The Battle of the Tannenberg Line | Narva 1944

[@quinnfell3824]

Ace you have become one of my favourite KZbinrs. Love the quality and consistency of your content. It always gives specific and seldom heard info, but it's never boring.

[@TheAceDestroyer]

I'm very happy to hear that! Thanks awfully!

[@abbcc5996]

​@@TheAceDestroyer the youtube audio library link is not working, can i get an alternative lint to the intro song

[@Dutchnavyengineer]

I have been there and walked through the trenches and over the 3 hills, also visited the Kriegs denkmal on Grenadier Hill to bad the museum was closed.

[@jasonharry645]

What the experience like walking through a once very active and hard fight sector ,

[@larspederbjorendalhollaend4875]

I was there twice. Once with one of the former Danish SS-officers. he is now deceased.

[@stekarknugen9258]

The trenches are still there? I looked over the hills and surrounding area on google earth but couldn't see any obvious signs of ww2 battle like you can some places.

[@Dutchnavyengineer]

@@stekarknugen9258 You definitely can see them on Google earth take a good look, north of the Tallin-Narva road, and I just checked if they were visible! When you walk around the Kriegs denkmal you still see them, in the surrounding forests. I have been standing in them, in different places mentioned in the video.

[@Dutchnavyengineer]

@@jasonharry645 it is always an impressive sight and makes you wonder what people went through. I visit battlefields and always have the same, whether it is Normandy, the Ardennes, Arnhem, Ypres, Verdun, where ever. You read about it and at that moment you are standing in the actual fighting positions so you know what happened and now you stand where it all happened.

[@FirstLast_Nba]

I had no Idea how vicious and total war the northern front had been, it finally explains why the European SS managed to hold until after Berlin fell and the war was over.

[@northland7885]

It's kinda was, just that historian and the general public mostly only care about the famous battles like Stalingrad and Normandy. Can recommend ''The Courland Pocket 1944-45 FULL BATTLESTORM History Documentary '' by TIK here on youtube where he cover this battle in this video and what happend after in great detail. nearly 7 hour of entertainment.

[@FirstLast_Nba]

@@northland7885 Thanks, I'll check out "TIK" and see what he says.

[@northland7885]

@@FirstLast_Nba No problems, he has done more battlestorm series. As of right now he is doing Stalingrad. Mt guess it will be really long. probally 24 hour long or more.

[@Invicta556]

Only film ive seen talking about it was 1944 Forced to Fight. What a film.

[@WarblesOnALot]

@@northland7885 G'day, Um..., point of Ordure olde Bean... Perhaps, "entertainment" might not actually be an entirely appropriate word, to describe 7 hours of one's Lifetime spent pondering the intricate recorded details of how dozens, (of) hundreds, (of) thousands of individuals went about hunting and ambushing and killing and grilling each other...; for being "The Enemy" (Any Me...?), as defined by their wearing of a different Uniform, and thus being Strangers (members of a designated and proscribed Ethnocentric Out-Group)....? Might not, "contemplation" or "pondering", or "pontification", or "education", or "history", or even "illumination"... be a better choice ? The idea of studying such Human Carnage as "entertainment", for the fun of it...., is pretty close to being on a level of pulling the Wings off Blowflies or burning Ants with a Magnifying Glass..., kinda thing. Some fascinations are better avoided, perhaps....(?). Just(ifiably ?) sayin', Take it easy, Stay safe... ;-p Ciao !

[@takuan71]

It needs to be said that the heroic actions of the defenders allowed about 100 000 Estonian civilians to escape from the commies to the West, and and helped secure Finland's southern front, allowing Finland to emerge from the war as independent nation.

[@Viking88Power]

Love this series, cheers from a Canadian living in Estonia

[@occidentadvocate.9759]

Very informative video. Well presented. What great fighters those SS volunteers were.

[@malevlane887]

There is a good Estonian movie about those events - "1944"

[@tonyromano6220]

Malev Lane very sad movie.

