The Fallen of World War II | Reaction [This Is Atrocious] | Filipino-Canadian Reacts

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Sup yall! After many World War video requests in the past, I have finally decided to react to one. "The Fallen of World War II" was the most recent request.
This is probably the easiest and quickest video I have ever recorded yet because of the very minimal editing I had to do: after your comments and feedback from my reaction to "Жить", I have taken to heart that I shouldn't be adding extra sound effects and camera angles to a serious video.
This video was very striking, shocking and devastating in many ways. I am glad to have reconnected with events in the past, and hoping for a brighter future...
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[@chizh7255]

Some historics say that Soviet Union have lost 27 million others 45. There were 8 m soldiers, others were just civils. Every family in Russian and former Soviet countries has at least one relative who fought for peace then. That's horrible number...

[@Mig29tvc]

45m soviets - 27m Russians

[@IntricatelyRandomAsian]

Thats waaay too much indeed :(

[@lm09999]

@@IntricatelyRandomAsian i am from Russia, Samara. in Leningrad people ate mice, cats, dogs, dead people Kids studied in bunkers. My grandma ate radishes for 4 years Ioi city made a great contribution to the liberation of the country, my city was considered the 3rd capital of Russia (after Leningrad and Moscow) We make Airplanes, Trains, Satellites, and made the very first rocket for the very first man into space, in our city they created the first Russian automobile brand

[@justacat2]

​@@Mig29tvcstop exaggerating 27M soviets died from stalin's purges, 8M soviets died from the invasion

[@Mig29tvc]

@@justacat2 FACEPALM

[@andreasfaust1161]

Did the Germans die of cold in 1943? Has the climate defeated Germany? And why did the Germans not freeze in the winter of 1942 in the Soviet Union? Because they didn't lose? Did Napoleon also lose just because of the frost? These are all distortions of education. From Moscow to Berlin, Soviet troops won in spring, summer and autumn. Weather is one of the factors and not the most important. The main thing is people and character. Russians can be killed, but they cannot be defeated!

[@SovermanandVioboy]

ye, very true. Surely the russian winter gave the red army an advantage, being more used to the cold. I think most ppl dont understand the scale of the eastern front and the amount of countries and armies involved at the same time (and how these battles influenced each other).

[@AbsoluteZero-lv8js]

USSR winter is really different to others places

[@World7589]

US and Canada education system are bullshit

[@S.P.Q.Rrespublicas]

Exactly. But Russia can be taken in the winter (Mongols), and kept. But yeah, the Soviet sacrifice is really underapprescisted in the west

[@braxtalk9475]

Just because you make a joke about something does not mean you dont take it seriously.

[@giggling_boatswain]

A few months ago, I once recommended a US Marine to watch an American documentary that I watched as a child. It was filmed during the Brezhnev era in the USSR, when many people who witnessed that war were still alive. I don’t know why everyone forgot this film, but I was prompted to recommend it because it’s in English. It is called "The Unknown War." Today I see that many history teachers from the United States run their channel here and say with embarrassment that they did not know in such detail the war in the USSR. Moreover when you watch National Geographic or Discovery Channel or read a school history textbook, you get the impression that the Russians did not take any part in the Second World War. But suddenly it turns out that the Russians defeated 83% of the Nazi army and the cost of this is 27 million Russian lives (This is an official figure, but real according to some sources- is 32 million). Of these, 8 million are military, and the rest are civilians.This fact is deliberately concealed by the Western media and historical channels, I think. Look, in 2020, the United States issued a commemorative coin dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany. The medal features three flags - the US flag, the UK flag and the French flag. The USSR flag is not there !!!!!!!!. That is, they want us to forget history, they want to keep us for idiots and to convince that the Russians did not take part in the Second World War ...Therefore, in Russia there is not a single family where their relative did not die in the war with Hitler. For some reason, in the West they are silent about this and young people do not know anything about it. But in Russia the history of the Second World War is taught as needed, in detail and thoroughly. France surrendered in 28 days. During the same time in Stalingrad, the Germans were only able to cross from one side of the street to the other side. This is how to defend the country and resist. The war in Europe and in the USSR was different. He considered Europeans civilized and observed the Geneva Military Convention (gentlemanly attitude towards prisoners and civilians). Moreover, soldiers from all over Europe fought under the banner of Hitler. For example, in Paris, cafes and restaurants worked until the end of the war, and at the same time in Belarus (one of the republics of the USSR), out of 9200 settlements destroyed and burned by the German occupiers and collaborators, over 5295 were destroyed along with all or part of the population during punitive operations. Including 628 - together with the population. 186 villages could not be revived, as they were destroyed with all the inhabitants, including mothers and babies, frail old people and invalids. In memory of the villages that were burned alive together with the living inhabitants, a memorial "Khatyn" was erected and named as the name of one of the burned villages. (look at wikipedia). The scariest film about this is "Come and See" (but first read or watch the abstract review of this film - you may not be able to watch it). Some of the commentators in Europe wrote that after the family viewing, no one spoke to each other for almost a day - everyone was gloomy, frowned and lost in thought. The fate of the front-line director is also unique. Hitler really considered the Slavs to be a dirty nation that allowed the mixing of races. Therefore, the Slavs were of no value to Germany. He considered the Europeans a race higher. That is why we have such different wars in Europe and in the USSR. It is also enough to see in what conditions British prisoners and Russian prisoners were kept. From the order on the treatment of Soviet prisoners of war of September 8, 1941. "Bolshevism is the mortal enemy of National Socialist Germany. For the first time, a German soldier faces an adversary trained not only in the military, but also in the political sense in the spirit of destructive Bolshevism. The fight against National Socialism is with him. in blood. He leads it with all the means at his disposal. Including propaganda, murder, sabotage. Therefore, the Bolshevik soldier loses all right to be treated like an honest soldier in accordance with the Geneva agreements. " This was the reality. Each soldier of the Wehrmacht during the seizure of European countries had a memo "10 commandments of a soldier of the Wehrmacht." It spoke of the need to comply with the international rules of warfare, and is loyal to the civilian population. But when the Wehrmacht invades the USSR, Hitler gives the order not to spare anyone. But until now, many are surprised how the barbarian civilization could triumph over the civilization of masters and the leader in technology.Nazism is rearing its head today. In the baltics and ukraine, SS veterans and Nazi henchmen are honored. Streets are named after them and monuments are erected to them, children in scout camps are taught Nazism (children shout Nazi chants and think like fascist judging by the video) - NBC released a film about a children's camp near Kiev a couple of years ago. New Hitler Jugend. This is not a joke - this is Ukrainian reality. For example, 04/28/2021 In the capital of Ukraine, Kiev, an annual Nazi march dedicated to the Nazi SS division "Galicia" was held. The Baltic countries hold the same annual marches.Or, on July 31, 2021, an annual gathering of veterans of the 20th SS Division, recognized as a criminal organization by the decision of the Nuremberg Tribunal, took place in Estonia. They laid flowers and lit candles at the Estonian SS Legion memorial. Processions of admirers of Hitler are held annually in the Baltic countries. The authorities are supportive of this.

