How Russia Stopped The Blitzkrieg

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[@RealEngineering]

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[@hindd_05]

First like yay

[@anthonyc2663]

Real Engineering It was the Finns not Japanese who used Molotovs.

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

Real Engineering The Panzer IV is not a heavy tank, it was a medium tank

[@warpedreality7988]

Real Engineering You cannot just call my country Holland, that is not its name! Should I call your country Dublin?!

[@buckloski9522]

Real Engineering You should've pointed out Germany almost broke through at the Battle of Kursk, but even if they won they would've had almost no means of continuing the war.

[@Wendoverproductions]

I thought you were going to call this "Tanks for watching?"

[@mrchocolatebean8878]

Wendover Productions hello

[@mrchocolatebean8878]

RealLifeLore hello

[@Spectrum16]

Im beyond disappointed

[@AverageLaur]

who read thanks for watching

[@JakeTheBear1]

Beautiful plug!

[@SNSWoTClan]

Till this video, I never realized that I had never heard Hitler speak in a normal voice.

[@TheJonathanNewton]

Troy W He deliberately kept it from the public, but this was recorded in secret, perhaps the only such recording.

[@arnonuhm6922]

Is this an original recording? It sounds strange to me that H. did use the english word tanks for tanks and not the german word panzer.

[@icantthinkofaname4265]

@@arnonuhm6922 he used panzer

[@arnonuhm6922]

@@icantthinkofaname4265 7:25 it is clearly "tanks" not panzer

[@QuiXoLP]

@@arnonuhm6922 erst sagt er tank und dann panzer, hörs dir nochmal an

[@lolableDude]

Germany: We built some of the most advanced tanks and aircraft to fight this war Russia: HAHA t-34 printer go brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

[@bruhmoment9573]

NOOO YOU CANT JUST MASS PRODUCE T34 TANKS

[@johnb.8687]

Lol I think I heard the T-34 tanks transmission had a max of about 6 months. Which is fine because T34s never survived that long

[@bruhmoment9573]

@@johnb.8687 lmaoo quantity over quality **casually breaks down in 10 minutes**

[@sus5976]

@@johnb.8687 6 months is alot you liberal

[@freddiecram448]

Not much for a world war

[@marketabauerova4031]

America: Do but die USSR: Do or die Japan: Do and die

[@Abdoulaye1995]

You messed up America and USSR. Btw it is "die but do"

[@slogyourgrogyouoldseadog]

@@robertcrawshaw9978 "and that's when the dead men were marching again!"

[@whoami1449]

Its the only reason japan become anything to consider They were outperformed Outnumbered And outsmarted

[@sooryan_1018]

Japan now - Isekai and Die

[@tulkarzzz]

Ussr: die but do

[@Sprottel_SFM]

Hearing hitler in a calm voice is really wierd

[@alecfoster6653]

The Finns secretly recorded his meetings with them. That's how we come by this.

[@emperorevitek4490]

He sounds like my mother when i lost my lunchbox.

[@Heisenberg929]

@@alecfoster6653 which madman would have the balls to record this Well the Finns but why if hitler found out he'd be pretty pissed

[@adrianprez8752]

Can you imagine him in a scared voice...

[@prestonang8216]

Winston Churchill Nah fam

[@toyosatomimi]

Russia used Blyatzkrieg to defeat Blitzkrieg

[@floppytheflapyyt5046]

Blyat

[@Nat11us]

100 Panzer V against 10000 T-34

[@armanplayzyt9082]

Fuckkrieg? Cuz blyat means da f word

[@toyosatomimi]

@@armanplayzyt9082 yes, they f-ed Germans panzer

[@smileeey2470]

Bylat??

[@tomsozolins486]

Ah yes, the Japanese with their Molotov cocktails and the Finns with their Kamikadzes

[@funishark8201]

Remember when a finish airplane crashed into pearl harbor

[@frostonium8]

@@funishark8201 yeah, hate when the finns do that

[@funishark8201]

@@frostonium8 agree like why would they do that

[@bluesap7318]

I agree with all of you

[@spicefiend]

"Red Army's T-26 and BT tanks used petrol engines which, while common in tank designs of the time, often burst into flames when hit by IJA tank-killer teams[20] using Molotov cocktails"

[@xx_insert_cool_username_he6876]

"If someone quotes me on the internet I probably didn't say it" -Joseph Stalin

[@matheusdiasg.soares6416]

"This war was being fought on speed, not power. And power would eventually catch up" Oversimplified

[@luckypuss2304]

@NOU TFF *DOIN YOUR MOM*

[@luckypuss2304]

@NOU TFF *DOIN YOUR JOE*

[@dereenaldoambun9158]

@@luckypuss2304 *I'M DOIN JOE MAMA.*

[@luckypuss2304]

@@dereenaldoambun9158 *DAMNIT*

[@robertmaybeth3434]

I've never heard that said before, maybe because while it might be fact it is also just one factor of many. The whole war was about supply, the supply of everything from manpower to fuel, and whoever got the A-bomb first. Whoever had those and had the a-bomb first, would win. Without the A-bomb the Germans were very unlikely to win the war no matter what else happened.

[@santoslittlehelper06]

"How many T-34 tanks should we build?" "Da comrade"

[@Bynk333]

Mnogo, almost 5 T-34 for a single german panzer. :-)

[@yumin2286]

@@Bynk333 nah

[@themaus3847]

Instead of comrade, write tovarish.

[@MrVlad12340]

Bynk333 what lol. Panzer 3 is inferior to T-34 anyway and it was a staple of german tank armies until they pumped out “Panther” and “Tiger” and even after that it remained a “bulk” of the forces.

[@d.cypher2920]

3 things, *not joking* 1 the *unbelievable willingness of Russia to absorb 20 million deaths, to achieve victory.* 2 one of the *coldest winters in a century.* 3 *methamphetamine* Although not commonly discussed, the Germans were ALL supplied 'pervatin' it was a 'vitamin supplement' given to all combat troops. You must try to imagine, coming off about a 3-4 week meth high, interspersed with a few hours of sleep that entire time.

[@ralphsaavedra2326]

The USSR focused on "quantity over quality" because they have the industry and strategic resources (i.e. oil) to do so, whereas the Germans have less. The Germans knew in the mid-late part of the war they couldn't win in a war of attrition, hence the change in doctrine of "quality over quantity". However, over-engineering their vehicles is also a problem of its own, because they take too long or are difficult to repair when damaged in battle.

[@dovahkiin_brasil]

War 101 1# make sure you have a supplus of resources to fight the war.

[@thepresident7101]

the tanks also died in like 20 miles

[@nguyenkhanhtoan2859]

farm and scale late game

[@olegisupov7106]

War did not start at one moment. Preparations began 10 years before it starts on both sides.

[@StealthyTNT]

@@dovahkiin_brasil Yep, that's why they specifically picked the countries they picked to invade early (Poland, Norway, etc). Luckily, it still wasn't enough for the Nazis

[@itodaigo3236]

“And it’s forward facing armor can even withstand direct hits from the German heavy tank, the Panzer 4.” Every military enthusiasts: *Inhales*

[@pizzamozzerrella8567]

he also didnt add in the disadvatages of having a one-man turret

[@ombricshalazar3869]

depends on your definition of "withstand" by the russian definition, it probably can

[@mas9758]

Nice radios on those tanks, France. Oh wait.

[@lisandroiguinis5989]

I mean, during the invation of France the pz 4 didnt have the long 75 Yet, so i guess the somua maybe could withstand a frontal hit(?

[@liliethcameron7110]

Well, it could of course if the Pzkw ivs were the first Ausf As with their short-barreled 75mm guns and not the later variants with the longer KwK 40 L/48 main guns. If it was against the later variants those Somuas or any other French tank wouldn't stand a chance.

