Why Couldn’t Hitler Take Leningrad? | Cities At War | War Stories

[@elchicano187]

so much historical content on ww2 it will never get old,

[@bruhism173]

Ironic, considering this is 80 something years old.

[@GH-oi2jf]

I have been to St. Petersburg (Leningrad). They memorialize the siege with markers on the roads showing the furthest advance of the Wermacht. The cathedral retains its scars from the shelling. It is a beautiful city today.

[@MrEjofast]

I would imagine that in a few years from now, under Putin's leadership, St. Petersburg will look different. The vast amounts of money wasted on his Ukraine war coupled with the mass exodus of military age men, will probably affect all aspects of life all over the Soviet/Russian country. Not to mention the 10's of thousands of dead & wounded young lives, ended or drastically changed, by one dictator's bad decisions. My heart goes out to the many Russian people who will pay the price for a dictator's ego.

[@csharpbest4085]

@@MrEjofast do not fear. Liberated lands have loads of rare mineral and mines ... it will payback itself

[@haythemsandel8303]

@@MrEjofast Keep dreaming bot, we support our president in the struggle against US imperialism and their puppets.

[@olliestandera]

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[@zeerob9516]

For everyone talking about the censorship of bodies etc: Blame KZbin's silly policies. Don't blame the channels who are trying their best to survive on this platform despite all the limitations YT imposes.

[@Sniperboy5551]

Yeah like wtf, I want to see the bodies. This is not sarcasm.

[@darbyohara]

KZbin echoing the Soviet politburo policies

[@Gnosis639]

Stalingrad was NOT an objective of Barbarossa. Stalingrad wasn't an objective until late July- August of 42. The original ovjectives were Leningrad, Moscow and Kiev.

[@zac5572]

No it’s objective was the total collapse of the USSR, just like Russia in ww1

[@Gnosis639]

@@zac5572 No, that isn't how military objectives work. Military objectives are actual physical targets. The destruction of bolshevik russia was a political objective of the operation but we are talking about the military objectives. They knew if barbarrossa was completed the Reds would just keep moving east the Germans were not chasing them to Siberia.

[@zac5572]

@@Gnosis639 they aimed for the archangel Linelol

[@Bear_Arms]

The initial objective was supposed to be the Soviet oil fields in the Caucasus and other natural resources, but s-Hitler insanity changed the focus to Stalingrad after the Soviets resisted and would not allow the city to fall.

[@awitcher5303]

@@Bear_Arms stalingrad was never a priority, the oil always was

[@stojie7867]

The bravery and resilience of Leningrad and its people is beyond comprehension. If this had happened to an American city or London, there would be hundreds of films about it, and be heralded throughout the Western world.

[@darbyohara]

Bravery? It’s insanity.

[@ilokivi]

There are two important omissions from this documentary. First, the attack from Finland did not come from a blue sky. The false flag shelling of Mainila in November 1939 by Red army soldiers dressed up to look like Finnish troops was used by the soviet government as a pretext to invade, in what became known as Talvisota (the winter war). The Finns wanted to regain what had been taken by force in 1940. Second, no mention is made of the Leningrad city council’s failure to disperse food stockpiles in autumn 1941. When the sole food warehouse was bombed, the food crisis deepened severely.

[@rinatozaur]

in this warehouse was about 3 tons of food and in city were hundreds it s more like food economy policy of soviet goverment for exampe that s piece of diary of small party member ribkovsky in 9 December 1942 year "As for food, I am now not doing too badly. Breakfast in the morning consists of macaroni, noodles, and porridge with butter and two cups of sweet tea. Lunch comes as shchi or some other soup and the main course is meat every day. For example, yesterday my starter was fresh cabbage shchi with smetana and the main course a meat rissole with vermicelli, while today we had a clear soup with vermicelli to start, with pork and stewed cabbage to follow.”

[@pistonburner6448]

A third, most essential omission is that Russia was supplied by the US and allies' Lend-Lease program which is why they survived and eventually able to break the siege. 1942 alone they were shipped over 2,500,000 tons of supplies, tanks, fighter aircraft, all kinds of advanced weaponry, trucks, you name it. Without the US, UK and other Western allies Russia would've certainly not survived. This documentary reads like a Russian propaganda film.

