Week 242 - 4,000 German Teens Trapped in Tarnopol - WW2 - April 15, 1944

Thousands of German soldiers, mostly new teenage recruits, are obeying Hitler's 'Fortress Directive' and are surrounded in Tarnopol; it does not go well for them. German forces in Ukraine manage to all pull back across the Dniester, but they are under serious pressure in the Crimea. Meanwhile, in India, the Japanese siege of Kohima continues, and in China they are poised to launch a gigantic offensive.
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[@WorldWarTwo]

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[@guillaumedeschamps1087]

I am most excited for every single bit. Much as Eisenhower said so long ago, we are about to embark upon the great crusade towards which you have striven these many months. The eyes of the World/Time Ghost Army are upon you. The hopes and prayers of liberty and history loving people everywhere march with you.

[@chrisnesbitt8454]

Counting down to April 30!

[@picklechin2716]

Thank you for making the daily updates as the community posts. It's way more reachable thank Instagram.

[@Raskolnikov70]

I'm most excited to see how you cover the entire operation and not just the Americans on Omaha Beach. Seems like every other WWII documentary or channel seems to focus so much on this one aspect of the invasion and ignore everything else going on. I'm sure your coverage will be far more complete and detailed.

[@thomasbernecky2078]

I was most excited for the non-existent link indy mentioned at the end for Dirk? It must have be hidden somewhere in your endless credits?

[@FlavourlessQuark]

Could we get a bonus episode about communication methods in WW2? How exactly are german troops in Crimea communicating with Hitler?

[@Nperez1986]

HF HAM Radio...still in use today 😀

[@schizomonika]

really loud yelling

[@romaliop]

smoke signals

[@SHAd0Eheart]

Pigeons ?

[@gabsvinhao]

WhatsApp

[@luisgriffin4026]

This year is gonna get even crazier once June hits: Operation Overlord, Operation Bagration, Battle of Saipan, Battle of the Phillipine Sea, the fall of Rome. I do not envy the amount of work you guys have in front of you. Just know we appreciate all the work you do!

[@Perkelenaattori]

A few more additions. Peleliu, Tali-Ihantala,

[@CrazyYurie]

@@Perkelenaattori Cobra, Market-Garden, the Bulge, Leyte Gulf... it goes on and on.

[@RamboKingz23]

​@@Perkelenaattori Aachen, Market garden, Southern France

[@HyperSonicX]

Yeah no I recently realized that all happens in June, it's gonna be a busy month.

[@steffanyschwartz7801]

June is going to have to be 1 hour long episodes

[@nygarmik]

Well, I did not expect Crimea to fall that fast.

[@caryblack5985]

Has not fallen yet.

[@noobster4779]

Its not that hard to take if the defender is significantly weaker and basically under armed, ubder supllied and especially in the romanians case lacks high moral. Once the bottlenecks are taken most of crimea is just open land until the mountains in the south and the area around sevastopol

[@chrisvowell2890]

A foretaste of things to come in 2023?

[@Raskolnikov70]

@@caryblack5985 It's effectively ceased to be a thorn in the Soviets' side now that they control most of the peninsula. The Wehrmacht and the Soviets both had the same issue with Crimea during the war - it was a solid launching pad for an enemy offensive into their rear area if they bypassed it because both sides could support it logistically. They couldn't just ignore it, either had to leave significant forces to defend against a counterattack or just take it completely.

[@yarpen26]

@@chrisvowell2890 Unlikely. It will take a miracle for Ukraine to retrieve Crimea and much more to convince Washington to embrace an attack there (without whose support the whole thing's dead in the water). While Putin's "this is our soil" talk is obviously just for show when it comes to Donbas, Crimea is different and there's an assumption that once Ukrainians have made it into the peninsula, things will turn real nasty. Based on the Pentagon leaks, Ukrainians were going to launch serious attacks against core Russian cities and possibly even the Kremlin and it was only Biden's pressure that stopped them.

[@jjjonathan8774]

Reading only the title brings tears to my eyes. The brother of my grandpa was encircled in Tarnopol, he was only 19. He never wanted to go to war. He told me many horrifying stories from Tarnopol, until he died peacefully ten years ago. Never again, thanks for your job, you are amazing!

[@Raskolnikov70]

Sounds like he was one of the lucky few who made it back to Wehrmacht lines.

[@jjjonathan8774]

@@Raskolnikov70 He was captured, deported to Siberia and returned in 1952.

[@Raskolnikov70]

@@jjjonathan8774 Oof, even worse :(

[@jjjonathan8774]

@@Raskolnikov70 Yeah, war is always the worst:(

[@machintelligence]

The old men do the planning and the young do the dying.

[@RollTide1987]

I feel like the Burma-India Theater is the Libyan Front of the Second World War. I'm glad you guys are giving it its just due because few laymen even realize that there was fighting in that part of the world during World War II. This conflict truly did engulf the entire world.

