102 - Tanks, but no Tanks - Hitler Hinders the Blitzkrieg - WW2 - August 8, 1941

In Japan those in power are divided as to what to do as war with the Western powers looks more and more likely. Meanwhile in the USSR the war gets deadlier and deadlier, but also more and more confusing with leadership conflicts on both sides of the front.
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[@WorldWarTwo]

This war is getting bigger and bigger, and bloodier and bloodier. When we started out on this mega project we already anticipated this, and immediately started to cover the war on multiple fronts to provide the fullest coverage possible, As Indy says in the episode we publish an essential event of the war every day on our Instagram WW2 Day by Day feed. Often these are events that Indy might not have place to cover here in the weekly videos. Likewise we cover the humanitarian crisis created deliberately, and by collateral effects that the war has on the world population in our War Against Humanity series that is now coming out every second week to keep up with the increasing pace of terror. So, to get the full experience of the chronological developments, follow those formats too: WW2 Day by Day on Instagram: instagram.com/world_war_two_realtime/ War Against Humanity playlist: kzbin.info/aero/PLsIk0qF0R1j4cwI-ZuDoBLxVEV3egWKoM Read our rules of conduct before you comment: community.timeghost.tv/t/rules-of-conduct/4518

[@pnutz_2]

I only noticed the millennium falcon on top of the shelf, how'd they get there?

[@johngao2485]

Whoa :(

[@brokenbridge6316]

Hey would it be possible to talk about the Russian Dunkirk please. It happened in Tallinn at around this time. And it was hell for the Russians involved. I would gladly help you research this subject. Because I know a fair amount of what happened. And I honestly feel that your viewers should know about this unknown supbject.

[@grlt23]

This Vlasov guy at 6:43 - he looks like one of few competent Soviet generals. I bet he will become famous russian hero!

[@QuizmasterLaw]

Pinyin is regular: it ALWAYS sounds like what it looks like, but what it looks like is A B like English C like C as in once. (ts) D like English E as in pen F G H like english I like pin J K L M N like English o as in oh but ao as in ow ou as in low uo as in woah CH NG SH like English p like english q ktch r hahahahaha you're fucked usually like english R sometimes like English L other times like German R yet other times like French R. s like this, piss, miss t like english u like German v like V or W in English depending on region in China. w like V or W in English depending on region in China. y like english z like German ZH like french J X hsh or hs depends on region. like i said you're fucked. sh like english sh

[@martonk]

1:59 the highest rank of Soviet military command: The *trapezoid*

[@hobofactory]

Ok I lol’d

[@oldesertguy9616]

That was really bizarre. I think I would have a hard time suppressing a grin. I probably wouldn't have lasted long in the Soviet army.

[@crimsonstrykr]

@@oldesertguy9616 +Whats so funny about trapazoid coats? -Well its a funny shape sir! +Really? I have a great friend in Moscow with a trapazoid coat. . . . .

[@vasilisrousis]

Fear of bats in 2020-2021 would give this suit a great intimidating factor.

[@gianniverschueren870]

Oh wow, this is an excellent tie. Not as good as mine though. 4.5/5

[@gianniverschueren870]

(I actually really really like this tie and how it works with the rest of the ensemble. Well done Astrid)

[@luxembourgishempire2826]

@@gianniverschueren870 Lol

[@nathanjohnwilliamson7675]

Not all hero’s wear capes. Some wear ties

[@jewiesnew3786]

you can almost play chess on it.

[@JustSomeCanuck]

Forget the tie - I'd like your opinion on the wardrobe choice at 2:02...

[@interestingvideos2266]

It feels like a crime KZbin doesn’t monetize this. Easily one of the most exciting and educational projects on this site.

[@chainehistoire7616]

I just finished a marathon ww1 week by week and I discover just a dozen of the 200ish videos where monetize

[@CM4RSH]

Only revisionist history shall be monetized in 2020

[@gandhiindia1685]

least we dont have to watch those annoying adverts

[@devin7161]

I feel like it’s pretty obvious why this is. Nike doesn’t want you to see and ad and then watch these videos; mass murder, torture, terror bombings, etc. Its the opposite effect.

[@zas4384]

Gandhi India honestly for high quality content like this, I wouldn’t mind getting some ads if it can support them.

[@philippinecircularflag2023]

2:01 TIMOSHENKO RECTANGLE

[@kategrant2728]

WIDE TIMOSHENKO WALKING

[@Moonhermit-]

Nazi's: Fascism is the new deal. Be there or be square! Timoshenko:

[@trapezeable]

looks like he's wearing a body bag

[@mikkovaittinen3835]

What is that kind of jacket?

[@phil_cassidy]

T H I C C

[@ArtrexisLives]

Koichi Kido: War with the West would be an abject failure from the start. Japanese High Command: I'm going to pretend I didn't hear that.

[@monkeylee4818]

Artrexis Lives the war with the western world not the west world, they are not fighting the hosts

[@thedudefromrobloxx]

Missed opportunity for: 'that's where you're wrong, kiddo'

[@Liamtheseriousguy]

@CommandoDude Just like the Germans did at Operation Barbarossa.

[@freelanceart1019]

@@Liamtheseriousguy over estimated their gains.

[@arandomemailforwork4505]

That was their best option at the time tho

[@ihmejakki2731]

2:00 and I thought the 80s shoulder paddings were over the top

[@davidbrennan660]

The shoulder pads of the eighties did not have an Anti Tank capability ( be it limited but it was there) like that Red Army Senior kommendeer had.

[@richardsinger01]

Artiom Beknazaryan so why is it seemingly reinforced with wood?

