"The Soviet-German War, 1941-1945: Myths and Realities" by COL (Ret) David M. Glantz

[@MD21037]

I've read many books written by this gentleman. So far, I've read "Operation Barbarossa", "Barbarossa Derailed: The Battle of Smolensk Vol. 1 & 2", "The Second Battle of Kharkov", "Zhukov's Greatest Defeat", "Stalingrad Trilogy", "After Stalingrad: The Red Army's Winter Offensive 1942-43", "Battle of Kursk", "Operation Don's Main Attack", "Operation Don's Left Wing", "Battle for Belorussia: Red Army's Forgotton Campaign October 1943-April 1944", and "Red Storm Over the Balkans" This man is an exceptional Author and is the leading Western historian on the Eastern Front of WWII.

[@Konrad_Festung]

The voracity with which Glantz discusses this topic captures me everytime. I come back and watch this lecture probably about once a year. The sheer scale of the Ostfront that Glantz excellently portrays for us never ceases to amaze me.

[@Gerdam]

It is rare my entire historical outlook on a topic can be so altered by just one lecture. Brilliant Brilliant Brilliant!!! Thank you Colonel Glantz.

[@oceanhome2023]

Mega upvotes !! DITTO this what turned me on to “ Eastern Front “ and I have never seen WW2 in the same way because of just this one guy ! He is a Legend !!!

[@MD21037]

This man has written the best books about the Eastern Front of WWII. I've read many of them and really, enjoyed reading them.

[@Materialist39]

I made the “mistake” of getting When Giants Clash on audiobook when it is truly an outstanding reference guide and peerless survey of the war. Definitely plan to get a physical copy as well

[@Alex-lg6nz]

I think he does a solid job describing events on the Eastern Front, but I wouldn't go as far as calling his work "best books". The best books about the Eastern Front are, as expected, written by a few Soviet authors.

[@jimboAndersenReviews]

I don't care too much about how the sound channel have been compressed; it is intelligible, and the content is dynamite, so: Thanks for sharing!

[@samugote]

Hmmmmmm! The Bolsheviks killed 66 million Russians. Have you heard of this version of the WW2 history you may have never been taught? www.informationincorporated.net/europa *Invest a few hours here*

[@jcalli66]

I had a friend used to work with in the mid-late 90s who was Russian whose parents emigrated to Brooklyn/Brighton beach in the 1970s. Was talking with him one night after work about Barbarossa (which I've always been fascinated by) and he told me his grandfather was an infantryman and survived but 3 of his 4 brothers in the Red Army died in combat. The Red Army (and I daresay the Wehrmacht) had thousands of 'Saving Private Ryan' stories where families lost multiple sons (and daughters). It was the worst single conflict in history

[@rigormortis6481]

Soviet citizens of military age at around 1940, so born around the years 1922-25 had casaulty rates of something crazy like 80% plus. So,yeah very possible. Please note : Casuallties, includes the wounded.

[@explorerofunknownworlddept6232]

After WWII, many Soviets women left outpassed men, and unable to find their man partners to start families. After Korea War too, many Korean women, heard about it that they were officially allowed to be 1 man : 2 women to get involved in relationships.

[@explorerofunknownworlddept6232]

Unable to edit, wonder. Above talked about in North Korea for 2w : 1m.

[@marknorris1381]

If you were taken prisoner on either side highly likely you would not survive that either.

[@Goaner89]

@@marknorris1381 my grandfather survived it and his neighbours in east prussia....they had 4 sons and all of them died on the eastern front

[@Takhor86]

Thank you Colonel Glantz. Finally, well delivered and concise delivery of the events of WWII. Everyday there are less and less WWII Veterans left and soon they are all gone. And with them their stories that are part of history. This places a great importance on true and precise depiction of the historic events that transpired during that terrible war.

[@Channel-sp3fp]

The Russian performance is surprisingly poor in 2022, considering they are viewed as among the top 3 strongest military powers in the world today. There is also the reluctance to find out or acknowledge Soviet propaganda from the period and what they were up to under the first 20-30 years of 'socialist' ideology. The Brits and Americans also remain very quiet about nasty things they had done in the war, before and after.

[@Alex-lg6nz]

​@@Channel-sp3fpYou may want to consider worrying about your government's propaganda, that was hammered into your head all your life, before worrying about foreign propaganda that barely has any effect on you, if you actually want to see reality ...

[@morningstar9233]

So much I've seen and read about the Soviet-German war references Col. (Ret) David Glantz work, that it's very interesting to see and hear the man himself speaking for what is for me the first time. Excellent lecture. No slight against the intended speaker to say that the audience got really lucky having this legend as replacement. Thank you.

[@RafterPigeon]

Do you happen to know the name of the original speaker? I can’t make it out

[@morningstar9233]

Sorry, I'm afraid not.@@RafterPigeon

[@RafterPigeon]

@@morningstar9233 thanks

[@localbod]

​@@RafterPigeonI believe the original speaker was due to be Reina Pennington who is the author of the book 'Wings, Women and War: Soviet Airwomen in World War II Combat'.

[@RafterPigeon]

@@localbod thanks

[@perfectfutures]

Thank you for this illuminating lecture. It seems the general view seriously underestimates the Soviet strategic thinking, and perhaps also the degree to which the Germans overestimated their chances. The sheer scope of these battles is something hard to conceive.

[@marknorris1381]

Hitler was quoted as saying 'we have only to kick in the door and the whole rotten structure will come crashing down'.

[@williestyle35]

​@@marknorris1381 Hitler viewed every Slavic person as idiotic, slovenly, and ultimately expendable, so yeah.

[@JohnHannigan-wx8ng]

Thank you colonel Glanz for a magnificent presentation. It held me enthrallled especially when you pointed out the scope of the fronts .

[@--Dani]

"David Glantz has invaded my apartment with his work on the Soviet army" Steve Kotkin. That's says a lot, Koltin himself has quite the volumes of excellent historical books based on archival data and not Manstines "Lost Victories" as well. I recommend them both strongly, they compliment one another very well, Glantz's extremely detailed on the battles together with Kotkin's political and military view from a geopolitical perspective especially the newer Stalin volumes clear up so many myths that the German(western) authors left us with post cold war. Glantz and Koltin will go down as historical luminaries that many will consider the definitive history on WW2, and of especially the eastern front.

[@johnkoss5558]

Just no o

[@Condobius]

Agreed about Glantz, but Kotkin hardly deserves that title when compared to other luminaries in Soviet studies

[@IrishCarney]

@@Condobius Why not? Strikes me as first-rate

[@user-mv6he6gl8m]

Haha, Prof Kotkin comment of Glantz seems to me as an insult. He thinks of Glantz as an amateur that wrote to many books that he as an historian has to read and reject...

[@--Dani]

He was commenting on Glantz's great work, called him a luminary in fact, that said I believe both Glantz and Kotkin are first rate, top of their game Historians and authors whom work compliments one another...my two cents cheers.

[@stephen9869]

Who else is here because of TIK?

[@timobrienwells]

TIK is a know nothing. He is clueless.

[@scotttracy9333]

Stephen Keeler Me!!!