[@lovablesnowman]

The Burmese theatre is multiple times more important than the Lybian front in WW1

[@chaptermasterpedrokantor1623]

More like the Italian front. The war in North Africa got a lot of attention, if only for El Alamein and Operation Torch. And there's a shitload of British and even American and Italian war movies about the war in North Africa made after the war. That theater got attention. Whereas the Italian campaign gets next to no attention. Possibly Monte Cassino. And after D-Day it was like NOTHING HAPPENED THERE ANYMORE. Deafening silence in most history books. As for laymen, blame the education system. If WW2 military history gets any attention its usually Battle of Britain, El Alamein, Stalingrad, D-Day and nukes. That is if they teach kids ANYTHING at all other then the new original sin of being guilty for all the wrongs in the world today.

[@RollTide1987]

@@lovablesnowman I mean, yeah. I'm simply saying that few people even know there was fighting in that part of the world in World War II. It is not covered in U.S. history text books at all.

[@extrahistory8956]

Perhaps a better comparision could be the East African campaign, which, while rarely discussed, saw the fastest military advance of the entire war and secured British trade routes in the Red Sea.

[@Dave_Sisson]

@@RollTide1987 Every country covers its own battles more than its allies battles. Since the US had relatively few troops in the Burma / India front, naturally it receives less coverage in American textbooks than their island hopping battles which were less important from the perspective of the overall war. But as the United States is more culturally inward looking than most other countries, it seems that they entirely neglect that front, which sadly distorts their perspective of what was happening.

[@gunman47]

An interesting thing to note this week on April 9 1944 is that a new German Messerschmitt Bf 110 aircraft, piloted by a German defector, will make a landing at Dübendorf in Switzerland. Hermann Göring feared the possibility of Allied capture and wanted to dispatch commandos under Otto Skorzeny to destroy the aircraft. Eventually on April 11 1944, Swiss authorities would destroy this new German Bf 110 aircraft. In appreciation of this gesture, Germany would provide Switzerland with 12 Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighters.

[@michaelkovacic2608]

I think he wasn't worried about the aircraft itself, but about the radar carried by it. Also, didn't the Bf109 provided to Switzerland have some sort of malfunction?

[@faenethlorhalien]

Swiss “neutrality”

[@dbzfanexwarbrady]

@Wir sind immer noch hier no the US bombed the swiss for shooting at a B-17 incursion

[@noobster4779]

​@@faenethlorhalien Yes that is neutrality They arent helping eather side. Not destroying the plane allows the allies to possibly study it and thereby help them in their war effort, brraching neutrality. People need to stop treating neutrality as "only do what I want". It means being neitral to BOTH SIDES and not se ding arms, equippmeant, etc to EATHER SIDE.

[@TheManFrayBentos]

@@noobster4779 Or selling arms and equipment to BOTH sides.

[@markreetz1001]

Learning about the War day by day & week by week really makes me appreciate how hard these campaigns were fought & lasted. When watching a documentary on WWII or even about a portion of the war the Anzio fighting is made to seem like only a brief distraction, when in fact the Italy campaign only ended when the war ended. Going week to week like we do gives me the realization that little was easy and little was quick.

[@stevekaczynski3793]

Tarnopol was a Central Powers success in 1917 as the Kerensky offensive collapsed. The Kaiser visited the captured town. But a German defeat in 1944.

[@maciejniedzielski7496]

Bardzo ciekawe ma Pan często materiały. Nie wiedziałem, że Kaiser był w Tarnopolu. Pozdrawiam. Maciej p.s. wiem, że w Gdańsku przed wojną, przed Bramą Wyżynną stał konny posąg Kaisera.

[@George_M_]

"You're absolutely not allowed to go to Dimapur" "Also, go to Dimapur" "Except don't" No one can win a war like this.

[@Raskolnikov70]

Heller's "Catch 22" wasn't just a fiction novel, it's how the war really played out in a lot of places.

[@ToddBoyle]

And I always thought "Search and Avoid" missions were invented by US troops in Vietnam. Of course they were right, the war was FUBAR.

[@garcalej]

I think in the end Sato was looking at the bigger picture. Victory in this battle would have meant the Japanese army pushing even further into India and becoming enmeshed in a larger and bloodier theatre at a time when they are already over-extended past the breaking point. Remember that this whole operation was sold on the premise of preventing an invasion into Burma, yet Mitiguchi and his ilk clearly had their eyes on a far larger prize, ignoring targets that would have actually crippled the ability of the Allies to stage more raids into Burma and instead focusing on objectives more critical to facilitating a full-fledged invasion. Sato and the more moderate generals shrewdly saw this and realized that allowing this operation to succeed would merely set them up for an even greater failure further down the road.

[@stevekaczynski3793]

@@Raskolnikov70 Postwar Soviet books depicted US officers as being more interested in black market deals than in fighting the Germans, even going so far as chalking prices on the side of tanks. Whether Heller was familiar with such depictions is unclear.

[@Dustz92]

This would be a good time to watch "Rome, open city", a classic Italian movie (and usually considered among the most influential films ever made) filmed as early as 1945 and inspired by events taking place this week in Rome.

[@Dustz92]

The movie is in youtube: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aXKUkpRuhraDhZo

[@lovatocrvero742]

Oh wow...I'm from Nagaland, there are still a ww2 tank and aircraft left behind by the japanese in kohima.... can't believe there was a war like this in the past where I actually live

[@WorldWarTwo]

That must be really wild to see your local history playing such a major role in world history, right?

[@shawnr771]

Metal detector.