[@Ralphieboy]

Now we know where Klaus Nomi got his inspiration

[@A_Casual_Observer]

2:00 Count Dracula inspects the Soviet troops for fresh blood.

That's why it's called the Red Army

[@Raskolnikov70]

Huh... wonder why the Germans didn't just carry garlic instead of Mausers....

[@nomcognom2332]

Count Timoshankula

[@shampoable]

what's up with that coat? I tried searching for it online, but can't seem to get the terms right

[@ShinobiHOG]

"Might take awhile." - Understatement of the year 1941......

[@koboldprime2257]

for real, 1941 could be labeled the *BRUH* year.

[@davidwright7193]

I can see “and the siege of Leningrad continues” becoming a catchphrase in 1942....

[@crimsonstrykr]

@@koboldprime2257 Nahhhhh....wait till Fall Blau, thats the real Bruh moment.

[@CH-ek2bm]

2:03: That guy's wearing an interesting outfit...

[@howardbrandon11]

My GF just described it as a "Death Star" outfit.

[@StuSaville]

It's a Cossack cavalry cloak

[@jewiesnew3786]

The Shogun's uniform

[@Raskolnikov70]

He looks like he's shoplifting a refrigerator at an appliance store and trying to sneak out with it under his coat.

[@borisv8766]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burka_(Caucasus)

[@kevin2112ish]

''Be there or be square'' Me: 1:59

[@YAH2121]

LOL

[@speedydb55]

Soviet Soldier: "Phew! I escaped being taken prisoner by the Germans!" Soviet Political Officer: "Congratulations! You get to be taken prisoner by us instead!"

[@jokuvaan5175]

Soviet POWs in Finland were made to work at farms etc. A lot of them were terrified of prisoner exchanges and being returned to USSR after the war because they had heard of imprisonments and executions of others that had been returned.

[@stephengalindo6340]

The only thing soldiers hate more than Military police: political police

[@Shurikova666]

According to open sources, the NKVD filtered about 1.8 million former prisoners during 1941-1945. According to the results of inspections, about 300 thousand were subjected to the following operations: about 1.5 million were demobilized, about 200 thousand were sent to the red Army.About 30 thousand were sent to work groups to repair factories. About 5 thousand were sent to hospitals for health reasons. 11 thousand people were arrested and punished for collaboration and other crimes. Don't give in to historical myths.

[@jokuvaan5175]

@@Shurikova666 "11 thousand people were arrested and punished". So I guess gulag or executions

[@hiroprotagonest]

A single spy is worth many soldiers, but there's being subtle and there's being the NKVD.

[@Geckogamer19]

Given the fact that the soviet command is now more concrete, does that mean it has become more brutalist?

[@Raskolnikov70]

I have to admit I wasn't expecting architect humor in this channel's comment section.

[@howardbrandon11]

@@Raskolnikov70 I didn't even realize there was a joke here.

[@AndreLuis-gw5ox]

Thats a very niche joke hahaha

[@kamilkrupinski1793]

More surprising is the fact that they managed to be brutalist even before they were concrete...

[@gdbalck]

golf clap

[@cliveashleyhamilton]

what's so shocking by this series is the realisation of just how quickly how much stuff is going on, it's frenetic, even by modern standards world history is flipping week to week, it's a hair raising rollercoaster and a massive test of leadership for all those involved

[@howardbrandon11]

Timestamps: 1:13 Changes in Soviet High Command & Red Army 3:35 Barbarossa - Army Group Center This Week 6:32 Barbarossa - Army Group South This Week 8:23 Barbarossa - Army Group North This Week 11:36 Action in the Pacific & Far East 13:27 Summary of the Week 13:46 War Against Humanity; special mention goes to 14:24, regarding evidence of the atrocities committed

[@TheHelghast1138]

I raise my glass to you

[@falxman]

6:32 Barbarossa - Army Group South This Week, again, without Romanians because why bother to mention them

[@Pioneer_DE]

2:00 *Wide Putin meme but its 1941*

[@M4ruta]

2:00 Timoshenko looks like the final boss of an 8-bit video game.

[@eldorados_lost_searcher]

I'm afraid that the War Against Humanity specials are coming out with more frequency not because of their popularity, but because we're getting into parts of the chronology where they have more material to discuss. Thank you for all the work you guys do.

[@Lisdexanfetamine]

Oh yeah, i feel bad for that series. I feel guilty for the atrocities even though i have nothing to do about it, its strange to just watch, i want to feel enraged and want to do something and help, but it’s already done. Keeping those stories alive is most we can do now, and Congratulations to this channel (and the other channel hahah) for it

[@dpeasehead]

@Plamen Stoev A lot of people then and now who rightly talk about the evils of Japanese and German expansion and aggression never bother to ask why the Dutch East Indies, or French Indo-China, or British Hong Kong or Singapore, or Americans in the Philippines, or on the river at Chongqing in the heart of allegedly sovereign China is a perfectly normal or acceptable state of affairs. Rarely is it asked how those things came to be, or how they were maintained, or, why it took violent wars in Indonesia and Indo-China and in lots of other places to dislodge the freedom loving western imperialists. ALL empires are based on force, fraud, expropriation, and massive injustice, not just the ones which we are taught to hate.

[@BobJones20001]

@@dpeasehead Thumbs up for the factual comment, you are describing humanity accurately. No matter what sugar coating, smiley face label, or historical presentation is made Empires are built on blood and dominance. To destroy and kill is as human as decency and respect. We see it in world leaders every day.

