I was convinced this episode will be great in the first minute.
@Armageddon4145 Жыл бұрын
Glad it didn't disappoint you
@TheDavidlloydjones Жыл бұрын
Agreed. Zeitler's comments on Hitler's state of mind, around 3:00~4:00, are an interesting change from the usual quite blank picture we get of Der Fuhrer.
@etistone Жыл бұрын
Great episode again! I like that The Manstein is voiced by The Imperator Knight.😊
@Armageddon4145 Жыл бұрын
Marshal Tik
@BlackMan614 Жыл бұрын
Yeah... but a Texas drawl for Paulus? Should have hired Gilbert Godfrey or Paulie Short.
@paduapeted49 Жыл бұрын
Von Manstein should always be narrated by his greatest 'fan' lol. ;)
@RogerThat787 Жыл бұрын
RIP Gilbert Godfrey
@evenbet96032 ай бұрын
Unfortunately for our good knight he has to stick to script, otherwise he would have come up with a better plan.
@maxsimon36 Жыл бұрын
Whoever voices the Fuhrer is fantastic. The different voices are awesome. But the guy who does Fuhrer and Heinrici on the regular is awesome. I heard TIK in there too. Seeming you guys use russian histographies sources, foreign accents are a great supporting touch
@dIRECTOR259 Жыл бұрын
NEIN NEIN NEIN! Hitler hast der DEEP voice!!
@kevanmallison8610 Жыл бұрын
Kevan M Allison Finally, the precise location and reason for the failure of Winter Storm: December 15th, 1942, in a small village on the Russian steppe called Verkhne-Kumsky.... And it only took 10,000 hours of painstaking study. Thank you!
@Armageddon4145 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for your feedback! That's correct :)
@Centrodemasa Жыл бұрын
OMG!!!.....I am glad to see this team again, Armageddon and TIK are the best ❤
@Armageddon4145 Жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot!!!
@PurpleCat9794 Жыл бұрын
Amen to that!!
@nicholasperry238010 ай бұрын
I love the voice given to Paulus. Very good content I'm very impressed.
@GianmarioScotti Жыл бұрын
Outstanding production. This was a pleasure to watch and listen.
@Armageddon4145 Жыл бұрын
Many thanks
@benjaminguilatcoiv Жыл бұрын
lovely cooperation here 👍
@brucedyer9665 Жыл бұрын
Absolutely love this channel.
@ANawaz-bk1bk Жыл бұрын
Great episode again, outstanding production.this was a pleasure to watch and listen such a knowledgeful video. Amazing
@WhiteHatzz Жыл бұрын
Love this channel. Can't wait to see more.. I'd actually love to learn about all the forgotten battles wiped from the history books.
@Federico-cc7hc Жыл бұрын
General Paulus wasn't the least anxious, nor I eagerly waiting for this video ❤ Thank you for the adding of the red circles on the map. It does help a lot
@Armageddon4145 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for your feedback!
@mchrome3366 Жыл бұрын
Great episode. I’m baffled why I’m so obsessed with this battle and surprised I’m not the only one. Thanks
@waynerobert7986 Жыл бұрын
Great episode with excellent use of maps and narrative.
@Vincent-qj7kw Жыл бұрын
Just found your channel and I already love it. Great video!
@Armageddon41455 ай бұрын
Welcome aboard!
@LavrencicUrban Жыл бұрын
THANKS GUYS! VERY ENJOYABLE!
@nymike100 Жыл бұрын
Hoping for a Part 3! Love your channel!
@antibrotha Жыл бұрын
Thank you for this❤
@gabrieletagliaventi5516 Жыл бұрын
great video with great detailed maps! I think the only chance for the 6th Army was on November 19-20 to react immediately, as fast as General Lee in the 7 days battle on 1863. The other chance, at a strategic level, was in moving the II SS Panzer Korps to the Don area from France in October 1942, not January 1943. However, for feeding the debate, we could imagine that a breakout from Stalingrad on December 15 might have succeeded by confusing the Soveits and forcing them to leave the defenses against Hoth 4th Army in order to face Paulus. The Soviet Korps would have found itself caught between 2 German Armies converging and possibly annihilated it. We know today that Paulus did not have fuel to advance 50km, but the Soviets did not and could panic. Therefore, the breakout might have succeeded
@PurpleCat9794 Жыл бұрын
This made my day!! Thank you so much!!
@salezx8823 Жыл бұрын
yeeeeee I love your work !!
