The faults in Hitler’s martial tactics I History Calls | FULL DOCUMENTARY

The 23rd of November 1939. There are storm clouds over Europe. Two hundred generals are summoned by their Führer. In the space of just a year, the Wehrmacht has already conquered the Sudetenland, Czechoslovakia and Poland. But Hitler won't stop at that.
Everyone's stunned: to the German Army chiefs it sounds suicidal. But Hitler is resolute, and determined to bring his generals to heel. He didn't have any military training, he's never been an officer or commanded a battalion. But he's convinced that his instinct pulls rank on all their stripes.
Posterity has pronounced Adolf Hitler a brilliant strategist. But is that really the case?
Documentary: History Uncovered - Hitler: The Art of Defeat
Directed by: Christiane Ratiney
Production: Cinétévé & Arte France
#documentary #freedocumentary #fulldocumentary #history #ww2 #war #germany

[@mustardbiscuits9750]

“It was the worlds first genocidal war” no it wasn’t lol

[@svenskost84]

Yes the Most stupid comment that could ever be said. Maybe the commentary should read some pre ww2 history ?

[@mikesullivan5266]

The Native American Indian s lost 60 million people

[@oliveryt7168]

@@svenskost84 I can thing of the genocide of the Armenians... But surely there were other wars before the WW2 where the aim of one party was to enslave and/ or erase another party.

[@schrodingeroberscharfuhrer7115]

Tens of millions died under communism

[@syourke3]

@@mikesullivan5266No. that’s a gross exaggeration. There weren’t that many to begin with. And they were not victims of state sanctioned genocide. Most of them were killed by hunger and disease. Yes, they were treated very badly, driven off their lands, confined on reservations but it’s not like the U S army just went out and killed every Native they could find. It’s fair to call it “ethnic cleansing”, and it was a terrible crime but I don’t think you could really call it genocide, the US didn’t try to dimply exterminate the entire native population.

[@rogerevans9666]

One important point that was left out was that Hitler delayed invading Russia by about a month in order to rescue Mussolini's army that had gotten into trouble in Greece. Many Germans who survived the invasion of Russia said that if they had only invaded 4 or 5 weeks earlier, it would have made all the difference. Mussolini invaded Greece without informing Hitler ahead of time. Another important point is that in 1941 Stalin eagerly signed a non-aggression pact with Japan. He was afraid Japan would invade Siberia and knew he could not win a two-front war. Because Hitler believed he would die young, he was in a hurry to get his plans implemented. @29:05 One reason for Hitler's confidence was that Stalin's first invasion of Finland was unsuccessful. The Finns drove the Russians back; however, the Russians attacked a second time and were victorious. Apparently, Hitler overlooked the counterattack.

[@originalsin5106]

Very well said.

[@spodge1233]

I've never been that convinced that losing Moscow would have been the end for the USSR. Huge numbers of the troops that counterattacked came from the far East, as did the tanks and ammunition. People with probably no great warm feelings for Moscow anyway, The Germans should have gone for the oil fields in the Caucasus, that was the thing that would've done most damage to the Soviets.

[@RonSilver-j3r]

The Soviet USSR , CCCP was a Socialist Nation , so why not simply offer a German Socialist Nation to the Russian Socialist Nation Alliance without a War of any kind ! Prussia after all rhymes with Russia as bosom buddies of the poetry kind artists !

[@Art-ot2jn]

Britian under Churchill was still strong Hitler was overextended no matter what Hitler would have lost

[@liammiskell3522]

​@@spodge1233Hitler told his generals to head to the Caucasus as they required the oil fields. They decided to hit Moscow instead, as it was part of the Wehrmacht military doctrine. Hitler understood the economic and logistical reasoning behind head south east. One of Hitler's biggest problems was controlling the staff in the Wehrmacht.

[@bullettube9863]

This documentary leaves out two important facts. The first is that prior to the invasion of France the Germans first went after Norway to secure a supply of iron ore. During this operation they also secured Denmark in a walk over. Then the Germans postponed the invasion of Russia to secure the Balkans and Greece, diverting troops, planes and tanks to secure their southern flank. Hitler ignored the advice of his generals who told him that the army could not take Moscow before the autumn rains began, and if they got stuck in the mud before winter they could lose up to a third of their army. While Hitler said he did not want to repeat Napoleon's mistake of attacking Russia in the fall, none the less he did so, and lost his army and the war.

[@leondobre7498]

Hitler mistake was rerouting Gauderian from Smolensk to Kiev losing the war for that 😂😂😂😂😂😂!!!. Good job ❤❤❤❤❤...

[@robinhood4911]

The occupation of Norway and Denmark was caused by the action of Great Britain, which decided to invade these countries. The same reason with Greece and the Balkans. It's better to punish the generals for the course of the war. There is a book "Hitler and His Generals: Military Conferences 1942-1945" with notes from these conferences (1,200 pages). All conferences were transcribed and stored. A good book is "Hitler vs. Stalin - The Eastern Front, 1941-1945" written by John Mosier and if this was what it is described, Hitler planned to stop the front in the fall and continue the war after the winter was over....

[@ziblot1235]

Haha. Yes there was that. It should be said that Germany didn’t attack Scandinavia just to be a badass. The British had the same idea. They were beat in the race for Norway. My uncle was a Unteroffizier with 16th Panzer in Stalingrad. He was “lucky” to be wounded in November 42. So he was not marched into Siberia. I guess that wound was lucky for that reason.

[@mobpsy1526]

The debate about a potential German victory is fascinating. Im convinced by the arguments that Russia was just too big to conquer and hold while having been heavily industrialised and pumping out T34 tanks from factories far beyond Moscow. Even Paulus, who was one of the best Generals, played several war games before Barbarossa and could not find a victory because of the insanely long supply lines. In fact, there are fresh historical takes that Hitlers initial Barbarossa idea to go for the Kaukasus oil fields before Moscow would have increased chances for victory much more, getting the needed oil while starving out Russia of it. But Rundstedt and other old Generals favored to go for the capital and after the war could easily blame Hitler for most of the failure.

[@princeofcupspoc9073]

And, there are a few corrections to your post. The invasion of France included and was dependent upon capturing Belgium and the Netherlands. Also, the Generals on the Eastern front DID promise Hitler Moscow before winter set it. The problem is that Hitler was more concerned with the southern oil and grain fields than the prize of Moscow, and diverted Guderian's armor to the south, away from Moscow. By the time they got back, it was too late in the season to take Moscow, but the generals DID put everything they could into it. And the most important fact, Moscow was not important. It would have been a POLITICAL victory, maybe swaying more neutrals to the Axis side, but a large percentage of the industrial infrastructure was already moved past the Urals, and the USSR would have continued fighting. Moscow does NOT end the war in the East.

[@phillymathguy8142]

Excellent video. Not blurring out the dead bodies, unlike other "monetized" videos. Fully documents the hellish nature of war. Subscribed.

[@Ealdorman_of_Mercia]

Agreed.

[@ennediend2865]

Agreed😰

[@robm3534]

So, I am not alone in ny sentiments.

[@dmctztv3842]

is nothing but propaganda, a real documentary is neutral

[@normannokes9513]

Many German soldiers died suddenly. An inquest revealed the absence of protective fat covering vital organs. The Russian with many short of winter clothing.

[@blueclover9918]

I can never get over the way 1500 factories were just "moved out of the way". Incredible undertaking.

[@None-zc5vg]

The Russians weren't fools and would have sacrificed land and lives to draw the invading Germans into a trap.