[@Nmax]

Yes the war intensifies and expands and there is so much much more fighting

[@ryanprosper88]

Having read about Barbarossa when I was a kid, I didn't realize the Germans ran out of supplies this quickly. However, it has been over a month into the campaign, so things have been happening so fast

[@Raskolnikov70]

I think transportation was more of an issue than the lack of supplies. Even if they could produce enough for their armies, that huge slog from the railheads by horsecart was going to be the bottleneck. And it hasn't even started raining yet.

[@pariahstat2683]

Because they thought USSR would collapse by the very invasion pressure in a moth or so

[@ryanprosper88]

@@Raskolnikov70 I should have said logistical issues instead of supply, my bad

[@BobJones20001]

I'm the same. I thought the logistics/supply issue hit the front in late Autumn, with progress being impacted by winter. The understanding is really hitting me. The Soviet collapse had to happen in 41, by December 41 at the latest. If this doesn't happen the whole venture will be looking practically impossible. As Indie points out we can't see into the future, but what would you do next? Head south for oil, or push further east to wrap it up in one big push? I suppose we will have to wait and see.

[@Raskolnikov70]

@The Colonel "...not properly attended to" - I'm getting some Schlieffen-Plan vibes from that comment.

[@Tadicuslegion78]

Soviet General: General Zhukov, hundreds will die in this attack. Zhukov: Thousands.

[@QuizmasterLaw]

THOUSANDS OF FASCISTS! -Жуков.

[@heikkisallinen9012]

"We have reserves . . . Attack" - Edward Longshanks ( supposedly )

[@swordchucks777]

German Logistician: "Our goal, the Akhangelsk-Astrakhan Line is literally thousands of kilometers from the border, across terrain with almost no paved roads. What little railroads there are use a different gauge from our own. We simply cannot supply the army in the way it needs to be for this campaign." German High Command: "Ha Ha! Panzers go Burrrrrr!" Japanese Logistician: "I know we need oil, but even if we cripple the American Pacific Fleet and seize the Dutch East Indies, we still have to physically transport the oil to the Home Islands, which will be incredibly vulnerable to enemy ships, which the Americans can build at rates much faster than our own." Japanese High Command: "Ha Ha! Zeroes go Burrrrrr!"

[@brucetucker4847]

For the Navy, the eventual solution was to base their fleet in Singapore, close to the oil wells, and use crude oil (which was workable, if not ideal, as a fuel) in their boilers.

[@QuizmasterLaw]

@@brucetucker4847 what about Truk?

[@brucetucker4847]

@@QuizmasterLaw It was abandoned as a fleet base very early in 1944.

[@jaydenloo7899]

Time and time again, most leadership roles have always been making decisions from their tablecloths.

[@auguststorm2037]

@@brucetucker4847 Good idea but you need to create huge oil processing facilities in Singapore since crude oil is useless. Which takes time and ressources. Plus they still need to transport oil in Japan in order to keep running industry

[@Duke_of_Lorraine]

Looks like Barbarossa is drowning himself in the first river he tried to cross. Who would have guessed ?

[@mjbull5156]

Ouch.

[@indianajones4321]

Lol

[@JorgeRodriguez-de6eo]

Omg dude lol

[@crimsonstrykr]

Shouldn't have named it that. :p

[@titanicbigship]

Why do I see you everywhere

[@indianajones4321]

I know the Ecuadorian-Peruvian war had nothing to do with World War Two (and “ended” last week) but I feel it’s worth noting that Perú purchased Czech made German Panzers and that Peru effectively used paratroopers against Ecuador. This was the first use of airborne troops in the Americas. Keep up the great content Indy and team!

[@Raskolnikov70]

How do you get a llama to wear a parachute?

[@indianajones4321]

@Raskolnikov70 you get creative lol

[@celticfrost86]

@@Raskolnikov70 jajajja bruh lol

[@allangibson8494]

Raskolnikov70 The sane way you airdrop a mule...

[@darkgrievous423]

as someone who's been watching you since world war one, its really been impressive to see this show grow from how it was back in September. Not only as it become just as high quality as world war one at its peak was, but its also becoming its own unique thing and its extremely enjoyable. Keep up the great work!

[@primkup]

2:01 Darth Comrade

[@pnutz_2]

5:25 germany sets reinforcement equipment priority low, recruitment line equipment priority to high

[@ruckzuruck7039]

Somebody didn't use 7inf2arty.

[@interestingengineering291]

My reaction to this was wtf and who the hell does that.

[@QuizmasterLaw]

why build more tanks if your existing tanks are already obsolete. better to concentrate on new models like Tiger and then Panther.

[@pnutz_2]

@@QuizmasterLaw panzer 2's 3's and 4's haven't had any problems wiping out thousands of t-26s, bt's and and all the rest, and the limited numbers of t-34s and kv1s (if the t-34s can even see their target) can't be everywhere, and don't like air attacks which can't be contested by vvs. ze germans are trying to push someone over in one go and while they're stumbling instead of continuing to push the guy over and then kick them while they're down, they break off to put on better gloves

[@QuizmasterLaw]

@@pnutz_2 fuel, ammunition, food, replacement parts, replacement crew, there are all kinds of reasons to pause, not to mention fatigue of the soldiers. Pushing on to moscow at this point means further out running one's own supply lines, this is assuming they even have enough fuel to keep moving, which they might not. i bet they have maybe 100 miles of fuel on hand.

[@captainyossarian388]

"You retreated from a numerically and tactically superior enemy. ....therefore you must be a traitor and are under arrest. " With a friend like Stalin, who needs enemies? (something Britain and America will find out in a few years)

[@yurigansmith]

I've never seen such a detailed coverage of WW2.

