Battlefield - Battle Of Kursk - Part 1

Battlefield - Battle Of Kursk - Part 1 - Operation Citadel

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Жыл бұрын

In July 1943 the Russian City of Kursk was at the heart of the largest tank battle in history. The German General Sculdaran was not keen on the enterprise from the start “How many people do you think even know where Kursk is?” he asked of Adolf Hitler. But the Fuhrer had made up his mind and realised what lay ahead. His reply was blunt. “Whenever I think of this attack my stomach turns over”. It was to be a bloody business indeed, that would eventually put an end to Hitler’s offensive power on the eastern front.
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@user-yp9fb1jb6m Жыл бұрын

NATO is repeating the mistake of underestimating Russia in Ukraine right now.

@paullakowski2509 8 ай бұрын

NATO IS NOT IN UKRAINE right now?????

@billhobbs7077 3 ай бұрын

Russia is repeating the mistake of underestimating the free people of Ukraine

@richardbanks5628 2 ай бұрын

As well as the corrupted United Nations.

@chrismarciatetisindles5876 10 ай бұрын

The Russians knew they could trade land for time. How they setup the kursk pocket and wore down the Germans was amazing.

@mrmaxaxl 11 ай бұрын

Best narrator voice EVER!

@phuktard Жыл бұрын

The more that things change The more they stay the same

@yarpenzirgin1826 Жыл бұрын

It is pretty funny to watch documentary on Soviet front from the western perspective. Even now it is as if the cold war never ended.

@lorimeyers3839 Жыл бұрын

Many scholars say had it not been for Hitler cleaning up the messes Mussolini made and his interventions in the Balkans in 1940, Hitler would’ve taken the Soviet Union in 1941. These ventures delayed Barbarossa by several weeks. Hitler’s relationship with Guderian was interesting. Hitler knew full well how brilliant Guderian was, which allowed Guderian to yell and scream at Hitler at the top of his lungs. When Hitler had heard enough of Guderian, rather than have him shot, Hitler would simply say, “Okay, I’m done with you now. You can go home, handsome.”

@daveworthing2294 Жыл бұрын

So who did Hitler have shot for arguing with him then? Nobody. Another piece of misinformation.

@TheYeti308 11 ай бұрын

I Agree .

@arabulbulian2315 Жыл бұрын

Thanks. A classic series for sure.

@alexlittle5237 Жыл бұрын

This freaking show is older than I am. It has been posted, reposted and posted again a hundred times on KZbin.

@True-crime-junkie 5 ай бұрын

It’s a major part of ww2 and the turning point which shaped Europe as it is today. But ya, it’s old….history

@mohammedsaysrashid3587 Жыл бұрын

It was informative and formidable introduction thank you for sharing....

@charleslloyd4253 Жыл бұрын

For the battle of Kursk German supplies of food and arms had to travel nearly a thousand miles. And the Russians had a scorched earth policy of destroying food stores as they retreated. Russian Partisans attacked the supply convoys. And with Russian air superiority by then the supply convoys could only travel at night once inside Russia. Nearly as many supplies were lost on the road as made it to the front. And Hitler was counting his brigades at nearly full strength when most were at half. The Generals at the front were constantly moving units here and there as needed. And food, arms and replacements were lucky to find them. And at the same time Hitler understood that the Allies were preparing to invade France.

@genekelly8467 Жыл бұрын

Good point-Gen. Paulus was in charge of Army Logistics-he (correctly) predicted that the German Army would be unable to supply the front lines once the front got beyond 300 Km from the railheads. The probolem was componded by the fact that over 70% of the trucks the germans had were broken down by November 1941

@alanle1471 Жыл бұрын

This battle shortened WW2.

@paulzellman9632 Жыл бұрын

Not too many people did hear about Stalingrad. Now they hear it.

@mauroa1240 Жыл бұрын

This battle saved Germany from nuclear bombing...

@rjmial7772 Жыл бұрын

What? Elaborate on that comment please

@Freedom-kl8rt 5 ай бұрын

hahaaahahhaaha

@mohammedsaysrashid3587 Жыл бұрын

Your beautifulness and disciplined watching 👀 is remarkable and delightful of hearts 💕 💞 ♥️ ❤️ 💖

@alanle1471 Жыл бұрын

Hitler made two critical mistakes. Firstly he invaded Russia. Secondly he declared war on America. The combination of Russian military reserves combined with USA , food, trucks, ammunition and industrial capacity spelt the end of Germany.

