German Advances Through Soviet Union | WW2 Color Footage

This video is a collection of raw, unedited footage taken by German Propaganda cameraman Hans Bastanier with an Arriflex color camera from June to September 1942.
He accompanied the 6th Army trough its advance in Eastern Ukraine and Southern Russia in Summer and Autumn 1942, when the Army would advance towards Stalingrad.
#ww2 #germanarmy #documentary #colorfootage

[@papillon3986]

Wow man I’ve watched years of ww2 content and u think you’ve watched it all then you stumble across this gem! Thank you!

[@disme2072]

me too!

[@kai-uwebartl8439]

In remember to my Grandfather, he was a German Soldier in WW2 and he told me everytime, it was wrong ... So please World come to Freedom and Peace ... a Man from Germany

[@DmitryVSokolov]

Hello from Moscow. My grandfather was a soldier too but he was deployed against Japan not against Germany.

[@IsoXable]

@@DmitryVSokolovsome 80 years later their grandkids share the stories of their grandfathers without fighting each other. Amazing

[@sp7873]

the problem is, that Russia with Stalin went from the battlefield as winners but their essence was as evil as Hitlers 3d reich. They didnt learn what germany learned. we can now see this in Putins imperialistic aggressions against other countries like chechnya, georgia and ukraine. from another german whose grandfather fought in the east..

[@winnietheshrew2957]

@@IsoXable But Germany is at war with Russia again! Ukrainians are fighting and dying with the weapons provided to them by our useless and greedy power elites. If the West had not torpedoed the peace talks in Istanbul, peace would have been restored 2 years ago and countless Ukrainians and Russians would still be alive.

[@H4PKOM4H_hi]

@@DmitryVSokolov Он скорее всего был слишком молод если его признавли уже к концу войны.

[@MiroslawGaweda]

It was amazing to watch this and that sort of quality and color . I've been watching ww2 docs for a long while. This was very unique glimpse into German day to day . Music really made you feel bad for all those poor folks and kids..regardless of country/politics. Sad period for humanity

[@whizzedywhiz2912]

If you would have a look "regardless" on the events, there are tons of war diaries, i dont know if the are available in your mother tongue or even in english. The sight of the "normal" Soldier on the german side differs largely from all the propaganda you see on a daily base. May it be the regular Landser, Panzerwaffe or Luftwaffe. Also interesting is to analyse WW1 diaries. You'll see how hard it affected human beings seeing all the stuff they did.

[@coyotedust]

@@whizzedywhiz2912 Yes, the diaries of German soldiers are just young men growing up in a unique time in history.

[@Kavro-]

​@@whizzedywhiz2912 Wo gibt es diese Tagebücher? Würde mich sehr dafür interessieren. Danke

[@internetcensure5849]

@@coyotedust Not "growing up", as most were in their 20s, but maturing in a nasty environment.

[@wilkobetzin8647]

Das wurde bei Guido Knopp nicht gezeigt. Das sind sehr interessante Aufnahmen, weil sie das Leben abseits der Kämpfe zeigen, und auch die sehr gute Filmqualität. Danke für das Hochladen!

[@AdrianDeer]

Guido Knopp :P Der Propagandist..

[@marios.5043]

Ja, man sieht viel über den russischen "Untermenschen", irgendwas muss bei der Einheit wohl schief gelaufen sein, denn diese Menschen werden ja nicht nach dem übliche Guido Knop oder SpiegelTV-Narrativ behandelt...Und N24 Nazi Ufos sieht man auch nicht, schon komisch irgendwie...Mal gucken, vielleicht wird das Video ja aus diesem Grund dann auch auf YT wieder gesperrt, schließlich leben wir ja in einer liberalen Demokratie mit Meinungsfreiheit ^^

[@tgwcl6194]

Incredible footage of a whole army going into oblivon .....

[@lduranceau8046]

It does not show the 'oblivion' part, which would be the Stalingrad disaster. This whole video does not really make it clear what year and month we are looking at in most of it (the video).

