Stalingrad: The Commissar's House

[@ArmyUniversityPress]

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[@tarawells3185]

Great idea!

[@smoberley]

I've been interested in the Battle of Stalingrad since I was a kid, particularly the urban warfare.This is BY FAR the most amazing "blow by blow" account of the street fighting in the factories that I have ever seen or read (and I have seen and read quite a lot in the last 40 years). I have been waiting for an account like this basically my entire life. Thank you.

[@leedonaldson8914]

Gentlemen, Having watched all of your Stalingrad series, so far. I am gobsmacked and blown slightly sideways. In my long and colourful life I have watched everything I could find about Stalingrad. Your documentaries have been given an unconditional, beyond contestation and absolute honorary place in my all time top three... Brilliance

[@GeirAndreTonning]

Like your comments, am a norwegian x-military, i have been there for NATO, but i also fought with russian soldiers as contractnik some year's ago. That was almost Stalingrad for us, older people said "the heaven looks like Stalingrad or Berlin in WW2" and it truly did. But it is not much videos of the blood red dome above this city. This was 1994-95. I don't need to say the name of the city. You are very interested in Stalingrad battle. Most of the veterans are dead now, and i think us that fought in this war 94-95 was the last soldiers that fought a war like this, Stalingrad'ish. Because nothing can compare to full scale urban combat like we dissipated in when the storm started new year's eve.

[@82luft49]

@@GeirAndreTonning A very informative comment. I'm pleased to know that you servived

[@Ronnie-Jones]

Watch the most forbidden documentary ever published and taken down from youtube in its entirety: "Europa The Last Battle" at archive-dot-org. The victors write the history.

[@morningstar9233]

Dear Lee, I share your interest in this battle and WWII generally. If you haven't already, i urge you to watch TIK's channel on youtube. This gentleman provides greatly detailed programmes not only concerning Stalingrad (on which he is currently presenting an entire series of episodes) but the whole of the war. I think you will find it most informative and of great interest.

[@ryandoubleu.]

I was going to comment that if anyone enjoys this video they owe it to themselves to check out the multiple series done by Tik but someone beat me to it. I’d you haven’t checked out Tiks videos yet (specially the giant collection videos he does by combining each part of a series into one amazing long and detailed video once a series is finished)

[@samsmith3025]

This is why I love KZbin, incredible detail and depth in presentations like this.

[@billd.iniowa2263]

As a WWII wargamer I dare say your Stalingrad series will keep my friends and I busy with scenarios for quite some time! Superb work gentlemen. The dynamic maps/graphics keep the viewer right on the 50 yard line of the action. War is such a waste... The soldiers of this conflict deserve the highest praise and honor. And those responsible for flinging them into this cauldron of slaughter deserve to be flung themselves into the abyss. If the world's leaders had to do this fighting there would soon be no more war.

[@llamov]

With the huge number of family members who died in the camps and those who survived, plus the men over here that fought I've got very little pity for the Germans. However although the wehrmacht were responsible for atrocities, many of the soldiers and commanders were not and didn't want much to do with war crimes. They fought valiantly for themselves and one another, even when things were clearly hopeless. The same can be said with the Soviet soldiers with their backs against the Volga, but being totally written off and abandoned by their POS leader had to be awful for the brave and often naive young soldiers who couldn't imagine that Hitler would sacrifice an entire army...and for so long they could have broken out...

[@hey_joe7069]

Throughout history "World Leaders" like Napoleon, Kings of various countries, Roman Emperors etc ... regularly fought in their own wars, and sent their children as well. Wars will unfortunately always be with us, until we destroy ourselves. Hitler and Japan "flung" everyone else into the war. None of the Allies leaders were saints, but Hitler was responsible for the European theater of war, period. War is a waste, absolutely. but we're also sitting here watching this, commenting cause of men who thought some things are worth fighting for.

[@johnlacey7126]

Regular German soldiers would tell you they were fighting against the threat of communism.

[@jforozco12]

@@mookins45 agreed

[@coachhannah2403]

llamov - They were never in a position to break out. Their last hope was an immediate withdrawal the moment Uranus was acknowledged. Unfortunately, there was no way to know this at the time. Uranus was too big and comprehensive. Case Blue was a total failure from the drawing board, doomed by the fighting around Rzhev.

