1942's Warfronts: Stalingrad, Guadalcanal, and Operation Torch I SLICE HISTORY | FULL DOCUMENTARY

[@IOSARBX]

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[@The89delta]

Comments are filled with considering Stalingrad the “turning point”. Army group center suffered over 900,000 casualties during the winter of 41. Absolutely obliterated in front of Moscow. No one talks about that.

[@vanpaul147]

Moscow was the true turning point. Or in particular Barbarossa ha

[@garysline5501]

I agree. That in my opinion was the turning point of the war. Not Stalingrad.

[@gordonbennet1094]

Correct. Stalingrad was more memorable because it was very clearly defined - a small geagraphical locaton, a clear start date, a clear end date, and measurable loses. The battle of Moscow had no clear start or end date, no clear boundaries, and no way to define exact losses. But it was indeed the turning point of the war. It was the first time the German army had suffered a major defeat. It was an impossibe event. For the Germans it was the first glimpse of a reality that had hitherto been hidden from them by their own arrogant assumptions - a glimpse of the possibility of a replay of Naploeon's invasion. The German army for Op Barbarossa was the strongest best equipped and most experienced it would ever be ... and it had failed.

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[@davidjackson2179]

By 1942 Germany was still dangerous and capable of winning individual battles but their opportunity to win a limited victory in the war was long gone. They could never compete with the industrial production and manpower of the Allies.

[@The89delta]

Germany industrialized in breadth, but not in depth.

[@xanderunderwoods3363]

I can't say I agree, Germany did not implement a total war industrial economy until 1943, the few months of production numbers in 1945 alone far exceed the entire production numbers of 1942. It's all about industrial logistic capabilities. Had Germany implemented this in 1939, the Allies would have been fighting at least until 1946, if not 1947.

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[@xanderunderwoods3363]

The sorties over Stalingrad were actually much higher. Field reports both by the Soviets, and by the Germans, show that they flew more sorties than even at the height of the Battle of Britain, well over two thousand per day. Recent forensic studies show the actual casualties during the battle of Stalingrad, exceeded 2.5 million. It was by far the largest battle in human history. It's really hard to grasp just how apocalyptic it was. What's even crazier is that the battle of Kursk in 43 was perhaps not as big, but far more concentrated and local and it's scale of isolation, only the battle of the Somme and Verdun in WW1 are similar in comparison, as far as localized carnage is concerned. The Eastern front during world war two was a scale of carnage simply unseen in the records of human history since perhaps the days of Ghengis Khan. I hope we never see such a thing again. However, history has a tendency to repeat itself....also the French Navy DID resist incredibly ferociously in North Africa, that should have been highlighted.

[@ericjarvie]

Slice History the best Second World War documentaries on You-Tube..and this by any measure..!!

[@ericjarvie]

No doubt Irwin Rommell was an brilliant general and skilled military tactician so much so even the allies had some admiration and respect for an man who was indeed there sworn mortal enemy...but it's telling of the vile and inhumane nature and conduct of Hitler during the war who became increasingly jealous of Rommells fame and notoriety and in this ultimately ordering the death of Germanys greatest commander this was undoubtedly one of Hitlers most despicable and cowardly acts who like an deranged juvenile jealously saw the charismatic and populat German general Rommell as nothing more than an potential threat to his vile ideal of leadeship...

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It was an informative and wonderful historical coverage documentary...

[@eoofun5243]

Love SLICE history. Thank you guys for what you do. Germany could have won it. If they would have finished the British at Dunkirk, that would have been all she wrote. And even after that, they could have beat the Soviet Union if their racist ideology didn’t have them follow a miserable military strategy of killing and enslave. But even after all that, they could have won at Stalingrad if it was viewed as a siege but they strategically retreated and did a 2nd offensive after winter and they got use to the terrain. The German generals were so much better then they could have been in Russia. Their hands were tied with Hitler’s ego after his defeat of France. Poland started the end for the Germans. They captured all these countries, but couldn’t utilize them.

[@Swellington_]

I agree,if it wasnt for a few bad decisions,Dunkirk for one,if they had captured a large number of soldiers,British citizens mainly,and not even the entire BEF,I couldnt imagine Britian not making some sort of "deal" with Hitler to get those men back alive,and whatever the deal wouldve been,it would not been in Britians favor but the British ppl wouldnt allow their sons and fathers and brothers etc languish in a Nazi concentration camp at that particular point in the war,and 2nd,Hitler splitting his force in front of Stalingrad was a blunder and Paulus couldve taken the city even after that if he hadnt halted outside of town and regrouped for 3 days or whatever,just enough for the Soviets to dig in and that was all they needed,the Germans held 98% of the city at one point,but the city couldve probably been taken "off the march" if the armor that went south had stayed with the 6th,and something thats hardly mentioned thats mind boggling and an absolute fact,is that until 43,Stalin was still trying to negotiate a peace that included Hitler getting either a big chunk of Ukraine or all of it and some or all the Baltic states,no Russian proper territory so Stalin didnt mind so much,but the thing is Hitler turned him down every single time,obviously,thats completly insane,but Hitler mustve had his reasons because as evil and everything else he was,one thing he was not was stupid,he got pretty "weird" towards the end,from the bomb plot on for sure but the early years he was sharp usually,and Ive typed way too much :(

[@FBT9356]

I learned many years ago that if Hitler had not been so hung up on Names ie Stalin and didn’t split Army Group Center and had gotten Astrakhan they could’ve beaten the RED army Italians Hungarians and Bulgarians sucked at War

[@scottmaclaren4695]

if only. if Germany had won there would be world peace and colonies in space

[@garyeastell3458]

If only nothing. If Germany and Japan had won , most of the people commenting would not have been here as there parents or grandparents would have been killed. And as for Germany winning, all they could do is prolong the war , they could never compete with the rest of the world on an industrial scale , or manpower.

