The SS Regiment Der Führer of the Das Reich in Rzhev 1942 | A Regiment VS an Army

[@Asgard2208]

2,000,000 casualties at the Battle of Rzhev, of which 1.3 million Soviet and 700,000 German. Russia and Belarus inaugurated a huge statue there a few years ago. Incomprehensible numbers.

[@obeytrinity2987]

Yeah, people always forget that Rzhev had casualties up there with Stalingrad. Given that Stalingrad saw those numbers in a shorter period of time, so the casualty rate was higher, but still incomprehensible numbers seen at both battles.

[@Farkmetal]

It’s hard to wrap your mind around how much death that is. I’d like to read a machine gunners memoir that fought in this battle

[@meloncrusher3316]

Easily 1.5 million has died in the ukrainian eastern front from 2022 to now.

[@sebbonxxsebbon6824]

No they haven't.

[@TheMoopMonster]

Yeah, maybe 1.5 mil kia/mia/wounded, on both sides, but probably not all kia. Still the numbers are insane, picture the urukhai in LOTR at 10,000, and then multiply that by x150.

[@michaelweigel2466]

My grandfather, born in 1910, a lance corporal in the Wehrmacht, fought in Rzhev. As a boy in the 1980s, I always tried to elicit something about the war from him, which was very difficult. The extreme cold snowy winters, the heat and mosquitoes in summer, the hunger and the enemy assaults at dawn were the cornerstones of the stories from the Eastern Front.

[@johnwright9372]

And the mud in Autumn...

[@johnweerasinghe4139]

@michaelweigel2466 The Soviets faced the same conditions. The only difference is their machines were designed to work in the cold. Eg. The T34 had an air compressor that enabled it to start in the extreme cold. Why didn't the Nazis think of that ? The Germans were also from a cold country, so they could have prepared better, but their racism precluded them from imagining that they could beat the Russians in 3 weeks. So the Nazis brought that on themselves. Stop pretending they didn't know Russia would be cold and muddy. Those generals also served on the eastern front in 1914 and were fully aware of conditions in Russia.

[@sthrich635]

The Germans did prepared and had plenty of winter clothing - at their home depot that was, as the Red army despite its disorganized fighting, did managed to sabotage their infrastructure and railway before Germans took them, hence the limited German railway logistics prevented sufficient winter clothing and stuff to reach the front on top of existing ammo demands

[@johnweerasinghe4139]

@sthrich635 That agrees with what I have read. The germans also stole shelter and clothing form prisoners and the local population

General Raus 4th Army played a big part in the Rhezv area. He wrote in his memoirs that he instigated up to 30km active recon to stop the build up of artillery tanks and soldiers. Another factor were the 2 railroads that were active along with a couple of airfields providing support. Raus made layered defence lines so troops temporarily fall back into prepared positions. Forests played a big part in lessening Russian pincer attacks with dug in artillery ready to smash the human wave attacks on the German lines.

[@spiraling69]

Great job! Like many of us here, I find the Eastern Front incredibly fascinating. So many interesting situations. Every year and front have its own flavor and story to tell. Keep them coming!

[@chapiit08]

"Herr Sturmbanfuehrer, we are being overwhelmed 3 to 1!" "Good, it means we are in an advantageous position"

[@stomper2888]

Because gwrmans were superior to russians 100 russians equals 1 german

[@leonardopicconi781]

"Then it is an even fight" Elite admiral, Halo 3

[@RonanTOC]

hard to find content this indepth on youtube - great work

[@xpr3ss.755]

The Rhzev meatgrinder is largely forgotten and overshadowed by Stalingrad

[@LucasWright-p6u]

Rhzev is Overshadowed by STALINGRAD as STALINGRAD was the Most Disicive Battle in Modern History... As well as Being The Most Bloody Battle in Modern History... Give or take...750,000 Men Lost Their Lives...In 5 Months...Anton Beevors Superb Book on STALINGRAD was a Genuine Page Turner.... However I must Tell you after Reading a Harrowing Account of the Battle, The Collosal Destruction and Loss of Life... Kept me up at night...Just Reading the Book, was enough to make my Mind Temporarily Bogle..

[@Kurt-s2e]

My late father was 5th SS PZD Woking, he had a lot of friends in DR, he spoke very highly of them.

[@davidr2802]

How many innocent Jews did he kill in cold blood?

[@davidr2802]

Let me guess, zero like all the other SS soldiers. Probably your old man said the Jews just shot themselves in the backs.

[@Kurt-s2e]

Wiking I meant, stupid google.