[@65kaweber]

Another excellent installment in this series. I can’t get enough of these. One point needs to be made, though, for the sake of historical accuracy: the primary light MG used by German forces at Stalingrad was the MG-34. Very few, if any, MG-42s would have been used in this battle. The MG-42 did not see widespread use until 1943.

[@bigvinnie3]

I'm sure there were a handful especially with the elite motorized and panzer units especially considering they were probably doing small scale field trials since early 1942. but Yeah your right in that I'm sure there wasn't many and its a fact the main German mg was the 34 at this stage. Also its not really related but I think there was a few MkB-42s in field trials in Stalingrad.

[@RustyShackleford]

@@bigvinnie3 glad you mentioned the mkB-42 trials. Worth noting that the Mp40-I (dual magazine mp40) was also trailled at Stalingrad in an attempt to compete with the massive firepower the Soviet PPSH-41 provided.

[@trashpanda314]

This battle would be absolutely horrible to be involved in, irregardless of side. Slaughter on an industrial scale. I fought in Iraq and we would patrol in urban and rural environments with just an 8-10 man dismounted airborne infantry squad, so we were pretty vulnerable. We carried a lot of fire power and got into a lot of firefights. Close air support was readily available in my war, along with helicopter medivacs which are a game changer. Suicide bombers were always a big threat, along with IEDs. But overall our war was a skirmish compared to WW2, especially the Eastern Front which was a whole other ball game. It was total warfare, and I can't think of a better name or description.

[@Kanovskiy]

This Stalingrad series is excellent. Thanks for all your hard work Army University Press.

[@aitor47]

i came across your channel guys a few days ago and... damn!! it's good. these videos are awesome. i bet it takes a lot of work to do them. i hope you keep making them, they're just too good. good job

[@mr.c.3760]

I think it's for a military school, so they have the budget make these vids top notch

[@VT-mw2zb]

@@mr.c.3760 They also have, note: zero ads. They aren't in for the money. I'm not sure why they would release these works publicly but I'll appreciate the content.

[@ATDCanada]

@@mr.c.3760 That is correct, this was used in the course covering historical infantry tactics and operational reach for the United States Army Command and General Staff College in Fort Leavenworth. There is also a sister lecture which covers the defensive operational procedure which is not posted here because of lack of authorization.

[@jforozco12]

Military History of this depth and quality was missing from social media. Love this channels work and I really hope they keep making more of this or any other great battle in history.

[@394pjo]

_“Hitler conquered France in 38 days..In Stalingrad it took the Germans 38 days to move from one street to another”_ The BBC - 1942

[@design_studio_tashkent]

58 дней..... 24 советских солдата остановили 6 армию паулеса на 58 дней

[@pxatm]

@@design_studio_tashkent "58 days..... 24 soviet soldiers stopped Paulus' Sixth Army for 58 days."

[@NYCYankInTexas]

They captured 94% of the city and Chuikov himself wrote that after the assaults by the German 'pioneers' he was down to two 'pizza slice' shaped pockets with the Volga being the crust. Pavlov's House was also a 'real place' but Soviets added it to German maps AFTER the surrender and it was no strong point. The Germans who returned eventually and were interviewed at length stated that the building was destroyed and they left it alone as such- Pavlov simply hid there with a few men. The famous German sniper Erwin König- killed in Stalingrad- was also a total fabrication. He never existed.

[@NYCYankInTexas]

@ak2010o LMFAO. You people on here can't read. I said as a matter of point that they captured 94% of the city. If you are asking about my opinion on the campaign in general, it didn't matter in regards to the final outcome. Even had the Germans captured the city they still lose the war the exact same way- nothing changes. Hitler was literally OUT OF MEN and could never hold that vast an extended line beyond 1942. He had the war won in may 1941 then pissed it all away to invade Soviet Russia.

[@NYCYankInTexas]

@ak2010o Are you drunk? Stupid or just don't speak English well? The Germans EVEN IN THE STALINGRAD MUSEUM ON THE WALL MAP captured 94% of the city in the final attacks just before the huge Soviet offensive- OF THE CITY. As I SAID ALREADY SEVERAL TIMES.

[@bradforddean1]

It amazes me how a few dozen survivors are able to stay alive and continue effective counter fire without regard to their inevitable deaths in the face of overwhelming odds. One unit the 118th Guards regiment reduced to 7 men but was still a regiment. A small detachment can hold ground against almost anything if determined.

