This episode covers the goals of the belligerents in February 1945. Goals that on the Allied side will be revised at the Yalta Conference, where Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin take decisions that continue to decide the fate of Humanity to this day in 2024. In a few days we will come out with a video covering the deliberations, and decisions at the Yalta Conference. It is the TimeGhost Army that enables us to do these deep dives into our common history. Join us at www.patreon.com/TimeGhostHistory
@Factcheckstatustrue11 ай бұрын
Germany will win for sure because Hitler wants it.
@deshaun947311 ай бұрын
Good work!! Keep it up!! Never Forget!!
@worldofpayne11 ай бұрын
Should have been Saikō sensō shidō kaigi. Missed the i on the end
@spartacus-olsson11 ай бұрын
@AptMantis2278not sure. Both Indy and I are already covering it in our regular episodes. It sort of belongs to the developing chronological events.
@Wayne.J11 ай бұрын
Probably should have mentioned the "unconditional surrender", which is the real reason Japan and Germany would not give up. Japanese government fell after Saipan fell in July 1944. Plenty of the government and military leaders knew the war was over at that point, with peace on the table on 1st time, but was squashed because of the hard-line Japanese Generals and the stance of the Allies. so Japanese military was given a last few straws to fight to the end, rather than letting diplomats having a chance to start a negotiated peace with Allies through neutral country. Philippines was an opportunity for IJN to die honourably while the massacres/destruction in Manila is also painful counter point to unconditional surrender, which probably may not have taken place if Japanese were given an option to surrender, disarm, retreat back to Japan and keep some "face" in SE Asia. If Allies backed the anti-Hitler forces after the bomb plot and accept a Germany surrender if they arrested or killed off some Nazi leadership, and accepted some points that might have slightly in Germany's favour. Many Allies and Soviet soldiers and pilots were lost in the last year of the war needlessly due the hard-line stance, though I do understand why the allies and their hatred of the axis powers and what they represented, would want to fight to bitter end and destruction of those 2 countries and their institutions. But both Germany and Japan were all but defeated by July 1944 and peace feelers through a neutral country would have led to a swifter finish of the war But "unconditional surrender" was interesting omission and would be interesting to know why it was omitted as it shaped the whole war from 1942 to its conclusion, and post war set up.
@Shanghai_cola11 ай бұрын
Imagine thinking the war is lost for axis... Steiner is about to turn the tide...
@brotlowskyrgseg101811 ай бұрын
...Mein Führer [starts sweating profusely]...
@gmnotyet11 ай бұрын
Weichs!
@chrisbeer568511 ай бұрын
@@gmnotyet soll die Sache mit der 9. Armee unterstützen
@Lavthefox11 ай бұрын
.... Oh buddy.... I don't have the heart to tell you.... So if someone else could, that would be nice.
@balabanasireti11 ай бұрын
Use something original next time 😊
@leebone111 ай бұрын
I really appreciate that you call Speer Hitler's "Chief Slaver". It's ridiculous how his reputation was repaired post war.
@carameltherelorian25447 ай бұрын
@@TheOneVoxelbruhhhhhh
@crowbasen329311 ай бұрын
Himmler in 1945: you know, am something of an army group commander myself
@gmnotyet11 ай бұрын
Was Army Group Commander and head of Gestapo for 10 years. NEIN! Was never head of Gestapo at all!
@michaelsamuel984111 ай бұрын
Try telling that to Eisenhower
@WorldWarTwo11 ай бұрын
Oooh, Mr Bimmler, you do have us on... -TimeGhost Ambassador
@WorldWarTwo11 ай бұрын
I believe @gmnotyet is making a reference to a Monty Python sketch "North Minehead By-Election" -TimeGhost Ambassador
@conwaysmith916711 ай бұрын
@@gmnotyet "it's that nice Mr. McGöring from the Bell and Compasses, he wants to know if the Führer is incapacitated"
@Based_n_Boredpilled11 ай бұрын
Indy didn’t want to get out fancied in the wardrobe department this time.
@spikespa520811 ай бұрын
Indy has the edge today.
@BELCAN5711 ай бұрын
Sparty rules in the battle of facial hair !
