Escape From Stalingrad. The Amazing Story Of A German Soldier. The Eastern Front.

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Today we are going to learn some of the most atmospheric and poignant German memoirs about the 6th Army's defeat that I've read so far. We will listen to the remarkable story of the German officer, who escaped from Stalingrad only minutes before the Red Army stormed the airfield.
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[@MilitaryClubHISTORY]

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[@jamespope2840]

Hi military club love the videos you do. My question to you is, I was wondering if you could do a comparative of how many years between major wars. I am American and my family from as far back as I know we have had 1 war after another. Like my mom was born in 45 and I was born in 66 the it's like one war ends and a new one begins I have never seen this world without a war it's like that is all we know. Just short descriptions of one to the next. I don't know if this is something you might be interested in doing. Will our world ever know anything else. Thanks all at military club for the great work.11/23/2023

[@jamespope2840]

I know that the history of war would be a lot of work from one year to the next because like I said in other comment has this world ever seen a time without a war. Thanks again hope you and yours are well JDP Underhill 11 23 2023

[@cesarcerdantalaverano5513]

Good video

[@ronaldmucksch9990]

@@jamespope2840, You ask a strange question. I think you should answer yourself another question, the answer to which can answer all your questions: What is the cause of wars? However, when looking for an answer, keep in mind that for every earthly problem there is only 1 cause (singular), a few reasons why that cause exists in the first place, but there are thousands of symptoms that are born from the cause. The cause lies in the satanic debt-interest money system with an infinite supply of air money, which is under private (i.e. not state property) law. Its supreme center is the World Bank, which is outside any rights and can do whatever it wants. However, in order for earthly Satanism to rule over humanity, it needs a form of democracy for this inhumane money system to keep people believing that everything has to be as it is. Above all, making people believe that people are bad, which is why wars are inevitable. That is why satanic pseudo-democracy was introduced at the same time as the satanic money system in the form of colorful parties. Their only task is to give people the illusion that they have a say and to divide the people into as many ideologically led groups (parties) as possible, which even fight each other. Therefore, a social system of love works as follows: You need an uncontrollable monetary system like Bitcoin or Blackfort (i.e. not controlled by a central bank) and a real people's democracy where there are no elites of any kind, where only the law of swarm intelligence is at work. This is the cause in their description, with which you can explain all the manifestations (symptoms) of our current, satanic form of society, especially why humanity is kept in a constant state of war. Consider the simple question: If 99.9990% of all people don't want war, how do 0.0009% (owners of the World Bank in conjunction with its authority, the Vatican) of humanity manage to seduce the other 99.9990% to go to war with each other lead???

[@GeorgeEllestad]

Q10 1 q 1

[@csjrogerson2377]

My next door neighbour in the UK was a German Paratrooper, an Alpine Specialisist as he was from Bavaria. Kicked the Brits out of Greece. Parachuted into Crete, won an Knight's Cross (blown up with his flamethrower whilst attacking pillboxes on the heights of Crete), walked out of Russia with a handful of sunflower seeds as food and was downgraded to defensive duties at Cherbourg where he was capture in 44 and moved to the UK. A great friend and the hardest bastard you have ever met.

[@jackjohnsen8506]

I was in the US Army, you know that army who kicked your friends ass...

[@WayneVeck-yb3ul]

He killed his fair share of British soldier's and yet move here ???.

[@csjrogerson2377]

@@jackjohnsen8506 Well if you were paying attention and had any knowledge of WW2, which being a Yank you probably have bugger all knowledge of sweet FA, you would realise he kicked the Brits and Commonwealth out of Greece AND Crete, got his ass handed to him by the Russians, and ended up in Cherbourg, where the Allied landings were Yanks, Canadians, Brits. You were not alone. I, being a Vet' with 22 yrs service understood and appreciated what he did. Whereas, you're just a Tw@t.

[@csjrogerson2377]

@@WayneVeck-yb3ul Sorry Wayne, didnt make it clear enough. He was sent to the UK as a POW and stayed after the war.

[@ericscottstevens]

My grandfather was in this airlift effort. A Stuka rear gunner with St.G 151 transferred to Verbindungskommando (S) 4 at Nikolayev as they reassigned any available air crew for cargo duties for the JU52's and HE111. His narrative is very similar to this account, half frozen men storming the cargo doors Despite incredible odds flying the long distance to and from Stalingrad, he survived the war, later he wished for no sons and only daughters as men were simply disposable to governments strategic goals.

