109 - Free from the Nazi Occupation - but for how long can it last? WW2 - September 26, 1941

[@WorldWarTwo]

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[@dardell2001]

The Instagram link doesn't work. Can't find you in search either.

[@wanderingRebel69]

Kurt knispel and panzer aces episode ???????

[@marinanguish9928]

Hitler wasn't keen on driving for Moscow initially, can you shed light on how he was swayed?

[@timothius9000]

yes that is indeed a malformed link to instagram. correctly it's instagram.com/WW2_Day_By_Day/

[@max12525]

I think you are focusing on the Russian front the past month you did not mention any thing about the war in the sea or the air over Europe

[@creatoruser736]

Glantz: "If Barbarossa were to fail, the blame did not belong to Hitler's Kiev venture." Every surviving German general: "My memoir says otherwise. Buy it to see how I was always right about everything."

[@franzfanz]

"Also, why I'm not a war criminal."

[@stevekaczynski3793]

@@franzfanz "I thought the Einsatzgruppen were there to keep the streets tidy."

[@j.f.fisher5318]

yeah, imagine if the Soviets had an extra 700,000 troops to pour into the counter attack that winter. We could have seen something like Uranus happen a year earlier.

[@sorsocksfake]

Hitler: I'm surrounded by idiots Generals: you're surrounded by us Hitler: I'll leave it to future historians to decipher this one. . Future historians: madman hitler derp neonazis: historians bad, genius hitler derp normal people: ...why is there only six of us?

[@WERob-to5sp]

Stavka was completely clueless. 700K loses

[@stevekaczynski3793]

Notice Hitler wouldn't call it Leningrad. Official German reports sometimes called the city "Petrograd" but mentioning the name of the founder of Soviet Communism was taboo.

[@stevekaczynski3793]

An additional point in calling it "Petersburg" was that the name is of German origin. It was a matter of ideological belief for Nazis that Russia only became a great state with the help of German civil servants and military and in the case of Catherine the Great, heads of state of actual German origin. Left to Slavs, it would never have got anywhere, in their view.

[@Zevzs727]

@Sheldon Robertson Saint Petersburg

[@GastonBoucher]

Then what did he call Stalingrad?

[@s0undwavekiller558]

@@GastonBoucher That today is Volgograd.

[@GastonBoucher]

@@s0undwavekiller558 So? I was asking what Hitler called it, if Lenin was taboo, so should Stalin have been.

[@DarthVader-yq5iz]

Yugoslavia is the kid in the class that does the group work alone and still gets an A.

[@Minends7]

Y'know, I always feel that sometimes I could have done the group work 10 times faster alone than in groups.

[@arianmartic7965]

Indeed

[@thomasall8336]

Do you know the tragic tale of Darth Plagueis the wise?

[@radiointerference8466]

I hate working in groups it slows me down and I have to socialize

[@belka8618]

Yeah I'm that kid 😁 Even now in university I'm still getting an A while doing it alone

[@speedydb55]

Guderian: "Oh sure, NOW the Fuhrer wants to advance on Moscow!"

[@annescholey6546]

The Great Advance was over!

[@creatoruser736]

Yes because the threat in the south was eliminated. It's almost as if objectives change based on circumstances.

[@Thechezbailey]

Too late.

[@predragpea1845]

Yes!

[@burtonkephart6239]

Jesus Christ why do you say that?? Other historians have said otherwise as it was the command center of the entire ussr !! And if the command center fell so would Soviet Union . It did matter otherwise they wouldn’t have fought so hard for it

[@gunman47]

Well, the "Republic of Uzice", another new thing I learned from Indy and the World War Two channel today. Seems to be somewhat overlooked by the bigger events of the war, but nevertheless being the first liberated territory (even if likely for a short while) might give hope to the people of other countries under Nazi occupation to do the same too.

[@arianmartic7965]

likely? As history tells partisans won the fights on yugoslav territory, but the "republic" has no borders so that means, it can expend.

[@Weeboslav]

Yugoslav Partisans wore constant torn in Axis side.There was 7 Axis offensives dedicated to eradicate Yugoslav Partisans(mainly to capture or kill Tito which would probably lead to end of Partisans).Also have some facts about Yugoslav Partisans: Yugoslav Partisans managed to free Yugoslavia mostly on their own(there was some Red Army help,as well as supply aid from the west Allies)and by the end of the war,they wore among the largest resistance movements in the Europe,counting around 800 thousand soldiers in 1945. Draža's Chetniks wore also a resistance movement,but they wore passive in their approach to the war,wile Partisans wore quite aggressive,these two groups will fought a war among each others from late 1941 all the way till the end of WW2 Last battle in European theater was fought in Yugoslavia,between Partisans and remnants of ustasha forces PS I live in one of Ex-Yu countries,so I learned most of these t hings in school

[@alanc3845]

How was this from 2 days ago if the video was just released a couple of minutes ago

[@gunman47]

@@alanc3845 Patreon supporters get the video a few days early.

[@ognjenpetrovic5843]

If you liked Republic of Užice you would like Republic of Bihać. SFSN

[@Emanon...]

