World War II: The Wehrmacht - Documentary | Second World War - Allies in Pacific, Germany & Italy

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At the outbreak of war in 1939, the German Army was one of the finest fighting forces in the world.
No other army since Napoleon’s ‘Grand Armee’ had begun a war with such resounding conquests and victories and ended it in such total defeat.
This documentary looks at the Allies across Italy, Germany and The Pacific.
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[@jed-henrywitkowski6470]

I got married, raised six kids into adulthood and celebrated my 80th Birthday, before the intro ended.

[@mikewinings4120]

Absolutely love it,so true

[@greyowl7869]

That is an AWESOME comment!!!

[@whome8444]

3:00

[@loganmpe7559]

😂👍

[@wyett123]

Hi grandma 🤗

[@Nancy-lx4fl]

My opa was in the Wehrmacht. He’s still alive today and is 93. He was a teenager in the army. He told me some dark stuff about his city Hamburg when it was firebombed to hell by the British and Americans. He told me it was so hot the streets melted and people tried to run but got stuck in the melted asphalt and melted into the street screaming. Anyways have a nice day it you read this.

[@spannaspinna]

Strategic enemy target

[@OGGOAT23]

People melted in Auschwitz too

[@WaraxTheThird]

@@OGGOAT23 touché

[@justinrichardson4456]

@@OGGOAT23 nope. Never happened.

[@julianmetcalfe1070]

Hitler wasn't a very nice chap and as always the innocent suffer in war, because of him 80,000,000 people died,the whole country believed in him

[@walde1968]

The intro is so damn long that it's interrupted by a KZbin commercial before the intro gets done!

[@landonic81]

Sad!

[@mikehartsook5281]

I HATE THEM STUPID ASS ADS I DELETE EVERYONE OF THEM

[@timmy1tap678]

lmaooo bro never in my life have I seen such a loooooooong intro..I actually had 2 ads before the video started which is probably why i noticed how long it was lol

[@steffenritter7497]

To you and those who responded to your post ... I use uBlock Origin. It costs nothing, and is easy to install. On the page, alone, it blocked 503 ads Since In installed it, it has blocked 2.5 million ads ... in a little over a year. I strongly recommend it.

[@wholeNwon]

FF

[@volvo1354]

The Treaty of Versailles limited the Germans to a 100,000 man army, and as a result, the standards were extremely high. this enabled the Germans to have an intact core of professional soldiers to lead the future army.

[@nix420stuntd7]

And most of the Luftwaffe was brand new, thanks also to the Treaty of Versailles. GOD BLESS

[@Bravo-Too-Much]

White Pear.

[@oceanhome2023]

After all of the attention of the Blitze Krieg and the success of their offense even more stunning was their defense . They also had genius in their defense most of which was kept from Hitler so he could not also ruin that also with “no retreat “ orders . The way they practiced “Covering Withdrawal “ and the use of snipers in that manner is still studied in the war colleges . The Gothic line and Monte Cassino co-ordinated with the best use of terrain in defense ever, Kesselring was a true defensive genius . The Germans made us pay for almost every foot we gained on them . The use of snipers was paramount in this type of covered withdrawal 3 to 4 snipers were able to block an entire army’s advance through terrain that favored the defense big time

[@batquad8889]

Well said Ron Lawson.

[@llamov]

Lol, they didnt listen to the treaty after hitler took over a decade and a half before the war. They had a great army because THEY'D. ALWAYS HAD ONE, it was a tradition for generations mostly thanks to Prussia. They were just as good in the first world war tbh, the second world war was them learning from mistakes and having a better understanding of how modern warfare worked.

[@bildkistl]

What an excellent documentary and people complain about the intro just skip the first three minutes, a must-see documentary in my humble opinion!

[@moritztabor1678]

@@blindmelonstubbly Yeah I believe that. So much has changed. May I ask where you are from? Best greetings from Bavaria :)

[@KarlMarxFanClub]

It’s extremely basic imo. It’s good for the average Joe who have minimal knowledge. Lots of missing information that it makes me cringe.