[@lovatocrvero742]

@@WorldWarTwo yeah it is wild.....its really fascinating to walk the streets and think wow back in the day people actually Fought to death for this land.. especially when I go to the official mass grave site in kohima where we can see the people of who participated in the battles is such a big reminder how horrible and real war is

[@johnhopkins6658]

My uncle was at Kohima. Got shot up pretty badly, but came home.

[@WorldWarTwo]

Well we're glad he made it back alive, John. Did you ever learn much about the battle?

[@Valdagast]

If Romania falls, that is _really_ bad for the Axis. They get most of their oil from the Ploesti oilfields.

[@robertjarman3703]

And a route to bypass the Carpathians and invade Hungary and even get up to Vienna opens up. Maybe even threaten some of the routes the Axis use to get to Italy. It´s like a reverse Conrad Von Hötzendorf.

[@dragosstanciu9866]

It is not a question of "if", but of "when" Romania falls.

[@ИльяКим-ю3е]

In1943-1945 giovanni messe, ugo cavallero, Enrico caviglia, aldo finzi, Carlo vecchiareli , Mario di caracciolo di fereleto were against germans and RSI???anyone answer this please🙏🙏🙏

[@Raskolnikov70]

Look at the bright side - they won't have that many vehicles or aircraft that need the oil left by the time that happens.....

[@Pirusiandres]

Don't worry. The Gramans are really well equipped there. The Allies aren't capable of such an attack.

[@xne1592]

This chap is brilliant. He carries this channel. No gimmicks or annoying attempts at pronunciation. Brilliant...

[@Unfassbarer]

Danke!

[@natethenoble909]

The Japanese 33rd Division and the British 17th Indian Division were very well aquainted at this point. In fact, their showdown at Imphal was essentially a rematch. The 17th Indian Division had been engaged in the Burma Campaign since January 1942, and it was the troops of the 33rd Division that savaged them at the Battle of the Sittang Bridge, which almost destroyed the 17th Indian as a combat unit. The 33rd and the 17th Indian continued fighting each other all the way along the retreat from Burma that year, and now they fight once again. This time the 33rd is having a much harder time against their nemesis division. Small stuff like that are really cool in this conflict.

[@Amputationsbesteck]

Unfortunately you didn't even mention Vatutin's dead. I think, that he was one of the best soviet commanders during the war and should have earned a short sidenote.

[@extrahistory8956]

They did, a couple of episodes ago.

[@Amputationsbesteck]

@@extrahistory8956 They mentioned his assassination attempt. But that he died of his wounds?

[@Amputationsbesteck]

@@Dustz92 They just mentioned that he was severly wounded and that Z. took over "not temporarly". But it's fine.

[@briangriffin9793]

They did mention it in a dedicated post

[@richardsimms251]

Another great presentation RS. Canada

[@marktaylor6491]

Bill Slim throwing shade at Sato.

[@weltvonalex]

awesome like always, i dont know how you do it but you never fail to deliver a outstanding episode

[@Southsideindy]

Thank you. Nice to be appreciated.

[@sirhenrymorgan1187]

@@Southsideindy You are always appreciated, Indy! 🥰

[@m60a3tts2]

Preparations for Bagration are a bit more advanced than what is mentioned here. Ivan Chernyakhovsky has already left command of 60th Army near Tarnopol and arrived at his new command, 3rd Belorussian Front, at Krasnoe on the 14th.

[@Southsideindy]

Patience.

[@Zen-sx5io]

In due time.

[@jeancarloscastrovaldez1738]

Hola Indy, Salutation from Puerto Rico 🇵🇷. I am a big fan since October 2014 from the Great War. Since then have watched faithfully every Thursday ( Great War) and every Saturday for WW2. Also I watched all the episodes from Between 2 War and the Cuban Missile Crisis. I love your work, just like when the battles of Verdun, Somme, The Spring Offensive, Operation Barbarossa, Peal Harbor, Midway, Stalingrad and Kursk I am really hyped for D- day and the massive battle this summer. Keep up your great work. Also hi to all the team, magnificent work. I hope 🤞🏾 you see this message.

[@robertjarman3703]

1914 to these soldiers here this week would be as old to them as Yeltsin´s assault on the Russian parliament is to us now. Imagine that many changes, that many innovations, in such a short period of time, a single generation.

[@Raskolnikov70]

It's also significant because most of the senior leaders at the beginning of WWII were junior leaders during the first one, which had a huge impact on how the war was fought at the beginning. Not that much time had passed and there was still the institutional memory of that first conflict in the worlds' militaries. People seem surprised when I tell them that during the First Gulf War in 1990-91 all of our senior folks had served in Vietnam, even though it had only been a similar duration. The reason that conflict went so smoothly for us was because they'd learned from the mistakes of that era, and also from the mistakes of the leadership back in 1939-41 and were determined not to see history repeat.

[@RK-cj4oc]

We have had just as many if not more changes since then. We just have not been in constant brutal war to highlight it. A few weeks before our comments the first truly autonomous drone plane had wargames with a human pilot and shot the human down more often than the human shot it down. Meanwhile back in Yeltsins days basic drone warfare was in its infancy. Actual helmets capable of "auto aiming" for you just leaving a human to pull the trigger exist now. Only cost prevent them from being wide scale used.munitions especially for artillery smarter than anything we had back then is now wide scale and used by every militairy to some extent. Currently there is a silent arms race between drone swarms, anti drone weapons that dont just jam their own equipment alongside enemy drones and hardening drones againt jamming is currently underway.

