The Siege of Leningrad (1941-44)

The Siege of Leningrad was one of the longest sieges in history.
The German forces were to hold the city under siege therefore starving the soviet defenders to death.
However, they did not expect such a heroic resistance by the Leningrad defenders...
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The World at War - By Mark Arnold-Forster

[@HistoryHouseProductions]

It’s so crazy to think how long these sieges were. I was so different 872 days ago. I can’t even imagine being under siege the whole time....

[@afinoxi]

Well you couldn't. You were shot or starved generally.

[@afinoxi]

@@REEEPROGRAM siege of Candia , 21 years. Yeah...

[@alvag6]

Well Netherlands colonizing other country for 350 years so Then colonized again by japan for 3.5 years

[@MairusPleilinen]

Well have you played Rainbow 6 siege :-DDDD

[@kairndreamer2885]

@@shayanabrouce686 Many did surrender already in Ukraine (some also offered to join against the Soviets and faced the same fate); none were accepted and the news traveled quickly. The Slavic peoples, Catholics, East Orthodox, Jews, Republicans (Communists included), etc. were all forced to unite against the Nazis and their collaborators, or face total annihilation and erasure.

[@JustinY.]

Almost three years. Years. It's insane to even try and think of what those guys endured.

[@zach7372]

Is this a serious Justin y comment?

[@dominatordude7535]

Yeah it is the real Justin Y.

[@zach7372]

@@dominatordude7535 yeah but it's the first of his comments I've seen that isn't a joke or something.

[@kstreet7438]

Justin Y. A serious Justin comment crazy.

[@kstreet7438]

Samuel Cayford in way shorter time too

[@Dante8731]

28 workers of the Institute of Plant Industry died of starvation while keeping the collection of 200,000 seed samples, several tons in total. This collection saved many thousands during the post-war recovery.

[@v44n7]

Incredible, I didn't knew that, thanks for sharing

[@andro7862]

Heroes, they knew what had to be done, at all costs.

[@SuperNgin]

Благодарю тебя за эту информацию. Она поможет понять то отчаянье и отвагу граждан блокадного Ленинграда. Thanks to you for that information. It might to help to understand that despair and valour of citizens of besieged Leningrad!

[@kodingkrusader2765]

@@SuperNgin the citizens had valor. Valor for a brutal dictator that exterminated tens of millions of his own people.

[@SuperNgin]

@@kodingkrusader2765 you have no idea of valor. Да и пошел ты.

[@acerusea5156]

Soviet high ranking officer: *messes up once* Georgy Zhukov: Allow me to introduce myself

[@lenin4074]

420 LIKES, IM NOT RUINING THIS

[@dripsnake44]

Fortnitegamer 123L5 I’m sorry little one *presses like button*

[@iamjoeysteel]

You have to make a series of critical mistakes before they would send Zhukov. He's one man and can't be everywhere at once. To his credit, his duty and incredible work saved many more millions of Soviet lives.

[@gnas1897]

@Sebastian Demel Shut-

[@StraightEdgeSieghart]

@Sebastian Demel Very Human comment right there. Ladies and gentlemen. Is that what your mother taught you?

[@Simplehistory]

872 days

[@real4426]

Yay

[@koolaidman2347]

Simple History wow....

[@schnibbelhenry1232]

Simple History first

[@real4426]

HAHAHAH

[@fizii_]

First or second

[@infinity6212]

My great grandmother was a firefighter in the sieged Leningrad until 1943. She is still alive.

[@pseudoharm]

Wow legend. F

[@sofilthy911]

Ur grandma hero

[@Boooooooooo541]

@@JohnM-sw4sc wtf

[@majdaasee4744]

The immortal firefighter of Leningrad

[@admiralredaceone5913]

How old she is?

[@juuzos6016]

Imagine traveling back in time to realize everything actually looks like Simple History animation

[@TheThazzY]

Lmao

[@captaindeadward9620]

What do you mean “animation”?

[@colecooper5836]

The matrix was much simpler back then.

[@Vipergaming-pb2js]

Welp to the time machine to find out

[@Josh-ju8bc]

XD

[@donhancock332]

The " sawdust" in their bread was actually the inner bark of a kind of pine.Scraped and dried it was quite edible when mixed with a certain amount of flour.

[@hydraliskin]

in finnish its called pettuleipä..we also in hard times eat it

[@peterlonergan]

Apparently it's rich in vitamin c

[@MannenFromNorth]

We have something similar in Norway to, when making fire food you could cut off some innerlining in the wood and eat it, it's like a wet chewing gum once you get it right, and it tastes surprisingly good and makes you full pretty fast.

[@gregbaranszky545]

Are you trying to make eating trees sound okay?

[@siyacer]

@@gregbaranszky545 are you trying to say it isn't?

[@zicomitchell]

I swear to God, every time there's a crap Soviet Commander, Zhukov is there to replace him.

[@badabada4251]

No wonder even Stalin and Khruschev feared him

[@rottensoul440]

Zhukov wasn't actually that great, in 1942 he turned the Rzhev salient into a meat grinder, losing more than two million men for minor territorial gains and comparatively light German casualties.

