The Last Stand: The Battle of the Reichstag, Berlin 1945 (WW2 Documentary)

[@Aged669]

I live in berlin and there are a lot of old buildings and walls that still have bullet holes in them. And the sourrounding forrest still have alot of old ammunituon in them, as a kid i always found ammo and parts from grenades in the forrest( that was not long a ago maybe 2006-2010)

[@samueladams3746]

Was there back in ‘14 and took several self guided walking tours. Noted this and in some areas (mostly former East Berlin) it seemed like you could track which intersections were most heavily fought over by the damage around windows, particularly those that were “half windows” in basements.

[@Revolver1701]

My father-in-law was in WW2 US Army but he never made it to Berlin. He said he didn’t want to see it in ruins. He was not at all pro-Hitler but he said that it was difficult seeing civilian casualties.

[@hanspaul853]

Ami go Home

[@dondo6787]

@@hanspaul853 du Dödel

[@АрсенийА-ю4з]

@@Revolver1701 Perhaps that is why the Anglo-American troops razed to the ground Dresden, a beautiful city in which there were no military installations, and the victims were mostly civilians.

[@BillBird2111]

This was OUTSTANDING. I didn't have high hopes at first. It looked like another "run of the mill" Russians take Berlin video. But, oh my goodness, the research popped up and the personal letters written by ordinary soldiers just really drove this thing home. The only thing missing is a room-by-room battle map and I have a feeling that will come at some point with more exhaustive research. Great job Battle Guide. I am a fan.

[@BattleGuideVT]

Thanks very much Bill, really glad you are enjoying our content!

[@MrJuggernaut2012]

Operations room has that room by room analysis

[@ХРЕНОРЕЗ]

@BillBird2111Type the following words in the KZbin search engine: Soviet Storm. You will see all the details of the war from the beginning to the end, all military operations, documents and so on.

[@samorpeterenpretene9184]

In Romania they say the Germans came and didn’t rape us. The Russians came and rapped us. If you ask me. They never cared for labels when I’d correct them and say “you mean the Nazis, you mean the Bolsheviks” I always got blank stares. Clearly labels didn’t mean anything. So when I tell the story I say “the Germans came and they didn’t rape my grandma and her sisters, the Satanic Bolshevik Marxists came with their Mongoloid Turkmen hoards and my grandma had to hide out in hey stacks with her sisters” cause in 2023 in America labels matter. I mean it only takes a little research, Bitchute is great but you might be scared at first, cause you can post literally anything on there. Not like here. Where I get suspended for words every other week. But there was a Bolshevik Jew who I forget his name, had to be minister of war or something, guy demanded more European blood. But also Stalin sent his blonde haired blue eyed Russians into Berlin for the photo opp. The Hoards were used in the south against the Ukrainians Romanians Hungarians Slavs and Austria. The southern part of romania wasn’t subject to battle. So I wasn’t supporised when I asked the Romanian lady in my church with strong Asian features. She was from the north, 15min from the boarder with Ukraine and Besserabia MD so her family was clearly rapped….. and ultimately, what do you expect to see when arriving in Germany after 3months of relentless bombing the world had never seen. But emaciated bodies. Who starves first if the infrastructure is shot ? The soldier? The civilians? Or more than likely it’s those emaciated bodies in the camps that were greatly effected by the bombing leading up to DDay. So how can you trust any soldier in any war the world over. They had to have known they were nothing more than tools. They had to have realized they don’t have a clue what they’re fighting for let alone what they’re looking for. I don’t doubt a single soldier said, “wait didn’t we spend the last 3 months bombing them, oh yeah it looks like a forest used to be over there” nope none asked. All the camps are in the East and were supposed the take the Satanic Bolsheviks accounts ??? Now You’ll ask why I keep calling them satanic. Well because according to Europe they were and are. But we live in America and we wouldn’t know if Hollywood wasn’t there to tell us.

[@ХРЕНОРЕЗ]

@@sandozpop6017 There is no such thing as a PRISM. There is such a thing as the eastern front. Where they show which sector of the front the commanders were on, what were the successes and failures. Show some documents. The battle in Stalingrad is a Soviet prism, in fact Paulus won there. The Battle of Kursk was lost by the Soviet Union. The USSR eventually suffered a monstrous military defeat from Germany and Japan. All any achievements of the USSR are a prism.

[@ShamileII]

I visited Berlin in 1985 and stayed with some friends I met as exchange students when they came over. They showed me Templhoff airport with the Nazi eagles still in place but the swastikas removed. The most fascinating was the Reichstag. At a distance, it looks all restored but when you get close, you can see all the shell and bullet hole damage. Even the repaired parts are little squares fitted in the holes...but not disguised. Fun fact, when you went on the subway in Berlin, the lines crossed over to East Berlin and back. The train would have to slow down but not stop at each East German station where every 20 ft or so, east German guards were stationed. It was kinda eerie passing these troops ( the enemy at the time) .

[@Smudgeroon74]

The swastika is an old Indian motif which actually represents peace and harmony.. of course the dumb indoctrinated masses will never take the time to find this out for themselves...

[@BigYouDog]

I was in Berlin in 1973, and I remember my one journey on the U-bahn, with the slowing down at stations, and the guards with submachine guns in the gloom. I got off at Fredrichstraas, but I did not go out of the station as I was unsure if it was allowed. The two Russian soldiers didn't look very approachable, so I think I took the train back to where I was staying.

