"Brilliant" plans to win WWII: Soviet plan to win the war in 1942

In the autumn of 1941 the Germans had underestimated Red Army's strength and began an offensive that was supposed to deliver a mortal blow to the Soviet Union. This miscalculation resulted in a situation where German troops found themselves in an unfavourable position. This gave the Red Army an opportunity to trap and destroy the German Army group Centre and decide the outcome of the war.
Patreon: / eastory
Sources:
Владимир Васильевич Бешанов, "Год 1942 - "учебный"".
Светлана Герасимова, "Ржевская бойня".
David M. Glantz, Jonathan M. House, "When Titans Clashed: How the Red Army Stopped Hitler"
Григорий Федотович Кривошеев, "Россия и СССР в войнах XX века: Потери вооруженных сил"
Order of Battle:
www.wwii-photos...
www.rkka.ru/ima...
Assets:
0:39 - State Emblem of the USSR (1936-1946). Author: Pavlik01
01:37 - "Game of Thrones", episode 1 "Winter Is Coming".
02:21 - Map: "Генеральный Штаб Красной Армии. РСФСР, Калининская область (1938). Калининский фронт к 08:00, 01.02.1942.
pamyat-naroda....
04:32 - World's Finest Comics Vol 1 153.

[@saillok4923]

What about the Italian plan ? " We lose in all of our campaigns and change sides later. "

[@TheArtilleryman]

And Lose against Greece of course and get pushed into Albania.

[@1millionsubsriberswithoutn20]

Germany Italy can I please protect my flanks at Stalingrad

[@kalyka98]

Well we took albania lol we were never meant to be a militarized country

[@Matt_from_Florida]

Your ancestors in the Roman Empire might not share your opinion.

[@meliecasares8095]

@@Matt_from_Florida Mussolini: We will restore Roman empire *1 campaign against Greece later* Mussolini: HALPPPP

[@adamweishaupt3733]

It's easy to criticize Hitler for being "too prideful" to retreat at Stalingrad, but I never knew that he had encountered a similar scenario previously and successfully used the strategy of holding his ground. So many historical events are oversimplified when in reality most choices made by leaders like Hitler are made for a reason beyond just pride.

[@ImperativeGames]

Basically it was a gamble. Retreat and lose half of forces/equipment/artillery for sure or fight, kill enemies and maybe lose whole army. Actually, Germany would lose the war either way. They had small chances to win with Blitzkrieg, but it was mostly suicide from the beginning.

[@dicio4001]

As Hitler himself said talking to Mannerheim "I had no idea they had this much equipment, factories the size of villages. Had i known this before." Only Russia/USSR could come back from such a initial loss of millions of troops and equipment.

[@ImperativeGames]

German intelligence agencies lied to high military command (and Hitler) about Soviet weapons (modern guns, artillery, T-34 being in early stages of production, etc), size of the army, structure of divisions, loyalty of officers and soldiers (they many times said Red Army will collapse straight away), and the rest, for a long time. They knew everything and shared information only after war started. That's a proven fact. Because they were agents of Britain probably, maybe bought by USA oligarchy and corporations. That's my speculation, but I don't see another explanation.

[@stefanhensel8611]

Imperative Games *All* of German intelligence? That would be a real masterpiece, especially as Hitler had the habit of promoting top brass who hated each other to equal ranks and keep responsibilities vague to incite rivalries (survival of the most relentless, the ultimate foundation of Nazi ideology).

[@Fakeslimshady]

gotta push the narrative y'know

[@raincoast2396]

"Russia is not a country that can be conquered, that is to occupy... Such a country can be conquered only by it's own weakness or internal strife". - Carl von Clausewitz German Military 1812

[@Rodion_Telyatnik]

ger du, Rus was splitted in feudal kingdoms, when Mongols came, so it is "internal strife", and Mongols didn't occupy Rus, Russians were obliged to go to the Horde to pay tribute and get Jarlig approving the kingdoms rulers.

[@farkasvilkas]

RogerwilcoFoxtrot Rus was fucking split up (Russia wasn't united)!Of course he conquered them.

[@aksmex2576]

Vikings did it.

[@farkasvilkas]

Intescy Avenger Again,divided Russia.

[@unacittabizzarraechiassosa4143]

ivan kovač To be honest though, the Mongols were so powerful at the time that they would've conquered Russia even if it was united.

[@BigAl4244]

1.2 million lives+ lives lost within a span of four months is staggering. The eastern front truly was hell.

[@left9096]

Not all casualties are fatalities

[@codyjohnston9424]

​@left9096 According to Wikipedia, in just 1941, the Soviets suffered 800,000 killed, 1,000,000 wounded, and 2,300,000 captured or missing. That adds up to roughly 4,000,000 lost in just six months. Not to mention, most of the Soviet Air Force was destroyed in just a couple of days, handing the skies over to the Luftwaffe. The Russians literally suffered the worst military disaster in history. This is why there are a lot of notions and stereotypes about German and Soviet military capabilities.

[@Young_Anglican]

4:53 I had no idea that the Viet Cong fought the Germans during the war

[@Young_Anglican]

(no hate just a funny note)

[@aramhalamech4204]

Joseph Ben Abraham lol... wrong flag

[@haanpham4667]

@We_We ._. : *North Vietnam to be precise (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Vietnam) ^^

[@haanpham4667]

I do know NVA mean North Vietnam Army ( and VC = Vietcong, the liberation front) . What I meant is the flag belongs to the country of Vietnam (the north at the time) not its army. Nonetheless, just trivial my friend ^^

[@ucnguyenanh9414]

*PAVN,you're all dumbasses!

