The Fallen of World War II REACTION!! | OFFICE BLOKES REACT!!

[@lordzrogg4626]

You gentlemen being upset at the video about how many died just means your soul is intact. Keep it up. Love from U.S.

[@warsamaosman-Sool]

@Saint Thiago he is a scam,

[@CurlSef]

@@warsamaosman-Sool he’s part of the scam. These bots usually have other bots respond to them to give the feeling that they’re legit.

[@zTaq]

Seeing the number pisses me off. My great grandfather died fighting in the pacific theater and to know that he’s represented in this model, knowing that my dead family is simply a statistic as part of the worst human conflict pisses me off so much

[@razkable]

this war is why the united nations exists...instead of killing each other now we talk...

[@Ake-TL]

@@zTaq can’t do much about that, that’s how the world is, each death is tragedy but together they are statistic. Can’t expect one of your friends or relatives not to become part of it one day too. Imagine emotional stress soldiers/medics/ psychiatrists/ cops would go through if they didn’t get desensitised to it.

[@keviiinramaaaage7650]

As the son of a Polish Immigrant I encourage everyone to watch the movie "Come and See". It is a Russian film considered to be the most accurate depiction of the horrors of the war in Eastern Europe. It is a cautionary tale for anyone who would romanticize war and revolution. I would warn that it is deeply disturbing and worth watching as a thought provoking film rather than entertainment.

[@MrBcraze513]

I really want to see that. I'd love to see an english dub version but if not oh well

[@keviiinramaaaage7650]

@@MrBcraze513 The movie was released in the 90's in the US with the English subtitles, but if I'm not mistaken a dubbed version was released in the US just last year. I imagine you'll have to purchase it online as it isn't exactly on top of the Netflix charts but it's well worth it if you're interested in a truly uncensored look at the nazis terror and what people went through to fight them.

[@КонстантинЖинжиков-м9е]

@@MrBcraze513 Actually it is on KZbin (and with subs), but i'm not sure it will be available somewhere not Russia. kzbin.info/www/bejne/i5zOe42tmr6Ugqs You can try to find another copy on youtube

[@КонстантинЖинжиков-м9е]

@@MrBcraze513 UPD I found this kzbin.info/www/bejne/hHu8gJpqhLeWZ9k

[@romanbondarev4382]

This movie should see everyone

[@tsuki1714]

Sad fact: The life expectancy of a Russian soldier fighting in Stalingrad was 24 hours

[@BathtubBass]

Fighter Pilot in WWI life expectancy 12 hours after first flight

[@brianbaker3654]

Especially the Glider pilots. Man it took balls to fly those death traps

[@miamidolphinsfan]

sobering thought but most likely true

[@luketrottier9388]

Almost like an unintentional form of Inghimasi shock troops...

[@podomuss]

thats actually a fun fact depending on who you ask

[@daymoody1408]

Well I am German with Russian parents living in Germany... every time I watch this video I feel very sad because my granddad used to tell me that all of his friends died in WW2 and that the only reason I am alive is that he missed a train to escape from the war because that train was hit by a bomb later.

[@eylonemuskson4177]

Good god. I'm glad he missed that train.

[@CrazyNikel]

Life, is nothing but chance brother. Never forget that, even if your in power.

[@belabraun9066]

Oh man, tja hat wohl n Grund warum du lebst , Nutz ihn

[@r.d.b4349]

So your parents are Russian, but You are German?

[@daymoody1408]

@@r.d.b4349 Yes. My parents are born and raised in Russia. I am born and raised in Germany.

[@Foxnram]

During the siege of Leningrad, a group of Russian botanists holed up in a secret vault starved to death rather than consume the greatest collection of seeds they were guarding for a post-apocalyptic world. That is insane :(

[@cesarsalazar8618]

I would love to learn more since it's an incredible story. I also want to know what happened to the seeds after, like we're they donated or transfer to this place (I forgot the name) that hold almost all the world's seeds.

[@aichanbainsidhe33]

WOW, that is mind-blowing. Gonna look it up, thanks for the signpost!

[@Foxnram]

@@cesarsalazar8618 I remember. It was Cosmos Season 2 dunno which Episode

[@cesarsalazar8618]

@@Foxnram Thanks, I couldn't find it so this helps

[@Foxnram]

@@cesarsalazar8618 Cosmos: Possible Worlds - Episode 4! Found it...

[@ezefinkielman4672]

When Yugoslavia was occupied, a Croatian fascist regime called the Ustaše was established and committed genocide against Serbs. Also there were Yugoslav resistance fighting the Germans and the Ustaše. Reasons why number of deaths was high in Yugoslavia.

[@tsukinoasuna3574]

Thank you for the information

[@adamabdelfattah9040]

One of the best videos ever uploaded to KZbin.

[@miamidolphinsfan]

very sobering & thought provoking for sure

[@Lauren062497]

My great grandpa was one of those soldiers on the beaches invading Normady on D Day. He was the only one to survive from his platoon unfortunately. He loved talking about the traveling all around the world (never of the battles understandably).He left behind a few things including a box of old post cards from all those travels marking the journey He went through back then... He just passed in 2018. He had many stories to tell and was an inspirational man. He received awards for his efforts but shed tears and said he instead accepted it in "honor of those He fought beside and that couldn't come home."

[@Wladyslaw_Raginis]

Big respect to your great grandpa, RIP

[@nancyjanzen5676]

.My uncle jumped into Normandy with the 101.

[@zmeyuga9083]

Спасибо деду за победу!!!! and english - Thanks to my grandfather for the victory... your grandfather is a hero, be proud of him at any time.

[@cosmicsloth5002]

“I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can. Only as one who has seen its brutality, it’s futility, it’s stupidity.” General Dwight D. Eisenhower

[@roymoore3156]

He saw the business aspect manipulate policy aspect BEFORE it became commonplace and expected that we be ripped off and be damn glad to be ripped off! Well now we’re not willing to go down that road anymore.

[@sarkis31muradyan88]

Im from Ussr Armenia/Russian. In the whole country there is no family whos lost their Father or Fathers and sons.Evry single Family

[@vladimirt.3627]

Not really. Because not every soviet soldier died. But in every family someone was a soldier

[@Krustenkaese92]

The death toll in Yugoslavia was partly so huge because the people of Yugoslavia resisted fiercely, both under Tito and Mihailovic. The Nazis were ruthless in their suppression of any resistance. It got so bad that for one Nazi soldier killed by guerrilla attacks they would execute 50 civilians as retribution (from what I remember. That number changed over time)

[@sowhat249]

Also the serbian genocide by the Croats.