[@alexamerling79]

This episode really destroys the myth of the highly mechanized Wehrmacht, considering they had trouble getting ENGINES for Panzer IIIs...

[@Bird_Dog00]

That was one of the big problems, both then and later. Hitler and his yesmen were interested in numbers of tanks, not readines rates. So, there were always too few critical spare parts produced. I heard somewhere - not sure where sadly - that for every 4 new tanks issued to the troops, only one additional spare engine was sent along.

[@dpeasehead]

The British army that evacuated Dunkirk in 1940 was far more mechanized than the German forces would ever be throughout the war with the possible exception of the Afrika Korps. Which kept running out of fuel and everything else thanks Allied interdiction of the Mediterranean convoys.

[@emadbagheri]

Worst than that, in the previous episode their reliance on horses was outlined!

[@dimostychalas9716]

1:59 I have no words

[@demongo2007]

The opening phone calls never fail to make me laugh. "Yeah, they're close to Leningrad! It might be tough to surround, I mean there's that big lake..."

[@nygothuey6607]

2:02 Is a burka, which is part of the traditional male garb in Trans-Caucasia. They ended up being adopted by the Russian cavalry in the mid 19th century so that may be why Timoshenko is pictured wearing one here. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burka_(Caucasus)

[@stevekaczynski3793]

Probably a presentation from a Cossack unit under his command.

[@gunman47]

12:05 It is rather unlikely that the Japanese would invade Thailand, but rather they might try to get the Thais to join in an alliance with them instead, given the events of the Franco Thai War in 1940. However it should not be ruled out, as any successful landing into British Malaya potentially would need Thailand to be Japan friendly, whether through force or alliance.

[@dchegu]

Spoilers..

[@johnmarston3820]

2:00 wtf his coat looks like a costume from i love it from kanye west

[@abhinaychitirala2448]

Exactly lol

[@tihomirrasperic]

its old imperial cavalry coat

[@johnmarston3820]

@@tihomirrasperic ok, but it's funny haha

[@tihomirrasperic]

@@johnmarston3820 in fact i think is Kozak coat 64.media.tumblr.com/227d7d779965bcf41fa246259deb3558/tumblr_mi6qmfah8J1rcoy9ro1_1280.jpg

[@borisv8766]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burka_(Caucasus)

[@TheEvertw]

This is an amazing series. Your analysis makes the German and Japanese aggression even more astounding. In hindsight, they had absolutely zero chance to win while the Russians and the Americans continued to oppose them, simply due to logistics. Did they hope that both would just stop fighting and concede their losses? Thank God they didn't...

[@carlmanson6634]

It appears as tho they did know they couldn’t actually win in the long term. Hindsight is obviously easy but from reading so much over the years the biggest mistake was Hitler not at least pacifying Britain. Sea Lion would surely have quietened the US if successful and would surely have been less difficult than invading the USSR with the British Empire still everywhere. A gamble too far for Hitler? Great what ifs I know

[@valdymen]

I have never seen a better fitting ad roll in all my years on youtube, at 12:43, Indy says: ".. and he also says this...Lets play RAID SHADOW LEGENDS!"

[@dragosstanciu9866]

On August 8 1941 the siege of Odessa begins, it is the first siege done by the Romanian army.

[@maximilianolimamoreira5002]

@Dan Gurău and i don't even know, if the Romanian army was even properly trained,do you by any chance?

[@dragosstanciu9866]

@@maximilianolimamoreira5002 The Romanian army is not ready for such a big siege, it cannot surround Odessa on all sides and the Soviets can bring reinforcements on the Black Sea from Crimea.

[@auguststorm2037]

Ah the siege of Odessa and it's N-I tanks aka Soviet Bob Semple tank

[@richardstephens5570]

The Romanians suffered very heavy casualties. The German high command criticized the Romanian commanders for using "tactics of the First World War", using infantry to make unsupported frontal attacks against Soviet trenches.

[@auguststorm2037]

@@richardstephens5570 Thing is Romania didn't have sufficient artillery/tank/airforce to do more modern tactics

[@ivinyo16]

Let's just remind ourselves that every movement we're seeing in those animated maps of troop movements. Thousand of soilders and civilians are dying or suffering the horrors of war.

[@iupetre]

It's interesting that in every front, each army faces two equal foes: their targeted opponent, and their own ineptitude.

[@brucetucker4847]

Except the Finns.

[@AbdulBasit-vd8dd]

Well not quite of the Great War levels, but ineptitude nonetheless.

[@pnutz_2]

14:40 important to note this whenever the 'didn't know' argument comes up

[@Rendell001]

Whats also interesting though is that it points the finger at the Allies too. If they are in fact getting almost realtime reports on the atrocities straight from the Germans, why aren't they at least using this as propaganda with the rest of the world? Additionally, when the holocaust really gets going with the death camps - why aren't the allies trying to hinder it by targeting the railways or even launching airstrikes against targets associated with the genocide?

[@tooichan]

@@Rendell001 That's implying the German railway system wasn't already crippled by the Allies by the time their air forces had the capability to do it (i.e. by 1944/45). Even disregarding that, logically targets with military importance had to take precedence. The best way to stop the genocide was to destroy the regime ordering the massacres after all.

[@Rendell001]

@@tooichan Even if we leave out the option of Railway targets as you say, this does not take into consideration the fact that the US airforce on at least one occasion bombed the chemical works built as part of the Auschwitz complex. The fact that they could strike that yet not lift a finger to do anything for the inmates is strange... There is an interesting article on this subject at the following link: www.independent.co.uk/news/world/world-history/holocaust-allied-forces-knew-before-concentration-camp-discovery-us-uk-soviets-secret-documents-a7688036.html Some of the quotes from senior allied politicians point to an unwillingness to help the Jews not simply based on military expediency. I believe this subject deserves more attention and analysis.