@spikespa520811 ай бұрын
@@BELCAN57 Indy ain't even in that battle.
@jujubean54ify11 ай бұрын
They both look great, don’t they!
@porksterbob11 ай бұрын
I really like that you highlighted how the War in Asia is expected to go on for at least another year. To many histories write from the point of view that the ”August End date" with atomic weapons was already known. "Why are they fighting Japan in Burma in 1945? Obviously, they should know that a super secret american weapons system and a surprise soviet entry will happen in a few months" The people in charge do not know that. Everyone in Asia is operating under the assumption that Japanese forces will need to be defeated and pried out of each of their holdings in Asia one by one.
@extrahistory895611 ай бұрын
It would also explain why the British had sent forces to the Dutch East Indies as late as July. Plus, no one really knew on either side was really on any agreement about how to end the war.
@ZER0ZER0SE7EN11 ай бұрын
Right, how would they know about super secret American weapon? Vice President Truman did not know about it. My dad was in the Philippines training for the amphibious invasion of Japan. He was a coxswain of a landing boat. They were told to expect 70% casualties in the first hour. The saying there at the time was "the Golden Gate in '48 and the bread line in '49".
@robertortiz-wilson158811 ай бұрын
@@ZER0ZER0SE7ENso true.
@SamAronow8 ай бұрын
Also, even those who did know about the bomb couldn’t have known that it would end the war as quickly as it did!
@rainkloud11 ай бұрын
It’s so funny to see Indy gesturing so enthusiastically while Sparty is speaking. At first I thought he was mocking him but now I’m of the mind that he just can’t contain himself!
@StegoKing11 ай бұрын
I thought they were trying to make each other laugh.
@lapurta2211 ай бұрын
@@StegoKing They probably were 😂
@danderson508411 ай бұрын
I was about to post the same thing. Gesticulating enthusiastically, and itching to get to his own next lines.
@jaydoles887 ай бұрын
They might be reading from something so maybe that's why he does it
@matteoorlandi85611 ай бұрын
Germans goal right now in 1945: buy a nice Little plot of Land in south america.
@jamescarr632411 ай бұрын
Don't forget to learn Spanish or Portuguese lol
@gmnotyet11 ай бұрын
Si
@ToddSauve11 ай бұрын
And in Argentina to be exact! Perhaps Paraguay in a pinch! 🤣😂
@michaelsamuel984111 ай бұрын
😂😂
@michaelsamuel984111 ай бұрын
Chile Prussia 😂
@DelDuio11 ай бұрын
I’m pretty sure the best thing to come out of WW2 was this channel.
@Raskolnikov7011 ай бұрын
I dunno, Spam is up there too.
@spartacus-olsson11 ай бұрын
❤
@robertortiz-wilson158811 ай бұрын
Indeed!
@robp631911 ай бұрын
Perhaps a Europe free of fascist rule is better?
@angeloluna52911 ай бұрын
the technology that came from ww2 sped up everything
@Spiderfisch11 ай бұрын
Holy shit Indy has long sleeves
@MrZeubiLaMouche11 ай бұрын
I'm sure that's because Sparty forced him so to not feel out of place haha
@smuu199611 ай бұрын
@@MrZeubiLaMouche Nah that was definetly CGI
@jackdiamond534011 ай бұрын
Have we ever seen this?
@Losantiville11 ай бұрын
1930s style ? My look that way unless I get custom, big neck t-Rex arms.
@MrZeubiLaMouche11 ай бұрын
@@jackdiamond5340 I think even when I went to Normandy in 2022 to see them, Indy hadn't sleeves
@thomasgk1111 ай бұрын
Can t wait to see the look of Indy s face when he speaks about Steiner's counteroffensive.
@aaroncabatingan523811 ай бұрын
The intro is just gonna be Indy reenacting the bunker scene
@robertortiz-wilson158811 ай бұрын
Y e s
@jtmiv963711 ай бұрын
Gang, this was a phenomenal episode. You all are so good at this.
@WorldWarTwo11 ай бұрын
Thank you for the lovely comment!
