Stalin: Britain's Unlikely Hero Of World War Two? | 1941 & The Man Of Steel | Timeline

Presented by Professor David Reynolds. Historian Professor David Reynolds reassesses Stalin’s role in the life and death struggle between Germany and Russia in World War Two, which he argues was ultimately more critical for British survival than ‘Our Finest Hour’ in the Battle of Britain itself.
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[@jer5845]

“History is a set of lies agreed upon.” ― Napoleon Bonaparte

[@peace-now]

Some history is true. Jesus died on the cross and rose again after three days.

[@jer5845]

@@peace-now ok then, others born again, or back from the dead; Krishna, Odin, Ganesha, Osiris, and many others...

[@stuartmenziesfarrant]

No its not.

[@peace-now]

@@jer5845 True.

[@sanjaypathak287]

And napoleon never agreed to anything still he has a place in world history

[@vicostea]

The statement that Napoleon used the French Revolution to jump from corporal to emperor in grossly inaccurate. First, Napoleon newer was a corporal. His fist grade was lieutenant and by the time the French Revolution came to be he was already a captain. Second, when he become emperor the French Revolution was over for over five years.

[@user-bo8eq7ki5w]

Napoleon ended the Republic of "18 Brumaire" by Breaking up the Parliament and assuming dictatorial powers.

[@Davidmuratore1]

@@user-bo8eq7ki5w You are mistaken Napoleon with his nephew Napoleon the third... That was 70 years later and it what brillantly Marx explains in the 18 Brumario.

[@user-bo8eq7ki5w]

@@Davidmuratore1 I apologize, but I was referring to the real 18 Brumaire of 1799 by Napoleon Bonaparte #1 . Of course, there is such a work by Karl Marx "18 Brumaire" by Louis Napoleon. But in this case we are talking about the first Napoleon. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coup_of_18_Brumaire

[@Davidmuratore1]

@@user-bo8eq7ki5w Blimey! You are right... I was referring to the part of "the farce of the history".

[@bubbaakatommyoso4119]

Indeed

[@MyDogmatix]

The writing on this show with this particular narrator is fantastic. What a difference good writing is with documentaries. This is history. Any other show uses essentially the same back drop, but these shows are superior to a lot of others. Well done.

[@monton54]

W

[@miguelmarquez3302]

1

[@BaliesStories]

Stalin never had a “breakdown”. The Kremlin logbooks, made available since the opening of the Soviet archives, confirm that Stalin worked full time from the start of Operation Barbarossa.

[@e.s.6275]

Yet he disappeared in the first days of the operation. It was Molotov who addressed the nation on the radio about the war. It should have been Stalin, of course.

[@thearbiter3351]

@@e.s.6275 yes bc he was shocked and he went to his mansion

[@thearbiter3351]

@Balies's Stories • he never said that stalin had a breakdown. He said that he BELIEVED that Stalin was on the brink of having a mental breakdown

[@GuinessOriginal]

The records will probably show that Boris Johnson didn't disappear for two weeks at the start of covid when half the country was flooded because he found out his missus was pregnant and was desperately trying to get her to have a secret abortion so he could avoid marrying her but we all know he did

[@ryangibson2831]

@@GuinessOriginal Who cares, he was still vital to defeating the Naxis.

[@MrBITS101]

16:24 a big factor which decided Hitler's decision to attack Russia was the poor performance by Russia in their war against Finland.

[@teemukustila]

Yeah, kind of an oversight to not even mention this in the document..

[@robertbennett9949]

The Germans did not seem to have been aware of the defeat of the Japanese in 1938 at Kalkin Gol.

[@wolverine67044]

and I thought it was the huge build up of red army forces on the border with huge stockpiles of supplies. Not too smart if you were only concerned with defense.

[@ant7936]

And he might have succeeded, if he hadn't been delayed a month, by Crete.

[@mikefiford578]

Lol! in the opening remarks, I thought our host was describing Churchill))

[@feargach2107]

It's a pity the introduction was a lie.

[@Kurwajegomac]

@@feargach2107 please tell us the truth sir.

[@peezebeuponyou3774]

That was the idea...

[@adamhbrennan]

Churchill was born into wealth, no?

[@joselugo4536]

😧Bengal famine?

[@kindnessfirst9670]

Amazing how many people mistakenly believe he was Russian.

[@Ktaurus26]

Well he changed his name from a Georgian name to Russian. Most people identify the USSR as Russian only.

[@kindnessfirst9670]

@D B Then Gandhi was wasn't Indian and millions of people in Hong Kong aren't Chinese because they were born in the British Empire.

[@kindnessfirst9670]

@D B His name was Georgian, his parents were Georgian and his name was Georgian. He was Georgian born in the Russian empire and became leader of the USSR.

[@kindnessfirst9670]

@D B Speaking of "confuse"- African is not a race and Africa is not a country.

[@ditodanelia1215]

right he was georgian and people don't know muck about georgia and people think that soviet union was only russia also in fact even beria wasn't russian and he was georgian and only 60% of soviet union population were russians

[@dxrebel]

Correction: Molotov refrained fom voting on hiw wife's arrest, marking the only time the Politburo did not vote unanimously

[@osamabinladen824]

Why

[@thearbiter3351]

@@osamabinladen824 because you blew yourself up

[@osamabinladen824]

@@thearbiter3351 No

[@DarkKnight-wf3po]

@@osamabinladen824 because its his wife

[@DevrimciOkul]

This documentary is full of historical mistakes and manipulations. Anyone who is expert on the Soviet history would realize this.

[@m.a.118]

Not inaccurate- However, I'm always surprised how the Brits gloss over one thing that did save their skin in WWII... I'd argue Britain's colonies/dominions is what propped them up. They'd have 25% less pilots in the Battle of Britain, the U-Boat threat would have been MUCH worse with no Canadian Merchant Marine/RCN, the economic roles of Africa/Middle Eastern holdings, South Africa's role in the early African campaign, Indian manpower, Australian presence in the Pacific... The British really owe *A LOT* to their former empire for their freedom.

[@je6874]

Exactly! Britain would be nothing without it’s empire and this applied even before WW2... it’s a shame that the commonwealth nations/colonies aren’t given as much light as they truly deserve.

[@TheIceman567]

J E are you British? Do you like the USA and Americans?

[@RisusShorts]

dont forget they stole indiand food and killed million of Indians

[@je6874]

TheIceman567 I’m British and proud but that doesn’t mean I can’t acknowledge the pitfalls. Do I smell an ad hominem argument from you?

[@TheIceman567]

J E awww no , I was asking if you’re british and like the USA. My fiancé is English and I love the UK. We’re having twins in December. 🇬🇧🤝🇺🇸

[@whiterider1414]

I do not agree with Mr. Reynold's particular perspective on Churchill and Stalin specifically, but I certainly do enjoy his passionate and unique interpretation of the leaders and their handling of the events of the Times. Mr. Reynold's enthusiasm perks my interest to study this content more closely! Love it!

