1943: Turning Point of WW2 in Europe (Documentary)

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You sound just like Nicholas Moran aka the chieftain

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Jesse THE narrator with a master of oratory and a man with ethics. Outstanding effort as usual from all your team mate .

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Is this guy a relative of John Travolta, or is it just in my mind?

[@secretagent86]

I hate artificial voices… won’t watch those

[@ColinFreeman-kh9us]

@@secretagent86 same.

[@muzz7777]

Me either. They're everywhere now and I can't turn them off quick enough👎

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Very well done! This isn’t just a repeat of other documentaries-it is far more detailed.

[@somato2688]

No narrator is better than you. Perfect amount of detail

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[@jessealexander2695]

Thank you!

[@Cubeforc3]

He pronounces the English, German and Russian names well. Normally the English documentaires butcher German names and the German ones are barely understandable when they speak English.

[@catgladwell5684]

Could do without the cod British accent. Sounds parodic.

[@TheGreatRepeller]

You seem to be confusing the writing and production with the narration. I come from an age when the narrator was Lawrence Olivier, lol. This doesn't hold a candle but millennials are truly broken. Its very difficult for people who know nothing to have skill or taste, lol.

[@johncochrane1301]

Another excellent documentary. It is so refreshing to have a narrator who can actually pronounce German and Italian names!!!

[@kohtalainenalias]

Kiitos!

[@StartledPancake]

This channel has taught me how to say so many European place names properly, thank you for that!

[@thomas19994]

All the Italians name were butchered, I can assure you that

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[@aaronhayes7562]

Another great documentary! Thank you for all the hard work

[@mchrome3366]

Excellent video with great research and facts and figures of casualties and equipment. A definitive keeper. Thanks

[@roykay4709]

Finished this release. Incredibly thorough.

[@earltaylor1893]

My profile pic is my great uncle Earl, who was KIA fighting Germans in the “soft underbelly of Europe.” To this day I wonder if he was wearing his “I love you” helmet when charging German positions in the mountains of Italy.

[@matthewhenson2585]

My opa worked in the wolfs lair running the phone switch bord for the furer

[@jevonp]

Looks like true gentleman! Rip

[@ryanplaschat4151]

So what u jew

[@JesseG1997]

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[@marvinmartian8842]

RIP Uncle Earl. The world needs more people like him

[@RayBecker]

Thanks!

[@ryanreedgibson]

OMG! This video is the closest to reading a book that I have ever seen. Information dense and professionally narrated in North American English. This channel is gold! 🥇

[@lezerp]

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[@kingdad8457]

North American English 😂 just English, with an American accent..

[@jirkazalabak1514]

I love the comparisons between the perception of events at the time and the more recent research. It really demonstrates how biased and innacurate our perception of real time events can get, with different people often making mutually exclusive claims. For that alone, you deserve a huge amount of respect.

[@samsungtap4183]

What are you talking about "Hollywood" the American history curriculum ?

[@bigwoody4704]

@@samsungtap4183 ♦Hollywood wasn't there when 198,000 Tommies got tossed into the Channel - Monty was.​ ♦Hollywood didn't make 81,000 Tommies surrender at Singapore ♦Hollywood didn't make 32,000 Tommies surrender at Tobruk ♦Hollywood didn't sign a deal with The Reich annexing the Czech Republic - Britain did. ♦Hollywood didn't stop Britain from crossing the 30 mile channel for 4 full years - after getting driven into it ♦Hollywood never showed up at Market Garden,neither did Monty ♦Hollywood didn't fill ship after ship with tanks,trucks,,halftracks,men,material,munitions, planes,provisions,food,fuel for the duration of the war to prop up the crown. ♦Hollywood didn't promise that Caen would be taken in D+1,Monty did and finally took it 43 days later. ♦Hollywood didn't promise before Market Garden that they'd go to Berlin then couldn't even make it to Arnhem - Monty did ♦Hollywood didn't give 16 U.S.Divisions to Monty's 21st Army Group,IKE did. Then Bernard was practically the last one to cross over the Rhine with them ♦Monty didn't destroy 90% of German Armor Allied Air Corps did. ♦Hollywood didn't make up stories about Bernard bathing little boys Nigel Hamilton reported them in The Full Monty . ♦Hollwood wasn't "evacuated" from: Norway,Netherlands, Belgium and France,Dunkirk in 1940 Greece, Crete,Hong Kong and Libya in 1941 Tobruk and Dieppe,Singapore in 1942 Want to know who was?

