Battle for Pavlov's House (WWII)

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Pavlov’s House
The stronghold of the 13th Guards was located at the bombed out NKVD headquarters, a soviet government law enforcement agency. From this location, the troops resisted the initial German assault and took to improving their defensive position. On September 25th, the commander of the 42nd Guards Rifle Regiment ordered the men of his 3rd Rifle Battalion to capture two buildings that seemed like a good position for setting up a defense against German attacks. Junior Sergeant Yakov Fedotovich Pavlov of the 13th Guards Rifle Division was tasked with seizing one of the buildings at the edge of the 9th January Square. On September 27th, followed by three soldiers from his squad, Pavlov entered the building under the cover of night and drove the defending Germans out of it. Once in their hands, the commander of the 42nd regiment designated it “Pavlov’s House”.
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Created by Daniel Turner (B.A. (Hons) in History, University College London)
Script: Dejan Milivojevic
Narrator:
Chris Kane
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Sources:
Antill, Peter D., and Peter Dennis. Stalingrad 1942. Osprey Pub., 2007.
Roberts, Geoffrey. Victory at Stalingrad the Battle That Changed History. Longman, 2002.
Walsh, Stephen. Stalingrad 1942-1943: The Infernal Cauldron. Simon & Schuster, 2000.

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[@sayaad-mol5sat]

يارب أتوسل إليك بحق إسمك الأعضم أن ترزق صاحب اليد التي ستدعــمنـــي با متابعة ورزق لاينتهي وتوفيق لانهاية 💙🕊️.

[@sayaad-mol5sat]

يارب أتوسل إليك بحق إسمك الأعضم أن ترزق صاحب اليد التي ستدعــمنـــي با متابعة ورزق لاينتهي وتوفيق لانهاية 💙🕊️.

[@borisganev2138]

Wait what?

[@pyeitme508]

BRUH

[@augustlienert7381]

Yo my guy this is so good I left a crack in my screen from hitting the subscribe and like man

[@Crazy-it8ti]

In Russia, there is a joke about the battle of Stalingrad: a little boy goes to Uncle Hans and asks: - What is the largest city in the world? - Stalingrad. My friends and I crossed the same street for 2 weeks

[@seymentheboss5194]

I dont understand?

[@seymentheboss5194]

Ok

[@Floppa.TheCat]

@@seymentheboss5194 I heard another version. A little boy goes to his grandfather and asks him: -Grandpa, can you tell me what's the biggest city in the world? -Of course, boy. The biggest city in the world is Stalingrad, my friends and me once tried to cross a street there, it took us several months and after all we didn't even succeed.

[@seymentheboss5194]

@@Floppa.TheCat Ok thats a good one

[@user-rl8hf8kt1r]

@@Floppa.TheCat and ppl says russians don't have humer 😁🤣😅

[@planderlinde1969]

Fun Fact: Despite being the sight of one of the bloodiest battles in history Stalingrad was barely mentioned in the original plans to take the Caucuses. Originally the 6th army was to keep going south to the Caucuses along with the other German armies. At most Stalingrad was supposed to be surrounded and shelled to disrupt Soviet resupply and to keep the Red Army there pinned down to prevent counterattacks.

[@darkmemes953]

Then why did the German's attack Stalingrad? Is it to prevent soviet counter attacks from the Volga, or to secure defensive positions near the Volga? Or, is it for political reasons?

[@planderlinde1969]

@Content_enjoyer and KZbin doesn't do jack about the rampant bot problem but god forbid you say a naughty word

[@planderlinde1969]

@@darkmemes953 It was combination of them all. Stalingrad was a known supply hub for the Soviets so capturing it or destroying it would be another blow to the Soviet war effort and the Germans could also set up defensive positions along the Volga River. Politically it would have been a massive propaganda win as Goebbels could say Stalingrad falling was a sign that his regime's days were numbered.

[@dard2240]

​@@darkmemes953 is to make sure they have place where they keep soviet forces from cutting they road to Caucas to get oil.