@kennethkorri777511 ай бұрын
Indy is performing his audition for Bradley Cooper's part as Leonard Bernstein in Maestro with the hand gestures.
@El_Presidente_533711 ай бұрын
This is the stage in a Paradox game where you have given up but still continue in the hope that the rng doesn't let you down.
@Ronald9811 ай бұрын
A surprise 40 minute special on a Thursday night? yes please!
@c5p011 ай бұрын
I was going to like this comment but then saw it had 69 likes, so refrained
@Ronald9811 ай бұрын
@@c5p0 It's 73, you can like it now, at ease soldier, thank you for your service. ✋🤝
@timh541311 ай бұрын
The work ethic on display by the Timeghost team in putting out so much extra content on the regular is so admirable! Your dedication is aspirational.
@philipb213411 ай бұрын
Don't you love how the Timeghost team captures the zeitgeist?
@damascus2111 ай бұрын
incredible to me that it was clear to everyone that the war would end in Allied victory by now, but the war raged on for another 3 months in Europe and another 6 months in Asia. Heart wrenching.
@leecooper858911 ай бұрын
It was clear that the War was nearly over in Europe, that's accepted fact. However, in Asia the thinking was that it was far from over. The invasion of Japan was expected to start in November 1945 or even as late as 1947 or 48.
@damascus2111 ай бұрын
@@leecooper8589why invade the Japanese archipelago at all when the IJN is in tatters, the American Air Force has air supremacy, and the U.S. island-hopping campaign has stranded the IJA?
@jimgraham672211 ай бұрын
@@fortpark-wd9sxThe Japanese interregnum in the last three weeks in South East Asia was a fascinating aspect of the end. The Japanese Army was effectively commissioned to act on behalf of the British Crown during that period. The final surrender of Japanese forces in Malaya didn't occur until mid February 1946. A full six months after the bomb was dropped.
@XH1311 ай бұрын
The previous war in Europe ended when both sides knew the Entente's victory was inevitable but before Germany was even invaded. The armistice saved a lot of lives, but was a factor in the rise of the NSDAP. This time, the Allied victory had to be total and Germany had to be clearly defeated.
@jameshannagan425611 ай бұрын
Tell that to the scores of civilians being murdered every day in the countries occupied by Japan 40,000 a month by most accounts. Maybe they were glad the US stopped Japan and spoiler alert they were.@@BleedingUranium
@Admiral_9911 ай бұрын
Indies hands levitating when Sparty was talking was the main takeaway from this episode, they kept distracting me 😂
@surlyboomergaming251711 ай бұрын
Yes. Great vid, but too much "emoting" :)
@bearok8911 ай бұрын
Sparty: *slightly opens mouth* Indy: 👋👋👋✋✋✋👐👐👐
@philipb213411 ай бұрын
A peaceful Germany might run a close second.
@isleiff11 ай бұрын
Sparty's "Well..." at 20:11 really sums it up
@jakoverslept309611 ай бұрын
Never had too much extra money to give away but just wanted to say Thanks!
@spartacus-olsson11 ай бұрын
❤
@nealstultz870511 ай бұрын
Love these types of "War Goals" videos. Been asking for it since TGW series and glad it was finally delivered. Well done
@WorldWarTwo11 ай бұрын
Thanks for the kind words and thanks for watching!
@criso616411 ай бұрын
Excellent episode, thanks to the whole team as the research and prep to put this together must have been immense.
@leeroyspacecowboy11 ай бұрын
Mussolini: is there ANY chance I could change sides??
@rainkloud11 ай бұрын
Italian civilians: Sure! We can help you switch from the living to the non-living team. Just hang out here for a second k?
@timmmahhhh11 ай бұрын
Meet you at the petrol station.
@ahorsewithnoname77311 ай бұрын
It is interesting that he had fallen so far by this point that he doesn't even merit a mention during this episode's coverage of Axis strategic "thinking" in February of 1945. He knew his goose was cooked by this point as well. In January of 1945 he told the wife of an embassy press attache, "Seven years ago I was an interesting person. Now I'm little more than a corpse....yes, madam, I am finished. My star is fallen. I have no fight left in me. I work and I try, yet I know that all is but a farce...I await the end of the tragedy and strangely detached from everything, I do not feel any more an actor. I feel I am the last of the spectators."