[@ZiroDeagle]

T34 factory : how many tank do u want Stalin : Yes

[@stevenlee4239]

do we want* Stalin: Da*

[@Fred_the_1996]

More like a tractor factory

[@Aeturnalis]

Stalin: Da comrade, all of them

[@coldhands4071]

ZiroDeagle hahahahaha

[@coldhands4071]

Funny

[@BlitzGhost404]

It wasnt the Japanese, it was the Finnish who threw cocktail molotovs at Soviet Tanks

[@avalon9644]

Shadow Hunter thank you for saying that I caught it to.

[@farbodniazi6504]

@@2AKgym Finland has changed continent? Thanks for pointing that out to me I didn't know that before

[@gryphowl6704]

Big Boy Arnold finnland is in Europe not Asia

[@paperychunk2787]

@@2AKgym looks like someone sleeps at geography class. Fucker

[@Roperfield]

@@2AKgym you are literally the brainlet meme

[@AlexxxxxSaysHi]

'Kursk was the Russians last stand' Spoken like a true Wikipedia historian! 👍

[@0623kaboom]

more like the first delay stand ... if they lost they had all winter to let the germans freeze in place ... they didnt lose ..

[@Waltbrub]

Tbh the last stand was Moscow, wait not really, wait it is the last, wait not really.

[@ffuuu2018]

Each city is a last stand

[@creatorofgods1668]

@@ffuuu2018 Each dead Russian soldier was the last stand. One died taking a stand against the Nazis; another replaced them immediately.

[@paulfribbs8516]

Their manufacturing was at full throttle at Kursk! & they now had a general with eastern front reserves, with modern tanks & experience fighting Japan in the East pre Pearl Harbour!

[@Kevin-hf1ts]

The German panzer IV was not a heavy tank in the attack on France. Its main armament was a short barreled 75mm and it had thin armor. It was considered only good for infantry and not tank-on-tank. Your video shows it with the long barreled 75 which came after the fall of France.

[@Crashed131963]

"It takes a brave man to be a coward in the Red Army" Joseph Stalin.

[@rakijaenjoyer5488]

Indeed, he must not be scared of the GULAG

[@Lomnjac007]

@@rakijaenjoyer5488 Actually deserters were shot on sight... Even the Vermacht had them in abundance, I read or heard somewhere about an excess of 30 000 or 34 000...

[@vanshkandpal3070]

Lomnjac007 what no they were moved to penal battalions called shrafbaats which would be in the first line of fire during invasions, nobody with a mind would waste troops

[@Fred_the_1996]

@@vanshkandpal3070 but hey, anti-communist propaganda...

[@Ensaymadaah]

Russian killed their own people that time

[@TheDameech]

Thank you for this.....i was born in Russia but moved to America when I was young.....in the USA we were taught that the US and UK won world war 2, with barely any mention of the USSR.....it was so frustrating because all the other students believed that’s how it actually happened......completely disrespectful to the 21 million plus Soviets that died in the war.

[@hendragnw26]

Based on my cursory reading of history, USSR deserved more medals of honor than any other countries involved in WW2. Stalin had to oversee more than 20 million casualties by the time D-Day was commenced. The West was simply buying time until they were convinced that 80% of Nazi army was concentrated on the eastern flank. That's ridiculous imo.

[@povelvieregg165]

Dmitri M, if it is any comfort we focused a lot on the Russian effort in Norway when I went to school. Our history class focused on the large battles on the east front. In fact I had never heard about the battle of the bulge and the various battles Americans talk about as the important ones. Although I think disinformation goes both ways. I worked with a Russian guy in Norway. He told me that before he came to Norway he didn't know that other countries had participated in WWII. He thought WWII was mainly a war between Germany and the Soviet Union. But yeah... it can be a bit tiring with American patriotism at times. American children seems to get brainwashed to believe everything of importance happened in the US. I remember meeting Americans thinking just about everything was invented in America. Even people insisting Pizza was an American invention.

[@alexaumeyer3573]

If Russia was neutral then Germany had won the war .

[@alexaumeyer3573]

@@justinusberger3933 Sad but true .

[@fleurdewin7958]

@@alexaumeyer3573 Probably not too. I will think that if Germany had not been defeated earlier, it would have got nuked by America instead of hitting Japan . America had 3 of those bombs . 2 were dropped in Japan , there is a remaining 1 unused in WW2.

[@rusitoexplorador]

Germany: Nooo you cant just produce tanks Russia: Industrial capabilities go Brrrrr

[@alicedog368]

this format makes me cringe

[@rusitoexplorador]

@@alicedog368 Yeah it gets old tbh

[@andreasbonaparte8171]

T-34 : I fear no man. But that thing “Truck Kamikaze” T-34: It scares me!!

[@voraciousvlad]

“Quantity has a quality all its own.” -Joseph Stalin

[@bullet996]

what if... you had both? Crazy idea amirite?

[@paveantelic7876]

quantity was arguable the biggest quality of ww2...soviet union and usa are proof

[@joesphstalin7167]

sumerbc I said it

[@FBWE-qi6jd]

Joesph Stalin Please sir, don’t do those kinds of stuff to sumerbc just because they had some misconceptions. We have other things to do. Re-establishing the U.S.S.R is hard enough, and here you are discouraging our people against their wills. A word from you is a knife to their hearts. We take direct orders from Vladimir Putin himself when giving you these pieces of information. -Sincerely, the F.B.WE, the élite division of the F.B.I that supports communism with the entirety of their hearts and souls

[@calidude1114]

“Behind every blade of grass lies an American with a rifle” - Japanese Admiral Yamamoto when contemplating invading USA.

[@KoScosss]

Russia rushed B.

[@jeremyyeleyko5636]

KoScosss B is for Berlin

[@danielb270]

That explains it

[@thegralph10]

SOYUS NERUSHIMY RESPUBLIK SVOBODNIK

[@fireaza]

Those Russians are always Russian!

[@WhispersOfWind]

'quantity over quality' (mind blown)

[@Qyburnator]

Soviet Engineers recognized how quickly the average tank was destroyed or disabled on the front lines, and then they cut corners until the whole tank was designed per that short service life.

[@bucherwurm5344]

Have you watched that Lazerpig video?

[@mr_boo.]

don't you think that's precisely the reason they had such a short service life

[@hehe-jg8zz]

Doesn't matter, tiger and jagdpanthers wreaks them until they broke themselves apart due to over engineering😂😂😂

[@grimfrost8742]

No, USSR was just in situation when it as growing economy had not enough qualified workers. So the fact that t34 was poorly produced is advantage because it was at least possible to produce by hands of women and children. This decent tank saved millions of lives, even if it wasnt comfortable etc

[@hehe-jg8zz]

@@grimfrost8742 and also killed millions too due to how bad the protection is and frequent breakdowns. But hey, it did won a war, a costly one however.

[@ber2996]

6:38 The Landkruezer is so big here's a Godzilla for scale

[@evanyoung2919]

Stalin: “ I use blitzkreig to blitzkreig the blitzkreig”

[@gameoflife9576]

Stalin:They call me a mad man.

[@Sailed_away]

*we* used blitzkrieg to blitzkrieg the blitzkrieg

[@snipesi1261]

Sounds good...

[@garrysmodsketches]

you misspelled blitzkrieg

[@doomerbloomer6160]

having large amounts of tanks and tank divisions isn't "blitzkrieg". The Soviets used mass assault and deep defense tactics. They won by sheer numbers and large industrial capacity, not by lightning war.

