Operations in East Ukraine (1919-1942)

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In East Ukraine there is the Donbas industrial zone, which has strongly influenced the course of military operations in that area both in the wars of the 20th century and and also the war between Russia and Ukraine. In this video we will look at operations in and around that area in the Russian Civil war and also in the first part of the Second World War.
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Amazing video thank you for being around

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So, essentially control of Donbass allows for control of surrounding areas, thanks to the high mobility offered by it's infrastructural network. Yet because of that network and of it's built-up density, it is also easily defensible, and it cannot be reliably used as a springboard for future advances unless it isn't fully conquered first. Most of the succesful operations concerning Donbass and it's neighborhood seem to involve some flanking movements of sorts, to cut the place off, and force the defenders out by way of threat of encirclement, rather than direct action in the region. This consideration could explain why Russia in 2022 opted for the peripherical areas first rather than Donbass core itself, and also why Ukraine's counter offensive is aimed at denying control over such zones. Can't wait for part two. Excellent work as always, Eastory!

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@@edr8882 my reaction to that information: 😐

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@@edr8882 keep in mind that this comment was posted by a guy who literally said that "Stalin is a great man" in a different comment and his account was created just about 1 month ago. Do not trust what he says. Edit: he edited his comment from three russian flags to three ukrainian flags. (he thinks he's funny)

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[@Pao234_]

"Stoped in Bakhmut" "Defended the Slaviansk-Kramatorsk line" "Breakthrough from Izium" "The gaps in the Izium breakthroughwere plugged, and the offensive stopped" "They were pushed back to the Oskil river" It all sounds so similar 💀

[@Pao234_]

"They abandoned Lysychansk" Naaaah

[@markb8468]

Yea I thought this was about the current war until he said Bulshavics

[@Kriegter]

HISTORY RHYMES

[@profesionalshitposter675]

Give its a few more weeks

[@Damian-cilr1]

history repeats itself,maybe its not exactly the same but pretty similar,so close enough

[@Nootathotep]

fun fact: Donetsk was originally called Yuzovka because it was founded by a Welsh businessman called John Hughes. The Red Army renamed it to Stalino and Khrushchev later renamed it to Donetsk

[@uninstaller2860]

@Cultured Anime Waifu [Russian Waifu] Belgorod is Ukrainian 😍🤩🥳🥰😇

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@Cultured Anime Waifu [Russian Waifu] Kamchatka is Canada 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

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@Cultured Anime Waifu [Russian Waifu] derbent is azerbaijan

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​@Cultured Anime Waifu [Russian Waifu] you got ratiod. St Petersburg is Sweden.

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"We will cover that in the next episode" Music to my ears! The production value on these videos is insane, please keep it up.

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Ino haha

[@KlingelTimi.]

I have missed the usually used Number of POW at Encirclement, but very interesting Video!

[@Antukusbi]

Me when no encirclement pow:😭

[@NoymoHD]

What do you mean by number?

[@KlingelTimi.]

@@NoymoHD the number of POWs was usually shown, like the number of total soldies.

[@NoymoHD]

@@KlingelTimi. oh, ok i thought you meant pow was a number and i was confused

[@gamerdrache6076]

🤓

[@nei1mchugh]

Interesting video. Obviously it's pre-industrialization so the Donbas wasn't that important but there was a big Mongol victory in that area

[@Eastory]

I thought to add it, chose to make the video more focused.

[@MXB2001]

It's like Belgium, every army has to pass that way...

[@quantumfall9930]

The flat Ukrainian Steppe was perfect for moving large Calvary armies, which made it an ideal invasion route for the mongol forces.

[@andriusgimbutas3723]

Not exactly in the Donbas in the tradition meaning of the word

[@christianvincentcostanilla8428]

Make a video : Why the donbass industrial place is interesting

[@phorskinwindfury]

It's upsetting to see the same lands ravaged by war time and time again.

[@ckyoufu1378]

Belgium:

[@feliuscattus3220]

Poland:

[@elliottfunkhouser4486]

Nah bro its the quarantine zone, keep it over there

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maybe don't allow the US to stage coups that antagonize your neighbors

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[@jakubstanicek6726]

As a byproduct of you Donbass analytis, you also managed to make the most detailed video about Fall Blau. I know because I was looking for some sources on the opening phase of Fall Blau and there were none. Thank you, you are awesome. I noticed you didnt mention how much Russians were encircled at Milerovo, it seems nobody knows...

[@williammarshal2190]

TIK History?

[@jakubstanicek6726]

@@williammarshal2190 Yeah, but thats more of an overall view, nothing close to this

[@z000ey]

@@williammarshal2190 can't get more detailed than TIK :)

[@mazeltov6752]

world war two channel? I think they cover it in-depth. They produced min. one video every week summarizing the events of the second world war in "real time" 79 years later... I highly suggest it

[@jakubstanicek6726]

@@mazeltov6752 they are ok, but their maps are inaccurate and sometimes wrong. Definitely the Stalingrad campaign was, I didnt check it that much later

[@jangelbrich7056]

Very interesting analysis. Especially the immediate post-WWI situation

[@bahtkyat]

I found this a particularly awesome Eastory video (they are always impressive and interesting). I've read and seen so much on the eastern front (in both world wars and between them) but this has one of the most innovative, refreshing and interesting themes I've encountered. Can't wait for Part 2!