[@jbradley8659]

How did either of you get into Berlin when the Soviets were still around and controlling the city? (Are you talking about west Berlin?)

[@BigYouDog]

@jbradley8659 Back then, by car, West Berlin was accessible by a few heavily controlled roads. I was in my early 20s and hitch hiking around. I was meeting someone I had met a couple of months earlier who was then working in W. Berlin. I got a lift at the E.German border. A driver had a certain amount of time to reach W. Berlin, including a short break, if you took longer, they would want to know why.

[@chuckware8573]

I was stationed there from 85 - 87, we weren't allowed on the U Bahn that went east. When we would go to the Grunewald for FTX and dig in positions we always found shells, rounds and just tons of shrapnel. You couldn't dig anywhere and not find something. The Kaiser Wilhelm was my favorite place with its history

[@petergeyer7584]

As a Berliner, great video. It is easy to forget that in terms of real space, Zone Z in general and the area in front of the Reichstag in particular are not very big. Also, while it is still being cleaned up almost 80 years later, Berlin still has many signs remaining of its violent history. By the age of 7 (now 17), my daughter could tell the difference between bullet, shell and shrapnel holes in our local walls.

[@warfarenotwarfair5655]

Germans have children? Every German I meet is a childless Marxist well in their 40s.

[@garylancaster8612]

I went to Berlin in 1987 for the one and only time and remember the bullet and shrapnel pockmarked walls. I visited the East and still remember going on the train over the wall, seeing the sand of no man's land and then suddenly seeing the Trabbies!

[@thalmoragent9344]

It's insane how Berlin was such a battleground to end the 2nd World War. I mean, it makes sense, but still, nuts to think about.

[@thalmoragent9344]

​​@@garylancaster8612 There was "sand" from all the rubble blasted by artillery? Man... that's a helluva sight, I imagine.

[@garylancaster8612]

@@thalmoragent9344 No, the sand was the "no man's land"area on the Eastern side of the wall. About 100 yards of raked sand behind the wall, guard tower and attack dogs before the buildings of East Berlin began.

[@FERG56]

I went to Berlin in June '23 and visited the Reichstag roof. Spent ages looking for the specific spot where that photo was taken - as its not clear today (there are many rooftop statues and figureheads). Once I found it - it was incredibly moving to know I was stood exactly where that photo was taken. Something I'll never forget

[@itsalmostfun8567]

dang thats quite nice

[@larrywilson9392]

I can feel your thrill. That is what 'hiistory tourism' is all about. May I add tha story I believe is fact: the placing of the flag was a great honour, and the first photo was of an unknown soldier; this last photo was of a man with a name,by a professional photographer, on Stalin's direction, as a reward for his servicer. He 1had been made a scout, to go behind German lines, and collect information on troop numbers and movements. But, by order of Stalin, any civilians, German or Russian, whom he interviewed, were to be killed, shortly after. Stalin believed they might in turn be interrogated by the Nazis, and reveal what they had told to the scout. A very hard thing to do, kill a helpful person. The scout remembered one beautiful young woman, with many children, who was very friendly, and tried to help, and he had to slit her throat at the end, which was his way of execution. The memory of this woman haunted him for a long time after, nearly driving him mad. He had to remind himself that he had obeyed his orders, and done his duty. So, this professional photo of him, planting the hammer and sickle, was set up as a reward, for it had been hardly earned.

[@mrobocop1666]

​@@larrywilson9392 seems too unrealistic, Stalin wouldn't personally command scout units of the giant 10 million people army

[@djole93podbara]

Just did the same yesterday! It felt very powerfull in some way. There is even a soviet soldier graffiti visible on one wall on the roof saying: Astrahanj - Makarov.

[@JustinSeara]

4:35 imagine seeing the barrel of a 205 mm artillery canon pointed straight at your building. 💀

[@hiddengem12-o9s]

There's a book called Windswept Lies of War, and it talks from censored history and hidden secrets to lost files and classified documents about World War II, it's the real deal.

[@Hoff_0313]

Except you can’t find the book anywhere except its janky website. Pass.

[@brianashmore6635]

History is only written by the victors

[@GraemeS-pk9cz]

Yeah, with a title like that, it sounds like a good book to avoid.

[@jamesshone1677]

How do you know it’s the real deal if it’s all classified and secret?

[@dominicmanriquez1645]

this prob someone affiliated w the book trying to drive sales

[@robertkorn3817]

My mother, born 1923, survived the April 45 in Berlin. The last troops to defend the city were Hitlerjugend, some regular Wehrmacht and - french SS from Division "Charlemagne". Mother never made any bad comments on the Russians, "they saved the lives of us survivors with food and healthcare".

[@koushikdas1992]

Just like in Ukraine! Yeah?

[@jeffreyg4626]

Nice to hear the truth once in a while.Thank you.

[@marcks-3980]

Probably because she would've gotten into big trouble for saying anything bad about the Soviets, or conversely, gotten in trouble for saying anything good about NS Germany.

[@vasiliyshukshin7466]

@@marcks-3980 That might’ve been the truth were it not for the simple fact that there was no one to provide either food or medical care to Berliners besides Soviets, and the death toll among the survivors in the first 2-3 months after the war’s end would’ve been staggering without Soviet involvement. Guess she knew what she was talking about.

[@robertkorn3817]

@@marcks-3980 no. She told me long after war, when I asked her about their war experiences.