[@piethogendoorn7934]

k ibi

[@MICHAEL-wg2lh]

Excellent film

[@spikemcnock8310]

What's the film called or Have you a link?

[@malevlane887]

@@spikemcnock8310 1944 is the movie name. Due to copyright restrictions, the full movie is not available. DVD can be purchased. Still some clips can be found on youtube: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qKSsfpKnZ7qVm7M; kzbin.info/www/bejne/r3m7n52elJ1mhcU; kzbin.info/www/bejne/fWrGeIyuqJ2Xptk

[@billd.iniowa2263]

Wonderful footage again. I sure havent seen it before. I always like to see Shermans on the Ostfront, but it's rare. You can bet it's most always taken by a German camera. The only cameras the Soviets would have had were from the propaganda ministry. And they werent about to shoot film of allied lend-lease vehicles! -- This series has given me a deeper understanding of how difficult it can be to hold a far-flank. Even when it's anchored on a sea. Thankyou for your work.

[@oveidasinclair982]

Ace listening to you telling this story put me right in the battle, I could hear the tanks rolling, the men dying, the incisive artillery barrages, great presentation

[@danielhammersley2869]

Ace Destroyer video alert!!! Part-5...the bloody see-saw fighting of the three hills! Superb accounting there young man! :)

[@andrewshawmodels8610]

I've really enjoyed this Narva series - clearly narrated and illustrated with some excellent (and relevant!) film footage. Really well done. Cheers. 👍

[@TheAceDestroyer]

Thank you very much! I'm very pleased to hear this!

[@objectiveopinion1566]

Another amazing movie. I can not imagine how much time the preparation and animation of the footage may take, Ace. Being so detailed exceeds all expectations. Fantastic ! Mentioning so small details like someone got a schrapnel in his head, or another make a suicide after being severly wounded makes all the story very realistic. And dramatic. It is impressive how efficient the anti-bolshevik coalition of European nations was, how brave their sons were and how well they have fought. Pity that the 10.000 for 170.000 ratio could not be managed on other fronts also. We would not live in such a stupid and extreme world now.

[@ДмитрийМоскалец-щ8ю]

В 45м получили по сусалам, теперь сидите, утирайте сопли и не кудахтайте

[@sonnyzeitgeist2570]

Thank you for the excellent Narva 1944 series. Superb history work as always.

[@Desertduleler_88]

Great presentation as usual, I liked this series you do marvelous work to put history in it's place.

[@carius007]

Yep, the best uploads 🇨🇦🍻🍻

[@BimmerHanErDejlig]

You are becomming my favorite historian on eastern front ww2

[@scubabunny81]

Thank you, AceDestroyer. As usual, you have brought history to life :)

[@8BitDane]

Really high production quality and content as usual.

[@jasonharry645]

Everytime, Ace Destroyer is #1

[@novakmatic]

U have no idea, how much I love watching your documentaries :)) Good job :) Mein Kamerad :)

[@carius007]

I agree, great research. The best 🇨🇦🍻

[@ColinH1973]

Incredible attention to detail expressed with great clarity and even-handedness. Excellent account Ace. Thanks again.

[@waffencamo]

Half an hour of hardcore ostfront combat history. Flawless.

[@Flippotycoon4583]

Nordland is such an interesting division, that such a multi-nation force would be able to fight and co-operate so well just amazes me.

[@deg6788]

Crazy times...

They shared a common fear of Bolshevism......and a hatred for Stalin!

[@theblytonian3906]

@ Genau!

[@alterego3590]

@Bernard de Fontaines you are right...up to a certain level. By the time of the Tannenberg battle, the war was already lost for the Germans. Yet still fresh volunteers kept coming in, knowing very well that they bought a one way ticket. They went in hoping to stop a steamroller, these guys were far from the conquering ideals of 1941. You can compare it with the International Brigades in the Spainisch Civil War, who still went over the Pyrenees and into battle in 1939, even if they knew the cause was lost, it was idealism and stupid bravery. For us in 2020 a bit difficult to comprehend either way....but in their days...they thought it was the right thing to do. Very difficult for us...from our time and environment ... to look at that era and judge either side. I do not think both of us would have liked to live under Stalinistic rule either. But I appreciate and recognise the point you are making.

