Week 294B - Soviet Berlin Offensive Begins - WW2 - April 16, 1945

The final Soviet assault on Berlin begins today. The Soviets have two million men supported by tens of thousands of guns, tanks, and aircraft. Opposite them stand millions of men and boys of the German Wehrmacht, Waffen SS, Volkssturm, and Hitler Youth. The forces of Nazism are weakened and disorganised but determined to fight on as long as possible.
00:41 Roosevelt’s death
03:09 Preparations for the Soviet drive on Berlin
08:49 Zhukov’s Offensive
12:48 Konev’s Offensive
14:57 Summary & Conclusion
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[@WorldWarTwo]

Since 1939, where it all began, the TimeGhost Army has been on the frontline of history. Without you all, this journey would not have been possible. As we approach the end and gear up for Korea, consider helping see it through by enlisting today: www.patreon.com/TimeGhostHistory

[@alanblanes2876]

This is the greatest history channel.

[@nickdanger3802]

To "fill out" at least one episode in June or July I suggest skipping ahead to cover Lend Lease settlements. A few words about quantities would be appreciated.

[@dmitriydanilov6367]

Thank you for another great episode!

[@stephenjacks8196]

April 20 let's have a Hitler birthday episode

[@extrahistory8956]

@@nickdanger3802 There will be plenty left to cover those months. Between the political situation in Europe, the Postdam Conference, the battles taking place in Borneo, the Philippines and China, and all the transfer/build up of Soviet troops in the far East, it will anything but a quiet summer.

[@heraclius1045]

I can't believe Indy isn't talking about Steiner's upcoming master counterattack to trap the Soviets

[@macleunin]

We’ve been waiting for almost 6 years, and now it’s almost here 😂

[@Lonovavir]

Legend has it Steiner's still assembling 98+ year old men for his counterstrike.

[@pedrolopez8057]

it's time to dig up the old "Hitler Finds Out" videos

[@franglish7014]

DAS WAR EIN BEFEHL !!!

[@pufffincrazy5275]

@@franglish7014 DER ANGRIFF STEINERS WAR EIN BEFEHL !!!

[@bigfookingun]

Thanks! I'm not long for this world. Indy, I've been watching you since 2015. Indy, Sparty, Astrid and Anna and the rest of the team, I love you all. i've watched everything timeghost has made. what an amazing project! I'm so sad I won't be able to finish it. This is my last episode. Goodbye

[@ChrisCrossClash]

What's that mean? you dying or something?

[@kinnikuboneman]

​@@ChrisCrossClashnah, dude is clearly an Alien and he needs to go back to his planet

[@WorldWarTwo]

Thank you so much for your heartfelt message. It’s truly touching to hear how much you've enjoyed and valued the project. Knowing that you’ve been with us since 2015 means the world to us. Please know that your spirit and dedication will always be a part of our journey. Sending our love.

[@chadrowe8452]

Cheers

[@lookitsaburnoutfan]

RIP fellow viewer

[@a84c1]

Today the Call of duty world at war mission "Their land their blood occurred.

[@yannickmaes]

See how things have changed my friend!

[@iDeathMaximuMII]

Actually that mission is labeled for April 18th Blood & Iron mission happens on April 16th

[@a84c1]

@@yannickmaes Now it's their land their people their blood.

[@Yamato-tp2kf]

Red Army invaded the USSR ? ...Indie.exe stopped running...

[@KaiReddy-u5y]

“This is how you end a war Chernov”

[@mrperson0140]

"One Day things will change. We will take the fight to THEIR LAND, THEIR BLOOD, THEIR PEOPLE!!" - Sgt Reznov- 1st Byelorussion Front- April 16, 1945!

[@thehistoryvideogameandgame4730]

He was part of the 62nd Army when he said that, And by the time The Battle Of Berlin began he was attached to Colonel General Kuznetsov’s 3rd Shock Army

[@senatorarmstrong4168]

''As long as you live, the heart of this army will never be broken.'' - Reznov

[@mrperson0140]

@@senatorarmstrong4168 Chernov you have not, you walk!!

[@Slavicsparrow1775]

Didn't he say this in Stalingrad in 42?

[@anthonyrhodes8042]

I miss that game 🎮

[@firingallcylinders2949]

As someone who has been watching since 2018 I can't believe how fast this series went. It feels like you were just talking about Poland being invaded.

[@WorldWarTwo]

Thanks for being with us all these years!