First rule of warfare: You won't be home by Christmas

[@Pirusiandres]

This will be over by Christmas. It'll be as easy as pie for the Nazis. The Soviet army in the south collapsed, Kiev fell effortlessly. Next, Leningrad, Crimea, Rostov and after that Moscow. A British attack in North Africa is technically impossible. Romel has a great defense with the 88mm guns. Japan is attacking, so China is doomed. Chiang Kai-shek won’t last for long and Mao Zedong is a Soviet puppet. The US won’t join the war. The isolationist movement is extremely strong. Roosevelt needs the congress before he can do anything. Churchill is an old drunk. The Atlantic war will starve the U.K. Odessa is evacuating, so it's in Rumanian hands.

[@chocolatte6157]

Seems to happen in every war. Korean War, end of WW II, probably multiple times in WW I, and maybe in the Civil War a couple of times. Soldiers should never buy the schtick that they will be home by Christmas. Politicians and Senior officers feed it to them.

[@JII-JII]

This time there's not even a no man's land to play football.

[@Battleship009]

Well, not the one they're thinking of.

[@worksv3]

With the exception of the Anglo-Zanzibar War

[@stc3145]

Im sure the Siege of Leningrad will end before the year is over. No way it will be a long siege

[@MarkVrem]

With the Finns coming to help from the north, ... What do you mean the Finns would preferably not share an actual physical border with Nazi Germany

[@EpicMRPancake]

Intelligence reports that some idiot inside the city is composing a symphony about all this. Yeah right, it's a good thing we won't have to listen to it.

[@OnzeManInKazakhstan]

Irrelevant. Moscou will fall soon anyway.

[@billd.iniowa2263]

900 days it lasted. And the stories that come from that siege are some of the most horrific of the entire war. Starvation makes people do the most desperate things.

[@ArthurLnz]

NO WAY x)

[@persononyoutube8666]

Germany: Encircles Kiev *Kiev falls with 500,000 men inside* Germany with to many prisoners: We are suffering from success

[@aaroncabatingan5238]

That describes all the Axis powers at this point.

[@ABrit-bt6ce]

Their answer was simple, put a fence around them and use machineguns and grenades if they got a bit lively.

[@seeyouchump]

"we are gonna win so much, you will get tired of winning" -Hitler

[@novus1589]

@@aaroncabatingan5238 Except for The Italians

[@brandonkilbride277]

Andrew Ongais why don’t you try not being a complete douche bag? We get it, your parents didn’t love you and never showed you attention but that’s not our problem. Go hide in your basement you weird ass.

[@ScooterWeibels]

A line from the "The Great War" show " Now comes the October rains" which cannot bode well for the Germans.

[@TheFire1290]

Which show exactly?

[@howardbrandon11]

Timestamps: 0:54 Japanese Actions in China This Week 1:02 Phone Call Reference: Japan Sizes Up Pearl Harbor 1:46 Operation Barbarossa - Army Group North This Week 3:19 Operations Barbarossa/Typhoon - Army Group Center This Week 5:30 Operation Barbarossa - Army Group South This Week 8:43 Analysis - How the War in Ukraine Affected Barbarossa & Typhoon 11:15 Establishment of Republic of Užice 12:41 Summary of the Week 12:54 Taking Moscow Will Win the War...Right?

[@the27th81]

Thank you, timeghost soldier

[@belka8618]

There's a special place in heaven for people like you

[@alchemist6819]

@@belka8618 damn right!

[@km3268]

This was so helpful. Thank you!

[@QuestionableAdviser_]

Thank you

[@bluestar7023]

Thank you for covering Republic of Užice. I rarely see it covered in WW2 history by people outside former Yugoslavia. I love your content. Greetings from Serbia :)

[@funkymoney3373]

Greetings from Croatia brother!

[@dragosstanciu9866]

So, the Romanian army may conquer Odessa only if the Red Army abandons it.

[@noobster4779]

To be fair to the romanians, there army is utter garbage and was in no way ready for this war. And germany has enough supply problems so they wont get weapons from them. They did the best they could, even though it was only limited. Though it also didnt help that, like with the french, some romanian generals still thought they were stuck in WW1.....

[@dragosstanciu9866]

@@noobster4779 Exactly. Even so, the Romanian army will keep on fighting against the USSR, it has no choice.

[@totallynotalpharius2283]

I've read that the german officers thought the romanians were good soldiers ( the mountain troops they held in high regard) but their officers were just plain terrible

[@vanguardactual1]

@@totallynotalpharius2283 Interesting?

[@nicholasconder4703]

@@noobster4779 But they are allied with Germany, the arsenal of ... errr ... nobody but themselves?

[@NeroPiroman]

it is great that you decided to cover the partisan insurgeny in yugoslavia, most documentaries skip that part of the war

It's such a pity for Kirponos :( He was one of my favourite Allied commanders so far in your series, along with Sir Archibald Wavell, Hugh Dowding, and Kirponos' comrade Konstantin Rokossovsky.

[@podemosurss8316]

He was killed by a German attack (I think it was an air raid?)

[@CodedStingray]

Quick reminder that Napoleon actually did take Moscow in his attempted conquest of Russia and still lost the war.

