The Battle of Kursk- Operation Citadel - Extra History - Part 3

[@johndavenport2847]

Sometimes history is more fascinating than fiction. You guys make some of the best content on KZbin.

[@Chino56751]

And sometimes it isn't

[@rohittheinvincible]

True

[@BFVK]

History is ALWAYS more fascinating than fiction. What is fascinating in fictionnal stories ? everything can happen. In fiction, I can destroy the whole universe with a single fart. The fascination of History is that what happen in history really happened, to real people in the real world !

[@isfren5482]

Of course they make the best video’s

[@davidquaye2934]

go watch oversimplified's channel. he is actually funny, does actual moving animations, and has a better understanding abt how to teach history

[@jaives]

damn. 400 planes in the air, tank battles on the ground... i'd like to see that movie.

[@draco84oz]

+JVee Veneracion Wait till they get to the Battle of Prokhorovka - *that* is a battle scene I would like to see.

[@ThePoptartster]

+JVee Veneracion Four-hundred planes in a twenty-mile area!

[@uberdice]

+JVee Veneracion Look up a Soviet-era series of films called Liberation.

[@jaives]

uberdice i might just do that. thanks!

[@spindash64]

I wanna see a game about that,

[@armaniac661]

Man, I love World War 2. Not because a lot of people died, or because it destroyed the world, God no! I just love the tactical side of the war, the way generals and leaders tried to gain advantages. I hope nothing like this ever happens again, but what happened in the past is worth studying! Thanks, EC, for presenting it so amazingly!

[@thefunnynamehere266]

That’s exactly the way for me

[@silviazahra5486]

Same

[@bernardoheusi6146]

Ukraine says hi

[@seashellguy9416]

tank good die bad

[@FireHeart2829]

My husband feels the same way about the civil war, like the subs and Gatling gun

[@SykeGetJuked]

ExtraCredits: New technology was tried! They deployed an innovation, a remote controlled mine sweeping vehicle Me : oh thats cool ExtraCredits: *it was instantly met with fire from the soviet artillery.* Me : *_oh._*

[@sharilshahed6106]

Germans: Sends an rc minesweeper to an open NML. *gets bombarded and rekt* Germans: *pikachu surprise*

[@somename105]

Soviets: *Haha die trash* 🗿

[@adrammelech6323]

Katusha go brrrr

[@moxstolpe5287]

The robot: im gonna call m.... whats that? KA-BOOM

[@m3gawither7734]

so anyway *i started blasting*

[@vonshellebaldwin449]

Nitkita Khrushchev went on to become leader of the USSR

[@a.wright281]

spoilers are bad

[@hunterbg7531]

Dont remind me about this [REDACTED].

[@LoLotov]

You're thinking of Steve Buscemi.

[@resistancedoggo8823]

Spoilers

[@moxstolpe5287]

No duh Einstein

[@mistysurge491]

> "Tiger tank" > shows picture of panzer 4 *KOWALSKI ANALYSIS*

[@Even_WS]

actually early Tiger I actually do look like Pz. IVs

[@lescovar693]

@@Even_WS Not really

[@Nauta_]

@@Even_WS No. No. No pz IV lookes like tiger

[@Even_WS]

@@lescovar693 Prototype Tiger I turrets do look like PV. IVs

[@moxstolpe5287]

I am kinda of a history nerd from finland and this angers me where is the tiger 1

[@whym6438]

7:24 James is like "Yeah, I'm juggling knives, nbd."

[@TheIronArmenianakaGIHaigs]

Spoilers: Germany loses the war

[@1503nemanja]

+kala captain Seems legit.

[@dialaskisel5929]

+The Iron Armenian aka G.I. Haigs Huh, I thought this was Man in the High Castle world for a second... Edelweiss... Edelweiss...

[@therudestofclouds2007]

+The Iron Armenian aka G.I. Haigs I HAVE NO FREAKING CLUE WHO WOULD WIN OMG SO MUCH TENTION

[@aresxx2217]

Fockin russian bias

[@logannguyen1785]

The Iron Armenian aka G.I. Haigs Yeah like no one knows that

[@kylecho2912]

Even today if you grab a metal detector and go to the old battlefields of Eastern Front in Russia and other Eastern European countries you can still find helmets, broken guns, gears and even bones left from the conflict Just think about the intensity of the conflict couple thousands of people fighting in a field size of a football field

[@leferraille7207]

@Parker Dunlop Pretty sure they meant you can find the skeletons of dead soldiers with other stuff near them.