[@celticman5038]

Not being a veteran myself, I can only surmise that an Infantryman in a desperate time like that has already accepted death. You can consider yourself dead on your feet, and if you survive, it's not because you deserved to over others. Furthermore, the brutal treatment of POWs & civilians by the Wehrmact in Russia was known. Extermination of all Slavic peoples was the final intent of the Nazis. There was no survival in surrender for the Soviets.

[@russelledwards001]

They knew they would die anyway and all the officers had already drunk the schnapps and shot themselves.

[@AndreasConfirmed]

+@Michael Cote "Holodomor" is a fake. There was a famine in most parts of the USSR in that time, but the Ukrainians claim that it was a planned genocide against Ukrainians only, and this is nothing but a lie. And before Russian revolution Finland and Poland were parts of Russia, which became independent, and Russia tried to bring them back which is not so strange but rather logical. Also they were not so innocent as a lot of people think. In Finland tens of thousands people were murdered only because they were sympathizing with communists during Russian Revolution. In Poland a soviet army was defeated and a lot of Russians were taken prisoner, and then most of these POWs were murdered in polish concentration camps. It were tens of thousands. So the killing of Polish officers is most probably a retaliation for the murdered Russian POWs. Besides of this, the crimes of the Soviet regime are not a reason to be a Hitler sympathizer.

[@mmdirtyworkz]

@@AndreasConfirmed Well said, some people are hard biased even when presented with valid arguments.

[@day2148]

Their courage is particularly impressive when you consider that in US/UK armies (even of the time), a unit reduced to 50% strength was considered shattered and therefore no longer had the means/will to fight. However, many Russian (and German, and Japanese) units could go down to less than 10% strength and still keep fighting. It really shows just how much of a difference culture has.

[@Zerknautscher]

Thank you for this (and the one on the Martenovski shop), very interesting and great combination of animated maps, 3D animation to get a feel for the environment and paths taken, as well as delivery of information. I'd like to see more of these videos!

[@andrewsmall5337]

One of the best narratives I've seen on KZbin.

[@banba317]

This channel is hands down the best military channel on KZbin! Thanks!

[@Mrbriangalvan]

I'd love to see a Band of Brothers type show on Stalingrad.

[@SQSNSQ]

I am second to that. You can also try "They Fought for the Motherland". Although, it is a movie, not a series.

[@li4398]

Brian Galvan German movie Stalingrad is good. Far better than terrible Enemy at the Gates

[@bigvinnie3]

@@li4398 goddamn thats a good movie. I love when he hands the kid the ppsh and says "kill yourself some Russians with it". you have to watch it in German with the English subtitles though the dubbed version isn't near as good.

[@bigvinnie3]

Generation war is a sort of German band of brothers but they don't fight in Stalingrad still very good though.

[@li4398]

That should be Das Boot !😂

[@celticman5038]

Pleased to find these productions. More detailed than anything else I've seen on the subject. Interesting how the military principals are explained, and costly lessons of that time are still relevant to comtemporary campaigns.👍

[@farerolobos9382]

May be you'll be interested in watching this Russian educational series about WW II in the Eastern front. It's top notch, in my opinion… kzbin.info/www/bejne/gJm7fJ-Po7iKoKM

[@celticman5038]

@@farerolobos9382 Thank you.

[@ThisVideoAnnoyedMe]

Those first person 3D views are amazing, adds a whole new dimension to such strategic videos that always only show the usual top/map view of unit movements.

[@elhache7160]

These documentaries are,the best ive ever seen. Im learning so much. Great work.

[@HeimatIIProject]

One of the best depictions of Stalingrad warfare, I have ever seen. You need to continue this series....

[@skelejp9982]

Many thanks ! Very interesting Docu , great insight on what happened on the battlefield. The fight for this building shows us the determination both sides had during this Battle. After 2 Months of bitter fighting both sides got smarter, making the battle even more ferocious. Respect for all the animations, it really creates a good immersion to the story/facts ! Greetings !

[@mhern57]

EXCELLENT WORK.

[@cumulushalo576]

Agreed. Documentaries that are so in-depth with details that they could charge people for it but we are blessed to get it for free.

[@TheDrummerman1951]

This is the best great job guys Thank you.

[@Seansaighdeoir]

Excellent presentation and overview of the battle. The animation is very helpful but I think its almost impossible to imagine the horrors of actually taking part in this battle.

[@johnlansing2902]

Thank you for a truly great explanation of this complex battle.