[@strangkoko7765]

yep tik thinks , that in the end red army was better then Wehrmacht .Cheesus Christ tik

[@timobrienwells]

It depends on what you mean by "better".

[@daltonagronomo1652]

I'm a Brazilian and I'm also here, because of TIK.

[@Eagle_Beak]

I'd love to watch the 7 hour version

[@IrishCarney]

Yeah. Riveting despite the low-quality audio and video and primitive overhead slides. Here he has to zip past colossal facts without giving them time to sink in

[@DailyMyChildhood]

Great and interesting this video . This is impressive video .

[@sirosis7858]

great lecture, fascinating information! A lot to be learned here...thank you Col Glantz and thank you USAHEC for presenting this material on youtube!

[@Tennis2016]

It’s a shame that westerners equate the Soviet Union with Russia . How about all non Russian ethnicities who fought Nazis ? Only in the battle of Stalingrad , 300 thousands Azerbaijani soldiers died defending the city …the list goes on for Uzbeks, Kazakhs, Tatars, Turkmens, Daghistanis, lots of Turkic republics still part of Russian federation today …

[@sj4632]

Agreed

[@olivier_the_dilettante]

they spoke Russian, simple.

[@michealjones3297]

This is the best lecture on Barbarossa ive seen

[@samugote]

The Bolshevicks killed 66 million Russians. Have you heard of this version of the WW2 history you may have never been taught? www.informationincorporated.net/europa *Invest a few hours here*

[@walthermodel01]

@@samugote I already watched it, best documentary ever. It shows the hidden side pf that great war.

[@SloochMaGooch]

@@samugote I assume this is Europa: Last Battle.....I consider that if someone isn't familiar with the events and facts in this documentary, then they are not educated/informed about WW2/The 20th Century

[@revanofkorriban1505]

@@SloochMaGooch That site is bullshit that lends credence to conspiracy theories about the moon landings and the Kennedy assassination. I wouldn't touch that site with a ten foot pole. Plus, the claim of 66 million Russians killed by the USSR is absolutely laughable. The Russian population in 1900 was 119,000. A population drop of over 50% would have been impossible to hide.

[@SloochMaGooch]

@@revanofkorriban1505 I didn't say anything about whatever site that is, I was talking about the documentary "Europa: The Last Battle". And what I said about that documentary is absolutely true.

[@Tina06019]

What a huge war. I appreciate the Colonel’s discussion of the periods of the war from the Soviet perspective.

[@georgewilliams8448]

An excellent if rushed presentation! I wish that the slides were easier to read but Mr. Glantz's verbal presentation I think made up for that.

[@samugote]

The Bolsheviks killed 66 million Russians. Have you heard of this version of the WW2 history you may have never been taught? www.informationincorporated.net/europa *Invest a few hours here*

[@revanofkorriban1505]

@@samugote Nice bullshit site lol. It gives credence to conspiracy theories about the MOON LANDINGS and the Kennedy assassination. A more bogus site would be hard to find. The Russian population in 1900 was 119 million. A population drop of over 50% would have been impossible to hide, even with the censorship under Stalin.

[@dexterdextrow7248]

@@samugote 66 million is close to the estimate of people that are believed to be victims of communism, directly or indirectly, in Sovjet, China and Cambodia combined. Of causes such as famine, purges, ethnic cleansing and arbitrary execution.

[@rsrocknroller]

If you want to know what was the biggest tank battle ever fought, skip to minute 15:30 . That´s a essential lesson for anyone who wants to know the truth about tank battles in eastern front.

[@chrisg5219]

If only Glantz's books on stalingrad would be put on kindle!!! They're so damned big you cant carry them around.

[@drdr73]

Would need a tank to carry them !

[@GarioTheRock]

@@drdr73 What kind of tank might be able to carry a book like that, pray tell?

[@ShellyAnn1a]

@@samugote When I went through high school, we were taught the numbers of dead from the war in the European Theater of War. The death toll in Russia during the "Revolution?" and WW II, it was far worse than the dead from every war that the USA ever fought in. That is dating back when this nation was still British America in the 1500's. But then I took my World History course back in the early 1960's when we still had WW II veterans as teachers and they showed us the pictures of the death camps that they liberated. You would never see that taught that way in high school today. Stay Safe, Stay Healthy, and enjoy the rest of the week.

[@MarcosElMalo2]

@@drdr73 How big are they? They’re so big that if they were digitized, you’d still need a wheelbarrow to carry the kindle.

[@andrewlane4766]

The only fault in this is that it is not the seven hour version! Top quality information presented by an expert. Love to see it - thanksto the USAHEC

[@josephstevens9888]

Excellent presentation! I would love to be a student of Col. Glantz in a class just focusing on the German/Soviet War.

[@scottyfox6376]

Yes it would be amazing to listen to his WW2 lectures.

[@steventhompson399]

One of my favorite KZbin videos about ostfront, with some offbeat info that is often overlooked, but some of the "myths" are surprisingly persistent

[@samugote]

Stalin killed 66 million Russians. Have you heard of this version of the WW2 history you may have never been taught? www.informationincorporated.net/europa *Invest a few hours here*

[@jamesmccleneghan3641]

@@samugote Waste of time, revisionist history complete garbage.

[@walthermodel01]

@@jamesmccleneghan3641 smallhat “historian”

[@christianmayer7432]

@@jamesmccleneghan3641 I completely agree. Revisionist nonsense. And samugote has to mention it nearly every time. Just copy and paste it over many posts.

[@1KSarah]

It seems that the presentation itself was made under the eastern front conditions...

[@mattosullivan9687]

I kept thinking, where's the powerpoint

[@1KSarah]

@@mattosullivan9687 Bottom line: This presentation should be redone from scratch. The resolution, focus, audio and slides (should be replaced by Power Point, or anything that is watchable). What we see here is disrespectful for colonel Glantz, the viewers and WW2 .

[@decimated550]

@@1KSarah stop it, its not disrespectful. Not all historians have multimedia experts with them. Most serious historians are actually more concerned with the facts than how to present them for a spoiled brat audience who need "cool" animations. The people who sat on this presentation were serious history buffs or students, and i';m sure they could see the images fine. I've been to presentations where the projector shows everything just fine. It's serious history scholars like this man who do the real research which later the pop historians steal from . If you like fun colorful easy to digest history i suggest you watch your prince, i mean, princess of TV history lite, Lynette Nusbacher. Not to mention that youtube seems to degrade the quality of old videos with low views. i've had many of my longtime bookmarked videos from over a decade ago seem fuzzy nowadays.

[@decimated550]

@@1KSarah how dare you: what have you done in life, compared to this mans numerous books on history: www.amazon.com/David-M.-Glantz/e/B000APOD4O%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share

[@typxxilps]

@Uncle Joe of cause you know for sure what you are talking about, the wochensau ... literally this weeks pig well, english is, not to forget, a germanic language cause the german tribes of the angels and saxon conquered Britain ... so it can not be that hard to understand that show and schau are the same. have fun watching the german "wochensau"

[@blazecal]

Absolutely fantastic. Really puts things into perspective. With there was a better quality version but that's been said in previous comments. I'm glad it's here nonetheless.