[@aktanakhmetov]

And grass wouldn't grow in some spots of tank battles and artillery fire for years or even a couple decades after the Kursk battle.

[@murderousintent7838]

how would you find bones with a metal detector?

[@violentscorl697]

Kyle Cho Hmpf. It’s similar in cities that were bombed during the war. In Germany‘s Ruhrgebiet (today in the Bundesland North-Rhine Westphalia) , an area targeted primarily because of its huge industrial sector, workers still find dozens of WW2 bombs a year. Seriously, it’s so bad that you can bet on finding a bomb when building a new house, street or even just rearranging your garden. It’s bad.

[@ThatSlowTypingGuy]

I'd be more worried about finding unexploded ordnance.

[@LightFykki]

No matter how many endless WWII series there are on TV these days, I am still eagerly looking forward to each and every episode of the Extra History edition. They are shorter, but much better planned and enjoyable.

[@18Krieger]

+LightFykki And are not really loaded with any national feeling about the war. They are quite subjectiv.

[@extrahistory]

On July 5, 1943, the long-awaited German assault on the Soviet defense at Kursk began.

[@dutchbot6048]

second to replay

[@jankomericki2966]

+Extra Credits Third to reply BTW keep up the good work!

[@robertwalpole360]

+Extra Credits Walpole reply! #OhWalpole

[@FiauraTheTankGirlGamer]

+Extra Credits Well this was the big last gasp for an offensive and turns into the largest tank battle EVER!

[@artistformerlyknownasal-ma6376]

+Robert Walpole Damnit Walpole

[@JorneDeSmedt]

So... What happened to the deserter who told the Russians about the attack?

[@connormclernon26]

Probably worked to death in the gulags

[@MaxwellAerialPhotography]

my guess is that didn't actually exist, it's just propoganda to cover for soviet intelligence.

[@JimmyRei1000]

+TheRexDark IT WAS WALPOLE.

[@nolanhaggen8252]

+Michael Kirbish BUT WHY LET LOYALTY TO ONES STATE SPOIL A GOOD LEAK?

[@Steve17010]

+TheRexDark My guess is that the deserter did go a POW camp but it was one of the better ones. He likely had better living conditions and received more and better quality food than the average POW.

[@artemshevtsov6062]

“Finally he convinces a political officer on the scene named Nikita Khrushchev-“ Hold up

[@youdonthavetoknowsssh8154]

The Eastern front make The Western front look like a walk in the park warfare

[@ManofPeel]

The Japanese: imma make the eastern front LIKE A FAMILY DAY TRIP TO *TACO BELL*

[@godzillaandtanks7541]

@@ManofPeel these 3 fronts are the ones I think are the most harsh these are not in any order 1. Western front ww1 reason the pain of trench warfare 2. Pacific theater america vs japan reason Pure brutality to the enemy and the savagery that happened 3. Eastern front ww2 reason Cost of lives

[@Chirpysemperboy]

Stalin: "We need you to hold them off until we have a plan." Zukov: "How long do you need?" Stalin: "How long can you hold?" Zukov: "That wasn't the question."

[@jaypillsbury843]

I'd like to say once again that I'm so glad you guys do this. So many important historical events just get overlooked in history classes, and, coming from someone who doesn't generally enjoy history, these series are both informative and highly engaging. Extra Credits, you're the best. :)

[@AdrianDeer]

the bad thing about history is, that you usually already know the outcome.. So no matter how exciting the series are, you know what will happen. The reason i watch this, is because i wanna know "how" it could happen. And also the nice pictures.

[@andrewwright8181]

+ACElicious Hey, guess what, that's the whole point behind history, we know what happened, and how it happened.

[@AdrianDeer]

Andrew Wright jjaa.. that's what i just said..

[@AdrianDeer]

ja ok

[@JonesyMcDanes]

Did you put that dot on his face just so I would fruitlessly try to clean it off my screen?

[@joopie99aa]

+JonesyMcDanes Whose?

[@jeff-eo6ee]

Obviously.

[@CrazyYurie]

+JonesyMcDanes I had similar thoughts, but I had just cleaned my screen yesterday. Also my screen never gets that dirty. :o

[@LeoMidori]

+JonesyMcDanes No no. Khrushchev actually had two prominent moles on his face: one next to the left side of his nose and one on his far right cheekbone.