[@Vuk3]

@@darkmemes953 since army group a was ment to secure position on volga river ( not to cross it ) and prevent soviet reinforcement as well as cutting oil supplies from caucass to north, then I guess it was strategic reason The reason they went into city is because only railway line that led from ukraine to astrakhan ( which was, along with stalingrad, last place from which soviets could transfer oil and grain from caucass to north ), well there was another railway line but that line was going south then right to the grozny and then north to the astrakhan, which was long af and AG B never reached grozny so they were kinda fed from the start

[@KOTYAR1]

It was marked in every German map as "fortress". Vasiliy Chuikov was commanding troops in Stalingrad, he was in China during Sino-Japanese war, and learned a lot from what he saw in Shanghai. Particularly, Defense of Sihang Warehouse. Read about it, it's amazing what those Chinese soldiers managed to do.

[@justarandommalayboi8231]

Chuikov was at the defense of Sihang Warehouse?

[@nothingtoseeexceptwaifus]

@@justarandommalayboi8231 probably somewhere near the warehouse (nearby ambassador buildings) as Sihang Defense was also a show of Chiang towards Western powers in hopes of getting support from sympathetic Western powers

[@justarandommalayboi8231]

@@nothingtoseeexceptwaifus ik what the defense of the warehouse was for, but i just never knew Chuikov was there during the battle

[@nothingtoseeexceptwaifus]

@@justarandommalayboi8231 pretty sure that there's some famous generals around China in early Second Sino-Japanese War as it's the earliest war of WW2 happening before all major world powers got involved, they're probably there to observe and learn experiences just like Zhukov in Khalkin Gol (although in that case he's actually involved and not just touring around)

[@PerryKobalt]

Ah yes the **"800 Army Movie"**

[@Lupinthe3rd.]

to give you a perspective of how bloody the battle of Stalingrad was the axis forces suffered 747,300-868,374 combat casualties while the Russians had 1,129,619 casualties all during five months, one week, and three days of fighting. this is what makes the story of Pavlov's house plausible.

[@joemamaobama6863]

keep in mind casualties include kia mia wia

[@ArtjomKoslow]

That´s nothing compared to the completly overlooked Rshew-Bulge. It´s original Usage was for a Flanking Attack on Moscow but that was never realised. Nonetheless the Red Army threw Troops at it like crazy against well-entrenched and battle-hardened German Units. Red Army Soldiers layed there 6 Feet high as they attacked the same Spot over and over again.

[@MrPaxio]

@@joemamaobama6863 yah causalities. prob guys stubbing their toes so they didnt have to fight. you also read the medal of honor is the highest award they give anyone. but most of people that got it received it from jumping off a ship to save someone whos drowning, not even in combat. that used to be the loophole/meta for the medal of honor, but things get patched with new updates now. imagine getting the medal of honor for being the life guard at the pool of your platoon, TWICE! xD wonder how many new fake awards they came up with these days for all the snowflakes and lgbt-bbq party of the military nowadays.

[@benhood5492]

More people died in this battle than in the entire American Civil War

[@RomanvonUngernSternbergnrmfvus]

I think body to time only the American island hopping got bloodier.

[@grimtea1715]

I remember this. Possibly the most difficult mission In all of COD. RIP Jacob Pavlov and all other heroes

[@sxuy6869]

These bots so weird lol

[@lsgmatt9817]

@@sxuy6869 so Weird I really saw this while looking for how to wash my dog

[@rewardunkind4541]

The Soviet missions in that first cod game was the most hardest ever like you literally get no reinforcements like you do in the normal missions

[@WhatHappenedIn-vt3vq]

@@sxuy6869 That one is a troll not a bot

[@critiqalerror]

@@WhatHappenedIn-vt3vq They are the same picture

[@DavidMarcus1525]

I remember this building, I've seen this in the original call of duty mission. The history of it was very different from the game itself, thanks simple history for this lesson.

[@rinoz47]

Memories.

[@mushroom11g55]

Alot of things in history are different than what you were taught

[@silverhawkscape2677]

The 1st Call of Duty. Memories.