[@User948Z7Z-w7n]

They can just walk away. No biggie. Maybe little bit of traffic jam but that's about it.

[@priatalat]

@@None-zc5vgWell the other option was surrender and get massacred by the Nazis.

[@oliveryt7168]

@@None-zc5vg *Soviets... It was the USSR.

[@scorpiong0]

Yeah, this means even if the Germans had occupied Leningrad-Moscow-Stalingrad line, the fight would go on and the result should not change since they had most of their industrial capacity relocated from the warzone and their were still millions of man and woman in the east ready for deployment in the army. They were not "untermensch" like the Germans thought.

[@mikeballard8404]

Hitler: " I won't make the same mistake as Napoleon ". Haha, They both started their offensive on the same date in June.

[@Crashed131963]

Napoleon did take Moscow and he never had motorized vehicles .

[@andrewdigby5114]

not a coincidence. just megalomania.

[@tjanderson5892]

More in homage than incidental. Napoleon was able to take Moscow when Germany failed. And Germany was able to survive the winters when Napoleon couldn’t.

[@malikhampton7156]

That's because he believed it wouldn't take thAt long to take!

[@Crashed131963]

Not sure if taking Moscow would have caused Russia to surrender . If The USA was invaded and by some chance the country took Washington DC ,I do not think the other 90% of the country would surrender .

[@None-zc5vg]

The propagandists painted Churchill as a grand strategist but he was seen by his military advisers like Alan Brooke as a dangerous, interfering ignoramus.

[@Napolean46]

Churchill was a great strategist that's why he managed to win over nazi gwrman

[@vadimpm1290]

@@Napolean46 wow!

[@Brommear]

Churchill was against assassinating Hitler as he was worth more alive than dead. He was a real buffoon. Dunning-Kruger in person.

[@Napolean46]

@@vadimpm1290 If he was not he would have lost the war. Remember he fought nazi Germany alone in 1940.

[@tonylove4800]

He was very probably both. Both opinions pretty much irrelevant as his true value was in inspiring a nation.

[@Makeyourselfbig]

Hitler was no military genius. The only time one of his choices actually worked was the first Ardennes offensive in 1940. That was an all or nothing hail mary. He had no reserves but the poorly led, low morale French army collapsed and France was defeated. But even then he stopped his army wiping out the British at Dunkirk and allowed them to escape across the channel back to the UK. Then came the failed Russia invasion. Constantly changing objectives, attacking when the Germans needed to consolidate. The Stalingrad disaster. The Kursk offensive that he kept putting off allowing the Russians to build up their defences. His insistence that the allied D-Day invasion would be at Calais instead of Normandy. Holding back his tank reserves until it was too late. The battle of the Bulge flop that wasted their remaining fuel supplies and stripped the Eastern front of numerous armoured divisions just before Bagration started. His insistence on designating just about every city the Germans held as fortress cities that had to be held to the last man. His insistence on not allowing his army on the Courland Peninsular to retreat. Thereby isolating them until the war actually ended. He also left 300,000 soldiers in Norway until the war was over. The fact is that if he had someone above him he would have been sacked for his constant bungling and ineptitude.

[@stefanthorpenberg887]

In the german film Der Untergang there’s a scen where Hitler expect that Steiner should attack the Red Army outside Berlin. But the generals says that Steiner did not attack because he lacked men, guns and ammunition. Hitler becomes furious and scream that all officers just know how to eat with knife and fork. But… an officer is supposed to take care of his soldiers life, not just throw them into impossible missions where it’s obvious they all will die. Hitler was in the First worldwar rejected by his officers to be sent to the war academy to become an officer. Later it was obvious that he didn’t understand that a leader must know how to attack, but also how to retreat and regroup. He only understood attack, no matter how many died. An awful leader. His officers in the First worldwar was right.

[@ChrisKatechis]

Bro are you serious??? In the film!! You said..hahaha Bro that scene is so famous it’s an internet UBERWUNDERmeme……ehhhhh see what I did there

[@stefanthorpenberg887]

Eh… no, the film Der Untergang is made from interviews and witness reports of what happened in the Bunker the last days. And according to what was said by those involved Hitler actually thought Steiner should attack even if he was outnumbered by the Red Army. They could of course lie about it, but probably not?

[@robinhood4911]

Stop watching stupid movies and start reading serious books describing the facts of those times. There is a book "Hitler and His Generals: Military Conferences 1942-1945" with notes from these conferences (1,200 pages). All conferences were transcribed and stored.

[@richardque1036]

​@@ChrisKatechisguderian in his interview in 1951,stated that hitler fought with the map .

[@ChrisKatechis]

@@stefanthorpenberg887 yes I know you must missed the HITLER MEME THEY WERE HILARIOUS

[@ronaldbath9940]

Just a minor correction in your video description...Hitler was a veteran of the first world war in the German army, so he did have military training and combat experience. However, he never made it beyond the rank of Corporal and, as you did state, was never a leader while in uniform.

[@henripicardo5122]

Hitler was just a messager during ww1 he never held leadership position not even a squad

[@bunzeebear2973]

In WW1 he was a "runner". He carried messages from the rear generals to the front line General(because walkie talkies are not invented yet) That is the ONLY job he was suited for because he was a skinny dude. That is hardly military service. He was there, he got gassed...which is how he got promoted to Corporal as he spent a week in a hospital. TRUTOO

[@michellepeoplelikeyoumurde8373]

Company runner

[@itwasagoodideaatthetime7980]

Hitler didn't fight in battle, he was a messenger boy between the front line & German HQ.

[@redblack8414]

@@michellepeoplelikeyoumurde8373 Being a company runner in WW1 was very dangerous. The orders were written in 3 copies and given to 3 runners for delivering by 3 different routes because the risk of being killed and the orders not arriving to destination was great. Hitler received the Iron Cross for bravery in WW1 but was never promoted beyond the rank of corporal because his superiors had doubts concerning his mental health and his combat comrades didn't like him.

[@admir3486]

"But Hitler won't stop there". Yes, just like Stalin said "Hitler is a genius, but he has a big problem. He doesn't know when to stop".

[@schweinsteiger3199]

He was not a genius.

[@Ruth-g3c9z]

He was a genius when it came to public speaking.

[@bryck7853]

Reminds me of a current non-politician politician...

[@shandon360]

Hitler was a high roller that got too full of himself and started to believe his own lies. Not a genius. I absolutely despise your cringeworthy statement.

[@AliTonzon]

​@@schweinsteiger3199he was. Defeated France in 6 weeks

[@AMNitrates]

Not to worry, Steiner’s attack will fix the situation.

[@VladimirPutin-p3t]

PRESEDENT TRUMP WILL SAVE AMERICA GOD BLESS PRESEDENT TRUMP

[@eraserkk7]

NEIN NEIN NEIN NEIN NEIN!!!£

[@LAVATORR]

My favorite part of World War II was the post-credits sequence where right after the V-E Parade in Times Square, the camera goes under the subway to reveal a bunch of Baby Hitler eggs about to hatch, and Steiner is taking a smoke break, not knowing they're there, and then one of them hatches and Steiner yells "GOOD GRAVY NO!" before cutting to black. THE END...?

[@Stevesautopartsify]

Hitler and his ashes are still waiting for his counter attack!

[@divyeshpatel147]

Steiner is busiest man in reich 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 He’s responsible for COVID vaccine, trump to win election and many more 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@justgaming2600]

great documentary. great narration along with the archived footage. the "picture" moments they capture when they stop the film are absolutely fascinating, that one moment in history, in that very significant historical setting or meeting. brilliant

[@michaeldoliveira720]

Heinz Guderian literally wrote the book on the German tactics that helped them so well in the early part of the war. "Blitzkrieg tactics", the "Achtung - Panzer!"