[@valosfarsangi6048]

This channel is criminally underrated, I hope you get the recognition you deserve soon.

[@pretzelstick320]

Valos Farsangi the algorithm gods have graced my recommended feed with this channel. Hopefully there are more like me

[@F.R.E.D.D2986]

240k subs. Dont worry

[@Lurkerkun]

> Russian winter > -10C° Хахаха

[@Andrey495340]

Зимой 41-42 было намного холоднее, чем просто -10. Средняя температура января 42 была -20 градусов, декабря -13 градусов: ru.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%D0%9A%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%82_%D0%9C%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B2%D1%8B&oldid=95308003#%D0%9A%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BC%D0%B0

[@duechoch9114]

Ты написал аксаксаксакса...

[@vishamvisham1089]

For sure it was not as cold as German historian Paul Carell wrote (Festung Demjansk -51°C at January 18th 1942), but still cold enough to build by Soviets railroad on Ladoga Lake in winter 1941/42 or cross on ice 42 km wide Azovsk See in winter 1942/43 by German 40 PanzerCorps. That's facts. upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d7/CaminoDeLaVidaLeningrado.ogv one Leningrad scientist noted in 1941: “At [-5 °C], 4 inches [10 cm] of ice would form in 64 hours; at [-10 °C], 4 inches would form in 34 hours, at [-15 °C], 4 inches in 23 hours. A foot of ice [30 cm] would be laid down in 24 days at [-5 °C]. It would take 8 days to create a foot of ice at [-15 °C]”. Additionally: A minimum of 4 inches [10 cm] of ice was necessary to support a horse without cargo. A minimum of 7 inches [18 cm] of ice was necessary to support a horse-drawn sleigh with one ton of cargo. A minimum of 8 inches [20 cm] of ice was necessary to support a truck transporting one ton of cargo. Although only a foot of ice was required to support mass transit along the route, the actual thickness of the ice typically ranged from 3-5 feet [91-152 centimeters], a density thick enough for nearly any task.

[@vishamvisham1089]

@Rogerio Lopes Diesel engine stops working at -18°C

[@Psycho_Odessit]

@Rogerio Lopes -50 in Siberia I'm russian, i know better)))

[@russkayaimperiya5779]

*Next up, "Brilliant" plan to get a girlfriend.*

[@rhinen7714]

Alexander Kolchak Krasnaya armiya vser silney

[@russkayaimperiya5779]

@@rhinen7714 no belaya armiya vseif silney

[@worldoftancraft]

@@russkayaimperiya5779 вам посылка от "Иосифа Сталина"

[@milasto2]

Incel gang

[@worldoftancraft]

@@milasto2 hanged white movement gang

[@noahjohnson935]

I love how you mentioned the logistics with a railroad picture. The fact the Soviet railroad gauge was different hurt the Germans alot more than people tell. Trains from Germany couldn't directly run on Soviet track because of a size difference, so the Germans commited men and material to rip up the tracks and place new ones

[@-ruttley3457]

That's how the polish bottleneck was created in 1941

[@stevek8829]

Retreating armies tend to tear up rails anyway. Once a road bed is there it's easier to place new rails.

[@patrickholt2270]

Since the Russian railway guage is wider, they should have begun broadening the guage within German and Polish territory, without being shot at, and building Russian-size locomotives, rather than trying to rebuild the Russian railway where they would be shot at while doing so, and which was never going to catch up with the front in time, or ever. The Russian railway, like the Soviet tanks, worked better with the weather and the less developed infrastructure, because Russian locomotives ran on wood more than coal, and ran less frequent trains, which was safer during the thaw and floods especially. Broad Guage for the win, another piece of Russian cunning that everyone sneered at for being different.

[@RedwihteGame]

Patrick Holt b-b-but that wouldn’t be complex enough for ze führer?

[@patrickholt2270]

@G E T R E K T 905 Oh it's criticising the Germans, impicitly. Racism, national chauvinism and anti-communism all produce bad decisions.

[@SNOUPS4]

The funny images like at 4:17 or 5:59 are the cherry on the cake of a very interesting channel; thanks for making these videos; we love the level of detail.

[@Wikouik]

Yeah, i would build a snowman too

[@pex_the_unalivedrunk6785]

Do you want to build a snowman? Nein! Do you want to build a Panzer? Who wants to be a millionaire?

[@mihajlovucic8037]

also gotta love the estonian (if i'm not mistaken) accent

[@notaugustus2076]

Your channel will grow a lot man, keep up the amazing work.

[@CooperCollinsisepic]

Wait, justin y?

[@notaugustus2076]

My name is litterly notjustiny

[@DivergencesofHistory]

Yea I Really hope to see this channel grow and even meet with similar channels if they grow in the future like Reply history or Historigraph remarkably similar format but I see eastory, East History i just got it, doing better alternatehistoryhub even publicly supported him so I think he's set to grow nicely

[@smasher248]

Not if it takes a year to release the second part of a 4 part video...

[@DivergencesofHistory]

It takes extra effort for his videos of course it takes longer

[@johnthegreat97]

*Italy switches sides in the war* U.S: "DAMMIT!!!" UK: "DAMMIT!!!" USSR: "DAMMIT!!!" Germany: "Finally."

