The Luftwaffe and Barbarossa - WW2 Special

Unlike the German Army, which for the most part had many idle months over the past year, the German Air Force- the Luftwaffe- has seen constant action in the Battle of Britain and the Mediterranean Theater. How did this affect its preparations and plans for the invasion of the Soviet Union?
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[@luxembourgishempire2826]

Keep these videos coming!

[@percamihai-marco7157]

Why are not uploaded my subtitles in Romanian? I'm waiting since last Tuesday to see them uploaded. I don't wish to translate your videos if I see that my subtitles are not uploaded.

[@percamihai-marco7157]

My first subtitle was uploaded in just 1 day. And now I'm waiting for a week and still nothing. PS: The subtitles are for the videos with Gerd vin Rundstedt and those from 20 october 1939.

[@SyRePr]

I'm interested to know about the naval situation in the Black sea and the Baltic sea, the Ussr navy might have a superior strength and possibly windows of opportunity to act against Germany or Romania right? 🤔

[@tyronesimmons7702]

Hey can you talk about the waffen ss, German paratroopers, overview of snipers and hand to hand combat in world war 2

[@chanomjea6515]

"If any allies bomber reach our city , my name isn't Goring. You may Call me Meyer" -Hermann Meyer

[@chanomjea6515]

Comment Credit : someone top comment from Hoi4 theme song video that I want to share.

[@wisemankugelmemicus1701]

"No enemy bomber can reach the Ruhr. If they do, my name is not Göring. You may call me Meyer." The Ruhr refers to the Ruhr Valley which includes Dortsmund. Meyer was simply a common German surname at the time.

[@walruss7364]

someone plays Hoi4

[@RandomPerson-cx2yl]

I learnt that quote from the Hoi4 loading screen.

[@jeanlanes962]

The funny thing is that there is no evidence of him saying that

[@mishman44]

The loss of the transport aircraft in Crete was even worse than just the planes. Most of the pilots and aircrew that flew the aircraft were instructors from the aircraft training schools. So along with the loss of aoircraft, there was a loss of instructors as well.

Losing 150 of anything is devastating, never mind in just one campaign. Pilots flew till they died.

[@TammoKorsai]

Prior to that, the Dutch destroyed about 130 transport planes during the Battle of The Hague. Thus the invasion of Crete was further constrained long before it was even on the drawing board.

[@flolow6804]

Why would you send in so many instructors into a battle you know is gooing to be bloody ?

[@Jason-fm4my]

@@flolow6804 Wishful thinking. History buffs call it victory disease.

[@sinjimsmythe9577]

They didn’t it was going to be thus when they started. Bloody I mean.. Though they soon found out and didn’t withdraw them. Too late I guess

[@davidk6269]

2:02 my understanding is that the high-pitched "banshee-out-of-Hell" scream of the Junkers 87 (Stuka) was not from the air-brakes, but from special sirens installed on the plane to intentionally produce the psychologically devastating sound.

[@masternippleblaster]

Correct

[@TheCimbrianBull]

Yes, so-called "Jericho Trumpets". Two-bladed propellers attached to the front of the landing gear. They would make the screaming sound once a certain airspeed was reached.

[@awg777moneymaker8]

If I remember correctly the early versions didn’t have the sirens installed

[@jonathancarshow9573]

awg 777moneymaker the later versions had them removed I don’t know about the earlier ones

[@sam8404]

@@awg777moneymaker8 they did have them. The later versions had them removed since they slowed the plane and also were a warning sign that gave enemies a small chance to get to cover.

[@indianajones4321]

These Barbarossa specials are great

[@christianenevoldsen]

I agree

[@leand1207]

I agree

[@Masada1911]

You’re great

[@TheCimbrianBull]

I second this motion! 😀

[@aaronsalentine7876]

Indeed!

[@SlickJim2]

I see Indy used the opportunity to wear his Luftwaffe watch, truly a Man of detail

[@freshbaboboss1665]

Hello everyone and this is Marc Gebauer with the outfit of the day

[@maxsmodels]

The Luftwaffe's Battle of Britain losses really came back to bite them in the ass in Russia.

[@keptinkaos6384]

and they were never as good as Herman claimed they were.

[@airraverstaz]

The overall production of German aircraft wasn't effectively streamlined either. At any one time a lot of the major factories were working on multiple projects at one time, as opposed to focusing on one strength for mass production.

