End of War │WW2 Short Film │w/ KVH Prasnik

[@ThePama222]

One of the few good short-films imo. A lot of these films get the atmosfere wrong, but I think this one nailed it.

[@KP-zw7wf]

It clearly shows the mindset of a common soldier .... They are also human being like us... They too have family , kids . Once they heard the msg that war has stopped they left everything and going to their motherland - What a vision and theme . Really appreciated the team members and crew ❤️

[@Tugaygoekdemir24]

Fatherland *

[@brettsteele6551]

My cousin's grandfather fought in the Wehrmacht as a machine gunner from the first day of the invasion of Poland until the last day of the war in Bavaria. He told me as an elderly man in 1987 that when he received word that Germany surrendered, he shouted out with great elation "Gott sei Dank!" and simply couldn't believe that truly awful nightmare was finally over. Unfortunately for him he shared the same name as an SS war criminal, and it took three years in a British prison before he finally cleared his name.

[@bastogne315]

Plot twist he actually was the SS war criminal!

[@useyourbrain3765]

My wife's Opa died in Stalingrad.

[@yurikohejongxi6059]

My son which hasn't been born yet fough in Stalingrad

[@brianwalsh1401]

He's lucky he survived and it wasn't a Russian pow camp. All in all it could've been worse.

[@bageled_meme2690]

@tom bronski I don’t know much but if that’s true, all soldiers are war criminals. I don’t think it’s fair to say someone is a war criminal simply for being on the German side of the war.

[@swingtheding3004]

I live in a former retreat zone of the Wehrmacht. My grandma told me that while passing through the dropped everything. Woods scattered with equipment, ammo trucks etc... The old people told me that they've just pilled up the ammo on the fields as kids... Burning it for fun. Today you can still see shoes sticking out of the ground. I use K98k clips I found here for my Karabiner. So many untold stories.

[@tetrapack2648]

@@rama7267 in polen ist das oft so.

[@BelloBudo007]

That's interesting. I was wondering just how accurate or realistic this short movie was, and it seems pretty accurate indeed. Most of the old B&W movies (Pathe) that I watch have the soldiers in full kit & handing-in their rifles, ammo, pistols, etc.

[@RanzigeWurst]

@@BelloBudo007 In some parts of the area occupied by Germany, the German soldiers could not lay down their weapons. That would have been a death sentence. Then these soldiers would have been lynched by partisans, or released prisoners of war, or concentration camp inmates. At the time, my grandfather's company fought in the heavy liberation struggles around Bautzen at the end of April 1945 and was stationed in the vicinity of Prague to scream. His company had not put down its rifle after the surrender for fear of retaliatory attacks by partisans. As soon as his company was on German soil, they put down their weapons and marched west to meet the Americans.

[@BelloBudo007]

@@RanzigeWurst Thanks mate. That is interesting and makes perfect sense.

[@wira3359]

@@BelloBudo007 yes mate

[@jasondaniel918]

The war is over, but the dying has not stopped. YOU got the word, others might not. Retain your arms until officially relieved of them.

[@wolfgangemmerich7552]

As special the dying of serval thousends german prisoners at the Rhein Meadows Camps and Forced to work in Coalmines and Minecleaning all over europe under allied observationin post wartime.

[@Sintonizarproductions]

Lots of emotion. Feelings of anger, releif and sadness. So much lost and for what cause.

[@originellername3062]

well for the cause that the humiliation of the versaille "treaty" is gone. thank you allies

[@tedmccarron]

They were fighting the mortal Bolshevist enemy.

[@mattpope1746]

Adolf Hitler’s idiot ideology.

[@KM-fe7dh]

The cause was evil

[@Sintonizarproductions]

For all replying yes I know there was a reason, I was just saying the war had the chance of never happening and all because one man Infuenced so many people to a blind cause.

[@maogu1999]

Everytime I picture the end of World War 2, I start crying for some reason. As if I was there.

[@tierraokonkwo6671]

Maybe u were

[@siakiroberts9478]

A great sense of relief and sadness.

[@paulsmith8212]

What a proud , brave and sad moment for these soldiers. Nicely done...

[@michaelm8078]

I like the setup! You did a outstanding job!