[@Jochiampieper]

@slicehistory Do you guys produce these documentaries yourselves ? As in finding the footage , doing the interviews editing etc ? If you aren’t can you provide where your getting the documentaries from so those of us who want to can watch it unedited ?

[@nigelhamilton815]

My dad served in north Africa as part of the 8th army.

[@dr.barrycohn5461]

Hitler just thought all he had to do was kick in the door and thenwhole rotten structure would cave in. Hmmm... germany had very had intel with his underestimating his opponent.

[@AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg]

The German's didn't even have accurate map's. After the failure at Moscow in December '41 they were in retreat.

[@mis4nthr0p3]

​@@AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cgAdditionally, those maps they had showed paved roads instead of unpaved which turned into quagmires in rainy weather. (giggity)

[@AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg]

@@mis4nthr0p3 well at least they could drive on the map's! (Magic Map's)

[@Yuohani]

@@dr.barrycohn5461 the collective west today has the same mindset that Russia is merely a gas station with a few nuclear bomb that under the weight of the western sanctions and military support to Kiev it will collapse within months

[@ronaldstrange8981]

Excellent. Much appreciated. England, August, 2024.

[@martintinajero9140]

Will the battle of Berlin be next?

[@knowledgeispower200]

Flying over Stalingrad in 1944 de Gaulle spoke the following words: "Ah, Stalingrad! All the same, they are a great people, a very great people." Alexander Werth: "Ah, yes, the Russians..." Charles deGaulle: "No, I'm not talking about the Russians; I mean the Germans. In spite of everything, to have pushed so far!"

[@Swellington_]

yeah,for real and then lost it all,literally everything

[@thepablyko]

bit one sided when it comes to the stalingrad, you make it look like an army of low moral values and tactics whilst it was the german army that invaded and massacred their people... pd: the soviets were so bad they won ay

[@AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg]

Come winter we lost our Han's and Willi's!

[@AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg]

At Stalingrad Hitler could have declared victory and widthdrawn

[@darkpenguin1978]

Doesn't understand those who blame the Soviet leaders who was surprised to be attacked under peace treaty by the cowards Germans of wasting the life of theirs soldiers

[@spannaspinna]

Well they wasted plenty of reds doing it I guess

[@nedim3164]

Stalingrad masen grab 🇩🇪😢

[@Wasko1312]

shell shock.

[@hawaiianpineapple7303]

Nazi Germany would have lost no matter what Hitler did

[@-Sierra117-]

I disagree

[@douglasturner6153]

So Hitler was unhappy that in 1942 it became a World War? Then why did he idiotically declare war on USA? 😂

[@Ex-MuslimMuhammad-o4d]

Of course he was unhappy cuz he wanted the UK and the US to surrender without a fight

[@Napolean46]

He was a madman who could not use his head well before making a decision. A drug man

[@gott4bomb835]

No dismounting from a tiger ride so to speak. Also German intelligence failed miserably in assessing the Soviet Union's actual military potential.

[@jamshediqbalrana416]

Doesn t the commentator know that Stalin proved to be invincible as against a stupid , non general Adolf Hitler.?

[@Yuohani]

Please be aware this is WW2 from the German perspective. So viewer discretion is advised.

[@jsrjsr6105]

Post-war propaganda that generals made no mistakes…it was all AH’s fault.

[@mis4nthr0p3]

​@@jsrjsr6105Not like Schicklegruber could defend himself

[@vladimator1842]

From what I've gathered so far, the view from the German perspective is most accurate and runs parallel with what the general view of the war is, as per the west!!

[@FBT9356]

Should’ve never had declared war on the united states

[@AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg]

Hitler had no common or any other kind of sense

[@vanpaul147]

Or Russia

[@jokodihaynes419]

Stalingrad was the beginning of the end for the Germans

[@AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg]

No, the battle of Moscow and the Russian counter attack was the beginning of the end.

[@AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg]

Also have you ever visited Volvagrad?, the fields South are still littered with tank part's and......fields of bones, skull's, spines, and long bone's.

[@vanpaul147]

Barbarossa was

[@tarimdarya]

Ideologically-driven lies

[@AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg]

The German's drank too much

[@-Sierra117-]

Wouldnt you

[@AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg]

@@-Sierra117- after not during or before

[@eoofun5243]

Love SLICE history. Thank you guys for what you do. Germany could have won it. If they would have finished the British at Dunkirk, that would have been all she wrote. And even after that, they could have beat the Soviet Union if their racist ideology didn’t have them follow a miserable military strategy of killing and enslave. But even after all that, they could have won at Stalingrad if it was viewed as a siege but they strategically retreated and did a 2nd offensive after winter and they got use to the terrain. The German generals were so much better then they could have been in Russia. Their hands were tied with Hitler’s ego after his defeat of France. Poland started the end for the Germans. They captured all these countries, but couldn’t utilize them.