[@mikesgoodmann9349]

@@rinatozaur This is correct. Although not generally known, the party members continued to eat quite well even at the height of the blockade!

[@robertcoates1388]

We're u there

[@pistonburner6448]

@@robertcoates1388 Is that 'sentence' supposed to mean something? Did you try to use English?

[@skipalidon]

I found it curious that there were blocked visuals to such a documentary. All of its content should be witnessed so the horrors of war are not forgotten. The dead would certainly be honored better.

[@leddielive]

I agree 100%, but I guess the channel is frightened of demonetisation. 🤔

[@skipalidon]

I get it. For me I’d post it out of principle.

[@samiam619]

@@leddielive You Tube thinks we are children and need to be protected.

[@j.dragon651]

I have made the same remark and caught flack for it from folks in the comment section? I saw almost all this footage by second grade in Catholic school in 59 and I was affected for sure. It made me never want to see humanity go through something like that again. Sometimes I think I am in a minority? The glorification of war and the military in general keeps little boys stockpiled with their dangerous toys.

[@balazslengyel6950]

Sentences like "Russia's old enemy Finland..." seriously misrepresent the situation and could have been taken strait from a Russian propaganda leaflet. How about saying "Finland the Russian colony that regained its freedom 30 years before, and which Russia attacked again just 2 year earlier ..."

[@redwatch1100]

This is a very important documentary. I'm not liking the blurred out scenes.

[@johnjuarez8005]

Agreed. Why blur history??

[@feer142]

@@johnjuarez8005 Blame youtube, they force history channels to blur history

[@BCSoHappy]

Why would you censor scenes? It wasn't the practise to do so when I was younger.

[@jeangenie68]

War is horrendous yet, still, we learn nothing.

[@drmarkintexas-400]

Thank you for sharing 🤗🙏🇺🇲

[@perspellman]

It doesn't take long before we recognize the famous Allegretto main theme from Dmitrij Schostakowitsch's 7th Symphony, the 'Leningrad Symphony'. The great composer allegedly wrote this masterpiece for more instruments and musicians than what was standard in orchestras at the time. He did this knowing that members of the orchestra would get extra rations in the starving Leningrad, and the more musicians he could add, the more people would be fed. I think this performance by Frankfurt Radio Symphony with Klaus Mäkelä is rather good. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fXOWq4WVjZdoi7c

[@Fakeslimshady]

20th century "classical" music sucks bro

[@j.dragon651]

@@Fakeslimshady I take it you are not a musician?

[@Fakeslimshady]

@@j.dragon651 depends

[@j.dragon651]

@@Fakeslimshady The accomplished musicians I know in any genre never make blanket statements like that. Only amateurs.

[@Fakeslimshady]

@@j.dragon651 Obviously people on the internet don't make music for a living

[@ctixbwi]

Marshall Mannerheim refused to take Leningrad. His argument was that Finland was not interested in taking Leningrad and that Finland did not have the resources to feed the population. He was content to take back what was lost in the Winter war 1939-40 and advance at most to best defensive positions, which was done. And no further than that ignoring German requests.

[@ДмитрийСоколов-о8в1б]

smart desision. Otherwise Finland could have been punished severely after the WW2 with territorial losses.

[@alanle1471]

Luckily for Russia, the Finns were only interested in regaining their lost land and had no interest in conquering Russian land.

[@LukeBunyip]

And, as it turned out, lucky for the Finns.

[@alanle1471]

@@LukeBunyip Yes. However Russia invaded them anyway, delaying the invasion of Germany.

[@letsexchangecansandbadadvi4245]

Lucky?? These poor people suffered during the longest seige in the war!!!

[@YlL-ji2sl]

@@letsexchangecansandbadadvi4245 The question ist whether being conquered by the germans would have been better...

[@eerokutale277]

@@letsexchangecansandbadadvi4245 Most of the modern day #Russia from #Urals to the west was the homeland of #Finno-#Ugric peoples and Russians are invaders who subjugated weaker tribes and nations. #Russians have waged an on/off war against us #Finns for 1000 years. During The Great Wrath 1713-1721 #Russians killed and enslaved about 15% of us #Finns.

