The Battle of the Reichstag 1945 - Animated
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- April 1945 - The Red Army surrounds Berlin, and closes in to finish off the Third Reich. A bloody battle is fought to raise the Soviet banner atop the Reichstag, the final symbol of German defeat. "On to the Reichstag" is the Soviet battle cry.
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In reality it was actually Dimitri Petrenko and Reznov who took the Reichstag and the Germans there had a near unlimited supply of grenades.
Near unlimited isn't that much when fighting the USSR
I finished World At War just the other day.
And somehow Germans were particularly effective at using all their grenades at a single person
But the number of German bodies defending the Reichstag was limited and dwindling as the battle raged on.
"As heroes, we shall return to Russia's imbraces..." Victor Reznov
"You were killed by a grenade. Watch out for the grenade danger indicator."
The only thing I truly hated about COD WAW. Never could see that fucking indicator until a split second before detonation
That mission in hardcore took days, fuck!
if youre talking about CoD 2, then yes that mission on vetran took me a week to finish
CoD: World at War still remains my most favourite of the CoD series because it has both the Nazi-Soviet war and The Pacific War - two areas I'm very passionate about!
Last three missions on insane gave me ptsd.
That last line: “thousands of their dead or dying comrades could now see that it had all been worth it - or at least they could have, if it wasn’t dark.”
It wasn't a battle with their enemies. It was a race against time. And the Russians lost it.
same can probably be said about fall of soviet union
I feel like he left out that there would have been a ton of fires illuminating the area along with infantry flares etc.
Also, them being dead made it harder to see clearly.
…and they weren’t dead
Fun fact: Many Soviet soldiers wrote their names and other stuff as graffiti on the interior walls of the Reichstag, and some of that graffiti was intentionally not cleaned up when the building was rennovated after reunification. You can still see it today and it is frequently passed by lawmakers.
Probably an effective reminder for most of them.
@Oskar Dirlewanger If your last name wasn't Dirlewanger one could almost take you seriously.
@@LOLERXP I mean
@Oskar Dirlewanger They're mere puppets, they don't care about their nation or people.
@Oskar Dirlewanger Surprising that you find some time to aid Goebbles in spouting misinformation between all the genociding you are doing, Mr Dirlewanger. Then again, projection has always been part of the right and you would know about evil.
Imagine surviving all the way across the eastern front only to die outside the Reichstag mere hours away from the end of the war.
@Kenneth Kuper For a fucking flag
@@Fuhrerjehova literally the most STUPID way to die, hundreds of men died for photo
@@borntofeel1152 yeah kinda tragic.
They fought a war which was bigger than themselves and they were used to die for a propaganda piece they would have already won without.
Modern odd ideas with selfie stick look not so bad in comparison.
Those Germans in front of and inside the Reichstag were thinking of the next few seconds not the last few years. It was the Russians that had to worry about getting home or not, because they weren't home and they weren't likely to get back to it if they really wanted that building 👩🔧🇺🇲🛠️🇷🇺
Reporter: "so how does it feel to be one of those who captured the Reichstag?"
Valentine tank: "idk I got lost in transit and somehow ended up here"
The lone M3 Lee that somehow ended up in the Soviet invasion of Manchuria against the Japanese in 1945 feels your pain.
"Reichstag?? Bloody Hell, I thought I was in Tunisia!"
"someon' sae there was tea in hera', basterds loyed to me!"
@@drewinsur7321 HAMOND
Joke all you want, the valentine being there just shows how reliable the platform was.
Don’t worry Steineris going to arrive with reinforcements any day now…..
...any day now...
Steiner…
Steiner didn't have enough manpower the attack did not take place...
Hello iron
@@ballmuncher-hn1fq These men stay here, Kietel, Jodel, Krebs, and Bordorf
Freeze-frame on Valentine: _“You’re all probably wondering how I got here?”_ * Baba O’Reilly begins playing *
"Oi mate, arent i supposed to be in ethopia"
There is apparently a great story of a young German Major who was assigned to Hilter's Berlin Headquarters for his Eastern front heroism. In the final hours the headquarters staff was epileptic regarding the pending Soviet assault. To the dismay of the staff the young major said "there one good thing about all this. Soon we will be able to take the street car from the Eastern Front to the Western Front".
epileptic? Do you mean apocalyptic (fearing the end of the world). I don't think they were having epileptic seisures.
