The Fallen of World War II

[@NeilHalloran]

My long overdue response to all the comments about the film's use of the phrase "Nazi soldiers." It was a mistake, and I regret it. When we recorded the narration for the other languages (available on the Vimeo account), I corrected it so that it states "German soldiers." I need to go into the recording studio and make the correction to the english version too (along with a handful of other corrections), but I have regrettably not yet done so. While it was certainly an error, I do not think it fits the comparisons many are making, i.e. that it is like calling American soldiers "Republican soldiers." I want to point out that in the case of Nazi Germany, it is correct to say Nazi invasions, led my Nazi commanders, which became Nazi occupations as part of a Nazi war effort. Calling soldiers of a Nazi war effort Nazi soldiers was a mistake, for sure, but a more complicated mistake than such analogies. As a personal note, I will say that I have close family members in Germany, and I feel that the transformation of the country after the war is a beautiful and inspiring story that we often take for granted. The word Nazi is often used to show separation between the German people today and a political movement of their past. In this case I screwed up and got it backwards.

[@Kardia_of_Rhodes]

Thank you. Also many people are pointing out that you left out Mongolian deaths at Khalkin Gol.

[@pleasestoptrackingmeasio7657]

Thankyou.

[@Kardia_of_Rhodes]

That's no excuse. Also Khalkin Gol was a major battle.

[@DaleHusband]

The fact remains that the Nazi Party was responsible for every German invasion, atrocity, and aggression of Germany before and during World War II. Your only mistake was calling the soldiers themselves "Nazis". But they still answered to the Nazi government, and in fact every one of them swore an oath of loyalty to Hitler, the Nazi leader, even if some of them were actually not registered members of the Nazi Party.

[@EPICFAILKING1]

He mainly covers major campaigns over major, war altering battles like Stalingrad and D-Day. Not every battle.

[@shanu3009]

If we had a second of silence for everyone who died due to ww2, we'd be silent for around 2.8 years

[@alexkhaid]

We would have to have a moment of silence for like 70m people

[@shanu3009]

@@alexkhaid 85 million actually

[@alexkhaid]

@@shanu3009 yeah around there

[@ax8621]

1 days have 86400 seconds. 983.8 days of total silence for those who have died or 2 years, 9 months and 18 days without ever saying any words to anybody. 😞🏳️

[@ax8621]

@Danni Chesney prove

[@Алексей-щ1щ6в]

Approaching this place, [Stalingrad], soldiers used to say: "We are entering hell." And after spending one or two days here, they say: "No, this isn't hell, this is ten times worse than hell." - Vasily Chuikov

[@checkmate9099]

War is worse than hell in hell the guilty suffer, but in war, the innocent suffer as well.

[@margieking3405]

Max Hastings: the hardest stones cannot bear it for long; only men endure

[@jsamc]

All wars end but hell is for all of eternity

[@jakobimax]

Chuikov is the only Soviet general, that wished to be buried on Mamaev Kurgan (mass grave in Stalingrad), instead of the Kremlin wall

[@TopWitchRus]

​@@jsamc that's a pitty thing you people invented a nonexisting horror world to justify and belittle realexisting horror made by nothing but humanity

[@revolter7094]

I'm Russian. My great grandfather died in Stalingrad. In Russia there is nearly no family that hasn't been at some point associated with the war. There are entire villages with memorial plates with more names on them than the whole current population of that village.

[@MarkProsXD]

I'm a Russian, but we live in Kazakhstan. I also had a great grandfather who fought in the war. He lived till 1995.

[@christg989]

Im german, my grandfather invaded poland and stalingrad, was a prisoner of war for 6 years. After the war he became chainsmoker, he is 96 now.

[@Torrenaxe]

Sorry man. Such a sacrifice

[@buddha3058]

How could the Germans be so cruel

[@MoioxDARK]

Im froma america and my grandpa died in the war :(

[@BaldwinVoice]

4:44 is so haunting, when there is just that ominous tone of music and then the Soviet flag slowly comes into view...and anyone who knows anything about history knows the horrifying stats that are about to be shown to you. The Eastern Front of WW2 was the closest thing you will ever see to Hell on Earth, and it's embarrassing how little it's talked about here in the West. "War in the West was proper sport, while War in the East was unmitigated horror" ~German survivor

[@uncannyvalley3190]

Idk where you went to school, but I learned about the eastern front. Spent a whole week on it in high school and a month in college. Plus think of it this way. French people know tons about their own revolution, but little about the American one. And vice versa. Americans know tons about our revolution, but little about the French one.

[@shubhnamdeo2865]

@@uncannyvalley3190 Most of the world thinks that the Soviets just had an ineffective army which they used to just throw at the Nazis, which rarely happened. And also, people think that America brought both Germany and Japan to their feet, and no one even talks about the Soviet invasion of Manchuria. The Americans and the British were mostly responsible for the defeat of Japan and Italy. The Soviets were mostly responsible for the destruction of Nazi Germany. And the Soviet invasion of Manchuria was the Japanese version of D-Day. I am Indian, and it was only when I turned 14 where I realized who did what to win this war, and before that I always felt the Americans were responsible.

[@mirazh8]

Представьте , войска СС заживо сжигали деревни с мирными жителями, брали кровь детей для своих солдат.

[@召命神弓]

A quote about Stalingrad during 1942 and 1943 「If Hell truly exist on this planet, it could only be here」

[@dise8785]

Both sides fought viciously in the eastern front, both nazi and Soviet propaganda were effective, the reason why the eastern front was so bloody is because of the viciousness, if it had fought like they did in the west, much less people would have died

[@luminescentcore]

It’s terrible because all those people had names.

[@Elden_one]

And history

[@user-gj2ql1fd3h]

Ryan Munga Every single one of them was like you and me. Not anything else but humans. Even the darkest persons in this war could have been to live the most normal lives one could imagine. It all came from terrible mistakes and mental sickness, sadly forming an unexplainable product of destruction and death. What i want to say is, that people are people, and even if they happened to plan and do the most evil things imaginable, they could have also had luckier influences throughout their whole lives, which could have then lead to them questioning and hating such bad ideologies and dogmas.

[@sportspro2.049]

I'm depressed now

[@nars_bars8774]

That's the reason why its terrible?

[@Natashahoneypot]

Why does a person or animal need to have a name to be treated with compassion and respect. Surely the fact it is alive is enough to command that?

[@clarkthakuria]

Watching the Soviet soldier death count is already terrifying, but when you remember that one person here was one thousand people, and you think about how every single person in that one thousand person group had their own unique life and story, you realize how lucky you are to be living in this era

[@rmnk_tm]

yeah im lucky to live in ukraine where more than 1 thousand civians and more are being killed right now

[@hiepthuc]

@@rmnk_tm I hope the situation gets better in your area. At least it wasn’t as bad as ww2

[@АлександрАнохин-у6п]

Actual downgrade of USSR population from 1941 to 1945 was 30% of population. 52 millions. Diseases, hunger, bombs, etc

[@TimePads3DCalendars]

Correction, YOU are lucky to be living where you are right now in this era. There are billions of people right now living in war zones, genocides, oppressive regimes, being separated from their families, trapped in authoritarian governments with no way to escape. Some are starving, some are being forced to spend their lives working in factories, some are just being killed. We need to realize we are very lucky we were born on the “right” side of the earth

[@thedoctorroth]

unique life and story and family story/history... think of the spider web of lives touched. Most probably had family/friends, kids (never had the chance to have kids). The fact of genocide means blood lines were forever ended. The world never to be the same... crazy

[@awzp918]

When the Soviet deaths weren't stopping I got kinda scared 👀

[@justaguy5947]

it was way more deaths, more than 10 million only military.

[@rogue_operator5565]

URA!!

[@tybates2883]

same but I cried

[@eggman8053]

*G U L A G*

[@pissyourselfandshitncoom2172]

The Soviets lost in Stalingrad alone, double what America lost the entire war.

[@MachoMan_Vert]

When soviets deaths kept piling up and the music went away I got chills.

[@Dev_Six]

The Soviets lost entire generation of men to the war.

[@womble3383]

Yeah and sadly many of them dies in vain because Stalin starve the country before the war, purging many of his general, and many more

[@satomon]

Two soldiers use one gun

[@lunchingtangpua2415]

@@womble3383 germany will have defeated soviet if 5 year plan was put in action it cause a lot of life than ever but who survive live because of it

[@pomiklom2499]

@@womble3383 And I think in every army are trained. Maybe the Soviet high command, not Stalin. And the war was not only the soldiers but also volunteers, who coached only 2 weeks or a little more.

[@pomiklom2499]

My my great-grandfather survived. He fought from the beginning of the war from 1941 to 1942, in 1942 he was seriously wounded and went home from the hospital

[@renaultft1917]

* Seeing the soviet counter go up * Man that's a lot *still goes up 10 seconds after* MAKE IT STOP!

[@nodoc]

@@noranqey WTF

[@duchieunguyen9093]

That Noranqe guy has no brain

[@botongyu8326]

I even can not imagine that！

[@kismaamin8100]

🙁

[@Pyzhara]

@@botongyu8326 It's easy. Just imagine that you are sitting at home, do not touch anyone, and suddenly the fascists start walking through your city with weapons and killing everyone in their path. EVERYONE! City after city, village after village. Children, women, old people, everyone. Then you will understand why Russians hate fascists and racists and will be grateful to them for the fact that you do not know what it is and can not even imagine.