[@peterbradshaw8018]

I wish I had KZbin videos like this when pursuing A' level History.

[@BCSoHappy]

My g'kids are all homeschooled. They learn a lot from videos, more than I could have taught them by far, bitd.

[@helmutmultz8552]

They. eaten. the. death. and. got. songs. and. metronome Soviet. paradise

[@jerrymcdaniel4539]

Another contributing factor is Mussolini invading Greece. This pushed out the start of operation Barbarossa enough to bring in the Russians ultimate ally. Old man Winter. Don’t underestimate Russian fatalism either which gave them the fortitude to survive this ordeal.

[@fazole]

Weather records show that 1941 had a very wet spring and invasion through Poland and Belorussia would not have been easy earlier than June 22 as the ground was too muddy or swampy.

[@ДмитрийСоколов-о8в1б]

The content of doc movie is stright to the point of the movie title. Mostly about moral of the military and the civilians. Metronome episode is just stunning. Tears have been close while watching.

[@Epidombe]

I missed the answer. Russian people strong. But it doesnt really answer the question

[@ДмитрийСоколов-о8в1б]

@@Epidombe What is the question?

[@russbrown6453]

Eastern front; the most savage battle of all time...

[@billhicks808]

Probably true. It was Hitlers main goal.... to take the east. I often wonder how far he could have gotten if he offered peace treaties to the UK, France, Holland and Belgium after taking Poland... would they have taken it?

[@bradbutcher8762]

@@billhicks808 Poland was the last straw. Germany needed Poland to get at Russia. Had the Germans invaded and acted decent to the Poles, perhaps peace with the west could have sorted. Unfortunately we all know what Germany and Russia did to them.

[@zac5572]

@@billhicks808 “probably true” of course

[@billhicks808]

@@zac5572 no, you're right. Nobody died but the Russians and thanks to the Russians Japan was conquered.

[@Ye4rZero]

@@bradbutcher8762 As soon as the Germans invaded Poland England and France were obligated by treaty to declare war.

[@WJack97224]

Sun Tzu had some intelligent comments on such operations and it seems the Germans failed to heed the warnings and advice.

[@Sniperboy5551]

“The enemy can’t guess your strategy if you don’t have any.” - Sun Tzu

[@Ye4rZero]

@@Sniperboy5551 LOL

[@lawsonj39]

I'm sure the Germans would have considered Sun Tzu racially inferior and thus not worth reading.

[@ausar3852]

"I didnt say that" -Sun Tzu

[@mentalizatelo]

Thank you for such a great production. History must be told.

[@darbyohara]

The poster didn’t make this. It’s a 30 year old film. He just stole it and posted online

[@pietrietveld1842]

Verry impressed video great deeply respect for the warriors and survivers from this city its almost unbelieble that so many people have done for 900 days to struggle for life and to stay in life i think no other people off a country off city have brought so many offers and have struggle like the people in and off Leningrad great respect for the Russian people they have fight the biggest war they have ever experience i am deeply impressed thank you for sharing .

[@ДмитрийСоколов-о8в1б]

Thank you bro from Moscow. I do find the content very pertinent to the title.

[@johnl5316]

It is also worth noting that the Finnish army could have made the final push to seal off the city, and seal its fate, but Finnish Marshall Baron Mannerheim refused to do so. He had been a member of the Czar's Imperial Army. He had been head of the Chevalier Guard that protected the Imperial Family, and he loved St Petersburg

[@kingwata1]

You guys wishful thinking.

[@HerrMikael]

He also understood that there'd be a time after the war. A Finnish attack on Leningrad would never have been forgotten, or forgiven

[@paschalumeh6197]

Lol the main reason for Finland not pushing on later was due to lack of manpower and also the Finns understood what this would mean later for the Soviets/Russians when they won eventually.

[@jerrymcdaniel4539]

872 days! Astounding!!

[@koymokko2029]

Finns are not the old enemies of Russians. It is the Russians that are old enemies of the Finns.

