WW2: Battle Of Kursk (Intense Footage)

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The Battle of Kursk occurred in July 1943 around the Soviet city of Kursk in western Russia, as Germany launched Operation Citadel, Hitler’s response to his devastating defeat by the Soviet Red Army at the Battle of Stalingrad. The battle was Germany’s last chance to regain dominance on the Eastern Front during World War II and would be their final blitzkrieg offensive.

[@historyatwar]

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[@nathanwygal5526]

What happened to part 2?

[@Torpidosever]

Part 2 ??

[@phoenixzappa7366]

World at History

[@NDSMD]

Russians would be speaking German if it wasn't for 🇺🇲 Lend Lease Act.

[@james-pierre7634]

Will someone tell me the composer and title of the music being played in this video? It is so beautiful. Thank you.

[@dandre8019]

I am half Russian and half German. Both of my grandfathers participated in the battle of Kursk. One of them was artillery man for the soviets and the other one was riding a German tank. My German grandpa got captured and spent almost 5 years in a Soviet prison. But both of them survived! They met for the first time in the early 90s for the wedding of my parents. Still have photos of them where they sit together and joyfully laugh while drinking vodka and eating Bratwurst. Funny how history sometimes turns out.

[@myhonorwasloyalty]

@@oweryfh9551 shut up

[@myhonorwasloyalty]

why is ur parent german and russian?

[@myhonorwasloyalty]

d andre shame shame

[@dandre8019]

@@myhonorwasloyalty because there are many russian-germans. hundreds of thousands of germans migrated to russia in the 18th and 19th century mostly because of war and economic reasons. they lived in small villages. many of them came back to germany after a few generations just like my mom. there is no reason for shame. germans and russians are historically speaking like a toxic relationship. they hate each other then they love each other then they destroy each other and then they decide to help each other again. it is important to understand that russians and germans will always have to deal with each other. in the good way or in the bad way. history showed us and the future will tell.

[@unknownrblxz]

man you gotta show us that picture lol

[@ChairmanMeow1]

2 MILLION troops! I cant even start to comprehend what that even looks like. Russia just sent 200K into Ukraine... and this is ten times that much. I think in Operation Barbarossa the Germans sent something like 3.3M troops east. WW2 was so insane its hard to believe it actually happened sometimes. The bravery of that generation... my god.

[@supersasquatch]

even today this is the scary trump card of russia and china. full mobilization by russia would bring in 12 million soldiers and for china it would mean 100.

[@sw4mp38]

most of them had no choice

[@user-hf3fu2xt2j]

Both bravery and autism

[@aleglibert8630]

Теретория в 7 раз больше.

[@markjones5285]

Will finish what our corrupt govt started.

[@isanynameavailable6]

The sheer scale of devastation that took place from 1914 to 1946 is nearly impossible to understand, our minds can’t comprehend what total war involves, with the numbers being so enormous.

[@seanodwyer4322]

In june 1994 on a dark winter night I was attacked by a street gang of 20 male maoris in kaitaia- new zealand as ahh was passing through that small town. too this day ahh/I can feel/ remember the intensity and fear off trying too defend and survive all the kicks with booots and fist blows and other in the deep dark night and ahh was trying too do a God connection while defending myself as ahh thought ahh was a goner and they were never going too let me live. So ahh know what it is like too be in total all out close combat situation and ahh woke up in the kaitaia hospital with a female Maori nurse ramming a temperature thermonitor down my throat while she had me in a head- lock.@@@ like the fight continued with the Maori staff in the kaitaia hospital so ahh checked my self out and hitched to Auckland City.

[@IMP_ROM]

@@seanodwyer4322 ?

[@seanodwyer4322]

@@IMP_ROM - ''Reporting for duty '''Sir.'''

[@seanodwyer4322]

@@IMP_ROM iff the cowards want too continue the fight from 1994 ahh still here as ahh never quit in this here life or the next @@@@ Come back as a ghost and finish them off what the guttless savages started.

[@oberleutnant4013]

Bankers win all wars.

[@mikes5637]

I've been waiting years for a big budget movie of this. Small farming town in the midst of the Russian Steppes becomes embroiled in the biggest tank battle in history. That's the pitch right there.

[@Kuzitube]

It actually wasn’t the biggest tank battle, that award goes to the Battle of Brody. Additionally it wasn’t that important of a battle on the grand scheme of things. Germany was already losing and even if they won the battle to Kursk, which was really a small insignificant operation when compared to their previous operations, nothing would’ve really changed.

[@QnA22]

Best to also tell that both Russia and Germany started WW2. Difference, now it came to their home instead of brutalizing others. Did they still see justice in the war they started? With that many deaths, not only for their victims, but now amongst themselves, was it worth it? Quite a few interviews were done to see what the answer of the people on both sides were. Russians generally were relatively neutral. Germans more often agreed with the war. However, post war when the real numbers came in and Russia started real repression on its conquered territories, the opinion changed.

[@cianakril]

@@QnA22 USSR was attacked by Germany. How exactly did Russia started anything?

[@illyrian44]

@@Kuzitube you should change your name to the Delusional idiot

[@HeilAmarth]

@@cianakril Molotov-Ribbentrop treaty, and the secret protocol part of it. That's why USSR attacked Poland and Finland in 1939. The USSR was not any better than Nazi-Germany, it did the same stuff.

[@Mikhail0205Ars.]

Мой дед, воздушный десантник из дивизии Родимцева прошел практически всю сталинградскую битву, дошел до Берлина. В битве под Прохоровкой погиб его младший брат-связист. Вечная память всем людям прошедшим эту войну и оставшимся навсегда на войне!

[@ianmcdonald3053]

Amen 🙏

[@ГендальфБелый-е6д]

Спасибо им за победу!

[@Brslld]

Amen to them

[@MrDrow-bi9js]

on both sides? seriously? the Germans burned the ground under them, and the SS divisions were the bloodiest executioners in history, not counting the Japanese army and their detachment 371

[@frenzalrhomb6919]

@@ГендальфБелый-е6д I think of the people's of the former U.S.S.R of the time, as being heroes, each and every last one of them!! Slava Russia!!

[@davidorama6690]

Never underestimate people fighting for their homeland.

[@daniellabuda7744]

great words. I respect both every army

[@dead0404]

Yeah, without America there would be no Soviet union

[@MrCoreNumber]

German soldier is the greatest soldier I see. Respect.

[@Skumtomten1]

What if you hate your homeland?

[@lucistired]

A lesson Russia should've learned before invading ukraine

[@theophilhist6455]

Anyone who survived this battle or WW2 in general witnessed the closest thing to the Apocalypse in history. Brave men, good men on both sides have my respect and any of us who have seen the elephant. Fierce and unrelenting battles of epic proportion. Those hits that lift turrets off are incredible. Thanks for the upload

[@jasonsimmons6684]

I'd say WWI was closer. The trench warfare, the shellshock, the utter devastation and loss of life. It would be hard to imagine either. Maybe the German city that got firebombed by the brits. I can't think of it and I know it, but for a civilian population that probably was hell.