[@TheYeti308]

I wish the boys had lent a few more hands, the Sweed was dearly missed. !

[@Sol_Invictus510]

Excellent work, been waiting for this episode for a while! Well worth the wait!

[@fabiana7157]

I love these videos but it's like I never have enough time to watch them 😂 one day, I'll watch EVERY SINGLE ONE of his videos.. I just hope that this channel won't have problems with youtube, like other similar channels..

[@simaanabdi8995]

Wow..you good

[@nicholairisvang]

Top quality content. It is allways a good Day when you post. Respect from Denmark

[@carius007]

Thanks again Ace, you’re the best channel and thanks for your work! Cheers from Vancouver British Columbia 🍻🇨🇦

[@f0nt]

F for the brave european men who defended Estonia

[@robinbeaven6050]

Wow, I knew the Russians had been given Sherman tanks but this the first time (that I can remember) that I have seen a Soviet Sherman that has been knocked out.

[@robinbeaven6050]

@ScreechingBlueHairFeminist Lol. I am guessing that the footage in question was taken by the Germans.

[@ericgrace9995]

Did you notice the destroyed British Valentine ??

[@duncancameron5468]

They were also given Matildas, Lees and Stuarts

[@Mies78]

they were sold.

[@robinbeaven6050]

@@ericgrace9995 No I didn't, good spot!

[@justinreilly6619]

Such an excellent post, great research, excellent graphics and relevant video footage. You have a great narration voice, thank-you for posting. 🙏

[@creepycrawlything]

Fascinating and informative. Great series 1 to 5. Really been looking forward to this fifth and concluding episode. Your detailed approach really conveys: the inexorable and brutal struggle that is war; and the human war-related qualities nonetheless displayed.

[@vladimator1842]

I applaud you my friend for your well depicted documentary here! It’s so informative and easily understood. Thanks pal!!

[@walkingwithgiants1]

Thank you so much, your work is informative and quite amazing, the film footage is also fantastic!!!! :-)

[@speedygonzales9049]

Great Video again, thanks ACE! The Details in your Videos are awsome. I love to watch this, with a Cup of Coffee. Beste Grüße!

[@terraflow__bryanburdo4547]

3:30 interesting array of post-hoc protection for this Pzkw IV: schurtzen, zimmerit, track plates and logs!

[@MarinkoKobas]

Its a Tiger my dude

[@R3ban3]

Great video! My grandmother fled Vaivara village just before the battles started. She was a small child at the time. Her family home was used as the base of operations by the Germans and all the villages you see on these maps were completely razed to the ground by Soviet artillery. Several of the village names are misspelt in this video though. Not that it changes anything in the story, but i thought id mention it. I guess that might not be the video creators fault though, but the source material itself might be flawed.

[@edvineyard1143]

Great video! I visited the Baltic nations a few years ago and got to drive through some of these areas.

[@duncancameron5468]

love your eastern front stuff, the SS volunteer divisions were as tough as their German counterparts.

[@neilwilson5785]

Ok, but don't be a fan of them.

[@C02045]

Many were coerced into service to prevent their families suffering.

[@takasmaka820]

SS were criminals

[@januszstepaniak8428]

@Dave Ad Members of the Waffen-SS were involved in numerous atrocities. At the post-war Nuremberg Trials, the Waffen-SS was judged to be a criminal organisation due to its connection to the Nazi Party and direct involvement in numerous war crimes and crimes against humanity.