[@WarstTC]

1944 US looses its main customer and joins the war to evacuate scientist and money

[@theArab__]

You do know it was a civil war and not mussolini waking up one day saying “I’m felling kinda ally today”

[@johnthegreat97]

@@theArab__ short answer: yes long answer: My comment was a joke on the fact that Italy was a major weakness for the Central Powers. They were inefficient and at many times were a liability and handicap to the German war effort. When Italy switches sides I imagine the Allies complaining while the Axis Powers rejoiced because they no longer had the handicap.

[@theArab__]

Jay Jean ok just wanted to make sure it’s common knowledge in the US since it’s important to know each other’s history to batter understand each other in the modern day

[@minepose98]

@@johnthegreat97 Central powers? This isn't WW1

[@kingdavid9412]

Yeahhhh, just waiting for the last now "UK"

[@Akranejames]

Step 1: Sit on Island. Step 2: ??? Step 3: *Profit*

[@cherryslat5702]

Fortress Britian!

[@marrioman13]

Assuming the failure of market garden?

[@kingdavid9412]

marrioman thirteen, in my opinions between "Market Garden" (Paratrooper after D-Day) or "Hitler underbelly" (attack from N. Africa -- Italy -- Germany)

[@marrioman13]

King David how would you class the Italian front as a failure? It helped to split german forces, especially away from france prior to opening a large front. I'm not particularly knowledgable on it, genuinely curious

[@NemsWorld]

Good job man :) keep up the good work !

[@Snookiz]

NemsYT que fais tu la nems?

[@Louis-s8x]

Wow I didn't know that Soviet troops in WWII were infact Vietnamese lol (wrong flag was used in this video)

[@mongolballempire8664]

This is actualy was supose to be Red Army flag but the star was suppose to be yellow red he got the star wrong but yeah still funny

[@guntherdoesaliltrolling5757]

Well they are So-Viet

[@wandaperi]

* in fact

[@abdur1300]

its not vietnam, its a symbol of Soviet Communism, consist of star and red flag

[@ProfShibe]

@@guntherdoesaliltrolling5757 That's a good one lmao

[@FlymanMS]

-10? More like -40. -10 is a breeze.

[@Andrey495340]

Yes, in winter there was colder than -10. In December 1941 in Moscow the average temperature was -13, in January 1942 was -20. ru.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%D0%9A%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%82_%D0%9C%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B2%D1%8B&oldid=95308003#%D0%9A%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BC%D0%B0 (Russian Wikipedia, article "Climate of Moscow")

[@TheAuck]

Just thought it was colder in Russia

[@TheAuck]

Slava yahivsky where I live in Canada is parallel to Ukraine and I’m more referring to those temperatures but and Leningrad now at Saint Petersburg was the most northern part of the front I don’t doubt Russia’s cold and that are climates are similar I mean we both have boreal forest/Taiga in a majority of our country’s I just plain though it was colder, also Saint Petersburg is parallel to what we call the territories and it can be pretty inhospitable because the climate we give it is called the tundra and is bare, although I’m not a normal temperature in winter is.

[@КомаровКирилл-и7й]

I live in Moscow region and i don't remember that was colder that -30. Btw it's coldest. Average temperature in winter -10-15

[@TheAuck]

Иван Подливыч very interesting I usually get temperatures just a few degrees colder although this last winter was shit so -15 is awfully close

[@andrewkinsey8754]

This guy is talented, original and thorough. This is going to grow into a major channel very quickly :)

[@adobotachibana732]

Don't Jinx it!!

[@kirrans101]

@@adobotachibana732 he jinxed t

[@Username-or9nr]

@@kirrans101 no he didn’t

[@kirrans101]

@@Username-or9nr oh shit he didnt

[@chesschad81]

this is a funny reply thread

[@anh413]

4:52 Vietnam people army vs german army hahaha

[@buckplug2423]

they weren't in the snow - they WERE the snow

[@mostlymessingabout]

We won of course

[@Nightingale1986]

Actually, it was one of the most common Workers' and Peasants' Red Army flag

[@Mbeluba]

Maybe it's just a way to avoid angering yt algorithm with swastikas and then giving a deserved equal treatment to hammer and sickle?

[@yuricherkasov]

Why the snow speaks Vietnamese?

[@OnigiriKewn]

Germany: "Nooooo you can't just keep on building tanks and replacing your infantry!" Russia: "Haha, T 34 goes brrrrrrrrrr"

[@gavergomer1488]

@@thinkingboi9508 Yes, not like the Nazi country of the United States, which sponsored the Nazis and entered the war only after the red army defeated the fascist creature at Stalingrad and Kursk. However, the United States has always been a Nazi country and remains one now.

[@mikhailalmaz]

@@gavergomer1488 they are just thinking about profit.......

[@mikhailalmaz]

@@thinkingboi9508 boiii, you are not thinking enough... Only idiots like you simplifiy complex events.........

[@МатвейМещеряков-ц7ф]

@@thinkingboi9508 By that you mean destroy 4 out of 5 axis soldiers? Got it. And yes, casualties ratio was about 1:1.3 (if you read actual historians and account for the fact that half the europe was fighting with the nazis against just the USSR), throwing bodies at your enemy is a middle age tactic, not a mechanized 20-th century warfare one.

[@niklausvonhouck4320]

As an avid military strategist wargamer, your videos of where exactly the force dispositions are placed is just inexplicably awesome! Thanks for the hard work!