[@stevedavy2878]

He also made very good soup and baked beans

[@breakfaust]

that book isn't really a solid primary source on events though

[@gemmamudd7167]

​@@breakfausthe had to restrict himself when writing the book

[@dasdasdatics420]

He actually copied the Idea from a British army officer who devised the breaching of a defended front using tanks to harass the enemies rear and destroy their communication and support.

[@robinstevenson6690]

This documentary is historically important, in part, because it uses footage that has rarely been seen in previous documentaries.

[@ronaldmessina4229]

adolf hitler was a murderer of all of the people whom he could , along with many of his military forces who believed that they could win a war against the rest of the world 🌎 😢

[@VladimirPutin-p3t]

PRESEDENT DONALD J TRUMP DIED ON THE CROSS 4 OUR SINS NOW HE IS RETURN TO SAVE AMERICA FROM THEM GOD BLESS PRESEDENT TRUMP

[@bobg6638]

Imagine a Field Marshall taking orders from a corporal. There is much about strategy and logistics they don’t teach in corporal school.

[@kurtvonfricken6829]

We’ll, MacArthur had to take orders (and get fired by)from a haberdasher who was an artillery officer in WW1 (Lieutenant)wouldn’t that be similar? He did make Colonel in the reserves but had minimal military education.

[@donaldshotts4429]

True, but he also pulled off capturing France and the rest of your Europe while his generals wanted to wait til 1942. The problem was what to do after taking Europe? The Battle of Britain and invading Russia was the beginning of the end

[@keithammleter3824]

He couldn't have been too bad. He in fact got the loyalty and respect from generals. Some right to the very end. you don't get from corporal to leader of an entire country by merely displaying the talents of a corporal. Hitler actually made just two vital mistakes:- a) he assumed Britain would be unable to acquire the fighting support of another country; b) he did not expect the USA to come to Britain's aid as a fighting force as a result of the Tripartite Agreement (between Germany, Italy, and Japan) when Japan attached Pearl Harbour. Hitler's decision to attack the Soviet Union was an act of desperation - the Royal Navy made it impossible for Germany to get adequate quantities of petroleum, so Hitler set his sights on the USSR's oil. Having said that, Hitler's tendency to micro-manage when things went wrong, instead of confining himself to broad strategy, didn't help. Nor did his loyalty to useless nings like Goering. (you've heard the saying: when the going gets tough, the tough get going. with Goering, it was a case of when the going got tough, Goering goes off - on holiday, hunting deer or similar) Some people have high IQ. Some have outstanding math ability. Some are musical geniuses. A very few, whether well educated or not, have the ability to inspire others, and get them to do their very best. Hitler was one of those few. Sure, they don't teach much about strategy and logistics to corporals. they don't teach it to prime ministers, presidents, or chancellors either. Neither should need it - their job is to ensure that the right people who do get the training get to do the job, and approve it when its done.

[@kurtvonfricken6829]

@@keithammleter3824 The biggest mistake Hitler made was declaring war on the United States. He had no idea of the industrial resources that would soon be dropped on top of him. Once he declared war on the US he had less than zero percent chance of winning.

[@truthwarrior3076]

@@keithammleter3824 The problem with Hitler was the dilettante mentality, stating and deciding on many things without extensive qualification, especially institutional or academic qualification. He never attended an Academy of Fine Arts and yet he considered himself a man of great artistic knowledge. The same with his other interests like architecture, history and military tactics, all approached from a dilettante stance.

[@remy12]

No Stalingrad!! Not letting the 6th army breakout and losing the entire 6th army was a big turning point of the war.

[@princeofcupspoc9073]

The 6th army was already out of ammunition and heavy weapons. A breakout would in say December would have saved a few thousand troops, but it was hardly an army any longer. Sending the 6th army to Stalingrad in the first place was the error.

[@RevMikeBlack]

Although I've studied the subject for five decades, I don't think I'll ever quite understand how the nation of Bach, Beethoven & Goethe could go so completely insane. I think it should serve as a warning that no nation or its people should ever feel that it can't possibly happen to them. It can.

[@kurtvonfricken6829]

When people have total authority it tends to being out the worst in them.

[@Makeyourselfbig]

America elected Trump, and may do so again. The UK elected Boris Johnson. The Italians elected Meloni. Bolsinaro in Brazil, Orban in Hungary, etc. Fat old flag waving white guys over promising but under delivering. Elected by shy racist aging electorates who think they can hide from the world, at least until they die off.

[@jozefserf2024]

You need to look closer at how the global banks were screwing the German people. Don't forget also the 3 million rapes of German women and children by the allies, nor the incineration of 10,000 women and children as they slept, nor the dropping of 2 atomic bombs on civilians.

[@helloicanseeu2]

it will happen again and again, history tells u. The difference is the place and time.

[@charliebrownie4158]

When following a mad man they become mad men and women themselves then blame atrocities on it being war.

[@hughbarton5743]

I am not French, and have no particular affection for the French as a people. Their martial prowess is , by and large, considered at best poor. ..a common trope. But it was the French army's courageous fight to the south east of Dunkirk that bought the time for the British to evacuate. Without air power, armor, and heavy artillery, they executed what is unquestionably the most difficult task of any soldier, from private to field marshall: a planned withdrawal, under fire, against a superior foe.They fought like demons, by contemporary German accounts. Using tactics of fire and movement, they continued to slow the Germany's rapid advance. Their failures were clearly due to mediocre leadership, both military and political. Thanks for a great video.

[@AbsurdityViewer]

the French have always fielded a professional and spirited armed force but their leadership has always been the achilles heels.

[@ryanstoyles7611]

yeaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH HITLER ISSUING A FULL STOP OF ALL GERMAN FORCES ON MAY 24 the dude was a rothschild agent and HESS KNEW ALL ABOUT IT

[@juliantheapostate8295]

'Their martial prowess is , by and large, considered at best poor.' Is that why a huge proportion of military terminology consists of French words? Corp Materiel Reconnaissance Coup de main To give just a few examples

[@hughbarton5743]

I am entirely in agreement with you.

[@neverenoughrum3276]

France is considered one of the most impressive military nations of modern history, their record on the battlefield is really only rivalled by one or two other countries, they’ve conquered land worldwide and successfully defended plenty of times across history - WW2 is constantly pointed to as an example of them doing a horrible job (they definitely had horrible leadership) but let’s not forget that they didn’t have anything like the Channel use as a natural defence, they were unfortunately located in such a way as to be very open and vulnerable to attack.

[@RegTarg011]

Using Luftwaffe against thick, huge number of infantry was actually a good call. Only downside is the bombers didn't have fighters to defend them, at that time.