[@samugote]

The Bolshevicks killed 66 million Russians. Have you heard of this version of the WW2 history you may have never been taught? www.informationincorporated.net/europa *Invest a few hours here*

[@brianbelton3605]

My dad will be 103 years of age next week. We watch these type vids together. He landed on the beach, in the European theatre, in Anzio, Italia, under US General Mark Clark. (Churchill said Italy would be the soft underbelly.. . . .NOT ! ) Italy was a tough & stubborn gut, because the titanic German forces, and the highly talented German ground soldiers, with German leaders as General Albert Kesselring!, a highly able, and ferocious German opponent, fought the allies inch by inch! In hindsight, this was a waste of a year! Anyway, the US, along with the UK, the Aussies, & Anzacs, landed on Italy, and fought all the way to Munich, and helped liberate the HELL of Dachau camp, and others. And, that was just a small part of it. (too bad we don't have the benefit of more hind-sight!.. . . ) US General George Patton was right! Keep pushing to Moscow and help Russia to become a free country. Anyway, my son and I still have my dads Nazi war weapons, as souvenirs. To this day, they smell like industrial war: It is hard to describe the smell & feel: Its like a burnt industrial, over-worked synthetic-oil type of smell, mixed with coal & cordite, and it is very cold. The weight is heavy, for its volume. There is no aroma/feel, quite like it, except maybe a burning drill press, a carbon bit, forcing its way through endless stainless steel, and fire, and then frozen. And the smell is still there. I still cannot find a way to accurately describe the industrial smell/ taste/feel, in which these tools of war, invade the senses. . I suppose blood must be in there somewhere too.. . . . . Anyway, time to let all that go, again.

[@VG_164]

I really can't agree at all with the idea that they should have kept pushing towards Moscow. The Soviet Union had the biggest and most capable land army in the world by 1945. It would have prolonged the war by years in an uncertain victory and would have lead to the complete destruction of Europe as well as tens of millions of more people dying. Seems like the idea of a madman that wants to wipe out Europe off the map completely.

[@veggiedisease123]

Uh no. Glantz himself talks about the asinine idea that the West should've waged war against the Soviet Union immediately after Germany (or later Japan) surrendered. The Soviet's far out numbered the Western Allies and they had far more experience. It would've ended with the Soviets marching into Madrid, not the other way around.

[@Materialist39]

With this focus on distances and exacting numbers, his background as an artillery officer really shines through haha But in all seriousness his work has been an unprecedented boon to western understanding of this war

[@KeithWilliamMacHendry]

Well, David Glantz is just the best. Love & respect from a Scotsman. 🙏🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇸💙♥️

[@ama1281]

Very impressive details. Its very different when the material analyzed by a military high brass. I definitely will collect all his books.

[@samugote]

Stalin killed 66 million Russians. Have you heard of this version of the WW2 history you may have never been taught? www.informationincorporated.net/europa *Invest a few hours here*

[@sonyadavidson79]

Found the slides online: sti.clemson.edu/publications-mainmenu-38/commentaries-mainmenu-211/cat_view/33-strom-thurmond-institute/153-sti-publications-by-subject-area/158-history Sonya

[@Yozhk]

Sonya - is there anyway to repost the slides somewhere please. This link no longer works and the slides are vital here for full understanding.

[@xXxLYnXxXx]

Vielen Dank! Sonya :)

[@ManuelGarcia-ww7gj]

Doug Casey pointed out that World War II was largely a struggle between Germany and the USSR. I can now see why he said that.

[@williestyle35]

Because the Nazis wanted it that way. Hitler always always planned on genocide and a "war of annihilation" in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union.

[@andrewcoons8060]

It was mostly a fight between Good and Evil except the good guys were really bad and the bad good

[@arddel]

If you are interested in a PDF version of this talk, check out download1580.mediafire.com/zfpic3oempsg/bzowyywuysm/David.M.Glantz.The.Soviet-German.war.Myths.and.realities.pdf

[@sonyadavidson79]

Is there any way we can get the slides, so we can read them?

[@DonMeaker]

+Sonya Davidson Glantz wrote a few books on the subject, I would recommend those.

[@gnosticbrian3980]

Glanz is s a better lecturer than auther - his books are very academic.

[@pauloramosseara1470]

The Spanish Legion numbers that joined the Axis, about 45.000 thousand, with 4500 dead in combat.

[@samugote]

The Bolshevicks killed about 66 million Russians. Have you heard of this version of the WW2 history you may have never been taught? www.informationincorporated.net/europa *Invest a few hours here*

[@casparcoaster1936]

there was a copy of this presentation where the slides are readable, (in the video) but, sadly, not this one. I am sure there is one somewhere...

[@truthcrackers]

The casualty numbers boggle the mind.....

[@samugote]

Stalin killed 66 million Russians. Have you heard of this version of the WW2 history you may have never been taught? www.informationincorporated.net/europa *Invest a few hours here*

[@ShellyAnn1a]

One of the best lectures on the Atlantic/European TOA, that I have heard. Grew up hearing how bad the Soviets where and how the German's were the best Army in Europe TOA. Then being trained in the military that everybody was superior to the Soviets. It is great to hear a balanced evaluation on the Eastern Front. A Soviet Air Force unit that I was wondering about, did they really exist, were the Iron Witches fighter pilots. - - - //es//A Proud Honorable Disabled American Veteran, 1965-1994 - Combat Medicine and Pharmacy.

[@stefanradev7034]

Ahoi! Only the 588th Night bomber regiment was all- female. There were female pilots both in figher and bomber squadrons, some of them with quite a few missions. As for the nickname... is there a chance they are actually "Night witches"? ^^

[@ShellyAnn1a]

Have done a little research on the Night Witches, here is what I found:""Night Witches" (German: Nachthexen; Russian: Ночные ведьмы, Nochnye Vedmy) was a World War II German nickname for the women military aviators of the 588th Night Bomber Regiment, known later as the 46th "Taman" Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment, of the Soviet Air Forces. Though women were initially barred from combat, Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin issued an order on October 8, 1941 to deploy three women's air force units, including the 588th regiment. The regiment, formed by Major Marina Raskova and led by Major Yevdokia Bershanskaya, was made up primarily of women volunteers in their late teens and early twenties." It was an interesting search and full of interesting information. The above quoted paragraph is from the Wikipedia page about the Night Witches". Have A Beautiful and Wondrous Day, Be Safe in Your Travels and Adventures.

[@Tina06019]

I am very interested in the all-female personnel and command structure of the Night Witches. I served in the US Army in Afghanistan, and with proper respect for my commanders, I still think it would have been great to be part of an all-female battalion, fighting the type of warfare that requires brains, courage and daring, but not as much size and strength. I could never have been a good “infantryman.” It just would not have been physically possible for me to do it.