[@ThomasLiljeruhm]

I fully agree!

[@Zakerius]

Fascinating video as always, thanks for all the hard work. Looking forward to the next part!

[@adpraeter9403]

i can hardly imagine the scale of ww2. Sure it was a total full on war and there were millions and millions of young poorest peasants guys from both sides. "2 mlns in the army group south", "175k got encircled", huge numbers. Now they are fighting like 200k vs 300k, and it is so hard to supply these small forces even with modern logistics. I cant imagine how much worse and chaotic it was back then....

[@jevinliu4658]

Not to worry, it is still possible to supply such quantities of troops. Operation Desert Storm involved almost 1 million men on the coalition side, and 700,000 on the Iraqi side, with almost-constant air strikes from the former.

[@romainandrieux5948]

Well, the bottlenecks are worse because there is also less trucks, less horses, less inputs, less trains, less everything in fact. Not even enough personnel to drive trucks, repairs things... You have to scale up the logistic for supply, that is why for every soldier with a rifle in the us army there is maybe 7 or 10 other one carrying stuff, there in ukraine there is maybe 1 for 1 or less.

[@J_Stronsky]

This vid really shows the value of your animated maps. Seeing a static map and reading pages and pages of historical writing doesn't convey the way the land shapes conflicts. Cheers for your hard work

[@a.soraparu773]

Great content! Appreciate the correlation between the battles fought in the past and those happening today. A unique approach and great appreciated.

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Ok, this is a great video. I really hope you make more of them that are also longer! I love the very specific granular details!

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I always absolutely love the professionalism of these videos, and the concise but never too oversimplified narratives. And great plug. You managed to make it very enticing!

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When you make a video, the day just becomes 10 times better

[@pennfyrenote8225]

Honestly dissapointed that the Mahknovschina weren't talked about, seeing as how their insurgency was incredibly important to victory in that area.

[@TomG1555]

3:50 For those wondering, I believe the black "A" army represents the "Black Army" or "Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine." Per the Wikipedia entry, this was an anarchist/Makhnovist armed group which fought against the Whites, then against the Reds, then against the Whites in alliance with the Reds, then against the Reds once the Whites were in retreat...as with much about the Russian Civil War, its complicated.

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They are too Anarchic for their own...... *badumm tss*

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Их девиз был: бей красных, пока не побелеют, бей белых, пока не покраснеют)

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@@kot-matros4075 translation: "Their motto was: hit the reds until they turn white, hit the whites until they turn red." Sounds about right.

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@@TomG1555 Very accurate translation

[@randomtexanguy9563]

apparently they were also allied with the short-lived ukraine for the time period that had existed for a few years

[@jrherita]

Amazing video and I know it takes a lot of time to prepare for this given the number of units you need to research. Thank you Eastory!!

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This video has convinced me that an Eastory Russian Civil War video is essential

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it absolutley is!

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It seems your graphics look even better than before - at least to me. They seem more colorful and more, 'crisper' looking. Thanks for this video. ☮

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every time you upload is such a breath of fresh air

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Fascinating, and your animation work is really good! Hope to see a sequel

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Informative as always!

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One really small error 6:08 it shows 1921-1939 and Basarabia and northern Bucovina in the Soviet union. That happened in 1940. Perhaps it was intended cuz it is easier to animate the next sequence

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You missed there not being Poland too xd

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A chaotic premiere chat war but a great video, Good job Eastory!!!

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A very interesting video, you say more tactical information than some famous sites, I didn't know it was so hard to assault that area.

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Great video!

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Now thats what I call: a good video!

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Interesting historical perspective, good maps

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Never imagined how the control of Donbass region was so important in Germany's Case Blue 1942 plan, really nice follow up for Eastory Eastern Front videos

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Eastory....so nice to see you again!

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Awesome video!!

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Do you know the legend about Makiivka Rodnichok?

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Не забудем не _простим !

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Gruesome

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And again a fantastic video, I like history and your videos are one of the best ones I've ever seen.

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This was crazy interesting and also weird seeing the exact same locations being fought over

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I love these round units on the map👍 please remake the videos of eastern front 1941-1945 even more detailed with more Divisions

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Great video, great content! Love strategy and history. As it is vital to us in the present and future.

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this is so good!

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Great video! Thanks for an accurate and thorough representation of the Russo-Ukrainian history.

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Ukrainian history? Nonsense)

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Thank you for this great and informative video.