[@theophilhist6455]

@@jasonsimmons6684 I fully appreciate the WW1 perspective. My grandfather's brother was in the Argonne Offensive. Each horrific display of battle has its unique aspects. The whole Kursk thing has so much speed and space to add to the insanity. But then again as a Vietnam era vet my comrades told me the scary unseen and crowded jungle warfare was filled with a different kind of anxiety. And then there's medieval Agincourt...and ancient Adrianople...the list goes on

[@josefstrauss9017]

Well said sir

[@mraso30]

@@jasonsimmons6684 WW1 was a very terrible war for the soldiers, but all wars before and since were, but, yeah, WW1 was particularly awful in that 100,000s would die over the course of a few days, maybe a few weeks, all to take maybe 2 miles of land. In WW2, the death numbers didn't USUALLY happen in quite so feeble and worthless attempts to take ground, a few battles were as bloody or bloodier than WW1 battles, but they all led to significant progress for one side or the other (pretty much, anyways). So morale must have been overall better for those who were fortunate to survive the battles and even ultimately the war (especially for the allies, I don't think that many surviving allied troops in WW1 felt a massive sense of morale boost even upon victory, just relief that the hell was finally over). Now, WW2 on the other hand, was down right BRUTAL for innocent civilian populations, which WW1 was a lot less brutal on (obviously still civilian deaths and some atrocities, but nothing to the scales of WW2). The fire-bombing you refer to is likely Dresden, but their was also the Blitz in London, the concentration / death / work camps, the holocaust stemming from them, massacres of Polish and Slavic people as the Nazis moved East, first into Poland then a few years later during Operation Barbarossa. There were tons of well-known civilian areas, purposely carpet bombed, to kill / weaken civilian morale and industrial capacity (due to labour shortages). Food and oil rations were severe for most countries deeply engaged, for all civilians. Slavs / Russians, etc. were raped and massacred as Nazis moved East, and then as the Soviets retook those lands and entered the 3rd Reich, they did not forget those atrocities and to some extent or another it was returned in kind to the German population. And I haven't even mentioned the Pacific Theatre which in many ways was way more hell-ish... Japanese war-crimes against Chinese civilians were horrendous and sadistic. Japanese POW camps were as bad if not worse overall than Soviet or German POW camps.... And then... USA made 2 nukes and just dropped them right on top of Japanese cities killing 100,000s of civilians in a flash. WW2 definitely takes the cake for "an overall apocalypse for basically everyone" the only people somewhat spared were civilians in the Western hemisphere and I guess Sub-Saharan Africa, also fighting in the Middle-East was, surprisingly, not that bad but if Hitler had won in Staligrad, taken Baku oil fields, you can definitely bet his next target was French and British controlled Middle-East oil producers, so, things could have gotten brutal their too. Essentially everywhere else was brutal. Australia and NZ not too bad but they definitely lived in more fear of Japanese invasions than say, Canada/USA did.

[@lordoftherims436]

@@mraso30 as a new zealand citizen who has toured around the world war 2 defences against japan we would have had absolutely no chance of defending ourselves against the Japanese, we had a few bomb shelters and anti aircraft guns but that was it, thank god the japanese never came new Zealand’s way, the Chinese and Philippines people had it the worst, its hard to even comprehend the atrocities that took place

[@NormalChannel95]

Crazy how this battle is being revisited again.

[@blooddragon1332]

Indeed

[@Eazy6364]

History repeating itself 80 years later to the day almost

[@DayOfTheRope]

The west is nothing like the National Socialists but okay

[@williamj9413]

Its literally just in the same region, not the same combatants or weapons so no its not being revisited or Kursk 2.0. Is the US korean war in the 1950’s a revisited japanese invasion of korea because its taking place in the same region? No, getting tired of seeing hundreds of these comments like they mean something

[@NormalChannel95]

@@williamj9413 ok buddy, I was stating it out, no need to write a long paragraph about it.

[@jeblovemetal]

Imagine blowing that fucking whistle and going into hell. We are so fucking spoiled now we don’t even know.

[@Neinstika1940]

​@NDPrepper-uy9rbHistory repeats itself

[@bernieeod57]

During this year's victory parade, Putin shook the hands of 90+ year old men wearing their moldy moth eaten Red Army uniforms. I don't think any Russian today can with a straight face complain to any of these old men how tough things are today. These old men would respond "Hold my vodka!"

[@caffeinatedbuffalosauce883]

Germany vs Russia probably the most chaotic thing to happen in the civilized world

[@ferrallderrall6588]

Lethal times

[@kendodd8734]

Brutal

[@backpackpepelon3867]

The greatest battle ever fought in history of mankind is a tie between Stalingrad and Kursk. The testament of the scale of war between these 2 behemoth.

[@Артјом]

Это была война далеко не Германии и России.

[@kendodd8734]

@@Артјом it’s a shame I can understand ur language ide liked to have read ur reply comrade

[@robplazzman6049]

I remember reading about a German officer who had a shell go off very near to him in his command post. The blast blew of his trousers and pants but otherwise left him unscathed. It was something like 18 hours later before the intensity of the battle allowed him to stop and put new underpants on ! That’s intense….. He became famous for it amongst his men and then, a few weeks later, a mortar shell killed him. Without being there I don’t believe anyone can really appreciate the level of violence and stress of the battles those people fought in.

[@dev-pj9vi]

There was a man in the Waffen SS who had an incendiary grenade on him during an assault. The grenade went off burning his trousers and he as well had to fight the entire assault naked from the waste down. Intense beyond our imaginations.

[@joemamaobama6863]

joachim kruger

[@touristguy87]

stop

[@biglebowski5737]

I once fell of the ladder plucking cherries in my underwear. After that I was on bedrest for two weeks without pants. Pants are overrated.

[@mckessa17]

The Germans always crapped in their lederhosen when up against the Canadians.

[@duncanread587]

Kursk, Stalingrad, the outskirts of Moscow.......these are epic battles that turned the war in Europe. The stakes are huge. Aside from iminent death, losing one of these battles could be a death sentence even if you survived the combat.

[@blindingshadow3463]

Outskirts of Moscow LOL. What an epic battle that was.

[@aufwolf7925]

Leningrad

[@The_last_prime]

@@blindingshadow3463 😂😂😂😂 ikr, but i think he meant operation Taifun the all out offensive to moscow

[@andrewdowling8821]

Stalingrad and the DDay landing what when the war unofficially ended. Axis had no chance once Allies landed on his he beaches. And the Russians held them at the Grad. And Kursk. That was it for Shitler

[@Zopiexx]

MY great grandfather fought in allof them

[@alekseymel7852]

Very proud of my grandparents. Both grandfathers served on the eastern front, one came back with dozen of wounds. Grandmother was under nazi occupation twice in Rostov region. Her brother was taken to concentration camp and nothing was ever heard from him. Just a greatest generation of strong people.

[@guilhermepro350]

i salute you, an your grandparents, never forget their sacrifice, keep it commarade ☭

[@Maperator]

Respect to your people 👏

[@cl570]

@Kalda Forn Just because you lived under communism doesn't make you a communist. The Russians were defending THEIR turf. And the Nazis made a huge mistake thinking they'd roll over easy and let them walk over them like they did the Polish.

[@cl570]

@Kalda Forn Ok. First of all, Finland had little to nothing to do with the actual causes of Nazi escalation. You can't even get Hitler's own ideals right. You're grasping at straws to make sense of your illogical 'logic'. And lastly, the people of Russia had no say in Stalin's expansionist wars, and I can guarantee you they wouldn't ordinarily agree with them, but who knows what propaganda they were fed. The Nazis killed millions of innocents. Bullshit they wanted to "FrEe EuRoPe" from communism. A majority of the people they killed WERENT communists.

[@cl570]

@Kalda Forn I’m not. I believe in real history. Not your stupid revisionist nonsense that not a single historian agrees with. Keep bootlicking fascist dictators who killed millions, you’re just as bad as a commie sympathizer LOL.

[@lani6647]

France 1940: Easy Mode USSR 1941: I am Death Incarnate

[@you_dare_to_gaze_upon_me]

Ah shit, here we go again.

[@mikemiller8975]

History does repeat 😢

[@adamesd3699]

Dang! That guy at 6:50 who had artillery shells exploding right in front of him and kept advancing!

[@davidhoward4715]

I don't want to come across as an internet tough guy, but... in that situation the best option is to keep moving forward. It's better than hugging the ground and being slaughtered at the enemy's leisure..

