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@HistoryHaty7 ай бұрын
As a history nerd, I think getting Nebula is worth the buy.
@ramonhernandez31607 ай бұрын
How much a year for Nabular ?
@HistoryHaty7 ай бұрын
@@ramonhernandez3160 Not that much, but I forget.
@bbrenddon6 ай бұрын
You sound just like Nicholas Moran aka the chieftain
@bryonmartin84637 ай бұрын
Very well done! This isn’t just a repeat of other documentaries-it is far more detailed.
@ColinFreeman-kh9us7 ай бұрын
Jesse THE narrator with a master of oratory and a man with ethics. Outstanding effort as usual from all your team mate .
@matthewskillo85777 ай бұрын
Is this guy a relative of John Travolta, or is it just in my mind?
@secretagent867 ай бұрын
I hate artificial voices… won’t watch those
@ColinFreeman-kh9us7 ай бұрын
@@secretagent86 same.
@muzz77775 ай бұрын
Me either. They're everywhere now and I can't turn them off quick enough👎
@somato26887 ай бұрын
No narrator is better than you. Perfect amount of detail
@sergeantscumbag21167 ай бұрын
I agree jesse is awesome
@jessealexander26957 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@Cubeforc37 ай бұрын
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.
@catgladwell56847 ай бұрын
Could do without the cod British accent. Sounds parodic.
@Despiser257 ай бұрын
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.
@johncochrane130110 күн бұрын
Another excellent documentary. It is so refreshing to have a narrator who can actually pronounce German and Italian names!!!
@mchrome33667 ай бұрын
Excellent video with great research and facts and figures of casualties and equipment. A definitive keeper. Thanks
@earltaylor18937 ай бұрын
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.
@matthewhenson25857 ай бұрын
My opa worked in the wolfs lair running the phone switch bord for the furer
@jevonp7 ай бұрын
Looks like true gentleman! Rip
@ryanplaschat41517 ай бұрын
So what u jew
@JesseG19977 ай бұрын
🫡
@marvinmartian88427 ай бұрын
RIP Uncle Earl. The world needs more people like him
@roykay47097 ай бұрын
Finished this release. Incredibly thorough.
@StartledPancake7 ай бұрын
This channel has taught me how to say so many European place names properly, thank you for that!
@thomas199947 ай бұрын
All the Italians name were butchered, I can assure you that
@niksmoret27446 ай бұрын
Erican ofc🤣
@jirkazalabak15147 ай бұрын
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.
@samsungtap41837 ай бұрын
What are you talking about "Hollywood" the American history curriculum ?
@bigwoody47046 ай бұрын
@@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?
@extrahistory89567 ай бұрын
Honestly, would like to see some videos on Japan and China in 1943. It was rather unique year in both the Pacific and Asia.
@realtimehistory7 ай бұрын
well, wouldn't you know where our next video on the Sino-Japanese War is headed.
@extrahistory89567 ай бұрын
@@realtimehistory Oh... talk about exciting!
@sisleymichael7 ай бұрын
@@realtimehistory Yahoo!
@Benepene7 ай бұрын
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.
@hanmoou41277 ай бұрын
@@realtimehistory battle of Changsha would be interesting!
@ryanreedgibson7 ай бұрын
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! 🥇
@lezerp6 ай бұрын
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@kingdad84572 ай бұрын
North American English 😂 just English, with an American accent..
@cd86287 ай бұрын
Wonderful detail. And one of the best narrators that I have ever heard.
@realtimehistory7 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@mctoasty4207 ай бұрын
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
@wfcoaker13987 ай бұрын
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!
@tomahawk68476 ай бұрын
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!
@teedtad25347 ай бұрын
Maps and real footage is helpful to understand history of this war!
@joren76537 ай бұрын
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).
@WarMonkeyOG3 ай бұрын
This is one of the best historical documentary channels on KZbin
@Quickandslick7 ай бұрын
People, make sure you like an subscribe. This is one of the best, unbiased, concise documentary channels on KZbin.
@Kim_YoJong6 ай бұрын
Biased towards Americans
@Quickandslick6 ай бұрын
@@Kim_YoJong can you give an example of how it's biased please.