[@samugote]

The Bolshevicks killed about 66 million Russians. Have you heard of this version of the WW2 history you may have never been taught? www.informationincorporated.net/europa *Invest a few hours here*

[@ShellyAnn1a]

@@samugote Back when I went to high school we had Veterans of WW II as our teachers. When it came to the atrocities perpetrated on the peoples of Europe by the Nazi regime, they did not hold back. My home room teacher was in the Army and his unit liberated one of the death camps. He took a bunch of photos and had them turned into slides for his classes on that period. Unlike pampered students of today we saw the world through the eyes of men who lived it. My Dad was at Pearl Harbor when it was bombed, and his ship had various roles during the war. During the operations to take Saipan, they witnessed Japanese civilians throwing themselves from the cliffs into the sea below, women and children. The Marines that landed reported seeing Japanese soldiers committing hara-kiri or making mad Banzai charges against well dug in and defended positions. I went to high school before all of these weeping sister teachers came on scene and started to rewrite our WW II history. They did not think that the children needed to be taught about things like Custer's Last Stand and what led up to it, or the many massacres of native tribes just so they could get to the gold under their land. The USA was brutal when they needed to be, but, there were some who took it too far. I am just shy my 70th birthday, we were exposed to things that today's way of thinking is not acceptable. You might say we were the last generation that was taught the truth about US and World History, the good things and the bad. Stay Safe, Stay Healthy and enjoy the upcoming weekend.

[@MegaWaylander]

Well worth an hour of anyone's time. Awesome presentation.

[@samugote]

The Bolshevicks killed about 66 million Russians. Have you heard of this version of the WW2 history you may have never been taught? www.informationincorporated.net/europa *Invest a few hours here*

[@MegaWaylander]

@@samugote thanks buddy, I will definitely check it out. Looks very interesting and informative and well worth a listen.

[@revanofkorriban1505]

@@MegaWaylander It's absolutely retarded. That site lends credence to conspiracy theories about the fucking Moon landing and the Kennedy assassination. Don't listen to anything this idiot says. The claim about 66 million dead Russians killed by the USSR is also plainly absurd. The Russian population in 1900 was 119 million. A population drop of over 50% would have been impossible to hide, even under Stalinism.

[@MegaWaylander]

@@revanofkorriban1505 thanks buddy. Just saved me a lot of time reading nonsense. Much appreciated. I can see by your comment that the numbers just don't add up. Thanks for the heads up.

[@rexfrommn3316]

The Soviets developed a brutally effective system of warfare emphasizing close quarters combat. The Soviets built 6.5 MILLION submachine guns, such as the Ppsh-41 and PPS-43. These submachine guns became icons of Soviet Army resistance. Every rifle company had at least full platoon of these submachine gunners with all other platoons having at least two or three submachine gunners along with the DP light machine guns in every platoon. Rifle Brigades had a company of submachine gunners. Soviet tank rider battalions were armed with submachine guns riding mounted on tanks only getting off their tanks to engage German defenders in close quarters combat. Urban combat and close quarters assaults on German to clear trenches and fortifications utilized the superior firepower of these mass produced Soviet submachine guns. This close quarters combat system was developed from the Soviet experiences in the Finnish war. General Chuikov developed the assault techniques with assault teams of 80 to 100 men armed with submachine guns, a few light DP machine guns and Maxim guns, about three antitank rifles, and sapper teams with grenades and satchel charges. These assault teams would have an antitank gun blast a hole in a building and about ten men with submachine guns and grenades made the initial assault while others were in an overwatch position. The rest of the follow on team made its way into the building to secure it, clearing the German defenders out floor by floor with submachine gun fire, grenades and satchel charges. When the whole building was cleared the heavy and light machine gun teams fortified the building against counterattacks. These assaults were very brutal often ending in grenades, submachine gun bursts, bayonets and sharpened spades. This type of fighting was how Stalingrad was fought but also became widespread as the German Wehrmacht hated these close quarters fighting. Soviet partisans and cavalry units used the submachine gun in huge numbers. Cavalry divisions ranged far and wide in the German rear areas. The cavalry often rested during the day. The Soviet cavalry traveled or attacked German Wehrmacht units at night along main supply routes and railways. Partisans in the railway wars used the Ppsh-41 for ambushes and meeting engagements with German security divisions. This Soviet irregular partisan warfare of cavalry raids and guerrilla attacks are important because it influenced the Chinese, North Koreans, Vietminh and later NVA/Vietcong. The Soviets figured out ways of getting in close quarters, with lots of mass produced bullet hoses to spray down their enemies in a hailstorm of bullets. These aggressive assaults worked well at achieving FIRE SUPERIORITY over superior German Wehrmacht and later Western Armies or Western allies. The Soviets perfected partisan warfare and raiding with their cavalry. Irregular warfare became the standard blueprint of how the the Soviets defeated the German Wehrmacht but also for the bloody wars in the Chinese Civil War, Korean War, French Indochina war and Vietnam war. The Soviets found that high levels of bloody attrition from close quarters ambushes, raids, and meeting engagements negated Western technological superiority in artillery, airpower, and armor causing a military stalemate. These Soviet pioneered close quarters combat attacks were made for guerrilla warfare with bullet hoses, like the Ppsh-41 and later AK-47 assault rifles. Attrition of western armies from these communist close quarters attacks caused a stalemated bloody war where the political support quickly drained away in the Western country. Mass conscript militia communist armies using mass produced automatic weapons in guerrilla warfare caused impossible problems for western armies. The German Wehrmacht forces hardly saw a Soviet cavalry raid or partisan ambush until they were in a kill zone of automatic fire from these mass produced submachine guns. The German detachment was quickly killed. The Soviet partisans and cavalry left quickly to predesignated hiding spots before German relief forces came. This same type of condition was repeated over and over during the Korean war, where American infantry patrols had problems with North Korean andd Chinese troops armed with burp guns. The Chinese and North Koreans attacked at night, used road blocks to cut off lines of retreat, and used infilitrators to hide in refugee columns. The NVA and Vietcong did many of these same partisan techniques in their guerrilla warfare against the French and Americans. So if you read this far, you now have some general idea why the Soviets defeated Germany, the American supported Nationalist Chinese lost the Chinese Civil war, and why the Korean and Vietnam wars became stalemated quagmire wars. The Soviet-Finnish war and battle of of Stalingrad and countless other urban and partisan battles brought the importance of mass produced bullet hoses, like the Ppsh-41 and AK-47 assault rifle, in shaping the military history of the 20th century. It is no accident that the Ppsh-41, the PPS-43, and Chinese or Warsaw Pact allies produced enormous quantities of these submachine guns in the tens of millions and an estimated 100 million AK-47's. Bullet hoses at close quarters are highly efficient means of killing your better trained and equipped enemies in a hailstorm of bullets.

[@CrazyLeiFeng]

USSR was simply much bigger and more populous than Germany. Shame that Stalin and his comrades-criminals sacrificed so many lives of their own soldiers.

[@taylorc2542]

I wonder if the Stg-44 had come on the scene a few years earlier, it would have changed the course of the war.

[@johanneduardschnorr3733]

@@taylorc2542 What, like the nukes falling on Germany in ‘45?

[@taylorc2542]

@@johanneduardschnorr3733 No, the more likily scenario would be that Germany knocks out Russian in 41, strengthens their position in Europe, signs a peace treaty with the West, and both sides moderate over the years while sparing Eastern Europe 50 years of communism.