[@NapFloridian]

This is still true today for some nations, Russia, USA, China, Korea...

[@kickit59]

@@NapFloridian Another really bad thing is after governments are done with their soldiers they just kick them to the curb. My Dad was a WW2 Marine Raider. He did survive the war physically but he had a lot of issues related to the war. I can still remember back in the mid 60's when I was a kid hearing him yell in the night "the Japs are coming!" So more than 20 years later he was having nightmares related to the war. He drank a lot I think to self medicate. He never did get much help from the VA and in 1994 he died in the Veterans hospital in a way that would be very unlikely in a normal hospital. Anyhow for governments soldiers are expendable both in wartime and later in life as well. If they are dead you don't have to keep any promises as far as medical care, pensions or anything else! Something to think about!

[@papaschlumpf5894]

My grandfather had been in the german army but he had never spoken to me about that time. It was at his funeral that I learned, by the eulogy, that he had been in Stalingrad and he escaped on foot through the russian lines just days before the collapse making his way back to the own lines. Russian civilians had shown him a safe way. Due to his injuries and some freezing he was assessed not front usable after this only to be reactivated later in the Volkssturm shortly before the end of the war, when he and the other guy, both(!) of them tasked to defend some unimportand village in Bavaria against the US Army, decided to drop their panzerfausts into the next fishing pond and go home.

[@RobCummings]

It's a miracle he made it back home!

[@braddocke.hutton7392]

This is an incredible story!!!

[@alvarocorral1576]

Russian civilians showed your grandfather an escape? God was looking out for him! Great story

[@darrensussex1153]

Amazing man

[@AquilesN]

​@@alvarocorral1576la mayoría de Rusos nunca albergaron odio contra los alemanes a pesar de lo que les hicieron

[@fastcougar3200]

I am from Romania, my grand father escaped from Stalingrad alive but wounded. He told me some stories I will never forget. Cannibalism was rampant in Stalingrad, the Russian civilians were eating one another to survive and if they got some Axis prisoner, well, he got served or dinner. He saw people attacking the solders with their bare hands like zombies just to obtain some food. Was so cold outside that any sentinel who got asleep risked to be found dead in the morning. The Axis tanks that were running non gasoline could not start if stopped for more than 1h so they had to start thee engines from tine to time and to start a tank you had to do it manually, two men rotating a starter and in those conditions, starving this was like climbing a mountain.

[@scotttracy9333]

Incredible... thank you for sharing

[@darrensussex1153]

Lucky tough man

[@fastcougar3200]

@@darrensussex1153 The old man was tough as a rock, indeed. He was a "constructor" as a civilian, building houses. Christian to the core.

[@user-pf7qt7ns6q]

Мои родители родились и выросли в Сталинграде. Весь ад Сталинградской битвы в свои 7-8 лет испытали на себе. Я тоже всю жизнь живу в этом городе. Лично мне очень и очень жаль, что кто-то из немецких, румынских, итальянских солдат и офицеров вернулся живым домой. После всего того, что они сотворили в моём городе, в моей стране просто смерть на поле боя, от голода или болезней была бы для них самой лёгкой расплатой. Ещё раз повторю: мне очень жаль, что кто-то из армии Гитлера и его союзников уцелел в России. Очень жаль.

[@fastcougar3200]

@@user-pf7qt7ns6q Then we're sorry that you have no soul and still full of hate after that much time. The were just soldiers following orders, many (if not all) of them didn't want to be there. Somehow I doubt that you're that old and still have the energy to post on KZbin, but if you're real and not a troll then I feel sorry for you.

[@rabanvonstudnitz771]

Thank you for this video! I feel a very deep and emotional tie to the battle of Stalingrad and the people who perished there. Out of my family 23 members served in the Wehrmacht. One of my great uncles was Generalleutnant Bogislav von Studnitz, commanding general of the 87th Infanteriedivision and part of the 6th Army. He was reposted and became supreme commander of the North-Agean theater of war (Thesaloniki, Greece) before and thus did not get encircled in Stalingrad. His only son, Ernst-Felix von Studnitz, was not so lucky, he served as a young Leutnant in a Panzergrenadierregiment and was seriously wounded in the final days of the Kessel. He was last seen at the airfield in Gumrak, described in this video and was one of the thousands, hoping to be airlifted out. He never made it out. A few days after his death, his mother received the news that he had fallen. On EXACTLY the same day, she received the news of her son, another group of officers came to her house to inform her, that her husband - Bogislav von Studnitz, had been killed by partisans in Northern Greece. Due to this family connection to the Stalingrad tragedy, I for a number of years, was invited to the annual meetings of the Stalingrad Veteran organization meeting each year in Limburg. Very touching to see these old and impressive old gentlemen. Sadly enough all came to an abrubt stop due to the Covid lock downs. I am afraid that there will no longer be any such meetings.