[@badabada4251]

@@rottensoul440 no generals has perfect battle records. Even Napoelon has his losts.

[@Nostr00]

Zhukov wasnt any better xD

[@ShadowPatriot]

​@@rottensoul440 i personally agree, that there were many losses, but due to his departure to Stalingrad front almost all operation turned into failure despite some liberated territories. And only because of Stalingrad success, offensive Rzhev operation(Mars) completed successfully

[@aim2kill171]

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[@Simplehistory]

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[@jgrechhardie]

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[@markshakur3617]

To be honest it became my fav channel quick, I learn get smart and don't see useless ads. Gotta love it

[@Katt1n]

@@jgrechhardie F

[@aim2kill171]

@@Simplehistory dont understand youtube language

[@duncangraczyk7287]

An old story about the siege. Shostakovitch, a famous Russian composer, wrote a symphony, simply called The Leningrad Symphony, to be preformed at the city. the malnourished performers, dressed in ragged clothes, preformed the symphony to a equally malnourished populace of Leningrad. The Germans, in their trenches, heard the symphony from the city center, and it is said, a German Captain, said "this city will never fall.". I don't know the validity of the story, but it brings hope that music creates courage, even in the face of overwhelming odds.

[@Ivanofficial52]

There's more: the Soviets we're shooting German planes so they don't interrupt the concert. The audience said the philharmony was literally shaking. While the music played only 3 bombs fell in the suburb

[@Davidkiser13]

“And i dedicate my 7th symphony to the heroism of Leningrad” Dmitry Shostakovich

[@ossewa3939]

My mom: We'll just be in and out, real quick. What actaully happens: *1941-44*

[@Crystal_Apple]

Lol

[@theskullboy8700]

Your profile picture fits with this comment so well

[@whitneywoodward907]

*twenty* *minute* *adventure*

[@homierami7196]

Guys this isn’t funny

[@pandamilkshake]

@@whitneywoodward907 God damnit, I was gpnna say that 🤣

[@heitorfuzii7398]

I have some ideas for future videos -Remake of the battle of verdun video -battle of wuhan -Warsaw uprising -soviet invasion of afhganistan -Brazilian expeditionary force -battle of smolensk

[@justas6235]

Soviet invasion of Baltic’s

[@jubisvaldo5450]

A video about the FEB whould be great (im a brazilian)

[@duk6157]

I had one but I can't remember

[@CM-ls6fh]

Battle of Wuhan, Second Sino Japanese War, Battle of Taierzhuang... so many great battles that could be talked about... We all pretend like the war was in Europe and Japan was done by 2 nukes. We seem to forget the insane sacrifice of 20,000,000 Chinese

[@user-wn4jr6zz8f]

Yugoslav Partizans too

[@duncangraczyk7287]

they say, that when the preformed Shostakovitch's Leningrad symphony in a concert hall in Leningrad, by a starving orchestra and listened by malnourished people in the concert hall. A German commander, who heard the symphony being played form the hall. he then spoke to his men and said "this city will never be conquered" .

[@SerpMolot]

America: do or die. Russia/USSR: die but do.

[@fahmicanaries89]

What happen after die?

[@kingteadeeri9476]

Святослав Цейко but do?

[@XtreeM_FaiL]

Mohd Zulfahmi Zakaria Gulag.

[@mrorlov2706]

@@fahmicanaries89 You getting a hero medal. Post mortem.

[@edgarbanuelos6472]

Japan: Just die

[@vicrus5900]

My great grandma survived this siege, she was 13. She does bot like to talk about the siege, she still lives in Leningrad

[@JackNotJacks]

It’s called St. Petersburg now.

[@vicrus5900]

@@JackNotJacks I am aware, I used Leningrad for its historical context

[@SaifSheikh445]

You made a typo. I think you meant to say not not bot but its ok. You can always fix it

[@SaifSheikh445]

Vicrus did you have any other family members that lived in Leningrad at the time

[@user-nk6lz5kw7w]

the majority does not like to talk about the blockade

[@Khvost_]

I'm from Saint Petersburg (aka Leningrad) myself. The amount of respect that those people deserve is impossible to express. They are truly heroic.

[@PyromaN93]

Cheers from Gatchina, bro. They was true steel people, city wasn't surrender, and produced ammunition, guns, tanks and more under constant bombardment, and send it to the frontline.

[@viatka_post]

Ленин был шутником, он пообещал крестьянам землю, но так и не дал ее, но и крестьяне были шутниками, поэтому Ленин не видит землю до сих пор

[@NapoleonBonaparde]

Yes indeed lots of respect for those Wehrmacht soldiers

[@user-ii1cr9mr6s]

@@NapoleonBonaparde ok wehraboo

[@jennyjohn704]

@@NapoleonBonaparde Why?

[@bbcmotd]

Diary of Tanya Savicheva (age 11) Zhenya died on December 28th at 12 noon, 1941 Grandma died on the 25th of January at 3 o'clock, 1942 Leka died March 17th, 1942, at 5 o'clock in the morning, 1942 Uncle Vasya died on April 13th at 2 o'clock in the morning, 1942 Uncle Lesha May 10th, at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, 1942 Mama on May 13th at 7:30 in the morning, 1942 The Savichevs are dead Everyone is dead Only Tanya is left

[@neitherman9997]

I've just read about her I found it sad to think that after going through all that and surviving Leningrad, it's a disease that killed her before the war even ended

[@markoap91]

@@neitherman9997 Very sad. Reading this I was hoping she had lived.

