Fate of Soviet Soldiers in WWII

The second world war in colour
At the first days of soviet-nazi confrontation more than 4 million of soviet soldiers have been captured by nazis. In six months 600000 of soviet prisoners died. The fate of others was still unresolved.

[@blacknikespurpleblankie1354]

Breaks my heart to see what Russia went through in WW2. Respect from USA

[@anrd8595]

Ryan Scott USSR. It consists of 15 republics and hundreds of nations

[@Unfoldedbear]

I don't. In the very end it was equal with everyone. The Russians and German were basically like if you scratch my back I scratch yours. The Russians took over german houses while the citizens lived in it. They saw german soldiers get interrogated and after it was over they took them to their front yard and cut their throats.

[@bronco482]

@@Unfoldedbear RUSSIANS LOST 27 MILLION SOLDIERS AND CIVILIANS

[@Sbreslin59-js2zz]

"We defeated the wrong enemy" - General Patton 1945 (assassinated)

[@Sbreslin59-js2zz]

The US should have invaded Russia and annihilated the Soviets and Communism once and for all. Instead we were used as pawns fighting the international banking cartel to pave the pathway for a global communist conspiracy

[@rths11]

They thought they would break us in three months. German soldiers with a smile began to invade our country. Four years later they fled from there, in their eyes there was fear, anger, despair and rage. How many people died on this earth?

[@Shadow-sw2hx]

Thanks to the cold winter the russians were saved

[@stevemtc1]

Chelsea Chan in 1998 The USA 🇺🇸 Lead by Ronald Reagan broke your ass

[@rths11]

@Abcd Öäzxc yes, of course LEND LEASE saved our country, not the men who fought since first day of nazi invasion, not the children and women who worked 16 hours a day to produce tanks, ammos, weapons and etc, not the partisans who fought day and night in the deep of the enemy's frontline, NOT THE FUCKING YOUNG GUYS who fought until the last breathe, OF COURSE the war was won by the power of americans canned food. Fuck off and learn the history of Great Patriotic War.

[@rths11]

​@Abcd Öäzxc on the Eastern front Nazi's and their satellites like Hungary, Romania, Italy and many others lost 9 millions men. My country lost almost 12 million soldier and 14 million civilians (all because Nazi's mass genocide and other brutalytis of war). On the Western front Nazi's and their satellites lost near 540 thousand soldier. Fucking think about it. You was brainwashed by Hollywood and western propaganda. Yes, I'm hate communism too, but we are not talking about that, we are talking about spirit of my countrymens.

[@Antianimag]

Люди стали забывать цену победы... надеюсь, время не пришло... чтобы напомнить.

[@captderichelieu2280]

What's is strange ? Only for one year of war, 1941 - 1942 ,Germans murdered 3 millions Russians [ POW ].From 1941 to 1945 Germans army killed 27 millions people of USSR.

[@ColonelGhostman]

Great video. =)

[@SotaJumalan]

Gutes video !

[@DScottWhitaker]

Well said!

[@RusMakMonkey123]

im russian too man, i also lost family in the war. I agree with you, it was horrible. But we can't just put all that hate on germans. most of them didn't even want to attack Russia, or anyone at all. And germans now are respectable people who are very polite and cultured. We should forget our past, as bad as it may have been.

[@Itried20takennames]

I can only wonder if the German soldiers writing about the Russian prisoners of war ended up being marched through Moscow to Siberia, with someone in the Soviet Army thinking the same of them.

[@user-gq6rv5wp2p]

I think they didn't. Nazi were too selfish and arrogant to place themselves in other people's place

[@captainobvious9233]

Lots of German and Soviet soldiers died in WW2.

[@tylerbrusseau4649]

yeah big and bold and righteous german army killing 27 million soviets too bad 15 million were defenseless civilians and 4 million were unarmed pows wowe

[@iloverebeccachambers]

We Russians are remember this for a while. You are not forgiven! You better do not take us a chanse to revenge. But we WILL! I wanted to say as a Russian. But ok. Time passed. We forgave you. But do not try anymore. Useless.