[@Harrowder22]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/mX_chquiZbKLjbM ; War reenactment of the DIA-D in Santander beach plus videos of Parachute Warfare Day and Landing on the

[@jaroslawparzych4719]

❤❤Naprawdę warto oglądać. Dziękuję za film 😊

[@dennisedelweiss1513]

Tolles Video Danke

[@ptyao7431]

Finally they were relieved. Nobody likes war.

[@reginaldmcnab3265]

A sweet and bitter moment! It must have been!

[@marcobagut]

Do you mean "sweet"?

[@reginaldmcnab3265]

marcobagut yes thank you

[@Gustav-uv3vg]

Meine Leute. My people. These men went to what they thought was home, to find the whole neighborhood gone from bombing. War is tragic.

[@nateweter4012]

Strikingly good. This is how it’s done. Uniforms and equipment are 100% perfect for a Heer infantry unit from Summer of 1944 to Spring of 1945. Spot on.

[@reginaldmcnab3265]

The numerical advantage of the enemy was overwhelming! The performance of the German soldier on the battlefield was extraordinary! History and the enemy can attest to this. “When this war is over we will be accused of an infinity of murder as if all men at war, everywhere hadn’t behaved the same way” The Forgotten Soldier (the book) “The victor is the judge and jury and the vanquished is the accused”. H.G

[@martincox7354]

It is a very complicated story - as one might imagine with so many people involved. There were horrific outrages beyond human understanding; there were moments of outstanding bravery; moments of cowardice and weakness and, at the heart, millions of men and women who were not at any of these extremes but gave their all believing in what their leaders told them. Surely, there lies a truth about war. It is generated by financiers and industrialists allying with corrupt politicians. The reaction is from those threatened and, in itself, is a mixture of good and evil. There are numerous examples of soldiers of all nationalities committing atrocities (by which I include murdering surrendering soldiers or bombing civilian and not military targets). It is surely a gut-wrenching, totally disheartening reality of having to commit evil deeds to defeat a greater evil?

[@reginaldmcnab3265]

You are right. “If we see that Germany is winning we should help Russia and if we see that Russia is winning we should help Germany that way they kill as many as possible” Harry Truman. (A Democratic regime)

[@martincox7354]

@@reginaldmcnab3265 I am not aware of that quote but I think we should put some perspective on this. The USA and UK are not without blame but whatever that scale of blame, it pales into insignificance to the horrors that Stalin, Hitler and Tojo were responsible for. The true democratic countries were not whiter than white but can claim the moral high ground when compared to the (then) USSR, Nazi Germany, Imperial Japan and its allies

[@reginaldmcnab3265]

@@martincox7354 says the victors. Explain to me how did the British got an empire, was it not by military aggression! And how did The US got nearly half of Mexico, was it not by military aggression, I could go on.

[@martincox7354]

@@reginaldmcnab3265 unfortunately Mr McNab seems very set on a political, rather than historical, agenda. I did not mention the word victors at all - I was much more precise; the video and all the relevant comments were about the Second World War: I was not aware that the UK ever had an Emperor. The British Empire was certainly won using a good deal of military aggression; aggression that was line with, but arguably more successful than, the aggression shown by France, Portugal, Spain, Germany, the Netherlands in the building of their Empires. I’m not going to continue with any sort of dialogue with Mr McNab. It seems to me he only wants to preach his politics - and I have no interest in assisting his propaganda

[@mpetersen6]

These guys look way too well fed for German soldiers at this point in time

[@rc59191]

You really expect people to starve themselves to near death for a fan film?

[@northernsurvivalbackcountr4986]

Ya those boy's look like they haven't missed any meals there pretty daam clean to

[@bennyandersen742]

Exactly

[@tedmccarron]

I've seen video of German soldiers surrendering at the end of the war and none of them looked malnourished.

[@bennyandersen742]

@@tedmccarron not malnourished, just slender, a lot of them very well trained, many germans walked for miles every day, no guys with round faces and pot bellies among them , lol

[@paulackley5390]

Better keep your mess kits & canteens boys!

[@dennisedelweiss1513]

Sehr gut gemacht 😀👍🏻

[@voldemar5051]

..да, лаконично сделано, а философии больше, чем в полнометражном фильме..

