I Had To Get To The Western Front To Save My Neck

[@darrelneidiffer6777]

Great story!

[@BUSTER.BRATAMUS]

These are great, would be even better if you showed more relevant pictures as the story unfolds.

[@ralphshelley9586]

Costs

[@asullivan4047]

Interesting and informative and entertaining. Special thanks to veteran soldiers/civilians sharing personal information/combat experiences. Making this documentary more authentic and possible. Special shout out to 🚑 medical personnel medics/stretcher bearers 😇 risking life and limb tending to the wounded soldiers. An army that's slowly retreating (Germany) unfortunately can't always transport the wounded. To hospitals out of harms way. 😭😭 The misfortunes of war. Out of curiosity did the Russian wounded soldiers. Receive 1/2 way decent medical 🚑 treatment???

[@7romosky836]

I listen to hear the German side of things not the same old Hollywood version. Funny how you said “Lunar landscape”. That reference didn’t realize until 1969

[@lamwen03]

Spain was VERY friendly to the Third Reich. But Franko was smart enough to realize that Spain had nothing to gain from actually joining the war. To bad Mussolini got sucked in.

[@christopherconard2831]

Spain offered. But Franco was smart enough to claim they needed excessive resources and equipment because of losses from their civil war. He knew Germany likely couldn't afford what he requested. And if they did it was because the war was near the end and Germany was going to be victorious, so he could jump in and claim some of the spoils. I've seen different numbers, but a fair number of Spaniards did join the German foreign corps.

[@lamwen03]

@@christopherconard2831I hadn't known that. I understand that Mussolini signed on after the early, easy victories. But before Poland. And a lot of men joined Germany to fight International Socialism, not to support Nazi policies or societal goals.

[@RT-far-T]

Spain sent soldiers (Blue Division) disguised as "volunteers", and should have been treated as belligerents on the Nazi side.

[@watkinsrory]

He didn't get sucked in he was already talking of creating an empire like that of Rome.

[@watkinsrory]

​@@lamwen03how do you fight socialism when you are a party called the national socialist party ?

[@TWOCOWS1]

these pieces are badly named and numbered. it says this is "part 3", but where are the other two, what are they named, and are they numbered--as they should. when things are posted in many parts, then the name should be identical to them all, except the addition of "part 1, part 2, part 3......" else there is no way of finding them, unless a person listens to the entire collection (unlikely) and try to put the pieces together. NOT DONE WELL naming and numbering these.

[@kevinh5349]

I've heard elsewhere that Stauffenberg got shot up by an airplane, not stepping on a mine.

[@billquantrill4960]

Excellent.

[@RT-far-T]

Some of the incidents are scarcely believable. Even his horse knows combat manoeuvres!!! Again, no atrocities by his men, but beastly Soviets running over injured Germans with their tanks. It's exciting listening, but heavy pinches of salt needed. It's interesting to hear Manstein's view, whixh at this time had not yet been discrefited and proved as false. He was never able to accept that he was eventually out thought and outfought by Soviet Marshals and Red Army soldiers.

[@JackF99]

Not assuming there were atrocities committed by his actual unit, but if there were rest assured he would not be reporting them in his story.

[@harrynking777]

Regarding the Germans, it sounds like an exception.

[@steaustin8789]

Yes the Germans were very brave and noble men unlike those vengeful Soviets

[@JackF99]

@@steaustin8789 The Germans were taught that the Russians were subhuman and thus no mercy was necessary nor provided toward them.

[@robertsaget6918]

It's hard to believe that horses, used in battle for over a thousand years in Europe, which Germany had millions at the start of the war bred specifically for war, could possibly know calvary maneuvers

[@deltaboy767]

1:45 he decided to at least take off his boots. I'm sure that foot stink could be smelled for miles.

[@Bigod1944]

Great stories...I just wish they were in some order. Whether true or not, Great narrative

[@bigcrowfly]

Ironic that the same places in Ukraine in the news today were fought over 80 years ago.

[@ppumpkin3282]

And hundreds of years before that. Ukraine was part of Russia for longer than it was Ukraine. That's why there is such confusion. Most Ukrainians also speak Russian.

