Battle of Kursk 1943 - World War II DOCUMENTARY

After the defeat at Stalingrad (goo.gl/RvGTL8) and the loss of the 6th army, German Wehrmacht needed a decisive victory to get the initiative back and turn the tide of the World War II. The concentration of the Soviet troops around the Kursk salient offered that opportunity and Hitler ordered the operation Citadel with a goal of cutting the salient and surrounding the Red Army forces defending it. This would be one of the last German offensives on the Eastern Front and would culminate at the arguably biggest tank battle in history - Prokhorovka and Soviet counter-attacks during the operations Rumyantsev and Kutuzov.
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[@biggus333]

the battle of kursk was so good they made the battle of kursk 2

[@meilinchan7314]

Yes but it's a Ukrainian diversionary attack. If they hold Sudzha, they compromise Russia's presence further south, as well as block Russian gas deliveries to Europe. The Ukrainians took Sudzha and are digging in because they also want to force the Kremlin to redirect resources away from other parts of Ukraine to liberate the territory. All told I do not believe the Ukrainians will stay, most likely they want to hold the region for months to tie up Russian logistics and manpower; Putin cannot continue attacking unless he first liberates the oblast. Which raises the next question - what is Ukraine's next move? they won't be parking 3-4,000 soldiers in Russia for nothing.

[@peterflohr7827]

Amazingly, due to massive losses russia now uses towed artillery from 1943, the time of the first battle of Kursk!

[@stormytempest6521]

​@@peterflohr7827 How can you prove that?

[@ninzki143]

Not sure why Ukraine followed the Nazi German's footsteps, I guess they wanted to donate some human fertilizers to the people of Kursk. It's like the Urks bought a one-way ticket to hell to see their idol Hitler

[@jamviator]

You should have said "they made a sequel"

[@schmalettesm3264]

They fr dropped a part 2 after 81 years, kept us waiting a bit long

[@vasiliykolebanov845]

One of my great-granddads died at Kursk. My grandfather grew without a father to look up to, but heard stories from his uncles about his father in that battle. Thank you for the video!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Пусть земля ему будет пухом.

[@sagardhillon9270]

Respect to your martyred granddad's from india

[@kyriakospentheides]

Your granddad's sacrifice destroyed one of the worst regimes in history (the worst along with Angkar ''Khmer Rouge'' in Cambodia) so he has my respect.

[@doggerlander]

That's funny, my great grandad also died at kursk, but he was a German soldier.

[@Nairam10]

I am German and feel somewhat sorry for the losses of your grandfather. It´s your duty now to write those stories down... Maybe in this comment section?

[@justinadams7824]

well.. here we go again.

[@Velnio_Išpera]

yes, ukrainian soldiers liberated their homes from Germany back then, now ukrainians will liberate Kursk from russians.

[@ihavenousernamelol2]

@@Velnio_Išpera nazis invaded Kursk back then. nazis are invading Kursk now.

[@motherearth667]

@@ihavenousernamelol2 Indeed, the Nazi Russ are trying oppressing people of Kursk! Ukrainian freedom fighters are liberating them!! Slava Ukraine!! 🇺🇦

[@ntech1907]

The Ukrainians are not nazis, sorry

[@zajimDJW]

@@Velnio_Išpera украинцы убили людей которые жили в судже и говорили на их же языке

[@adamhbrennan]

“We need to strike immediately or use a more defensive strategy” Hitler: “How about neither?”

[@b4nterontilt]

Nothing would change the result of Kursk

[@Richard68434]

@@b4nterontilt attacking 2 months early before the 3-ring defenses were completely dug could made it much easier to breakthrough.

[@b4nterontilt]

@@Richard68434 Soviet defenses were weaker but Panzerwaffe as well. In march Germans had only 630 fully operating tanks. In July: 4000

[@atheistyoda8915]

@@Richard68434 Wouldn't change much. The German forces in the area would've been weaker without those extra 2 months. But in any case, they've already lost once Barbarossa failed so it was hopeless anyways. Best thing they could've done was to go on the defensive, preserve as much manpower/equipment/resource as possible and make the Soviets pay dearly for each attack. They'd still lose in the end regardless, though.

[@itsrasalhague]

Hitler: *Nein!*

[@banjiu10]

The scale of battles in WWII eastern front dwarfs all others in human history.

[@umaransari9765]

banjiu10 agree I mean over million soldiers how

[@Killzoneguy117]

The Soviets lost more people at the Battle of Stalingrad than the United States would lose throughout the entire war. Something like 3 times as many casualties at Stalingrad.

[@joepaul9855]

By end of 1941 Soviets lost more men than all American wars combined

[@TheEmperor0000]

The problem was that the Soviets had little training and that’s why so many die

[@W1se0ldg33zer]

Not really. The battle of the Somme in WW1 had around 4 million fighting all at once across a broad front. 485,000 British and French casualties and 630,000 German.

[@harald1990]

The fact that the tiny Normandy invasion gets all the glory, whilst this is something very few has ever heard about is fucking sad

[@Aski2]

@Imp Aug Jul Div Max British fought in North Africa in 1940 and 1941 when soviets were nazi friends yet.

[@Aski2]

@Imp Aug Jul Div Max It was much better than drink vodka with nazis, sign Ribbentrop Molotov pact and allow start the WW2!!

[@natalyaanikina4873]

​@@Aski2 What about the Munich agreement, bastard?

[@Aski2]

@Юрий Тойкичев You simply can not accept the truth. Ribbentrop Molotov or better say Hitler Stalin pact allow Germany start the WW2! Nazi Germany signed de facto friendship pact with Soviets. Even Stalin and soviet mas media called it as friendship act. Secret agreement to this pact alllow Germany attack Poland and Soviet agreed to attack Poland too! They both predicted next partitions of Poland between Nazi Germany and USSR! They agreed on new borderlines in Europe. Nazi agreed on Soviets occupations in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and push on Finland and Romania. These led to next Soviet aggressions and anexions of more lands in East Europe. Soviets also agreed to supply Germany with fuel, oil, iron,, metals, grain and other resources which helped Germany to wage predicted WAR! So, pact R-M was not simple non -aggression agreement as others. Any other non-aggressions agreements in Europe did not agree to attack on other countries and occupy them! So, do not llie about this Nazi Soviet friendship pact!

[@Aski2]

@Natalya Anikina Other crimes do not clear the charge of YOUR OWN CRIMES!

[@huntermad5668]

Something should be noted that the majority of the crew of those tank losses survive so manpower losses wasn't that severe. More importantly, Soviet held the battlefield afterward so they could recover tanks that could be repair while German tanks left there was total losses. This had seldomly happened before. Also, the number of losses shot up when Soviet overran the repair yards in the Offensives afterward.

