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    Sources:
    Chew, Allen F. Fighting the Russians in Winter: Three Case Studies. Collingdale: DIANE Publishing, 1981.
    Jukes, Geoffrey (2002). The Second World War: The Eastern Front 1941-1945 Oxford: Osprey. ISBN 978-1-84176-391-0
    Moss, Walter (2005). A History of Russia: Since 1855, Volume 2. Anthem Russian and Slavonic studies (2nd ed.). Anthem Press. ISBN 978-1-84331-034-1.
    Niepold, Gerd (1993). "Plan Barbarossa". In David M. Glantz (ed.). The Initial Period of War on the Eastern Front, 22 June - August 1941: Proceedings of the Fourth Art of War Symposium, Garmisch, FRG, October 1987. Cass series on Soviet military theory and practice. 2. Psychology Press. p. 67. ISBN 9780714633756
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Komentáře • 3,5K

  • @Cyrillic_108
    @Cyrillic_108 Před 4 lety +4311

    This is Educational Content, CZcams!
    DO NOT demonetize!!

    • @farhanrahim2770
      @farhanrahim2770 Před 4 lety +142

      You are right
      BTW, CZcams has become trash

    • @barbarian7087
      @barbarian7087 Před 4 lety +53

      @@farhanrahim2770 fucking ads...

    • @kashual
      @kashual Před 4 lety +24

      youtube is petty

    • @jokuvaan5175
      @jokuvaan5175 Před 4 lety +39

      I am here waiting for good alternative for CZcams

    • @leetster6303
      @leetster6303 Před 4 lety +30

      @@jokuvaan5175 there are many alternatives to youtube but none are good for one reason - no one uses them.

  • @travisking6333
    @travisking6333 Před 4 lety +5639

    Griffin: EDUCATIONAL CONTENT
    Susan: We do not support this kind of content here on CZcams

  • @LudicrousTorpedo
    @LudicrousTorpedo Před 3 lety +432

    9:38
    Hitler : Let's invade Moscow !
    Stalin : *Don't mind me we're having a traditional military parade*

    • @worldoftancraft
      @worldoftancraft Před 3 lety +13

      @red leader's fav dude it's been more about... for them, this parade became to be a somekind of initiation ritual right before going to the frontline.

    • @makavelithedon5475
      @makavelithedon5475 Před 3 lety +7

      Did you know that in Russia on November 4 every year they celebrate the liberation of Moscow from the Poles in 1612 ?The only ones who did it 😂👍🏻🇵🇱

    • @joemamaobama6863
      @joemamaobama6863 Před 3 lety +4

      @@makavelithedon5475 stop pasting tze same comment

    • @haleloop963cortex4
      @haleloop963cortex4 Před 3 lety +1

      @@makavelithedon5475 don't forget the mongols

    • @Zen-rw2fz
      @Zen-rw2fz Před 3 lety +1

      Man some of these ww2 stories are just down right epic...

  • @user-mh2cc4jf3f
    @user-mh2cc4jf3f Před 4 lety +526

    "When people ask me what I remember most from the last war, I always answer: the battle for Moscow. She buried the "Barbarossa" plan." (G. K. Zhukov)

    • @danielkron2513
      @danielkron2513 Před 3 lety +2

      It*

    • @iliakorvigo7341
      @iliakorvigo7341 Před 3 lety +74

      @@danielkron2513 The word "battle" in Russian is feminine, so you use a feminine pronoun for it. I guess, Svetlana has translated the original quote literally (without adapting it for English grammar).

    • @danielkron2513
      @danielkron2513 Před 3 lety +5

      @@iliakorvigo7341 правда, но в английском "битва" как неодушевленное слово должно использоваться с "it". Нет смысла смешивать грамматику двух языков, тем более при переводе цитат.

    • @iliakorvigo7341
      @iliakorvigo7341 Před 3 lety +24

      @@danielkron2513 I didn't say you were wrong, I simply tried to explain Svetlana's mistake to those unfamiliar with Slavic languages.

    • @iliakorvigo7341
      @iliakorvigo7341 Před 3 lety +23

      @@danielkron2513 And, by the way, not all inanimate objects in English have neuter gender. For example, you use "she" to refer to a ship.

  • @Integer_Overload
    @Integer_Overload Před 4 lety +1669

    Hitler: "I have an army"
    Stalin: "we have a Nikolai Belinski and also his 2 million friends"

  • @musei8418
    @musei8418 Před 4 lety +1824

    Griffin: makes educational content
    CZcams: No

  • @MDzmitry
    @MDzmitry Před 2 lety +2067

    "Blaming the winter is easier than admitting they were outfought by the people they considered "subhuman"."
    One hell of a spot-on phrase
    Edit: better do not read the replies, save yourselves some time and nerves, it's quite a shitstorm down here

    • @jesuschrist138
      @jesuschrist138 Před 2 lety +129

      To be fair, Russian winters got their reputation for good reason.

    • @Truthaboveusall
      @Truthaboveusall Před 2 lety +36

      russia would v fallen if not for the winter just like what happened with napoleon

    • @MDzmitry
      @MDzmitry Před 2 lety +359

      @@Truthaboveusall there are no "ifs" in history though

    • @chase509
      @chase509 Před 2 lety +33

      Damn whose quote is that that’s pretty badass

    • @Truthaboveusall
      @Truthaboveusall Před 2 lety +8

      @@MDzmitry just saying that russia has nothing to offer it only was lucky that all

  • @LucasCunhaRocha
    @LucasCunhaRocha Před 4 lety +2073

    In all wars, Logistics is always the ultimate winner.

    • @kalsder
      @kalsder Před 3 lety +104

      @@hereusername
      That doesn't rly make sense

    • @micahdadbeh5955
      @micahdadbeh5955 Před 3 lety +137

      @@kalsder we’re actually it makes perfect sense. Everything from invading Russia to trying to take oil fields to diverting resources to the extermination of minorities all report of the Nazi ideology. When Hitler invaded Russia, it wasn’t just for the oil fields, it was because of the fact that he believed that the Jews were the ones who had led and backed the communist revolt two decades prior. He believed it was his divine duty to rid the world of Judeo Bolshevism, and he knew that in order for that to have a chance of working, he had to defeat the Soviet union.

    • @foundingfathersfilms5090
      @foundingfathersfilms5090 Před 3 lety +3

      Well it's a very important peice that is no doubt about that

    • @mazenfahed30
      @mazenfahed30 Před 3 lety +1

      No

    • @donaldotrumpu2069
      @donaldotrumpu2069 Před 3 lety +44

      @@micahdadbeh5955 this Was one of the goals, but the main goal of hitlers Invasion of the soviets was "lebensraum", living space

  • @randomrealiramemberwithpro7205

    The battle maps are very well animated. I like this change alot.

    • @ethanrepublic4554
      @ethanrepublic4554 Před 4 lety +71

      you seem like the guy who would be in bed by 11 to get his full 8 hours of sleep.