[@andreasandre4756]

"Better late than never".....

[@lololomo5484]

Perks you right up, eh? It piques my interest. I guess I'm different.

[@Soviet0005]

11.19: Actually Tukhachevsky was one of the leading proponents of Deep Operations (the development of Special Forces) to operate behind enemy lines and he realised earlier than the West the advantages of ballistic missiles.

[@jamescarel5520]

Staline didn’t care to look good or make mistakes and certainly couldn’t afford the luxuries of the west.that gave him a sharp edge over the rest.

[@bazooka712]

He also didn't care to throw more people at the problem.. statistics.

[@mathiascorvin9989]

There are some inaccuracies. Napoleon was a second lieutenant and not a corporal at the beginning of his carrier. Molotov abstained from voting when his wife was condemned.

[@johnblythe5021]

absolutly .correct a corsican who was not prepare to put up with frenc and english domination

[@johnblythe5021]

Frences

[@kdfulton3152]

mathias corvin It’s “career” not carrier but otherwise correct.

[@mikelynch7271]

Ty for clearing that up

[@niccolopaganini4268]

Wasn't he a captain or major during his first famous battles?

[@MiKeMiDNiTe-77]

1941 was a very dark year for all the allies.

[@Hans8814---]

@Karl Hanks what

[@kiwitrainguy]

@Karl Hanks In what way was it racist? Is it because the German Europeans were in the ascendancy over the British and Soviet Europeans?

[@Tiger_III]

sadly not dark enough

[@thorthegodofthunder9150]

@@Tiger_III Yeah certainly not as dark as it is for you.

[@bahahaba]

1941 was the darkest year for the allies however it was her most important and crucial for the years to follow

[@callumbyrne3692]

I've seen a few documentaries from this guy and I just love the passion he puts into them. Another guy I really like is David Starkey.

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[@tonvanderzalm4612]

Very interesting, I am very fascinated by these kinds of documentaries 👍👍👍

[@jamesdennis9949]

be even better if they were ture lol

[@josron6088]

I remember them interviewing a woman who live through the Stalinist regime. She said when he died she cried as bad as it was she thought I was about to get even worse.

[@elhombredeoro955]

Russia always changes for the worse.

[@agul6287]

The majority simple people of Russia like Stalin

[@user-oe2cc3tc5t]

She cried just as millions did because Stalin was a great leader who cared about his nation.

[@josron6088]

@@user-oe2cc3tc5t I'm in American.

[@josron6088]

@@user-oe2cc3tc5t I'm a American. And I understand British and American propaganda but did Stalin kill 25 million of his own people ?

[@atlantisboliviaorg]

10.50. Napoleon Bonaparte never "Jumped from Corporal to Emperor". He was never a corporal but "Upon graduating (from military academy") in September 1785, Bonaparte was commissioned a second lieutenant in La Fère artillery regiment."

[@scottleft3672]

I'm no fan of Napoleon, but i don't make up lies about him, far to many myths are used as insult as it is....it is the very opposite of historical study.

[@mecho68]

Always a pleasure to watch such documentaries , thank you .Please keep them coming .

[@capisenior]

I gotta respect the fact that he applied order 270 to his own son and his daughter-in-law. At least he was a honest tyrant.

[@alexeyamosov664]

Yeah, that’s true. I am pretty sure that he did this for the future of his people. Post-revolution period is always the darkest time in any countries’ histories.

[@jglammi]

@@alexeyamosov664 Stalin supported Hitler's attack on the UK and supplied material, raw materials in order to advance Hitler's attack on the UK

[@alexeyamosov664]

@@jglammi okay, but what about Czechoslovakia? The only country supported it was USSR, but Poland didn’t let soviet troops to go trough for help and France and UK betrayed them. So every single country tried to make profit of Germany. And yeah, continuation of trade was necessary because Stalin’s repressions completely destroyed its organization and fighting efficiency. So yeah, it was necessary, but only because of that.

[@bluesy666]

@@jglammi so what , UK was not a saint more than that , the english empire is built on war crimes , winners write history

[@vallecend6855]

True, even if Stalin is someone who would do anything for power, at least he played fair and didn't exempt X and Y just because they're family or friends. In that regard, he's way better than even the "democratic" (a.k.a 99% corrupt and unfair) leaders of the world.

[@charlesarmstrong5292]

Utterly fails to make the point to which the title alludes.

[@lukebissaker630]

I mean the first few sentences says in *1941* after which the Germans had already given up on operation sea lion to invade Britain. Therefore the entire documentary is pointless.

[@Diwana71]

It's just a British propoganda documentary. The Brits did nothing in the war except run away and try and save their colonial empire. Even that they coukd not do at the end of the war and became a colony of America and then the EU. .

[@imcustomized]

@@Diwana71 Don't know squat, do ya?

[@benjaminhaslam3152]

@@Diwana71 So breaking the enigma, the Royal Navy, the African Campaign, half of D-Day and the bombing campaign of Germany was just...? What?

[@oldfella3919]

@ Jaspal Singh Sindharh Being a bit of a troll are we? To paraphrase imcusto .... you know diddly squat.

[@kaseybrown7664]

Right at the start: "Britain likes to think their survival came from their finest hour" -- you already lost me with that kind of smug condescending frame and tone. Everyone in that war fought their best. Britain in particular was one of the only allies to declare war out of a sense of obligation, rather than as a response to being attacked, and was also the last and final one out from the war. Their "finest hour" was exactly that, and "never before in history have so many owed so much to so few". If you're going to start off downplaying this in the first 2 minutes of video then I have a bad feeling about the rest from this point on.

[@mariarice4916]

couldnt agree more..the battle of britain was highly significant in hitlers decision to turn east. The english channel also helped somewhat. The contributions of the commonwealth/empire are never under-estimated in britain....nor the numbers of foreign pilots who helped greatly to defeat the german airforce in 1940.

[@nicolemaddison2945]

What about Australia, NZ and all the other commonwealth countries. I do believe we Aussies May have been the last to go home. We joined Britain and it was a long way from us.

[@kindnessfirst9670]

@@mariarice4916 More than somewhat.

[@kindnessfirst9670]

​@Min Tin Enslaving the world was Hitlers reason. What was he speculating about?