[@JustSomeCanuck]

Yes, but at that time St. Petersburg was the capital of Russia, not Moscow.

[@interestingengineering291]

I think also another factor the Germans might have considered is that Napoleons Amrit mostly didn’t get to engage much with the Russians but they thought that if they engaged the Russian army and broke it then they could take Moscow easily and have the rest of the Soviet Union scattered. Another point is that during napoleons time, there wasn’t much industrialization and that an army can just retreat and have farmland behind them to cover for their food. But in this case the Russians would need to move a huge number of factories which the Germans might have thought it impossible todo whiles fighting a brutal war (because the factories wouldn’t be able to produce whiles being transported, ) as such they thought the Russians would keep the factories and try and fight to defend them,that way by the time they captured Moscow they would have both the farmland and industrial base of the Soviet Union making it impossible for them to keep the fight on. I think after they invaded they might have realized the factories were moved and their intel was also bad on several things but I guess they just decided to go with the flow and see what happens

[@kr0k0deilos]

@@JustSomeCanuck St. Petersburg was the capital but Moscow was of equal or even greater importance both strategecly and culturally, everything revolved around Moscow.

[@terracewalker8919]

Both Napoleon and Hitler were pretty over optimistic really. The logistics and vastness of Russia made consolidation of any gains unrealistic. Might have been wiser in both cases to have taken a chunk at let the Russians/Soviets come to them. Glad they didn’t.

[@TheRomanRuler]

Lets not forget that during Napoleon's time Russia did not have railway network centered around the Moscow. Railways were hugely important in Russian civil war, large country with very few roads, makes railways all the more important. Soviets were not as limited to railways in comparison to Germans, but they were still very important.

[@drdekipetrovic7429]

I am from Užice, Serbia, 24 September 1941 day we liberated from Nazis!

[@Nootathotep]

congratulations!

[@Mahtar_Narmo]

I haven't heard of Uzice State before, interesting stuff. That's also why I love this series.

[@danielkurtovic9099]

Go check Yugoslav partisans and resistans overall in WWII. They where real guerrila resistance and push germans to hold many combat divisions during the whole WWII.

[@danielkurtovic9099]

@sshauser1 - go check again, BTW even if only those 3rd line divisions were top elite training forces what were station in France. All the way till D-day. When you check , go find how many dffensive Wermacht did in order to try end resistance. In the middle of ``Case Blue- Fall Blau`` Wermacht was forced to removed two combat divisions in time of desparate man shortage , to make an offensive against partisans in Yugoslavia. Whant some more SS lover.

[@astroNexx]

@@danielkurtovic9099 indeed the partisans did hold some German attention. However the price that was paid for that was too high. The German, being unable to prevent guerilla formations due to their small size and mobility, had then turned to brutal killings of the civilians

[@GhostGamer123Ghost]

Shostakovich, the famour russian composer, was a volunteer firefighter during the siege of lenningrad, fighting the fires created by the artillery fire described this week

[@PetarJovanovic993]

No wonder he wrote some messed up music!

[@armandobx6516]

I really think that Mikhail Kirponos deserves a Biography Special. He was a great leader.

[@rambam23]

Popatov was also a well-liked commander. It seems he survived Nazi captivity and refused to collaborate.

[@mikhailiagacesa3406]

He would have been useful in the big tank offensives later in the war.

[@Saberjet1950]

Yugoslavia be like: "FINE, I'll do it myself."

[@lenini056]

Today's former Yugoslavs: I'm happy we don't exist, THANKS NATIONALISM!

[@TheFire1290]

This doesn't negate their immense bravery, but they did receive supplies from the allies.

[@Moravia300]

Užice wasn't the first town liberated from the Germans. It was actually Loznica, some 120 km to the north, on river Drina. Royalists captured it on August 31st and captured 93 German soldiers, but royalist commander col. Veselin Misita died in the attack. Some of the Chetnik officers from that formation later joined the Communist movement.

[@BokicaK1]

There were towns in Montenegro who were liberated during 13th July Uprising (Bijelo Polje, Kolašin, Andrijevica, Berane, Danilovgrad)

[@Moravia300]

@@BokicaK1 Yeah, but that's Italian teritorry.

[@Moravia300]

@RadTheLad Yeah, it is, but Italians alreday lost shitton of territory and Germans didn't.

[@2Links]

The best series on world war two I've seen not only on KZbin but on the internet!

[@helenegan1079]

Have to understand what happened in Europe between the Wars and WW1. Excellently put together series. Although having read many books on different happenings from that time, it was not until this series put it in a timely order that it made sense. The leaders thinking of those times and how it eventually lead to WW2. Put together not only from an academics stretigic point of view but also the reality what war is on the lives of the average person. So much happened in that time. European Nations which did not exist were formed. The losses were far greater in WW1 than WW2, almost every family lost members in Eastern Europe, many were wiped out completely, not only the jews. The USSR also came into existance. To fill in the details on certain parts of it you can get books to expand your knowledge. Otherwise thank you for what you are doing. Having been one of the families affected and dislodged by the war it was the best series how people lived through those times and how peoples lives were affected. Perhaps you can follow this with occupation in the 4 Zones in Germany and the affect on the ppl occupied. The turmoil in general, the immigration and the formation of modern Germany. The unbelievable amount of assistance sent to the occupied Zones from UNRA, Red Cross etc and the assistance given to locate lost family members. This series does not glorify wars, the generations following your series, hope, are stirred/ shaken into reality that its not about which armies were the best, were bravest, or not!

