The Most Epic Battle of World War 2

World war 2 was filled with epic battles that could have swayed the tide of the great war, and in today's new video, we're going to examine one of the most crucial battles of the war: The Battle of Stalingrad. What made this particular battle so crucial? Check out our new video to find out!
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[@ElisonTheDuck]

"The Italians fight well, a rarity in this war" I died there XD

[@nooboizee2613]

Operation ‘Uranus’ defeated the Germans by literally targeting their rear. Nice

[@roboslug7582]

Heh heh.....11:11, yes, Operation Uranus "penetrated deep into the German rear". I mean, the jokes pretty much write themselves from here.

[@jrkev1]

Scrolled down to find this comment

[@thatguycdub]

Ah! And here I was thinking I was alone at the kids’ table hahaha

[@spike3458]

Operation my what?

[@alricweng]

i am wondering if someone did that on purpose

[@Anonymous-qj3sf]

My grandfather's brother was a tanker and fought in Stalingrad. He received a medal for courage and the Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class.

[@PIXELATED988]

Cool

[@epicx4152]

Ok and

[@sadiesink_]

No one cares lol

[@Anonymous-qj3sf]

@@sadiesink_ Hey, I would be ashamed to be a Westerner, realizing that the Nazis lost more soldiers in Stalingrad than on the entire Western Front. Aren't you ashamed to be a Westerner? ;)

[@rook513]

@@sadiesink_ Remember you would most likely be speaking German now if Soviet lost Stalingrad

[@ives3572]

"The siege of September 13, 1942 to January 31, 1943 will inspire forever the hearts of all free people. Their glorious victory stemmed the tide of invasion and marked the turning point in the war of the Allied nations against the forces of aggression." - Franklin D. Roosevelt, congratulating Joseph Stalin on the soviet Victory at Stalingrad, 1944

[@frakismaximus3052]

How ironic. Lol

[@Pike200]

That was a cool comment cheers

[@EustassKid16]

My Grandmother was in Stalingrad that time, she would tell me stories about that battle, how they would hide every day from aircrafts. The first month they were getting some bread but after 2 months of battle they were eating rats then started eating their own cats&dogs and she would tell me at some point some people started eating their young children(you couldn’t eat anything/anyone else bc all men were in war). Horrible days… my Grandma is 91 today.

[@Anonymous-qj3sf]

Брат моего деда был танкистом и воевал в Сталинграде. Можешь рассказать подробнее?

[@aaronpaulus3492]

Freddrick Paulus was a distant relative of mine, he died 20 years before I was born

[@athullal7438]

@@Anonymous-qj3sf Young children? C'mon

[@Anonymous-qj3sf]

@@athullal7438 what?...

[@athullal7438]

@@Anonymous-qj3sf I find it hard to believe that people started eating young children. What's the point of surving after that?

[@C63Bez]

If you ever really think about death, it’s very scary and almost impossible to imagine. Thinking of just how many people died here and what they all must have felt about their life being so precarious is profound.

[@razorblade6746]

The Soviet high command probably just looked at the casualty report and just stamped "Too Many" and closed the casualty file for good

[@leemichael2154]

If they even bothered to look at the report lol

[@shahedamere6976]

They always looked at it To see how many more men they had to conscript

[@blackarchangelwickett900]

I wonder if you could do a video on Rhzev as it’s one of the most unknown battles during the whole of Worls War II it was so brutal that it gained the nickname ‘The Rhzev Meat Grinder’ it’s probably where the Soviets and Germans lost a majority of their men and it’s also one of the reasons the Russians managed to capture the German 6th army

[@prabhatsourya3883]

Oh yeah, that was a truly brutal set of battles. I have read somewhere that the Soviets lost almost twice as many men in their offensives against the German defenses. This meat grinding made General Zhukov give the order, "If you want to keep your job, do not order any offensives where there is no room to flank or to gain advantage from the terrain."

[@sicariijustiniani9566]

You mean "the Zhukov Meat Grinder" according to ukranian documentals.

[@luyandzabavukiledlamini4693]

The Soviet troops fought to the bitter end and showed incredible bravery!Thank you Infographics

[@talaltariqq_]

But it lost millions of people who have sacrificed for their nation. 😔

[@mitzikolo]

@@talaltariqq_ and most of us wouldn't have been born without their sacrifice. D-Day couldn't succeed if Germany delayed invading Russia and stationed the bulk of their troops in the west.