[@Mollineaux]

@@nicolemaddison2945 When people speak of the Battle of Britain I think most remember that there were, as you say, pilots from the Commonwealth, Australia, New Zealand, S Africa, Canada, a few volunteers from the US, unofficially, Free French, Czechs, Poles and others. The Poles played a major role in the B of B (& in other theatres of war, N Africa, Italy, D-Day, Arnhem) yet in the Victory Parade in London in 1946 they were excluded by the Labour Gov't, so concerned were they not to upset the mass murderer 'Uncle Joe' Stalin

[@Qoorky]

Stalin May Be Terrifying and Ridiculously Cruel, But He is Extremely fascinating To Learn About.

[@whatsup6797]

Yes indeed... He kills milions of people more than Hitlers regime did

[@whatsup6797]

@Sam Houston yes

[@RIDE_26]

Yea, very fascinating. Tell me what is so fascinating than about him?

[@FirstLast-cf4uw]

Stalin was a rat who was always scared shitless. He reminds me of Orochi in One Piece 😆

[@TimaDheere]

loved it thnx

[@rupertsibelius7512]

This is a truly wonderful documentary, only 10 minutes of watching and it has fantastically interesting info, the kind history books usually don't hand out. Who can I thank for this, the film commentator superior Professor David Reynolds(5 stars), the british producers and/or filmmakers or simply the greatest free university in the world: AKA KZbin?

[@sadspud5499]

most of the quotes and conversations ect are completely false.

[@stevecosmolove1045]

It gets even better Rupert, check out the university lectures. Yale has a bunch with all kinds of disciplines. KZbin University forever!!

[@timdegraw1784]

Agreed Rupert, you just have to ignore all the poorly informed in the comments section calling the whole thing lies from start to finish

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[@lhaviland8602]

That slow turn and stare in the title card. *Shudders*

[@hurbrowns5397]

I got a feeling the title of the original documentary is different from the one the uploader put.

[@gutzonborglum3654]

Yes, after watching the film the title doesn't match the contents

[@micksherman7709]

A friend of my Dad's told me that on the morning of 22nd June 1941 he was leaving an army camp and just as his jeep reached the barrier he saw someone burst out of the HQ building frantically gesticulating to him. So he turned back and got the news that the Germans had invaded Russia and his reaction was 'THANK GOD!'

[@user-qj5dj5hk1y]

God did not hear him. God sided with Russia.

[@user.0704]

@@user-qj5dj5hk1y god is a fantasy. So "he" sided with nobody.

[@Elmaestrodemusica]

Such a shame you get such rude remarks for an interesting story. I could imagine how happy he was!

[@ehismichael6917]

@@user.0704 You are a fantasy

[@user.0704]

@@ehismichael6917 pathetic try at insulting me 😆

[@MPYarnall]

Stalin had spectacular hair when he was young.

[@andreasandre4756]

With his spectacular gaze he stole banks and later stole a chair and killed half of the country........Poor people were deluded with his spectacular features.....

[@deezeed2817]

He wasn't a man you wanted to cross. He deported my grandmother out of the Soviet Union and she never saw Russia ever again.

[@josephstalin425]

I know

[@jonnysmallback3230]

@light bulb y

[@andreasandre4756]

@War Thunder I had already mentioned it and the crimes that he did after as soon as he stole the chair....

[@jesusisaliveannie3594]

This was excellent! The 'Warlords' series is also superb, well worth checking out.

[@Prosper_Dean]

Do you know if there's a Roosevelt vs. Stalin episode of 'Warlords'? :-( i assumed there was but couldnt find it..

[@jesusisaliveannie3594]

@@Prosper_Dean kzbin.info/www/bejne/oarOhaxjrq6eiZI

[@Prosper_Dean]

@@jesusisaliveannie3594 you absolute rockstar. thank you

[@Prosper_Dean]

@@jesusisaliveannie3594 ty

[@MrDaiseymay]

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[@ianfirth33]

I thought when, the narrator said, "....and he was one of the biggest mass murderers of the 20th century", he was going to say Churchill. Churchill was responsible for 3.5 million indian deaths by neglect in a terreble famine. He callously diverted food away from India, even the home office asked him to explain his callous disregard, to which he wrote, "I haven't killed Ghandi yet".

[@jannatulferdous8846]

The irony is almost all of the leaders during WWII despite which side they belong are mass murderers 🙂 Churchill, Roosevelt , Stalin , Hitlar and later Mao...all killed millions of innocents🙂 still some just called as savior and other enemy of humanity! It's heroic when western countries killed others in the name of humanity and western value but dictatorship or mass murderer for other leaders🙂

[@mattia8327]

Stalin killed more than 22 million of his own people

[@geoffreybentley5619]

Still doesn't compare to Stalin.

[@ant7936]

And we might also judge a man by the friends he chooses, to accomplish his wicked plans.

[@tackywhale5664]

You are either a genuine idiot or an Indian ultranationalist.

[@wr1120]

Professor Reynolds has a great way of presenting and a typical British sense of humour. Rated 9.6/10!

[@kesefang1526]

this narrator guy: u renew my hunger of new found information, strikes me hard with your "fact/research/opinion" hence makes me wanna *BUST* out and learn more:-) thanks for the upload!

[@MrTerence102]

Kese Fang prof. David Reynolds.....fyi

[@thomascassler9494]

yeah ,the truth !

[@respjames590]

Whenever this professor journalist speaks I nervously move to the edge of my chair!

[@e-cuauhtemoc]

Why is that???☻

[@mikelynch7271]

What ? Why ?

[@curtdenson2360]

Stalin at 23 1918 repeatedly raped women and young girls 12 to 15 years old, kind of a Joe Biden lookalike, but hey he too believed Marx had something, just remove the population's weapons then kill all opposition, wonder why Dummocrats want law-abiding citizens guns? Vote Trump-Pence November 3rd, 2020

[@inhibited44]

@FredTheBread Typical response of a base democrat - prejudice and judgemental. as if you have a monopoly on ideas.

[@serpens8]

he has a damn annoying voice

[@tiernanwearen8096]

"never intrupt a enemy while he is making a mistake"

[@marimbadearco]

uh, looks like 3:35 is footage from France: the words on the signs are clearly not in Russian. Oh well....

[@MrGunzoller]

True lies as a normal phenomenon ) Also there is too much 'I think that bla bla bla' in here

[@je6874]

This video didn’t really explain what the title alluded to... disappointing if that was the intention of the makers of the documentary but frustratingly misleading if the channel decided to title it that!

[@osamabinladen824]

Why

[@pcprinciple3774]

Because it's not true. What he means is that most the allied deaths were Russian, a fact taught in British schools to all teenagers.

[@ice843]

Yeh it’s well known in Britain that the Russian sacrifice and destruction of the motherland was unfathomable to us even after what we went through But I was really hoping for a ploy or a plan of some sort between the British and Russians or some great act sad I’m only half way through

[@pcprinciple3774]

@@ice843 it's not coming. He's basically making the argument that if Operation Barbarossa hadn't failed, then Britain would have fallen next. As a Brit I can accept that logic. But l can also counter that if Europe fall to the Nazis then America was next. Let's also not forget about the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact.