[@daveweiss5647]

This is some of the most amazing footage I have ever seen... wow.... absolutely breathtaking... I actually felt like I was there... the Neverending vastness of the Steppe... the dust, destruction...never ending fields of destroyed vehicles, young soldiers doing their duty, a Mensard scarred doctor treating peasants...amazing...

[@JoshDeCoster]

4 million men entered a black echo in which most would never return, or ever see their home again. This is a nice tribute to honor all the lives that were cut short in the horror of WWII, and maybe some closure for the millions of families who never knew what happened to their loved ones

[@blooddef]

Well said. The eastern front was particularly brutal. Cannot imagine fighting there as a young man.

[@elnomio]

Tribute nazi scums?

[@haroldbell213]

They didn't understand how cold it could be. No proper winter gear would be pure hell.Led by a insane leader. A sad deal indeed.

[@K_one_w_one]

They were the invaders.

[@JoshDeCoster]

@@K_one_w_one oh yeah they were! Not defending any of their actions, but many were victims of their government and forced there at the time as well

[@danielrendon8555]

So many young men lost their lives for two fools.

[@Pathippie]

Biden and Zelensky?

[@lukastichy7306]

​@@Pathippie Idiot

[@SAGA_Remixes]

@@Pathippie Ватку и сюда занесло?

[@user-nx5ks3tl6w]

Из за дурака Гитлера, Сталин не был дураком, он не хотел войны с Германией!

[@AugustusCaesar88]

One evil fool & one great man trying to preserve traditional Europe. This war was a European crusade against Bolshevism. Dont believe me? Look at Europe today and tell me, who won?

[@user-ms9ji5sj7k]

The 6th German army was a victorious one but meet a bad defeat at starlingrad

[@mrpaddy3318]

this is what you allies never say. the german army fought always against a huge overpayment of soldiers the whole history. you never respect the germans because the english started to to demonise the germans in every way and it worked.

[@fireabend_1226]

beautiful pictures, thanks for showing. :)

[@borgenpb413]

This footage is absolutely remarkable im so appreciative that you decided to take time to share this with us. So powerful wow a snapshot in time I salute you Sir you have provided wonderful insight that we just don't often get to view

[@disme2072]

I AGREE!

[@mariosprenger5186]

Sehr beeindruckende Aufnahmen. Erdrückend und aufregend zugleich! Danke fürs Zeigen. Gruß aus Frankfurt an der Oder!👍

[@gerardshort531]

I have learned more from this brilliant piece of work than all others I have seen. many thanks for showing it.

[@billd2635]

I've seen miles of wwii footage. This is some of the most interesting film yet. thanx.

[@wb6162]

The smart German soldiers knew they were in trouble even when they were doing well. The sheer size of the Soviet Union was shocking to them. They knew they could never hold the country no matter what. I doubt many of them could guess in their worst nightmares what the future held for them though.

[@enoczavalareyes8785]

many historicians say if the USSR would have had back then the roads and highways western Europe had, the Wehrmacht would have won Barbarossa: 24th December 1941 celebrating Christmas in Sebastopol and new years eve in Moscow, the main German weapon was the flashing speed Blitzkrieg talking by surprise entire enemy armies

[@alanledzep1967]

The size was shocking? They had maps no? I’m not being sarcastic.

[@wb6162]

@@alanledzep1967 When you grow up in a place like Germany wide open plains like the western US and Russia are intimidating. It's one thing to see a picture in a book and quite another to see it, travel all day and the scenery doesn't change.

[@desmondgriffith7855]

They conviently ignore the fact that the Soviet Union had 5.5 million men under arms and 14 million reserves, they conviently ignore the fact that as the Germans advanced into Rissia, the frontage became wider, they ignore the fact that Germany was losing 500,000 men dead, missing and permantly crippled every 6 months​@@enoczavalareyes8785

[@AchseBerlinTokio]

For example Berlin - Moscow is about 1850 km Berlin - Bayonne in the far southwester corner of France is about axactly the same distance..