[@colt45jr]

I’ve lived in Berlin and I think the signs of the war are everywhere, albeit in an abstract way: there are almost no old (pre-1945) buildings in the whole city, and almost all buildings are rendered (brickwork covered with concrete and painted) - this is because they were built from reclaimed bricks from bombed out buildings.

[@nytoaddis76]

Germans should never have fought for the city once the war was lost.

[@axelwilandh9896]

Well the housing in the center was pretty much destroyed by bombing and fighting but as Berlin was a big city already at the turn of the last century there are a great amount of these "gründerzeit" buildings still standing in the neighborhoods forming a ring around the center. Like 25% of the current housing consists of original apartments in buildings built until 1918 and another 12% from 1919 to 1945.

[@davidgaine4697]

@@nytoaddis76 How can you say that? They fought to the last man as they were ordered too. The alternative was to be shot either by their superior officers or shipped to Siberia to die in a gulag. Death was preferable.

[@jackstarr4726]

​@@nytoaddis76 They thought the Soviets were running out of men too, obviously.

[@jackstarr4726]

Most of Berlin is still buildings from before 1945. But the area around the former chancellory building is all modern - maybe that's what you mean.

[@ChairmanMeow1]

WW2 was so absolutely insane it's hard to believe it actually happened

[@ChairmanMeow1]

@MIR-13 Germany was well on its way to developing nuclear weapons too, and had a way better delivery system for them in the V2 rockets.

[@ahir7777]

​@MATT-2042😊

[@rtqii]

@@ChairmanMeow1 Actually their nuclear program stalled and failed when Heisenberg failed to realize that graphite was contaminated with boron, that left him with only heavy water to moderate a nuclear reaction... And they never got the uranium or the heavy water. In the U.S. Fermi realized graphite required purification for nuclear use, and got the material manufactured for him. Then he was off and running.

[@ellenbeckett5231]

My dad was wounded in Germany in February 1945. Like most WWII veterans, he almost never talked about it. He died in 1976, and for all the years since I have wished I was able to talk with him about it. Band of Brothers gave me my first real idea of what combat in Germany that winter was like.

[@NJTDover]

Your dad most likely saw terrible things during the war. Things one would rather try to forget and not share it with anyone.

[@Kalus_Saxon]

They all realised they fought the wrong enemy… if Germany wasn’t stopped we wouldn’t be blessed with all the lovely diversity we have now… 😕

[@HelmutHein]

Band of Brothers gives not the true angle of view . It's a simple Hollywood Soap Opera.

[@neggaballs3840]

@@HelmutHein Bob is mid pacific way better

[@oggabooga5981]

If you really want to go down the rabbit hole of WW2 check out Europe: The Last Battle. But be warned, experts say it is only 70% accurate!

[@danalhal8696]

I give you a great thanks for showing us the pictures and 3D modules of the buildings. You helped paint a clear image of the battle please make more battle videos with the same technique. Thank you.

[@BattleGuideVT]

Thank you very much!

[@KuchekTime]

That’s google earth 🙄

[@meatrocket4830]

Your channel has become one of my new favorites! I love the way you overlayed the old battle damaged ruins of the city with its current state. I look forward to watching more of your videos in the future. Keep up the great work!!

[@BattleGuideVT]

Thank you vry much... glad you enjoyed it.

[@upoldezfranky8118]

My grandfather's only brother fought in Normandy Omaha Beach on the very D-Day and died on the very beach. Whole of our life, we heard about his courage. Our grandfather used to say, the real hero never came back from the war. Our family gave blood to liberate Europe.

[@WillFranceschi-q2u]

So did alot of other families gave their blood and youth.

[@derin111]

With all due respect, this video has nothing to do with Omaha Beach, Normandy or Americans. For once, you Americans should show some deference to the over 300,000 people killed (from both sides…German and Soviet), which is more than double, in this single battle, than Americans killed in Europe in the entirety of WW2, for the Soviet Red Army to capture this city and seal the final victory over Nazism. There is no need to bring your “Great Grandfather’s brother” (Wow! that’s one of the biggest stretches or most tenuous links I have ever seen! ) into this whatsoever. In fact, it’s actually disrespectful to do so! America did not liberate Europe. It took part in the liberation of Europe.

[@HarryR1]

Outstanding work in producing this video! 👏 I visited Berlin a few years ago and battle damage is still clearly visible in many places. This style of video really brings the story to life and is helpful to understand how the battle relates to the modern day layout of the city. Keep up the great work, it’s very much appreciated.

[@BattleGuideVT]

Thank you very much!

[@larrywilson9392]

May I join Harry in his appreciation of this video.

[@VRevelations]

“The most terrible of all my battles was the one before Moscow. The French showed themselves to be worthy of victory, but the Russians showed themselves worthy of being invincible.” - Napoleon

[@el5880]

Someone tell the Americans

[@aidanjoyce3248]

All enemy groundforces had been neutralised

[@nisargjani8050]

Napoleon was a pussy. See the real leader Zelensky. Single-handedly he took the Kursk and now has reached Pokrovsk.

[@pa892]

Borodino battle

[@Florehh]

Berliner here: Outstanding movie, I can only recommend to visit the Reichstag when coming to Berlin as well as the Flaktower at Humboldthain. When walking through the Reichstag you can see the old soviet graffitis, it sends shivers down my spine everytime I walk by.