[@derritter4970]

Black Metal Warrior It is 30 million dumbasses

[@lynnterrenal1263]

German deaths 5,800,000 to 8,000,000 Soviet deaths 24,000,000 to 30,000,000 in ww2 Soviet has many deaths because of how many battles they entered in ww2 these wars they entered:the winter war,Russia vs Poland in 1939 to 1945,Russia vs germany in 1941 to 1945,Russia vs japan 1941 to 1945 (russia helps usa vs Japan)

[@lynnterrenal1263]

German deaths 5,000,000 to 8,000,0000 cuz germany entered many wars too in ww2 here is the wars they entered:germany vs Poland in 1939 to 1945,in 1940 they battled UK the battle of britane,in 1941 to 1945 russia vs germany,Germany vs France in 1941 to 1945

[@rod3067]

@snakemanmike i just heard that about hitler, and yeah i knew about göering thanks for the info, by the way, do you know what was the combat record for göering?

[@ironclad452]

What is this footage? Is it Time Life or something? I'd love to see more. Tragic history. Fascinating -- but very tragic.

[@Tezcatlepocatl]

At 5:12. That footage is out of place, they're supposed to show the beginning of the German offensive against the Soviets, but there's an SKS in picture, and that gun wasn't around until late 1944, so that is footage from nearly the end of the war.

[@pyllywaltteri]

No they didnt. USA's supplies very vital especially at stalingrad

[@ghos7bear]

@theoldgalah mistype "to sell natirual recourses"*

[@Wottymotty]

A few of my family members died in the siege of Leningrad my grandfathers 9 month year old sister was killed due to bombings and my grandmas family got out just on time and my great uncle died in 1943 as a soviet machine gunner and my grandmas father had 2 of his legs blown off by a artillery shell and he was a soviet infantry man

[@SharkKid42]

It huts me so much to see other people from Russia looking like this and seeing those two kids breaks my heart.

[@TheRavnstrup]

@nocandy4u2 I fail to understand your skepticism from your earlier comment then. You're saying that all these wars are justified? All the civilian casualties are justified? Please, do elaborate.

[@ogostaboy]

We should never forget this so it doesn't repeat !

[@ITRIEDEL]

anyone know how they get this footage in color? and how they remaster it?

[@randy109]

Funny how time "changes" history. I've studied military history for 32 years and have an extensive library. When I was a kid in the 50's many of my Uncles and older men (in their 30's and 40's) still REALLY hated the Japanese, but I never heard of any hatred for the Germans. Back then,before "political correctness" most folks said that as long as Hitler was only killing "communists and jews" we should have left him alone. Sounds kind of ugly now, but was perfectly normal in 1950's USA...

[@Phillygthemessenger]

2:13 awh look at the happy puppy

[@ColonelGhostman]

Is it just me, or is that a MG 42 or 34 on a tripod in the background behind the girl at 2:22 ?

[@randy95023]

As an American born in the 50's I grew up with the war still fresh in everyone's mind. I had 6 uncles who served in the war and 4 were seriously wounded. The way the Germans fought in the East was almost completely different than the war in the West. Germans treated Soviets completely different than they did the Western Allies. We treated German POW's quite well, so well that many moved here after the war. Soviets and Germans kept their hatred for decades. Eastern war was a tragedy...

[@hlwanmoe1981]

What kinda facts/ books that you are on?

[@GAMINAZO11]

where can I find information related to your comment.

[@uphamtimothy]

To add insult to injury, during the Stalinist Great Purge from 1937 to 1938, 35,000 Red Army personnel were all executed, including Marshall Tukhachevsky. This is the reason why when the Germans executed Operation Barbarossa, they made such sweeping advances into the Soviet Union. Suffering from the Great Purge and from World War II, hopefully the Russian people can now find peace and harmony.

[@pyllywaltteri]

I know they didnt help directly but as I said amrican supplies were in use in stalingrad as well

[@schumy90]

a war doesn't end in victory...allways in defeat on both sides

[@Ramadl59]

@CHICAGOSERGE I agree with you,shouldn't blame the ordinary soldier. Italian soldiers received the same treatment,many were not fascist or cruel.

[@rod3067]

@unclemort1960 yeah i heard hitler captured a trench al by himself, and once i heard göering was in the same squad the red baron was, is that true?

[@NikkTheTrick]

Becuase most of those soldiers were frontline troops in Summer 1941 which were encircled, had their communication with other troops cut off and only choices were to surrender or to die while inflicting only minimal causalties upon the enemy. Oh, and Germany lost almost 3 million asprisoners in the war. Romania lost about half a million as prisoners. Just look at US garrison in Phillipines: all of them surrendered to Japanes when they ended up in similar situation.

[@procopro]

Due to the lack of modern roads in the Soviet Union, and given the weather conditions (dry roads, mud, etc). At times horses worked better than mechanized transport. The German tanks had a narrow track which hindered movement. Half-tracks were the key. But the Germans did not plan for a long war and did not prepare the army for movement over a large area as the USSR. And the German mechanized forces constantly brokedown during Oper. Barbarossa.