[@guestlikesmemes]

Seeing the soviet casualties is honestly terrifying

[@TovKafur]

@@BullRadu This was so edgy that i was cut just by reading the comment.

[@janis3577]

@@BullRadu I hope this is a joke

[@kutuzovm3215]

@@BullRadu A coward speaks upon those who died fighting and living a life the coward could not even imagine from the comfort of his home. The soviets will be remembered until the last human takes their last breath, and you on the other hand, are a nobody.

[@tapep225]

German P *Russian, my grandfather hated the Soviets but loved his people and his land

[@googlegulag7750]

@@tapep225 the Slavs endured unimaginable suffering under the Bolsheviks. The World needs to know.

[@EatSomeAcorns]

One of the best KZbin videos of all time.

[@EatSomeAcorns]

@@DjUpinHere could you give some examples? Not beefing, genuinely want to know.

[@user-ni7ui1nk8p]

@@DjUpinHereit’s not inaccuracies it’s disputed facts. We don’t know.

[@marseille1196]

It’s crazy how the eastern front makes the west look like a school playground although it gets all the attention

[@bamboo9666]

Maybe they have better media..

[@adammcgirt7123]

The east was were Hitler's back was broken. By D-Day the German army was beat, and some say that's the only reason we landed in France in 44. Now take that information and imagine if Hitler would've have the 200 divisions he stormed Russia with on the Atlantic wall. I think Germany only had 5 divisions facing the D-Day beaches. Imagine if there wouldn't been 40 fucking divisions waiting. Hitler should should have went to Stalin and made a real pact.

[@MoreAwsomeMetal]

@Ornate Orator They don't. But the point is here: WW2 in Europe was mainly about Soviets vs Germans. All the rest beeing side theaters. I don' t mean that these side theaters didn't matter somehow. I just say that without the soviets, the allies would have never beaten Germany. This is a story Hollywood is never going to tell you about... Same thing in the Pacific Theater: WW2 was mainly a war between Nationalist China and Japan, while the rest were side theaters, although the aeronaval fighting between USA and Japan was very determining for the outcome of the war. But if it hadn't been for the millions of Chang kai Tchek's soldiers dying in mass against the japanese armies and holding the big bunch of their armies, I hardly see who the allies could have defeaten the vast number of these same men in the Pacific islands. History is written by the winners. USA and the west won the une hundred year war tthat was the XXth century (1914-1989). Therefore Hollywood just tells you the story on the viewside of the winners. Which is a pretty deformed standpoint of view once you go and check out the facts in the history books.

[@MoreAwsomeMetal]

@Ornate Orator If we're strictly speaking about the point you made, "it’s normal for a country to focus only on their impacts on certain events", then let me tell you that you are wrong. You're just justifying the attitude the medias are promoting in your own country and not aknowledging that this is not what's happening outside your borders. If you watch the documentaries on WWII made in european countries or in Russia, you'll see that they don't have a necessary self centered vision. They depict the war the way it went phase by phase, and no one denies the main theater of the entire war was the eastern front, the place where the fate of the conflict was decided. And no one overthere says that the western front didn't played any significant role in the outcome of the war, not even the russians (who actually were expecting the opening of this front ASAP in order to relieve the eastern front of several german divisions, which of course didn't really happen after all...) You may have some debates depending the countries on some specific issues such as, for instance: was the Germano-Soviet pact of 1939 a cynical scheme between Hitler and Staline do divide eastern Europe between them, or a mean for Staline to earn some time before an inevitable conflict to come? But you'll never hear nonsense narratives such as "the allies, gathered and united all together where to defeat Germany". Everyone agrees that Germany was already defeated by the end of 1942 (Churchill even knew they were defeated by january 1942, when they failed to take Moscow, reason why he took a plane and went visit Staline this same month in Moscow...). The only medias where the world ears of a narrative where the world was beeing defeated by the "nazis" (you never use the word germans, but always the word "nazis" where in Europe and Russia, everyone says Germans), untill the USA entered the war is someting that is beeing spread out by the Hollywood entertainment business. And unlike what you are saying, this isn't a narritive specifically targeted to the american people, but to the entire world, since Hollywood dominates each single cinema markets out there in the world. So basically what's happening is that the people who don't read books, or don't watch documentaries (mainly the young ones), are completely ignorant about WW2, and just believes that everything the Hollywood shows them as beeing the truth. And this is affecting every single average Joe that lives around this planet and who nows share's the USA's vision on what was this war. This isn't simple as saying that every country should only care about it's own business, and write down it's own version of his history no matter what the facts are, as long as it suits them. China for instance does this, since their regime has complete control on their medias and can tell all the BS to the population about the commies defeating the japanese, while it's the nationalists who fled to Taiwan in 49 who actually did all the job. But the main difference between the chinese propaganda and the Hollywood propaganda is that one is targeted to it's own people, whereas the other one is aiming nearly the entire humanity. One is using coercition and complete information control to promote it, while the other one is using entertainment medias and sensationalism imagery to make it look more believable. In the end the objective remains the same: build a narrative on which a suitable vision can be given to the people in order to pursue specific strategic goals. If you just examine this war just on the datas you have on the papers, the facts are here: -80% of the Japanese forces were located in China, Korea and Japan during the 1937-1945 period. -Germany was defeated by USSR (with the auxilliary help of allies forces). If you still doubt about this, just ask the Germans and they'll tell you who crushed them and who was their true Nemesis. Once again I'm not saying that the allies were cowards, or that what they did was irrelevant. I'm just saying that we weren't the central pivot of this war, despite taking part in it. Trying to tell something else is, in my point of view, an historical falsification.

[@sleepnaught]

@@MoreAwsomeMetal Chinese played a huge part in the Pacific war, absolutely no question. But they never would have defeated the Japanese empire itself. They best they could have hoped for would be be to reduce the Chinese territory Japan occupied. They didn't have the air power or naval capability of taking the fight to the Japanese. Had the US not destroyed their empire across the Pacific and south east Asia, they would taken a large chunk of Manchuria and kept it.

[@russianbear7832]

“One death is a tragedy. A million is a statistic.” There is something about that quote and this video, just, I don't know.

[@whyamiwastingmytimeonthis]

That's fuckin Stalin for you. "Victory at any cost" was his motto. It's mind boggling how some russians are still worshipping him.

[@mysteriousmuffin6017]

why am I wasting my time on this Stalin never said that, it was actually Oliver Cromwell

[@JuanDeSoCal]

“One death is a tragedy. A million is a statistic.” Whoever said it, it's a very astute observation. It means that the death of a stranger is not as meaningful to another person as the death of a loved one. And since it's simply impossible to know a million individual people, their deaths must experienced more abstractly, like a statistic rather than a tragedy that can be truly, personally felt.

[@JuanDeSoCal]

@@whyamiwastingmytimeonthis It isn't mind boggling at all. Stalin had serious flaws and made huge mistakes before and during the Soviet Union's conflict with Nazi Germany and its allies. However, it is also simply a fact of history that he led his nation during the entire time it struggled against that formidable, annihilating force, and that struggle for ultimate survival ended in decisive victory. It's therefore entirely understandable that Russians and other formerly Soviet peoples will always have conflicted attitudes toward Stalin's legacy.

[@mysteriousmuffin6017]

JuanDeSoCal Really good and balanced evaluation there, I agree with you

[@rydersanderson8225]

Each of those symbols represents one thousand lives, one thousand stories, one thousand families. Lest we forget all those lives that were lost.

[@MasonKLutz]

Ironic that you have an american flag and your account is called United States of America.

[@thomasjess5029]

@@MasonKLutz Why is that ironic?

[@MasonKLutz]

@@thomasjess5029 usually in history, American as well, there are many people that we learn about, and saying about all of these people died in this war that we talk about it a lot and then we just forget about all of it.

[@TheDarkMaster90]

bro your country is the master on getting in wars where we never called

[@timthenoob8619]

Oil

[@thebob5240]

I had a great great uncle who served in Patton's Third Army as a tanker in the 6th Armored Battalion as I recall he came across the concentration camp of Buchenwald my grandfather once asked my great great uncle what he saw and my grandpa said he got this thousand yard stare and he would start crying and looked at him and said. "I saw things that no man who believes in God should have done to another human being."

[@Voucher765]

My friend August Caccavone was in the 7th Army, He was in the Battle Of The Bulge and was a squad leader

[@alext5285]

There is one important aspect to the liberation of Buchenwald. When American troops approached the camp, there was already a red flag there. No. Not the Soviet army. The prisoners (Russians, Poles, Jews, Germans from the communists) rebelled and took over the camp, receiving information that the SS had received orders to destroy the camp and kill living witnesses. The people had nothing to lose and they went on the assault without weapons, dividing into groups. They broke through the barriers between the prison barracks and the guard barracks, seized weapons and after 2 hours the camp was liberated, and the camp guards were partially arrested, partially killed and partially fled.

[@appaloosa42]

My husband’s dad was medically evaced from N Africa in time to miss Kasserine. His younger Brother, a tanker with Patton, liberated one of the camps and was never sober again ( except at work).

[@DebbieOlandese]

​@@alext5285 , I've never heard this part! Amazing and courageous people!