[@charlesburgoyne-probyn6044]

His speech taped in Finland is illuminating, he was also believing that the allies would attempt to land in Normandy rather than Calais owing to the wide beaches and the lack of major ports on the English side opposite whereas Portsmouth, Southampton, Plymouth all faced Normandy and the slapton sands exercise which was attacked resembled Normandy more than the Calais. His errors was being decieved by their own initial successes in 1940 which were spectacular not buying more Tungsten in anticipation of a war. When the war became protracted, slow to organise a war economy by which time it was too late not wanting to upset the social contract especially given the hardship of the WW1 whereas Britain had no illusions in 1939 . However after holding Britain to a stalemate deciding to turn on the Soviet Union that was hardly an assistant to Britain against Germany despite the idealogical rivalry between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. Then in solidarity with Japan, who didn't declare war against the Soviet Union declaring war on the USA although it was clearly biased in Britain's favour . Wiping out Poland, France, Denmark, Belgium, Norway, Luxembourg, Holland Yugoslavia was brilliant and holding Britain to a tie was a fair achievement but entangled with Britain deciding to expand against the Soviet Union and the USA was nutty

[@NYG5]

To be fair even if they mobilized a war economy early, they never had the gas ro run everything at once

[@charlesburgoyne-probyn6044]

@@NYG5 indeed this was their biggest impediment as acknowledged by Hitler himself

[@EllieMaes-Grandad]

They were socialists. The money would run out, eventually, as it always does for them. Other people's money, of course, plundered from conquered countries . . . !

[@kurtvonfricken6829]

His second biggest mistake was invading the Soviet Union. His biggest mistake was declaring war against the United States.

[@NYG5]

@@kurtvonfricken6829 invading the USSR wasn't a mistake, his entire ideology was seizing it's resources so Germany could be self sufficient. His mistake was warring with the Allies instead of invading the USSR and making it look like he was the good guy. The Soviets were going to invade eastern and central Europe anyways

[@antonioberuff5033]

And that's why you never send a corporal to do a general's work

[@johnrobert385mm]

A corporal with megalomaniac issue .

[@jimbo43ohara51]

@@johnrobert385mm Hitler's whole persona was chilling. If he had been clean shaven and without that head wear you could have mistaken him for the village pastor.

[@Ometecuhtli]

It has also been argued that Stalin's "depression" was in fact a tactic he used to see who would among the communists' ranks rise to challenge him, similar to the openness tactic, the olive branch or something like that was called, used to single out people critical of the government, can't remember if it was used before or after the war, again to know who might be able to bring instability to his government and authority.

[@juhanipitkakari5999]

Only a military genius is able to wage war on two fronts same time...

[@SKa-tt9nm]

Four fronts. Germany had to support Italy and was getting counter-attacked in Holland and the north sea.

[@otherguylb5629]

He had no other option. He could not attack England via the sea, so decided to conquer Soviet Union to get more resources. The plan itself wasn't bad, but he never listened to his generals. He thought he was military genius. He did not listen to his best generals in 1941, then sacked them when his own plan did not work - now that was genius...

[@zupnanazwa]

Wage and win because any idiot can wage two front war

[@oliveryt7168]

@@otherguylb5629 "so decided to conquer Soviet Union to get more resources".. and that was the dumbest idea ever.. How did he imagine he would control all this territory?

[@keithgreenan7300]

Only a fool would would do that

[@thumtlnguyen3626]

I watched a documentary that Hitler got angry because Gen. Paulus surrendered and didn't shoot himself. When hearing this Gen.Paulus said I'm not gonna kill myself for a Bohemian sergeant. That says it all that some German generals thought of Hitler.

[@amorosogombe9650]

Wearing military uniform like a great conquering general while he left the army a wounded corporal.

[@johnholliday6324]

Calling Hitler a military strategist is like calling Jeffery Dahmer a gourmet cook.

[@Krcutb]

Taking over a country in 6 weeks requires some strategy

[@oliveryt7168]

@@Krcutb In the end it's like with football players: They dont really rely on what their coach is telling them... Whether they win or lose is being decided on the palying field...

[@kurtvonfricken6829]

@@Krcutb Some. But he declared war on the US without a chance of ever causing a bit of damage to it. Even Japan hit the mainland US with a little ordnance.

[@stevensteelforce2701]

@@Krcutb Germans got over excited, going to war against God. Germans Tarnished the image of Jesus Christ and his followers.

[@uniqtraveller2162]

This documentary should be preserved for the future generations! It is one of the best documentary ever

[@annpeerkat2020]

unfortunate about the many inaccuracies....

[@KhalDrogo76]

His 3 major mistakes that were the doom of his empire was breaking the Molotov/Ribbentrop treaty with the USSR...and by declaring war on the US and the UK. USSR, US and UK military and navy and airforce were alot different than going at it with Belgium and France and Greece. He didnt stand a chance fighting all 3 at once

[@Yojimb001]

Hitler was no military genius in the Napoleonic or Alexandrian sense of the phrase, but his generals were not a bunch of brilliant minds either (with the exception of Rommel, Manstein and Donitz). The problem with Hitler was that he was moving way too fast and not reloading quickly enough to the point of being spread way, way thin on three separate fronts (North Africa, Russia and Western Europe) and then completely depleted his resources and manpower. And although he did authorize some brilliant last-ditch efforts to win the war (rockets, nerve gas and jet fighters) but he thought the atomic bomb and heavy water experiments were a waste of time. And the very worst aspect of Hitler's life was that his inner circle of Goebbels, Goring, Hess and Himmler were a complete band of miscreants, and he was basically a misanthrope himself. My friends and I talk about this stuff all the time and our biggest question is always "how the hell did these goose-stepping Hugo Boss wearing idiots ever take control of most of the western world?"

[@813infinityfilms123]

They sold their souls to the devil for power, fame and loot!

[@stevenleslie8557]

This is one of the best documentaries on this subject I've ever seen, and I've seen a lot of them.

[@sukhmaidickoff]

And in the end the coward, who demanded from his soldiers that they either fought until their victory or until their death, shot a bullet into his own brain. What a coward.

[@clovergrass9439]

Listen to Leon Degrelle discuss AH's historically groundbreaking tactics, he was there 4 years on the front and had met all top European leaders.

[@MartinZiegert]

The Audio in which Hitler admits his surprise/defeat is an Audio recording, taken in Finland, and it was recorded without Hitler's knowledge. Check your sources.

[@ulicadluga]

Oh. I forgot to mention that the German troops were quite "high" on "Pervetin", a powerful amphetamine that enabled them to go practically without sleep for three or four days.

[@marcgiardina4043]

I appeciate the fact this documentary did'nt fog all the gruesome aspects of war like so sites are doing today.People need to see this part of war too!

[@mike.47]

How did the generals really see this former corporal as their ultimate boss? They must have been thrilled when Hitler opened up a second front in operation Barbarossa.

[@princeofcupspoc9073]

The government is a general's boss, in any army (short of a military coup).

[@WheelsRCool]

Actually, the generals were the ones eager to open up the second front in the East. Hitler was the one who was more cautious.

[@r.w.bottorff7735]

Almost to a man, none were so ignorant as to celebrate the opening of a second front, most had severe reservations.

[@davidbudge8359]

Just incase anyone else is interested it was British photoreconicesce not French that spotted Gudarian

[@EllieMaes-Grandad]

The importance not fully realised, the subsequent bombing attacks ineffectual. The pattern of early-war combat . . . . and general G had air support in profusion.

[@VladimirPutin-p3t]

At 13:55 "the Fuhrer has made Germany great again... JUST AS PRESEDENT TRUMP WILL MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!! GOD BLESS YOU PRESEDENT TRUMP❤❤❤

[@JLWestaz]

It's rather telling that the British had the means to assassinate Hitler in 1943 but determined he was more valuable to then alive.

[@colejames423]

Allegedly. That whole walk in the garden alone bit was no sure thing.

[@TomFynn]

Hitlers mistake has been summed up by Londo Mollari: "Only an idiot fights a war on two fronts. Only the heir to the throne of the Kingdom of Idiots would fight a war on twelve fronts."

[@robinstevenson6690]

Overall, in terms of overall quality, this is probably one of the best - if not the very best - documentaries ever made about WWII.