[@januszstepaniak8428]

@Dave Ad Heinz Reinefarth, 26 December 1903 - 7 May 1979) was a German SS commander during World War II and government official in West Germany after the war. During the Warsaw Uprising of August 1944 his troops committed numerous atrocities. After the war Reinefarth became the mayor of the town of Westerland, on the isle of Sylt, and member of the Schleswig-Holstein Landtag. Polish demands for extradition were never accepted, nor was Reinefarth ever convicted of any war crime.In two days, the units of Reinefarth and SS-Oberführer Oskar Dirlewanger murdered approximately 60,000 civilian inhabitants of Warsaw in what is known as the Wola Massacre. In one of his reports to the commander of the German 9th Army Reinefarth stated that "we have more prisoners than ammunition to kill them".[1] After securing the Wola area, his troops took part in heavy fighting against the Armia Krajowa in the Old Town. In September, his forces were transferred to attack the boroughs of Powiśle and Czerniaków, where they committed further atrocities, including killing of POWs and wounded found in military hospitals. In all 150,000-200,000 Polish civilians were killed during the uprising. For his actions during the Warsaw Uprising Reinefarth was awarded the Oak Leaves to his Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 30 September 1944.

[@Salmon_Rush_Die]

Those fellows fought so hard, suffered such loss, & nowdays it's almost illegal to honor their sacrifice. Shame. Thank you for remembering them.

[@rodrigoquiroga8590]

You ve comed one of my favourite pages !! Many thx

[@FairladyS130]

The West front was a walk in the park compared with this East front slaughter.

[@gabrielcalin4238]

Africa was a gentlemans war

[@neilwilson5785]

Not really. Being killed is the same wherever you are on the map.

[@cs-rj8ru]

There were quite a few men who never returned from the "walk in the park" in Western Europe.

[@jasonharryphotog]

I don’t think the west was a walk in the park, the level of artillery was higher and proximity shells exploding overhead with no air cover would of been evil History is history and I feel it was a waste of life and opportunity, a terrible time in history Was there ever a time then and since such great advances in technology were put to a wrong use ?

[@MrNaKillshots]

I'm reading Otto Carius's book which describes this conflict and had to find out more. I recommend this book; it is delivered with a dry humour in spite of the terrible conditions both sides suffered.

[@notsure6496]

Excellent presentation as always !

[@Invicta556]

@The AceDestroyer Could you please do videos on the fighting in/around Kharkov in 1943. The third and fourth battles have some incredible accounts from the units around there on both sides. I feel theres alot of good footage of the Third battle from Deutsch Wochenschau. Ive got some footage from both Battles and even managed to ID some of the units and people in the footage.

[@Wien1938]

The Fourth Battle is very understudied. The armoured battles alone were astonishing.

[@annanbejat1578]

With this I've seen all of Ace's videos of the Battle of Narva series, really enjoyed it

[@TheAceDestroyer]

Thank you very much! I'm thrilled to see that you enjoyed it!

[@danielnavarro537]

Love the video. Keep up the good work.

[@Wien1938]

Brilliant production!

[@sirjohndough8575]

FYI The russian rank of `Starshina` is the most senior of the sergeants ranks, roughly equivalent to a US Top-/Master Sergeant or a UK Staff Sergeant.

[@BonnyJosman]

You used the Luxemburg flag instead of the Dutchies. Those Flemish SS´ers were something else, just like in the first crusade..always at the front.

[@tekis0]

Another high-quality video from the Ace Destroyer. Your narration and flow of the soldiers' photographs bring a unique brand of excitement to these timeless battle stories. There's nothing else like it. Thank-you. PS: Is any of this period portrayed in the "1944" movie? I know that there are Baltic SS units portrayed in that film.

[@TheAceDestroyer]

Yes, the 1944 movie was based on the Tannenberg line battles. I believe it covers an Estonian unit.

[@ivan_krause]

4:44 At the same time the ОПАБ (The Machine guns and artillery batallion) crossed the river in Hungerburg and liberated the Hungerburg in 25th of July 1944, meeting no resistance at all and advanced to the defence line in Meriküla. At the night of 24 and 25th of July several churches (St. Vladimir church on the river shore), the houses (for example - the villa Capriccio) and the Kurhaus in Hungerburg were destroyed and demolished by the retreating German forces. At the same time the towns and castle defences in Narva were in fire and, as we read in the documents, a lot of explosions happened during the retreat of German forces from the Narva. There are still some places in Narva caste and bastions, which has the storages of explosives left.