[@ausriusdidziokas7979]

Those close quarter fights were never against allies but Germany and banzai charges were used with tanks and infantry to get close fire on a position and overrun it while allies didn’t use infantry as human wave attack are not in line with allies wanting to reduce causalities as unlike soviets who didn’t care about causality even though to had the manpower. It was down to morals and being democratic as countries during war time. However tanks with more behind and huge numbers were used so if one gets knocked out another has enough time to advance with lots of tanks and good speed to out flaked, make advances to knock it out and then to overwhelm Germany who could nowhere near keep with tank production.

[@nicholasjohnable]

Terrific summary presented in Glantz's hard-boiled and crisp narration. It would have been perfect except for the blurry and unreadable slides of charts and maps.

[@markdavis180]

Had that same problem looking at the overhead when teachers used them in school haha

[@bronwynevans150]

Good old overhead projectors! They were revolutionary in their day. I hated them. Always preferred the chalkboard.

[@rsgiolito]

Terrific military history!

[@thunder3470]

Love the fair assessment of things

[@liamheffernan6911]

Would it be possible to repost the slides that were used in this lecture, please?

[@chinguunerdenebadrakh7022]

Try googling for Glantz Soviet German War. The PDF that was used in the video will show up. For example, the page at 21:15 is at page 29 and the rest can be found going up and down page numbers or just CTRL+F.

[@samugote]

The Bolshevicks killed about 66 million Russians. Have you heard of this version of the WW2 history you may have never been taught? www.informationincorporated.net/europa *Invest a few hours here*

[@daltonagronomo1652]

Forget David Irving and others. Colonel Glantz is the man, that you must read, about World War II. I'm a Brazilian and I live in Brazil. Four of my dead relatives were military, during World War ll. All on allied side.

[@elrond3737]

@@patrickharris8180 Irving is a douche. Early on his history writing was fine but it went down hill fast.

[@lloydchristmas1086]

Irving isnt a ww2 historian. Hes an expert on the 3rd Reich. Love him or hate him his knowledge on the 3rd Reich is unparalleled.

[@Condobius]

@@lloydchristmas1086 I don’t see how his knowledge is “unparalleled” - he has no academic credentials to speak of, is almost entirely discredited by his fantastical views on the Holocaust and Nazi racial policy, and the only credit to his name is some works of popular history a very long time ago.

[@Renard786]

Unfortunately for you Brazilian,your relatives fight on the side of the Western allied,the same ones that financed and rearmed Nazi Germany,prior and during WWII via Switzerland.

[@tylerjerabek5204]

Irving is nothing more than a hack

[@foucault8964]

Why didn’t he do more lectures?

[@marcdunord]

wonderful glantz but why did the HEC splurge and use HD for this?! :O

[@samugote]

Stalin killed 66 million Russians. Have you heard of this version of the WW2 history you may have never been taught? www.informationincorporated.net/europa *Invest a few hours here*

[@blazecal]

Is there any other presentation by Glantz similar to this that exists anywhere? This seems to be one of a kind.

[@ybanrab10]

The video quality is TERRIBLE! Is there a higher-res version? It would be nice to be able to read the darn slides.

[@cosmodeus1720]

I found some of the slides that were used in this video:ww2live.com/en/content/world-war-2-soviet-german-war-1941-1945-myths-and-realities-survey-essay-david-m-glantz

[@neil03152]

I absolutely agree.. so so annoying and so easy to have properly sorted beforehand

[@TommygunNG]

To be fair, it is a 12yo video.

[@Wookierabbit]

@@TommygunNG Even some cameras in 1945 had better resolution than this. So 12 yo video not going to cut it.

[@hey_joe7069]

Be happy with the audio and shut the hell up.

[@bztrd80]

I don't agree with the intro. It wasn't a war of ideologies, trust me, most of the Soviet people couldn't give a damn about the Communist regime or ideology, they fought for their LIVES! Everyone knew that the nazis came to exterminate, it was a genocide, entire towns and cities were levelled, villages were burned and the people of the villages burned a live, raped or brought back to labor camps, cities were under sieges, people used to eat rats, paper, drink snow... Everyone knew, that if they didn't fought back they would die anyway, so everyone (and i mean literally almost everyone) went to fight. Men of all ages, women, boys and girls enrolled in the army and those who couldn't were building barricades, trences, factories and weapons day and night. Every single family in Russia has been touched by this tragedy. It wasn't a war of ideologies, it was the great war for survival. Sometimes is very hard for westerners to understand the Russians spirit, and i know why. But it really must be understood first and foremost in order to understand how they WON the war and how they were wawing their flag over the Rechstag in the May of 1945.

[@largerthanlife001]

I sometimes wonder why western people were and are so greedy!!?? Like germans lives were so much better than russians. Still they were after russian lands and resources..

[@albertmagician8613]

This deserves a better video and audio quality.

[@gordonshan]

unfortunately at 240p, the slides are almost unreadable. :-(

[@barryjohnson929]

An insightful and persuasive discussion by Col. Glantz, done apparently on short notice. I'm astonished that any scholar is still using overhead slides in 2014. Combined with pitiful camera work, the slides intended to show facts and maps are practically worthless.

[@anshuldwivedi1919]

It is unfortunate not too many of his lectures are on YT.

[@thethirdman225]

The move through Hungary to capture Vienna is virtually unknown in the West. Lake Balaton was the last big armoured battle of the war and almost nobody knows about anything about it. The scant references only comment on the German actions: the Germans went in and caused a lot of trouble and then they went away. That's it. Please someone, write that book.

[@Kriegter]

One of the best eastern front historians out thetr

[@samugote]

The Bolsheviks killed 66 million Russians. Have you heard of this version of the WW2 history you may have never been taught? www.informationincorporated.net/europa *Invest a few hours here*

[@robertpayne2717]

Have always heard that Russia has 6 seasons winter, mud, summer, mud, fall, winter....

[@samugote]

The Bolshevicks killed 66 million Russians. Have you heard of this version of the WW2 history you may have never been taught? www.informationincorporated.net/europa *Invest a few hours here*

[@brrrlak]

Now that'S a commanding voice.

[@samugote]

The Bolsheviks killed 66 million Russians. Have you heard of this version of the WW2 history you may have never been taught? www.informationincorporated.net/europa *Invest a few hours here*

[@jasonhowell-lg5ig]

Yes, it surely is.

[@Ninnoa]

Was this recorded in 1948? Video and sound quality is certainly such.

[@southenglish1]

How was the OKE able to supply the German forces, when the German quartermasters corp./logistics, stated they could not adequately supply the forces beyond "800 km"? I have heard two differing comments regarding the German manpower losses in the east; the losses could not be replaced and the other, the losses were replaced.

[@samugote]

Have you heard of this version of the WW2 history you may have never been taught? www.informationincorporated.net/europa *Invest a few hours here*

[@Sylinnilys]

First, they failed to adequately supply forces beyond 800km, second, the aircraft force took the brunt in utilizing cargo/transport aircraft to deliver supplies further, with up to 1/4 of the fuel being transported being consumed. The logistics were a mess, Franz Halder proved to have a poor grasp of logistics and economic aspects of war, many reinforcements were dispatched in a ratio which did not match the loses army formations sustained, his successor did a better job but it wasn't in time enough and there were too many problems already.

[@brt-jn7kg]

Does anyone have the Colonel's email address? I need to ask him a couple of questions.