[@MACTEP-il1eu]

Never take history lessons from call of duty unless it's WaW. Infact don't play any cod except for WaW

[@Endru85x]

@@MACTEP-il1eu I prefer Cod 2 and Cod 4, but yeah, video games are not a source of proper knowledge.

[@Mmjk_12]

Its crazy that in the battle of Stalingrad alone, the germans alone lost more soldiers than the UK and US combined in the whole war...

[@joeywheelerii9136]

Well good on the UK and U.S for not getting all their young men killed or crippled.

[@bubliverman8007]

Nooo they didn't there were more loses on the Russians side in the battle of stalingrad alone. Unless I'm misunderstanding what you are saying

[@itzfreyy532]

@@bubliverman8007 he said tha German lost more soldiers in Stalingrad than the us and uk did during the whole war

[@bubliverman8007]

@@itzfreyy532 your right

[@Tutel9528]

And Soviets lost even more.Crazy.

[@adman1381]

The Germans called it “The Fortress” The Russians simply called it “Pavlov’s House”

[@franceboy7476]

and?

[@jaredjosephsongheng372]

Ah yes Pavlov's House. Just Normal House. Not A Fortress. Just a Normal House.

[@Elsa-zk8kg]

@@franceboy7476 why u so mad

[@franceboy7476]

@@Elsa-zk8kg I am not

[@user-zk5ku2od4l]

Soviets

[@rifroll1117]

The Germans lost more people trying to take this house than they did while capturing Paris lol

[@FIVEBASKET]

Humm i don't if this true or not

[@GIBBO4182]

That’ll be the French surrendering again 🤣

[@micahistory]

says a lot about france

[@MsNIKON1995]

@@FIVEBASKET This is really not a joke, but a fact

[@Interdictiondeltawing]

A very true story

[@Raxer_th]

I still remember one mission in the oriiginal CoD that set in this building. Very action packed mission.

[@kapsyvoneisenberg8735]

yes, but as far as I can remember we had to destroy it with explosives planted on the main supports, or you are talking an another one.

[@AiRPasternak]

@@kapsyvoneisenberg8735 The first call of duty ever had this mission. You were supposed to defend this exact house from multiple German attacks including tanks, the mission ended when reinforcements arrived.

[@bananaboy2012]

@@kapsyvoneisenberg8735 what you are talking about is one of the early missions from CoD 2 , Pavlov's house was in CoD 1

[@cameronnewton7053]

yeah, i always struggled trying to find the anti tank rifles while trying not to die from sneaky Germans who found their way in.

[@g3tshotheett]

Cod2 baby

[@smoggless]

Just defended Pavlov’s house in HLL as a Soviet. This video is perfect timing.

[@banguseater]

love defending that house in offensive while being arty. so much fun lol

[@verosotelo2764]

I love those tall apartments around that area so good with mg42

[@Trgn]

Bruh meanwhile I love sneaking into it with smg to hunt for sniper rats.

[@firepiratedude1724]

I once got kicked from that map because I was a sniper and hit pretty much all of my shots. had over 90 infantry kills as a soviet sniper before getting yoinked

[@kennet7837]

Pavlov's House is also a featured map in Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad.

[@sammyiscool]

Imagine being the owner of the house and you see a bunch of germans near your house and just saying "Get out of my property!"

[@ottovonbismarck1352]

One does not simply own a house within the Soviet Union. We own the house.

[@sammyiscool]

@@ottovonbismarck1352 OUR House

[@jaredjosephsongheng372]

@@sammyiscool Yes. OUR HOUSE. AND OUR COUNTRY. AND OUR WORLD.

[@jamesmortimer4016]

@@ottovonbismarck1352 So technically speaking every defender was the owner

[@user-co3uc8vt7e]

@@jaredjosephsongheng372 Now this is something Hitler's lapdogs surely needed to hear.

[@thunderbird7020]

Fun fact. The battle of Stalingrad was the single most bloody battle in human history.