@smugwendigo512323 күн бұрын
@@Kim_YoJongtroll lmao
@Swellington_14 сағат бұрын
@@Kim_YoJong WORKERS OF THE WORLD UNITE!!! 😂 😂
@jeffe98427 ай бұрын
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.
@TheMannihilator7 ай бұрын
thank you for the constant effort and great quality of content.
@localfatty43647 ай бұрын
“Britain’s Italians” DAMN!!😂😂 shots fired
@seonewport3637 ай бұрын
uummm, maybe that's why us Americans like pizza so much ....?
@whiteenglishknight98616 ай бұрын
😂
@markgrehan37266 ай бұрын
Monty was such a P.R. disaster, he had very little grace about him.
@dusk61596 ай бұрын
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
@jayg14386 ай бұрын
- "and so, we took that personally'
@jeddkeech2597 ай бұрын
Another excellent production
@dennisfoulds39412 ай бұрын
You are the most interesting of all historical information I’ve heard. Keep up the great work. Thank you.
@saxoDK_16007 ай бұрын
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
@realtimehistory7 ай бұрын
we will continue with this concept. already started our 1940 coverage and there will be a full version once its done.
@saxoDK_16007 ай бұрын
@@realtimehistoryVery glad to hear! Thank you
@roykay47097 ай бұрын
Great presentation on an area generally lightly covered. Half way through and will continue tomorrow.
@Swellington_7 ай бұрын
lightly covered? Huh?
@andrewboyle73315 ай бұрын
Fantastic detailed description that really brings to life those who fought on both sides and the horrors they faced
@awol3547 ай бұрын
One of, if not THE, best documentaries I've ever seen. Excellent German too.
@aaronhayes75627 ай бұрын
Another great documentary! Thank you for all the hard work
@kingjezza12637 ай бұрын
I love how realistic Hoi4 lore can get
@SharkHustler6 ай бұрын
_'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.
@sydhendrix48536 ай бұрын
Fantastic video as usual! One of the best history channels on youtube.
@benhardgliocam68717 ай бұрын
One of the best documentary...great!!!!
@knave917 ай бұрын
Great video. Very informative.
@tomref40016 ай бұрын
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.
@DaveThompson-q8y16 күн бұрын
This video was so informative! I learned a lot and can't wait to see more content like this.
@lightwishatnight5 ай бұрын
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.
@colinlessard11166 ай бұрын
I don’t tend to comment on KZbin, but this video's quality made me this time around. Fantastic narration and content!
@pablopeter35647 ай бұрын
EXCELLENT. Very comprhensive description of the WW II. Thanks very much. Greetings from Mexico City.
@owen10797 ай бұрын
Your work is up there with Ken Burns & World at War (but MORE detailed.) Thank you Jesse et al👏
@stevesloan71326 ай бұрын
Outstanding documentary series. Great details on the campaigns. Thank you for sharing these.
@LucasMRBraga4 ай бұрын
Greatly enjoyed every minute of this documentary. Chapeau!
@classifiedsecret63834 ай бұрын
Top notch content, superbly presented. Thank you, Jesse. Cheers
@jonathanguitard9845 ай бұрын
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.
@julmye7 ай бұрын
Fantastic ! Kudos to the whole team !
@TaleOfTwoIdiots7 ай бұрын
Outstanding documentary. Thank you for sharing.
@ampthilluk7 ай бұрын
Superb documentary, thanks mate!
@chrisfetner3323 ай бұрын
Anyone claiming Italians as allies was at an immediate disadvantage.
@Timothythebrewer6 ай бұрын
Excellent! Information provided is the best I've seen. Well done!
@rakkassan218727 күн бұрын
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.
@edl19737 ай бұрын
Awesome! Could you do 44 and 45 too?
@realtimehistory7 ай бұрын
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-yv9cg6 ай бұрын
What happens in '44 & '45?
@bazzaah6 ай бұрын
Really great documentary! I’ve seen much worse than this on TV. Great effort and thanks!
@kohtalainenalias7 ай бұрын
Kiitos!
@Noodle_76077 ай бұрын
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😢
@PripyatTourist7 ай бұрын
Love the work! Y'all are legendary for the historian community!