[@ice843]

PC Principle I dunno that Britain would’ve fallen even then the royals and goverment would move to Canada and the nazis would then have to face the Americans Canadians and governments navy’s in exile so I don’t know that USA could ever fall not with the brits navy on there side and there ability to build more Maybe some trade war if some sort famines and such potentially they could get America Have to get rid of the British navy tho

[@petert9110]

At the start where he said the invasion of Russian started here you saw remnants of a bridge then in the footage you see what looks like that exact same destroyed bridge as the Germans drove past it at first in color. So first at 3:13 then in B & W at 3:20 it definitely looks like the same blown bridge is still there.

[@TheDeepState2001]

Looks completely different

[@georgiewalker1069]

Just really interesting. Thank you

[@BossDelta38]

Documentary title: "How Stalin Saved Britain" Documentary content: "Britain who?"

[@peace-now]

They mean England.

[@noegiducos5609]

It seems the attack of Germany toward Russia had save Britain from another attack.

[@timdegraw1784]

What a FANTASTIC documentary! Filled with fascinating anecdotes while telling the story in broad strokes alongside film footage from the time, this is a gem of a historical perspective on the tyrant. Loved the host, his flair for drama is much appreciated.

[@Medway1900]

Oh yes it's good but . Who is this tyrant

[@patriceortovent3337]

A sample of world history amongst many. This one with a zest of British flavour and a Christmas pudding decoration on the top. Even Napoleon didn’t escape a titled he never had in the first place except as a familiar name by the troops of Napoleon while in campaign. What is not known or impossible to know is easily filled in with the imagination of the commentator and called history. The real name is human imagination and the human race is extremely good at it.

[@mridulk81]

Can you plz elaborate with an example

[@patriceortovent3337]

An example about what? That millions of things are happening every hour in this so called humanity and we pretend to know about it and if we don't we invent to make it right. Well, let's ask for example to anyone if they remember or known what they were doing precisely at such time of such a year. Hardly would they know, no one could, but let's imagine such person is writing a kind of autobiography years later about what they think they were doing at such a time, such a place. Well, imagination will set in to fill the gaps to make it right. Books on history are full of contradictory statements about the same period under consideration from various archives. Sure, some events were dramatic enough to be recorded one way or the other, yet, nothing can be known with complete objectivity. Subjectivity rules most of the time with humans. History is always written by the winners, not the defeated ones. Indeed what is not known or partially known end up been described through the imagination. Tells of many legends keep circulating and taken for real. Repeat a lie long and loud enough it will become the truth. The greatest majority of humans don't even know themselves, they think they do but they don't and as a result continue to act against there own interests. So, when it was said that such so call documentary is one sample out of many about world history, there is nothing much to argue. This one with British flavour, and a zest of propaganda, like so many. A piece of entertainment no more no less. As for Stalin, the only book with some value regarding his role and position in politics is still the one written by Trotsky, not easy to get a copy of it. There was one in1982 in the public library in Copenhagen, in English. I was able to read it while I was there, no way such book is to be find anywhere these days although nothing is impossible in this world.

[@nordan00]

@@patriceortovent3337 I thought you were in your first post referring to the fact that Napoleon, contrary to the narrator’s claim, had never been a corporal, since his first military rank was that of a second lieutenant posted to an artillery regiment. As for the rest of your posts, I couldn’t make hide nor hair of them!

[@kqm888]

@@nordan00 lol hide nor hair, yeah thats a nice way to put it🤣🤣

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[@7vivec]

Absolutely brilliant narration

[@lklivingstone7801]

Loved this video

[@sirlordhenrymortimer6620]

Young Josef Stalin resemble a lot like Sergio Ramos

[@dengbona4406]

SIR Lord Henry mortimer hala Madrid, thats why Ramos is dominating as well

[@ViralManiaTV]

Ramos has a scumbag mentality - I am a Liverpool supporter ... Could say alot worse about him

[@mehdidavid2342]

@@ViralManiaTV stalin and ramos 2 scumbags

[@G_G_G_G_]

Ramos ain't a midget.

[@thebichocr7659]

Bru....

[@SeanRCope]

Soviets motto: “ then it got worse”

[@scottyfox6376]

Oorahhh Stalino..

[@MsNaplin113]

Lol

[@KZia8]

😂

[@pappachan7267]

Unfortunately history repeated itself 3 years ago in heart of Peking! This Xi declared he would be the life time emperor of China !

[@antoindearg5614]

Ah, a deluded Unionist who thinks the Soviets did Chernobyl deliberately. Jesus Christ almighty. Even before the recent drama (loosely) based on that tragedy came out, some of us who actually study history knew that the Khrushchevite leadership in the USSR cut corners and ignored safety advice when the reactors of their power plants were built, amongst other failures. While I am no fan of that particular Soviet leadership, it's quite clear it was that, rather than a pre-conceived murder plan that led to the accident. The 1956 leadership were culpable, and the ones who came after also can't deny at least partial responsibility, including that great hero of the West, Mikhail Gorbachev, who could have dealt with it, but was too busy introducing liberal reforms to be bothered. Chernobyl was the final nail in the coffin of a great nation, one that deserves to be remembered for the positive contribution it made, rather than it's failures, both real and fantasy.

[@MoreToTheTruthThanMeetsTheEye]

Learned a lot.

[@TheAgProv]

"We have to fight this war, comrades, and our first priority is to save the British!" - Yes. Right.

[@bigstretchdaddy]

You either didn’t watch this or are completely clueless about the war!! What you just wrote is just silly. No he didn’t intentionally save Britain.

[@sarthe_soviet3194]

does not make sense

[@nguyenhoanglong420]

@@bigstretchdaddy YES YES HE DID! BUT BRITIAN EMPIRE FALL APART ANYWAY ! THAT'S WHY STALIN HATRED ON CHURCHILL

[@abhishekrai33]

Stalin's spectacular military blunder crushed nazis and saved Britain.

[@limedickandrew6016]

I think the point is that at this time, 1941-2, both Britain and the Soviet Union needed one another. Both of course had their own unique reasons.

[@jgdooley2003]

Napoleon was commissioned a second lieutenant after graduating from the French Ecole Militaire. He was never a Corporal.

[@johnfrancis2215]

We owe a lot to Russia, they're people suffered greatly and they're fight back was unbelievable, simply amazing

[@MegaTrueTalk]

Your Forgeting The Ships Of Supplies We Sent To Russia at Great Cost.

[@Hotburrito_74]

@@MegaTrueTalk ships of supplies doesn’t outweigh 27 million Soviet casualties. We owe our existences to the Soviet people, who sacrificed more than we could ever repay. No matter your politics, we owe our lives to those people.