@@kodiak2fitty "apoplectic" is usuallly the word used to express great anger
Well but technically he was wrong even about this, since Berlin was a pocket battle behind the Eastern Front Main Combat Line that moved further west, fighting retreating German Armies up until they reached the Elbe, at some points (e.g. Torgau) linking up with US Forces.
Unless, he would've known about what the Western Allies and the Soviets agreed upon for Post War Germany, calling the borders of the occupation zones "front lines", but that would've been awkward in a political, peaceful setting.
@@kodiak2fitty No, I meant epileptic.
@@MagiconIce It's called humor. In this case, gallows humor. And by the way, he would have only known it was a pocket battle if he was clairvoyant.
The fact a British Tank was involved as well is interesting.
It sounds as if it was among the materiel the West provided to the Soviets via lend-lease, as such it was technically a Soviet tank, just British-built.
@@trekker105 what a weird logic
@@trekker105 I know that. Just thought it was interesting that something British made was involved in the push on the Reichstag.
British everywhere
WarThunder weirdness
So, my takeaway from this is when we used flak guns as super effective anti-infantry weapons in Battlefield 1942, we were actually engaging in highly accurate battle reenactments.
the 88's were effective against EVERYTHING
Many anti air weapons tended to also serve as devastating anti infantry due to use of high density fragmentation or high fire rates during ww2
Uuuuh, yes, the German Flak was used as anti infantry, and even anti tank/ anti vehicle extensively during the whole war, it was one of the most feared weapons to run into when attacking because it's ammunition fuses could be set to explode mid air at whatever distance, so the shells could be fired at infantry, just above the ground and they would explode mid air, turning anyone in the vicinity into mincemeat. Towards the first half of the war they were used successfully as anti-armour as well, until the allies got wise and thickened their armour.
I lived in Berlin for a few years, the fact that you can still see battle scars to this day means that the battle of Berlin must have been hell on earth
It’s still hell on earth
"As long as you live, the heart of this army cannot be broken."
"As heroes we shall return to Russia"
Stalin: No, you go to Gulag
@@stc3145 It's remarkable that Stalin killed magnitudes more than Hitler and under far worse conditions yet is idolized so much today in popular culture and media
@@Azerkeux Who is idolizing Stalin? People romanticize communism and the propaganda, but even among tankies I've never seen anyone saying 'Stalin did nothing wrong'
@@Azerkeux Still never seen Stalin or Hitler be idolised in popular culture, sure there are people that do but by no means is it the majority. It might seem that way on social media because it tailors what it shows you based on its algorithms. Also mainstream media doesn't Idolise either of them either so not sure what popular culture your apart of but it appears different to mine lol.
@@xXBisquitsXx So why are Stalin memes tacitly endorsed on Facebook/Twitter/Instagram but if you post a hitler meme it will get pulled down, the stalin memes are openly available on the baked-in GIFs widget
The best "RUSH-B" in a history of warfare.
Hahaha
similar casualties to the ones ive experienced
Except you know, The soviets actually had tactics and weren't just asiatic hordes.
Rush Reichstag
@@unclelarry8842 There are no tactics in a close quarters fight
14:15 I think you forgot the historical account of the German Soldier being diced up by a machete before the flag was flown
Wow.... I wonder why that happened... could it be war and the human condition or you being racist to slavic folk?
@robbob9273 he's referring to call of duty world at war in the last scene in the last mission
@@robbob9273 So.. Can't talk about Japanese soldiers plundering China in 1930's and 40's because it's racist? Or does that "rule" only apply to Soviet troops?
“No one will every read this, if you lack the stomach to kill for your country then at least show me that you are willing to die for it”
Later on
“CHERNOV, Nooooooo. Someone should read this”
Lol
Reznov's revealing he truly cared about Chernov after crapping on him for the whole game is truly one of gaming's great character arcs
@cmd31220 yeah but only after the poor guy got burned alive at the steps of the Reichstag
This is such a great concept for a History Show. I don't know why no one has thought of this before. You feel like a Staff Operations officer receiving a briefing
It really does put things in better perspective than just showing old stock footage that everyone uses
@@kameronjones7139 It fills in the picture
Debriefing actually
exactly !