[@gareththompson2708]

+Real Engineering. It pains me to say it but... your military history just is not as good as your materials and engineering history (I just came from your "History of Iron and Steel" video, really amazing stuff, it's clear you have a firm grasp of history when it comes to materials and engineering). Good points first. 1. Excellent visualization of how the German armored tactics worked on the operational level at the 2:00 minute mark (side note, "blitzkrieg" is more a propaganda term than a term used by actual military strategists to describe an actual tactic). 2. Good on you for pointing out that the Polish cavalry were armed with modern weapons. Classic charges with sabers and lances was a tactic largely reserved for propaganda footage. And now the rest. 1. The French had plenty of tanks. The allied armies at the time of the battle of France had 3,383 tanks, outnumbering the German's 2,445 tanks. The S35 was accompanied by many other French tanks such as the R-35, the H-35 and the Char-B1. There were even still a few old FT-17's kicking about (it may not have been a match for the German medium tanks, but more than half of the German armor was the lighter Pz1 and Pz2, which it could take on any day). The French's mistake wasn't in failing to build enough tanks, but that the tanks were spread out among the infantry divisions. The Germans meanwhile had their tanks concentrated in Tank divisions, meaning that whenever they met on the battlefield the German tanks always had local numerical superiority (despite having global numerical inferiority). 2. Their wild experimentation in super-heavy tanks definitely was not their downfall. By the time the Germans started designing those tanks they had effectively already lost the war. Even the legendary Tiger and Panther tanks didn't appear on the battlefield until 1943 (although technically the Tiger's first action was in September 1942), by which time the strategic situation for the Germans was beyond repair anyway. It is true that by the late war the Germans were chronically short on tanks. But switching to better tanks at a small cost in production efficiency was hardly a mistake when you consider that even in the later stages of the war the Germans always had more tanks than they had trained crews to operate them. Their biggest blunder really, was that they didn't fully mobilize their industry to the production of war materials until January of 1943, by which time it was too late. 3. Though D-Day (and the rest of the Battle of Normandy) and the Battle of the Bulge may be hailed as turning points, turning points they were not. They took place in mid 1944 and the winter of 1944/45 respectively. By that time the outcome of the war had been long sealed. It is probably misleading to think in terms of turning points anyway. Stalingrad is probably the most deserving seeing as the Germans pretty much permanently lost the initiative after Stalingrad, but even that does a disservice to the massive German casualties inflicted by the Soviets in 1941 that made such a victory possible. 4. The Battle of Kursk was not, by any stretch, Russia's last stand. A German victory there would not have resulted in a loss of lend lease support, nor major industrial capabilities, nor a crippling of the Soviet rail network, or anything else of major strategic urgency for the Soviets. In fact, even if the Germans had won they still would have had to shift forces south to face the Allies in Italy, and they still would have taken heavy losses in the battle itself that they would struggle to replace. It is unlikely they would have had the forces necessary to exploit their victory and more or less the same strategic outcome would have resulted (the blasting open of the eastern front for a general Soviet advance). EDIT, 3 years later: First I would like to say how thrilled I am at the reception this comment has gotten over the years. But, like any good history enthusiast, I have revised my opinions over the years a bit. I think I mostly agree with myself from 3 years ago, but having continued to learn about WW2 I have changed my mind on a few points. 1. For the most part what I said about Allied tanks in France was correct. I should add a bit more nuance though. Most French tanks were spread out among the infantry divisions (French doctrine envisioned tanks primarily as providing infantry support, which is part of why mobility wasn't a priority for tank design), but they were paying attention to how successful the German tanks divisions were in Poland, and they did concentrate some of their tanks into tank divisions of their own (though not nearly as many as the Germans). These ended up not making much of a difference, but they did exist. 2. I still don't think that their experimentation in heavy tanks was anywhere near enough to be their downfall. And, when you consider how long it takes to design and develop a new tank, and what the Germans could have reasonably known at the time they started developing those heavy tanks, I still don't think it was a mistake for them to develop those tanks either (mainly because I believe it is unfair to impose our 20/20 hindsight on people who couldn't have possibly known what the future held in store for them). But considering the cost, and in particular the fuel economy (remember, oil is the critical resource here) of the Tiger and Tiger 2, I do now believe those tanks may have been harmful to the German war effort overall (note that that opinion does not extend to the Panther, which seems to have been a perfectly cost effective vehicle, being produced in similar quantities to the Panzer 4 in 1944). But in fairness to the Germans, they were developing the Tiger in 1941/1942, when they didn't yet know that they would not succeed in securing Soviet oil or that they would be forced onto the defensive. The Tiger was designed to be a breakthrough tank, that would punch a hole in the enemy front line, which would then be exploited by medium tanks and infantry (under such circumstances a very small number of heavy tanks could make a very large difference). But the Tiger was pretty much wasted on defensive operations, which is what the Germans were dealing with by the time it entered service in any serious numbers. Punching a hole to be exploited by the whole army would have justified its cost in spades, but just being a particularly tough hardpoint did not. I am now of the opinion that it may not have made much difference if they had mobilized their industry sooner. They would have been able to produce more tanks and planes if they had done that. But tanks and planes require fuel, and the problem for the Germans was the lack of oil. Also, while I really don't like the term "Blitzkrieg" (since it was not actually used by the Germans to describe their own tactics, and probably originated in an English newspaper (the German term was "Bewegungskrieg" or "mobile warfare")) I have always held that language works on a basis of common usage. Modern linguists believe their job is to describe how a language is actually used, not to prescribe how it ought to be used. People use the term "Blitzkrieg" to describe the German offensive tactics of WW2, therefore, on the principle of common usage, it is a correct term for the German offensive tactics of WW2 (although "Bewegungskrieg" will earn you more brownie points with WW2 experts and enthusiasts).

[@Marcusjnmc]

should be a higher comment

[@ernesik4636]

Please read this comment and like it. It deserves top, maybe even pin.

[@michaelk9907]

you are my favorite. thank you for putting the time into that response

[@gareththompson2708]

These are honestly the most supportive replies I have ever received on a comment. Thank you guys so much! :)

[@RealEngineering]

Gareth Thompson thanks for the thoughtful response Gareth. Taking on such a complex subject with 2 weeks to research, write and animate was overly ambitious. I definitely want to make more of these videos in future. You seem like you have a great deal of knowledge on WW2. It would be great to have someone to help me fact check, if you are interested.

[@yuhi8925]

When he showed Hitler's voice I was actually really surprised since in his speeches and all he has a much different voice and tone, but then again it makes sense.

[@jbremc22]

Ever heard of propaganda?

[@Waltbrub]

@@jbremc22 Have you heard of the sussy baka

[@linhhoang3636]

Hitler was a treacherous, cunning politician, smart like a fox. He enticed other superpowers into his Axis circle, tricked other Allied leaders, notoriously Neville Chamberlain. You can't trick other nation's top leaders by just yelling at them like a mad man. No, absolutely not. Hitler was far more cunning than that

[@SKlein-kc6pl]

@@linhhoang3636 we germans are the best i know

[@chimpmcmonkeyman551]

Germay: send in ze panzer grenadiers and ze tigerz! Ussr: moar farmers MOAR tanks MOAR KATYUSHAAAAAAAS

[@psychowolfgames1877]

Ah yes the Katyusha a terrifying weapon in its early days id hate being on the receiving end hearing it for the first time. *katyusha noises* wtf was that *explosions*

[@deisk2707]

@@psychowolfgames1877 they are less acurate than artilerries, large explotions cannot destroy them too, it only scares them physically, and most of the victims of katyushas run away.

[@juckey2730]

That bolt hammer design really summarizes the Russian mentality: it just works.

[@whyMDO]

This mentality even allowed to go into space somehow :))

[@James-gd3sp]

@@whyMDO Never the moon tho

[@whyMDO]

@@James-gd3sp , yep, that's a fact.

[@fatitankeris6327]

@@James-gd3sp And because how Rogozin wasn't even trying to befriend with US NASA for cooperation, but even made the relationship worse, additionally with corruption, it is very unlikely that a Russian will step on the Moon in the near 10 years. If however Rogozin were to be replaced with someone who knows what he's doing, then it might get better...

[@Stale_Mahoney]

@@James-gd3sp true the german scientists really shined when it came to launching big rockets

[@LaQuackqauck]

"A bulge that needs to be eliminated to prevent Russia from mounting a counter-offensive on the Germans rear." *heh*

[@adamtaylor766]

You can make a lot of rape and sex jokes about ww2

[@communisttrash8590]

Hehe counter

[@ryanhopf8324]

Cough Battle of the Buldge Cough

[@d_y_n_a_m_o]

*( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)*

[@imlivingunderyourbed7845]

Poland got horribly dominated by Germany and Russia on both sides

[@drunk0robot]

24 February 2022 " How Russia started the Blitzkrieg "

[@victornilsson7375]

"and failed horribly"

[@mutt8553]

I remember reading a WW2 history book in 8th grade after the standardized tests and was fascinated by the Blitzkreig. Absolutely genius

[@SuperPwndProductions]

I don’t think I’ve ever heard a recording of Hitler that wasn’t during a speech. Hearing his regular speaking voice is fascinating in my opinion.