[@StalkingRainbow]

@Scoutrussp7 The Japanese would have continued their offensive efforts (which they ceased in early 1942 after attacking the US) and a combine push from the west and the East would have decimated Russia. Remeber the only reason the Russian were able to keep producing weapons(even at the low numbers they did) was because they moved as many of the factories as they could from Stalingrad into scattered areas in the East right where the Japanese would have attacked.

[@vetitoe362]

Its not remastered. It was filmed in color. It is original!

[@chieftenbets2114]

There is a fantastic emotive scene in a movie called 'Breaker Morant' an Aussie show about 3 soldies accused of murdering POW's and civilians. In a Court martial scene the defense lawyer explains how in wars normal men become involved in abnormal events - such are wars. No war is Normal - Normal is far from War.

[@GAMINAZO11]

umm I see... I thought there was like this website where I could find further opinions.

[@MuttTheHoople]

In America and the West, you've seen many WW II movies with sympathetic portraits of Germans....none in Soviet movies. There's many stories of German and British veterans befriending each other and having joint reunions....I'm guessing that there's no jovial reunions of the veterans of Stalingrad.

[@joeblow1307]

Why are all these comments hate filled and aggressive, I'm just here to do a project on Soviet history. Like fuck, stop the aggression.

[@JIMY45GR]

The battlefield in Kursk was filled with many hundreds of burnt tanks and crashed aircraft, and so many dead soldiers. The difference was that while the Russians suffered heavy losses but could continue as planned and shift from defense to a large counter attack in a wide front, the German army in the East just lost the core of its remaining force. In the summer of 1941 the German army attacked Russia and was stopped only near Moscow.

[@Heer88]

@RushEvolution The alternative was Soviet Union fully equiped attacking much less in population Reich .

[@Treblaine]

you know you don't have to speculate, there is a wealth of historical information that will give you an insight into US politics in the build-up to the war.

[@rolthox]

Well that backfired, didn't it?

[@DScottWhitaker]

Four out of five German soldiers killed in World War Two died on the Eastern Front. The Red Army suffered ten times as many dead as the Western Allies combined. Russian soldiers were/are badass. I am from the States but respect must be given to whom it is due. I am glad we are allies of the Motherland because I would hate to suffer there wrath!

[@shevah2]

United We Stand! Divided We FALL!

[@zthetha]

"Shouldn't ve be finishing off ze Tommies?" asks the naive Kraut squaddie. " In your dreams sausage-sucker!"

[@josebarberena9564]

7:00 what a touching and graphic description of a POW march of that level

[@JIMY45GR]

In the summer of 1942 the German army attacked in South Russia and reached the Volga river at Stalingrad before it was stopped, and lost the strategic initiative to the recovering Russian army. In the summer of 1943, in the battle of Kursk, the much weaker German army broke its fist and lost its best remaining units in its attempt to regain the initiative in one last major attack, for which the Russians were fully prepared.

[@unclemort1960]

@rod3067 sorry i don`t know could some kind person enlighten us?

[@debashir]

My grandpa also fought in this war, and was in German captivity. He always told us: ''Don't believe those who will slander germans as cruel and ignorant people, on the contrary soldiers were kind and friendly, primary folk always tried to support them.'' Despite the fact he tried to escape and was captured by guards he never told anything bad about Germans. One whistle was enough to gather german soldiers to wrestle just for joke, ofcourse in epsence of their senior-ranking officers :))

[@TXSTLIGHTBEER]

The high pitch ringing noise is pissing me off

[@marcdupont9418]

boo hoo

[@trzcinarowice]

"No longer rely"? When in our history were we able to "rely"?

[@currishev]

It was necessity of preventive strike against Stalin, but cruelty to civilian and POW was the fatal mistake of Hitler. As a Russian veteran recalled, "We were between two relentless beasts, and we chose Stalin who at least spoke Russian."

[@pyllywaltteri]

antony beevor-Stalingrad, for example

[@D3adtrap]

Hail to the fallen, hail to all heroes! Your dindt die nor suffer for nothing.

[@karligarl]

@TankNutJohn89 No man, this numbers are definitely wrong. Don't underestimate the role of soviet people in WWII. Nearly 93% of german units were destroyed on the Eastern front.

[@ghos7bear]

@theoldgalah Looks like no answer?