[@stevejessemey8428]

Simply the best WW2 documentary I have watched to date . Extremely informative and well narrated.

[@klauscottonswab2322]

Watch Europa the Last Battle.. You won't find it on YT. These are Lies and smearing. Promise, watch what I send.. It might be the most important thing you'll ever see.

[@matthewstavrowsky2393]

He was stupid to declare war on the U.S. after Pearl Harbor. Once America was in, it was just a matter of time.

[@JamesRichards-mj9kw]

He never declared war. The US was already at war with Germany in 1940, as Admiral King had confirmed at the time.

[@laisphinto6372]

bro it wouldnt have mattered sending thousands of tons tanks,shells and supplies doesnt make you Neutral. the USA was mever neutral in these wars

[@markwhitton8785]

Hilariously, Churchill loved winding him up by calling him Corporal Hitler 😂

[@patricklarry6645]

He wanted land at any cost. It costed Germany and his life.

[@romanclay1913]

hitler tried to avoid another 2 front war but when he failed to win the Battle of Britain and then attacked the USSR, then when he was defeated at Stalingrad, he was doomed.

[@Napolean46]

He was an idiot.

[@Crashed131963]

Declaring war on the US did not help Hitler. The US alone could outproduce 3 Germany's .

[@mithunkartha]

Downfall probably started post Typhoon.

[@otherguylb5629]

@@mithunkartha His generals begged him not to divide the army after victory at Smolensk and go straight for Moscow. Hitler called them idiots and demanded that the army stopped(to reinforce North and South fronts) and attack Moscow in late Autumn. But then he was defeated and blamed it on generals of course.

[@kpaxchocho3327]

Hitler didn't lost the battle of Britain. If he wanted a full invasion it would had taken him less than 2 months. Stop listening to propaganda

[@LionHeart1189]

There's a lot of clips in this I've never seen my whole life, and I watched my fair share of documentaries

[@erikracz4162]

It seems as though, those first defeats on the Russian front, made him go crazy and eventually did him in.

[@burrellbikes4969]

The biggest mistake both Hitler and the German planner made was thinking Stalin would give up. He had endless men, endless material, and endless land. Had the Germans captured Moscow, he would have simply retreated the front to the Urals and dared Hitler to keep coming. It was simple math from the first day of the invasion of Russia. Stalin is the guy who killed many of his generals, the guy who allowed much of the armies facing the Germans in the early weeks of the invasion to be simply wiped out. He wasn’t going to throw up his hands and give up if Moscow fell.

[@Whatt787]

Hitler destroyed most of the Russian army in just two months, at one point only 50,000 troops were guarding Moscow, but the Kiev operation delayed the Moscow advance by two months, and then the rains and muds came, then the btutal Winter came early--Stalin was paranoid about the Japanesde invading Russia, so his best winter troops were far away thousands of miles to the East until December

[@Whatt787]

Agree, because the Nazis never developed long range bombers, they couldn't reach the Urals--Hitler was hoping the Soviet Union would just continue to collapse like the first two months of the war, but that didn't happen

[@burrellbikes4969]

@droppeddogs true, but that is a different question. We are just looking at the possibility that Germany could invade and beat Russia. It was just too big with too many resources. All Stalin had to do was decide to not give up and just wait for the Germans to lose all their men and material. Even if Moscow had fallen in the first year, Stalin wouldn’t have quit.

[@uniqtraveller2162]

The Voice of the narrator is the best ever! This man absolutely deserves trophies

[@markbridle9905]

The oilfields of Eastern Russia he needed.

[@finncullen]

Master Yoda, you're back!

[@hankw69]

If you like Caligula, may I recommend the old series, I, Claudius? John Hurt's portrayal of the mad Cesar is excellent and very disturbing.

[@princeofcupspoc9073]

Just don't look for any historical accuracy.

[@valerietaylor9615]

Historical accuracy be damned! That was one of the greatest series the BBC ever did!

[@valerietaylor9615]

Historical accuracy be damned! That was one of the greatest series the BBC ever did!

[@aesirgaming1014]

Hitler was a poor strategist period. The major victories of the Wehrmacht were primarily won before Hitler started to exert increasing control. Even the plans that are often credited to Hitler, such as pushing through the Ardennes, were not really his own ideas. In general, Hitler was an amateurish (though lucky) gambler. He gambled on the Rheinland, Anschluss and Sudetenland and won. However, like many novice gamblers, he was unable to stop himself or conduct a reassessment of odds and so his luck ran out with Poland. Once the war started, many of his victories are more attributable to German military doctrine and to general incompetence in the Allied command, as opposed to any strategic brilliance on Hitler's part. His strategy against Poland was actually incredibly poor. It left the French border virtually undefended and there's a strong argument that, had France attacked aggressively in the West, the Nazis may have suffered a very early defeat. However, the French stayed put, completely committed to the idea of fighting a defensive war and the Germans got a big assist from the Soviets backdooring the Poles. While the German invasion of Norway surprised everyone, it actually hurt the Germans in many ways, sinking a large percentage of the Kriegsmarine's surface fleet. Similarly, Hitler's halt order to the tank divisions in France (albeit pushed by Goering) allowed the survival of the BEF and multiple French units. German military doctrine also helped a great deal. Germany pursued was one of the first armies to use the idea of 'commander's intent' to govern its formations. In this doctrine, commanders state their overall intent as mission objectives, then leave subordinates free to devise plans to accomplish that intent. Giving greater freedom to field commanders allowed German forces to outmaneuver and outfight their Allied counterparts, who were stuck waiting for orders from higher. The Allied command system wasn't at all helped by the fact that the French commander was billeted in a house without a phone, so communications had to go to headquarters, via runner to the commander, then back to headquarters via runner and then be called back down to the subordinate unit. Anyone with any military experience will tell you that's a recipe for losing a war and the French lost in short order. German forces also used close air support effectively by equipping tank commanders with radios and giving them the ability to speak to the Luftwaffe, thereby directing airstrikes were they were needed in a timely manner (which ensured that targeting data was relevant). These were massive advantages, but they are doctrinal, not strategic. The most consequential failed gamble was Hitler's decision to turn on the Soviets. Once again, as a strategist Hitler failed to adequately consider the sheer size of the USSR, the will of the Russian people to fight, and the logistical needs of the German army. He also failed to make adjustments when Mussolini's fiascos required the rerouting of German forces. As the war in the East turned against him, Hitler started to exert more and more control over the army. Interestingly, in the aftermath of Stalingrad, Stalin gave more and more leeway to Soviet field commanders. This probably helped to turn the tide as any general will tell you that it's hard to win a war when it's being dictated to you by a guy sitting hundreds of miles away from the frontline. Hitler's orders became progressively more and more out of touch, more relevant to the fantasy army he believed he commanded as opposed to the actual Wehrmacht that still existed. So now, Hitler was not a great strategist. He was an opportunist and a novice gambler who happened to get very lucky. However, when his luck ran out, he showed that he had an almost complete inability to adjust and adapt to the changing situation, an inability that caused needless losses of men and materiel amongst German forces.

[@noahschmartz2354]

Amazing that the Germans picked a man to lead them who never held a steady job, held a degree or even finished high school . In other words an untested dope.

[@lloydchristmas1086]

Germany would have lost the war in the winter of 41 had Hitler listened to his generals in the aftermath of the defeat at the gates of moscow.

[@elxse4478]

Cool story lil bro

[@LongJohnLiver]

​@@elxse4478your cope is hilarious

[@jdee8407]

The Kiev encirclement that capture over 700,000 Soviet prisoners was his idea. So not really.