[@burtonkephart6239]

TIK has best series on actual details of war and battles . But this is more entertaining and broad swath

[@KoopaKillaify]

I think the biggest unsolved war mystery to date is who does Indy keep talking to on the phone?

[@stevekaczynski3793]

If Freudian psychology is any guide, his id.

[@Dustz92]

Luigi Cadorna

[@senorpepper3405]

Adolph's ghost Der Führergeist

[@BSJinx]

6:40 The Stavka considers that a pathetic and unoriginal excuse, Kirponos!

[@mikhailiagacesa3406]

And Budyuony lives...damn

[@Archer89201]

@@mikhailiagacesa3406 his moustache makes him superior

[@mikhailiagacesa3406]

@@Archer89201 Connections to Stalin aside, you're correct, Comrade! ;-)

[@afkwtflolmantwo]

I can't wait for the Uzice Republic episode!

[@randomguy-tg7ok]

Germans: Yeah we're winning I think? Yugoslavians: _Not if we can help it you're not!_ (Warning: Civil War in the replies section... *sigh*)

[@MacakPodSIjemom]

Yeah, Yugoslavians...my ass... 98% of these fighters were Serbs, with a few Croats and others (mainly communist political commissars)

[@wizardpv1]

@@MacakPodSIjemom almost 100% were serbs.greetings from half serb acros the ocean.

[@SuperLusername]

@@MacakPodSIjemom In 1941 yes (you overstated a little but I get your point). By mid 1943 about half were Serbs and about half everyone else though.

[@funkymoney3373]

@@wizardpv1 This is actually untrue. I'm a history student and around 100.000-150.000 Croats fighting in the Partisan movement, those were mainly from Dalmatia and cities such as Split. Tito himself was a Croat. Saying it's all 100% Serbs is dumbfounded and discards the sacrifice of other nationalities.

[@wizardpv1]

@@funkymoney3373 on tje last months of wars many formal ustasa soldiers join partisans.

[@blackhawk4ful]

as the ancient poet says: Troy fell Rome fell *LENINGRAD DIDN'T*

[@ajax54]

Fell

[@blackhawk4ful]

@@ajax54 thanks for the correction

[@RussianMania]

@@blackhawk4ful it's yet to see...

[@alchemist6819]

@@blackhawk4ful even Constantinople fell

[@wizardpv1]

Moscow didnt Stalingrad didnt Grozny didnt But berlin will fall in blood

[@pola5392]

My Deda (grandfather) was a child when he was little he remembered the nazis entering his home town Čačak in 1941, it later fell under the Užice Republic and he remembered apparently that the resistors managed to push back at German tanks with tracktors! His father was killed by nazis but he survived, he later survived cancer twice caused by the uranium in 1999 and survived coronavirus last year too... And he is still alive today at 86! Živeo Deda!!

[@WorldWarTwo]

@Tom Thank you so much for sharing about him. We wish him many more happy days, thanks for watching

[@gardreropa]

One of the best episodes so far in my opinion! So happy that the Republic of Užice got the airtime it deserves (I would however not call it a nation, but more a first liberated territory of the pre-wat Yugoslavia), but even better is the in-depth analysis of whether the Kiev cauldron delay contributed to (SPOILER ALERT!) the ultimate failure of operation Typhoon... I'm 46 and have been exploring the WW2 and especially the Great Patriotic War (or Eastern Front, as you please) since I was 10, but I have never heard such a great analysis of the interconnection between Kiev and Typhoon... I am on the verge of increasing my Tier in the TimeGhost Army, since you are truly making my days! better! Cheers!!!

[@danielkurtovic9099]

You never heard before, then you miss read David Glantz , leading expert for eastern front subject. Chek here , have some videos on you tube. David Glantz `` When titan clash`` and ``Stalingrad`` are must read books on eastern front.

[@Duke_of_Lorraine]

Once more Nikita Khruchtchev demonstrated he can get away with any situation. He already was the only one alive at the end of Reservoir Dogs

[@caryblack5985]

Khruschev also survived Stalingrad. He said he was relieved every time he flew back to Moscow and was just as relieved when he left Stalin and flew back to Stalingrad.

[@YouHeardMeHoe]

Dude was the real life equivalent of an essential NPC

[@xaviersaavedra7442]

Not gonna lie Kirponos is my new favorite General, I wish he would have made it to the end.

[@stevekaczynski3793]

Severely wounded in the left leg by German artillery or mortar fire, according to a surviving member of his staff. He was still able to issue orders but another artillery bombardment resulted in further wounds to his head and chest, and he died. His body was buried by members of his staff and apparently never discovered by the Germans. It was found and reburied late in 1943 when the Red Army returned to the area.

[@xaviersaavedra7442]

Steve Kaczynski At least he got a proper burial.