[@efr33]

just sayn 70 million died in 6 years that means about 11,5 million a year 1 million in month 250k in a week 35k a day 1,5k in a hour 25 in a minute only in war

[@karllamm5628]

Isn‘t it interesting how these 35k a day is still present? If you look it up you will see that we die at the same rate today as we did during ww2 but relative to the worlds population it has of course significantly decreased. Edit: it‘s actually 150k per day. But around 40k die of unnatural causes per day so we still have an interesting fact right here

[@wojtekthebear4958]

Except not really. The numbers are terrible, don't get me wrong, but disease kills far more. Over 300 million deaths were attributed to Smallpox alone in the 20th century, and the Spanish Flu is estimated to have killed almost as many as all the men that died during WW1 over the same period.

[@roddy_ricch9392]

Not to mention that back then there werde way fewer people ive, Not even 2 Billion If i am not mistaken

[@efr33]

Rodler i think you mean billions

[@starcluster2593]

on average

[@legendshibe5433]

it's hard to believe that just a single one of those figures were 1000 people, people who had families, lives, dreams, hopes, and loves. And they all had their own stories to tell. Stories that can no longer be shared.

[@batmanbruce186]

Legend Shibe Also hard to believe that all of them have a story to tell. 60+ million stories. I wish we never get this type of conflict again.

[@mattthelad4686]

@@batmanbruce186 in future we will have even bigger one

[@Chuked]

KrakenCraft WW4

[@findijs3525]

@@mattthelad4686 nah

[@Mrbg123]

Jeb Bush As the famous Einstein quote states “ I know not with what weapons WWIII will be fought, but WWIV will be fought with sticks and stones.”

[@Jackarooooo]

"But winning the war, came at a cost..." Understatement of the century.

[@LiterallyWho1917]

The most chilling part of the whole video. It really isn't appreciated in the west the sacrifice the Soviets made to defeat fascism. The war was won on the eastern front.

[@farenhite4329]

When the alternative is ethnic extermination by the nazis.. it is a worthwhile trade.

[@LiterallyWho1917]

@@cowboydoggo6168 we can agree to disagree on the first point

[@josephpostma1787]

@@LiterallyWho1917 about commie nism?

[@alexgainsborough4921]

​@@josephpostma1787 Of course: all world wars and all invasions into foreign countries, genocide and enslavement of their population - were not committed by communism at all - but by capitalism.

[@free_and-will]

In this terrible war, my great-grandfather reached Berlin, but lost one arm. After that, he lived in Omsk and never spoke about that war. I'm even afraid to imagine how people's psyche didn't break after those events. Eternal memory to all the heroes of the Second World War!

[@Mortablunt]

You just try to get up and take each day one at a time. You stay on task and try to find something that makes you even briefly happy. And try to keep it out of your mind.

[@concept5631]

​@@MortabluntWhat flag is in your pfp?

[@Mortablunt]

@@concept5631 Lugansk People Republic. I have a bit of a personal connection to it. It's one of the regions in Ukraine that Kiev has been subjecting to genocide by artillery because it's Russian (identifying, speaking, ethnic) for the past 9 years.

[@concept5631]

@@Mortablunt ...I see. Hope the kool-aid tastes good.

[@Mortablunt]

@@concept5631 There's a few YT'ers you should watch 1. Patrick Lancaster - American independent war reporter, has been covering Donbass for years, has thousands of interviews with people living there 2. Willie OAM - Australian military veteran who covers news and does interviews with people on both side of the conflict. A recurring confession from Ukrainian supporters and auxilarie is the Donbas people are pro Russian and the Kiev forces are cruel.

[@PT0N_CO]

4:52 - 6:48. That’s how long it was counting the deaths of Soviet soldiers. If we had a second of silence for every soldier fallen, we’d be silent for around 100 days. Staggering.

[@teltos6817]

add in civilian casualties and you get 312 days

[@bambamgamez7749]

@@teltos6817 almost a year

[@Szakal_zlocisty-Canis_aureus]

So wy they start this all storm with germany?

[@shavingryansprivates4332]

@@WhiteWolf-ow2mc Please don't listen to this trol. As a dutch person i am extremely thankful for the contribution the russian people have given to the world in eliminating fascism. Your soldiers were absolute heroes.

[@danyagha5654]

Max Orlemann as a Turkmen who’s great Grandpa died fighting Stalingrad, you don’t know anything. Have you ever been on a war front. It is truly horrifying and confusing. You don’t know what to do. Do you sit there with your comrades? Do you ask them if they want to start an attack. Do you just let the general decide. What if you don’t agree with what the general said? You are the true pussy.

[@imichaeli3438]

Isnt it weird that in around 10 years no one is alive to tell about how ww2 was

[@misc7446]

That's frightening I'm really afraid of losing veterans and children of war

[@zkatom3773]

@@misc7446 well most of the people experiencing wars died so. Wars are old news.

[@ColdFusionPower512]

Fortunatley there are channels that record stories from veterans, so that we may watch them even after their deaths. These people are literally doing amazing work, interviewing both sides

[@ala0284]

Personally, I find it more weird that this catastrophe happened within living memory. We’ve come so far since then, but in the grand scale of time its nothing but a tiny blip. We’re closer now in time to the end of WW2 than the end of WW2 was to the first telegraph cable across the Atlantic.

[@tristanbackup2536]

Don't. Go. There. Please. I'm not ready.

[@rbmedia8798]

Let’s hope that there will never be a “The Fallen of WW3”

[@notme1998]

it for sure won't be a KZbin video. For a very long time after WW3...

[@An_idot]

Hell, will there even be anyone left? We got friggin nukes that have like 300x the power of Hiroshima

[@danielcrespo7967]

“I do not know with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.”

[@sick.lunatic]

Nothing will survive that if it ever happen

[@Kyle-gw6qp]

That's going to be SW1 (Solar War One)

[@madsrishoj]

Hearing you talk about “the long peace” gave me chills now that it’s over. It’s surreal to experience.

[@pazreyes7794]

over? in what way is it over?

[@sergeantswiss2401]

I wouldn’t say that the Ukraine invasion ends the long peace. By your definition you could say that Korea, or Vietnam, or the gulf war, or the war on terror was the end of the long peace.

[@hd5783]

@@sergeantswiss2401those where invasions from a large economy against a small economy. The Russia-Ukraine war is largely a evenly matched war with both sides fielding actual militaries, rather than insurgents doing guerrilla warfare

[@sergeantswiss2401]

@@hd5783 The North Koreans fielded actual militaries, and china got involved in Korea. The whole thing almost went nuclear.

[@hd5783]

@@sergeantswiss2401 ok? They said “since 1956”

[@shady1468]

Can we take a moment to appreciate that editing, jesus Christ

[@urmaker]

I was looking to see how far I had to go to see this. Man, it was top notch!

[@dehydrated_water_]

Yea it probably took months to edit the whole thing

[@shady1468]

@@urmaker puts mine to shame ill tell u that 😂😭

[@PentaPW]

It made me realise how time is valuable, and how we're lucky to keep this "new peace" for so long. I hope it continues for way more seconds, minutes, hours, days, months, years, decades and centuries. Forever, I hope.

[@GeneralEggo]

@@PentaPW i hope so, but probably the nuke gonna kill us before we felt pain so i am not that worried

[@Mistyf1]

Just imagine, being sent to war by the Soviet Union, then once you return every single man your age is gone in your entire neighborhood... if not city

[@nouser316]

sounds like a harem anime

[@chaimrothberg5367]

@@nouser316 I el oh elled

[@Schzercro]

I laughed when I shouldn’t

[@awesomelegion9950]

It sounds like the Pals' Battalions in World War I.

[@Funkiy]

Imagine the amount of chicks you'd get tho. Just kidding, had to bring some light to a dark situation. It truly is horrendous, and still affects russia's population to this day.

[@Axjc102]

I cant even imagine how many parents got news of theirs sons were killed

[@ncrranger6409]

Aiden The History Reporter sons

[@Axjc102]

@@ncrranger6409 yeah I didn't realize that until I layed in my bed to go to sleep

[@lamborger]

The same number that died lol

[@Axjc102]

@@lamborger I mean you're not wrong

[@0siiris]

@@lamborger actually not entirely true. Sometimes death wasnt reported to the family for a variety of reasons. Sometimes they couldn't be identified.

[@MrTimmirs]

Большое спасибо за вашу работу. Я низачто не преуменьшаю вклад союзников в победу, каждая потерянная жизнь это трагедия. Большое спасибо им. СССР пострадал очень сильно от этой войны, поэтому мы так трепетно к этой части истории относимся. За всю жизнь я не встречал человека, у которого нет своего боевого ветерана деда или прадеда. Верно подмечают зрители - пока заполнялась графа СССР - стало страшно..

[@luciagreenwell5860]

and now remember: every one of those little figures stands for 1000 people

[@Masv1pe]

Lucia Greenwell you girl?

[@luciagreenwell5860]

Mads Svender XD yes

[@Menugius]

@@Masv1pe I would consider anyone who calls himself "Lucia" a girl.

[@yeehaw6507]

Mads Svender XD simp

[@yeehaw6507]

The crazy weeb it is my duty to identify and expose simps

[@dtt1900]

My dad was in the Korean war, he told me in Tokyo 1950-1953 you didn't see a Japanese male aged from 18-35.

[@Ant_111]

Yes but this is ww2 not the Korean war

[@bigboineptune9567]

@@Ant_111 The reason why he didn't see any Japanese men in that age range during the time of the Korean War is because they were all killed in World War II.

[@dtt1900]

@@bigboineptune9567 Bingo!

