Operation Barbarossa: When The Nazis Invaded The Soviet Union | Battles Won And Lost | Timeline

[@floridas_own]

I’m grateful I wasn’t born in these times. What a shame losing your life fighting a war of horrible leaders.

[@Atomus87]

War is quite same now. You die for some decent propaganda dehumanizing oponent. Now its happening during Ukraine vs Russia

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Sigh again in Israel Palestine but the real enemy is the usa ​@@Atomus87

[@beng4647]

The exact same thing is right around the corner...never forget...we already have

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@@robertmaybeth3434 That's right, I have for 30 years.

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@@robertmaybeth3434 Only 10% of the totality of classified documentation has been released, some of which is deemed to be to sensetive for exposure.

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I too have been watching videos on it ever since I have been on KZbin. My grandfather was in WW2 in the European arena. Now that I know so much more about the history of the war, I would love to talk to him about it. He past away 18 years ago though. Several men from our community were veterans of WW2 and I don’t think any are alive still.

[@LookHereMars]

Decades happened in those 6 years. I am 33 now and have been intently interested and studied WW2 since I was 6 and I am still learning new things. One recent discovery of mine was the battle of Bamber Bridge in England. British soldiers and civilians fighting with U.S soldiers over racial segregation. An interesting event. Might I also suggest if you have not already checking out Mark Felton Productions here on KZbin. He focuses in on important but lesser known facts.

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[@ron88303]

@The Living Man Then perhaps you can do everyone a big favor and point us to the truth?

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@The Living Man where can you watch that?

[@loyaip4004]

My grandfather was the only one in my family who survived World War II. All 8 brothers died for Germany. I'm glad I was able to talk to my grandfather about it all...

[@pmbarro]

What he say

[@kjvnews8326]

They didn't die for Germany. They died for a racist, anti-Semitic madman.

[@urbichh3389]

I am also curious… must be fascinating

[@nalakittymeow]

For germany?

[@janettummey3416]

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[@Stephen-wb3wf]

It's nice seeing different footage for a change. Thank you.

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I agree! Definitely new images and films!

[@Stephen-wb3wf]

@Sikho Mbixane No i mean after watching ww2 docs all my life I saw a lot different footage in this particular doc which i appreciated. I love the famous Tiger II propoganda reel you see in every single WW2 doc but you want something else, something new after a few decades.

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[@pilotdude9833]

Germanys war machine wasn’t good over large distances and time. It just wasn’t designed for that. The supply lines. The repairs weren’t well thought out at all.

[@apoc3037]

Incredible they don’t mention oil and food the 2 biggest motivations for Germany during 41

[@brianoc22]

They did mention that Rommel was short on fuel in north Africa. Would have been interesting to hear more on the effort to secure Baku for the oil..

[@bradsully6620]

@@brianoc22 and wasn't Baku like 3000 miles away from where the Germans were??

[@ritobrotosengupta]

They mentioned about the food during Lebenstraum, and oil during the N Africa campaign.

[@Ror0009]

Fertile Ukraine

[@dickie9502]

Listen harder!

[@brodybouillion1750]

Fun fact about WW2 generals Rommel and Patten, their sons were born on the same day dec 24 and we’re friends for nearly 30 years

[@kongmik]

Another fun fact about Patton: he said that we fought the wrong enemy!

[@Stress_._Free]

@@kongmik who was the real enemy?

[@anjum2008]

@@Stress_._Free USSR.

[@dorange_]

fact but not fun one...' America has no permanent friends and enemies... only interests ' - Henry Kissinger enemies to allies...allies to enemies & so on

[@froggerfromspace]

That’s really great to hear! So glad on your behalf that you are friends with both Rommel and Patton’s sons! But why did you stop being friends with them after 30 years?

[@RA10H56]

Can you imagine!!!! That's like half the USA and Canadian border! What a massive battle field!!! And it got bigger as they pushed forward

[@stellarwind1946]

The main problem of any invasion of Russia: geography.

[@stellarwind1946]

@@tiagomcoelho2000 climate is not as big of an impact as you might think. It was actually the mud that slowed the German blitzkrieg, not snow or extreme cold. Once winter was over, they were back on the offensive again. The problem? They had outpaced their supply lines, which eventually allowed them to be flanked from behind at Stalingrad.

[@karencarter8292]

I don't think the documentary mentioned the volunteer Belgian brigade and there were some Italian volunteers and at least one Englishman with the Germans.