    • @nikel-
      @nikel- Před 4 lety +41

      @@ethanrepublic4554 and take care not to trouble himself with any enemies, like winning and losing, that would cause him to lose sleep at night

    • @gingersnas3562
      @gingersnas3562 Před 4 lety +12

      Ethan Republic what does this have to do with the comment

    • @nikel-
      @nikel- Před 4 lety +15

      @@gingersnas3562 it's a reference to Yoshikage Kira copypasta

    • @randomrealiramemberwithpro7205
      @randomrealiramemberwithpro7205 Před 4 lety +1

      @Paddy O'Yakkin Too late lmao

  • @xdguy2569
    @xdguy2569 Před 4 lety +1712

    Others:
    Part I, Part II, Part III
    Me, an intellectual:
    Part I, Part I, Part I

  • @user-hn5bi3nw9y
    @user-hn5bi3nw9y Před 3 lety +1128

    Even if they reached Moscow, it would have just turned into another Stalingrad.

    • @Putseller100
      @Putseller100 Před 3 lety +126

      I have always thought that but the info I researched always shows surrounding then siege the city. Moscow is several times larger than Stalingrad so it would take a good amount of resources to pull off.

    • @pyatig
      @pyatig Před 3 lety +84

      @@Putseller100 the war surely wouldn't be lost but Moscow is a central transportation hub so it'd have been much tougher to move troops around.

    • @cs03gsboom69
      @cs03gsboom69 Před 3 lety +46

      The Russian people survived a 3 year siege, that alone should have scared off the Germans.

    • @Putseller100
      @Putseller100 Před 3 lety +58

      @@cs03gsboom69 That is a moot point because its totally historic hindsight. In late 1941 the Leningrad siege was brand new so there was no way for anybody to know that would last until Jan 1944. That would be for the German perspective, there was no way to have known. If you are speaking from a Russian perspective and how they would defend Moscow compared with the Leningrad siege or even battle of Stalingrad, well I think we know the answer.
      However I am curious, is there any documents on what the Soviets planned to do if the Germans attacked Moscow.

    • @chatnoir1224
      @chatnoir1224 Před 3 lety +18

      Yes. There are historical photos of barricades built on my street in this time.

  • @robertch.519
    @robertch.519 Před 3 lety +2081

    To those who mentions “Russian winter” should know: it affects both sides.

    • @AWtify
      @AWtify Před 3 lety +371

      @@vontai4553 Given that most uneducated Westerners believe that it is always winter in Russia, it is strange that they always invade Russia in summer uniforms.
      There can only be one explanation: the Western general staffs are more aware of the geography and expected to occupy Russia during the summer months.
      If this did not work, then there is only one explanation: the heroic resistance of the Russians and the heavy losses of the occupiers.

    • @MagiconIce
      @MagiconIce Před 3 lety +96

      Yeah, but the Russians were (and still are) used to it. Russia has in Winter a way harsher climate (just like most of Eastern Europe) than Central Europe.
      So they knew, if not exactly by date by season, what's going to come.

    • @MagiconIce
      @MagiconIce Před 3 lety +41

      @@AWtify Allegedly, Hitler said, that wars are not decided by the weathers, when he ignored the warnings of his generals before Barbarossa, that the troops should bring their winter gear, since that would've meant extra logistical strain and would've slowed the advance into the Soviet Union.
      If he would've listened to his generals arguing for an early push towards Moscow, he maybe even would've been right in this case. But that is a "What if"-scenario, nothing less, maybe the Germans would've cut off Moscow and besieged it, maybe it would've entered a guerilla warfare state with Red Army Units entrenching in the metro and fighting the Germans from there.
      And maybe the Reserves from the East then would've committed to a counter attack in Winter freeing the capital city of the USSR and still pushing back the Germans.
      In the real history, that took place, Hitler slowed it down and so Weather became the deciding factor.
      And imho the General Staff could've known this and Hitler too, since Napoleon, relatively spoken, fared worse about 130 years earlier, due to similar tactics the Russians employed back then, scorched Earth, retreat into the wide land, let the Enemy overextend and then strike back hard in Winter.

    • @DYLANJJK94
      @DYLANJJK94 Před 3 lety +11

      Yeap, Russia didn’t ah w the uniforms In WWI, probably WWII like In Finland, I assume Stalin Just looked at his conscripts at meat shields, so hw probably didn’t care..

    • @amazingdany
      @amazingdany Před 3 lety +48

      The Soviets had the winter material while the invaders arrogantly thought they could submit the country before the colder seasons came in.

  • @cannonball666
    @cannonball666 Před 4 lety +1844

    "The Germans are coming toward Moscow!"
    "Quickly, burn all the food!"
    "Do you know how hard it is to light borscht?"

  • @andyleearts785
    @andyleearts785 Před 4 lety +813

    "Today, watch me freeze in real time on the eastern front", Dude that killed me xD

  • @Obetv01
    @Obetv01 Před 3 lety +194

    I have a healthy respect for Russia. Spent some time there pre-internet. Early to mid 90's. Loved the place. Russians have an unmatched fighting spirit.

    • @mrpontikas2167
      @mrpontikas2167 Před 3 lety +2

      cough cough sparta lol

    • @nebeprisikiskiakopusteliau8884
      @nebeprisikiskiakopusteliau8884 Před 2 lety

      But when its time to overthrow Putin, the spirit disappears

    • @Obetv01
      @Obetv01 Před 2 lety +5

      @@nebeprisikiskiakopusteliau8884 That particular matter is still playing itself out. We know not yet how it will play out. More relevant to highlight fact that their fighting spirit has not been in evidence this past month.

    • @dik56
      @dik56 Před rokem +4

      @@Obetv01 the fighting spirit is 100% times stronger when fighting to defend your motherland, not so much when attacking neighbor out of the blue :/

    • @Obetv01
      @Obetv01 Před rokem

      @@dik56 True. For some context the original statement was made long before Feb 24. And that original statement had WWII Russian fighting spirit which also took into account Ukrainians, Siberians etc. They were crucial to the counter offensive that defeated Hitler on the eastern from. There. I'll forever be trying to wriggle out of that original statement. Lol.

  • @m24213
    @m24213 Před 4 lety +476

    Just one thing I would like to point out, it's not that submission was never in Stalin's vocabulary, during the initial phase of Operation Barbarossa, loads of Ukrainians welcomed germans as they were fed up with Stalin. Germans rewarded them by mass killings of Ukrainians and other Slavs that were captured. Once the Soviets realized this, they choose to fight until the last man, if every last man had died, then every last woman would have picked up the gun. When you realize that the occupying force is not interested in winning the war, but trying to exterminate you and your people, the human zeal to survive kicks in and will make you fight till your last breath.

    • @Mentol_
      @Mentol_ Před 4 lety +55

      You repeat the propaganda that denies the voluntary Soviet patriotism of the Ukrainian nation. Statistics show that on the German side, 250 thousand Ukrainians fought, and on the Soviet side - 6 million.

    • @jakerich4824
      @jakerich4824 Před 3 lety +76

      @@Mentol_ You mean be used as Cannon fodder? The Germans purposefully gave them the worst weapons and supplies to them, they saw them as barbarians and nothing more. mean while in the Ukraine you have an entire country where almost every family has known loss at the hands of the Nazis.