[@Andbriefly]

@@markoap91 Таня умерла от туберкулёза кишечника в 1944 (по другой версии, это был энцефалит). 😔

[@neomarks3623]

@@markoap91 , she is dead on the "big land" because she had many diseases, that she toke in cold days of siege.

[@neomarks3623]

@Josip Broz Tito , she is dead on the "big land" because she had many diseases, that she toke in cold days of siege.

[@americanninja4639]

Honour to my great grandpa Sascha igorov(1921-1943) .declared missing near Novgorod.

[@walkinggaming7348]

Blyat

[@canep]

It's either IgorEv or Yegorov. There's no such surname Igorov. You're welcome.

[@fahoodie1852]

canep ё

[@homierami7196]

american ninja respect for your great grandpa

[@FirstLast-cg9ic]

Probably desserted

[@lutgardonabo319]

*Zhukov After Stalingrad* "Ah yes I can rest now" Stalin ; Zhukov I need you Zhukoz ; awwww c' mon

[@lutgardonabo319]

@Inigo Bantok lol

[@raynornayaka4115]

@Inigo Bantok darn. I was about to comment that!

[@gurbajsingh8283]

*WE

[@republic0_032]

Vasily Chuikov also played a huge part in the victory at Stalingrad.

[@user-bn1zd3us5l]

Zhukov was fighting Ukranian nazis and bandits after the War.

[@lillyie]

Soviet Commanders: *loses to Germany* Zhukov: fine, i'll do it myself

[@garmenlin5990]

I get that reference

[@patrioticamerican8114]

Sad Konstantin noises

[@LIONTAMER3D]

zhukov, rommel, patton: they were commanders who could take one look at the layout of men/materials on a battlefield & know exactly what needed to be done, when, and how in order to win. stacking enemy bodies with maximum efficiency o.0

[@andro7862]

During the siege, 9 scientists at the Leningrad Institute of Plant Technology, a seed bank containing 250 000 different seeds, chose to starve to death rather than to eat the seeds, therefore preserving them for future generations.

[@aaronlee5073]

As civilians, we here in America don’t know a damn thing about the brutality of war other than what we’ve seen on tv

[@joshuablue7938]

Bc it's ungodly difficult to invade the Americas

[@jackluck2538]

Yeah, I mean thats what a two massive oceans will do for ya!

[@Juan-wx5xz]

Americans civilians : What is war? Lol

[@grimreaper649]

@Horatio Nelson Europe and asia were nations born from war but I can't tell which one had the most bloody wars.

[@normahansen6184]

@@joshuablue7938 oh shut up maybe in the past but not now

[@abramo7700]

Nobody Germany: What if we make a 3 year siege and not even capture it

[@Void_Wars]

M1A1 Abrams 3rd Generation MBT do you think they could? They were constantly pressured, just like the soviets.

[@Adrianrafael04]

Nobody: USA: What if we invade Vietnam for over 10 years and not even capture it?

[@2UNIEK]

@Mexodus How is a protest all the way in America gonna effect what's happening in Vietnam, especially with the draft. They're already there, lol.

[@tyler774]

@@Adrianrafael04 usa wasn't the only country that try to invade vietnam

[@Ios13056]

@@Adrianrafael04 Vietnam btfo the french, aussies, americans, and kiwis

[@Sapphiros]

Dear Lord, 872 days...

[@Simplehistory]

its hard to imagine the suffering

[@christianramirez6578]

@@Simplehistory but how does the suffering last almost 3 years for the Soviets not ready against the Germans.

[@joshuahuntington5467]

Christian Ramirez can you explain that a bit better and I shall explain if i can

[@raymondhamill270]

@@Simplehistory I remember reading somewhere that six members of the Soviet agriculture society had stored tons of grain the reason for why they did it was they were under orders to keep the grain safe for it to planted of the war four of the six members died from starvation but afterwards the grain was planted to help feed the people once the siege on the city was lifted.

[@christianramirez6578]

@@joshuahuntington5467 like how Soviet Union lost so many lives since it was bigger than Germany and the Communist overthrown the government during the near ending of ww1?

[@michaelmoreno-ramirez2556]

*When you hear a large "UUUURRRRAAAAA" coming from over the hill* HANZ GET ZE LUGAH!

[@Ivan-fn8bf]

@Dedi Wahyudi yea bro

[@historystorieswithreggie2865]

Hanz there's only one thing to do What is it comandant? Go get the vodka and go berserk.... After 3days of fighting 2 Germans were seen fleeing the scene with a bottle of vodka in their hands

[@gillesdupouy8357]

HANZ GET DA FLAMMENWERFAH

[@gillesdupouy8357]

@Dedi Wahyudi TENNO HEIKA... BANZAIIIIIIII

[@Attila-xd2dy]

@@gillesdupouy8357 flammenwerfer*

[@powersettingsm7172]

America: We lost so many men in ww2 Britain: We contributed more men in ww2 Soviet Union: WE LOST MORE MEN IN ONE CITY THAN BOTH YOUR LOSSES COMBINED.