[@ДмитрийСоколов-о8в1б]

Hi bro from Moscow. Finns were under Swedish occupation and it was Russia which granted Finns to have there on Constitution as a Grand Principality of Finland within th Russian Empire since about the early 19 century just for you to know. So Finns have been very greatful to Russia and have a sttaue of Russian Emperor of that time still standing in the downtown of Helsinki.

[@joonamikkonen_]

Yes but the treatment of Russian troops against Finland has been very horrifying: 1714 the Great Hatred began in Finland when Sweden was unable to defend Finland after its loss in Poltava, Finland had few to defend against Russian invaders and thousands upon thousands were murdered, men forced to join Russian Army, women were either raped and sold as prostitutes in Russia. In Hailuoto (West Coast of Finland), September 1714 there were over 800 refugees trying to flee in Sweden. All of them were murdered by Russian cossacks. As a result the Finnish population which is estimated to be around 500,000 at the outbreak of Great Northern War, had shrinked to just 300,000. As manlosses were high, Finnish population was starving and many died from malnutrition, diseases and massacres that Russia did in terms of genocide level. Before even Finland was independent, Czar Nikolai II ordered to oppress Finland as an autonumous state, forcing to russify Finland as a whole. The time with Alexander I and II perhaps were the only best time that Finland ever could be grateful to Russia, but other than that there’s ultimately no other era or Finland would ever desire.

[@margarita8442]

It went on for 8 months - 300k germans captured, no food or supplies

[@markprange4386]

300k Germans surrounded.

[@twill9278]

I worked with a Latvian guy who fought the battle of Leningrad in a German uniform and survived six months in a Soviet POW camp. Suffice it to say that he had a unique perspective on things. Of top management: "Just like the Russians, just like the Russians; they give you summer boots in the vinter and vinter boots in the summer!"

[@okramra]

Did you ask him what was he doing in Leningrad?

[@twill9278]

@@okramra The Nazis invaded Latvia and conscripted the able bodied men, handed them coats, helmets, and rifles, then marched them off to Leningrad

[@zac5572]

So he worked for the nazis lol

[@twill9278]

@@zac5572 He didn't have any choice in the matter.

[@zac5572]

@@twill9278 Draftees were given a choice between serving in the Wehrmacht-subordinated Waffen-SS Legion, serving as German Wehrmacht auxiliaries, or being sent to a slave labor camp in Germany. Guess he preferred to kill women and children to going to slave labor. Not saying it was an easy choice but not like he was forced to kill

[@redjacc7581]

stalingrad was NOT one of the 3 original aims.

[@alanle1471]

Luckily for the Russians the Finns never marched into Leningrad from the north.

[@pistonburner6448]

The answer: thanks to the USA and their massive shipments of aid and weapons to USSR they survived. This documentary is like a Russian propaganda film: so many crucial facts omitted as well as Russian atrocities, mistakes, failures too.

[@leddielive]

... and the UK were sending shipping convoys via the Baltic & those brave merchant seaman received very little recognition for their sacrifice. 🤨

[@evgenidimitrov9703]

Yes, in fact the USA won the war all alone,Ben Affleck saved GB, and the canned beef saved Russia...You are too funny 🤣

[@slartybarfastb3648]

@@evgenidimitrov9703 We sent a lot more than canned beef. Never again.

[@m.h.f.1569]

@@leddielive ...Shipping convoys via the Baltic?! There was not a single ship from the UK sailing in the Baltic during WW2... Try the North Atlantic and the Barents Sea. That's where the action was...

[@brunokirchensittenbach9294]

…Land and lease Act enacted in March of 1941 to supply aid to England and the Soviet Union $ 50.1 billion dollars worth of supplies the mayor recipient was England with $ 31.4 billion, Soviet Union $ 3.2 billion, France $ 1.6 billion, the aid wasn’t that massive as you stated England got the lion 🦁 share of that aid..🫵🏼

[@rollobaker2031]

a tragedy yes for the people there but shortly before it was the staging point to invade Finland which had been neutral one should present the full story

[@juhanivalimaki5418]

Exactly, Leningrad siege and suffering was greatly because of Russian stupidity. 1. Russians allied with Nazis 23.8.1939 providing them oil and wheat, making Nazis stronger 2. Russians invaded neutral (though UK/France/USA-leaning) Finland, making an enemy North of Leningrad. The legal Finnish border was only 22km away from the northern streets of Leningrad. Outside Finnish artillery range, but still close. So 2022 is not the only time Russians did stupid things that put their own safety to risk. Voluntarily, just by their own choice. Nobody else to blame. Still I don't wait for a second that they would ever learn anything. It's somehow impossible for most Russians. To learn. And even more so learning when others need to point their stupidity to them. Like now, in 2022.