[@guycastonguay9633]

@@KarlMarxFanClub The moderator said that the French had better war equipment than the Germans! WRONG! If you look at the documentary of the invasion of France the French tanks were much more inferior than the German tanks and were easly destroyed by the German tanks!

[@rhanayt]

Just skip the first three years

[@bradleymugaiga6652]

Indeed

[@charlotteabney1146]

The German soldier was a warrior with few peers in history. You can admire the bravery, the discipline, your enemies hardware, and the leadership skills of the some of the German Generals without agreeing with the politics.

[@dennisweidner288]

@ Charlotte Abney I would not say the 'leadership skills' given the terrible war crimes committed, but I think you are correct bout their tactical skills.

[@johnmilligan6605]

they were warriors from birth because of the politics Nazi scum

[@krisfrederick5001]

I love the use of the Frank Capra maps. I remember watching them for the first time as some of my first in the WW2 collection. To see their understanding of it at the time was just so great.

[@idontlikecaps8823]

The intro was so long that it took 3 generations of my family to type this comment out. RIP Casey I & Casey II, never got to see the end of video.

[@synctothegid]

I appreciate your work and your introductions. The historical photos and background music bring visual and aural context to the zeitgeist of the time and set the tone for the thoughtful presentation that follows. Thanks

[@AdamMGTF]

Not the work of the channel This is an old documentary. Made for TV/VHS

[@johnasti7429]

Excellent presentation in explaining all the different facets of the regular Germany army. Bravo!!! I totally enjoyed it..

[@walde1968]

3:05. Trust me, you'll thank me.

[@frankodesandy4688]

Thank you.

[@rehobothbitege4560]

Thanks

[@lightningbrigade4722]

Thankyou

[@mikehartsook5281]

Jan's, I LIKE THE INTRO ITS FINE WITH ME I ENJOY YOUR VIDEOS THEY ARE AWESOME, I HATE WHEN A AD INTERRUPTS THE VIDEO I'M WATCHING BUT OTHER THAN THAT ALL IS WELL WITH ME.

[@fluffymustdienow]

Thank you.

[@MBBurchette]

The animation at 27:45 is one of the best visual presentations of the Battle of France that I’ve ever seen

[@Stevesanders39157]

Same here! Thanks for pointing that out. The Battle of France is my favorite WW2 battle. An absolute clinic on how to dominate your enemy.

[@MBBurchette]

@@Stevesanders39157 Interestingly enough, I’ve read that Disney created all the animations commissioned by the War Department (including this one).

[@yurinator6380]

The fall of France was the best thing of WW2

[@shawndouglass2939]

Learning a lot through these videos,thank you Janson 😁

[@rosesprog1722]

This was fascinating, thanks, it's the kind of information we are never told about.

[@timmy1tap678]

wondering if there's anyway they can add to the intro, not sure it was long enough

[@joshuaseitz3722]

I got to read all the comments in the intro waiting to see what language

[@lcpandlcr]

Thank goodness we can skip forward.

[@keithminnich4017]

Lmao, your comment cracked me up dude. What a long ass intro

[@timmy1tap678]

@@keithminnich4017 I mean I enjoyed the show but wtf my guy??🤣🤣good thing it's YT and u can skip ahead..if i saw this on TV I would've turned it off before it started!! lmao ffs..

[@keithminnich4017]

@@timmy1tap678 hahahaha, I agree bro. Nice little documentary, but jeez that intro!!!!

[@Gabriel-Kazu]

I listen to ww2 documentaries in my bluetooth headset and keep my phone in my pocket while at work... heard the into and knew exactly which channel the algorithm sent me to.. the 3minute intro channel.. damn

[@olegp5421]

I do the same thing. I feel like we would be best friends 💙

[@oceanhome2023]

I do it while I am driving , Mark Felton has some podcasts that are well worth listening too in the same manner .

[@rooreese1782]

@@oceanhome2023 Mark's great

[@awos6559]

Nice narration! Some of the best Ive seen anywhere!

[@richardwhitfill5253]

I like watching the film footage in this very interesting documentary. Richard in Dallas , Texas.

[@Bravo-Too-Much]

Okay Boomer.

[@chandlerwhite8302]

Aldo the Apache OK, arrogant millennial hipster.