[@extrahistory8956]

Honestly, would like to see some videos on Japan and China in 1943. It was rather unique year in both the Pacific and Asia.

[@realtimehistory]

well, wouldn't you know where our next video on the Sino-Japanese War is headed.

[@extrahistory8956]

@@realtimehistory Oh... talk about exciting!

[@sisleymichael]

@@realtimehistory Yahoo!

[@Benepene]

There are Only two Wikipedia articles that Made me throw up. That being the sacking of Nankang and the pillaging of Sbrenica(during the Balkan wars of 1995). Both are pretty mich how the Japanese behaved in China.

[@hanmoou4127]

@@realtimehistory battle of Changsha would be interesting!

[@wfcoaker1398]

It must have been cool to be Italian American in Sicily in your 20s and get to meet old people who knew your grandparents before they moved to America. That must have been frigging intense!

[@tomahawk6847]

My moms family came from Alia near Palermo in the late 1800's through New Orleans, but all my uncles on that side were in the USAAF in the pacific during the war. Interesting thought though!

[@cd8628]

Wonderful detail. And one of the best narrators that I have ever heard.

[@realtimehistory]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@mctoasty420]

Seriously a great documentary and the fact we all get it free is amazing. You deserve way more views and subscribers for this amazing research and thorough analysis and work, great 2 hours

[@Quickandslick]

People, make sure you like an subscribe. This is one of the best, unbiased, concise documentary channels on KZbin.

[@Kim_YoJong]

Biased towards Americans

[@Quickandslick]

@@Kim_YoJong can you give an example of how it's biased please.

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@@Kim_YoJong WORKERS OF THE WORLD UNITE!!! 😂 😂

[@TheMannihilator]

thank you for the constant effort and great quality of content.

[@jeffe9842]

Excellent and detailed documentary. I was glued to it throughout. Incidentally, my father participated in the Sicily invasion, third wave. He was antiaircraft and, when there were no more German planes to shoot at, he was converted to military police and guarded German POWs in Belgium.

[@teedtad2534]

Maps and real footage is helpful to understand history of this war!

[@jeddkeech259]

Another excellent production

[@localfatty4364]

“Britain’s Italians” DAMN!!😂😂 shots fired

[@seonewport363]

uummm, maybe that's why us Americans like pizza so much ....?

[@whiteenglishknight9861]

😂

[@markgrehan3726]

Monty was such a P.R. disaster, he had very little grace about him.

[@dusk6159]

Rommel and the germans without the intelligence by the italians and their soldiers would've been a garrison with no offensive capabilities soon to be pushed out. No wonder that it was the italian generals who handled the more successful north african defense (no use anyway, too much of a lopsided situation) after the complete reckless downfall on the offense. But they did bring AT weapons that could actually do something against the Matilda and create a feasible fight

[@jayg1438]

- "and so, we took that personally'

[@joren7653]

Very interesting. One thing when looking at the maps of the Netherlands: Some parts weren't land in the war, and were only drained in 1955 and 1968 (Flevopolder).

[@WarMonkeyOG]

This is one of the best historical documentary channels on KZbin

[@saxoDK_1600]

When you guys do videos over 1 hour i love this, its a massive win with 2 hour long documentaries. Please cover the rest of the conflict this detailed if you so have the time and supplies, aswell as if you plan it of course. Much Gratidtude, i can't wait to watch this

[@realtimehistory]

we will continue with this concept. already started our 1940 coverage and there will be a full version once its done.

[@saxoDK_1600]

​@@realtimehistoryVery glad to hear! Thank you

[@knave91]

Great video. Very informative.

[@kingjezza1263]

I love how realistic Hoi4 lore can get

[@lightwishatnight]

This is one of the best videos I've seen of your channel. It is refreshing to see you guys improving with each video. I already have nebula, but I'm also posting here to boost your channel for the algorithm. Nice job, and I hope you continue, and to keep improving your work. Both the quality and quantity of your production is off the charts. 🎉 Congrats.

[@dennisfoulds3941]

You are the most interesting of all historical information I’ve heard. Keep up the great work. Thank you.

[@roykay4709]

Great presentation on an area generally lightly covered. Half way through and will continue tomorrow.

[@Swellington_]

lightly covered? Huh?

[@colinlessard1116]

I don’t tend to comment on KZbin, but this video's quality made me this time around. Fantastic narration and content!

[@chrisfetner332]

Anyone claiming Italians as allies was at an immediate disadvantage.

[@sydhendrix4853]

Fantastic video as usual! One of the best history channels on youtube.

[@awol354]

One of, if not THE, best documentaries I've ever seen. Excellent German too.