[@ВладимирМацкевич-з6б]

Hitler lost because of the Russian frosts, and not because of the heroism of the Soviet people? We also have a hot summer in Russia, and there were four summers during the four years of the war. Denmark and Norway are also cold, but Norway was occupied by the Germans in two months, and Denmark was in one day.

[@AbsoluteZero-lv8js]

70% of the nazi stayed in the USSR for 4 years.

[@mrsmith2051]

10:30 Your history teacher doesn't know history.

[@carkawalakhatulistiwa]

Yes

[@mybedissoft]

I’m 25, so the fact that I’ve lived 2 years longer than a lotta of those young men really puts it into perspective for me. How lucky we are in this day & age..

[@AbsoluteZero-lv8js]

Especially those guys in the Soviet Union

[@MR-ch3ku]

POW Camp = Prisoner of war Camp

[@IntricatelyRandomAsian]

Okok thanks a lot!

[@EvgeniyAleksandrovich]

По планам Германии в России вообще никого не должно было остаться. Нас пришли уничтожать. Поэтому мы будем помнить эту победу всегда, она нам далась слишком огромной ценой!!!

[@Алена-ь5ы7ч]

Вечная память советскому солдату!

[@IntricatelyRandomAsian]

Amen

[@NatashaAvtonomova]

😥🌹🌹🇷🇺Слава советскому народу победителю и освободителю и вечная память павшим героям и невинным жертвам ! Мои родные тоже участвовали в этой войне и на фронте в красной армии и труженники тыла . Пусть будет мир во всем мире и дружба народов 🌍🕊 ! То , что сделали фашисты чудовищно и это забывать нельзя !

[@IntricatelyRandomAsian]

I totally agree! Thank you for your families who have fought for freedom and all that

[@AbsoluteZero-lv8js]

​@@IntricatelyRandomAsian Can't even imagine what those red army had to gone through in Stalingrad. In 1942 and 1943 the Ussr lost 2 million. I saw someone play this battle on call of duty. Already seem like a hell.

[@richardmangelmann4975]

Listen, I don’t know what’s up with some of these rude comments in here. You were very respectful, I really don’t know what’s going on with some people on here

[@IntricatelyRandomAsian]

Yeah i know hahah, everyone has their own issues 🤔

[@thepragmatic6383]

I was thinking the exact same thing, and it's so sad.

[@JustKenny1]

Hello, fellow female humans. For you to know why. Maybe go read a book on people communication. When some random ass Canadian half-breed, laughing and giggling and smiling, while someone narrate the death and horrors that my on grand grand father and his brothers went through. Its not mean its fucking disgusting. Worthless twat.

[@strauchs95]

no, winter was just one of many reasons. I think the best reason was that the soviet generals have used the size of their country as an advantage. wanting Germany to advance further and further. At certain checkpoints they had defence lines that went row after row. That leaded to the fact that Germany had to crush line by line with every line getting stronger. Till they were near moscow where the main troops from the soviet were. They couldnt crush it as Germany used too much ressources up to this point.

[@dustypluskrat7423]

The Soviets knew their homeland well and knew exactly where to stall the German advance and where to bait them in. Which is what happened at Moscow, where panzer and Wehrmacht units outran their supply lines, exposed to a counter attack and that’s when the blow was struck, driving them back and causing a panic along the Front.

[@AbsoluteZero-lv8js]

The eastern front was extremely brutal

[@AbsoluteZero-lv8js]

The winter in 1942 and 43 did help the USSR a lot during Stalingrad.

[@graft7472]

Пропаганда. Малая часть правды,замешанная на лжи.

[@MicahsIntellectualCorner]

The German army losing in the east was for a multitude of reasons, mainly logistical they had a major oil shortage like a year on into the invasion, along with being stretched out too thin between a front spanning from essentially Finland all the way to the caucus mountains, also right before winter the mud season or "Rasputitsa" which slowed the Germans down to a Napoleonic era pace mainly because the USSR was still developing so they had a lot of dirt roads that didn't do so well with tanks and trucks. You pair that with the almost never ending people that lived in the USSR at the time, (even German soldiers felt helpless as they just kept running into a never ending wall of Russians fighting for their literal existence) winter definitely hurt but it was just the cherry on top of a long laundry list of issues. GREAT REACTION by the way!!!

[@nancyvioli5415]

dont forget that 23 number is just an average so think about how many men UNDER the age of 23 must have died to keep the average at 23

[@IntricatelyRandomAsian]

Yeah... I cant even imagine 😔

[@AbsoluteZero-lv8js]

Especially in the Soviet Union

[@РоманСоколов-е4т]

Всё равно историю (даже на примере этого ролика ) на западе и у нас преподносят по разному

[@IntricatelyRandomAsian]

Yeah, it was very interesting

[@songohan4051]

What your history teacher told you was not correct. It was not that the Germans themselves were not used to the climate. Russia has the reputation of beeing very cold .. but the areas that the germans and soviets were fighting in, actually have the same climate like germany, in some areas a bit more warm (southern) and in some areas a bit more cold (northern) but its not siberia so the climate is very similar to germany. The reason was that the plan was to finish the invasion in soviet union before the winter comes, but it didnt, so the german soldiers still had their uniforms for summer. And that obviously was a huge problem when you are a soldier and have to fight in the cold winter with summer uniform. But even that was only the first winter, which caused the germans to be pushed back a bit, It was not the reason why the invasion failed. The war continued for years ... and then the reason at the end why the german fronts collapsed was because the Germans were attacked from all sides (also the soviet soldiers killed whole towns of german civilians) and the germans were outnumbered by 3 - 5 times higher numbers of soldiers coming from all sides mainly Soviets, Americans, British which all used the last years to put as many men into military as possible and produce tanks, aircraft and so on... even then while beeing outnumbered so heavy they keept holding them back very long, but at the end the german army and war industry was getting down, while the other countries were able to increase theirs ( and german cities were heavily bombed, you can really say everything was destroyed ) so it was a question of time for germany to lose the war, once that stituation appeared. They tried everything, even putting a lot of old men and young boys to defend Germany, especially inside germany at the cities, it was the whole society, old men, soldiers, boys, young women, trying to hold back the soviets, americans and british but the Invasion was too big to hold it back. But the idea of the strongest army in the world ( at that time ) beeing defeated because of winter is ridiculous ...

[@nadezhdaposlednaya6526]

5:37 In USSR it has been a whole lost generation, when like whole class graduate has fallen in war. But i'm talking not only about millitary operations - It has been whole villages and cities with civilians extinguished by germans. We have so much movies about this, the fate of the young boys falling in battle, and the fate of the young girls doomed to keep going alone as almost whole male generation is wiped out. If you willing to watch something about - watch the old USSR movie "The Dawns Here Are Quiet" of 1972. It tells the story of women in war. It pretty light and even humorous, no graphics but really good one.

[@Oberin_Martell]

Всё, что нужно знать о вашем образовании - "Немцы проиграли, потому что замёрзли"...