[@khata_yaburyana]

Been watching it since Barbarossa (2020). Totally agree with your feelings.

[@El_Presidente_5337]

​@khata_yaburyana Yeah, I've also been here since the first episode kicked off and when I think about it, my life has changed quite a bit since the series began in 2018. I knew most of my todays friends by then only for about a year and I was 16 at that time. Now I am 21,5 and I have probably forgotten more about the war than the average folk nows.

[@thanos_6.0]

I am recently rewatching some of the older episodes, where you covered Barbarossa in 1941 and it is truly amazing how the tide of war has turned from the germans being at the gates of moscow to the soviet storming towards Berlin.

[@תומרלייזגולד]

I started watching the show around that point and it is incredible how far the whole thing's come

[@KraytTheGreat]

... and I get the feeling that Germans won't be able to stop the Soviets standing in front of their capital...

[@thanos_6.0]

@@KraytTheGreat Steiner: Allow me to introduce myself

[@yurinalysis8034]

@@thanos_6.0 Mein Fuhrer, Steiner... Steiner konnte nicht genügend Kräfte für einen Angriff massieren. Der Angriff Steiners ist nicht erfolgt.

[@thanos_6.0]

@@yurinalysis8034 *ANGRY GERMAN RANT!!!*

[@malikcagatay7923]

April 16, and video is 16 minutes and 4 seconds long, I love it

[@DanielsPolitics1]

I hope they don’t do any weird psychedelic graphics in their special on drug use in the war on the 20th.

[@WorldWarTwo]

That was plan! Just kidding, a neat coincidence though. Thanks for watching.

[@JDDC-tq7qm]

My Birthday April 16th 🎂 😅

[@144digital]

A scientific miracle

[@mayaburak93]

My great-grandfather was a lieutenant-colonel in the Red Army. He fought from the first day of the war to the last and brought a bunch of (most likely stolen) things back from Germany. Most of his family died in the Holocaust, but his wife and children were lucky enough to flee in time. My grandmother was born in 1949. We don't know when he found out about his family's deaths. Maybe when the drive to Berlin began, he still had no idea. Or maybe he knew and was eager for revenge. Who knows. His name was David Meerovich Khoder; he was born in a shtetl and died a retired officer.

[@guillaumegagnon4220]

He was a rapist?

[@imperiumgrim4717]

Did you guys keep the relics from his passing?

[@signorasforza354]

Being a red army war criminal is not something to be proud of.

[@signorasforza354]

Brest1939

[@45TRANSFORMERSFAN]

From an Archduke's assassination all the way to the gates of Berlin... these channels have come a long way, and they'll be going further with the Korean War next!

[@WorldWarTwo]

We can't wait to get started on that! But first, still plenty more to cover in WW2. Thanks for watching.

[@twotone3471]

The Korean war was possible due to the fall of Nationalist China, which was far more important historically

[@gilwhitmore9682]

From start to finish, World War Two channel has provided consistent quality content. It has been a pleasure, and educational. A rare duo.

[@WorldWarTwo]

Thank you very much for watching.

[@BeanManolo]

"We have lost many brave men, but their sacrifice is not in vain. Our tanks now form a line of steel so powerful that all German resistance will be crushed beneath its mighty treads. Today, we will watch as Seelow falls, along with all those foolish enough to stand in our way." ~Sgt. Viktor Reznov, "Blood and Iron" mission of Call of Duty World at War

[@parsifal6094]

We all know what we want after the WWII series come to end:The 100 years war - week by week!

[@WorldWarTwo]

100 years of TimeGhost! For real though, you may have seen already but Indy will begin the Korean war in June: www.youtube.com/@KoreanWarbyIndyNeidell

[@vitorsousa8172]

Napoleonic wars! 🎉

[@alexandrekuritza5685]

It was an honor to watch this through, I dont think I watched ALL videos of any other channel on KZbin, so you can see how special this was.. ah, I'm both sad and happy that it is coming to an end... In Europe, that is.

[@WorldWarTwo]

Thanks for being with us for so long! Hope to see you when Indy begins covering the Korea war: www.youtube.com/@KoreanWarbyIndyNeidell

[@jaredwhite200]

Sargent Reznov Of the 3rd Shock Army- See how things have changed My friend? Now it is their Land… Their People… Their Blood.

[@BELCAN57]

This is the living embodiment of the old phrase "Sew the Wind and Reap the Whirlwind". And yet, there were some fanatical Nazis that KNEW that the wonderwaffen were coming to save the day.