[@sagardhillon9270]

What's the point it's one sided history these videos about Eastern front take German generals version of history who in their books don't provide primary source empirical evidence under us govt supervision nato west takes their word as official history of eastern front or great patriotic war. Also people never mention that vichi France italy Romania Hungary Austria CZECHOSLOVAKIA croats Galician s and Franco Spain Finland Baltic states Danes even Sweden provided men material and industries to German war effort . People don't count these and minimise German numbers and inflate Soviet numbers cold war propaganda had to do this to make Soviet look like untermansch subhuman who don't have feelings and are animals zombies they even repelled Japan in khalkan gol . Battle of Berlin had 300 thousand men from France alone . Also not mentioned is for most of the first two years German axis allies had greater manpower pool than than Soviets also Soviets are not just Russians they are Belarus Ukraine Georgia Armenia Azeri kaZakh tumen Cossacks etc . These numbers of men and material are one sided and highly suspect to say the least. Take the example of Czechoslovakia partition by Poland and Germany completely ignored along with British German pact and open pre war adulation by capitalists of west towards Hitler and constant threatening statements by statesmen and capitalists towards Bolsheviks but mentions with religious repitition Soviet German pact which gave back western Belarus's and ukrainian back to Soviets meanwhile Stalin was already transferring crucial industries towards Ural mountains to protect them during imminent invasion . Also members of einsatzgruppen death squads and Wehrmacht generals war criminals were given refuge status and jobs by British and Americans to wage cold war . Halder the chief of general staff of Wehrmacht who gave written directive to Wehrmacht that no-one should be treated as civilian in Eastern front later died peacefully in America with book published by American military also giving him highest civilian award to troll Russians and rub salt on the wounds of Soviet society and disrespecting their sacrifice of Soviet martyrs of more than 15 million civilians and 8 million soldiers

[@melchiorvonsternberg844]

The Sovjets didn't repair tanks very often. It was one- way material. Like their tank crews. And now you get, how they lose so many men...

[@melchiorvonsternberg844]

You get me wrong. On the march, they left the tanks mostly and give the job, to the third line troops. About the german tanks: Of course the were repaired, if it was possible. Very often, they were send back to the Reich and get upgrades. And what is this bullshit, about they were unable to repair their own tanks. German engineers and mechanics are allways in the top of the world. What for a kind of nonsense, do you wanna me convince of?

[@melchiorvonsternberg844]

Yep! It was about 600.000 Reichsmark. In comparison to a Panzer III, it was more than 5 times expensive. And nearly 7 times more, than a Stug III. But in this case, it isn't a question of the money. They enemies had such a favor in raw materials, that make it senseless, to fight them with a shear mass. The idea of the tiger was to fight the enemy first. And if they close enough to repeat, shock them with your heavy armor. This works very well, with enough support by Panzer IV- H and/ or Stug III- G. Btw. Did you know, how many enemy tanks were killed by the assault guns? 30.000... Only by the assault guns!

[@gx.t4918]

@@melchiorvonsternberg844 yet in every rational ww2 tank video the guy would tell u that the tigers were a total waste of resources...for one instance the tigers were useless in operations because the soviets basically look for breakthrough on a wide front instead of the narrow front theories of the German, so the frontline coverage from these scarce tigers or ferdinands or w/e fancy things are hopelessly small. It is exactly what the soviet doctrine want their enemy to do, build a very awesome machine that can stand its ground while watch the frontline being breached and the rear rampaged by deep battle operations. The soviets dont care how much is lost in the initial breakthrough, the enemy is gonna lose way more if they got the momentum started anyways, and tigers are jst the perfect tool to not stop that momentum.

[@davidca96]

The Eastern Front was by far the most brutal/violent/large scale battles of the entire War. There are still thousands of Soviet soldiers out on the battlefield, where they fell still holding their rifles and being dug up and given proper burial to this day. That shows how bad it really was.

[@TheEvertw]

They are still digging up soldiers from WW1 in Flander's Fields. Last week an Englishman was identified who had been found on the battlefields surrounding Arnhem.

[@ElBandito]

Those Tiger tanks are basically mini-bosses by themselves.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Yep, at that point, they were very difficult to kill.

[@JohnJohnson-wh9md]

All the time each countries Tanks regiments were not far away from each other. Long battles are very confusing, same anti-tank gun can be in soviet hands, then fall into germans and back. What gived Germand advantage was new Tiger tanks. Before russians hadn't encoutered them. These tanks had longer range than previous ones. That means they can shoot first. Cause soviets couldn't see german tanks, but predict from their shots were they were. All their shots back were far away from reaching tigers. In the battle of air North side was always contested, that means Germans didn't had air supiority, in the South After couples of days Germans had air supiority, thats were most of russian tank losses come. Just cause russians had 2 mln. troops doesn't mean they were all active on front. Germans quickly used all their remaining reinforcements in first days. During offensive stages they probably had more troops in engangement front than russians ones. The whole engagement probably took more than 2 months. Soviet counter-offense went north of kursk , it would had been easier to push germans in south, because of terrain. But pushing south doesn't give soviets strategic front advantages. While pushing north(which soviets did), gived them 2 options for next offense going south for romania oil or middle to cut german front in two pieces.

[@TheMAXIFOD]

4 tigers taking on an entire 4 soviet brigades, and the soviets actually consider it a win when they only lose 50 tanks when pushing them back... must have been a nightmare

[@v44n7]

@@TheMAXIFOD lol why you went from 0 to 100 in the agressionmeter? LOL

[@TheMAXIFOD]

​@@v44n7 dude the balls on a commie going around calling random people Wehraboos because they state what actually happened. It's like being called a racist for saying it was impressive what the brits did at Rorke's drift. In addition to that he just makes shit up, like loosing 80 tigers to 200 t-34s, which is also kinda of funny hearing a communist arguing that the financial loss in an engagement is more important than the manpower loss - very capitalist mindset.

[@BuggzZ1823]

you'll be doing the second battle of kursk soon lol

[@JaLiberal]

Those 4 Tiger I tanks that protected the flank at Prokochorvka. Imagine wave after wave after wave of tanks from 2 Soviet brigades coming after you.

[@benedictodunsky2790]

Imagine the crews couldn't sleep for days Imagine that loader's had to keep loading With only like 30-45 mins rest The gunner's that need to keep his eyes sharp through the time Man...

[@davideric8250]

Russians could damage them on sides and on top.. not front

[@genekelly8467]

@@benedictodunsky2790 they were well supplied with methamphetamine tablets-stayed awake for days.

[@deg6788]

@@genekelly8467 pervitin... And also they had Injections with 90%meth and 10%morphine

[@annieroseloquinario2044]

@@benedictodunsky2790 they use meth to stay awake.

[@ProfessionalBelkan]

that aged really well

[@KingsandGenerals]

What

[@Velnio_Išpera]

@@KingsandGenerals what

[@ProfessionalBelkan]

@@Velnio_Išpera what

[@IG7799-c4u]

@@ProfessionalBelkanwhat

[@Failure_studios29090]

​@@IG7799-c4uwhat

[@Skiskiski]

The reasons the Soviets won was good confirmed intelligence. It allowed them to prepare defenses in depth. The Germans could outflank a position, but the second they outflanked, they would find themselves in front of another defensive position time after time.