[@agermaninsweden]

Fantastic footage providing deep impression in the daily horror of war. And still giving a glimpse of humanity at the scene at the field hospital

[@dalebechtel8904]

Amazing clarity

[@jakobmariasoedher4522]

no quietness ... awful loquaciousness; the footage speaks for itself

[@Dexteritas55]

finally someone saying it... this narrator would not shut up, how many times does he repeat himself I'm only 5 mins in???

[@rolandgeorgschramm1839]

Some German soldiers knew what lay ahead. My fathers brother who would have been my Uncle told him on his departure good bye we will never see each other again and to this day , nobody knows what happend to him. What a waste of life . 😢😢

[@robertschrum5496]

Sad to say that ur story repeated a million times over. Peasants paying the ultimate price to their overlord. defence of the motherland &/or fatherland.... probably pre-dates biblical times....Rwanda... Cambodia...Congo... same verb, different adjective... unique pronouns... GL

[@Leon-bc8hm]

@@robertschrum5496 War is a right wing hobby and it can be prevented but in their eyes people cost money.

[@user-nw3xs9wm8x]

Dein Onkel ist ein Faschist und ist wie ein Hund in einem fremden Land gestorben!

[@collinseretis]

That’s War unfortunately.😣

[@TheConqueror009]

​@Leon-bc8hmwar is human nature and not a right wing hobby. That's just Marxist stupidity speaking - not logical reasoning.

[@fedecano7362]

I thought the narration would never end, longest 9min of my life

[@davidjackson2179]

Did you like the part where he said the same thing 5 times?

[@terrybarton8388]

Yeh ! Robot narrative kinda sucks doesn’t it!….

[@pgolpa4829]

Excellent very well made loved it

[@brandonkew9122]

Excellent footage. Greatly appreciated. And thank you for not blasting horrible techno music as do too many others.

[@charlesegan-wc8ug]

Incredible, thank you very much.

[@handy335]

Fascinating history! Thank you! One of the best I've ever seen!!!

[@user-ms9ji5sj7k]

Not only the German 6th army meet defeat also the axis allies of Hungary Slovakia Romania Italy meet the same defeat

[@kkvsn7294]

I heard Mussolini $h!t in his pants when heard about Barbarossa.

[@AdrianDeer]

You say it like it matters that other nations suffered in Stalingrad aswell? Why dont you put some effort into it and then mention them all. The Croatians that suffered percentage wise the biggest loss there. Or the Soviets that fought on the side of the Germans. Do you consider Austrians german? If so it can be forgiven that you didnt mention them. Though if you think they are their own people you might wanna consider that most of the "germans" that survived the battle of Stalingrad were Austrians. Most would never see their beloved Austria aswell.

[@DddFff-qg8tz]

@@AdrianDeer Germans Italians Romanians Czechs Slovakians Hungarians Spaniards Finns French Ukrainian Rebels Russian Rebels All were involved in its invasion of the USSR

[@AdrianDeer]

@@DddFff-qg8tz Go on.. there were more.. Communism / Bolshevism had many enemies in the 40s.

[@LOUIS-nx8jd]

@@AdrianDeer yes the list is huge, huge number of different ethnic groups trying to save Europe and with that, the world, some of my great uncles were captured and treated very badly, I was told he had to drink his own wee to survive, this was in allied captivity, still angry about it today.

[@popcornhead3479]

Sad very few of those young men ever made it home!😢

[@kevinbrennan-ji1so]

And none of the horses survived.

[@drgavinnicholson9334]

What is so sad; they where their to kill Russians by their choice;

[@sandtoy11510]

It’s also sad that the German soldiers were wearing the same uniforms during the Winter

[@brandonrohde5558]

Even the majority of the Germans that made it had no homes or families to go to.

[@malemesjager41]

By far, the Best Combat Soldiers of WW2!!

[@AlexanderRogers-zf4wd]

Sad but its no difference to today . God Bless 🙏

[@user-yt6de9mn3y]

Hitler, Putler, one and the same. You wouldn’t have credited it a few years ago.

[@Pathippie]

​@@user-yt6de9mn3yPlease consider mental health treatment.

[@Sorin13056]

Thanks !

[@freefoyah2992]

At this real time footage, Its tells how germans also humans smiling and laughing unlike what the movies trying to express.