[@user-rx162r]

I feel so bad that usury won and I was so deluded my whole life.

[@anonymousboogaloo]

This is one of the best short documentaries. Absolutely LOVE the details. Seeing new and old photos of Berlin gives a great perspective of the battle and how, at one moment in time, Berlin was one big hellhole to be in.

[@Landiosmedjos]

Great vid! I always like how you show modern day aerial views and then highlight where important points of the battle would have been in the past. Gives good context not many others do.

[@BattleGuideVT]

Thank you... glad you enjoyed it.

[@davidgaine4697]

I agree. I have never seen the the geography of the battle for the Riechstag before.

[@BackwardsMarathonPSU]

This is extremely well done. The aerial visuals with the historical overlays really brings it to the next level. Way better than the typical videos using generic stock footage or basic animations. I’m sure that was a ton of work to put together and edit. Great job.

[@BoyvanHeugten]

I'm actually in Berlin right now. Unfortunately I return home tomorrow, and it's only now that I randomly find this video. Very detailled passage of the many stories and tours I followed in the past week. I did not know that this building was the focal point of such fierce battle. This is the tour that I had skipped. I walked those grounds only a couple days ago, unaware of its history. Thanks for the video.

[@Coolidge2329]

Defund Ukraine

[@MAACotton]

This was a very interesting and well done video. The way you edited the overhead maps and extrapolated 3D buildings off of the old aerial photography was magnificent. Thank you very much for this content.

[@Josh-hr5mc]

Probably the best video explaining the final battle. Very clear and very well done

[@PauloPereira-jj4jv]

Not "the" final battle, the resistence continued in other places. It all ended in the zoo.

[@WHISKEY3XRAY]

I've seen many documentaries on this event, and I stopped what I was doing to watch this. I am buzzed by this one.

[@davidcoleman2796]

As an amateur historian that knows quite a lot about this last battle I found this video to be one of the best ones I have seen yet . You put a lot of work into it . Well done . Thank you .

[@llokkee]

Absolutely fantastic analysis of this bitter last stand. I've been a WW2 fan since the 70s and have been to at least 40 battlefields across Europe, Seelow Heights and Berlin among them. Its a safe bet that I've watched pretty much any and every documentary there is about the war and I have to say, your presentation is spot on mate. Very well put together, concise info and narrated perfectly with the video. Hope your channel goes far.. Greetings from rainy Belfast 🙂

[@BattleGuideVT]

Thanks very much for the kind words!

[@cragjones1799]

" ww2 fan"

[@TRUMP20Z4]

I 100% agree COBBER, hello from Australia.

[@davidgaine4697]

@@TRUMP20Z4 Troll.

[@TRUMP20Z4]

@@davidgaine4697 Tard.

[@HongQuanNgo99]

21:10: ◉ APRIL 30th, 1945: Sergeant Meliton Kantaria & Sergeant Mikhail Yegorov raised Soviet Flag Over Reichstag ◉ APRIL 30th, 1975: Flag of National Liberation Front of South Vietnam raised over The Independence Palace by Colonel Bui Quang Than A fateful coincidence of history.

[@thf1933]

Take the dates of beginning WW1, WW2 and the current war in Ukraine. Sum the date like this dd.mm.yyyy (day.month.year) dd+mm+yy(part1)+yy(part2). You'll get 68 for each of them. Coinsidence 1/900.

[@Joker-no1uh]

It was truly terrible fate for Eastern Europe. First Hitler, then Stalin and communism.

[@warincolour810]

Just came back from a 4 day tour of Berlin just truly amazing to be amongst such a thing truly captivating to say the least! Much of the war scars still exist on many old buildings and what surprised me was how close Brandenburg gate and the Reichstag actually are!

[@MrThekingofrock97]

Steiner will show up any minute now…

[@simonh6371]

Mein Fuehrer...St...Steiner konnte nicht genug Truppen massieren....der Angriff Steiners ist nicht erfolgt.

[@starguy2718]

​@@simonh6371"Fish!"

[@SorryBadName]

@@simonh6371es bleiben im raum:Keitel, Jodl, Krebs und Burgdorf…

[@jameshepburn4631]

Wo ist Steiner !?

[@kennymccormick9973]

Aaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnyyyyyyy minute now!

[@mrbutch308]

Fun fact: the Reichstag building was more or less a copy of a building in Philadelphia. The Philadelphia original - which still stands - is "Memorial Hall" which was built to be the centerpiece of Philly's 1876 Great Centennial Exhibition.

[@BattleGuideVT]

Oh wow... just checked the similarities!

[@mrbutch308]

@@BattleGuideVT Memorial Hall now is the Philadelphia Children's Please Touch Museum ... one of the best museums for kids in the country. However, for the adults, there is an exhibit in the basement dedicated to the 1876 Great Centennial Exhibition- the very first World's Fair in the US. There is a complete diorama of the exposition of how it looked in 1876.

[@UnmenschgebliebenerMann67]

​@@mrbutch308This is true to a very limited extend. There is a discussion that the Reichstag architect got inspired by the dome of that. But that is not for sure and rest of the building has nothing to do with it.

[@jimschlat]

oh shit im from outside philly i gotta check this out

[@marcobassini3576]

Neoclassical architecture has its roots in ancient Rome, and before that ancient Greece. Many monuments in Washington DC and other cities (I have never been in USA, but I have seen them in countless movies) are inspired by Imperial Rome (still visible today!!). Europe is full of such architecture (especially in government and institutions buildings in capitals), and from Europe it reached the USA.