[@chaptermasterpedrokantor1623]

@@Raskolnikov70 It did not just have an impact at how the war was fought in the beginning, but throughout the war. British generals were adamant to avoid the kind of battles and losses that saw the British Army bleed to death in WW1. Which was why they placed so much emphasis on using air power, artillery and tanks, not the least of which was Hobart's Funnies, to soften up the Germans before attacking. And why they preferred to attack only when they had everything in place with proper support and supplies, and why they let at times opportunities slip. Of course for the Germans WW1 loomed big too, especially towards the end, but in a different way. Despite how hopeless the situation seemed, even into 1945, German generals were adamant that there was not going to be another 1918 november armistice and surrender.

[@SHAd0Eheart]

Love that art-deco style tie!

[@maciejniedzielski7496]

0:01 @Indy Sounds pure catch 22 stuff !

[@ICULooking]

The Indo coverage is the best thing about this series and that's saying a lot.

[@Lematth88]

This week in French news. The 10th of April, the 2nd DB is sent to England where it must finish its training for operation in Normandy. The 12th, the COMIDAC (Comité central des mouvements de Résistance), leading the FFI, reminds the CNR that the FFI are paramilitary troops, the expression of the Resistance and as such must follow orders from the COMIDAC first. This is because, in reality, the FFI are still linked to the Resistance movements and follows their orders. At the same time, the military high command of the FFI of General Koenig in London is supposed to lead all FFI. There is in practice multiple leading organizations, each competing for influence. In theory, Koenig is the supreme leader of the FFI and commands them. The COMIDAC is dependent of the CNR and should cease to exist after the landing. However, in practice, each FFI choose who to take order from when they see fit. But in the end, they all seek the same thing, so it does not make too many problems. 15th, Paul Paillole is made the unique chief of French counterespionage and is called by the SHAEF in London to participate in the preparation for the landing in Normandy.

[@chaptermasterpedrokantor1623]

I found it interesting that General LeClerq, leading the 2nd DB, did not want to fight under command of de Lattre de Tassigny, commanding the future 1st French Army. As he was a former Vichy general. And that except for a short term during Operation Nordwind in 1945, the 2nd DB would operate under US command. First under Patton's 3rd Army, then under Patch's 7th Army.

[@jamesboardman8740]

Another great video thank you so much for what you y'all do I look forward to new videos every time so great job keep up the work

[@annehersey9895]

This and some recent previous episodes remind me yet again of WHY you guys are the very best war 'reporters'. Since I retire about 12 years ago, I have delved deep into the wars of the 20th Century and WWII in specific as I was born just a few years after it was finished. As a Psychologist in career, I enjoy exploring what made the leaders and top dogs tick and what their thinking was all about. Hitler and Stalin are a Psychologist's dream subjects. In watching gazillions of War documentaries, lectures etc, this is the only place I've found in hours of reading and viewing that talks at all about the Japanese in India. They all seem to only mention Burma or unsuccessful incursions into India. Thanks again for being the best always. I will make sure to have plenty of caffeine about on June 6th as I attempt to watch all in 24 hours nonstop! I can't wait and am hoping also a few weeks after D-day for either a Special Episode or something regarding the amazing Operation Bagration by my favorite Commander Konstantin Rokossovsky!

[@sirhenrymorgan1187]

@@КолтуновСерёга What? Nobody in the West compares Hitler and Stalin to make Hitler look good. They compare them to make Stalin look bad! And yeah, Stalin kinda was. It’s a matter of debate if he was equal to Hitler in terms of cruelty, but Stalin was far from a good person. Still one of the great mass murderers of the 20th century. Between manufacturing the Holodomor (and other man-made famines like in Kazakhstan), the Gulag system, deportations of various ethnicities (Poles, Chechens, Ingush, Kalmyks, etc.), wartime atrocities (like Katyn), brutal invasions (like Karafuto, Poland, Finland, etc.), etc., Stalin had plenty of blood on his hands. Maybe not as much as Hitler, but at a certain point they both just look absolutely blood-covered…

[@derrickthewhite1]

@@sirhenrymorgan1187 Yep. And I always shake my head when people try to maintain that Stalin was "Not that Bad". Usually its folks who don't want to face the historical association of utopian revolutionary movements with bloody purges. This channel has actually done a pretty good job of letting me pick out the actual differences. They're somewhat subtle, like the Soviets not really caring if the German prisoners died, while the Nazi's intentionally slowly starved soviet POWs to death.

[@sirhenrymorgan1187]

I would like to point out that the Russian man I responded to (the guy up there claiming that Westerners are attempting to “rehabilitate” Hitler when comparing him to Stalin) has since had his multiple multi-paragraph comments denying the Holodomor and other atrocities deleted. Good riddance.

[@WorldWarTwo]

@@sirhenrymorgan1187 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Morgan As a thank you for being a loyal privateer in the TimeGhost Navy, I would like to paraphlagiarize part of this article for you, "A comment published by an annoying Russian troll, a former channelmate of Morgan's, accused him of widespread misinformation and other offences; Morgan won a libel suit against the commenter's Russian publishers". This isn't 100% accurate to what happened, but then what on Wikipedia is? - T.J.