[@kylekustka7086]

@@karljohns4245 your comment is stupid, the british contributed a huge amount to the war effort but were efficent with there troops instead of throwing them waves and wave into battle

[@lc9245]

@@kylekustka7086 Thanks to the sea in between. The British war effort is appreciated, but not significant in regards to the Soviet Union and United States. The British infantries were far more superior to their Germans counterpart, having much more training time, much better equipped, supported by far more superior fire power, possessed the best special force in the world, the Commandos. The British pit fall was their outdated tactics that caused more losses than necessary. Efficiency is up for debate when Market Garden exists.

[@djhotdawg8435]

@@kylekustka7086 weren't Britain doing terrible against rommel in Africa despite having more numbers

[@satou446]

Dj hotdawg yeah

[@Mohatheking19]

@@kylekustka7086 if Britain wasn't an island nation the german would have invaded them just as easy as they invaded France , the only contribution Britain did was to destroy the luftwaffe and kill the experienced german pilots .

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

On the “Convoy of Life” on ice, the Soviets built snow forts and emplacements to shoot down potential planes or enemies seeking to disrupt he convoy.

[@jan_kisan]

yep, this Road of Life was quite a feat in itself. i remember a video by a Russian historian, on the details of its planning, engineering, organisation in general, of the defence. scientists had to investigate the ice conditions, and all that.

[@VlizOW]

Last time I was this early, Yugoslavia still existed 🥶🥶

[@justanotherhuman.3649]

Oooffffff. your coment shatered the USSR.

[@fizii_]

That isnt funny

[@merilazic9070]

Lol

[@TheGuy-yk1ut]

So you were never early

[@slavicemperor8279]

As a man from Balkans I really wish I was alive when Yugoslavia existed, my country is a hellhole now :(

[@kams8759]

Leningrad: **has grad in it** Stalin: **holds it for 3 years**

[@erinlee4310]

Just Call Me Sköll Grad is Russian for “city”.

[@kams8759]

@@erinlee4310 makes sense then

[@Gameflyer001]

@@erinlee4310 Also the case in the languages of the former Yugoslavia.

[@HappiKarafuru]

Boy, do they kept those word. They do hold it for 3 years.

[@WinteressNavja]

That's why WW2 is very important for us. We still remember what our ancestors have been through.

[@boerekable]

Ww2 is important, because it is the only thing Putin could find what made Russian people pride and loyal to him at the same time.

[@itwowed]

@@boerekable Putin Putin Putin Putin Putin Putin. Maybe time to stop?

[@markd523]

Селина Винтер Yes. I remember feeling SO ashamed and embarrassed in 2015 when Obama (I’m American) turned down his invitation to the 70th Victory parade in Moscow. It was politically motivated, due to tensions over The Ukraine. But politics should never be more important than a respect for history or the unimaginable sadness and loss that the Russian Nation endured to defeat The Third Reich on the ground. Your people were alone in that fight and it is only The Russians who would not have given up in such a terrible conflict. I really respect that Victory, but cannot comprehend how nightmarish was the cost. Russia will outlive our planet and our sun.

[@homierami7196]

Селина Винтер my two great grand fathers were fighting in the war and I respect them, one of them was fighting in Baltic fleet and he was in siege of Leningrad and the second one he was on katusha and event took participation in battle of Budapest

[@Alsayid]

@@markd523 I hate to tell you Mark, but Russia is already dying. Russian women barely have one child on average, and many of those from Muslims. The problem is no better in Western Europe or America.

[@ankitsrivastava3125]

Me: Quarantine day 10 is tough Leningrad: Am I a joke to you ?

[@soldierstudios7316]

This virus looks like it will be a while tho

[@soldierstudios7316]

@Los Santos I know I am just saying that this virus can last a while I know they had it way harder

[@soldierstudios7316]

@Los Santos ha ha

[@exaid0556]

Exactly why I, as Russian, purposely silence myself when i want to complain about quarantine - I remember that my ancestors were through much, MUCH worse.

[@Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache]

This city...is in..UNACCEPTABLE... _CONDITIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON! _*_UNACCEPTABLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLE!_* Edit: Ooooohhhhh. _Lenin_ grad.

[@originalbucket6931]

Indeed.

[@christianlawson2961]

i just spit out my soda

[@MCL003]

Samuel Cayford well 1 Russia’s not longer a communists state and 2 st Petersburg was the original name

[@Matthew_Fundal]

@@MCL003 what

[@esaskykke7600]

Leninglad

[@HappiKarafuru]

I remember ussr/russian ww2 tanker vet said "Yes, we will resist, we will resist this fight" Their fighting spirits is before they die, they make sure victory was at hand.

[@jan_kisan]

a huge thank you for just telling the story, without any anti-Soviet myths and clichés. you're doing a better job than most Russian and Western media.

