80th Anniversary of the end of the Siege of Leningrad

[@philbosworth3789]

You can always rely on Prit to deliver a great presentation; very informative yet easy to follow.

[@loreleikomm5802]

sorry to have been missing in action Captain Bosworth!

[@philbosworth3789]

@@loreleikomm5802 No problem RSM - At least you got to see it.

[@loreleikomm5802]

"There is fascism within us all" - I remember Prit sharing that quote a while back, can't be said too often. haunting, really. we all have a sin nature which much be overcome. impt reminder. Fantastic show

[@seanbrennan2478]

Fantastic presentation by Prit Buttar

[@robinswe1337]

Another great presentation. Come back soon Prit!

[@jimwalsh1958space]

Thank you WW2TV for a classic presentation by pritt buttar. so easy to listen to lovely calm voice no errs or umms smooth level and assured. a real pleasure to hear this great and charming man speak.

[@marks_sparks1]

40:50 one of the reasons Model (and Rommel) is able to get such leeway from Hitler is precisely due to being a non-Prussian and a member of the middle class. Hitler never felt comfortable in the presence of the gentrified general staff. Model & Rommel were relatable to his own southern Germanic origins of starting from scratch. So when Model proposed old wine in new bottles with the shield & sword strategy, it had a receptive audience straightaway. P.S. superb by Pritt once again

[@loreleikomm5802]

a true masterclass presentation by one of the nicest folks alive

[@1089maul]

Woody/Prit, FABULOUS presentation. Prints knowledge is incredible. I was hooked on his every word. Thanks to you both. Bob

[@1089maul]

Prits knowledge! Dam predictive messaging!

[@adambrooker5649]

Excellent video as per usual from Prit, well worth it

[@arabulbulian2315]

Prit is the man! Read all his books and look forward to more. He is in the same class as Glantz and Stahel.

[@bksfv6812]

I'm so sorry I missed this live. Great job, both Prit and Paul. I have learned so much important human history from both of you, and it's helped me become, in my opinion, a better person by being more informed by facts such as those presented here. Cheers to you both.

[@KevinJones-yh2jb]

As always a pleasure to hear Pritt, many thanks such a knowledgeable historian, a master class, thank you Pritt and Woody

[@loreleikomm5802]

totally agree!

[@gordy3714]

Top notch Woody, I do enjoy these Eastern Front series. 👍

[@meddy833]

I am disappointed I missed the LIVE feed. Great subject and a great historian to talk about it. Mr. Buttar is one of my favorites.

[@PurpleCat9794]

We missed you too. You don't want to miss Prit shows.

[@christopherridle7670]

Excellent presentation Prit!

[@jeffsherk7056]

what a great presentation. Thank you both gentlemen.

[@palerider4015]

First class presentation by Prit as usual. Could listen to him for another 2 hours. Thank you Paul for facilitating such great content.

[@WW2TV]

Our pleasure!

[@FlytheW11216]

Great presentation. I’m looking forward to reading his books.

[@deathmetaldrummer9368]

Favorite historian!! keep bringing him back for sure. Picked up 3 of his books since finding this channel. Much appreciated

[@mdog111]

Thanks!

[@jimwatts914]

Howdy there folks! Another masterful presentation by WW2TV All Star Dr Buttar. Outstanding talk on how the Red Army broke the 700-day siege of Leningrad. Thanks to all involved.

[@Key-v6l]

Excellent presentation!, Prit Buttar is first and foremost on everything Eastern Front Cheers

[@rich_john]

Great as always

[@evanderson92]

A thoroughly riveting lecture from Prit. This is top rate stuff, Woody.

[@yukikaze3436]

A fine presentation. I do have some info on the Soviet Baltic fleet. From Russian Soviet Battleships Stephen Mclaugin the Marat was later refloated and used as a floating battery. The 140mm guns were removed for use ashore. The 3 remaining 12 in turrets were put into operation and provided gunfire support for the rest of the siege. In May 1943 the ship went back to it's original name Petropavlovsk. The October Revolution had a few of it's 140mm guns for use ashore accounts differ as to how many. They were later put back after the siege. The cruisers Kirov and Maxim Gorky and destroyers also provided gunfire support during the siege. In the Soviet offensive against the Finns in the summer of 1944 the October Revolution, Kirov, Maxim Gorky, and some destroyers provided gunfire support for the RKKA. See Warship 2008 and 2009 for info on the destroyers and cruisers.

[@davidlavigne207]

Brilliant! My several questions are: Has Pritt ever done anything on the lecture circuit presenting his books? Does the UK have such a thing as CSPAN like we do in the States where authors make appearances talking up their books? Another question please: Has Pritt ever been a professor? I would certainly pay to be a part of any online lectures that he may do. I hope you may provide some answers Woody to these queries. I promise that I am setting aside funds to obtain his books as soon as possible. Loved it, and apologize for not making the live presentation. (Sigh)

[@WW2TV]

No Prit has never taught, he was a Doctor before becoming a historian, but he does pop up at book festivals

[@thcdreams654]

Definitely gonna check this after work. Always enjoy the Prit Buttar content. Thanks bro.

[@lazydog67]

Excellent presentation. Thank you for sharing.

