The Soviet Conquest of Eastern Germany (1944 - 45) - The End of the Eastern Front of World War II

How did the Soviets conquer the eastern parts of Germany? How did the Eastern Front of WW2 end? In this video I'll discuss how the Soviets defeated the Germans at the Eastern Front of WWII. It started with the Soviet invasion of East Prussia that culminated in the Battle of Köningsberg. During the Vistula-Oder Offensive the Red Army overran huge parts of Poland and arrived at the Oder river. Was Berlin next? Not right away since the Red Army had to deal with its flanks north and south. The Siege of Breslau and attacks on Danzig and the coast followed. Germans tried to evacuate as many civilians as possible, because no German wanted to endure the revenge of the Red Army. When the flanks were secured the Battle of Berlin followed. It was the end of the Third Reich. World War II in Europa had come to an end.
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[@HistoryHustle]

THE LIBERATION OF FRANCE: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h3ucnqaejqZ7aZo THE LIBERATION OF BELGIUM: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jJnCeJeridWdhJo THE LIBERATION OF HOLLAND: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gZiYeHh7gtl2qas THE CONQUEST OF WESTERN GERMANY: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pKLNh3qhlNaIp68

[@luxembourgishempire2826]

For the USSR it was May 9th. Seeing as it's a Soviet perceptive can't you delay it one final day?

[@HistoryHustle]

It has to do with the time difference I believe.

[@luxembourgishempire2826]

@@HistoryHustle Maybe make it May the 9th? I think if it's about the Soviets why don't you do it from there perceptive?

[@HistoryHustle]

I'll keep it at 8th. There are also algorithmic reasons. And since I have barely Russians viewing my channel, I think we'll be fine.

[@luxembourgishempire2826]

@@HistoryHustle Ok. You do you. 👍 Could you please do another Q and A though? You did say you would when you hit 10k subscribers. 🙂 Keep up the good work.

[@tinycurrency4233]

Wow, this channel is really underrated.

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks! Feel free to share :)

[@thathistoryiscoolguy]

Ikr

[@itsblitz4437]

Indeed

[@niklasciccone2724]

yes

[@noahbpeters]

Just watching all his vids

[@66kbm]

I know a lot of this history, so i think i can say that it was well presented, in a correct order with all the correct information and facts. I wish i had a History Teacher like you when i was at school.

[@HistoryHustle]

Good to read, thank you.

[@mammuchan8923]

Superb video as always Stefan. I always think of the fear a mother must go through knowing this brutal, brutal army is descending on you, and the danger your children will be in. I think we can’t even begin to imagine...Still it is always an exciting day when I open up YT and find a fresh HH vid, keep up the good work⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks as always for your support! :)

[@mikefay5698]

All Armies are brutal the first victims of the Brutalising is the men themselves. At 76 for the first time Indy Nydall showed the Dutch Armie's Brutality and horror in Indonesia. So the internet might be spying on us all but at last History programs are really telling enough to decipher. I fear war and famine for all people. Imperialist wars are a return to savagery. All lands live in glass houses. Savagery is fascinating if you're not involved.

[@michaelschmitz4919]

Great video as always

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks!

[@lawrencerogers576]

Do enjoy your programmes. Thank you. I shall keep watching.

[@HistoryHustle]

Thank you, welcome to the channel!

[@silverlegionary1636]

So underrated! You are awesome man! Subscribed.

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks, welcome to the channel. Feel free to share, Sergio:)

[@davidsexton6604]

Hi , just found your site and am very impressed by the way you present history ! Subscribed Thanks !

[@HistoryHustle]

Dear David, thanks for your message. Welcome to the channel! What history are you most interested in?

[@davidsexton6604]

@@HistoryHustle When l was young , l grew up thinking that Britain had won the second WW. When l found out about the massive contribution of the Soviet Union l became fascinated by every detail and film , now especially Soviet films about WW2 .Thanks D. Sexton from London .

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks David. Here is my WW2 playlist: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pp_MmoaKaMyNmLM

[@malorkie]

Loving this series, keep it up! What will be your next series?

[@HistoryHustle]

Thank you very much. This series is now done. I will continue with some aftermath videos where I will discuss the Flensburg government for example.

[@dr.barrycohn5461]

Well done. Love your videos...you had good music on this one...

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks!!

[@GG-bw3uz]

I'd repeat - you, TimeGhost (Indy Neidel) and Mark Felton - these are some solid, pretty good channels for watching (both in long and short committments). The no nonsense approach, clarity of details is just - an I will risk being seen as kiddish in this - admirable.

[@HistoryHustle]

Many thanks, Gautam:)

[@jaybreese7416]

Yeah, but those guys don't have a cool Dutch accent.

[@luxembourgishempire2826]

Good video.

[@HistoryHustle]

Thank you!

[@casparcoaster1936]

dude, i haven't even listened yet, and I am excited, as an old(er) male wasp yank, WW2 was everything growing up in the 1960s (trying to ignore what happened in Korea, and was happening in Vietnam. NOw, in old age, youtube has been to me a wonderful rewrite and and presentation of WW2 history from even some non-angloamerican academics, and I am really grateful. But, you have now picked a point in time I want to see picked apart! Really looking forward to it!!!!!!!!