[@Alex.HFA1]

This was posted early for my birthday? I'm gonna assumed it did. Thank you, Indy, Sparty, Astrid and crew! Also, Republic of Uzice is new to me. Facinating!

[@Masada1911]

Happy Birthday friend!

[@ventolus2068]

Sadly the Yugoslav resistance is so overlooked. What did the french resistance or norwegian resistance liberate. Not to mention other vest european resistances.

[@sergeantmajorgross4461]

Ventolus French resistance? What French resistance are you talking about?

[@ventolus2068]

@@sergeantmajorgross4461 haha. But history books are gloryfing it. Like the french liberated themselves. The Free french where soldiers but the rest not.

[@wizardpv1]

Wuuuut? France had resistance when paton liberated france. Until that france were holiday cxountry for german soldiers.lol surender country

[@sergeantmajorgross4461]

wizardpv1 >Norwegian resistance The Germans literally treated the Norwegians better then actual ethnic Germans in Poland lmao

[@auguststorm2037]

Didn't German Army had to deploy several divisions in Yugoslavia in order to cope with the resistance?

[@martinaustin6230]

Stalin: "Wanna hear a joke?" Hitler: "Suuuuurrreeeee" Stalin: "Moscow" Hitler: "I don't get it" Stalin: "And you never will!"

[@alchemist6819]

_Someone is burning_

[@godfreyofbouillon966]

Yeah man, in Soviet Russia jokes were like food: not everyone got them

[@yourstruly4817]

In Soviet Russia, joke gets you.

[@randomclouds4404]

Napoleon at least made it to Moscow, even if the aftermath did not go well.

[@forresttowns4995]

Glad I found this channel. The effectiveness of the Russian defenses in the center that stopped AG Center or of their defense in general is not something usually touched on by other documentaries. It’s usually just summarized as a walk over for the Axis. This series has opened my eyes to the reality same as your Great War series did. So thank you Indy for shedding light on it. Keep up the great work!

[@WorldWarTwo]

We do our best - and welcome to the channel (even if it's a late welcome).

[@forresttowns4995]

World War Two followed you guys since July 2014 and the Great War and loved every second of it. I was hoping you’d wwii and you didn’t disappoint. Love Georgia.

[@WorldWarTwo]

Lotsa luv from Bavaria to Georgia!

[@lovrom7717]

This factory in Uzice produces 400 rifles a day but 3 of my hoi4 factories produce 20. nice

[@whocares317]

Rifles are scaled 10 to 1 in Hoi4, so 20 is actually 200

[@andmos1001]

American at Pearl Harbor: “hm something brewing in the mist”

[@nicholasconder4703]

You mean this was a "mist" opportunity for American Intelligence?

[@andmos1001]

Nicholas Conder more like mist opportunity

[@andmos1001]

Andrew Ongais mist. It’s a play with word

[@thebog11]

"Mist" has a very different meaning in German, and is applicable to Pearl Harbor

[@thebog11]

@Andrew Ongais r/whoosh

[@UESPA_Sputnik]

Thanks for putting the occasional subtitles/quotes more inward! Now I can watch the videos zoomed in (to fill the whole screen) on my phone. 🙂 The subtitles were cut off in previous videos because of the aspect ratio.

[@Kazharan]

In my neighborhood in Serbia there was an elementary school called The Republic of Uzice that has been renamed in the recent years, sadly

[@maciejkamil]

I really like how facts that the battle of Kiev didn't cause Barbarossa's failure and that taking Moscow wouldn't have ended the war were shown here. Indy told about them in a 'what if' way, which catered to the 'spoiler' joke, whule also managing to keep them clear and serious.

[@Masada1911]

I was wondering if you would touch on the German losses so far. Thank you for that. And geez...Russia is a very harsh place just hearing that report in the war diary. Especially with lackluster logistics Still cant believe that the Soviets managed to keep up the fight after all this

[@gardreropa]

"What is good for a Russian it is death for a German..." (old Russian proverb...) :D

[@noobster4779]

I mean the germans lost more soldiers in a month of barbarossa then during the entire war previously. A lot of people compleatly ignore that when talking about Barbarossa in 1941. And from an army of around 3 million, of which around 1,5mio would be frontline combat troops, a loss of 500.000 is a critical blow. Especially when you know how the german army worked. It still relied heavily on the officer corps trained during the 100.000 army of weimar republic days, which made the rapuid expansion of the Wehrmacht even possible. That structural weakness now hits the germans really hard and they will never recover from their 1941 loses. They lost the war in Russia by their victories. truly a phyrric desaster.

[@Grondorn]

They lost around 600k in total by now.

[@AndreLuis-gw5ox]

You have to consider that the Soviets, despite their victory, became forever scarred by the experiences of war: their economy never truly recovered, neither their population level

[@nicholasconder4703]

The main strength of the Red Army was the vast depths of reserves. They may have had a frontline strength of around 5 million, but they also had 15 million reservists. The Wehrmacht has nowhere near this reserve strength, and because they have not prepared for the attritional losses they are currently suffering (both in men and material) their offensive capabilities are being whittled down. In fact, on the weapons production front, the Germans have not increased production of tanks or airplanes (or spare parts) for over two years, so they are now in a position where are losing equipment faster than they can replace it. It is another example of the German's poor understanding of logistics - they thought only of what they could do to their opponent, not what their opponent could do to them.

