King Tiger Last Stand: Berlin 1945
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- Two King Tigers staged an extraordinary last stand near the Reichstag in Berlin during the final days of the terrible battle for the capital. They destroyed literally hundreds of Soviet tanks, demonstrating that the King Tiger was probably the most formidable tank of WW2 and a superb defensive weapon in the right hands.
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The worst thing in this video is the last line " The Machine Was Later Scrapped by the Russians ".
What a waste
Well, after they already had one for their museums, it was
useless and had no place on their military doctrine.
I can see why they scrapped it even though it was an amazing tank for its time. Nothing could match it.
agree
that machine deserves to be in a museum of war.
You left out, makes a big target.
True...
Ironic. ..314 couldn't be knocked out by the Soviets but was done by a German mine
Shame....314 could still be taking out T34’s to this day ⌛️
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try to read the US report of their caltuties in the Iraq war. Most was hit by own us forces...
Henrik H
Try to write a sentence in English.
Nothing ironic about it! All tanks in history were designed to take hits on the front, sides & rear, but given only enough armor on the bottom to defend the crew but not the tank, for weight purposes. This is because in the vast majority of operations, tanks get hit by other tanks, not mines
Its amazing how many casualties the German army inflicted on the Red Army, even at the bitter end.
crazy how many German tank crews had over 100 tank kills on the Eastern front, and Stuka pilots knocking out them as well, man so many tanks getting knocked out
Hans Ulrich Rudel, the greatest combat pilot of all time has credit for over 500 Ruskie armor alone flying his Ju87.
German tanks are soo beautiful
I agree, they look better than any Allied tanks. Too bad they didn't perform as well.
idiot
@@nanuvasile9983 lol
@@homiespaghetti1522 actually I liked the look of the Sherman tank, the Comet tank, and the M18Hellcat tank destroyer.
BHAAA The Blue BlobFish what!!!
Why were they so reliably better the Sherman that is because of spare parts! The t34 in 1941 and 42 only had a reliability rating of 50% yet people talk about it being as good as a Sherman or second best reliability wise...
But Sherman's who apparently were 98% reliable seam to have bean missing replacements/spare tanks from the front line But German tanks struggled to get over 50% yet were still able to put 60% of there tanks in the fight..... Germany had the most reliable heavy tanks in the war anything over 40 tons.
There is a great Swedish off road performance test compeering German tanks to Sherman's the panther won easily.
UK tanks were pretty much the worsts of the top 4 main powers only just superior to Italy and japan best or even to them....
Half of the Sherman best models were slower then a king tiger and up to 10 tons more then the first 30,000 models making there brake downs quite often
American and USA tank kill claims put Germany tank numbers at almost 61,000 tanks then we add in UK commonwealth 71,900 Germany only had 49,700
German allies in Europe lost 4,300 to 5,000..... 3,300 were Italian plus German captured tanks of at most 500 many were given to lesser allies over 90 t34 were given to lesser allies to refit and about 440 were French somua s35.....
USA tank claims are 21,200+ USA losses were 10,000
Soviet tank claims are 42,700 Soviet losses 110,000
UK/commonwealth tank claims 8,000 losses 16,000
German records Eastern front not including after November 1944 was 33,324
German records western front including Italy front 13,000+ to 14,000 tanks lost
when Germany surrendered 1,500 stugs were still in operation in the German army with total tank force of 2,000 to 3,000
There's an unfortunate irony in 314 getting disabled by a German mine
This material would be enough to produce an epic movie about the King Tiger,
Sad, the loss of brave young soldiers. Doesn't matter the side they fight on, just a waste.
Avtomativan A great rebuttal my friend! You really outsmarted him with your superior wit and extremely well thought out argument! I'm convinced.
Yeah sad to lose all those brave young men fighting on behalf of an insecure tyrannical midget who wanted to exterminate all non wasps from the planet. GTFO
+Possibly SkuntCarp / The German's didn't do anything that the British, Russians, and US didn't do as well *including* mass genocide or perhaps you're just ignorant of history. Look up Eisenhower's death camps for one.