[@christopherthrawn1333]

Excellent work here Sir and your Team

[@polarvortex3294]

Looks like Goering does a rare real-life evil-villian-style rubbing of his hands together after thinking of what carnage the Reich's secret plans of conquest would soon wreak upon the world. 1:00

[@ДмитрийСоколов-о8в1б]

nice point

[@markbeeman6894]

Looked like beautiful city.

[@ДмитрийСоколов-о8в1б]

very beatiful indeed. I am a Moscoviet and has been to SaintPetersburg for 20 times...

[@MWM-dj6dn]

A thousand greetings of great pride and respect for your esteemed channel, which is full of accurate and useful information. Thank you for all the beautiful words and sincere feelings. Much respect. I hope you success . Thank you

[@valerytaubin835]

Today I saw a video Paris in 1942. It was like no war was going on I Paris. Swimming poools bars , restaurants. Verything open . People don’t look unhappy.

[@lawsonj39]

Too bad so much of the footage is so dark; it would be worthwhile to try to brighten them.

[@ДмитрийСоколов-о8в1б]

agree.

[@hughmungus1767]

I see that this documentary ignores an important reality of the seige: officials of the Communist Party received more food than ordinary citizens. I remember seeing a segment of another documentary where an ordinary Leningrader was summoned across town to report to a Party committee. The trams were not running so he walked all the way there, a walk that took several hours. When he arrived to give his report, the Party officials listened to what he had to say, then adjourned themselves to have a meal, then returned to hear the rest of his information. The man who was reporting to them was NOT offered any food, although he was ravenous. When they returned from their meal and eventually dismissed the man, he was left to walk more miles back to his home, again with not so much as a crumb of food for the journey. Of course this was standard operating procedure for the Party, as it had been since the earliest days of the Bolshevik "Revolution".

[@ZaJaClt]

im not sure you know about the lack of rats in leningrad, as they were eaten on sight, also worth mentioning that there was an agricultural museum/institute with tonns of grain inside, none of it was used because they were a type of emergency stock in case crops got contaminated and you needed to replant anew

[@ДмитрийСоколов-о8в1б]

accounts of this sort on Party officials does not dismiss the high moral of the rest of the people in the city. Diary of Tanya mentioned is just stunning.

[@charlesangell_bulmtl]

INCREDIBLY HARDCORE🤕😟👍

[@ДмитрийСоколов-о8в1б]

Thanks from Moscow for the appreciation

[@broefkip]

I understand that AD revenue is the only source of income on KZbin, but over 6 unskippable ads in 18 minutes is a bit much.

[@ДмитрийСоколов-о8в1б]

I have now adds while watching on my PC in Moscow...

[@michaelmallal9101]

If only the same in Singapore.

[@ДмитрийСоколов-о8в1б]

Why should this happen to Singapore?

[@Razvanh29]

The music at the end is great. What piece is it?

[@bobg6638]

History is fascinating

[@richardsleep2045]

Brilliant, thanks.

[@ДмитрийСоколов-о8в1б]

Thanks from Moscow bro

[@weirdshibainu]

The Germans never had a large capacity, long range, strategic bomber. It would come back to haunt them in Russia

[@ДмитрийСоколов-о8в1б]

but how did they bomb London then?

[@weirdshibainu]

@@ДмитрийСоколов-о8в1б The HE 111 was the main German bomber in the early days of the war. It was a 2 engine bomber. The Germans needed a fleet of the so called "Amerikabomber" that never really made it past prototype stage.

[@danielmoncaster3216]

The distance from Leningrad across Lake Ladoga to the nearest railway is no where near 237 miles, that’s preposterous. At the absolute maximum it’s 150 miles

[@lawrencefox563]

Siege of Leningrad was horrific ordeal for it's residents.

