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Clapperton, James. “The Siege of Leningrad as Sacred Narrative: Conversations with Survivors.” Oral History 35, no. 1 (2007): 49-60. www.jstor.org/stable/40179922.
Glantz, David M. The Battle for Leningrad: 1941-1944. University Press of Kansas, 2004.
Glantz, David M. The Siege of Leningrad, 1941-1944: 900 Days of Terror. London: Cassell Military Paperbacks, 2004.
House, Jonathan M., and David M. Glantz. When Titans Clashed: How the Red Army Stopped Hitler. University Press of Kansas, 2015.
Jones, Michael. Leningrad: State of Siege. Basic Books, 2008.
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Do evolution of the navy battle ship
I want to see more Cold War stuff
The story is both extremely horrifying but also incredibly heroic.
The protected cruiser Aurora was in the port at the beginning of the siege. The soviets took her guns and used them as anti tank guns. She was sunk in the harbor, but they still used her as an AA battery. None of her crew survived the siege.
Kowards
I think that phrase sums up the Soviet Union during WW2 better than anything I've ever seen.
There was nothing heroic about the Russians, people should stop listening to their propaganda. The red army was on average a brutal bunch and the real believers in communism in their rear echelon units were cowardly war criminals. The NKVD units were professional terrorists.
@@jonber9411 How about the brutal anti-fascist carnage by the red army on Berlin?
My grandmother, born shortly after the war, often told me stories about her own mother (my great grandmother) and her siblings. One thing that i enver forget, is how one of my grandmothers brothers, who was a child during the siege would, even when he was more than 70 years old, not leave a single crumb behind on the plate. He would wet his finger, and tap the plate to pick up all crumbs. This happened even 50 years after the siege
My father does that to this day, no relation to Lenigrad,its called post occupation syndrome.He was a kid when the nazis made 10% of our population starve to death.He is Greek.Even after the end of the war people still starved for a long time since everything of value was stolen by em, to this day Germany never paid war reparations to us (and I think also to Poland).
We are creatures of habit; stress, trauma, and survival reinforce these habits ten fold.
Rhodesian?
@@poisonousbadge126 i wish
@@w1ndStrik3 Oh im half thats why i ask xD
My family was at Leningrad during the siege actually. I've heard a ton of horror stories from it. One of them was that my grandgrandmother worked at a factory in Leningrad during the siege. She had two kids, a son and a daughter that were left at home every day while she had to travel across the city to the factory. Well, one day while she was working, the sister and the brother started fighting at home over something. She was about 16 and he was maybe 10 or 12. Well, since you only got 1 ration of bread per day, it meant they were constantly hungry and tired. During the fight, she stole her brothers bread ration and ate it. Since both were already so weak after over 1 year of the siege, he died from starvation. My grandgrandmother eventually came back the next day from work, and broke down seeing his corpse.
That's the story my grandmother told me. She was born a few years after the war though, and was spared from it. Her parents though were scarred for life.
Mark Solonin conducted research and came to conclusion that starvation in Leningrad was produced intentionally by the Soviet Power. The goal was to extract valuables in exchange for food using so called Black Market as an intermediary.
@@epictetusepictetus5033
Mark Solonin is a pseudo-historian who, moreover, does not have a historical education. and all his statements are criticized among historians as, moreover, having no evidence
@@archibald9260 Is historical education received during Soviet Union time a real sertificate of the quality ?
My grandmas cousin was a fighter pilot on the leningrad front, downed 3 soviet fighters and then got shot down by a 4th fighter, he survived but he was scarred for the reminder of his life
@@epictetusepictetus5033
any historical education would give him much more quality. he has nothing to do with history or journalism at all. and do not forget that his statements have no evidence and he is regularly criticized in scientific circles
I admire the Soviet fighting spirit, both civilian and army. No other country had to make a bigger sacrifise in world war 2, the statistics of death are almost unbelievable
Germans made a sacrifice too.
@@LastBrigadier every nation did
@@thijs6264 No, only the sacrifices of those on the right side of History are recognized. the Soviets died for Bolshevism, the Germans died to save/rid the world from Communism, and in this regard they were successful, they had completely crippled the Soviet war economy from ever waging any more aggressive wars, it literally took the Soviets 40 years to stomach getting into another war, which they lost against a few desert goat herders anyway.