[@Coach3loli]

Wow this is higher quality content then anything I have ever seen on the history channel. Please do more Stalingrad videos it's my favorite battle.

[@KhalDrogo76]

One of the best docs on Stalingrad I’ve seen - A+

[@pabloseykata6930]

I have viewed a couple of these Stalingrad videos. Great. Very informative.

[@lexas1]

Excellent stuff! Well done.

[@frederikbjerre427]

An interesting perspective to the history of the Stalingrad battle. Thanks for this excellent documentary.

[@Mrgunsngear]

Great info

[@doyleperkins4916]

Yes, very good info.

[@markprange238]

9:28 9:35 The Volga end of the long Martenovskii smelting shop. The biggest smokestack is in the 1st foto. 10:09 Krasnyi Oktyabr'. 10:19 In Minina. The grain elevator building is in the background. 11:00 Staged in a crater in Stalingrad South. 11:05 17:13 The sunken road along the NE perimeter of Barrikady Gun Factory. 11:08 Barrikady rubble. In the distance are VTUZ (factory worker training) buildings on higher ground northwest. 12:06 Northeast area of Barrikady factory. 12:16 View west-southwest across Barrikady zavod, with some of the Lower Settlement in the foreground. 16:00 Beketovka. 16:03 The El Shanka boundary between Minina and Stalingrad. South. 16:53 In Stalingrad South, looking northeast toward the (Tsaritsa) trestle RR bridge and Stalingrad Center. Shown at 4:43 in KZbin video "Battle of Stalingrad 1942/1943 --Nazi Germany vs Soviet Union." 16:56 Building in the north corner of Barrikady Zavod. 17:52 Telefoto view of E-shaped School no. 34, with some of Krasnyi Oktyabr's oil tanks and the Volga in the background. The school building is still standing. The view is shown at 2:27 in KZbin video "Battle of Stalingrad (German Perspective)." 20:18 Raised walkway across the main railyard. 20:51 In Stalingrad Center. 23:30 Old church on Bolshievitskaya Ulitsa a few blocks north of the Univermag building. 25:02 Water tower by the main railyard. January 1943. 28:00 28:05 34:53 35:04 35:49 On the grounds of Barrikady Factory. 28:37 Rostov. 38:04 Looking downhill at the main railyard and across to the pilastered building (still standing) by Kommunisticheskaya Ulitsa.

[@banzai70]

Excellent info! Highly recommended!

[@budscroggins2632]

Excellent Job..The two Battles best used for instruction in Combined Arms Warfare are Stalingrad and Gettysburg

[@ChrisHealyTV]

These videos are so detailed and compelling to watch. Thank you for your efforts. Amazing work.

[@yvc9]

Impeccable presentation. Wow. one of the best i have ever seen.

[@silentsteph2689]

Awesome research Analysis is thorough. Facts. No fiction.

[@neletg]

This videos are excellent. Thanks!

[@adamlamb5634]

Really good video thanks very much

[@AS-gh1ge]

Absolutely brilliant work, I seen it all on stalingrad but this tops them all, super informative 👌

[@karlbrainich6086]

For the first time finally a documentary that explains everyting. Well done ,!

[@markprange238]

0:51 37:53 View from across the Volga, near Krasnaya Sloboda. Most of the area shown stayed Red throughout the campaign. 1:24 37:50 Staged by Arsenyeva Ulitsa in Krasnoarmeysk, 20 km downstream of Stalingrad. Now it is the Sudoverf plant. 2:10 38:14 View from up on the church by Dvinskaya Ulitsa. 2:33 2:45 3:03 (14:30 Russian antitank ditch) 16:35 21:04 24:20 26:52 (28:00 Russian antitank ditch) 37:33 Apartment buildings northwest of Ulitsa Opolcheskaya between Atlasova & Tarifnaya. [N 48.791222°, E 044.581118°]. The apartment block is still standing and lived in. 3:20 Not Stalingrad. Where? 4:08 36:50 In Stalingrad South, west of Barrikadnaya & Kozlovskaya. The courtyard of the apartment Dom for Hydrolytic Plant workers. Building still standing. Even the pair of doors at ground level is there. [N 48.6949°, E 044.48936°]. 6:36 "Kommissarhaus." The "pi-shaped building." [N 48.772357°, E 044.586627°]. Demolished in the 1980s?

[@Redmow51]

That Soviet soldier that manned the AT gun is a hero. Gave his life to save his comrades.