[@vtv0109]

my grandfather was a soldier and fought in Stalingrad

[@legendaryfrolox6285]

@@vtv0109 don't mean to be an a hole or any disrespect but did he live? Because I'm sure there were almost 2 million casualties during that single battle

[@vtv0109]

@@legendaryfrolox6285 Yes, he died in the 90s

[@legendaryfrolox6285]

@@vtv0109 ok good that's good. Not good in him being dead but at least he lived afterwards with family. That's a nice way to go after all the terror and fear you could have experienced in that war

[@WhatHappenedIn-vt3vq]

@@vtv0109 I really wanna drop a WW2 joke but I can't come up with one in good taste. That's interesting because there was alor of deaths in that battle, but it's kinda funny because of how monumental the battle was

[@TANMAY_RMLIMS]

Saving this house was one of the most difficult mission in Call of duty 1

[@RebelWvlf]

ayooo, OG CoD is the best!

[@anonkni8]

Ah ha!

[@onekill31]

From taking the house to defending it from the Gernans, it's all mess on this mission.

[@g3tshotheett]

I believe the mission was in CoD2 too

[@Trgn]

Man CoD 1 was legendary and till this day still the best Cod's singleplayer.

[@Momotarou0311]

My great grandpa might've been there. I don't know that much about him, but I know that he was an Engineer in the Wehrmacht, was on the eastern front and got captured in Stalingrad. He was sent to Gulag and survived by translating german tank/machine manuals into russian to help their war effort. He made it back to germany many years later. Honestly he is one of the bravest people I know and an unsung hero for the CCCP

[@averagejoe8358]

"Don't know much about him"

[@user-tc6jg3hx9v]

survived....to be honest, it's strange because usually everyone was killed in a row and engineers were drowned in oil.......... joke don 't be fooled by any nonsense we treat prisoners normally from childhood they teach friendship )

[@rc5924]

Lol such bs

[@averagejoe8358]

@@rc5924 Innit, "my great grandfather" has got to be the most fuckin overused phrase on KZbin

[@strakhovandrri]

Celebrating Wehrmacht soldiers is a strange idea. Like, "Thanks for not killing one of 28 000 000 people"?

[@searaider3340]

Red Orchestra 2 Heroes of Stalingrad portrayed this skirmish very well. Memories of screaming soldiers and blood still haunts me.

[@micman96]

Pavlov's House, one of the greatest last stand in history mostly unknow

[@stevenlyngdoh2819]

Then you should also check Defense of Sihang Warehouse.

[@ddarkon1223]

Modern day 300

[@micman96]

@@stevenlyngdoh2819 Saw the movie 800 heroes and inform about it. SH have to do a video about it

[@micman96]

@@ddarkon1223 Kinda but yes

[@pini1076]

It was not a great last stand??

[@Trgn]

Never forget 1.4 million, mainly women and children, died due to starvation and bombardment of Stalingrad. One of the most gruesome humanitarian crisis of WW2.

[@tomhenry897]

Because Stalin wouldn’t let them leave

[@ferrante12345]

A bit difficult, given that the population was lower than 500k. You are counting red army+Wehrmacht casualties together (or maybe confusingn with Leningrad?). Not evacuating the civilians is also disputed, since there were orders since mid August for doing so, and population at the moment of the city invasion seems to be around 100k. About 40k were taken as slaves by the Germans, with some more 10k being evacuated by the soviets during the fight.

[@ethanedwards422]

@@tomhenry897 It's sad, but it is very hard to evacuate civilians across a river in a active war zone. There was no way the Soviets could spare the soldiers to oversee the evacuation of civilians, even the NKVD was involved in direct fighting (thats when you know the defense was getting desperate). Not to mention that there would be no way across the Volga. All the boats, even rowing boats was being constantly used to ferry across soldiers and equipment. losing those boats would increase the likelihood that Stalingrad would fall, a prospect that couldn't be left to chance given the fact the Germans had pushed them all the way to the banks of the Volga at one point. Only when the front had stabilized and troops could be spared were the civilians evacuated, albeit some would remain, whether out of choice or being forgotten by the authorities.

[@c0ya1]

@@ethanedwards422 So it was a classic case of damned if you do, damned if you don't.

[@Kolokommouna]

@@tomhenry897 a correct decision. It helped repel the fascists and that is, by far, the most important thing.