That’s cause Stalin made them fight. It wasn’t because of honor.
@@andreimcallister1365 nah i totally disagree. Maybe for some but most were given a reason to fight. You maybe dont like Russia now but you can never take away what they sacrificed and accomplished in WW2, not only for the country's they liberated but for the whole of Europe and Asia
As a classical musician, I love how you mention shostakovich's 7th symphony. The piece was a climax of the musical repertoire
leningrad is my favourite symphony by shostakovich! so glad its mentioned here
@@wongjonathan7407 The symphony is a masterpiece, He was able to tell the story Of the siege in the notes
After the intro, how did he dare not to play the piece in the video?
@@helenaconstantine ikr😃 play the Invasion theme or something
i suggest anyone who ever wanted to know how costly and tragic the Siege of Leningrad to the people in that city especially the kids , to read the diary of Tanya Savicheva, she is a kid who record the story of her families during the Siege, it was harrowing and incredibly sad, she recorded all the death and dissapearance of her family members from her Grandfather to her mother until eventually, only she left, i'm literally felt crushed after reading it, the suffering a little girl must faced
Mark Solonin conducted research and came to conclusion that starvation in Leningrad was produced intentionally by the Soviet Power. The goal was to extract valuables in exchange for food using so called Black Market as an intermediary.
@@epictetusepictetus5033
Mark Solonin is a pseudo-historian who, moreover, does not have a historical education. and all his statements are criticized among historians as, moreover, having no evidence
@@archibald9260 Mark Solonin presented a couple of very interesting documents from soviet archies . Do you rememeber what kind of documents ? Given that documents are real the question about Solonin's qualification as a historian is the secondary one.
@@epictetusepictetus5033
what kind of documents are these that no one except mark solonin has seen
@@archibald9260 There are hundred of thousands of documents even in open soviet archieves and it requires efforts and time to analyze them. Also can you please name some credible historians ?
Loving how good 2022 has been for history tubers. Mark Felton, Armchair Historian, Mr. Mitchell History and plenty more! Armchair Historian has to be the goat though
agreed
The Operations room as well
I love it too each history channel brings something different
Only because you tube censored heaps of videos in the last few years so now we have to rely on approved voices.
I miss the 2006-2012/2014 internet and youtube before the massive wave of censoring memoryholing.
TIKhistory and World War 2
Love how the video is exactly 19:42 long
I noticed that also! I wasn’t sure when the operation began because I forgot that part, I knew it was either 1941 or 42. It was 41, so he should have cut off a second 😂
@@carltonpenaloza1395 I also notice alot of times if you upload a video, CZcams will automatically add a second to a video. which is kind of weird.
Fun facts:
- The Soviet PPS-43 SMG was designed and made during the siege.
- Soviets had to fortify the icy “Road of Life” against attacks from land and air, using fortifications made from ice and snow. Many trucks sank during their run as a result of attacks or ice collapse.
It was actually PPS-42 SMG that was made and used during the siege. PPS-43 came after the siege was over and was made in Moscow.
@@BadBomb555 You are correct, sir. They were actually made in Leningrad. What the hell do the French know about Soviet weapons.
Nothing, other than staining them with their blood thanks to a certain Napoleon bonaparte
Yeah.. so much fun with these facts🙄
We have liberal historicans who sympathise to the West and they often tell that german soldiers have been gentlemen and allowed soviet trains with food to come through german positions in order to feed civilians. Such a bullcrap.
Fun Fact:
After the siege of Leningrad was broken, truckloads of cats were unloaded into the city to eradicate the rodent infestation, and get rid of the possibility of a disease outbreak
@Nadya Bulgakova I remember one story where cat saved his owners from starvation by bringing them rats
@@DMlTRElif im starving im still not eating rats
@@fryhyh If you starve long enough, you'd be surprised at what you'd be willing to eat.
@@fryhyh Your body would make you to.