[@cleancoder3838]

@@Kurt-s2e there is an edit post feature...

[@KenFisher-vf8vf]

Thanks,Woking was a bit of a puzzle

[@Ealdorman_of_Mercia]

I really like how well structured your video is, even with timestamps, the subtitles to give us a quick idea of the content, the quotes, the footage,..etc 10/10 I just wish there was a more epic soundtrack though.

[@wanderingwarrior5626]

Very interesting, informative. Thanks!

[@H.Alexander-db9lk]

Thank you for reporting this exciting episode of the battle in this sector, with Model's arrival in command. What he did was quite incredible ! Paul Carell describes this episode in his book “Unternehmen Barbarossa”.

[@wolfu597]

"The Meat Grinder" by Prit Buttar covers the battle in details from January 1942 until the German withdrawal from the Rzhev pocket in March 1943. A must read if you want to more about this battle that lived up to the tittle.

[@arunta5]

Field Marshal Von Runstedt an older commander(who had been retired)that Hitler respected (to the end) said to him upon hearing of the plan, "Do you actually have any concept of what an invasion of Russia would involve." He was still given command of Army Group South.

[@LLiivveeeevviiLL]

Do you have a source? I am interested of it.

[@arunta5]

@@LLiivveeeevviiLL I read it somewhere. I have seen it reported several times though he had grave doubts about the whole idea!

[@LLiivveeeevviiLL]

@@arunta5 I for sure believe him capable to say such a thing. During the battles at Mortain/Operation Lüttich. He answerd the question from Hitler's staff what to do: "Make peace, you fools!" He was a general staff officer when WWI started 1914, he had a professional view on matters and would not have any of it.

[@arunta5]

@@LLiivveeeevviiLL You are right. Maybe he wrote some memoirs if you could get a copy. Apparently his concern about Russia was more in the form of a question than direct criticism. That was not his style. He was not interested in joining any plots against Hitler as it was adverse to the Prussian Officers Code he followed.

[@sthrich635]

Shouldn't that question be asked the other way around to Rundstedt instead? He was the military professionals lol

[@Heinrich99]

And my grandfather survived this. 😮

[@christopherstmarin]

Well done. Good job. Different from other channels, really enjoyed your work. Thank you u

[@jasonmussett2129]

Interesting video, thanks👍

[@jpmtlhead39]

By the time of this battle,the Der Fuhrer Regiment was part of the 2nd SS Division Reich. Only in mid 1942 the 2nd SS Division Reich was renamed to Das Reich as a Panzergrenadier Division. By October 1943 the Division was Resignated as the 2nd Waffen SS Panzer Divison Das Reich. It's just a question of getting the correct information abaut the origins of the Der Fuhrer regiment and the SS Reich/ Das Reich Panzergrenadier/ Panzer Division.

[@frederikdemoor8172]

Yep… Der Furher was also mostly an Austrian regiment, former ss-vt formed with the “anschluss”

[@FelixstoweFoamForge]

Good video. Liked it.

[@waracademy128]

Thanks for the visit

[@roymartin500]

Congratulations on 100k subscribed!🎉

[@alc4039]

Great work thankyou.... best war channel

[@gsilcoful]

Thank you.

[@LucasWright-p6u]

Rhzev was overshadowed by STALINGRAD as STALINGRAD was the Most Disicive Battle in Modern History...As well as the Bloodiest Battle in Modern History... Give or take...750,000 Men were Killed in Only 5 months.

[@Fuckus]

had been more than 750.

[@alexcerdan4500]

Man, the Soviets just had too many men. No army can hold up to that for very long. Just too many men and equipment. The Germans fought good.

[@Bossbossbeans]

Exactly! Even if things were vice versa with the Russians invading Germany we ALL know the Germans woulda probably won but just like with the Invasion of Napoleon the Russians repeat/using the same tactics.... Keep moving and retreat further and further hoping winter comes early while the invading army subcomes to lack of supplies, food, sickness and loses moral while the Enemy retreats farther and farther

[@Mercnix101]

@@Bossbossbeans Uhhh no. This is such a Nazi apologist take. Let's take your hypothetical scenario USSR would invade Germany, they would not have invaded in 1941 nor 42 due to USSR was reorganizing their military following Stalin's purges. On top of that, after reorganization, the USSR military would wait until they have enough men, equipment and material to launch an invasion. USSR industrial capacity would significantly outweighs Germany's industrial capacity following Stalin's 5 year plan. Even in the real events of ww2, USSR has always been on the offensives much of the time following Operation Uranus. And that took place when the German army was at its peak and Allied D-day has yet to happened. USSR decimated the German 6th Army in Stalingrad. Germany could not possibly win WW2 in any given scenario. The Germans fought well but it was a waste because they would never win in the first place.