[@Therileyrileyriley]

@@davidhoward4715 could’ve been theirs, too, knowing the salvo amount

[@elcasey]

Again, not disputing the courage of this generation in any way, but some of the footage *appeared* to be from various Soviet-era WW2 films. They made a ton of them in the 1960s. I could be wrong, of course!

[@BatMan-xr8gg]

As ex military infantry myself, it was best to keep going as you hoped that eventually you would get past the barrage. As David said, hugging the ground is just waiting to die. Also, I am not having a shot at you, as you are right about how he kept advancing. Plus I gave you a Like as well. Cheers

[@jamesbondoo81]

@@elcasey Yep agreed, esp when the platoon commander was using binos in a trench below ground level, then hear the 'over the top' whistle, out of phase.

[@theariesexperiment4642]

The final video of that German soldier glaring at the camera with complete disdain for his captors,.... tells you pretty much all you need to know of that day. Beautiful video sir. Well done.

[@nddavi58]

i wouldnt want to be captured by the soviets either

[@theariesexperiment4642]

@@nddavi58 No. Absolutely not. You'd suffer. That's for sure.

[@intermilan9731]

I always thought Germans maintained so much composure when capture. Meanwhile my countrymen wail like women when they got captured lol.

[@robertnilla]

one of the largest land battles in human history.. 6000 tanks and millions of men facing one another for battle and certain death.. brave soldiers all.. rest in peace!!

[@chantssovietiquesetrussest2335]

The most underrated unanswered question in WW2 is: how Soviet and German logistics have managed to bring soldiers to the front if they had such gigantic balls?

[@jimhere1]

The most used word in KZbin comments is underrated.

[@dashippo4372]

They rolled everything

[@hansgetzeflammenwerfer4519]

By threatening their families.

[@chantssovietiquesetrussest2335]

@@hansgetzeflammenwerfer4519 Y ^^ like when the soviet logistics had to deny volounteers because they were too much in 1941.. Obviously there were threatening on both sides but 1of all you still need a lot of courage to not flee when the battle is near, not even talking about the battle itself.. Now the point of the joke was that the trains couldnt carry their balls... not about enlisting ...

[@yogakhismaiswara]

Because it's all out war. They both fight tooth and nail, blood and flesh. Even if their army died on the first two minutes, they just keep going, that's all out war.

[@jacksonsiegel6711]

I see some color fluctuations in the colorized black and white World War II video. If you used Pixbim Video Colorize AI to colorize some parts of the video, then set it "Single single core CPU" in the settings at the top menu bar, it will fix the issue and it will look better. Just my 2 cents advice. Amazing work and nice video. Keep up the good work.

[@ТимофійЛещенко]

My grandfather fought here at 23 age-old, in the rank of captain of the guards of the T34 tank forces of the Army of General Rybalko, received two fragments in the arm and leg, the fragments were stuck for life. Grandfather lived to 87 years old was the kindest person did not like to talk about the war! Thanks and honor the Heroes!Never Again! Stop killing each other! Never Again! Viva Ukraine!

[@tm75_88]

Thank you for this anectode and message History has made bilions of innocent deaths. Time to say enough. Greets from Italy

[@dmytropuzhay6532]

"Stop killing each other" That's not the correct message - it's actually "russians, stop killing ukrainians". Regarding "never again" - it's actually already "again", one country trying to conquer another.

[@ТимофійЛещенко]

@@tm75_88 Benito Amilcare is it you?

[@prayformojo1117]

My Grandfather fought in WW2 for the RCAF and refused to ever talk about the war. They carried that burden to the grave.

[@Happy-kc2yr]

Slava and Vecznaya pamjat Tvoemy Geroitczeskomy Deduszce and Sovetskomy Soyuzu za osvobozdenje Polszi ot Germanskich ubijcev ! Slava Ukraine !

[@Elrond_Hubbard_1]

I still think one of the most genius moves in military history was very early in the eastern front war when Stalin ordered that all of the factories in eastern Europe be dismantled, put on trains and moved east to the Urals or even to Siberia. It meant that during the whole war, no matter how badly eastern Europe was being destroyed by all the battles, the Soviets were consistently able to crank out thousands of tanks and planes and guns every month.

[@tylercrist3428]

The word genius might be a bit misleading. Being in a position where you are losing almost all your factories to an enemy advance and having to relocate them isn't the best situation or a grand strategy. I think it's a very Stalin decision, cold and calculated. A necessity of desperate times.

[@ked1224]

a better decision would be to not murder all of your competent officers over the course of a multiyear purge just because you're a paranoid psychopathic despot

[@woden22]

Yes! The logistics of that seems insurmountable.

[@ГригорийШумилов-ф5р]

Yes. Show them Eastern Front! The most important war theater was between Third Reich and USSR. Modern people need to know it and so much else.

[@mrdias1866]

Exactly. Most people think it was the US who beat the third Reich but it was the Soviet Union. In fact the Allies only invaded the French coast cuz they were afraid that the Russians would liberate the entire Europe

[@hilltopcresent]

@@mrdias1866 being occupied by one dictatorship to another is not liberation

[@seamusolunacy]

@@hilltopcresent 100%

[@bobpobcf9723]

@@mrdias1866 more like under new management

[@ГригорийШумилов-ф5р]

​@@hilltopcresent Yeah-yeah, the dictatorship in Council (it is Soviet on English actually) Union. Did you know about Soviets (Councils) Power? No, you didn't. You should understand one simple fact: nobody will sacrifice own life by some dictatorship, but against - many will.

[@briansomogie]

Before the invention of the internet, most United States school students including myself learned very little about the war on the Eastern Front. It is such a sad event that the Russian people suffered inhumane real life events such as this. I pray that no one else ever has to witness or endure such a horrific hell ever again.

[@joker-gs9cq]

I hope they witness an unimaginable hell far greater than war on the Eastern front

[@anotherrandominternetguy404]

@@joker-gs9cq What? Why?

[@alexblumenstein6204]

we probably will because of whats happening on the ukrain russian border but hopefully not

[@raketny_hvost]

russians should stand out. good to know it ended fast with help of much forces like american military in western europe or british bombers above german factories. special thanks to german oligarchs who wiped out economics of 3rd reheheich. hope it won't repeat

[@willthorson4543]

The sad fact is that the Russian people not only had to deal with the Nazis but their own. Look at what stalin did to Ukraine? Or Poland. Or to its own prisoners released from captivity. You don't lose 9 million soldiers and 18 million civilians and absolute destruction of the enemy. Also, the USSR lost around 23,000 armored vehicles a year. That's absurd numbers. Hell, in the 5 months of 1945, they lost 20,000 alone. Just nuts

[@ivan_egorov_]

My late grandfather Gleb Yegorov fought on the Oryol-Kursk Bulge. He was drafted into the infantry as a private near Voronezh, not having time to get an officer's rank. In the midst of the fighting, his platoon was surrounded. Only two soldiers managed to survive, my grandfather and his friend. In the battle, he received a bullet wound in the elbow, typical for many soldiers (then he could not straighten his arm all his life). There was a rather interesting episode when he, along with his comrade, were breaking through back to the Russian troops. It took a very long time to get back. They were walking through a field and saw a detachment of Germans from afar. After the battle, there were no more bullets left. They lay down in the tall grass and waited for a convoy of 3-5 Germans to pass (they apparently combed the area). When the Germans were passing them, my grandfather, despite being wounded, suddenly stopped feeling any pain and fear. He felt as if nothing in this world matters, except for the world itself and nature, he felt some kind of maximum peace, as if he himself had become a part of nature. Literally a meter away from him, a German passed, but he did not notice him, as if my grandfather wasn’t there. That German came back a few seconds later and fired an automatic burst into the bushes where my grandfather's friend was. My grandfather was 18 at that time. Still, the generation of the 1920s of the whole world is probably the most heroic of all generations.