[@debashir]

@Heer88 too many of German soldiers have died due to Hitler's stubbornness, I personally think it might have been avoided should the Germans prepare for winter war and not advance too fast to enemy territories not to become unable to supply their army in a proper way.

[@python238]

do you understand what you writen ??? :D

[@sboonthae]

NO WAR !!!!!! PEACE !!!!

[@unclemort1960]

@rod3067 so you don`t have a `tash or a vegatarian

[@sergeikozin47]

@JohnQuincyAdams1 but humans have different mindset, each of every human have their own personality. good or bad..

[@carguy8022]

@Steve96461 Didnt Lenin bring about communism and the Bolsheviks?..

[@vaidyasantosh8559]

Omshanti😥😥😥😥

[@1ramyus]

Two strong allies in fight against each other. Both - Germany & Soviets begun this war in September'39 by aggression on Poland

[@TheBskids]

Video starts at 1:48

[@Username92195]

@ReaganSmashObama Ok, the poison candy part is bs. The soviets didn't have an abundance of poisoned candy alright. Alot of them didn't even know what a lightbulb was because they lived in such remote areas. Neither side showed an abundance of humanity in the war.

[@karligarl]

@TankNutJohn89 1. Not Russia, but USSR. USSR included 15 states and only 75-80% of population where russians (if you dont know)... 2. Don't worry, I can count and compare numbers. I just have some another numbers (approximately): USSR - 8900000, Germany - 4500000, Japan - 1900000, Italy - 350000, USA - 400000.

[@Heer88]

@debashir And what was the alternative ? making defensive war till Soveit Union equip themself and get ready to kick the germans back , as it actually happened in 1943-1944 , the moment for decisive psyhological blow was in 1941-1942 from then on it was too late .

[@MrHds46]

Мой дед воевал за СССР, попал в плен и до конца сидел в немецком концлагере, хотя мог бы вступить в тюркские легионы. Его освободили американцы, и после немецкого концлагеря его бросили в советский, впрочем как и многих других солдат которые попали в плен. Он год сидел в концлагере, затем вышел и прожил долгую, счастливую жизнь. Сейчас узнал что многие в России симпатизируют совку, эти секты СССР, "живые человеки" и тд. Хотя понимаю что это больные и старые люди которые ностальгируют по старым временам, все равно если начнется кипишь и эти совки будут лезть во власть, буду убивать их, кем бы они не были. Нельзя позволить этим кровопийцам захватить власть в России. Это больные безумные люди, маньяки.

[@bassbuckmaster]

The german war machine was the most powerful army in human history at that point. To think less than 100 years earlier war was standing in a straight line trading shots at the other army. France fell in two weeks. It was the beginning of modern warfare. Russia will always be remembered as the people that fought against this machine. As a American I am very proud Russia has been on our side during both world wars, and heaven forbid we have a WW3 I hope Russia will fight side by side with the allies again.

[@friedrichengelpanther7732]

Russia and yankee "america"will dissapear...

[@crummmycheese]

Others were illprepared

[@DScottWhitaker]

I Think if Hitler would have gotten out of the way and let his more battle seasoned generals make key strategic decisions involving troop and equipment placement they would have taken over the world. (scary thought) We probably would be corresponding in German right now... wouldn't you agree. I was not aware of that fact about the Red Army, much appreciated.

[@Treblaine]

Right, why was it NECESSARY for America to give so much aid to UK from 1939-1942 when it would not have harmed them for UK to fall? No way Britain was a bridgehead to invade USA. FDR sympathised with Britain's plight, was opposed to Nazism and said so in appealing to the senate to approve the Lend-Lease. No mention of future war. It was the nicest thing ever, and as a loan, not a gift, Britain retained its dignity as paying her dues, not dependant on charity but just a favour from a friend.

[@Kowal1986]

and dont forget about Katyn massacre where over 20 000 polish officers and intellectuals were murdered by NKVD

[@TheRavnstrup]

@CSATexan O.o !!! I must ask, are you a paid troll?

[@BolshevikCarpetbagger1917]

Even more tragic than the 40,000-80,000 Polish men, women, children, and elderly murdered by the UPA, isn't it?

[@xisotopex]

I hate communisim, but i believe that in WW2 the majority of both the russian and german soldiers were victims of circumstance, and simply trying to stay alive. each side had its own propaganda, and each side was indoctrinated. over the years some former russian and german soldiers have reconciled, and maybe this gives humanity some hope.

[@dulamas]

Why in this video are so many soviet soldiers of tatar, baschkir,kaukasian nazionality and so little of russian?