[@AngelGonzalez-pd4cn]

@@tiagomcoelho2000, People have been talking about the Russian winter since long ago, when Napoleon invaded Russia it was on June 12, 1812, thjere was no winter, it was the heat, the heat and heat-related illnesses such as typhus and dysentery killed nearly half of Napoleon's army before taking Moscow. The Russian winter only made it more difficult for Napoleon's demoralized army to retreat.

[@cojaysea]

Yes the front would widen as you advanced spreading you thinner and thinner .

[@dwissba68]

Say what you want about Russia but we owe a great deal of thanks for the sacrifices they made in driving out the Germans. Not sure if the Americans or Britts could have defeated the Germans had Russia lost in the East.

[@shanebell2514]

indeed.

[@morokeiboethia6749]

Most Russian soldiers wanted Stalin dead. They were fighting only because Stalin signed a new law into affect saying that if you desert they come and get your family and kill them. Communism was never voted in by the people. It comes in by a hijacking of your gov.

[@shanebell2514]

@@morokeiboethia6749 True, but whatever the case the Germans were coming, and the Soviets were being invaded anyway.

[@ziumzium5049]

@@morokeiboethia6749 People like you should really visit Russia someday. Although you would be probably beaten unconcious after uttering such grotesque american propaganda.

[@musashidanmcgrath]

What? The Soviet Union was a far more brutal and barbaric ideology than the Germans. From the Bolshevik revolution all the way through, and into China and half of the world. Communism has been responsible for 100s of millions of deaths. If anything, the Brits and the Yanks fought the wrong enemy.

[@eckobrown7902]

One of the biggest mistakes he ever did invading Russia,it was his down fall

[@onlythewise1]

or didnt know about the winters and he didn't listen to his generals to pull out

[@eckobrown7902]

@@onlythewise1 Everyone knows what happen to Napoleon and yes he should have pull out of the city's

[@michaelwackers6475]

@@onlythewise1 Or didn't know about the winters? MY FOOT! The winter did not stop the Nazis.! It was the tenacity of the Soviet defenders that stopped their advances!

[@yorkroman]

@@michaelwackers6475 they were actually very ill prepared for combat under those weather conditions

[@BalenCM]

Well he had to invade Russia, he started ww2 to take Russia

[@jamiedriscoll9781]

17:18 the Neosho deserves her own story. She survived Pearl Harbor, was set ablaze at the battle of Corsl Sea, her crew fought to keep her afloat until rescue 11 hours later...

[@BobbleWorld]

First time hearing from an Indian veteran. I'm from Canada, and it's honestly something I wish I had heard more about.

[@chukemmang]

World War 2 is such an interesting war. And it has given us one of the best movies.

[@peeinthequran5467]

🤡 5th most interesting war

[@voraciousreader3341]

How about books, @Jaja?!? You don’t get history from movies, you should know that!!

[@voraciousreader3341]

@@peeinthequran5467 In _your_ opinion….you don’t get to speak for everybody.

[@HebrewHakaishin]

My Eritrean great grandfather died in Russia in operation barbarossa. He was fighting for fascist Italy. Italy was never anti semitic. So I'm saying this to let you know on both sides there were good men. They had families and loved there countries. This was a different time, things were different. Understand and over stand this. I respect the sacrifice both sides made for there nation. I salute the greatest generation, and I respect and admire you.

[@lamontmelrose7640]

No need to explain, we know for sure that it was a different time... fighting for one's country meant something back then. Honor, respect, courage, integrity, and dignity ruled many a men's hearts then. A rarity today I know, that's why I just keep praying and trying to be the best that I can be for someone else. I respect your comment. God bless

[@FatRescueSwimmer04]

Shame he passed away, but thank god that Battle destroyed that Army!

[@simpsbelongtothegulags3702]

he is a hero

[@patrickbutler3961]

Thanks!

[@BlancoDevil]

I've never been able to understand the attack on the Soviets. It saved my Father's life, who was in the 101st Airborne. If the men lost in Russia had been there to stop the Allied forces, it would be a different world today.

[@0mggLily]

Btw we are gojnn into world war 3

[@dominusnox8231]

Because they don’t teach the war from Germany’s point of view. The attack on the communists seems silly until you understand that defeating communism was the entire point and his most consuming goal.

[@Enkabard]

This, just comparing the outcome. Biggest battles against Germany that USA had to fight ended up with few thousand dead Germans (feel free to correct me on this one), compare that to largest battles against Soviets where hundreds of thousands German soldiers died.

[@horstfricke6188]

Soviets planed to invade Germany, Germany knew that and engaged first when the Soviets were still weak and beatable

[@pehuk]

@@0mggLily going*

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I think my favorite part of learning about history is, a 5 minute ad interrupting my learning literally every 3 minutes. I love it so much.