[@brucetucker4847]

@@Rendell001 They didn't publicize the reports because they didn't want to compromise the source, ULTRA. The prospects for disrupting the death camps has been hotly debated since 1945. One major obstacle is that they were in the east and therefore far out of the effective range of most planes flying from England.

[@Rendell001]

@@brucetucker4847 I'm glad you brought up those points... Firstly, while compromising Ultra would be a valid reason, Ultra was not the sole source of intel on what was going on in the east. There were many first hand accounts reaching the Allies through the resistance networks / SOE and the like. Ultra was in effect the icing on the cake, the confirmation of the eye witness accounts that were already reaching them. So in effect the allies didn't have to compromise Ultra as they already had plenty of evidence which continued to mount up including photo recon of the network of concentration camps spread throughout occupied Europe. As for the range obstacle this is also a fallacy. From early 1943, both US and RAF forces were flying missions into southern Europe - this intensified from autumn 1943 with the use of new bases in Southern Italy. This allowed bombing missions into Poland if so desired. Indeed, at least one large mission was flown to bomb the chemical works based in the Auschwitz complex. P47s and P38's also had the long range capability to conduct missions into Poland from Italy if so ordered. Incidentally, I've checked the distance from the Naples area against the ranges for a number of Allied tactical aircraft and it could be done - fairly comfortably in fact. The only thing really lacking was the will apparently..

[@samarkand1585]

Same thing with Germany and the Baku oilfields, even if by some extraordinary chance they had seized the wells undamaged or lightly damaged, there would have been the need to transport vast amounts of raw oil across equally vast distances, on poor infrastructure, using logistics that already couldn't properly supply the military anymore. Not to mention the fields would have become prime targets for Soviet and Allied bombing raids anyway.

[@Rendell001]

I think it would've been slightly easier for the Germans to get the oil from Baku than the Japanese would from the Dutch east indies if only because there would be more options for transport. They could ferry across the Taman peninsula or move it via rail, probably at night. Of course the Allies are going to target rail infrastructure as well as the wells themselves. I think the Germans would get a "trickle" of additional oil but at great cost...

[@samarkand1585]

@Superdude70 they obviously would have reacted. Else why would Japan have attacked Pearl Harbour first

[@dpeasehead]

@Superdude70 I think if the Japanese had left Us installations in the Philippines and on Hawaii alone and rampaged all across the rest of Asia, they would have faced no more than harsh language and additional sanctions from the US. Maybe some direct lend lease shipments to the British in India and adding a couple of garrisons in Australia and New Zealand, neither of which was really part of Japan's agenda. Even FDR couldn't have convinced Americans to shed blood for European colonies without a direct and massive Japanese attack on US territory or military personnel.

[@steverogers8163]

@Superdude70 Yes this is a big question of history. If Japan hadn't directly attacked the US would the US have ever intervened in the Pacific? Considering the anti-war mood of the US public I think the chances are quite high that they would have done nothing, military wise. However from the Japanese perspective allowing your biggest Pacific rival to have islands directly in-between your home territory and vital resources was never going to be acceptable. Even if they had waited a little longer to stockpile more resources it wouldn't have mattered in the long run. The US could out produce them in everything and all of their resources were safely internal. While the Japanese would always be highly vulnerable to submarine fleets destroying their cargo ships.

[@tjb0502]

"Supervises the various ... naval fleets" Spoiler: There's not a whole lot of work being done on that end.

[@pnutz_2]

2:02 is that boris shaposhnikov impersonating one of those square romulan outfits?

[@lhaviland8602]

Psychiatrist: Wide Timoshenko isn't real he can't hurt you. Wide Timoshenko: 2:01

[@waltertomashefsky2682]

I learned a new word today: Stavka. Never heard it before. I know OKW and OKH but not the Soviet counterpart. Good series guys; I especially like the improved map graphics.

[@patwiggins6969]

The German are famous for their paperwork. Their documentation is legendary

[@HugostarGames]

if u read things which didnt got destroyed at the end of the war

[@daniels0376]

@@HugostarGames The Germans knew their casualties almost to a man up until 1945. The Russians are still debating if the Red Army lost 9 million men or 12 million men

[@GotQuality]

The numbers of the Eastern front will never cease to blow my mind. 309,000 prisoners in one encirclement just like that. How many lives transformed by a single battle... And yet it's not even as if that was rare, there were multiple battles/operations each year that swallowed up 300,000+ casualties or prisoners like it was nothing

[@robertoler3795]

These are impressive. I am a retired USN O6 (aviator) and graduate of the war college. I am pretty good in the history of WW2, but am at the informed amateur stage on the Russian/german fight...very helpful. Bravo zulu

[@Artur_M.]

6:44 Looks like that Vlasov is one of the Soviet commanders that are doing a good job. I wonder if we'll hear more about him in the future?

[@ts_087_muhammadarifpadanra2]

Sadly He defected to German

[@Artur_M.]

@@ts_087_muhammadarifpadanra2 Yeah I know, I was kinda sarcastically alluding to that, pretending I don't have the hindsight.

[@mjbull5156]

The Japanese logistics problems, especially with regards to oil is going to be a major thorn in their side. As the refining capacity in the East Indies will be negligible, the IJN will end up fueling their warships with raw petroleum rather than refined fuel oil, which degrades performance and increases maintenance.

