The Women Who Defended The Stalingrad Tractor Factory Against German Panzers

[@TheImperatorKnight]

Great video! I learned that the guy in charge of the regiment was called "Guerman", not "German" as one of my books claimed 😂

[@juanpaz5124]

Cool to see you here. Looking forward to the next Stalingrad episode!

[@TheImperatorKnight]

@@juanpaz5124 Good news: it'll be out on Monday!

[@Armageddon4145]

Ah yes, pronunciation again 😄 Glad you liked it!

[@oddlookinbloke8753]

TIK LETS FUUCKING GOOOOOO

[@AudieHolland]

All the same, German, or Gherman, is an actual name in Russian. This is probably why when the Soviet Union was looking for the First Man into Space, the choice fell on Yuri Gagarin. And not Gherman Titov.

[@crimsOn0011]

The more I research about the battle of Stalingrad, the more it seemed that the individual spirit of the men and women who fought there all contributed to the final victory. It is as impressive as it is heartbreaking.

[@peterwall8191]

*crims0n0011* The debacle of Stalingrad, was entirely Of the German HQ doing. They kept reinforcing the central army, while the southern that was fighting at Stalingrad was left with the dregs. Properly supplied ,Paulus had all he needed to take the city. He may not have been able to hold it, but he could take it. The fault lies ,as usual, with the strategic planing. IDK who decided to save Stalingrad, but it was a mistake. It pinned their army down. German armed forces wee not used to a war of attrition. Their training was to stay mobile, not stand and slag it out. If they had bombed Stalingrad to oblivion and moved on, the soviets would have been hard pressed to stop them. Instead they stopped themselves, to lay siege in effect to a whole city. It gave the soviets time to regroup. Exactly what the German doctrine was made to avoid.

[@sau002]

A story that had to be told. More than 70 years later. Better later than never. I am glad that this fascinating story has been finally narrated.

[@Armageddon4145]

Glad you enjoyed, and you're right it had to be told.

[@Wolfen443]

Well, men or women or even both of them really saved the day in that terrible surprising battle. It makes The Battle OF Britain's exploits of 13 Hours of the RAF look pale a bit. If they had failed to buy that time The city might have been breached that day, the fact that the women fought in the last moments is even more impressive, Thanks, Savchenko for saving the surviving women. It must have been terrifying for them to be there in a battle to their death.

[@billd.iniowa2263]

Top notch work, very well done. My deepest respect for the men and women of the Motherland.

[@Armageddon4145]

Thanks for your support.

[@danielaramburo7648]

These men and women set an example to today’s young people.

[@jasonharryphotog]

I’m still sure most of the units were women and the men would of been sent to the front , it’s was a unique and incredibly cruel time. 100% respect to those who fought for their homeland , we owe so much and there’s no embarrassment women fighting , they were doing their best, who can ask for more. Great video as always

[@Armageddon4145]

Thank you for the positive words!

[@frankg897]

At Stalingrad, the front came to them. Men and women were fighting for their homes and families. The entire city was destroyed. There is a museum and panorama about the battle in Volgograd (formerly Stalingrad). My wife's father and mother were veterans of Stalingrad and Momma was one of the anti-aircraft girls.

[@paduapeted49]

Excellent work S B D - authentic 16 Pz situation reports too. :) It's sad to learn of the fate of the crews/ many of these girls but even if the girls comprised 30% of the units, they did what they could to assist - under direct fire, dive bombing and bombardment. They bound wounds, took over operation of the equipment and stood their ground to the last round. Such great character these and other units showed, when it really counted. Here the initial German attack was blunted, certainly with heavy losses, not just armour. If anyone was embarrassed, 16th Panzer was.

[@bravo45]

Almost all your video, no matter how long, seem short when they end.... Amazing work yet again... please keep it up!!!

[@Armageddon4145]

Thanks a lot sir, really appreciated!

[@lukeangelus962]

wonderful story! Highest accolades to the men and women of the 1077 Anti Aircraft Regiment!

[@Armageddon4145]

Thanks a lot!

[@ericbrennemann7474]

So sad! Great Video!