[@HistoryHustle]

Thank you, Michael. I hope you will enjoy the videos. Please check out the older ones also. I have over 250 videos on this channel and much that might interest you.

[@vinylmonstretify]

Wow this Chanel is great!!

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks 👍

[@pacthug4life]

Wow, a really detailed video. You even included the map showing that the Polish Home Army helped the Soviets regain control in the cities like Wilno and Grodno (1:56) It is a rarely known and a really sad story. I hope that you will reach 15k subscribers this summer.

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks, Kev!

[@onlythewise1]

did you know Poland killed ten thousand Germans living in poland pre ww2

[@pacthug4life]

@@onlythewise1 What exactly do you speak of? Cold you name a specific event? What is your overall point here, that because of the alleged 10 000 dead Germans the invasion of Poland and the death of six million Polish citizens including three million ethnic Poles is somehow justified? I don't see a connection between your post and my comment

[@onlythewise1]

@@pacthug4life why are you so dumb not to understand you seem to have a hostile towards truth , ask yourself why

[@onlythewise1]

@@pacthug4life are you looking for me to raise your IQ above a morn or what ?

[@VikingLord101]

Always like watching these videos

[@HistoryHustle]

Great!

[@vanmanrick1]

Thank you,loved this show. Love the beard.

[@HistoryHustle]

Thank you!

[@janherburodo8070]

Really nice and detailed video. Good work.

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks as always, Jan.

[@josehernandezmartinez8719]

Underrated channel, I like this guy narrations, they are concise and very well presented.

[@HistoryHustle]

Thank you Jose. Feel free to share!

[@danielfronc4304]

I have to agree with all the others. You're a great teacher and put together a great graphics presentation.

[@HistoryHustle]

Many thanks Daniel.

[@oceanhome2023]

I have read many stories that cover this but your view brings it home to me . Thank you !!

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks! Glad you found it interesting.

[@joeottsoulbikes415]

Your channel is very unique from other history channels. You focus on smaller and lesser known parts of history and war. You manage to have photos and videos I've never seen before. It's very good and important.

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks Joe!

[@richardsimms251]

As usual, this is another first class history session. My father was in the Netherlands as a very young Canadian doctor at the end of the war and he explained a great deal to me. He read about this war all his life after returning to Canada. Thank you. RS. Canada.

[@danielgoutovets8897]

De interessante geschiedenis die dat mensen kennen over minder. Absoluut geweldig! Zal even bekijken! Edit: Ik denk dat het zou heel prima bennen om een video over de nederlandse antillen terwijl de 2de werldoorlog te hebben misschien.

[@HistoryHustle]

Dank, laat weten wat je ervan vindt. Antillen staat nog niet op mijn lijstje, wellicht in de toekomst.

[@GG-bw3uz]

Here I am, as promised :) Stephan, the doc has told already to replace screen with books. I dont think I can leave the history buff of me behind. What WW2 history books do you recommend which have a more free flowing text with witty commentary rather than a tome full of technicalities ?

[@HistoryHustle]

Thank you, Gautam. I think Antony Beevor's book named The Second World War is a very good read. It is a big book, but it elaborates on the entire WW2.

[@GG-bw3uz]

@@HistoryHustle Thanks mate ! I have Beevor and Glanz in mind !

[@GG-bw3uz]

@@HistoryHustle And mate, while you're at it, how about a mythbusting short take (about 10-12 mins) focusing majorly on the logistical side of war ( war as an economy) ? Mainly Germany's choices being influenced by lack of oil, battle in the Atlantic (long term supply route) ?

[@jackavery7179]

Thank you for sharing the truth that is not taught in schools or universities and sharing the truth that is not covered in Hollywood movies. You are a genius Professor Stephan

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks for watching 👍🏻

[@billlombard9911]

First time view , very good !, keep it up .. have you met mark Felton ?,

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks and although I have never met Felton I do watch his material often.

[@billlombard9911]

History Hustle you both have concise and in-depth episodes. This is what real history buffs want to hear. Most supposed history channels and programs are anything but that. Usually rubbish stuff like “ did Hitler find a UFO” thank you again and please keep it up

[@semkoops]

Ik kom achter allemaal zaken die ik niet wist. Ik was bekend met de grote lijnen van hoe het oostfront zich ontwikkelde, maar jij duikt diep in de details. Echt een topvideo. Ik heb me geabonneerd. Ik vroeg me ook af of je misschien het boek 'Montyn' van Dirk Ayelt Kooiman hebt gelezen? Het is het (ietwat geromantiseerde) verhaal van Jan Montyn, een Nederlander die voor de Duitsers vocht o.a. in het toenmalige Oost-Pruisen, voordat hij op miraculeuze wijze werd geevacueerd uit Konigsberg (of Danzig, ik weet het even niet zeker). Het is een roman, doch een aanrader!

[@HistoryHustle]

Dag Sem, bedankt voor je bericht. Ik ben blij dat je de details waardeert. Om eerlijk te zijn was het Oostfront van zo'n grote omvang dat je deze video nog als oppervlakkig kunt beschouwen. Je zou een heel KZbin-kanaal puur aan het Oostfront kunnen wijden, zoveel is erover te vertellen. In de toekomst wil ik het hebben over Nederlanders bij de Waffen-SS. Ik ken het boek dat je noemt niet. Wellicht interessant. Dank voor je bericht nogmaals!