@@fryhyhnot how that works bru😭 u gone eat them rats like a 5 star Michelin meal
I used to live in Saint Petersburg for 5 years. I noticed that a lot of generational citizens (especially elders) never throw away food if they still can eat it. This is especially true for bread. They tell that this is how they were raised by their parents and grandparents who survived the siege and for whom even the smallest piece of bread was a treasure
Hello from Moscow! We have a few acquaintances, who's grandparents lived through the siege. These people are extremely concervative with food, not leaving a single crumb after eating, and having special attitude to bread. It is really stunning how they managed to live in such desparate conditions.
Сразу в голове стрельнул момент из рассказа "Арбузный переулок". Это самое "...[они] дрогнут и ждут, и дрогнут и ждут..."
Make your Tzar leave Ukraine
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Why has your country invaded another country?
@@jensblennow6037 because NATO kept expanding to the east and organized an unlawful coup in Ukraine, so in Russian-speaking country with close ties with Russia radical nationalists (Pravii Sector) and pro-western puppets (Poroshenko (owner of confectionary) and Zelensky (actor with no political experience) came to power.
The bravery of the citizens in leningrad is just incredible instead of running away they choose to defend their country not only that but they also helped out building trenches and barriers, truly amazing
Well they were also barred from leaving on Stalin's orders and forced to remain in the city as the Germans lay siege to it, so it's not like they had much of a choice in the matter
I don’t think they had much of a choice, papa Stalin would have been angry
I don’t think they had much of a choice pal
The people who lived in Leningrad are really very brave, but during the war there were many evacuations of civilians.
“Chose”
Although the citizens didn't have much of a choice they were still brave all around, digging trenches, building barriers and overall just defending their country, truly incredible
But, like you said it, they really didn't have any other choice. Quite similar to every single person in Soviet Union, they were in for the ride and there was no getting out of it.
@@alaric_ When the enemy you are facing is trying to eradicate your ethnicity and your culture, the brutal reality is fight or die.
If a fascist army was closing in on my city, I hope that I'd be out there digging a trench. But honestly, I don't know. Odds are just as good that I'd haul ass out to some other secluded place.
Were they also "just defending their country" in the Baltic countries, Eastern Poland and Finland? Were they just "defending their country" in all of the eastern block countries after the war? Reality is a little different than the dream version where comrade Stalin was this poor little victim of German fascist aggression.
@@herptek What is the point you are getting at?
I cant imagine what being a civilian in leningrad must have been like, the misery is beyond description
And according to some sources, the defenders/citizens had to resort to cannibalism because of lack of food...
@@_easyconcept decisive tang victory
Mark Solonin conducted research and came to conclusion that starvation in Leningrad was produced intentionally by the Soviet Power. The goal was to extract valuables in exchange for food using so called Black Market as an intermediary.
@@_easyconcept Actually, Red Army troops were supplied reasonably well. The city inhabitants were starved to death.
@@epictetusepictetus5033 The workers and army men did get a little more in their rations, but "intentionally by the soviet" is just anti-soviet propaganda. Afterall no one would keep the city running if everyone died out, and there's no point trying so hard to save these people while letting them die of hunger.
Interesting fact, Vladimir Putins older brother died in the siege of Leningrad and his mother nearly past away as well. His father was wounded from one of the counter attacks and when he was in the hospital, they prevented his wife from seeing him when they found out he was giving up his rations for her.
God dammit why did it have to be his brothers and not him...
@@hyunsungjung4941 putin was born after ww2 or was a kid lol
@@justinkim7756 Really? Huh, didn't know my bad...
@@hyunsungjung4941 no need to apologize putin real life is funnier tbh he was a sheltered boy his entire childhood and only married to advance his position in the kgb (unmarried men were not allowed to be posted outside the ussr)
@@hyunsungjung4941 wow you seem like a well adjusted human being 🙄
my great-grandfather's family (including my grandmother, who is still alive) moved to the Urals during the war, because the entire industry was evacuated there, and my great-grandfather was a good specialist. My grandmother told me how a train with evacuated residents of Leningrad came to them. A weak woman got out of the train wagon and after walking a few meters fell onto the rails, not even reaching the platform, when residents and soldiers ran up to her, it turned out that the woman was already dead
That’s so sad, imagine making it all the way there just for it to be for no reason
The resilience of the human spirit when faced with certain death is utterly inspiring.