[@theheboh]

wow rarely or never been seen on movie such emotional obedience to surrender.

[@zyrusjohnruiz7335]

The End of Ww2 - Benito: Lynched - Hitler : Suicide - Hirohito: Surrender

[@andrewthefatwatso5639]

Benito was shot

[@captlazo6348]

"wer die Bitterkeit der Niederlage nicht erlebt hat, der hat die süße des Sieges nicht getrunken"

[@twogamer7149]

On the contrary for the Imperial Japan, this is not a typical reaction. There was even a military attempt for coup to stop the surrender.

[@paulsobu9084]

They also went on SEPPUKU ! .😡

[@bonumdalek7107]

Seppuku, sick and fanatical... Some traditions!

[@paulhudson4254]

And so we had to drop: “The Bomb”

[@Piddel]

@@paulhudson4254 Japanese kids were ready to fight with sticks and suicide vests, every craftsman had to built muskets... so yeah either the bombs or battle on the mainland with an enemy who would rather die than surrender.

[@cold4558]

@@Piddel Uh muskets? In WW2?

[@Alopex1]

Very simple, and yet very nice little short film. :-)

[@petershim5900]

Oh for the love of humanity 🙏🏼❤️🙏🏼❤️ We share a living planet. Peace is sooo much better 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼❤️

[@kajuslementauskas]

Wow! Im impressed:)

[@sistemann6062]

😎😎

[@glennbrymer4065]

Good group of reenactors. Only mistake I saw was the soldiers exsposing their white faces to the sky looking for the plane. But otherwise I am sure that this was how it was for many german units in the end. Everything was just dropped and they headed for home, whereever that might be. Well done little video.

[@Harrowder22]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/mX_chquiZbKLjbM ; War reenactment of the DIA-D in Santander beach plus videos of Parachute Warfare Day and Landing on the

[@johnhorne2012]

Another armchair soldier?...did you serve?..... paintball dumbass?.........

[@glennbrymer4065]

@@johnhorne2012 For your info young blood. I am a retired US Army, 100% disabled American veteran. Injured while serving with a front line unit. You can find my story here on YT. Happy trails to you. U.S . Army 69/71

[@johnhorne2012]

God Bless ya Glenn,...I am retired Us Army and Navy,.............I am also an Army Brat from Deutschland,.......I am still watching,..."ever vigilant" US ARMY................fuckin ay Jack!....God Bless ya!

[@glennbrymer4065]

@@johnhorne2012 😉😎👍🙏 Read you 5x5 my friend. Thank you for your service to the country.

[@prdubi]

my dads family was in the retreat zone in Hungary and also an abandoned Luftwaffe base nearby. Many people reused the uniforms and equipment. My father was wearing great coats and wool trousers and other stuff that was from the German army when he was growing up, they repurposed it and used the materials. The boots and shoes were also reused.

[@Erick23679]

How old are you... just curiosity, dont want to offend you or anything

[@prdubi]

@@Erick23679 I'm 48 and my father is 80 right now.

[@Erick23679]

@@prdubi nice

[@Sintonizarproductions]

Fantastic work!

[@warcopy3352]

Thank you :)

[@Sintonizarproductions]

@@warcopy3352 look forward to seeing more. Where did you guys film. Reminds me of Wisconsin.

[@warcopy3352]

I believe that we will soon be able to shoot something new :) It's filmed in Slovakia.

[@Sintonizarproductions]

@@warcopy3352 awesome, keep up the great work!

[@NOC1TIME]

By this time a lot the German army consisted of young boys and old men. As I am aware.

[@TheHighCastle]

6 years of Heroic Fighting. 😢 And it was all for nothing.

[@aregularperson1357]

i like the part when they just drop everything, that probably mean that they don't want to fight anymore

[@patrickkelly9721]

I bet they really didn't want to fight to begin with.

[@krystiano1545]

Well at this point if they continue to fight , they gonna die.