[@mgway4661]

I’m not sure anyone really believed that but we’re more than willing to throw their support behind it anyway

[@ericcarlson3746]

@@mgway4661 was it fear of AH and his enforcers I wonder.. Americans at Magdeburg, Millions of Soviets across the Oder

[@pax6833]

Zhukov's attack on the Seelow Heights was more akin to a WWI battle, with a massive artillery barrage that eclipsed all others in that war, followed by a massed infantry assault. The fact that it failed, and resulted in calling forward the tanks early, speaks to how badly things had gone, and how much worse they could've been had the Germans no lost so many units in Prussia. What's amusing is that at this moment, three different armies were racing for Berlin. Two Soviet and one American (although as said in the first part of the episode, the Americans were called off). You know, there's probably a timeline where the US airborne troops get to do their paradrop on Berlin and link up with the Soviets for another incredible Battle of the Nations style finale to the war. It's a shame we didn't get to see that.

[@MrNicoJac]

No, it's not a shame. With the fog of war, it's basically _guaranteed_ that there would've been some Blue-on-Red shooting. And that would have played _right into_ Stalin's suspicions of a German-USA alliance against the Soviets. WW2 could've easier turned into an immediate WW3....

[@chaptermasterpedrokantor1623]

Probably for the better. Those airborne troops would have suffered massive casualties. Or as a Dutch advisor attached to the 82nd Airborne described it, the Germans would have fought them tooth and nail, and when they were defeated thank them for sparing them the fate of having to surrender to the Soviets.

[@cmdrme3se3ks43]

This might seem corny but I've been following the series since I stumbled onto it when we were in early 1943. Seeing the Berlin Offensive starting today gave me goosebumps. This is by far one of the, if not THE best WW2 coverage in any series or documentary I've had the privilege to see. I can't wait to see how this all ends, and I can't wait to see the coverage for Korea. Thanks guys.

[@pedrolopez8057]

you should catch up on his WW1 series.

[@WorldWarTwo]

Thank you very much for the comment! We can't wait to start Korea either. See you there.

[@alansewell7810]

The Soviets thought well of FDR because he opposed Winston Churchill's plan to land the Allied Armies in the The Balkans (Greece and Yugoslavia) and cut off the Soviets before they got to Germany. The Soviets' affection for FDR is shown in their LIBERATION series of movies made in the late 60s and early 70s (free on KZbin) that starts at Kursk and finishes In Berlin. Although relations with the USA were tense then, the Soviets portrayed FDR as trustworthy in WWII. The series is well-done and historically accurate, which not many Soviet-made movies are.

[@stevekaczynski3793]

In the 1949 Soviet film "The Fall Of Berlin", Roosevelt is depicted in a noticeably more favourable light than Churchill.

[@dragosstanciu9866]

The Red Army is now much better equipped and better led than in 1940. The difference is amazing.

[@robertjarman3703]

1939 with the attack on Finland.

[@ewok40k]

Survival of the fittest.

[@T_Mo271]

And their opposition is much weaker.

[@joeywheelerii9136]

Still suffering horrendous losses tho.

[@JDDC-tq7qm]

​@@joeywheelerii9136still conquered Berlin tho 😂😂

[@Ohmygodstfu2045]

Started watching when it was June of 1941. It has been quite the journey this series is brilliant.

[@Weeboslav]

I have followed this series for like 4 years at this point and I'm kinda sad that it is coming to a close. I hope that in like 10 years,I'll return to this channel and binge watch it whole...

[@WorldWarTwo]

Thanks for being with us all this time! If you want more from us, be sure to subscribe to our new channel starting in June: www.youtube.com/@KoreanWarbyIndyNeidell

[@craigentinny2]

My grandfather was a dispatch rider who got stuck behind enemy lines after Dunkirk. A French family took him in and eventually got back to Britain, he wouldn't talk about it and I can't find military records, he can't have been the only one.

[@Professor_sckinnctn]

After watching this series for years (and it's been awesome throughout), it feels like we're at the end of a marathon. I'm quick to remind myself, however, that nothing compares to the years of suffering and brutality that so many victims of fascism went through in this years, and how impossible it is for me to imagine what that was like. When WWI came to an end, it ended with a dramatic suddenness; as this series moves to its end, the conclusion of WWII still feels, sadly, with so much death still to come, very far away even though I know it's not.