[@shawndouglass2939]

@@chandlerwhite8302 millennial maggot.

[@user-bo8iy1zj7i]

Дня не проходит что бы я не вспомнил об этой войне

[@joesragman8717]

This is an outstanding study of WWII. Most impressive was how in explains in detail the early preparations of Germany for the upcoming conflicts.

[@dougdouglas3696]

Excellent documentary. Thanks for the upload

[@nickhaynie5980]

A fine documentary, it sums up very well the magisterial 500 plus page book on the German army from 1935-1944 in my own collection

[@danclayberger770]

One of the very best documentaries on the thought processes of the German Army.,.,.,.,.

[@stu8900]

That runescape style intro is bangin

[@jacobbuxton932]

Well done documentary!

[@waynelittle646]

The magnificent German army was very well-trained and the men were amazing fighters. Heroes RIP

[@formerparatrooper]

Too bad they were Nazi's heh?

[@waynelittle646]

@@formerparatrooper 🐑🐑

[@formerparatrooper]

@@waynelittle646 Well Little Wayne, I have no idea what you are trying to say, schnuckiputzi.

[@Ndisikasewe]

@@formerparatrooper He is trying to say that he is a Nazi sympathizer 😂😂

[@formerparatrooper]

@@Ndisikasewe Thank you. I cannot read his little ducks or whatever they are.

[@simonh6371]

A brilliant documentary with so much footage I hadn't seen before! Liked and subscribed.

[@dougdouglas3696]

I know, I was thinking the same thing

[@steveconway1948]

Some real nice film footage here that I haven't seen previously.

[@aurorathekitty7854]

Reading the comments on the very long intro while the intro was going made it a whole lot better

[@KowboyUSA]

Very good quality documentary.

[@billd.iniowa2263]

A good doc, very informative on the subject of organization and control. I dont know why so many of the comments are about the opening. There is so much other, more important content to comment about.

[@Ynotnow9900]

Human nature to pile on, sort of like the germans!

[@dennisweidner288]

@ Bill D. in Iowa Well it was a bit long, but I think you are right.

[@csales76]

Eh, people are just having a bit of fun. WWII can be a heavy subject to learn about. And quite honestly, having seen many dozens of docs over my nearly 5 decades of life, I can confirm this was definitely one of the longest ones I've seen.

[@edsonkidwell9813]

GREAT video. Explaining. Blitzkrieg tactics.

[@westwild75]

Thanks for your work sir.

[@dellingson4833]

GREAT video, thank you Janson Media.

[@nocuddlegamingyt7333]

It's sad when you realize that most men whose face you saw in this video didn't survive the war.

[@ChicoAndTheMan8]

What's even sadder is the fact those dead men were ever spawned.

[@johnmilligan6605]

@@ChicoAndTheMan8 well said

[@spannaspinna]

Crap plenty of soldiers survived the war

[@KristinkaAranova]

@@ChicoAndTheMan8why? They’re just soldiers in the army.

[@TheLeadSled]

The beginning music made me think I was starting to watch an episode of Hogan's Hero's, was waiting for Col. Klink to goose step his way out.

[@abouttocum]

I love this remix.

[@HSMiyamoto]

This is one of the most serious docos ever made about German ground forces.

[@mikewade386]

You have a beautiful last name

[@laszlogman2545]

After 20 minutes or so.

[@Black-Sun_Kaiser]

I loved it watched it twice

[@Johnnyred51]

Brutal war... Brutal intro...

[@diaassada]

The intro was even vaster than the Russian steppes😄 But I enjoyed everything in this documentary, including the intro! Thank you so much for it!

[@briansadowski7202]

Excellant video !

[@haunebux9252]

I haven't seen such an intro since 1973 if that will shed any light on the issue.

[@lgeubs]

The documentary credits Liddell Hart as one of the theorists of blitzkrieg or "armored spearhead" concepts, but it could have added General Guderian, and Charles de Gaulle too, I think.

[@tonyromano6220]

Well yea.....

[@nonamegame9857]

Field Marshal Manstein

[@hughhughp68]

Guderian perfected the concept, Liddell Hart certainly didn’t nor did the British Army.