That's why it's called The Operations Room.
“Steiner’s counter attack will bring everything under control”
- A soon to be “dead” man, Berlin April 1945 -
*Legends say that Steiner is still preparing his counter-attack*
In the OTHER direction
@troy Ferrington lol
It was the guy who killed Hitler.
"I want to register a complaint!" (angry man on the phone, sample on a Public Enemy track - could have been Adolf) :)
Yet again, I’m blown away by your channel and your ability to convey such amazing stories with ease
These are so incredibly well done. Thank you. Your work is greatly appreciated
Imagine if the pilot had successfully hit the roof with his banner-lawn dart. Eternal hero of the Soviet Union right there
Well until it collapsed lol
@@cullenkerr6556 countries and governments are temporary, heroes are forever
Imagine being told that you were flying NOT to fight, but to risk your life to DROP a FLAG
Your heroes were looters and rapers
@@timberwolfe1645Soviet Pilot: YESSS I FINALLY GET TO GO TO BERLIN, I WILL SHOW THESE FASCIST PIGS THE MIGHT OF OUR AIR FORCE, FOR THE GLORY OF STAL-
Commissar: uh comrade you are not going there to fight
Soviet Pilot: I’m sorry what?!?!?!?
Commissar: you’re just taking this flag and make drop on Reichstag
Soviet Pilot:😃 > 🙂 > 😐 > 😠 > 😡
God the whole Battle of Berlin must've been an unimaginably brutal affair.
All of WWII was
It could have been much worse. But Soviets surrounded Berlin so quickly relatively few troops managed to get in to defend it.
@@hq3473 Many so called re enforcement Army Hitler ordered to come to Berlin Defense were instead running to Western line to surrender .. thousands of them at a time ... no body wanted to be near the Soviets ... fearing the wrath of the Red Army for what the Germans had done on the Eastern Front !
@@Hero.Lone-Wolf Oh yeah. This is the reason the last of the german defenders were fighting tooth and nail. After the atrocities that had been done at the Eastern Front, even the germans knew surrender would likely lead you to death... or a fate worse than death.
The Soviet leadership threw away lives as disposable in a quest for personal glory. But the germans knew this was the end of the line. There is a saying the germans had during the war, when the Soviets began scoring victories, and coming ever closer to Berlin: "Enjoy the war. The peace will be terrible."
This is the reason you should avoid an escalation of conflict. When it happens, God have mercy on you, because humans will not.
@@IAsimov 'Enjoy the war, the peace will be terrible', is sure is a ominous statement.
Great content, one of the battles that I've always wondered about but that is rarely covered in history documentaries.
"The large columns beside the point of the soviet entrance became covered in blood"
Damn, imagine that you have survived going through deadly mini fortress outside the Reichstag but then you saw a pile of bodies laying on the ground covered in blood beside an entrance which you should pass through it to prevent the embarrassment of your leadership.
For all World War 2 soldiers that have sacrificed their lives for the freedoms we enjoy today, thank you for your services sir!
This battle seems to always get glossed over, I suppose because the end result was pretty much inevitable. I'm glad to see more detail than I've ever been taught before!
Some old books I got (like, the books are 30 years in the family) tell much of this story already. Together they were like 6000 pages, so not surprising it covered a lot of topics.
Looking at the numbers, it was indeed a done deal from the start.
Imagine the young German troops who were fighting at this last battle
I can't find the Führerbunker though! :)
@@louise_rose That was in the courtyard of the Reichs Chancellery.
The Soviets paid a very heavy price for this victory. The allies were wise to let the Soviets take Berlin for themselves.
The Deadliest game of Reverse Capture the Flag the world has ever seen.
Definitely not the worst game of 'king of the hill' tho 😳
They could've just laid siege until the Germans died or surrendered.