@_ArsNova11 ай бұрын
Love these longer format videos by you guys. I relish in all the details and nuance you're able to get into these specials, that you're not normally able to in the weekly episodes. Eastern Europe really got the short end of the stick when it came to great peace of 1945.
@CharlieCandy.8 ай бұрын
You guys are just fantastic!
@williamkz11 ай бұрын
Great teamwork. Great presentation. Thank you both so much.
@spartacus-olsson11 ай бұрын
❤
@Hirohito_iLoveYou11 ай бұрын
Japan: “We neeeeed ONE last final decisive victory!!” USA: “how many times do we have to teach you this lesson old man 😠”
@salvatoreregalbuto544411 ай бұрын
“oh you want another battle? Here’s two sun’s” -Truman 1945
@trowbreezy__11 ай бұрын
Absolutely bewildering this isn't a multi million sub channel. It absolutely will be and should be!
@robertortiz-wilson158811 ай бұрын
Once again, such incredible production going over this history!
@robinwhitebeam395511 ай бұрын
The hand gestures , body movement and facial gestures realy add to the intensity and drama of the well written narative. Thank you team. Sharp gear too.
@sovietlord879711 ай бұрын
Great episode great work
@WorldWarTwo11 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching.
@Kuac8511 ай бұрын
Thanks for the special!
@SasBald11 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@WorldWarTwo11 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for the superchat!
@adamnerd123611 ай бұрын
Love you timeghost team and army🙏🏼
@MIsterB71611 ай бұрын
Indy’s drip is on point.
@WorldWarTwo11 ай бұрын
He's a dapper man indeed!
@CrimsonTemplar211 ай бұрын
Excellent work Indy, Sparty, & team. You two look very dapper in your shades of gray suits.
@gunman4711 ай бұрын
Wow, a 40 minute long Special episode video? We are truly spoiled from the World War Two team today. Thank you as always!
@WorldWarTwo11 ай бұрын
Happy to hear you enjoyed it, big thank you to our editor for this episode!
@johntipper2911 ай бұрын
An excellent and insightful episode. Thank you TimeGhost.
@hannahskipper276411 ай бұрын
This is modern war. Boom. That statement put the period on a really outstanding episode. You guys are fabulous to do all the work it takes to put this series together. Thank you so much!
@jordanhicken781211 ай бұрын
41 min and 12 seconds absolutely flew by. Great video!
@nicolaslaragarcia329811 ай бұрын
German civilians: do the furher have any great plan to win the war??? Hitler: lads I ear that Argentina is lovely this time of the year
@stonedtowel11 ай бұрын
The axis goal rn is hoping 5 year olds make for great flak gunners because the 12 year olds have been promoted to field marshal positions.
@TheWarrior125611 ай бұрын
Great video!
@tancreddehauteville76411 ай бұрын
I would like to see a session on the 'boring but important' aspects of the war, meaning the financial and economic costs to all participants.
@george1la11 ай бұрын
Excellent analysis and presentation.
@naveenraj2008eee11 ай бұрын
Hi Indy and Sparty Awesome video and perfect explanation. And your suites are nice Thanks for another great special viddeo
@JFox33711 ай бұрын
Great video!! Very interesting!
@georice8111 ай бұрын
As usual...very good!
@golden_smaug11 ай бұрын
Sparty looks sharp, his bracelets make his watch shine
@StegoKing11 ай бұрын
Best show on youtube.
@Britton_Thompson7 ай бұрын
The real reason the Japanese war council refused to negotiate or surrender was because the men sitting on it knew they'd have to answer for their war crimes. It ends in death for them either way.
@adrianreid205511 ай бұрын
Fantastic; have fond memories of September, 6 years ago.
@welcometonebalia11 ай бұрын
Thank you.
@joseernestosuter83911 ай бұрын
Wow another great episode! And very extended! This channel is the best of the best. Marvelous! Greetings from Argentina
@nickmacarius301211 ай бұрын
I feel that whenever Indy says "this is modern war!" Is equivalent to whenever Obi-Wan Kenobi says "hello there!"