[@AdamSmith-gs2dv]

Also better supply lines, Germany was running very low on resources once they reached Stalingrad

[@deg6788]

They (allies) had a spie in the German high command... They knew when and how the attack took place... Days before the attack...

[@peterlustig6888]

The chief of the german intelligence service was in the resistance

[@simplicius11]

"The reasons the Soviets won was good confirmed intelligence." Well, that intelligence was not coming from the British government, *but from the Soviet spies, the Oxford five in particular.*

[@angelamagnus6615]

Anti tank mines are cheap and easy to mass produce. They can be deployed easily to stop massed tank attacks,

[@keybuckley]

Tanks a million

[@KingsandGenerals]

:-)

[@benyamaha4426]

Wat?

[@benyamaha4426]

@@KingsandGenerals :D

[@minehffd2651]

@StopDrinkingClub Part of the joke, battle of Kursk was a tank battle.

[@rconley95]

@KingsandGenerals Can't wait for the sequel 2nd Battle of Kursk video in a few months!

[@jamestang1227]

This is it, Germany can't achieve victory in their main summer offensive. Really shows that the war will be lost at this point.

[@mitanni0]

Concensus among most historians is that Germany lost in December 1941. They had an early advantage due to preparedness (gearing up 4 war be4 the others). Germany lacked resources and manpower. The real showstopper was oil. A german victory at Citadel wouldn't have made much of a difference; except prolonging the war.

[@IsmailRosli]

mitanni0 Yeap, resources and logistics were their main weaknesses. Wasteful and inefficient procurement of armaments, tanks and planes. Over-engineering leading to even more wastage of materials.

[@sagardhillon9270]

Van Hendrix correction All these videos about Eastern front take German generals version of history who in their books don't provide primary source empirical evidence under us govt supervision nato west takes their word as official history of eastern front or great patriotic war. Also people never mention that vichi France italy Romania Hungary Austria CZECHOSLOVAKIA croats Galician s and Franco Spain Finland Baltic states Danes even Sweden provided men material and industries to German war effort . People don't count these and minimise German numbers and inflate Soviet numbers cold war propaganda had to do this to make Soviet look like untermansch subhuman who don't have feelings and are animals zombies they even repelled Japan in khalkan gol . Battle of Berlin had 300 thousand men from France alone . Also not mentioned is for most of the first two years German axis allies had greater manpower pool than than Soviets also Soviets are not just Russians they are Belarus Ukraine Georgia Armenia Azeri kaZakh tumen Cossacks etc . These numbers of men and material are one sided and highly suspect to say the least. Take the example of Czechoslovakia partition by Poland and Germany completely ignored along with British German pact and open adulation by capitalists of west towards Hitler and constant threatening statements by statesmen and capitalists towards Bolsheviks but mentions with religious repitition Soviet German pact which gave back western Belarus's and ukrainian back to Soviets meanwhile Stalin was already transferring crucial industries towards Ural mountains to protect them during imminent invasion . Also members of einsatzgruppen death squads and Wehrmacht generals war criminals were given refuge status and jobs by British and Americans to wage cold war . Halder the chief of general staff of Wehrmacht who gave written directive to Wehrmacht that no-one should be treated as civilian in Eastern front later died peacefully in America with book published by American military also giving him highest civilian award to troll Russians and rub salt on the wounds of Soviet society and disrespecting their sacrifice of Soviet martyrs of more than 15 million civilians and 8 million soldiers

[@lewistaylor2858]

the failure to give replacements to army group B in operation fall blau and stripping 9 divisions from the southern front when it was the main focus in 1942 was the biggest mistake, Stalingrad should have been an easy capture but 6th army received nowhere near enough replacements when they were available and as such ran a deficit of 50,000 men this would have won the battle and then the 6th army and 4th panzer army would be able to swing south and complete the operation for the caucasus oilfields. This would have changed the war as these two extra armies would have enabled the Germans to destroy the entire southern wing of the red army

[@alexsamu3478]

Without sendind forces to italy and western front wermacht would win this fight and the others..... i guarantee u

[@kamilszadkowski8864]

Nice video to pump yourself up before watching Mundial. But in all seriousness though, I can't imagine how you much work it takes to take such big operations and squeeze all of the information about them into such relatively short video.

[@KingsandGenerals]

It is a chore. :-)

[@heinrichrahm1531]

Kamil Szadkowski poland - columbia lmao

[@kamilszadkowski8864]

Don't... even... fucking... mention... it...

[@kamilszadkowski8864]

+Kev Zebyś wiedział... dalej pozbierać się nie mogę

[@rezkez5334]

Nie zgadzam się Panowie - mimo wszystko z awansu cieszyć się można i trzeba. A że wkońcu znalazł się ktoś kto gra pod każdym wzgledem lepiej no cóż. Nie mamy drużyny z najwyższej półki więc prędzej czy później byśmy od kogoś dostali łomot i odpadli. Bardziej szkoda że przegraliśmy z Senegalem. Bo tam gdyby troche szczęście dopisało to mogło by się udać.

[@ryandoubleu.]

There is a pretty big issue when reporting tank “loses” on the German side that I wish history content creators would mention, though tragically very few ever do. The Germans never reported on how many tanks they lost at the end of battles like other armies. What they did report was how many operational tanks they had at the end of each day. That may not seem like a big deal but there are a lot of variables that can skew those “tank loses” people love to site. If the allies knocked out 50 tanks in a battle, but by the end of the day the Germans were able to repair 20 of those tanks to operational status by the end of the day AND possibly be resupplied 10 additional tanks as well then they would only report having 20 less tanks at the end of that day, even though 50 were knocked out in battle and historians announce only 20 tanks were lost. When historians fail to mention this and how the numbers being presented are calculated it leaves their audience with a false sense of damage inflicted by the allies against the Germans. I love battlefield videos like these and this is really well done, but I personally feel that audiences should be more aware of the system for figuring out loses and hope more people are made aware of the issues in reporting them. When I first heard about the German way of “reporting loses” I was fascinated. I encourage anyone actually reading this far into my comment to check out battle breakdowns by “TIK” who’s videos are crammed full of information and who is one of the very few I found that explain how others come up with German tank “loses” for battles.

[@jaredkutney7075]

Ic ive found a fellow tik viewer! yeah im pretty sceptical about the 50 soviet tanks killed by planes claim (7:50) im pretty sure the Soviets lost only a few tanks or none at all in that instance. Air power really only had a morale and disruption effect on tank columns without knocking out many tanks due to the inherent inaccuracy of dumb ammunition.

[@Heritor7]

Underrated comment, thank you. I was looking in the comments for something like this.