[@aaronjohn6586]

Really appreciate the historical context by the soldiers from by sides. Brings the human cost of what war is to the soldier whom pays the ultimate price in blood, sweat and tears.

[@wwmproductions5787]

This was a great video, I’ve always found the battle of Berlin too be the most interesting battle for some reason and after actually visiting last year it truly blows my mind seeing you show footage and compare it too maps. Keep these awesome vids coming!!

[@BattleGuideVT]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@jamesblack4883]

Loved the superimposed old and new video and 3-D fly-throughs. This was an enormous amount of work. Much appreciated. Thank you!

[@BattleGuideVT]

Many thanks!

[@notitleproductions]

Just wanted to thank you for all your amazing content. Ive been obsessed with military and World War II history since I was a little kid and the battle for Berlin and the Reichstag in particular always fascinated me. Incredible detail and use of the arial photography both then and now, this is the way this stuff should be presented to future generations so NONE of this information is ever lost or forgotten, lest we allow a repeat of those awful 6 years. Cheers and thank you once again!

[@davidgaine4697]

You know there’s a war in Ukraine don’t you? A resurgent Russia is knocking at the door of Europe. Are we supposed to just ignore him?

[@samueladams3746]

Had a dinner at the rooftop restaurant that is now at the Reichstag with some colleagues. When we were seated I got this “deja vu” feeling, then realized my table was about 20 feet from where the propaganda photo was taken. Snapped a pic and sent it to a friend that had emigrated to the US from Russian when he was twelve with a “where am I?” attached. He knew immediately-apparently every kid in the old Soviet school system saw that picture starting in kindergarten, over and over.

[@pyatig]

It wasn’t because we saw that picture everywhere, it was because literally every family had someone who perished in that war

[@LarryDaLobstah]

And? The US has the marines raising the flag over Iwo Jima which was also staged

[@jaroslavpalecek4513]

​@@pyatiggreetings from Czech republic! I am grateful to your ancestors ❤ Za Pobědu!

[@mzletamzle]

@@LarryDaLobstahust don’t make me laugh on it, US lost only 150 000 lives on it and you teach in schools it was you who won the battle 😂

[@mzletamzle]

აი ჩემ ჭუჭუს იჯდებოდი იქ სტალინი და ბერია რომ არ ყოფილიყვნენ!

[@Mr47jz]

It’s a great feeling when I come across a channel like this. I’ve been absolutely obsessed with WW1&2,and the Cold War but mostly WW2 ever since I read solider x when I was in middle school in the early 2000s it’s been a non stop consumption of WW2 knowledge.

[@joshcox4690]

I’m so glad I stumbled upon your channel. Everything is so well researched and clearly told. I can’t overstate how much I enjoy the references to maps from both the time of the conflict and today. This, more than anything else, helps put things into perspective for me

[@callumgordon1668]

Very well put together. My wife took me to Berlin nearly 10 years ago for my 50th birthday. I remember a Spree River Cruise and showing her damage from incoming and outgoing fire. I’d done Bismarck for my Scottish History Higher and the Third Reich by choice as an interested amateur, I remember using the Victory Monument and the Von Moltke Bridge as illustrations of how the whole thing had started in Imperial Germany and ended in the ruins of the third Reich. Later, I returned with friends to visit the Unterwelten and the Humboldt flak tower. All that said, I love modern Germany. I have great respect for how they curate their history, particularly the Third Reich. There’s a lesson there for other European countries and modern democracies.

[@BattleGuideVT]

Thanks Callum. Berlin is a very interesting city to visit.

[@davidgaine4697]

I would go based on this video but I don’t speak German and like the French they speak little English. I have been to Paris and used schoolboy French to negotiate the Metro. Berlin would be a whole other kettle of fish. I doubt I would get very far. I’m glad they are reunited. The Cold War dominated my early years as it did many. I’m glad the Soviet Union disbanded. It was a cruel system. My history teacher used to say we are free in the West. “Free to be poor, free to be ignored. Free to be hungry. In the Soviet Union everyone knows their place. The concept of freedom is a capitalist construct designed to enslave the proletariat.”

[@callumgordon1668]

@@davidgaine4697 language is most definitely not a barrier. I had little German the first time I went and a local missed his train to help us get ours from the airport. Public transport is excellent and the best way to get around. The historic centre is small enough to walk round and I’d strongly recommend the boat trip I spoke of. The English speaking tours of Unterwelten are the second most common and popular. Check them out online. There were only 7 native speakers on our tour and the guide was Danish. English is now the lingua franca of Europe. The Humboldt Flak tower is right next door. And the U Bahn and S Bahn take you right there. If you’re interested in the DDR, the museum not far from the Brandenburg gate is excellent. I’d also recommend Stasiland for life in the DDR. My brother does business in Germany and has no English. My niece lives in Berlin part time and has learned sufficient German, but also uses English when it’s easier.

[@nigew9730]

Well done Dan. One of the best presentations I've ever seen on KZbin.

[@BattleGuideVT]

Thanks for the kind comments.

