The Allied Rape Wave of 1944 - War Against Humanity 116

[@WorldWarTwo]

This is always a hard topic to cover. Recent events in Ukraine and Israel show that rape is still used as a weapon of war and terror. Unfortunately, this darkest side of human nature still seems all too ready to emerge.

[@angrydoggy9170]

A total lack of morality in my opinion. Something to be rooted out and punished severely.

[@AnT508]

It's hard to press "like" on this video, but it's such an important topic. Thank you for all that you do in covering the awfulness of war. Never forget.

[@wanggaard]

Watching these videos is super hard and depressing. I cannot imagine how difficult it is to write, produce, and film them. Kudos.

[@alexandrekuritza5685]

I disagree that this is a side of human nature, those whom indulge in such crimes against all laws, morality and to humanity as a whole, have long forfeited their "human" status. There is only one way to deal with those lesser-than-animal-beings.

[@fearofmusic1312]

In the current war in Ukraine there are images of soldiers wearing the Dirlewanger Unit symbol (two crossed stick grenades) as patches on their uniforms (among other SS symbols). I wouldn't say that's human nature in the sense of an instinct, urge or force a human cannot resist but it's a willing disregard of human life and also of history.

[@luvspaiste]

Spartacus- thank you for acknowledging that men are also violated during war. I am an RN and work in a psych ER in a major city in the US (Los Angeles) and there are zero, 0, zilch resources for men who have been attacked. Even worse, there is little to no empathy either.

[@Red_Four]

There was a series of sexual assaults in my platoon in Iraq. Every one of them were male on male.

[@trattoretrattore8228]

What does Zilch mean?

[@Otokichi786]

@@trattoretrattore8228 "None" or "Zero."

[@LukeSky2207]

Trust me buddy, I know

[@tailgunner2]

​@@Red_FourI thank God I never had such an incident under my watch as an NCO.

[@j.kearney484]

Rape being a disturbing but ever-present fact about warfare is something that ought to be talked about more, though the typical online military history nerd probably doesn't care that much. Your coverage throughout the war has been really sobering and appreciated.

[@WorldWarTwo]

Addressing difficult and often overlooked topics like this is vital for a comprehensive understanding of war's true costs. Thank you for watching and never forget.

[@OTCaptainSean]

What also should be talked about is why even today African American are 4x more likely to commit rape and murder.....? FBI statistics.

[@lavrentivs9891]

In my experience it's mostly brought up when it can be used to dehumanize "the other", much like it was used during the wars themselves to dehumanize the enemy in propaganda.

[@nikobellic570]

History lessons in school should probably NOT involve crimes of this nature, because children barely even conprehend what consensual love is, nevermind the criminal kind

[@tsardean7438]

this episode, while rough, was absolutely necessary, the war crime nobody talks about put on display for the world to see. I wanna give props to all of you who worked on this episode, I imagine it wasn’t easy. Keep up the good work, You guys are awesome.

[@WorldWarTwo]

Thank you for your thoughtful comment, we're committed to presenting the complete picture, no matter how challenging the subject. Never forget.

[@klim9932]

When i was a child, i didnt like birthdays or holidays in my grandparents house. Because they and all of their friends were from former german areas in the east. And every time when they drank enough alcohol they talked about beeing raped as young kids, tortured, loosing parents and sibblings. Like it was some kind of their group therapy. I was to young to understand all of this but i felt every time pure dark sadness. And this is why i cant start this episode.

[@TheDJGrandPa]

I can only imagine how jaded they must have been to not realize the damage they're causing. Big hug to you 🙂

[@davidsigalow7349]

I am sorry for you. The horrors of this war scarred even those, such as yourself, who did not experience it.

[@brucebartup6161]

As a child you had needs. These were not respected. You have every right to feel angry sad vengeful even to those you love the most.Though you may choose not to express it. That's wht Ilearned k about o5 years of psych]ohherapy for a lot less frauma than you had... All the best

[@MarkSmith-js2pu]

I wish you inner peace.

[@daveyvane]

Sad, but worse for them.

[@tancreddehauteville764]

What makes me most angry is that these crimes generally went unpunished. Sickening.

[@duongngole4785]

when the soviet did actually punish these crimes, they listed the deaths into the black book of communism, pretty funny stuff

[@WorldWarTwo]

It's truly distressing to realize the extent of injustice and impunity during wartime.

[@chadrowe8452]

Or peacetime

[@jonathanpowell613]

​@@WorldWarTwoI agree wholeheartedly. At this point, the Allied soldiers responsible for such atrocities were no better than the Nazis.

[@l.plantagenet]

​@@petebondurant58that doesn't mean Emmitt deserved the cruel torture and death he received if that's what you're implying.

[@synthmaniacmoog2607]

My Grand-Mere was in occupied France (Normandy). She served with the reistance and I have seen the letters of thanks for the lives of downed airmen she saved. She detested the Germans, but one concession she gave them was the relative rarity of rape conducted by German troops in the area she lived in, together with the severe punishment to those found guilty. However, in her own words, When the allies arrived, thankful as she was, she wondered whether the Americans in particular, were issuing medals for rape.

[@MrUltranuman]

@@howardj602 yup. all quite correct. We know the war on the Eastern Front had a far less humane aspect and both sides were pretty ruthless and barbaric as a matter of course.

[@MrUltranuman]

@@howardj602 Oh well that changes everything doesn't it... LOL! Bit defensive there.

[@WorldWarTwo]

Hello there, I believe there is a slight confusion here about the eastern (Soviet/URSS) and western (Allies) fronts. Just a kind reminder to keep it friendly with everyone here (not specifically to one person) ^^ Otherwise, thanks for your involvment in the comment section ! -TimeGhost Ambassador

[@eg6853]

Which "Americans" , would love a detailed description of the rapists primarily responsible. (We already know).