[@АндрейСавел-м5в]

На берегу Ново Ладожского канала, Синявино, Ленинградская область, до сих пор выкапывают ящики от мин, корпуса раций. И подошвы сапог от нацистов...жестянки консервов- скандинавских...стеклянная посуда

[@motogp001]

What a Great short film. 👍

[@Kingsasch]

Sehr guter Kurzfilm 👍👍

[@paulder1.329]

Auf sowas habe ich gewartet

[@anthonywalsh785]

their brave fight is over, they did their country proud.

[@chrisnnh]

Thanks for not rubbing out someone because somebody else didn’t know the war was over.

[@darrenbayliss3194]

Sad in a way great film lad's 👍

[@sistemann6062]

Al menos no es un asco

[@sergeynahodka9143]

Никогда больше!.. p.s. подростком услышал от фронтовика (в 60-х их ещё было много... настоящих фронтовиков), что немцы были точно такими рабочими и крестьянами, как и красноармейцы... и воевали храбро; помню, тогда меня это удивило, думал, что они все фашисты; чуть позже, встретившись с власовцем, стал понимать всю неоднозначность проклятой войны... Хороший ролик, спасибо. (ул)

[@laudajeremypolii3803]

Real soldiers wants their homeland in peace.

[@martinvladimirovic4373]

Parada kolegovci :)

[@warcopy3352]

Ďakujeme :)

[@MyelinProductions]

Great film, Thank You. Lived in Bad Tolz, Bavaria {Bayern} for 3 1/2 years. Flint Kaserne, former SS College, in the 1970s. The forest around Bad Tolz was STILL full of German relics of war. Revisited in the 1980s as a military officer, very little had changed. The forest still had the remains of obvious fortifications and war damage. Very sobering and sad. Interesting Fact: MANY German soliders and US & UK soldiers collected the gear left behind and sold them for many years. In Germnay today there are still ORIGINAL gear for sale. Millions of tons of brand new, unused gear was left. Most gathered and marketed. Peace & Health to all ~ Live Life & Enjoy Life

[@johnhorne2012]

The French have a shitbunch of unfired rifles,...only dropped once!...........

[@MyelinProductions]

@@johnhorne2012 yes, sad but true. Peace & Health

[@johnhorne2012]

Geboren am Stuttgart,...mein Vater undt Mutti Amerikaner,..............Yes I am American,....still watching and trying to take care of folks,....Gott Bless!............."EVER VIGILANT"..................

Brilliant...it's how we felt when ordered to quit Belfast......

[@adriancehan7899]

I love thise ....❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@RagtimeAnnie]

And the people in the streets below, were dancing round and round - and swords, and guns, and uniforms, were scattered on the ground. from: "Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream" by Ed McCurdy

[@leor2830]

I hope that they were on the Western front

[@bruceg.6282]

I think it would have been snowy

[@paulwolf7562]

Where are they supposed to be? Western Front, around Berlin, in the Bavarian redoubt? Austria? It's a very good film anyway.

[@jussim.konttinen4981]

@Bart Dr There were also troops in Norway who didn't experience much fighting in the west and in the east they were opposed by the Finns.

[@tedmccarron]

@Bart Dr well of course there western front? How do you know that? It could've easily been Austria, Czechoslovakia or the Courland pocket.

[@tedmccarron]

@Bart Dr who said they were happy?

[@tedmccarron]

@Bart Dr I understand but that doesn't necessarily mean that this group was on the western front. They could have been in the Courland pocket.

[@bruceg.6282]

It looks like it's somewhere in Germany.

[@jareczz]

Dobrá robota :-)

[@warcopy3352]

Ďakujeme :)

[@nicholaspoplawski601]

I don't believe the soldiers would unload that much personal equipment,until they got to safe zone!

[@charles5895]

I agree, they’d probably have kept their pistol in case the surrender order on the radio was a trick.

[@evelinpawelek-kleinickel5914]

nicht ganz schlecht habe nur noch nie so saubere soldaten gesehrn

[@useyourbrain3765]

Teamwork, that's what the military is.

[@FandanGo66]

Onore e rispetto a tutti quei soldati tedeschi che hanno servito e onorato il proprio paese , con abnegazione e impegno , honour and loialty😔

[@gginternational.8868]

Lovely short film

[@if6was985]

After weeks of living and fighting in the woods none of them required a shave or clean clothes.