[@FirstNamelastName-xz9ok]

@@noahwiebe2558 lol

[@PREDATOR-Kun]

@@Ant_111 boy you look stupid

[@bruh-bn3ni]

I know its crazy looking at it in numbers, but imagine if each name was listed. Each of their stories listed, each of their dreams, each of their hopes, each of their families, each of their thoughts. Hell, each with their favorite food. They're all just souls like us but who were taken away by the war

[@yizao9289]

That ain’t happening probably at least 95% of people who have died in ww2 had there names lost

[@gras2121]

@Anna's randomness WhoCares u ruined the comment.

[@carebros703]

@@gras2121 ok

[@jadsmvs8651]

I always think about this. The human mind would never be able to comprehend this. Our minds are so feble and weak when it comes to comprehension of scale. When numbers like 70 million get thrown at you it's hard to mentally differentiate 70 million from 70,000 or even a few thousand. The sheer scope of the death is just unfathomable to human minds. It's like the scale of space. It's impossible to truely appreciate. We can only use numbers and a vague imagination of it.

[@filipinordabest]

Xi Peng's favourite was breastmilk, for that was the only food he's managed to taste.

[@coachlindsay6833]

This is the best synopsis I have ever seen. Brilliant use of graphics Neil, a masterpiece of sadness, but nevertheless a masterpiece!! Thank you for this!!!

[@jalynmoore-allen9871]

My history teacher showed this in class today. It made some people cry. And now I am here to watch it again. Rest in peace to all the dead of WW2. I pray such an awful war never happens again.

[@thomidog9047]

I'm so glad that decent history is being taught somewhere. There wasn't much of it at my son's school.

[@Kevin-xq2tv]

@@thomidog9047 im sure its more of the teachers themselves that chose this instead of the lazy textbook examples

[@Michelleruiz5330]

_¡¡¡"Espero se Muestre en Todas las Escuelas del Mundo, es Importante"!!!!_

[@Bandera_ROJA-6]

Unfortunately, a serious study of history (real study, and not acquaintance with textbooks, "independent" media, religious sermons and other sources of information that are under the sensitive and careful control of politicians and corporations associated with them) indicates that the social processes of the emergence of wars have not undergone significant changes over the past couple of centuries. More ominous is that the civilized world has constantly adhered to these processes, considering them the pinnacle of the development of civilization, always striving for them. For example: m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/paqthamVprGkqas Our common desire for peace deserves respect, but we should not hope that it will be taken into account. P.S. Oh yes, and I will boldly call this video anti-scientific and propaganda, and don’t worry, there are quite enough arguments for this.

[@luigimrlgaming9484]

Well one of my peers didn’t show the same respect.

[@mozzstickdestroyer]

“Peace is a difficult thing to measure. It’s a bit like counting the people who didn’t die, in the wars that didn’t happen.” Man I don’t know what it is about that quote, but it’s goosebump inducing.

[@concept5631]

"People don't truly appreciate peace until they see firsthand its antithesis." - Quote I made on the fly

[@faderzon1639]

-@@concept5631 30 june, 2023

[@nsh1980]

Looking back the wars seem inevitable but they weren’t…it could have gone much differently

[@concept5631]

@@faderzon1639 Yes thank you

[@stevencarlson5348]

Where is that quote from?!

[@eazyt2714]

We think that coronavirus is scary. Imagine living during ww2 and having no idea how it would turn out. Honestly Terrifying.

[@samxu4928]

Louise X Why are you politicizing this shit? People are dying, and the first thing you people do is blame it on Trump.

[@mrsqueaker751]

I see that you are a fellow Canadian a? Fan of the jets?

[@eazyt2714]

@@mrsqueaker751 Thats right

[@infroma6745]

The coronavirus already killed 25% of the WW2 USA casualties

[@sawyer3715]

@@samxu4928 because trump could have prevented it, but he didnt take it seriously, and now american lives are being lost.

[@olegzhilin7687]

I am from Russia and every year we celebrate Victory Day with tears in our eyes... Many people ask us: “Why do you still remember this war? It’s time to forget the past and move on.” But we cannot forget! This terrible war is in our blood, in every Russian family there is a memory of the people who died or suffered from this war. Sorry for my English

[@Chaosherold]

... and since February of last year the government of your country brings war and death over another country. Many Russians don't forget the second World War and what loses it brought with it to their country. But certainly the leaders of your country have not learned from WWII - at all.

[@qua3ro]

Russia is the largest country in the world by territory. Why? all the time since its inception, it has waged wars of conquest, conquered, assimilated, and destroyed nations. if many nations have outgrown this, empires have collapsed, then the Russian empire still wants blood, wants expansion. Burn in hell Russian orcs. putin huilo, ruzzkie pidorasi.

[@hehehehaw3521]

​@@qua3rotypical guy who has no friends. You came from a generation of cowards don't talk big when you didn't do crap. Or you can just admit you're a cringe bullied 10 year old boy who likes fascism. Cope harder seething and malding BANDERA KHOKHOL BOT.

[@2hoon162]

​@@qua3rogo burn in hell with stepan bandera KHOKHOL it's a good thing are government stop sending you weapons and realized Ukraine will eventually lose and doesn't want to get involved with a sinking economy

[@Robalto0]

​@@qua3rodid your mother left you for a Russian guy?😂

[@albanianguy5586]

The fact that Bodies of Russian Soldiers from the war are still being found all over Russia gives me the chills

[@albanianguy5586]

@александрт яковлев woah no need to get so aggressive

[@WraithLK]

@александрт яковлев how the fuck was he racist?

[@iitzbenashley1006]

@александрт яковлев seek help

[@4Taemoneygaming]

My IQ is gone

[@dastemplar9681]

My heart aches alone to the thought of how many would be designated “Unknown”. God rest their souls.

[@karlmarxstolemybike3382]

6:19 Stroke of genius, switching the marching steps into howling winter winds, while the column just keeps rising... and rising... This gave me chills.

[@starcraftplayer7084]

Marx was a bum who tried to steal people's wives!! He's basically responsible for 100+ million deaths!! Evil awful human

[@apocalypse718]

Ikr

[@popepiusxv]

why did karl marx steal your bike

[@smal750]

damn

[@ejtattersall156]

"and now we switch to civilian deaths..." *stomach turns*

[@vovab4922]

"War does not determine who is right - only who's left."

[@Kitty.3782]

Yoda

[@33yss]

I love these comments

[@crowtservo]

Anti-war libertarians were right. Every damned time.

[@IG7799-c4u]

To deep for me.

[@xraystudios3693]

is that supposed to be smart?

[@Atlastheyote222]

My great grandfathers were German and Polish, they both fought on the same battlefield at the same time against each other during the invasion of Poland. Their descendants would later leave their respective countries because of the war, and despite their cultural heritage, they would fall in love and start a family together in Australia. Despite what happened, despite all the pain and death, humanity always finds room for love.

[@TheKeystoneChannel]

Well, 70 million people had to die first for that, apparently

[@faraza5161]

Seldom, not always

[@jcplays3842]

6:08-6:48 Is the part I think that sticks to everyone’s mind. It’s quiet and cold seeing the numbers rise uninterrupted for 40 seconds. The rattling sound of each figure appearing almost mimicking the sound of machine guns silencing the hopes and dreams of countless lives…heartbreaking stuff. It feels like something you’d see in fiction only to be disappointed by the reality.

[@Space_Muffin45]

When i saw german casualities my heart dropped....then i saw this...

[@ussenterprisecvn-8098]

It's been quiet and cold, but it's most likely ww3 will soon happen if we don't get along and from many great relationships with another.

[@bjornbakker160]

Ive watched it at least 10 times and on memorial day i come back to this video each year and i can still not watch that part without dropping a tear.

[@idontknowwhattoputhere.3572]

Weak comment.

[@person7246]

@@ussenterprisecvn-8098 you jinxed us god dammit that might happen

[@caneface87]

This should be taught in schools! Half the people I speak to about WW2 info have no idea about any of this

[@davidbacak161]

Why is Hitler?

[@caneface87]

David Bačák that is the start of a very strange question my friend... let’s not mess around here

[@hata6290]

what people are you talking to lol? also why should they know any of this but most of the basics?

[@Lee-ss8yj]

Wait... you don't talk about WW2 in school??? I am german and WW2 and the Third Reich are the biggest topics in our history class

[@10ksubswithoutavideo23]

I live in nigeria I can confidently and sadly tell you that 70% have never heard about ww2 or even know who Hitler is, it's saddening at times cuz history isn't even taught here. RIP to the men who lost their lives.

[@Arcian]

I'm glad that over 10 million people have seen this. We all need to understand the costs of war.

[@edwelndiobel1567]

So its not even the same amount of people who died though! Its a shame it isnt more makes me sad to think so many died and no one remmber them ever again.

[@C.A._Old]

Rest in the Peace All Soldiers And Civilians And Partizans ! War Never Changes ! Or Maybe Changes ! Changed ! Secondly Times ! Europe And All World ! +1 No Longer For Darkness ! For Lights Open To Freedom ! Forever ! +1

[@callummuir2234]

I agree but we need billions to see this if another great war happens this planets done mostly because (we're losing oh no time to nuke them)

[@Alpha_Omega_1541]

@Flare I agree with you, but not sure what we can do as a country. I actively try to avoid buying anything made in China. I encourage more people to do the same.

[@erwinbenjamin4494]

@@edwelndiobel1567 lol this is happening to 99,999 of the population. after we die at some point we will be forgotten

[@FritzTheDev]

How much genius was lost in this conflict? How much joy was forgone? How much grief created? The cause of a war is sometimes just, but the means is always terrible.