[@johnpuzz2094]

Watched one of your videos for the first time in a month or two. Just by pure chance this video comes out right after I'm done with the French vid. Guess I'm destined to watch this one.

[@redacted7230]

German dealer: if you roll anything over 2 you capitulate the Soviets Germany: I like those odds Also Germany: *rolls a 2*

[@slenderman27490]

General: Comrade Stalin, how many divisions should we commit to the counter attack? Stalin: Yes.

[@Grayghost04]

This is the best visual representation of Soviet strategic counter-offensive during the winter of 1941/1942 I've ever seen. Now, like others, I can't wait for you to make a vid about Operation Bagration. However, as this vid mostly discussed about the successful German defense against Soviet winter offensive, I think Battle of Rzhev during the winter of 1942/1943(Operation Mars) is also a great candidate for future projects.

[@MultiRevers]

Try to watch it kzbin.info/www/bejne/nnXdomlte7Jjock But only in Russian

[@Игорь-с6и3н]

Soviet Storm. WW2 in the East - Operation Barbarossa. Episode 1. StarMedia. Babich-Design kzbin.info/www/bejne/bHTIo5egq8qDqck

[@vendsoin]

@TEXOCMOTP Depends on how it is presented, it did not differ much from the events of this video which was also a practical stalemate, with heavier soviet losses, but also soviet strategic positions becoming bit better.

[@ХРЕНОРЕЗ]

Operation Bagration is the rout and destruction of an army group north. This is a stunning operation.

[@AndrewLale]

@@ХРЕНОРЕЗ Not it isn't. Bagration was the destruction of Army Group Centre.

[@DomashnarakijaKyustendil]

When is "eastern front 1942" coming?

[@Eastory]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/pqbGe4ePgJySj9E

[@DomashnarakijaKyustendil]

Eastory I just love all the lines and numbers that are precisely moving 😀 you are doing a great job, congratulations!!!

[@Eastory]

I was thinking of making lower effort subscriber milestone videos for every 10k subs gained. They would cover random historical topics in order to branch out and test new ideas.

[@DomashnarakijaKyustendil]

Eastory balkan wars 1912-1913 animated front would be epic 😲😲😲 or some of the russo-turkish wars

[@Eastory]

I was thinking of making a two-part series about Balkan wars 1912-1920, but so far I have been struggling to find the materials I need. I would like to make a series about Russia in the future.

[@tomcat9727]

History is my great hobby, I was always very interested in the modern warfare, tried to collect as many informations as passible and I always found very dissapointing, when ppl had serious lack of information about important momments in history of Europe, but you here did an outstanding job, including so many key informations (some of them were even unknown to me), yet keeping the video short, I am impressed. Job well done!

[@buster117]

6:13 when the snow starts speaking Vietnamese.

[@ericmarley7060]

9:30 Ah, so the Soviets adopted the "ISorrowproductions" school of warfare.

[@wandaperi]

receding hairline

[@MustaphaTR]

@@wandaperi That's Alex the Rambler. ISP has more than enough hair.

[@dedk5869]

>Freezing temperatures >-10C°

[@dynastywarriorlord07]

You mean < -10 degrees

[@mattgolka6266]

@@dynastywarriorlord07 no, its not a greater then symbol in his comment, its just green text formated. His is correct

[@TremereTT]

@@dynastywarriorlord07 OP is greentexting. I guess you are not a man of culture...

[@ongfcerra9gx]

BTW Winter 1942 around Moscow was up to 40C below zero. Really cold!

[@letMeSayThatInIrish]

These videos are so good! I have never seen a better explanation of the importance of east front logistics in WW2. Also the humor is stellar.

[@froogly]

Man, I am new to this channel but love EVERYTHING about it! The visuals showing the various regiments, corps, armies, etc. really helps you visualize how these great historic moments played out. Especially for a nerd like me, after seeing a specific unit take part in a major breakthrough, I always google the unit itself to learn more about their accomplishments. Keep up the amazing work! You just earned another subscriber today! :)

[@paradise4417]

You gotta do the countries plan for WW1 or even the crimean war! This is a good series and I'd like to for it to continue

[@alessandrocaruso4201]

I just found your channel a few days ago, but I'm already loving it. Keep up the super amazing work!

[@rutorrutor3640]

My grandfather fought near Moscow, starting in January, 42.

[@RoyRogerer]

Great video man, you are becoming one of my favorite channel. Like the in depth information, the slight finnish accent, and very comprehensible visuals that makes what you are saying actually understandable.

[@Bram06]

The quality of the animation is absolutely stunning. Well done!

[@salokin3087]

Another great video looking at the eastern front, what a nightmare of a fight Kursk here we come!

[@ivanorlan]

Besides, in December 1941 Soviets had a major reinforcement with well-prepared and equipped troops from East (Japanese) front and Siberian conscripts. Also Finnish army failed to collapse Northern supply way, and Soviets still could get land-lease equipment form allies, so besiege of Moscow became a very dangerous idea for Germans.

[@ComradeHellas]

well said

[@ivantrapic6209]

Your videos are so good! I left everything I was working to watch it immediately. Keep up the marvelous work!

[@masonloeffler8064]

I love your visuals, they really make it easier to understand the complicated events taking place.

[@laurynas6589]

omfg, i've been checking your channel every day, every hour, every minute and finally

[@Pakcat123]

I really hope that someday you can show us how the German Army Group Centre was destroyed by the Soviets in Operation Bagration. BTW nice presentation on this video and very informative too.