[@henrytep8884]

@@MegaTrueTalk Ships of supplies that came 2 years too late lol. But its not to say that some of that food ration and jeeps did do a great service for the USSR morality, but it was inconsequential to their war effort. The most important import was probably aluminum used to make the tanks in the USSR.

[@Kosinoyoh]

I'm glad that there are people still know about the sacrifice of Russia. Nowaday most of them think USA do this all alone.

[@abcdecghijklmn]

moscow troll

[@calripson]

Stalin was 169 cm according to his arrest records. That is actually 5'6".6

[@gwhite1932]

A giant then

[@davidroberts2837]

Don’t you deserve a gold star

[@thetedmang]

Top tier manlet

[@georgesimon2730]

Always pointing out the crucial stuff, aren't we?

[@majorkade]

@@gwhite1932 lol

[@steveturner5656]

Odd how this video 'missed' the fact that the Germans fought the Battle of Britain with their planes largely run on Soviet fuel.

[@user-wt4ef9ss7v]

@Ornate Orator Soviet oil? Strangely, I kept thinking that it was Romanian oil or Mexican oil (which a certain businessman from the United States, named William Rhodes Davis, supplied to Germany).

[@delgermuruntsagaankhuu6951]

Владимир Романенко getting oil from mexico would been a retarded move considering the fact that the english had full naval supremacy in the atlantic and the mediterranean also a considerably huge presence in the north sea

[@user-wt4ef9ss7v]

@@delgermuruntsagaankhuu6951 If you had even read about William Rhodes Davis, you would probably have known that it supplied Mexican oil to Germany and Italy before the war. And he did this before the British put a naval blockade, so that at the beginning of the war, Mexican oil was already in Germany.

[@delgermuruntsagaankhuu6951]

Владимир Романенко fuel isnt an equipment you can’t tell me that the mexican oil supplied the battle for Britain because at that point the polish and the french offensive had already happened. More likely is that the mexican oil had already started to dry up so they had to switch to romanian and russian oils

[@user-wt4ef9ss7v]

@@delgermuruntsagaankhuu6951 Yes, I agree, but I personally have not seen any documents that say where Germany used this fuel. We only know that oil was supplied to Germany, and we know where it was supplied from. But in what battles this fuel was used, we do not know. So the fuel used during the battle of Britain could have come from anywhere. After all, during the war, the most important thing is to have fuel, and where it comes from doesn't matter.

[@randyhavard6084]

Saying Stalin was looking out for "national interest" seems a bit of a stretch. He was interested in keeping his power and control over the Soviet Union, no matter what the cost

[@AT-AT26]

true, even many members of the soviet union hated him and thought he was a terrible leader e.g. Khrushchev, Zhukov and many many others

[@HansDunkelberg1]

@@AT-AT26 I just wonder why Khrushchev called him one of the really great, after his death.

[@sisyphusvasilias3943]

Churchill wasn't "ready to meat Stalin halfway".. he was on his knees begging, as he had been for the last 12 months.

[@sisyphusvasilias3943]

@England for English All Russians were either Christian or Muslim during the Civil War. The "Red Terror was a response to "White Terror". Czarist Imperialist (white) military policy was to kill every Red. Stalin never had any policy of genocide....and Stalin had no say over Red strategy during the Civil War.

[@bullishpaulmccarthy3228]

Early already know that Stalin was a monster. Love these documentaries. Wonder if they're going to touch on how much Stalin was a monster, starving his people

[@Jinka1950]

30 million…….

[@joefoley1480]

yes he was a cuxt however Russia saved the west not Stalin but the Russian people

[@goldenagegolf9874]

He never starved his own people nor did he commit any genocide against any of people. There is absolutely no proof of this, only witness accounts from Ukrainian nazis, fascists and other ultra nationalist people.

[@jordanmorris5827]

@@goldenagegolf9874 holodomor deniers are no better than holocaust deniers

[@MrFerrell55]

@@jordanmorris5827 The “holodomor” was a famine that affected the whole of the USSR, not just Ukraine, and there is absolutely no evidence that the Soviet deliberately caused it in order to commit genocide, which is not a term to throw around so carelessly. The name “Holodomor” was coined by Ukrainian Neo-Nazi’s to specifically resemble the Holocaust. Using the worst genocide in human history to fuel your own ideological agenda is disgusting and reprehensible, you ought to be ashamed of yourself.

[@pariscommune9742]

Greatful to all comments as my teachers teaching me valuable variations and comparative analysis

[@DavidMacDowellBlue]

Germany misjudged the Soviet state on many levels--the size of their military, for example, and their industrial capacity, as well as the devastating T34 tank and other very fine weapons systems (which took time to generate in mass numbers to be sure). That the gauge of Soviet railroads was different meant German logistics (never their strong suit) became a nightmare, depending upon horse-drawn transport. More, they simply did not properly consider the impact of the weather (although they thought they had) nor realize their estimates of Soviet strength were almost entirely guesswork.

[@edmondlonergan9915]

. Street fighting stopped them..

[@akeeMM]

The T34 tank was literally scrap metal, ESPECIALLY when against the panzer divisions of the Wehrmacht. The issue was the number of them. Furthermore, the German Logistics were incredible, i don't know where you did your research, the issue was the allied were consistently bombing the Germans way of transporting supplies. Again the Germans actually did consider the impact of the weather, they went 300 miles into soviet territory, the issue here was the lack of support these invading troops had, since going up against the majority of the world isn't easy. You sound look at more unbiased documents. Including the not well known fact that the last soldiers defending Hitlers Bunker were actually French.

[@masaukochitsamba7808]

@@akeeMM The T 34 was not scrap metal. It was better that any of the German Tanks at the beginning of Operation Barbarossa, which were the Panzer III and IV. It was only in 1943 when the Germans started introducing the Tiger and the Panther that they had a tank that could take on the T34

[@akeeMM]

@@masaukochitsamba7808 The t34 was scrap metal. Thats how the russians managed to make so many in such a short period of time.

[@mkimask]

@@akeeMM wtf? The t34 when first introduced was THE BEST tank in the world. It was the reason why Germans had to develop tigers and panthers, also to upgrade t4 tanks, because 41 to mid 42 t34 was superrior to any german tank (or should I say to any tank in the world).

[@formalbug5716]

Literally every one of those opening remarks is true of Churchill too 😂

[@curtiscarpenter9881]

Starlin didnt say 1 death is a tragedy 1 million is a statistic it was a German pacifist.🤯

[@MrDgo4life]

Name plz So I can debunk the libs

[@Convees]

Yes, this phrase is a slightly paraphrased quote from Remarque's novel "The Black Obelisk": "But, apparently, it always happens this way: the death of one person is death, and the death of two million is only statistics."