[@fea2434]

who cares he's one of a trillion Soviet soldiers against 10 germans.

[@peryaful]

@@fea2434 trillion - hahaha))) you numskull!)))

[@marc9324]

@@fea2434 salty af lmfaooo

[@pneulancer]

@asdf ghjk I'm pretty sure he was employing hyperbole; at least I hope.....

[@fea2434]

@asdf ghjk no

[@82luft49]

Superb series. One begs for more.

[@kellyarnsdorf5083]

Superlative work!!

[@musthaveacamel2157]

Fantastic, thanks

[@thewitherchannel1053]

thanks for the well-made insights into this part of the conflict. Great channel

[@adamstephenson7518]

Great video

[@zakkyummms]

These are great. Do more.

[@SuperCody1124]

Man you have researched units to the man Bravo

[@damianmcdonagh7908]

I visited Volgograd in September 2014. Utterly fascinating to see the museums and the GUM department store, Von Paulus's Headquarters.

[@string-bag]

Great series thank for posting.

[@markprange238]

The two houses northeast of the Kommissarhaus are still standing in 2019.

[@Zretgul_timerunner]

@liverpoollad yes, like the majority of The cities building still existing to this day from the battle are always with little diffrence filled with notable, signs of combat.

[@КириллПерваков-м4э]

@liverpoollad of course and same in other cities (for example in Sankt-Petersburg)

[@andrebas1124]

same in Kiev, holes in building from bullets or something. probably from Civil war 1919 but maybe not

[@bigvinnie3]

@@andrebas1124 probably some from that but the Kiev area saw some major combat in ww2 and in that region the largest encirclement of troops in human history happened almost 750,000 red army troops captured. It boggles the mind to think of numbers like that.

[@domjohnson9188]

More red orchestra maps pls

[@FlixMr]

this is a brilliant series

[@chrisboss5255]

Excellent vid one of the best

[@donfrandsen7778]

Good video. Graphics, tactics and docturine, and how it applies in reality in War in various real battles . Thank you for sharing . As i am a retired US Army combat veteran , Infantry Sergeant 101st ABN, 2 BCT, 2ND Battalion 502nd INF Regiment Head Hunters Co. Cheers, well done. Please do a video in how US Infantry , Engineers, delayed and Stopped Hitlers best Armor in the battle of The Ardennes Good video! Thank u

[@andycruz1559]

Please do Pavlov’s house! 😄

[@uic505050]

It was largely a myth: warspot.ru/8466-neizvestnyy-stalingrad-anatomiya-legendy-o-dome-pavlova

[@robashton8606]

Pavlov's house was mostly Soviet propaganda.

[@saucejohnson9862]

@@uic505050 How is Pavlovs House a myth if the Germans never took it? The people who uploaded it even mentioned it in another video.

[@jrobbins707]

@@uic505050 the link is in Russian.... Is there an English version you can share?

[@LuizAlexPhoenix]

@@saucejohnson9862 Well... They did take it, Pavlov was amongst the men who took it back the first time. It was a bit more back and forth, not so different from the Grain Elevator, as the Germans took it but lost the buildings to a counter attack. I don't believe it to be a myth, but it was less about Pavlov than the name implies. The real spin was trying to simplify it and give credit to a single man. After all, if one man could do it everyone else should too. Sadly, many men died and Pavlov wasn't the CO for most of it but he got the name.

[@leedonaldson8914]

Very very good, on lots of levels.

[@matthewmaurysmith2486]

Would love to see "Operations Room" do a series on ANY of these Stalingrad city building battles

[@vadimnagano]

In Russian historiography it goes as P-like house, becase P is written "П" in Russian.

[@tonydefresnaye7027]

Great archive footage some of which I have never seen before. I recall reading something that I have never forgotten and best illustrates the carnage within the Stalingrad "Cauldron". That by the end of Christmas day (the holiest day in the Christian calendar) an estimated 20 000 German troops lay dead.

[@ioar5481]

Excellent video. Despite studing Stalingrad battle from many years and sources, still can’t help why Paulus insisted to involve the VI Army into a type of urban war of attrition for which the Wehrmacht wasn’t trained on. Many should say that he only followed Hitler’s orders, but I’m convinced that there were another reasons that Paulus took with him to his tomb. I can’t avoid to think which would have been the strategy of, for example, von Manstein or the former commander of VI Army von Reichenau . We will never know. Congs for your videos.

