In reality it was actually Dimitri Petrenko and Reznov who took the Reichstag and the Germans there had a near unlimited supply of grenades.
@omgfackdehell3 жыл бұрын
Near unlimited isn't that much when fighting the USSR
@docpossum24603 жыл бұрын
I finished World At War just the other day.
@ashishsoni65293 жыл бұрын
And somehow Germans were particularly effective at using all their grenades at a single person
@estellemelodimitchell82593 жыл бұрын
But the number of German bodies defending the Reichstag was limited and dwindling as the battle raged on.
@boyscouts837123 жыл бұрын
"As heroes, we shall return to Russia's imbraces..." Victor Reznov
@VLSG3 жыл бұрын
"You were killed by a grenade. Watch out for the grenade danger indicator."
@ladela73483 жыл бұрын
The only thing I truly hated about COD WAW. Never could see that fucking indicator until a split second before detonation
@lvcas93133 жыл бұрын
That mission in hardcore took days, fuck!
@ViperGTS7373 жыл бұрын
if youre talking about CoD 2, then yes that mission on vetran took me a week to finish
@guhalakshmiratan55663 жыл бұрын
CoD: World at War still remains my most favourite of the CoD series because it has both the Nazi-Soviet war and The Pacific War - two areas I'm very passionate about!
@joshunkuri43093 жыл бұрын
Last three missions on insane gave me ptsd.
@darylleleong3 жыл бұрын
Reporter: "so how does it feel to be one of those who captured the Reichstag?" Valentine tank: "idk I got lost in transit and somehow ended up here"
@stephenwood66633 жыл бұрын
The lone M3 Lee that somehow ended up in the Soviet invasion of Manchuria against the Japanese in 1945 feels your pain.
@Tinblitz3 жыл бұрын
"Reichstag?? Bloody Hell, I thought I was in Tunisia!"
@drewinsur73213 жыл бұрын
"someon' sae there was tea in hera', basterds loyed to me!"
@LucasSantos-si4nd3 жыл бұрын
@@drewinsur7321 HAMOND
@007DEAD3 жыл бұрын
Joke all you want, the valentine being there just shows how reliable the platform was.
@TheIronArmenianakaGIHaigs3 жыл бұрын
Don’t worry Steineris going to arrive with reinforcements any day now…..
@idgafos10513 жыл бұрын
...any day now...
@tunamayo35873 жыл бұрын
Steiner…
@ballmuncher-hn1fq3 жыл бұрын
Steiner didn't have enough manpower the attack did not take place...
@borntofeel11523 жыл бұрын
Hello iron
@morganv78953 жыл бұрын
@@ballmuncher-hn1fq These men stay here, Kietel, Jodel, Krebs, and Bordorf
@LOLERXP3 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: Many Soviet soldiers wrote their names and other stuff as graffiti on the interior walls of the Reichstag, and some of that graffiti was intentionally not cleaned up when the building was rennovated after reunification. You can still see it today and it is frequently passed by lawmakers.
@augustwinterman69523 жыл бұрын
Probably an effective reminder for most of them.
@LOLERXP3 жыл бұрын
@Oskar Dirlewanger If your last name wasn't Dirlewanger one could almost take you seriously.
@schweinefleischteinvonreic55733 жыл бұрын
@@LOLERXP I mean
@uwuowo85993 жыл бұрын
@Oskar Dirlewanger They're mere puppets, they don't care about their nation or people.
@aquila44603 жыл бұрын
@Oskar Dirlewanger Surprising that you find some time to aid Goebbles in spouting misinformation between all the genociding you are doing, Mr Dirlewanger. Then again, projection has always been part of the right and you would know about evil.
@bigbadword3 жыл бұрын
Imagine surviving all the way across the eastern front only to die outside the Reichstag mere hours away from the end of the war.
@Fuhrerjehova3 жыл бұрын
@Kenneth Kuper For a fucking flag
@borntofeel11523 жыл бұрын
@@Fuhrerjehova literally the most STUPID way to die, hundreds of men died for photo
@whenyoupulloutyourdickands40233 жыл бұрын
@@borntofeel1152 yeah kinda tragic. They fought a war which was bigger than themselves and they were used to die for a propaganda piece they would have already won without.
@useodyseeorbitchute94503 жыл бұрын
Modern odd ideas with selfie stick look not so bad in comparison.
@craftpaint16443 жыл бұрын
Those Germans in front of and inside the Reichstag were thinking of the next few seconds not the last few years. It was the Russians that had to worry about getting home or not, because they weren't home and they weren't likely to get back to it if they really wanted that building 👩🔧🇺🇲🛠️🇷🇺
@C0wb0yBebop3 жыл бұрын
That last line: “thousands of their dead or dying comrades could now see that it had all been worth it - or at least they could have, if it wasn’t dark.”
@SemperFine3 жыл бұрын
It wasn't a battle with their enemies. It was a race against time. And the Russians lost it.
@shepherdlavellen33013 жыл бұрын
same can probably be said about fall of soviet union
@keith37613 жыл бұрын
I feel like he left out that there would have been a ton of fires illuminating the area along with infantry flares etc.
