Amateurs talk strategy. Professionals talk logistics. - General Omar Bradley
@EForchetto9 ай бұрын
Oh how true! I was dismayed by a conversation in the movie Heartbreak Ridge where Major Malcom powers says "I haven't as yet had the privilege of combat. I've recently come over from supply and logistics". Sergeant Major Choozoo (in a sort of dismissive, sarcastic tone) replies : An unappreciated field of endeavor, sir...Whoever wrote the script obviously doesn't appreciate that Logistics are of paramount importance in any war.
@rudolphguarnacci1978 ай бұрын
@@EForchetto One of Clint's lesser endeavors.
@JoaoSoares-rs6ec8 ай бұрын
it actualy predates him,
@dr.barrycohn54614 ай бұрын
Right.
@Odysseus16444 ай бұрын
Meanwhile the country the size of Texas tried to take over the world! Ya I got to go!
@trexxg143610 ай бұрын
There are two ear marks of insanity, the desire to conquer the world and to live forever.
@arostwocents10 ай бұрын
The US have conquered and occupied most of the world quite successfully. Bloodlessly too in many vassals cases such as UK
@AshleyHarding-ho4dj10 ай бұрын
I’m certifiably insane @trexxg
@chriscarrol93739 ай бұрын
You forgot thinking your still attractive indefinitely. Ask a few celebrities.
@itwasagoodideaatthetime79809 ай бұрын
I don't know as long as I didn’t get old & had the money to live comfortably I wouldn't mind living forever.
@uxb11129 ай бұрын
@@chriscarrol9373fortune is always attractive
@glennmcdonald202810 ай бұрын
He consistently underestimated Russian Strength and Resolve...
@larryspiller663310 ай бұрын
Never underestimate your enemy!!!. Ever!!!!
@chriscarrol93739 ай бұрын
Oh and the Russian winter as well. Ask Napoleon about .He actually captured Moscow then realized his army would starve and freeze.Oh and vodka does help prevent frost bite by causing blood to circulate to the extremities. Yes you'll get hypothermia quicker but not if you're clothing is warm and dry. Means you can fire weapons in extreme cold longer without your fingers falling off. I ski and it works.
@Voigt4659 ай бұрын
The only resolve shown was the American capacity to keep Russia in the fight. Without the enormous quantity of resources and finished goods supplied to Russians, they would have lost the war in 1944, despite all the mistakes the Germans were making.
@stingingmetal96489 ай бұрын
Nonsense
@uxb11129 ай бұрын
Funny how history repeats
@Ensign_Nemo9 ай бұрын
The area within a 50 mile radius of Pittsburgh, including the Monongahela Valley and the northern part of West Virginia, produced more steel than the Third Reich from 1942-1945. We couldn't do it again, because those steel mills are long gone.
@jimmarnell39649 ай бұрын
Very sad state of America
@dennisweidner2888 ай бұрын
America was producing more steel well before the War began, but of course it was going into cars, washing machines, refrigerators, etc.. and not armaments.
@johnweerasinghe41397 ай бұрын
It was easy to outproduce Nazi Germany. The US wasn't fighting the world's largest army at the time ....love apples to oranges comparisons
@jonwingfieldhill61433 ай бұрын
Bruce Springsteen Youngstown 😂
@glps616710 ай бұрын
Archangelsk was never occupied by German troops.
@AshleyHarding-ho4dj10 ай бұрын
Rot. 1943-44. How you do t know? 🤔
@rdallas8110 ай бұрын
Anyone who thinks they could take Russia needs to get their heads checked
@kalfunai10 ай бұрын
@@rdallas81Is putin checking his head atm
@liamhickey3599 ай бұрын
@@kalfunai the Ukes have run out of men.
@stingingmetal96489 ай бұрын
Yes, deprogramming all the brainwashed pro Ukrainians
@nicholaskelly19587 ай бұрын
Actually Hitler was absolutely livid about the climbing of Mount Elbrus. Describing it as a "Pointless Stunt" He also threatened to Court Marshall General Hubert Lanz over the affair.
@deanshelton566410 ай бұрын
Never seen the 2nd world war in the logistic world before, brilliant
@rudolphguarnacci1978 ай бұрын
Yes, finally.
@dr.barrycohn54614 ай бұрын
That's one of the reasons why we won. Logistics.
@jeanenry10 ай бұрын
Just shows that Churchill's insistence on a N. African campaign was correct. The oil was everything.
@dennisweidner2888 ай бұрын
@jeanenry Yes, including Malta. And fortunately he convinced Roosevelt.