[@MilitaryClubHISTORY]

Thank you, I'm glad you like our work. Incredibly, this video describes the events that your relative experienced.... The history of your family is amazing, it must be remembered and not forgotten. Unfortunately, this war has brought a lot of grief to families around the world.

[@rabanvonstudnitz771]

@@MilitaryClubHISTORY Yes, history and heritage is important to us in the family. We have direct lineage and can track back to 1306 AD and to this day have family reunions every two years 🙂

[@Occident.]

God bless your family.

[@rabanvonstudnitz771]

@@Occident. Danke 🙂

[@Yasser.Osman.A.Z.]

​@@rabanvonstudnitz771you have such nice family, my family also can be tracked to almost 900 years ago, the documents we have are dated 435 Hijri calendar (Islamic) or 1043 & 1044 Gregorian calendar, that is the oldest we can find. Now this document along others are in the museum in Cairo. Wish you the best always. Salute to the fallen ones and those survived 🫡 One's motherland is uncompromisable ❤

[@daniellebcooper7160]

An incredible story. R.I.P to all those who died there...from both sides.

[@RSpraitz]

OMG....what a harrowing escape. I am a Vietnam combat disabled vet. (Slight) And I cannot even imagine this situation. My grandfather was a POW of the Russians in WW1, and he came back a skeleton and walked with a cane for over a year. I'm happy to hear that this man, like my grandpa made it out alive. Great narration of a most unusual war story.

[@Leon-bc8hm]

Sure..... typical American BS underneath anything military or war related. A stolen valor clown. Even under a car commercial in the comments you find them. "I served this and that.... hoping for that "thank you for your service BS"

[@Here2There.246]

The book, Blood Red Snow is a reflection of a German soldier that fled Stalingrad with a platoon mate on miniature ponies. They watched Russian soldiers pass them on each side going after bigger game. Shocking survival till May 8, 1945!

[@twiz1084]

Read it last month, great book

[@MilitaryClubHISTORY]

There were many incredible stories in this war!

[@mirquellasantos2716]

I just got that book and I can't wait to read it.

[@Here2There.246]

@@mirquellasantos2716 I decided to read it again today!

[@mirquellasantos2716]

@@Here2There.246 If you are going to read it again it means that the book is great. I'll start reading mine tonight.

[@aldosigmann419]

In my readings i recall 2 soldiers 'escaping' Stalingrad after the official surrender. One was a soldier who escaped on foot after a torturous journey only to be blown up by a random mortar shell pretty much moments after reaching German lines....the other was of a soldier who became an interpreter for the Russians and was 'recaptured' later by the Germans as fate would have it...

[@MilitaryClubHISTORY]

Life is amazing and unpredictable. There are dark turns of fate where there is no justice...

[@silvesteraben7946]

One of them would be Unteroffizier Nieweg,his saga can be found online.There are reports of groups of men escaping on foot who the Luftwaffe tried to support with droppings.I checked the wehrmacht bulletins and it states that fewer and smaller groups were seen daily. It is said that "Totenkopf"eventually picked him up during a counterattack and he died in a fieldhospital during a suprise Stalin-organ rocket attack.

[@mikequayle4569]

This is completely false and that story was a fake. The war diary's of the German 6th army and units attached behind the Don never ever recorded such events. This story was fabricated however many German soldiers attempted this but none made it.

[@j.h.1328]

I also recall only one who made it to the german lines but died soon after.

[@billk1974]

Mmm mmm what

[@stnz908]

My grandad's cousin was at Stalingrad with the Italian Army. He deserted & walked back to his home town

[@darrensussex1153]

Smart decision

[@markanthony3275]

It seems that only Dr. Mark Felton mentions the 10,000 German soldiers who did not surrender when Paulus surrendered...and they did fight to the last man.

[@j.h.1328]

Well fighting went on at least until March 43.

[@JinjaBoy834]

Will hear from them if any of their diaries comes up certainly

[@csjrogerson2377]

Professor Mark Felton.