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[@TheSNIPERmac]

Every year, these Heroes get fewer and fewer and it won't be long before they are all gone to a better place, But as long as we remember them, they will live forever in our hearts and memories. I thank you all for your your service to rid the world of a great threat.

[@Vols69]

Yes! I'm glad and very thankful for the ones who gave their life so I and my family can live in a free nation. But I have to say back then we had A different breed of men and Women in Service... Today yes I'm glad we still have a great military but today our military is full of Brats and entitled millennials. I'm afraid if a war like this broke out today we would be in trouble!

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Yes! Thanks to them our countries are being flooded with nonwhite immigration, our children are being exposed to sexual perversion constantly and our governments serve the interests of globalism rather than the people. Thanks greatest generation!

[@eatfrenchtoast]

​@@Vols69eyeroll

[@anti-Russia-sigma]

The Soviet scorched earth policy was partially responsible for the failure of op Barbarossa. The Axis powers did not learn from Napoleon Bonaparte’s mistakes.

[@vicksss807]

Chen fawn Meng: Not only the scorch earth policy, but also the Syberian Army that was relocated to Moscow and finally the Russian winter..Those three factors contributed greatly in the battle of Moscow!

[@BatkoNashBandera774]

And Bonaparte had not even heard of the Mongol Invasions or Swedish invasions of Moscovite Rus/Russia. The repetition is like clockwork.

[@cyrosubod2317]

Its the manpower tbh with you the germans cant replace a good army the longer the wars the germans are losing men while the soviets makes new good unit so its the beggining of their downfall

[@Jagnole101]

@@vicksss807 they were relocated because they knew America was locked in with Japan.

[@DiskWizard001]

@@Jagnole101 nope. Because soviets knew japanese are not going to attack.

[@mikotagayuna8494]

Whatever board game the two guys are playing, I want a copy of it.

[@frankknudsen842]

It should be stratego/ battleship combo board.✌

[@BatkoNashBandera774]

Risk, 1941 edition.

[@markhammar3977]

Axis and allies, original is a great start I think it's better than risk.

[@bobbyshmurda5225]

I like it 🎇🎆 makes you understand the wars more..

[@kingcobra7183]

RISK wehraboo edition

[@dharmabum9709]

It was well spent 50 minutes watching but the title "Operation Barbossa" is misgiving as the invasion of Russia takes up only 10 minutes; while the rest is about other fights...

[@brewtalityk]

yeah that part really threw me

[@angsanlaton9348]

Right. I was like that's it for the title?

[@OliBolivia]

They always do that

[@happyvideos7791]

There’s a 3 hour long version this must be the short one.

[@Grnademaster]

I know. Why are they moving into the Pacific with the Japanese? Bad title.

[@danhanqvist4237]

Barbarossa was probably always doomed, but the major slip in the timing was the German detour into the Balkans and Greece to try and sort out the mess Mussolini had created by playing at being German.

[@damianstages442]

Dan Hanqvist,totally agree with you,was doomed from the very start. I think it was always going to fail due to Mussolini etc.

[@damianstages442]

Meglomania,psycopathy,Narcisissm etc,etc,etc.!!!

[@WestIndianAK]

Actually, I’ve read an argument that the Balkan campaign didn’t really make a difference. Lemme see if I can dig it up…

[@eddiemerc1986]

Nope. You have to read the details on Barbarossa. It was planned to last 6 weeks. After that Soviet capitulation. Now if you calculate the starting date june 22nd 1941( delayed by greeks according to Churchill) and add 6 more weeks, germans were supposed to finish off the Red Army by mid august. Still having 2 months to spare before winter months, right? But the Wermacht was submitted into such attrition than 6 months later and nazis were still figuring out why the reds were still fighting. So the alledgedly delay to help the soviets was irrelevant to the outcome of Barbarossa. I can assure you Mussolini or the greeks were not in Hitlers mind on what went wrong with Barbarossa.

[@danhanqvist4237]

@@eddiemerc1986 Barbarossa was probably doomed by the German miscalculation of what the Soviet Union was capable of. That miscalculation was probably ideologically pre-programmed and pretty much invincible. The detour through the Balkans would not have changed the final outcome but if it had not occurred thing would have unfolded along the way to the same end-result. Whether it would then have been more costly in human lives is probably not possible to say.

[@brianmacadam4793]

Without oil from the caucasus region the German war machine would have ground to a complete halt. The German war machine was built around fast short battles.

[@Nashandme74]

Blitzkrieg is the name for that kind of fighting.