@feylezofriza7 ай бұрын
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.
@realtimehistory7 ай бұрын
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.
@YourLifeWasting6 ай бұрын
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.
@alexandregiroux132 ай бұрын
Wow! First time I come across this channel - awesome video! New fan here 😂
@alexamerling797 ай бұрын
Great stuff Jesse!
@mjhsinclair6 ай бұрын
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.
@SNP-19995 ай бұрын
A truly excellent documentary, very well researched and presented- and the narrator's German is perfect, very seldom heard on English spoken channels.
@jessealexander26955 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@SNP-19995 ай бұрын
@@jessealexander2695 You're welcome, sir!
@andrewsoboeiro69797 ай бұрын
I'm really glad y'all made this series! But also... PLEASE may we have a crumb of new Napoleon content?!
@realtimehistory7 ай бұрын
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.
@andrewsoboeiro69797 ай бұрын
@@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!"
@1CounterTerrorist7 ай бұрын
Epic video thank you
@attila70927 ай бұрын
I wish you guys did a 3-4 hour doc on just Kursk
@Bugsygb13 ай бұрын
Always 100% spot on you guys
@XzotecMania2 ай бұрын
It’s remarkable how all sides built up all this equipment so fast
@user-FishermanRick5 ай бұрын
Great use of maps! 30 seconds in and I bookmarked your channel. Looking forward to a vid on Okinawa.
@pwoody94166 ай бұрын
Very interesting. My only gripe is that the documentary is a summary of the war rather than a real discussion of a turning point.
@jerrycoleman8827 ай бұрын
Never realized General Payton was 6' 1&1/2" tall, and President Eisenhower was 5'10" .
@jerrycoleman8827 ай бұрын
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.
@dumbledan40166 күн бұрын
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.
@onefastcyclist6 ай бұрын
Wonderfully concise account!
@brettcurtis57107 ай бұрын
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!"
@jeddkeech2596 ай бұрын
great doc as always
@welcometonebalia7 ай бұрын
Thank you.
@M-I-k-e1301Ай бұрын
Love this channel
@zainmudassir29643 ай бұрын
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
@tonyelberg78147 ай бұрын
really great doco, thanks
@TCK717 ай бұрын
Excellent video.
@RayBecker6 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@brentritchie61997 ай бұрын
Great quality in-depth doco thank you
@JFDA54583 ай бұрын
"Rommel has already dismissed American troops as Britain's Italians." OUCH
@techguy62417 ай бұрын
Is this new or just a compilation of previous videos?
@InPriceWeTrust7 ай бұрын
After watching the entire thing, I can say it’s a mix of both
@techguy62417 ай бұрын
@@InPriceWeTrust Ty 🙏
@realtimehistory7 ай бұрын
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
@tristanmcloughlin31657 ай бұрын
I was making a bad joke, sorry haha. It just got posted so I thought I’d respond
@techguy62417 ай бұрын
@@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.
@MisterOcclusion7 ай бұрын
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?
@carlosquatro-jm7sw6 ай бұрын
Nice video
@hlynnkeith93347 ай бұрын
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.
@realtimehistory7 ай бұрын
oh I know where they graft skin like that
@davidfinley40507 ай бұрын
Not forgotten thie well done ✅
@SNP-19995 ай бұрын
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.
@jamesdever88027 ай бұрын
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.
@loganjones57644 ай бұрын
Why was he ashamed
@owenowen2127 ай бұрын
5:09 "Britain's Italians" lol
@HistoryHaty7 ай бұрын
Hahaha
@bigwoody47047 ай бұрын
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
@tonyromano62207 ай бұрын
@@bigwoody4704really?
@bigwoody47047 ай бұрын
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
@dtsosie58366 ай бұрын
I thought that was a "cute" statement 😂
@logicsconscience6 ай бұрын
I enjoy your work
@Mrs.RobinWilliams7 ай бұрын
Excellent content!
@Croatian-Knight.7 ай бұрын
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-yv9cg6 ай бұрын
Nah, battle of Moscow, November '41
@RickB50SS6 ай бұрын
There was zero socialist or communist aspects in either Soviet or German regimes. Corpirate Fascism runs on bs propaganda like today,cevwn more.