[@milostomic8539]

Germans were very repressive towards the Serbs, mostly because of the First World war. They even introduced severe punishment on civilians, with 150 civilians to be killed for every German officer killed, 100 civilians for every German soldier killed and 50 civilians for every wounded German soldier. Check out Kragujevac and Kraljevo massacre in 1941 committed by the Wehrmacht.

[@biggusdickus6134]

A gread majory of those deaths also came from the fascist regime of Croatia. They also created concentration camps and exterminated serbs, jews, roma and other groups by up to 300000

[@djordjemarkovic1389]

It was 100 Serb civilians killed for every dead soldier and 50 for every wounded.

[@svetal1194]

My family history: - granny lost her fiancé in June 1941 - she was 18 (1944) when she went to war, through Ukraine, Poland right to Berlin - she had a piece of splinter in her head all her life, we could feel it when touching her cheek - my granny's fellow soldier (best friend) lost all her family at war and was killed at war (my granny was sitting near her then) - my granny's brother was a tankist (was burning in a tank, survived) - my granny's fellow soldier (her first love) lost all of his family during war except for his mother (4 sisters were killed by the Nazi who occupied his village, father and brother killed at war) - my grandfather had to transport the bodies of executed Jews (afterwards he couldn't eat, move, do anything for several days from shock) - my in-law relative was a high-ranking official in the Red Army, helped organizing a partisan resistance in Russia My friends' family history: - my friend never had a grandfather, his destiny was unknown until his grave was found in Germany in 1980's - my another friend's one grandfather perished at war, another one became a Hero of the USSR for the battle of Berlin - my college mate (a Jew) - her grandfather survived Holocaust but lost his wife and 2 kids in the ghetto... - my another Jewish friend has very small extended family due to Holocaust Just a few stories I know. Any person born in the USSR can tell you lots of such stories. Even if we wouldn't know the death toll - we can feel it - because too many, too many stories like that just in the close circle...

[@sowhat249]

9:11 | Actually, Yugoslavia didn't have that many Jews. Even though the King of Yugoslavia allowed Germany to march through to Greece, the people fought back ferociously. The Partisans led a guerilla war throughout the entire time until, with the help of Russia, they liberated Yugoslavia, after which the monarchy was aboloshed and Tito set up a communist government. Partisan resistance and the serbian genocide by the croats are the main reasons for the high casualty rate for combined civilian and military losses in Yugoslavia. During the occupation, the south of Yugoslavia was ruled by Bulgaria, the Albanian parts by Italy, but the germans created a puppet croatian state that consisted of today's Croatia and most of today's Bosnia. The croats considered Serbs sub-human, and performed a genocide over the local Serb populations of the then Croatian state.

[@draganmarkovic491]

Actually prince-regent, King's uncle signed that treaty with Germany after which there were massive protests in Belgrade and a coup which led to King Peter becoming a King a few months earlier then he should because he was 17 at the time, King Peter and the new government deemed the treaty prince Paule signed illegal.

[@johnalden5821]

The Ustashe were Croatian fascists who allied with the Nazis and were opposed by the Partisans, as you said. So there was a bloody civil war along ideological and ethnic lines. Yugoslavia's Partisans were some of the most effective resistance fighters in the entire war.

[@forexalised9053]

Both my grandfathers fought in the war. My Father's Father was a kid building building ships in Clydebank before it was bombed. He joined UK forces on the western front years later though I don't know his age, he died in the 80's before I was born. My Mother's Father fought in Africa, he passed away at the age of 96 almost a decade ago in New Zealand. I remember asking my Mum when we took a trip to NZ about Grandad and the war because just before we went, we were being introduced to ww2 in primary 4 at school. She immediately with a stern voice and angry face told me "you don't dare ask him about the war boy, he doesn't need to think of that in his old age, ask him about his wood carving, that will make him happy". I couldn't comprehend the severity of what my grandfather went through at the age of 7. When I was 12 I went to NZ to live with my Uncle after my Father passed and Mum lost the plot. My grandfather in his late 80's or early 90's (I don't know tbh) and me sat in the sun on a good day and he told me a few stories and showed me the wooden toys he would make in his workshop for kids in the community. I got to play with a train that was attached to the carts with small bits of rope. I was young and naive, I asked him if I could ask him questions about the war. He took a big deep breath and sat still for a solid minute. He said "I did things I had to do to stay alive, I hurt people and I wish I never had to. If you ever have to experience war, you do it to protect your family and your community and if its for anything else, you refuse, because you will have nightmares for the rest of your life". I was a little shocked about him saying they gave him nightmares, because even though he was a fragile elderly man that needed help into the car and couldn't do much but work in his shop for an hour a day, he was always smiling and full of happiness. I will never forget that conversation.

[@A08-m6w]

War is terrible and makes people evn on the "good" side do terrible things. My grandfather, an Indian Soldier, fought in the 1970s and 1990s Indo-Pak and told me once that his hands were covered in blood of both pakistani soldiers and Civilians. That war made everyone's stomach turn over. I am glad he made it through and your grandfather got to live a long, and I hope a peaceful, life after the war. Love from India

[@daakudaddy5453]

You guys just might he the most intelligent and perceptive reactors out there. Cheers!

[@starkiller140]

Now this one is a reaction I've been waiting to see. Keep up with the great work.

[@evorock]

For the Siege of Leningrad, I'd recommend reading "Siege and symphony". The book looks at the writing of and performance of the Leningrad symphony by Dmitri Shostakovich. It is a harrowing read and includes slaughter, and starvation, which lead to cannibalism and musicians literally dropping dead in their seats due to starvation and exhaustion. I'd also recommend the channel WWII in real time. It cornicles the entire of WWII from its start week by week, and is currently on April 1941. They also do a series called crimes against humanity which is also a very difficult watch

[@robertk2007]

Let’s not forget that medical technology has lowered death counts in wars while injuries have risen.

[@757optim]

Very true. Medevac airlift and improved medical capabilities are a night and day difference.

[@noahhyde8769]

Unfortunately on this video they said they wouldn't get into politics -- but then they got into politics, basically accusing Trump of Nazi-esque dehumanizing simply for wanting to secure his own country's border from being overrun (a position that a record number of U.S. hispanics -- including some of my own family -- happen to agree with him on. I also have Orthodox Jewish family who support Trump 100%). Only a leftist could morally equate the two -- and they did so by buying into a blatant lie about what Trump even said, to begin with. It's leftists who TRULY want all others who disagree with them to be silenced or eliminated by any means. It was a totally uncalled for remark, on their part, on this video.

[@razier5299]

@@noahhyde8769 Please stop with politics since political arguments literally just sound as bad as children arguing.

[@robertk2007]

@@razier5299 their point wasn't about trump. It was about dehumanizing a group to make it acceptable to discriminate against them.