@TomDestry3 жыл бұрын
Also, them being dead made it harder to see clearly.
@rogerpattube3 жыл бұрын
…and they weren’t dead
@bobothree3 жыл бұрын
There is apparently a great story of a young German Major who was assigned to Hilter's Berlin Headquarters for his Eastern front heroism. In the final hours the headquarters staff was epileptic regarding the pending Soviet assault. To the dismay of the staff the young major said "there one good thing about all this. Soon we will be able to take the street car from the Eastern Front to the Western Front".
@kodiak2fitty3 жыл бұрын
epileptic? Do you mean apocalyptic (fearing the end of the world). I don't think they were having epileptic seisures.
@Partstim3 жыл бұрын
@@kodiak2fitty "apoplectic" is usuallly the word used to express great anger
@MagiconIce3 жыл бұрын
Well but technically he was wrong even about this, since Berlin was a pocket battle behind the Eastern Front Main Combat Line that moved further west, fighting retreating German Armies up until they reached the Elbe, at some points (e.g. Torgau) linking up with US Forces. Unless, he would've known about what the Western Allies and the Soviets agreed upon for Post War Germany, calling the borders of the occupation zones "front lines", but that would've been awkward in a political, peaceful setting.
@bobothree3 жыл бұрын
@@kodiak2fitty No, I meant epileptic.
@bobothree3 жыл бұрын
@@MagiconIce It's called humor. In this case, gallows humor. And by the way, he would have only known it was a pocket battle if he was clairvoyant.
@villegas242 жыл бұрын
I lived in Berlin for a few years, the fact that you can still see battle scars to this day means that the battle of Berlin must have been hell on earth
@tonylovesducks250111 ай бұрын
It’s still hell on earth
@TeardropSidemarker3 жыл бұрын
Freeze-frame on Valentine: _“You’re all probably wondering how I got here?”_ * Baba O’Reilly begins playing *
@actualalula8 ай бұрын
"Oi mate, arent i supposed to be in ethopia"
@sof58583 жыл бұрын
The fact a British Tank was involved as well is interesting.
@trekker1053 жыл бұрын
It sounds as if it was among the materiel the West provided to the Soviets via lend-lease, as such it was technically a Soviet tank, just British-built.
@mimir49653 жыл бұрын
@@trekker105 what a weird logic
@sof58583 жыл бұрын
@@trekker105 I know that. Just thought it was interesting that something British made was involved in the push on the Reichstag.
@AcePilot_3 жыл бұрын
British everywhere
@theus6633 жыл бұрын
WarThunder weirdness
@radjadawamindra6973 жыл бұрын
"As long as you live, the heart of this army cannot be broken."
@stc31453 жыл бұрын
"As heroes we shall return to Russia" Stalin: No, you go to Gulag
@Azerkeux3 жыл бұрын
@@stc3145 It's remarkable that Stalin killed magnitudes more than Hitler and under far worse conditions yet is idolized so much today in popular culture and media
@MobiusThreeMusic3 жыл бұрын
@@Azerkeux Who is idolizing Stalin? People romanticize communism and the propaganda, but even among tankies I've never seen anyone saying 'Stalin did nothing wrong'
@xXBisquitsXx3 жыл бұрын
@@Azerkeux Still never seen Stalin or Hitler be idolised in popular culture, sure there are people that do but by no means is it the majority. It might seem that way on social media because it tailors what it shows you based on its algorithms. Also mainstream media doesn't Idolise either of them either so not sure what popular culture your apart of but it appears different to mine lol.
@Azerkeux3 жыл бұрын
@@xXBisquitsXx So why are Stalin memes tacitly endorsed on Facebook/Twitter/Instagram but if you post a hitler meme it will get pulled down, the stalin memes are openly available on the baked-in GIFs widget
@grzegorzbrzeczyszczykiewic58953 жыл бұрын
The best "RUSH-B" in a history of warfare.
@enderw.17243 жыл бұрын
Hahaha
@krushtyy3 жыл бұрын
similar casualties to the ones ive experienced
@unclelarry88423 жыл бұрын
Except you know, The soviets actually had tactics and weren't just asiatic hordes.
@Hjw5113 жыл бұрын
Rush Reichstag
@ChongiFishing3 жыл бұрын
@@unclelarry8842 There are no tactics in a close quarters fight
@Felcaster3 жыл бұрын
So, my takeaway from this is when we used flak guns as super effective anti-infantry weapons in Battlefield 1942, we were actually engaging in highly accurate battle reenactments.
@IntegralKing Жыл бұрын
the 88's were effective against EVERYTHING
@danielgaffney6690 Жыл бұрын
Many anti air weapons tended to also serve as devastating anti infantry due to use of high density fragmentation or high fire rates during ww2
@BFVsnypEz8 ай бұрын
Uuuuh, yes, the German Flak was used as anti infantry, and even anti tank/ anti vehicle extensively during the whole war, it was one of the most feared weapons to run into when attacking because it's ammunition fuses could be set to explode mid air at whatever distance, so the shells could be fired at infantry, just above the ground and they would explode mid air, turning anyone in the vicinity into mincemeat. Towards the first half of the war they were used successfully as anti-armour as well, until the allies got wise and thickened their armour.