[@TheAceDestroyer]

Very interesting! Thanks for the extra information!

[@i.h.9829]

Liberated....sure.

[@dixinormous8539]

brilliant as usual, thank you for posting

[@gma729]

GREAT WORK !!!! I LOVE 💘 ACE DESTROYER !!!!

[@ivan_krause]

1:57 - Estonian 20th SS Division got an action with the Estonian Division of Red Army. Don't remember exactly the number of the regiment, but in the documents of that regiment all names and surnames are Estonian ones and the morale of soldiers described, like "Estonian Read Army soldiers are ready to crash the Estonian fascists". And, when reading the final letters describing the battle and the operation - they did it very successful.

[@TheAceDestroyer]

Again, thank you very much for the additional information. I really really appreciate it!

[@ivan_krause]

@@TheAceDestroyer you are welcome! Currently watching the maps from the Russian archives. Don't you have any data about 48th Panzer Grenadier Regiment? See one map where some of the regiment troops were destroyed on the railroad close to Auvere station.

[@TheAceDestroyer]

@@ivan_krause No, I was unable to find much about them. Other than the fact that they were almost entirely wiped out during their retreat from Narva to the Tannenberg line. The Auvere station seems to fit that description.

[@ivan_krause]

@@TheAceDestroyer Yep, already found the description of the battle with 48 PGR - the Soviet 552 and 559 Infantry Regiments of 191 Infantry (Rifle) Division "met" them in the forest close to railroad, that was up to 700 soldiers in 48th PGR, 120 soldiers were captured as prisoners and others are KIA.

[@ivan_krause]

@@TheAceDestroyer Found other source, in English, about that situation:"SS Regiment 48 was mostly in the woods to the southwest (of the highway when the first enemy vehicles came into view. During the fallback, the regiment was without provisions and heavy weapons. In difficult, bitter fighting in the forests east of Repiknu, a desperate situation developed. Between 1400 and 1700, the regiment split up into small groups of officers and men, to try and make their way out to the west, but most were killed or fell into enemy hands.” The source: Richard Landwehr, Narva 1944: The Waffen SS and the Battle for Europe, (Silver Springs: Bibliophile Legion Books, Inc 1981), 78-79.

[@nomdeguerre13]

so well done, excellent narration and appreciate keeping history alive.

[@Midasatahadsaada]

A week ago i was thinking.. Where are u? Here u are😃 nice work like always😇

[@j.zingler6735]

Seems like "Iwan" got a bloody nose at Tannenberg line. :D

[@j3lny425]

Perhaps so but 'Ivan' got to Berlin. The only Germans to reach Moscow were POW's

[@alexeimoiseyev4619]

Yeah, Iwan kept getting the bloody nose all the way to Berlin!

[@neilwilson5785]

Hmm.

[@j.zingler6735]

@@alexeimoiseyev4619 Berlin? Why Berlin? That were Danish and Dutch and Norge anti communists. :D So Oslo and Kopenhagen and Amsterdam should have been targets. :D

[@eliteranger1001]

How did I miss this new version? Great Video. Cheers!

[@MGB-learning]

Outstanding video and presentation.

[@WaffenSSTotenkopf]

Could you do a video one day about the battle of Hasselmann and Kaprolat, two nearby heights in Karelia, that saw heavy action in late June 1944? Where the 190 men strong "SS Ski Jäger Battalion "Norge" was nearly annihilated in heavy combat with a much larger Red Army force. It is a pretty unknown engagement to most people, I have a book about it, these Norwegian SS men were brave soldiers and many of them still lay where they fell out there on the old battlefields in Karelia. About 120 men were KIA/MIA, and a small group managed to escape back to friendly lines while the rest were sent into the gulag system, only a few gulag survivors came back to Norway in the mid 1950's. Soviets lost at least 364 men killed, but hey, we all know how the Russians report their military losses🤣 so its probably much higher + the wounded.