[@GuardianMilsim]

When that -75.00% attack terrain penalty kicks in

[@PsychoMax]

When I saw the A, I thought that it had to be the black army that was under the direction of Nestor Makhno's and came up with an idea for a maybe future video. The video idea is about the black army with its offensive and fighting in Ukraine from 1919-23.

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Awesome mapping 😎

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Very impressive, as all your video's are.

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every video is of the very highest quality

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Great video

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7:07 In case someone is confused as to why a Russian flag is on an Axis unit, it's not Russian. It's a unit from Slovak State which was Hitler's clerofascist puppet state

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Excellent info!!

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Thank you for the cool video!

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Outstanding!

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Great analysis

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Really great visuals.

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¡Great work!

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superb video

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Wow you don't forgot on Slovak Division (Slovakia is always forgoten in videos like this) as a Slovak I appreciate it I can't wait for second part Best ww2 content I've ever heard please continue

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Too much of proud?

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Verdict: I like your video.

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I'm excited for the next episode.

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Interesting idea for a video, interesting information.

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can't wait for the current events episode!

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Thanks for the video, but I would like to see video covering the landscape, the hey hilltops, river valleys. More of a geographical approach.

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Yay finaly new video

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can you make a tutorial how to make videos like yours, they're really inspiring!

[@user-zp6yj4fy3e]

Небольшое историко-географическое замечание: Донецк в 1914-1920 г.г. назывался Юзовка, в 1939-1940-х назывался Сталино, а Луганск - Ворошиловград.

[@ThomasLiljeruhm]

This video is super interesting and sadly very current. I now understand both the history and the importance of the region. But what I don't fully understand is what it is that makes it so easy to defend/hard to conquer. Is it just the terrain? What terrain is it?

[@extrahistory8956]

Not necessarly the terrain, but rather the urban build-up, which is a nightmare for everyone involved. Urban warfare is a nightmare for everyone involved, especially to the side that goes to the offensive.

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@@extrahistory8956 Yes, we have a city to move into a city, or a village. Also, there are more heaps.

[@user27745]

I have been wondering lately...... What editing software do you use to make these beautiful videos?????

[@Eastory]

I use Blender

[@user27745]

@@Eastory Ok thank you! Can you make a tutorial at some point? It would be really interesting to see how you make these videos

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Damn Blender

[@blazodeolireta]

3:21 read something about that in R. Gerwarth "The vanquished"

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Yo your back

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The relief shading helps

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Мкейвский родничок никогда не простим😢😢🕯️🕯️

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не простим!

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😂

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Nice

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Nicecore

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@@hagmax1531 :) Havent listen to it for sometime

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69

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Impresionante

[@brownmold]

Apart from the advert, most entertaining and enlightening.

[@nathanburke9623]

What program is used to create these maps, they are incredible.

[@Rodq]

You made a mistake, during the Civil War Donetsk was called Yuzovka and during The Great Patriotic War it was Stalino. Although maybe it was intentional idk. And Lugansk was Voroshillovgrad during The Great Patriotic War

[@user-rv6cx3rz7t]

Luhansk*

[@user-cl7pm7zm3x]

@@user-rv6cx3rz7t Lugansk, thats how its called oficially

[@asmall]

I love your movies. Greetings from Poland :)

[@demetrius6873]

Good video

[@a.o.e7168]

Wow I can't believe how this is still relatble to what is happening today

[@rogoznjan]

Read Lost Victories by field marshal Erich von Manstein, it's eye opening on this matter.

[@barsnack7999]

Thats crazy, almost same frontline in 19

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This could be the next best indie game of the decade

[@poljakov13]

next to the tunic and hollowknight?

[@spicydragonz]

how do you decide which spelling to use for towns? for example I have seen Kiev and Kyiv

[@jangelbrich7056]

Kiev is Russian transliterated, Kyiv is in Ukrainian language.

[@thejudge6453]

In this video it's both Ukrainian and Russian spelling, like Kharkov, Lugansk, (Russian) and Odesa, Makiivka (Ukrainian)

[@KatyaAbc575]

I think he sticked with Kharkiv to not upset people in the 21 century. But he forget all the other spellings in the video, and sticked to the historically Russian one, like Kiev, Zaporozhye, Lugansk, et cetera.

[@muhammadrafliramdani2852]

@@KatyaAbc575 but Odesa is Ukrainian spelling, the Russian spells it as Odessa. But fortunately that the map consisted with the correct name for that period, We already know the more popular one is Kiev not Kyiv (but I think to spell this two words are same)

[@Mi1ius]

cool channel, it’s just a pity that the video is like bloody then they don’t come out I like the animated video more and not on the map I hope there are more videos about the 15th - 19th century

[@static_history]

Hello! In which app you make the animation or which app do you use?

[@88kjk75]

Unbelievable that Debaltseve saw combat as a important settlement both in WW2 and in 2015

[@user-cd4bx6uq1y]

An explanation of the symbols and other stuff would be very welcome

[@randomguy2023]

It would be cool if you made a video about the Italian front

[@Kunnis]

Let's goooo