[@pyatig]

A wonderful example of the bravery and humanity of Soviet commanders as opposed to how they’re portrayed in western media

[@kdfulton3152]

What a great surprise; drop your video early Mr Anton! This was another excellent video! But sad. Good job Brad. What you guys are doing is so important. Thank you!🙏 These women were just amazing! 👏👏👏( another great old Cossack song-My Field-but I forget its original title but it’s such a beautiful song).

[@benbregman7010]

Great tribute! Aton keep up the good work

[@Armageddon4145]

Thanks for your support.

[@swan3]

Eternal glory to all the fighters of the Red Army,men and women...ΔΕ ΘΑ ΠΕΡΑΣΕΙ Ο ΦΑΣΙΣΜΟΣ... no pasará el fascismo...

[@Armageddon4145]

Sure, thanks for your support!

[@YuryTimofeyev]

Good one! I liked the comparison of Soviet and German documents. Thank you.

[@Armageddon4145]

Glad you liked it!

[@bradgolding6847]

To all those who have commented, Thank You! I urge you all to read, "The Unwomanly Face of War" by Svetlana Alexievich, a winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. I stand in absolute awe of these remarkable women.

[@alexandriac6641]

Amazing book, made me cry a few times reading it.

[@YuryTimofeyev]

No offence, but she is known for lying a lot. She was even sued for that. Just check facts thoroughly if you're searching for unbiased history.

[@alexandriac6641]

@@YuryTimofeyev Are you referring to the mothers who sued her over Zinky Boys? I can't find anything about the outcome of that but regardless, it doesn't have anything to do with the Unwomanly Face of War. If you have any evidence of her lying I would genuinely like to see it.

[@YuryTimofeyev]

@@alexandriac6641 the outcome was nothing. She deliberately changed one letter in every paternal name and in the court said that those were fictional characters. She has done that in other books also, for example about Chernobyl. Here is a detailed analysis of that book (russian): avkrasn.ru/article-3860.html?fbclid=IwAR06Ylu5ntY0Fae1lnICAatAUJLQhYH3Qq9fZt12pU1eX4_BhYagg8xUcQE it also mentions her other works.

[@frankg897]

@@YuryTimofeyev Her book was banned in the Soviet Union and she is still hated by the old Soviet cold warriors still creeping about.

[@robinrodriguez480]

Incredible !! Theirs no other word !! Talk about fighting for your life !!! Unbelievable video!!!👍👍

[@Armageddon4145]

Thanks a lot Robin!

[@lyudmila2882]

Moving and informative video, thank you! I was in tears when the words of the women themselves were read. Gave a powerful you-are-there picture of what they went through.

[@Armageddon4145]

You are so welcome

[@ciuyr2510]

the Germans declared Total War with all their men. the Soviets declared Total War back with all their men & women. I`m glad history is harmless for me, the reader; the viewer. but sad it was deadly for the ones making it. Courage does not discriminate

[@Armageddon4145]

That's correct. Thanks for sharing.

[@aurorathekitty7854]

Don't forget children too. But I completely understand why the Soviet ppl did this. If an invading army comes in start mass killing men, women, and children it's not a war it's a fight for exsistance and no such thing as a non combatant in that situation

[@wayneinteressierts2196]

Very interessting content! Keep up your good work!

[@Armageddon4145]

Thanks a lot!

[@paulcateiii]

great series Anton

[@Armageddon4145]

Thanks again Paul

[@mikewest5529]

Man these need more views and subs! Great channel! Love to learn and we don’t get these facts in Canada! Brave men and women guard their country’s! RIP

[@Armageddon4145]

Thanks Canada for the positive words!

[@GunnyKeith]

Thanks Anton & Brad. Great channel. Great content & commentary & coverage.

[@Armageddon4145]

Thank you Keith we will carry on!

[@engajarte_]

Sensacional vídeo, congratulation for the serie. Very high live of history.

[@Armageddon4145]

Thanks a lot sir!

[@gordy3714]

This is outstanding Anton.

[@Armageddon4145]

Thanks a lot gordy, appreciated!

[@ramonalonso3554]

Thanks for this video. It was quite interesting

[@Armageddon4145]

Thanks for your interest

[@borisfeldman8022]

Great video, I've seen some western accounts of the battle, very unaccurate and sensational, finally hystory as it is! Amazing work!

[@Armageddon4145]

Thanks a lot! That's the idea: pure historical accuracy, no Hollywood.