@chinajoe65107 ай бұрын
Libya oil’s has not been discovered in large quantity then. & even if it did, technology of that time did not allow for exploration
@MrWhiskers65Ай бұрын
These “experts” make certain claims and then immediately contradict the claim they just made in the very next sentence. It’s hilarious to listen to.
@HoverLambo9 ай бұрын
I think James Hollands figures are incorrect, HMSO "fighting with figures" states 20.17 million tons as the total of petroleum imports in 1944. Civilian consumption is just 2.26 million tons, with commercial vehicles using 1,6m. The basic ration allocated for private cars and motorcycles in 1944 was just 5,000 tons which is about 1.5m gallons....
@dennisweidner2888 ай бұрын
@HoverLambo I think the key figure is the degree to which the British war effort was dependent on American oil.
@dennisweidner2888 ай бұрын
Germany needed oil, but not for trains. German trains were vital for the Reich -- but the Reichbahn trains ran on coal. [2:00] And by 1942, the Reich was also running out pf coal. To exploit the economies of the occupied countries, Germany had to keep them running. And this meant providing some German coal -- creating a shortage in the Reich.
@luckyguy6009 ай бұрын
Well said/ well done
@250txc9 ай бұрын
Climbing that mountain was stupid. It served absolutely no purpose. Stupidly like this is why they lost...
@dennisweidner2888 ай бұрын
@250txc That is exactly what Hitler said.
@kingietk2 ай бұрын
Fascinating to hear the name Baku which is where I am now
@AndrewLambert-wi8et7 ай бұрын
DESPITE HAVING MANUFACTURING CAPACITY TO PRODUCE OIL FROM COAL THEY NEVER WERE ABLE TO PRODUCE ALL THE OIL THEY NEEDED.
@dereks12643 ай бұрын
"War Is Peace" - George Orwell, 1984.
@naciremasti10 ай бұрын
It's funny that they didn't seem to think of taking the tools to fix the Soviet refineries that were sabotaged by the retreating Soviets. Also, if they were strapped for resources so much, why didn't they salvage the resources from downed planes, knocked out tanks, etc?
@AshleyHarding-ho4dj10 ай бұрын
Ahhh.. but that is you, thinking with a modern brain. Logical and reasonable.. imagine if you adopt the view that Russians were incompetent and useless.. than you would have no desire to take over their equipment and factories.. that is the actual reason, because in France and other invaded countries they did incorporate a lot of the vehicles and equipment into their own stuff!
@annpeerkat202010 ай бұрын
significant effort to fix the refineries would be a pretty wasted effort.... unless they developed some strategy to get the oil back. Same problem as japan in the pacific... japan did have tankers, but didn't consider it sufficiently warrior like to defend the tankers, so they all go sunk mainly by US subs
@MuffinManUSN9 ай бұрын
Simple answer is nobody cares about Mechanics, Engineers and Tools until they need them. And war requires so much in so many places all the time that having that all accessible when and where it's needed with the desire to still do the job is impossible. That Can Do attitude can deal with only so much; on the offensive anyway.
@annpeerkat20209 ай бұрын
@@MuffinManUSN Eric.... I care! Holds out my hand in friendship. ahem. In fact I love my toolery.
@gregorymalchuk2727 ай бұрын
Did the Soviets repair the sabotaged refineries after victory, or did they demolish them and rebuild with new equipment?
@GraemeS-pk9cz3 ай бұрын
Well done, thank you. Not enough fuel for the 1942 campaign? Is it not more of a question of an inability to supply that fuel? I would suggest that that's what the air supply of fuel was about, rather than an insufficiency of oil produced. It's an important distinction, as such statements can create major misconceptions. Robert Kershaw, how can you say that the 1942 oil campaign was the correct move for Germany?. The Germans not only had to capture the oil fields, but also hold the huge area, and then somehow exploit the oil fields, something that had been given far too little attention by German planners (and by historians), especially as the Soviets could be counted on destroying the drilling equipment. The whole operation looks to be completely misconceived. Why no mention of the Rumanian oil?
@lorimeyers383910 ай бұрын
Terrific video. Great marerial
@conzmoleman4 ай бұрын
marerial
@damianousley88339 ай бұрын
Without the synthetic fuel plants, the Nazis wouldn't have lasted for long after the war started, and after June 1941 invasion of the Soviet Union due to oil shortages. Economically, the German war economy was very poorly run and thus resulted in the cruel imposts on the occupied territories for resources and materials. Germany only dominated early in the war due to the long buildup from 1933 and weapons and ammunition stockpiling.
@plasticjock10907 ай бұрын
And the incredible ability of Albert Speer to motivate each manufacturer against each other to out produce the other..