[@davidr2802]

“The Germans fought good.’ The Germans fought a war of genocide. That’s good?

[@qwerty29892]

​@@davidr2802you will understand some day child

[@ИванИванов-ц8ы1н]

Надо думать куда лезешь😊

[@mohammedsaysrashid3587]

An informative and wonderful historical coverage episode. Shared by an excellent war academy channel ....i think it did best it had.

[@waracademy128]

Ty man

[@garynew9637]

My father, an architect had a german friend who he invited to come skiing with him in australia, he said no Harry, saw too much snow at stalingrad.

[@antoniasorianoperez2746]

Gran trabajo buen camal

[@rafaelmartinezmartinez2089]

Muy buen canal

[@zurgesmiecal]

Fascinating!⚡⚡

[@TheoCapteijn-kh8nj]

Nice series of documentaries.

[@Farkmetal]

War academy videos just hit different…

[@walsch80]

My grandfather was fighting near the Don area. I was in Ukraine, too, around 60 years later. When I was out with -22 degrees, I realized that he was lucky to return from there. Mud and cold. The worst condition to fight a war. Unfortunately, history is repeating in that place. I ask me why.

[@FlorinSutu]

General Pavlov fell prisoner in that liquidated Soviet pocket. He was the highest rank Soviet general ever to be captured by the Germans, and the same guy who became the commander of the Soviet prisoners who enlisted to fight for the Wehrmacht.

[@dkrab9506]

With 80% of men Germany wouldn't had lost against the Russians. And Hitler shouldn't had full control of the military. That was the slow dead of the best Army the world has ever seen.

[@sthrich635]

WW2 was won by fuel, in planes, bombers, ships, tanks, and trucks, men on foot only won't helped Germany And the Fuhrer having some control of the military was the major reason why Germany didn't fell apart in 1942 and could still fought an attrition war against two biggest world power till mid 1945, as other German generals lacked his perspective on socio-economic strategies and adapting to the military situation. The generals knew how to use the troops and tanks for the most part, hence they did well in early war, but not how to get those troops and tanks after the existing batch was gone, so in later war the AH got involved more and more.

[@VinceLacroix]

Best horse drawn army! How about the United States Army, 1945? Funny how these videos bring out the people who can’t understand why Germany and Japan were defeated by such “inferior”forces.

[@aarontheamazing1985]

There was so much more that germany was missing germanys Army's superpower is that it has infinite morale

[@vanroeling2930]

General Walter Model’s last name is pronounced “Moe dull”

[@cleancoder3838]

more like "moe dell"

[@luciusvorenus1228]

Absolutely love this channel. But the computer voice or voice I don’t care for

[@KoKissaki]

Tell what you want but the Waffen SS Divisions were always in the middle of battle together with the Wehrmacht when shit hits the fan

[@MrBBaron]

I believe that the terrible harsh winner at - 46 degrees helped the Soviets quite a bit. German troops bogged down, undermanned and out gunned and having few winter clothes still fought fiercely but they could not stop the tsunami of red troops willing to sacrifice it's men as they had so much in reserve. A great respect to those men on both sides that fought in a situation we can't even imagine.

[@Leon-bc8hm]

Yes and the soviets just wore their T Shirts right.... . The Soviets destroyed 3 complete German armies and a 2 million strong Japanese Kwantung army and you think they who fought for the longest and hardest didn't have any combat experience. You are a clown

[@captainhurricane5705]

While it is true the unit was involved in very bitter fighting here, it simply isn't true that they fought an army by themselves. They were only one of numerous German units involved in the fighting in this area.

[@Michael-eh9hy]

Eastern front in a nutshell: 24 germans and 2 tank destroyers held the line for 3 weeks before the survivors were forced to withdraw after running out of ammo, they defeated 900k soviet infantry and 365 tanks

[@romsebrell710]

Gli Eroi sono così.

[@kaisahfx1246]

Nazi superiority is a myth, they out numbered the Russians and every aspect during the battle of Moscow, men and material, more of everything, fighter/bombers, artillery, tanks, men, everything! and still lost

[@ИванИванов-ц8ы1н]

Сходи к психиатру.... проверься.