[@BettyHopeMusic]

learned so much from the simple history team... thank you so much for all your work!

[@ArtjomKoslow]

You should watch Tik History´s Video about Pavlovs House instead. The Simple History One is 1:1 Soviet Propaganda.

[@GiorgioChiellini723]

You want a more accurate video and a deep analysis of Pavlov's house? I highly recommend this vid: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eJSQo3mweJtmnrc

[@rosaria8384]

It's fascinating reading stories like these that show how the best perimeter defense can mean victory or defeat, like this one, the Jadotville siege, the Danzig post office incident in 1939, and many other "single target" defenses in history.

[@lucianoosorio5942]

Germany: Lost Stalingrad and ww2 This enraged mustache man’s father, who punished him severely

[@mrxyz8366]

You should better say *The Austrian Painter*

[@ibreathenapalm1718]

Lmaooooo i loved that reference

[@Spalbeert]

Cringe

[@ace74909]

And pleased the other mustache man

[@squashman8993]

Germans: *invading Russia Pavlov: "GET. OFF. MY. LAWN."

[@You-zo3in]

I can’t believe that Pavlov's House lasted more longer than the Battle of France

[@outlawfrom1899]

Ah, the memories are flooding back! I remember this mission in Call Of Duty 2003, oooh it definitely was pretty challenging but even more fun!! God I love those games.. The timeless classics.

[@valeriejames4675]

General von Paulus and his whole 6th army: "it's just one house. How hard can it be?" Pavlov and the boys: *heavy Slavic breathing*

[@Justin-cw7zf]

The house that lasted longer than france

[@GiorgioChiellini723]

The Germans couldve taken it easily if they cared about it Want an accurate video on pavlov's house? kzbin.info/www/bejne/eJSQo3mweJtmnrc

[@jaredjosephsongheng372]

France Flag after the Germans invaded them 🏳️🏳️🏳️🏳️

[@J8DENTHECANADIAN]

I’ve seen Yeah KZbin series reenacting this and honestly it’s amazing

[@seanmullen4003]

I loved this mission in the original Call of Duty, you could find a straight weapon that looked like a Mauser Kar98K, but it functioned like a semi automatic, I think was supposed to be a G41-M

[@Endru85x]

There was no weapon like this in Cod, but in united offensive expansion ( German G43 and Russian SVT 40 ).

[@seanmullen4003]

@@Endru85x there was, in a way, some of the Kar98Ks inside of Pavlov's House would fire and play the SOUND of the bolt cycling, without the the animation. So you're technically correct, but I was saying that the G41-M specifically is FUNCTIONALLY in the original Call of Duty

[@Endru85x]

@@seanmullen4003 Ok, i got it now, thanks :)

[@redrocket604]

The animations are getting better and better, keep it up! 👍🏼

[@izhankhan7263]

"Anti tank rifles ready!! " " machine guns? " "Machine guns ready!! " " get ready comrades!! "

[@Endru85x]

'Pvt. Kovalienko, as the fastest man here, you will be the bait"

[@alvinquion4433]

"If I Dont Do It I Will Kill You My Self" They Said 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@thewafflegamer6152]

*shows the wrath of communism*

[@eldridgedavis]

The realism portrayed in these animations is amazing...

[@ives3572]

"The siege of September 13, 1942 to January 31, 1943 will inspire forever the hearts of all free people. Their glorious victory stemmed the tide of invasion and marked the turning point in the war of the Allied nations against the forces of aggression." - Franklin D. Roosevelt, congratulating Joseph Stalin on the soviet Victory at Stalingrad, 1944

[@veers2883]

Well funny when he was talking about ''free people'' since Stalingrad was fight between two worst totalitarian regimes in XX century and who were fighting who will rule milions of slaves in conquered nations of Europe. But of course Roosvelt was a commie lover who wanted to think that there is no difference between communism and democrats in his country :).

[@AshfaqurBF]

I remember, I used to play this map named "Pavlov's house" in FHSW mod back in October, 2020. Great memories.

[@MrToasterWaffles]

What is FHSW mod?