Calm down and read the guys comment, he says it's a waste of human life, he doesn't defend the SS.
Yeah and the allies where saints right xD ? we germans killed less russians then the communist , so sovjet soldiers had no right to live aswell ?
That's the problem with upping the brutality as wars go on. The soldiers on both sides get so scared of what the enemy does to prisoners (if they are taking any) that neither side sees any future in surrendering, so they fight to the death. Everybody dies. Don't mistreat your prisoners if you want the other side to surrender.
David Hunter Well it is surprising to see how the west and east treated their prisoners after the war. The east used them to remove mined areas and stuff like that and helped rebuild cities like Stalingrad, they weren't living in good conditions but they weren't living in bad conditions either as they were given food from the large supplies the Soviet had and volkssturm were often sent back home after the war. On the other side, the west had small supplies of food in Europe as they had to supply it from over the sea, most Germans soldier (even volkssturm) were sent in mass to demine the atlantic wall with little food and with little to no care of their supervisor.
100's & 100's of Tanks destroyed and it still didn't put a dent in things. Crazy
That sort of things happens when you fight Soviets.
Which is entirely false, and made up.
Yeah true, Soviets reformed their military and came up with new strategies to counter German ones throughout the war while Germans stuck with the good old blitzkrieg. Battle of the bulge, Kursk.
Intescy Avenger Blitzkrieg still works, to a degree. But the it relies on surprise. Which the Nazis did not have.
The ardennen offensive was a surprise attack. However nobody had calculated correct regarding the narrow streets avaialbe for the german tanks. It was the same streets used in 1940 but at that time the tanks was much smaller. So it ended up that the Tiger II alwas was lacking behind and the calculation for the fuel needed for the operation was just to low of that reason that the Tiger II tanks used to much time to wait with turned on engine and drive forward to the front in a speed there were to low ending up that most of them actual run out of fuel. That was the reason for germany lost the battle of the bugle. Hitler did know that hes plan of an attack at Kursk was not going to be a surprise but this time he told his generals that it was not a big thing sinse he would have 600 new Panther tanks as a surprise for the russians. But most of the was not able to participate in the battle because of engine fires or final drives breaking down. So it was not possible to smash through the russians lines as fast as expected for the germans. Actual The generals told Hitler it was still posible to win the battle if time was prevented for them. But Hitler knowing that the allied had landed on Sicily stoped the campaign because he needed the troops for defense of Italien.
One King Tiger tank took out at least 39 Soviet tanks. That's Impressive.
Incredible that the Germans continued to resist at that point. Thank you for some important yet neglected details about the last days of the defense of the government sector (Zitadelle). All of the accounts I have read do not document the specifics regarding the surviving panzers from the Nordland and Muncheberg Panzer Divisions after the battle for the Seelow Heights, including even LeTisse's work. Multiple sources make reference to the role of the few panzer units that survived Seelow in holding the German defense lines in Berlin those last few days, and generally reference how these units were almost out of ammunition. From your video these Tigers obviously had some remaining combat capability and fought to the end against overwhelming odds.
Rick Stuifzand incredible means unbelievable, not glorifying the nazis at all. In other words, I cannot believe their continued futile resistance, is the meaning of the comment. And, I do not appreciate the tone of your rude comment.
"Our factories are continuously bombed, we don't have any fuel and are short on ore supplies."
"Are you thinking what I am thinking?"
"We should build a 70 ton tank that consumes 10l fuel per mile and breaks down constantly?"
"Yes."
about spells it out...the MK IV could have done the job.
King Tiger is my favorite tank.
A shame 314 was scrapped
The BFV "The Last Tiger" should have been about this, not Cologne
The Erika in the background tho
What an amazing tank, its incredible how they found the fuel and ammo to keep going
they didnt... they also had crap transmissions
One of the best things in these videos is the comment section.