[@confusedbadger6275]

Laughing and smiling because they thought they were on their way to invade, kill and commit a 2nd genocide , which they invariably would have done if the Germans won the Easter Front.

[@whizzedywhiz2912]

@@confusedbadger6275 Bullcrap. Stfu worthless leftis scum, you are uneducated af and just blabbering down your shit. Nothing more than a clown, you are the perfect example of low standards of education and idiocracy combined. Worthless dimwit.

[@adambane1719]

Uneducated tool@@confusedbadger6275

[@adambane1719]

Your name explains you quite well @@confusedbadger6275

[@6876I]

​@@confusedbadger6275 you are confused indeed.

[@8989griff]

Man to be captured there… I couldn’t imagine. Young boys fighting old men’s wars.

[@George-ee3wl]

This war had purpose

[@LOUIS-nx8jd]

@@George-ee3wl yes, they were trying to save Europa and the world, just looking around today gives a trillion proofs.

[@blakebunyard6716]

Like the Russia ukraine war!

[@internetcensure5849]

Young men fought old men's war, as always.

[@mab4670]

Awesome footage.The narration of first 9 mins of footage is sort of odd- sounded like some tongue tied autogenerated AI.

[@brenhugh]

And the text is so overblown and repetitive. ‘Let the pictures do the talking’ as they say.

[@schechku19]

Sounds like Bald and Bankrupts grandpa

[@winnietheshrew2957]

@@brenhugh I agree, long-winded, meaningless blather.

[@mdsixty9]

Aussie accent

[@davidjackson2179]

It was like when you have to reach a certain word count for an essay so you just start repeating the same thing in different words 10 times lol

[@Phoenix-Brah]

My gratitude for this extraordinary footage, I'm stunned this document is available for free. Thank you.

[@DonalMcDonnell]

Fantastic footage, thanks for sharing.

[@johnofypres]

First class documentary. Thank you for posting.

[@scottnyc6572]

I’m in shear awe at the quality of film footage capturing the raw emotions during the time.

[@carbo3017]

Fascinating, many many of these scenes I have not seen. More plz.

[@poresporespores]

the narration is horrendous ... is this GPT + synthetic speech generated? Nothing wrong with it but it needs rework.

[@internetcensure5849]

"GPT"😂

[@user-bk5bq6yd7f]

great footage

[@tgwcl6194]

Incredible footage of utter madness ..............

[@hansgruber650]

Real madness was "liberating"? eastern Europe and handing it over to their partner for decades of death, tyranny and misery. Seem Ok with you?

[@ADULFGETULER]

Bro was talking for about 8 minutes straight, wthouth makin much sense

[@Arthur-tx8fd]

My second time watching this footage. Its amazing

[@bro5800]

Fantastic.I hope this doctor made it...

[@asullivan4047]

The seldom remembered medical personal.

[@2nostromo]

helping the people they were so vigorously destroying. How nice. this is nothing but propaganda to cover the mass murder of whole villages. "Come and See" for something approaching the truth

[@forexguy]

Absolutely fascinating to watch. Such a colossal tragedy. So much death and destruction. Very insightful, thank you.

[@greggrace967]

All started by Germany. I feel for only one side in WW2. The allies. The axis got their just rewards for their evil, demonic deeds.

[@johnyhefner]

Fantastic!!!

[@MarceloCunha2011]

Spectacular , work of art !

[@Whiskey2November]

Many of these young men would never see Germany again, either dying in Stalingrad or the captivity that followed. How many of these men would end their lives somewhere in the depths of Soviet Russia, to be buried in an unmarked grave...?

[@user-nv4wu7hc3f]

True

[@blakebunyard6716]

Well said!!

[@baybars_0]

amazing footage

[@kevinvilmont6061]

Well done, a thoughtful narrative.

[@firingallcylinders2949]

It's just surreal seeing these men walking around knowing the majority of them were probably killed in the war.

[@charlestaylor8566]

My wife’s uncle went to the Russian front , Eric Ohldag , he never returned 😢 all on the command of a utter madman 😮

[@AchseBerlinTokio]

As if it was that easy..