[@robertdipaola3447]

Great respect to this wonded German officer for not letting the pilot remove anyone from the plane

[@loganpollock1689]

Mister Custalla was in the Rumanian Army at Stalingrad. He said their officers told them to walk NW then west until they found the Germans. He was way back in the line (2-3 abreast) and had no idea where he was going. He followed the guy in front of him, walking for twenty hours straight before they got out. The Germans didn't act too pleased to see them but they got some food and rest.

[@jackjohnsen8506]

In 1967, I was a dental Lab specialist in the US Army in germany near Nurember. I had a german working for me, and his name was Victor Zimmerman. Victor was a surviver of the Russian camps, after he was captured, because He made dental appliances for the Russian officers. Victor died while I was there from the results of his capture. My little unit went to the funeral in our class A uniforms, with our XO....

[@judetexeira753]

why dont you make a utube video interview...Just so we all know the story...

[@jackjohnsen8506]

@@judetexeira753 I think very few people would find this story interesting, and if they did, they would be old men , like me without the Computer and phone skills, to make it worth while, but thanks for the comment...

[@judetexeira753]

@@jackjohnsen8506 I think you underestimate ...There are almost no stories ,About captured german soldiers in Russia......That part is is understudied or not in the public domain...Old men maybe..But there are young people who are curious as well as from a history point of view studies too..If you can...Record and upload..so that these stories remain for ever

[@tempolimit3693]

@@jackjohnsen8506 I would very interested in watching it and I´m young!

[@jackjohnsen8506]

@@tempolimit3693 I don't get your comment, as I didn't say anything about watching something????

[@johnhenderson131]

These diary entries give me an entirely new perspective on the history of WW II. They are pure gold in my opinion. I became interested in WW I and WW II history when I was 12 years old and my father purchased a subscription to the Timelife WWI & II series. These were very good starter books to get a basic understanding the of the history but they (like most books and documentaries) were always formatted in a large overall perspective of the battles. These diary entries give an individual perspective of what a single soldier experienced. It was so much easier to dislike what to me was the enemy when I was reading or watching from that perspective. Now you’ve humanized the individuals and that makes a huge difference! When I hear what the individual soldiers endured and suffered it makes it impossible to feel anything but sympathy and compassion when I hear the personal diaries of both the German and Russian soldiers, the stifling heat, the knee deep mud, the bitter cold, hope and hopelessness, the starvation….well you get my point. It is especially disturbing when the diary entries suddenly stop and it because the human being I was getting to know is killed in action on such and such a date. It so easy to dislike, even hate when the book refers to an entire army,..it’s not so easy (impossible) to hate when it’s now an actual individual human being with parents, a wife, a girlfriend, a person with hopes and dreams for a future and then, in an instance that’s all gone! It’s entirely different when you humanize a person, regardless of what side they’re fighting for these diary entries completely change my entire perspective of the Second World War. I wish more people would watch/listen to your channel, only good would come from it! Sincerely, J Henderson (Doc) BTW, I was in the army for 3 year and trained as a combat medic as a means to attend medical school and now work as an ER physician. I saw very limited combat under the UN (wearing a pale blue helmet, standing out like a sore thumb) in Bosnia/Herzegovina in ‘93, but that pales in comparison to what these soldiers endured. I hesitate to even mention it! Although it did teach me the idiotic waste of war.

[@sking3492]

John, or as we would say Doc, no need to minimise or compare your military service to theirs. What matters is; you served. You did your job... And that's all that counts. No one can take that away from you.

[@johnhenderson131]

@@sking3492 I appreciate your kind words and I considered my military service a privilege. The moment I was assigned to my unit my name was ignored and from then on it was…..Doc, we need you to do this or Doc we need you over here! I couldn’t help but notice you wrote…Quote“or as WE would say..Doc”. The only people that would know to call a medic by that name are the ones that are or have served in the military which leads me to believe that you also served your country. I felt it would sound very selfish and pathetic to compare my tour in Bosnia under limited risk and one firefight to what the Wehrmacht soldiers endured and suffered for years on the Eastern front. I never went hungry, suffered in the cold from improper clothing and sure as hell didn’t have a psychopath like Hitler giving egotistical orders to hold out, fight and die to the last man! My superiors cared about (us) the men under their command. That’s why I wanted to make it clear and not compare my experience with those poor bastards (most of whom didn’t survive to return home) suffered. I consider the Wehrmacht very different from the SS, the Waffen SS and especially the Einsatzgruppen SS for whom I have the most contempt because they followed behind the Wehrmacht soldiers after the areas had been secured then had the innocent civilians (mostly Jews) lined up in front of deep trenches and murdered by a bullet to the back of the head! Apart from being morally reprehensible and illegal,its downright COWARDLY! Good talking with you, Asking! Take care. Doc