@@RsRj-qd2cg That wouldn't of happened, the Germans likely would have fought until every last one of them were killed as they only surrendered after the flag was hoisted on the roof and the soviet generals were on a deadline, they were expected to have that flag on that roof BY a specific date or there would be punishments for those that failed to reach it.
@@RsRj-qd2cg yeah good luck trying that to the SS
@@RsRj-qd2cg Befitting reply for Leningrad
i found this channel yesterday and have been on a non stop weekend binge. love it.
Thanks for taking the time on this. Very entertaining. I cant imaging the thoughts going through everybody's heads on these days.
Having the Soviet as blue in the battle map is kinda weird.
Well, allies blue axis red is kind of convention but yeah, it does feel weird
I mean, Blue is normally used for "Friendly" forces and Red is used for "Enemies" in military diagrams.
That's why friendly fire is often referred to as "Blue-on-Blue".
Should've used Red for SOV and Black for GER
@@dr_jj US and Britain as Blue, Germany as dark grey, Soviet as bright red, Italy as green and Japan as dark red is my opinion.
@@nhancao4790 that would work on symbolic map but on a military map, that would be pretty useless and confusing
Thanks for this animation. I visited Berlin several years ago and as I’m a fan of military history, when I visited the Reichstag Building I tried to see where fighting took place and using Wikipedia, I compared it to what I could see there. I walked this in chronological order. What blew my mind was this area is actually quite small in real life and how it took the Soviets days to get from the Moltkebrucke bridge to the Reichstag building, it looks just a few hundred metres in length and now takes seconds to walk the Soviets advance from the bridge.
Then again, you weren't being pinned down by field guns and mg fire, were you?
@@ladela7348 That's his whole point.
When I started to read the collection of books from my parents, this battle was one of the first that I read in full, and I really wondered: if a bridge and a few buildings take this long, how did they ever capture a whole country? This was about as fast as the battles of the first world war, but being the last rat hole time matered little anymore.
@@ladela7348 True. It must have been a murderous hail of fire from the defenders, to Soviets advancing just a few hundred metres.
@@notmenotme614 Yeah. I'm just glad I live in a time of relative peace compared to 76 years ago I guess. In 1945 I'd have been prime age for joining the military.
Just found this channel this morning and can’t get enough. SUBSCRIBED!
Call of Duty 1 and Call of Duty: World at War for PC did a great job recreating this battle.
You know it's a good day when Ops Room puts out a video...
This gave me a really good sense of the scale of killing and human carnage.
For real two whole battalions wiped out in less than 50m. 🤯
@Synchro another video i watched said that on JUST the 30th of April and 1st of may, the Soviets saw something like 150 KIA and 300+ wounded.
@@toluolaitan916 they do pilitics in this battle than tactics
@@cyrosubod2317 for real man and this is peoples' lives were talking about too. The inhumanity and disregard for human life back then is just astounding.
@Synchro in battle of Berlin polish casualties were 3K, soviet casualties were 81K and german were 400K and 380K POW.
Love listening to the historical battles with the animation to go along with them! makes it feel like you can see what really happened during the fights! keep up the awesome work!
Thank you for these super interesting narrations of WWI WWII and other wars. We watch all of them. Thank you for filling in some of the gaps we did not learn in high school back in the day circa 1990.
This is the kind of content that I have become a patron on Patreon for.
Imagine a good BFV, where they'd included this... maybe as a rush map or 'carrier-attack' ish-mode? so much potential in that scenario...
that game was such a waste. This video however is gold!
Just play the first CoD mate
@@SOLOcan Or Enlisted. It's made by Gaijin using the same engine as War Thunder, and one of the campaigns is the Battle of Berlin in which you can actually fight this exact battle.
I remember ragequitting when the Germans stopped us in the building of the Ministry of the Interior. We tried a flanking move and could see the Reichstag itself but snipers and mgs from the Kroll Opera House basically ended the battle.
@@SOLOcan thanks, i do. But i like multiplayer ^^
@@ladela7348 Sounds exciting, i'll give it a try :D
@@SOLOcan CoD1, CoD United Offensive, CoD2, CoD:WaW.
This is so well-made, even the generic icons give you a feel of the nightmare this battle was.
