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    The Eastern Front of World War II was a theatre of conflict between the European Axis powers against the Soviet Union (USSR), Poland and other Allies, which encompassed Central Europe, Eastern Europe, Northeast Europe (Baltics), and Southeast Europe (Balkans) from 22 June 1941 to 9 May 1945. It was known as the Great Patriotic War in the Soviet Union and some of its successor states, while everywhere else it was called the Eastern Front.
    The battles on the Eastern Front of the Second World War constituted the largest military confrontation in history. They were characterised by unprecedented ferocity and brutality, wholesale destruction, mass deportations, and immense loss of life due to combat, starvation, exposure, disease, and massacres. Of the estimated 70-85 million deaths attributed to World War II, around 30 million occurred on the Eastern Front, including 9 million children. The Eastern Front was decisive in determining the outcome in the European theatre of operations in World War II, eventually serving as the main reason for the defeat of Nazi Germany and the Axis nations.
    The two principal belligerent powers were Germany and the Soviet Union, along with their respective allies. Though never sending in ground troops to the Eastern Front, the United States and the United Kingdom both provided substantial material aid to the Soviet Union in the form of the Lend-Lease program along with naval and air support. The joint German-Finnish operations across the northernmost Finnish-Soviet border and in the Murmansk region are considered part of the Eastern Front. In addition, the Soviet-Finnish Continuation War is generally also considered the northern flank of the Eastern Front.
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  • @MHPloni-kl5ec
    @MHPloni-kl5ec Před 4 měsíci +3

    Powerful, artistic narration. Kudos to the scriptwriter Jerry Lawton, composer Ricky Hyslop, and narrator Douglas Rain who also voiced the computer HAL in 2001 A Space Odyssey.

  • @charlesmak534
    @charlesmak534 Před 2 lety +9

    FINALLY a version of this with better quality audio. All the other versions I've seen had complete trash audio. Thanks for this.

  • @johnypiston
    @johnypiston Před 2 lety +94

    Best narration on the subject I have ever heard. He really manages to capture the sense of revulsion that all these events make you feel. Watched all the episodes because of this. Nothing that happened here can be glorified and the narrator does well in showing that. Stunning.

    • @hiseverest9074
      @hiseverest9074 Před 2 lety +9

      It would be more interesting if it was unbiased. I understand this was a propaganda film.

    • @oceanhome2023
      @oceanhome2023 Před 2 lety +1

      Mega upvotes Yes the dialogue is first rate and inspired me to watch the whole movie !

    • @bittertranscendence9468
      @bittertranscendence9468 Před rokem

      Revulsion? Do you feel the same revulsion when the US annihilates men, women and children in the name of democracy? Even without understanding why Germany invaded Poland, if this is such a criminal act that justified a world war, then why was Poland given up to the same Nation who invaded it alongside Germany in 1939, not to mention Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Germany, the Baltic states and the tens of millions ethnically cleansed from their homelands carried out by the 'liberators'.
      I suppose terrorizing Nations until they submit to this illusion of democracy is not only acceptable, but essential to those who control the outcomes of elections through the use of the mass media and other mediums of information who also happen to be the same people who own and control the armaments industries and naturally always welcome war as a means of doing business. That's the so called 'free world', who continue to use their contradictory and false ideology to subjugate Nations and peoples and in the process the worst war crimes in human history. That fact that the kangaroo court that was the Nuremburg trial is still used as evidence of crimes against humanity is laughable when one realizes the wide spread use of torture to coerce confessions which we now know were outright lies and exaggerations.

    • @johnypiston
      @johnypiston Před rokem +2

      @@bittertranscendence9468 I feel the same revulsion wherever human life is taken - but especially on industrial scales like this. Location and perpetrator do not concern me. Stop feeling so bitter.

    • @bittertranscendence9468
      @bittertranscendence9468 Před rokem

      @@johnypiston No, i am sure a life time of propaganda has affected everyone else but yourself. Even though i agree in theory, that war is horrible and should never be sought. It will never happen. Especially when you have a regime next door who seeks world dominion, and supports financially & materially Marxist resistance within your borders whilst simultaneously builds the largest Army in human history for use against Germany and the rest of Europe.
      If Barbarossa is not considered a pre-emptive strike. Then none exist, or we must abandon all evidence of the Soviet Union's mobilization efforts and reorganization.

  • @billmurray1431
    @billmurray1431 Před 2 lety +197

    Think about what he said, the Germans invaded Russia with a 1300 mile front. That's literally a front the length of the whole East Coast of the United States. That's absolutely insane when you think about it, a front from Maine to Florida

    • @tonyromano6220
      @tonyromano6220 Před 2 lety +34

      Germany did not have the resources, additionally they had no idea of how big the Soviet Army actually was.

    • @tonyromano6220
      @tonyromano6220 Před 2 lety +16

      And yes it was just insane, especially when you look at actual lines! Look at the area of AGC in the spring of 42! Just wild.