@paulcateiii Жыл бұрын
what a great way to start my day - thank you
@Armageddon4145 Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed Paul
@PurpleCat9794 Жыл бұрын
TIK as our beloved lord Erich von Manstein! It's Epic!!
@Token_Civilian Жыл бұрын
Great episode, as always.
@spirossaris308 Жыл бұрын
Great new episode :) well done
@Armageddon4145 Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed
@Dulcimertunes Жыл бұрын
Photos are amazing, not just taken under such difficult circumstances but to have survived!
@russellblake9850 Жыл бұрын
oh the irony ... TIK as "the Manstein" ...
@graciasan460 Жыл бұрын
This is great and very informative.
@sebastianmelmoth9100 Жыл бұрын
Thank you! I have been obsessively reading a mulitude of books about Barbarosa and Stalingrad. Major histories and many memoirs and diaries of soldiers from both sides. Blood Red Snow. Red Road From Stalingrad. In Deadly Combat. Through the Maelstrom. Etc. And many excerpts. But the way you put together the actual radio conversations, troop movements and excerpts from written orders and face to face conversations to draw a broad portratit of the overall siege is very compelling.
@Armageddon4145 Жыл бұрын
Thanks. You should read T. Plievier's Stalimgrad if not yet the case
@mossbergshockwave623 Жыл бұрын
You guys are awesome including trace Adkins
@G.D.9 Жыл бұрын
Another great vid 👍👍👍
@alejandrocasalegno1657 Жыл бұрын
Very good Anton, we know the end, but is like a movie.....we wait the last scene!!! A little mistake, at 25.12 the german tank is a Panther, was not in service at the time
@Armageddon4145 Жыл бұрын
Well spotted, good point! 👍
@lph7286 Жыл бұрын
Hi Anton, love your documentaries. I consider both you and TiK as my top youtube creators. You make really high quality videos. I have something Ive been wondering about and I would love to hear your thoughts. One thing that is missing from both your and TiK analyses regarding the current stage of the Stalingrad battle, and also from other history books, is a rigorous discussion on the possibility of early withdrawal from the caucauses. The discussion repeatedly revolves around Manstein and Paulus, and whether, or if, the sixth army should have broken out during winterstorm. But Germany had 4 large armies (one of them Panzer Army), in the cauauses that could have helped saving the sixth army (and also help repelling attacks on the Chir front as well). The OKH must have known (or did they?) about the imminent destruction of the sixth army, and that it will be resulted in 8 additional soviet armies falling upon the southern front. They ordered a retreat from the cauauses at the end of December, when it was clear the sixth army will not survive. To me it seems the OKH were trying to hold to all the gains from the summer attack. I think that the high command should have cut their loses, withdraw the main force from the caucuses, help rescue the sixth army, or what left of it anyway, and try to hold a front along the chir, with one or two bridgeheads in the cauauses, awaiting next summar to push again toward maikop and grozny. Do you think that the forces from the cauauses arrive at time to help alleviate the problem in Stalingard? Maybe just send the Panzer force ahead and allow the infantry to make a slower retreat with all the heavy weaponry. In his documentary, TIK quotes Fritz, that says opreration winterstorm did not have any realistic chance of success. If the german high command knew that, did they actually think they can hold against the current forces on the chir front, and the additional 8 armies from the stalingard area as well? Or they were hoping to keep sixth army supplied by air for another year? Both options sounds insane to me and can be ruled out without hindsight. Would love to hear your thoughts on this possibility, keep up your awesome work.
@Armageddon4145 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for your interest and feedback! These are vast questions that raise many underlying issues, so no straightforward answers. But indeed I also found it might have been logical to use Army Group A more efficiently. Instead that just breaking out as quick as possible from the Caucasus in disorder, some forces might have been directed towards the Chir to try and strengthen that part of the front. But this should have been done at the beginning of Wintergewitter and not at the end, when it was too late.
@danielgreen3715 Жыл бұрын
Paulus was Doomed from the outset ..Stalingrad was one or two steps beyond the Whermachts capabilities one can only stretch ones supply lines so far and especially when your rear areas aren't fully secure
@arekofpoland8735 Жыл бұрын
You are The BEST !!!!!
@TyrSkyFatherOfTheGods Жыл бұрын
Very nicely done!