[@CobraTeamGuys]

+JonesyMcDanes Love the davidr64yt profile pic.

[@kevingename1092]

Who got that info to Stal - it was Walpole. With the help of Fegelein.

[@RadekCrazy1]

+Kevin Gename (DAR31337) DAMN I KNEW IT WAS FEGELEIN ALL LONG!!!! FEGELEIN !!! FEGELEIN!!! FEGELEIN!!!!

[@andrewwright8181]

+Kevin Gename (DAR31337) Walpole, Walpole does it all...

[@kevingename1092]

Andrew Wright With Fegelein's help this time around.

[@Self-replicating_whatnot]

2:40 "Some crazy Ivan is eating my tenk! HALP!"

[@Achillez098]

This is the best breakfast show! Love you guys :D

[@comittailfern5852]

touché

[@jonbaxter2254]

+Achillez Lol, I'm eating breakfast too

[@viktorsvanberg5050]

+Achillez where do you live?

[@welp2388]

Couldn't agree more

[@sixofspades4050]

+Achillez I have seen you before -_- did u comment on the AoE2 soundtrack?

[@jrsdef]

My favorite bit of this whole thing is James juggling the knives at the end, XD

[@RoyalFusilier]

My friend has started bringing me all kinds of history things, despite having basically no interest in history... because we've started watching this series together. So thanks, guys, for another way to bond over some amazing stories. Stories just as enthralling, if not more so, than any fiction.

[@evilcam]

Love this series. Now that the background and backstory is complete, you're jumping right into the battle, and it is as expected very well done.

[@devinranaldi1751]

We need some episodes on Zhukov, the man who won WW2.

[@Tytoalba777]

While I agree that we need an episode on Zhukov, arguably the greatest general in Russian history, I don't think it's fair to say Zhukov was the man who won WWII, simply because _every_ man (on the Allied side) won WWII.

[@narutoincore123]

I know who zukov is. He is joke.

[@shmamlet7751]

Blacky Maze nice joke mate, now tell me the one about the US making a breakthrough in this war

[@campbellgaskin3818]

Владислав Бессонов Midway.

[@usssanjacinto1]

Devin Ranaldi Actually US materials won WWII. Zhukov, Khruschev, and even Stalin have admitted that if it were not for American Steel, Trucks, etc from the US Lend-Lease program, then they would have fallen against the Germans.

[@herbivorethecarnivore8447]

2:52 That's a Panzer IV, not a Tiger. My history jimmies are rustled.

[@davehoffman4659]

Herbivore The Carnivore no, Panzer 4s had side skirts to protect the tracks.

[@t0pcat517]

Dave Hoffman Boi, only later models did

[@CC-dq6ck]

from the h and later

[@jjj05021]

@@davehoffman4659 sometimes NO!

[@Limathebean]

69 likes

[@Homelyeight]

rewatching these videos bring me nostalgia

[@Thoreaux]

I know this is supposed to be part of a promotion for World of Tanks but some reason it's giving me a serious craving for Valkyria Chronicles.

[@noahwiener8669]

You dare to compare ze glorious East European Imperial Alliance with those pitiful genocidal Nazis? And vhat are zhees Reds you speak of? Print Maximillian will have your head for this!

[@philbettinger1741]

*The sound of multiple nuclear explosions go off* god bless the United States and the nuke!

[@reidosarous]

I love this series so much, keep em' up! I had always wondered why the Nazi's kept up their push on the East. This finally helped me understand the German thinking of having a decisive victory on the Eastern front to establish a halt in fighting so they can shift focus to the West.

[@nodinitiative]

According to "Wikipedia the Germans used 940,900 men, 3,253 tanks, 9,467 guns and mortars, 2,110 aircraft. Wow....if the Soviet Union had made peace or collapse in 1942 or 1943, there was no chance in Hell the Western Allied forces could have defeated the Germans or conquer Nazi Europe.

[@Mentol_]

Good morning :) It's better to wake up late than never...

[@EdyPegasus]

not true, because soviets knew they had the advantage. They would have made "peace" only to save more troops and hit later. Just as the Nazis did.

[@IPRobban]

True and this battle was also the reason the germans did'nt have an air force too help defend normandy because they got almost whiped out completely on the eastern front.

[@doorhanger9317]

Of course, America is still spooling up at this point, imagine the bombs dropping on Berlin and not Japan...

[@caif4]

nodinitiative You underestimate not only the production of the US but the true manpower of the British Empire.