[@jengleheimerschmitt7941]

...I was just about to say, "If you've never heard a recording, then what are you talking about? What, were you a personal acquaintance?" --when the recording started... Oh, I understand now.

[@SuperPwndProductions]

Martian Anthropologist lol, I meant his regular talking voice

[@jengleheimerschmitt7941]

@@SuperPwndProductions 🤣. Got it. Makes perfect sense... I was just typing "WTFH..." when the regular talking voice started. 😂😂 Oh, that's what he means....

[@SuperPwndProductions]

Martian Anthropologist I can see why you thought that after pointing it out. Cheers and take care man.

[@MykolaSternenkoDroneBoyHoleMan]

@Athan asios yes, my father was a great man. May he rest in Heavenly Sky

[@iPixl]

Why did the French have rear view mirrors? To see the front lines

[@tristananleu4677]

Lmao

[@BelayaVorona22]

You must be a real imaginative person, I've never seen this joke on any ww2 video comment section...

[@shepherdlavellen3301]

lmao

[@borivojetravica569]

😳😂

[@breakoff2381]

Speech: 100.

[@stefanbezema]

Wait, don't you mean 3.500 meters at 6:20? 35 kilometer seems a bit far, even for modern tanks. Longest tank kill by an Abrams happened during Desert Storm at a distance of 4.7 kilometers.

[@charliewright1246]

Always a nitpicker

[@donone1493]

Lesson #1: never invade Russia Lesson #2: never invade Russia Lesson #3: never invade Russia

[@roshanantony64]

Lesson #4: Never invade USA

[@dekipet]

@@roshanantony64 Nothing special about the USA. It's a decadent nation.

[@sooryan_1018]

Lesson #5: Even if you DO WANT TO, plan for the winter

[@Red-Lemon]

@@roshanantony64 nEvER iNvADe uSa!?!11!! Bruh, how many defensive wars did usa participate in mainland? Zero.

[@breadd9514]

germany: *takes france* italy: *is part of axis* switzerland: *heavy breathing*

[@americanpride9340]

*GRABS POPCORN*

[@SerTempleton]

Builds forts

[@bucket1442]

@Neverlandia Why is that?

[@bucket1442]

@Neverlandia didn't know that. Thank you for the information.

[@insaneweasel1]

@Neverlandia also they are surrounded by mountains and hard to get to and supply

[@leol749]

I never knew that many people in the comments are historians

[@dmrc43]

Leo Large there are over 7 billion people in the world and that surprises you?

[@JohnPap21]

Most historians have no idea about wars. They will probably remember when a war started but not details. Military academies teaching these.

[@-KillaWatt-]

Leon Degrelle watch the channel "The Great War" Indy, the host is a treasure trove of information pertaining to the first world war.

[@CarrotConsumer]

I watch KZbin videos about history that means I'm a historian right?

[@VioletGiraffe]

When commenting on a history video, everyone is a historian!

[@theconquerer7836]

5:26 *’’ Panzer IV heavy tank ‘’* -Real Engineering

[@leechy9511]

A litle detail: at Kursk germans have middle tanks "Panther" and havy tanks "Tiger". They were practicaly invulnerable for soviet T 34-76. The T 34 could destroy them only in to the side of the tank, from 500m.(T 34-85 appeared only in 1944).

[@thethirdman225]

Another little detail. The Battle of Prokhorovka, which has been debated for decades, is widely misunderstood. The Military History Channel interviewed Dr. Roman Töppel and discussed how the Germans lost 5 tanks compared to 190 Soviet tanks. Töppel is probably right (despite the claims of some Russian historians) but every time this battle gets dragged up it turns into the same stupid, nonsensical argument: that German tanks were better than Soviet tanks, etc.. Everyone contrives to miss the point. The Germans won Prokhorovka tactically but lost the Battle of Kursk. The reason is quite simple: the layered defences of Kursk were very effective at separating the armour from the infantry. One without the other was never going to be terribly successful. That's why, despite the Germans winning the Battle of Prokhorovka, it was the high water mark of the Kursk operation for them. They got no further. So how many tanks got destroyed becomes an irrelevance. Who built the better tank is an irrelevance. Armour/range/penetration data is an irrelevance. The effective separation of the armour from the infantry meant that it didn't matter how many Soviet tanks were destroyed, the Germans could not exploit their win.

[@worldoftancraft]

In English it's called with adjective "medium" Quite an interesting medium tank. Just weights as a heavy one but with only 3 inch gun

[@slightlymadotter8709]

I think your video is misleading on the reason why Germany steamrolled their enemies. Mechanized troops were not the majority, there were always to few tanks, halftracks and even normal trucks to form a effectiv mechanised force. The key was the combined arms doctrin and the Auftragstaktik(Mission tactics) which made the German units very flexible. The Auftragstaktik gave the final decission to the troops, which made them more efficient and faster at their task compared to the more top down command of other nations. In most battles the enemy had more of everything, but the momentum which spawnend from the flexibility of the Auftragstaktik together with the combinend arms doctrin allowed to outmaneuver the enemy despite their numerical advantage in most aspects.

[@SomeGuy0192]

Well no, in most battles germany's enemies didn't have more of everything. The germans outnumbered the polish, the dutch, the belgians, the luxembourgians, the danish, the norwegians, the yugoslavians, the greeks and all of the allied forces during the battle of france, The germans and their allies also outnumbered the soviets initially, after the start of operation barbarossa.

[@siprus]

Well this video is riddled with such oversimplifications and so many inaccuracies that you learn almost nothing from the video :(

[@slightlymadotter8709]

The Dutch, Belgians, Luxembourgians, French and English had numerical supiriority on this front, these were not seperate operations, but a combined front. The Balkan campaign and the operation Weserübung were hardly a major part of the war with 1 or 2 months of fighting and less than a million soldiers involved. In the beginning of operation Barbarossa the Soviets had triple the tanks, double the planes and 10k more artilery guns on the fronline and the initial 2,5 to 3mio soldiers were quickly reinforced up to 5,5 mio by june of 1941.

[@ghostrider.49]

+Some Guy On May 10th Germany wasn't jut fighting Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg. They were also fighting France and Britain. They were outnumbered both in men and tanks, but only had a larger air force. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Front_(World_War_II) Here, take a look. In the USSR they were horribly outnumbered 4-1 in tanks and 2-1 in manpower yet inflicted heavy casualties on the Soviets despite the numbers.

[@CrniWuk]

You should also not forget the communication, the Germans had a radio in each tank with a radio operator, compared to pretty much any other nation (including France). This concept was very advanced for its time.

[@thomasnorge2245]

How the germans saw the T-34's *And they don't stop coming-And they don't stop coming-And they don't stop coming*

[@eggsalad5656]

Said by a Tiger 1

[@James-xo4ph]

Potential history

[@f.l.3978]

Uff. Shut up fat cat. Get a real transmission

[@anancapcat4221]

Hey now! You're a panther! Get your turret up! Get your ammo in! Oh hey!

[@pladderisawesome]

@@anancapcat4221 Hey now! You're a heavy! You can't see shit! No trans! only burning gaaas, KVs worked.

[@alvaroimizcozgarcia118]

Fun fact: When Hitler was asked if he wanted to invade the weakened Spain he responded: "You cannot just invade Spain without permission from Spaniards"

[@alvaroimizcozgarcia118]

@TypeLuoJokes beside, this quote refers to the fame that Spanish population gained for being extreme resistent to foreign invasions. An example of this can be seen when Napoleon's France betrayed Spain(they were allies at the time) and occupied It. Spain started a war against France based on civil resistance and guerrilla warfare. This war was extremely harsh and brutal as the French army targeted civilian population and Spaniards attacked the French day by day. The outcome of this conflict was a very weakened Spain. French army suffered heavy casualties too.