[@VegaTakeOver]

Ive been on 4chan too much, this was a real humanization of this man. Thank you for such a good documentary for free

[@VladimirPutin-p3t]

PRESEDENT DONALD J TRUMP DIED ON THE CROSS 4 OUR SINS NOW HE IS RETURN TO SAVE AMERICA GOD BLESS PRESEDENT TRUMP HIS ONLY SON❤❤❤❤

[@ronniebishop2496]

To you younger people, anytime you see someone running around in a military uniform, he’s going to start a war Sooner or later.

[@oliveryt7168]

What? Like all the military personel that wear miliary uniforms?

[@ronniebishop2496]

@@oliveryt7168 No like the president of a country. Or dictator even more, didn’t you see Hitler. Didn’t you know he wore a military uniform not a suit like everyone else! Who did you think this story was about,?

[@Crashed131963]

*Hitler Will Not Stop at That* Can't include Poland with Czechoslovakia and Austria . France and Britain declared war when Germany invaded Poland so France and Germany were going to be fighting no matter what .

[@princeofcupspoc9073]

Er, maybe not. France did NOT take the initiative, except a minor raid into Germany. They just sat and waited for Germany to attack them, at the same time trying to find some way of re-instating the peace. Britain was more involved because of their need to protect their "empire." But of course we need to discuss the evil that Britain spread in their colonial years...

[@Crashed131963]

@@princeofcupspoc9073 You mean the "Phony War" could have gone on and on until France and Germany made peace . I wonder if that could have happened .

[@pvuor]

A fine documentary! Only one detail caught my ear: Germany's attack to the East was called the first genocidal war. How about the war against first nations in America? Was that not a genocidal war, aimed at gaining lebensraum?

[@bobmcrae5939]

And let's not forget the genocidal wars the first nations in North America fought against each other, particularly noteworthy was the Iroquois destruction of the Hurons.

[@phillipjoy4820]

Not at all. North America was scarcely populated.

[@Erik-by1eg]

USA USA USA USA

[@IbrarH-sn3oy]

​@@bobmcrae5939no where near as bad.

[@basemanawakens6089]

​@@phillipjoy482020 million people were living here before white people came over from Europe.

[@Oooo-bi7bi]

His suicide is a good enough admission of guilt

[@ulicadluga]

0:29:09 - this audio recording was made in a railway carriage on June 2, 1942, when he visited Finnish Field-Marshall Mannerheim on his Birthday. There was no "film clip" involved.

[@vlastimirdjuzastoiljkovic]

One of the best ww2 English-speaking documentary videos, without any bias in favor of britain or the us.

[@vincentlussier8264]

I have seen some really amazing document archive films on Hitler before but this one is just stunning and I love seeing film of WW2!

[@jimbo43ohara51]

Hitlers' plan to have the armistice with the French signed in the same carriage as ended WW1 was shambolic. It all ended in tears. So much for the hubris of the great leader.

[@teds8928]

Attacking Russia and Declaring War Against the USA were his biggest mistakes

[@dasdasdatics420]

On the contrary. Attacking Russia was Hitler's master plan. The sharing of the polish invasion with Stalin was a ruse to get trusted by Stalin and no doubt help to spread disinformation about fictitious traitors in the soviet army which worked perfectly and managed to inflict serious harm to the soviet army during the purges of their officers.

[@orkgray3316]

The problem with a strong man rule is he always calls the shots and over rules the rest with the final decision to go to battle and all the logistics with it. The crucial one was when he decided to attack Moscow just before fall. He went against the advises of his top generals ill prepared for winter war, he went plainly against common sense and the historical lesson of napoleon's defeat and retreat. Anyway he was destined for failure against the Almighty who had set him up for this great disaster.

[@Justin.Martyr]

*Your GOD, SuksMyCok*

[@orkgray3316]

@@Justin.Martyr may you live

[@yawgmoth6568]

The Almighty must be a pretty big asshole if he let tens of millions suffer and die just to set up a dramatic fall for one guy.

[@orkgray3316]

@yawgmoth6568 there will be more if hitler had won..

[@Justin.Martyr]

​@@yawgmoth6568*BAD Things OnLy HaPPen to those who--->* *Have Rejected Lord Jesus!!!* *Look at Me!!!! NO Bad Thing Ever Happens to me!!!!*

[@stephenhosking7384]

Great documentary. I've seen so many videos on "Hitler's mistakes" and this is the best start-to-finish summary, excellently illustrated.

[@VidaBlue317]

Britain hasn't been conquered in 900 years? That's impressive

[@EllieMaes-Grandad]

. . . . but if you turn up on the Kent coast in a rubber boat, we'll give you four-star accommodation, free health care, pocket money and, eventually, a house and a pension, as well as bringing over your family from wherever . . .

[@flybobbie1449]

Until the last few years, not a shot fired.

[@news_internationale2035]

Glorious Revolution technically was more recent.

[@mochiebellina8190]

Now taken over by fruits and nuts... like Calif.

[@whysoserious7553]

Lol now conquered by Indians 😂😂😂

[@TheScandoman]

Wait! The title frame says "Hitler as a military strategist", and then the text title says 'Tactics'... I sure hope you don't think they are the same thing!

[@mraurelianbme]

The soundtrack in this is exelent. I would love to know if I could find it somewhere.

[@Ogmonster343]

One word - Enigma - The allies has the battle plans of the Germans. The Germans had no chance of winning,every other reason is moot.

[@phillipjoy4820]

I don't think the backlash of the German people against Hitler is accurate.

[@servionattal1131]

Esse sim, é um vídeo sem interferência, sem ficar aparecendo pessoas todo momento tirando a emoção dos fatos.

[@marksauck3399]

One thing I remember hearing a number of times is that Hitler didn’t hate but respected the British and in the beginning, didn’t want to go to war with them. When Churchill got really pissed off at Germany and wanted to take it to Hitler, old Adolf didn’t like that and changed his opinion. You know the story, the Battle of Britain and all, but why Hitler didn’t invade and concur England, who knows. They were ripe for the taking. Again Hitler didn’t look down on the British like he did the Russians. Also, the USSR had a lot more of what he wanted in natural resources and wanted that for Germany more. The other stupid thing Hitler did was underestimating what the US was eventually capable of doing against his armies.

[@mikeohagan2206]

he wanted the british control of the seas and its colonial wealth, but never expected them to fight back and win. winston wasnt like chamberlain who was an appeaser and was suffering from cancer. i also believe that britain would have never ever surrendered.

[@Brainbaskit]

😂

[@klauscottonswab2322]

@@mikeohagan2206 That's absolute poppycock! He took the control away from the Banks and began printing their own currency, backed by work. That's when War became inevitable so Germany started rearming. Nothing you hear here on YT is true. All demonetization with lots of tritones, or

[@adams1114]

He had hopes that British will be allies

[@Sharky-White-Death]

Germany did not have a carrier fleet like Japan. They also lacked a 4 engine heavy bomber and Naval landing craft to land on British beaches. Hitler lost the war in Ukraine Aug-1941.

[@jetflores5391]

the mentality of Churchill was insane.

[@ulicadluga]

09:30 - what IS remarkable is that the French defence seemed to rely entirely on artillery as the Germans crossed the Meuse. The Stukas were bombers and not suitable for aerial combat. In the 9 months since the invasion of Poland, France and the UK should have been able to devise an air defence system - at least for the airfields. What was the reason for the Anglo-French lack of coordination? It appears that using the wrong parts of your forces at the wrong time and in the wrong place was certainly the "observable mistake" by the French Generals. Of course, "surprise attacks" make up for an inferiority of forces - but surely the Allies would have been quite aware of the "Blitzkrieg" tactics Germany was using after 1939?