    • @adrianjezierski8093
      @adrianjezierski8093 Před 2 lety

      Yeah but majority of so called Soviet Partisants were drunken bandits who terrorised local population

    • @pyromania1018
      @pyromania1018 Před 2 lety +1

      @@adrianjezierski8093 They also attacked German supply lines.

    • @Zippism
      @Zippism Před rokem +1

      @@pyromania1018 They also helped the germans hunt the jews in ukraine

  • @theodorekiger3966
    @theodorekiger3966 Před 4 lety +881

    CZcams: “This is an educational site”
    War History Channels: “Today we’re covering (insert name of war or battle)
    CZcams: “Say sike right now”

    • @k9cobra728
      @k9cobra728 Před 3 lety +15

      Why would CZcams even be surprised?
      They have made a site FOR kids under about 10 so kids under about 10 shouldn't even be on regular youtube, so why should they even get mad at this?

    • @peterlonergan
      @peterlonergan Před 3 lety +2

      I don't get it.

    • @theodorekiger3966
      @theodorekiger3966 Před 3 lety +6

      pead long CZcams was deleting their documentary videos for containing things about Nazi Germany at the time of this video

    • @eddiestar6142
      @eddiestar6142 Před 3 lety +1

      1-6 😂😂😂

    • @theodorekiger3966
      @theodorekiger3966 Před 3 lety +1

      Eddie STAR 😂😂😂

  • @iscofi3473
    @iscofi3473 Před 4 lety +2254

    Wehrmacht: "We nearly captured Moscow"
    Grande Armee: "We occupied Moscow"
    Mongol Khanate: "Hold my horse"

    • @Turntapp
      @Turntapp Před 4 lety +151

      Carlo James Palen Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth: hold my hussars

    • @wahlex841
      @wahlex841 Před 4 lety +172

      Mongol Khanate: what Moscow?

    • @iliakorvigo7341
      @iliakorvigo7341 Před 4 lety +130

      @@Turntapp Russia, Austria and Prussia: We are kinda tired of holding your hussars, it's your turn holding our beer.

    • @Turntapp
      @Turntapp Před 4 lety +41

      Ilia Korvigo “Took 3 of you to finally take me down. Now ill wait in slumber and see you all your empires fall until I eventually rise again.” *Laughs in Pierogi*

    • @scudb5509
      @scudb5509 Před 4 lety +57

      During mongol times there wasn’t even Russia. In the major battle there were 3 armies from 3 different faction fighting mongols together.

  • @valdemarhoejlund6506
    @valdemarhoejlund6506 Před 4 lety +71

    Part 1: Part 1.
    Part 2: Part 1.
    Part 3: Part 1.

  • @ImperialKnight770
    @ImperialKnight770 Před 2 lety +80

    🎼Stand and follow command,
    Our blood for the homeland!
    Heed the motherlands call
    And brace for the storm!
    Moscow will never give in,
    There is no surrender!
    Force them into retreat
    And into defeat!🎼
    -Sabaton

  • @fatdaddyeddiejr
    @fatdaddyeddiejr Před 4 lety +732

    Before the Battle of Moscow. Stalin talked to his spy chief in Tokyo and asked him what were Japan's interest. His spy told Stalin that Japan's eyes are not looking to attack the Soviet Union. Japan's interest was else where. So Stalin had 44 divisions of the Siberian Army shipped to Moscow for the upcoming battle. The Siberian Army was waiting for a Japanese attack and join Germany in the war.
    Two day after the Soviets launched their counter attack against the Germans at Moscow. Japan attacked the Americans at Pearl Harbor. In two days time. The World War took a shocking turn.

    • @pashapasovski5860
      @pashapasovski5860 Před 4 lety +53

      Exactly what happened, except it's too complicated for some people!

    • @Freeliner75
      @Freeliner75 Před 4 lety +107

      Siberia and Russian Far East were too inhospitable and underdeveloped for Japan to fight for. Also - several years before there were battles of Lake Khasan and later of Nomonhan/Khalkin Gol between Soviet and Japanese forces. They proved that Soviet army would be a very tough opponent for Japan to make easy successes. Just imagine trying to advance thousands and thousands miles of Siberian forest along a single railroad artery, to gain nothing of strategic importance. That was ridiculous even for Imperial Japanese.
      So it was not a surprise that Japan turned to developed, easy to access by sea and rich in oil and other resources areas of West Asia/Pacific.

    • @user-yt8ic1tg4w
      @user-yt8ic1tg4w Před 4 lety +19

      @@Freeliner75 Именно так. Японский генерал тогда сказал: Мы в России получили начальное военное образование на озере Хасан, среднее на реке Халкин-Гол. А высшее образование пусть получает Германия.

    • @cunuchc6153
      @cunuchc6153 Před 4 lety +8

      @@user-yt8ic1tg4w Прям в точку. Но не все западные "аналитики" это смогут понять.

    • @user-tb7ep3dj3e
      @user-tb7ep3dj3e Před 4 lety +18

      @@PumpkinEater-dm1xx That's nonsense. Japan could invade Siberia. But the Fleet party won the government.
      As early as 1920-1922, Japan actively participated in the Siberian Uprising and, under the auspices of Japan, the last ruler of Russia, Grigory Semenov, lived in Manchuria.

  • @fulccrum2324
    @fulccrum2324 Před 4 lety +161

    Hitler: I need resources
    Advisers: But Russia is literally like 4x the size of us
    Hitler: *resources*

    • @MiraSubieGirl
      @MiraSubieGirl Před 4 lety +29

      Probably closer to x10 sir.
      Hitler: NEIN!
      No sir... ten? I am beginning to have doubts about you.

    • @fulccrum2324
      @fulccrum2324 Před 4 lety +4

      @@MiraSubieGirl Da, Da

    • @MiraSubieGirl
      @MiraSubieGirl Před 4 lety +3

      @@fulccrum2324 I am Danish too... the Da to Ja ratio is about 50 50 😅

    • @fulccrum2324
      @fulccrum2324 Před 4 lety +2

      @@MiraSubieGirl Oh, really? that's cool, I kinda just threw it in as a joke, lol

    • @peterlonergan
      @peterlonergan Před 3 lety

      4 times? Literally means exactly.

  • @ArvinDaddy
    @ArvinDaddy Před 3 lety +13

    Hitler: Tell me a joke
    Stalin: Moscow
    Hitler: I don't get it
    Stalin: Exactly

  • @wattsnottaken1
    @wattsnottaken1 Před 4 lety +222

    Who else gets super pumped when you hear the Russian battle cries, “ OO-RAHH”

  • @Dionaea_floridensis
    @Dionaea_floridensis Před 4 lety +1225

    "Unpredictable change in the weather"
    How is snow in Russia unpredictable lol

    • @ceu160193
      @ceu160193 Před 4 lety +217

      It happened to be most cold winter of century, with temperatures falling as low as -30 Celsius on top of strong wind, that literally drains all your body heat. And yes, snow and dirt in Russia are unpredictable even for natives, as they can appear as early as October, or delay until December, or even January.