[@Bird_Dog00]

@@airraverstaz I heard that around that time, the british aircraft industry allone already outpaced Germany's in terms of combat aircraft production. Not to speak of pilot training. Most telling: the allies would significantly increase the number of flight hours a new pilot got before being sent to the front, while germany - and japan - drasticaly reduced those hours.

[@Rendell001]

@@airraverstaz however that was also to do with compartmentalisation - splitting up certain industries and projects to dilute the effects of air attacks against them.

[@Rendell001]

Andrew Bailiie to be fair nothing like that had been attempted before and the effect of radar was an unknown quantity at that point... they very quickly adopted their own system thereafter.

[@gianniverschueren870]

For some reason this getup + tie is giving me "accountant" vibes, but I do like how the shade of blue matches the vest. 3.5/5

[@toddmoss1689]

Failed intelligence estimates of enemy strength, capabilities, and force dispositions is a recurring failing of the Germans; examples being the failed Battle of Britain, pyrrhic victory in Crete, and the lead up to Barbarossa. The Germans have clearly underestimated the Soviets as well as overestimated their ability to support their own forces. Please produce a special edition on the Abwehr and German military intelligence. German war production and logistical operations would also be a great topic! Thanks for this great series!

[@toddmoss1689]

Jussi M. Konttinen I can agree with you on your point about Hitler and the United States. He should never have declared war on the US, especially after the Japanese refused to press the Soviets from the east.

[@TheKurtkapan34]

@@jussim.konttinen4981 they would collapse, no way by the German boots tho

[@jimthorne304]

In addition to questions about the accuracy of German intelligence, there's also their inaccurate appreciation of enemy capabilities. In the case of the UK, the Soviet Union, and the USA it was thought that their capabilities would be limited. However, it's difficult to disentangle the accuracy of their intelligence from what Hitler was prepared to believe and consequently what the rest of the Wehrmacht was prepared to believe. Remember, as late as April 1945 Hitler was anticipating that the USSR would be massively defeated at the gates to Berlin.

[@davidsault9698]

Intelligence doesn't matter if you ignore it because it doesn't conform to your goals.

[@justusde]

Göring: How many fronts do you want the Luftwaffe to be active on? Hitler: Yes.

[@iyoutubeperson4336]

Same with america

[@TheCimbrianBull]

*surprised Pikachu meme*

[@Cjnw]

Normie shit

[@stevekaczynski3793]

Goering objected to Barbarossa as he suspected the Luftwaffe would be overstrained, as indeed turned out to be the case. He was however overruled by Hitler.

[@iyoutubeperson4336]

@@stevekaczynski3793 goring however, had said that he could defeat the british at dunkirk and at the channel which he failed to do

[@firingallcylinders2949]

So far it would seem that Barbarossa could be summed up with "Germany bit off more than it could chew"

[@rsbandbj1]

I think the idea was, after france fell britian would sue for peace freeing up the germans from the west. However, churchhill said we will never surrdender. and hitler went... well lets invade russia anyway.

[@stevekaczynski3793]

@Kohima1944 The Chinese decided after Pearl Harbor that eventually the Japanese would lose and when that happened the real fight would be Kuomintang versus Communists. Minus Pearl Harbor they might have had to try to expel the Japanese themselves but would probably have failed.

[@joeyjamison5772]

The Germans were famous for making giant strategic errors.

[@nonamesplease6288]

Another great video! The real miracle here is the fact that the Germans were able to fight on so many fronts, achieve so much (early) success, and hold on for so long with no oil, no airforce, no tanks, no trucks, and no navy. It's always astonished me.

[@monjhunesacaguing7195]

They only have despair on them. But the Werhmacht was, with out question a very dangerous adversary.

[@DrJones20]

What are you talking about, they had plenty of tanks and planes

[@jduff59]

Indy, Mr Felton, and the Ace Destroyer have made me so very glad I stopped my cable television subscription 5 years ago. Indy in particular probably would do well on traditional TV, but I'm glad he's doing his own thing on KZbin. I had high hopes for The History Channel and then for The Military Channel, but the World War Two channel is the most outstanding, fun and interesting of the bunch. When people love their work, it's a real joy to behold. I reckon Indy loves his work.