[@schdobbl1234]

A huge thank you also from the other side, I know that we have done many cruels but in the most documentations the Germans are described as monsters. Greetings from munich

[@CoolGuyLatvian]

russian media is controlled by the kremlin and they make soviet union look like it was the good guy in ww2

[@jirouhorikoshi8747]

@@CoolGuyLatvian So US was a good guy in ww2 ?

[@ixibillixi1]

Jirou Horikoshi better then nazis or the ussr

[@mjevgeni]

@@ixibillixi1 USSR did most of the job defeating Nazis in WW2. So USSR was best in this particular case.

[@gggaming4tg]

5:18 That guy is just standing,exposed,holding a pistol,and firing like his fingers are micro sized

[@Dramoklos]

That's a general

[@helpiamstuckonthismanshead3385]

Why is je still alive?

[@supermario12295]

And the riflemen fire in unisson. Talk about discipline

[@aimanasyraf5657]

definition of badassness

[@darthvoodoo5026]

From what I’ve heard, it was actually true that officers stood tall in battle, as it improved morale when the soldiers saw him braving enemy fire.

[@personinspace4286]

Honestly this helps more than school 😂

[@baguette8429]

For real

[@poodleupbeat5677]

At school they only teach you your countrys history not the others

[@personinspace4286]

Edson Danao exactly

[@imthebestdummespersonalive5951]

Yeah

[@medlawar8645]

Yee

[@johnbeauvais3159]

You left out that the PPS-43 was designed within the city in 1942 and tested by firing out the window

[@scarab2622]

Also known as "Leningun"

[@dariusstock2206]

Some KV tanks were used to shoot from windows before its construction was complete.

[@Arthur-ye2zh]

It’s crazy how my great grandmother had to go through this and starve barley getting food in the city

[@blank557]

I've read Salsibury's excellent book, "900 Days" which gives first hand accounts by survivors concerning the siege. There is one heart-rending account where a little girl in an freezing apartment wrote on a wall a daily record the name and death of each of her family members from starvation and cold, until she only remained, and was found dead. Tears.

[@BigslattYSL]

Yes, History... _SIMPLE_ History

[@indianajones4321]

Almost at 2 Million subscribers

[@milkdromeda8539]

It still 1,6

[@insertnamehere7228]

Not really...

[@jokupelaaja7979]

It will happen some day.

[@saladbruh2625]

Zhukov: Defenda Leningrad Defends Moscow Encircles Germans at Stalingrad Takes Berlin. Add what I missed.

[@kayvan671]

He also defeated the Japanese army in Mongolia.

[@saladbruh2625]

@@kayvan671 yeah thanks, khalkhin gol

[@sincereyoutubeapology]

The animation on these videos is AMAZING. Watching the Russians use their svt40s, mosin nagants, and ppks and the Germans with their kar98k and mp40s, etc is so impressive. The little details in combination with the awesome presentation can't be beat. I love this channel and all these videos.

[@finnishguy4002]

R.I.P all those who died under this siege :(

[@foximacentauri7891]

Druing this war in general

[@neonknight-1522]

@@joshuas.686 Rip for him too

[@finnishguy4002]

@@user-jd6gq2vh5w Lol XD

[@JanKowalski-gv2ol]

@@joshuas.686 Come on, you gotta give him some credit, I mean he killed Hitler

[@richardroberson2564]

@@foximacentauri7891 There was certainly many people in the Soviet Union, Italy, and Germany that needed to die.

[@vincentmalab3289]

Pls do next about The Battle of Kursk, the biggest tank battle in history.

[@robertr954]

Is not the biggest battle in history. The battle of Brody at Dubno is the biggest..

[@para_magnus2200]

Robert R tank battle he said m

[@stalinium4769]

Vincent Malab yeah it’s Dubno

[@admiralphilius8575]

*INTO THE MOTHERLAND THE GERMAN ARMY MARCH!*

[@vincentmalab3289]

@@robertr954 yeah, it's the Battle of Brody during the Operation Barbarossa. I did a reaserch after you reply on my comment but the Battle of Kursk is the most known biggest tank battle by many.

[@PRMihanya]

I'm from St.Petersburg (Leningrad nowdays), and i want say thank you for this video. Yes you observe only main part of the siege (as a citizen of Leningrad, of course i know much more of this), but still big thanks for this) Also, you mispronounce lake Ladoga, it's not a ladOga but lAdoga. Now you know more.

[@user-wv7jj3xk8w]

Эээ, наоборот, Питер был Ленинградом при СССР.

[@PRMihanya]

@@user-wv7jj3xk8wЯ знаю что не очень понятно написал, но имелось ввиду что "... Санкт-Петербург (название Ленинграда в наше время)..."

[@elenagoodson3004]

Thanks for breaking it down like this!

[@Master5505]

*Make a Warsaw Uprising video please!!! Greetings from Poland 🇵🇱*

[@Simplehistory]

we will

[@Master5505]

Simple History thank you 🙏

[@asianswhofish1650]

Yaaay

[@vexmor3546]

And now all I hear is Sabaton.

[@youfakedepressionandanxiet1715]

GREETINGS FROM EARTH!