[@user-resuserOk]

Это нормальное образование для "цивилизованного западного мира". Отсутствие критического мышления и полное впитывание любого дерьма.

[@Pilum1000]

@@user-resuserOk Агха. Cоветую, кстать, посмотреть "Не смотрите наверх", "Идиократия" и "Сквозь снег" :>

[@andreasfaust1161]

I don't know if there is a great meaning in English, but in Russian it died when lying in bed from illness or old age. And when in the war it is called killed. In Russia, in every family there are those who were killed either in battle or civilians from bombs. And the Germans did not come alone. Grandmothers and relatives lived in the occupation. Slovaks, Hungarians, Romanians, Italians, Poles (Kashubians) and the French came to us with the Germans (there were more French in the German Wehrmacht than in the De Gaulle Resistance). And we also remember how the Swedes sold iron to the Germans for tanks, ships and submarines. And we remember perfectly well how the United States traded with the Germans until 1943... sold weapons and goods to both the Germans and the USSR and enriched themselves at the expense of the war, starting to fight against the Germans only since 1944.

[@andreasfaust1161]

@Inland Empire Russians remember everything. Do not remember in Western countries what the Curzon Line is and that Poland took advantage of the Civil war in Russia and seized Russian lands illegally, Poland signed a peace treaty with the Bolsheviks (Communists), and the great powers (Britain and France) did not recognize the annexation of Russian lands by Poland. Lol. Poland and Finland were not released from Russia. They are separatists like the Scots in Britain. In 1938, Poland, together with Germany, invaded Czechoslovakia, seized and occupied part of it. And in 1939, Germany and the puppet Slovakia invaded Poland and World War 2 began. lol. The Russians came 3 weeks later when the Germans defeated and surrounded the Polish army. Russians reached the Curzon line and took their own back, and the President of Poland and the generals issued a decree not to resist the Russian troops. The Polish army of 70,000 under the protection of the Russians escaped from the Germans (30 thousand to Romania and 40 thousand to Hungary). lol. Why didn't Poland declare war on the USSR?! Why didn't the Poles fight the Russians? On June 23, 1941, the Polish government in London agreed that Poles would be part of the Red Army(USSR) to fight against the Germans. LOL!

[@andreasfaust1161]

@Inland Empire Offended and whining child, are you a Pole?

[@andreasfaust1161]

@Inland Empire Because of Hitler's invasion of the USSR, the Polish government in London (by order of Britain) began to cooperate with the USSR and had no claims for 1939 and that Poland had lost the lands inhabited by Belarusians and Ukrainians. And why didn't Poland declare war on the USSR in 1939? So the Polish army and the Polish government agreed to the entry of Soviet troops, which helped them escape to Britain and other countries? What kind of fairy tales that the USSR started WW2? Churchill said that Poland is the "hyena of Europe." Poland and Germany are to blame for the attack on Czechoslovakia in 1938, and Britain, France and Italy in Munich supported this. Poland was going to be an ally of Germany like Finland, Romania, Bulgaria and Hungary, but Germany did not need Poles.

[@andreasfaust1161]

@Inland Empire I don't feel sorry for the Poles. Why should I feel sorry for them? It's their own fault. My ancestors fought against the Bolsheviks (Communists) and everything went well in 1918-1919, but Poland was inactive...The Russians, who did not have time to return from the front against the Germans that was in Poland, fought against the Bolsheviks (Communists) together with the Poles and won together near Warsaw in 1920. But Poland concluded a peace treaty with the Bolsheviks (Communists) and the Russians who wanted to fight the Bolsheviks (Communists) were given out to death, thereby helping the USSR to get back on its feet, get stronger and in the end the Poles were still lucky. It was communist, but still Poland. lol. And in fact, this state should not exist after all their heinous actions. Only Britain and the USA are worse than Poland.

[@andreasfaust1161]

@Inland Empire The Polish government had a mutual assistance agreement with the main great countries in the world (Britain and France). When Germany attacked and captured 60% of Poland in three weeks, why did the British and French do nothing? Why didn't they save Poland? Why did the Polish army escape thanks to the introduction of Soviet troops? Why 70 thousand Polish soldiers survived thanks to the invasion of the USSR and under the cover of the Red Army, the Poles escaped from Poland and then continued to fight against the Germans. Thanks to whom? Britain and France who threw Poland to the mercy of Germany so that Hitler would move further east away from Western Europe?! Why did the USA sell weapons, cars and food to Germany and the USSR at the same time until 1943 inclusive? To make money in the war?!

[@satsunada]

The Phillipines were invaded by Japan for their oil resources and to the push the US out of the region. It was part of Shojo's "Southern Resources" plan that came along quickly after Pearl Harbor. The US Army was pushed out of the Phillipines with Gen. Douglas MacArthur declaring "I will return", which he did. Still, some US soldiers and Filipino soldiers didn't make it in time and were captured. The Japanese army treated people that surrendered as less than human, so many of those soldiers died by just a soldier beheading them. Most of the officers were beheaded immediately. Out of 80,000 troops captures, only 54,000 survived the trip and many of those died in the prison yard. A large majority of the dead were Filipino, potentially up to 18,000. During this movement, now called the Bataan Death March, anyone that asked for water was killed instantly. They force marched them nearly 50 miles and those that fell from fatigue were run over with trucks. They also liked to drink water in front of prisoners, make sure they wore no shirt or hat in the sweltering heat, and didn't treat anyone for malaria or dysentery. They barely let them even get in the shade. That's just one of many horrible things the Japanese did during World War II.. and that list is long.

[@Pilum1000]

you can see the "Brest Fortress", "Panfilov's 28 Men", "But the dawns here are quiet"(1972), "Come and see"... and german "Downfall - Der Untergang"

[@michaelmckesson6997]

In the Philippines there's a statue of General Douglas MacArthur. He was stationed in the Philippines Islands. Shortly after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the Japanese surrounded the Philippines. Douglas MacArthur had to flee abandon his soldiers. So the remaining American and Filipino soldiers were taken captive. About 60,000 men were in the Bataan Death March. So both American and Filipino soldiers died together in this death march.

[@TheSniatch]

Depends where you live. In europe you won't hear many WW2 jokes.

[@ososnake97]

hahahah indeed

[@HalkerVeil]

How are schools not teaching the latest generation what a POW is? Has the education system really gone THAT far into the crapper? Even after going to the actual museums? But they remember things like LOL and OMG...

[@IntricatelyRandomAsian]

OMG The education system in America desperately needs help actually LOL, youre spot on 🤣

[@World7589]

The education system in the US always dog shit

[@c3skyf0us3k]

POW camp meaning Prisoners of War camp

[@matei8master8]

"It was super cold, right?" Yeah... That and the fact that The USSR was about 10 times bigger and had about 20 times the resources of Germany.