[@historyatwar]

Wow !

[@Geojr815]

How many women did your grandfather assault on his “liberation” towards Berlin?

[@ivan_egorov_]

@@Geojr815 Screw you

[@StanLee-wu7dr]

A new type of Nazi's have attacked Kursk again. History doesn't repeat but it rhymes... and doesn't spare us any ironies.

[@ardzahhayasdan9450]

Naive child

[@guslakis]

Great footage, but as with most wars, sad to see so many young men having to fight and die, their future taken from them.

[@granola661]

There was no happy future for either of these belligerents... personally I would have rather died than live under soviet control

[@spartanthe300ththermopylae4]

I would have rather died than live under the Nazis. Actually, not "would have", I still would. The sentiment is current.

[@mickeyromeo]

@@spartanthe300ththermopylae4 will*

[@kuntul4499]

@@granola661 soviet are terrible, allied should help germany destroying comunism

[@granola661]

@@spartanthe300ththermopylae4 Same, but nazis didn't exist after the war anymore so even if you survived as a German, you ended up living under soviets

[@MrOrmesby]

I've seen a lot of footage over the years of the battles in Russia. A great deal of the footage in this clip is new to me, i'm very impressed.

[@historyatwar]

Haha good to hear!

[@warbrain1053]

@@historyatwar could you put a message with sources, and pin it? It would be helpfull too!

[@theinformationbomber7102]

Same here

[@anthonyetemadi7975]

One of the most powerful videos on ww2 I have ever seen..incredible footage and excellent editing..watched it time and time again and it never gets old..I cannot begin to imagine what the German and Soviet soldiers went thru..in absolute awe of their bravery and fortitude..

[@crackedrepair]

"Anyone who loves freedom owes such a debt to the Red Army that it can never be repaid.” - Ernest Hemingway

[@dimasthefox9410]

I would like disagree especially they got 2nd Kursk war

[@ksotar]

@@dimasthefox9410 what the Red Army has to do about it?

[@dimasthefox9410]

@@ksotar Because they were Russian

[@ksotar]

@@dimasthefox9410 First and Second Ukrainian fronts would disagree with you.

[@dimasthefox9410]

@@ksotar ok rus bot

[@nl4770]

Epic battle, eastern front was maximum intensity.

[@kennygottlieb3628]

@ProteusXF jah die ostfront was a Meat grinder..

[@kennygottlieb3628]

Only problems in malmedy, both sides.. Jochen peiper where blaimed and prosecuted.. what about you Ami’s who shot waffen ss soldiers..?

[@mihajlozaric6957]

@@kennygottlieb3628 Joachim Peiper was no warcriminal!

[@xObscureMars]

Maximum FUN!!

[@johndunn4228]

@@kennygottlieb3628 No one was taking prisoners. It was better off killing them in combat.

[@paulustarsus]

That Paratrooper at 06:52 running 'towards' the explosions, really got my attention. Respect. 👊🔥

[@morderoc6018]

Fallschirmjäger were elite forces trained to do such heroic moves. Their doctrines were almost knightly.

[@heoj1N]

Cool guys don't look at explosions, but the coolest guys run at them

[@garylawless3608]

I have an interest in WW2 history, and I have watched a lot of historical footage of the eastern and western fronts, but I had not come across the majority of footage you have provided here. Well done and well researched!

[@sswehrwolf9145]

watch europa the last battle.

[@garylawless3608]

@@sswehrwolf9145 - Many thanks - any link you know of?

[@johndunn4228]

It was total war. 2 great armies fighting to the death. One for the Fatherland, the other for the Motherland. May the Lord have taken all of these brave soldiers to be by his side safe and warm for eternity.

[@richardsimpson3792]

I don't think either side believed in God.

[@marksauder9247]

@@richardsimpson3792 Gott mit uns!

[@overgo-_-8097]

@@richardsimpson3792 they did, in both wars the germans always say: "fur kaiser, gott und vaterland!"

[@erichvonmeinstein8315]

​@@overgo-_-8097 No, Germany in WWII have different motto Ein Volk Ein Reich Ein Führer

[@Zopiexx]

Мой прадедушка воевал здесь, сначала в Москве, потом в Сталинграде, потом в Курске, Киеве, Варшаве, Берлине. Все. крупные города, которые я знаю. Мои двоюродный дедушка и дедушка тоже воевали в Москве, но позже поехали воевать под Ленинград или рядом с ним, но не дожили. вечная память героям!

[@GhostRanger5060]

Epic! My LORD, all those far horizons on the Russian steppe. German soldiers, invincible in the small nations of Western and Eastern Europe, must have felt lost, absorbed, even smothered in the vastness of the Soviet Union. And, of course, they were. Lost. Absorbed. Smothered. Fantastic content!

[@chopperaxon6171]

well put.

[@dr.a.995]

You left out “forgotten, wasted, met more than our match.”

[@yurikozhokin8348]

No one invited them there in the first place, so tough luck. They got what they came asking for.

[@WilliamKing-hf8lc]

The Russian story of WWII is just insane. The West had it easy compared to this. A country that can mobilize it's entire population to defend the homeland the way Russia did is quite impressive. I have just recently started hunting Russian WW2 books and movies.

[@richardseggelke1173]

P

[@ВячеславСоловьев-я5е]

Много солдат полегло в этой битве.Дорогой ценой вырвали победу! Всегда ,старался узнать об этом сражении побольше, бывал на станции Поныри, а мой покойный отец , тогда находился в деревне Гнездиловка, тогда(летом 1943 года ) ,это была Курская область.Вечная память мертвым и выжившим , в этой битве!

[@warieo]

It’s nice to be able to read your comment translated, it shows a fellow human instead of confusion over language barriers. I’m not sure where you are from but don’t believe everything you hear about Americans most of us the working class are decent enough and there is a lot we don’t like and or trust with our government officials as well. Most of us care about our families and friends and just hope and pray our officials don’t screw up and send us to war or start a war that will just kill out those working class people. Anyways nice to read your story take care ✌️ From North Carolina in USA

[@video-gs3dh]

Мы и этот раз повторим историю👆🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺

[@trutle88]

@@video-gs3dhYeah, you’re acting like the Nazis in this one

[@z-e-t-aanimations8823]

​@@video-gs3dh не говори "мы" пожалуйста. Ето не воина. Воины закончился после второй мировой. Ето всё простая, глупая геополитика.

[@trutle88]

@@tasmaniandevil8199 I don’t need CNN to tell me what to think unlike whatever Fox or OAN shoves down your throat for that days new rage bait. The Russian federation invaded Ukraine, massacred civilians, and are constantly fucking with our own infrastructure, elections, and other platforms as a form of sabotage.

[@TheBadgerr]

Again, this time with Leopards, not Tigers

[@xXKillaBGXx]

You align yourself with ISIS. Think about that for a second.

[@soviet-girl]

​@@xXKillaBGXxПри чем тут ИГИЛ?

[@gregorywright5336]

79 years ago this happened. I'm ready for anything life throws at me because of the extraordinary bravery of all these men who fought in this epic battle.

[@richardtrofimov2828]

@George Thomas If the Nazis won, Russians would be exterminated. I would not be born.

[@netsuwan_praphot]

7:08 Thats quite rare footage of captured soviet La-5 fighter in German markings. I like that .

[@qusaythesniper9]

Yes

[@artemisp.folglemeyer]

That's what I thought too. I tried freezing it, but the image was so damn blurry.

[@justavideo6324]

i thought about that too,i was thinking it was a fw190 but after a few looks that's definitely not it

[@MlTGLIED]

I noticed it too. I guess it come from soviet movie in the 50s. They made a ton of war movies in the 50s and 60s with real props.