[@WilliamJones-Halibut-vq1fs]

Hitler wanted to capture the Caucuses oil fields at Grozny because he new Germany needed oil to continue operations. He complained that Generals such as Hither didn’t consider the economic and material requirements. That’s why he didn’t support Halder (head of Army Group North) who though he could precipitate a political collapse.

[@kieranb7582]

What do I get for being promoted in the Soviet Union? High shoulders, really high shoulders..

[@Duke_of_Lorraine]

The weight of 10 kgs of medals should compensate that

[@seenivasan4699]

Authority to kill more people

[@d0lg0v]

I was never expect to hear my name in the end of a video! Keep up to a great work!

[@WorldWarTwo]

Thanks!

[@andygass9096]

Excellent as always, David Glanz changed our view of the Eastern Front.

[@merdiolu]

This is the third time Soviet High Command re organizes actually , before that they had "strategic directives" for each front and before that military districts for each.

[@indianajones4321]

2:00 That coat 😂

[@luckyguy5489]

My uncle died on Sept 07/1941 near the town of Yartsevo defending the Moscow direction from the Germans tanks . He was a teacher at the school. His death was not for nothing. As a result of fierce resistance near Yartsevo-Vyazma, the German army was stuck in this area for a month, which laid the foundation for victory in the Moscow defense.

[@ryanprosper88]

Last time I was this early, Conrad Von Hotzendorf was still fighting the Italians!

[@chainehistoire7616]

This week Cadorna launch the ... battle of the Isonzo river

[@johanngaiusisinwingazuluah2116]

There's a chance he still is

[@brucetucker4847]

Just imagine if Hotzendorf and Cadorna had gotten together... surely world domination would have been theirs! Or at least, a world record for casualties.

[@ryanprosper88]

@@brucetucker4847 they did get together, in the battles at the Isonzo river lol

[@LongNightsInOffice]

Just FYI. The keeper of the privy Seal, was the only one on whose recomendation the Emperor would remove or elect members of the government. Thus he has some political weight eventhough he is not directly in charge

[@samuelkatz1124]

I was under an impression that this title was the emperor's official representative in regular government. From what I've heard, the emperor's actual role in Japanese politics has been complicated.

[@caorusso4926]

What i like about this format is seeing the persons being called crazy, just to after be prove a genius.

[@oskarrasmussen7137]

Shoulders worthy of bearing Warcraft or Warhammer pauldrons.

[@paulgaskins7713]

Bro right!

[@tabasco07]

some warlock stuff

[@davisjackson9154]

Watching this video was so interesting and reminded me of the film Come and See, which depicts the German atrocities that took place during WW2 in Belarus. Highly recommend checking out.

[@robsol123]

This series is literally one of the best or even the best series I’ve EVER come across on KZbin - ever - obviously subscribed 👍👍👍🇬🇧

[@WorldWarTwo]

Welcome to the TimeGhost Army! Thanks for the support.

[@monkeylee4818]

“200000 of civilians, equal numbers of man and women” You see, THAT is gender equality

[@kylefitz.2639]

Why like one more than the other if you can hate both equally?

[@jamesstevenson7725]

That's so witty

[@pnutz_2]

12:53 remarkably easier to get all the goods home in hearts of iron than on this channel

[@WanukeX]

11:30 with what? Even if the Army tries to resupply for it, it will take weeks because you’re 700 Kilometers from the jumping off points. Not to mention that “Taking Moscow” isn’t going to cause the Soviets to Keel over and say “We tried”.

[@user-pc2tu6pr9z]

I'm really enjoying this ww2 series! Such a refreshing way to present it. Thank you and keep it up!!!

[@capt_von_ondine5962]

Gary Grigsby's War in the East is a great video game simulation of the war on the Eastern Front.

[@simon4781]

1:59 *W I D E T I M O S H E N K O*

[@oskr152]

since he has been in the thumbnail a couple of times and is always a notorious figure in the east, hopefully we will get a biography special of Guderian? i always found curious how he, spoiler, never feared to defy hitler´s command even when mosty damaging to the german forces, and even both having shouting matches

[@somalinetflix3533]

I wonder why most youtubers use his pic as a thumbnail whenever theyre documenting some thing on eastern front of ww2 .

[@Nepto148]

Ah, do my eyes deceive me, or do I see a sneaky millennium falcon on the top shelf there?

[@johngeverett]

Excellent detail on the eastern front, showing how the battles unfolded.

[@markanderson3870]

Leningrad: "...it might take a while". Nice one.

[@FreaKCSGOHacker]

Operation Barbarossa is strong, but Indie's tie is stronger 💪

[@orktv4673]

I have a very poor impression of what these battles actually look like. How do the German panzers attack, in practical terms? How do the Soviet forces try to hold them off? Under what conditions do they retreat? What happens to them if they surrender when they've been surrounded?

[@axelpatrickb.pingol3228]

Watch vidros ftom Military History Visualized on YT. He tackles on those exact concerns you have...

[@orktv4673]

@@axelpatrickb.pingol3228 Thanks, I'll check it out!

[@stevekaczynski3793]

The film "Europa Europa" gives a fairly accurate account. It is a fictionalised account of the life of Solomon Perel - he came from a Polish Jewish family that lived in Germany but returned to Poland after Kristallnacht - in the film his sister was killed, I do not know if that actually happened. After the German invasion he flees into the Soviet zone and is brought up in a Soviet orphanage but when Barbarossa starts he and the others flee east. The truck carrying them leaves him behind after a German air attack and while he is sleeping by the roadside the Germans capture him and put him in a group of rounded-up military and civilian personnel. The German troops try to identify Jews and shoot those they do identify. They think the fluent German-speaking Perel might be Jewish but he convinces them he is not. In the film he identifies Stalin's son for the Germans. This seems to be a fictional element introduced in the film although Perel and Yakov Dzhugashvili were captured in roughly the same part of what is now Belarus.