[@patton111100]

How long does it take for you to make these videos?

[@HistoryHustle]

5 - 10 hours.

[@krisfrederick5001]

07:56 This picture gets me every time, did the bomber taking the picture literally take out that other planes tail wing? Had to of and the next one is about to hit straight through the fuselage. It visually makes no sense to me.

[@Crashed131963]

Happened a lot, More common was gunner hitting friendly bomber when they got into a machine gun craze. Imagine your shooting at a enemy fighter and that fighter flies between you and a friendly bomber in your formation. It Happened a lot.

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks for answering this John.

[@krisfrederick5001]

@@Crashed131963 Brutal.

[@eversor431]

0:06 Farther, not further. For distance, you go far away, so farther. Everything else is further.

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks for pointing this out 👍

[@historyguard-ww2]

I would like to 'catch' some info about "the Second Jassy-Kishinev offensive"... (and...why not... the 1st one) !

[@HistoryHustle]

Perhaps in the future yes.

[@davidbradshaw659]

I think by the end of the war, the German and Soviet soldiers were so de-humanized by all the brutality and atrocities they had seen and were forced to commit themselves, we cannot judge them the same way as we would judge human behavior in most other circumstances. It must be all but impossible for us to imagine what it was like on the Eastern front, I'm very thankful for that! You speak English very well, I like your accent.

[@HistoryHustle]

Thank you for sharing your thoughts, David!

[@lif3andthings763]

Yeah the Germans did some pretty fucked up shit.

[@michaelpelzek8882]

BS

[@CeciliaPeng]

I already know a lot about the second world war but you are among the few that can sort of make a whole mess fall into neatly defined lines.

[@HistoryHustle]

👍

[@soralb6368]

With that strange yet beautiful accent, you don't really have to mention that you are from the Netherlands.

[@HistoryHustle]

👍

[@markwoods4574]

My Late Grandfather was a British Army Commando during WW2 , First Special Service Brigade SOE Commando, my late grandmother said when he walked into Belsen the nightmares stayed with him for years where talking about a special forces soldier here that’s how bad it effected the Allied Forces

[@Alexandroslav]

I commend this video and history teacher, he went to great lengths to make sure that only cold war era and Nazi general memoirs would be included, nothing revealed or established past 1988. I salute you!

[@pavomrnarevic3900]

I am little suspicious of the good teacher , he bought into German propaganda hook , line and sinker .

[@HistoryHustle]

I bought into German propaganda? Please explain.

[@Alexandroslav]

@@HistoryHustle allow me to explain (this isn't the first video of yours that I see), you almost always go by the established narrative of the cold war era regarding ww2 created predominantly by Halder, manstein and others who worked with the US army post ww2. Much of those memoirs has been shown to be unreliable and highly biased (for clear personal gain) when compared with actual heer documentation and war diaries as well as other primary sources (soviet archives). I highly advise you to be familiarized with David glantz, stahel and other historians that revolutionized our understanding of this particular conflict.

[@HistoryHustle]

Glantz and Stahel are the historians I read of concerning the more recent videos like this one for example: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gKrLp6d4gpaqkNU

[@GarfieldRex]

14:37 nailed it 👌 should make a video (don't know if already did) about war crimes in WW2 (aside of final solution and Japanese unit 731) from all nations involved. Is very sad. Also for wars in XVIII - XIX Century. Was there a change in behavior when taking a city from the gentlemen's warfare to modern warfare?

[@HistoryHustle]

War became indeed more total. I did make a video about Russian war crimes. Others I've still to cover.

[@piotrczubryt1111]

@@HistoryHustle "I did make a video about Russian war crimes. Others I've still to cover." It could be risky. Blaming Russians is safer ;) Now, I would like to point that Soviet Union was a multi-ethnic country, and that some ethnicities were quite "primitive", not counting many imprisoned criminals who were released into army. More recent studies show that degree of criminality was comparable with Western allies. Some Western troops were notorious, see for example: French Moroccan troops of the French Expeditionary Corps, known as Goumiers. I would not be surprised if the most disciplined soldiers were on German side.

[@philipmorgan6048]

I know it's a little early, but "Gelukkig Nieuwjaar".

[@HistoryHustle]

Still half a month but thanks: gelukkig nieuwjaar! Happy 2022!

[@climberly]

7:59 is it just me or is the plane dropping bombs uncomfortably close to the plane beneath it?

[@HistoryHustle]

indeed

[@climberly]

@@HistoryHustle ok, cool. Wasn't sure if i was looking at the pic right. I mean it almost looks like half the tail couldve been torn off by one.

[@douglasstrother6584]

I just noticed the posting date: Happy Belated VE-Day!

[@HistoryHustle]

Cheers!

[@sbarr10]

The more I listen to Stefan's videos the more I am grateful that I was born after WW2, in the US. My parents and grandparents didn't have it quite so easy.

[@dallaswinston8260]

Its not easy now bo wtf

[@czechhistorybuff9302]

Could you do a video about Slovak national uprising/battle of dukla pass? It was one of the bloodiest battles fought in mountains.

[@HistoryHustle]

When I travel to Slovakia I will but that won't be anytime soon, sorry! See, I cover specific battles on location. At the moment I am in Slovenia actually.