[@razier5299]

@@robertk2007 I know that? I was talking about the dude who went political.

[@SamanthaRod]

Very spot on comment from Dave. A normal person couldn't commit such atrocities to their fellow human beings. It is dehumanizing rhetoric that led so many people to justify the violence, or simply turn a blind eye to it. Let's all work to create a world where our differences are appreciated and celebrated. The blending of so many unique cultures and traditions makes our communities that much more beautiful. Love from Houston!

[@DangeHD]

Yeah, i like that more and more people realise that and stop saying that all Germans back in the day were evil. A lot were but most of them were brainwashed to be like that. Most of the German Soldiers just defended their home and family and did their duty and didn´t want to desert because then your whole family would be prisoned or killed. Even dudes like Hitler weren´t evil from the start but were corrupted by traumatizing things happened to them, but that doesn´t justify anything that happenned.

[@johnalden5821]

In my career, I have been lucky to work with many people from many different countries over the years. None of them acted like a nationality. Every single one of them was an individual. Every single one of them brought positive contributions to getting our work done well. Group psychology tells us the first step in dehumanizing others is putting them into groups, declaring one's own group virtuous, and then demeaning the other groups to convince oneself of differences that don't really exist.

[@TheFifthHorseman_]

@@johnalden5821 Indeed, just as is beginning to happen again today.

[@forgottenredemption4970]

The allies won the war. But the soviet union paid for it in blood. The effects of this war are still felt today. That is especially true of Germany and the soviet union.

[@razkable]

i mean they invaded poland too so

[@DVXDemetrivs]

@@razkable a year earlier, the Poles, together with the Germans, invaded Czechoslovakia, and England and France literally gave them carte blanche for this ...

[@johnalden5821]

@@razkable And Finland, plus Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Just sayin'. That said, the loss of life throughout the then-Soviet Union was appalling and horrific, and something no individual or country could ever "deserve."

[@MisiolPL]

@@DVXDemetrivs Poles took back Zaolzie which Czechoslovakia took when Poland was fighting bolsheviks in 1920. They even stopped ammo transports from Hungary.

[@Deathtoo11-j7e]

Союз победил, первый дошел до Берлина , помог, отстроить Европу. В то время как США поставляла технику уже воюющей с Союзом Германии. Отказывались вступать в войну с Германией когда это так нужно было Союзу. Жертв могло быть меньше. ПРОДОВАЛИ Союзу Ленд-лиз. Охуеть, в штатах и делали что наживались на войне. А ты и дальше думай что США победила. Охуенно блять , вступили с ними в войну когда Германия уже очевидно проигрывала. Так и в первую мировую было . Бросили Россию. А после войны начали строить планы как избавится от Советского Союза.

[@LuGer212]

the picture of the soldier aiming his rifle on the mother holding her kid - this is just something, I don't even know how to put the words down for it. it grips me, it shakes me, it shoots tears into my eyes instantly. I guess it is the brutality that the picture is showing, without a single bit of visible blood or such - one human being seconds away from killing another one, ending a family, eradicating a path of life that could have been.

[@ЛюбовьПавлова-ъ1к]

Sorry for my English, this is a translator, but ... Stalin did not forbid evacuation from Leningrad! It was impossible to do this because of the blockade. But all the same, children and the wounded, ordinary women and old people were taken out of Leningrad along the Road of Life. On the thin ice of Lake Ladoga. Read about it. Спасибо за ваш просмотр этого видео.

[@владимирглущенко-л6м]

не станут они разбираться, им так удобнее... слова "жертвы" и "победа" у них не связанны между собой

[@Exponat1985]

​@@владимирглущенко-л6м если Вы не заметили. То в данном ролике идет сплошная манипуляция. США и Британию показали впереди СССР. Далее рассказали что Сталин и Китайцы были как Гитлер, если не хуже его - ведь сколько погибло в ГУЛАГЕ, скольким Сталин запретил покинуть город и из-за этого погибло столько обычных жителей. Потом рассказ о зверских издевательствах советских солдат над гражданскими (насилие, пытки), о том что Немцы бежали на запад. При этом стыдливо промолчали кто превращал немецкие города с гражданскими в пепел. Итог этого видео: Америка и Британия хорошие парни. Советский союз вроде тоже ничего, но убивал своих жителей и издевался над всеми, поэтому все-же он где-то наравне с Гитлером. Вот для чего этот ролик сделали. Вроде показали цифры, но перевернули реальность.

[@RalphieM92]

I remember watching this a long time ago as I was amazed by the statistics. I love war documentaries and histories because what happened back in those days are worth remembering. I showed this to my dad and it nearly made him tear up. I have watched it so many times to remind myself that we are so much more fortunate now. Even when I was in the UK and my dad visited me, we would go to different war museums to look at histories that we missed from shows.

[@benwilletts8250]

The first serious video I have watched on this channel. It actually made me change my mindset in regards to our current situation (in the current pandemic). A much needed change in perspective. Cheers OBs.

[@officeblokedaz]

There quite a few serious vids on the channel Ben 👍🏻

[@benwilletts8250]

@@officeblokedaz I'll have a look. Good job with the channel by the way, you'll get to 100k in no time.

[@ninodino444]

I am wondering if british people know that 17 MMillion people were killed during the occupation of India? I wonder if that is ever talked about

[@valeskatkda]

As someone who lives in Britain, unfortunately it is not spoken or taught about

[@jimgetterland]

Just came across this channel this week and been scrolling back months to watch all the videos. Great bunch of lads. Good job guys

[@firefighterchick]

I really enjoy watching your reactions. This needs to be seen by every person on 🌎. Schools need to show it. So that none of us EVER forget the cost of war. Greetings from Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸.

[@scottdebruyn7038]

Three words... 'Band of Brothers'. Worth the 6+ hours of watching.

[@KayeWhye]

I came to California to help my uncle deal with cancer. He had both Band Of Brothers, and The Pacific on DVD. We've watched both since I got here in February. With the team of Spielberg and Hanks, it's hard to screw it up. Tom Hanks' son Colin was even in Band Of Brothers.

[@rhysevans4253]

I wish they would, do they do reactions to shows and films and that? I’m not too sure, although band of brothers, is by far the best thing I’ve like ever put my eyes on, watched it twice now, will be watching it for a third time soon, it’s just a remarkable set of film and you can’t get better

[@seraphi3387]

I remember watching it with my dad and later on with my uncle. It always shakes me to the core to see the horrors these soldiers and civilians had to go through for 6 whole years. I imagined myself being in those soldier's/civilians shoes and the feeling of being in these circumstances makes me extremely thankful for living in this time of peace. It's easy to take the peace for granted, so I try to remind myself how lucky we are to not go through these horrors through such a scale like WW2 did. I try to live my life with gratitude as best as I can to honor the sacrifices our ancestors made for our future. I wish you all peace and happiness and I hope you all have a wonderful day.