@duarteduda29111 ай бұрын
Ahahahahah!!awesome!!😂
@thexalon11 ай бұрын
I'm just mad because I have to finish my drink!
@Celtopia11 ай бұрын
Thank you Both,.... Extremely interesting and informative.....as per usual.
10 ай бұрын
Fascinating Episode once again. Thank you. Which remindes me. I still need to watch some D Day Episodes :)
@patrickcarroll590811 ай бұрын
Great job as usual
@keithplymale237411 ай бұрын
Just got done with Ryan's "Last Battle" and have Toland's "Last 100 Days", which I read many years ago in high school, and Erikson's two "Road To..." books on the way. Just in the mood to read on this time frame.
@MsJoao10111 ай бұрын
Never forget, those who don't know history are bound to repeat it's mistakes...
@pattygman467511 ай бұрын
Dam that was a long episode, but great as always. 👍
@thagrifster59411 ай бұрын
Looking great boys! Another awesome addition to the series.
@shawnr77111 ай бұрын
Thank you for the extended special lesson.
@archlich448911 ай бұрын
22:47 Burn one's bridges? That's an outlook of utter desperation.
@HazelnutPohl11 ай бұрын
Great video as always ❤
@janlindtner30511 ай бұрын
Two of you at the same time is not only too much; but twice as good❤👍🤟
@spartacus-olsson11 ай бұрын
❤
@mjs334311 ай бұрын
Excellent double team presentation. Keep doing these, please.
@blackhathacker8211 ай бұрын
Better late than never I'm going to tell a irl friend of mine about this channel the ww2 that is very good to check it out
@DanTheYoutubeAddict11 ай бұрын
I am not sure if it is KZbin or something else, but I never received a notification of this video and only noticed it while casually checking KZbin an hour after it came out.
@Raskolnikov7011 ай бұрын
It's YT's algos. They'd rather shove 40 minute-long shorts in your face than the videos you subscribe for and actually want to see.
@davidcarr743611 ай бұрын
Gee whiz! Those three piece suits, sure are snappy, you must have used a year's clothing ration to get them. I hope they never go out of style.
@rtrident480311 ай бұрын
Gotta love the long special episodes 😁
@WorldWarTwo11 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed!
@NigelDeForrest-Pearce-cv6ek9 ай бұрын
Fascinating!!!
@Superlegend5611 ай бұрын
Whoa this is def one of the longer eps
@WorldWarTwo11 ай бұрын
Indeed it is, there is a lot to cover!
@caifrank742511 ай бұрын
Winston was a great Artist , he love the Painting more than the War that I think
@mrmeowmeow71011 ай бұрын
another damn good video from a history nut 👍👍
@shaider198211 ай бұрын
20:53 interesting fact considering what will happen in a few months in this timeline. I like Indy’s last lines, the Great War videos were awesome.
@mrgunn272611 ай бұрын
I believe one of the most important post war pivot points was the Bretton Woods Agreement and System, I would love to see a video on this.
@Gala-yp8nx11 ай бұрын
What Stalin did in regard to Poland brings to mind the old adage: “How do you know when a Russian is lying? When his mouth is moving.”
@noobster477911 ай бұрын
One mistake on Spartys part regarding Frederick the Great and the Seven Years War around 20:40: Frederick and Prussia did NOT end up with more territory after the war then before it. It was a "status ante bellum" peace treaty that ended the war in europe between austria and prussia. However Austria failed at achieving their goal of retaking Silesia which they had lost just a few years prior during the war of austrian succession to Fredericks Prussia. It was Austrias main war goal during the seven years war. Prussia was happy that they didnt lose anything at all with a status quo peace treaty. Also, Prussia wasnt broke yet at that point in time, Frederick still had enough money left to continue the war one potential year longer, however there was no army or soldiers to properly fight left that the money could buy. Prussia was bleed dry compleatly and all occupied territories had been looted clean(saxony). The money that was still in the war chest when the war ended would end up being used in reconstruction of the countryside after the war and to stabilize the Prussian currency again. Prussias economy by the wars end was compleatly dead and dry of any coin, it was pretty much a total war for Prussia by the end. Prussia would later on get a lot of land during the partitions of Poland in the later part of Fredericks rule.
