The Second World War | Episode 12: Capitulation | Free Documentary History

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In this episode: The Führer's death was announced by radio from his headquarters: 'Our Führer, Adolf Hitler, died this afternoon in his command post in the Reich Chancellery, fighting to the last breath against Bolshevism for Germany! In truth, Hitler took his own life on April 30, 1945. The following day, his close confidant Joseph Goebbels and his family followed suit. The death of this prominent National Socialist brought the so-called 'Thousand Year Reich' to a swift and tragic end. The Wehrmacht signed an unconditional surrender just days later, and the Allies took control of Germany. While the war in Europe concluded, fierce battles raged on in the Pacific, only to be altered by the introducing of a new, devastating weapon.

[@johndoe-od6ge]

brought the so-called 'Thousand Year Reich' to a swift and tragic end. What is so tragic about the end of ww2 in europe ?

[@KevinN-df8eo]

Excellent series on a topic very heavily shown on YT. Glad I watched it.

[@FreeDocumentaryHistory]

@@KevinN-df8eo This really is an excellent series. It is the perspective from German historians and they’ve gone at this darkest of chapters in their own history with a thoroughness and a meticulousness not seen that often.

[@Drain_Life]

Don't praise it after you cover it in censorship blurs. There's even audio censors in this.

[@matt_pacheco_music]

It’s amazing. Best series I’ve watched on the war

[@fontire_5935]

Thank you for the series

[@BillWJS]

KZbin had become so infantilizing. 😠 I'm an adult who pays for Premium. I can handle some disturbing images and unfortunate words. 😡

[@schulze25]

Right!!!

[@Luca.Bruschetta]

Me too dude, like we're gonna need an entirely new app for the grown ups with a few bucks to spare 😡 😂😢

[@gonzoxp]

Agree and censor the word suicide is BS. Come on KZbin, your politics on videos is insane.

[@barryhostler7661]

It’s getting more ridiculous by the day.

[@neukleopatra]

Blame KZbin as a company, if channels like this don’t censor videos they’ll demonetize all of their stuff.

[@johnpendarvis7885]

My mothers' brother was among the troops that liberated the camps. He was a sensitive soul, and what he saw disturbed him so badly he took his own life after 10 years of alcoholism and nightmares.

[@thehapagirl92]

Just say your uncle

[@afinepoint4u]

I've seen many documentaries on WWII over my 60+ years but some of the information contained in this video was a revelation. An educational experience.

[@zillsburyy1]

could have done without the 1984 censorship

[@joedavidson6556]

1984 is becoming more of a reality all the time.

[@HIOP0]

Could have done without your selfish comment.

[@pierrepauldevos6603]

Très bonne série

[@trooperdgb9722]

I know it means I am a nasty person... but I react badly every time I hear any of this "Oh the Werhmacht prisoners were treated badly by the allies.... " Really? So what? What on earth did they expect after how THEY treated everyone else? Whats that saying about sowing the wind and reaping the whirlwind?

[@DT-wp4hk]

You believe the lies.😂

[@shawnastephens1536]

It's how you feel. Your not a bad person for feeling that way. I feel the same.

[@Campbell2005]

I feel the same way about the use of the two atomic bombs. I think it was completely Justified.

[@EliudCastro-kw8kl]

Stop blurring out the images the truth

[@kungfuchimp5788]

Pretty good documentary. The scale of carnage in the last days, is almost incomprehensible.

[@KeelsF2F]

I have seen countless documentaries on World Wars I and II, and found this series exceptionally well written, narrated and edited with a lot of footage that was new to me. Same for a lot of lesser-known details like how the Soviets forced their German captives to drink castor oil before parading in defeat through Moscow. I question, though, the purpose of blocking images in these days when most anything goes in cinema. Let viewers see the full horror that war brings; hopefully, it's as close as they'll get. Kudos to you on this excellent treatment and keep up the great work!

[@dave8323]

Why is there so much censorship?

[@DT-wp4hk]

🏳️‍🌈🚩🚩🚩🔯.

[@emperorconstantine1.361]

@@DT-wp4hk…what??

[@randallhatcher6028]

I usubscribed . I'm not a child and don't need protection from reality.

[@HabarudoD]

As much as I understand the reasoning for censoring certain footage containing graphic media, for historical purposes, I really wish it wasn't. It should be shown, for it shouldn't be forgotten.

[@donl1846]

Video games has more graphic scenes that this film, stop the blurring KZbin, !!

[@georgeamanor-boadu6771]

We are not children so stop this pathetic censoring. At our ages there's nothing we haven't seen before.

[@gaisinlungapamei5974]

Big fan ... but can we have experts from the other side too

[@katr8756]

No thumbs up for those who bow to the bullies of u.t. And the reason I'll not subscribe!

[@montrelouisebohon-harris7023]

Granted, I know the Soviet generals were despicable because two of them were competing as who could get to Berlin first and as if it wasn’t bad enough, the Soviet general through their soldiers into fire unnecessarily westward it was even more of a canon fodder event going into Berlin and it’s heartbreaking, but that’s communism for you

[@philipjubileo.omonoji8151]

I am not comfortable with all these censoring (pictures, language with words likr suicide removed etc), folks need to KNOW and SEE real war as it is, life aint no joke or ameliorated, reality is brutal

[@john_p_123]

So you want them to put all this effort into uploading these videos but then get the demonetized?

[@madedjrbatara1000]

They used the English for Belorussian --- White Russian. 1st White Russian Front for Zhukov's 1st Belorussian Front.

[@sonnyr1899]

Don’t mess with the Red arm

[@713devereux]

If you were German surrendering to the Russians was a 10 year sentence to the east if your were lucky.

[@mikejackson1183]

at the end of the day all dictators are cowards.

[@stanlee-eq7lu]

Damn! At 1:38, that was a CHILD fighting the war!

[@edwest7035]

more utube blured out sh!t..turned it off..

[@hughsmith7850]

And today, we are still fighting the bolshavics

[@bigdog594]

Where do you live, just so I can avoid getting mixed up with it🫣😂

[@Foxy-Boi716]

1000th view :)

[@foucault8964]

Ironic the Germans were so good at retreat

[@anthonynicholich9654]

If Germans did not have the Russian front americans and english would have never gone past the Normandy beaches

[@lcmlcm2460]

People stop crying about the censorship

[@Trillock-hy1cf]

Why, as it is very annoying, and the people alive around those times saw it for real, or is to protect the little softies scared of their own shadows?

[@andrewbuckman-nm9iz]

They are still the enemy

[@lichang-l3m]

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[@fransschepens3]

Old news

[@filmandsong05]

while he sat in the comfort in the bunker

[@filmandsong05]

the german people are amazing so sad we led by idiots at times