[@ldangussca]

Here is a link to the handout with the slides he uses.sti.clemson.edu/publications-mainmenu-38/commentaries-mainmenu-211/doc_download/189-the-soviet-german-war-1941-1945-myths-and-realities-a-survey-essay

[@F1ghteR41]

The link is dead.

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

Dead link my friend. Such a shame.

[@alexalexin9491]

ww2live.com/sites/default/files/documentos/strom_pub_history_soviet.pdf

[@milkagem]

Thank you!

[@BobSmith-dk8nw]

Yes! Thanks you!

[@Love.life.ashigzoya]

Fascinating and timely . Good luck maj gen IA vet

[@oceanhome2023]

I had not heard much about the Russian/German war . This was MY introduction to this Hell several years hence . This video led to me finding TIK and I have felt that this video iwas what inspired TIK and his “Inside Baseball “ approach to the Eastern front . Now TIK Is a valuable source of information and storytelling for us . Most of us would agree that as Americans we had very little knowledge or even desire to learn about this 80% of the war .

[@orqsilva]

Better and more authoritative than Tik.

[@joeadams1225]

It's been three hours since I watched this presentation, mainly because I was overcome by the almost off hand way Col. Grantze presented the casualties.....incredibly hard to imagine but not really. The "cannon Fodder" has been the diet of total war since history started recording. How and why does this continue happening? I used to raise bantam chickens and there were always more rooster chicks than hens.....is this a theme , that culls are required, in all species ? Great lecture from an orator of great skill and little time, thanks.

[@WheelsRCool]

One thing I am confused about is I keep seeing that the Germans actually outnumbered the Soviets, or equaled them, in manpower and that it wasn't until after Kursk that they really began to be outnumbered, and even then, due to poor German intelligence not seeing where the Soviets were building up troops, that the Germans were not defeated due to the Soviets just having wave after unlimited wave to throw at them. However, then Glantz here is saying that the German forces were running into huge numbers of Soviet forces being thrown at them by Zhukov. So does that kinda refute the notion that the Soviets didn't have huge numbers...?

[@VT-mw2zb]

Fresh formations and thrown into battles sequentially, not at the same time.

[@nicholasglieco2155]

The Germans were outnumbered in every offensive operation. The thing is... Soviets were able to conceal entire ARMIES from the Germans. The Germans continuously underestimated the Soviet numbers and were baffled that there were fresh formations appearing in front of them after they encircle millions of Soviets. No one really knew this stuff except the Soviets until 70 years after the war and some soviet war archives were opened to public. So if the Germans didn't know at the time they were outnumbered, of course it won't be in the history books they write. In short, Germans tactics good, operational intelligence bad.

[@WheelsRCool]

@@nicholasglieco2155 One thing I have since learned also is that it wasn't that German forces themselves initially outnumbered the Soviets, it was that Axis forces, i.e. German + Italian + Romanian + Hungarian etc...troops, outnumbered Soviet forces initially.

[@joestefanoni5263]

The Soviets had a much vaster population to draw fresh replacement troops from compared to Germany

[@HoBoeBpeM9l]

​@@joestefanoni5263 всё это население нужно убитой экономике, чтобы страна могла быть боеспособной в экономической войне с Германией. Просто узнайте сколько населенных пунктов и находящихся в них объектов было уничтожено в первый год войны. Потом посмотрите военные потери советов и немцев, а также проверьте сколько из них было за 41 год, так как это было время больших проблем для советов, имеющих критические ошибки в управлении армиями, в тот момент, когда немецкие войска самая продвинутая и оснащённая сила, имеющая опыт захвата основных стран Европы.

[@295Phoenix]

43:20 LOL! My man, Rokossovsky, was so good that they had to cover up one of his operations!

[@vitalygolubchik1535]

What was the name of the operation?

[@shooter7a]

Think of how significant WWII was in shaping American culture and society, then consider the following: American Population in 1940 - 132,000,000 WWII Military Deaths - 416,800 WWII Civilian Deaths - 1,700 Soviet Union Population in 1940 - 170,000,000 WWII Military Deaths - 9,750,000 WWII Civilian Deaths - 14,250,000 Also, do not forget that this was PRECEDED by Stalin's purges. Stalin killed 1,000,000 of his own people in 1937-38 alone. It is staggering. Americans are simply not capable of understanding the Russian experience. This is not a knock on us. We just can not contemplate what they went through.

[@samugote]

Stalin killed 66 million Russians. Have you heard of this version of the WW2 history you may have never been taught? www.informationincorporated.net/europa *Invest a few hours here*

[@shooter7a]

@@samugote Thanks for the link. I will check it out. I have never ever heard anyone credibly estimate a number close to 66M. Most common estimates are 7.5-10M. Historian Roy Medvedev in 1989 published an article in Russia that claimed 20M. My point was that much killing means every single person, their families, are all impacted by it. And not always in ways you think. Every family has someone who was a victim, but often also a perpetrator! A vast network of organizations had to be mobilized to seize and kill that many people. We are talking tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of accomplices... There is just no way for Americans to relate. We have been so sheltered. We can not understand the psychological and cultural impact a past like that has.

[@revanofkorriban1505]

@@shooter7a The link is bullcrap. The site he linked lends credence to conspiracy theories about the Moon landings and the Kennedy Assassination! Also, the 66 million count is bullcrap, with even the barest minimum of research. The Russian Empire's population (excluding Poland and Finland) was 119 million. The USSR would not have survived losing over 50% of its population.

[@shooter7a]

@@revanofkorriban1505 conspiracy theorists are idiots.....

[@revanofkorriban1505]

@@shooter7a glad to hear you recognize samugote for the spamming crackpot he is. I just didn't want you to think this guy is being honest/informed.

[@samsungtap4183]

To understand WW2 you must understand american foreign policy 1945-54. This policy for political reasons distorted history...this distortion lead to the suffering of millions of people around the world. Not least my country Vietnam that suffered 30yrs of war and 19yrs of sanctions...So thank you mr Glanz for giving a unbiased lecture

[@konstantingr5928]

that was the cause of communism directly then usa . USA was a reacting to descision made by communist in that specific case

[@samsungtap4183]

@@konstantingr5928 what... people don't have the right of self determination, people have to do what america says

[@konstantingr5928]

@@samsungtap4183 if you live in youtube you would think that.

[@samsungtap4183]

@@konstantingr5928 i live in vietnam, utube has nothing to do with anything and let me tell you...we rejoice, we bask in our hard fought freedom...we answer to know one, and it feels good

[@deason2365]

Or maybe just maybe it has to do with the fact americans weren't allowed access to these things until the Soviet collapse, the Soviets didn't want the us knowing how they conduct war successes fully, the Soviets would rather the Americans focus on their failures. It's better to underestimated in war the over estimated. Stange how those factors have basically switched around in our modern day. Russia hypes their own military up while America plays its military down when really it's never been more powerful

[@BosMass617]

No one is forgotten, nothing is forgotten - Russian slogan. Powerful.

[@drdr73]

Reached here via TIK

[@samugote]

The Bolshevicks killed 66 million Russians. Have you heard of this version of the WW2 history you may have never been taught? www.informationincorporated.net/europa *Invest a few hours here*

[@OleDiaBole]

Soviets lost 8million in total in first 18 months, of wich 75% were civillians. While listening western propaganda, i would be led to belive that every kiled Russian was soldier. Also, Germans with their alies (most of colaborationistic Europe) lost 90% of their man and material while fighting Russians. But 90% of German civillians died in Britih and US bombings.