[@saschapulkowski4413]

My dad had 1 uncle of 4 return from that cauldron, pretty much without toes.

[@jpiper2001]

And madmen are doing it again. There will be a draft if they steal another election for biden/obama/china.

[@brucemacmillan9581]

​@@AchseBerlinTokio Guess you don't understand much about the control Hitler exerted.

[@macster1000]

awesome video. Very nice music

[@boris2997]

Incredible footage

[@Gallagherfreak100]

Pretty amazing footage. I thought I had seen just about all of the footage from the Eastern front, but, about 90% of this, I had not seen before. A lot of trashed out Soviet equipment. Many T-34's showed the unmistakable holes caused by 88 mm shells. The Soviets could sure take a beat down, and re-group to fight once again. Germany never had a chance against this country. I am assuming the color film was flown back to Germany to be developed. I don't think they had the capability to develop this film while in the field. Depressing to think some of the land shown in this film, is being fought over again.

[@matoberlin9894]

The holes you see in the T34s are from a PAK 40 not an 88. There probably 88 hits seen in the footage when the whole turret is blown of. An 88 just does not only leave a hole. in an otherwise intact tank.

[@Basedpilledandtradmaxxed]

They didn't have a chance? HAHAHAHAHAHAHA what utter nonsense. Truth is the Soviets barely held on and mostly because of Western allies lend-lease that kept them on life support long enough for the Brits (who got their asses handed to them consistently) to open up other fronts and the US to get tricked into the war (The US gov knew the Japanese were going to attack Peral Harbor but acted like they didn't so it would be a bigger tragedy and make the US go to war)

[@BlackMan614]

The destroyed bridge - apparently attacked while the Russians were using it! The horses were still in the water. I assume it was an air attack - like most of the damage shown, like the train.

[@internetcensure5849]

"Germany never had a chance against this country."😂

[@LJWalter78]

The narrator is somehow was able to stretch 2 minutes of information/spoken word at the beginning, into an impressive 9 minutes. Again the classic saying is true; “If one cannot dazzle them with brilliance, then one should baffle them with Stiërscheiße!” If that does not prove effective, then you’re probably better suited to be say, a lifeguard at the local car wash

[@user-mq1up2fw4r]

I was looking for this comment. Narrator literally said the same thing for 9 minutes straight, just rephrasing it each time. Makes me want to turn the video off..

[@waltie1able]

Excellent video of an ancient film.

[@DraganB52]

Socialism communism, same shit no freedom

[@internetcensure5849]

Capitalism worse than both!

[@substance90]

Fascinating footage but the narration felt suspiciously like listening to Chat GPT 🤔

[@2nostromo]

yes, i'm learning to recognise the vapid verbage... just no limit when the language model is large

[@stormytempest6521]

POWERFULL FOOTAGE !

[@emilioalcazar-su9vi]

Just fantastic footage of the real face of war..authentic,terrible,fascinating..!

[@ronalddesiderio7625]

That was cool 😎 That Dr and the nurses appeared to have incredible bed side manners. The patients all seemed incredibly thankful for there care.

[@johnanita9251]

The payment was in food like eggs or chicken. The patients got watermelon. The doctor was a student. He got a sabrecut on his cheek. What an interesting movie

[@dr.wilfriedhitzler1885]

After the war, this was common in Germany too. Till the 60s there changed nothing. Afterwards much.

[@sndrav]

Sublime choice of ambient. Like a terrence malick movie. Peace

[@RedStarRogue]

Ive seen this footage recently unloaded elsewhere on YT. Im assuming this was only recently discovered and/or digitized?

[@soelwin9766]

Hitler's Soviet campaign was another 'A bridge too far!'

[@WickedCrazzzeee]

Never seen this good job.

[@sdfgdsgdskgkhgkhgk]

Кадры очень важны для истории.

[@jimcase3097]

Very cool 💯

[@justyp]

Too much explaining by the narrator…..