[@keithadams812]

They may speak Russian, but they are not russian.... Please tell me why listening to these Videos you are not. Trying to say putin is only protecting russian speaking people just like hitler...

[@sniperboom1202]

​@@ppumpkin3282you mean the kyivn-russ which noticed how Kiev is there first. The Russians were able to form an empire because they subjected themselves to Mongol rule for several centuries. While the ukrainians were utterly destroyed by the Mongols. Don't carry Russian propaganda

[@sbyerley]

What are the REFERENCES: the name of the book or papers from which these stories are derived.

[@Brough1111]

The part about the JU52 landing on soft ground to collect wounded and the tires sinking 10 cm's in the mud and the pilot knowing it's going to be very critical whether we can lift out of the field and the attitude of the wounded thinking they have a plane flying them out, the plane lifting and clumps of clay falling off the plane as it slowly lumbers into the sky barely making it above the trees, this isn't made up its real from a German perspective, I would say it's 90% accurate, As far as no atrocity's the ones that committed atrocity are no longer carrying out there systematic expansion of German territory but they are in defense of there own German soil the ambition target has changed.

[@dianethomas9384]

There are extant writings from Hitler who said he admired Franco and Spain, over Mussolini and the Italians. The reason given was Spain's fears under Muslim rule, ending in 1492, which he thought gave a stronger more ruthless character to the Spanish, versus the Italians who were for the last 1900 years Catholic. A religion he despised (shown by the number of Catholic priests, brothers and sisters killed in Concentration camps. In total these numbered about 20,000). The narrator mentioned the Catholic chaplain which Hitler He in rock at al. had to allow to keep the enlisted soldiers happy. It should be noted that the

[@maxinefreeman8858]

What happened to the diaries found on the dead German soldiers?

[@maroman556]

he just did one kzbin.info/aero/PLyuEmb1VavZBYp7n4IlzjEQb9JXdyCuM-

[@TRIChuckles]

True or not true they do keep my attention.

[@angelabrackett4408]

Does anyone know where these narrations come from? Are they from a published book or journal? It would be very nice to know exactly who these men were. Thanks for any insight!

[@angelabrackett4408]

Oh, I see know. This is just AI generated content to get suckers like me to generate add revenue. Geesh, it was so obvious. "I looked to the sky, and to my delight I saw a BF one hundred nine..." well done chat bot. Well done.

[@JamesHarrison008]

@@angelabrackett4408 Maby, but it has to be a custom made AI because you would never get this stuff from stuff like chat gpt, the name of companies, commanders etc its all very similar to other memoirs ive read. Its probably from a real book

[@jd421]

Five Years, Four Fronts: A German Officer's World War II Combat Memoir by Georg Grossjohann I believe.

[@JamesHarrison008]

@@jd421 Thank you so much

[@VeggiesOutFront]

A few less ads would be nice 😊

[@d1mcmahon]

John Toland, the historian, was once asked on a radio show to name the person that he thought was most responsible for the Allies winning WWII. His response was quite surprising to me and the interviewer. It was Franco. He asked him to explain. Hitler had helped Franco get into power and as payback he asked Franco to let his forces to pass through Spain and attack Gibraltar. If Hitler controlled Gibraltar there is no Africa Campaign. Egypt is lost, the Suez Canal is useless to the British and shipping from the Far East has to to around the Horn of Africa. Franco told Hitler that he would be happy to help, but that the railway gauges were different between France and Spain and would take some time to convert. Long story short he delayed Hitler until Gibraltar became a moot point. Why, asked the interviewer? Toland said he wasn't sure but suspected that it might have something to do with one of Franco's grandparents having been jewish!

[@daleburrell6273]

40:35...and the U.S. Airforce did THEIR share too, I'm sad to say...

[@Perktube1]

Where do you get your thumbnails from?

[@TheNightPortal]

where was the photo taken

[@mcdougal0]

I THINK THIS IS FICTION.

[@joerainey4460]

Too bad AI doesn’t have any German accents. 😂

[@MikesFitnessGoals]

too many ads

[@mikedx2706]

Historical Fiction Channel!