[@fickkyuu6395]

Pakcat russian propaganda

[@Alstom_IIM]

Fickk Yuu It was successful anyway.

[@markhenley3097]

The entire Army Group wasn't destroyed, just most of it became trapped at Koenigsberg.

[@Alstom_IIM]

Prins van Oranje What about the encirclements under Orsha and Bobruisk. What about an encirclement under Minsk? "Was just trapped in Koenigsberg" despite the fact that the encirclement of East Prussia wasn't a part of plan, Isn't that a successful offence to get from Dnepr to Wisla with only a two months? And if the army group "Center" didn't get destroyed, why does the German army got problems there and decided to refill "Hole" in its defence line with units from Southern group of army? They refilled it because they lost a lot of units. So, I think that operation was a huge success.

[@awang0akhmal536]

Pakcat mak kw hijau

[@premiumbutterr4964]

Yes finally

[@kaliyuga1476]

Premium Butter great

[@ComradeHellas]

cry harder loser neo-nazi

[@thepruh1151]

Cool how a simple comment can get political

[@ALE.lethal]

thePRUH!!!! americans be like:

[@BlitzOfTheReich]

Great video as always. I would also like to add that Stalin's attack was not just in the center (although this is arguably where the main attack was) but literally across the whole front. It's as if he was playing HOi4 and decided to select all his units and right click on a random German province at once. ahaha

[@ComradeHellas]

ha..ha..ha

[@fulcrum2951]

Wonder if we were to challenge stalin or hitler to hoi4

[@ComradeHellas]

@@fulcrum2951 A painter and a meteorologist playing HOI4 together LMAO.

[@PianoGesang]

Your English is fantastic. I have watched three of your vids and I'm impressed by your flawless and refined eloquence as a non-native speaker.

[@GG-bw3uz]

Simply lovely. Viola ! Cheerio to the neat video !

[@sulphurous2656]

You should have mentioned in your previous video that the exhaustion of the German units was not the sole factor contributing to their repulse near Moscow, given that the Soviets thanks to their intelligence reports that confirmed Japan would not attack that year, rushed 30 or so divisions from the Siberian front to lead the Counter-Offensive.

[@Nikola95inYT]

Части из Сибири подошли позже, основной удар все же приняли москвичи

[@fulcrum2951]

You could just say eastern russia and Siberia rather than siberian front....

[@aekaralagonisi]

"www.operationbarbarossa.net/the-siberian-divisions-and-the-battle-for-moscow-in-1941-42/" He can't mention something that's not real. Do your research before you criticize.

[@bathell8099]

that one of western myth, soviets whole war had over one million troops in far east

[@bucket1442]

The Ultimate "They had us in the first half, not gonna lie."

[@DeeonleeCobb373]

Nazi Germany: Rushes its army to Moscow, obliterating large swathes of Soviet forces and defenses, whilst traversing miles upon miles of land. Soviet Union: "That wasn't even my full power."

[@CommanderPaulB]

I always asked myself why the Germans didn’t retreat:I thought it was because of blindness from the supreme commanders but with this I finally understand what had happened!Good Video,Great Channel!Greetings from Germany

[@bitgamer509]

So glad I came across this channel. Seeing the units on the map like that moving over time helps a lot with visualizing what was happening.

[@lukejohns5900]

Hell yeah! The series is still going

[@AndreyMikhaylovlolmaus]

The sound is not loud enough. PS Thx for the video!

[@alfric3614]

4:53 Those darn Viet Cong, always teleporting through time.

[@Prince_Afghan22]

Your videos are the BEST !! No comparison. Your channel will become really big !

[@bernardputersznit64]

Loved - it - you went with the subtle actual state of affairs - please keep these analyticals coming

[@TheNorthie]

The Rzhev salient is one of the most overlooked battlegrounds in the Eastern Front. Such a waste of life and so little gained, the Soviets were still learning and lost many brave men for nothing. But without this fight Army Group Center and it’s troops could have been used somewhere else.

[@ryzziktrognesou1]

I think the British one will be about the Bomber command, Harris and the foolish idea of winning the war only with the destruction of the german cities with the huge bombers. Anyway, your videos are great! I'm looking forward for the next one! Thank you for your hard work!

[@falkkiwiben]

I'm thinking he will do the "underbelly" plan

[@superkaijufan192j5]

Or operation market garden

[@17MrLeon]

+Ryzzik Trognesou well it worked so whats wrong with that tactics.

[@ryzziktrognesou1]

@Son of my Father You can say it worked if the project was only to weaken the war capacities of Germany. The problem was that the bomber department was persuaded that the bombs without naval landing could have won the war alone. They were determined to push the government in investing more in the Airforce than in any other part of the British army of navy. Or, that's what had written A. Beavor in his book. @Benjamin Macdonald For the "underbelly plan", I don't even remember what was that. Like I said, I was only thinking. There is no way than my ideas are the best or anything like that. I'm waiting for the next video like a kid :P Edit, I've checked. In french, we said "Ventre mou" for the poor italians :P That's why I didn't understand "underbelly"

[@purplefood1]

Bomber command was hardly the most vocal strategy in WW2. You have the army, intelligence, navy and fighter command to contend with and while they made some initial ground they were never seriously considered to be a sole strategic option for victory.