[@jerrycoomberry2541]

It's important to mention that Britain and France declared war on Germany. Not the other way around as it's presented in this documentary.

[@robinhood4911]

In addition, it could be added that Hitler repeatedly proposed ending the war after the fall of Poland and France.

[@youbidoubidou]

@@robinhood4911 - Hitler lied & broke treaties all the time.

[@mobpsy1526]

Very good point. Also the most likely reason for Hitler to stop his panzers before Dunkirk was an intended peace with Britain which would have been impossible attacking their troops. After taking France he wanted a war only with the USSR at all costs, but Churchill could see that making peace would be a grave mistake.

[@zupnanazwa]

Ever heard of a concept of fucking around and finding out?

[@princeofcupspoc9073]

Britain and France acted on their existent treaties with Poland. It wasn't a political decision, short of throwing out the treaties.

[@masterbelch1293]

Coming from sub arctic, getting -40oC here a few days a year. -20 to -30 for a lot of the year. Seeing these nazi soldiers in their little grey jackets made me feel cold. Then seeing soviet forces with skis and big white parkas storming in. Rip. Artic is very OP defense. Especially when the enemy is ill prepared.

[@princeofcupspoc9073]

Arctic? Like northern Norway? This was not in the arctic.

[@mrdflash2127]

I reckon the plan was to win the war before temperatures drop.

[@lewdecker1442]

They thought they would defeat Russia before the cold winter.

[@TheNelster72]

​​@@princeofcupspoc9073OP said they came from the sub Arctic. Can't find anywhere where they say the Germans were in the Arctic.

[@JosephMitchellMitchell]

EXCELLENT 👍

[@Smartnotsmartz]

every other documentary clearly states hitler specifically selected stalingrad for the name im confused

[@lloydchristmas1086]

He did not...not at all. There was other cities that held Stalins name in the Soviet Union that had already fallen to the Germans. There were important reasons for cutting off river traffic on the volga and taking the city itself.

[@dawood121derful]

The French military intelligence assessment of the German advance through the Ardennes was a miserable failure to the French people, criminal in fact.

[@nasaihyana]

Damn the IDF learned well

[@user-vp5iy8ec9q]

Sadly these Authoritarians & dictators still very much alive, active & make their dream clear, claim of land and sea & most are nuclear powers with the world dependency of their fuel and trades.

[@cezarameye1919]

Amazing video. Some very small incorrect details but no one is perfect and the important things are very clear and correct. Also like the fact that the video is made in a more neutral way while also showing the absolute horror of the N@zi regime. Very good channel.

[@nightingale7829]

Lesen sie dazu die hochbrisante George Friedman STRATFOR Rede 2015 (Chicago Council on Global Affairs 2015) dann wissen sie, WER für die zwei Weltkriege und den Kalten Krieg verantwortlich war.

[@IwasInThe60s]

I am not a professional historian, but I am extremely fascinated by the era of the Nazis. Having watched hundreds of hours of videos about that, I think Hitler made three major miscalculations, that cost him the war. Firstly, he believed that if he let the British soldiers go on the shores of Dunkirk (Duinkerken), Britain's government would see him as a reasonable man and negotiate a peace. Secondly, he believed that the Allies would support him in a war against the Communist Russia. Thirdly (and this was probably not entirely his fault) he invaded the Soviet Union during its coldest era in eons.

[@robertduluth8994]

It wasnt too far fetched for hitler to think the capitalist nationes would assist against the USSR, after all they were the only odd one out without private property , hitler after all was only given power because he promised to eliminate the enemies of the ruling class( organized labor). Tons of American newspaper praised him and Mussolini.

[@samueldoss9608]

Hitler thought he could take Russia before the brutal winter set in, due to the success of blitzkrieg in 3 weeks But he split his forces in Russia and it took longer than anticipated The Russian winter, no supply lines, and Stalin's policy fight to the death or die as a trader made operation barborosa a failure Everything would have been different if Hitler chose to accept Stalin as an allie Hitler forgot a very important rule Never invade mother Russia

[@TheDennys21]

If you were a historian you would know that no matter how you look at it, he was not able to win.

[@samueldoss9608]

@@TheDennys21 Enjoy the new world order I'm not getting into this Have a nice day

[@dr.barrycohn5461]

Never let poorly trained corporal run an army.

[@AbsurdityViewer]

unless that poorly trained corporal won two military decorations, worked for the post war military intelligence, waged street battles with communist gangs, won a political victory in a tough election, re-armed a nation with modern military equipment and tactics, survived the great depression unscathed, praised by Time magazine, Roosevelt, The King of England and the famed Kennedy Klan, won the battle of France, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Norway, Yugoslavia, Greece and almost brought the Soviet Union to her knees but for the Japanese failure to support the cause... yes... never let a poorly trained corporal run an army.

[@kurtvonfricken6829]

@@AbsurdityViewer Taking on The Soviet Union, England, and the United States was absolute suicide.

[@AbsurdityViewer]

@@kurtvonfricken6829I certainly agree but your comment is without context... are you referring to Japan failing to attack the Soviets? All military simulations show that Russia would have collapsed if the Japanese had unleashed their 1million+ troops into eastern Siberia post Pearl Harbor. Allow China to internally squabble with the Commies and the Nationalists. otherwise the 'absolute suicide' you speak of worked well in 1914; Russia collapsed, Britain was bled dry and the Entente was fought to a draw in the west (they even had the French still in it!!); no German lands were touched by the war. Had Russia collapsed early in 1942 then America would be alone (the British Empire would dissolve into the sectarian retreats seen in the 1950s) and would probably seek armistice or an 'honorable peace'

[@uniqtraveller2162]

The best documentary ever.

[@CorneliuZeleaCodreanu9]

Way too biased. Can t call it a documentary

[@kriskris2625]

This is probably the best documentary about ww2 and Hitler I ever saw. Thank you very much!

[@oliveryt7168]

Read the Hitler biography of Joachim Fest (one of the most important historians in Germany). I read it in German (I am German) and it's written like a novel: You get to know Hitler and follow him through his life until the end...

[@kriskris2625]

@@oliveryt7168 Thanks ☠️

[@Lofi-Radio777]

You're german? You live in germany? I'd like to know, is there still Nazi support in germany? Are there people who still believe in the Nazi ideology? (It's an honest question,i always wanted to know that.Thanks) @@oliveryt7168

[@slamdunktiger]

Hitler six pool strategy fails against Russian mass marines.

[@slamdunktiger]

I’m glad there’s three fellow StarCraft fans here lol

[@alexbourdeau4438]

Less footage, more analysis. The capture of Sedan was just the beginning. The rapid race to the channel ports by Guderian's corps (which Hitler tried to slow down) is what sealed the Allies fate. They had expected a replay of WWI with the Wermacht sweeping towards Paris via the low countries. So they marched north to meet them, and were cut off from their supply lines by the German thrust through the Ardennes and across southern Belgium. You missed these salient factors.

[@davidjackson2690]

Hitler was NOT a military/ stratigic genius. In fact he was a fool.

[@ericbush3399]

This is the truest reflection of Hitler's underestimation and flippant attitude toward his enemies.

[@stevensteelforce2701]

That is how Narcissists behave and lose at the end.