    • @wahlex841
      @wahlex841 Před 4 lety +171

      Well, it's 2019 and public services around here are still surprised every year by the coming of winter.

    • @DVXDemetrivs
      @DVXDemetrivs Před 4 lety +9

      In fact, winter during the Second World War in the USSR were anamously cold

    • @user-li5cr6wv5b
      @user-li5cr6wv5b Před 4 lety +12

      Even nowadays nobody can see it coming.

    • @MrYokatta
      @MrYokatta Před 4 lety +14

      "Opyat' zima podkralas' nezametno, v seredine noyabrya, grrrrr!" :3

  • @pkz420
    @pkz420 Před 4 lety +946

    Fortunately for the Germans, winter had come, freezing the roads, and allowing travel.
    Unfortunately for the Germans, winter had come.

    • @theworldoverheavan560
      @theworldoverheavan560 Před 4 lety

      @Joseph Sosa lol

    • @theworldoverheavan560
      @theworldoverheavan560 Před 4 lety +7

      @DevilTrigger amen

    • @blugaledoh2669
      @blugaledoh2669 Před 4 lety +26

      @DevilTrigger And not all Germans supported the Nazis.

    • @ironieincomming8827
      @ironieincomming8827 Před 4 lety +18

      @@blugaledoh2669 well 99% did so what's the point Not taking action against something dosnt make you "good" either.

    • @LazyPictures
      @LazyPictures Před 4 lety +55

      @DevilTrigger "young guy conscripted in your national military you don't deserve to die like that." But hey - You are a young guy working in field - and then comes a conscripted military man - killing you and your family, burning your village - suffering the same damn cold wheather but without food - because conscripted men requisitioned it all.
      Do they deserve any of that?
      The difference is - young german conscripts could avoid fighting in the east whereas young villager Ivan - can't.

  • @marknowak8172
    @marknowak8172 Před 3 lety +24

    Its unreal that high quality content like this, complete with maps and animations, is available anytime, completely for free. Thank you Armchair Historian!!!

    • @RomeodaBIackRose
      @RomeodaBIackRose Před 3 lety +1

      you should check out tik for more high quality documentaries

    • @connorkenway3654
      @connorkenway3654 Před 3 lety +1

      Fucking check out eastory he is pretty good at animating map and explaining

  • @howardbaxter2514
    @howardbaxter2514 Před 2 lety +27

    Radio Tapok and Sabaton brought me here

  • @User-cq1ri
    @User-cq1ri Před 4 lety +1024

    You just went around the YT demonitization like the Germans went around the maginot
    Edit: let’s hope that YT dosent D-Day this video and demonetize it
    2nd Edit: Griffin didn’t garrison his video and YT and the allies naval invaded smh

    • @romanlanzas508
      @romanlanzas508 Před 4 lety +23

      Heinz Guderian a better comparison would be the treaty of versailles

    • @leemichael2154
      @leemichael2154 Před 4 lety +9

      Silence Guderian, you were good maybe the best but ultimately a failure so no military lessons from you 😂

    • @bootmii98
      @bootmii98 Před 4 lety +7

      One of his stratagems was the use of the hearts of iron 4 german flag

    • @pierceruppel1688
      @pierceruppel1688 Před 4 lety +11

      You see this is pre 1943 Guderian
      1944- 45 Gudarian might think that not even the whermarch can encircle demonization
      I know 4 isn’t a lot but this is the most likes I’ve ever gotten

    • @USSAnimeNCC-
      @USSAnimeNCC- Před 4 lety +4

      Too bad YT doesn't surrender they demonetize even harder

  • @AverytheCubanAmerican
    @AverytheCubanAmerican Před 4 lety +982

    The Russians and Griffin are just like Elsa, the cold doesn't bother them anyway

    • @luciusvernus3174
      @luciusvernus3174 Před 4 lety +7

      Lol

    • @501ststormtrooper9
      @501ststormtrooper9 Před 4 lety +19

      Me and my friend are like Irishmen because we are Irishmen. We don’t like English much.

    • @Sakuta7
      @Sakuta7 Před 4 lety +29

      Germans: Let it goo, let it gooo (Moscow/Elsa)
      Russians: nope btch

    • @sjael6923
      @sjael6923 Před 4 lety +4

      Sturmtruppen Peter Griffin of United States von Amerika

    • @nsms1297
      @nsms1297 Před 4 lety +2

      @@501ststormtrooper9 why. Britain looted so many nations but what they did to Ireland

  • @selvoselvo1
    @selvoselvo1 Před 4 lety +10

    When playing Civ V, one of the memorable pre-game intros is the military parade on the Red Square marching through the light snow from the square directly to the near city battlefields. One of the greatest moments of the whole war.

  • @MagiconIce
    @MagiconIce Před 3 lety +138

    "To the Germans, blaming the cold was easier than admitting they had been outfought by people they considered "subhuman."
    And for some, not only Germans, it still is, explaining ways how (allegedly) Germany could've won WWII is mass hobby by now lol

  • @kumbaya69421
    @kumbaya69421 Před 4 lety +144

    I like how griffins rage is visible before you even click the video😂

    • @kumbaya69421
      @kumbaya69421 Před 4 lety +1

      @asian dude "EDUCATIONAL CONTENT"

    • @kumbaya69421
      @kumbaya69421 Před 4 lety

      @asian dude oh yeah, the title included "EDUCATIONAL CONTENT" BUT HAS Since been REMOVED..

  • @ihavetowait90daystochangem67

    A history CZcams channel: *Exist*
    Susan: Oh boy here I go killing again!

  • @Dullification
    @Dullification Před 2 lety +28

    "MOSCOW SHALL NOT FALL"
    -Comrade pov in 1941

  • @janjangarcia6602
    @janjangarcia6602 Před 4 lety +25

    That was the weakness of blitzkrieg..stretched supply lines

    • @Convees
      @Convees Před 3 lety +5

      The blitzkrieg was the only way to capture USSR. Stalin just needed 1 more year to get prepared for the war and Hitler understood that.

    • @zoharamitai8719
      @zoharamitai8719 Před 2 lety

      It was Napoleon's problem as well.

  • @Sam-oz8pn
    @Sam-oz8pn Před 4 lety +68

    I just wanted to say (since the video was a ambiguous and seemed to imply that it was) that Hitler’s decision to secure the flanks isn’t considered a bad decision. It’s a common trope to say Hitler constantly disregards his generals to make stupid decisions, but it’s not really that simple. Both he and his generals made mistakes. Bread and coal, in the Ukraine and Caucuses, were critical to Germany and it was strategically vital for Hitler to gain access to them. Not to mention that if the Germans had advanced straight to Moscow they would have faced a stronger enemy in an even more vulnerable position than they did in reality.

  • @P1MKdrunkpingu
    @P1MKdrunkpingu Před 4 lety +111

    I wasn't prepared for Piggy supply officer of the Wehrmacht

  • @leonstevens1382
    @leonstevens1382 Před 2 lety +1

    All of these videos are top notch! They are scholarly, well-researched, and with smart visuals! Hats off to the producers!.