[@benhardgliocam6871]

One of the best documentary...great!!!!

[@SharkHustler]

_'Bravo!'_ Extraordinarily well-done! ... One of the best general narratives of the Second World War I've ever come across (in a long time) - certainly held me captivated throughout without ever feeling repeatedly being 'overrun' with attrition in the trenches of Stalingrad, nor 'taxed' beyond the gates of Moscow's fog-of-war! ... Highly recommended viewing. Thank you very much for posting - and having the opportunity (for all of us) to view - a most informative and compelling war documentary.

[@ampthilluk]

Superb documentary, thanks mate!

[@DaveThompson-q8y]

This video was so informative! I learned a lot and can't wait to see more content like this.

[@TaleOfTwoIdiots]

Outstanding documentary. Thank you for sharing.

[@classifiedsecret6383]

Top notch content, superbly presented. Thank you, Jesse. Cheers

[@andrewboyle7331]

Fantastic detailed description that really brings to life those who fought on both sides and the horrors they faced

[@stevesloan7132]

Outstanding documentary series. Great details on the campaigns. Thank you for sharing these.

[@julmye]

Fantastic ! Kudos to the whole team !

[@owen1079]

Your work is up there with Ken Burns & World at War (but MORE detailed.) Thank you Jesse et al👏

[@reflective5001]

Beautiful narration- language inflections and nuances are a quality trait these days-you sound as if you have relatives invested in these battles-that is a compliment not a 'challenge'. with kindest wishes for your continued success in making our history, and its warts and their treatment, available to generations removed already and to come.

[@pablopeter3564]

EXCELLENT. Very comprhensive description of the WW II. Thanks very much. Greetings from Mexico City.

[@LucasMRBraga]

Greatly enjoyed every minute of this documentary. Chapeau!

[@alexamerling79]

Great stuff Jesse!

[@edl1973]

Awesome! Could you do 44 and 45 too?

[@realtimehistory]

we have already started with 1940 (our Battle of France video), but we will do the other years in this style as well and hopefully also the other fronts. If you can't wait for 1945, check out our two documentary series "16 Days in Berlin" and "Rhineland 45" on Nebula.

[@AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg]

What happens in '44 & '45?

[@Timothythebrewer]

Excellent! Information provided is the best I've seen. Well done!

[@1CounterTerrorist]

Epic video thank you

[@Noodle_7607]

My great grandfather fought in the 12th panzer division hitlerjugend and was captured at Normandy he died in frankfurt germany 4 years ago. I miss when he used to tell me some of his war stories rip grandpa😢

[@JFDA5458]

"Rommel has already dismissed American troops as Britain's Italians." OUCH

[@xavierkreiss8394]

Detailed, well written and interesting

[@jonathanguitard984]

My grandfather flew as pilot navigator on a Sunderland flying boat. Canadian from Winnipeg. Before the war he taught in a one room school in Northern Manitoba.

[@Noel-s1c3p]

from Australia....Thank You and Stay Safe 👍 🤠 ✌️.... Always interesting and stran👍👍

[@bazzaah]

Really great documentary! I’ve seen much worse than this on TV. Great effort and thanks!

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Always 100% spot on you guys

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Wow! First time I come across this channel - awesome video! New fan here 😂

[@welcometonebalia]

Thank you.

[@user-FishermanRick]

Great use of maps! 30 seconds in and I bookmarked your channel. Looking forward to a vid on Okinawa.

[@PripyatTourist]

Love the work! Y'all are legendary for the historian community!

[@onefastcyclist]

Wonderfully concise account!

[@mjhsinclair]

Tooze in Wages of Destruction makes the crucial point that the bombing campaign generally diverted industrial capacity from what they needed to win the war on the ground, comparing for example production of fighters vs tanks. He makes a persuasive case that opportunity cost makes Allied bombing more decisive than the direct cost suggests.

[@jerrycoleman882]

Never realized General Payton was 6' 1&1/2" tall, and President Eisenhower was 5'10" .

[@jerrycoleman882]

FYI : Their height wasn't in this video. I simply saw the picture of them standing side by side and got curious even to look it up.

[@dumbledan4016]

American general references a loser confederate general to rally his troops? Maybe he wanted a “Picketts charge”, too? Glad they got Patton and figured how to make the other guy die for his country.

[@jeddkeech259]

great doc as always

[@Wilson7092-u4n]

I wish you guys did a 3-4 hour doc on just Kursk

[@MisterOcclusion]

13:43 it's a small thing, but who would have removed the muzzle brake? Was it that technologically significant that it's capture was desired/undesirable, or did Patton want a mighty paperweight?