    • @lunafringe10
      @lunafringe10 Před 2 lety

      in the end the Wehrmacht was depleted so that kids had to go and fight the Russians. I wasnt concerned abt dumb humans dying over their stupid wars, but for the animals who died by the millions by those idiots

    • @ashdoglsu
      @ashdoglsu Před 2 lety +15

      All the numbers of WW 2 are insane

    • @geemeff
      @geemeff Před 2 lety +1

      No different than half the country voting for a lunatic like Trump. Then having that same bunch of whiners try to change the constitution for another four years of the same.

  • @oceanhome2023
    @oceanhome2023 Před 2 lety +23

    This was THE Movie that opened up my eyes for the Eastern Front ! The size of the war was compared to “Playing Tennis on a Football field !”

    • @GreatPolishWingedHussars
      @GreatPolishWingedHussars Před rokem

      That was the Soviet German War. But at least no whitewashing of the Germans by using the Nazi term.

    • @mikekomalley
      @mikekomalley Před rokem +5

      I thought that analogy was good, too

    • @tonyromano6220
      @tonyromano6220 Před rokem

      Playing chess on a Football Field is a bit more accurate.

  • @Mediatech492
    @Mediatech492 Před rokem +26

    I remember watching this series on TV as a young boy. Up until then all I knew of war was what I had seen in Hollywood films. Honour, glory, and crap like that. This open my eyes to the reality of it, with a relentless brutal intensity.

    • @user-zr5yw2st1e
      @user-zr5yw2st1e Před rokem +5

      Look antimilitary moove "Go and look"Klimov

    • @GreatPolishWingedHussars
      @GreatPolishWingedHussars Před rokem

      That was the Soviet German War. But at least no whitewashing of the Germans by using the Nazi term.

    • @mikekomalley
      @mikekomalley Před rokem +2

      Do you know the exact year this series was made? I’m think 1968-69. They mention the Yalta conference would shape Europe for the next “25 years” so just do the math.

    • @w.allencaddell6421
      @w.allencaddell6421 Před rokem +2

      I hope this last war is the very last. War is a very awful experience.

    • @face4682
      @face4682 Před rokem +1

      @@mikekomalley I bet a lot of people missed that

  • @steveweinstein3222
    @steveweinstein3222 Před rokem +11

    I love the narrator's crisp, clear diction and the drama in his inflections, like the sarcasm when he talks about Hitler.

    • @robertmaybeth3434
      @robertmaybeth3434 Před měsícem +1

      There are few things worse in a documentary then a maker who has an agenda, or a biased and slanted view. Objectivity in a documentary is crucial, or else it is not informative, it is propaganda.

    • @steveweinstein3222
      @steveweinstein3222 Před měsícem

      @@robertmaybeth3434 No docucmentary is objective about Hitler. No sane one, anyway.

  • @PrashanthSadashivan
    @PrashanthSadashivan Před 11 měsíci +1

    AMAZING documentary - really brings to life the cynicism, brutality and misery that led to and permeated the Eastern Front, unarguably the decisive front of WW2 in Europe and scene of the greatest (so far) conflict in military history. The accompanying narration is crisp, evocative, even acerbic - and so very effective! A valuable addition to the archive even decades after the war ended (1973) and a must-watch for the WW2 history buff.

  • @Falcon_Serbia
    @Falcon_Serbia Před rokem +12

    Very well made documentary, it seems the older the documentary the more unbiased and factual they are.

    • @GreatPolishWingedHussars
      @GreatPolishWingedHussars Před rokem

      That was the Soviet German War. But at least no whitewashing of the Germans by using the Nazi term.

    • @derekarmstrong3590
      @derekarmstrong3590 Před rokem +2

      Disagree. Many documentaries include biased opinions. Even good documentaries.

    • @Falcon_Serbia
      @Falcon_Serbia Před 9 měsíci

      @@derekarmstrong3590learn to read.

  • @doosra95
    @doosra95 Před 2 lety +18

    3.2 million Wehrmacht solders , 500,000 Horse’s, 1300 mile front , 2000 Air craft , thousand’s Tanks … a mighty war machine.
    No holds barred destruction of humans took it out on Russian’s .
    27 million Russian death staggering loss of life.
    Narration is perfection and magnetic.

    • @felipe-vibor
      @felipe-vibor Před 2 lety +12

      And still Russians stopped at Hitler's Bunker. Never poke the bear

    • @pretzel_cat
      @pretzel_cat Před rokem +7

      27 million Soviets, not all were Russian…

    • @felipe-vibor
      @felipe-vibor Před rokem +4

      @@pretzel_cat ok. Are all Americans American? Didn't Germans also fight along with Italians, Ukrainians, Austrians, french Nazis etc

    • @anthonynicholich9654
      @anthonynicholich9654 Před rokem +3

      @@pretzel_cat
      Not all the German army on the Russian front were all Germans

    • @garybrunecz7785
      @garybrunecz7785 Před rokem

      Don't worry the overbreeders of the world will have us replaced before you can say cat in the hat. We are only a number and anyone dumb enough to mess with Russia the bear has a rude awakening looming. Russia, China and the OPEC Muslim Trillionaire Kings will rule this planet, never mind they already do. If you kill one human its a tragedy. If you kill a few million its a statistic. We are only worth what it costs to replace us and we could afford to lose 4 million soldiers a year in America if we were at war with a real super power and it still wouldn't put a dent in the population. That is how much we matter. With open borders we will never run out of people. People must enjoying fighting and dying or so many wouldn't join all the death squads around the world. Hitler was such a poosie that he blew his own brains out when he had figured out he was a loser and this was the coward so many were willing to follow. I feel sorry for whoever is foolish enough to pull the same stunt. Hitler wasn't man enough to face the music. and either are most. They will just cut and run or kill themselves. Humans are a sick sadistic bunch who thrive on death, destruction, hate and torture. Welcome to hell. We have two choices , die on your feet or live on your knees and be their slave. You decide.