[@AbsoluteZero-lv8js]

But they paid a devastating price in order to win

[@Vegeta900X]

The Filipins where conquered by Japan in WW2. And as you are Filipino I would recommend you to tread lightly if you decide research what Japan did in Asia. If you do not, I promise you risk having nightmares for the rest of your life. Like grabbing children by the legs and slamming them head first into brick walls, throwing babies up in the air and catching them on bayonets or cutting them out of their mothers bellies, and much much more. Pictures do exist out on the internet but they are so horrifying that you risk throwing up.

[@janfg1578]

I recommend "Come and See", a soviet film that shows WW2 in eastern europe from the perspective of a 14 year old boy.

[@kodywatts6886]

Sooo good. One of the few movies to make me genuinely depressed everytime I’ve watched it

[@Elis_Gallacher]

It’s one of the only movies that actually kinda scared me as well, that reconnaissance (fuck, that was hard to spell) plane always freaked me out

[@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*

[@eodyn7]

India did not lose 2.5 million. Those numbers you see in the video for the UK count the entire empire.

[@hubert470]

Poland lost 6 million citizens in this war half of them was jewish of course but still they were born in poland and lived here for centuries and they were a part of our society.

[@markmclendon8621]

@@eodyn7 so they only killed 3 million worldwide for colonial domination .... as a colonial, i adject to that......and we kicked your buts out and successfully repelled your attempt to reconquer us

[@markmclendon8621]

@@hubert470 the descendants of Jews saved by Schindler are the vast majority of the total Jewish survivors in Poland i read this somewhere....don't know if it's true..... but it sure takes ones breath away

[@razkable]

Nazis? You mean Germans

[@AndyProper]

My papa was 13 when fought in World War II, he was a Japanese P.O.W. for 6 months, he came back at the age of 16. He died December 19th,2002. He was a great man. Also to answer your question P.O.W. Means Prisoner of war.

[@nadinefeiler9204]

About Jokes. I think that humans always used humor too cope with the darkest things. So there is nothing wrong with the jokes about this times as long as we do not forget how dark they where

[@n0cturus]

Every soldier is someone's son, husband, brother .. please remember that

[@AbsoluteZero-lv8js]

Especially the Soviet Union. They just keep throwing people to the nazi again and again

[@markhorton8578]

You are partially correct, in Russia it was the two worst winters for 200 years.

[@World7589]

Eastern Front was super bloody and brutal

[@xanthiusdrake2775]

It was more then just the cold, the commanders tried to get cold weather gear to their troops, but the idiot running the show ignored them and told them to just keep going, and Russia had troops trained to fight in colder climates, giving them a serious edge against the axis troops.

[@markhorton8578]

@@xanthiusdrake2775 Yes the Russians had learned the hard way about the cold when they invaded Finland and were slaughtered by a tiny poorly equipped army. The irony is that, it was seeing that, that convinced Hitler that he could beat the Russians. It seems all almost all military commanders are very slow leaners.

[@srahhh]

The Bataan Death March is a really important part of WWII history that included the deaths of many many Filipinos as a result of Japanese atrocity. I never got taught about it in our WWII units in history class in the US either.

[@АлександрФилин-н2ф]

и не говорите нам потом, что вы носитесь со своей победой, митинги, парады, детей войне учите. У нас очень печальный опыт во всех Отечественных и мировых войнах. Кто нибудь посчитал наши потери в 20 веке, я думаю около 100 миллионов. Какая страна, потеряв такое количество людей, смогла бы выстоять и развиваться?

[@IntricatelyRandomAsian]

Yeah, war sucks indeed. We are very lucky and blessed to be alive

[@dieseldieseldieselfuel]

Pow camp is prisoners of war.

[@ronaldshimekph.d.6812]

Looking at the comments 10 days after you (IRA) viewed the video, all most all the commenters are missing the point. World II was total war for most countries, no one factor won or lost for any nation or side and it is foolish and pointless to argue about such things. The point of video was that we (most people in the so-called "first world") have essentially been at peace for close to 80 years. One the underlying reasons that the "Cold War" didn't get "Hot" was that leaders on all sides, both civilian and military, had memories of how horrible and terrible that war was. That institutional memory is now rapidly dying out. We have now essentially lost all of that first-hand memory, and we are getting a lot of sabre-rattling by foolish leaders. I think a good point can be made that none of today's leaders realizes how fast a small border war - say Russia vs Ukraine, could turn into a very short, very hot, nuclear total war. I live in Montana, USA; within 200 miles of my home are I00 Armed Minuteman III ICBMs in scattered missile-silos(hardened protective structures buried in the ground), each of which can hit targets 8,000 miles (13,000km more-or-less) away with up to 3 thermonuclear weapons (H-bombs, if you know the term) each of which is equivalent to about 330 thousand tons of TNT (about 20x the explosive yield of either of the two nukes used on Japan). These missile warheads are able to hit within 50 m of a target. All it takes to launch those missiles is a phone call. I am certain similar structures are found in Russia and China. If a hot-war involving NATO and Russia starts (on the ground in Ukraine, or elsewhere) what future historians (if there are any) might call World War III, will likely remove "civilization" from mankind's list of achievements - a prolonged nuclear winter (resulting from a prolonged nuclear war, say one that lasted 2 days) - would like give us at least 24 months of world-wide cold weather (high temperatures to, say about 0 deg C, 32 deg F, and not enough light for photosynthesis... = equal no food for anything. Well, I wouldn't give betting odds on anything except, at best, marginal survival for humanity. We had really better start trying somehow to drum some sense into all politicians. NO total war will be survivable by our civilization, and it is likely to render the future of humanity moot. With those cheery thoughts. Happy trails to you all...

[@sanooksabai2443]

in Russia you can go to jail for WWII jokes....it's a law

[@IntricatelyRandomAsian]

GOOD!

[@SovermanandVioboy]

In Germany u can go to jail for denying war crimes and the holocaust :V... I think jokes are ok here, aslong as u dont go too dark.

[@Pilum1000]

for a support of nazy and demagogy. And i fully support this :)

[@michaelpellas9183]

Pow stands for prisoner of war camp

[@World7589]

The eastern front was basically hell on earth. 27 million in 4 year

[@levprostoy6312]

I like how you crossed out all the hardships and resilience of Soviet people with one phrase: "They didn't expect it to be so cold"

[@IntricatelyRandomAsian]

Not the Soviets, the Nazis

[@levprostoy6312]

@@IntricatelyRandomAsian You said the Nazis failed the invasion because of the cold. Thereby devaluing the death of our ancestors. You need to delve into the question, there is a series of mini-films in English "Unknown War", they clearly and in detail explain what sequence of actions led to victory.

[@IntricatelyRandomAsian]

@@levprostoy6312 If the Nazis failed the invasion due to the cold, then that means that a lot of them died because of it. How is that devaluing your ancestors if its the Nazis who are dying because of the cold? 🤔

[@Frugustin]

@@IntricatelyRandomAsian Are you okay? The clear point he was making is that Germany didn't fail the inavsion becuase "it was too cold and what is a winter nazi bros? :)". The inavsion halted due to an enormous amount of traped pockets of soviet soldiers that Germany was leaving behind. The idea, that soviet soldiers apperantly did nothing to stop the advance and it was just "cold weather" is a western meme, that completely devalues sacrifices of around 3 million soviets who died in just 1941 alone.