[@GunnyKeith]

Indy Neidell quite possible could be the best broadcaster of ALL-TIME. Next to Howard cosell. No holes in your game. COMMENTARY, content, coverage & speaker voice makes this channel one of the best on youtube. Thanks TO ALL CHANNEL DONORS. I salute you

[@Cjnw]

Imagine Indy announcing the death of John Lennon!

[@GunnyKeith]

@@Cjnw Indy did mention Molotov having that hit single and all.

[@sam8404]

Mark Felton is another great youtuber.

[@shaggygabe728]

To anyone wondering, the plane shown at 7:19 is a early He-111 model, wich had a more standard nose section compared to other bombers at the time (DB-3, Il-4 and A-20 havoc)

[@blackXhawksXkickXbut]

29 seconds ago, I never clicked on a WW2 video so fast before.

[@TheCimbrianBull]

So it was you who broke the sound barrier? 😁

[@marcusaurelius2147]

Funfact: Manfred von richtofen died in the first sortie his cousin Wolfram participated in. Legend says his death was partially due to constantly watching over his cousins baptism of fire. Not so funfact: by his commanding role in the bombing of rotterdam, Wolfram became one of the earliest war criminals on the western front.

[@Nef22]

Like bombing of cities were crime

[@johnbarnes5237]

Don't forget Guernica (and other Spanish towns and cities) in the SCW. He was in command of the Condor Legion. He's fortunate that he was one of the few German commanders to die a natural death before war's end.

[@andytothesky]

Luftwaffe commanders, for the most part, weren’t really tried for war crimes post war; it was conceded that the allies were largely guilty of the same crime so they let them go. The same typically went for the Kreigsmarine; the USN submarine force in the Pacific achieved what the U-boat did not.

[@pompom8315]

@@goldenfiberwheat238 The reason people care about Guernica is because it made them worrisome that the next war would be the theatre of the same operations on a greater scale. Civilian infrastructures targeted for military reasons.

[@Nbolanos0624]

The dive brakes on the stuka did not create the scream while dive bombing. A propeller device was installed on the LH wing which would spin and create that sound. (dive siren)

[@AgentGWG]

“If you are on Germany’s side...” *nervous sweating* *Soviet Union anthem begins playing*

[@Ofenlicht]

Love that Indy wore a Fliegeruhr for this episode. Nice detail.

[@spartacus-olsson]

I let him use mine ;-) Astrid got it for my for my birthday - I've wanted one for a long, long time.

[@spartacus-olsson]

I realized in the last minute before we started shooting that if any time, this was the time to have it on camera.

[@Ofenlicht]

@@spartacus-olsson I definitely appreciated it. From one watch enthusiast to another, nice watch! Also big fan of the videos.

[@thecaveofthedead]

The advantage in training only works in a short campaign. The Soviet airforce pilots had the most rigorous combat training school for pilots in history - a massive air-war with a technologically superior and more experienced foe. Those that survived got really good, really fast.

[@thebog11]

8:26 "I think I will end today with another stale quote." Don't be so hard on yourself, Indy!

[@Broheim1]

Hope everyone on the crew is healthy. Cheers and thanks for the content!

[@kinglouiev9530]

5:10 The way they threw that plane’s tail with a pinwheel on it is beautiful. All you need is a fire pit & it will be just perfect 👌.

[@glm0142]

i like your wrist watch Indy, looks really good on ya

[@VegasRick7777]

FYI: the screeming sound made by Stuka dive bombers was NOT caused by their airbrakes. They had sirens attached to their struts (for the psychological warfare effect) whith they called "The sirens of Jericho".

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

Nothing compared to our powerful armed forces

[@TheCimbrianBull]

Dear Leader! We humbly salute you!

[@noelblack8159]

Hello, Dear Leader

[@Raskolnikov70]

Best Korea has Best army!

[@BeingFireRetardant]

I like cheese too...

[@ivanvoronov3871]

TBF north korean forces could destroy ww2 Germany simply because of the technology gap

[@glenmartin2437]

The suffering of the people during WW2 was horrendous, especially the Soviet peoples. My high school history instructor's wife was from Russia so what was omitted from our history texts was included during the class lectures, to an extent. Thanks for this series of videos. Keep up the good work. "Russky"

[@TheCimbrianBull]

Or The Great Patriotic War as it's known in that part of the world. The name was inspired by The Patriotic War of 1812 where they were fighting off another invader from the west, Napoleon.