[@AshfaqurBF]

​@@MrToasterWaffles It's a mod of Battlefield 1942 game

[@MrToasterWaffles]

@@AshfaqurBF Ah I see, thanks for clarifying

[@crosshairkaz]

The sheer nostalgia 🤌💯💯

[@gatetis]

Luckely the unic fhsw woman has leaved

[@calthepeacelovingclover5935]

German Invaders: "Come on bro! Its got bomb holes in it and everything! Let us have it!" Red Army: *"Its free real estate"* *Cue National anthem on full earblast*

[@reimuhakurei2123]

More holes means more windows to shoot out from lol

[@lukasbauer586]

Please cover the Battle of Sihang Warehouse in 1937 where a similar battle of Defense like Palov’s House where it took place in Shanghai where 400+ Chinese Nationalist soldiers called “The 800 heroes” defended the warehouse against multiple waves of Japanese attacks for 3 months buying time for the NRA to redeploy and retreat into favourable defensive positions in China.

[@virgiljianu7166]

This gives me Red Orchestra 2 flashbacks. I really think that the game had one of, if not the best portrayal of urban warfare during WW2 in gaming.

[@Thomas-rl9xd]

Please do a video on the battle of Delville wood. As a South African it would be truly amazing to see our troops remembered on this channel. Thank you..

[@Yorker1998]

I remember playing this mission on CoD 1 and it truly was the hardest mission on there.

[@kristinarain9098]

There's a video examining the reasons behind it being Pavlov's house even though Pavlov was a mere Sargeant I was also told he was wounded and shifted away but his men were there still and they named it Pavlov's house even though Pavlov wasn't even around. It was really because of the actions regarding the first day they occupied the structure and it became a contested area along the contact line

[@zacharygarnsey3990]

works cant describe thow much I love this channel. history is so freaking interesting

[@exiledadrian103]

Pavlov: My house! Soviets *our* house! Germans: we’re taking that house Pavlov and Soviets: off the lawn!

[@VideoClam]

Great work as always, Simple History!

[@CringeGott]

The animations improved even more, good job!

[@arober9758]

Very good job fellows!! Congratulations. I remember this building, I've seen this in the original call of duty mission. The history of it was very different from the game itself, thanks simple history for this lesson.

[@jon9021]

NKVD “a Soviet law enforcement agency”…wow, that’s being a bit generous!

[@eldridgedavis]

Right lol 😆🤣

[@marinlukacek7821]

Beacuse it is its secret police

[@PyromaN93]

@@marinlukacek7821 it isn't secret police by the time. Untill 1946 it was combined police, border guard, counterintelligence and intellience

[@user-pm3wk6lw6m]

@@marinlukacek7821 its so secret everybody knew about it lol its more like special service

[@abhijeetmohapatra8570]

I can remember Pavlov's house mission from first call of duty(2003)

[@Kenny-vf8tm]

thank you for the great dedication4

[@djphlange]

the animation is getting pretty damn good , guys ! keep it up!

[@thegreatorenge]

Love the vids! You guys deserve a lot

[@TayloresFish]

idk man these stories of patriotism and bravery are always so cool, no matter what side you're on, its truly inspiring to know these man fought so hard for their families and comrades

[@bosnianmenace4300]

The animation quality is evolving and i love it

[@wattsnottaken1]

What an amazing true story. These kind of videos are great.

[@TheCoolTank]

From the roof of the house, they could shoot at the top of the tank, the weakest point of the tank. Proceeds to shoot the thickest part of the tank. 7:38

[@jeffreyb8770]

I wonder how the Germans didn't think to make a rubble pile that their tanks could climb halfway up and shoot at the top of the building? I guess you had to be there.

[@jaredjosephsongheng372]

@@jeffreyb8770 Ah yes try and make a rubber pile whilst your getting shot at. Totally Easy and not Impossible at all

[@crumply5959]

Imagine owning an apartment room so important that hundreds of people would die for it.