@leeham62305 ай бұрын
@@BFVsnypEzI really don't think that "...until the allies strengthens their armour" is correct. The 88mm flak cannon was blowing up KV and T-34 tanks before it was cool (1941). The main armour of the war didn't get much thicker than that, with the T-34 not getting any armour improvements to the hull throughout the war. The 88mm flak could easily penetrate the Sherman, too. Churchill or IS2 are the only tanks I could think of that would have enough armour, or a Sherman Assault tank. Both were rare compared to the medium tanks.
@JonSmith-yq1dw3 жыл бұрын
14:15 I think you forgot the historical account of the German Soldier being diced up by a machete before the flag was flown
@robbob92738 ай бұрын
Wow.... I wonder why that happened... could it be war and the human condition or you being racist to slavic folk?
@YourAverageYT_user9038 ай бұрын
@robbob9273 he's referring to call of duty world at war in the last scene in the last mission
@Ghostiification8 ай бұрын
@@robbob9273 So.. Can't talk about Japanese soldiers plundering China in 1930's and 40's because it's racist? Or does that "rule" only apply to Soviet troops?
@pandasirkrolm542121 күн бұрын
Ta com pena? Ficou triste? Leva o nazi pra casa
@truekhmer72923 жыл бұрын
“Steiner’s counter attack will bring everything under control” - A soon to be “dead” man, Berlin April 1945 -
@shikikankillzone42393 жыл бұрын
*Legends say that Steiner is still preparing his counter-attack*
@davidty20063 жыл бұрын
In the OTHER direction
@enolopanr98203 жыл бұрын
@troy Ferrington lol
@iche93733 жыл бұрын
It was the guy who killed Hitler.
@louise_rose3 жыл бұрын
"I want to register a complaint!" (angry man on the phone, sample on a Public Enemy track - could have been Adolf) :)
@MobiusThreeMusic3 жыл бұрын
Imagine if the pilot had successfully hit the roof with his banner-lawn dart. Eternal hero of the Soviet Union right there
@cullenkerr65563 жыл бұрын
Well until it collapsed lol
@sagittario55433 жыл бұрын
@@cullenkerr6556 countries and governments are temporary, heroes are forever
@timberwolfe16453 жыл бұрын
Imagine being told that you were flying NOT to fight, but to risk your life to DROP a FLAG
@MP-wb5yd2 жыл бұрын
Your heroes were looters and rapers
@ghostcreeper243 Жыл бұрын
@@timberwolfe1645Soviet Pilot: YESSS I FINALLY GET TO GO TO BERLIN, I WILL SHOW THESE FASCIST PIGS THE MIGHT OF OUR AIR FORCE, FOR THE GLORY OF STAL- Commissar: uh comrade you are not going there to fight Soviet Pilot: I’m sorry what?!?!?!? Commissar: you’re just taking this flag and make drop on Reichstag Soviet Pilot:😃 > 🙂 > 😐 > 😠 > 😡
@herknorth86913 жыл бұрын
This battle seems to always get glossed over, I suppose because the end result was pretty much inevitable. I'm glad to see more detail than I've ever been taught before!
@sjonnieplayfull58593 жыл бұрын
Some old books I got (like, the books are 30 years in the family) tell much of this story already. Together they were like 6000 pages, so not surprising it covered a lot of topics. Looking at the numbers, it was indeed a done deal from the start.
@chadwickmacarthur47603 жыл бұрын
Imagine the young German troops who were fighting at this last battle
@louise_rose3 жыл бұрын
I can't find the Führerbunker though! :)
@jamesbaker71123 жыл бұрын
@@louise_rose That was in the courtyard of the Reichs Chancellery.
@black108723 жыл бұрын
The Soviets paid a very heavy price for this victory. The allies were wise to let the Soviets take Berlin for themselves.
@TheRealQuestionIs113 жыл бұрын
Yet again, I’m blown away by your channel and your ability to convey such amazing stories with ease
@taylerhunter99043 жыл бұрын
“No one will every read this, if you lack the stomach to kill for your country then at least show me that you are willing to die for it” Later on “CHERNOV, Nooooooo. Someone should read this”
@cmd3122010 ай бұрын
Reznov's revealing he truly cared about Chernov after crapping on him for the whole game is truly one of gaming's great character arcs
@patrickt78 ай бұрын
@cmd31220 yeah but only after the poor guy got burned alive at the steps of the Reichstag
@clamum96483 жыл бұрын
God the whole Battle of Berlin must've been an unimaginably brutal affair.
@MikeBrown-go1pc3 жыл бұрын
All of WWII was
@hq34733 жыл бұрын
It could have been much worse. But Soviets surrounded Berlin so quickly relatively few troops managed to get in to defend it.