[@annehersey9895]

@@sirhenrymorgan1187 The difference between Stalin and Hitler is that Stalins atrocities and genocide were interal while Hitlers were external-except for German Jews, Roma etc. They were certainly both paranoid Megalomaniac Psychopaths.

[@phildevereux9136]

This show is my Saturday morning coffee ritual - thank you!

[@RobertLeclercq]

Soooo wow, I've been subbed and watched many The Great War videos.... little did I know the channel started with Indy doing the week by week.... DURP!!! Binge TIME!!

[@evancrum6811]

Thanks as always crew!

[@WorldWarTwo]

Thanks as always for watching, Evan!

[@americanpatriot2422]

Outstanding video and presentation

[@patrickfreeman8257]

I've been watching channel for so long I can't even remember. Yet I've never heard you once mention that famous river, the Crimea River

[@bluebubbadog2080]

It's sad so many young men died fighting for something so horrible

[@mrwhips3623]

Fighting communists isn't horrible

[@villevalste1888]

12:39 According to Wikipedia, Cordite is a smokeless propellant the Brits developed to replace black powder. The designs likely used during WW2 were probably Cordite SC (Solventless Cordite) and Cordite N (Nitroguanidine), the latter of which was developed during the war.

[@TheGuy-cf2rg]

That voice over at 21:33 had me like😅😅

[@pnutz_2]

7:17 unlike the schoolyard, getting the other people removed from the ball court is a valid way to victory

[@lordbeaverhistory]

i love that he still has the portait of Konrad von Hötzendorf hanging in the back

[@WorldWarTwo]

Rumor has it he still wears his Konrad von Hötzensocks!

[@grahampaulkendrick7845]

It seems to be very quiet in Italy right now.

[@Zen-sx5io]

Long stalemates I guess.

[@madzen112]

Also, an episode on all (or probably more some!) of the books you read to get this show on the tube would be great!

[@NigelDeForrest-Pearce-cv6ek]

Brilliant Episode!!!!

[@WorldWarTwo]

Brilliant Comment!!!! Sorry, I'm easily susceptible to flattery sometimes... - T.J.

[@naveenraj2008eee]

Hi Indy Another interesting week. Lots lf battle. 1944 is full of battle which decide course of war. Kindly continue between two war epsiode. Its been so long since,you uploaded. Thanks for another great week.

[@ShMDavies]

With 1944 and 1945 in full swing, the team will need to focus all of their attention on WW2. I don't think we are going to get another Between 2 Wars episode until September 2024 at the earliest. We will need to just be patient.

[@davidwright7193]

The course of the war was decided in the winter of 42/43 at the latest. All this bloodshed is just because the Axis are slow learners.

[@SHAd0Eheart]

For all Fans and TGArmy personnel: alway make sure to watch your favorite WW2 series with the picture QUALITY turned all the way up! These detailed maps look amazing at 1080p and you can use to fingers to zwoop in close and see everything you are missing on ‘Data Saver mode’. It does not do it justice. Thank you share the love! Peace ☮️

[@Ronald98]

I wish...my internet speed is horrible 😢

[@Raskolnikov70]

@@Ronald98 My internet speed is good but I still have issues with watching YT videos in 1080p. Blame KZbin for this, I think they deliberately gum up peoples' connections in order to reduce data usage on their end. Otherwise their site would probably collapse under the weight of everyone watching HD videos.

[@jonbaxter2254]

Kind of wild I had no idea about the massive Japan invasion in 1944, always thought they were exhausted by now.

[@yassinhafez1337]

the death of japan will come late 1944 battle of the philiphine sea is the start and the battle of leyte gulf is the final straw after that the japanese will become as hopeless as germany

[@alphamikeomega5728]

I didn't know about Ichi-go till I watched one of these mapping videos - perhaps by Emperor Tigerstar - showing the war in China. It's unmissable in that format.

[@waltertaljaard1488]

The tide of war can change within a couple of days, see for instance at Kursk, which spelled the death of the until then formidable German armoured and motorized forces. The fate of the Japanese navy was allready sealed after the disaster at Midway. But their army was still a force to be reckoned with.

[@Zen-sx5io]

​@@alphamikeomega5728I became aware of It because of Jabzy.

[@derrickthewhite1]

@@waltertaljaard1488 Exactly: The Navy has been taking a beating, but the army is mostly just being starved of resources. Its still a huge force all over China. Loosing surface vessels doesn't directly eat away at their strength.

[@arpad8539]

3:20 I love comedic timing

[@thcdreams654]

Great work as usual. Thank you for all the work your crew does.

[@WorldWarTwo]

Thank you for your support! We owe everything you see here to the TimeGhost Army!

[@doug-Hakura]

Thanks for another informative episode. What has happen to "The War Against Humanity"? I do not recall having seen an episode for a few weeks.

[@TheDJGrandPa]

Fascinating to learn about the fighting in Burma!

[@chrisnesbitt8454]

Great video, thanks Indy, Spartacus, Astrid et al... 😀❤

[@Arashmickey]

This week I read about Ferencz, rest in peace. Makes me feel real small. Waiting for D-Day is like waiting for spring, waiting to get into WAH and S&T is like waiting to move house to the other side of the world.