@eliech7112 Жыл бұрын

Great video as usual

@robertmatch6550 Жыл бұрын

People go into these past events often as if they are comparing sports teams they are invested in. If you find yourself doing this, take a break and think over what you are trying to take out of it before you even have command of the facts.

@conceptalfa Жыл бұрын

👍👍👍!

@marksummers463 Жыл бұрын

The battle really didn't do much historically. Long-term German tank loses were not overwhelming; damaged tanks were repaired and sent back to the line. What did turn the tide and cause the battle to stop was the US landings in Italy. The Nazis had to reallocate to their troops and their tanks to that sector.

@SavanecAI Жыл бұрын

Вся промышленность европы работала на Германию. Для начало это учитывай. По мимо Германии была Румыни Финляндия, Хорватия, Австрия

@SavanecAI Жыл бұрын

Высадка на Сицилии не какого решающего значения не имела даже близко

@SavanecAI Жыл бұрын

Вы даже близко не понимаете что за страна была СССР

@SavanecAI Жыл бұрын

Типичный комментарий жертвы пропоганды

@lufasumafalu5069 Жыл бұрын

kursk is a sign that german are now the underdog

@ill76er11 Жыл бұрын

Heavy use of the “madman Hitler card” on this otherwise great series.

@patrickwatrin5093 Жыл бұрын

It's old, so you know why that is. Tik isn't the first person who saw that one.

@damiku-8866 Жыл бұрын

I knew as soon as I heard the words "largest tank battle in history" that we were off on a magical mystery tour of debunked canards. This is standard western understanding of Kursk circa 1980. Not clear to me when it was actually made, but it's way out of date in a lot of places.

@captainhurricane5705 Жыл бұрын

@@patrickwatrin5093 Tik plays the 'simp for Hitler' card far more than any general played the 'madman Hitler' card.

@gordonbennet1094 Жыл бұрын

At 10.55, narrator says, 'Stalingrad was Germany's first major defeat of the war.' NO NO NO NO. Utter rubbish. The first and most major land battle defeat for the Germans was at the Battle Of Moscow, 1941-2 - a year before Stalingrad. The battle of Moscow was the most pivotal battle of WW2. Incomprehensible that a video of this quality should make such an agregious error. When Keitel (Hitler's one time COS) was asked when he knew the war was lost, he replied with one word - 'Moscow.'

@johnhammer8968 Жыл бұрын

But was it not being ready for the winter weather that truly cost them in 1941 compared to Stalingrad where it was truly the Russians fighting back?

@gordonbennet1094 Жыл бұрын

@@johnhammer8968 Not so sir. Stalin moved 18 divisions from the Russia - chinese boder, to defend Moscow. It was a planned and well executed move. It was NOT the weather that defeated the Germans ... weather is the same for both sides - not just one. It was Russian strength, Russian preparedness for the weather, Russian strategy, and Russian fighting power, that won the Battle for Moscow. It was a massive victory. The losses for the Germans match their losses at Stalingrad. But the Moscow defeat had even greater significance, because at the Battle of Moscow, the German Army was the strongest and biggest and most expereinced it would ever be. From then on, the German army was in continuous decline.

@Styx8314 Жыл бұрын

The reason that stalingrad was far worse than Moscow was that the army didn't make it to Moscow, true. But they weren't surrounded and destroyed in its entirety. At stalingrad the 6th was decimated and 90000 men were made to surrender.

@gordonbennet1094 Жыл бұрын

@@Styx8314 Stalingrad was a memorable victory because the battle had a start date, a dramatic end date, and involved the clear & simple tactic of surrounding the enemy. The Battle of Moscow, however, had no clear start date, as it was part of the general German advance. There was no clear end date - the battle just fizzled out as both sides got tired. And there was no encirclement of armies.. However, the ssignificance of the battle of Moscow is overwhelming. First, German casualties in the Moscow .battle were as great as at Stalingrad - about 300,000. Second, the German Army was at the peak of it's power and fighting capacity in the Batlle forMoscow. Never again would it be so well organized, and contain so many experienced soldiers. Third, it was the ffirst proof that the Russians were in fact capable of strategic manoeuvre, and Fourth, it shook the German Hi Command to its roots, being their first land defeat, and providing a glimpse of what was to come.