@2nostromo11 ай бұрын
Riveting stuff. thanks. No kidding tho... I had an Uncle who was just like indie. Like when someone was trying to make a point he would mimic their gestures and point to the speaker and nod and you just never knew for sure if he was supporting or mocking. In the best possible sense of "mocking" that is.
@indianajones432111 ай бұрын
Excellent 40 minute video WW2 team!
@WorldWarTwo11 ай бұрын
We appreciate the comment, thanks for watching!
@seanlander932111 ай бұрын
In South East Asia and the Pacific, it’s Australia that’s the somewhat unknown quotient. Australia has captured British and Dutch colonies. In 1945 Australia is the world’s fifth strongest military force and it wants to see its region secure and under its influence. The Americans largely take over, but still, it’s Australia that occupies a third of Japan in command of Britain (and also for the Korean War) and leads the war crime trials against the Japanese. Sure it plays second fiddle to the Americans, which all but the Soviets do too, but Australia is very different, it hasn’t any debts to anyone in 1945, in fact America hasn’t paid all its bills on Reverse Lend-Lease, and it’s in control of a region that dwarfs most of the powers that existed before 1939. While the big three are strutting their stuff, it’s only a matter of months before reality sets in and it’s really the big two in a world that’s incomprehensible to the Europeans who have their heads stuck in the gears of 1939.
@flapablesteak898611 ай бұрын
Oh man only just saw this now. I have to go to bed. Have to watch it tomorrow 😅
@samspetifore987510 ай бұрын
First of all, thank you to Indy, Spartacus and the entire production team of World War 2 - this series is brilliant. I have just finishing McCullough's "Truman", and when Roosevelt dies in office in April 1945, Goebbels wrote to Hitler that the 'it was written in the stars' that a German victory was imminent. I suppose that both he and Hitler thought that Truman would just roll over and sign a peace treaty like the eastern powers did with Frederick the Great in the 18th century. Complete lunacy, but still very interesting.
@WorldWarTwo10 ай бұрын
Thank you for your comment, this means a lot to us! -TimeGhost Ambassador
@_ArsNova11 ай бұрын
At 37:13 there is a typo that I think was repeated by Spartacus. It should read: "Saikou Sensou Shidou Kaigi".
@GRAamazeCE11 ай бұрын
Certainly the correction of "Kaig" to "Kaigi" is appropriate. However, adding the final -u after -o, while technically correct if you follow the National convention for writing "long" vowels, makes pronunciation for Westerners more awkward. This is why for Westerners we write "Tokyo" and not "Toukyou".
@AristotlesRevolution11 ай бұрын
Should of had Indy say “this is modern war” and then have sparty say “Never Forget”. Would of been legendary
@marlonwilliamson939211 ай бұрын
Great work Indy and Sparty, you're a winning team I'd bet on anytime!!!😀👏👍
@pyro104711 ай бұрын
I always find it funny when modern Stalinists talk up how much the USSR sacrificed to defeat Germany in WWII, and how they basically did most of the work by themselves. The funny part, at least to me, is how they ALWAYS just happen to leave out the parts in history where the USSR were seceretly and illegaly helping Germany rebuild its military might by allowing them to stay away from prying eyes while carrying out exercises to test which units, tactics, and theories would be most effecrive, even to the point of staging entire mock battles with fake canvas screen tanks on a truck or bicycle. It let them experiment with airplanes and learn with mock-divebombing runs, dogfights, etc. And IIRC was even the birthplace of the Luftwaffe's Infamous Fallschirmjägers. Then let's not forget the BIG one, the fact they actively worked together to invade and split Poland. Yeah they were still ideological enemies that were destined to come to blows eventually, but that doesn't deny the fact they occasionally worked towards a common goal and didn't mind assisting or being assisted by the other while they working towards it. They also try blaming USSR's casualties on the West for not opening a 2nd front sooner, despite the fact the West was already fighting on enough Front's to cover the whole globe. We were fighting in the skies over the UK, across the Atlantic, in the Mediterranean and North Seas, throughout the entirety of the North, central, and South Pacific with "D-Day" just being another month or two for them while island hopping, fighting even more U-Boats off the west coast of Africa and the east coast of the US, carrying out more amphibious landings in North Africa, Sicily, and Italy, India and Burma all the way up through Indochina and into China itself to team up with both sides or their currently paused Civil War, the Nationalist and Communist parties, etc... So it's pretty funny the West had ALL THAT they had to simultaneously deal with, meanwhile the mighty USSR, the great and unstoppable BEAR; needs us to, NO, DEMANDS we open a second front against Germany so the USSR can get some breathing room or something. And Remember, these were the same guys HELPING Hitler for the first Year an a Half of the War; and the same ones that refused to help us with, or declare war on Japan. Instead choosing to remain neutral to them until the USSR could finally attempt to swoop in and take as much land land for themselves as they could after we'd done all the work to defeat Japan.