Probably one of the hardest times to go through in human history.
The launch of Jeff Bezos space phallus, was also grueling to bear.
You would think huh.
Civilians in Stalingrad too.
@@jonber9411 yea, just in a different way
I saw that it was mentioned, but Shostakovich's 7th Symphony "Leningrad" tells the story of the city and the siege. With the knowledge of the context in which it was composed, that its composer was in the city while it was surrounded, it might just be one of the most gut-wrenching pieces ever written. You can feel the suffering, resiliency, relief, and ultimate triumph in every note. If you don't have time to listen to the whole thing, just listen to the last five minutes, the liberation. It's probably one of the most emotional moments in the history of classical music.
I remember reading about Leningrad kids eating up the new leaves in the entire park out of hunger, it's just heartbreaking to read even just a few lines of words. Heroic city, heroic people, great respect from China.
I discovered this battle thanks to Brian Moyahans book "Leningrad: Siege and Symphony" that narrated the process on which Shostakovichh wrote his seventh symphony and the performance of it in a freezing theatre. I recommend both the book and the symphony, both are works of art by themselves!
As a kid of about 8-10 years old I had read a book called "Boris", about the siege of Leningrad. From Boris's point of view. Another kid of my age then. It's made a huge impression on me.
The trolleys did actually quit running for a couple months Dec '41 - Feb '42. Great job on the video as usual.
one of the many definitions of a hero, someone still fighting for what he believes even if he’s starving, sleepy and injured he still fights
Like all Russia's enemies ever.
@@herptek you mean the USSR right...? You arent a Nazi... RIGHT?
@@Waltbrub So what then? If you are going to try to "denazify" us you will be shot dead. Come across the border weapon in hand and you will suffer, otherwise you can only complain about us.
People like you don't understand, it really seems, that no one is exactly scared of you after your performance in Ukraine.
Спасибо большое за то что даришь нам свой контент и рассказываешь про это историческое событие коснувшиеся мой город. Мы помним о нём, заботимся о ветеранах и надеемся что подобное не когда в мире не повторится. Привет из Санкт-Петербурга
Never happen again in the world except when Russia does it to Mariupol or Aleppo.
@@crabluva 2 years long siege?
@@barabancheggg Leningrad had a pre-war population 10x that of Mariupol's. The war has only been going one year but cities like Aadvika and Bahkmut have been under siege for almost a year and Russia will siege them for two years++ if they need to.
Now Russia sends kamikazee drones into Kiev like how the Nazis used V2s on London. RU air force also bombed a theater in Mariupol full of civilians just like how the Luftwaffe did to Russian cities. Also more civilians died in Mariupol during its capture by the Russians than when it was captured by the Nazis...
Please don't respond by "whatabouting" Iraq or Afghanistan it doesn't justify the siege of Mariupol and the Nazi style murder of the Avozstal defenders.
@@crabluva you so fkng brainwashed, man...
@@crabluvakeep coping, hitlerite.
Dimitri Shostakovich is one of the most famous Russian composers of the 20th century and I listened to the Gadfly suite including "Romance" from the Gadfly you should listen to this beloved masterpiece and I know he was born in Leningrad.
As a resident of St. Petersburg, I am always extremely interested in how foreigners look at the Siege. Thank you very much for the video!
The Scientist of the Ministry of Agriculture (Leningrad Seed Vault) is the greatest story of Human Courage throughout all History (IMO)
What they went through, their strength, sacrifice and determinations.
And how their actions saved USSR from a post war Famine that may have killed as many people as the war did.
The WW2 stories of Stalingrad and Leningrad are not just history, they are a source of encouragement to whoever reads them. Perfect demonstrations that there is hope even when all seems lost, just fight no matter what
well, it's bad actually reading the comments. They don't underststand tremenfous suffering of mere civilian within Leningrad. Not even close, they joking, they reason about how "good" was that siege tactics. It's all statistics to them
@@nerwikmascot What kind of reaction do you expect from them? Even I have never starved or been in an enemy encirclement. For me, this is also history and statistics.