[@greggrace967]

Either watch it or not. This isn't the page for the critics. Some one else watching this may not know as much as you do about this atrocity perpetrated by the Germans on innocent people.

[@adambane1719]

*by the Bolsheviks.... at least get your basic facts right !@@greggrace967

[@fofomrk5467]

Just repeat himself would prefer if he just shut up

[@greggrace967]

@@fofomrk5467 He does. Stop complaining. No one made you Watch?

[@fofomrk5467]

@@greggrace967 yes he did at min 9, now how about you shut up?

[@Dirtywesterner]

Amazing! Nothing like this that I have seen before

[@fazole]

You'll notice that the German war films usually show the forces moving forward in vehicles, but this propaganda. The vast majority moved forward by train, horse or foot! Germans did not have the fuel or vehicles to completely motorize their ground forces. They couldn't even adequately maintain what they had.

[@winnietheshrew2957]

Every US truck captured intact in Russia was immediately added to the Wehrmacht's scanty vehicle fleet.

[@user-nz8hj2vs9c]

What drug are you on again?

[@user-nz8hj2vs9c]

@@winnietheshrew2957.......all nations did this, including us (USA), genius

[@MausTheGerman]

My grandfather could be somewhere on these images. He did never talk much about the war, just some random things like „Can you believe, in Russia they don’t have toilets in their houses“. Must have been a culture shock for him.

[@coyotedust]

It was a culture shock for both German soldiers and Russians soldiers. Germans couldn't believe how poor Ukrainians and Russians were. They lived in mud thatched clay houses. Inside the house was one room with beds along the walls they slept in with a giant Russian stove in the middle with an oven. They even slept on the stoves. Hardly any food as Ukrainians were forced into collectivization under the USSR. A land rich in agriculture but everything was harvested for the government. There clothing was primitive and hand woven. The men wore basket woven shoes. On the other hand the Russians couldn't believe how rich Germany was when they invaded. They wondered why did they ever invade us when they had everything.

[@Gallagherfreak100]

@@coyotedust Stalin once boasted that collectivization took more Soviet lives than WW2. That wasn't quite the case, but, gives an insight into the value Stalin placed on individual lives.

[@reconnv3084]

@@Gallagherfreak100 you mean, more than 27000000, of which 14000000 are civs? Source?

[@reconnv3084]

@@coyotedust Remember, that the USSR used to rebuild itself from scratch, after WWI and civil war. Also, this is funny to hear, that ukries got starved to death by Soviet gov, since famine was in all USSR, like Volga banks, that suffered more, than anyone else there. And, BTW, famine was across the world durind that time. Like in US during the great depression.

[@Gallagherfreak100]

@@reconnv3084 "The world at war" Episode: "Red Star - The Soviet Union"

[@67hoschie]

Ruhet in Frieden, meine Brüder...🇩🇪

[@balu79]

31:20 is a really sad scene to see. A father and mother sitting by their son, waving away the flies. It shows how helpless we are when getting wounded and crippled

[@winnietheshrew2957]

Hard to tell whether he was emaciated by illness or severely malnourished.

[@balu79]

@@winnietheshrew2957it’s normally not something you pick to argue about, but it looks to me like that he got wounded, because only one leg was wrapped up. Maybe he is malnourished what ever, his parents are still helpless

[@winnietheshrew2957]

@@balu79 I gave your comment a Like and I wasn't trying to argue. My comment was intended as an addendum to your observation.

[@balu79]

@@winnietheshrew2957 no front my friend 😀 sorry, for me it looked like you are correcting me😅

[@user-uh3rs2tf7z]

Sehr beeindruckende Doku

[@robinhood4911]

Super Excellent!!!

[@Hotel2Lima]

The script writing is bad. Too repetitive. Silence would've been better.

[@nukesean]

It was clearly AI-generated and read. So obnoxious.

[@eustab.anas-mann9510]

​​@@nukeseanunprecedented, vast, unprecedented, vast, unprecedented, massive, stark, raw, profound, raw, unprecedented, transcending, resilicience, complexities, human spirit, unflitered, human experience, unprecedented..etc.etc.etc.