[@jamyemoreno3877]

for early war, this is correct. For late war in a nutshell, it’s as follows: Hitler Youth and Vulksturm units hide in forest line. Passing motorized Soviet division is assaulted by 14 year old who destroys 3 tanks single-handedly, remainder of volksturm unit entirely decimated by 4 soviet soldiers

[@Leon-bc8hm]

The Soviets destroyed 3 complete German armies and a 2 million strong Japanese Kwantung army and you think they who fought for the longest and hardest didn't have any combat experience. You are a clown

[@riddickriddick9520]

Helden sterben nie!

[@wfp9378]

I thought this was going to be about the Ukrainian Azov Battalion when I was the logo in the thumbnail. War in the East is always brutal. Huge armies, huge territory and huge casualties.

[@huntingfishingcamping7179]

The Azov battalion consists of volunteers, indigenous residents of Donbass, Lugansk, Donetsk, and Mariupol. Most of them are football fans.

[@ifinishedelementary]

It is about the Azov brigade. They are reeking, degenerate, Nazis and use the mirrored emblem of the SS. Most of them are Hitler fans.

[@davidlloyd2583]

Its the AZOV battalion insignia again.

[@huntingfishingcamping7179]

Have you seen Russian military neo-Nazis fighting in Ukraine now? Sabotage and Assault Reconnaissance Group (DShRG)Rusich" - a combat unit of Russian neo-Nazis, look at their chevrons)))

[@ericscottstevens]

One could imagine these German names of Kirchddorf and Kulisenwald once belonged to Peter III of Russia and his second cousin wife Catherine the Great both from Germany. Roughly 200 years later Germans came here to die by the thousands. Kluisen is of Dutch origin, meaning "closet" or "small room

[@georgekoroneos3892]

The Germans went too far without taking the necessary steps for resting & reorganization they opened too much & gamble & its achievement for a small country to make it to Moscú a distance more than 2000 miles away !!!

[@lafalex2203]

Franch traduction ? … good vidéo ! Gg

[@danielstapler4315]

2:08 Here General Model has a left ear. Later in the war he has a black ear patch. What happened to his ear?

[@DerUfo]

Model was hit by a chance rifle shot while flying over the front.

[@86OEd]

👍👍👍

[@johnmichaelvoss6194]

Nicely done. You could make an effort to pronounce correctly, including the name of Walter MODEL like MOWDEL and not like "Model" as in Model Airplane...

[@ifinishedelementary]

Totally incorrect. The Azov brigade's emblem has a yellow background and not a black one. Please modify the video to reflect this fact.

[@tombsu]

I take the grandkids there. We've caught some huge goldfish

[@StevenRobinson-n1i]

Stalin used troops as cannon fodder/Germans soldiers where overwhelmed and defeated in brutal combat

[@JohnnyBeGood-88]

Great video but if i can offer some constructive criticism... Hire a different narrator. This guy tries to sound dramatic but it just comes off as cringe. Otherwise the video was excellent thank you

[@georgekoroneos3892]

To put things right from the historic point of view the Germans lost precious time to conquered the Balkans & particularly in Greece the German army lost a month because of the Greek resistance then by the time turned east it was already too late because that gave time to the Russians to organized their forces much better on top of that the bad weather came much easier & made things worse for them it was stupid to attack Greece because Greece wasn't a threat for Germany at all !!! That alone cost them the beginning of the end!!! Russia is a huge space to conquered , no enough men & tanks ,bad roads ,bad communication & bad weather all played a role plus the will of the people to go on fighting !!!

[@cleancoder3838]

that's only partly true. He couldn't have attacked russia in march or april because of the rain and mud period, maybe late may would have worked, so gaining 4 weeks.

[@2vintage68]

You know your history friend! Mussolini had attacked Greece and his inept forces were severely mauled. Germany attacked Greece and bailed his forces out but that operation set the attack on Russia back by a crucial 4 or 5 weeks. Had that not happened Germany would have prevailed in the attack on Moscow.

[@eugeneelar2231]

germany attacking in winter 41 & 42 cost them along with not committing 1-2 million troops they had elsewhere kept them from winning

[@johnwright9372]

I suggest you learn how to pronounce names and places. Model is pronounced MOWDEL.