[@user-fj5uj8cu7c]

@@sking3492…. ‘You served. You did your job. That’s all that matters… and no one can take that away from you.’ I absolutely agree. - A Proud Sergeant, US Air Force, 1985-1989

[@dankelly2147]

Thanks, Doc. Vietnam, ‘66-‘67. Never minimize your service, my friend. You stood to, swore the oath and, beyond that, your oath at some deep level within as a medic. All of us have the greatest love and deepest respect for our combat corpsmen/medics.

[@johnhenderson131]

@@dankelly2147 Hey Brother, I thought you were a veteran. People are so ignorant of the Vietnam war. The welcome home you guys got pisses me off beyond belief. THANK YOU for YOUR service, you put a stop to the dangerous expansion of communism and god help us had you guys not prevented that. Most people don’t understand what it’s like to have someone trying to kill you, that why I minimized my service, had I just be talking to you, I would have been more forthcoming, you, I know, can understand. I lost one friend and it still bothers me, 2 large bore IVs started and he still bled out in my arms (stepped on an antipersonnel mine and a flechette completely severed the right Iliac artery) He was a tough SOB but still wanted his mother. It hurts to lose even one. Take care my friend, Doc. PS. I was a big admirer of (Then Col.) Hal Moore RIP (7th Calvary) he was level headed under fire and fought alongside his men. He understood combat tactics. So many commanders conducted their troops from a Huey above the battlefield, yes they could have taken ground fire but it was Still safer than actually being boots on the ground with the soldiers. I had no respect for that. I’ll confess to one rule I broke, I took that sissy baby blue helmet off every chance I got. If I was going to be targeted and shot, it was damn well gonna be as a medic! What scared me most was I alway put my back to the incoming fire when treating a casualty, it made it easier to concentrate on treatment and my patient sure as hell wasn’t going to be hit again under my care..I loved those guys! That’s something people can’t understand unless they have been scared to death and sincerely believe it’s your last second to live on God’s earth. And when a Brother went down, I didn’t go because it was my job, I went because nothing was gonna stop me from getting to a buddy screaming in fear more than pain, they needed to hear the reassuring words…It’s not that bad, I got ya and you’re gonna be alright. The morphine did the rest. Lol I’ll shut up, I don’t want to bring back bad memories.

[@user-pf7qt7ns6q]

Я с другой стороны баррикад, мне 60 лет, родился и всю жизнь живу в Волгограде, бывший Сталинград. Мои родители родились и выросли в Сталинграде, ощутили на себе весь ад Сталинградской битвы в свои 7-8 лет.

[@xvsj5833]

A horrible waste of life❤& young men (6th Army)✌️

[@mopar215swp]

So incredibly tragic. The loss of lives in ww2 is still immeasurable.

[@jacobjorgenson9285]

1 million died in Iraq, notice you don’t give a shit

[@user-wv4qd9is9h]

It's a letter from book" Survivors of Stalingrad" By R. Busch. Great book highly recommend.

[@cubeh8331]

Knew I recognised this from somewhere. Good spot.

[@mr.relaxed1254]

Great story indeed..... Quite depressing but awesome for some new WW2 movie blockbuster.

[@slypear]

Would watch.

[@robertjelinski5113]

Oh my God, unbelievable!! Thank you for sharing.

[@francescosantaluccia993]

Que Deus tenha as almas desses verdadeiros guerreiros do 6° exercito !

[@daleburrell6273]

THE GERMANS WERE WAGING A WAR OF CONQUEST AND EXTERMINATION IN THE USSR- AND THEY DESERVE NO SYMPATHY WHATSOEVER!!!!

[@PauloPereira-jj4jv]

Sabe o que está pedindo?

[@sweper]

I read about a German soldier who fled on foot from the trenches on the eastern front, to the west. I think it was a story in Reader's Digest many years ago. As with all Reader's Digest stories, it was an excerpt from a book. The only thing I remember was that he was the only survivor and that he hid in a haystack to avoid being discovered. Anyone know what book this is about?

[@AquilesN]

Henry Metellman

[@sweper]

@@AquilesN I don't think it was about him, but, thanks for the interesting recommendation. The book you mentioned is on my to read list.