[@lloydchristmas1086]

They never got that oil it did grind to a halt

[@simonepeterson3301]

Yup they are lucky the had Albert Speer,the war would have been over had it not been for him

[@robertmaybeth3434]

Not really! The main source of German oil was, of course, Ploesti in Rumania, and Barbarossa was launched, in large measure, to push the Soviets out of air range of the oil fields. As it happened by the time the Germans got to Baku, the Soviets had thoroughly wrecked the oil rigs, and the Germans could not draw a drop of that oil, because by the time they fixed the oil wells, the Germans were already being driven back by Bagration and other Russian offensives. Also the oil from Baku held high sulfur content oil of a very low grade, so it was almost useless to Germany without further processing of the oil, which the Germans were in no position to do by then.

[@brianmacadam4793]

@@robertmaybeth3434 I agree regarding Ploesti, I should have been clearer in that the germans NEEDED the caucasus resources to cover their requirements.

[@vagabon5130]

I consume all things WW2. I watch and re-watch to be reminded of the sacrifice all these men and women made. Those who survived and those who didn’t. Nothing but the utmost respect, legends one-in-all. Bc we can’t imagine what it was like to fight this war - they lived it. Semper fi.

[@finalelement3296]

the demons won the war son

[@maydate86]

Putin has made the same claim. More land in the Ukraine 🇺🇦. Another useless European war is taking place.

[@JnstBrimstone]

"Men and women," you say. How many men and how many women?

[@IronMan-tk8uc]

World War II shaped the current world, that's why it has such a level of importance.

[@sgill4833]

Well now your witnessinh it unravel in real time.

[@mervviscious]

My dad was on the USS Phelps.. always has been my hero. I could not imagine the battles he went through..

[@alfredabramian4299]

امل،بعد از اهو دشت،نرسیده به چمستان،روستای باغبانکلا،مرزنده ،نرسیده به کوچه مدرسه،ساختمان با دیوار سیمانی قرمز رنگ

[@mervviscious]

@@alfredabramian4299 oh cool

[@bobbyshmurda5225]

Fear and Excitement 👊 I'm sure he wanted to be there..

[@finalelement3296]

traitor

[@TON-ws9og]

The operation was named after Frederick Barbarossa ("red beard"), a 12th-century Holy Roman emperor and German king. Barbarossa famously fell off his horse and drowned, an eerily similar fate to the invasion that later carried his namesake.

[@praveens8124]

Interesting!

[@celieboo]

Thank you for this. I always wondered why they called it Barbarossa.

[@kimmoreels7950]

thank you buddy :) have a good day sir

[@FranciscoLopez-zz5fp]

Nothing has changed. Now there is another war.

[@EHonda-ds6ve]

@@celieboo Here they wanted to conquer land in the east. And Emperor Barbarossa drowned on the way to a crusade to reclaim Jerusalem. He drowned near modern day Antalya.

[@styx4947]

In Barbarossa the schedule "slipped" indeed. Very much as the "Schlieffen plan" schedule slipped in 1914. Von Kluck's infamous left turn, leading to the "Miracle on the Marne". The rest as they say, is history.

[@voraciousreader3341]

That’s what all of it is.

[@readynow12345]

All those poor horses, either worked to death or killed on the battlefield, most people never consider this as if they was something to throw away.

[@user-lb8sk4kf3o]

Compared to the human loss of life it is irrelevant

[@kphillipeb]

@@user-lb8sk4kf3o why is it?

[@voraciousreader3341]

I’m really glad that this series was produced by Australians, because then people can see how much their contributions, and also those of the Burmese, Indians, etc., meant to the war and eventual victory. Now Canada needs to produce a huge WWII documentary series for the exact same reason!

[@jay2936]

They didn’t do a damn thing.

[@vladeputinovic6128]

🤣🤣

[@ikonxTech]

😂😂😂 what

[@f.wiseman]

​@@jay2936That's probably what he's trying to say :)

[@vette4403]

The two guys acting tough with the oversee board is just plain tacky

[@munchmacuchi7502]

its so tacky it works, in my opinion

[@vette4403]

Munchma Cuchi your opinion hurts my feelings

[@edward4828]

its hilarious. so cringey 😂😂

[@vette4403]

Alex B'Stard true that brother

[@rascallyrabbit717]

That icy glare it stabs @thee

[@kanthector]

I think a battle between Soviets and Nazis was inevitable at some point or the other irrespective of who struck first..

[@VNn2023]

First, sorry for my bad english. You totally wrong, Soviets under no circustance would invade Germany.

[@akashagrawal188]

​@@VNn2023 Soviets had planned to invade Poland and Romania in July 1941 which would have bought them in clash with Nazis controlling much of the area of these regions.