[@анатолийматышев]

Спасибо,великое дело сделали,чтобы помнили

[@ebolalegion]

Just wondering, what will the third installment cover? Hoping for a depiction of the Grain Elevator!

[@pare]

Yes grain elevator or the tractor factory. Both interesting and prolonged fights that actually ended with the germans prevailing. Just hoping its not pavlovs house because that one is more well known probably because it was a soviet victory over the building.

[@ebolalegion]

@@ArmyUniversityPress Sounds awesome - glad to see such videos with really specific and in depth knowledge on the subject as opposed to most videos uploaded on here that broadcast the same generic information over and over again. Whether you're one of the people responsible for creating these videos or just the person running the channel, thank you!

[@TheDrummerman1951]

That grain elevator is still standing today.

[@idontcare9797]

@@ArmyUniversityPress I've always been interested in the back and forth battle for manaev kurgan can't find a whole lot info about it

[@ВиталийФедотов-м4с]

Выебли наши деды всю эту машину Гитлера , надо будет ещё раз повторим

[@thekameleon9785]

You guys... Ive bin studying this battle for a long time. And you nailed it with these series! This was really well done. Keep it up.

[@lloydchen1697]

Excellent

[@gordy3714]

One more note if you liked this video Jason Mark's Island of Fire The Battle for the Barrikady Gun Factory is a essential buy.

[@doyleperkins4916]

The utilization of light and heavy assets crucial to success in obtaining the objective. How true! Tactically mobile...mutually supportive.

[@dannywlm63]

very interesting thanks

[@talijamir5395]

Accurate narrations thank u

[@dnickaroo3574]

Vasily Chuikov was discovered by Stalin, who promoted his career. During the Russian Civil War (1917 -- 1922) Chuikov served as a private soldier in forces commanded by Commissar Josef Stalin. Ironically, his first battle was for control of a small town on the Volga River named Tsaritsyn, which was later renamed Stalingrad. In 1942 as Commander of the 62nd Army he laid plans for a street fight in Stalingrad, pinpointing future strong-points where the enemy would be forced to pass on their march to the Volga. Chuikov ingeniously hid artillery and tanks in the ruins, and used small squads of six to eight men, supplemented by sharpshooters, to attack pockets of Wehrmacht troops. He told his men: "There is no land past the Volga" - and awaited the arrival of the 6th Army in Stalingrad. Chuikov and Paulus fought for Stalingrad for 5 months. Chuikov wrote: "The Germans underestimated our artillery. And they underestimated the effectiveness of our infantry against their tanks. This battle showed that tanks forced to operate in narrow quarters are of limited value; they’re just guns without mobility. In such conditions nothing can take the place of small groups of infantry, properly armed, and fighting with utmost determination -- groups converting every building into a fortress and fighting for it floor by floor and even room by room. Such defenders cannot be driven out either by tanks or planes." Stalin knew how Russians would fight. He said: "We are now fighting for the sacred soil of Mother Russia".

[@NYCYankInTexas]

LMFAO Tukachevsky had praised the young man in the war against the White Army in Siberia and Chuikov NEVER MET STALIN when he was 17,18,19,20,21 during the Civil War. It was Tukachevsky who took an interest in him and furthered his career. Chuikov said that he continued his studies at the Frunze Military Academy after Tukachevsky got him admitted and was later appointed to the staff of the Far Eastern Army under the outstanding Civil War leader Vasily Blyukher, who was arrested in Stalin’s army purges, tortured and murdered- same as Tukachevsky because of that piece of shit Stalin.

[@Повелительватрушек]

@@NYCYankInTexas Вы правы ,Чуйков действительно не встречался со Сталиным во время Гражданской войны.Но неправы насчет причин ареста Блюхера. Блюхер был "засланный казачок" - есть такое непереводимое русское выражение, означающее самый наглый и скрытый ,хитрый тип предателя. Погуглите "Николай Стариков - как маршал Блюхер Родину предавал"- узнаете много интересного от профессионального историка, который рылся в архивах на эту тему. Про Тухачевского проще- почитайте воспоминания легендарного оружейника Василия Грабина "Оружие Победы" , который прямо и четко говорил - Тухачевский - предатель, коорый саботировал ввод в строй новейшего вооружения, при этом забивая армию чудовищно неэффективными образцами реактивной артиллерии (ни один из них даже не дожил до войны), за что поплатились жизнями тысячи советских солдат.