[@lawrencefox563]

If I could go back in time I'd have held Gavrilo Princip hostage to die of T/B so Arch duke and Sophi could return from Serbia to Vienna unmolested.

[@j.dragon651]

There are times I would say dead air space with no dialogue for extended periods of time in a documentary is a waste of footage, not this time.

[@pauliusiv6169]

from the perspective of leningraders, seeing the invaders finally shelled in to oblivion and retreat must have been the most satisfying moment ever after 2 years of siege and incomprehensible horrors

[@wind3]

The sound effects in this are hilarious

[@steventurner3036]

Maybe if the Soviets had not attacked Finland, many of the citizens could have beensaved in Finland.

[@mv_5878]

Definitely. Stalin made a grave mistake with his unprovoked, botched 1939 invasion of Finland. Then again, he never cared for Soviet lives anyway.

[@CRAIG5835]

Hero City was a well earned adjective. Theres a TON of Respec in your name for all time, 'Leningrad.'

[@karlwarne7380]

The one thing that is rarely mentioned in these Russian war docu's. is the Arctic convoys from the Western allies that supplied Russia with tons of munitions and other supplies, why?

[@zac5572]

Because it was a tiny tiny percentage for all the key years of the war; you’re brainwashed

[@karlwarne7380]

@@zac5572 No I am sure you are.

[@Bear_Arms]

I was born in the USSR, so trust me, the soundtrack to this video is excellent. I've never seen a Western documentary with such an authentic soundtrack. The songs add to the authenticity of the information communicated. It may mean little to most people that watch this, but it gave me goosebumps. It's very sad that now, in the 21st century, Russia is trying to do to Ukraine what the Nazis did to cities like Leningrad. Russians have become the fascists. Слава Україні!!

[@bradcolby1]

Thanks for that insight,also I respect your honesty. I‘m in the US and love Slavic culture,I wish peace and freedom for all Ukrainians and Russians! Bravo Ukraine!

[@miketackabery7521]

F Ukraine

[@YanGlina]

Any idea about the intro/outro song? Internet searches have so far not been useful...

[@DaveSCameron]

Far too many adverts! *

[@SpeedRunningWarcrimes]

Month 10 of asking what the outro song is 😂😂😂 @everyone pls help

[@robmckrill3134]

I know it's off subject, but maybe this is why people of Ukraine resist 🤔 so stubbornly

[@fazole]

They actually resisted the Soviet Army into the 1950's!

[@xenonman]

@@fazole So did guerrillas in the Baltic states!

[@ДмитрийСоколов-о8в1б]

people in Ukraine are at first are traumatized by their own corruption and are also paid supplied and cheerleadered by NATO countries against Russia.

[@muhammadrafliramdani2852]

@@fazole only in small part of Western Ukraine and in fact they are part of OUN-B lmao

[@burgitech8643]

The decision not to take Leningrad but encircle it was just a rational cost-benefit calculation. What resources did it take the soviets trying to supply the city, which did not have any economic value for the Germans? Capturing the city, the responsibility of supply would have been on German side with no benefit for them.

[@GigiLirail]

Why am I paying for ad free content just to hear about history channel whatever for the millionth time? Telling me about it 2 million times isn't going to make me sign up. I'm so annoyed.

[@maninifarmer1338]

Who did the people fear the most, the Germans or Stalin?

[@davidtwliew616]

Both.

[@ДмитрийСоколов-о8в1б]

Stalin was not a feared moster I may assure he was an admired revolution leader for ordinary people. Hello from Moscow.

[@hermankranendonk]

@@ДмитрийСоколов-о8в1б except by the millions he killed.

[@elmo2800]

It's sad when a documentary about the horrors of the siege of Leningrad has to censor the photographs of the dead. We can listen to it, but God forbid we actually see it.

[@valerytaubin835]

Stalin did not want to waste food on the city about to be taken by Germans. They could supply from the Lake Ladoga the same way as they transported tanks and guns made in the city.

[@elguapo42]

The ticking part was obnoxious

[@martynchapman3503]

To answer the question : logistics!