  • @josegonzales589
    @josegonzales589 Před 4 lety +17

    14:39 the best soconds of my life

  • @suvamkumarsarangi6593
    @suvamkumarsarangi6593 Před 4 lety +330

    What about the tittle suggested by some one else . To prevent demonization.
    -"Attack on Russia (pranks gone wrong)18+"😨😨😰

    • @Arthur-db6ns
      @Arthur-db6ns Před 4 lety +2

      ATTACK ON RUSSIA GONE WRONG! ALLIES CALLED ALMOST DEFEATED *NOT ENLIST BAIT*

  • @MrYarik04
    @MrYarik04 Před 4 lety +748

    As a russian I thank creators like you for highlighting the Western front and Soviet heroism. Its a time when it looks like its being intentionaly forgotten.

    • @nstice1
      @nstice1 Před 4 lety +20

      Catpoet more like Soviets had no choice hence the “Russian meat grinder”. Most Red Army infantry were more scared of the NKVD rifle behind their backs than the German one in front of them. It was an effective but utterly barbaric tactic. Just imagine Germany using such a tactic...it’s unimaginable

    • @ksotar
      @ksotar Před 4 lety +237

      @@nstice1 yeah, yeah. Nobody fought for his country, home, way of life, just for the fear of NKVD. You can also google Feldgendarmerie and Feldjägerkorps.

    • @UEDCommander
      @UEDCommander Před 3 lety +54

      @@nstice1
      Just imagine France or Britain using something like this, gee, how could one even think about that.

    • @user-en9ug1ew9r
      @user-en9ug1ew9r Před 3 lety +138

      @@nstice1 it is not truth,nice propaganda

    • @psobbtutorials6792
      @psobbtutorials6792 Před 3 lety +56

      @@UEDCommander France and Britain weren't classified by Germans as subhumans and whole occupied, they didn't face annihilation

  • @genericracer07
    @genericracer07 Před 2 lety +41

    Stand and follow command, our blood for the homeland
    Heed the motherland’s call, and brace for the storm
    Moscow will never give in, there is no surrender
    Force them into retreat, and into defeat!!!!

  • @AlexKosSaheli
    @AlexKosSaheli Před 3 lety +40

    Ty for being super accurate, 7 of my ralatives fought in this war with 2 of them taking Berlin.

    • @tennis-hockeyclub7810
      @tennis-hockeyclub7810 Před 2 lety +5

      Privet brat. My grandpa also fought in the war taking Berlin. The soviets were the ones who crushed germany not america. 30mio of our people were killed, only 300K americans and than they say they have won the war.

    • @nutcrackerreal100
      @nutcrackerreal100 Před 2 lety +1

      @@tennis-hockeyclub7810 they supplied money and steel

    • @tennis-hockeyclub7810
      @tennis-hockeyclub7810 Před 2 lety

      @@nutcrackerreal100 I dont want to say they could´ve won the war. But the US alone couldn´t definetely not win the war. They entered as late as they can i the war so the soviets die and also the germans so they have easy win, dust off.

    • @Trellyy809
      @Trellyy809 Před 2 lety

      Did they rape anyone along the way lol

    • @luismiguelsaavedra8253
      @luismiguelsaavedra8253 Před 2 lety

      @@nutcrackerreal100 Well, the Americans to defeat Nazism gave money, and the Soviets gave blood.

  • @untipoqualunque694
    @untipoqualunque694 Před 4 lety +250

    you are teaching me more history than school does

    • @Michaelanalysis
      @Michaelanalysis Před 4 lety

      un tipo qualunque lol

    • @DavidGarcia-oi5nt
      @DavidGarcia-oi5nt Před 4 lety +9

      Or maybe you just pay more attention here

    • @DavidGarcia-oi5nt
      @DavidGarcia-oi5nt Před 4 lety +3

      @Professor Shibe wtf how do you gather that bud? Lol gotta love people extrapolating some crazy ideas from a single sentence.
      Here I'll try it out:
      You're what's wrong with humanity.

    • @l1nus0nl1neproductions9
      @l1nus0nl1neproductions9 Před 4 lety +1

      Its all in the presentation

    • @SeanHH1986
      @SeanHH1986 Před 4 lety +1

      Mike Hunt is smelly

  • @mohammadsab4478
    @mohammadsab4478 Před 4 lety +378

    You wanna not demonized?
    Title:"Stalin plays Fortnite and wins"

    • @doctorballs8309
      @doctorballs8309 Před 4 lety +9

      Stalin = Demonetization

    • @donverga
      @donverga Před 4 lety +29

      @@doctorballs8309 Stan Lee*

    • @doctorballs8309
      @doctorballs8309 Před 4 lety +1

      Madera Inteligente No...?

    • @donverga
      @donverga Před 4 lety +8

      @@doctorballs8309 I mean that in order to avoid demonization you could use Stan Lee instead of Stalin as clickbaiy and therefore CZcams allows it :p

    • @jangrosek4334
      @jangrosek4334 Před 4 lety +16

      @@donverga Steel in*

  • @plasticdish4411
    @plasticdish4411 Před 4 lety +24

    "hey, we found this dog and we're gonna eat him"
    *0.5 seconds later*
    "help fight demonetization"

  • @whyareyougay4630
    @whyareyougay4630 Před 3 lety +17

    Battle of Moscow:
    **happens**
    The soviets a few years later:
    *RIGHT BACK AT YA' BUCKAROO*

  • @dragonwolfworm
    @dragonwolfworm Před 4 lety +224

    Susan: "Politicians can bypass our ToS."
    Also Susan: "Educational content? What a horrible idea."

  • @nikolai8682
    @nikolai8682 Před 4 lety +189

    I have to say, your videos are definetely getting better. Not just the animation (wich is also amazing) but the humor is not bad either. Love your work, keep doing what you do!

    • @shorewall
      @shorewall Před 4 lety +5

      I think that having to become more self-sufficient will let the channel shine. CZcams's restrictions hold back the talent.

    • @cheesecake9072
      @cheesecake9072 Před 4 lety

      What up bro

    • @christianangelomojica374
      @christianangelomojica374 Před 4 lety

      @@shorewall At least he gets sponsors...

    • @user-tb7ep3dj3e
      @user-tb7ep3dj3e Před 4 lety

      Cold is a myth.
      The Nenmen had equipment for the Winter and they were well equipped.
      Supply was hindered by guerrilla warfare. Hundreds of trains were blown up.
      As well as the bombing of railways. Sometimes suicidal attacks like kamikaze. In fact, kamikaze were copied from the USSR.
      But not supply was key. But the Far Eastern divisions of light tanks and special forces. Gained experience of the war in China and Mongolia.
      Japan did not attack the USSR; Sorge informed Japan in time about his plans for Moscow. And the parts were transferred to Moscow, which Hitler did not expect.

    • @felixdzerzhinsky9926
      @felixdzerzhinsky9926 Před 4 lety +1

      make yugoslavia great again!