[@Lonovavir]

French SS troops were part of Berlin's defense. Talk about irony.

[@stevekaczynski3793]

About 300 or so. Pretty hardcore Nazis, which was why they were still there. The others who had not already been killed had deserted.

[@ericcarlson3746]

worthy of a Felton episode!

[@stevekaczynski3793]

There were all sorts of non-German odds and ends among the defenders, like a few Spaniards who stayed after most of the Blue Division had returned to Spain, a handful of Belarusians and Latvians who were Luftwaffe auxiliaries serving anti-aircraft guns, and so forth.

[@matheoo41]

@@ericcarlson3746have i Got news for you

[@scottski02]

Wermacht officer: "Red Army divisons, standard line. General, they outnumber us 10 to 1!" Steiner: "Then it is an even fight."

[@mgway4661]

This episode was so amazing. We’re truly in the end game and man it just really feels like its been earned. Been watching since the Great War days and seeing these final episodes makes me form a single masculine tear

[@josephstewart516]

Cornelius ryan book,the last battle,,,gottard heinrici is bit overlooked he was defensive genius, with limited resources he put up a great performance against the Soviets

[@chikomx]

"Out of breath....." Love the passion the whole team brings to the table 😍

[@squeaky206]

And now on the 20th of April, Hitler recieves his final birthday gift courtesy of Soviet artillery.

[@jonash5320]

its insane that the 800k Czech shells for Ukraine would be used up in 40mimutes on the Selow heights Edit: whats even more crazy is that a SINGLE Sarmat with 20Mt bombload has 4000 times the tnt equivalent of the 500.000 shells fired onto the heights. (assuming modern 10kg tnt equivalent loads of 155mm ammunition)

[@maciejkamil]

I feel joy mixed with sadness. Joy - because war will soon be over. And sadness because this channel will end with it.

[@SAURABHKUMAR-hw3hy]

Next confirmed series on Korean war by this channel

[@bearok89]

So close to the end now, although it makes you wonder how the troops in the pacific felt when they heard that the Axis in the Europe had surrendered while they still fought bitterly with an enemy that had no intentions at all to surrender

[@stevekaczynski3793]

SPOILER On V-E Day, some of the more eager troops hoped to be sent to fight the Japanese, though others feared they would be sent there. The British put together a bomber force, called "Tiger Force", that would take part in bombing Japan, but in the end it was not needed. The previous year an RAF Bomber Command bomb aimer, Campbell Muirhead, recorded in his diary that when his crew successfully completed a tour, their commander asked if they wanted to join Tiger Force as a crew. He was not offended by their one-word rude reply, as they put "sir" on the end. His only comment was "the Japs cut those off, anyway."

[@caryblack5985]

I would say the majority of US troops were fearful that they would be shipped to the Pacific to enter combat again after defeating Germany.

[@bearok89]

@@caryblack5985 "Their joy was further tempered because, while Germany was defeated, Japan fought on. The soldiers realized their divisions, brigades and units would be part of the invasion of Japan." "In the Pacific, there was a brief acknowledgement that the European battle was over, but it didn’t really matter to the soldiers and Marines who were still attacking Japanese positions on Okinawa or to the sailors who were fending off kamikaze attacks on ships off the island." From a short article from the US DoD on the surrender of Germany

[@RodolfoGaming]

I shall take this episode as my belated gift for my birthday yesterday. Great job as always guys, you keep smashing the remaining episodes like this! All the best to the whole team

[@WorldWarTwo]

Happy belated birthday!

[@baconsinatra8837]

That zoom out at the end, where the Western front and Eastern are now on the same screen

[@WorldWarTwo]

It's quite a sight for sure, thanks for watching!

[@TheTrooper506]

Started watching the series when it was at late 1941. Hard to believe we're at the Battle of Berlin and nearing the end of ww2 in Europe. Really hope Downfall (2004) meme references are made in the next series of videos.

[@extrahistory8956]

Considering how the Saturday episode will be on April 20th (Hitler's Birthday), I'm pretty sure it will get acknowledged one way or another.

[@petersmith1343]

A brilliant summary of a very complicated first day !!

[@drew2pac]

You make a little error. Near the end of this video, you say you can watch a video that you previously did, where the "Red Army invaded the USSR". It was the German Army :) But folks - loving the channel! I have watched since your WW1 series and in awe of the effort you put into these. Thank you

[@twotone3471]

Spoiler: We are now within the movie "Downfall"

[@SamaritanPrime]

FEGELEIN! BRING ME FEGELEIN!