@dr.barrycohn54614 ай бұрын
And, Goring always promised this and that and couldn't deliver squat. So, by the time the krauts got to the Russian winter they were dead in the water. Out of ammo, food, and clothes. Goring just lied because he knew they couldn't do it.
@nigeh532610 ай бұрын
Germany has always had to fight based on the knowledge that the longer the war goes on the more trouble Germany will be in. The number of enemies will rise, the resources needed by their enemies to produce weapons are on the enemies soil not Germany’s. The Royal Navy and the French Navy together could beat the German Navy even if Italy sided Germany. Once he attacked the USSR and stupidly declared war on the USA Germany was finished. Britain was an unsinkable unreachable base for land sea and air forces. The USA and the British Empire/Commonwealth could produce weapons and troops safely out of the reach of Nazi Germany. The USSR was a much tougher opponent than Nazi ideology and bad intelligence thought. The Soviets destroyed everything as they fell back and Germany used a different rail gauge to the USSR so moving equipment and troops was a massive problem. The Soviets also had large numbers of partisans disrupting logistics leading to thousands of troops being sent to fight them instead of the Red Army. Using slaves workers and forced labourers from other countries led to sabotage and poor production numbers. Nazi ideology meant that women weren’t used as they were in other countries limiting production again. Overall Germany plans to fight short sharp wars. Whether in 1871, 1914 or 1939 it’s all about a short sharp campaign as the longer it goes on the less likely Germany will win.
@dennisweidner2888 ай бұрын
@nigeh5326 Absolutely correct, but the NAZIs had a chance if they could win early in the War as they did in France (1940), before their enemies were prepared. And it was only the Channel that prevented the Panzers from occupying Britain (1940). And they came perilously close to victory in the Soviet Union (1941). You are correct, that denied early victory, Germany was not going to win the War. It is comforting to think that slave workers were sabotaging production. I am not at all sure how important that was. The more important matter was how inefficient German war production was. There was nothing like mass production, assembly line production of America, Britain, and even the Soviet Union.. And the bombing which finally became important in 1942 forcing the Germans to take measures such as dispersing production which created further inefficiencies and quality problems.
@duniagowes6 ай бұрын
So as to speak, it could have been better for them if they stop after France.
@dennisweidner2886 ай бұрын
@@duniagowes Yes, but then they would have not been NAZIs. The primary goal of the War was to seize 1) the vast lands of the East and 2) kill Jews. In addition, they were caught in a vice between the Soviets in the East and the Brutish/Americans in the West.
@dennisweidner2886 ай бұрын
@@duniagowes @duniagowes Yes, but then they would have not been NAZIs. The primary goal of the War was to seize 1) the vast lands of the East and 2) kill Jews. In addition, they were caught in a vice between the Soviets in the East and the British/Americans in the West.
@irishalbino93089 ай бұрын
Britain agreed Not to interfere with Germany occupying czechoslovakia, in return they received 8,000 ounces of gold.
@dennisweidner2888 ай бұрын
Nonsence. You are either lying or have never opened a history book printed outside Russia. Britain did accept German occupation of the Sudetenland, but got a pledge from Hitler NOT to occupy the rest of Czechoslovakia. Gold was not discussed at Munich or part of the Munich Agreement. You seem to be one of Putin's bots. The gold matter was pursued by the Bank of England and had noting to do with Munich. Of course, Hitler broke his pledge 6 months later, but that cannot be blamed on Britain. Britain never became a NAZI ally. It was the Soviets' who became a NAZI ally and these two brutal dictatorship's jointly launched the War by invading Poland (September 1939).
@JosephDent-qd9ih9 ай бұрын
Beatty Nevada/ food repository/ Yucca Mountain. Billions of food storage.
@Richard-g4u1r9 ай бұрын
In the 1,930's, a huge amount of scrap metal was sold, and shipped off to, Japan, by companies in The United States. In the 1,940's, Japan returned it to the US, in the form of bombs and bullets.
@bond124 ай бұрын
The Economy Of War!!!
@duellingscarguevara9 ай бұрын
Well, well, isnt that something...war without end?..
@liverpool66610 ай бұрын
is it just me or Nazis episodes on any channel been picking up like craZy??
@naradaian10 ай бұрын
I think your right - but its todays Nazis that matter..xx
@chriscarrol93739 ай бұрын
I'm just waiting for history to echo back. It won't be the same but resold slightly different like bell bottoms and other fashions. Politics do the same thing.
@conzmoleman4 ай бұрын
@@naradaianthey are the same ones as before. the right wing.