[@jackjohnsen8506]

I think it was called "Blood and Snow" an was the story Of a Machine gunner, who survived until the end of the war.

[@sweper]

Thank you @@jackjohnsen8506 I will have a look at the book.

[@dufreversi42]

Almost cried towards the end.

[@dredscott1651]

brilliantly done! sad but dramatic chronicle > Audio and Video par excellence. Keep em' coming

[@MilitaryClubHISTORY]

Thank you, I will try to continue to please you with my videos! Your reaction to the video inspires me to new feats!))

[@michaeld2716]

The title is correct. Very well done.

[@MilitaryClubHISTORY]

Thank you, I'm glad you liked it. To be honest, I spent a lot of time on this video. It was very difficult to convey the emotions of this person, I hope that I succeeded.

[@maxelldenomie6131]

When i read the book, _Enemy At The Gates_ , tears flowed.

[@Steven-nd1pz]

If I was born in Germany in 1920, I would have been fighting for the Nazis believing that God and truth was on my side. An unnerving thought.

[@RobCummings]

I guess your family had the good sense to get out before you were conscripted.

[@fastcougar3200]

@@RobCummings God and truth was on nobody's side in WW2

[@krazytroutcatcher]

They were defending their own people, what is wrong with that?

[@pondusenglanq8563]

Since i watched the documentary Europa the last battle i am on your side!

[@carlbernard2605]

Then Israel clapped

[@minkymott]

You are a great narrator, I could listen to you all day. Great video also.

[@justtim9767]

Great story.

[@bro5800]

Thank you.The horrible feeling of being left behind.....Oh my days!

[@tomcolvin8199]

A few got out on planes, but after loss of gumrak runway, that was it. Next stop Siberian salt mines.

[@5150Targeted]

If I was Der Fuhrer, I would have NEVER put my men or the russian men thru this!

[@daleburrell6273]

...the problem was, Hitler was a MANIAC-(!)

[@robertwguthrie3935]

You're hired.

[@steveg6978]

Thats what happens when Corporals lead millions of men.

[@mirquellasantos2716]

You would not cause you are a sane person but the Fuhrer was cruel to the core. As a matter of fact the most evil man that ever existed.

[@joemiller9931]

@@daleburrell6273 Megalomaniac.

[@krulmasta1229]

nice, i escaped the war in el salvador in 1984 i was 15..i had been training since i was 7 in 1rst grade, i was a sapper and spy and very good at making bombs.

[@wadentritt]

My Grandfather Born 1913 left Stalingrad 1 Week before the Ring was closed.He had so much luck

[@JohnWellings-mz2ue]

Amazing story

[@jim7544]

Would make a GREAT movie!

[@matttilley8620]

Agreed! I just don't know if anyone would fund a movie about a survivor who was a Nazi. I know it sounds trite, but I think it would be a hurdle to cross. Otherwise, this is a fascinating story about the human condition.

[@hubertwalters4300]

@@matttilley8620 Just because he was an officer in the Army doesn't mean he was a member of the Nazi Party, in the SS everyone was a member.

[@matttilley8620]

@@hubertwalters4300 I failed to explain myself clearly. Let's put it this way: I agree with you.

[@MilitaryClubHISTORY]

I agree. It seems to me that Hollywood loses a lot by not paying attention to the Eastern Front....

[@matttilley8620]

@@MilitaryClubHISTORY Your channel proves the point. You're referring to the feelings and thoughts of human beings, which I find to be very compelling. Hopefully anyone would be fascinated by this story, whether or not the guy was a Nazi.

[@billybobkingston5604]

Reminds me of an Ryan air flight

[@redbeard3923]

😅😅😅😅😅

[@pistolpete6321]

Wow that was intense!

[@douglascapron9814]

Excellent photographs

[@michaelvalentine4867]

Fantastic story !

[@girishdevappa5562]

Thanks

[@johnparsons1573]

Wow that was intense

[@Yasser.Osman.A.Z.]

My favourite channel 😍

[@user-dg3gl4fe1p]

처절함이 그대로 묻어나는 이야기!

[@CostantinoLenzi]

incredible story

[@terrencemiller5284]

Whoa. This was deep ….

[@berkoktayemre1940]

both fascinating and terrifying

[@unknownknown7427]

Went there to kill and suffered to run away from the jaws of death

[@nostalgiadelpassato5621]

Bel video, congratulazioni! Sono riuscito a comprenderlo con la traduzione automatica in italiano! Stalingrado fu una battaglia terribile dove russi e tedeschi si sono affrontati senza esclusioni di colpi! L'errore più grosso di Hitler fu quello di affidare la sesta armata a Paulus che in tutta la sua carriera non aveva mai guidato né una divisione e nessun corpo d'armata!