[@MrKieras666]

Thank you 😢

[@TheYeti308]

Quality Work ; @ Upscaled .

[@jacobc9104]

Different Armies, different time period exact same experience. let us not forget this peak through history

[@internetcensure5849]

Yes, human experience is the same, only the weaponry changes.

[@user-nz8hj2vs9c]

Amazing footage. Does anybody know who that German physician was who worked in that field hospital?

[@BAHN-uw7ov]

The son of my grandma's sister was killed in action 1943 in Russia . On his last visit home before going again to the eastern front he told his mother , he's sure he will not survive and will never return home. They knew they were sent to death in the east.....😭

[@internetcensure5849]

You mean, your uncle?

[@matthewwagner47]

Would be nice to just see the film with out 2second clips flipping back and forth. You can't tell whst is happening at all.

[@robk8463]

Early in the video I think I saw a M3 Lee/Grant tank. That would have been from American lend/lease to the Soviets, right? And at about 14:30 I saw what appears to be a M3 Stuart light tank towing some ancient looking prewar era artillery piece?

[@sg.slbsfrlt]

already from the battle of Moscow soviets started using allied tanks

[@jamesavery3559]

very nice thank you...at about 24:30 i see a hole shot though the gun barrel of the kv1

[@Dark-7070]

Watching the German doctors and nurses caring for civilians was a very interesting insight to the compassionate deeds that were performed under the authority of the Wehrmacht. So much of history will never be known if not for this treasure of film. Thank you

[@arefkr]

This footage is part of the "German Newsweek" which was a propaganda publication at war time.

[@davidjackson2179]

Unfortunately these deeds will be forever overshadowed by the horrors inflicted upon the local population by the SS and the Einsatzgruppen.

[@Dark-7070]

@@davidjackson2179 True,, Ultimately we know now that Stalin killed more Ukrainians than Hitlers special units and two wrongs will never make it right,, ask the Ukrainian people now what evil is looming larger in the future of their children.

[@internetcensure5849]

@@davidjackson2179 "the horrors inflicted upon the local population by the SS and the Einsatzgruppen.", and vice versa! Russians were worse than Germans, as brutality is part of their culture.

[@brendanbutler7840]

All those young men never to see their home or families again, Hitler lost the best part of his army then and the war its self

[@patrickgarrington8192]

Haunting.

[@LuddyVonBeat]

The music is awesome

[@user-hc9hv2tp7h]

Max Richter The Departure

[@KenjiMapes]

Incredible footage. It’s such a treat to get color footage from this era & this conflict. It really captures the human element. At around @29:10 we see footage of a band & doctors, nurses & patients. We see their smiles & laughs despite all the chaos & death happening which is a testament to the human spirit. This looks like Ukraine right? Many of the women are wearing head scarves but this could be in multiple areas of Russia. Ukrainian women’s traditional dress is quite beautiful. The Ukrainians greeted the Germans as liberstors from the terrors of Stalin & the NKVD which the Germans stupidly didn’t capitalize on but instead brought their own form of terror upon the populace. Anyway, I’m a huge history buff & military history buff. The beauty of film is that it captures events objectively & isn’t soiled by bias like we see in WW2 documentaries or books. It’s amazing that it was over 80 years ago which is a long time yet also isn’t. I always wonder about what happened to these individuals on both sides - did they perish or survive the war? We are lucky to be living in a time of film & technology where we are able to capture & view some of the greatest moments in history. Imagine they had film during Jesus’ time or for Caesar’s assassination? This footage is both beautiful & haunting.

[@user-qt1cp1be3u]

"The Ukrainians greeted the Germans as liberstors from the terrors of Stalin & the NKVD " Hungarian Wikipedia address "A magyar megszálló csapatok a Szovjetunióban. Levéltári dokumentumok 1941-1947" In addition to the Germans and Hungarians, Romanians, Italians, Finns, Latvians, Lithuanians, and *Ukrainians* took part in this activity, which resulted in the most extensive genocide in world history, claiming the most victims, and in which a total of 13.7 million civilians perished. German and Hungarian punishment squads killed approximately 103,000 civilians and 24,000 prisoners of war in just one administrative area of Ukraine, the Chernihiv region. ( As you can see, Ukrainians were on both sides of the conflict. )

[@internetcensure5849]

"Germans stupidly didn’t capitalize on but instead brought their own form of terror upon the populace. " Why would have Germans not used the popularity they enjoyed among Ukrainians and other nationalities? Did you ever wonder why, in you hare brain?