[@svendbosanvovski4241]

It's not that Stalin was a street thug. He suffered, as did his whole generation, under the Tsarist regime, and believed they were constructing a communist heaven on earth and would remove any obstacle to his sweeping away the vestiges of the oppressive past. Without his ruthless determination, the revolution would have collapsed in the 1920s. He was also essential to the defeat of Nazism.

[@ruleten9575]

Molotov "abstained" from voting against his wife.

[@readynow12345]

Here is a little history for you, the Molotov cocktail came from his name.

[@e.s.6275]

@@readynow12345 do you know the circumstances how this "cocktail" name appeared?

[@w0rmblood323]

Pretty sure it had something to do with the USSR's war with Finland but I don't remember which side actually first referred to them as that. I would think it would be the Finnish, given a Molotov Cocktail is also known as a poor man's grenade, wouldn't make sense for the Soviets to turn a weapon into a pejorative for a high ranking Soviet politician. Although it's possible that is wrong and the name is of Soviet origin.

[@e.s.6275]

@@w0rmblood323 what I learnt is as follows. When Soviet aggression started, it went along with a bs propaganda cover for Western media. Much like modern Russian hybrid wars. So, while Soviet planes were bombing timber-built Helsinki with incendiary bombs, the Soviet officials (Molotov being the main spokesperson) in the newspapers claimed that they were "dropping humanitarian supplies and Christmas presents". Finns learnt about this sheer lies and they had big enough balls to make fun of that. It could have been called "Christmas cocktails sent by Molotov", then quickly reduced to Molotov cocktails. I'm not sure though how the name transferred from the incendiary bombs onto the hand "grenades".

[@thearbiter3351]

@@e.s.6275 very interesting. Such a coincidence bc i just wondered today why it was named after molotov

[@Mishik77]

The soldier who defeated fascism returned from the war. He returned to the destroyed, scorched earth. All his property fit in a duffel bag. From clothes - only what is on it, from food - what is in it. His son doesn’t even have shoes. And after twelve years, we were the first to conquer space ... The memory of the feat of our people in the war is still, thank God, still alive. But few today speak of the second feat of our people, which he performed immediately after the first. Veterans and yesterday's rear workers not only rebuilt a huge country from scratch after such a terrible war, but also overtook many countries that did not fight. How could this happen? What a miracle? Many who returned from the war simply had nowhere to return to - neither at home, nor relatives, nor work, nothing. Many, moreover, were taken to the front right after school and did not have any specialty or any skills. And the war, to put it mildly, did not increase physical health. For good reason, so many veterans died in the sixties and seventies, before they reached old age. And despite this, people not only did not give up, but completed another titanic feat, immediately from the front taking up the restoration of the country. Veterans at the factories replaced teenagers who worked there throughout the war, began to rebuild the destroyed cities, bridges, roads, power lines, factories, factories, schools and hospitals. Everyone went to where he could bring the greatest benefit to the country. Without any holidays and many days of celebration The people lived in poverty. But somehow new houses gradually got up, factories and factories started working, the children went to the newly built schools, free medicine started working in the normal mode, food appeared in stores, hunger disappeared. In 1947, food cards were canceled! Europe could not believe. And a year before, in 1946, when the cards were still valid, Soviet athletes at the European Championships in Oslo in 1946 won six gold medals. And at the Olympic Games in Helsinki in 1952, the USSR took second place! Yesterday’s war veterans, with the consequences of serious injuries, including former prisoners of fascist concentration camps, defeated their healthy rivals. By the mid-fifties, there were no longer any streets destroyed by the war, left on the sidelines of roads of broken military equipment, uncontrollably staggering street children. The country recovered simply in fantastic terms, and what efforts veterans had to make for this - only they know. And already in 1957 we went around the United States in a space race, and in 1961 we launched a man into space. Remember this when you see a veteran. He not only defeated fascism, he rebuilt our country from scratch. Wounded, half-starved, having lost his home and relatives, he built it for you and me.

[@dengbona4406]

Mishik77 you have the capabilities to be a propagandist

[@aldos2795]

Glory to a Soviet Soldier! In late 40sand 50s and 60s Soviet Kyrgyzstan was rebuild beyond recognition. Free schools,universities,hospitals,roads,hydro electric stations,factories, agroculture, avia schools etc etc. Truly progressive decades for our country and whole of Central Asia. My grandpa and dad always spoke about those years with warmth. Those were the days people were confident about tomorrow. Even though after WW2 country laid in ruins and bloodless. You could rarely see fit healthy men,because they all died in WW2 or were injured. Lots of single woman,working working and working day and night. Those memories should never fade away! Greetings from Kyrgyz man!

[@Mishik77]

@@aldos2795 Glory indeed ! I was born in Kazakhstan. Republic that did a lot for our victory. In the heart of ex capital Alma-Ata stands monument that dedicated to 28 Panfilov's soldiers. All Soviet nations fought as one !!

[@HansDunkelberg1]

It's quite interesting that you do not (have to?) mention Stalin.

[@robwenman8179]

do you have many sailboats in the Tacoma area? Any plans to add more?

[@scorpionWhite]

Molotov - Ribbentrop pack included Finland too" The only country oh the back staying independent (and fighting for it).

[@BEPXOB13]

Каждый мнит себя стратегом видя бой со стороны...Everyone thinks of themselves as a strategist seeing the fight from the side...

[@Gachalife2shorts]

The narrator lowkey roasting my man Staling when describing him😂

[@edwindeaven2388]

😂😂😂

[@jglammi]

Stalin supported Hitler's attack on the UK and supplied material, raw materials in order to advance Hitler's attack on the UK

[@raydouglas7530]

@@jglammi Ha ha.

[@ushiki2212]

@@jglammi hm...

[@ushiki2212]

@@jglammi link to a page on this event? I would like to read about it.

[@amardeep_singh_chauhan]

The Greatest Pep Talks Ever: If Moscow Falls, Heads will Roll

[@spyrosspyratos654]

Documentary stated that Stalin was not an intellectual like other Bolshevics. In fact, considering literature and history terms was the most educated (he was reading constantly). In philosophical terms he was not as advanced as Lenin or Trotski but he had the ability to transform complex philophical terms in simple words that everyone can understand. To estimate his intellectual capability there was an interview to H.G Wells in 1934 www.marxists.org/reference/archive/stalin/works/1934/07/23.htm

[@heyabusa1]

Whatever, still a psychopathic killer.