[@ДмитрийМоскалец-щ8ю]

Yes, it is especially worth telling how the valiant Norwegians made candlesticks from the skulls of dead Soviet intelligence officers. The loss of the Norwegians-100 killed, 41 captured, 49-escaped. episode of the battle-a group of Norwegian Rangers, sitting in a warehouse dugout, refused to take weapons three times, saying that for them "this war is over". losses of the red army - 58 killed, 190 wounded.

[@WaffenSSTotenkopf]

@@ДмитрийМоскалец-щ8ю - Buuuhuuu, I keep forgetting how innocent you Bolsheviks were xD Lmao At the price of 100 Norwegians KIA, the Soviets lost atleast 364 men killed(thats Soviet numbers, so we can clearly add a 0 at the end there) I can only imagine how many they wounded👍

[@WaffenSSTotenkopf]

@@ДмитрийМоскалец-щ8ю - by "intellegence officers" you mean Jewish Bolshevik Commissar hahahaha, I know u probably have some Soviet style internet in Russia with cringy histories of bravery etc xD with those kind of Soviet casualties as you say, you dont get 15 million of your soldiers/slaves wasted,, 58 killed 🤣👌 good one comrade gopnik x'D

[@ДмитрийМоскалец-щ8ю]

@@WaffenSSTotenkopf Of course, if you add 0 to the number of dead you named, it will be much more than stormed these 2 hills. The assault involved 2 battalions of the 731 rifle regiment of the 205 rifle division, supported by the regiment's artillery (76mm guns and 82mm mortars)

[@WaffenSSTotenkopf]

@@ДмитрийМоскалец-щ8ю - We'll get you next time 👌🤣 Nostrovia

[@MrNaKillshots]

A marvellous channel.

[@Tiger1AuasfE]

Very nice upload, thnx.

[@arthurcrime]

Your vivid description reminds me of a particularly bloody rugby match.

[@soldieramerican5964]

Excellent documentary, as always! Thanks Ace! ✝️🇺🇸WWG1WGA🇺🇸✝️

[@ericgrace9995]

Thanks. I enjoyed that !

[@jw451]

Great music intro . You da man Monsieur Destroyer

[@Sphynra]

Are you Belgian? It's really awesome seeing this level of quality coming from my country! You've got yourself a new subscriber.

[@TheAceDestroyer]

Yes, I'm from Belgium (the Kortrijk area). Thank you very much, welcome to the channel!

[@EBK7000]

No, he is Flemish.

[@TheYeti308]

When your surrounded , it's harder to miss when you fire back. !

[@billevans7936]

Excellent production...enjoy much...

[@soaringbumnm8374]

Love the music and presentation Save the footnotes for the comment section (VISUALIZED/NOTVISUALIZED).

[@moritztabor7804]

Very good video thank you

[@Jay-nb4bj]

Hello all

[@Toncor12]

You know fighting has been ruthless when you are promoted after your death....

[@henrysaari1891]

Just read about this battle. The author gave an estimate that in two weeks close to 10.000 defenders and maybe 30.000-40.000 attackers were lost in the Blue Hills battle. This happens to be quite close to what the casualties are said to be in the present Ukraine war - during the first six months.

[@dashvinny1]

Well done

[@SeLmiC1337]

Awesome!!!!

[@Jeschitown]

That intro music is great

[@talpark8796]

interesting . tyvm

[@abhilashyadav2274]

This is the new version which you wrote in a previous video?

[@TheAceDestroyer]

Yes it is. This version is longer, has better suited footage and more detailed maps.

[@abhilashyadav2274]

@@TheAceDestroyer U are doing amazing work looks like u put a lot of work for the video. Keep it up👍🏼.

[@fxzeedits5456]

I missed that intro song

[@kyleschafer6275]

1:31, hey look, a Sherman.

[@Silly2smart]

Well done sir.