You just grab the pop corn, and watch the happy mix of pseudo-expert historians, actual people who have something relevant to contribute, neo-nazis, germany apologists, neo-stallinists, soviet apologists, revisionists, ultra-allied propagandists and all of their glorious shades of grey and various respective degrees of stupidity and illiteracy.
Free rule of thumb for the improvised historians in here : Never judge history. That's the most efficient way to make it as non-objective as possible. If you "pick a side" you alter history by bias. Collect and communicate facts like Dr. Felton in a neutral manner.
It always pisses me off hearing that these beautiful machines are scrapped so carelessly
Bitcoin Broker dude i hope your joking
It’s not the videos fault
lampshade I think you’re idolizing something that to these men were just killing machines. They wanted no sign of the reich’s war machine intact.
lampshade well wtf you gona do with it? The soviets already captured some before the battle of Berlin.
if this is your only concern in this context * facepalm *
Germany about the size of Texas Had the best military ever assembled in their time.
So why did they lose if they were the best?
That's what you call bravery.
That is a good fight! My grandfather was there, and survived. He fought on the German side.
Someone really needs to make a movie about this, terrific story
Wish there were more footages from the battle of Berlin.
The king tiger. Germany’s way of losing the war in style.
Go big or go home.
1 tank vs 100 tanks.... Those tanks way more ahed then Their time
I didn’t know the story of the King Tigers in Berlin; I only knew they were there. I also knew hundreds and hundreds of Russian tanks were destroyed but did not know which German arm did that.
Incredible machines too bad more weren't saved
Yeah, and what's more important is that the French, THE FRENCH have the only working king tiger. . .
@@kennethbowers2897 Just take it they surrender easily enough.
Kenneth Bowers oh yeah the French, as you are speaking about them as if they didn't even fight when they had to fight a battle that they couldn't win, being forced to retreat on roads blocked by fleeing civilians having to flee their homes only to later see their countries occupied and violated. Yeah you know, the French.
OnlineLegend just take the fact that the french surrendered once in two world war and that Germany surrendered twice
Actually a large percentage were saved, they didn't make that many.
'in the fighting he knocked out 39 Sovjet tanks' Imagine having it made fron Russia to Berlin and still die because your enemy (who is outnumbered like 1000 to 1?) refuses to surrender haha
King Tiger is the most beautiful heavy tank design during WW2 too bad the Germans are low in resources they only built 492 King Tigers
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I love panzers, and even though the King was the master I am attached to the original Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger Ausf. E. It is so iconic!
When quantity wins over quality
''Quality''
-Hallo, Tiger II?
-Engine broke
-Understandable, have a nice lebensraum
Ernesto León litterally use stuff found on the ground to replace the missing materials
Wave Emperor yeah 20 million deaths later LOL
There's something that needs to be considered here. The Soviets had thrown caution to the wind, there was a race between generals to get to the Reichstag. Therefore, the Soviets threw massive amounts of tanks forward with no regard for losses. This is why it was easy pickings so to speak. The Soviets lost an incredible amount of armor in the battle for Berlin, it also from AT guns, Panzerfaust, tank mines, etc. King Tigers NEVER had this level of success in other theaters and scenarios. On balance, the King Tiger was not a good logistical weapon. They could have built many, many more Tiger 1's with the resources that went into developing King Tiger.
Quantity has a quality all of its own
My father fought on the "Seelower Höhen" as a young german soldier from 16 years "old". He didn't told me about the King Tigers at this Battlefield in 1945, but as a last stand of assault- tanks, Tiger I , Panther and 88mm guns until the last granates leave to the red army front. He surrended on 30th of April 1945, only 300m in front of the destroyed "Reichskanzlei" and went as a POW to Küstrin.
Sure some Kingtiger getting in the last combat action in the streets of Berlin - Mitte. No many succese for them in this awful days with so many victims on both sides.
Seelow Höher..
Bloody mess
@@batuhanaca2214 indeed!
Brian Haney
He didn't fight for the Nazis you idiot. Learn history before you opine.