[@andrewsoboeiro6979]

I'm really glad y'all made this series! But also... PLEASE may we have a crumb of new Napoleon content?!

[@realtimehistory]

we would love to make more Napoleon. Unfortunately our 1813 videos where unmitigated disasters in terms of views. And we run a business. But if build up a comfortable position where we can take more risks again, Napoleon is back on the menu.

[@andrewsoboeiro6979]

@@realtimehistory alright, I have officially subscribed to y'all on Nebula-- I'd been thinking about it for some time, & this pushed me over the top. Here's hoping this will get you a little closer to the financial cushion needed to make more Napoleon content-- & maybe you might consider doing this as a promotion, like "want more Napoleon videos? Subscribe to Nebula!"

[@rakkassan2187]

Jesse, you remind me of an educational show from the U.S. in history classes in some schools."you are there" hosted by Walter Cronkite. I hope schools will use your videos to help the students get a 'Bigger Picture'. Thanks to you all, great job.

[@jessealexander2695]

Thanks!

[@M-I-k-e1301]

Love this channel

[@YourLifeWasting]

Just found this channel and I love it. I wouldn't mind you reading the art of war and section by section showing these rules in different wars fought in human history.

[@kyledotcom]

It’s remarkable how all sides built up all this equipment so fast

[@TG6241]

Is this new or just a compilation of previous videos?

[@InPriceWeTrust]

After watching the entire thing, I can say it’s a mix of both

[@TG6241]

@@InPriceWeTrust Ty 🙏

[@realtimehistory]

the main thing we added here was the chapter about the Holocaust and the conclusion at the end. plus a few smaller things in between like a deeper look at Casablanca, the Western Appraoches Tactical Unit

[@tristanmcloughlin3165]

I was making a bad joke, sorry haha. It just got posted so I thought I’d respond

[@TG6241]

@@realtimehistory The reason i asked was because i already watched your videos separately, except the napoleon ones, should probably get to those soon. Your videos are always worth the wait, i especially enjoy the soldier diaries you throw in.

[@SNP-1999]

A truly excellent documentary, very well researched and presented- and the narrator's German is perfect, very seldom heard on English spoken channels.

[@jessealexander2695]

Thanks!

[@SNP-1999]

@@jessealexander2695 You're welcome, sir!

[@tonyelberg7814]

really great doco, thanks

[@osb1945]

Nice

[@feylezofriza]

Great video! One thought: Rommel claiming that the inexperienced Americans did well does not tell us much about the actual American performance. He has an interest in exaggerating his enemy's aptitude. The same phenomenon also explains the origins of the myth of absolute German military superiority. To cover up their own faults, the French, British and Soviet commanders exaggerated the doctrinal, technical and organizational strengths of the Germans. I am not saying people like Rommel and von Manstein weren't gifted commanders, Germans were badly organized or armed. All I am saying is, you don't ask someone who is bruised up and lost a fight how big their opponent was. They are bound to exaggerate.

[@realtimehistory]

Rommel was most impressed with the American ability to learn and adapt quickly in Tunisia. He warned his superiors about this in Normandy, but was largely ignored.

[@carlosquatro-jm7sw]

Nice video

[@pwoody9416]

Very interesting. My only gripe is that the documentary is a summary of the war rather than a real discussion of a turning point.

[@brettcurtis5710]

Jesse has forgotten to mention the Battle of Takrouna on the advance to Enfidaville - The 2nd NZ Division had a hard time taking this hilltop citadel and the 28th Maori Battalion eventually captured the hilltop village - British General Brian Horrocks (XIII Corps) called it "The finest feat of arms I witnessed in the entire war!"

[@TCK71]

Excellent video.

[@brentritchie6199]

Great quality in-depth doco thank you

[@podemosurss8316]

3:25 For the Italians, that's probably a fate worse than death: British food breaks the Geneva convention!

[@alganhar1]

Spoken like someone who likely has never even TASTED properly cooked British food.

[@loganjones5764]

​@@alganhar1what's the best British dish? Lol

[@podemosurss8316]

@@alganhar1 "Properly cooked British food" is an oxymoron.

[@davidfinley4050]

Not forgotten thie well done ✅

[@hlynnkeith9334]

50:30 Macky Steinhof! The man was a legend, not only with the Luftwaffe but with the US Air Force. His service after the war with the resurrected Luftwaffe made him many friends in the US. Macky lost his eyelids in the fire from the crash of his Me-262. Slept with a mask for years until a German surgeon crafted eyelids for him. Ask me where he got the skin for the graft.