@johnkeller60638 ай бұрын
Seeing the nazi flag raised in the USSR on the mountain I now realize why Stalin wanted the flag of the USSR raised in the roof of the Reich stag building when they entered Berlin in 1945
@conzmoleman4 ай бұрын
That’s standard procedure in basically every war and battle going back over 1000 years
@dannynye17318 ай бұрын
Forgot Roumanian and Hungarian oil fields
@dennisweidner2888 ай бұрын
@dannynye1731 The Romanian fields were by far the most important, but they only provided a fraction of what the Germans needed. It was America that produced oil in the huge quantities needed for war.
@danielraymadden3 ай бұрын
The Russsian Nazi alliance began in 1922 Rapaloo treaty...Stalin Lenin were supplying the outsted nazi party with resources to build a military inside Russia...Stalin supplied the nazi party 1922 to 1942...
@masroor56723 ай бұрын
What if hitler remained focused on Leningrad and Moscow instead of on south in 1941 .. Moscow was overall nervous control of USSR..south was important but it can have been conquered after Moscow and should be an easier job ..
@duckbizniz6639 ай бұрын
Empty words spoken with no meaning. In the Autumn of 1942 the Wehrmacht did conquer vast expanse of land in the south of the Soviet Union (Caucasus). On their drive to the oil rich field of south Russia Hitler redirected the 6th Army to take Stalingrad. Hitler split his forces in two. Thereby weakened his drive to southern Russia and his forces at Stalingrad. But the Germans never made it to the oil fields of southern Russia, therefore the Germans never took the petroleum in the Caucasus. The Bolsheviks kept their oil and the Red Army kept on fighting. In addition, US bombers were attacking NAZI Germany's oil supply at Ploiesti Romania.
@dennisweidner2888 ай бұрын
@duckbizniz663 Actually the video is correct. The Germans did take large areas in Southern Russia, adding to the huge expanses they already held to the north. And they did take one oil field--Maikop. American bombing attacks on Ploesti were ineffectual in 1942. The war situation looked very bad for the Soviets nd the Allies in general during the first half of 1942. There were major German victories before the Germans even launched Operation Blue, both in Crimea and around Rostov. The Battle of Kharkov was a huge disaster for the Soviets (May 1942). Soviet defenses before Stalingrad were destroyed as well as in the northern Caucuses. Only when the Germans got to the Caucus Maintains and Stalingrad proper did Soviet defenses begin to take hold.
@정복희-h5o10 ай бұрын
Great wonder
@marcomoreno30715 ай бұрын
American engineering the best in the world. We made them fast and they fit .
@The67wheelman8 ай бұрын
Imagine if they built uboats instead of surface ships. Donitz would have had his 300
@rickpere62666 ай бұрын
And most of the german army was horse drawn. Germany was not materially superior. Most of the panzer divisions comprised of captured and plundered equipment from Czechoslavakia.
@zeronzemesh77183 ай бұрын
At 31:24 who is that midget standing behind Molotov? That little guy is adorable. I mean Molotov was a already a short chunky troll, but that guy is half his size. That is awesome. I could see Molotov and Stalin both keeping dwarfs around so that they look taller. I think Molotov overdid it with this little feller, he looks like he should be in the circus.
@jussikankinen94099 ай бұрын
Hitler didnt want to make huge bombs, so they lost, then rocket men went to nasa naza
@jamesgardner804810 ай бұрын
On youtube Robert Sephr has some interesting versions of the war it really is a interesting insight from the uther side that is if you can listen to some points that completely go against what we were told.
@uxb11129 ай бұрын
Funny how history repeats
@dennisweidner2888 ай бұрын
@jamesgardner8048 An educated person does not rely on being told important matters, but pursues the facts. And in the West we don not have to rely on a single source.
@brianmaitai76858 ай бұрын
Interesting fact...The early German tanks had small 37mm guns compared to heavier French Char B1 tanks.
@jamesgardner80488 ай бұрын
@@dennisweidner288 Oh right well im so very sorry Dennis maybe next time i will do a massively big list just to make you feel better😁. You would think having a name like mine it would be obvious to educated men that I am from the West and whilst we're on the subject of educated men you have spelt (do!) wrong🤦. Wind your neck in if i want to recommend anything people will make their own mind up if they want to have a look or not. ✊💦
@jamesgardner80488 ай бұрын
@@uxb1112 indeed!
@Johnny-w1510 ай бұрын
Hmmmm
@dieppeboon96277 ай бұрын
War without limits...Von Clausewitz theory... peace is just a short pause in War
@Johnny-w1510 ай бұрын
And who did they borrow all the money off ?????? I put who and my comments got deleted twice ???? Why I wonder
@bullettube986310 ай бұрын
Well historians know they deposited gold and silver looted from the Jews into Swiss banks and used it as collateral for loans.