[@dominicdavino252]

Mindboggling 80 years later the American haters now have them as racist and I'm sure murders. Such pathetic commentators. Get a life. Make me sick. Listen to this communist piece of crap

[@jackfarnum97]

I appreciate so much how this series doesn't shy away from Allied war crimes and atrocities while also managing to not "flip the script" per se as to try to be sympathic in any way to the definitive bad guys of the war, the Axis. It's too often you hear about the very real and documented crimes comitted by Allied soldiers but only as a means of trying to paint a different picture of the war as a whole by nefarious actors with an agenda. This series is just the history as it was and I wouldn't have it any other way. Thank you so much World War Two team. This series, espcially War Against Humanity, is a massive undertaking and seeing the superb quality get better and better through the years has been an honor.

[@spartacus-olsson]

Many humble thanks for taking time to write this comment - in all our names I feel honored.

[@LaughingMan44]

War crimes aside, why is one side the bad side?

[@jackfarnum97]

@@LaughingMan44 I'll answer your question from a personal perspective instead of just a historical one. I'm an LGBTQ+ individual. I needn't say more about why I see the Axis (specifically Nazi Germany) as the baddies I think. 😂

[@Free-Bodge79]

Well bloody said my friend 👊💛👍

[@entropybentwhistle]

⁠@@LaughingMan44 Fascist aggression and invasions in Europe (and the Japanese military dictatorship in Asia) tends to make people pissed. But you can’t say war crimes aside. The Holocaust is one of the most significant atrocities in human history, maybe only outnumbered by murders in the massacres in China and other Asian territories the Japanese held. There is no amount of apologetics that can say either regime was a positive.

[@stoffls]

It is so important to acknowledge this crime in the war. My grandfathers sister was raped when the Red Army occupied Vienna. I did not learn this until more than 10 years after her death. She was probably in the family home on the outskirts of the city, together with her mother and aunt, who must have been in their late sixties and probably some of her sisters. I don't know, if she "sacrificed" herself to save the other women or if she was chosen because she was young (in her early 30s). But this explains, why she was never married and probably loved animals more than humans.

[@TukozAki]

Thank you @scoffls.

[@scottbivins4758]

Yeah the red amry was bad... Thats why I believe as an American we should have dealt with the Soviet Union in world war II as well as hitler nazis party. Im sure America was no better but i dont think it was like systematic thing on our military structure dont get me wrong Americans did shit but it probably wasnt military sanctioned or government sanctioned like the Russian were. I stand firmly with what US general Patton an his opinion on the war which is he didnt care for hitler i dont believe but he was no fan of communism ethiter that i know for a fact. I believe the US government should've went with Patton's opinion stilltake care of the nazis but get the Soviets too.

[@thalmoragent9344]

​​@@scottbivins4758 True. The Germans took all the brunt of the war, but the USSR should've been handled sooner than later.

[@scottbivins4758]

@@thalmoragent9344 Woodrow Wilson tried to deal with them in the first world war but we all know that went. When you got a whole nation in the mutiny it's a lot more harder to try to keep a stable government structure in place. The first 45 years of the 1900's was just to difficult for America a nation that did not believe in getting involved in European conflicts to be the only nation not seeing red in a sense Wilson should have pushed harder on the treaty of Versailles and maybe we could have avoided Hitler all together and we could have dealt with the Soviets. But unfortunately as history has now shown us it did not go exactly that way...

[@jmc7034]

An element of WW2 that rarely comes to light. Thank you for shining a light into the darkest aspects of human nature

[@brucetucker4847]

It's an element of every war from the dawn of time. Sadly, civilization doesn't seem to have done much to make human behavior more civilized.

[@ajc8870]

germans got away with it way too easy with what they have done, they got raped only less than 2 milion while soviets had raped 10 milions, and germans started it so well deserved, but definitely not enough

[@WorldWarTwo]

Thank you for watching, never forget.

[@Lorscia]

According to eye-witnesses, one of the victims of the "marocchinate" was a priest who tried to stop a sexual violence and was in turn r-ped by multiple Goumiers. The local population was later saved by Canadian or New Zealenders troops (do not recall) who stopped the Goumiers with the threat of guns.

[@thomasciarlariello]

NATO still uses Italy for a whorehouse of how hysterias about fascism and Axis atrocities are used to cover for how Anglo Saxons raped even Italian males of how Italians were often sexualized to justify such abuse.

[@danielefabbro822]

The priest was crucifixed.

[@danielefabbro822]

Two other men was impaled alive. 20.000 to an alleged 200.000 women, childrens and elders was raped-till-death. Every man was shooted on spot.

[@thomasciarlariello]

NATO still forces Italy into being their whorehouse and since I have a Latin last name to receive imposed stereotypes on me you have no idea what I had to go through on a school bus when I was teenager.

[@kriscerosaurus]

Thank you for covering such a difficult topic. I'm sure the algorithm has buried it, but these discussions are so, so important.

[@WorldWarTwo]

Thank you so much and thanks for watching!

[@ralphranzinger4197]

In the Aftermath of WW2, both of my Grandmother's had been threatened by sovjet would be rapists. My older Grandma Who passed away a few years ago was looking for quater with her mother in 1945. An innkeeper told them all his quarters hade been taken by a sovjet Unit, but they could sleep with the soldiers. Said units commander overheared this, said it was unacceptable and gave them his quater while he would stay with his men to keep them in line. My other Grandma helped in hiding a potential Rape victim in her room and talking down the young sovjet soldier, a 20 to 22 years old with PTSD. He completely broke down and told them under tears how the Nazis had killed all of his Family... Never forget. I definitely never will.