[@realtimehistory]

oh I know where they graft skin like that

[@zainmudassir2964]

I feel late 1942 was turning point. German army group surrounded at Stalingrad and chased out of oil rich Caucasus Defeats in North Africa and retreat to Tunisia. Japanese aircraft carrier lost at midway and submarine warfare sinking Japanese cargo ships. Failure to advance in Guadalcanal and halted in Burma with heavy casualties

[@xFlared]

It's incredible how small western casualties are compared to the eastern front. It's almost like it's 2 complete different wars.

[@owenowen212]

5:09 "Britain's Italians" lol

[@HistoryHaty]

Hahaha

[@bigwoody4704]

lol, Ya know what's funnier Monty couldn't cross the ENGLISH CHANNEL for 4 full years after getting driven into it. Then ran away 3000 miles in to a Desert

[@tonyromano6220]

@@bigwoody4704really?

[@bigwoody4704]

Well June 1940 he along with Commanders Brooke & Gort got driven to dunkirk and they escaped the beach on mostly fishing boats and pleasure craft. Then came back across 4 yrs later with the GIs. After stops in the desert/Sicily/Italy

[@dtsosie5836]

I thought that was a "cute" statement 😂

[@Croatian-Knight.]

The true turning point in Europe was Kursk July-1943. That battle decided whether Eastern Europe would live under National Socialism or Communisim for the next 50 years.

[@AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg]

Nah, battle of Moscow, November '41

[@RickB50SS]

There was zero socialist or communist aspects in either Soviet or German regimes. Corpirate Fascism runs on bs propaganda like today,cevwn more.

[@ZacharieGartner]

More like a combination: Moscow 1941 Stalingrad 1942-1943 Kursk 1943 Leningrad 1941-1944 All of these were essential as an ensemble to attritionally defeat Germany. It isn't about 1 battle, and contrary to myth, most wars are not decided by the 1 battle simplistic theory. Look at the napoleonic wars, the epitomy of the decisive battle myth: dig deep and you'll see it's never just one battle.

[@warcrimeconnoisseur5238]

Why? America was still in the war and they couldve smashed them too

[@alganhar1]

@@ZacharieGartner Exactly. And I can add a few more things to consider. Germanys late and incomplete transition into a full war economy. The failure of Germany to properly utilise its manpower in industry (including women). The German habit of continually upgrading vehicles on the production line, rather than introducing improvements in blocks thus slowing production. German reliance, especially in the latter half of the war on forced Labour leading to increasing issues in quality, not to mention actual sabotage. And thats before you start looking at the command and control issues, which were legion, and the failure to address logistics issues that had been highlighted as early as the battle of Poland in September 1939, yet not only did not improve, but actually grew WORSE, and not only because of Allied bombing! In 1943 the motor vehicle logistics component of a German Infantry Division was completely removed and replaced by horse drawn variants with the only exception being the Heavy Artillery Batteries. Its not only battles that are turning points, but also failures to address issues in command, control, communication, logistics industry that can lead to eventual defeat in an Industrialised modern war....

[@Mr.Smith.C.R]

Excellent content!

[@logicsconscience]

I enjoy your work

[@DominoEffect572]

Amazing video. Idk if you’ve done this but could you touch on or make a video about sonderkommandos?

[@realtimehistory]

it's a tough topic to show because of KZbin's advertising guidelines. But we will see if we can

[@jamesdever8802]

My father was one of the Marines ordered to disperse the bonus army. He was in the Corps from 1927 until 1968. He said it was.the.only order he carried out that he was ashamed of.

[@loganjones5764]

Why was he ashamed

[@creatoruser736]

I have never heard anyone describe 1943 as a forgotten year.

[@carpediem7654]

That's what the Germans called it

[@yasserbencheikh2626]

I guess forgotten because of the disasters of 1944-45 and the successes of earlier years even though 1943 is the year of Stalingrad and Kursk…

[@doejohn6865]

This channel has WAAAAAAAAYYYYUU to many advertisements. You really can’t even enjoy the information as the feed is interrupted every few minutes. Much better documentary makers out there.

[@SNP-1999]

The heavy losses to Airborne troops due to friendly fire during the invasion of Sicily was the reason why airborne operations during D-Day in Normandy one year later avoided flying over the allied invasion fleet.

[@matthewskillo8577]

Much Thanks to; Alan Turing and those brilliant cryptographers at Bletchley Park for cracking the 'Enigma' code!