[@yu-mingchang2256]

Same thought.

[@abocado777]

Amazing footage. Absolutely one of the best WW2 videos ever.

[@phantomnat2002]

Now it's Ukraine Marching on Kursk

[@xXKillaBGXx]

They've already been captured as I am typing this message. The modern Russian vs. Ukraine war is a skirmish compared to this battle alone. Russians view the current situation at Kursk as a terrorist activity. They do not view it as a full scale war.

[@Vestu]

"Over 800,000+ Soviet casualties, over 200,000+ German casualties. Soviets now had the upper hand..." That phrase is in itself very telling of the manpower and resource advantage that Soviets had over Germany.

[@ivicamajmunskikreten9714]

it's also telling of how much Stalin hated his own people.

[@КолтуновСерёга]

" That phrase is in itself very telling of the manpower and resource advantage that Soviets had over Germany. " English Wikipedia address " Demographics of the Soviet Union " Soviet Union 1941-196,716,000 English Wikipedia address " List of countries by population in 1939 " Germany -86,755,281+ Italian-43,400,000+ Romania-19,933,800+Finland-3,700,000 +Hungary-9,129,000=162,917,000+Exploited human resources of the occupied territories. Yugoslavia-15,490,000+Greece-7,222,000+ Bulgaria-6,458,000+Norway-2,945,000+ Netherlands-8,729,000+ Belgium - 8,387,000+Denmark-3,795,000+ Albania-1 073000+ English Wikipedia address " Occupation of Poland (1939-1945) "-22,000,000 English Wikipedia address " German military administration in occupied France during World War II " The census for 1 April 1941 show 25,071,255 inhabitants in the occupied zone (with 14.2m in the unoccupied zone). This does not include the 1,600,000 prisoners of war, nor the 60,000 French workers in Germany or the departments of Alsace-Lorraine.[14]+ These restrictions remained in place after Vichy was occupied and the zone renamed zone sud ("south zone"), and also placed under military administration in November 1942. =116,970,000 162,917,000+116,970,000=279,887,000 English Wikipedia address " Joseph Stalin " The Soviets allied with the United Kingdom and United States;[497] although the U.S. joined the war against Germany in 1941, little direct American assistance reached the Soviets until late 1942.[494] Responding to the invasion, the Soviets intensified their industrial enterprises in central Russia, focusing almost entirely on production for the military.[498] They achieved high levels of industrial productivity, outstripping that of Germany.[495] ( At the end of 1942 the Blitzkrieg was stopped, the Nazis lost the battle for Moscow, the Nazis were surrounded in Stalingrad. ) English Wikipedia address " Battle of Kursk " German personnel losses are clouded by the lack of access to German unit records, which were seized at the end of the war. Many were transferred to the United States national archives and were not made available until 1978, while others were taken by the Soviet Union, which declined to confirm their existence.[303]

[@Vestu]

@@КолтуновСерёга you can't just add up occupied countries' population to manpower 😂

[@КолтуновСерёга]

@@Vestu you can't just add up Soviet Union ' population to manpower English Wikipedia address " Nazi Germany " Germany imported and enslaved some 12 million people from 20 European countries to work in factories and on farms. Approximately 75 per cent were Eastern European.[277] ."[288] Gold reserves and other foreign holdings were seized from the national banks of occupied nations, while large "occupation costs" were usually imposed. By the end of the war, occupation costs were calculated by the Nazis at 60 billion Reichsmarks, with France alone paying 31.5 billion. Goods and raw materials were also taken. In France, an estimated 9,000,000 tonnes (8,900,000 long tons; 9,900,000 short tons) of cereals were seized during the course of the war, including 75 per cent of its oats. In addition, 80 per cent of the country's oil and 74 per cent of its steel production were taken. The valuation of this loot is estimated to be 184.5 billion francs. In Poland, Nazi plunder of raw materials began even before the German invasion had concluded. English Wikipedia address " German military administration in occupied France during World War II " The Germans seized about 80 percent of the French food production, which caused severe disruption to the household economy of the French people.[17] French farm production fell in half because of lack of fuel, fertilizer and workers; even so the Germans seized half the meat, 20 percent of the produce, and 80 percent of the Champagne. English Wikipedia address " Eastern Front (World War II) " France made the largest contribution to the German war effort. In 1943-44, French payments to Germany may have risen to as much as 55% of French GDP.[55] Overall, Germany imported 20% of its food and 33% of its raw materials from conquered territories and Axis allies.[56] Rolf Karlbom estimated that Swedish share of Germany's total consumption of iron may have amounted to 43% during the period of 1933-43. It may also be likely that 'Swedish ore formed the raw material of four out of every ten German guns' during the Hitler era'.[59] English Wikipedia address " Economy of Nazi Germany " Hitler's policy of lebensraum strongly emphasized the conquest of new lands in the East, and the exploitation of these lands to provide cheap goods to Germany. In practice, however, the intensity of the fighting on the Eastern Front and the Soviet scorched-earth policy meant that the Germans found little they could use in the Soviet Union, and, on the other hand, a large quantity of goods flowed into Germany from conquered lands in Western Europe. For example, two-thirds of all French trains in 1941 were used to carry goods to Germany. Norway lost 20% of its national income in 1940 and 40% in 1943.[116]

[@Vestu]

@@КолтуновСерёга yes but to have organized military divisions in months time out of those countries devoted to your cause with high morale is another thing. You'll get a small fraction of the manpower. Soviets lost 8.7 - 10 MILLION in the eastern front and still were nowhere near depleted on manpower. Soviets were producing almost four times the oil compared to Germany. Soviets also received massive help from the USA in resources of all kind without which they could've lost the war.

[@julianciahaconsulting8663]

Even a good compilation of battle clips like this cannot do 2 things: it cannot capture the sounds and smells of war - the sounds alone must have be terrifyingly loud and awful in their diversity from all the different type of munitions used, the whizzing of shrapnel, the anguished screams of those injured and dying, the explosions, the sound of airplanes overhead and crashing, the rolling tank tracks, orders shouted over radios, the sound of fires raging and on and on...it must have sounded like the very gates of Hell had opened up.

[@BladesRKing]

Excellent footage! Thank you for the work involved in doing this!

[@TRUMP20Z4]

Kursk, the worst telegraphed punch in the history of humanity.

[@sp0ckz0mbi3]

Operation Barbarossa was pretty bad too, but Stalin didn't want to believe his own intel or the allies intel.

[@remo27]

@@sp0ckz0mbi3 : We don't know that for sure. A significant minority of historians believes Stalin let Hitler attack first and simply underestimated the power of the Germans as well as the confusion his own side would face. They give various reasons for this and various evidences. I think , honestly, both sides expected the other to attack, but simply were wrong as to when. Whether Hitler attacked sooner and more fiercely than Stalin expected and this led to some sort of command paralysis at the top of the Soviet Regime is something that might well still be debated 1000 years from now, assuming anyone cares.

[@bk373904]

@@remo27 yah, no, your analysis is not very good there. In your second sentence you confirm what Spock said. That is, the Russian high command was completely disorganized and confused as to the intelligence provided by their own forces (Russian) and the other Allies, providing daily recommendations that Hitler would attack at any moment and was mobilizing to do so. Of course both sides expected the other to attack! Thanks Capt. Obvious lol....we absolutely know for sure that Stalin was a stupid piece of shit that selectively provided information to his top generals. Operation Barbarossa is a great example of just that occurence.