[@jayrents6648]

watching this video always brings a quote from MASH of all tv shows "War isn't hell. war is war, and hell is hell. And of the two, war is a lot worse. There are no innocent bystanders in hell, but war is chock full of them little kids, cripples, old ladies. In fact, except for a few of the brass, almost everybody is an innocent bystander."

[@14cole19]

You guys should react to the “massacre of Nanjing” video by History of China. It’s shocking that in the states, we weren’t taught this. Only focused on the Nazi Party’s atrocities...

[@14cole19]

@that guy true those aren't mentioned either

[@Darksoil4555]

Also the uighur muslims are being killed and tortured in china today

[@lukasruden1644]

@@Darksoil4555 For once I’m actually learning about this in class. It’s an AP class though, so usually you probably wouldn’t learn about it

[@Darksoil4555]

@@lukasruden1644 what do they tell you??

[@lukasruden1644]

@@Darksoil4555 we’ve been watching KZbin videos about it and learning about the internment camps and how the people are treated in them

[@NatashaAvtonomova]

Вот по этому нужно беречь и строить мир во всем мире ! Слишком многих жизней стоило это . Вечная им память. СССР освободили этот мир от нацизма .

[@sodblitz3445]

No.. the USSR was saved from collapse by the United States kzbin.info/www/bejne/eWOqqZmhd55mrtE

[@emilianocardenas6602]

russia ended that peace. russia is the new nazi germany

[@kylehufton9200]

Great reaction. It’s crazy to know things like this happened and still happen.

[@krxahfb]

I was incredibly fortunate to get go Europe a couple years ago to go on a battlefield tour and it’s something I will never forget. To see the rows of tombstones with inscriptions like “greater love hath no man than to lay down his life for his brother” or “Known unto God” that’s a level of valor and sacrifice that I think it’s hard for people to understand. War is hell

[@currahee]

This is my life goal. as a 20 year old in oregon there is nothing more i want to do than to gaze on the Motherland Calls statue over volgograd

[@robertbretschneider765]

Thanks for the reaction. As a german, i have to point out that those mobile killing groups and the concentration camps were special units of SD and SS, not the regular army. They operated behind the front lines, where the normal soldiers couldnt see them. And they were brainwashed more than the regular soldier. There were high german army officials that tried to kill hitler with a bomb several times. But sadly, a stone tableleg was between hitler and the bomb, so he survived with injuries. The coup was stopped fast after that, and all were sentenced to death. My great-grandfather was evacuated ill by plane from stalingrad and survived. He became a cementary gardener. My great-grandmother and grand-uncle as a little boy were in dresden when they firebombed the wooden city center. The flames filled the entire sky above him, and the pavements/street asphalt was burning. Some estimations say over 100.000 died in dresden, because the city was full of refugees from east germany. He cant stay near fire since. He was a peace activist in socialist east germany fighting against the arms race until reunification. Their secret service did much to try and stop him, but he is still with us today.

[@robertk2007]

Very emotional presentation

[@danielbeltran7181]

The U.S. did not need to do a draft but they did have during ww2. I think it was like over 2 million men enlisted the day after pear harbor and keep enlisting. Our military went from like 400,000 men to over 4 million in a year.

[@Dr.HooWho]

People now: 2020 and 2021 is the worst year! And I bet 2022 is gonna be worst! People back then: Are you kidding me?...

[@xviper2k]

Depends where you live. More Americans died in 2020 from Covid than fighting in WW2.

[@xviper2k]

@that guy Darwin's Law

[@dinosaurwithcake1256]

@@xviper2k "Darwin's Law" lol

[@pvtrowden]

@@xviper2k and magically Americans stopped dying from all other diseases and causes. Now we only die from covid and police brutality it's crazy

[@kalen1702]

@@pvtrowden You're a moron. True, that Covid deaths are the only thing being talked about, but people still die from other things. Cancer rates are the same (because it's not a transmittable disease) and other things like it. Flu and other transmittable disease deaths have gone way down because most people (unlike you I'm assuming) have compassion for others and are remaining isolated to help get the pandemic over with faster. When you ignore the obvious threat, it takes longer to rebound. The people opposing preventative measures are just making it take longer and that's it. Reevaluate yourself bro.

[@cameronrichardson8858]

"ex mafia hitman plays never have i ever" "death row prisoners last words" good reaction by the way

[@sowhat249]

RealLifeLore did a similar type of visualization about WW1. The video is called "The Loss of Life in WW1 Visualized". If you can maybe react to it sometime, it would be great. Btw, I love how you pause a video and take a minute to discuss the topic, most react channels just watch the video and when it ends say goodbye. So yeah. You guys are great, keep up the great job.

[@benmartin6040]

Thanks for pumping out so much content 👌🏽🔥

[@sneakylike333]

One building in Stalingrad had more people die in it that the entire conquest of France. Mindblowing.

[@kaziu312]

My grandmother was born in Honolulu. She was only 9 when she was awakened and saw the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor. I've been meaning to try and record her account of it for posterity.

[@barbaraeverly1922]

🤯 Wow! So far one of the best reaction videos I've seen. We all knew there was a tremendous loss of life during WWII, but this significantly changed my idea of just how many casualties there were and the massive effect it had on survivors. Military deaths were primarily young men! Genetically speaking, prime DNA, forever lost. Not only was their loss affecting the lives left behind, but future generations that would never be. My mother was 91 when she passed 2 years ago. She was born in Munich in 1928. Of significance she was biracial. Her mother was German and her father African. He was from Cameroon which was a German colony and Germany had a large African population as a result. She was 8 years old when Hitler came into power and 17 when the Americans liberated Germany. Amazingly being half black and living in a city that was constantly being bombed, she survived. Her family knew early on that she was in danger of being "exterminated" and had their family Doctor certify her status as Aryan. Looking at her, there is no way she could pass as being of Nordic descent. Those documents saved her many, many times as she was often picked up by the SS to clarify her status. She spent much of her time during the war in bomb shelters and food was scarce. She had relatives who lived in farm country and was sent there so she'd have more access to food. There was less, food was sent to the Russian Front and she was sent back to Munich with rickets. Her grandfather was a visionary, thankfully. Being biracial he thought her chances of getting a husband were slim, especially with the tremendous casualties of men in the military, so he sent her to technical school, secretarial major. He also had her tutu red in English because he said it would likely be the language used in business, post war. ( I guess he had a feeling Germany would lose the war once the Americans joined the allies). She survived the war and during the American occupation was hired to work on base. Being biracial and with a segregated military, she worked on the "colored base". Through her work for the Americans, she met my dad and moved to the US. She didn't like to talk much about her experiences during the war. A couple of things, which I noted above, but of significance is the number of Afro-Germans in the military. Despite Hitler's pronouncements that the pure Aryan race was superior to all others, he used Afro-Germans to fight in the Luftwaffe. Ground troops were white because their bodies were usually recognizable as to race. Pilots shot down usually were burned beyond recognition and race couldn't be identified. She didn't share this information with me until she'd been invited to give a lecture about life in nazi Germany and was scheduled to lecture with a surviving black pilot. He unfortunately didn't make it due to illness. He was an adult pilot when my mom was still a child, so much older. One other thing she shared was that she couldn't believe the Americans could help in defeating the Germans. German soldiers were always dressed neatly and marched in formation, trading had to be equally impressive. When the Americans came they were "slovenly in appearance" and they were casually strolling through the streets. She couldn't wrap her mind around it. Also, she soon discovered the difference between white and colored troops regarding interaction with the conquered civilians. White troops kept their distance. They even dug trenches where they tossed leftover food and poured gasoline on it to make sure there wasn't anything left that was edible as starving children watched. The colored troops on the other hand interacted with the civilians, mostly the children and shared what was left after meals . They gave them chocolates from their rations and any available food stuffs so it wouldn't be wasted. She couldn't understand why there was such a difference in how the white troops and colored troops treated the civilians until she came to the US in 1948. Segregation. Those who lived under the cruelty of segregation understood the cruelty of war, having nothing when your country is left in shambles. Understanding what it was like to be hungry...