  • @Mr_Xavier358
    @Mr_Xavier358 Před rokem

    Thanks bro 😊
    These esay to learn history

  • @aaronhotard6540
    @aaronhotard6540 Před 3 lety +3

    A great video, I was familiar with Leningrad and Stalingrad but the Battle of Moscow is new to me. Thank you for making a great video.

  • @napoleonibonaparte7198
    @napoleonibonaparte7198 Před 4 lety +63

    It should be noted that Soviet generals are under more stress than their foreign counterparts because of the disparity of unit sizes and composition

    • @SP-rt4ig
      @SP-rt4ig Před 4 lety +6

      It didn't help that Soviet divisions were as small as a German brigade, and that Soviet field armies were equivalent to a German corps.

    • @MiamiVice.
      @MiamiVice. Před 4 lety

      @Lord Farquaad I was going to say this lol

    • @lucaswatson1913
      @lucaswatson1913 Před 4 lety +1

      Also the lack of an actual Corps sized unit (ik Soviets had corps but they were smaller than allied/German as stated), this meant Army commanders would be trying to direct up to 15+ individual units rather than around 5+ for allied and German

    • @lucaswatson1913
      @lucaswatson1913 Před 4 lety +3

      @Внук Ельцина it really wasn't, look at the 1941-42 battles it lead to units going in piecemeal or receiving unrealistic and inadequate orders

  • @Telfear1
    @Telfear1 Před 4 lety +174

    A hint for the narrator: combination "ZH" in transliterations of Russian words pronounces the same everywhere (you pronounce Zhukov's surname right, but made a mistake in the name of the city of Mozhaisk). Good luck with your videos!

    • @Roketsune
      @Roketsune Před 3 lety +2

      I suspected you were correct. I saw the city name and thought, "Wait. Isn't this pronounced differently? The narrator from Battlefield mentioned this city, I think."

    • @ML-xp1kp
      @ML-xp1kp Před 3 lety +8

      @@Roketsune it's best to think of the digraphs as single letters, because that is what they are.
      "Zh" is the representation used for the letter "ж".
      Zhukov -> [Zh] [u] [k] [o] [v] -> [Ж] [у] [к] [о] [в] -> Жуков

  • @blade0954
    @blade0954 Před 2 lety +67

    the russian people made huge sacrifices,and they should be saluted,a very brave people

  • @MrHurch
    @MrHurch Před 4 lety

    Great work Griffin! Keep it up.

  • @MrGenoHydra
    @MrGenoHydra Před 4 lety +150

    As a personal note, a lot of my family members are from both Bryansk and the Kaluga oblyast (myself born and most of my mothers side from a small town slightly south of Kaluga).
    The whole oblyast was heavily fought over and the town i originally came from, Ludinovo is known to change sides about 3 times by the middle of the 1942 with bitter fighting especially around the marshes and riverside of the city with many heroes (albeit some more local than anything else). Such stories are very common across all the eastern front and although a lot of the material is in Russian some of it was translated.

  • @DragonActual
    @DragonActual Před 4 lety +48

    11:03 I recognize those sounds from WaW.

    • @EsamforMEMES
      @EsamforMEMES Před 4 lety +1

      Me too lol

    • @cristianvillanueva8782
      @cristianvillanueva8782 Před 4 lety +3

      I miss that game so much

    • @ilovemanunited6179
      @ilovemanunited6179 Před 4 lety

      Cristian Villanueva I still play it, it takes forever to find a match though.

    • @cristianvillanueva8782
      @cristianvillanueva8782 Před 4 lety

      @@ilovemanunited6179 it was full of hackers last i played

    • @tonyattardo9350
      @tonyattardo9350 Před 4 lety

      MP-40 with a suppressor, follow the sniper to his high ground, lay down some bouncing betty’s, then mop up sprinting soldiers rushing the sniper post from the flank and rear.

  • @Guitarinthewild
    @Guitarinthewild Před 4 lety

    Great video as always! Thanks Griffin.

  • @sayr7525
    @sayr7525 Před 3 lety +1

    I love this guy’s passion for history, I’m new to the channel btw, amazing content and community

  • @mexicoball2529
    @mexicoball2529 Před 4 lety +82

    Winter,motherland and war.
    Siberian troops: oh yeah its all coming together

    • @Keely503
      @Keely503 Před 4 lety +6

      Mexico ball the Soviet Union stoped the Germans, not the weather

    • @mexicoball2529
      @mexicoball2529 Před 4 lety +10

      @@Keely503 i never said weather stopped the Germans Im talking about the Siberians that were used to spearhead the Germans during the battle of Moskow

    • @user-bu3bv6fj7c
      @user-bu3bv6fj7c Před 4 lety +7

      @@mexicoball2529 not only Siberians, but almost all men from Central Asian Republics like Kazakhstan also fought. My two grandfathers fought, one of them got a huge injury, another one became The War Hero /Soviet Hero and reached Berlin;

  • @Minboelf
    @Minboelf Před 4 lety +137

    Hitler:we must attack south
    Generals:no!Moscow is the top priority
    Hitler: *My generals do not know the economy aspects of war*

    • @dangminh5330
      @dangminh5330 Před 4 lety +8

      Generals: but we do it in France, zey surrender !!!

    • @conversationtosaurusrex
      @conversationtosaurusrex Před 4 lety +3

      @Johan Jacobs The entire railway infrastructure of the Soviet Union connected to the Capital. That leads access to the countries vast railway

    • @conversationtosaurusrex
      @conversationtosaurusrex Před 4 lety +2

      @Johan Jacobs Never said it would of been left in tact but you're talking about dozens of railways. It would take a long time to reroute them or destroy them.

    • @clone3_7
      @clone3_7 Před 4 lety +7

      @Johan Jacobs Moscow was also the communications centre of Soviet high command... but the railways hurt, not because the Germans would use it, but, because losing your main transportation hub is never good.
      The Soviet Union would lose its ability to transfer troops fast between fronts...

    • @MiraSubieGirl
      @MiraSubieGirl Před 4 lety +3

      @Johan Jacobs Its Russia... what Morals?
      Living there during the 40s was already morally destructive. Where as the Germans were not ready to accept just how dismal and cold Russia is.
      If anything, simply being on Russian land would be bolstering/enraging Russians. And damaging Germans, every hour.

  • @Mr_sil3n7kil3r
    @Mr_sil3n7kil3r Před 4 lety

    Dude I love this omg. I learned so much more here then in school I swear💯

  • @Bulgarian_Coastline
    @Bulgarian_Coastline Před rokem +3

    I think it's a good idea to make a new, more detailed video about the Battle of Moscow- just like you did with the Battle of Berlin. Good job, by the way!