[@elaymold2511]

And yet sadly nobody gives them the credit they deserve.

[@shadowslayer9988]

@@talaltariqq_ There is a saying that goes "war is won on sacrifices."

[@Rippyy.]

@@elaymold2511 yep. In fact, most people arrogantly and ignorantly say: "USSR only won because the US helped" despite the fact that they didn't directly help and sent reinforcements way later.

[@im_qwesi1194]

I feel like there’s more to this story than it meets the eye

[@arnowisp6244]

There always is.

[@huntsman0076]

listened to a podcast on Spotify about the battle of stalingrad, they mentioned that despite the huge amout of deaths the smell in the city was terrible, and since fighting was everywere it was not so fun fighting in the sewers

[@Tehui1974]

Battles don't get more brutal than this. Absolutely brutal.

[@VinnyUnion]

it went from few tens (tribes), to hunreds to thousands and now millions what an absurd statistics

[@cjstudios6796]

Love this channel, absolutely amazing

[@matthewsecord7641]

The question is, if Stalin made different choices, would the outcome have been different. For example, if Stalin didn't insist on Kiev or Sevastopol be defended at cruel and all costs, what was to keep the Germans from just tearing into Moscow early?

[@Real-Ruby-Red]

Nothing? Terrarain would undoubtedly hurt their numbers on the German side but not eliminate them providing they were prepared the cruel Russian winter.

[@terrorgaming459]

If it wasn't for stalin germany would have won

[@trevormangus625]

At Kiev alone, the Soviets lost 700,000 men. That massive statistic is truly a catastrophe. If Stalin had allowed those troops to pull back out of the Kiev encirclement, then they would've lived to fight another day. They could then slow down the German advance long before they got to Moscow.

[@prabhatsourya3883]

@@trevormangus625 True. Marshall Semyon Mikhailovich Budyonnyy asked to evacuate the Kiev salient specifically so that his army could defend a reduced front more effectively. The large salient near Kiev had spread Budyonnyy's forces thin, and he could not stop the 1st Panzer Group of General Ewald von Kliest breaking through and encircling the Soviet forces in the Kiev Salient. Had the troops been allowed to pull out of the city of Kiev, they could have held out against the encirclement attacks of the Germans, which could have prevented the capture of the Kiev salient, or, in the worst case scenario, could have immediately withdrawn in case of breakthrough, leading to the saving of more men for future fights. Also, all these men saved could be effectively used in a better defense of Moscow. The situation was so desperate that the Mozhaisk defense line, one of the last defenses before Moscow, had to be defended by new conscripts, rather than experienced reserves/serving soldiers. Just to bulk up this defense, General Georgy Zhukov was forced to recall troops which were sent to relieve the siege of Leningrad, so that he could shore up the defenses of the Mozhaisk line. Had the troops been saved at Kiev (at least), the Mozhaisk defense line would have been more effective, and Moscow would have been better defended.

[@zoltan6451]

@@utkarshvishwakarma8435 of course all roads lead to moscow but my guess is we focus on stalingrad for the name the city had to shame the rus leader and take their oil, had family that guarded the army in stalingrad but heard sonthing that he run away and was shot in his house he was scared of what was in stalingrad and its no Wonder there was more casualties in stalingrand than all the West in all the war

[@Kuwait_Mapper]

Infographics is way more fun that learning history in school. :) Keep it up

[@periodpiece8495]

Atleast you published something without involvement of US in it 😂.

[@twocvbloke]

"No surrender!!!" he cried from his bunker hidden away like a coward... :P

[@davidfkennedy7816]

The absolute bravery on display in this story by the Soviet people is so moving.

[@Jaws10214]

bravery? no, that was stupidity. Stalin used his civilians as mountains of flesh for the invading army to climb over. absolutely disgraceful.

[@Nipplator99999999999]

In my Army AB unit we referenced the Marines as meat walls, but at least they are armed and able to have a fighting chance.

[@Epic-1224]

And the 80th annivesary of this epic battle is coming in 2 weeks.

[@mrpotato4441]

Great video, as always. Noticed a typo at 11:54. Missing a P in trapped 😜

[@MrX-dq9of]

16:39 Junuary 😂😂

[@qichen6959]

Very interesting history and video!