[@Luke-rt9bx]

@@alvaroimizcozgarcia118 well what about the Spanish civil war? I know he didn’t invade but there was nazi troops helping the nationalists, and he was sending equipment and so was Stalin. I think a lot of the reason he didn’t “invade” Spain but he had an ally in Franco for sure.

[@alvaroimizcozgarcia118]

@@Luke-rt9bx That's for sure. But the fact is that he could have easily broken the alliance and invade Spain if he wanted to.

[@Luke-rt9bx]

@@alvaroimizcozgarcia118 yeah that’s true pretty much what he did with stalin

[@thauronelrond2833]

"How to counter the invincible Blitzkrieg which already defeated half of the Europe?" "Idk bruh ....more tanks?" "genius!"

[@atheistyoda8915]

Or just use Deep Battle, a much more superior doctrine.

[@unluckyzero6530]

My great grandpa was apart of the polish Calvary unit. On the first day of the war he was captured. And he was held as a pow for the rest of the war. He died before I was born but he would tell my dad the horror of the charge and how he only had one bullet in his gun.

[@unluckyzero6530]

Atleast I believe it was the first day of the war. Whenever the great cavalry charge happened. He's been dead a while and ever since it's been kind of a game of telephone. Minor details are being forgotten

[@shun2240]

UnluckyZero salute to your grandpa these brave men fought on horseback with sabers just like the winged hussars of the old.

[@thearchitect3497]

UnluckyZero that funny.

[@oddballsok]

Goes to show that war making is logistics..if you haven't got all your preparations right you are bound to lose..and victory goes to the one making the least mistakes, not so much "is the best". Example; also the french tankers (part of a diary I read) complained at the INCOMPETENT delivery of proper 47 mm ammunition. Result: they couldnot fire /be effective.. result the "image" that the german tank were"best", which is not true, truth was the germans had their logistics IN ORDER. And despite the "flaw" of the germans to have NOT motorized infantry (only couple of sdkfz) but a support force of inf ON FEET and on horse cart and even fewer Opel Trucks, that MISTAKE did not come to light as the french could NOT EXPLOIT that dangerous flaw.

[@abrg100]

My grandfather fought against extraterrestrials. He served in the cavalry regiment of dinosaurs, they traveled on tyrannosaurs. They did not have blasters, only light swords. I do not want to offend anyone, but such stories from anonymous sources do not cause any credence...

[@josueroberto7356]

The T-34 was made of Stalinium

[@JavaCares]

*Americanium enters the chat*

[@nolanwestrich2602]

@@JavaCares Americium is super duper radioactive. Try to make a tank out of it and you'll have a hole in the Earth.

[@srjskam]

Etymologically that's about right, Stalin meaning "[man] of steel".

[@jodifroemming5661]

I saw the same commant in what was the biggest tank

[@MrTarmonbarry]

@Arthur Ying Gaudefroy where did you find this word from?? imbuated , maybe you mean "imbued "??

[@Baguette2000]

And also the soviets made their tank armor incredibly hard making it ridiculously brittle

[@holyrat3082]

The Molotov cocktails were Finnish, they would throw them on the t-34s exhaust and that would ignite a flammable material which would ignite the gasoline or alcohol inside it

[@andrastoth82]

Fire bottles existed long long before ww2 The finnish just started calling them molotov cocktails

[@frut_jooos]

There was a Japanese Russian war too, it was how they gained a rep, but was prior to world war 2

[@holyrat3082]

András Tóth, thanks for saying that that helped a lot

[@qwerty0803]

"Alcohol" do you mean Vodka?

[@holyrat3082]

Tanker 101 haha yea that probably work the best

[@wyattcorbin1629]

It's common to see people joking about Poland's cavalry, but they were actually really effective against infantry. Also, they knew when to quit.

[@starry_lis]

What he didn't mention is that the Polish cavalry had mobile artillery, too.

[@minecraftinalabama]

Wyatt Corbin When the Winged Hussars Arrived!

[@APXuBAHgAJI]

Cavalry of WWII is the same as the military on quad bikes now. You do not imagine yourself а psychopaths on quad bikes, rushing to the fortified area. The same cavalry - in the realities of the Second World War - these are the same infantry divisions with increased mobility, able to quickly take advantageous positions, including with atrillery, and, if necessary, quickly retreat.

[@APXuBAHgAJI]

@geheimschriver There is a Russian proverb that helps teach any beginner everything he needs, including horse riding: you are not able - we will teach , if you do not want - we will force. In the troops patrolling the border in hard-to-reach places (the Caucasus and China), cavalry troopers are also used.

[@Itsthesmiithy]

Ja

[@alexisarteev-salazar9247]

My great grandfathers died in Stalingrad and the other in Kursk. One was infantry, the other a tank driver. Then my great grandmother remarried and her new husband was a tank driver and reached Berlin. He lives until 1990

[@berkehan4808]

thanks to your great grandfathers for their sacrifices to stop the fascist menace.respect.

[@berkehan4808]

Shut the fuck up kulak

[@mxplk]

@tadernuts I don't think that "regime" was responsible...

[@Kamikaze10]

My great grandfather fought in the Battle of Khasan and years later was drafted to Stalingrad as Infantry together with Asian Captives from the far east. He never made it back home. One of his comrades told my great grandmother after the victory over Stalingrad that he was captured by the Germans. Huge respect to your grandfather and to mine.Будем надеяться, что битвы, как раньше, больше не будет.

[@Kamikaze10]

Who the fuck are you to disrespect my great grandfather like this?

[@polvoradelrey2423]

Not only it is easier to manufacture tracks with floating pins, it also makes it easier to replace broken tracks.

[@blackhawkswincup2010]

One huge piece you are missing was the contributions of the Sturmovik aircraft. They were armored, low-level planes which had powerful cannons and even rockets which could bust German tanks into rubble with no problem. They were designed to ruin a tank formation before the battle was even engaged, and did a magnificent job. For reference, I would suggest reading Rickenbacker: An autobiography (1967). Eddie Rickenbacker got to visit Russia in 1943 and saw all this firsthand, and got to observe the Sturmovik's firepower at the factory.

[@CAL1MBO]

6:18 What! I didn't know the Maus was armed with a rail gun, capable of taking out targets at 35,000 metres!!!

[@snelboym7755]

САLIMBO ГГГ real problem is what has the maus to do with stopping blitzkrieg. because the maus came when they were already on the defense.

[@matiasbonta7829]

Yeah dude, this video was so fishy, he also mentions it would have had 25cm (250mm) of armor, not much for a 1000 ton tank.

[@LoneWolf_FIN]

Did u know that the engine is heavy, the equipment inside the tank gives it extra mass and the ammo load it carries adds a lot of extra mass? Also didn't u take in count the constructional slope angle of the armor and the angle the armor is attached to the tank gives it extra protection. So for ex. 250mm in different angles can increase up to 350mm and above (depending about the angle of course) so that is significant amount of protection already

[@tyler89557]

250mm of stalinium. nothing can penetrate that beast.

[@TalesOfWar]

It was a simple typo lol, but had they actually constructed a Ratte with the naval gun then the range could very well have been 35km. It was like the logical next step in the massive rail guns (as in guns fired from train line rails) they made in WW1 to lob shells over the Channel.

[@SendNoobscodm]

How Russia stopped the blitzkrieg ? they used skill share

[@colin-campbell]

GameGeekYT I’m glad he’s stopped using click bait arrows in his thumbnails.

[@jeansang7923]

1.Siberian divisions + mobilization all resourses to protect Moscow. 2.Slow Hitler's choice between Moscow and Crimea(Crimea means possibility to attack on USSR oil wells, oil is a key commodity for Reich ) 3. Light day became shorter while nazi stuck under Moscow→aviation became less effective, aircraft was a dominate power on this blitzkrieg 4.To big space, to big front line, to bad roads, to many troops in USSR.