[@TheKeystoneChannel]

No war is just, they are just made by politicians, never by civilians , war is a business

[@hannahdyson7129]

​@@TheKeystoneChannelPoltcains lost sons in this war . This was down to a handful of nutters War is very bad for business

[@Unknown_Planet]

@@hannahdyson7129 Leaders of countries invaded each other even at the times of Roman Empire. Please, don't spread your "propaganda".

[@Unknown_Planet]

And now this war is used as propaganda... a case for new war...

[@kalla-]

'War does not determine who is right, only who is left'

[@minusatom]

Prefer2BePineapple I don't get it?

[@quartermaster2809]

Survival of the fittest, right?

[@dylanleddy8693]

clever, both a pun and a fact in a single phrase. I love it

[@hazmat4938]

It only determines how many people they get to kill and how many land they get to keep

[@xyme1434]

This quote doesn't work in german, maybe that's an explanation...

[@raegansaysrawr7]

this was the cleanest, most well organized and put together video and animation I have ever seen. the amount of time and effort put into this video is felt and the commentary is genuine.

[@Destroyer97sup]

Which facts? I'm actually curious

[@boltmix7294]

Which facts?

[@TocTeplv]

too bad its incorrect

[@boltmix7294]

How?

[@karthikkr93]

i would love to hear which facts were left out or mistaken as well

[@Scrod117]

This dude whole ass made me cry by looking at a bar graph

[@itsonlyafleshwound9024]

You are the antithesis to Stalins "[...] a million deaths is a statistic"

[@Scrod117]

​@@itsonlyafleshwound9024 This whole KZbin channel is the antithesis to Stalin's quote

[@anactualalpaca7016]

@@itsonlyafleshwound9024 lmao chill

[@Schzercro]

Me to.

[@Fruitsmymainispomgranates]

Yes

[@Parzalai]

This video is such a beautiful creation. Not only on understand the terrible loss endured by World War 2, but also in greater teacing of optimism, and helping us truly comprehend the importance of optimism in the way we view life and conflict. This is art.

[@idlear1651]

to only be remembered by a number is a truly depressing thing

[@Makky265]

deep

[@billanthony7896]

Almost every number left behind someone who loved them!

[@alamp7640]

"A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic." - Joseph Stalin

[@franciscodias3151]

that expression is hauntingly beautiful

[@iamkadek5273]

Chill it was statistics

[@gyeoxn7815]

“One mans death is a tragedy, a million deaths is a statistic.”

[@charleswinters9567]

Is that the words of Stalin?

[@demonifist1384]

@@charleswinters9567 Nope. It's from Remark's "Black Obelisk".

[@musicbox8351]

When the president does it its not illegal god bless America

[@Kazavop]

Covid-19:

[@pancake5830]

@Kinda Brian, But not really. it is though? somebody said exactly that before him, therefore its a quote.

[@AG26498]

The average soldier in Stalingrad would only survive for 24 hours. True hell on earth.

[@VascoCC95]

My history teacher said that they were sent to war with incomplete equipment, and advised to scavenge from the fallen

[@totti581]

@@VascoCC95 it's wrong

[@hasanhaitham276]

@@totti581 no ships sherlock

[@dungusglumbus9946]

@@VascoCC95 yeah. The Russian soldiers were sometimes sent without a firearm. They were just advised to pick up the weapon from the man who died in front of you

[@EastAfricanWarrior]

@@VascoCC95 wrong. The Russian military was better equipped than the Germans. This is American propaganda. The Russian and the Germans just had fiece battles. But both were armed well

[@liammiller1472]

what an excellent video, i really expected this to just be a 2 minute long number comparison but this was way better, definitely my favorite

[@vitordex256]

My grandfather fought In Stalingrad to Berlin, died in 2007 of naturelly cause and he always said : "war? war is the stupid thing the man can do, war seems the answer to a problem but just make many more."

[@ivangagnon3494]

Respect for your grandfather, mine escaped the siege of Leningrad when he was a boy

[@Tiger_III]

war is part of nature. thats like saying a lion preying on a deer is pointless. we have evolved this form of struggle into what we identify as war. it is just as necessary to have wars that can help propel and evolve humanity. it has existed for as long as humans have. Too long of a period of peace time and its like not being exposed to diseases for a long time... may sound good at first but ask how the native Americans feel about that.

[@andrewbay8891]

@@Tiger_III we aren’t animals

[@Tiger_III]

@@andrewbay8891 aha... aha.

[@tsunvalley6734]

@@andrewbay8891 Pick up a science book someday buddy

[@flamingmofo4093]

I had a Russian friend who remembered an old man came in to the room, and told a story he had from WW2, he was in a Russian tank until he was captured by the Germans, he was thrown into a pit with other bodies, thinking he was dead, but survived off of eating worms he found in the ground, truly scary

[@Shebeast3]

oh my god that's brutal

[@KK-C_Hell]

@@Disorder2312 Shut your mouth! This joke isn't even 1 percent funny! You will never be able to understand what the Soviet people endured during the Great Patriotic War...

[@ringo5721]

@@Disorder2312 i know where you live

[@Acorniscute]

@@Disorder2312 tf???

[@javaslapnervedjosh1877]

if were being honest man he most likely ate the bodies, he probably didn't want to drop such a dark fact.

[@i.am.razvan]

It's the 4th time I watch this clip. I do it every 2 years or so, just to remind myself how lucky I am and how grateful I am for the sacrifice the previous generations have done for us. I also review this as a reminder not to take for granted what I have. Thank you so much, Neil!

[@crown1096]

same and it always hits so hard

[@TamaraJensen_TJSL]

This is the best visual presentation I've ever seen, well done! Incredibly engaging.

[@Brochodoce]

Provocateur what?

[@tomthx5804]

It is also biased in a leftward manner in some cases. But overall, not bad.

[@mickaelbazhutin3318]

it's well made, although lies a lot.

[@jimv7653]

Which parts? the statistics? just curious...

[@mickaelbazhutin3318]

the parts justifying the Nazi and condemning USSR are all lies. mostly lies of omission and facts doctoring. for example, it compares military casualties of USSR and Germany, while USSR fought with forces from Germany, France, Finland, Hungary, Bulgaria, Italy, Romania, Poland and others. if you compare actual numbers, USSR would not look this bloody, which is no-no. the GuLag numbers are plain fake, moreover, fake first voiced by Nazi ministry of propaganda. the comments on Leningrad are not just fake, they're highly insulting. the author might suffer serious injury if tries repeating that these parts nowadays.

[@andyphu5038]

“All wars are civil wars, because all men are brothers” - Some French Dude

[@andrewmoloney9886]

-François Fénelon

[@Yental]

@RoMMeL1337ak47 war is the natural state of human exsistins

[@jonnyraw2493]

*The Great Emu War Flashbacks*

[@billDgundam817DFW]

Truth

[@epochthekid]

Thank you "some french dude" for your wise words

[@Kustosz2137]

think about it. One person here means 1000 invidual stories, families, lives, deaths, friendships

[@Indoor_Carrot]

And it also represents over a thousand suffering PTSD, losing limbs, going blind or deaf, organ damage from bullets and survivor's guilt for the rest of their lives :(

[@dylanhaugen3739]

Now imagine for everyone of those soldiers there were even more woman children and old men that were, raped, shot, stabbed, starved set on fire, used as human Ginny pigs, crushed under bombed buildings, left orphans, homeless, and who lost everything. As bad as the soldiers have it, they're far from the only ones that suffer in war.

[@pi3kun]

Thats why, the war is sucked! Imagine, who knows from that million who perished, it could've been future inventor, artist, or influential people who will help the world in better place. Sadly, they didnt have a chance to try.

[@robertr7923]

wow your comment and the replies really put this into perspective. The deaths are a terrible thing, but that is really not even quarter of all the suffering that is in a war. All those who have lost relatives, friends. People who's lives are forever ruined by being injured, uneducated, traumatized, losing familiy, losing everything they have, raped and so on. Really makes you silent, and incredibly thankful for the long peace we have had here, but also makes you feel really sad about the war, and suffering that is going on everywhere else.

[@CAepicreviews]

Lest we forget, in our lifetimes, we'll probably know around 1000 people. Another person will know 1000. That's one million people that can be reached just from one person's influence. One more person, and you're at a billion. These people could have effected others the world over, especially if they had the technology we have today.

[@freshbison2359]

7 years later and this video is still so haunting and I can't help but watch it all the way through

[@Ciscoho]

This should be required viewing for every high school history class around the world.

[@VH-eq2ci]

Ha ha you are the random moron on the internet who got shocked by the retardation of the communist leaders and want everyone to know about it?

[@hounddog1]

V H nazi getting pissed don’t cry

[@VH-eq2ci]

Nazis get pissed? Do you even know what nazi is?

[@IamAperson9]

@@VH-eq2ci its spelt reiteration

[@baltulielkungsgunarsmiezis9714]

Nop, too inacuarate.

[@Barracuda65]

8.7 million Soviet deaths? That would be like the entire population of my city dying 106 times. That's just wild to think about

[@YOU_SHALL_NOW_PASS]

That would be the entire population of my *Country.*

[@rhyssharland4055]

Twice the population of my country

[@generalfisten9093]

And even that is the low estimate...

[@ming_qi_ling]

YOU SHALL NOT PASS!!!!! Mine too

[@kmh4674]

that's about a third of the population of mine.........

[@tajw9289]

Rest in peace the men who died in the final minutes of the war...