[@kurtbjorn3841]

11:00 - I had no idea Leonard Nimoy (left) fought with the Wehrmacht at Stalingrad. Joking aside, these are excellent videos designed no doubt for instruction in the U.S. Army.

[@wolfpack4694]

This is an excellent review of this attack and defense.

[@donblassvivar]

well done.

[@Jony-86EXT]

Great video Hello from Russia!!!

[@directorscut4707]

I played many hours Red Orchestra 2 and fought so many hours in this building without even know that it is real. I died a thousand deaths there. Astonishing.

[@ferdrewflores3014]

Most excellent analysis according to Military Science. 💪💯🇺🇸

[@SamPeeblesawesomedallastours]

The best videos on Stalingrad ever.

[@h.m.stanley]

it's cool that they are using Combat Mission, the game for some of the graphics.

[@kennizhou6333]

Best battle of Stalingrad documentary , please make one video of battle of Sevastopol .

[@scottholliday5022]

I started watching this by chance, because I'm interested in WWI and WWII history I guess it was recommended. Half way through I'm like 'What the hell is this?? Why does it keep referring to actual military doctrine and why is it so damn good??' ahh military University that makes sense haha Great content! Thanks!

[@bastiurkbaisangur4568]

I don't think that MG42's were available at that point. They were used en mass during the Kharkov counter-offensive in 1943. But the series are really good, especially in regards with the "tube" content.

[@bigvinnie3]

It wasn't the primary MG or even officially adopted yet but they did have small numbers in service. In 1942 they made almost 15,000 and started small scale field trials since early to mid 1942 so its entirely possible elite panzer and motorized troops might have had them but if they were there they'd be rare so you're right they should have said mg34

[@gatewaymofreight]

From my relation as a Oberst of the 79th infantry regiment in Stalino , to the forward battle of Hue in Vietnam 1968. the doctrine mentioned is purely in similarity in regards to "what to do" being there is the true what to do!

[@movinon1242]

I was always very curious about how the Soviets were able to mass 1 million or so fully equipped fighters for the ultimate double-envelopment of Uranus, yet refused to take even 5,000-10,000 of those soldiers and reinforce their positions at Stalingrad. In reality, 1,000 troops would have made a huge difference to the defenders. 10,000 would have turned the tide of the battle. This would have caused greater attrition of the attacking Germans, pulled a few more troops into the trap, etc. I understand that the Soviets did not want to "scare off" the Germans, and that the Germans needed to keep making "progress" in the seige to keep them motivated to stay. Adequately reinforcing Stalingrad might have caused the German High Command to believe the intelligence reports of the troop buildup for Uranus. In fact the few resources given to its defense did, in fact, convince the Germans that the Soviets were on the brink of collapse. But surely another 1,000-10,000 Soviet troops would not have changed the German calculus too dramatically. The Soviets could have retreated at a similar pace, but done more damage and better protected and rested/ rotated the beseiged forces.

[@spqr1945]

Soviet troops in Stalingrad were receiving reinforcements all the time, but it was barely enough to hold on, because of the high casualties every day., especially it was hard in November, when Volga river started to freeze and it was really hard to supply troops by amunitions, food and reinforcments.

[@Coach3loli]

Because chukof had hardly any reinforcements in november

[@VT-mw2zb]

Any troops that need to get to Stalingrad had to be infiltrated into the city preferably at night. At the late point in the battle, the Germans had a good view of the Volga river so any movement in day time will be susceptible to interdiction by both air and artillery. It was not easy to get them into the city. Once they were in the city, the 62nd army troops in Stalingrad were essentially all light infantry. They did not have ships large enough to bring a T34, nor did they can install a pontoon bridge, which would have surely been targeted. Light infantry alone are vulnerable to ... everything, which explained the ferocious casualties of the 62nd Army. For operation Uranus, the two pincers actually launched off from two bridgeheads. They advanced mostly over land, which was much easier than the wide Volga river. Plus, they were combined arms formations, which were less vulnerable. The troops fed into Stalingrad would be less efficient than used in Uranus.

[@paulsmeyers4196]

We must admire the courage of the defenders of their land and country facing professional soldiers… but it seems that it is like so many times in the western side of telling history this one is telling it like with a pro invaders bias?! Am I wrong? On the other hand, it is still a heritage from the cold war.

[@1PPPete]

What kind of bias do you mean?