[@oreilly1237878]

An immortal stand that possibly affected the entire course of the war.This was the only unit between the Nazi panzer spearhead and Stalingrad untill other units were able to be brought up.

[@robinrodriguez480]

Yea no shit!! If Stalingrad fell who knows what would of happened !!!

[@Redwhiteblue-gr5em]

Not true the Soviets had many armor and anti tank battalions and batteries in Stalingrad to deal with the panzers. The AA units spent most of their time shooting at German aircraft not panzers

[@phann860]

Stalin didn't deserve the people of Russia, which is why it was the Motherland and not the Soviets they were defending. The men and women of Russia were defending against a greater evil than Stalin.

[@engajarte_]

Whatching from Brazil...

[@alejandrocasalegno1657]

The last US plane shot-down in North Vietnam was a F-4B in january 1973.......by a Ks.12 85 MM!!!.....and many of the vietnamese AAA crew were women.........what change, from Stukas to Phantoms!!!!! Always interesting Anton......always!!!!

[@Armageddon4145]

Thanks Alejandro, third episode yet to come!

[@LorenzoBruni-ol6pt]

Woman were only in vietcong,North Vietnam army was only men

[@alejandrocasalegno1657]

@@LorenzoBruni-ol6pt Many AAA crew in North Vietnam were womans....i see photos.

[@red-partisan-f4f]

Смотрю и слезы текут.

[@Armageddon4145]

Давно надо было такое видео сделать...

[@andreizav7040]

Stalingrad Battle Data такое нельзя забывать - их героизм должен служить вдохновлением для нас и будущих поколений!

[@carsten9168]

We are so much in gratitude to the heroic men and women of the Stalingrad 1077th Ant-Aircraft Regiment who sacrifled and suffered terrible to hold the line against the 16th Nazi Panzer Division. A low bow to all of them who fought at Stalingrad and won the battle to finally dispel the myth of Nazi invincibility !

[@oleriis-vestergaard6844]

In one of the numerous german tank books theres a story about a ss panzer regiment fighten a t-34 corps manned by women- the ss won and took a lot of women prisoners AND some of these girls changed side and worked with and on the panzer type panther and tiger. Hard to belive but have heard similar storyies in other brands of the fighten forces of the germans.

[@gionibegood6950]

i liked the movie very much, I hope you have a whole movie about zenaida yamorleva who vaccinated all the people under the heavy bombardment

[@Armageddon4145]

Thanks for your support

[@casparcoaster1936]

Really enjoyed! Which I knew what an apc is.

[@Armageddon4145]

Glad you enjoyed it! APC= Armored Personal Carrier

[@mohammedsaysrashid3587]

Great Video in explaining Certain information Using Soviet made AA -guns against German tanks from Amazing Historical Channel ...Labelled to Bravery & proud resistances of Soviet(Russian) Humans for Protected their Homeland & Liberated invaded parts later ...thanks for sharing

[@rondecambio7375]

Indiffernt of Stalin and his brutal regime,these brave men and woman were fighting for each other and their Homeland.The Russian soldier was not fighting for politics ,but survival.My father fought in the Pacific as a Marine ,his mother and father were 10.000 km away .The Russians loved ones were Only 10 km behind him.Truly Brave Men and Women !!

[@jw451]

Excellent narration. as an Aussie i can pick one straight away. Thats not the reason I like. Great choice for clear what I call "neutral" English.

[@Armageddon4145]

Thanks for your interest sir.

[@Flying_Lexus]

Funny how the German mentioned "the Asian steppes" when Stalingrad/Volgograd is actually still located in the European part of the continent.

[@Armageddon4145]

Sure but right behind it begins Central Asia (Kazakhstan precisely).

[@AudieHolland]

That's nothing. The entire western world regarded the countries east of then West Germany as 'Eastern Europe' when in fact it was always 'Central Europe.' Only Russia and its close neighbours are in Eastern Europe. For propaganda sake, we in the west and NATO regarded all countries part of the Warsaw Pact as 'Eastern Europe.' Definitely not in Eastern Europe but in Central Europe during the Cold War: East and West Germany, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungaria, Romania. But to the people in the west, there was only East vs. West. There was no middle ground, no Central Europe. And because of the threat of the 'Bolshevist Horde' I mean the 'Red Menace,' many former Nazi officials, scientists, officers and even police were put back in their old jobs again in West Germany's Bundeswehr and thus also in NATO. The Nuremburg Trials obviously were just a show trial that condemned and sentenced less than 1% of former Nazis. And truly talented Nazis were evacuated to the US of A and Argentine to be find employ at NASA (former Sturmbannführer Wernher von Braun) and the CIA (Reinhard Gehlen). Even Gestapo chief Klaus Barbie, 'the butcher of Lyons' was hired by the CIA in 1947 to spy on their Allies report on Communist sympathizers.