@mohammedsaysrashid3587 Жыл бұрын
Too wonderful daily movement introducing... which showed increased disabilities of German troops gradually while Soviets increased theirs military pressure in several different military gaps with sufficient coordination amongst several weaponry types that caused all German attempted aborted with times over and significant casual.......that meant Soviet armies proven itself in all frontiers....thank you for sharing
@Armageddon4145 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for your interest, glad you enjoyed!
@EllisKings Жыл бұрын
Armageddon and Tik are the best!
@alexhodskins8426 Жыл бұрын
It is extremely fitting TIK voices manstein
@wattage2007 Жыл бұрын
Seems like Manstein wasn't being very honest in any of his conversations with Paulus.
@dejabu24 Жыл бұрын
it seems that an order was issued the morning of the 23 december 1942 , for the 6th Panzer division to move forward 33 km to Stalingrad for an attempt to get the 6th army out , but a second order came later on that same day that contradicted the first one , and requested instated the 6th Panzer division to be pull out , I guess that this was Mainstain's and not Hitler's decision , and lets not forget that he delayed the attack for like 2 weeks , when Hitler wanted to start the offensive the 8th of december
@Armageddon4145 Жыл бұрын
never heard about this one
@EllisKings Жыл бұрын
I bet one day Armageddon will do mini series about operation little Saturn or Bagration 😉👍
@Armageddon4145 Жыл бұрын
Bagration is planned!
@EllisKings Жыл бұрын
@@Armageddon4145 excited for it! Amazing work btw.
@keithplymale2374 Жыл бұрын
Showing pictures of Panther tanks was a mistake. The Panther tank was not in service at the time of Winter Storm. Great episode otherwise. Thanks to the people who gave voice overs.
@Armageddon4145 Жыл бұрын
A mistake for sure, thanks
@EL20078 Жыл бұрын
Hi gents, what is the soundtrack that you use , it is as great as your videos
@Armageddon4145 Жыл бұрын
Chaos Strikes Back intro music
@EL20078 Жыл бұрын
@@Armageddon4145 thanks
@maxsimon36 Жыл бұрын
It's called chariots of war
@turinturambar3592 Жыл бұрын
Can I ask a question completely not of this topic? Have you read "The Letters of J.R.R Tolkien" yet, the whole book? :)
@Armageddon4145 Жыл бұрын
Oh Turin! Good thing you reached out, because I was thinking about you! Let me explain. I recently finished The Letters in Kindle format, and found it SO good that I bought the printed book. Really, really interesting. Thanks again for having mentioned it (years ago now, it seems). Although it's 100% that eventually I'd have figured it out myself somehow, but still many thanks to you :) If I could reach you privately I could tell you more about it, but didn't find any email on your page...
@turinturambar3592 Жыл бұрын
@@Armageddon4145 Thank you for your reply! It is really really interesting indeed! I'm very proud if I could boost someone to read it. It's a shame people don't want to read it, I have suggested it for many people who claim to be LOTR fans but with no avail. I cannot understand the attitude that people have that they are not interested WHY Tolkien even wrote something. I know everyone would be interested of it but it claims some work to do to read it with senses wide open. I have stopped preaching about for anyone, because I just waste my time. Why I even interested of Tolkien at the first place was like 8 years ago when I found out that Tolkien was interested of Finnish language and mythology. I'm Finnish myself so my eyebrows raised super high when I encountered this information. I was not even the slightest interested about LOTR before, I just thought it was something stupid fantasy for children which of course turned out to be completely untrue. So I read the books in this order: 1. Letters of Tolkien 2. The Story of Kullervo 3. The Silmarillion 4. The Hobbit 5. The Lord of The Rings Some people say it's hard to read Silmarillion but I read it before LOTR and it was easy read because I knew what Tolkien was up to. I have had LOTR in my bookshelf since I was 10 years old but I never could read it more than like ten pages when I was younger. But now over 30 years old I read it like just in days and it was so good even though I had seen the movies before. When reading "The Letters" for the first time I got goosepumps and shiverings and gave me something like clarity that I've touched something very interesting. Really like finding something I had sought for so long but I didn't know even existed. Something really meaningful, hopeful, beautiful and grounding. In the midst of bad chaotic things happening there is still something that puts a smile in your face.
@Armageddon4145 Жыл бұрын
As a philologist, Tolkien knew and spoke a lot of languages, but yes he was especially interested in Scandinavian ones. So you've read everything in proper order, congratulations! Did you read recent releases from his unfinished works, like The Children of Hurin? As for me, I've been passionate about his books for almost 40 years...