[@imme6954]

I wish I could've met your grandmother. I think if we all knew the sacrifices made so we could live in relative peace and freedom we would realize how much we have to be grateful for. Thank you for sharing. ✌🥰🇺🇲

[@barbaraeverly1922]

@@imme6954 thanks so much! Having been raised in a living hell, she came to live in a country with many similarities about heritage with her home country. Having left Germany with no passport, she came here as a war bride, on her husband's documents. She became a naturalized citizen and joined the civil rights movement. She was an activist most her life, well with into her late 80's. Not a day went by that she didn't make a call to Congress or the Senate based on the news of the day. She was so active that we found out later she was on one of the FBI's list. I don't know if you know who Squeaky Fromme was, but she attempted to assassinate President Gerald Ford (only vice-president and President never elected to those offices). My mother's info was in her phone call, so they included her in their investigation. She couldn't remember her, but thought they might of met a a demonstration. I remember asking her why she was so involved in the civil rights and anti-war movements. She said she didn't want her sons to fight in wars we had no business being involved in (we still had the draft during the Vietnam conflict and my brother was able to get a college deferment), she didn't want us to be affected by war like she'd been and she wanted her children to be treated equally as Americans with no prefix added to define us. She was amazing and you would have liked her. She was fierce!

[@barbaraeverly1922]

@@imme6954 btw, she was my mother. MY grandmother, her mother had survived WWI in Germany. My grandmother was born in 1901 and was 12-13 when WWI began in the European Theatre. She was 19 when it ended. Her oldest brother was wounded several times, her middle brother suffered terribly from what is now known as PTSD and lived a very solitary life. Her youngest brother died in 1918, not long before the war ended . He was still in his teens. We can never forget what wars do to families.

[@KayeWhye]

I usually blast right on by long comments like yours. I'm glad I didn't. Fascinating pieces of a disastrous time from a woman who lived it. I have been fortunate enough to talk to quite a few WW II vets in my day, and every moment has been treasured.

[@lelouchvibritannia4028]

I was born in 1999 and have unfortunately only met one WW2 veteran (from Colorado, USA). He came to my elementary school when I was in the 5th grade, and even though I never held a conversation with him, I could tell from a distance how much he's suffered. As he spoke at our school assembly and said that he's a WW2 veteran, I was shocked that the kids around me immediately cheered loudly given how ungrateful today's brats are. Even the women of that generation who didn't fight have been through a lot, so now as a grown man, it's nice to see a story like yours in which your mother's generation was the last to not misunderstand or hate men as much as the younger ones do for no reason. May your mother rest in peace. ❤

[@davidhutchinson5233]

All I know is that had Hitler not turned his armies toward the then USSR we could be living in very, very different world.

[@RybadYT]

was looking forward to this one!

[@dechezhaast]

To WW2, what you talking about brother?

[@RybadYT]

@@dechezhaast what? lmao

[@randomguyonyourscreen]

*27 Million Soviets* *20 Million Chinese* *7.4 Million Nazis* *6 Million Jews* *4 Million Dutch east Indies* *3.1 Million Japanese* *2.5 Million Indian Soldiers(under British Army)* *3 Million all others combined*

[@m1k3x07]

Subscribed. You guy's reaction was fucking appropriate and something I needed to watch after watching the original video myself. I respect your opinion a lot. Love from the California

[@SconnieTradition]

They shall not grow old is def amazing. So is this video. Videos like this absolutely must be watched to keep things real.

[@Greeknext1]

Remember and pass on to descendants that 80 years ago, superheroes from Russian villages stood under the red flag to voluntarily go to the meat grinder, to give their lives and hopes for the future to a bloody and cruel massacre, so that today your children would not have their skulls measured to make sure that they deserve to live ...

[@ObelixCMM]

Germans executed Yugoslavian civilians in retribution for soldiers killed by resistance fighters, 100 civilians for 1 soldier killed and 50 for wounded

[@draganmarkovic491]

Yeah, but that rule was for Serbia only, not other parts of Yugoslavia.

[@negatyvv7276]

Like in Poland

[@archersfriend5900]

As a second generation US citizen I have a weird mix. My grandmother was German but fled to the US in 1928. One of her brothers was shot on his doorstep for not rendering a sig Heil. Her other brother survived being a German pow captured at Stalingrad. He returned from USSR 20 years later. All the other male German relatives of military age died. On my grandfather's side which were originally Swedish all 6 who served for the US survived including two at Omaha Beach. My mother in laws dad survived the Bataan Death March as pow. The great peace remains because the USA keeps its military strong and has bases everywhere.

[@basargaloran7998]

"Great peace"? The United States is killing people all over the world, unleashing wars, overthrowing governments, plunging countries into the abyss of civil wars. USA - the main threat to the world, terrorist number 1. Most countries in the world are in solidarity on this. The reason the US has not yet started a new world war is China and Russia have nuclear weapons.

[@Observer9812]

Indians too fought for the Colonial British....It wasn't even their war to fight. Churchill was a true a*****e.