[@ppumpkin3282]

Typical Russian propaganda.

[@OleDiaBole]

No, typical non western, non propangandistic education. I am not Russian, i am faaar away from it. Slovenia.

[@michaeltischuk7972]

@@OleDiaBole Russians should have stayed at the border of Poland, Stalin got real greedy and unnecessarily put his soldiers through the meat grinder, the allies would have bombed the Eastern Front German army into the ground. Stalin has so much blood on his hands.

[@1pedalsteel374]

What?!!!

[@leonardeuler9592]

@@michaeltischuk7972 You're a revisionist.

[@inouelenhatduy]

wow i would lvoe to hear him talk about this + aslo learn from him .

[@jackflashproductions6898]

Great, historical work!

[@robertbryant6859]

Thank goodness the usual twenty minute introduction has been edited out. However, why does this man shout at the audience?

[@dmitryletov8138]

"Kotlovan" is not a right term that is used by Russian military. "Kotlovan" is a result of the large excavation work, like a foundation pit. Right term is "Kotel" that basically means Cauldron, like something surrounded by solid force kind of

[@wayvicle]

I enjoyed the talk. I found the slides a little fuzzy. Are there links to them or would you consider adding them?

[@samugote]

The Bolsheviks killed 66 million Russians. Have you heard of this version of the WW2 history you may have never been taught? www.informationincorporated.net/europa *Invest a few hours here*

[@brt-jn7kg]

Col. Glantz did the staggering numbers of Soviets killed affect the way the Soviet/Russians thoughts and approached the West during the Cold War? I know that Stalin was quoted as saying"they are willing to fight till the last Soviet" meaning the West?

[@samugote]

The Bolshevicks killed about 66 million Russians. Have you heard of this version of the WW2 history you may have never been taught? www.informationincorporated.net/europa *Invest a few hours here*

[@revanofkorriban1505]

@@samugote The absurd figures of over 50 million murdered by the Soviet Union are absurd, and largely driven by political needs of the Cold War and lack of information until the opening of the Soviet Archives. More accurate, more realistic lower counts have been provided since.

[@marktomlin5484]

Enormous ! Thx Col.

[@mattanderson6336]

So how creditable is the book ‘The Price of Victory’ by Lev Lopukhovsky and Boris Kavalerchik published in 2017. They claim 42 million Russian dead. Anyone else familiar with it. Col. Glantz wrote the forward to it.

[@brandonthomas303]

We must never forget their sacrifice!

[@gsr4535]

Love it! Thank you! 👍

[@henriparatte9568]

This should have been edited to leave aside the lengthy intro for instance. Figures are unreadable. This is sad because for once someone is trying to tell US audiences what the crude reality is: without the USSR, D-Day would have been a dismal failure, because more than 50% of the best German armed forces was fighting on the Eastern front after trying to invade in a blitzkrieg-style operation...and failing. As it is maps are fuzzy and most text is unreadable. There is little new stuff here despite his claim that he's keeping abreast of all new post-2000 research but he puts it into a useful perspective for most people who still think D-Day did it and US forces have been the great liberators.

[@curryraisins172]

You & he has got it backwards, the germans transferred top units/divisions to the Western front, France & Italy, also the Allied bombing campaign destroyed essential production capacity and ability to supply for the Germans at the Eastern front, You Soviet fan boys really need to embrace reality, without America and Britain, The Soviets and their corrupt and tyrannical and evil leader, Stalin, would have been conquered and the Evil Hitler would have ruled the Eastern territories. Yes one evil dictator, Hitler lost the war, but one evil dictator escaped justice, that was Stalin.

[@pawelpap9]

Henri Paratte Without USSR there would be no WWII. So what is your point?

[@19Koty96]

How would there be no WWII? The conflict would be there, just not including USSR. Germany wanted the lands to the east, the resources - including cheap labour force that it could literally work to death (at least, such were the plans). Better said, without Germany, there would be no WWII.

[@henriparatte132]

Stalin was much more than a supposedly evil dictator and Soviet people worked and died building the only state in Europe that had the guts and the military and industrial ability to stop nazi Germany.

[@henriparatte132]

Even in sheer numbers the idea that any massive transfers took place from the Eastern front is false. Yes, there were some but limited and at the last minute.

[@allenchilders3049]

It was Wagnerian. It was epic. Most people do not get it.

[@samugote]

The Bolsheviks killed 66 million Russians. Have you heard of this version of the WW2 history you may have never been taught? www.informationincorporated.net/europa *Invest a few hours here*

[@BobSmith-dk8nw]

OK ... so, on the question of taking Moscow: It is my understanding that the Reds won the Russian Civil War against the Whites because, even though the Whites forces were larger - they were divided. With the Reds holding it and Moscow being the rail hub for Russia - what Trotsky did was to put most of his troops on trains - rush them out one line to fight one White Army - which he would then outnumber locally - crush it - then put them all back on the trains and rush them off to fight another White Army and crush it. What was the importance of Moscow as a rail hub in 1941? If Moscow was still as important a rail hub then - would the loss of it have a severe impact on Soviets logistics and communication? The other thing I've heard is that Moscow was the center of administrative and political power in the Soviet Union and had it been lost - the Communist government might have collapsed - or - at least not been able to control the country as well. I believe I heard Glanz say that Stalin was preparing to shift the government to another location - but would that really have worked without the infrastructure of Moscow? Could it be that those Russians Glanz knows who thought they would have lost the war had Moscow been taken - know more about things that aren't documented than Glanz? .

[@marzbigman]

Hi not a historian just a history buff like everyone else, and I figured that your comment deserved to be responded to as it brings up some interesting points. To my understanding Moscow was still the center of the Soviet rail network, however by the time of the battle of Moscow most of the soviet government was moved to the eastern city of Kuybishev. The soviets were entirely aware of the possibility of Moscow being captured, in fact they had already agreed before the battle to continue the war if this came into fruition. It is important to remember that the Soviet Union was a totalitarian dictatorship. As long as the regime stays in power they will not surrender, Stalin and most of the Soviet leadership does not care about it's citizens. As long as they have the capacity to wage war why would they surrender? By the end of 1941 the Soviets managed to move over 1,500 of it's factories to the east (Urals), this included about 16,000,000 of it's citizens. The point I'm am trying to make is I do not see the Germans winning the war if they take Moscow. The deeper they go into Russia the worse their supplies get, and their oil situation is still desperate. Hope to hear your thoughts. :)

[@eagletanker]

The problem is not that the Germans take Moscow, it is that the battle of Moscow would look like Stalingrad on Coke, meth and Heroine. It would be a slow grind that the Soviets would win. That’s being nice to the Germans though, It would be more likely that the Germans enter Moscow and are pushed out quickly

[@CrazyLeiFeng]

White forces were NOT larger. Most of Russian soldiers supported the Reds. Only some officers and some Cossacks and minorities went to Whites.