[@oceanhome2023]

Yes the Cold War, this was truly brother against brother. Never again Brother against Brother. ! Thank God cooler heads prevailed in avoiding a Nuclear war or we would not be watching this !

[@ATDCanada]

What are you talking about??? This is one of the most unbiased videos out there. It purely concentrated on the tactical procedure and it doesn't praise either side. This is as close to an educational video as it can get without any sort of embedded propaganda ideology. If you want a video praising the bravery of the defenders, go watch these movies: www.rbth.com/arts/326786-movies-about-stalingrad instead of coming here for an unbiased documentary.

[@secundus6457]

It's true. Western side of telling history of Eastern Front was always with a pro German bias.

[@MarkSmith.CharkBait]

unum - not really true in my opinion, many examples of western movies extolling the Soviet soldier’s defense of their lands. But, I will agree that movies are made for commercial gain, and the corporations know the audience. Homies want to root for their homies, and they will pay to do so! So, movies are made to appeal to an audience. Documentaries should be less biased, however. Russian movies are no different than Hollywood or London, they are made for commercial gain. I’ll suggest even more myopic about the huge contributions of material support by the western (USA) allies. Some great Russian war movies, but they can be just as devoid of reality as any other. I visited Saint Petersburg for Victory Day celebration in 2005. The respects paid to “the greatest generation” were heartfelt, shared by all, revered, honored... I was impressed, and humbled, ashamed that we in America do not do more to remember the sacrifices, honor the dead and the survivors. Most USA schools ignore WW2 from k to 12 grade. Out of the curriculum since the 80’s. By contrast in Russian and Ukrainian schools veterans speak to kids in their classrooms, sharing experiences. Common history, patriotism and appreciation of those who made a difference, Russian schools still teach this, American schools,

[@kasumikojiro7221]

Liked and subscribed .

[@alanr547]

A good series. Maybe a forthcoming one about the Mamaev Kurgan fighting in the center?

[@llamov]

Do Pavlov's house!!!! The tractor factory would be a good one as the Germans didn't occupy it til November. Perhaps the chemical plant too

[@markprange238]

llamov: The tractor factory wasn't occupied until November?

[@CJK-bt4ll]

The red brick building that stands on Taymyrskaya Street now...is that the remains of the of the Commissionar's House? I'm viewing it on Google Maps/Satellite. Did not think so at first, but it looks quite old.

[@cpgoef6]

I believe it's a reconstruction of the original building. The apartment buildings to the West are still there.

[@CJK-bt4ll]

@@cpgoef6 Thanks. That would make sense. I recently viewed some stills of the building after the battle and much of it was beyond repair.

[@eboramegalithica9192]

Amazing work, thank you! When can we see more of these?

[@thenakedsingularity]

how did you know the battle to this degree of detail?

[@Zretgul_timerunner]

Probadly Battle logs and Reports relevent to these scirmishes and battles.

[@Zretgul_timerunner]

Aswell as the order of battle being widely explored and reported at the time.

[@johnnyofast5924]

10:20 Before you enter into battle with your sub-machine gun make sure you have a button down collar and tie in your ensemble.

[@jjhpor]

somewhere around 30 minutes I got the really creepy sensation that somehow this kind of battle between opposing groups of men was part of our DNA, something that was so natural to humans, that is fighting each other to the death, that there really was no hope for us to live peacefully for any reasonable length of time. Lucky for me I'm 76 and have avoided combat.

[@memphiskennedy9541]

It has nothing to do with that and everything to do with ideology.

[@bruhism173]

I made a time machine and I'm a communist, get in old timer, we're going to defend Stalingrad....

[@rogelioi.h.1556]

For all the imgintion I have, I could never imagine, just how Stalingrad ccq, specifically factory combat, specifically specifically , Commissar House CC, could have looked and felt, I cannot imagine...respect to the rip

[@beaugeste2899]

Good briefing.

[@neilwilson5785]

Really good stuff. Those manuals must be hard to remember in the heat of combat, though.

[@marianmaslak]

The western front was just a sideshow comparing to this.

[@Prairiewolf45]

Y'all should do a comparison of Stalingrad 1942-1943 and Mosul 2016-2017.

[@armandmorosanu4519]

I started recognizing the layout of the buildings and unit locations to find I’ve played this exact scenario in red orchestra 2 😂. There is literally a map call the commissars house, and all the locations are correct in the game, the park, pharmacy, factory location etc…