[@user-zr5yw2st1e]

Realy???😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@rsfaeges5298]

🕯️🙏

[@ralphranzinger4197]

@Dastardly1 by the acount of my late grandmother, it was quite clear at that time for all woman around the area what could happen if sovjet soldiers appeared on the scene unchecked. So the probability of sexual assault was quite high, therefore my wording. HOWEVER it was not always the case and there are quite a number of events sovjet soldiers conducted themselves formidable. Spartacus and Indy gave us all plenty of content in that matter. I am quite thankful my grandparents told me so much about their war experiences, because many people of their generation have chosen to remain silent about it. Maybe PTSD, maybe shame, maybe something different. I am still thankful for it.

[@UniquelyUnseen]

As a Hungarian, I remember growing up my parents telling me about the war, how my grandmother was kept in a cupboard when the Russians came. How our village was fought over during the end of the war for Soviets to "liberate" us by burning crops and stealing everything that wasn't nailed down. Even today I feel there is some intergenerational trauma.

[@ericcook8254]

Yup, the Soviets did this their entire march to Berlin. Hence why so many Germans civilians fled to get to the American side of the line.

[@orcho141]

And yet, so many have seem to have forgotten, by voting in Pro-Russian Victor Orban

[@heathercontois4501]

It's not just intergenerational, it carries through to the genetic level. Fascinating and devastating at the same time.

[@trenaceandblackmetal5621]

And Russians now cry about "NATO expansion"

[@Marshmobilise]

@@orcho141Orban isn’t pro Russian. He’s pro Hungarian. And quite rightly realises the war is against his nations interests and so won’t go along with it like all the other puppets in Europe. Remember in Ukraine they used the ethnic Hungarians are cannon fodder first. Parts of Ukraine are majority Hungarian and the Ukrainian neo nazis treat them awfully

[@lukeyboy1589]

Thank you for making a video on this topic. Rape in war is something that is treated more like an unfortunate footnote in the annals of history. WAH has a lot of videos that I believe should be shown on a greater scale to make every adult understand the worst places we can fall. This is one of the most important of them. Never forget.

[@rumrunner8019]

Thank you for covering this very serious subject. As serious as it is, every time I read about sexual assault in the war, I think of my grandfather and I have to smile a guilty smile for this reason: My grandfather on my mother's side was an immigrant from Sicily who came to the US (New Jersey) as a very small kid. He ended up seeing Sicily again when he was there to invade it. He ended up being sent to help with the locals because he spoke the dialect perfectly. One of the stories he would always tell was of the time he and another soldier stumbled onto a drunken soldier from The Deep South (grandpa could tell from his accent) who was trying to commit a sexual assault. His attempted victim? A villager's *donkey* . They pulled him off the attempted victim and a fight ensued and the drunk GI ended up getting roughed up. They didn't report the incident, and the attempted victim apparently never came forward and spoke to the authorities, either. Well into his old age, if he ever had a disagreement or altercation with someone from the South, he would refer to them as a "donkey F ^^^^^^!" and go into that story. Over 20 years after his death, and I still miss that crazy old Sicilian.

[@HontasFarmer80]

Don't forget to donate people. There is no way youtube will let this stand. As someone who was once raped myself his words captured the horror of it and what it means. In the least bad case it takes a part of life that should be all good and makes it traumatic forever.

[@NoStupidZone1]

I dont think the backlash for censoring such an important topic will be a good idea for them, but KZbin is not known for its consistency in logic

[@HontasFarmer80]

@@NoStupidZone1 I wish you were right. YT has censored all kinds of history. KZbin hates history.

[@Free-Bodge79]

Bless you . 💛

[@Sinistar123]

​@@NoStupidZone1They won't do it intentionally, they let algorithms run the whole site and whatever the algorithm says goes. And the algorithm hates grim topics.

[@paulrobertson4058]

i am so sorry to hear that such a devastating thing happened in your life. i think it is one of the worst things that can happen to a person. i can't imagine how awful you must feel. it takes so much courage to even mention. i wish you the best in every way. i hope so much that you can heal.

[@Conn30Mtenor]

When Antony Beevor was writing his book "Berlin" his research assistant, a Russian woman, was working through the Soviet archives and encountered so much documentation on the Red Army's propensity towards rape that she had a nervous breakdown.

[@jesusgonzalez-acton8045]

The passage towards the end of the book, about the husband and wife barricading their door with a dresser, only to have it beaten in, and the man being brutalized and helpless as his wife is gang raped in front of him, is the stuff of horrors. Most of us live in a very genteel modernity for sure

[@Gnosis639]

Did that book talk about the Germans raping, killing and pillaging those countries? Not saying it is right, but all the SS did to them for 4 years how would you expect them to act? Do you have any idea how it feels when you mom was taken for slave labor your brother's killed and sisters raped, killed or enslaved?? All of the millions of Soviet POWs the Nazi's allowed to starve to death. Yes,the Soviets were quite pissed and blood thirsty by the time they came to the Germany but it is not

[@horacio7465]

@@Gnosis639 the book is trash. I have it, and is the meaning of being biased. Also the "sources" are a joke, half of the rape statistics are based on the testimony of a single doctor in an specific town.....

[@jasper7257]

@@Gnosis639 What could those German women do about that? The majority of Berlin did not even vote for Hitler. They were victims as well.

[@allaseremetova4257]

this is only a book and there is more fiction than truth in it, and how Western “writers” can lie, especially when it comes to the USSR, is known to all honest people. It is better to use reliable sources and not spread the speculation of dubious authors.

[@713davidh42]

Your account of what happened in Italy brings to mind the 1961 film "Two Women." Great comment at the end that sex should not be forced on others by violence in war or elsewhere, but to "give ourselves wholehearted to another human being."

[@urhunn7778]

The least thing women should do for men in times of war, is to give themselves wholeheartedly to the soldiers, so that they don't have to rape them instead.

[@Weeboslav]

KZbin algorithm bot is having aneurysm right now

[@mrvn000]

muy bueno!!