[@metalslug4596]

My grandad had to fight in WW2 for the British Indian army (which counted as British casualties) he was from modern day Bangladesh, we were under British rule and whats sad is that whilst hundreds of thousands fought for the British, back home in east bengal food supplies and harvests were taken and stockpiled and kept for the war (those supplies weren’t needed, in fact it was labelled as panic hoarding) and other supplies confiscated incase the Japanese got a hold of it (who had occupied neighbouring burma) this led to 3 million people dying of famine, instead of helping them Winston Churchill just said “stop breeding like rabbits” and also labelled them a beastly people. My grandad on return was left devastated as most of our family starved to death due to policy by those who he was fighting for. I didn’t know him that well but he always had the look of despair on his face. Thats why I can’t see Churchill as the hero he’s made out to be today, don’t forget he lost the election the same year the war was won, he lost to the labour party who promised to start decolonisation. I had to actually teach my history teacher about this in secondary school as they fail to mention this in England.

[@A08-m6w]

I know. 1 have heard of the Great Bengal Famine. More than 4 million Bengalis died in it due to Churchill diverting food supplies to Europe as "reserve stockpile" for the soldiers. About the Japan issue, it may be that your family and people in your grandparents community were fighting for or atleast not actively opposing British rule in India as the Japanese army actually supported Subhash Chandra Bose's first iteration of the Indian National Army. It was them who helped Japan occupy Burma and actually even temporarily freed Mizoram and Igatpuri before the Nuclear bomb was dropped on Japan and they revoked their support which led to the collapse of the INA. Love from India🤗

[@Enjoyinglife82420]

Knowledge is power. Learn from the past love each other in the end.

[@4211234]

loving the content, these kind of videos are great! keep it up boys!

[@billtaylor3382]

I am a 62 yo guy here in the states, I tell you what brave men and women that was in WW2

[@firefighterchick]

Those who do not study history are bound to repeat it. This video is what should be shown in schools all over the world.

[@Krokmaniak]

That discusion around 19:00 reminded me of one experiment. I can't remember on top of my head who did it but it was after WW2 to check if Germans are more likely to follow orders to kill innocent person, because it was too unlikely to be normal. Experiment was that there was a test subject with consol and buttons, actor and person telling which button to press. Subject was said he will electrocute the actor (he was told it was random person like him) after pressing the button. Every next button was supposed to have higher voltage and the last one be lethal. There were supposed to be 2 experiments. One in the US and one in the Germany to compare the result, but only the one in the US was made because it already showed that something like 70% of normal civilians would kill if ordered.

[@ajeettv]

yes! I studied psychology and we were taught this. I believe it's called the Milgram experiment.

[@nithinsingiri2486]

There were man made disasters caused by Churchill which killed over 20 million people during the British rule in India. This was mostly because he refused to send food supplies to my country diverting them to rich Europeans as reserve stock piles. When the British officials wrote to him about this decision, Churchill wrote back saying "Then,why hasn't Gandhi died yet ? ". He was no better than Hitler if you ask any Indian.

[@PlumHeadLJ]

Thank you, Gentlemen's, for this emotions. I am just one of Russian grandsons of grandparents who survived in Siege of Leningrad. One of my grandfather's was an artillery officer, and one of my grandmother was nurse in Leningrad. Many people, who watch this video (moment about civilian deaths in Leningrad) ask a question: "where did they put the corpses?". I was young and... my grandmother never wanted to tell something about that time, and indeed about the war, but from what I somehow heard not for my young ears, I was shocked. Do not delete cannibalism from your mind when you think about the 2.5 year blockade and list of all possible people's moral and physical sufferings.

[@ColinRichards1]

My grandfather was a POW of Okinawa. I still have his bayonet, still caramelized with blood.

[@richardsbrandon5027]

hahahahaha, I gotta laugh AGAIN at just how this vid ends & just how transparent it is.

[@ROBOTRIX_eu]

Awesome credits to the guy who made, coded and narrated the video.. What a job!

[@toomasargel8503]

17:18 First year norm for one was 600grams black bread/day, second blockade year 380grams and last year 160grams (1 lbs = 454grams ) .

[@pingb6974]

Sad but true: Only one fifth of all soviets born in 1923 survived the war.

[@dibamar330]

I m addicted to this channel Guy's 😂 I m a big fan of reaction channels , . Literally whenever I see reaction channels I skip the talking parts.. btw in this channel I love your Talking and reacting parts . Love from Assam, India ♡

[@tyty7145]

6:02. The U.S. put conscription into effect in 1940 to prepare in case of invasion, and ramped up conscription during war time. At the end of the war the U.S. had around 16 million personel fighting in the military.

[@johnzubil2875]

I came back to watch it because of all that's going on today. I was thrown back by Daves remark that yesterday's wars are different than todays, example you don't have trench warfare anymore.

[@RustyPro676]

16 % of the polish population died... that number always hits home with me as a polish guy... ww2 still has a effect on polish mentality and politcs to this day, it stil sits with us thats why some of us unfortunely rarely trust any other country or more specifically the EU even though they do so much for the country

[@jahnj2523]

POLSKI 🇵🇱

[@the_fixer2593]