[@elizabethisaverdian9707]

@@heyabusa1 excuse me, but Moriarty was British creation. P.S. watched several British Sherlock Holmes movies - the best one is ... the Soviet version - most humane! 1979 - enjoy

[@agul6287]

Both of my grandfathers fought in the WWII. One was died the other was badly injured

[@agul6287]

I'm from Russian

[@agul6287]

My dad guarded POW's in the camp during the war

[@johnleidle9910]

@@agul6287 So did my dad,,,,

[@yonathansetyawan9276]

34:26 that's how we usually use cannon...as an instrument 😈😈😈

[@lauralishes1]

"A withered arm and a club foot, scars on face, and who was regularly beaten by his shoemaker father"

[@donkeyslayer4661]

Too bad his father didn't beat him to death.

[@nigecheshire9854]

Donkey Slayer 😂😂😂

[@billeosman5120]

From this, i know the documentary is not from neutral point of view

[@brendonlagemaat3361]

@@billeosman5120 Well said .

[@ShailendraSINGH-jk2ev]

@@donkeyslayer4661 his mudder sexually amuse him

[@MariiaKlochko]

What really makes me upset is that Soviet Union is so often called Russia outside the post-USSR territories. Russia is not USSR, and USSR was much more than Russia! USSR was a union of 15 republics, and it is just terribly wrong to say "Stalin's Russia" when talking about the whole Soviet Union, simply because Stalin's decisions affected all the 15 republics. That's just really sad that even a historian doesn't seem to understand this huge difference.

[@HansDunkelberg1]

It's a matter of definition. "Russia" absolutely is a common synonym for the USSR, and a real historian does know enough about language to appreciate such variations. Just look into any thicker dictionary, and you'll see how many, often contradictory entries you can find for one catchword. The background in this case is that Russia already before its revolution had swallowed many neighboring territories of tribes or nations. It isn't clear where the boundaries should be seen between "Russia" and areas just occupied through it, already then.

[@erdena7511]

And nobody consider that Russia left USSR as one of the first ones

[@Vlad79500]

"USSR was much more than Russia!" The USSR is just a stripped-down part of Russia 1918.

[@1xoACEox1]

Say what you want about Churchill but the lines he came out with were great. Like corny movie lines but he actually said them.

[@brahim119]

@40:50 Thanks to the master of the masters spies *Richard Sorge* meticulous intelligence work in Japan.

[@mikebrase5161]

Can somebody please explain why the British and French let the Russians and Germans invade Poland yet only declared war on one? It's mentioned in every history book that they both invaded but the Soviet Union gets a pass.

[@kayvan671]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/jXK1oKGpm7qCrNk

[@ashishrs]

Does anyone know the name of the background score that we hear around the 2:10 mark? It plays for nearly a minute.

[@SCHMALLZZZ]

The OST front was larger than any other war ever, bigger than WW1 or the rest of WW2.

[@JM-ji9kx]

Neither of those statements are true

[@tanerkaplankiran]

@@JM-ji9kx true, 27 million Soviet citizen lost their lives

[@davidhamilton6612]

I would say that the Battle Of The Atlantic was bigger than any other campaign in any war.

[@louise_rose]

Yes, broadly true, at least counted in the number of soldiers involved (and civilians fighting as partisans) and the amount of equipment; tanks, airplanes, guns, etc. The land war in eastern Europe/USSR was longer, bigger, harder, more intensive in soldiers and more gruesome than any other war theatre. Also, Soviet civilians were exposed to routine brutalities and genocidal methods by the Nazis that were practically never used against ordinary people in occupied western Europe (except in the deportation of Jews).

[@kattiemeat5405]

Always wondered why you never saw Stalin and George Formby in the same room. For the majority of the Russian people it certainly did not "turn out nice again"

[@MrHockeycrack]

Who the f*ck is George Formby?

[@robturner3065]

Who the f*ck is Josef Stalin?

[@W.A.T.P...55]

From 🇬🇧 with love

[@ranarizwanranarizwan7004]

Invasion of the Eastern front without properly tackling Great Britain was Hitler's biggest blunder

[@peterpluim7912]

Declaring war on the USA was at last as stupid. I cannot imagine how Roosevelt could have sold a Germany-first without Germany’s declaration of war.

[@bryantgaillard3308]

Attacking Russia was Hitler's original plan. He convinced the Russians that they would share Poland. However he actually invaded Poland to use it as a springboard for the Russian invasion. He miscalculated EUROPE'S reaction to the invasion of Poland; hence WW2.

[@sigmundfreud7903]

You know it’s bad when working in Soviet mines was considered to be a better alternative than the collective farms.

[@LillPoss]

you know it is bad when Australian farmers opt for going to war rather than working on farms

[@robertewing3114]

From crisis to crisis and almost had a nervous breakdown, yet saved the UK, that was Chamberlain.

[@crucesignatis7922]

“You only have to kick in the door and the whole rotten structure will come crashing down.” Bro

[@kiwitrainguy]

@Pep No, it would've just taken longer, that's all.

[@bogdanvojnovic989]

@Pep Ships of supplies that came 2 years too late. But its not to say that some of that food ration and jeeps did do a great service for the USSR morality, but it was inconsequential to their war effort. The most important import was probably aluminum used to make the tanks in the USSR.

[@bogdanvojnovic989]

@Pep The British received much greater land lease, three times that of the USSR (from the US). Which is logical, they were Allies after all.

[@bogdanvojnovic989]

@Pep This German analyses this controversial and unclear, complex topic kzbin.info/www/bejne/f3ucgZx6q65nprs

[@calripson]

@Pep Total nonsense. 90% of Soviet war supplies were domestically produced. I asked the question directly to US Army Colonel and War Historian Dr. Glantz if in his opinion the USSR would have defeated the Axis without Lend Lease aid. His answer was yes, but it would have taken longer and cost even more lives.

[@mommachupacabra]

"In the footsteps of Napoleon, the shadow figures stagger through the winter..." Al Stewart's "Roads to Moscow" tells about this from the viewpoint of a simple Russian soldier.

[@davidworsley7969]

Yet another excellent documentary-Well done "Timeline"-and thank you.

[@ivanmico1]

yet another western propaganda....

[@davidworsley7969]

Hmm-wonder what a highlighted reply means.

[@jaysenst.charlesthelakehea9327]

Isn't all forms of history, told by any side who may have participated , propaganda anyways? It's up to the viewer to use their minds to separate fact from fiction. Don't be so depressed on your luck mister terrible, turn that frown upside down. :-)

[@timdegraw1784]

Agreed!

[@user-pu2om3wl8o]

What a capitalistic and grotesque propaganda !

[@hneil402]

43:26 that battle was like a mini Khe Sahn

[@paxwallacejazz]

I think this historian is top notch of course it's his particular take on the subject that's it's value.