[@sturmtruppler6909]

I have been with this channel since the start and I must say that this episode is one of the most interesting and detailed episode I've watched. Also I really looking forward to the special episode on the Yugoslav resistance and the republic of Uzice.

[@mikexkerry102]

The very best account of WW2, well done.

[@WorldWarTwo]

Thank you Michael. Please stay tuned for more every week

[@milanmilacic9311]

There used to be a school in Belgrade called 'Ужичка република' (the republic od uzice), nowdays it's called 'Кнегиња Мичица' (Princess Milica) but people still very often use the old name.

[@naveenraj2008eee]

Hi team Another great episode. Indy's narration is so good. That iam learning so much history.. Thanks indy and team...🙏

[@stevebarrett9357]

The loss of half a million German soldiers is rather significant since it is likely they are fighting troops and not so much support troops. The 98th Infantry division diary is also significant to me especially when I consider that this record has probably always existed in the German archive but never found its way into any narrative I ever read about Barbarossa. That bit about Stavka demanding answers from Kirponos about the Kiev bridges is interesting since I seem to recall you mentioned that Stavka demanded no bridges be destroyed without permission from Stavka and I don't recall anyone saying that Stavka gave permission. After the fall of Kiev, I perceive that the biggest enemies against Army Group South are the lousy road network, the worsening logistical situation, and the consideration that Army Group South still has to deal with two strategic directions (Kiev-Voronezh and Bucharest-Rostov). There may not be much of the Red Army between them and Rostov but, by the time they reach it, there probably won't be much left of them either.

[@stevekaczynski3793]

It was often infantry eliminating pockets of trapped Red Army troops who had the highest casualties, as these often did not give up easily and as long as the ammunition did not run out, man for man Red Army troops were as well-armed as Germans, in some cases better (the SVT-40 semi-automatic rifle was in wide use although it never became the Red Army's main rifle). Panzer divisions did not have high casualties if they kept moving, but if they ran out of fuel or encountered well-prepared positions their losses shot up. The Germans had far fewer losses than those of the Red Army but those they had could not easily be replaced.

[@stevekaczynski3793]

Stavka probably heard German reports about taking Kiev but did not want to believe it without confirmation from Kirponos.

[@indianajones4321]

On October 19, 1940 the Italians used 4 Savoia Marchetti SM.82 long distance bombers in an attack on American operated British oil refineries in Bahrain and caused minor damages to Dhahran Saudi Arabia. This raid was the start of Italian long distance bombing. It was followed by other raids in 1942 in Ethiopia and Eritrea. Did these long distance bombing runs cause fears among the Allies concerning cities that would have been bombed by these long distance bombers? I also saw that if Italy had not (Spoiler alert) surrendered in 1943 there were plans to use an advanced SM.82 bomber to raid New York since an Italian commercial airline had flown from Rome to Tokyo. Did the bombing of Bahrain and Dhahran In addition to the Anglo-Iraqi war, force the British to reconsider their defenses of the Persian Gulf? This raid has so much more to it and I highly recommend you research it more because it is such an interesting chapter in World War Two. Thank you, and keep up the great work TimeGhost team!

[@vanguardactual1]

Yes this is very interesting because I didn't know Italy had carried out long distance bombing especially planning to bomb New York City. How much ordinance could each Italian long range bomber carry?

[@nicholasconder4703]

@@vanguardactual1 Probably not much more that a ton, perhaps two. It would be rather like the payload that Doolittle's B-25s dropped on Tokyo because some of the payload would have to be replaced by extra internal fuel tanks.

[@johanneduardschnorr3733]

Wouldn’t have even gotten to NY. By mid 1942 there were many radar stations, airfields, coastal defenses,ect., on the East Coast of the US. By 1943, any approaching unknown aircraft would’ve been intercepted far out to sea by the myriad of AAC or Navy fighter squadrons in New York, New Jersey, Delaware and so on...

[@revanofkorriban1505]

Maybe off-topic, but there were plans for the distinguished Italian submarine Leonardo Da Vinci to attack New York.

[@r.ladaria135]

So, there was yet a sort of developed oil extraction and refinery in the Middle East. Thanks God Adolf keep his focus against the USSR instead trying the MED/ Middle East option. Not sure the slavs would agree that.

[@phillyprice4460]

Good video to watch German Wehrmacht Veterans is the World At War’s Barbarossa episode. A bunch of them interviewed in the 70’s each talk about how huge the country was to the point navigation became difficult. Each objective they took just would lead to another and it never seemed like the country would end.

[@classicbandgeek]

Hitler: "This will end the war!" Dutch Van Der Linde: "I have a plan!"

[@nicholasconder4703]

But is it a cunning plan?

[@bayua.t.1503]

"Have some goddamn FAITH, Guderian!"

[@bugatsas1]

Great video as always. I am wondering if you will start covering the Greek resistance and especially EAM, the most significant guerilla army, established on 27 of September

[@MrNicoJac]

I love that I thought I knew a lot about WW2, but never even knew that a new nation was created...!! This channel is great, and teaching me *SO* much Thank you Indy and Sparty and Crew!