[@MilitaryClubHISTORY]

Thanks! I'm glad you liked this video despite the language barrier!

[@cobraferrariwars]

My father-in-law was with Pzg. Abt. 559 on the north Stalingrad line and was part of an under-strength combat group to rescue survivors of the Italian 8th Army. We haven't learned anything. Today we allow our so-called leaders to foment wars and suffering throughout the world. We haven't learned anything.

[@alexhardie1468]

If you want to get a good idea of what it was like to try and get on one of those last planes out of Stalingrad. Just watch the 1993 German movie: Stalingrad. And I think it does a pretty good job, of what a chaotic and desperate endeavor try

[@charlestaylor8566]

A good book worth reading , The Forgotten Soldier by Guy Sajer , the account of a machine gunner on the Russian front with the Grosse Deutschland Regiment .

[@richardthornhill4630]

It is said, "there are no atheist in foxholes." Guess that includes those aboard the last plane.

[@MilitaryClubHISTORY]

That's for sure! I also really liked his phrase about the most sincere prayer!)))

[@MaxBrown-ch1mi]

Note that a young German (Austrian) Wehrmacht Soldier - Surname ''CERNCIC'' and fellow soldier friend both decided that during the final months of the Stalingrad campaign being a dead lost course, so both decided to exit ''Stalingrad, Russia'' and 'WALK back' to their pre-war Parents in their family ''Cerncic'' home and engineering business in Graz, Austria. Believe this - Soldier Cerncic and his Wehrmacht buddy both made back 'on foot' safe and sound, and Soldier Cerncic immediately took up his pre-war work in his father's engineering factory. Both Wehrmacht soldiers still wore their German Uniforms without any encounters, his younger brother informed me.

[@marksage8559]

Deathbed every moment of this…

[@vinnypatrick9003]

Be interesting to know his fate post flight .

[@Amaruforlife]

Steven spielberg should definitely make a movie about this.

[@matthewmatt5285]

Anyone but Ridleey Scott~

[@marvwatkins7029]

" Oh Lucky Man"!

[@davidjackson2179]

Source for this story? How can we verify the authenticity?

[@user-yl7ih1mz8z]

Wow i can only imagine

[@Hadrumas]

For Hitler and his arrogant General Paulus, the German soldiers were just chess pieces and not human beings! Paulus and other generals - apart from Srauffenberg and the others in the resistance movement - later always referred to the alleged "Prussian obedience" - But what did Frederick the Great once say to an officer: "That's why he is a Prussian soldier, that he knows when he must n o t obey!

[@fastcougar3200]

Russian soldiers were the same for Stalin. Even worse.

[@IGotBoergs]

The entire Prussian ideology requires a capable and kind King to work.

[@mrpolsco6872]

Holy shit ….what a story.

[@alexandrejosedearaujoperei1008]

Todo esforço a favor da vida!

[@Tj-556]

Is there anymore of this guy's story?

[@davea8346]

What was this Germ officers name?

[@vanpaul147]

So lucky to survive. Or unlucky to survive. ..

[@piracik33]

15:04'."Somebody has to get off." Such a starving soldier could weigh about 50 kg/100 pounds. It was enough for everyone in them to take off and throw away a thick coat, which when wet could weigh about 4 kg, plus belts with buckles weighing 0.2 kg. 15x4.2=63 kg.

[@frankmithra6140]

The 2021 USA Government left behind " Afghanistan Allies" in a complete withdrawal from Afghanistan War.People ran to the airport and climbed on to planes only to perish in the air. The World is in " Great Danger" today with a Defeated and Weakened USA Government. God Bless Your Work 😇💒

[@nikto-ky4kx]

Out of the almost 100k who were captures only 3k survived.

[@MilitaryClubHISTORY]

It should be understood that there were many reasons for this. The most banal thing is that there have been epidemics of diseases and famine in the German army for quite a long time. Saving people in a war with such sources is not an easy task.

[@joemiller9931]

@@MilitaryClubHISTORY 5,000 men survived and lived to see Germany again. Yes, typhus and dysentery along with malnutrition definitely took a heavy toll.