[@somethingelse516]

Even if the soviets lost in late 41/42 the America naval power (along with the Royal Navy) would save the UK from any immediate German invasion. The build up of American industrial and military capacity would have cemented that position and meant more aircraft would be produced relative to Germany leading to the ability to sustain localised air superiority over Britain. While the joint US and Commonwealth forces may not be able to invade Europe without the USSR remaining in the war keeping Germany bleeding, the products of the manhattan project may have brought eventual victory (it may have taken several bombings more than Japan as the latter’s capitulation was influenced by the soviet invasion of Manchuria as well the atomic strikes).

[@BobHooker]

I love having spent years studying Soviet history and having lived in many nations of the former USSR having meet many Great Patriotic War vets I keep hearing how 'the Russian side is less known', for 100s of Millions of people it is the main story, and for anyone who studies the war it is Russia, the major battles of WWII all were German vs Russian with the US and UK only getting in the thick of things in the last year

[@wellardme]

I live in Russia and agree with what you say. Many Russians believe the West did sod all which isn't entirely true. Nobody can ever deny how the Soviets did the bulk of the fighting suffering most horrors. Mind you, the lend-lease program remains hush hush and very little is mentioned how the invasion of Italy as well as area bombing in Germany removed a large percentage from the Eastern front, not enough as the Soviets would have hoped but it definitely helped give the Soviets air superiority at least.

[@webdev304]

The Battle of Britain happened before the Nazis and the Soviets went to war. I'm sure the British soldiers at Dunkirk would have believed they were 'in the thick of things' long before the Soviets and Nazis went at it. Acting as though the Soviets were the unknown heroes is utterly ignorant. I'm sure the Polish would agree considering how the Germans and the Soviets started WW2 with their joint invasion of Poland. Just another commie spouting out your rot. The Soviets were worse than the Nazis.

[@BobHooker]

@@webdev304 well they were in the thick of getting crushed and just surviving, and in the Battle of Britain and the Battle of the Atlantic they were fightng for their lives, but none of these were anything on the scale of Stalingrad, Kursk or Bagration. Essentially until D-Day allied efforts were mostly at bombing Germany, which did not reduce war production, fighting on secondary fronts or losing on primary fronts and surviving. Only after D-Day were the allies playing the same role as the Soviets, that is just history not opinion

[@dirremoire]

Ahh, Dunkirk! Imagine if Churchill had decreed his own version of General Order 227. "Not a Step Back.". WW2 might have ended on 1940.

[@johnleidle9910]

There was a small skirmish in North Africa my dad told me,,,,,, a million Axis sodiers.

[@armiyojackson4284]

This narrative is purely propagandized. We need facts of what happens in the war and not about the personality of Starlin.

[@davidschaftenaar6530]

I actually wanted to hear about Stalin myself, most documentaries just tell you some variety of: "Stalin is evil and very bad". If you want facts, you should watch the series Soviet Storm: WWII in the East or watch the channel World War Two here on KZbin. That World War Two channel is amazing, they cover WWII on a per week basis (search for Timeghost World War Two).

[@gunorijssel7987]

Armiyo, it's clear that this nut would go to the extreme to paint Stalin as negative as possible. Everytime he comes up with the number of peasant Russians 'killed by Stalin' I keep thinking: HOW ABOUT THE MAU MAU IN KENIA; HOW ABOUT N'KRUMAH, WHO PUT HIM IN JAIL: CERTAINLY NOT STALIN. ETC

[@laurahoward5426]

I love the remark about Beria..." he liked to keep his hand in, by doing some of the torture himself"

[@benrichardson8417]

When is the next part being uploaded?

[@Mollineaux]

what some folk seem to forget is that in 1938, from before the beginning of the war, through Dunkirk, the Battle of Britain, through the Blitz, and on till the middle of 1941 Stalin was providing the Nazis with raw materials, grain, even re-exported rubber, & all used by the Germans against the UK. What was also hidden by the Soviets ( & from their own folk too) was the massive amount of material, guns, planes, transport & personnel etc supplied by the British after Operation Barbarossa (the Germany attack on the USSR in mid 1941 of which Stalin was warned by the British & his own intelligence service & chose to ignore) and subsequently also by the USA. The idea of unassisted Soviets bravely defeating the Nazis is absurd. Stalin lost millions of troops by his own total incompetence, failure to arm properly and the murder of hundreds of experienced senior Soviet military officers throughout the thirties. Without the intelligence that enabled him to bring troops from the far east, having been informed the Japanese had no intention of attacking the USSR, and the UK & US aid, including military action by the Allies in Africa, Sicily, Greece & Italy etc that took resources that might have been used against the Soviets, away, the Soviets might very well have lost. As Churchill said, it was once the US entered the war in December 1941, that he finally felt assured of ultimate victory.

[@TheIceman567]

Are you British?

[@antonyberry1632]

Well said

[@adamkolarik903]

@@TheIceman567 sure he is British, believing everything what they learned him in school.

[@sjsj9106]

That’s so inaccurate I’m sad for u

[@HansDunkelberg1]

@@sjsj9106 _What_ is inaccurate about it?

[@liamobrien4767]

Corporal to Emperor ?Napoleon trained as a cadet officer(Artil)

[@scottyfox6376]

I think they've confused Adolf baby with Napoleon somehow..🤔

[@AndreAndFriends]

Robert Bonneau so right mate!!!

[@xavierghazi4939]

Why do you add music? It only makes watching and listening so much more strenuous. FFS..

[@paulralph2022]

COMPLETELY RIDICULOUS TITLE, which is de-bunked within seconds on the beginning of the item. We switch from summer 1940 to summer 1941!! Madness.

[@jacobnrskov716]

Britain would never have defeated germany without the USSR

[@patrickhauser588]

Britain would have stood no chance against Germany without the USA and especially the USSR. Some people in Britain still think that they were a great empire and won wars by themselves, but in most cases the British only had stronger allies to fight for them. They were to weak to do it by themselves.

[@jacobnrskov716]

@@patrickhauser588 Exactly, well yes Britain before 1942 was still considered the second world power, although they never showed it.

[@patrickhauser588]

@@jacobnrskov716 not the second, only the fourth behind USA, USSR and Germany in terms of economy and Military. They had a huge Land mass, but that's not worth that much as you could see

[@jacobnrskov716]

@@patrickhauser588 Yes but UK was still seen as a much greater nation than the ussr before they made their counterattack

[@FailedAragorn]

Lol when you said "one of the biggest mass murderers in history" I was still going "yup, Winston Churchill."

[@MrBITS101]

when summer finished in 1940 which brought the Battle of Britain to a close, likewise the start of Winter in 1941 saved the Russians until the next spring/summer.

[@limedickandrew6016]

Battle of Britain didn't officially end till about May 1941.

[@haleloop963cortex4]

The winter didn't save Russia

[@kikufutaba1194]

hakase- Reynolds is a wonderful presenter for these documentaries. I enjoy his work immensely'

[@gargibose7497]

Very well explained with detailed information.