  • @michaelbruns449
    @michaelbruns449 Před 2 lety +19

    Awesome footage, totally intense, with a perfect narrator, finally someone who doesnt talk too much too often, perfectly spaced and perfectly spoken, but ultimately this is faith shattering and, hope crushing, taken by force, by demons be driven, obviously > 44:52

    • @GreatPolishWingedHussars
      @GreatPolishWingedHussars Před rokem

      That was the Soviet German War. But at least no whitewashing of the Germans by using the Nazi term.

  • @MrLisaFischer
    @MrLisaFischer Před rokem +3

    The ultimate war of annihilation. Great narration. Thanks for posting

  • @mckenr07
    @mckenr07 Před 2 lety +78

    Don’t think my neighbour would be happy if I declared war for more living space, although I’d love a bigger garden.

    • @azlanbinismail
      @azlanbinismail Před 2 lety +7

      Hitler the idiot and yet the whole country is willing to follow him to a bigger living space in hell.

    • @michaelsullivan9860
      @michaelsullivan9860 Před 2 lety +16

      Just do it. See what happens. Don’t wait until the winter though.

    • @rascallyrabbit717
      @rascallyrabbit717 Před 2 lety +5

      Hitler wanted to kill your neighbour, murder everyone for a 6 block radius and burn down all the houses

    • @tonyromano6220
      @tonyromano6220 Před 2 lety

      @@michaelsullivan9860 😂😂😂😂😂👍👍👍👍👍

    • @michaeltawaka762
      @michaeltawaka762 Před 2 lety +11

      Seems like nato/USA still want to try

  • @lawsonj39
    @lawsonj39 Před rokem +1

    Very eloquent narration, dramatically delivered.

  • @geemeff
    @geemeff Před 2 lety +35

    I had a grandfather who was a pilot in the Luftwaffe during the Nazi's era. He had some CRAZY stories about his time in Russia. I still have his Iron Cross 1st class medal, as well as a whole treasure trove of other goodies. I miss the old cronie, he was hardcore right till the end.

    • @ashdoglsu
      @ashdoglsu Před 2 lety +4

      I would to have heard them.

    • @strfltcmnd.9925
      @strfltcmnd.9925 Před 2 lety +5

      Luftwaffe Pilots were the toughest in the War.

    • @geemeff
      @geemeff Před 2 lety +3

      @@strfltcmnd.9925 a lot more tough than the Soviets. All this talk about feeling sorry for Ivan!!!! Everyone seems to forget real easy, don't they?

    • @trentdawg2832
      @trentdawg2832 Před 2 lety +3

      Adolph galland………he was a legend luftwaffe badass……..German Robin olds!!!

    • @geemeff
      @geemeff Před 2 lety +3

      @@trentdawg2832 they were all legends bud

  • @lenonnitchergore2246
    @lenonnitchergore2246 Před 2 lety +11

    En sus memorias Guderian dijo:: con nuestra derrota en Moscú, supimos que jamás ganaríamos la guerra!!!

  • @issa3522
    @issa3522 Před rokem +7

    “I am sick and tired of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, for vengeance, for desolation. War is hell.”
    United State’s Union Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman

    • @AbsurdityViewer
      @AbsurdityViewer Před rokem +3

      'We see, therefore, that War is not merely a political act, but also a real political instrument, a continuation of political commerce, a carrying out of the same by other means.' Carl von Clausewitz

  • @ahmetpekmez528
    @ahmetpekmez528 Před rokem

    Bu belgeseli hazırlayanlara çok teşekkür ederim.

  • @precessionoftheequinoxes3224

    This is one of the best documentaries on Russian German War. Watched it back in the 90s on VHS from blockbuster. Probably the biggest war in history and one of the greatest military reversals ever.

    • @user-jh8lu6no6o
      @user-jh8lu6no6o Před 11 měsíci

      Ya except the Japanese did just as many atrocities including giving people deseases then desected them alive. the way they treated pows and so so much more. But it's very seldom talked about

    • @user-jh8lu6no6o
      @user-jh8lu6no6o Před 11 měsíci

      And they didn't kill Jews they raped and killed the Chinese in massive numbers. A game they would play is throw a baby in the air and catch it with there bayannett

  • @davidatkinson3887
    @davidatkinson3887 Před rokem +2

    modern narrators could learn a lesson or two listening this video- stark and straight to the point narrative.