[@hartey33]

I've been into WW2 for 20 yrs, & I mean it when I say this is one of the most interesting docs I've ever seen. I can't wait to dive into more of your channel! Something that always interests me is seeing the then vs now shots, & u did it so well with the aerial views, taking time to keep pointing out what we're looking at. Comparing it to now, what bldgs still exist, etc. I'm enthralled & look forward to more of this. Absolutely love it! 5⭐

[@BattleGuideVT]

Thanks for taking the time to watch the documentary.

[@victorsamsung2921]

@@BattleGuideVT You can play Call Of Duty: World At War and play the Berlin Campaign, which includes the Reichstag, to get a good grip of what it was like back in 1945 for the Red Army and the Nazi soldiers and citizens themselves. In terms of realism and realistic portrayal of the action and battle scenes.

[@michaelsnyder6922]

When I was a kid I was told by a neighbor who’d fought in Ww2 that some soviet soldiers wore 2 watches all the time. One for Moscow time and one for the time where they were. No idea if that’s true but that’s what he told me. He was an American who had fought in Italy and then was stationed in Berlin for a few years after the war ended.

[@aresares9548]

Kompass

[@davidgaine4697]

@@aresares9548 Do you mean the Soviet soldiers looked like they were wearing two watches but in fact one was a compass?

[@СергейТурутин-ч6г]

@@davidgaine4697 да он именно это имеет в виду, у меня есть такой компас он носился на ремешке абсолютно как часы и был на них похож, введите запрос в гугл "Компас Адрианова" и убедитесь в в этом.

[@enriqueruiz4751]

Awesome report A+. I went to Berlin last year, went up the Reichstag dome. It was pouring. Yet whole bunch of people went up still. Looking from the dome down the front plaza, I would mentally imagine the sound of the drops of water hitting the ponds like bullets raining all over the place and soldiers dying in there. Crazy. Thanks for the report.

[@shawn7096]

This was well done ..with all the competition out there I have to say this was impressive and I know your channel is going to fly real soon I'm happy I came across this your work ..best of luck going forward and much success much love from boston massachusetts

[@BattleGuideVT]

Wow, thank you!

[@madfifaskillz8078]

@@WiesawWyszomirskino one cares

[@davidgaine4697]

@@madfifaskillz8078 Troll.

[@mikeyoung7660]

I actually got to go inside the Reichstag. I was servingbin the British Army at the time and went to Berlin to spend a few weeks with the Welsh Guards. I was serving in the Irish Guards at the time. This was 1976/77. We went across the border through check point charlie and had a walk around. Paid visit to the museum. We eventually went to the German parliament. Cant remember if its in the east or the west lol. But I remember I was really exited to get to visit it. As a boy I was interested in the history of WW2 and I had seen the building many times in documentaries, but never thought I'd ever see myself actually inside it. Great memories for me.

[@philchristmas4071]

Another great one. I really enjoy your content and appreciate all the work you put in.

[@BattleGuideVT]

Thanks Phil... a lot of work to put together but we believe it is worth it for the final product.

[@fcon1350]

Amazing analysis and production on this video! You did an amazing job with walking through it all. This was great to watch, well done!

[@BattleGuideVT]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@TDurden527]

Seeing historical overlay on real time terrain is very, very helpful. The attention to details is amazing . . . see the compass in lower right hand corner.

[@clivecook7558]

I have visited Berlin many times and it shows how resilient the Germans were, and still are, to rebuild such a beautiful city after receiving so much damage. It is the most beautiful city I have visited

[@fatalmokrane]

It's pretty ugly i think.

[@WhiskyandBacon]

​@@fatalmokraneGo to Disney World...

[@daveanderson3805]

Try Vienna. Much nicer. Berlin is ugly

[@markjohnson4053]

Very well done. Our youth have no idea what war like this even is. The suffering, death and massive destruction cannot be forgotten.

[@BattleGuideVT]

Thank you for your comment!

[@chemBTW]

WOW! this video is so well made and researched. this is the most comprehensive break down ive ever seen on the battle of berlin. GREAT JOB!!

[@BattleGuideVT]

Glad you liked it!

[@richardjohncrouch7617]

Brilliant video. Ive read the books sbout berlin and Stalingrad. But to see it explained visually was amazing. I can only imagine the civilian suffering at this time. Thankyou for doing this ❤

[@BattleGuideVT]

Thanks for the comment

[@richarddavenport31]

I WAS IN THE US ARMY IN 1986 AND WAS ABLE TO VISIT EAST BERLIN. I WAS HUNGRY AND BOUGHT WHAT LOOKED LIKE A HAMBURGER, BUT WHEN I BIT IBTO IT, IT TASTED SO BAD AND THE MEAT WAS SO MYSTERIOUS, THAT I HAD TO SPIT IT OUT, AND I THREW THE WHOLE THING AWAY, RATHER THAN GET SICK FROM IT!!!! EAST BERLIN WAS LIKE STEPPING BACK INTO THE 1950S, THE STYLES AND CLOTHES ALL LOOKED THAT WAY TO ME!!!!

[@leonardpiskacsr.7111]

Was there in 82...same experience Army!!

[@Mrbiteof83]

Are you a veteran

[@Dman3827]

It was probably horse meat

[@cliffgray9822]

Man the animated maps and real footage really brings it into perspective. Thank you for this, outstanding and well done piece. 💯

[@samuel6904]

I love how you show on which streets these fights took place, I walk around this city forgetting how brutal they fought in Berlin

[@alinergiz5497]

With 3D examples, this episode was dope!

[@BattleGuideVT]

Thanks for the kind comment... glad you enjoyed it.