[@ДмитрийСоколов-о8в1б]

Why logistics was not an issue in France and the rest of Europe?

[@jadenhiggins7167]

Germany vs soviet union in a 1v1 Germany would have won no doubt

[@fazole]

What would winning look like? Capturing Moscow? The factories were removed 1000km to the East. The oil fields were beyond the Germans ability to reach, and if they had, the oil would have been torched as what happened to some of the oil fields.

[@truthhiddeninplainsight7183]

@@fazole Basically after Moscow - Leningrad - Stalingrad Soviet Union would collapse, SU was on a brink of collapse in 1942 since their economy was not able to handle lack of food and resources.

[@bundabunda7774]

wouldnt be so sure about that, considering that almost 1/4 of the troops of operatioon barbarossa werent german soldiers, also would make the frontline way shorter, when romaniaa hungaria and finland wouldnt be in the war, also would make logistics waay harder for the germans as they couldnt have prepeared and use the romania roads, also you could have considered germans not having access to romanian oil, as they wouldnt be in the war, making the oil problem over worse.

[@hatecarrot2219]

Germany had allies in croatia, Italy, romania, Finland and they still couldn't succeed in East

[@joonamikkonen_]

@@hatecarrot2219 They brought little support, Germany possessed around 80% of the strenght alone in Axis

[@sarahlynn7807]

Well that was interesting but did not really answer the title.

[@jerrymcdaniel4539]

I am surprised the Germans did not bomb the supply routes across the lake. They must not have known about it or the weather was too bad to launch air strikes.

[@patmccormick9972]

They did bomb them.

[@jerrymcdaniel4539]

@@patmccormick9972 wow that must be some thick ice if bombs had no effect

[@patmccormick9972]

@@jerrymcdaniel4539 It's not that they had no effect, it's that it didn't stop the Russians. Just as it said.

[@ДмитрийСоколов-о8в1б]

It is said that about 1000 lories were lost during supply operation of the ice rout due to the bombing too.

[@FlaviuMariusPanaite]

I, also, don't understand why the Germans didn't expand to the east of Lake Ladoga, thus blocking the supply of the city of Leningrad on that route.

[@earlshaner4441]

This is history of we don't know history we are doom to repeat history so stop covering up pictures let everyone see everything so they know what to expect if they are in this situation

[@BogdanNiculescu-cm1cx]

cool

[@imaginedmountains2311]

I heard it was because leningrad was full of Russians

[@bruhism173]

Idk if you watched, but it's just cause he wanted the city sieged to death off the map, I just know this cause this was his exact words for the city from memoirs.

[@Cba409]

Because the war was decided the previous year at Stalingrad.

[@douglascollins3036]

A Scotish proverb says 100 people can handle to one that can handle prosperity.

[@hughmungus1767]

Huh? That doesn't even make grammatical sense....

[@TheLastOilMan]

The evil scum that did this to humanity need to be exposed !

[@colder5465]

By the way, the USSR signed with Japan not a non-agression pact but a _neutrality_ pact. But nobody tries to present them as Allies. Jajaja.

[@elmo2800]

At one point small children would be snatched from the streets and cannibalized.

[@UncutSavage9858]

He couldn't achieve victory because of the farten

[@nfallysowe8684]

The Russia people are brave enough to withstand that terrible situation I will forever remember them though I’m not Russia but I my love for it will remain forever in my heart ❤

[@Subtledge-]

In the memory of all people innocent or confused by and at time I think you have to close commentaries. Thete is no time argue about burnt piece of paper.

[@ДмитрийСоколов-о8в1б]

indeed.

[@typographostypographos]

Blurring the scenes is a very poor attitude. What you are doing is good manners but nothing to do with history. Nothing to do with sciense. Its as if doctors let their patients die because its not right to see them naked.

[@L4v3]

Why don't you point this criticism to youtube which enforces this censorship?

[@typographostypographos]

@@L4v3 Because the comments here go to the WarStories channel and not to anyone else. It would be silly to write an extended analysis pointing criticism to all factors that enforce or tolerate this phenomenon.

[@GazzaLDN]

32:02 St Pauls London?