[@kylemendoza8860]

The Soviets are the ones that broke the pack. They were antagonistic.

[@Napolean46]

​@@kylemendoza8860unapologetic germans always say this.

[@virtualrealityfitness283]

@@akashagrawal188that’s not true the Soviets only Invaded Poland after Germany got close to there borders!

[@bcdefghjlmpqrsuvwxyz8524]

Your space exploration and the love of human kindness is seriously getting out of hand

[@sifridbassoon]

олег милый! like the way you show the troop movements on the map with the two "generals"

[@llaauuddrruupp]

2:12: I didn't expect to see NoHo Hank in a WWII documentary.

[@vicksss807]

My great grandfather was part of the 29th division that assaulted Omaha. He survived the landing but was killed 4 days later while in battle!!!

[@TheNextGoogification]

Wowzer that's something else! What was the attrition rate on Omaha? Did you grandfather had a chance to write back about anything once he landed? I don't know if he was allowed to say

[@TheNextGoogification]

Anything? That was real Harry those boat Landings, a lot of guys of course drowned, they just jumped off they didn't know how deep the water was, as you know. And then a lot of the boats were wiped out before they could do anything, by the machine gun fire. Then I imagine your grandfather was killed going Inland? What happened? Thanks in advance. Glad he served.

[@kongmik]

He fought the wrong enemy

[@wesdemoss809]

Brings tears to my eyes...

[@wesdemoss809]

My deepest condolences... Brave men. Who fought and died for us. Also THI M... The Bible says. One day man will look around look around and ask where has all the good gone...

[@assumptionisthemotherofall2402]

Well now we know where “Winter is coming “ quote came from

[@jaredquinney204]

I was always curious about why he wanted to invade the Soviet Union

[@LeonardStauffer]

AH’s main goal was always the East. He said so in Mein Kampf. This was due to hatred of Bolshevism, which he regarded as a Jewish creation and his desire for more “living space”, resources for Germany. Plus he regarded Slavs as inferior to the German.

[@Worldaffairslover]

Them Bolsheviks were a huge scapegoat!!

[@Crying_dog]

Mainly oil.

[@pillettadoinswartsh4974]

Colonel Klink was deathly afraid of being sent to the Russian front.

[@Vladimirford]

Beautiful to watch, but sad to say that nations would create wars, the innocent people would die, while the war planners were safe and cheering. Mankind wasn’t supposed to create all this disaster 💔

[@cindys9491]

@Paddy le Blanc Right, and in this age of nuclear weapons etc, it's mutual self preservation that humans need to think about before starting the next war. This isn't 2700 BCE and the consequences are much worse now.

[@og_sane]

If only there was English subtitles for this interesting documentary? As a Finn I understand English quite well, but subs would still help. You native English speakers are actually very lucky when it comes to any films or docs like this.

[@eljieblancaflor9537]

Use the auto caption

[@ivankulikov7834]

Usually you can turn the auto subtitles on / off on KZbin. It helps.

[@osman7240]

Not quite what I was expecting, I was expecting the battles on the eastern front and the eastern front only, not the war in the pacific.

[@merk69]

Still a treat if you ask me

[@abdulwahabmohddangata3863]

The stories keep getting interesting every time I watch it.

[@mohandinkarsubhedar2442]

Beautiful documentary 👌👌❤

[@at6686]

It can be both. For example Dunkirk. You'd think it was a German victory, but because they let the bef escape they planted the seeds of their own eventual defeat.

[@busTedOaS]

it still puzzles me how many people think ww2 was decided on the west front

[@F.R.E.D.D2986]

@@busTedOaS thats how i feel

[@Enkabard]

yeah, british forces heroically managed to avoid the fight.... to avoid heroically more fights until the war was decided on Eastern Front. Its just depressing knowing that Germany lost probably less soldiers fighting all british forces on all fronts across entire planet, then they lost against soviets fighting for a single city block.

[@darylgrimes2601]

Britain didn't do anythng in the war They watched and did nothign while half the continent burned under the nazs Britain made practically nodifference to the outcome of the war. Britain was as irrelevan in the war as the dirt on the top the grass in my garden

[@amanrob]

@@busTedOaS It was both. The Red Army was a big reason, but to have it on multiple front was like a boa constrictor slowly enclosing and suffocating the Germans.

[@thomaskeil1437]

Kudos to the those who created this series of videos. The two characters pushing symbols, not really necessary.

[@SheffieldBornAndBred]

"Now winter joined the battle", great quote.