[@vksasdgaming9472]

Poles got it worse. More Russians died in numbers, but even more Poles died in relation to population.

[@glenmartin2437]

Madam Marie S. Curie and her husband were two of my heroes- still are. I had many Polish friends over the years. I hate the destruction caused by war. Especially, the human suffering and loss of life. My Jewish friends and acquaintances repeatedly remind me of the Holocaust. We Gentiles have gone through our Holocausts also, perhaps self-inflicted. I hope for peace for all.

[@tempestfury8324]

2:00 The "screaming" of the Ju-87 wasn't due to their airbrakes but rather the early versions of the Stukas had propeller-driven sirens mounted on the landing gear struts. The pilots hated them because they couldn't turn them off and would have to listen to that whine the entire flight. They also attached whistles to their bomb ordnance to add to the terror of those below. One can argue that airbrakes make noise but that's not why the Stukas were originally known for their sound.

[@2.7petabytes]

You guys make the absolute BEST history videos! Many thanks!!

[@clelupo]

Hello Indy, what is the brand of the wristwatch you are wearing?

[@davidtsw]

Awesome! Please do more episodes on aviation.

[@fouadenglish2010]

Nice watch Indy... looks great on your wrest

[@WorldWarTwo]

A replica Luftwaffe Beobachtungsuhr used by the navigators ;-)

[@GeorgeSemel]

To short legs for pretty much the bulk of the Luftwaffe's aircraft. No 4 engine bombers so they could never reach the factories in the Ural's- They were doomed before any of this even started. Not having the right mix of aircraft with good range and load-carrying capacity, throw in the fuel problem, and the logistics problem, it's not going to end well. That being said, they sure did put up a hell of a fight with all the cards stacked against them.

[@jacobfarrell7171]

Always love hearing "I'm Indy Niedell"

[@kglguy]

Nobody ever mentions the humble Henschel Hs 123.

[@davethompson3326]

Rather slow but rugged and reliable, so good for operating from improvised airfields in the middle of nowhere I cannot imagine the open cockpit was great fun in a lot of Russian weather though I was surprised they were still around until after Kursk

[@brucewindell5885]

Thank you. Really enjoy your clips.

[@awsomemiz33]

"By the summer of 1941, it was clear the Luftwaffe was only going to meet its obligations if the war in the east was won quickly and without substantial losses." Basically describing all of Germany including the very core of its economy but do go on 😂

[@sharpie249]

I've always thought it was crazy for the Empire of Japan to attack the US and bring us into the war. I knew it was not a good idea for Germany to add another front with the USSR. Through your episodes, I'm really seeing that this was crazy too. Thanks for all you all's hard work. I love what you put out.

[@alexpeace9850]

I'm pretty sure that the "scream" of a Ju-87 isn't caused by the airbrakes, but the Jericho trumpet that was fitted on most models of the late 30's and early 40's towards the front intakes and worked once enough air pressure had been built up during the dive (kinda like a turbo-charger), hence the distinct build up and then winding down of the "scream" depending on the speed of the plane and the pilots actions.

[@residentgeardo]

Nice modern B-Uhr interpretation, Indy. Is this Spartys watch? I remember having seen something like this peek out from under his suit recently.

[@alih6953]

Hoffman at 3:05 and others warned Halder wow but he ignored them

[@Hungaricus]

Great video as usual! Can we have specials on the other axis airforces as well? (Italy, Japan, Romania, Hungaria etc?)

[@novictorya7551]

Nice watch Indy!

[@albertjackinson]

I couldn't be happier. I LOVE WWII aircraft and am a *huge* WWII aviation nerd! Edit: Too bad Red Air Force aircraft weren't covered. Fantastic video though!

[@TheCimbrianBull]

*Jericho Trumpets intensify*

[@shawnr771]

I hope he covers the Night Witches.

[@TheBreadB]

Since today is the start of the uprising in Serbia, I can't wait for it to be covered in future episodes! Especially in the War Against Humanity series.

[@TheBreadB]

I hope you guys will be able to cover atrocities like the Šabac massacre since the information and the pictures can only be found in Serbian, same with the Pančevo massacre.

[@Southsideindy]

@@TheBreadB You'll get a lot of it on the instagram day by day coverage actually.