[@BlueDreamGaming]

What interesting choices to watch! Thanks Infographics Show!

[@anthonyfrisby672]

wow you guys pump these things out crazy

[@doggydude2668]

I really like the models you guys used this time really cool

[@darth_elsa6681]

One misconception about Order 227 that you mention.....it allowed Soviet Troops to retreat to their own lines if the attacked failed. Even then it was often down in a case by case basis with higher ranking officers being the ones arrested or executed.

[@brokenbridge6316]

Stalingrad was the bloodiest battle ever fought in history. And it will stay that way. Chances of us seeing a battle that will surpass it is unlikely to come about in out lifetimes.

[@sabakvetenadze6546]

Battle of stalingrad had 1.8 million casualetes and lasted for months While battle of berlin(1944) had 2.3 million casualities and lasted for few days

[@brokenbridge6316]

@@sabakvetenadze6546---That battle lasted for more than a few days

[@Anonymous-qj3sf]

@@sabakvetenadze6546 It is not true. The battle for Stalingrad is the bloodiest in world history.

[@sabakvetenadze6546]

@@Anonymous-qj3sf how even battle of moscow had similar casualities. Both about 1.8 million

[@Ozzy08018]

@@sabakvetenadze6546 Beleive it or not, but the Mongol Invason of Bahgdad had about 2 million cassulties.

[@unpaidcomintern]

"The ideologically important city of Stalingrad" as if that's the reason both sides poured millions of lives into the city. Stalingrad was a major industrial and transportation hub, and was one of the main arteries through which the Allies' Lend-Lease system functioned. Stalingrad was also built on the volga river and had a pretty sizeable port for it. Whoever owned the port could project power downstream all the way to the caspian sea, and since the nazis were trying to capture the oil-rich fields of the caucasus to keep their war machine churning, they desperately needed that city.

[@zersky495]

Yeah, this dude is spreading half truths

[@beachboy0505]

excellent video 📹 excellent research 👏 excellent graphics 👌

[@alienfrom-space2295]

Infographics show is putting up MVP numbers lately. Two quality uploads daily is wild.

[@landonbrown9943]

Love the history lesson

[@ItsYoBoyBryce00]

This was epic! Meanwhile, 2 million people died in this battle.

[@Vandelberger]

A lot of people forget the epic battle of Sevastopol. It was a Crimean fortress that took months and the German giant artillery we still discuss too , the Gustav. There was another battle, which though a German victory was costly, near eastern Ukraine that set up the German South group to fail. Pavlov’s house was a complete myth. It really only exist in Soviet after war propaganda and if anything, was not an important strategic point. This video needs more Tik info checks.

[@realtsarbomba]

It wasn't complete myth, house was fortified and probably held out couple of attacks but I'm pretty sure that after being confirmed as an enemy strong point the whole building would've been reduced to rubble. But Stalin and soviets loved and needed heroes, more legendary the better. Chinese had a similar myth of 7 soldiers holding out against 100000 and killing 15000 japanese soldiers and hundreds of tanks.

[@OldMusicFan83]

Leningrad too

[@terrorgaming459]

Pavlovs house was real

[@Vandelberger]

@@realtsarbomba I agree with that estimate.

[@kinggeorgethe6th]

This battle changed the history of the world

[@realtsarbomba]

Now I'd Love to see infographics show to do the same about the biggest battle ever in Nordic countries, battle of Tali-Ihantala.

[@The_Administrator2317]

That was a finish defensive victory, it wouldnt be much fun

[@jobert109]

Literal biggest battle in history in terms of casualties very *epic*

[@luyandzabavukiledlamini4693]

Yet often overlooked

[@scoopidywhoop7484]

Yeah… I wouldn’t call the Battle of Stalingrad “epic”.

[@Qball_]

Yeah also one of the most important catalysts in the war and therfore the course of history

[@jedediahpeters2947]

This channel is just dropping better content every day.

[@Steamrick]

I really don't think that 'epic' is the right word for a slaughterhouse of a city like that...

[@camerondosing3275]

nobody asked for your opinion, it was an epic battle 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@word_warrior]

I agree

[@drog911_]

lel maybe

[@rayquaza1245]

@@camerondosing3275 No such thing as an epic battle unless it's a movie or game...