[@schweinner]

what he did aside, this single man singlehandedly lead an army that would terrorize everyone with vicious strategies and now he make himself on Voldemort level of recognition where many know about him but everyone was like "he who shall not be named"

[@infibeta]

Well it’s always nice reading non-fiction over fiction when conversation regards reality !!

[@stellarwind1946]

9:32-10:26 is great info and analysis

[@Journeymm2]

How did this story change from "Operation Barbarossa" turned into "Pearl Harbor", and then into "D day"?.

[@bloodvillain31]

You neeed school

[@dhirendrapsingh6758]

Informative. Useful. Calming. Inspiring. Life-changing. Enjoyable. Heart-warming. Other.

[@Blue1479758]

Why? That was literally his intention from the beginning. He actually didn't want war with England

[@beezihester9807]

He bombed them everyday

[@Blue1479758]

@@beezihester9807 after they were at war....

[@Crying_dog]

Is it because a British soldier spared him?

[@mucky1488]

British veterans have been saying “this isn’t the country we fought for”

[@kdfulton3152]

It couldn’t have been Sixth Army with Rommel at Normandy because the Sixth Army was annihilated at Stalingrad in February, 1943.

[@busTedOaS]

Armies can be reformated, as the 6th was. But that one fought in the east, too, so you're still right.

[@IsaacMuntz]

Both german 6th army were encircled and destroyed by the soviets

[@MrEjofast]

Interesting video, I would have enjoyed watching it fully but after about 15 minutes of being interrupted repeatedly by ads, I gave up.

[@VedantShukla11]

Your video is a little historically inaccurate, here 20:49 you carved out Pakistan from India! Pakistan was made after 1947 before that it was part of India.

[@CanuckPlay]

The Canadian's landed on Juno. Not the British.

[@alanmalan3819]

Are you french?

[@rogersledz6793]

Thank you so much for uploading this video. It is helping me get through the pandemic!

[@billgaters8101]

I didn’t really comprehend the fact that Russia really were just waiting on overlord to relive some pressure from the offensive

[@James-gh9qm]

most people fail to take account of the achievements of indian army ...they held land ....took important raids ....and won many ground...all fighting under British flag

[@eddiemerc1986]

Meaning? Soviet suffering outmatch anyone else's. If you have a free nation today is because of that. Anything else is just your own people's duty.

[@osman7240]

@Chano Leyva absolutely,

[@Softpaw1996]

@@eddiemerc1986 didn't age well with the current events regarding soviet v2

[@darylgrimes2601]

@Chano Leyva The wost were the gemans

[@mtadams2009]

@@eddiemerc1986 How is that working out for Ukraine? You must be a Trumper.

[@salwaz]

This is for free?? Huge hats off to this channel!

[@Smudgeroon74]

What doesn't get mentioned much is that over 3 million Soviet Union troops stopped fighting for Stalin at the onset of Operation Barbarossa.

[@djfhsusbruh6698]

And how do you know this?

[@shanealan2168]

Can't say I've ever heard that before. The Germans captured around 3 million soldiers in the first months of the war due to encirclements if thats what your referring too

[@Anonymous-qj3sf]

Not true. These soldiers were captured at the beginning of the war, and Stalin issued a decree that all captured soldiers were deserters. In fact, they did not refuse to fight

[@Smudgeroon74]

@@Anonymous-qj3sf 180 divisions of Reds were captured right at the beginning of Barbarossa. They were waiting at Germany's eastern front. Waiting to invade Europe. This was admitted to when Kruschev became the Soviet leader...

[@Anonymous-qj3sf]

@@Smudgeroon74 Yes, Khrushchev did declassify many WW2 archives. I wonder why the US and UK did not do the same after 80 years? 🤭😂

[@BatkoNashBandera774]

Interesting how the two biggest battles of WW2 were faithfully omitted from the documentary: Stalingrad and in Manchuria. The former being the turning point of the war, the latter being the day the Soviet Forces dismantled the entirety of the Japanese/Chinese land forces. I suppose [this] documentary was made to serve a purpose and not to inform.

[@jacencade4019]

Yep. The military channel which is a subsidiary of the history channel has been often criticized for its biased omitions from its many documentaries and docu-series'

[@timphillips9954]

North Africa and the Battle of Britain. The Commonwealth took part in every front from Africa to Asia and Europe. The Battle of the Atlantic the biggest and longest of all was not mentioned also won by the commonwealth. Without the Brits and the Commonwealth there would have been no second front. The Germans and Italians would have got to Suez and the oil resulting to a toss of a coin on the Eastern front. If the Brits had given up after Dunkirk the Americans would not have been drawn into the war until the Germans were ready for them. The Americans would not have control of the Atlantic or the skies over Europe. I would not have fancied the Americans in a head to head against the Germans!