[@josephschultz3301]

I love the opening bit with Khrushchev that's like, "Spoiler Alert: He lives through the war." Boy howdy, does he ever xD .

[@afoxinafoxhole7891]

Russian retreat plans Russian General: We'll burn that bridge when we get there!

[@huski1645]

Pretty accurate, I'd say. Good job on this one guys, can't wait for the next part.

[@BooBooBlueBerry]

As always, amazing work Extra Credits. Mt favorite show on KZbin.

[@BooBooBlueBerry]

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Bro shut up stop stating the obvious, we all know it’s the best show on KZbin

[@YesthisisCharlie]

You guys rock. The narrative keep me on edge the whole time

[@swanbylander5144]

Kursk is and will always be the most Epic Battle in Human History! Next to the Brutal Siege of Stalingrad. A graveyard of burnt smoldering twisted metal tombstones that once where tanks littering the wheat fields of Kursk bathed in blood, the skies blotted out by toxic fumes and dust, as the screams of airplanes diving from the heavens screaming like falling angels with the howls of rockets drowning out the choirs of the dying, that their moans and groans filled every mile, the endless rattling of machine-guns accompanying the percussionist booms of artillery shells all making ritual noises in unison to an unholy song of death and despair, as if hell rose from the very earth that day. Bone chilling if you can imagine being in the middle of that a nightmare of an epic battle.

[@swanbylander5144]

+Novusod Over 2 million casualties on both sides of the battlefield in Kursk where sustained, Stalingrad was over a million and a half there. During the Whole of World War 2, the Soviet Union faced off against 80% of the German War Machine and Man Power. While the US, France, and the UK faced 20%, that they purposefully planned to bleed out Soviet Russia of machines and man power as they faced the bulk of the Nazi war machine. Of which the Allies had plans to continue World War 2 once Nazi Germany was defeated, but would go against a demoralized Soviet Union liberating Eastern Europe from Communism and marching on, or using an Atomic Bomb right in Moscow, Leningrad, Minks, Kiev, and Stalingrad. Patton and Churchill were all for continuing the War against Russia, take out two birds with one stone Fascism and Communism, thus Capitalism Triumphs.

[@snakeguy8646]

+swan bylander would have been a bad idea, Russia's Military Production was booming, they could easily mass produce and defend their homeland until either attacker gives up, then probably counter attack America and Britain. In my mind of the situation, it would have been a hell of its own.

[@NoName-hg6cc]

"Hey guys, remember Verdun, in the last war? Let's do that again!"

[@silasmcclung2011]

I'm so early nobody has blamed Walpole for anything...

[@EmperorZephyr]

...must be Walpole...

[@clonetf141]

+Silas McClung YOU LOYALIST!

[@Artista_Frustrado]

+Silas McClung Walpole provided the drinks

[@windwulfboi]

Love the little factoid about the Panzer. It's great to see contributions like this to this show. Fantastic work EC crew, I'm subscribed for life!

[@HoboTango]

Imagine if they had camera's and media attention as much as we have in 2016. The eastern front would be a sight to see.........

[@jimli3890]

yeah a site of blood, death, and destruction

[@RobSpartanR16]

yeah wave of wave of wave of Russians to halt the german advantage :/.. the horrors :(

[@HoboTango]

RobSpartanR16 In actuality, wave of russians were not throwned at the Germans like you would see in Ennemy of the gates movie ( for exemple). During Operation Barbarossa, waves of Russian would charge in because there was no other options, they had been taken by surprise and lots of encirclement happened and they had the only option to break trough the encirclement or die. All those myths are based on Operation Barbarossa wich happened at the start of the great patriotic war ( 1941 ). Where you could see such thing happens but rarely happened later in the war.

[@isprikitikburkabush6200]

The Soviets are more prepared than ever. They built probably the best defensive fortification in History. I doubt a mass suicidal charge took place

[@RobSpartanR16]

HoboTango I was talking about the whole war not specific battles. But yes every battle as we know was different. And in some cases more suicidal charges were in order then other more orginized attacks.