[@oliversherman2414]

I love your channel keep up the great stuff

[@Dylon1981]

This was a mission in call of duty game. I will never forget it. Had to defend the building from attacks coming in all directions

[@Interdictiondeltawing]

I loved how the Germans failed to get rid of some resistance in some house in German occupied Stalingrad lol

[@ArtjomKoslow]

They didn´t. They just didn´t had the Intention to take it as they were busy at the Factory District. Pavlovs House was in an Area the Germans considered "safe". Very little Presence of Troops there so they throw in a Recon Mission or smaller Attack in there but nothing in the Scale of Pavlovs Fairytales.

[@derpcommuneyoutube1693]

@David Nguyen bro broke the bot

[@CoIdHeat]

I rather wonder - if that story is actually true - why they didn’t just destroy the house with artillery entirely.

[@clushdelga4831]

@@CoIdHeat the Germans wanted to capture it for its strategic position, not wipe it out

[@ethanedwards422]

@@CoIdHeat they needed it as it overlooked quite a lot of Stalingrad, useful for artillery observers, and quite possibly the tipping point of the battle for the Germans. The second is the fact that the Germans had already stopped producing artillery shells. Hitler had ordered that artillery shells weren't to be produced anymore, as he believed that Stalingrad had already fallen, and that the Soviets would surely capitulate to him afterwards. As we know, the Soviets did hold on, and pushed back hard later on.

[@ChrisCrossFilms.]

Pavlov's House: Call Of Duty United Offensive hehe beat it on veteran difficulty. All you have to do is go to the edge of the 4th story of the house and wait in a prone position until the 10 minutes are up. Was actually the easiest mission in the whole game because of this lol

[@LichsuhoathinhDrabattle]

I hope there will be more videos about world history and Vietnam. Thank you team, every video is good

[@sctm81]

Omg, I loved the twist at the end. Reminds me of the movie hero!

[@MatthewSmith-to1hz]

Next video: Douglas Monroe, first and only Coast Guardsman to be awarded the medal of honor

[@shaneleskinen2111]

Oh heck yeah. For those who don’t know there’s an awesome movie about this exact moment.

[@jessesmith6824]

What's it called?

[@hafizihilmibinabdulhalim1004]

@@jessesmith6824 Maybe Stalingrad 2013 which is a Russian movie

[@user-tc6jg3hx9v]

@@hafizihilmibinabdulhalim1004 this is an absolutely terrible film that slanders its defenders

[@bizarre_stories]

Amazing content! 🥰

[@dayton2vx]

This was proper Good 🔥

[@KiloMafia9]

The COD mission!! Loved this

[@Endru85x]

I remember hiding myself in a bath and shooting germans with their weapons when PPSH ran out of ammo, great memories :)

[@cameronnewton7053]

I have herd of this from the CoD1 mission of the same name, the history in real life is certainly different. That mission was crazy, and very difficult.

[@Emperor-Of-Karma]

I recognised the building from a mission in the first call of duty game . Its one of the toughest missions

[@wilhelmii4185]

Danke!

[@Simplehistory]

thanks !

[@Dzok1]

Only OG's will know that this was a part of mission from call of duty 1.

[@receivingend2337]

This incident reminds me of the time when 800 Chinese soldiers hold out against waves and waves of Japanese attacks in a warehouse during the Battle of Shanghai.

[@titashbaidya5952]

Call of Duty 1st game, had a mission. Wonderful!! One of the toughest

[@Alex.Shalda]

Thank you

[@alemangab2847]

Good video, could you make a video about the 28 Panfilov’s men?

[@aldwinflores7029]

I remember playing this on COD2. While using the machine gun defending the building, you’ll here the russian soldiers shouting “this is for my mama, my papa” and there’s even one soldier shouting “this is for my dog you have slained” something like that.

[@alanmathew9055]

That was a different building entirely.

[@norwigwn6379]

Bro love y vids

[@bigflip3714]

Great vid

[@gotohyoshihisa3971]

Soviets: *"You, shall not, PASS!"*

[@berlin_actual]

This is basically the Soviet version of the defence of Sihang Warehouse, which, speaking of that, maybe you could do a documentary on it?