[@ChrisCrossClash]

Pretty sure it starts on Hitlers birthday doesn't it? except the opening scene which starts in 1942.

[@twotone3471]

@@ChrisCrossClash 2nd scene is 20 April, 1945, so yeah, pretty much right on the mark for this week in regards to WW2 in real time.

[@wordsmithgmxch]

15:39, Indy: "Out of breath . . . Exciting!" Me: YESSS ! ! !

[@MrXenon1994]

16 April 1945. Sergeant John Evans of the 7th Armoured Division liberates Stalag 11B in Fallingbostel with his fellow Desert Rats today, the first prisoner-of-war camp to be liberated so far. The experience has a profound effect on John as he prepares to move up to the German city of Hamburg. Sergeant Artyom Ivanov of the 13th Guards Rifle Division begins the task today for which he has waited so long. The final drive into the beating heart of the Greater German Reich. The assault on the capital city of Berlin. For years of pain, sorrow, loss and agony, Artyom feels he has soldiered on simply for this one moment of revenge, like many others in his ranks.

[@15halerobert]

You have done a better job of explaining this titanite moment in history then even Cornilus Ryan

[@alexamerling79]

Time to play Attero Dominatus.

[@dervelthecelt]

6 years on from the start of the war in Europe and it feels strange that it will all be over in a few weeks.

[@PaulGAckerman]

I can't wait for this Thursday's episode because the film Downfall starts April 20.

[@Dustz92]

9th army went from the gates of Moscow to the gates of Berlin

[@p.n.hajime7633]

It's quite telling how much the Soviets has come. From 1 gun every 4 men, to 1 gun every 4m....

[@bigfookingun]

I just left a small thank you but messed up the comment. Oh well. I'm not long for this world. Indy, I've been watching you since 2015. Indy, Sparty, Astrid and Anna and the rest of the team, I love you all. i've watched everything timeghost has made. what an amazing project! I'm so sad I won't be able to finish it. This is my last episode. Goodbye

[@extrahistory8956]

Wait, what?! Why?

[@cmehustle]

Wow!! Such an action packed scene Indy was a little lost during the finale lol. I waited six years for this. Im almost sorry this is coming to an end (the series itself, not the war of course).

[@joshuakemp4726]

“Over the river and through the enemy defense line….. this isn’t how we get to grandmas house” 6:03

[@Rangerluck]

Close to the end

[@hectorrodelo930]

😂😂😂 I missed the red army invading the USSR😂😂😂

[@tomasdvorak7307]

And yet it was a very successful invasion. They held all the territory of the USSR till the collapse of the red empire. 😂

[@konstantinriumin2657]

Sussy red impostor army!

[@Afdch]

@@tomasdvorak7307 Not really. Without a single shot Red Army ceased to exist in the year 1946. Overnight, the Soviet Army took all what was previously held by the Red Army. Fantastical feat.

[@stevekaczynski3793]

@@Afdch Until 1946 it was officially The Red Army of the Workers and Peasants, Russian initials RKKA. The change to Sovetskaya Armiya (Soviet Army) came the following year.

[@jonny-b4954]

Yeah about 25 years off. Hah

[@ricardoaguirre6126]

"You see how things have changed my friend. Now it is their land, their people, their blood."

[@jonny-b4954]

The chickens have come home to roost, eh? "OH, HOW THINGS HAVE CHANGED!" Eh? Hahaha. I've been watching since 6 months into WW1. Every week, for a decade now. Crazy. It is truly the greatest military documentary ever put to screen. And it's staggering hoe LITTLE it actually covers in the grand scheme of things. You could make a collection of videos this long, just on one battle like Tik's Stalingrad series. Human history is vast

[@andrejjj567]

I somehow feel sad, knowing that the end is close, really close this time. Not so long ago, we were watching the Germans almost capturing the entire Stalingrad, wow, just wow...

[@theholyinquisition389]

15:40 Ah, yes, the famous Soviet Invasion of the Soviet Union.

[@BobbyBTarded]

Man said konev had 120 engineer battalions and 13 bridging battalions. That's insane

What a titanic sturggel. Thx for the Video. Cant believe the end is near now. I need to try and catch up pronto :)

[@podemosurss8316]

"... when the Red Army invaded the USSR" No wonder Stalin was angry, the USSR was invaded by their own army...