[@kapitan762x54R]

Rape is truely horrific. I have experienced it but I was young and don't remember much. It is the worst crime anyone can commit against another person. I struggle to forgive anyone who has ever commited it and I struggle to know what to do once someone admits it has happned. I freeze up and feel violently ill, I can't think straight and I want to cry. I hope in future we find ways to reduce acts of and prosicute this horrific crime. It should be talked about more, both in war and in civilian life. It is not shameful to be a victim of it as same as it isn't shameful to be victim of any crime or form of violence. I wish everyone a sound mind and protection from this horrific crime. And I wish victims justice and healing.

[@gunman47]

This is a part of the war that is hardly or rarely even told at all. Thank you Sparty & team for covering this War Against Humanity episode as always.

[@WorldWarTwo]

Thank you for watching and thank you for the kind comment.

[@billpaspaliaris2185]

One of the best presentations on the topic I have ever seen. The comments made in the last minute drive the impact of the topic home.

[@Hibernicus1968]

The Soviet War Memorial in Treptower Park in Berlin, built to commemorate the Red Army soldiers killed in the battle for the city, was colloquially referred to by locals as "The Tomb of the Unknown Rapist."

[@Hibernicus1968]

@@Shelbovsky Who are you calling a hypocrite? I am not German. I don't even have any German ancestors.

[@frakismaximus3052]

That memorial should be ripped out

[@mnemonija]

​​@@frakismaximus3052Germans probably find it a useful reminder for what happens when you follow a messiah.

[@jasonschweigert8069]

​@@mnemonijalike trump?

[@ericcook8254]

​@@Shelbovskyoh dont defend the Soviets Stalin murdered more of his own people then the Germans did during his reign. He also tried to abolish religion in which modern Russians still bless his monuments talk about hypocrisy.

[@matheusamaral623]

This episode hitted hard as it should be. This aspect of the war is very often forgot in the middle of the numbers from battles and offensives, while we forget we're talking about humans lives, people with names, aspirations, dreams and loved ones. Thanks to all the team in time ghost history for having such sensibility and helping the world to never forget.

[@WorldWarTwo]

It's essential to remember that real people suffered through these dark times. Thank you for the comment and thank you for watching.

[@louisglen1653]

My friend's mother was almost raped by an American soldier in Germany, but fortunately he was stopped.

[@Grenadier311]

Yet some still believe that serving in uniform makes one a hero. Armies everywhere have always been at least partially populated with dirt bags; some more than others. I'm glad it was preempted.

[@louisglen1653]

@@Grenadier311 Armies are made up from people in the human race, so there will always be issues. I worked with a friend who was in the military and I think everyone who leaves the military has to go through a deprogramming process that lasts around a month. Because soldiers are kept at a heightened state.

[@cameronbrown9080]

Rape has got to be the worst thing ever to happen to the victim

[@ChyroneMcThunderschlong]

Really?

[@gimmethepinkelephant3685]

​@@ChyroneMcThunderschlongit can be the worst depending on how badly you're attacked. And from what I've heard the Russians not only did that to the women but also beat them severely and killed their husbands right in front of their faces in some extremely brutal ways. And sometimes the Red Army soldiers did the same to elderly women. And did it so badly that they died in the process. And they didn't care who watched. There were children, and in some cases the soldiers even attacked them. These were first hand accounts that I speak of.... The Red Army were not liberators. They were evil.... Sadly, the German soldiers were actually the only thing keeping Eastern Europe safe during WW2. But the allies destroyed them and their country and handed half of Europe over to a maniac with an army full of maniacs at his disposal for half a century. And tens of millions of innocent people died because of it. "We defeated the wrong enemy" A quote by Gen. George S. Patton once he saw what the Red Army was doing and how they were treating the innocent civilians as they came in through East Berlin and also into parts of Eastern Germany towards the end of the war.

[@f.n8581]

@@gimmethepinkelephant3685And Patton was also just a Nazi lover racist pig lol so no surprise he said that !

[@PhuongPham77708]

@@gimmethepinkelephant3685It’s really disturbing and I feel bad for all the victims but then it’s kinda Hitler’s fault that he triggered the red bear.

[@X-jn87ybt]

​@@gimmethepinkelephant3685 yes also soviet reports indicate that almost 2 million women are raped and killed by British and American troops.

[@briantarigan7685]

I wonder, Sparty and other timeghost teams, how it feels like to create war against humanity videos like these all the while we are currently witnessing another massive war against humanity? Do you all ever feel despair or futility?

[@spartacus-olsson]

Yes, often, or rather all the time, but that’s all the more reason to not give up and stop.

[@spartacus-olsson]

And 🙏🏼 for the super thanks.

[@briantarigan7685]

@@spartacus-olsson i've been watching you guys for years now, it's just a cheap contribution of mine worth around $ 1,5 nothing compare to you and your teams contribution for the world at large, from the bottom of my heart, thank you so much for enlightening and educating so many people regarding topics that are rarely taught about regarding this war, no matter how unpleasant it is

[@traxel14]

I once read about some German files, that were from Bavaria. They had reports of woman and children, that were brutally raped by Allied soldiers at the end of the war, and after that: the youngest girl involved was only 7 years old, and the oldest woman was reported to have been at least 69.

[@hededcdn]

Russians.

[@destroyer1667]

​@@hededcdn bavaria was occupied by the americans

[@Shark_King325]

@@hededcdnMostly Russians but also Americans and British. Not to mention Americans and British covered it up and even destroyed documents relating to it. Winston Churchill encouraged Stalin to take over Germany because he knew what he would do the the civilians. 2 wrongs don’t make a right.

[@NoFalseMetal562]

I know this video is going to receive a strike but it is much needed. Thank you TimeGhost

[@frankbarnwell____]

Shush... but it's the truth.