[@VolnovodDobra]

Best USA plan: join in end of war and invade in France when all german army died in USSR

[@TheVergile]

The US war strategy has always been the best: Only fight wars far away from home. If things go south all you loose is people and you can always make more of those

[@SovietPow]

Excellent! ...Funny, instructive, accurate and deeply serious at the same time... Simply brilliant!

[@petercameron8638]

Excellent video! This fills in alot of gaps I had about the tactical- strategic layer of the eastern campaign, from afar it just seems as if battles were the sole factor of advancement in the second world war, when in reality youe video paints a much clearer picture about the lanes of movement and supply, as well as the logic behind the "hold your ground" strategy the germans employed. This was a great explaination. Keep it up!

[@hannothomson3588]

Väga hästi tehtud videod! Eriti need väikesed (naljakad) torked ;) Very nice ;)

[@YungBrough118]

How do you know every Soviet and German divisions' positions and maneuvers at every day so you manage to show them with their respective numbers on the map?

[@Eastory]

I use the maps that were created by units staffs during the operations.

[@YungBrough118]

@@Eastory Thats a ton of work... I appreciate that research really, for just a few minutes per video in which most of your viewers don't even realize that details. Congratulations. Subscribed immediately.

[@criatividade-sv7gr]

4:56 Vietnam?

[@math1472]

100 criatividade perhaps. This is because of demonitization?

[@polarisgemini52]

The way you have helped me visualise wars and battles have been really helpful. I would be lying if I said I actually understood how encircling and pincers prior to watching these two videos such used this visuals.

[@МаксимЗубов-с4д]

Amazing how much time and effort it took to make this kind of content! Thank you, author!

[@SpiceNuggetz]

Yes you are not dead.

[@yuribartieniev8364]

Very informative. You earned a subscriber. The constant fighting on Rzhev-Vyazma bulge had at least one positive effect. It prevented the germans from transferring reinforcements to Stalingrad direction in late 1942. Plus it was slowly and steadily grinding german divisions throughout 1942.

[@MrCrankSer]

Генерал "Мороз"? Его эффект преувеличен, ведь от него страдали и русские войска! Особенно в период Наполеоновсских войск! P.S. Автор перепутал флаг СССР и Китая.

[@PeeterViljamaa]

MrCrank1983 tra keegi ei saa just aru kui sa vene keeles räägid

[@linklgas1691]

-right click -translate -general frost lol

[@Eastory]

Я сказал, что большая часть советских потерь было из за того, что они длажни были маневрировать во время мороза а немцы в то время могли сидеть в деревнях. По моему более объективно чем обычно в западной медий. Флаг для Красной армии зделал сам. Может быть можно было-бы что то поменять чтобы не подходил столько на Вьетнамииски флаг.

[@Itoyokofan]

Флаг РККА (полуофициальный) - это золотой силуэт звезды на красном фоне, а не золотая звезда - иначе это получится флаг Вьетнама. Жаль что в видео вы не упомянули то, на что упирает А. Исаев, а именно на сравнение расстрелянного боезапаса сторонами во время зимнего наступления 1941-1942 (даже с учётом растянутых коммуникаций у вермахта расстреляно втрое больше снарядов просто из-за того, что у СССР отвалились снарядные заводы на Украине, Беларуси и в Ленинграде, остался по сути один в Туле), а также на неправильную организацию танковых войск - бригадное устройство и общую недостачу танков, которые исчезали у РККА быстрее из-за того, что танки стали для РККА заменой артиллерии по описанным выше причинам. В операции Уран, например, окружение осуществляли уже не танковые бригады, а по-сути танковые дивизии, собранные по подобию немецких после того как в руки Ставки попали организационные немецкие документы, по которым и прошла реорганизация. Танковые бригады зимой 1941 года обладали слишком малой ударной силой, потому и выдохлись не достигнув намеченных целей, тогда как зимой 1942 части окружавшие Сталинград уже могли бить на огромную оперативную глубину из-за своей совершенно другой организации и размеров, и потому достигли успехов.

[@romank4905]

Aga tegelt siin juba 2 inimest kes saavad. Nüüd ka mina.

[@HCGxreaver]

Always nice to see you put out a new video :)

[@3115jgh]

These are incredibly well done. Can't wait for the next one. Keep 'em coming!

[@Polymershik]

When Soviets attacked Finland in 1939: OH SHIT, GENERAL FROST FRIEDNLY FIRES US!

[@Eastory]

I did not mention it, but they did learn quite a lot about the winter combat in the Winter War and put the experience to good use in 1941/42.

[@Polymershik]

All well that ends well ;) Unfortunately our junior commanders got normal battle commanding skills only in 1943, that was mentioned even in patriotic book sources. Nevertheless, glory to our brave soldiers fought and died for Motherland!

[@Daniel-qz3pk]

@@Polymershik and raped and killed children for the motherland! In all countries they marched in

[@Daniel-qz3pk]

@@Polymershik its a fact. Don't u know your history? Or did USSR propaganda hide it all, like in America and Germany?

[@Polymershik]

@@Daniel-qz3pk Any proofs?

[@rutorrutor3640]

Still. In the winter of 41-42, the Red Army trivially lacked artillery shells. This is basic. But tanks, airplanes too.

[@MrMarios3000]

A plan to win WW2 by smaller nations like Poland, Spain or Greece would be interesting too. Also a few vids about the Asian part with China,Japan and USSR (again, but in a different region) would be nice

[@Novac_Alexandru]

Wow lol interesting vid bro big like and respect!! I watch this vid in 2020!