[@bobbyd.roberson5588]

I’m starting to think this war won’t end well for the Germans

[@signorasforza354]

Actually much better than for soviets. Germans partly got their democracy and freedom. Russians have built a prison and went back to the prison and barracks

[@JPMadden]

You probably get quite a few messages like this, but here goes anyway. About 20 years ago, a WW2 vet told me an amazing story. I've often wondered if it is known by any historians, assuming it's true. He told me he was an NCO in a combat engineering unit of the U.S. 9th Infantry Division. I confirmed that he did serve in the 9th. When the Allies captured Cherbourg in the summer of 1944, the port facilities urgently needed to be made operable, because the Germans had done damage and placed booby-traps. This veteran and his squad or platoon were ordered to do some of the work. He told me they removed some demolition charges and put them in their extra truck. They then found a warehouse containing very large quantities of Cognac, Champagne, and possibly more, all marked "for the Wehrmacht." He said they emptied the truck of explosives, put up a warning sign, refilled the truck with booze, and returned to base. He told me that generals from all over the ETO called in favors to try to get some. Have you ever heard this story?

[@extrahistory8956]

Doesn't sound out of the realm of possibility. Plus, with all the trucks the Allied armies had, they could have just asked for another bus to take away the explosives

[@ManyProjectsLittleTime]

Hate to see the series coming to an end.......

[@rags417]

I was going to say this a few months back but you really need to update the map behind Indi !

[@El_Presidente_5337]

It is very refreshing to see a 15 minute episode for once. :D PS: Oh God, this has just been a single day.

[@abdraoufalti]

I hope you do a special about the battle of Berlin

[@extrahistory8956]

Well, this pretty much their special

[@abdraoufalti]

@@extrahistory8956 i mean like the Stalingrad special day by day and a map by details

[@extrahistory8956]

@@abdraoufalti They might very well do that.

[@thehobowizard]

Can’t believe it’s finally happening!

[@flankspeed]

Damn, but John Erickson knew how to set a battle scene.

[@Hungrydingo]

I seriously can't believe we're so close to the end of the war in Europe. I remember watching the Fall of France years ago and thinking how far away the end of the war is yet here we are.

[@oliverstianhugaas7493]

Still sad that this series did not run until 2045...

[@waitingforrealitytosetin4807]

You have to admit the courage of the Soviet soldiers were incredible. The casualties they endured were staggering and their leaders weren't overly concerned about them. A good argument could be made that Russia still hasn't fully recovered to this day.

[@JDDC-tq7qm]

Yet Russia continues to fight om 😂

[@signorasforza354]

They had lots of nkvd tovarish who would urging them forward pretty effectively.

[@signorasforza354]

Recover from what? Excuse me?

[@devlinburgess2463]

Kinda funny to think that, even this close to the end, things can still get all tangled up. Zhukov must've been pretty rattled after Stalin gets upset at his mistakes.

[@F15_C]

"Who could ever have believed" "Seems like nothing's been achieved" "Just to walk a day" "Go all the way" "THE FRONTS ARE CLOSING IN"

[@modest_spice6083]

ATTERO DOMINATUS. BERLIN IS BURNING! DENIQUE INTERIMO. THE REICH HAS FALLEN!

[@kev41hc]

Thanks!

[@WorldWarTwo]

Thank you so much!

[@caterpilar]

As always - great stuff! Thanks!

[@golden_smaug]

I wonder what could be, in indeed there was one, the motivation for the common german private. Seeing the dreaded enemy, once on its backfoot thousands of kilometers away, so close to the heart of the Reich while powerless to stop them.

[@chrisduffill5248]

Brilliant and thanks

[@Gbaby204]

April 16 is my bday, Indy!! Interesting

[@Oeufsmacd]

Thanks

[@WorldWarTwo]

Thanks!

[@jonikasemi]

That description of the opening bombardment at 08:49 really stole the show for me. The Germans should really just give up and go home, holy crap

[@RAAM855]

Its cool how Indy and team are prepared to do this another 5 years after Steiners counter attack pushes the Soviets back to the AA line

[@derblah9006]

Started watching this series when Germany invaded Norway….amazing how far we’ve come

[@kidmohair8151]

it was all going brilliantly, until... Fegelein

[@CARL_093]

thanks indy and crew

[@WorldWarTwo]

Thank you for your continued support! -TimeGhost Ambassador

[@georgedheeraj]

Oh man I'm feeling sad now. It's going to come an end

[@USBBenson]

My great grand-father’s name was Theodor Busse, my dad’s middle name was also Theodor so also qualifies with the same last name and my nephews name is also Theodor Busse. No relation to the german general, but when watching something about the battle of Berlin I always get a bit weirded out when hearing our somewhat rare last name used

[@lewiswestfall2687]

Thanks TG

[@indianajones4321]

Whoa another weekly episode!