@Hero.Lone-Wolf3 жыл бұрын
@@hq3473 Many so called re enforcement Army Hitler ordered to come to Berlin Defense were instead running to Western line to surrender .. thousands of them at a time ... no body wanted to be near the Soviets ... fearing the wrath of the Red Army for what the Germans had done on the Eastern Front !
@IAsimov3 жыл бұрын
@@Hero.Lone-Wolf Oh yeah. This is the reason the last of the german defenders were fighting tooth and nail. After the atrocities that had been done at the Eastern Front, even the germans knew surrender would likely lead you to death... or a fate worse than death. The Soviet leadership threw away lives as disposable in a quest for personal glory. But the germans knew this was the end of the line. There is a saying the germans had during the war, when the Soviets began scoring victories, and coming ever closer to Berlin: "Enjoy the war. The peace will be terrible." This is the reason you should avoid an escalation of conflict. When it happens, God have mercy on you, because humans will not.
@benimmortal58583 жыл бұрын
@@IAsimov 'Enjoy the war, the peace will be terrible', is sure is a ominous statement.
@notmenotme6143 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this animation. I visited Berlin several years ago and as I’m a fan of military history, when I visited the Reichstag Building I tried to see where fighting took place and using Wikipedia, I compared it to what I could see there. I walked this in chronological order. What blew my mind was this area is actually quite small in real life and how it took the Soviets days to get from the Moltkebrucke bridge to the Reichstag building, it looks just a few hundred metres in length and now takes seconds to walk the Soviets advance from the bridge.
@ladela73483 жыл бұрын
Then again, you weren't being pinned down by field guns and mg fire, were you?
@sjonnieplayfull58593 жыл бұрын
@@ladela7348 That's his whole point.
@sjonnieplayfull58593 жыл бұрын
When I started to read the collection of books from my parents, this battle was one of the first that I read in full, and I really wondered: if a bridge and a few buildings take this long, how did they ever capture a whole country? This was about as fast as the battles of the first world war, but being the last rat hole time matered little anymore.
@notmenotme6143 жыл бұрын
@@ladela7348 True. It must have been a murderous hail of fire from the defenders, to Soviets advancing just a few hundred metres.
@ladela73483 жыл бұрын
@@notmenotme614 Yeah. I'm just glad I live in a time of relative peace compared to 76 years ago I guess. In 1945 I'd have been prime age for joining the military.
@StarJackal3 жыл бұрын
The Deadliest game of Reverse Capture the Flag the world has ever seen.
@oddursigurdsson96373 жыл бұрын
Definitely not the worst game of 'king of the hill' tho 😳
@RsRj-qd2cg3 жыл бұрын
They could've just laid siege until the Germans died or surrendered.
@cursedhawkins13053 жыл бұрын
@@RsRj-qd2cg That wouldn't of happened, the Germans likely would have fought until every last one of them were killed as they only surrendered after the flag was hoisted on the roof and the soviet generals were on a deadline, they were expected to have that flag on that roof BY a specific date or there would be punishments for those that failed to reach it.
@comradekenobi69083 жыл бұрын
@@RsRj-qd2cg yeah good luck trying that to the SS
@jasonbell62343 жыл бұрын
@@RsRj-qd2cg Befitting reply for Leningrad
@ZaYn.913 жыл бұрын
"The large columns beside the point of the soviet entrance became covered in blood" Damn, imagine that you have survived going through deadly mini fortress outside the Reichstag but then you saw a pile of bodies laying on the ground covered in blood beside an entrance which you should pass through it to prevent the embarrassment of your leadership. For all World War 2 soldiers that have sacrificed their lives for the freedoms we enjoy today, thank you for your services sir!
@delta.alpha.novmbr88022 жыл бұрын
These are so incredibly well done. Thank you. Your work is greatly appreciated
@OBJ3173 жыл бұрын
My guys are back! Nice switch up. Wasn’t expecting this! Well done boys as usual!
@TheOperationsRoom3 жыл бұрын
Appreciate it!
@nhancao47903 жыл бұрын
Having the Soviet as blue in the battle map is kinda weird.
@dr_jj3 жыл бұрын
Well, allies blue axis red is kind of convention but yeah, it does feel weird
@ladela73483 жыл бұрын
I mean, Blue is normally used for "Friendly" forces and Red is used for "Enemies" in military diagrams. That's why friendly fire is often referred to as "Blue-on-Blue".
@MrNicoJac3 жыл бұрын
Should've used Red for SOV and Black for GER
@nhancao47903 жыл бұрын
@@dr_jj US and Britain as Blue, Germany as dark grey, Soviet as bright red, Italy as green and Japan as dark red is my opinion.
@Fae-Fey3 жыл бұрын
@@nhancao4790 that would work on symbolic map but on a military map, that would be pretty useless and confusing
@frankpinmtl3 жыл бұрын
You know it's a good day when Ops Room puts out a video...
@Valora12342 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@TheOperationsRoom2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@hatefromasheville5583 жыл бұрын
Just found this channel this morning and can’t get enough. SUBSCRIBED!
@stevenborgogna3 жыл бұрын
This gave me a really good sense of the scale of killing and human carnage.
