Kielce - January 1945: The (German) Great Escape

[@philbosworth3789]

Always a brilliant discussion whenever Prit gives a presention. Great detail as always.

[@davidlavigne207]

Hello Phil. This was brilliant as Pritt always is. Are you doing well? I haven't heard from you much lately and I hope everything is going well for you.

[@loreleikomm5802]

@@davidlavigne207 hello to you and phil. I've not been able to make very many live shows lately and I miss the sidebar warriors very much. cheers!

[@philbosworth3789]

@@loreleikomm5802 Its the same for me Lorelei, I started a new job a few months ago and can rarely catch a live episode these days, which is a shame as I really miss the sidebar warriors chatting.

[@philbosworth3789]

@@davidlavigne207 Good morning sir, and thank-you for your message. I've recently started a new job so have been unable to catch may episodes live, which is a shame. I still watch them all in catch-up, and comment on most. Stay well.

[@davidlavigne207]

@@philbosworth3789 Good to hear from you. All the best with your new job. May it lead to good fortune for you. See you on the chat whenever we can.

[@billyshakespeare17]

Thank you Woodrow and Prit. Eastern Week might be my favorite week!

[@WW2TV]

I do love me some EF content

[@billyshakespeare17]

@@WW2TV Are what ifs frowned upon? If not, here's one: What if there were no Waffen SS units. Let's say all units were straight Wehrmacht. Would the Eastern Front have been more "civil". Yes, I know, a strange word when it comes to war.

[@WW2TV]

@billyshakespeare17 what ifs are fine. I think if the SS hadn't existed, the same psychopaths would have found a home elsewhere in the Reich

[@davidlavigne207]

As always, Pritt packs in a great deal of history into one hour! Sadly I was at work during the live broadcast, but am happy to have seen this later. I really got the impression that no matter how one may admire the prowess of the German Army, that they were really reaping what they had sown by this stage. It's very hard for me to feel sympathy for Germany at this stage of the war. Thanks for a detailed look at this campaign.

[@DanielHammersley]

I did not know of the Kielce breakout til today! Bang up end to my Friday! Thank you Woody & Prit!

[@ewok40k]

Dziękujemy.

[@WW2TV]

Thank you

[@1089maul]

Woody/Prit. Fantastic presentation on a little known episode. The content was the usual excellent quality and the delivery by Prit fantastic! Thanks, Bob

[@fitzyirl]

Another outstanding talk from Dr Prit Buttar! Thanks to Paul for hosting. Would love to hear more about some of the lesser known battles in Poland / Germany in 1945 such as the Lauban Counterattack.

[@lawrencemyers3623]

Have had my eye on some of Mr. Buttar's books for a while. This presentation sealed that deal.

[@mjinoz1677]

A brilliant episode. Prit is a fantastic presenter and I hope to learn more from him, including about this era of the war!

[@ba-gg6jo]

Just discovered this feed. Prit is such a great author, always plenty of detail but always remains accessible to even the most casual reader.

[@sleepygrumpy]

Excellent presentation as always by Prit -- outstanding writer as well, his book on the retreat through Ukraine is great reading

[@jimwatts914]

Howdy folks. Dr Buttar is always a great guest and he doesn’t disappoint in this one. The end battles of the Eastern Front pitted a depleted German Army vs the triumphant Red Army in bloody battles almost unknown in the West.

[@worldoftone]

Awesome show wow I never knew any of this. THANKS WW2TV!!! More exceptional content.

[@WW2TV]

Neither did I

[@worldoftone]

@WW2TV Also enjoyed the post-war follow-up at the end.

[@WW2TV]

Thanks

[@sparkey6746]

Another outstanding presentation.

[@hugod2000]

Great. Your interviews with Mr Buttar are easily your best videos.

[@maxcaravan7584]

What can I say that someone else has not - I would pay money to hear Prit speak! Eastern week has been amazing.

[@18ferris88]

Thanks for having him on again.

[@KevinJones-yh2jb]

More catching up on reruns today, I really like Prit’s presentations, always so informative, knowledgeable. Another subject I knew nothing about, very many thanks Prit and Woody, WW2TV always at the top of its game 👍👏

[@worldoftone]

You had me at FRIDAY, DONUTS AND BEER! I wilk take your lead Sir!