  • @Rkucins
    @Rkucins Před 4 lety +89

    For the sake of accuracy, the "Rasputsitsia" or "General Cold" have equally affected both sides tactics wise. It is just Russian knew a bit better how to survive in these conditions. Nevertheless, the actual fighting was impeded for both sides. Even the argument about Wehrmacht being ill-equipped for fighting in cold weather conditions (aircraft fuel freezing just at -18C, weapons lubricant were not suitable for cold weather) leaving the lack of winter equipment are easily matched by the physical lack of military hardware Soviets were suffering from due to loss of the manufacturing base/factories being in the middle of relocation. Let's not forget the land lease convoys just started to arrive. It is actually a very interesting topic in terms of what was the most crucial thing supplied - which would probably be perhexiline gunpowder

    • @bergonius
      @bergonius Před 4 lety +4

      @Ruslan Karaev they were in route for 2 years?

    • @Senzanakhona
      @Senzanakhona Před 4 lety +3

      @@bergonius While yes lend-lease program began in 1941, it was not much of help until 43-44 when they were already winning. These supplies Americans sent over stacked up over time. They didn't just send everything all at once in one day.

    • @ew4525
      @ew4525 Před 4 lety

      Winter is cheating!!!

    • @Centurion101B3C
      @Centurion101B3C Před 3 lety +3

      Yes and NO. Yes, the Soviets got the same amount of winter, cold and misery as the Germans, but.....
      1. The Soviets had better suited uniforms and fighting gear suited for the weather conditions.(Tested and proven by Battlefield Detectives).
      2. The Soviets were more mechanized than the Germans and did not have to rely on horse drawn wagons or bother to feed or care for the thereto required horses.
      3. The Soviet military verhicles were FAR better suited for (basically non-existing) infrastructure.
      4. Soviet fuel was better formulated to deal with winer conditions that would turn German Diesel fuel into useless butter.
      5. Soviet lubricants for weapons were either better suited to conditions (or non-existent, which is fine as well for a while.). German weapons froze and stalled on the used grease and cold solidified oils.
      5. The Soviets were used to the local conditions and were better preconditioned for generic deprivation and maltreatment. In short, They were tougher, meaner and like honey-badgers.
      6. The Germans collectively suffered from moerate to severe withdrawal sysmptoms because they had run out of meth ("Panzerschokolade" Pervitin) that had kept them 'hopping high' ever since 1939. As one might be aware of: "Wizz" and normal Winter are already a really bad combination so when Russian Winter hit....need I say more??

    • @user-vf7en9uj5o
      @user-vf7en9uj5o Před 4 měsíci

      ​@@Centurion101B3Cчего только русофобские вроде тебя по дураки не придумают, чтобы оправдать позорное поражение немецкой армии и принизить русских. Fck u stpd rssfb🖕🤣

  • @HistoryHustle
    @HistoryHustle Před 4 lety +8

    Amazing work guys. All these animations, they must have been tons of work. Keep on going Griffin and team!

  • @svartendavo
    @svartendavo Před 4 lety

    Excelente contenido. Buenas fuentes, buena animación y buena narración. Es lo mejor que he visto en youtube recientemente.

  • @glacefeale9212
    @glacefeale9212 Před 4 lety

    Thank you for sharing this knowledge. ⚜️

  • @misterboombastic628
    @misterboombastic628 Před 4 lety +63

    0:12 german soldier moments before his death (1941 colorized)

    • @seneca983
      @seneca983 Před 4 lety +3

      I wonder if he's the famous Heinrich German-Name.

    • @branilavvasic9727
      @branilavvasic9727 Před 4 lety

      Imam i ja emisiju o operaciji barbarosa i bitci za Moskvu. czcams.com/video/TaXbY4M8Pl8/video.html
      Bice jos o drugom svetskom ratu na istocnom frontu na mom kanalu a imam i o Ruskom gradjanskom ratu, Staljinovoj vladavini i mnogo toga drugog. Mogo bi da se subskrajbujes druze Srpski komunisto

  • @PortlandLife
    @PortlandLife Před 4 lety +39

    Rasputytsa! The mud of the Ukraine, my great grandfather fought is this war for the Red Army. They couldn't believe the Germans were trying to use the main roads, which were all dirt,
    and had turned to a literal meter of mud in some places. This war a majorly brutal war.

    • @ceu160193
      @ceu160193 Před 4 lety +1

      Well, you don't bring you silly European trucks on hardcore roads, that can stop even tanks. That's not how it works.

    • @shawnfinnegan64
      @shawnfinnegan64 Před 4 lety

      Bolshevik traitor!

  • @mohammedsuleiman2217
    @mohammedsuleiman2217 Před rokem

    At the end of the video made my day your videos are amazing and I’m excited to watch each video

  • @commoncents7330
    @commoncents7330 Před 2 lety

    That end skit was not only a likely situation but also great humor. Bravo.

  • @aubuchonproductions4090
    @aubuchonproductions4090 Před 4 lety +98

    The half part of how the Soviet forced won is because Stalin called in troops from Siberia, which were highly more trained and better in winter if you compare it to German and Soviet troops.

    • @jamesricker3997
      @jamesricker3997 Před 3 lety +6

      German troops were not exactly equipped for the winter. Their logistics sucked and the lubricant they use on their engines and guns froze solid in below zero temperatures

    • @PewPewPlasmagun
      @PewPewPlasmagun Před 3 lety +15

      Actually Moscow was in the end defended by the ENTIRE NATION, defenders came from everywhere. Siberians were not the greatest part.

    • @aubuchonproductions4090
      @aubuchonproductions4090 Před 3 lety +6

      PewPewPlasmagun if you take a look into documentaries, Siberian troops were more trained in winter and could deal with the Germans since they had no proper training or equipment to deal in the snow, and by entire nation I hope you just mean the western part of the country becuase the eastern side were more scared and focused on a Japanese invasion. And just didn’t care.

    • @Solidinius_Snake
      @Solidinius_Snake Před 3 lety +37

      It's actually a common myth. The "Siberian" divisions were only a small part of the troops defending Moscow. For example, on the Tula direction there were not a single Siberian formation. Not to mention a "Siberian" division is not necessarily formed of Siberians, there were folks from all around the Soviet Union.

    • @pomiklom2499
      @pomiklom2499 Před 3 lety

      Lol, no.

  • @SlavianAesthetics
    @SlavianAesthetics Před 4 lety +47

    Man, missed opportunity for “The Sacred War”

    • @vachagan2007
      @vachagan2007 Před 4 lety +4

      Slavian Thé sacred war will be perfect for the vidéo about the Soviet flood in Germany

    • @user-li5cr6wv5b
      @user-li5cr6wv5b Před 4 lety +1

      @@vachagan2007 No, that one is for Soviet March C&C3

  • @thechang5161
    @thechang5161 Před 4 lety

    gotta say the use of Allegretto in the soundtrack was on point!

  • @patrikdukic1598
    @patrikdukic1598 Před 4 lety

    It's also swesome that you put the links to the music in description! Thanks!

  • @muchentuchen6592
    @muchentuchen6592 Před 4 lety +3

    The animation was very impressive. Keep up the good work.

  • @ECHOFOXTROT289
    @ECHOFOXTROT289 Před 4 lety +24

    4:38 I’m sorry to see that you play right into the narrative that madman hitler should have listened to his generals to get Moscow when this is simply not the case...