[@ksenijaafonina7483]

@@IntricatelyRandomAsian Do you actually know how many of them died due to cold? Trust me, way way way, millions way less, then those who died because they did not expect the attack from Nazis side. There is winter in Germany too by the way, in most areas same as in Germany. Weather played its role, but definitely was not the main reason.

[@mukhdelta3214]

Not only the winter, German army also suffered from “human wave” tactic from their counterpart. Initially, Soviet army ordered the men to overwhelm the enemy front at once; using their numbers to overcome the superior German war machines. Moreover, in urban warfare, both sides fought street-by-street to gain the territories.Hence, that’s why both Germany and Soviet suffered the massive losses in the eastern front.

[@IntricatelyRandomAsian]

Ahh ok cause yeah, i was wondering how in the world did so many soldiers die amongst the Soviets and all that

[@ВладимирМацкевич-з6б]

Compare the death of the civilian population of the USSR and Germany and it will become clear why and where "such" death. The USSR did not build concentration camps for the Germans and did not kill women and children.

[@iKvetch558]

@@IntricatelyRandomAsian While it is true that the German forces were not prepared for the cold of winter, it was not because they did not know it would get cold. The reason they were not prepared for winter in 1941 was because the USSR was supposed to have surrendered no later than the end of November. The German plan for the invasion of the Soviet Union was entirely based upon the Soviet system collapsing within 3 or 4 months, and by the time it failed to achieve it objective in October/November, it was too late for the German supply system to get winter gear to the troops. But it was NOT the weather that allowed the USSR to stop the Germans, it was Soviets themselves who stopped the Germans, the weather only helped out a little...mostly the "Rasputitsa" (season of mud) in October of 1941. 🖖✌

[@dustypluskrat7423]

To the Germans it looked like unorganized human waves attack, but the Soviets knew they had the numbers so they would find vulnerable gaps im the German lines, and once found they would try to push as many of their forces through it to exploit the weakness. Forcing a retreat or forming a salient that threatens other army groups. Human waves are a myth, the Germans couldn’t comprehend that Ivan was more sophisticated and was fighting through brute force and concentrated breakthrough methods.

[@AbsoluteZero-lv8js]

​@iKvetch The winter in 1942 and 1943 during the battle of stalingrad also help USSR killed a bunch of nazi.

[@thepragmatic6383]

When I watch this video, it comes to my mind, the lyrics of this song by Pink Floyd: "Us and them - And after all we're only ordinary men Me and you - God only knows it's not what we would choose, to do" "Forward!' he cried from the rear - And the front rank died The General sat, and the lines on the map - Moved from side to side"

[@Stalingrad1943-dt5bk]

English song suck in the first place. Let's make this perfectly clear.

[@thepragmatic6383]

@@Stalingrad1943-dt5bk "Respectfully, I disagree with your statement. Music preferences are subjective, and while you may not enjoy English songs, many people around the world appreciate and love them. I can understand that a Russian can be frustrated by the fact that Russia has a very meager success on the international music scene. But give back to Caesar what is Caesar's, the British music industry peacefully conquered the entire planet.

[@ВладимирМацкевич-з6б]

Watch the movie "Go and See". He is very truthful.

[@paskudztwoludowe6188]

10:20 Not the weather was the main reason of German failure, but weak logistic and not enouth resources and economical power to fight on several fronts (even before D-Day it was front in Africa and later in Italy, long lasting Battle of the Atlantic and air front over Europe We can't also forget about Land-Lease which rescued collapsing soviet economy.

[@DiogoSilva-og7tc]

Oil was a pretty big factor as well, being the main reason Hitler wanted to rush down the russian south. Although not the main factor it was still a huge one, I don't know how true this is but I've heard that some reports claimed that it was so cold the oil was freezing inside the tanks and they couldn't start them back up.

[@kekw9585]

@@DiogoSilva-og7tc oil wasnt as big a factor as people make it out to be, you can see, germany still lasted till 1945 and could have kept going, with proper timing, the nazi invasion of the sov. union could have been successful

[@Stalingrad1943-dt5bk]

The main reason was the Soviet Union had WAY more people to fight than Germany

[@paskudztwoludowe6188]

@@Stalingrad1943-dt5bk Wehrmacht and red army were comparable by numbers. (wehrmacht - 9,5 mln (1943-44) red army 11,4 mln (1945))

[@Stalingrad1943-dt5bk]

​@paskudztwoludowe6188 The Red army from 1944-1945 was insanely powerful

[@raymondbermudez2920]

I enlisted in the United States marine corps right out of high school and for the veterans that served before me I say respectfully thank you 🙏 for your service and sacrifice

[@IntricatelyRandomAsian]

Thank you for your future service

[@raymondbermudez2920]

@@IntricatelyRandomAsian your welcome but I enlisted some 45 years ago after graduating from high school

[@davidhutchinson5233]

All of us who served in the Corps remember those yellow footprints. EVERY one of us stood there at one time or another.

[@raymondbermudez2920]

@@davidhutchinson5233 yes I remember that I stood on those yellow foot prints

[@satsunada]

Winter was a problem but the bigger problem was oil. German forces outran their supply chain often because of the winter and vast expanse of the Soviet Union. It also didn't help that many smaller villages were burned down by Russian forces, mimicking tactics from Napoleon. Effectively eliminating all access to supplies in conquered areas. Add to that, Germany was forced into weird Seiges and attrition battles constantly.. neither of them they could afford because of their horrific oil shortage.

[@召命神弓]

Hiter keep changing plan during 1941 and 1942

[@andreyg.2388]

ITS NOT BECAUSE OF WEATHER ITS BECAUSE OF RUSSIAN SOLDIERS.

[@user-pe9gz8si8k]

Thank you for your video. I hope many more learn the truth of this war. Humor is a human coping mechanism. Without it death rates would be a lot higher. Soldier humor is very dark. The trouble coming will dwarf all our history.

[@alekdroid8598]

And here is the real, uncomfortable and shameful truth 13:10 Оn the graph it is clearly visible that all "allies" countries were not actively involved in the first years of the war, but waited until the Soviet Union began to defeat the Nazis. And only at this moment the "allies" began active hostilities. There would have been much fewer Soviet victims if it had received the necessary and timely assistance from the "anti-Hitler coalition". And we all see that in essence it was Russia's war against the united Nazi Europe. Thanks to the Soviet victims, your countries do not have so many victims.

[@yeah91919]

an invasion into france would have been impossible in 1942/3, meanwhile in that time north africa and italy were invaded and lend lease kept the soviets alive so no they didn't "wait"

[@Sev7.]

well if it hadnt been for german garrisons on the west coast (numbering 1m+), Germany would have a lot more free manpower and leg room to do more offensives, so even if they technically didn't do much till 44, they still helped the soviets by keeping 1m german soldiers away from the front (not to talk about the resistance of french, belgian, etc's peoples that had to be put down by force aswell)

[@lhistorienchipoteur9968]

The word "Allies" doesn't mean "good guys" at all, it just means they were, well, allied. This axis also used this word to describe their ennemis. No reason to enclose it in quotation marks.