[@remo27]

@@bk373904 : No one denies that Stalin was stupid. The question is : Did he LET Hitler attack or not? I'm afraid calling me names won't change facts on the ground or the fact that you can find historians who think this way or that. Your idea is that he was 'taken by surprise that Hitler would attack'...I think that's retarded. At most he was probably taken by surprise that Hitler would attack SO SOON. Possibly he wasn't taken by surprise at all, and was just an incompetent POS who was too clever for his own good.

[@michaelarmbruster586]

Maybe STAVKA wanted the Germans to attack first because they multiple defensive rings set up to let the Germans use up a lot sive, then when they were weakened to go on the counter attack when the Germans were weakened The soviets had a lot built up in the area to absorb the shock then strike back Easier to defend than attack

[@Fominthehuman]

My grandfather returned from the war seriously wounded, without one eye. Unfortunately, he died before I was born and did not tell stories from the war. I always wondered what he went through... Hell on earth.

[@jjavalon]

All of those soldiers, Russians and Germans, were heroes to endure such a deadly fight. We salute them.

[@franzsohn7676]

There were no heros among the fascist dogs.

[@baudelaire7]

@@franzsohn7676 anyone with half a braincell knows Fascism and communism are complementary of each other,

[@franzsohn7676]

@@baudelaire7 As in they are polar opposites? Yes. As in they are equals? No, what? Are you insane?

[@AlexKarasev]

@@franzsohn7676 Save for the SS, top of command, and atrocities by individuals, soldiers given regular fighting orders are not in a position to dispute or disobey them at war time. As a Russian born in the USSR, let me say this: German soldiers fought bravely and hard at Kursk, but the Soviets prevailed. Blaming foot soldiers for the inherent horrors of war isn't quite fair - the politicians who sent them there, and the general public that allowed those politicians to come to and stay in power, are much more to blame.

[@anotherrandomuser8978]

war is a racket

[@artinrahideh1229]

It's mindblowing how everybody gave all they had in eastern front Both sides had some of the best fearless troops.

[@bosatsu76]

"Nothing is more barbarous than war. Nothing is more pitiful than a nation being swept along by fools." Daisaku Ikeda

[@Chrisamos412]

Outstanding footage, thx! Unfortunately most people think nothing could ever happen like that again….they’re so comfortable and they are so sadly misinformed.

[@JaySantana-so9zw]

@@highenergyv276 indeed you are correct , this world especially the United States has become to soft now with all this “politically correct” BS people can’t say anything these days without someone getting offended

[@TheRoafer]

The beginnings of this are happening right now, the MAGA GopQ traitors want bloodshed. They are the enemy within.

[@jasonsimmons6684]

It very well may. History has a tendency to repeat itself. We shall see how it goes.

[@averiWonBTW]

@@TheRoafer so trump supporters are gonna create homemade tanks?

[@Skumtomten1]

A world war like this will never happen again. The future will be stuff like cyber warfare or bio weapons instead, if we ever see a real war like this it will probably be remote controlled robots and machines fighting, not humans.

[@KrispyAimAssist]

Crazy that its basically happening again atm....

[@Mickey_Bauer]

This is why we need politicians in the front lines. Give them a chance to show off that bravery.

[@Dr.KarlowTheOctoling]

You’d think they want to advance with Abrams tanks in the middle of a desert? There’s a reason the people who sent the USMC to Iraq didn’t go there with them.

[@maddog4431]

I can't imagine the pain the men must have gone through definitely a different breed.

[@davidhoward4715]

A different breed because today we are smart enough to not get ourselves into a world war.

[@sswehrwolf9145]

@@davidhoward4715 they were fighting because they didn't want to live under the world we have today and it's getting worse..

[@arty7122]

@@sswehrwolf9145 Both sides were fighting because they were ordered to, the russians had an edge in the fact that they were defending their country for one half of the war.

[@firingallcylinders2949]

It's so weird to think all those thousands of halftracks, tanks, armored cars, motorcycles, tank destroyers etc are all completely gone now disintegrated or a scrap of metal. Maybe a handful in museums but everything you see is basically gone.

[@patdohrety2940]

I bet they still find un-exploded ordinace all over the place.

[@ddm_gamer]

@@patdohrety2940 We do to this day. Its still pretty common that villages get evacuated because old bombs have to be defused in germany

[@patdohrety2940]

@@ddm_gamer Un-exploded ordinance is obviously extremely dangerous. I spent some time in Afghanistan. The soviets left unimaginable stock piles of weapons and hardware everywhere around Afghanistan. Say what you will about princess Dianna, I thought she was lovely for her efforts to remove land mines in Vietnam.

[@zoomerboomer3109]

Now we have to search for the Battle of Kursk [1943]

[@themanwoasked]

camera man be like: im half russian, half german, half american, half british.

[@gerardoconnor4278]

Good footage - signals the intensity & horror of war on the eastern front. Kursk was probably a draw but the Germans were shocked, withdrew in reasonable order, but never recovered. To witness the Red Army operating as combined arms with such devastating effect must have been a great surprise. In the fields around Prokhorovka, Europe was saved in my view. This will always be the glory of the Soviet soldier. The sadness is the loss of so many brave young men on all sides - may they rest in peace.

[@atarkus8]

I will never understand this "all sides" nonsense. Surely you understand that the Germans led a war of conquest and extermination. It's not like troops from "all sides" landed on a deserted island, and fought for who gets to own it. For the Soviets it was a war for their survival. No one should be sad about the loss of an army that slaughtered civilians and razed entire towns to the ground. That exterminated prisoners of war, tested chemical weapons on the local population, killed the wounded, and a million other things. Sure, there were a few German soldiers that had a moral compass, but this was quite the exception.

[@NKWittmann]

What do you mean ? Stalin won because everyone in his whole country was forced into service... the russians lost 4 times the men and several times the tanks the german army did during Kursk. As always the germans fought like tigers and decimated the russian troops with superior tactics and weapons, only to be engulfed in the sheer mass of bodies Stalin's absolute dictatorship was throwing at them. Stalin won because he was ready to make his whole people disappear rather than suffer defeat. I agree with you. May they all rest in peace.

[@NKWittmann]

@@atarkus8 A war is against a regime. Germany's goal was to topple the communist regime, something million of russians also died for, after the red revolution, and during World War Two. If Germany won, Stalin would have been deposed from power, and Russia would have had a different regime. That's how war works. Stalin murdered his people on the spot to save the soviet regime, using russian patriotism that was otherwise banned from his politics - everyone linked to traditional Russia had been killed by that point. When talking about both sides we simply realize people are people in the end. If you want to black and white this it's your right, it's not shared by every one. We're not in a dictatorship and people know things that other don't, so we have different point of views upon the same events. Quit whining because people don't think like you do.

[@NKWittmann]

@@atarkus8 Oh, and please read about what a Gulag is, take a look at the soviet purges by famine in eastern Europe, the mass murder of over a million people in Poland, before you accuse anyone not having your opinion of having "no moral compass"... thanks in advance

[@atarkus8]

@@NKWittmann It's not my opinion, it's a fact. The Germans didn't invade to replace Stalin. That is the dumbest thing I've heard in quite a while. They wanted Lebensraum, and the populations that just happened to be in their way would have to be exterminated, shipped off, or made into slave labor. The brutality of the soviet regime is not in doubt, but for the average soldier the motivation was simple, they were fighting for their survival, their land, their very existence. The fact that you think people had to be "forced" into service already speaks volumes about how clueless you are. I don't know what kind of fool talks about hypotheticals, when we know what happened to territories that were held by the Germans. Millions starved to death. But I suppose you think they came to liberate them from the oppressive Stalinist regime eh? Great alternative. We also know how the Germans treated their POWs. Especially female POWs. There's no "different point of view" here unless you actually support genocide. Nice job parroting nazi propaganda by the way, about the vastly superior Germans being buried in bodies. At least now everyone knows it's pointless to have a conversation with you.

