia. One impression is not scholarship or anything but entertainment
You make a mockery of history
This video is FOS. It's fake, fake, fake.
Thank you