@@DizitSjet came here right after Максим Кац video, and you just can tell the vibe of the top comments there is so... Solemnly tragic, people feel connected to the scale of tragedy,share their relatives stories, i wish here twould be more stories of russians about total misery of their unfortunate relatives of Leningrad, and then read the reaction... It would be cynical, that ground that western world have of never being in tremendous trouble, makes them easier to fighting in the comments, "don't care" is the power and they possess it
My great-grandfather was sixteen when he joined the partizan forces, he was a boy from Leningrad and later became a capitan in the Red army, after the war ended. To all of the questions he replied that it was horrific and that he is thankful that he never witnessed any other war, he sadly passed away but it is important that we do remember the sacrifice of everyone who got involved in war.
I’m not joking 2 weeks ago, I was trying to look for battle of Berlin videos and then the very next day, armchair historian uploaded one. Then last night at 1 am I was looking at Leningrad documentary and I was mainly looking for armchair and it finally came out today
I ain’t joking, for reals, my mind blown
Yea it also happens with me, I usually wonder that it is all connected😁
It's such a sad story. Straight of a horror movie. And what makes it even scarier is that it actually happened.
My great-grandfather was one of those who died under the ice, supplying the city via "road of life".
I am grateful to all oh those heroes. Thank you, Griffin, for remind me of what truly matters
I am extremely happy that this is being covered. Leningrad's survival is such a harrowing but awe-inspiring lesson from history. I, unfortunately, have never read the diary of the little girl. I have been lucky enough to find one of my favorite pieces of music. Shostakovich's Symphony does strike deep into my soul even though I am lucky to have never suffered an experience as these people or the composer.
@Nadya Bulgakova I didn't know it was that small. I kind of wish there was more, but it pains me deeply thinking of what Tanya went through to even write those lines down. Thank you, Nadya.
What made me truly disturbed and angered when I read about the Leningrad Siege as a student was the fact people resorted to cannibalism in order to survive. May the poor souls who perished during the siege rest in peace and may all sins be forgiven to those that had to resort to all methods to survive
Cannibalism was present at many of the longer sieges throughout history. This wasn't abnormal.
Starvation studies have been done on volunteers. Fit men had to lose over 1/3 weight; was quakers or amish. They all said they felt the urge to eat anything, and that they would have if they knew they couldnt quit the study whenever they wanted. You dont understand what not eating for 30 days or living on starvation rations feels like unless youve lived it. Life, in its core, is fucked up.
There were some cases of cannibalism during our famine in Ireland....Hunger can drive people insane.....
Но стоит отметить, что в том же самом тяжёлом 1942 году всего актов каннибализма было около пары тысяч. Много, однако учитывая, что население осажденного Ленинграда насчитывало около 1,5-2млн человек, то можно сказать, что большинство смогло сохранить человеческий облик даже в таких ужасных условиях.
12:45 Tallinn seems to be multiplying.
Cool
My grandfather, Walter, made it through the 41-42 winter before being evacuated at the start of navigation season. He refused to tell me a single word about that time until his very last days and was angry if he heard any German. Only thing I knew is that his blind mother didn't allow him to be evacuated somewhere in the autumn of 41, and that the ship full of children at which he was supposed to be was sunk by the Germans. Eventually, they returned to Leningrad. He started a family and in 1966 moved to where I live now, 15-minute stroll away from Piskaryovskoye memorial cemetery.
Interesting fact: Hitler was so convinced that Leningrad would fall that he planned to hold celebrations in hotel Astoria. One of the most expensive and luxurious hotel still standing today in Saint Petersburg.
Hitler did many mistakes . This îs why germany Lost WW2
@@Ghost-vi8qm true
@@Ghost-vi8qm in 1941-42 Hitler did the biggest mistakes in the war . He declared war on America attacked USSR in the summer and did Not supplied His soldiers with winter clothes
@@eridjonavdulaj2386 not like the USA even did much against the germans
@@Discussors imagine. it took the whole world to defeat germans 😯
i was born and raised in st. petersburg, and the idea of not leaving a single crumb of food was drilled into me from the start, and it actually helps me now, i feel i'm way more efficient with my food than i otherwise would be
You're absolutely cranking these out at the moment, keep up the good work.