[@ouroboros9348]

Just realized the place I camp at in War Thunder is the Diplomatic Quarter shooting through the Construction Site. Appreciating history like this video does is just absolutely amazing.

[@andrewnorth4857]

A fantastic video! The narrative matches the graphics to make it so watchable and so informative. Thanks so much for your work and sharing. Productions as good as this are rare 😃

[@BattleGuideVT]

Thank you very much!

[@AlbertaGamer]

"Bad news, guys. We just lied to Stalin about flying the flag over the Reichstag." "Oh shit"

[@МишаКузнецов-ъ5й]

При сохранении нынешней политики Германии будет водружено знамя России.

[@benjaminjohnsonboston]

@@МишаКузнецов-ъ5йtrue bro. Slava Russia 🇷🇺

[@AngerPiper]

I think this was the best video regarding the Fall of Reichstag I have seen so far. With our wargaming group, we are planing to do this battle soon and your video will help me to polish the terrain on the table and whole scenario. Thank you very much.

[@BattleGuideVT]

Glad it was helpful!

[@philippo.8593]

This is an incredible piece of research! Thank you for this very informative video!

[@loslobos786]

As a a combat Veteran of Iraq that comment from the Soviet Soldier about being drunk all the time had me rolling!! Jesus Christ I just remember being on edge so much my senses heightened with fear lack of sleep and adrenaline the thought of being drunk aswell!! My God I salute you Ivan you truly were a badass. Semper Fi and Urrraaaalll.

[@benjaminjohnsonboston]

War criminals

[@loslobos786]

@@benjaminjohnsonboston awwweeee I love it when a Beta Male gets his first taste of Testosterone it's always so CUTE.

[@benjaminjohnsonboston]

@@loslobos786 what at all sin did Iraq women and children do to you guys

[@loslobos786]

@@benjaminjohnsonboston BLAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA you strike me as the type of Guy who watches The Main Stream Media and actually unironically thinks it's news and not propaganda for sheep. We protected the Iraqi Women and Children from their own People. If I told you half the things I saw the Iraqi Soldiers, Freedom Fighters, Terrorists whatever you want to call them do to their own Women and Children just because they were from another tribe or sect of Islam you would either die of freight go Mad or demand the Genocide of their entire race. The Iraqi People are BARBARIANS! Yes Barbarians that's a word you in your pampered insulated world no longer understand the meaning of but I do. I saw what they did I saw the things not reported on the news the things not recorded in history books. Things so Dark and terrible no Horror movie director could think of and would make the Devil himself BLUSH🤗 so don't talk to me about Sin, you have no idea what that is. Just be thankful you weren't their and they aren't here because your weak Beta ass wouldn't survive either situation they'd literally eat you alive.

[@RyanMathewPhotoVideo]

The transition at 7:06 is incredible.

[@pierremainstone-mitchell8290]

Extremely well done with quite excellent graphics!

[@BattleGuideVT]

Thank you!

[@johnathan404]

Awesome video documentary! You go into insane amounts of detail and I appreciate your content. Thank you.

[@BattleGuideVT]

Thanks very much Jonathan!

[@anothertime1282]

Excellent piece of work. I've been to Berlin a number of times, before and after the Wall came down, The city has a distinct atmosphere.

[@BattleGuideVT]

Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching.

[@davidgaine4697]

It is a city of contrasts. Deeply proud but sad, ethereally beautiful but scarred by conflict. For me the Brandenburg Gate is the most iconic, not the Riechstag. It was Checkpoint Charlie between East and West.

[@keenanmccracken6758]

Commenting to push this channel. One of the coolest history channels on KZbin

[@BattleGuideVT]

You're the best!

[@monkas1833]

Insane work dude, congrats!!! Never saw anything like that before! 20mins WELL spent

[@BattleGuideVT]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Jack_Lee66]

Was stationed in Berlin for six years in the Army in the 80s and early 90s and loved exploring and visiting the key sites in the 3rd Reich and final battle

[@panderson9561]

Just a bit of historical trivia: Defense zone "Z" was named as such because the "Z" was short for Zitadelle...German for Citadel. I always found that ironic.

[@Yora21]

Also Zentrum, which is center.

[@balajibhattacharya9502]

Yes, more videos of this kind please. I am sharing this to atleast 25 postgraduate students of history. Thank you 😊

[@MichaelOnRockyTop]

At 16:15, how in the hell did the Wehrmacht manage to implement any armored support at this stage in the game? Or even have the gasoline for them? I'm not joking. This is blowing my mind.

[@Eric-kn4yn]

A mere handful of panzers 12 Kìng tigers a platoon at start of battle a few pathers etc

[@ssnydess6787]

Outstanding and epic presentation of this last battle. I loved the old and new 3d views of the battle. Thank you!

[@BattleGuideVT]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@hadiissa2897]

As a veteran of enlisted, I remember fighting at the kroll opera house and the bahnhof railway station

[@davidgaine4697]

Troll.

[@tivvy9708]

Excellent video, I've seen many videos of street fighting on the ground level, yet this perspective gives a complete overview of the conflict, seeing this video would be hard to recommend seeing any others, this video says it all.

[@johnburns9634]

I’ve see 16 Days in Berlin. Excellent series!

[@BattleGuideVT]

Great to hear!

[@Reddy_Santhosh_]

Greatful for your research and presentation.....This is exactly how battles should be studied and presented with the importance of terrain and aerial recon at the time of the battle and modern day google Earth....