[@waszkreslem9306]

@@jaredkutney7075 planes efficiency as an antitank weapon is miniscule.

[@chipschannel9494]

Recovered and repaired tanks were possible only if they held the field of battle at the end of the day

[@solomon2439]

At the end of the battle, the Soviets reach the German rail heads. Apart from the rolling stock, they capture hundreds of Knocked out German tanks. These were waiting to be transported back to Germany. These are not recorded as losses by the German army. Similar are the Ukrainians [hiwi's] attached at Corp level in the German army, these helpers are said to have run off during the battle, when in fact they were drafted into the combat units to replace losses. Again, the Division ration strength does not change, so the losses to grenadiers and infantry looks lighter than it actually was. There were thousands of Hiwi's attached to the German Corps at Kursk.

[@Gaming4871]

IN THE SOVIET UNION SUMMER 1943 TANKS LINE UP IN THOUSANDS AS FAR AS EYE CAN SEE

[@rayswann7618]

THEY WILL HAVE WAIT A MIN IM GOING FOR A WEE

[@MARKCRASTO]

@@rayswann7618 Sabaton! Panzerkampf!

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

The amount of stress the Soviet commanders have to cope and endure is amazing. People who watch Military History Visualised knows what I am saying.

[@aegystierone8505]

It's almost like they were numbed to their own losses.

[@jacobcook8740]

Russians had space and weather mud and bad winter's factors Hitler did not account for and the sure heart and doggeness off the Russian army if the Germans were able to concentrate on the east front put all troops Russia would be soundly beaten air power would have destroyed the red army

[@silverwolf6866]

@@jacobcook8740 You realize he rushed to attack the soviet union because they were industrializing the country at a rapid pace. If he waited for their military industrial power to come fully up he would not be able to touch them. That is why he broke the agreement and attacked to get the element of surprise. Germany's entire army would have stood no chance at all if the war started several years after it did.

[@stealmysunshine]

I visited Leningrad in 1991. When you realise than 900,000 people died in one city you are just overcome by their sacrifice. In other words one single city had as many deaths in 900 days as the whole British empire in 6 years. I saw one single cemetary with 30,000 dead from the siege in alone

[@jellyorwhat3343]

@@poki580 Sure man, Kriegsmarine fought the battle of the Atlantic with 10% of its forces, 10% of Luftwaffe fought off Anglo-American bomber fleets and only 10% of Army was required to keep the entire continent occupied and fight in North Africa or Italy, because 90% have been in the East.

[@gerrystreet1745]

Quantity has a quality all its own

[@jamestang1227]

Stalin quote?

[@KingsandGenerals]

I think it is now debated if he really said that, but yeah, it is usually attributed to him. :-)

[@sagardhillon9270]

Also All these videos about Eastern front take German generals version of history who in their books don't provide primary source empirical evidence under us govt supervision nato west takes their word as official history of eastern front or great patriotic war. Also people never mention that vichi France italy Romania Hungary Austria CZECHOSLOVAKIA croats Galician s and Franco Spain Finland Baltic states Danes even Sweden provided men material and industries to German war effort . People don't count these and minimise German numbers and inflate Soviet numbers cold war propaganda had to do this to make Soviet look like untermansch subhuman who don't have feelings and are animals zombies they even repelled Japan in khalkan gol . Battle of Berlin had 300 thousand men from France alone . Also not mentioned is for most of the first two years German axis allies had greater manpower pool than than Soviets also Soviets are not just Russians they are Belarus Ukraine Georgia Armenia Azeri kaZakh tumen Cossacks etc

[@sagardhillon9270]

Gerry Street also you have to remember correction All these videos about Eastern front take German generals version of history who in their books don't provide primary source empirical evidence under us govt supervision nato west takes their word as official history of eastern front or great patriotic war. Also people never mention that vichi France italy Romania Hungary Austria CZECHOSLOVAKIA croats Galician s and Franco Spain Finland Baltic states Danes even Sweden provided men material and industries to German war effort . People don't count these and minimise German numbers and inflate Soviet numbers cold war propaganda had to do this to make Soviet look like untermansch subhuman who don't have feelings and are animals zombies they even repelled Japan in khalkan gol . Battle of Berlin had 300 thousand men from France alone . Also not mentioned is for most of the first two years German axis allies had greater manpower pool than than Soviets also Soviets are not just Russians they are Belarus Ukraine Georgia Armenia Azeri kaZakh tumen Cossacks etc . These numbers of men and material are one sided and highly suspect to say the least. Take the example of Czechoslovakia partition by Poland and Germany completely ignored along with British German pact and open adulation by capitalists of west towards Hitler and constant threatening statements by statesmen and capitalists towards Bolsheviks but mentions with religious repitition Soviet German pact which gave back western Belarus's and ukrainian back to Soviets meanwhile Stalin was already transferring crucial industries towards Ural mountains to protect them during imminent invasion . Also members of einsatzgruppen death squads and Wehrmacht generals war criminals were given refuge status and jobs by British and Americans to wage cold war . Halder the chief of general staff of Wehrmacht who gave written directive to Wehrmacht that no-one should be treated as civilian in Eastern front later died peacefully in America with book published by American military also giving him highest civilian award to troll Russians and rub salt on the wounds of Soviet society and disrespecting their sacrifice of Soviet martyrs of more than 15 million civilians and 8 million soldiers

[@Rain-Man]

Nice profile pic buddy

[@austinxolin666]

When he said "The noose is getting tighter" it gave me shivers down my spine. Those poor men being thrown into a meat grinder.

[@I0MSammy]

The best part about this video is it really underlines the bravery of both sides; the perseverance of the Russians to continue to fight whilst taking heavy losses. The bravery and experience of the Wehrmacht; to inflict VERY heavy casualties with a much smaller force, continuing to hold and fight on despite being heavily outnumbered. It really highlights the respect that both of these armies deserve. Ohh and of course, thank you very much for the Video!

[@jillghjgkfdl2418]

@@KingsandGenerals So Kings and Generals, does that mean that you support and deny the atrociousness of the British, French, Dutch, Belgian, American, etc. empires of WWII? Is it ONLY the Nazis and Soviets who were bad in your eyes, while the allies were shimmering heroes here to "save" the world, as most seem to believe - a world that these very "heroes" decimated and oppressed through their imperialist and religious policies for, in some cases, hundreds of years? The Nazis were the primary force in which ended this worldwide oppression of hundreds of millions of people, while the Soviet ideology was based on a fundamental belief that these policies of oppression - religion, capitalism, and imperialism - were things that needed to be destroyed. Attempt to run any nation that is surrounded by or at the least opposed by hostile empires (or former, post-WW2) and you yourself would end up with a hardcore security state.

[@ludovicpirolley5540]

@@KingsandGenerals I really appreciate that attempt at being neutral and apolotic about all those battles, strategists, kings, generals and soldiers from all around the world throughout history.On the battlefield, there is neither good nor evil but either life or death and defeat or victory. I also agree that bravery, skills, victory are not necessary a proof of chivalry, fairness, humanity, justice and morality.