@toluolaitan9163 жыл бұрын
For real two whole battalions wiped out in less than 50m. 🤯
@wolfman213 жыл бұрын
@Synchro another video i watched said that on JUST the 30th of April and 1st of may, the Soviets saw something like 150 KIA and 300+ wounded.
@cyrosubod23173 жыл бұрын
@@toluolaitan916 they do pilitics in this battle than tactics
@toluolaitan9163 жыл бұрын
@@cyrosubod2317 for real man and this is peoples' lives were talking about too. The inhumanity and disregard for human life back then is just astounding.
@sussymussydude3 жыл бұрын
@Synchro in battle of Berlin polish casualties were 3K, soviet casualties were 81K and german were 400K and 380K POW.
@ryanthorne54323 жыл бұрын
This is the kind of content that I have become a patron on Patreon for.
@surrealengineering78843 жыл бұрын
Imagine a good BFV, where they'd included this... maybe as a rush map or 'carrier-attack' ish-mode? so much potential in that scenario... that game was such a waste. This video however is gold!
@SOLOcan3 жыл бұрын
Just play the first CoD mate
@ladela73483 жыл бұрын
@@SOLOcan Or Enlisted. It's made by Gaijin using the same engine as War Thunder, and one of the campaigns is the Battle of Berlin in which you can actually fight this exact battle. I remember ragequitting when the Germans stopped us in the building of the Ministry of the Interior. We tried a flanking move and could see the Reichstag itself but snipers and mgs from the Kroll Opera House basically ended the battle.
@surrealengineering78843 жыл бұрын
@@SOLOcan thanks, i do. But i like multiplayer ^^
@surrealengineering78843 жыл бұрын
@@ladela7348 Sounds exciting, i'll give it a try :D
@r-saint3 жыл бұрын
@@SOLOcan CoD1, CoD United Offensive, CoD2, CoD:WaW.
@diegotavel58723 жыл бұрын
Call of Duty 1 and Call of Duty: World at War for PC did a great job recreating this battle.
@onesneakyboigaming75753 жыл бұрын
"Steiner's assault will take care of it." "My Fuhrer...Steiner..." Famous last words said before disaster
@miatamatt71053 жыл бұрын
Might be one of my favorite Op Room videos ever. amazing stuff as always.
@TheOperationsRoom3 жыл бұрын
Wow, thanks!
@hartleydall1673 жыл бұрын
Patiently waiting for battle of Mogadishu part 2. Your videos are awesome, and the quality just keeps getting better. Astounding.
@peterweatherley76693 жыл бұрын
Did not expect this one! :) You’re giving Mark Felton a serious run for his money these days!
@MALITH6663 жыл бұрын
Mark is more of a interesting story teller than tactical overview stuffs.... you might wanna compare to Tik. But Tik is a historian more. But hey. Love it.
@TheMrFu3 жыл бұрын
mark felton reddit history
@juanmanuel73053 жыл бұрын
@@MALITH666 whos tik?
@illyrian443 жыл бұрын
Mark Felton literally reads wikipedia articles and uses copyright free visuals which most of times are literally not related. The worst "historian" on youtube.
@MALITH6663 жыл бұрын
@@juanmanuel7305 kzbin.infovideos He does series of day by day hour by hour details.
@JohnDoe_753 жыл бұрын
Great content, one of the battles that I've always wondered about but that is rarely covered in history documentaries.
@123cache1233 жыл бұрын
This is so well-made, even the generic icons give you a feel of the nightmare this battle was.
@brick248funny53 жыл бұрын
When will we got the second part to Black Hawk Down or will we get a part 2
@not-a-theist82513 жыл бұрын
yes pls
@johnlucas66833 жыл бұрын
Let's just be patient, it'll come. Can't hasten quality, unless maybe if we were patreon supporters at least. Hehe
@Bullet-Tooth-Tony-3 жыл бұрын
2030 probably.
@jaseaceq1083 жыл бұрын
This has to legitimately be the best channel on youtube. You put so much effort into these videos, and it shows. Big ups man, you're doing an amazing job.
@FlexBeanbag3 жыл бұрын
kzbin.infoBmc9NFfhx74?feature=share
@amir-ng6jv3 жыл бұрын
Oh God I can't tell you how happy this makes me. I've heard narrations of this battle before but I'm not great at visualizing this stuff in my head. Thank you 🙌🤍🤍🤍
@TheOperationsRoom3 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoy it!
@idiamin68202 жыл бұрын
This is, by far, one of the coolest World War Two videos I've ever viewed.
@amac26122 жыл бұрын
i found this channel yesterday and have been on a non stop weekend binge. love it.
@russellhancock39993 жыл бұрын
This is easily one of my FAVORITE channels! Fantastic work and great content. Please keep it up, we wait with bated breath for the next episode! May I suggest the tractor building in Stalingrad or the fire bombing of Dresden?
@freedomordeath893 жыл бұрын
What a waste of lives on both sides..to conquer a piece of rubble...
@sickre3 жыл бұрын
The elites don't give a fk about human life - look at today, billions are in lockdown over the flu...