@liverpool66610 ай бұрын
Wow USA ? Lol😅
@annpeerkat202010 ай бұрын
@Johnny-w15 tell us who germany "borrowed all the money off" pre WW2?
@Johnny-w1510 ай бұрын
@@annpeerkat2020 put it down and they removed it ,,,,, madness I put a certain religions group of bankers who the nazi scum did not like , and it was removed
@jimrich419210 ай бұрын
All sides of WW2 borrowed $$$ from the carefully hidden International Bankers...for a small FEE! 😂
@frederikbjerre4279 ай бұрын
After this shitshow you should watch TIK history to get the real facts.
@annpeerkat202010 ай бұрын
soft core war porn... sacrificing accuracy
@busterbiloxi38339 ай бұрын
Archangelsk Is Finland. Death to Moscow!
@rudolfkraffzick6429 ай бұрын
Archangelsk derives from the greek term archos angelos = arch angel. The Russians took their christian religion from the orthodox Byzantine Empire. Archangelsk was founded in a region which once belonged to finno-ugrian tribes, but never to Finland.
@stingingmetal96489 ай бұрын
From whom did Finland gain their independence and when?
@dennisweidner2888 ай бұрын
Pestamo was Finish, not Archangel. .
@lorenzbroll1019 ай бұрын
The first oil war?
@HEADBANGER4LIFE3710 ай бұрын
Oyh vey the nazis!!!!
@DaneRates9 ай бұрын
Journalism writing reporting, must act is the correct term.
@mplsyrp210 ай бұрын
I detest these Propaganda films. Filled with biased remarks, and incorrect, nonfactual, hyperbolic, statements.
@dennisweidner2888 ай бұрын
@mplsyrp2 Just because someone does not repeat Soviet propaganda does not mean that they are "biased remarks, and incorrect, nonfactual, hyperbolic, statements". I notice you do not give even one actual example that can be discussed.
@mileristic20849 ай бұрын
Big Dislike !!! For Germany war industry 1933-1945.years ...
@labeckipiotrek10 ай бұрын
Watch "Europa - the last battle" Different perspective.
@conzmoleman4 ай бұрын
How so
@davidjackson21794 ай бұрын
It’s legitimately a neonazi recruitment film, that’s the “different perspective” he’s talking about. The film was financed by the Neonazi movement and has been widely condemned by absolutely any reputable historian as well as numerous anti-hate groups.
@overbeb3 ай бұрын
Follow your leader
@hernanrojas3549Ай бұрын
Está propaganda me tiene arto
@RayullahUllah-ch9dz10 ай бұрын
I'm
@GordonHouston-Smith4 ай бұрын
Load of cobblers, badly researched.
@JoJo-ie8sl10 ай бұрын
The way he pronounces aluminum made me chuckle
@chriscarrol93739 ай бұрын
Ya them Brits say potahtoe and tomahtoe and still have a king and princes. Kinda stuck in the middle ages still maybe? Oh and think they still rule the world.
@itwasagoodideaatthetime79809 ай бұрын
@@chriscarrol9373 The English created the language Americans speak, hence why it's called *ENGLISH!* Americans are the ones who have bastardized the English language not the British. We Americans are the ones mispronouncing everything not them. After all its originally *THEIR* language not ours. They were the ones who invented it, not us Americans.
@liamhickey3599 ай бұрын
@@chriscarrol9373 the Yanks think they rule the world. Look how that's going. Ha ha.
@jayhellyer54069 ай бұрын
You spelt aluminium with only 1 i, that seems to be where you went wrong.
@uxb11129 ай бұрын
Wow, you only just realised its got letters in the word?
@TravelatorH8r4 ай бұрын
Wieraboo ⚠️
@250txc8 ай бұрын
F every germ on this video
@billyholiday49478 ай бұрын
Could barely watch seconds before the nonsense!
@conzmoleman4 ай бұрын
nazi incel says what? (i checked out account lmao)
@andrewallen99938 ай бұрын
So Germany lost due to being socialist.
@dennisweidner2888 ай бұрын
@andrewallen9993 In part yes. German industry was highly inefficient.
@billyholiday49478 ай бұрын
British propaganda!
@SkyAIChannel8 ай бұрын
The area within a 50 mile radius of Pittsburgh, including the Monongahela Valley and the northern part of West Virginia, produced more steel than the Third Reich from 1942-1945. We couldn't do it again, because those steel mills are long gone.