[@christopherwang4392]

The Battle of Tarnopol or Ternopil was featured in the young adult war drama book _Soldier X_ (2002) by Don L. Wulffson which tells the story of a 16-year old half-German / half-Russian teenager named Erik Brandt who is sent to fight on the Eastern Front and finds himself trapped behind Soviet lines disguised as a Russian child soldier.

[@Zen-sx5io]

I should probably give that a read, thanks.

[@lushimin]

Still finishing 1917 episodes, quickly sneaked over to WWII. Great to see you barely aged in all these years Indy!

[@WorldWarTwo]

that's nice to hear! It's been 27 years since 1917.

[@PcCAvioN]

Thank you all

[@bobbyb373]

Another brilliant video. Remarkable how sharp the contrast is between Germany and Japan at this point in the war, the Germans are struggling and collapsing while the Japanese are launching two massive offensives in Asia.

[@Raskolnikov70]

Japan is still collapsing, just on the naval side more than the land army side. They haven't been doing much with their armies on the mainland since 1941-42 so they're still well-manned and capable of major operations like this.

[@shawnr771]

Thank you for the lesson.

[@HazelnutPohl]

Great Video as always ❤

[@Spiderfisch]

Its so ironic that 6th army suffers stalingrad conditions again

[@ericlefevre7741]

That army suffers that fate 3 times during the war, once at Stalingrad, once at Nikopal, and once at the gates of Romania.

[@Raskolnikov70]

Vasily Zaitsev is also back in action in Odessa this week, doing what he does best. History sure does love to rhyme.

[@FrazzP]

If you'd like a more detailed explanation of the Crimean operation i'd recommend Robert Forczyk's 'Where the Iron Crosses Grow'.

[@caryblack5985]

Indy kind of raced over the capture of Odessa and the fighting in Crimea. If you are interested in a detailed operational explanation of those fight read Prit Buttar The Reckoning.

[@deshaun9473]

When we get to the Battle of Berlin, will there be a day by day series detailing the fighting between the Werhmact and the Soviets?

[@extrahistory8956]

Jesse Alexander, Indy's successor in the original _The Great War_ channel has made a day-by-day series on the Battle of Berlin. It is called 16 Days in Berlin and it is a Nebula exclusive.

[@JackTobias-lg7ic]

@@extrahistory8956 damn, I guess I will never see it.

[@deshaun9473]

@@extrahistory8956 Ik that. But how will you cover the Battle of Berlin here on Timeghost?

[@WorldWarTwo]

The Battle of Berlin? You think this war will actually make it all the way to the heart of Germany? Surely they'll capitulate before it gets that far, like they did in the last war... But I guess only time will tell. - T.J.

[@deshaun9473]

@@WorldWarTwo well, I don't know how this war will end 😉, but I can tell you this. When the Red Army gets to Germany, they are going to wreak an awful retribution against Germany for what they did in the Soviet Union. I'm literally in fear right now for what's going to happen to Germany. Trust me, you ain't seen nothing yet!

[@jasondouglas6755]

1916: the year of Battles 1944: the year of Offensives

[@mohammedsaysrashid3587]

Another fantastic historical coverage video ...

[@WorldWarTwo]

Thank you for your support!

[@welcometonebalia]

Thank you.

[@WorldWarTwo]

You're Welcome, and you're welcome. Thank you for watching, Welcome.

[@RubberToeYT]

Another great episode, uncovering parts of the conflict that are lesser known

[@WorldWarTwo]

Thank you!

[@zachariahjonahmaldonado5897]

Hooray for Great War reference!

[@nydajackmccoy]

I really hope to see this series continue after WW2. The Korean war in this format would be fascinating.

[@WorldWarTwo]

Thanks for your support!

[@paulkeith5000]

Having been born in 1949, four years after the end of WW2, I was a bit too young to have served during that conflict - - but I was there throughout the Pacific campaigns. Wait, what? Have I lost my mind or what? To explain: In December 2001, just a few months after the 9/11 attacks and after air travel resumed, I accompanied my Dad to Pearl Harbor for the 60th Anniversary of the December 7th Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. He had been a young sailor assigned to the USS West Virginia when it was bombed and sunk during the attack. Together we rode on the shuttle boat to the Arizona Memorial and as we passed the marker noting where his ship had been moored he turned to me with wet eyes and the most somber expression I had ever seen on his face. As he put one hand on my shoulder he said "If I hadn't made it off that ship before it went down, you wouldn't be here today." He went on to serve throughout the Pacific War until it ended. Dad passed away in 2018, age 96, but I will always remember those words and, on reflection, I will always think about all the young sailors who died on December 7, 1941 and all the future generations that were never born because of that day. I was humbled and honored to be a survivor - because of his courage under fire. RIP, Dad. I miss you so much.

[@patricknavales2208]

Special episode on the units involved in Operation Ichi-Go please..

[@WorldWarTwo]

On it sir 👍

[@patricknavales2208]

@@WorldWarTwo thank you sirs ❤️

[@procyonant6805]

16:38 - according to this video, we see in 1944 the M3 Lee/Grant tanks were used in Burma? It's strange why there are no M4 Shermans, which the British already had enough of at that time. Was the terrain in the jungle better than the M3?