[@WorldWarTwo]

Thank you very much for watching.

[@stephenconroy5908]

A few years back I read Antony Beevor's Berlin: The Downfall, and the rape cases described in that were frankly the most horrifying thing I have ever imagined. Obviously there's a lot of that to go around in WW2 like the Holocaust etc, but this was stuff that as a kid reading history you never got exposed to (which is understandable). As a male, reading what other males did and that they were even able to rationalise it, and that they were probably even good men before the war, is a terrifying prospect of what we could/can become when everything has fallen apart... Keep it up World War Two Channel, and have a cup of tea or something nice after all this. It doesn't lift the pain of researching and presenting it, but it can't hurt.

[@Foreign0817]

Some people believe "two wrongs make a right." A slippery slope right there...

[@stealmysunshine]

I read ofa distressing case in post war Germany where three Germans were raped by British troops and one was accidentally killed when a revolver discharged. The investigation by the British decided that the German women asked for it by being German. Horrendous.

[@AYVYN]

Don’t think slippery slope is the most appropriate metaphor lmao

[@phantomkate6]

Mixed metaphors so I'm not sure what you mean, exactly

[@Foreign0817]

@@phantomkate6 Seeking revenge, some might become what they sought to destroy.

[@Paciat]

Soviet raped roughly 1,5mln women, Germans 10mln. There is no slope there. German made evil trumps all.

[@lc1138]

I cannot emphasize enough how important your work is. Thank you.

[@TheDJGrandPa]

Big thanks for covering this. Some people want to sweep it under the rug with the tired excuse "if we discuss it people might derail the conversation and turn to nazism." I've found that the fact that it has been swept under the rug, and isn't talked about, has been the cause to a lot of people to fall down the rabbit hole. Never forget.

[@WorldWarTwo]

History is about presenting the complete story, both the triumphs and the tragedies. By addressing and discussing these difficult topics openly, we hope to foster understanding and hope to see them never happen again. Thank you for watching.

[@gordomg]

All of my aunts were raped by advancing Soviet troops in 1945.....80 years later and the barbarity of Russians is still a part of this families collective memory.

[@SonsOfLorgar]

😢

[@Rob-z7k]

Did they have kids by the attacks?

[@derrickmabbott9095]

Spartacus's final words are so powerful, moving and true. The War against humanity series is the most important part of this whole channel. I am saddened that is demonetised and not encouraged

[@trizvanov]

Thank you covering this. The rape is still a weapon used on daily in places like Democratic Republic of Congo. Given that it is a place, where the vast majority of minerals that go into our phones go to, not many are interested in talking about it.

[@nomadmarauder-dw9re]

Watch it there, Skippy.

[@lllordllloyd]

Yes, the irony we use our devices to continue esoteric arguments about the morality of past atrocities. The more recent the atrocity, the less we want to discuss it.

[@mgway4661]

And the fact that they are African

[@JonnoHR31]

That country that uses those minerals to assemble all the phones still uses it as a form of torture too.....

[@trizvanov]

@@JonnoHR31 The work conditions at TSMC in Taiwan factories aren't that bad. They don't care where the raw materials come from however.

[@ianblake815]

War brings out the worst in humanity

[@Paciat]

Thats why Germany shouldnt be made democratic after WWI.

[@chrisivan_yt]

makes you an animal 😡

[@Jarod-te2bi]

Your doing humanity a great service making these videos Spartacus, thank you from Canada 🇨🇦 ❤

[@alexandrekuritza5685]

This is by far, the darkest episode made by this channel.

[@megathicc6367]

So far.

[@uncletimo6059]

not even close

[@bishop6218]

We need that last paragraph at the end of every closing argument in every rape trial in the world. Like, yesterday.

[@Significantpower]

This is a difficult but important topic to discuss. But I can't see KZbin taking kindly to this one, and its unfortunate because some conversations need to be in the public sphere.

[@Pioneer_DE]

Huh? What are you talking about?@@Skeens55

[@jackfontana9319]

Saw the Sophia Loren movie Two women last night. Her and her daughter get raped by the Morroccan soldiers. Thanks to this video for putting into context. Thanks Sparty for this memorable video series!

[@eduardogutierrez4698]

Yeah..one more reason to be racist against Moors...

[@CJ-fs1zr]

@@eduardogutierrez4698cry about it 🤣

[@thomasciarlariello]

Islamic or Moslems are an Atwoodian extreme who often have gynecological tortures too gruesome to describe so any antisemitism towards them is self defense.

[@lzheng08]

Danke!

[@WorldWarTwo]

Thank you very much and thanks for watching.

[@MalcolmLeeKennedy]

That last soliloquy was the best way to describe trauma I ever heard!

[@colmornane5684]

Good on You Sparty! A difficult topic well covered. This is the best look at this war! Keep up the great work. A Fan from Aus!

[@Salam_Damai431]

That was the most starkly poignant conclusion of the whole series so far. A masterpiece of pathos and empathy. Thank you, Brother Spartacus

[@newmeadam]

Thanks!

[@WorldWarTwo]

Thank you!

[@johnsproule1645]

My father-in-law (RIP) was a young man in Larino, Italy, during WW2. They were occupied for a while by the German army. Dad said the Germans would leave you alone if you left them alone (although they would be incredibly harsh if you messed with them). This isn't surprising, since Italy was a German ally for most of the war. As everyone knows, citizens of conquered countries and Jews in Italy often had a different experience with the Germans. Then Larino was occupied by Canadians for a while. He said the Canadians were not as disciplined in leaving civilians alone. Regrettable but also not surprising, as they'd been at war with each other for over four years by then. He said two Canadians raped a Larino woman... and were afterwards killed by unnamed Larino men. None of this stopped my father-in-law from moving to Canada in the 1950s, and becoming a proud Canadian citizen.