[@sgt.kamarov7536]

They rushed (B)erlin

[@dassatisfan]

@@jeansang7923 its a joke man, dont be dumb

[@madzak9847]

i wish i can use some skill share to teach my two y/o daughter to shit in the pot instead of floor а то это пиздец )

[@LolUGotBusted]

2:12 Every time I hear the word decimate I think 'to reduce by one tenth'

[@berg5714]

Wow, some times engineering can really feel like a warzone of difficult problems

[@blueboy7060]

Basically Russia spammed the produce button on the T-34

[@SeaJay_Oceans]

Zerg Rush

[@ievgeniiromenskyi3375]

basically they made germans insane by piles of dead bodies USSR losses are about 41 millions fighting Germany only meanwhile Germany losses 7 million fighting USSR, USA, UK and others

[@cloroxman7194]

@@ievgeniiromenskyi3375 stop eating shit, those numbers are false.

[@Chujoi0]

Ievgenii Romenskyi .. When in reality, only 8 million soldiers died. 2bad.

[@generalkayoss7347]

@@Chujoi0 Commies cry because Germany killed them so efficiently. Most of that 41 million can be attributed to the Germans. Either blowing commies up, putting bullets in them, or causing them to starve to death :)

[@ProKilirsha]

One of my grandfather died at Kursk, the other died at Stalingrad. My grandmothers still tell stories about them..

[@capitalismisbestism8639]

Anastasia Zamurujev they were both communist butchers.

[@capitalismisbestism8639]

Oakpc2002 it's not disrespectful, it's factually accurate. Remember the Kaytlyn massacre? That's what the red army does when it goes around Europe raping and pillaging.

[@capitalismisbestism8639]

Da Bome calm down Putin

[@capitalismisbestism8639]

Donald J. Trump may you burn in hell. Crimea is the shithole of Ukraine, and I hope Crimea further bankrupts Russia. You can have that land, it's full of disloyal traitors who need to be punished.

[@coldovengaming8261]

Anti Russian Refuter aka 'ARR' im not saying that im a Communist but id gladly join the army in a state of war.like my father, grandfather and so on, i dont care what u say brat all im saying is communism or not everyone fights for his mila rodina

[@realityyt9547]

Huge misconception on T-34, it was a well engineered tank built poorly not a bad tank built poorly

[@woutertje026]

Never knew they only invaded holland but not the Netherlands

[@saladinthedark7459]

People talk about war like it's nothing. I only imagine blood, gore, mangled and burnt corpses, broken families, broken hearts, irreversible psychological trauma, hunger, poverty, paranoia. When war starts everyone loses. It's nothing to be proud of.

[@demonsrexis]

Well, still can't deny that war is still the main force to push technology forward. We shouldn't glorify war, but we shall always remember the history.

[@wansino69]

@@demonsrexis both of you are very right

[@SeaJay_Oceans]

USA / Russia / China / India should have a joint resolution: no wars between them - they are all Too Big - and any fighting between them kills Planet Earth. The rest of us on Planet Earth would appreciate it if you four stay at peace forever ! :-)

[@wansino69]

@@SeaJay_Oceans I agree, although this will not happen soon because countries like Russia and North Korea want to prove to the world how big their johnson is. If one nuclear warhead is launched, thousands will follow it, beginning armageddon. I lived in Russia in the beginning of my life for 7 years. Very unstable country, people are utterly terrified to go out past 10 pm in any densely populated area. Crime is rampant in the country-side. The only way Russia can become a better nation is if that piece of shit Putin fucker is uprooted and overthrown, and in place a capitalist democratic society is put in action. Not the mockery they have now, oh sure, you can vote but what is the use of voting when its all regulated and controlled. Often times, its just 1 name on those ballots.

[@SeaJay_Oceans]

@@wansino69 Russia needs more Jesus and Less Crime. :-) kzbin.info/www/bejne/n5TNlqukgZulf5Y More Love and Less Poverty kzbin.info/www/bejne/oYKQemCMhtipodE

[@X_A_ic]

So what did we learn from Hitler and Napoleon? 1. Don’t betray your ally’s 2. Don’t invade Russia 3. Don’t drag on the defeat just bloody surrender already

[@qqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqw]

If Stalin believed in lesson 3 you'd be typing that in German

[@erikapruda6202]

Default Bloxian agreed

[@X_A_ic]

Jiyva Nah coz Stalin was still able to counter attack even though the Germans were close to Moscow... unlike for Germany how they still did not surrender even though the Allies and Soviets were attacking from both fronts. The battle of the bulge was kinda like their last success and after that saw a complete collapse of the German army

[@3rdGearHeroR1]

@@qqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqw lol no way. Even if the Nazi's would have defeated the Russians, they would've been massively overstretched invading the USA.

[@3rdGearHeroR1]

Not to mention if the rest of history would've ran it's course like it did, Berlin and Nuremberg would've got a fat boy or two also.

[@mastrammeena328]

Luxembourg had just 400 infantry and 12 cavalry I know it wrong to laugh at this but this is Idk what

[@tilmerkan3882]

Great job, especially for calling out some misconceptions about ww2

[@paulozhan]

The conversation between Adolf and Gustaf, where Adolf tries to convince Gustaf entering the war against Josef, is one of the more chilling dialogues you can find on youtube. Legend has it that Gustaf lit a cigar to gauge Adolf's reaction (he knew Adolf was opposed to smoking). Since Adolf didn't complain, he knew Adolf was in a position of weakness, and so denied him.

[@georgemooradian6127]

Link?

[@NormanMStewart]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/pXa3YoqXfJqmfM0

[@1931Tre]

Finland was war against Soviets already at that point when the conversation is recorded. It's 1942, Mannerheim's 75th birthday and Finland entered the war 26th of June 1941.

[@willyou2199]

Finland was already at war with the Soviets, they weren't making much progress, while Germany was struggling. Mannerheim (Gustaf) was opposed with giving Germany any manpower, since they were limited as well. Also adding to the legend, it was also claimed that Hitler was a fan of Mannerheim, after his leadership of the Winter war against USSR, which Finland lost but at huge cost to the Russians. This gave impetus to Hitler to think that a war against the Russians was possible. Its said that Hitler even bowed to Mannerheim. Balls of steel to deny the dictatorial Fuhrer of his requests for help.

[@thestonedraider8684]

Mendel+ Wow Your ignorance is astonishing...

[@grandmofftarkin8519]

Hitler: I never new a country could have 30,000 tanks Stalin: *WELL NOW YOU KNOW*

[@AgrippaMaxentius]

*Knew and *Well

[@jaunseena1484]

Agrippa Maxentius I’m sorry that some people aren’t as good in English as you

[@AgrippaMaxentius]

Jaun Seena They don’t have to be, nor do they have to be offended when corrected. Learn not to be so easily triggered.

[@grandmofftarkin8519]

Agrippa Maxentius *WELL* im offended

[@AgrippaMaxentius]

Grand Moff Tarkin Alright I apologize 😀

[@atishayritulpatwa7235]

The best history video of WW2 is from not a historian but an engineer, great.

[@k0sashi]

I can't believe youtube recommended this to me in 2022...

[@montech5647]

Why not? Are you in denial?

[@aquilarossa5191]

One of the most amazing things the Soviets did was pack up all their factories that were threatened, put them on trains with their work forces, and reassemble them in Siberia close to the natural resources the factories needed. Once they were at full production they expanded those factories. New cities sprang up around them where there were only towns before. 'Tankograd' etc (Chelyabinsk). A monumental effort. I see a lot of people think the Soviets only survived due to Western lend lease. Less than 10% of Soviet war material came from lend lease. Don't believe me? Just look at the number of tanks, guns and planes the Soviets produced and compare that to what they received via lend lease. Probably the most useful thing to come from the West was the license to produce the DC-3 transport plane, which they called the Li-2. If the Nazis had defeated the Soviets they would have had a clear road ahead to link up with the Japanese. China, India and the Middle East could have fallen to the Axis. I am glad that did not happen, so i am grateful to the Soviets.

[@Nakilon]

Insanely rare foreign comment for 2018.