[@camerondosing3275]

@@rayquaza1245 no

[@josephmardesich5558]

Do a complete overall timeline of ww2 events, like a master ww2 infographic video would be great! Seen lots of your videos and love them, keep it up!

[@Acosto]

Hi love your vids

[@emil1660]

Couldnt stop laughing when operation Uranus was said

[@OldMusicFan83]

Surprisingly, it involved Klingons

[@Chisszaru]

I just love history. The fact that Stalingrad was a bloodbath is beyond sanity. It was a bloodbath and a slaughterhouse all in one, over a few months

[@extremegameplay8626]

this is crazy Thank you Infographics

[@Taylayooni]

wow ur postign a video every like 10 hours this is amazing

[@IEditAlmostEverything]

Is is cool btw I subbed keep it up

[@mr420quickscops2]

The good old Imperial Guard "We will pave our way to victory on the bones of our fallen comrades!"

[@talaltariqq_]

You guys just make this animation so cool.

[@martinventer512]

This was interesting.

[@mr.mirage3986]

*Ah yes, in 1942, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Sweeden, Italy, and Finland were controlled by Germany. Defienietly happened, and we aren't just lazy so we didn't draw borders.*

[@Thefrogking234]

E

[@Thefrogking234]

@@r34340 exactly

[@thebirdbrand]

It’s ironic that the NKVD would shoot anyone retreating or desertion. But, once that rule came into effect fir the NKVD Officers. Over 1000+ of them were court marshalled for the exact same thing! But, weren’t shot.

[@real_yunicellular]

What do you mean? Thats not how it was. It was just the NKVD officers that were shot. Of course some soldiers were shot like that, but it wasn’t common. Your sources probably come from the movie Enemy at the Gates.

[@thebirdbrand]

@@real_yunicellular my sources come from The Second World War by Antony Beevor and Stalin by Stephen Kotkin

[@MadaughtaUcheetah]

Only ogs remember the days in 2011 on this channel

[@zanderisgaming8726]

Epic!

[@danielduhzgaming3070]

Make a video on the battle of Alesia, it was the best ancient battle in my opinion

[@thewretchking4720]

I don't know if i would describe death on this scale as epic... lol

[@CheetoTheGr8]

Do a story on Marcus Luttrell. The Lone Survivor 👀

[@megaxDmega]

Congratz from Slovenia, just found out after 2 years brotha

[@loyalistmundicomedentisdux9538]

I think the word Brutal can replace the word Epic in this case.

[@alphabeta1337]

Operation Kutuzov and Operation Bagration were two major strategic operations of the Red Army against German Army Group Center Stalingrad was just against the German 6th army

[@kaycee42069]

Cool

[@giglidi9890]

I find this tragic for both sides. For the soldiers that died for two cruel dictators . There is no honor in war, sadly.

[@Leftyotism]

Fun fact: Decimating means only removing 10%.

[@RADrink]

good recommed

[@ives3572]

"Surrender is forbidden. Sixth Army will hold their positions to the last man and the last round and by their heroic endurance will make an unforgettable contribution toward the establishment of a defensive front and the salvation of the Western world." - A. H.

[@hyperturbotechnomike]

In soviet Russia, you don't rush zerg, the zerg rushes you.

[@ecave3435]

To put it simply, Soviet army gain a +100% stat buff during winter

[@Blvckguy]

5:30 wasn’t the fight over this hill in call of duty : finest hour ? If so that’s cool

[@websterthomas2012]

This battle is literally what happens when 2 absolute mad Men go at it.

[@bobbydawn4219]

It’s trapped. Interesting info

[@wrt142]

Epic doesn't sit right with me for the amount of pain and suffering inflicted upon civilians and soldiers

[@Platypus2814]

noone asked😹

[@terrorgaming459]

You go fight then hero

[@KaiserMattTygore927]

Epic doesn't necessarily mean "good" that word had other meanings before zoomers made it a slang term.

[@noxtenembris9131]

@@Platypus2814 I asked

[@TypicalBritishperson4972]

Can you do el alemain (bad spelling I know) as you have already done midway and Stalingrad because these are the thee turning points of the war

[@HitmanStark]

Final mission of World at War…

[@eaphantom9214]

Yeah you did it! I suggested this a year ago I think Now do - The battle of Britain! 🇬🇧 If you please!

[@Disorder2312]

It doesn't deserve any recognition, Britain did nothing good.