@mimir49653 жыл бұрын
@@sickre hahaha anti vaxxers are right then?
@craftpaint16443 жыл бұрын
It was probably beautiful and wasn't very old having been opened in 1894, still in it's prime when burned and at this hosting of room to room fighting 👩🔧🇺🇲🛠️🇷🇺
@NathanDudani3 жыл бұрын
wAsTe Of LiVeS
@freedomordeath893 жыл бұрын
@@sickre I don't think it was the "elites" forcing people to fight in 1945...there were plenty of opportunities to defect or avoid frontline duty by then. Those who fought in Berlin were all there because they wanted to fight.
@ProstyRobbs3 жыл бұрын
Love all your vids. I dont care how long I have to wait for the next one, they're so well done its worth it!
@JugheadJones033 жыл бұрын
Thanks for taking the time on this. Very entertaining. I cant imaging the thoughts going through everybody's heads on these days.
@marvinm83433 жыл бұрын
11:20 "Comrade, this is a mortar. Used horizontally, this becomes a bazooka."
@ThatOliveMrT10 ай бұрын
1000 IQ level stuff
@onemileperhour3 жыл бұрын
this was the longest wind-up for a punchline I've ever sat through
@DennisNeijmeijer3 жыл бұрын
I feel those stars going out. Every single one of them is a family grieving. So wasteful, war.
@notmenotme6143 жыл бұрын
It’s sad that they died on probably the last charge of the war, just as the war in Europe had ended. Such as waste. The Soviet victory was inevitable, they could have simply sieged the building and waited it out.
@comradekenobi69083 жыл бұрын
after the bombs dropped my country immediately declared independence and quickly went on war with the Dutch and Allied occupiers, for us its now or never to be free from Europeans, and after experiencing a brutal Japanese rule to our country
@robto3 жыл бұрын
Not all those stars going out represent KIA. It represents casualties, which includes soldiers being wounded and out of action.
@goldie444513 жыл бұрын
@@robto Considering some of these charges is straight into mg nests with dozens of bodies being stopped at a doorway, no way they will survive that storm of bullets.
@gonavygonavy11933 жыл бұрын
Not enough stars went out, evidentially, as they won the battle.
@joshbelis23763 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this. One of my favorite moments of modern warfare history. Couldn't even imagine the other worldly scene. Warriors on both sides. Bless em.
@mada12413 жыл бұрын
Have you ever considered doing medieval battles? Great work! This is an awesome way to show history.
@loonatticat2 жыл бұрын
I’m used to the larger scale engagement plans from TOR. This “zoomed in” plan view depicting groups of individual soldiers within a single building is fantastic!!
@walkingwithgiants13 жыл бұрын
A great presentation, fantastic insight, thank you.
@TheOperationsRoom3 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@bigsarge20853 жыл бұрын
Excellently done, keep up the good work!
@CrackedCandy3 жыл бұрын
Let's try this again -Steiner's attack will fix everything. -Umn, Steiner....Steiner....
@maximpact40703 жыл бұрын
Your videos get better and better
@Comrade9113 жыл бұрын
This is an amazing video, thanks for making it!
@lastdomino3 жыл бұрын
Have you considered selling T-shirts with The Operations Room logo...like from teespring or zazzle? Regardless, keep up the amazing work at your own pace! Everything you do is worth the wait.
@TheOperationsRoom3 жыл бұрын
Would that be of interest?
@CirnoSpaceProject3 жыл бұрын
I’d totally buy one!
@Lunchyyy3 жыл бұрын
I was literally just looking at your channel like an hour before you uploaded this thinking "damn wish there was a new vid" haha. Any chance you could do some Australian battles such as the battle of Long Tan or any of the battles from Afghanistan?
@comradekenobi69083 жыл бұрын
no
@aziouss28633 жыл бұрын
Yay the eastern front. I am a million times more interested by this than the western front since it was at such a huge unbelievable scale in terms of land battles!
@chaosXP3RT3 жыл бұрын
Honestly, I'd love to learn more about the war in China. Huge battles as well
@naamadossantossilva47363 жыл бұрын
II don't care about the western front.The end goal of swapping genocidal dictators makes it feel pointless.
@aziouss28633 жыл бұрын
@@naamadossantossilva4736 I tend to not think of the politics and only the battles.
@notmenotme6143 жыл бұрын
70% of the German army was on the Eastern Front
@aziouss28633 жыл бұрын
@@CountCorax I think he meant to write eastern xd
@Zaluskowsky3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this effort! Great Video
@ThisOLmaan3 жыл бұрын
whoa, that was cool on 0:07 at this timestamp there was A fighter jet screaming by my house at the same time LoL. Very Great Video
@murraygrigg3 жыл бұрын
Never heard this story before. Happy to have heard it.