[@t00bzeek]

Ironically but really rare point of view among others

[@paraguaymike5159]

Where are all the youtube drones calling you Putin Puppet for daring to imply that Murika didnt win WW2 all on its own? Dont you know we are supposed to hate the Russians again because they are blocking us from doing regime change in Syria?

[@nicks238]

You say about equipment, but miss an important point. Raw materials and supplies. A huge territory was lost very fast and a big part of it were crop fields. Also, gunpowder factories were lost, not all were evacuated. Long story short, not the lend lease guns helped to win, but food, gunpowder, and raw materials.

[@GizmoMaltese]

No, Germany was doomed to lose from the beginning. They're just not a big enough nation to take on Russia + U.S. + Britain. It was only a matter of time. They could easily defeat nations like France and Poland but Russia? U.S.? Those were industrial giants.

[@apex_killzone3257]

Germany: *takes Europe* now on too rus- Russia: imma have stop you right there

[@reshzy3807]

winter: *_am i a joke to you?_*

[@nukepacifista9188]

@@reshzy3807 Siberian Army : Сука Блять!

[@captainamericaamerica8090]

GERMANY WAS CRUSHING ALL. IT GREATLY UNDERESTIMATED RUSSIA. RUSSIA DEFEATED THEM

[@adoujev]

Ussr*

[@flocombo7209]

@@reshzy3807 winter did not stop the Germans. The Soviets suffered almost the same amount in the winter.

[@crhu319]

9:50 Kursk is the actual turning point of the war, and the largest tank battle there ever will be. 1/3 of all German land forces vs maybe 1/5th of all USSR forces, in one battle.

[@confusedturtle2275]

The germans were already on the defensive after stalingrad. Kursk may have been big, but it wasnt the massive turning point people think it was, as the germans remained combat effective until late 1944

[@anjanakundu2782]

The OG battle

[@sylak2112]

I knew about the T-34 ( years of playing WoT back in the begin helped), but not the french tanks. I learned a lot!

[@MrGabol100]

The molotov did not "Drip through the plates" It was simply thrown at the engine block, and it dripped into the engine, melting components and hoping to stop the tank.

[@EstellammaSS]

Gabol Actually no, the tank would be disabled by engine overheating before anything actually melted.

[@suddenkancho4968]

It would not drip "through" the plates but between them, where the shitty welds gave out. Graff has a point. Even a well made tank sucks air in for the crew to breathe, for cooling the engine and for the engine itself to run. I'm thinking _sucking in fire_ would void warranty.

[@tsartomato]

+Sagrotan the ones which were recycled and the assemblers were sent to the gulag?

[@dayane8102]

Industrial molotov (not hand made), accordin wiki, can get temperature about 3000 C permanently whitch is enough to burn throw armor.

[@dominiccairo9530]

It was Finland not japan who coined the term and used the Molotov cocktail. in 1939 when j\Japan was at war with The Soviet Union there were also no T34s present. Some of your information is like Swiss cheese, i recommend you do better research.

[@tigerhawk667]

How USSR stopped The Blitzkrieg... => Simplified, rugged military designs. (Compare T-34 against Tiger. Tiger is over-engineered to the point of affecting its reliability in operational service. Because its over-engineered, its too complexed to produce quickly.) => Mass production (ability to produce quickly...USSR had mass number of factories compared to Nazi Germany). => Raw numbers (quantity...literally overwhelm one's opponent with sheer numbers). => Get all people involved (include civilians to fight for their homeland and help prepare the battlefield before the fight). => Studied their enemy's tactics in order to use it against them (USSR actually used the pincer movement back on the Nazis at Kursk...Which the Nazis previously used on the French, Polish, etc.) => Better equipped for the local weather and terrain. (Nazi uniform and equipment had serious issues against the thick, sticky mud and cold of the Russian landscape and winter weather respectively. Russian clothing allowed soldiers to fight while staying warm. Where as the German uniform was more suited for Summer weather. As well, the T-34 didn't have overlapping wheels, so the wheels don't stick together when its cold like the German Tiger did. So the Nazis had to waste energy and time unfreezing wheels of tanks before being deployed.) => Didn't have a leader obsessed with complex "wonder weapons". (Hitler had this mass ego when it came to weapons development. Everything had to be big, intimidating, and powerful...to an unrealistic level. ie: A super-sized tank presents a big target for fighter/bomber aircraft...Its also hurts its ability to traverse across difficult terrain, bridges, etc.) => Scorched Earth...There was nothing useful to capture and use. (Stalin ordered its citizens to pack up everything and destroy anything they couldn't take with them; to prevent Nazi forces from attaining anything useful for their war machine. Effectively, the lands were stripped bare; Rail road tracks were ripped out; Telephone wires and poles were taken down, etc...When Germans captured an area, they realised it was barren and worthless for their needs. This caused them to ship their own supplies from their homeland, in order to sustain their own forces...Makes a huge burden on logistics and drains a nation's treasury.) => Outside interference.... (The Allies invading Italy forced Germany to divert some of its forces elsewhere, in order to hold off Allies.) There's also the Russian people's resolve to fight to the death...Where as you see the French surrendering Paris because they don't want the city to be destroyed, the Russians had no qualms in making the Germans pay for every bit of Russian territory they took. The Russians figure a city can be rebuilt back after the war, so its worth the sacrifice in stopping an enemy. (See the Battle for Stalingrad.)

[@johnmangele6758]

Tiger Hawk "Everything complex is not useful" -Kalashnikov

[@nationalistcanuck7800]

Tiger Hawk The Russian people's resolve to fight to the death? That's why they machine-gunned their soldiers into fighting? Like they had a choice? Moron. 😎

[@nationalistcanuck7800]

Tiger Hawk You mean the civilians who were threatened with death if they didn't help? 😎

[@nationalistcanuck7800]

Tiger Hawk You mean the Tiger, if produced in mass quantities, would have won the war? It was not the engineering that was the problem, raw materials and the lack of them was the problem. No one is this stupid. 😎

[@nationalistcanuck7800]

Merchant Shalomshoah GoldbergShekelstein Facts, right here. I am surprised you too know about the planned Soviet invasion of Europe. That you realise it is why the Nazis invaded. 😎

[@kyando912]

The quality of your videos is admirable!

[@jeromebarry1741]

Tik, who addresses WW2 from an economic perspective, explains how Russia stopped the blitzkrieg much more clearly.

[@nihadasadli2642]

Please don't call USSR Russia. My grandfather fought and died during WWII, on Soviet side. He was from Azerbaijan, one of the countries that made up USSR. He was not russian, nor he fought for Russia, he fought for USSR. Thanks for the video.

[@RealEngineering]

Legitimate complaint there. Sorry for my ignorance on the subject. Will correct the title and thumbnail when I get the chance.

[@nihadasadli2642]

Real Engineering Thank you for the reply.

[@Shmidtk]

To be fully correct: where was no state Russia, and no republic in union called Russia. It was Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic - republic witch borders mostly looks like modern Russian Federation. So then we talk about Russia as a synonim of USSR what we really mean? Second. Name "Russia" is not about nationality. Its name of the state. Problem appears then you say Russian people: you mean ethnos or citizenship? Modern Russia consist of Russians, Ukranians, Tatars, Bashkirs, Chuvashi, Chechens, Armenians and other ethnoses. USSR was even more diversed. So was USSR Red army. Then you come to typical WW2 memorial in Russian Federation (RF) you will find list of names of fallen soldiers (countless usualy, hundreds thousands). What family names you can find there? Only russian ethnic? No, virtually you can find all ethics of USSR. Even some like Shmidt. I never heared any special role of russian ethnos in WW2. Maybe only small minority really think that way in RF.

[@senaya]

The most obvious reason is the number of citizens per each republic. Russians were the biggest group compared to smaller countries like Moldova with a pop of only around 4 mil. Surely you can't measure the merit of soldiers by the number of them being killed on the war, but you also can't deny that RSFSR had the biggest losses of all the republics in the union.