I remember when I followed this channel with 2000 subs now it’s where it’s at it’s insane. Good job man
One of the interesting facts I would like to drop is that massive efforts were undertaken to alleviate the hunger. One unexpected example is when the chemical scientists of one of the local universities managed to come up with a process of extracting and purifying edible food matter from the clumped up masses of burned foodstuffs that were found in the warehouses mentioned at 4:45 .
Like many people in the comments, I have also had family go through the siege. My grandmother has told me many stories about the limited number of food going round and family members giving each other their last rations of bread so that the other can survive. Truly heartbreaking
Got into listening Shostakovich's music for about 2 months already and went into this video hoping you'd feature his 7th symphony somewhere in it, but I thank you even more for having started the video with an introduction talking about it right off the bat!
The animation has gotten insane! Another excellent video
This a great remaster to one of my favorite older videos I've been here on armchair history from the beginning. And for certain this is my favorite channel on CZcams
I didn't know the people of St. Petersburg had to endure such a prolonged siege during WW2. I'm surprised the Nazis kept up the siege so vehemently for so long too. Thank you for another very informative episode.
Merry Christmas out there everybody. ✝️🎄
It was known "LENINgrad" at the time so it's the very same as with the STALINgrad: big boys play with the lives of ordinary people for their own pleasure.
What i mean by that is that losing either namesake-city city would have been devastatingly embarrasing for Stalin. Winning either city would have been a huge morale win for Hitler.
Aside with those two things, losing the cities would have meant little overall for the war as neither city was a production center during the war (they were before it) so Soviet Union did what did best despite those two cities.
@@alaric_ morale being one of the single biggest factor in battle all other things equal, so for a war..
@@alaric_ Wtf you talking about both those cities were industral centers producing weapons and ammo throughout the war
Looks like we got the "american expert" here
@user-cx8by8nn6y Hitler was an anti Zionist before it was cool😎
A full-length Soviet-Afghan War video would be super awesome
Agreed
I have a sense that this channel would produce an extremely pro-soviet story about it, too.
@@herptek yeah, dude literally said the USSR's barrier troops were for "morale" and that Soviet tactics dependent on high troop casualties were a "myth of Nazi propaganda". His USSR bias is annoying as hell. Also, people totally forget that the USSR committed an atrocity comparable to the Cambodian Genocide or Holocaust in Poland in Afghanistan.
@@conserva-chan2735 Some people just have been taught that version of history from early age where the Soviet Union is the unambiguous good guy in history, whose crimes don't count somehow as much of everyone elses.
@@herptek literally all Cold War history from American public schools is "America was evil in Cold War because Vietnam and Operaton Condor". Literally nothing on what the Soviets did, just "America bad". So by process of elimination, you get a ton of USSR simps in the U.S relative to anywhere in the world outside of Russia itself. Hell, outside of the Iron Curtain, Operation Condor, and the Vietnam War most Americans don't know anything about the Cold War compared to Asians, Africans, and Europeans.
I love it that your completing Eastern Front WW2 important events especially the Siege of Leningrad. Hope the Jassy-Kishinev Offensive will be foretold in here next.
This channel covers the Russian version of events, which is often very biased. We are used to considering their narratives as propagandistic and out of touch with reality.
@@herptek The famine in Leningrad was arranged by stalin. There was no blockade. Look at the map. If desired, food could be delivered.
@@The_Snark lmao
@@eluc_s2510 The above is not my arrogant opinion. That is result of an investigation by historians.
@@The_Snark Sure. Which historians exactly?
Such an amazing quality of content and detail and is well formed for this topic! Leningrad was such a hard hit city during ww2 and I loved how you showed it
Videos like this make you realised that the soviets saved us from fascism, and we owe that to them.
Who is “we”? I’m American. I owe them nothing.
@@WyattPriceTV As much as it may pain me to say such, if it weren't for the Soviets, we wouldn't be Americans. They were the main force to pushing back the NAZIs. That's not to discredit our efforts, but the Soviets did not stop pushing until the Germans were thoroughly destroyed.
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There was absolutely no chance of Germany being able to invade the United States.