[@cedricliggins7528]

5k survive

[@davidobriend8560]

I think it was 91k captured, 5-6k survived. A lot died from typhus and malnutrition right after being captured tho. Overall, throughout the entire war, if you were a German pow, you had a 14% chance of dying in captivity in Russia, if u were a Russian pow in Germany, you had a 40% chance of dying. For the first few years, russian pows were not fed

[@jillcreasy2288]

The suffering of the soldiers while the worthless leaders lived in comfort

[@Grandizer8989]

Imagine being in the queue at the airfield, not knowing if a plane will be available, you’re exhausted, starving, wounded. You’ve lost many comrades, and the Russians are getting closer. When the plane opens the door there is a mad rush to get on. There would be trampling, eye gouging, fist fights… and if you made it you still are in danger of enemy fighters and airplane failure.

[@JohnWest-zq5gs]

A narrow escape is I would be thanking God for getting out of that hell hole if I was one of those soldiers I would try to do good the rest of my life an appreciation of getting out of there

[@darrensussex1153]

Who was this officer? Tough man

[@davemcmahon8140]

How many stories like that did wounded soldiers face?!

[@bokunkel]

My Uncle was in Stalingrad and escaped living on birch tree bark to chew on.

[@Keptionpoker]

Iam almost Captain in CON ;)

[@vespa10ful]

Wow

[@RolandV3922]

Pure ASMR

[@1fires1]

You cant get any closer than that.

[@markprange4386]

16:53 Is this Stalingrad? Krasnoarmaysk?

[@MilitaryClubHISTORY]

This is the southernmost district of Stalingrad.

[@albertwolanski7688]

Does Henkel takes only 640kg of bombs (8x80kg per person)?

[@maxtinosl7545]

What was the officers name?

[@nauti32]

Is there any Kind of source?!

[@laugingcow]

poor guy. remind me, what was he doing at Stalingrad in the first place?

[@waynelittle646]

The magnificent Germans

[@mirquellasantos2716]

The defeated Germans- I guess that they are used to losing wars cause they started 2 WW and lost both of them.

[@waynelittle646]

@mirquellasantos2716 Needed help from the Lend-Lease Act and help from Britain (intelligence) The Russians can't even finish Ukraine 🙄

[@mirquellasantos2716]

@@waynelittle646 Russians back then were true warriors but Russians today are invaders just like the Germans back then.

[@joemiller9931]

@@mirquellasantos2716 When you are essentially fighting the world and don't have good allies (except Japan and Finland), there is no way to win.

[@tomcolvin8199]

@@waynelittle646 got to Berlin, and had a party.

[@andyx2299]

RIP heiliges Deutschland ❤

[@ET-vj1zc]

Despite the chaos, starvation, it seems to be still an amazing order in such a grave situation.

[@MilitaryClubHISTORY]

I agree. Given the current situation, the order there was indeed quite decent.

[@moistmike4150]

A few years ago my nephew got an almost perfect score on the SAT. Although they don't actively recruit, 3 of the U.S. military academies were corresponding with him because my nephew's grandfather was an admiral and knew a lot of people in military circles. He was leaning toward the Naval Academy when he watched the debacle of American withdrawal from Afghanistan and saw Joe Biden repeatedly checking his watch as they unloaded the dead servicemen and women onto the tarmac - Those young people were DEAD because of Joe Biden's awful decisions and he was myopically only concerned with what time he'd get to leave. Shortly thereafter, my nephew declined all offers from the military and now attends a private university in Texas. He's wise beyond his years.

[@vincentxavier1317]

👍

[@airfight10]

war is madness who startet war is a monster ! we all living in same planet but we dont understande what this mean ! in this point we as humans are fool !

[@gatewaymofreight]

A war of two crazy men, Stalin and Hitler!

[@doctorshawzy6477]

painful

[@thechurch5000]

Heinkel 111s or Ju 52s ? Did they use both for this operation?

[@pablofrediani2348]

Lo irónico que muchos se escaparon a Alemania y cuando cayó Berlín los llevaron de vuelta para la unión sovietica

[@user-hi2bd2hp5y]

Traurige Gestalten Du meine Güte

[@labouraredangerous]

Pathetic youtube deleting perfectly fine comments.. shame on them

[@JohnWest-zq5gs]

I would be thanking God for getting out of that hell hole hell hole I would do good the rest of my life in appreciation

[@berlinkozyreva]

Can you imagine being in your own camp surrounded by your men and having to crawl yourself to evac plane?

[@MilitaryClubHISTORY]

I agree, this is an extremely unusual situation for the army, where the combat brotherhood was highly valued.