[@ArsonLtTTV]

man i love these videos with 2% actual combat footage and 90% staged and videos and 8% side shots of training footage

[@johnharrington1800]

What a living hell this must have been

[@Germano_14]

I get anxious just by watching this, cannot imagine the emotion storm this guys went through.

[@historyatwar]

Absolutely, nobody today can comprehend what these guys went through.

[@topshotta5676]

They don’t make men like this any more! Very brave young men. Shall we never forget their sacrifices!

[@eoindee7007]

Terrifying but compelling. Respect to the bravery of both sides. Political ideology aside, as soldiers they were all outstanding. Very few survivors left now I would think. I hope that those who died are now resting in peace.

[@Christof_Classen]

*The same Thing over and over again: "Young Men must die, because old Men want to wage War" ;(*

[@jamesritchie2167]

I truly hope generations to come do not have to go through this inferno of hell again. I was a Bush fighter in Africa in the late 1970’s. It was very close quarter , often face to face at a few yards. Kill or be killed. No quarter given. Brutal when you see a man’s face as you kill him. Nothing despite harsh training prepares you for it, you never forget the faces and the smell of death. I have suffered very disturbed sleep all my life. I cannot remember sleeping through the night. My dog sleeps on my bed and I keep a gun beside my bed at all times. I live on a farm which allows me some solitude and peace. It’s hard.

[@iamduck.203]

Amen! War is absolutely evil. May God save us all from the evil of war. Amen.

[@userb3nje909]

PTSD is not a badge of honour.. young folk dont seem to to understand this. Take care Ritchie.

[@unterhau1102]

What happened in Africa? I've never heard of it before

[@Mike-ny5xf]

What a hell of a battle that was. A slug fest of Tigers and T34s going at it at point blank range. Like always excellent vid brother 💪💪🇺🇸🇺🇸💯.

[@davide1241]

Your happy your state siding with communism. With your help you may have costed Germany with war. Which will cost American in the end.

[@DragonsFire-uw7tl]

@@davide1241 ?

[@voivodvlad1]

@@davide1241 what exactly are you saying?

[@joshuajoaquin5099]

@@davide1241 high on LSD again? Stoo taking it grampa

[@Gallagherfreak100]

@@davide1241 : Do you sniff paint thinner?

[@exKGBagent]

Those men probably had testosterone level of 1 billion

[@gedlyman1]

Intense is an understatement. Will we ever learn.

[@rollingthunder1751]

For someone who hates war so much, I find watching it relaxing.

[@Wolfen443]

We are outsiders wondering at the horror of the war, specially a bad one like that one. Now, if we were forced to fight there by a chance, well it could a totally different experience if we survived it. That is why the experience of real war cannot be understood unless you face something similar in anon battlefield situation.

[@jebbroham1776]

It was a waste of precious resources, men, and armor that Germany could ill afford to lose. The generals all knew that, Manstein, Guderian, and Model all pleaded with Hitler to see reason and not to attack, but it was pointless.

[@anthonybatulis6516]

Kudos to whoever picked out the music. Its perfect for this footage.

[@Ninjanight4gt]

4:53 absolutley beautiful. the beat and everything. Though most of the soldiers probably knew that this might be their last day or time on earth.... Rest in Peace

[@nasedo3129]

The German fighting men were amazing. They were outnumbered. They attacked a position that the Russians had been preparing for months. The Russians knew where and when, down to the hour, they were going to attack. And yet the Germans attacked straight into the teeth of these prepared defenses, against a numerically superior enemy, a thousand miles from their homeland. And despite horrific losses, they were actually winning the battle to some degree when they had to call off the attack to deal with the Allies landing in Sicily. Hitler was insane, of course. And the Generals who obeyed him were a disappointment. Their intelligence was second rate, as the Russians knew in detail everything they were planning. But the German soldiers, they were the best in the world.

[@КолтуновСерёга]

my grandfather comrade Emilyanov list of awards address site=Память Народа \ Last name=Емельянов \ Name=Сергей \ Patronymic=Сергеевич \ date of birth=1924 short description of the feat To break through the German defense on 08/19/43 in the area of ​​the village of Izotkino, Oryol region, Comrade Emilyanov, including several, was ordered to destroy 2 machine-gun nests. Sneaking up unnoticed, they threw grenades at the machine-gun nests, destroying both crews, and the mortars were captured and used against the Germans, Comrade Emilyanov destroyed up to 10 Nazis from a German machine gun. Participated in the capture of the village of Kolki, Sychi, Art. Zolotorev. Awarded with a State Award. Order of the Red Star My grandfather comrade Emelyanov list of awards address site=Память Народа \ Last name=Емельянов \ Name=Сергей \ Patronymic=Сергеевич \ date of birth=1924 During the hostilities near the village of Domantovo and during the forcing on the Dnieper and Dniester, he showed courage and courage, when taking the village of Domantovo, comrade Emelyanov killed 8 German soldiers. Awarded with a State Award. Medal of Honor

[@Zeunknown1234]

They weren't going to win anyways.

[@liluzi9211]

Это была не немецкая армия, а скорее армия всей Европы

[@СергейЗнамин]

Советские Воины были Лучшими в той Войне, как доказательство Великая Победа!

[@intermilan9731]

If they had even 20 percent more resources, our timeline would be very different. It probably is in a different multiverse.

[@Brueggemann2003]

2 Days ago my Grandfather told me that he knew someone that was a Tank Gunner and he said in Kursk we shot so many t-34s but they kept comming over and over it just didnt stop.

[@stivianvalchev7738]

The biggest battle of all time, ever, captured on video and shared almost a century later.

[@Gruszka007]

04:50 is one of the most powerful and impressive moments in this kind of movies, that I have ever seen. Truly... This whistle through me over. They just run straight into battlefield with the leader equipped in just a handgun, straight for victory. Just Epic, no words.

[@moocorp4574]

the handgun is used to shoot deserters though

[@Mandrak789]

@@moocorp4574 desperate times call for desperate measures

[@jamesbondoo81]

I think that scene was out of a USSR movie

[@Nilsihero]

Looks staged though. I mean, just look at the way he used the binoculars inside the trench :P

[@Mandrak789]

@@Nilsihero Glen is correct, that's from the movie. Not only movie scene in this video, though. Also, a lot of the combat footage was not really from Kursk. I recognize at least one part taken during the Operation Barbarossa.

[@Januszekm56]

The Germans in 1943 had an army of over 8 million people. They were fighting against three super powers, and their allies were weak. What they have achieved is amazing. In 1943, the Russians outnumbered Wehrmacht by 1 to 2. The Germans' strength was the greatest in 1941. In later years, the Germans' strength decreased, they were too involved in the West.

[@luiguibici]

I can't even start to imagine the sound of this battle at it's peak. Must have been absolute horror

[@ajmaloleary3553]

I really enjoyed this video. A lot of amazing footage. But I wonder, how much of it was actually from the Battle of Kursk?

[@pitch1691]

Like 90%

[@BaseDeltaZero1972]

German Para at 6:50 - Pressing on, going forward! Para's from all nations are proper mad lads. Incredible footage.

[@MlTGLIED]

nice catch 👍

[@Hordalending]

Wonder if that particular paratrooper made it through. Because running like that _into_ the shelling is a life-shortener big time

[@rahmathkakkotkallery854]

Isn't SS the German paramilitary?

[@randallsimmons391]

@@rahmathkakkotkallery854 He is not saying "paramilitary" he was saying "paratroop". The soldier in the shot was a fallschirmjäger, a German airborne assault troop.

[@rahmathkakkotkallery854]

@@randallsimmons391 thankss

[@soultraveller5027]

This is what broke the back of the German army and brung victory for the allies the prople of the Soviet Union did the heavy lifting in WW2 without there sacrifice losing 20milliion men women and children thats a . insane number and only the Soviets would have withstood it and still destoryed the German divisions in the process.