[@czechhistorybuff9302]

@@HistoryHustle Ah! I see! I hope you will visit one day!

[@HistoryHustle]

For sure 👍

[@nikolaikorobeinik119]

You have to do a video about arrmeegrupp nord and the Courland pocket if you already haven't done so.

[@HistoryHustle]

Please check: kzbin.info/www/bejne/poe9pXinZ6mel5Y

[@simonh6371]

Don't know if you know his channel, but TIK has done a 6 hour video on the Courland Pocket

[@nikolaikorobeinik119]

@@simonh6371 Thanks for mentioning.

[@daveanderson3805]

A really good piece of work Well done How about in the future doing a video about the many and diverse foreign volunteers in the Waffen SS?

[@HistoryHustle]

Hello Dave, thanks for your comment. And yes, I can confirm there is gonna be a series about foreign volunteers in the Waffen SS? The first to discuss will be Dutch and Norwegian. I think these episodes will come out early Summer.

[@RDR12344]

Can you do a video about the Myth of the clean Wehrmacht??

[@HistoryHustle]

Please watch this video first when it comes online. I'm not a video on demand channel. If you want a video to be made you can of course consider becoming a patron via: www.patreon.com/historyhustler

[@trombone_pasha]

Königsberg surrendered on 9th of April My grandfather that took part in the assault of Königsberg lived on the 9th April street

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks for sharing, Pavel. Could you tell me, what did your grandfather tell you about his experiences? I would love to know.

[@trombone_pasha]

​@@HistoryHustle strangely both of my grandfathers didn't like to talk about war that much and I discovered how they ended up living in Kaliningrad only after they died

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks for sharing this.

[@narayasuiryoku1397]

For me it stay Konisberg

[@501ststormtrooper9]

@Thomas Sankara It was Königsberg then.

[@mr.brouwer8083]

Fun fact the kar 98k the standart german infantry rifle was a 1st world war weapon aswell.

[@HistoryHustle]

Yes and no. Yes, the model was the same, but the WW1 rifle was the G98 and in WW2 the K98k was used. Same rifle, little shorter. Perhaps G98's were used by the Volkssturm.

[@mr.brouwer8083]

@@HistoryHustle Ah really? didn't know that. Was there any difference in combat performance between the 2 rifles?

[@leonardwei3914]

@@mr.brouwer8083 Maybe some higher velocity because of the longer barrel, but not by much. K98s were simpler to manufacturing with better handling.

[@mikemancuso2526]

My Polish relatives told me terribles stories about it.

[@HistoryHustle]

I understand.

[@husseinhayati2607]

what a legend

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks.

[@BOB-wx3fq]

2:32 Those rifles weigh about 8 or 9lbs, that's a very strong man

[@HistoryHustle]

Yes...

[@mightypotato]

Do you have any information on German POWs held by the Soviets? My grandfather was in a Soviet camp for several years, but I’ve never been able to find good information about what it was like. He never talked about it while he was alive, which is understandable.

[@HistoryHustle]

But he did survived it? I haven't read much yet about the topic. I will dive in it somewhere in the future. Can't tell when though. Thanks for sharing your story.

[@mightypotato]

History Hustle Yeah, he survived and emigrated to Canada shortly thereafter.

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks for sharing.

[@burkanov]

If you know where and when exactly he was held I might be able to help.

[@Tjecktjeck]

Not the best idea to use Beevor as your main source for the Eastern Front. For some unclear reason that British gramps makes every single rumor in to a solid fact when in comes to Soviets. Not familar with your book, but i have gone through couple of his other works and each of them he pushed narative that poor german soldiers were squeezed in between mad man A.H and hordes of inhuman soviet orcs. I am sure authors like Glantz, Overy, Harrison and some others wrote somenthing more adequate about this WW2 period.

[@HistoryHustle]

I see. About this video: it's an older video; it's an overview video; so I think it's fine. In later vids I've ued Glantz, Overy.

[@keesmafkees339]

Leuk die hoi4 vlaggetjes maar historische vlag zou beter zijn!

[@HistoryHustle]

Mee eens. KZbin wil alleen moeilijk doen als er teveel hakenkruizen in beeld zijn...

[@ivanmico1]

I like some of your content, but some i dont. Why? Because rellying only on western books and sources makes some of your views one sided. Try to use some of the russian or soviets sources as well, i am sure there are some available in english or other western languages.

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks for your reply. I did use David Glance book about the war. He used both western and Russian sources.

[@dr.barrycohn5461]

If you used the panzer faust and missed there would be so much smoke your position would be given away, and that'd be the end of you.

[@HistoryHustle]

From what I've seen on old footage of people firing such a weapon, that's true I think.

[@c.riddle8354]

3:59 Germans attacked in the rear. 😮

[@HistoryHustle]

🤭

[@ronaldostrowski4014]

You hardly mentioned the First and Second Polish Armies which since 1942 fought alongside the Red Army all the way to Berlin and Dresden. The First Polish Army constituted 10% of the attack on Berlin. I wonder if you have details about their participation. Unlike the Free Polish Forces fighting in the West there is very little written about them in the English language. Here is a video of them putting up a Polish Flag somewhere in Berlin kzbin.info/www/bejne/q3qYhJKModufgNE I believe 200,000 were involved in the encirclement of Berlin and the Kosciuszko Division took the western part of the city. Neue Kantstrasse and Pestalozzistrasse, Karl-August-Platz, Technical University, Tiergarten, several train stations, and other streets up to the Brandenburg Gate. In fact, nearly 500,000 Poles fought in these two armies and were double the number of the Poles who fought alongside their British and other allies on the Western Front.