[@mirotzka1104]

I remember this in CoD and Red orchestra, which by the way was very well oriented as it was in reality and its difficulty looked very difficult as in reality

[@nastadog35]

Pavlov's house is my favorite story, I always liked it

[@user-cq9xg2nx4d]

Afanasiev was wounded imidiately after the building was captured, also there was two nearby houses, one still stands cripled as monument. Also never heard about tanks in the battle. Altgough it wasn't at main path of German assualt, it was a crucial observation point and defence line in case of shifting of the front, as well as it covered one of the established river crossing routes.

[@boerekable]

Nobody really knows what really happened there. It Is in wide party of myth.

[@karantikoo9302]

@@boerekable there are aerial pics from ww2 planes which show concentration of german troops near pavlov's house

[@davidshastitko5623]

When the Soviets hide from the bombers, and moved to defend the building, it was because they learned from the Germans Blitzkrieg, and that they would attack right after bombings.

[@SlickDiecast]

The outro is so cool!

[@frogman4700]

my grandpa was born in pavlov's house in 1946 right after the war was over

[@sisyphusvasilias3943]

Thank you for saying "Soviets" and referring to the diversity of nationalities in the USSR/Red Army. "Russians" is not interchangable with "Soviets"

[@TK--ch9jl]

I hear just the name stalingrad and i get full body goosebumps

[@udonanami8259]

Aaah call of duty 1 mission, nostalgic moment

[@emmanueldavis1872]

That's a force to be reckoned with.

[@modernxenophon1582]

About the quote in 8:33, on the Germans losing more men fighting for Pavlov's House than in the capture of Paris. This is one of those "facts" that are *technically* true, but really misleading. During the German invasion of France, the French didn't want the Germans to destroy Paris by aerial bombing. This happened before in other major European cities, most notably Warsaw and Rotterdam. As a result, the French positioned their defenses only on the approaches to Paris, and when those failed, they declared Paris an open city, and gave it up without any further fighting. So technically yes, the Germans lost very few, if any, men entering Paris. But they did suffer losses in the fighting outside Paris.

[@ReikerForge]

@Impostor History It can be true and still cherry picking More germans died in *Insert random village in Poland with a population of 2000* than taking Paris, because you don't usually lose troops when the enemy surrenders first

[@pini1076]

Too many people Fall for the Soviet narrative propaganda. Just read the comment section. “Wooow a House in Stalingrad vs Paris”. Bruh.

[@Dylan-pj7rv]

People just forget that Germany lost 150.000 dead and wounded in the invasion of France

[@spidermonkeynuts3851]

bunch of cowards

[@tommyfortress7515]

That mission in Cod on hard was really annoying and took me many lives to win

[@andreistoica2470]

Even on Easy

[@CaptainLegionary]

This is giving me flashbacks of that warehouse during the battle of Shanghai

[@mycryptojourney69]

house that lasted longer that a whole nations man thats just insane

[@proudamerican3595]

Colombians defend Pablo's house Russians defend pavlov's house

[@afrikasmith1049]

Thanks, Simple History. Can you guys do a video on the Russian Female soldiers like Tanya Baramzina and Lubya Makarova someday?

[@roymartin500]

The more information that comes out about WW2; the better.

[@esochibuike8477]

2:43 this gives me call of duty 1 vibes. 💜 It's been years since I played it.

[@MazdaMiataMX-]

the soviets really were quite good at driving out/holding off larger forces

[@comradeconnolly4538]

Whenever western historians report on the battles of the Soviet Union, they always act skeptical like the events didn’t happen. But then they’ll report on the craziest tales from British and American soldiers as if they’re absolute truth. It’s a big double standard.

[@Juan-qu4oj]

You failed to provide examples. But the Soviets would do that all the time so it makes sense. The USSR would make sure to avoid taking picture of American lens lease vehicles to undermine their importance.

[@seikatsuragi7237]

Both are true, the difference being that the countries that compromised the Allied forces still put a lot of doubt on the Soviet effort and are still reproducing the same harmful myths of the Soviet army even 60 years later. @@Juan-qu4oj

[@176SelfridgeCompositeSquadron]

Yes, amazing!

[@176SelfridgeCompositeSquadron]

Also this was the 220th comment