  • @37Dionysos
    @37Dionysos Před 2 lety +3

    Good series, full of films you don't see every day

  • @krell2130
    @krell2130 Před rokem

    Best narration I've ever heard, on any subject, ever.

  • @dr.barrycohn5461
    @dr.barrycohn5461 Před 2 lety +2

    The best footage, discordant music and narration ever.

  • @desnotneus5427
    @desnotneus5427 Před rokem

    great channel thx for this

  • @EJStormful
    @EJStormful Před 2 lety +10

    An extraordinary documentation. Extraterrestrial narrative. It deserves the gold medal in serious journalism.

    • @GreatPolishWingedHussars
      @GreatPolishWingedHussars Před rokem

      That was the Soviet German War. But at least no whitewashing of the Germans by using the Nazi term.

  • @rhushsnr
    @rhushsnr Před rokem +1

    Now that's how a documentary
    Should be narrated

  • @davidswiatek6532
    @davidswiatek6532 Před rokem +4

    Early footage looks like Normandy.Bochage?

  • @ravarga4631
    @ravarga4631 Před rokem +7

    Finland, poland, hungary, ukraine. All stood up to ussr/russia at some time to fight for freedom (and nationalism, not approved of today) knowing the odds were against them. Unfortunately they hoped for the support of the western democracies.

  • @aussiedrifter
    @aussiedrifter Před rokem +3

    This & the other videos in the series are very interesting thank you, the only drawback or annoying thing is the dam music which sounds very similar to a three year old
    happily banging away at a grand piano's ivories.

  • @billhobbs7077
    @billhobbs7077 Před rokem +6

    best series on the Russian Front is
    "The Unknown War" with great narration by Burt Lancaster

    • @tonymathis6426
      @tonymathis6426 Před rokem

      thanx, just looked it up, never heard of it & Burt is one of my all time favs , best in the Killers, just saw 1st ep, pretty good, my fav on subject, is Blood upon the snow, thanx again

    • @edlawrence5059
      @edlawrence5059 Před rokem

      The background music is unbearable.

  • @kennethramonet5421
    @kennethramonet5421 Před 2 lety +15

    This is an excellent documentary with A LOT of never before seen footage that factually lays out the most destructive and consequential clash in history.

    • @GreatPolishWingedHussars
      @GreatPolishWingedHussars Před rokem

      That was the Soviet German War. But at least no whitewashing of the Germans by using the Nazi term.

  • @africanson1429
    @africanson1429 Před rokem +18

    General Patton after the end of the war…. “ we have defeated the wrong enemy….” How true….

    • @ravarga4631
      @ravarga4631 Před rokem +2

      Not exactly, fascism was a deadly enemy of democracy (and free enterprize) . Not that fascism was destroyed entirely ie spain, portugal, argentina with other nations accepting dictatorships whose anti democratic feelings were concealed behind acceptable anti communism. "We would accept democracy but our people are too ignorant and inexperienced in the democratic processes to be allowed to experience democracy in fear they would fall into the clutches of communism." "Democracy is too sophisticated a concept to be implemented by an ignorant populace."

    • @mrmackey8776
      @mrmackey8776 Před rokem +1

      @@ravarga4631 democracy is a sham

    • @davidpryle3935
      @davidpryle3935 Před rokem +3

      I doubt very much did General Patton ever say anything so stupid.

    • @MD21037
      @MD21037 Před rokem +4

      @@ravarga4631 there is a definitive difference between fascism and National Socialism. People confuse the 2 all the time. Mussolini's Italy was a better example of actual Facism.

    • @AbsurdityViewer
      @AbsurdityViewer Před rokem

      @@davidpryle3935 he said it; why he said it and what he actually meant by it is still debatable.

  • @genekelly8467
    @genekelly8467 Před rokem +1

    Love the sound effects

  • @angusyates828
    @angusyates828 Před rokem +3

    History doesn't repeat but it does rhyme.

  • @johnsmith100
    @johnsmith100 Před 2 lety +3

    Good narration and detailed history of the Europe theatre.

  • @adamn1371
    @adamn1371 Před 8 měsíci

    Great video

  • @teckelshuntingandgoldfinch108

    Very good video

  • @tekis0
    @tekis0 Před 2 lety +9

    Much of this footage is NOT from June 22, 1941. It's from D-day, three years later. It's too bad because there's plenty of footage from Operation Barbarossa.

  • @martingrey2231
    @martingrey2231 Před 2 lety +5

    "...flesh killing cold". That got me.

    • @rosesandsongs21
      @rosesandsongs21 Před 2 lety +5

      "A titanic struggle in the merky atmosphere of kerosene and cordite" pretty good too.

  • @stephenland9361
    @stephenland9361 Před 2 lety +22

    The first rule of war is to not underestimate your enemy. In this case Russia, Germany's enemy was 'three in one'. The Russian people, the Russian landscape and the Russian winter.
    Didn't these people ever bother to read up on what happened to Napoleon when he decided to invade Russia?

    • @carlroberson972
      @carlroberson972 Před 2 lety +6

      Our current leaders should answer this. Don't poke the bear.