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks for sharing this additional information.

[@burkanov]

To use Antony Beevor as a source for History Channel is like to teach in school by Hollywood movies. The only difference in between of Gebbels, Beevor and Soviet Propagandists is that they serve different ideologies.

[@HistoryHustle]

This unbacked claim doesnt make much sense to me.

[@burkanov]

@@HistoryHustle I don't find the commentary section on YT to be an appropriate place for lengthy discussions. To be short: sources, that Mr.Beever used to use for his works are at least questionable. The reasons are quite understandable: Mr.Beever is a product of cold war propaganda campaign, which was utilized heavily by both sides. Mr.Beever is also very keen for all kind of breaking news and sensations, which is also understandable for any passionate researcher. Regretfully, the results are his books, where he is citing or reusing Gebbel's propaganda, the "upscaling" of situational events to the global masses and wide usage of doubtful sources. It's fine for a belletrist or a script writer, but from a scientific point of view, that's bullshit. If you want to, you may easily find detailed information about it in the internet, it's not a secret or conspiracy. For the more or less reliable data I'd recommend using documents from the MODs and from the Nürnberg Trial. They are less fancy to read, but more correct.

[@user-rh9sg9qj2h]

Some of the Soviet officers (763) were sent to the eternal POW camp in Wroclaw... they lie in their war cemetery.... at Karkonoska Street. Nearby there is a second Soviet cemetery for ordinary soldiers on Skowronia Góra. There are about 7,500 bodies buried there (a whole cargo train of bodies) in mass graves without surnames or names.

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks for sharing.

[@djspiderftunclemysterio581]

I always wonder what kind of mentality those french volunteer were having?

[@HistoryHustle]

The ones that fought on the German side till the end? Think fanaticism.

[@Beartracks51]

Yep its unbelievable how human beings can act worse than the most savage of Beast. An its not a thing of the past.

[@HistoryHustle]

Soon more about this topic.

[@zosimus2.18i2]

Well. Polish uprise in Warsaw was not coordinated with the Red Armee, not to mention that the latter was exosted after a huge battle and needed a break.

[@HistoryHustle]

It is a bit more nuanced than I stated yes.

[@sethmadlad5573]

alied? so this is ellder scrolls ww2 now?

[@HistoryHustle]

I guess...

[@sethmadlad5573]

@@HistoryHustle btw you deserve waaay more attention i love ya vids. keep em comming XD

[@736693]

In the later summer of 1944 through the mid spring of 1945, the Soviet armies gradually took over Romania, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, & Eastern Austria. The Germans fought losing battles attempting to defend, relive, & retake Budapest.

[@HistoryHustle]

Yes, the battle of Budapest was a big one.

[@hpholland]

3:03 😂😂😂

[@kawythowy867]

Very interesting. World War 2 was awful. War is Hell. But still history. And still very interesting.

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks. And indeed, war is terriblee.

[@rthjong]

Yes, ellaaid, hehehe...

[@HistoryHustle]

En nóg slipt-ie de éé-lied er soms doorheen...

[@piaggioape4616]

Good information dutch lad, but what we never heard about the bolsjewist criminals who murdered Poles and their own people who came back from the pow camps and what about the 90.000 german pows from Stalingrad, came only 9.000 german back. Not all where ssers. An lot died in Gulags, and by labour camps!!

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks for your reply, Gilbert. I did make a video about the Katyn Massacre and crimes against the Poles: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rKnLm6Oej8lkpKc About the Stalingrad POWs, I recommend this video for you: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qITCZmyGfc2Caq8

[@lif3andthings763]

Overall most German prisoners of war made it back home. 3 million cant be said for the Soviets

[@olbradley]

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[@HistoryHustle]

kort maar krachtig

[@francomontinaro7411]

Actually the warsaw uprising were organized by polish decide governement to prevent warsaw to be soviet,they didn't want soviet help

[@HistoryHustle]

That's where it came down to.

[@alexprokhorov407]

Two things I disagree with : about the Warsaw uprising, and that the Red Army wouldn't reach Berlin before Allies. About the uprising, the Soviets had no idea that it was planned, as the goals of the uprising were to establish the victory for the Polish government in exile. Besides, even if Soviets knew, the tactical situation was such that they couldn't maneuver in time without significant losses or simply being surrounded. About Berlin situation. Soviets committed almost 3 million men and women, by far exceeding any commitment that Allies provided on Western Front. So if shit hit the fan, the would use horses, or haul everything on their backs without Lend-Lease.

[@HistoryHustle]

Hi Alex, Thanks for watching and taking the time to reply. Stating the Soviets on purpose didn't assist the Poles that's is a common belief but it's more nuanced. As for Berlin: I quoted a historian on this and you can indeed not agree. I believe it's true but it's not black and white. It's not that only because of the Land Lease Act the Soviets reached Berlin. The tremendous effort of millions of soldiers also determined this.