[@dennisweidner288]

@ Larry E And Tukhachevsky -- The Red Napoleon

[@dennisweidner288]

@@hughhughp68 Well that could be because Guderin's Boss was Hitler who opened the spending gates n the British had Balwin and Chamberlain who kept military spending as low as possible.

[@axlyoung1218]

Great video and nice intro too

[@rosesandsongs21]

That was extremely interesting, thank you, I thought war was people killing people and that's it, darn, this is much more complicated than I ever imagined!

[@JustMe-ul5oz]

Only if it was that simple

[@UberGlenn66]

The Wehrmacht became increasingly less-motorized while the Allies always remained fully motorized with constant Air Support...

[@johnhilton2509]

UberGlenn66 and you are stating thing because?

[@lisaschuster9187]

But the Germans had huge numbers of horses, who didn’t need oil.

[@ElimGarakSpoonHead]

Lisa Schuster how well did that work out for them? I know there were a lot of mounted companies that fought in World War II but it was the 20th century for Christ’s sake. How are horses or mounted cavalry for that matter, supposed to stand up to a motorized military and air support?

[@lisaschuster9187]

Elim Garak Well when you’re running low on fuel. 🙃

[@chandlerwhite8302]

Two reasons for that: 1. By late 1944 most of their vehicles and railroads had been blown up by Allied air power. 2. They were out of fuel to put in whatever was left.

[@Werewolf-cl5pj]

Thank you!

[@kingcobra7183]

The intro gives me the perf amount of time 2 read the comments thnx. - sincerely, ur buddy from the 101st

[@zidanelionheart]

This soundtracks reminds me of Final Fantasy a lot

[@model-man7802]

Great Video!!!

[@gargara77]

27:55 this is best footage of explaining how Blitzkrieg works and Dunkirk just wow!

[@andrewtongue7084]

Overall, very good, altho' the three minute preamble (for context of subject matter) was overly long - see the editing to, 'The World At War' introduction as a reference point - it is still (to my mind) the most impressive documentary given to WWII, & doubtless, shall remain so.

[@celiamaclachlan2849]

Wow! At time 35:30 watch closely. The tank fires on the gun emplacement and you see an explosion in the dirt in front of the gun. Dirt flies in the air an there’s a gun flash as the emplacement fires. Then an soldier runs away for his life.

[@alexfriedman2047]

Good catch. I'm pretty sure I would die for a war I believed in , but even I as a man can't ever know what it's like to be fired at , fire at other humans, and look someone in the eyes when they die. There's a reason why they dehumanize the enemy in propaganda for the men. I can only imagine how scared that guy was. I'm told you can't even understand war unless you've been in it. Honestly it's kinda crazy when you think about it.... you have one life to live and you lose it instantly for a cause you don't even really know anything baout, and then that's it, you're dead. For millions of 18 year olds that was their fate.

[@kaptainkaos1202]

@@alexfriedman2047 wow, well said.

[@pinth]

@@alexfriedman2047 They probably saw fighting for Germany as evolutionary heroism, which has some truth to it, since the German people were bound together by DNA.

[@alexfriedman2047]

@@pinth Yeah Germans have historically been some of the fiercest warriors in history and at that time Germany was the global center for psychology and philosophy, physics, math, weapons, etc. I'm sure if Germany won the war we would be more advanced in my opinion.... but ofc then a lot of people would be dead.

[@hutchjackson2286]

That intro has some hardcore osrs vibes going on

[@dougdouglas3696]

@Jed-Henry Witkowski...the intro was equivalent to the length of time the German army spent laying siege to Leningrad

[@romegavadquez6310]

That intro man, whewww, was exhausting. It was almost as long as the goddamn war

[@TheNextGoogification]

I would like to personally thank all who appeared in this film

[@johnmilligan6605]

Most decent people would like to hang them Nazi scum

[@piratebobby1]

I enjoy this video. 😀

[@Grace17893]

Excellent

[@kanifalam7835]

The intro music reminds me of Warcraft 2 1995 for the pc

[@KeithShuler]

Great information but over-kill on the intro.