@pluto-90473 жыл бұрын
8:11 *"Kills his dogs, his wife and himself" Didn't Eva Braun kill herself with poison? This is the first time somebody describes their demise a murder-suicide type of thing!*
@LumocolorARTnr13193 жыл бұрын
According to recently unclassified documents from US intelligence agencies Mr H escaped to South America in a submarine and lived there for the rest of his life. There is 1 known picture that exists of him from after the escape. There is not much interest to rewrite all history books and therefor it's not common knowledge. The documents are out there if you want to read them. The only witnesses to Mr H killing himself was his one of is own bodyguards and his secretary, two of his most loyal. The only body that was found was outside the bunker, badly burned but confirmed to not be him, although he had similar appearance. The dead man was a body double that was supposed to verify the story that he was dead. The secretary and bodyguard kept repeating the story to the very day they died taking the truth with them to the grave. Of course US intelligence services did not fall for it and they knew the truth later on. But in the end, The war was won, huge profits where made and the official story was more than good enough.
@pluto-90473 жыл бұрын
@@LumocolorARTnr1319 Links and sources please?
@LumocolorARTnr13193 жыл бұрын
@@pluto-9047 Use a search engine and you will get tons of results from mainstream media. There is also a book written about it. Btw I was wrong, there is actually two photos of him after the escape. Sources are US and British intelligence services and secret documents from them that now have been declassified.
@ivan_pozdeev_u3 жыл бұрын
@@LumocolorARTnr1319 Thought so.
@yourtrappedinmygenjutsu3 жыл бұрын
@@LumocolorARTnr1319 straight up non sense. Can't even link a non partisan source
@ComradeIsy3 жыл бұрын
How did you manage to obtain such precise locations of each dead body? Or are those markings just placed at random? Good video otherwise
@Rex09153 жыл бұрын
Man, your videos are the best, well done
@jpnyholt3 жыл бұрын
thanks so much for these videos. every one of them are amazing
@user-lq5yx1ke5k3 жыл бұрын
Please don't stop making these videos.
@t0xictac0153 жыл бұрын
Is there any way you can cover Juno Beach in the future?
@Bootneck-RMC3 жыл бұрын
Another superb interpretation of something from WWII that we didn't really know a lot about due to conflicting stories and political shenanigan's. 👍
@Kimchiboy082 жыл бұрын
Loving the layout of battle movements. Good work
@mace887311 ай бұрын
What's worth mentioning, is that in the original photo of the soldiers planting the Soviet flag on the Reichstag, one of the soldiers is wearing two wrist watches, in the official picture made public in Russia one of the watches has been removed to obscure the fact that looting took place. Also, they added extra smoke in the background for dramatic effect.
@scottwatson57673 жыл бұрын
Love listening to the historical battles with the animation to go along with them! makes it feel like you can see what really happened during the fights! keep up the awesome work!
@crazymage96363 жыл бұрын
Very nice, lets see Paul Alan's battle plans.
@psychepeteschannel55003 жыл бұрын
First impression is "Wow, living through the entire invasion to die for some propaganda picture, because it has an arbitrary deadline"... But on the other hand, casualties would still happen, they happened the entire time before this battle... and the importance of this particular victory is actually really huge - its symbolically the triumphant final blow of the ENTIRE WW2 in Europe. All the millions of previous casualties kinda point to this moment, so it makes a bit more sense, that people were litterally dying to be the ones to do it.
@stevetheduck14252 жыл бұрын
Grasping that there is only one of any of us in all of history, in all the world, is a really difficult thing to do. All the time it's 'not me personally' getting shot or blown to bits, others can die like sheep, as long as it's not me. The new perspective that we are all real, and all unique, there will never be another me is a frightening one. This is why second-rate minds and sociopaths find politics a comfortable place to be.
@jdibagg75433 жыл бұрын
IMPRESSIVE, THE ANNIMATION ADDS A HUGE AMOUNT OF DETAIL. VERY WELL DONE
@ChairmanMeow13 жыл бұрын
These videos are SO well done!! Great content.
@Michael_OBrian3 жыл бұрын
Another awesome video! Could you do a video on the Battle off Samar?
@d.olivergutierrez86903 жыл бұрын
That would be great, but I feel like it would be better if he first covered other battles in the Pacific as well as the rest of Leyte Gulf, all at its time of course
@Michael_OBrian3 жыл бұрын
@@d.olivergutierrez8690 honestly I’d be happy to watch a video of him explaining how grass grows. The reason I’d like a video on Samar is that Drachinifel did an awesome video on it but I’d like to actually see the ships maneuvering and hear his commentary on it.
@richardherndon15413 жыл бұрын
Great video! First I've ever seen a breakdown of what actually happened. Normally they just say soviets won and raised their banner. An awful lot of death for a symbol.
@howiethehowitzer73983 жыл бұрын
Rivalries and personalities of soviet generals are interesting. I don't really see many things about them, for example, I see a lot of Western and German biographies at book stores and can't recall seeing Zhukov on a cover before.
@namenameson90653 жыл бұрын
What rivalries? There are no rivalries in Communist paradise where everyone is equal! Now get back to work, comrade, or else!
@howiethehowitzer73983 жыл бұрын
@LTrain45 45 I get that, western perspectives are abundant and I just find it boring that in 2021 there's still an emphasis on nazi generals biographies at book stores and libraries that I've visited.