@herrrobert534011 ай бұрын
It's thanks to Nazi Germany the USSR became a superpower.
@jmjedi92311 ай бұрын
A lot of the "sacrifices" the soviets made were due to their own poor decision making, an example of which being how cheap they made the T34, if they had actually spent the time and money making decent tanks instead of cutting corners, they wouldn't have had to make so many to keep up with the losses.
@brokenbridge631611 ай бұрын
Like it or not having clear goals on what a country wants to achieve in a war is important to winning it. Nicely done video Indy n Sparty.
@elbeto19129111 ай бұрын
Yeah, this is amazing
@Derek90387111 ай бұрын
Could you cover the topic of how Paton wanted to push into the soviet untion following Germany's surrender? I can't find much online about this but would like to hear more about it.
@lapurta2211 ай бұрын
Patton already held most of Czechia and Austria in May '45 and was gnashing at the teeth to boot the Soviets out of Eastern Europe, not the USSR. If Eisenhower wouldn't have restrained him by cutting off his supplies to 3rd Army, he would have too. Read the book Patton by Ladislaw Farago, it's the definitive work on this fascinating character.
@Raskolnikov7011 ай бұрын
He talked about it but it wasn't like he was going to go rogue and order his army to head east against orders from up top. His own staff would depose him the moment he gave an order like that.
@rick742411 ай бұрын
@@lapurta22"He would have too" I am quite sure, noting the forces that opposed him, he would not have won.
@ianblake81511 ай бұрын
Bring on the show!
@frederickthegreatpodcast38211 ай бұрын
Gotta love the Frederick the Great plug
@IndianaDiecastRacing11 ай бұрын
I came for the WW2 special, I stayed for Sparty's oustanding mustache
@larrywoofman821411 ай бұрын
I so enjoy this series. What am I gonna do when peace breaks out?
@spartacus-olsson11 ай бұрын
I hope you’ll stay with us as we continue diving into details of WW2, cover the Korean War, the rise of Hitler and Collapse of the Weimar Republic, Cold War Espionage, the Space Race, and more.
@larrywoofman821411 ай бұрын
@@spartacus-olsson Yes sir, Mr. Spartacus-olsson, I will definitely be there with you. Thanks for the invite.
@Lavthefox11 ай бұрын
The Germans are definitely running out of time to build that secret moon base...
@Raskolnikov7011 ай бұрын
Don't worry, the base inside the planet under Antarctica should be ready by March.
@JarodFarrant11 ай бұрын
Many of the SS & officers are already packing their bags for Argentina
@zacharyhenderson29025 ай бұрын
It's fascinating to listen in on Churchill and Stalin's conversations. Even though they were ultimately opposed to each other's governance and economic systems, you can really see that they clearly understood each other's worldview and they each knew what the other one wanted. Almost nobody outside of the United States understood the American worldview at the time, and nobody really could wrap their head around what we wanted.
@FilipMatacin11 ай бұрын
Great..
@williamerickson123811 ай бұрын
Indy in a suit!? OK......We like it! Very sharp, Sir!