[@Yahyia-cv3sx]

I'm eating collarded greens cooked in an iron pan with a smidge of butter on them. With green tea.

[@Nyllsor]

Hehe yes that sounds like a perfect friday! :) Love hearing all these stories, thanks for sharing!

[@johndillon8051]

Wonderful video. Dr. Buttar did a wonderful job of explaining a very chaotic situation. I look forward to his book. As to Soviet photos, few are very specific as to location. There are many in the archives from the final days of the war that are only noted as "near Berlin." Could be from the 9th Army breakout, might be north of Berlin. Who knows?

[@stevefallon6635]

Fascinating topic. PB is a tremendous resource for all things Ost Front

[@provjaro]

Excellent presentation

[@alistairclarke6726]

I could listen to PB all day on this topic, just super mate

[@jimwalsh1958space]

thank you prit you have the purring voice of a rolls royce. so easy to listen to please come back again soon. it's easy to donate to WW2TV i use paypal/paetron to set up monthly payments. hope this helps.

[@PalleRasmussen]

Passing strange, the chat and thus stream ended while I was halfway through the video. Oh well, love Prit though we disagree on Balck.

[@WW2TV]

The live chat will come back after the video is processed

[@malarauko]

Prit Buttar Bagration book sounds fantastic!

[@pjogorman4682]

Really fascinating

[@mathewkelly9968]

10:52 I don't know looks like an SU-100 to me , the SU-85 didn't have the circular cupola sticking out the side of the superstructure

[@ewok40k]

In that particular offensive Soviet airpower was relatively absent due to snowstorms. It didnt bother Soviets to the extent Western Allies would.

[@neilpk70]

I'm pretty sure I'd find Dr Buttar reading names out of the phone book interesting.

[@ewok40k]

Its nice to see Germans having a lot of foot/horse drawn units being mentioned. Once Soviets get whole jeep and studebaker package from lend-lease, they have mobility advantage they ruthlesely exploit in their breakouts.

[@trevorfuller1078]

What about the Russian/Soviet photo/films’ war archives for access to these materials recording WW2’s battles on the Eastern Front? Are they actually accessible or available there?

[@WW2TV]

They certainly exist, and some Russian archives are open for non-Russians to visit

[@ewok40k]

There have been some German armored vehicles pulled out of rivers in the area, evidently lost in the retreat, either by ice breaking under them or intentionally sunk.

[@alexwood1142]

Interesting. I have an original Red Army map of Kielce and the surrounding area in my collection.

[@brucealbert4686]

Dear WW2 TV. I have from the Churchill Archive (UK) the reference number for the correspondence of the telegram exchange between Churchill and Stalin regarding the early opening of the Vistula offensive. This is found in the Telegrams tab of the UK archive: CHAR 20/211/10 This telegram thanks in relation to the 6ths of January request. Note the date difference (11 days). It took about ten days to prepare the action, the comments about developments in Ardennes after 6th January, with crisis being resolved, need to be borne in mind. Can you please forward this refence number to the speaker as an erratum?

[@arturekck]

My hometown

[@ottovonbismarck2443]

I'm sure "Prit" is just short for"outstanding PRITsentation". Just one little thing (15mm in fact): that was most likely an SU-100 in the photo (the cupola "bulging" out the side armor), not an SU-85. Gotcha ! 🙂

[@mathewkelly9968]

33:05 nay Nehring quarreled with Rommel about over extending supply lines and mostly Rommel's want to go racing around out of communication . Easily one of the better German Generals as this breakout will prove

[@mathewkelly9968]

Lol the only way I even know where Kielce is because of Twilight 2000 😅

[@janfelchner1543]

Łódź (Lodz) is pronounced perfectly!

[@rinkevichjm]

And the Ukrainian guards went through with Sherman tanks. The western allies didn’t help and they’re using western equipment.

[@WW2TV]

Not sure I get what point you are making?

[@rinkevichjm]

@@WW2TV the Soviets complaining that the West wasn’t doing its part when the Soviets caused the war by signing the nonaggression treaties with all the Axis powers and wouldn’t enter the Asian /Pacific War.

[@helenseebue3727]

Shocking pronunciation of nonEnglish names. You should do better preparation..eg Königsberg sounds phonetically as: kernigsbairg!! That’s only one example but…

[@WW2TV]

Shocking that you can't just learn from a master historian and not be picky