[@SomeGuy481]

No one: Stefan: East p r o o s h a jk regardless, very quality content

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks and yes, I stand corrected on that one.

[@Perririri]

Noormie

[@danditto4864]

Really great video. The Soviets were stopped at Bautzen, because the Lausitzt is one of the great defensive positions of all time. The populace are Wends the farthest West Slavs. When all of Christian Europe turned on them during the fourth Crusade and tried to enslave them they retreated into the Lausitzt swamp which is loose sand and mud cut with little canals and streams. The farmers had served in Prussian and Saxon military for centuries and raided Denmark until pushed South by the founder of Copenhagen Bishop Absolom. The Soviets ran into an ethnic group that had picked their land for it’s defensive qualities and had a fighting tradition that went all the way back to the Viking Sagas. Not the path to try and get into Germany if you knew your history.

[@HistoryHustle]

Intereting, thanks for sharing!

[@mikefay5698]

Unusually in those awfull corporal punishment and crucifying boredom Schools in Hawick Scotland I had a great History Teacher Sandy Cameron who pointed out if you lived in a Farm or indeed Factory it didn't matter all that much who was exploiting you as long as you weren't actually missing out. Heydrich in Cszechoslovakia gave the Factory workers a pay rise since the Czech arms factories were crucial. The British sent a Czech assassination team to kill him. The Czechs were too complacent and quiet for the British liking they knew the Nazi's would go crazy and make them hated and it worked. This thinking still exists today.

[@TheYeti308]

Eie . !

[@dentoncrimescene]

People are celebrating ve day outside in their front gardens but I really can't bring myself to "celebrate" such tragic events.

[@HistoryHustle]

Fair point. It was for many a tragedy. In the Baltic states and Ukraine people remained under Soviet occupation.

[@RDR12344]

@@HistoryHustle Generalplan Ost was stopped then the Cold War

[@alejandrocasalegno1657]

Yes....the soviets were brutal in Germany, but compared with the nazis plans and actions in Russia, they were almost sweets!!!

[@HistoryHustle]

The Soviet crimes in Germany were of lesser scale than the German crimes in the USSR yes.

[@cal-efc8062]

there was still jews in Berlin 1945?!

[@HistoryHustle]

Yes, a few!

[@cal-efc8062]

@@HistoryHustle never knew that! Wonder how they went under the radar. We learn something new everyday

[@pulakmaz4734]

You hit the hammer on the head. The Soviets were cruel in East Prussia. The reason had nothing to do with anything else. The Yalta summit: That's where it was decided to disband the military clans of East Prussia after the allies defeat Nazi Germany in about 1945 or so. east Prussia was a detached province of Germany, and that a smaller seaside part of East Prussia will go to Russia, a part the Russia owned a fo just, or all of East Prussia for all of 5 years or six years in about 1775 or so. As everything in East Prussia was fair game as per the Yalta agreement, including revenge. In mainland Germany, the Soviet soldiers weren't all that bad in terms of behaviors. The Soviet soldiers riding on top of tanks and Soviet armored vehicles and trucks waved at German civilians as their military vehicles entered German villages and towns. German roadside civilians waved back at Soviet forces entering or driving through their town. Having said that, after midnight parties ended between former foes, the Soviet soldiers secretly knocked on doors in some neighborhoods of Berlin, and secretly raped about 500 women of Berlin to two thousand women in Berlin after their officers went to bed after partying with local town hall officials. By the time they reached mainland Germany, town after town, the the Soviet armies got into the bad habit of waving at civilians on the roadside in places like Romania, Poland. In German towns and villages, the Soviet soldiers and officers by mistake waved at roadside German men women and children who waved back at them. The mistake of soldiers in trucks and armored vehicles waving at German civilians started on entering mainland Germany with the Soviet soldiers, who got into this habit of waving at civilians in every country in eastern Europe. Because of "Operation BagRation", the Soviets mopped up and de-mined the tens of thousands of mines very quickly and were in various German towns very fast. Western forces were bogged down in places near France on within France, like Hurtgen forests and Dunkirk. The Soviets were cruel in East Prussia. Germans were waving back at entering Soviet armored vehicles in mainland Germany. Pope Ratzinger, switched to wearing civilian dress so none could recognize him. Hardly anyone knew that he was an ace anti aircraft gunner with anti- aircraft guns and shot down atleast five allied aircraftw and bombers.

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks for your comment.

[@piotrczubryt1111]

Re: 7:15 A little of alternative history, that if not Lend Lease trucks etc ... Russians would not reach Berlin. Quite possibly. But then the war would go different way, perhaps Russians would stop at 1941 line and signed the separate peace with Germany. There was a reason why Western allies wanted Soviet Union to fight. Often overlooked is early British help, even before Stalingrad. www.historynet.com/did-russia-really-go-it-alone-how-lend-lease-helped-the-soviets-defeat-the-germans.htm

[@HistoryHustle]

Yeah who knows. Interesting what-if scenario.