[@paulhart8814]

they had to shave every day, but yes the clothes were a bit fresh

[@victorsuarez6130]

The war was over but now they had to fight harder to keep the peace.

[@Condottiere1978]

Breadbag, Canteen and Shelter tent section were usually kept and could prove very handy in captivity.

[@nick-knack782]

Yep, dumping them didn't ring true

[@paulhudson4254]

Someday I pray we will all do this on God’s Earth. 🙏🌺☦️🌺🙏

[@PeterKost]

Война это безумие!

[@buzzardmusic5606]

Josef Allerberger, one of the best Wehrmacht snipers, escaped throught the Slovakian forests near the border with Austria, he made it home after 2 weeks and didn't get cought by the Soviets, unlike Matthäus Hetzenauer which had to spend 5 years in a prison camp.

[@wolfgangemmerich7552]

Some former german prisoners captured and stored at the Rhein Meadows camps still spend their lifes time sentence punishment. This folks never recovered from the treadment they was gone truth after the surrender.

[@Sabrina-jn7ts]

long live our vaterland

[@bertoldriesenteil1430]

Your Vaterland will remain occupied as long as people like you exist.

[@bertoldriesenteil1430]

@Herbert Norkus I touched the right nerve there didn't I.

[@geethanjaliravichandhran8109]

Being together we grow more.....

[@tyfon4429]

2:22. And there for. The world found you back. To where your real home was. On those who did not. Make it Home.

[@duckmark-06]

Wow , great

[@sistemann6062]

😢😢

[@felixbeutin9530]

only inaccuracy is that the radio report was broadcast in the evening but still ok

[@tyfon4429]

Fabelhaft. 💫

[@memirandawong]

Not any bickering over the news of surrender. Everyone of the same mindset.

[@johnevans1969]

Bravo 👏

[@guillermohoffmann8417]

well done guys!!!

[@theodoros9428]

This soldiers must be in the western front

[@sistemann6062]

2:55 great end

[@anandshah71]

After the war end was announced was is customary for the German soldier to surrender to the allies or he could directly just go to his house/family

[@BorisCheshlarov]

I was read that some german solders keep fighting after signing the capitulation ❗🙂

[@RickJZ1973]

Yes, some did continue to fight after the formal declaration of surrender. Both SS and Wehrmacht.

[@DavBlc7]

Some did fight against the Russians then went west to surrender to the British or Americans.

[@niccolopaganini4268]

@@DavBlc7 And after they were taken prisoner they were sent back to Soviets where they tried to escape

[@rancidpitts8243]

@James Kirk An uncle of mine did not have enough points to return at the end of WWII. He encountered Werewolf the following winter. They fired a few shots and then surrendered. No more ammo, food, or support from the civilian population they were forced to either starve or give up. How many other times this happened we can only guess.

[@roberthaworth8991]

@@rancidpitts8243 The US Airborne battalion that captured Goering's HQ and the Wolf's Lair heard reports of "military partisans and saboteurs" (Werewolf) in the vicinity, but never encountered any.

[@timjames6190]

They look a bit to clean for the end of the war ?

[@johnevans1969]

Will we ever learn? As long as there is evil in this world, I don't think we can

[@毎月分配型投信]

無事に帰国出来て良かったですね

[@arjansingh8285]

Thank god, this madness ended some day in past. Such great technology, sharp minds, strong arms worked day n night to kill each others. Animals must have laughed at us. Lets learn something from our past.

[@BTClips522]

Animals be laughing till they in the slaughter house

[@nathgraza9408]

Theres no god

[@arjansingh8285]

Our highest state of love, peace n meditation is god. He is not something apart from you and me. It is the supreme state of our minds. My guru osho says so. Regards.

[@jeromedavid7944]

@@nathgraza9408 God is dead and it was through our own morality that we killed him. According to Nietzsche a German with antisemitic tendencies himself. I believe there have been times throughout history that the Almighty's existence seemed iffy at best. But to stake one's immortal soul on the notion the non-existence of God is certain is a weighty proposition my friend. We must never forget death will always have us longer than life does. My faith and hope are intertwined when it comes to anticipating a place to rest that is every bit as wonderful as the world could have been if we would have just loved each other!