[@natethenoble909]

A chronic problem that the Allies faced in Burma was that...they just weren't seen as important. The British 14th Army is called 'The Forgotten Army' for a reason. The theatre was seen almost as the last military priority for the Allies, the British in particular. Remember, Churchill was all about the Mediterranean, and then came around to the Invasion of France in 1944. Germany was seen as the big bad for them, not Japan. The result was that the British in Burma got the leftovers, if they got anything at all. The M3 Lee/Grant tanks had been basically phased out elsewhere, and the British in Burma took what they could get.

[@himoffthequakeroatbox4320]

What Nate said. Plus they were still far better than anything they'd meet. The Japanese didn't have anything even close to a Pz III.

[@stevekaczynski3793]

@@himoffthequakeroatbox4320 Japanese tanks had performed well in Malaya in 1941-2 but faced no British tanks at all. Japanese armour was lighter and outclassed by opponents, even though these often received more old-fashioned and lighter tanks than those used in Europe. Japanese troops were sometimes reduced to desperate expedients against Allied tanks. For example some Japanese troops would shove a pole with an explosive charge at the tip into the side of an enemy armoured vehicle. Of course, this was a suicide mission.

[@danielnavarro537]

Imphal and Kohima will be the testament to ferocity of the Burma Campaign. The Allies will hold their ground against a tough and determined enemy, the Japanese. The Japanese soldier will fight to the death even when all odds are against him. I think John Basilone summed up well about the average imperial Japanese soldier’s skills. “He is a combat veteran, an expert with his weapon. He can live of maggoty rice and muddy water for weeks, and endure misery you couldn’t dream up in your worse nightmares. The Japanese soldier doesn’t care if he gets hurt or killed, as long as he kills you. So you can call them whatever you want but never, ever, fail to respect their desire to put you and your buddies into an early grave!” -John Basilone As this war continues into the summer, major battles will be fought across the globe. From the small islands of the Pacific, to the plains of China, to the expanse lands of Belorussia, the mountains of Italy, jungles of Burma, and the beaches of France. Godspeed to those who perished.

[@fat1fared]

In many ways though, the 'tenacity' of the Japanese was one of their downfalls. They saw the allies as weak due to their willingness to retreat, without realising that meant those allies were alive to fight another day when the conditions would be more in their favour. On the other hand, the lives of far too many Japanese soldiers were wasted in battles they could never win.

[@danielnavarro537]

@@fat1fared Very much agreed. The Japanese viewed their foes as weaklings. And often charged head on into futile attacks that resulted in high losses. They fought bravely no one can deny that. But they often fought foolishly. Similar to the German Waffen SS, both the SS and the Japanese used fanaticism yet this often failed. You can have the best men but without good tactics, what good are they?

[@TTTT-oc4eb]

This was also the first time the Tiger met the new Soviet heavy tank, the IS-2. The Tigers won. There is a famous photo from this battle of an IS-2 with the turret upside down.

[@julioalbertoherrera1339]

​​@@mcs699 The amerikans didn't have superior tanks at that time. Sorry.

[@ivanvoronov3871]

The is2 will end up being an excellent tank. Maybe the best heavy tank of the wat

[@himoffthequakeroatbox4320]

@@julioalbertoherrera1339 Where did he say they did? Lern too ingerlish.

[@dragonstormdipro1013]

​@@mcs699All tanks with ammo stored inside hull has that fate, including Leo 2s in modern times

[@squeaky206]

​@@julioalbertoherrera1339 If the Germans had superior tanks, then why didn't they just mass them into one armored spearhead and drive the American armored divisions into the English Channel?

[@forresttowns4995]

Nikolai Vatutin also died this week from his injuries in that ambush a couple months back.

[@Pirusiandres]

This year is gonna get even crazier once June hits: Mexico's surprise attack to The U.S., Spainish declaration of war on The Allies, Hungarians in Kiev and of course Liechtenstein's invation of Germany . I do not envy the amount of work you guys have in front of you. Just know we appreciate all the work you do!

[@extrahistory8956]

Aren't you getting the Mexican Revolution mixed up? Unlike the First World War, Mexico was an ally of the United States in this one. They would join US troops in the Philippines, while Brazilian troops would play a major role in Italy.

[@Pirusiandres]

@@extrahistory8956 US troops in the Philippines? That won't happen. Japan's attack next week will strenghthen its position in Asia. Plus, I've heard some rumors about Getúlio Vargas ( Brazil's predident) inclination towards isolationism.

[@Red_Four]

Are you playing a character here, or are you serious? Spain stated neutral throughout the war.

[@extrahistory8956]

@@Red_Four He's playing character.

[@Pirusiandres]

@@Red_Four I'm dead seriuos. My predictions are based on facts. 😉😉

[@vinkaks5684]

The scale of...everything... in a world war is staggering

[@raymondmoore2707]

Never interrupt your enemies when they are making a mistake

[@chrictonj9503]

@21:34 - What was that name?

[@indianajones4321]

Keep up the awesome work Indy and team!

[@Custerd1]

"Burma!" "Why did you say 'Burma'?" "I panicked."