Protestnik Vorgon
My father was a Tiger Tank commander at the battle of the Bulge. To listen to him, the only reason they lost is that there was no support with fuel and ammo beyond four days. When they finally ran out, the two tanks he was joined up with surrendered to the Americans. He was promptly hired by the USA after the war and sent to Venezuela.
Mordalo once i met a Vet that fought in the battle of the bulge in a nursing home, humbling experience to see and hear what he had to say
Even though they killed us, they are still amazing pieces of machinery.
Indeed. I regret the Bismark and Yamato didn't survive the war, to be displayed beside the Missouri....
xzqzq hm I agree, it’s also sad that there only a handful of tigers and panthers around.
Thanks for all your great and historic(al correct) content mister Felton!
I realy enjoy your channel :)
Such beautiful machines and so powerful at the same time. The problem was that their production was time consuming and expensive, but no doubt they could destroy dozens of enemy machines before they were knocked out, if only the crew was well trained.
This is so cool because I remember going through all of these stations on the u-bahn
I'm spending a fortune on plastic models due to these video's!.
Fascinating and brilliantly presented -- as always!
The King Tiger was probably the greatest tank of all time.
My favorite Dr. Mark Felton video
Last man, last bullet, last broom closet! 3000 red casualties to take the reichstag.
Great pod cast. Thanks
Your videos are extremely high quality. Thanks for making them
You are too kind
wow...GREAT work mate. Short intense information. Amazing.
Should Do A Film About This,amazing stuff!!
Great video. Thank you!
Is it just me or did any 1 else smile when the they heared the music 3:15
So many heroic tales of those who fought doing their duty for their countries! I prefer hearing those over stories of atrocities. Things happen in war, sure, but most just fought to survive and do their duty.
Thanks for the well presented posting!
Love the Erika background music
Always very informative videos obsecure facts thank you....
Thank you for this
Tnx for intel. The story of those 2 remaining Tigers were completely new to me
"Hans ... ze transmission ist kaput!"
-famous Tiger tank commander saying.
It’s incredible that so little was put in place to defend the Oder-Neisse front in comparison to what was sent to defend Hungary
excellent video, great research
Again a fantastic video!!!!
Thank you for sharing 👏👏👏
While these situations make for great stories (especially for those who insist upon bolstering their worship of German armour & soldiers to near-mythological levels), the fact is that a significant portion of the high number of Soviet tanks destroyed during the Battle of Berlin can be attributed to the cheaply-manufactured & simple Panzerfaust in the hands of gutsy German soldiers & citizens hiding in the ruins.
Too many nazi fanboys. If only they understood that had the germans won, they probably wouldn't even be alive.
Makes more sense....
I think on both sides the rahrah, and the dismissers are annoying.
I look at it from the standing of a WWII fan. As an American I cannot doubt the proficiency of the German armor. I would have loved for my boys to have the Panther/Tiger/Stug IV instead of the Sherman, would have made our job much easier.
I know there is a stigma because the Nazis where the dark side. But the fact remains that allot of the time their equipment was better.
If you put the Tiger in American arsenal many would change their tune.
@joe green exactly what the Russians knew which is why they produced 500 to 1 and won....500 fords can beat one Ferrari and Hitler never understood this.
@Razor Ramone
Apples and oranges. In WWII you had enemies of equal battle hardened levels in an absolute meat grinder. In Iraq the Abrams might as well have been a space ship from an advanced alien race vs. The dilapidated, poorly trained and obsolete garbage the Iraqis put up.
Thanks for the info 👌🏻
Good series.thanx
Another superb video. Have you considered doing one on the forgotten King Tiger ace, Kurt Knispel - an idiosyncratic and unique war hero?
In the summer of 1991, my father and I arrived at Fort Knox too late to visit the Museum of Cavalry and Armor. A curator saw us and suggested we follow him to the top end of the base where he had a crew working in an open parking lot with a new acquisition. A King Tiger, and restored to running order. Awesome.
wow! I remember this story in game called Panzerfront(Dreamcast version) I thought two king tigers fighting in government district was pure fantasy
I like your voice over. Actually sounds like those voice overs from those documentaries.