[@arlandoamb6754]

FACTS it starts 3:05 super over kill 😬

[@2ndAveScents]

Intro is perfect for putting me to sleep

[@shawndouglass2939]

Yep, that's all I'm here for 🤪

[@carsonmills8228]

I love the intro highkey

[@rikspring]

Very good 👍👏

[@moridin73]

Y'all should read "the rise and fall of the great powers" it expresses the theory that whatever nation starts a war if not successful in a short amount of time will always fight against economic power or loss of said power thereby losing the war in the end. Watch these docs with that in mind and you'll notice that, that is the biggest reason for the German loss in both world wars and Japan's loss in ww2. After a time they just couldn't replace the losses in men and equipment.

[@bryantcurtis2665]

Sun Tsu said in 432 b.c. in The Art of War that no nation ever benefited from a prolonged war.Nations are like individuals. We aren't talking anymore and now it's war."

[@bustersmith5569]

Attrition,,,,🤔

[@ramsoncole4605]

it FINALLY starts at 3:09

[@jasonritchie8357]

I started to wonder if the intro was ever going to end 🥸

[@ernielara1553]

Introduction not long enough,I fell asleep, when I woke up it finished!

[@4Bobay]

There are two maxims of war: 1. Do not invade the Soviet Union. ( Russia ) 2. Do not invade China. - Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, 1945.

[@nightlightabcd]

Actually, China was a sitting duck that offered no resistance at all, as indicated by the ease of the invasion by Japan! Actually, the USSR was also a sitting duck that was generations behind the industrialized nations!

[@newchaoticorder5372]

if it was up to me we should have carpet nuked all of afghanistan so no living creature or thing would be in that country inch to inch...then as far as soviet union and china..america should have declared war on both before they got nukes and carpet nuked them too the same way...all the worlds problems today would no exist @HicksZ34

[@cavscout62]

Bobay Fett - Fuck Montgomery, he was an arrogant ass who didn’t give a shit for his troops and was a 2nd rate tactician at best.

[@shawndouglass2939]

@@newchaoticorder5372 oh I'm sure we would come up with a lot of problems

[@stevek8829]

@HicksZ34 Just because you said it was a mistake doesn't make it so. The hotbed of extraterritorial terrorist hideouts was eliminated. Unlike the stalled Soviets the US military went through Afghanistan like shit through a goose.

[@scvandy3129]

The narrator, Roy Ward, is effective. A voice like a professor's and a handle on enunciation and pronunciation. "Danke" Roy. . . . . At 45:10, is that a female SS? I went back to study at freezeframe setting before posting this and inquiring of you fellow KZbinrs for input and assistance. Rather amazing that this documentary was assembled and completed way back in 2000; i.e., 20 years ago. As viewers we're indeed fortunate the film elements -- filmed under the most dangerous of circumstances -- survived the subsequent decades and were of broadcast quality so as to enlighten us. It's amazing reading so many complaining comments that sound like "World War II: The Wehrmacht" documentary was just recently produced and the writer(s) and editor(s) are just a text or phone call away to regroup and re-configure to the respondents' specifications. Finally, an estimated one fourth of the 400 Comments could be eliminated/deleted if those whining about the (unexplainable, unnecessary, boring) three-minute "intro" had bothered to read a dozen or so comments they'd see that point had already been addressed ad nauseam = NUMEROUS times -- SO, simply "upvote" the existing remark. Then reflect upon something original and specific within the remaining 51 minutes about which to comment that 1) impressed you, or 2) depressed you, or 3) enlightened/informed you, or 4) infuriated you. And if those options don't work, or you're not adept, simply muzzle your keyboard. So you don't bore us -- like the notorious three-minute intro.

[@captainvin9009]

SC Vandy Right on! That is Cpl. Max Klinger

[@panzerdivizzion]

Nice intro. the legend of zelda music really helped make it interesting.

[@kenflagler635]

I was born at the beginning of this intro, times were so much simpler back then.

[@trevorplows7494]

Lots of people negatively commenting about long intro. Fair enough , l can't wait for those people to post a free video as informative as this . No just whiners who could just go somewhere else rather than knocking those that do.

[@angelotorres1507]

Thank you for your efforts, there are those who appreciate your efforts.