[@jamesgillen2339]

That idea of NOT bombing an enemy headquarters because the replacement general might be better reminds me of a TV sequel to The Dirty Dozen where they told Lee Marvin his team's mission was to STOP the assassination of Hitler. And he heard this and said, "Sir, Army logic never ceases to amaze me."

[@wehosrmthink7510]

About 32 years ago in southern California I worked in a map store (they had those!) during college. A British Burma campaign veteran walked in and we pored over maps of the campaign on the nice map table we had to display maps. He was a colorful , cheerful, tough old guy that praised his commanding general Slim. When as he left I asked him his name, he stood at attention and said “ Matthews!” . He left a lifelong impression.

[@tomg3818]

What happened to the WAH series? it's been several weeks now..

[@rons7555]

Good video, very informative and interesting.

[@WorldWarTwo]

@Ron S Thank you for your support!

[@howardbrandon11]

8:02 there seems to be a missing portrait.

[@jtgd]

Heh. I did not see that 😉

[@stevekaczynski3793]

7:28 - Soviet naval ensign raised in Crimea, presumably by Red Navy personnel fighting as infantry.

[@rongeotom6]

Love how you do this 👍

[@WorldWarTwo]

@Cloudzy We love you too!

[@FinleyUnderwood-x8s]

Why do Indy and Hans-Valentin Hube look really similar

[@sandybarrie5526]

my aunts yougest brother was in the Hitler youth, andjust outside of Munich, he an a hitler youth group attached a column of american tanks. she was told that he held a grenade, probablyn one of the anti-tank grenades, under a tank turret till it exploded.

[@WorldWarTwo]

Wow, thank you for sharing a small part of your family history, Sandy.

[@LeftToWrite006]

At 14:55 -ish you mention the Japanese not having an answer to strafing and bombing runs because they don't have heavy or anti-tank weapons? Was this just a writing error or were anti-tank weapons used for anti-air by the Japanese?

[@WorldWarTwo]

@Steve, It was not a typo, but it was a bit ambiguous. Indy was explaining that the Japanese troops here are lacking in all kinds of firepower, not just anti-air, but also heavy and anti-tank weapons as well. In my research I have not found any established Japanese doctrine of using anti-tank weaponry for anti-air defense. HOWEVER, many anti-air weapons of the time did double as anti-tank weaponry in a pinch, such as the Type 98 20mm cannon, or certainly the German 88mm flak guns, as you probably well know. Hope that helps. - T.J.

[@willyreeves319]

when you hear that the daily ration was just 200 grams of bread and wonder what's that like try it for a day or 2. it will be uncomfortable, and you may to have the will power to stick to it but try. also remember they were rationed to that while fighting in heavy combat.

[@stevekaczynski3793]

US troops were supposed to get about 4,000 calories a day during combat. When besieged at Bataan the ration scale was cut to half or less of that and photos of them at the time of surrender suggest many were emaciated. And this was before the Death March...

[@gregsummerson6524]

Haven’t seen you since a long time ago!!!!

[@alansewell7810]

It doesn't sound like General Hube was born under a lucky star, not if he got killed when his plane crashed on takeoff after he picked up his Knight's Cross with Diamonds. The WWII Germans were billed as past masters of aviation engineering, but a lot of their planes self-destructed while powering up for takeoff, killing their occupants in the process.

[@Raskolnikov70]

The best engineered planes in the world aren't going to work if you don't have spare parts and time to do proper maintenance.

[@stevekaczynski3793]

Getting killed also tended to dim his later reputation. Hube may have been the most obscure great German general of WW2. Manstein, for example, lived to write memoirs which burnished his image. Hube never got the chance.

[@chaptermasterpedrokantor1623]

Interestingly Erhard Raus would end up commanding all three of the Panzer Armies on the Eastern Front. 1st 4th Panzer, then 1st Panzer, and then 3rd Panzer after Bagration

[@adrianguzman8639]

Do an episode on how many German and Soviet generals died during ww2. It'll be pretty interesting. Thanks

[@thagrifster594]

Another Great installment for this week, Indy. 2 questions - Why hasn’t Hungry and Romania called up there reserves? Last question - Are we getting special episode on the Panther and Tiger II tanks? Thank You!

[@Guamurphy1952]

thnx

[@madzen112]

Make an episode on Hitlers approval of retreats. It could be a short one, so you might need to beef it up a bit.

[@elendal]

This is odd, youtube unsubscribed me from this channel. Great episode!

[@WorldWarTwo]

Scary 😟 Thank you for your continued viewership in spite of that!

[@elendal]

@@WorldWarTwo I think there is 2000 subscription limit, old ones are deleted, so that's why I had to resubscribe.

[@Marsubleu]

Nothing happening in Italy for two weeks in a row? How come?

[@caryblack5985]

They have paused to regroup for new offensives.

[@jtgd]

Preparations

[@SmilingIbis]

Did anything of note happen there or did both armies exhaust themselves and resort to lobbing bombs at each other from foxholes?

[@extrahistory8956]

​@@SmilingIbis Nothing of note. Both sides are preparing for operations in May.

[@watcherzero5256]

Spring mud.

[@ИльяКим-ю3е]

In 1943-1945 giovanni messe, ugo cavallero, Enrico caviglia, aldo finzi, Carlo vecchiareli , Mario di caracciolo di fereleto were against germans and RSI???anyone answer this please🙏🙏🙏