[@WorldWarTwo]

@@TheBreadB we will only get to the uprising in detail in the episode after next in War Against Humanity (end of July).The next episode coming out on Tuesday was overloaded by the first two weeks of Barbarossa - it's the most terrifying episode we have of anything we have made so far. Spartacus even shed a few tears after he finished recording it, and sadly it's only the beginning...

[@TheBreadB]

@@WorldWarTwo It's going to be a gruesome 4 years, wonder what the Japanese will do in order to appear in WAH.

[@TheBreadB]

@@WorldWarTwo I can imagine it being tough, the very episodes of WAH were already tough for me.

[@TheMaltesefalcon204]

My Nanna (Maltese) jumped to a panic, when I watching a WW2 movie, which had a Stuka diving bombing (with the siren). So the Luftwaffe did it's job there scarying civilians with a simple siren...

[@CivilWarWeekByWeek]

Hah the Luftwaffe is nothing compared to the soviet air defense system. Stalin just needs to look at one of their Stukas and it explodes out of fear.

[@alchemist6819]

IL- 2 right?

[@JeanLucCaptain]

The Red Baron was respected by all sides. His cousin on the other hand had no problems strafing fleeing civilians. Richthofen was rolling in his grave.

[@briankorbelik2873]

Even after curtailing air operations over Britain and building aircraft as fast as the german economy would allow, the Luftwaffe still had less overall aircraft than they went into the Battle of Britain with. That's about an 11 month span between the two air wars.

[@GG-bw3uz]

Moreover, (directed to Indy) - How do you prepare for the exposition ? Seems just the perfect tempo for narration !

[@boombler4320]

sometimes I think Indy made a time machine and returned to ww2 to share his knowledge with us, he knows everything.

[@jonbaxter2254]

Stukas roar is a celebrity

[@danielnavarro537]

Just watch world war 1 aviation. Keep up the good work.

[@samuelkatz1124]

I always wondered if the JU87's scream was intentional, or a side effect they discovered in prototypes and liked. How would one even go about making a plane design that makes those noises?

[@henrykeyter53]

Search for Stuka Jericho Trumpets...

[@SinOfAugust]

Most likely initially unintentional, if only because early Stukas could not disengage the sirens, and it was very taxing on the pilots to sit next to the wailing siren during flight. If they were intentionally designed with siren feature, they’d surely have a mechanical toggle for it.

[@asmarinmarin6576]

I just imagine Hitler and Georing after France surrendered being high as kytes on drugs and Georing constantly "repeating just trust the Luftwaffe".... Meanwhile they are loosing thousands of planes against Britain.

[@TheCimbrianBull]

They suddenly got the munchies and had luftwaffles! 😀

[@michealschmidt908]

The German Condor was good and JU90 was in development which had six propellers three on each side however plans for production constantly changed swapping parts a finished model for production would go back cause they decide to change things around slowing production if your running a factory and you make 200 planes a month that all gets pit on hold while they figure out changing parts around this damaged production

[@korbell1089]

This sounds a lot like KZbin clickbait. You talk about numbers and all the commitments but you never mentioned Germany's ace in the hole. Field Marshall Goering is a proven combat pilot and leader of men. He has hasn't let Germany down yet and I don't see him doing it now! (for the sarcasm intolerant, I was actually joking) Thanks again Time Ghost, keep up the great work you have been doing!

[@parsananmon]

There was a eastern front joke. Two soviet officers are sitting in cafe at berlin after WW2 and one of them asked to another "So who won the air war?"

[@RouGeZH]

I dont get it

[@parsananmon]

@@RouGeZH Soviet air force never had very decisive blow success against Luftwaffe even during end times of war. So that joke referres that. I could be wrong btw after all i saw this joke in another video's comments :d

[@bremnersghost948]

Hi Indy, Can't wait for your opinion on Malta, Imagine if the Germans had focused the Luftwaffe and used their Paras there in late 1940 early 41 before Crete, I believe that Malta not falling despite near Starvation was a Key turning point in WW2 and would like to Thank the Maltese People :)

[@hoodoo2001]

You would think this was an American based history program, but it's Swedish (Indy is both Swedish and American), which is actually way cool.... brilliant concept and execution.

[@stephengalindo6340]

Indy is the voice of my 2020 summer

[@TheCimbrianBull]

If 2020 was a piñata it would be a giant hornets nest. However, Indy is the soothing voice telling us not to start hitting said piñata.