[@qichen6959]

I know a Soviet friend who fought against the Nazis and survived to this day.

[@GratefulPrimate]

Unbelievable. I can only imagine the smell of so many rotting corpses in the streets over so many months.

[@macpj12j]

infographic is anti russian channel so it will say any thing to make russia look bad

[@EspionageTV]

Epic

[@jimmygodwin2138]

We just gonna ignore tha fact that every single day infographics gets a little bit close to being oversimplified 🤔

[@ForageGardener]

Mustache man bad, moustache man good, good moustache shoot bad moustache army make boom and die

[@carsonreinhardt8555]

You should make a vid about the tsavo man eating lions

[@eddies_]

XD

[@ShadowHazard93]

There should be a Christopher Nolan film based on Battle Of Stalingrad.

[@ftwtech]

16:38 “Junuary”

[@somenon-human0267]

Someone tell this dude the sweden and murmansk weren't occupied

[@zersky495]

It would make them look bad if he admitted they collabed with Nazis

[@socramzetroc1535]

So are you telling me was the Soviets who protected us against the Nazis? I always thought were the Americans who did it

[@Cam-qf6mx]

Eh sorta we sent them so many resources they pretty much only won because we got them through bad times but they did play a big role

[@Wulfen73]

Nope, they did not protect anyone but themselves, with billions of dollars of aid from the US in tanks, guns, and other resources. Their thanks for that was to seize every country they "liberated" and enact a brutal 50 year occupation on most of them.

[@rolmaxify]

I don‘t know about you, but in my country (austria) there was always put a lot of emphasis on the fact that the Soviets were there to liberate us from the Nazis while taking the biggest toll as well. We even have a tremendous monument in the city center of Vienna to remember the fallen soviet soldiers… And the same attitude also goes for germany.

[@OldMusicFan83]

Without American and British supplies they would have collapsed. Team effort

[@OldMusicFan83]

@@Cam-qf6mx Team effort. By 42 the western allies were drawing away Luftwaffe and German forces to defend In Africa and the Mediterranean

[@quarkedbutt3957]

It has been stated many times that the Italian soldier fought very well he was just failed by Italy's command

[@teaguefritzsche8817]

Your my favorite 👑

[@parabalani]

Maybe one day you can create a video about the battle of Mariupol. Who knows, maybe there will be another battle because the war is not over yet

[@rajumaharjan6868]

Most brutal battle in history

[@mikaelsimble382]

FYI: The thumbnail's arrows pointing to Stalingrad are off by hundreds of km's

[@zombusshankus9589]

Lol

[@dusty9618]

Still watching miss ya

[@evilfingers4302]

Operation Bagration is actually the most epic battle of the Eastern Front which the operation completely destroyed Army Group Center

[@meshackkekana2739]

The excitement I get when I receive my Infographics show notifications 🤞🔥

[@sara-jb1oc]

Please make a video about the Indian Nationalist Leader Shubhas Chandra Bose.

[@rodgermurphy5721]

Operation Uranus cuts through the enemies rear, haha

[@playergameplayfan6154]

Operation Uranus: A Massive attack on the flanks. I see some potential

[@mr.0inker398]

*GLORY ON STALINGRAD*

[@sebastian-zi9yq]

Trying to find an infographics video that’s not about ww2:

[@reginaldcopperbottom1738]

But ww2 is just so epic

[@SiddharthBhattacharjee2065]

Soviet’s best friend: WINTERRRRR

[@flimsyjimnz]

The salient thing I heard was "The Italians fought surprisingly well" -does that make me a bad man?

[@BloodlessJG]

Someone has being watching enemy at the gates

[@alexmurphy8584]

Vasily: Enemy at the gates! Koenig:👉 Vasily:😵

[@Wifgargfhaurh]

Likely the bloodiest battle in human history

[@username88094]

It is

[@jonttu050]

This was very well made and educative episode: straight facts and not that usual US good germany bad bs.

[@Chimpanzees_eater_1000]

maybe because usa wasnt involved directly in stalingrad

[@kaaskop01]

Maybe because russia currently also bad?

[@jonttu050]

@@Chimpanzees_eater_1000 yeah well obviously

[@jonttu050]

Also the traditional movie style good and bad don't fit in the real world

[@andresalvarez5415]

Well Germany was still fielding the bad guys here so