    • @tonyromano6220
      @tonyromano6220 Před 2 lety +2

      Ego

    • @jacqdanieles
      @jacqdanieles Před 2 lety +9

      @@carlroberson972 the bear is the one doing the poking. Needs to be turned into a bear rug for the fireplace ...

    • @ronalddunne3413
      @ronalddunne3413 Před 2 lety

      @@jacqdanieles Well good luck with that. Many have tried, and many have died... Just sayin. Mutual Assured Destruction, anyone? The Russian people need to control their bear. And must, soon.

    • @trentdawg2832
      @trentdawg2832 Před 2 lety +1

      Can’t we all just get along………….”Rodney king”

  • @mikewallace4205
    @mikewallace4205 Před 2 lety

    awesome

    • @danielcline7413
      @danielcline7413 Před 2 lety

      70 million people turned to fertilizer totally awsome !

  • @davidewing5605
    @davidewing5605 Před 2 lety

    Excellent. Dave in Sierra Vista AZ i

  • @robertdrinkall8947
    @robertdrinkall8947 Před rokem +1

    How can in be the "Full Movie" when it's part one!🤔

  • @user-mj7fp6gx8x
    @user-mj7fp6gx8x Před rokem +5

    Very big mistake!
    Not "The Russian German War". Russia was 1 of 15 Soviet Republic - USSR - which were in 2ndWW against Germany. People from Belarus,
    Ukraine, Kasakhstan, Usbekistan, Tadjikistan, Azarbaijan, Turkmenistan, Kirgisia, Armenia, Georgia, Moldova, Latvia, Lituania, Estonia were in Soviet Army.

    • @AbsurdityViewer
      @AbsurdityViewer Před rokem

      If the Germans had offered national status to these western oblasts during the invasions, then perhaps the partisan attacks may have been neutralised and the newly 'liberated' nations would have helped the Germans to finish the job. no?

    • @robertmaybeth3434
      @robertmaybeth3434 Před měsícem

      Correct, most of the war was fought in Ukraine. Yet the ironic thing was, even Hitler could have allied with the Ukrainians to drive out Stalin (Vlasov is proof enough of that), they hated the communists worse than Hitler did. Hitler accused his general officers of being narrow-minded and said "their vision is now wider than the width of a lavoratory lid" whatever that meant, yet if he'd had a true world view (Hitler never left continental Europe in his whole life) he'd have seen this. With the benefit of hind-sight, we can say the only way to bring down Stalin, was by forming an alliance with those who were his worst victims.

  • @redjacc7581
    @redjacc7581 Před 2 lety +4

    the first 2-3 minutes is footage from the bocage area in france after d-day.....................not sure what that has to do with operation Barbarossa.

  • @user-bz9ld2go3g
    @user-bz9ld2go3g Před 2 lety +2

    Great video but some of the music is very annoying

  • @MD21037
    @MD21037 Před rokem +4

    Reasons why Germany Lost
    - 1st and Foremost- Lack of Fuel to fight a sustained war.
    - Not enough motor transport and tanks. In 1941-German offensive on 3 strategic axes, with 2-Panzerguppes in the the center, but only 1-Panzergruppe in the North and the South.
    -In 1942, the German offensive capabilities shrunk from 3-strategic axes to 1 strategic axis, in the South. In 1943, they were only capable of launching even more-limited offensive; Operation Zitadelle.
    -No long-range bombers in the Luftwaffe.
    -The Lend-Lease supplies from the U.S. and Britain- kept the Soviets above water, through 41' and most of 42'. Also, the number of Studebaker Trucks from U.S. was HUGE.
    -The Russians were creating new armies faster than the Germans were destroying them.
    -The round' the clock bombing of German Industry by the U.S. and RAF severely limited industrial output.
    - Hitler scattering military resources all over the map, with not enough forces to win in Russia, Africa, and Sicily/Italy, etc.. All resources should've been focused on Russia, alone.
    - The friendships, the army initially established with the civilian population in Russia (especially in Baltic States and Ukraine), were destroyed by the brutal tactics of SS/SD behind the front. They did not win the war within, by failing royally, the battle of "hearts and minds."
    -The failure of the German Military to adopt modern, auto-loading rifles in to their ranks, (like the U.S. M1 or Soviet SVT), prior to the invasion. By WWII, the old K-98 bolt-action rifles were antiquated; not much different than ones used in WWI. By the time they attempted to correct this problem, it was too late.
    -Operation Barbarossa campaign was fought on a tactical level, not on a strategic level. After the border battles concluded, and the Soviets still had not surrendered, strategic decisions were made as the campaign unfolded or; "as the war went along"; was fought on a shoestring. Precious time was lost, deciding their next move and gave the Soviets time to re-establish their defensive lines while Panzergruppes sat idle, waiting fore the infantry armies to catch up which totally, defeats the whole purpose of mobilized armored warfare.
    -Hitler would allow the military experts freedom of action to make decisions. Hitler wouldn't allow his general to conduct the war without his interference.
    -It gets COLD in Russia during winter time. The winter of 1941 immobilized the blitzkrieg and for a time, more casualties were inflicted by the freezing cold, than from combat. Winter clothing was almost absent in Armeegruppe Center. Winter clothes were stripped from Russian dead where possible.
    -Luftwaffe was organized as a tactical air force, entirely. They had no strategic-level, long-range bombers. Soviet industry was able to produce uninterrupted,once the factories were broken down, moved east, and set up behind the Urals. The Luftwaffe could not reach them.