[@VT-mw2zb]

@@eagletanker exactly. One of Chuikov's handicap and why his Army suffered so much casualties were because he could not get medium T-34 tanks into the city. The Navy did not have big enough boats to carry T-34s over the Volga. He had mostly leg infantry and perhaps some AT guns and that's it. Moscow had ample supplies stocked up and there are overland connections. T-34 production was seriously disrupted but some Lend-Lease tanks were still coming in. It's Stalingrad on every drugs imaginable. Not just Russian infantry but tanks dug in on every street. And BTW Stalingrad is like a a third of Moscow by population and presumably, size.

[@sergeylitvinenko6785]

@@VT-mw2zb , T-34 tanks were made on a factory at Stalingrad and were rolled into battle just after out factory gate. at least until the factory bombed and destroyed in battle. and stalingrad is very streched along coast, up to 80 kms, but only few blocks wide. but moscow was round

[@christopherfritz3840]

DAMM! How could I have missed attending?! 😖

[@barryjohnson929]

Make that 2007 not 2014. It's still hard to believe that he's using overheads.

[@williamwallace7651]

good lecture but he still doesn't debunk likes of icebreaker and cover other key elements

[@samugote]

The Bolsheviks killed 66 million Russians. Have you heard of this version of the WW2 history you may have never been taught? www.informationincorporated.net/europa *Invest a few hours here*

[@revanofkorriban1505]

@@samugote Stop spreading bullshit. We know the USSR killed millions, but 66 million Russians has been proven false. Plus, if you look at the population numbers of Russia at 1900, a mere generation prior to the Bolshevik takeover, which is approximately 119 million, it is obvious that a demographic collapse where 66 million (over half the population) died would have been impossible to hide. With the opening of the Soviet Archives, we can put to rest the nonsensical claim that the USSR murdered over half its population.

[@jameywc2]

Like how you skipped the intro!

[@ajshell2]

14:12 If you take a GLANTZ at them

[@ajshell2]

@@samugote no thanks

[@samugote]

@@ajshell2 Granted

[@revanofkorriban1505]

@@ajshell2 Yeah, that site is bullcrap, and so is the death count samugote posted. The Russian population in 1900 was 119 million. The site he linked lends credence to conspiracies about the Moon landings and the Kennedy assassinations. Definitely the mark of something bogus like the History Channel.

[@perkinsvalentine]

Almost forgot, after my tongue n cheek, thanks for not disabling conversation. You will get cranks and trolls and fanatics etc; but you also get credibility for the exchange. I'll subscribe and hope to hear more on two topics: First is the involvement and effect of other Axis countries? Also though not directly Soviet-German, the overall position/status of the Vichy French? (subscribing now)

[@samugote]

The Bolshevicks killed about 66 million Russians. Have you heard of this version of the WW2 history you may have never been taught? www.informationincorporated.net/europa *Invest a few hours here*

[@neil03152]

I have given up the video as the quality all round of showing this is dreadful. That is a great shame.. message to video producers - practice shooting and recording this beforehand next time to remedy all these numerous faults.

[@samugote]

The Bolshevicks killed 66 million Russians. Have you heard of this version of the WW2 history you may have never been taught? www.informationincorporated.net/europa *Invest a few hours here*

[@loupiscanis9449]

Thank you

[@samugote]

The Bolshevicks killed about 66 million Russians. Have you heard of this version of the WW2 history you may have never been taught? www.informationincorporated.net/europa *Invest a few hours here*

[@Johnconno]

Colonel Glans is a man who likes to get right down to it.

[@Canadian_Skeptical]

Mr. Glantz is a great military writer!

[@peterkowailw505]

The video quality is very poor gave up trying to listen to it pity because I was interested to listen to it? NO point having it on KZbin when the video is not clear🤔

[@samugote]

The Bolshevicks killed 66 million Russians. Have you heard of this version of the WW2 history you may have never been taught? www.informationincorporated.net/europa *Invest a few hours here*

[@edmundcowan9131]

If you played Drag Natch Osten in 1975 as I did you would have learned about this war. The info was there since the 1960s

[@boandlkramer2539]

Here from Berlin: Germany and Russia has to go together! In friendship,naberhood and peace ☝️Cooperation in mutual advantage....without USA...the incendiator of the world! We dont want to be anylonger the leashed amercan puppy ☝️

[@mattanderson6336]

The self-published booklet Glantz refers to at 37:30, is this still available.

[@samugote]

Stalin killed 66 million Russians. Have you heard of this version of the WW2 history you may have never been taught? www.informationincorporated.net/europa *Invest a few hours here*

[@dennisweidner288]

These videos, especially the Russian losses never address why the Russian casualties were so much higher than the German casualties. Here I am not just talking about Barbarossa (1941), but throughout the Ostkrieg. And even in the great Russin victories, their losses were enormous. Of course, there were many factors, but there was one overriding factor, and the Soviets as well as the Russians today do not want to admit it.

[@johnpaul3099]

Interesting

[@dennisweidner288]

@@johnpaul3099 There are a lot of reasons suggested for why the Red Army losses were so high. Many have some validity. But I think you have to get down to basics. In World War II as in World War I, artillery was the real killer. Now data on the Ostkrieg is not as available as for the War in the West, but the American and British data suggest that about half of casualties and some 60 percent of combat mortalities were due to artillery. (I suspect that the numbers were even higher in the Ostkrieg because the air forces in the East were more limited.) At any rate, I think you have to look at the artillery to examine the enormous Red Army casualties. The discussion is somewhat muddled by World War II videos. Aircraft especially Allied aircraft had cameras providing a wealth of camera footage. Filming the impact of an artillery barrage has very limited film footage. There is a lot of footage of the guns firing. Very little of the shells hitting.

[@johnpaul3099]

@@dennisweidner288 there exists anecdotes of soviet Artillery causing major havoc on German lines punching holes for tank runs see the battle of Seelow heights. I also think that the German army on the eve of operation Barbarossa was probably the best army on the planet , well trained and experienced

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@@dennisweidner288 the Soviets were also tactically inferior to the Germans and relied more on overwhelming brute force than tactical nuance . That also explains why

[@dennisweidner288]

@@johnpaul3099 Don't get me wrong, I m not saying that Red Army artillery was ineffective. I think it is well established that artillery was the real killer on the battlefield. What I am looking at here is why there was such a disparity in German and Soviet casualties. I think you are correct about the Germans. But what was their killing instrument? I suspect it was their superior artillery. But notably, the heavy Soviet casualties in Barbarossa were extreme but persisted throughout the Ostkrieg. Just look at Kursk when the Red Army was fighting behind rings of prepared defenses. Still, their losses were greater than the Germans. Barbarossa was not only important in the enormous Soviet casualties but two often ignored matters: 1) Most of the Siviet ammunition plants were in Ukraine. Abd these plants could not be easily moved. The result was a severe shortage of ammunition (one reason the Red SArmy 1941-42 Winter offensive did not go further). It is why ammunition was high on Soviet Lend-Lease priorities. 2) Barbarossa destroyed much of the trained Red Army professionals. The Soviets survived because of their ability to quickly raise new formations. There were, however, deficiencies in many of these units, especially the positions requiring education and training. This really affected the artillery where math was important. These men could not be so easily or quickly trained.