[@chufa6553]

0:30 I thought that was Kim Jong Un for a second

[@sviatoslavs.1305]

Joseph Kim A proof that Kim Jong Un is just another Hitler.

[@MemestiffGaming]

A man of culture I see, I love titanfall

[@Crackmonkey2110]

@@MemestiffGaming I love it too, hyped at TF3

[@bigazzun3472]

@@MemestiffGaming not gonna happen kid dont get your hopes up

[@ninalitz1076]

I thought it too

[@luckyboy_4161]

Спасибо, что не очернили историю моей страны, заслуженный лайк

[@zvavie--msmsmsms2933]

LuckyBoy _ nein blyat

[@mrnoname9086]

Blyat

[@SuperNgin]

не слушай этих ублюдков. Мне тоже было приятно смотреть это видео. Жаль наши редко балуют нас подобными рассказами.

[@user-jh4kp9lz4b]

@@SuperNgin есть куча хороших каналов: Тактик Медиа, у Гоблина/Пучкова регулярно выступают историки на тему. Simple History - это для амерских даунов, которые более объёмные материалы не способны воспринять. Нам такой обрезанный формат не нужен, у нас даже в школе дают больший объём знаний

[@homierami7196]

Дмитрий Левыкин ты прав потому что они не знают через что наш народ прошёл

[@Zellzify]

5:10 I like the officer who just stands there and shooting with his Luger like its nothing. Must be a huge morale boost for the soldiers taking cover

[@RevReverend]

I love how much longer the videos are getting as well as how much more action is being put into each scene. Keep up the good work.

[@apetrenko_ai]

Thank you for this great video! People in the West generally don't know these pages of history. As a follow up you can cover the story of Tanya Savicheva, a child who lived in Leningrad during the siege. This is one of the darkest war stories you can imagine.

[@rumblymars1580]

Looks like you heard me! Thank you for making this, it’s amazing and informing.

[@zeydjericho]

Thank you! Great work.

[@Crazy_killer-qm8ju]

My history teacher struggled to find good videos so I told her about your channel and she loved it and uses it for every lesson now

[@ivanmorello868]

Its a good day when simple history uploads a video

[@joshuahuntington5467]

Ronin Ivan Romanov I swear to god you damm commies I shall burn YOU ALL First hop in the car we are going for pizza in Italy

[@ivanmorello868]

@@joshuahuntington5467 I was russian in my past life and I served as a sniper in the 1st Baltic Front. I was Ivan Sidorenko. I was the soviet sniper that gained 500 kills and awarded the "Hero of the Soviet Union" award

[@joshuahuntington5467]

Ronin Ivan Romanov your wish is my command commie

[@joshuahuntington5467]

Ronin Ivan Romanov sooooo.......is that a no to 🍕

[@ivanmorello868]

@@joshuahuntington5467 that's a no

[@TrueCourse]

Tragic. I hope many people out there who catch this presentation (and many others) would spark an interest in history - that we may hope and pray never repeat such tragedies. Thanks for sharing!

[@maddog7795]

The Russians showed true bravery in the face of terror.

[@jounisuninen]

Stalin did not allow ordinary citizens and soldiers leave the City, so they had no other choice than show true bravery.

[@maddog7795]

@@jounisuninen your right. Its rlly sad tho, alot of people would have been saved if they could have evacuated.

[@randied603]

Things would be different if Stalin didn't lock the citizens into Leningrad

[@ShizoidSProblemami]

There was no possible way to get out of this city. Also a losing of this city would result in decreasing the morale of Red Army, which would be resulted in much more losses.

[@pratyushjena8815]

@Lactose Tolerant Only cry more

[@marcusj3287]

Learn more in 6:33 seconds then I did 4 years of history lol

[@whydoievenhavesubs3317]

Lol yeah i pearned everything that happened ww2 in a 20 min video not 45 mins at school

[@comraderfluff6923]

@@whydoievenhavesubs3317 ok ok what war happened on 41-44 ???

[@ianofwater5188]

That's embarrasing.

[@mrbalz5404]

@@comraderfluff6923 you meant 41-45

[@OneSandMan]

ZachSVK no its called “The Pacific Strategy” and happened through 1941 (when pearl harbor was bombed) to 1944 when japan surrendered. The war officially ended in 1945 from hitlers suicide.

[@rodrigogarcia4053]

Excellent video Simple History! I would like to learn about the Mexican Revolution of 1917, please.

[@mikewheeler4745]

Greetings from Mexico 🇲🇽

[@miguelespana5495]

Yep greetings.

[@RamdomRando]

It might be a little long though, what with all the plans...

[@JuCarlos-ex8ip]

I 💕 the graphics, of course the content too.. thanks for sharing the video.

[@thehengy3232]

I’m glad you posted this as I’m doing a project for school on it 😁😆

[@alexk155k9]

Finally I’ve been waiting for this for ages. Love your guys vids

[@Swineminator]

A very recent siege to cover should be Deir ez-Zor, took more than 1100 days. Of course the scale of the battle can't be compared to Leningrad but a really heroic defence against IS at the middle of the desert.

[@firepower7017]

Swineminator What is with modern countries being bested by the equivalent to a poor man with some decent skill of ambushes wielding an AK, I mean I'd fear countries like Japan can just be beaten by such a laughably feeble power.