[@ned1235]

Been waiting so long for this video! Thank you so much :)

[@orgla]

You estonian right? Great content btw

[@Eastory]

Yes I am. Thanks!

[@linklgas1691]

estonia clearly still belongs to sweden, the great northern war never happened and the earth doesnt exist either

[@markhenley3097]

Funny, I thought you were French all this time.

[@ComradeHellas]

Estonia is a neo-fascist appartheid state. They used to be industrial centers of the Soviet Union yet now Estonians flee their capitalist shithole (wages at 200%/month) and clear my toilet for 20$. They even joined EU/NATO. I hope it gets obliterated.

[@КанадаКреативно]

10:10 Germans were ok but then the winter came? Are you f kidding me? They were stopped in Stalingrad in September 1942 when it was +25.

[@cypekkoprowski5094]

They were not fully stopped in Stalingrad until November. Until then, the Germans slowly reduced the size of the Soviet bridgehead until it was only a few hundred meters away from the Volga. Winter, and the Soviet counter attack and eventual encirclement of the sixth army, prevented the complete capture of Stalingrad by the Germans. They were by no means stopped, just slowed down due to urban warfare.

[@zombieguyproducion]

The real moment when they were stopped wasn't Stalingrad, it was south of Stalingrad. In mid 1942 Germany was running dangerously low on fuel, the Caucasian oil fields was what would decide the entire war. Sadly for the Germans, the Soviets were very effective in sabotaging the oil wells and Germany just didn't deploy enough forces to be able to hold the massive frontline they created in the Caucasus region. THAT stopped the war, not Stalingrad

[@zombieguyproducion]

And as Cypek said, while the battle of Stalingrad didn't start in the summer the Germans were steadily taking the city until winter and operation Uranus.

[@dr.lyleevans6915]

Torrential downpours/soviet mud turned into a logistical nightmare. Then an early and historically fierce ( record breaking ) winter. Had the seasons been more normal, there would have been substantially different situations (not saying German victory, but it wasn’t a long shot either)

[@Fireheart1945]

5:59 Yeah, I'd like to see what choosing "build snowman" would have done.

[@leferraille7207]

bruh do you know how effective snowmen are in minecraft? The Germans were smart enough to have that as a backup plan if the Soviets attacked. Those snowballs can easily destroy a T-34 in just a few hits.

[@hermittao]

Very good explanation of some key events. Thank You

[@RavenioTheHatamoto]

Man, your videos are FANTASTIC! I love you already.

[@andrewcowan9066]

Love the russian soldier looking into the end of their rifle. 🤣 And options: 1. hold the line 2. retreat 3. build a snowman. ☃️

[@thesovietduck2121]

what

[@АфанасийБогомолов]

Yeah, well, of course, the English-speaking audience is always pulled out by the general frost and meat, and not by the Red Army and its people who heroically gave their lives on the battlefield and labored in the rear in rough days ....

[@VaIerian]

Им только наши мемы подавай... Эххх вспомню одну только осаду Сталинграда, а они только про водку шутят.

[@nikolavlahovic815]

You forgot to say that Soviet army went through extensive pre war expansion, from 500K to over 4.5 milion, and in 1941. it was comprised of poorly trained recruits, who were again replaced by even more poorly trained recruits, so in the end it made no real difference.

[@ComradeHellas]

The Red Army is the strongest!

[@RouGeZH]

All armies went through extensive expansion during the war. Starting pre-war the Soviet should have had an advantage, not a disavantage. This argument isn't convincing.

[@ComradeHellas]

@@RouGeZH The Nazis had more troops than tje Red Army during operation Barbarosa.

[@RouGeZH]

The manpower advantage the Axis enjoyed in June 1941 (30-40%) doesn't explain why the Soviets forces were utterly destroyed. And the Soviets had a large advantage in tanks and planes...

[@ComradeHellas]

The 7 nations nazi army of death deploued 3.829.000 men as opposed to just 2.680.000 men of the glorious Union of the workers. The tanks used by the Soviets predominately were BT-5 and T-26 which were utter crap. By 1942 the Soviets had deployed the brand new T-34 and KV-1 which shred the inferior panzer III and IV and the Germans had a hard time against the slopped Soviet armour until they upgraded Panzer IV with a .88 cannon and put out panzer V Panther and panzer VI Tiger, which although powerful were costly, slow and innefficient. By 1943 just right after the battle of Moscow the reality of the war had changed, the inexperienced Soviet troops had been dead or under Nazi captivity, while the most experienced troops of the Wehrmacht were dead or injured. It was the time when the Soviets managed to strike the world-wide renown victories against the Nazis in Stalingrad (February 1943) and Kursk (August 1943) swifting the tide of the war in favour of the allies. Surely the German proffessional soldiers who stroke the first victories that shocked the west in the Battles of France, in Scandinavia and the Balkans were more experienced but the Germans lacked the reserves, Versailles treaty had forbade them to raise more than 100.000 soldiers, 3.500.000 under Hitler, while the Soviet Union had implemented conscription for all adult males for 1 to 2 years. When the proffesional soldiers from both sides died, the Soviet conscripts who had undergone training were more efficient than the German ones. Additionaly the Soviets although until IS-2 tanks came out had an inferior armour, managed to mass produce more versality, fast and powerful tanks, the T-34 and their future varients, German armour was way too slow, costly and ridiculous irresilient to the Russian climate. The true Victory tho comes from the backlines, the Germans relied on slave labour on their death camps, while the Soviet Union rellied on volunteer workers who wished to offer 110% of their capabilities in the service of their country, the Soviet Union after all was a worker state and that helped a lot, free workers win on both quantity and quality the slave labour of the inhumane nazis. For example, the Nazis produced 40.000 tanks, the Soviets produced 110.000, the Nazis produced 100.000 planes, the Soviets produced 135.000 planes, the Nazis produced 75.000 cannons, the Soviets produced 520.000 cannons, the Nazis managed to equip 16 million men, the Soviets managed to equip 34 million men.