[@taiyo7181]

Big oof. They were convinced they won. They were wrong.

[@tedodor1]

My grandfather’s brother, Priima Ivan Ivanovich, died in Prague at the end of April 1945.

[@vinnska2728]

Rest in peace everyone.

[@patrickbateman4148]

@@tedodor1 My grandpa killed a russian soldier in prague, 1945 end of April

[@Freaking_]

@@patrickbateman4148, my grandpa killed a soldier in pragua, who killed a russian soldier at the end of april, 1945.

[@jpkral]

All this only happened 80 years ago, everybody had family and friends that mattered the most to them. It's extremely easy to forget that it could've been us today, and we forget to be thankful for what we have now. I couldn't imagine the pain and suffering.

[@scoposteve8470]

Bru when he started talking about the Soviet deaths and said winning the war came at a cost I got chills.

[@dddd-uk4vn]

the soviets raped 2 million German women in the Rape of Berlin, it certainly came at a cost to the Germans

[@looseadult5692]

@@dddd-uk4vn Yes this is true. But the Germans murdered 27 million soviets that must be a person in almost every family. This war ruined their lives so obviously they weren’t gonna be nice when the tables turned. Not justifying their actions two wrongs don’t make a right. But what do you expect? Mess with the Russian bear you get the claws

[@legopants8898]

There were other nations beside russians,it was soviet union-in soviet republic of Georgia with population of 2,5 milion 500 000 were sent to eastern front and 400 000 never returned

[@scoposteve8470]

@@legopants8898 I know. The Caucuses, the the Soviet border into europe and a large part of it in Asia were all separate nations but Russian was the largest and the most important so when you refer to Russian in the time between the russian revolution, and the end of the cold war if you talk about russia you most likely mean the Soviet Union as a whole

[@legopants8898]

@@scoposteve8470 from all total deaths in soviet union(more then 8million MILITARY casulties) Buryats5,76% Russians 5.5% Ukrainians 4.9% Bellorusians 4.7% Jews 4.62% Chuwash 4.35% Tatars 4.35% Moldovians 4.34% Mari 4.04% Kazakhs 3.83% Armenians 3.83% Udmurts 3.76% Bashkirs 3.53% Karelians 3.76% Georgians 3.51% Ossetians 3.02% Kyrgyz 3.0% Turkmen 2.89 And others( too many to write down)

[@MikeAngel06]

I was like "Oh god 41 Millions" and he said "then we have the Asian theater...."

[@jackaroo8867]

To make it worse, this is only counting some of the countries. Countries like Brazil, Australia, New Zealand etc weren't included. The total death toll is 79-86 million, not 70 million,

[@coolbreeze2.0-mortemadfasc13]

@@jackaroo8867 Also the fighting in Africa.

[@mswijn]

@@coolbreeze2.0-mortemadfasc13 yea, you literally can see people from miles away, because theres no literally trees or things blocking your view

[@xiowoo9999]

@@jackaroo8867 Brazil lost 2k ppl. The 86 mil would mainly come from India, Indonesia, Philippines (3 of them together almost making 10mil) and other directly occupied territories instead of the countries you mentioned. Not criticising, just letting ppl know.

[@halofox4770]

oof...

[@chilledmadness9546]

My grandfather was sent to the Auswits camp and he survived 6 months there. Later when the camp was overrun, he was sent back to the army to fight on the German front. He passed away when i was really young but he use to tell me a lot of stories about how he and his friends use to survive there. He also meantioned a good German guard called ''Peter'' and how he would allways sneak in food for them because he fealt bad for them.

[@jhonbards2218]

I hope that Peter survived the war.

[@geedbinye6087]

Chilled Madness good story :) my great great Gandpa was in North Africa

[@kingofmaiars]

@@wyattgraff8306 He may just as well not be a Nazi. Not every German citizen were party members. And considering the general draft at the time, he might be a 15 years old kid.

[@FuzeDotExe]

@@emitizmo7456 no mean intensions but i need to know how your grandfather survived an execution

[@FuzeDotExe]

@@emitizmo7456 but mad respect for both grandads❤

[@lukasjohns1287]

this is , without a doubt, one of the most important videos on this platform

[@ciber_ch3923]

Why Isn't anyone talking about the sound engineering background that this documentary has? The soundtrack it's amazing tooo

[@BreakingWhite]

Because we want to focus on the information the video has all the deaths and stuff. We don’t really care about the background

[@ciber_ch3923]

@@BreakingWhite 😢true

[@danawhite8695]

Unfortunately, most people don't realize how important a good soundtrack is.

[@cuddlycuttlefish5674]

Almost like the videos of lemmino

[@ghanaria7996]

The sound effects, the bgm, and the narrator make this video beautiful! Sure the info and graphics are good, but the audio is what makes it perfect.

[@zylrexxia_1335]

*Let us take silence.* *For the ones who have Served* *For their Land and Country* *May they rest in peace.*

[@SpooderOfficial]

Nice anime pfp

[@Warthred]

🇺🇸

[@zylrexxia_1335]

🇩🇪

[@erikfauser2418]

Fuck that „serving for their country“

[@Oliver-wz8yf]

Even if they were German

[@riverman83]

D-day Always seems so large but compare it with some battles of the Eastern front it looks like nothing. 2500 us casulties is just a normal day for the russians.

[@M_Lars]

the Germans lost on average that number each day in the war. D-Day was quite important strategically as it opened a 3rd front forcing the already outnumbered Germans to split their forces even more. But it is still dwarfed by battles on the east like Stalingrad, Leningrad and kursk.

[@cax1175]

It's a normal hour.

[@aabnormal6290]

Or the Serbs

[@nightprowler6336]

Battle of Stalingrad is largest battle in history. No battle had as much deaths.

[@SSA-qb6pb]

1. Normandy was huge and everyone who died for their homeland should be honoured 2. Amount of Casualties is not proud thing stop saying like more casualties more credits

[@LeoKeech]

I try to watch this every memorial day. My Grandfather served in Germany, my Uncle in the Pacific.

[@TmK1ta]

It's very disgusting that people completely ignore the message of this video and are trying to prove that their country suffered and did the most in WW2.

[@alejandrojodorowsky5987]

There would not be the need to do so if Hollywood had not already state such thing about one country in particular. What you see in the comment section is the inheritage of Cold War and how a sizeably disbalanced vision of history prevailed because of it. As a Frenchman, I would never pretend France played a major role in defeating Germany. It would be just utter bullshit. And the fact I'm sympathetic to Poland and to Stalin's victims doesn't change what I honestly think of the true role of each country in the war. Truth is in historical facts, period.

[@finnthehuman2741]

Thanks Alejandro you are right, there is a need for these numbers to be discussed, because 80% of Americans are daft enough to think they're the heroes of WW2. We contributed only where we knew we wouldn't lose, while Russia was cornered and beaten until nothing but sheer badassery took over.

[@ezekielthedragon7558]

Sheer badassery? Did you know how terrible their regime was? If we didn't have nazis, the soviets would be the main evil of history now.

[@possiblyadickhead6653]

Ezekiel the dragon no the Japanese

[@ezekielthedragon7558]

Oh yeah, I forgot about them, but you get what I'm saying right?

[@arnavcarpenter4063]

This is the 3% of world's population at that time, 15% of Soviet population perished

[@bartecki6]

Yeah, big number because of Stalin... You have to remember this war wouldn't go that far if not for Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact.

[@sloniychelovek2367]

​@@bartecki6 what are you talking about, child? Do you even understand what the Molotov-Ribentrop pact is? if not for Stalin you would have been in a concentration camp with your family now. Stalin initially foresaw a war against Germany, he understood that the ideology of Nazism is the absolute opposite of the ideology of communism and a war between them is inevitable. For this, he signed an agreement with Hitler to gain time and prepare for war, at least 2 years. For 2 years (from 1939 to 1941), 2 factories were built in the USSR every day. In total, about 4,500 factories were built. Thus, Stalin in 2 years did what the Russian emperors could not do for a whole century (he industrialized the country). And most importantly, he prepared the country for war. It was these factories that helped win the war and provided our army with everything it needed. When Hitler realized that the USSR was becoming the most powerful industrial center of Europe and the greatest threat, he realized that he could not hesitate any longer and needed to attack right now as quickly as possible and with all his might. Otherwise, the USSR will swing at such a rate to the level of a superpower and easily win the war. After all, already in 1947, a Soviet engineer created the greatest weapon AK-47(don't forget about it ). Do you think Hitler would have had a chance then? Yes, no. And he understood this perfectly. Stalin outplayed Hitler as a small child. And all his actions are a cold-blooded calculation.

[@MrKerag]

@@bartecki6 big number because of advanced german army. Every country was looking forward to sign pacts with germany because it became powerfull..and meny countries did. So stop pulling out this bullshit.

[@bartecki6]

@@sloniychelovek2367 What are you talking about, old commie? If not for Stalin, Germany wouldn't have army; If not for Stalin, Germany wouldn't risk getting closer to Russia and start a war; If not for Stalin, millions of people would stay alive. Instead they died in Gulags, were shot in the back of their head or were tortured by kgb.; If not for Stalin, Ukraine wouldn't have to suffer from hunger. Children would have something to eat. Instead everything went to the army.; If not for Stalin, Russia would focus on something diffrent than making more and more tanks to fight into Europe.; If not for Communists Hitler wouldn't gain power, because Germans wouldn't be scared of red army.