[@anthonymuriithi7957]

Germany was a great world military power but lost war because of rapid expansion to conquer fronts and aquire new territory.That gave strain due to exhaustion of personell and low supply of equipment and hardware. This is a very educative documentary in history of war.

[@ChicoAndTheMan8]

*was

[@nicholash1691]

If they played there cards right that could have been around for a few more decades

[@rtshchand]

Best WWII documentry

[@samuelsilas4464]

This documentary video about the German army is good it give detail of the army

[@stephenchristian5739]

This is really detailed THANK YOU, note> I had 2 uncles in WWII joseph zilke 3rd army & john bradford intel corp. Both told me by 43 intel had discovered (by report of the army commanders that if you killed the platoon or 'team leader' the group became very poor fighters, & even lost at battlefield tactics, makes you think about all that Hitler youth & just how powerful it was in creating a really lethal fighting 'machine' force, they were like robots on the battlefield but remove their team captain & they were more 'a normal force' that could be surrounded or even taken head on. Wehrmacht was indeed a killing tech machine.

[@priscllamccain1423]

The same withe the Japanese army. Their soldiers were not allowed or taught to think for themselves. Lose their leaders and they lost as how to proceed in a battle. Whereas Americans could always take over command and lead.

[@MichaelWolf940]

What kind of sick manic does a long ass intro?!

[@mikewade386]

Someone who is very dedicated

[@Oakeshott-ko8ig]

A sadist, that's who!

[@Werewolf-cl5pj]

Thank y'all , bless y'all ! 🤠

[@johnculz8854]

I went to bed, woke up had coffee before the intro finished

[@MrShaneVicious]

This is like a video game that takes forever to load.

[@edwardlobb931]

The ultimate element of superiority came from Allied air power. Comparing air to land forces is like comparing speech to writing. Speech expresses a wide range of information so much more quickly. Germany, like Japan, was doomed from the start.

[@dennisweidner288]

Edward, There are many cases in which smaller countries with limited resources have defeated larger, more powerful adversaries. I agree that the odds were against the Axis, but 'doomed from the start' is a very different matter. Any country that can get to Paris in a month and Moscow in only 4 months can not be considered doomed. And unlike the Western Allies, Stalin had been building up a huge, much larger army with modern weapons for years. Don't forget, the Allied air power you speak of did not exist in 1941 t at the time that the Germans were at the gates of Moscow.

[@KarlMarxFanClub]

Very true. Germany had the planes but lacked the oil to put them into the air. Plus, they had too many designs which made it extremely difficult getting parts when they needed repairs. Many other reasons as well. Plus, Germany was running very low on oil by 1943.

[@dennisweidner288]

@@KarlMarxFanClub Absolutely correct, oil was more of a problem than planes, although as early as the Battle of Britain the Germans were being outproduced. And once the American Arsenal of Democracy was in gear, they were hopelessly outproduced. In addition, by 1943 the Soviets were back producing aircraft (thanks in part to Lend Lease aluminum). I don't think too many designs were a major problem. (It was for motor vehicles.) There were a lot of failed projects at the development stage. But as for their major production line aircraft, there was a relatively small number. After all, they used Me-109 throughout the War and the FW-190 from 1942. The primary problem in the last 2 years of the War was pilots. (The same problem the British faced in 1940.) Training pilot requires lots of aviation fuel. And the Germans did not have the oil as you point out for operations--let alone training. Keeping their best pilots flying (instead of involved in training) until they were shot down was another problem.

[@ahmadmorsy1561]

like dominos cruising into 2/3 europe and Doomed from the start ? what planet do you live in ?

[@douglasturner6153]

Be like the Werhmacht and do your reconnaissance and identify your objective. Some are 2 minute Channels. This one is the 3 minute intro. Fast forward accordingly.