[@silverwolf6866]

@@mattkierkegaard9403 Donkey's like Matt is the reason foolish tyrants continuously come to Russia when they are ready to die. The result is always the same but they keep thinking it will be different and that they are just 'hordes'. Thank you come again.

[@jkhynes99]

@@mattkierkegaard9403 to say the Russians were not brave negates you from any serious conversation

[@Saguser-jl7dr7wy9t]

@@mattkierkegaard9403 so my mother's uncle was a person from "enslaved horde"? What a nonsense! He is the person who willingly attended the War with a lot of other people who were enslaved ahaha, including Russians who "aren't" brave as you claim beated the trash out of the self-claimed highest race. Remember this fact each time you think about such rubbish.

[@skykid]

The production and graphics you used in this video are staggering, this channel has some great talent, and put a lot of effort into your videos, you deserve a lot of funding.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you very much! :-)

[@FlashPointHx]

Amazing job! You portrayed the largest tank battle in history nicely. It was a stupid move for the Germans to attack this - doomed to failure from the start.

[@KingsandGenerals]

That debate will probably continue ad infinitum :-) I don't think there were any good moves left.

[@jeremiahduran7238]

Flash Point History they won the battle but lost the war ultimately.

[@MuppetLord1]

If the soviets had not been tipped off about the plan far in advance the Germans could have won and encirceled the army, would not have won them the war ofc as they had already lost way to much materiel and manpower.

[@burnsboysaresoldiers]

Flash Point History I know right? The Germans should have advanced and then dig in for the defense and waited for the soviet to go on the offensive. Basically would have been the battle in reverse. But hey we should be glad they lost

[@alysondonizeti2633]

Two channels i love S2.

[@Ray19888]

This channel has the best graphics I've seen. And the amount of information you put into these videos that last anywhere from 12 to 17 minutes is absolutely outstanding. Hats off to all of you who are built this channel. Thank you for your hard work. Keep it up. And one more thing those 30 individuals who disliked your video. They are from rival channels they mean nothing to the greatness of King of the generals.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you for watching!

[@MojoMan49]

Thanks for a great documentary on this battle. The size and scope of armor and men thrown into this conflict is stunning. The Russian death toll alone at Kursk was greater than the entire allied forces committed to Normandy on D-Day

[@ayouthinasia4105]

When the fight devolves into a battle of attrition, quantity becomes a quality in and of itself.

[@bp4187]

yes. a point made frequently by Russian leadership

[@freeman9738]

That's not correct. The rate of suffering losses in batteles becomes the crucial thing, in other words, the ratio of losses to the initial forces. The greater that rate or ratio is, the more likely you're gonna lose the battle/war.

[@AYVYN]

That isn't true. Ukraine is a counter-example. Zhukov was a master of combined-arms, had a chess like understanding of the battlefield, and his philosophy was altruism; not nihilism.

[@150zishankhan4]

Switzerland eating popcorn since 1815

[@billsmates9463]

The cabal doesn't shit where it eats

[@mikepravica2140]

And storing gold for the fascist "elites" since then as well.

[@user-be9rq5re2l]

@@mikepravica2140 well i think they dont have a choice

[@supertranger0534]

Battle of Kursk 2: The Electric Boogaloo

[@applepretz5368]

Super Kursk Fighter 2 Turbo: Ukrainian Championship Edition

[@kmz8475]

This channel is honestly a blessing

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks for the praise!

[@bandit5272]

Can I just say how much I appreciate that this documentary doesn't replay stock WWII footage like most docs? Thanks.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Sure, we are always happy to hear the feedback. Some things are hard to show without the archive footage, but we try to keep it minimal.

[@therichyalf]

well done, an excellent summary of the most intense tank battle of all time.

[@Artyomi]

We’re so back boys

[@veaceslavcretu751]

my grandfather fought in the Red Army and I am proud of it, he reached the Oder River where he was seriously injured and sent to the hospital, I am proud of my grandfather!!!

[@petergriffin7812]

shut up

[@jacksapps195]

@@petergriffin7812 why are you saying shut up

[@captainlag3537]

You never dissapoint to make awesome informative documentaries. Great work!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Glad to hear that!

[@RuskiVodkaaaa]

whoever made the graphics for this video deserves a massive fucking raise this is insane production quality

[@neilritson7445]

can you omit the swearing please?

[@ganknujnal]

Your documentaries are so clear and concise; superb presentation too!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks for watching!

[@95I32RegionClan]

Love the russian/german campaign! finally something else than the other allies campaign that you hear over and over again.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Well, allied campaigns are also interesting, but Eastern Front is often forgotten, that is right.

[@davideric8250]

IN USA we all think it was only the Americans lol But the reality was it was the Russians who won against the NAZIS

[@saigon68foxtrot83]

So now, thanks to the Russians, the world is learning the truth on who actually won the war. WW2 in America and in the west will never be the same.

[@IamScoHo]

@@saigon68foxtrot83 Russia, thanks for the help island hopping Japan. And defeating the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain. And destroying the u-boats attacking the supply trains to your country. And for beating Germany's industry into submission with costly air raids. Yep, your might of numbers were significant in rolling back an exhausted army deep in your own territory. Thank you.

[@tedodor1]

@@IamScoHo I'll tell you one fact: more German troops died in Stalingrad than were in Africa in the entire campaign. But someone had to fight the Germans face to face, someone who had balls.

[@Andreych95]

IN TO THE MOTHERLAND, THE GERMAN ARMY MARCHED

[@liberighty6980]

My hear: "Ohh shit, here we go again..."

[@Zechariah_Mathieson1871]

Germany =The Farther land

[@antionygrilmady9044]

Sabaton

[@heckleypanes4988]

Comrades fought side by side to stop the nzi charge

[@tdoggo7614]

Of course they marched all the way back to Berlin where they surrendered in defeat.....you forgot that part.

[@lukezuzga6460]

This was awesome, just what I was waiting for and I can't wait for the next one! Devin was on as usual and your attention to detail is note worthy!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you very much! :-) The next video should be very interesting. :-)

[@lukezuzga6460]

Kings and Generals Can't wait to find out what it is, WWll offered so many hard fought battles in both theaters. I'm sure I will be glued to my screen!! Thanks guys.

[@NickAndriadze]

I must say, ''despite heavy losses'' might be the most _Soviet Union in WWII_ sentence of all time. No matter how much MORE the USSR lost in these insane grand battles, the Germans that lost much less would still be at a disadvantage. Really speaks for itself just how true Stalin's ''Quantity is a quality all on its own'' quote was.

[@LiterallyMe2022]

There is a sequel now, updates pls

[@umerawan2834]

These guys never fail to amaze you. This is an art people, their creativity and commitment to history is quite inspiring and worthy of every praise it can receive. SUPPORT THEM !