Amazing video as always; I actually want to talk about the Pacific theatre and the ending of it, particularly the use of the Nukes. This is taken from the podcast "The Cold War: What We Saw" by Bill Whittle, and I highly recommend listening to this podcast or even doing a reaction to it. "The final stop before the grand finale, was Okinawa, which would eventually house the Cold Wars B-52 bombers at Kadena Air Force base; was needed as a final staging area for the Invasion... Operation Downfall, the amphibious conquest of Japan, was nearing the final planning stages; and by the time the battle for Okinawa had ended, over nearly 13,000 Americans would lie dead. "Now some people today, say that Japanese resistance was crumbling in those final days of the war; now, I don't mean to sound rude or impertinent here, but those people are just plain wrong. 1,600 Americans had died in the First Major Japanese-American Campaign in the Pacific; the grinding 6 month long toothache known as Guadalcanal. But more than 4 times as many men would be killed at Iwo Jima; 7,000 men, and not in 6 months but in 6 weeks. "And Okinawa eclipsed them all. 12,500 American Soldiers and Marines lay dead on that Island and the Japanese Garrison, what was left of it, had followed the examples of their comrades on Iwo Jima; and committed suicidal Banzai charges into American Machine Guns, or killed themselves in ones and twos by embracing a Frag Grenade. "Japanese resistance was not only not crumbling, it seemed to be increasing exponentially the closer the Americans got to Japan; and that was just what happened on the Island. Offshore, the Japanese air attacks against American Warships and Transports simply skyrocketed in lethality; due to the fact that the Japanese had perfected the worlds first smart bomb. Swarms of Japanese Kamikaze Pilots flew themselves into oblivion against the hulls and superstructures of the US Fleet. 36 American ships were sunk and 404 were damaged; 4,900 American Sailors were killed. "The US Navy had suffered more lost and damaged ships and more lost men during the Battle of Okinawa, than they had during the *entire* previous history of the United States Navy... If this was how Japan would fight for a volcanic speck in the middle of the ocean, and the half in-half out far flung prefecture of Okinawa... what would happen when it came time to go ashore in Operation Downfall? "Well, no one really knew, but everyone had a really good guess. The first phase of Operation Downfall was Operation Olympic, the amphibious invasion of the southern home island of Kyushu. 767,000 men would hit the beaches sometime during the late fall of 1945; that's 4 times the number of men who went ashore at Normandy on D-Day. The Americans were not the only one with a plan. The Japanese plan was called Ketsu-Go, it translates roughly to 'Decisive Operation'. On June 8th, 1945 one month to the day of the surrender of Germany; Japanese Emperor Hirohito declared that Ketsu-Go was now in effect, adding that 'Japan must fight to the finish, and choose extinction over surrender.' "Now look, when it comes to choosing Japans true intent, we have a choice here. Between faculty room and cocktail party assertations that Japan was begging to surrender, versus the direct order via Imperial rescript from the God-Emperor of Japan. Given those two choices, I'm going to have to go with B on this one. The inventor of the Kamikaze suicide attacks, Admiral Takijirō Ōnishi, was already equipping some 32 *million* Japanese Civilians with 'Special Weapons'; that would be, Bamboo Spears and Children with Explosive Backpacks throwing themselves under American Tanks. 'If we are prepared to sacrifice 20 million lives in Kamikaze efforts, victory will be ours.' That was the advice Admiral Ōnishi gave to Hirohito *after* the Japanese had lost Okinawa. "My Father would have been on one of those Invasion Boats. "He knew it, they all knew it; the orders had already been cut. 1 *million* Americans dead, was the best case scenario of how much blood was to be spilled to conquer Japan. That's a Stalingrad, at least a Stalingrad... Estimates of Japanese Soldiers and Civilians likely to be killed went from a low of 7 million to... Well no one really knew, but Iwo and Okinawa had shown that the 30 million civilians being trained to resist the invasion with Suicide Packs and Bamboo Spears were ready to die for the Empire of the Rising Sun." ...Chilling... Makes you think about how such a world would have looked, and that's not even counting the Hundreds of Thousands or even Millions of British, Chinese, and Soviets that would have died in the Invasion as well...

[@realsheasmith]

Really glad to see you guys react to this. You has some of the visceral reactions that I did to this video.

[@JimmyEatDirt]

Hey blokes! On the subject of WWII, the KZbin Huggbees did a satirical take on the Battle of Midway, and it was very funny, maybe a video idea? Keep up the good work!

[@DanHagman]

You must respect the Russian's for the huge sacrifice they made.

[@johnalden5821]

I can confirm that the U.S. had military conscription in World War II (as it also did in WWI). Conscription (the draft) actually began in a limited form in 1940, before we got into the war. Men also could volunteer during the first year or so of the war, after which the draft supplied all of the services. Upwards of 10 million men were drafted. The U.S. used conscription in most of its major wars, including the Civil War. The draft was in place for the Korean War and the Vietnam War, but the U.S. then went all-volunteer after the mid-1970s. However, American men are required to register for Selective Service at age 18 to this day, even though there is no draft. Just in case. . .

[@illam9500]

As an American, watching you mates react to the part where he talks about the U.S. and the U.K. fighting the nazis and taking the fight to them has gotta fill you with some type of patriotism. Even more so, a certain affection towards our brothers and sisters from the old country for having just as much fight in them as we did to stand along side us. To this day, I still weep from the fact that the British changing of the guard after 9/11, they played our national anthem rather than their own. Some Americans may forget but I will never forget that act of kindness and solidarity. You all will always be our brothers and sisters across the sea.

[@ItzDylanM]

My great uncle was in the RAF and 2 days before Christmas his plane and another collided during training killing everyone in the process. My mother only knew he had died, not where he was buried etc. So I did some research and found out he is only buried about 10 minutes away.

[@jackthelad9933]

Your best content. By a country mile. Well done.

[@kalen1702]

Knowing this video very well and then hearing your hype intro was so off putting lol. Glad you guys are watching things that aren't just memes and top trending stuff. Good on you guys, great stuff.

[@andreasrademacher5715]

I'm German and in EVERY family you had people that were killed or crippled or disfigured in the war as a soldier. Even if they came from rural areas that had not much war going on in daily life. Both my grandfathers survived, both were POW, one in France the other in the East. (Both were not in the Nazi party BTW) I'm born 1974 and these people were around. (Not my grandfathers, but still). And you had MILLIONS of people coming in from the East that fled death, torture and rape and experienced it. After the war they were in the neighborhood, in your house. Because of shortage of housing it was mandatory to take people in. Other then the guilt that many or most Germans still have to this day, this death and devastation still runs in the collective and individual psyche. And that is all over Europe and I think this mindset and awe that is still present, when it comes to war, connects the Europeans, but even closer Germans with Russians, Poles and others from the East. I imagine I feel what they feel. Might sound strange, but it was SO major that it might have changed the genes. There is a darkness and depression around these peoples, that we share. But Soviets could cover this hurt with pride, while all Germans had was shame and guilt. Nie wieder Krieg!

[@RybadYT]

btw, the link for office blokes try channel in your description is broken

[@OfficeBlokes]

I'll have a look. Thanks 👍

[@Kylesaystuff]

As Chinese, we love watching Japanese anime, playing Japanese game and enjoyed their culture but people always asking "Then why you don't like their government?" Well if only you know the history of what the Japanese did to China back in those days... PS: No, I'll never tolerate any Chinese citizen who mistreats the current Japanese people, I hate those extremes just as you do, I'm just saying the government who are still denying it.

[@Modestasgailius]

it happened so long ago why should the current Japanese people be hated or mistreated

[@brownbenplumm9027]

@@Modestasgailius because a worryingly large amount of Japanese citizens still deny that the rape of Nanking even happened. To this day ,it still isn’t taught in many Japanese schools. Actually, WWII in general is kind of brushed over. That’s why. It’s pretty disgusting if you ask me

[@brownbenplumm9027]

@@Modestasgailius to be clear, Japanese people do not deserve to be mistreated whatsoever, it’s the government that pretends none of that stuff ever happened. I’ve never met a Japanese person that I haven’t liked

[@Kylesaystuff]

@@Modestasgailius No, I'll never tolerate any Chinese citizen who mistreats the current Japanese people, I hate them just as you do, I'm just saying the government who are still denying it.

[@katnisseverdeen81]

Every nation has done horrible things. Right now, this minute, how many Muslims does China have locked in concentration camps? Human rights abuses happen in China every hour of every day. Look to your own government. They are your real and current enemy.