[@laterceraguerramundial1433]

@@firepower7017 Because Guerilla Warfare. Look it up.

[@firepower7017]

@@laterceraguerramundial1433 I'm Cambodian, you don't gotta tell me. If my people pushed back America with such tactics. I'd be well aware

[@XSDX3R0]

@@firepower7017 Usually has to do with preservation of one's own life. A freedom fighter will gladly give his/her life for the cause to defend their country and belief. A soldier from a modern country given orders to fight in the middle of no where just wants to go home alive. Acceptable casualties differ. Vietnamese guerilla fighters and their allies had 3x as many military deaths as their enemies. 50,000+ deaths for US is wholly unacceptable by US standards whereas the NVA were willing to keep going regardless.

[@firepower7017]

@@XSDX3R0 The NVA was also combating the Khmer Rouge but America stepped up and saved them. America is evil for letting such regime survive. Same goes to the many dictatorships in South America

[@dakotamcavoy2278]

This is my absolute favorite channel period. I wish we had this throughout Grade School. I might have actually learned something it’s actually amazing the amount of false information that we learned.

[@tj9508]

I love these moments of silence at the end of your videos. idk if it's intended for showing respect, but I will take it as is.

[@hppeti-dz9zs]

Thank you! I was waiting for this video! Thank you! Thank you! Great video!

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

Please do USS Pueblo incident, it’s an interesting event that happened in my nation during the Cold War

[@grahamlopez6202]

Mail me a north Korean ak. I cant find one anywhere and I need it for my collection

[@andrewe.2464]

Provocateur rly cuz I never wished that

[@raptorfromthe6ix833]

the only thing that happened in your nation besides the occasional famine and embargo

[@DblQtrLbwCheese]

* United States Government wants to know your location

[@fjjt5897]

This video is great! I came here because I'm doing a research for a presentation of Shostakovich's 7th Symphony (Subtitled "Leningrad"). I mean, most artworks (any art) have to have a historical and/or emotional context, which is clearly represented in DSCH 7. Shostakovich was born in St. Petersburg in 1906, city which would later become Leningrad, after the Russian Revolution. He lived there all his life until the siege, when he had to flee in order to survive. He had already started composing the symphony in Leningrad, so he finished composing it out of there in a little amount of time. He finally finished it and it was premiered in Kuybyshev (now Samara), then in America, with Arturo Toscanini, and then, decided to perform the symphony in the sieged city of Leningrad. This was not an easy task, since most of the musicians were missing or dead. Karl Eliasberg was the conductor in charge of the premier in Leningrad. He was very demanding. Musicians were payed with a little loaf of bread, courtesy of the melomaniacs who still lived there. If any musician missed a rehearsal (only excuse if they were dead or in a life-or-death situation), Eliasberg wouldn't give them the bread. This symphony is really hard to perform, it requires a little bit more than 100 musicians, yet less than 30 musicians (amateurs involved) played in the Leningrad premier. Many musicians died during the rehearsals (mostly woodwinds and brass). The concert arrived, and they played it with amplifier so that people would hear the symphony. And that drove the Nazis attention. They tried to bomb the hall, so part of the Russian army defended it. In the end, the concert was a success, being taken as a symbol of resistance. I recommend everyone to listen to this piece, specially the 1st and 4th movements, and listen to Bernstein/Chicago, Mata/Dallas, Svetlanov/USSRSO, Currentzis/SWRSO (I highly recommend this one) and Eliasberg. This last recording is very special, since it was made around 20 years later to commemorate the victims of the siege, and many of the musicians who participated in the Leningrad premier.

[@MyTownDrunk]

I love you guys thanks for the history lesson as always. This is very important stuff y'all

[@swamptruck2536]

Do one about Spanish Civil War In Iberia please

[@willyiscool5402]

Matthew Familia what

[@gamingjoe9649]

3:52 when your undersiege but you see a hot comrade

[@choochoomawpoker3125]

We don't understand it that's why we look for other comments in your comment for an answer

[@gamingjoe9649]

@@choochoomawpoker3125 the guy in the back his hand is going back and forth really fast and he look like he's beating his meat (probably should have clarified it😂😂)

[@choochoomawpoker3125]

@@gamingjoe9649 r/whooosh Thanks I don't really know it xD

[@seanvillaflor6030]

@@gamingjoe9649 ok

[@petergriffin1446]

not really

[@Desh282]

Thank you for bringing the spot light to my people...

[@Unknown-vf8qz]

nice vid as always , noticed a better quality on the latest vids

[@alexandersnorrason2080]

What about Kursk or Brody? both on the eastern front and are the largest tank battles in history

[@stefanSS1480]

Largest tank battle was America againts Iraq durin Operation Desert Storm

[@arcticengineer174]

Kursk was not the battle. It was the front the were fighting on. The actual battle was the battle of Prokhorovka

[@ee93]

Stefan that was the biggest american one, and you shoud be proud you share the same first name as Stefan karl stefanson

[@fancygirl3792]

Stefan sorry false In history the largest tank battle was the Battle of broody Russia 1941

[@karlwisch6016]

Make Philippine American War 1899-1902 Please reply simple history.