[@tonybony5805]

My father a teenager at the time descibed a similar account of a british soldier harassing women in the tiny village he ended up over a cliff barely surving .

[@SyndicateSuperman]

Spartacus, your ending monologue brought me to tears. Your voice has the ability to cut through anyone's "armor" and to touch their hearts. You have a gift my friend. Thank you.

[@aaronnitschke1406]

I appreciate the ability of this series to provide color to history. I often feel that historical accounts of grand scale events like ww2 can washout the individual experiences of the millions of people involved. Thank you for the work you all have done to show us not only the history but also the human experience of this war, especially of the people who became victims of events far beyond their control. Never Forget

[@michaelholt8590]

As the villian from A Knight's Tale said, "Committing the oldest of crimes in the newest of ways."

[@AlanThree001]

My grandmother as a young girl would always hide from japanee soldiers. If she was by any chance outside and japanese soldiers were spotted, they would find places to hide like in ditches, drains, sewers, any hole they can hide into.

[@jameshenderson4876]

There are many, many videos on KZbin about WW2. Many are good. This was very powerful, on an underdiscussed topic. Very well done. Thank you.

[@euanthomas1313]

Really well researched topic. The most detailed I've ever seen in regards to the Second World War. Great work guys.

[@Lance-Urbanian-MNB]

Those last words spoken were well formulated to bring over that absolute horror all the victims faced. Thank you very much for having covered this subject.

[@annehersey9895]

As always, and as it should be, the War Against Humanity is painful, disgusting and maddening to watch. Good job is done by you if your series evokes these feelings in us because it is only by the people of today confronting the sins of yesterday that the World will be made to Never Forget! Thank you Sparty!

[@MrXenon1995]

Again, one of the best WAH episodes I've ever seen. That's some really heavy shit. It's not an easy topic to cover. You guys are really on a run lately with these WAH episodes. The Axis empire shrinks every single day. They lose territory, they lose power, but SOMEHOW this war just gets crazier and crazier. It's like a desperate, terrified wild beast that's been cornered and has nowhere left to run, so it bares its fangs and fights to the bitter end. It reminds me of that quote from Joseph Goebbels, something like "If some day we are compelled to leave the scene of history, we will slam the door so hard that the universe will shake." I fear what a terrifying crescendo will await us in 1945.

[@mammuchan8923]

So much heartbreak so far in this story, and now this. What an excellent script and delivery by Spartacus, but I dont know if I am going to make it to the end of this war💔

[@WorldWarTwo]

The war brought unimaginable hardship and heartbreak. Thank you for watching what you can.

[@Chess613]

An absolutely amazing episode - well written, well stated. Great work, Spartacus ;)

[@alanlawson4180]

US Forces in Britain were subject to US law. This meant hanging for rape - in Britain it was, and remains, punishable by imprisonment. The jail not far from where I live, in Shepton Mallet (now closed, and a museum well worth a visit) was taken over by US Forces and used for detention and 18 US servicemen were executed there. Sixteen were hanged and two were shot by firing squad. The Americans constructed their own execution wing, two storeys high that contained the gallows - it remains there today. Of those executed, nine were convicted of murder, six of rape, and three of both those those crimes. 10 of those men were black, three white, and and three Hispanic. Given the relative numbers concerned, as Sparty notes, it appears on the face of things to indicate a bit of a skew towards one group.

[@SEAZNDragon]

When Emmett Till was murdered it was revealed his father was executed for rape while serving in Europe during WWII. This was use to slander Till who mind you was murdered for whistling at a white woman. Now the fathers’s case is considered doubtful and the “whistle” was likely a lisp Till had.

[@christophercarlone9945]

Yeah, FBI statistics don't lie either. Glad you brought it up! You're learning! 😅

[@StartledPancake]

"Given the relative numbers concerned, as Sparty notes, it appears on the face of things to indicate a bit of a skew towards one group.". We should be careful of making judgments, basically without evidence. Especially considering the nature of the crime and the effect it had on the victim. I would be interested, however uncomfortable it may be, seeing a expert in the field investigate and re examine those 16 cases. Both those that made it to a conviction and a bunch of examples of those that didn't. Until I see that, no conclusions.

[@SEAZNDragon]

@@StartledPancakeI get your skepticism of the skepticism but remember this was the era before DNA- or most accepted investigation methods. As Spartacus pointed out there was at least one case that was overturned when it was showed the soldier had given a confession under duress.

[@StartledPancake]

Fair enough, Im certain;y not trying to say that racism wasn't a massive problem during that period, particularly where the US was involved.@@SEAZNDragon

[@KingWilliamI]

The contextualization at the end, of the joy of sex and the twisted bastardization of it that rape is, really hit home

[@CappaiPaolo1992]

I am glad you talked about the "Marocchinate" since we in italy barely acknowledged crimes committed by the partisans or the allies like this ones, especially in common media.

[@Calligraphybooster]

Thank you Spartacus for this outstanding episode and the very emphatic narration.

[@Azrenthe1stHighKing]

Thank You 🙏 for bringing this topic to Light.

[@WorldWarTwo]

Thank you for watching.

[@MarcusBrutus-nu9yj]

Ask Sophia Loren she was victim of the US Army in Italy when she was underage which is a death penalty offence under the articles of war he mother brought it to the commanding general in that area and nothing was done Sophia went on to become one of the greatest actresses get her living story while she still lives

[@thomasciarlariello]

Americans should stop their reverse colonialism of Europe.

[@PMCKnivesAndTools]

As ever, Spartacus, you have handled a horrifying and difficult topic with delicacy, humanity and empathy, whilst still conveying the horror of it. Thank you for your incredible presentation.