Loving the layout of battle movements. Good work
My guys are back! Nice switch up. Wasn’t expecting this! Well done boys as usual!
Appreciate it!
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Truly excellent, fascinating, and well put together video. This channel is a go to for me when I get some downtime, it's awesome and I appreciate the quality of the vids!
Quick facts about Battle for Berlin:
Battle for Berlin was a part of Berlin strategic offensive, conducted from 16 April to 2nd May 1945.
Forces for entire strategic offensive:
Red army + polish forces of Armija Ljudova - 2.35 mil men
Wehrmacht + volksturm ~835 000 - 900 000
In battle of Berlin directly participated:
Red army + polish units - 464 000+
Wehrmacht, SS, Volksturm - 100 000 -200 000
Casualties suffered, non-recoverable for entire strategic operation from 16 April to 8th May
Red army and polish units - 84 000+ KIA
Wehrmacht, SS, volksturm - from 100 000 to 400 000 (highest estimate) KIA, around 380 000 POWs.
Correct number of casualties for Germans is impossible to count for several reasons:
1) no statistic documents for losses of volksturm, police, SS volunteers, other hastily formed civilian militia units
2) most of the unit journals and documents were destroyed, captured by the Soviets
3) in overall chaos casualty list were not kept
Biggest loss of life for the Soviets during strategic offensive - Battle of Seelow heights, between 20 000-27 000 KIA
Biggest loss of life for the Germans during strategic offensive - Halbe pocket or “Halbe massacre” - around 90 000 KIA + POW
Did not expect this one! :) You’re giving Mark Felton a serious run for his money these days!
Mark is more of a interesting story teller than tactical overview stuffs.... you might wanna compare to Tik. But Tik is a historian more. But hey. Love it.
mark felton reddit history
@@MALITH666 whos tik?
Mark Felton literally reads wikipedia articles and uses copyright free visuals which most of times are literally not related. The worst "historian" on youtube.
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He does series of day by day hour by hour details.
This is easily one of my FAVORITE channels! Fantastic work and great content. Please keep it up, we wait with bated breath for the next episode! May I suggest the tractor building in Stalingrad or the fire bombing of Dresden?
IMPRESSIVE, THE ANNIMATION ADDS A HUGE AMOUNT OF DETAIL. VERY WELL DONE
I learned SO MUCH... much more than I had ever heard on any television show or other video. GREAT JOB.
Patiently waiting for battle of Mogadishu part 2. Your videos are awesome, and the quality just keeps getting better.
Astounding.
What a waste of lives on both sides..to conquer a piece of rubble...
The elites don't give a fk about human life - look at today, billions are in lockdown over the flu...
@@sickre hahaha anti vaxxers are right then?
It was probably beautiful and wasn't very old having been opened in 1894, still in it's prime when burned and at this hosting of room to room fighting 👩🔧🇺🇲🛠️🇷🇺
wAsTe Of LiVeS
@@sickre I don't think it was the "elites" forcing people to fight in 1945...there were plenty of opportunities to defect or avoid frontline duty by then. Those who fought in Berlin were all there because they wanted to fight.
"Steiner's assault will take care of it."
"My Fuhrer...Steiner..."
Famous last words said before disaster
Have you ever considered doing medieval battles? Great work! This is an awesome way to show history.
Might be one of my favorite Op Room videos ever. amazing stuff as always.
Wow, thanks!
Oh God I can't tell you how happy this makes me. I've heard narrations of this battle before but I'm not great at visualizing this stuff in my head. Thank you 🙌🤍🤍🤍
Glad you enjoy it!
These videos are SO well done!! Great content.
Great content as usual. I feel like a birthday boy whenever operations room uploads.
This has to legitimately be the best channel on youtube. You put so much effort into these videos, and it shows. Big ups man, you're doing an amazing job.
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Love all your vids. I dont care how long I have to wait for the next one, they're so well done its worth it!
Excellently done, keep up the good work!
Thanks. I have always wondered about the details of how this assault went down.