[@HanSolo__]

There is some interesting story about setting the flags at the Brandenburg Gate. The first guy that came there on top of the gate was a Pole. He set the Polish flag and shouted for victory... There was also a journalist with a camera which took photos of this very moment. Then the Soviet officer came and he spotted the situation. He took a rifle from the soldier standing near him and started shooting to a Polish soldier. He missed and ordered his soldiers to kill the Pole on the gate. And they did. Well, they all knew each other quite well because they were fighting together against nazis for a long time. So the soldiers killed their Polish friend. The soviet officer pointed his pistol toward the journalist and ordered to destroy the camera and forget all the situation if he wants to live. The press guy did that. The officer ordered to put a huge red flag on the Brandenburg Gate. Then he allowed Polish soldiers to place there the second one. Much smaller Polish flag. The other journalist came by and took the photos we know now. The picture of the big Soviets flag and a small Polish aside. After WWII the journalist kept the whole story but after Stalin's death the political ruthlessness passed and political police got loose on the issues against the opposition (mostly imaginary one since all real was murdered years ago). The journalist started to spread this story about setting the victory flags on a famous Berlin gate.

[@HistoryHustle]

I have never heard of this story. Yet, I can't say I'm surprised by it. Thanks for sharing!

[@mikefay5698]

@@HistoryHustle Sounds like anti Soviet Propaganda to me! A whopper.

[@dr.barrycohn5461]

I don't blame anything the Rooskys did to the nazis...

[@HistoryHustle]

I understand. Still I believe two evils don't make one good.

[@Yabuddy53]

Do you think soldiers in Berlin would have surrendered to the Americans had they been the ones to encircle the city?

[@HistoryHustle]

Good question. I think hardliners would have fought on anyhow but I think more soldiers were willing to surrender earlier.

[@Yabuddy53]

@@HistoryHustle thanks for responding! I agree

[@HistoryHustle]

👍

[@frankberkemeier]

Was it an absurdity that sailors and French ss were fighting in Berlijn? Firstmost they were soldiers. Second: it was the nazi capital they had to defend. Third: the Kriegsmarine was non existant, so what else could they do, Same Goes for the French ss. Nowhere to run to.

[@HistoryHustle]

In that sense it can all be explained yes.

[@simonh6371]

They were just holding out until Army Group Steiner counterattacked from the north...das war ein BEFEHL! der Angriff Steiners war BEFEHL!!!

[@frankberkemeier]

@@simonh6371 haha

[@jimtwisted1984]

Tragic or criminal act.

[@HistoryHustle]

Please explain.

[@FullTekAuto]

The soviets got to Berlin before the Americans because the soviets had American trucks...

[@HistoryHustle]

It sure helped them a great deal!

[@Crashed131963]

The Allies had no intention on losing 200,000 soldiers street fighting in bombed to rubble city. They would have just bombed and starved them out.

[@fergar9264]

Anthony Beevor is wrong witout the americans trucks and food ,the red army had not anihilated enough germans in the east so they could´ve sent more troops to France and the americans couldn´t have landed in Normandy in 1944 or the operation could have been a disaster . Antony Beevor uses to many "if" and ¨had it not been" in his narratives , He forgets that your actions shape the actions of the others actors in the scenario

[@HistoryHustle]

Please explain.

[@user-gm5mk2xg6j]

"The Fall of Berlin. 1945" English scribbler Anthony Beevor cool historical source for video (no), very objective (no)😂👍

[@HistoryHustle]

Care to explain?

[@Atransbaikal-kubancossack]

@History Hustle How about as a historian don't be biased against communism. Also communism isn't a govermenting theory it's an economic one

[@HistoryHustle]

And on economic they failed big time as well.

[@Atransbaikal-kubancossack]

@@HistoryHustle still as a historian you should be unbiased. I'm a historian and I'm as unbiased as I can be

[@FeelMyFlu]

I know our history is short but do some American videos USA

[@HistoryHustle]

Not really my cup of tea. There are other channels for that.

[@FeelMyFlu]

@@HistoryHustle fair enough,I’m still thankful for all the content so far!Happy new year.

[@HistoryHustle]

Best wishes!

[@johnthomson6507]

Personally I think it it is terrible the way the red army soldiers behaviour in Germany. It is a very under reported fact that the behaviour of the whermacht not just the ss the mass rape and murder of Soviet civilians is the most under reported fact of ww2. Therefore as both acts are disgusting and repulsive. It has to be put in truth.

[@Crashed131963]

Allies did it to. After D-Day even French ,Belgium and Dutch women were raped by the allies and they were on our side!

[@HistoryHustle]

The Germans behaved terrible in the East. Much more than the Soviets actually.

[@antoinemozart243]

I am sorry but never, never the americans could have taken Berlin ! Before , the soviets were near Berlin ans the americans had the opportunity to take ir. But they stopped ! Why ? Because of an agreement with the USSR who launched Bagration in june 1944 to help the allies.

[@HistoryHustle]

Did I claim the Americans could take Berlin?

[@mikepravica2140]

These tragic crimes pale in comparison with what the racist Germans and their allies did to the Slavic peoples: mass genocide, rape, slave labor, ethnic cleansing and starvation. Though all crimes should be condemned, there was a clear desire for revenge with some of the troops (who had likely lost relatives during Germany's barbaric invasion of the Soviet union) here. There were some 25 million deaths of Soviet citizens thanks to the Germans. Most Westerners just don't understand this due to Western propaganda.

[@HistoryHustle]

True. Although I don't agree with your word of Western propaganda. The reason I didn't cover is that I cover 1944-45. Not 1941-43. That's covered in other vids on this channel.