[@bartecki6]

@@MrKerag Do you know why Germany had strong army? Maybe because they were training troops in ussr, you idiot.

[@einstein7323]

In Russia, in almost every family, a relative did not return from the war

[@jamilkhan-xr9pc]

damn...

[@ЯрославМосеев-я8е]

@@jamilkhan-xr9pc that’s true, never saw in my entire life Russian family that didn’t lost someone

[@shuarma0]

same with jewish families

[@reallymentalpig1173]

@@shuarma0 as sad as that even was, it was not more amount of deaths Russia had. However they were close.

[@shuarma0]

@@reallymentalpig1173 no it was not more, but every jewish family in europe lost someone.

[@dabbingraccoons6416]

Each one of those people is a thousand stories, a thousand families with a missing member, a thousand lost personalities, a thousand who’s potential was lost and a thousand who’s lives were cut short from war.

[@nyejick]

It gets very warm in my heart when reading the comments below this video. As a Russian, I am very happy to see that foreigners do not turn a blind eye to such topics. It is good that these people are still on Earth. God Bless you, guys!

[@kolliwanne964]

People are too focused on nations, we have to learn from history as humanity. :)

[@gabeutsecks723]

Vov4ik I’m not Russian but I was always interested in these topics. Thank your ancestors.

[@bubiruski8067]

Russians are Germans best friends. It was these perfidious English that orchestrated this all. Beside, the English are agitating again due to Crimea. They are to stupid to understand that these areas are ethnic Russians. God bless the Russians

[@kolliwanne964]

@@bubiruski8067 God this propaganda shit of yours is annoying...

[@ushikiii]

@Berolina Gloria no one was "innocent" during ww2.

[@Lolpy.]

The scary part about that 8.7 million dead Soviets is that, there are still, to this day, dead soldiers being uncovered. From Western Russia to Eastern Germany, corpses still turn up occasionally in the Spring/Summer ice thawing period. It’s tragic. To die in a war fighting for your own freedom, to only be uncovered nearly 80 years later.

[@kooroshrostami27]

8,7 is a highly understated number there is not doubt amongst experts that the count exceeds 11 million at least, could be 14 million as well

[@Mentol_]

About 7.4 million Soviet soldiers were killed on the battlefield (7.5 along with the allies) versus 3.8 in the Axis armies. The number of 11-14 million for the USSR includes the soldiers who died in captivity, and not on the battlefield.

[@crazymixture57]

Tragic? What is tragic about communists dying? They killed more people than Hitler could have ever dreamed of.

[@fahoodie1852]

Crazy Mixture You are actually disgusting. Just because somebody serves their motherland does not make them a believer in the ideology. You’re telling me the children who were brutally genocided because they were Slavic is a good thing simply because the country they lived in was a communist country? Horrible

[@Lolpy.]

@Crazy Mixture That’s honestly fucking pathetic of you. They fought because they wanted to protect their home, namely from a man with a silly mustache. They lived under communism, hell maybe not all of them agreed with it. But one thing was certain, they were Russians, and they wanted to survive.

[@ruudxd1]

If you watch this video in 4K you have about 8.3 million pixels on screen, the Soviet union lost more people than that in the war. That is incredible..

[@poopoo69000]

Ruud not even including civilian deaths, and 400k more in military deaths

[@petercucumber361]

5k Checkmate

[@Vlibba]

I still come back to this video every few years and watch it through. Such a well made piece of information

[@AlexanderTheBloodraven]

The British supplied time, the Americans supplied treasure, but the Russians supplied blood.

[@rosesprog1722]

The Russians provided the manpower, The US all the tools and the British... Churchill????

[@JoeWithTheHoesBiden]

@@rosesprog1722 tea

[@cfoster6567]

Stalin pushed his people to death, through no sacrifice of their own. He is responsible for their high death toll

[@keosad8196]

@@cfoster6567 Germany would have conquered Europe if Stalin didn't do it. 80% of Nazi forces were in the North.

[@rosesprog1722]

@@cfoster6567 Yes, the first half of the 20th was particularly vicious for us, 2 world wars, 3 dictators, a pandemic, the 1929 crash, the depression, the prohibition, sickness, hunger... NOT good.

[@AcE-tl7xw]

Imagine being born in 1923, in Soviet Russia, Have so many friends the same age as you and get sent to war, and after returning all the men the same age as you in the whole city is just gone

[@CK-nh7sv]

While it is true that 80% of male Soviets born in 1923 were dead by 1945, most of them didn't die in WW2.

[@jananders7937]

@@CK-nh7sv most of them did????

[@sinkless7614]

I mean the Soviet’s were worse than Hitler

[@galactique7527]

People who desire equality are worse than people who viewed other races as less than human, apparently

[@erundahuitta4051]

Why? Because of the bulshit history books you red in your country?

[@communistpropagandist4608]

"and now we switch to the civilian deaths" oh god please no

[@JebusMatoi]

I was like "welp, wake me up when then Holocaust bar finishes".

[@AlexanderTheBloodraven]

Really? I thought you were going to say that about the soviet union bar.

[@declanolivetti4319]

*Russian count is done* Me: "Thank god it's ov- *And now we switch to the civilian deaths* Me: Oh no

[@johnnyjoestar5193]

...."Then we have the Asian theatre"

[@sarjenka]

Why ‘no’. It happened and what is done is done. It is over 75 years ago. Nobody remembers any of them anyway

[@Fullstack_LP]

This is easily one of the best videos on this platform.

[@lukessha]

I’ve watched this video more times than I can count, every few months or year I’ll come back to it. And still, that soviet death count, towering over everything else gives me a wave of emotion and chills. What a horrible tragedy this war was

[@coastalbeaches7181]

It just kept going-

[@albertaguilar662]

From RealLifeLore’s video about Russia. Of All males born in the Soviet Union in the year 1923, 80% of them were dead by the year 1946! 😢

[@commonsense4506]

Hollywood just pumps us with stories about how the us army saved the world and how hard the Americans sacrificed. The soviets lost double the amount the us did defending one city.

[@nichelovek]

Oliver Corfield, i was reading some other sources(not popular) and there are some very controversial facts, that i came across: 84% of all soldiers died on european(western europe, exclude Britain) side were those, who fought on Nazis side.

[@yakeosicki8965]

This is a false interpretation of the numbers concerning the Second W.W. A distorted picture of history. Giving absolute numbers changes the true dimensions of the tragedy. I come from the country. who suffered the most during the Second W.W. During World War II, Poland suffered the greatest biological losses (for every 1,000 inhabitants, it lost 220 people). For comparison: USA - 2.9, Belgium - 7, Great Britain - 8, France - 15, Netherlands - 22, USSR - 116. It estimated the total personal losses at 6.028 million people, including 3.2 million Polish citizens of Jewish origin. The death losses of the Slavic Polish population under the German occupation amounted to approximately 2,770,000 people. This group does not include the victims of Soviet crimes in the territories incorporated into the USSR after 1939, and it does not include the victims of the UPA crimes in Volhynia. The post-war census showed 24 million, and the census covered 2 million Germans and about 1-1.5 million Poles living in Germany before World War II. Before the war, Poland was inhabited by 35 million citizens. Of which 13 million in the lands annexed by the Soviet Union, 22 million in the areas occupied by Germany. Poland suffered the greatest material losses during World War II. Material losses per capita, which amounted to $ 626 compared to the second Yugoslavia with $ 601. According to materials presented at the International Reparation Conference in Paris in 1946, material losses in Poland amounted to $ 16.9 billion, respectively, in Yugoslavia - $ 9.1 billion. (Losses are given in 1946 value of money.) 2/5 of Poland's cultural assets were completely destroyed and stolen. Under pressure from the great powers, Poland also had to cede 48% of its territory to the Soviet Union, losing about 178,000 km² in the east. Most of the losses resulted from the German occupation, the USSR was responsible for the other part of the losses. One sentence at the end. Stalin killed many more USSR citizens in 1923-39 than they died during the Second World War

[@TopKekus-Maximus]

Words cannot express how much respect our fallen heroes deserve

[@knifee9936]

Really every soldier of every country were victims of war.

[@mysteriousmuffin6017]

AAkiraa You can’t really call the Nazis victims, they got what they had coming to them

[@Voucher765]

Vietnam vets got it the worst they were spat on and were called baby killers and not given proper treatment

[@leferraille7207]

@@mysteriousmuffin6017 The Wehrmacht weren't Nazis.

[@mysteriousmuffin6017]

LeFerraille Well what were they then

[@michaelferguson1514]

My grandfather fought in WW2. 96 and still going strong :)

[@Hectopath2006]

Lucky. Tell him he has my respect. By the way, which country did he fight for?

[@Dont-Watch-My-Vids-U-Regret-it]

My great grandpa fought for the Soviets he became German prisoner of war they gave him and his group of 20 1 loaf of bread he lived like that for 2 years he got freed from other Soviets he came back to my grandma in 1946 he couldn't eat normally in the beginning btw he was starving because his body wasn't ready to eat a lot he broke his leg my grandma told me this story she's now 80 she was 5 when this HAPPEND she got captured by the Soviets for 3 years when they almost captured Moscow during the fighting her house almost got bombed by a bomber imagine if she died I wouldn't be here my mom wouldn't be here and much of my family you wouldn't see this story it's very sad all the soldiers lost there family and friends and they never returned to there family

[@grieferjesus3226]

@@Dont-Watch-My-Vids-U-Regret-it my great grandpa fought for Germany near Stalingrad and luckily he survived. He was wounded by a grenate so he was brought back to Germany by air.