    • @Kevineitor199
      @Kevineitor199 Před 4 lety +6

      yeah, his plan of a defense with strong points proved effective because avoided the lost of ground and materials, and when soviets did passed the strong points, german reserves just cut the supply lines off and the soviets were pocketed
      the generals wanted a full retreat in panic leaving irremplezable tanks trucks and equipment behind, should have hitler listen to them?

    • @albertstadler2639
      @albertstadler2639 Před 4 lety +6

      After the war it was easy for the generals to say: "Hitler was wrong and if he would have listened to us, we would have won in 2 months..."
      Hitler was of course no expert in warfare but his decisions until the end of 1943 were not that bad or inlogical as many think.

  • @kaijohnson5033
    @kaijohnson5033 Před 3 lety

    This man is the best. Thank you for these great videos!

  • @walts8730
    @walts8730 Před 3 lety

    As a person who loves history and enjoying in every history topic I admire your work and effort to present history on this interesting way. Many people thinks that history is boring topic full of dates and years datas but history is teacher to all of us. All the best to you

  • @migwella9086
    @migwella9086 Před 4 lety +9

    Brilliant video Griff has to be my favorite so far hopefully this monetization issue will be fixed soon

  • @darthchu48darth92
    @darthchu48darth92 Před 4 lety +16

    In Soviet Russia there was no battle of Moscow. There was only a German retreat from the mother-land.

    • @realmario979
      @realmario979 Před 4 lety +5

      It wasn't a battle in Moscow, it was just Zhukov playing HOI4

    • @bootmii98
      @bootmii98 Před 4 lety

      @@realmario979 Complete with the HOI4 German flag and never saying the word Nazi

    • @realmario979
      @realmario979 Před 4 lety +2

      @@bootmii98 That's what I call a full-HOI4 experience

    • @Massinissathefirst
      @Massinissathefirst Před 4 lety

      If this isn't a joke, then it's a lie.

  • @jonmre2862
    @jonmre2862 Před 4 lety

    Well done animations with music in the final summary. Well done.

  • @leveewasbri
    @leveewasbri Před 3 lety +92

    Can you imagine trying to get a quarter million modern day Americans to dig trenches in the cold?? Lmao

    • @adankmeme651
      @adankmeme651 Před 3 lety +18

      I'M TiReD would sum it up, they would whine and complain about working and beg for mcdonalds

    • @adankmeme651
      @adankmeme651 Před 3 lety

      @Andrew Riela yeah

    • @AdamA-px6yw
      @AdamA-px6yw Před 3 lety +6

      @@adankmeme651 it’s been done, The US Military is one hell of a fighting force, and there’s 2 million of them

    • @adankmeme651
      @adankmeme651 Před 3 lety +18

      @@AdamA-px6yw By Americans I meant the average citizen, not soldier

    • @vontai4553
      @vontai4553 Před 3 lety +12

      @@adankmeme651 you could wanting to survive is a feeling that would make you do anything you’d be suprised what your capable of

  • @foxxworldproductions6635
    @foxxworldproductions6635 Před 4 lety +19

    History channel: You took everything from me!
    Susan: I don’t even know who you are.

  • @weehoo2
    @weehoo2 Před 4 lety +3

    I love that I recognize the sound effect of the Mosin Nagant from world at war

  • @Jackthedrought1010
    @Jackthedrought1010 Před 3 lety

    I’m glad this channel blew up I love this

  • @azsazs6039
    @azsazs6039 Před 4 lety

    Great video, keep up the great work

  • @1234femmarc
    @1234femmarc Před 4 lety +215

    *Knock knock*
    Whos there?
    *DEMONETIZATION*

  • @whateverthisis389
    @whateverthisis389 Před 3 lety +114

    Love him or hate him,Stalin had some cojones staying in Moscow

    • @sigitasd1
      @sigitasd1 Před 3 lety +16

      He staid, because he was afraid to leave Moscow. In the beginning of the war he was sure his "comrades" will arrest him and kill, so he was not leaving his "Dacha" for a few days. In December story repeated, he had no choice, just to stay in Moscow and defend it. After war story repeated the third time: Stalin staid in Moscow until he sow that solders returning from Europa will not rebel. Hundreds thousands of war heroes were send to gulag immediately after war just to let this chicken sleep soundly at the night.

    • @Red1Napoleon
      @Red1Napoleon Před 2 lety +25

      @@sigitasd1 the same capitalist bullshit over and over, don't you get bored of it ? So pathetic XD

    • @sigitasd1
      @sigitasd1 Před 2 lety +3

      @@Red1Napoleon real life is boring... myths are intresting... one day you grow up and you will understand this. But only If you will be lucky enough not to meet any "father of the nation" in reality! These guys like to pay for they intresting myths with young people lifes...

    • @Red1Napoleon
      @Red1Napoleon Před 2 lety +8

      @@sigitasd1 you are funny

    • @user-ph6ej4mk4z
      @user-ph6ej4mk4z Před 2 lety +1

      @@sigitasd1 well Stalin staid in Moscow anyway. And we didn't hold a candle there:)

  • @carmenhan6698
    @carmenhan6698 Před 2 lety

    thanks for your sharing. so many talents contribute to this episode.

  • @donotSSL
    @donotSSL Před 4 lety

    Wow. Great videos! Good job indeed.

  • @phoradio1277
    @phoradio1277 Před 4 lety +38

    CZcams should receive some Soviet style justice for demonizing Griffin Johnson!

    • @markknife1
      @markknife1 Před 4 lety +3

      They think the gulag will be a vacation, and pack their bags like it's their day in Paradise.

    • @phoradio1277
      @phoradio1277 Před 4 lety +3

      @@markknife1 Ohhhh that's cold! See what I did there? 😆

    • @markknife1
      @markknife1 Před 4 lety +2

      @@phoradio1277 oh yeah, chill.

    • @phoradio1277
      @phoradio1277 Před 4 lety +1

      @@markknife1 Touche' 👍

  • @boogs134
    @boogs134 Před 2 lety +6

    Thats why I love him he doesn’t just say the soviets won because they had more ppl but he actually shows why the soviets won

  • @therankmaster9279
    @therankmaster9279 Před rokem

    I love that you show the battle attak strategy

  • @oliversherman2414
    @oliversherman2414 Před 2 lety

    I love your channel keep up the great stuff

  • @lucho4037
    @lucho4037 Před 3 lety +16

    "todas watch me freeze in the eastern front" wow so history classes are becoming more and more immersive

  • @stevehomeier8368
    @stevehomeier8368 Před 3 lety +8

    Rasputitsa: 'Ima hold back the invasion'
    Hard freeze: "Hold my beer!'

  • @rolandgharfine534
    @rolandgharfine534 Před 3 lety

    It must take an eternity and cost a small fortune to make those videos, they are so well-made. Full respect to you.

  • @leonidsmirnov9409
    @leonidsmirnov9409 Před 2 lety +2

    Well done! Anyway, in some episodes, including the Red Square march, you use the Soviet insignia introduced onli in January 1943.