[@KingsandGenerals]

Yes, do support us. :-) Thanks!

[@rr.2194]

Great research. Keep it up!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Will do, thanks!

[@ingaz6565]

In a conversation with Hitler on 14 May 1943, Heinz Guderian pointed out the futility of the operation, asking, "My Führer, why do you want to attack in the East at all this year?" Hitler responded, "You are quite right. Whenever I think of this attack my stomach turns over." Guderian concluded, "In that case your reaction to the problem is the correct one. Leave it alone." When General Wilhelm Keitel, the head of the OKW, explained the political importance of the offensive, Guderian remarked, "How many people do you think even know where Kursk is? It's a matter of profound indifference to the world whether we hold Kursk or not." They should have listened to the father of blitzkrieg. Thankfully, they didn't.

[@Edax_Royeaux]

Fascists don't think rationally. Imagine seeing the world through the lens of the movie 300. The Nazis thought they were Spartans, the ubermensch fighting the sub-human Persians (Russians). Of course the Nazis would attack, no matter the size of the enemy army. To leave the Russian campaign unfinished would be for the Nazis to admit the failure of their own propaganda.

[@dbros2656]

The war was lost after Stalingrad

[@TheDirtysouthfan]

@@Edax_Royeaux To be fair to the Germans, in WWI they had actually defeated Russia and annexed Eastern Europe. Hitler probably thought he could do the same thing and that Russia would just tear itself apart again under the might of the Nazi's. They should've focused on making their intelligence better, German Intelligence was notoriously awful that when the Americans allowed the Nazi spies in Eastern Europe to remain but work for them, they got nothing useful out of it. That way they could've tried to promote internal conflicts. Of course, Stalin had already been busy nipping at the bud any possible threat to his rule through shit like Holodomor, executions or forced deportations, so this would've been very difficult.

[@Edax_Royeaux]

@@TheDirtysouthfan Germany had defeated Russia through espionage by using Lenin to overthrow the Russian Empire. Through force of arms, Russia was kicking Germany's ass. And even though the plan to get Lenin in power succeeded, this also bit the Germans in the ass because now they had a huge Communist threat next door to them for the coming decades.

[@SantomPh]

@@Edax_Royeaux they wanted to force Stalin into surrender and take Moscow quickly. They got bogged down in Leningrad and Stalingrad which managed to withstand offensive after offensive, soaking up resources the Nazis really needed. If anything the Nazis were the Persians, stopped at Thermoplayae and Artemesium, gaining a win over Athens at last but ultimately losing at Salamis and then later Platea. They ultimately lost it all to Alexander the Great, a foreigner who imposed his culture on his new kingdom,like how the USSR occupied eastern Germany and Berlin.

[@JohnnyLai]

Russia gathering all their t34 and the remaining t54 t72 aim against NATO armor.

[@sebastiaosilva886]

Really good video! Would love to see an episode covering the Third Battle of Kharkov, where Manstein held the Soviet advance after the victory at Stalingrad

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you! Will consider!

[@francesco487]

This channel is just a masterpiece.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you!

[@JonatasMonte]

Everybody talks about Stalingrad but this battle was decisive and although some will say otherwise it was indeed a turning point.

[@KingsandGenerals]

I tend to agree. The tanks were the main strength of the German army, losing them broke them.

[@asasas9146]

Its said that the lost at Stalingrad made that the Germans lost their last opportunity to take the Caucasus, the only decent source of oil in Europe. Without this (and the lost at North Africa) the army must keep minimal motorized units, and the Lufftwaffe was nearly abandoned since it consumed so much, and then everything goes on a downfall... Germany's oil factories were also being targeted, so even fewer resources for them. On the other side the allies had nearly infinite amount of oil, so they could build and maneuver with their tanks, and had trucks to bring supplies and everything. Winning at Kursk would only delay the inevitable, since the Soviets could just fall back and continuer mass producing and bombarding his cities, but at Stalingrad they still had a chance to win the war.

[@messdpmessdp2192]

It's interesting and probably quite meaningful to look at ww2 in the context of the German Blitz as a seasonal thing. Every summer they made massive gains. Poland in 1939, France and low countries in 1940. Barbarossa in 1941. Ukraine/Caucasus in 1942. The tide was turning overall, but stopping the Blitz in the summer would still be something completely new. 1943 was Kursk, but finally at a massive soviet cost, the German Blitz was stopped, and the rest of the war was little more than formalities.

[@ericconnor8251]

Good point, although you could also add the Balkans campaign of 1941 where the Third Reich (following Mussolini’s Italian failures) invaded and occupied Yugoslavia, Albania, and Greece for the Axis Powers, with the first great paratrooper landing in history on Crete. It’s incredible to think this happened the same year as the push for Leningrad and Moscow in Operation Barbarossa, as well as the British led Operation Crusader in the North Africa campaign to cross the Axis powers’ line of control along the Egyptian border to relieve the siege of Tobruk in Libya.

[@tomassmolen9443]

Kursk was draw and Stalingrad defeat of Romanians and Hungarians, check operation Mars with German victory over Soviet@@ericconnor8251

[@ryanabercrombie7966]

This is certainly one of the most decisive battles of World War II and im glad to see it on this channel. Well done Kings and Generals for yet again great animations and being able to explain such a key event in a relatively short time. This series is going great!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you very much! :-)

[@cuchuoi12]

It was huge but not decisive. The German was already on the back foot before Operation Citadel. They just had to attack for the sake of attacking without much hope. Thus that is why it was the last offensive the German made on Soviet Union soil.

[@cuchuoi12]

the most decisive battle in the eastern front is the battle of Stalingrad imo

[@ryanabercrombie7966]

@@cuchuoi12 Stalingard put the Germans on the back foot to be sure, but it was only Operation Bagration that liquidated their ability to hold onto Russian soil

[@fegelerwinchannel1471]

Ah shit here we go again

[@Matt-xc6sp]

All you you to do was follow the damn panzer, Carl Jonsonovich

[@EngGear]

I haven't imagined that this battle is so much huge. It was like a hell on Earth.

[@S0ulinth3machin3]

Kursk and Stalingrad were the most important battles in Europe in WW2. By far.

[@thunderbird1921]

3 MILLION overall troops on this particular battlefield, and HALF A MILLION dead when it was over. The Soviets won these battles at one of the heaviest costs of any nation in history, it's no wonder Russia has population issues to this very day, they were often phyrric victories in some ways. There's a reason a grim saying goes "World War II was won by British intelligence, American steel and Russian blood".

[@you_dare_to_gaze_upon_me]

Surely this won't happen again!😁

[@collintrytsman3353]

nice overview understandably simplified to fit it into a short video well done

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you!