@@WyattPriceTV That's the thing though. With the Soviets out of the way, Hitler would have a lot more men to throw at the US and UK. The Soviets were the main reason we won, as Hitler had to divide his manpower against two different fronts. Even if he couldn't invade America, he could still likely conquer Europe and then compete with the US economically.
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I doubt that very much. The German navy wouldn’t have been powerful enough to defeat the Royal Navy even if they had managed to reach their production quota in 1948. The US certainly wasn’t in danger. The economic competitiveness would probably not be any worse than what we have now against the EU and China.
Your videos are improving so much everytime you bring out a new one. I shed a tear while listening to the intro
I recommend watching the Soviet Storm documentary, they do a really good episode on Leningrad (and a bunch of other topics too)
I have it on DVD, and it’s really well done.
Watched it too😅I never thought I would watch it beyond one episode, shock on me, I watched all of it and enjoyed it thoroughly
I loved the old-school style of animations that felt like the ones you all used to use! I'm glad this battle was dug into more, it feels so overlooked all because it wasn't a big bang of a battle that could be used politically. Instead, it was slow and grueling battle of attrition.
incredible video sir- had me glued to the chair
its so weird that i watched your older version of this video literally just yesterday and now this is out
When the war started, my grandmother was only 10 years old. Her father, my great-grandfather, went to the front, never returning from there. Together with my great-grandmother and brother, they survived the siege and the war. At night, my grandmother put out incendiary bombs on the roofs, every day in the cold she herself went for bread. War is terrible, it's sad to see how people are dying in war right now .. Never forget, never again🙏
You are from Russia ?
This channel continues to amaze me with its production values and storytelling, while still maintaining the accuracy of the events it is portraying. It is important we continue to study these events to be aware of what atrocities human being's are capable of, otherwise we are doomed to repeat them.
Wow absolutely amazing work!
Thank you for your great work this year and for hopefully more years to come!
I was just watching battle of the bulge videos lately and I have to say it's good to too see Armchair historian covering the siege of Lenin grad
thank you for covering this, its by fair my the most interesting part of the war for me. Its also sadly been largely overshadowed by berlin and Stalingrad. let us never forget the Heros of Leningrad.
Thanks for postig this great video, it's so cool to see where my grandfather fought during the siege.
58. infantry division, 158. artillery regiment in the triangle Strelna -> Uritzk -> Krasnyj Gorod, before they were put into the evacuation corridor of the Kessel of Demjansk.
He sadly wasn't talking a lot about this time, but it's understandable. So many photos in his albums of War with the title "Soldatenschicksal💀⚰".
I love love love love looooooove that you included Shostakovich. it made my whole day even though it was a minor detail in the video
This must a be a video remake of Griffin's older videos on Leningrad which not going to lie the animation in this video is very remarkably well crafted. Round of applause 👏 🙌 to the animators in Griffin's team.
I absolutely love your channel :)
Great job Griffing ,what a great video ,I love your content ! Keep it going!
I read in an old book that the sacrifices of the citizens of Leningrad could easily compare to the sacrifices the citizens of Stalingrad made during this war.
One of my favorite stories from leningrad was when Sudayev had won the new submachinegun trials to make a simpler gun than the ppsh41 (that being the pps42), he snuck his way into Leningrad with prints and some of his guns to set up production in the city. He had no contact with the other factories producing the guns in Moscow and when he eventually left he'd find the other factories had made a ton of changes to the gun, further simplifying them, giving us the pps43. Ian from forgotten weapons has a cool vid going over one of the pps42s
My great grandfather who had served in WW1 served there, sustaining a serious injury when a grenade hit him all over with shrapnel, multiple pieces logged into his head but they could not remove them so he ended up paralyzed later on in his life.
Excellent quality video, outstanding
Thank you for your content bro. Greetings from Chile
Love animation of Historic events.
I enjoy watching every your video, but separately want to say Thank you so much for an objective look at history of my country. Without traditional western russophobia and stereotypes.