Thanks. Im sure I’ve read of these actions before. From authors like Beevor: fall of Berlin or Will Feys armoured battles of the Waffen SS 1943-45. But it’s nice to have faces to the names, tanks and actions.
Really interesting, thanks.
Whenever you see the number 314 from now on, shout "Georg Diers!"
you sir just earned my subscription!
Thanks
good video thanks.
You sound like a World at War narrator. Amazing!
This was good. The King Tigers probably belonged to 56th Panzer Brigade "Muncheberg". The King Tiger was the definitive defensive weapon, there just simply were never enough of them. Good stuff!
Great video
A movie about this last stand should be made!
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Where was the "Charlemagne Division" operating in relation to the Royal Tigers during the battle?
War of attrition whoever had the most production won, Germany lost because it's manufacturing was destroyed and it couldn't produce enough.
Aaron Laundry And they underestimated my Desert Rat grandad.
@@fudgedog123 muh supply lines, rommel was a hack.
Nah they had plenty of extra tanks and planes, but no fuel to use them :/
Produce enough with what it isnt only production it has to do with resourses wich it barely had the whole idea of blitzkrieg was to defeat the allies and grab their resourses before they loose theirs in a war of atrition
Aaron Laundry also they ran out of fuel
Great job Mark; you report so much interesting History I didn't know about.
You are the best sir
Wonderful capsule history of the Endkrieg in Berlin. Subscribed from USA.
thanks!
Doesn't feel like a mark Felton video without the regular intro tune!¡¿?
How did they get fuel for these tanks during the last days of the war when only Berlin was left to be taken? It's amazing that they even had ammunition.
great video
Great Endkampf account on Bengal Tiger (Königstiger) Tanks.
This tank was worthy to be kept in a war museum. But no one can expect any sane act by Soviets.
at least they saved a few unique tanks like the maus at kubinka
Muhibullah Hamza they already captured some tiger 2 before the battle of berlin
Scrapping knocked out tanks was common practise by all nations after the war. People were understandibly much more concerned with clearing up and rebuilding than going to considerable efforts to save crippled and wrecked tanks, especially ones belonging to to country that started the war in the first place
Think of how much concrete reinforcing bar can be made out of 68 tonnes of scrap steel. A damaged immobile tank is only so much scrap iron. Steel was at a premium at the end of WW 2 when all the rebuilding was to be accomplished in the bombed out cities across England and Europe.The Egyptian scrap metal merchants scrapped the Y Bar picket and barbed wire fencing around the desert minefields the Commonwealth and British forces had left there for public safety.
They had several already for museums, why would they need another?
You know the story of the commander of the King tiger Bromman and Korner, they were also from the Norland panzer division and fought in Berlin, he received the knight's cross from Hitler on April 29, 1945
How deadly those King Tiger tanks were!!
Took out 100 t34 w0w thanks so much for this upload
this would make an excellent movie :)
Im glad this man survived
Great Video! (Sorry for my bad english)
How come i found this guy now such quality contents
Excellent 'short'; specific, factual, well illustrated & to the point. The Berlin battle must have been hellish; both sides determined but the outcome foregone. Who gets to be the last man to die?
Hey Mark would you consider doing a video about the positions of the Red Army in Berlin at the time of Hitler's suicide? I always knew that the Russians were very close to him when he died but I never knew exactly how close. I know there was some battle at the reichstag going on at that time but I would like to see something that looks like an actual Battle Man it's something that shows exactly how close the Russians were to the bunker and sell during the time of Hitler's death.
Argentina is Germany's new home
Brainwashed?
True,
True. Luckily most Nazis are in hell now.
Valhall*
And they still lost against the British
Makes you wonder, instead of 11 King Tigers, Hitler could’ve had some 1100 Tigers and assault guns ... had me not wasted them at the Battle of the Bulge!??
Great videos Mr. Felton. Reminds me of early 1990's Discovery Channel before it became a reality TV station.
Berlin 1945. The first shots fired in the Korean War.
Amazing photos of 314.