[@brucebartup6161]

Incredible? better than that it was credible. though I know what you mean. I was awestruck too

[@extraetc1]

Really excellent episode sparty. Great writing and delivery of a very hard topic not covered often. Just goes to show how great of an education resource this series is becoming for years to come 👏

[@brucebartup6161]

I wish I could agree but I don't. An educational resource must have all rerenvces and sources tied fdowemn andweasi;uyn evident.. that just isn't what this series is. It ids sa presentattiom of a summary of history. A chiold or morev likel;uu mn adoplescenbt mikght well be inspired by it.. U ut it could never be quoyrted ion a essay beyond high school. ppesonal oppinion

[@faenethlorhalien]

Boody hell, Spartacus... I'm a man and not at all one with a history of having been abused or of it being a thing in my close family, yet the bit at the end absolutely devastated me. I started crying on the subway and fortunately it was less obvious than it could because I was wearing a face mask. Can't imagine a world like that, even though I am aware it has existed and in a way it's still a reality in some areas of the world. When people ask me why I am a feminist, my answer is: I don't want a world in which, if I were to have a daughter, which I don't, she would have to fear for her integrity on a daily basis and society as a whole would shrug when they found out. To think that was basically the collective reaction of Allied authorities (that is, the supposedly "good" guys) absolutely broke me.

[@Jelperman]

I read J. Robert Lilly's "Taken By Force" and it's one of the most disturbing things I've ever read.

[@fearofmusic1312]

A tough matter that is very challenging to present to an audience, but once again you did a great job here in my opinion. Thank you.

[@WorldWarTwo]

Thank you for watching.

[@ramjam720]

In the UK during the war it was not uncommon for a woman to encourage the advances of black men for clandestine sexual relations. If the more intimate components of the relationship were discovered by the local community, it was common for an accusation of rape to be unjustly levelled. In a vain attempt to salvage their reputation, these women forsake the trust and freedom of their lovers. I only hope that there is a special corner in the fiery pits of the afterlife that is reserved for these women.

[@thomasciarlariello]

You are a disgusting male chauvinist misogynist who worships train wreck locomotive phallic battering rams so you can go to Papua New Guinea for your sick fetish.

[@carlospesqueraalonso4988]

The value of the topic and the way you treat is something does should be applause. Thank you a lot for never forgetting.

[@Volyu]

I'm so glad you are tackling this subject. War isn't just bullets and dead men. Its so much more and its so horrifying and women are victims of it that are rarely discussed. I am grateful that the Time Ghost staff isn't hiding from that. Thank you. Spartacus if I ever meet you I'm gonna give you the biggest bear hug (if you accept of course) because I can't imagine how hard it is to research all this and talk about it. But blesses to you for doing it. Been studying WWII for 20 years and this is the best documentary series I've ever seen. Keep it up. But also... take some care. This shit can be deleterious to the soul.

[@CrimsonTemplar2]

Thank you for shining a light on this topic. I can only imagine how difficult this was to research. Never forget.

[@WorldWarTwo]

Thank you for watching.

[@MercShame]

That conclusion was amazingly well done.

[@lynnkayee1015]

Thank you for this. Being raped is hard enough, but to have it happen during war/under occupation must be unfathomable. And sadly, I think it has always happened and always will. I remember watching an interview not too long ago with a psychologist who was working with rape victims in Ukraine and she spoke about how many of them don't want to even ask for investigation because they're afraid they'll be seen as collaborators who prostituted themselves to an occupying force. It's such a shame we never seem to truly learn lessons. We say we will. We say we want to. But it doesn't seem to happen.

[@frankbarnwell____]

How can you forget? It happened 10,000 times today.

[@TrickiVicBB71]

Thank you for making this video. I remember leaving a comment on a previous WAH asking if you would cover it. And you replied back. I first heard about these rapes across France from a KZbin comment on a WW2 documentary I watched years ago. The commenter said, "100k French women were raped during the liberation of France. With tens of thousands of women having unplanned pregnancies. Most of those babies were dropped off at orphanages." How the she over-inflates such stats versus what you showed in the video, gives me head scratches.

[@kevinthomas3946]

Glad to see you back Spartacus I truly miss my weekly fix of war against Humanity and on that note I wish our world so called leaders were tied up to a chair and forced to watch every single episode of your little history lesson because I think we are about to all be forced to play this deadly game and go down a really dark road that i for one don’t want to travel Good day Spartacus and good luck.

[@newmeadam]

I know researching left a wound on your soul, thank you for giving these victim a voice.... so we never forget... Thank yall for what yall do at The Time Ghost team.

[@davidsigalow7349]

Once again, I must commend Spartacus for his unflinching eloquence when dealing with the most horrific of subjects.

[@Cason-w5t]

Spartacus,your world class oratory skills bring this front and center. Thank you for doing the hard part,actually saying what must be said,least we forget,I for one…… never will. Oceans of tears fill our history and still the tides rise.each one of us all must remember.

[@_lalapop]

pretty excellent video as always

[@BlackPhoenix313]

With each episode of World War 2 in real time, from the War Against Humanity series to covering it week by week, all can easily see that no one's hands are clean. This channel has covered this time in history without bias to either side of the war, and covered many things with each day that was never taught in school. Neville Chamberlain's words do have meaning despite his efforts of appeasement before the war. "In war, whichever side may call itself the victor, there are no winners, but all are losers." I love this channel and look forward to continuing to see this till the end. This episode has brought a lot to think about. I'm not sure that this quote could be applied to all accused of this crime, but maybe it does... "Innocentia Nihil Probat" It is a sad quote. Whether proven innocent or not there is a punishment for all for rape.

[@justonecornetto80]

Chamberlain is often accused of naivety but what many don't know is that he was the director of national service in the UK during WWI. He had overall responsibility for recruiting hundreds of thousands of men, many of whom were slaughtered on the Western Front. In fact, he was in Paris on government business when the British army suffered 60000 casualties on the first day of the Battle of the Somme approximately a hundred miles away. Chamberlain understood the human cost of war which is why he went to such great lengths in attempting to prevent another.