[@thcamrhew3858]

Amazing, you guys really did a good job. Quick question, do you guys ship items to Norway?

[@warcopy3352]

Thank you, yes, shipments to Norway arrive without any problems.

[@thcamrhew3858]

Warcopy Awesome :)

[@ASKARMEDINA]

If I were one of them, I would not leave my war equipments as like gun, ammo or even first aids stuffs. The war had stopped but still we need tools for protection until I officially got surrender to enemy.

[@johnhorne2012]

Grab yer paint ball gear there skippy,...no one really gives a shit what yer pathetic ass would do?.....now finish yer cigarette and crawl back under the cellar stairs like mommy told you,........

[@robbypolter6689]

Ein Opa hat Stalingrad überlebt, er wurde ausgeflogen, der andere hat es nicht geschafft, er ist irgendwo in der Ägäis, als Besatzungsmitglied eines UBoots mit untergegangen. Leider weiß ich, wir , bis heute nicht, die Nummer des Bootes.

[@historyguard-ww2]

Such a atmosphere...context... what was in the mind and heart of those soldiers... appearantly Wermacht...not SS... ! The war is over... so... ?!?! Note the word 'hopeless'... from the radio... the admiral Dönitz...

[@sendtoanthony]

Men understandably want to fight for their country. But they often fight for a regime instead.

[@franknezevic4385]

GERMAN PEOPLE! please comment what was said on the radio!

[@charles5895]

When they realised all they had been fighting for was a lost cause.

[@saudi7203]

Music name

[@nmflyerrobbin5413]

I WOULD GO PICK UP ALL THAT STUFF

[@vivians9392]

Somebody did. It wasn't left in the forests forever.

[@AzerithNymora]

@@vivians9392 according to other commenters, the ground was littered with stuff that was tossed

[@charles5895]

What’s the name of the music?

[@declanooi9024]

Glad for these men they could go home

[@alvashoemaker8536]

This "short" is/was really good in capturing a unit's reaction to The War: at least, this in it's reaction. I know this IS "fiction", but, its believes blew. ( BTW...THIS ridiculous " autocorrect" is CORRECTING my sentences! SO, GOOD LUCK in reading, & get ready to LAUGH; some of these 'corrections' make NO SENSE, & are ludicrous!! Get ready to LAUGH!! 😷👣

[@AmitChahartechwriter]

Retaining their guns and ammo for self defence should have been a choice.

[@kevincook1618]

Suggest finding and reading a book titled other losses to see what most likely happened to these men.

[@johnhorne2012]

A very sad but beautiful day,....no more to fight,...go home, (if you have one)..............................

[@stevenbignell6332]

nicely done...

[@tellyonthewall8751]

and how to get right turned thread on the barrel lock???? BAD SELFIE .....

[@fasiapulekaufusi6632]

At least they survived.

[@DavBlc7]

Unless they went to surrender to the Russians where they were probably sentenced to 10 to 20 years hard labour in Siberia gulps and probably freeze to death there. But if they surrendered to British or Americans, then at least they knew they were safe.

[@fasiapulekaufusi6632]

@@DavBlc7 yes i agree

[@fasiapulekaufusi6632]

@@DavBlc7 unless they were SS. If they were regular whermacht, they'd be treated nicely by american and british. But they didn't like SS.

[@muhammadfarid8766]

Perang sebenarnya tak mendatangkan kebaikan kepada kemanusiaan sejagat. Kita sepaturnya hidup dan tinggal dalam suasana harmoni dan tenteram. Betul tak?

[@panzeronbridge7189]

Perhaps you're right. But there always some world leader sees war as and only solution they have. And these soldiers in this movie for example willing to fight for 'these leader' unquestionably. And when their precious leader was defeated, we got the very moment at the end of these movie.

[@ratuadilFF]

Aku ga panik kok... Aku masih makan tidur ketawa spt biasa 😊

[@ЯнШнайдер-ъ7з]

Навряд ли имущество сбрасывали . Каска всегда в ходу.

[@johnmiddleton3003]

No emotion...abject surrender...

[@johnfischer3142]

Well made