  • @marcusagrippa8078
    @marcusagrippa8078 Před rokem +7

    2:17 NAMELESS MILLIONS?! No everyone who died most definitely had a name and family.

    • @ringzy
      @ringzy Před rokem +2

      One death is a tragedy. Millions of deaths is a statistic

    • @iinglis89
      @iinglis89 Před rokem +2

      Uh huh.
      Name 1000 of them. Thats .1% of a single million.
      Can you see the issue from atop whatever mountain of morality you have perched yourself on?

  • @davidsvoboda6371
    @davidsvoboda6371 Před 2 lety +5

    credibility issue -initial footage is Normandy

  • @user-lt8le3de1c
    @user-lt8le3de1c Před 2 lety

    I remember this advertising - the credits 0:00 - 0:20 Lamancha Productions Ltd, this is childhood nostalgia)))

  • @mehrcat1
    @mehrcat1 Před 2 lety +3

    I never knew that the Norwegians had sunk a German battleship nor that Quisling was a CBE. Good stuff!

    • @73Trident
      @73Trident Před rokem

      It was a heavy cruiser, Blucher. Quisling is a name known for treachery forever more.

    • @larrybedouin2921
      @larrybedouin2921 Před rokem

      Heavy Cruiser Blücher

  • @solbrh8302
    @solbrh8302 Před rokem

    is their no more full Movie?

  • @jerrytjohnson2263
    @jerrytjohnson2263 Před rokem

    In rain sun or shine the sun smiles upon us

  • @popcornhead3479
    @popcornhead3479 Před 2 lety +8

    One of the very best documentaries I've seen!

  • @mehdimehdi123
    @mehdimehdi123 Před rokem

    exellent

  • @user-ms9ji5sj7k
    @user-ms9ji5sj7k Před 3 měsíci +1

    The Russian German war is a very good documentary on the war in Russia 🪆

  • @Mjdeben
    @Mjdeben Před rokem +1

    I'm pretty sure this whole 3 parter is lifted from a 1996 production of the Same name that used to be on CZcams. The production quality was much worse, and there was this weird Skull graphic between sections.

  • @charliebabbitt3314
    @charliebabbitt3314 Před 2 lety +14

    "The only people who took him at his word were the Jews..." "He dared to do the things people wouldn't even think of." I subscribed to your channel after roughly 13 minutes of this....I've watched a ton of WW2 footage from several sources and typically its the same scenes played out over and over....This is the 1st place where I actually saw Chamberlain (sp?) meeting Hitler on the stairs and to see his face as he ascended-- he had a look like I may be killed at any moment....The narration is excellent so far so BIG thumbs up for this upload.....Thank You!

    • @ravarga4631
      @ravarga4631 Před rokem

      Would churchill ,if he had been the pm, have accepted hitlers promises and not objected if hitler secretly informed him that he planned to destroy ussr/communism?

  • @SAT186971
    @SAT186971 Před 2 lety

    And flashes from all. Revelation

  • @Lava1964
    @Lava1964 Před rokem +1

    This series was the first WWII documentary I ever watched. It aired on CTV in Canada in 1973, I believe. I thought the narration was especially effective then--and it is still that way now.

  • @wehrmachtberlin5122
    @wehrmachtberlin5122 Před 2 lety +2

    Knowing the defeat of Germany is useless to see the greatness of this vedio

  • @mikekomalley
    @mikekomalley Před rokem +1

    I find it interesting to compare this series with BBC’s World at War. I feel this one predates it.

  • @axxellein
    @axxellein Před 2 lety

    TRES Heavy!

  • @carolinecollett956
    @carolinecollett956 Před rokem +1

    We ordinary citizens are living in extreme poverty and suffering from hunger shortages and rising costs of electricity and gas prices
    For Gods sake stop this from escalating any further as poor people are just existing and might as well be dead if this continues to happen to us !

  • @joparkcat
    @joparkcat Před 2 lety +8

    The script for this is sensational.

  • @PostArmageddonNeoBarbarian

    The weird 60s jazz soundtrack strangely works for this

  • @geoffreyrichardson8738
    @geoffreyrichardson8738 Před 2 lety +2

    Why did they show Normandy in 1944 at the start?

    • @strfltcmnd.9925
      @strfltcmnd.9925 Před 2 lety +1

      Cheap budget. Some of the clips are from the invasion of Poland.

  • @olelarsen3357
    @olelarsen3357 Před 2 lety +6

    Much negative is said about Germany in ww2. But you can not ignore the fact, that they made a impressive second place.

  • @lew123drums
    @lew123drums Před 2 lety

    Best version I've seen ... nice job! Thanks!!!!