[@brucebartup6161]

Sparty, that was direct, unflinching and used the well developed authority of your voice to the limit. Your end testament to love and detailed condemnation of rape as the opposite of love was possibly one of the most compelling uses of of prose i have ever heard . There was obvious tension and emotive force trapped in your voice your expression delivery your body and totality. Sincerity score 100. BS detector needle stuck hard on zero. One of your most human moments on camera. Of which there have been many. in this series Never forget the victims. Thank you yours BB

[@spartacus-olsson]

Thank you - your observations mean a lot to me.

[@brucebartup6161]

@@spartacus-olsson That is gratifying. However now my emotional reaction is spent I must return that as much I find your prose compelling I must employ scepticism in equal measure I see evidence that there is at that time as Russian Army thing, an American Army thing and A |French colonial army thjng but only in one small part of that army. If there was a WW2 general thing Why no accounts from the Foreign Legion. The West Indian troops in UK. ? How can we ever know what the baseline rates were? What happened to entirely civilian rates in the same period. Mioght onr e xlpalntion of thedata be that BRitush forces buildijg on exprreiencein WW1 saw any form of indiscipline as corrosibe of the whole? A I recal that Rusiabn Impeerial nobility had been engsaged in wars ogf subjugation and up io ww2 in Kyrgidstann, Tajikstan, Uzbekistan just as \US cavalry hhad been involved in westward migrations Iam saaso reminded thst 3 very popular moviees of that time Casablanca, The Outlaw and later It' a womderful life feture misogynistic, abudssiive and rsappist hero ffigurreds Might this not be a culturlsal/millitary culture ;phenomenon rsther than a speciffic WW2 flaw. Is there a history od ww2 beoing aa discovery of inhumanity and dedicationn to ooveeercome iit?

[@spartacus-olsson]

@@brucebartup6161 I’m not sure it’s that simple. The cases in Italy show that national or ethnic culture and tradition has little to do with it. It’s really about command attitude, willingness to enforce discipline, and opportunity.

[@brucebartup6161]

@@spartacus-olsson I can certainly buy into ""it's more complicated". Guess I'll leave it there. I must just be careful in future to say "Bravo!!!" not ""Hear, hear!!" thanks for taking the time All the best BB

[@joanhuffman2166]

I read a biography called Mischling Second Degree by Ilse Koehn. She was an adolescent at the end of the war and in Berlin. Her old wise low class peasant grandmother at some point found her and her mother took them home and while the Russians were looting the house she hid them in a crawl space. Later she moved them to a loft above the pig sty. They had to stay hidden for weeks.

[@tempestsonata1102]

Loft above pigsty! Yes, that's where my grandma stayed hidden with her two sisters for three weeks in the bitter cold winter of 1944/45. I guess the soldiers of the Red Army didn't have such a thing back at home, because they never searched it. Anyway, grandma wasn't angry with them and she said that only the first few waves (penal battalions?) were horrible, the ones who arrived two or three weeks were usual normal guys who just wanted to survive and go home.

[@m1t2a1]

I think things like this just happened last week.

Thank you for this well researched Video.

[@thilgu]

This episode makes me sadder than most episodes. Considering the conflicts going on in the world right now where sexual violence is currently happening, it seems humanity did not progress beyond into something better.

[@rickglorie]

This was a hard watch, but as always brilliantly presented and written.

[@infernosgaming8942]

Despite the difficulty of the subject matter, you executed it perfectly. I do not think a better video covering one of, if not the, most agrejous crimes perpetrated by *all* sides of the war will even be made. That last speech at the end, and I call it a speech because of just how well it was delivered, might be the best closing on this channel. Well done Spartacus.

[@hannahp1108]

As a person whose first experience of sex was sexual violence, your ending moved me to tears. Thank you for what you said

[@greybirdo]

I started off being quite angry at the title of this episode, believing it was probably an attempt to imply some sort of moral equivalence between the allies and their enemies. However, as I watched the entire episode, I realised that it was anything but. Rather it was an important piece of work of the type I had not seen before, which brings a consolidated overview of sexual violence by the allies in Europe. It raises important questions for us today about how we continue to deal with race and sexual violence. It also caused me to consider some of my own unconscious biases. Thank you, Spartacus, for bringing this to us. It cannot have been an easy episode to research or to make.

[@jesusgonzalez-acton8045]

Why in the world would the title get to you? It’s a thing that in fact happened. Was your preconceived bias you speak of, that any mention of allied war crimes amounts to fascist apologia?

[@spartacus-olsson]

Thank you for this very gracious and selfless comment. It’s rare to see such erudite self inspection. You’re humble attitude graces this comment section.

[@spartacus-olsson]

@@jesusgonzalez-acton8045it’s a justifiable reaction. Often inspections of Allied crimes are sadly part of an attempt to relativize or even justify Axis crimes.

[@JonathanLundkvist]

Hard to watch and even harder to listen to but a very important topic. I am happy you never shy away from the hard topics.

[@mirkoema]

Finally you've covered the Marocchinate...thank so much for this!

[@alonglostmemory1908]

Bro 😂😂😂😂

[@HazelnutPohl]

Great Video as always ❤

[@belovedwanderer8546]

I don't like this episode...but I am glad I watched it

[@bainfinch]

Spartacus just had a thought about the WAH series. With YT denominating it, we the viewers, get to watch the whole thing, end to end, with no interruptions from YT ads, and for this series, that matters a lot! Never Forget!

[@amk4956]

I never really considered the racial aspect to rape charges and allegations made against American troops… In hindsight, they should have been obvious but I had just never seen anything about it. Thank you for a tough but necessary episode to keep us educated, never forget.