[@nottoday7377]

We’re alive during a great time, very grateful. Luckily I didn’t have to live through WW1&2, Great Depression, Severe race wars, etc. Those who were are a brave group.

[@stevenm2722]

It's extremely unfortunate that a big part of why so many Soviets and Chinese died was the callous cruelty of their own governments. As Stalin said "One death is a tragedy. A million deaths is a statistic."

[@daricetaylor737]

I have been very busy doing family genealogy on my husbands line and there was a distant family relation I found that lived in Polish Russia just prior to WWII. I found one document labeled Russian Jewish census that recorded the main family recorded, but it also mentioned the grand parents, uncles and aunts as well as great uncles and aunts...children and their spouses and even some spouses parents were included on the census. I believe the number of individuals I was able to add to my family tree from this one document was well over 30 names. There was one daughter who left Russia and immigrated to the US where she married an American...she is the name where my family line connects. As I scoured more and more documents trying to find later information on the family, I was dismayed to not find any further mention for any one of the individuals except the one who immigrated. It was not until I took time to look up the name of the town where they were living at the time of the census, and it hit me like a ton of bricks.....they lived in a town where one of the worst concentration camps were constructed by the Nazi's. It was a notorious camp known for it's mass extermination of the Jewish people. At that moment I began to weep as the picture became clear......there were no other mentions of any of the family members as they were all very likely murdered in the concentration camp. To this day, almost 3 years later, I find myself crying and weeping for the loss of all those precious lives. As a child growing up and learning about WWII you have no real concept of what loss of life meant......as an adult, being able to find names on your own family line and connect a death with each and every one of them is a totally different experience. I am truly grateful for this knowledge because it only instills in my heart and mind how very precious each life is and how much I should cherish and nurture them. It makes me more compassionate and understanding towards others who have also experiences loss. You really do understand others better when you have had the opportunity to walk a mile in their shoes.

[@ThePsydex]

Not every opinion is Russian bots 😆... pls keep that in mind... thats just a news narative... anyway... have fun and godspeed lads

[@mybedissoft]

This video always hit me like a brick, it’s hard not to get emotional when you see the extraordinary amount of unnecessary loss of life. Great video reaction guys, love your uploads!

[@razkable]

why do european countries have to continue the fight in africa...just why?...so many pointless loss lives in both world wars

[@Thriceee]

I'ts unfortunate that long peace didn't last very long....love you lads, keep being the genuine humans are are.

[@Robertz1986]

The US began conscription just before entering WWII, and drafted continuously until the end of Vietnam. It didn't stop between the wars.

[@nancyjanzen5676]

My uncle Ralph was drafted in 1940. His first assignment was setting up weather stations in Northern Canada. My brother in law with the Coast Guard was refueling those same stations in the late 1960s. In WW II those stations provided the precise forecast for D day.

[@drlunow]

This was incredible! Please do more of this kind of video....I love the perspective of what war actually entails...which should make one much more intentional to maintain peace. The alternative is so catastrophic. But how long do you ignore the evil being perpetrated by an authoritarian dictator?? Great suggestion Dave on the Jackson documentary. Why does one not want to know?? I love well done history.

[@aluskonik007]

You should react to: IPNtv: The Unconquered - short, very emotional video about history of Poland during WW2. You’re gonna love it :)!

[@lasselippert3892]

Any mention of Zaolzie in that video?

[@WASRSASR]

Thank god for America coming to aid its allies and Britain being brave and never giving up and Russia staying determined

[@theopot5798]

think that people in their mid 30's including myself are the last generation of grand children who actually had a grandfather or two, who actually saw combat in WW2 and made it alive..

[@user-leshiy99rus]

The story of my ancestors in the Great Patriotic War: Most of my ancestors were burned in their own homes by the punishers (we are Ukrainian and Belarusian Jews), but my maternal grandfather survived. He was an engineer and a likalschik (he made the most accurate copies of parts at the factory and very accurately cut out complex elements according to drawings), he was sent to Leningrad to establish the production of ammunition there (thank God that he managed), he left there a few days before the complete blockade of the city. Although he was released from the army, he still went to the front as a volunteer. It just so happened that he ended up in the Marines. His last battle was on the "Kursk Bulge". He and his men had to cross the river and storm the first trenches of the fascists, thereby allowing the main troops to cross (this is pure suicide). During that battle, a shell fragment tore off his foot on one leg. Since the main forces of our people have gone forward, great - grandfather has launched a rapid offensive. for several days I lay alone among the corpses and waited for the approach of the rear units. He screwed up the corpses of the Nehemites (made them something like a pillbox, fortified) and shot the retreating fascists. On the 3rd day, it was picked up by the advancing artillery. Because of the heat, leg had to be cut off completely, but he would have returned home alive.

[@Luredreier]

32:12 You guys should see the Swedish and Finnish scenarios for a future war. There's youtube videos showing how both of those countries imagine a future war happening. And both of those videos talks about just that. Hacking and other things where you don't really know if you're in a war or not till long after it has started.

[@Mannalon31]

Those soldiers who had died in soviet.. Its like your survival rate must be at 10-20%

[@theblackbear211]

The US started Conscription just prior to entering World War 2 - the initial draft, among other things, brought a number of National Guard Units up to "War Strength" were they were then deployed to "Critical" Areas - My Father was sent to a California Coast Artillery unit - which was then deployed to the Aleutian Islands, a Tank unit from Wisconsin was sent to the Philippines and ended up on Bataan.

[@7Starslayer7]

The guy in green made a good point: It was about dehumanizing the enemy. These were not savage people or psychos executing a mother and a child, it was the average joe doing this, the guy from the post office, the barber shop or your friendly doctor from across the road. It were well educated people commiting those crimes. That makes it more frightening and shows what indoctrination can do to everyone of us. Making you want to kill the people doing this shows you are also vulnerable to stuff like this. I recently watched a documentary about a german tank commander who described his experiences on the eastern front. In the beginning he was very calm and showed no hatred against the russians beeing just a soldier, but after loosing good comrades in battle, being shot and wounded by russian soldiers that pretended to capitulate he was shooting civilians left and right and became a monster.

[@cbtowers4841]

Please. This tension with Russia, North Korea and China is so worrying. I hope this video reaches those it needs to reach to prevent wars from happening again. We need to protect this peace. 😢

[@nancyjanzen5676]

You saw a documentary. Every Russian has a family member in that count. They dont need a documentary. They still live with the missing.

[@wesleywilkinson6629]

This video reminds me of a series called War against humanity that is truly gut wrenching. Would recommend a watch

[@GarioTheRock]

Think I might have suggested this (as well?) So glad you saw it.