@ZacharieGartner6 ай бұрын
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.
@warcrimeconnoisseur52386 ай бұрын
Why? America was still in the war and they couldve smashed them too
@alganhar15 ай бұрын
@@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....
@DominoEffect5727 ай бұрын
Amazing video. Idk if you’ve done this but could you touch on or make a video about sonderkommandos?
@realtimehistory7 ай бұрын
it's a tough topic to show because of KZbin's advertising guidelines. But we will see if we can
@thealphaN7 ай бұрын
you got a new subscriber
@doejohn68655 ай бұрын
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.
@dennisweidner2882 ай бұрын
It is true that the impact of strategic bombing on German industry was disappointing through 1943, but what was not disappointing is that as a result of the bombing and other operations in the West, the Germans devoted much of their industrial power to the War in the West, while the war was being decided in the Ostkrieg. The Germans also bought Luftwaffe squadrons back from the East where they were destroyed by Allied fighters (early 1944).
@kindlingkingАй бұрын
How did they devote much of their industrial power to the West when most of their forces and resources to supply them went to the East? Same goes for Air Force - most of it was actually destroyed in the East during decisive years, because germans aren't stupid to not bring in more forces when the start to lose to consolidate. But apparently according to western view Germans kept their planes in the West even when crutial battles in the East were happening?
@dennisweidner288Ай бұрын
@@kindlingking When you say how "how" you are cutting to the quick of why Germany lost the War. Sending your men East and the supplies and equipment West is a war losing proposition, but this is precisely what the Germans did. You have to understand that just because you commit your men in one campaign, does not mean that the supplies automatically follow. These are two separate decisions. There are some basic issues here. 1) The Deutsche Ostheer was the great bulk of the German military in terms of MANPOWER, but it was only 20 percent motorized. Hitler sent 80 percent of the Ostheer east on foot with horse drawn carts. You don't get that impression listening to TV documentaries because Goebbels loved tanks. His cameramen were under orders to photograph tanks and other equipment, not infantry plodding east on foot with horse-drawn carts. 2) Something like half of German military spending was devoted to the air war. And the Luftwaffe was badly damaged in the Battle of Britain. This may seem stange, but the same is true of America and Britain as well. It takes a lot of industry to equip air and naval units. It does not take much industry to build horse carts. And when you add in naval spending, you can see starkly how much of German INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT went west. 3) The Germany Army was destroyed in the East, but the Navy and Air Force was destroyed in the West. This is why you keep hearing historians saying 80 percent of German casualties were in the East. That is true, but the well equipped units requiring so much of German INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT were the Air Force and Naval units in the West. I have run the numbers on this. YT does not permit hot links, but you can see the numbers in my WW 2 website, Just google "German Industrial Effort: Concentration on the War in the West" and add "histclo". Also you are apparently under the mistaken impression that the Luftwaffe was destroyed in the East. The German Army was, but not the Luftwaffe and Navy. Again I have run the numbers. Just google "European Allied Strategic Bombing Campaign: Turning the Tide (1944)" and add "histclo". There you can see on which fronts the Luftwaffe lost aircraft, quarter by quarter as the war progressed. I agree that the Germans are not stupid, but this is just what occurred largely for three reasons: 1) They were so successful n 1939 and 40 that they thought they could not be beaten. Once they invaded the Soviet Union and did not knock the Red Army out in 1941, they were locked into a two-front war of attrition they could not win. 2)The Germany Army was not well motorized and thus required less INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT than the Air Force and Navy. This was not a decision they made, it was simply the nature of the three services. 3) Once the Allies began bombing Germany in eanrest (1942), the Germans were desperate to protect their cities where INDUSTRY was located. From that point on, huge quantities of artillery and ammunition went to building FLAK defenses rather than supporting the Ostheer.
@Coconutscott5 ай бұрын
The man is killing it with the German pronunciation.
@tcam88093 ай бұрын
2:59 Everyone knows Roosevelt cared more about giving the men more time to get ready than just a power play or talking big when he announced unconditional surrender.
@matthewskillo85777 ай бұрын
Much Thanks to; Alan Turing and those brilliant cryptographers at Bletchley Park for cracking the 'Enigma' code!