[@orktv4673]

@@Madhattersinjeans Very neat explanation! You should make a video about this.

[@joemacinnis1972]

I absolutely love your series on WW2! Keep up the great work

[@MikeJones-qn1gz]

3:17 NKVD "what were you doing behind enemy lines eh?" Soviet soldier "Excuse me but it was comrade Stalin who left me there" NKVD "Dont bring our glorious leader into your treachery! CONFESS SPY BASTARD" NKVD *Brings out a hammer*

[@CivilWarWeekByWeek]

Indy just loves gossiping on his phone

[@nadinemarakmad9581]

2:00 that suit tho

[@mshotz1]

I worked with an engineer from China in the 1980's. He told me of his family escaping the war with Japan, then the Chinese Revolution. He old memories were riding in a cart and having airplanes fly low over them and everyone crying and panicking. He did not have anything like a permanent home until 1951.

[@SummerSideOfLife]

I learn more with this guy about history then I did in school.

[@Bandokker]

"Fun" fact: That Hungarian "Rapid" unit which had a small side role in this episode, was mainly consisted of things which were available and considered "fast" in the Hungarian army. Things like calvary, some armoured cars and bikes. Yep, bikes on the great soviet roads...

[@fclp67]

Yeah I never imagined that armies used bicycles but turns out they were quite popular among armies, especially the Japanese for some reason

[@lapisleafuli1817]

@@fclp67 it's like a horse but costs less to maintain?

[@dccoulthard]

2:01 David Byrne pre-Talking Heads.

[@ihmejakki2731]

I've never seen this Big Suit before, I suppose he was saving it for Life During Wartime!

[@richardsinger01]

Dave Trotter or a character from Alice in Wonderland

[@gardreropa]

Great episode! It was nice to learn also about the reorganization of the Soviet line of command, and keeping the narrative from both perspectives... great job!

[@georgenelson8284]

Love your videos. Extremely well done.

[@evanhutchison8453]

This is really interesting, I had not known there was a difference between the OKH and OKW. I thought Der Wehrmacht was the name of the German army, unbeknownst to me it’s actually the Heer and that the Wehrmacht is in reference to the armed forces! Love the videos Indy, you’re inspiring me always as a young studying historian!

[@Litany_of_Fury]

I quite like Glantz good author. I read colossus reborn and it really opened my eyes to how much lend lease was sent to the soviet union.

[@ewcc8847]

It’s a pleasure to spend part of my B-day watching WW2 in real-time! Cheers m8s!

[@colinmcdonald2499]

Thanks for another great video Time Ghost!

[@felixgoodhew7723]

I had a question, you've already talked about Von Mackensen I was wondering what was Lettow Vorbeck doing during the war and what did he think of Germany's military actions

[@bob-eh3gz]

Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck was retired during the Second World War in Bremen with the rank of General for Special Purposes (awarded in 1938). Unofficially, Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck is under continual surveillance by the Gestapo throughout the war that borders almost on house arrest. This was the result of a personal meeting in Berlin in 1935 between Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck and Adolf Hitler when Hitler offered Paul the position of ambassador to the St. James Court in Great Britain. Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck vehemently refused the position using words like "F**k You" and "F**k Off" directly to Adolf Hitler. Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck's popularity among the German people was the only reason that he did not die in a concentration camp. Baroness Karen Blixen (author of "Out of Africa") would recall that in her meeting with von Lettow-Vorbeck that he was repulsed by the atrocities committed by the Nazis and he was ambivalent for the German military successes because of the atrocities. Paul personally suffered during the war with both of his sons and stepson being killed while serving in the German military and his home being destroyed by a British bombing raid. Paul, his wife, and both of his daughters did survive the war.

[@merdiolu]

02 August 1941 Norway : All civilian radios in Norway were confiscated by the German occupation Eastern Front : Red Army launches a counter offensive to capture Yelnya salient Tobruk , Libya : Two Australian companies attacked Italian positions near Tobruk, Libya with the support of over 60 field guns. The attacks were repulsed after suffering heavy casualties. This particular attack represented the last Australian attempt to regain positions lost in early May 1941. Mediterranean Sea : German dive bombers attacked an Allied convoys off Libya, but they were driven away by British fighters; about 3 German aircraft were shot down at a loss of 3 British Hurricane fighters. Italian submarine Tembien was rammed and sunk on the surface by Royal Navy cruiser HMS Hermoine Baltic Sea : The Soviet submarines M99 and S11 were sunk by German mines in the Baltic Sea Washington , USA : US goverment decided to extend Lend Lease Aid to USSR 03 August 1941 Atlantic Ocean : Lieutenant Robert Everett RNVR of British No. 804 Squadron Fleet Air Arm became the first pilot launched from a CAM ship (fighter catapult vessel HMS Maplin) to shoot down a German Focke-Wulf Condor aircraft which had sighted the Atlantic convoy SL81 en route from Sierre Leone, British West Africa. German submarine U-401 was detected and sunk with depth charges by Royal Navy destroyers HMS Wandarer and HMS Hydrangea off Ireland. Ukraine : General Nicolae Ciuperca’s Romanian 4th Army crossed the Dniester River in Ukraine. 04 August 1941 Eastern Front : Adolf Hitler visited Fedor von Bock’s Army Group Center headquarters in the Soviet Union and ordered Hermann Hoth’s 3rd Panzer Group to aid Wilhelm von Leeb in the north and Heinz Guderian’s 2nd Panzer Group to assist Paul von Kleist in the south. Atlantic Ocean : German blockade runner Frankfurt scuttled herself off Azores when she was intercepted by Royal Navy ocean boarding vessel HMS Covina off Azores. Elsewhere British cargo ship Tunis was bombed and sunk by Luftwaffe Condor aircraft 05 August 1941 Eastern Front : Romanian troops arrived in the vicinity of Odessa, Ukraine. German Army Center officially declared elimination of Smolensk pocket and remains of two Russian armies in it. Atlantic Ocean : Battle of convoy SL81 starts. German submarine U-75 torpedoed and sunk British cargo ships Cape Rodney and Harlingen. Meanwhile U-372 also torpedoed and sunk British cargıo ships Belgravian and Swiftpool. And U-74 torpedoed and sunk British cargo ship Kumasian