[@Groggers96]

It's interesting to compare the different mindsets of various airforces. For example, the german planes typically had better firepower and armour/durability than the british planes. However, the fighters and fighter bombers were limited to a short operational range . Compare this to the RAF. Many of their planes had weaker weapons, smaller calibre guns, lighter and cheaper fuselages etc. However this also meant that the british planes were more manuverable, something which is useful in one on one dogfights. The Mosquito twin engine fighter was actually made out of a wooden frame. Yes that's right, one of the most sucedsful aircraft of the war was literally a wooden box with wings. Another example is the swordfish plane. Largely designed to be a training and recon aircraft, the plane was super effective against the italian navy. They could easily take off from short decks, and be airborne in minutes, if not seconds. Their slower speed meant against enemy fighters, they were sitting ducks. However, if it was dawn or dusk, they could fly with the tail towards the sun while on an attack vector with torpedos on the underside. The slower speed also meant the swordfish could be held steady, and the pilot has more time to prepare and correct the vector. It seems to me that the german plane doctrine was more like "one size fits all," with an emphaises on superior firepower, whilst the british doctrine was more about being smart with engineering and making use of what advantages you do have.

[@simonshiels1]

Apparently during the "truce"with the Soviet Union immediately before Barbarossa the Luftwaffe trained extensively over Soviet territory. The logistics involved in the Luftwaffes eastern campaign must have been colossal and would be interested in any source material how they managed to push forward. Logistics are always of little interest when considering warfare but without logistics nothing would happen.

[@Lematth88]

ho no another video to subtitle ....but YES ! a video to watch !

[@alexplotkin3368]

Great video and analysis. On page 280 of Matthew Cooper's book 'The German army 1933-1945' the Luftwaffe had deployed 2,750 planes in the campaign in the West in 1940. For Barbarossa, the Luftwaffe has just over 2,900 planes. Barely a 10% increase with a much smaller force/plane to space ratio than in Western Europe. We already see flaws in the planning for Operation Barbarossa.

[@mauertal]

Stuka of the III. Gruppe/Sturzkampfgeschwader 1 flew sorties against England till February ´1941. Not on targets onshore, but attacking ships in the channel and the themse bay!

[@billy-fn8xk]

Votre chaîne est incroyable je m'abonner directe

[@Gruoldfar]

Not a word about Udet? He knew what was coming...

[@TheCimbrianBull]

Ernst Udet?

[@sayagarapan1686]

Good show. Pip pip cheerio.

[@shig357]

Would love to see a special on horses during WW2!

[@luispt77]

I think you guys should have said that the initial surprise attack of the Luftwaffe destroyed Soviet Air Force near the front. The Russian had their planes neatly parked in line and the German planes just had to destroy them. If the Luftwaffe was in bad position, the Russians were in even worse one.

[@merdiolu]

During initial stages of Operation Barbarossa yes but Soviet Russia had both manpower , resources , withdrawal room and foreign aid to rebuld and re organise their air force much better shape and much faster than anyone imagined. Germans did not have these means. Once they missed to defeat Soviet Union in one season before 1941 winter (which was not possible anyway) , they had shot their last bullet and after that attrition was in such a level Luftwaffe could never replace its losses in an adequate way.

[@Southsideindy]

I talk about that stuff in the regular episodes.

[@lucas82]

Interesting, seeing an older model HE-111 with a separate cockpit and without the iconic all-glass nose at 7:18 I though those were only used during the Spanish Civil war.

[@stephenjacks8196]

The Ju-87 Stuka air brakes were not noisy: the Nazis added sirens to the aircraft to make them scary.

[@MaziarYousefi]

Helping with the algorithm

[@the82spartans62]

Obsolete at the beginning of the War, yet battled on until the very end. Good ole' Stuka Ju 87. I've often wondered what a folded landing gear would of done for performance and if they had mounted the 37mm cannon to its under wing for use in Operation Barbarossa.

[@road_king_dude]

Never Forget

[@Gia1911Logous]

And he's flying

[@HaVoC117X]

Having a quarter of the planes not ready for combat is not bad even by today's standards, aircraft are maintenance heavy. It's not untypical or especially low! It is infact a good number.

[@darthcheney7447]

Ha ha what's funny is that you never mentioned Goering once. Where was Goering when all this was being set up?

[@TheCimbrianBull]

Göring was busy promoting his underpants to overpants.