[@stratejic1020]

This comment is kind of ignorant because it would have been literally impossible to invade france in 1942/43 because the Germans had way more troops on the western front but when the Soviets started pushing back they had to send more troops to stop them thus freeing up the western border allowing for invasion.

[@Killerpixel11]

Stop looking through patriotic glasses, it's not so black and white. The western allies would have had no chance to gain a foothold in central Europe until the USSR turned the tide and started pushing back. And yet the soviet advance would eventually have been stopped if the Allies hadn't opened fronts in Africa, Italy and France, not to mention the monumental strategic bombing effort. The manpower needed to fight there wasn't available to fight the Soviet advance...and we're talking millions of additional soldiers and material. The disparate numbers of casualties were partly due to the allies "joining in" later, sure. But it was also due to the fact that their strategy didn't make use of human wave attacks. Soviet high command knew of their massive manpower advantage...and used it to make up for their technological and strategic inferiority. Also don't forget, please, that the US especially, was also fighting a whole OTHER war against the Japanese in the Pacific.

[@wolfzero5687]

Well you can thanks putin for breaking the no war in Europe streak

[@GeneralGrizzy]

There has been wars in Europe though since WW2. Biggest is probably the Yugoslavic war

[@yanecp1358]

@@GeneralGrizzy civil conflicts are not wars between Countries therefore these were not counted

[@kerim.s8801]

@@yanecp1358 "Civil conflicts" Nato bombing serbia is a civil conflict?

[@slamyourheadin9449]

@@kerim.s8801 no no no your not allowed to talk about usa war crimes thats “WhaTabOutism”.

[@PongoXBongo]

@@kerim.s8801 That would be classed as a civil conflict with outside intervention, as stated in the video.

[@personmanman3071]

It’s important to remember that part of the reason the military deaths can seem one sided at times is because certain countries just had better medical treatment, so injured people were less likely to die. And for Japan specifically, the culture of the time placed a lot of honor in dying for their Emperor, so almost of their soldiers would rather die than have to retreat or surrender, and would often rather kill themselves than be captured. So since this video only looks at deaths and not injuries, certain parts can seem more one sided than they actually were.

[@Stalingrad1943-dt5bk]

The eastern front was 100 times worse than the pacific alright.

[@Stalingrad1943-dt5bk]

All Japan know is suicide

[@lorddaver5729]

Talking about Normandy, you said you had "been to that beach". What you don't seem to know is that is that there were actually 5 invasion beaches - 2 American, 2 British and 1 Canadian.

[@AbsoluteZero-lv8js]

The US one was the bloodiest

[@lorddaver5729]

@@AbsoluteZero-lv8js Because the assault on Omaha Beach was badly mishandled. Virtually all of the amphibious tanks that were intended to be landed were lost at sea because they were off-loaded far too far off the beach itself and sank, thus depriving the assault troops of the armoured protection the other beaches had.

[@protonneutron9046]

That was a mother holding her child. The soldier only used one bullet to kill both.

[@IntricatelyRandomAsian]

Yeah... Thats really sad 😔

[@召命神弓]

Well these kind of stuff is pretty normal on the eastern front

[@pookatim]

I am a bit surprised that you obviously were not taught about the fate of the Philippines under Japanese occupation during WWII. You should know your history!

[@IntricatelyRandomAsian]

In Canada, they dont see the need for us to know stuff like that 🤷‍♀️

[@razkable]

@@IntricatelyRandomAsian Canadiens did help too...just saying...they liberated a lot of europe

[@razkable]

@@IntricatelyRandomAsian War is hell....no one won world war 2..they just survived....

[@KoreaNumberOne]

@@IntricatelyRandomAsian it doesn’t excuse you from dismissing your obligation to be more aware of your country’s dark gostory

[@hudsonstudio7943]

well climate was kind of factor but not the only one. Mostly they lost because of tones of command mistakes.

[@onnnbbb]

Those who forget history or bound to repeat it Hits hard wuth todays circumstances

[@milanradimecky6001]

WW2 is not a joking manner. Meanwhile Big Game companies like Activision and EA...

[@davidjones-bh5xg]

😄

[@pierreo33]

Red dot sights in 1939 according to EA

[@milanradimecky6001]

@@pierreo33 maybe EA will make an FPS from Thirty years war with red dot on muskets or with full auto Arquebuz..

[@dastemplar9681]

Hilarious to see all these salty Ivans in the comments.

[@IntricatelyRandomAsian]

Ivans? Hahah

[@kriskong9962]

See the beautiful thing is that winter didnt win anything .. the germans and soviets basicly stoped attacks or at least major offenses during the winter and they would continue after the winter and the germans were still wining until Stalingrad .. all the soviets major offenses came not during the winter... also POW means Prisoner of War

[@paralystepsis]

Over 100,000 German soldiers froze to death I think it did do a lil something

[@AbsoluteZero-lv8js]

2 million soviet died in Stalingrad

[@AbsoluteZero-lv8js]

​@@paralystepsis During Stalingrad the weather did killed a lot of nazi guys

[@toxic_money3274]

I’m 24 now and I think about it from time to time.

[@IntricatelyRandomAsian]

Life wouldve been so different

[@toomasargel8503]

10:38 You are wrigth . This winter was minus 27 until minus 43 Celsius cold + winds 16 -26 meter per second. Trucks and tanks enigne oils freezing.

[@chillnoise9989]

The moment of silence was a nice touch

[@AntiDegenerate1971]

The soviets were the true heroes of ww2 in my book. They took out 80% of the german military by themselves, at the cost of millions of their own lives.

[@jayman1772]

Heroes is not a good term to be used with Stalin xD. However they did the heavy lifting and this video shows it.

[@questioneverything9606]

Except when they invaded Poland and the Baltics and tried to do the same to Finland. Other than that, they payed the highest price when it came to destroying the Nazi war machine and deserve to be honored for their sacrifice.

[@aje2498]

Yes, the Soviets sacrificed the most body count wise but doing the heavy lifting is incorrect. Germany was simply overextended fighting a 360 degree war. If the U.S didn't join, it was over. If Hitler took out Russia first, or simply left it be, he would have won, even simply waking Hitler up from his nap to release the panzer divisions on Normandy would have altered the war completely. Hitler lost the war demanding a 360 degree war. Basically the allies got lucky, and it was a perfect storm of fuckups.