[@tomcolvin8199]

Great channel on WW2 history.

[@WW2TV]

Thank you

[@jonathanmarsh5955]

Thanks once again to you both, Prit And Paul, for putting on this excellent and very informative presentation! I ran out of superlatives some time ago for Prit's work so just take them as read!😂

[@Jaggerbush]

Im from from the US. I was lucky to have been in st petes in 2017 on V Day for parades and fly overs and fireworks - it was pretty amazing.

[@Chiller11]

Repair of the femoral artery can be a tricky thing. It may require a graft using a length of vessel harvested from another area of your body. Complications are not unheard of and can be catastrophic, or in this case providential. Another fascinating presentation from Dr. Buttar.

[@jimplummer4879]

Watching the late version, sorry I missed the live one.

[@rsfaeges5298]

Props to Prit Buttar: first rate stuff.

[@timkohchi2048]

A masterful presentation thank you Prit ! The maps/graphics were basically useless tho sadly

[@therealuncleowen2588]

Possibly the first time something Stalin said that I agreed with, Operation Spark. I'm reminded of the recent talk about the potential Jelly Beach, and Churchill's edict that basically, operational codenames be cool, so that a British mother didn't have to learn that her son had died during Operation Shart, or some such awful name. Funny, but he was absolutely correct.

[@Thumpalumpacus]

Good lord, what a great presenatation.

[@therealuncleowen2588]

Every time I think about the seige of Leningrad, I'm always struck by my own ignorance of the Eastern Front during my youth. I knew something had happened in the USSR, but dismissed it as a side show to the real action of the Allied bombing efforts, D-Day, and the Western Front. How could any fighting of real importance have occurred when no Americans or British were involved? LOL. In fairness to my younger self, this was during the Cold War when knowledge of the fighting in the USSR was somewhat limited by lack of access to the archives. I'm not saying I know it all now, of course. For example, what exactly went on in China during WW2? A few skirmishes, surely not much more than that. My mom grew up during the war in the USA. She remembers they had no butter and that sugar was rationed. Not that she ever thought that was such a hardship. As a little girl, she had no inkling of the suffering in other parts of the world.

[@quartertwenty484]

Model reminds me of Colonel Klink.

[@JFB-Haninge]

😊😊😊😊😊👍👍👍👍👍

[@PalleRasmussen]

Good to see Pritt back. I was walking the ferret while you guys were live, so watching now. Horrible as The Siege of Leningrad was, I find it really hard to find pity in my soul for any Russians after the last two years. I am probably a bad person, but I spend hours every day following the debacle and war crimes in Ukraine.

[@WW2TV]

I see your point, but Putin's army I don't believe represents the whole country

[@PalleRasmussen]

@@WW2TV they represent a large majority. Those who chose silence are guilty as well, as per Niemøller. When the Ukrainians were upset with a corrupt autocrat, it led to The Revolution of Dignity. The Muscovites does not have it in them to do the same, and thus they are complicit. For the most part, there are 15- 20% who has tried, and the many that left in protest, but the majority... "First they came for, but..."

[@БПК-с6л]

Well that’s what happens when you swallow Western propaganda. I thought most people following this channel understood that there are two sides to every war & battle. Maybe if you learn Russian, visit Russia and read more widely. Then you will realise there is more to this war than you’re being told.

[@WW2TV]

What is definite right now is that the Russians and Putin are in the wrong

[@PalleRasmussen]

@@БПК-с6л no. Vranyo is Vranyo. Nor would I have wanted to hear the Nazi side in 1939. Funny that. No amount of Vranyo will work on someone with an actual degree in history, where you learn most of all to evaluate sources. Every Muscovite claim is Vranyo no matter what language it is served in. Every one has been picked apart and shown as such. Hence, if you believe them, it is because you want to invade your neighbours. Because we are on Paul's page, I will grant you the benefit of the doubt; present what justification you think there is for the Fascist invasion of Ukraine, for the looting, torturing, raping, killing, and other war crimes, and I shall use objective sources to prove each one wrong, and tear the veil of Vranyo from you eyes.

[@Caratacus1]

Awww wish I'd caught this live Prit is amazing. How on earth did the Soviets manage to ferry and then sustain an entire Shock Army into that Oranienbaum enclave. Also always wonder what role (if any) the Finns had in the siege of Leningrad. Even if it was just a distant blockade. I have a game I play with online Finnish ultra-fanatics by baiting them that their supermen Army was the only one to surrender twice in the war and its only achievement was to help to starve millions of innocent civilians to death in Leningrad. Yes I'm a bogger.

[@rsfaeges5298]

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[@БПК-с6л]

Regarding access to archives. These have been withdrawn due to the fact that since perestroika a lot of Western ‘historians’ have written many books that are full of inaccuracies and omissions. Hence the restrictions.

[@WW2TV]

Deflection! So absolutely not because Russia are more intent on conquering Europe

[@Chiller11]

I think he meant western historians have written many books “correcting inaccuracies and omissions.” Probably just a bot typo. (Sarcasm)

[@WW2TV]

maybe

[@dexterscott7824]

@@WW2TV Restricted access to Russian archives began long before the Ukraine War. There was a period of relative great openness in the 1990s and then things started becoming increasingly difficult after 2000.