When will we got the second part to Black Hawk Down or will we get a part 2
yes pls
Let's just be patient, it'll come. Can't hasten quality, unless maybe if we were patreon supporters at least. Hehe
2030 probably.
this was the longest wind-up for a punchline I've ever sat through
thanks so much for these videos. every one of them are amazing
I’m used to the larger scale engagement plans from TOR. This “zoomed in” plan view depicting groups of individual soldiers within a single building is fantastic!!
I feel those stars going out. Every single one of them is a family grieving.
So wasteful, war.
It’s sad that they died on probably the last charge of the war, just as the war in Europe had ended. Such as waste. The Soviet victory was inevitable, they could have simply sieged the building and waited it out.
after the bombs dropped my country immediately declared independence and quickly went on war with the Dutch and Allied occupiers, for us its now or never to be free from Europeans, and after experiencing a brutal Japanese rule to our country
Not all those stars going out represent KIA. It represents casualties, which includes soldiers being wounded and out of action.
@@robto Considering some of these charges is straight into mg nests with dozens of bodies being stopped at a doorway, no way they will survive that storm of bullets.
Not enough stars went out, evidentially, as they won the battle.
A fun fact: if you can find an unedited version of the picture of the flag going up, you'll notice the man raising it has 4 or 5 watches on his arm. Watches were considered fair game as war loot at the time.
Supposedly multiple watches were worn in case one broke you'd know one had stopped as the clock faces wouldn't match and soviet watches were not exactly that reliable. I saw that picture you can only see 2 watches on his wrist though later versions they crudely airbrushed out one of the watches.
Apparently the explanation of "soviet watches are unreliable" was a worse excuse than soviet soldiers looting watches. But soviets really depended on wristwatches due to the lack of radios the use of artillery depended on runners coming to tell of the exact time of a bombardment and you didn't want to mis-time it.
I'm like 99% sure they took them off Germans they killed personally
Can someone explain why it's supposedly wrong? I doubt these items would ever be returned to their families anyway.
But no, you are spreading misinformation, there were only two watches - one on each arm.
@@helgenlane Ehh, its something in the geneva convention about how "personal items" like rings, books, pendants, etc cannot be taken off either prisoners nor dead and by some VERY broad interpretation a wrist watch may be a personal item.
However its far far more likely wrist watches would be of practical use for war due to vital importance of precise timing of operations. Those items can be confiscated and used as they see fit, including wearing several watches so if one watch stops or goes slow you know which one is wrong and go by the other 2.
Not all "military issue" items are confiscated, explicitly POWs must be allowed to keep and continue wearing their uniform to distinguish them from "convicted criminals".
Its a sign of Soviet paranoia that they couldn't just explain that wearing several wrist watches was normal, they HAD to censor it and trying to hide it made it seem bad.
All soldiers collect “spoils of war” from the people that were trying to kill them earlier. I knew an old boy who had a set of false teeth he’d rescued from a dead German.
Mr. The Operations Room, I appreciate everything you do and put out, sincerely.
However, I would ask you complete entire series or parts 1 and 2, etc. of a subject relatively close together.
I am eagerly awaiting the next part of Black Hawk Down (amongst others).
Thanks for this. One of my favorite moments of modern warfare history. Couldn't even imagine the other worldly scene. Warriors on both sides. Bless em.
I was literally just looking at your channel like an hour before you uploaded this thinking "damn wish there was a new vid" haha. Any chance you could do some Australian battles such as the battle of Long Tan or any of the battles from Afghanistan?
no
Another awesome video! Could you do a video on the Battle off Samar?
That would be great, but I feel like it would be better if he first covered other battles in the Pacific as well as the rest of Leyte Gulf, all at its time of course
@@d.olivergutierrez8690 honestly I’d be happy to watch a video of him explaining how grass grows. The reason I’d like a video on Samar is that Drachinifel did an awesome video on it but I’d like to actually see the ships maneuvering and hear his commentary on it.
This is an amazing video, thanks for making it!
Thank you for this effort! Great Video
I cant imagine how terrifying it must of been to be one of those Soviet troops storming the Reichstag.
Fighting in very close quarters with weapons more suited to open terrain, In the dark, not knowing your way around, with a highly trained opponent armed to the teeth with no wishes of surrendering. I mean that MG42 position at the top of the stairs was savage.