[@mattosullivan9687]

The music reminds me of the old 1990s Wing Commander games

[@thatguy22441]

Something else that made the Wehrmacht so efficient was a streamlined command structure. In the US, anything the president tried to do had to go through Congress, or the Parliament in the UK, while Hitler was able to rule directly and absolutely. We also had commanders from the US, UK, USSR and France in the Allied general staff. There was constant rivalry between DeGaulle, Patton, Montgomery, et al. The Allied High Command was grossly inefficient compared to Germany at that time. What also helped Germany was the centuries-old Prussian military aristocracy. The Prussians were practically a race unto themselves, a race of soldiers. Couple that with a streamlined command structure and government, along with businesses and industries dedicated solely to the science of war and you've got one hell of a war machine.

[@petepaul615]

Theres not enough ad breaks, Im worried about you. Here's $1

[@rockydubois2418]

What? There’s only 6 ads in this one! And you’re complaining?

[@petepaul615]

@@rockydubois2418 What ? The video format has changed since that comical remark and your commenting ?!

[@rockydubois2418]

@@petepaul615 calm down. It’s called a joke, you know like “what? Only SIX ADS? because lately there’s up to 40 in a full length video

[@petepaul615]

@@rockydubois2418 Pretty sure I'm calm... YEP, I'm calm as the joke is bad, here's $1

[@rockydubois2418]

@@petepaul615 oh you’re just a douchè then?

[@salvatorepitea5862]

Great video

[@hammondOT]

What is that footage of the plane on fire and falling out of the sky in the intro from?

[@stephenarling1667]

The film that starts about 00:47?

[@hammondOT]

@@stephenarling1667 Yessir.

[@montecristo8174]

Hey, could you make the intro a little bit longer? And, can you please add more commercial ad breaks? I hate coming to KZbin and finding videos I want to watch and suddenly realize they have no ad breaks! The 16 ad breaks you put in are just not enough!

[@damnjustassignmeone]

Wow, a 3 minute intro. Lol

[@godmind675]

@Star Lord wow he has 31 likes now for saying wow a 3 minute intro

[@ryanrobbins1985]

That intro is bad ass.

[@mhern57]

@Star Lord Good one.

[@mhern57]

@Star Lord Ha! Another good one!

[@mhern57]

@@ryanrobbins1985 Yes it is. Full of intense and intriguing imagery. Those that aren't giving the attention it deserves are missing out.

[@thomaslee1982]

Greatest intro ever. I don't know what these people are talking about.

[@lisaschuster9187]

Daniel Mulloy, it’s too good. It’s hard to sit back and enjoy when something is so evocative of mass catastrophe and suffering.

[@finallyfriday.]

That intro was longer than some of WW2 campaigns.

[@zerocontent3171]

They're sure impressed with that orchestra aren't they.

[@formerk.g.b.2408]

They always blaming the German's what a bunch of Hypocrite's

[@tombecht926]

Yea, what about Stalin

[@dirtboy896]

Germans never referenced there offense tactic as 'Blitzkrieg'. This is a German translation of what the French and British references to it.

[@tonyromano6220]

Jon Dillehay we all know this

[@lisaschuster9187]

Tony Romano, I even read that Hitler called it a silly word, but that the Germans themselves use it now. Is this accurate?

[@tonyromano6220]

Nicholas Fitzgerald pretty common knowledge.

[@tonyromano6220]

Helps being 102 years old

[@tonyromano6220]

Nicholas Fitzgerald screw yourself frigging snowflake.

[@richardmcgowan716]

Was there dialog later? I feel asleep

[@lindseyray2568]

Does anyone know what the name of that song at 3:00 is

[@bryantcurtis2665]

Yes,it's "I don't know what I been told, this shit's gettin really old. Your left,your left, your left right left."🤕🤯

[@ozdorothyfan]

Formidable fighting machine. The only way to defeat them was to have a significant numerical advantage in both men and equipment. Consider what it did take to defeat them. It took both post war superpowers the Soviet Union and the US. And the then superpower British Empire. And it still took years to grind them down. No one could have beaten them alone.

[@evancoker194]

Although with much supply help, the Russians broke the back of the German Army. Normandy invasion and it's 11 months helped, but the fact is the Germans could not hold back the Russian Army.

[@carlhart9604]

Fast Forward to 3:10 to begin. 👍

[@brodybouillion1750]

Fun fact Henry ford won contracts to rearm Germany

[@JoboMcFakeAF]

The intro to end all intros