[@bp_cherryblossomtree723]

3:43 Ha, nice reference. Loved that game as a child

[@johnathanbruce8227]

Into the motherland The German army march In the Soviet Union summer 1943 Tanks line up in thousands as far the eye can see Ready for the onslaught Ready for the fight Waiting for the axis to march into a trap Mines are placed in darkness In the cover of the night Waiting to be triggered When the time is right Imminent invasion, imminent attack Once the battle started There's no turning back The end of the third Reich draws near It's time has come to an end The end of an era is here It's time to attack! Into the motherland the German army march Comrades stand side by side to stop the Nazi charge Panzers on Russian soil a thunder in the east One million men at war Soviet wrath unleashed! Fields of Prokhorovka Where the heat of battle burned Suffered heavy losses And the tide of war was turned Driving back the Germans Fighting on four fronts Hunt them out of Russia Out of Soviet land Reinforce the front line Force the axis to retreat Send in all the reserves Securing their defeat Soldiers of the Union Broke the citadel Ruins of an army Axis rest in hell The end of the third Reich draws near Its time has come to an end The end of an era is here Its time to attack Into the motherland the German army march Comrades stand side by side to stop the Nazi charge Panzers on Russian soil a thunder in the east One million men at war Soviet wrath unleashed! Onward comrads! Onwards for the Soviet Union! Charge! Ow mother Russia! Union of lands Will of the people Strong in command Ow mother Russia! Union of lands Once more victorious the red army stands! The end of the third Reich is here Its time has come to an end The end of an era is here Its time to attack! Into the motherland the German army march Comrades stand side by side to stop the Nazi charge Panzers on Russian soil a thunder in the east One million men at war Soviet wrath unleashed!

[@BlackCat-tg7th]

As much heroic bravery or pure monstrosity one wielded, tricky or tactical, furious or calm Those stickmen are just adorable and that's a fact.

[@luciuscroy6656]

im glad you guys are double pumping extra history episodes ^^

[@ltericdavis2237]

+lucius croy So thank world of tanks for letting them do just that. Yeah advertising done the right way!

[@AlanHaskayne]

+Factoid Its actually how Extra History got started, advertising for Total War: Rome 2, way way back when

[@ltericdavis2237]

AlanHaskayne Yup! Yeah for intelligent game companies!

[@AlanHaskayne]

+Factoid It is quite inspiring to see game companies do good with ads, I would love to see them do it on other channels too And... Holy, I just realized that first episode is 3 years old almost, and I feel really old

[@ltericdavis2237]

AlanHaskayne Oh, wow. Man, what a legacy.

[@jonbaxter2254]

Holy cow perfect timing! Only 16 minutes since this went up.

[@grfrjiglstan]

Done in by Schnapps, like so many that would come after them.

[@NamelessPlayerOfficial]

I love Extra Credits' story telling, it makes me feel excited to know what'll happen next even though I basically know the outcome.

[@CallieYote]

2:12 New Technology was tested! It was immediately shot down. I can relate to this.

[@tempsinger7418]

Noooo you can't just shoot artillery at our new tech Haha arty go "BOOM"

[@iliketanks2438]

Actually the Ferdinand didn’t have machine guns because they weren’t really needed on tank destroyers mainly because Kursk is the only battle where tanks see intense infantry combat

[@Miraihi]

It's better to pronounce "Jukov"...because there is no slightest hint of "Z" in his name (Жуков). Maybe it was written this way because this soun have something in common in terms of pronounciation with chineese "zh" (For example "Guangzhou"). But it's not "z", it's totally different sound...

[@martinsriber7760]

+Elan Askerov It's pronounced similarly to g in mirage.

[@ExcludedLayman]

+Martin Šriber So, like 'z' is a voiced 's', 'zh' is a voiced 'sh'?

[@martinsriber7760]

Excluded Layman If by zh and sh you mean ж/ž and ш/š than yes.

[@justanaverageguy912]

really like the little annotation about the panzer IV. more pls.

[@PopTartNeko]

oh boy now I want to play CoH2 again

[@fillosof66689]

+PopTartNeko don''t. Men of War is the way to go.

[@badgerking4003]

I am loving this series!

[@daltonmorgan6464]

I subscribed for this series alone. Others are good too but this is the most interesting

[@angelcamargo6372]

Thank you wargaming for the subtitles!

[@verdragon5591]

0:36 Oh hey look, it's the guy voted 'Most Likely To Put Missiles In Cuba'

[@homeycdawg]

I love these Kursk episodes.

[@lokalkakan]

0.o Holy shit Nikita was at kursk

[@kaidepuu1415]

+lokalkakan And Leonid (Brezhnev) was at Stalingrad with NKVD executing any retreating Russian troops, nice bunch?