@turinturambar3592 Жыл бұрын
@@Armageddon4145 I have not yet read The Children of Hurin, but I will in the future. Damn, I'm very newbie compared to you. I really wish I could have found LOTR interesting way earlier... But what I found the most interesting thing is that the old man (Tolkien) would almost "sacrifice" his whole life after the Great War to make so deep and prominent fantasy story available for people. And how deep it goes, what a beautiful thing he created! What a genius he was!
@markhillary7402 Жыл бұрын
You guys should just skip to the end and see if you’ve got anyone who could make a reasonable try at Rokossovsky’s Polish- but-speaking Russian through a set of stainless steel false teeth.
@Armageddon4145 Жыл бұрын
Sure
@captainhurricane5705 Жыл бұрын
You record conversations between Paulus and Manstein, but none of the conversations between Manstein and Zeitzler, of which there were plenty, wherein Manstein urged for 6th Army to break out despite the risk, and by default Hitler's refusal to give his assent. You are not giving the full picture.
@Armageddon4145 Жыл бұрын
We show those that we found. If you have the one with Zeitzler, please share the source.
@konstancemakjaveli Жыл бұрын
Thats not TIK. TIK wouldve voiced Mainsteinn like a big baby that demands attention and makes you ignore the big poopoo he made behind a corner
@Armageddon4145 Жыл бұрын
TIK
@maxsimon36 Жыл бұрын
A baby, like your random outburst? Tiks alright
@konstancemakjaveli Жыл бұрын
@@maxsimon36 woosh
@johnhenderson131 Жыл бұрын
I wonder if Hitler’s Generals were a little frustrated by his unwillingness to listen to sound, experienced advice from lifetime military commanders?
@myles5101 Жыл бұрын
Looking forward to a cheeky conversation between Hitler and Eva Braun.
@tankgirl2074 Жыл бұрын
nice general overview. I always wish there was more detail.
@robertsimpson6324 Жыл бұрын
Yessss
@johnhenderson131 Жыл бұрын
There is a book, the title is “The art of War”, written by Sun Tze centuries ago. He identifies the most important factors in war…ratio of soldiers needed to attack vs defend etc., but the one thing he emphasizes is “NEVER UNDERESTIMATE YOUR OPPONENT”! Hitler had little education, his military experience was a corporal serving as a messenger/runner, and being denied entry to art school twice. His resume wouldn’t qualify him to work at MacDonalds let alone unilaterally control all the troops fighting on the eastern front! His ignorant bigotry and narcissistic arrogance doomed operation Barbarossa (and consequently the entire war)from the start. His attitude of kick in the front door and the whole rotten edifice will come crumbling down was beyond naive it was pure arrogance and the soldiers fighting in unbearable conditions paid the price for his stupidity. For a man that idealized Napoleon (who was a military genius) he didn’t learn a thing from his ordeal in Russia. I will stop writing now before my frustration turns into a book of what not to do in a country the size of Russia with the seasonal weather Russia receives. Blitzkrieg doesn’t work in Russia.
@mikequayle4569 Жыл бұрын
I've studied the battle of Stalingrad for almost 10 years. Palus should carry the weight for this defeat, his loyalty to Hitler destroyed the 6th army. The breakout was there to take, yes the troops were weak and so many factors were against the but the German army of the time had never tasted defeat and hope is a powerful weapon. Who knows what could have been achieved. RIP to all who gave their lives.
@naughtiusmaximus830 Жыл бұрын
The american southern accent actually works!🤣
@mirquellasantos2716 Жыл бұрын
Do I have to thank the weather or the Soviets? Well, both cause the weather was great and the Soviets fought like warriors. I just love the way the Soviets kicked the behinds of those German soldiers. The defeat and humiliation taken by the Germans was just awesome.
@liamhickey359 Жыл бұрын
THIK . Not listening to this.
@villagemagician1320 Жыл бұрын
I don't understand. How were the Germans pushed out of Verkhne-Kumsky by such inferior soviet forces? You do not explain this at all, it just "happens" for some reason despite you giving the indication before that the Germans were much stronger here than the soviets. This video pisses me off.
@anthony_r985 Жыл бұрын
Soviets regrouped and german panzer army was weakened, had no reserves and had to go defensive...everything was well explained..maybe you should watch it one more time and relax a bit
@villagemagician1320 Жыл бұрын
@@anthony_r985 I am relaxed. Thank you for inadequately regurgitating the video.