[@WorldWarTwo]

A surprise indeed! This weeks episode would have been far too long otherwise. Thanks for watching.

[@davesthrowawayacc1162]

Today, April 18th, a squad of Soviet Union soldiers are captured and tortued by the Nazis at the battle of Seelow heights. The lone survivor is saved by a tank shell destroying the building he was held in, and joins in the battle of the Seelow heights. Today, it is their land, their blood

[@tihomirrasperic]

According to Russian General Popel (commissioner of the 1st Guards Tank Army) After the Germans stopped the Russian infantry on the Zelov hills And after another day where Zhukov failed to break through the line, Stalin gave Konev a free hand According to General Popelj, this infuriated Zhukov so much that he literally threatened to shoot the generals It reached such proportions that the commanders literally fled to the front lines "to push" the attack and hide from the angry marshal. In the end, the front commissar had to keep the marshal "on a chain" so that he wouldn't do any actual shooting *** The Germans literally threw all their defenses against Zhukov, it was learned from the prisoners that: the SS were asked to hold out for 48 hours and that "the war would be won" (because friend of the Russians, Roosevelt had died) and that their alliance would fall apart and the Americans would come to help the Germans, they just had to "hold out for another 2-3 days" *** when Konjev finally broke through the line and rushed towards Berlin, they did not encounter any resistance until the city itself, the Germans had literally nothing, only in the city did they encounter the police who "slowed down" Konjev

[@t.ditsakulofthisaccount1141]

The skerries is a fantastic part for my yet algorithm now I had to go watch the res of the war

[@extrahistory8956]

Oh boy, you have well over 5 years and 7 months worth of content to catch up to, plus the original _The Great War_ channel and _Glory & Defeat: The Franco-Prussian War Week-by-Week_ over at the _Real Time History_ channel.

[@RostroexAuro]

A little msitake: Cottbus is written with one s at the end

[@schr75]

I thought he was called "Smiling Albert Kesselring" and not just Albert kesselring :)

[@naveenraj2008eee]

Hi Indy Awesome special.

[@georgepress1261]

A day by day of battle of Berlin? Wait someone did that already right lol

[@extrahistory8956]

Yep, that was Jesse Alexander, the narrator and historian that took over Indy for _The Great War_ channel. They went on to run on to create a separate channel called _Real Time History._ Having watched their series, I'm pretty excited to see just how the WW2 channel covers it.

[@edwardblair4096]

​@@extrahistory8956 Yeah, I deliberately decided to not watch it when it came out because I wanted to wait untill it was covered here first. Didn't they also do a Battle of the Bulge mini-series too?

[@extrahistory8956]

@@edwardblair4096 That and a series on Japan's Downfall, the Franco-Prussian War Week-by-Week and Rhineland 45.

[@norwegiantactician]

"The Red Army's advance into Germany is swift and brutal. In mere months, we have reached Seelow Heights - the last line of defense before the German capital. We outnumber the Germans ten to one! Wave upon wave of our infantry are unleashed upon them to clear the way for our armor. Once we have control of Seelow, we will begin the march to Berlin. There, we will ensure that every sacrifice is repaid in blood." - Sgt. Reznov on the mission "Their Land, Their Blood" in Call of Duty World at War.

[@AlexJukk]

That's what they say on our Russian tv

[@sanmarco594]

16:03: "...in June of 1942 when the Red Army invaded the USSR", so that confused me a little bit. But you where exhausted! Thx for this great special.

[@komm6668]

And the Hammer Falls

[@OnionChoppingNinja]

strange to think it will all be over in 3 weeks (for Europe atleast)

[@kereckelizabeth3625]

The spotlights not only reflected off all the dust and created confusion but also silhouetted the attacking infantry, making it easier for german soldiers to aim.

[@stevekaczynski3793]

American troops trying to re-take Pork Chop Hill in 1953 in a night attack were accidentally illuminated by their own spotlights, assisting the Chinese who were firing down on them. A bit of Korean War advance notice...

[@Valdagast]

A rare blooper.