[@genshinunleashed8455]

I am so glad I found this...when Indy left The great war I was soooooo upset. Love to have Indy teach me history for another 6 years. Take care of yourself brother and do not overwork yourself like with the great war.

[@WorldWarTwo]

Thank you! And welcome to TimeGhost.

[@victoriaandreeva3308]

Thank you for noticing my comment a few weeks ago on the pronunciation of Stavka. It made my day to hear Indy say it!

[@caryblack5985]

He records several episodes in one day which means he works ahead of his broadcasts. So it natural that he could not correct the pronunciation for some weeks after people let him know in the comments

[@-vladimirhristov2466]

Thank you for your thorough and excellent presentation! Good timing with all episodes as it is almost the same situation today in the world as well as in 1941...June 21st...

[@theoneduckson2312]

Thank you Indy for saying goodbye to our friend! I do think he knows something you're missing.

[@samevans847]

Serbs: "I didn't hear no bell!"

[@davidhuber9418]

you are a superb storyteller and you got know

[@GunnyKeith]

Brilliant presentation, content, coverage & commentary is the best online. Indy was blessed with a Special gift. And i Thank you for everything. Spartan and Anne are good too.

[@pavelsebastianovich1450]

6:53 "Дрюковщина" :D that's so funny name of the village

[@MrAagaard]

would love to see a special series about the resistance movements in all of the occupied territories (and Germany) alongside all the other specials.

[@rappscallion3238]

4:47 Think it's the fifth time I see that clip with the sleeping soldier on a wagon. On multiple fronts and different countries. Some say he still sleeps to this day.

[@mikiroony]

Loving that sneaky Millemium falcon on top of the shelf

[@WorldWarTwo]

;)

[@rogerpetronzio8337]

HI Indy...love your "3 evils" had to get a set for my mantel! Your an inspiration in so many ways!!?!

[@BokicaK1]

Small correction. Mihailovic kept his HQ on Ravna Gora plateau during 1941. In Požega was his forward staff. Republic of Užice was not a nation or a political entity. Name Republic of Užice was never or rarely used by partisans, as Yugoslavia was officially a monarchy, and it would have political consequences. They simply call it 'liberated territory'. It was Germans and Serbian quislings who coined that term in their propaganda efforts. Partisans lated adopted the name Republic of Užice. During summer of 1941. Germans kept three divisions in occupied Serbia. Men in those divisions were mainly Austrians, some in their 40s. Nevertheless, they were better armed and trained than partisans. Bulk of partisans were young men from age of 16 until early 20s, some of them who never had military training (regular Yugoslav Army was kept in POW camps in German Reich). Partisans also were lacking serious armor and anti-tank guns. Commanding cadres were men who either had experience in modern combat from Spanish Civil War or they were officers of lower ranks of Yugoslav army who evaded capture and deportation to POW camps. Germans also relied upon forces of Serbian quislings (Nedić's gendarmerie, Ljotić's volunteers and Chetniks loyal to Kosta Pećanac) If we assume that regular Wehrmacht division was 10,000 men strong, Germans would have some 30,000 men, plus auxiliary units of Serbian and Croatian quislings. Strength of partisans is unknown, I estimate that there hardly can be more then 30,000 partisans on liberated territory. Captured arms factory in Užice (that works even today) was great bolster to partisan effort. SPOILER. Republic of Užice would last until the end of November 1941, when partisans evacuated Užice and went to West. In order to crush resistance, Wehrmacht brought reinforcements: a division from France, a regiment from Greece and even one division from Eastern front (we see that Germans lacked manpower there). Bigger Axis invasion force dealt with bigger Royal Yugoslav Army in less than two weeks back in April. It would take more than two months to defeat Republic of Užice. And in same time open conflict between communist partisans and Mihailović's Chetniks would erupt.

[@lightwishatnight]

I bet the patreon member "Casino P." Indy refers to, must be thrilled about being mentioned, congrats to him and all the old-timers. Time to join the ranks.

[@Mike-tg7dj]

Man that sounds miserable a cold Siberian wind. Mud no food or cleaning supplies.

[@josefschmeau4682]

“...taking that will win the war ! --Adolph Hitler Rule 1, “Do not march on Moscow". Rule 2 of war. It is: "Do not go fighting with your land armies in China". It is a vast country, with no clearly defined objectives. -Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery

[@thexalon]

He fell victim to one of the classic blunders: Never get involved in a land war in Asia. (And never go in against a Sicilian when DEATH is on the line.)

[@gianniverschueren870]

Oh no Astrid. This is bad. That's a horriawful tie. Oh man. 1.5/5, but in a good way

[@Masada1911]

I was wondering if you would be here already lol

[@gardreropa]

Nevermind the tie, the content of this episode is just legendary! (It fully makes up for whatever the tie deficiency might be, in my humble opinion...) :)

[@sturmtruppler6909]

I am very interested in what ties Indy wares now due to these tie reviews.

[@GenghisVern]

Wow. I hadn't even heard about half this stuff. Great episode.

[@ivarkich1543]

When the emerging of a new nation was announced in the intro, I guessed that he is speaking about the Lokot Republic.