[@chucklynch6523]

Many of the Soviet the units that fought at Stalingrad were comprised of Red Army personnel of Central Asian origin. Please keep in mind folks that the Soviet Union was not Russia alone. The Soviet Union included Russia, but it also comprised all of the Central Asian republics too, as well as other republics in the West, like Ukraine, Belarus and others.

[@dnickaroo3574]

@Chuck Lynch Just Russia itself is very much a Eurasian country, stretching from the Baltic Sea to the Pacific Ocean. When the Sun is setting at St. Petersburg, it is rising at Vladivostok. For example, some Yakuts in Siberia have typical Asian features but are Russians.

[@Flying_Lexus]

@@chucklynch6523 I get that but I was talking about the geographical location.

[@supa3ek]

The numbers did not state how many reinforcement tanks were added so the true number could well have been that high !!!

[@chumccurry1765]

Brave women !

[@bradmason4706]

Just want to say , nice nails to the lady at 00:42

[@413806]

великолепный канал, делаете замечательное дело видели вы экскурсию по современному Сталинграду? на канале The road to the film. "Правда 2019 про СТАЛИНГРАД. Спецмаршрут часть-1. Волгоград. Вместо урока истории." "Правда 2019 про СТАЛИНГРАД. Спецмаршрут часть-2. Волгоград. Вместо урока истории." очень сильное впечатление производит. бои за элеватор, подвиг Паникахи.

[@Armageddon4145]

спасибо большое!

[@isrisentoday]

Honestly, I really thought it read Girls und Panzer, at least for a short while.

[@vavaoliveira-O_Carcara]

God bless former USSR. Thanks to it, and its beloved courageous women, we are not slaves of the fascists!

[@AyebeeMk2]

one interesting point on the data side: the germans captured 90% of the city without this an other battles around the city's approaches the german forces would have been more than 10% stronger, go figure it out your self.

[@markwilson2992]

Amazing bravery. Many Hero of the Soviet Union awards could have been issued.

[@frankg897]

And were!

[@johnyanga8532]

I must have a beautiful elegant Russian woman as my wife, second only to Bayley.

[@Angelfish-wr1pp]

'girls' ???

[@Armageddon4145]

A Russian expression

[@frankg897]

That's what Russians would say. Devuskie (girls) as opposed to zheshena (women). Excuse my transliteration on the fly.

[@tomasstride9590]

Judging from what you have presented I think you are rather over stretching your point. Clearly there were specialist units with female soldiers. In other situations there where individual cases of women serving alongside men for example in tanks. In extreme situations like when all the men were dead or wounded then you can point to women being put into the front line. However, this does not indicate a systematic placing of women alongside men in a combat role. For example you do not say if women were conscripted in to say the infantry or rifle divisions. That women are put in harms way in war is not in question. In the end everyone will be put in harms way if that saves those who seek to never go in harms way.

[@Armageddon4145]

The point was precisely to explain that this was an exceptional situation, and that normally men and not women operate this kind of guns.

[@tomasstride9590]

@@Armageddon4145 Yes I probably did not word my first sentence very well. This second video clearly made this point . However, the first video was not so clear on this point as the second.

[@dnickaroo3574]

There was a total of about 800,000 women in the Red Army, as volunteers. This was about 5% of total Military. 89 women received the highest Award "Hero of the Soviet Union". There were about one million women serving as nurses & medical staff. However, some nurses served on the front line, and this must have been quite dangerous. However, Lyudmila Pavlichenko received training as a sniper before WW2, because her shooting was extremely accurate. She joined when the War started, but was advised at first to become a nurse. She said she was unable to let others fight for her when she knew she had an exceptional talent (& she had seen what the Nazis did to the elderly & children).