[@ottovonostrovo1486]

Don't forget that Danzig was also 98% German and was partially the cause for WW2!!

[@HistoryHustle]

It sure did.

[@eleanorkett1129]

I wouldn't recommend being liberated by Bolsheviks.

[@HistoryHustle]

I understand.

[@orange8420]

Yes Red army do this terrible thing in 44 and 45 but what about the russian and other ppl át 41 to 43 the Red army Just take revenge ( btw i choose Red army name because i DON'T got any name that's SOUND cool)

[@HistoryHustle]

Ok

[@darkodjogo96]

Germans have killed more people in my family than Russians in that village... I really have strong feelings that you really take German side doing these videos.

[@HistoryHustle]

I don't. Since I cover the 1944 - 1945 events I talk about Soviet reprisals against German civilians. Would I talk about 1941-43 I would do otherwise. It is just the scope of this episode.

[@cocindaucocindau354]

I will say only this to you. Imagine yourself, you are a citizen of Leningrad in 1941, yes you heard about Germany and see it as a Country full of history but ruled by evil Fascism. But that dosent matter, after all, War will not come to the Soviet Lands, everyone promised it. And even if such a power attacks, it would be meet by the iron fist of the Great Soviet Peasant and Worker Armies, ready for anything. But will you dont hold anything against Germany, after all you know it from a Paper map and some Films picturing their Capital Berlin. Moving on to 1943, your City is ruined, the hole European Part of the Soviet Union is invaded in a mad dash, which starts from the Baltic Sea and ends on the Very shores of the Black Sea. Your Family is dead, starved to death to be precise in a deadly Blockade, 20.000 People die Daily, and you can not surrender because the City is planned for Destruction by the invading forces, you did nothing to them, yet they came and ruined everything, killed your Family, Parents, mother, Father, Children and Shelled your own home. Starving on the Front line you hold on, with no hope, with no life left, your diseased body suffers from malnutrition, Scurbies and Skin disease. You are on the blick of dying every day, holding up the enemy with the little strength you have on. Yet trough a miracle your City is saved, the blockade is Broken and you are immediately send to a Field Hospital, declaring you to be in critical Condition and on the block of death. Yet after weeks and weeks, proper food and Shelter, Medical Care and housing. You are send on the front line again, year is 1944, you enter Germany. What would you do when your suffering reached the most critical human point?? Americans killed Hundreds of thousands of innocent people in Iraq and Afghanistan for 9/11, yet the Soviets restrained themselves to the most humane point in which they could. In their place, i would personally see Germany Burning and i would kill everyone which would show any sign of hostilities (just as the Americans in 2003) because hey, the people that shoot and killed our Comrades 2 days ago, were in fact Civilians in Civilian Clothing with a ()()()() Emblem on their Arm. So any Civilian can be a danger. Yet no one thinks of that.

[@HistoryHustle]

I think you're confusing this video with a apologetic video. It isn't. This video is about battle history in Eastern Germany 1944-45. This video isn't about the things you mention. I made other videos about that.

[@cocindaucocindau354]

@@HistoryHustle Yet, is history that Simple? Can history be told only from one view? Can the Attacked be seen as the Attacker? I guess not!

[@THX-1111]

Anti Soviet bias much?

[@HistoryHustle]

Please explain.

[@thilgu]

Don't you just hate the millenial communists?

[@MarMar-nq9ii]

Soviet soldiers were shot for raping, killing civilians, and looting. Stalin was no fool, and he was well aware that if soldiers robbed and raped in Germany, they would do the same when they returned home. In addition, violence against the civilian population and any looting significantly reduce the combat capability of the army... The disintegration of Napoleon's army in the capture of Moscow is an example of this.

[@HistoryHustle]

I agree with SSJ. Although the Germans behaved worse during their conquest of Eastern Europe.

[@MarMar-nq9ii]

@@HistoryHustle It would be strange if you didn't agree with him. Because you're a Nazi, just like him. Here you are trying to denigrate those who won a victory over you. You just can't accept defeat. You are not a historian, but a propagandist. Also a coward, since you deleted my previous comments.

[@regularguy2807]

That was when it got out of control but when it first started stalin didn't give a damn about it.

[@SC-kg5pz]

It is shameful the amount of misinformation that this channel peddles. The Warsaw uprising was a political gamble by the polish resistance and the polish London government. The red army had no idea that the uprising was to take place and was actually crossing the Visla River to the south of the city. Had the polish resistance told the Red army about the uprising and captured atlest one bridge over the river (they captured Zero bridges) the red army could have entered the city and saved them. This whole "Stalin did not help" polish myth needs to stop

[@HistoryHustle]

I stated: "... in which the Soviets didn't provide any asistance". The Soviets did throw some cargo out of planes that either fell in German hands of crashed on the ground. That is some assistance, so fair enough. Your conclusion: the whole channel deals in misinformation. Way out of proportion if you ask me.

[@sanjoyghosh6371]

you are the devoted anti communist. Very good USA propaganda film.

[@HistoryHustle]

I'm both against Nazism and communism since I'm against antidemocratis totalitarism.

[@Zapper-kq1zg]

@@HistoryHustle are you aware that there is no democracy in your country? you have a left-liberal fascist regime