[@dafrandle]

@@TheCimbrianBull I laughed way harder at this than I should have

[@TheCimbrianBull]

@@dafrandle you're welcome! 😀

[@DiggingForFacts]

Luftwaffe: "We simply don't have the planes to do everything" Hitler: "I order you to do everything and more"

[@ilnigromante666]

The absence of heavy bombers in the Luftwaffe would be a tremendous oportunity missed in Barbarossa.

[@terryhower4432]

INDY i have 2 say your knowledge along with Marc Felton i admire!!!!! my mothers maiden name HESS need i say more on that note?...i have so many German modeles ive collected now from the Bismarck ,Graff Zeppelin, bi planes of WW1,gregsmarrine seawolf U Boats,diorama Wolfden....,so many skd.halftrack variations ,88's heavy cannons,to single, and Quad 20 mill ,elapants,jadgpanzer,Hanomag varriants, brumbar,Stuminshuts,flakpanzer lll"Ostwind" Panthers ,and Tigers ,oh my ,staff cars with double axle,kublewagons ,schimwagons,the Carl-loki morter ,and my ULTIMATE the DORA.....the explorer all 1-35 scale model that sadly i my self have come 2 realize finaly i do not have enough life left in longevity 2 assemble them all ,but it is sure nice 2 look at the collection of stukas,blom and voss wiking,junkers 88,Heinkles, Focke Wolf 190 ,Messerschmitt109 k- ME401-b Arado Ar(E)555...ect....they made so many variations of so many things way ahead of their time,the golliath the size of a coffee table with remote controll ,but with wires just showes its so amazing they didnt win.....then to call the Ratte a mouse that was the size of a house.......i have a model of everything they made its Tottaly Awesome....plus Men German Sniper crew ,Totemkopf troops ,Piper tank comander ,Rommels Grief halftrack, and Storch plane..75cm anti tank gun and crew ,German Feldgendarmerie ,toGerman Cossack Calvery,a Puma 8 wheeler,and a Sturm Infanteriegeschultz 33,panzer IV Whirblewind What started all this collecting was the orginal Marcs Navarone Mountain Playset as A kid germans white ,but i also have the battlefield set prior when the germans are grey ,sadly missing some tank traps and miscellaneous. ...you name it ive got a model of it from the Dornier Arrow ,V1 and V2 Rockets,plus Flying saucer, all the way down to the Kettlkemrie halftrack bike ,BMW ,Zundap ,Mercadise and Opel troop transportes evey Panzer you can think of ,to sdkfz231,tosdkfz252 Leichter,Wespes,E -mil,Ferdinand ,Leopard, Bison,Nashhorn,Hummels....starting 2 catch my drift? This is how ive been spending the pandemic. ....p.s.I just wish they all weren't 1-35 scale models .....take care ...Gods Speed.......... Todd Lee Hower...p.s.s.i also have this diorama i made of Hitler and his German Shepherd Blondie looking down at this little u boat submarine with a caption " I dont thinks dis vill make it all da vays toos Argentinas my dears!!!!!!!!!@@@@#@@@@",

[@Wedgetail14]

Germany would probably have had a better chance of long-range bombers had they listened to General Walther Wever. But after a freak air crash killed him, they went with Stukas instead. Perhaps if they did follow through with his plan of long range strikes, the Soviets would've lost a lot more.

[@szeevster5767]

What about Italian or other Axis armies?

[@dragosstanciu9866]

The Romanian, Hungarian, Finnish and Bulgarian air forces were weak, with no industrial capacity to build many planes and with not enough pilots to replace the losses, they depended on imports of planes from Germany. Only Italy had a stronger industrial capacity but even so Italian fighter planes were few and of moderate quality.

[@richardstephens5570]

@@dragosstanciu9866 The Romanians actually built a decent fighter plane of their own, the IAR 80.

[@dragosstanciu9866]

@@richardstephens5570 Yes, but there were few IAR 80's (less than 500 planes including the IAR-81) and by 1943 it was obsolete.

[@richardstephens5570]

@@dragosstanciu9866 Considering Romania's industrial capacity and the fact that the plane maintained a good kill ratio all the way up the end of the war, it's still remarkable.

[@dragosstanciu9866]

@@richardstephens5570 Of course it is remarkable, I do not contest that, I simply outlined the fact that Romanian, Hungarian, Bulgarian and Finnish air forces were not prepared for such a difficult war and that they were dependent on imports of planes from Germany.