[@hayderfeleyeh476]

That will be cool

[@tngtrivedi]

I know.

[@thelabminer2048]

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

[@CallOSaulTitan]

Yeah, especially the 3 bells have just been returned back to the philippines after the pillaging

[@harveyfong7617]

nop

[@vivekt.2038]

Well Happy new Year Simple History .

[@Nova-yi3cp]

Love your vids keep up the good work👍

[@stevan546]

You always make amazing videos, keep it up Поштовање за све храбре људе који су тамо били (Respect for all brave men who were there)

[@jazzadieu]

Hi Legendary Voice Actor Guy! Please never leave this channel! You are the best!

[@tunnelrat5804]

How did you not mention Zinovy Kolobanov’s last stand?

[@jl88570]

Make and videos for the battles at Kiev, Minsk and Moscow please.

[@chimnchom7493]

Do a video on South Africa like the -1st boer war -2nd boer war

[@erich.2550]

That would be AWESOME ! 😉👌🏽

[@annieo1985]

YES!!!!!

[@Patrick.Weightman]

I would say Rhodesia too, but it'd be impossible without starting arguments left and right in the comments.

[@chimnchom7493]

Thurnis Haley yeah

[@nottoday3817]

Wasn't Zulu Wars, Boer War 1 and Boer War 2?

[@unfinishedsentenc5308]

It would be amazing if simple history had Joakim Brodén from Sabaton as a guest and both of them did a video collab together.

[@justinbury1945]

Oooooh, now thats an idea.

[@troyc7726]

Love this channel

[@user-leshiy99rus]

"Road of Life" - during the Great Patriotic War the only transport route through Lake Ladoga. During periods of navigation - on water, in winter - on ice. Connected from September 12, 1941 to March 1943, the besieged Leningrad with the country. The road laid on ice is often called the Ice Road of Life (officially - Military Highway No. 101 (No. 102)). At the Osinovets lighthouse, there is also the Road of Life Museum. Few people know, but at the cost of their lives, hydrologists and geographers checked the calculations of their predecessors from tsarist Russia, manually checking ice thickness under the constant raids of German aviation!

[@kingsofserbiangameplay1623]

It's even horrifying to think about it. 872 days. Undernourished, under constant bombardment and under constant fear, for 872 days. But those heroic soliders and civilians never considered surrender or peace with Germans! Their moral was high, high until the last one of them. Until the last drip of blood! Eventually they persevered! Heroes, mostly forgotten by westerners, overshadowed by Staligrad in history books. The Seige of Leningrad

[@jeffdebono624]

It wasnt bravery it was literally all males in russia had to fight. Russia loat 30% of its males after ww2

[@JacatackLP]

FinnishViking 1200 hmmm wonder where some bias could be in a name like that. Maybe a little salt at 2 losses in a row?

[@thugpigeon8688]

@@JacatackLP loss? simo is not agreeing

[@JacatackLP]

Thug Pigeon that’s like saying Germany didn’t win the war because Whitman. They *did* lose both the initial war and the continuation war, neither of which would have been necessary if they didn’t basically approach the pre-war negotiations plugging their ears with their middle fingers

[@a.e.9821]

Nothing really horrifying about it. Every siege is like that.

[@WASRGP]

Also mad props to you guys for everything you do! Absolutely love how you mentioned Finland during this period...no one ever talks about Finland after the winter war. 😁👍🏻

[@ClarkinFlame49810]

and what should they say?🤡

[@ThatOneMan830]

Hey, can I say thank you for mentioning Generalplan OST was a thing? I honestly think a video on that would be good- it’d help weed out the Wehrbs.

[@glebb..3416]

Yes many seem to think that Germans came to the soviet union to hand out candy or something. People tend to overlook they killed 15 million citizens. Not soldiers.... Citizens of my country. My great grandmother was put into a concentration camp because her husband was a soldier. She was there with her child. Others of my family lost their homes due to Germans burning their villages.

[@shrekgamer4199]

Damm imagine being in a city with no end in war

[@jasminastancheva23]

the video is awsome!! i have ideas for future vids -Bulgaria in WW2 -Warsaw uprising -Battle at Kursk -Battle for Berlin These are just ideas. Much love!

[@God-he7xp]

My grandfather was in leningrad and when he caught a rat to eat, it was not his rat, but THEIR rat

[@russiaxgrl]

Thank you for the history lesson

[@finanziert3313]

Thank you very much, for dealing with real history and real facts.

[@neneatantidem1374]

I learned history from school 5% And 95% from Simple History Thanks man👍👍💪💪

[@timer3770]

Abandon your posts abandon your homes abandon all hope

[@stormraider5400]

Fortnite reference... right? Lol

[@joshuahuntington5467]

“Sorry I detect fortnite in this comment section” “Please step on the train and you will be fixed”

[@bobsemple07]

Call if duty waw was th best

[@IrkenExile]

URA!!!!!

[@timer3770]

I have crippling depression what do you mean

[@gadgetschannel6421]

Very meaningful video

[@robertjohnson8938]

I like the way you bring this history to life