[@Basilahi]

Brought *

[@grahambamford9073]

The biggest tank on tank battle the world has ever seen. Wow. The Germans were on the back foot after they lost that colossal battle. Various countries claim they won WW2 in Europe, but the reality is that most German soldiers died on the Eastern front at the hands of the Soviets or during the brutal Soviet winter. The Soviet Union suffered huge losses of its own but size matters, and the Red army was just bigger and by 1944 had huge stocks of tanks and weapons unlike the Germans who were running out of men and equipment at that stage.

[@house19245]

Мурашки идут по спине от этих людей в кадрах ! Сильные храбрые бойцы своих стран! Германия отправила туда лучшие дивизии которые были ! СССР отправил всех кого смог, если даже у них был малый боевой опыт они были храбры вступить в бой против лучших дивизий Вермахта! По потерям эксперты насчитали более 700+ тыс солдат со стороны СССР потери Германии насчитывается 500+ - потерь ! Хотя в битве сошлись до 2 млн солдат !

[@dc1397]

Cannot image what the armies of medieval times would have thought seeing this stuff going on in the battlefield.

[@doorswhofan]

There's a hint of that (albeit in fantasy guise) in Ralph Bakshi's 1976 animated film, WIZARDS.

[@nevajno2741]

They would consider that war much more humane than the wars that they faced. In modern wars, you don't see the enemy, and dont kill the enemy standing right in front of you, and you are not doomed to painful death in case of being injured

[@nevajno2741]

@Marcus no it's not, cause 90% of modern war is soldiers shooting in the air in direction of the enemy. The only gruesome thing is watching your mates dying from the enemy shells and bullets - compare this to medieval war, when 1) you have to kill the enemy 2) you have to kill your mates who are seriously injured and won't survive

[@nevajno2741]

@Marcus I thought americans didnt even enter any city during Iraq invasion - they bypassed cities full of garrisons and headed straight for the capital

[@Mandrak789]

considering what bloody mess were medieval battles, they would probably think that WWII was clean and easy

[@johnelliott7375]

This is some of the best footage I have seen in a long, long time. I thought it would all being destroyed! We need to correspond and get a download of what you have for a museum of a friend of mine! His name is Dragon man and he has a awesome museum of every nation the us went to war with and it is a private museum. So no worry of it ever being altered to suit someone's opinion. He tells it the way it was! He is also a Veteran of Vietnam. God bless you all and thank you for the great day now I have been able to see this!!!🧐😲😳 Awesome, thanks for the heads up and sharing your work and sacrifice so we could see what our fathers had to endure RAW and Uncut! Thanks so much for your time and work again!

[@oceanhome2023]

Yes we all Hate War …but we love studying it

[@sakabula1285]

@@oceanhome2023 And if you study it you are reminded od why you hate it

[@naneri]

The brother of my Grandmother (my grand uncle) took part in this battle 19 years old at that time (went to war when he was 17). I am from Kyrgyzstan, a former member of USSR. The people here did not even know where the war was happening as hardly imagined the size of the country itself, even though a lot of young men went there. Not knowing Russian was simply devastating as often the central asian divisions were used as cannon fodder due to lack of any practical value or soldiers would simply not understand the orders. If you add the lack of knowledge of the modern warfare at that time, you had a very little chance to survive. My Grandmother was telling me stories that my grand uncle shared with the family, the soldiers almost children screamed Apa (which means mother in my language) when dying on the battle field. My grand uncle was shot in a hand (near the elbow) at that battle. He then spent 5 month in a hospital on some Russian city (or maybe other part of USSR, but not Kyrgyzstan) and was then sent back home. He got an operation and his hand became slightly shorter and he could never use it for anything. He passed away ~ at the age of sixty, 40 years after the devastating war.

[@grofaz81]

Same as today, Russia is still using minorities as cannon fodder in the army.

[@DukeofWellington677]

What a great man bless him

[@topalosman2771]

Kanat kandaysız

[@naneri]

@@topalosman2771 jakshi, sizchi?

[@princekumar-nc2ve]

Did you know anyone who reached Berlin

[@kimna364]

American and British intelligence had determined that Japan would not attack Russia which allowed Stalin to focus his entire resources to the west. Throw in the 1000s of Liberty ships that brought supplies to the Russians and the tenacity of the Red Army you had a winning combination.

[@dtmwtch]

Actually it was a Russian agent Richard Sorge, who told Stalin. His code name was Lucy.

[@DavidSmith-ss1cg]

Actually, the Russians had stopped a Japanese invasion and beat them like a gong in a big battle, and the Japanese withdrew to Manchuria, never daring to try the powerful Soviets again; this allowed Stalin to send a lot of those divisions west to battle the Germans.

[@gazza2933]

Also the men of the British Merchant Navy (Arctic Convoys)

[@michaildubinin515]

1 000 000 soviet troops stayed Far East the entire war to guarantee that Japan would not dare to attack

[@ginkax]

Stalin didn't believe Sorge at first thinking it might be a Japanese ploy but at Khalkin Gol, the Japanese were beaten so badly that they hesitated to attack the USSR and waited for Moscow to fall. The victory at the gate of Moscow decided for the Japanese that war with the USSR was unwise. The decisive industrial factor was the operation to move factories entirely from the West to East of the Ural, a monumental feat unmatched that saved the Soviet war efforts.

[@chewyduck1355]

That was amazing content. I've never seen any of this footage before. You've got a new subscriber. Keep up the great work!

[@historyatwar]

Glad to have you here!

[@ricter29]

Unless you were there, I don’t think anyone can really imagine or try to fathom how massive of a battle Kursk was. It changed the outcome of WW2

[@blooddragon1332]

81 years lator Ukraine.

[@it4470]

No nation on earth could overcome such Axis military power like the USSR

[@simonimperator804]

This is not Kursk, this is just some random footages from Barbarossa invasion

[@robertnilla6845]

what does it matter.. all paid a heavy price during that horrific war!!!

[@vitorhenrique5762]

My respect to the Russians, my country fought in Italy Brazil and Russia always friends

[@seanodwyer4322]

my dad and his brother were there- 1943- 1946 in New Zealand. Army.- O'Dwyer

[@KV-2-i6y]

величайшее танковое сражение в истории, покойтесть с миром защитники земли Советов😢

[@JdmgjnFjahgks]

Rest in shit

[@WalterModel16]

покойтесь в аду, совки

[@basheljundie4341]

A lot of never seen footage ! Thank you ! Love the video's of the PTRS-41 ! Great work !

[@alleskaka8250]

Danke für euren Einsatz.! Ruht in Frieden ❤️🇩🇪

[@hugbug4408]

My mothers father was a major in the WAFFEN SS , and was kia in the Battle for Kursk mid-7/1943! Her uncle was a colonel in the Luftwaffe , and was kia over the skies in Italy , near Anzio April of 1944. He flew an FW 190( focke wolf).

[@historyatwar]

Wow, may they all rest in peace!

[@EdmundKempersDartboard]

Imagine how much footage just ended up on the floor of someone's closet and was then eventually lost to that dimension your socks love to go.

[@mikeza6248]

Russian troops and the whole soviet union were the bravest soldiers/people in the history of humanity. Great respect and honor for them. They saved the world from extinction!

[@theauditor5275]

And mass rapists

[@alexanderkordas682]

Bravest not and they died in their millions... Thank God, that there was also Lend and Lease from the allies, especially the USA.

[@olivermatz2604]

And enslaved hundreds of millions for almost 50 years. Communism is as bad as Fascism. Glory to the German soldiers who died and fought heroically for their country. They were the best soldiers the world has ever had.