[@nikosanagnostou3364]

Amazing work with the animations.With them your videos are much more enjoyable.Keep up the good work.

[@noahcollins1913]

Very interesting and high quality videos... love your channel!

[@carsonm682]

I am very disappointed in the Soviet plan because, for France and Germany, they had a master plans the used a "great strategy" from the beginning of the war. The Soviets kind of just had the situation arise. I kind of expected for some crazy tactics by the Soviets but then you say, well the Soviet army sucked at the begging of the war. But anyways, great video and I hope you make a lot more of these types of videos. I am also excited for the British video.

[@Eastory]

I see your point and have a similar vision, but sadly source material doesn't always fit in the niche of the series. I am working on a side project about Germany and its plans to win WWI. It is on a grand geopolitical level and I think you'll enjoy it.

[@carsonm682]

That sounds like an amazing idea. :)

[@konstantinriumin2657]

Soviets did not have a plans for defeating German army near Moscow because they didn't expect Germany to come anywhere near.

[@carsonm682]

No I meant the soviets to have a "brilliant" plan for the start of the war

[@Rodion_Telyatnik]

Master Carson, USSR didn't plan to start the war, but they were confident in their forces and didn't expect a defensive fight on motherland (since Voroshilov's statement in 1938), so all the logistics, airfields etc were fatally concentrated close to the enemy border. Soviets knew the German strategic aim to Ukraine (nothing new since WW1), so they concenrated main forces in Ukraine against Romania (as you can see in the first Eastory video), Soviet command staff games (read marshal Zhukov memoirs) considered Germans could penetrate border not deeper than ~100 km, so the counterattack was aimed to the most vulnerable Balkan states least loyal to Hitler, and it was true expectation, since later in 1944, when the Red Army came to the borders of Romania and Bulgaria, anti-fascist revolutions happened there.

[@reynardus1359]

Again this nonsense about the Napoleon's army retreating in the depth of winter... Napoleon's army started it's retreat in early October when it was already depleted and was out of Russia COMPLETELY by mid November. The last battle was while crossing Berezina, a shallow river was not frozen.

[@levijones1874]

What happened to the prisoners of war in Stalingrad?

[@massineben7198]

USSR: which PoWs? *nervously hides the germans in the siberian gulag*

[@levijones1874]

I only listen to Eastory. The accent the drawling’s!!!

[@impaugjuldivmax]

Mostly, the German POWs throuhout the war have been used in rebuilding the cities and roads. Among 95k prisoners from Stalingrad 5k returned back to Germany alive.

[@fulcrum2951]

Gulaged

[@youssefkabab5593]

This channel is the best channel on KZbin

[@miniaturesandstuff5209]

Another fantastically incredibly well made video! Well researched, entertaining and aptly presented in an easily digestible format, i have to say i understood in 11 minutes what big documentaries (Soviet Storm and Battlefield, which are also awesome) take episodes and hours to present! Thank you for making these! 🙂👍

[@samj.s3132]

Your russian flags are vietnamese

[@mobilecyclop7329]

Sam J. S nah

[@lawer8936]

@@mobilecyclop7329 ya

[@mobilecyclop7329]

Dude that makes videos true

[@lawer8936]

@@mobilecyclop7329 iknw

[@reverendnon5959]

@@Nightingale1986 it says, "Sixth air assault regiment" Is the emblem of one regiment.

[@elijahhashem4100]

UK: So Soviet Union what is your plan? USSR: Simply wait till winter comrade. Xaxaxaxaxa

[@aaronharper9412]

4:50 I never knew germany fought a war against vietnam

[@derpoblizist9076]

Aaron Harper technically, they fought in vietnam, in support of japan

[@luiseduardogomezdearandaju723]

This is the single most detailed video I have ever seen on the Eastern Front. Congrats, I've subscribed.

[@imlav7601]

This videos are so well made, so complete and a great entretainment. Keep the hard work it is awesome!

[@KHRrocks]

is it just me or is it too soft? i maxed out the volume on both my comp and youtube itself and its still barely audible.

[@zentorini]

Yeah, it's too quiet

[@jeffreymuu5451]

KHRrocks Open your ears bro

[@vertergaminghd399]

I can't hear him

[@Ozrico1o1]

Sounds fine to me

[@meVladowski]

43 next, Battle of Kursk, 44-45 Operation Bagration, 45 Rush B

[@Eastory]

Actually this was not 1942. The real animated map video is coming too.

[@fulcrum2951]

Operation Rush B

[@user-vu9ug4vb3u]

B for Berlin

[@channelbelongtous]

>> Russian Winter >> 10 C bruh, you don't even know

[@stramster1]

This is a great video mate. It's accurate, concise and funny.

[@blairseo1]

Great video very interesting to hear how well you explained it sorry if off topic but you have a pleasant voice to hear.