[@MrNiklassthlm]

how could you not even mention Carius and the schwere Panzerabteilung 502 when doing this otherwise superb documentary of the battles around Narva in 44. You even show him and a few Tigers in the clips

[@TheAceDestroyer]

Carius and his unit were featured in the previous videos. Certainly part III with the Krivasoo bridgehead, I believe part IV too, but I would have to check that again.

[@MrNiklassthlm]

@@TheAceDestroyer wow, how can i have missed that, sorry if that is so :) keep up the good work, like i wrote, your docus are superb. My wife is from Narva so i have spent alot of time in the battlefields around the blue mountains and the pantherline. Very interesting areas.

[@danielgreen3715]

Great series thankyou but the maps need to be clearer ..How far was the retreat from Narva to the Tannenberg line and where are the Soviet Art positions that are pounding Orphanage Hill located ..Your map doesn't seem to show them!

[@immerbockplayingstreamraid7135]

Bring back the old intro tune right now plz.

[@bouppap67]

love music of the beginning

[@bouppap67]

Name of the music please. .?

[@TheAceDestroyer]

It's called 'Russian Dance', you can find it in the KZbin audio library. You can find a link to the audio library in the video description.

[@netiturtle]

9:55 interesting 'position' for HQ, 69.9 I have some growing up to do

[@mlhus]

I saw a minor flaw in the map some 13 min's in your narrative. The village Lembitu isn't located properly. It lies more close to the railway crossing as in the beginning of the narrative. Not even in the book "With the Tiger on the Battlefield" by Otto Carius who fought here with the 502 nd heavy tank battalion is this village rightly located but nowadays it can be found by using Google maps

[@TheAceDestroyer]

Thanks for pointing it out! I really appreciate it!

[@mlhus]

@@TheAceDestroyer 😁😷🇸🇪

[@meegomae]

on narva river trenches estonias used finss tacticks to clear ,grenades in gasmask pouch ,and first man shoot after second and 3,thow grenede

[@Peipzz]

your a 10 times better version of mark felton

[@neilwilson5785]

Different kind of channel. Mark does short videos about neglected topics, and Ace does longer videos with maps. I love both.

[@ЕвгенийШапринский-т5й]

Спасибо. Очень интересно.

[@TheAceDestroyer]

My pleasure! I'm happy to see that you found it interesting!

[@raymondstone9636]

Dutch SS and Flemish Brigades. I always thought they were our Allies.

[@alterego3590]

They were...they were keeping off the russians....

[@minaise]

Thanks for sharing your content! Since I'm not seeing many ads on your videos then I guess you are demonetized or smth. Need to look up your Patreon or smth

[@TheAceDestroyer]

I have put the income off on my channel so that there are hardly any ads. But, perhaps with the content I make I would be demonetized anyway. Either way, it doesn't matter, as long as you enjoy the videos.

[@minaise]

Well in that case - love the content. The flow and descriptions are connecting with me easily. I feel engaged throught the video. And the evolution of animations has been interesting to observe

[@nyttag7830]

Hard core battleground

[@hughbie7]

Ace....gotta ask a dumb question but the Dutch were allied with the Germans?? Kinda ironic we were liberating Holland at the same time Dutch soldiers were fighting for the Germans!? I'd be curious if there is more information on this?? Thanks Ace ...have enjoyed your enlightening of history during WWII

[@TheAceDestroyer]

Not in general. In 1940 the Dutch had fought the Germans and remained a German enemy until the end. However, at the same time propaganda of the 'Red Menace' and the coming of Communism from the Soviet Union made many volunteer to fight it. The same occurred in Belgium, Denmark, France, Norway,... Although their countries were enemies, several thousands of inhabitants enlisted in the German army to fight the Soviets on the Eastern front. It often had to do with religion and the upbringing against communism, etc. I do have to say that I don't know a lot about these European volunteers other than a few of their battles, but in general it's very interesting stuff how people eventually came to volunteer for the German army. I do think a few books touch upon that subject, but unfortunately I couldn't tell you which ones. I'm happy to see that you found the video interesting though!