[@Grondorn]

Funny thing is, the Soviets didn't have a larger industrial base, not even close. Yet still, they outproduced the German production up until late 1943. Unyielding intent is the key.

[@stevekaczynski3793]

The many competing agencies in the Third Reich and Hitler's relative lack of interest in streamlining it meant that Nazi Germany was relatively inefficient.

[@christopherdavis2923]

Beautiful flieger! (autocorrect wants to change it to fluegelhorn 🤪). Is it a Stowa or a Laco?

[@porksterbob]

You should do one of these about Chinese forces and Japanese forces in the East as we approach Pearl Harbor. Especially because we are coming up on the second and third battles of Changsha which really showcase how the Chinese could use their inferior forces to fight and win, but also the limits of what Chinese forces could achieve on their own.

[@louisburke8927]

It's not an air brake, it's a jericho horn

[@himdarius]

What kind of watch Indy is wearing?

[@Kannietwo]

Fliegeruhr

[@WorldWarTwo]

@@Kannietwo type B - the navigator version

[@MrNicoJac]

@@WorldWarTwo Are those still for sale somewhere? Looks very distinguished

[@Kannietwo]

@@MrNicoJac sure just google "Laco Fliegeruhr"

[@MrNicoJac]

@@Kannietwo Awesome, thanks!

[@cloneengineer1716]

Stukas did NOT 'scream' from the use of their air-brakes - they had special purpose sirens [ Jericho Trumpets ] attached. They stopped using the sirens and uninstalled them after 1940 because the scream no longer had the desired effect and instead alerted the ground that they were attacking. If you are going to do a 'special' on the Luftwaffe and their aircraft - you really need to get it all right. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junkers_Ju_87

[@nareshgatta207]

nice one. could you please make a video on russian war industry during WW2?

[@wheresmyeyebrow1608]

So the Luftwaffe, using mostly single-engined Stukas over double-engined Messerschmidt, along with short-range (no time or resources to make long ones unlike Britain could during the War) bombers, invaded with early success against the numerically superior (and under-estimated) yet strategically inferior Red Airforce, yet suffered from having many aircraft kept in separate threatres, plus many planes being utilised in the current invasion damaged or under-facilitated with necessary communication equipment? Nice

[@Biker_Gremling]

Hey! Is this too late for some Lüftwaffels?

[@RandomDudeOne]

A double Indy day.

[@TheCimbrianBull]

Double Indy =double trouble! 😀

[@gorkivalenzuela6940]

And what about rhe FW-190 ? Weren't they fighting yet?

[@pianowhizz]

If they had not invaded Poland, they could have commenced Barbarossa 2 years earlier with more than twice as many aircraft on a single front war and far less opposition... It is difficult to see them losing with those 3 advantages. Sometimes mistakes work in everyone's favour :)

[@WorldWarTwo]

If Poland was not invaded in the first place WW2 would not begin on September 1st 1939. Fall Gelb might not have happened, France might not be defeated at this point. Invading the Soviet Union first in 1939 is not so obvious, looking at the politics of the Molotov-Rippentrop pact. Also on a practical level: there would not have been a common border between Germany and the Soviet Union.

[@pianowhizz]

@@WorldWarTwo I'm no Nazi, but Romania as proposed by Erich Marcks, and Finland both seem like good land invasion points (both were allies)... And Unternehmen Seelöwe seems a perfect fit for opening up several Black Sea fronts? Furthermore, an esteemed United States military historian believes firmly that a strong Middle East path to the USSR was sure-fire winner - and that it was strongly recommended by German generals (Hitler overruled them)? An additional argument is that the Germans wasted a LOT of steel on U-boats that could have instead been used for tanks. Of course, I'm happy that none of that ever eventuated... I am not very good at speaking German :( P.S. as I mentioned earlier in the series: I love all Germans now - I blame no one for human insanity of last millennium. Hamburg, Dresden, Hiroshima, Nagasaki... all prove there were no saints, no 'good guys' - just varying shades and colours of evil.

[@ThaTerrorr]

Will we get more Soviet specials?

[@yystl]

Luftwaffe fafafafafafafafafafa... it's impossible for me to not hear the "fafafa" when hearing "luftwaffe" now

[@nandanroy1708]

Hey Indy sir Please make a video on Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose He opted siding with the Axis to free India from the British