[@banziattack1354]

Pacific theater U.S was obviously on top though

[@AbsoluteZero-lv8js]

The red army was the one who truly won ww2

[@ComradeRick]

Кто-то говорит про 3 и 4 мировую. Я считаю не важно какая будет война, важно изучить из-за чего войны происходят и работать над причинами, чтобы избавиться от войн. И довольно много материалов на эту тему есть в свободном доступе, только их не продвигают в массы, потому что тем, кто на верху не надо это. А пока будем надеяться, что очередной капиталистический кризис не принесет нам катаклизмов, хотя многим он уже жизнь испортил :|

[@RESTITVTOR_TOTIVS_HISPANIAE]

I can see the Canadiens poster behind

[@MagnusElm]

Koivu

[@IntricatelyRandomAsian]

Eheheh indeed ;)

[@IntricatelyRandomAsian]

Yeeee you've got good eyes, my friend ;)

[@HalkerVeil]

People do the moment of silence today but seem to forget what it's actually used for. *thoughts and prayers*

[@IntricatelyRandomAsian]

Depends on the context they do it in i guess

[@davidhutchinson5233]

If Hitler had not turned to the east, we would be living in a decidedly different world. That is for damn sure. The Red Army faced off against 159 German divisions. The Allies in the west faced 59. I think I am remembering the numbers correctly. Had Hitler put his entire force in the west....I hate to think of what life would be like now.

[@IntricatelyRandomAsian]

Oh, I cant even imagine

[@trollerjakthetrollinggod-e7761]

If Hitler hadn't invaded the Soviet Union in 1941, they would have lost the war much earlier. I hate how people say Germany lost because they invaded the Soviet Union. The ONLY reason they lasted so long was because they were able to get their hands on Soviet Resources like wheat and oil to keep them in the fight longer.

[@callsigndisciple626]

the United States alone had over 16 million men and could pump out thousands of vehicles quicker than any country. Germany wouldn't have won if they put all of their military on the western front. The US was able to fight in Africa, western front, Asia, and still have enough men to defend the homeland. Even in such a scenario, the US would only need to hold out long enough to complete the A bomb and could have dropped it on Germany instead. The western allies were the ones destroying German factories causing them to run low on recourses.

[@mikalcobbs9402]

Selective Service still exists, the US law says every able bodied man must register for selective service when they reach the age 18. If WW3 were to break out and the draft was instated any man called up has to go. Women are not drafted, equality isn’t equal sometimes.

[@doylescordy]

It won't really matter in the end, because if WW3 really happens most people will die, military or not.

[@Pilum1000]

it was absolutely not because it was "too cold". And the Hitlerite General Staff wasn't filled with absolutely idiots who are not familiar with geography and don't know that the winter in the USSR exist . It's just that the Nazis hoped to crush the USSR in a month - but they faced unprecedented resistance and losses. And in the end they lost. Watch the film "Brest Fortress" for a start:> at about the very border only. And watch the "Sabaton - Panzerkampf" song. We have lost 20 million people. This is every 9th. But we сaptured Berlin and crushed the Nazy. Both of my grandfathers fought with them. And I also live in the city of Riga, in the center of which there is the burnt church - where the Nazis shot hundreds of Jews and communists and those who for some reason didnot like for them, as well as a wood 2 km away from me - where there is a hollow where the Nazis have already shot thousands of people, and 20 km from me - the Salaspils, where there was a concentration camp, there they pumped blood from children - for their soldiers. So this is not just a "school history lesson" - for us.

[@toomasargel8503]

04:26 my grandfather conect that war by beenig railway work. He fallen in 1944 year Tappa town railstaion when he bring food at train cargo wagon and hit by piece of bomb at plane. That was my fathers dad. Fahter was then 3 years old and aunt (fahetr sister ) only 11 months old. Grand mother was 29 years old . They return home to Tartu city and found their aparment house was destroyd . They got two bed rooms insame aparment other family = one bathroom ,one toilet and kitchen fot two families and of course hetaing was buy wood owen. Estonia. I am 51 years old grand son . My Grandmother died age by 93 .

[@Dino-god69]

the estimates range from 60m-120m. So Id say its probably somewhere in the middle. I think it was General Zharkov who said "the Soviet military will never be able to count the dead" or something like that.

[@AbsoluteZero-lv8js]

USSR lost 27 million

[@abrahamhernandez8959]

All those young men at 23 average age that never got back home, love a woman, hold their 1st baby It's just crushing!!! I am 26 just recently was my bad like days ago and I am just in debt with all the people that sacrificed a lot during those times

[@toomasargel8503]

21:05 Mongalian war took whole nowtime Russian area until Finland . Yes it 7000 km !

[@asgautbakke8687]

70 million fallen - and then imagine all who were maimed or inflicted with severe PTSD... As a boy I remember a man who had been at the convoys, he often dressed up in trenchcoat, fedora hat and sunglasses, then he went looking for Soviet spies in the village streets. He was nicknamed "KGB". He knew that my father had been conscripted in the militia, he once approached him and told him with a hushed and sinister voice: There was a Russian boat at the harbor and he had seen a guy disembarking it...

[@Benderrr111]

Fuck youtube for removing the dislike button

[@IntricatelyRandomAsian]

Its still there lol, are your eyes working?

[@Benderrr111]

@@IntricatelyRandomAsian what good is it if I can't see the like to dislike ratio?

[@jamescreed26]

Learn to properly communicate what you mean instead of making yourself look like an idiot.

[@ВиталийСкворцов-у5г]

@@IntricatelyRandomAsian Не обращай внимание на циничных дурачков. Этим хомячкам плевать на всех кроме себя.

[@guerrillaentrepreneur5999]

The Constant Pauser POW Camp: Prisoner of War Camp

[@IntricatelyRandomAsian]

Yes, I love to pause ;)

[@guerrillaentrepreneur5999]

@@IntricatelyRandomAsian Gee golly good for you :/

[@carkawalakhatulistiwa]

Germany lost because expecting that the Soviets would lose within 3 months Like France in 1 month or Denmark surrendered in 6 hours but the Soviets didn't give up even though it had been 6 months of fighting 4 million soldiers were captured and they kept fighting

[@AbsoluteZero-lv8js]

USSR won't give up no matter what.

[@AbsoluteZero-lv8js]

Especially during Stalingrad the Soviet used every building and every street to fight. They lost 2 million during 1942 and 43

[@Chamieiniibet]

PoW camps are camps for prisoners of war. That is where the captured enemy soldiers are kept.

[@colinscherer7212]

If you want a much more in depth description of the eastern front, I would recommend Eastory's series on it, it's very well done, and gives a great overview into the tactical decisions made by both the German and Soviet leaders.

[@cornpop7863]

Nazis didn't lose because of the cold in USSR .... They had 3 years of fighting spring summer fall winter 3 times .....

[@zackyboi2048]

Of the men in the Soviet Union who were born in 1920, only 1 in 5 lived past 1945

[@carkawalakhatulistiwa]

1922

[@AbsoluteZero-lv8js]

90% male in that time died.

[@World7589]

Whoever was born in the 1920s only had 20% chance to live long enough to see their 23rd birthday in 1946.

[@schnipdog772]

POW= prisoner of war

[@IntricatelyRandomAsian]

Thanks

[@balikasuntero698]

Hey, you can watch: Артём Гришанов - Мир спас русский солдат / Russian soldier saved the world / World War 2

[@Reactordrone]

"There will be war and rumours of war." Humans- do you have any idea how little that narrows things down?