[@hamishaffleck4669]

brilliant break down, one of my favorites on the battle, well done!!

[@BattleGuideVT]

Thank you Hamish!

[@ryanlewington6]

The production and editing in this video is absolutely fantastic

[@johnhenderson131]

The worst fate I can imagine for a Russian soldier is to have fought in many horrific battles from the very beginning all the way to The Battle of Berlin, have miraculously survived, likely wounded several times. Just to be fatally shot by a brainwashed 10 year old boy (child) taught how to pull a trigger!

[@nigeh5326]

Yet another v high quality video thank you for your hard work creating it 👍

[@BattleGuideVT]

Much appreciated!

[@alex4833]

Superb video. I really like the computer generated images of the city. Similar to meatrocket4830, I like how you showed recent images of the area and the pictures taken after (and during) the battle. Excellent information also. The narration is great too. Keep up the good work. I need to watch more of 16 Days in Berlin too :).

[@BattleGuideVT]

Thanks for the comments and yes we very much encourage you to go get 16 Days in Berlin!

[@alex4833]

@@BattleGuideVT You're welcome! Awesome, I will check it out soon :).

[@dienz1]

wow what an awesome documentary mix with virtual map; and to be comparison with now aday map and so on with the buliding its so detail ,,great job guys thq

[@BattleGuideVT]

Glad you liked it!

[@geraldmiller8973]

one of the best videos i have have seen on the battle for berlin. great graphics.

[@BattleGuideVT]

Thanks Gerald!

[@asullivan4047]

Interesting and informative. Excellent photography motion/still pictures and maps. Enabling viewers to better understand what the orator was describing. Class A research project. Special thanks to veteran soldiers/civilians sharing personal information/combat experiences. Making this documentary more authentic and possible. Fighting/perishing/surviving knowing certain death/debilitating wounds were often possible. Still advanced forward regardless of what the consequences were. True grit style determination to succeed. Stalin was rewarded with keeping all the new territories not him but the Russian armies took from the invading German forces.

[@BattleGuideVT]

Thanks for the kind comments.

[@GiggleGroup]

One of the best videos I have seen on the war. We’ll narrated and great pace

[@gargamel635]

Amazing video keep it up❤

[@BattleGuideVT]

Thanks for the very kind comment Gargamel!

[@Classicgamer73]

I was in Berlin last weekend. We seen the Reichstag and Brandenburg gate as well, and amazing to think this all happened on that very spot. Very interesting 👌🏻 Thanks for sharing .

[@viclucyzia]

Please do a video about the Stalingrad battle the most fierce one inch per inch. A slaughter like no other.

[@richmoore5525]

fantastic job....Love the overlays contrasting the old and new pictures.

[@BattleGuideVT]

Thanks Rich, glad you enjoyed it.

[@simonkevnorris]

That was an interesting and informative video. Thanks.

[@BattleGuideVT]

Thanks Simon

[@DTex.45ACP]

Damn these are good. When I listen to audiobooks of military history and historical fiction, I almost always follow the areas in question on Google maps, looking for landmarks. These videos hit that perfect chord for me!

[@BattleGuideVT]

Thanks glad you enjoy the format!

[@Finchy67]

What an outstanding video. The commentary was clear and so informative. Clearly, a lot of work and research went into its' making. Well done and thoroughly enjoyed.

[@BattleGuideVT]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@yisroelkatz-xj6pq]

This was an excellent documentary! Thank you!

[@BattleGuideVT]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@JayRappa]

This is another outstanding video highlighting many details that can’t be explained through books alone. It must be tedious editing such video with map overlays but the visual for us to see is incredible.

[@BattleGuideVT]

Thanks Jay... a lot of hard work does indeed go into each of our productions. Glad you like them.

[@atakorkut5110]

I just recently found this channel and I can’t believe I haven’t seen it before. What a great concise and highly informative video even as a history buff in general and a World War II history fanatic, keep it up. I will surly be Sharing and trying to get more eyes on, although I do believe it will not be long before more ppl come to notice the excellent work.

[@BattleGuideVT]

Thanks very much!

[@michaelbiedassek7136]

Seen many docs about the final battle but this one is outstanding in the way the step by step progression of the battle is geographically visualized and then bits of witness accounts thrown it to paint a clearer picture of things on the ground. I imagined the confusion and shock by the Russians when the Stalin tanks got blasted to bits from the flak towers. It must have been such an insane battle and tragedy in every nook and cranny of the city where millions tried to stay alive in an nightmarish inferno. Thanks for offering another insight and angle to one of the most brutal battles in history.

[@sugrimuradsugrimurad9075]

После того что фашисты творили в СССР русских ничего не шокировало.русские дошедшие до Берлина были супервоинами. Их ничего в мире не могло остановить.

[@BattleGuideVT]

Really glad you enjoyed it!

[@keithshuler6703]

You really did your homework! Thanks

[@BattleGuideVT]

Glad it was helpful!

[@brittonporter5063]

Incredibly well done video. Thank you so much guys!

[@JakeTheBear1]

This is gonna be so Epic! 💙

[@BattleGuideVT]

Hope you enjoyed it!

[@Campbell90157]

Insanely good quality video!

[@BattleGuideVT]

Much appreciated!

[@marchevka22x]

Excellent video ... thank you for making such a finely detailed piece.