[@brunos.654]

Stalingrad was not part of "Barbarossa" (1941 - summer campaign) but "Fall Blau" (1942 - summer campaign), which they are not covering judging by the title of this video.

[@eddiemerc1986]

@@timphillips9954 . Sorry to disappoint you but no. All other battles across the globe were merely skirmishes compared in scale and objectives fought in the eastern front. Nazis had been the biggest threat to modern civilization ever. Period. And nobody proved they could be stopped until the soviets. At a huge cost. A cost I would dare anyone to affirm if Britain, France or the US were prepared to take. But that was needed to erase that racial nonsense from the face of earth. And a final number to you. 70% of all casualties the germans suffered in WW2 were anhilated in the eastern front. Along 60% of the Luftwaffe. Now imagine the soviets capitulating in 1941 just like everybody else. What were britain chances to stand really alone then?

[@tonyromano6220]

Clown

[@DeeRuss]

Should’ve respected that non aggression deal

[@marcrigor6423]

Didn't know they had footage of the actual generals playing their cards.

[@adamsawyer122]

Very nice video!

[@bobertalanzadogamones7075]

I like the narrator's voice its very thrilling

[@thomasm.lorenz4098]

This video has way too many commercials! You cannot get comfortable in your chair to watch and then another commercial pops up. You spend most of your time jumping up and down to skip the ads. Do not recommend this video unless you like jumping up and down!

[@BenSlashes]

Yep. I absolutely HATE videos with that many adds.

[@rickjensen2717]

He attacked the Soviet Union because he needed their resourses, particularly food. Germany and much of central and eastern Europe was in debt and lacking in food, partly because of the sanctions against Germany.

[@underthemoon-p7q]

Oh man these are really excellent 👍👍👍

[@lucienlessard7020]

Tic Heinz Guderian in his book Panzer Leader made reference that during early 1943 the Soviets began the practice of forcing any male in reconquered Russian territory capable of holding a rifle into mandatory military service. If those civilian soldiers survived their first battle they were considered veterans. While this increased their manpower, it also shortened Russian supply lines, because the Russians were able to strip the soldiers families of whatever supplies they had. The NKVD also massacred any collaborators real or imagined left behind in those towns and villages. This also reduced the need for food for the civilians and supplied the Red Army. The numbers of civilians killed by the NKVD is unknown. Same with the forced military "volunteers", numbers unknown. Hope this helps. Thanks for your brilliant series.

[@user-fn7xv2nq9w]

Well, why did the Russians resist, they would just die in German camps, is this not such a bad fate? In addition, these camps were not even fed often, of course, but they were fed, and Auschwitz in general was a resort sanatorium in which millions visited in a couple of years, no complaints were received

[@wederMaxim]

The Soviet Union has not existed for more than thirty years. Stop lying already.

[@lucienlessard7020]

@@wederMaxim tell that to Putin

[@samuelsilas4464]

I like war documentary its vary educational on history

[@marcobagut]

How did this documentary answer the question as to why Germany invade the USSR?

[@ashishrajbhandari7823]

Because he thought he would win

[@seanzibonanzi64]

You have to keep in mind that going into 1941 the Nazi's were on a 4 year war winning streak that saw them conquer practically all Europe. A lot of people at the time thought the Nazis would win against the USSR and it was a far closer conflict than it first appearsu upon retrospection.

[@brianticas7671]

Yeah. USA entered the war and who knows. I wonder if USA didn't interfere if that would make a difference.

[@aryanbparida5998]

​@@brianticas7671I don't feel that would have made a difference atleast on the Eastern front bcz the Germans still had the bulk of their army fighting in Russia.

[@cmourat1]

History teaches : DO NOT invade Russia. Never. Whether you are a Corsican artillery lieutenant or an Austrian corporal. DO NOT invade Russia.

[@udaykalyan3130]

Mongols Say Hi !!!

[@gauss3894]

Austian ex-painter ftfy

[@cmourat1]

@@udaykalyan3130

[@garymorton7922]

two front war problem

[@pmbarro]

Ehh... no one wants Russia anyway.

[@caseyburton4679]

So what exactly happened to all of the prisoners of war on both sides? Did anybody learn anything from the horrors of war or from anything about their experience?