[@diggingdoge7930]

some things may be abit embellished but this story is in a long time frame when lots of things where happening. its all from his point of view and as such he doesnt/didnt have the full story only his own. i dont condone what the germans/nazi did but i do respect the general soldier especially those who survived when everything was against them at the end.

[@ColinWind]

What text to speech software do you use for your videos? They sound great. Also, would it be possible for you to include the the title of the book and author that these excerpts are pulled from?

[@Matt_The_Hugenot]

I guess not including the book title avoids copyright issues.

[@way2tired2]

I figured he was just reading it.

[@spadeofjack5203]

He actually does this narration himself so, that is his voice. He has also narrated many audiobooks.

[@grayk02]

@@spadeofjack5203if it’s really a person then why are numbers like 100,000 said as “one hundered zero zero zero” - no human would make that mistake

[@ColinWind]

@@spadeofjack5203 No it is most definitely text-to-speech AI. It's especially obvious when it struggles at times with numbers. "There were approximately eight zero zero zero to eight five zero zero casualties." Or, "it was the summer of one thousand nine hundred and fourty five."

[@mchrome3366]

Funny that I was thinking the same thing the last commenter brought up. The diaries sound too polished, well written and wordy for a soldier at times under bombardment and at other times describing his fellow bayonets. Its taken me listening to many of these videos to start to doubt this is an authentic day to day diary of a soldier on the Eastern Front. Am I wrong? I hope so.

[@diggingdoge7930]

maybe im wrong but i assumed it was a book written after the war using his personal diary for references not word for word.... *edit* my grandfathers war diary's where actually very well written like a newspaper, it is like stepping back in time reading what he sent home. he was in the navy and his description of everything was really well done for just a diary or letters home.

[@kevinh5349]

Good grief - what?! You think the guy wrote this while under fire in combat or something?? A diary and imperfect memory forms the basis of it, with no doubt a lot of dramatic license employed when the book was written years later, along with proofreaders and a critical editor. None of these types of writing are ever spontaneous.

[@boogeywoogey8605]

You think the finished product for KZbin was written in a foxhole 75 years ago??😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

[@deltavee2]

@@boogeywoogey8605 It _does_ take a certain amount of time to get a foxhole moved, the main problem being that it is a hole and therefore very hard to identify for transit and transport not to mention time-consuming as generations of command worked on it diligently investigating ways to package it. For about 75 years, it appears.

[@petervenzon8126]

Keep them coming

[@themomentkiller9167]

Why can’t/won’t you supply information as to from where and who these stories come from? The more I listen the more they all start to sound like they came from the same fictional pen.

[@mikedx2706]

The actual author of these stories goes by the initials "A.I."

[@ColinWind]

Because that would bring attention to the fact that they have monetized content that they have not been granted commercial rights to.

[@David-rz7jj]

Why can't you just enjoy the stories without complaining

[@Ravereviewsoffial]

I've listened to a few of these videos and enjoy them quite a bit. Someone should Google some of the identifying info to confirm that these are real because I highly suspect that they are written with A.I.

[@devanishant]

Have you ever served in an infantry unit? We follow orders. We follow orders or people die. It's that simple. Are we clear? ARE WE CLEAR?!

[@philvalley]

This shit the wild wild west of $ on the internet right here.. salute to you sir... AI = $$$$

[@geoffreytotton1983]

I have respect for the man

[@conceptalfa]

👍👍👍!!!

[@Yourdoomawaitsyou]

Gee this guy is just an angel lmfao

[@oceanpredator8545]

Don't you have a BLM or LBGTBQRSWCX- Rally you need to go to??? And leave this to those who knows real history....little clown!

[@AlanCasey-g9h]

Why don't you identify the soldier/writer? Very fishy - are these stories real? Very fishy...

[@thomaskeil1437]

Is it necessary to be accurate, authentic and complete. The stories are interesting, intriguing and entertaining all.

[@kennethvenezia4400]

I hope these are real stories. They're great, but I find it increasingly hard to believe them to be true. No offense .

[@hansthorsten6264]

Dude, there were tons of "Landser" magazines with fictional stories from WW2. Maybe these stories here are even from them.

[@postcollapse1170]

stop using movie screenshots as thumbnails you cursed grifter