[@jcvideo1001]

Waited so long for this video! I'm super thrilled!!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Hope, you enjoyed it. :-)

[@murraykriner9425]

The battles of Kursk and Stalingrad together had amounted to some of the bloodiest battles of the entire war, it no wonder the Soviet Forces were so adamant and brutal in their destruction of the Weirmacht, and the SS during their push to Berlin. The Soviet's deeply drank from a cup filled with it's nation blood, after its reclamation of it's Southern borders, and the final actions in the war. I have much respect for the Soviet Army and its Commander's for all they endured in some of the most brutal warfare that ever took place in all of the European Theatre of Operations.

[@jimmychiang4495]

oops, situation reversed, lets see who play the bad guy this time

[@AdamNoizer]

Glad your doing modern wars too. helps a lot with my history a level course thanks. Some other ideas: 1. Battle of Hattin 1187 2. Battle of Vienna (1683 one) 3. Battle of Gallipoli 1915

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks! Yep, those are on the list.

[@AdamNoizer]

+Kings and Generals Awesome

[@jamestang1227]

Will Bagration be covered next?

[@ghostrider.49]

I think they should cover the offensive in Ukraine first as it came before Bagration.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Not sure for now. :-)

[@MollyGermek]

He escaped the gallows because NATO needed Nazis to form a second anti-comintern pact.

[@sagardhillon9270]

Yulus Leonard Van Hendrix correction All these videos about Eastern front take German generals version of history who in their books don't provide primary source empirical evidence under us govt supervision nato west takes their word as official history of eastern front or great patriotic war. Also people never mention that vichi France italy Romania Hungary Austria CZECHOSLOVAKIA croats Galician s and Franco Spain Finland Baltic states Danes even Sweden provided men material and industries to German war effort . People don't count these and minimise German numbers and inflate Soviet numbers cold war propaganda had to do this to make Soviet look like untermansch subhuman who don't have feelings and are animals zombies they even repelled Japan in khalkan gol . Battle of Berlin had 300 thousand men from France alone . Also not mentioned is for most of the first two years German axis allies had greater manpower pool than than Soviets also Soviets are not just Russians they are Belarus Ukraine Georgia Armenia Azeri kaZakh tumen Cossacks etc . These numbers of men and material are one sided and highly suspect to say the least. Take the example of Czechoslovakia partition by Poland and Germany completely ignored along with British German pact and open adulation by capitalists of west towards Hitler and constant threatening statements by statesmen and capitalists towards Bolsheviks but mentions with religious repitition Soviet German pact which gave back western Belarus's and ukrainian back to Soviets meanwhile Stalin was already transferring crucial industries towards Ural mountains to protect them during imminent invasion . Also members of einsatzgruppen death squads and Wehrmacht generals war criminals were given refuge status and jobs by British and Americans to wage cold war . Halder the chief of general staff of Wehrmacht who gave written directive to Wehrmacht that no-one should be treated as civilian in Eastern front later died peacefully in America with book published by American military also giving him highest civilian award to troll Russians and rub salt on the wounds of Soviet society and disrespecting their sacrifice of Soviet martyrs of more than 15 million civilians and 8 million soldiers . The total ratio of German Soviet soldier death of entire war on eastern front is 1:1.3 and would be even more equalised if they killed all the captured just like Germans . Soviets let them go 80 percent of them meanwhile only 10 percent of Soviet captured were spared or returned

[@psilvakimo]

Sagar Dhillon. You are completely full of crap. If the casualty rate was really that close the Soviets would've taken Paris in 1943. You are just spewing Soviet cut and paste propaganda garbage.

[@iannorman2995]

This channel is growing to a good way. Good work and continue to give us more lesson

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks for watching!

[@Lycurgus1982]

Awesome video!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you!

[@mr.sharpenedmango2378]

This battle, Moscow and Stalingrad make the famous Normandy looks like Sunday picnic.

[@funnyhaha1233]

Jess never seen so much content makes wating 100% worth it.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you! :-)

[@IVPanfilov]

Слава Красной Армии! Вечная память отдавшим жизни за освобождение нашей Родины и Европы от коричневой чумы!

[@thesavage5783]

The brown plague? If anything the germans where the defenders of europe against the Bolshevistic mongolic red plague

[@darkness2643]

Жаль немцы не освободили Европу от красной чумы и ублюдka сралина

[@Dr.Kananga]

Well done guys, once more you stepped it up with the quality.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you very much!

[@Nothingburger90]

81 years later........

[@ThiccboiSalmon]

So in total 3,000,000 men HOLY DUCK! That's like the population of Scotland

[@KingsandGenerals]

Yeah, perspective is important to understand the sheer scale. :-0

[@davidwallace4416]

No that's like the population of Wales, Scotland has a population of 5 million 500 thousand.

[@ThiccboiSalmon]

@@davidwallace4416 You have to understand that the comment was made in the far far past, as such you are right that in the decades between, the population has risen. But yeah on a serious note, you are correct and I was actually thinking of Wales when I wrote it.

[@shawnlynch9658]

@@ThiccboiSalmon yeah right! Just admit that you made a mistake and move on!

[@ThiccboiSalmon]

@@shawnlynch9658 no

[@iuliusconstantcornelio2018]

The Romanian Campaign in WW1 is also an interesting topic !

[@aleksk4151]

indeed! but i guess he just don't wanna show Bulgarians

[@KingsandGenerals]

:-)

[@aron8659]

very interesting that when everyone wanted peace, they still invaded Hungary and stole it's land and occupied territories that were in no way given to them by the western powers. dirtbags

[@aaron2x4]

Amazing! I have always thought that the Battle of Kursk was just a single major battle in one area I have never thought that there were a lot of skirmishes scattered in a much larger scale of land than I imagined And how modern military tactics/movement of the 20th century was Nice touch in covering them I have learned something today

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you very much!

[@denisoko8494]

@@KingsandGenerals The biggest tanks battle by a total number of tanks in the world history was near Brody(Ukraine) in 1941, thousands tanks more near Brody comparing to Kursk, so the Kursk battle in 1943 is the second biggest battle by number of tanks. Soviet/Russia tried to wipe out from history the Brody battle, it was an epic soviet fail, mostly all heavy loses related to the exceptionally bad general Zhukov(after Brody soldiers gave him nickname Butcher) command skills and attitude towards subordinates, and, of curse, lack of dozed thousands experienced Red Army officers been exterminated by Stalin before WWII. 2500+ tanks were lost by USSR and/or captured by Germany near Brody and about 8000 tanks total loses in Ukraine in consequent battles in 1941, all in a few months. And my relatives took part in WWII in Ukraine in 1941.

[@S0ulinth3machin3]

don't know if you're from the US, but they propogandized our history lessons a bit. My high school history materials don't even mention the Battle of Kursk even though it was either the 1st or 2nd most important battle in Europe in WW2.