[@NOVA-en4ci]

Seriously you don't need to, why the fuck do people care about such fucking stupid shit. If you say Russia during ww2 then you are referring to the USSR, if you say russia during the renaissance you are referring to The Russian Empire, if you say germany during ww1 you are referring to the german empire. Who the fuck cares you get it, because using 1 word instead of 8 because it's easier to explain is the fucking end of the world. Why do people care so much about such stupid stuff...

[@DonutGuard]

The Mouse Gun can kill at 3,5000 meters... that's a lot of zeros for three and a half thousand.

[@justinmarkrivera5092]

DonutGuard that's a far distance for a gun used by mices

[@vorpalzvevda3659]

Justin Mark Rivera MICES....MICES.....mices....dude......i cant

[@elliejohnson2786]

Lol, this is usually why scientific notation is used, to avoid 0 mistakes.

[@lonewolfwithoutvideos253]

DonutGuard yet, Its 35 kilometres

[@TheRealFOSFOR]

Mauses using guns that kill at 3,5000,000 millimeters !!! My goodness... I say.... here here..

[@erniemathews5085]

My uncle did convoy escort- he covered Murmansk. My family knew about WW2 fighting in the USSR.

[@shadowguardian3612]

Pz4 wasnt a heavy tank, it was classified as a medium, T-34-76 didnt have an enormous/amazing gun as it was comparable to the American M3. Also early T-34 didnt have a 95mm effective armor thickness as the steel used was bad quality

[@PhaseOG]

8:23 Japanese exploited the flaw by throwing Molotovs? Wasn't it Finland?

[@robertayres113]

It's almost impossible for me to comprehend 300 days of continuous battle. Lest we forget.

[@videos40058]

the history its full of lies.

[@stephenmiller9009]

Cyka blyat meth and vodka take up a lot of your time

[@speedstriker]

Imagine everything aspect of your daily life being replaced by things used to either defend yourself or kill the enemy, and you'd be off to a good start.

[@zeichofreed79]

Please make another war strategy breakdown again, I love it

[@jakeriffle6719]

My great great grandfather fought in the Battle of Argonne Forest; crazy to think about.

[@luckyrouv]

How to double your tank's armor thickness for free? Math.

[@georgebrantley776]

Also made the plate itself half as tall

[@isihernandez9752]

And in fact it also implies less steel, less weight, more speed, less fuel, less expensive and time comsuming to produce, less drowning on mud and snow... in one word, smarter... 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@minisaiju7699]

Thio joe🤣

[@alterego157]

Math is magic

[@inigobantok1579]

@ALEX HUANG so what it's a genius dude using trigonometry to deflect a 1800 m/s shell

[@jamessolak1619]

OMG, finally someone gets the story of polish cavalry attacking german armour correct, hats off to you fine mams and sirs, Dziękuję

[@gideonthangcin8179]

Dumb question but did they fire the anti tank rifles while still on horse back or did they have to dismount?

[@jamessolak1619]

@@gideonthangcin8179 wz35 had such a recoil you had to fire prone

[@gideonthangcin8179]

@@jamessolak1619 so they weren’t riding the horses throughout the battle like they would in a movie?

[@jamessolak1619]

@@gideonthangcin8179 throughout the poles military history a heavy emphasis on cavalry due to poland's topography, the country for the most part is as flat as a platter of piss, cavalry is highly mobile rapid way to move a fighting force, men on horses is a very effective way to surprise a group of foot soldiers or static gun emplacements, in 1939 poland's ground forces were not mechanized, thru tradition cavalry units were retained but for the most part the horse was used as transportation and the soldier would dismount and start fighting, this is not to say there was not cavalry charges in the sept 39 war, 25 documented charges, all highly successful, none against armour

[@Waltbrub]

@@jamessolak1619 If only they had the Winged Hussars

[@mathildapoppy]

Very interesting thank you for making

[@radboo4384]

loving the pins!

[@dankoch5357]

Your history is wrong mate. The T-26 was the majority of the tank army at the beginning of the war.

[@HornyDude83]

well he sounds irish, they were neutral in the war so don't expect them to get the basics right ;)

[@dankoch5357]

ThatChameleonGuy 260 he only brought up t-34 saying that there were 35,000 of them

[@dankoch5357]

ThatChameleonGuy 260 okay so if I weren't taking a duce right now I would find the exact moment.... I'll do it later but you gonna have to chill.

[@mikhailv67tv]

No he said there were theeertee fiove thowsand

[@dankoch5357]

mikhailv67 there were not 5 thousand. When operation barbarosa occurred t-34 production had just started.

[@dmytroa1718]

Not Russia, but USSR, there is a huge difference.

[@personperson8563]

More views by saying russia

[@kotemura9090]

Да ты шо?

[@dunkroach1587]

Lmao no there isn’t (Soviet Russia) lmao

[@viruspter1dactl24]

Not rlly

[@kiwikiwi2483]

Dunk Roach Not at all the same thing politically

[@PacoOtis]

Well done Dude! We definitely owe you a beer!!

[@toybayonet5542]

Yes Two of my favorite subjects together Science and history

[@0623kaboom]

facts ... molotov cocktails are FINNISH devices originally .. NOT japanese ... french armour was crap ... 400 or not they had a hard time even penetrating a panzer I ... their crews were piss poor trained ... their infantry were all for show ... as the joke went rifles cheap only dropped once ...

[@idk-lw7bm]

@@0623kaboom They also never trained. They were still proud of there victory in WW1.

[@Nickalaich]

Please, this wasn't Russia. That was Soviet Union with many nations included.

[@SeaJay_Oceans]

Young Americans under 20 years old are not taught anything about USSR. They don't even know their own history: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oarLdIKGnZlrm9k

[@chancepaladin]

@@SeaJay_Oceans you think the narrator is American? ;p

[@SeaJay_Oceans]

More a comment on modern (lack of) education... no civics, no history, poor mathematics, poor science, bad ethics. Kids learning more from the Streets, TV & internet than from school classrooms. Not the best outcome.

[@markkamau2339]

Ukraine and Baltic countries sided with the NAZIS

[@BigMek456]

@@markkamau2339 Of course they did, why would they side with a communist regime that invaded and oppressed them?

[@eHarchovy]

Not Russia, but USSR and that's not only Russia.

[@WhosYourPoPo]

Godzilla: Hey, that's bigger than mee!

[@joaolisboa7775]

Right , USSR are like 14 nations

[@adsmaxi]

And that previously was 'Soviet republic of Russia' or 'Russian empire' and later it became the 'Soviet Union' (USSR)

[@deanboy2416]

William Newkirk source?

[@Henry_the_Eighth_]

@@deanboy2416 There won't be any sources, it's bullshit. Germans killed, starved/worked to death, placed into the concentration camps approx 14 million civilians in USSR solely. Even considering that Stalin was a maniac dictator, he's no match to Hitler at any scale.

[@davidleethompsoniii8263]

This is a perfect video: Graphics Actual video paced descriptions Lots of Data Bird's-eye view visualizations..

[@davidleethompsoniii8263]

OMG He told his secret tooo.

[@reppich1]

Really high quality research work, and highly efficient delivery of overlooked information.

[@dylanmorris898]

The Blitzkrieg was long over before Kursk. Massive T-34 production was only possible due to the the shipping of soviet factories east to the Urals. It was the winter of 41 that stopped the blitz

[@generalposlijebitke6688]

@ClickNSpam Autumn season, rain and mud stopped them, more then winter, also rising the fuel consumption. When winter came they actually start moving again, finally...

[@cliff7292]

The Germans also used speed (Amphetamine) to drive on nonstop .

[@amazingdany]

The state they were invading was _endless..._

[@iamyourmom2]

Pervatin. It was Methamphetanine

[@mattlemoto7529]

@@iamyourmom2 .scary stuff

[@denowl6970]

iamyourmom2 so vodka is stronger than methamphetamine?

[@alexsoklakov7454]

@@denowl6970 vodka was used against fear, not against tiredness.

[@nonyabisnas]

I keep coming back and re-watching this video every 6 months