Not only all that, you're under pressure from your own commanders to get things done as quickly as possible. Not a great position to find yourself in.
"With weapons more suited to open terrain" Ever heard of PPSH-41 with a drum mag?
sadly at that time if you step back or do not go further officers bullet is waiting for you.. dark times..
@@girtspecinja Please don't take your history from Enemy at the Gates.
Were they untrained though?
@@TheFaveteLinguis Nah, by 1945 much of the street fighting was done by Shock Troops with body armour primarily armed with PPSH submachine guns.
Imagine being a 11 year old Volkssturm HJ conscript armed with a 40 year old G98 and running into twelve angry Ukrainians and Belarusians all armed with what are basically small machine guns.
A great presentation, fantastic insight, thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it!
This is, by far, one of the coolest World War Two videos I've ever viewed.
Man, your videos are the best, well done
Great video! First I've ever seen a breakdown of what actually happened. Normally they just say soviets won and raised their banner. An awful lot of death for a symbol.
There was more politics involved in this battle than actual tactics.
Yes, what a shame to be a young man dying for these games back then.
@LTrain45 45 I don't say otherwise.
Well if the politicians are not willing to start this war against (insert enemy here) the people will find somebody that will.
@LTrain45 45 it was either sending their men to the stalemate to die without any improvement or getting pushed back. there was no other way as it was an endurance war
Because it was portrayed like this to you by Author, he through his personal opinion as some sort of facts.
Fantastic video as always. One question, how do you research for your videos? Do you publish the resources you use on Patreon?
Great video, good work, I would love you to do one about the battle of the east mabe one on each army group it would be a big undertakeing but you would get a huge amount of subs thank you for your hard work.
The battle of Stalingrad would be good. Prolly takes a year for you to put together though
TIK is doing it, it will take like 5 years or so.
@@r-saint TIK is a legend. He will release 9 hour long videos on just one battle. Like what kind of person has that much dedication to a youtube history channel? Not to mention he covers controversial stuff and really has to try super hard to not get demonetized. Imagine combing through a script like that for any algorithm killing language or demonetization red flags.
Have you considered selling T-shirts with The Operations Room logo...like from teespring or zazzle? Regardless, keep up the amazing work at your own pace! Everything you do is worth the wait.
Would that be of interest?
I’d totally buy one!
Extremely well made! Well done
Thank you! Glad to see the details of the battle that my grandpa was a part and got his "For the capture of Berlin" medal.
11:20 "Comrade, this is a mortar. Used horizontally, this becomes a bazooka."
1000 IQ level stuff
Never heard this story before. Happy to have heard it.
Good job creating an "infographic look" at the chaos that was happening!
Dude, such amazing work.
Very nice, lets see Paul Alan's battle plans.
Let's try this again
-Steiner's attack will fix everything.
-Umn, Steiner....Steiner....
Your battle maps make me realize how much work war thunder put into their map designs. Bravo for both of you.
This was brilliant. Subbed. Bravo 👏🏻
10:19 : "... and Hitlers personal troops, the Liebes Standard ...", pronounciation so bad it gives that unit a whole new meaning lol
First impression is "Wow, living through the entire invasion to die for some propaganda picture, because it has an arbitrary deadline"...
But on the other hand, casualties would still happen, they happened the entire time before this battle... and the importance of this particular victory is actually really huge - its symbolically the triumphant final blow of the ENTIRE WW2 in Europe. All the millions of previous casualties kinda point to this moment, so it makes a bit more sense, that people were litterally dying to be the ones to do it.
Grasping that there is only one of any of us in all of history, in all the world, is a really difficult thing to do.
All the time it's 'not me personally' getting shot or blown to bits, others can die like sheep, as long as it's not me.
The new perspective that we are all real, and all unique, there will never be another me is a frightening one.
This is why second-rate minds and sociopaths find politics a comfortable place to be.
Bravo man, keep the videos coming!
I really like this animated battle thing you have !
Please don't stop making these videos.
Another superb interpretation of something from WWII that we didn't really know a lot about due to conflicting stories and political shenanigan's. 👍
Your videos get better and better
Watching a number of these battles and it really puts things into perspective for the unimaginable carnage that must have taken place.