[@jochentram9301]

Khrushchev was IIRC the senior politruk at Kharkov in 1942, Stalingrad, Kursk and Kiev in 1943. The generals he worked with seem to have liked him, overall. Brezhnev was *not* at Stalingrad; at that time, he was with the Transcaucasus Front on the Turkish border. Brezhnev was assigned in 1943 to the 1st Ukrainian Front, under Khrushchev, and there became his protegé.

[@utajaz2000]

The person that did the art is a genius.

[@BFVK]

Pfff... not at all, it's full of mistakes and inaccuracy. The drawings are awful. A genius in bad working

[@Jacob_Kuschel]

So wait, does Stalin always wear his hat to bed?

[@HUOGoofballs]

+Jacob Kuschel He didn't want folks to see his bald spot.

[@jimsidewinder8622]

>:(

[@adampaul5237]

@@jimsidewinder8622 lmao

[@armvex]

"Which of the knife edge falls", that is a interesting quote.

[@TheAfroMenace]

The Khrushchev spoiler alert is great, but the birthmark is better.

[@HeatherMcNabb]

+Cskye Thanks for noticing!

[@nathang2750]

Nice vid!

[@abyssaljam441]

I mush ask, can James juggel knives?

[@ryleeculla5570]

The Ferdinand was to heavy but if used in a stationary position at long range it was the best tank destroyer in the world

[@altonbishop305]

says the new tiger one... show panzer 4.

[@Blazo_Djurovic]

+Alton Bishop Also say T-34 and show T-34-85. They might have similar names but the former was 1941 design with a 76mm cannon that struggled to penetrate sides of Tigers. While the later had the 85mm cannon that was fully capable to penetrate TIgers from the front and fight Panthers on equal terms.

[@srslywtfcl4p404]

+Блажо Ђуровић but both still T-34's

[@Blazo_Djurovic]

Adrian Grindbakken Yes, but one is unable to defeat Tigers and Panthers which is a key thing during the battle of Kursk, while the other doesn't have the same problem.

[@MilitaryHistoryVisualized]

+Блажо Ђуровић yeah, in this video it is more ok, but they also used the T-34-85 in the prelude 1941 videos.

[@Blazo_Djurovic]

Military History It's really not any more OK to use that version now than it was in 41. Sure, the introduction date is closer, but Soviets will REALLY need those tanks in this fight. In fact this is the main operationa introduction of Soviets to the "next gen" german tanks the Panther and the Tiger. And they will scrap most of the other projects demanding new chasis and redirect all their efforts on mounting 85mm onto the T-34.

[@pikminlord343]

this series have been excellent

[@rays5073]

Extra Credits This is just a minor detail, but the German tanks you keep showing when mentioning the Tiger tanks is a Panzer IV. Loved the video though!

[@JammyD2579]

+Ray S When they talk about Tigers at 5:25, they do depict an actual Tiger I. The Pz.IV is just a stand-in image for "German tank" elsewhere. A far more interesting thing to point out I would think is that the rear-shot of Pz.IVs they give has a radio bustle, and then another radio bustle is sort of hanging off it :P

[@rays5073]

JammyD2579 Yeah, I meant the drawn one. Because in another episode about Kursk, they had multiple drawn tanks for the Soviets

[@mprpo946]

This is truly very informative and interesting ... And with this kind of animation makes history far more interesting to learn ...

[@ionlymadethistoleavecoment1723]

I love the phrasing in episodes like these. It's far too easy to demonize one side making them the bad guy, especially when they're Germans during ww2. I applaud extra credit for not stooping to such a thing and showing both sides as brave and deserving of respect. I didnt even catch any negative "loaded words", as I call them, words meant to elicit a certain emotion or way of feeling about someone, though not explicitly saying they are bad. I cant stress how much I appreciate the neutrality of the EC team.

[@ionlymadethistoleavecoment1723]

Exactly my point. People seem to forget that. people act as though every german knew about the terrible, terrible things that were done to "certain people"

[@Vox_Popul1]

Ionlymadethistoleavecoments ha, it’s funny you think they didn’t, the Whemacht weren’t innocent concerning atrocities and war crimes.

[@jangxx]

I've never heard the pronunciation of 'Wehrmacht' butchered this badly before :D

[@smalltime0]

+jangxx or Manstein.

[@asgrahim9164]

+jangxx "Hwermackt" :P

[@Clowndoe]

Typical pronunciation from English speakers from my experience.

[@kraetyz]

+jangxx Dan does not into German at all. It's kind of cute. :D

[@Thraim.]