@Styx8314 Жыл бұрын

@@gordonbennet1094 while I agree with you that Moscow was the first time the high command didn't reach it self imposed objectives. Yes, the Germans took some serious punishment outside Moscow, but there was no kind of capitulation or formal surrender. The Russians didn't have 100000 badly beaten, starved Germans prisoners marching in red square. We know in hindsight, and iam sure the soldiers on the ground knew at the time that it was a defeat, but the key difference is that they didn't admit it,(even in their own minds) because the front stabilized and they dug in for winter, assuming the drive would continue in the spring In Stalingrad, howerver, not even the most delusional Nazi could deny it was an absolute defeat with white flags raised and Paulus signing a surrender document on film.

@ViceCoin Жыл бұрын

Tactic still effective against nazis in 2023.

@daveworthing2294 Жыл бұрын

No mention that the Russians too invaded Poland in 1939. Cherry picking of history to suit the narrative.

@mauroa1240 Жыл бұрын

curious why England did not declare war on USSR for this invasion

@jerrymarshall2095 Жыл бұрын

I prob could've done what Zukov did if I had Unlimited cannon fodder ,food and munitions visa an EBT account provided by the U.S.and others , and a backing guard that shot anyone retreating;as Zukov aptly put it,"you have to be pretty brave to be a coward in the Soviet army. That's messed up.

@patrickwatrin5093 Жыл бұрын

😂😮😢😅 EBT card lmfao so true my friend, so true

@TheMoopMonster Жыл бұрын

You have to put yourself in their shoes, not your own looking at what they decided to do. The Wermacht were not a bunch of pushovers, and there was limited time, a resource often overlooked in favor of munitions and supply. Zhukov knew what he had to do, and did it to the best he knew how, no more can be asked of a man.

@jerrymarshall2095 Жыл бұрын

@@TheMoopMonster I'm a human being ,Stalin and Zukov werent

@yarpenzirgin1826 Жыл бұрын

@@jerrymarshall2095 And a very arrogant at that.

@russelledwards001 Жыл бұрын

Yeah, ok captain America. You make it sound so simple!

@bobjohnson7207 Жыл бұрын

Hitler wasn't the first Gay in politics but probably the most famous.

@Kevinksk92 Жыл бұрын

he wasnt gay

@kevincaldwell4707 Жыл бұрын

So it seems that we are lucky that Hitler was so sure in himself as opposed to listening to his generals. Makes sense that a corporal should have been outranked by a general.

@Pazuzu4219 Жыл бұрын

If you really think that we are lucky that the Germans lost then it goes to show how brainwashed they truly have the masses.

@frederikbjerre427 Жыл бұрын

The reason Hitler postponed was the terrain had to be dry enough for tanks to attack. That's the reason Barbarossa started June 22 and we see the same issues today in Ukraine 2023. The generals probably lie in their memoirs, to move responsibility of to Hitler. Not for the first time.

@jayo3074 Жыл бұрын

Hitler shouldn't have even attacked at Kursk to begin with anyways. A defensive approach would have saved them from defeat

@princeofcupspoc9073 Жыл бұрын

@@jayo3074 Um, no. The reason they had to attack was that there was no way to hold the line much longer. It was a spoiling attack.

@randylahey1822 Жыл бұрын

@@princeofcupspoc9073 One could say Barbarossa was postponed by various factors yes, France was suppose to been taken in 39 so the whole Russo-German war was rushed because of fear of losing the Romanian petroleum wells which would been an early defeat for Germany - Hitler 1942. Germany wasn't ready for war no matter how you cut it

@brentclackson7009 Жыл бұрын

The Germans did not lose the battle of Kurth. Neither did they win.

@SDOne-or6vm Жыл бұрын

Hitler postoned the attack on Kursk because he thought the new German tanks would give them a decisive advantage. Considering the number of troops engaged and the losses on both sides, Kursk is an asthonishing German victory. And that victory is due to those tanks Hitler had been waiting for. One could object that the operation was a defeat for the Germans because they did not reach their objectives. Strategically speaking, that's true. But on the ground it remains a huge tactical victory. btw that explains why, on one hand, generals involved in the operation wanted to keep going whereas, on the other hand, Hitler who had more global considerations made it stop.