[@paulfisker]

Excellent writing.

[@vanguardactual1]

As always, Time Ghost, World War Two etc., another well done and interesting video of this amazing struggle. I am always entertained, informed and educated even more from every episode. Please keep up the great work and awesome content. Thanks to all you guys and staff from North Carolina.

[@WorldWarTwo]

Thanks

[@NewMilleniumDawn]

This Khrushchev guy seems to be important to the plot, the way he escaped.

[@ieuanhunt552]

I swear i hear the of David Glatz and Anthony Beevor and David Stahiel in every WW2 video I watch these days. Those three are very prolific

[@caryblack5985]

Don't forget David Stahel

[@ieuanhunt552]

@@caryblack5985 of course in fact imma edit

[@stevekaczynski3793]

Alan Clark's 1964 book "Barbarossa" is very readable, though perhaps a little outdated.

[@ieuanhunt552]

@@stevekaczynski3793 most books published before the 2000s are fundamentally flawed. Not through any fault of the author but because before then Western authors did not have access to the Soviet Archives. They were working with an incomplete picture.

[@haris000000]

I love this format.

[@Audunforgard]

I have been to both Pozega and Uzice. It was there I first learned about the brave General Mihailovic

[@cobbler9113]

Is that a Russian flag at 5:35? This is also the first time I have come across the Republic of Uzice, looking forward to the special :)

[@stevekaczynski3793]

Probably Slovaks. Croatians are starting to arrive but will be sent further south.

[@stevekaczynski3793]

@@HuyTran-dy3vt Not this early in the war.

[@defdandef5841]

I think that's the Slovak 1st Division (part of the Slovak Expeditionary Army Group) of which Slovakia was a puppet state of Germany at the time

[@palmierlover]

No , it's a mechanized body of the Carpathian Group from The Slovak Army group attached to the 17th German Army. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Uman en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovak_Expeditionary_Army_Group

[@HuyTran-dy3vt]

oh ok my bad. Damn the Slovak confused me with their usage of the White Russian flag.

[@zico739]

11:45 That is an epic picture.

[@matthewlebo1841]

It fills me with inexplicable joy to hear to say “bye” on the phone for once.

[@Crimethoughtfull]

Indy displaying a model of the rare German experimental YT-1300 Freighter. Sources say it did the Kiev run in under 12 parsecs. Unfortunately, a lack of resources made mass production an impossibility at this time.

[@terracewalker8919]

Another great presentation. I shan’t sleep for a week now. Will the Germans take Moscow? Will it end the war? Thanks for a great series guys.

[@korbell1089]

NKVD: "We have just lost 4 armies on the Southern front, what are we going to do?" Stalin:"Sounds like its time to warm up the mimeograph machine and print some new armies!"

[@aleksandarnikolic7757]

Nice that you mentioned the Republic of Užice. The history of Yugoslavia in WWII is interesting and overlooked. You could make the Biography Special about Tito.

[@ForelliBoy]

when you kick open the door...and the mudslide just envelops you before the snow as you get halfway through the living room

[@Protorit]

USA: Japan is Sus. Japan: I was in electrical everyone else: hmm, skip for now

[@rolfdaswalross]

11:28 as a HoI4 player i can say 400 rifles a day by one factory ... this is impossible!

[@rolfdaswalross]

@@danielkurtovic9099 it was a joke ^^ since in the game they are way less effective

[@helenegan1079]

FYI The Russians still use the wider gauge rail even to this day. At the borders they lift the whole carriages up and change the bogies. Trains to Moscow from Warsaw change at Brest Belarus, and on the Trans Siberian line they change on the Mongolian border. I think they keep the wider rails, as a defence in case of invasion!? Seemed very inefficient in these times but interesting.

[@herrakaarme]

Who would want to refit the whole train network for a different gauge, and then scrap and manufacture anew all the locomotives and train cars of various sorts, plus the millions of pieces of miscellaneous equipment where it matters? Actually, I guess communists would since they are fond of megaprojects, but even they didn't bother.

[@davidalcroft7231]

Indy ur legend ,best history chanel around love it x

[@FredHendrix]

Happy Belated Birthday, Indy. Go 'Stros.

[@bouwenmetblokken5324]

And again another great episode. Keep up the good work!

[@Blitzfire87]

Is that the Millennium Falcon I see back there? Never noticed that before.

[@RichalisQc]

Indy!!! You didn't say the date at the beginning! I threw me off guard, I hope you still say it in the intro in future episodes

[@ZS-rw4qq]

13:25 I can swear I saw your Special episode on this but now I can't find it ☹️

[@jasonharryphotog]

Thanks for sharing the knowledge Excellent 🇬🇧

[@WorldWarTwo]

thank you

[@Fred_L.]

Something must have happened - it is about the second time I ever heard Indy saying bye at the end of a phone call.

[@jakubcesarzdakos5442]

9:47 lol, I love what you did here

[@skena76]

Ah I always look forward to ending my day with a new video!

[@3DArchery]

Just notice on the top left of the book shelf is the ...... Millennium Falcon!

[@vladajeremic2102]

Užice Republic episode when??? Can't wait