Your videos have been nothing but impressive and always caught me in awe with the smooth animation. It would be great if there a is a video from you guys talking about the Malayan campaign, for me I find it a very underrated topic despite the great resources of the Malay Peninsula being the main reason why Japan did Pearl Harbour, in order to cripple the US pacific fleet so it is easier to blunder the Southeast Asia. I also read documentaries about how the IJA general overseeing the Malayan campaign spoke about how the IJA was severely lacking and he knew in the long run the commonwealth forces will prevail, so he threatened the British general, Percival that the IJA will level Singapore to the ground in order to scare Percival to surrender which work. I would love to learn more from you guys, learning history has never been much fun and easier ever since i came across this channel.
High quality work per usual
"Deadliest siege of WW2"
One of (if not) the deadliest siege in history!
Shostakovich's seventh symphony is something to listen to, especially when you have the context for it, but that also applies to all of Shostakovich's work. To me the best composer that ever existed, try his second cello concerto, trumpet & piano concerto (choose a version where it's not "just" a piano concerto), or seventh string quartet.
That's a really good work !
I think this is the best animated video I’ve seen you post.
I can't even imagine the level of bravery the citizens of Leningrad showed and how awful thier suffering was.
The Siege of Leningrad is an example of the sheer brutality the Soviets had to endure, when facing an unexpected enemy intent on nothing short of the complete annihilation of her people. The Soviet Union wasn't great by any means, but the Nazis were far far worse.
Its not the soviet union that was evil it was the men in charge of the government who ordered the deaths of millions not the ones who defended and died for the motherland like the soldiers and generals
@@GwainSagaFanChannel Yeah I generally agree, watching interviews with people who were citizens at the time is pretty cool. You can see the idealism they had for the idea of the Soviet Union and what it was supposed to be, vs the reality of what it was.
It's worth noting the way the veterans were handled after the war though, including the female vets. It's also important not to discount the warcrimes and generally bad things they Soviets did during the war too, like during the Warsaw Uprising.
Read the book "Bloodlands" by Timothy Snyder. You'll find out the Soviets we're as cruel to each other following the Early 1920's as they were to the Germans during WW2. And the same for the Germans after 1933, being cruel to each other as they were to the Germans.
I agree with you until the last sentence. The Soviets committed their fair share of atrocities themselves, but they tended to be politically rather than racially motivated. I would say the scale of atrocities committed by the soviets and the nazis is pretty comparable
I don’t know, hard to call a regime built on its hatred of you an unexpected enemy...
Well it’s unexpected if your Stalin...
Astounding work!
The choice of music in this video is amazing, really fits with the battles.
My great grandfather fought and died in The siege over Lake Ladoga thank you so much for covering it. You have no idea how much it means to the people of our city
@Nadya Bulgakova sadly our country no longer exists
@Nadya Bulgakova I'm talking about the USSR. I don't know what will happen in this war with Russia and Ukraine but it is a true tragedy to see our Soviet peoples fighting amongst each other.
Bro that intro gave me chills
Bro you are very educational I learned many things from you. Thx!!
This was great , thanks
My great grandfather fought defending Leningrad pushing back the enemy lines so that the women and children would have enough food pass through the gaps. God Bless him and everyone that fought against the Nazi army
I really love your videos bro, they are awesome and have such great quality!
Keep with that good job :)
Very good animations! A lot of action, 💥
One small correction: at 12:45 the main city of the territory of former country of Latvia was named the same as the Estonia's main city 'Tallinn', despite the fact that the main city of the Latvian territory was named as 'Riga'.
My Russian grandma was 6 when the siege started. She was 9 when it ended. I have heard many stories from her.
Griffin, your intros are getting better and better!
Another amazing ANIMATION
This is what I call a true siege.
lol the road of life on lake Ladoga is portrayed as santa carriage.... soviets built a whole damn railroad on top of that lake in weeks to haul supplies & support
The frozen lake the real MVP. Letting supplies get in and ppl get out etc.
Good intro! gave me chills.
Seems a bit surprising to me the Germans couldn't break through even just a bit on the right side, along the shores of Lake Ladoga, to cut off that reinforcement path.
The Soviets sure proved how f'ing tough they were in that war. I don't think many thought they'd prevail, in the fall of 1941. They sure underwent unimaginable suffering but they prevailed in the end.
Because their target was to starve leningrad citizens to death