[@ДмитрийСоколов-о8в1б]

No, it is Sr Isaac Cathedral biggest in the StPetersburg. Built because St Isaac is a patron saint for Peter the Great the founder of the city was born on a day of memory for St Isaac.

[@shaunmcclory8117]

Where were the Russian air force when the city was being shelled?!

[@atulgokuyamaha7]

Stalin Corruption

[@lolofblitz6468]

Most of it got smashed by German Luftwaffe in beggining

[@davidgriffith7166]

Stop covering up photos

[@fredschnuck9059]

I totally agree

[@hithere7382]

It would get removed these days if they didn't. You can track these documentaries down elsewhere to buy or download uncensored.

[@L4v3]

Blame youtube for that

[@Vmaxfodder]

All the farms being bought up in the U.S. and not used . 🙄

[@teddyfinerty4279]

Could someone please tell me the song that starts playing at 25:42? Thank you

[@ДмитрийСоколов-о8в1б]

Hello from Moscow. I ve cheked the time code and this is the only song I can not recognize well enough, sounds unfamiliar too. The other songs in the doc are very famouse and popular of that time.

[@SpeedRunningWarcrimes]

​@@ДмитрийСоколов-о8в1бdo you know intro song??

[@DavidGS66]

Stalin & Leningrad had an option: Make peace with Finland & supply Leningrad through Finland.

[@zac5572]

No they didn’t because if nazis had won what would happen to Finland if that happened

[@zac5572]

Why did they invade Finland in the first place ? To protect Leningrad

[@DavidGS66]

@@zac5572 Finland -- like Ukraine -- was part of Russian Empire from 1809 - 1917, so Stalin wanted it all back after 22 years, but Finland -- like Ukraine -- fought so well Russia settled for an annexing Karelia & making Finland a vassal state, to save Stalin's pride. Protecting Leningrad was a pretext, which all things being equal shouldn't have been Finland's problem.

[@markprange2430]

16:35 LADOSHC OZERO

[@sam-fc9ky]

Answer; because it wasnt planned thatcway

[@TheMormonPower]

Deceptive Title...No real analysis whatsoever as to the question posed by the title.Just another repeat documentary 😩

[@ДмитрийСоколов-о8в1б]

I think the title is correct and to the point. Reason was high moral of the defenders proven in many regards. Metronome episode is very demonstrative and stunning.

[@truecinnamon]

"Couldn't"?. Couldn't be bothered more likely. Germans Generals were all vying for a quick victory at Moscow. Similar to Warsaw and Paris they thought and so der Failure delegated. When this did not happen then logistical shortcomings became more and more apparent. That included oil stocks. Which was why and how der Failure was able to assume control of German forces as the Generals had failed at Moscow. A siege of Leningrad was best strategy for weakening and draining Russia overall. I am now leaving.

[@michaelbuzanowski207]

Carts and horses don't do well in subzero pulling casons instead of sleds is another failure if foresight and of course no and I can't emphasize no rail the soviets had all of this rail sled and supply and later they had winter equipt troops from asia

[@ДмитрийСоколов-о8в1б]

not from Asia but from Sideria which is Asia formally

[@michaelbuzanowski207]

@@ДмитрийСоколов-о8в1б it was all Mongolia once

[@World-Music-Man]

Guitar at the end wasn’t in tune!

[@exbronco]

The metronome stopped. then, Justin Bieber's Baby came on the radio.

[@conceptalfa]

👍👍👍

[@goldbell1972]

Like no.327 👍😀

[@clueless6559]

Lol , if that was today the city would crumble in couple of days the way they build affordable housing now .

[@answerman9933]

If you think the housing is bad now I wonder what is your opinion of the Khrushchyovkas build after The Great Patriotic War.

[@johnstewart6243]

zukov

[@enriquelarrota2888]

Wie haz Stalin resgirrt?

[@enriquelarrota2888]

Lenigrad stake im deusch

[@enriquelarrota2888]

Leningraf wird von der nazis eingenomem

[@fatehyabali]

Fbb

[@oldhick9047]

Cause the Russians wouldn't let him ?

[@SeamHead33]

WW2 was Man vs. Evil and Man lost