[@dushmanextreme...2564]

Very irritating camera shutter effect. & Romanian maps not helpful. Some of the archived footage doesn't match the narrative. Otherwise not a bad documentary

[@stevesteelman7802]

The mighty wermacht was spread too thin by hitler. Too far with too little... the Kreigsmarine Admirals should have persuaded hitler to wait before they invaded Poland. Germans only had one aircraft carrier. A prototype? I don't understand how Hitler and his researchers didn't know that Japan The USA 🇺🇸 Britain had aircraft carriers?? Kreigsmarine Admirals should have designed some dive bombers and torpedo planes that could have flown off carriers...something similar to the focke 🐺 Wolfe 190. And in the late 1930s Hitler was foolish not to side with Joseph Stalin instead of attacking his red army and air force

[@JuleyC]

In 1939 he did ally with Stalin... Molotov-Ribbentrop

[@Ben_Sahar]

Wow...just wow.....🤦

[@captainhurricane5705]

lmao

[@tommiatkins3443]

Hitler was a mad incompetent narcissistic low intelligence idiot...and seen as such by the world. How will the planet view the USA now?

[@sebbonxxsebbon6824]

I think you missed the point Hitler never could win. Numbers say he loses, not enough population, not enough economy.

[@ChasseurTueur]

they have same symbol as Azov, do they copy them?

[@Signaman-z9d]

MO/DEL and not MODEL💃, is how it's spoken just saying 😏

[@Overlord1189-c2z]

Quantity has a quality all its own - Stalin

[@darrengilbert7438]

The AI audio is atrocious. Mispronouncing Model and saying mm instead of millimeter.

[@markthornton7347]

not 'Model"..."MOdell'

[@H.Alexander-db9lk]

Nope the name has just one L 🤣

[@gurumze8013]

Just a question. Why are you constantly posting videos about German and SS units? Are you fascinated by them?

[@Mr.Tingus]

Probably because our history textbooks only covered the Allied side of the war.

[@RickDeising]

I am...not fascinated by soy boys like you...get a helmet,life is hard! Lol

[@AsphaltCowboyUSA]

Because history is written by the victors 😂

[@cy1841]

True 😂

[@cy1841]

When we were kids, we were overshadowed by one-sided movies by Hollywood. 😢 Only with KZbin and Google can more facts be revealed.

[@williemcdowell6319]

2 million losses means a war of attrition Ukraine will probably lose

[@mayachico9766]

What did JFK say about Adolf Hitler?

[@zakmarsden5997]

well is old man was a Nazi sympathiser,who thought the Germans would beat Britian, He was a bitter old Irish Fascist, and Ireland is still the same today,

[@lesterbeals1443]

Inexplicably, the Germans had such consistently poor intelligence throughout the entire war. Had they better intel, they may have not invaded at all. In the Soviet Union they had ground to give, which gave them time, something the Germans didn't have. Using a boxing analogy, if the Russia wasn't knocked out in the first round, the fight was lost.

[@1stMemberEver]

Boring AI voice

[@robertalcorn-w1h]

Suggest you show actual video or photos instead of Stug 50mm howitzers how about showing pz4 75mm, pz5 88mm?

[@LLiivveeeevviiLL]

@7.34 AusF E of the StuG III has 75 mm, short gun and that is likely what the mentioned STuG III unit which appeared had.

[@meofamily4]

In contrast to the other commenters, who found this video informative and well-produced, I have a different opinion. First, the maps were quite useless. The area mapped changed with every use, and the maps only were shown for a second or so, before the picture changed. From this things only went downhill. The chronology was nonexistent. Relative time exists in the video, but dates were few and far between. Then the rattling off of various numbers to identify the units engaged was so rushed that, along with the maps which came and went in a blink, it became impossible to have any idea of who was where and what the tactical position was or was intended. So, beyond the unstinting praise for the Germans, and the failure to so much as mention the Russian commanders, let alone discuss their battle orders, I cannot recommend this video as either informative or well-produced.

[@joemontana8347]

✊

[@peterwenz7]

Learn to properly pronounce Models name !!

[@Aya-Aya-Aya-Aya]

Of the the reich..... Please remove the English the your literally saying the the and it makes no sense even if you have one in German. In English it is still the Reich. Reich is an English word too.

[@LovesTheGash]

Hell on earth

[@matrempit2885]

At least Malaysi🇲🇾🇲🇾 never surrender to Jepun🇯🇵🇯🇵 at WW 2.......‼️‼️👍👍👍👍 💪💪💪💪💪💪

[@MotocrossGuru-zf8pk]

the waffle ss trumpf sturmtruppen division

[@danerogers9058]

🤡

[@Aron-79]

🫡🇷🇺🕎⚓️🪖

[@mikefitzgerald41]

Always felt bad for the poor horses 🐴

[@mikefitzgerald41]

Literally a few days after Germany lost the battle of Moscow- the Genius Hitler declares war on the United States

[@paulparker8298]

The ss and the idf are related

[@JohnnyBeGood-88]

Dont compare the SS to those sickos

[@2vintage68]

The idf are magnitudes worse.....