[@hansvandijk1487]

Please, get rid of those birds’ noises. Moreover….. Excellent video! Greetings from the Netherlands 🇳🇱.

[@mcmike100]

The same footage plus much more with no sound effects or music. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iIrTlGZrr6l0r5Ysi=9b9zjKptSNPq2fli

[@DmitryVSokolov]

birds are fine. Why? Hello from Moscow.

[@tonyb8660]

@@DmitryVSokolov lay off the vodka

[@jonny-b4954]

@@DmitryVSokolovThey're a bit much. Constant bird chirping.

[@Bikerbug2020]

My Grandfathers brother was sent to the Russian Front and he made it home, my Uncle Otto never really spoke of the time except too say he was glad that he got home.

[@larrys7122]

I'm now 55 years of age, I have seen countless hours of world war two footage , and this is hands down some of the greatest footage I've ever seen. Then to view it in such a manner as this,as the stillness is broken up only by the destruction that we see and people that attempt to live their lives in this strange new world as music softly plays in the background

[@austind9675]

This is interesting, I just think the music is a bit distracting after a while.

[@eazygamer8974]

It really makes you think about napolean trying to take this same journey on foot and horseback. The terrain fought the germans just as hard as the red army did.

[@alessandroguermandi8828]

The rain and land lease saved Russia

[@user-nx5ks3tl6w]

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[@alessandroguermandi8828]

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[@farmcat9873]

Pictures say it all, no need for words because one pictures say millions of words. This is unbelievable to get to see the life these people had to go through and and imagine what they had to endure.

[@ThePserafin100]

My father was a German Paratrooper on the Russian Front , lot of the talk was what are we doing here, he was lucky got injured and was sent back, War is futile, poor souls on both sides 😢

[@coyotedust]

It's hard for me to find WW2 footage that I haven't seen. I haven't seen this. It shows you what a German army looks like on the move. I know the Germans were shocked when they saw the mud clay thatched houses in Ukraine and Russia. How poor the people were. I read a German soldiers diary, where they stayed in a Russians house. He said they build their houses around a huge stove with an oven painted white. They even sleep on top of the stove. The stove takes up the entire center of the house. The windows are small and low to the floor. People sleep in beds along the walls. He couldn't wait to get back home.

[@eugen2408]

Such living conditions existed only in villages, and in cities people lived in normal apartments.

[@olgabaker6525]

Oh, we apologise for not building RIZ CARLTON hotels for the invaders! Why did not they just stay home???

[@user-vl6cm5kg9r]

NKVD-GULAG..Tiran Djugashvili..Pedofile Beriya..MORDOR..

[@Liam-ly8rv]

There is a flip side to that. When the Soviets started entering Germany and saw the high standards of living the Germans had, they couldn't understand why they would come all that way just to destroy their homes and murder indiscriminately. It made them even angrier than they already were from the destruction the Germans had done in the occupied territories. Many of them had relatives who were killed, raped, or mutilated by the Nazis. On the other hand, the general US population had been more or less safe from widespread atrocities. There was simply no real reason for your average GI to feel the need to make the ordinary German pay for what their soldiers did during the war.

[@jonathanglzplz894]

​@@Liam-ly8rvdonde encuentro mas información?

[@ericwright8498]

This is really haunting

[@brand4351]

What's the name of this song?

[@user-xq1zc9wh6j]

Война страшное дело сколька крови было пролита 😢

[@christiandemmler1596]

Priwjet! MIR

[@internetcensure5849]

Still happening again on the same land!

[@user-xq1zc9wh6j]

Надеюсь это не повториться досталось всем .😢

[@internetcensure5849]

It is happening again on the same land, this time between Slavs!