[@alexeysidelnikov2886]

@@denisoko8494 Stop telling bullshit mate. In this battle soviets lost around 2600 tanks. The main reasons were: 1) It was the beginning of the war for the Red Army and the tank crews did not have any experience. Almost all tank drivers had just a small experience (2-5 hours of driving). At the same time, nazis had a huge experience which they got during the Blitzkrieg. 2) Most of the Soviet tanks were not modern and even modern ones like (KV-2 and T-34) could be easily hit by 8,8 cm FlaK 18/36/37. That was the main reason by the way. 3) Crews did not have enough armor-piercing shells because of the chaos in the Red Army which nazis made in the first months of the invasion. But sure you can continue bullshiting. Nobody really cares about your opinion lol

[@denisoko8494]

@@alexeysidelnikov2886 It doesn't matter modern or not were tanks near Brody in 1941, what matter is numbars of tank took battle, so it was the biggest tank battle in the world history, and yes, there were a lot light tanks from Germany and USSR sides, it was 1941, but there were modern T34/KV1 and Panzer III/IV in quantity, especially at a soviet side. The reason why russians don't like to mention this battle in their history is simple it was the epic fail and they lost everything, the root reason was the Stalin's Big Purge murdered 30000+ the most qualified and experienced soviet officers in 30th, those commanders who could implement USSR advantage in this battle in 1941, more over russians don't like to mention this battle because it was literarily bloody and personal general Georgy Zhukov fuck up which lead to loss most than millions soviet troops and most of the artillery, tanks, aviation and so on.

[@wach9191]

At this point war was already lost. Germany did not had enough oil to fight modern war at full strength.

[@KingsandGenerals]

I don't think it was winnable, to begin with.

[@wach9191]

Well Hitler knew he needs to take Caucasus for oil and to cut USSR from oil, they already cut them of from grain as Ukraine was huge grain producer. And that would have turned tides. But German generals did not listen to Hitler and focused cities like Moscow and Stalingrad too much. Germany only had limited oil resources for this war, with no way to import any, besides small deposits in Europe, but that was far from enough. And Stalin knew this well, as USSR were selling A LOT of oil prior to war.

[@melchiorvonsternberg844]

Not at any time in the war, the axis had more oil in reserve then in 1943...

[@melchiorvonsternberg844]

Bullshit! It was Hitlers own idea, to split the armygroup, against all preperations...

[@benyamaha4426]

Also manpower .

[@kittycatmeowface]

Why does everyone say the battle of Kursk (more specifically Prokhorovka) is the biggest tank battle in history, when in fact it's not? The biggest tank battle actually happened 2 years prior, called The battle of Brody (aka battle of Dubno), with around like 4,000 tanks total. Compared to Kursk's with around 1,000.

[@jameskelman9856]

The battle I have read most about. Awesome video, Thanks!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you!

[@ASillyHistoryBuff]

Great video! I've always been curious about the specifics of Kursk as from the stats it looks like a German victory before you look at the campaign afterwards. I love the diverse range of videos you guys have been doing lately, keep it up!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you for watching :)

[@ОльгаПетрухина-э2ы]

Спасибо за ролик. Мой отец во время войны был разведчиков. И он подготавливал операцию на Курской дуге. Его участок был под командованием Рокоссовского.Отец мне рассказывал, что это была самая подготовлена битва. Под Москвой морду набили, под Сталинград ом хребет сломали, а после Курской дуги нацисты уже не могли очухаться. Вечная слава погибшим советским солдатам. И вечная слава и память тем, кто защищал нашу страну от фашизма и нацизма.

[@a_newbrunswicker]

Kursk 2 cant hurt you, it isnt real. Kursk 2:

[@rjw7058]

This a fantastic way to learn history, well done blending the different media formats into one singular animation.

[@Centurion101B3C]

Very well done. This is one of the best and clearest documentary on Op. Citadel. Strong point here is also the handling of the aftermath and consequences of this particular operation.

[@blase777]

another WWII Eastern Front video - instant like. great job, more of that content, please!

[@KingsandGenerals]

We'll do!

[@quma2590]

Kings and Generals and Chill

[@KingsandGenerals]

Whatever floats the boat, I guess. :-)

[@Pinochet6000]

Yes yes yes! Another amazing modern battle well covered. I am highly impressed guys, keep it up!

[@KingsandGenerals]

We will, thank you!

[@ssnydess6787]

Thanks for the graphic and sequential explanation of the battle.

[@TheEvertw]

Good thing they added 1943 to the title. I thought Kings and Generals had grown clairvoyant.

[@KHK001]

Great video! Kings and Generals Pls consider completing Napoleonic wars S2

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you! Yes, soon!

[@kaybevang536]

I love how this channel has evolved keep it up and u should also do the battle of Normandy

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you very much! Will consider!

[@theseventhangel9768]

History repeats 😊

[@EstebanMataVargas]

Congratulations! You did a pretty awesome work resuming this humongous battle in a 13-minute video.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you very much!

[@RoronaDZoro]

Great video again man awesome I didn't waste a single second to click it when I saw it

[@KingsandGenerals]

We appreciate the trust! :-)

[@RoronaDZoro]

Thank you

[@warnpassion]

Yay! I was waiting for this video from a very very long time. It has finally been created and uploaded. Thank you very much. _/\_

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks for watching :-)

[@zechbates9376]

When England are winning 6-0 and your two favourite history KZbinrs upload, all in one week.......... perhaps god is real

[@zechbates9376]

mohamad atef Historia Civilis. He uploads less often then kings and Generals, but he is still great.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Football is coming home, eh? :-)

[@zechbates9376]

Kings and Generals yeah man!

[@melchiorvonsternberg844]

I guess it could not cross the Channel. Like Napoleon...

[@DanRyzESPUK]

Love your work! Another idea: Battle of Monte Cassino (Italy, 1943)

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks! It is on the list!

[@FuZionBLACKOUT]

Your channel is the best

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks :-)

[@v44n7]

Such an incredible video!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you very much!

[@crossetler_2184]

That's one of my favorite battles! By what I speculate from this period, this is the one that decided the fate of Germany: If Germany succeeded, Soviet efforts would've delayed much longer, giving the Germans time to prepare a war of exhaustion in order to hold on Europe for the next years. Stalingrad meant the end of German offensives, but Kursk dictated the beginning of the end of the 3ºReich.

[@KingsandGenerals]

That is probably true. I don't think Germany had any way to win this war at this point.

[@mastrammeena328]

@@KingsandGenerals you even if they had won this battle of kursk??

[@johanramirez3023]

WOW I LOVED IT! More vids like this, from the WWI and II... And with that AWESOME animation

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks, more on the way!

[@TXnine7nine]

12:45 Hitler: “We need to transfer some personnel to Italy to counter the Allied landings” German soldiers: “Send me! Send me!”

[@xNazZiiz]

I’m liking those modern day battles please proceed with those kind of videos

[@KingsandGenerals]

More on the way!

[@kenneth-pc1fd]

Battle of normandy is a good topic to discuss sir , its a must watch

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Will consider :-)

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I think that is a yess hahaha