[@user-vy2hv5pp7k]

Wow that's awesome dude, my grandad's brother is still alive at 87 and he fought for Yugoslav Partisan resistance as damn teenager

[@jujuuuuu1851]

Mine died some years ago

[@mxrmazxu]

Your name is unknown, your deed is immortal. -Tomb of unknow soldier, moscow

[@crappytrails7617]

my grandfather got the flu and stayed behind the day his platoon went out to patrol. They were all gunned down. He had severe PTSD and couldn't bare to look at a gun or nazi flag for the rest of his life.

[@alex-yl9ms]

жthe non commenter ж That's horrible, bless his soul.

[@maxibulle5671]

nepali hercules What the fuck is wrong with you?

[@nepalihercules]

Maxibulle truth too much for ya?

[@mummel2013]

nepali hercules says the guy that hasn't seen a single fight in his life...

[@mummel2013]

nepali hercules says the guy that hasnt beaten a single guy in his life

[@publicservicesinhawaii429]

Bringing a reasonable argument to “I was born in the wrong generation”

[@ihatebritain3942]

Yeah any generation behind us seems terrible

[@Leg8]

536 AD goes brrr

[@TsunaXZ]

I should be thankful I was born in this generation.

[@birdmcrandomsux]

Why do all he comments have even number replies ._.

[@davevd9944]

@@ihatebritain3942 70-80s is doable 90s sure awesome. But before that no thanks.

[@snehalchow5311]

I read a comment below which stated; "... this is sad because everyone of them had names." It breaks my heart to think just how much of an understatement that is. Every single one of them had their own dreams and aspirations. Some would've liked to become doctors or engineers, ushering humanity to a brighter future; others would've been excellent artists with the likes to rival Gogh or Leonardo. Some would've liked to laze around their backyard on a warm summer, others might've preferred the salty whiff of the seaside. They had fancies, loves, hates, likes, bores, interests, hobbies. They wondered if they might be pursued again. They had friends, lovers, families, colleagues. They wondered if they might ever see them again, save for the photos they kept near their breast. They had names. That is the only metric we can use to remember them now. Names. Such a miniscule noun that betrays what they were. They were human. Flesh, bone and soul. Like you and me.

[@hasamanda3687]

some of them were also war criminals and serial killers/ psychopaths. sadly much less evil was killed than innocence but what do you expect from a massive war steming from external political pressure and a mass population in poverty truth is cruelty breeds cruelty and ww2 was sorta the way to cleanse the cruel from the world (with colossal collateral damage). point is the more you read about ww2 the more you realize no one was right or wrong just no one had an answer that anyone liked so the world revolted against each other because the only solution at the time to external political pressure from other nations was fighting a war to turn your nation against the propaganda everyone wanted to be right and to keep a healthy happy population but years of poor economic and infrastructure in some of these countries mixed with more and more corporate/government own resources caused people to turn to leaders that would lead the people in a different direction. just so happens that direction was the biggest war in history but ya know when you eat sawdust and bread crumbs you roll the dice or die.

[@sebastianolmsted2867]

Incredibly said.

[@SunnyIlha]

"Like You and Me". That really hit hard.

[@ilovecigsalc3989]

Words

[@stigstig9275]

That is an incredible observation. I'm an English teacher in the UK and I'd love to quote you if that's ok with you

[@Smoke-tf8xk]

My great grandfather was Soviet Union soldier, fortunately he survived the war. He was from Poland but he lived in USSR before the war and he got into military

[@owenhall213]

“Victory can not be achieved without sacrifice, Mason. We Russians know this better than anyone.” - Reznov

[@karolclark791]

WaW and B01 had such good campaigns cuz the devs did good research

[@owenhall213]

Karol Clark facts

[@asherz8202]

Played this about a week ago for the memories

[@asherz8202]

VORKUTA

[@asherz8202]

@The crazy weeb fr

[@akoll6138]

“Older men declare war, it’s the younger men that fight and die.” *NO, THIS IS NOT MY OWN QUITE AND I AM NOT LOOKING FOR FIGHTS*

[@JamesSmith-yl2lb]

Damn.

[@youtuberate35741]

Agree with you

[@MartinQ-bl6co]

@Crimson Idol were are you from? I am from Albania and my Uncle fought on the Serbo-Croat war.

[@ThatGuy-bi8mm]

Older men were once young.

[@vickisharp138]

so true

[@speedbully_84]

This has to be one of the best, if not THE best, made videos I've seen on KZbin! Lot's have happend since it was created but it still puts things in perspective and is an amazing piece of work!

[@abdirahmanmahdi9458]

The average life span of a soldier in the battle of stalingrad was 24 hours!!

[@brotherhoodofsteeld.c.chap1917]

Wow, it goes to show you how horrible WW2 and all wars are. 😔

[@YooKkang]

nah, more like 5 hours.

[@kriegscommissarmccraw4205]

@@YooKkang Average life span of kreigsman is 7 minutes, 6 of those are marching to the battle

[@apollojenkins4046]

@@kriegscommissarmccraw4205 lmao can't tell if ur serious.

[@kriegscommissarmccraw4205]

@@apollojenkins4046 Its a warhammer 40k joke. In the warhammer universe though it is serious.

[@justinfrazier9555]

"Sacrifice. Yes. We Russians know this is necessary...more than anyone else." -Victor Resnov

[@Turbn86]

That hit me hard

[@LeftOverMacNCheese]

Ahh yes bargain...

[@Jack-di1ho]

“Victory cannot be achieved without sacrifice, we Russians know this better than anyone”

[@ssdipto9178]

Black ops 2??!!!!

[@anakinsandwalker6382]

Viktor Reznov*

[@Corristo89]

I played this in school during a history lesson about WW2. And while most of my students here in Germany didn't understand some of the things said, the amazing animations made it perfectly clear for them that WW2 was not just the deadliest conflict in human history, but a tragedy that cut millions of young lives short. And when the Soviet deaths just didn't stop, some students were visibly shaken. I had made it perfectly clear for them that every little figure meant 1000 dead. Not missing, not wounded, dead.

[@kingnevermore25]

Corristo89 Germans had 4 million deaths on the Eastern front not 2.3 million. This video is crapz

[@rowmagnvs]

Renzo Alarcón Dresden bombing lol what’s your point

[@JerzyFeliksKlein]

@Renzo Alarcón Eisenhower didn't have death camps, he had POV camps in New Mexico. And most Germans know about Dresden firebombing just like most Japanese know about Hiroshima & Nagasaki.

[@jiveassturkey8849]

Renzo Alarcón Eisenhower’s POW camps held Nazi soldier prisoners. The German concentration camps held innocent civilians. And people weren’t being mass executed in them, the Nazis in the pow camps mostly died from starvation and disease, there was no way to avoid it, there were just too many Nazi Germans.

[@jevgenijsblakunovs4741]

In Latvia last year, the authorities demolished all the monuments to Soviet soldiers that had stood in every city since Soviet times. The same thing is happening in Poland. In the USA, several years ago they issued a commemorative coin to mark the end of the war. There are only three flags on it: American, British, and French. In Poland, even Germany, which built these concentration camps, was invited to the annual event on the occasion of the liberation of Auswezen prisoners and did not invite Russia, which liberated them. This is how history is rewritten. Monuments are destroyed, and the new generation is given different information.

[@broski4039]

The soviets invaded and annexed half of Poland and all of the Baltic states. They did not liberate anyone, they were conquerors.

[@glorihol6803]

@@broski4039 They tried to get the UK and France to fight against Germany and stop the invasion. Once they saw they wouldn't do it, they decided to invade Poland and create a buffer zone. Nothing wrong in that. Don't try to rewrite history, russophobe. I'm sure you would be gladly speaking German today if it were up to you, fascist f**k

[@Mentol_]

@@broski4039 To say that the USSR conquered Eastern Europe, you need to find out the opinion of people who lived at that time, and not look at the words of modern politicians who create the image of an enemy.

[@volumist]

​@@Mentol_ I hate the fact that people just ignore how well did Eastern Europe redevelop and give everything a man needed for everyone in just short 4 years, after the war. Not only did East have most genocide, most warcrimes and most deaths, it had less finances, less industry and less innovation, yet they still endured everything. Do not ignore the fact that west always had better economico-geographic placement and had business all around the world, they always had more resources, and had them cheaper.

[@alalalala57]

@@Mentol_ Yep, and the people said the Soviets were just as ruthless as the Germans. They were a terrifying mob descending like a wave towards Berlin that destroyed, robbed, and molested everything in their wake.

[@av1ation343]

My Grandfather who was born in 1923 was one of the german soldiers fighting in Stalingrad and being captured. He is also one of the only 6000 captured who survived 4 years of war captivity. He died today 7 years ago. Sadly I was too young to understand all the memories he told when he was still alive.

[@mynameisaj8500]

Your father served for his country, I bet he was a brave man. May he Rest In Peace.. 👍

[@sekandarissaqi5189]

Why is everybody saying he is good wasnt he a nazi???? You said german soldier bruh so a nazi?? screw him

[@sekandarissaqi5189]

@@RoskovaQc yeah maybe no nazi but still killed people for his country germany wich was nazis at that time. Meaming he supported them

[@aminesemlali6199]

you shouldn't be proud of your nazi grandfather who belonged to a nation who started the war

[@sekandarissaqi5189]

@@aminesemlali6199 i agree