@howiethehowitzer73983 жыл бұрын
I'm just using book stores and libraries for example in this case
@shp274933 жыл бұрын
@LTrain45 45 yeah, I wish there were more sources from soviet sodes translated into english. As someone who obviously don't know any Russian, the soviet side of history is so hard to get sometimes.
@Kamfrenchie3 жыл бұрын
A french author, called Jean Lopez made a book about Zhukov iirc
@mungham9483 жыл бұрын
Dude, such amazing work.
@fiolettbjorn74613 жыл бұрын
Yes! I've been dying for a new OR video!
@234dannyboy2 жыл бұрын
The book Berlin by Anthony Beevor is one of the most well written and thoroughly researched books I've ever read about these final parts of the war. It documents the raping of civilians by the soviet army and how thousands of soviet troops died from alcohol poisoning in the first days after Berlin was taken due to drinking pure alcohol used for vehicles.
@RevOwOlutionary2 жыл бұрын
Beevor is an amazing writer when it comes to the USSR in general due to being one of the few foreign historians who got to rummage through the Russian archives before they closed them back up. Had the chance of meeting him years ago, and he's a pretty cool guy.
@Кан-ъ9б2 жыл бұрын
But fascists raped after soviets
@Кан-ъ9б2 жыл бұрын
You hate Soviet Union?
@silentclown4307 Жыл бұрын
I read the book but I didn't find the part where thousands soviet died from drinking "pure alcohol used for vehicle". The book did point out soviet soldiers were decreased from drinking non filtered industrial alcohol like chemicals due to their craving and because of the Nazi regime believed that intoxicated soldiers can't perform well, they didn't destroy the city's stockpile of wine - which lead to thousands of rape in the city by the Soviets.
@sheldonlaney83153 жыл бұрын
One can only imagine how truly violent the fight would’ve been inside the Reichstag
@JRyan-lu5im3 жыл бұрын
I'd love to know how the individual movements of units are noted - I noticed how some seemed to flee and then return to areas and other details - are these details noted from testaments/first hand experiences?
@ScumfuckMcDoucheface3 жыл бұрын
I cant imagine so... that would be really really cool, but I'd also think veteran testimonials of that level of detail are extremly few and far between, unfortunately
@thanesgames96853 жыл бұрын
From the officers who didn't leave the building, I'd imagine. It looks like many units died out to a man.
@JRyan-lu5im3 жыл бұрын
@@thanesgames9685 That's what I'd think from the visuals but I did notice that the diagrams don't note PoW's and injured. Obviously the Reichstag siege was a vicious and probably merciless moment, but I can't see there being no captured defenders, especially if the NKVD might have seen intelligence value in survivors considering the political nature.
@sjonnieplayfull58593 жыл бұрын
@@JRyan-lu5im Most were those who had sworn oaths to fight to the death. Also including people from other countries not able to go home. Most prisoners are taken when they give up themselves, not when they are overcome in close combat. During house to house fighting, surrender is VERY hard. Also, dozens around you do not take kind to your surrender and will kill you themselves.
@thanesgames96853 жыл бұрын
@@JRyan-lu5im That is fair.
@w4maa2KW3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for these super interesting narrations of WWI WWII and other wars. We watch all of them. Thank you for filling in some of the gaps we did not learn in high school back in the day circa 1990.
@StoveFortuna3 жыл бұрын
Good job creating an "infographic look" at the chaos that was happening!
@justin87083 жыл бұрын
Can we get Pt 2 of Blackhawk down already??
@RHelenius3 жыл бұрын
You forgot to show the image that was edited of them showing the flag, next to the original. The bannermen had stolen watches during their raid, and the Soviet union edited the photo so it doesn't show.
@robertlemaster75253 жыл бұрын
Great video. Putting the last day's of Berlin under the Nazi's is a hell of a task to undertake. You did a fantastic job!
@taiyoctopus29583 жыл бұрын
11:24 Never heard of mortars being used horizontally like that... Is there ever historacle record of troops trying to take out light vehicles or armor using a horizontally placed mortar??
@MrBurr-et2mi3 жыл бұрын
Extremely well made! Well done
@The_Modeling_Underdog3 жыл бұрын
That lonely Valentine tank plowing through in Berlin... A long way to Tipperary, indeed.
@largamau3 жыл бұрын
Me imagining the Reichstag attack on Call of duty: World at War.
@shammy87033 жыл бұрын
Wasn't that the original COD?
@michaelsanchez13613 жыл бұрын
@@shammy8703 original COD has battle of berlin but battle of berlin in COD WaW was more intense and more difficult
@geo.m16393 жыл бұрын
Make battle of Mogadishu part 2 plz plz I need to know what happens
@laxplaya843 жыл бұрын
Truly excellent, fascinating, and well put together video. This channel is a go to for me when I get some downtime, it's awesome and I appreciate the quality of the vids!
@PompeyMagnus4873 жыл бұрын
Great content as usual. I feel like a birthday boy whenever operations room uploads.