[@hughbie7]

Thank you Ace....googled the Dutch involvement and like you said there were approximately 20 to 25 thousand volunteers...can't help but wonder what was going through the minds of the young Dutch soldiers at that time!? Thanks again!!!

[@jeromevillaflor3896]

@@hughbie7 I read somewhere that the Dutch had like the highest number of volunteers serving in the German army

[@genekelly8467]

What happened to the Dutch, Danish, Flemish and Norwegian SS soldiers after the war? I imagine their fate was not a pleasant one.

[@jasonharryphotog]

Bring us some more Russian German stories soon my friend

[@solonsolon9496]

Can you make a single video merging all the parts into 1 video?

[@TheAceDestroyer]

I have put all five parts together in a separate playlist. There you can watch all 5 episodes after another.

[@solonsolon9496]

@@TheAceDestroyer Okay, it's not quite the same though.

[@mickjenner6697]

Is this the battles that the film cross of iron was based on , great great movie , Coburn was a good Steiner

[@robertbruce7772]

Cross of Iron was set in the Kerch Peninsula near Crimea.

[@WarblesOnALot]

G'day, Yay Team...! Well done. I wonder if it might be worth sort of setting the scene for a bit at the beginning, with maybe half a minute of "orientation" in Time & Geography ; so that viewers coming to this can see it as a "Stand-Alone" Learning-Experience..., with a gentle "coming up to speed..." rather than being catapaulted into the Fray, so to speak ? It's OK for you to have all the "Flow" of the Campaign sorted out in your head, because you've been concentrating on it for years..., and you've been explaining it in these Videos - but the Viewers may be lucky to have even the sketchiest underconstumblings of where, when, & why all these places were considered to be worth dying to hold & defend, or to attack & take..., so you might want to sort of hold them by the hand & lead them up to speed...(?). Just(ifiably ?) wonderin'... Have a good one, Stay safe. ;-p Ciao !

[@TheAceDestroyer]

I usually try to do this, but considering this is part 5 of the Narva series, there are 4 earlier episodes to set the scene and which can tell the interested viewer what exactly brought the Soviets and Germans to the Tannenberg line.

[@WarblesOnALot]

@@TheAceDestroyer Cool, Yeah, I know what you mean...., but it took me a minute to remember which particular (failed) part of Adolf's re-run of Napoleon's Grand Russian Tourist Adventure you were diving in to look at...; the bit towards the Northern part of the "Eastern" Front where/when Germany had to run away backwards, shortly before Finland abruptly switched sides to fight for Stalin after all (!). And I imagined how it would be for someone who found this in their Feed and it was perforce their introduction to the Channel as well as the particular Campaign. Merely a thought. Have a good one. Stay safe. ;-p Ciao !

[@WarblesOnALot]

@@TheAceDestroyer G'day again...! Yesterday I managed to capture a Radio Interview with the particular Journalist who is being sued in Australian Civil Court for Slander, Libel, & Defamation of Character - by the Australian SAS Victoria Cross Recipient who is now the lead Subject of the 4-year Inspector General's Investigation into Oz SAS "Operators" committing War Crimes in Afghanistan..., which (the high powered Enquiry) arose out of the Journalist's coverage of the Story, about 4 &1/2 years ago. From 2005 to 2016..., about 12 SAS Officers are being investigated regarding 56 Unlawful Killings/War Crimes. I posted the Video of the captured Broadcast today. I thought you might be interested. They're apparently considering disbanding the SAS Regiment, like the Canadians actually did - after their "Peacekeepers" beat a teenager to death (for the fun of it) in Somalia, in 1993 (!). Interesting times. Such is Life, Have a good one.... Stay safe. ;-p Ciao !

[@HangnJudge]

I am getting tired of saying "superb" but I have to say it once again.

[@davidjarkeld2333]

11:20 That map is very misleading, indeed so are the later ones. You only point out the most extreme strength estimates, not using contemporary data available that contradict these. You are trying to fool people that two entire Soviet Armies attack a handful of men, when in reality each Soviet Army was a very similar size to the defenders.