[@mitchellgiles6869]

I actually watched a video about what happened to the German soldiers that the allies captured and it was basically slave labor. Like they came up with some ridiculous justification for why they technically didn't count as POW's anymore (either that or it was that it can't be war crimes if there's no war happening) but it was bad. A lot of the ones the Western allies captured ended up getting shipped off to the Soviet Union if that gives you an idea

[@juliancumming6893]

@@mitchellgiles6869 the justification they used was because there was technically no German government so they weren’t technically German POW’s any longer.

[@mitchellgiles6869]

@@juliancumming6893 that basically feels the same as what I said lol

[@robertmaybeth3434]

The Germans captured by the Russians mostly died, the Soviets did not release most of those even living for 10 years! The Russians captured by the Germans, those who survived, did NOT want to return, they knew what would happen - Stalin sent all the survivors to the Gulags! They needed to be punished for surrendering, you see. Every Russian was supposed to fight to the death rather than surrender according to crazy Uncle Joe, and those who didn't, should pay the price, and they did.

[@DominiqueDeMann]

@@mitchellgiles6869 A lot of Germans were Sentenced to be roped by the neck. Not sure if youtube will let me use the real meaning

[@ChocoLater1]

15:06 Ben Affleck in WW2

[@article1598]

Lol

[@zew1414]

Oh no, not these dudes at the table again! Staring at each other after moving the little markers around...

[@humility-righteous-giving]

i thought Normandy was the biggest invasion, but indeed it sounds from the shallow research i did that normandy only consisted of about half a million men vs 3 million in barbarosa

[@lionelhutz5137]

Operation Overlord was the largest sea landing invasion.

[@humility-righteous-giving]

@@lionelhutz5137 since you used the code name you might as well have used the correct terminology: amphibious invasion:-)

[@christianihvansajol7392]

Because he hate communism

[@abrahamgomez653]

Not even Napoleon could defeat Russia. It's too cold and far.

[@car110233]

u guys made this very well

[@merlingeikie]

Great series, thanks very much.

[@Habsfan56744]

I love learning about ww2

[@JamesBradley1147]

They can win battles, They can seize grounds, They can capture prisoners of war, But they can never break Soviet resistance. Perfect

[@FrankyXG]

Russia should be ashamed of themselves for acting like nazis with Ukraine

[@JamesBradley1147]

@@FrankyXG Find the video of a sky news reporter saying his recent discoveries from the war in Ukraine. You obviously didn’t hear the Russian side of the story. I researched on both and at the end I think I understand. Do same

[@FrankyXG]

@@JamesBradley1147 ok please explain to me why Russia is invading Ukraine

[@JamesBradley1147]

@@FrankyXG kzbin.info/www/bejne/gXaziJqDjdqnlZo

[@benjaminrush4443]

Great Stuff. Thank you.

[@starter47990]

I thought this documentary was about Barbarossa. This is more about WW2 in general

[@ToquzOghuzKhaganatekhan]

Power is power , strength is power , and I am the power 💪💪💪

[@zdzichus.3264]

29:00 "three Africa Corps" - I've always thought there was just one, integral, Africa Corps, under one command??? (btw - those guys keep their yearly meetings to this very day!) The last toast is down to the last member of The Africa Corps!

[@plabonsony4237]

amazing video

[@user-tf4ho2uo1e]

Am I missing something? 90% of this video is about other campaigns.

[@odenshiddentreasure2717]

The most remarkable thing of all is how many men will participate in such wars all for another’s ideology and ideas may the truth always prevail

[@bobkohl6779]

F6F and Essex carriers in footage for the Coral Sea? Nope. Footage is sloppy

[@tonyromano6220]

Bob Kohl took me a second.

[@nigarsofiyeva8220]

I’m amazed how the history channel misrepresents the historical terminology. The USSR doesn’t mean Russia and the USSR army doesn’t mean “Russian soldiers fighting for their motherland”. Millions of non-Russian soldiers, including my both Azerbaijani grandfathers, were fighting for their motherlands, i.e. dozens of nations from the 14 modern-day countries in addition to Russia. It’s simply disrespectful not to acknowledge all those lives lost, wounded, suffered and damaged by the war and disregarded by the history!

[@Football__Junkie]

D-day, Pear Harbor, Battle of the Bulge get most of the attention from WWII in the West. But the West has no real grasp of the wanton death on the Eastern Front during Barbarossa and the Soviet counter attack

[@Football__Junkie]

The numbers are unbelievable. Within 3 months, 2,000,000 Soviet POWs. Germans had lost 400,000 soldiers. Mind boggling. Not to mention how many civilians were killed and no one knew.

[@nickb3164]

@@Football__Junkie operation barbarossa was an act of genocide; the nazis saw this as part of their extermination of "judeo-bolshevism"

[@All-By-Myself]

good documentary!