[@toniquique]

0:33 eso es historia...aunque no sea americano.

[@mihanich]

wtf u always talking about katyn? u gonna answer on every sentence by "katyn" word?

[@bassbuckmaster]

I think about Americans ( not sure how many) went to Russia when the depression happened before the war. Soviet soldiers it seems received no mercy from anyone. I remember hearing even Jewish people in concentration camps felt bad for Russian soldiers. It would be a miserable situation to be in. I would flee to the woods, but thats because I hate communism from learning about them. But I know why people fall for it, and I bet if you take out human nature it would work.

[@jadger1871]

what can you expect when an army captures more prisoners than the size of their whole army? now a country has to feed twice as many people.

[@frankt.1391]

you mean half of conquered Europe. The nazi europeans could have fed the russians. That was a huge mistake. The rest of the russians would hear about the killings and mistreatment and decide to side with Stalin to the end. Gigantic mistake.

[@jadger1871]

@@frankt.1391 Explain then the hundreds of thousands of former Soviet citizens who volunteered to fight against their former oppressors, many of them having been in the Red Army. There was a continued famine across Europe for years following the war, to pretend like they could have fed millions of POWs when they couldn't even feed their own citizens is utter nonsense.

[@albertop952]

Your grandfather had a good luck, my one was taken by Russian troops , died in Siberia after few weeks on march 1943. but I don't hate Russian people: war is war. Never more wars in Europe!

[@Harambe.]

"6:15 Basarabia has fallen" No shit, that was Romanian territory.

[@user-fu7iz8kw8e]

This territory has been Russian longer than Romania exists, dear orthodox non-brother, and so-called ally in WWI.

[@frankt.1391]

@@user-fu7iz8kw8e no it hasn't been, that is ancient Moldavian Kingdom. Then you forget the Ukrainians are between Moldavia and Russia. So you are far away Mr Vasily. But that doesn't matter we are all europeans. But maybe you think like african tribes which wage war all the time bringing famine and poverty maybe that's your solution to European problems

[@SuperBigdude77]

It kinda of strange that when ww2 ended the russian did the exact same thing there was hardly any German pow's left after ww2 whowere captured by the russians.

[@noctislucis1099]

Karma my boy, karma ;/

[@mhmmdsuleymanzad6186]

All Eastern Europe invaded by Soviet.

[@projectdcb7525]

SuperBigdude77 this is what they deserved

[@pyllywaltteri]

I've read number of books about stalingrad and many of these books pointed out the importance of western allied supplies

[@TheRavnstrup]

@subfourrun Yes, thinking for yourself is idiotic. The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts. - Bertrand Russell

[@stanislaw84]

not really if soviet didn't receive the lend lease weapons from USA when their prototype T-34 still not ready yet, the soviets might not survive quite long

[@AndreyVVV]

Не совсем так. Первая всеткаи англия начала воевать с немцами. Когда немцы подошли к Сталинграду, нам банально было нечем воевать.

[@TankNutJohn89]

You can be right, mine were the german official numbers.

[@sergeikozin47]

@JohnQuincyAdams1 russians are very friendly, thats why.. i love lots of friends there..

[@ghos7bear]

@theoldgalah The answer is: West refused to take gold as payment for all that technology and machinery Soviet Union needed for industrialization, other countries was the only source of theses thing by the time for post-agrarian, demolished by a civil war Soviet Union. However the west still accepted natural resources and wheat in particular! Why? Because this was a direct plan against USSR!

[@jm-holm]

i wouldn't have had anything against soviet losing this war...but then again i'm quite biased considering my country lost 10% of it's entire population in dead and wounded defending our small country's independence against stalin's soviet.

[@HackDaTank]

@debashir he doesn't look like kalmyk either... since tuvans were not involved in front military operations during the war and yakuts have significantly wider skulls, he's more likely buryat.... mean that's all complete bullshit , all of them fought nazis and did it pretty well.

[@toulon33480399]

good video fucking war

[@Ctasker5]

God bless your grandfather

[@1Hawk2Hawks]

@RushEvolution not lissing to his genrales thats his biggest fault otherways half the world woud still be speaking german he had supreme genrales but he got to greedy

[@BIOSHOCKFOXX]

they had write with caps not the "WORLD WAR 2" but the name " IN COLORS" xD

[@zeztro]

@MaLTaWheels1 i wouldn't say any soldiers are tougher than the other becuse russian soldiers only charged because otherwise they would have been shot

[@EJBS1991]

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