+jangxx You clearly don't watch enough history videos on KZbin. Dan's pronunciation is average for an American.

[@kapgam9913]

Its better than a movie cause you know this stuff really happened.

[@atanasijesimic4651]

for the record 2:55 that is pz iv.

[@clownshow_5727]

Damn when he said “never had they gotten a real breakthrough” those words could shatter anyone with more then 200 hours in hoi4

[@stevencolor3389]

Into the motherland the German army march Comrades stand side by side to stop the Nazi charge Panzers on Russian soil a thunder in the east One million men at war Soviet wrath unleashed!

[@ChertovBaobab]

You're the best, guys! Keep doing this show, it's amazing!

[@eradius]

2:53. thats a Panzerkampfwagen IV Ausf. G. maybe J? what you want is the Panzerkampfwagen VI 'Tiger' Ausf. H. good video as always though :)

[@thenostalgicgamer9453]

+eradius Heroes and generals?

[@eradius]

***** um not sure what the game has to do with it. just the german tank looks more like a IV than a VI

[@StellarGryphon]

***** I'm guessing War Thunder

[@eradius]

Sun_skimmer 89 oh i see. no sorry im just interested in the historical period, same as feudal japan and S.P.Q.R. i have played war thunder not the tanks side of it though

[@eradius]

its funny how people have to find a cause for someone knowing something rather then the reality that someone has to know this shit in the firstplace to make those games, not the other way around

[@andrewmelnikov292]

1:00 If you were wondering about the name - YES. It was the same Khruschov that later led USSR during the Cuban crisis.

[@johnlienhart2717]

I would rather have milk to steel the soul, preferably with chocolate chip cookies or oreos

[@snakeguy8646]

Liquor gives you courage man, I felt like I could conquer the world when I practiced shots.

[@kaigrundmann9277]

+The Snake Empire so did hitler. i guess he had too many though

[@snakeguy8646]

+Kai Gore idk how to spell it, shnaps? Yeah, those are stronger than Vodka, and you usually drink 5 glasses, if you drink more you have a chance to die, Hitler took that chance and thought he was Napoleon :|

[@johnlienhart2717]

The Snake Empire Yeah, man, but milk and cookies, but then again my last meal would a grilled cheese and chocolate milk

[@thevoidlookspretty7079]

2:32 Gonna be honest, the Ferdinand was having a lot of issues *before* the fighting became close quarters.

[@ZingFreelancer]

2:52 you are showing a Panzer 4 drawing and calling it a Tiger tank? Tsk tsk tsk.

[@MilitaryHistoryVisualized]

+Zing Freelancer yeah, considering the amount of people and money behind this, quite disheartening. Especially since it is done with "World of Tanks Money".

[@HoboTango]

+Zing Freelancer Its not the drawing that are importants, its the history lesson.....

[@joeybroda9167]

Double extra history in a week? Yes!

[@Aksuuuk]

the girl she is dressed as a soviet pilot right

[@SuperFatman345]

Thanks for something nice to watch while sick!

[@pickakespartan]

You keep saying Wehrmacht (veyr-mahkht) incorrectly. The W is pronounced more like a V. But besides that this was a great episode.

[@mylanvoskamp474]

I'm German and just no, we do not pronounce the 'w' in 'Wehrmacht' as a 'v'. We pronounce it More like "wèr-makt".

[@mylanvoskamp474]

btw. the German 'w' does not Sound like a 'v' more like a sort of mix from a 'v' and a 'w'.

[@PeoplePartyG1mao]

Also it's not -makt but -makht (pronounciationwise)

[@CarlosRios1]

But he pronounces Luftwaffe right

[@miguelpereira9859]

QUAKE III ARENA

[@AngelCanseco1]

must have been horrifying to be the very first pillbox attacked probably knowing that you were gonna be one of the first areas hit

[@adventureinc1568]

Red Orchestra 2 + War Thunder = BEST WAR GAME EVER SOMEONE MAKE THIS!

[@aquila4460]

+Captain Inc So you want a game, with some pretty bad bugs, and a strong russian bios? Don't get me wrong, both games are ok, and i play them both, but they are far from the best. Or even great games. They are good because they are some of the few taceling this target audience.

[@pedrobettt]

+Aquila I don't mind that a game is biased, as long as it's not insidious in having those biases. If I'm being misled into believing the account is impartial, then it's a bad thing. But they never deny that they're biased, so there's no problem.