[@IntricatelyRandomAsian]

Very accurately narrow

[@ososnake97]

in Russia WW2 is even more important that the Napoleon's invasion of Russia (a huge event, Tolstoi wrote a HUGE book -War and Peace-about it, one of the best ever books ever btw), and the parallels between both invasions are incredible, i recommend Napoleon oversimplified for you to react to

[@Londronable]

WW2 was won my English innovation, American industry and Sovjet blood.

[@mikefish8371]

Democracy is both fragile and resilient thing

[@TheAlkochef]

dudues dont get to choose , we're drafted if it comes to that. IF it ever gets that far that it would actually be needed....

[@YouMe-ru6wi]

Yes if a WW3 scenario happened it would be considered all hands on deck and the chances of the military draft being reinstated and put back in place are very high. Now I can only imagine in the modern age and with this generation how a draft would go down with the general public I'm sure that it would be very controversial.

[@rileytruax766]

thats not really true considering you can volunteer before you get drafted and work loading trucks until your 18 so there is some choice you just cant really choose not to fight

[@SovermanandVioboy]

The Situation of Operation Barbarossa (Invasion of Russia) was a bit more complex than "they didnt knew it was cold in russia" - ofc they were very aware of the russian winter. The events of the eastern front in ww2 were much more complex than what happend in the west, just because there were so many fronts and army groups operating at the same time. One big factor was Italys attack on Greece, that delayed the german assault for 3 months, for example (a critical delay, when u want to avoid the winter). Another1 was the invasion of Siberia and and and... I think many ppl dont understand how large the eastern front was, compared to the west and how many countries were involved. The same applies to japanese tactics in the pacific theater. Its so ez to say that they just made bad decisions with todays knowledge.

[@World7589]

This thing was supposed to begin on May 15th. But Hitler had to deal with that Italian problem first. That's why it got delayed until June 22nd

[@StefanVeenstra]

People tend to forget what's known as the little ice age, between 1250 and 1850, winters were much colder and intense in the northern hemisphere. Napoleon had it against him, Hitler had not. And while the 40's was perhaps the coldest decade of the 20th century, it wasn't what turned the war around. Hitler was expecting more resistance from the allies in the west than from the Soviets in the east. He focused his resources and manpower on an invasion from the west and neglected the eastern front. The 6th army was his biggest and most experienced after all. Hitler didn't underestimate the climate, he underestimated the Soviets. There's no comparison between the two dictators other than that they were megalomaniacs and lost to the Russians.

[@edim108]

German command really believed that "kick down the door and the whole rotten structure will collapse" idea and it came to bite them back. Granted, the Soviet Union wouldn't be able to put effective resistance without the Lend Lease it got from the US, and the allies in the west wouldn't be able to perform a successful invasion without Soviet Union forcing the Germans to commit so many people to the East, which resulted in Germany running out of resources and manpower before being able to capture the fertile fields of Ukraine and the oilfields in the Caucasus- Romania alone wasn't able to produce enough oil to keep the Nazi warmachine fueled.

[@GrubHuncher]

You have been misinformed. The Germans put every possible resource into invading the east and were not very frightened of western retaliation. The west had nothing left to even invade them with at that point. They invaded Russia with 3.5 million men which was the largest invasion force of all time. The Russians fought harder than expected, and the predicted collapse of the Soviet government never actually happened. Their invasion actually seemed to have the opposite effect, it strengthened the Soviet regime. The Germans failed to secure any of their major objectives, mostly due to a sense of urgency about their oil situation which led to them rushing towards all of their strategic objectives but not actually taking any of them. If anything, past 1941 the western front was considered to be the sideshow, even after D-Day. The “real fight” was always in the east, where a massive and seemingly unstoppable horde of enraged Russians was beating them down with extreme prejudice.

[@召命神弓]

Napoleon did made it to Moscow. Unfortunately It was a completely empty city with absolute nothing

[@ZachSawyer2077]

I disagree with the jokes on things like WW2. If you don't find them funny it's ok, you don't "HAVE" to laugh about them. But it doesn't mean that if somebody else finds them funny it's a nazi and hates other people or groups. Jokes are jokes, and they don't kill anyone. Usually, with jokes about Hitler and the Jews (for example) you don't laugh at Jews being killed, you laugh at Hitler's stupidity. And I can guarantee you that finding some of those jokes funny doesn't mean that somebody has not the sensibility to understand the disgusting pile of sh*t that was WW2.

[@luxclass5955]

Make a joke to the presence of veterans,joker

[@ZachSawyer2077]

@@luxclass5955 What do you mean? A lot of veterans have a great sense of humor and can appreciate some good jokes

[@trollerjakthetrollinggod-e7761]

@@luxclass5955 they invented most of them. At best, we'd have to pay royalties.

[@Balleehuuu]

Yeah you are right it is a great visualization of time and I watch out to reactors to realize the time that is ticking at the end of the video. The speaker - therefore Neil Halloran - points out, that now is the time for discissions to make which would ensure peace. The zoomed in time is Novembre, 8th 2016 around 09:07 am - that was the day when the US could have made such a discission. On that specific day USA elected Trump - not that wise to prevent wars I would think, but I am only a german guy. I think we were lucky that there were only diplomacy issues with that us president and no war.

[@dabus2527]

Unofficial loses of USSR in WW2 was up to 40M. It's almost equal to whole current population of Canada ...

[@召命神弓]

We'll never know the true number

[@dabus2527]

​@@召命神弓 we know official is about 24M and unoffical is about 42M

[@召命神弓]

​@@dabus2527It's really F up

[@dabus2527]

​@@召命神弓 victory over nazi always have cost. Currently Russia pay this cost fighting ukrainians nazi where many of them are descendants of UPA (Hitler's allied army durring 1941-1945 years) members. And again like durring ww2 almost same countries that was in Axis supports ukrainian neonazis struggle against Russia ...

[@playmaker4700]

Some said that the Soviet Union true casualties of WW2 was 60 million

[@michaelmckesson6997]

General MacArthur and the Bataan Death March. You need to look that up. That involves Americans and Filipinos. Some very horrific things done to both American and Filipino people, by the Japanese.

[@ruben_zermeno]

19:11 I'm kinda surprised that you didn't even know that the Philipines was also the victim of the japanese war crimes around Asia during WW2. Because I heard that in April 9 people from the Philipines celebrates something called "the day of valour", which they conmemorate the people who died brutally to one of the japaneses' death marchs in the Philipines (including american and british soldiers).

[@toomasargel8503]

09:19 that camp is terriful prison and work camp.

[@ralphjacobson8815]

When you talk about actors and their age during the war, look up Jimmy Stewart. An accomplished, soft spoken actor that was a real bad ass during the war.

[@toomasargel8503]

13:54 blue ,black ,white is Estonian flag. Yes we are Jewish people memorial in Klooga ,arjumaa conty ther fallen exicuted by German troops ca 1500 ,but if You look how many i fallen in WW II then that is ca 70.000 + after war in Soviet Union pirison camps in siberian are 29.000 more . population in 1940 was in Estonia only 750.000