  • @timmi59
    @timmi59 Před rokem

    In geopolitics there’s all kinds of protocols and subtle and not so subtle symbolism. Hitler made Chamberlain take the long ass drive to his mountain lair instead of meeting in a government building near the airport. Then, when he greets Chamberlain at 14:11, instead of standing face to face with him he is standing a step above so that he is looking down at Chamberlain. The message is clear. And you know that Chamberlain picked up on it and was irritated but he had to choke it down.

  • @saikatchattopadhyay9251

    Never seen many of this clips before

  • @foucault8964
    @foucault8964 Před 2 lety +1

    You always know a good documentary by the crappy opening graphics

  • @KinyanjuiKamaukkjay
    @KinyanjuiKamaukkjay Před 2 lety +1

    Excellent documentary and commentary.

  • @nobrenobre1
    @nobrenobre1 Před 2 lety +2

    I will say, they play ping pong on a tennis field!
    On the engagement, you can win, but if they return, everything's screwed!

  • @eriktronstad8063
    @eriktronstad8063 Před 2 lety +10

    An awful lot of this early pictured "Russian Countryside" looks an awful lot like the French Hedgerow area after Normandy.

    • @robertmaybeth3434
      @robertmaybeth3434 Před 2 lety +4

      Yep. I've seen the same footage from post D-day and the "fighting in the Normandy hedgerows" was the title. The Waffen SS did not have that pattern camouflage in 1941 nor the head-gear.

  • @mrpolsco6872
    @mrpolsco6872 Před rokem +2

    Nothing like using opening footage from December 1944-January 1945 Ardennes Belgium offensive in Western Europe, to introduce the invasion of Russia in the East on 22nd June 1941 🤷🏻‍♂️😑

  • @dorzy207
    @dorzy207 Před rokem +1

    Is this actual war footage

  • @JB-rt4mx
    @JB-rt4mx Před 2 lety

    El Ganado es muy suave..muy calor !! 🐄

  • @chrismorgan2800
    @chrismorgan2800 Před 2 lety

    In the end, had he actually given him the locket thing?

  • @vedob5163
    @vedob5163 Před rokem +2

    Imagine being a russian soldier in the winter war and surviving just to have to fight nazi germany a year later. 😂 what an insane time in history

  • @krystalvang9659
    @krystalvang9659 Před rokem

    What is original documentary called ? Anyone ?

    • @jezalb2710
      @jezalb2710 Před rokem

      Anyone? No. I do not think this is what it is called

  • @SATXbassplayer
    @SATXbassplayer Před rokem +1

    the news reel photos are from Norman hedgerows in 1944.... hmmmm

  • @srdjandujakovic8096
    @srdjandujakovic8096 Před rokem +3

    Ко што је овај прошао,тако ће те и сад проћи само са другим правилима, Урраа 🇷🇺🇷🇸☦️

  • @acosorimaxconto5610
    @acosorimaxconto5610 Před 2 lety +5

    @44:03... "by noon of the first day... the russians had lost 1,200 planes... on the ground"! Why were thousands of russian planes massed right on the German border?

    • @rosesandsongs21
      @rosesandsongs21 Před 2 lety +3

      Exactly, and 170 divisions in attack formation... exercises I suppose?

    • @Katrina-mi2gm
      @Katrina-mi2gm Před 2 lety +2

      Because through the history, majority of invasions into Russia came from the west , so you position your forces in the area of biggest threat , neat the border. And it is a LONG border . Also, we are talking about 1940th plains, not modern jets. They had significantly lower speed and range, so such positioning made strategic sense

    • @kenhart8771
      @kenhart8771 Před rokem

      @@Katrina-mi2gm Well, the communist-Russian wanted to expand communism into rest of Europe. Poland and Russia fought in 1919-21 plus the Communist-Russian sponsor the Revolution in Bavaria too.

  • @CedroneTravels
    @CedroneTravels Před 7 měsíci

    I feel we are closer now to WW3 than when WW1 started. Scary scary times

  • @toekafrank6998
    @toekafrank6998 Před 2 lety +2

    And yet...here we go again....😑

  • @waltdude
    @waltdude Před 2 lety +5

    Love the music. Perfect fit.

  • @martinwarner1178
    @martinwarner1178 Před rokem +3

    Are our western leaders watching this video in 2022...they ought to! "that is where youth and laughter dies." Peace be unto you.

  • @markthornton7347
    @markthornton7347 Před rokem +1

    I think the best narration of historical events are as objective as possible, This narrators tone was full of the subjective feelings of this era, linguistically abstracted. We keep bad men at arms length by making them devils absolving ourselves of our own like prejudices. But it is not easy to treat events without personal motivations creeping in.

    • @hemanag1020
      @hemanag1020 Před rokem

      Its all crap. No prosecution of western allies for war crimes. Russia saved the west, and now u turn on them. Cowardly.

  • @jurgen6768
    @jurgen6768 Před rokem +5

    Dunkirk was a humiliation for the British army - the word "miracle" is used as opposed to "humiliation". France collapsed due to the inept tactical nous of the French chiefs of staff downwards to Brigade level . The Germans were tactically superior and better trained . Imagine if Hitler hadn't interfered in the way that he did and allowed his commanders to stick with the plan......the world would be a different place today.