[@BenignGamer]

Yeah, good luck balancing tactical realism with what is almost the most arcade experience in the world (second only to World of Tanks of course).

[@adventureinc1568]

Benign Gamer I don't see any flaws in this, war isn't suppose to be equally balanced.

[@aquila4460]

Captain Inc Yeah sure, but in this case the balance should be right. So a bunch of worse russian tanks vs few better german tanks. At least during the battle of kurks and other more mid - late war battles.

[@LocutusBorgOf]

Now I can only picture Kuruschev as being played by Steve Buscemi

[@mergele1000]

7:24 James likes to live dangerous.

[@isocryd]

I love how a squeaky voice is narrating such a dramatic tragedy.

[@appaloosahill4499]

It's not squeaky it's just high pitched if he was squeaky he would sound like a 6 year old

[@timothymclean]

It never fails to amaze me how much raw manpower the Soviet Union was willing and able to spend on its goals. Germany (and, in the Cold War, the US) may have had a more robust economy and at times a technological advantage, but no European power is more skilled or able in the simple yet effective art of throwing men into the meat-grinder until they win. (I'm thinking not only of war, but of the space race, where the Soviets' gains came at the expense of often-lax safety measures and more astronaut deaths than the US.)

[@Parsons360]

these really need to be more regular!

[@madbepsi3781]

At 3:37 why does it say kitchen sink in one of the arrows?

[@johnathanreyna8128]

They threw the kitchen sink at them

[@sfinga151]

Because when you try Everything in Engkish you say, that you threw the kitchen Šink at it.

[@reecedignan8365]

Good series as always However if anyone wants a good series about the war in the east should watch 'Soviet Storm: WW2 in the East' it follows the more major battles from Barbarossa to the battle of Berlin. It also talks about the training and tactics used by both forces.

[@reecedignan8365]

Quick fact as well, the reason soviet troops weren't as scared about the German tanks as much as they should be. The soviet forces before the battle would run over trenches full of soviet troops with their own t-34's, they also showed their troops the best ways to deal with German tanks when they got to close. In addition they would scower the armies for the best gunners for AT gun and would give them extra pay and rations (which is deserved as they were trained to be able to notice and hit the weak points on German tanks and had to also trained to be able to hit the barrel of the German tanks (yes not the turret but the long thin barrels of the main cannon)) so yeah the soviet states really put quite a bit into their preparations but if you watch soviet storm you'll learn a lot more

[@50TNCSA]

talks about tiger tank... shows panzer mark 4 :/

[@huski1645]

I laughed a little.

[@warwatcher91]

+50TNCSA Clearly the work of German Deception!

[@DreamVikings]

+50TNCSA funny. i excpected some smartass remark in the comments section as soon as i saw that.

[@50TNCSA]

warwatcher91 you sir win the internet for today LOL

[@50TNCSA]

DreamVikings forgive me but i had to its its in my nature

[@Tepid24]

4:57 Arguably the Stug III was even more important as over 10,000 of them were produced. Keep at it, great series so far.

[@MadnerKami]

+Tyrannosaurus Rex StuG III was technically not a tank, but a self-propelled artillery-gun or, by german terms, an assault artillery ;)

[@Tepid24]

I personally define every fully tracked fighting vehicle as a tank. #realtankshavecurves #realtanksdon'tneedturrets

[@MadnerKami]

Tyrannosaurus Rex Personal definitons are kind of useless in conversations between two or more individual persons ;)

[@Tepid24]

True. :/

[@MadnerKami]

Tyrannosaurus Rex Aw, don't be sad. I still acknowledge your basic point of the StuG III being a more important armored fighting vehicle ;)

[@03kmaus28]

3 minutes in, a thing on the top right says to download world of tanks. Quite the push they have, War Gaming does.

[@bitterbrush2377]

You say Wehrmacht weird. I've been waiting for this though, thank you guys

[@salsicha5305]

Zhukov is pronounced “Jukov” (Жуков)

[@iskenuz]

Fun Fact: As the first major deployment of the Panther, Kursk was actually undermined in its efficacy for the Germans due to the delays required to get them to the front. The Heer was ready to strike well before, but the insistence upon bring up the new tanks to the front lines gave the soviets time to turn the salient into a veritable citadel. The Panthers didn't even prove all that useful for the fight when compared to the PzKpFw IV. Weak side armor and a less powerful HE shell than her younger counterparts made it ill-suited for offensive operations.