[@johnshields6852]

Luckily he made some boneheaded moves, if you look at the timelines, thankfully he was an idiot at times, crucial times.

[@psycho8927]

Who are you

[@EllieMaes-Grandad]

Best asset the allies had . . .

[@NoNameNo.5]

The best answer I ever heard when people ask..."Why did he invade Poland after Munich Agreement?! Why did he invade the soviets?! Why didn't he pull back from the pointless Stalingrad?! Why did he declare war on the United States?!" Answer: "Well, he would not have been Hitler had he not done those things."

[@dr.barrycohn5461]

By the comments, I'd think everyone's a military genius. Everyone here never heard of context.

[@Helpmefd]

The holocaust was not the first ethnic cleansing, perhaps even “genocide”, technically. However, just given the scale and industrial pace, explicitly taking out an entire race? It was the first of its magnitude and industrial scale and warrants a unique intentional classification, aside from ethnic cleansing.

[@richardwhitfill5253]

A lot of information in this interesting documentary. Thanks for posting. Richard in Dallas

[@PhilipDarragh]

Wasn't it abt 330k British and French troops at Dunkirk, not just British troops?😊

[@EllieMaes-Grandad]

100k-plus French, who then opted to go back home . . .

[@PhilipDarragh]

@@EllieMaes-Grandad Mike, tks 4 ur reply. What do U mean that 100k+ French went home. What is the point UR trying 2 make? Hope 2 hear FM U soon. God bless U and ur family.🙂

[@EllieMaes-Grandad]

The point is that much of the effort (and losses, ships and men) at Dunkerque was wasted. Luftwaffe losses during the Battle of France (1940) as prisoners of the French were returned to them after France's surrender. They had been asked to ship them to overseas territory, but refused. Thus the "narrow margin" during the Battle of Britain was even smaller than it need be. French navy refused to continue with us, so we shot-up their ships. Then there was Syria, Madagascar, Tunisia - France was not heroic . . . @@PhilipDarragh

[@tedwarden1608]

@@PhilipDarragh. The majority of the French troops shipped from Dunkirk went back to France their country was being invaded. 🤷‍♂️

[@PhilipDarragh]

@@tedwarden1608 With all due respect 2U sir. It seems 2 me U don't know the facts. Abt 330k British and French troops were rescued FM Dunkirk. The F troops joined Gen DeGaulle's free French in England. All these troops were used on D-Day, on June 6th, 1944. This is just general knowledge that everyone shd know. There R many fine books and videos on KZbin abt this subject that U can use 2 research WWII subjects. One of my favorite channels is WW2 In Real Time, with Indy Neidel. If U like this subject, U will like this channel. Hv a good day and god bless U and ur family my friend.

[@brodyberry6253]

Can you please do one on his martial tactic prowess and successes too? I think that would be interesting to see. And also a little more historically balanced you know.

[@anonymous6694]

you a neo nazi my guy? or just genuinely want to know

[@k.gopalakrishnan4819]

Celebrated historian Allan Bullock has written in A Study In Tyranny: To achieve what he did,Hitler needed and possessed talents out of the ordinary the sum total of which political genius,however evil it's fruits. It was Hitler who provided the indispensable leadership,the flair for grasping opportunities and boldness in using them. Before the war,Hitler won a series of diplomatic triumphs which challenged comparison with those of Bismark. During the war upto the invasion of Russia,he won a series of military victories which ecplised the fame of Ludendorf & Molke which challenged comparison with the victories of Fredrick The Great and even Napoleon. It is customary to decry this achievement to the disunity among his opponents,Guderian & Manstein. If there were disunity among his opponents,it was Hitler who divined it. If Guderian was the who showed what could be done with Panzer divisions,it was Hitler who provided 10 such Panzer divisions when there was serious opposition to motorized divisions. If Manstein was the man who showed plan to bypass Magino Line fortifications , it was Hitler who took it up and pushed through. If Hitler is made responsible for the later disasters in Russia,he is entitled to a major share of the credit for the victories of 1940. The German generals cannot have it both ways.

[@brodyberry6253]

@@k.gopalakrishnan4819 YOU ROCK SIR! lol. thank you for the insight and information here. Because i didn’t know a lot of those things you shared. I’m also going to look up some of the work done by Allan Bullock. Because i really love to learn about WWll and other history too. i’m just trying to learn the truth about different events that happened you know? But it seems like especially with WWll anyway it seems like A LOT of people that put out stuff about it. It’s like they let their bias an hatred of the Führer get in the way of explaining the the actual events that took place. But often times if was something productive or even relevant that Hitler did that might portray him in any positive light. They will omit it from the story which isn’t fair to the listener or to history for that matter. Because it’s not a honest story an people want the fullest most accurate thing possible you know. Also i keep seeing this book on Amazon & I’ve been thinking about picking up a copy. But i haven’t yet bc it’s a little pricey $26 i think but it’s a hard cover at least. Anyway i was wanting to ask if you’ve read it and if so would it be worth getting? It’s called NATIONAL SOCIALISM ITS PRINCIPLES AND PHILOSOPHY by CARLOS VIDELA. The description really seems to touch on what we’re talking about here.

[@princeofcupspoc9073]

Um, this is a documentary from the UK. The channel owner didn't make it. 🙂

[@brodyberry6253]

@@princeofcupspoc9073 UMMM it’s funny that you’re SO SMART. but you didn’t realize that my comment/suggestion was directed towards BOTH of them. You know since ether one of them are capable of making the type of video i kindly suggested… (Which there was absolutely nothing wrong with doing btw). So just a piece of advice moving forward. The next time you take it upon yourself to attempt to police someone’s comment. At least make sure you have your facts right. We already have enough bs censorship going on that which the communistic perpetrators can’t coherently explain why they did it. That’s why people are being banned and block for allegedly violating some vague bs rule. And when you ask which one and how. They never get back to you. Bc the truth is they didn’t like some you said so they want to get rid of what you said and even you if possible. EVEN THOUGH they themselves want to be able express themselves with out the same crazy nonsense happening to them. But i digress. 🙂👍🏻

[@Michael-q9g5e]

This was the first time humans fought so hard against each other. They had mechanisation too, which sped up the killing. The next war will be worse.

[@jsatish1974]

He wore military boots for 3 days and he thought he was a military strategist.

[@syourke3]

If Hitler had simply attacked the Soviet Union in 1940 instead of crushing France, he might have avoided a war on two fronts, because it’s hard to imagine France, Britain attacking Germany in that case.

[@AldebaranBaron]

How would something like that have worked? Britain and France had already declared war.

[@13floss]

How the hell would he attack Soviet Union without attacking Poland first lol ?? 😂😂 Did you forget that FRA and UK declared war on Hitler because of Poland ? 😂😂

[@13floss]

LMFAO 🤣

[@syourke3]

@@13floss Of course he had to smash Poland first. I said “in 1940” - that’s after Germany and the Soviets destroyed Poland. Did you read me? I said, instead of attacking France in 1940, he should’ve just marched eastward, attacked the Soviets, in the spring of 1940, instead of delaying until the summer of 1941. Understand, now, genius? France and Britain wouldn’t have gone to war with Germany to save the Soviets, would they? No! Of course not! In fact, they probably world e cheered him on! But by attacking Belgium and France in the spring of 1940, he practically forced Britain to actually wage war against Germany. Remember, Britain declared war against Germany over Poland in September, 1939, but failed to actually take any real military action until Germany attacked France snd Belgium. The Conservatives in Britain wouldn’t have gone to war to defend Stalin against a German attack and they only grumbled loudly about Poland, no action was taken.