    • @anthonynicholich9654
      @anthonynicholich9654 Před rokem +1

      Even if that the enormous geographic size of Soviet Union I still don't think it would have fell.

    • @sulate1
      @sulate1 Před rokem

      German strategic incompetence (not just Hitler but OKH) coupled with with a psychotic ideology doomed Germany. Germany lost the war as soon as they turned east (possibly before). They could never have won.

    • @shashibhaskar9606
      @shashibhaskar9606 Před rokem

      If hitler had gotten the french fleet and used it for sea lion they might of won before usa had a chance

  • @denniscannon769
    @denniscannon769 Před rokem

    If WW2 could be imagined interms of an Avant-garde jazz concert, it would very likely become much more palatable. This highly innovative documentary is rock solid except for the part of the title that proclaims each 50 minute section to be a, "FULL MOVIE!" These 50 minute sections seem individually to be neither 'full' nor a 'movie', but episodes of a documentary. This kind of mislabeling by the promoters seems really ludicrous. [ Might as well title it 'An Encyclopedia of World Poetry'] Should we let this misnomer affect the credibility of the entire film? No, I suppose not- the work is still so good that it speaks for itself.

  • @ritemolawbks8012
    @ritemolawbks8012 Před rokem +4

    The Red Army and Soviet civilians paid a high cost to accomplish the greatest military victory in human history. I hate to address the modern Russo-Ukrainian conflict, but it is sad to see two nearly identical and closely related nations at war.
    During WWII when Russians, Belarusians, Ukrainians, and other Soviet Slavs were united, they weren't model liberal democracies, but they had the strength to save East Europe, the Soviet Union, and parts of Asia from fascism, genocide, crimes against humanity, and ethnic cleansing.

    • @gordonames1892
      @gordonames1892 Před 7 měsíci

      AT THE BEGINNING THE UKRAINE BACK THE NATZS

  • @CarstenOepping
    @CarstenOepping Před rokem

    i am very critical of any narration, especially from western side, on the matter, and i study it for many years, even decades. but i found not a single mistake, not one thing unrepresented or something misrepresented. one, if not the best documentary i watched.

  • @rosesprog1722
    @rosesprog1722 Před 2 lety +2

    The narration verges on poetry, never seen that before.

    • @AbsurdityViewer
      @AbsurdityViewer Před rokem

      poetry that only Winston Smith could truly appreciate

  • @pierredecine1936
    @pierredecine1936 Před 8 měsíci

    The Narration is a bit odd, and the Video is titled wrong, but a lot of film I have not seen elsewhere.

    • @isabelsilva62023
      @isabelsilva62023 Před 4 měsíci +1

      @pierredecine1936 The narration is not odd it is done with sarcasm whic is something that used to be around before the time people stopped growing up and began depending on safe spaces...

    • @pierredecine1936
      @pierredecine1936 Před 4 měsíci

      People still grow up, they are just fat,ugly and weird .@@isabelsilva62023

  • @BingoFrogstrangler
    @BingoFrogstrangler Před 9 měsíci +1

    German logistics staff told OKHW in November 1941 that Germany had lost the war.

  • @bensanderson7144
    @bensanderson7144 Před 2 lety +6

    34:33. A fairly common question, why didn’t hitler finish them off at dunkirk. No, he didn’t fear a trap. He pardoned them, he wanted them to live.

    • @Metromania2022
      @Metromania2022 Před rokem

      @@artinnevada nope. He let them live. Then asked Britain for peace and Churchill bombed Germany. Oh yeah, did you know Germany started bombing Britain after they first were bombed?

    • @sgt.pepper1227
      @sgt.pepper1227 Před rokem

      @@artinnevada it makes perfect sense when you take into account he never wanted a war with the British and attempted peace on multiple occasions in fact he still wanted them to remain a superpower alongside Germany he really admired the British but of course we know how that ended

    • @williamhiles7404
      @williamhiles7404 Před rokem

      What I read about Dunkirk was that Rommel had gone so far so fast that Hitler became worried that something would happen so he ordered Rommel to wait for further instructions from him, which of course Hitler did not give. If he had let Rommel press on they could have all been wiped out. Thank God for Hitler's micro-managing. The defenses in the Ardennes were heavy and when Rommel & his Panzers punched through easily, it literally freaked Hitler out. If I remember correctly Rommel stopped some 10 or 12 miles from Dunkirk. LedHed Steven

    • @krell2130
      @krell2130 Před rokem

      The truth is: Hitlers role was not to lead Germany to a conquest of Europe.
      Hitlers role - as funded by the international banking cartels and supported by US corporations such as IBM, Standard Oil etc - was to destroy the British and German economies and transfer hegemony to the United States.

  • @wmmvrrvrrmmmmrrvrrvmmw3470

    The voice of HAL indeed

    • @thedude4795
      @thedude4795 Před 7 měsíci +1

      youre the first comment to even know it

  • @shivakumarv301
    @shivakumarv301 Před 3 měsíci

    Have we as human evoled and use psychology as tool and sociology as experience to be more perfect!

  • @coyotedust
    @coyotedust Před rokem +1

    1300 mile front line! Holy F*%$#!