[@merdiolu]

06 August 1941 Iceland : US Navy aircraft based in Reykjavik, Iceland began routine patrols of the North Atlantic. Mediterrranean Sea : Italian cargo ship Nita was torpedoed and sunk off Lampedusa by Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Swordfish topedo bombers off Lampedusa Hitler is Army Group Center HQ in Rusia and With him was Walther Hewel fro German Foreign Ministry , who noted in his diary: ‘Ruined monastery church. Opened coffins, execution, ghastly town. Many Jews, ancient cottages, fertile soil. Very hot.’ Hitler flew back to his headquarters at Rastenburg. On the following day, the German police commander in the central sector, von dem Bach Zelewski, reported to SS headquarters in Berlin that his units had carried out 30,000 executions since their arrival in Russia. The SS Cavalry Brigade also sent in a report to Berlin that day, to say that it had carried out 7,819 ‘executions’ to date in the Minsk area. To ensure maximum secrecy, both reports were sent by the most secure radio cypher system available, the Enigma. As a result, both were read by British Intelligence. Hitler too must have read these reports; five days earlier the Gestapo chief, Heinrich Müller, had written from Berlin to the commanders of the four Special Task Forces, including SS General Nebe of Task Force B , that ‘the Führer is to be kept informed continually from here about the work of the Special Task Forces in the East’. The work of these task forces was continuous and comprehensive. Operational Situation Report No. 43, compiled in Berlin on August 5, spoke of measures in twenty-nine towns ‘and other small places’ in which the units had ‘rendered harmless’ people in the following categories: ‘Bolshevik Party officials, NKVD agents, active Jewish intelligentsia, criminals, looters, partisans etc.’. The partisans could not, however, be so easily rooted out. 07 August 1941 Stalin promoted himself to Generalissimo of the Soviet Army. Mediterranean Sea : Royal Navy destroyer HMS Severn located , depth charged and sunk Italian submarine Michelle Bianchi off Gibraltar Germany : After dark, 84 bomber aircraft from RAF Bomber Command were launched to attack Essen, Germany (108 tons of high explosive bombs and 5,720 incendiary bombs were dropped, damaging the Krupp coke oven batteries), 31 launched against Hamm (damaging rail marshalling yard), 32 launched against Dortmund, 88 launched against Kiel (104 tons of high explosive bombs and 4,836 incendiary bombs were dropped, damaging Deutsche Werke Shipyards), and a number of bombers were launched against Hamburg (poor visibility and results were not observed).

[@merdiolu]

08 August 1941 Yugoslavia was dissolved, with Italy annexing large areas. Eastern Front : The Romanian General Staff issued Directive No. 31 calling for the capture of Odessa and the defeat of Soviet forces between the Dniester River and the Tiligulskiy Estuary in Ukraine. As Russian troops and civilians fled from the Black Sea port of Odessa, orders arrived from Moscow: ‘The situation on the land front notwithstanding, Odessa is not to be surrendered.’ Ukraine : The 6th and 12th Soviet Armies in the Uman Pocket in Ukraine were wiped out by German troops from Army Group South ; over 100,000 Soviet prisoners were taken. Brussels : Pro-Nazi Rexist (Belgian fascits) party leader Leon Degrelle leads his volunteer "Walloon Legion to Eastern Front to fight at the side of Axis. Baltic Sea : Soviet destroyer Karl Marx was bombed and sunk by Luftwaffe JU-88 bombers off Loksa Bay

[@TheGreekVineyard]

Great series! Very good presenter and the production rocks! Keep up!

[@jasonmussett2129]

I like this guy. Good presenter, good series, some historians argue the Germans had all their own way in Barbarossa-this just blows those theories asunder. Good stuff really educational.

[@cheekychief2273]

Aright guys, who told hitler he was making great decisions? ...oh it was all of us? Dammit.

[@InugamiTheHound]

2:00 oh shit he reminds me of Volgin from MGS3(which makes sense because Volgin is Russian and Operation Snake eater takes place in USSR and the Cold war)

[@duanethepirate]

Listening to Indy talk, staring at the Millennium Falcon on the book case! Love the videos!

[@weltvonalex]

As ever outstanding Job, great show!

[@oneofmanyjames-es1643]

Looking at the props in the background, I wonder how many of them come with curses.

[@Foxfire_Pony]

What is that object on the top of the cabinet behind you? It looks like the Millennium Falcon.

[@bigboss4276]

No, I think that is a Soviet secret weapon.

[@Raskolnikov70]

Wunderwaffen!!!

[@imlaycanyongear9224]

Thanks Indy. You're the best!

[@thebobs9343]

Really great stuff - always! But when you show maps of battle lines and future attacks, could you insert a distance scale in these maps down in the corner somewhere? It would give your viewers a indication of the actual distances involved.